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10 THE MORNING PREGONIAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1S00. CRIME IN PORTLAND Rev. E. P. Hill Arraigns Police Authorities. DENOUNCES REGULATION OF VICE And Suggests a Mass Me etlng, a. Vigi lance Committee or Impeach ment Proceedings Against Leading Officials. PORTLAND. Dec. 18. CTo fthe Editor.) Six months ago some men. 01 mis cny propesed to license gambling, promising if their plan were adoptoa that Portland would become a lively city. That they have kept their promise. Is Increasingly evident every day. PerJ-u.ps no city on the Coast Is "livelier" tlay than Port lnd. The footpad, the burglar, the kid naper, the hoodlum and the gambler cer tainly are doing their bejt to make things interesting. The word has gone out far and wide that this Is a wide-open city. Criminals have come ..locking to us like eagles to a carcass. Seattle has been drling out bad characters and they are now with tis. Yesterday, In conversa tion ivlth a gasobler, I found that he was from San Franilsco. This town is over run with criminals invited here by the policy of our city a dminlstratlon. A friend of mine took tr.e time to examine the workings o" three ": ure-thlng" games which even amang gamblers are regarded as robbery and he found that 50 men were getting a living from, the loot. Things are "lively" in Portland, and no mistake. When the plan of licensing crime was proposed two virtues were claimed for the p'.an and sonic socd men were foolish enough to believe tfo .promoters were sin cere in their advocacy; Arst, we were to"d that this plan would ret train evil, as the little dens could be closed up and the police could watth tht public games. "What has been tlic rcsu'.t? Let any citi zen walk through the down town streets at 12 o'clock any nigh., and he will be able Quickly to decide as to how much restraint has been put on evil. The little dens, instead of closing up. have become large establishments thronged with men. "Ncy places have been opened up. and are doing a thriving business. "Where there was one gambling house six months ago there are two 3icw. Where there was one gambler then, there are three now. Where there was one dollar lost then there are ten now. One of our citizens who has lived here for 23 years, told me last week that In all his residence here he had never seen wich lawlessness In Portland as at the present time. The second virtue claimed for the new plan was that the criminal classes who are largely responsible for the expenses of city adimlnstration should be compelled to pay their proportion. It would seem as if a blind man could see through this policy. It Is equivalent to allowing a rebber to loot a bank of 550,000 on condi tion that he will pay the $1000 it will cost to pay detectives for helping him out of the city. Where has the money come from that the gamblers have been paying Into our city treasury during the past months? I can give the name of a woman whose $500 seal-skin cloak was pawned for 540 and the monty lost In a gambling bouse. I can give the name of a man who has contributed 43C00 to the gamblers fund during the past few weeks, and Is today a tramp. I can give the name of a business man who lent a large sum of money to a friend who walked straight to a gambling house and lost it. I can glvp the name of a man who stole $150 from his employers which "he lost in a gambling house, and then tried to end his life. Others, no doubt, could extend this list indefinitely. Perhaps Burglar Scott helped to swell the fund. No doubt the citizens who, night after night, are being held up are thus making their con tributions. If the truth were known, perhaps a portion of the $4,700 taken from the Lumber Company was used In the same way. A friend of mine saw a street car conductor drop 10 nickels in a slot machine and within 15 minutes "knock down" three fares. After six months' trial who doubts where the money is coming from to pay the licenses of the gamblers? There Is a spirit of lawlessness abroad In our city. We all recognize the facL A 16-year-old boy becomes a kidnaper and children organize to commit deeds of violence. Shortly ago a heart-broken mother and sister came to me In regard to a boy In his teens who had turned highway robber. Citizens are almost afraid to be on the streets after dark since reading of an honest laborer shot down like a dog by one of a class licensed to deprive men unlawfully of their money. Three years ago someone suggested to an old gambler that an attempt be made to license gambling in Portland. The gambler replied "It cannot be done. Port land is too substantial a town to allow it." The unexpected has come to pass with a vengeance. Who are responsible for all this? Our Mayor. Chief of Police and-District At torney do not hesitate to acknowledgethe plan of licensed crime as theirs. I there fore dP them no wrong in mentioning their names. They could stop this law lessness In 24 hours if they would. For some reason which we can only surmise they decline to act. What are the citizens of Portland going to do? They are saying one to another as I hawc overheard them, '"at the next election there will be such a landslide as this city has never known." But what about the year and a half interven ing? Are we to sit like wooden men. while homes are being ruined, wives be ing driven out upon the street, children deprived of the necessities of life, busi ness methods being infected, our boys be ing started on the road to ruin? Three things might be done; first, a great indignation meeting might be held to make the authorities understand that the substantial citizenship repudiates their atrocious license plan: second, a law en forcement league might be formed. Alas, that we must come to this again. If there is money back of them, three fear less men can do the work. A large com mittee would be useless. Third One of the leading lawyers of this city volunteered the Information a few weeks ago that our officials could be easily Impeached, If determined men would take the matter up. What more fitting time than the clos ing hours of the Century for the people of this Queen City of the Northwest to rise in righteous wrath and say: "This ghastly play must end?" EDGAR P. "HILL. Credit for n. Good "Work. PORTLAND. Dec IS. CTo the Editor.) There -are many acts of our fellow citizens which are sometimes recognized and are sometimes passed over with lit tle or no comment "When one of our energretlc citizens gives his time." energy and ability to foster ex isting surroundings or to Introduce new ideas for either the profit or pleasure of our great state and city, he should re ceive due recognition for his efforts. "We have the Skldmore fountain, the Thompson fountain, and institutions for intellectual and educational purposes built and endowed by generous donors; the Chinese pheasant. Introduced by and named after the late Judge Denny, whose efforts were so eminently successful-, and which arc affording such keen enjoyment to our sportsmen, and are now being In troduced Into many other state. There Is now on the way. and will toon be let loose in several parts of Oregon, for the future enjoyment of our sports men, the gray English partridge, one of the finest game birds, which a.f ter five or six years -will be receiving the atten tion of the crack shots. The Idea or Importing this magnificent accessory to our sporting features origi nated in the fertile brain of Mr. James A. Taylor, who by his thorough grasp of the sltuitlon was able to interest those who could give the material and substan tial aid necessary for the carrying out of his Ideas. His tact, energy, ability and tireless activity was freely expended, and, now that the object Is gained, the goal In view, I respectfully urge to those Interested that Jlr. Taylor's efforts be recognized and the English partridge be lost sight of and .forgotten In the "Taylor partridge." J. J. JOHNSON. LETTER FROM DR. M'LEAW lie Restates Ills Attitude Torrards Evolution. The following letter from Rev. Dr. Mc Lean was dated December 10, but appear to have been detained in the mall or else mislaid in this office. -The Oregonlan re grets the delay which, if due to over sight in this office, was unintentional. Dr. McLean writes: While adhering to my resolution to en ter Into no newspaper controversy ovev the question of evolution, the persistence with which paragraphers and correspond ents make me assume a position which I never thought of taking, makes it neces sary to define my true attitude. I have never yet assumed that there was no ground for the evolution theory. This has been read in by those who are In so much haste to Jump Into the fray that they sel dom read beyond the editorial headlines. My claim Is that, while the geological evidences of something that might be called physical evolution are so abundant as to make It an Interesting and profit able subject for scientific Investigation, yet the chain of evidence Is so broken, so Incomplete, as to leave It at the present time in the realm of philosophic specula tion. The most eminent scientists are the most conservative In making claims for evolution as a scientific demonstration. In fact, so insurerable appear the obsta cles to substantiating the theory that many dec'are it impossible that It shoul.i ever pass beyond "a philosophic specula tion." The president of the British As sociation for the Advancement of Science Is reported as having taken precisely this ground in a recent, address at Belfast, l have not as yet seen the address referred to so give this on the authority of an other. Certain it is that this is practi cally the ncsltlon of the safest and most eminent scientists of the age. The Oregonlan this morning says: "The fact of evolution Is established, and hard ly anybody disputes It." I can do no bet. tcr than to again quote the learned Max Mu'ler: "If you think all this rests on well-ascertained facts. I have nothing la says except to express my surprise thar some men of great learning and undoubt ed honesty arc not so positive as to th facts as you are." In treating of the spiritual, the unseen, much must be left to faith: but the the ory of evolution belongs to the purely tnt. terial, and we have, a riglrt, by the very laws governing material science, to de mand the physical proofs at each step, before we are called upon to concede that a thing Is demonstrated. I believe in evolution, the evolution of the man, not of the house In which ho lives. I believe that man In that sense Is still making. And this Is In perfect ac cord with the teaching of Scripture, which represents man as growing In Intellectual and spiritual power until he shall be com plete in the perfect model. The controversy between science and religion. If controversy there be, has been fomented by a class of men who are ready to grasp at anything that will promise to overthrow the Christian faith. True scientists suffer more at their hands than do the theologians. These men have not as yet bech scientifically classlfiea, so will coin a word and denominate them "scientillos." My real contention Is that the attempted union of the theory of the evolution of man from the lower forms of animal life with the teachings of Scripture that man Is fallen, and that Christ came to redeem him from the death that came as the re sult of sin, is an impossibility. All who attempt It will eventually surrender their faith In the world's Redeemer. So far. however, the overwhelming proof is that man stands alone a special creation, a creature with dim remembrances of a lost dignity, a noble ruin, a son of God. ex lied by sin from his father's house. If to hold these views Is to be scientifically heterodox, then I will comfort myseh with the thought that I have with me a goodly company of eminent scientists. My critics have failed to distinguish be tween my opinions and the quotations from scientists, quotations for which 1 gave due credit. ROBERT MLEAN. DALLY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Trnnafcrn. Minnie and F. A. Knapp, to D. F. Brunner, lot 10, block 16, Klnzel Park, December 11 $ 100 Augusta B. Leader to John Flanna gan. lots 79, 80, SI and S2, Palatine Hill No. 2, December 12 400 00 Franklin Building & Loan Associa tion to A. R. Cumpston, lot 1, block 71. Sellwood, December 17 800 00 A. W. Lambert and wife to M. E. Thompson, lot 2. block 29. Multno mah Addition. December 17 300 00 Sheriff Multnomah County to .P. H. Marlay, lot 14, Hazelwood. section 27. T. 1 3. R. 2 E.. December 18.. S 95 Elizabeth and John F. Kerr to Thomas M. Kerr, lot 32. block 4. Stanley Addition No. 2, Decem ber IS 175 00 Sheriff to P. H. Marlay. lot 12. block 2, Cook s Addition, Albina, Decem ber IS Sheriff to P. H. Marlay, lots 1 to IS, Inclusive, block 1, Excelsior, De cember IS 6 40 33 72 University Land Co. to Marie E. Lahmann. lots 24 and 25. block 124, "University Park. December 19.... 200 00 The Hawthorne estate to Charles Bryan, lot 9, block 9, Tork Ad dition. December 19 250 00 Mnrrlnpe Licenses. P. C. Axtell. 2S. and Mattic G. James, 2S; T. A. Perkins, 41. and Rosa M. Ma son. 30; Herbert S. Gaillnghan. 26. and Margaret E. Frazler. 26; William Lunt. 28, and MInti A. Snoderly. 20: Frank Rob erts, 34. and Etta Minor. 2. Contnfflona Diseases. H. J. "Woland. 1SS Park street: measles. Miss Gay. Sherlock avenue: measles. Beatrice Thraup, 5S1 Mississippi avenue; scarlet fever. George Muples, SL Vincent's Hospital; measles. Birth Returns. December 9. to wife of Charles J. Herr mann, 2S5 North Nineteenth street, a girl. Death Returns. December 16, Mary Thomas, at Good Samaritan Hospital, age 32 years; cancer of stomach. December 16. Catherina Murphy, at St. Vincent's Hospital, age 14 years; carcl mona of the bowels. December 16, Lee GIL 1444 Second street, age 46 years; cancer. December 17, William Shchlen. 302 Front street, age 73 years; heart disease. December 17, Catherina E. Wallace, 195 North Twentieth street, age 5S years: sarcoma of the brain. December 13, Thomas Nelson Kelley, age 51 years: accidental drowning. December IS. Charles W. Smith. SL Vin cent's Hospital, age 2S years; cerebral apoplexy. December IS. Annie Olsen, Mount Ta bor, age 39 years; diphtheria. December 15. Annie D. Bird, city, age SS years; general debility. THE QUICKEST AKDBESTROUTE Between Portland and all points East is via the O. R. & N. Palace and ordin ary .lecpew. free reclining chair cars, and buffe. library cars on all trains. Time to Chicago is many houra shorter than by any other line. Ticket office, SO Third I street, corner Oak. OREGON'S INSANE WARDS AMOUNTS SPENT FOR. VARIOUS AR TICLES OF SUBSISTENCE. Also Statistics Regarding Age at Time of Becoming Patients, and Their Several Diseases. SALEM, Or., Dec. 19. The biennial re port of Superintendent Calbreath, of the Oregon insane asylum, shows, in addition to the general information published in today's Oregonlan, many facts and sta tistics regarding the Insane wards of this commonwealth. Of the 679 patients admitted during the two-year term, the mental disease of C9 was due to alcoholism, 28 to heredity, 22 to epilepsy, 23 to injury to the head, 31 to old age, 17 to worry, 16 to religion, and 275 to unknown cautcs. Of the 33 who were committed on account of alcoholism, SO were discharged within a short time after they were received. During the term, 217 patients were dis charged from the asylum s recovered. Of these 69 were disch trged within three months after commitment, 67 between three and six months, 25 between six and nine months, 13 between nine and twelve months, and 43 after more than one year. Out of 100 who were discharged as much Improved, all but 2S were given their liberty within one year. The following table shows the ages at which the patients were admitted: Males. Females. Total. Under 15 years From 15 to 25 years. From 25 to 35 years. From 35 to 15 years. From 45 to 55 years. From 55 to to years. From Co to 75 years. From i5 to iS years. Over So year3 Age unknown Total 7 3 10 46 29 75 S7 55 142 105 35 10 CO 22 S2 .34 13 47 29 13 42 16 5 21 2 2 4 12 6 IS 39S 1S1 579 The form of disease in those persons admitted is shown in the following table: T Males. Females. Total. Acute mania llo S3 1.9 Chronic ra.nla 3S 29 77 Acute melancholia .... 31 19 50 Chronic melancholia... 17 5 22 Dementia SI 19 101 Idiocy S 5 13 Imbecility 20 IS Epileptic Insanity 19 12 31 Morphinomanla 6 .. 6 ocneral Paresis 13 1 14 Parnoia 37 .. 37 Not insane 2 .. 2 Total 33S 1S1 579 ii The following table shows how the JHS.'Cl 99 expended for articles consumed was divided: Flour $ 9.S35 02 Meat 33,921 1. Sugar 6.S15 59 Tea 1.72i So Coffee 2,790 99 Syrup 2.900 u9 Potatoes 433 07 Butter 6,978 13 Fish 2,fc50 41 Poultry and eggs 3,206 00 Beans and peas 1,520 70 Kice 1.276 27 Cornmcal and middlings 147 03 Fruit 2,432 43 Vegetables 1 10 Salt 49172 Vincgir 253 65 Smail groceries 1,9 o 01 Soap and potash 812 91 Drugs 3.S17 10 Tobacco 3,U0b K" Dry goods S.434 02 Clothing and hats 2.459 OS Boots, shoes, leather, etc 2,272 49 Blankets 3.033 75 Cutlery and spoons 207 36 Hardware and tinware 2.23S 05 Furniture and crockery 1.959 34. 2.4S1 3 371 11 16fl5 3.3S3 42 640 SS 522 73 694 70 150 5S Gr'.in and reed Garden tools and seeds Lumber Building material and repairs. Brooms and brushes Books and stationary Glass, paints, etc coal oil Fuel 21,018 SI Bedding 265 93 31S3S Plumbing, etc Cracked wheat nd hominy Oat meal and rolled oats Expense Amusements Improvements Miscellaneous Work horses and harness Hogs Tnoroughbred stock for breeding. Insurance Dental supplies C6S97 1.241 76 4,965 5S 21S 75 56 25 1.233 17 1,129 75 65175 170 00 402 CO 40 30 Total J14S.461 93 It will be observed that the heaviest Item of expense Is for meat, which. In cluding fish, cost the state 536,771 58. Dur ing the last administration, when Dr. D. A. Paine was superintendent of the asy lum, an attempt was made to cut down the expense for meat by purchasing the stock on foot and employing a butcher to do the slaughtering. What the results of this experiment were is shown by an entry in the records of a meeting of the asylum board in Januarj't 1S99, the last meeting of the old board. The entry is as follows: "The board having received from the asylum superintendent a tabular state ment showing the costs of meat for 1SS7, under contract, to have been $12,196 23, and for 1S3S, under purchase by the superin tendent, to have been $.1,405 27, the clerk was directed to write him the following letter: " The Executive Ofilce is In receipt of your comparative statement of cost of meat to the state consumed at the asylum In 1S97 and 1S9S. As a deduction you re port that the state saved In 183S, as com pared with 1S97, $1 01 per patlcnL Ap parently this Is gratifying, but Governor Lord directs me to say that the vouchers passed through this ofilce show an expen- I diture for 1S9S (up to Decemoer i), or. $1,455 1" in excess of the sum you report for the entire year, and much In excess of the 'meat purchases of 1S9S. You also deduct $1500 for hides sold, which, pre sumably, has been an offset in favor of the state, but you do not charge the monthly expenses, pay and board of butcher, nor the added cost of feed for cattle, etc The chairman says your statement is, therefore, erroneous, as compared with the voucners presented by you. and allowed by the board; also that the balance seems plainly In favor of con- trading for dressed mcaL " The present board has followed the old custom of purchasing meat by contract, tho contract being let to the lowest re sponsible bidder. The next highest item of expense is fuel, which, owing to the gradual increase in the distance between the city rnd the timber supply. Is steadily advancing In price. Wood is also purchased by con tracts let in pursuance of sealed bids, as arc most of the articles consumed at the asylum. Little Bonanza of n Mine J. R. Wells, a mining man of Emmett, Idaho, who was in Portland yesterday, considers that he has a quartz mine that has been put on a paying basis without the expenditure of much capital, and ho calls it a little bonanza. He has a five stamp mill working on the property, ana this is capable of treating 12 tons of roch. every 24 hours. The ore, he says, aver ages $55 per ton In free gold, and no con centrates have to be shipped. The ledge is five feet in thickness and of uniform value As the expenses of running mlnu and mill are not over $20 a day. Its own ers, of which there are three, net $760 per day. An arrastra had been used on tht. property for some time, and this, run by water power, crushed one ton of ore per day. Even this Mr. Wells thought a pretty good Income-producer, bat his two sons, who are partners in the property, insisted in putting In a stamp mill ana thus Increasing the output of the mine many fold. The little mine, he said, was not for rale, and would not be put on the market for the purpose of hvreaslng Its capital stock, as the owners know when they have a good thing and will stick to it. It was bonded a few months ago to cer tain parties for $5000. but these people did no work on it. and when the bond ex pired the original owners sunk a shaft- upon the ledge, stril-inj the present vein within 12 feet. They are now very glaa the man with the option could not dis pose of it. The stamp mill runs day and night, by water power, except during tho few weeks of a freeze-up in the Payette Valley. THEIR NEW POSTMASTER. J. M-. Pntterson. of The Dalles, Ap pointedMoody Recommended. Jerry M. Patterson! whose appointment i as Postmaster at The Dalles was an nounced in The Oregonlan yesterday. Is a well-known citizen of that place, and his appointment will, doubtless, prove sat isfactory. Ke was recommended by Con gressman Malcolm A. Moody, the rule be ing that a Congressman shall have the appointment of all Postmasters In his dis trict. Mr. Patterson was chairman of the He publican County Cisntral Committee sev eral times, and has always taken an act ive part in Republican politics. He came to The D-iIles from Salem 15 years ago. and entered the scrv'o- of At M. Williams & Co. as bookkeeper, and from there en tered the First Natlmal, at The Dalles, remaining In that plac for a long time. About four years ago Mr. Patterson went to Wasco. Sherman County, and. wltn several others, started tho Bank of Was co. This proved to be an unsuccessful turn In nls career, as the bank failed. Mr. Patterson succeeds H. H. 'Rlddeli. who has just been tried on a charge of failing to deliver certain letters which rt- ferrcd to duns against the Postmaster on accourt of moneys -which he owed. The I Jury dls"g-erd, standing two for cqult- ' tal. Postal Insnecfsr Ball also reported I an IrrcguJiritv in Itddell's bond, but no formal clinrge was made in the matter. The storv about the bond, as related, i that Blddfl' ca-e nrclitr'nary brmil. with TV. H. "Wilson. Robert Mays and B. M. Kp'ny as suret'o . These afterwards subscribed to a pew "lord, but which was not sworn to. In fh" n'vitlme. the bond.- men ascertained f orm- things against Rid- dell and nreferre rharrres against him j to the department. tand about this sami time the new bend nnnra-cd at the Post offlre Department with the jurat at tached, but how the latter got there n me mu i.-aoer vcr.- n rnow. wun tne nilng of the wv bond, tho department I paid no further attention to the complaint nfnn fn ffcn AAmnlolt.t 1 asralnst Rldcll. Oij day the bondsmen i the latter, much surnrlscd. answered: "Why, you sent on a -new bond, and he department supposed th-it was Intendea to mcar that you had withdrawn the charges." RlddeD was appointed on a netltion of the proa" of The Dulles, and was recom mended, bv the then "representative. W. R. Ellis. Malcolm A. Moody was elected In place of Mr. Ellis nnd too1: his seat b--fore the appointment was confirmed. He did not approve of the appointment, but It he tried was unsuccessful in accom plishing a change. ' Riddel! was suspended from office lat June, when the criminal charge was mode acairst him, and his fleputy. Forrest Fisher, was installed In his place. Mi Fisher !r raid to bo universally liked bj tho rorliV-nts of The Dalles, and many thouglV he would ge the Postmnstership. HLs anmlntment to the place. It is stated, would have brought the political factlom together and have been a popular move, but nopti'ar things do not always rule In politics-. ' Mr. Patterson is a competent man. nd his friends say he will conduct the o7Ice -well. Snl-l-u View of Salem Census. Capital Journal. The ceitsui Is taken by politicians to begin with . and at Salem one fiction saw to it that the most competent men to do the work were turned down, and It is stated on gcod authority that Congress man Tongue and Senator McBride named their followers to be rae enumerators. Be this true oi" not. the city officials and Chrmbcr of Co Timercc should have taken more Interest in the matter; in fact, should have seen to it that census was taken that would .have done justice to the interests of this ciTmmunity. The Repub lican party nor Vie Government Is to blame for the preicnt botch. The sys tem is one of pollticiVl rewards. The most competent men In ttie Republican party locally were turned down. The matter was let go by default- So no one is to blame. But a really tonstructive census is yet to be had of the cardtal city. An other census under the present cystcm would not do the case Justice. So there von nri Snlpm must si.'Tfer and enr1nr these things until our wick and incom- j petent politicians are weeded out and j rctirea. ana mat may De a long time. The Sunday school census p."oves that the Government census was a .Jarce. and it should be generally and universally re pudiated. Banquet to Fltihuprli 'tec. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec 19. General FItzhugh Lee, commander of tfte Depart ment of Missouri, was tonight the guest of honor at the banquet at the Commer cial Club, given In commemoration of the signing of the John Jay treaty. A recep tion followed his arrival, and tonight, at the banquet, at which there were 330 plates laid, and which was the most elab orate ever given by the club. General Lee responded to the -toast, "Our Coun try." speaking extemporaneously. Prire From. Austria. ITHACA, N. Y.. Dec. 13. Dr. G. A. Mil ler. Instructor in mathematics at the Cornell University, has received a prize of $260 from the Scientific Academy of Cracow, Austria, for his work in the theory of groups. This theory is one of the most modern branches of. pare mathe matics, and Is extensively useo in the advanced theory of differential equation. Dr. Miller has published many -original monographs on the subject. "Gross Xejslect of Dnty.r COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 19. Peter Sells, the well-known circus man of the Sells Brothers and Forepa-ugh shows, was to day granted a divorce from his wife on the ground of gross neglect of duty. NOTHING LASTS except merit This medicine, with its record of absolute success, has lived for years, and is worthy to live. liostetter's Stomach Bitters CURES u5 Dyspepsia, Indiesiion, Constipation, Nerv ousness, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Chiiis and Fever. AH druggists and general dealers sell it Sec that a Private Revenue Stamp cov ers ihp top of the bottles. f5 STOMACH There are cone fairer cr sweeter the world over. Unfettered and iritrxm racled the American wonin qrcens it a does, no otner Owcmaii in the ten times her un- doipg. She at tempts too much. Her health is un dennined. And when health goes 'caaty goes also. The use of Dr. f Pierce's Golden A iiedical Discov- ery rc-estabiishes the stomach and organs of diges tion and nutri tVW&fi Kra VI tion and assures X Wi periect assimila tion of food and the proper nour ishment ,of the body. It in creases the blood supply nn elim R'. inates the impur ities that c!o the svstem and cloud the complexion. Mis. Mary E. Lewis, of Tanner. Gitrr-v Co W. Va., writes- Or. Pi:' Golden Merliccl Discovery. '7-vcrS.c lTwr:-;".on and rieas a" '" ' cared mt whi n doctors and rtl er medicines failed. For aiten vrare i c-fr.-.wi untold ruUerv. I h! siveo "ut all h.-..-.r ever c.ti::7 -veil. I could not tic tlown to sleep. '; i-wnmnano'icnraitneto death. Vast.r-'rrTo!?ni oit'M hr.i!v walk acros the rnom. I trnlv v e.g-uct! nilictv pounds when I co.nm.itccri ta'.l.iu; llic iad:ci:es -.s years ago: I now .eii enc i.ittulrett n.u-1 forty pimmls nul run li-rfn bctr h-Hih tlumeer before. After lxiu; -.i. k - Knj' i.av.- chsHgM to te i nhuU end nvrrk.-rle.i J Jn-c tot. :: fifteen boltl-s each of Prescription,' 'Dtscovvrv' and ' PcHets.' Dr. Pierce's I'ieasant Pellets act gently . t rr i;Ti "ut cll2C"--.c7 wonim va:ue lieni. A Dcnliut Tc2ts Ua: "I have been prescribing SozonoxTin T.nti fnr is v.r n.l Tw!;v if t ,.-," aV if.rWrf..! 'Zu.Z " "' """ VVI.-W.HI W '" (ST as the most ellici&nt dentifrice By mall; 25 and 73c. Hall i lixsQkZi.i. Y. City. When Prof. Munyon ray3 what h'.- COT.ri CURE will do he only r&ys what a-l u- wj.-M knows. Nearly everybody .-e ms to le tskir thls remedy whenever a cold appears I: r neves m- neau. awse, wnni ana luags - quickly that a cold n-ed ro lor" r bi a for. runner of grippe, diphtheria or j nuiconla. Every one of his rem d cs U as ur. All drugjlsts. mostly !Sic viul. Gul.io to Hearth tree. Write to Tlroadway and 2GUi , 'New Ycrk. for cudtcal atiVicc fr?c. It stands Qlon&, ! &hGve, apart. -v u.y r VV . &B-a-.-i rjf. . - wT fVRt MALI -" i. lzf ' .: II- IWHISKEY J-?Psr ! save the import duly ofJll52"ltomvh-n "jh.X.-: 'Tjfi . jl you Duy ic. ryniy w, 'i n aDcvsuspjcon.' fc-fc..r2E a Drui;isb.Di!fer5ifir. 3e--j The Blumaucr-Frar.k Drus Co., Portland. Or., Diitrlbutera. T11AVEJ.EKS r:Di Hong Kong. v.a yol--'aacia. and Kobe. Duo at Port'ond t follows SS. MONMOUTHSHIRE Nov. :'S SS. MILOS Dec. -IS SS SKAKPSNO -Jaa '-$ For freight or pa-sage J7rl' to TlSiilCejit ' 6-S-10 Columbian dM;.. Third and Oak sti. Manila, Singapore, Colombo AND London, England VIA JAPAN AND HONG KONG AND SUEZ CANAL. PS GLENFAK'- i '" t ten- r-t'-tr-). FROM TACOMA AROUT JANUARx 17. 1351. Through h;l of '-d.-i; i iueO. For cargo tiace and la.es a?iiy to SODWELTL &. Tel. .Main I6. CO..IPAJY. L.IUTEB. 252 OAK STREET. WASHING TON 5t ALASKA STEAiV-Syiir3 CO. Th fast mail stearashl.. "C1TT O? SKAT TLE." failinr Ircm fcca-ll tvtiy 10 .a. i- t.r okas way cal.mg i l-rt t'ont.. iC-tei.ian and Juneau. Steanseis "ABEHDErN" urn! RUTH." Se attle to Ssa?way. ana Latoiinsdsi.te (oiuts. every seven 6a yj. Throuch ticket ta Daw-oc. $TS. Rut class; ami $54. -cond c 3--s IXiDV. ELL h CO . Ltd.. 2. Oak it Telephone- Mala 9R. WHITE COLLAR UN2 STR HERCri.F; taft--' the plaet- or LAILEY GATZEKT i A Idcr-street Dockj. 'avr Portland r'aily ever, rro'rnn at 7 nc'.otW'exc x' -n u-ni ? I '" A?- Oregon pLone Mwin 51. Ccurnbla vbone oOL flafj on the market." Sratpte for 3c ILvJlMx LUKE Sft-v r-STSr. ; - " The Quality of L l&ityuM 1 hews uwmi I p H -jw . a M-irWW ' H is unconditicralf" ttrZr!J,'V? '. n superior to the vgls-rc-JjIiSJ H skzS oLodfifo biyj ylioiil TllAVELERS GUIDE. u ml th I' Union Depot, Sixth and J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CllICAGO-ronTl,AXD SPECIAL." Leaves for the East: via Hunliugton, at 0:00 A. 11.; arrives at 4. JO P. M. " , SPOKANE FLYER, For Spokan?. Eastern Washington., and Great Northern points, leaves at li K iL; arrUea at 7 A. il. ATLANTIC EXPRESS. Leaves fer the East, via Huntington, at 0:00 P. il.; arrives at SAO A. M. THKOUUH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. OCSAX AXD niVEK SCHEDULE. U ater lines schedule subject to change with out no: ice OCEAN DIVISION From Portland, leava Ain.-iv.orth DotK at b P. M., sail every 5 days: Geo. . ElUir. Dcc J. 13, iJ; Jan. S, IS, Columbia, Dec. a. IS, , Jan. 7, 17, 27. Krom fcan Francisco Sail every 0 days. Leave Sp.&r-street I'ler 24 at 11 A. IL: Co lumbia. Dec 4. 14. M; Jan. 3. 13. 2J. Geo. V. Eider. Dec . 10. 2.1. Jan. S, IS, W- COLU3IB1A R1VC71 DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. . Steamer HaAaalj lea.es Portland dally, ex cej)t Sur.iiaj. at s.0J P. iL, on Saturday at lo.oo P. M. Returning, leaves Astoria daily, except Sunday at 00 A. iL WILLAMETTE KIVElt DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM, JR- Steamer Ruth, lor Sakm, Independence and way polrts. leaves from Ash-street Dock at tl A. M. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. j Returning, haves Independence at 5 A. M., and Saturday?. CORVALL1S AND- ALBANT. Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at C A. M. on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Re- tutnin-;, leaves Corvallfe at 0 A. M. on Men Jtsjs. Wed-wsJays anU Frluajs. YA3Ii:iLL rtlVEU ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Cin.ire, for Oreron City. BultevIHe. Cbanii-ocg. Dayton and way landings, leaves Por-.-and. Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 A. it Leaves Dayton for Portland and waj -tonus McaJajs. ..dnerday and Fridays at a A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. r.ip.:iA. was:i . and lewiston. idaho j St.aer i.".H-kaje or uteamer Lewtston leaves I P.iiJ.-ia dally at :!:40 A. -L, arrh.ng at Lew 1 IsUin at-out :t P. M. Returning, the Spokane or "" i her:"na.V Lewlston da.Iy at S-.m) A. M.. 1"'"'S " ipar.a same evcn.ng. , . H. ULRLBUP.T. Genoral Passenscr AgenL V A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agunl. Teleptioae JSa.n 712. M Third sL. cor. Oak. STEAMSHIP LINE TO THE ORIENT CHINA AND JAPAN. FP.OM PORTLAND. For rates. aetoromHlations. etc.. apply -to OREGON HAILROAD & NAV CO.. Agents. Portland. Or. Eu 1 VIA OUTH Depot I'ifth cud I Street.H. Arrive OVEHLAND EX PUESS TRAINS, for Salem, Rose bar?. Ashland. Su,. r a m e n to. Ogden. Fan Francisco. SI Jne. 1ms Anj-elQ?, El .Pao. Nety Or liana and the East, s At Wood hum (daily excent Sun day), morning train connects with train for Mt. Anyel. SII v e r t o n. Hrown Hie. S; rlnga eld. pnd Natron. and i . -nlns train for yt Angel and Sll verton. Albany passenger Cof.allis ra-nger 7:45 A. Jl. 10:10 A. M I15:50 1 M. liS:25 A. M Siier dan ra.ssr .. Daily lIDa.ly except Sunday. Lebat" tic-eta on r-a.e between Portland. Sac-rsti-ienio airfl ban Kranei!co. Net rates. $17 first c!a an.i ll wioau iU.-, Including bl -cper. 1 .nt s arti tLkei. to Eastern points and Eu ro, t-. Auk IAPAN. CHtNA. HONOLULU and Al tSTKALIA Can be obtained trom J. C Kl '.KLANU. Ticket Ag-nt. l-lu Third streeL YAMHILL DIVISION. Pawenger Deptt foot of Jefferson streeL I.savi for Oswego dah at 7W. 0:40 A. M.; 12: a) I.Sj. -". . -'. S.X. 11KJ0 P. il.; arnt t uti A -1. on Suauaj-a onij. Arrive at Po.tland oa'.l at u 35. i.J0. -10 50 A. M.; l:.i .. Mj. 4:.j. '.13. (AO. U.00 P. AL; 12:4o A- At oaly. ij-cti't Monday. j:0 and Wi'Xi X. M. m su..iay.4 o.ity Lfvr tor Lanu rta.ly, except Sunday, at D.t'i i' jt Arrv it Portland at OWi A. M. I abtet.q-r trtln leave.- L-al as (or Ahlle Mjn dajs. VcdnedJ rd T.idajs at 11.45 I. 31. Returns Tuesdays. Thur.daya and Saturdas. -Except Sunday. KOEKLFR. Mjnnser C. H. MAUKHAM. Hen. Krt. & Pass. AgL ONLY 70 HOURS PORTLAND TO CHICAGO ...VIA... S PicTOr- umon pacific r. r. co. fi OREGON SHORT LIME R. R. CO. OREGON R. R. & NAVIGATION CO. i ' . j - . um ii hi i m-SBE-a TWO TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST NO CKAi:3E OF CA j.3 to Dcnvr, winthci. LanSiW C:'.y and Chlcjjj. On.y Four Days To New York. Boston, Philacblphi:. cna Weshjn'.on. Palace Sl-epfrs. Tourist Sleepers. Dlnlns Cars. Librup Cars. Kre Iteclining-Chalr Caw. Stoafa HVat. I'.mscii Light. Fast Time. Union Depots. Baggage checked to destination. err tecket office 135Th"rd-5ircct Portland, Oregon J. H. LOTHROP Gen'l Agent. GEORGE L.VNG. City Pass. & 1 ku AgL Steamers AStoiia-and Poeiona Djlly tr Sunday) for Independe'nce. baUra ?nd Til tat Imdua La e Portland f J5 A. Sft ' V ai o ueiwx, -. M. Orhte and dock, foot Taylor sL (zJf suxsrr r O 0CDEHi-SH4STA ! tn ROUTES in J V g3 J 4-00P. M. H7:-iA M ,4.:iO V. M. v TRAVELERS' CUIDS.f f The Yellowstone Park and Pioneer Dining-Car Route- CnFea Depit, ft. an J JSlJ I Arrive. 5 No. 12 1:45 P. M. Overland Kx--rei- t- Soutu iend. .iWcrdec.M. Hoquiam. Coatnopoiu, Oiyuipia. Tacuiua. Su No. 11 it tie. North i'akluu. Rltzvllle. Spukno, Puiiumn. Moscow. L-rW-1 s t o n. Grangeville. Rutland. H. C. Butte. Billings. Fargo. St. Paul. Minneapolis. Chi cago. Boston, "Vaah Inctcrt. D. C. Nw iYork, and all polo-. tast and ioutlieaat. Kansas City-SL Lou-L ? ?Z" No. 4 ll:3o P. i Snecial for Tacoma. Se-'-3t'-K- -5-1 attle. North Yakima. Rltzvllle. Spokane. Rossland. Lew Is ton. V Helena. Butte. Billing.. Deadwood. Denver. Omaha. Su Joseph. Kansas City. St. Louis. Chicago. Washington. Baltimore. New ork Boston, and all points east and southeast. Baggage checked to destination of tickets.. Union Depot connect'ons in all principal cities.. Through car service via Northern Pacific--Burlington Route, train No. 4, for Omaha. SL Joseph. Kansas City. St Louis. Quick time and unequaled accommodations. The only lint running Pullman standard and Pullman up holstered tourist sleepers, the finest In th world. Tortland to Minneapolis and SL Paul! without change. For any additional Information, tickets., sleeping-car reservations, maps of routes, etc. call on or write to A. D. CHARLTON A-isi-ttant General Pa.nienKer Agent, -55 Morrison St.. Cor. Third, Portland. Oregon. 99 This officcis a veritable Bureau of Information on matters pertaining to railroad and steamship travel a place where ycfu can buy a ticket to Trondhjem, Norway;' "Wahoo, Neb.; FIttsfie'd, Mass., or anywhere else In America or Europe- Our ticket agent does more than take your money and give you a ticket. He plans your trip for you. He shows you how to save time and money. He tells you what there Is to see and. the best way to see IL TICKET OFFICE Cer. Third and Stark 5ti. JL IV. FOSTER. City Ticket Af-enL AND SOO LINE FIRST-CLASS AND TOURIST SLEEPERS DAILY PASSENGERS BOOKED TO AND FROM ALL POINTS EAST ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP OFFICE For full particulars apply to H H. ABBOTT. Agent, US Third 8L. Portland. Or. E. J. COYLE. A- G. P. X... , Vancouver. B. C " Ticket Office 268 r..orrbon5L 'Phone 6SQ LEAVE No. 4 6:00 P.M. The Flyer, dally to and from SL Paul, Minne apolis. Duluth. Chicago and all points East. arrive: No. 3 7:00 A. M Through Pala.-e and Tourist Sleepers. Dtnlnc and Buffet Srnoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAM - AMERlCAii LLN STEAMSHIP RIOJUN MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic polnta will leave Seattle About January 7lh Astoria & Coiumbh River Railroad Co, LEAVES LNION DEPOT. For Maygers. Kalnlcr.l Clatskanie. Weatport, Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavd. Ham mond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart I'k.. Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Exp. ess. Dally. Astoria Express. Dally. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. 8:00 A. M. 11:10 A. IL. :00P. M- Ticket offlce 253 Morrison sL and Union Depot- J. C MAYO. Gtn. Pass. AgL. Astoria. Or. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. 1 OW AwAb.r. THE COMPANY'S elegant Eten.nt.hlp3 Cottage- City. City of To-ieka and Al - Kl leave TACOMA 11 A. St.. SEATTLE J P. M.. Dec 1. 6. 11. 10. 21. 23. 31; Jan. 5. 10. 15. 20. 23. :t0; Feb. 4. Steamer leaves evvry fifth day thereafter Further Information obtain company's folder The company reserves the rlsht to change httamers. zaMlnc dates and hours of sailing,. vlthout previous iotlce. AGENTS N. POSTON 24!) Washington sL. Portland. Or. F. V. CARLETON. N. P K- R Dock. Tacoma. TICKET OFFICE. 018 First ave.. Seattle. M. TALBOT. Cflmm'l. Agent, a W. MILLER. Asst. Gen'I AgenL Oceaa Dock, Seattle. t ,. GOODALL. PERKINS ft CO.. Gea. Ast.. SAN FRANCISCO. MiSksS;