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THE MOKNliNG OREGONIAN, MONDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1900. TREAT ALL ALIKE Slot Machine as Full of Dan ger as Faro Game. ENTICES YOUNG MEN TO RUIN Dr. Kellogg Believe the Authorities Will Suppress Gambling: If People So .Direct Let Them Slake KJaovra. Their Position. Treat all forms of gambling alike and euppress them all, was the leading senti ment of Rev H. W Kellogg in the preface to his sermon at Taylor-Street Methodist Church last, evening. There Is as much danger In the slot machine of the cigar store as In the faro game of the gam-1llng-house. Dr. Kelloggs subject -was "Gambling In Our City." He said in part: "The vice and crime of gambling are acknowledged by all political science and moral opinion. This Is beyond dispute. It Is outlawed by all civilized governments. Communities become familiar with evil and Indifferent to Its results. This Is a fitrange law of human life. And so crime is sometimes tolerated and even sanc tioned by a very respectable people. This seems to "be the condition of our city to day. T cannot believe that any large num ber of our citizens are encouraging gam bling Just for commercial Interests; that men to any extent are trafficking In human lives. It Is rather because of the indif ference which characterizes a busy peo ple that this evil is permitted to grow to the alarming power that it exerts in this community. Men have not given atten tion "to 'it, and" many are not aware of its presence. "Dealing with this evil is a great prob lem. It has always existed and it will always- .exist, as long. as sin exists. It is deeply Tooted in human nature. It has Its psychological law, a disposition to ven ture on chances a. very necessary law to the progress of the race and the Individ ual. But like all legitimate and noble powers of the soul it is easily perverted, and, when jinrestralned and unguarded. It becomes the ruin of a. man. Probably no habit eo completely masters human na ture and compels It to destruction as this, when it becomes a passion. The habit of drink may be only physical, but this Is mental, and becomes an insanity, a de rangement. Borne of the greatest master pieces of literature have been dedicated to the description of Its awful power over human life. Men become mad under the sway of Its passion. Let any one read the Etory of 'Little Nell,' by Dickens, and he will And there such a description of its awful ravages as will make his blood run cold. With h longing to relieve the needs of others the old grandfather steals from the poor, suffering child in the dark of night the very child he loves most dear ly, robs her of the last hope of bread that he may gratify the hunger of this terrible beast within him. Men who have tho habit of gambling will gamble if they have to He and steal and hide behind bars to do it, No opium field has a mad der chase for the gratification of his wish than the gambling fiend. So as long as human nature remains corrupt, gambling will exist. So will all other crimes. "What, then, Is the problem for gov ernment to solve? Is it to refuse to con trol It? Is It to make It respectable and encourage It? This Is not government at all. We need no government and would be relieved of a great burden and ex pense if this were all that is required. No, It Is the province of government to sup press evil, to make it difficult, to dis grace crime and by so doing encourage virtue. And this, too, is not theoretic; this is practical. This is the purpose of government, and governments exist be cause they do accomplish this end. By some unfortunate combination of circum stances we are not only not suppressing this crime in this city, but we are en couraging it. It Is steadily increasing, ac cording to the report of the officers. The rooms are running full handed, and are often crowded. "What is the matter? I shall not pro nounce anathemas on our city officials. This is not my habit. I have lived under many city governments, and I have yet to see. the case where the city officers were not as faithful in these matters as the people they governed demanded them to be. I would not excuse these men from that measure of responsibility which, as officers of the city and servants of the people, belongs to them. I know these men and believe that at the beginning of tho present movemeat. which has resulted in practically licensing and hence pro tecting these Institutions, they were sin cerely working for a better condition of things than that which previously existed; that there was in the minds of the pres ent officers not only a desire to increase the revenues of the city, but that it was a measure of reform which contemplated & correction of a very corrupt custom. It is commonly understood that there has been for some time, in this city, a method of private 'grafting.' So I am informed, and such Is the statement of an officer who ought to know. Under this abomin able practice a certain protection was af forded to these crimes. Nothing could be more demoralizing to government, to Jus tice, moro dishonoring to authority and more debauching to human nature than this contemptible practice. But the facts are "before -us. We confront a serious con dition.. Crime is Increasing. There is abundant .evidence of this, and this is what might be expected when protection is given to such institution. "What is to be done? I am sure that the authorities of this city are as anxious to serve the people In their wishes as the people are to be served. What they de sire, no doubt. Is that the people shall express themselves In no mistaken way on the great question. The brain and morals of this city should be heard. There is no fear that the voice of the man who is depending for a living on such crime will be heard, or of the business man who is Indifferent to everything but the busi ness interest he may have directly or in directly in this traffic. No doubt they will hear from those who desire the tax decreased and hope this may be a way to do it. But it is to be feared that the parent, whoso boys are being enticed Into a life of sin 'that will ruin him, and the Christian man who professes to have tho Interest of human life upon his heart will never speak. Let us have an awak ening of conscience and a maintenance of conviction at the risk of reputation, and and gain-that which will in a very short time bring this matter to an issue and settle for all time the question of protect ing "gambling in this beautiful home city. Let us have an expressed sentiment that will rebuke with authority this whole busi ness. "As I study this problem, there is in ray judgment greater danger to the fos tering of habit among our boys and coun try young men who come Into this city, in tho nlckel-ln-the-slot machine, which Is found In open places, than In all the high toned gambling pjaccs of this city. Hero it Is that the boy gets his first lesson. Here it Is that the passion begins to burn. Here it is that the beast that afterward is to kill him is first born. This nickel-ln-the-slot machine, which Is outlawed in this state, but multiplied In exact proportion to the Insincerity of a people who are ready to wink at crime. Let us be consistent and treat gambling at tha cigar store as we treat It in the gilded parlors of the gambling-houses. Let us save the boys. We need to be In haste about it, too, for habits are soon formed. Bovs that were pure one year ago are nfw beyond the limit of recovery. It is a matter concerning every citizen. Make this city one safe for the raising of men, nd you. will enhance property value, en courage stability In business, and Increase prosperity. Make the city an Incubator for gamblers and crime, and you will un dermine the stability of business integ rity, you will ruin fortunes, blast lives, blight homes, and break the hearts of innocence." ENFORCE THE GAMBLING LAWS. Dr. "Winchester Points Out the Dnty of City Officials. Rev. B. S. Winchester, at the Hassalo Street Congregational Church, East Side, last night discussed the condition of af fairs in the city. His subject was: "Sin Is Lawlessness." After quoting the state law on gambling, he said: "It Is the sworn duty of the Mayor of the city, and of the Police Commissioners, District Attorney, Sheriff, Constable, Town Marshal and police officers, to 'In form against and diligently prosecute any and all persons whom they shall have reasonable cause to believe guilty of a vio lation of the provisions of this act.' In view of these facts, it is little wonder that it should be said in The Oregonlan that 'the Chief of Police, the Mayor or the District Attorney could pinch to deathto morrow the gamblers of this city. If they would. The surprising fact is that these public officials, some of whom have al ready made their defense In the columns of that reaper, do not for a moment deny that such law-breaking exists, nor that they are cognizant of It which some say officials in other places have recently de nied when summoned before the grand Jury but openly assert that it is better for the city to fine the gamblers period ically; that is, practically license them, assuming that it Is a matter of discretion with public officials, elected to enforce the laws, as to whether they shall do what they have sworn to do or not. "The fact that this attitude Coward law is a common one does not make It less alarming. Those who oppose the enact ment of more laws designed to prevent the Indulgence of the baser passions on the ground that 'we havo enough laws nowif they were only enforced,' have their opportunity to act. Indeed, the responsi bility re6ts equally upon every citizen to see to it that the laws are enforced. It officials of any sort are not doing their sworn duty. It Is the duty of those who hold the position of citizen In the com munity to matmify their office and hold their representatives responsible. There Is no more menacing and defiant danger confronting the people of this country at the close of Jhe century than Just this, the disregard for. law. One may see In dications of It in the horrible acts of mob violence as they break out in lynchlngs and murders, in the frequency of divorce. In the widespread corruption of official everywhere. Here is an opportunity for the officials of Portland to prove to the citizens that they do not mean to bo un. true to their oaths of office, and an op portunity for the citizens of this city to show the world that they do not propose to let laws go unenforced, because of ficials may not be willing to enforce them. Let us not lose sight of the fact in all our discussion that the paramount Issue is that of law enforcement, and let us call things by their right names; 'sin is law lessness.' and, what is equally true, law lessness is sin." DR. IHLL INDORSED. Presbyterian Church Approves His Fight Against Gambling. The fight which Rev. E. P. Hill, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church, Is making on gambling was indorsed by the congregation yesterday morning., At a meeting of the official board of the church, or church session, Thursday evening, a committee was appointed to draft reso lutions approving Dr. Hill's course. These resolutions were presented at service yes terday morning. When they had been read, Miller Murdock moved that all who Indorsed the action of the church ses sion should rise. Between 700 and 800 peo ple, all, apparently, except strangers pres ent, rose. The resolutions as signed by the committee which drafted them follow: "The subject of open licensed gambling in our city has been quite thoroughly dis cussed. And inasmuch as Dr. Hill, our pastor, has been prominent in this dis cussion, and because of the public intima tion that the business men of this city very generally favor the licensing of gam bling, and are thus in a sense made ac cessory to the present vicious and inde fensible methods of our officials; and since silence is too often accepted as ac quiescence, at least In the present con ditions, we believe It to ben entirely ap propriate duty, on this Sabbath morning, and in this church, to give public expres sion to our sentiment on this exceeding ly Important matter. "Therefore, we, the members of the session of the First Presbyterian Church, of Portland, Or., do individually and of ficially indorse the action of our pastor. Rev. Edgar P. Hill. D. D., in publicly exposing the methods of our officials in administering the affairs of this city. "And we do hereby denounce in un measured terms the present system of li censing gambling and the means employed for its protection, as an encouragement to vice and crime, and subversive of good government, of good morals, and of the will of the people, as embodied in our statutory laws. "We do most earnestly Implore our pub lic officials to adopt the time-honored, and in every way and for every reason, the wiser, safer and better practice of re specting their official oaths; and Instead of perverting law to the injury of the character and reputation of this commun ity, that they simply administer the laws as they find them upon our statute-books, for surely these laws are the very best evidence of the will of the people, whom they have been chosen to serve. "A S. PATTULLO, "G. M. WELLS, "S. P. LEE, "S. T. LOCKWOOD. "CHAS. H. MADELEY, "S. R, JOHNSTON. "W. M. HAMILTON, "E. P. MOSSMAN. "R. LrVINGSTONE, "W. M. LADD. "E. QUACKENBUSH, "R, K. WARREN." Dr. Hill had not asked for Indorsement, and the action taken yesterday was not expected by him. A NEW ROAD. The new improvements that have been made during the past year or two in the tracks, roadbed, bridges, trestles, tunnels, etc., have virtually made a new road or the- Northern Pacific The roadbed has been widened, trestles filled In, new and heavier steel rails laid, grades cut down, wooden bridges replaced by steel ones, curves taken out, tunnels lined with con crete and brick, and Improvements made wherever possible. Hundreds of thou sands of dollars have been expended in improvements during the past few years. New and mammoth locomotives capable of drawing the heavy transcontlnsntal passenger trains at 75 mites per hour, when necessary, have been bought. Prog ress and advancement have been and am the order of the day. Such a road, solid, smooth, safe, it Is a pleasure to ride over, especially as it runs through the finest scenery of the Northwestern Empire ana touches all the greater cities found there. Pullman's best cars, both standard and tourist sleepers and a royal dining-car, are a part of the through trains from Portland dally. Tour bedroom and dining-room are carried along with you all the way to Minneapolis and St. Paul, a distance of over 2000 miJes, where you are, they are, where you go, they go. If you are going East and desire Infor mation as to routes, rates, sleeping-car reservations, etc., call on or write A. D. Charlton, assistant general passenger agent, 235 Morrison street, corner Thlrc, Portland, Or. Ministers, lawyers, teachers and others whose occupation gives little exercise, should use Carter's Little Uver Pills for torpid Uver and biliousness. GIRLS SCARCE AND HIGH WILL NOT TAKE HOUSEWORK -IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE. Prefer fSSOs "Week la a Factory to $25 a Month, sad Soar is. a Family. The servant girl question Is the prob lem of the closing days of the century. Good house servants are very scarce. Women have about given up looking for them, and men have to attend to this matter. Several members of a public body were discussing this subject and relating their experiences a day or two ago, while waiting for a quorum to ar rive. One, who Is a large employer of labor, said his company employed from 300 to 400 girls, at .from 53 50 to 55 per week. The girls find their own boarding and lodging, the majority of them living at home and working for spending money. Not one cirl could be found among all these who would accept a position to do housework at 525 per month, with board and lodging. In illustration of the diffi culty of hiring girls, he told the follow ing story: He had seen the advertise ment of a girl who wanted work in a family. Early the next morning he start ed for the address mentioned in the ad vertisement. He hunted all around where the number ought to have been, but there was only a vacant lot there. While he was sizing up the situation and mak ing up his mind that there had been a mistake in the advertisement, he saw a friend a block away taking his notebook out of his pocket, and scanning the num bers of the houses. Then he knew that he was looking for the number that was not. A minute later another man whom he knew approached from another direc tion. For a few minutes there were six men, one of them accompanied by his wife, hunting for the missing number. Each acted as If he suspected all the others of being in search of tho girl who wanted a chance to do housework, but each, when he found that there was no such number as he was looking for, be gan to see the Joke. Finally, all got to gether on a corner, compared notes, and had a good laugh over their troubles. The people living In the vicinity began to suspect that something was wrong, so many persons pulled at their door bells and inquired for an Imaginary number. The unsuccessful searchers started off down the street In a body, but before they had gone far, one said: "Well, I am going back to try once more." The others cheered him, but ho never found the number nor the girL Another told of going to a place to find a girl who advertised for a Job as cook. As he entered the room where the girl was, a woman who was looking for a servant rang the bell and followed him In. The mother of the cirl suggested that "first come, first served," was the rule; and that he ought to be allowed to talk to the girl first, but the woman never budged. The man told the girl that he had a family of four, his girl had two evenings off every week, the washing wa3 done at home, and he paid 525 per month. He then presented his card and withdrew. The woman probably made a better offer, for he heard nothing from the girl. Another of the party laughed, as he said: "I have been through all the ex periences possible In procuring servant girls, and now when I want one I write to a friend in the country, and he sends me one, and generally a good one." The employer of girls said that a law ought to be passed preventing business houses and manufacturers from employ ing girls, at least girls who had parents, and obliging them to employ boys. There are thousands of girls working for trifling wages and not fitting themselves for any useful purpose hereafter, while many boys are growing up In idleness. "PUDGE" HEFFELFINGER. Ills Football Tnlfc "With a Touns Woman "Who Did Not Know Him. Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. "Pudge" HeffeWnger was one of the most popular football players that Yale ever produced. As long as he played football he was an idol, and received enough homage to turn a less level head than his proved to be. At present, he is living quietly at his home in Minneapolis, and is in business ith his father, a well known shoe manufacturer of that city. And one subject he seldom discusses Is football. This story Is told of a New York girl who visited Minneapolis several years ago. At a dinner she found herself seated by a big, broad-shouldered young man, whose name she had not caught. As ho was big, looked muscular, and did not touch wine, she divined that athletics would be likely to interest him. "Do you play football?" she asked, nc cordlngly. "Not now," he answered, with some embarrassment, apparently. She thought him shy. "But you have played?" she queried, encouragingly. "Yes some," he replied. "You look as if you might play very well These Western colleges turn out some very fine players," she continued, a trifle patronizingly. "The best in the world," he responded, emphatically. "Oh hardly that! Of course, they don't compare with the Yale and Harvard players." She thought It a trifle provin cial of him to put his Western colleges above Yale and Harvard. "Have you ever seen one of the Yale-Harvard games?" she continued. "Yes, I have seen Yale and Harvard play," he admitted. "I never miss a game If I can help it," the girl rattled on; "but I don't enjoy them as I used to when Heffelfinger played. Did you ever see him play?" He looked thoughtful for a moment. "No," he answered. "Well," you don't know what you've missed! If you really care for football you ought to see Heffelfinger play!" "I'm afraid I never shall," said the young man. regretfully. "Evidently, he's not a real football en thusiast, or he'd fhow more Interest in the subject." the girl though tto herself, and was about to begin on some other topic when a man across the table ac costed the big, broad-shouldered young man beside her. "Pudge," he said, "are you going to coach any this Winter for the Minnesota team?" "No; not this year." answered the young man. A premonitory shiver went over the girl. "Was It Pudge he called you?" she de manded, breathlessly, of the broad-shouldered young man. She recalled a vague memory that Heffelfinger was a Western man. "Yes, It was Pudge," he had to admit. "And your other name?" she asked, her face a brilliant scarlet. "Heffelfinger," was the apologetic reply. v Gntter-Snlpe. Charles Godfrey Leland in Notes and Queries. The word snipe, as expressive of con tempt with an intimation of priggishness or pettiness, especially Impertinence, was very common in Philadolpha as far-back as 1S35. as I can well recall my Indigna tion when called by It. There can be no question that it came Into use from the German schnlpp or schnipplsch snappish, pert, saucy. "Gutter-snipe" began to ap pear in newspapers some years later. It would, however, be curious to ascertain whether tho term does not exist In some form in old provincial English. "Gutter" was very naturally added from its asso ciation with mud. It was generally be lieved in New England, and I dare say elsewhere, that the snipe lived by sucking mud. NEW AM Al A Wm 35 K MULT- NOMAH FIELD KXK Game called at 2:30 NEW ZEALAND SOCIALISM! IT IS ALL RIGHT, IF YOU ONLY THINK SO. Correspondent Makes a Comparison Unfavorable to Condition In This Load of the Free. PORTLAND, Dec 28. (To the Editor.) In your editorial on "State Socialism On Trial," December 27 Issue, in speak ing of New Zealand, you say: "Their government-owned railways are badly equipped, rates high, and that employes are not appointed with, strict regard to securing efficient, economical administra tion." The following facts I have gleaned from New Zealand's "Official Year Book," different years; Land and Labor Laws," by "John Mackey, government printer at Wellington, and from letters from W. S. Turby, officer in charge rail way employes, Auckland district, and from the United States Consul there. The government operates about 22,000 miles of railway, these employing 6000 men, who for eight hours a day receive 30 per cent higher wages than employes do on our railways for 12 hours a day. First-class passenger service at 1-3 cent per mile. School children carried free to and from school. Fifty-six pounds of, fruit is carried 300 miles for 12 cents, and empty crates returned free, which will compare favorably with rates the "Wil lamette farmers pay our private-owned railways. Wages of section men are from $1 75 to $2. No free passes are given (not even to editors). Hallway employes elect their own foremen. Bank and railway clerks, telegraph and telephone operators, have to enter the service as cadets, and rise according to abjllty. They do not secure their positions through "Influence," as here, and arc only dismissed for Just cause. The profits of these "badly man aged roads show annually $2,250,000. which goes into the public treasury. Instead of into the pockets of a few human para sites. A message can be sent 1000 miles for 12 cents. Postal savings banks are far too popular to suit the private bank ers. In these postal banks there is on deposit equal to $45 for every man, wo man and child In that country. Nor do the people fear postal bank failures, nor absconding cashiers. You say: "The government Insures the lives of citizens, but the management is reported very expensive," etc It has often been stated in our papers that the people of New Zealand carry more In surance on their lives than the people of any other country. Now, as there are 10 large private insurance companies there, among them our New York and Equita ble, yet the government holds as many policies as all these other W companies put together. If the government charges a higher rate and manages this, business badly, why do the people prefer it? As to their national debt: This wa3 a nat ural result of their old system, and can not be laid at the door of the new. The increase added to the old debt was money voted for building of railways. Improve ment of lands, building roads and bridges, public works and buildings, im migration, defense, extending telegraphs, gold fields, coal mines, lighthouses and harbors, advancing money to settlers, and public loans. I fall to And a cent's Increase caused in killing foreigners, to make market for their overproduction, while thousands starved at home for the bare necessaries of life; but then they may have no Chaun cey Dopews, who see the need of that. The amount of Indebtedness in population December, 1896, in Queensland and South Australia was greater than that for New Zealand in March, 1S3S. England's public debt then was 16 per head, and that of the United States (from Statist of April 23, 1S93), 3 103 per head. New Zealand's net indebtedness grows less every year on an average Ss lOd per head. As to their "towns swarming every night with young men'and women unable to get employment,"I do not believe facts will bear you out. There are a few tramps in New Zealand today, who be long to tho old system, but when they die oft, from reliable reports I believe there will be no tramp3. The govern ment's 200 agents look well to finding em ployment for tho willing to work, trans porting workingmen free to places where help is needed. Quoting from a letter re ceived from the Chief Clerk, Department of Labor, Wellington, dated March, 1S99, ho says: "Any man physically able or lit should be able to do well here." Again he says: ' "There is no country in the world whera I would rather live, and altogether, ac cording to ourselves, we live In an Ideal country." William Ramstead, in the Clarion, in speaking of his visit to New Zealand, says: "We have not seen a trace of abject poverty so common In England, nor a single beggar, but every where Is an air of comfort and prosper ity." Could ho say this of our "full dinner-pall" country? There are no spoils of office in New Zealand. Tho civil serv ice rules Include all officials, except mem bers of the Cabinet and Judges of tho higher courts. They have no political rings and bosses. The nominations are mado by the people. Partisanship has not the hold on them, as with us. The peo ple are represented in Just legislation, in stead of by a lot of high-sounding prom ises made Just before election and never kept. They do not allow a few political humbugs to outline their campaigns. I have sent a copy of December 27 issuo of The Oregonlan to the Hon. R. J. Sed don, which he will no doubt find as amus ing as Mr. Bowser's "ideas" In "A Tramp in Society," though not as Instructive, maybe; also sent a few of our dailies to prove, by the hold-ups, robberies, mur ders, bank failures, and even children be ing sold for bread (from Tho Oregonlan), that this competitive system of ours Is working splendidly (for the Standard Oil and some other moneyed pirates). When the workingmen of America wako up to YEAR'S FOOTBALL MULTNOMAH VS. SALEM The Salem boys pfay football like a house afire. Their friends believe that the Salem team can even out play the Stanfords. If they can, look out for a hot old game on Multnomah Field on New Year's day. Anyway, It will be a rattling good game. Take your wife, your sister or your sweetheart to see the great contest of skill and endurance The Last Gala Event of the Winter Season on Multnomah Field P. M. sharp. Price of the fact that there can be capital with out capitalists, and that they need not give that class 85 cents out of each dol lar they produce, then will a change take place here as in New Zealand; and the working peoplo are beginning to wake up, which scares the plutocratic press. Yours for a government for all the people, (MRS) N. E. FOETISCH. COMING ATTRACTIONS. "Old Jed Prouty" at the Maiqsam Tonight. Richard Golden, In "Old Jed Prouty," will open his engagement at the Mar quam Grand tonight, continuing Tuesday, New Year's day, matlneo and evening, closing Wednesday night. "Old Jed Prouty" seems as near an ap proach as possible as to what a play should be. It depicts very truthfully coun try life in New England about half a century ago. Altogether, the moral of the play is de cidedly good, and were "every caterer for public entertainment to givo so healthful and Innocent a performance as this Is, parents and guardians of youth would no longer cry out as they now do against the immorality of theater-going. Entertain ments of thl3 sort are entitled to the stanchest support of the religious press. Richard Golden, when he wrote "Old Jed Prouty," aimed to present a rural comedy-drama, faithfully portraying a simple, honest-minded countryman, and so natural did he mako his creation that the public, recognizing the grandeur char acterized in the tavern keeper, paid it the tribute of greatness. Colonel Thompson' Offering:. Colonel W. A. Thompson arrived in Port land yesterday. Colonel Thompson has arrived in Portland before, and on each occasion his appearance has been indica tive of something particularly good in the direction of opera. This time he comes is the director of Slgnorina Stefanla Col lamarini, who will appear at Cordray's Theater next week, her engagement be ginning Sunday, January 6. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. Newton Phillips. S F E C Fahraey & wife, Chicago C R Davis. Chicago Dan I. Weaver. Spokn C W Allan. Montreal E C Klauber & wife. Chicago TVm H O'Nelle. N Y Mr A. Mrs S M Herd, St Paul Mr & Mrs J Lowen- gart. ch & nrs, city Col W A Thompson & wf, London, Enr G C Goodwin. Tacoma Mr & Mrs Y M Potter. London. En? J McGIlvery & wife, Lewlston. Idaho W L Gazram, Seattle Frank Thlbault, Shoal water Bay Alex Cohen. San Fran John D Drake. San Fr M E Frank. Run TTran T R Sheridan. Rofiebrr a. j uowen. Ban .Fran W L Cobb & w, Denver iticnara uoiaen & wX, NY Wm Henry Rudolph fc wife. N Y M S Collins. N Y A Newman, N Y T T Magee. Louisville Albert Dunbar, Astoria Adam S Colllnn. Sn V J A Goodwin. Vaacouvr THE PERKINS. John Brobst, "Wllsonvl Wm Richards. St PI, Minn C O Martin, do J I Hurd. do G J O'Brien, do G F Bryan. do Go J Reld. do J B Hushes. Orovllle. Cal E J Mack, New York unas r urn, n Y Miss J M Crelghton, Salem Miss M S Crelghton, Salem Lyman M Lee. Salem airs w Li uresory, Seattle J H Dlckman. Chicago O A Thornton, Astoria i u mxe, Moro Mrs Pike. Moro D E Caldwell, Everett John C Ugland, Dallas, Or J G Chesebro, Elk Cy, Idaho C W Colwell, B C J E Howard, city J Mellqulst. Dalles Mrs Mellqulst. Dalles H B Kreseman. Seattle Mrs Kreseman, Seattle H A Wright, Seattle H M Morse, "Jed Prouty" Co Mrs H M Morse, do Robt Craig. do Laurence Flynn. do Miss Nellie Corbln.do Miss Grace McLeod.do Miss Lillian Clalre.do Mrs F Farmchlll, do Maurice Pike, do F Pennyfeather, do Mowry Simon, do J M Mayhall, Kalaxna H Krammel, Castle R!c Mrs Krammel. do E B Deyoe. city Edwin Hob son, Astoria L E Howes, Astoria bud W&eathltt. Van couver. Wash Frank N Peterson, Monitor Val Washburne, Wash j B crosneid. Mount Tabor E Shelly Morgan, city Jos Sanger, Jr. N Y Gus Wehrung, Hills- boro F C Lampert, Spokan Mrs Lampert, do Victor Marden, Dalles H A Sturdevant. do F R Frost. San Fran Mrs J H Wade, Milan. iaa.no Mrs Alex Wade, do Con Wyatt. do J J Tucker. Burns J H White. Washlngtn S G Wood. WllIows.Or Mrs wood, do J A Gersend & fmy, The Dalles Martin Van Buren. Tacoma Chas Drake. N Y Wm Friend. N Y D McGUlerny & party, ievr ionc THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles. Manager. W L Zelger, Pendleton Wm C Gates, city Mrs Gates, city C D Latourette. Ore gon City J C Sonolton. Vancvr H W Dye. San Fran Roy McAlpIn, Watson- vllle Miss E C Stephens. SF M P Watson, Seattle S W Wilson. Oakland Geo I Brlggs. N Y John E Gratell, As toria J C McCue. Astoria A W Stowell, Vancvr D B Duncan, Astoria Fred A Krlbs. Minnplt P H Sroat, Salem Mrs Sroat. Salem "W L Bradshaw. Dalles J W Condan. Dalles Clifton Condan. Dalles John Summervllle, Welser. Idaho W D Smith. Vancouver W H Gordan. USA Carl A Sutter. 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The unfavorable condition of the weath er Is retarding the progress of the new mill under construction at Kendrick. The building is comslete, the flume bottom laid the entire distance, and with about two weeks of good weather could be finished. general admission, 50c; grand stand, 25c. SOFT PLACE TO ALIGHT DEVICE) TO 3CCJTTMIZE STTtEET-CAIt FATALITIES. Portland Hon Think He Has Some thing That Will Protect Huznaa Life, and Cola. Money. A Portland man has Invented a device to keep people from being run over by street-cars, and he considers it an abso lute safeguard. His name is G. Konigs berg, a furrier. Ten years ago ho was looking out of a window in Denver, when a little boy was run over and killed by a street-car. His wife asked: "Can't you Invent something to prevent such acci dents?" He said: "Yes." Konigsberg's device Is the result of many months of study and experiment. The picture of it looks like a sofa mounted on small wheels pot In front of a car. Springs at the rear allow the concussion to throw thi3 apparatus back against the car, without injury to the obsta cle or the passengers. "If a car over takes a person," Mr. Konlgsbertr ex plained yesterday, "he will be tripped up and fall softly on this fender. If he trip3 and falls In front of a rapidly moving car, he is pushed out of the way by a system of brushes that reach within two inches of the ground, and the car passes on without damage." The apparatus is a combination ,of spiral springs and galvanized wire-netting fringed by stiff bristles on the lower front edge, to brush aside an object that is too low on the ground to be caught on the net. Konigsberg says the fender can be attached to cars at a cost of $25 each or eS3, according to the material used in construction, and. in this climate that which Is proof against rust or mildew would be desirable. K can be easily de tached at the terminus of the car line and wheeled around to the other end while the motorman Is reversing his trol ley pole, and no delay is necessary. This is why 3Ir. Konigsberg thinks it Just the thing to make him a millionaire. He has seen many fenders In Eastern cities, but none that equals his, as the majority of them are rigidly affixed to the car and permit of rebound. Such fender, he says, may protect the passengers, but they always kill or cripple the person whom the car overtakes. Those fenders which have flexible cow-catchers, he declares, are an infringement on his patent, and when he gets a little better fixed, he in tends to begin many actions for damages. UNIQUE ELECTRIC ROAD. An Innovation In Trolley Practice Attempted In Switzerland. New Tork Tribune. All of the electric motors on trolley cars in America are of the direct current type. In a few shops, however, alternating-current motors have recently been employed to drive machinery, and this innovation has led to a good deal of talk about applying the same system to trac tion work. If alternating-current motors would show themselves suited to the operation of trolley cars, it would be felt that an important gain had been effected. "Where the power for a road is generated at a considerable distance from the line, as is the case in Buffalo, whose supply is drawn from Niagara, it Is customary to employ an alternating current for trans mission purposes, and then at the scene of action convert the current into a di rect one. That conversion, however. In volves a slight loss of energy, and call3 for the use of an additional appliance. There would be a double economy, there fore, If the alternating current could be led right into the car motor. "Without going into the technicalities of the matter, It may be remarked that until Tesla Invented what is known as the "polyphase" motor it was hard to utilize an alternating current for power purposes, however satisfactory it might be for illumination. But ever since the polyphase motor showed that It would work well in shops, electricians have waited Impatiently to see It tried on railway cars. Such a venture has Just been made in Switzerland, and if it is not the very first one of the kind, It is cer tainly a pioneer enterprise. A descrip tion of the new line is furnished by Engineering. From Berne there Tadiate railways in all directions. The new line runs north and south, to tha east of the city, and inter sects three of the older roads. It begins at Burgdorf on the north, and terminates at Thun on the south. It is nine mile's long. The track is of the standard gauge. Part of tho cars are equipped with mo tors and the others are trailers- The motor cars weigh 32 tons, and the- trail ers 12 tons. There are four 64-horsepower motors on jeach motor car, one motor to each axle. Professor C. A. Carus-"Wilson. an Eng lish electrical engineer of high repute, who describes the road and its working for Engineering, remarks that If a direct current motor Is used the speed falls off perceptibly when the load is increased or an up grade is encountered. But he declares that the alternating-current mo tors on the Burgdorf-Thun line behave better under similar circumstances. How ever, he admits that the grades there were a little too heavy to show the best results. And he also points out that the operation of getting up speed at the Btart, known as "acceleration," 13 not as rapid with the alternating current as with the direct. In some classes of serv ice, especially In rural regions, this would not be a serious drawback. But where, as Is the case on elevated roads In cities, the traffic Is heavy and the trains make fre quent stops, this delay In getting up speed would be an objection of no little conse quence. Daasrer to the Aaglo-Snxoa. Lord Beresford in North American Review. This Is the danger which menaces the Anglo-Saxon race. The sea which threat ens to overwhelm It Is not the angry Xlg NEW YEAR'S DAY in ww w9tt waters of the Latin races or of envious rivals, but the cankering worm in Its own heart, the sloth, the Indolence, the luxur ious immorality, the loss of manliness, chivalry, moral courage and fearlessness which that worm breeds. This danger, which overthrew Babylon, Persia, Carth age, Athens, Rome and many other mighty nations and races in tho past, now threatens the race to which wa belong; but to it we oppose what they never pos sessed, on anything like the same prin ciples or to the same extent as we tha power of democracy. "The voice of tha people Is the voice of God," says. an old Latin proverb, and In the main that ia true. The masses may err, they may mis interpret their own wishes. They may need powerful educated leaders, able to guide popular sentiment Into the right channels, and to prevent it doing damage by overflowing its bank3, but the voica of the people In the end Is right, because in the mass they are neither self-seeking nor self-serving; for it is impossible for a mass to be swayed by purely selfish interests. To the masses we must look for the regeneration of the state and tho rescue of the race. If ever which God forbid! democratic feeling in the Anglo-Saxon pecple should be unheeded, axd those who are their leaders should continue to pUy with the moral sentiment of tha people, democ racy will resent It, and the consequences will be more terrible than any upheval in Prance or elsewhere; fcr when once democracy overflows, like a river which has broken Its banks, It becomes a scourge and an evil, and goes furtter than is Just or right. The mob begin by asking for Justice and right, and ends by demanding a scapegoat and s, martyr. Tronble In GainatoyrB. Baker City's Chlnatovn has been con siderably worked up Istely. Two China men purchased a 50-cent ticket in a Chi nese lottery, which entitled them to 20 drawings; eight points would entitle them to a cash premium of $500; 19 drawings had been made and tey had seven points to their credit, when the manager of tha lottery closed It down and refused to make the other drawing due them. By the polnt3 already made they were en titled to $150, but the manager likewise refused to pay that, claiming that the men had "changed the spots" on him. The meetings were therefor held to try to set. tie the dispute by arbitration, but the more it was discussed the more bitter the feelings became. The men who claim they wero cheated threatened to break up all the lotteries and other gambling in Chinatown by appealing to the courts. This raised great excitement In the mob, and dire threats, and thus the last meet ing broke up in a rush for "weapons of defense." One Chinaman who had Insulted another by calling him a "Boxer," upon being told that his adversary had threat ened to kill him, exclaimed: "Alllghty, allighty, he killee me, me klllee him first!" It is expected that tho trouble will yet end In bloodshed. The Sumpter American Is in receipt of Information to the effect that E. P. 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