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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1901.
PETER IS OVERDUE
Another Big German Ship Is
Making a Long'Passage.
LEFT HONG KONG MONTHS AGO
Crew Is Undoubtedly on Short Ra-
4
tlons The French Baric Xante
Wrecked In Engliih Channel
Fleet Thinnlns Out.
It is Ave months ago tomorrow since
the bigr German ship Peter Rlckmers
sailed in ballast from Hong Kong for this
port- The passage is ordinarily made in
about 50 days, so that the big ship might
be considered over three months
overdue. The fact that reinsurance
is not being paid on her is
because she departed from the usual
route across the Pacific, and struck
off down the China seas. Just why the
master chose this route Is uncertain, but
It is supposed to be on account of unfa
vorable winds that blow over the North
Pacific at the season of the year when
the Rlckmers was getting away from the
Orient.
The big ship sailed from Hong Kong
September 15. and passed Anjer 69 days
later, or Just about the time she was due
off the mouth of the Columbia. As Anjer
Is farther away from Portland than Hong
Kong, she was not expected for at least
CO days after passing there, but it has
now been over three months since she
-was last spoken. The Peter Rlckmers Is
a well-known vessel In this port, and gen
erally makes slow passages. For this rea
son it Is not believed that she has been
lost, but her long delay in reaching port
Is causing some concern lest her crew
is living on short rations. It is not the
general practice to provision a ship for a
live months voyage in coming across the
Pacific, and when the big ship does show
up her crew are pretty certain to be
hungry they will at least be ready for
come fresh food.
ANOTHER GRAIN SHIP GONE.
French Baric Xante Cnt Dotto. In
the English Channel.
Hard luck stories continue to drift in
.frpm the en route grain fleet, and as
there Is little or no chartering being done,
the proportions of the fleet are being
steadily reduced. The last vessel to meet
with, disaster was the French bark Nan
tes, which sailed from Penarth a few
weeks ago. The Nantes was en route to
Shanghai, from which port she was to
come to Portland, and, while going down
the English Channel, was struck by a
steamer and cut down nearly to the keel.
6he sank immediately, and will probably
become a total loss. The Poltalloch still
remains high and dry on the "Washington
coast, and the Occident remains down in
the FIJI Islands, where she burned. The
Edmund has arrived at San Francisco,
where several thousand dollars will be
spent In making her as good as new. The
Andrada, Otto Gildemister, R'athdown,
Bertha and Cape "Wrath are still missing,
and but little hope is expressed for any
of them.
WAS THE IiUCERXE.
Wreckage From the Missing Steam
er Has Been Identified.
ST. JOHNS. N. F., Feb. 13. It Is al
most certain that the steamship Lu
cerne was the victim of the disaster near
Bacllieu. A message from the agent to
the owners this afternoon said:
"Unidentified wreckage the same as
Lucerne's fittings found at Lead Cove."
The owners and mariners conversant
wlth the facts agree that the ship has
gore. Her loss Involves 30 lives, 23 of
her own crew, and seven others, ship
wrecked seamen and passengers. The sup
position is that she either burst her boil
ers and went to pieces, or struck the
cliffs and foundered. As all the Lucerne's
crew resided here, the disaster has ap
palled the whole community.
STEAMER EVA SAILS.
Damn pre" to the Blp Flonr Cargo
"Were of Small Consequence.
The steamship Bva, from this port for
Hong Kong, with a cargo of flour, sailed
from -San Francisco yesterday afternoon.
The steamer sprung a leak 150 miles off
the Columbia River, and was obliged to
put Into San Francisco to discharge and
repair. She went up to McNear's dock at
Port Costa, and. after discharging 250
tons of flour the leak was discovered. It
was on the port side In a scupper pipe
leading from the poop deck. The pipe was
of lead cased in wood, and rats had
gnawed through the lead, probably in
search of water, making a hole that
caused all the trouble.-
Ships Are Scarce.
The French bark La Rochefoucauld left
down the river yesterday morning, and
the Scottish Hills will follow today. This
will leave but three ships loading in Port
land harbor, and as it Js'getting so far
along in the month it will be hardly pos
sible to get any more vessels in soon
enough to clear them before next month.
The situation is somewhat unusual at this
time from the fact that there are over
30 cargoes of wheat on spot. The de
pressed condition of the wheat market
prevents exporters taking up any new
tonnage, even if it were available, and
most of them are resting on their laurels,
waiting for a favoring breeze to blow in
some of the ships which are due and
overdue.
Xo "Wreck at Tatoosh.
SHATTLE. "Wash.. Feb. 13. The news
that a distressed ship was ashore on the
rocks off Tatoosh Island proved to be er
roneous. A telegram from "Weather Ob
server Hobbs, at Neah Bay, states that
there is no truth in the report. It is be
Ueved the collier Frederica, which re
ported sighting a ship ashore off the
Island, passed either the Glooscap or the
Santa Clara standing In closer to the land
than is usual. Both the ships are now at
Port Townsend.
Anchor Liner In Trouble.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. The Anchor Line
steamer Astoria, which sailed early this
morning for Glasgow, was reported by
the marine observer at Fire Island at
19:15 A. M., stopped about one mile south
east of Fire Island lightship. At noon the
Astoria had drifted near the coast east of
Fire-Island lightship.
Overdnt Steamer Sighted.
QUEENSTOWN. Feb. 13. The Belgian
steamer Rhyneland, of the International
Navigation Company, which left Phila
delphia January 28 for Queenstown and
Liverpool, and was over five days over
due, was sighted off Brow Head, about
GO miles from here, at 5:30 o'clock P. M.
Ardamuirchan Reinsurance.
LONDON. Feb. 13. Grave anxiety is felt
at Lley's and in the produce markets in
regard to the safety of the British ship
Anteraurchan. Sixty-five guineas pre
mium has been paid to reinsure the ship.
Deal Will "Go Through.
LONDON. Feb. IS. The Pall Mall Ga
zette says It understands the Vlckers-Maxlm-Cramp
deal will shortly be con
summated. It adds that Mr. Leow, adl-
rector of the Vivkers-Maxim Company,
who is now in the Uinted States, cabled
Saturday that everything was nearly
settled.
Cargo of Wnnhtucna.
ASTORIA, Feb. 13. The barge "Wash
tucni, which arrived In from San Fran
cisco yesterday, had on board 4000 boxes
of black powder and 50 tons of salt.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 13. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. iL, obscured; wind, south
east, and raining.
Tacoma. "Wash. Sailed February 10, ship
Reuce, for Cape Town.
Port Townsend, Wash., Feb. 13. Ar
rived British ship Glooscap, from Manila.
Newcastle, Australia Sailed, February
12, bark Big Bonanza, for Honolulu.
Seattle, Wash. Sailed February 12,
steamer Dolphin, for Alaska: steamer
Dlrigo, for Alaska.
Santa Cruz, Cai. Sailed February 11,
schooner O. H. Merchant, for Port Town
send. Victoria, B. C Passed up February 12,
steamer MIneola, from Port Los Angeles;
Arrived Steamer Frederick, reports ship
ashore off Tatoosh.
Caleta Bueno Sailed February 10, Brit
ish bark Port Carlisle, for Oregon.
San Francisco, Feb. 13. Sailed Schoon
er Sailor Boy, for Seattle; schooner Ivy,
for Coos Bay; schooner Corinthlap, for
Coquille River; schooner Coqullle, Co
quille River; steamer Jeanie, for Astoria;
steamer Washtenaw, for Tacoma; ship
Glory of the Seas, for Comox; steamer
Despatch, for Astoria; steamer Signal, for
Gray's Harbor; steamer Coquille River,
for Gray's Harbor.
New York, Feb. 13. Sailed Astoria, for
Glasgow: Bulgaria, for Hamburg; Ger
manic, for Liverpool; Kensington, for
Antwerp.
Halifax, Feb. 13. Arrived LIvonlan,
from Glasgow and Liverpool, for Phila
delphia. Yokohama, Feb. 13. Arrived Glenogle,
from Tacoma, for Hong Kong.
Naples, Feb. 13. Arrived Columbia,
from Alexandria, for New York.
St. Vincent, Feb. 13. Arrived previous
lySlam, from San Francisco.
Queenstown, Feb. 13. Sailed Lake On
tario, from Liverpool, for Halifax.
Southampton, Feb. 13. Sailed Lahn,
from Bremen for New York.
Scllly, Feb. 13. Passed Steamer Graf
"Waldersee, from New York, for Plymouth,
Boulogne and Hamburg.
Lizard," Feb. 12. Passed Amsterdam,
from New York, for Boulogne and Rot
terdam. Browhead, Feb. 13. Passed Steamer
Teutonic, from New York for Queenstown
and Liverpool.
Hamilton Bermuda, Feb. 13. Arrived
Steamer, Pretoria, from New York.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13. Arrived Steamer
"Waesland, from Liverpool.
Genoa, Feb. 13. Arrived California,
from New York.
Liverpool, Feb. 13. Arrived Bovlc,
from New York.
Lizard, Feb. 13. Passed New York, for
Southampton.
Queenstown, Feb. 13. Arrived Rhyn
land. from Philadelphia, for Liverpool;
steamer Teutonic, from New York, for
Liverpool, and proceeded.
New York, Feb. 13. Arrived Majestic,
from Liverpool and Queenstown. .
Plymouth, Feb. 13. Arrived Graf "Wal
dersee, from New York, for Cherbourg
and Hamburg.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
Max Frledlander. Chg
Walter Morshead
J D Dalley, St Paul
F P Wolff, Ellensburg
C E Gllson. Clnclnn
0 C McGUvle, Seattle
G Wilkinson, do
Xi C Marley, San Fr
1 Blsslnger, city
T H Speddy. San Fr
B Q West. Chicago
Mrs D M Newbro,
Butte
G J Bunker, San Fr
R H Klewert. Mllwk
F H Powell. Chicago
F D Stanley, Perry.Or
A Roderick Grant,
Montreal
Ellinger Elmore, Mllw
H O Stlckney, Sumpter
C G Field. Cincinnati
E J Godfrey
W C Barrett & w, S F
J L Todd, Tacoma
Frank L Hunter, S F
H E Coleman. Toledo.O
Lee Hlrsch, N Y
C S Jacobson. city
H K Pelser. San Fran
C Dlllman, Milwaukee
E C Cole. Chicago
Wm H Sears. N Y
DrCH Gardner, Port
Townsend
F D Huestls, do
Ed Huestls. do
H C Brandt, Chicago
Julius Green & wife.
Cedar Rapids
J M Luendecker. St PI
G E Lytle. Chicago
W J WagstafT & wife,
Hartford, Conn
Joe Hlrshberg & wife,
Helena
A L Smith. Seattle
A W Simpson. Stocktn
E C Dalley. San Fran
J W Kingman, do
J R Parks. Spokane
Mrs J Wolganlst. do
Mrs M F Durphy, S F
B Bicker, Germany
W B Stlckney & wf,
St Louis
D J McDonald. Oaklnd
J J McGlnnlty, Denvr
miss name Aioses.xa-
coma
Mrs Herbert Strain.
Great Falls
THE PERKINS.
J N Mitchell, Camas
W Laughlln. Camas
Mrs L B Chapman, SF
Z M Brown, Prineville
O H Flthian. Chicago
J C Effinger, Chicago
W R Irwin, Heppner
Ellis Minor, Heppner
W D Mitchell. S F
C A Rhea, Heppner
Claude Morton, Grand
Rapids, Mich
A B Mulr. Dallas
E R Bradley. Hood R
J Rees. The Dalles
Mrs Hackett. Coeur
d'Alene
J W Maxwell. Tlllamk
C M Jones, Union, Or
W C Hopson, Mllton,Or
J M Moore, Astoria
Raleigh George, Olymp
T Bandwin, Baker Cy
S R Graves, Butte
Gus Gurner, Mont
Mrs Gurner, do
Master Gurner, do
John W Berry. Tacoma
John S McGowan, Chi
nook Arthur Judges. Helena
Will Wurzweller.
Prineville, Or
John B Ashton. Chgo
A C Burdick, Portland
F C Jenson, MtPleasnt
Mrs Jenson, do
A C Warrenton. N Y
Mrs Warrenton. N Y
Chas Camp, San Fran
Mrs Camp. San Fran
Chas E Fish, Heppner
A E Corbett, Hunts
vllle. Wash
W H Nicholson. Day
ton, Wash
A H Bishop, Idaho
J T Lucas, Wasco
Mrs G W Lloyd, Cot
tage Grove
Miss Lloyd, do
W S Blackshear. N Y
G W Hislop. N Y
J R Upson. St Paul.
Minn
C C Proctor, Gt Falls,
Wash
Mrs Proctor: do
D P Simons, Jr.Seattle
Mrs D P Simons. Jr. do
C B Stewart, Milton
E H Ingham, Eugene
J T Kenney. Mllwk
Geo P Bowman, Boise
J T Stewart, H laicm,
F E Armstrong, Chgo
Mrs M V Charlton,
Salem
W F Slaughter, St
Helens
C L Herrlck. Ft Stvn
John J Miller. Bak Cy
M J Erwln. city
Jack Rochulon, city
Rev Alexander Brad
ley, Cathlamet
R B Campbell, do
B J Glnn, Moro
Mrs R J Glnn. Moro
C C Hume, South Bend
THE IMPERIAL.
C W. Knowles. Manager.
A J Burrows. W W
E H Gulre. Seattle
Alex Griggs. Wlnlock
G Knauth. Jr. N Y
F P Kendall. Astoria
Mrs Kendall, Astoria
Miss Ada Kendall, do
Master Neal Kendall,
Astoria
Wm Timson. Astoria
Dr D Y K Deering,
union
J W Walden. Union
J A Merryman, Hills-
boro
Mrs Merryman, do
Mrs Wells, St Paul
T W Potter. Chemawa
J T Berhane, San Fr
A j uiioert. san ft
J F Lenaghan, St L
J H Raley, Pendleton
A H Huntington. BakC
Chas E Wermon,Idaho
Falls
F M Bvbee. do
W H Smith. Baker Cy
Z F Moody. Dalles
W F Butcher, do
D M Miller. Pa
L F Conn. Lakeview
PrHC Epler, Salem
Mrs Epley. Salem
G Wlngate, Astoria
J B Kinney, city
Bev W Simpson, city
R C Spencer, Astoria
Mrs Spencer, Astoria
Miss Srencer. Astoria
W R Ramsdell, Dalles
J T Martin, Kelso
A B Weatherrord, Al
bany E Oswald, Corvallls
H G McKinley. Salem
Jas B W Johnson, Ta
coma M Austin. Austin
J A Peck. Spokane
J H D Gray. Astoria
Mrs A J Megler, do
E N Carter, Oregon C
A V Jones. Salem
A C Glrard, Astoria
A J Albrijis. Spokano W B Barr, Albany
F W Ceanaa, uuium ij m uoin, rtamier
Mrs I Kurape. Duluth I
THE ST. CHARLES.
B E Darnell, Toledo.Or
John Kayes. do
G N Hall. San Fr
R A Smith, Seattle
Ed Anderson. Stella
Mrs E Anderson, do I
H B Smith, Stella
E B Lockhart. La
Fayette
F A Spencer, Aberdeen
E Raymond. Gresham
P H Holdsworth. Trav
erse City, Mich
J B Byrnes. Kelso
A S Arnold, Vancvr
Mrs A S Arnold, do
J S Talbot. Dalles
John Newqulst, Carlton
J A Klrkpatrick'
W Miller, city
W Wengenroth, Cham-
poeg
W L Brown, Aplary.Or
Ira E Bradley. Greenvl
W R Flint, city
Joe Weibel, Astoria
W J Smith. Wilson
J W Forsyth. Newberg
Dan McKellar. Kelso
A S Knox. Kelso
F M Fales. Fales' Ldgj
Mrs F M Fales. do
Emll Peterson, Astoria!
W R Beaver, Indp
J A Bundle. Toledo
D Hepburn. Westport I
B Dlmmlck. Hubbard
B Starlghest. city
J T Boothby, Heppner
Boyd McCauley. Fort
J S Boothby, Lextngtnl Stevens
Lewis Snider. LaCams
H Dray. Kalama
F Angell. city
I Joe Dray, Kalams,
Chas Conner. lone
S H Hunt. Sioux Falls
Mrs S H Hunt, do
A J Walker, city
Jas Bard en, city
H. Byster. Chicago
J B Byrnes, Indp
Mrs F Mary, Forest Gr
S E Harris. do
Hotel BrnnBTrlclc Seattle.
European; first-class. Rates. Toe and up.
One block from depot. Restaurant next
door.
Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma.
American plan. Rates. $3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma.
European plan. Rates, EQc and up.
BROTHER PALMER AGAIN
REITERATES HIS DESIRE TO
MRS. NATION CROWNED.
SEE
And Says Her Joint-Smashing Re
minds Him of Elijah, on
Mount Carmel.
-PORTLAND, Feb. 12. (To the Editor.)
Kindly allow me space to reply to your
editorial of February S, in which you
take me to task for saying that Mfs.
Nation ought 'to be "crowned." The
satement accredited to me was made use
of in an address before the County
"Women's Christian Temperance "Union
convention, held at the United Presbyte
rian Church.
During my remarks, I said, referring
to Mrs. Nation: "You ask, Is this a nor
mal condition? No, perhaps not; and yet
when lawmakers become lawbreakers,
and the lawless element trample all law
under their feet, such a woman as Mrs.
Nation, who, valuing not her own life,
for humanity's sake, goes out to break
up the Joints, deserves to be crowned."
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THE LATE MRS. Fr MATTHIEC, OF BUTTEVILLE.
You say: "Are you not somewhat ex
treme?" Yes, but Jesus Christ was ex
treme when he took the lash and drove
the rascals out of the temple. And,
again, I say, "Mrs. Nation deserves to
be crowned!" notwithstanding the opin
ion of The Oregonian to the contrary
Quoting from Emerson, you say that
his position was this: "It had always
taken all of his time and attention to
achieve half-way reform within himself,
and that he was not arrogant enough
. . . to assume to reform others." In
a sense, this Is good philosophy; In
another, It Is not. Suppose the people
of this country had followed that plan
in regard to the question of slavery,
would not that curse have still hung like
a millstone around the neck of our na
tion? Such men as Henry Ward Beecher felt
that they were called on to "reform oth
ers," for he hurled his anathemas against
the curse of human slavery from the
shores of two continents, nor ceased his
efforts until he and hundreds of others
were heard around the world.
You say: "Rev. Ray Palmer, while de
ploring the strong tendency in America
to ignore law, glorifies Mrs. Nation, who
Is a lawbreaker." Will you kindly In
form your readers what law Mrs. Nation
has broken? Has not City Attorney
Gregg, of Topeka, backed by the City
Councilor and an attorney employed to
prosecute Mrs. Nation dismissed the case
against her on the ground that she could
not be legally prosecuted by the city?
You say: "Because the authorities of
Kansas have, in contempt of the state
constitution, practically licensed the sale
of liquor by allowing 'Joints to exist, on
payment of periodical fines, that is no
reason why Mrs. Nation Is free to de
stroy the property of persons whom she
deems violators of the law." Now. Mr.
Editor, why should you equivocate by
saying 'whom she deems violators of the
law9 Do we not know that these Joint
keepers are violators of the law? Do we
not know that the saloon element of this
country is almost universally the most
lawless element with which we have to
deal, as has been shown so often In your
able editorials, In which you have shown
that prohibition Is often a failure? Do
you say that because lawmakers and
officials Ignore the law, and "joint-keepers"
despise the law, that this Is the
reason why Mrs. Nation should destroy
the property of "joint-keepers"?
Will you kindly Inform your readers by
what law of Kansas or any other state a
"joint-keeper" or a gambling-house
keeper has any protection for his prop
erty, chattels, fixtures, etc., which are
being used In his business in defiance of
the law?
In Seattle, a few months ago, the prop
erty of gamblers was confiscated and
Dr. Harry A. Littlefteld,Appointed
Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A.
stacked In a pile in the street and burned,
and the gamblers were glad enough to
get off with that, if they could only es
cape the weightier penalty of the law.
The editor intimates that Mrs. Nation
may have "lost a worthless son at cards,"
Lbut that that would be no justification
for the mother's heart to rise up and
demolish the instruments of hell by
which her offspring was hurled into dark
ness. Mr. Editor, you will pardon me, but I
for one am getting tired of the flippant
way in which you speak of the ruin of
the young manhood of our country, and
then take your stand so bravely beside the
mere chattels and material fixtures of
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law-breakers and dive-keepers, and prac
tically say with Martin Luther, who spoke
In the defense of a better cause: "Here
I stand. I can do no other; so help me
God."
You say Mrs. Nation Is a "fool" because
she goes single-handed and alone Into a
"Joint" and smashes mirrors and bottles,
although a son may have been destroyed
through those gateways to death. If she
is a fool, then what shall we say of those
who for the love of gold, will set their
deadly traps In defiance of law, for the
eternal destruction of the home, and the
bodies and souls of men? Mr. Editor, it
seems to me that the right thing, the
heroic thing for you to do, would be to
say something like this: "While the
methods of Mrs. Nation 3eem somewhat
extreme, yet she Is "doubtless a high
minded, tender-hearted. conscientious
woman, inspired to do those things be
cause of the appalling failure on the part
of the officials, and the ominous anarch
istic attitude of the saloon element of
Kansas."
You ought to show that such men as
those who defy the law are anarchists,
and are traitors to the flag; that they
are absolutely un-American in every fiber
of their Delng and deserve to be pun
ished to the full extent of the law. You
ought to take your stand squarely against
the city and state officials of Kansas who
are base perjurers, ana wno aeserve io
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be Impeached and prosecuted to the limit
of the law.
But no, not one word of condemnation
have you for the enemies of our flag and
the consclousless haters of the laws of
Kansas. But you w'lll rise up in your an
ger and attack most bitterly a poor, lone
woman, who hasn't harmed the hair of
the head of a single "joint keeper" only
smashed some of the Internal fixtures
of those devil-born, law-defying dens of
death. They may have damned her child
forever, but for her there is nothing left
but to suffer on. while her bleeding
heart oozes out its blood, drop by drop,
almost frozen with despair. If she dares
to lift her hand even to strike the weap
on from the hand that murdered her
son, she is a "fool," a "rioter," a leader
of a "mob," and "richly deserves pun
ishment." No, Mr. Editor, if you and all the edi
tors of the great dallies of this country
would only take your stand once for all
in a positive, outspoken, demand for law
enforcement, In city, state and Nation-
there would soon be no cause for out
raged mothers and grandmothers, long-
suffering and heart-broken, to strike back
at the despollers of their firesides. No,
Mr. Editor, you don't mean It you are
kind hearted and the mistake Is In the
head.
But, Mr. Editor, I have assumed that
Mrs. Nation has possibly lost a son
through the haunts of death. We have
no evidence, however, that this is true.
From all I can find out, Mrs. Nation
has suffered no such loss. But seeing
the sorrows of others, she has gone forth
In the name of God and humanity to
strike a death blow against the chief
enemies of our government. Since Gov
ernor Stanley and Attorney-General God
ard have "cotton strings" for backbones,
and stand and tremble, like the moral
cowards they are, before the low-browed
"swill peddlers" of the state, God has
raised up Carrie Nation, the silver-haired
heroine from Medicine Lodge, to em
phasize the sovereignty of the Individual
above the crouching, cowardly official
who refuses to do his duty.
In the meantime, a vast majority of
the best people of Kansas are standing
by Mrs. Nation. A gold medal has been
given her, and hundreds of the noblest
women are forming Into companies, bat
talions and regiments. Chief of Police
Stahl, of Topeka. Is quoted as saying:
"It Is practically Impossible to close the
saloons without destroying them, and In
consultation with Mayor Drew, It had
been decided to use the entire machinery
of the police department to assist Mrs.
Nation In breaking up the liquor business
in the city, and protect her from as
sault." Know ye not that Mrs. Nation has
come to the throne for such a time as
this? To see an army of lawbreakers in
Kansas, standing in awe of one little
godly woman Is as grand a slghtas that
of the false prophets trembling before
Elijah on Carmel!
Again I say: "Let Mrs. Nation be
crowned!" RAY PALMER.
Let us get down to common sense, and
abjure epileptic eloquence. What is the
situation In Kansas? A number of years
ago the people voted for constitutional
prohibition. The result was that every
drug store in Kansas became a tippling
shop. Then the Legislature In 1893 en
acted legislation that virtually licenses
liquor-selling, for It provided that liquor
sellers should pay a fine when arrested
for illegal traffic; that Is, license fees be.
collected in form of fines for violation of
the law. In other words the Legislature
enacted a law that was In violation of
their own fundamental prohibition of the
liquor traffic. The same state of things
prevails In Maine in the large towns and
cities. Maine, like Kansas, has planted
prohibition in her constitution, but tho
liquor joints In the larger towns Instead
of being closed out, are periodically
mulcted In fines. The Legislature of
Maine did not pass any laws In conflict
with constitutional prohibition, as did
Kansas, but the same situation which
prompted the eruption of Mrs. Carrie Na
tion at Wichita and Topeka exists In
the leading towns of Maine. Nevertheless
Maine has not had her peace broken by a
band of riotous women armed with hatch
ets, because public opInlorMn Maine be
lieves that if a state wishes to retain the
respect of the country it must punish Its
mobs, whether they are organized to burn
men at the stake or to wreck saloons with
a "hatohet.
The Rev. Ray Palmer Inquires-what law
was broken by Mrs. Nation, and her fel
low sisters, when they proceeded to de
stroy the mirrors, furniture and stock of
the liquor joints. Mrs. Nation was a
rioter, a disturber of the public peace.
She is not a Deborah In Israel, to decide
when law has been Violated and how it
should be redressed. There Is a peaceful
way of making a test case before the
courts, and obtaining an order declaring
the legislative statutes in violation of the
fundamental law, and if a prosecuting of
ficer should refuse to do his duty on prop
er complaint he would be subject to re
moval, or to replacement at the ballot
box. In any event no private person who
undertakes to enforce the law without
public authority is other than a rioter and
breaker of the peace.
The Oregonian has asked the Rev. Ray
Palmer whether In event of a refusal of
our city authorities to extinguish their
recent system of illegal license to gambling-houses,
he would justify a Mrs. Car
rie Nation In wrecking the furniture ol
the gambling-house with a hatchet. If a
woman on her own personal responsibility
may decide, "I am the State, I and
my little hatchet," In the matter of a
liquor joint, she may so decide In the
matter of an open gambling-house or
bagnio, and the whole peace and order of
society Is liable to be perennially broken
by some male or female crank. Tho
"motherhood" of Mrs. Nation Is not to the
point; her "silver hair" is not to the pur
pose. She is old enough to know better
.If she is sane, and if she Is not sane sho
should not be apotheosized as a saint by
people who desire to have the respect of
the friends of law and order. If laws are
not enforced; if legal officers do not do
their duty there is a peaceful, legal meth
od of redress; a riotous hatchet Is not a
legitimate sword of public justice. If
every cltfzen who is dissatisfied with the
administration of the laws should be suf
fered to start out with a club and head
a mob to enforce them the civilized order
of society would be destroyed. The rem
edy of Mrs. Nation Is provided In the
power that citizens have under the Con
stitution of the state. A liquor saloon that
Is without legal existence can be proceed
ed against through organized machinery
of justice in Kansas. In the main acts
of mob violence against a liquor saloon on
the plea that it is a "death trap" are
utterly without justification. A liquor sa
loon Is no more "a death trap" to a re
sponsible human being than a stock range
Is "a death trap" to a cattle thief. A
man who cannot pass a rum shop without
falling Into it Is like a man who cannot be
trusted except when there is nothing to
steal In sight. The world never has and
never will waste much time or tears over
that stock figure of sentimental humbug
and charlatan temperance reform, "the
reformed drunkard" with the "death trap"
attached. In our judgment Mrs. Nation
Is a vulgar fool, who enjoys being a pub
lic sensatlorallst, but even If she were a
woman of worthy motives she Is none the
less a gross enemy of public law and or
der, who is without defense or justification
for her senseless conduct. Her methods
are those of an anarchist who answers
maladministration by assassination.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY.
Edncationnl Convention Will Prob
ably Be Called to Aid It.
Rev. L. E. Rockwell and Rev. H. W.
Kellogg returned yesterday from an In
spection of the Willamette University, at
Salem, and a consultation with the faculty
and regents over the future of that insti
tution. It was desired that Bishop Crans
ton should be one of the party, but
he was prevented from going on account
of Illness. Dr. Rockwell, In speaking of
the visit, remarked that they found the
institution in better shape than it had
been for the past 10 years, but much re
mains to be done to push it to the front as
an institution of learning.
"We found the affairs of the university
in good condition," said Dr. Rockwell;
"but we hope from the plans that were
then discussed to promote Its growth by
awakenlns an Interest all over the state.
To this end and for this purpose It was
proposed while Dr. Kellogg and I were at
Salem that an educational convention be
held at Salem for the purpose of bringing
to the support of Willamette University
the Methodist churches of Oregon. The
Portland University has been consolidated
with the Willamette, and there Is no more
division of strength by having two
schools. We want to bring to the support
of the Willamette University all the Meth
odists of the state. We have to com
pete with the state schools, and need the
support of all the churches, and one of
the objects of the proposed educational
convention will be to bring this about
Plans have not been fully matured. We
talked with the members of the faculty
and General W. H. Odell, president of the
board of regents, and they are favorable
to holding the convention. It will prob
ably be arranged for In the near future.
The university has a larger attendance
now than It has had for the past 10 years.
It is not embarrassed. The members of
the faculty are doing good work."
Mohican Will Visit Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. The United
States training ship Mohican has come
down from the Mare Island navy-yard,
after having been almost entirely rebuilt.
The Mohican will take aboard about 250
apprentices here, and will start on a
cruise to the Southern Seas. She will call
at Santa Barbara, San Diego, Magdalena
Bay and Honolulu. On her return to San
Francisco she will go north, calling at all
the Puget Sound ports, and stopping on
the Columbia River and at Portland on
her way home. Most of her voyaging
will be done under sail.
Handball Tournament.
The opening games of the doubles' hand
icap tournament at the Multnomah Club
vere played last evening. Bennett and Ev
erdlng, handicap 12 points, were defeated
by Jones and McAlpln, handicap 5 points,
by a score of 21-19, 21-13. Watklns and
Trenkman. scratch men, defeated Scott
THIS
is familiar in thous
ands of homes. For
half a century it has
had a permanent
place as a family
medicine.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH
BITTERS
WILL CURB
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
Flatulency, Biliousness,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness
and Kidney Disorders.
Sold by drujjgisls and dealers generally,
with a Private Revenue Stamp over tho
ncck-fil AhS.feoJtI&- ..,
$$m STOMACH
and Cleland, handicap 5 points,, .by a.
score of 21-19, and 21-13. This evening
Jones and McAlpln will meet Watklns and
Trenkman, and Irwin and Zan, -handicap
10 points, will play Holmes and Dunne, S
points. The finals will be played Satur
day evening.
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINKT
Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GBAIN-O? It is de
licious and nourishing and takes the place of
coffee. The more Graln-O you give the chil
dren the more health you distribute through
their systems. Graln-O is made of pure
grains, and when properly prepared tastes like
the choice grades of coftee but costs about
as much. All grocers sell it. 15c and 25c.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13. Arrived from Se
attle H. H. Thompson. Bartholdl. From
Spokane W. F. Stetson. Imperial. From
Port Angeles William J. Cain, Manhat
tan. Tcq Lost Years.
Figure it for yourself ,
From the ag of fifteen to
that of forty-five a woman
gives one-third of her time
to the suffering incident to
the recwrring periodic func
tion. Ten years of Buffering!
And this condition of dungs
is popularly accepted as nat
ural, and endured as a femi
nine disability for -which
mere is no neipi is mere
no help? There is help for CTery
woman and for almost every -woman
perfect healing in the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
insures regularity, dries the drains
which weaken women, heals inflam
mation and ulceration and cures fe
male weakness. It is a temperance
medicine non-alcoholic and non
narcotic. l"iras o -weak I did not havt, bmth. to
walk across av room." writes If las Isabel
Miller, of New
"My periods oceurrtd too often and; the hem
orrhairc would be oroloared and the loea of
age would be prolonged and the lot of
blood verv excessive. I also had aoeUa which
the doctor said were feinting fits. I did sot
gala strength from one monthly period to
another : was very weak and nervous all the
time. Was cooSutd to my bod for three
months and the doctor told me 1 would ncfer
be any better. I lived in this way from she
teen years old to twenty-three X was ot last
advised by a kind friend to try Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, which I did, and be
fore I had taken two bottles of it I could
work all day. I took la all six bottles of the
' Favorite Prescription and about five viola
of Dr. Pierce's Pellets. X used no other
medicine. I have never had a return of this
trouble since."
a
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