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IV THE MUflfflflG OKEGUNIAN', TUESDAY, APltIL 2, 1901. OR ORIENT AND EUROPE STEAM KAKD SAIL CRAFT GIVEN - UICK DISPATCH." nnfrpmi. roads 146.000 Sack of Flour In Less Than Tvro Day Trro April TVheat Ships Clear. Brown & McCabe, -who hold the Pacific Coast record for fast wheat and flour loading, made" pretty good time with the steamship Universe, which cleared from here yesterday. The steamer did not com mence taking: in flour until noon Satur day, and ehe finished loading Sunday evening-, taking aboard 146,250 sacks of flour in a little over 15 hours. The steam er was dispatched by the Portland Flour ing Mills Company, and her cargo is for three ports. Cheefoo, which eeldom re ceives very large consignments of flour. Is ahead of Hong Kong on the manifest of the Universe, there being 16,500 barrels for that port, while for Hong Kong there Is but 12,570 barrels. Port Arthur is last on the list, -with 7500 .barrels. The Uni verse has no other cargo aboard, and will eail early this morning. The month of April started off "under very favorable auspices from a shipping fitandDoint. for the clearance of the Uni verse wa followed by that of two other vessels. The British bark Dalblair was cleared by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, with SS.927 bushels of wheat, valued at $57,187. The German bark Ferdinand Fischer was cleared by Kerr, Glfford & Co. for the same port, with 90,020 bushels of wheat, valued at $51,311. These were unusually lieavy clearings - for the first day of the month, .and it Is needless to state that the average will not Jbe maintained. There will be more wheat and flour shipped in the, month, however, than was shipped in March. All of the "ships now In the river are expected to get away by the end of the month, and one or two others now due will be In cluded in the fleet. If they arrive within- a few days. Several of the ships In port will finish this week, the Khyher being nearly ready for sea now. The Buteshire is also nearly loaded, end the diminutive Cragisla not far behind the others. The Cralgisla goes to the west coast of South America, where a great many Pa cific cargoes have been taken this season. The wheat crop of Chile and Peru was almost a failure, and considerable wheat has been imported from Portland and Tacpma, and also from Australia. Nitrate freights are dull now, and It not at all Improbable that we may witness the re markable spectacle of a ship carrynlg a cargo of -wheat up from Australia to the West coast and then proceeding north in ballast to load another wheat cargo for Uurope. SEATTLE'S LATEST FAILURE. jCMno. Mutual Could Not Fill Its Steamers "With "Wind at a Profit. SEATTLE, April L The new steamship line from Seattle to London, England, via the Suez Canal, and which the Seat tle papers raved over so much, Is likely to prove a costly failure, the loes falling, as in another Seattle steamship enterprise, on the British owners' of the steamers. When it was announced a couple of months ago, that the China Mutual Steamship Company would begin to oper ate Its boats from Seattle, by way of the canal, to England, the question that a shipping man naturally asked was, What will it ship? and the question was never answered, only it was given out that In some way the fleet would get all the freight it could carry from the Govern ment but the first and second boats have been in, and the promised cargoes have failed to materialize, and so the ehlps have had to carry away wheat on a 29s 6d charter, and a little flour to the Orient, and that at a rate that will hardly pay for the coal the steamers will burn on the passage. The Moyune, the first of the ''regular" Seattle-London line, got away with a 4800 ton cargo, composed of wheat and flour, 4500 tons of this quantity being wheat, and loaded at Tacoma, the rate for which was 9s 6d, and 200 tons of flour taken on here, the rate of which was private. Thus a new line of steamers start out with an actual loss of several thousand dollars, as the steamship company had a good chance to place these boats on a run that would have netted them a handsome profit. An official of one of the steamers, in speaking of the matter, said: "Of course, it Is none of my business what the local agents do. but I don't propose to have them run me into a trade there is no money in, and then have my owners point me out as the officer of a ship that lost money, when every other ship was mak ing 11. It may be all right for the agents, but I "won't stand for it. The way I fig ure nit out, I stand to lose about $6000 or $7000 on the trip, and I can assure you 1 won't have my ship sent out again with out acquainting my owners of the condi tions that exist in this port." The whole trouble seems to be that the Frank Waterhouse Company had banked on doing the major part of the Govern ment business to the islands, but, judg ing from the way these ships are being loaded, there must be a hitch in any arrangements they may have had, as the Moyune, which has sailed, and the Teen kai, which is loading 4650 tons of wheat in Tacoma, at a rate much lees than has been paid to the sailing fleet this season, would indicate, for if there was not some hitch in the arrangements of the company it would never load wheat and flour at the rates it is, if Government freights were to be obtained. According to the officer of one of these ships, it was given out in China that the boats were to carry Government sup plies to the islands, but instead they find when they reach here no cargo awaits them, either Government or otherwise, except what grain and flour they can get, and that at a rate it will never pay to pay canal tolls on. GONE TO FALKLAND ISLANDS. Captain Thomas, of the Kate Thom as, "Will Voyage by Steam. Captain Thomas, of the British ship Kate Thomas, yesterday received a cable from Europe Instructing him to proceed to Port Stanley, In the Falkland Islands to look after some businese in connection with a disabled ship which had put into that port He will turn the Kate Thomas over to Captain Williams, of the British ship County of Pembroke, the two vessels being in the same employ. The death of Captain Bell of the Helga, and the depart ure of Captain Thomas, of the Kate Thoma6, necessitated a number of pro motions and changes among the fleet in the river. The first officer of the Swan hllda will take command of the Helga, and the vacancy on the County of Pem broke will probably "be filled by some of the other mates in port, nearly all of them, holding master's certificates. CHINESE SAILORS ASHORE. Crew of German Steamer Makes a Break for Liberty. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April L Four of the five Chinese seamen of the Ger man steamer Sevorona, Captain Hannsen, have been captured and are aboard the ship. The other Chinese seaman Is still at large in the woods somewhere, and the police are searching for him. The Chinese left the steamer shortly after her arrival here from New York by way of Norfolk, and it is believed that they were held for reward by persons who knew they were ashore in violation of the Chinese exclusion act. One man returned to the ship, but refused to tell where the other four were. The customs officials were satisfied that captain Hannsen was Innocent of any In tent to let the Chinese go ashore in vio lation of the law, but he was arrested by a United States Marshal and taken to Norfolk for a hearing. The fine for permitting Chinese to go ashore from ves sels is from $500 to $1000 for each man. When the fugitives are recovered the fine Is sometimes remitted. Last night the four Chinamen were found over a laundry. One was arrested by a policeman, and the other three jumped through a window and escaped. Two were -afterward arrested in the woods by a posse. Met a Head "Wind. The steamer Geo. W. Elder arrived in port yesterday morning after a hard tus sle with a northwest wind all the way up the coast. She reached Astoria Sun day night about 10 o'clock, and left up at HIMnHHHHHHHHilHEBHHB K CRAHO CECKtTAHY'S i ' .- j JH sB wm- I s7L--j Zl ' . '7t?T . . -H m - - m B'9rr- Z 1 GREETING TO THE MASONS OF OREGON. Shortly after the death of Queen Victoria, Past Grand Master Jacob Mayer, of Portland, who is the representative In this Jurisdic tion of the Grand Masonic Lodge of England, sent a message of condolence to King Edward, and received a reply, of which the above is a reproduction Albert Edward, as Prince of Wales, was the grand master of English Masons, but .on his accession to the throne, re signed and was succeeded by his brother, the Duke of Connaught. midnight, arriving about 8 o'clock yes terday morning. Captain Sullivan, the new steamship pilot for the O. R. & N. Co., brought the Elder up, and as it was rather a wild night on the river, It proved quite an effective "try-out" for him, although it was not strictly under the head of new business, as he has piloted both the Elder and the Colombia up and down the river before. The Lightship Lifted. Ship Liner Roberts, of this city, who is Interested in the contract for saving the lightship, returned from the scene of op erations yesterday and is very much pleased with the progress that Is being made. The ship has been raised high enough to expose the keel, and for the first time since the accident happened, nearly 18 months ago. It was possible to examine the bottom of the craft. The en tire keel is gone, but the hull seems in good shape otherwise. A severe gale has been raging along the coast for the past 2-4 hours, but the vessel is believed to be far enough above the danger line to pre vent any damage of consequence further than hindering the progress of the work. Changes in Cutter Service. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. April 1. Private advices from Washington ah- nounce several additional changes In the personnel of officers of the revenue cut ter fleet on the Pacific Coast. Captain W. A. Falling, of the Seminole, stationed at Boston, will be ordered to the Pacific Coast to command the Manning, at San Francisco, relieving Captain O. C. Ham let, and Captain W. C. Dehart, of Onon dago, stationed at Norfolk, "Va., will re lieve Captain W. F. Kllgore, of the Perry, stationed at Portland, Or. Lake Steamer Strike. CLEVELAND, O., April 1. In reference to the .possible action on the present Buf falo vessel owners to have the licenses of striking marine engineers revoked, Presi dent Uhler, of the Marine Engineers' Union, said today: , "The matter is too absurd to be seri ously considered. Reports from, all lake points show that vessels generally remain tied up and that as a rule, practically no boats have even been fitted out. We were never In better condition for a long fight." Steamers Above the Bridged. The Saint Bede finished 'discharging her inward cargo of hemp Sunday morning, and was taken up through the bridges to the old Pennoyer mill, where she is load ing a cargo of lumber. The mammoth Norman" Isles also went through the bridges, and is loading at Inman & Poul sen's mill. Neither of the steamers will start to come down on a freshet with a light-powered towboat hanging to them, so bridge travel will not be interrupted, as it was when the Almond Branch came down. The Sailor Escaped. ASTORIA. Or., April L As the Ger man hark NIobe was being towed down the river yesterday and was abreast of Swan Island, one of the sailors named Smith jumped overboard and started to swim ashore. His attempt to escape had evidently been prearranged, as a small boat put out from the shore and picked him up. Competition for Orange Business. LOS ANGELES, April 1 The compe tition of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and the Great Northern Rail- way Company for the orange business is to continue. Wednesday about 5000 boxes will be stunned, nartly at Bedon- do and partly at Port Los Angeles. They will be reshlpped as before at San Fran cisco to another steamer which will take them to Seattle, thence they go by rail to Eastern markets. Trlel Trip Postponed. SEATTLE, April L A terrible storm Is raging on Puget Sound today, which, .to gether with the non-arrival of the official board of inspectors, has caused the torpedo-boat destroyer Goldsborough's official trial trip to be postponed 10 days. Turkish Transport "Wrecked. JlDDAH, Arabia, April a. The Turkish transport Asian has been- wrecked near Tembo. Twenty soldiers were drowned. Domestic and Foreign! Ports. ASTORIA, Or., April 1. Arrived at 6:15 and left up at 8:30 A. M., steamer Alli ance, from Coos Bay, by way of 'coast ports. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM KING moderate; wind, south; weather, foggy with rain. San Francisco, April 1. Arrived Schooner Monterey, from Coos Bay; Schooner Nettle Sundborg, from Sluslaw River; steamer Mackinaw, from Seattle. Sailed Ship Eclipse, for Chignik Bay; steamer Walla Walla, for Victoria; schooner Wing and Wing, for Sluslaw River; steamer Grace Dollar, for Gray's Harbor. Seattle-Salled March SO. Steamer Ex celsior, for Valdes; steamer City of Se attle, for Skagway. Arrived Steamer Ruth, from Wrangel. Manila Arrived March 30. British steamer Ping Suey, from Seattle. Puget Sound, April 1. Arrived Barken tine Amelia, from Blakeley. Yokohama Arrived prior to March 30. Japanese steamer Idza Maru, from Se attle. Antwerp Arrived March 29. German ship Henrietta, from Tacoma; German bark Nomia, from Oregon. London Arrived March 31. jiritish ship W. J. Pirrie, from Oregon, and sailed for Antwerp. Seattle Sailed March 31. Steamer Sen ator, for Skagway; sailed April 1, Jap anese steamer Klnshlu Maru, for Yoko hama. , Callao, April 1. Arrived British bark i.aton Hall, from Tacoma. New York, April" 1. Arrived Trave, from Naples. Liverpool, April L Arrived Belgenland, from Philadelphia. Glasgow, April 1. Arrived Bertan, from New York. Brisbane Arrived March 30. Warrlmoo. from Vancouver, via Honolulu, for Sydney. j-ruiiuuii, Apm x. Arrivea Minneapolis, from New York. Antwerp, April 1. Arrived Kensington, from New York. Gibraltar, April 1. Arrived Aller, from New York, for Naples and Genoa. Sailed March 31. Hohenzollern, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. A DAY ON THK COLUMBIA RIVER. A visit to Portland is incomplete with out devoting at least one day to the Co lumbia River and its magnificent scenery. You can leave Portland at 9 A. M. any day on' the O. R. & N. Co.'s palatial Portland-Chicago special train, lunch at The Dalles or In the dining-car, be back at 4:30 P. M., and have seen the most attractive portion of the Columbia. In making the trip by rail you obtain a near view of the many beautiful cascades, and as the track skirts the south bank of the river the stream and its north shore are constantly in sisht. Should you desire a ride on a rlvef steamer, take the O. R. & N. Co.'s train at 9 A. M. any day except Sunday, for Cascade Locks, spend a short time there, and then board the steamer as she passes through the locks en route to Portland. A more extensive river excursion can be had by leaving Ash-street dock, Port, land (daily except Sunday), at 8T. M. for Astoria, on the O. R. & N. Co.'s fast, electric-lighted steamer "Hassalo," arriv ing at Astoria, 100 miles distant, about daylight; returning, leave Astoria at 7 A. M, (except Sunday), arriving at Port land about 5 P. M. All meals can be had on the steamer, and altogether the trip is most delightful, restful and comfort able. Particulars of Willamette River trip can also be had upon application at the O. R. & N. Co.'s city ticket office, Third and Washington. Telephone 712. WHAT CAUSES SUCCESS MR. MARKHAM'S ADDRESS AT THE Y. M; C. A. KIGIIT SCHOOL. He Makes a Purely Practical Tailed i and Imparts Much Good Advice , to Young: Men. The closing exercises of the term for the Y. M. C. A. Night College were held last night. W. M, Ladd, president of the Y. M. C. A., " presided, and made a short In troductory talk, in which he referred to the growth of the school during the four years ot its existence, and predicted greater growth In the -future. The feature of the evening was an ad dress by C. H. Markham, general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pa EDWARD. cific Railroad. "Success" was the key note of Mr. Markham's address, and his talk was along purely practical lines. "I was asked by your president,'' he saM. 'ito speak of my own experience. Modesty forbids my doing that, but I will relate to you briefly the life history of one whom I have known during all the years of my life, and who, I might 'say, Is my intimate friend." With this preface, Mr. Markham traced the career from boyhood to manhood of a youth who he said had been forced at tha eurly age of 13 to earn his own clothes by selling papers and running errands. After following various vocations until his 18th year, he decided to follow Horace Greeley's advice and go West. This he did. ultimately landing at a Junction sta tion in New Mexico, ragged and penniless. The station agent happened to be a man whom he had known In the East, and who furnished him employment. ' The youth started in working as a coal heaver; then he was made a member of the warehouse crew f then foreman of the crew: then a station,, agent. He was finally promoted from one- station to an other until, said Mr. Markham, with a smile, "he secured a position with the road which people on the outside, at least, believe tc be one of responsibility and importance. All this was within 10 years of the time when he first went to work. ac me creary station in .New Mexico. "The story in a commonplace one," he said. "It Is simply the tale of how one man succeeded where many others have fallei: but It teaches Its lesson. Faith fulness to detail was the cause of that man's success, and faithfulness to the detail of every task Is the cause of every man's sucdess." Mr. Markham urged upon his hearers the x'ltal necessity of every man apply ing himself to that line of work for whicn by nature and talent he was most fitted. "I had rather," he said, " be a first-class mechanic than a second-class lawyer or doctor." He cited many in stances to demonstrate that great success has come not only to those who have followed business and. professional call ings, but to mechanics and wage-workers as well. "Remember this," he said, "that no man can stand still. He must either go forward or backward. Once in every man's life comes his opportunity. It de pends upon him whether 'he will em brace It or not." Mr. Markham read a portion of an ad dress delivered to the graduating class of the Uriversity of Nevada In 1898 by J. C. Stubbri. third vice-president of th South ern Pacific. v The topic of Mr. Stubb's address, like that of Mr. Markham's, was "Success." He concluded with the following quota tion from a poe$n by the late Senafor J. J. Ingalls: Master of human destinies am I. Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait; Cities and fields I walk. I penetrate Deserts and seas, remote and passing by Hovel and mart and palace soon or late, Knock once unbidden at every gate. If sleeping, wake! If feasting, rise Before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, and they "Who follow me reach every state, Mortals desire and conquer every foe. Save, death alone; but they1 who doubt or hesi tate. Condemned' to failure, penury and woe. Seek me in -vain and uselessly Implore. I answer not and I return no more. General Secretary Stone announced at the conclusion of the exercises that It had been determined to have a Spring term in some of the classes 'in the night college, and that the classes in arith metic, penmanship, bookkeeping and shorthand would be continued until June. The names of those completing the course at the Winter term will not be announced until their examination papers have been forwarded to the International committee of the Y. M. C. A., in New York. There the pipers will be rated, and the certificate Issued by the commit tee entitles the ho der thereof to admis sion without examination Into over 100 colleges and technical schools in the United States. REDUCE STATE EXPENSES. Correspondent Calls Attention to Needless Leaks. LINN COUNTY, Oregon, March 29. (To the Editor.) It has become a popular Impression that each succeeding Legisla ture is looser In the disposition of the state's revenues than the preceding one. This opinion Is certainly sustained by the work of the one just adjourned. It is likewise a marked feature of Or egon Legislatures to forget the hard means by which the treasury Is supplied. The taxeater is ever present with schemes for more tax, but decrease of expendi ture is without an advocate. Here and there and now and then a bill Is pre sented to cut down some excessive ex penditure or to cast off some graft, but never with success. At the recent ses sion a bill to reduce excessive profits of future State Printers did not get to a hearing. Another requiring the Secretary of State to turn Into the treasury ell fees and emoluments in excess of $4500 per year went to a vote In one branch, finding but two supporters. It Is re ported to have been argued that prede cessors had pocketed all coming Into their hands and as candidate for the office he might have expected to do the same. It is a notable fact that no recent in cumbent of the office has disclosed the sum received. It is popularly estimated from $12,000" to $18,000 per annum. Among the perqulsities are a number of sinecure salaries to the several, state officers, like trustees of the Asylum, Governor $300, and $100 each to Secretary and Treasurer; sala ries to all as members of domestic animal commission; for supervising public works, Governor $1000, Secretary and Treasurer each $500; prison inspector. Governor $500. These are rotrely covers to Increase of pay. Three hundred dollars per annum was added to the prison inspector's sal ary at the late session of the Legislature, and made retroactive, to apply upon the years 1899 and 1900. No effort was made to abolish the round half dozen superfluous District Judges in the state with their heavy at tendant expense. None to cut off petty appeals to the Supreme Court in place of endeavor to Increase the Judges. Nona to. decrease the expense of the Asylum for Insane by making it less easy to send patients there, and providing that such as are able to pay the expense of their keeping, or have relatives within the required degree so able, shall pay There have been instances in which rela tives of inmates have sought to pay and been told by the management that it was not authorized to receive It. There are believed to be hundreds In that In stitution that would not be there under the more restrictive and careful provis ions of other states. Likewise the Re form .School. It Is made too easy to get troublesome boys out of the way by having them sent there. The state schools have become enormously expensive and the school ring the completest of all that prey upon the treasury. They con sume near one-fourth of the revenues of the state. They are organlbzed and con ducted without much regard to economy, and could easily be trimmed of many unneeded expenses. Generally they have all the "professors" places can be found for, with salaries ever tending upward. With few, if any, exceptions, they are provided with a long string of regents, paid traveling expenses, etc., from the common fund. One of them has a board numbering 13, and all of them could better get along with less than half the number they have. There Is not good reason that the state should educate above the com mon school; If there Is, that It should there educate by general taxation the children of people themselves able to edu cate them. In the state schools there should be imposed tuition charge suffici ently" large to contribute to their sup port. The several denominational colleges of the state are mainly supported in that way, and some of them do not rank below the best of those of the state. Yet they are forced to come Into competition with normal schools, college and university, made "free" by the state, while the found ers and supporters of the first are by enforced taxation made to contribute to the support of competitors. RETRENCH. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses. John C. Hedberg, 26, Ida Johnson, 19. Ferdinand Schudde, 35, Elsworth Coun ty, Kansas; Carolina Semmler, 20. Bnlldlner Permit. Knight Shoe Company, repairs to build ing, southeast corner of Fifth and Wash ington streets, $2000. Birth Returns. March 28, girl, to the wife of Pat Pow ers, 121 Twenty-third street. March 28, boy, to the wife of Isaiah R. Concoff, Portland. March 20, boy, to the wife of John Stu art. Clifton House. March 12, boy, to the wife of Joseph Jacobsberger, 109 Glbbs street. March 21, boy, to the wife of W. C. Brown, 233 Clackamas street. March 16, boy, to the wife of Nicholas Thomas, 86 Ravena street. Contagions Diseases. Miss M. Glover, 294 Larrabee street; scarlatina. Six cases measles. Real Estate Transfers. Minnie C. and George H. Dammeler to Ralph R. Duniway, E. 36 feet of lot 7 and W. 4 feet lot 8, block 12, Dunn's addition, April 1 $3200 Joseph E. Hedges, administrator to A. E. Latourette, 66 2-3x100 lots 5 and 6, block 122, Stephens' addition, March 7 2100 John Hinck to Otto RIeber, lota 9 and 10, and N. lot 8, block 22, Penin sular addition No. 2, April 1 95 B. M. Lombard tp F. Wheeler, lot 10, block 38. lots 5 and 6, block 37, Ful ton Park, January 15 350 J. M. Hodson and wife to S. W. Sim mons, administrator' Henry Wilson estate, lots 7 and 8, block 116, East Portland, April 1 58 Patrick Powers and wife to Louis "Vermlere, lots 6 and 7, block 232, Couch addition, March 29 2000 Leopold Favler to Baptestlne Favlere, lot 16, block 38, Albfna, November 7, 1898 1500 W. T. Jacobsen to Daniel H. Harnett, lotgi.15 and 16. block 9, Central Al blna, March 30 500 In Memorlam. Minnie M.- Burnside Campbell was born, in Milan, Pa.. October 19, 1861; died March 22, 1901. She was married to W. A. Campbell, August 18, 1884. To this union one child, a daughter, was born. In 1SS6 Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, accompanied by her parents, came to Oregon and have lived In Sellwood, Or., since 1887. Slster Campbell was carefully trained up In the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been a member of the same since 12 years of age. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." "Blessed are -the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." Sure Sister Campbell Is entitled to both of these attributes, as she was not only pure in heart, but a real peacemaker. Her home was a home of peace. The church always found In her a spirit of peace. All who knew her, knew her to call her blessed. Sister Campbell was faithful In all church duties, always in. perfect sympathy. If not lead:r In every church enterprise. It was al ways an Inspiration to any tired pastor to visit Sister Campbell In her home and be cheered by her sweet, loving spirit. She was an exemplary daughter, as her aged and bereaved Christian father does testify; a true and loving wife, and an ideal mother. An aged father, a husband, a-daughter, little Esther. 9 years old, a brother, and a host of friends are left to mourn. While we all greatly mourn, we arc assured that it is to her gain. The funeral was held In the Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday morning, conducted by her pastor, assisted by one of her former pastors, A. L. Hawley. and W. S. Wright, pastor of the Sellwooi Presbyterian Church. W., J. WALTZ. PROSPEROUS MONTAVILLA. Every House In the Suburb Is Occu pied and More Are "Wanted. Every house in Montavilla Is occupied, and several new ones are under construc tion. There never has been a time since this suburb was first settled when it was more prosperous than it Is at present. A gentleman who owns some property on the Base Line road Just beyond Montavilla. went out there yesterday and came back highly gratified over the change he no ticed. Only three years ago one-half of the houses were vacant, and these were half demolished, but he found all these evidences of poverty had disappeared. The dilapidated dwellings and shacks are not seen now, and in their place are neat and well-Improved homes. Montavilla. with the attractive eight-room schoolhouse In the center. Is one of the handsomeest sub urbs of Portland. Largely a new class of people have come in who are thrifty and enterprising. Montavilla has a flourish ing Sub-Board of Trade, which holds reg ular meetings and Is active In working for everything that will conduce to the growth of the place. Some Coming Events. There will be a meeting of the property owners of Multnomah addition at the MIs-sissippl-avenue engine-house this evening still further to discuss the proposed sewer system for that district. Wednesday evening the members of Ben Butler post, G. A. R.. Sunnyslde. will have a campflre at their quarters in the Boys Brigade building on East Yamhill, between East Thirty-fourth and East Thirty-fifth streets. A pleasing pro gramme closing with refreshments of Army rations has been arranged. Thursday evening there will be a con gregational meeting of the members of MIzpah Presbyterian Church, East Thir teenth and Powell streets, to consider the advisability of either repairing the church or rebuilding anew. The annual congre gational meeting of the Forbes Presby terian Church, Upper Alblna, will also be held Thursday evening. Friday evening the Sellwood Sub-Board of Trade will hold an Important meeting at Campbell Hall, on Umatilla avenue to receive the report of the committee ap pointed to provide for a thorough clean ing up of Sellwood, and some other mat ters. Friday evening Rev. Frank E. Coulter will deliver a scientific lecture before the United Brethren Young People's Chris tian Union, East Fifteenth and East Mor rison streets, on "The Causes of Earth quakes." . East Side A'otci. E. Snowball, employed in the Christian sen Iron Works, has received word of the serious illness of his parents back in Michigan, and will leave for his old home next Tuesday. Tomorrow evening he will be tendered a farewell reception by mem bers of the First Evangelical Church at the manse, 326 East Sixth street. South. The fine tug for the Portland-Alaska Packing Company which has been under construction at Johnson's boatyard, will be ready for launching this week. Work of finishing the upper decks Is progress ing. Machinery is tall In place and the masts have been put In position. The craft Is strongly constructed and able to breast almost any sea. C. P. Bass left yesterday for the East, where he hopes to introduce on the street railway systems of the large cities the curve and switch signal Invented by Wes ley Stearns, a conductor on the Wood-stock-Waverly division of the City & Sub urban Railway Company. The signal is used at several switches in Stephens' ad dition. A car approaching the switch by means of the signal causes a cluster of lights attached to a pole near the track to start, and warns the car coming from the opposite direction of the approach of the former. Its practical working may be seen at any time on East Sherman street, Stephens' addition. Dr. Wise, room 614. The Dekum. Woman's Presbyterial Society. The annual meeting of the Woman's Presbyterial Society will be held Wednes day at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tenth and Weldler streets. The following programme will begin at 10 o'clock: Devotionals, led by Mrs. I. L. McCom mon; minutes of Spring meeting. Miss Agnes Kelly; reports of, secretaries, cor responding. Miss Taylor; Christian En deavor, Miss Louise Ross: Junior Chris tian Endeavor, Mrs. P. Kelly; box secre tary, Mrs. Ward; secretary of literature. Mrs. Terry; Sunday School secretary, Mrs. F. I. Ball; song by quartet; address, Mrs. McClure: appointment of commit tees; closing hymn. Basket lunch. Afternoon at 1:30: Devotionals, Mrs. J. R. McGlade; paper. "The Freedmen," Mrs. F. E. Miller; discussion; music, by "our Chinese friends"; offering; "Duties of Officers," Mrs. J. V. Milllgan; hymn; pa per on "Missionary. Literature," Mrs. El der; discussion; president's message, Mrs. James Wilson; report of committees; solo, Mrs. E. Werleln; address, Mrs. McClel land; closing hymn. Ohio Society, of Oregon. The Ohio Siclety, of Oregon, met in Elks' Hall. Marquam building, last even ing, and after a very Interesting meet ing, the following new committees were announced: Literature T. T. Struble, Miss Miriam B. Brooke, Miss Metta C. Brown, C. M. Idleman and Miss Emma B. Ruhl. Entertainment Mrs. N. W. Rountree, James Bell, Mrs. A. M. Marshall. J. J. Shipley and L. D. Cole. Honorary members' reception committee Mrs. H. W. Kellogg, Mrs. N. W. Roun tree, Mrs. Lula B. Cake, Mrs. Dr. Dear born and MlS3 Jannle Arnold. Press committee O. C. Lelter, A. J. Capron and Dr. Emmet Drake. Owing to the fact that Hon. D. P Thompson, the president, will be away at time of the visit of President McKin ley. Judge M. C. George was unanlmously chosen as special representative of the DIGESTION Walts on appetite. Lack of appetite usu ally Indicates weak digestion. Hootetter'a Stomach Bitters, taken before meala, will create a healthy desire for food, by cleansing the clogged bowels and stimu lating the secretions ot the stomach. It ilso purifies the blood, strengthens and Invigorates the liver and kidneys. It ia undoubtedly the most efficient medlcin In the world for stomach troubles. A private revenue stamp covers the neck of ih bottle. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS Accept No Substitutes. FosaSivfiSy that tSsGfO So No M&diGfao fos VIcaisn's Ms c;s:sil to lydia E FSaskham's P&QFUSE PERiBBSm '"I commenced taking" Lyciia E. Pinkham's Vesreta- fbleCompoimdabout three months ago, and cannot express the wonderful good it has done me. Menstruationswero so profuse as to leave me very weak for some time after. vas also troubled with leuccrrhoea, tired feeling, bearing--down sensation, pain across the back and thighs. I felt as though there was a heavy weight in my stomach all the time. I have taken. wo bottles of the medicine, and now have better health than I have hrd for four years." Mrs. Lizzie Dicksox Uopai:, Avalon, Ohio., GS2ANGE OF UFa I was talvpn sirlr five years ago with, Jl 'The Urip-e,' end f&&$&s3 nau a relapse unci was given up by the doctor and my friends. Change qt Life began to work on me. I flowed very badly until a year ago, then my stomach and lungs got so bad, I suffered terribly; the blood went up in my lungs and stomach, and I vomited it up. I could not eat scarcely anything. I cannot tell what I suffered with my head. Jly husband pot me a bottle cf Lvdia E. PinkhHm's Veg-ctable Compound, and before I had taken half of it I begsn to improve, and to-day I cm another woman. The Pinkham's medicine has saved my life. I cannot praise it enough." M. A. Dnrpox. Millport, N.Y. &'E(B(fillB '13 to pzisSlfthta ta&tlcr.o- .Po3g rJni Ja rct Bervlnem B-juiii i r ii;aiii;wj3 icuiatssa 4o spciety to act In President Thompson s place. Resolutions thanking FarHnnd Lodge. Knights of Pythias, for use of their hall, were passed. Snarcre.itlon From a Soldier. ROSE3URG, Or., March 30.-(To the Ed itor.) There hi at least one swt that does not give the inmates of lt soldiers' homes their pensions to get drunk with. New Hampshire allows a sman portion of the quarterly pension for tobacco. If one has a dependent famllyr a portion, or the remainder, if needed, is given to It. If not. It is taken for his support at the home. Oregon ought to do likewise. The Attorney-General has ruled that the pension cannot be taken for th support of the home. Would it not ou wM to have that opinion reviewed, to se if there is no weak spot in It? GRANITE. Oil Found in Iovrn. DES MOINES. Ia.. April 1. A sp!al from Spencer, In., confirms the rumor that petroleum In large quantities was discovered Saturday night at Greenville. in Clay County. Many people are Hooking to that locality, and many location htive been made. This Is the first oil riteeov ered In Iowa. The Pan-American Exposition. A great many Pacific Const people ex pect to visit Buffalo during the Pan-American exposition. Those who are contem plating such a trip should bear In mind the advantages offered them by the Rio Grande Western Railway. In adttitlon to a day's stop-off in the Mormon capital, you have a daylight ride through the heart of the Rockies, the scenery of which is surpassed nowhere. The Rio Grande Western Is th only transcontinental line passing directly through picturesque and quaint Salt Luke City. Through sleeping and chair cars from Portland. For rates, reservations and other Information, address J. D. Mans field, general agent, 251 Washington street. Palpitation of the heart, nervousness, tremblings, nervous headache, cold hands and feet, pain In the back, relieved by Carter's Little Liver Pills. NEWSPAPERMAN TELLS THE TRUTH "Thto week vff begin publishing tha advertising of the new coffee substi tute called Flgprune C?rcal. "We arc uslnsr thia article In our own home and find it the finest substi tute for coffee we have ever tried. Just invest 25 cents in a package and try it. It makes a rich heaUWuifldnljqk." -WCS. &RQDGERS, Editor Mountain Echor Boulder Creek, Calif. The above appeared as a news lta.n in the Mountain Echo and was unso licited. The editor was so well pleased with Flgprune that he wanted all his fellow townspeople to try it. As Flgprune Js the most nutritious and nourishing of any of the cereal coffees it is but natural that the gen eral public should welcome the now breakfast beverage. All grocers sell It. The icjfesaf fQHs&ovQpy 'a based, on tho principle, ''Destroy tho cause, yon rcmovo tho effect." 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