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THJtU lUoiviMJSU OK(JJjtfIAN, lAKiDAY, JUflE 14, 1901.
MORE EUROPEAN CARGOES
SEVEN SHIPS IAID ON FOR PORT
LAND IN PAST SIXTY DAYS.
Dutch Bark Pax Chartered to Load
at Liverpool Grain Fleet Flnlnh-
lnjy Dinantcr In N'evrfonndland.
Portland Importers have laid on berth
at European ports within the past six
weeks seven cargo ships for this port.
These vessels have a carrying capacity
of over 20,000 tons, and will bring mixed
cargoes, of which cement will form a
considerable proportion. Three of these
vessels, the British bark Earl Cadogan.
and the French barks Eugenie Fautrel
and Fervaal, are coming from Antwerp.
The French bark General Millinet and the
British bark Lord Shaftesbury, are from
Hamburg, and the British bark River
side and Dutch bark Pax are to load at
Liverpool. The Pax, which Is the last of
the fleet reported, was chartered yester
day by Meyer, "Wilson & Co.. and will
go on berth as soon as she discharges
her outward cargo of flour from this
port. In addlton to these ships which
have just been placed on berth, the Brit
ish ship Argus is due the latter part of
this month with a cargo of general mer
chandise from Bremen and Rotterdam.
One of the causes of this revival in
the Import trade Is the cheap freights
out of European ports. "With ships com
ing out In ballast to secure the high rates
paid for wheat out of Pacific Coast ports,
it Is an easy matter to secure cargo space
on them at very low rates. This enables
the importers to lay In stocks of cement,
fire clay, coke, brick, crockery, liquors
and other merchandise at much lower
rates than are obtainable when freights
are low out of Pacific Coast ports, and
there Is nothing to Induce ships to come
to this part of the world. The owners of
the Pax should have a very pleasant
recollection of this port, for that Dutch
bark sailed out of here last December
under a 50-shilling rate, which, with one
exception, was the highest paid in 10
years. She was dispatched with a cargo
of flour by the Portland Flouring Mills
Company, and arrived out at Queenstown
two weeks ago.
READY FOR SEA.
TnB Geo. II. Mcndcll In Again as
Good an New.
The Government tug George H. Men
dell, which has been at the Supple yard
for about six weeks, undergoing repairs,
will be launched Saturday. She has been
ready to take to the water for some time
and It was expected that high water
would float her off, but the river did not
rise far enough. She has been made
practically into a new boat during her
sojourn on the ways, and when repairs
are complete she will be good for many
years of hard service.
The machinery of the tug has been
completely overhauled, but It was In very
good condition and did not need very ex
tensive repairs. The old propeller, with
its broken flanges, has been replaced with
a new one. The boat has been redecked
and given new guards and guardrails.
The hull was in excellent condition and
did not need much attention beyond re
calklng. Interior renovation has been
complete, from hold to pilot-house
The crew's quarters in the bow have
been improved, new bunks put in and
everything given a new coat of paint.
The cabins have been made as neat as a
pin. old paint having been scraped off
and replaced with a shlnng new coat In
bright and handsome colors. The pilot
house has received like attention. New
canvas has been laid on the upper deck
The boat now lacks only the paintng of
its upper works and a few minor touches
to be ready for service. "When finished
she will be better equipped and hand
somer than ever before.
The Mendeli is one of the sturdiest and
strongest tugs on the Columbia. She Is
of 90 gross tons, is 90.6 feet in length, 18
feet wide and has seven feet depth of
hold. She" was built at Portland in 1SS9.
Her first detail of work will probably be
connected with the taking of soundings
at the mouth of the Columbia.
CARMARTHENSHIRE SOLD.
One of the Chartered Fleet of the
Defnnct O. & O. Changex Handn.
The British steamship Carmarthen
shire, a sister ship to the flyer Monmouth
shire, so well known In this port, has
been sold by Messrs. Jenkins & Co. and
will be withdrawn from the Pacific trade.
The Carmarthenshire was one of the
steamers chartered by the Oregon & Ori
ental Steams-h!p Company an don her only
voyage In this line she loaded lumber on
Puget Sound. The O. & O.. which had a
large capital of wind and but little else
with which to operate steamships, was a
little shy on the charter money before
the Carmarthenshire delivered her first
cargo, and Messrs. Jenkins &. Co. re
lieved them of further trouble In the
matter by taking possession of the
steamer. This provoked a suit for dam
ages, and the matter is still pending in
the courts. 'Meanwhile President Gra
ham, of the O. & O., has faded from
view.
JUNE FLEET FINISHING.
Alster.ich'wan and Nivelle "Will Com
plete CnrRo Today.
The big four-master Aisterschwan,
which has been loafing around the harbor
since early in May, wll finish loading this
afternoon, and the Nivelle, which came
into the river nearly a month later, will
also finish today. The Aisterschwan will
probably follow the lead of the big Mag
dalene by going to Hamburg direct. A
number of the Oregon ships which have
arrived out within the past 60 days have
been ordered to German ports, no less
than nine of them going to Hamburg with
in the past month, among them being
the Halewood, St. John, General Mel
llnet, Herzogln Sophie Charlotte. Ellbek,
AMerufer, C. H. "Watjen, Scottish Isles
and Alice. None of these ships sailed
direct from Portland for the German
ports, but all received their orders at
Queenstown or Falmouth and proceeded
to the German port to discharge.
NEW DREDGE IN THE "WATER.
Stnnclie.it Craft Ever Pnt Afloat In
the City.
The hull of the dredge for the North
Pacific Lumber Company Is finished. It
was launched several days ago at the
east end of the Morrison-street bridge.
It is rrobably the staunchest thing afloat
in the Northwest. Over 110,000 feet of
lumber was used In construction and the
frame Is stayed and braced with 10 tons
of Iron bolts, making as strong and stiff
a body as a solid block of wood of the
same dimensions. The hull draws about
a foot of water at present, and this draft
will probably be Increased Ave or six
inches by the addition of machinery and
upper works. Every rjlne tons of weight
will cause a displacement of one inch.
The hull will be towed to the Willamette
Iron Works in a few days to receive ma
chinery. ON A FOOIS ERRAND.
Two Young Men to SIcke 10,000
Mile Jonrney In n Skiff.
NEW YORK. June 13. Alvah D. James
and Barton H. Noland, two young men
who left Irvington. Va.. a small town
on the Rappahannock May 12. in a 100
pound, 18-foot paddling skiff, are expect
ed to reach this city next Monday. Their
friends believe they are now off Cape
May. The young men intend to make a
10.000-mile Journey In the skiff and to be
gone a year. They are not to use sails,
but are to travel the whole distance by
paddling. They plan to land every night
on the coast through the surf and to em
bark the next morning. From this city
the men will paddle up the Hudson,
through the Erie Canal to Buffalo, over
the Great Lakes, then down the St. Law
rence to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. From
there they expect to paddle down the
Atlantic Coast to Key West, through the
Gulf of Mexico to Texas, where the jour
ney will terminate.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
British Seamen Make Long Vorngpc
to Secure Help.
HALIFAX, N. S., June 13. After sail
ing nearly 700 miles in an open boat to
take relief to their ship, the Border
Knight, Mr. Mathle, chief officer, and
two of the crew, arrived at Sheet Harbor,
the end of their 15 days' journey, to And
that their steamer had Just been towed In,
a distance of 450 miles, by the Spanish
steamship Duranco, from Philadelphia
for Bllboa. Captain W. F. Splatt, of the
Border Knight, and his crew were landed
here, while the brave little rescue party
found a haven 40 miles to the eastward.
When the Border Knight's tail shaft
broke. In latitude 34:10 north and longi
tude 59:44 west, 300 miles northeast of
Bermuda, sails were rigged and she be
gan to make her way slowly northward.
Provisions were scarce, for she had made
an unusually slow voyage from Africa,
and the situation seemed to be desper
ate, as she was far out of the track of
commerce.
Mr. Mathle and the two men volun
teered to set out In the lifeboat with a
flimsy bit of sail to bring assistance to
the British steamer. This was May 29,
and June 7 the Duranco, outward bound,
responded to the signals of distress on
the Border Knight. They were sighted
by the Trave on Saturday. The Border
Knight was bound from Cape "Verde Isl
ands to New York.
FOUR LIVES LOST.
Schooner Wrecked In n Fog on Ncvr
fonndlnnd Const.
ST. JOHNS. N. F.. June 13. The schoon
er Czar, bound to Labrador with llsher
men end their families, 70 persons alto
gether, was driven ashore on Cabot Island
on the north coast of Newfoundland In
a dense fog and gale Sunday night. Four
men were drowned and six others were
Injured, but the women and children all
landed safely.
The survivors were on the island two
days without food or shelter. Then an
other vessel, passing toward Labrador,
sighted tnelr distress signals, rescued
them and landed them on the mainland,
whence they will return home on board
a mall steamer. The Czar became a to
tal wreck, and those on board of her lost
all their belongings. The women and
children were In a pitiable plight when
they reached the Island, being aroused at
midnight, and being able to secure only a
little of their clothing.
PILOTS ARE SUED.
Klnnmcn of Tvro Rio Janeiro Vic
tims Seek to Recover $100,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. In the
United States District Court today two
suits for $50,000 each were Aled against
the Pilots' Association of this port by
relatives of two men who lost their
lives In the wreck of the steamer Rio de
Janeiro just inside the Golden Gate. The
complainants are the widows and chil
dren of Thomas Brady and Joseph Smith,
second assistant engineer and water
tender respectively on the Rio.
Pnlatlnla Flnlxhca Today.
The big steamship Palatinla will today
complete the portion of her lumber cargo
which she will take from Portland and
will sail for Puget Sountd, where she will
Anlsh loading. She will take from this
port about 2,000.000 feet and will require
about S00.000 feet more to give her a full
cargo. The steamer has received very
quick dispatch here, the stevedores plac
ing over 300,000 feet per day aboard of
her most of the time since she has been
working.
Floating Bunkhoase.
Work will begin n a few days on the
East Side on construction of a floating
bunkhouse for the workmen of the Port
of Portland dredge. The heat in Summer
and the noise of machinery make the
sleeping quarters on board the dredge
uncomfortable.
Negotiation Not Broken Off.
HAMBURG. June 13. The Hamburg
American Steamship Company denies the
report that Its negotiations with the At
chison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad to
handle the shore end of Its new enter
prise, a trans-Pacific line, are broken off.
Signal Clears for San Francisco.
ASTORIA, June 13. The steam
schooner Signal cleared at the custom
house today for San Francisco, with a
cargo of 4:0,000 feet of lumber. She was
loaded ac the Knappton mills and gots
to sea tomorrow.
Domestic nnd Forengn Ports.
ASTORIA, June 13. Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M., smooth, wind northwest,
weather cloudy. No arrivals or depart
ures. San Francisco, June 13. Sailed Steamer
Milton, for Nanalmo; steamer Corinthian,
for Coquille River. Arrived Steamer
Acme, from Sulslaw River; schooner C. J.
Hill, from Unalaska.
New York, June 13. Sailed La Lor
raine, for Havre; Frledrich der Grosse,
for Bremen; Deutschland, for Hamburg.
Yokohama, June 10. Arrived Empress
of India, from Vancouver, for Hong
Kong.
London, June 13. Arrived Montevidlan,
from Montreal; Marquette, from New
York.
Antwerp, June 13. Sailed Nedderland,
for Philadelphia.
Queenstown, June 13. Sailed Teutonic,
for New York; Westernland. for Phila
delphia, both from Liverpool.
Hamburg Arrived Phoenicia, from New
York, for Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Naples Arrived Aller, from New York,
via Gibraltar, for Genoa, and proceeded.
Rotterdam Sailed Amsterdam, for
Boulogne and New York.
Lizard Passed La Champagne, from
New York, for Havre.
Seattle Arrived June 12. Steamer
Charles Nelson, from Skagway. Sailed
June 12 Steamer Victorian, for Skag
way. Unalaska Sailed May 30 Steamer
Nome City, for Nome; May 28, schooner
Kodiak, for Unga.
Valparaiso Arrived May 23 British ship
Eden Ballymore, from Newcastle, N. S.
W., for Portland, Or.
Hongay Sailed May S British ship Bra
bloch, for Oregon.
Hong Kong Arrived June 10 British
ship Indravelll, from Oregon.
Yokohama Arrived June ,10 British
steamer Empress of India, from Van
couver. Hamburg Arrived June 13 German ship
C. H. Watjen, from Portland; ship Lu
clpara, from Astoria.
Port Townsend Sailed June 13 Barken
tine Gardiner City, for Hllo.-
Notes of TUlnmook.
TILLAMOOK, Or., June 13. Judge R.
P. Boise has confirmed the receiver's sale"
of the Wilson River tollroad.
Arrangements are being made for the
Rev. S. A. Smith, pastor of the M. E.
church In this city, and the Rev. B. F.
Peck, of Davenport, Wash., to exchange
pulpits.
Small Fire In a Saloon.
A pile of shavings In the saloon of C.
P. Webb, 325 Washington street, caught
fire at 12:50 o'clock this morning, and an
alarm was sounded from box 135. No
damage.
Admited to the Bar.
SALEM, Or., June 13. Walter K. Mor
ley, of Danville, 111., was today ad
mitted to the bar upon the recommenda
tion of E. E. Merges and L. A. McNary,
of Portland.
MISSOURI PACIFIC PLANS
PITTSBURG EXTENSION QUESTION
MAY BE SETTLED SOON.
A Traffic Arrangement With the
Pennsylvania Railroad Will
Probably Be Made.
NEW YORK, June 13. The Mail and
Express says:
"It was stated today on semi-official au
thority that the two matters which will
be taken up by the Missouri Pacific di
rectors at the special meeting next Mon
day are the declaration of a dividend
and the final settlement of the terms on
which the Texas Pacific is to be absorbed
by the Missouri Pacific.
"Another question of Importance to the
Gould lines as a whole is expected to be
settled within a few days. It concerns
the proposed Wabash & Wheeling exten
sion Into Pittsburg and an outlet to tide
water. Mr. Gould has had further con
ferences with the Pennsylvania Railroad
officials. Mr. Gonld's ultimatum will prob
ably be that he will build the Pittsburg
line, thereby getting an entrance to the
valuable mining regions, but he will agree
to enter Into a traffic arrangement with
the Pennsylvania Railroad for his south
ern outlets to the seaboard; instead of
building to Baltimore, as he Intended to
do. Mr. Gould will insist hpon receiving
from the Pennsylvania Railroad a large
share of the Pennsylvania's West-bound
tonnage. The latter. It Is thought. Is dis
posed to turn over much of Its traffic. In
asmuch as the Burlington, with which It
formerly exchanged a great deal of busi
ness, has become a Morgan-Hill road and
will stnd much traffic by other routes. The
Missouri Pacific system. Including the Wa
bash, can, give the Pennsylvania Railroad
all the facilities it needs for most of the
far Western and Southern business, and
beyond the points touched by the Gould
lines traffic would be turned over to the
Union and Southern Pacific, In which Mr.
Gould Is Influential."
Conference nt Omaha.
OMAHA, June 13. President Charles M.
Hays, of the Southern Pacific, President
Marvin Hughltt, of the Chicago & North
western, and President Horace G. Burt,
of the Union Pacific, and the general
managers of these roads held a confer
ence at the office of President Burt to
day and left this afternoon for Chicago.
None of the officials would give out any
statement, but It is learned that the con
ference had to do with traffic arrange
ments of the three systems. Presidents
Hays and Hughltt were equally reticent
regarding the nature of their business in
the city, as were also the other ofilclals.
Local Freight Agents.
DENVER, June 13. The National Asso
ciation of Local Freight Agents today
completed the business of Us convention
by electing officers and choosing Cleve
land as the next place of meeting. T. P.
Adams, of St. Louis, was re-elected pres
ident. Homcseekers Round Trip Rate.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 13. The South
ern Pacific Company will make a home
seekers' round trip excursion rate of one
first-class fares plus 2, effective Tuesday,
June 18, and the first and third Tuesdays
of July, August and September, from
Eastern territory to California. Rates
from Chicago, $64 50; St. Louis, New Or
leans and Memphis, $59 50; Omaha, Kan
sas City and Houston. $52. Tickets are
good for 21 days.
IN THE SEVERAL COURTS.
Argument Closed In the Building As
sociation Salt.
The trial of the case of the Pacific States
Building & Loan Association against
Mary Peterson, Katherlne Sloane et al.
was concluded before Judge George yes
terday. Briefs are to be submitted on the
law. Frank Harrington and Joseph
Thomas, as witnesses for the defense,
testlfled that they borrowed money from
tho company upon the representation that
84 payments would pay out, and after
ward discovered that this was not so.
Charles K. Henry was also a witness
against tho company.
G. W. Allen, attorney for the building
and loan association, argued that the
plaintiffs were bound by the contract
which they signed. He denied that bor
rowers had been told that 84 payments
would liquidate their loans, but said that
this mlgh have been tho case If the bad
times had not come on. If this had not
occurred, the earning capacity of the
stock might have been greater. He said
the contract was subject to construction
by the court as to Its meaning.
Judge Stott, for the defense, made a
long speech in response. He referred to
the building and loan association laws
put? through Legislatures of different
states in 1S95. "The companies," he said,
"made the Legislatures believe they were
charitable Institutions, for the purpose of
benefiting people building houses. They
wanted to prevent any local corporation
from doing business of this kind in this
state. The law was meant to protect cor
prorations In California and elsewhere do
ing business here. They will claim I sup
pose (they have done it in other cases)
that section 5 prevents or cures the opera
tion of any usurious action In this state,
lalk about repudiating our contract. they
seek to lepudlate their contract, and also
their former agent, Hicks. They call
him a so-called agent."
William Reld, attorney for the defend
ants, also addressed the court, and. cltted
numerous authorities.
Gilbert Bros.' Bankruptcy Case.
In the bankruptcy case of Gilbert Bros.,
bankers, of Salem, A. T. Gilbert a few
days ago filed In the United States Court
an answer to the petition In bankruptcy,
denying that he has committed the acts
of bankruptcy set forth in said petition,
or that he Is Insolvent, and averring that
he should not be declared bankrupt. He
also denies that A. T. Gilbert and Frank
N. Gilbert are partners, as alleged, or
that they have veen partners since 1897,
and asks that the court Inquire Into
these matters.
Yesterday Ida Muths, William Iwans
and A. S. Eppley, creditors of Gilbert
Bros., filed In the United States Court
a motion . for leave to Ale an amended
petition In the Gilbert Bros, bankruptcy
case. They charge that within four
months preceding the filing of the origi
nal petition Gilbert Bros., who were in
solvent, transferred J1000 worth of their
property to the First National Bank, of
Portland, with intent to prefer said
bank over their other creditors, and that
A. T. Gilbert conveyed by quitclaim deed
and without consideration, all of his
personal property, consisting of real
property, to Claud Gatch, with intent
to defraud his creditors. On account of
these and other acts of bankruptcy al
leged to have been committed, petition
ers pray to be allowed to Ale their
amended petition, and that A. T. and
F. N. Gilbert be adjudged bankrupts.
The court granted the petition.
Some half dozen other creditors of Gil
bert Bros, have Aled a request to be al
lowed to join In the petition amended.
Court Notes.
An order of default was entered yester
day in the divorce suit of Eileen Maud
..tickling vs. Edward Hickllng.
In Che suit of Altman, Miller & Co.,
of Akron, O.. against ". L. Archambeau
the Jury returned a verdict for the plain
tiff for $3559 In Judge Sears' Court yes
terday. The case of P. H. Tynon, administrator,
vs. the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany to recaver $5000 damages on account
of the accidental killing of complainant's
brother, a brakeman, vent to trial In
tho United States Court yesterday. The
taking of testimony will be continued to
day. D. L. Rowntree, Hayes Temple and
John Coughlln, doing business, at Salem
under the firm name of Rowntree, Temp.e
&. Co., through John J. Coughlln, peti
tioning debtor, yesterday filed a petition
In the United States Court asking that
the firm and the petitioner Individually
be adjudged bankrupt. The liabilities
amount to J1E4S 91; assets, $140 exempt.
A. D. McQueen, In an action against him
by T. A. Grimes, to recover $619 on a note,
testified in Judge Sears' Court yesterday
that if he signed the Instrument he had
no recollection of it, but he admitted that
the signature looks like his. The note
was alleged to have been executed in Hel
ena, four years ago, In payment" of a sa
loon and cigar bill, and for money ad
vanced. Grimes submitted In evidence af
fidavits from two different men that they
saw McQueen sign tho paper. The testi
mony further disclosed that McQueen was
a mining engineer in Montana, receiving
a salary of $6000 per year. Judge Sears
took the case under advlsemeni.
PATH TO THE CAR SHOPS.
How It Is Built to Protect It From
Injury by Teams.
The work of building a cycle path along
East Twenty-flrst street, between Division
street? and the north entrance to the
Southern Pacific carshops. Is under way.
This path Is being built on the west side
of the stroet, and outside of where the
curb would come if there were a full side
walk on the street, which there Is not.
There Is but a six-foot walk on boards
laid lengthwise. The path will be six
feet wide and will have a graveled sur
face. On the street side a heavy curb
timber Is placed as a protection for the
entire distance. It will be Impossible for
vehicles to get on this path, with this curb
as an obstruction. At all Intersections
a regular crosswalk is built, the same as
all other crosswalks are constructed. East
Twenty-first street has a car track but a
short distance, and this path, when fin
ished, will be a sample of what may be
done on other streets with cycle path
construction.
It can be seen, as far as gone, that a
pafii of the same width on a street on
which there Is even a single car track
would be a setious obstruction, and out
of the question. However, on streets free
of car tracks a path of the same width
would be no obstruction If placed on one
bide of the street. The path will be fin
ished this month. The next one to be
built will likely be along Milwaukle street,
fiom Holgate to Division streets. It Is
understood that this path will be built of
two-Inch plank, laid endwise, and five
feet wide on the west' side of the street.
To connect all the paths in the southeast
with the Madlson-stireet bridge will re
quire a path on either Hawthorne avenue
or East Clay street, probably on the lat
ter, between East First and East Twelfth,
It being free of car tracks.
Reunion Progrnnvmc.
The following programme has been ar
ranged for the G. A. TL encampment and
reunion at Pleasant Home, which begins
July 29 and closes August 4:
Monday, July 29 Setting up tents and
fixing ground.
Tuesday, July 30 At 10:30 A. M., address
of welcome, by Rev. M. L. Hardlngham,
and response by Rev. N. S. Holcroft; at
1:30 P. M., address by Rev. Ray Palmer.
Wednesday, July 31 Farmers' day, in
charge of the Agricultural College, Dr.
Wlthycombe and others to make addresses
forenoon and afternoon; Granges of the
county are to assist.
Thursday, August 1 Woman's Relief
day; address by Dr. L. E. Rockwell, at
10:30 A. M., and Mrs. L. H. Addlton, at
1:30 P. M.
Friday, August 2 G.'A. R. day. Ad
dress at 10:30 A. M. by Professor M. L.
Pratt, and at 1:30 P. M. by Dr. C. E. Cllne.
Saturday, August 3 Address at 10:30 A.
M.. General Compson; at 1:30 P. M., by
General Summers, followed by George C.
Brownell. The latter will speak on "The
Lewis and Clark Centennial."
Sunday, August 4 Divine services morn
and evening.
There will be a campflre every evening.
Several other speakers have been Invited,
but definite answers have not yet been re
ceived. It Is expected that the camp
ground will be moved to the Lake farm,
making the distance about Ave miles less
from Portland. The new camp ground
has an abundance of pure water, and is
near Johnson Creek. It Is about three
and a half miles from Gresham, on the
Pleasant Home road. Committees have
been appointed to see to moving of the
buildings. This will make It much easier
to reach from Portland. The programme
Is full of interest, and with fair weather
there will be a large attendance.
East Side Notes.
Philip Buehner and son, of South Mount
Tabor, have gone East on a business and
pleasure trip.
The Alumni Association of the Sellwood
School will give the annual entertainment
of the organization this evening at Fire
men's Hall.
The Burnside bridge is to be repainted.
Bids for the work range from $1400 to
about $2000. The Ironwork will all have
to be scraped before the paint Is applied.
St. Francis' School, on the corner of
East Twelfth and East Oak streets, will
close this afternoon with appropriate ex
ercises, at 2 o'clock. The school has had
a prosperous year.
The committee appointed by the Tax
payers' Cycle Association will meet to
morrow evening at the home of E. B.
MoFarland. and prepare a system of cycle
paths for the East Side.
The big warehouse of Page & Son, on
East Second, between East Washington
and East Stark streets. Is being finished.
On the inside galleries extend all around
the 'building for storing meats. The
smokehouse rooms, six in number, are be
ing lined with asbestos, and will be the
completest of tlje sort in the city.
Dr. Wise has removed to rooms 21L 213
and 213. The Falling, cor. 3d and Wash.
Un-American and Unfair.
PORTLAND. June 13. (To the Editor.)
Is there anv reason why the Government
of the United States should take a boy,
educate him at West Point, pay him a
good salary all his life as a commissioned
officer, and then retire him on half-pay,
which Is still very good pay? Now mark
my point: It,ls not that the Government
should not properly educate her military
commanders, and pay them well for their
services; but It Is the retiring them In
good health after a certain age on liberal
Pay.
The Army or Naval officer has, like all
otier men, that period of productiveness
during which he ought to save his money,
for the compensation is ample, so that?
he can take care of himself when he can
no longer labor.
Why, I ask, should one class of men,
more than another, fasten themselves
upon the Government as helpless suckers
after they have been educated and highly
paid by said Government throughout their
entire lives?
there Is something belittling and wrong
In this, whatever the parties Interested
may say. In its defense. This Is not say
ing there are not many gentlemen of high
c-aracter among retired Army officers;
but, In a country like ours, whose wars
must be fought out by the farmers and
artisans, who volunteer for the purpose,
and then retire, when the work is com
pleted, from the service of the Govern
ment to care for themselves, receiving
only a meager pension for disabilities and
wounds, It Is unfair and un-American for
one class to remain forever at' the Gov
ernment teat. C. E. CLINE.
Ministers, lawyers, teachers and others
whose occupation gives little exercise,
should use Carter's Little Liver Pills for
torpid liver and biliousness.
SIX DIPLOMAS GIVEN
BISHOP MORRIS PRAISES CLASS OF
1001, ST. HELEN'S HALL.
President Strong, of the State Uni
versity, Delivers the Annual
Address.
Six young women received their diplo
mas from the hands of Bishop Morris last
night at St. Helen's Hall Miss Catherine
S. Arnold. Miss Hilda Hexter, Miss Thora
Poulsen, Miss Fanny C. Swartz, Miss Min
nie F. Love and Miss Eula McCully. It
was one of the prettiest sights ever seen
In Portland. The rooms were garlanded
with roses: vying with these in fresh
ness' of charm were somewhere near a
hundred girls In dlaphonous Summer
gowns In all the delicate tints of the
rainbow, their happy faces and bright
cheeks being Incontrovertible testimony
to the excellent care they have received
during the past year. The platform was
occupied by members of the faculty,
whlcfi, when all together, numbers about
25. Among these were scattered surpllccd
clergymen, Bishop Morris, and President
Strong, of the State University. Facing
these was the row of white-gowned grad
uates, each one of whom contributed her
quota to the programme by reading an
essay on some timely topic. These essays
were, with one exception, sensible,
straightforward, practical papers that
were plainly the result of spontaneous
effort and Independent thought. The one
exception was an exceedingly bright bit
of humor In the form of a forecast en
titled "The Coming Race," by Miss Thora
Poulsen, which was the cause of many
smiles. As each young woman concluded
her paper she was smothered In rose
bloom, six little flower girls bearing In
armful upon armful of the rarest blos
soms. The programme was varied by sev
eral enjoyable musical numbers, a piano
quartet by Misses Marlon Grey, Maud Car
lisle, Ruth Grey and Clara Loventzlng;
a chanson Provencale by Dell'Acqua,
sung by Miss Helen Goss, whose unusual
flexibility of voice occasions many pleas
ant comments: a little German song,
sung by an 8-year-old that drew very
hearty applause; Georg Hcnschel's
"Spring," by Miss Agnes Watt, one of
Portland's favorite singers; Gorln's
"Triumphal March," rendered on two pi
anos with much brllUanoy by Miss Edith
Habersham and Miss Hugglns; and Schu
mann's "Two Grenadiers," which was em
inently well suited to Mrs. Walter Reed's
rich contralto.
The address of the evening was delivered
by President Strong, of the State Uni
versity, who selected as his theme the
words from the New Testament, "He took
a little child and placed him In the midst
of them." President Strong Introduced
his subject with the remark that the
child Is the center of our modern civiliza
tion; almost all the reforms of late years,
the efforts to raise the human race to a
higher standard, have been directed to
tho child. And the best evidence we have
of the virility of Christianity Is that the
child Is still in the midst of us. The
great significance of the fact pointed out
by the great evolutionists, Russell Wal
lace and John FIske, was then touched
upon, viz., that the length of the period
of Infancy has had a vast amount to do
with the development of our civilization.
In the animal world, as the type becomes
more and more complex and highly organ
ized, the period of Infancy lengthens.
Among mankind it has advanced to 20, 25,
even 30 years, and it will continue to
lengthen. Hence the extreme importance
of the words of the text.
"And now for the other side of the ques
tion," said President 3trong. "The de
mands made upon our girls and boys Is
growing continually. We are coming
into that period of time when the edu
cation of the past will not do for the pres
ent. Nor will that of the present do for
the children of the next generation, as
those who have borne the stress of life
know that the demands are extremely
heavy. Now to apply this Idea to our
own state, the changes in Oregon have
been much more rapid than in older sec
tions of the country. Therefore education
here to keep pace with these changes
should be correspondingly rapid in its ad
vance. ."The aim of education is to fit one for
future life, to enable one lb adjust him
self to his environment. This adjustment
could be made easily and in a short time
when life was not complex, as In colonial
times, but not so today. It is becoming
more and more difficult with each new
decade.
"For, in order to be properly adjusted
to his environment, one must be able to
adapt himself to the different Inheritances
that are bequeathed by the ages. First
of all to our literary inheritance; secondly
to our scientific Inheritance nature study;
thirdly to our political and Industrial In
heritance; fourthly to our religious inher
itance, most important of all perhaps.
This Is a harder question to deal with In
public than In private schools. Since
the public schools do not Include religious
training In their course of study, this
part of the education must' come from the
home and the church. This phase of the
question is not receiving the attention it
deserves. Religion is something more
than a simple code of ethics.
"Education ought never to step except
at the grave, and I have a notion that
It does nut stop even there.
"There Is no greater power in the
world thati an educated, cultured woman,
who usee her Influence to high and noble
ends. She should make herself a center
of force and Influence, of strong personal
power In the community In which she
lives. If she does not do this, then she
Is recreant to her trust and that which
has been expended upon her Is useless."
The Bishop in awarding the diplomas
made a very brief address In which he
spoke In high terms of the class of 1901.
saying that all he asked of St. Helen's
Hall was that future graduating classes
would go forth Into the world so well
prepared for life's duties as the class of
1901. "The sort of training you have re
ceived here," he concluded, "Is not that
which deals witti woman's rights, but,
what Is far more Important, with woman's
duties. She who faithfully performs her
duties will soon receive her rights."
THE MACHINISTS' STRIKE.
Argument to Show the Demands
Were Not Unjust.
PORLAND, June 13. (To the Eultor.)
Believing that The Oregonlan does not
mean to be unfair In Its stand toward
machinists or organized labor In general,
we beg to present for its consideration,
as well as for the sake of public opinion,
the following letter. In answer to the edi
torial of the 10th Inst., entitled "Labor in
Danger."
Without at this time questioning the
causes of the failure or success of cer
tain strikes mentioned in said editorial,
the statement can be safely made that In
the vast majority of cases strikes are
founded upon justice and fairness, and
the many failures are due not to unjust
demands, but to a lack of organization
of the employed, and upon the other hand
the fact of a strike won does not neces
sarily mean that it was due to absolute
fairness of demands, but rather to a thor
ough organization on the part of labor
and Inability on the part of the employes
to substitute with other labor. In other
words, employers grant demands of
strikers not because of just demands, but
because It pays betteV to do so than to
be without labor.
We deny that In the recent strike of the
machinists In Portland the demands were
unjust, and resent the Imputation that it
was due to "unreasonable agitators."
There was no more demanded here than
was demanded by machinists all over
the country. Including the East. If nine
COPTUKMT r 1K4 KOC'to A IMIU CO. CiClATI
THE PROBLEM.
OROTHY in the
price of Ivory Soap per cake, but it would
take a mathematical genius to calculate its
J true value. For
lUfiTIn 1
time, labor, and materials. He must deduct from the
apparent cost the saving in the longer life of the cake,
in the longer life of the washed fabric, in the labor
required, in the time consumed, in the strength ex
pended, in the results obtained. When all is finished,
Ivory is the cheapest soap in the world. It float3.
houre' labor and ten hours pay was just
in the East, why unjust here? If in the
East the demands could be met, why not
here? There were certain conditions be
fore the strike, and upon these conditions
the Portland shops could operate profit
ably, and successfully compete with East
ern shops. Now, why is it unjust if
changes pre demanded here a? are de
manded East? Would It not rather be an
injustice to the Eastern concerns If simi
lar conditions were not demanded every
where? Is it anything but absolute fair
ness? Sixty-five per cent of the firms of the
National Machinists Association of the
East are at work on demanded conditions
and the others are still on strike. In
San Francisco 2S firms have accepted the
new terms, in Seattle three and In Tacoma
two, one of which employs over one-half
the machinists there. How then can It
be construed that the claims of machinists
here are unjust to employers?
Why did the machinists lose some of
their demands In the recent strike here?
Because of the fact that the organization
here Is weak and because of the injustice
of employers. The Portland Iron Works
was practically the only firm upon which
demands were made. An agreement was
reached by which the non-union men were
discharged and the time agreed to be
nine hours' work and nine hours' pay
until such time when the Pacific Coast
shops should have ten hours' pay for
nine hours' work. Within two days after
this agreement the non-union men were
returned.
It Is probable that the public do not
fully comprehend the motive of a nine
hour basis. Although better wages is an
Important consideration, the main reason
of such demand Is to create a field for
the unemployed, that jierhaps amounts at
the present time to ten per cent. The
motive Is a noble one and if understood
cannot but meet with the hearty ap
proval of a Just public. If the Portland
machinists agreed an a nine-hour basis
for nine hours' pay. It meant a great sac
rifice to them, and to be termed as unjust
Is adding insult to Injury. We sacrificed
the returns of one hour's work every day
to make room for the unemployed among
us.
Why should an Increase of wages be
considered exorbitant? Our wages are no
higher than they were several years ago,
but our expenses, be It wearing apparel,
furniture, food or rent, are higher.
One more point. The demand the
machinists made for ten hours' pay was
on condition that contracts of employers
contracted before the new wage system Is
Inaugurated be completed on old wage
scale, only limiting the time to s,lx
months; that is to say, that for the work
contracted for, the machinists would labor
at old rates for six months. Were the
machinists' demands unjust?
This last clause was met by the Union
Iron Works in San Francisco with the
answer that they had contracts that
would take 15 years to fulfill. But are
machinists to be blamed If employers
barter for their labor 15 years before it
Is performed? Are machinists to suffer
because of the lack of business foresight
that does not allow the Union Iron
Works or others to foresee a possible and
even probable state of affairs similar to
these?
Portland is almost the only city In the
United States working on practically the
old basis, and this is due, as was before
said, to lack of thorough organization and
injustice of employers.
MACHINIST.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
F W Tinkhm. OlympIG F Wentworth, Ta
Slg Weltner. Chicago I coma
A F Knudsen. Oaklnd T C Arnold. San Fr
H A Strauss. N Y Mr & Mrs W P John-
E Beyfuss. San Fr son & 2 dtrs. San Fr
T Royal Scott. Chgo IMme Camilla Urso.
F A Wine. Seattle New York
Mr & Mrs Lewis SpearF Luever, New Tork
San Francisco
Miss Helen Hall. NY
Y Strahn. San Fran
Mrs n bncldon Pearce.
New York
S L Mead & wife
Flnley Morrison. Du-
luth
N N Prouty. city
L F Martin. Chippewa
Fails. Wis
H W Martm. W W
James Ralph, S F
Mra J McCabe. W W
E B Louisson. San Fr
Sam Roukofsky, San F
Miss Florence Edoff. I Ed Leszynsky. San Fr
Oakland
E D Donaher. Mich
J P Edoff, Oakland
E H Behrens. N Y
C O 8cott. San Fran
A D Southworth.
Northfield. Mass
F H Botsford & wife.
Philadelphia
G P Brcdd. Seattle
C A Prouty & wf. Vt
E M Campbell & wife.
Santa Barbara, Cal
C E Hume. San Fran
Mrs Lamoffe
Mra Lungershauren.
Bremen
Fll Hlldebrand. do
M H Jacobs, Boise
Mrs C H Buell. Pull
man W F Kirk, Wash. D C
A Basthema, Seattle
S C Thompson. St PI,
A Yamada. Osaka. Jap
W D Chamberlain.
Pendleton
Mrs F D Huestls. Port
Townsend
C F Riley. Chicago
J M Hansbrough & w.
uoseDurg
C A Harrison & fy. SF
C E Hyman &. wk Chgo
Geo F Stevenson. N Y
L Mankshlm. N Y
Phil Schleslnger. Mllw
M B LIcMensteln & w.
Salt Lake
D S Kinney. Roslyn
J N Hunt. Chicago
Colambln. River Scenery Regulator
Line steamers. Oak-St. dock. The Dalles,
Hood River. Cascade Locks and return.
THE PERKINS.
L A Loomls, Ilwaco B K Hussey. Indpls
S Chapman, Portland D W Laugton, Carlton
W Ballons, Pendleton E J Wldley, Thornton.
O T Cornwell. W W I Wash
J H Raulston, Eugene JMis Wldley. do
W W Haines. Eugene H B Parker. Astoria
Freeman Scott. Phlla Geo A Sutton. Indpts
Anna Mcnne. Dallea IG H Hancock. Cn ' -W
T Hlslop, PcndlctonW F Slaughter. StHlns
Albert Harala. AdamsjMrs Slaughter, do
Mrs W T Merade. Ba- IC P Hogue. Oak Point
ker City Mrs Hogue. Oak Point
Mr O A Aylsworth, iB F Manning. Goldendl
Montavilla L K Moore. Moro. Or
Andy Larsen. W W I Mrs Moore. Moro. Or
Mrs Larsen. Walla W Kate Moore. Moro. Or
E E Hammack. Leb- iMrs T J Hanley. Salt
anon. Or I Lake
Mrs Hammack. do A P Blgelow, Ogden
W N Barrett. Hlllsbro.Mra Blgelow, Ogden
C J Williams, Frisco G L Becker. Ogden
A J Goodman, Indp J W Arms wothy, Wasco
Minnie Tolford, Falls iLevI Armsworthy. do
City 0 W Shaw. Hoquiam
Mrs H C Means, Pen-John Berg. Hoquiam
dlcton Nellie Skelton. Cor-
MIss Means, do I vallls
J H Ackcrman. Salem B L Davidson. Hood R
N F Conkle, Topeka .C A McAllister, do
Mrs Conkle, Topeka H D Barnnoff, Woodbn
nursery can calculate the
he must tW arr,f r
Mrs J H Wrlder. Eu- A W Wyman. SantaCrz
Rene (M a Hogue. Fargo
J A Hlrshman. do iJohn A Glllls, Fargo
E M Lawless, Water- A C Mourey. Stella,
villc (Mrs Mourey. Stella
C Smith. McMlnnrllle
THE IMPERIAL.
C. "V. Knowles, Manager.
G E Black. S F IW J D'Arcy. Salem
L McMorrls. Walla W J M John. Grant's Pass
"W A McCord, do IJohn Shire, DcLamar
H E Ankcny, JarksnvlJRoy Logan. -Moro
W W Harris. Eugene C H Winn. Albany
John L Croa?, Boston 1 Helen Calbreath. Salem
L W Megrath. St Paui;,lta Booih. McMlnnvll
n wenrung. HlllsboroA K niggs. Long Crk
Mrs Wehrung. do
J D Daly. Cdrvallls
J C Goodale. Salem
Mrs Goodate, do
Mrs R Lawe. S F
Mrs K Graves, S F
Wm H H Meyers. I
Forest Grove
Geo E Woodruff, city
Mrs V T Gray. Snlem
F W Settlemlcr,
Woodhurn
I W Shurmate. Water-
vllle
F A Strong. Eugene
Carl Fisher. Albany
A P Blgelow, Ogden
Mrs Blgelow. do
G L Itcckls. do
John F Laughum.
Chehalls
Ira Erb. Salem
Mrs Settlemlcr. do
Mrs C H Moor, Ste
venson C II Hall. Salem
I Mrs F J Parker. Spokn
I J F Stevens, vale
J A Richardson. Saleml J K Weathcrford. Al-
C A West, St Louis
buny
Jas T Barron, city
G W McHaley.
Prairie City
J H D Gray. Astoria
H Hewett. Albany
THE ST. CHARLES
A W Pcmbcrton.
Brownsville
F M Smith. Salem
H C Hamilton, city
F M Fales. Fales City
F M- Spamble. Joplln
H C Clemmens. Corvlls
V P Hall, The Dalles
J A Burk and wife.
Kalania
F L Colvlg. city
Jas Miller, Warrenton
C H Dean. da
Jas Shines. Dallas
Chat Eaton. Wcstport
E Hadley. Camas
J Dart, city
Joe Emcrsaul. city
C A McAHster. Enter
prise
B G Davidson. Hood It
J L Stalker. Carson
J C Cecil. Corvallls
H D Cecil. do
W J Ingatln. Astoria
A Emmons. Vernonla.
David Little. Corvalls
A Kraw. city
C I Brown. Scappoose
Frank Simpson and
wife. Ilwaco
R Champion. Scappoos
J D Lee. Salem
Thos Hay. Salem
E R Shaw, Cleon
F A Rouen and wife.
Santa Barbara
C C Goodale. l'endletn
Mrs C C Goodale. do
John Foley
Geo Lonjr
F L Purvlne, Salem
TI r ImrnllH. AstnrlA
Cass Rlggs and wife.
Crowley
II H Pearson. Marlon
T A Rlggs. Albanr
J Wheeler. do
J H EIrln. Salem
Seth Rlggs. Crowley
J F Mlnney. Vlda
itobt Fatterson. Euxene
C J Llttlepage.
Latourelle FalN
Ed Ashbaugh. Heppner
Mrs J A Galbreth.
Jas Miller. Maygers 1
Tualatin
Louis Seward, Vancvrl
Hotel nrnnnivtck. Senttle.
European; first-clats. Kates. ToC and up.
One block from depot. Restaurant next
door.
Tncotnn Hotel. Tncomn.
American plan. Rates. 13 and up.
Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma.
European plan. Katei. ouc and up.
Note.i of Wooilbnrn.
WOODBURN, June 13. A brass band is
being organized here under the leadership
of E. P. Morcom.
President Hawley, of Willamette Uni
versity, will deliver the oration. June 16.
at the unveiling of the Woodmen of the
World monument to Walter S. McKee.
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