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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, lUOl.
IT WAS VETERANS' DAY
JTATIONAIi TOPICS DISCUSSED AT
THE G. A. R. REUXIOX.
Professor 31. Ii. Pratt Speaks on In
dustrial and Social Questions
Rev. C. E. Cline on "yar.
High-water mark In attendance at the
G. A. R. reunion at Pleasant Home was
reached yesterday, although one more day
proper remains. Yesterday was devoted
to the G. A. IL specially, and the camp
grounds were thronged with old soldiers,
who came to touch elbows once more.
Shortly after 9 o'clock farmers In wagons
and buggies began to arrive until the
live acres of cleared land was well
crowded with horses and vehicles. The
sleepers on the ground were aroused at
5 o'clock by the sound of the big bass
drum, although many had been up late
at the campfire the night before listening
to the stirring addresses of Mrs. Duni
way and Mrs. Addlton. The forenoon
programme consisted of an address by
Mrs. Additon, who talked effectively for
an hour on the need of National purity.
Mr. and Mrs. James Douglass sang pleas
ing songs.
Professor Pratt's Address.
The main programme opened at 1:30 In
the afternoon. Jlles G. Stephens acted as
chairman. The platform was occupied
by Rev. H. K. Hines, D. D., Rev. Cullen
E. Cline, D. D., Judge John E. Mayo,
Professor M. L. Pratt, M. Ball and Rev.
M. L. Hardlngham. Professor Reed, of
Forest Grove, gave a stirring patriotic
song, after which Professor Pratt de
livered a lecture on "The High Tide of
American Citizenship."
Professor Pratt opened his address with
a reference to the progress made in the
United States in the past century, which,
he declared, was almost beyond human
conception. He said:
"In 1830 there were but 23 miles of
railroads in the United States; today
there are 185,000 miles. In 1800 we raised
100,000 bales of cotton; in 1900 we pro
duced 9,000,000 bales. In 1850 we pro
duced 100,000 bushels of wheat, but In
1900 we produced 500,000,000 bushels. Our
postoffices have increased from 75 in 1790
to 7500 In 1900. In 1S00 we had practically
no foreign commerce, but in 1900 let us see
What we are doing in the way of export
and what we are contributing for the
betterment of the human family. To
the Chinese Empire we are sending our
cotton goods, flour, scientific apparatus,
hardware, tools, furniture, canned goods,
and -sewing machines. To British India
locomotives, rails, bicycles, clocks, hard
ware, cutlerj, Iron and Btecl goods. To
the great R.usslan Empire, agricultural
machinery, locomotives, hardware, ropes,
India rubber and leather goods, and all
kinds of railway appliances. We are
supplying every civilized country in South
America with nearly every article I have
mentioned, besides all kinds of Improved
electric and farm machinery. "We even
export to far-away Sweden and Norway
farm implements. "We are exporting
manufactured articles to every nation of
any importance in the world. "What has
wrought this mighty change? I answer,
in an industrial sense, American Intelli
gence and American skill. In a political
sense, a system that enables the manu
facturer to sell his wares to the home
consumer at a higher price than he does
to a foreign cne.
'Tfccelved my political education in the
school of the protectionist, but I believe,
as every thinking man must, basing that
belief on the past history of commercial
nations, that foreign expansion and free
trade must go hand in hand, and that
with open markets American resources
prepared by American skill will hold the
field against the world. This progress
has brought us together as one people,
cemented our interests, enlarged the
minds of our people by bringing us into
more frequent contact with other parts
of the world.
"The civilizing Influences of railroads
has done more to solve the problem of
human happiness than all other causes
combined, and further than that, I believe
that cheap and rapid transportation will
eventually solve the social problems that
are agitating the world today. This Na
tion is, perhaps, more interested in the
distribution of its products than any
other one nation in the world on ac
count of their diversity. Our country,
in latitude, equals nearly all Europe. Na
ture ,has done her work perfectly in
creating and arranging physical condi
tions which are most favorable for abund
ant and diversified productions. Skilled
labor transforms crude material into the
most beautiful forms to satisfy the tastes
and vanities of man, and the burning
question today Is whether the creator of
wealth from this crude material shall be
a co-partner In sharing the benefits with
the distributor. The Improvement In the
preparation of crude material also in
creases the power of money by increasing
the desires and aspirations of the Indi
vidual, but to offset this it creates in man
a determination to give those who are
dependent upon him better facilities than
he has had himself.
"The lack of an education, which seeks
to control the desires and aspirations of
man, is the one cause of the widespread
dissatisfaction with our social system to-?
day. The prevailing complaint appears to
be that the many are tolling for the
benefit of the few. Is It not rather that
the few have failed to grasp that great
principle of the unity of Interests Which
bind mankind together in a business
brotherhood that money Is an Instrument
not to enslave, but to free him? If it be
true that the few are toiling for the
many, then it Is a national blessing that
conditions are not reversed, for increased
idleness would bring us quicker to an
unavoidable crisis. If money is an in
strument, then our millionaires should use
their millions for bettering the condi
tion of the men whose labor has created
the wealth which they now possess,
Instead of endowing institutions of which
but a few can reap the benefit.
"If I understand the conditions now
prevailing in the great labor centers,
there is a wide and worthy field for mis
sionary work among the families of those
who toll. Better houses, better food, bet
ter clothing, and above all better educa
tional facilities, are the pressing needs of
these working men and their families.
"Why not spend millions in this field where
the vile and poisonous seeds of anarchy
are already beginning to take root, and
if fertilized with poor Judgment and in
justice by those in power, will eventually
deluge the land In blood. Cannot these
men In whose power it lies to better the
conditions of these people see the lower
ing clouds of discontent hovering around
the horizon of the magic circle in which
the millionaire moves? Have they not
sufficiently analyzed human character to
know that the ambition of the intelligent
laboring man is as great as their own?
Do they not fully realize that conditions
can be forced upon men which transforms
them Into beasts? Do they not fully real
ize that In overstepping a moral right to
take advantage of a legal one.
Justice, which reigns supreme in the
heart of every freeman, standing with
her balance poised In one hand and her
naked sword In the other, bows her head
in shame, and drops a tear of regret at
the Inhumanity of man to man?
"These men tell us that business Is bus
iness, and that you must employ business
methods if you would succeed. That is
every word true, as we all know by ex
perience, but any method of doing busi
ness that will not stand the test of
justice, truth, honesty, and that
will not bear the searchlight of in
vestigation, will never prosper a nation.
Its influence is demoralizing and per
nicious. It is a disreputable business
method that brings commercialism into
disrepute. Commerce Is the great civil
izing agent of the world. Take a man off
into th wilderness and preach the gos
pel of the lonely Nazarene to him all
his life and you have only an entity. He
must come into contact with the world,
its products and its people in order to
take on a perfect manhood."
After discussing the relations of the
United States with England, Professor
Pratt continued:
"Commercially speaking we are the ri
vals of England and of every other Euro
pean nation, and our intentions are to
actually crowd them to the fullest extent
of our ability in the markets of the world;
but we intend to do it in an honorable,
upright manner by manufacturing the
best products, and if they wish to form
a combination against us, either commer
cial or military, or both, as we have
been Informed, they will find us at
home' peacefully cultivating our fields,
ready to receive them, peaceably or other
wise. This is the true sentiment of this
country. A European combination is the
least of my fears. Comrades, do you re
member that Army that marched from At
lanta to Savannah, and from there to
Raleigh? Another just like It could
march from Paris to Vladivostock. The
world Is only too glad to get the benefit
of our skill, our fields and our mines. If
they wish to wage a commercial war,
wt can live upon the products of our
fields as long as they can upon the coin
in their pockets.
"A strong nation making war upon a
weak one Is not Just. Our policy toward
Cuba will forever secure to this nation
the gratitude of a downtrodden people,
and our commercial intercourse with them
will never be marked by petty Jealousies,
nor interrupted by retaliation. "We held
out hope to them in the darkest night
that ever enveloped a nation and at once
the clouds were scattered and they beheld
the bright sunlight of liberty and self
government shining for the first time
upon their island home. And more than
that, we have thrown over them a mantle
of protection that effectually guarantees
that Cuba shall be forever free. "Who
will dare dispute that our policy with
Cuba Is not the correct one for the ex
tension of commerce, and one that will
stand the test of justice and honesty?
"The notion menacing Cuba and our
island possessions 1? that their natural
resources will be monopolized by aggre
gations of capital instead of being de
veloped by Individual effort. The anni
hilation of individualism tends to dis
courage self-effort which alone develops
strength In the individual. "We are al
ready struggling with this very question
today. "We call them trusts. They are
an industrial condition, and must be
met as such. No legislation, under a
constitutional government like ours, can
be passed interfering with proper rights.
Then how is the individual to stand
against a whirlwind? I answer by cre
ating a whirlwind equal in force in an
opposite direction, and as 'action is equal
to reaction an equilibrium will be re
stored. Trusts are but co-operative Insti
tutions, or in other words, co-operation
in production. Meet them with co-operation
In consumption. This may not meet
our approval at first, educated as we are
to believe in individual effort, but is it
not along the line of the world's prog
ress? The main argument advanced in
favor of trusts Is that they cheapen pro
duction. That Is correct, and exactly
along lines of industrial progress, but
if production can be made still cheaper
by public ownership of facilities, then
public ownership will come by the same
law, whether we like It or not. "We are
carried along on this great tidal wave of
human progress. "We are making history
very rapidly, and if the effect of what we
are doing is to be for the uplifting of
humanity, we must hasten to remedy any
act of injustice committed by those in
power.
"So far as self-government is concerned
in Cuba, that rests with the juvenile pop
ulation among whom we are sowing tho
seed of our great civilizing educational
system. To what extent It will take root
In the tropics Is yet to be ascertained.
Climatic Influences in the tropics are
Impediments to prolonged effort, hence we
cannot expect the same results as In the
temperate zones. Yet the lessons of mor
ality, Industry and of self-effort, which
are the chief tenets of that system that
Is being taught to the children of to
day, will be assimilated and become
part of the national life tomorrow. Those
self-sacrlflclng teachers are nation
builders. "The country at large has lost all inter
est In our Philippine policy, but while
these uninteresting events are passing
there Is a silent monitor working In the
hearts of the people of this Nation which
will eventually give these people justice,
which is an independent government, with
a United States protectorate, the same as
to Cuba. This must come. For the Amer
ican people will never allow the sacrifices
of those brave boys, who carried our ban
ner Into the sunlight, to be offered up to
the God of Mammon. The great mass, of
the American people are impulsive, easily
carried away by popular clamor, but
when the storm has passed, and the reac
tion sets in, there comes with that reac
tion a spirit of justice which permeates
the body politic and rights so far as pos
sible the wrongs of the past. Comrades,
the sunset of your lives is in sight; but
you must not forget that you still tread
the deck of the 'old ship of state, being
borne along the high tide of American
citizenship.
Professor Pratt reviewed at length the
question of imperialism, the necessity of
true Americanism being dominant in all
the concerns and affairs of the Nation.
He said "the progress the country is mak
ing Is bringing us into the sunlight of a
still higher civilization, if we do not Ignore
the landmark of the builders. "We have
no new duties to perform, for the prin
ciples upon which this Republic was
founded are eternal and must remain
forever the same." Olosing, he said:
"We have assembled here today to touch
elbows once more; to look back down the
line with eyes dimmed with age, but
with hearts as young as of yore. You
see the campfires burning dimly in the
distance. You once more hear the reveille
calling you to the duties of the day.
You can once more taste your hardtack
and strong coffee. You can hear the glad
shout that the victory was won, and at
the next roll-call you will distinctly
remember the unbroken silence when the
names of missing comrades were called."
DR. CLINK'S REMARKS.
He Discourses the Causes of tile Civil
War.
Rev. Cullen E. Cline, D. D., delivered
an address on the "Causes of the "War."
He said:
"In a statement issued by the commit
tee having charge of the programme, the
object of this gathering is declared to
be educational, and for the promotion of a
pure patriotism. Therefore, in harmony
with this high purpose, it is attempted,
briefly, in this address, to give a fair and
unbiased account of the Issues which, In
1861, plunged two sections of this coun
try into a dreadful war.' Most of those
who took part in that conflict are al
ready familiar with the positions occu
pied by the opposing parties at the out
break; but a generation has grown up not
so familiar, possibly, with this import
ant part of American history.
"It was claimed by those who seceded
in I860 that the United States was not a
single Nation, but a number of separate
nations, united for general advantage and
defense, under an agreement known as
the 'Constitution of the United States,'
and that It required the constant, volun
tary action of each of the different states
to keep that agreement in operation. This
theory, known as the states' rights doc
trine, was first promulgated and tenacious
ly Insisted upon by John C. Calhoun. He
disseminated this theory till the whole
South, with some exceptions in East Ten
nessee and West Virginia, came to be
lieve that the Constitution was only a
temporary agreement, and that any one
of the parties to.lt might, in the exer
cise of Its sovereign power, at any time
withdraw from it. The attitude which
the seceding states assumed towards the
states which remained in the Union
in 1861, as they passed, one by one, the
ordinances of secession and withdrew
their Representatives and Senators from
Congress, was that of separate and in
dependent nations, with rights superior
and above those of the United States.
"But, so. thoroughly had state spver
eignty been held and taught throughout
the slave-holding states that many of
these men, no doubt, who went off with
their states, could not see that they were
fobels; they were, according to their ideas,
simply defending their own state; that is,
their own nation, from invasion and con
quest, when the Northern Army, marching
under the Stars and Stripes, appeared
within thejr borders. It is of the first Im
portance that we bear this fact in mind
when wc remember how the Southern sol
'dlers, footsore and bleeding, resisted the
armies of the loyal North. It is neces
sary for the Union veteran to remember
thip, as he tries and does now, after 35
years, put away every unkind feeling to
ward the misguided but heroic men whom
he met at Shlloh, Stone River, Antietam
and Gettysburg.
"To the people of the North things ap
peared In a different light. They believed
that the CoVcdtutlon of the United States
was not a Temporary agreement, but that
It made the several states one Nation. So
ft is plain how the situation In 1861 en
listed the patriotic feelings of both the
North and South. The North determined
to maintain in all Its integrity the great
Republic of the world, while the South
was ncne the less resolute In her purpose
to defend ihe independence of her sev
eral 'nationalities,' and It may be said
her pet institution, slavery. This leads
to the statement that the main issue was
strengthened by other considerations of
scarcely less importance in themselves
than that of state .sovereignty.
"The people of the North, at least the
loyal ones, regarded the secession of the
cotton states as unquestionably brought
about for the purpose of establishing a
new Confederacy, of which human
slavery should be the chief corner-stone.
In the North, a sound
and fearless press, a courageous pul
put, and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin," had so
educated the people that Its noble sons
were ready to enter the war with a clear
conscience. Not that the war was waged
by the North for the 'purpose of abolish
ing slavery; that certainly was not the
case. The war was waged to put down
resistance to the National Government,
but the fact that the seceding states de
clared themselves that the Institution of
human slavery, so repugnant to the moral
sense of the North, was to be their chief
consideration, made our duty doubly plain.
And this it was that drew to the cause of
the North the moral support of the "great
mass of her people.
"The seceding states inaugurated the
conflict by firing upon Fort Sumter.
When Mr. Lincoln was Inaugurated it
was found that most of the states which
had seceded had, either Just prior to
their seceding or soon after, taken pos
session of all the forts and arsenals in
their borders, and had occupied them
with detachments of their own militia.
The North could see no justification for
such conduct, for no aggression of any
kind had been as yet even threatened by
the United States Government. Clearly it
may be seen that the seceding states were
in the wrong. The Government of the
United States was no trespasser on their
soil. The forcible occupation of Its mili
tary posts on its own lands was unjusti
fiable, and the removal of Its flag an In
sult and outrage. Yet the long-suffering
Government, with Abraham Lincoln at
its head, did nothing till April 12, 1861,
when those in open rebellion fired upon
Fort Sumter, and the conflict was on.
"In National prosperity, the North was
far in advance of the South. The North
was full of manufactories; the South had
none, or next to none. The Northern rail
road systems were far superior. But in
spite of these advantages, the North had
a great undertaking. In the rebellion
were 5.000,000 of people of the pure Ameri
can stock, sure to fight with desperate
energy. Then the more general out-of-door
life of the Southern people fitted
them for the hardships of a military cam
paign. For capacity of endurance they
had no superior. But the Northern men's
devotion and patriotism was deep and
strong as the current of a mighty river.
And, determined to put down the rebellion
at any cost, and with right on their side,
they succeeded."
Today's Programme.
The programme for today will be de
voted to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The speakers are General H B. Compson,
General Owen Summers and Senator
George C. Brownell. The latter Is ex
pected to speak on the subject, "Where
Rolls the Oregon."
CROPS ON COUNTY POOR FARM
Plenty of Food for the Inmates, but
Labor Is "Scarce.''
The County Poor Farm Is in rather a
flourishing condition at present. There
are 12 cows, 5 horses and some $pung
stock, as well as DO head of hogs, on the
place. Sixty tons of hay has just been
housed, in prime order for the cows and
horses. The hogs are fatted on slops and
mlllfeed, and are killed when needed. A
good-sized one is killed every Friday
during the Fall and Winter to furnish
roast pork for Sunday's dinner, and as
there are about 125 "boarders," thero Is
seldom any of the pork left. All the milk
and butter produced is used on the farm.
There is a good garden on the place, cul
tivated chiefly by hired labor, producing
plenty of peas, beans, cabbage and other
vegetables, all of which is fed to the in
mates. Superintendent Fred W. Hanson some
times has trouble to get help to pick the
green peas, string beans, etc., for the
dinner of the Inmates, and says that
whenever they Imagine that there Is any
work of this kind to be done they scat
ter out after breakfast and sprawl about
under the shade of the trees on the place.
This causes him to imagine that they are
lazy, which is not an unreasonable pre
sumption, and is doubtless the reason
why many of them arey there. Mr. Han
son says that If the county had a farm
of 320 acres of good, arable land, and
some woodland, It would go a long way
toward making the poorhouse self-supporting.
There are only GO acres In the
present, farm, and the soil Is a tough
blue clay, which cannot be made very pro
ductive. GROWTH OF BUSINESS.
What Customs, Internal Revenue
and Postofflce Show.
The receipts at the Portland Postofflce,
Custom-Hcuse and the Internal Revenue
Office furnish a fair Indication of tlfb busi
ness done here, and a comparison of the
receipts for any month in the year, com
pared with the receipts for the corre
sponding month of last year, shows wheth
er the business of the city Is Increasing
or declining. The following- comparative
statements show an increase of receipts
which cannot fall to be very gratifying
to every citizen of Portland:
The receipts of the custom - house
duties on Imports alone for the
month of July, 1001, amounted to.. $00,718 75
The receipts for July, 1000, were 28.140 51
Increase $41,538 24
The receipts of the Internal revenue
office for July. 1001, were $224,847 OS
Receipts for July, 1000 180,035 50
Increase $ 34,011 52
The receipts of the Portland post
offlce for July. 1901. were ? 20.300 00
"Receipts for July, 1000, were 17,304 48
Increase ...? 3,091 52
'The receipts of the Internal Revenue
Office for July, 1900, Included some J17.500
for stamps, which were abolished this
year.
Linn County at the State Fair.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 2.-J. R. Douglas,
who has charge of the Linn County ex
hibit for the coming state fair, reports
the best prospect for a good display of
the products of the county within his
knowledge. Splendid specimens of every
thing are being secured. All kinds of
cereals are offering first-class specimens,
the fruit display will be arge and
varied, and vegetables will be Immense.
A sample of tobacco Is equal to any
thing seen in Southern states. One farm
er has 400 plants all In fine shape, indi
cating that this plant can be raised suc
cessfully here. Farmers generally -are
appreciating the advantages of a good
exhibit this year, when everything Is at
the best, and are liberal In their assist
ance. - -
LOW RAFE FOR LONG HAUL
FRENCH BARK VENDEE LOADING
AT NEWCASTLE FOR PORTLAND.
Receives but 12s Cd Per Ton French.
Fleet Grooving: -Reinsurance 'on
the Brabloch Is Advancing.
Carrying over 16,000 miles for $3 per
ton Is about the most striking Illustra
tion of a low rate for a long haul that Is
often heard of. That is the figure, how
ever, at which the French bark Vendee
Is loading general cargo at Newcastle,
England, for Portland. This ship has
been laid on at the English port by Glr
vln & Eyre, of this city. The firm has
been quite prominent as an exporter in
this port for the past three years, but the
Vendee will be the flrst ship to bring
merchandise to them at Portland. The
Vendee Is not alone in the business of
cheap ocean-carrying, for the French
bark Duchesso Anne loads coal at Swan
sea for San Francisco at lis per ton, and
the French bark General de Boisdeffre
loads at Newcastle for the California port
at lis 6d,
These rates are made possible by two
unnatural conditions which now prevail.
One Is the French bounty system, which
enables a ship to come out in ballast and
still draw down enough bounty to pay all
operating expenses. The other Is the high
freight rates now in force at Pacific Coast
ports. Forty shillings, which is easily ob
tainable, will leave a small margin of
profit to a ship that will come out from
England in ballast. The Vendee makes
a total of 14 French vessels now en route
and listed for this port, while 21 of the
bounty-earners.are en route for San Fran
cisco. The rapidity with which the French
fleet is growing is shown by the list now"
headed for San Francisco, at least 11 of
the 21 being on their maiden voyage, hav
ing left the yards this year. Two or three
of the Portland-bound fleet are on theln
flrst voyage, and nearly all of them are
under three years old. The 14 which are
listed for Portland will carry about 1,500,
000 bushels of wheat, or about one-tenth
of the total amount exported from this
port last year. Just how long the French
taxpayer will submit to this kind of work
is uncertain, but so long as it lasts It
will help out the shippers of freight.
The fleet of French vessels now headed
for Portland is as follows:
Name Net tons. From
Admiral Cornuller 1739. . . .Liverpool
Europe 2070.... Liverpool
Belam 1710.. ..St. Nazaire
Bourbakl 1710.. ..St. Nazaire
Grand Duchess 01ga....l567....St. Nazaire
Du Guesclin 1235.. ..Havre
Eugenie Fautrel 1705.... Antwerp
Fervaal 1705.... Antwerp
Louis Pasteur.... 1471 Antwerp
General Millinet 1191. . . .Hamburg
Lamoriciere 1371. ...Hull
Nantes 2029.... Nantes
St. Donatlen :1259 Nagasaki
Vendee 1572.. ..Newcastle
Of the 21 en route for San Francisco,
seven are from Cardiff, eight from Swan
sea, four from Newcastle, England, and
one each from Hamburg and Hong Kong.
CUSTOM-HOUSE BUSINESS.
Receipts for Duties Last Month Av
eraged Over $2300 Per Day.
The summary statement of transactions
at the Custom-House in this city for the
month of July appeared yesterday, and
the showing Is quite favorable for a dull
month. The report of the Collector Is as
follows:
Number of vessels entered from for
eign ports l
Number of vessels cleared for foreign
ports 4
Number of Vessels entered from domes
tic ports 20
Number of vessels cleared for domestic
ports 10
Number of entries of merchandise for
duty 98
'Number of entries of merchandise free
of duty ,.... 16
Number of entries for warehouse 8
Number of entries for export to ad
jacent British provinces 2
Number of entries from warehouse for
consumption 22
Number of entries for immediate trans
portation without appraisement 40
Number of entries for consumption
liquidated 113
Number of entries for warehouse liqui
dated 6
Number of licenses for coasting trade
granted 3
Value of exports
Value of exports (domestic) $363,325 00
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
DutlCa on Imports $ 69,718 75
Mlscelaneous customs receipts... 210 60
Official fees 36 80
Total $ 69,966 15
Amount of rotunds and draw
backs paid 745 35
REINSURANCE IS ADVANCING.
Twenty-five Per Cent Is ft'ow Quoted
on the British Ship Brabloch.
Reln&urance on the overdue ship Brab
loch has Jumped from 5 per cent to 25
per cent, and. there are no takers. Or
dinarily the Brabloch would be taken as
a good risk at 25 per cent, but the failure
of the underwriters to settle the claims
on the Otto Glldemeister has put a dif
ferent aspect on overdue reinsurance, and
It Is impossible to place it at rates which
would easily be accepted if there was any
assurancp that the claims would be paid
on the arrival of the ship. The Brabloch
is not generally regarded as lost or In
danger, but is supposed to have lost a
topmast or two and to be proceeding In
a crippled condition. This, according to
the ruling In the case of the Otto Gll
demeister, makes her a constructive total
loss, so there are no takers at 25 per
cent reinsurance. The ship is out 88 days
only, which makes her 30 to 40 days over
due. The longest passage on record from
Hong Kong to Portland is said to be that
of the British bark Allahabad, which was
143 days in making the trip.
MADE A FLYING PASSAGE.
British Bark Swanhllda the First
April Ship to Reach Qucenstoivn.
The flrst April wheat ship to arrive out
at Europe from a Pacific Coast port re
ported at Queenstown yesterday, and, as
has been the case throughout the season,
It was a Portland ship that led the bunch.
The Swanhllda was the craft which ar
rived out yesterday, and she got about
two weeks under the average passage by
sailing over the 16,000-mile course In 117
days. The Dimsdale, which left the Co
lumbia in company with the Swanhllda,
has not yet been heard from. There were
18 sailing vessels in. the April fleet from
Portland, or Ave more than cleared from
San Francisco and Puget Sound, but none
of the others have yet reported. The
Spring fleet from Portland seems to be
making better average passages than the
vessels which sailed earlier. Thus far
eight of the March fleet have arrived,
and their average passages have been 123
days, which Is a week better than the
average credited to Columbia River ships.
Engineers Ask Higher Wagres.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The coastwise
steamship companies running off this
port, including the Ward, Clyde, Mallory,
Old Dominion. McLaughlin and Southern
Pacific, have been notified of the adoption
of a wage schedule by the Marine Engi
neers' Beneficial Association. These fig
ures are an advance over "the present
scale, but It is said that the steamship
owners are disposed to grant the demands
of the engineers, though they consider
them unjust.
Cinched the Steamer.
LONDON, Aug. 2. Justice Matthews, in
the King's Bench division of the High
Court of Justice, today rendered judg
ment In favor of the plaintiffs In the case
of Mackle. who sued Donald Gurrlp &
Co. and Bucknall Bros, for delay In the
delivery of a cargo of foodstuffs shipped
on the British steamer Ttfachona, from
New York. October 18. consigned to" Pre
toria. The court found that the agents of the
defendants knew that the goods were li
able to confiscation on board the steamer,
and that, therefore, the delay In their de
livery was probable. A stay of execution
was granted, as six other actions are
pending.
Grain Rates Advancing:.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Frank Harriott,
chairman of the New York Grain Com
mission, has announced a new schedule
of railroad rates on grain between Buffalo
and this city, which will be in effect until
September 1, and which shows an advance
of y cent per bushel. The new rates are
as follows: Wheat, 3c; corn, 3c; oats,
2&c, and barley. 3Vic.
Wireless Telegraphy on the Lakes.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2. W. L. Merce
reau. superintendent of the Pere Mar
quette system, announced today that his
company would, in the near future, in
stall wireless telegraphy between Manito
woc and Ludington, over 56 miles of open
water. Later on the Pere Marquette Com
pany expects to equip all of Its steamers
with the system.
Marine' Notes.
The steamer Bailey Gatzert has com
pleted her repairs, and got away prompt
ly on time yesterday with a big crowd
of 'excursionists.
A dispatch to the Merchants' Exchange
yesterday announced that the Lord
Shaftesbury, previously reported aground
in the River Elbe, had been floated and
proceeded on her voyage for this port.
The British 'ship Argus, the first vessel
of the August grain fleet, was cleared
yesterday for Queenstown or Falmouth
for orders by Balfour, Guthrie &. Co. with
85,834 bushels of wheat, valued at ?49,7S4.
She will leave down the river this morn
ing. Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Aug. 2.-Sailed at 9:40 A. M.
Steamer Elmore, for Tillamook. Reported
outside at 6 P. M. Square rigger, 20 miles
southwest of the Columbia. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; wind, north
west; weather, cloudy.
Hoquiam Arrived July 31 Schooner
Laura Madsen, from San Francisco for Ao
erdeen; schooner Lizzie Vance, from San
Francisco for Cosmopolls; schooner H. D.
Bendlxen, from San Francisco for Aber
deen; schooner Ester Buhnne, from San
Francisco for Aberdeen. Sailed Schooner
C. R. Wilson, from Aberdeen for San
Francisco; schooner James A. Garfield,
from Hoquiam for San Francisco.
Victoria Sailed July 30 Steamer Emp
ress of India, for China and Japan.
Port Townsend Arrived Aug. 1 Steamer
Hyson, from Hong Kong.
Honolulu Arrived July 23 U. S. S. Pet
rel, from Yokohama. Sailed July 25 U. S.
S. Grant, for Manila. Arrived July 24
Ship St. NIcnolas, from Sydney. Sailed
July 24 Steamer Nippon Maru, for Hong
Kong.
Port Townsend, Aug. 2. Arrived Ship
Adolf, from Antwerp. Passed Aug. 1
Steamer Hyades, from Nome for Seattle.
Eureka Arrived Aug. 1 Steamer Ar
eata, from Coos Bay.
San Pedro Arrived Aug. 1 Schooner
Meteor, from Port Blakeley.
Honolulu Sailed July 25 Bark Haydn
Brown, for Puget Sound.
Port Townsend, Aug. 2. Passed Steam
er Victorian, from Skagway; steamer
Chico, from Nome for Seattle.
San Pedro, Aug. 2. Arrived Schooner
Ludlow, from Port Blakeley.
Honolulu Arrived July 20 Schooner No
komls, from Port Gamble. Sailed July 19
British bark Battle Abbey, for Puget
Sound.
San Francisco, Aug. 2. Arrived Schoon
er Berwick, from Coquille River; schooner
Coqullle, from Coquille River; schooner
W. F. WIttzeman, from Gray's Harbor;
schooner Nettle Sundborg, from Sulslaw
River; schooner May Flower, from Co
qullle River; schooner S. Danlelson, from
Sulslaw River; schooner Bella, from Suls
law River; schooner Lizzie Prien, from
Coquille River; schooner A. J. West, from
Gray's Harbor.
Hong Kong Sailed July 31 British
steamer Glenogle, for Tacoma.
Browhead Passed Aug. 1 Ship Swan
hllda, from Portland for Queenstown.
Honolulu Sailed July 20 Schooner R. C.
Slade, for Puget Sound; barkentlne Joe C.
Perkins, for Puget Sound. Sailed July 21
Barkentlne Kllkltat, for Port Gamble.
Sailed July 22 Schooner Endeavor, for
Port Blakeley. Sailed July 24 Bark Sea
King, for Puget Sound.
New Whatcom Sailed Aug. 1 Steamer
Arctic, for Nome.
Beachy Head, Aug. 2 Passed German
ship Peter Rickmers, from Portland for
Queenstown.
Hong Kong Arrived July 31 British
steamer Knight Companion, from Port
land, Or.
Yokohama Sailed July 31 British
steadier Indrapura, for Portland, Or.
New York, Aug. 2. Arrived Campania,
from Liverpool.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Charles Kunz, a prominent wine mer
chant of San Francisco, Is at the Port
land. Al Wohlers was resting more easily
yesterday afternoon, but still suffering In
tensely from his swollen arm. Although
his finger was Injured only last Monday,
tho doctors found it necessary to open
an abscess on his arm yesterday morn
ing, and the discharge of pus afforded
him some relief. He is suffering from
blood-poisoning, but the doctors hope to
get the better of it.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 2. Dr.
James Reagles, Post Surgeon at Fort
Stevens, Or., who was formerly sta
tioned at Vancouver Barracks, spent the
day with friends in this city and the
Barracks. Dr. Reagles is en route to
Schenectady, N. Y., where he will spend
a 60 days' leave. Dr. Reagles. like most
Army men. Is enraptured with the cli
mate of Oregon and Washington and
hopes to be returned to his old station
at the end of his leave.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Northwestern
people registered today at New York
hotels as follows:
From Portland Miss Fuller, at the Ca
dillac; A. B. Stelnbach, at the Nther
land. From Mulford, Or. F. K. Dull, at the
St. Denis.
From Tacoma W. A. Barnes, at the
Broadway Central.
From Seattle J. C. Murphy, at the
Netherland; F. Waterhouse, E. M. Mc
Glnnis, at the Holland.
Court Notes.
County Judge Cake will adjourn court
Monday for the month of August.
Attorney-General Blackburn has been
taking evidence In Portland In the disbar
ment proceedings before the Supreme
Court against Henry St. Rayner.
Andrew J. Donaldson and Sarah J. Don
aldson filed a petition In bank
ruptcy In the United States Court yes.
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To Hay Fever Sufferers.
Sufferers from hay fever and Summer
catarrh will be Interested to learn that
there Is a new, simple. Inexpensive but
effective home treatment for this ob
stinate and baflllng disease, and that a
little booklet fully describing the treat
ment will be mailed free to any one by
addressing the F. A. Stuart Co., Mar
shall, Mich.
Doubtless this statement of a cure and
positive preventive of hay fever will
be received with skepticism by the thou
sands who have found the only relief
every year was change of climate during
the Summer, months.
But, whether skeptical or not. It will
cost nothing to Investigate this new
treatment. Simply send name and ad
dress on a postal card to F. A. Stuart
Co., Marshall, Mich., for the booklet,
which, besides describing the treatment,
contains a concise treatise on the cause
and character of this peculiar disease.
terday. Their liabilities amount to $318 19,
assets $47,
The First National Bank of Hlllsboro
has filed a suit in the State Circuit Court
against R. W. McNutt to recover $119 50
due on a promissory note, and $25 for at
torney fees.
A meeting of the creditors of A. H.
Black, of Myrtle Point, was held at the
United States courtroom yesterday, Judge
Bellinger presiding. As there is no Ref
eree in Bankruptcy in Coos County, the
case was referred to Alex Sweek, and C.
M. McColIom, of Coos County, was elect
ed trustee.
AT 10:30 A. M.
Saturday, August 3, the steamer T. J.
Potter will leave Ash-street dock for the
Coast an 10:30 A. M. Be on hand, for she
will pull out on the minute. Get tickets
at O. R. & N. city office; Third and Wash
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whether the patient Is a confirmed inebriate,
"a. tippler," social drinker or drunkard.
Impossible for any one to have an appetite
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Trial package free byfvrltlng Mrs. T. C
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AINSLIE. DR. GEORGE. Physician.. ..C03-COH
ANDERSON. GUSTAV, Attorney-at-Law...U13
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. Mcr.-SOtl
AUSTEN. F. C. Jianager for Oreson and
"Washington Bankers Life Association, of
Des Moines, la 302-G03
BANKERS LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES
MOINES, IA.; F. C. Austen. Mgr 502-503
EAYNTUN, GEO. R., Manager for Chas.
Scrlbner's Sons 513
BEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official TJ.
S. Weather Bureau ... Dlo
BENJAMIN, R. W., Dentist 314
BINSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur.410-U
BROCK. WILBUR F., Circulator Orego-
nlan 501
BROWN. MYRA, M. D 313-314
BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician.... 412-413-414
BUSTEED. RICHARD 30J
CANNING. M. J G02-GUJ
CAUKIN, O. E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Co .-... 718
CARDWELL. DR. J. R 50tJ
CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 718-717
COFFEY. DR. R. C. Phys. and Surgeon. ..70J
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY
CO4-C05-C0t5-607-613-U14-Cl3
CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phjs. and Surgeon...20tJ
COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Life SOU
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGulre,
Manager . ................. ............ ..413
DAY, J. G. & L N 313
DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co COT
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714
DWYER. JOE E.. Tobaccos. 403
EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth Floor
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY;
L. Samuel, Mgr.; F. C. Cover. Cashier... 300
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder street
FENTON. J. D., Physician and Surg.. ..509-510
FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear....6ll
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 5CU
GALVANL W. H., Engineer and Draughts
man COO
GAVIN, A., President Oregon Camera Club
214-21S-21U-217
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P., Phjslclaa aad
Surgeon 212-213
GIESY. A. J., Physician and Surgeon.. 71W-710
GILBERT. DR. J. ALLEN. Physician. ..401-402
UlLLKSPV, SHERWOOD. General Agent
Mutual Life Ins. Co 404-405-403
GODDARD. E. C. & CO.. Footwear
......Ground Floor, 120 Sixth street
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Life Ins. Co., of New York 2U0-210
GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law 017
HAMMAM BATHS. Turkish and Russian..
J00-3U1-303
HAMMOND, A. B 310
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C Phys. & Surg.504-50J
IDLEMAN, C. M., Attorney-at-Law. .41J-17-1S
JOHNSON. W. C 315-310-317
KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor of Agents
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n 604-603
LAMONT, JOHN, Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co 004
LITTLEFIELD, IL R., Phys. and Surgeon.20U
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg. .711-71::
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., ot
New York; W. Goldman. Manager.... 209-210
MARTIN. J. L. & CO. Timber Lands 601
McCOY, NEWTON, Attorney-at-Law 713
McFADEN, MISS IDA E., Stenographer.. .201
McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law..311-13
McKENZIE. DR. P. L.. Phys. and Surg..512-U
METT, HENRY 218
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C, Dentist and
Oral Sutgeon C0S-C00
MOSSMAN. DR. B. P.. Dentist 312-313-314
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS"N;
Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents..CO4-003
McELROY-, DR. J. a.. Phys. & .Sur..701-702-70J
MoFARLAND, E. B., Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co C00
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher 413
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New
York: Sherwood Gillesgy, Gen. Agt. .404-5-0
NICHOLAS, HORACE B.. Atfy-at-Law...715
NILES. M. lu. Cashier Manhattan Life In
surance Co., of New York 200
OLSEN. J. F., State Agent Tontine Sav
ings Association. Minneapolis 211
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY:
Dr. L. B. Smith, Osteopath 403-400
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-213-210-217
PACIFIC CHRISTIAN PUB. CO.; J. F.
Ghormley, Manager 313
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
Ground Floor, 133 Sixth street
QUIMBY, L. P. W., Game and Forestry
Warden 407
ROSENDALE. O. M., Metallurgist and Min
ing Engineer 513-510
REED & MALCOLM. Opticians... 133 Sixth st.
REED. F. C, Fish Commissioner... .... .407
RYAN. J. B Attorney-at-Law 417
SAMUEL. L., Manager Equitable Life 300
SHERWOOD. J. W., Deputy Supreme Com
mander K. O. T. M 517
SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath 408-409
STUART, DELL. Attorney-at-Law 617-013
STOLTE. DIC CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 700
STROWBRIDGE. THOMAS H Executive
Special Agent Mutual Life of New York.. .400
SLPEKINTEN DENT'S OFFICE 201
TONTINE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. Min
neapolis; J. F. Olsen. State Agent .211
TLC.fc.ER. DR. GEO. F Dentist 010-011
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 007-008-009-910
U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH
DIST.; Captain W. C. Langfltf, Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A 303
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS: Captain W.
C Langfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A.. 810
WATERMAN. C. H., Cashier Mutual Life
of New York 400
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N., Physician
and Surgeon ....304-303
WILSON. DR. GEO. F., Phys. & Surg.700-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg. 507-508
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413414
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