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THE MOWING OREGONEAff, MONDAY AUGUST 19, 901.
10881 A IN THIBET
IzarY Menace to the British
Supremacy in India.
'
;hika will be forged out
i'epan Speculating- on the Possibility
of a Franco-Russian Band Across
Asia Importance of the
Yunnan Railvraj-.
i The movements and plans of aggrandlze-
ier.t of the Russian bear In the East arc
Utiays a source of alarm and a cause
lor disquiet to the powers Interested in
mental politics. "Whither is Ws greedy
iw stretching now?" is a question that
frequently asked, Mall adwces received
in ine marapura indicate that Russia is
(Jssat'ntd with Its carefully arranged
en of establishing the ports of Port
Lr'bur and Dalny, to control the trade
jf Manchuria, now held by the Chinese.
r-p tumor now comes that Russia has
ffcred to Japan Port Arthur and Dalny
ki condition that Japan riiall withdraw on.
xcs.tion to the establishment of a Russian "
average of 25 bushels per acre. J. P.
Mllliorn's 60 acres of Spring wheat yield
ed 19 bushels per acre, and on Colonel
F. W. Folsom's farm, the Fall sown grain
averaged 26 bushels per acre, and the
Spring grain 17 bushels per acre. New
wheat is being received at both warehouses.
IN 'PORTLAND CHURCHES
EASTERN MULTNOMAH.
Effort Being Made to Extend Rural
Free Delivery-
FAIRVIBW, Or.,"" Aug. 18. A petition
for rural free delivery Is being circulated
among the farmers along the Columbia
Slough west of this place. William Tag
gart has the matter In hand and reports
good success In getting names. The re
quisite 100 heads of families will easily
be secured after which the application
will be forwarded to Washington along
with a map of the proposed route. It
is Intended to have the malls delivered
as far West as the Cully road, near
Gravelly Butte, thence south to near Rus
sellville and through several cross roads
back to Fairview. The proposed route
will cover a. distance of 23 miles and
serve a large .territory. Martin Austin,
of Russellville, Is preparing to circulate
a petition for free delivery from Mon-
RBV. J. F. GHORMLEY ON TE
STEEL WORKERS' STRIKE.
Dr. Wilson, of Washington, D. C, at
the' Presbyterian Chnrch Rev.
A. Li. Black's Farewell.
At the First Christian Church last even
ing, Rev. J. F. Ghormley took for his
text: "Come unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest." Matthew, xl:28. He said in part:
"Jesus the Christ was the incarnation of
good news to the race. His coming was
not for class nor clan, but for the deliv
erance of every bond slave. He was no
respecter of persons. The Samaritan
woman was as worthy to receive his
blessing as any of the chosen race and
the formula, 'He that feareth God and
worketh righteousness is accepted by
him,' is the basis of this evangelism.
"We muBt not get the wrong concep
tion of labor and rest. A greater blessing
has never been vouchsafed to the race
The sacred
xview fouiea. -rvu i.- . .., ,,.., - .v.- -..ii i,i. .-ir'
spector will soon visit this section with :"""," .,? . '
ter of activities. This word 'labor' must
n.rl11n ...-.,.. -J 41,- .. .. 4nl tVn
fw.m ; i waiw At. in than the necessity of labor.
Gresham and Fairview routes. An in-. ann . ,,,., ',.
nor win soon visit tnis section witn i . . ,"L"::;,fr ,"""" ""
lew to establishing these routes and ?hat re '? arm012?.Jith ""?, t cen
rrecim.. . f rn,.,.ji TTrv.- Uo. 1 i ui dtiiviiies. J.JJ1S wuiu lauui muo
districts are all decided upon it is prob- ,not be ma6 too exclusive. The architect
able that there will be a "reorganization as uh a laborer ae the -hodman,
of the two routes from Gresham, as it Brawi1 ?ue,tacliu tfm, ,braln ls helPleS3
Is now seen where improvements can and worthless . Think of Jt as you may we
be made In the service. haYe no 'et f"e beyond the sound of
nick and ax. of thp masons and the car-
j penters of Solomon's temple, In which we j this church. Here 'is one of the most
Ball In Her Ear.
Little Maggie Prettyman, of Rockwood,
lifted up, will draw all men unfo me."
He said in part: " -
"If a minister 25 years ago were to
preach from this text -there -would be no
difficulty to know Just what he was going
to say, but now the1 situation ls altogether
different. We don't know what .Is com
ing. TheYe Is something higher thanj
form, however. Doctrine and all that arc
good In their place",, but there is some
thing better to carry to the sinner. We
must carry Christ to him. It will do
no, good to explain to him the beauties
in the life of Christ, for these will not
reach nor touch him, but he must be
made to feel the fatherhood of Chrl9t and
his saving pov.er. Contemplation of good
things Is elevating, and so with the beau
ties of Christ's life, but these are not
efficacious in the salvation of men. Christ
must be lifted up before men. He must
be taken Into the sick room and to the
dying. What good would it do to tell the
dying sinner about the divine character
of Chrlstr He must be made acquainted
with Christ's saving power. CRrist must
be lifted, up before the dying sinner. The.
i simplest, most direct way to do this Is
the better.
"If 20 or more members of this church
were burning with a desire to save sin
Tiers, there would be a revival right here.
Ycu know how it has been in the past.
Christ would he lifted up. Through the
centuries of the past, where Christ has
been lifted up in the true sense of the
text, there have been light and Christian
progress. I could tell you something of
the sacrifices of the Coreans and the Chi
nese. How they yield up everything they
have, and then give their lives. To them
Christ is lifted up. They are ready to
give up everything for him.
You are soon to have a new pastor of
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STRANGE DEATH OF GIRL
ALICE POTTER PROBABLY STUXG
BY A STRANGE INSECT.
i Nation at Mcsampho. In' the south P"t a ball from a bicycle bearing in one
.ores if this charge is maae. viaai-
(cstock will "become the terminus of the
Siberian Railway, with steamer lines
kacHrg out from its "harbor to all parts
uf the " o-".d.
""s Russia planning to menace British J
V.'y is another question ot acssromg
it erst in the East, There is no aouoi
:at Russia is trying to get China to sur-
hrder Chinese Turkestan as part -of the
rrect plan of surrounding and checking
Eritish advance, while at the ysme
lme taking a snail step to the ultimate
rx - laaucn cr tne isussian aream ol a lrcu
mi unhampered outlet on the sea. This,
i h the attempts that the Czar is maxin-j
establish his influence In Tnibet, to-
Nther -nilh the building of the Yunnan
waj by France, has given rise to
r;-y speculations. Suppose France com.
t cs the railroad as planned, running
rh c'nost to the mountains of Thibet,
izi Russia, by pouring out treasure and
.Strains herculean power, builds a rail
ed tbromrh the most mountainous coun
ts in the world to join ine oanus ui
etl of its allv. Then Russian troops
?cu"d b landed In four days at the Gulf
:f Tonquin, and British India would be
fecually enveloped. The Kobe Herald,
commenting on this speculation, franK-
L emits tnat it suggests msnus ol me
-tiraI fancy, but holds that sucn a
'-vfiopment of affairs ls neither lmpossi-
- nor improbable. The Heram says:
It seems as if we were again on the
jve or important events concenuug uro
: instant problem of Russian expansion.
Thibetan mission has been received at
erhof bv the Czar and it is surmised on
hod enough grounds. It seems to us, that
Thibetan mission would not journey an
itbe way to St Petersburg unless some
2Tt of political broth were to be cooked
it the end of the long pilgrimage. It
)s reported that the object of the mission
'i& o secure the Russian Government's
Protection against possible British ag
ression from India, but probably It would
,e well to assume that this report is
sbei.t as near or as far from the truth as
Efe the possibility of the British encroach-
ttrt which It nredicates. The dispatcn
Ind reception of the mission have a sig
nificance apart from its special purpose.
however. Nominally. Thibet ls a sort oi
protectoraleJi, and the Grand
to St. Petersburg ana nis
the Czar point to a pos-
Ferance oi tne connection win
and the substitution of a protec-
late link with Russia, China being in-
sable of holdins: herself together, her
Fotectlon of Thibet Is purely ideal, and
It mas very well be that the Grand
Xama, who unites the offices of high
nrlest and ruler of the country, seeks to
Sattach a more reliable guarantor of the
integrity and semi-Independence of the
lUT'try in the nerson of the Czar, xnis
Fvnothesls connects vers' well with the
f statement from North China sources to the
I effect that the Russian Minister at Pekin
! seeks to secure China's assent to the in
dependence of Thibet, "which wxmld cer
i ta.nly mean the substitution of Russia for
CT'na as the suzerain power.
What makes the possibility of the com
pletion of this great coup specially inter
esting: is the fact that it wouio tore-
shadow remarkable possibilities In China
far a Asia from the operation of the Husso-
iFrench alliance. It happens that the
! French Chamber has' just approved the
immediate commencement of the Yunnan
! Railwaj , the construction of which is a
Chinese concession to France, and M.
IDcumex Governor of French Indo-Chlna,
jas launched the company which is to
idertake the scheme. It Is a little fanci-
pcrhaps to descry a connection be
t-en the French railway undertaking In
uthern China and a possible extension
cf Russian influence or authority into and
x:rr Thibet, but the circumstances are
Hwcnderfully significant on the map.
1 Frarce and Russia are firm allies. M.
Delcasse In the French Chamber, among
ether things, said: 'Our policy In Chinese
matters is essentially the same as that
cf Russia, for-our Interests are common. I
It s admitted that when the Yunnan
: iR-5Jlwav s eomnleted France will nrac-
Mly have secured a protectorate over
ft province. Yunnan Is one of the Chl-
ss provinces that touch Thibet, or ap-
Hr to touch It. for the boundaries of all
e Chinese provinces are Ill-defined. With
Thibet linked by the slightest of bonds to
Russia a putative line of territorial In-
tfaerce across Asia, from St. Petersburg
to the China Sea, would be created under
the auspices of the Franco-Russian alli
ance a line of influence which, if the al
liance remain as firm and as effective as
has hitherto proved, might easily de-
lop into something more than a politi-
"brysalls.
"It ls a pretty thing to look upon on
the map It suggests infinite possibil
ities in the future. If Russia and France
kwere to join Jiands across the mountains
jf Southeastern Tbibet there is no saying
rtat big fish the drag-net of their in-
'ienre, thus stretched across the Con-
scent of Asia, might pick up. The' alli
ance would envelop British India all along A
is northern border, from near Herat to
i ear Mandalay. and although Thibet Is
le highest and most mountainous coun-
In the world, who knows but that In
e far future a Russian railway through
i,e land of the Grand Lama may meet
French road at rail-head, at Yunnan
' That would bring Russian battalions
o the Gulf of Tonquin at three or four
ys notice, snapping their fingers at the
Kilance of an enemy's fleet patrolling the
routes from Port Arthur. It is very
mZLl ..f ctisvu, uuuuuras, L& ijoa uucii au-
mitted but at least we see that, with
Frarce pushlngr ahead her great under
taking in Yunnan and Russia feeling her
way across Thibet, interesting flights of
the political imagination are suggested.
After all It is some times the impossible
as It is the unexpected, that happens"
oi ner ears a few weeks ago and was
unable to get it out again. When it
became painful she told her mother, who
was compelled to take her to Good Sam
aritan Hospital, where a surgical opera
tion was performed. Inflamation has set
in and the child is now In a serious con
dition, but is receiving the best of care
with hopes of a speedy recovery.
Notice to Wheelmen.
' By order of the County Court the bi
cycle paths for a distance of three blocks
on the Base Line, through Montavilla,
have been closed to wheelmen. A peti
tion was signed by SO" residents of the
VIHa asking that such action be taken
because of the frequent accidents to chil
dren. Large signs have been put up re
quiring bicyclists to keep in the middle
of the road.
Free Public Librnry.
Four women of Troutdale, Mrs. Mays,
Mrs. Harlow Mrs. Hurshal and Mrs.
Williams, are endeavoring to organize
a free library. They will be assisted
by women from Fairview and will place
tne membership fee at 2o cents a month.
Subscribers will be permitted to take
books home. Rey. T. L. Eliot, of Port
land, has promised assistance and will
deliver a lecture next month for the
benefit of the fund.
Concrete Viaduct.
The O. R. & N. Company, following
the example of the county, Is building a
concrete viaduct near Fairview, to take
the place of a small bridge which spans
the creek there. It will be 90 feet long,
with an opening six feet wide and tight
feet high for the stream to pass through.
The work is in charge of W. McKenize.
Brief Notes.
Troutdale will have a sewer system
which is being put in by the county. It
is intended to drain the hill south of
Main street, so as to protect that thor
oughfare. The sewer will have an outlet
in the Sandy River.
Captain Brown's English bloodhound,
Dewey, for which he traded a fine horse
two years ago, has mysteriously disap
peared. It was valued at $150.
ON THE RIFLE RANGES.
Yesterday' Practice Attended by a
Large Number of Women.
Many persons, the majority of them
women, attended the rifle practice of the
Third Regiment, O. N. G., on the ranges
near the City Park yesterday. In the
ehooting Saturday and yesterday the fol
lowing men qualified:
At 200 Yards.
FIRST-CLASS MEN.
Private Plummer, Company C 12
Private Neal, Company C 12
Private H. Douglas, Company C 12
Private Robin, Company C 13
Private Wagner, Company C 13
Sergeant Jacobson, Company B 12
T
13
15
16
Private Spath, Company G
RIFLEMEN.
Private Lucas. Comnanv B
Private Cuyler, Company G 15
MARKSMEN.
Private Butts. Comnanv B
Sergeant Bowman, Company C 1G
Corporal Thomas. Comnanv F is
Corporal Allen, Company F 17
Private Jolly, Company F 17
Private Senger, Company F 17
SHARPSHOOTERS.
Musician Woelm, Company B 18
Private Masten, Company-J3 18
Sergeant Daugherty, Company B 18
Lieutenant Bird, Naval Battalion 18
Lieutenant Allen, Company F 19
Private Best, Company F 19
Sergeant Allen, Company B 19
Corporal Rogers, Company G 19
Private Hoven, Company F 20
Musician Smith, Company F 20
Private Parsons, Company B 20
Sergeant Mead, Company B 20
Corporal Hoberg, Company C 20
DISTINGUISHED SHARPSHOOTER.
Captain Dunbar, Company B 21
At 300 Yards.
FIRST-CLASS MEN.
Private Royle, Company G 16
Corporal Allen, Company F 17
Corporal Hoberg, Company C 15
Lieutenant Bird, Naval Battalion 17
RIFLEMEN.
Sergeant Ivlnney, N. C. S is
Private Doble, Company G 18
Private McKay, Company G 18
Private Senger. Company F 18
Private Joliy, Company F 18
Private Maginnls, Company B 18
Captain Dunbar, Company B 18
Corporal Rogers, Company G 19
SHARPSHOOTER.
Private L. Thompson, Company D 21
At 500 Yards.
SHARPSHOOTERS.
Sergeant Martin, Company D 22
have a splendid example of the division of
labor. In the building up of humanity
the centuries have brought us to crit
ical heights:
"We are lhlnjr. we are dwelling.
In a grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling
To be living ls sublime.
"We are now In the midst of a great
industrial struggle, not a new one, only
a change of the forces to different posi
tions on the field of battle. For my part
I am glad that through the comblnatiqn
of capital we can have the eaijth ribbed
with steel, the atmosphere made reso
nant with electrified thought, and that gi
gantic institutions are made possible by
which the earth Is to be blessed, but be
it remembered that however great the
thing builded and important, the builder
is greater and more important. These in
stitutions have come Into being, as much
by the combination of labor, as the world
understands this term, as by the combina
tion of capital. No one complains of in
justice on the -part of Industrial estab
lishments if in times of depression it ls
not profitable to capital to keep them in
operation." In times of prosperity, when
the wage-earner is the last to be ad
vanced, no one should complain if labor
should cease when its work Is a loss to
itself. But the present status is not one
of wages, but whether labor shall in Its
organized capacity dictate to capital
whom It shall and whom It shall not em
pldy. In this question the very existence
of organized labor, is at stake.
"It is needless for me to tell you that
there are two sides to this question, but
In its political and moral aspects. This
is not the time nor the place for the con
sideration of Its political phases. On the
moral side either party or both parties
may be led by the firing of human pas
sions to commit Irreparable wrongs. It
ls unfortunate that while one class of la
borers is struggling for existence, an
other class of tollers innocent are sacri
ficed on the altar of this atonement. But
the sacrifice will not have been made in
vain if capital and labor shall be com
pletely reconciled and both enter Into the
enjoyment of the products of their united
efforts. When the Christ shall have been
completely enthroned the joint profits of
the machine propelled by steam, and the
machine propelled by mind will be shared
in just proportions by each. Then capital
will have its legitimate reward, and ihe
laborer will enter Into his rest, having
received his hire. The .new evangel will
be good news to capital as well as
to labor. It will enable every man, la
boring man and capitalist, to sit under
his own vine and fig tree. Capital will
continue to have Its accumulative ad
vantage labor will- have gained its ac
cumulative right, and each will rejoice in
the prosperity of the 'other, and on this
holy union God will pronounce his bless
ing, and they will go forth to the earth's
conquest."
tractive fields In the West for lifting
up Christ. Will you help the new man
when he comes in your midst, or will
you wait till' he finds you, or until you
have measured and estimated him. A man
ousht to be a well-rounded Christian after
five years, and able to stand alone and be
a help in the work of lifting up Christ,
and not a. drag. There is such a thing as
knowing that one ls saved, and we ought
to seek that knowledge, and know that
Christ ls lifted up In our hearts."
FAREWELL SERMONS.
Rev. A. I. Black to Enter a New York
Theological College.
Rev. A. L. Black, of the Calvary Bap
tist Church, East Side, delivered his fare
well eermons yesterday, before his de
parture for Rochester, N. Y., where he
will enter the theological college. His
relations with Calvary Baptist Church
have been pleasant. At the morning serv
ice he spoke on( "Christian Growth," his
text being from II Peter, 111:18: "But you
grow in grace and in the knowledge of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." He
said:
"Growth is the demand of Nature. In
all the realm of God's creation, when
growth ceases decay begins. In the realm
of spirit the same law holds true ad
vancement or death. The rippling stream,
tumbling and tossing over logs and "rocks,
plunging over precipices, lending 10,000
glittering diamonds upward to kiss the
sunlight, owes its music, beautytand use
fulness to motion. The stagnant pool
never attracts our attention, except by its
scent, or ugliness, from both of which
we shrink. It never wins our admira
tions, yet the stagnant pool Is composed
of the same elements as the streamlet.
The difference is simply this: The one is
active, the other is not. Would you live,
be beautiful and useful? Then Imitate the
flowing of stream get in motion. God
never honors a sluggard In nature, and
he will never honor one In spirit.
"To grow we must eat. Nourishment is
necessary to any kind of life. The babe
In Christ must have proper nourishment
if he is to grow. Peter is kind and tells
us what kind of food to use. 'As new
born babes, desire the sincere milk of the
word, that ye may grow thereby.' Some
Christians starve themselves; others eat
that which they cannot digest; so some
are lean and others dyspeptic. Paul said
to the Corinthian church; 'I have fed you
with milk, and not with meat, for hither
to yewere not able to bear It, neither yet
now are ye able, for ye are yet carnal.'
Some good people 'kick' because the
preacher feeds them milk. Well, milk is
good for the carnal. 'But grow In grace,
and In the knowledge of our Lord and Sa
vior, Jesus Christ.' This ls my prayer
for you. This ls better than wealth, or
power, or glory, or any earthly blessing.
If you are In favor with God, you have
the assurance of 'all other things.' "
Blood-Poisoning Resulted From
'Wound on the Upper Lip Mi
crobe Theory Advanced.
Miss Alice Potter, 15 years old, died at
Gqod Samaritan Hospital yesterday of
blocd-poisonlng, caused probably by the'
bite of a strange Insect. She was bitten
on the lip while Ashing for crawfish
near Portland.
Miss Potter was graduated from the
High School in the June class. She was
a daughter of Mrs. J. M. Potter, a
widow, who lives on Marquam Hill. Ten
days ago she was as healthy and bright
a girl as one would meet In Portland,
and she said to her mother that she wag
going away crawfishing. She returned
home In high spirits, but two days after
ward she complained of a swelling on
her upper lip. As the pain Increased, Dr.
Clarence L. Nichols was summoned. He
said the trouble was blood-poisoning, but
could not state positively what was the
primary cause.
Last Tuesday Miss1 Potter's sufferings
increased, and her face was painfully
swollen, and she was removed to Good
Samaritan Hospital. All the remedies
known to medical science were used to
save her. but to no avail. She died yes
terday, with the members of her family
around her bedside.
To a reporter Dr. Nichols said: "As
to the primary cause of the blood-poisoning
which led to Miss Potter's death,
I cannot positively say. She may have
been stung on the lip by 'a passing In
sect as she was fishing, or while han
dling the bait a microbe might have got
under her finger nail and been brought
In contact with the lip as she uncon
sciously passed one of her hands over
her mouth. After she returned from the
fishing the swelling on the lip dla not
start Immediately, and because of this
fact she may not have been stung by a
passing Insect. The trouble may have
come from a, microbe which was origi
nally lodged in the bait."
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CONCERNING PENSIONS AGAIN
i
i
Pension Frauds tlnterpreted as "Vili
fication of tlie Deserving.
Private Brown, Company C
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CARNIVAL ADMISSIONS.
Attractions to Be Great, but Tickets
Only 25 Cents.
"Wbeat Yield in Lane County.
JUNCTION CITY. Qr.t Aug. IS. Inquir
ies among: the farmers of this section
: of Lane County, with a view of an ap-
Iproxlrtiate estimate of the average yield
fjjf wheat so tar as can dc oeiermineo,
Ireealted satisfactorily. The quality of
t!?e rrain Is excellent On the farm of
3d Bailey, aajoimngr tne city limits, ao
seres proaucea uw ousneis, an aver-
of 31 bushels per acre. Seventy
seres of Fall grain on Hon. C. W. Wash-
asroe'iS place yielded an average of 16
lushels per acre. F. B. Howard, from
acres of Fall sown grain. I
The lines along with the Carnival com
mittee Is working are strictly in the in
terest of the people, and consequently
popular prices will prevail. The general
admission to the Exposition bulldlner will
be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for
children. This will admit all to the ex
hibits, and to the spacious music hall
or auditorium, where there will be
serial and other performances which
under ordinary circumstances would
be worth three times the price of ad
mission. The afternoon and evening con
certs will be worth twice the price of
admission.
Another attraction that will come In
under the same admission fee Is the en
trance to Multnomah Field, the five
acre tract where many events will take
place. Access to the field will be through
doors that will be built into the south
side of the Exposition building, connect
ing with which broad staircases will be
constructed.
The a.rray of attractions In connection
with the many exhibits, the music and
the opportunity for general sightseeing
makes the coming Carnival the main
event of the year.
It Is a marvel how so varied a pro
gramme can be provided for 25 cents.
The explanation of the price is in the
many thousands of people who will at
tend, and in the fact that the Carnival
Sinners Must Be Taught the Father
hood of Christ.
Bishop Earl Cranston occupied the pul
pit of Centenary Methodist Church, East
Side, yesterday morning. Rev. F. E. Coul-
xcJii ho run in thp interest nf th nonlP. I ter assisted in the services. The bishop
ireshed out 2700 bushels of wheat, an and not as a money-making enterprise, j preached from the text: ''And I, if I be down to posterity permanently. '
OVERCOMING THE LAW OF LIFE,
Dr. Wilson, of Washington, D. C, at
the First Presbyterian Church.
Rev. George P., Wilson, D. D of Wash
ington, occupied the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian Church yesterday morning.
His subject was "Overcoming as the Law
of Life." taken from Rev. 11:7: "To him
that overcometh will I give to eat of the
tree of life that groweth in the midst of
the paradise of God."
The theme was introduced by showing
the pervasiveness of the Idea of over
coming the Scripture. Israel as a nation
survived through conflict. Paul's great
conception of Christian life was at a war
fare. John, from whose writings the text
is taken, most of all emphasizes the law
of life as victory overcoming.
"The lowest levels of life Illustrate the
law," said Dr. Wilson. "The tree crows
by the vital power overcoming the law of
gravitation and carrying the elements
supplied by the earth up into branch and
leaf and flowers and fruit a lift as real
as that of an elevator. The waxing of
the Spring and the waning of the Autumn
are phenomena of the alternate victory
and defeat of life. The law finds illustra
tion in the scientific theory of the progress
ot life. They tell us that from the low
est germs, life has 'mounted through all
the spires of form' to the most complex
and highest by a struggle for existence
which has known no cessation. It is not
necessary that we should discuss the
truth or falsehood of this theory, and
there Is much of truth in It. It well ex
emplifies the great fact of all life over
coming is life."
After showing how social phenomena
come under the same great law, the speak
er explained that political and national
existence conform to it. as well. "Rome
lived," he said, "as long as she was able
to overcome and Incorporate neighboring
races in her great sj'stem. When she
lost this power, the barbarians were upon
her and her civilization was submerged.
We may not approve the course of events
by w!ilch this Nation of ours has been
thrust out into the sea and expanded,
until the ocean gems of Spain are now
upon our hands. But It ls the law of all
the National life of history. The only
way a nation can avoid It Is by imitating
the isolation of China a wall on one side,
the sea on the other, and death silently
doing the work within. Even then, some
fatality will league the powers, and be
fore the wedge of destiny the. Nation will
be wide open to all the world."
The preacher further showed that by
overcoming the law of the ethical and
spiritual life. Jesus himself lived a life
of strenuous achievement. His tempta
tion and his passion were the conspicuous
points of the great life which In death
purchased our redemption. After showing
that the Christian's experience Is one of
continuous overcoming. Dr. Wilson main
tained that even the eternal life would
Illustrate the same law.
"We shall live strenuously, even In
eternity. Heaven will be a place of rest.
Here we labor six days and rest one.
There we shall labor seven day's and rest
seven; work and rest interblended. In the
ceaseless activities of the eternal life."
SALVATION OF MEN.
YOUNG MAN, GOTO TILLAMOOK
Ex-Governor Pennoyer Says It Is nn
Ideal Happy Valley.
Ex-Governor Pennoyer has returned
from a trip to Tillamook, and, although
he was there a week, he seems sorry that
he did not stay longer. He says Tilla
mook was a revelation to him, and he
found It to be one of the literal "happy
valleys" he has read and dreamed of.
- "Tillamook Is fresh and green," said
the ex-Governor, "and the cows are all
fat and sleek. It ls a great dairy re
gion, and between Tillamook and Gari
baldi I passed half a dozen cheese fac
tories. Tillamook Is noted for its good
cheese and butter, and it was a great
sight to see the long rows of big milk
cans outside the farmhouses. The whole
country is fresh and green over there,
and I consider it one of the finest dairy
regions I ever saw. It will keep a cow
to the acre, and the business must be
profitable, for ex-Senator Maxwell, who
has 25 cows now, will soon increase the
herd to 50. If I were a young man I
would try for a start In Tillamook in pref
erence to any other part of the state."
Although he has been in . Oregon 46
years, this was the ex-Governor's first
visit to Tillamook, and he says that he
enjoyed It very much. At Hobsonvllle,
which is named after John Hobson, the
Astoria pioneer, he saw the big mill of
the Truckee Lumber Company, and at
Garibaldi he enjoyed sitting on the sandy
beach and basking in the sun and breath
ing the salt sea air. Between Tillamook
and Hobsonvllle Mr. Pennoyer rode on
a stage that ls driven by a woman. The
route is eight miles long. Although 70
years of age, Governor Pennoyer made
the round trip to Tillamook by stage
via North .Yamhill, and enjoyed the nov
elty of sleeping In a barn. On the re
turn trip he left Tillamook City at 6
P. M., and the stage came qut 13 miles
to the Trask House, where the hotel had
burned down. They had tents for trav
elers, but the Governor requested the
privilege of sleeping In the barn, and
was accommodafed. He enjoyed the nov
elty very much until the east wind struck
his head along toward morning, when
he had to use his soft hat for a night
cap. "Tillamook Is a land of logs and green
grass and cows and dairies and big trees
and lumbering, and It has a great future,"
said the ex-Governor. "I am glad I made
the trip."
He Was a Singular Old Man.
Paris Messenger.
j singular old man has just passed
away- at Toulon. He was one of the few
survivors of the Lagonbran disaster, ex
ceedingly poor, but a friend of everybody
In the town, where he was a familiar
object.
He lived upon charity, but never asked
it, and.Jie went about the street leading
seven little, old and ugly dogs, to which
he was intensely attached. If he sold one,
which he occasionally' did, the anlmil
was sure to find its way back to him
speedily. He carried a basket on his arm.
and when any person put anything into
It he would make the dogs dance for
them. He was always very bright and
gay, and fond of the soldiers. In fact
his favorite plaything was a plaster mod
el of a soldier, which was found clasped
in his arms when he was discovered
dead.
The eccentric old man will he much
missed In Toulon, and his dogs will be
difficult to console. It neds only a Dick
ens or a "oulda" to hand his memory
PORTLAND. Aug. 17. (To the Editor.)
In my letter of August 3, on pensions, in
reply to the clipping, from the Boston
Transcript, I was able only to name the
different classes of pensioners, not hav
ing the data for the number in each
class, and I feel very .grateful to the
editorial in your issue of August 10 for
furnishing these numbers, thereby fully
sustaining my estimate by his figures.
The gist of my contention ls In the state
ment that, after eliminating all other
classes, "It Is quite probable that the
number of veterans of the' Civil War now
on the pension rolls will not exceed 30
per cent of ,the 2,432,554 borne on the rolls
of the Army and Navy during the Civil
War." The editorial of August 10 says:
"The total number of male Invalid pen
sioners whose pension dates from the Civil
War was 753.878 on June 30. 1900." 1
take these figures to be correct, and, as
753,878 ls but a fraction of 1 per cent over
30 per cent of 2,432,554, my estimate was
almost absolutely correct.
But the correction of figures and esti
mates is not the Important question at
issue. The Boston Transcript is undoubt
edly " a very able, upright, Intelligent
newspaper," and so Is The Portland Ore
gonian. Yet the Boston Transcript told
but half a truth, and In such a manner
that, to one accustomed.to the tone of
such journals when treating of pensions, It
is quite evident that it was the intention
to mislead the average reader. But the
Union veterans feel outraged that Influ
ential journals should continually prate
of the great annual disbursement for pen
sions, should Iterate and reiterate the
charge of gross frauds on the part of
pensioners, should endeavor to belittle the
numbers, the services and the sacrifices
of their once-lauded soldiery, and even to
impugn their motives then and now.
Al few words only are necessary on the
subject of fraudulent pensions. The gen
eral pension laws allow specific rates of
pension for specified Injuries and disabil
ities acquired in the service and in the
line of duty, having no regard to the
financial condition of claimant, and it is
simply a matter of satisfactory proofs. A
different principle comes In in what Is
called the "disability act," of June, 1890,
which requires, first, proof of service, and
then proof only of present disability, not
the result ot his own vicious habits, in
capacitating him from earning a living
by manual labor, and in this act no re
gard is had to claimant's financial con
dition. "When satisfactory proofs are fur
nished under any of these various acts
applicable to a case, the pension Is al
lowed, and I respectfully submit that,
when the law' has been complied with and
the proofs are correct, there ls no fraud.
If the laws are too liberal, change them.
Let us compare the Mexican War, Its
objects, alms, duration, and pensions aris
ing therefrom, with like points of the
Civil War. The Mexican War was waged
ostensibly for possession of a strip of
territory between the Nueces and the Rio
'Grande Rivers, In dispute between Mex
ico and Texas at time of the annexation
of the latter. It began in 1846, and lasted
two years. The total number on American
side of all arms was 101,282; number of
deaths in battle and from disease, nearly
2500. In 18S7, 41 years after outbreak of that
war, Congress passed an act pensioning
every survivor upon becoming 62 years
of age, and every surviving widow. The
Civil War began In 1S61, and lasted four
years, was waged for the very existence
of our Nation and Government, had 2,432,
554 Union men of all arms engaged, cost
300,000 loyal lives, and left a National debt
of $3,000,000,000. It Is now over 40 years
since the outbreak of theCivil War, and
there Is as yet no age limit for pensions,
and many of the veterans far past the
age of 70 are not on the pension rolls.
It is the magnitude of the annual dis
bursement of $140,000,000 for pensions that
appalls the pension critics, while they
forget or ignore the magnitude of the
conflict, of the services rendered, and of
the interests involved, as well as of the re
sults attained.
That we may the better hring this sub
ject within our comprehension, let us di
vide these large numbers by 10, and sup
pose that a Union force of 243,255 had
put down the rebellion, that every sur
vivor and surviving widow were pen
sioned to the total amount of $14,000,000 an
nual disbursement. In that event there
would probably be no adverse criticism,
and yet the principle Is the same In the
larger number as In the smaller. Think of
the magnitude of the results of winning
in that great conflict. African slavery
abolished almost by a stroke, a country
united as never before and Its people
,becomlng homogeneous, unexampled pros
perity prevailing, the National debt so
greatly reduced that The Oregonlan as
sures us the present per capita ls but $14 52
with annual charge of 44 cents, the least
of any nation in the world. It was the
services and sacrifices of the men now
being vilified that kept our country one
Nation and made such results possible.
The generation contemporary with the
war and realizing the worth of the citi
zen soldier and his services Is fast passing
away, and a new generation is coming on,
to which the Civil War is but a ma'tter of
history, and a great wrong is done when
the veterans of that war are persistently
and indiscriminately charged with procur
ing their pensions through fraud and their
patriotism and devotion to their country
belittled or ignored.
If any critic knows of a fraudulent pen
sion case, let him report it and point
out the proofs. General denunciation is
cheap and easy, and not capable of dis
proof, but creates prejudice that cuts the
worthy veteran to the heart.
Again I say, "give us fair play."
G. E. CAUKIN.
COftfllHT ttlt IT TMI f A OCT I A QAMKC CO. CllCINNATI
ta(BE9SBBBBi
AS TO CLOTHING.
HERE is an epitaph in a Vermont church
yard: "I expected this hut not so soon."
Such is the epitaph on clothing worn out
in the wash-tub. Underclothing: may be
fragile, yet it ought not to wear out in ten weeks.
But this isn't wear; it is decay. You buy 5 cents
worth of cheap soap and you lose the equivalent of
50 cents in the wash-tub. Ivory Soap will not harm
the most delicate, fabric. Is it wise not to use it?
IVORY SOAP IS 99& PER CENT. PURE- .
MARKET PLACE WANTED
PROPOSAL TO REMODEL THE OLD
MECHANICS' FAIR BUILDIXG.
At Small Expense the Structure Cnn
Be Made to Yield a Respect
able Income.
The desirability of a market place
where every one having fruit, vegetables,
hay, etc.. to sell may go to meet pur
chasers, is plain to all. The block do
nated to the city for a market block has
been occupied for many years by the
old Mechanics Fair building, which has
long been more of a nuisance than any
thing else. It brings the city only $30 per
montn rent, ira F. Powers Is arguing
the practicability of remodeling the wings
on the north and south sides to make
room for the wagons of market men. He
says that with a little fixing up the cen
tral portion can be made to bring in $200
per month rent. He says there Is no
reason for tearing down the old building
and building a new market at present,
as this would cost $30,000 to $40,000. and
the old building can, at small expense,
be made to answer every purpose.
With the north and south wlnsrs torn
down, there would be plenty of room
for all the gardeners and market men, and
shelter for them In the rainy season
could be arranged. The main central
portion of the building could be fixed
up, and there would be demand for room
there for a blacksmith shop, a gro
cery store, a saloon, etc., and the mat
tress factory run In the building would
also rent a portion of the space.
Mr. Powers says the argument for de
molishing the old building on the ground
that It Is a flre trap is not valid, and
tnat a large open structure like this does
not burn readily and a flre there could be
quickly put out. He has been discussing
with several large property-owners the
question of remodeling the building so
that all the space required will be avail
able for market purposes, and the clty
wlll receive $200 per month rent In addi
tion. These property-owners agree with
his views in the" matter, and the ques
tion will probably be brought before the
Council at an early date.
nal Revenue Collector at Louisville, Ky.,
shown to have violated the law.
Nothing done In the case of the Assist
ant Postmaster at Jersey City, shown to
have violated the law.
In short, nothing done anywhere to ex
tend or even enforce the law and rules,
and secure from subordinate officials- some
respect for them, but much done to break
down the law, and much everything, ap
parentlyleft undone to make violations
of and contemptuous regard for the law
and rules perfectly safe In all depart
ments of the Government. Mr. McKlnley
has so far shown that he has no more re
gard for his reform pledges than he has
had for his own conceptions of "plain
duty"' in a well-known case, or for the
National code of morality as propounded
by himself In respect to the still better
known matter of "criminal aggression.'"
CHICAGO'S MERCHANT SHIP.
First Veusel Direct to London Sur
prised the Shippers of That Povt.
PERSONAL MENTION.
A. B, Stelnbach has returned from an
Eastern trip.
Ex-Governor Z. F. Moody, of The
Dalles, Is at the Imperial.
Rey. A. A. Morrison, of Trinity Church,
is expected home today from New York.
M. It, Chamberlain, clerk of the Boaid
of School Land Commlsslaner3, Is In the
city.
F. S. Le Grow, a pioneer woolgrower
of Walla Walla, Ib at the Hotel Port
land. State Senator J. D. Daly, ot Corvallls,
was In -Portland yesterday on his way
to Puget Sound.
Adam Andrew, president of the Shasta
Water Company, of San Francisco, Is
at the Hotel Portland.
Captain A. F. Prescott, TJ. S. A., for
merly of the Second Oregon, Is at the
Imperial accompanied by his wife.
B. D. Croker returned yestorday from
Puget Sound and went to his home at
Walla Walla on last evening's train.
Qhlef Justice .JBean, of the Supreme
Court of Oregon, and wife, and Asso
ciate Justice Moore ancl daughter, left
over the O. R. & N. Saturday evening
for Denver" to attend the annual meet
ing of the American Bar Association.
From Denver they will go to Louisville.
Ky., to attend the Knights Templar
Conclave, and then make a tour of the
principal cities of the East, returning
home in time for the opening of court
October 1.
NEW YORK, Aug. IS. The following
Northwestern people are at ?ew York
hotels:
From Portland J. J. Balleray, at the
Gllsey.
From Spokane Mrs. G. W. Taylor, 'at
the St. Denis; Miss M. L. Pitcher, at the
Albert.
From Walla Walla J. W. Cockerly, at
the Manhattan. h
From Olympla J. E. Darley, at the Im
perial. From Seattle F. Atwood and wife, at
the Grand; J. W. Ranger, at the Grand
Union.
London Mail.
The very latest triumph of American
commercial enterprise was that achieved
by the arrival, in the early hours ot Satur
day morning, at I'he South West India
docks of the steamship Northeastern
with a carsro of 2600 tons, the very first
vessel to carry merchand.se all the way
from Chicago to London.
Most of the exports of the United States
come from t rritory around the Great
Lakes and the West, and these exports
have hitherto had to be carried by Tail
from Chicago to the great seaboard cities,
such as New York and Boston, and
shipped thence to their destinations a
costly and often unsatisfactory arrange
ment. But the Norfhwestern Steamship Com
pany, of Chicago, wishing to "get right
here'" with as little delay as possible, has
bu It a preliminary ocean fleet of steamers
( specially suited to the navigation of the
canal locks around fhe rapids on Sc. Law
rence River, and by way of this route to
the Atlantic the Northeastern. laden with
timber, canned provisions, glucose, etc.
sa'led for London.
A Dally Mall representative, who was
enabled bj Messrs,. G. W, Shelton & Co..
the European agents of Dhe line, to In
spect the Northeastern on Saturday, came
to the conclusion that a visit to the ship
would be for the owner of the ordlnary
Brlt'ish cargo-boat a 1 beral education In
American methods
In the first place the crew is treated
with the greatest consideration, every
man having a spring wire bed, bedding
and linen: they have excellent quarters
well-appo nted lavatories, with a bath,
fitted 'with hot and cold water In each.
I All the rooms are lighted by electricity
I Officers and men dine together, partaking
of precisely the same excellent food. In a
cosy dining saicon. ine stewards sal- ,
ary Is h gher than that of the majority
of chief officers in British vessels, while
the chief engineers 20 ($100) a month,
the quartermaster's 9 ($15). and the
"watchman'r " 7 ($35), are greatly in ad
vance of the Tages of British sailors in
similar positions.
First Woman to Receive Degree.
London Telegraph Paris ltter.
Signora Carlotta Cipriani, a young and
beautiful Italian lady, has had the honor
of being the first woman In France to
take the degree of Doctor of Letters,, the
highest which the faculty of letters of
the University of Paris can confer. The
lady "argued" her thesis before her ex
aminers with so much success that th
latter, when they recorded their votes,
each placed a white bail in the tradi
tional urn. The candidate accordingly
passed with the highest honors. The am
phitheater of the Sourbonne, where the
signora read her thesis, afterward discuss
ing it, as required, with the examiners,
was crowded with fashionably dressed
ladles, who gave round after round of ap
plause when the learned member of thlr
sex was proclaimed a doctor of letters.
Administration's Weak Point.
Springfield Republican.
Let President McKInley's record as to
clvll-servlce reform be again brought
down to date, remembering that he and
his party had pledged themselves to en
force the law and extend It where practicable:
No extensions of the law or rules or
classified service.
Instead, a sweeping reduction of the
classified or reformed service by the
Presidential order of May 29, 1S99.
The appointment of an avowed enemy ot
clvll-service reform as one of the com
missioners to enforce it.
No attention paid to exposures by the
Civil-Service Reform League of specific
cases of fraud and unfitness among In
dian agents.
Nothing done respecting proved vio
lations of the law at the Indianapolis
postofnee.
Nothing done in the case of the Customs
Collector at El Paso, Tex., shown to have
violated the law.
Nothing done in the case, of the Inter-
Tj f
What is wanted of soap
for the skin is to wash it
clean and not hurt it.
Pure soap does that. - This
is why we want pure soap;
and when we say pure,
we mean without alkali.
Pears' is pure; no free
alkali. There are a thou
sand virtues of soap; this
one is enough. You can
trust a soap that has no
biting alkali in it.
Alisorts of stores sell it, especially
druggists; all sorte of people use it.
I