TBB MOKXIKG OKEGOKIAS, M1:IAV SEFrK.MiJEI 1U01; POWER OF THE APOSTLES 33R. HILL HOLDS, THATIT LAY JN PRBACHIXG THE GOSPEL. ml' .Definition, of Hxc TeWu Va the Declaration of the Death and Resurrection of Christ. 'Paul's Definition of the Word 'Gospel' " -was the topic of Dr. E. P. Hill's morn ing: eannon at the First Presbyterian Church. The speaker endeavored to show what -was the secret of the marvelous converting power of the apostle's preach ing:, and concluded that it lay In preach ing: faithfully the divine birth, the mar ;tyrHom and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Dr. Hill chose as his text I Corinthians xv:l, "I made known unto you the gos pel which I preached unto you, which ye received, In which ye stand, and by which ye also are saved." The speaker 6ald in part: "Here the apostle brings to the atten- j uon 01 nis readers the fact that he once preached to them the gospel. If he had gone on and explained what he meant by J me xerm gospel, many vexatious con troversies might have been forestalled. Tlfere is no topic about which men more widely differ than the meaning of this term. One thinks it means the princi ples taught by Jesus. Another insists that it refers to the graces that were illustrated in his character. There is no one too modest to define the word. The curbstone orator l$ very sure he know3 the meaning, and that the churches are all wrong. The magazine-writer looks condescendingly on the man with a Bible tinder his arm and talks learnedly of the development of the religious spirit, and speaks with great familiarity of Buddha and Socrates and Jesus. Of course, he knovcg -vs-Hat Ihc -word, .means. 'We who call ourselves Christians would ridicule the intimation that we do not know the content of that little word which we take so often upon our lips. And yet how many among us are Insisting that the other man is not preaching the gospel? "Just the other day a. large volume Is sued from the press, bearing the name of a distinguished German theologian, with the startling title, 'What Is Christianity?' A strange question to ask after 2000 years. JCow, if Paul had defined the word, sureljr that would have settled the question. He was the man whose conversion marked the beginning of the spread of the early church. Among all the preachers, from the day the disciples stood looking at the receding form of their Master, to this yhour, he stands pre-eminent Among all the interpreters of the mysteries of the kingdom. . there Is .not even a second. Every preacher should he willing to com pass land and sea to come upon Paul s definition of the word 'gospel.' For God endowed his message with a splendor that strikes us dumb in these days of spir itual poverty. The cry is often heard, 'Back to Christ!' Might it not be well to add, "Back to Paul and Peter'? "We modern preachers, who preach 3000 sermons to convert one man, may well aspire to learn from men whose one ser mon could convert 3000 souls. Well, sur prising as it may seem, Paul does give a definition of the word 'gospel,' so succinct, so clear, so comprehensive, that no one need go astray. Here it Is Tight In con nection with the text: 'I declare unto you the gospel, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scrip tures.' " MESSAGE TO THE TOILERS. Christ's Word's In Matthew Inter preted " Rev. J. R. McGlnde. Rev. Jerome R. McGlade, of the Mizpah Presbyterian Church, East Side, spoke yesterday morning on "The Interpreta tion -of Christ- Message to Those Who Labor and Are Heavy Laden." Text, Mat thew. xl:2S, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you Test." The sermon did not embrace a consideration of the political situation, hut rather the message of Christ and Christianity to the great class of hu manity engaged in toil. He said in part: "It is interesting to inquire into the meaning of these words of Jesus, and to note if we can the thoughts-which flashed through his mind when he said, 'Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and -will give you rest' First of all, it would not do to eliminate the meaning which is upon the surface and -which Is read into this text every day by the ten thousands who 'are bearing the burden of grief, or sorrow or sin. Fos elbly no other text lias had such a mis sion of comfort in the world, nor is it probable that any other promise has so brought rest and peace to anxious, de pressed minds. No doubt this surface thought in reference to the assuaging of grief, the alleviating of sorrow, and the cleansing from sin and ministering to minds diseased, was uppermost in th thought of our Lord as that day he ut tered these memorable words. As one benring the burden of years and having passed through the varied experiences of a lifetime, looking for the first time upon Niagara Falls, remarked to one by her side who questioned her as to the impres sion conveyed to her mind, 'There!s a deal of troubled waters down there'; so Jesus Christ must have felt" as his vision pen etrated Into the Inner thoughts of those before him that there was much of trou ble and heaviness there, and his message muet have always a meaning to those thus "heavily laden. And as such his words are practical to all cKDtaps of hpmanlly. Those who thus labor and are heavy laden are found in the cottages and hum ble homes as well as In palaces. My vacation was spent In passing from place to place through the Willamette Valley. One has designated it the blessedj happy valley.' It cirtalnly Is beautiful, and the pride of Oregon, yet one can not spend .so much as three weeks therein without as certaining that-there are those in it who are bearing the burden of sorrow, and who need just the message which Christ sends them across 19 centuries, 'Come unto me: I will rest you.' "Second, a study of the context leads me to believe, that Jesus saw the com mon people depressed under the grievous burdens of tradition and requirements of the Mosaic law. In another connection, Christ denounced the system of priest craft, which ladened men with heavy "burdens, yet refused to lift their weight with even so much as the little finger. In contrast he said, 'My burden is light' 2 cannot help tut think that here he was contrasting the religion which he brought with that of the Jewish Nation. His jnessage Involves the idea that religion Is not to be a burden, but something that uplifts life; not that which depresses, but that which levitates; not a system of complex, but one of utmost simplicity. It is quite common today to hear that laboring people, many of them, will not frequent church. Many reasons are set forth to Justify this attitude. It cer tainly behooves the church, In liarmony -with the spirit of Christ to keep to the simplicities of Christianity and to cause its system of worship to commend itself to the common people who heard "Christ gladly. And. IK will have the large suc esjJiwIt6 spiritual ministry If It will keep itself free from traditions and in novations and minister in the spirit of Its founder. It is salutary for the church to remember that it required a German reformation to break the bond of tradition' and priestcraft. "Third, there Is meaning In this message of Jesus for those who toll. Truly, there Is no curse on toil, but labor is sacred and blessed. Man Is divinely commissioned to work. This being true, and our Lord having himself spent years In toil. It is not surprising that he should have something to say to toilers, .or ln-H volve a meaning for those who labor, in this beautiful message. One tells us that the labor problem Is but another name for the problem of humanity, that the destiny of lrJjor is that of the race, that" the condition of ' the masses is the measure of the church's ' success, and therefore the labor problem Is that of Christianity. Today the labor problem Is In evidence. A great strike Is abroad. One may well see the gravity of the prob lem. There are various methods employed by both capital and labor. Some are good, others are futile. Organization will prove effective to a certain extent. So will legislation and arbitration. The so lution will not come tnrougli socialism nor communism. Neither can these he considered as derived from Christianity. Rather, the solution of this problem will not be found apart from Christ or Chris tianity. "Labor must discover new meaning In the truths of the founder of the Chris tian system. It must come to Christ. And the Christian religion means a great deal to us in our dally tasks. There aret how ever, hosts of tollers who have not learned tnla. There are many weary to day, after six days' hard labor in shop or store, or attending professional duties, and jet on this Sabbath day they, will get no help In or rest from Christ. They will not be. found frequenting the temple of God; and since they will neither pray nor worship, they "will miss the message of Christ in our text The fact is, worship lightens labor. The six days' toil will not prove .half so fatiguing to him who on the Sabbath rests his soul in Christ. The tendency often in the ranks of labor is j- toward Irreverence and materialism. The beautiful thought of Mlllais In 'The An gelus' Is not generally realized. Surely that painting has a message to those who labor, for life is infinitely lifted and inspired when hands that a moment ago grasped the instruments of toil are now folded In prayer, and when eyes before opened to the physical world are now closed for soul-vision of God. Yes, Christ accepted and the principles of Christian ity practiced, all problems of whatever nature will be solved. He brings a new Joy into life. He lightens our daily tasks. He makes every morning glad, and every evening to rejoice, and every night's rest sweet, and every meal a sacrament." CHRIST AND THE IiABORER. "World la Coming to Good-Will Co operation Among- Men. Rev. William S. Gilbert preached in vaivary TesbyterIan Church yesterday morning on "Christ and the Laborer," taking his text from I Corinthians, 111:9: "We are laborers together with God; ye are God's husbandry; ye are God's build ing." He said: "The exposition at Buffalo has revealed nine great inventions that have been made since the- Columbian Exposition and has shown remarkable progress made in the eight years past Besides scientific, mechanical and Industrial progress, there have been great changes in other lines that can not be put upon shelves in an exposition. In the last decade exeat social progress has been made, and more than automobiles and wireless telegraphy, these changes affect the life of the world. "Tomorrow is marked upon our calen dars as a red-letter day. Labor day this year finds remarkable conditions. Events have occurred that have set the world to thinking of sociological conditions. There is a war, not of bloodshed, within the land, in. which more men are engaged than took part in the war with Spain. Men by the thousand vhave laid down their tools till their differences with em ployers can be adjusted. "While vast enterprises have been amalgamated and vast corporations have been forming, there have been developing consolidations of laborers until amalga mated enterprises find federated labor to deal with. It Is not a sign that condi tions are worse than they formerly were, or that the laboring man is worse off than Tieretofore; but it is a sign of la great change in industrial conditions and Is an exposition of the progress made in the recognition of the rights of all men. It is remarkable that thus far there has been no violence. This, too, is sign of progress. It is to be honed that the outcome of it all will be a more general .vsmuuu ui me eiernai train in at. men are co-laborers, brothers, and that all have rights. ' "Christianity in its broad sense, as it has permeated the life of the world, as its Influences has led on to broader lib erty in thinking and to a more general enlightenment, has had much to do in the great social changes of the past Christianity, not specially the the church as an organization, but Christianity per meating the life of the world as a leaven, has largely obliterated caste and slavery and tyranny. It is safe to say that the social conditions of today will somehow be adjusted on Christian lines and the permeating Christian Influence will lead on toward a true brotherhood and co operation. "Who is the laborer? He is man at work. His task may be at the anvil or' in the school-room or In an office. Christ has proven himself the best friend of man In all conditions. He has treated rich and poor alike. Men have tested his moral rules and have found them true. Men have sorrows and have in all found the Christ their friend. He has revealed God's love to all men and has given hope of life everlasting. Christ will prove the friend of man at work. The application of the golden rule, of the principles of brotherhood as taught by Christ, of sym pathy and co-operation, will bring about the ideal conditions in the laboring world. Upon this all agree. But vhen It comes to the details of the practical applica tion there are many answers. These de tails are for the political economist to think out No clergyman has the right to use his pulpit, consecrated to the pro claiming of the good news of God, for the purpose of teaching political economv. Men come to 'the house of God for other purposes than to be harangued with this or that theory of sociology. The laborer and his employer are side by side In the sanctuary. They would go other places for political economy. "But this appeal of Christ for co-operation, for a recognition by all of the rights of all, for a mutual co-laboring, ought to appeal to every earnest man and ought to be a welcome message of gooo. news to ooth the laborers whether In the office or in the factory. Many theories have been discussed and tried We may rest assured that out of all the agitation and discussion the world will be making progress. One has thought that humanltarlanlsm in factories would bring about the desired condition. A notable experiment of this kind is the National Cash Register factory, of Day ton, O. The experiment has been a dis appointment and has only demonstrated that humanltarlanlsm is a good and beau tiful and useful thing, but of itself is not sufficient Others have thought" the se cret of better conditions lies In public ownership of things in which the public is interested. We own the malls, why not the railroads and a thousand other things? This may be good and perhaps will come to Tie more and more adopted. Others think there should be a mutual sharing of profits.- Others, notably the Archbishop of Canterbury, think the whole competitive system Is wrong and there should be no property right what ever. Others think that to adjust taxa tion would bring desired conditions. I could not even guess at the relative worth of these Ideas or at the final adjusting of these things. The Supreme Court of. the "United States would hardly venture an opinion upon them. But this I know, and It is God's message to men and upon It man's social life will be adjusted: Co-operation, sympathy, brotherhood, is the true principle for workingmen to work by. And toward that basis we .ire most surely making progress. We are laborers together, and we labor with God for. the great good of mankind. We" are His husbandry. Ye are his building. "Not only is Christ the friend of the man who works in these larger social relations, but his special word is to the laborer's heart He would have every man in harmony with his fellow man and all In harmony with God. And further, Christ -would deliver the man who works from everything that thwarts his welfare, economic, social, personal; from whatever lowers the manhood of the man or robs his larder or debars his home -or oppresses him in anv of hi? rights. Money Is much, but it is not everything. There are other things, more valuable far that may be taken " from us,. We are sometimes apt to think a system or some one else may be to blame for our conditions when possibly we ourselves may be to blame. The man who drinks up or gambles away his wages, whether he is a lawyer or a mechanic, can blame only himself. The fact that $1,500,000,000 are spent each year for drink, means something to every "man "Who TYorKs. .To taKe that much money- out of channels of thrift is an economic blunder to say the least. "There is a strike In San Francisco. It indicates unhappy social conditions of some sort San Francisco has 350,000 inhabitants. She has 3260 licensed saloons and 3000 other drinking places In all one to "every 50 people. This means some thing to the laborer for It is an unthrifty waste, besides its manifold demoraliza tion. It is a question as to whether the Sabbath shall be taken away from the man who works. The Sabath was made for man and it should not be taken away. "Christ would give to every laborer everything that Is right, all his rights. He would give to him Ideal social brotherhood wherein a man should be his neighbor's helper. He would give a true character and a strong manhood. He would that every man should feel that all who work are workers together and all are workers with God. No one can foresee what changes will come into our social life. Great changes have come and far greater changes will yet be. I have absolute faith and hope in Christ's power in the world and the signs of our time surely indicate that we are coming on to a real gpod-wlll co-operation among men. Our Inventions may carry us with incredible speed, but rather far would we know that the one by our side is a friend and that together we have com mon purposes and hopes. We may not 5K how It shall be or the steps that shall lead on to it, but we' arc moving on toward better things." EAST SIDE' NEWS. Street Railway- Facilities for the Southeastern District. That part of the East Side south of Hawthorne avenue will shortly have ex ceptionally good street railway facilities. Work on the Brooklyn and Carshop3 ex tension through Brooklyn is being pushed. Grading is being done and poles for the trolley have been distributed. The Port land City & Oregon Railway has nearly rebuilt its line to Oregon City, and im provements to the roadbed are still in. progress. Six new- cars will be put on the line. Four will run to Oregon City and two to Sellwood for local traffic. This will provide at least 15-minute ' service on that line through Stephens' addition and south to Sellwood. There has been delay In getting trucks completed for the new cars, owing to the rush of orders in the shops. The company Is setting up a gravel and rock screener on the Mount Scott branch so that the ballasting of the road will proceed much fasten It is arranged so that a train of gravel cars may run under the screener and the grav el be loaded In a very few minutes. The gravel will be screened coarse or fine as may be required. Asking: for Free Mail Delivery. The boundaries of the district In the southeastern portion of the city which is asking for free mall delivery are East Twenty-sixth street, Hawthorne avenue, the eastern boundary line of the city and Oatman road. Within this district la the settled portion of the city. It was Intended to make the north boundary line at the Section Line road, but this was Changed so as to Include some territory not now served by the Sunnyside mail carrier. Most of the people north of the Section Line road are within the Sunny side mail cancer district. A petition has been prepared for circulation by Secre tary Sutherland, and signatures are being obtained. Will Not Oppose Annexation. Residents of Tremont, in the eastern portion of 'the Woodstock school district, will not oppose annexation to the city provided arrangements are made so they may have school facilities. The proposed new boundary lines will cut off all that portion of the school district east of the Mllwaukie road, which Includes Tremont Place and Tremont It also will leave them without school facilities, but if they can be permitted to send their children to Woodstock after annexation they will not oppose division of the district The object of annexation is to secure Bull Run water. It will not affect school mat ters materially. A good school is main tained in the district, which would hardly be improved by annexation. Tremont Postofilce. Mail for Tremont. east of Woodstock, is now distributed from the home! of Post master Higgins. The postofflce building was destroyed by Are several weeks ago, and will not be rebuilt. Mr. Higgins has resigned as postmaster, and a petition is being circulated In the neighborhood for the appointment of Mrs. Rupauch, who has a small store. There is no opposi tion to her. Enst Side Notes. Mrs. S. Mooney, of Everett, Wash., is the guest of Misses Ida and Madge Kay, Mount Tabor. The Brooklyn Sub-Board of Trade will meet this evening In the hall, corner Mllwaukie and Powell streets. Mrs. William Hutchinson, has gone to Plattsmouth, Neb., where she! was called by the serious illness of her father. ' Wise Bros Failing. dentists, both 'phopes. Tho FIVE TRIALS AT SUICIDE. Mrs. Barges, "Who Robbed T. W. IWnrtin, Brought From, Cunndn. Detective Joseph Day returned yester day from Calgary, N. W. T., in charge of Mrs. Emma Burgess, who is accused of the larceny of money amounting to ?7O0 and Jewelry valued at $1000 from her brother-in-law,. T. W. Martin, late of .De lano, Cal. George Callow, Mrs. Burgess' brother, accompanied the party, hut he was not under arrest. Mrs. Burgess was lodged In the County Jail. Detective Day has been away a week, apd he spoke as follows: "Mrs. Burgess attempted to take her life five . different times during the Journey. Four times she tried to throw herself from the train after leaving Cal gary, tand once she stripped herself of her clothing during the night and tried to escape She secreted her clothes, and we had to wire ahead for more. When we arrived at Seattle I gave her in charge of the matron at the Jail, and Mrs. Bur gess tried to strangle herself with a hand kerchief. Fortunately, her condition was discovered in time, and the Journey was resumed without further incident, Mrs. Burgess, up to tho time of her capture at Calgary, had been drinking, and she raved in delirium, accomnanied bv hvsterla. Seventy-four hundred dollars of the stolen I property has been recovered." 1 The Fnlmnr Petrel. Good Words. The fulmar petrel somewhat resembles a common gull at a distance, but has a much more graceful flight, skimming the waves, or hovering "by the cliffs, without perceptible motion of Its wings. It makes Its nest upon the grassy ledges and cliffs of St. .Kilda. and Is caught with a Tod In the same way as a puffin, only, as it 13 found on tho precipices,, it Is more dif ficult to secure. It was greatly valued formerly for' Its oil, of which each bird has about half a pint, and which it uses as a means of defense, and ejects with great force at the enemy. The present general use of mineral oils makes that of the fulmar of less Importance, but it Is the purest animal pll in existence, and is still used fof various purposes, and also medicinally by the natives for sprains and bruises. REFORM GREATLY NEEDED ASSESSMENT METHODS IN OREGON ARE TOO CUMBERSOME.' Too Many Rolls Mmt Be Prepared, - and the Accounts oi 'Propertr-i , Owners Are Confused, The Immense amount of work and worry connected with the effort, now being made to collect delinquent city taxes from 18S9 to 1893, Inclusive, has caused a renewal of the agitation for a change in the laws in regard to delinquent taxes. For sev eral years a number of prominent property-owners have advocated such changes in the laws as will permit of the adoption of business methods in preparing tax rolls, such as prevail in sevjeraf Eastern States, which are declared to be much simpler and more satisfactory than the methods in use here. Oregon assessment rolls are made up and indorsed by the Assessor. They are then given to the County Clerk and he copies them and extends on his copies the tax levy-, and this is the tax roll. The work Is done by a score of clerks, many of whom have little experience, and who consider it a Job In which it pays to be slow. Men of ability have many times found temporary employment on the tax roll and they ridicule It as a pre tense at labor, and unhesitatingly pro nounced it a graft where rapidity will not be tolerated. When Jt is done it is placed with the Sheriff for collection, and after a portion of it Is paid this officer makes a return to the County Clerk. This necessitates the making of a delinquent roll which is aa exact copy of the original to the extent of all unpaid taxes. This delinquent roll is filed with the County cierK. ana wnen it is neceasary to coi- ilect some more on it the County Clerk nas another copy of the same delinquent roll made and given to the Sheriff, and this procedure is repeated indefinitely. The Sheriff, after making a sale of the delinquent roll, makes another roll which Is known as the return of taxes sold and unsold, and from thl3 the County Clerk makes a roll which is called the record of delinquent tax sales. This makes four complete sets of rolls necessary to be examined for taxes for each and every year, and when an alias writ is Issued to the Sheriff, as was dona in 1895 and 1896. the number of sets of rolte, each composing several large vol umes, is almost beyond" computation. A good many would find it interesting to know Just how much the preparation of tax, rolls for any oneyear costs, for It must necessarily be a considerable sum. But this expense Is not the most serious objection. When it comes to .examination of the records to find If taxes are" paid all these rolls may have to be examined for the 'taxes of a single year. The proposed improvement Is to have carried forward upon the tax roll of each year the delinquent taxes of all previous years, and to apply each payment of taxes to the settlement of the taxes longest de linquent, and when the full amount upon a piece of property is paid to give the person paying the same a receipt In full. The original roll could be balanced and returns of collections made in a satis factory manner. It seems like a simple, practical and saving process. Its great est convenience would be to the people for anyone could then examine the rec ords for taxes, and the last tax roll would always contain th wholp. sinM, ,... uiE1 should be eay to accomplish, but ... mu meet u,b opposition or those who find employment in the present cumber some system, and. also of a class of law yers whose very existence seems to de pend upon the complications and vexa tions which attend public transactions. BOHEMIAN MINES. On the Mountain Divide Between Waters of Willamette and Umpqna. The editor of the Bohemia Nugget (Cottage Grove) gives an account of a visit by himself to the Bohemia mines. All over the camp, he says, earnest and systematic work Is being done and the miners are being rewarded by uncover ing wide, well-defined and highly miner alized ledges whose values range from 515 to J50 per ton on average and In many cases up into the hundreds. No one can or will believe what wonderful ledges of ore are there to view" unless they go and look for themselves. There Is actually so much mineral wealth in that district to look at that a truthful man after seeing it is almost afraid to ieu me truth for fear he will be set down as a liar. In the Champion Gulch the Leroy brothers own the Laura group. This is perhaps the widest ledtre In tho iHntrint being from 60 to .100 feet In width, and the ore from the surface cropplngs all the way across assays $12 50 per ton. The ore is base, carrying gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc, and there is no end to it. This mine alone can supply a 100-ton smelter for years to come. Alfred and Henry Johnson have bought a half Interest in the LeRoy lode In the Golden Currier Gulch and are building a good cabin and will lay In supplies and work all Winter. This week they have sent out 100 pounds to Tacoma for a test. They have a five-foot ledge of as fine galena ore as was ever mined. No work Is being done at present on the Grizzly mine, but It has a splendid ledge of high grade ore, and when the time comeB it will be a prize winner. The Broadway property is also show ing up line. A new strike was recently made in this mine and a great body of excellent ore Is there to be seen. The Whipple brothers, on the east side of Grouse Mountain, near the Devil's Slide, have fine prospects and are ham mering a hole into the mountain with all speed. Professor Day last week struck it rich In his mine Just off Horseheaven Creek. When the lucky strike -vyas made tho professor was so wild with Joy that his shouts of victory could be heard for miles up and down the canyon and over the hilltops. ' The Henry Clay group, south of Monte Rica Ridge, is a splendid, property. Five men are working and will continue all Winter. This ledge carries both free and base ore. A large amount of work has been done and the work mapped out will put this property In first-class shape.. W H. Shane, close by, has an excel lent group of mines which are showing up in grand shape and good work is be ing done right along. Frank FHsher, also Jn this section, has a fine ledge. He Is laying In Winter supplies and will do -good work- all Win ter. Ben Hall and Dick Fuson own the Mammoth ledge, which is showing up well. Ruth vEdwards has a fine ledge" in the Last Chance and has done a lot of work on the property this Summer. In and about the Monte Rica section there have been over a' dozen cabins built during the past Summer and most all of the owners of property about there will stay by their mines this Winter and push development work. $There has nex'er been a time In Bo hemia when so much earnest work was being done, when the whole camp looked so well and when the future held out such bright Inducements. The good work Is going ahead on the outside also and not many months will roll around be fore good results will flow to all parties concerned. . Barn nt Cape Blanco Station. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the ex penditure of $3000 for the erection of ' a barn at the Cape Blanco light station, Or., for the accommodation 6f cattle and horses belonging to the life-savers at that post. Doyvnincf, Hopkin ESTABLISHED 3S03. WHEAT AND Room 4 Ground Floor ADVERTISED. Unclaimed Letters Remnlnlns In the Postofflce nt Portland, Or. Free delivery of letters by carriers at th residence! of owners may be secured by observ ing the following rules: Direct plainly to the street and number ot the house. Head letters with the writer's full address. Including street and number, and request an swer to be directed accordingly. 'Letters to strangers or transient visitors In the city, whose special address may be un known, should be marked in the left-hand cor ner, "Transient." This will Drevent their be ing delivered to persons of the same or simi lar names. " - Persons calling for theso letters will please state date on which they were advertised, September 2. Letters will be charged lor at the rate of 1 cent each. WOMEN'S LIST. Adams, Sirs Elizabeth Lee, Mrs J M Lee. Mrs O Allen, Miss Willie Anderson, Mrs Eddy Anderson. Mrs Avis Avery. Mrs Balrd, Miss Rosalind Bailey, Miss Lizzie Lougher, Mrs Wtn Long, Mrs Lutke. Mrs M McBeynoIds, Mrs Anna McCullough. Mrs "V J McCaw, M1S3 Lilly McCormick, Mrs Paul Benton, miss Mary Berry. Mrs T I Pratte McGTnnls, Mrs P J Bishop. Mrs McGruder. Mrs Lew Bolton, Mra.D G Malone, Mrs Allle Mastin, Miss Jessie Masson, Mrs Mayger, Mrs Nell MatBo'n, Miss Etta May. Mrs Edith Mellinger, Miss Grace Michael. Mrs A E JUlUer, Miss Lucy Mitchell, Mrs Chas Mltchel, Mrs Frank Moser, Mrs Morris, Miss Veda L Musgrave. Miss Ollle Meyers, Mrs Ida- Borland, Mrs Ella Brighton, Miss Mabel Brlden, Mrs Mary Brlstow, Miss Sadie Brown, Mrs GIta Buckley, Mrs Rose Burdlck. Mrs C H 9CVt5l), Mrs John Cain, Miss Alice Callahan, Mrs A F Carder, Mrs J .B Carr, Mrs Francis Chamberlain, Miss Nana Clark, Miss Mary Mickleson. iirs Cole, Miss Louisa T-2 Parsons, Miss Alice Comer, Maggie Palmer, Mrs Eva Crafts, Miss Ida Perllll, Mrs Cramer, Miss Maud Perry, Mrs Mollle Currtnt, Mrs Jennie Petersen, Miss Phln-' Dawson, Miss Maud-2 nie-2 Days, Mrs F W Pike, Miss Katherlno Delanoy, Mra C H G Denny, Miss Sylvia Pork, MIsa Pearl DIcklns, Miss Dot Potter. Mrs T A Dupree, Bessie Emery. Mrs J M Powell, Mrs J M Prather, Miss Llnda-2. Faulkner, Mra Nellie Proebatol. airs h u Ferguson. Miss Lizzie Rasmussen, Mrs Chrls- Flelds, Miss Eathlel tine Fiorey, Mrs Lon Frazle, Miss Roslo Fulton, Mrs Fuller, Mrs Effle Gallagher, Miss Ma- mle-2 Gibson, -Mrs- Alice Green, Mrs B L Gross, Miss Louise. Groves, Mrs Annie Guthrie, Sarah Hagen, Miss Elala Haley, Mra W F-2 Harlan, Mrs Emma Hanson, Miss Nettle Rlvette, Miss Florence Rlchard3, Mrs Mattle Rodgers, Mrs Chas Rogers, Mrs Mary Sampson, 'Mrs Ame.Ua Saunders, Mrs Jas C-2 Scheckla, Miss Mamie Scott, Miss Rita Sechler, Miss A May Sharp, Mrs P J Shield, Miss Beulah Short, Mrs O T Silvers, Miss Calllne Slllran, Mrs M L Smith, Mrs F Smith, Miss Jessie Harper. Mrs Lilly Harris, Mra Lizzie D Smith, Mrs M E Hartman, Mrs b a Smith, Mrs s-h. Hawloy, Mrs Iva-2 Spencer, Mrs Etta Hawking, Miss Nellie Sterling, Mrs L Hawkins, Miss Tlllle Stengel, Martha Hawkins, Mra Tlllle Sokke, Miss Inga Haynes, Miss Mamie Snow, Mra E C Healey, Miss Daisy Skinner, Lizzie Rowell Henderson. Miss May Thompson, Mrs Wm A Hersey, Mrs Ella Thompson, Clara B Herrlck, Mrs E H Todey, Genette Hickman, Miss Vera Vantrea, Ollle Hillier, Mrs Edna Walker, Sophia Hobson. Miss L E Wallace. 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Churchill, Walter Cloake, Louis Clark. S Clark's Photograph Gallery Clark. AV A Lundgren. Anton Ludlow, Fred S Luias, Chas McQuarrle. Rov J Macpherson. W F McArthur, Alex-2 McCormick, W R McDonald, Chas Mautz, H A Maffee, R-2 Max Martin, Abraham Merchant. Harry MIolke. O W Miller. T W N Mitchell, Chas Mitchell. C A Moore, O Morgan, T M Memyre, E Neal. Martin Nelson, Geo NIckerson, Jas Oberdorfter. E Oliver & Co Clooney, W Olson, Olo Columbia Packing Co Oleson, A J Cooper, C P O'Hara. Jno Cordero, D Dahl. Victor Davis. William C Davidson, Frank Day, W . Deperty, E L Dickens, Guy Dill, Edgar A Dresler. Andrew Duenkel, C F Parker, Morse Parker. Wm H Patterson, AV J Paul. Eddie B PurdSm. J S Reay, H E & Co Rellstock, Chas Richardson. Frank E Roden. Alex Russell. R N Duncan, w J Ruhl, E A Edwards, Mr and Mrs Savary. Jno E E Snillard, Gaston Emmel, "Victor Erickson, A Everett, A H Ewing. Jas Farr, Oscar F Ferguson, F D Flutenmocker, Julius Foxx. 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A'ictor B Upton. H II Unger. Jack ran Clove. Merl A'otry. Eddie Vlttum. AV J AAVHa-r. S N AAThlttle. C A AA'hlte.tSnmuel AVllkes, Bobt AVlllett?. S K AA'ykoorp. V." A Young, Robt A Young, Albert Young, Chos I. Young. Chas Zahl, John PACKAGES. Brighton, Miss Mabel, Burrage, Mra Chas AV, photo' photo Kerll. Miss, photo A. B. CROASMAN, Postmaster. The Revival of RondhonHes. Scribner's. There are certain old country taA'erns here and there, up toward Westchester and down beyond Brooklyn and over on Stnton Island not only those which ev erybody knows, like the Hermitage in the at Wlllet's Point, but remote ones which have not yet been exploited in plays or books, and which still ha'e a fine old fla'tir, with faded prints of Dexter and Maud S. and much earlier favorites in the barroom. In some cases, to be sure, though still situated at" a country cross roads, with green fields all about, they are now used for Tammany headquarters, with pictures of the new candidate for Sheriff in the old-fashioned windovs-but STOCK BROKERS Chrnbor ?f 'ommerce most of them would have gone out of ex istence entirely after the death of the stage coach, if It had not been for the approach of the city, and the sldtvwhia kered New Yorkers of a previous genera tion who drove fast horses. It the ghosts of these men ever drive back to lament the good old days together, they must be somewhat surprised, possibly disappoint ed, to find rural roadhouses doing a bet ter business than even in their day. The bicycle'revived the roadhouse, and though the bicycle has since been abandoned by those who prefer fashion to exercise, the places that the wheel disclosed are not forgotten. They are visited now In au tomobiles. PHILIPPINE SQUATTERS. Military Authorities Will Have Tronble In Evicting Them. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. The military authorities in the Philippines expect to have trouble with squatters in Manila. These squatters, after occupying terri tory a short time, go to one of the na tive Judges and take out a promlssory title, claiming that the property belonged to a dead relative, and that thtv. thA claimants, are the only heirs. These titles are practically worthless, as they give possession without Injury to a third party of better right, but they cause trouble. Six tracts belonging to the city are .now held by squatters with the pos sessory titles, while several more tracts or recent finning are similarly held. The property where the morgue is located, on Calle Reyna Regente, Is thus claimed. It can be readily understood that thor oughness of detail must characterize such a search: tp clearly establish the legal 'status of the city in its right to the land claimed by it, ha3 been and is an impossibility where the entire work has been undertaken by one man. as sisted by a native who pan afford no as sistance as clerk or translator. Nearly 5500,000 worth of land has been "found" In the passession of the squatters, whose right of possession is questionable. The time is coming when it will be necessary to dispossess these squatters, hnd the authorities expect to be confronted with conspiracy, fraud and perjury. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. You Can Sleep Like a Top In a Burlington chair car. The air is good: the car is not TOO -warm, and your seat, when adjusted at the proper angle, is nearly as comfortable as a couch. Cover yourself with an overcoat or shawl, get a pillow from the porter and there you are. At 10:30 the Hghra are lowered, and from that time until morning the car is almost as quiet as your own room at home. Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and EVERYWHERE be yond. Information on request. TICKETOFFlCEt Cor. Third and Stark Sta. R. W. Foster, Ticket Agont. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. Depot Fifth and I AnHTVT.t, 1 Street. AKKivts LEAVES For Maygers, Rainier, t Clatskanle, AYestport. Clifton, Astoria. War renton. Flavel. Ham-1 xnond. Fort Stevena,'n:iQ jj 8:00 A. M. uearuan tra.., acusiuc, Astoria and Scasborol Express, Dally. 0:55 P. M. 2:30 P. M, Astoria Express. 0:40 P. M. uauy. Dally except Saturday. Saturday only. Ticket office -53 Morrison st. and Union Depot. J. C. MAYO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astoria. Or- ' KlL.1 i,V Time Card of Trains PORTLAND Leaves. Arrives. North Coast Limited".. 2:00 P. M. 7:00 A. M. Twin City. St. Louis & Kan. City Special 11:30 P. M. 7:45 P. M. Puget Sound Limited, for South Bend. Gra's Harbor, Olympla, Ta coma and Seattle .8:33 A.M. 5:20 P.M. Two trains dally to Spokane, Butte. Helena, Minneapolis, St. Paul and the East. A. D. CHARLTON. Asst. General Pass. Agt.. 235 Morrison street. Portland. Of. NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO For VL.ADIVOSTOCK AND PORT AR THUR, calling at Talienwan or Dalny if inducement offers. S. S. "CLAVERING." Will sail from Tacoma about Sept. 20th. For rates and space reserA'ations apply to DODWELL &. COMPANY, Ltd. General Agents. Or any agent of the Northern Pacific Railway. Record Voyage 6 Dan. 7 Hours, 22 Minutes.! , BOSTUrt t LiVEitfOJl vb QUEEtolOW New England. Twin Screw, 11.C00. Sept. 11 Commonwealth, Twin Screw. 13.600. Sept. 25 PORTLAND I) UVEW301 Cambroman ...Sept. GiDomlnlon Sept. 14 Arancouver Oct. fi Arancouvcr ...Nov. 0 THOMAS COOK & SON. P. C. Gen'! Armr.. 621 Market St., Saa Francisco. CaL icess! 5? iA new iv;in SCREW aooo LvJL!!a T0HS.0. SIERRA, 8y,r SONOMA &VEMURA SS. AUSTRALIA, for Tahiti. Sept. II. 10 A M. SS. A'ENTURA. Honolulu. Auckland and Syd ney Thursday. September 12, 10 A. M S3. ALAMEDA, for Honolulu, Saturday. Sept 21, 2 P. M. 1. B.SPHEMEiS iBHOS. CO., Bmsral Agsnfs. 327 BarfctS! era'! PaissnaarOmca, 643 UirM SL, fbr So. 1, PaciSc 3t V?crY - TRAVELERS' GUIDE. . OREGON' SHOKF ii!RE IMm Pacseu; jmD THREE TRAINS DA!LY FOR ALL POJNTS EAST UNION DEPOT. Leave. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:0O A- M. 4:30 P.M. rpbhial. Dally. Dally. For the East via Hunt-j Ington. 1 SPOKANE FLYER. rC:0OP. M. j7-0 A. M- For Eastern Avashlng-'Tjaiiy. Dally. ion. waua waua. Lew- Iston. CoeurU Alene and! ut. Northern Points. 'ATLANTIC EXPRESS For the East via Hunt ington. 0:0O P. M. Dally. 8:10 A.M. Dally, OCKAJi AXD RIVEIt SCHEDULE. FOR SAN FRAN CISCO. From Atnsworth Dock. FOR ASTORIA and way points, connecting with str. for Ilwaco and North Beach, str. Haa salo. Ash-street Dock. 8:00 P. M. 8:00 P. It Dally ex. Dally. Sunday. Sat. 10 Ex. Sun. P.M. STEAMER T. J. POTTER. For Astoria and Ilwaco, dolly except Sunday And. AIonlA. Lave .Ajh-Scx-et XoejE. tilts. Mt as follows: Tuesday Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, 0 A. M. . Saturday. I 13 P. M. FOR SALEM and way CM5A-M. Mon.. Wed.. Frl. 7:00 A. M 3:00 P.M. Tue. Thurs.. , Sat. points, str. Elmoro, Ash-street Dock. Water permitting. FOR DAYTON. Ore gon City and Yamhll' River points, str. Mo doc. Ash-street Dock. Water permitting. 3:00 Pi tt Tues.. Thurs.. Men.. Wed... Frl. Sat. TICKET OFFICE. Third, and Washington. Telephone Mala 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight via connecting steamers for Manila. Port Ar thur and ATndIvotock. KNIGHT CO.Arr AVION SAILS SEPT 28. For rates and full information call on or ad dress officials or agenta of O. R. & N. Co. LAM via SOUTH Leave (Depot Fifth a art I Street. rrlve , , ( J V..XWL..V4X X..V- PltKsd 1'xvAi.Na. S:30 P. M. for salem. Koae TWO A. M. burg. AahianU, Shic- r 11 m b n 10, uguen, San Pruactaco. Mo- 3:30 A. M. IJavc. ,1.03 Angftit J 7:20 Pi M. isi rofco, w ur- Ufjns and the Kaat. At Woiidb urn (dully esLeut Sun day), morning tratnl nnnnnlM w if muni tor Mt. AMrl. sW-f ertda. Browns v 1 1 le . SunnHetd, and Natron, andi Albany Local for F"Mt. Anget and SIN . urton. 4:00 P. M 7:30 A. M. H:50P. M. Vlbany passenger.... "orvallla paflensr. iherldan pasgnger.. 10:10 A. M. 5:30 P. M. HS:25 A. M. Dally. HDaily except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale Oetween' Portland. Sac ramento and San Francisco Net rates $l?.5tt ilret clasa and $14 seeool claou. Secoad etnas include aleeM-r; first ehim (kx not. Itates and ticket to Kaatern oomts and Eu rope. Also Japan, china. Honolulu and AUSTRALIA. Can be ottahMl frem Y. A. Schilling, Ticket Agent. 254 cor. Wahlngton and Third. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Deput, foot of Jefferson, street. Leave for Oswego dallj at 7.20. '0:40 -V M.; 12:30, 1:55. .1:23. 4:40, 0 25, 8:30, 11:30 P. M.; and !):UO A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive at Portland daily at :3&. 3:30. M):50 A M.; 1:33. 3:10. 4.30. 0:15. 7:40. 10.00 P. M.: 12:40 A. M. dally, except Monday, S:30 and 10:03 A. M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dnllas daily, except Sunday, at 5.06 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M. Paaienger train Ieavs Dalian for Alrlfe Mon days. AA'ednebdays and FrMay at 3:50 P. M Returns Tuesdays. Thursday and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOHLER. Manager. C. H MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt, Ticket Office. 122 Third SL Phone (530 LEAVE The Flyer, dally to and ARRIVS No. 3 v , from St. Puul, Mlnne- apous, uuiutn. cnicago, 0:0O P.M. jand all points East. 7:00 A. M. Through Palace ami Tourist Sleepers Dlalnc and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP T03A MARU For Japan, China, and all Asiatic points trill leave Seattle About September 17th. Pacific Coast Steamship Go, ForSsuth-Eastern Alaska Lenve Sea It! a 9 P. M. Steamships QUEEN, COT TAGE CITY. CITY OF TO PEKA and AL-KI. July S. 0. 12. 14. 10, 22. 24. 29; Aug. J. 3. S. 13. 14. IS. 23. 25. 2iL 'CITY OF SEA1TLE. Aug. 2U. For further inionnauon ootain company's folder The comDany reserves the right t change steamers, sailing datea and houra of sailing, without previous notrce. GENTS N. POSTON. 240 AVashlngton St.. Portland. Or.: F. AV CARLETON. N. P. R. it. Dock. Tacoma; Ticket Office. 613 First ave. Seattle. M. TALBOT. Comm'l Agt., C.W. MIL LER. Asst. Gen'I Ast.. Ocean Dock. Seattle; GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gea'l Agents. San Francisco. WHITE COLLAR LIN STR. BAILEY GATZERT. I DALLES ROUTE. I Dally round trips. Leaves foot Alder street every morning at 7 o'clock, except Monday. Dalles 4 P. M. Arrive Portland 10 P. M. Martin's Springs. Hood River.. White Salmon. Uyle and The Dalles. ASTORIA ROUTE. STR. TAHOMA (Alder-street Dock). r Leaves Portland dally every morning at 1 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves Aa- torla every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. iry sumset -rn J O 0CCEN4 SHASTA 11 Wm routes JqJ J GlKiREOTNORWEgjj uregon piiuue .uuwi out. vuiumuiu. pnona iJOi. For Oregon City, Salem Way Landings Steamers Altona and Pomona, for Salem, and way landings, dally except Sunday. 6:45 A. M. Steamer Leona. for Oregon City, leaves week daya 8:30. 11:30 A. M.. 3 and 0:13 P. M.I Sundays, leaves S, 0:30. 11 A. M., 1. 2:C0. 4, 5:30 P. M.. Oregon City, round trips 23o. Offlco and dock foot Taylor at.