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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER I, 1901.
L
ECORD-BREAKING MONTH
OCTOBER "WHEAT AOT3 FIX)TJR SHIP
MENTS WERE ENORMOUS.
Nearly 2,300,000 Bushel Grain
Standard Adopted Grain Han
dlers AIc for Higher Wages.
Wheat and flour exports from Portland
for the month ending yesterday were the
largest on record for a corresponding
month, and the amount of grain cleared
Is seldom equaled In the heaviest months,
which come later 4n the season. The for
eign lleet consisted of 16 full and one part
cargoes of wheat and three cargoes of bar
ley for Europe, and four flour steamships
for the Orient. This fleet carried a total
or 1,796,088 bushels of wheat, 322,220 bush
els of barley, and 89.310 barrels of flour.
This amount, with the wheat and flour
shipments to San Francisco, brought the
total for the month (flour included) up to
2,272,778 bushels, valued at $1,307,334, 'and
the barley was valued at $136,193. Exclu
sive of the two barley ships, the fleet or
17 vessels and their cargoes compare 'as
follows with the corresponding month in
former years:
No. Wheat,
Tear vessels, bushels.
1901 17 1,796.093
:909 13 1,291,237
18S9 11 794.1S1
IS 18 l,453,bi4
li7 17 1,727,292
1S86 15 1.2S2.923
1895 13 924,723
The movement of the crop from this
port, as well as from Tacoma and Seattle,
Is unusually heavy, the ehlpments from all
of the Northwestern ports for October
exceeding those of the three preceding
months of the season. The combined ship
ments of Seattle and Tacoma for the
month were 1.956,656 bushels of wheat, 131.
27S barrels of flour, and part of a cargo ot
barley. Reducing the flour to a wheat
basis and It Is apparent that the three
ports combined have shipped pretty close
to 5,000,000 -bushels of wheat In a slnglp
month. Portland will 'beat her October
record next month, but It will be Decem
ber or January before the Puget Sound
cities again make such a showing, al
though they will start off today with the
steamship Wyefleld, whjch will clear with
46.591 barrels of flour for Vladlvostock.
The. total shipments of wheat and flour
from the Pacific Northwest for the sea
son to date have reached a total of 9.051,
000 bushels, the largest on record for a
corresponding date, and about one-fourth
of the exportable surplus from the North
west, if the carry-over at the end of the
season Is as large as It has been for the
past few years.
PERILS OP PUGET SOUND.
Another Vessel Nearly Pounded to
Pieces on Smith's Island.
Marine underwriters are still suffering
more losses at Puget Sound than at any
other locality in the West. A Port Town
send special to the Seattle Pdst-Intel-ligencor
has the following regarding the
latest serious disaster, which has fol
lowed fast on the heels of the Mackinaw's
$50,000 accident:
"The schooner E. K. Wood, which went
ashore on Smith's Island at 7:50 o'clock
Tuesday morning, was yesterday after
noon pulled off the beach and brought to
this city. The tugs Sea Uon, Holyoke,
Dolphin and Magic hooked on to the
schooner yesterday forenoon and started
her, but the water fell too fast and they
were forced to abandon the attempt until
the afternoon tide. At 4 o'clock in the
afternoon they made another try and suc
ceeded In getting the echoner off.
"Captain Hanson, of the schooner, was
trying to make Falrhaven when he hit
the beach on Smith's Island. When pass
ing the island a heavy squall struck the
vessel and, with the amount of sail she
was carrying, she became unmanageable.
The captain attempted to Jibe, but the
schooner would not -answer her helm and
brought up on the land. The place she
struck was on a sandsplt on the northeast
side of the Island. The heavy seas which
were running all day Tuesday had a fair
sweep at the vessel and she pounded
hard. Her rudder and part of her keel
were torn off and, had the wind not sub
elded, the damage would have been much
greater. The schooner will have to dock
for repairs before she again gets to sea,"
ASK FOR HIGHER WAGES.
Dock Grain Handlers Send a Peti
tion to Their Employers.
The Grain Handlers' Union, of this city,
is out for higher wages. The members
have presented each of the dock proprie
tors with a petition asking that their re
muneration be advanced to 40 cents per
hour straight, and 50 cents per hour over
time. The petitions state that the de
mand for more money is based on the fact
that food, clothing and the other necessi
ties of life have advanced In price and
they need the money. Several hundred
men are employed on the docks at this
season of the year, and there is a large
fleet of ships to be taken care of. An
Informal meeting of the dock proprietors
was held yesterday, but no definite under
standing was reached as to the treatment
of the petition. The men are now paid
30 cents per hour and 40 cents overtime.
In the event of a strike the heaviest losers
"would be the shipowners and the farm
era. All of the ships under charter tor
Portland loading have the strike clause,
and there would ,be no demurrage to be
paid if the strike lasted all Winter. The
farmers would suffer through lack of a
market for their grain, although a consid
erable portion of It might be diverted to
Puget Sound if the situation became seri
ous here.
GRAIN STANDARD ADOPTED.
Grades Established for Handling the
1001 Crop of Northwest.
The grain committee of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce met In this 'city
yesterday and adopted a standard for the
coming season, establishing a grade on
which all of the wheat exported from Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho will be soul
in the foreign markets. There Is so much
similarity In the quality of the two crops,
1900 and 1901, that the standard remains
practically the same. Tacoma, Seattle
and Portland exporters met last week and
showed up samples from -all over the
wheat territory, and at that meeting hat!
practically agreed on the grade, but left
the matter open until yesterday, when It
was settled. No. 1 Walla Walla must
weigh 58 pounds, and bluestem 58Va. No.
2 must weigh 57 pounds. The standard for
barley was placed at 46 pounds per bushel
Valley was not finally decided on but will
probably jemaln the same as last year.
GEDNEY AND THE SEALERS.
Yesterday's Arrivals at thePort of
Victoria.
VICTORIA, Oct. 31. The United States
cteamshlp Gedney Is here from Alaska.
She has been engaged during the Summer
In survey work In Icy Straits and Crows
Channel. Her officers report that there
will be no radical changes In the chart
as a result of the season's work.
The sealing schooners Otto, Penelope
and Arletes arrived from Behrlng Sea
today. The Otto had S22 skins and is
the high-line schooner of the Behrlng
Sea fleet. The other two had 520 and
549 skins, respectively.
GRAIN FLEET 3IOVEMENTS. ,
Rourbalci and Mnrechal Davont
Were Last October Ships.
The last two ships of the October fleet
to clear were the French barks Bourbak)
and Marechal Davout. The Bourbakl wat
dispatched by Glrvln & Eyre with 112,142
bushels of wheat, valued at 567,000, and
the Mareehal Davout by Balfour, Guthrie
ft Co. wifk 113J20 bushels of wheat, valued
ct 9&1.S3S. Bath go to Quecnstown or KiU
siauiJi for orders, Tho flrst November
ship will be the Lady Isabella, which Is
loading a mixed cargo of wheat and flour
for the Cape of Good Hope. The big Ger
man bark Henrlette, Just in from th
Orient, left up from Astoria" yesterday and
will reach port today., The County of
Kinross and the Carlo P. arrived down
yesterday. They had no delay la reaching
Astoria, and -it is to be hoped will be no
longer In going from Astoria to the sea
than they were between Portland and Astoria.
LAST NOME LINER.
Roanoke Arrives With a Big: Crovrd
From the North.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Oct. 3L
The steamship Roanoke arrived this
morning from Cape Nome, bringing' 600
passengers, 40 of whom landed here and
will sail for San Francisco on the Uma
tilla. The Roanoke Is the last of the Nome
passenger fleet. She reports all shipping
in the North practically at an end, and
at Nome, St Michael and Dutch Harbor
all of the small fleet of vessels has been
hauled out of the water and placed in
Winter quarters'. The Roanoke was the
last steamer to leave St. Michael, and as
she steamed out of the harbor in the
night time, she was saluted by hundreds
of sky rockets. The Newport was at
Dutch Harbor on the 24th and was to
sail that day for Puget Sound, via Ju
neau. The schooner Nellie Thurston left
there October 14 for Port Townsend. The
revenue cutter Thesis will be the last
boat to sail from Dutch Harbor and after
her departure the North will be closed
until Spring. The Roanoke experienced
good weather during the entire voyage.
Notice to Mariners.
Notice is hereby given of the following
changes in the aids to navigation In this
district, which affect the List of Bea
cons .and Buoys, Pacific Coast, 1901:
Oregon Columbia River, ship channel
across the bar, page 48. Inner buoy, a
black and white perpendicularly-striped,
first-class can. reported September 22, 1901,
as having gone adrift, has been replaced
in position Inside the bar.l
Turning buoy, page 49. A black and
white perpendicularly-striped, first-class
can, is reported as having dragged from
its position. It will be replaced as early
as practicable to mark the turn in the
channel to Fort Stevens wharf.
Washington Wlllapa Bay, main chan
nel across the bar, page 64. Inner buoy,
a black and white, perpendicularly
striped, first-class nun. Is reported Octo
ber 24. 1901, as having gone adrift from
its position inside the bar. It will bo
replaced as early as practicable. t
Entrance to Gray's Harbor, page 69.
Trustee Spit buoy No. O, a red. first-class
nun, reported adrift September 26, 1901.
wa3 replaced la position off i the northerly
edge of the spit Octqber 23, 1901.
Point Brown Spit buoy No. 1, a black,
first-class can, reported September 26,
1901, as having gone adrift, was found to
be in position October 25, 1901.
By order of the Lighthouse Board.
W. P. DAY,
Commander U. S. N., Lighthouse In
spector. Office of Inspector Thirteenth Lighthouse
district, Portland, Or., Oct. 31, 190L
Aid to Nlsrht Nnvlprntlon.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. An Important
patent connected with the St, Lawrence
navigation has been issued and sub
mitted to Mr. Tate, Minister of Public
Wrorks, by whom It will be laid before
the Cabinet, says an Ottawa special to
the Times. The patent is designed to do
away with the lighthouses, buoys and in
fact the entire paraphernalia for night
navigation botween Montreal and Quebec
and substituting a submerged electrical
system.
The main idea is to sink an electric
cable In the center of the navigable chan
nels, with power transmitted from a
power-house at Montreal, and lines of col
ored lights at or above the water levc
each side of the channel, the lights on
one side being of different color from those
on the other side. The lights will bo
supported by cork supports.
Gray's Harbor Marine Notes.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Oct. 31. There
are from 10 to 12 schooners In the harbor
here which will take away from 7,000.000
to 8,000,000 feet of lumber. At the West
& Slade mill thore are five ships being
loaded for Philippine, Mexican and Ha
waiian ports.
The tug Fleetwood, which will cost
about $6000, was launched Wednesday.
She will be used for towing and passenger
trade.
A. J. West, who went East to purchase
machinery for a new $100,000 mill, is ex
pected home next week.
The Nelson Bros, have placed a new
run of boilers in their mill here.
Parser Charged With Embezzlement.
SEATTLE, Oct 31. W. B. Fielding,
purser of the steamer Valencia, who ar
rived In this city yesterday, a prisoner
aboard that vessel, was arrested today on
a warrant sworn out by J. M. Lane, mas
ter of the steamer, charged with embez
zling $540. He was placed under bonds of
$1500. Fielding is HI, and will be sent to
the hospital ward of the County Jail it
he cannot furnish 'ball. The vessel came
down carrying an excessive number or
passengers, and a fine of $710 has been
Imposed upon her by the customs Inspec
tors. ' ICosmos Line Favored.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 31. The Kos
mos steamship line, of Hamburg, has
contracted with the Mexican Government
to establish regular connection between
its Pacific Coast service and that cover
ing Mediterranean ports.
Under the contract with the Mexican
Government the company will handle
mall free and 10 tons of government
freight on each of its vessels. In con
sideration of this service the company
will be exempted from 65 per cent of the
tonnage dues.
Schooners Driven Seaward.
ST. JOHN'S, N. F Oct 31. Three
schooners were driveu ashore on the Lab
rador coast last week during a gale, but
all on board were rescued. Two other
vessels, one carrjing a Catholic priest,
who had been making a sacerdotal' visi
tation, were driven seaward, and have
been missing for 10 days. The steamerw
Glencoe wont in search o them, but with
out result Twelve lives are Involved, and
it is feared that all have perished.
Montreal Tonnnge Increasing:.
MONTREAL, Quebec, Oct. 31. In spite
of the scarcity of freights and' the high
Insurance rates, the tonnage of the port
of Montreal Is nn ttar tncrnca tv. -toi
tonnage tohe first of the present morfth'
was 1.144.
ompared with 1.0G0.2S4 for
the same,!
iqd last year. The steam-
ship busi
as been sustained bv a
remarka
passenger traffic, which
has. In a
ure, compensated for the
loss or ab
of freight
Surey Vesel Return.
SEATTLE? Oct 3L The Tlnitpfl StatPR
Coast anc$jGcodetic Survey vessels Pat
terson, CaStdln Pratt, and McArthur, Cap
tain Dickens, arrived today from Icy
Strait Sakjm Inland and Cross Sound, in
the waters of which they operated the
past season. The Gedney, another of the
fleet, put "m at Port Townsend.
Domestic and Foreign Port.
ASTORIA, Oct 31. Arrived down at
11:20 A. M., British ship County of Kin
ross. Left up at 1 P. m., German bark
Henrlette. Arrived down at 3:20 P. M.,
Italian ship Carlo P. Condition of the
bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind, southeast;
weather, cloudy.
San Francisco, Oct 31. Arrived Bark
Kate Davenport, from Portland; steamer
Jeanle, from Seattle: schooner Western
Home, from Coos Bay; schooner Lily,
from Umpqua. Sailed Steamer Ram
csls, for Seattle.
Honolulu-Sailed Oct 23-Schooner Spo-
kane, for Port Gamble; schooner Robert
Hind, for Port Townsend; steamer Moana.
for Victoria; to sail Oct 29, ship Slrene,
for Portland.
San Pedro Arrived Oct 30 Schooner
Lillebonne, from Gray's Harbor.
San Francisco, Oct 3L Sailed Steamer t
Pleiades, for Seattle; brig .Blakeley, tor
Port Townsend.
Shanghai Sailed Oct 30Yangtse, for
Seattle, via Hiogo.
Singapore Sailed Oct 30 Copack, from
Liverpool, for Seattle.
Cherbourg Sailed Oct 30 Columbia,
from Hamburg and Southampton, for
New York.
Quecnstown, Oct 31. Sailed Oceanic,
for. New York; Rhynland, for Philadel
phia, both from Liverpool.
New York, Oct 3L Sailed Deutsch
land, lor Hamburg, via Plymouth: Bre
men, for Bremen; Laurentian, for Glas
gow; La Champagne, for Havre.
Coronel, Oct 31. Arived Flintshire,
from San Francisco, for Antwerp.
Genoa, Oct 3L Arirved Lahn, from
New York, via Naples.
Gibraltar, Oct 3L Arrived Fuerst BIs
mark, from New York, for Algiers, Na
ples and Genoa.
Alden Sailed Oct 29 Gaiso. from Ta
coma, Hiogo, etc., for England.
Tacoma, Oct 3L Sailed Schooner Lu
zon, for Honolulu.
Seattle, Oct. 31. Sailed Steamer Sena-
1901-2 GRAIN FLEET FROM PORTLAND.
JULY.
Wheat
Sailing date, name, flag, rig, tons, master, destination, shipper bushels'. Value
12-Madagascar, Br. bark, 1996, U. i.. f. o.. P. F. M. Co....!?. 126.052 5 75 631
22 Pak Ling, Br. str., 2S75 Warrell. St. Vincents, f. o., Balfour 198 SG3 119318
30-Nal. Ger. bark. 2627, Schulte, U. K., f. a, Kerr.... uoi 59940
AUGUST. ' . '
C Argus. Br. ship 1513, Hunter, U. K., f. 0., Balfour 85 834 49574
18 Dumfriesshire, Br. bark, 24S3, Swinton, U. K., f. o., Eppinger.... 149,541 89725
SEPTEMBER.
3 Poltalloch, Br. bark, 2139, Young, U. K-, f. 0 P. F. M. Co 140 806 sawn
8-Brabloch, Br. ship. 2000. Hawkins, U. K., f. o., Glrvln 119375 75665
16-Galgate, Br. ship, 2227, Griffith, U. K.. f. o., McNear 131 033 wem
17 Hilston. Br. ship., 1998, Richards, U. K.., f, o.. Balfour 115 557 69334
23 Ecuador, Ger. bark, 2264, Dleckmann, TJ. K.. f. o.. Kerr . . 134546 7-ik
29 Sussex (A), Br. bark, 1212. Guthrie, U. K., f. o. Kerr .... ! 7 249 3ai4
30-GlamorEanshire (B); Br. str., 2S30, Davies, St Vincent, f. o. Ball '
four '. 96,376 56,521
OCTOBER.
4 Nantes, Fr. bark. 2029, Rlcordel, U. K., f. o., P. F. M. Co.. 115.X72 rsroo
7-Dunbritton, Br. bark, 1471, Tucker, U. K., f. 0.. Balfour.!.... 78 183 44365
11 Mabel Rlckmers, Ger. ship, 1895, Bandelln, Hamburg. Glrvln... 116167 69 70J
13-Falls of.Halladale (C), Br. ship, 1977, Fordyce, U. K.. f. o.
McNear ' ' ' irtct mwa
13 Samoena, Br. ship, 1869. Boyce. U. K.. f. 0., Kerr ....".".'.'. 120164 fi4 s
15-Lonsdale, Br. ship. 16S5, Fraser. TJ. K.. f. o.. P. F. M. Co 101787 55d
17-East Indian. Br. bark 1003. Coath, U. K., f. o., P F7 M Co 105 600 59000
17-Glen turret, Br. str.. 3d26. Webster, St Vincent, 'f. o.. T3a four 21S 195 124 376
17-St Donatlen, Fr. bark, i259, Dejole, b. K.. f. 0., Port G Co 80 128 42500
26-Rcnee Rlckmers. Ger. ship, 1959, Schultze. U. K. f. 0., Glrvln 121250 72750
RIckmer Rlckmers. Ger. sriipl&29. Baake, U. K., f. o. Balfour mil I'll
Favorita (D), Ger. bark, 1323, Thomann,U. K.. to Kerr jr"1U,35X 63'4a
MaIie!d, Br. bark, 2176, Roberts, U. K., f, o., P. F. M Co 13l" 7?"m
Carlo P. (E), It ship, 164L Polllo, U. K., f" o Balfour ' '
Aristea, Aus. str., 2208, Scoponich, St. Vincent, f. o. Kerr 16s'56 u"'i
County of Kinross, Br. ship, 1613, Collins, U. Kl, f. Zyfr' 94"591
Werra. GeV.'bTrk,""857VBnnVngs''u.' K.',K' o.VKe'rr ". '.'.'. mm , S'SS
Bourbakl Fr. bark, 1710, Largeout, U.K.. f. o.f Girvl '" n2lP! CT000
Maiechai Davout, Fr. bark. 1711, Grouhel, TJ. K. f. o. Ba four 113 220 ?
Nelson, Br. ship., 1247, Perrlam, U. K.. t.' o , P? F. M .Co?"!: I." 63,'715 35700
A Also 78,472 bushels of barley, valued at $32,950
B Also 131.616 bushels of barley, valued at ?55 278
C Also 116,70Sbushels of barley, valued at $51 000:
D 93,325 bushels of barley, valued at $38,070.
E 112,187 bushels of barley, valued at J 17,119.
SUM3IARY FOR OCTOBER. - ,
1901 1900 ISM
SffCL 5f.g SSSk iS! g 3& s&
j.o aan JJTancisco 3,500 1,994 13,550 7,317 7,056 4,440
Total wheat 1,799,653 tt.018.9S6 1,304.787 5767,306 801.837 ?487435
To SSK and Africa Bbls' Value' BgXgW
To Orient and Siberia 89,310 $ 247193 "52 000 sijffooii U7Qi ln'7&
To San Francisco i5,Sfl 41,155 20695 SJ.'SO? 21927 li
Total flour 105,139 ; 2S8.348 72,695 5199,807 106,469 5297360
Flour reduced to wheat measure.. 473.125 5 288,348 327?127 M99SOT toiYo w-fn
Wheat as above 1,799,653 1,01S,9S6 1,301.787 767.306 80H 5
Grand total, wheat and flour.... 2,272,778 51.307,334 1,631,914 5967,113 1,230,947 5784 795
Barley . Bush. Value. Bush. Value Bush Vni'n.
To Europe 322,220 5 136,195 105,620 5 36.210 219,741 5107,342
tor, for Skagway; steamer Umatilla, for
San Francisco. Arrived Steamer Roan
oke, from Nome; steamer City of Puebla,
from San Francisco; United States steam
ers McArthur and Patterson, from Ju
neau. Flnnncc Romance of Egypt.
North American Review.
An element of romance attaches in most
countries to the annals of national debts
in respect of the struggles and vicissitudes
to which they relate, but in Egypt a land
where finance spells politics, the story of
the public debt Is pre-eminently romantic.
Recklessly and prodigally contracted, that
debt has for years pressed with crushing
severity upcm the docile Egyptian peas
antry; but the astonishing feature of its
history is that, in the end, out of evil
came good. The public debt, with Its as
sociations of grinding taxation and of the
koorbash, was destined Itself to become
the salvation of the fellaheen. Foreign In
tervention In the Interest of the creditors
brought with it the foreign control which
has secured the Egyptian peasantry bet
ter conditions of life than they have en
joyed for centuries, possibly better condi
tions for the mass of people than have
ever been known on the Nile. Reform in
Egypt grew out of the necessity of pro
tecting the labor of the fellaheen and of
faecuring them such Immunity from extor
tion and maltreatment that the fruit of
their toll would suffice to meet the obliga
tions Imposed upon them without their
knowledge and without their assent. And
this proposition stands, although It is true
that foreign intervention has bound the
burden of debt tightly upon Egypt where
as other countries, it is argued, If placed
In similar circumstances, would have re
pudiated their obligations and proceeded
after long years of haggling to some il
lusory compromise with an exhausted
creditor. This was not possible in Egypt;
the cause of the foreign creditors was es
poused by the most powerful governments
of the Old World, and the irresistible voice
of Europe insisted on full measure being
paid.
How She Helped Hernclf.
Academy.
The woman sat with her back to the
wall in the little French restaurant near
Picadllly, and the man faced her on the
opposite side of the table. They were
French; they were obviously man and
wife; and they had the appearance of be
ing moderately prosperous. Yet there must
have been some need of small economies,
for, with the meal that was Just ended,
they had divided between them a half
bottle of ordinaire at 6d. The woman's
glass was empty, the man's half full; and
so they sat, not ready, to go, yet having
no apparent reason for staying. They did
not talk; they 6eemed to be considerably
bored. The waiting at the little restau
rant Is as bad as the food is good; two
men cannot do the work of Ave, however
willing they may be. I was patiently ex
pecting the arrival of my fish, and, for
lack of a better occupation, I watched
these two who Interested one another so
little. Chained to the leg of the table on
the right of the man was a singularly
naked black-and-tan toy terrier. It had
been quiet to begin with, but at last It be
came querulous and attracted my atten
tion. Looking at the woman again, I ob
served a curious change in her expres
sion; it appeared that she had somehow
recovered her interest In life. She said
something to the man. who promptly bent
down and patted the dog, as if to quiet It
She instantly took his glass, emptied the
contents into her own, and drank the wine
at a gulp. When the man looked up again
she was leaning back against the wall,
listless, absent-minded, utterly bored.
Jumped on a Ten-Penny Nnil.
The little daughter of Mr. J. N. Powell
Jumped on an Inverted rake made of ten
p"fenny nails, and thrust one nail entirely
through her foot, and. a second one half
way through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm
was promptly applied, and five minutes
later the pain had disappeared .and no
more a.uuerlng was experienced. In three
days the child was wearing her shoe as
usual, and with absolutely no discomfort
Mr. Powell Is a well-known merchant of
Forklnnd, Va, Pain Balm is an antiseptic,
and heals such injuries without matura
tion, and In one-third the time required
by the usual treatment. For eote by all
dructf-sts.
iFREt DELIVERY OF MAIL
SYSTEM IN OPERATION IN
RURAL DISTRICTS.
THE
Growth of the Service Since Its In
troduction In 180G- Snbject
. , of Report.
J
The wide discussion now being had on
the subject of rural free delivery makes
of especial Interest at this time a report
made on the subject by Mr. Charles H.
Grcathduse of the Agricultural Depart
ment to Secretary Wilson. 'The report is
very exhaustive, and a part follows:
The system of free delivery ot mall at
the farm homestead Is developing, In the
United States Ty great strides. The first
routes bearing the name "rural free de
livery" were established on October 1, 1896,
at Halltown. Uvllla and Charlestown, W.
Va. Others followed at once, and by the
close of the fiscal year the experiment
showed satisfactory results. There were 44
routes In the Fall of 1897; this number In
creased to 128 In 189S, and on November 1,
1S99, had Jumped to 634. These radiated
from 383 distributing points and served a
population of 452.735 persons. On June 30
1900, a little more than six months later,'
the number or routes had grown to 1214
for a population of 879.127, and In the next
four months the system again more than
doubled its proportion?, showing on No
vember 1. 1900, 2551 routes for 1,801,524 per
sons; and tltere were also at that date 2158
applications for the establishment of new
routes. The whole of the United States
Is now laid out In four divisions for ttie
inauguration and maintenance of this ser
vice, and the work Is going forward with
steadily increasing volume.
Important Advance.
April 12, 1900, an Important advance took
place. Rural carriers were authorized to
receive and deliver registered mall. As
the law requires such matter to be de
livered personally,. the carriers are obliged
to go to the houses Instead of dropping
the letters or packages In the farm box.
Rural carriers ore also authorized to r.
ccipt for applications for money orders,
and while they cannot yet issue the or
ders, they can save the farmer the trip
to the office by acting as his agent.
Another most satisfactory change was
made on July 26, 1900, when an order was
made under which postage on drop letters
on rural free-delivery routes was fixed
at 2 cents per ounce and carriers were
required to cancel stamps on all letters
collected by them. This order carried
with it authority to deliver drop letters
without passing them through the ha"nds
of a postmaster.
Rural free delivery of malls is scientific.
On purely theoretical grounds the pan
office ought always to deliver the matter
Intrusted to it at the door of the addres
see. The distance to be traveled from
sender to receiver of mall Is precisely the
same whether the whole trip be made by
the postal employe or he be met part way
by the person for whom It is intended.
Furthermore, tVc cost of making the trip
s always paid out of the sum total of
the nation's capacity to do work. It
makes little difference ultimately whether
the labor is paid for from government
funds collected by the sale of stamps or
otherwise, or is done by each man direct
ly without intervention of the United
States Treasury at all; It all comes from
the people, anyhow.
Only Q,nentlon Considered.
The only question that need be asked Is
whether there will be more waste of time,
a larger number of empty trips by thb
farmer, who never knows when there Is
mail for him, or by the postman, who al
ways knows whether there Is something
to deliver; and to this there seems to be
but one answer. The number of times tho
farmer would be going to the post town
for other reasons and the times when
several families would send for mall4 by
the same messenger enter Into the calcu
lation, of course, but In general this would
not change the answer. And whether the
adressee may be a farmer or a townsman
really Is of no consequence; if free deliv
ery Involves only a short trip for the post
man in the city, it also Involves only a
short trip for the cltlren, and tho corre
sponding relation between length of 'trips
exists for the farm delivery.
The opinions of special agents engaged
In introducing free rural delivery In all
parts of the United States, as shown In
their reports In 1899 and 1900, are Invari
ably favorable to "the success of the sys
tem. All agree that the opposition comes
only from persons Interested In the mall
service who think they are likely to lose
by tlK change, and from small storekeep
ers and saloon-keepers at fourth-class
postofflces. Some of them mention also
as difficulties to be overcome the fact
that the work had been generally spoken
of as experimental, and the impossibility
of serving all persons precisely alike.
Rules Governing- Rural Delivery.
In order to introduce rural free delivery
on a new route, a petition must be circu
lated and signed showing the desire of the
persons along the line for the new service.
This paper is then forwarded to the Rep
resentative In Congress from the district
in which the route will be located, or to
one of the Senators from the state, for
his recommendation. If It is deemed
practicable to start the service as desired,
a special agent of the Postofllce Depart
ment Is sent to lay out a route and make
a map of It His report and map must
1 show that at least 1 families can be
made accessible to the delivery. It also
shows the character of the roads, and the
agent Impresses upon the persons Inter
ested that the roads must be made pass
able Summer and Winter.
A full route Is considered 25 miles, but
according to the country traversed may
vary from 17 to 35 miles. It does not taTce
the carreer over the same ground twice
in the same day.
Carriers were paid at first only 5150 a
year. They now receive J500 for an ordl-
'nary route and for special short routes
5100 a year for each five miles traveled.
They are bonded, and each carrier has a
bonded substitute, so that the malls may
never lack a responsible carrier. The
civil service regulations have never been
applied to this service, but good character
and temperate habits are required. Women
are acceptable, and a few are In the ranks,
some of them considered very efficient.
Reports to the Postofllce Department of
dereliction of duty on tbe part of rural
carriers are very few.
DEFENSE OF THE TURKS.
Mistake of Charging Them With
Miss Stone's Abdnctlon.
PORTLAND.' Oct."29! (To the Editor.)
The Oregonlan of October-14 contained a
synopsis of what Is supposed to have been
a lecture, delivered at the First Chris
tian Church", by a convert from Moham
medanism, on the subject of the abduc
tion of Mlsa Stone. This regenerated,
justified and sanctified lecturer not only
charged the Turkish Government with the
crime which all the world knows to be
absolutely false, but, ,In his most holy
simplicity, proceeded to tell his audi,
ence how "the Turks hate Christians with
implacable hatred"; that "Turkey should
be disciplined for her barbarous and mur
derous treatment of Christians," finally
supplementing his lecture with detailed
accounts and "Incidents of massacres In
Turkey as he saw them." That an apos
tate from the religion of Islam should be
little Inclined to speak well of those to
which he formerly belonged Is but In ac
cord with Neander's observation on apos
tates In general, but that one shoula
so deliberately slander the whole Turkish
people Is certainly something that should
not be allowed to pass unchallenged.
As a matter of fact, the abduction ot
Miss Stone is the work of Bulgarian bri
gands, who, in religion, are of the Greek
orthodox persuasion, ' and who, In con
formity with the usages of that holy
church, have undoubtedly crossed them
selves three times before embarking In
that enterprise, In order that the good
Lord may bless and prosper their under
taking. Much has been said about the massa
cres in Turkish dominions, especially in
tho Slavic provinces, and, strange as It
may seem, even In this age people be
lieve that the Turks are doing it all. To
those, however, who have seen something
of this world and who understand human
actions It is well enough known that these
periodical disorders and butcheries are
manipulated and brought about by the
roguery of statesman and cunning ot
priests of their own persuasion In order
to furnish the power that Is behind them,
in its constant plotting against Turkey,
with motives for Interference war and
the mob In its folly believes anything and,
on hand to engage in looting, Is as ready
to fight anybody. In a general pandemo
nium, such as often reigns among the
brigands of the Slavic provinces, some
Turks may become involved, but the
srurklsh people as such have certainly
nothing to do with these slaughters and
disorders. But even if we should, for the
sake of argument, concede that at some
time some massacres were deliberately
planned and executed by the Turkish peo
ple these sink Into insignificance when
compared with the religious massacres of
which Christendom Is guilty, and which,
according to Buckle's estimate, amounts
to about 140,000,000 people, or one-tenth of
the population of the globe, to say nothing
of the dragonades, minor conflicts, secret
murders, etc., etc.
In a note to the 74th stanza, Canto 11,
of Chllde Harold, written som 90 years
ago, Byron, the King of English poets,
thus speaks of the Turks:
"There does not exist a more honor
able, friendly and high-spirited character
than the Turkish provincial Aga, or Mos
lem country gentleman. . . . The lower
orders are In as tolerable discipline as
the rabble in countries with greater pre
tensions. ... If it Is difficult to pro
nounce what they are, we can at least
say what they are not; they are not
treacherous, they are not cowardly, they
do not burn heretics, they are not as
sassins, nor has an enemy advanced to
their capital. They are faithful to their
Sultan till he becomes unfit to govern, and
devout to God without an Inquisition.
Were they driven from St. Sophia tomor
row and the French or the Russians en
throned in their stead. It would become a
question whether Europe would gain by
the exchange. With regard to their ignor
ance ... It may be doubted, always
excepting France and England, In what
useful points of knowledge they are ex
celled by other nations. ... In all
money transactions with the Moslems I
ever found the strictest honor, the high
est disinterestedness. In transacting busi
ness with them, there are none of those
dirty peculations, under the name of In
terest, difference of exchange, commis
sion, etc., etc., uniformly found in applying
to a Greek Consul to cash bills, even on
the first houses In Pera."
No more need be quoted. Those last 90
years since Byron wrote these lines, rep
resent possibly the highest progress made
by tho civilized world, and yet, with the
exception of the Anglo-Saxon race, who
can this day furnish as good a certificate
of character and from as excellent a
source? Who can?
As to the theology of the Turks? for all
that I know It would seem no better and
no worse than any of our systematic the
ologies. But suppose it Is a cruel one;
and their polygamy, let us assume, Is
something so foreign to us who are known
not to violate any of the commandments.
Yet It would be well, before finding fault
with the beliefs or unbeliefs of other peo
ple, to look nearer home and see what 1
It that we have in our own systems or
theologies and practices.
Oft has my wondering mind been per
plexed with the problem of intolerance,
slander and hatred so generally and per
sistently practiced by the civilized sub
divisions of the human race against each
other. I asked myself time and again,
whence, by Allah, these cruelties whioh,
like a blight, smite all that harmony, joy
and peace every honest heart hungers
for. The only conclusion I have reached
Is that these puppets In the world's pup
pet' show, by constantly slandering others,
evidently believe that, by so doing, they
successfully establish their own superior
ity. Hence to Omar for consolation:
Oh Thou, who man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise device the Snake:
For air the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blacken d Man's forgiveness give and take!
W. H. G.
The Hnmlet of Edvrln Booth.
Atlantic Monthly.
Through his Hamlet Edwin Booth made,
upon the wh'ole, his deepest and surest
Impression. In his performance of the
part there was retained to the last, con
sciously and deliberately, more of the old
fashioned formality and precision of style
than he permitted himself In other Imper
sonations, and the effect was sometimes
that of artifice. But Mr. Booth elected to
represent Hamlet in a style far less fa
miliar and far more remote from ordinary
life than he used for any other character
in his large repertory. It was not that
his Hamlet was all In one key; that its
moods were many and diverse; that the
actor did not finely discriminate between
the son, the Prince, the courtier, the
friend, the lover, the artist and the wit
The contrary was true It was as full
of dellrate and Just differences as one
could wish. But, through its prevailing
quality, made constantly prominent by
the tragedian's methods, certain definite
and necessary results were reached. Ham
let differs from Shakespeare's other tragic
heroes both In his supernatural experience
COriMtMT HM IT TM rOCTM WUIIII CO. enOINNATI.
HOW TO
OME men economize so closely on the
number of words in a telegram that the
receiver can not understand it. This is not
sensible economy. Neither is it sensible
unanaaaMH
economy to ruin garments of value with cheap
soap or powerful chemicals that eat into the fabric
True economy uses Ivory Soap in the laundry.
It is the most of pure soap that can be sold for the
money. Chemically it is as innocent as water. Yet
it does everything you can ask of a soap. Try it I
and in his unique spiritual constitution.
. . . To Hamlet, by the conditions of
his life and his soul, Is given the largest
opportunity for choice and the smallest
power of choosing. . . .
After all, there is a fine fitness In that
closeness of association between Edwin
Booth and Hamlet the Dane, which Is to
abide as long as the man and his art and
his life are remembered. In his largeness
and sweetness, his rare delicacy and sensi
bility, he was nobly human to the core,
after the pattern of the most human of
all the creations of the poet. Like the
melancholy Prince, he was required to
drink the bitter water af affliction, and to
hold his peace when his heart was almost
breaking; and, In Its extraordinary depth
and reserve, even as Hamlet's and as
Milton's.
Was like a star nnd dwelt apart
The Paris Bourse.
Forum.
Except, perhaps, around the Casino at
Monte Carlo, there Is no army of mone
tary rates as large as that which prowls
around the Paris Bourse. Few spectacles
are more affecting than that of such men
once, doubtless, prosperous In legitimate
pursuits, with a healthful view of the
world and possessing In full that Ines
timable gift In life, le bonheur d'etre so
shattered in character and degraded in
morals; always mental and often physi
cal wrecks; men with broken volition,
with lost purpose, with professions they
can no longer exercise; with strenuously
acquired commercial experience which has
been hopelessly vitiated by the terrible
dissipation of thwarted speculation; men
whose sole Idea and possession is a "sys
tem" of playing the market which they
themselves can never play like the Vleux
professor at Monaco, who, moyennant une
falble retribution, will cast you a beauti
ful horoscope with his infallible diagrams
and apparatus. Men but they are not
men. They are ghosts pitiable, miserable
apparitions who haunt the purlieus of the
relentless, Inexorable monster that de
stroyed them.
These, with a few old women, are the
dregs and lees of the Paris Bourse, and
thpy are known as the pled humldes
wet feet. The old women carry old hand
bags, and In the old handbags are "se
curities." The insecurities are as cheap
and as degraded as the dealers In them
the engravings Issued by Insolvent cor
porations, by corrupt companies, by coun
terfeit concerns that were never Intended
to develop beyond their charter, and by
South American mining companies that
never yielded an ounce of, ore. Yet this
worthless mass of paper finds a market
occasionally. Sometimes a bank or cog
nate institution falls. Among Its assets
are found the contents of the old hand
bags. Usually these were bought not long
before the failure. The failure Is not ex
plained by the contents; the contents are
explained by the failure. Probing deep
er, we discover that the officers have
speculated, not In handbag rubbish, but
in the officially listed securities, and, when
bankruptcy was inevitable, purchased the
refuse to "give themselves a counte-
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