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12 THE, MORNING OKEGOJN1AN. TH0KBUA1T. 'JULY 2t 1902. AD FOR CRIMINALS General Effect of the Tracy Incident. MANAGEMENT OF PRISONS An Orcgonlnn "Writer Talks "Willi the Superintendent of "Walla "Walla Penitentiary Expert Opinions Upon Criminal Slattrra. (By a Staff Writer.) ' ' "WAIjLA WALLA, July 20. Coming up on the train from Portland last night, I fell In with an Interesting man Mr. J. B. Catron, Superintendent of the Wash ington State Penitentiary, at Walla Walla. The talk ran as smoking-room talk is likely to run just now on the Tracy case, and Mr. Catron, as a man of long and suc cessful experience in the management of criminals, easily held the floor. Mr. Catron fells, he confessed, something more than the ordinary anxiety of good citizen ship In the Tracy case, because of Its bear ing upon the practical business of prison administration. In spite of everything we can do, he said, general facts are about as well known and about as quickly known for that matter In the prisons as on the outside, and the effect Is natural ly very demoralizing." Anything tending to make a hero of a criminal, and especial ly anything calculated to Illustrate the possibility of escape from prison, of course stirs the passiens of convicts. Increases the difficulty of taking care of them, and Is hurtful from every point of view. It Is surprising, Mr. Catron went on, how quickly and accurately Information of a case of this kind will be acquired by prisoners In spite of the most careful efforts to keep them In Ignorance. Within a few hours of the escape of Tracy and Merrill from Salem, every man in the Walla Walla Penitentiary knew the es sential facts, and In spite of all efforts to prevent the more recent events of Tracy's career from being known, every Incident, as it has occurred, has some how been reported to the prisoners. They grow wonderfully expert in putting pieces of Information together and in patching up a -narrative from chance remarks which different ones may have overheard. And what one knows all soon know, even though they may be locked In their cells. There Is In every prison a system of sig nals lywhlch even complicated facts may be reported from one to another, and so down the line of corridors, to every con vict who has interest enough to give at tention. And In a matter like this of Traqy, of course. Interest Is on a keen edge. Such distinction as he has achieved Is. In the view of more than half the Inmates of a prison, greater than any other possible, and his movements are watched with an intensity of interest and an admiration hardly possible to be con ceived by those not familiar with the criminal mind. It Is the policy of all modern prisons to hold their Inmates out of connection and out of touch with current local events, anfl wltn criminal and sensational news In general. To this end local newspapers are not allowed In the prison, or If allowed at all. all criminal news is carefully rMpped out. the Idea being to break the connection of the men with their criminal associations, and to supply no food for vicious and morbid reflection. Newspapers from distant states are permitted and general papers and magazines by which the men may, if they wish to do It, keep up with the affairs of the world. All of current local news that gets Inside of prison walls must drift in. so to speak, and this It does in ways which often puz zle the most diligent and expert prison managers. In the course of the general talk some body remarked that In his prison career at Salem Tracy had been what Is called a good prlsoner-that is, he accepted the general prison discipline without protest, doing at all times what was demanded of him with good temper, and generally commending himself by his conduct to those in immediate charge of him; and upon this suggestion, Mr. Catron remarked that this was the- rule among men of the intelligent but desperate tvn to whinh Tracy belonga In the flrst place they know that the prison rules are cast iron Jn their quality, they yield not to the whims of prisoners, that protest is wholly useless and that It only Involves him who Is foolish enough to make It in severe penalties. Again, such men are always preparing for the day when some chance may put in their way the oppor tunity to do what Tracy and Merrill did, and they know that In such a chance the character of a good prisoner may serve as the essential condition of success. To establish confidence, to get the keepers In the habit of being off guard. Is the constant aim of some of the most hard ened and degenerate of convicts. Many and curious are the ways in which a "good actor" seeks to get himself Into the good graces of his keepers, and to throw them off guard. He rarely fails to attend diligently to his duties as they are put upon him. he never falls to do the routine things which belong to his place, he af fects cheerfulness and contentment, and he commonly Is most attentive to the re ligious and other moral and benevolent enthusiasts who are always visiting pris ons. In' this last-named class he sees a resource for help In the matter of a par don for which he Is always planning, for he well knows that a pardon may easily be securefi when the public has had time to forget his crime, if he can manage to enlist a few earnest people In his behalf. Probably 50 per cent of the inmates or every penitentiary, Mr. Catron thinks, are always making plans for escape; and while the greater number of these schemes never come to light, the subject is more or less In the mind of every con vict who has a long term to serve. Of the six hundred and odd men In Walla Walla prison, fully one-half wquld like to be in Tracy's shoes and would take his crimes upon themselves If they might have nli30 his reputo as a game and suc cessful desperado. It is this disposition this tendency to admire and emulate his exploit which makes Its Influence so far reaching. It will be felt more or less all over the country and especially in the Northwest for years to come, and it will vastly Increase the difficulties or prison discipline and management. Of course Tracy'e capture or destruction would do something to calm the passions which his career has stirred within every prison irwall and re-establish normalicon- dltlons, hut even this would fall far short of leaving things as they were be- fore. The example Is one to Inspire men of the criminal type with a sort of des perate courage, for to the criminal mind there is an iresistlble fascination in the "hero" who puts no price on his own life and cares nothing for the life of others. In very large measure, in the opinion of Mr. Catron, the criminal operations or the country are carried on by a pro fcsionally criminal body which our laws to some extent and our penal customs to a greater extent help to foster. Of course, he said, we get at Walla Walla and they got everywhere many new men, for the army of crime Is always being recruited, but to a considerable extent the men in every prison are habitual criminals and prison birds. Many of them, perhaps most of them, were born wrong, that Is, they are the children of criminals, or they are the product of the very lowest conditions of life. But there are other causes of degradation due t6 the habit of using opiates which is almost If not quite universal among the degen erate classes. It is common to charge the degradation of the criminal to whis ky and. In truth, whisky has its many victims; but where whisky destroys one character opiates destroy many. Mor phine, cocaine, opium and the whole list of opiates are In such general use among the criminal class that all may be said to be affected with them. It Is a very rare thing for a man to be received at the Wa.Ha Walla prison who under criti cal examination does not exhibit some effects of this most vicious indulgence, and about the flrst problem of prison management is to break up this habjt. As the prisoners in some mysterious way manage to get hold of Information of special interest to them, so they contrive to get the drugs which they crave, though, of course. In small quan tities and in intermittent supply. The Ingenuity displayed by relatives and friends In thus supplying their wants Is of a various and most curious sort. Many small gifts are, of course, coming constantly to the prisoners and jio sys tem of scrutiny ever yet invented has been found efficient In stopping the smug gling of contraband stuff. A book is oftentimes, found hollowed out In a way to conceal a considerable quantity of morphine or cocaine. An innocent look ing package of tooth powder received at the prison a few days back wis found, upon a very close second Inspec tion to contain 20 capsules of morphine. To make the inspecting system absolute It would be necessary practically to de stroy half the things sent In, and as this is manifestly out of the question a good deal that does the men harm manages to smuggled through. The opiate habit, In the opinion of Mr. Catron, Is as much worse In its effects than whisky as whisk yand spirits In general are worse than malt drinks. It works changes In the very physical tissues and worse still, serves 'as nothing else does to destroy the moral quality of will power with the capacity for self control. It literally rots out both body and character, creatlns a condition for which there is no cure but the grave. In our anxiety for reform. In our wish to give the convict a chance to grow Into a better man, we are, Mr. Catron thinks, doing a good deal that is neither for the good of the convict nor for so ciety. The average prisoner is well housed, and on the whole better fed than the average man of his class In his own home. Prison methods are, broadly speaking, too gentle, too much aimed to coddle the criminal than to punish him. A prison, he thinks, ought to be a terror to evil doers; and while it should avoid brutality It should at the came time be made a stern place It should be more' of a penal Institution and less of a re formatory than we make it. Reform should not be lost sight of, but it Is a mistake to base the discipline of an in stitution upon the reform Idea when 50 per cent of Its Inmates are. abandoned and habitual criminals who are constant ly plotting mischief. Mr. Catron will limit the application of reformatory methods to those who are manifestly qualified to accept arid profit by them. He would carefully classify the inraatv of every prison so that the older and more hardened men would never be brought Into contact with the younger men who are still ca pable of being reached by good motives. To some extent this Is done in the appor tionment of the work about prisons, but, of course. It must be done very im perfectly under a system whlcn permits and even enforces corse association be tween all the elements of prison popula tion. Personal care on the part of the superintendent can do much, but it can not wholly separate the better from the worse, the hardened Inveterate from the neophyte in crime. There Is here as In every part of the country a class whose members again and again find themselves behind prison walls. Their trade is criminality;, they no sooner serve out one sentence than they enter again upon a career which Is sure first or last to land them In prison again. Mr. Catron would put an end to this by such severity In the law as would make a third or fourth conviction a life sentence. He would not permit the un natural, habitual criminal to return to general society to mix with his fellows and beget children inheriting his Infirmi ties and vices of character. The Invet erate criminal has absolutely no sense of responsibility on the score of parentage. He holds no rein upon his passions. Mar riage Is always a possible advantage. He seeks It and Is usually able to find a mate oftentimes a good woman who loves and slaves for him and becomes the moth er of his ill-begotten offspring. Mr. Cat ron would, by a staple surgical operation which would leave the man better off than before. In his general tendencies, preserv ing all that is possibly good In him. for ever debar the habitual and confirmed criminal from the privileges of parent hood. A measure founded on this prin cipal passed the Lower House of the Washington Legislature at its last session but failed bjr ft fVir votes, in the Senate. It was the general understanding that the measure had the approval of the then Governor. There Is a sound motive back of this proposition, and there Is hope that the common sense of the world will accept it in tlsae. My long talk with Mr. Catron on the train, supplemented by a visit today to the Institution which ho directs; has con firmed an opinion held in a general way that our method of selecting prison man agers la an extremely faulty one. Prison administration is distinctly a professional business, as much so in its way as mili tary administration. It calls for a close and practical knowledgo of principles and methods, and for long experience In de tails. No man, however able or respon sible, who has not had experience with the care" and' management of criminals Is qualified to take charge of a prison, but our system takes no account of this fact. We make the headship of our state pris ons one of the recognized rewards or party politics, oftener selecting the man unfit than the fit man, and then we won der why It Is that discipline Is not exact and that grievous blunders are made. And so long as we allow politics to select our prison officials this condition wlll continue to exist. Washington, with a population of ap proximately 550.000, has in Its state prison 603 convicts. Oregon, with approximate ly 150,000. has about 200 convicts. The discrepancy Is very great, but It Is not difficult to explain. Washington has more town population, proportionately, than Oregon, and It is newer and less so cially regulated In every way. Seattle, especially, where conditions are new, and where the "wide-open" policy has been encouraged upon the theory that It gives life to trade. Is a great contributor to the convict population at Walla Walla. These explanations. It Is quite needless to add, speak eloquently In commenda tion of the civilization of Oregon. A. H. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE How a Tonne Woman Lost Her Faith' in It "Wholly. New York-Tribune. "Never again will I put faith In circum stantial evidence," said one of New York's many Independent young women the other afternoon. "Never! Never!" "You speak as would a person who had been wrongly convicted by circum stances," remarked the man. "Well, you don't know what a narrow escape I had," she replied. Of course, he Insisted on the story. "It was last Sunday In the park, and Jane was with me," she began. "We en tered from the Plaza. Intending to take a long walk. A brown-eyed Italian boy crying "Pansles' attracted us, and I pur chased a richly-colored bunch. They were all purple and deep black, the rich, un common kind. "We finally reached the Casino for luncheon, and I offered to divide the flowers with Jane. I had noticed her cast ing a longing glance at the pansy box which stood near our table on the porch. I unwound the tinfoil and was dividing the flowers, when up rushed a waiter. " 'It's $5 flne for each flower you pull,' he said, gruffly. "I simply glared at him. Jane told him I had bought the flowers. " I know you people,' he said. You pulled them.' He pointed to the box near our table. The pansles were all black and purple. The common yellow or mixed colored flowers were In boxes out of our reach. The Insolent waiter hurried off for the head waiter. " 'Did you see them pull the flowers?' this worthy asked. His tone left no-question in our minds as to his doubt of our guilt. " 'No,' replied the waiter. 'But they pinched them, all right.' " "Too bad you didn't catch them at It,' said the head waiter, but It won't do much good to have them arrested unless you did.' "Rather exciting," remarked the man, when she paused. "It was a case of too much circumstan tial evidence," said the young woman. "The only rebuttal evidence we had was the tinfoil which came around the stems, and the wind blew that away Just after 1 had removed It." AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. H F Fortman. San Frj S R Thajer. Minnpls C II Brown. Mllwk Mr T W Teasdale & Don. St Paul K B Jones, San An tonio Joseph Schoer. do tt j lewis, Chicago Geo C Kendall. X Y Mrs C L B Whitney, Mass Mary L Whitney, do cnaa u wmtney, do Bryan Whitnej, do Mrs D K Horton. Na tional City.' Cal Marjorle Horton. do Barbara Horton. do J H Johnston, Denver K smith. Ferry. Or N Bradley, X Y J Bradley. N Y D "Wilson, Spokane M X Davis. Clncinn A E Walradt. X Y J DeH Brucr, wf & chd. X J Mrs A M Bruer, X J X J Bruer, X J J A Fenger, San Fr M Abrame, San Fran Chai M Woods. X Y John Schlelem, Jr. Pittsburg. Pa Mrs L A McQuillan. St Paul Miss McQuillan, do W McQuillan, St Paul Phil McQuillan, do J E Blackwell. Seattle Mrs J E Blackwell & chd Seattle J M Starr. East Hamp ton. Conn J H Vogt, city Miss Clara SchIelem.dolA Singer, city Mies Josle Schlelem.dojD Peck & wf, X Y E B Lyon. Minnpls J G Darden & w. Chgo F V Cashen, Jackson C V Floyd. Kan City Mrs W C Heussey, Seattle Miss Heussey, do I K Levy. San Fran ville. la T V Cashen. do Mrs S Lavenson. S F Miss Lavenson. S F E H Wetzel. Saginaw R L Aldrlch. Saginaw P Wills. Milwaukee W McX Jones. Boston S O Xewton. 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O L D Horn. Seaside F W Blodgett, Sagi naw. Mich Martin Oswald, Tope- ka. Kan C H Jordan, Waka- rusa, Kan F M Wright, Boise E A Ranson, W To ledo. O H B Xelson. Weston I Lambright. McMlnn E V Cheneslch. S F M L Perry. San Fran Minnie Maltman, Ta coma E C Ogg, Xewton, Ip Mrs Ogg. do Mrs W H Moor. More J F Pomeroy. Xoltln, Kan John Bunt. Fremont, Xeb Mrs Bunt, do F Briggs. Nevada S E Briggs. Nevada Mrs S E Briggo, do Mrs H J Wallace. Salt Lake Miss L Wallace, do S W Wallace, do Mrs J Lefflngwell, Brighton. Cal Thos A Benjamln.Phlla. E A Hartley. Minnpls Mrs E A Hartley, do Clan Craig. Minnpls G D Eaton. Minnpls Mrs Eaton. Minnpls F G Kenessen & fmy. J and G Clark. San Frj M Xlbley. Baker City M E Taylor, Detroit. allien La C C Bennett. XewbergjE Jack, city Mrs A Edwards, do M McDonald, Salem C E PeU, Flttsburg Mrs Pelz. do John Currnn. La Grnd Mrs Curran, do Elnora J Richardson, Elein. Minn A M McGlIl. Salem Mrs L Byrne. Salem Miss Agnes A Byrne.do C H Robinson, Wheel ing. W Va. H S Wilson. Dalles Chas Daly. Vancvr Mrs Daly, do H C Thaxter, Los Angl E Xelson. San Fran Mrs Xelson, San Fran A B Maclellan. San Fr Mrs E C Baldry, Chgo J S Kelso. Seattle Mrs Kelso. Seattle J W Leavel!. Castle Rk C S Walker, Cal Mrs Walker, do C W Lounly, Welser Dave Madison, do P W McDonald & fmy. Mora M J Barry. San Fran August Kerr & fmy, Washougal Dr J A Hanna, Seattle Mrs Hanna. Seattle Miss Hanna. Seattle A Slemmltz. Dallas, Texas R P Johnson.Whatcom H B Betty, Davenport J Letter. Bridal Veil Flora M Rlchardson.do Hattle Rawley, Ta coma E Dougherty. Battle Creek. Mich F B Golden. Mayvllle V W HJelm. San Fr Miss HJelm. do Mrs L A Mills, Wllkes- barre. Pa Mies Safford. do Miss R Mills, do J A Dunn. Peoria, 111 Miss Dunn, do L H Booth. Prlnevllle Mrs E C Roscoe, St Paul. Minn Miss F M Cole, uo F R Walter, Omaha David Stlckley. Denvr C E Tennant, Denver Mrs Tennant. Denver Dr Mary R Bradner, Denver S J Jordan. Suther land, la C P Jordan, do Hotel DrnnsTrlck. Seattle. European plan. Popular ratea. Modern Improvements. Business center. Near depot. Tacnma Hnfr), Tacoma. American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. First-class restaurant irf connection. E. "W. Grove. This name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets, the remedy that cures a cold la one day. 23 cents. COALS FROM NEWCASTLE BRITISH SHIP njMSDALE ARRIVES AFTER A SLOW PASSAGE. Scarcity of Sailors Delay Ships at Tacoma Ardnemnrchan Arrives Out Big Loss From Borneo. The British ship Dimsdale arrived In at Aatorla yesterday after a slow passage of 2 days from Newcastle. She brings a full cargo of coal, and will leave up the river tomorrow. The Dimsdale Is a well known old-tRner In this port, having fre quently loaded wheat here. So far as known, she Is not chartered for the out ward trip, and. as exporters are unwill ing to pay the rates demanded by own ers, she will probably remain Idle until there Is some new-crop wheat to move. Two other; coal ships, the Brambletye and Euphrosync, are on the way from the Australian port with cargoes, the former being nearly due. Freights are so low from Newcastle that coal Is much cheaper 'than It was last year, but the supply will not be Increased much for some time after the arrival of these ves sels, as rates are now so low that own ers prefer sending their ships up In bal last. The cost of loading ahd discharg ing, together with the time lost by the operation, more than offsets the small freight now being paid, as some of the ships have accepted 7 shillings per ton. A great many ships have also been lost by tire in coal cargoes, so that on the whole there will be but little more of this business until there is a revival In ocean freights. SCARCITY OF SAILORS. Asle Secures Crew "Without Difficulty Sound Ships Are Delayed. The French bark Asle started seaward yesterday morning, and will reach As toria today. She left down In tow of the R. R. Thompson, and unless some unforeseen accident happens will proceed to sea without delay. Although sailors are scarce and high, none of the ships In this port has been delayed much in waiting for a crew. Matters are much worso in this respect on Puget Sound than they are on the Columbia, the de lays costing some of the ships several thousand dollars through loss of time. The Tacoma Ledger has the following regard ing the great scarcity of men: "Shipping rrien state that never before have sailors been as scarce as they are at the present time. It is almost like hunting for nuggets to find one. The British bark General Roberts, which has lain wheat-laden In the stream since the flrst week in the month. Is still four or five men short of having a crew, but hopes to get to sea some time this week. She Is bound to South Africa. Even coasting vessels employing union crews have found It difficult to get men. and In one instance, that of the schooner Resolute, the crew had to be filled out with men shipped up from San Fran cisco by steamer. "The scarcity of union men, however. Is hardly comparable to the scarcity of deep-sea sailors. Although with fewer ships to send out during the past six weeks, Portland has had trouble along that line. At Tacorna, however, vessels have been delayed from one to three weeks waiting for men. The -Sokoto, Tweedsdale, Deccan and Durbrldge were all obliged to lay In the stream for a number of days before crews could be found for them." ' AMERICAN LIXE TO ORIENT. Steamship Shawmut "Will Run Be tween Sonnd and Hone: Konsr. Maurice" Cheal. of the Frank Woolsey Company, has been appointed local agent of the Boston Steamship Company, which has just established an American line of steamers from Seattle and Ta coma to the far East. The company has Ave steamers, two of them lake-built craft, the Pleiades, and Hyades. The others are the Lyra, Tremont and Shaw mut. The latter has Just arrived at Se attle, and, according to the Post-Intelll-gencer. Is the largest steamship ever en tered at that port. The Shawmut was built at Sparrow Point, Md., and had her trial run April 15.' She Is 505 feet long. 5S feet beam and 40 feet depth of hold. She has a capacity of 18.500 -measurement tons, carries 12, 000 tons dead weight, and Is 6193 net ton nage. Ordinarily she carries a crew of 63 men. Captain William M. Smith com mands her. He was formerly master of the Pleiades. The Shawmut Is a strictly modern freighter. In commission she cost more than $1,000,000. She Is built of steel, has eight hatches and Is equipped through out with the latest and best-Improved machinery and apparatus for loading and discharging cargo. August 21 Is the date set for the Shaw mut's sailing. From Seattle and Tacoma she will take 1S.00O measurement tons of freight for the principal ports of Japan, China and the Philippine Islands. Of lumber alone she will have 3,250.000 feet, of which the Stlmson mill, of Ballard, Is to supply 1,500,000. The new line is said to be operating in conjunction with the Northern Pacific Steamship Company, which, with the. ex ception of the Canadian Pacific, Is the oldest line running between North Pa cific ports and the Orient. ARDXA3IURCHAN ARRIVED OUT. One of the Late Ships Makes Good Run to Queenstovrn. The British ship Ardnamurchan ar rived out at Queenstown Tuesday after a good run of 121 days from Portland. The Ardnamurchan Is the vessel on which young Dwyer met with the acci dent which so nearly cost him his life last Spring. He fell down the hatchway and broke his back. Physicians stated that his death was a certainty within three weeks, and later extended the time to three months at the most. He was Injured a month before the vessel sailed from here, and she has made a four months passage home, and at last re ports the Injured sailor was still alive, 51th a good prospect for his lingering ong for many months yet. The Ardna murchan Is a pretty well known craft on this Coast through the fact that she Jettisoned enough of her salmon 'cargo two years ago to mako her a 90 per cent reinsurance risk, although she ar rived out in good order on time. LUMBER AND LOGS. Oriental Liner Indraeamha, Carry ing: Products of Forest Doth Ways. The Portland & Asiatic liner Indra samha will carry, among other cargo, nearly &00.000 feet of lumber for Hong Kong. Among the Inward cargo brought by the steamer was about 30 hard wood logs, Imported by the Ori ental American Company. The logs came from Borneo, and the largest of them are valued at over 5200 each. They are now lying on Alnsworth dock await ing transportation to a hardwood saw, which will rip them Into shape for use. H. R. Lewis, who ha3 spent considerable time working up a trade with the far East, sold the lot to various persons here and on Puget Sound. The City & Suburban Railway Company has a few, which will be used In finishing cars, and the Seattle Electric Railway also has some for the same purpose. The others were taken by R. Lutke and the. Hand Manufacturing Company, of this city, and Wheeler, Osgood & Co., of Tacoma. This hardwood takes a very high polish, and Is exceedingly valuable for fine finish ing work. Reef "Will Soon Be Removed. ASTORIA. July 23. The work of remov ing the Sllva de Grasse Reef will be com pleted by the Hale & Kern Compmy In about a month. That portion of the rock that was contracted for to be removed has been taken away, and all that remains to be done is to level off the surface. Revenue Cntter Rear at Xonie. NOME. Alaska, July 21. via Seattle. July 23. The revenue cutter Bear, Cap tain Tuttle, reached here this morning from the West, her first appearance this Spring. The Bear has been trans porting a plant of reindeer from Siberian points to St- Lawrence Island, and brought over a few from the station at i Teller. Prom here she goe3 to St. Michael, and will return four or five days hence. Collision Off California Const. SAN FRANCISCO. July 23. The steam er Santa Monica arrived from Eureka this afternoon and reports having been In collision with the steamer Iroquois, outward bound from this port for Eu reka, during a heavy fog late this after noon. The bow of the Iroquois was i badly damaged, but she proceeded on her Journey. The rigging of the Santa Monica was partially torn away. Xevr Shingle Mill Starts Up. HOQUIAM. July 23. (Special.) The new shingle mill of the Hoqulam Lum ber & Shingle Company smarted up this morning. This Is one of the finest mills In the state, hiving a capacity of -IO0.OCO a day. Everything around the mill Is new, and mechanics pronounce It the best equipped and best arranged mill In the state. Attempts to Launch Schooner. EVERETT. Wash., July 23. Two 'unsuc cessful attempts have been mace to launch the big schooner Lunnsman. built for San Francisco parties by the White Shipbuild ing Company, in this city. The company Lau sent to Seattle for a tug. Eastern Order for Ship Spars. HOQUIAM. July 23. (Special.) Chris Enderson yesterday received a large order from New York for ship spars. Among others, he Is to ship two 36x36x75 clear of knots. Today he shipped a lot, It taking the full length of three cars to handle them. Domestic and ForelRn Ports. ASTORIA. July 23. Sailed at 7 A. M- Steamer Alliance, for San Francisco. Sailed at 1:30 P. M. Schooner Churchill, for Mel bourne. Arrived .at 4:15 P. M. British ship Dlsmdale. from Newcastle. Arrived at 4 Schooner Repeat, from Sail Francisco. Condi tion of the bar at 4 P. M.. moderate; wind northwest; weather clear. Falmouth. July 22. Arrived British ship Ardnamurchan. from -Portland. San Francisco. July 23. Sailed Schooners John A. and J. M. Weatherwax. for Portland. Queenstown. July 23. Arrived Teutonic, from Xew York. Liverpool. July 23. Arrived California, from Portland: Mongolian, from Montreal. Glasgow, July 23. Arrived Anchorla, from Xew York. Antwerp. July '23. Sailed Xedcrland. for Philadelphia. Xew York. July 23. Arrived Carthagenian. from Glasgow. Sailed Oceanic, for Liverpool; St. Louis, for 'Southampton. Queenstown. July 23. Sailed Saxonla. for Boston. San Francisco. July 23. Arrived Schooner Onward, from Coqullle River; schooner En deavor, from Tacoma. Sailed Schooner Jen nie Wand, for Coos Bay; st-amer Edith, for Seattle; atamer Tellus, for Ladysmlth. Queenstown. July 23. Arrived Common wealth, from Boston for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. Plymouth. July 23. Arrived Moltke. from Xew York for Cherbourg and Hamburg, and proceeded. Southampton. July 23. Arrived St. Paul, from Xew York. Seattle. July 23. Arrived Steamer Umatilla, from San Francisco; steamer Spokane, from Skagway; steamer Ohio, from Xome. Sailed Steamer Humboldt, for Skagway; steamer Queen, for San Francisco. Liverpool, July 23. Sailed Celtic, for Xew York, via Queenstown. "Wireless Telegraph Extension. CHICAGO. July 23. Within two months Chicago may be In direct communication with the coast of Nova Scotia by a sys tem of wireless telegraphy. Operations on two sites for the proposed station of the new system have been secured near Evanaton by the agent of a wireless tel egraph company, and within six weeks It Is expected the plant will be Installed. The agent left last night for New York to submit the sites to the promoters of the enterprise. As soon as the plant Is installed tests will be made by the In ventor of the system in person, and a line of communication will be established with the station at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, at which messages are at present re ceived from ocean-going steamers. Hood's Sarsaparllla cures Summer weak ness, because It makes rich, pure blood. 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Is the worst disease on earth, yet the easiest to cure WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. Many have pimples, spdts on the skin, sores In the mouth, ulcers, falling' hair, bone pains, ca tarrh, don't know it Is BLOOD POISON. Send to DR. BROWN. 035 Arch St.. Philadelphia. Pa., for BROWN'S BLOOD CURE. 52.00 per bottle, lasts one month. For sale only by Frank Nau. Portland Hotel Pharmacy TKAVELKKS GUIDE. Best Way is though the BIG TWIN CITIES STM? and over the No rtli -"Western Line with its FAMOUS TRAINS To Chicago. All Thro' Trains from North Pacific Coast connect with Trains of this line 1st Union Depot, St. Paxil. jraTHE . . . NORTH-WESTERN LIMITED p Is the j Finest Train Entering Chicago. a p Call or write for information fj V. H. MEAD, General Agent, S 248 Alder Street, - PORTLAND, ORE. Pacific Goast Steamship Oo. ror Soulh-Eastern Alaska. Leave Seattle: cnrrinn pttv firv n-t !lVA SV1TTI.R nw flTV ME TO- PEKA. U P. M.. July 2. G. i4 10. 14. lb. . 2a. 30; Aug. 3. a 7. 11. 15. R. 23. 29. 31. SPO KANE, u a. ax., juiy i, 20. For San Francisco Leave SEATTLE at D A. M. every fifth day. Steamers conntct .t San Francldco with ccm pany a steamer for porta In Southern Califor nia, ilexu-o and Humooldt ISay. For further information, obtain folder. Right is reserved to change steamers or sailing dates. AUENTS-N. POsTON. 24J Washington st.. Port.and. i. W. CAKLElON. N. r. Dock. Tacon.u, Ticket Ofllctr. 11J James at.. Seattle. 1L TALBOT. Comm'l Ast.: GOODALL. HEK KINS Sz CO.. Gen. Ag-nt; C. D. DUNANN. Gen. Pass. Agt.. San Francisco. WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. BAILEY GATZERT. PORTLAND-ASTORIA ROUTE. Round trip dally except Sunday. TIME CARD. Leave Portland ..7 A. M. -Leave Astoria . 7 P. il. THE DALLES-PORTLAND ROUTE. STRS. TAHOMA AND METLAKO. Dally trips except Sunday. STR. TAHOMA. Lv. Portland Mon.. Wed.. Frl 7 A. M. Lv. Dalle Tues.. Thurs.. Sax 7 A. M. STR. METLAKO. Lv. Portland Tues., Thurs., sat 7 a. M. Lv. Dalles Mon.. Wed.. Frl 7 A. M. Landing foot of Alder street. Portland. Or. Both phenrs. Main 331. E. W. CRICHTON. Aifent. Portland. Or. ir? 1 K-asi 1 IWM Willamette ier Route Salem and way landings Leave Taylor-strc-t Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6.45 A. M. Dayton and McMlnnvllle Monday. Wednes day and Friday 7 A. M. Oregon City (dally) 8.30, 11:30 A. M.; 3 and C:13 P. M. Leave Oregon City 7, 10 A. M.; 1:30. 4:30 P. M. Round trip. 23. Oregon crrr transportation co.. Dock foot of Taylor st. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. if? Lime ahd union Pacific !HDCC TDAIVC nAIIV FOR ALL PO:NrS EAST Leave. I Arrlvo. CHICAGO-PORTLAND SPECIAL. For the nail vli Hunt ington. 0:00 A. M. 4:30 P. M. Dally. Dally. SPOKANE FLYER. F.r Eastern abhlng ton. Walla Walla. Lew Uton. Coeur d'Aleue and Ut. Northern points 0:15 P. M. T;0O A. M- Dally. Dally. ATLANTIC EXPRESS For the East via Hunt lngton. . 1:50 P. M. 5:10 A. M. Daily. Dally. OCEAX AXD RIVEIt SCHEDULE. FOR SAN FRAN- From CISCO. j Alnsworth SS. Geo. W. Elder iDock. JUiy i. li. 21. 31. 3. oo p. at SS Columbia 8 00 P. M. uy u, IB. 20. ASTORIA and js.OO P. M. 3:00 P. it WaV POlnt. Mnn..ll., Dally ex. Dally, ex. Sun. with str. for Ilvvaco ana North Beach, str. Hi3 salo. Ash-sireet Dock. Sunday. pat.. 10 P. M. For INDEPENDENCE aHa.J,ly point, otr. KLTH. Ash-st. Uock. IVvaier permitting.; J: A.M. lort.. Wed.. .'rl. 0:00 P. M. Tues., Thurs.. Sat. FOR DAYTON. Or-nn City and Yamhill Ktvri points, str. Mouoc. Ash street Dock. (Water permitting! .".00 A. M. Cues., hurs.. :at. 3:00 P. iL Mon.. Wed.. Frl. . STEAMER T. J. POTTER. For Astoria and lUaco. dally except Sunday ana Monday. Leaves Ash-Street Dock this weelc Ss. , : Taday. a A. M.; Wednesday A. M.. Thursday, u A. M.; Friday. 9 A. M.: Saturday. 11.20 A. M. TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington. Telephone. Main 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama nnd Hong Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight via connecting steamers for Manila. Port Ar thur and Vlaitlrostock. INDP.ASAMHA SAILS ABOUT JULT 23 For rates and full Information call on or ad dress otllcials or agents of O. R. N. Co. EAST v SOUTH $ nu) t sis. Depot, utii uiiil Leave Arrive OVERLAND EX Pittos x"i;Al.s. for Salem, uuse burg, AahUnd. sac rtuurmu. ugilou, Sau j- rancidio, Mo jac. L.03 Angelej. jil Paso, New Or letnb uiiJ me East. At uuuburn daily except Sun anjl. morning umn kuiinecib wiin train tor Mt. Angel, ail 4'erton. li r o w n s v 111c. bprlngUeid, 3:30 P.M. 7 43 A. M. 8:30 A. M. 7:00 P. it. and Nation, and Albany Local for Ml. Angel aud fatl verton. 4:00 P.M. 7-30 A. M. Albany passenger .. 10:10 A. M. 5-30 P. M. Corvallls passenger. 114:30 P. at. ISherldan passenger. 18.25 A. M. "Dally. Dally except Sunday. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street. Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:20 A. M.. 12:30. 1.55. 3.25. 4:40. 0:23. 8.3o P. M .Daily except Sunday. 3:Jo. 0:4u A. M.. 5:03. 11. 3J 1'. M. Sunday only. 0 A. M. Arrive at Portland daily at S:30 A. M.. 1:33, 3:10. 4:30. U.15. 7:40. 10 P. M. Daily except Sunday. 0.35, 10 50 A. M.; except Monday. 12:40 A. M.. Sunday only. 10:05 A. M. Leave for Dallas dally except Sunday. 3.03 P. M. Arrive Portland 0:30 A. M. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland, Sac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates, $17.50 first class and $14 second class. Second class Includes sleeper; first class does not. Tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Also JAPAN CHINA. HONOLULU and AUS TRALIA. CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and Washington streets. Phnn Main 712. TIME CARD OF TRAINS PORTLAND Leaves. Arrives. Puget Sound Limited.. 7:23 A.M. 6:45 P.M. Kansas Clty-St. Louis Special 11:10 A.M. 11:10 P.M. North Coast Limited... 3:30 P. M. 7:00 A. M. Tacoma, Seattle Night Express 11:45 P.M. 3:03 P.M. Take No. 8 Puget Sound Limited, or tht North Coast Limited for South Bend and Gray's Harbor points and Olympla. A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General Passenger Agent. 233 Morrison st.. -Portland. O. 43reatNorthern Ticket Offict 122 Third St. Phone 6S0 LEAVE No. 4 0:10 P. M. The Flyer dally to and ARRIVE from St. Paul. Mlnne-1 No. 3 a polls, Duluth. Chicago 7:00 A. M and all points East. I Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Bullet Smoklng-LIbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE IYO MARU For Japan, China and all Asiatic points, will leave Seattle About J illy 29. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co, LEAVES I Depot Kirth ntl I Arr1Ves I I Jj t reeta. For Maysers. Rainier. (.jatsKanie. westport. Clifton. Astoria, War ren ton. Flavel. Ham 8:00 A. M. mond. Fort Stevens. 11:10 A.M. uearnart Fk.. Seaside. Astoria ana seashore... Express Dally. Astoria Express. Dally except Saturday. fortland-beujide Ex 7:00 P. M. 2:30 P. M. :40 P. M. press, Saturday only. I Ticket ofllce, 253 Morrison st. and Union Depot. J. C MAYO. Gen. Poos. Agt.. Astoria. Or. ANCHOR LINE U. S. MAIL STEAM ERS Sailing regularly between NEW YORlv. LONuOixDERP.Y AND GLAS GOW; NEW YORK. GIBRALTAR AND NAPLES. Superior Accommodations. Excellent Cuisine. Eery regard for the comfort of passengers studiously considered and practiced. Single or Round Trip tickets issued between Nw York and Scotch. English. Irish and all Principal Continental points at attractive rates. For tickets or general Information ap- nlv to HENDERSON HROS. PhlMfn n- itiv CGCEH 4 SHASTA M ROUTES Qj 5S4y vippsy. LOCAL AGENT.