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THE MORNING OREGOSIAN. THURSDAY. 'AUGUST 28, 1902.
REPLIES TO LAB
Governor Says Convicts Must
Be Employed
CONDITIONS .AT PENITEHJIARY
Competition. From Stove Foundry Is
2Vot Yet Serious Working Prisou
ers on Roads Is Impracticable
on Account of Expense.
As an aid to their reformation, con
victs must be employed at some useful
occupation, and In Orecon It Is not
practicable to work convicts without
brlnclntr them Into competition with
free labor. The whipping post Is an es
sential part of the prison equipments
but a larce majority- of the prisoners
obey the rules and shorten their terms
by good behavior.
SALEM. Aug. 27. (Special.) In the man
agement pf a penal institution such as the
Oregon Penitentiary, discipline Is the par
amount idea. The men who are confined
within the prison walls are there because
they violated the laws of the lands, and
it is the purpose of the state in taking
charge of them to punish them for their
crimes, and by -that means teach them to
do beiter In the future. The punishment
Is not Imposed In the spirit of vindlctlve
ness, but with a view to reforming the
man who has strayed from the path of
rectitude and intentionally violated the
laws of his state
Reformation of the criminal Is the pur
pose of the law. By confining the man
who offends society, he is made to feel
the consequences of his acts, and others
are deterred from following in his foot
steps. While punishment Is generally re
garded as the most effective means of se
curing obedience, which Is the best evi
dence that reformation has taken place,
there are many who believe that punish
ment will not bring about true reforma
tion. Thus one of the prison chaplains. In
an annual report to the superintendent,
volunteered the opinion that "punishment
fion't reform a man." but "the Gospel Is
to make men better." The managers of
the Oregon State Prison do not depend
upon either punishment or the Gospel
alone to bring about the desired result.
By requiring constant observance of rules
and regulations; by compelling the con
vict to engage In a useful occupation, and
by giving him every opportunity to im
prove himself, if he will, the good results
that may be gained by punishment and
religious instruction are augmented.
The men who llnd their way to the State
Pcnitentlary are presumably the most
vicious men In the state, and are the least
responsive to moral or religious instruc
tion. Some of them "arc so utterly de
praved that If suck a condition be pos
sible they might be counted beyond the
reach of reformatory influences. Fear of
punishment is all that deters them from
crime, and even this lias little restraining
power over many. On the other hand,
there are men in the prison who are jiot
evil In their intentions but who, thought
lessly, perhaps, violated' a law, were de
tected and convicted. "These men need no
more reformation than do thousands who
Gre known in the business world and who
mingle In good society. They were re
formed the moment they realized the ser
iousness of their offense. They receive
their punishment according to a general
law designed for the protection of the
rights of all.
Rules Prisoners Must Observe.
One of the first things a prisoner learns
after he dons his stripes is that there are
certain rules of the institution which he
is expected to obey, and a violation of
which will bring certain punishment.
Among other things, It Is required of him
that he shall obey promptly the Instruc
tions of the officers in whose charge he Is
placed; that he must hold no communica
tion with his fellow-prisoners, and that he
must observe certain rules regarding
cleanliness, etc Disobedience Is punished
by reprimand, by restraint, by solitary
confinement in a dungeon, or by flogging
on the naked back. Flogging is a method
of punishment of which many people dis
approve, and -which every prison manage
ment has found necessary to employ.
There are some men for whom nothing
else Is punishment. There are men of
the hobo' class who would persistently re
fuse to work or to obey orders from offi
cials for .-weeks at a time if confinement
were the only conseo.uence of disobedience.
But when everything else fails, the whipping-post
has terrors which appeal to tne
most hardened criminal.
Fron stories that are told by convicts
who have been released from the prison.
one might form the opinion that the whip
ping of prisoners is of almost daily occur
rence. Such is far from the truth. Out
of 300 men who are confined In the prison
now. not 10 have ever been whipped. The
large majority serve thelr-terms wun
scarcely a leprimand, while others persist
in disobedience until flogging .is the only
resort. It is doubtless true that corporal
punishment has sometimes been adminls
tered when circumstances did not Justify
it. but these are exceedingly rare cases.
Day after day, the work of tho prison
goes on in perfect peace. Perhaps CO men
are planning a' means- of escape, but all
are pursuing the even tenor of their way
in the hope of getting an opportunity to
' take an untimely departure. Even the
most desperate men will be exemplary in
their conduct In order to avoid punish
ment, to secure the good opinion of the
prison officials and to shorten their term
by winning merits. The long-term man.
who has perhaps committed a murder, sel
dom gives -trouble, but it is the hobo who
has chosen to steal rather than work, and
who has but a moderate term to serve.
who takes the most attention. It is be
cause the worst and most dangerous man
may appear the best, that It is necessary
to hold all to a strict observance of every
Tule. As Superintendent Lee said in us
last report: "Laxity in discipline is a
mistaken kindness to prisoners," and
many a man who has been whipped has
afterward admitted he deserved it and ac
knowledge that it did him good.
The Contented Prisoner.
The busy ;nlan is the contented man,
but there is always mischief for Idle
hands. Plenty of work for the prisoners
i therefore one of the most effective
means of keeping order and accomplish
ing the reformation of the convict. . Some
kind of work must be provided, and the
more useful the occupation the more ben
eficial its effect upon the men 'who 'per
form it. Labor union leaders in San
Francisco have recently entered a vigor
ous protest against the competition of
cheap convict labor In Oregon. The
Loewenberg-Going Company pays 3 cents
per hour for work performed in the stove
foundry. Some of the men thus employed
ere short-term men, who scarcely become
familiar with the work before they are
discharged. Their labor, therefore, has
but little value. Then. too. the- average
convict will- not perform nearly so much
work as the free man of similar ability.
Nevertheless, the rate received Is scarcely
half what it should be, according to the
opinions of men who know something
about the work performed. Superintendent
Lee says that "at present convict labor
does not compete to any great extent with
free labor In this state, as most of our
stoves and ranges come from St. Louis
and Chicago. But when we have more peo
ple, and a market so that we can manu
facture on a scale so as to compare with
the East, it will become a serious ques
tion. The present contract was made In
1E95. for a period of 10 years. Labor was
very low then, and so was the price
agreed upon. The question of changing to
the work of making jute into wheat bags
has often been discussed. In January,
1901. I visited the prison at "Walla Walla
to Investigate the subject. It would cost
52SO.C0O to Install a good plant, and about
250 men are necessary to run it to advan
tage."
Geer on Convict Labor Competition.
Concerning the question of convict la
bor, which union labor people are now
agitating. Governor Geer says:
"As to the advisability of employing the
convicts at manufacturing stoves, and
thus competing with free labor. I will say
that I should be opposed to itif any other
employment could be named that would
not so compete. Everybody must ad
mit that they should be employed, for two
reasons: First, because no discipline could
be kept without It, and, secondly, because
the earning power of their labor should
be contributed toward their own main
tenance. Working on the public roads Is
the only employment I know of that
would relieve their labor from competi
tion with free men, but to make this ef
fective and general would entail an ex
pense that would easily pay free men to
do the same work. The men who are
employed in the shops in our prison be
long to that class of which 'trusties
cannot be made. The number of guards
which would be required to take care of
a force of such convicts in Yamhill Coun
ty, for example, day and night, together
with other expenses, incident to being
away from the prison, would entail an ex
pense sufficient to hire free men to do the
same work.
"I should certainly favor the employ
ment of convicts on the public roads if
some way could be devised to make it
feasible, but since all efforts in that direc
tion have so far proved unsuccessful, I see
nothing better than to keep- them em
ployed as at present- Free men are work
ing at every possible calling, and I think
of nothing that can be made within the
walls of a prison that would not compete
with them in some manner. This is one
of the unfortunate circumstances attend
ing the management of convict labor, as
at present employed, the return to the
State Treasury from convict labor
amounts to about 512,000 per annum."
Employment on State Farm.'
A farm Is connected with the prison.
and upon this as many men as possible
are employed in producing vegetables and
other supplies consumed at the prison.
Such work as shoemaklng, tailoring, etc..
for the prison. Is done by convict labor,
with a view to making the Institution as"
nearly self-supporting as possible. Super
intendent Lee will advise the next Legis
lature to provide about 200 acres more land
for the prison farm. As the convict who
does not work Is living in idleness at the
expense of honest labor, it Is apparent
that the injustice would be greater than
at present if the convicts were notv em
ployed at something that will yield re
turns.
Aside from punishment by confinement
in the Penitentiary, the enforcement of
rigid discipline, and employment at useful
labor, the other means of accomplishing
the reform of the prisoners is through
education. The prison is provided with a
small library of good books, of all sorts.
Donations of school text-books end the
better class of literature are encouraged.
Magazines are particularly desirable. The
prisoners generally make use of the
library, and thus their minds are turned
In the right direction. Superintendent Lee
has recommended the employment of an
usher whose duty it should be to conduct
visitors through the prison, and to conduct
a night school for those prisoners who de
sired to attend it.
Religious exercises and lectures In the
prison chapel are provided as frequently
as convenient. The ministers and lectur
ers volunteer their services. Many of the
prisoners profess to have been converted
and doubtless some of them are. but the
readiness with which some of them back
slide when they are released indicate that
they probably feigned conversion In order
to secure temporary advantage. The value
of religious and moral Instruction is riot to
be underestimated, for, as Governor Geer
says, "If such service is needed any
where, it is among such men as are found
in the "Penitentiary. The sinners, and not
the righteous, are the ones to be called
to repentance."
The Merit System.
"As punishment increases with bad be
havior, so it is diminished by good con
duct. By the merit system a prisoner can
win an appointment as a 'trusty, where
by hu is given work outside the prison
walls and bis term is shortened one-half.
The opportunity to lighten the punishment
by good behavior Is probably one of the
most effective means of securing quiet ac
quiescence In the rules and regulations of
the prison and aids in the reformation of
the criminal. Very few men who have
been put at work outside the prison as
trusties have ever attempted to escape, but
of course the trusties are selected with
care, and those who are likely to attempt
to escape are kept Inside.
Ever' prisoner, when discharged, is given
a suit of citizen's clothes. Formerly it
was the practice to give each prisoner $5
in casli, but this has been discontinued
for want of an appropriation. About as
often as otherwise the money was squan
dered and was a detriment to the man
who received It. A man can scarcely se
cure employment In a community where he
Is known to be an ex-convlct, so if a man
who has won the stripes wishes to get on
his feet again he must go to some distant
section of the country to begin. It might.
perhaps, be of advantage for the prisoner
4 be furnished transportation to a cer
tain distance in any direction, so that he
could get beyond the shadow of the prison
walls before befng compelled to seek em
ployment. With the exception of the escape of
Tracy and' Merrill, the present adminis
tration has been attended with few un
pleasant events. ' The Oregon Penitentiary
held Tracy longer than did any other In
stitution in which he was confined, so that
its record In that respect is not as bad as
it might be. The only serious criticism
that is heard In regard to the prison man
agement is that the authority and re
sponsibility has been divided between the
warden and superintendent, the former
having sufficient power to make him the
real head of the institution. So far as can
be learned, Superintendent Lee has the re
spect of the prisoners, and there has been
no open dissension between the superin
tendent and the Governor or any of the
subordinate officials. For a long time it
has been known in Salem that there have
been jealousies at the prison, which are
not conducive to the best of results.. The
feeling has been quite strong among some
of Jhe officials, but no open ruptures have
FRAXIC INGRAM, VICTIM OF
occurred. Superintendent Lee Is a lover
of peace, and since the law seemed to
mnV thn warilon responsible for the safe
keeping of the prisoners, he left the man
agement more to the warden than ne
would have done otherwise.
Superintendent Lee is already preparing
to turn over the Penitentiary to his suc
cessor, who will be appointed by Governor
Chamberlain. He is arranging to leave on
hand a good quantity of supplies, and to
leave all the affairs of the Institution In
good order. Mr. Lee is of course not a
candidate for reappointment. During the
recent campaign his position was un
equivocal and he gave -vigorous support to
the Republican candidate for Governor.
It Is understood that a number of subordi
nate officials who. though Republicans,
supported the Democratic candidate, are
In hopes of holding over under the new
admlcistratlon.
THOUGH A HELL ON EARTH
Terrible Experience of n. Washing
ton Man in New South. Wales.
The- Oregonlan is in receipt of a letter
from Frederick Rock, a former resident
of Cowlitz County, Washington. Mr. Rock
loft for New South Wales in October of
laBt year. He first wont to Mathoura, X.
S. W., but when his letter was written
he had moved to Byron. Bay. Mr. Rock
In his letter gives a very interesting ac
count of the damage done by the drpught
In New South Walca this year. His let
ter follows:
Byron Bay. N. 8. W., Australia, July 2S.
To the Editor.) I have traveled over
about 1500 miles In the interior of Aus
tralia, and on every hand I saw nothing
but death and destruction -of all animal
life brought about by the terrible
drought that has swept this country.
People who are blessed with a plentiful
supply of water have no idea of the ut
ter mlEery and desolation that this
drought has wrought. Thirty million
sheep and hundreds of thousand of cat
tle and horses have perished since the
last of January of th!a year. The country
resembles a howling wilderness. Water
Is almost unprocurable. It Is scarcer
than the almighty dollar, which" I have
exchanged many a time in the last three
months for the precious fluid, and It was
mighty poor water that I received. I
baked bread for my faithful horse to eat.
to as to keep him In good condition. My
very life depended upon that faithful
horse to pull me through that avenue
of odium and death. If I had not been
able to keep him In fair good health, you
and my friends In America would never
have known what became of me. At times
the sun Is so hot that it would destroy
a piece of writing paper In three hours.
I have been In many a tight place, but
this Is the tightest squeeze I have had
since I was 21 da3 on a water-logged
ship 42 years ago.
But now I am all right and am on a
wharf a halt a mile out In the ocean
catching fish, inhaling the breezes from
the sea and trying to forget- the skele
ton of death and destruction. But that
skeleton Is like Mark Twain's old skele
tonIt will not be forgotten. It is a
horror and a real hell, lf ever there was
a hell on earth. FREDERICK ROCK.
Declared' to Be a Trust.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 27. The Mas
ter Plumbers' Association Is declared to
be a trust, operating In violation of the
Missouri anti-trust law, in a petition filed
here today in the Circuit Court by Louis
R. Young, a local plumber, who alleges
that his business has been ruined by
members cf the combine, who have re
fused to sell him supplies because he was
not a member. Young asks 530,000 dam
ages. In addition to the suit, a letter has
been sent to the State Attorney-General,
urging that the statq bring proceedings
to prevent the association from continu
ing in business in Kansas City.
FRANK INGRAM'S MISSION
here; to raise mqxey to buy
artificial leg.
Sells Trinkets of Steel and Bone,
Products of His Activity in
the Penitentiary.
Frank Ingram, the convict who was
shot by David Merrill at the time of the
prison 'outbreak last June, came down
from Salem yesterday morning, and was
the center of considerable attention as he
walked along the streets of Portland yes
terday. He Is selling small trinkets of
steel and bone, made by him at odd times
while confined in the Oregon Penitentiary.
His purpose Is to raise money by this
means with which to purchase an artificial
limb, to take the place of the one that was
amputated. Merrill's bullet shattered the
bone of Ingram's left leg, just above the
DAVID MERRILL'S BULLET.
knee, and amputation about midway be
tween the knee and hip was necessary.
Ingram gets around fairly well on
crutches, but can do no work to amount
to anything until he gets an artificial
limb.
Prior to his incarceration In the state
prison, Ingram was a farmer by occupa-
tlon, and knew nothing of any trade. He
was put at work In the repair shop in
the prison, and while mending wagons,
Bhoeing horses and performing other such
general work he picked up the black
smith's trade quite readily. He was
transferred to the blacksmith forge in
tho stove foundry, where he was working
at the time he was shot. He attained
great proficiency as a worker with, iron,
as is evident from the many neat trinkets
he made from that metal. It is said that
he was an exemplary prisoner, and per
formed his work promptly and with no
more directions than a brief instruction
what to do. For a large part of his 10
years'' imprisonment, Ingram performed
work that was worth many times the
amount the state received for It 32 cents
per hour. He was not only willing to
work, but, being a very active man. could
turn out more work in a day than the
average workman.
Ingram was sent to the penitentiary
from Linn County 10 years ago upon a
conviction of the crime of killing his
brother. In brief. It appeara that there
was a family trouble over the distribu
tion of an estate, and Ingram took up
the cause of one of his sisters against a
brother. While the matter was pending
In the courts the killing occurred. The
brother was shot while approaching In
gram's house armed with a gun. Ingram
was the only witness to tho shooting. His
story of the case was that some one had
been prowling around his house at night,
and that he feared personal Injury. On
the fateful night Ingram was afraid of
being attacked and left the house and hid
In the orchard. While he was lying under
a tree, he heard some one approaching,
and a moment later his brother stood
near him, carrying a gun. Ingram rose
up and, pointing two revolvers at his
brother, commanded him to throw down
his gun. The brother made a move to
shoot, whereupon Ingram sTiot in self-defense.
Tho prosecution based Its case
upon the theory that Ingram had enticed
his brother to the place for the purpose
of killing him. Aside from the testimony
of Ingram, the evidence was entirely cir
cumstantial. Efforts were made several years ago to
secure the pardon of Ingram, and it
seemed that the efforts would meet with
success, but early in 18D3 a convict named
Charles Kennedy made his escape by
drilling a hole In the roof of his cell, and
It was charged that Ingram furnished the
drills used In making the hole. Ingram
denied his guilt, but the Incident put a
stop to the proceedings for his pardon.
After the loss of his leg. as a result of the
shooting by Merrill, the demand for his
pardon became general, and Governor
Geer restored him to liberty.
Since his release, Ingram has been raf
fling off two sets of steel stove tools, and
In this way has secured money to pay his
expenses and add to the fund for the pur
chase of an artificial limb. He expects
In one way and another to raise the re
quired amount, about $100. and then he
will either conduct a general repair shop
or engage In some kind of business.
Canadians in the Senate.
San Francisco Bulletin.
Before the death of Senator McMillan,
of Michigan, there were four Canadians
In the Senate. Then were but nine mem
bers of the Senate who were not Ameri
can by birth, and the fact that four of
those were Canadians indicates that the
American people do not make much dis
tinction between men born on the north
ern or southern side of the line between
Canada and the United States. Probably
comparatively few people cut of Michigan
knew that Senator McMillan was not a
native of tho United States. Probably,
also, very few tolerably- well-informed
Americans can name offhand the three
Canadians now in the Senate. They are.
howeverr Senator Galllnger, of New
Hampshire; Senator Kearns, of Utah, and
Senator Millard, of- Nebraska. Senator
Gallinger'& ancestors were Americans,
and Senator Millard is the son of Ameri
can parents who were living temporarily
In Canada. About the only penalty at
tached to foreign birth is the ineligibility
to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency.
It is only occasionally that this penalty
has assumed a practical form. Citizens
of foreign birth have from time to time
been spoken of as good Presidential ma
terial, barring the accident of birth. But
no foreign-born citizen has so excelled
his American contemporaries that a gen
eral regret has been expressed that he
could not be President.
KICKS AT BEACH SERVICE
R. M. Wilbur Tells of Delays Suf
fered at Ilrraco.
Several persons whom an Oregonlan re
porter butted Into yesterday were wall
ing about the transportation service be
tween North Beach and Astoria. "When
the O. R. & X. took charge we were told
that all would be merry as a marriage
bell," said R. M. Wilbur yesterday. "Out
side of the service rendered by the Potter,
the facilities are hardly better than they
were before. The trains do not run on
schedule time, and neither do the
boats, and people who are trying
to get home now are having a wretched
time. This may be because there is too
big a rush of people to get away, but It 13
also because transportation facilities are
not sufficient for the travel. It "has always
been this way, and the O. R. &. N. has not
bettered conditions.
"One day last week the steamer Nahcotta
tied up two hours and a half at a cannery
in order to load salmon. The boatload of
passengers was kept waiting that long,
and ho trip across the bay consumed, in
all, 44 hours. Wouldn't that jar you?
"Monday afternoon many people were
left at Ilwaco Just because there were not
enough boats to transport them to As
toria. The Nahcotta has a Hcenoa to carry
only 123 people. The people knew this.
They swarmed down to the Ilwaco wharf
ahead of the train, mind you, in order to
get on board first. When the train ar
rived, all the places on the boat were
taken but half a dozen. One prominent
Portland citizen who had to get to Port
land right away paid a man on the boat $3
for' his place on board.
"Tuesday afternoon the people herded
down to the wharf, as the night before.
But the superintendent was foxy this time
and wouldn't let them aboard. But they
raised ouch a howl and racket that he
had to open the gangways.
"Although we were scheduled to get
away from Ilwaco at 2 o'clock, we didn't
get away until 4:30. The train was Just
an hour and a half late In reaching Ilwaco.
Is this much like the transcontinental ser
vice of the O. R. & N.? On that train
were one carload of oysters, two boxcars
of freight, two fiatcars of lumber and
two fiatcars of baggage, and on the tall
end were the regular passenger coaches.
There were only three men to handle all
this freight.
"As I said, the Nahcotta did not get
away until an hour and a half late. She
didn't strain herself going over, either.
We reached Astoria Just an hour after the
train had pulled out for Portland. A num
bcr of us thereby were constrained to stay
In AEtoria all night, because there were no
accommodations left on the boats.
"Yes, rir; I wish to raise a good, big.
stiff kick, and so do lots of other people.
I complained to the captain of the Nan
cotta, but he responded that If the officers
of the boat had their way things would
be different."
ESCAPED FROM- ECUADOR.
American Releases Himself From a
Disagreeable Plight.
fcEW YORK. Aug. 27. On the British
steamship Colombia, Jackson Smith, an
American resident of Guayaquil, Ecuador,
who had made himself persona non grata
with the Ecuadorcan authorities, was en
abled to escape from Guayaquil, cays a
San Francisco dispatch to the Times. Smith
was taken to Panama, whence he proceed
ed to New York.
Smith was a subcontractor on the rail
road to connect Guayaquil with Quito, the
capital up In the Andes. He Is said to
have accused . a prominent citizen with
drunkenness, was arrested for libel and
fined $1500 in gold. Smith refused to pay
the fine and was placed In jail.
When the Colombia reached Guayaquil
on the way up the coast, a small boat con
taining Smith and a friend met the steam
boat just before dawn and the men were
allowed to climb aboard. A few hours
later the captain of the port sent out to
the Colombia for the purpose off taking
Smith ashore, but he had hidden in a safe
place and was not apprehended.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Aug. 27. Jackson
Smith, who has had such an unpleasant
experience in Ecuador, Is the general
manager of a Knoxvllle contracting com
pany, which has the general contract to
build the railroad from Guayaquil to
Quito. He formerly was assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the L. & N. R. R.
ON VERGE OF STARVATION
Unless Something: Ik Done for Xrv
njoH, Trouble May Follow.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 27. Sheriff
Christensen. of San Juan County, Utah,
today mode a formal appeal to United
States Senator Rawlins for the relief of
the Navajo Indians, of Southern Utah,
and the latter has telegraphed the situa
tion to the Indian Commissioner at Wash
ington. Sheriff Christensen confirms the
reports that tho Navajos are In a desper
ate condition, and predicts that unless
immediate relief is given, serious results
may follow.
"Thirty thousand Navajo Indians are
actually at the point of starvation in
Southern Utah. New Mexico, and Ari
zona." said the Sheriff today. "Unless
something is done to mitigate their condi
tion soon, there will be an uprising that
will not result well for tho whites. The
Indians are practically without food, and
Winter is coming on. The deplorable
state of affairs has been caused by nine
years of drouth. Year by year their
herds have Been thinned out, until now
many of them have killed their last pony
to feed their squaws and pappooses. It
has been Impossible to raise corn, and
game has become so scarce that -the In
dians have been driven to the last extrem
ity."
Restored by an Old Decree.
BREST. France, Aug. 27. The Sisters
who recently were expelled from Lander
neau discovered a decree, dated 152S.
which removes them from the scope of
the association law. and they have re
sumed possession of their school. A
crowd of peopl accorded the Sisters an
ovation when they returned.
Zefferpi&ss Zlfcs-
Designing
Lowest
Good Work
Engravtotf Department
Oregonlan Pub.Co.
WANT NO MORE WEDDINGS
FIVE COUPLES WILL BE MARRIED
AT ELKS' CARNIVAL.
Manager Rovre Declines Other Offers
Work of Placing Exhibits Now
In Full Srrlnff.
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The limit of hospitality for the newly
rr A rr? i a a f&an r- n rV JW? wi tli tt "Wirt
land Carnival management. There was J
never sucn a wining crop oi raarrmseauie
a-tralne hafnra In nil th Matorr nf annual
Autumn festivals In this city. Manager
TrTt.-tt otatnri loaf nlcVit lYnt Vi nurl nil hf !
Rowe stated last night that he had all he
could possibly attend to in getting five
couples ready for the ceremony on Tues
day, September 9, Wedding day, at Queen
Jiaybelle s court In the I'arK row. JbTir
ther applications to be married at the Car
nival ar.j coming In, but It has become
ncccrsary to turn them down. "iOt wlsh-
ing anybody bad luck, at all. says Mr. Iows: Feclingi, of dlzzmeSs ianSuor. ner
itowe, conso.lngly. vousness. sleeplessness, headache, disten-
It Is probable that each one of the cou- ' Jon of the stomacn los o( flc;n diffi.
pies will have a complete set of house- cult breathln& and tne actlcm o the heart
keeping utensils and a set of furniture is aeE,ousi y affected.
to begin keeping house. Presents are , . . . . , , , .
being contributed by enterprising mer- ?nn0t1Ie, GJe U Ckl
chants ol Portland, and the glffs that if.by 'J c , ?ine s Ce1ler Com"
havc begun to arrive at headquarters in- Pp"" Thf. us,c this mar.-eIous mcdi
cludc sacks of flour. This is practical, at net ythe ' ""nation of the nerves
all event. Rice and old shoes to throw , ?S 2 j PCnS
after the happy pairs are in readiness, and I f f. h ?od ant! J"em.ove? "
all necessary details are being perfected ! f 'teJi " Sff thf bl: !t
for giving the guests of the carnival a j mke n7'e "Dcr; u ?n d,ef T
good send-off on their matrimonial voyage. I and "T otea bouily atrength
Rapid progress was made yesterday in ; aL RC- J??.' "endon.
fitting up and decorating the interior of brl fl5 r .abo"t, nis bappy exT
the display booths, and it Is urged upon ! Per,fc"cc Pa,nes Celcry Compound
the laggards to have everything In place i as "iiows.
by Saturday night. Efficient guards are 11 Zves me &reat pleasure to testify to
employed to watch the property of the j to merits of Paine's Celery Compound. I
rnmi,.i nirt.i oni .rhihit. in i can candidly and honestlv sav it Is the.
each booth will be looked after. Tasty
decorations ore appearing along the line
of booths, and In addition to the blaze of
will be resplendent with "electric globes.
The landscape decorations on Seventh
street, from Morrison to Washington, for
the grand promenade, are very attractive.
There are a few gocd booths left. They
are all free to exhibitors. While the time
13 limited, the remaining booths can be
had on application at Carnival headquar
ters. .
The Jabour Oriental Midway section,
with the animals and the troops of per
formers, are due here Sunday, and every
thing in the amusement line will be ready
by 2 o'clock Monday for the grand open
ing. By Saturday morning travel toward
the city will be fairly started, and it 13
again urged upon the business people to
put out decorations in store windows and
buildings. Prizes are offered for the best
decorated window or store building.
Following are names of exhibitors who
have taken the booths, from the grand
entrance to the Midway gate, and the
number of booths allotted each:
Gatzian & Co., two booths; Wright's
Music Store, two; Eilers Piano House, six;
Soule Bros., four; B. B. Rich, four; E. H.
Moorehouse & Co., one; Krauch. the pho
tographer, one; Pacific Coast Blr ult Com
pany, three; Graydon & Co., twv; Young's
Marble Works, one; D. M. Averill & Co..
two; American Cigar Company, J. S. King,
one; G. I. Gheen, one; Mrs. Schaupp, one;
Mrs. Hopf, one; Prael-Hegele Company,
two; Aune, one; Miss Fitzgerald, one;
Meier & Frank Company, one; Andrew
Kan, three; Aerne & Nordstrom, one; The j
jvan. tnree; Aerne & rxorastrora. one; me?
Evening Telegram, one; F. M. Jones, two; ;
M. Seller Sfc Co.. three: Site Slchel & Co..
two; Baron's. Shoe Store, one; ""he Car
nival Booster, one; Mason, Ehrman &
Co.. two; Robinson & Co., one; Studeba
ker'6 building, nine; Juanita Circle, W. O.
W.. two; Royal Insurance Company, one;
White Collar Line, three; Cribbon & Sex
ton Company, three; Graves &xCo., four;
Bartlett & Palmer, two; R. L. Cate, two;
Oregon OIJ & Gas Company, one; Hoenll
& Van Houten, two; H. W. Manning,
two; Coast Agency, one; Isaac Gevurtz
& Co., furniture, two; H. E. Dosch, horti
cultural and historical relics, five; Trans
continental Machine Company, two; R.
L. Castleman. one; Breldensteln & Sin
shelmer, one; F. Dresser & Co., two;
Hasty Messenger Company, two; Mrs.
Wilson, concession, four; B. Simon, pea
nut concession, one; Evening Journal,
one; Carl Jones, one; Manufacturers As
sociation, twelve In special building.
BRAGG CASE IS RE-OPENED
Havana Paper Makes Serionn Charges
Against American Consul.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 27. Interest has again been
aroused in the case of Consul-General
Bragg at Havana. Late advices state that
the Havana Post, the only American news
paper printed In Cuba, recently printed an
article making a venomous attack on Gen
eral Bragg, charging that instead of at
tending to his duties he is devoting a large
part of his time to running down Cuba and
the Cubans, and is trying to influence cap
italists from the States not to Invest t-ielr
money In the Island. This attack appeared
at a time when the Cuban public had
ceased to refer to the Bragg Incident, and
had apparently forgotten the unpleasant
affair.
The Post asserts that capitalists who
came to Havana recently from the United
States to Invest in Cuban properties con.
suited General Bragg, only to be discour
aged by his gloomy views of the island
and its people. These Investors asked for
data as to the lands, land titles, crops and
material resources of the island. It is as
serted, and were advised by General Bragg
to waste no time in getting out of the
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THE DISEASE. An enlargement of the veins surrounding the opermatlo
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TUB CAUSE Sometimes self-pollution, but often blows, falls, strains,
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THE EFFECT At times a dull, heavy, dragging pain In small of back,
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island, and to take their money with them;
not to invest It there. Two Instances are
then cited of capitalists who were thus ',
scared away from Cuba by what It terms
the "absurd statements of the ConsuL" j
General Bragg is accused of predicting an I
early revolution, and with dwelling upon ,
the Iniecurity of life and all vested inter
ests in such an event. The article closea
K- (inrtn o "A A
something Is threatened unless the Con- l
sul-General phancp5 h!i venvit." ti
Ex-Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, says
he quit politics a cood while ago, and ha Is
of the opinion that "when a man quits and
says he has quit he ought to quit, and his
friends ought to let him quit,"
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