THIS MOKXTHGr OKKGCmTAT, TUESDAY, NOYEMBEB 3, 1903.
GRITI08 ARE HASTY
Lowest Bidder Got Soldiers1
Monument Contract,
COL JACKSON TELLS WHY
Complaint of Four Granite-Working
Firms Is Fully Answered by the
Committee, Which Says They
Couldn't Do the Work.
A statement regarding tho letting of the
contract for the construction of the monu
ment to the dead of the Second Oregon
volunteers has been received by The Ore
tjonlan. The signers, Schanen & Neu,
Blaesing Granite Company,, Imhoff &
Minar and Otto Schumann are Oregon
marble and granite workers, and they de
clare they have not received proper con
sideration at the hands of the monument
committee. Tho statement reads as fol
lows: To the Editor: The statement of H. W.
6cott, chairman of the committee having
charge of the arrangements for the monument
to the dead of tho Second Oregon Volunteer
Infantry, purporting to be given in reply to
certain criticisms, and In vindication of the
committee, Is a rank injustice to those of
Portland engaged In the construction of monu
ments and kindred work.
The fact Is that none of the marbleworkera
In Portland, nor In the State of Oregon, was
asked to submit a bid for the proposed monu
ment. No plan was submitted, no desire was
expressed that tho memorial to our sacred dead
should be made in Oregon. "What investiga
tion the commltteo made as to the possibility
of obtaining a. monolith from an Oregon quar
ry we have no means of knowing, but what we
do know is that no opportunity was given us
to make a bid on the work. If the commltteo
honestly believed that no quarry in Oregon
could produce the desired granite, any one of
the monument bnllders In Portland could have
securedtfie proposed shaft from Barre, VL,
under mora advantageous terms than th per
oon whom The Oregonlan has placed under its
ehelterlng wing.
It is due to tho many subscribers of the
monument fund that tho commltteo should
publicly state under what conditions the con
tract for the monument was awarded. Who
were the other bidders? "Was any one In Port
land engaged In the business of constructing
monuments asked to submit a bid? Major
Gantenbeln has asserted that there were seven
bidders for-the work who wero they?
The cams peoullar conditions prevail in
awarding the contract for the figure to sur
mount tho monument- Tho contract was
awarded to a San Francisco firm at the price
of $5000. whllo fully as good a figure could
have been secured at a far less sum. Mr. Bell,
of Chicago, a sculptor of National fame, now
la charge of the statuary work for the grounds
of tho St. Iouls Exposition, having offered to
furnish tho same through one of our local
-dealers for $2000.
"Until tho committee can make a mora lucid
explanation of its peculiar work, through Its
chairman, thero will be many under the im
pression that patriotism and a desire to recog
nise home industry were minor auantlUes In
the decision reached to give the contract for
constructing the proposed monument to the
memory of those of the Second Oregon who
surrendered their lives In defence of country.
SCHANEN" & NEU.
BliAESINO GRANTTEr COMPANY.
IMHOFF & MINAR.
OTTO SCHUMANN.
Upon the foregoing complaint "being
shown to Colonel James Jackson, tho
chairman of the committee on design and
the construction committee, he addressed
tho following letter to Mr. Scott:
To H. "W. SJeott: "S7!th reference to the criti
cisms made upon letting the contract for the
Second Oregon monument to Mr. Wricht and
Mr. Tilfien, as chairman of the committee on
design and the committee on construction, I
have this to say:
A majority of the general committee
and the commltteo on design expressed
a preference for the Tilden-Coxhead de
sign, but desired to have the die (main
shaft) In one piece and of Oregon gran
ite. The Northwcstvm Granite Company, of
Baker City, proposed to construct the pedestal
In this way, but at a price beyond the money
at our disposal. Several attentats were then
made to find an Oregon company or Individual
who could supply the granite in one piece.
Several parties were Interviewed, but could
nut meet the requirements. Mr. Schumann, In
offering his design to the committee, stated
that the shaft would be In two, and perhaps
three pieces, because he was not sure of getting
tho upper shaft in one piece, which put his
quarry out of the question if the preferred de
sign was to be accepted. While this Investi
gation was In progress proposals were received
from the Rockland and Raymond quarries of
California, from Tildcn & Coxhead, and from
H. A. "Wright, of Portland, representing the
Barre (Vt.) Granite Company. Mr. Wright's
proposal was much tho lowest, and offered to
do what no other proposal had offered to make
the pedestal all in one piece from top of cap
to base, an advantage worth in money about
$400, and which made his bid from $1300 to
$1400 below that of all others. In view of the
result of the Investigation of Oregon quarries,
it was believed to be impossible to have either
pedestal or die made in one piece of Oregon
granite. A meeting of the general committee
was then called. They unanimously accepted
the Tilden-Coxhead design and appointed a
committee to contract for its construction.
This committee, after hearing tho reports of
the granite InvesUgation and examining tho
proposals submitted, decided that it was not
worth while to advertise for proposals for con
struction in Oregon granite, and to avoid fur
ther delay accepted the proposal of Mr. Wright.
Every dealer in Portland had exactly the same
crportunlty to put in a proposal for the granite
work that Mr. Wright and the others had.
The matter was ield open for any one -siho
cared to do so to examine the plans and make
proposals for construction, and the committee
would have been, pleased to receive their blda
for Oregon or other granite. The plans and
specifications were constantly on exhibition,
and could have been consulted by any one, and
were consulted by somo dealers in Oregon
canlte, who concluded their quarries could not
: U the bill. The bids were:
Ncrthwestern Granite Company, Oregon.$10.500
R Kland Granite Company, California,
Larre granite 9,000
Rasmond Granite Company, California,
Raymond granite 8,200
Tilden & Coxhead, California, Raymond
granite .. 9,000
H. G. Wright, Oregon, Barre granite.... 8.000
The proposal of Mr. Wright la more favor
able than shown by the flexures, because It
guarantees to make the pedestal from top of
cap to base In one piece, worth In money
value from $300 to $400. an advantage that no
other bidder has offered, No olllclal bids for
the construction of the accepted design were
asked for. The bids received were put In
through the enterprise of their companies; who,
knowing, as the Portland marble men must
have known, that this monument was to be
constructed, took steps to get their proposals
before the committee. Oregon granite being
out of the question, Barre granite was the next
choice of the committee, and as Mr. Wright
wai the agent of that company, and had put
in the lowest and best bid. It was believed by
the committee that no more favorable bid
could be received for that granite, and the
commltteo accepted his bid, as they had a
right to do, to save further delay in adver
tising for bids. It is not believed that any
Oregon marbleworker can make this pedestal
in one piece from top to base of Barre granite
at anything like as favorable figures as Mr.
Wright has offered to do it for. The approved
model for tho statue had practically no com
petitors, it was far ahead of anything sub
mitted, and Just what the committee desired.
It was tho work or an artist, and no one
could be depended upon to produco It in its full
slxo and beauty of form and expression except
the artist who created it. Plenty of fair
bronze statues can be had for from $2000 to
$3000. The offices of the big quarries are full
of meritorious designs for statues that can be
worked up at little cost, if people are willing
to use them. The committee desired an orig
inal design representing a soldier of the Spanish-American
War In action and in modern
battle uniform, and believed they had In this
snodel of Mr. Tilden's Just such a statue, and
""" that would bo a credit to the regiment,
the city and the state, and they "Brer -willing
to say Mr. Tilden's price. There Is Just as
much difference between a statue by a sculp
tor -with brains and artistic sense and one by
an ordinary sculptor or artisan as there Is be
tween a pointing by Messonler and one by a
scene-dauber, but the latter will be much
cheaper. The committee were charged with the
responsibility of procuring a monument that
would be a credit to the Second Oregon Vol--unters,
and to Portland. If such a monument
could have been procured ol Oregon design and
-workmanship they would gladly have accepted
It, but art has no home you must seeJc it
where you can find It. The members of the
committee believe they have dono their -whole
duty in this matter, and accept the responsi
bility for It.
It is -well understood that in constructing the
soldiers' monument at Rivervlew. Mr. Schu
mann found it necessary to import his granite
from California.
The complaint of tho four granite -working
Arms was then shown to Colonel C
U. Gantenbeln, secretary of the general
committee, and he expressed himself as
being In complete accord -with Colonel
Jackson's statement, saying that In it the
real facts of the case were fully set forth,
as well -as the Views of the members of
the committee.
0TJR TRADE WITH MANCHURIA
No Perceptible Change In tHe Recora
Made In Last Few Years.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The trade of
the United States with Manchuria, China,
shows no perceptible change in 1902 as
compared with 1901. Figures Just com
piled by the Department of Commerce and
Labor through Its Bureau of Statistics
show that tho total imports Into tho
port of Nlu "Chwang, the principal doorway
through which Manchuria is at present
supplied, amounted In 1902 to 18,000,000
halkwan taels in value, against 17,000,000
In 1901 and 8,000,000 In 1900. The official re
port of the Chinese government does not
specify all classes oi mercnanaise re
ceived Into NIu Chwang from the United
States, but does specify the four princi
pal articles American Jeans, drills, sheet
ings and kerosenes. The total value of
these four articles 6f American produc-
rllon reported as brought into Nlu Chwang
In. 1902, either coming direct irom tno
United States or from, other ports of
China was 6.U8.920 halkwan taels, which
at tho official valuation of tiie halkwan
tael in 1902 would mako the total value
In United States currency $3,554,920. The
average value of tho halkwan tael during
1902 is shown by tho Chinese government
in its report as C3 cents. A comparison
of these four articles from the United
States Imported Into Nlu Chwang In 1902
with the figures for the same articles In
piecedlng years shows that the total for
1902 was practically the same as that of
1901 and 1699, and much greater than that
of 1900, or of the years preceding the
year 1S93.
The tablo which follows shows the value
of American Jeans, drills, sheetings aid
kerosene Imported into Nlu Chwang di
rect from foreign countries and from
other ports of China, from 1S9G to 1902:
Value of American Jeans, drills, sheetings
and kerosene oil imported into Nlu
Chwang from foreign countries and from
other ports of China, 189S to 1902:
Halkwan taels.
1SSC 2.249.876
ISs; 3.426,233
1598 .. 3,G65,267
1599 C.359,151
1900 .. .-. 2.213.5SS
ISOi 6.195.14G
1902 .. 6,118,920
The reports of 1901 and 1802 include
American flour imported Into Nlu
Chwang. The value of American flour
imported in 1902 was 1TJ5.3S9 halkwan taels,
against 176,321 halkwan taels In 190L
The report states the respectlvo value
of the five articles of American production
imported into Niu Chwang In 1902 as fol
lows: Value of American Jeans, drills, sheetings.
kerosene and flour Imported into Nlu
Chwang during the year 1902:........
Articles. Value.
Halkwan taels.
American kerosene ill'fjS
American flour iS5;
American leans :i'?lx
American drills, HM2
American sheetings 4,300.003
The total value of American Jeans,
drills, sheetings and kerosene Imported
into all of China In 1901 and 1902 is
shown in the following table:
Valuo of American Jeans, drills, sheetings
and kerosene Imported Into all of China
in tho years 1901 and 1902
Articles. Halkwan Halkwan
Taels. Taels.
American Jeans 244.3SS 529,492
American drills 4.8N.S79 6.024.443
American sheetings ....7.636.714 H0
American kerosene S,638,o0i 6,828,276
American flour is not separately shown
in the official statement of total imports
into all China, and therefore cannot he
included In this table.
The total value of merchandise from the
United States Imported, Into China from
the United States In 1902 was 30.135,713
halkwan taels, against 23,529,606 halkwan
taels in 190L
The tablo which follows shows the total
valuo of foreign merchandise of all kinds
Imported into Nlu Chwang in each year
from 1S96 to 1902:
Total value of imports of foreign merchan
dise Into Nlu Chwang from foreign coun
tries and from native ports, respectively.
1BS6-1901: , .
Foreign goods
Year. From Foreign for native.
Countries. Ports.
Halkwan taels. Halkwan taels.
1896 l,ESu.4S5 6.271,166
1897 .:...........ll641t415 7.417.236
1893 .&53.318 9.174,245
1899 5,279,185 16.566.413
ISOO 2,632.420 5.4SS.632
1901 ........ 4 293.737 12,854,552
1SQ2 L..... 5,346.t06 12.969,264
Average value of halkwan tael reported
hir nviinpsn covernment: ISOOf 81 cents;
1S98.
tbno rn ..t.ie- lOrtl 72 ronts: 1002. 03
70 cents; 1001,
cents.
GAMBLERS OFFERED BRIBE.
New York Minister Says City Of
ficial Refused $300,000.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Rev. Dr. Robert
L. Paddock, rector of the Church of the
Holy Angels, has declared that a high
city official recently "refused a $300,000
bribe to permit gambling until January
1. Afterward, the minister declared, he
was not at liberty to go further Into tho
details of tho offer. District Attorney
Jerome could not be seen. One of his as
sistants said he had heard nothing of the
offer of which Mr. Paddock spoke.
Investigating Madden's Office.
WASHINGTON', Nov. 2. Postmaster
General Payne admitted that an Investi
gation Is -being made of charges Involv
ing the office of Third Assistant Postmaster-General
Madden In connection with
the speculation of philatelists in certain
valuable specimen postage stamps. Mr.
Madden today gave out a statement in
which ho denies absolutely tho truth of
the charges.
Postmaster-General Payne said today
that whllo the charges made in tho phi
latelic organ were not directed against
Mr. Madden, the allegations involved his
office.
Dowieites Leave New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. "Without parade
or demonstration more than 2000 members
of John Alexander Dowle's "ZIon Ho3t"
left the city for home today. Only about
100 of Dowle's followers are left in New
York.
Nicaragua Pays Bondholders.
MANAGUA Nicaragua, Nov. 2. The
NIcaraguan Government has paid the
January coupons to British bondholders.
THE OVERWORKED EYE,
The faded Eye. the red and inflamed Eye,
the i-ye that needs care, relieved by Mur
ine. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Have you friena coming from the East?
If so. send their names to the Denver &
Rio Grande office, 124 Third street. Port-
y land. Or.
LADIES take NOT
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WATCH FOR
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ADAME she say she not hero.
She say you give card."
As a blank-faced Japanese boy
delivered this message to a caller at a
Twenty-first-street home yesterday "Mad
ame" herself debouched from the protect
ing folds of a near-by portiere.
"Oh, it 1e you, my dear. Come right In,
do! If I hadn't heard your voice Pd have
missed seeing you entirely, for that stupid
boy is never able to deliver a message
correctly. Pray excuse this negligee. I
am just worn to a frazzle after that Hal
loween surprise party last night. Ah, you
know all about it do you? "Well, I do wish
you had been here. Maybe you'd have
helped me out, you're always so kind
about those things. I had to do every
thing myself, and I was completely at
my wits' end!"
"Why, where is that maid you had all
Summer?" asked the caller.
"You mean Gertie, that Swede girl,
DOCUMENT WHOSE
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FAPSrMTTK OF THE HANDWRITING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The valuable little document, of which tho above is a facsimile, is in tho possession of Dr. W. S. Clark, of San
Francisco, who visited in Newborg, Yamhill County, with friends last week. Doctor Clark makes it a point to collect
objects o historical or natural interest, but it is needless to say that ho prizes none more highly than tho above, lnrthe
handwriting of and signed by no less an illustrious personage than the father of his country. This little paper has
long been in the possession of the Clark family, and lately camo to Doctor Clark through his father, the former pos
sessor. ,
The paper bears on its face overy mark of genuineness, and despite its age of 123 years. Is exceedingly well pre
served, and the way in which tho writing stands out speaks for tho quality of writing fluid used In the days of our fath
ers laiuers. ino muo document
ON OUR OPENING DAY YOU GET FREE
OF CHARGE FROM USGUESS WHAT IT
IS? THE PAPERS WILL ANNOUNCE IT
ON WEDNESDAY--WHAT WE GIVE YOU
FREE OF CHARGE
ON OUR OPENING DAY. DONT FORGET TO LOOK
IT UP. NEXT WEEK WE OPEN WHAT DAY WE CAN
NOT SAY AS YET ::::: i :::::::: :
GENTS TAKE
"WE WILL OPEN UP WITH A BIG RUSH.
GET IN LINE FIRST. FIRST COME, FIRST
SERVED. NUMBERS WILL BE GIVEN
OUT TO EVERY GENTLEMAN TO BE
MEASURED, AS THERE WILL BE NO
LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND SUITS AND
OVERCOATS SOLD OUR OPENING DAY.
GUESS HOW MANY WE WILL SELL AND
GET THE PRIZE WE OFFER FOR THIS.
COTCH PLAID
TAILORS
142-144 SIXTH
SUITS MADE TO ORDER FOR $15.00 NO MORE, NO LESS.
OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER FOR S1S.OO NO MORE, NO LESS.
Gertie?" and madame actually turned"
pale as she thought of her recent experi
ences with servants!
"Beally, my dear, they will drive me
wild, these servants, but what is one to
do In such a place?
"They get such notions in their heads,
oh, such queer, idiotic notions, and don't
you know I think they get most of them
out of the newspapers! Yes, that's wha
I mean, the newspapers, for they only
see their own side of the question printed,
never the housewife's. Now tako for in
stance my experience with that girl
Gertie.
"She was a good all-round servant and
a splendid cook, so I thought I will be
very nice to this girl, so as to keep her.
I will make a pleasant home for her.
She had as comfortable a room as my
own. In fact, enjoyed every comfort our
home affords. Things went very smooth
ly. Then a friend from Sweden comes.
Gertie is in despair. Her friend has no
VALUE CANNOT BE MEASURED IN MONEY
possesses a vaiuo inai coma not do measured
NOTICE!
STREET
OUR OPENING DAY
Portland Housewife Wonders Why Ser
vant Girls Arc Poor and Scarce.
place to go and cannot speak English. So
I told her she could bring her here until
she found a place, and Gertie was de
lighted. Just then there was no one Hko
mo! The new girl stayed ten days, and
during all this time Gertie silent three or
four hours a day in the street helping tho
friend to find a place. At last one was
secured and she moved, much to my de
light, for I thought now I'd have some
service out of Gertio once more. But,
bless your soul, it was of short dura
tion, for the next morning there was a
great ringing of the door bell and there
stood a woman with two babies, who be
gan Imploring Gertie to come and talk
to the new girl. The now girl hadn't
bathed the baby right, and there was,
oh! such trouble, and would you bollevo
it, that woman had regular hysterics there
at my front door! I had to send Gertio
home with her to put an end to this pub
lic exhibition of grief. So after staying
in money.
V
away several hours hack she comes with
the new girl!
"And did you allow her to stay hero
again?"
"Oh, yes. I was trying to be accommo
dating to my girl, you see. She soon got
another place, and again I settled down
to live In peace, when that ungrateful
maid announced that she was going to
leavo me! And off she went within tho
hour. No reason for going; no causo for
complaint. She was just going to leave
she seemed to be possessed with the germ
of unrest. Now, if that Isn't baso ingrat
itude, I'll give it up!"
Madame leaned back among her pillows
with a sigh, and idly picked at the la.co
on her matinee as she thought over her
trials and tribulations. Then, with a
smile of satisfaction, she related an amus
ing finale to the incident.
"She sent an expressman after her bun
dles the next morning, and, through a
funny misunderstanding, I rather got
oven with her. Wo havo been having
some repairing dono to tho house, which
required the services of several carpen
ters. The head carpenter was a big man,
named Errlcson. When the expressman
came, ho asked for Miss Errlcson's prop
erty, and, naturally, I thought first of tho
carpenter, who had left two kegs of nails,
and showed him the kegs very glad to
get them off my hands. After a bit, ho
camo back with them. As he drove up,
the carpenters appeared on the scene, and
then thero was even a greater commotion
than the woman with hysterics raised. It
took a long time to get it all straightened
out, and to convince the expressman that
ho had the wrong name, for Gertie's
name is Matteson. But, thank goodness,
I am rid of it all now.
"The servant problem in this city Is a
serious one," she continued. "They want
exorbitant wages, and then they do not
want to do anything for it. If a girl
cooks, she wants tho housework and
laundry dono by other servants, and I
have heard of several Jately who want a
dlshwasher.
"Now, what Is a person in moderate
circumstances to do? Wo havo reached
the day when the kitchen maid makes
more than the clerk, for the former,
in addition to her big wage gets her
board and room. You have to bo always
on your guard to not displease her. You
don't dare havo guests without consult
ing her In advance! It Is a thralldom
nothing short of it!" And as the odor of
a scorched roast floated down the hall,
Madame hastily excused herself and flew
kltchenward to rescue the rest of the din
ner from his royal highness, the Jap.
WILL FEED THE POOR.
Volunteers of America Prepare to
Celebrate Thanksgiving.
The first days of November have re
mlnded the "Volunteers of America that
Thanksgiving day Is fast approaching,
and tho officers are now making prepara
tions to aid the poor and needy who will
havo little cause for thanksgiving unless
better provided for than at present. Boxes
of provisions will bo given to those
actually deserving of it. These boxes will
contain enough food to prolong the
thanksgiving of many poor families into
a week.
Last year the Volunteers of America
provided SO poor families with a week's
provisions in this way. This-year they
wish. to. eclipse-eyea Jhls. excellent reconL.
No contributions v. Ill be asked from tho
public at Christmas.
Each box of provisions will cost 54.50
and will contain the following articles:
Two pounds coffee, one-half pound tea,
five pounds sugar, one pound butter, five
pounds rolled oats, two pounds cheese, 23
pounds potatoes, ten pounds flour, two
three-pound cans of fruit- ono glass of
ielly, mixed fruits, four pieces of soap,
two pounds of bacon, two cans of cream,
four loaves of bread, five pounds of roast
beef.
The provisions will bo delivered a day
before Thanksgiving day. Checks and
money orders should he made payable to
Tho Volunteers of America, 243 Ash. street,
room 4. 'Phone Hood 1391.
PLtNG AT AMERICAN WOMEN.
British Writer Declares They Are of
a Dangerous Abnormal Type.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. The American,
woman Is declared to be a dangerous
abnormal type In an article by H. B. M.
Wjitson, published today by the "Nine
teenth. Century," says a Herald dispatch,
from London. From, the writer's point
of view, American feminity Is lktla bet
ter than a whlted sepulchre.
"The character of the American woman
of today," he says, "i3 a product partly
of racial modification and partly of tho
social condition of a commercial age. Wo
havo many opportunities of studying tho
American woman, for she has undertaken
to annex as much of Europe as practi
cable and has succeeded very fairly. It
is considered by the taste of the day quite
creditable that some pork packers dol
lars from Chicago should buy a ronet in
Mayfalr. Evidence that American women
are deliberately turning their back on nat
ural laws has accumulated of r it
years.
"It would seem that, while thf
lean man unnaturally devotes all h
to money-making, tho American v
as unnaturally devotes her days to
ure. Whereas the average worn in i
acted as a beast of, burden to h-r . r ,
the American man now work3 l't.
beast of burden beside his triurr.,ir s
lady. Unless American civillza.ti a i .
ters It would seem to be doomed."
View Body of Mrs. Booth-Tucker.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Thou&,uw. tl
persons from this city and vlcmit' , . a. x
ly from the poorer and middle cjh. j
whom Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker !.'
voted her life, viewed the body " .ie
dead Salvation Army leader as it Jay in
state all day today at the Salvation Army
headquarters here. Few left the hall
with dry eyes. All around the casket
were massed many floral tributes, and
directly over it was a large American,
flag.
Tomorrow morning thero will bo a fare
well service, attended by members of tho
Salvation Army and relatives of the dead,
after which the body will ho taken to
Woodlawn Cemetery for Interment,
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
Be aure and use that old and well-tried remedy
Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup, for children
teething-. It soothes tho child, softens the guoa,
allays all pain, cures wind collo aad diarrhoea.
Catarrh of the bladder and urethra ara cured
b. Creaa mousy Tea - l