THE HOKNING ORE GONIAL, OCTOBER 10, 1904
ON WAV TO FAR EAST
Many Baptist Missionaries
Spend Day in Portland.
PREACH AT LOCAL CHURCHES
Most of Them Are Heroic Young Col
lege Graduates Who Feel Called
to Convert Oriental Nations
to Christianity.
The outgoing missionary party of ISM
of the American Baptist Missionary Un
ion, which visited Portland yesterday,
en route to Ean Francisco, from -which
point they will sail for the Orient October
25, was given a hearty greeting not only
by all local Baptists, but by many of
other denominations interested in mis
sionary "work. The visitors occupied the
pulpits of the various Baptist churches
in Portland and the suburbs morning and
evening, and -were greeted -with large con
gregations, -who listened "with deep inter
est to their addresses on the life of the
foreign missionary. A number of the
party are new In the work and are go
ing out for the first time, but several
of them have spent many years In the
countries of the Far Bast and know all
about the hardships which will be met.
They are a cheerful lot of men and wo
men, are happy in their work and seem
to think it strange that any should ques
tion their going. One of them. Rev. Ran
dall T. Capen, who goes to China, said:
"The man or woman who seriously asks
the question, 'why do you become a mis
sionary?' is not the Christian he or she
ought to be they have not the under
standing that comes of the perfect love
of God in their hearts."
At the "White Temple, where Rev. R. T.
Capen and .Rev. A. W. "Wilder, D.D.,
spoke in the morning, an unusually large
gathering was present, and at the close
of the service there was an Impromptu
reception held to greet the speakers and
wish them God speed. The meetings held
at the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion and the Young Women's Christian
Association were most enjoyable affairs.
Mass Meeting at White Temple.
The most important event of the day
was the mass meeting at the "White Tern
pie in the afternoon, when all the visit
ors were present and gave short talks.
telling their reasons for going into the
foreign missionary field. The Baptist
pastors of the city were also on the plat
form. Greetings were extended by Rev
J. W. Brougher, who made an especial
point of the great honors the outgoing
missionaries deserved. "These heroes of
peace deserve greater honors than heroes
of war," he said, "and the time will come
when they will receive them." He also
said that the time had come when the
old ldeathat any kind of a church
worker would do for a missionary had
passed, and only the best were now sent.
and most of these passed by golden op
portunities to take splendid places at
homo for the sake of going into the field.
"Their ultimate triumph will be the
spread of the Gospel all over the world.'
Rev. John H. Gift la was the first
speaker Introduced by Rev. Mr. "Wilder,
who presided over the meeting. Dr. Glffln
is a very young man, a college graduate
and Intensely Interested in his call to
foreign lands. Ho said:
"We missionaries have been called ,vls
lonary and enthusiasts, but I know we
have a call. "We go because of certain
reasons and convictions in our own lives.
In my college course I read the works
of early missionaries and tried to study
out why they went to such a work.
now go because of the unequal proportions
existing between1 pastors and people the
world over. In this country there is one
pastor to every 1000 people; in the coun
tries to which we go there are 150.000
people to every pastor. I want to go where
X can servo God to the greatest advan
tage, and it is there. I believe that I am
a privileged man. I have heard the Gos
pel preached and been able to accept it.
while those to whom I go have not yet
heard it. I believe God has chosen me
i for this, work and that he has been shap
ing my life to that end.
Always Wanted to Be Missionary.
Mrs. Glffln, who was formerly Miss
Milne, of Detroit, accompanies her young
husband to China. She gave a short ad
dress also and told of the Influence of
the first party of missionaries she ever
saw had upon her, and that she had al
ways wanted to become one ever since.
The party was passing through on the
train and she went to the station with
some members of the local missionary
society to greet them. By a strange co
incidence the principal of that party. Rev.
Mr. Campbell, was present yesterday and
followed up her talk by some of his ex
periences in Hakkas, where Rev. and Mrs.
Glffln will probably be stationed. Dr.
Campbell has spent 20 years of his life
in China, and will now remain to do work
among the Chinese of this Coast.
Rev. Randall Capen is en route to
China also. His going is a sad one, al
though he is firmly convinced that he is
called to it and wants to go. "When he
first thought of going Into the foreign
fiold he consulted his wife and she agreed
that they both should go, but she died
before they could start, and now he goes
alone, leaving a little daughter in Amer
ica. He says he goes principally because
of home Influences and because his mother
said she had given him to God before he
was born.
"The appreciation of what Jesus means
to me and to the whole world forces me
to go. It is necessary that I should go,
bo I am going. "We are not the heroes.
The "heroes are those who have to stay
at home and struggle with cold-blooded.
half-hearted Christians."
Rev. Henry "W. Munger Is a grandson of
President Henry Weston, of Crozer TJnl
verslty. and graduated at that instltu
tlon. He went Into the lumber business
alter leaving college, but soon felt him
self called to the ministry, and after that
decided to take up the foreign service.
Why Japan Is Great.
' Rev. F. H. Harrington returns to Japan
where he has served many years among
the little brown men, and for whom he
has the greatest respect. He said:
"Japan is a country where we can look
with pride and say it was not in -vain.
The work has been great there, and she
Is where she is today because God's men
have been there."
Dr. Harrington read from a Japan es
Bible, translating it Into English.
Rev. Fred Merrlfleld, who also goessto
Japan, is another young man, a gradu
ate of the University of Chicago, both col
lege and divinity school. Ho is enthusi
as tic over the .work which faces him, and
also a great admirer of the Japanese.
"I go to the foreign field," he said, "be
cause the attractions of the work appeal
to me. It will be an attractive fight, and
God grant the spirit of fighting may be
just as keen in all of us as it is in tho
Mikado s soldiers.
Rev. Raphael Thomas, M. D., is a grad
uate of Harvard College, Harvard Medical
School and Newton, and goes to the Phil
ipplnes to take Dr. Lerrlgo's place at
Caplz. He stated that the most import
ant thing a young man had to solve was
his place in life, and that a, life which
belonged in foreign fields would be an
impediment at home.
The evening services at tho different
churches were fully as successful as those
much gratified with their stay In Port
land. '
A large crowd attended the tea at the
White Temple after the mass meeting in
the afternoon, and the decorations in the
auditorium, composed of' the flags of the
18 provinces in China, were much ad-
lullcd.
Two Have Had Experience.
Miss Bertha Kuhlen, of Chicago, and .
Rev. F. H. Harrington are the only mem
bers of the party who have had previous
experience in foreign fields. Miss Kuhlen
has been in America several years doing
field missionary work, but seems to be
delighted at the prospect of returning to
the Orient. Formerly she was assigned
to Southern India, where- she labored
among the Hindoos for six years, but
this time she will go to the Philippines.
While in India. Miss Kuhlen worked
among the women of the Madras presi
dency, and says tho work was wonderfully
successful there.
"Of course the caste system hampers
the work In a degree,, but as our work was
principally among the lower classes.
which are without caste, we were always
able to accomplish much. Those of caste
were always very glad to have us visit
them, however, although they could never
come to meetings or associate with tho
lower women we were training. The serv
ices of the missionary were really appre
ciated by them and they were always
very glad to have us come and sit on
their verandas to discuss Christianity with
them.
"The Hindoo is very stoical as a rule.
and sometimes it Is difficult to tell what
he is thinking, hut he always reads the
foreigner. Yes, the men are very bright,
but no more so than the women. Not
withstanding that the women of that race
have always had education withheld from
them, when given an opportunity they
absorb knowledge just as rapidly as their
brothers.
Low Caste "Woman Reads Paper.
'At a celebration of an important an
niversary there each department of the
xmurch work in India had to contribute,
so I was called upon as the head of the
omen's mission to have my charges tell
something of women's work. There was
good deal of doubt as to whether I
would find one' of my women who could
read the paper before so large an assem
bly, and still more as to who could write
I had them all help in its prepara
tion and appointed one to read it. The
gathering was a very large one, at which
the most distinguished Hindoos were pres
ent. Before this woman came a paper by
teacher in one of the universities, who
was a Brahmin, and he was visibly em
barrassed, but when my poor little woman
of no caste delivered hers, every one was
astounded. Her deliver was bo clear
and intelligent, her language so correct
and her modesty so apparent that it was
perfect revelation to every one, and
her nam was on every tongue for many
months."
"Do you find that tho converts to Chris
tianity appreciate and realize what it
means? Do they stick to their new faith
after they are removed from your influ
ence V
"They are very sincere and Christianity
takes a firm hold upon them. Just to
illustrate their stability, I will tell you
of a little girl who was taken away from
my mission to be married to a heathen.
She was 13 years old, and the husband's
family thought they would not have any
trouble in making her forget her early
training. They endeavored to make her
worship their Idols, and when she would
not, they would starve her three days at
time. Her Bible was taken from her
and she was not.allowed to pray or sing,
but still she stuck to her belief. She was
finally rescued from such torture."
MIsb Kuhlen will' sail from San Fran
cisco, October 25, and will go direct to the
Philippines, where she enters a new field.
"Yes, the work will he harder than it
was in India, but I like hard work and
am glad to go to it. I do not know the
language, but will .probably be able to
master it in a year, and in the meantime
I can do some work through Interpret
ers."
Rice In Her Hat.
Atchison Globe.
A Atr?i1snn Vr"d half nn honr nfhr
her train had started, found a handful of
rice in her hat, and burst into tears. Upon
the groom asking what was the matter,
she replied: "That is all the poor Japs
have to eat."
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John Spooner and His Election
Replies Fully, to Charges by Lincoln StefTens Relative to "Sys
tem" In Wisconsin No Money Spent to Secure His Election.
Chicago Record-Herald. ;
ADISON, Wis., Oct. 7. The story of
Wisconsin, appearing in the Octo
ber number of McClure's Magazine
under the caption, "Enemies of tho Re
public," has called forth a spirited re
jolner from United States Senator John
C Spooner.
In a statement Issued today Senator
Spooner replies to charges made by Lin
coln Steffcns, staff writer for McClure's,
relative to the election of the former to
the Senate in 1SS5. Smarting under the
insinuations contained in tho article in
question, the distinguished Wisconsin
statesman defends tho honor of the mem
bers of the Legislature who by their votes
made possible his subsequent brilliant ca
reer in public life, and gives exhaustive
details respecting his candidacy and the
contest between hlraself and the late Gen
eral Lucius Fairchlld.
But he does not stop there. He calls
upon Isaac Stephenson, friend and poli
tical associate of the late Senator Phlletus
Sawyer, now tho man of wealth behind
Governor LaFolIette, to explain what was
intended to be understood by the words
attributed to him Mr. Steffens regard
ing the use of money in that Senatorial
campaign, and interpreted by the maga
zine writer as meaning that "the big
business men got together.and they bought
the junlon United .States Senatcrshlp for
the Honorable John C Spooner."
And that Isn't all. Senator Spooner
leaves the Republican closet door ajar for
the possible uncovering of skeletons that
have been hidden during the present strife
between the factions. He remarks ironi
cally that no one knows better than Mr.
Stephenson, that a United States Senator
ship never has been a purchasable com
modity In tho State of Wisconsin. Six
years ago Mr. Stephenson was a candi
date for the Senatorshlp against J. V.
Quarles, who was elected. They told
many stories about "Uncle Ike's" barrel
in that contest.
Two years ago when there was a good
deal of talk about tho LaFolIette influ
ence supporting Mr. Stephenson for the
Senate against Senator Spooner, Governor
LaFolIette assured some of his friends
that "U,ncle Ike" couldn't be dragged into
another fight with a team of oxen.
" 'Uncle Ike got all he wanted of it
before," said the Governor. "Why. he
says: !By God, they robbed me! They
robbed met "
Mr. Steffens alleged in his article that
the election of both Phlletus Sawyer and
John C Spooner to the United States Sen
ate was due to "the system" business in
politics. Lumber and. railroading were
the great interests of the state. Mr.
Sawyer was a great lumberman and be
came the Republican boss. Thus it was
no more than fair under "the system,"
declared Mr. Steffens that the other seat
should go to the railroads. Then he al
leges that the big business men got to
gether and bought the junior Senatorshlp
for Spooner.
"If the charge wore that I bought a
seat in the Senate," says Senator Spooner.
"or participated in the purchase of a seat
J m the .Senate, or conssciously accepted
FULL OF SUSPICION
Police Doubt 'Motives of
Deputy Sheriffs.
THEY SAY SMITH IS INNOCENT
Detectives Who Havo Worked on the
Breuer Murder Criticise Arrest
Made by'Cordano and Gruesi
After Italians Are Out.
That the arrest of John Smith by
Deputy Sheriffs for the murder of Gus
Breuer was made solely in an effort to
divert suspicion from the five Italians
who were charged with the crime, and
that the story concocted by certain
professional men and officials linking
Smith with the crime is .absurd, is the
opinion expressed by. the Police De
partment.
Evidence previously gleaned by the
city detectives working -on the case.
and points of the evidence which have
never been doubted nor disproved, go
to show that the crime could not have
been committed in the manner in which
Smith is charged with committing it.
It also goes to show that if Smith had
committed the crime, the Italians would
have been eye-witnesses and would
have told the truth immediately upon
their arrest to vindicate themselves. It
following that if Smith did commit the
crime and the Italians have remained
silent it was because speech would
have incriminated them also.
Mrs. G. J. Breuer, whoso husband was
so brutally murdered at the. door of
his saloon at Iho corner of Union ave
nue r.nd Clay street, has herself come
forward in a statement to the public.
branding the stories of Deputies Sher
iffs Grussl and Cordano as without
foundation and stating that though she
knows Smith to be a man with a poor
reputation and of low character, yet
she does not think he had anything to
do with the killing of her husband.
Where, any woman would naturally be
anxious to accuse, Mrs. Breuer stands
on her hoihesty and states that the re
latlons existing between her husband.
Smith and Mrs. Smith were entirely un
like what thoy were pictured to be,
and that Smith had no motive for slay
ing- her husband,- the officials nqtwlth
standing.
Attempt to Mislead Officers.
Detective Wclner has also secured
evidence that makes it plain that some
one has attempted to show that the
shots came from the outside of tho sa
loon instead of from the inside, a fact
which 'was held to be Important in the
evidence gathered against tho five
Italians who were charged with the
crime.
Mrs. Breuer was very willing to make
a statement relative to the arrest of
Smith, yesterday. She stated that an In
nocent man bad been arrested and
that she thought it her duty to tell
what sho knew of the story.
'T pronounce the story given out by
the officers, relative to the arrest of
John Smith for the murder of my hus
band, as wholly without foundation,'
she said. "Whilo Smith is a worthless
fellow generally, I do not think that
he murdered my husband. He did not
have sand and grit enough to commit
the crime. My husband had not met him
for months before the crime. Smith be
came intimate with the woman men
tloned, Mrs. Olsen, and this caused un
favorable talk about him. Regarding
the divorce, I oay that I knew nothing
about it until advised by a friend of the
proceedings in the court. 1 never ad
vised Mrs. Smith to set a divorce from
her husband. She came to me and told
me regarding her husband's actions
with the oisen woman, ana jl men re
marked: l woman t live with a man
who would treat me like that.' Mrs.
Smith got her divorce before Mr.
"Breuer or myself knew anything about
a purchased seat in the Senate, I could
deal with it In a few lines. I should
characterize it as foul a falsehood as ever
was written or uttered since the world
began. But it does not so charge.
"The statement, if true, would bring to
me very painful disillusionment. When I
was sent to the Senate in 1SS5 I went dls
tressed with doubts as to tho adequacy of
my equipment for that great position, but
I had no doubt of the purity of my title.
During the years since then, whatever
may havo been said from time to time
bearing upon tho title of others to seats
In the Senate, I have cherished with pride
the conviction that my own was without
any taint or possibility of Impeachment.
Senator Spooner says further:
On the 4th of March next I will, if I live.
have served 14 years in the Senate. I have
represented there no "system." I have
had no connection with any railroad cor
poration. No man or1 corporation in the
United States has had any right or power
to constrain my vote or views upon any
subject, and I have been conscious of no
bias in the discharge of official duty, sav
now and then perhaps the bias of nartv.
I have accepted no retainers from anyone.
i. nave nad no political machine In Wis
consln. That I have bestowed great labor
upon tho discharge of public duty the re
cords of tho Senate will testify. If I havn
been an "enemy of tho republic" I have
worse than wasted 14 years of the best
working years of my life. That thrw.
Presidents have not so thought of me mv
ieers nies will snow. That my col
leagues in the Senate have not so thought
of me, I think I may safely say. That
the Republicans of Wisconsin have not
so thought of me they have demonstrated
in tne most marked possible way.
Of course any man unfaithful in a pub
lic trust, high or low, or who corrupts
Pudhc agencies, or deoaucnes the elee
torate, is "an enemy of the republic," but
sucn are not the only enemies, of the re-
puoiic. xne men who from the platform-
through the press and the magazines.
groundlcssly impeach the integrity of
Legislative bodies, state or national, the
mouves ana conauct or puouc men, exe
cutive or judicial, and impair the con
fidence of the people In the Instruments
of their government, are likewise enemies
of the republic, not so dangerous, yet very
narmiui.
Throughout his statement, comprising
several thousand words. Senator Spooner
pays his respects more to leaders of tho
opposing political faction of bis party,
sucn as .air. btepnenson, man to the au
thor of the article in McClure's.
"The article," he says, "does not touch
the real merits of the controversy which
has broken the Republican party in Wis
consin into two bitter factions. On the
whole., it seems to be a partisan brief for
Governor LaFolIette. Its Inspiration Is
unmistakable, and its purpose evident. It
discloses a vindictiveness which does not
respect even the grave, and is altogether
characteristic of the 'system' now in
vogue in Wisconsin. It is not put forth
to affect any candidacy of mine for office.
It attempts to slur abroad the good name
of the commonwealth, but is mainly in
tended for present effect in a state cam
paign, for which purpose it is being di
tributed by thousands gratis throughout
the state."
The Steffens article has created great
excitement all over Wisconsin.
it, and neither of us had anything
whatever to do with the proceedings.
Chester Smith Died Before Divorce.
Regarding: the death of Chester
Smith, I will say he died from tubercu
losis duite a tlmo before the divorce
was obtained, and not afterward as the
officers stated. Smith was spending his
time with Mrs. Olsen and neglecting
his wife so that the boy had to so out
and work while he was really to Hi to
work. Smith did come back and help
care for Chester before he died, and
afterward Mrs. Smith drove him off.
i am a poor woman without means
to push this investigation to find the
true facts concerning' my husbands
murder, and all that . I can do Is to de
fend the good name of my murdered
husband from these false -reports.
Sm'th, bad and good for nothing as he
is, was not the man who killed my hus
band. The Italians know the man. The
one who stood and saw my husband
fall Is the one who filled his body with
bullets, and this arrest of John Smith
and the Btory about my husband's re
lations with Mrs. Smith Is false and
given out for the purpose of diverting
suspicion from the real murderer of my
husband. All Jhat I ask Is that this
story go to the same public wnicn nas
read the false story of the deputies."
whereas it Is evident from the story
concerning Smith that it is intended to
convoy the impression that Smith
lurked about the rear of the saloon and
fired the shots when Breuer appeared
In the door, the position of the body
when found and of the bullet afterward
discovered in the wall of the shed to
the rear of the main building make it
plain that the shots came from inside
the saloon. On the night of the mur
der the Italians stated to a. renorter
for The Oregonian that they were alone
inside the saloon at the time the shots
were fired.
Doubts Genuineness of Find.
Detective Welner in an examination
of the premises a few days ago found
under the bar a bullet of the same cal
iber of tho ones) which killed Breuer.
The bullet had been partially crushed
but was not Imbedded in the bar or the
walL It was also found In such a posi
tion that it could not have been fired
from' the placo where the murderer
would have been obliged to stand, had
he fired from outside the building.
Moreover, it was discovered that the
markings on the bullet and on those
taken from Breuer's body were unlike.
and while the bullet was the same cali
ber It was not fired from the same gun.
Detective Welner stated at the time
and still believes that the ball was
placed under the bar purposely to make
It apparent that the bullets were fired
from outside .the saloon, in an effort to
divert suspicion from the five men who
were at that time Incarcerated in the
County Jail and charged with the
crime.
AT THE THEATERS
What the Press Agents Say
RALPH STUART TONIGHT.
Favorite Actor to Present His Roman
tic Success "By Right of Sword."
The story "By Right of Swprd," which
Ralph Stuart, Portland's popular favorite.
produces at the Marquam Grand Theater
three nights and Wednesday matinee, be
ginning tonight. Is taken from A. W.
Marchmont's stirring novel of the same
title. The scenes are laid In Russia, and
the plot revolves around the adventures
of a young American named Richard
Hamilton, who is mistaken for Alexis
Petrovltch, lieutenant In the MoeooW Hus
sars. This person Is about to quit Russia
to avoid a duel with one of the officers
of his regiment, -Major Devinshl, and
other complications resulting from his
clandestine love affair with the wife of
tho chief of secret police, his membereshlp
In a .Nihilist society and numerous press
ing debts. But it happens he has a very
pretty And spirited sister, for whose sake
the young Americari consents to mas
querade as Alexis Petrovltch, until he can
escape beyond the .border of the Czars
land.
Thereupon ensues a series of adventures
as surprising to the friends of Alexis
Petrovltch as to the young American who
impersonates him. Instead of being a
coward, as has been suspected, the new
Petrovltch proves to be a regular dare
devil, and -a champion with the sword.
Becoming cognizant of a plot to kill the
Czar by derailing the Imperial train on Its
way from St. Petersburg to Moscow, he
manages to effect a rescue .and In the
end quits Russia with decorations galore
and Olga Petrovltch as wife instead of
sister. Seats are now selling.
"The Wizard of Oz."
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the ad
vance sale of seats will open for the
musical comedy extravaganza. "The
Wizard of Ox" which comes to the -Mar
quam Grdnd Theater next Thursday, Fri
day ana aaiuraay nignts, wun a special
matinee Saturday at 2:15 o'clock. Not only
Is the new extravaganza alluring in its
femininity, but its humor has a flavor
of novelty that would .alone insure the
success of the piece. The amusing scares
crow is a most original conception.
At the mere sight of this scaramouch
the audience rocks with laughter. The
make-up is in Itself provocative of hilar
ity, and once he Is brought -to life by the
magic ring of little Dorothy he splits the
sides of the audience every tlmo he opens
his mouth.
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS
Shooting Stars at the Star.-
The biggest feature of tho Star Thea
ter's new programme, which opens tdday
at 3 P. M. will probably be the Diamond
trio. This team is composed of three of
the fastest Indian-club jugglers in the
world, and It Is promised that they will
make the stage look as though It were
filled with shooting-stars. Another very
entertaining turn will be presented by
Dutch Walton, who Is described as a mu
slcal comedian of exceeding merit. Still
another feature will be the giant heel
swing of Leora, and there will be more
besides.
Convulsions of Glee at Arcade.
Two tiny tots that have amused a con
tlnent will be the feature of tho Arcade
Theater's new programme which opens
this afternoon st 2:15. Some wise man. has
said that children have no sense of hu
mor. He certainly never saw the Heim
children do their turn. These Juvenile
pbenomenons of mirth keep their audi
ences rocking in their seats with laugh
ter, make the spectators cry for joy and
convulse them with glee. No one should
miss seeing them.
New BIJou -Features.
Com menclnc with this afternoon, the
great comedy bill of the BIJou will be
presented. Owens and Hart's Comedy
Company, eight high-grade amusement ar
tists, lead with a generous section of
big minstrel show. The Bijou quartet
have an Innovation with illustrated songs.
Lisle and Cecil have a, bright, attractive
sketch. Owens and Lamarr have a won
iderful dancing specialty. New vltascope
pictures.
Electric-Car Jumps Track.
SPRING VALLEY, I1L, Oct. 9. The
Illinois Valfey electric- car jumped the
track oh a sharp curve today. Tne mo
torman sustained broken ribs, the con
doctor's legs and arm were brolcen and
50 passengers received minor injuries.
Nona, was hurt seriously. The car was
aemoiisnea, turning; .over sa vmuuun.'
rnent.
Murine Eye Ree4y cures thl and 'other
.Bye trouDies; bum went eyee Buna.
WILL CHOOSE SOON
New Packing Company to De
cide on Site This Week.
MANY OFFERS ARE SUBMITTED
Columbia Basin Stockyards Intends
to' Spend $250,000 In Erecting
Necessary Buildings, and Will
Begin. Work Shortly.
The Columbia Basin Stockyards Com
pany will this week choose a location for
Its meat-packing plant, and devote $350,000
of Its capital to the erection of the neces
sary buildings. The amount of money
necessary is already provided for and
nothing remains but to make a choice be
tween half a dozen or more locations of
fered. All the suburbs which are foster
ing the establishment of factories are
tryjng for the packing plant. Noticeable
among these are Linn ton, St. Johns, MI1
waukle and the farther part of South
Portland.
The new company, which was capital
ized at $500,000 only a week ago, will soon
become a material reality through the
erection of the buildings necessary for the
plant. These will be completed like the
large packing plants of Chicago and
Omaha. Many expensive buildings will
be necessary. Besides the slaughtering
pens and cattle beds, where the meat Is
dressed, there will be the refrigerator
plant," a power-house, smoke-house and
the factory. All these things will be re
quired for the packing of meat alono.
Besides this main branch of the business,
however, there Is the manufacture of by
products to be looked out for. The tallow
must be transformed Into lard, also the
butterlne. The horns, the hoofs, the hair.
every portion of the animal must be
turned to account. All these by-products
necessitate moro factories, so that the
plant will be composed of many' build
ings and will require a village" of 5000
people to operate It On this account
there is a lively competition for the pack
ing-house and its promoters have received
attractive offers from various suburbs.
The plant when completed will be under
the management of J. J. Cahlll, formerly
engaged in the packing business in the
ailddle West. The capital is entirely local.
George T. Myers is president, and Mr.
&aiu vice-preaiaent ana general man
ager. The board of directors consists of
the president vice-president and P. L.
Willis, secretary; George W. Bates, treas
urer, ana B. M. . Brannick. William H.
Fear, Richard Scott, George A. Toung and
ur. james vvithycombe.
WHITE GIRLS IN OPIUM. DEN.
Police Raid Chinese Joint and Arrest
One Woman.
From a Chinese opium den located at
271 Pine street. Police Sergeant Hoge
boom and Officer Endicott last night at
10:45 o'clock took a white girl, who
gave her name as Nellie Smith, aged 21
years. Another white girl who was in
the den at. the time and whose name. is
unknown, escaped oerore tho two off!
cers could force an entrance to the
room.
Sergeant Hogeboom learned yester
day afternoon that white girls were
frequenting- an opium den located at
the address mentioned above. He stood
on watch yesterday evening' and soon
had his suspicions confirmed, seeing
two white girls enter the front door
of tho large dwelling. He 'called Offi
cer Endicott to his assistance, and to
gether the two officers entered the
building- and began the search.
A close search of the second and
third stories of the house in the front
part was first made, the officers finding
neither white girls nor opium smok
ers. As they started to descend to the
street they heard loud talking in a
rear room and decided that it was a
woman's voice they heard. Following
the sound they came to a door leading
through a small hall to a rear room.
Thoy knocked at this door and de
manded admittance. The loud talking-
Instantly ceased and the officers were
unable to get an answer to their, de
mands for admittance.
Returning to the street the officers
passed around the house and entered a
small alleyway, coming in this manner to
another door at the rear of the house
leading to the room they desired to enter.
As they stepped to the door it opened sud
denly and Nellie Smith dashed out and
almost into the officers arms. She was
placed under arrest and returned to the
room, which was searched. A full set of
pipes and quite a quantity of opium was
discovered and confiscated. At the first
the woman denied having anything to do
with the Chinamen, but later confessed
that she had .been in the opium den with
another white girl, whose name she 're
fused to give. She said that the other
uscu iu givtj. outr cam iuai we utile uul io-u. tuiwi wuw. wuuw
Hopgrowing Under Difficulties
English Yards Must Be Fertilized, Vines Frequently Sprayed
and Even Tnen tne Yield Does
LONDON. SepL 15. (Special Correspond
ence.) If the Oregon hopgrower Is
inclined to complain of his lot he has
but to come to England and study the con
ditions under which his Industry Is car
ried on in Kent. He will find the vine cul
tivated on a soli of light clay, which is
only six to nine Inches deep In places. Be
low this Is the solid rock. A strong con
trast this to the almost bottomless allu
vial soil of the Oregon valleys, which has
but to bo tickled to make it yield, and on.
which fertilizers are only beginning to be
used on the oldest hopyards. A3 against
Oregon's equable climate, Kent has a cli
mate full of whims and fancies which
gives no certainty of a crop until it is
harvested.
On the largest and best-equipped yards'
in Kent, one of which I have just visited,
the soil Is cultivated with steam tackle
to a depth of seven or eight Inches and
then a coarse harrow Is used to move It
where it has been trampled. The soil is
then fertilized with artiQcIak manure, such
as fish, nitrate of . soda and super-phosphate,
as well as ordinary farm manure.
Such an exhausting crop on such thin soil
makes It necessary "to manure very
strongly, and the cost ranges from 4 to
5 sterling an acre.
The -vines are strung on poles 14 feet 6
Inches to 15 feet high with' a wire four
feet from the grourld A series of strings
stretches from this wire to the top of the
next line of poles and up these the vines
climb on a slant.
" The Kentish yards are so Infested with
tho aphis blight that repeated sprinkling
is necessary. The large yard which I
vislted had been sprinkled five or six
times and some yards have been sprinkled
eight or 10 times this season, yet fresh
swarms of the aphis come. The wash used
Is a solution of boiled soft3oap and quas
sia, while flour of sulphur Is used for the
mold, 'from 20 to 40 pounds to the acre be
ing required. The best yards have iron
pipes laid on the ground throughout, &nd
to these rubber hose Is attached to supply
the wash to sprinkling-machines drawn; by
horses but operated by hand. Water usu
ally, has .to be pumped from a neighbor
ing stream or from wells.
Tho only advantage which Kent has
over Oregon is In the matter wages,
which range only asaout half the Oregea
girl was smoking and" tho Chinamen car
ried her out of the room when the officers
demanded admittance at the front door.
She said that she was only in the den to
see the other girl smoke, but her condi
tion betrayed the fact that the woman
had also been smoking, though not long
enough for the drug to have an effect.
Nellie Smith told tho officers" a pitiful
story and asked to be released. She was,
however, taken to the Police Station,
where a charge of being in -an opium den
was preferred against her. She was un
able to give bail and was incarcerated
in the City JalL Sergeant Hogeboom was
then directed to make an investigation of
the premises from which the Smith
woman, was taken, and to endeavor to.
ascertain the name of the other woman
who was in the place when the officers
first arrived on the scene.
The woman nrrested atntpfl that ntn
came to Portland from Seattle last July.
having lived in the East prior to her ar
rival in Seattle, where she remained but
few weeks. Without the protection of
friends or relatives, she drifted Into the
half-world. As she wa3 not captured in
the act of smoking opium, the only
charge that could be placed against' her
was that of being in an opium den, the
penalty for which" Is a fine not less than
$10 nor more than $100, or Imprisonment
In the City Jail for a term not to exceed
20 days, or both.
The police are determined to break up
the, practice of white women frequenting
the Chinese resorts. Lately but few cases
have come to' the notice of the officers,
but there are still a few who visit the
opium dens, and these the police are de
termined to ferret out as speedily as pos
sible. All places suspected of being opium
dens are being strictly watched, and
whenever white women are seeing enter
ing them a raid and arrests will instantly
follow.
WAS IN P0ETIAND I0NG AGO.
Maxon Sav Site of City When For
est Covered It.
Jordan O'Bryan Maxon, who crossed the
plains from Missouri with an ox team in
1845. and who knew Portland when it was
virgin forest, with one shanty, is visit
Ing thi3 city on business connected with
an irrigation project at his present home.
near Lewlston, Idaho.
"Jeff Davis, head of the Southern 'Con
federacy, was a cousin of my father, al
though I do not feel proud of the reUv
tlonshlp," said Mr. Maxon, last night.
"Zachary Taylor wa3 second cousin to my
mother. I was reared as a Democrat, but
I first voted tho Republican ticket in '64.
and have voted it since. The silver craze
never bothered me.
"I was born In Cooper County, Mis
sourl, July 17, 1842, and when I was. 3 years
old, my parents crossed the plains with
an ox-team and a company of 63 people,
commanded by Captain John Locke.
During the journey all our oxen died, and
we were forced to use the cows for trans
portation. We lanaea at une uaiies, ana
part of the company went over the Bar
low road, west and, south of Mount Mood
The company to which we attached our
selves sailed down the Columbia River to
the Cascades, and the men carried their
sroods past the falls. Indians' were cm-
cloyed to bring the rafts over the falls
We thea sailed down the Columbia and
went up the Willamette In November,
1S45. passing the Site of the City of Port
land, our destination being the mouth of
tho Clackamas. We remained during the
Winter near Oregon City, and next
Spring moved near Washougal, on the
Columbia River. After living near waiao
Hills, we ultimately settled on the pres
ent site of the town of La uamas, wnere
my father, H. G. J. Maxon, got a dona
tion claim of.640 acres.
"During the time we were moving
around I remember visiting Portland.
When I was a baby, my people said what
is now Portland was forest 'with one
Bhantv located in what is now South
Portland. In my early boyhood and i
youth, often came to Portland when it
consisted of Front and First streets, ano
was Just a growing village. None of us
were surprised at the growth or tnis city.
for It seemed to be a winner irom me
start, so far as distancing rival cities was
concerned. I left our donation claim at
La Camas in 1882, and went to the Flor
ence mines in Idaho, and, after returning
to La Camas, settled in 1873 on my pres
ent fruit and vegetable ranch near Lewis
ton. w"here I have lived ever since. My
father was a well-known veteran of the
various Indian wars in Oregon, and I
served against the Indians in the '77 trou
ble, although I was present at only one
battle. I am a civil engineer by "profession,
and have worked for various .railroad
companies in this section."
Mr. Maxon is a vigorous looking man,
and does not look his 62 years.
More Scholars Than Last Year.
LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 9.-(SpeciaI.)
During the first month of public school In
La-Grande this term the attendance was
780 while last year It was 754. There are
890 boys and 390 girls and an excellent
corps of teachers. School has begun In
all rural districts in Union County, with
a good attendance, and the schools are
continually being enlarged and new grades
being added and scholars being enrolled.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
' If Baby la Cnttiar Teeth,
S ear aaft me that old and well-tried xmdr,
Un. WlceicrK'a Boo thins Syrup, tor childna
tithlnr. It soothes the child, softens the gllTniL
alia.? all rain, cures -wind colic a&A diarrhoea.
Not Equal Tnose or uregon.
rate. On the yard mentioned, which com
prises 160 acres, from 60 to 100 men are
employed the year around, while 50 wo
men are employed to string tne vines, xne
pickers an go irom ionaon, wnoie ianu
lies reoairing to the hopflelds as to a
picnic. The growers house them In huts,
but they provide their own food. Pickers
are paid a shilling lor an average oi
seven bushels, and the best of them earn
7 shillings, or .6S a day. The picking
season is about the same as in Oregon,
from the beginning of the third week in
August to the end of September.
Kent has had an extremely bad season.
f6r a wet Winter, was followed by a cold
Spring. In June, though the days were
warm, the nights were cold and by the
time the nights, had turned warm the
vines sadly needed moisture, so that the
rain in the third week of July, which
-broke a long drought, came just in time
to save many yards from total failure.
But even at that the vines seemed to have
been so Injured by the unfavorable
weather that they could not recover, and
they had but thin foliage and scanty
bloom.
When hops are selling at 12 cents the
Oregon grower is making a fair profit.
but -the Kentish grower is only making
expenses without any allowance for rent
or interest" on the cost of the land if he
happens to own his farm These facts
were gathered at Farlcigh, In Mid-Kent,
where the average production Is 11 hun
dredweight an acre, the highest In Eng
land, though this Is the lowest In Ore
gon. In East Kent the average 13 only
nine hundredweight, while it is so much
lower in Sussex, Worcester and Hereford
as to bring down the average for all Eng
land to about eight and three-fourths
hundredweight. With cheap, virgin land,
requiring no fertilizer, an average crop
about double the size ner acre and much
'lower cost of production, Oregon leaves
Kent far In the distance, and a London
dealer frankly stated that Oregon hops
are very fine, second only to Bavarian,
which, are the finest of an. .
Kent has more than three-fifths of the
hoa acreage of England- The total in the
year 1503 was. 47,938, of which SO.OOO was in
Kent, about 4500 in Sussex and the rest
In .Worcester and Hereford. Against. this
OregoB en set nearly double the acreage
wHfe wo&aJaly deuMe - production per
acre.
HIS OWN COOK NOW
Husband of Mrs. Woodqock
Deplores Her Political Work.
HER EASTERN TRIP A SECRET'
Female Politician's Spouse Hodcs
That Her Visit to' Chicago In Be
half of "Rosenfelt" Will
Teach Her a Lesson.'
"Great Scott! She has gone, has she?
"Well, she may learn something to her
advantage before she gets through with
this Job. "Why, she knows no more of
politics thaii a 5-year-old kid," exclaimed
Charles "Woodcock, husband of the Ir
repressible Mrs. Mary L., who is now
being whirled toward Chicago and New
York, there to work for "Rosenfelt."
Smoke was pouring out of the chim
ney of Mr. "Woodcock's cozy cottage on
Pine street at an early hour yesterday
mornln". and when a reporter called the
deserted husband of the female politi
cian came to the door in his shirt sleeves
from the kitchen, where he was preparing
his morning breakfast. The rooms the
cottage were neat and perfectly orderly.
There was not a scrap of dirt to be seen.
Around the front porch are many roses.
Mr. "Woodcock is a hard-working man,
highly respected among all who know
him, retiring in disposition, the opposite
of his robust wife in weight and dispo
sition. "What do you think of your wife's
political movement? I suppose you kqow
she has started for New York, do you
not, Mr. "Woodcock?" inquired the re
porter. "Well, I don't think much of what she
has been doing. I was not aware that
she had actually started. She has not
been at home since Friday night. I knew
she was packing up her things in a va
lise. She never told me where she was
going. I suppose she thought I-might
try to stop her. Some of my friends told
me she was going to New York, but I
made up my mind to do nothing to stop
her, any wav. She knows.no more about
politics than a 5-year-old kid. and I am
surprised at the fact that some promi
nent politicians here in Portland hava
been egging her on and encouraging her
In chasing about with her flag, when they
knew that she was wasting her time.
"I haven't seen much of Mrs. Wood
cock for some time. She has been riding
this political hobby for months. It is
expensive, too. But when she isn't at
one thing, it is somethlng.else, and I just
let her go. Nothing can stop her, except
when I put my foot down and say she
must stop, and then she does.
"She . sold some property to get money
for the trip. How will she come out?
Well," that's the point I'm thinking about.
I haven't a doubt but she will land in
Washington and at the White House, if
she ever gets through Chicago or New
York. If she undertakes to appear on the
streets of Chicago swinging her flag and
accosting people, as she does here in
Portland, where she Is well known, the
police will snap her up. The same will
happen in New York. But she has some
well-to-do relatives at Ogdensville, N.
Y., and she may go there; but they can't
control her any more than X can. p ha-
has a brother there also. .
"I don't know how she is fixed finan
cially," continued Mr. Woodcock, "but if
she thinks I am going to help her out if
she gets in trouble In the East I shall
fool her a bit. I shall give her a little
lesson that may do her some good. A
bitter experience may teach her some
things that she needs to know. She may
carry letters of Introduction- to prominent
men In Cnicago and. New xork irom tne
prominent men and politicians who have
been egging her' oil here. If she has these
letters she will go to them the first thing.
It was my opinion that she would go to
Washington to attend the inauguration
of President Roosevelt, but I was not
sure she wojuld really start for New York
at this time.
Of course, I do not approve of her ac-
tlons. I am, very much humiliated by ner.
but it Js not easy to restrain and make
her stay at home, but I am thinking
she will get a severe lesson out of this
trlD East that will last ner a, wniie. .aura.
Woodcock is thoroughly In earnest and
really believes she is doing a good thing
for President Roosevelt, but I think she
has been deceived by the encouragement
she has received from people who ought
to have known better."
Mr. Woodcock Is not worried about his
wife, but he expects to hear something
interesting when his husky spouse arrives
at New York.
PRESERVATIVES ON FISH.
Seattle Dealers Send Embalmed Food
to Portland Markets.
Portland fish dealers are compelled to
depend for their supplies, of salt .water
fish on Seattle fishermen, and the fish
which they have been sending over here
of late Is very objectionable and gets the
dealers here- into much trouble with their
customers.
The cause of this trouble appears to be
the use of something in the nature of a
preservative on the fish, the presence of
which cannot be detected until the fish
is cookecf. A piece of halibut or codfish
may look and smell all right when it goes
into the pot. but when served It tastes as
If it had been boiled In carbolic acid, or
something of the sort, and causes many
to leave the table without having- satis
fled their hunger. This has been going
on for some time, despite the protests and
warnings of dealers here, but the climax
was reached a. few days ago when a
wholesale dealer here refused to receive
a carload of fish sent to him and ordered
it returned to the shippers at Seattle.
The fishermen over there appear to be
going further out than they used to In
search of fish, and sp it is often many
days a week or two probably, before
their catch 13 landed, and despite supplies
of ice taken along it is often in bad con
dition: It is very evident that at some
stage of the game some chemical Is
brought into use to prevent or conceal
the stale nature of the fish when It ar
rives here..
Probably the refusal to receive and the
return of a few carloads of fish may
produce tho desired effect. It it does not,
dealers here are likely to abandon the
trade In halibut, codfish, sole, flounders,
and other deep-sea- flsh for a time at
least. It is high time that some one was
making another effort to supply this mar
ket with salt water fish from the banks
off the mouth of the Columbia. It Is well
known that there is planty of all the
varieties of sea: flsh furnished by the mar
kets here to be obtained there, and others
besides, as well as crabs and cockles, but
since the first venture in this enterprise
proved disastrous no one has sufficient
nerve to make another trial. Some day
some one who has nerve and. backing
will make big money In. this business, and
will also win the gratitude of Portland
flsheaters.
A Sumptuary Law.
Atchison Globe.
Since it Is Impossible to set an age whea
a woman should not wear' a sweater,"
would it help things to decide upon a
weight; for'tastutee, all we4htogr 2tt to
be bsrreC