iHJi SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANtTAE'T 7, 1900. -
IDRED SCOTT DICISION
7HIS E&MOUS CASE DISCUSSED1 BY
CAPT. J. T. APPERSOJS.
3?aper Bend. Before Abernethy Cb.au-
tnnana Circle in Coarse of Study
of tnc Life of Lincoln.
The appended paper on "The Dred Scott
iDeclsIon" was recently read before the
Abernethy Chautauqua Circle of Park
P.a e and Gladstone by Captain J. T. Ap
pcrson. It is published at the unanimous
request of the circle. The paper follows:
To the President and Members of Aber
ncthy Chautauqua Class: In presenting to
you this paper, relative to the Dred Scott
asc, I shall flrst give you the status of
the parties as the same was presented be
fore the supreme court of the United
States. The case was twice argued by
counsel in said court.
DreJ Scott vs. Sandford. This case was
brought up by writ of error from the cir
cuit court of the United States for the
d-strlct of Missouri. It was an action of
trespass, instituted in the circuit court by
Swn against Sandford.
The declaration of Scott contained three
counts. One that Sandford had assaulted
the plaintiff; one that he assaulted Har
riet Scott, Ms wife, and one that be had
assaulted Eliza Scott and Lizzie Scott, his
chiidren.
Sandford pleaded that this court was
without jurisdiction, as said Scott was
?xc usively within the jurisdiction of the
court of the state of Missouri. The said
p.cnUff is not a citizen of Missouri, as
alleged in his declaration, because he is
a legro of African descent, his ancestors
wcrr of pure African blood and -were
brought Into this country and sold as
aegro slaves; wherefore he prays judg-
tnent whether this court can or will take
further cognizance of the action afore
said. To this plea there was a demurrer in the
usual form, which was argued in April,
JSJi, when the court gave judgment that
the demurrer should be sustained.
"In May, 1854, the defendant, in pursuance
of an agreement between counsel and
"with the leave of the court, pleaded in
bar of the action:
First Not guilty;
Second That the plaintiff was a negro
elave, the lawful property of the de
fendant, and as such the-defendant gently
laid his hands upon him and thereby had
only restrained him, as the defendant had
a right to do.
Third That with respect to the vrlfe and
daughters of the plaintiff, in the second
and third counts of the declaration men
tioned the defendant had, as to them,
only acted in the same manner and,in vir
tue of the same legal right.
In the first of these pleas the plaintiff
joined issues, and to the second and
tlnrd filed replications, alleging that the
defendant of his own wrong, and without
the cause in his second and third pleas
alleged, committed the trespass.
Facts in the Case.
The counsel then filed the following
ftgreed statement of facts:
In the year" 1S34 the "plaintiff was a
oegro slave, belonging to Dr. Emerson,
who was a surgeon it? the army of the
United States. In that year, 1834, said
Dr. Emerson took the plaintiff from the
etate of Missouri to the military post at
Bock Island, in the state of Illinois, and
fceld him there as a slave "until the month
of April or May, 1836, At the time last
mentioned, said Dr. Emerson removed the
Pia.ntiff from said military post at Bock
Island to the military post at Fort Snell-
ing, situated on the west bank of the
Mississippi river, in the territory known
u . i.-i- .LAJuisiajra, acquired Dy ine unn
ea Stages of tPranee, and situate north of
the latitude of 30 deg., 30 minrhoTth.
and north of the state of Missouri. Said
Dr. Emerson held the plaintiff in slavery
at said Fort Snelling, from said last
mentioned date until the year 1S38.
In the year 3535 Harriet, who is named
In the second count of the plaintiff's decla
ration, was the negro slave of Major Tal
iaferro, who belonged to the army of tne
United States. In that year, 1835, said
Major Taliaferro took said Harriet to said
Fort Snelling, a military post, situated
as hereinbefore stated, and kept her tnere
as a slave until the year 1836, and then sold
and delivered her as a slave at said Forr
Snelling into the said Dr. Emerson, here
inbefore named. Said Dr. Emerson held
said Harriet in slavery at said Fort Snell
ing until the year 1838.
In the year 1836 the plaintiff and said
Harriet, at said Fort Snelling, with the
consent of said Dr. Emerson, who then
claimed to be their master and owner in
termarried and took each other for hus
band and wife. Eliza and Lizzie, named
in the third count of the plaintiff's decla
ration are the fruits of that marriage.
Eliza is about 14 years old, and was born
on board the steamboat Gypsy, north of
the north line of the state of Missouri
and upon the river Mississippi. Lizzie
is about 7 years old, and was born in the
state of Missouri at the military post
called Jefferson barracks.
Resided In a Free State.
In the year 183S said Dr. Emerson re
moved the plaintiff and said Harriet and
the.r said daughter Eliza from said Fort
Enelling to the state of Missouri, where
they have ever since resided. Before the
commencement of this suit, said Dr. Emer
son sold and conveyed the plaintiff said
Harriet, Eliza and Lizzie to the defendant,
as slaves, and the defendant has ever since
canned to hold them and, each of them as
slaves.
At the time mentioned in plaintiff's dec
laration, the defendant, claiming to be own
er as aforesaid, laid his hands upon said
plaintiff. Harriet, Eliza and Lizzie, and
lmpnsoned them, doing in this respect,
however, no more than -what he might
lawfully do if they were of right his slaves
at such times. Further proof may be
given on the trial for either party It is
agreed that Dred Scott brought suit for
his freedom in the circuit court of St.
Louis county, that there was a verdict and
judgment in his favor, that on a writ of
error to the supreme court the judgment
below was reversed, and the same re
manded to the circuit court, where it has
been continued to await the decision of this
case.
In May, 1854, the cause went before a
jury who found the following verdict, viz:
"As to the firt issue joined in this case,
we. of the jury, find the defendant not
guJtv, and as to the issue secondly, above
joined, we, of the jury, find that before
and at the time when, etc., in the first
count mentioned, the said Dred Scott was
a roero slave, the lawful property of the
defendant, and as to the issue thirdly
above joined, we, the jury, find that be
fore and at the time when, etc., in the
second and third counts mentioned, the
said Harriet, -wife of said Dred Sontr. n
Eliza and Lizzie, the daughter of the said
Dred Scott, were negro slaves, the lawful
property of the defendant."
Defendant Won Salt.
"Whereupon the court gave judgment for
the defendant.
After an ineffectual motion for a new
trial, the plaintiff filed the following bill
of exceptions:
On the trial of this cause by the jury, the
plaintiff, to maintain the Issue on his part,
read to the jury the following agreed
statement of facts. (See agreementabove.)
No further testimony was given to the
jury by either party. Thereupon the plain
tiff moved the court to give to the jury
the foljowing Instructions, viz: "That upon
the facts agreed to by the parties, they
ought to find for the plaintiff. The court
refused to give such instructions to the
jury, and the plaintiff, to such refusal,
then and there duly excepted."
The court then gave the following In
structions to the jury on motion of the
defendant:
"The jury are instraatsd that oipon the
toots in this case, the law is. with; the
defendahL" Tfie plalnUff excented to this
instruction.
Upon these exceptions the case came
up to this court.
Chief Justice Taney in 1S57 announced
the decision of the court In the case. Six
of the associate justices concurred in this
decision.
"The court declared that the act of con
gress prohibiting slavery In the territories
north of 26 deg. 3& min. was unconstitu
tional and void," and this suit was dis
missed, thus leaving Dred Scott and his
family slaves and in the hands and at the
mercy of- Sandford, their master. Jus
tices McLean and Curtis dissented from
the view of the chief justice and his as
sociates. They were of the opinion that
the act of congress prohibiting slavery in
the territories of the United States north
of 56 deg. 30 min, was clearly within
the provisions of the constitution, and as
such it should be maintained until re
pealed by act of congress. They also
were of the opinion that Dred Scott and
his family were free under the laws of
congress, and were entitled to a judg
ment in this case.
If you will consider that the presenta
tion, judgment and opinion of the court
exclusive of the. argument of counsel)
covers over 250 pages of the supreme court
reports, you will then have some faint
idea as to the great Importance that this
question was considered to have at that
time.
It was then believed by a great many
people that this entire case was made
up in order to afford an opportunity for
the political opinion delivered by the
court.. This was probably an extreme
view not justified by the facts. In clos
ing this article I shall present a single
paragraph found In James G. Blaine's
"Twenty Tears In Congress." It seems
to me to be a just and proper view to
take relative to this important question.
3Ir. Blaine's View.
Mr. Blaine said among other things:
"Chief Justice Taney, who delivered the
oDlnlon which proved so obnoxious
through the North, was not only a man of
great attainments, but was singularly pure
and upright in his life and conversation.
Had his personal character been less ex
alted, or his legal learning less eminent,
there would have been less surprise and
less indignation. But the same qualities
which rendered his judgment of apparent
value to the South, called out Intense hos
tility in the North. The lapse of years,
however, cools the passion and tempers
the judgment. It has brought many anti
slavery men to see that an unmerited
share of the obloquy attached to the de
cision has been visited on the chief justice,
and that it was unfair to place him under
such condemnation, while two associate
justices in the North, Grler and Nelson,
joined in the decision without incurring
special censure, and lived in honor and
veneration to the end of their judicial
careers. While, therefore, time has in no
degree abated Northern hostility to the
Dred Scott decision, it has thrown a mora
generous light upon the character and
action of the eminent chief justice who
pronounced it. More allowance is made
for the excitement and for what he be
lieved to be the exigency of the hour, for
the sentiments In which he had been edu
cated, for the force of association, and
for his genuine belief that he was doing
a valuable work towaTds the preservation
of the Union. His views were held by
millions of people around him, and he was
swept along by a current which with so
many had proved irresistible. Coming to
the bench from Jackson's cabinet, fresh
from the angry controversies of that par
tisan era, he had proved a most acceptable
and Impartial guide, earning renown and
escaping censure until he dealt directly
with the question of slavery. Whatever
harm he may have done In that decision
was speedily overruled by war, and the
country can now contenmlate a vpnmhip
jurist, in robes that were never soiled by
corruption, leadlnc- a lone- iif nf inhnr o,
sacrifice, and achieving a fame in his
profession second onlv la thnt nt -Mar.
shall." -
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THE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
SEC BEST-SELLING BOOKS OF IiAST
MOXTHBY A3IERICAIVS. '
Remarkable Illustration of the Grad
ual but Snre Literary Groivtb ,
oJ the United States.
Nothing more forcibly Illustrates the
chief characteristic of the literary year
than the January Bookman's list of the
six best-sellings books during the last
month. Every one of the six is by an
American author. if memory serves
aright, this Id something that has never
happened before. Itls'a remarkable illus
tration of the gradual but sure literary
growth of the United States'. It indi
cates that in due time we shall wrest
the literary supremacy flrom England, just
as we have taken the financial supremacy.
When the reading public of the United
States began the year "1899 it 'was most
widely interested In, six books, of which
four were by Englishmen and1 two by
American authors. Even this proportion
was unusually liberal to the Americans,
says the Chicago Tribune. The wo Amer
ican books were by Thomas Nelson Page
and Dr. Weir Mitchell. At the close- oi
the year the favorites are Mr. Ford's
"Janice Meredith," Winston' Churchill's
"Richard Carvel," Mr. Major's "When
Knighthood Was in Flower," Mr. Westj
cott's "David Harum," Marlon Craw
ford's "Via Crucis," and' Mr. Dunne's
latest volume on "Dooley." The list
has varied somewhat from month to
month, but this final half dozen Is fairly
representative of the year's new reading
matter. "No. 5 John Street" was wide
ly read for a time, and Kipling's "Day's
Work" was prominent throughout the
first half of the year. But the whole
trend of the year has been toward Amer
ican works not because they were writ
ten by Americans, but because they were
the best expressions of the prevailing
literary tastes. The six books now In
the ascendency will compare favorably,
both In originality and In literary finish,
with any similar list furnished in years
past by trans-Atlantic authors.
American colonial (romances have for
some years been gaining in popularity,
and the fact that "Janice Meredith" and
"Richard Carvel" now head the list shows
that this vein has not'1 yet been worked
out Either of these is as fine an ex
ample of the modern historical romance
as the best living authors in other coun
tries could produce. It is also a mat
ter of remark that four of the six favor
ites aire historical novels, leaving only
"David Harum" and "Mr. Dooley" to
do the honors for other kinds of fiction.
Both these gentlemen are unique, each
in his way, but the charm of both is a
piquant combination of humor and home
ly common ense. The group, as a whole,
shows- remarkably healthy tastes, as well
as a new-born power on the part of Amer
ican writers to cater to these tastes.
Probably the year's total product wIlL
surpass all records In the number of
books published in English? There has
been a tremendous amount of mediocre
matter, yet the average has been much
higneir than It. was In 189S. The major
part of the fiction of the year has been
clean and strong and cheerful. The mor
bid tendencies of a few yejars ago seem
to have culminated in a revulsion dat
ing from "Judo the Obscure," and the
passion for cheerful and lively romance
has held increasing sway ever since.
Popular taste seems now to have drifted
away from the purely Imaginary romance
typified In "The Prisoner of Zenda," and
to have turned chiefly to historical ro
mance. The (rather mild support given
to Egerton Castle's excellent "Young
April" and to Anthony Hope's equally
good "King's Mirror" ind'eates this, as
does also the somewhat unexpected pop
ularity of Marlon Crawford's strictly his
torical novel of the Crusades, "Via Cru
cis." The failure of "When Knighthood
Was In Flower" to catch the public taste
at flrst has beep strikingly compensated
for In the last year's rush far delicately
wrought historical: romances.
The year has had its'full share of note
worthy literary events in- other lines.
The letters of Stevenson, the life of Mil
lais and a new biography of Thackeray
are recent instances ' In point. The ap
pearance of Goldwln' Smith's history of
"The United Kingdom" Is as important
as any other event in the literary annals
of 1899. Poetry has been fairly represent
ed in its distinctly minor way. Essays
and belles lettres can furnish as fine ex
amples of good work Issued in 1S99 as
in any previous year. But fiction holds
nearly absolute sway in point of popu
larity, as in the past, and the most en
couraging feature of the year just closed
Is the high degree of general excellence
in fiction and the fact that Americans
are writing an Increasing proportion of
the best of It.
WILL ERECT TEN HOUSES.
Plan of Southern Pacific Contem
plates Ulnny Improvements.
During the past week the surveyors
have been running lines for the founda
tion of the new carshops building west
of the office and depot on the Southern
Pacific grounds,, and it will not be long
before excavating for the foundation ot
this structure will be commenced. An of
fice of the superintendent of construction
-will be erected near where the building
will stand, and it will be put In shape
next Monday. The new building. In accordance-
with .the general plan, will ex
tend east and -west, 270x140 feet, as all
the others will. In all, the general plans
contemplate erection of 10 or 12 bulldT
Ings, and all will be located west of the
present ones, but It is not known when
the remainder of the structures will be
erected. The contract for the one most
needed was only let for the. present. In
connection with the machine shops, there
will be considerable change in trackage
on the ground. There will be a spur
branch off from the main line at the
north end of the grounds and pass through '
the tract between the present buildings
and the proposed new ones. The series
of buildings will range from the north
to the south side of the grounds, each ex
tending east- and west
Jnnk Shop How.
A row happened in the "Chronic" junk
shop, down on Grand avenue and East
Alder street, between J. Brown, the pro
prietor, and an outsider Friday evening
that for a time threatened to reduce the
house and the adjoining one to junk.
The cause of the "scrap" was known only
to the two men themselves, as they were
entirely alone. The first intimation that
the people in the adjoining room had that
anything unusual was going on was the
sound ot flying shrapnel striking the sides
of the building. Sometimes a solid shell
would strike the walls. An occasional
glimpse, could be had through a window
from the outside, but no one cared to
take chances of being annihilated by a
stray missile. After a. while silence reigned
inside the junk house, and it was feared
that both belligerents had been done for.
The shoemaker next door was thinking
of .sending-for the coroner to take charge
of the "remains," if there were any,
when both men emerged from the front
door, arm in arm. each .expressing the
high Tegard in which he held the other.
Neither appeared to have sustained any
Injury from the hot fire that had been
kept up Inside. They went down to the
nearest restaurant, much to the amaze
ment of the neighbors, where they pledged
their" undyirig friendship for- each other
with ham and eggs and bumpers of hot
coffee.
Cow Trouble at Sellwood.
At Sellwood there -is smouldering fire
as the result of the passage of the Im
pounding ordinance, which requires that
cows in that portion ot the city should
be kept up. It Is one of those questions
that will not be settled except through
long lapse of time, or rather until a new
generation shall have sprung up and
taken the plabe of the present one, and
oven feelings of revenge on those "who
helped get the obnoxious ordinance passed"
is handed along down the line of suc
cession. And so, at Sellwood, although it
seems to be admitted that It is a good
thing for the community to have alt cat
tle excluded from the streets and from
smashing through fences, a long knife,
keen and gleaming, Is ready for the xom
ing election for the benefit ofr those who
were In any way connected with that
movement, so that the political ambi
tion of those who advocated the measure
may be nipped in the bud. However, it
is admitted that this pretty suburb -is
much cleaner and a more desirable "place
since the ordinance went into effect. Stock
from Clackamas county no longer wander
through the streets and eat up the grass.
Smajl Cottase Fire.
There was a lively blaze inTthe cottage
of Mr; Gellnsky, on East Seventh '"and
East Main streets, yesterday at 11:30
o'clock. An alarm was rung .in from, box
215, whjch deceived engine company No.
7, and It went or south on Grand -avenue
to EastMadison, where It was dlrect-
ed to the right place. At the house- the
fire was above the celling, and wasfcaused
by a defective terra cotta flue.. It was
extinguished with a little water; 'no ma
terial damage being done. The house is
occupied by H. H. Hagen and family.'
From the same cause, the building was
on fire several months agof
East Side. Notes.!.
Rev. Charles C. Poling, of Lafayette,
arrived In the city yesterday,, and will be
with the - Second United. Evangelical
church today. '
J. M. Partlow, of the Efest Side, has sold
his Washington county farm to W. H.
West, an Eastern capitalist.- He Is going
into the b6e and honey business , ,
The shade trees removed from along
East Seventh street, between East Yam
hill and Fast Taylor, have been cut up
into cordwood, several cords ofr fuel being
the result.
The funeral of Mrs. Emma H. Taylor
ttook place yesterday at 12:30 o'clock from
f the home of her mother, 1006 Hawthorne
avenue. The place of interment was River
view cemetery.
The funeral of Hervey McCurdy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. -C. M. Cook, took place yes
terday afternoon from the home of Ids
parents, 191 Grand avenue, North. The
young man was 21 years and 11 months old.
Some good work has been done the
past week In ihe way of draining East
Eighth street south from East Taylor,
where the gutters had become clogged up,
resulting in the flooding of East Eighth'
street when there Was a downpour.
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SERENITY AND GRACE.
"Wild Eden," George EL Woodberry's
Latest Book ot Poems.
Mr. George E. Woodberry, whose repu
tation in -verse Tests largely upon nis fine,
threnody, "The North Shore Watch," is
the author of a new book of poems, "Wild,
Eden," from the press of Macmillan &
Co., New York. The volume is in tha
main a chain of lover's moods,- which,
since alL the world,, loves , a Lover, will
doubtless not go -unread. But many of
the verses smack of sentimentallsm,- and
are too1 self-centered to commend them
selves unreservedly to he reading public.
Not all these lines rise to the, dignity of
poetry. There is a dearth of originality,
yet the verses have considerable grace of
diction, and the lines are enlivened by
some happy turns of phrase. One of the
poems, at. least, contains real melody:
"Where summer beta were droning
Halt the moony night,
Like a poet's thoughts Intoning
BIUb, of aa brief delight,
Now autumn dirges eift
The lindens yellowing old,
"Wftillng low the dying shrift
Of love long told.
Autumn winds, go moaning
Through the "boughs like amber bright;
Grinds the gray sea groaning - '
On beaches -wild and white;
The lonely lindens lift
Their long-deserted gold;
Soon the black rain, the white drift,
And the leaf in the mould.
"Liove's Birthright," which has the
strongest line in the book, strikes a deeper
note one that is in accord with Matthew
Arnold's definition of poetry. "It is im
portant, therefore, to hold fast to this:
that poetry is at bottom a criticism of
life; that the greatness of a poet lies in
his powerful and beautiful application of
ideas to life to the question: How to
live." There Is a vigor of thought and a
convincing sincerity to this poem not found
in the others, -which are the work of a re
cluse, who lives apart from the struggling
hordes ot humanity.
There is no glimpse of tha stern fight,
the reeking sun sweats of the world of
grinding toll. In place of these Is . the
glamor of moonlight, boyish romance, and
the soft, melancholy fall of rose leaves.
Yet it is something, after all, to find
dreaminess without languor, and beauty
without bitterness.
Occasionally there is a touch of weari
ness and unrest, as In "The Mighty
Mother," "Seaward," and the following
lines, named "The Wanderers":
The ocean, storming on the rockB,
Shepherds not there his v. lid, wet flocks;
The soaring ether nowhere finds
An eyrie for the winged winds;
Xor haa j on glittering sky a charm
To hive in heaven the starry swarm,
And so thy wandering- thoughts, my heart,
Xo home shall find; let them depart!
But in general the tone is one of weak
serentyjjjjwMeh occasionally rises to a'
hQahy. optimism. In "Homeward
Bound," written upon the author's return
to America from Italy, there is loyal pat
riotism, and this Is one of the most genial
and wholesome in the book:
Home from the lonely cities, time's wreck, and
the naked woe;
Homo through the clean great waters where
freemen's pennants blow.
Home to the land- men dream' of, where all the
nations go;
'Tis home but to be on the waters, 'tis homo
already here,
Through the weird red-billowing sunset Into tha
west to steer.
To fall to sleep In the rocking dark with home a
day more near.
There Is poetry in that phrase, "In the
rocking dark."
As a matter of technique, it is a pity
that Mr. Woodberry does not give greater
care to his concluding lines, which are
sometimes the weakest In the entire poem.
Wherever there is a happily worded
phrase, it Is generally found Inconspicu
ously placed. This may be spontaneity,
but It fs not art.
The majority of readers cannot fall to
be attracted by the author's quick sym
pathy with small things la the lively pal
pitating world of nature. He has quite
as many caressing thoughts for the grue
some ugliness of the bat as for the bright-
bodies seem to wear out quicker than
struggle for wealth the stomach is neglected,
Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Constipation, Biliousness
are the result A strong stomach is essential to good health.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for fifty years past
has been making strong stomachs. Itls a blood puri
fier, an appetizer a nerve tonic
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wakes up sluggish livers in fact, makes people well.
an aruggisis sen k. Accept no otner.
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winged humming-bird, and there are some'
deft and charming touches in the pretty
Verses devoted; to these;
. Darlrapur-lover "
Deep In the flower,
"With secret bllsseo,-
Aerial kisses,
OVcr and over;.
Swift goer, swift comer,
Heart of the summer
A-wing on the flower.
Could heart discover
Thy love-fast power, k
SoJnear to. hover, "
So close1-to Jove her.
Deep in the flower,
"With hid blisses
And silent kisses.
Oh, it were heaven
To be. such a loveri
Mr. Woodberry Is at his best In such a
passage as this, where delicacy, blithe
ness and grace ara required, rather than
robustness; of style, vivid emotional en
ergy,, or bold and convincing power of.
utterance. '
JOINT INSTALLATION.
Ivena Temple and Ivanuoe Lodge
Join in Ceremony.
Joint Installation of the officers of Ivena
temple. No. 20, Rathbone Sisters, and
IvanihOe lodge, No. 10, Knights of Pyth
ias, was held In Marquam hall last even
ing. Members of the order and invited
friends filled the large hall to the utmost
limit during the rendition ot a programme
interspersed with the installation cere
monies. Grand Chanoeltor J. P. Kennedy
delivered the charge to the lodge of
Knights after the officers had been obli
gated. The programme opened with an overture
by.the orchestra, which was followed by
an address of welcome byG. C. Moser.
In his cordial greeting to the guests, Mn
Moser took occasion to dwell briefly on
the work of the two orders represented
In the ceremonies of the evening, in a fe
licitous manner. Installation ot chancellor-commander,
vice-chancellor, prelate
and master of work were preceded by a
whistling solo by Miss G, Dachnxann and
followed by a solo by Herbert Brown.
After the other officers of the Knights
had taken the oath of office and the
grand chancellor had delivered the
charge, the officers of the temple were In
stalled -In a body. The "very pretty cere
monies of the temple, closed with a strik
ing tableau, In which the officers ot the
two orders were arranged to express some
of the beneficent principles each strove
to perpetuate. The appeal to the god
dess Flora was aptly responded to by the
appearance in the hall at that moment
of Mrs. J Bowmanr decked with brilliant
flowers, her tradn carried by two boy
and two girl pages, appropriately adorned.
Captain Veysey, of the ship Cralgmore,
gave an excellent recitation which was
received with muoh applause. Buglers
Roy Doble and Joe Glessner sounded the
calls required during the ceremonies. Un
til a late hour the assemblage whiled the
time away in a pleasant dance, that very
appropriately closed the pleasant and im
pressive ceremonies.
Following are the officers installed:
Officers ot Ivanhoe temple, No. 20, R S.
Mrs. M. E. Wilson, P. C; Mrs. H. R.
IJttlefleld, M. E. C; Mrs. George H.
Wemple, E. S,r Mrs. O. A. Wlndfelder,
E..J.; Mrs., Jennie Bussey, M. of T,; Miss
Bessie Wemple, M. or R. and C; Miss
Tlllle Cornelius. M. of R: Mrs. C. A. Ban-
field, P. of T:; Mrs. C. H. Fox, G. of
O. Tr, Mrs. MalHe B. Hlckey, installing
officer; Mrs. H. R. Littlefleld, Mrs. M.
Daudenklos, Miss A. James, trustees.
Officers of Ivanhoe lodge, No. 10, K. of
P. S. G. Druschel, chancellor-commander;
Robert D. Fulton, vice-chancellor; G.
C. Moser, prelate; E. C Dick, master of
work; J. J.. McDonell, master of arms,
Lv, Carstensen, keeper of records and seal;
J. 'A. Wilson, master of finance; George
H Wemple, master of exchequer; H. D.
Gardner, Inner guard; R. H. Blossom,
outer guard.
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-in PERSONAL MENTION.
John D. Haskins. of Sumpter, is reg'
Istered at the Perkins.
H. Bills, a merchant of Dallas, is regis
tered at the St. Charles.
Fred Harrison, of Starbuck, Wash., is
registered at the Perkins.
Dr. N. Molestes and wife, of La Grande,
aro guests at the Portland.
W. D. Case, a Pittsburg, Or., logger,
is registered at the St. Charles.
Mrs, J. D, Hampton and Miss Hampton,
of Eugene, are guests at the Perkins.
P. A. Demens and daughter, of Los An
geles, are registered at the Portland.
Misses Louise and Bertie Jones, of
Dayton, Qr.. are guests at the Perkins.
George J. Mody, a Mount Pleasant,
Wash., stockralsor, Is at the St. Charles.
George C. Flavel, of Astoria, Is at the
Imperial, accompanied by his wife and
sen.
Mrs. D. K. Warren and Mrs. H. C.
Thompson, of Astoria, are registered at
the Imperial.
F. J. Parker, a well-known newspaper
man of Walla Walla, Is at the Imperial,
accompanied by his son.
Mrs. W. O. Wilkinson, Mrs. Llonberges
and Mrs. W. S. Kinney, ot Astoria, are
guests of the Imperial.
W. H. Barrett and C. R. Platts, vet
erans of the Second Oregon, are registered
at the St. Charles from. Hubbard.
J. D. Meyer left j'esterday for New York
on a business trip. He will be gone a
month or more, and will return by way
of Selma, Ala., his old home.
W. H. Mills, of the land department.
Southern, Pacific railroad, is registered
at the Portland from San Francisco. He
is accompanied by W, F. Perkins, hi3
secretary.
Dr. James N. Powell, formerly of Port
land, now a resident of San Francisco,
and a recent graduate of the college ot
physicians and surgeons of San Francis
co, was here during the week, visiting
relatives and friends. Dr. Powell was
much Impressed with the improvement in
Portland since he left here 10 years ago.
He leaves for San. Francisco tonight.
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Off tfor the Seaside.
Rev. J. J. Walter, D. D.. superintendent
of Methodist missions In Alaska, will
gylde a party of tenderfoot doctors of
divinity down to his summer house at
the seaside. The party will be made up,
beside himself (who i3 not a tenderfoot),
of Rev. H. W. Kellogg, D. D.. Rev. L. E.
Rockwell, D. D., and Rev. H. D. Atchi
son, and they will start tomorrow morn
ing. They will go by rail most of the
distance, when they will have to take
horses, and perhaps ford a lot of swollen
streams, scale a mountain or so and
thread the forest, but Dr. Walter has been
there before, and he assured the ochir
three that he can get them through. At
the, beach they will not bathe, but they
anywhere else.
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Dr. Rockwell Is very anxious to see the
Pacific ocean. He has not had a vacation
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to Centenary church from New York and
entered on his work here at once, and
since helng here has worked very hard
and feels the need of the relaxation ha
thinks he will get from this trip. The
party will be absent most of the week.
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VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN.
De Pachmann, the great Russian pian
ist; will give a piano recital at the- Mar
quam Grand on Monday evening, January
8. De Pachmann will play the Stelnway
piano. Go and hear the great master ana
see the Indescribable beauty of his touch
and the exquisite finish of his runs ana
ornaments, and hear the defined rhythm
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Cclantlie Lodge, IC. of P., Installs.
Thursday evening the newly elected of
ficers of Calantho lodge. No. 21, Knights
of Pythias, In Alblna, were Installed by
Deputy Grand Chancellor Ray N. Smith.
Interest In the work was manifested by a
large attendance of members of the lodge
and visiting Knights. After installation
ceremonies, a fine turkey dinner was par
taken of by those present, at the invita
tion of Calanthe's officers. -The new oc
flcers are: Joe P. "Wendlick, chancellor
commander; R. O. Smith, vice-chancellor;
F. L,. Schlegel, prelate; Peter Sclrrantz,
master of work; R. E. Conn, keeper ot
records and seal; Peter "Venstrand, master
of finance; O. P. Hansen, master of ex
chequer; Charles P. Campbell, Inner
guard, and J. H. Brelter, outer guard.
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