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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 29, 1900.
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FOUL LEPROSY'S LOATHSOME GRIP
Claims fifty Thousand Victims in Uncle Sam's Philippine Pos
' v sessions Other Dreadful Scourges.
(Copyright. 1000. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
.MANILA, March 14. One of the Serious
problems which confronts the sovern
Arctit here Is the selection of a leper Island
fend thesegregatlon of the lepers. There
iA lepers' 'scattered throughout the archl
pelago. 'In many places they mix -with
the rest of the people. They may be seen
begging at the doors of the churches, and
it Is hard to tell whether they are not In
the markets handling the vegetables and
meats which we eat on our tables. There
are-, it Is said. 30.000 lepers ,ln the Vlsayan
Islands, and the number In the whole
'country must be upward of 50.000. Lepro
y exists to an alarmlns extent In several
of the provinces of Luzon, and Captain
Lynch, one of the doctors of the health
department, tells me that he saw several
hundred cases during his stay In Negros.
The Spaniards paid but little attention to
,the prevention of the disease. They had
only two hospitals, one in Cebu and one
In Manila. In Cebu the disease is known
to be spreading and In Manila there are
undoubtedly many lepers at large.
I- took a carriage this afternoon and
drove out Into the country to the leper
nospitau it is about three miles from the
center of Manila and not far from the
outskirts of the city. Tou pass by a mar.
scet wnere hundreds of men. women and
children are crowding and pushing one
another In bujlng and selling, and think,
as you look, how easily one leper could
contaminate the whole. You go by thou
sands or the thatched huts of the labor
ing .classes., each hut swarming with
people, and at last come to a big white
building which looks not unlike a peni
tentiary. It Is surrounded by large
grounds and shut of! from the road by a
Ijhlck wall of stone. It has a barred gate,
and as you look, up you Instinctively re
member the Inscription over Dante's In
ferno: "All hope abandon ye who enter
here." and wonder why It Is not Inscribed
upon it.
Like a Prison.
Entering by the gateway Is like going
into a prison. Tou are In a long pass
age between high walls of stone, and far
down, at the end of this you see the barred
doors of the hospital Itself. There Is a
native at the entrance who looks ugly
enough to be a patient himself. We ask
, w for the lepers. He points across the court
and tells us to enter. We do so, and with
in a few seconds are In the presence of
two score horrid-looking objects, who
have run to the doors to meet us. Some
are young, some old all are lepers. Here
Is a boy, brown-faced, bright-eyed, and as
quick In his actions and Joyful In his laugh
os your own boy at home. But look! His
hands and his breast are covered with
white spots and one of his ears has al
ready begun to decay. Next to him Is a
man whose nose has been eaten away and
whose eyes are bleared with the disease
Others have foreheads which are falling
In, toes almost gone and their bodies cov
ered with sores. It Is so horrible. Indeed,
that words can hardly express Ii
As we hesitate, the lepers gather around
us. I motion them off, but they point to
my camera, and one says "retrata," the
Spanish word for photograph, and holding
out his mutilated hands, adds these two
words. In English: "Give money." I take
out a Mexican dollar and throw It to him.
rand, he gathers the horrid crowd In the
sun to one side and poses them for me.
As I snap the button, the native doctor
.appears and we go together through the
heels, with the ghoulish crowd at our
heels. We pass upstairs through one long
ball after another, each filled with beds,
upon some of which lepers are lying. The
halls are clean and well lighted. The
walls are whitewashed, and the building
Is cool and well kept. The floor Is of hard
Wood, polished so that our faces and those
of these living dead men are reflected In
It as we walk through.
Leaving the men's ward, we next go to
the women's-ward. There aro SI men and
E5 women and girls now In the hospital.
The females are of all ages, from little
tots of 4 up to gray-haired, horrible-looking
hags of GO. The most of them are
Idle, sitting about talking, smoking and
chewing the betel. One woman has her
mouth so eaten away that neither teeth
nor lips are left to hold her cigarette.
Her nose Is almost gone, but she has put
the cigarette In one of her nostrils and Is
puffing out the emoke through the hole
where her mouth should have been. 1
take a photograph of five of the worst
cases, trembling as I do so for fear I may
catch the disease.
Waiting to Die.
I can Imagine nothing more horrible than
the condition of these people here. They
have no amusements and no work. They
are Just waiting to die and watching
themselves, knowing that they must die
Inch by Inch.
I understand that the health officers are
considering the matter of a leper Island,
.and that at the earliest possible moment
He lepers will be gathered together and
irried there. This has been done In
Porto Rico, and there Is no doubt but
that It should be done In the Philippines.
This part of the world seems to breed
Jepers. There are said to be- more than a
million In Ind!a!"Chlna'tana'(ftipan. and In
this estimate half a million Is assigned to
Hlndoostan. No accurate statistics have
been taken for China, for lepers are to be
found In all the cities In the southern part
of that empire. They mix about with the
rest of the people, and you see leper beg
gars everywhere. On many of the rivets
they go about In boats asking for alms,
thrusting out bags attached to long poles
at every boat and ship which goes by.
They blackmail the funeral processions
and levy tribute on the mourners, threat
ening to touch them If they do not give
alms. There- is a leper asylum In Canton
which has 500 Inmates. There both sexes
live together, and many of them marry
and have children. I saw no Chinese
lepers in the Manila hospital, but there Is
a large Chinese population here, and with
out doubt some of the Chinese are lepers.
Leprosy Is usually caused by contact,
but It Is the more prevalent wherever the
people are overcrowded, dirty and poorly
fed. A hot, mols cllmte, such as we
have here. Is conducive to It, and the gov
ernment "is using every effort to put the
town In a better sanitary condition.
So far our soldiers have been very
healthy here in Manila, and also in all
parts of the Philippines. I have no doubt
but that these Islands are among the most
healthful of all tropical countries, and for
people who live well and take care of
themselves, there Is but little danger. The
heat Is no greater than that of the United
States In the summer. The natives, how
ever, have no health regulations and a
house-to-house visitation which the ranl
tary officials are now making shows that
the city Is In a very bad condition.
Manila's Death Rate.
The death rate (or the last six months
Of 1S99 wax. about 41 per 1000, estimating
'-The population at 300.000, or. If estimated at
"'ifo.OOO, about 31 per 1000. Theso figures
..are exceedingly high. Hong Kong, which
-'is In the -same latitude as Manila, and
w,hlch has about the same climate, has a
death rate only half ae large., and It Is
'next door to China, with all the plagues
rtbat that country so regularly produces.
Here we had practically no plagues during
.the. time above mentioned.
Within the past few weeks, however,
there have been a number of cases of the
jjjilack .death or bubnnlc plague. This
plague has broken out at several of the
ports of Japan and China, and there have
been a number of, deaths from It here. I
found It at Kobe, Japan, when I pacsed
through on my way to the Philippines. All
the passengers taken on there were ex
amined for evidences of the plague befort
they were permitted to come on board the
ship, the captain of the steamer requiring
a doctor's certificate from each.
The black plague has. In the past, been
very prevalent In China, especially In Can
ton and Hong Kong. It also exists In
India, and there are now a large number
of cases In Bombay and Calcutta.
The doctors here tell me that it Is often
communicated by rats, and, within the
past few weeks, they have sent out an or
der that all rats are to be killed. It Is
charged that the Filipinos and the Chinese
will not co-operate with the Health De-
partment In this matter, because there are
many among them who eat rats as food. I
have bought dried rats which were offered
for sale as eatable articles in the cities of
China, and I see them for sale in the Chi
nese stores here. The rats communicate
the plague by contact, or by running over
the peole. It is alro carried by the fleas
which live on the rats and carry the dis
ease to the human beings whose bodies
may form the next feeding ground.
..So far, nearly every one who has caught
the black plague here has died. The dis
ease comes upon one without warning. In
the shape of a fever, which In a short time
raises the temperature of the patient to 103
degrees and upward. There Is no chill,
but the patient has a severe headache and
shows signs of stupor. After II hours
the glands of the neck, tho armpits, or the
groin, begin to swell and scon become as
large as hens' eggs. In some cases the
patient vomits blood, and within a few
hours he dies. Some few recover. And If
one can keep himself alive for six days
after exposure he Is probably safe.
Kills lint.
The plague kits rats as well as human
beings. Dead rats are found In the drains
in the Infected portions of China, and the
rats ran from such places almost as fast as
the men.
The doctors here have had considerable
trouble about disposing of the bodies. Tney
at first Insisted that all should be burned,
but the Chinese and Filipinos made such
an outcry over this that General Otis has
countermanded the order. Wncn the
plague was so bad In Canton, many of tho
pall-bearers who were paid to carry the
coffins to the graves were stricken with It,
and when four men would go out for that
purpose, often but two would return. The
Chinese here are very anxious to have the
bodies of the deceased sent back to China.
They put them In immense wooden coffins
which are hermetically sealed by varnlsn
lng them again and again with a sort of a
lacquer, but which are. nevertheless, un
safe in the case of the plague. During the
prevalence of the disease at Canton, there
were a numer of Chinese coffin associa
tions of men who clubbed together to fur
nish coffins for the poor. In one such club
2000 coffins were given away," and alto
gether more than 60.000 coffins were fur
nished for plague patients.
It is said that E0 per cent of the people
of the Philippines arc suffering from skin
diseases, and, from the amount of scratch
ing I sec going on, I Judge that the figures
are not overdrawn. Every second person
you meet, whether man, woman, or child.
Jerks his clothes, this way and that, ap
parently hunting for fleas. The diseases
are largely caused' by eating ash, which
forms the chief diet of the native Filipino.
It brings about a fish eczema. In which the
sklr. scales off. making the patient look
at times not unlike a IeDer. Then tn
Is the dobe Itch, which Is so common that
at least one-third of the foreigners have
had It. This is supposed to be caused by
a parasite which comes In the water In
which the clothes are cleaned by the Fili
pino washerwomen. It usually attacks the
toes, the armpits and the parts of the body
which perspire most profusely, causing a
rash. It sets one almost crazy, but it U
easily cured and Is not at all dangerous.
The natives themselves pay but little at
tention to such diseases, although the
have numerous medicinal plants, and the
mineral springs, hot and cold, which are
found In different parts of the Islands are
ery well patronized.
Smallpox, of Coarse.
The most dangerous of all skin dis
eases Is, of course, the smallpox, which
has lately broken out In a number of
places. It exists along the line of the rail
way In Luzon, and at several of the ports,
and Is said to be spreading In Panay and
Cebu. Several officers of the army have
had It, but as yet. it has not affected the
foreigners to any extent- The Spring
months are the most dangerous- times of
the year for this disease. The weather Is
hot and dry. and the heat from noon untu
about 4 P. M. Is often oppressive.
I called at the Health Department today
and made some Inquiries of the doctors.
They are not alarmed at the situation,
but say that they are vaccinating as many
people as possible. A wholesale vaccin
ation of all the people would be a gooo
thing If It could be carried out, It must be
remembered, however, that there are
8,000.000 of them, and that at least 7,000.000,
I should say. need such treatment, Pracl
tlcally no vaccination had been attempted
among the lower classes up to the time
of nnr fnVfnv rtcea-ln.. .. l. ,.. .
w-. ...... t'voa,uu ui tue isianos.
The people do not look upon smallpox as
wo do. They are like the Chinese in that
many of them pay no more attention to It
than thv An . n Tvi aaHI rt. .. j.
care-to- be vaccinated, and the Chinese
especially object to having their arms
scratched up by the doctors.
Nevertheless, the doctors are making
many vaccinations. They have established
a vaccine farm here, at which they use
young caraboas, or water buffaloes, to
furnish the virus, instead of cows, as
with us. Ten thousand points so treated
were sent out In response to one order
yesterday, and carabao vaccine Is being
distributed through all the Army posts.
I went out to the vaccine farm this
morning, and watched the mode of treat
ing the animals. A carabao calf about a
year old was lying . strapped down upon,
a table as I entered the operating hall.
The head and three legs of the beast were
' strapped to the table. The animal lay
upon Its side. Its head and three legs so
fastened that It could not 'move: and Its
fourth leg, one of tho hind ones, so tied
to a post that the belly was plainly ex
posed. Tho, hair had been shaved from
this part of the body, and it was upon
I'lMI'IXO WASHERWOMAN.
It that the vaccination wounds were be
ing made. Tho skin ot a carabao is of
a delicate pink, and that ot a calf has
the peachy tint of a maiden's cheek. It
was upon this tinted background that
the scratching was done, evident by a
dozen bloody spots which could be seen
here and there upon It.
A native Filipino doctor was performing
the work of Inoculation, the poor carabao
now and then uttering a cry which was
almost human as the lance cut through
his hide. The doctor told me that .the
scab formed very quickly, and that a
largo number of points carr be dipped lh
i one scab. The carabaos are thoroughly
examined to seo that they are healthy
before they aro. vaccinated. Their sores
last but a- short time, and within a week
or so they are as well as ever.
Some Filipino Superstitions.
One trouble about vaccinating both
.Filipinos and Chinese lies in their super
stitions. Many of the Filipinos are fatal
ists. They think they "are fated to dlo
or get well, and If so vaccination will not
help them. Ono belief Is that cholera Is
brought by a black dog. who runs through
the streets with the disease following be
hind him. They believe In charms and
In prayers as preventives of disease, and
the priests havo encouraged them In this.
Some years ago cholera morbus was com
mon, and some of the friars advised the
people to pray to St. Roque. The disease
kept on for some time, but when it
stopped that saint got the credit for It.
The Filipinos have numerous shrines
scattered over the country which are sup
posed to be especially holy. Ono Is at
Antl Polo, not far from Manllx It Is
frequented by thousands ot pilgrims in
the month of May. and It Is said that
the village there relics almost entirely
upon such pilgrims for its living. It Is
a town of about 4000 people.
There Is a famous shrlno In the Island
ot Cebu, whose patron Is known as the
Holy Child ol Cebu. This child Is an
ebony Image of Jesus, which Is said to
have been found on the seashore more
than 300 years ago by one of the Spanish
soldiers, tl was taken by the Augustlno
order of friars and a church was built
for It. This church was burned, but the
Imago was saved and another was erected.
In which It Is still kept. The- Image Is
about IS Inches high, and Is loaded with
silver trinkets. It is carried about In a
procession on certain days of the year.
There are plenty of relics of saints In
the churches here In Manila, and scat
tered over the Philippines are virgins,
saints and relics which are supposed to
have special virtues in the healing of
tho bodies and the saving of souls.
I find the people here very religious:
every woman, and almost every man,
wears a scapulary. Some of the people
have what Is called "Angtlng-angtlng"
charms of paper, silver or Ivory, upon
their breasts under their clothes. Tluse
I are drawings of the saints and special
words or texts wmen are supposed to
not only ward off disease, but to prevent
the wearer being killed In battle. Many
have been found upon the bodies of the
Filipinos killed by our soldiers, the charms
having for omc reason failed to protect
tho wearers from our Krag-Jorgensen
bullets. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
IOWA GIRL'S ROMANCE.
Wrote Xnme on lirsrahell and Met
Her Kate In Cuba.
Fort Dodge. la., has become one of the
centers of the egg and poultry business
for the West. During the shipping season
In the Summer months large forces of !
girls are employed handling eggs taken
from pickling vats In the egghous?, pre- .
paratory to shipment. One of the girls I
selected a large, smooth egg, and. In a j
moment ot day-dreaming, wrote her name i
and address upon it with an indelible
pencil. It was placed In a case with 277 .
others and shipped to New York, where
It fcund its way to the warehouse ot an
exporter and was one of the first shlp-
Weeks slipped Into months and the '
young woman forgot her romantic dreams
ot Summer days and eggshells, but the
maiden's message was working out her i
St. Paul Globe. In. telling the story, she
received n letter which bore the postmark
of Gulnes, Cuba. On the upper right-hand
corner, of the envelope were the words
"official business." These were carefully
cancelled and in the regulation place was
a msroon-colored stamp. On opening It
sho found the following letter Inclosed:
United State signal Corps, Telegraph Office,
Gulce. 'Cuba. Dec 14, ISM. Miss Lizzie Gil
day, Fort Dodge, la.: I am sure you bad no
Idea Into whexe bands and to what distant
lands the ess upon which you wrote your came
would go. It came with a Urge shipment from
the United States, and was purchased by a
Cuban, merchant here. who. being unable, to
read English, brought It to me for translation.
I would be very clad to have you answer this
letter, as I. am curious to know the one who
adopted so novel a method of correspondence.
I hare a camera and have had a snap shot
taken of myself with the era In my hand, if
you care for on of the pictures' let mi hear
from you. Very truly,
CHARLES PEIICT H. BM1TH.
This letter was promptly answered, with
a request for the picture, which arrived
In due time, with another letter, m which
Mr. Smith gave a more detailed personal
account of himself.
Needless to say, this letter was answered
as the first. Uncle Sam's excellent mall
facilities assisted the young people In over
coming the obstacles of time and space.
Letters followed fast If not furious, but
the communications were of such nature
that the public Is not entitled to their con
tents. Sufficient to relate that the results
have been so satisfactory that a recent
letter from the Cuban Isle Intimates that
Mr. Smith will soon secure a leave of ab
sence from his Governmental duties and
his vacation will be spent In Iowa.
THE POTEXT MAST.
Crowned with the grace of fruited years, he
stands
Within the forum where are waiting crowds.
The light of generations In his face.
Ami on his lips the voicing; ot events.
Fully forty years are his, with strength ma
ture. Whose brow Is chiseled by the hand of thought:
And his. the ardent, thought-compelling eye,
Whoes azure seems as vocal as his speech.
Ills deeds are braver than his word
Deep-rooted as the haughty hilts "hts hope;
Nor shall despair And nesting In his heart.
Whom falth-crown'd summits are soft laughter-zones.
Mild-mannered be. as best ordains his bop.
Whose strength finds ample source, and food
Where Love la king at th" heart ot universe.
And links, and holds the vibrant suns Is
chain.
Adviser at the center of four empires great.
Whose boundaries curve around two hemi
spheres The Slavic. Latin and far Saxon shores
Truth Is his council-wife, his high concern.
Who made him so alive to glory and to bliss;
To all that most recruits the soul of man?
Who made this commoner a king, and gave
Into his hand the rule of commonwealths?
Nor meager chance could make him what he Is,
Whose finger holds the page of destiny
On which Is marked the orbital of many states,
A rt-t rcntatle and composite man.
He comprehends communities and rrowds.
The upward trend of slow-evolving states.
The grinding of the mills ot wealth and poWr;
And grieves for men who walk In sin and
hopes.
What name he bears la that of fame and
worth.
Not easily achieved, nor won of fate.
Till will and purpose high combine to wrest
All counter-shapes to his concern and good.
From menial race he sprang and blrthage
mean;
Nor time nor flood could bar his progress sure
Where onoe he willed to force a passage wide
Through wall of rock or tumbled stone un
hewn. His principles are fixed as rocky ribs
That half-hoop, and forfend, the heaving
breasts
Ot many-zoned and throbbing altitudes,
'When youth him crown' d, he sought the throne
of grace
And knew, by choice unfeigned, the voice of
Cod
In ever vernal, rapturing forest shade
Where, for a time. Imagination wrought
Each bough Into a golden temple arch.
Forth then to marts of trade, to court a hire.
He goes; concerned to gather In a proper wage.
Nor halts he here nor seeks the dens of vice
Where lurks the evil hand that slants the brow
And sags the youthful, plastic, untrained Jaw.
Than this he climbs by other way and best
Teat on to grammar school, and school of
thought
He goes fast led by aspiration on
Till wisdom-hunger tends him to the stream
Of ancient lore and art and verse and song.
KVn every harnessed star, obedient.
Yields up Its secrets to his question-glass.
.The radiant moon for him a mantle wears:
The seasons and the suns are his and God's;
The awing ot mighty spheres concerns bis
mind.
Thus Is his soul attuned to music-zones;
In him the sense ot truth and love Incorporates,
And his the passion of the endlces age.
Events In crowds press thro' his audience
rooms; Ills forum Is the center ot world storms
Where wrongs are righted and where truth
1 named:
All questions of concern and moment great.
Requiring high deliverance and Just,
Find swift resolvlnpa In his senate hall.
The populations vow his rule appropriate.
And mark his Judgments higher than their
codes.
God's promises are In his upward look;
How can you chain him, glorified, to earth
Whose wish Is stamped with Immortality 7
Thro' his bright dream the reeling nations
Gaze upon the splendor of the Never Time;
The worked-out problems of Christ's vital hope.
Within his Ideal state no chasms yawn por
tentous; Between him and the angel choir small gulfs
divide.
This Is the Being the Almighty made and gave
To marshal nations and correct their laws;
To rectify the waste of abortive streams.
And hurl their force against huge factory
wheels:
To bridge the continents with spans of Iron,
And climb Panatnalan hills with ships of
steel:
And -curb the sullen sea from shore to shore.
This Is the breath he breathed who thought
the stars
Out of the shoreless, or the azure, main.
Up through the halls of heaven, whose roseate
Roofs recede Into the golden palaces ot God.
There Is no stronger wing of power than this.
None that bears up the world with sweeter
love. LEOSTINE.
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TO THE
EASTANDSOUTHEAST
13 THE
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The Direct Line to Denver, Omahx
Kansaii City, SL Louii
Chicago and Other Eastern Points
TWO DAILY
SOLID VESTIBULED TRAINS.
Portland to Chicago Less Than Thre
Days.
Only Four Days to New York and "
Boston.
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers.
Buffet Library Cars (Barber Shop)
Dining Cars. (UesJs a la.
carte) Free Reclining-
Chair Cars.
Through tickets, baggage checks, ana
sleeping car accommodations can be ar
ranged at
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1 35 Third Strati Portland, Oregoa
J. H. LOTHROP. GEORGE LANG.
Oea'l Agent Oty pass. Tkt. Art.
FOR CAPE NOME
The Magnificent Trans-raclflc Passenger
Steamship
TACOMA
Registered tonnage, 2sll tons: capacity.
4000 tons: passenger accommodations, 103
first class, 600 second class. This; steam
ship has just been released from the gov
ernment service as a troopship, and has
every modern comfort and convenience and
la the largest steamship in tho Cape Nome
trade.
Will sail from Tacorna and Seattle on or
about the Z5th of May.
For rates and full Information apply to
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Telephone, Main. 98. 253 Oak Street.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
UNION
DEPOT.
ror Maygers. Rainier,
Clatskanle. Weilport.
ARRIVES
UNION
DEPOT.
Clifton. Aatorta, War-
renton. FlaTeU Ham
mond. Fort Sterens,
Gearhart Park. Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore
Express,
Dally.
Astoria Express,
Dally.
SOOA. ii.
7.-00 P. M.
U:A.M.
t:0 p. M.
Ticket cElce. 233 Morrison a. and Union dtpot.
J. C MATO. Gen. Pass. Art.. Astoria. Or.
WHITE COLLAR LINE
COLUMBIA RIVER PCOET SOUND XAYX,
CATION CO.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
teSes.
DAILEY GATZERT (Alder-street dock)
Leaves Portland dally crery morning at 7
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon 'phone Main 351. Columbia 'pbone 33L
U. B. SCOTT. President.
CAPE NOME VIA DAWSON
Alaska SteamshipCompany
NEXT SAILING, ROSALIE. MAY 2.
The only company having through tralho ar
rangements to AtUn and the Klondike. Weekly
rcUUngs from Taccma. For full Information ap
ply to J. L. HARTMAN. Agent. Portland. Or..
I Chamber ot Commerce.
.VKjvSaJSpv at
(i p .i --j'f J
TRAVELERS GUIDE.
EAST via
SOUTH
Leanro Eft.' FITtl J3l I Strttts 1 ArrI
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for . Salem. Rose
burg. Ashland. Sac
ramento. O g d e n.
San Francisco. Mo
Jave. Los Angeles.
El Paso, New Or
leans and the East
At -Woodbnrn
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with trln
for ML Angel. 11
vert on. Urowns
vllle. Sprlngfleld
and Natron, and
evening train for
ML Angel and SU
verton. Albany" passenger
Corvallls passenger
Sheridan passenger
830 P. M.
8:30 A.M.
": A.M.
630 P. M.
4:00 P.M.
17:30 A. M.
t:P. M.
10:10A.M.
:30 P. M.
:25 A. M.
Dally. Dally except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac
ramento and San Francisco. Net rates J17 flrst
class and 111 second class, including sleeper.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA! HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained Irom J. B.
K1RKLAND. Ticket Agent, no Tnird su
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of JeSerson Street.
Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20. 9:40 A. M.:
13:30. 1:C5, 3:23. 4:40. U5. S:30. 1130 P. M.;
and 0:00 A. M. tn Sundays only. Arrive at
Portland dally at 'a-SS. S30. "10:10 A. M.:
135. 3:10. 430. 0:13. 7:40. 10.00 P. M.. 15. lu
A. M. dally, except Monday, 830 and 10:Ci A.
M. en Sundays only.
Leave for DalUa dally, except Sunday, a:
5:05 P. M. Arrtve at rortland at 930 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:43 P. M.
Returns Tuesdays, ThursctT9 and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
R. KOEIILER. a II. MARKIIAM.
Manager. Gen. Frt. Pais. Agt-
Parcels.
AH Burlington Route day
coaches and recllnlng-chalr cars
arc equipped ' with parcel racks
extending the full length of the
car, and providing plenty of
room for one's valise, hat, over
coat, and umbrella.
Only those unfortunates who
have experienced the annoyance
of trying to keep their belong
ings In a 2x1 pocket, such as you
And In nine cars out of ten. can
fully realize the superiority of
the Burlington arrangement.
Omaha, Chlcaso, St. Louis,
Kansas City ALL, points East
and South. Three routes East
via Billings, Denver and St.
FauL
Ticket Office,
100 3rd St, cir.SUri.Pjrnm, 0.-:pi.
R. W. FOSTER.
Ticket Agent.
GEO. S. TAYLOR.
City Passenger Agent.
8
GO EAST VIA
ON THE FAMOUS
"Portland-Chicago Special"
OR THE
"OVERLAND LIMITED"
The only trains running through solid from
Portland and Chicago. Every car Illuminated
with Plntsch gas. Two trains dally.
Dlnlnft Cars. Service a In Carte.
LIbrary-Uaflet Smoking: Cars.
Palace and Ordinary Slceplnu Cars.
Free nccllnlns; Cbnlr Cars.
Leaves. Arrives.
0:15 A.M.... nrv .-.-T-. aj rv ' I. M.
0:20 P.M...
run i lmiil
.8.00 A.M.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
124 Third St. Phone Main 569
W. E. COMAN.
General Agent.
J. R. NAGEL.
City Tlckst Agt.
fiREATfjORI
Ticket Omcci 133 Third St. 'Phone IMO
LEAVE.
No. 4
0:20 P.M.
The Tlysr, daily to anl
from St. Paul. Minne
apolis. Duluth. Cblcatv
and all points East.
ARRIVE.
No. a.
8:00 A. M.
Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining
and ISuSet Smoklng-Lltrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP TOSA MARU
For Japan. China and all Aslatls points win
leave Seattle .
About May 21st.
Pacific Coasi Steamship Cd.
FOR ALASKA
THE COMPANY'S elegant
steamers. Cottage City. City
of Topeka and Al - Kl leave
TACOMA 11 A. M.. SEATTLE
0 P. M.. April 3. 10. 15. .
25. SO; May 5. 10. 15. 2U. 25,
CO; June 4, and every filth day
thereafter. For further Infor
mation obtain comoany'sfolder.
The company reserves the right to Changs
steamers, sailing dates and hours ot sailing,
without previous notice.
AGENTS N. POSTON, 349 Washington su.
PorUand. Or.: F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
dock. Tacorna: J. F. TROWBRIDGE. Puget
Sound SupU. Ocean dock. Seattle.
GOOD ALL- PERKINS A CO. Qtn. Agts.. S. T.
EMPIRE LINE
SEATTLE
CAPE NOME
Yukon River Points
S. S. OHIO." S500 tons, after two years"
'service as U. S. transport, has been released.
and will sail from Seattle for Cape Nome about
May 24. Rates First class. 1100 and 1123;
second class, ST5. For berths, etc.. apply ts
any railroad agent, or agent of the Interna,
tlonal Navigation Co.. or to
EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.,
607 First avenue, Seattle, Wash.
InLw"1 -rn
GtoaMl
THE PALATIAL
OREGONIAN BUILDING
Jq SB fea JgL ttMjir egg
Kot n dark office In the bnlldlnci
absolutely fireproof: electric lljchta
and artesian vratert perfect sanita
tion and thoronch ventilation. Ele.
vr.tors ran dar and nlcht.
Roots.
ANDERSON, GCSTAV. Attorney-at-Law...61J
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. Mgr..S0
AUSTEN, F. C. Manager for Oregon and
Washington Bankers' Life Amoclatlon. of
Des Mclnm la 502-503
RANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES
MOINES. IA.:F. C. Austen. Manager..502-603
REALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U.
R. Weather Bureau 910
BEIINKE. H. W., Prln. Pernln Ehorthand
School 211
BENJAMIN. R W.. Dentlt 31
EIXSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur.410-411
BROOKE. DR. J. II.. Phys. . Surg T0S-700
RRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician 412-413-41
BUSTEED. RICHARD. Agent Wilson & Mc-
Callay Tobacco Co. 602-COJ
CAUKIN. G. E.. District Agent Travelers"
Insurance Co. ................-. .....T.3
CARDWELL. DR. J. R 50
CARROLL. W. T.. Special Agent Mutual
Reserve Fund Life A'n 604
CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 3H
COLUMDIA TELEPHONE COMPANT
0O4-C03-6CC-CO7-G13-614-C13
CORNELIUS. C. W Phys. and Surgeon 2M
COVER. F. C Cashier EqultaMe Life M
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGulre,
Manager 415-4111
DAT. J. O. & I. N 313
DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co. ........ ......... ...........cnt
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-TH
IftlAKE. DR. II. B.. Physician 512-313-5H
DWTER. JOE. F.. Tobaccos 403
EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth door
EQUITABLE LIFE AESURANCE SOCIETY:
L. Samuel. Manager: F. C. Cover. CashIr.3C4
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder street
FENTON. J. D.. Physician and Surgeon.IOS-510
FENTON. DR. HICKS C Eye and Ear 511
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 3C3
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION:
E. C Stark. Manager C01
GALVANI. W. II.. Engineer end Draughts
man coo
GAVIN. A.. President Oregon Camera Club.
214-215-210-217
GEART. DR. EDWARD P Physician and
Surgeon 212-213
GIEST. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon. ..T10-T10
GODDARD. E. C. & CO.. Footwear
Ground floor. 120 Sixth street
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insurance CO. ot New York 200-210
GRANT. FRANK S-. Attorney-at-Law 017
HA1IMAM BATHS. King i Compton. Props-300
HAMMOND. A. R. 313
HEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO.. Pianos and
Organs 131 Sixth street
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phys. Sur.. 501-503
IDLEMAN. C. M.. Attorney-at-Law. .41G-1T-1
JOHNSON. W. C 315-316-317
KADT, MARK T.. Supervisor of Agents
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n WH-G03
LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager CoIumbLx Telephone Co 600
LITTLEFIELD. II. R.. Phys. and Surgeon.. 200
MACRUM. W. S.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.214
MACKAT. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg..TlI-T13
MAXWELL. DIC W. E.. Phys. & Surg..T01-2-3
MrCOT. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law T13
McFADEN. MIPS IDA E.. Stenographer 201
McGINN. HENRY E.. Attomey-at-Law.311-31S
McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers' Representa
live '.....303
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and
Oral Surgeon enS-009
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-314
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of
New York: W Goldman. Manager 200-218
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N;
Mark T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents.. C04-C03
MCELROY. DR. J. C. Phys. t Sur.T01-T02-T03
McFARLAND. E. IX. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co. 0C4
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher 415-418
McKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law 50
MILLER & ROWE. Real E-Uate. Timber
and Farming Lands a Specialty-.... TO
MUTUAL LIFE 1NCCRANCE CO.. of New
York; Wm. S. Pond, State Mgr.. 404-405-408
NICHOLAS. HORACE R.. Attorney-at-Law.TIS
NILES, M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Lite In
surance Co.. of New York 209
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY:
Dr. L. B Smith. Osteopath 40S-4C9
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-216-2IT
PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL. H. W.
Behnke. Principal 211
POND. WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Life
Ins. Co. of New York 404-405-408
PORTLAND PRESS CLUE 501
PORTLAND EYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY.
Ground floor. 133 Sixth street
PORTLAND MINING & TRUST CO.; J. IL
Marshall. Manager SIS
QUIMBY. L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden 710-717
REED & MALCOLM. Opticians. 133 Slxst street
REED. F. C. Fish Commissioner ..407
RYAN. J. B-. Attorney-at-Law 417
SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Life 308
SANDFORD. A. C & Co.. Publishers' Agts.318
SCP.IHNER'S SONS. CHAS.. Publishers SIS
SHERWOOD, J. W., Deputy Supreme Com
mander. K. O. T. M.... ................ ..517
SMITH. Dr. L. B.. Osteopath 403-409
SONS OF THEAMERICAN REVOLUTTON.500
STARK. E. C Executive Special. Fidelity
Mutual Life Association ot Phlla.. Pa C01
STEEL, a. A.. Foreet Inspector 218
STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law BIT-CIS
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E-. Dentist T04-703
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO T08
STROWBRIDGE. THOS. II.. Executive Spe
cial Agent Mutual Life, of New York 408
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE 201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 610-611
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 0OT-8OS-0O3-D10
U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH
DIST.. Captain W. C Largfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A. 80S
U. S ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W.
C Langfltt, Ccrp of Engineers. U. S. A.. SI
WATERMAN. C. H.. Cashier Mutual Life
of New York 408
retary Native Daughters .............T16-717'
WHITE. MISS L. E.. Assistant Secretary
Oregon Camera Club 21i
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Thy. 4 Sur.304-J
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. A Surg. .TOS-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C Ph. & Surg.50T-30S
WILSON & McCALLAY TOBACCO CO.:
Richard Busteed. Agent 602-603
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414
WILLAMETTE VALLET TELEPIL CO.. .615
A few more elcsnnt offices may he
had by applylnir-to Portland Trust
Company or OresAn, 109 Third at or
to the rent clerk in the bnlldlnK.
MEN-NO CURE.
) NO PAY THE
MODERN APFLI-
ft.LC-A iiualtlte way to perfect manhood.
t-rtslng elte falls. The VACUUM TREAT
MENT CURES you without medicine ,f all
nervous or diseases of the generative organs,
such as lcs -nannood. exhausting drains, vari
cocele, lmpotency. etc Men are quickly re
stored to perfect health and strength.
.Write for circulars. Correspondence connden
tlaL THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO.. rooms
17-43 Sate Deposit building. Seattle. Waab.
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