THE SUNDAY OBEGQXIAN, PORTLAXD, JTJLT 22, 1900.
TOURNAMENT IS ENDED
"WALTER GOSS CHAMPION OH; .THE
SINGLES.
Successful Series of Tennis Games
Ends With a Live Day's Play
The Summary.
The Oregon state championship tennis
tournament was finished yesterday and
the champions for the year to come were
determined in matches which tested to
the utmost the endurance and the skill
of those winning the coveted honor.
As a result of this tournament, Wal
ter A, Goss becomes champion in the
singles. Goss and Carl D. Lewis In the
men's doubles, Miss Halsted, of Los An
geles, in the ladles singles. Miss Halsted
and Miss Elmore, of Astoria, in the ladles
doubles, and H. B. Bcnbam, of Spokane,
end Miss Carstens, of Portland, In the
mixed doubles.
The most Interesting final in the after
noon was the double match won by Goss
and Lewis against Smith, of Seattle, and
Benham, of Spokane. While the score
was not particularly clot-c, the ultimate
result never being in doubt, the match
ebovnded in pretty rall't-j in which Ee.
ham won the most applause. Goss made
some apparently Impossible returns. Many
wonder at Goss winning ability. His
'service is easy, his returns not particu
larly severe, and his general play rather
grotesque and nwcward. The secret of his
play seems to be his steadiness, his
ability to get everything biek, his unre
lenting energy in trying for every point,
and his careful pi-ring. Goss and Lewis
won. C-S, C-4. C-2, receiving as prl2es or
ders for Pim racquets. The runners-up.
tBmith and Benham, rccc-ived as second
prizes, silver match boxes.
Lewis was pretty well used Up by pre
vious matches and was compelled to de
fault the singles. G033 being declared the
-winner, ar.d presented with the dainty
little cup as first prize and also" with
the lisle challenge cup, which he Is privi
leged to hold fcr one yea?. This cup
lias now been won once each by Bethel
and Goss. A pretty scarf pin was given
to Lewis as second prize.
In the ladies' singles. Miss Kalsted won
from Mr?. Cook on her merits, C-2, G-l.
Miss Halsted is an unusually strong
plavr by reason of her practice and ex
perience. 1'i.e j.rctilst match of the day. not ex
cepting the finals, was played between
Cheil and Lewis, the litter winning,
G-S, 7-3. 7-5. The first set went to Lewis,
Choal getting only the third, seventh and
eighth g.imes. two on his own ccrve and
one 0:1 Lewis'. Cheat's net work, usually
his strong point, was very poor, and
nearly every lob he tried to kill was
knocked out. With the games 4-2 against
him, Cheal began to play in the second
set, and by better net work and clever
passes he got the set, 0-7. In the deciding
set Cheal rapidly ran the games up to 5-3,
and had the set won, but an unexpected
brace on Lewis' part took the next four
games and gave him the set, 7-5. The last
two games were lost by Cheal himself
rather than won by Lewis.
The success of the tournament was due
in great meisure to the indefatigab'e ef
forts of Mr. McAlpin, chairman of the
tournament committee, and of Mr. Joseph
Smith, the referee. In eddifon to giving
his advice whenever necessary, as ref
eree, ho not only pulled off the matches
but kept the score, acted as linesman,
and een chased balls for t.ie ladles.
The finals of" the ladles' doubles, played
In the morning, were very c'ose and in
teresting, many clever returns and passes
being made. Miss Halsted and Miss El
more had the games, 4-1, when Miss
Morce and Mi3s Carstens, by superior
playing, took the next three games, mak
ing it 4-4. Miss Halsted and Miss El
more won the next two games, the last
one on Miss Ilalstcd's excellent service.
Score, C-4. The second set was longer and
closer, and should havo been won by
Miss Morse and MIns Cnrrtcns, for at
one time they had the games, 5-2. Jn their
favor, but the greater experience of their
opponents told, and Miss Halsted and
Miss Elmore won three straight. Miss
Morse, on her service, won the next, and
Miss Halsted did. the same, C-6. The next
two games and the set went to Miss Hal
sted and Miss Elmore, S-6. Miss Carstens
made many points by her net work, and
Miss Morse on her accurate returns,
while Miss Halsted and Miss Elmore won
on their placing and their clever back
hand strokes. For winning the singles
Miss Halsted received a cup similar to
the one for the men's singles, while Mrs.
Cook received a bonbon spoon for second
place. First prizes for ladies' doubles
were silver belt buckles, and second prizes
silver bracelets.
Benham and Miss Carstens won the
mixed doubles from Letter and Miss
Morse, largely through the clever net
work of Benham. Miss Morse had a
most effective servo. Score, C-4, 6-2. First
prizes were a stein and scarfpin, second
prizes a silver-topped pencil and a hat
pin. Tho consolation prize was won by L.
B. Wickersham, who had to win four
matches in order to do It. In the morn
ing he beat Durham in a three-set match,
6-0, 0-8. 6-1. In the afternoon he beat
Graham, C-2, 4-6, 6-0, and in the finals
Lothrop. 6-2, 6-1, G-L The prize was a
handsome stein.
Summary of Matches Played.
Semifinals Goss beat Andrews. 6-0, C-2.
4-6. 6-2. . Levfis beat Cheal. 6-3. 7-9. 7-3.
Goss and Lewis, beat Cheal and LaFarge.
6-1. C-0. Smith and Benham heat Glf
ford and Remington. 1-6. 6-4, S-6. Ben
ham and Miss Carstens beat Lewis and
Mrs. Cook by default.
Finals Benham and Miss Carstens beat
Lelter and Miss Morse, 6-4, 6-2. Miss Hal
sted and Miss Elmore beat Miss Morse
and Miss Carstens, 6-4. .8-6. Miss Hal
Bted beat Mrs. Cook, 6-2, 6-L Goss and
Lewis beat Smith and Benham, 6-3, 6-4.
C-2. Goss beat Lewis by default.
Consolations, second round Lothrop
beat Bell, 6-4, 6-4. Graham beat Oliphant,
6-2, 6-3. Wickersham neat Durham.
6-3. 0-6, G-L
Semifinals Lothrop beat Gomph. 6-3. 6-1.
Wickersham beat Graham, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
Finals Wickersham beat Lothrop, 6-2.
6-L 6-L
QUIGGING OF BRYAN.
He Is Under Real Obligations to the
Committee on Style.
New Tork Times.
Political pilgrims to Lincoln are in
dulging in gossip that is criticism. Many
of them, having called upon the candi
date of the Kansas City convention, have
extended congratulations to Colonel Bry
an upon his nomination and upon the
"admirable declaration of principles"
emitted by "his" convention, only to"come
away with the impression that the plat
form was not that writtten by the candi
date, and that several unexpected things
distasteful to Mr. Bryan had happened
to the Lincoln draft before it was official
ly adopted.
The original Bryan platform, it is as
serted at Lincoln, carried utterances
"tending toward Socialism," which were
dropped because the members of the Na
tional committee declared that It would
be Impossible to raise campaign funds if
they were retained. A plank demanding
an income tax and another favoring Gov
ernment ownership of railways, tele
graphs and other properties now held by
corporations were rejected upon the de
mand of ex-Senator Hill and other con
servatives, although Mr. Bryan had asked
for both.
We are at a loss to understand how the
draft of a platform consigned by Colonel
Bryan to the care of his personal and
devoted friend, Mr. Metcalfe, of Omaha,
came to suffer such battering as it ap
pears by these Lincoln gossips to -have
suffered. Mr. Qulgg was not at Kansas
City or on the committee on resolutions
and platform. Mr. Metcalfe was. With
Senator Tillman, of South .Carolina, and
George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts,
he was of the commltttee on style selected
to put In shape the remnants left after the
committee on platform had. with the
help of Hawaii and New Mexico, decided
to stick to 16 to L and conditionally to
assert that the Democracy of 1896 was
sound as enunciated at Chicago.
If the Bryan draft was changed before
It was adopted by the committee on plat
form and the convention, it Is necessary
to assume that tho story from Lincoln
that Mr. Bryan lost his temper and
scolded Chairman Jones by telegraph Is
Idle. But there appears to be little room
for doubt that changes were made,
whether approved of or protested against
by Tillman, Metcalfe and Williams. Mr.
Bryan asked for the assertion that secret
alliance exists between the United States
and Great Britain: the platform especially
condemns "the ill-concealed Republican
alliance with England." The referendum
plank disappeared, and there was no ref
erence whatever to Government owner
ship of interstate railways, telegraphs
and telephones.
Senator' Tillman's sense of humor, his
appreciation of the force of ridicule in
political campaigns, saved Mr. Bryan
from mortification when he refused to
I
HOWARD MAUPIW, WHO ENDED
accept that part of Mr. Bryan's draft
declaring condemnation of "the Republi
can policy of seoking trade with foreign
nations with hands full of blood at tne
cannon's mouth." It is doubtful whether
Mr. Bryan really wrote those words.
Mr. Williams proved to be a true and wie
friend of Mr. Bryan by substituting for
the language objected to by Tillman the
words: "We favor trad expansion by
overs' peaceful and legitimate moans."
So far as we can ascertain the facts
about the revision of the Bryan platform
at Kansas City. Mr. Bryan has no oc
casion to complain about it for what It
lost. Instead of suggesting criticism or
sending expensive telegrams of regret to
Chairman Jones, It seems to us that he
should be grateful to that not always
discreet manager, and. particularly thank
ful to the sub-committee that did the
"qulgging" at Kansas City.
ILLINOIS FIRST CAPITAL.
The MIssls.tippt River Has Washed
It Nearly All Array.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The last remaining vestige of what re
mained of Kaskaskia. once the capital of
this state and the metropolis of the West,
will have disappeared in a few weeks, as
there is only a few hundred feet of the
corporate limits of the old town left, and
at the rate the Mississippi is caving it in
that will all be washed away.
Since the Mississippi cut-through the
peninsula above the old town in 1SS2, and
formed a Junction with the Kaskaskia or
Okaw River, eisht miles above the place
where it originally emptied into tho Mis
sissippi, the waters have been washing
away the land upon which the town
stood.
The residence of Governor Bond, the
first Governor of the State of Illinois, was
washed Into the riwr ihn fan, -,-
and all the buildings, with their nn J
old-fashioned French architucture, have
one by one followed in the wake, until
now a few ruins overhanging the brink
of the river are all that remains of what
was once a city of 15,000 Inhabitants, tho
first capital of a territory and later of a
state.
The church of Kaskaskia was torn
down and removed several years ago,
and last Fall tho ground on which It
stood was washed Into the river. The
old graveyards, three In number, con
tained thousands of Kaskaskia's dead, but
a great many of them were disinterred
and removed to a new cemetery on the
bluffs ODDOSlte the old town thrnno-r. tha
efforts of ex-Senator Rlckert, who Intro- i
aucea a dm ror that purpose in the State
Legislature, Those now rest where the
relentless waters cannot reach them, but
many were left behind and washed out by
the river.
The end of Kaskaskia closes an epoch
in the history of the West, for with Its
disappearance the most important land
marks of French -colonization in the Mid
dle West will have disappeared.
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME
Do you know of a train outside of the
Northern Pacific's new "North Coast
Limited" that Is wide vestibuled from
end to end, electric lighted, provided with
an observation car carried at the rear end
of the train for 2000 miles, In which ladies
and gentlemen are surrounded with all
the comforts of modern civilization, L e.,
ladles' parlor, waiting room, library, ob
servation platform, gentlemen's smoking
room, card room, toilet rooms, barber
shop and bath room? Try the "North
Coast Limited." It runs dally and no
extra charge Is made for traveling on IL
Towne He's got an awful cold In his
head. Browne Severe, eh? Towne Well,
I should say. It was so severe yesterday
it cracked his glasses. Philadelphia
Press.
'KILLED BANDIT CHIEF
GOOD SHOT OF HOWARD MAtTPHIK,
CROOK COUJfTT PIONEER, '
Operations of the aeaecsde Snake
River Band That Led to tfc
Death of the Leader
i
ASHWOOD, Or., July 20. Living within
three miles of Aahwood is the wife .and
son of the real slayer of Paulina, the
chief of the Sn&ko bandit tribe of In
dians. History has It that Jim Clark
killed the famous chief, and the family
of the real slayer have never gone to the
trouble of making the correction until
now. The gun from which the fatal shot
was fired, and the knife, a large, ugly
thing? is still In the possession of the
family. The name of the real slayer of
old Paulina was Howard Mauphin, and
the famous bandit chief was killed within
a few miles of this place. On a little
CAREER OF CHIEF PAULINA.
knoll -at the foot of Paulina Butte, a
monument names the last resting place
of Howard Mauphin. On It is inscribed
the information that Howard Mauphin
died January 14, 1SS7, aged 71 years and 21
days. At the foot of the knoll is tho
former home of Mauphin, whero his aged
wife and son still live. In full view of
the monument is the gulch 'by the side
of Pau'.ina Butte through which Pau
lina entered a short time before ho was
overtaken and killed in Paulina Basin by
Mauphin.
History has the facta of the life of oM
Paulina down right, but has never gotten j
tne trutn about tne circumstances of the
killing. Up to the year 1EGT, old Paulina
and his band roamed the mountains and
plains of Oregon from the California line
to the Des Chutes River. His band was
composed of Snake Indians, Flutes, Shaw
anoes. Modocs and others that would not
submit to the laws of the white man.
They were the worst of the different
tribes, and were nothing less than thieves
and cut-throats, and old Paulina was the
worst of all. Howard Ma.uphln then lived
alone with his family at tho present
site of Antelope, in Wasco County. A
neighbor at Cross Hollow, now the pres
ont site of Shanlko, was the only Inhabi
tant on the north, and another at Can
yon City, several miles to the southeast,
were the only inhabitants of this sec
tion, i
Hovr Indians Stole Horses.
Late one night In 1857. Howard Mauphin
heard a disturbance among his horses
and rushed out to the lot in his night
clothes and found everything Intact. The
fence next to the trail was composed of
flat rocks, picked up In the gulch, arid
Mauphin walked up this wall of rock
and peered up and down the trail on the
outside, but saw nothing to alarm him.
If he had stood close up to the wall
and looked In the shadows against the
wall on the outside, he would have seen
nine dark forms lying against the wall,
and he might have never lived to tell
what he saw. But he went back to bed
In the belief that the horses had only
become frightened at a coyote or some
other marauding animal. He had scarce
ly began dozing when he heard the dis
turbance again, and, rushing out, he
found the rock wall torn down and his
horses all gone. He ran back into tho
house, hurriedly dressed, seized his' gun
and struck the trail of his horses.- Out
on a ridge a short distance from home
ho overtook his horses, moving toward
the south. In a straight line, as if guided
by herders. He hurried on to surround
them, not suspecting that they were b
lng driven until he saw a crouching form
In their rear rise up between him and
the horizon on the opposite side.
ITIred and There Was a Dead Indian.
In those days the pioneers acted with
out delay and upon little ceremony.. He
raised his rifle and fired, and an Indian
rolled over and was dead. Other dark
forms rushed into the canyons and other
hiding places, and Mauphin scalped his
Indian and recovered his horses.
Mauphin heard nothing of "the Indians
until late next evening, when Jim Clark,
the alleged slayer of old Paulina, came
to his place. Clark had discovered the
Indians, now eight In number, following
the gulches southward, and having In
their possession a band of cattle and
horses which they had stolen from the
whites, and among which was some of
Clark's property. Armed and mounted,
the two pioneers Immediately set out up
on the trail of the bandits. Mauphin knew
the country like a book, and as soon as
he struck the trail he knew the probable
route of the Indians. He also knew their
custom to keep a lookout In their rear,
and pursued the plan of heading them off
Instead of following them.
The pioneers reached the anticipated
trail of the- Indians so far in advance
of the latter that they became impa
tient and started back to meet them. Tak
ing a roundabout way through " Trout
Creek Canyon they accldentaly got be--tween
the Indians' rear guard, or look-
out, and the main band. They caw where
they had entered a narrow gulch at the
foot of a mountain, now known as Pau
lina Butte, and followed this along a'
ridge, keeping a sharp lookout. At the
top of tho ridge they could see far, be
yond, and, seeing no Indians, knew that
they were in the Immediate vicinity.
Then Mauphin remembered & small
basin a little further around the moun
tain, where there was grass and water,
and he suspected that the Indians were
in this. Riding cautiously to a point
where they could sea into the depths of
this basin, which is sow known as Pau
lina Basin, Clark, who was nearer the top
of the ridge, announced an Indian in
sight.
"Shoot him!" was the quick respens of
Mauphin.
Got the Old Chief.
Clark dismounted and fired. Mauphin
by this time- had dismounted and ap
proached the brink of the basin at an
other point. At the crack of Clark's rifle
the Indian at whom he had fired, and
who was standing with his back to Clark
started at top speed toward an opening
in the wall of the basin, and six other
Indians came from cover and followed at
a like speed. Mauphin. who had a new
Henry rifle, and the first that had been:
introduced into this country, now began
shooting, with the confidence that he
would kill the whole band. But under
the excitement he was disappointed. At
the first shot one fell upon the ground
and then another, but the last one rose
and ran again. A few shots were di
rected at him, which seemed to be with
out effect, and he and the others es
caped. Upon approaching tho Indian lying up
on the ground he was seen to move his
hand, which bad something In It. Clark
borrowed 2uauphln"s gun and fired a few
shots into the body of the prostrate In
dian. Upon approaching the body they
found that the hand clasped a knife, and
that the first shot fired by Mauphin had
broken the thigh of the Indian. Mauphin
then and there scalped the Indian, and,
rounding up the stock, returned home.
The band of marauders bad stopped in
the basin for a rest, had butchered a
yearling, but the pioneers had intercepted
them before they had satisfied their hun
ger. It was afterwards learned that tho In
dian hero killed was old Paulina, for
whoso scalp H000 reward was offered. An
other Indian was found dead a few miles
farther on, and this was tho last raid of
Paulina and hl3 band. A short time after
wards the remainder of the band ap
peared at the agency and treated, and
forever afterwards kept their pledge.
Tho picture here' rhown was taken
shortly before old Paulina's death, upon
a visit to the agency, where, with his
hand on his heart, he pledged friendship
for the white man and obedience to his
laws. It was the only one ever taken,
and was presented to Howard Mauphin
by the Indian agent shortly after Pau
lina's death. The picture shown of Mau
phin was also taken about the time of
the killing of tho Indian chief.
A Typical Pioneer.
Howard Mauphin left the State of Mis
souri In 1S32 and crossed the plains with
his family, arriving in the Willamette
Valley In the following year. He moved
to Antelope in 18C4 and afterwards came
to his ranch near Ashwood. His wife,
Nancy Mauphin. aged 77 years, still lives
here. One daughter lives In Montana, and
one in British Columbia; one son lives
with her here, and another lives In Linn
County, in the Valley.
Mrs. Mauphin, at this present age. Is as
lively as a girl, and can still handle a
gun with the proflcienoy of a marks
man. Her eyes sparkle with the en
thusiasm of youth as she relates the
early experiences of herself and husband
in the plone-r days of this country.
BRYAN AND THE WEST.
Ia Reaching for the Shadow He May
Lose the Substance.
Philadelphia Press.
The Denver Republican, ono of the
ablest nswspapcrs In Colorado, and a
supporter of Bryan in 18W, spoke as
follows in its numb' for last Wednes
day morning: "So far as we are able to
learn, after careful inquiry in many di
rections, not one Silver Republican In a
hundred in Colorado Is willing to accept
either the ticket or the platform adopt
ed at Kansas City. Unquestionably, great
numbers of Sliver Republicans are rapid
ly drifting back Into the straight Repub
lican party, and if the movement contin
ues throughout the campaign at Us pres
ent rate of speed, nobody need be sur
prised to cee Colorado give a majority for
McKinley and expansion."
Thl3 utterance of he Republican por
trays tho situation In Colorado. It Is, re
inforced by the attitude of the Denver
Times, which also supported Bryan four
years ago. Neither me of these news
papors will give him any aid this year.
Both of them refuse to follow Senator
Teller Into the Democratic party. The
Times has come out openly for McKin
ley, and the Republican will doubtless
take the same step before the, campaign
Is many weeks older. With the loss of
those two newspapers, tho Bryan cause
will be In desporato straits in Colorado.
The same situation exists In Utah, where
the Salt Lake Tribune, the leading "news
papor of the state, ana a supporter of
Bryan In 1S06, has deserted the Demo
cratic causo and returned to the Repub
lican party.
The situation t In these two states i3
doubtless an index of the situation In
all the far Western States. To show the
drift of things in that neighborhood, the
vote cast there In 1806 and In 1898 Is com
pared In tho following table:
1S96 1SSS
States Rep. Dem. Rep. Dem.
California 146.170 143.373 H7.7M 128.293
Colorado 26.271 161,153 50,880 94,274
Idaho 6.324 2-U92 13.794 19,407
Kansas 159,541 171.S10 149.853 123.9S3
Nebraska 102,304 U6.SS0 92.9S2 95,703
Nevada 1,938 8.377 3.548 2,060
Montana 10.494 42.5T7 10.491 42.537
North Dakota. 26.335 20.6S6 27.087 19.620
Oregon 48.779 . 42.662 45.104 34.330
South Dakota. 41,042 41.225 S6.949 37.319
Utah 13.834 64 517 31.573 34 670
Washington .. S9.153 51.646 40.352 32.339
Wyoming 10.072 10,655 10.3S3 8,95$
Totals C50.307 -601,713 560,713 653,524
The change in two years in the body
of stntes west of the western boundary
of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri is evi
dent from this tablo. It was In that
neighborhood that -free silver was the
strongest in 1S96. In' that year Bryan
had a plurality of 51,406. Two years
later, or In 1S2S, he had only 122,811 plu
rality, or a loss of over 50 per cent. In
T89S McKinley carried only three of these
13 states. n 1S9S the Republicans had a
plurality over the Democrats in seven ot
these same states. The change has' been
going on more rapidly since 1SSS than
before it. If the' Bryan plurality was cut
down one-half in the first two years after
1S96, it is not too much to hope that the
other half -will be found to have disap
peared when the election returns of next
November come in.
Mr. Bryan Is said to be planning to
make his strongest campaign In the East
and Middle West, believing that the far
West will remain true to him. But the
utterances of the Colorado and Utah
newspapers and the revelations of tho
elections of 193 ought to convince him
that his hold on the. mining states is
slipping away, and that he has no
strength to snare for other sections.
LOOKING FOR A COOL PLACE?
Then take the O. R. & N. special train
from Union depot at 9:30 A. M. Sunday
and go to Bonneville. Special low rate
of 50 cents for the round trip. Refresh
ments to be had on the grounds, or take
a basket lunch with you, and escape the
heat of the city. Cool groves, magnifi
cent Bcenery, good music, first-class per
formance; all free. Reniember the time.
9:3) A. M. Sunday. Union depot.
THE HANDEL FESTIVAL
HOW IT IMPRESSED ,XS ElfTHUSr
ASTJO PORTLAJTDER.
Interesting Incidents of London
SlKhtseeinK' Enciisb. Law 'Courts
And tho Telegraph. Offices.
LONDON, July L Well, I promised to
tell all about the Handel festival, did
I not?
Owing to a. delay in getting our train,
we were & little late, so that we expe
rienced quite a difficulty in getting Beats.
The crowd was so dense that we had a
struggle to edge our way through, and
we had so many steps to go up and such
everlastingly long passages to skirt that
it must have taken us at least 15 minutes
from the time we entered the palace till
we reached the top. But, alas I we no
sooner arrived there than we were told
that the reats were all taken; so, like a
Jot of sheep, we turned about and headed
back to the ground floor. "Here we found
the hall divided off into sections, called
"blocks," and searching about for awhile
we at last spied "block EE." indicated by
a large red signboard stuck up like a
railroad post, which directed us to our
chairs. Once comfortably seated, we
drew a breath of relief, and settled down
to a day's enjoyment. The hall is vast,
having a seating capacity of over 50.000,
though there wasn't anything like that
number there. Directly bpposlte the
stage, and elevated some distance from
the ground, are the royal boxes, finished
off In fancy carving and gold decorations.
By the flowers placed there, we knew
that some members of the royal family
were present.
The performance lasted from 2 o'clock
until 7. with 40 minutes Intermission. The
programme for this day conslsfcd of
parts II and III of "Judas Maccabaeus,"
given in celebration of the victories of
the British Army In South Africa; re
lections from "Samson," "Acis and Gal
atea," "Semele." "Jephthah," "L'Allegro
ed II Pensleroso," 'Alclna." "Berenice"
and "The Watr Mustc."' The soloists
were Madame Albanl. Miss Lilian Blau
velt. Miss Marie Brema. Miss Ella Rus
.sell and Mes-?. Lloyd, Santley, av'cs
and Black. August Mauns acting as con
ductor. Th?re were 000 voices In the
chorus and 1030 instruments, so the ef
fect of this volume .it round can be Im
agined. Partl-jularlv Impressive was that
grand trio and chorus In "Judas" "See.
the Conquering Hero Comes," when the
full strength of the chorus and orchestra
thundered out Its peals of victory and
triumph. The applause after this great
work was deafening, and the whole hall
rang with the "ttavos" which lssu-vd
from thousmos of threats. The favorite
soloists were Etla Russell and the two
veterans of uie concert stage Lloyl and
Santley, each o" whom received a special
ovation. In "Jephthah"." tho chorus did
some remarkable work In tho selection
"How Dark, O Lord, Are Thy Decrees."
The harmonious blending of the mixed
'voices, the rounds, chromatic thirds, the
sudden start and quick, sharp slopa
showed the perfection of the leader's art
and addei anorher successful score ta
the laurels of August Mauns. Walter
Hcdgcock, as organist, did noble work.
The finest bit of solo numbers was ren
dered by Ella Russell In the song "Let
the Bright Seraphim," from "Samson."
This was Bung with trumpet obllgato and
showed off to rare advantiK the depth,
fullness .nd aM sweetness of the sin
ger's voice.
Altogether, the festival was an occasion
never to be forgotten.
The Crystal Palace resembles a large
exposition hall, only that It Is more beau
tiful than ni'vhlng we have of the kind
out West. .After the concert we walked
about, had some refreshment and de
scended to the palace gardens. At S:30
the fireworks began, and my enthusiasm
I arose to fever heat. The set pieces were
wonderful. One represented a bicycle
race, four wheelmen the last one dressed
In red. white and blue riding down the
road. Finally, the end one got ahead of
the others, and then they all. tumble!
oft their whetls, and the lights disap
peared. It was as natural as -life. Then
they had a waterfall about 100 feet from
the ground with the noise of the water
rushing. But the most beautiful of all
was a bombardment, the many colored
balls flying from all directions Illummac
Ing the Vho'is iky. the noise of cannons
filling the air.
A funny thing happened while we were
at Madame Tussaud's wax work exhi
bition the other day. Of course, no oni
who has not seen these figures could
understand It. for it Is Impossible to im
agine a wjx figure looking so human. We
had decllnl to tuiw in the "chamber of
horrors," and our friend, not wishing to
CHIEF PAULINA, OF THE RENEGADE BAND OF SNAKE INDIANS.
be wrought up, stayel behind in the. main
halL While he sat there studying nis
catalogue two ladles approached eyeing
him closely.
"I wonder who that isT" said one.
"I cannot find his number," replied
the other, studying the ground at our
friend's feet.
Just then the young man looked up, and
you should have seen those women scat
ter! He concluded after that to Join us.
considering the chamber of horrors pref
erable to being mistaken for a wax
figure.
Let nobody say anything about the
uncertainty of Portland weather. It
isn't "in it" with London. We have not
been out one day without an umbrella
since our arrival here. Pluvlus seems to
have a monopoly on London weather.
Of course, we havo had nice days, but
you can never tell when a shower is
coming on, so the safest plan Is to pre
pare for at least one or two a day. I
have a score to settle with the old man
for spoiling our exqursion to Brighton.
He turned the water on us Just as we
1 were ready to start, and Pyo cried
scissors ever since.
What a vast place London .Isl I got
I out the map the other day, thinking to
! mark out tho area we .had covered in
j our excursions, and what to me had
I seemed like the greater part of London
j was nothing more than a flyspeck on the
I map. I am- told that in some parts of
London there are 640.000 people to the
square mile. Hardly conceivable, is it?
I Think of the conditions that compel
alx families to live in one room, yet
such things exist. And, on the other
hand, you find enormous structures oc
cupying perhaps a quarter of a mile of
ground, housing a single family, and they
staying there about three months in the
year. The degradation of the poor here
Is heartrending to contemplate. I saw
one old man stoop the other day to pick
up the remains of a bun that a little
child had thrown into the street, and
with almost ravenous eagerness put it
between his lips. The number of men,
women and children that roam the streets
shelterless is legion. St. James Park of
fers a refuge to many of them in fine
weather, as they can stretch out on the
grass and sleep off their exhaustion.
But what do they do in the cold Win
ter? Numbers of them find graves In
the Thames. A policeman stationed near
the Duke of York's column (which is 195
feet high) told us that in former times
people used to be able to climb to the
top, but it got to be the fashion for
suicides to choose that method of exterm
ination, and so the steps were removed.
j He said at times suicides averaged 100
a month.
Wages here are very low. Clerks In
stores earn at tho utmost $3 50 a week,
many working for 10 shillings; yet,
strange to say, the majority look well
fed and healthy. Station guards have
to work 14 hours a day; their position Is
a responsible one, yet they are paid at
the low rate of 23 shillings a week, B
of which has to'be paid out for rent,
and sometimes whole families have to
live on this. They have a small recom
pense, however. In that portions of land
about the railroad track are allotted
them for the cultivation of vegetables
and fruit, and this helps to supply
their table. It also Improves the land,
and is thus an advantage to the railroad
company-
Also the Servant netion.
The servant question Is as much alive
I here as with us at home. It seems the
conditions are Identical the world over.
The whole matter seems to revolve
j about the Independence and freedom of
ine worKing gin, ana iney win purcnase
these at any price. Make the conditions
of housework the same as those In other
employments, placing It, at the same
time, upon a business footing, and I
believe we will be upon the road to solve
the problem.
What a busy place London Is! If those
brainy people who are trying to Invent
a perpetual motion machine would only
step up here a moment, they might get
some ideas that would help them. Every
thing moves here; there Is no such thing
as resting at least, that Is the way It
Impresses a looker-on. I find myself
wondering sometimes how the people can
keep from getting mixed up with the
horses and the horses with the teams,
and the teams with the railways and
the railways with the streets. It seems
such a perfect tangle that It 13 a mystery
how they manage to unwind themselves.
I feel as If I were assisting with a Chi
nese puzzle every time I walk the streets.
But. then! any one who starts out as a
tourist may become a machine, and one,
moreover, that will go without winding.
You see a tourist has a reputation to
uphold. He cannot afford to miss any
thing In the way of sights unless he
Is willing to accept the commiseration
of his fellow-travelers. It Is all mapped
out for him that while Jn London he
should visit Westminster Abbey, St.
Paul's Cathedral, the Tower, the wax
works and a dozen other places, and so.
of course, we "did" these. But we got
even, -for we visited places that the con
ventlonals could not get to. Having
Influential friends, we were shown
through the law courts and the tele
graph ofllces, thus seeing something of
the distribution of news and Justice. We
visited tho different courts of appeal and
heard various members of the council
In their powdered wigs and black gowns
plead. We were most Interested in the
Admiralty division of the High Court of
Justice, of which the Right Hon. Sir
Francis II. Jeune is president. There
was a damage suit on between the owners
of the St ran ton and owners ot the Spray,
and & mlniaturo model of the steamship
In question stood upon a slanting table
for purposes of Illustration.
Son ot Charles Dickens.
While wo stood listening to the speak
ers we had an opportunity to see the son
of the Immortal Charles Dickens, who is
a prominent "barrister hre. He is "a
little bit of a fellow" (thus our barrister
guide indicated him), with a. thin, intel
lectual face, J-ather sallow In complexion,
and very much wrinkled. He seemed to
be of a rather nervous temperament, for
his movements were short and quick.
The London telegraph building is said
to be the largest in Europe. To go
through it Is to appreciate what teleg
raphy has done for tho world: in no other
way is it possible to understand its value.
The offices occupy three stories; they
are divided into sections, each division
dealing with a special country or dis
trict. There are about 600 wires going
in every section, some single, others com
plex, and when It is considered that 4000
men and women are employed in this
building, some idea can be formed of the
amount of business done. They work
steadily for eight hours, and in all this
time are not permitted to leave the
building. Refreshments axe brought to
them at their desks. As the strain of
the work is very great, the employes have
to pass a physical as well as a mental
examination before they are accepted.
Their pay is very small, averaging about
$3 60 a week for the women and SGOO a
year for the men. But they have the
advantage of a pension after a 15 years'
eervioe, consisting of one-third of their
salary, and if capable they have an op
portunity to advance.
London ia having, a little excitement
at present in the visit of the Khedive,
and the appearance of the "fez" in the
streets marks quite a little stir. An
amusing Incident happened the other day
at Guildhall, and as the Evening News
gives such a graphic account of it, I
will sand, it to you:
"When the illness of the Khedive was'
announced, the Corporation had to post
pone indefinitely its reception of him at
the Guildhall. But as it happened, to
day, which was- the day fixed for the cer
emonial, did not pass without the recep
tion of an unusual visitor.
"At the Cheapslde end of King street
was standing a horse, with a Midland
Railway van fastened on behjnd. Perhaps
It had not heard that the Khedive's visit
was postponed, and having a strain of
Arab in its blood, wished to pay its re
spects to tie ruler of the neighboring
country. Or, possibly, ft wished to step
into the vacancy caused by his absence.
"Anyhow, it seised the opportunity, be
ing left alone, to rush furiously down
King street, across the Guildhall yard
and through the open doors. There were
three stone steps, a yard or two of pave
ment and two more steps to be passed
before the inside of the Guildhall was
reached. But without a moment's hesl
itatlon the gallant animal carried the
heights, and with an air of conscious
triumph worthy of a, Gordon Highlander
cams to a, halt half-way up the Inner
flight of stairs leading to the sanctum of
the city dignitaries.
"The van was still behind the panting
steed. It was wrecked, twisted, torn and
bent. The stone steps were chipped and
splintered, and an awning hung loose and
limp from Its fastenings.
"It was dark where the horse came
to a standstill. The equine head wa3
thrust Into the banqueting-hall, and the
iron-shod hoofs were resting in felt car
pet which was softer than clover.
"Its arrival had not been unnoticed,
though no preparations had been made
to receive it. In fact, a lamentable cold
ness was shown to the enterprising steed.
Several policemen had chased It, and
one had even been churlish enough to
strike It on the blinker with his nose.
It Is true that he afterwards regretted
his roughness, but the incident marred
what might have been an impressive en
try. "The doorway was only Just wide
enough to admit the van. but it is wider
now. for bits of the doorposts and the
transom are sticking In the woodwork of
the van. Some one had carelessly left
two chairs in the way, and these will
require considerable restoration before
they will be safe seats for an Aldermai..
Altogether, the expenses connected with
the visit are estimated at a high figure.
"The horse has evidently missed Its
vocation. It should be fighting in South
Africa. But the Incident opens wide
possibilities for a new kind of horse
race," SOPHIE REINHART.
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terday afternoon for peddling without a
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as required by a city ordinance.
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