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THE "SUNDAY 0$EGONJA& ' P0RlA3sTP, OC5y05BB 7, 1900, ID DAYS IN PEKIN TSRXLUKQ ACCOUNT OP EVENTS THAT J45D TO THE SIEGE, 4. Retoeree, Describes Daring: Ameri can Exploit at the Gate Death ot Von Ketteler. TEMPLE OP HEAVEN, Pekln, China, -August 25, 1900. Since the eiese of Pekln, kas lifted and the besieged fully realize the extent of the soyernmental conspir acy to -wipe out all foreigners, they look back Trtth astonishment upon the daring Americans -who locked the great Ha-ta (fate In the face of a raging- mob, under the eyes of the imperial soldiers. Five days later Baron von Ketteler "was Wiled, and the bloody siege began that laid In, their graves 86 brave soldiers and -wound, ed 100 others, out of a total of 400 aliLed marines. This is how it happened; On the morn, Jng of June IS the bloody 13, as it will SO down to history the native Christian converts in Pekln found their gate posts smeared -with blood, a mark put therq 2)y tho fanatic infuriated mob of Bo era, so that there should be no chance lor them to miss their victims. Many of these marked quarters -were the new homes of the native Christians, who had left their old quarters because apprehensive of coming evil. But bo pei tfect was the system of espionage planned by the Empress and Prince Tuan tha$ not only had they a map of every Chris tian "compound"' (walled enclosure' con taining a group of Chinese houses), both loreiga and native, but the spies had also been able to track each Chrlstjan family as it moved abo&t. Only in this way can the accurate knowledg of the Boxers as to the whereabouts of every one of their victims be accounted for. Some few Christians fled and escaped, Taut absolutely none were undiscovered, and no quarters they had rented or used escaped destruction. All on the List. In addition to these, shopkeepers who sold foreign lamps, heathen teachers who taught In legations, bank managers who liad business connections with foreigners, Chinese merchants who sold foreign med icine, were all put on the persecution list. So great was the fury against the foreigner that a scrap of foreign paper, &n old foreign medicine bottle, often zneant death to its owner. In the night of June 13, the knife fell. Foreign compounds were looted and -burned. The streets ran with the blood of native Christians. The "rice" Christian and the pretender paid the penalty of "following the foreign devil," while the true Christian died as glorious a death as Christian martyrs ever did at the stake of INero, or in the torture chamber of the inquisition. The large Methodist Episcopal mission situated half a mile from the -United States legation, down a side street from the great Ha-ta-mun street was the only one out of nine or ten mission compounds 3n Pekln that was left standing. Its street chapel was burned the evening of June IS, but a further attack was repulsed by the advance of the United States Ma rines, 20 having been sent by "Minister Conger to help guard the mission, where were gathered for protection 70 mission aries and 000 native refugees from coun try districts. The little band of 20 sol diers and 18 armed missionaries were Tusy Slight and day warding off desultory at tacks of Boxers and attempts to Are the buildings, which covered an area of four OX "five acres. An Infuriated .Mob. On the night of June 1 a great mob "had gathered on the -south side of the wall, and began beating at the great outer gate of Ha-ta-mun street. The night was calm, the sky -was clear except Jar the lurid flames and smoke rising. irom foreign compounds; but the dm and mproar In the southern city held every 3ieart terrified. A pack of bloodhounds in wildest rage could not have sent forth thedemonlacal din and clamor of the In furiated Boxers and their sympathizers. They- had already broken through the double gates. Fully 200 armed Manchu soldiers on Ha-ta-mun wall, overhanging the gate, surveyed the proceedings with Interest and curiosity. "Kill, kill, kill, kill the foreigners!" the onob shouted. "Climb the wall! Kill, kill. Iclll!" Such demon-like yells and shrieks rising and falling wu.. the beating of the drums, almost unnerved the bravest. Eyory moment the Christians locked in the foreign compounds waited to hear the znob rush through the last gate. It was a peculiar scene within the mis sion compound. All tried to smile. Many veteran missionaries and most of the men succeeded, but few there were who felt 310 tremor er apprehension of alarm. "Young women could be seen standing alone or in groups, pale and resolute; but most pitiful perhaps were the moth ers back in shadows' corners clasping young babes to their breasts, or with their arms about half-grown children. ' Borne were bending over sleeping Infants; one was telling her little girl a story, another singing a hymn in which the childish voices joined only to be drowned by the raging voice of the mob outside. After three hours of this awful sus pense the cries in the Southern city sud denly ceased, and apparently no further effort -was made to enter the Northern City that night Capturing: the Key. On June 15 a runner went the rounds Baying that the Boxers would take the mission compound that night. Up to this time from June 10 all provisions had been forced from shopkeepers at the point of gun or revolver, no strong opposition to this method of procedure having been made. Four Americans, therefore Messrs. Tenksbury and Ingram, of Tung-chow; Irving, of the American Board of Missions in Pekln, and Dr. Inglls, from the Pekln Presbyterian Mission shouldered their guns, and in the.early evening set out for Ha-ta gate, a distance of a quarter of a mile. But their errand had another object than to obtain provisions. They reached the gate without mishap, forced the huge Tcey from the gatekeeper under the curious eyes of 200 armed Manchu sol diers on the wall above them, locked the gate to prevent a Southern City mob en tering that night, and returned unharmed, carrying with them a key that could b& compared only to a crowbar. That night the mob rose in redoubled fury. They began early in order to effect an entrance before the closing of the gate at dark, but the Americans had been there flrst. The insurgents beat upon tho iron covering of the old gate; they screamed and yelled in a fury of disap pointment, but to no avail, and about 2 o'clock in the morning, hoarse and crazy, they ceased and went back to their hov els and palaces to contrive new plans j for reaching the foreigners. The key was returned the next morn ing at daylight, and taken away every night following by military order. It now rests in the United States Legation as the first trophy of the war. Suspicion of Von Ketteler. The young Baroness von Ketteler was probably the most unhappy person of. all the number who endured the trials an&. hardships of the siege of Pekln. Certainly she was the one most sym pathized with. "Wives whose husbands were shot down by the enemy, mothers who -watched their babes die for lick of good air and nutrirous food, hearts broken by their own grief, throbbed with sorrow for the woman whose husoand's life was offered a vicaribus sacrifice for all the. foreigners in Pekln. There are those who will contest this statement; there are diplomats who will emphatically deny it, 2mt the fact resulns that the great boy of foreigner In Pekln. never question that Baron van Kejteler's death wag the final salvation of all. June 19, at 4 P. M.. the Tsung-U-Yajpun. Informed the foreign Ministers by letter that they would be expected to leave Pekln within 24 hours under protection of Chinese soldiers. Baron von Ketteler was the only Minister who did not think this request an evidence of Chinese en lightenment and understanding of inter national courtesy. The French Minister, Sir Claude MacDonald and Minister Con ger all favored going, but Baron von Ket teler, more suspicious of Chinese treach ery and diplomacy, saw massacre for all outside the city gates In a country swarm ing with red-handed Boxers and uncertain soldier'. He remarked at dinner that night: "I may be nervous or overworked or some thing, but r am apprehensive of evil if we leave the city." The following morning, the 20th, he PORTLAND'S FIRST When Its Supremacy n the Nprlhwcst Was Established Fifty Years Ago. Portland did not establish its posltlonas the metropolis- of the Northwest without a struggle. For many years Jt was under the shadow of Oregon City's greatness, Other near-by towns also vied with it for the supremacy, but they were soon distanced. Of late years the rapid development of "Washington has brought Seattle to the fore, but the Federal census Just taken- leaves it a respectful distance in the rear of Portland. When Oregon City was In its prime and Portland only a landing-place, this unique advertisement appeared in one of the issues of the Oregon Spectator for January, 184.6: " . Juat received per Toulon, of flow York, pn consignment, tho following goods, vlx.: 20 c&$es wooden clocks, c., Ac, 5fC.; for sale at reduced prices for cash by F. W. Pettysrove. At the Bed House, Oregon City; and at Portland, twelve miles below Oregon City. January 9, 1$4S. .r As will be seen by the above advertisement, taken from the Oregon Spectator of 145 six years ago the spot on which Portland now stands, was only known as bslng 'twelve miles below Oregon City,' and bad, as we are informed, out two or three log huts to bless Itself with. And now what a, change! "We may all look back upon Portland now in 1852, with prlfla, and congratulate ourselves upon the rapid strides it Is making towards be coming a large city of great commercial Importance. So rapid, indeed, is itt growth that, were it not for San Francisco, we might almost imagine ourselves living In the days of the fabulous Aladdin, with hjs WondrouB working lamp, raising, up palaces In a single night by his conjurations. The history of -San Francisco d)ssipates our unbelief in the super natural. Buildings are rising up about and around our city as If the hand of of some Eastern magicjap was at play. Six years ago the paddle of the Indian canoe alone rippled the sur face of the "Willamette's waters; but now the ploughing ocean steamers and our numerous river steamers make our noble river dash on either side its waves, as if in very madness at their Intrusion upon the bo som of her waters. We hear nothing now of the senseless gambling song of the 'stolid Indian; or If heard at all, the grated sounds are drpwned by the more welcome song of the Jqlly, working sailor, the wild shrieks of our busy steamers, and the thunders of the Columbia's cannon, telling" U3 "of thousands of treasure are &emi-monthly arriving and departing. Portland at this time lp emphatically a city. It seems -now no ''twelve-mUe-below-Oregon-Clty" designation to tell Its whereabouts In Oregon. Our merchants are men of enterprise and means. Our mechanics, the bone and sinew of the country, are industrious and have abundance ql work to keep them busy. "All the sounds of advancing civilization are here. The sound of the woodman's ax Is heard, heralding the approach of the Indomitable Industry that conquered America's primeval forests." The sound of the church bell is heard, proclaiming that tho Institutions of religion are here. The sounds of children "Just loose from school" are here, showing that education Is doing its double work.' It is but yesterday that the great poet wrote of thte as the land "Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save its own dashing, but it is no longer that the "dead are only here." The Hying axe here. And here, too, the ease-loving bon vivant can be regaled with the viands of our cafes, and the latest style from Paris dispensed to tripping belles and elegant beaux. The woods changed to this In the short space of six years. The Weekly Oregoniau of April 3. 1852, reprinted the PettygroYft advertisement, accompanied by tne following exultant comment: Portland's supremacy rests upon Its population, the enormous re sources tributary to it, Its large mercantile capital and the great extent of the field in which Its merchants operate. Its Jobbing trade Is greater than that of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane combined. Its annual, wheat shipments are double those of all Puget Sound. In manufactures, it purpasseB any city of the Northwest. It is what Se attle, Tacoma or Spokane can never hope to be the mining center of the Northwest. It is on more cordial relations with its tributary country than ever before In Us history. And It ca,n be depended' upon to hold the prestige tha has cost 50 years of the hardest kind of work. en9t8e8fl9ee898(DBeseae8(e arose determined to enter a protest to the j Tsung-11-Yamun. A brave man always, he started on his errand accompanied only by his Interpreter, Mr. Cordes. They rode In the sedan chairs used hy all Min isters when calling upon Chinese officials. Story of the Murder. Before leaving his house, about 10 A. M., he bade his wife, to whom he was most devotedly attached, a first and then a second farewell, saying as ie did so: "Do not worry if I am gone long; be sure that I am succeeding, and that the officials are listening to me.'' But the Baron did not reach the Tamun, for when only two-tblWs of the way there, he was who were to form the promised escort to Tien Tsln. Mr. Cordes was also shot in the leg. Nevertheless he ran forward, looked into Baron von Ketteler's chair and saw that he was quite dead, a ghast ly bullet wound In his neart. Mr. Cordes then turned, followed by a shower of bul lets. He fled down a small side street. The people along the narrow street re fused to reply to his questions as to the exact location of the American Methodist Episcopal mission, which he knew was somewhere in that neighborhood. Final ly he met an old "bread peddler, who, not daring to stop In conversation with him, sang in his street calls the direction in which he was to turn. Mr, Cordes turned north Instead of south. The old fellow sang out "South" again. Mr. Cordes, al most dead and given out, turned south, ran a short distance and fell fainting at the northeast barricade of the Methodist Episcopal mission, where were gathered all the American missionaries in Pekln and Tung Chow, over 70 In number. The brutal murder of the German Min ister ran like wildfire over tne entire for eign community. The missionaries, who were endeavoring to stifle their fears and .pack small trunks, as commanded by Minister Conger, for the afternoon's start to Tien Tsln gathered a few things into the smallest compass possible. Some took steamer trunks, some hand bundles, mothers took baby food. Cap tain Hall, In charge of the 20 United States marines, sent by Minister Conger for defense, ordered all to march to tho American legation, the native Chinese refugees to follow in the rear. 3Iarch to the Legation. What a march 1 Out through their bwn barricades thrown up by Mr. Francis Gamewell, of the Methodist Episcopal mission, the man who by his skill In fortifying became the great man of the siege later, down Ha-ta-mun street al most to the great Ha-ta-mun gate, over whose second-story balustrade hung a thousand Chinese soldiers, the long pro cession of men, women, children and babies, nurses, " servants and 600 native Christians moved. Fifty foreign guards stood motionless by the roadside. No one spoke; all felt the intensity of the situa tion. The hands that fired on the Ger man Minister might at any moment fire on the helpless mortals movlnjr below them. But the American legation, a distance I of half" a rnlte, was reached In safety, From thenqp all removed to the British, legation, and that afternoon of June 20, at 4 P. M., which vyas to have seen a, train of 1000 carts full of half armed men,t helpless- women and babies Insufficiently guarded by 400 marines, found almost every foreigner n Pekln safe Jn the Brit ish legation, the native Christians finding lodgement In the palace of the hereditary Prince, guarded by the brave Japanese. This palace was just opposite the British legation. Its owner had fled. The missionaries had been, throwing up entrenchments, digging ditches, bulldlngf walls and barb-wire fences and making loopholes for two weeks. In fact, they had made an excellent fort of the M. -K. mission property, but not one foot or sod had been turned up for defense in any legation of the 100 optimistic Minis ters. Four o'clock found foreigners and native converts, under command of Mr. Qamewell into whose hands Sir Claude MaoDonald gave the entire work offoru- 9t99faie999ge(ie099e9eeo EXULTANT SHOUT. fylng), i)usy preparing to make a stand wBttni&L me imperial troops that had been promised as a safe escort to lien Tsln. For uppn news of Baron von Ket teler's murder the Ministerial body stopd aghast at the thought of their contem plated Journey and hurriedly ordered all to the British legation. A Massacre Averted. The world yet has heard little qf this, but praise and- thanks and public aq knowledgement should not be withheld from brave Baron von Ketteler's mem ory. All know now (as many did whose hearts failed them when the order to prepare to leave Pekln was read) that certain massacre by Imperial order await ed us outside the city walls, massacre only averted by Baron von Ketteler's death. Alas, that It took so much, after months of trickery and Inaction on the part of the Chinese officials, to convince the body of Ministers that in suoh a crisis they could not trust to Chinese promises of protection. Many who were unknown to her, mourned with the young Baroness and many an eye filled with sympathy when, after the troops for relief came, she was seen, tall, slender, statuesque, her face drawn with suffering, moving about like one from whom the spirit had almost fled. And all felt glad when, nearly nine weeks after his death, the Baron's body lying in a magnificent Chinese cottln,' was recovered from a mound In the Tsung 11 Yamun identified by friends and physi cians and laid to rest In the German le gation. There had been days and nights of wild est grief, acutest agony when Baroness von Ketteler imagined her husband only wounded,! a prisoner amoncr nnpmi whise delight is to torture; times when she and all his friends thought, even if dead, his body would bo mutilated, but the subsequent recovery of It, Intact save for the wound In tho head, was cause for deep thankfulness. Not only his young wife's sad heart was com forted with the privilege of laying her dead away, but many more rejoiced in the decent burial of Baron von Ketteler, whose death at the murderous hands or the Empress' imperial soldiers saved from general massacre a thousand souls.' J. MARTIN MIKIHR. Must Pay Doe Licenses, Arrests have already commenced for violating the dog license law. In each case- so far the person ar rested has turned . the dog over or paid the amount of the license. Fair warning now having been given that the law will be enforced, it is announced by the city officials that a penalty will be affixed in the future. If each person arrested by the Poundmaster wero mere ly forced to take out a license, but few payments would be made until the rou tine of arrest had been gone through with. If $5 or 510 additional to the license is charged, people will not be disposed to gain the experience of being taken Into custody. The Poundmaster says that he will try the efficacy of enforcing the nen. alty to see If lighter labor for his office will not be the result, CAMPAIGN OF fDUCATlOft OVE PO,OOQ,000 REPTOHCAJf BQCIT- WRNTg SET qVT TO VOTERS. RngftDfer Four Year go TfVns Almost flJffioe ps Irge Trgnalatcg. t late Several Ija.ni?nal5'' WASHINGTON, Oct. ?, .The Republican National Committee this year sent out 90,000,000 documents of all kinds and char acters to be distributed among the voters Of the Uplted States, Four years ago, 103,009,000 documents were sent out. Many of thqni WeTQ translated into 13 different .languages besides English at that tlrno, biit this year only nine languages were used. These nine were Gorman, Nor wegian, Swedish, Bohemian, Italian, Po lish, French, Spanish 4d Finnish, It Was decided by the National .Committee that these nine language and the 90, 000,OpQ documents would rea.cn all person that it was necessary to reach In the conduct of the campaign. Of the four languages dropped, three were kind of a dialect from the yropen principalities, the most Important of the four dropped being Hebrew, I It was found upon. In vestigation, that H wqB a waste of time to translate documents Into Hebrew, be causo every Hobrew voter almost without exception could '"read the English lan guage. The sending out of. documents, is quite an interesting part of the conduct of a campaign, but 'on the whole it is doubtful whether they do muoh good, hut they give the spellbinders an opportuni ty to get statistics and Ideas which they cap. use in making speeches. At the eame time people" are probably reading documents now more than they did form erly, for there have been demands from various " districts for different kinds of speeches and publlQ documents which have a bearing upon the political Issues. Whether these dQcuraenta influence vot ers t& any great extent or not cannot be ascertained. But they form the basis for arguments in every voting precinct In the United States, and that 'Is why they are used to such a, large extent. Will Make Use of Philippines, The United States is going to make use of the Philippines. Officers of the various departments who have Investigated, the possibilities of the islands have made re ports which show them to be very de sirable possessions. Already attention naa been caned to the great variety and splendid possibilities of the various woods that grow in the. Philippine Islands, and Which, when prepared, will be very val uable fqr furnitu.fe of the kind that is now brought -to this country from South America and .other foreign coun tries. Recently there -have been select ed two islands, many miles distant frpm each other, but found to be Im mensely valuable on account of the great rubber-tree fprests which they contain. They are the Islands of Taul Taul In tho Sum Sroup, and Rom.blan, which Is near Luzon. Romblon-has something like 800 square miles of territory, and Taul Taul about twlqe as much. The discovery of these great rubher fprests Is. Yery welcome because ihe great use to whlflh rubber Is now put has resulted in the destruction, of a great deal of thp-South American forests, and It was feared at ope time, as rubber became more and more useful every day, that it would soon be Impossible to ob tain a sufficient supply. It is said by those who have investigated the Islands In the Philippines that there Is a sufficient supply of rubber to furnish the world for many years to come. An army officer was telling me the other day something of the woods of which way make floor ing In the Philippines. He says that It 'easily takes a high polish, and when the fprests are developed so that' the timber can be procured, there lp little doubt but this timber -will form an Important part, of the exports from the Philippines. Rubber for Cables. Talking of these Islands of rubber trees With an officer of the Signal Carps, Who is very much Interested In the lay ing of cables', not only in th.e Philip pines, but esewherei I learped that Eng lish companies have been using gutta per cha, while the United States uses rub ber as an insulator. Rubber Is considered the best, but the English cpmpanles adopted gutta peroha for the protection of their cabloa because they feared that the supply of rubber would become exhaust ed, as it takes a large amount for every cable that is made, besides the vast de mands that were made for rubber in other directions. "With these two islands We will have all the rubber that Ib neces sary for years to come," remarked this Officer, "and we wljl go qn using ruhber for our cable construction." In this con nection he spoke of the transport Burn side, which has been fixed up as a cable ship since the Hooker .was destroyed. The Burnslde will soop be on her way to the Philippines with $00 miles of cable, to be used In conneqtlng the various Islands Where the United States forces are sta tioned, Jn order to carry tne cable to the Philippines, three large tanks were constructed in the Bhlp and 200 miles of gable put in aaoh one, It appears that In trapsportlng this cable It has to be placed in tanks, and when the ship is in port salt water Is, pumped In until It is completely submerged, It Is pumped out again after the ship leaves port and gets on salt Wftter, The rubber which protects the cabbie 1? prepared especially for salt water, and t is apt to be destroyed If it Js not In contact with salt water. ' While the vessel Is at sea the sea- air Is con sidered a sufficient protection for the greater part, although some water Is Ifeft In the tank continually. It seoms that when the cable ship Hooker was de stroyed many miles of "cable were taken from her and placed" oh shore. Although It was Impossible to keep It in salt water, being constructed of rubber, It was not destroyed, and In this It is superior to the gutta peroha cables of ,th6 English qom panlcs, which go to pieces when out of water. The Gnlf Port. For many years efforts have been made to secure a great port on the Gulf or Mexico below New Orleans. The General Government has expended $8,528,000 at Gal veston, and the recent storm has practi cally wiped that city out as a port, and made it impossible to be considered in the future as a deep-water harbor. This money was expended at various timos, although provision was made for J6.000.000 in one lump when a number of continu ing contracts were authorised in the river and harbor bills that passed during the 51st Congress. At that time all Western people were greatly Inter ested 'in the possibility of a deep har bor on the Gulf of Mexico. It wns thought that this would furnish an out let for -the grain, Tthat was produced In the States of Texas, Arkansas,- Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado, and even people in the iJakotas and Minne sota became interested, especially as it was proposed to build direct railroad lines -from these states to connect with the deep-water port when it should be an ac complished fact, peep-water harbors have become a necessity for the great commerce of the United States, and all efforts are now made in that direction. New Orleans and the Mississippi. For more than a century New Orleans has been the port on the Gulf of Mexi co, although it was quite a 'long distance from .the mouth of the Mississippi. The Mississippi River was supposed to be the great artery of commerce for the whole Western country, and the improvements which have been made in the river and the fact that ft has been, available ior heavy freights, has been very useful to the people of the whole country in secur ing reasonable railroad rates along, the river, where it was navigable. Adjacent streams hare also been improved with a view to securing good shipping for the (Products' of the Mississippi Valley, But some way xsew uneans never seemed to develop very much as a great grain port. It is bejow the level of the Mississippi, and for ,that reason is not as securo as could bp wished. Perhaps since Golves ton ha been destroyed, It may again qome to the front as a Gulf port. But Us location is not satisfactory to the grain interests, and the constructien of large elevo,tQrs has not been deemed feas ible. k Looking: for Other Ports. Although large sums of money have been expended in making Galveston a harbor, it alone has, not been relied upon, and recently large appropriations have been made for ft port at Sabine Pass. It was here that one of the direct lines of railroad from the North and West bad Its terminal, and there has been a great deal of talk about Port Arthur becoming the great shipping point on the Gulf. Port Arthur and Sabine Pass grew in popularity as it became evident that the Jetty system at New Orleans was not suc cessful owing to tbe vast amount of $and washed into the channel by the heavy winds and tides pf the Gulf, But even at Sabine Pass it Is doubtful if the same trouble does not occur( apd it will be1 found impossible to keep the necessary deep water for the large sea-going ships. Cities on the Sand, Galveston is a city on the sand, as has been shown by the recent disaster. It Js not only upon the -sand, but upon a aand Island, very low, and so located that it Is almost impossible to protect it, The washing away of the fortifications is an evidence that even the Government en- IN CASE glneers cannot give the city the protec tion from foreign foea tfiat would be nec essary If It should again be rebuilt. But Galveston is not the only city on the sand. Atlantic City, N. J., which is the only t ctly thus, far In the United States that nas surpassed, .rortmna in great growtn In the last 10 years, Is also a city on the sand, and some people have feared that a 'storm such as caused the havoc In Gal veston would alsp wipe out Atlantic City. A great tidal wave and a hurricane would be very apt to submerge Atlantic City Just as Galveston was submerged. However, Atlantic City Is better situated, because While It Is somewhat on an island, 'and there are vast marshes back of It, yet It floes npt have behind It the large bay nor Is there the deep channel which was dredged to make Galveston a great har bor. Some miles up the Atlantic coast from Atlantic City tbere was another sand Island years ago, and in one of the fierce Atlantic storms It was. completely washed away and destroyed. To the north of Atlantic City Is now a low flat Island called Brlgantlne. Four feet of water above the normal would completely submerge It, and although It is some thing of a resort; people are always afraid that the heavy storms may destroy It at any time. Safe Harbors Bent. The lesson from Galveston Is plain. Safe harbors will hereafter be sought by all Eeople looking for investments and for ulldlng wharves, warehouses and other structures necessary for a large shipping depot. A harbor several miles Ireland lfl much superior to one upon the ocean side, which Is In danger of being washed away by a fierce storm such as caused the destruction of Galveston. New York, while on tide water, Is thoroughly pro tected from any such storms. So alao are tho great shipping points on the opposite side of the Hudson River and down the Jersey coaat. New York Is really many miles from the Atlantic ocean proper, and could never be subject to serious ocean disturbances. Philadelphia is also many fnlles Inland, and. although reached by Ide water. Is a harbor on a river, and when the deep channel Is obtained which the Government Is making, It will be a Yery good port. Baltimore, of course, Is away at the head of Chesapeake Bay and absolutely substantial. Near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay are the growing towns of Newport News, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and the ports on York River, which are developing Into great shipping points, be cause there la plenty of deep water, and the harbors are so "far inland that there is' no danger of being Injured by storms. Hampton Roads Is really one of the very best harbors In the world. ARTHUR W. DUNN.. THE CELLULOID CYLINDER. New Fields of Usefulness for the Pkonograph. Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. The final perfecting after much travail by inventors, of the celluloid record cylin der for phonographs has opened up en tirely new fields for usefulness for the talking machine. It will soon be widely utilized for advertising purposes, thanks to this new invention an idea much thought of hitherto, but which could not be carried out owing to tho perishable character of tho waxen tubes. One man, for example, wished to construct a talk ing crow, whioh would utter exclamatory remarks regarding his wares, but It was found that the record cylinder Inclosed In the bird's stomach became Indistinct at tho end of a week or 10 days. A well known company, a few years ago, put some talking dolls on the market, and they spoke very -Intelligently, but their conversational powers lasted so short a time that their manufacture was discon tinued. The celluloid cylinder is made in a very simple way. An electrotype is made of the wax record, and from this a perfect Impression Is taken in the celluloid. The resulting cylinder of celluloid is practi cally unbreakable a great advantage. The customer who opens the door of a shop Willi thereby pull a string that ac tuates a, phonograph, which, will yell out a few suggestions as to accessible bar gains, A man who operates a cigar-cutter on a tobacconist's counter will quickly .discover that he has let loose a meohant cai voice, which criw "Hoiroi Try tho" Li Hung Chang 5-cent cigar!" It is be lieved that this sort pf advertising will bo excellent for trade, Inasmuch as, while a person may not read a sign, he cannot help hearing thehowl -of the phonograph. One of the novelties in phonographs Is an automatic instrument which enables a person, after dropping a nickel into a slot, to make a choice among half a dozen or more, cylinders by pushing the button controlling the one he wants. In this manner one machine Is made to do the duty now performed by a number. An other newly patented contrivance has a panorama attachment which shows a se ries of photographs as .the customer gazes through an eyehole. The story be longing to each picture Is told by the talking machine In a sort of running com mentary, the arrangement being such that the verbal .description Is given cojn cldently with the exhibition of each pho tograph, SENATE IN DOUBT. One Scrlons - Incidental Danger Bryan's Election. St. Paul Pioneer Press. of Senator Alllsbn made a tremendous hit In his opehlng campaign speech at Clin ton. He has been continuously a member of the Senate for 27 years, and has been one of the recognized leaders In that body for most of that time. He know3 all about the attitude of every member of that body Qn public Issues, and Is bet OF A FAMi. St. Paul Pioneer Press. ter able than most men to forecast Its political status in the next CongrtS. When he says, therefore, that If Bryan 13 elected the probability Is that In the Con gress elected at the same time he will be supported by a Democratic Senate as well as a Democratic House, ready and willing to repeal the gold-standard law and open our mints to free coinage of silver, the statement will be accepted, with the re spect due to the deliberate Judgment of probably the best authority In the coun try on that subject. But It la not the respect due to his wisdom and experience which alone gives weight to his conclu sions'. For he supports them by facta which leave no doubt whatever of ithe reality of the danger of which he warns the country. These facts are that tr.e currency law of the last session was passed by 18 majority, Senator Kyle, a free-silver man, being absent and not voting. Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, and Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, who voted for the bill, go out of the Senate on March 4 next, their places having al ready been filled by free-silver Senators. This would reduce the majority of 38 to 14. Standing oft Pennsylvania against Utah, each now having a vacant seat. It would require only a gain of six Democratic Sen ators, with Senator Kyle voting for free silver, to wipe out the Republican major ity in the Senate, making a tie vbte be tween the parties. In that case, Vise President Adlal Stevenson, a free-silver man of the most pronounced type, wouia have the casting vote. .Is there any pos sibility that the Democratic party can make a gain of six Senators In the states to elect Senators next Winter? Senator Allison thinks there Is. In the following six states which were carried by Bryan in 1896 Senators are to be elected to fill the seats, one In each, now occupied by Republicans, to wit; Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Idaho. The Republicans hope to carry most of these states, but the chances are that the Democrats will carry Nebraska, Colorado and Montana, and possibly Wyoming and Idaho. While the probabilities point to a Republican triumph In Kansas, the result even there Is not free from doubt, and even the silver states that elect Repub lican Senators may require them to vote for free silver as a condition of their elec tion. Of course, the probability that these states would elect free-silver Senators would be greatly Increased by tho same conditions that would make Mr, Bryan's election. If he should carry these states in 1900 as he carried them in 1S93, they would almost certainly elect free-sliver Senators. So that the danger of a free-silver Sen ate in case of Bryan's election is far more serious and Imminent than has heretofore been figured as possible, and Senator Al lison's conclusions are commended to the carefuL. consideration of Bourke Cockran and Carl Schurz, whose only excuse for voting for Bryan Is that there will be a safe and sure Republican majority In the Senate, which can be depended upon to protect the country from the fanatical and revolutionary monetary theories which he is pledge to carry out. That excuse will not now avail them. Nor will all the efforts of the Democratic leaders to sidetrack free sliver avail to disguise tho fact that It is the "para mount Issue" of this campaign, as It wa3 In 189G. NEW TODAY. Mortgage Loans Qn improved city and farm property. R. LIVINGSTONE, 224 Stark st. House OF 0 ROOMS AND LOT 23x 100 on East Sixth, near Mor rison st.. $1750. easy terms. C. H. KORELL. 238 Stark st. Bonds, Mortgages, Warrants "Will purchase approved bonds, warrants, and make loans at lowest rates, w. H. Fear Chamber of Commerce. eautifu! CORNER LOT, COxlOO ft.', east 15th and Tay lor sts.. 5U0O; only aou cosn. Daiance long Ci H. KORELL. 235 Stark st. time. BIRDS Watch 'Woodard. Clarkla & Co 'a Khnisr winrtr.TO- I a Mlitr""1 Mm"s "" """IT. J. E. SCOONES, Manger DAILY METEOROLOGICAL IlEPORT. PORTLAND, Oct. 6.-8 P. M. Maximum temperaturs, CO; minimum temperature, 4T; river reading at 11 A. M.. 2.3 feet; change in the past 34 hours. OtOO; total precipitation, 5 P. M. to 5 P. ST., trace; total precipitation slnco 8-pt. 1, 1000. 2.03 inches; normal pre cipitation since Sept. 1. 1000, 2.30; deficiency, 0.34 Inch; total unahlne Oct. 5, 1:43; poaalbla sunshine Oct. 0, 11:30. Paclfle Coast Weather " g sHwmd. ,2 " 1$ 2 $ STATIONS. g 85 g 3 jf ? M S t : ? : Astoria 58o.ooi as Cloudy Baker Cl(y 52)0.00 It s Cloudy xiuise ......... Eurftka ....... Noah Bay .... Focatello ..... Portland Red Bluff ..... Roseburg ..... Sacramento .. Salt Lake .... San Francisco Spokane ...... Seattle ., Walla Walla, . Trace. 0.00 It 0 0 It a W i Pt. cloudy NV 'Clear SK Rain W Clear 0.00 0.10 O.0O! I 0.00 o.oo NW N Clear It Clear orw Clear 0.00 I 0.001 UN Clear Clear Clear Cloudy wr TV 0.00 0.00 itS"W ltiw Rain I it's vr Pt. cloudy "WEATHER CONDITIONS. The barometer is highest over tho Great Salt Lake Baaln. and lowest over California. Fair weather has prevailed In the North Paclna States during the last 12 hours, except over Northwestern "Washington, where llsht show era have occurred. It is slightly warmer in all districts thiq evening; but the temperature still remalna abnormally low, especially east of the Cascades In Oregon and Idaho, Tho In dications are for fair weather In this district Sunday. "WEATHER FORECASTS, Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 houra ending at midnight Sunday, Oetober 7: Orecon Fair; warmer in east portion; vari able winds. "Woshlnffton Fair; warmer In east portion; variablo winds. Idaho Fair; warmer in north portion; vari able winds. Portland and vicinity Fair; winds mostly northerly. a. B. "WOLLABER. Forecast Official. AMUSEMENTS. FREDERICKSBURG SEVENTH AND ALDER FAIREANKS BROS.. Knurs of Club Swinging". THOMPSON. Chinese Music Specialist. MORRISON, Vocalist. AGNES FREED. In the Latest Songs. GREENWAY. Comedy Juggler. MAE LEONDER, Vocalist. ADMISSION FREE. MEE1ING NOTXCE3. HALL OF INDUSTRY LODGE. NO. 8, A. O., U. W, Members, take notice- and assemble at lodgerooms. In the HIrach -Selling block; today at 12:30 o'clock P. M.. from whence we will proceed in a body by cars to Mount Tabor, to attond the funeral of our lato brother. Henry E. Battln. and conduct ceremo nies at the. grave. Members of slater lodgea are requested to meet with ua. L. A. AVHITCOMB. Master "Workman. Attest: JOHN PADDOCK. Recorder. t FLD,OT01. LADIES AUXIL 1$' ' 2- s- A- w- "V.-Regular meetlnff Wednesday evening. Oct. 10. a o'clock. Co. B s room. Armory. All membors requested to bo present. JENNIE E. MUNK, First Sergt. PORT INDUS LODGE. NO. &T. DEGREE OF HONOR. A. O. U. vr.re will receive a. fraternal visit from Butto Lodge, No. 41. oC Tlgardvllle, on "Wednesday evening. October 10. A full attendance Is desired. ETTA DE LURY. KATE N. SLOAN, Chief of Honor. Recorder. 1 I DIED. MATLOCK At Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 20. Tv J. Matlock, aged 60 years. BATTIN At Mount Tabor, Oct. 4. 1000, H. E. Battln. aged 53 years. Funeral from resi dence. Sunday- 2:30 P. M. Friends invited. Interment at Lone Fir cemetery. EDWAItD HOLMAH. Dndertaker.th and Yaxnhill ta. Itena Stlnson. lntlr assistant. Botb phones Ro. U07. Flnley, Kimball A Co., Undertaker. Lady assistant. 273 Tlilrd t. Tel. 1. F. S. Dunning, Undertaker, 414 Eatt Alder. Lady Assistant. Both phones. Floral pieces car flowers. Clnrko Ilron.. 289 Morrlion. Both phones. NEW TODAY. GREAT CARPET SALE Just received an Immense line of the best Brussels carpets, all the latest patterns, tna regular $1 grade, Monday only 7oq yard. I. GEVURTZ The Homefurnlsher, 173-173 First st. ECLIPSE STEEL RANGES. "Why don't you buy a six-hole steel rapgo. with a hlgn closet? They are guaranteed to uo perfect bakers, and will not warp or bum out in 15 years. The price Is only 132.30. $3. down, and 1 per week. I. Gevurta, tho Homo furnisher. 173-t75 First st. HAMS. HAMS. SUGAR-CURED. 12C PER, lb.; picnic hams, Ofec lb.; pure lard, in bulk, 0c lb. (fetch pall); flour, 73c per sack; our famous Java and Mocha blend, only 25c per lb.; good, sweet, dairy butter. 40c roll. always fresh; eggs, fresh Oregon, straight from the ranch; 10 lbs. fresh rolled oats. 25c; pure rock candy drips, only 40c gallon In bulk; 17 Ibi. granulated sugar. 91. with all general orders of groceries. City Grocery Co., 412 Washington st.. opposite Gllman's Big Auction House. Columbia. 3; Cloy 007 (How ltt, the Grocer. Is here). THE BIG IDAHO MEAT MARKET. 1ST And Main sts.. has secured the services of Chris Long, who was formerly with tho California Cash Market, 185 Third st. Mr. Long will be glad to meet all his old friendH and customers, wnere he will retail the fin est meats at wholesale prices. This market will carry a full line of fish, fresh and salt, also chickens, every Saturday. 12 CANS DEVILED HAM. 43c; 7 LBS. ARM and Hammer soda. 25c: Schillings' baking Eowder, 1-lb. can, J5c; -lb. can, 20c; I2-lb. ox soda crackers, 33c; 0 bars Babbitt's Host soap. 25c McKlnnon Grocery Co.. 173 Third street. FOR SALE ALL OR PART OF HALF block. South Portland, with modern 8-room, house and 5-room cottace: orlo block car line; easy payments. Coll Oregon phone. Front 072. 53000 "WEST SLOPE MOUNT TABOR: OVER 2 acres and 7-room houso; very desirable, home; best buy In Portland's best suburb. Hart Land Co.. 107 Sherlock building. NOTICE OF REMOVAL I HAVE MOVED my real estate and Insurance ofllce from AI blna to 264 Stark st. John M. Plttenger. Agent Royal Exchange Assurance. DIAMONDS. PEARLS. EMERALDS, RING3, beautiful deilsns. Jewelry made to order. Old gold taken In exchange. Tingry's. 243 Morrison, over the Famous. MORTGAGE LOANS. CITY OR SUBUR ban; no commission. "W. S. "Ward, attorney, Allsky building. AILORSWANTED For the voyage to United King dom; wages 6 per month. Ap ply to P. L. Cherry, Astoria, or Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Port land. Auction p Commission Co. OPENING SALE Will be held tomorrow, Mon day, at 352 Morrison, Lewis block, at 10:30 A. M. A full line of A1 Household Furniture, NO RESERVE TERMS CASH