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THE SUNDAY OBEQQNXAff. PQBTAjn. , NOVEMBER 11, 1000. .2.1 SITE FOR A SEAPORT Why Business Has Always Come to-Portland. HERE IT COULD BEST' BE DONE Hr. Hammond and the Astoria' Road Comment on 31 r. Melleu and Mr. Huntington. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 10.-To the Edi tor.) One of the results of the late visit of lr. Mellen. president of th North ern Paclac. to this city, and the publi cation In The Oregonian of the rather remarkable Interview had with him, ap pears to have been to call up once more the Question of the correct location of the seaport of the Columbia River, and there in the duty of the City of Portland to the mouth of the river In general, and the City of Astoria and the Astoria rail road In particular. I Bhall not attempt to add to the able. Instructive and al together unanswerable article of Major Alfred F. Sears, which appeared In your Issue of Sunday, November 4, but there are some matters contained in a letter of Mr A. B Hammond, published la the same number, which deserve attention. What Mr. Hammond has to say appears to be about equally divided between com plaint and argument; that is to say: Be ginning: with the complaint that he was led to build the Astoria road by editoil&le of The Oregonian and a resolution of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, he bases on the fact ef editorials and resolution, and the additional evidence of opinions expressed by the lata C. P. Huntington and Mr. Mellen, an argument that As toria, at the mouth of the river. Is In fact the proper site for the seaport of the Co.umbla; to end with the complaint that narrow-minded citizens of Portland pre vent It attaining the position for which nature designed it. In so far as the editorials of The Orego nian are concerned, I shall leave the edi tor to answer for his own sins of com mission and do nothing more In this con nection than suggest to Mr. Hammond that if the opinions of newspapers are a -sound basis on which to build railroads, and a sufficient guarantee on which to finance them, the field for profitable rail road building Is much more extensile than has been supposed. As to the reso lution of the Portland Chamber of Com merce indorsing the Astoria railroad t 1 bedeve the records of that body will show that I had the honor of Introducing that resolution, but will fall to show, either In the resolution or the remarks made In Its support, any uggefeti6n that the reso lution was Introduced in the Interest of any other city or town than the City of Portland, or In the expectation that the building of this railroad would move the seaport of the Columbia from Portland to the mouth of the river. I cannot an swer as to the motives which led the members of the Chamber of Commerce to vote for that resolution, but I can assure Mr. Hammond that, had I for one" mo- J racnt believed that the building of his road would weaken the position of the City or Portland, as the principal seaport of the Pacific Northwest, by ever so little, I would have been the last man to Introduce 1L Before the building of the railroad It was believed by the people of Astoria, and presumably by Mr. Ham mond, that it was the one and only thing necessary to move the seaport or the Columbia to Astoria, or at least the cnouth of the rjver. I believed It would bring the trade of Astoria to Portland. The railroad has been In operation for some little time. There has thus far been no change In. the losation of the seaport of the Columbia. The Astoria merchants can speak as to its effect on the trade of that city. Were we to admit that the opinion or the late Mr. C. P. Huntington was or great value, the question of what that opinion In fact was would still remain. What Mr. Huntington said In the letter published by Mr. Hammond, or oh other occasions, was and is no eldence of the opinion held by him. There is every rea son to suppose that Mr. Huntington was a prime mover in the building of Mr. Hammond's railroad. He was not by any means averse to picking up a few millions on town lot booms, when occasion of fered, at the expense of the gullible pub lic, or even at the expense of his share holders, and on such occasions, as on all others where he had Interest to serve, Mr. Huntington's true opinion was hot to be found In what he said. He had no pride of opinion and was always ready to ad xnlt his error In Judgment to those who had suffered from it, after that error had brought mllHeas Into his own pocket. But, assume that the opinion expressed In the letter which Mr. Hammond pub lished was the honest opinion of Mr. Huntington, of what value Is it? Mr. Huntington was a great railroad man. No one will deny It. His success at the busi ness proves it If we are to Judge of his success in the line of seaports by the same Btandard. he knew nothing what ever about them. Apparently his Idea of a seaport was water of sufficient depth to float & ship at the end of a railroad. To all outward seeming, he tried his hand at four seaports, made a signal failure in each case, and died without any more extended knowledge on the subject than he had whsmbe began. In saving this 1 do not mean to in the slightest degree disparage Mr. Huntington. He was a man for whose ability I had great respect. BiA because Mr. Huntington was a. great railroad man is by no means any reason why his opinion on the subject of 8ear ports should be of value. His experience with them shows his ideas on the subject to hae been not alone crude, hut fixed, on which facts and experience had no effect. In so far as Mr. Mellen Is concerned, one Bilght be disposed to Inquire what opportunity ho had had. In a life spent almost entirely In the interior, to acquire uch knowledge on the subject as to make his opinion of value, were it not that in this case the source of his opinion Is so evidently his pocket that the Inquiry ap pears to be unnecessary. About one half the road from Portland to Astoria belongs to the Northern PaeUlc; about one-half the amount allowed for the haul from Portland to Astoria would go into the treasury of the Northern Paelflc. No t doubt Mr. Mellen feels deeply for the mouth or the river. He feels it to the ex tent of several hundred of thousands of dollars per year of profit to the North ern Pacific. The fact Is that wnlle tbo other' sea ports of the Pacific Northwest have been made that is to say. have been pushed into and are maintained in their present positions by effort and capital Portland has simriy grown. No Individual or col lection of individuals, no transportation line or number of transportation lines, no combination of capital, has worked for Portland or boomed her into her present position. Her awn citizens have always been in doubt as to her right to the position which she occupies. Her railroads havo come to her to get her business and have one and all termi nated here far the reason that hero was the berlaninc and the end of their busi ness. Prom the earliest settlers down ward, ths people of Portland did not come to ar remain In the city with the intent or purpose of founding a city here. They case in search of a location In which to do business, and remained -for the reason that they fsuad here what they sought. The ships did not eome. to Portland by reason of a subsidy paid them to Induce them so to do. They come on a business basis. They were all seeking an outwore, some had a full or pirtiM inward, cargo. They came to Portland for the reason that then cargo couio. be cornea Between Portland and the sea ohejgver In their hoi dy. .than by any ether 1aTO means of transporta tion, and their coming was a Question eC proflt eclota lb either lha charterer. Or the shin. The seaport of the -Columbia Is atjjPortland for the sole and Only rea son toot tais is ine propec ana w"J natural' place for It, and if will remain ' hero for the. reason that It cannot be established and maintained at any other point on the Columbia River save at a' .steady and continuous expense fr main"' tenance. One might suppose, from the discussion of this subject and the arguments used, that the question of seaports was a new one those of the Columbia or the Pa cific Northwest being the first that had been established in the world. It appears from published charts, maps and the rec ords Of cohtmeree that the world was not only full of seaports before either Portland or Astoria had been heard of. but that at the present time there are j a few others in existence. There is no such thing In the world as the principal seaport located on a river helng below the head Of navigation for seagoing ves sels, where the course of the tlver Is in the line of the commerce which passes through the port. Among the arguments used, W hot by Mr. Hammond, at least by some of his Bdpporters, is oho which appears to me so peculiar as to be worthy of special notice. It is said that wnlle the argu ment of natural location might at one time have been valid, in these days of vast capital and Its combination it is so no longer. I am not disposed to ques tion the power of capital, but if there Is anything In this world which acts on a cold-blooded business basis, and with the one sole and only end of profit in view. It is capital. Capital is without sentiment, and is not out to try its strength. It is out to get more. It is an accumulation of profits, and when. Instead of a steady profit. It encounters a steady loss, the question of when It will In that instance, and to the extent of that investment, conse to be capital, Is only a question of time. It is true that capital at times operates at a loss for a time to crush out a rival, but it Is always with a -view not alone of re couping the loss, but adding largely to the capital through the Increased profits made possible by the crushing process. In the question of natural location. It Is a matter of distance and the attrac tion of gravitation on the one side, with capital on the other. Capital can over come both, but at each time It Is done It takes a part of the capital either Out Of the original Investment or the passible profit, while the distance and attraction remain the some. Though capital at times does so unwittingly. It never inten tionally pits Itself against these natural forces, for In a contest with them, It can only diminish Itself, and when it Is ex hausted they are found In business at the same old stand, with their stock in tradB not one "ft hit reduced. The North ern Pacific Is already feeling the weight of 70-odd miles added distance and heavy mountain grades. The burden -will not grow lighter as business incre&ses and competition becomes closer. To one at all acquainted with the facta, the complaint that Portland by active effort preventB the outh of the river from enjoying its natural advantages ap pears to be the most absurd of all. What has Portland done for herself? The list of her efforts begins and ends with re moving1 obstructions from the channel of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Hor sins o5 commission against herself would make a long list, among which are to be noted the breaking of the Joint leaee of the O B. &. N. to the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific, which would havo given Portland undisputed control of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the Oriental trade, and left the Sound with out a Tacoma, and probably without a Seattle. And the throwing to Seattle of the Alaska trades which has become the life and is about the solo support of that olty. Presuming the space which you care to devotoe to this article to be limited. I shall not attempt an enumera tion of her sins of omission, her wasted opportunities. One of these dajfi there will come to Portland a steamship man having sufficient knowledge of naviga tlon to be able to measure distances by sea, and sufficient practical experience to estimate the relative danger and rost of the inside and outs-'de routes to Alas ka. He will put on and operate a line of steamers, and all that makes Seattle other than a local port for a section of Puget Sound will come to Portland, and then Seattle will howl that Portland's greed and capital have deprived her of tfiat which belonged to her of right. When a means of transportation can be found cheap r than the hold of a sea going vessel, tho seaport of the Columbia will move from Portland to the mouth of the river. Whenever Mr. Hammond can Interest the managers of the rail roads centering at Portland In town lots at the mouth of the river to such an rx tent that they are willing to make their stockholders pay the expense of the boom, he can work up a boom at the mouth of the river, that will last until the town lots are so'd. and the trans portation business settles back to a busi ness basis once more, and no longer. EL.LIS G. HUGHES. FIRST T-RAILS IK AMERICA Made In Cardiff, Wares, for 'the Cam den & Ambor Railroad j Cardiff Western Mail, In recognition of Mr. Andrew Carnegie's gift of 10.000 for a new building for Stevens Institute of Technology In Ho boken, N. J., It has been decided to pre sent him with a section of an original 30 pound T-rail from the Camden & Amboy Railroad, enclosed Ina suitable recepta cle. Tho Incident has a local interest, In&Bmuoh as the rails were rolled In the Dowlais works In 1831 and were the first T-ralis designed or made, although the Vlgnolcs rails produced In France sev eral years later have generally been cred ited with being the earliest. The former were designed by Robert I. Stevens, who was sent to England to have them made, there being In America at that time no mill capable of doing the work. Arrived In England, he called for bids on the Job from various iron works, but at first none of them ventured to under take it After a while he persuaded Mr. (subsequently Sir) John Guest to attempt the task, not, however, before guaran tees had been given against damage to the machinery in performing the mighty task of rolling a S6-poUnd rail. Finally the rails were satisfactory rolled. They were sent to the United States in a good many different vessels, a few tons at a time, for they were regarded as a perilous Bort of freight Dr. Morton has facsimile of letters, specifications and bills connected with this matter, which are to be enclosed in the Bilver box which is to contain the section of rail. i Dnly Rejristered. Washington Star. "While traveling on the Continent last Summer," said a gentleman who has Jus, returned from a European trip, "I en gaged the services of a courier, and one evening, on arriving at an inn in Austria I sent him to enter my name in accord ance with the police regulations of the country. The man replied that he had I already antlolpated my wishes and regis tered me as an American gentleman of means. " "But how did you write my namoT I asked. I can't exactly pronounce It but I copied It carefully from your portman teau, air.' But it is cot there,' I said, "Bring me the book. The-reglRter was brought and on look ing at at what was my amasement at finding; instead of a very plain English name of two syllables, the following por tentous entry: "Monsieur Warranted Sol id leather. " Roseburg physicians say that an epi demic of typhoid fever Is Imminent owing to the bad condition of streets and al leys and the abundance of mud and stag nant water, according to the Review. Soveral serious cases of fever are al ready reported. AT 4-2 I CAlWTC ftlfCCinW ttj txuL. OfMnio miooiuu , BFIiDFTTKa WORIC CABBITJD OX-wH JORTH PORTLAND.. Tits Only Labor of It Kind Under. fatten -in "the Flrt "Wafd Xn- . creaslas Influence. The evening of All Saints' Day was the occasion of an Interesting service at tnls mission worthy of recdrd. Bl hop Morris had appointed that evening f" r his annuM visitation, for confifma ion, and the missionary in charge. Rev. B. T Simpson, presented a very lntcr.S-nr " class of nine persons for the recejUn of this ancient and apostolic rite, itoimy as the night was, the little chapel w a well filled with a very attentive and n- terested congregation. The text of toe u ho?3tTmo? was rom the history f , 0 ,M rt m. t came to pass that as they went ther were cleansed," tbo leading thought or Which was that faith In the pcVtr fend promises of Christ, with obedience to h commandments, as man passed along" the Journey of life, were the agencies that through the influences of the Holy Spirit were to heal the moral leprosy of his souL The Mission of All &!ats lit the Blrst and northern ward of the city Is going on In Its quiet and unobtrusive work with mu6h to cheer and encourage Its friends and workers. It enrolled in its Sunday school las year 150 children and TO pupils in attendance at the weekday kindergarten, while more than 100 men and boys made use of its free library and reading-room, where ther is a cl- K ATA SAIKTSP CHAPEIi, RECTORY AXTJ READING RfcQM, TWENTY-SECOND PORTLAND. lection of some ltOO volumes of the bK reading that the publications of the pres ent day furnish. An additional teacher has been engaged to relieve Mrs. Simp son In the caro of the kindergarten, and there is every prospct for a growing work in all the departments of the mis sion. A new rectory has Just been built through the genetoslty of a stranger, living in the far East, which will enable the missionary to remove h's family fiom the noisy and narrow rooms of the kin dergarten building and devote them to the "expansion" of the school and reading-room. This is the only wor of th kind mission, Sunday school, church or kindergarten In the First Ward of th City, bounded on the south by Savlr street and extending down to Its northern ' line, and has, therefore, a large field for Its growth and Influence. Bishcp Morris Is personally responsible for Its main support, and while grateful to the gen erous help he is receiving from its friends in that locality and else where, he is still much In "need of fur ther aid In what he regards as unques tionably a needful and promising twor. TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT. Entered Into Between Great North ern and Union Pacific Systems. BT. PATJIs Minn.. Nov. 10. The Great Northern Js about to conclude a new traffic arrangement with the Union Pa cific Company, Involving the extension of business between the two companies on a more extensive scale. The agreement will Include both passenger and freight business. The preliminary contract haa been drawn, and was today sent to the Union Pacific and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company for approval. The details were practically agreed upon at a conference between Vice-President Mil ler, of the Great Northern, and General Traffic Manager Munroe, of the Union ,Pa- clfic. The passenger agreement was con sidered by General Passenger Aent Whitney, of the Great Northern, and General Passenger Agent ixmax. or tne Union Pacific As the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha system Is closely allied to the Union Pacific interests, the consent of that road to tho agreement was obtained yesterday. The Omaha will have first call on all interchangeable- business, but the Great Northern, through the new agreement, will be considered a close sec ond choice, and will get a much larger share of the business than heretofore. The Great Northern has for some time seen the possibilities In the way of In creasing Its business through Sioux City and Omaha to points on the Union Pa cific. All manner of freight moving from the Twin Cities into Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, eta. can be sent to the Union Pacific over the Willmar & Sioux Falls line, and return freight can be very ad vantageously handled over the same route. Bolter-Walters Threaten. SPRINGFIELD. Mass., Nov. 10. The striking boiler-makers in the shops of the Boston & Albany In West Springfield threaten to tie up the whole Vanderbilt system If their demands are not granted. They declare they have 30,000 boiler-makers behind them, and can call upon other labor unions to back them in their de mands. Reclc Island Extension Opened. CHICAGO. Nov 10. The new extension of the Rock. Island road between Gowrle and Sibley, la., was opened to public traffic today. The road Is 1CS miles In length. At Sibley It connects with the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern road, thus opening up dlfect communica tion with other partB of Iowa, as well as Chicago and the markets of the East Formally Tramterrea. BOSTON. Nov. 10. The Boston & Al bany was formally transferred today to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Menu of j Japanese Beauty. The satin-skinned, almond-eyed flower of Japan Is very fastidious about her food, and does not suffer like her Cauca sian sister from Indigestion, says the Boston Gaxetle. She begins. In 4he morn ing. When she awakes, by eating two lit tle green plums, pickled In vinegar and rolled in sugar. A cup of tea completes this almost traditional breakfast of Ja pan. The dinner Is of the drollest composi tion. It Is brought In on a tray of red lacquer, In mlscrOscoplc cups with cov ers. A hashed sparrow, a stuffed prawn, seaweed with a sauce, a salt sweetmeat, el sugared chill. After all these dishes, which are a mere sake-believe, a 'wooden bowl is brought " 4r vV "". Jp -T C -'-Jr 'n around with copper and filled to the very brim wtth.riee, plainly cooked in water. Tne nower ui japan mis- an other large bowl from It; darkens it3 snowy white surfacerwith a black sauce flavored with fish; mixes It all together, 1 carries the bowl to "her lips, and crams flown all the rice, saoyeliDg, it with her two chopsticks into her throat. And so finds the dinner. . THOUSAND DOLLARS A. WEEK A Taudevine Star Enrna More Than President McKlnley. Vaudeville houses pay Jessie Batflett Davis" the tidy sum or $1000 a week for seven-night and three-matinee perform ances. These performances each call for ! to minutess work at the most, tsays Ash- &tiVDn9 n ia Sen Francisco Exam- .. - ' nl Mrs. Davis gels 5 a minute while she waits, to say nothing of the applause and the flowers and the lovely press notices. Her professional expenses are for a maid, whlcn filje wtmid "have anyway, and a rew jjajome xrocKs, wmen sue tvotiu haVe anVwaV. Mrs. Davis may rest two weeks out of the year and make as much money as the President of the Unjted States. The legitimate stage is a Nome frost compared to this vaudeville Klondike. The .variety show has ronbed the comic, opera stage of its brightest Incandescents. If the 30-mlnute play should attain to the same Importance in the drama that the short story has attained In fiction, the va rlety show will plunder tho legitimate stage of Its best players. Already U has gotten a few of them. The theatrical manager runs his busi ness on a purely pecuniary basis. He buys actors and plays as In another line of trade he would buy butter and eggs. There Is nothing to prevent the actor 2? KUTOERGARTEN, LIBRARY AITD AND REED STREETS, NORTH from doing business on the same principle and selling in the best market. When 'ha does this, the variety stage will be a "liv ing" Journalism, or perhaps I should saj a "living" magozinlsm, with a taste of everything In It. So far the most of the big players have held back from the variety show as a matter of professional pride. John Drew, for instance, could make much more money In vaudeville than Mr. ITrohman pays him. A hundred players and more are In the same position. once wjote'of Louis James, the mas sive tragedian, that vaudeville scared him in the face, and he was mad all the way through. But a, month later he was aicKering terms witn. a .New xonc varr ety management I was told that the deal fell through because Mr. James wanted a Comedy and the management wanted sawed-off versions of "Othello" and "Vlr ginlus." "Not on your life," said James. "I'll be a comedian of my own accord, but not by the accidents of environment." Night by .night vaudeville Is becoming more and more an animated magazine, paying any price, serving any matter to sustain and increase Its circulation. In New York last week Oscar Hammersteln told the story in a single trite sentence. 'The public Is. after all. a great,, restless child, ailing with self-wearlne'ss, who wants to be amused." The sailor on horseback is always a novelty, Jessie Bartlett Davis in a va riety programme Is a sensation. Large ly because she doesn't belong there. The demand, as in the magazine, Is for some thing different and unexpected. I wonder what the future holds for vaudeville? Will this invasion by high priced legitimates play the deuce with the dignified stage and drive the acrobat and slap-stick comedian and the college bred animal out of the business, or will variety get back to Its old scheme? It is already a big institution, but it is still an experiment, and Its managers are about -to combine for the purpose of cut ting down salaries. This may mean that varlety- performers will receive no greater pay than real actors receive. 1 don't know -whether this is a wise nollcv or not. Jessie Bartlett Davis earns more than ?50,000 a year for her managers. Other wise she would not get that sum. Man agers are not conducting sanitariums for their own health. An Ancient Error. a. it. sin. He that has, and a little tiny wit "With a helch, ho, the wind and the rain. Lear. The "sobbing wind" the "weeplns ram," 'Tia time to clve ths lie To those old superstitious twain. That tbo poets sine and sigh. Tasto the sweet drops no tang of brine; Feel them Ihey do not burn; The daisy bvds, whereon they shine, Laugb, and to blossoms turn. There Is no natural pief er sin; Tis we have nunc the pall. And brought the. .found of sorrow in Pan Is not dead at all. The meiry Pan! His blllheotne look Twinkles through sun and rain; By lvled rock and rippled brook, Hb pipes his jocund strain. If -winds h&re.walled and skies -wept tears. To poet'a Vision dim. Twm that his own sabs -filled hts ears, His weeptnr blinded him. 'Tis lacffhinr breeie -and einxlng; shower. As ever hfrort could need; And who with "heigh',' and "ho" must lower Hath "tiny wit" indeed. Postal Card Electricity. Ho doubt you've all made a rubber comb pick up bits of -paper br first rubbing it briskly on a rough coat sleeve, but -did you ever hear of a postal card that could bo turned into a magnet? Balance a walking stick on the back of a chair rd tell the spectators that you are golnr to make It fall without touch ing It or the chair. Having thoroughly dried a postal card, preferably before an open Are, rub it briskly on your coat sleeve and then hold It neat" one end of the stick. The stick will at once be at tracted to the card, and will follow It as If It were'a magneL As! moves It will soon lose Its equilibrium and fall from tho chair. Of course you understand the principle of the experiment. By ruhblng the card you wafcen eiectiiclty In it and it' thus becomes a sort of magnet, with the power to attract light bodies. Do not tr the experiment In damp weather. ' nUSBVESS ITEMS. Xf Baby In Cntttajr Teeth. Be sure and use that old-and-reTl-triea "remedy. Mrs. Wmslow Soothing' Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens -the gums. allays ail, pain, cares winu couc ana aiarrbota. sunday rhnmor SAO PLIGHT flF INDIANS tf&RIUBLE SUFFERING .A3XOXG THEBES IN KORTilElnX AXASlCA. Stricfcen "With Disease, and Without Food or tStedlclna, They Axe in Danfife-r -of Extermination. WASHINGTON, "Nov. 1. Some Idea ot the terrible conditions ' that prevailed among the Indiana along the northern coast of Alaska during the past Summer may be gained from the following letter of Chief Surgeon Ebeijt, of the Depart ment of Alaska, written from Fort St Michael: "Accompanied by Father itookaraky, of the Greek Church, and Mr. Windberg. who nad reported certain cases of desti tution among the natives, a start was made for Cape Alpalcluk, seven miles northeast Here tve found John, his wife, five boys and one .girl, all suffering from the epidemic lnfluema so rapidly fatal to the natives. A wife and one son were lying dead and unburled In a separate tepee, a short distanoe removed, surrounded by a litter of young puppies and older dogs. Of the members of the family alive but one, the wife, was at all able to care -for herself. The fath er was in a precarious condition, unable to be moved to. the launch, and will in all .probability succumb; the older son, Dan, was breathing at a rate of about 30 per minute, the lungs' being" completely con gested; the girl was in a state pot much better, while the younger children, in cluding a nursing habc, were afflicted with an incessant coUgh. The misrably thin canvas substitute for a tent served but poorly to profeat the sick, from even the slight drizzling mist then falling. Medicines and food, including condensed milk for Infants and tea for older mem bers of the family, were given them for several days, && promises of further as sistance when fatigue party to bury the dead should be sent "A half mile beyond was found a house and tent both unoccupied, the natives having died, as shown by recent graves. That the owners were among the wealth ier of the natives was evidenced by the possession of two stoves, several trunks, quite a cache of drying salmon, and cloth IngSshowlng at least a, reasonable pur chasing capacity by the late possessors. Two seines In which salmon and other fish were entangled, partial, decomposition showing that at least a fortnight must have elapsed since last drawnr were still In the water, while a third was on a rack on shore. "The recent graves, the last being cov ered merely by a skin of a kyack. showed that natives themselves had at tended to burial; the fact that the dogs remained would Indicate that no other members of the family existed. "At Point Keketaunlck, the village which at one time must have numbered not Jess than 100 inhabitants, and at which the priest expected to find about 00 people, there were but four families,, a total of 19 or 20 souls. Excepting one man, a boy and two half-grown girls, all were helpless. Even these, were to a greater or less degree suffering from the prevailing sickness and three had died. Beyond a few fish and birds there was no food supply. To these were given the stores directed to be distributed by the Department Commander. "Owing to the lateness of the hour other camps more in the lmmediatevicin ity of St. Michael, were unvislted, though a further distribution of supplies was made, "The diseases are epidemic influenza and measles. Owing to the scarcity ot focd during Spring and early Summer, the ability to resist their inroads ba& been materially decreased; In other words, par tial starvation adds to the mortality. With the entire community stricken bj disease all further sources of food cease as far as the efforts of themselves, the natives, are concerned, and those who do not die directly from the infection which in many cases seems to terminate in an acute tuberculosis, will die of star vation unless relief from Government sources is furnished, "As this is the season in which the na tive should lay by his Winter stores and as this epidemic extends to Cape York, as I have seen by personal observation, and am reliably informed also down to the coast to the Kuskoquim and up the Yukon for over 300 miles, it is evident that no natives will remain alive by neu Spring unless immediate measures are taken to feed, clothe and care for these people for the next 10 months." FROM HEAD 10 FOOT. The need for greater activity in the proper observance of masculine raiment and fashions is being gradually recog nized. The fair sex are ever at work in the endeavor to Induce pig-headed man to move with the times and to avoid being more than three years out of date in the cut of his clothes; but, if I see many more well-to-do men slouching about in the pride of their slovenly sex, 1 shall have to start On a scheme for hurrying them up with a very severe Legislative enactment. Men have complexions just the same as women, -and they ought to make the best of them Just as women, do, by -providing them with the kind of backgjoufid beet suited for them. There are men who i look perfect bounders in top hats, while others present a fearful and wonderful spectacle In "billycocks. There are men with straw-hat faces, and men with golf-cap faces; men whose salvation is a .green necktie, and men who should never look at green. Every man should know to which class 1 he helongs. He should know whether he looks best in a topper or hlllycock a straw hat or a gblf cap; whether nature Intended him Tor dark tics or for light ones; whether he can triflle wfth a ehee'e suit or toy with a tan waistcoat in sort he should study dress, and he has Juft as much right to do so as a wdman. Actors dress better on the stage today than they did. The marked improvement in the clothes of the actor1 Is no d ubt the result Of a general advance 'In asta A black or dark Oxford Vicuna Chester field is the only correct style of everln 'overcoat Just now. There are men, I know, who complain that they cahoot get into a well-fitting coat of this desCTibtian. without running the risk of creasing their shirt fronts by the exertion. In order to a.vold this little mishap, the. sleeves of the coat should be lined with a cord d silk not satlh. The Che&terfleld can then be slipped on quite easily. It Is the custom of most tafiors to nut in satin sleeve Tun ings to overcoats and this is where they make a mistake. A' satin lininf clings to the cloth sleeve. I would like to say something about hair. One sees so many different fach ions of "wearing- the hair among men. otherwise well groomed, that It Is some what confusing. The hair should be heatly cropped straight down the neck? not cut round and shaved off, uhCef any circumstances. The Gibson fasVon o parting the hair In the ml-Jdle and brushing It very smoothly Is suitable for almost any oio, and Is deservedly popu lar, hut where a man chooses to part h.s hair Is a pergonal matter. It Is rather distinguished now to .part tt on the side and brush it very smoothly down, hut all this IS a "matter for' Indi vidual taste, so that simplicity is the motive. One's hair -should be attended to at such intervals that It can never be saldthat one needs a hair-cut, or that one has Just had one. Tha most abominable way a roan can J adorn his face is with a chin whisker, not to say ihat the man who wears his beard this way Is abominable, for "Circle j 6am himself has that kind of whisker. It is the Yankee whisker. You never afte it on Europeans. It represents Yankee wit drollery, shrewdness, ingenuity. The Englishman's chop Whiskers are proverb ial. It might be mentioned that the world's greatest generals and leaders havj been beardless, for instance: Alexander, Han nibal, Pompey, Caesar, Frederick the Great, Napoleon, Wellington, Lord Net Son. Washington, Von Moltke and Mc Klnley. hut this does not prove Ohat all smooth-faced men afe fearless or great Hypocrites, shrewd, dry-boned lawyers, sharp money lenders, Weazen faced cranks are often beardless, but their countenances are thin, razor-like, wlth lines and counter lines and furrows run ning about, which, ff you win look;-close-ly at them. Will reveal much tOyoju.bf, the owner's character. , BEAU BRUMMEL JR. AT THK HOTELS. iTHE PORTLAND. L KtW. -San Fran Henry Ottenbcrr. K Y Ph Jacobovirs, S F ChKS S Dixon. 8 F T Joraan. SpoKatte F C Follett Hastings J E Beung, Chicago W "Winters, 8pokaa AT McCuliy Mrs A Kuan. Colfax K A Hammond, Coan J S Levy, Sin Fran C E Eauzblan. H T N L BrlnXer. S Geo W Simon, Chgo M Nickel. Cfticagro tV M Allen. Cnlcago t Hrwood Chicago Mr & Mrs J a Wood- Ill "wjsnd. Brrtettta u a vunauer. Bn irr Cicero Nichols, Ban FT H D Bill. Kansas Cltr B v. Chase, go VI W Rdtith. Boston V B Shull &. w.Seattl iDan Levy. New York b j BiernDerr. XT A Newton, Chtcaso Dr ft Mrs N L fcast- Julius Haftgwus, "N T W J Helmquist. a John T Brooks, Kan C WJ Bohan & wf, Mil wauke S C ThottpsottV St Paul i T Coucrv Mont O W Heywood AnnArb worth, Seattle W L Woodworth Minn C O Jacobs, Oresron cy Mrs M Taylor. AslortaI B Crowley , SF Miss M Tayler, do Z E Foster. Nome Mr it Mrs F A Hug- F Sandstrom. Nome gins If A St reason. Noine' A. S Stuart. Saginaw H P Jones, San yran VTm Klncaid, San Fr I Columbia River Scenery. Resnlator Line steamers, from Oak Street dock daily, except Sunday, o'clock A. M. The Dalies. Hood River, 'Can cade Locks and return. Call on. or 'font agent for further Information. THE PERKINS. H L Staples, Looml8, Mrs Holder, More Wash M Hon. BKer City W V Champreys, do L N Boneyr Eugene W R FItzroanee, S F T H Hunsaker, Ash- i C Hearney. Elgln.Oi j TV smitn, ruius. or W Ballons, Pendleton jaa uai Mrs sauons, no Mrs S B Haston.HlUs-F M Lucas, Salt Lake boro. Or fMfs Lucas, Salt Letke Miss Bianohe Husto'n, HUlaboro. Or fW E Bradley. Pnutlo J J Bewet Tansent Miss Grace Bocow. do C B 9iamblin. Clncinn k n fcttanneia, -eno.iin M L BOsey, Seaside.ot Bert Simmons, Heppnrfj Franzen. Ashlnu". Of Otis McCarthy, dor A. Llvinnton. do 3 C Kennedy & ly, , Skaxnokawa H Stevens. "Stranger B Rose. San Francisco P Welsh. Moaler, Or B T Incles. 8semnto in N T" Co (S H Wlleon. Oakld. Ca. H Williams, Dalles IBurt Simons, Heppner F Learv. Seattle C H Slegmttbd, Mil C A Pahner, Bridal VI S Sakoral, Toklo, Japan I Konde. do waukee W C Bennett. George, tft-frn. Ill Ij & Morris, Nome Chas Hammond, Noma P H O'Brien, GrA Kpas C J Hull. Boston Chas B Nesmlth, Ta coma Mrs Hammond. Nome M T Hardesty, As toria. M M T Hardesty, do S S firflt'h. WardnT Mlsa Hardesty, Astorlalsvm Galloway, Man- Henry Keats, Oats- TTlfrtlth. 111 kame C "B iloulton. Tacoma IB H De"Weese, Kan Cy J P DICkett. ft m T Earl. Ps Ell. Wash W r Yeoman, uo Chas "Wilson. Hot Snrg! Jos Caldwell, Chicago Mrs- Busey, Astoria Miis Busey, Astoria R A. Crossan, Satsm W B Perkins, Bakr C IChaa Hatdlng, city 3 M. jacKsen, city Mnr F J rntcnara, Wet Va Mrs Eva Perkins, do J H White, Chicago Ethel Perkins. do jo H Nlssen, Phlla. H L WhltelOCK. Bostn D W Toder. 8alem j P MardDel. San Fr la H Cohsn. 8an Fran P J Stadslraan. DallasU Boyca & w, Astoria wm iioiaer, woro THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knowles, Manager, H M Bransford, As- H O Smith. Vancouver torla John Fleming. Chro G M MoBride. do I R W Ridker, Salem I B Riddle, Rlddles.Or b s Benson, xmiuth Mrs Benson. Duluth Miss Benson. Duluth B J Evans. Duluth Sins Wilson, city Stoddard Jess, Pi omo- KrsEans. Dtflutb na. Cal w u iopar,- Ba-naon C E Sumner, L03 Ang Hugh Phlpps, do J A Webb Medford r w uuna; BoanutOj F C Brostus, Hood It Mrs C Kesldy, Bakr Cj J Colson. Baker City McDonald Elliott, Santa Rosa D 1 Hanna. city fJ0hnt Wilsta, Bob jMrs Wilson, Boise 4 T Bridges, Rosebucg! T X Van Oateren, Oak-. land I IE u Jones, wis iFrank Simpson, Los Angeles J W Virtue, Leland R H Walte. Cleveland Mrs "Walte. Cleveland P Babcock, Tacoma E Babcock. Tacoma J H K Bell. Oakland Mrs Rn. Oakland" C A W, St Louts E S Kerrigan, do N J Sorensen, Sumptr F J Parker, Walla W F L RIes. Albany W H Wilson, Dalles R B Fleming, Salem J A Mlkel, Sumptor R W Cobron, Chicago Cha3 Carter, Ontario, Or Alf R Kelly. San Fr THE ST. CHARLES P A Frakcs, Scappoose L Foley, Lebanon Mrs Foley, Lebanon T Corcoran. Jewell Ole "Relnseth, Jewell W H King. Clatskanle T J Castle, Saginaw F "M Grout, Saginaw Jas Gibbons, Saginaw M White, St Helens H N Smith, city W E 'McK.ertaie A Fuller. Woodlawn Ci V Howard J R Russell. Kelso H E Boyd ccouur F A Vltrln. Des Motns J M Saydtr. Stella Mrs L B'Wetst. Stella AC MoTVrey, Eufaula Mrs Hovrrey, Eufaula D O Gray, EufaulU Bert Hunt. Eufaula John Farr, Goble EDalko. Goble Emit Hoffman, Go&Te John Flnler. Astoria G A Emerson, H obi ton John Johnson. Kansas Tnos H AUman, -Oath-1 Jas McMullen, Astoria Bert susMuuefl, Astoria Albert Fullr, Astoria A Cummin gs Castle Rk W TV -PfM-tflr. do lamet Mrs J Hertel & son, Bridal Veil R P Stbleir, Sacrrmto C C Bfdner. Astoria U T Lemon, C&inook I W Gllllhah. Chinook R W Brlce, Chinook F M Fales. Fales Ldg A M Kerchefn. Logan Mrs June Belknap, II- waco M Bgn Ilwaco .. P W Green John IVvln IB Davis, Catltn F MCCofXIO, Lexifigtott Barry Ktiowiea, do GcO Emerson C B Burns, Oregon Cy C J Moore. Kt Pleanrrtl j u xeon catnianmt A J Johnson. do G C Mtllen Cottage Gr Robt Saunders, Albany John Thompson. Rus lenville T S Hnhley. SeatUo Hugh Heatorii Ft Styns J E Porter. Ft Stevens L E Wilkes, Hiusooro Jas Miller. Hillsboro Parker Adams, do Ir J McOlenand, Kelso W Ij -Keevay, uot- vallU W Eyster, Chicago J E Bennett. Chicago F F6rter. Ft Steven A. J Rcnnett. umexgo jack" catoerdfl. ores cy in O Tounr. Orsron Cr P 3 Harvey. W Va W B Harvey. W Va L Fltchen. WVa C Olrasleodi W Va lit Black. Ofcxon Cy JW G :Rbttd. McMlnn-rt Uehn Hansard, do Hotel Brtrnavriefc Senffle. European; nrstclass. Slates. 73c ana up. Ono block from depot, fleitaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan. Bates, 3 add up. v Donnelly fiptfel, Tacoina, European plan. 'Bate. 50c and, up. JTHE- -JOUIlKEi- WKAS. SPED. My step has grown slew; ray hair ts now whltai And deep are tha lines (mprecsed oa my cheek. My eyes that, in youth, were lustrous and bright. Are clouded by years and see the world bleak. I stand lihoji. tree yet httt Crom the- past. That throws Us dark shade upon a jraung growth, Expectmt to fall -with Winter nret blast;. To He qn the earth, from sunshlno remote. The frtenaa of mf youth have gone from my sight, ' And -wait -for my- corning on yonder "bright shores " Tha -eyes that I iw are youthf til and Jfcftghtf In contrast with mine that sparkle nb more. The objects, once .painted In tantfy bright hue Are colorless sow. or clothed in gray. Ambition, no longer impels fo pursue. The fhln'ss that had slitter, but now tad away. Inks Winter's deep enow that -covers the earth. Where blossomed, last Summer the daisies around. My "heart Remains cord: no louder ft -tfiroTsw At morning's bright slow, at nrsMe'i rwet sound. Now often I lie. In listless repose, And dream of the Bpring. when "Whiter n gone; Of nowew jaore'fair tfcaa SaHry br fosef Of flory to eome when lite is an fldae- ANDREW FRANTSSfN. T II TUcb. Trices to Ataicrletra Ability. London MalL The competitors of England, the capi-J tallsts of America and Germany, have recognized Qidt a high level of mental equipment of savoir falre. or exberffneft1 j are necessary to the leaders of Industry. As & result, they call for and mature J those qualities whefbrer they fend th'ea. If iyaa take SventyseTen you don't take Cold or have the If. you will keep a vial of "7T" at hand and take a Osse when necessary, yen will never h&Y6 a Cold. It doesn't matter If the weather changes suddenly; if you are caught out with light apparel, without overeoat or wrap; If you get overheated and ride is an open car, or are exposed waiting for your carriage; If you work or sew In a cold room err sit In a draughty chiiroh, meetlcfc'-h&URe. opera or tlfeater. If you carry a vial of "T!" (It ftts 'the pocket and pocketUbok), add Use It free ly, you wlH be protected and will not take Cold. At druggists, or mailed, 25c. Sr Humphreys' Manual On the cars and treatment of tho sick In aH ailments (especially children) mailed free. ' Humphreys Homeopathic Medlejne Co,, Cor, -ivuiiam ana jenn sts. nw xotk. They pay high salaries In a way , that makes the old school of 'Englishmen shiver. But their reward is certain. By thus wisely Using1 the power at command, they are evolving a whole class of tech niste, experts, masters, call them as you like, who bring to the problems con- L fronting them intelligence that- has no counterpart sav In fare Instances in simi lar enterprises here. Hnllovr' E'en. Nora Hopper In Longman's Magaxtne. Awake. arte. yeu dead men all dead women, wafcen you I The Hunter's moori is la the skT-ber enw t trtaty dew Earth amities; throw your covers off of 'grave gta-s rani and grten. This la tire dead men's holiday, "(U Hal Jews' Eren. The mother with her buried child falls' Into tender xlay. The bab at her shrouded: 'breast sucks eaft and sleeps away; Tho lover dead tuelve years ago seeks out his burled" dear That rut her tfrd&en 'heart to sleep Dut"yeS- tei-year. BehoW, my lovts, wy hafr is "blaek, 'year bonny hartr is white; How oemes my darling's eyes so dlmT "With weeping many 4 a night. With sewing many a weary day through-years tbati knew not you. But I have deae v. Ith rosemary and titter rue. "My rarfand of dry rosemary hangs where f used to pray; My garden with Its tansy flowers runs wild for many a day; The hex rlants that I tended well the pass ing ehlMren pull, The rreen leaVes strew the way they go, slew-foot, to schooti "And I hae done with lessons now, have said my tack all through. And 1 may rest at last, sweetheart, as once I prnj'ed. with yu." Ir IfA kisses her. he blesses her, he strokes her faded hair She never Was so dear to him when she was fair. Brother and sister parted loag by bitter words and blind. Forget the years or revered ways wth old tovN In tHotr mind. The btcTrar that of bungm: died, the glrljthat aieu oi sname. Are playing- with dead ohifdren here soma cMldlsh game. Husftand and wife ferget the wrdng- that kept fKeir souls arart. Hard Me lA hand as tenderly as heart b:ata tapen heart. This is the day for burled leve to see as It is seen; This l the dead men's holiday All Hallows' Efen. THROUGH TO CHICAGO "Without Change. The Chicago-Portland Special runa through to Chicago without change, in TO hours. Palate and ordinary sleepers, dining-cars (meals a la carte), chair oars and buffet Mbrary cars on all trains. Choice of many different T0Ufe3 to all eastern points via the O. R. & JC OTrfo Town Burned. LIMA, O., NoV. 10. The town of "Wren, aouShwest of this city was almost wiped out of existence by lire last night. The entire business district afi-d half the fesi dertco portion of the town Was hunted. m afarcaif Daly's Condition. NiJW YORK, Nov. 10 Marcus Daly, of Montana, passed a fair day, and is Im proving, but ts not yet out of danger. ENTHUSIASTIC CONVERTS. There Are TXaonsandji of Them "Who Dcllfve ns This! Woman Does!. Mrs. Ira KlnowTton. of Butte. Mont., Is a most enthusiastic convert to the vlr- rues ot Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab'ets as a cute for obstinate stomach troubles. Bne gays: "I had poor digestion nearly all my life. It now aoems to me that for years I never knew what it waa io be hungry, (o have a good, natural .j(.a life. "I was troubled with gas In stoma'h Causing pressure on ,the heart, with pal pitation and short breath. Nearly every thing 1 ate soured on my stomach, some times I had cramps In the stomach, wl.ich almost resembled pasma. "Doctors told me I had catarrh of t-ie stomach, but their medicines would not Teach it and I would 6till be a tueterer, had I not. in sheer desperation. dwd.eJ to try Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. "I knew they were an advertised tern . 'dyv &nd I didn't believe anything I r aJ about them, as I had no jcenftdence l.i advertised remedies, but my eister. Hying in Pittsburg, wrote me last Spring teling me how Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets had -cured her And her little daughters of in digestion and loss of flesh and appetite, and 1 hesitated no longer. I bought a 60-cent box at my drug store and took two of the large tablets af er each meal and found them delightful to take, being as pleasant to the taste as caramel candy. Whenever during tno tday or night I felt any pain or-uneaSness in the stomach or about the- heart I tosx one of the small tablets, and-Jn three weeks it seemed to me as If I had never known what stomach trouble was. Tikeep Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in the house, and every member of our farn- lily uses hem occasionally after a hea.ty meal or whMh aay of us ,hava tx pals or ache la the digestive organs." y Mr. E. H. Davla, ef Hampton. Va sayst I doctbred five years for dyspep sia, but la two months I got more benefit from Bfuart's Dyspepsia Tablets than in Mlve year ot the dodtors tfeati&snt." Stuarrs Dyspepsia Tablets Is the safest J tea- Well as the simplest and most conve nient remedy for any form 6f indigestion, catarrh of the stomach, biliousness, scur stomach, bloating after meals, sympa thetic fieaH trouble. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets !s net a cheap cathartic, but an active d"ig"8'ivd remedy, containing the pepsin and dias- hlTi BTprv weV Bthmah iflfiki- -afad tfiy cute stomach troubles beosuwe they digest the food eatfcn and give" t a tweak, abused, overworked stomach a chance id test and recuperate. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are Eold 'A etefy firttg store in the United States, Canada aid Great Sri tain. (OtPhir) Jil 109.0