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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 18, 1900.
DURER AND REMBRANDT
KXHmrr of thelr "work bt the
ART ASSOCIATION.
JTvrai Lectures on Engraving: and
Etching br Frederic O. Torrey,
of San Frnnclaoo.
'About 300 examples of th etched and
engraved -work of Durer and Rembrandt
ere ta be exhibited this week In the
east room of the Art Association. These
have been generously loaned by the own
ers, friends of the association. They will
be chronologically arranged, and on the
open shelves will be found a number of
books relating to the masters and their
"work, and to the special subject of fine
Jrlnts, which ar freely quoted from here
with "Wedmore, Hamerton, 'Chopin and
others. The exhibit will open Tuesday.
November 20. Mr. Frederic C. Torrey, of
Ban Francisco, to whose kindness the Art
Association Is Indebted for the loan of
many fine prints, has consented to give
two lectures In connection with the ex
hibition on the evenings of November 27
end December 4. Those Intending to pur
chase annual tickets of admission to the
rooms are reminded that these lectures
are among the special privileges granted
to annual subscribers.
To study long and closely the work or
the original engravers is to come, sooner
or later, quite certainly to the Conclusion
that there are two artists standing above
ell the rest, and that It was theirs, pre
eminently, to express, in the greatest
manner, the greatest mind. One of these
two artists, of course. Is Rembrandt.
And the other Is Durer.
Rembrandt (1607-1669) and Durer (1471
1G2S), more than 100 years apart, were the
greatest masters of northern art. Alike
In Intellectual and imaginative power,
their work shows great difference, not
only those resulting from the technical
contrasts of their respective arts, line
engraving and etching, but in the Ideas
they sought to embody. The mysticism
of the Middle Ages, the unrest of the
Reformation, and the quickening of the
Renaissance, are all felt In Durer's work,
giving rise to many inconsistencies. To
the modern mind the Intellectual Idea Is
often totally Incomprehensible.
Rembrandt, on the other hand. Is thor
oughly modern, and his conception of the
subjects he selected Is broad as human
ity. The contrast between the carefm
finish, the attention to detail. In the slow
and elaborate engraving of the older art.
1st, and the rapidity with which the es
sential lines of expression are caught and
recorded In Rembrandt's apparently un
finished sketches, could not be greater.
3oth alike are glorified beyond all power
of mere technical achievement by the
-dignity of a great idea.
In order to comprehend these differ
ences In style between the two masters
as well as to appreciate the merits of
Individual pictures. It is necessary to
compare the two processes of engraving
tend etching.
The engraver first traces his design
tipon a steel or copper plate, using for
this operation a sharp tool called "dry
point." When the outline Is completed,
the forms are mideled, and the shadows
are worked In by means of the graver, an
Instrument which, from Its shape, makes
et each stroke an angular Incision. The
lines thus produced are naturally firm
and strong, but as they are, so to speak,
laboriously ploughed Into the metal, it Is
Inevitable that they should not frequent
ly lack freedom In movement.
In etching this sense of freedom Is se
cured The plate (generally copper), is
first covered with wax, called the "etch
ing ground." On this the artist draws
with a point or a needle, the fineness of
which varies according to the breadth
of the lines to be produced. The need'e
removes the wax wherever It passes. The
plate is then placed In acid, which eats
Into the metal along the lines traced In
the wax. By-aid-by the plate Is taken
out. and such of the lines as are Intended
to come out light In the Impression are
covered with a varnish, which, -like the
wax, prevents the acid from acting on
the plate. This process is repeated from
time to time, those lines which are to
com? out darkest being subjected for tre
longest period to the action of the acid.
Etching Is more particularly adapted to
sketches and slight designs, which re
quire greater freedom in their treatment
than can be achieved by the engraver.
There Is a quality In all Durer's work
which gives It Inexhaustible Interest: it
always makes us frel that w have not yet
got to tho bottom of It, that there are
meanings in It deeper than any wo have
yet read, and that closer and more intel
ligent study will be rewarded by farther
knowledge and fuller enjoyment. His In
tense seriousness, his powerful and occa
sionally morbid Imagination, gave him a
tendency to philosophical and poetical
suggestion somewhat beyond the range of
gTaphlc art. It Is easy to propose solu
tions of Durer's enigmas, but what he
really Intended In some of his most elab
orate plates will remain forever a mys
tery Drrer Is a representative of every side
of the life of his age. a faithful historian
of the Germany of the Renaissance and
Reformation, a master whose art em
bodies the Ideals of his time and coun
try, and who e works for this reason must
always be of Intense Interest.
Among the Illustrations of his work that
are to be on exhibit may be noted
"The Knight of Death." "Melancholia"
and "St Jerome." which are represented
In fine Impression. These are examples
of hi Intellectual bent as well as of his
art. I'pon the meaning of tho first two
anv amount of ingenious conjecture has
oeen expended. There are two examples
of Durer's etching, most of his work being
line engraving on copper.
During almost thf whole of the 15th
centurv the wood cut was confined to
Illustration. The great period of wood en
graving as a distinct art by Itself Is the
first half of the 16th century. One must
expect to find some work In Illustration,
therefore, in the early part of Durer's
career. The complete set of his apoca
lypse, with the Latin text, will be shown,
as well as examples of wood engraving
belonging to a later period of his life.
The Apocalypse Is a scries of 15 large
cuts, boldly engraved, and first published
at Nuremberg in 145. These cuts mark
an epoch In the history of wood engrav
Jng. In grandeur of conception and ex
cellence of execution they far surpassed
anything of the kind that had previously
Appeared, and Inaugurated the age of suc
cessful wood engraving.
Every art has Its great representative
master, and the representative etcher Is
Rembrandt. The strong points of etching
In comparison with other arts. It will be
remembered, are Its great freedom, pre
cision and powr. Some fino impressions
of his work are to be found In this ex
hibit. Of "Abraham's Sacrifice" Hamer
ton says: "Independently of Its very fine
composition and tho magnlflcont style In
the drawing of Abraham and tjie angel,
this plate may be especially recommended
as a fine example of the free-etched line,
which Is everywhere perfectly frank and
lull of vital energy."
And of "The Death of the Virgin" he
cays: "Every lover of art comes in time
to have private predilections, which he
cannot always readily account for and
explain. Thus, of all the plates of Rem
brandt. 'The Death of the Virgin is the
one that movs and fascinates me most."
Besides "The Sacrifice of Abraham" and
"Death of the Virgin" may be mentioned
'Christ Preaching." "The Prodigal." and
the very large plate. "Ecce Homo."
Among the landscapes one should note
the well-known "Three Tree," a fine print
of the "View of Amsterdam." and a
counter-proof of the "Gold-Weigher's
Field."
There are a number of excellent exam
ples ef his portraits. Including many of
himself, and also some specimens of his
genre subjects.
Open Meeting'.
Clinton Kelly Cabin No. 3,' Native Sons'
of Oregon, will have an open meeting and
entertainment tomorrow evening in the
Odd Fellows' Hall, corner East Pine
street and Grand avenue. An Interest ng
programme will be given, with refresh
ments. A rood time is expected.
STORY PLAYS OF THE SEASON
Why Does Xot Somebody Dramatize
the Farmer's Almanac?
ASTORIA. Nov. 15-CTo the Editors
Following is an editorial which appeared
in a leading paper recently: "Mr. Dooley
Is to be dramatized. What's the matter
with dramatizing the Farmer's Alma
nac?" The editor of that paper has more than
a few grains of sarcasm and wit in bis
make-up. Figuratively speaking, the
question the writer asks is not such an
outlandish one as we are led to suppose.
Apparently the dramatists at least some
of them have set themselves to almost
Impossible tasks in the way of putting
popular noyels on the stage.
I give a list of the principal books which
will be seen In play form this season;
also the actor to play the leading role:
"Les MIserables," with Wilton Iackaye;
"David Harum," with W. H. Crane;
"Prince Otto," Otis Skinner; "The Palace
of the King." Viola Allen: "Richard Car
vel," John Drew; "To Have and to Hold,"
Henry Miller; "The Adventures of Fran
cols," Henry Dlxey; "Janice Meredith,"
Mary Mannering; "Caleb West," Edwin
Arden; "Battle of the Strong," Marie
Burroughs; "When Knighthood Was In
Flower," Julia Marlowe; ''Van Bibber,"
Robert Hlllard; Dan Frohman's Company
in "Red Pottage."
Without doubt this Is the longest list
of dramatized stories ever presented in
this country in a single theatrical sea
son. Qf these story plays the one I wish to
speak of especially Is Mary Cholmonde
ley's "Red Pottage." From a sin com
mitted in the early manhood of one Hugh
Scarlett the story derives its name "I
have sold my birthright for a mess of
red pottage."
The book, to my mind, is queer In the
sonso that it is a story within a story.
The first and principal one describing the
incidents relating to, and, of course,
caused by this wrong act of Scarlett's,
showing how the stain of such an act,
no matter how thoughtlessly committed,
will cling to one through life. The second
story If I might call it such concerns
one Hester Gresley, sister to an English
clergyman.
The Incidents of the two tales are so
cleverly arrangd, dovetailed Into each
other, that It troubles me to know how
the dramatist In arranging "Red Pottage"
for the stage will separate the two plots,
unless he Intends making out of it a regu
lar two-ring circus affair.
One of the most humorous scenes In
the book and which unfortunately can
not be Introduced In the play Is where
Hugh Scarlett and Doll Loftus go fish
ing. The author describes their efforts to
"land" a big salmon, and the description
is really very funny..
The most dramatic scene In "Red Pot
tage" Is, I think, where tho minister,
Hester's brother, reads the finished manu
scriptunbeknown to- herof a story upon
which she has been devoting much time
and labor and which had been accepted
by the publisher. Being an extremely
bigoted and narrow-minded man, the min
ister takes offence at something in the
story and destroys it. On learning of his
act the sister is almost crazed with grief.
The brother makes this explanation: "No
one will read it because, for your sake,
and for the sake of the Innocent minds
which might be perverted by It, I have
burned it!"
I think that scene alone will almost
carry the story In Its dramatic- form. One
can hardly conceive of the amount of dra
matic fire and effectiveness that can be
put Into It, especially, if the two char
actersHester and Gresley are In capa
ble hands.
The other characters are all well drawn.
That of Dick Vernon being a comedy part
that would make an undertaker laugh.
S. TERRY M'KEAN, Jr.
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"LITTLE . OREGONIANS.
Clever Calendar Arrangement by a
Portland Girl.
What promises to be one of the dain
tiest and most attractive calendars pf the
coming holiday season will be "Little Or
egonians," showing clever sketches. In
black and white, of Oregon boys ana
girls, with an original verse for each.
The cover Is decorated with Oregon grape
and the picture of 'The Little Rancher,"
on horseback, with flying hair, under a
big sombrero, while m the distance is
seen a dim outline bt the Blue Moun
tains against the horizon.
Another pretty page Is that from July,
which fchow.s the iiguie of a dlmDled
baby girl waving her hand to the "Hur
rah" (Uncle- Sam's flag), which floats
from thf dime of the Courthouse, so fa
miliar to Portland eyes. Still another
month shows a chubby youngster In the
uniform of the Multnomah Juniors, swing
ing a pair of Indian clubs and giving the
"Multnomah yell." The other pictures
and verses are quite as full of local color.
One of Portland's leading artdealers
has already secured a thousand copies
of the pretty souvenirs, and there are
indications that It will be In great de
mand when the holidays once open. It is
the work of a native Oregonlan, Miss Rita
Bell, of this city, a bright young artist,
still in her teens, whose signature will
be remembered as having been attached
to numerous Illustrations that have ap
peared In The Oregonlan during the past
year. Miss Bell has youth, pluck and
talent In her favor.
'GrlefH of Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria, like all who appreciate
humor, is easily moved by a tale of sor
row. She sets an example of cheerful
ness to those about her. though her griefs
are many. On moTe than one occasion of
late, while visiting her wounded soldiers
In hospital, she has had hard work to
keep back hor tears. No lady who has
loved ones at the front could have a
keener solicitude for them than the Queen
for her soldiers and sailors. Two to five
or ten pounds may seem small recogni
tions of duty and chivalry, but the
thoughtfulness of the Queen, who has
been sending these sums to mothers with
sons In the war, or to old soldiers and
tho friends of brave fellows whose names
have come before her In some special
way, is greatly appreciated. "It ain't the
money, welcome though It be." said a
poor subject who had received one of her
gifts; "it's Her Majesty remembering us,
and in the midst of so many great per
sons, .and so much to think of." It goes
without telling that the general election
has interested her deeply; she has had
the returns sent to her as fast as they
have been recorded, with special reports
from special quarters.
Only In Henry V.
There Is no reason to believe that Mr.
Mansfield intends to appear this year In
another piece than the Shakespearean
drama "Henry V." Early In the season
he stated that he would produce two
other plays thla year, one of them Ste
phen Phllipps' play. "Herod the Great,"
which Beerbohm Tree has Just produced
in London, and which the London cables
report as a splendid spectacle play. Evi
dently he has decided, however, that one
certain success Is better than a doubtful
novelty or even two moderate successes.
More Remains of Ancient Man.
Youth's Companion.
In some grottoes In Algeria French ex
plorers have recently discovered stone im
plements mingled with the remains of ex
tinct animals belonging to Quartenary
times. Further explorations indicate that
during the age when the grottoes wen.
Inhabited the coast of Algeria had a con
figuration different from that of today
Among the animals associated with the
ancient human Inhabitants of Algeria
were the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus
and various speoles of ruminants.
THEY WANT ANOTHER LINE
EAST SIDERS PETITION FDR ROAD
TO CARSHOPS.
City & Suburban Will Be Asked to
Accommodate Residents South.
of Stephens' Ravine.
The citizens of a wide district south of
the Stephens ravine. Including Brooklyn
and the Southern Pacific carshops and
surroundings, are very anxious to -get a
street railway. For some time they have
been talking tha matter over, and yester
day a petition addressed to the City &.
Suburban Railway Company, asking that
company to extend a branch there, was
placed In circulation. Following is the
petition:
"To the City & Suburban Railway.
Company Gentlemen: The undersigned
petitioners respectfully ask your company
to extend your street railway south on
Grand avenue to Ellsworth, thence east
on Ellsworth, and from Ellsworth and
along any route that. In the Judgment of
the company, may be best to reach the
Southern Pacific carshops."
These petitions simply express the de
sire of the people of that section, and
their circulation was commenced yester
day. One of the petitions was left at the
drug store on the corner of Powell and
Milwaukle streets and one was left at the
Southern Pacific carshops. In charge of
T. M. Edmunds. The other is in the
hands of Edward Gunderson. Those who
have the matter in hand ask that every
resident, interested sign one of these pe
titions. It will be easy to find one.
The route suggested conforms to some
extent to the one granted In a former
franchise to the Willamette Street Rail
way Company, but not entirely so. The
residents are not particular as to the
route so they get a street-car line. When
It Is built, as it will be sooner or later,
it will come south on Grand avenue to
Ellsworth street and then turn eastward,
probably to East Tenth, and thence to
Beacon street. East Tenth street, through
Raffety's addition. Is not dedicated, but
the owners of the property say thev
will give a right of way for a street-car
line. What route would, be selected to
reach the carshop district will be de
termined. There will not be any trouble
about getting a franchise for this branch,
and these petitions will show how tho
residents feel about the railway. Soma
have expressed apprehension that the
Grand-avenue bridge over Stephens ra
vine would not carry a street-car, but
there Is no fear about this bridge. It has
carried much heavier weight than a
street-car, and In any event would not
stop the construction of the railway If
the company decides to build It. After
the petitions have been well signed they
will bo presented to the company and an
offer will be made to back up a request
for a franchise from the City Council.
Gilbert Camp Smoker.
The members of Gilbert Camp No. 4,
Second -Oregon Veterans, have made ar
rangements to hold a "smoker" tomorrow
evening at Central Hall, corner Union
avenue and East Morrison street. They
extend an invitation to all ex-soldiers to
attend. An interesting programme for
the evening has been prepared, to close
with refreshments. This will be the open
ing public event for the Fall and Winter
by this camp. Captain G. F. Telfer has
been re-elected captain of the camp, and
all the old officers also were re-elected
to serve for another term. The camp
Is one of the most active in the city.
Will Make Improvements.
The Alpha Archeologlcal Society at
Falrvlew will invite the public to aid in
furnishing the rooms and make improve
ments where the cabinets of specimens
are kept. At the last meeting It was
decided to thrown open the rooms to the
public at the next meeting and serve re
freshments, for which a charge will lbe
made. There Is a constant addition to
the cabinet, some one reporting finds at
each meeting, and the society feels that
It Is growing along this line In a satis
factory manner. For tho next meeting a
special programme will be prepared, and
whatever the proceeds may bo they will
be used to fix up the quarters of the
organization.
East Side Jiotcm.
The funeral of Clark Lyons, who was
accidentally killed by the elevator in the
Masonic building, will take place this
afternoon at 1 o'clock from his late home.
74 Grand avenue. He was a member of
the Odd Fellows' order. The relief com
mittee will be In charge of the services.
Mrs. Rose Battln, of Mount Tabor, haB
gone to Los Angeles, Cal., where she ex
pects to spend the Winter with her
mother.
Following Is the report from the Fair
view school for the month closing on
November 9: W. M. Rounds, principal;
number of pupils enrolled, 45; tardiness,
3; corporal punishment, 0; number of pu
pils dropped, L The attendance at the
school Is on the Increase and little sick
ness Is reported among the pupils.
Dr. G. F. Lock, formerly a resident' of
Troutdale, but now of University Park,
has been very periounly ill with pneumo
nia. Yesterday he was reported Improved,
and hopes were entertained that h will
recover. He recntly moved to University
Park.
The elevated roadway on East Morrison
street, between East Eighth and East
Ninth, is being repaired. It is necessary
that several of the timbers of the bents
be replaced with new ones on account
of decay, making the repairs quite ex
tensive. Reports on the condition of James E.
Bruce, the real estate dealer, who has
been seriously 111 at his home on East
Sixteenth street, yesterday were more fa
vorable. He was somewhat Improved, but
still very weak from Injuries and from
his sickness.
Complaint is made oven the treatment of
a white horse at the slabwood yard on
East Eighth street, south of the Steph
ens ravine. A steam woodsaw has been
engaged In sawing up slabwood Into short
lengths, and when a wagon Is loaded this
horse Is attached to the tongue and made
to drag the heavy load out of the way.
The neighbors say the horse Is badly
abused.
Dr. Wise, room G14. The Dekum.
FAIL.S TO BE A MAN.
Maude Adams' Mlnnlng? Tonck of Vir
ility in "The Enslet." "
Julian Hawthorne makes this criticism
of Maude Adams In "The Eaglet": "It is
effective, in a quiet way, the entrance of
that pale little Duke, all in black. In the
mldet of that very flowery and- frivolous
assemblage at the villa of Marie Louise.
He is so different from them; so quiet and
sincere amid their chatter and elegant
humbug. The dialogue is full of pregnant
phrases which mean more than meets the
ear; the air Is full of the shadow of Na
poleon, and of the fear and the hope that
there may be -a new Incarnation of It
after all these years. O'France! O Paris!
0 Napoleon! It Is a pretty beginning of
a play, and there Is a great opportunity
for an actresa. Miss Adams Is very quiet
as yet, and the Duke Is only a child.
But then comes that scene when the lit
tle Duke bursts forth and shouts out
the story of 1S05, overcoming with his
passion all interruptions of the fright
ened tutors. It called forth applause, but
1 must admit It lacked power, even phys
ical power; and the fit of coughing with
which she ended was not all acting. But
the pathetic passages atone for much.
That scene between mother and son was
well done. The poor little Duke! And as
the curtain falls there Is very cordial ap
plause; but I do not think we are very
much overwhelmed as yet. We are will
ing to wait for further developments.
"As the play goes on and It Is a very
good play one. perceives that Miss Ad
ams feels the part keenly and correctly;
but It is only In the gentler passages that
sha can express what she feels. She us
ually contrives to remember to be a man,
but once In awhile there Is a lapse a
feminine gesture or Intonation. She is al
ways charming and winning; she Is quick
and, subtle and dramatic, though not
stagey, and the audience Is with her all
the time, helping her along as- an audi
ence can. At the end of the first act the
curtain goes up and up again, a, dozen
times, .perhaps. But I think w have got
the measure of the little actress, and this
part, which is one of peculiar difficulties;,
Is a little beyond her capacity of perform
ance. The spirit in her is alive and will
ing, but the flesh is weak. The part needs
.strength as well aa weakness, energy as
well as pathos, the man as well as tho
boy, and Miss Adams can at best only
show us what she means to 'do and what
she would da If she could."
But the dramatic critic of Munseys
Magazine takes a more hopeful view of
Maude Adams in her new role. He says:
"The process of dressing up an actor
like a paper doll has .long been going on
In stageland. The star has done the same
tricks each season, depending upon new
tints In clothes and scenery for novelty.
The most serious result i of this system
has been to the player,' who has stag
nated. "Maude Adams was the elfin doll with
a kittenish manner, a roguish smile a
sort of 18th century hoyden with a 19th
century ability to take care of herself.
Even her experimental Juliet did not
change these traits. But to be the Duke
of Rdchstadt In "L Alglon" she must
alter more than her costume and the
scenery. This clever young woman has
had to work, and It will be a good thing
for her, whatever Us effect upon the box
office,"
TERMINAL MASCOT KILLED.
Harmless Old German Who Lived at
the Depot Fonnd Mangled.
At 11:30 last evening, the venerable
German who has enjoyed the distinction
of being for 10 years the guest of the
Portland Terminal Company, was found
UNKNOWN MAN KILLED.
Familiarly Called the "Terminal
Company's Mascot."
dead on one of the side tracks In the
yard, horribly mangled. One arm aid
one foot were cut off and his body was
mashed to a pulp.
Waymaster Edward Gordon discovered
the body. The exact manner of his death
can only be surmised. He was found on
the track he usually walked on to his
quarters. Elthej In carelessly crossing
the track In. front of a moving switch en-,
glne, or falling to hear its approach, he
met his death. His name is unknown.
"The Terminal Company's mascot" Is
the way he was usually referred to by
the employes. He lived in the com
pany's yard, molested no one, and was a
quiet, harmless individual.
He first found shelter at the Terminal
Station about six or seven years ago. The
car-repairing crew found him one morn
ing sleeping peacefully under the material-house
at the north end of the rail
road yard and asked him whence he
came. They got no Information. The next
morning he was there, and" the next, and
finally he became one of the Institutions
of the place, and was regarded as a per
manent lodger. When meal times came
around he would repair to the car-cleaning
department and partake of the re
mains of travelers' lunches which were
thrown from the car. Thus he enjoyea
olives, deviled ham and other delicacies
which do not usually fall to the lot of
the hobo. After he had been a lodger
long enough to become one of the boys he
began to wander around over the tracks
at unseemly hours, to the great prejudice
of the peace of mind of the engine crews,
who feared that they might have to gath
er him up In a bushel" basket every time
the switch engine passed. So Manager
Lyons rounded him up one day and sent
him to the poor farm.
But he longed for the clanging bells, the
shrieking whistles and the rumbling
wheels of the yard again, and after a few
months of Incarceration he returned to
his old haunts, and to look out for the
engine when the bell rang. Last night
his usual wariness forsook him. He did
not hear the last bell's clang.
Grievance of an Ant hor ess.
Cleveland Flaln Dealer.
The lady story-writer towered in the
doorway.
"Perhaps you take me for a writer of
patent medicine advertising," she sar
castically remarked to the startled editor.
"I think not, madam." he managed to
reply. "What seems to be the difficulty?"
"Then you have not noticed It?" she
cried.
He shook his unconibed locks.
"Listen," she said, as she flung a glance
of disdain at him. "The atrocity occurs
in the chapter of my story where the
American heiress discovers the perfidy ot
her spendthrift French husband. This Is
the jferticular sentence: 'She paled with
indignation, and, stooping suddenly, took
a bill from the oblong box before her.' "
"Yes," said the editor. "Was there an
error in the printed copy?"
"Error!" shrieked the authoress; "there
were two of them! They were worse
than errors they were crimes! Listen!
For Indignation you substitute 'indiges
tion,' and in place of 'bill' you printed
pill!' "
And she gurgled in her throat, as she
swept from the room.
Yvette Gullbert's Throat.
Yvette Gullbert, who has been very 111
for a long time, has Just arrived in Ber
lin, to undergo a very dangerous opera
tion for the relief of her throat. On ac
count of the serious nature of the opera
tion, Mile. Guilbert hod postponed it until
It could no longer be deferred. The knife
which the great chanteuse hopes will re
store her to health and poaslbly to the
footlights, . will be handled by Professor
Israel, one of the most famous surgeons
in Europe.
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NO REAL PROGRESS MADE
IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS FORMU
LATED BT TEE POWERS.
Russian. Press Recreta That the
United States Baa Not With
drawn From the Concert.
ST. PETERSBURG-, Nov. 17. Despite
th fact that the Russian Minister to
China Is co-operatfng In the peace nego
tiations, the most Influential Journals ap
parently regret that the United States
Government has not withdrawn from th
concert of the powers.
Th Novoe Vremye says it cannot be
lieve that real progress has been made,
and It declares that th propositions for
mulated are indecisive and ar necessar
ily preliminary, because they contain de
mands that China cannot fulfill on ac
count of her poverty. Moreover, says th
Novoe Vremye, th military situation Is
becoming more dangerous. Th French
will probably bo compelled to return to
Indo-Chlna, where revolutionary agents
are active. AU China Is waiting a word
from tha Emperor to begin a desperate
war.
The director of the Oriental Institute at
Vladlvostock pronounces the loss of the
Chinese libraries at Pekln and Tien Tsin
by fire as irreparable, as they contained
numerous precious manuscripts on the
subject of the Chinese dynasties.
FRICTION AMONG ALLIES.
Not All Harmonious With, the Troops
at Tien Tain.
TIEN TSIN, China, Oct. 24. The
presence of a large number of troops here
In contiguous camps, and with naturally
existing national prejudices, is causing
considerable friction, and several un
pleasant Incidents have occurred. So far,
however, none of them has progressed
beyond the stage of incidents easily ad
Justed, and on all sides there Is a very
evident disposition to treat these occur
rences as the natural result of military
conditions.
One of tha chief causes of friction has
been a number of pontoon bridges thrown
across the river. There are three of these
within the space of a mile, and as the
river is simply crowded with Junks and
towboats, some conflict has been the re
sult. Most of the trpubl has occurred
at the French bridge, and twice trouble
has resulted between the French guards
and the American sentries on the boats.
A few days ago a string of .20 junks com
ing down stream, was held up at the
French bridge for several hours. In spite
of the protests of th American guards
on board.
Finally word reached the American
headquarters of the condition of affairs,
and an officer was sent up to the bridge.
He, found a French sentinel on the for
ward boat, and promptly ordered him
off. There was a sharp Interchange be
tween the; American and French officers,
but the sentry was removed. General
Sumner then arrived, and the result was
that the bridge was opened and tho boats
allowed to pass.
A day or two ago there was another
bit of frlotlon, in which both sides rather
overstepped the limit, and are fairly
chargeable with some blame. The bridge
regulations require that only one boat
may go through at a time. A fleet of
junks in charge of a non-commissioned
American soldier came down, and an at
tempt was mad to take three of them
through the draw abreast. In coming
through the junks Jammed in the draw,
and the American on the leading boat
and the French bridge guards clashed.
The French attempted to arrest the Am
erican, and a flat .fight ensued, in which
one Frenchman went overboard and sev
eral were badly used up.
The American was finally overpowered
and put under guard. He was soon re
leased, but, according to his statement,
'he was struck while under arrestby a
French officer. The man stated that two
guards held their bayonets at his heart
while an officer hit him in. the facie, cut
ting a gash over his eye. The matter la
now under investigation.
The feeling between the French and
American soldiers apparently dates from
the killing of Corporal Hughes, of the
Third Artillery, some weeks ago, by a
French sentry whom he, with two com
panions, attempted to rush in order to
cross the bridge after dark. The camps
of the Fifteenth Infantry and Third Artil
lery, and a section of the French force,
are very close, and there is evidently con
siderable bad blood between the two. It
cropped out recently, when a French sol
dier cut the lead team of an. American
Army wagon across the head with a stick.
The teamster Jumped out of the wagon
and, according to reports. gave the of
fender and several of his companions
.some pretty rough handling.
A ROBBER REPUBLIC.
Enconntered by Russians South of
Klrln, Manchuria.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 17. Th Rus
sian troops are encountering a robber re
public lying south of Klrln, Manchuria,
in the mountainous basin of the Upper
Sungari. The president of this congeries
of banditti is a certain Shaidengue. Ac
cording to general staff' dispatches, Lieutenant-Colonel
Duroff, with two compa
nies of infantry and a sotnla and a half
of Cossacks, while reconnoltcring recent
ly, collided with Shaidengue and two bat
talions of Chinese troops, who were op
ratlng with him. Lieutenant-Colonel
Duroff captured two guns In th engage
ment. General Foh, a few days later,
with a mixed Russian force, engaged 3000
of Shaldengue's followers in the sum
pass In which Lieutenant-Colonel Duroff
fought the bandits. General Foh also
took two guns.
General Rennekampf, with five sotnlas
of Cossacks, bad a sharp fight November
11. 20 versts 'from Klrln. on the Klrin
Mukden road, with Chinese regular
troops. Twenty Cossacks were killed and
20 were wounded. A recorvnolssance de
veloped the fact that Mogeasahan is en
closed with a stone wall 18 feet high,
and that the inner city is also walled.
Referred to the Powers.
RARIS, Nov. 17. At a council of the
Ministers today M. Delcasse, the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced
that the Ministers at Pekln had transmit
ted to their respective governments a
number of articles of a Joint note, and
contemplated adding six points to those
already reached as a basis for peace ne
gotiations. A dispatch from General Vyron. the
commander of the French forces In China,
said the French column, returning from
Pao Ting.Fu, had occupied the imperial
tombs, 100 kilometers southwest of Pe
kln. French and Russian forces, th dis
'patch also said, occupied the tombs situ
ated at the same distance east of Pekln.
The French commander also announced
that a Tartar Marshal and a Chinese offi
cer had been condemned to death by an
International commission for having par
ticipated In the massacres. The condi
tions were quieter in the vicinity of Pao
Ting Fu, though some Boxers were still
there.
French DeslErna on Canton.
HONG KONG. Nov. 17.-Chlnese officials
aver that a certain power has demanded
leave to place troops upon a hill over
looking Canton No foreign authority con
firms the assertion, but the Cantonese fear
French designs upon the city.
Settling the Claims.
CANTON, Nov. 17. The American Con
sul here has been notified that the Board
of Reconstruction has been ordered to
pay $10,000 as the first installment In Set
tlement of American claims. All the Con
suls are pressing for indemnity for the
destroyed missions. A special deputy has
been appointed for each district to esti
mate th damage done, the.-Chines ap
parently reallxlbg that the settlement of
the claims is the only method of ridding
Canton of foreign gunboats.
A "fir has occurred her which destroyed
between 200. and 00 houses.
Voa 'Waldersee's Demand.
PEKIN, Nov. 17. Th Commander-in-Chief
of th International forces. Count
von Waldersee, received Prince Ching and
Li Hung Chang, tho Chines Peace Com
missioners, today, at the imperial palace.
Von Waldersee demanded that th Chi
nes troops be withdrawn from th6 vicin
ity of the territory occupied by th allied
forces, sliding that, if this was done, the
dispatch of military expeditions by th
allies would be discontinued.
T&an Under Arrest.
LONDON, Nor. 17. A news agency dis
patch from Shanghai says Prince Tuln is
under arrest at NIghsia, Province of Shan
SI; that Governor Yu Sln has been ar
rested at Pinan, near Slnan Fu, and that
Sheng, the Director of Telegraphs and
Railroads, has memorialized the throne
denouncing Yu Slen. The dispatch adds
that an edict Is expected condemning Yu
Slen to death.
En eland Protests Against Transfer.
LONDON, Nov. IS. Under date of No
vember 14, a dispatch to a news agency
says Great Britain has protested against
the transfer of Yu Chang to th Governor
ship of Yu Chang. LI Hung Chang and
Prince Ching, according to this dispatch,
have memorialized the throne, and Yu
Chang probably will not be allowed to
take up th new post.
Rice Tributes Stopped.
TIEN TfilN, Nov. 7. The Viceroys of
the Yangtse region have stopped tha ship
ments of tributes of rlco to tha Sang
Yuma, being afraid they will b inter
cepted. The court, It Is evident, will pro
ceed to Shen Tu.
GRAND TRUNK'S MANAGER.
Georare B. Reeves "Will Succeed
Charles M. HayaJ
MONTREAL. Nov? 17.-Offldal an
nouncement was made this afternoon by
Sir Rivers Wilson, president of the Grand
Trunk Railway system, that George B.
ReeveB, formerly traffic manager, had
been appointed general manager of the
system, to succeed Charles M. Hays, who
Is going to San Francisco as president of
the Southern Pacific Mr. Reeves Is now
on his way to Montreal to confer with
the chief executive of the company. It
Is said President Wilson was governed
in. his selection by the recommendation
made a week ago at New York by Mr.
Hays.
From semi-official sources, it was
learned tonight that F. H. McGulgan,
general superintendent of th Grana
Trunk, had the refusal of th first. offer
to become Its general manager. It Is also
understood that, while .no changes are
contemplated in any of he departments,
it is believed several officials who have
been with Mr. Hays Blnce his coming to
Canada will join him in California.
Lumber Rate-Advanced.
Th lumber rat from the Pacific Coast
to Salt Lake City will be advanced from
37H cents to 40 cents per 100 pounds De
cember L This will make a difference of
HO per carload of 20 tons. The transpor
tation companies have felt for some time
that they were not getting enough out of
their lumber traffic, handling th prosper
ity trade at panio rates. Th new rate
will apply from Portland, the Willamette
Valley and California points. The Puget
Sound country is not yet able to get Into
Utah with Its lumber.
Railroad Notes.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
Markham. of the Southern Pacific, left
last evening for a trip to San Francisco.
Traffic Manager J. G. Woodworth, of
the Pacific Coast Company, arrived in
Portland yesterday' morning from San
Franclsqo, and left on the evening train
for Seattle.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.
Coroner and acting Sheriff, to Sher
iff, lots 7 and 8, block 77, Sellwood;
lots 17. 18 and 19. block 104, Fulton
Park: Mots 8 and 9, block 3, Mar
quam Road" Addition, November 10.J Z1&
J. Friedenthal et ux. to The Home,
lots 1 and 2, block 241, Holladay's
Addition, November 16 1
Sheriff, for A J. Owen, administrator,
t al., to Margaret E. Frazier, lota
4 and 5, block 4: lots 9 and 10, block
6, Excelsior, November 13 COO
Sarah J. Stewart to -D. Mulr, south
30 feet 'lot 2, also lots 3, 8, and 9,
block 5. Mount Tabor, November 17. 1250
W. A. Clelond to D. C. McKean and
Amos Bulrgy, 60x100. Third and Hall
streets, November 11 : 2800
Lydla Buckraan to Isaiah Buckman,
5 acres, beginning at the southeast
corner William Black tract, Octo
ber 15 j,
Daniel Lewis and wife to George H.
Lewis, 20U acres. Base Lin Road,
section 83, T. 1 N., R. 1 E., Novem
ber 1 l
George. W. Shaver to Mary A. Wit
tenberg, lot 5, Delmer Shaver's Ad
dition. May 1, ISM l
Mrs. W. Lunrut to Frank Michaels.
30 acres, Cllner D. L. C, November 16 1000
Delia L. Nlles to Helen M. Montour,
lot 11, block 3, Trcmont ?ark. June 1$ 90
T. Woodward, trustee, to Alexander
Mlrhead and Samuel Mulrhead, OSHx
60, Stark and Park streets, Novem
ber 17 6600
Fred W. Raw to M. Billings, lot 6,
block 25, Woodlawn, October 26 660
Sheriff, for Agnes M. Vance, to A C.
Baumgartner, west one-half lots 1
and 2, block 120, Stephens' Addition.
November 14 14
Chief of Police to M. M. Bingham,
block 9, Elizabeth Irvings Addition,
October 16 : E
Bam to same, lot 2. block 4, North
Portland. October 15 13
Marrlaare Licenses.
B. E. Starr, aged 29, and Donna Mitch
ell, aged .20; Thomas Kerr, 35, and Mabel
I. L. Macleay, 24; B. F. Goldman, 29,
Walla Walla, and Cora Koshland. 24; J.
Jeffries, 23, and Margaret Fitzgerald. 20,
Deaths..
November 15, Clark Lyon, Good Samar
itan Hospital; internal Injuries, elevator
accident.
N. TJchida, Good Samaritan Hospital;
peritonitis.
Nov. 14, Frank Keller, 88 Park street;
diabetes.
November 12. Joseph E. Smith, foot of
Oak street; drowning.
William Doyle,- St. Vincent's Hospital;
internal Injuries.
November 16. Grant S. Merriam, 715 East
Stark street: spasms.
' Leonard Martin15 years old, St. Vin
cent's Hospital; scarlet fever; residence,
49 North Nineteenth -street.
Contacrlous Diseases.
November 15, Leon Goldsmith, 269 Sev
enth street; scarlet fever.
November 16, Louis Fogel, 629 First
street; erysipelas.
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The Growth of Independent Votlnc.
Chicago Times-Herald, Rep.
Th progress that has been made in
the direction of Independent judgment
during the last 25 yeaVs is marvelous in
deed. Not only is the split ticket a fea
ture of almost every contest now, but the
practice of selection Is exercised with the
utmost thoroughness. The separation
from party bondage may be caused by
some revolution In principle, such as that
which drove so many Gold Democrats
from the fold, or It may be due to the
conviction that the office-seeker who bears
tha party label is1 not worthy of the
place which he covets. In either case
the habit of Independence Is contracted
by the exercise of the Individual choice,
and once contracted it Is never likely to
be broken up. In local elections, partic
ularly. It Is of Immense value, because It
Is here that we have had the most fre
quent examples of the evils of blind party
obedience. It was not so long ago that
even Intelligent men would take almost
17"
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tarrh, Pains in the Head and Cheat,
Sore Throat, General Prostration
Bind Fever.
If "Seventy-seven" Is taken early It
cures a Cold long before it reaches th
stag of Grip, Catarrh, Pneumonia or
any serious Bronchial or Catarrhal diffi
culty. A cur by "77" Is complete; no
stuffy head; no Cough; no sensitive Throat
or tender Chest; just a complete cur
without any prostration, the tonic prop
erties of "77 sustaining the system dur
ing th attack.
At druggists, or matted, 25c
Dr. Humphreys' Manual on the care
and treatment of th sick. -mailed free.
Humphrey' Homeopathic Medicine Co., Cor.
William & John Sts.. New York.
any nauseating doso that tha machine
gang saw fit to give them. But now, un
less the questions before the people are
very seriously complicated by a multi
plicity of issues, any notoriously bad can
didate Is foredoomed to defeat.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
J H M Brown & wife.
Spokane
J B Wolff. N T
Harry Brown. N T
B M Solomon. N Y
O Cohn. Alaska
Harry Frank. N Y
H M Stern. N Y
C O Applehacen, Du
luth. Minn
H Prelse. Baltimore
L H Weatdahl, DSC
Survey
8 W Whltnev. St Paul
Paul D Walsh, San Fr
t u tnax, irovidence
J O Woodward & wf.
Seattle
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T A Bell. Saa Fran
8 Maokey, Pomona.
Mrs Kelley. Ban Pmn
John Schwartz, Chgo
A Cameron. Kobe, Jap
W A Newton. Chlcaso
n amun, ferry, or
O B Llbbv. N T
L H Volhauer, 8 F
Harry L Oeotxe, St Jo
Victor Mill. 8t Louis
Wm Rosenbery, Roch
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A Qlgutre, Hood River
E D Morse, Montreal
J A Dougherty. St I
O L Fletcher, San Fran
F I Dunbar. Salem
W A Semple, Albany
J A Hunter. N Y
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E C Carroll, Fremont,
Ohio
Phil Selir, Eon Fran
H J Ottenhelmer, S F
lira Geo R Dodsoa,
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H W Freer, San Fran
J L Hourton. St Joe
C H SmUh, Boston
M M. Armer, San Fran
u u jacoDs, Oregon C
M L Oder, Ban Fran
W J Andrews, 8an Fr
F C Torrey, San Fr
B B Mobs. New Orlns
W Moshead, London,
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M B Rice. N T
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N M Hamilton. St Louis
L Block. San Francisco
Max Levin. N x
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F M Knight, Denver
Wm Hanthorn, 8 F
J R Winston, Seattle
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Joel L Gates, West
Superior
Mrs H R Mountneld,
Beattlo
Mlsa Hauxhton. do
F F Winters, Wasco
John Smith, N T City
A B Gibson, Salem
C O Branch. St Joseph
H A Calef. Eugei-e, ur
May JeKery, Eugene
C W Lynden. Chicago
H 8 Thomas, La Fay
ette, Or
T B Harvey, U 8 S
Perry
Ghas H Codding, Den
ver. Colo
A Llndsloy, San Fran
Mrs 8 B Huston, Hills-
C H Pearch. Seattle J
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Roy E Watts. Goblw
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R N Gordon. Chicago
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C Evans, San Fran
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R H Williams, Dallas,
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Jos S Osmond. Alaska
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Mrs M M Floy. Sodavl!
F J Murphy, San Fran
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M O McCallum, Astoria
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