THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 9, 1900.
REMINISCENCES OFPUGET SOUND
Captain Jimmie Jones, and How He Escaped From a Customs
Officer Who Had Seized His Steamer. By
Edward Huggins.
FOUT NISQUAIXT, "Wash.. Doc C
I am asked whether I know anything
about Captain Jimmie Jones, who, some
time In the early '60s, commanded a little
steamer Called the Jennie Jones, which
ran on Puset Sound, and for a short time
carried the United States mall between
Olympla and Victoria. I was well ac
quainted with him, and had many busi
ness transactions with him. Jimmie
Jones, as he wan called, was a Welsh
man, a small, Insignificant-looking man.
I think he was uneducated. He was a
sailor by profession. In the early 50fl
he looked to be about 3 Cyears of age,
and when I first becama acquainted with
Him he owned and sailed a small sloop
named the Wild Pigeon, if I am hot mis
taken. Jimmie became acquainted with
Dr. W. F. Tolmic, who was then In
charge of Fort Nlsqually. where I was
chief clerk. Jimmie frequently called at
the fort, and Dr. Tolmla intrusted him
With the mail, which at that time was
brought across the country from Fort
Vancouver by the Fort Stellacoom mall
messenger. The United States command
er at that post. Captain B. H. Hill, kind
ly permitted the fcrt mailcarrler to bring
our mall, as well s that of the Hudson's
Bay Company, at Fort Victoria, and ar
rangements were made by 000101 Tolmle
with Captain Jones, to convey the mail
to Victoria. Jimmie was a good-natured
fellow, and at that time was apparently
a sober man After the mall steamer
commenced making weekly trips on the
Sound. Jimmie still occasionally carried
a package from Xlsqually to Victoria, but
of course was not so frequently empldyed
as before the adrent of the steamer.
Some time early In the C0s Jimmie, it
would seem, had made and eaved money
enough to build and own i small steamer
called the Jennie Jones. She was, I
should think, about 100 to 150 tons bur
den, schooner rigged and looked more
like a sailing vessel than a steamer. She
was a propeller and did not look at all
like a racing stoamer. She was a homely
looking vessel, 4. t little Jimmie was very
proud of her. and well he might be. To
be able to build such a vessel, and com
pletely own It, with savings made out
of his little sloop, the Wild Pigeon, was
very creditable to him. In those days the
Custom-House at Port Townsend was
rather a weak Institution, and a good deal
of smuggling went on; at least, so it
was supposed. When Victoria was a
tree port smuggling was very profitable,
and It was largely carried on, so It was
rumored. In little vessels like Jimmie's
Wild Pigeon, which kind of boat was
then quite numerous on Pugct Sound.
The Custom-House authorities could not
do much to nrevent It- The onlv craft I
they had at their disposal was one sailing
cutter. I think its name was Jefferson
Davis, Captain Pease In command. She
could do very little to stop the illegal
work of euch small, swift vessels as
Jimmie's Pigeon. I have no direct rea
son to think that Captain Jimmie's boat
was employed In -that traffic, but It was
very evident that Jimmie made a good
deal of money In a comparatively short
time, at least enough to pay for the con
struction of the steamer Jennie Jones.
SInll Cnrrylni? in Early Days.
After his steamer had been running a
short time, Jimmie, to the surprise of
almost every one acquainted with him.
managed to obtain the contract to carry
the United States mall, weekly, between
Olympla and Victoria, and all Intermedi
ate ports. In those days the mall steam
er had to make the .grand round Stella
coom. Seattle, Port Madison, Port Gam
ble, Port Ludlow, Port Townsend. Bel
llngham Bay and Semlahamoo. Late in
the '60s and the early '60s were added
Port Angeles (for a short time the port
01 entry ior me uisincc or ir'uget sounaj 1
and San Juan Island. I do not know
whether Jimmie was the regular con
tractor, or whether the work was sub
let to him. Most likely the latter, as I
think It would have been almost impos
sible for Captain Jimmie to obtain the
bond required by the Government. The
Jennie Jonea continued to run quietly
now, carrying the weekly mall, but very
few passengers, as she hgd no accommo
dation for them. Her cabin was small,
unfurnished and generally had an ill
flavored smell about it- It was more
like a forcastle than a cabin. Its atmos
phere was Impregnated with a very pro
nounced smell of Old Tom gin, for Jim
mie, since his promotion from the com
mand of a five or fix-ton sloop to a 150
ton steamer, had adopted some of the
habits of not a few of the merchant naval
marine on the Sound at that time, and
had become a lover of strong drink, and
his favorite tipple was Old Tom gin. The
steamer then running In opposition to the
Jennie Jones, or one of the steamers, was.
1 think, the Eliza Anderson, which was
almost a new steamer, having been built
at Portland. In 1SSS or '59. She was a
paddle-wheel steamer, of about 150 or 200
tons, but I am not certain about her
size. In late years the Anderson, com
pared with other steamers then running
jn the Sound, was a small and very Inferior-looking
vessel, but in early days
she was considered a fine specimen of
marine architecture. She was not at all
fast, and after taking many trips in
her I fwnd she was only a second or
thlrd-clarfe steamboat. I think, by .put
ting on full steam and with a fair wind,
she might make, perhaps, 10 or 11 miles
an hour. She was principally owned by
Captain Tom Wright, then well known
In steamboat circles on Pugct Sound and
Fraser River, and his brother-in-law.
Captain John Fleming.
After Captain Flem'ng severed his con
nection with the "Anderson" in conse
quence of ill-health, the business of the
vessel, which was very large, was In
charge of a man named Finch, who was
not a seaman, but was considered to be
one of the best business men on Puget
S'und. He was. phjslcal'y. a small, delicate-looking
man but must have been
stronger and tougher than he looked 'to
be. for he attended to the business of the
vfssel apparently, night and day. Whn
Bhe carried the mall, and made the round
of all the ports, which the weekly mall
contract required, the steamer occupied
' about five days in making the round trip,
and Finch, most of the time, attended to
the business of the steam r without any
assistance. He bore a good name for fair
business habits and integrity of charac
ter, but was thought by many to be very
close Jn all his dealings, and was not
credited tith being at all charitably ln
iLiud. Ho was a stiict Methodist, and I
have often heard It said, by people who
knew what they were talking about,
that he helped that church, financially,
very freely. He was a strict tee-totaller,
and had no very kindly feelinsr towards
men addicted to excessive drinking, and
I am borry to say that such men were
frequently met with in those days. I had
many ousiness transactions with Cap
tain Finch, and always found him to be
strictly straightforward. He eventually
became principal. If not the sole owner
of the Anderson, and ran her for many
years, and I venture to say that the !
Eliza Anderson made more money upon
Puget Sound than all the other steamers,
running during, the same time, put to
gether He must have made a good deal
of money by advancing cash for bills or
orders generally paid to him in the course
of a few days. I obtained a goad deal of
money from him to use In buying furs.
He alwavs charged 10 per cent for the
accommodation, and In my case he al
ways got his orders cashed by the Hud
son's Bay Company, at Victoria, in two
or three days from date of draft. I have
said a good deal about Captain Finch.
because he was a very prominent man
"between 1SC0 and 1570. and there are a
great number of people on Puget Sound
today who were well acquainted with
him. After he parted with the Eliza
Anderson, ho moved to California, and I
am under the impression that I heard of
his death some years ago
Again referring to Captain Jones.
When his steamer commenced running,
he patronized the Hudson's Bay Campa
ny's wharf, at Victors, and I received
orders from the board of man-gement
of that company's affal:s, at Victoria, to
do all my freighting business with Cap
tain Jimmie, very much to my disgust.
Sometime in November, 1S54. I went to
Victoria, not in the Jennie Jones, though,
and obtained from the company an in
voice of goods, about 53000 worth, for the
trade of Fort Klsqually. and, as ordered,
I shipped them by the Jennie Jones, and
returned home In thai steamer. e
started from Victoria about 3 P. M., and
steamed across the Straits for Port An
geles, for at that place was now the
United States Custom-House, the Port of
Entry having been changed from Port
Townsend by the Influence of Victor
Smith, who was then the Collector of
Customs. It was rumored that Smith
owned large interests at Port Angeles,
and that through Influential friends at
Washington had caused the removal of
the Custom-House to th Angeleo naibor.
called Port Angeles. This was a bitter
b.ow to the pcop.e of Port Townsend; in
fact, the majority of the business men
01 Puget Sound were averse to tne
change. The bay itself Is large and com
modious, but, if I recollect right, it is
open and exposed to the wind blowing
across the Straits from Vancouver Island.
The evening we arrived there," it was
calm, but there was a heavy swell In the
harbor, and the Jennie Jones rolled about
very uncomfortably The Custom-House
did not remain there many yars. An
awful catastrophe occurred there. In
which five or six lives were lost, the
Cubtom-House destroyed, and soon after
the Port of Entry was moved back to
Port Townsend. much to the satisfaction
of the people interested in shipping busi
ness on Puget Sound.
Cutitom-IIoune Destroyed.
The accident referred to I will tell in as
few words as possible. Mr. Smith con
structed a wooden building, just inside of
the mouth of a small river, which, 1 am
told, takes Its rise in the Olympic Moun
tains. Smith had the Government Cus-tum-House
In this building, ana ne and
some of his assistants made their resi
dence in it also. It seems that some lit
tle distance up the creek was a natural
dam. caused by logs which had accum
mulated there for years, checking the
water, which had formed a deep pond
just above the dam. One night, not very
long after my visit there in the Jennie
Jones, and just after a heavy rain, and
when all the Inmates of the doomed
house were wrapped in sleep, the jam
gave way. The Immense body of water
let loose, carried everything before It,
struck Smith's Custom-House, ard car
ried it and Its sleeping inmates out into
the bay, and very probably into theStraits
of Fuca. Smith, and 1 think five or six
others who were In the house at the time,
were drowned, and not a vestige of tluir
remains was ever found. I may b( wrong
In some of these details, but I am sure
about the loss of the house and the
drowning of Victor Smith and five or six
others. There was no difficulty after this
awful accident about removing the Cus-tom-Houso
to where It properly belonged.
I accompanied Captain Jones to the
Custom-House. The Collector had received
the Invoice, with the duties charged,
through the mall, from the United States
Consul at Victoria, which I had helped
to prepare in the office of the company
at Victoria.. After a cursory examination
by the Collector, or his deputy. I paid tne
amount due and we returned back to the
ship. It would take some time to go over
the figures of or statement of duties, due
upon a large and miscellaneous Invoice of
goods, and rather than keep or detain the
mall steamer from proceeding on her way.
I had an understanlng with the deputy
Collector that If any error was afterwards
found In the entry or Invoice, I would
make It good. The bay was quite calm
that right, but It seemed never tp be
free from rolling waves, making It very
uncomfortable for landsmen who might
be on board vessels lying In the harbor.
I found that state of things to exist In
the harbor when I visited it. but It might
not be always like that. The harbor is
large and commodious, protected fully
upon the west side by the bluffy main
land, and upon the north side, I think it
is protected by a low. sandy spit, which
extends out for some distance. The south
east side, to the best of my recollection,
and I have not been there since 1EG4, Is
open and fully exposed to winds blowing
across the Straits. We lifted the anchor
and steamed away two or three hours
after midnight. The weather was calm,
but the fog was very thick, which neces
sitated slowing down and keen lookout
by the officers and crew.
Captain Drnnlc, Steamer Goes Wronjr
I soon found that Captain Jimmie was
drinking to excess, and the engineer told
me tnar all hands. Including the cook,
were indulging, as well as the captain.
The odor of gin permeated the whole ship.
Wc two sober ones soon saw by the er
ratic movements of the steamer, that the
navigators were too drunk to know what
they were about, and the engineer, at my
request, slowed down nearly to a full stop.
We soon found that we were right in
our conjectures as to the Ignorance of
our captain and mate of the location of
the miserable gin-sodden little steamer,
for Captain Jimmie approached me, and
In thick, drunken tones said he would be
"blankety blanked" If he knew the where
abouts of the steamer, and asked If I
knew. Of course, I could not tell anything
about the location of the boat, and I spoke
rather roughly to the miserable little
commander. The engineer and I thought
that we certainly ought to be in the vicin
ity of San Juan Island. The words were
no sooner spoken when the ship bumped
heavily upon a rock. It could not be the
shore, because we heard no surf running
or beating upon the beach. The ship now
gave a list, and all was dire confusion.
Luckily it was dead calm, and the fog
was densely thick. The engineer sounded
the well, and I was very glad to learn
that the ship was not making much
water. We soon ascertained that the tide
was nearly at its lowest stage, and day
light was not far off.
The accident nearly sobered the cap
tain, who appeared to be in a terrible
funk. We remained hard and fast upon
the rock, until daylight, when we found
that we were actually near the entrance
of San Juan Harbor, and the vessel had
struck a submerged rock, and the quiet
state of the weather, no doubt saved the
steamer from being severely Injured. The
state of the tide was also In our favor.
for as the water raised the little steamer
slid from the rock. We soon came safely
to an anchor, and I felt thankful to
Providence for having escaped so easily
from what might have been, had tne
weather been unpropltlous. and the tide
unfavorable a great catastrophe. As It
was. It proved to be an expensive drunk
for the little captain, for I think I heard
it rumored that he was compelled to go
to the expense of Waving tho steamer
hauled upon the ways and repairs made.
I always thought our making so near the
harbor of San Juan as we did. a strange
piece of luck, for I am quite sure that
not one person In the ship knew anything
of her whereabouts, when she struck.
When Captain Jimmie was In his sober
senses, which was soon after the accident,
he refused to talk about the accident,
and seemed to be heartily ashamed of
his conduct. The rest of the passage tos
soberly, and. of course, safely made, and
when T landed at Stellacoom. I made up
my mind never to take passage with Cap
tain Jimmie again.
Seizure of the Jennie Jones.
I heard no more of Captain Jones for
some time, but not long after my not
very pleasant voyace with bjrn. 1 -was
again honored with a call from him.
One morning when I was busily
engaged in the trade shop with a band
of down-Sound Indians, trading furs,
mats, baskets, dried clams, dressed deer
skins, and any thing of the slightest
value, I was surprised to see the little
Welsh captain walk into the store, ac
companied by a gentlemanly looking man
whom he introduced to me as air officer at
tached to the United States Custom-House
at Port Townsend. Captain Jimmie told
me that he had been arrested at Olympla.
and his darling Jennie Jones seized for
an offense he was falsely charged with
having committed against the revenue
laws of the United States, and that he
and his ship were under arrest, and on
their way to Port Townsend for trial "be
fore the Admiralty Court. I forget what
the charge was, but I think It was smug
gling. Jimmie had .persuaded the inspector, or
deputy Collector in charge of him and
his ship, to come round to our landing,
the channel which the big mall steamers
use to take In early days, when a semi
monthly mall steamer ran between San
Francisco and Olympla. I recollect the
big paddle-wheel steamer Orlflamme was
one of them, and the others I have for
gotten. They always took the deep-water
channel, around the southeast end of An
derson's Island, making the distance to
Olympla from Tacoma about five or six
miles further. The route now taken
by passenger steamers is through Balch's
passage, and round the northwest end
of Anderson's Island. When I arrived
in this country (April 13. 1S50), the island
now known as Anderson's island was
called Wallace's Island, after a man of
that name, who took a donation claim
and commenced Improving the farm, now
known as the Eckenstein place. Wallace
was killed by the Snoqualmlc Indians
when they attacked Fort Nisqually, on
May L 1819. He was standing outside of
the fort, near the water, on the north
side postern gate when the trouble com
menced, and refused to enter the fort,
with others' then outside, when he was
immedlatly shot dead. He was one of
these who had great contempt for In
dians, and would say that "with a club
he could, single-handed, tackle a band of
Indians and make them run." I have
often heard such foolish talk, as If an In
dian, with a loaded gun, was not almost
as good In a fight as the generality of
white men. Wallace was, I am told, a
first cousin of Tom and Jack Hewett, old
and well-known residents of Tacoma.
Declined to Go Ball.
About Captain Jimmie again. He told
the United States officer in charge of the
vessel that I was a very close friend of
his and would do anything for him. He
was very confident that J could cheerfully
become security for his appearance, with
his vessel at court, when required, and.
If necessary. I could give bonds in the
name of -the Hudson's Bay Company in
any amount Captain Jimmie made the
officer believe this nonsensp, so .that he
came that distance out of his proper road
and walked up from the beach, only to
j find that I would have nothing to do with
Jimmie or his ship, and asnr my giving
a bond In the name of the company, and
a foreign company at that, the idea was
ludicrous, and not worth talking about.
I think the wretched little captain really
though that I would, become security for
him, and that he would, with his steam
er,, be released, and from what happened
subsequently I am almost sure he thought
so. When he jaw that he could not do
anything with me, for I almost laughed
in his face, his Impudence struck me as
being so gigantic as to make it more
comical than serious.
That was the last I ever saw of Captain
Jimmie Jones, for what now follows I
was told by a friend, well acquainted with
both Jimmie and the United States offi
cer. When the captain left our landing
he was very much down In the mouth,
and had little to say to the officer. The
officer noticed that Jimmie was frequently
conferring quietly with his mate and en
gineer, but he thought nothing of it, for
he felt confident that nothing now could
save Jimmie and his steamer from -being
kept In durance vile for some time at
Port Townsend nd he paid no attention
to the mysterious conduct of Captain
Jones and his two leading officers. Tht
vessel was now drawing near to the port
of entry, and the officer felt elated at
the Idea of entering the harbor with his
successful capture, in broad daylight.
But he reckoned without his host, for as
the vessel aproached Port Townsend, in
stead of heading across the bay to the
wharf, as is usual with steamers entering
the port, she kept In the middle of the
channel, with head pointing to the en
trance of, the Straits. The steamer's fun
nel belched clouds of smoke and streaks
of fire, and the little vessel was making
more knots an hour than she ever made
before. The Custom-House representative
conduct, and made all manner of threats.
Captain Jimmie laughed, and told the dep
inqulred of Jimmie what he meant by such
uty to shut his d n mouth, keep quiet
and he would soon learn what Jimmie's
Intentions were. The officer stormed and
raved, then begged and prayed, and en
deavered to make Jimmie see the enor
mity of his offense. It was bad enough,
he said to run away with a vessel when
in charge of a representative of the Gov
ernment, but o run away with the offi
cer too, was. in his opinion, 10 times
more culpable.
Customs Officer Put Ashore.
He could not get anything out of Jim
mie but "wait awhile and you'll see and
learn all about It," and sure enough the
steamer went her fastest by the port of
entry, loudly tooting her whistle and dip
ping her flag as a parting salute. Jimmie
had no bis gun or he would. I have no
doubt, have fired a salute. When he had
got about half way from Port Townsend
to Cape Flattery he slowed down, and ap
poaching the Washington shore lowered a
boat and forced the United States officer
Into It. and he was rowed to the shore
and made to land. The poor fellow was
left to make the best of his way to Port
Angeles, the nearest place of Importance,
where he could get transportation to the
port of entry. He very probably met with
farmsteads before arriving at Angeles, so
there was no fear of his being starved
while en route.
Jimmie and his Jennie Jones proceeded
around the Cape and God only knows
where he ot last -pulled up, for I never,
from that day to this heard anything
about him. How he could escape the law is
a mystery to me, and I have often won
dered how he managed to escape capture.
His papers, so necessary, that all vessels
should have in good order, were deficient,
and as for fuel and provisions his supply
must have been very scant Indeed. It did
not much matter being short of fuel be
cause the little steamer was full schooner
rigged, and indeed she bad more of the
appearance of a sailing vessel than, a
steamer, but provisions were another
thing, and how she managed to get a
supply was and is a mystery to all who
knew and thought about the occurrence.
This is the story of the escape of the
Jennie Jones, and It will no doubt be in
teresting to those who recollect the little
captain. It will revive memories, perhaps,
long since forgotten and cause a smile to
all who recall the little ill-shapcn figure
of the captain; bis funny manner of speak
ing with a Welsh accent, and last but
not least a picture of the ordinary looking
vessel, the Jennie Jones. If there had
been a steam cutter on the Sound in those
days Captain Jimmie would not have got
ten away so easily.
Hoir Bin In e Helped the NeTvspaperji.
Saturday Evening Post,
One Interesting fact about Government
reports is that they are generally pub
lished on Monday mornings, and the rea
son for this is that the newspapers on
thsit day are not so crowded, and thus
more space Is secured. James G. Blaine,
who vas an editor before he became a
statesman, was the first to appreciate the
opportunity of the Monday morning
newspaper, and when he had an Import
ant announcement to make or a report
to submit it was always sent out the last
of th. week, so as to secure the be3t
possible treatment on Monday morning.
His example has become a precedent In
Washington officialism.
BERNHARDT-COQUELIN
THE FRENCH ACTRESS HAS LOST
XOXE OF HER POWER.
Opinions Differ as to Hovr the Fa
vorite Comedian of Paris
Plays Tragedy.
Naturally, the one topic of the hour In
New York dramatic circles Just now is
the advent 'of Bernhardt and Coquelin
in Rostand's "L'AIglon," which Maude
Adams Introduced to the public six weeks
ago The Importance of the event does
not hang entirely upon the dominant per
sonality of the great actress and her col
league, but in no small measure upon
the piay itself, one of the finest works
of drunatic literature produced in any
language within a century or more, and
one that needs to be seen in the original,
performed by French actors, to be sym
pathetically understood and appreciated.
The critics in the maln,aTree that Bern
hardt Has lost none of her old-time fire
and power. A few noteworthy comments
from the New York journals upon her
portrayal of the Little Duke, and Coque
lln's study of Flambeau, the faithful old
Grenadier, are herewith given. For the
sake of lucidity a brief sketch of the plot
must precede these: The Little Duke of
Relchstadt, son of Napoleon and Maria
Louisa, of Austria, Is revealed at first In
his ISth year, surrounded by the gay
friends of his mother, now the widow
of Neipperg, and seemingly as Idle and
purposeless as the rest of them. He has
already been approached by conspirators,
anxious to revive the Buonaparte dynasty
In France; he has responded wisely but
Yet ambitiously to their pleadings; he
has mastered the history of his father's
campaigns, and loves France with all the
fervor If not with all the energyi of the
stanchest French patriot.
His malady, tuberculosis. Is Idealized
and his distrust in his own powers is
vividly shown. He is, in spite of his youth
and his weakness, by turns the poet, the
philosopher, the statesman and the
dreamer.
Virtually a prisoner .at the Austrian
court, under the watchful eye of Metter
nlch, he manages to escape with the help
of Flambeau, and In his flight gets as
far as the battle-field of Wagram, where
he is overtaken.
On the Battle-Fleld.
Left alone on the field with his dying
henchman, the young Prince; to console
Flambeau, dwells on the glory of death
in such an environment to a French
patriot, and In so doing works himself
Into a frenzy of passslon. He hears again
the groans of the thousands wounded in
battle, and the Idea possesses him that
his life is an expiation for the cruelties
of war under his father. In the last
act the Prince dies of his malady, with
his imperial cradle standing by his death
bed and his gentleman-In-waltlng read
ing excerpts from the chronicle of his
chrisfening.
A striking scene of the play Is that In
which crafty Metternlch forces the Prince
to look Into the mirror upon his feeble
Hapsburg features and terrifies him by
proclaiming the weakness and madness of
his line; though the measured cadences
of the French dramatic verse restrict the
play of passions here within rather coldly
classical limits.
The frenzy of the defeated youth on the
ground of his father's famous victory is
a passage fairly untranslatable into Eng
lish, both Its spirit and Its literary form.
It is a splendidly imagined episode.
Following are the press comments:
The New York Times Mme. Barnhardt
and M. Coquelin have both been seen
here, of course, In characters more show
ily effective than the young Duke aspir
ing to the Eagle's throne, and his fol
lower, the stanch old Grenadier. But
they have had few really worthier roles,
nevertheless, and none they have ever
acted In a worthier manner. There is no
reaching for startling effects In this per
fectly sympathetic and harmonious repre
sentation of poetic drama. In fact, it is
now seen that there is no episode, like
those craftily built up by Sardou in the
dramas he wrote for Mme. Bernhardt,
which the blase first nightera will tell you
is "all there Is" of the play. Bernhardt's
portrayal of the unhappy son of Na
poleon has all the qualities one would ex
pect to find in it, and Is such a piece of
acting In its dominating spirit, its artls
tip dignity and grace, its modifying force,
Its blazing passion, its exquisite pathos
as cannot be matched on the contempo
rary stage.
Coquelln's death scene is of a quality to
match the finest efforts of his associate
artist, A better dramatic representation
by French actors has probably never been
seen in New York. Every role is well
acted ,and none is overacted.
Better Than In Paris.
New York Herald Both Mme. Bern
hardt and M. Coquelin have freely said
that the play never went so well in Paris
as It has here in New York. It had a
phenomenal run there, filling the theater
all through what we call the torrid dog
days of Summer, when many other play
houses had a "beggarly array of empty
benches." It must have been a superb
performance that Mme. Bernhardt gave
there, or Paris art devoted, yet some
times fickle Paris would not have been
held keenly interested month after month
through the hot Midsummer evenings,
nightly crowding the house to see Sarah
Bernhardt In "L'AIglon." Yet, as Just
said, both actors say that no such re
sults were obtained there, no such artis
tic finesse was exhibited then as now.
It Is not only that M. Coquelin has come
to add the strength of his Flambeau to
her L'AIglon, but that each has been so
inspired by the other, so stirred to greater
achievements, that they both have been
carried to higher planes of dramatic en
thusiasm and power. No greater success,
artistic, personal and financial, has been
made In New York in many a day than
has been won by Bernhardt and Cotfuelln
In Rostand's "L'AIglon," at the Garden
Theater. The most brilliant audience
that has gathered at any dramatic pre
miere here ushered In the engagement
last Monday night, and every perform
ance since has been witnessed by notable
gatherings that have even crowded the
standing room.
New York Tribune Sarah Bernhardt
may not be a dazzling prodigy; It is
easily possible to gaze upon her without
the use of blue glasses; but, in contract
with sucn a vapid, flaccid and colorless
performer as Miss Maude Adams, she Is
a leopard alongside of a kitten.
There are. In the drama of "L'AIglon."
two dramatic situations ot extraordinary
artistic felicity, providing occasion for a
moving, and even a splendid, display of
character and emotion. One of them is
the scene at the mirror; the other is the
scene on Uie haunted battle-field of Wag
ram. The character of the Duke of Relch
stadt is weak and trivial, but Sarah Bern
hardt, is a woman of great personal force,
and an actress of great skill and trained
ability, and In both those situations she
was superb.
Frenzied With Self-Scorn.
At the mirror, beholding hlB fatal re
semblance to the Austrian line, and goad
ed by the icy, ironical, cruel barb of
Metternlch's merciless sarcasm, the
wretched boy becomes frenzied with self-scorn-and
self -disgust, to think himself
the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and to
know himself nerveless and helpless, "un
stable as the wind. Infirm as foam."
On the lonely battle-field, In the middle
of the night, hearing, as in a horrid
dream, "the thunder of the Captains and
the shouting." the yells of murderous
rage and the groans of anguish, he is
driven momentarily mad with conflicting
emotions, so that he raves with frenzy
and desperately launches himself into
furious fight with the phantoms of his
own distracted brain.
The effect of this passage was greatly.
marred by the Introduction of waving
spectres, and a sudden and silly yellow
calcium. Sarah Bernhardt's supreme
charm Is her voice, and of that the liquid
sweetness remains unchanged In itself
a marvel, after all the vicissitudes and
ravages of a crowded professional career
of nearly 40 years; for this actress made
her first appearance at the Comedle Fran
caise in 1S62, at the age of 17, and she has
been in the storm and stress of an am
bitious, laborious, impulsive and exhaus
tive life ever since.
Sixteen Carta I a Calls.
Such a part as the little Duke could
present no difficulties for such an actress.
Every element of it the lassitude, the
petulajce, the irritability, the mental dis
gust, the mordant and consuming fever,
the thirst for action and the sense ot
weakness was distinctly expressed, and
above all the reckless aoandonment to
sensual Joys which, in such a tempera
ment as that of the Eaglet, might well
result from baflled ambition and a curbed
or broken spirit. The impersonation will
long be remembered as one of beautiful
symmetry. The actress, however, was
more honored than the performance; tho
applause that greeted her was ilko the
fall of a cataract, and it followed her
like the wavos ot the sea. There were
at least 16 curtain calls.
Mr. Coquelin acted Flambeau an easy
part for any experienced actor, and an
especially easy part' for him. Flambeau"
is the representative soldier of Napoleon,
the veteran In whose eyes the little Cor
slcan was a hero and In whose memory
he Is a god. Courage, tenderness, humor,
blunt honesty, simple truth and heroism
blend in such a character, and as shown,
for example, In Dagobert, In Sue's great
novel greatly endear it to the sympa
thetic heart, Mr. Coquelin entered fully
Into the spirit of the part and made it
the most natural and affecting figure In
the drama.
It Is within the experience of every
votary of the theater that some actors
touch the heart, illumine the Imagination,
and cast a magical charm over lite, so
that their Images linger In the memory,
from youth to age, and are cherished with
a kind of worship.
Sarah Bernhardt is not of this hallowed
company, and It is useless to demand of
the heart a tribute that it does not vol
untarily offer. No actress better under
stands the mechanism of acting. No
actress possesses a wider command ot
the resources of dramatic expression. No
actress could more readily conquer ap
probation or leave the observer more com
pletely cold Of this homage to the high
est order of mind and soul It might well
be said, as it has been said of a kindred
feeling
Lova rives Itself, and. If not given.
No genius, beauty, worth nor wit.
No told of earth, no gem of heaven,
Ik rich enoueh to purchase It,
Eclipses All bat Rachel.
New York Commercial Advertiser Sarah
Bermiardt, in the permanent history of
the stage, will Burely rank above every
other woman save Rachel.
When she steps upon the stage In the
flrsf act, looking the young Duke so well
that the admiration of Paris for ttls ex
ternal aspect of her skill Is explained, she
strikes at once the opening note of amia
ble mediocrity. Her own temperament,
abundant and conquering, never gets
between the specator and that other tem
perament, gentle, excitable and weak. The
irony of the young man is set In weari
ness and lack of heart.
The looking-glass scene is something of
a surprise. In the whole worklng-up of
It Bernhardt is matchless In sincerity and
tensity of dread and impotent wish to es
cape, but when she finally smashes the
glass there is a drop. She pushes the
lamp timidly, backhanded, through the
mirror, admirable psychologically, but
avoiding a climax when theatrically one
seems called for.
Field of Wasrrara.
The scene upon the field of Wagram is
the OTily point in which the effect is
weaker than at the Knickerbocker. How
such a mistake could be made it is not
easy to understand. The mystical echoes
and visions of the place, Instead of being
dimly given in the distant background,
are noise to the ear and literal and lively
ghosts to the eye, so that attention Is
forced away from the eaglet in the fore
ground, and what in reading seems the
high point, dramatically, of the play,
looks like cheap theatrical machinery.
Bernhardt corresponds, and, competing
with all the noise and shows, brings out
the lessened force and beauty of her
voice rather than her priceless remaining
gifts. At the end she is again herself.
The well known, languid, tender and
hopeless way in which she has so often
given the poetry, the horror and the
beauty of death, is still hers, and makes
her acting worthy of its subpect.
Coquelin, the versatile and wonderfully
.finished actor. Is not at his best In Flam
beau. Of course, his almost unrivalled
enunciation, his skill in make-up, and his
general technical knowledge, give con
stant pleasure; but the comedian in him
Itches to get out, he secures illegitimate
laughs, and he misses much of the Im
presslveness of Flambeau In forcing out
the amusing side of him.
Helen Gonld's Begging' Letters.
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prepared by Miss Gould, showing the
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There is one feature of the Bur
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right to be proud the dining-cars.
Railroad men who have traveled
over the Burlington admit that Its
dining-car service is without an
equal; that the meals are the best
to be had on any railroad in the
country.
Neither pains, nor effort, nor ex
pense Is spared. The instructions
are: "Make it the best in the world
and keep it there." And they are
obeyed.
The traveling public gets the ben
efit. Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, St.
Louis everywhere Cast and South.
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Cr. Third and Stark Sti.
Jt. W. F.OSTER.
City Ticket Agent.
lrATNORfHERr?
Ticket Office 26S McrrisanSL 'Phone 680
LEAVE.
No. -4
6:00 P.M.
The Fixer, dally to and
from SL- Paul. Minne
apolis. Duluth. Chicago
and all points East.
ARRIVE
No. 3
7:00 A. M
Through Palace and Touri3t Sleepers. Dining
and Buffet Smoklng-LIbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP IDZUMI MARU
For Japan. China and all Asiatic points will
leave Seattle
About December 10th
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
UNION
DEPOT.
For Maygers, Rainier,
ARRIVES
Clatskanla. Westport.
Clifton. Astoria. War-
UNION
DEPOT.
renton. Flavel. Ham
mond, Fort Stevens,
Gearhart Pk., Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore
Express,
Dally.
Astoria Express,
Dally.
8:00 A.M.
7:00 P.M.
11:10 A.M.
0:40 P. M.
Ticket office 235 Morrison at, and Union Depot.
J. C MAYO. Gen. Pass. Agt, Astoria, Or.
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
FOR ALASKA.
THE COMPANY'S elegant
steamships Cottage City, City
of Topeka aad Al - Kl leave
TACOMA 11 A. M.: SEATTLE
9 P. M., Doc 1, 0, 11. 18, 21.
20. 31: Jan. 0. 10. IS. 20, 25.
30; Feb. 4. Steamer leaves
very fifth day thereafter.
Further Information obtain
cornpany'a folder. Tho company reserves the
rlsht to change steamers, sailing dates and
hours ot sailing, without previous notice.
AGENTS N. POSTON. 240 Washington st.
Portland. Or.: F.W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R.
Dook. Tacoma. TICKET OFFICE. 018 First
ave.. Seattle: M. TALBOT. CommL Agent:
C W. MILLER. Asst- Gen'l Agent, Ocean
Dock. Seattle. " .
GOODALL. PERKINS & CO., Gen. Agts..
San Francisco.
Hong Kong, via Yokohama and Kobe. Due
at Portland as follows:
SS. MONMOUTHSHHIE ...., Nov. 28
SS. MILOS Dec 28
SS. SKARPSNO Jan. 23
For freight or passage apply to
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6-8-10 Colombian bldg.. Third and Oak sts.
WASHING TON & ALASKA
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Tli. fast mail steamshlo "CITY OF SEAT
TLE." sailing trom Seattle every 10 days for
Bkagway. calling at i'orc -iownsena. .usicaiKan
and Juneau.
Steamers "ABERDEEN" and "RUTH." Se
attle to Skagway. and Intermediate points.
every seven days.
Through tickets to Dawson. $75, first class;
and 556, second class.
DODWELL & CO.. Ltd..
252 Oak st- Telephone Main 06.
OREGON & ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO'S
Steamer "EVA" will sail about January 4
from Portland to Hong Kong and other Orien
tal porta.
Ronte shipments "Cars Oregon & Oriental
Steamship Co.. Portland."
For cargo space reservation address
J. CAMPBELL. General Agent.
JJortlandw Or.
Steairslrurat
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Ualoa Depot, Stxth and J Streets.
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
"CHICAGO-FOItTLAXD SPECIAI."
Leaves for the East, via Huntington, at 9:00
A. M.; arrives at 4.30 P. M.
SPOKANE FLYER,
For Spokane. Eastern "Washington, and Great
Northern points, leaves at 8 P. M.: arrives at
7 A. M.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS.
Leaves for the East, via Huntington, at909
P. M.: arrives at 8:40 A. M.
THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST
SLEEPERS.
OCEAX AND niVEIt SCHEDULE.
Water lines schedule subject to change with
out notice.
OCEAN DIVISION From Portland, leave.
Atnswortn Dock at S P. M.; sail e-ery B days:
Geo. W, Elder, Dec. 3. 13. 23; Jan. a, 12. 22.
Columbia. Dec. 6. 18, 2S: Jan. T. 17, 27.
From San Francisco Sail every 8 day.
Leave Spear-street Pier 24 Jit 11 A. M-i Co
lumbia, Dec. 4. 14. 24; Jan. 3. 13. 23. Geo. W.
Elder. Dec 9. 19. 29: Jan. 8, IS, 28.
Columbia mvna. division.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally ex
cept Sunday, at 8:00 P. M.; on Saturday at
10:00 P. M. Returning, leaves Astoria dally,
except Sunday, at 7.00 A. M.
"WILLAMETTE HIVER. DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND SALEM, OR!
Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Independence and
way points, leaves from Ash-street Dock at 6
A. M. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Returning, leaves Independence at 5 A. 31.,
and Salem at 8 A. M.. on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
CORVALLIS AND ALBANY.
Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at II A. M.
on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Re
turning, leaves Corvaills at C A. M. on Mon
days. Wednesdas and Fridays.
YAMHILL IUVER ItOUTE.
PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR.
Steamer Elmore, for Oreron City. Buttevllle,
Champoeg. Dayton and way landings, leaves
Portland, Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdaya
at 7 A. M. Leaves Dayton for Portland and
way points Mondajs. Wednesday and Fridays
at 6 A. M.
SNAKE KIVER, ROUTE.
RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO
Steamer Spokane cr steamer Lewlston leaves
Rlparla dally at 3:40 A. M.. arriving at Lew
lston about 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or
Lewiston leaves Lewlston daily at 8:30 A. M.,
arriving at Rlparla same evening.
W. H. HURLBURT.
General Passenger Agent.
V. A. SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent.
Telephone Main 712. ,80 Third St., cor. Oak.
STEAMSHIP LINE
TO THE ORIENT
CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND.
For rates, accommodations, etc. apply to
OREGON RAILROAD & NAV. CO..
Agents, Portland, Or.
lAui via
SOUTH
Leave
Depot Fifth and
I Streets.
Arrive
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS,
for Salem, Rose
burg. Ashland. Sac
ra n e n to, Ogden,
San Francisco. Mo
lave, Los Angeles.
El Paso: New Or
leans and the East.
At WiAd-bum
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. Sll
v e r t o n. Browns
ville. Springs eld.
and Natron, and
evening train for
Mt. Angel and Sll
verton. Albany passenger
Corvaills passenger
Sheridan rass'gr . .
8.30 P. M.
8:30 A. M.
7:43 A. M.
0:30 F, M.
4:00 P.M.
7:S0 A. M
114:50 P. M.
lu:10 A. M
5:30 P. M.
118:23 A. M
Dally. UlteHy except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sao- ,
ramento and Bon Francisco. Net rates $17 first
class and ill second class. Including sleeper.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B.
KTRKLAND, Ticket Agnt. 140 Third street.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street.
Leav for Oswego dally at 7:20. 9:40 A. M.;
12:30. 1:53. 3:23. 4:40. 6:23, 8:30. 11:30 P. M.;
and 0:00 A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive at
Portland dally at "0:35, 8:30. 10 50 A. M.;
1:35. 3:10. 4:30. G:15. 7:40, Io:00 P. M.; 12:40
A. M. dolly, except Monday, 3:30..and 10r05 A.
M. on Sundays only.
Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at
5:05 P. M. Arrive At Portland at 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dal'as for Alrlle Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:45 P. M.
Returns Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Except Sunday,
R. KOEHLER.
Manager.
C. H. MARKHAM,
Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt.
ONLY 70 HOURS
PORTLAND TO CHICAGO
...VIA...
n m hit
fur
SplCT0r
UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO.
OREGON SHORT LINE R. R. CO.
OREGON R. R. L NAVIGATION CO.
TWO TRAINS DAILY
TO THE EAST
NO CHANGE OF CARS to Donvor.
Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago.
Only Four Days
To New York. Boston, Philadelphia
and Washington.
Palace Sleepers, Tourist Sleepers. Dining Cars,
Library Cars, Free Recllnlng-Chalr Cars.
Steam Heat. Plntsch Light. Fast Time.
Union Depots. Baggage checked to destination.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
135 Third Street Portland, Oregon
J. H. LOTHROP.
Gen'l Agent.
GEORGE LANO.
City Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
Steamers
Altona and Pomona
Dally (ex. Sunday) for Independence, Salem
and all way landings. Leave Portland 0:45 A
M.; leave Salem 7 A. M.: Independence, A
M. Ofle ana dock, feet Taylor si.
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