THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 22, 1901.
13
EDISON'SLATEST TRIUMPH
BATTERY TO REVOLUTIONIZE PORT
ABLE POWER METHODS.
It Is Almost Indestructible and
Weight Only One-Third as Much
an Those Jioxr in Use.
The announcement that Thomas A. Ed
ison has invented a storage battery of
great economic possibilities has been
widely heralded as another achievement
of this wonderful constructive genius, but
because we are so used to his perennial
power for wonder-working, the true sig
nificance of the event is apt to be under
estimated, yet this latest achievement oi
Edison Is probably destined to work as
great changes in its way as did the elec
tric light, says Theodore "Waters, in the
Kansas City Star. It is the successful
realization of an idea on which millions
of dollars have been spent, and for which
scores of inventors have labored the best
part of their lives.
Since I860, when Plante discovered tn
lead cell, there has never been a moment
when some experimentalist has not been
working to achieve what Edison has just
achieved the successful bottling up or
power which might be transported safely
and used again at any time and place,
just ake any other form of merchandise.
Hundreds of forms of storage batteries
have been invented, but the limitations
have generally far outweighed the good
points of each, and it has become an ax
iom in the trade that storage batteries
aro far more unreliable In critical mo
ments than racehorses.
The fact must be easily apparent to
everybody that the ability to carry around
In the palm of one's hand the power that
can, so to s$eak, move mountains, would
be almost an omnipotent possession. And
this, in a lesser degree, is what the suc
cessful storage battery means to man
kind. Storage batteries composed hereto
fore of destructible lead have in the first
place been too heavy for anything but
stationary work, and in the next place
too delicate to be handled by anybody
but a highly-skilled engineer. The Edi
son battery, made of thin but Indestruct
ible steel, is so light that-you may hold
In your hand a cell which is equal In
power to one of tho lead variety that
could hardly be lifted by two men, and
which defies even a deliberate attempt to
do it harm; a fact proven by Mr. Edi
son, who commissioned one of his men to
try every means of wTecklng the cell
Bhort of actually tearintr it apart.
It is an axiom with Edison that If an
Invention shows one or more defects the
underlying principle must be wrong; his
idea being that if the correct principle is
determined upon in the first place all ot
the details of the mechanism will become
evolved naturally and take their allotted
places In tho completed machine. In his
mining plant on Mount Musconetcong the
writer has admired the complicated work
ing of mechanism that filled a large build
ing from cellar to roof, and then has been
amazed at the Inventor's determination to
raze the whole affair, building and all, to
the ground, because the impossibility of
eliminating some defect convinced him
that the principle was wrong in the first
place. But Edison's indefatigabillty ap
parently carries him to the very enas or
things. For instance, he made exactly
1SC0 experiments before he hit upon tungs
:tate of calcium, to bo used in connection
with the fluoroscope for making the pen
etrating power of x-rays visible to the
human eye. I once saw him laboring with
an ore furnace, trying to repair the draft
60 that there would be exactly the same
heat in all parts of the furnace. It was
midday, and he was eating his luncheon
on a workbench. He had not slept for 24
hours. I asked him how long he expected
to keep it up. He answered: "All night
tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow nlgbt
and the day after tomorrow, if I can stand
it." He perfected the flue system, how
ever, before the next night.
In view of his axiom, therefore, it could
have been asserted by any one who knew
him that his new battery would differ rad
ically in principle from all that had been
used before, that It would differ even from
the hundreds he had himself invented and
discarded. He set himself the task of in
venting a battery that would not deterior
ate by work; that would stand rapid
charging and discharging and careless
treatment; that would have a very large
storage capacity and would be inexpen
sive. "Just what that means," said one of
his men to the writer In the laboratory
recently, "may not strike the popular
mind. In the first place, Mr. Edison set
out to discover what was the matter
with the old lead cell, and after a num
ber of experiments he made up his mind
that 'the principle was all wrong.' He
tried to combine other materials with the
lead. He tried dozens of solutions known
to chemistry, and other dozens known
only to himself. He dropped lead and
turned to other metals, trying: one com
bination after another. He changed the
form and the capacity and the density
of each, and he discarded them one after
another. Sometimes certain metals would
seem to work, and we often thought him
on the high road to success. Then there
would arise some defect. The cell would
not stand up to enforced work, or it would
not stand rapid charging, or perhaps it
was perfect except In that it would not
Btand careless treatment and then away
It would go after Its fellows Into the scrap
pile. Finally Mr. Edison made up his
pilnd that iron and nickel variously com
bined with other substances must be the
metals he wanted. And after that he
began to see the end of the struggle."
But here arose a contingency which the
cian In the laboratory did not mention a
contingency which would have balked
most men. In order to use iron and nickel
the metal first must be so treated that
peculiar shapes and a remarkable degree
of thinness could be obtained. There were
no machines in existence that could give
It the peculiar shapes, and not one of
Ihe rolling factories then working could
.urn it out thin enough to suit the inven
tor's needs. Mr. Edison therefore imme
diately turned his attention to the Inven
tion of machinery that would give him
what he wanted. He made a hydraulic
press that in itself is a wonder, and a
rolling machine that will render nickel
Eteel so thin that any one seeing and
holding it for the first time might declare
It a piece of thin aluminum, or perhaps
i form of stiffened tinfoil.
Of course, cells may ba made of any
fhlckness, according to,, the number of
plates put In each, but' those to be used
for automobiles, which Is the kind made
so far by Edison, appear externally to be
about the size of those flat tin boxes into
which brokers thrust stock certificates,
and which can be slipped into the outside
coat pocket. Nevertheless, this flat box
Is made of thin sheet steel. The plates
that are contained in the box are the
essential elements of the battery. They
are also of steel, and when first made re
semble small window frames in which ob
long silts have been cut to receive the
panes. Into each of the slits, in lieu of
window glass, go little flat perforated
steel boxes, which contain the active ma
terial in which the electricity is stored.
The boxes In the positive plate contain a
finely divided compound of iron mixed
with thin flakes of graphite. The boxes
in the negative plate contain a finely di
vided compound of nickel mixed also
with graphite. A little flat perforated
box of the material is placed in each win
dow of the plate, and then the whole
plate, boxes and all. Is placed In a hy
draulic press and subjected to a pressure
of 100 tons, which so thoroughly amalga
mates the combination into one solid plate
that only the most remarkable ingenuity
could separate the various parts. The
plates, positives and negatives, alternated
and separated by perforated rubber plates,
are then placed in the steel box cell,
which contains a solution of potash. The
cell Is then ready to be stored full of
current. In other words. If the current
from a dynamo is sent Into it for a num
ber of hours, a like quantity of electricity
may be drawn off from it again at any
time.
Now the Inventor reached this stage of
hla work nearly a year ago. In other
words, he perfected the battery during
the latter part of 1S00. But cautious lest
some unnoticed weakness might develop
after all, he made a number of personal
tests, at the end of which he seemed wor
ried. "Why," he said. "I cannot break
it down. It is too good to be true." Then
he followed Darwin in the manner of
treating his discovery. "When Darwin
evolved his system of evolution his nat
ural scientific caution prevented him pub
lishing It. He was afraid his brother sci
entists might see in it some flaw which
had escaped his own observation. He
thereupon set to work to And arguments
against It. He waited a number of years
before he dared announce it to the world,
and he did so then only after he had suc
cessfully answered every objection that
could be raised. Edison in the same way
has always followed this rule. When he
perfected the phonograph he made a test
of its endurance. He handed a cylinder
to one of his men. with the laconic direc
tion: "Work this until it wears out!" The
man set to work counting the number of
tfcnes he used the cylinder. Several days
later, when It had "talked" for the ten
thousandth time, he told Edison that, far
from wearing out, its "voice" sounded
clearer than ever. Edison told him he
might discontinue the test. And in the
same way the Inventor handed his storage
battery to a workman with directions to
use every legitimate means to wear it
out. So, reckoning from his knowledge of
The
Trial
Balance
St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Jead bateries, the workman overcharged
it. It remained intact. He discharged it
many times faster than the normal rate.
Still no harm. He allowed the solution to
become low. He subjected It to quick and
violent changes of temperature. In short,
he used against it every mechanical argu
ment he could think of. After months had
passed the battery, like the phonograph
cylinder, was In as good "voice" as ever.
Then Mr. Edison announced the result to
the world.
And what a result this really is can
scarcely be realized. The old lead battery,
such as is now used In automobiles and
street-cars, varies in weight from 124 to
186 pounds per horse-power, and, gen
erally speaking, would" be capable of rais
ing Its own weight two to three miles.
The Edison battery weighs 53 pounds
per horse-power, and would be capable,
under circumstances similar to those im
posed on the lead battery, of raising its
own weight through a vertical distance
of seven miles. Approximately an Edison
battery of equal power with a lead bat
tery will weight one-third as much.
The advantage of the new battery over
the old will be easily seen in every in
stance of portable electric power now in
use, and the possibilities of new and
greater uses are manifold. In traction
there is the feasibility of getting rid of
objectionable trolley wires. Its bearing on
the development of the automobile is too
obvious to need comment. The value of
the storage battery for launch propulsion
was well proven at the Columbian Expo
sition with lead batteries three times as
heavy as the Edison cell. Perhaps the dif
ference in weight will warrant the adop
tion of the cell on fairly large yachts.
But the feature which more nearly con
cerns the home comfort of the greater
mass of the people Is tne adaptability of
the cell for country house lighting. The
cell may be charged in three and a half
hours, hence the farmer or the country
householder generally may employ the
resources of an adjacent trolley line for
charging his ceils a short time each day,
or with a windmill coupled to a small
electric generator he could bottle up
enough current to give him light at night.
It would be quite possible to establish
central stations in various towns through
out the country, which could be used as
cell-charging stations, from which work
men might set out each day in wagons
collecting cells to be charged and deliv
ering full cells In their stead to be used
by the householder for purpose of illumin
ation. Such a scheme could be operated
at a cost much lower than the present
price of gas. THEODORE WATERS.
Mob Bent on Lynching
BRISTOL, Tenn.. Dec 2L Dayton H.
Miller, the coal company treasurer, who
was shot at Tew Creek, Va., yesterday
by Charles Foy, a drunken negro, died at
7 o'clock tonight. Miller's home was in
Philadelphia. Charles Williams, who was
shot by the negro at the same time, may
recover. The officers captured Foy to
night and hurried him across tho mpun
tains to Wise. Va., in advance of a mob
of 200 who had determined on lynching the
negro. The jail at Wise is being guarded
to prevent a lynching.
Indian Scont Mnrdered.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec 2L A dispatch
received here today by United States Mar
shal McCord tells of the murder of Cor
poral Irish, an Indian scout, yesterday
on a desert trail about 12 miles from Fort
Grant.
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SCHEMERS GET AROUND IT
LOCAL FOLK HELP THEM TO GET
3IAIL CONTRACTS.
Thus the Rule to Bar Ont Foreign
Bidders Is Defeated Accommo
dating People May Get Hurt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. The Post
office department anticipates some little
trouble over contracts for carrying the
malls on star routes in Western States,
under contracts that are to be made for
a term of four years, commencing July
1, 1902. Under the recent advertisement,
bidders have been required to be resi
dents along the routes on which they
submit proposals, the object of this rul
ing being to bar out the speculative bid
ders who have worked so much damago
to the service in the past.
But this rule has not accomplished the
purpose sought. It has been discovered
that speculative bidder have Induced
different parties living on the several
routes, to submit bids upon terms which
they Indicate, promising to furnish the
necessary bond called for by the de
partment. The department finds that
It cannot get around this action, but In
tends, in all such cases, to hold the party
signing such contracts responsible for
good service on such routes. In the past
the speculative bidders have submitted
prices that are below the actual cost
of performing tho service, and have then
sublet to local carriers, letting all hard
ships and responsibilities fall on the lat
ter. Their treachery will be repeated
under tho new system, as the depart
ment will hold the actual bidders re-,
sponsible, while the speculators will be
able to sneak off and leave these inno
cent parties to suffer all loss that- may be
incurred in performing the required serv
ice. The department takes the position
that parties who lend their names to such
enterprises, for small consideration, and
in the hope of defeating honest local bid
ders, are not acting in good faith, and
may properly be punished when punish
ment is due. As usual, the speculators
will escape, and some local man will
be pinched, but this time It will not be
the poor and honest carrier, but rather
the schemer who sought to mako some
thing by merely slgnlns official papers
in the interest of other parties. Per
haps after four years of this local men
will wako up to the fact that dealings
with speculative bidders on mall routes
result only to the benefit of the specu
lators, and in this way may refuse in
the future to have any dealings with
them whatever.
THE FLORIDA FEUD.
Two Men Killed and Two "Wounded
in Battle Between Families.
SANDERSONVILL.E. Fla., Dec. 2L A
battle occurred this afternoon four miles
from here between the Hogan and Dor
man families. A feud has existed between
the two families for a long time, and on
former occasions a fight was almost pre
cipitated. The dead are:
JOSHUA HOGAN.
WILLIE DORMAN.
Andrew Nain was hurt and That Dor
man is said to be fatally wounded. Lewis
Hogan is missing, and his friends arc
searching for him.
FRED W. PETTIGREW DEAD
Brother of the Senator "Was Injured
hy Being: Run Over.
SIOUX FALLS, sTd., Dec. 21. Fred W.
Pettigrew, brother of ex-Senator R. F.
Pettigrew, died tonight of Injuries sus
tained two weeks ago tonight, when he
is supposed to have been run over by
a team driven by an intoxicated driver.
For two weeks he hovered between life
and death, never recovering consciousness
sufficiently to tell of the cause of his mis
hap. Ex-Senator Pettigrew left Salt Lake
City this morning en route to his dy
ing brother's bedside.
Xottlughara.
Outlook.
Nottingham's chief industries are .the
manufacture of lace curtains and of hos
iery, and Nottingham was the scene of
the riots and machine breaking which in
1S11 were led by a local hero known as
King Ludd. The machinery for Iacemak
ing Is also made at Nottingham, and not
a week passes without the sending of one,
at least, of these elaborate and expensive
machines to the United States, where
lacemaklng is now established, but wnere
as yet the machinery is Imported.
Tho present appearance of Nottingham
zJ-iiif ' Jiff
jiufit&fat &m
bears witness of Its long and interesting
history. It Is a highly picturesque city,
with the new and the old in curious jux
taposition. Many of the buildings have
an overhanging story supported on a col
onnade, and the old almshouses and an
cient taverns and churches intervene be
tween modern tactories and buslnessblocks.
There is a fine library conducted on lines
very similar to those of the best American
public libraries. There are frequent bul
letins, and the librarians aro helpers of
readers, and not mere custodians of books,
as is still so often the case in English
libraries. University College draws stu
dents from all England, and In connec
tion with it there Is a fine and well
equipped technical school, where lace and
hosiery making has special attention.
On the Moving Stairs.
"Yes, they are funny sometimes; but
you would get tired watching them," said
the man at the foot of the moving stairs
in a big department store. "So many or
them do the same things.
"Women are never satisfied to stand
still and go up; they want to walk, too,
and they nearly always manage to have a
foot on a joint when the time comes for it
to bend. Lots of them sit down, and then
find trouble getting up off the floor quick
enough when it gets to the top.
"Ever try to como back? No; I never
saw them do that, though they often look
as If they wanted to. They stick to It.
It's funny tho difference between men and
women on this thing. Tho women don't
seem to care whether everybody in the
store knows it is the first time they ever
were on one of them. They giggle and say
things; but the men they walk on bold as
brass and try to look unconscious, while
they think everybody is watching them.
"The funniest thing I have seen was an
old farmer who came here the other day.
He stood beside mo and watched for a
while, laughing like- a boy.
" 'Well, now ain't that tho durndest
thing!' he said, 'the way that thar stair
way do climb up? B'gosh, I'm goln my
self. You hang onto this parcel and um
breller fer me, young man.'
"He got on all right, until he tried to
step, about a quarter or the way up. He
put his boot on the edge of a step, and
would have tumbled right down only he
grabbed for the rail. He missed the mov
ing rail and grabbed the permanent ono
outside. Then there he was, with hl3
head pointing downward and the stairs
slipping up and away from him. You
should have heard him.
" 'HI, hi, stop this durned thing can't
ye stop the goll-durn arrangement no
howr Just about then he moved his
hands on to the sliding rail by accident,
and started to go up, still with his head
pointing this way. He never got straight
ened up till he reached the top. He came
down the main stairway and got his um
brella and parcel.
" 'Durned if I try any more o them
new-fangled notions, not ef I stop in this
hyar town till Thanksglvin',' he said."
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Sold Ofilclal Seals.
BERLIN, Dec 21. An ex-Government
employe named Volght was sentenced to
three months' Imprisonment today for
selling official seals to a journalist. Dr.
Hamburger. "Volght admitted his guilt.
He had previously been arrested in con
nection with the premature disclosure of
the text of the tariff bill, but the prose
cution In that case broke down.
Conditions Better at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2L Higher tempera
ture and better transportation facilities
partly relieved the threatened conl fam
ine today. Unless some unforeseen trou
ble should arise, the market will be again
In Its normal condition by Tuesday, or,
at the latest, Wednesday, according to
the statements of large dealers and mine
operatives.
THE GREATEST RAILROAD.
The Canadian Pacific Railway is beyond
question the greatest railway In the world.
Aside from this fact there are a great
many advantages connected with this
great tystem that is of more or less in
terest to everv one. especially the travel-
I lng public. The advantages offered by
I tho several routes available are worth
! considering.
The unexcelled sleeping-car service,
scenery the grandest in the world, and
the courteous treatment extended by its
employes, earn for it the reputation which
it has so long maintained of being the
"Popular Route." The scenery along
the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
is beyond description, and the time card
is arranged so as to pass the scenic feat
ures during the daytime. The looal repre
sentatives of this line take considerable
pride in explaining the advantages of the
different routes ottered by the on.y road on
the American continent that has Its own
tracks from ocean to ocean. This com
pany operates tourist oars and standard
sleepers from the Coast to St. Paul, To
ronto, Monreal and Boston, and it would
be to the advantage of any one contem
plating a trip to the East to Investigate
the Inducements offered by this route The
local offices of this line are located 142
Third street, this city.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
J A Marsh & wf. X YIF W VaUle. city
Lester O Lias. N T J A Peebles, S F
ueo Rubinstein, NTIK Levy, S F
A B Luther, Chicago
Geo S Long. Tacoma
H E Kins. Butte
R T Bretx, Seattle
E E Penn. S F
J A Peebles, S F
II Stewart. S F
W A Mitchell. S F
W R Absrcromble. TJ S
A
Edgar J Dlven. X X
Alex Cohn. S F
Col Glrard & fam, II
S A
Dr Gilchrist. USA
G F Whltworth. Beattl
D 11 Ree. Hoqulam
F oolsey, city
C W Lauterbach, CbgOF A Hamilton, do
C W Cook. Tacoma
W D Owens. Rochester
E J Smith. Chgo
Mrs Lou Dockstader,
X Y
Mrs J H Decker, X Y
L O Waldo, city
Harvey L Dickinson &
wf. Whatcom
Miss Eleanor Elmore, j
Milwaukee
H C Finch. Jr. Buffalo
J B Noyes. "Wis
P H Knight, Pa
J G Woodworth. Seattl
C H Polrler, S F
C F Heywood. S F
M L Luse. X Y
W X Hunt, S F
Chas Mastcrson, S F
A C Allston & wf, X Y
Jane Corcoran, X Y
Mary Rose, X Y
H D Bassler, St Paul
E H Clarke, do
J W Rankin. Olympla
S Shlrek. S F
W G Payne, 1003
J L Henry. Chgo
H J Huston. St Jo
W D Heyburn, "Wallace
C F Whaley, St Paul
W S Kozmlnsky. S F
C F Heywood, S F
THE PERKINS.
J H Rinehart, Sum
mervllle
W Taylor, Seattle
O C Whitney, Tacoma.
D Boyd. Victoria
F Hansen. Victoria
J T Ward, Amity
A S Baty. Amity
Mrs Hughes. Vancouvr
J P Reese. McCoy
W H Braden. city
Miss X M Burke. Indp
Ben Mitchell. San Fr
A I Frye. city
Mrs Frye. city
Al Ezeklel. Denver
Oscar Woods. Greeley
Mrs Oscar Woods, do
Julius Posner, San Fr
A Mann. San Fran
Mrs Mann. San Fran
Mollle Watson. San Fr
Louis Schilling. Seattle
J T Belcher. Moro t
Mrs C M Bryan. Jef
ferson Jennie B Shellaberger,
Jefferson
G W Phelps. Heppner
Mrs G W Phelps, do
W C Burgen, Goldcndl
w a. urewstar. Vancv
Theo Kruse, city
A Blanco
Jas Brown, Japan
Wm Jaser. Janan
A R Williams, Baltmr
xv vaugnn
W Grant
H B Shaffer. Waitsbrg
-irs anauer, do
E W Dixon. Seattle
C B UDton. AV W
J A Russell. Island Cyl
a lanay, umatiua
M M Dlzon. San Fr
Julia Olds, San Fran
H I Thomas. Seattle
S E Squires. Seattle
H Haynes, Forest Grv
Mrs Haynes. do
Miss Haynes, do
Jas H Murray, city
Mrs "W M Davcy, San
Jose
Ida Prlday. Oregon
Mrs M Anderson, Pen
dleton i
F W Jacobs. Bridal VI
Rufus Drum, Ireland
P H Freyschly. McCoy
W S Lysons. Kelso
R Sadlebam. Chinook
C F McReynoIds, Pasa
dena, cai
Mrs C F McReynoIds,
Pasadena
B L Eddy. Tillamook
Cha3 R Archard. city
lira IS L, Eddy, do
Mrs C R Archard. city i Ben BlS3lnger, Pekln,
L B McMurley, San F
C A Pague, San Fran
Cora Dunham, Xewbrg
John Dunham, do
J W Lundy, Stockton
Mrs Will Madison, As
toria C A Cordlna, Astoria
R S Blue. Astoria
Emll Waldman, 1005
Expo
F H Kiddle, Island C
C T Forress, Bandon
Mm Forress. Bandon
J Piatt. Goldendale
China
Z F Francis, Boise
A Robinson. Boise
J C S Taber. Pilot Butt
Mrs J C S Taber. do
F D Bartlett. EauClair
Jules Grau, Grau OpCo
Miss Grau, do
W F Hill. San Fran
J C Collins. Vancouver
Mrs Collins. Vancouver
Mrs Herdman, Seattle
W A Williams. Castle
Rock
C F Cramer, Salem
D Flatt. Goldendale
E R Skipworth.Eugene
E Komke. D D. SiletziT H Glynn. Kansas Cy
F L Greenough.AstorlalBoyd McCaulcy, Dal
H B Parker. Astoria las, Tex
Monroe Morrow, Wasco
THE IMPERIAL.
C W. Knowles, Manager.
C L Ireland. Moro
J C Friendly, city
L H Mahon. Salem
X H Webber, Eagle
.Cliff
Louis Webber, do
Vera Webber, do
Houston Webber, do
O D Gilbert. Albany
Chas G Craig. X Y
Mrs Craig. X Y
T T Geer, Salem
F D Kuettner. Astoria
Mra F D Kuettner, do
A W Stowell, Vancouv
L Macleay, S F
Jas A Drain. Olympla
Maurice W Thompson.
Seattle
Geo A Young, Shanlko
T L Sweeney, city
Mrs Campion, city
A Hlrschneld. X Y
H M Bryant. Hoffman
J B C Lockwood, Seat-
tlo
O G BIckley, Iowa
Mrs BIckley, do
Phebe Adams, do
Lizzie Barnett, do
Millie Gardner, do
C A Maydwell. S F
E G McGlanflln. Seattl
J O Spencer. Pt Town
B ueaney, w v
J.awrence Geaney, do
W B Johnston. Ashld
A MacCorquodale, O
R & X Co
IE R Bryson, Corvallls
j h Mugnes. ao
Louis Schilling. Seattle
Theo Witt, S F
P C Williams. St Paul
Geo M Howe, Buffalo
Mrs Howe, do
C W M Black. Eugene
J R Robertson,. Forest
Grove
Jefferson Meyers. Salra
U. Logan, xne Danes
F G Hanson, Enumcia
M O Lownsdale. LaFa'.J B Baldwin. St Paul
G H Wilkes. Colo
O R Dinwiddle, Ilwaco
Louis Vallentlne, Old
Cross
Miss McClainc, Silver
ton Miss Cavanaugh, do
Fielda McCIalne, do
Eleanor McCIalne, do
THE ST.
John Imlah, do
Mrs John Imlah. do
A C Kingston, do
Mrs Kingston, do
Mrs K Redmond. S F
Miss Redmond. S F
J M Chopin, X Y
CHARLES.
D Hurley, Toledo
Geo Chambers, do
A J Bysorie. Champocg
N Remlllard. do
O Shepardson & wf,
Eufaula
Arthur Byers. do
IV O Slntot. Westport
J L Cook, St Paul
Chas Wilson, Salem
H L Colvln. Marshld
Chas Salmo. Astoria
T C Jory. Salem
G W Betts, Philomath
M Ash. Joseph
J H Wells, do
Mrs Flsk Rutter. Clat
nkanle Miss M Flsk. do
C H Abernethy. Cham-
poeg
Thos O'Leary, Vancou
Mrs O'Leary. co
Albert Hall, Ostrander
Andrew Jacke, Carroll
ton H H Marble, Mt Pleas
Clara Helm, Pendleton
Geo Foster, Goble
E E Cord. Dallas
J Maybee. Astoria
T Wilson, do
E Wilson, do
M A Hatten. Minn
J D Hatten. do
JR Heytlng, Astoria
j i uonnor, jjaues
S C Glesy, S Bend
Chas Beck, do
J Hopper, do
Bud Davis, Aberdeen
Edward Boyle, do
F Brummer. Champoeg
Mrs J Q Hosklns, do
C Buran. do
O A Powell. Pittsburg:
I Brugger. S F
Mrs Jas Kenyon,
Rutteville
Mrs X Stephens, Cas
cade Locks
J Scnecal. Dufur
W G Hayes. Enterprise Capt M Aim. do
Geo Gray, Rainier
E I Harris. Astoria
Joe Clanton. do
G P Reynolds. Wasco
Art Dixon. Orient
Bert Jonson, Kelso
Paul Dunn, do
Mm Xlssen, do
E S Bud & wf. Salem
Frank Schroeder, Co
qulllc City
H C Parker & wf, Al
bany F L Rhoads, Pa
Hotel BransYvlcfc. Seattle.
European, first-class. Rates. 60c to JL"&
One block from depot. Restaurants near
by.
Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma.
American plan. Rates, J3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma.
European plan. Rates 50c and up.
A single brewery In Munich uses IIS railway
freight cars of its own, besides 28 belonging to
the state. Other breweries have 143, 00, 52, 80,
100. S8. etc
DAILY" METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. 8 P. M. Maximum
temperature. 4G: minimum temperature, 40;
river reading at 11 A. M., 2.0 feet; change in
the past 21 hours, 0.1 foot; total precipita
tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.02 Inch; total pre
cipitation since Sept. 1. 1001, 13.51 inches; nor
mal precipitation since Sept. 1, 1001. 10.S1
Inches; deficiency. 3.27 Inches; total sunshine
Dec. 20. 4:00; possible sunshine Dec. 20, 8:30.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
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WEATHER COXDITIOXS.
Light rain has fallen today In Western Ore
gon and Western Washington, and light snow
Is falling this evening in Eastern Washington.
Elsiwhere In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
Coast States fair weather has prevailed.
It Is warmer this evening in Montana. Xorth
western Oregon and Southeastern Washington.
The Indications are for cloudy and threaten
ing weather In this district Sunday, with oc
casional rains in Washington and Western Or
egon. Forecasts mado at Portland for the 23 hours
ending at midnight Sunday. December 22:
Portland and vicinity Cloudy, with occa
sional rain; southerly winds.
Western Oregon and Washington Cloudy,
with occasional rain, possibly part snow In
northeast portion of Washington; winds mostly
routherly.
Idaho Fair In the south, occasional rain or
Fnow in the north portion; winds mostly south
erly. Eastern Oregon Cloudy and threatening;
winds mostly southerly
A. B. WOLLABER.
Acting Forecast OlUciaL
READ! READ! READ!
What the Well-Known Peo
ple of Portland
Say of
C. GEE WO
THE GREAT
CHINESE DOCTOR
Can It be wondered
that he is called
great, when his won
derful remedies cure
and help so many
sick and suffering
people, not only here,
but throughout the
United States? Many
are given up to die;
others told that an
operation was the
only help for them,
yet their lives were
saved without the
tS-'SSSsV&iPi great suuenng ui uu
ncse herbs, roots.
buds, barks and vegetables, that are en
tirely unknown to medical science in this
country. Through the use of these harm
less remedies he treats any and all dis
eases of men women and children. This
famous doctor knows the action of over
500 different remedies that he has suc
cessfully used in different diseases. He
guarantees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung
troubles, rheumatism, nervousness, stom
ach, liver, kidney, female troubles, lost
manhood and all private d:seases. Read
following testimonials. He has hundreds
more at nls omce.
Testimonials of well-known people:
Thomas Walsh, Tenth and Everett
streets, city, cured of stomach trouble
two years' standing.
C. A. Blakely. 232 Washington street,
city, room 6, cured of kidney, liver, stom
ach ttouble and eczema of five years'
standing.
Edward Lawler. 503 Flanders street,
cured of asthma after many years' suffer
ing. Mrs. Fanny Smith. Mount Tabor, cured
of indigestion and female weakness. Was
unable to attend to her home work for
ever two years.
Mrs. Frank Reid. 672 East Ankeny street,
cured of inflamed ovaries and falling of
the womb. Doctors said she never could
be cured without operation.
M. Downey. Cathlamet, Wash., kidney
and bladder trouble.
Mr. D. F. Baker. Vernonia, Or., cured
of backache, rheumatism and catarrh,
several years' suffering.
Charges moderate. Call ana see mm.
Consultation free. Patients out of the
city write for blank and .circular. Incloso
i tamp. Address The C. G02 Wo Chinese
Medicine Company. 132 Third street.
Portland. Or. Mention this paper.
((aitto(ete(
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3D3ETIXG XOTICES.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD All members
of Portland Camp, No. 107. are requested to
meet at Woodmen's Hall, this, Sunday, after
noon, at 12:45 P. M. sharp, to attend the
funeral of our late neighbor. F. E. Everest.
Services at Flnley & Kimball's undertaking
parlors. Third and Jefferson, at 1:0 P. M.
Interment at Rlvervlew. All members of the
order aro cordially Invited to attend.
F. C. STREIGL, Con. Comm.
HERMAN SCHADE. Clerk.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY,
attention! All members of Mlrza Council are
requested to meet at their hall. Second nnd
Yamhill, at 1 P. M. today, to attend funeral
services of Knight F. Everest, held at Flnley'a
undertaking parlore, at 1:30 P. M.
MRS. F. E. GROCE. Secretary.
ASTRA CIRCLE. NO. 132. W. O. W. ALL
members aro requested to attend the funeral
services of our late neighbor, F. E. Everest,
at Flnley's undertaking parlors. 1:30 P. M. to
day. MRS. MORROW, G. X.
VIOLA ORTSCHILD. Clerk.
BORX.
GAILEY December 18. to the wife of Mr. E.
J. Galley, a nlae-pound boy. Mother and son
doing well.
DIED.
HALPIX At St. Vincent's Hospital. Saturday
mornlng. James Halpln. aged 71 years.
Funeral from the hospital Monday at 2 P. M.
BECK Died In his S2d year, at Hlrshald. Ba
varia. Wolf Beck, father of Mrs. W. Wolf
ptcln and brother of A. Beck, of Portland.
New York papers please copy.
CHESNEY In thl3 city. December 21. 1001.
Francis H. S. Chesney, age 40 years 2
months 17 days. Funeral from residence.
2GGH Burnslde street. December 23, at 8:30
A. M.; thenco to Cathedral, corner luth and
Davis streets. Friends Invited.
FUNERAL XOTICES.
REED Mary A. Reed, at St. Vincent's Hos
pital, December 20; age C2. Funeral at 400
North Twenty-second st., 1 P. M., Sunday,
Dec 22.
KRAMER The funeral of Mrs. Fred C. Kra
mer, mother of Mr. Max Kramer, will be
held at Holman's Chanel, corner Fourth and
Yamhill street?, at 2:30 Monday afternoon.
CHAPMAN In Seattle. Friday morning. Mm.
H. D. Chapman, second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William M. Evans. Oswego. Funeral
from Holman's undertaking parlors, Sunday,
2 P. M.
ENNES In this city. Dec 20. 1901. John
Ennes. aged 73 years. 10 months, a daa.
Funeral will take place Monday at 1:30 P. M.
from his late residence. 1K)0 East Sixth St.,
Sellwood. FrUnds Invited.
PILLMAN In this city, at her late residence.
173 16th St.. Dec 20. 1901, at 2 A. M.. Mrs.
J. W. Plllman. aged 03 yean. f months, 8
days. The funeral will take place from the
cathedral. 15th and Davla :ts.. Sunday, Dec.
22. at 2 P. M. Friends Invited.
EVEREST The funeral services of the Inte
Friend Ethan Everest, who died TTt his resi
dence. In this city, 209 East 3-1 th st.. Dec.
20, will be held at Flnley. Kimball & Co.s
chapel today at 1:30 P. M. Friends Invited.
Interment at Rlvervlew cemetery.
EDWARD HOLMAW. UndertitUrr. -Kit
and Yamhill at. Itenn Stlnann. lady
nK.ilntant. Both phones Xo. ."JOT.
FInlev. ICImtmn A: Co.. L'nlertnker.
Lady assistant. -7.1 Third st. Tel. !.
F. S. Dtn-ilnj?. Undertaker, 414 Enst
Alder. Lnily aaslstnut. Both phmiei.
XEW TODAY.
UNDERWRITERS' SALE
French Bark "Ernest Reyer
JJ
And her equipment. a3 she now lies at mouth
of Qulnault River. Washington. Bids, by let
ter or by telegraph, will be received at the of
fice of the undersigned up to 0 o'clock P. M.
on Thursday. December 2t. 1901.
HENRY HEWETT. Lloyd's Agent.
TAYLOR. YOUNG & CO.. Agents,
Sherlock building, Portland, Or.
IrTl
CLASSIFIED AD. RATES
"Rooms." "Rooms and Board." "Housekeep
ng Rooms," "Situations Wanted." 15 words or
'ess. 13 cents; le to 20 words. 20 cents: 21 to 25
words, 25 cents, etc. Xo discount for addj
t.onal insertions.
UXDER ALL OTHER HEADS except "Xew
Today." 30 cents tor 15 words or less; IB to 20
words, 40 cents: 21 to 25 words. 50 cents, otc
first Insertion. Each additional Insertion, one
half: no further discount under cne month.
"XEW TODAY" (gauge measure agate). 15
cents per line, first insertion: 10 cents per lin
for each additional Insertion.
ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad
dressed care Tho Orcgonlan and left at this of
fice, should always be Inclosed In sealed envel
opes. Xo itamp Is required on such letters.
The Oregonlan will not be responilblo for er
rors In advertisements takeu l&rough. tho tele
AMUSEMENTS.
FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL-
SEVENTH AND ALDER STREETS
DE CAPRIO'S ORCHESTRA.
FLYNN'S LONDON GAIETY GIRLS,
in Burlesque.
Armless Wonder.
HUBER-
XEW TODAY.
A. J. FARMER. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocer, Third and Jefferson Best sugar-cureJ
hams. 12o; best breakfast bacon. 14c; best
hard-wheat flour, sack. 70c; best Valley flour,
sack, 70c; 10-pound sack pure buckwheat. 35c;
2 pounds Arbuckle's or Lion coffee. 23c; 1
pound good roast coffee, 10c; 1 pound old
Government Java roast. 23c; 1 pound Royal
baking powder, 4Qc; 3 packages Injun bread
flour, 23c; 2 cans Economy cream. 13c; 1 can
Johnson's pineapple, 20c; 1 can Crawfora
peaches, 15c. I have a job lot of pint jars of
Jams and preserves: will close out at 10c a.
Jar; regular price, 23e; this is a snap. 1 pound
almond nuts. 10c; 3-pound carton Portland
crackers, 20c; ID-pound box Portland crack
ers. 50c; 4S bars Royal Savon soap. $1; C bare
Ivory soap, 25c; 7 bars Owl soap, 23c; 0 bars
Baby Elephant soap. 23c; 1 bar Rising Sua
stove polish. 3c; 10 pounds good rice. 43c; 10
pounds pink beans, 53c; 10 pounds sago or
tapioca. 40c; 1 can Waldorf peas. 10c; 1-gal-lon
Jar pickles. 23c All country ordtrs
packed and delivered free to depot or dock.
WALNUTS. XEW CROP. SOKTSHELL. a
pounds, 23c; lemon, orange and citron peel
(Corsican). only 13c per pounl. The poultry
supply for Monday will be complete and
"fresh." as we sold completely out on Satur
day; therefore, no old stock carried over.
Our prices will be the lowest, and nothing
but young, plump poultry handled. Two
dozen fresh Oregon eggj. 43c A sack of
hard-wheat flour. 73c a great bread baker.
Order early, and get the best. Phone Red
201. California Market. 1&3 Third. P S.
Wagon leaves for Alblna S:30 mornings and
East Side at 1:30 afternoons.
SPECIAL NOTICE OWING TO THE CON
gested state of the poultry market, we will 00
compelled to hold two auction sales on Tues
day, at 3 P. M. and 7; till then we will stll
at cut rates, as our Immense stock mu3t all
bo disposed of. Barnes Market. 1U3 Third.
YOU MAY GET SETTLED BEFORE THE
New Year in your own house by making a
small payment down and balance en month
ly paymnts, for an elegant 8-room house on
East Side. Whallcy, Benson building. 5th.
and Morrison.
FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS XEW U-ROOM
medern house with large grounds, on south
cast corner 19th nnd Marshall streeU". B. M.
Lombard, 514 Chamber of Commerce.
FOR RENT GARDEN LAND AT WILLM
etto Heights; high state ot cultivation. Ward,
323 Allsky bldg.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On improved city and farm propertT. at lowem
current rates Building loans. Installment:
Jrins. MaeManter & Illrrell. ::ll Worcester blk.
Sell for cash, or weekly and monthly payments
at cash prices, furniture, carpets, stoves,
crockery, tinware, cutlery and all household
goods, and
TRUST
You will give us a call before buying else
where, and be convinced that our prices are
the lowest in the city to all
That cither buy for cash or Installments. Our
terms are made to suit every one.
ZIMMERMAN
214 First street. Phone Xorth 1040.
X. B. Will take old goods In trade.
OPEN EVENINGS
MAXWELL & KNAPP.
Real Estate.
Lots In Irvlngton. West Irvlngton. Lincoln
Park. Portsmouth and First Electric Addition
to Alblna. In fact, all parts of the city, both
East and West Side. Also a number of gjod
houses for sale, farms and acreage.
Room 2 Chamber of Commence.
McKINNON,
173 Third Street, near Yamhill.
5 lbs. mlnco meat
3 lbc. seedless raisins
3 lbs. London layer raisins.
2 lbs. currants, cleaned . . .
1 lb. citron
3 lbs. mince meat
25o
23c
WAREHOUSE SITE
100x100 on the 3uthcast corner of 'Ninth and
Marshall streets, right on the terminal tracks.
Price $7500.
ROUNTREE & DIAMOND
241 Stark 8t corner Second.
ART SALE.
Beautiful collection of oil paintings by J. J.
Troughton. 7 P. M . Saturday. Monday and
Tuesday. 411 Washington St.. between 10th
and 11th. Will be on exhibition at rooms.
S. L. X. OILMAN. Auctioneer.
IliTINGTON
Fine 9-room colonial house. In the heart of
Irvlngton (Whldden. architect): every modern,
convenience that could be desired; No. 44 j East
17th street, near Tillamook. This Is ,a rara
bargain. Price ?n3tH.
A. D. MARSHALL. S2& Third fit.
FOR II03IEBUILDERS
Cheap lots on the St. Johrs car line, at
Point View. Prices will never be lewer, nor
terms easier. Title perfect.
TITLE GUARANTEE & TRUST CO.,
C and 7 Chamber of Commerce.
Ground floor. Fourth-street Fide.
Notice to Holiday Shippers.
The ofllces cf Wells. Fargo & Co.. Pacific Ex
press Co. and Northern Pacific Express Co.
will remain open each evening up to Christmas
unttl S o'clock. On Sunday they will be open
from 12 noon to 4 P. M.. and on Christmas day
from S A. M. to 12 noon.
i
PARRISH, WATKINS3& CO.
Real Estate
Insurance, House,
Investment and Loan Aprenta,
UoO Alder Stieet, - - Portland. Or.
C
100x100. WITH FOUR
cottages of 5 rccms
each. In norths st
part of Portland, fac
sacrifice
ing on car line. tPrlre f 1300. ernsy terms.
C. II. KORELL. 231 Washington et.
BOOKKEEPER WANTS PLACE
Young man, married, competent, willing to
work hard, wants position as commercial or
bank bookkeeper. Address W 32. Oregoman.
$1450
NEW S-P.OOM MODERN HOUSE.
1JI with corner let. 30x30-, on E. Yam-
' v hill fit. nwir 'I'th- prwwl IrwviMon
GOODNOUGH ft STEARXS.
Washington buildirg.
Two A PrrQ EAR BERTHA. WITH A
J-"u --Vi KjO Ketit 7-room house, whk-n c"ist
51500; price only SSOO. If taken now. Titi
Guarantea & Trust Co., C and 7 Chamber of
Commerce.
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