THE SUNDAY OREGONIAtf, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER U, 1902.
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IN THE REALM OF BOOKS
SECOND VOLUME OF FUNK.& "WAGNALLS COMPANY'S
JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA NOTES, '
THE second volume of Funk & "Wag
nails Company's Jewish Encyclo
. pedla has been issued. It was pro
duced under the direction of the same
staff of editors and writers that made the
first volume, and in every respect equals
Jt in excellence and thoroughness. Vol
ume I was hailed by practically the entire
press of the world as one of the ereat
literary achievements of our age. The
mere fact that two volumes of over 700
pages each of closely printed text -were
required to cover one and one-third let
ters of the alphabet Is explained by the
farther fact that three editorial staffs and
nearly 200 contributors, whose articles
make up these two volumes, have Included
in them every archeologlcal, historical,
theological, philosophical, biographical and
sociological topic about -Which any reader,
Jew or Christian, may desire information.
Generally encyclopedias are written and
published merely to sum up the status of
the branch of science to which they are
devoted. The Jewish encyclopedia, like
the DeoDle whose life story It Is destined
to telli is unique in that four-fifths of its
material had to be created, collected and
digested for this special purpose.
It is only within the last half-century
that any serious attempts have been made
to render accessible the original sources
of Jewish history scattered throughout
the libraries of Europe.
Strange as it may seem, there is no coun
try yet that possesses an adequate history
of Its Jews. Though of later years con
elderable activity has been shown In col
lecting material for such histories, thero
exists no comprehensive historical account
of the Jews of Germany, Austria, France,
Holland, England, Italy, Poland or the
United States, or even of such political
divisions as Bohemia, Moravia and, Gall
cla, or of congregations of such historic
importance as those of Amsterdam,
Frankfort-on-the Main. London, Prague or
"Wllna. Even voluminous historical
standard -works like those of Bancroft,
Msreaulay, and Green, of MIchelet and
Thiers, of Schlosser and Ranke are abso
lutely pnent about the history of the Jews
of the epochs and countries they respec
tively treat.
The contributors to the Jewish Encyclo
pedia had then to create, not merely to
compile, articles like Apulia, Arabia,
Arad (Hungary), Aragon, Arkansas,
Aries (France), Armenia, Arnhelm (Hol
land), Asehaffenburg (Bavaria). Asia,
Asolo (Italy), Atlanta (Georgia), Augus
tow (Russia). Aussee (Moravia), Austra
lia and Austria (to mention only a few
topics treated in Volume II), giving for
the first time a comprehensive history of
those continents, countries and congre
gations, thus enriching not only Jewish
but general historiography. The Jewish
Encyclopedia Is thus revealing for the
first time in a comprehensive way, and
for the entire world, the social, political,
domestic and religious life of the Jewish
people.
Two countries are focussing' the atten
tion of the world, as far as the Hebrews
afo concerned: Russia, the center of the
old Jewish misery and- slavery, and Amer
ica, the land of activity and freedom; the
' land of the past and the land of the fu
ture: the latter harboring nearly 1,000,000
Jews, most of them hailing from the Em
pire of- the Czars. The Jewish history,
sociology, economics, and statistics of
theso two countries have hitherto been
left almost uncultivated. There has, for
example, been no attempt to present a
comprehensive account concerning the
foundation of the earliest Jewish commu
nities, either in North or South America
or in the "West Indies. The developmental
stages through which Judaism has passed
In America, although of extreme Interest
not only In themselves but as promising ;
to react upon the shaping of Judaism over
all the world, have received but little at- I
tentlon.
As to Russia, even the modern historian
par excellence of the Jews, H. Graetz, In
his 11 bulky volumes, devotes very little
space to the history and mental evolution
of the 5,000,000 of Hebrews condemned to
live huddled together In the so-called
"Pale." Through the disinterested efforts
of Baron David de Gunzburg, of St Pe
tersburg, member of the foreign board of
consulting editors of the Jewish Encyclo
pedia, hundreds of rabbis and scholarly
laymen throughout Russia are collecting
liistorical and statistical material in order
to enable the editors of the Jewish Ency
clopedia to give for the first time a suc
cinct history of almost every Russian
community of any historical or numerical
importance. A like activity for a similar
purpose prevails among the members of
the American Jewish Historical Society.
The biographical department of this
work numbers more than 5000 topics. In
these pages Ministers of Finance of the
old Kings of Castile and Aragon elbow
Russian sculptors and painters of the 19th
century; after the life-story of some illus
trious president of a Babylonian academy
of the fourth or fifth century you find the
biography of an eminent American physi
cian still living.
The Jewish Enclclopedla, although It is
almost exclusively edited and written by
Jewish scholars, has studiously sought to
avoid giving a so-called "Pantheon" of
" Jewish celebrities by exaggerating the
merits of the biographical characters. The
facts are related and the reader, is allowed
to draw his own conclusions. Having no
Intention to create a kind of Jewish "Hall
of Fame," the editors. In their endeavor
to collect material for the future prag
matic historian of the Jews, felt it to be
their right and duty to give due promi
nence to those less known men and women
who have .played an honorable part In
Jewish life, and whose names shoulfi thus
be redeemed from undeserved rbllvlon.
There Is no doubt that a great part of
the younger Jewish generation find It hard
to reconcile with tho Inborn love and rev
erence for. the Holy Scripture the bold as
sertions of the so-called higher criticism.
The editors of the Jewish Encyclopedia
had neither to decide for nor against lit
eral inspiration. They had. In this special
department, tho delicate and arduous task
set before them, neither to hurt religious
feeling nor to Ignore the noble efforts of
the Chgptian exegetes to apply to Holy
Scripture tho methods of modern literary
and philological criticism, and to utilize
for the clear understanding of the word of
God the results of Assyrlology, Egyptol
ogy, and all other branches of historical
and archeologlcal research. The editors of
the Jewish Encyclopedia deemed It there
fore appropriate, in the more important
biblical articles, to distinguish sharply be
tween the conservative and tho critical
point of view, and to give In separate para
graphs the actual dates of the Masoretic
text and the critical views regarding
them. Thus all the material for an in
dividual Judgment are before tho reader
to enable him to decide critical questions
for himself.
DUMAS XOVEL FACTORY.
It Turned Ont 1200 Volumes Jlcarlnj?
the Frenchninn'a Same.
Last month there was celebrated In
Franco the centennial of Alexandre Du
masa fact worthy of note. because of
the Iong-contlnuel popularity of this great
novelist. Critics wll call him a second
rate writer, just as they have done for
years, but In point of demand for his
work on tho part of the public and of at
tempt to supply this demand on the part
of the author, Dumas surely ranked
above all other writers. So many tales
are told of the Dumas novel factory that
it is probably safe to put most of them
down as untrue, but assuredly it would
have been a physical Impossibility for
Dumas to have written by hand himself
all the books which bear his namer on
their title page. Dumas admitted that he
employed collaborators, the public sup
posing theso persons to be merely private
secretaries to whom tho .novelist dictated
his stories. For a lxa time a novel a
month was issued from the novel factory
and had not the proprietor been so prod
igal with, his money, he might have been
.Immensely wealthy, so popular was his
work and such good prices did he obtain.
Dumas was once asked about the inac
curacy In one of his books.
"I never read the book," he Is said to
have replied. "Let me see; who rote that
story. Ah, 'I remember. It was the little
Auguste Macquet. I must go and box
his eirs."
Naturally enough during his lifetime
Dumas was the object of bitter criticism
from his fellow craftsmen. One of them
wrote of the Dumas Nove Factors. (Fab
rlquo de Jlomanst Malson Dumas et
Cle.):
Truly It is difficult to define the limits of a
writer's fecundity, or to compute the number
of lines he can write In a given time. The
novel especially, being a frivolous work, has
the right to hurry and scatter volumes In pro
fusion. Still the subject has to mature, the
plan has to be laid, the threads of an Intrigue
have to be got In hand, the different parts of
a work have to be co-ordinated. t'
Very well. Allowing for these preparations,
supposing: an author to take no more rest
than is absolutely necessary, supposing him to
eat hastily and sleep little all impossible con
ditions on this hypothesis, I cay, the mcst
fecund writer might produce 15 volumes a
year, fifteen volumes, M. Dumas. And even
so he would have no time to polish his style
or to correct, his proofs.
You published 00 volumes In 1845. Very well.
Now we will makefile following simple calcu
lation. The roost skillful copyist, writing: 12 hours a
day, hardly copies S80O letters an hour. At the
end of the day he will have got through 46,800
letters, or 60 pages of the averag novel. "He
will be able to copy Ave octavo volumes In a
mouth, or 00 In a year, on condition that he.
never stops for an hour, and never loses a
second.
Monsieur Dumas, you are a very meritorious
copying clerk.
From, the 1st of January to the 31st of.
December you work regularly 12 hours a day,
sleeping little, and eating in haste; you -never
devote a moment to pleasure, you hardly ever
travel, you are never met out of doors. Con
sequently, on the assumption that your dra
matic work, your correspondence with the
newspapers and the theaters, and your Im
portunate callers only take up a bare half of
your time, you have had the time left, not to
write, but to copy out, 30 volumes In the
course of 1845. All the others must be tho
work of the men whom you have trained to
imitate your handwriting.
Ah! that I must thus unveil your shame
and destroy tho possibility of doubt!
Altogether about 1200 volumes bear the
name of Dumas, and In addition to these
are CO dramas. It Is impossible to deter
mine how many of these were actually
written by him.
The Pronunciation of "Afjnin."
Following even an overwhelming prece
dent Is not without Its disadvantages. Be
cause an advertisement of the Standard
Dictionary spoke of a rhyme of Ben
Jonson's ("again" with "vain") a's a
poor one, and backed the judgment by
the authority of the dictionary's advis
ory committee on pronunciation, one gen
tleman has refused to take a. copy of
the book which -otherwise he would have
purchased. Ho writes.
"English as she Is spoke Is the most
slovenly language, and I regret to see
such a work as yours upholding such
style and criticising more learned men."
Had the writer "been less Jiasty, and
looked at the dictionary as well as the
advertisement, lie would have found, not
an arbitrary settlement of the disputed
pronunciation, but a simple statomcnt of
the preference of leading lexicographers
and linguists. The pronunciation of
"again" as rhyming with "pen" is placed
before that rhyming with "vain," as the
choice of eight out of nine great dic
tionaries, the. exception being' Hunter's
Encyclopaedic Dictionary, which prefers
"the latter pronunciation although It also
allows tho former. This preference Is also
that of the great majority (42 out of 52)
of language specialists who were con
sulted. In this there Is no "criticism of more
learned men." Ben Jonson's rhyme Is a
poor one to the ears of the present gen
eration, though it was quite correct In
his day.. But even before Jonson tho
present pronunciation was fighting for
mastery, as may be seen in the title of
a Middle English book: "The Agenblte of
Inwlt" (The Remorse of Conscience).
Dr. Brlcus' Xcvr Boole.
The Scrlbners announce a new book of
great Importance by Dr. Charles Augustus
Brlggs, of Union Seminary. It is entitled
"The Incarnation of the Lord," and con
sists of a scries of 10 discourses which
give the entire New Testament teaching
upon the great subject of the title. The
arrangement Is in the order of devel
opment, the object being to explain the
doctrine in a plain and popular way so
that any intelligent person may' under
stand It.
All the difficulties that confront the
modern mind in connection with such
topics as Son of Man, Son of God, Keno
sls, Virgin Birth. Immaculate Conception,
Pre-exlstenco and the Divinity of Christ
'are frankly faced and thoroughly consid
ered with as little technical material as
possible.
The relations of the Incarnation to Old
Testament Theophany and Prophecy are
also explained and the problems' of race
redemption and angelic redemption and
the universal relations of the Incarnate
are discussed; all -with a full use of tho
resources of modern Biblical criticism and
Biblical theology.
"Cuiitnln Macltlin."
Rlchard Harding Davis's new novel,
"Captain Macklln, " will be ready for pub
lication about the middle of September.
It Is distinctly one of the Important works
tf fiction of the year, and it has a special
element of vividness and personal qual
ity In the fact that it deals with a klntf
of life with which Mr. Davis has become
very familiar In the course of his own
experiences. Captain Macklln's career car
ries him through a South American revo
lution and through various military ad
ventures, and Macklln himself is one
of the author's mcst fascinating heroes.
The novel Is a decided step in advance'
of the author's most popular former cto
ries and a rich fulfilment of the promise
of Increasing power conveyed In his early
work.
One Publisher' Modesty.
A publisher of cheap books, who is now
making his third or fourth venture In
the business. Is sending out a circular
to writers In which he tells them he Is
searching for talent, and mentions that
it would take pages to print a list of the
many writers he has brought to the
front. There is room In the circular, how
ever, for a few of the names, and thp
benevolent publisher modestly Indicates
that these are some of tho people he has
made famous. Here follow the names of
Robert W. Chambers, Ella "Wheeler Wil
cox, Max Nordau. Paid Bourget, General
Charles King, Henry Slenklewlcz, Gen
eral O. O. Howard. Andrew Carnegie,
Colonel Ethan Allen, Mrs. Frank Leslie
and Emlle Zola! The exclamation point
should follow each name.
Saved Lord Acton'. Library.
It Is not generally known that Andrew
Carnegie, capitalist, author and librarian
for the universe, purchasad the late Lord
Acton's famous library several years be
fore the letter's death. It was a very
kind method of relieving M!s lordship's
financial condition, and, since Mr. Carne
gie really did .not need the library any
pray It Is not surprising that-he let tho
former owner retain It during his life
time. Mr. Carnegie has now" presented
the Acton library to Mr. John Morley. who
will doubtless find It a yaluablp store
house of referenco- works. A well-collected
library has often been the means of
saving the fortunes of a family, though
rarely Is a library disposed of before the
jowner's death. It Is said that Catherine
ni of Russia rescued the famous French
encyclopedist, Diderot, from debt by pur
chasing his library and then making him
librarian of It.
i "What a Xovcllst Must Know.
Not long since Sir Gilbert Parker gave
utterance.to the following ideas as to" the
art of fiction: ,
A man must know the truth to write a
fable. -
Fiction can be learned, but cannot be
taught
No great writer has ever had the Idea
of founding a "school" of this, or that.
In the art of fiction the individual 1s
thrown on his own talent.
Love and fightlnff are not necessarily
romance; nor are soup kitchens and di
vorce courte necessarily realism.
In the very first chapter of the book
the note must be sounded which shall
recur throughout the book like the motif
in an opera.
There is only one test for a novel; that
It be first and before all a well-constructed
story; that It deal sincerely with human
life and character; that It be eloquent of
feeling; that it have ln6lght and revela
tion; that It preserve Idiosyncrasy; "but,
before all, that It be wholesome.
Queer Coincidence.
The L03 Angeles Express contained an
Interesting editorial entitled "Queer Lit
erary Coincidences," in which mention
was called to the fact that three stories
published .within the last year hae had
the same prominent motif: "An Exploded
Theory," by Charles Forrest McLean, In
the Black Cat of November, 1901; "The
Passing of Cqck-Eye Blackloek," in the
Century for July, 1902, and "Moon Face,"
by Jack London, In the San Francisco
Argonaut of July 25. This editorial hav
ing come to the attention of the editor of
the Century, ho thinks it is duo to Mr.
Norrls to say that his story was offered to
the . Century on October 9, 1901, and -was
not therefore Indebted to the published
story of Mr. McLean. As the editor of
the Los Angeles Express says,' "The ohly
fair explanation of this extraordinary lit
erary verisimilitude is that the Ashing- In
cident was told to Frank Norrls. Jack
London and Charles Forrest McLean
about the same time. Eaclu saw In it
possibly 'copy and clothed It in his- own
form."
Another Indiana Fake.
It used to be a common saying among
Chicago newspaper-men that more "fakes"
came from Indiana than from any other
state, and yet" the Chleago newspapers
always seem willing to father any wild
story that came from that wonderful
country where every other person Is an
author of distinction and the rest of the
people are press agents for their native
writers. Now comes the tale that, when
Booth Tarklngton takes his seat In the
Indiana Legislature ho will propose a bill
calling for an annual appropriation on the
part of tho state of $500 for a prize to the
Indiana authors of the best literature
during the preceding year. Mr. Tarklng
ton has not yet taken his seat. Indeed
he has not yet been elected, though tho
fact of his election Is generally conceded,
but It Is likely that some of his Indianap
olis friends invented the story about him.
A number of Indiana authors have been
asked seriously for their opinions on the
matter, and most of them are against any
such plan.
A "New" Story of Greeley.
James C. Fernald, the lexicographer,
whose "Concise Standard Dictionary" has
Just been published by Funk & "Wagnalls
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF FRANCE
Wonderful Growth Since the Fall of the Empire.
HY Is the religious rioting favored
by the Roman Catholic church?
The forcible suppression of the
unauthorized schools which were taught
by many religious orders In Franco may
be compared to the contests between an
unhappy father and mother, of which we
so often read in the daily papers, quarrel
ing as, to who shall have the bringing up
of the children.
Before the proclamation of the present
republic the education of the children of
France was left In a large measure to
tho Church of Rome. Napoleon III was
called the best beloved son of the church.
He gave a free handxto the religious or
ders In educational matters. Under the
imperial government there were no pub
lic schools In France In the sense as we
have them in the United States.
In those days, the saying, "Paris e'est
la France," was true to some extent, at
least, but today It isn't Paris was then
and still is the center of science, art and
culture. There warf the great University
of the Sorbonne, the Academy of Fine
Arts, the medical and law schools, to
which tho smaller cities of the provinces
used to send their sons in order to fit
them for these higher callings.
There were, of course, schools In the
provincial towns; there were colleges, ly
cees in the cities, and parochial schools
in mast of the towns. These schools
were all Under the Instruction of the
various religious orders, who In their
way did excellent work, for -which France
owes the church a great debt. Mos.t of
the schools In the country were only for
boys; girls were quite neglected. The
richer families educated their daughters
In private schools, or kept a governess, or
sent them to some convent.
But after the fall of the empire these
conditions entirely changed. Men like
Adolph Thiers, Jules Simon. Jutes Faure,
Leon Gambetta and Adolph Cremleux, the
founders of the -present republic, were far
sighted, and recognized that the two pre
ceding republics failed because they were
lacking In the fundamental principle of a
free republican government namely, the
general and free education of the children
of the country.
Under no otherform of government has
there been such a fine and uniformly ef
fective system of education as there Is
now. Under the empire education -was not
compulsory; Paris alone had the best
schools. But now every child of every
harrilet, as well as in every city. Is obliged
to go to school. This law Is so rigidly en
forced that the parents of a child that Is
absent for three days In succession with
out a reasonable excuse are fined and the
child Is punished.
Up to 12 years ago this law was not so
strictly enforced with regard to girls.
The republican government had to bo very
careful In the carrying out of these re
forms In the schools. The people, espe
cially in the country, were attached to
the church and her religious orders. So
the universities, colleges and lycees were
the first that were put entirely under tho
Instruction of lay teachers; then came the
parochial or common schools. Meanwhile
the Sisters of the congregations gathered
together the little boys and girls and
taught them. In their schools, which were
scattered all over the country, especially
In the north and the south of France.
The riots of which wo read so much
lately are nothing new; there were riots
when the government Closed the colleges
and lycecs conducted by the priests in the
various cities.
Now. from the lowest to the highest In
stitutions, the young are taught by lay
professors and teachers. The sexes are
taught separately, but they are all taught
to love the republic, their mother, in
which alone rests the safety of France.
And if a teacher discovers a special talent
In a child, that talent Is- encouraged and
developed to the highest degree at the
expense of the state.
Every time I pay a vlsltto my native
country I notice more and more the salu
tary effects of this system. As' a teach
er, I am, of course, -Interested" In public
Company, is the author of a little pamphr
let called "Better Say," which contains
many interesting examples of the correct
and incorrect use of words-. One of the
best is .the following:
News. ."The latest, news are good."
Better say: "The latest news is good.'
News, while plural in form, is singular
in construction. Two friends at one time
having a dispute on this matter, agreed
to refer it to Horace Greeley. As he was
out of the city, the question -was tele
graphed to him, "Are there any news?"
Greeley promptly flashed back the an
swer: "Not a new."
A "Coce" Boole
A novelty In Fall books from the Baker
& Taylor Companywhich promises to be
very attractive, is a compilation of coffee
history, coffee anecdotes and coffee verse,
Including recelpes for the making of cof
fee from the leading- chefs of the coun
try, by Arthur H. Gray, one of the col
laboratcurs of "Bath Robes and Bache
lors," and a .contributor to "Tobacco In
Song and Story." It is bound In heavy
coffee-colored ooze leather, stamped In
gold and done up In a coffee sack of
rough bagging, tied -at the corners and
labeled. This miniature bag of coffee
holds a book for lovers of coffee and
lovers of books.
New Publications.
"King of the Qucensbury Realm," by
"W. W. Naughton, Is a manual of. boxing
by a man who, through experience as a
sporting writer, has earned the right to
be called a critic on the sport. There are
essays on "'Prizefighting vs. Boxing Con
tests," and many chapters are given up to
histories of noted pugilists and heavy
weight fights for The championship. (Chi
cago; the Continental Publishing Com
pany.) "The Man in the Street Stories" Is a
collection of anecdotes from the. columns
of the New Tork Times. The book has
an introduction by Chauncey M; Depew,
who says' that these stories are "my re
fresher every Sunday, after the worry and
the work of the week." The stories are
of all sorts, some of them are old-timer,
others seem new; all are funny or witty,
and most of them have the tag of some
well-known name attached to them. New
York, J. S. Ogllvle & Company.)
"Handbook of Best Readings," by 8. H.
Clark, Is a compilation of prose and verse
destined by the compiler for reading aloud.
The choice of subjects Is catholic, and
Includes selections from the classics as
well as many from tho modern authors.
The selections are classified as dramatic
narrative; pathetic, humorous, humorous
dialect, lyric and the drama. It is a good,
sensible collection, and most of the se
lections are of the sort that would hold
tho Interest of an audience If properly
read. (New York; Charles Scribner's
Sons.)
"Ranson's Folly," by Hlchard Harding
Davlfj, includes five stories, each one of
which abounds In the Davis spirit. The
one from which the book takes Its title
is a story of a United States Army post
In the "West, and concerns a junior officer
who turned highwayman, "for the fun of
the thing," and held up a stage coach.
Many complications, resulting seriously
for the officer, grew out of the Incident.
Another story is "The Bar Sinister," a
street dog that became a prize win
ner at a bench show- "A Derelict" Is one
of tho best of the five stories, being an
account of a newspaper man, and
his experience In the Spanish War. "La
Lettro d'Amour" concerns tho heart af
fairs of a young violinist who played In
a Hungarian restaurant. "In the Fog"
is a story of London, In which the charac
ters as well as the reader, are mystified
until the close. (New York; Charles
Scribner's Sons.)
Instruction. There are a good many of
my friends and former fellow-students
who are now teachers and professors, and
occupy important positions. I visited not
only the' Colleges and common schools In
Paris, but also the schools In various
parts of the country. All the teachers
point with pardonable pride to 'the noble
work public Instruction has done for the
republic.
The suppression of tho unauthorized
schools was not In opposition to religion,
but simply to carry out tho law of refor
mation of the school system Instituted by
the republican government, which re
quires, that ever boy and girl between
the ages of 6 and 13 should receive In
struction In schools authorized by the
Minister of Instruction.
These schools are taught by. teachers
educated in 'tho normal schools of the
government, from which they receive a
life diploma after they are qualified, and
are appointed according to their qualifi
cations. From time to tlmo the teachers
are promoted, and when they reach the
ago limit they are retired on a pension.
The text books used in tho public schools
must have the approval of the Minister- of
Instruction, and are Uniform In all the
schools of France. Among the text books
used in eyery common school is one on
ethfes, which teaches the duties of a man
to his country as well as to his fellow
man. So long as France takes such good care
of her children and public institutions
there Is no danger of the republic falling
to pieces, In spite of the occurrences that
disturb her peace from time to time; the
sprm may be ever so fierce, but It will
blow over and everything will be quiet
and firm. EMILE SAGE.
Portland, Sept. 10.
COMPETITION IN STEEL.
Scliwab Concern Too Strong: If Mo
nopoly and Too Weak If Not.
Minneapolis Tribune.
What Is the true Inwardness of the fight
for the control of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Company? The Osgood Interest,
which is fighting Gates, declares that the
latter's purpose is to get control and turn
the concern over to the United States
Steel Corporation. Mr. Gates emphatical
ly denies this charge, and avers, further
more, that the big steel corporation does
not want the Colorado company; that' if
It had wanted It, it could easily have
obtained It at the time It took in the
other -subsidiary companies. The Attorney-General
of Colorado says the laws of
the state are sufficient to prevent tho
consolidation of the C. F .& I. with tho
steel trust, and that legal action will be
taken to prevent such consolidation If it
is attempted. The probability Is that tho
big steel company Just now has troubles
enough of its own, and would not seek.
to buy Into a big lawsuit hence Gates'
denial of an Intention to consolidate may
be accepted as reasonable.
The contest for the control of tho Colo
rado company has been the cause of some
ground and lofty tumbling In Wall Street.
At first the shares were run up to a high
price by the competitive buying, and
within the past few days they have been"
depressed some 30 or $40 a share by ap
plications for Injunctions and other legal
proceedings.
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concern to' the general public, but It Is a
matter of lively Interest to the public If
Gates Is seeking to get control of the
company for the purpose of enlarging It
and building It up Into a rival of the
great Morgan-Carnegie Company. If we
are to judge Gates by his past record,
that Is what he Is more likely to be aim
ing at. It will be remembered that some
years ago he 'got "out" with the Federal
Steel Company and then proceeded to get
a lot of odds and ends together and or
ganize them, Into a company called tho
American Steel and Wire. These were
both absorbed by the United States Steel
Company, hut Gates Is supposed to have
realized several million dollars In the
manlpulatlon. It Is quite possible that he now sees
points of weakness in the great steel
combine and believes that a vigorous
company with a smaller capitalization
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LEAVES Uepot Fifth anii ARRIVES
I Street.
For Maygjers, Rainier,
Clatskanle. Westport.
Clifton. Astoria. War
renton. Klavel, Jlain
8:00 A. if. mond. Fort Stevens. U:10 A. M.
Gearhart Pk.. Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore...
Express Dally.
TrOO P. M. Astoria Express. o:4o p. n.
Daily except Saturday.
230 P.M. Portland-Seaside Ex
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J. C. MAYO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astoria. Or.
Ticket Offics 122 Third 51 Phone 680
LEAVE
No. 4
C:15 P. M.
The Flyer daily to and
from St. Paul. Minne
apolis. Duluth, Chicago
and all points East.
ARRIVH
No. a
7:00 A. M
Through Palace and Tourist Slepers, Dialog
and Buffet Stnoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
KAGA MARU
For Japan, China and all Asiatic points, will
leav Seattle ,
About September 23.
The BEST of
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hO WsS? YES that ic Just
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By way of the TWO BIG CITIES Minneapolis and St Paul.
Ul Thro' Trains from Nqrth Pacific Coast connect with trains of this lin-
in Usizorx Depot, St. Paul.
CALL OR WRITE
H. L. S13LER, Qsner&l'agsnt.
TRAVELLERS' guide.
mim
AND
THREE TRAINS DAILY
FOR ALL POINTS EAST
UNION DEPOT. Leave. Arrlra.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 8:00 A. M. 1:30 P. if, "
SPECIAL. Dally Daily
For the East via: Hunt
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For Easttrn Washing- Dally Dally,
ton. Walla Walla. Lew- J
lston, Coeur d"Alche
sad GL Northern point
ATLANTIC EXPRESS Z0 V M- -10 A mT
tog'tot0 HUar' "y- Dally;
OCEAN STEAMERS,
FOR SAN FRAN- I From
CISCO. Alnsworti
S?4Gco. W. Elder- Dock.
Stpt. 0. ID. 29. 3:00 X. LL
ES. Columbia 8:00 P. AL.
Sept4' u 24.
TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington.
Telephone Main 712.
PORTLAND & ASIATIC
STEAMSHJP CO.
For Yokohama and Honjf Kong, calling at
Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight
via connecting steamers for Manila. Port Ar
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INDRAVELLI SAILS ABOUT AUGUST 23.
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V
AST
SOUTH
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OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS,
for Salem. Ros
burg. Ashland. Sac
ramento. Ogtlon,
San Francisco, Mo
jave. Los Angeles.
El Paso. Now Or
leans and tho E&st-
At Woodburn
dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects with train
for Mt. Angel. Sll
vorton. Browns-
S:30 P. M.
7: A. &.
E:S0 A. M.
7:00 P. .
v 1 1 1c, SprinKflcfltd.
endling and Na
tron. lliany passenicer ..
Connects at Wood
burn with Mt. Aa
gel and Sllverton
local.
curvallts passenger.
4:00 P. M.
10:10 A. M.
T:30 A. M.
3:SO P. M
H4:flO p. M. Sheridan passenger. :jS:25 A. M.
Dally. UDally except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OSWECO SUBURBAN SERVICE
AND
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Depot foot of Jefferson street.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego tit 7:20 A.
M.; 12:?.i. 1:55. S:2d. 4:40. G:25. 8:30 P. M.
Dally except Sunday, 5:30, 0:40 A. M.; 5:U5,
11:30 P. M. Sunday only. 0:W A. M.
Returning from Oswego arrive Portland daily
8:30 A. M.: 1:3T. 3:10. 4:30. 6:15. 7:40. 10:00
P. M. Dally except Sunday. B:35, 0:30, 10:S0
A1. M. Except Monday, 12:40 A. M. Sunday t
only. 10:05 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas and Inter
mediate points dally except Sunday 5:C3 P. M.
Arrive Portland 0:30 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth motor line oper
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Tickets to Eastern points and Europe. Also
Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and
Waohington streets. Phone Main 712.
Ml CARD
OF TRAINS
PORTLAND
Leaves. Arrives.
Puget Sound Limited.. 7U5 A. M. 6:45 P. M,
Kansas Clty-St. Louis
Special 11:10 A.M. 11:10 P.M.
North Coast Limited... 2:30 P.M. 7 MO A. it,
Taco.ua. Seattle Night
Express , 11:45 P. M. 3:05 P. M.
Take Puget Sound Limited or North Coast
Limited for Gray'a Harbor points. Take Pu
get Sound Limited for Olympla direct.
Take Puget Sound Limited or Kansas City.
St. Loul& Special for points on South. Bend
branch.
Double dally train service on Gray's Har
bor branch.
Four trains dally between Portland and Tii
coma and Seattle.
A. D. CHARLTON.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
255 Morrison .. Portland. Or
Pacific Coast Steamship Os.
For Soulh-Eastern Alaska.
Leave Seattle!
Steamships Cottage City,
City of Seattle or Spokane.
0 P. M.. August 2T. ai; Sep
tember 4. S, 12, 1C, 20, 24,
28: October 2. 8, 14. 20. 20-
FOR SAN FRANCISCO Steamships leava
Seattle at 0 A- M. every nfth day.
Steamers connect at San Francisco with
company's steamers for ports in Southern Cal
ifornia, Mexico and Humboldt Day. For fur
ther information obtain folder.
Right is reserved to change steamers or Sail
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Portland; F. V. CARL ETON, N. P. dock, Ta
ccraa.; Ticket Office. 113 Jarnea at.. Seattle;
M. TALBOT. Commercial Agent. Seattle;
GOODALL, PERKINS &. CO., Genoral Agents;
C. D. DCNANN. General Passenger Agent,
Ban Francisco.
Salem and way landings Str. Pomona leaves
C:45 A. M. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Str. Altor.a. for Mission and way landings, 7
A. M.. Monday, "Wednesday and Friday.
Oregon City boat leaves Portland 10:S0 A.
M.. 4:30 P. M. Lea'-es Oregon City 7:30 A. M..
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OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO.,
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