12.
X THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 8, 1903.
MARSHALL IN ANSWER
iStammxB to the charge is
vraiTMAJf covntovraisY.
Defends His Review ot Mowry's
Boole From CrltlcUma Made uy
Her. Myron Hellc.
CHICAGO. Fb. 2. (To the Edltor.)
Tour paper of the IStb. Inst, contains an
ttempt by Rev. JL Beells, a D. D. of
"Whitman College, to refute the evidence
adduced from original sources In my re
view of Mo wry' "Marcus Whitman and
the -Early Days of Oregon." to which I
think It wholly unnecessary to reply at
length but I must ask space to correct
a few of Its many positive misstate
ments of my positions.
His opening paragraph says: "He (Jlr.
Marshall) criticises it quite severely and
profesaea to do so from original sources,
L e-, from trhat wan printed about the
time the events took place; but under
neath it all can be seen the fact that the
writer Intends to discuss the whole Whit
man Question, only he Insinuates that no
evidence Is good except what was writ
ten at the time."
Hera are three totally false statements,
namely: First Most of the original
sources for the origin and purpose of
"Whitman's ride not only were not "print
ed about the time the events took -place,"
but have never been printed to this day,
though In the custody of those who have
invented and Indorsed the "Whltman-eaved-Oregon"
story. Second I carefully
refrained from "discussing the whole
Whitman question" from want of space,
(ml only discussed Dr. Howry's strange
treatment of the "original sources," In
.view of his statement (on p. Ill) that
"It should be the aim of the Impartial
historian . . . to go as far as pos
sible to the original sources for his facts."
The title under wblch that review was
copyrighted Is, "A Strange Treatment of
'Original Sources, Being A Review of Dr.
TV. A. Howry's 'Marcus Whitman and
the Early Says of Oregon.'-" and that
title, but for a few compositor's mistakes,
would have appeared at the head of the
llrst column of the review in The Ore
gonlan of September 3, 1902.
That title Indicates the limits within
which the review was strictly confined.
To have discussed "the whole Whitman
question" would havo taken 15 or 20 times
the space at my disposal, and was neces
eerily deferred till the publication of my
book, "Fremont and Whitman, and Other
Papers in Oregon History, Including the
long-Concealed Evidence as to (a) the
Origin and Purpose of Whitman's Ride
(b) the Decadence of the Whltman-Spald-lng-Eells
Mission After ISO, (c) the True
Causes of the Whitman Massacre." It will
also contain "The Strange Treatment of
Original Sources," with sundry appendices
discussing some other features of Dr.
Mowry's book, besides its treatment of
"Original Sources," and also my "Discus
sion of Professor Bourne's Legend of Mar
cus Whitman." I hope to have it Issued
by April or May next, and Mr. Eells will
probably find in it quite aa much "dis
cussion of the whole Whitman question,"
as he desires.
Third Neither in my review of Dr.
Mowry's book nor anywhero elso did I
ever assert or insinuate "that no evidence
is good except what was written at the
time."
In common, however, with all who have
any knowledge of the laws of evidence, I
claim that no recollections from 20 to 40
years or even a less time after an event
can be accepted as of any weight against
what, the same persons who think they
recollect these things wrote at and 1mm e
diately before and after the events, and
also that all recollections many years
after an event must be examined with
care, and compared with all Indisputably
established facts about the subject-matter
of the recollections, before they can be ac
cepted as of weight in determining con
troverted historical questions, even "In
cases where there are no contemporaneous
documents written by the very same per
sons whose recollections are In question.
Further on Mr. Eells says that "In 1S17
Dr. Whitman wrote two letters. In which
he gave political or National objects as
one reason why he went East. Professor
Marshall rejects these as not original doc
uments, because ho says the American
Board found fault with him for leaving
his station In 1512 without their permis
sion, and these letters were his defense
Our courts are sometimes called courts of
Injustice Instead of justice, but none of
them even would reject evidence for this
reason. They would not say to a man on
trial: Because your reasons for .-doing
this act were not written down, either
before or at the time you did so. now, be
cause you are defending yourself by means
of your evidence, your evidence is all
thrown out of court-
Mr. Eells is entirely in error In saying
that "Dr. Whitman wrote two letters, in
which he gave political or National, ob
jects as one reason why be went East,'
In his letter of October IS. 17. he de
clared (what was not at all true) that
on the result of that ride "the present
acquired rights of the -United States by
her citiaens hung." Doubtless Whitman
was so Ignorant of the diplomacy of the
Oregon question, and of the steadfast pol
icy of the National Government ever since
Its Instructions In March, 1814. to the Com
missioners to negotiate, the treaty of
Ghent, to insist on the restoration of As
toria, that he believed this," but his belief
cio. not maKo it true. But. in this letter,
he does not make theIeast claim that to
secure these things was a reason why he
made the ride, but only that they had re
sulted from It. which is quite a different
matter.' In only one letter that he' over
wrote, as. far as Is known, did ho ever
claim that one of tho reasons why ho
maae nis nae was, not to go to Washing
ton to Inform or lnfluenco tho Govern
ment, but to conduct out a toleration, and
Instead of "throwing that evidence all out
of court." I am the only person who. ud
to this day, has honestly quoted that let
ter as It appears in the archives of the
A. B. c. F. M., as any one cab Bee who
will read what purports to be a quotation
from it at the top of page US of Mr.
Eells' "Reply," or jit iho bottom of page
1SS of Mowry's "Marcus Whitman," or on
pase z or the "Miss. Herald" for SeDtem-
ber, 1SSS (when the official historian of
the American Hoard. Rev. Dr. Laurie.
first misquoted It), and then turn to the
third column of page 10, of The Oregonian
oi Beptemoerj, iscz. aim read what
wrote under the subhead of "Dr. Mowrv's
Treatment of Whitman's Correspondence
Alter tus return to Oregon."
It was the palpable dishonesty of Dr.
Laurie's quotation Of this that determined
me' (In 1SS7, when 1 first read lt,)."to go lo
the bottom of this thing, if possible to do
so, though had I supported It, it would
have taken one-fortieth of the time and
expense It has to do it, I should not have
- insieaa oi rejecting mis Utterly" as
Mr. Eells accuses me of doing what I Sid,
aiter stanng wny it could not be admit
ted as an "original source" as to the
origin and purpose of Whitman's ride.
was to state some of the circumstances
-which precluded its acceptance as such
source, and then print It exactly as it
was written, so that for the first time the
public might know what Whitman really
wrote in his own Jurisdiction to the Amer
ican Board, and so be able to give it its
proper -value as evidence.
Farther on the reverend doctor writes
"Professor Marshall has read apparently
au oi the letters of the Oregon mission
aries until he knows about the number
of words they contain, and he has found
that they say that Dr. Whitman went
East on missionary business, which all
acknowledge; but the writer would like
to havb him answer one question. Has he
in any of them found any statement that
he 'went East on missionary business?
Indeed they lo-rot-say this."
. In reply to his statement that "all ac
knowledge that Whitman went East on
jnlaIonary business. It Is sufficient to
say that each. c these men 'from whose
-.. .
supposed recollections "the -whole "Whit
man Saved Oregon" story started, viz:
Rev. H. H. Spaulding, Rev. C Eells and
Mr. W. H. Gray in "their original versions
of the origin and purpose of Whitman's
ride explicitly declared that its "sole pur
pose" was to save Oregon to the United
States, and with no intimation that there
was any crisis In the affairs of the mis
sion impelling him to mako the ride. 4
In reply to his positive assertion that
the lettera lrrthe archives of the American
Board "do not say" that Whitman went
East on missionary business, I invite him
to publish with or without any of his ln
genluti notes of explanation, I care not
which, so that he gives the public an op
portunity to read their full text, the fol
lowing' four letters, vlr.: First, the H-page
letter, dated October 3. 1S12, written and
signed by his father, with a note Indors
ing it as correct, written and signed by
Rev. Elkanah Walker. Second, the 15-page
letter, dated October 3, 1SI2, written and
signed by E. Walker. w(th a note (In its
Hth page) of 10? words written and signed
by.Cushlng Eells. and indorsing Its correct
ness. Third, the 21-page letter of E.
Walker, dated February 28, IStt. Fourth,
the letter signed by EL Walker, C. Eells
.' The celden -wedding of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ulackwood,' of Clark County, Washington, took place February 3, and was a very enjoy
able occasion. Out ot tho guests present at, the treading SO years ago. only five persons are now 'living. Mrs. Julia Opdyck, a cousin of
Mrs. Blackwood, was on of the guests at that occasion, and she also bad the pleasure of belnr present at the worthy couple's golden
wedding. The family bad dinner rar)y in the afternoon, and a reception wu given In the evening, attended by friends and nelrhbors. Mr.
and Mrs. Blackwood were both born in Illinois, Mrs. 'Blackwood's maiden name txlng Eliza Klrkpatrlck, ni the two were married there
February Z, 1BS Six weeks later they crossed the plains with ox tears to California, and madetbe Journey in fire months and live
days, A peculiar Incident happened on the way. The young bride was an unusually good-looking woman, and members ot a band of In
dians were so struck with ber charms that they attempted to kidnap her, but the attempt was frustrated. One chief was game, however,
and be offered to buy Mrs. Blackwood with -four conies. His oiler was declined. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood lived in California IS years.
Then they moved to Oregon, and lived for three years near Corvallls. They afterward located on a homestead In Clark County, Washing
ton, where they rtlll reside. Thiy have nine children and (nine grandchildren, and there has not been & death Is the family. Mrs. Black
wood was CS years old last June, and her husband was 72 last, month.
and IL H. Spalding as a committee of the
mission, dated June S, 1S42.
Meanwhile, while the public Is waiting
for the Information contained In these four
letters (which, of course, Mr. Eells, In his
devotion to the "whole truth" will at once
proceed to print), I wilt again call the at
tention of Dr. Eells to the fact that Whit
man took with him to Boston only one
document (containing' date, signatures and
all, only CI words) from the three men
who remained associated with him In the
mission, and that no advocate of the
"Whitman Saved Oregon" story ever made
allusion even, to the existence of that
document, till Dr. Mowry, in the Congre-
gatlonallst for November IS, 1S37. printed
tho words which I have put In parenthesis.
putting a period after "practicable,"
where the document Itself had only a
comma, and never intlmatinc that there
were-any adverbial clauses which he had
omitted; and In response to a sharp critl--dsm
which I wrote him, denouncing that
sort ot .quotation ar deceptive and dis
honest, he replied: "One sentence was all
I needed and I used that," whereas there
Is but one complex sentence in the whole
document, and my criticism was because
he had not used "that one," "but had omit
ted the two adverbial phrases which pre
cisely denned the. business for which he
was authorized to go to the states. The
following Is a verbatim copy of the docu
ment: '
"Resolved. That if arrangements can be
madd to continue the operations of this
station (that Dr. Whitman be at liberty
and advised to visit the United States as
soon as Is practicable) to confer with
the committee of the A. B. C. F. M. In
regard to the Interests of this mission.
E. WALKER. Modr..
"CUSHINQ EELLS, Scribe,
"II. 1U SPALDING. Scribe."
"Wallatpu. September 28, 1S42."
Possibly Rev. Dr. M. Eells will consider
this document a sufficient answer to his
"one question," and so will not think it
needful to print the four letters called for
above.
Further on Dr. Eelrs writes that I-clalm
that there was no danger ot Oregon being
iosi - oecause settlements by the English
after 1S18. according to the treaty of 1S18,
could not strengthen the English claims-
It may have been so, but In the same
sentence he answers this statement by
saying: that 'It was a position not always
held by our diplomatists and Presidents
wno negotiated on the Oregon question.'
Most certainly then, if they gave up. Ene.
land did actually strengthen her claims In
this way, notwithstanding -the terms of
the treaty." Pray, how does the reverend
doctor see double in this wayT He is, I
believe, a teetotaler, and so cannot be
presumed to have been "mixing his
drinks," and I cannot account for this
crooked vision on any other supposition,
except that his spectacles are not adapted
to his eyes. Neither in "the same sen
tence," nor In any other sentence that I
ever wrote or utterstfl, can be found what
he has put in quotation marks above and
attributed to me, viz.: "It was a position
not always held by our diplomatists and
Presidents who negotiated on the Oregon
question."
What I did say and I have never said
or written anything different on this point
is tne precise opposite of what the rev
erend doctor quotes as from me, and Is
found in the middle of column 4. case 10.
of The Oregonian of September 3, 1S02, as
follows: 'Second, that England could, by
mating settlements ana establishing trad
ing posts subsequent to October 20, 1S18
(the date of the first of our treaties of
Joint policy relating to Oregon) strengthen
her claim to It, while the treaty of 1S18
ana us renewal in ixn remained in force.
Hut tho very terms of those treaties made
such strengthening of her claims Impos
sible, a position not only always held by
our aipiomausts ana l'reslaent who neco
tlated on the Oregon Question. John O
Adams, Albert Gallatin. Andrew Jackson.
Edward Livingston. Martin Van "Buren.
jonn xyier, Jjaniei Webster. John C Cal
houn. .James Buchanan. James K. Polk
and George Bancroft, and also many oth
ers of our most eminent statesmen, but
auto tacitly aomittca Dy ail the British
diplomatists who negotiated on It. no one
of whom ever ventured to assert that such
settlements and trading posts had made
I .the British 'claim one whit stronger than
It was October 20. 1HS. and also explicitly
assented to by Lord Aberdeen (head of
the British Foreign Offlco from 1SU to
1816) In two intervlews-with Edward Ever
ett In November and December, 1S43.'
Concerning his "40 witnesses," ! rev
erend doctor writes that, in treating of
the relations of Dr. Whitman to the mi
gration of 1S13, I quote: "But two au
thorities as worthy to be noticed George
Wilkes' History of Oregon and four of
Dr. Whitman's letters; ... AH recol
lections of other Immigrants- are of no
value." Again the reverend doctor is en
tirely mistaken. I was limiting myself to
"original sources." When my book ap
pears he will find a discussion of quite a
number of his "40 witnesses." and I am
afraid he will get as little comfort out of
it as he seems to havo done from the
"original sources" I ut'ed.
Some of the recollections of his 40 wit
nesses are valueless became squarely
contradictory of contemporaneous docu
ments, others because they are recollec
tions of children too young to be relied
upon, and some of them are valuable,
though of course it would be preposterous
to call any of them .that were not writ
ten In diary or letter till from 20 to 40
CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
years after tho event, "original sources."
As to what he says about what he is
pleased to call the "Vmonymous Journal"
printed In Wilkes' History of Oregon,
as I intend to answer within a week, the
several astonishing errors of Professor
Schafer In The Oregonian of January 20,
1903. on that subject; I will merely say
now that only Indolence prevents or for
the past 22 years his prevented, anyono
from finding certain proof that those let
ters were written by Peter. H. Burnett,
despite what Mr. Eells finds on page C2 of
his London edition (it is on page u of the
original New York edition).
This letter is already mnch longer than
intended, because to avoid the least
-appearance of unfairness, I have quoted
at length.
All the rest of Dr. Ecus' article is as
open to criticism as the parts I have no
ticed, but time and spaces will only allow
of a few words on Its final paragraph, la
which, after making a wholly Incorrect
quotation of a private conversation, he
accuses me of attacking the whole of
womankind, which to those who know roe
well will seem. If possible, a little more
absurd than any of the other errors I
hae herein exposed..
j. nose wno tauc with ur. Eells hereafter
will -do well-yto have a stenographer and
a notary public present, and have him
sworn as to his understanding of the con
versation before parjing with him. My
recollection of that conversation is that in
answer to his question. I stated, (what
has for years been my opinion of Mrs.
Victor's discussion of the. Whitman mat
ter;, mat considering now vast was the
quantity of wriglnaT sources that she had
evidently not examined, she was surpris
ingly correct In most of her conclusions
In her newspaper discussions of the sub
ject, that she had of course had the ad
vantage of access to a vast mass of II. B.
Co. documents and manuscripts of recol
lections of Oregon pioneers, that none of
us East of the Rockies, had seen, and that
her errors were mostly on comparatively
unimportant points, and that it was im
possible to determine to what extent
Bancroft had modified her work In his
two volumes on the old Oregon region. I
think I remarked that women had not
attained to eminence as historians, prob
ably because of the feminine habit of
jumping to conclusions, and their unwill
ingness to hold a suspended Judgment,
wuiio pauenuy ana careiuiiy investigate
Ins both sides ot a question.
I think also that I asked htm It he knew
of any great history ever written by a
woman, ana remarked that I knew of
none, though women had succeeded very
well in soma other departments of litera
ture, notably in novels, juvenile books,
short stories and poetry.
I most certainly did not utter the. wonln
he gives as my reply to his question abouf
airs, victors woric as a historian, o-wit:
"Did you ever know a woman who could
write a reliable hlstoryT" That would be
a very silly question to ask. since I sup
pose not the most ardent friend nf Ttov
Dr. Eells would say that his acquaintance
embraces any considerable number of
women who could write very valuable
books of any sort, and there might be In
numerable women wno could writo reli
able history outside of the circle, of his
acquaintance.
I have always held that women are the
equals ot men on the whole, but that by
no means Implies that women are not In
ferior to men In some respects, and that
men are nor interior to women in some
other respects, nor that there are not sonn
fields of Intellectual or of physical labor
thai. as yet women have never shown as
much aptitude for as men, and- vice versa.
If the reverend doctor thinks ho can
strengthen his position in a historical dis
cussion by Indulging in any such hyster
ics as marK nis last paragraph, he Is wel
come to a monopoly of that sort of thin?
.only I beg to remind him that It has long
passea into a provexD among lawyers that
"wheaa Jawyer, Instead of arguing his
case, falls to abusing the counsel on the
other side, it is evident that he realizes
that his case is lost." ,
WILLIAM I. MARSHALL.
Death, of William C. Freeman,
LEBANON. Pa, Felf. 7. William C.
Freeman: the- Cornwall millionaire diixt
today at home at Cornwall, aged 6t
sata -
MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERSTATE, GREAT LAKES AND
OCCAX TRADE IN DECEMBER.
Livestock Receipts Show Increase
Over Previous Year Receipts and
Shipments of Breadstuff.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I The main cur
rents of internal commerce for 1902, so far
as they have been.made the subject of sta
tistical reports, are presented in the De
cember Summary of Internal Com
merce, Issued by-the Treasury Bureau of
Statistics. According to these reports the
receipts of cattle .at the five leading
stock markets of Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, St- Louis and St. Joseph during
the past year numbered 7.710.SN) head, com
pared with 7.243.4G9 head in 1901, and 6,632..
735 head In 1900. The number of hogs re-
celved in 1902 Is given at 15.614.129 head,
in contrast with the much higher num
ber of 18,764,011 head In 1901, as well as
with 17,239,(31 head In 1900. The average
weight of the 7,895,233 hogs received at
Chicago In 1902 was 220 pounds, compared
with 226 pounds for 12 months of 1901. At
Kansas City the average weight of hogs
received in 1902 was 200 pounds,- and 197
pounds in 1901. At Chicago the demands
foe city use and local consumption for
the year 1902 was 12,589,717 head of all
classes of stock, compared with 12.439,207
head in 1901.
At Kansas City a somewhat different
tendency was shown in lighter require
ments for local consumption and heavier
demands for feeders shipped and driven
to the country. In 1902 local consumption
took 4480.297 head, and In 190L 5,572,930
head. The feeder movement In 1902
reached the extraordinary total of 1.112.
OCT head, In comparison with 75S,045 head
in 1901. At St. Joseph a similar condition
prevailed throughout the year, resulting
In a reduction Tn local consumption from
3.758.110 head In 1901 to 2.419,535 head In
1902, while the number of -feeders shipped
and driven to the country Increased from
67.92C head in 1901 to 152,198 head in 1902.
The contribution of livestock to railway
traffic at these five markets In 1902
amounted to 533,245 cars, compared with
622,352 cars in 1901 and 582,257 cars in 1900.
It would thus seem that the high tide of
livestock trade was reached in 1901, and
that thb past year has returned to the
level of activity indicated by the figures
of 1300.
The stock of cut meats at the five mar
kets of Chicago, Kansas City. Omaha, St.
Louis and Milwaukee on December 31,
1901, amounted to 269.137,147 pounds. On
the corresponding- date ot 1902 the stocks
wcro 179.029.100 pounds. There was thus a
shrinkage of 90.108,047 pounds, 'or 33.48 per
cent. In the course of a year.
Commerce on the Great Lakes between
domestic ports for the entire calendar
year resulted In 'freight receipts amount
ing to 54.1)74.729 net tons, compared with
45.079,019 net tons for 1901. Iron ore and
minerals constitute approximately half of
this freight- tonnage. In 1902 there were
27,898.424 gross tons of ore and minerals
received at Lake ports from domestic
sources: in 190L 20.770,447 gross tons. Coal
contributed 8,256,117 net tons to the re
ceipts of 1202. and 9.206.764 net tons in 190L
The final figures for arrivals and clear
ances of vessels in the coasting trade on
the Great Lakes for 1902 give, in net reg'
lstered tons: Arrivals.' 74,609,251 tons;
clearances, 74.807718 tons. The maximum
movement occurred in August, when ar
rivals totaled 10,598,176 tons, and clear
ances 10.8W.3S4 tons. Freight traffic
through the Sault Ste Marie canals
amouned to 35,961,143 net tons In 1902. 23,-
403.065 tons in 1901, and 25.643,073 tons In
1900. Freight tonnage passing through
the Portage Lake ship canals was 2.6S21S9
tons.
At the North Atlantic seaboard receipts-
of grain and flour reduced to bushels
were 22S.117.2S4 bushels, at the four oorts
'of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, -compared with 3ZZ.4S8.Z94 bush
els in 1901, a loss of 1902 of 23.3 per cent.
It is estimated that shipments of grain
and flour alone from these four ports rep.
resented a shrinkage ot about 2,000.000 net
tons in ocean Irelght- Receipts of grain.
Including flour reduced to bushejs, at
isew xorK during the past year were ill.
926.823 bushels. In comparison with. 136,
753,751 bushels In 1901. a decrease of 16.12
per cent-Xhe reduction in grain receipts
at Boston was from 52,434.920 bushels in
1901 to 31,674.313 bushels in 1902. or 33.59
per cent.' At Philadelphia 50,966,395 bushels
were reported as received In 1901. and 1902.
3,003.306 bushels, a loss of 25.4 per cent.
At Baltimore receipts of grain and flour
reduced to bushels amounted in 190Ito
75.93L378 bushels, in contrast with 40,773.-
755 bushels in 1902, a decrease of 46.34
per cent-
Receipts of grain at Portland, Me:, in
1902 amounted to 12,151.840, those of flour
to 28.226 barrels, making a. grand total
of 12.278.S37 bushels. Including flour re.
duced to bushels. Of grain only, not in.
eluding flour, 2.979,463 bushels came from
American sources, and 9,172,377 bushels
.from Canada.. Of the quantity derived
from American sources, 2.S90.C14 bushels
were wheat and 88.S) busheio were corn.
, On the AtlanUo and Gulf Coasfa promt
nent features of trade are the shipments
f coal by water from New York. Phila
delphia, Baltimore and Nwport News.
Nine coal companies reporting shipments
over their docks at tide water give 14.-
SOG.GOO tons as the quantity carried from
these ports to coartwlse destinations from
January 1 to November 30. 1902. Coal re
ceipts at Boston for the caicnaar year
1901 were 4.260,209 tons, compared with
4.812,419 tonirin 150L Of, this latter quan
tity, 2,10.5M tons were anthracite and
Z.61S.S6I tons bituminous. For 1902 anthra
clto amounts! to 1.051.170 tons nnd bi
tuminous to 3,231.033 tons.
RecelDta of cotton In sight for tne nrst
four months of the season to December
II. 1902. amounted to 8.773.638 bales.. Of
this total, 4,811,177 bales were received
t seaboard ports. Southern mills took
K,S0O bales. In net overland shipment.1
thrro has been a steady decrease to MS.-
W0 bale In 1902. from 37,930 bales In 1901
and 704.461 bales In 1909.
A totnl of lo.83.M2 bushels of wheat was
hlnprd from Unlveston In 1902. South
western yellow pine shipments for the 11
months ending; November. 1902, are given
as 2.381.834 feet, in comparison with 1,992,
COl feet In 1901, and 1.719,72$ feet In the
equal period of 1900.
Receipts of coat at San Francisco for
1902 amounted to L4I5.D9S gross tons, be
ing smaller than during any of the pre
ceding three years. (1 per cent coming
from foreign sources. Tho Pacific Coast
salmon pack for 1502 is reported as
amounting to 4.224,750 cafes of four dozen
one-pound cans each to which Alaska
contributes 2,S33,439 cases.
Tonne; Men ns Great Merchants.
New York Sun.
Tho ndmlsslon of Samuel J. Blooming-
dale to membership In the Arm of Bloom-
lngdalc Brothers calls attention to the
urge number of comparatively young
men who are holding the reins of power In
the big department stores. Mr. Arthur
Hearn and Mr. Schanck. of James A.
liearn & Son. Messrs. J. I. and Percy
Straus, of Macy's, Mr. B. J. Greenhut. of
the Slegel-Cooper company, Mr. L. Abra
ham, of Abraham & Straus, and the
younger Matthews, of A. D. Matthews'
Sons, are a few of the notable ones. The
reason, however. Is not difficult to find.
In no branch of modern enterprise does
the work of supervision contain so many
details of equal Importance details which
cannot. In prudence, be left to subordi
nates. Hence the growing practice of
making Junior partners, which becomes
easy when to the tie of self-interest Is
added that of relationship. The owner
of a department store Is' tbrlcC blessed
who his bright, active sons to aid him,
while the less fortunate must brine; for
ward nephews and more distant relatives
or take chances with strangers. Perhaps
It is only in tho latter cases that the
strain has resulted in the "breakdowns"
which are said to' have been more numer
ous among the big retailers than with the
followers of other callings.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
PORTLAND, Feb. 7.-S P. M--Maxlmura
temperature, 33; minimum temperature, 32:
river reading, 11 A. M.. 4.3 feet: change In 24
hours. 0.4 toot: total precipitation. 0 P. M.
to S P. M.. 0.71 Inch: total creelDltatlon since
Sept- 1, 10 29.S4 Inches: normal preclolta-
Uon since Best. 1, 1902, 27.94 Inches; exctss.
1.90 Inches: total sunshine Feb. 0, 0:55; possible
sunshine Feb. 6. 10:00; barometer (reduced to
sea-level) at S P. M., 29.54.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
hi
Wind.
S3
s
5a
STATIONS.
Baker City
Bismarck
Boise ... ...... .......
lleltna
Kamloocs. B. C...
I24!0.01
S
S
SB
8V
Snow
Clear
34&00410
Cloudy
Clear
Cloudr
Cloudy
Clear
uu'aoo
N'orth Head ,
MS 0.7O
s
n
B
SB
sw
SB
s
SB
Focatello
Portland
Red niuft
Roseburg
Sacramento
Bait Lake
San Francisco .....
Spokane
Seattle
Tatoosh Island ....
Walla Walla
0.00
38O.S0
toloudy
Ua'n T
Vis'ats)
anow
Rain
Rain .
44 3.24 3S
ICloudy
HS0.2fl
tuin
Snow
1B
SE
S
SB
42 0.40
Cloudy
Rain
M4 0.32 361
44!O.OOJ18
ICloudy
Light.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The storm central off the Northwest Wash
ington coast yesterday evening has advanced
lowly eastward, and 1 central this evening
near Vancouver island. It has caused general
rains In the Wtllamette Valley and the Sound
country, and light snow In Eastern Washing
ton and Eastern Oregon.
High winds have also prevailed today along
tho coast. At North Read a maximum velocity
I of -T2 miles, from the southeast, occurred, and
P... m.a. . v.l. A .A Hlt f am . . ... - I
reported. Storm warnings asnouncloc the
storm's approach were ordered this morning at
all display stations.
Tho Indications are lor ram In this district
Sunday, with snkw in the mountains and foot-
hills.
WBATlUill ffUlliAJABKJ.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 2S hours
ending at midnight Sunday. February 8:
Portland and vicinity Rain: brisk to high
gusty south to west winds.
Western Oregon ana nesxern wasnington
Rain: brisk to high gusty southwesterly winds.
Eastern Washington, and Northern Idaho
Enow, turning to rain; brisk southerly wlnda.
Eastern Oregon Enow or rain; brisk south
erly winds.
Southern Idaho Snow or ram: warmer in
Oxygen
Hunger
The.worst starvation is
Oxygen hunger.
It is a disease when
your blood is deficient in
red corpuscles.
It ends in consump
tion and death.
Its signs are weakness,
loss of flesh, pale skin,
transparent ' complexion,
loss of ambition, and
proneness to "catch cold."
The only cure is
ulsion
It is a medical emul
sion of cod liver oil, con
taining principles which
vitalize and oxygenate the
hlnnd and thrphv ofvf
fresh life and energy to
,j V
we tissues.
Ozomulsion is the good
food, the easy food, the
universal food, for all who
are sick or in need of
strength. To be had at
all druggists. Try it.
In order that you may test the
merits 'of Ozomulsion, send your
name and full address to
THE OZOMULSION CO. .
Z40 De Peyster St., Xevr York,
mentioning this paper, and, a large
sample free bottle- will at onca b
sent, yon by mall prepaid.-
Ozom
tait portion: brisk and probsbly high east to
south 'winds. A. 11. WOL.UAJJEO.
Acting Forecast Official.
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MEETING NOTICES.
i
HAM, FOR RENT Artisan HalL Ablsgtsn
bldg., for rent each Monday evening. For
particulars call E. E. Van Alstlne, S12 Mar
quasi bldg.
GEORGE WRIGHT W. R. C meets every
Friday evening at a. A. It- HalL comer First
and Taylor streets. Visitors from other corps
welcome.
J TJ ANITA CIRCLE. 273. W. O. W. Will
rlva a whist party and dauce at Artisans
llall, Ablngton building. Saturday, February
14. All irienas or wooucrait welcome.
SIAimiED.
IIALL-NORTHRUP At the First Presbyterian
cnurcn. Tnursoay, c eDruary o. lixu, uy itev.
Edgar P. Hill. Mr. Robert eote Hall and
Miss Clara Northrup. No cards.
DIED.
CLOSE-In this city, Feb. 7. 1003, Lucia, wife
of Erward Close, aged 24 years. Notice of
runeral nerealter.
DAMME Died at SU Vincent's Hospital. Feb
ruary u, ivo3. wmiam uamme, agea years,
late residence 71 Randolph street. Alblna.
GEHRKE In this eltr. Feb. 7. 1003, at the
ramiiy residence. iu Kerny st., wiuam
Gehrke. aged 73 years, 2 months and 10 days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
DENEF1EL Near Toledo. Wash., Friday, Feb
ruary o, lira, isabeiie uenenel. wire or w.
H. ReneDel. mother ot Mrs. Joseph G. Mann
and Mrs. Robert Loughran. of Portland; Mrs.
C E. Tooley, F. R.. and W. JL. Benenel, ot
-xoieuo, aan.
ERICKSON In this city. Feb. 7 1003, at 07
Nortn istn St.. ingeoorg tncKron. agea
Tears. 3 months and. IS days: mother of Mrs.
C 1 Hanson, wife of tho pastor ot Nor
wegian and Danish Jl. E. cnurcn. and Kev.
K. W. Erlckson- ct Chlmacum. Wash.
p-UNnrtAi, NOTICES.
PUTNAM Friends and acquaintances are re
spectfully invited to attend tne funeral serv
ices of Arthur M. Putnam, which will ba held
from late residence. 230 Sheridan St.. at 2 P,
M. Sunday. Interment Lone Fir cemetery.
SCHWAB At Phoenix. Arts.. Jan. 31. 1903,
Eamfi. Hcnwao, jr. irunerai services win te
held from his late home. 810 Lovelor St..
Sunday. Feb. 8. at 2 P. M. Friends and ac
quaintances respectfully Invited to attend.
eervieea at tne grave private.
FULTON Friends and acquaintances are re-
specuuuy invited to atlena tne runeral serv
ices or Ev A. l-Tilton, which will be held at
ine lamuy Tesiaence. Blount -laDor, at - A ,
M. today. Interment Lone Fir cemetery.
SCOTT-iFrlends and acquaintances are re-
specuuiiy invited to attend tne runeral serv
ices ot Elisabeth Scott, which will be held
at Flnley'a Chapel, at 2 P. M. today. Inter
ment i-jne x ir cemetery.
SEW TODAY.
A, J. FARMER, WHOLESALE .AND RETAIL
grocer, xaira ana jeuerson xou can save SO
per cent by dealing with me. Two pounds
soft-shelled walnuts, 25c; 1 pound soft-shelled
almonds. 15c; 1 package Scotch oats, 10c: I
package Ralston oats. 10c; 2 packages Grape
Nuts, 25c: 2 packages Force, 23c; 10-poua'd
box crackers, 60c; 2 packages Malta Vita. 23c;
2 packages Cero Frulta. 2oc: I package Post
urn or Fig Prune. 20c: 2 packages Inlln bread
flour, 5c; 1 dosen English smoked bloat
ers. 10c: 3 1-pound packages Imported
macaroni. 25c: 1 box macaroni, 35c: 1
pound Royal Baking powder. 40cT 1 pound
Arm & Hammer soda, 5c: -ii-po-jnd box ball
blueing. 5c: 1 bar Naptha soap. 5c: 8 bars
Santa Claua soap. 25c; 7 bars Silk soap. 25c;
3 cans Carnation cream, 25c: 2 packages
Golddust washing powder. 35c; 3 packages
Acorn matches, 25c: 4-pound package Moth
ers starch, 23c; 3 cans tomatoes or corn. 23c;
3 pounds broken Java coffee. 25c; 1 pound
Lion coffee. 10c; best sugar-cured hams, 13Hc
pound; 1 gallon table syrup. 45c; 3 5-pound
packages Perfection salt, 25c; 1 sack best
D. Q. sugar, tl.60.
BARGAINS IN FORECLOSED PROPERTIES:
joooo Two-story Dries: Duuomg and lot at
half cost of building.
33300 House, bam, IK acres, orchard, Port
land Heights.
35500 Largs house, lot. C50 Couch.
31600 Cottage at 101O Corbett street.
Reasonable terms.
W. H. FEAR, Falling Bldg.
OLD GOLD JEWELRY; MADE OVER OR EX
'changed for modem, artistic Jewels, dia
monds, precious stones, loose and mount eU;
very close price: small expenses allow us to
be satisfied with small profits. Tlnerr. the
Jeweler. N. E. cor. 3d and Washington, over
N. P. 'Express office, upstairs.
S100O BUYS NEW 3-ROOM COTTAGE AND
lot. 50x100: terms. ?250 down and easy
monthly payments. Compton & Gibson. 202
Washington.
SNAP 6 CHOICE LOTS ON HAWTHORNE
ave.. with small house; price given on In
quiry. D. L. McLeod & Co., 22a Falling
bldg.
FOR RENT FARM OF 200 ACRES. WITH
requisite buildings, 2 miles west of the city.
Apply to Wm. K. Mackenzie, 203 Worcester
bldg.
10-ROOM MODERN HOUSE. NICELY Lo
cated, on car line, lot 60x100. West Side, at
a bargain. Inquire at room 1 Hamilton bldg.
NEW FURNITURE OF S-ROOM HOUSE FOR
sale, house for rent March 1, 230 North
10th.
$26,000 WASHINGTON ST.
About U block In nartlcularlv advantageous
location. F. V. Andrews & Co., Hamilton bldg.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On Improved city nd farm property.
R. LIVINGSTONE. 224 SUrk it.
Up to Date
HOUSE OF 0 ROOMS
and full lot. 50x100.
near 3-tth and Kear
ney sts. Price 34200.
C H. KORELL. 231 Washington st.
MORTGAGE A0ANS
On Improved city and farm property. BQlldtag
loans. Installment loans. WM. MACMASTXR.
311 Worcester block.
Choice 100x100
Near 19th
and Love-
or : a
barga I n .
Price 33000. easy terms.
C IL KORELL. 231 Washington St.
MORTGAGE LOANS y
On Portland real estate at lowest rates.
Titles insured. Abstracts furnished.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
7 Chamber of Commerce.
1RY1NGT0N
Scan Choice lot on East Sth st,. between
, Tillamook and Thompson sta; west
xronu
CI Ann Choice 100x100 feet. S. W. cor. E.
vuw nSn ana Hancock sts.; only one
block' from car line.
ei7Sn Attractive 100x100 feet S. TV. corner
V' 11th and Schuyler sta.
Cionn 100x100 feet N. W. comer 14th and
vlouu Schuyler sts.; very desirable location
for home: Improved street: car line
wjthln a block.
elfiflO lOOxlOO feet N. W. corner 10th and
Schuyler sts.
Attractive cottage. No. 633 Tillamook st cor.
East 12th; contains 6 rooms, all modem con
veniences, beautiful yard, with fruit trees,
choice rosee, shrubbery and vegetables galore.
SULLIVAN'S
elnO IKS "Bast 20th St., cor. Pacific, good
uuu S-room house, large yard. 100x100
feet; only S1TO0. '
SUNNYSIDE
SO Q n fl 927 East Alder st,. new modern cot
"O"" tare, newly furnished, two extra
large lots. We offer the house, furniture and
land for only 32300.
WAKEFIELD, FRIES & CO.
223 STARE STREET.
Phone Main S3.
XEW TODAY.
The- Ford -Wilson
Auction Co.
Furniture
Auction Sale
At Salesrooms, 182 First St.
Tomorrow, February 9.
Bedroom suits: Tiarlnr fumlturA rilnlnr.iwim
furniture; cook range: heaters; carpets; lino
leum, etc.. etc.
Also TWO SETS SINGLE HARNESS, la
Brst-class condition.
Sale-182 First street tomorrow, 10 A. M.
WILSON FORD. Auctioneers.
Auction Sale
Wednesday Next, February 11,
at Salesrooms, 182 First St.
A cuantlty of very fine furniture has been
delivered at 182 First street, to be SOLD
WITHOUT RESERVE. Kteldes the ordinary
household goods, we have a BEAUTIFUL UP
RIGHT PIANO, cost 1430 only a few months
ago; LADY'S BIKE: A FEW NEW RUOS
and NEW LINOLEUM: a magnificent upright
FOLDING- BED. with large French-plate mir
ror; lady's desk, and a variety of other goods.
Sale Wednesday. 10 A. IS., at 182 First
street- WILSON & FORD. Auctioneers.
Auction Sale
Friday Next, February 13,
at Salesrooms, 182 First St.
We will sell FANCY DECORATED CHINA
WARE: NEW GRANITEWARE: BREAK
FAST FOODS; HOOTS AND SHOES; CLOTH
1NO. etc.. etc
Sale every Friday. 10 A. M., at 182 First
street. WILSON 4 FORD. Auctioneers.
r vino. DaKer-aCot
HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE SALE OF SOLID
MAHOGANT AND GOLDEN OAK FURNI
TURE. ROTAL WILTON AND ENGLISH
AXMINSTER RUGS OF THE HIGHEST
GRADE. WITH HAIR MATTRESSES. STEEL
RANGE. ETC
On Tuesday Next, Feb. 10th
We are Instructed by the owner, who has re
cently furnished, but Is leaving the city at
short notice, and has consigned his goods to
BAKER'S AUCTION HOUSE, corner Aldsx
and Park, for positive sale. Including: HAND
SOME ENGLISH AXMINSTER AND ROTAL
WILTON RUGS. 9x12 FT.. 11.3x14.3 FT.;
Brussels carpets; GENUINE MAHOGANY.
FLEMISH OAK AND BIRDS EYE MAPLE
ROCKERS ; library tables; Roman chairs;
lady's desk; parlor suit, tn silk damask; costly
settees. In brocatelle silk: divans. In tapestry:
elegant couch, up-to-date upholstery, large
French-plate mirrors; oak eaeel; real pastels,
by noted artists. In white- and gold frames;
handsome dining suit. In golden oak. vlr..
round extension table, set box-eeat chairs. Sna
sideboard, pretty buffet and china cabinet, all
swell fronts and beautifully made; round center
tables. In golden oak and blrdseye maple:
MASSIVE BRASS AND IRON BEDS; BEST
WHITE. CURLED HORSE-HAIR MAT
TRESSES. 40 lbs.; oak bedroom sets; PRIN
CESS DRESSING TABLE: elegantly designed
oak dressers; chiffoniers; large mahogariy ward
lobe; ash mantel beds; best springs and mat
tresses: goose;feather pillows: household treas
ure; STEEL RANGE; Reliable GAS RANGE;
heating stoves, and the regular kitchen outfit.
Parties looking for first-class rugs and fur
niture are Invited to inspect tho goods tomor
row (Monday). The auctioneer desires to make
special mention of superior quality ot tho
rugs.
SALE TUESDAY AT 10 A. !L SHARP.
GEO. BAKER & CO.. Auctioneers.
Auction Sale
On Thursday Next, Feb. 12tli,
AT BAKER'S AUCTION ROOMS, we shall sell
various consignments of household furniture,
carpets, stoves, etc. Bale at 10 A. M.
GEO. BAKER & CO,, Auctioneers.
Phone Black 1842.
At Qilman's
Auction Salesrooms
411 and 413 Washington St.,
Anction Sales next Tuesday,
February 10th, at 10 A. M.
We are Instructed to sell by public auction,
for whom it may concern, almost-new furni
ture and piano from warehouse. Including:
Parlor furniture; twice-folding bed; folding
bed. with mirror: chiffonier, with mirror; oval
plate-glass parlor mirror; 0x12 ingrain rugs:
white maple dressers: sideboard: extension
table; dining chairs, all In oak: bedroom suits,
complete; springs; mattresses; rockers; odd
chairs and pieces of furniture; 50 pictures. In
neat frames; alr-tlght heaters: steel range,
with nickel trlmmlnrs: stoves. ,wlth water
colls, for flats: carpets: couches. In velour:
graphophone: bicycle; some pretty pieces lor
parlor. In mahogany finish: library table. In
oak; also 10 palls and 50 boxes assorted
candy. Tb upright piano will be sold at 11
A. M. Sale commences at 10 A. M.. Tuesday.
S. L. N. GILMAN, Auctioneer.
Auction Sale
Of Household Furniture
Wo are instructed to sell by
Public Auction, at ill ana t
413 Washington Street, Fri
day, February 13th, 10 A. M.
All the furniture of residence. Including par
lor. bedroqm. dining-room, sitting-room and
kltehen furniture. Sale Friday.
S. L. N. GILMAN, Auctioneer.
COAL
Newcaatle lump, 30.50 per ton delivered.
5eTf castle 'nt, $3.50 per ton delivered,
WelUntfton, Kemmerer, Australian,
Cnnnel and other hljth-erade domes
tic and foreign coals.
PACIFIC COAST CO.
H. L. Murton, Agent
240 Washlntrton St. Tel. 220.
HOUSES FOR SALE
fiOxlOO, with 'donule Iionae, con
taining 14 rooms, on East 7th, be
tween ynrulilll and Taylor; rent 90S
per month! price 11000, cost- terms.
28x115, with good K-room-and-attlo
bonne, on Montgomery st-. between
14th and 10th ats. price S400O easy
terms. 1
RUSSELL DLTTH,
82H Third st., cor. Oalc.
GOOD FOR SPECULATION
OR INVESTMENT
The cheapest U block Is opposite II. Weln
hard'a brick block. Inquire ot F. V. Andrews
A Co., Hamilton bldg.
A NEW MODERN HOME.
Or 10 per cent Investment, 33500. House and
lot. No 770 Gllsan street. Apply Frank E.
Hart. 105 Sherlock bldg. '
5th & Burnside
100x100, fine
location for
hotel or oth-
- er Business.
Reasonable price and very easy terms.
a H. KORELL, 231 TVashlngton st-
MONEY LOANED
On Improved city property. BuUdlng loans.
EAST MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
FItEU U. STflOXG. 103 2dVt.
A Corner
ON 23D ST.. CHOICE
3
location and nice mod
em house. Price 13300.
C H: KORELL. 231 Washington it.