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31 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 17, 1906. Jill silmc? Assnmntiutt nf infatltMlitn? v l- ism . j. I fit- wJM f ;j 1 ill J? 5e - ' i -t f vile tlr J r lloji fnniatoiL, by Winston Churchill. Illustrated. l..r.o. The Macmlllan Company, New York City. It Is a rcsrrettablc incident when so many reviewers in writing of a new book by n famous author often say: -This novel is the best that Mr. Blank has so far produced. He has reached the glory of glories!" Mr. Churchill is probably the most popular novelist in this country at the present time. We know him from the immense literary success he has achieved in: "The Crossing." "The Crisis," "Richard Carvel" and "The Celebrity." Now, he comes before our vision In n new field, and In "Coniston" tells the story of a New England po litical boss named Jethro Bass. In deed, the author could very well have srlven this title to the novel:' "Jethro Bass. Boss: A Story of Self Sacri fice" for Jethro is the one strong, masterful personality. "Coniston" is unlike anything that Mr. Churchill has previously written, and because of that reason it can neither be compared with his other novels nor the opinion hazarded that 1 It is the best he has yet given us. "Coniston" has a rugged American spirit that will make one a better American after reading it. Impressive as a complex character study, the novel Is also a throbbing and absorb ing love story, where the old love is deftly caught and placed Into a dia mond with a new setting. Its quiet, almost dry humor Is as delicious as a nut. Mere and there are reminiscent strains suggesting the imagery of "Kavid llarum" without the latter's horse deals, if such a situation can be accepted. On page 49 we are told: "The town of Coniston, it must be explained for the benefit of those who do not under stand the word 'town in the New Eng land sense, was a tract of country about 10 miles by 10. the most thickly settled portion of which was the vil laRe of Coniston. consisting of 12 houses." The town cannot have been very far from Boston, although in his Rfterword Mr. Churchill expressly states that the locality will not be recognized in justice to those fam ilies whose local pride might otherwise be offended. Jethro Bass, at the time of the opening of the story, is a man ebout 30 years of age, who wore a dusty suit, a coonskin cap and bis trousers tucked into his hoots. He was the tanner of Coniston. and speaks with such a funny .hesitation of utterance and native shrewdness that he might have jumped from some of the pages of Artemus Ward. He also has a peculiar habit of phrase repeti tion. Jethro loved Cynthia Ware, and In discussing the career of Napoleon Bonaparte, said: "Not a very bit place, this Corsica not a very big place." "Poor Josephine!" said Cynthia, 'I always wish he had not rast her ofT." r "C cast Tier off?" said Jethro. "Cast her off! Why did he do that?" "He cared more ahout getting on In the world than he did about his wife." "Wa wahn't the woman to blame any?" asked Jetrro. "Ftead the book, and you'll see," retorted Cynthia. Jethro knew as little about women as the average man which is very little. He was also an uncouth lover. Jealous of the superior attractions of Isaac Worthington. Jethro made this love speech to his sweetheart: "f'ynthy. if you'd took him I'd have killed him. C'ynthy. I love you I want you to be mv woman " "Tour woman!" He caught her. struggling wildly, terror stricken, in his arms, beat down her hands, flung back her hood, and kissed her fore head her "hair, blown by the wind her lips. In that moment she felt the mystery of heaven and hell, of all kinds of power. In that moment one was like a seed flying In the storm, above the mountain spruces .whither, she knew not. cared not. "L love me Cynthy love, me, don't you?" It is certain that Jethro and Cynthia devotedly loved each other, but he so mismanaged matters that his beloved very firmly married somebody else. William Wetherell, who was afflicted with lung trouble. The Wetherells had an only daughter, whom they called Cynthia. In the meantime Jeth ro had married a woman of eminent domestic qualities. In quick order the novelist kills Mrs. Bass and Mr. and Mrs. Wetherell. The latter's young daughter Is adopted by Jethro and she grows up to be a young woman of tine character. In most novels Jethro would have found In her the re-incar-natlon of his lost love and would have made her Mrs. Bass No. z. But not so Mr. Churchill. Miss Wetherell finds her ideal in Robert Worthington, son of Coniston's money king. The sentimental situation Is an un usual one, but Mr. Churchill plans his climaxes so cleverly that the Interest never flags for a moment. You are treated to a succession of surprises. Mr. Bass Is at his best as a political boss dictating to the Massachusetts legislature, and the manner In which various deals are rushed through and solons bought and sold like sheep surely Thomas W. Lawson In his wild est moments never excelled such a significant picture. The moral awaken of bisrussion 3ofcn Stuart Bill. ing of Jethro Bass is told in the twelfth chapter where Cynthia shows him he has reached political power by the, open purchase of votes. ' The period of the book is prior to and fol lowing the Civil War. A notable inci dent is a conversation participated in by President Grant. The clever Illus trations by Florence Scovel Shinn are typical of the time in which the char acters lived. Recollection! of a Lifetime, by John. Goode, of Virginia. 12. The Neale Publishing Co., New York city. To those of us who view American history from a Northern viewpoint, this book of Judge Goode's telling us of the Southland, war and the triumphs of peace as probably Lee and Stonewall Jackson would have spoken of them, raises mingled emotions. Judge Goode was born in the year 1829 In the county of Bedford, Virginia, and in his varied career as lawyer, soldier, statesman and private citizen he has led an active and useful life. He was a member of the Virginia secession convention, the Confederate Congress, the United States Congress, was Solicitor-General of the United States, commissioner of this country to settle claims against the United States and Chile, president of the last Virginia constitutional con vention, and also held other offices. For a long time he has been one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the Jamestown Ter-Centennlal Exposition, to be held next year. It is Impossible to read Judge Goode's memoirs extending to 2(i6 pages--without a feeling of great respect for the man, and admiration for the man ner In which he has begun and com pleted the task. All who wish to have a representative collection of the books or Southern authors In their libraries, ought to include this book, because it contains historical material that cannot te met with In any other publication. The pages are pathetic, reminiscent, legal, humorou, and bear the Impress of a strong intellectuality. This Is Judge Goode's view of the negro question: One result of the bestowal of unlimited negro suffrage at the South lias been to create in the breast of the negro the idea of eoelal equality, an Idee, which the white peo ple will never tolerate for a single moment. The omnlscent ruler of the universe, for some wide purpose, has made them different and all the waters of old ocean ate not suf ficient to WRJth out the difference Tn ttil desire for social equality may be attributed all the fiendish outrages which have been committed by black men upon unprotected and defenceless white females. Such out rages were never heard of in the daya of slavery. The one adverse criticism that can be leveled at this book Is: Judge Goode gives a purely sentimental view of the negro, and he- would have us believe that to a largo extent the old planta tion life "befo' de wan" was the Ideal one. The majority of thoughtful Amer icans hold to the opposite opinion. Morgan's Cavalry, by General Basil W. Tuke. Illustrated. 2. The Neale Publishing Co., New Tork City. Out of all the great soldiers who fought on both sides during the Civil War, General John H. Morgan, the famous Confederate cavalry leader, Is no doubt entitled to credit of having discovered uses for cavalry, or rather mounted infantry, to which that arm was never applied before. Totally Igno rant of the art of war as taught from books or In the academies, self taught in all he knew, and a born scout it Is a fortunate circumstance for the safety of the Jnion as we now know It, that the South only raised one "raider" like Morgan. He created his own little army a force which at no time reached 4000 men, according to Confederate records and yet this command killed and wounded as many of the Federals and captured more than 15,300. This Is "Wlll-o'-the-Wisp" Morgan for you. General Duke writes a stirring his tory of his old commander, from the commencement of the war to practically its finish for the sequence of war events is taken tip after Morgan was killed in a skirmish, September 4, 1864. The book of 441 pages tells a story of audacity and wiry skill. It has the sound of hoof heats and trumpet calls. The District Attorney, by 'William Sage. Lit tle, Brown & Co., Boston. Only last month this novel of civics was published, and so strong is It in Ingenuity and consistency that it Is already among the most readable books of the season. This Is all the more creditable to Its au thor, when it Is explained that he has written straight pleasing fiction, and that he is not a muck-raker. Mr. Sage has cleverly caught the tide at Its fullness and his boat will float on. He writes with skill about current events that really In terest the reading public at the present time the ruthless power of plutocrats, the misuse of money and the reign of graft. The book la heroic and optimistic. Who is this District Attorney? Richard Haverland. son of a money king, whose father Intended him to he a eoclal butter fly. But the young man had Galahad vis ions which prompted him to be a lawyer. Then- he was elected District Attorney on the independent ticket and had the satisfaction of sending unsavory grafters to jail. His own father became implicated is ait in doubtful financial deals and just es caped being indicted, but his associate. Thomas Cadwell; who was caught buying his way into the Senate, was convicted through the District Attorney and Impris oned along with other rascals. Here Is a striking paragraph In the book which shows the author's trenchant style: Success bred In corruption and tainted wltn dishonor cannot endure. Success, which has cxnlolttHl the country for Its own selfish ends, and degraded the repub lic, cannot endure. It is not success. It is failure! . . . John Hancock. Alexan der Hamilton and Ahranain Lincoln down to men of our day. have given themselves for love of their country. It is that they may not have given their services In vain that some of us are striving today. Tt Is because we cannot stand idly by and see the republlo which these men labored to build up bartered, sold, degraded and ex ploited for pay. Vanitv Square, by TCdgar Saltus. J. B. Lip- pincott Company. Philadelphia. Pa. Dramatis personae: Mr. and Mrs. I'xhtll. born tired. Bishop L'pjohn, of Massachusetts. Stella Sixmlth. dealer In sleeping draughts. Dr. Sayce. In love with Stella. Deals with the smart set of Fifth ave nue. New York City, and with nice skill tells of the pretty frivolities of Idle peo ple who have more money than brains. Just the novel to enable you to spend a pleasant hour or twi the developments being unexpected and dramatic. The chief mystery portrayed ip where Miss Sixmlth, a Canadian nurse, gives to married wom en doses of a deadly poison, the effects of which are hardly visible even to the most expert physician, the nurse's object being to marry the rich widower surviving. Mrs. Uxhill's portrait: "She had the face of a fy. the waist of a wlllis, hair of burnt orange and Vesuvlan eyes. At a piano presently she was strumming something a strain sweet and sad and slow, haunt ing and cloying, one that suggested a minuet of lovers who already are ceasing to love." Breakers Ahead, by A. Maynard Barbour. The J. B. Llpplncott Company, Philadel phia. Pa. The title of this novel surely gives you a hint of the intensely dramatic atmos phere that is to follow. It is not a milk-and-water story. There is plenty of in trigue and restless ambition which spells ruin. The hero Is Thomas Macavoy Den ning, an English aristocrat, who was com polled to marry the daughter of a moun taineer In an Eastern State. Deserting his wife. Denning first went to South Amer ica and latterly to the western part of the United States, where he became a financial magnate and candidate for Gov ernor of his state. In the Interval, with out being divorced from his first wife, Denning bad married Mrs. Wynne, a widow. In the heat of the Gubernatorial contest Dennings enemies published the fact that he was a bigamist, and he lost the election. Out of this exotic combina tion Mr. Barbour has written a dramatic novel that will win the applause of all who like the mysterious. Meda's Heritage, by Mala Tettus. The Neale PublUnlng Company, New York City. Quite an unusual novel written with strength and sweetness5 describing the unique religious experiences of Meda, TraVerse, daughter of a clergyman. The prologue opens gloomily enough, de scribing the death of Meda's father, as he says with bis last breath: "See Meda's heritage the cross." Meda's life is one of ever present trouble until a way out comes in the 17th chapter, when as a preacher she joins the Society of Friends. In this ca pacity she has remarkable success. Her lover disowns her for the step she has taken, but she speedily gets a new one. A typical book for the library of a Sunday school. Throughout its pages are given numerous verses relating to the beauty and usefulness of a good life. A part of one thrilling chapter de scribes the Boxers' attack on mission aries in China. Glimpses of the Kan Francisco Disaster, be ing 11S views, Laird 4. Lee, Chicago. By far the best views that have yet reached this city of the San Francisco earthquake and fire and the miseries that followed. Many of the pictures of the buildings are of the "before and after" period, and have all the varied beauty of a picture gallery. Not only are views of San Francisco given, but also those of Oakland. Napa. Salinas. San Jose and sev eral of the buildings of the Iceland Stan ford. Jr., University. Underneath each picture Is a condensed description of the subject Illustrated, and, .taken altogether, any one wishing to keep a picture souvenir of the darkest hour San Francisco ever knew cannot do better than buy this pub lication. The cover is of blue and gold, and the book is sold in a neat-looking box. American History Versified, by Felix Faber. The Neale Publishing Company, New York City. Forty-one stanzas of American history are here presented, one for each week of the school year. The lessons) can be sung or recited in unison, and the complete book will interest young children in his tory. Samantha vs. Joslah, bv Marietta Hollev. Illustrated. $1.50. Funk & Wagnalls Co.. New York City. Thirty-three little stories full of hu man nature and very droll a continua tion of the series of Miss Holley In which Samantha and her husband have become famous. The title page story Is "A Borrowed Automobile and What Came of It." Of course Josiah meets with trouble In running his auto, but the story is told with quaint philoso phy, humor and shrewd comment. The other tales deal with such subjects as psychic demonstrations, a vision of the unseen, hired girls, ministers as ad vertisers, a male Magdalene, etc. Tallowstone Letters of Rube Shuffle. Valet, edited and illustrated by A. u. Heaton. Tne Neale Publishing Company. New York City. Of course, as all people on the Pacific Coast and a goodly portion of the re mainder of this country are aware, the most convenient and best plan to visit the Yellowstone Park . is to accompany the excursion arranged by The Oregonian, which leaves this city early next month. But if the pilgrims wish to peep into the future pictures of the trip, they will find a most amusing guide in Mr. Heaton's book of 125 pages. .The letters are. writ ten from the National Park by a valet to his sweetheart. Sophie Ann. and both humor and spelling are original and most laughable. 1 Imperial Purple, by Edgar Saltus. $1. Mitchell Kennerley, New J one city. A reprint of "Imperial Purple;" which was originally published over a dozen years ago. Its brilliant and exotic style Is representative of the manner of its author, who has been called the Du Mau- rier of America. The subject of the nine descriptive sketches is "Ancient Rome in Her Most Corrupt Days, Following tne Murder by Brutusof Julius Caesar." The handsome book cover is In purple ana gold. J. M. Q. IX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP "The Future of the Steel Trust." by Wil liam Hurd Hillyer. is In Moody's Magazine. e How Ought Wealth to Be Distributed?" asks T. N. Carver, in the Atlantic Monthly. r. 3. Holmes writes. In the Burlington Magazine, of "The Development of Rem brandt as an Etcher." see "The Art of Facial Expression" Ls a moat amusing story, written by Anne 0Hagan, and appears in Harper'ai Bazar. Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, is. in the limelight this month in the Cosmopolitan part of the series of articles written by David Graham Phillips, entitled "The Treason of the Senate." - e Jack London's animal story. "White Fang." has reached the dignity of chapter one. part two. In the June Outing. There's also a holiday spirit in this number. . "All la Not Damned" is a rosy view of the Pennsylvania Railroad management as viewed by the latter and la an article from James Creelman, appearing in Pearson's. "Where the World ' Is Going," by A. F. Collins, Is In Smith's Magazine. It's a com- fortlng view of astronomy, as the author favors the leroy-robey theory that the end of the world will not come for 25.000 yeans hence. "The Destruction by Gearthquake of San Francisco" is splendidly told by photograph picture In the World today. Other readable articles are: "How One Family Solved the vacation froblem and "Making Gardens Out of Lava Dust." a a a "At, Mediator's Place." by Holman Day. Ifl a powertuny told story or sacrifice in a forest nre. and leads In the American Magazine. VV U Unley, of this city, writes on "Home Life in a Gull Colony." a a a "The Fortune-Hunter. " which has recently been appearing In serial rorm In the Reader Magazine, Is finished In the June number. The story is now published In book form and u reviewed elsewhere on this page. The Reader pictures this month are first class, a To obtain the knowledge that enables us to control yellow fever, it was necestai-y to ex periment upon human being. Samuel Hop kins Adams' article, "Yellow Fever; A Prob lem Solved." In the June McClure's. tells of the men who voluntarily allowed themselves to be bitten by Infected mosquitoes, thus risking death, and exhibiting -an almost un paralleled heroism. e e a John D. Rockefeller, Jr., haa blossomed out aa a jokesmith. His latest. In connection with Ellis Parker Butler'a poaular little book, was told to 40 new members of his Bible claje to whom he gave a dinner In the room of the Young Men's Club. 11 West Forty fifth etreet. New York. Here It Is: "I hardly think this story a proper one to read before a Bible clas. However, I have been re quested to read It. The title of the story Is Pigs Is Pigs.' " After having read aloud how two guinea pigs Increased to more than 4t .on. Mr. Rockefeller said, with a umlle: "You see, they did not believe in race eul clde." in his Illustrations for Kipling's "Stories of Old England." which are appearing in Mc Clure'e, Andre Caetaigne la doing come re markable "restoration." Of course. In the days when the Roman cohorts held the Great Wall across the north of England against the Plcls and Danes, the life must have been strangely barbaric and picturesque, but few of us ever Imagined It to ourselves, for there , la scarcely anything In records or remains to suggest to us what It did look like. Castalgne's drawings are a remarkable tour de force for his powerful magnetism has supplemented the few facta at hand, and haa made that old world live again. Edgar Saltus. whose latest novel. "Van ity Square." is reviewed In an adjoining col umn. Is estimated as being among the most clever and artistic of American novelists. By education he Is a lawyer, having graduated from the Columbia College Law School In Previously he attended the Sorbnnne. Paris, and studied- in Heidelberg and Munich. Ger many. Mr. Saltus was born in New York City In 1858, and few other writers can de scribe with more graphic power or intimate knowledge the lire of the ultra-fashionable set of that metropolttaji city. Among Mr. Saitus' most successful work are "Balzac: A Study," "Mary Magdalene," "A Transaction In Hearts," and "The Perfume of Eros." w "How Ought Wealth to Re Distributed ?" 1m the striking title of a striking article in the June Atlantic. Professor T. N. Carver has come significant things to say here about the various theories that are holding the field today. They may all be reduced, he maintains, to three, which he terms the aristo cratic, the socialistic and the liberalistic or democratic theories. We have Uetened to so much pyrotechnic eiquence of late on the subject of socialism, that It is a relief to hear Its clalma so soberly estimated and criticised. "From every one according to his ability to every one according to his needs" this, says Professor Carver, "is a formula which fairly well summarizes the socialistic theory of distribution." The chief difficulty with the theory is that it does not deter mine what the special ability of each man la nor what his special needs are, either. "There Is 'always a class,' 'he says, "large or small, as the case may be, who need the stimulus of a prospective advantage to them selves to call forth their best efforts, who will do their best only when their rewards depend upon the value of their services." ' E. Kay Robinson, author of the "Religion of Nature," which McClure, Phillips & Co. announce for Immediate publication, is the editor of an English periodical, "The Coun tryside," in which his work has been ap pearing before it was collected in book form. Mr. Robinson has had long and interesting experience as a Journalist. After having edited a column In the London GloDe. he went to India, where he assumed charge of the Civil and Military Gazette In the Pun Jaub. There he found Kipling Installed aa the assistant editor, and he was the first to recognize the young poet's genius and to urge him to leave India and seek a wider fame. lAter. Mr. Robinson returned to Lon don, and to the Clobe. where he had, in succession, as assistants, the two poets, Steph en Phillips and Harold Begble. Thus, as Mr. Robinson says, he had. under his direction, at different times, three of the best-known English poets of our day. - One of the best stories in O. Henry's "Four Million" is "The Furnished Room." The fol lowing paragraph from It will bring reminis cent sensations to many a transient New Yorker: "A poychromatlc rug like some brilliant-flowered rectangular tropical islet, lay surrounded by a billowy sea of soiled mat ting. . . . The mantel's cbastely severe outline was lnglorlously veiled behind some pert drapery drawn rakishly askew like the sashes of the Amazonian ballet. Upon It was some desolate flotsam cast aside by the room's marooned when a lucky sail had borne them to a fresh port a trifling vase or two. pic stray cards out of a deck. And In one of tures of actresses, a medicine bottle, some the bureau drawers were found 'odd buttons.' a theater programme, a pawnbroker's card, two lost marshmallows, a book on the divina tion of dreams." M. Pierre Lotl's new book. "Les Desen chantees," Is to appear in this country next Fall in an English translation. The book, which has. by the way, been copyrighted in the original In this country, Is said to deal with-harem life in Constantinople. The Macmlllan Company announces for issue In the Fall a new book by Daniel Greg ory f Mason, entitled "The Romantic Compos ers." This new volume by the author of "From Grieg to Brahms" will consist in seven distinct essays, which will deal re spectively with the chief composers of ro mantic music. "Tuberculosis: Its Origin and Extinction" Is the title of a book by Dr. W. P. Turner, of the Isle of Wight, which will be pub lished shortly. The volume attempts to deal with tuberculosis as a whole, to trace Its origin, and to Indicate a method by which it can be completely abolished, in both men and animals. ' At about the same time that Henry Holt A Co. Issued In their "American Public Prob lems" "The Ejection of Senator" by George H. Haynes. they were obliged to reprint the first book in that series, "Immigration," by Prescott F. Hall. It Is further Interesting to note that this earlier book, though orig inally published as a work for general read ers, has been adopted as a class text-book. In the University of Indiana. "How' Ferns Grow." by Margaret Slosson, Is promised soon. This book will be of spe cial Interest to fern students in that It con tains original and scientific matter In regard to the development of the different species. It alms not only to aid in recognizing the nature ferns, but in recognizing the-dlfterent species in different stages of their development and to give an idea of the origin and relation of these species. The book will contain 48 re markable plates made by the author. The Macmlllan Company's list of new books: "The Garden, You, and I." by "Bar bara." the author of "The Garden of a Com muter's Wife"; "Months at the Lakes." by Rev. H. D. Rawnsley; a new edition of "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies." by James Outram; "First Steps in Mental Growth." by David R. Major: volumes XI and XII of "Hakluytus Posthumus; or, Pur chas His Pilgrlmes"; a new edition of "Lit erary Associations of the English Lakes," by Rev. H. D. Rawnsley, In two volumes; "Anthology of French Poetry: From the Time of Frolssart Up to the Beginning of the Present Century." complied by Frederick Lawton. M. A.f and "An Inquiry Into the Evidential Value of Prophecy." being the Hulsean prize essay for 1904, by E. A. Edg hlll. BUCKET-SHOP "SHARKS" The Warm Campaign Begun by Everybody's Magazine. It's an insult to say to any respecta ble shark to compare him with the "vile brood of bloodsucking reptiles" described by Merrill A. Teague in June Everybody's Magazine. If you have, or ever expect to have, a few dollars to invest, you'd better read what these so-called "bankers and brokers" did to Ridgway Bowker in Phil adelphia, how they stole his savings and his home and left him roofless and penni less in old age. These sharks Infest near ly every town in the Union, occupy fine offices and put up a front of eminent re spectability, but they steal a hundred mil lion dollars a year In the name of "Invest ment."" Perhaps thejr are stealing your money now. You'd better learn about them before they get your last dollar. If you're a real man or real woman with red blood In your veins Instead of sawdust you can't help being roused up to sympathy and appreciation by the white-hot sincerity of Everybody's splen did fact-and-flctlon stories this month. You can't help feeling that decency and humanity are well served by Russell's account of the shameful starvation in India. Eugene Wood's report of the "Campaign Against Consumption" and I.awson'8 "Punch-and-Judying the United 9tates Court." It seems as if you could feel the very shaking and grinding of the walls and the shriveling flame-blast while you read James Hopper's account of the San Francisco disaster as he saw and felt It. There never will be another story of that awful three days and nights, so full of graphic reality and terror. The beau tiful pencil drawings of the city made two weeks before, by Vernon Howe Baily. complete' this Incomparable souvenir of a vanished city. There's stirring life and spirit and hu manity, too in "The Outlaw." Edwin Ij. S-abin's powerfully pathetic horse story. Every one of the nine other fiction stories In the number shows that strong, clean- cut, virile quality which characterizes the best literature In any form, and appeals Irresistibly both to men and women. This June number Is one f the most notable numbers of Everybody's Magazine ever issued. Its two dozen contributions are alive with clear, positive, brilliant value all held together by a pervading human solrlt. like a chain of 1ewelR. After Automobiling, Riding, Golf ing, Tennis, or any outdoor sports, a bath with Cuticura Soap is most refreshing, cooling, and soothing. 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XIPPOX YVSE KA1SHA (Japan Mall Steamship Co.) S. S. RICUUN MARU will sail from Seattle about June .10 for Japan and China ports, carrying passengers and freight. For tlcketa. rates, berth resorwa tlona. etc.. call on or address H. DICKSON. C. P. T. A. 1Z2 Ihlrd St.. Portland. Or. Phono Main 688. TIME CARD OF TRAINS PORTLAND rienSLrf A 4 Yellowstone Para - Kansaa City - St. Loui Special for Chehalle. Centralla. Olympia, Qray'a Harbor. South Bend. Tacoma. be- attle. Spokane. LewuKon. Butte. Billings. Denver. Omaha. Kansaa City. St. Lioula and Southwest. . . . 8:30 am :S0 pm North Coast Limited, eleo trin lighted, for Tacima. Seattle. Spokane. Butte. Minneapolis. St. Paul and the Kaat 3:00 pm 7:00 am Puget Sound Limited for Claremont, Chehalls, Cen tralis, Tacoma and Seattle only :S0pm I0:H :a Twin City ExDresa for Ta coma. Seattle. Spokane. Helena. Butte. St. Paul. Minneapolis. Lincoln. Oma ha, St. Joseph. St. Louis. Kansas City. without change of cars. Direct connections for all point Eaat and Southeast 11:43 pm 6:50 pm A. D. Charlton. Assistant General Passenger Agent. 2&o Morrison St.. corner Third. Port land. Or. ALASKA EXCURSIONS S. 8. Spokane, Jnne 7, 21; July 5, 20; August 2. "AROUND ri'CET SOrND" EXCURSIONS EVERY FIVE DAYS. SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA ROUTE. From Seattle at P- M. for Ketchikan. Juneau. Skagway. White Horse. Dawson and Fairbanks S S City of Seattle. June 10. 20. 30. S. S. Humboldt. June 4. 14, 2.'t. S S. City of Topeka (via Sitka). June. 15, 23. NOME ROUTE. Second sailing S. S. Senator about June 2S. FOR SAX FRANCISCO DIRECT. From Seattle at 0 A. M. Queen. June 6. 21: Umatilla. June 13. 28; City of Puebla. June 18. July 8. Portland Office. 24S Washington St. Main 229. G. M. LEE. Pass, at it. Agt. C. D. DUNANN. O. P. A.. 10 Market St., San Francisco. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Dally. For Maygers. Rainier. Daily. Clatskanle, Westport. Clifton. Astoria. War g:00 A. M rentoo, Flavel, Ham- 11:35 A.M. mond. Fort - Stevens. Gearhart Park. Sea side. Astoria and Sea shore. 7:00 P.M. Express Dally. 8:50 P. M Astoria Express. Dally. C. A. STEWART. J. C MATO. Comm l Agt.. 248 Alder at. "- at P- A. Pboc Main DOS. ANCHOR LINE U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIPS NEW YORK. LONDONDERRY, GLASGOW. NEW YORK. PALERMO AND NAPLES. Superior accommodation. Excellent Cuisine, The Comfort of Passengers Carefully Con hhiered. Single or Round Trip Tickets Issued between New York and Scotch, English. Irish and all principal continental points at attractive rates. Send for Book of Tours. For tickets or general Information apply to anv lo-'nl agent of the Anchor Line or to HENDERSON BROS., Gen'l Agts., Chicago, Hi. TRAVELERS GUTDlf. D4 aJO liiQ Yip? (ftp Oregon -ahd union Pacific 3 T&AIX3 TO THE EAST DAILT Throufh Pullman standards and tourist le-eplDST-cars dally to Omaha, Chicago. Spo kane; tourist Bleep in it-cat dally to Kansaa City. Reclining chair-cars 1 scats tfi t tea Kast oauy. t'NION" DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:30 A. M. 17:00 P. M. SPECIAL for tha Ea4t Dally. Daily. via Huntington. , SPOKANE FLTKR. S:1D5.P,yM' S:D5.uV.M' For Eastern Washington Walla Walla. Lewlston. Coeur d'Alene and Great Nortbera points. ATLANTIC EXrKtSj, ,.., p M T.,j A Ji. for the East via Hunt Dally. Dally Ington. PORTLAND-BIGGS 8:15 A.M. 11:00 P.M. LOCAL, for all lo cal points netween Biggs and Portland. RIVER SCHEDULE. ' FOR ASTORIA and e:00 P. M. 3:00 P. M. way points, connecting Daily. Dally, with steamer for llwa- except except Co and North Beach Sunday. Sunday, steamer Haasalo. Ash Saturday at. dock 10:00 P. M. FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M. 5:80 P. M. gon City and Yamhill Dally. Dally. River points. Asb-st. except except dock water per.) Sunday. SunrtaT. For Lewlston. Idano. and way points from Rlparla. Wash. Leave Hlparla 3:40 A. M . or upon arrival train No. 4, dally except Saturday. Arrive Rlparla 4 P. M. daily ex cept Friday. Ticket Office. Third and TVashlngtoa. Telephone Main lit. C. W. Stinger. City Ticket Act.: A. L. Cralx. Gen. 1'aaa. Agt. EAST via SOUTH UNION DEPOT. OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS for rl", Rose burg. Ashland. Sacramento. Og den, San Fran cisco, Stockton. Los Angelea. ES Paso. New Or leans ana tha Eaat. Morning train conneota at Woodbura dally except Sunday with trains for Mt. Angel, silver ton. Brownsville, 3prtngHeld, Wend llng and Natron. Eugena passenger conneota at Woodbura with Mt Angel and lllverton local, Corvallla passen ger. 6herldaa passen ger. Forest Grove pas senger. s:4S r.- IL T .M A, H. 10 A. M. T. VL. 4:1S P. M. IM A. U. 4:60 P. it. nous p. m. 10S aV CM P. at 8:25 ATM. 11:50 P. U. Dally. tDally except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVICE) AND YAMHILL . DIVISION. Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street. Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:S A. M. ; 12:60, 2:U6, 4:00, 6:20, 8:25. 8:30, 10:10. 11:30 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 5:30. 6:30. 8:3S. 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. B A. M. Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland, dally. 8:30 A. M.; 1:53. 3:05. 5:03. 6:15. 7:35. 8:55. 11:10 P. M. : 12:25 A. M. Dally except Sunday. 6:25. 7:25. :30. 11:45 A. M. Sun day only. 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and In termediate points dally. 4:15 P. M. Arrive Portland. 10:15 A. M. The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con necting with S. P. Co'a trains at Dallas and Independence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacra mento and San Francisco. t'JO: berth. $5. Second-class furs. 15: second-class berth. $2 50. Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE, Corner Third and Washington Sta. lbone Main ?1. C W. STINGER. A. L. CRAIG. City Ticket Agent. Oen. Pass. Agt, " REGULATOR LINE" The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. Boats leave Portland and Tha Dalle dally, except Sunday, at 7 A. M.. arriv ing about 5 P. M.. carrying freight and pasengers. Splendid accommodation iof outfits and livestock. Dock Foot of Alder St.. Portland; Foot of Court St., The Dalles. Pbone Main 914. Portland. San Francisco Portland Steamship Co. Operating the Only Direct Passenger gteamers. Future sailings postponed indefinitely ac count San Francisco water-front strike. JAS. H. DEWSOX, AGENT, phone Main 208, 248 Washington St. Steamer Chas. R. Spencer FAST TIME. Co the beautiful Columbia, the most en joyable of river trips. Leaves foot Oak a, tor The Dallea and way points dally at T A. M.. except Friday and Sunday; return- tag at 10 P. M. Sunday excursions for Cascade Locke leave at A. M.; return P. M. Phone Main 2x60. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE Steamers for Salem. Independence and AJ ttnr leave. 6:45 A. (. dally ecept Sunday,. Steamers tor CorvalU and war points leave : V. TuesUajr. Thuredajr aa Saturday. OKtfciON CITT TRANSPORTATION CO- Office and dock, foot Tay.or St. FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS LEAVE SEATTLE P. M. "Jefferson," May 27; Juna 6, 18. P. M., via Wrangei. "Dolphin," May 22: June t. 12. 24. CHEAP EXCURSION KATES. On excursion trips steamer calls at Sitka. Metlakahtla. Glacier. Wrangei. etc.. In addition to regular ports of calL Call or send for "Trip to Wonderful Alaska." "Indian Basketry." "Toleta Polas." THE ALASKA S. S. CO. Frank Woolsey Co., Agents. 252 Oak St. Portland. Or.