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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 8, 1908.
GRUSHINGBLOWTO
GOULD'S AMBITION
Western Maryland Receiver
ship Postpones Realiza
tion of Dream.
17,o5t last night' when the registration
books closed for the new week. This
number is nearly as great as the. total
for the preceding years. It is believed
nearly 30.000 voters will have registered
by April 7. When the books close for the
primary election period. Republicans con
tinue to hold an overwhelming lead. The
apportionment last night showed 13.647 Re
publicans, 3014 Democrats and 87v mis
cellaneous. Yesterday proved rather a
busy day for Saturday. "35 Republicans,
43 Democrats and IS miscellaneous voters
being added to the list. Hereafter, until
.April 7, tire registration department at
the- Courthouse will be kept open nightly
until 9 o'clock.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Scven-lar-OId Marion Catto Vic-
LINE FROM SEA TO SEA I - .-ae.
Marlon Catto, the 7-year-old daugh
ter of James Catto, ' living at 817 Leon
ard street, in St. John. clied yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock from burns she
received Friday afternoon while play
lngaaround a stove set up. In the back
yard The child, with several ' play
mates, was playing around the stove
when by accident it was 'upset and
Marion's thin dress caught fire. She
ran screaming toward the house, the
wind fanning the flames. Her mother,
hearing the screams, ran out to ascer
tain the cause. She succeeded In
smothering the fire, but not until the
child was terribly burned about the
body and face.
Dr. Joseph McChesney was called and
Litigation May Stop Con.-truclion on
Western Pacific, Hie Western
Link in System Harri
nran's Hand Seen.
The appointment of a receiver for the
"Western Maryland Railroad is .regarded
in local railroad circles us indeliniteiy
postpnning the real!7-aton of the dream of
Joorf;p (Jnnkl. a railway stretching from
the Atlantic to the Pacific under one own
ership and management, something that
has never been built in the rtiited States.
the only such linn on the continent being
, the. Canadian Paeihc.
Ciould planned to reach tidewater on
the Pacific at San Francisco by
the Western racltic. now being
constructed from Salt Lako City
westward. The lensth of tly new road is
to be tJ0 miles, and Is perhaps the big
gest piece of. railway construction now
in progress in this country.
For years a railway that would be in
fact a transcontinental lino has been the
ambition of the llouldes. The line was to
stretch from the eastern terminus of the
"Western Maryland, the Gould property
just forced into a receivership, at Balti
more, straight across the continent to
tile California ' metropolis, and there was
considerable talk of the Gould lines being
extended to Coos Ray and other Oregon
points. Much was-hoped from this con
struction to afford competition with the
Harriman lines by furnishing another di
rect route to Salt Lake City and the Bast.
The links in this line stretching across
the country 3000 miles were to have been
the Western Maryland, the Wabash, the
Missouri Purine. Denver & Rio Cirande
and the Western Pacific. The gap be
tween 'umhcrland and Pittsburg was to
be filled in by the extension of the West
ern Maryland.
Planned Ideal .System.
This system from ocean to ocean would
have proved ideal in many ways. The
direct routing of passengers by one road,
without necessity for change of cars in
many cases, and throughout the journey
under the care of the .same company,
approaches the best .possible condition in
railway travel. The through handling of
freight by one direct route lias great
advantages as well in tho matter of
prompt delivery and gain in time of
transportation.
That the Gould line would have been
one of the best across the continent is
shown by the. modern construction so- far
on the Western Pacific. The great feature
of the road Is its low grades. Throughout
its length the grade Is limited t 1 per,
cent, or r.2.8 feet per .mile. It. seems in
credible that the Sierra Nevadis could be
crossed Into California- with so light a
grade, but it is nevertheless a fact. There
are 100 miles of 1 per cent grade between
Orovillo and the summit of Beckwtth
Pass. Most of the grades through Utah
and Nevada are much less than 1 per
cent
In order to build a road with light
curvature and such light grades, a large
number of tunnels have been necessary
In tho, Western Pacific. There are &8 tun
nels in all, with an aggregate of 52.593
feet. The longest is the Spring Gairden
tunnel through the divide between the
north and middle forks of Feather River,
and is 7-!M feet. Tho next longest is the
Reckwlth tunnel through the Sierras, be
ing 511X9 feet in length. '
Whether, the Goulds will go ahead with
tho Western Pacinc and finish It is a mat
ter for conjecture. A part of the work is
already completed and .trains are being
operated out of Salt Lake City for a long
distance. It whs planned to have the line
open to San Francisco by the Fall of 1908.
Ilairrinian's Hand Seen.'
Many will sec In the receivership of
the Western Maryland the hand of Harri
man. always Gould's bitter enemy. To
keep the Gould roads out of San Fran
cisco is worth much to the Southern Pa
cini; interests,,, and Harriman, it is said,
would go far to accomplish that end.
That he has been' working to bring about
the embarrassment of Gould for a long
time is said to be an open secret, and the
receivership of the 'eastern link in the
chain of Gould roads Is said to; be the
result.
B. F. Bush, who has been named as
receiver of the Western Maryland, has
been president of the line, for some years,
aivd is believed ot be a man well lilted to
administer the assets of the corporation.
The last annual report of the Western
Maryland, for the fiscal year ending June,
19o7, shows tlwt the surplus earned during
tho year was only Jio.iltiS, as against SX.l, -Ml
for tho year 1906, a decrease of fc!40.54o.
Increased cost of lubor and materials,
congestion of freight., bad weather condi
tions and the revision of the physical
properties of the road ere said to have
been tho principal causes for the poor
showing.
The latt report issued shows a hopeful
tone, but the receivership Just declared
seems to show that the bright prospects
of last Juno have not been realized.
r.llLD KOAD WITHOUT DELAY
l-'arrcll Announces Construction of
K.xtension to Sound.
General Manager J. D. Farrell. of the
Oregon & Washington, the O. R. & X.
extension to Puget Sound, has announced
at Seattle that the Harriman interests
will commence construction of tho line
between Portland and Seattle' at once.
Franchise matters at the Puget Sound
city have been agreed upon satisfac
torily and Mayor Moore, has signed the
ordinances grunting the new line the
necessary rights to enter the city.
Work will- commence all along the line,
says Mr. Farrell. Construction is to be
beun in the City of Seattle on termin
als, and contracts will he let at once for
the building of the railway between Port
land and S,ottle. The aim of the Harri
man Interests is to have the new line
In operation in time to handle the traffic
of tho Alaska-Yukon fair year.
General Manager O'Brien, of the Har
riman lines in this territory, ordered work
to be commenced some days ago on the
portion of the new line south of the Co
lumbia River.' which is the only part of
xiis project to be handled from Portland.
Construction of the long tunnel through
the Peninsula is not yet in sight, but the
completion of the piece of track now
building by the Harriman lines to con
nect the Su John extension of the O. ' R.
N. with the Spokane. Portland & Se
attle trains could be operated from
Portland by way of the tracks around the
Peninsula until the projected tunnel shall
liave been completed.'
EPWORTH LEAGUES
WANT
mm.
"Worldly Amusements" Me
mortal to Go Before M. E.
General Conference.
PLANS FOR CONVOCATION
Quadrennial Meeting of Methodist
Episcopal Church Will Be Held
at Baltimore, Begin
ning May 6.
The general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church will convene in
Lyric Hall. Baltimore. Md., "Wednes
day, May- 6, and will continue in ses
sion daily for one month. The hall
Registration Reaches 17,551.
Registrations had reached a total of
'Si.
LYRIC HAM,, BALTIMORE, IV WHICH THE METHODIST GENERAL
CONFERENCE IS TO BE HELD.
did all he could to relieve her suffering's,
hut it was impossible to save her life.
The coroner made inquiry into the case
and decided that an inquest was not
necessary. The body of the child was re
moved to the, Zelier-Byrnes undertaking
establishment on Williams avenue.
MEN WILL SUPPLANT BOYS
Change in Postal Special Delivery
Messenger Service.
Postmaster Minto yesterday received an
order from the Postofflce Department
at "VVashinKton advising him that all va
cancies among the special delivery mes
sengers, either from resignation or re
moval, will be filled by appointment from
the substitute clerks ana carriers. The
purpose of this order is to bring the spe
cial delivery service under control of the'
postal civil service. By taking up the
work-of messengers, substitute clerks
and carriers familiarize themselves with
the city and are better prepared to qual
ify either as carrier or clerk when ap
pointed . to fill a vacancy. Some of the
special delivery boys earn from $65 to J70
a month.
. Wood burn Tiepublicans Apathetic.
WOODBUKX. Or., March 7. (Spe
cial.) The meeting of Republicans
called for Today in Association Hall to
select 12 delegates to attend a county
convention at Salem next Saturdav
was not held, no one responding- to
the call.
selected will seat 2500 people. There
will be about 700 delegates, represent
ing every conference of Methodism
throughout the world. Arrangements
for the quadrennial ecclesiastical
gathering are being made by a special
committee of seven representing, the
Book Concern. All features 0 enter
tainment are in their charge.
All Methodism is now turning
toward Baltimore, which was the seat
of the first general conference of the
church in America, when Francis As
bury was elected the first bishop. This
was in ilay, 1708 and this session will
be the centenary . celebration of the
birth of American Methodism, and. a
historical affair of great note.
Monday, March 23, will be an impor
tant date in Portland Methodism, for
at that time the Methodist Ministerial
Association, . of - which Dr,' T. - Ford
is president, will memorialize the gen
eral conference on several problems of
the church life. Among the questions
to be acted upon are the election of
presiding elders'. Instead of by -appointment
by the bishops; fixing a residen
tial territory for the bishops, instead
of sending them all over the world, as
now, and whether or not to elect spe
cial bishops for supervision in foreign
countries.
On March 23. also, the ; Methodist
Ministers will have before, them for
consideration a petition from various
Epworth League chapters throughout
.the Oregon Conference, requesting
them to memorialize the general con
ference to retain paragraph 248 of the.
discipline, which forbids" participation
in "worldly amusements." such as
dancing, card-playing, theater-going
and other kindred pastimes. There Is
at every general conference delegates
who believe the bars should be let
EPISCOPAL BISHOP'S PASTORAL LETTER TO THE
CLERGY AND CONGREGATIONS OF THE
DIOCESE OF OREGON
MT DEAR BRETHREN":
OF THE CLERGY My Lenten message to you, dear brethren of
the clergy, may be summed up in the ancient apostolic injunctions:
"I charge thee, in the sight of God and of Christ Jesus, who shall
judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all long-suffering and teaching. ... Be sober 'In all
things; suffer hardship: do the work of an evangelist; fulfill thy min
istry." "Watch ye; stand fast in the faith; quit you like men; be strong.
Let all that you do be done In love."
OK THE LAITY The worst penalty of sin is not a punishment in-
flirted from without: it is the deterioration of the nature the loss of
spiritual vision, the decline in force and vitality. No man, can see this
without a profound sense of the tragedy of life, and a deep impulse to
help, if any help be possible. Hence the need of Lent, as a time for
special self -examination, and the wisdom of our holy mother, the
church, in requiring its observance. May I be of help to you this
Lent by appealing to you in a two-fold way. .
AS INDIVIDUALS Alone with God examine your, lives and repent
truly for all your past sins. Devote more time to private prayer, and
to the devotional reading of the Gospels. Do some good each day.
Practice reasonable self-denial in eating and drinking. Make real acts of
self-denial real enough to be felt especially of such a kind as will
allow you greater means for alms-giving and offerings to the church.
May this Lent be to you all a respite both from worry and excess of
amusement parties, plays, and the like which during this penitential
season the church considers unchristian and even the world considers
"bad form."
AS A CONGREGATION Our besetting sin is the breaking of the
Lord's Day. or neglect of the public worship of Almighty God. This
terrible impiety, which is widespread among us, is a three-fold evil.
It is a symptom of spiritual disease: it is itself a grievous sin, and is
a sure cause of religious decay and death.
A wave of lrreligion has been sweeping over this country. Some
who Msod always to be "in the spirit on the Lord's Day," began to
spend that most holy and blessed dny In mere idleness and sloth, then
in purely physical exercises and amusements or in domestic and social
festivities, forgetting God. But such waves of popular corruption and
folly ought no more to move a churchman and "child of God" than the
passing clouds move a granite hill.
T. therefore, bespeak your falthfuf and' loving observance of this
Lent, with all Its duties and its privileges, and its opportunities for pub
lic worship and instruction.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS I would remind you of our missionary ap
portionments, and of assessments for the Episcopal fund, for -which
many appeals reach you, some of them from my own pen. Would that
those appeals were not necessary! Would that the bishop and hte
clergy were relieved from serving tables that they might more abund
antly administer the word of God. " Oh, that our laity would release
the clergy from so much distasteful importuning and begging and
nagging and harping about necessary expenses, untU men's spiritual
senses are dull, and take these thinss upon their o-wn. shoulders, where
they belonsr. Examine the tabulated statement printed In Trinity
Chimes and the Portland Churchman and note what is hoped for from
your parish, and do your best to meet the situation. The apportion
ments are on a basis of 45 cents for missions outside of Oregon, and
SO cents per communicant for diocesan missions. "Let every man do
according as he is disposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity;
for God loveth a cheerful giver."
Finally, it is my wish and prayer that all of us. clergy and laity
alike, may make our Easter communion worthily, devoutly and to our
great and endless comfort.. Faithfully and affectionately yours.
CHARLES SCADDING.
Bishopcroft. Quinquagesima. A. D. 190S. Bishop of Oregon.
down on these amusements, and that
the young people should have the priv
ilege, if they choose, of indulging in
any of those specified. Therefore the
matter is always, up . at each general
conference session, and is always a
feature of each such gathering.
Sunnyside Epworth League chapter,
at its last business meeting, unani
mously passed a resolution calling
upon the -chapters in the Oregon con
ference to petition the .general con
ference to retain the so-called amuse
ment paragraph. A committee was
appointed to circulate the petitions in
each Epworth League chapter of the
Oregon Conference, and all of the peti
tions will be collected and given to
the delegates from the conference for
presentation. It is believed that the
Portland pastors will be almost unani
mous In voting to ask the general con
ference to retain the paragraph re
ferred to. -although it is known that
Rev. Clarence True Wilson, pastor of
Centenary Church, favors a change.
He has publicly stated his position,
but so far as known, no other Method
ist' minister in the city has so ex
pressed himself.
The Northwest delegates, consisting
of an equal number of ministers and
laymen,- are already making prepara
tions for the trip, although they will
not leave for Baltimore .until the latter
part of April. ,
BENEFIT FOR AGED WOMAN
Spiritualist Society Will Return Mrs,
Kowe lo Michigan.
PORTLAND. March 6. (To the
Editor.) A pitiful case ot helplessness
and suffering, and one, fully deserving
of assistance has been irought to the
notice of the ladies' Aid Society. of the
First Spiritualist Society. It is that ot
Mrs. Virginia Rowe, 72 years of age,
partially paralyzed In the right side
and otherwise broken down in health.
She is at present residing In rooms at
Sixth and Harrison streets, which have
been provided by the kindness of a few
friends. She Is a licensed physician In
Jackson. Mich., where she is well known
and highly respected, and was brought
here to reside with relatives, but that
home being broken up, has thrown
the old lady upon" the world helpless
and alone.
It Is now the purpose of the assistlng
friends to raise funds to return Mrs.
Rowe to her old home, where. If worse
comes to worst, she' can be cared for
at an "Old Ladies' Home," which she
was instrumental in founding in her
day of prosperity.
An entertainment is to be given for
this purpose on March 17, at Burkhard
Hull. SSi'i East Burnside street, and the
city will be canvassed by voluntary
solicitors. Those desiring to give' aid
can do so by purchasing tickets to this
entertainment.
MRS.' ALTIIEA BAILEY.
Sec. Ladies' Aid Society.
First Spiritualist Society.
DR. DRAKE ENTERS RACE
Becomes Candidate for State Senator
'.. tin Republican Ticket.
Dr. Emmett Drake, Republican candi
date for State Senator, filed his petition
yesterday. Dr. Drake's campaign will be
managed by W. M. Davis, who says he
is going to make a vigorous fight for the
toga. - In his petition. Dr. Drake says in
one of his many platforms that he'
"Promises, to vote for the Republican
voters' choice for United States Senate."
Dr. Drake is also in favor of a division
of Multnomah County.
. The platform upon which Dr. Drake
will make his campaign follows:
Do nothing to abridge or nullify the
present primary law; will introduce and
do all in my power to pass an employers'
liability law. as contemplated in Presi
dent Roosevelt's last message; favor a
substantial appropriation for State Uni
versity; favor a division of Multnomah
County into legislative districts; favor
stringent banking laws, such as will bet
ter protect depositors: favor better food
laws: favor a high bridgo across the Wil
lamette River.
PERSONALJIENTION.
Mr. and Mrs, Oscar B. Ballou have
removed Into -their new home, 699 Irving
street. ,
C. W. Barber and family, residents of
San Diego, Cal., are visiting friend in
this city.
Captain George E. Bridgett, master
of the steamship Asuncion, registered
at the Portland yesterday. .
William McSwaln, .chief deputy in the
office of United States Marshal, is re
covering from an attack of tonsllitls.
Dr. Homer r. Keeney returned yester
day from a visit to his father, Silas
Keeney, who has been critically 111 but is
now Improving in health.
J. C. Moreland, of Salem, who suc
ceeded the late Judge Murphy as clerk
of the State Supreme Court, was among
the arrivals at the Imperial Hotel
yesterday.
George Conser, cashier of the First
National Bank of Heppner, and ITrs.
Conser, are in Portland for about ten
days' visit and are registered at the
Imperial Hotel.
The many friends of G. E. Caukin will
be happy to know that -a successful oper
ation for cataract has, within the last
few weeks, been performed on his left
eye and as soon as found practical, an
other yrill be "performed on the right-
John Gay, ex-Sheriff of Winona County,
Minn., and now an ofnoial at the Minne
sota State Reformatory, is in Portland
on business. He came to the Pacinc
Coast for the purpose of taking several
escaped prisoners back to Minnesota. He
will be In Portland for several .days.
Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Boody have been
making a tour of. Southern California,
visiting San . Francisco, Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara and Oakland. Dr. Boody
returned home last Monday, while Mrs.
Boody remained in Oakland, visiting
friends and relatives. She will probably
remain a month or six weeks.
Rev. Joseph E. Walker, D. D., now
of Forest Grove, but late of China,
w-here he has been in the missionary
service for more than a quarter of a
century, came to the city last Friday.
"H is fHkinar a short vacation, the first
The mind works, with dif
ficulty during the after-effects
of coffea-clrinking.
The brain worker "who
drinks Postum made from
. clean, hard, specially roasted
wheat has no "after-effects"
to contend with.
In making Postum, the
outer, bran-coat of the wheat
(containing the phosphate
of potash which nature
places in the cereal, for re
placing worn-out brain cells)
is used with the wheat berry. v
It produces a health drink
for the thinker.
"There's a Eeason."
Merchants
Savings 6 Trust
Company
247 WASHINGTON STREET '
Capital $150,000.00
Does a general banking busi
ness. Pays interest on savings ac
counts and on time certificates.
Acts as trustee in bond issues.
Holds title to properties for
corporations, syndicates, estates
and individuals, pending distri
bution, settlement or other dis
position. Collects' interests, incomes,
rents, etc., and furnishes sub
stantial investments for idle
funds."
The trust ' business kept 'en
tirely separate from the other
business of the company.
Correspondence 'or interviews
solicited with those contemplat-.
ing any phase of our service.
he has had in eight years. His daugh
ter, who was born in China, came to
America with him.
C. A. Hunter, general agent for the
Pacific Northwest, has just returned
from Seattle, where he appointed anew
traveling freight and passenger agent
for his line. R. N. Gordon has been
named to fill a vacancy in the Rock
Island forces in the Puget Sound city.
Rev. Elwin L. House, D. D., of the
Westminster Congregational Church,
Spokane, Wash., accompanied by his
son, who came ' from Boston a short
time ago, has been visiting in the city
a few days. Dr. House owns a tract
of fruit land in Hood River Valley, and
has been engaged In overseeing the
proper stocking of it.
The -venerable pioneer, F. X. Mat
thieu, of Butteville, who came across
the plains to Oregon in 1842. is In this
city, to remain a few weeks, with bis
daughter, Mrs. Charles L. Bergevln, 10
Union avenue, north, and his son. K.
D. Matthleu. 288 Eugene street- It will
be remembered that he is the only sur
vivor of the organization of the pro
visional government of Oregon, which
was formed at Champoeg May 2, 1843.
Students' Fraternity Meets.
The International Correspondence
Schools' Fraternity of the World held Its
second regular meeting at the Red Men's
Hall last night. There was a large at
tendance considering the' infancy of the
order. At the present time this educational-
organization has a larger member
ship after three month's of existence than
the Elks had during the first 25 years of
that order's life. It is the intention to
make the fraternity one of the strong
fraternal organizations of the country,
and. students all over the country are
going into the subordinate chapters.
Continues Inquiry Today.
Inquiry into the causes of the re
cent wreck of the O. R: & N. passenger
train that was derailed near Pendle
ton last week will be continued by
the Oregon Railroad Commission to-
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morrow afternoon at 1:30 before the
full Commission In the Chamber of
Commerce auditorium. Superintend
ent Campbell, of the O. R. & N., and
Division Engineer Bollons will attend
the hearing and the crew of the
wrecked train will testify as to the
causes of the wreck.
Logging Camps Reopen.
Logging operations are being re
sumed along the lower Columbia"
River. The Wisconsin Logging & Tim
ber Company, which operates a big
camp at Oak Point, Wash., is tho latest
logging concern to reopen its camps.
The concern employs about 180 men
and is among the biggest logging con
cerns on the lower Columbia. Log-'
ging operations will be started on
Wednesday of this week.
NOTICE T0JV1ERCHANTS.
Any goods purchased by J. A. Woolery.
of lone. Or., deceased, please cancel and
notify Mrs. J. A. Woolery, of lone. Or.
Tomorrow and Tuesday will positively be
the last days for discount on West Side
gas bills. PORTLAND GAS COMPANY.
Spring styles Hanan shoes at Rosenthal's
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TRADE FOLLOWS THE FLAG
99
Is the title of a stirring plea for mainten
ance of the flag and continuance of trade
in the countries bordering on the Pacific.
By H. A. EVANS,
Naval Constructor, United States Navy.
THE STORY OF MAGDALENA BAY
By ARTHUR W. NORTH, Author and
Explorer. The first authentic pictures of
the country surrounding MagcVena Bay.
GOOD STORIES AND BEAUTI
FUL I LL U ST RATIO NS ARE
OTHER FEATURES OF THE
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