TIIE OREGON DATLT ' JOURNAIi, POIITIiAlNPy FRIDAY ' EYEyiNGrTJECEMBEIt 19." 1902.'
10
WED CHINESE MINISTER
Art-
STORE IS FULL OF BARGAINS
FOR. HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
(jf) 10 sunt
Christmas Buyers Will Find Here a Carefully Selected Stock of Furniture
of Every Description. We Show the Newest and Best
the Manufacturers Make.
Will Attend- the State
Convention
Sdieyed That Folly Fifty Portland
- .-Representatives Will Be in
Attendance.
A Carload of Roll-Top Desks I Another Car of the Celebrated
LIB Hi
" Union labor people of Portland Intend
"to take Seattle by storm on January 5.
Oil that date the annual convention of
tbs Washington State Federation of I-a-bor
will be held in the metropolis of Pu
Ret Bound. The president of the organi
sation has invited several local leaders
to attend, and they Intend to do so. More
than this, they are making arransrements
to have a large delegation or craftsmen to
aceomp&ny then;. All who have had the
proposition stated to them take eagerly to
.the plan, and the probabilities are .good
that about 88 Portland representatives
. will be In attendance at the Seattle con-
' y cotton.
ALL EAGER TO GO.
" Th natter was not discussed until
late yesterday afternoon, when a com
mittee wu appointed to visit the differ
ent labor headquarters and ascertain how
'. many' wished to make the trip. Less than
sm hour's canvass was sufficient to con
vince the promoters of the project that
they were out on a popular mission, for
ever JU men requested that they be in
cluded In the delegation. It is believed
that this number will be swollen to 50
-with little effort. Another canvass will
be made today, and when it is learned
Just how many workers will compose the
party' negotiations will be entered Into
with the railroad company to secure a
rf-'IgrH WrwB.jheBay.jJeswy,
2 or theoccasion. """"""""" "
- f - ItETTlRN COMPLIMENT.
When," the stats labor convention was In
session at Portland last May there were
enly $ wo- representative present from the
treat commonwealth north of the Colum
bia River. One of these was WUIlam
Mackman. president of the Washington
Federation who , assisted materially in
ffectlns; -the organization here. The
Portland labor leaders believe that now
Is a good opportunity to return the com
pliment, and Intend to show their fellow
craftsmen on the Sound that when they
tart out to do anything, be it to en
gage la A. frolic return a- visit, or attend
a convention, there la nothing small about
, t i 4 IMPORTANT MATTERS.
Questions of paramount Importance to
labor will come up for discussion at the
Seattle convention, and the Portland rep-
-Teaentattves expect to gala some valuable
Information by attending that will prove
of very material assistance to them. It
Is also the desire of the leaders (o keep
. both staw orgitntzaUOTiB l-sos- ks..Aouah
and friendly Intercourse as possible, and
this Is one of the main reasons that Port
land and Oregon - will be very much in
evidence at Beattle on January 6.
PROMINENT LAOR
LEAEER DEAD
F. Stacy Whiting of Washington
Socccmbs to Pneumonia.
v..;, jttoi j.'
'A dispatch fronkTacoma states that F.
Stacy. Whitney died, at St. Joseph's Hos
pital there yesterday of typhoid-pneumonia:
1 .
"F. Stacy Whitney was one of the Wash
ington State organizers for the American
Federation of Labor, and he also held
the office of treasurer for the Washington
State- Federation of Labor. He was one
of the chief promoters of the state fed
eration, Jud worked diligently with oth
ers to accomplish the organization of that
, body. He was chosen Its first secre
tary, and served in that capacity one
year, receiving the office of treasurer at
the last annual convention, which was
held In Tacoma, He was a most efficient
officer. '
""imSMD-TO CAUSE. - - :
, Whitney was wedded to the cause of
organised labor, and was so enthusiastic
regarding the movement that he was
selected lor state organizer of the Ameri
can Federation two years ago. He had
bad but little experience prior to that
time as an organizer, but he began his
work. In Seattle, gradually extending it
Until he had carefully gone over the en
tire state. lna large number of the
-cities and towns he did splendid work,
organizing dozens of unions.
Mr. Whitney was an old newspaper
xnan, having served on the reportoilal
staffs of several metropolitan dallies on
' the Coast. He later became a member of
the Typographical rnion. working on u
8eattle paper as a compositor. His
place will he hard to (111 in the iield of
organized labor in Washington.
BROUGHT TO PORT IN A CAGE
SEATTLE, lec. 19. When the iiitl.li
.Chip Oweenee JUcd up at the White Star
" .dock h"ba3 cr.mpTetf-.t nil eventful' Voy--js-age
from Hamburg. Locked in an Iron
Cage was her Chiuose Mewuni, In is
probably insane- Abl- Seaman l.owi.ss
.'Bisgord was killed o!T t ape Horn Sep
tember 1. Second .Mate Scl.ultz was
: Oeriously injured the day lel',.re that, and
the ship's wheel Was d molished August
.
v The demented steward was thrashed
;. by the Chinese cook three weeks ago
.'.Monday wn.ie the ship was off the Call-
,, Xornla coast The steward disappeared.
"vand at the end of two days -was ive up
a lost.- The ship's tisifii .was h(isteU
..'at half mast. The fotiittt lay ho was
T found Cowering in the lazarette. He
-had hidden himself there all that t inn;
(:Wlth nothing to eat. and refused food
. when It was ottered to him. claiming
that the cook had poisoned it.
: As he showed other signs of insanity
he was locked up. lie broke out of con-
- flnement the next day, and started to
demolish everything in sight. More se
vere measures were then taken, and he
Was placed In irons. He even succeeded
la breaking out of these, and next was
placed In the pilot room. The latter was
planked Inside, but at the end of three
days, daring which the fhinese refused
Tiidr1s ' became bo vtolert thHt he had
to be put in an iron cage forward.
He is kept there at night, and removed
to the room in the uaytlme. Some of the
- Bailors belieVfcHhat the Celestial is sham
mlng fdV a purpose. Four days ago the
toward was stripped naked, taken out
on the bridge and deluged for nearly 20
minutes in cold brine. A scrubbing
brush was used on him also, but even
snieli severe treatment failed to subdue
I M jj
' wwtmffl ill'' w ' f, wm
mm w -r-r:Ni
Thin dainty little Chinese lady will rule over the Chinese embassy ,
at Washington when she marries LlanK t'hen Tung, the new Chinese
minister. She U Mist Yu. daughter of the Chinese minister to Paris.
She haR lived for several years in Paris, and is thoroughly Parisian in
her wayB.
6
I
III
Combineis Being formed
Against It
American Tobacco Company Pro
poses to Monopolize the Re
tail Tobacco Trade.
The credit of originating the idea which
led to the establishment of the United
Cigar Stores Company, th concern re
tall tobacco dealers are organizing
against all over the East and South, par
ticularly in New York and Chicago, goes
to James 11. Duke, of the Americuii Ty
hscco CuPinany. ,
The I "lilted Cigar Company stores ore
organized by the tobacco trust for the
purpose of soiling direct from them to
the consumer in order to for ,e the re
tail dtMiers out of business, it is !!
intention of the trust to monopolise l.i.th
the whulesaUi au4 rvlaJl tobacco trane
of the country.
TKl fciT GOODS I" PpilTLAIJ. t
Nearly all" the local wh'olesnfr grocers
and tobacco dealers arc compeMed to
cuyy trust good havUMf'; fws cpfrnrmctr
iiUo- ttontrjU .With .the A4trlean' '. Ttbaci
to Company. An effort" haB benn made
tome time ago nniiing the local retail
dealers in this city to form an associa
tion for m itual protection against Ice
trust. However, nothing was don- on
uccount ol petty Jealousies oeiwcen th ori.
Mr. liikc. It Is said, made an open
statement recently to the effect that mld
(ilemeii must go. and the- manufacturer
fell to the consumer direct without oppo
sition. DENIED BY TIU'ST.
It is denied by both the United Clg.tr
Motvs Company and the American To
bacco Ctnipany that the former is i on
trolled by the latter. However, retailers
si off at the idea of the two not being the
Kinie in reality.
l"p to this time about 25 of these stores
have been oi-vned ill the city of New
York alone, and many others in various
cliies. including Chicago, l'hihidclphia,
Washington. Hostop. Baltimore. Roches
ter Albany. Jersey City. Syracuse, New-
rt..4?iWWU--nte, .aj.asr Cy atxl 8u
Louis.
Kvcry wek witiit sses the c'xteiitlon of
the tolMtcco store system in New York
and the oiler cltus;.ncw stores are be
ing piac-il in neighborhoods not 'pri--oiisly
com red. ami it alleged that
stores are 1-ointr leased over the heads
of present occupants, causing the ruin
el many small business concerns
WILL EXTEND WESTWARD.
l!c;.resel'latl es of the trust i xpeot to
add to their list of pruiitaHe cities others
not already listed, Tiin are exteiuliiiK
thiir iJiUin ni e westward, and If some
thing Is.j.ot done very wkh!, l'onland will,
b. liicliiiled In a iry short time. Sonic 1
say it lias already reached this cit. as j
there is an understanding betwi-vii the j
American Tobacco Company and several 1
leading wholesale merchants. j
Reverting to the United Cigar Stores ;
Company, ignoring the 'question of own
ership, it seems to be a fact Urat the
tobacco combine is giving them credit
such as no other l "tailors can secure. A
leading ort'.cer of the recently organized
Retailers' Association of New York. In a
letter to a local lirm, refers to the Cigar
Stores Company as a "dummy of the
combine," and further goes on (iesctibins
the methods used rr 'he tnist m destroy
ing competition. J". part he says:
.MAKE OFFERS.
'Thi agents of this combine, scenting
a retailer having a particularly lucrative
business In an attive neighborhood, call
on him. and without unnecessary prelimi
naries, tell him that they want to buy his
place. They will pay htm so much tor
his tock and fixtures, and employ him
as salesman at a good salary after the
MHO
D U ST
HID
store passes Into their hands. Nothing
ut all (s oflcred for his good will, which
often Is more valuable than the stock
and fixtures combined.
' If a retailer demurs, the agents say:
Well, you'd better accBpti a fair offer
than b put out of business.' Should the
dealer persist in his refusal,, the agents
go away. -Hut presently he will find that
two stores are opened , near his etore-r-as
near as the combine can get. and arti
cles of all kinds are offered . at cut
prices."
CRUEL METHODS.
-The writer here mentions several In
stances, i f persons who have been ruined
Hrfs-'f1rUBi rnX'tftWIS !ofthe trust, jArd
mentioning the fact that the combine has
hud 00 internal revenue officers arrest
about 10 retailers for alleged technical
violations of the law, such as leaving a
ping of tobacco out of the box In which
It was packed at the factory, or trans
ferring a cigar from one box to another.
An advised statement is further made
that internal revenue officers receive di
rections and also money with which to
prosecute their search. An established
fact worth mentioning is mat stores be
longing to the United Cigar Stores Com
pany are not only overlooked, but not
even entered for the purpose of search.
The only victims are the independent
dealers, who try to hold out' to 1 the bit
ter end. ' ' ""'
AT THE CENTER
OF POPULATION
Richmond, Indiana, the Spot Des
ignated by the Govern
; ment.
' A'isitors at Richmond, Kid., Who have
never x;fn aVwtter of population',-"' may
now go out and look at one. A monu
ment lias been set ittOti the i)0t desig
nated by the United States government
a. tl e present center of population. Tlte
people oi' Richmond, with a true appre
ciation of the distinction conferred on
1 1 it-in through being so near a curiosity
of this sort, enthusiastically raised a
shaft, and it was erected with cere
monies on the properly surveyed and lo
cated sites.
A center of population is a wonder
soive sort of an object, and moves
about Hue the champion cup of an ath
b'ti society; sometimes it is in one
place and sometimes in another. An
old, second-hand center of population is
not worth much. It cannot be put to
any use, nmi they all lose their value
very rapidly. Richmond. Ind., may
have hers for n while, but it cannot bo
permanent. No way of preserving a
center of population from generation to
generation, all the time us good as new.
juid, -keeping, jt in constant use. has yt
been devised. They will show the effects
of time.
Em iv community that has the good
fortune to come Into possession of one
should make the most of it. The most
1 eculia! feature of this center of popu
lation that Richmond has marked by a
monument is that not a soul is to be
seen in the vicinity. It is out in the
country, ub lonesome and deserted as a
rural graveyurd. and if It were not for
the monument you would never find it
in the world; and. in fact, you would
scarcely rind .the- monument but for a
pill liter guideboard at the side of the
tiymi rYt"W,is witwbtfe."ft "is. It is a
striking fact that there is never any
population at all at centers of popula
tion. Nobody can clearly comprehend
why this Is except the compilers of the
census. They know a great deal that
no one else does or ever will. The cen
sus report is not as generally read as
it might be.
EMPLOYES WILL DIVIDE $30,009
PITTSBURG, Pa.. Dfc. 19. Fifteen hun
dred motorrm'n and conductors employed
by the J'UUiburg Hallway Company to
ilny received bonuses of $fl each, an Bg
trresate of S3').(XK. Six months ago the
company unnounced that It would give a
bonus of one cent an hour to every mN
torman and conductor who did not have"
nn ac ident rturtnir the year. Juet half
te conductors and motormen closed the
desifrmited period with clean records, and
these vlinred In the division ot the money.
Coffman'a
Ornamental Xmas Gifts
TOILET TABLES
For Bedrooms, (a all woods chairs to match.
SQUARE-TOP TABLE
In oaU cr cherry, beautifully shaped.
f.
Medicine Closets, Hall Racks and
It J
-StandsV Dining-Room
Tables, Sideboard, Couches, Brass
Trimmed Enameled Beds
170-172 FIRST
Of
11 if iito
Mental Peculiarities of
Blondes and Brunettes
Boys of English Schools a Study
Stage People Com
pared? Some curious pUtisXics relating to
hair have been collected .by the school
authorities at L,ill". says London Truth.
Tlrus, the auburn-haired boys are gen
erally at the head of the recitation
classes, and the blonde girls learn their
lessons best. Auburn boys and blonTTo
lassies come out hlKhist as arithmeti
cians, but In 'ccimiioslt ion they are no
where. The dark-haired children of
both sexes have the ijuillty of. Imagina
tion, and In their composition know how
not to fatigue the attention. They have
movement ajid originality. In short,
they seem, as compared to the, auburns
and blondes, born stylists. Now that I
think of it. Sarah Bernhardt Is, or was.
auburn-haired, and Mine. Bartet had
light brown hair 25 years ago so light
bh to be almost fair. I should not call
the late Mme. Jucipies Steern (Crolzette)
in the heydey of her harms, a blonde.
But she had a darkish shade of fair
hair that looked ltke li. ivy, sheeny, floss
silk, and the ruddiness that one associ
ates with auburn. Mme. Samary was
also fair, - without being - exactly' a
bloiide. ' ' .
I daresay the auburn boys and blonde
lasses in the l.ilie el. mentary schools
ale of of Flemish. Ih.it is to say. phleg
matic race. Their bran.s do not grow at
once congested win n they stand up to
recite, and for that i-asofi they keep
the mastery of the .al organs. In
short, they continue .. Know what they
are about. The dark . hildren are prob
ably of Celtic, that Is to say, Gallic,
origin. The uiood enmes with a rush to
their brains and tin y gro.w , confused,
splutter and break d .un If they could
only be taught to remain sllent a few
moments, they would U- all the tietter
for this rush, as the onfusion would
have passed away. ha ng only stimu
lated mental organs ' eildsmith. who
was dark, always began by being con
fused in conversation O'Connell wore
a black wig. but his real hair, in his
youth, was auburn l ., -collect very old
people, who heard h in plead In his
prime, speak of it at such( His readi
ness ras wonderful. But perhaps ' he
might no -have; I'eeite.i Pa well What
what somebody else ha, written.
I "have rarely heard a great French
orator recite. Or'evy. th president of
the republic, was one .if the few, and
he reached perfection in reciting Vol
taire's "yerses to Kmlllet Oambetta, in
a low. sweet, voice, r era ted sometimes
passages from his favoru poets. Thiers
would commit nothing tjr -memory It
the way of a poem or a speech by an
other orator. He had himself too mueh
to say to Incumber his mind with the
writings of others. Louis Blanc?- shone,
however. In reciting dtcjamatory pas
sages from CorneiUe "Jul Maclue. bat his
I ' Vft .
Bill
These Desks were selected
especially for this Xmai
trade, and are offered you at
a lower price than Is usually
asked for goods of a like
description. Order one now
and have it delivered when
you like.
Useful and
-
VVE ARE STILL IN THE OLD STAND
HENRY JENNINGS SONS
THE 4-STORY
STREET
brother Charles a fair, Jewish-looking
man. not unlike the first Baron James
de Rothschild Beat him In declamation
at the ecclesiastical school where they
passed their youth. Charles Blanc tri
umphed In both masculine and feminine
parts, and drew tears from his reverend
preceptor's eyeb as Andromaq.ue. Louis
was best as Folyeucte or the Cid. Imag
ine wee Louis Blanc giving the Illusion
of that heroic warrior: Victor Hugo
never seemed grander than in reading
some noble work of his own. An old
passport given to him In his 27th year
speaks of him aa having auburn hair,
long and remarkably thick. I heard him
reckle the "To be or not to be" solilo
quy, as translated by his son, Francois.
Did he not throw expression Into it!
To come buck to stage people. the
two Coquelins are fair. Mme. Schnei
der, who rather recited than sang in the
operettas of Offenbach, was remarkably
fair. it may be that the lnte Queen
Victoria .would have read her speeches
less well had she been a brunette. Xta
chel Is an illustrious instance on the
other side. 1 do not know whether her
rival and supplanter. Ristorl. should be
classed among the dark Or fair actresses.
When I made her acquaintance the early
jlor.,f , her hair and complexion had
departed. Site had a fair-haired brother
who" suddenly became white-haired. He
used to teach Italian, 'however, in a
singing school.
Finally, on the subject of hair. I am
sorry to say that the red-headed boys
j ana gins in the Lille schools res roux
lrs rousses are at the bottom in ev
erything save In good-conduct marks.
Nor are they remarkable for good health.
The dark boys behave better than the
auburn or the fair, but are more sensi
tive to praise or blame.
DOUGH BULLETS
College Freshman the Victim of an
Amusing Joke.
...tSaf.VEB,.Cl. Dec. 15-C,if How
ard of New Mexico, a freshman at the
State University at Boulder, Col., fought
a pistol cuel with Eugene Dawson, a
Denver junior, and while Dawson and
his friende knew the bullets used were of
dodgh, Howard believed until this morn
Ing that he had seriously wounded Daw
son. The duel was the outcome of an attack
upon Howard on the campus, when a
mob of juniors broke a valuable meer
schaum. Jlpe he was using In . violation
of clas.s rules. Howard challenged any
one .of the party to single- combat and,
Dawson was selected.
Howard, who is an expert swordsman
and a tiead shot, suggested swords, but
acquiesced in a proposal to use pistols.
The Juniors then arranged to have the
weapons loaded with dough bullets.
The. duel occurred by moonlight. Daw
son fell. Howard saw red Ink flow over
his clothing and fled. He now considers
the joke u good one.
The time of the O. R. A N.'s "Chicago
Portland Special." which leaves Portland
every morning at 9 o'clock, la 70 hours.
Save a working day by this route. In
quire city ticket office. Third and Wash
ington. Beattie & Hofmann
PRINTERS
109 Fifth St.. near Washington
Steel Ranges
So far during the year 1902
we have disposed of seven
carloads of this range. It
made by the CLfcVfcLANU
CO-OPERA I I Vli S T E li L
RANQE CO. The reason
assigned for its fuel-saving
qualities is that it is " built
right." All material tor
stoves and ranzej has ad
vanced from 15 to 35 per
cent.,-and consequently
stoves and ranges will be
higher. A long-time con
tract enables us to offer the
CLEVELAND
STEEL RANGE
at the same old price.
Chairs and
In all styles and shapes in evidence
V , everywhere about the store. ,
Blankets
Nothing nicer to give as a gift.
a good assortment.
RED BLOCK
PORTLAND, OREGON
MAY CAUSE
A CALAMITY
River Boats Not Using the Right
Grade of Oil.
Easily Ignited and Same Kind as
Was Used by Progresso.
The grade of fuel oil being used by
tin; liver steamers here dies not come
; up to the requirements of the law. and
the owners may be compelled to substi
tute a different quality or -go-back to
wood.
At present they are using oil from the
Gas Company's tanks, but tills is intend
ed for other purposes thou i'ueJ. - It la
the "same grade vjf Olt 'us- was "nserr on
the lll-i'ated" steamer ' l'rofrrfisso,. which
blew- up In San Fr'a'noi'scb harbor a few
weeks ago with such ghastly results, it
is till from which gas Is produced, and
is of too light a gravity for fuel and
safety.
! NOTIFIED OF DANGER.
'i'lie Willamette lliver i Towing Com
pany, which recently had oil burners
installed in the Viucan. has been ap
prised of the dangerous character of the
fuel and the engineers on the craft have
been warned to exercise the greatest
caution while using the liquid.
An authority on the new fuel which
is being substituted for wood says thai
'the oil will igniter at various degrees o.
I temperature, depending altogether on tliu
I gravity of the flu id. He quoted the
1,'nited States law on the subject, which
stated most explicitly that petroleum
having a "Mash point" under 110 degrees
Fahrenheit shall not oe carried by steam
ers unless thev are DlVinf on route:
! where there is no "Other practicable mode
of iransportljig.it. I leavy , puiui-U-Loji..,aiaj
prescribed" for any violation of the stat
utes. EASILY EXPLODED.
The oil kept in stock by the local gas
company and which is being used by
several of the river steamers as fuel will
ignite at a temperature of about '.'O de
grees, so tills authority mentioned states.
Therefore, the owners of the vessels are
not only taking desperate risks of hjsing
their property by an explosion, but are
running big chances of being harshly
dealt with by government ofhVinls.
It is explained that the oil now being
purchased "is only ror temporary tistp;.
that as soon as the necessary iiifange
ments can be made oil of the proper
gravity will be procured at San Francis
co, and then all danger of a big marine
calamity will be removed. In speaking
of the course pursued by the owners of
the steamers a gentleman who is very
much averse to the idea of appearing in
print says:
SHOULD PROTEST.
"They should not be allowed to use
that oil. It is too dangerous. The pas
sengers and crew are liable to be blown
to atoms at any moment. If the Tight
grade of oil Is not obtainable at present,
wood should be used until it can be pro
cured. Under circumstances 6T this Rind
there Is no excuse for anyone to,, become
foolhardy for the sake of a small saving
that may be brought aDout by a changtf
of fuei.- - The pubjlc-. shnuldproteit
against It so vigorously that the owners
would bo compelled to respect Its wish.
There Is plenty of wood in Oregon, and
will be for years to come. Lt It be
used for awhile yet, and a terrible casu
alty mar " .
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