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CHRISTIAMS i:USTv i
: HELP ONE ANOTHER
On the Trip to Heaven MoFe
Third-Classy Passengers Are
Needed Who Will Put Their
- Shoulders to the? Wheel. '
: Portland heard that the
evangelists - were , coming word. - was
passed from church to church that there
wasn't an unimportant man among them
only iobm were mora Important than
others. K thla be true, the latter class
may honestly claim Ber. William Ed-
ward Blederwolf, tbs -energetic young
" man who hat preached his way to to the
hearts of band reds this week at the
Taylor street . Methodist church, and
1 upon ' whom has . fallen the distinction
" of aditrenalna' thrn:W-im'f meeting"
at the Marquam .Grand tomorrow after-
aeon. .- f . - a '
Thera was another great outpouring
f paints and sinners, Lt r'rtt to hear
Dr. Blederwolf. . One of Lie naueis tMl-
mated that two thirds of them had been
there before. There Is no mystery In
: this, -fence having beard Mr. Blcjetwoif
you want to hear talm again, and his
reputation - Is growing and - attracting
.'new listeners, who later will become
worshipers. - r ,i: v. .. a
If there were people In. the congrrga
tlon last night who went out of curi
osityand there were probably' a (Teat
1 many they must hare been, satisfied to
the limit. - They heard an. earnest, prac
tical, eloquent discussion -of what Ood
expects of ' men. . applicable - alike to
Christians and . non-Christians; , They
-beard a sermon full oft Interest in Its
natural substance . and" "punctuated by
short stories, the. sort that make you
lean forward la your seat and wish for
more.-. . . , v .
This preacher not only has an in
exhaustible fund of good aaoodotea, but
be tells tbem like a master, una They
corns so frequently and unexpectedly
' that "the most faithful elder of the
church might forget hi station listen
ing; to them, while most are humorous.
they all IllustraM some doctrine or
condition recognised by the churchman,
and carried "horns as-pondering material
by everybody. Certainly If the success
of evangelism Ilea In wakening interest
and holding attention, lr, Blederwolf
has qualified..
He was bora In Indiana, bat peaks
with something near to the southern
accent. , Tou could not tell, his ago from
his face, for In moments of deep seri
ousness the lines would Indicate ' 4t
years at least, while st other moments,
when a hopeful thought fills-his mind
or some young man comes forward to
grasp his band he looks to be about 80.
Bis is a.thoughtful face, but no that
. of a conventional preacher, r Nobody
would guess his occupation either from
Ills drees or demeanor. He Is not large,
but strong snd sinewy, tail and slender.
A firmly : set lower Jaw gives him - a
character bordering on stubbornness,
and the quick action of his hands and
. feet both of which ho uses In preach
ingrenders, probable the saying that
he ean take care Of himself - in any
physical argument that may arise. - ,
v- ' Xeee the Oiaat mwtag. .
'' Kot that Mr. ' Blederwolf would bo
called a fighting' preacher, in a pugtl
: latio sense, but they say he is going .to
show the boys of the Y. M. C A. gym
nasium soma new tricks. His athletic
Inclination is for baseball and football,
but he Is said to be "there with bells"
In a gymnasium. The fact that he ean
do a "giant swing" forward or , back
, ward on. a faorisontal bar will make him
' popular at once with the young men. He
la a sort of Roosevelt In religion, and the
quiet" life of the ordinary pastor would
never fit a nature such .as Is suggested
by his appearance and bis preaching.
.Mr. Blederwolf Is of German parent
age - and poeeeases the thoughtful,
janalytical mind peculiar to the scholars
of his race. He Is a graduate of Prince
ton, and has spent some -years in the
colleges of the Fatherland. -And yet his
' sermons are so clean out and couched In
language so simple and well chosen that
children might listen to him with under
standing and delight. . -
Harry 1- Maxwell, the tenor who Is
with Mr. Blederwolf, bus made a mark
' In his Chosen work. HO Is a serious
joker, is Mr. Maxwell, and, like all gos
- pel singers, he makes tbs congregation
.elng with htm. His solos are well ren
dered, some of them thrllllngly so, and
the congregation feels as though it
ought to applaud him, but of course
-doesn't dare.
.'Ksa Are Timid. -7
. Wheo Mr. Blederwolf . took charge of
the services last evening ho called on
Christians In the bouse to recite pas
sages of 8cr1pture. The. reenonses were
numerous, but it ws noticeable that
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Bonet Dug Up 'z In ; Egypt Show
That Prehistoric. Man Had
'' . V- an Extra 1 Rib.- . '-i
FOUNDATION SHOWN FOR
f BIBLICAL STORY OF EVE
Eight Thousand Years Ago Man
, Had Thirteen Ribs Instead
I ' :-";V of Twelve.'; K-'-"
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Wosreal tseetsl Bervlse.) '-;
Baltimore, Md.. March 25. The bib
lical story of Kve being formed from a
rib-of - Adam , was explained by .Prof.
James Teacla. Dennis of Baltimore last
night. , Nowadays men have .11 . ribs.
Eight thousand years ago man had 13
riba Prof. Dennis knows this Is so, as
he has seen the skeletons. ' A vast audi
ence In McCoy hall at Johns - Hopkins
university followed with Interest the
archaeological lecture upon the "Tombs
Of the Ancient Egyptians." . - :
The remains of more than nt bodies;
many, of them estimated to data back
1.000 veara before Christ. Waa ' discov
ered by the party of which Dennis 'was
director, and of this number lt-rlbbed
individuals were in sufficient numbers
to make the anatomical peculiarity' a
distinctive feature. t . ,
Dr. Dennis a year ago made extensive
excavations in tha . plateau - of Glseh,
EgypC and a number of remarkable dis
coveries on the site of the old Egyptian
cemetery, dating back to the second and
seventh dynasty,. 4,000 to 4,400 B. C,
were made; also a number of prehistoric
tombs were dug up containing the bones
or men wm utn iwvrw
Chnst.
Though antedating the age of embalm
ing, the bones of prehlstorio man were
all well preserved and to per cent were
gifted with one more rib than the men
of today. - ., . . - .
GRAND TRUNK PACIFfC'M
ASKING A BIG SUBSIDY
Xearmel Bpseid Barries.),
Chicago, Marrh 25. The manager of
the Grand Trunk Pacific railway is try
ing to induce the British Columbia gov
ernment to give the company" a grant Of
T.000,000 acres of land In British Colum
bia. It Is said that If the grant la made
the Grand Trunk Pacific will begin the.
construction of Its western end trans
continental route at the same time con
struction Is begurt on the. eastern end,
and It Is .said that the construction la
British Columbia alone will cost $15,
000.000. and that as a result of such con
struction . between 110,000.000 and 140,
to,000 will bo speat there. .
SKELETONS P20VE I
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PORTLAND. OEEGOfr. SATURDAY EVENING. 4 MARCH
TO
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Rer.'W. E. Biederwolf, Addressing an
.a.-s-vi;; i 't --Singer Harry.
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NEW MACHINE IS
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f. vioiauon or mo provisions oi me city
charter may be charged against some
of the officers of the new Republican or
ganisation, on the ground that they sent
letters to city officials, asking contribu
tions to swell the campaign fund.. It
was reported today that a vigorous In
vestigation hid been started, and that
the matter might-bo called to the at
tention of the prosecuting officials.
District Attorney Manning stated, that
It bad not been called to his notice, and
... .,., tw frnm . .nm. ,,-
comes s movement to ascertain whether
or not there waa a violation of the char
ter and to flx the blame. If there was
any, where It belongs.
Letters were sent by the new organi
sation ro city officials, asking that por-
V-i H Children Laugh t: -Q';
r They've just caught sight of the funny folk In the. color comic supplement of The Sunday . Journal.
Bwlnnerton's 8am is overcome by his Irrepressible -laugh, Happy Hooligan plays good-Semaiitani' I zander
bumps Into an April Fool Joke and Poxy Grandpa lets the boys know thst he keeps his eye oa the calendar. '
,,.-,, nrw gathered from all the world by tbe only special leased wire In Oregon Is to be found In
- The Sunday Journal.1 Tha best lnal paper In the. city. It overlooks nothing that's worth while,
'': Count , Tolstoi, Maurice Maeterlinck, and 'a dosen - other famous writers' contribute to Its columns. -
It's the home paper, It's the business man's japeri It's" everybod's japer and It la' the on exponent
: Of the square deal In Portland. ; ..; -. ,r; , . - - - '
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Audience. Below Is a Portrait of
Maxwell. - : : i. ', ?r-..zd
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NG TRIBUTE
ttons of their monthly salaries be given
toward the campaign fund, and tbe let
ters were Signed, by R. W. Hoy t, G W.
Nottingham, John Gill. F. E. Beach, A,
B. Moody and J. 8. Wells.
)When It became known that an In
veatlgation had been begun. It waa
Questioned whether or not. good . faith
prompted the Investigation, and the In
timation was given that It arose from a
desire to discredit the new Republican
organisation, which la formed confessed
ly to supplant, the regulars- who had
been in control of Republican politics
for the past years. . .
. It Is notorious that heretofore poli
ticians have levied tribute on employes
In political offices, virtually compelling
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EVANGELISTS' PROGRAM
Saturday being a day of rest
for the Chapman evangelists, the .
i usual - meetings la- the several ,
Churches , will not be held ' this .
" evening.. Every effort ; will be---
centered, however, In a mammoth
meeting to be held at Salvation
t , Army hall on First street to- j
' night,.' beginning promptly at S -
o'clock. , There will be a reus- -
lng address on "Great Revivals,".,,
k ' hv R. 1.; L. McComb. - -
; The usual Sunday morning ser-
vices In the churches will be con- q
ducted tr the pas tore, except at.
-First Presbyterian church, where
the . worktngraen's , evangelist,
- Rev. Charlea Stelale, will preach. '
' At 1 o'clock ' In the afternoon
.' there will be a - big meeting at ?
the Marquam Grand for . men .
only, with Rev. W. B. Blederwolf 4
""and "tho gospel slogara. aat- , q
' tract lona . At the same hour Er.
Henry Ostrom will - apeak to
women only at -the White Tem-
t pie. Rev. C T. . Shaeffer. will ,
address a meeting of girls 'only
at the First . Congregational,.
-church, thla service beginning,.
also- at I o'clock, and" at 4 the ,
same speaker will talk to boys
r at the T. M. C. A. gymnislum. .
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;STILL III SESSl
Sensational Disclosures May' Be
'VReurr-Vof'"'-i Final i In- J
r:vestigation.-;;i-
MYSTERY SURROUNDS :
KILLING OF HOWSE
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Mrs. Cooper Hysterical and Con-
stable Takes Her in , i
--;'-,'".- Charge. f.
(BneeUl Dispatak to Tbe Josraatl -' '
Drain. Or. March 25. As a result of
the doubla murder of A. E. Cooper and,
Paul Hows by Herman Shook, and the
suicide . of ' tbe latter, sensational dis
closures are promised. - - . -'
The coroner's Jury met at 4 o'clock
yesterday, and at noon today la still In
session. Mrs. Cooper has become hys
terical, and a constable has been sent
for from Elkton to take her in charge, as
It is feared that she may barm herself or
others. - - -
- - According to tha evidence submitted
to the coroner. Shook had been in tbe
employ of Cooper, who Is one of the pro
prietors of the Cooper 4s Haney saw
mill, on the Coos Bay stage route, for
about a year, and lived at the Cooper
home. The trouble between Cooper and
Shook .has been of long standing, Shook
having paid too much attention to Mrs.
Cooper. - -f -- -" ,,-, ,
- For spme time Cooper has been trying
to get rid of Shook but was afraid of
him, as Shook had frequently threatened
hi in. - Ho had asked his neighbors and
members of his lodge to Induce Shook to
leave. The men made a settlement yes
terday and a quarrel resulted.
Mrs. Cooper this morning testified that
Howse wss killed accidentally, but two
bullet holea near the heart contradict
her assertion... Mystery surrounds his
murder. He .was ..found dead In the
same room with Cooper with two bullet
holea through his heart and a revolver
by his side filled with loaded sheila
There are evidences of a struggle, blood
being spread over tbe carpet. Only two
empty cartridge shells have been dis
covered so far and one of these Shook
fired through his own body.- - ' -,- .
Appearances Indicate that both. Cooper
and Howse were shot In the back.
Cooper wea fired at from a distance of
about 20 feet with a -SO-SO- Winchester
as he stood In the doorway of his house,
the ball passing through bis heart and
through a picture on the opposite wall
of the house.- This accounts for- one
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PEACE
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Packers Make ' Enormous
Profits Not Shown 7
by- Report"
WHOL&ALE MEATS "
DEALERS SUBPOENAED
Private7 Secretary of Nelson Mor-
rls Among Those Summoned. .;
, -1 Investigation Goes Over
v i Until Monday. : ;
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. (Jooraal Bpeelal Berries.) ;
Chicago, March S6.I M. Bylse.
private secretary of Nelson' Morris, was
among the witnesses summoned today
by the grand Jury conducting the' beef
Investigation,. , Wholesale meat dealers
are also being subpoenaed. Xt Is under
stood that the Jury is seeking to get at
the prloe - of beef, both - wholesale and
retail. -.;.;-;;-'.-':r . r
- The - Jury adjourned -yesterday 'until
Menday.': ' ,- - !-- i
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ACTUAL PROFIT ON BEEF.
- Was ' Ms - Part of th
(loornal Vpeeial Berrtre.)
"Kansas City, Mo, March 25. In view
of the statement Issued from Chicago to
the effect that the federal grand Jury
will find that the beef trust is making
a far larger profit on its operations thaa
Commissioner James A.. Garfield re
ported, the published report of Cutch
bert Powell of this city has especial sig
nificance.' Mr.' Powell is commercial ed
itor on the Kansas City. Journal. "When
he read Mr; Qarfleld's report be Imme
diately set about compiling a schedule
of profits made by . the. large' packing
houses, which made the president's com
mlssloner.took ridiculous.
As It Is being rumored now that Mr.
Oarfleld'a Drat report of a t per cent
profit annually waa not complete, but
that It is to be amplified later, the es
timates of Mr. Powell have unusual In
terest. He alleges that the profits of
the big concerns on each bead handled
Js 17,41, of IS per cent a head, ahd that.
this profit Is fully realised In two to
four weeks, enabling the, combing, mag
nates to turn their Investment. 12 to 20
times a year, thereby multiplying the
profit for each head so often. . - . .
Mr. rowed empnaaises that a large
profit Is made on parts of the beef
which the small packer usually realises
little from. ' His table of the prices al
lowed for various parts Is ss follows: '
, . -; -,-. , Value
. ' ' j ' . -" "Weight, per heed,
"' ''' '''.!! ':'-' ' pounds. , cents.
looo . .................
8wltches . ..............
Neatsfoot Oil
... ti ; i.:oo
1 3.1. '4
. 1 10.10
Hoofs.. . ...... w.
Bkulls . . .. .v.... 7....... . 71
Jaws . v
s.tuv
l.joo
Knuckles . . ... t 2.400
Hkins . . .; H J &
Glue , .l. ?.?0
Bladder . ..Keen j.uo
Heart.. ............... Kach
Liver ... .-.Kach
Cheek meat .............. 4.4
J 50-1
S.600
u.:oo
4,720
,80
2.000
4..iO
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2.500
1.150
Weasand . 0.3
Ox lips . ..
Tongue meat '...l..'
Sweetbreads ........ . - Jl
Trlpo . 1
Brains . 1 .77
Tongues .-. t., ...-". I
S.l Jr 40.000
Casings .' .. . sv.dvu
Average value of hides 7.3S
Average value of fats.......... ..
10.500
Average value of oflal
J.24
Totsr -. ...ri.t...f.....t...$ii4
Mr.. Powell says: "When the values
of the cured hide Is sddod, big packers
receive a gross Income from the side
products of IU-14. Native steers . on
the hoof average 1,201 pounds, and,
dressing 51 per cent in killing, make
700 pounds of clear meat, were selling
on this market, st S4.7J per hundred
weight, which would make their cost
at the yard on the hoof I&7.JJ. Taking
from this the value .of the offal, shown
above, to be $15.14, and the cost of the
net carcase to the packer Is itz Of.
Now for this carcass, the same date.
packers were receiving an sverage of
7 cents per pouna. mis wouiu give
for the 700 pounds of meat 2.I0 for
the sverage. ; Killing, the cost of
which- approximately Is f cents per
head, leaves 152 net for me carcass.
Deducting from this 42.. tbe coat of
the live animal, after allowing 114.14
the value of the offal, end there re
mains a gross profit to tbs packer of
It.tl per head. "
"But there are the general expenses
of the plant and extraordinary dis
bursements to be accounted for,, and
11.50 ' per head on cattle 'Will allow
for this, which Is a very libers! esti
mate. - Still there remains 17.41 per
head ret profit to the packers. - - '
"Applying the average profit of S7.4t
on cattle, 20 cents on hogs, 10 cents on
sheep snd (0 cents .on calves, to the
total number of head killed In a year
by the "combine" packing houses gives
a total profit of 147.727.412. Figuring
upon the total capitalisation, undoubt
edly heavv watered, of 1119,600,000,
we bava 43 per oenC
: The. Circulation
r Of The Journal
i Yesterday Was
PRICED FIVE CENTS.
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Mikado 'i Emissaries Are
r Arousing Werlike SjpWt:
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RETREAT:TO .THE NORTH
Publication of Official Figures by
-War Office Causes 'Sensation,
in Russia r Morgan:
X:ir: '."'--Offers' Cash.'.',-Ti;.'"; ..."
(Joeraal Bpseial Bervlse. ! ' .
- London, March 26 (Bulletin.) Prom
what Is considered a source of undoubt-
ed authenticity comes the statement to
day that the end of the Russo-Japanese
war will be an accomplished fact within
a fortnight. A dispatch from St. Peters
burg lends an air of probability to the
rumors that Russia haa decided, to initi
ate peace negotiations.. . v y
' v "tJearosI Bpeelsl Serrtee.)
St. Petersburg. March 25. The retire-'
ment of the bulk of Llnevttch's force
northward continues." A Russian corre
spondent warns 8t. Petersburg authori
ties of the dangers of Japanee activity
In Mongolia, where ha aaya their emis
saries are enlbttlng ' the Lima and'
arousing their old warlike spirit.
The Russian rear guard now occupies
a ' tine of strong natural poeltlona 24
mllea south of-Uunshu- pass, the center
being the railroad village of 8tplngh.il
and tbe flanks Covering the roads on
either side.- Stplnghal Is 74 miles north
of , Tie ." Pass. The , Japanese ' continue
their sdvance and are reported as Hear
ing SiplnghaL '
Reports of flanking movements by the
Japanese continue to come In and It Is '
evident that the Russians are preparing
for a withdrawal of. the main portion of 1
the army to Tsitspar, 100 miles west of
Harbin, If It Is found Impossible to hold "
the line at Sungarl bridge.
Publication by the army organ today
of figures .showing -the strength of the
forces dispatched to tbe far east haa cre
ated a sensation in military circles. The
war office is being freely criticised for
revealing military secrets. The figures
given show thst up to March 12 the war
of flee .dispatched 13,017 officers, 7(1.407
men, jia.ius norses. i.szi guns ana :,-
lil tons oi munitions and supplies
the front, declaring that the transporta
tion has strained the Siberian railroad to
its utmost capacity. ;.-..'
The army organ admits that Russian
troops In the far east at the beginning
of the wsr did not exceed 40.000, but de
nies that Russian, officials failed to
properly estimate the strength of tbe
Japanese military resources, but frank
ly admits that tha talents .of Japanese
officers snd the wonderful spirit of the.
soldiers were miscalculated. '
Based on these figure a It la estimated
that Russlsn losses In killed, wounded.
prisoners and sick will reach half a mil
lion, leaving the Russian effective
strength now st 200. 000. . t - .
It is reported that J. P. Morgan haa In
timated to Russia that he can arrange
for a' loan which could be secured by tha
hypothecation of valuable forest lands.
"Peace negotiations nave . neen in
progress more or less Informally for the
paBt week or two." Japan. In. response
to confidential Inquiries made after the
battle of Mukden, gave a general-Idea
of peace terms, which were forwarded
to 8t- Petersburg. ' They were discussed
st a special council-of ministers, pre
sided over by the ciar. '. The -ministers
recommend the opening of negotiations
with Jaoan. but up to the' present the
csar has not given any Intimation of his
plana" ' ;
Richard Little, eorresponflent or tha ,
Chicago News', and three 'other foreign'
war correspondents, nave arrived as
prisoners of, war" on the Awa Mara At
Kobe, xney were writ ireaieo ana proo-
ably will be released soon.
Llttlo says that' the battle of Mukden
waa a splendid affair on the Russian slrio
as well, as the Japanese.. Several vil
lages were taken end retaken several
times. -" '. .
Little's companions were surprised to
learn that the Russian had not asked
for an armistice. They 'say that Rus
sia's position. In the field Is hopeless,
and that Kuropatkln has lost all his
heavy guns, and the railway 4lne.
Mukevn was not much ds-naged, I'
Japanese refraining from .-tilng 1
to any part. The tomb ft the Mane
kings are practically undamaged.
' Captain Judson. Burgeon-Colonel Har
vard, American attaches, -also captur '
at Mukden, arrived thla morning. , I
General Llnievltch ..reports under
terday's dme 'The Russian patrol 1
been fired upon by Japanese cavalry
Infantry occupying the village of 1
Juch, but there was no change In i
position of the armies during the f
"On March 23 a detachment of (
cavalry repulsed a force of ,J
eavalry at Htnmn lng Au.n. I t
same day the Russian repulsnd t i i
aneae at Nn Shen Tsl.".
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