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SACAJAWEA (THE BIRD
i , Behind them toward the riitef
in traTeriea .wuoernew . .
. About them gathered one by one c ' ,
The bafflin myeterlee of their way! ' :
1 "TTo westward, yonder. jak oa
- j The (Utterinf ranges rose ana reu
Ah, but among that hundred paths,
I'V -Which led aright?,' Could any tell? --
Brav Lewis and Immortal Clarkl.: ,
Bold spirits of that best crusade, . v
Yea gave the waiting world. the spark . - s -.
That thronged the empire-paths you madet
' But atandlng on that snowy height, "'
Where westward yon wild rivers whirl,
: The guide who led your hosts aright. .
v- Waa that barefoot snosnone jprn j- :, .
Yoa halted in those dim arcade ; ' "
f TYou faltered by those baffling peaks
-You doubted in those pathless gUde,- - --,-1
' But ever, ever tru ah speaks! ' ',' " .-""r"";'''
Where lay the perilous snows of Spring,-: '
1 Where streams their westward course forsook,.
The wildest mountain haunts to her v:
.i Were as an open picture-book! ; c ;
' 'Where'er you turned in wonderment '
In that wild empire, unaurveyed,' J
' Unerring stilL she. pointed west vc,
A' . ; Unfailing. aU your pathways laldt !
FIRST IVION
TO IN DIAN WOMAN
Trbmndous -Throng Gathers atExpositlop ta Witness Exercises
?i Conducted by sactjawea axaxue Association ana a men
InJ Whrch JBronie ifjijumta oyer to tn vity j
V I Oallanfmen'ef the ireatern aUtea to
ay:i honored the rnewory of ; brare
4 Indian woman 8caJwa guide of the
axplorera who' a century ago accepted
and nobly discharged the mlaalon of
Preeldent Jef feraoa and sought a route
over which afterward moved the Column
- of civilisation's army to conquer this
' region. v. - v ' ".."V.
: Kull many n year will be burled be
fore the memory of thla day will pass,
for thla afternoon on the terrace of the
exDesltlon fronting on the lake waa un-
'. veiled the atatue of "The Bird Woman."
a the name Bacajawe meana. wner it
will ' stand as a reminder of her in
trepidity and the value of her aerrtcea.
It waa the culmination -of months of
effort , byl the Sacajawea Monument
aeaoclatlon "and the exercises commemo
rated -the deeda of the Indian woman
companion of the century ago explorers.
It waa tn a large sens woman's day,
and with swelling pride in the slgnlfl
cance of the occasion the celebration
of a woman" historic achlevementa
representatives of a great national
woman's organisation. Susan B. Anthony,
Mary Blaekwell, Anna Bhaw. Carrie
Chapman Catt, - Abigail Scott Dunlway
and othera of nationwide repute with
many member of the Sacajawea Monu
ment association ' and also hundreds of
members of the Improved Order of $ed
.Mea were In a parade that moved
through the streets and "waa witnessed
by countless thouaanda of paople who
lined every aide walk along the line of
march. ,'
me Km- Oat to Tosoe.
Th Red Men were' here from . all
nor t h western-st ts. Thlr big eMefs,
Dr. U. Ik Henderson of Astoria, great
,' '; aachem of Oregon, and. W. O. Ackerman
. of ..Taooma,--great aachem of Washing
ton, and others mighty around the coun
cil fires of the order rode In the parade
' and the Una of those who walked, bear-
Ing national flags and the insignia of
the Red Men, extended for. almost" a
'- mile.. ,....- " t. 1 ' ,.:. .
There waa a thrill of patriotic emo
tlon for all thoughtful apectatora of the
. parade when they saw pasalng them a
' float representing Bacajawea, guiding
1 Lewie and Clark across the mountain
' traila. with fares- turned - toward the
setting eun, and another showing' the
v memorable Boston tea. party, on which
, waa the inscription quoted from Oliver
- Wendell .H01mesV-"But first of all, the
Boston teapot bubbled." -
It waa nearly noon when the line of
march wa taken up. starting at Fourth
and Jefferson streets, with a platoon f
' "police -In the lead, and Orand Marshal
A. O. - Clark following with hla chief
of staff. Dr. P. S. Langworthy, and bis
- aids. Dr. W. E. Carll, A. M. Clark, H.
. nrelbelADr. Paul J. A. Bemlsr. W. Bey
w'jiolde and Robert C, Wright-
'iwl A . thsi SMnnsif le e,a .
and the banners of the local tribe of
' , ut vapnu nina luiwwra, una inn
come visiting and local members of the
national and atate Red Men's organlsa
. Hons, stretching .out for .block- after
- block, each man- carrying the. stars and
"'stripes. . ; ,v ;
: When the float - showing Sacajawe
nfcseed there were cheers for the heroine
' of ' the day, which' were renewed when
7 the Boston tea party float was seen, and
again when the float showing Washing
ton ernsalng the . Delaware appeared.
Brown'e band and the Chemawa In
' dlan school band . with a number of
yonnr men and worn W from that In
stitution were among the marchers, and
' In carriages and automobiles went Mies
. Anthony and other members of the National-Equal
Suffrage association, and
Mrs. Sarah A. Evans and others of the
monument association. - .
north.
,.. ',,,;.
"'""'""
udLd
She nodded toward the setting eun-
"Shrraiaed-a fin
. The closed gates opened onebyuone, ' 'r
.; ;''.- And showed your path of Destiny!- ', ;'
V The wreath of Triumph, give to her ; :
" V She led the' conquering captain weat; '
;;r She charted first the traila that led
' f "-' The hosts across yon mountain crest! , '
.. Barefoot she toiled the forest paths, ,
. Where now the course of Empire speeds;
; . Can you forget, loved Western land, -
The glory of her deathless deeds? , " ,
peak .
5 - In yonder city, glory-crowned, : -
Where art wilL via , with, art to keep.
f The flush of conscious pride should leap -
To see her fair memorial standy - - .
f Among the honored names that be-
-Her fac toward th sunset stflt 7-r ir
Her finger lifted toWard the sear" -' --'--,
. Beside you' ooj'ame's pedestal, 1. .
' Be hers the glorious fate to stand '
Bronxed. barefoot, yet a patron saint,' '
The keys of empire in. her hand!
The mountain gates that closed to you " 7' vr ,
1 Swung open, as she led the way - .y-s'- '---
So let her lead that hero host -' ; . -When
comes their glad memorial day I
UMENTii
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"Proceeding down 'Fourth atreet to
tamhlll the parade turned down Tain
hill to Third; ddwn Third" to X5ak,""lhence
to Sixth, to Ankeny, countermarched, on
Sixth to Taylor, to Second, to Yamhill,
where the marchers broke column later
to assemble at the exposition grounds
to witness the unveiling of the monu
ment. - --r- ' .-r ' -
On Lake view terrace, . overlooking
Guild's lake at the exposition, stands
the bronse monument to Bacajawea,- the
heroins of the Lewis 'and Clrk expedi
tion. It was revealed to tha publio for
the first time today amid a demonstra
tion of profound patriotism. The exer
cises accompanying the unveiling were
of a character that made them as nota
ble, perhaps, as any yet held' within the
fair grounds and were applauded by S
mammoth crowd. " -
A platform was erected in front of
the atatue eo that tha brown hand of the
Indian , girl pointed directly at the
speakers who extolled ner. There were
many prominent men and women on the
atand who revered ths memory of the
bird woman aa though she had been a
queen of natlona.
While the crowd wae gathering De
Capiio's Administration band played
patriotic airs and -after the call 'to
order the Invocation . was offered by
Rev. Anna H. Shaw. ',-
President H. W. Goods, delivering the
address of welcome, said that of all the
events of the exposition, none was of
greater, or prouder, significance, for the
status eti Bacajawea had been built by
American women, and men bad bad lit
tle to do . with what ha termed the
"splendid lfeat"' He congratulated
womankind on this work and extended to
hem tha heartiest, thanks of the expo
sition company. ... i. .s.
Charles Cutter, an Alaska Indian, sang
a patriotlo song with Una effect.
Ths address of the day4 waa delivered
by Busan B. Anthony, who apoks of
Bacajawea as on of the greatest ef
American heroines, second not even to
Molly Pitcher, and she- pitied ths women
who waa unable on thla occasion to
worship at the shrine of ths Indian
"squaw.' Miss Anthony took occasion
to relate some of ths historical achieve
ments of American- women and epos
eloquently for the cause of her sea. Her
subject was "Women in Dlacovery." -.
Mrs. Onnlway' Stirs aathnslasm.
' Mrs: Abigail Scott Dunlway spoke on
tha topic "Pioneer Mothers." She aald in
part: - . .- .- - r- - -
' "It Is scarcely probable that the
pioneer mother who trudged aoross the
almost untracked continent 'with her
babe In arms and . other. IltOs children
clinging to her gown, in the days when
the nineteenth century was young, ever
gave a passing thought to her Awn hero
ism, much less to that of tha Indian
woman of ths earlier years of the same
onniury. wm. iixe nersetr, waa ouiiaing uounosry. t , -
Bolter: than -shs Inew."' foor when thPT30 hldeWarmeiwbeaTlira
long and arduous Journey was ever, and
shs found herself , and children alone
m the border cabin of the Oregon wild
wood, while her husband was exchang
ing work, with a neighbor, who also was
hewing out a home In the wilderness,
did she then realise the part shs waa
vtlng in the great drama of life; for
whether shs was angaged In the domes
tic pursuits of peace sr defending her
rude domicile from wild beasts or wilder
savages, shs was squally with man a
necessary factor In the great aim ef
human effort, -eut ef which has culmi
nated In this dawa ef ths twentieth
century. the.eplendKL achievement aof.
this historic day.
-Little did
the -plejneer-tnoth era of f
Oregon imagine, still less did Bacajawea
think, ths day would come when woman
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PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENINO. JULY
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ROOT IS OFFERED . 1
STATE PORTFOLIO
Former Secretary of War Vfi.II
: Succeed John Hay as Stc"fT
; tetaryof State. "
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PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
BACK FROM FUNERAL
Roosevelt Returns to Oyster Bay
v After Having Offered Cab-
inet Position. '
(Joarasi Spselsl Ssrviee.) t '.
. New Torbv July I. The president ar
rived at Jersey City at t o'clock this
morning from Cleveland, where he went
io attend the Hay funeral. The trip was
without inoldent. At several points the
president bowed acknowledgment to the
waiting crowds, but made' no speeches.
From Jersey City ths presidential party
was ferried to Long Island Clt, where
ths president at f :4t o'clock boarded tlje
train for'Oyster Bay. ' ' r .
. Elihu Root left ths party- at Jersey
City and cams boms to this elty. ' It Is
stated authoritatively that Root . baa
ths offer of the stats portfolio under
consideration and will give the presi
dent a definite answer tomorrow. It is
the belief among members of the cabinet
who accompanied ths president on bis
trip that Root's answer will be- favor
ablet -
. While no formal announcement is
made, it is stated in circles where Ell
Root is prominent and Intimately known,
that hs is to accept the state portfolio.
The members .of ths cabinet who
wars on ths train with ths president,
left at Philadelphia and returned direct
to Washington, with -tha exception of
Secretary Metcalf, who left the party at
Cleveland to Join bis wire at.utlca, from
whence ha Journeys vis ths Canadian
Paolflo to California for a brief .vaca
tion. , , .-'
The probabla selection of Mr. Root as
secretary of stats gives widespread sat
isfaction among Republicans of ths Em
pire state. His record as secretary of war
left favorable impression In ths minds
Of all and President Roosevelt has al
ways followed hla advice and consulted
him In cases of emergency.
Ellhu Root la V years old. Is a native
of New Tork and a graduate of Hamil
ton collega. He began ths praotlco of
law In New Tork In 1(7 and In 1811
was appointed -t'nlted States attorney
for the Southern New Tork district by
President Arthur. He was sleeted, dele
gats at large to ths stats constitutional
convention in 1814 and served as chair
man of the Judiciary committee.
' Mr. Root was appointed secretary of
war Auguat 1, ll by President Mo
Klnley and served until January 1,-104.
He waa 4 member of tha Alaskan bound
ary, commission that last year settled
the dispute with Canada over ths north
ern boundary.
afternoon. looking to be relieved of pri
vate legal engagementa. Because of tha
nature of tha tender there le no doubt
that he wishes to be free to accept the
stats portfolio as soon .as tha appoint
ment is maae puDitc . -
.'3'" 'y Boot Za Willi.
Uoarasl Special Bsrvtea.) ' '
" Washington, D. C, July . It is re
ported here that ex-Secretary ef War
Ellhu Root haa indicated to ths preel
dent tbat he le willing to accept the po
sition of secretary of state. . - ' ..
rreddy"s Oyster Bay,
(Journal Special isilen.1
-""-Oyster Ba irr ttry-S. Prewtd mrt -Roos -1
velt reached hers at 10.it o'clock thla
morning. Mrs.- Roosevelt waa at the
station with a surrey ; end drove the
president to Sagamore hUL
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aaWylWaJt V nuttlHtM'BmmniW IsWataateananasslaia I V " ' ' "''" '''v
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ev
- V Statue of Sacajawea
FROM ALASKA TO -r
SIBERIA; BY ' RAIL
Company Organized , to .Con
: struct Railroad Connecting.
- : Two Continents-. :
FORTY-MILE TUNNEL
. , AT-BEHRINO STRAITS
s -
Americans Receive Concession
From Czar to Build-Daw-'
- son Is Terminus. ' :J
- (Jonrnd Special Berries.) , :,
. Chicago, Julyt . Captain - John - J.
Healy haa arrived here from New York,
where-' he has been securing indorse
ments :for a railroad from Siberia - to
Alaska, where he goes with J. A. Wad-
ell, chief engineer of the proJecVto toy
out the proposed routs. It Is reported
that the caar wilt make a concession
of sight miles oh each side of ths track
of ths projected railroad from Irkutsk
to East Cape, when ths conditions have
been complied with. .
A- 8t6O.0O0.00O - company, -wUl be
formed In this country ln.October, and
the actual work of the road will com
mence next year. The plan la to build
to miles of tunnel under the Bering
straits. ; It will take -Ave years to com
plete the. road. ' Dawson will be the
easleiu leiuiinu r.
The. tunnel will run from. the Cape
Prince of Wales to East Capo under
neath Bering strait and will be ths great
eat engineering feat of Its kind ever at
tempted. Soundings, nave oeen maoe
across tha strait and the) project , haa
been : declared entirely practicable by
Engineer Warden and others who -are
familiar with ths situation. t;
Two routes are proposed for ths rail
road, a definite location for which has
not been determined. One of them runs
from Klngegan eastward following the
shores, of Kotsubo .sound,' thenoe out-
ting ovsr the mountains to tha vicinity
of Mulato on ths north bank of tha Tu-hon-thomca
up lha.Jukon-Yally in. ths
Klondike. S
Th sscWldTontS TwnrTrornltthggs
southward v through Kaylasagemut . to
Nome and thenoe along the-shore of
Norton's sound to a point opposite 8U
Michaels, thanca across to-the Tukon.
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6,7 1805. FOURTEEN PAGES.
as It Now Stand s at the Lewis and
HOHOR MEMORY OF t
JOHN PAUL JONES
Body of Revolutionary , Hero ' Is
Transferred to Custody of ' ;
Americans.
TWO REPUBLICS UNITE
IN FUNERAL1 CORTEGE
Another Link In Chain of Friend
. ship Binding France With
. United States. . . ;!
-. - --(Jeoraal Bpeelsl service.)
Paris,-July . Another link' In the
chain of friendship binding -' together
the great republics of "ths new and old
worlds was forged today when official
France united with representatives ef
the United States In paying respect to
ttha memory ,of the great American
admiral, Paul -Jones. Ths program of
ceremonies accompanying the - transfer
of the admiral's remains to ths custody
of ths" American , naval authorities for
conveyance, to the United States , oc
cupied tha greater part of the day and
attracted - Unlimited attention , in , the
French, capital. .-' - . - .-.
- An "American naval "escort of more
(ban toe officers and men from ths
American squadron - at Cherbourg ar
rived In Paris by special train at an
WOie Uio eae v aiiuve ea-aia vavu aeaaV
tlon by a detachment of French troops,
who acted as escort ia the barracks of
ths Military school, which the govern
ment placed at, the 1 disposal of the
United States sailors ' and marines. At
1:80 this afternoon Admiral Slgsbea,
his staff and ths entire naval contingent
proceeded to the American ohurch, on
tha-A venue de VAlma, where ths cere
monies of ths delivery of Admiral Paul
Jones', body to tha - representatives of
tha ; American government took plana,
Ths churoh was thronged with dis
tinguished French naval and oivll offl
eere. several members of ths cabinet and
representatives of various patriotlo so-
clones.
1 . Tha..body lay lnlatats InJ tha. ahanoal
of tha church, tha eaaket being covered
with the national flaga of the United
States and France and a number of
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Clark Eroeitioa,x
VILLIAFJSOH FACES ;
A: JURY TOMORROW
Cesner and Biggs Accused With
Him " In- -Conspiracy t
'' .- Case." - :
BENCH WARRANTS FOR t.
ABSENT DEFENDANTS
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Haven Vigorous on
Judge De
Subject of Men Accused Who
Tail to Appear.-
'. Congressman , J. N.1 Williamson, Dr.
Van Oeaner and Marlon R. Btgga will be
placed on trial tomorrow In. the federal
oourt to anawer to the charge of con
spiracy to defraud the government by
means of false end perjured timber en
tries.".' .
'Williamson and Oeaner were formerly
In tha sheep raising business In Crook
county and Rlggs was United Statss
commissioner at Prlnevllle. According
to ths charges of the Indictment, Which
was returned . February 11, 1805, tha
three defendants conspired -to suborn a
larse. number . of persons to '. take us
claims under ths timber and stone act.
swearing falsely .berors Biggs that they
were not taking up ths claims for specu
lative purposes but for their. own use.
The entry rned stated; also that they had
mads no agreement or contract for ths
leged by the. Indictment to . have been
falsa. '.....'
' The, following persona are named in
the indictment as having - made such
perjured applications for timber claims.
all of them making oath before Blggsla
June and July, 180!:. Campbell A. Dun
can, Busts 11. Duncan, Frank Kay, Ethel
M. Ray, Ben r. jonea, nancy L). Jones,
Qreen Beard, Mary J- Beard. Emmett B.
Hoi man. Henry Hudson. Chrlatlan Feuer.
helm. Wllford J. Craln, Henry B. Beard,
Jefferson P. Evane.. Mahala J. Evans,
Ernest IX Btarr, John a Watklns, and
Lttla Watklnds. Most If Bvall-f
these sntrymen will be witnesses on the
trial : , , ll
L. - ret eav .tia t.
District Attorney Heney annonnced
-t ee ew ss
iiled he w!.i lr
rnTiH " tubi r
WAllaia, Slagba, . TJTX C---.
InhatitcntsofTJieci::!:
Ron Awiiy to Avcli '
: Poteinkin's Fire. ;
OUTLAWED BATTLESHIP
; ASKS FOR RECOGNITIO::
Revolutionists Would Be Treats
as. Belligerents by the Pow
rT erstfikers"Wlr "at "TT
Kronstadt.
(Joorasl gpl BerrV.TT-
. ' St -Petersburg. July (.According ta
the latest advices reoetved by tha ad
miralty, tha battleship Poterokln la still
at Theodoahu In aa Interview Admiral
Wirenlus, chief ef tha naval staff, said
that hs advised' sending a" torpedo-boat
to sink ths outlawed battJeahlp and that
this Is - the .bast method -of handling
gravs situation.- . .. , r
Following ths issus of the note ad
dressed to- the-powers it la . believed
here that the revolutionary committee
in charge' of -tha Potemktn will ask for
recognition' as belligerents, , .
Inhabitants are leaving Theoddsta st
the request of tha authorities whq fear
ths mutineers-of . tbe ' Potemktn will
carry out their threat; to open lira on
Theodosla this evening. Only ths troops
and offlclala remain. - ,i,
. The Kronstadt dock, laborers' strike
was settled today. Tha hours of work
are reduced to nine per day and wagaa
Increased' IS per cent. . r---.
v LEADS REVOLUTION. :
ntlneua'Crew of Jroeemkla ProolabaS
"T'JaWtatt to the '-eslaV'; '.'""?
: '(Jonrssl tpselal ServtsaV '
St - Petersburg. " July . The Knlajt
Potemkln. after receiving - eoal. pro
visions and: medtcinea at Theodosla,
Crimea, Is again at large in the Black
sea, her destlnattpn unknown. While in
port yesterday ths crew issued a mani
festo to tha powers declaring that war
on ths Romanoff dynasty had begun
and promised to respect tha rights ef
neutral natlona. Ths 'proclamation
read? - - , . . . .
The trew of the Pptemklrr notify tha
foreign . powers - that tha decisive
struggle has begun against ths Russian
government Ws consider lt to be our
duty to declare that We guarantee tha
complete Inviolability of foreign ships
navigating tha Black, sea. aa well aa tha
inviolability af foreign porta,"- - -.
Ths ship Is supposed to be head a
toward ths Caucasus., where revolution
Is already seething and ths abpearanca
of the battleship will hare ths affect ef
Inflaming ths rebels. j:
Ferty-fivs sailors who mutinied on
tha ships of ths Black saa squadron
have been eourtmartlalsd and shot.
' : BLAME THE JEWS. - '
Odessa Officials Kmdsavov k nnx
A boat Ht-ttsI aTasssois. '
4rssl SpeeUl Ssmce.t
. Odessa,. July . Officials ara sndeav
orina to stir uiuuniii.- en -
among the people ef soutAern Russia
oy piacmg ns responsihlllty ' for tha
recent rioting on ths Jews. In order
to protect themselves, and savs their
posltlsns ofriolals ara reported as plan
ning a general massacre of Jews so that
they 'may claim that ths enrgged popu
lace rose against the Hehrewa wtin '
sired, to overthrow the government Mar-
iiat- law ,wm continue ner for three
months. . J?ifteen executions took place
today of revolutionists and .:. It were
hanged laat. night ; -r. .
Bnvoys Prepare to IsO. ;,
(Joarast Speetsl Servtea) V;' ,";
Toklo, July S. Baron Komara. mlti
lster of foreign affairs and one of ths
Japanese peac envoys, together with
other members of tha party which go to
Washington to meet ths Russian pleni
potentiaries, had a farewell luncheon
with ths. mikado today previous to his
departure for, ths .United States. ?
: '. Stops) Balds em Oonuaeree. ' V
" 'i (Jonrnal Special Bsrtlee.) . t
London, Juy . It la atatsd ' upoa
good authorityl that ths government hsv
received, asaurances that the caar haa
ordered Russian crujsers for the east tu .
dlaoontlnus raids on tha vessels ef neu
tral powers. It la not expected that aoy
further outrages will bo- committed.
. ' - Jews ta Assembly. -" . ..
r-et. Pslsrsurg,' JutyS "tr lvwisJitn -
uponu good authority that .under, tha
plans for toe national assembly , be
ing discussed.-Jews are to be admitted
to the assembly. t ,. y
-----T Potemkia Xas UMt. '
" ? (Journal Special Servtee.) "
Bt Petersburg. July te-A late .sner,
aage from Theodosla says that ths pi
temkln has left there. o ...
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