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7 .', .Vv. THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 12, 1903. ACIIILL ISLAflD . t - 'it rrn tttt Tn ttti EI OF E SPLIT Ol'ER Mivx..'?vit 4. .v'.;, -v,t f' J,-r; - .af .' ,S., V1 ".. xm-rn .... , r-" 3 l ' S. Il M H ' rl U U JQj JJj i ' i" j r , i - i . ' ' " . a . i . . i i ii i - . i WML- Continuance v; of .; 'Colonist iU;ate From' East to ' Ore- onTWsNtcarjStm'in ; 'Toubt May Bey Eaised Five Dollars. ; v . ; 4. ; (Within th ntxt few day It -will b decided Whether the Paclflo coast is to have colonlt rate thl , year , over ail the transcontinental -' railroad. . and If the Harrlman Unea wlU Uke Individual action and maintain ' the old colonist ratf fl& from- Missouri river point and 111 from , Chicago. It l benevea the Harrlman management wlU stand eat on It vote at the recent Transcon tlnental association meeting; and put in thtf x& rates regardless of the action of other. lines. r: : - ; -'Upon the sUnd finally to be taken ' by the Union Paclflo sysum will depend he bringing In of a large influx of set- tlere to Oregon this year. The colonist seasons last year brought rich returns for the boosters' olubs of the state, and nearly every community received con ' slderabl numbers of bomeseeker In response to their publicity work and the advertising done 'by the Oregon-Pe- velopment league and railroads la th states or ins miuai west ... ' ,. .. Ths low ratea were a oowerful induce ment to eastern people to come to Ore ' ,'gon ana see in country or ocaie jer- 1 tnanently. Advertising done by the or- ; ganlsatlon used these rates as a basts of their argument to homeseekers, and after the literature on Oregon was read 'by the average easterner he found - It hard to resist the temptation to Uke a trip from Missouri territory to tne i-a. clfle coast when the fare was but $26. A higher rate would not have brought the results attained last year, when upwards of ls.000 people came through the Huntington gateway on colonist tickets. Tots Aralnst ILow Bats. . Whea the question of continuing the low rates for the 'spring and fall col onist seasons of 1808 came up at the - recent meeting or tne Transcontinental Passenger association tne northern lines,, the Santa Fa and eastern rail roads voted against the low rates, h; s Harrlman lines sre said to have stood , alone In favor of the low rates, and : went on record by voting to continue them. When it was found that the vote was against the rates, the Harrlman lines served notice that they would take In dividual action and again put In the old rates. , , A new question .has now been raised ' that of all lines putting in colonist rates, but making them l higher from all eastern territory. A vote on this "question is now being taken. It la yet to be discovered whether the Harrlman lines will rigidly adhere to their first purpose, or whether they will be brought into line by the other roads should the latter vote to put in a ISO rate from Missouri river territory and $28 from Chicago. Local officials of ths O. K. & N. and .."Southern Pacific companies are non committal. When asked to say what he thought of the outlook. General Manager J. P. O'Brien said: - Objects to Criticism. The agitation to 'compel our compa nies to run their- trains strictly on schedule has not done the colonist rate for Oregon any good. It would be im- possible for me to say what view our , people in the east win tana or tne ques tion when a final decision is to be made. We have been trylng-the very best we know how to handle the home- ; seeker movement and put our trains tnrougn on lime during nm iaai our. Whnn it is remembered that this col- ionlst movement, which is the cheapest kind of travel, lasted tnrougn aoout nve months or the year, it can oetter do un derstood what we have to contend, with, . "It should be borne in mind, in crltl- ' ctstng our train service that a schedule that hna been worked out for a seven ; car train becomes almost useless when it is necessary to attempt to run an 11 or 13 car train on It all the way from ' Omaha to Portland and meet all the various connections en route. "The Union Pacific company, when tne nomeseeker rate was zirst put in, had planned to handle the cheap travel only on two or three days of ths week. . and run special trains on those aays to taxe care or tne nomeseeaers. " "It wss soon found to be lmnractlca bl to ask colonists who were on the way to wait-one or two or three days ; at Omaha for. a homeseeker train, and the result was that the colonist travel was given the same privilege on every train, mis travel, was very neavy last year. The railroads did the best they 'could to handle It and get everybody to . vregon tnai wan tea to come." LLAFARB MAKE 8Y MARKET Landlords of East Mayo Ee- ; eponsiDieor Hunger 01 i s ; insn iiteiugees. - r- '!.' vu . By Sir .Robert Crosier , Long. Special .. Correspondent la ' Ireland .for , the Hearst New Senrloe.'- A ,: Dugort, Achill Island. County Mayo, Jan. 10. -"Achill Island U a blot oa civ ilisation." I remarked to ih owner of the Dugort hotel as ws drove yesterday toward wind-swept Docaugh village, un der the shadows of , Croagbayn and Sllevemore mountains. - "It seems worse than It IsA. Tie re plied. "You must not compare It with England. - . ' "I do not compare It with England," I answered. 'I compared It with the hungry, huddled, landless . vlllsges of Russian, and I find that Achill is a hundred times worse." ... I have been all over Achill, and I am convinced that I was right. Achill is a blot upon civilisation. And the worst of It is, Achill Is no worse than SO other remote oustrict in western i reinn a. Achill island nss 7.U0U inhabitant. and, though everywhere else Ireland's population owinaiea, nere it increases. Jn Achill island there Is not one square rard of really cultlvatable land. Half s mountain, with dry bogs stretching almost to their stone-strewn, mist- crowned summits: the other half la the worst type or Irish bog-wet waste, un redeemable. There are not trees on the nuia. no oiras in tns neatn. bo sorinra of water in the valleys... A never-weary ing gal tears across this brown, arid I waste; ana storm, ram and the en croachlna sea wan unrelentinr war on the efforts of men to force food from tne soaaen grouna. lUndlords BespoBslU. Ths parent of the Achill folk took he refuge here when the landlords depeo isast is ll m In Almost In sight of Sllevemore mountain pled uaina ari or uis isnaioras tnr tnirnt u mtk porting In comfort the 7,000 of Ac hill. Eat Mayo' re today d landlord they mlirht be au fertile Dlains. oday deserts and were It not stretch miles of tlllabla land vhiril naraiy a numaa, root has trod for 601 Acnui sows in ner bogs potatoes and ryo. jn Aimnuo oiasis reap mem., Sometimes a little Is soared and thia and America feed the people. This year America nas -sent jees and tne Atlantic blasts have taken more. The summer's never-ending rain killed the potatoes. There is no shelter and a single violent storm Is enough to destroy a half year's labor. The DOtatoes sarad wara th sits or maroies; hair or them were bad. even tne yeiiow "aisease-resistins" do. tato Introduced by the Ensllah ana can. tain succumbed to a single storm. I talked for hours to tha naonla of neei ana ijocaugn, ana compared what they told me. Even abatinr ho imp mini for the Inevitable exaggerations of un intermitted misery, I must oonclude mat most or the old ceonla of Achill are threatened this winter with slow death from starvation. The old die I nrst. XJye oa Small Potatoes. The averara Achill farm eonalata of I four or five acres of nominally "ra- ciaimea- but actually irreclaimable bog. mis oog, even arter - endless labor in draining, must be tilled with the spade, for no plough horse can cross it Aa acre and a quarter set with potatoes yields in a good year, perhaps three tons of the worst of all possible foods. The rest of the farm grows what la re, out or r lattery. . easant haa usually a pony, a few sheen, which starve, fa manage to live on the hillsides, where stray blades of grass spring up In a wide1 desert of heath and juniper. They The must pay for this graslng on every head stocit. lie eats cnieriv eked out with wheaten bread and "soda IlATI Sales Pass $4,000 Mark- It Market to Be Made a jj , Permanency. 'I (Spedal Dtapatok t The Tesraal.) j , Pendleton, OtH Jan. 11. with the unl hlning as bright as on spring day Pendleton' first , marker' day was decided success. . Hundred of people of Umatilla county and buyer from all part of the northwest were here. Four thousand and thirty dollars and fifty cents worth of cattle, horses, poultry hides, . farming" implements, etc., were som. uniy itoo wortn or sturr was left over for the next sale, which will be held early in February.' Market dava will be a regular thing In Pendleton in future, as the first sale has been more man tne anticipated succeea. , SAINT'S ECCENTEICITIES Famous Hindu ,Faklr Who Spoka S!';"-";-, Strange. Language. '''From tha Calcutta Statesman.! Tha famouM fakir. Bowa Monl Bahlh (tne silent saint), during his ions- 6 I years sojourn, at - Mirpur ' never uttert a single word which could be under stood by any one around him. What I wondrous tongue he . spoke no man knows; '-i' v ' (: --.-i f' I Every day hundreds of pious people, 'rxn and women, flocked around him to pay homage and. adoration. Since his boyhood. It is said.. be had lived stark nasea, . resolutely disdained even a loin cloth. ' He abode if a publio lane which was alwaya full or busy people, yet he moved as he listed in his sacred nudity, neither ashamed nor causing shame. His age 'was well over 100 years. The nalnt . never touched - gifts; Indeed he meekly spurned them. A devout Klkh priest looked tenderly- after him .and ive mm morsels of food with his own hands. ; For days, however, he would . re- iubb to partake or rood. i The corpse,-after being taken around una city, rollowed by horse and palan Iqulns fitly caparisoned for So grand a (burden, was burled. The concourse of mourning people who followed the sol emn procession mustered quite tO.OOO trvng.( , . .,. cake brought, of course, from tha . n i i i j t i . . - I uiKiuiniiu, kiiu no unnu tea. If he is able-bodied he goes to Scot land every June to dlsr notatoea there. and after several months of slavery, brines back. toerbaDs 140. When tha .crops fall and laat year they failed ne must pay nis rent, Duy nis riour and tea and support his old relatives out oi mis tu. FEATHERING WEST i i . ; i fill ii .I : . . . , . vi km si 4 7" Vwr' " ,I ' ; r ' i '.' : " , s I t ' L ' T" - '' " ' "' " ' S , t t , " r f -!'' ' fit ' s c, . ' , ; ' - - ' s i lmmmm mm . : ? ' ' ', ' 1 ' x& r SMiwsaiMm'oys'aoTiEis I. I !' The FIERCE PRICE REDUCTIONS of last week will continue all this although from present indications the assortment will soon be broken1 V' . V.; Hundreds have taken advantage of the GREAT SAVINGS offered why not you? REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPTS.V; MEN'S BUSINESS SUITS MEN'S HEAVY OVERCOATS $50.00 SUITS REDUCED TO $35.00 .These Suits are BETTER than any $65.00 Tailor Suits in Portland. $40.00 SUITS, REDUCED TO ?27.50 Better than any $50.00 Suit in town. $S5.00 SUITS' REDUCED TO $25.00 $30.00 SUITS REDUCED TO $20.00 $25.00 SUITS REDUCED TO.. $16.50 BOYS' OVERCOATS BOYS' $15.00 OVERCOATS j.. $0.85 BOYS' $10.00 OVERCOATS $6.35 BOYS' $8.50 OVERCOATS.... $5.35 BOYS' $5.00 OVERCOATS $3.50 BOYS' $3.95 OVERCOATS., $2.50 BOYS' 50c KNEE PANTS 29 BOYS' 75c KNEE PANTS 49f GREAT REDUCTIONS ALL OVER OUR JUVENILE DEPARTMENT $50.00 OVERCOATS REDUCED TO. ....$35.00 Equal to any $75.00 Tailor Overcoat . r ' $40.00 OVERCOATS REDUCED TO $27.50, Equal to any $60.00 Tailor Overcoat ' ':J-Y: $35.00 OVERCOATS REDUCED TO $25.00 $30.00 OVERCOATS REDUCED TO $20.00 $25.00 OVERCOATS REDUCED TO $16.50 BOYS' SCHOOL SWTS Two-Piece SuitsIn Plain Knee Pants.- BOYS' $12.50 KNEE PANTS SUITS ....... .$7.50 BOYS' $10.00 KNEE PANTS SUITS ..$6.50 BOYS' $7.50 KNEE PANTS SUITS. ..... .".$5.00 BOYS '$60 KNEE PANTS SUITS..... 7$4.00. BOYS' $5.00 KNEE PANTS SUITS. .'; . .. .$3.50 LADIES' and MISSES' MAN-TAILORED COATS LADIES' $25.00 COATS $16.85 LADIES' $20.00 COATS ..$13.85 LADIES' 315 00 COATS.. $10.35 LADIES'-$10.50 COATS ,...$ 7.35 B1LN MOTHERS will make GREAT SAVINGS by coming here LEADING CLOTHIER LONG for vin ins RADDING HIT BY IJlis Week's ConTention Ex pected to Surpass Any in History of the Order. The old gry owl that said "to-wlt, to-wee" In the top of the sycamore tree lairt In lt-wlth the g&ng of hooUns night birds that will foregather In Port land beginning- Tuesday night The local lodge of Owls, Portland nest No. 4, Is all prepared to entertain the sev eral hundred fpnthnrv fnwl. that - headed this way from some 20 or more states and from some 220 or more lo cal nesis own mmm - I Attempt to Even Up With His Enemies Unseats Him From Federation Circles. E. E. ttaddlnff failed In his effort to convince Judge T. A. McBrlde that the Astoria convention of the Oregon state federation of labor had no right to re fuse him a seat as the representative Committee meetings to prepare for ' th8 Portland painter's union, and mu .uepriveu a&uuiiik 01. n pun ui in. the grand reception, entertainment, amusement and program during the four - dava beelnnlne- nnzt W.rin.prtuv have been held nearly every day for a state labor circles, who ad In effect pleasure that he hoped to have in fur. ther getting even with nis enemies in week past and when the out-of-town nooters" arrive thev will t in th camp of the enemy for sure. There Will be at least two and nrnh. ably three theatre parties durlnf the grana nest session, and a .banquet will e held at one i of the leading hotels wnenever me "nootmen" find such frivolity. une new oinoers elected TueadAv night are: J. W. Howatson. executive: c;. j. v-arr, vice-executive; Harry Fried. lander, vicar: J." T. Upton, secretary: ( reelected): W. c. North, treasurer. r- elected); Drs. S. C. Slocum and Louis Buck, nest physicians; I. Brun, throe- 'ear trustee; w. u. uirer, two-year rusiee, ana ueorg j. (jameron. one- year trustee. j ne local ioage win nave 10 dele gates entitled to vote at the arrand ni convention, and some of the other nortnwestern lodges win nave a much larger vote, and for this reason there is apt to De a spirited contest when it comes to the election of grand of- iicers. Particularly large delegations are as. sured from Spokane, Walla Walla. Se attle, iscoma, jooise, Vancouver ami Victoria, the latter three cities being in ma race ror tne nonor ox entertain ing the second grand neat gathering, January 1909. Meetlnea of the convention ara" tn pe neid in isagies' nan, Second and- Tam hill atreets, and nobody knows where the ''fun" sessions will be held. The reception committee is exnectlnr 1m. tween 800 and 400 delegates from out of-town . lodges, and they propose t give them a touch of high life, for suol a me Kingaom or uwi. . ;. . " Squire Who Is. King's Friend. . From Harper Baiar. .... The list of; suggested fellow meets of royalty is an anxious and serious ques tion for the hostess, for "even-the moat exalted have their likes and dislikes, and Inadvertently to Introduce a jarring, ele ment would spell disaster. Rovaltvs favor la capricious. - - ' ) Who would have thourht that a nlaln untitled Yorkshire. squire, with the un promising name of Sykes. Would be one of the most Intimate friends of the Brit- said that he was unfit to sit as a dele gate In a labor convention. The mandamus nroceedlnr instituted by Raddlng against the officials of the state federation of labor was heard by Judge McBrlde In the oiflces of Deputy ?' hotels xnsirici Attorney itsgeraia yesteraay lme for an4. a demurrer to the: writ was sus- taiifea. inis naa tne eirect or tnrow. Ing Raddlng out of oourt and left hlra no alternative but to begin anew the proceedings. , JTo Slgnt to rn Writ. In ustanlng the demurrer. Judge McBrlde held that it Is the policy of the law to interfere a little as possible with voluntary organisations, that all mean of redress Inside the organization should be exhausted before application Is made to the courts, and that he did not think- Raddlng had exhausted all these mean. He also denied Raddlng the right to file an amended writ, say ing that tne case was now outside his jurisdiction and that there are four judges in Multnomah county to whom be may apply for relief. It is not known what further action Raddlng will Uke in the matter, but It is not thought that he will drop it, as he was very angry at the federation officials for refusing him a seat in the convention. " . . It Is altogether probable that Raddlng would have been permitted ' to quietly take his .seat as a delegate; In spite or tne zact mat several labor leaders naa expressed tne opinion that his con nection with the attempt to blacken tyor xane cnaracter rendered mm unfit td represent a' labor organisation. lsh royal family, constantly entertaining tne Dreaent aina- ana aneen. tarinr with them at Sandringham, and being . gen erally , on . term of Intimacy such ajiiKs vary rareiy allow I , - s , Christopher Syke is a rery notable instance for as a a-eneral rula KnrUnii'a king and queen pay visit that are few and far between, and those only In a many nouses as may aimoec. De num bered on the fingers of one .hand. her Friday to take over the money and books of the federation from the retiring secretary, T. M. Leabo, that official positively refused to quit the office with the cloud upon his official career Involved in the resolution adopted at the convention, wherein it was said that hi account were in a tangled con dition. There was some opposition to exonerating the official, but the trouble was finally patched up and all the mem bers of the board signed a report de. clarlng that tne accounts were correct and above suspicion. OBJECT TO BEING QIVEN MUD WALKS Much objection Is raised by residents on Kllllngsworth avenue to the methods of Contractor Miller & Bower, who are laying the sidewalks between Pat- ton, avenue and Union avenue n Kil lingsworth. It is said tnat tne con trantnra hiva torn un wooden walks Jr front of the property on both sides of ths street in sucn a manner ibi nu residents have the choice of wading In mud over their shoe tops or or utu lain the street car tracks and run ning the risk of being run over by the train a. The contractors have left the walks In this condition, and. it is saia, seem to be making no effort to push th cement work along. Furthermore they have opened ditches for curbs which are especially dangerous on ivunngnwurin avm whara there are no IlKhts. The opinions expressed at the meeting ' of the North Albina Improvement associa tion last week were rar rrora compli mentary. Some remedies were dis cussed but no action decided upon. It will be taken up with the city offi cials this week. Tha North Albina organisation has passed resolutions Indorsing the propos al that the city own and operate Us own rock crushers. The club will co operate with the Northeast Side Im- irovement association in n project ni ulldlnar a high bridge across the river below the steel oriage. Instrumental In a Plot to overthrow the aominani taction in tne state lanor red- e ration. It waa then that the leaders of the convention determined to exclude him from its deliberations. " rrlmd Worked for Ba. , Raddlng, however, waa not without re sources. He had , number of friends among the delegates, who took ' up his cause, organises i a revolt against the dominant faction and succeeded in oust ing T. M. Leabo, secretary of the fed eration, and several other officials. Charles - Oram, president of the organi sation. -was marked for-slaughter, but his friends rallied to hi assistance and saved him from defeat. h 'followin- officer were elected for .me ensuing year: Charles Oram. resident; .- U H. Wheeler, Harry Hill, ohn Greenwood and Mrs. I Gee. vice- presidents, and U S. Cassldy, secretary .u executive-board of the federation 1 composed. of th above-Officers.-- when ta executive board assembled How It Ww. TTrom . Harrier's Weekly. "Was this man Harrlman an entire stranger to your .asked tne cross-examining. counsel of tu witness In a case recentlytried In an Ohio court "Wot'a that?" asked the witness, a wary Irishman, who had been warned to De cautious ana exact in nis answers. Tha Auaatlon was araln nut to him. "Well, no, sor," said the man; 1 could hardly say thot, sor. In fact, he couldn't be, sor, for he had but one ar-rm. sor; but he was a partial stranger, sor. I'd never seen blm be fur.'p SHANGHAI GOLD FLURRY Disaster Caused to Many Specula tlve Chinamen. Recent China eoast papers tell of a slump in the money market at Shang hai that was in a way a small reflex of the trouble of the last month here. In the 'Shanghai Instance It was the wavering price of gold that brought confusion to many speculative China men land fortunes ty a very few. Shanghai has a curious money sys-j tern. Rather it is tne lack or ail sys tem that makes the neutral port' the center of small financial whirlwind al most every, time that a steamer sail way. .' 'iJi . 'Being a neutrai town," wnat uninese money, there is circulates only In the form of email 'chanra. . Bis Mexican dollars form the basis .of all transac tions' in smau sums ana; a omewnai 7k Best Is i J 'uar of -life a Sound Set of Teeth j iTnrm 'At the present time, there no excuse for bad teeth, missing teeth or decayed stumps. Modern dentistry, corrects all of these defects satisfactorily, quickly, with out pain, and at a very moder ate cost. Timid people will find that their fear of pain is a bugaboo if they visit this office and take advantage of our skill and all modern appliances that insure perfect results. vV.r; bur plates fit perfectly and look so natural that it is almost impossible to "detect them from natural teeth. Crown and Bridge work we have brought" to' the highest state of perfection. Our Bridges look as well and work as well as the natural teeth. ra s. ii. wmxan. GOOD SET OF TEETH ON RUBBER PLATE... $5.00 BEST SET OF TEETH ON RUBBER PLATE., $8.00 DR. B. E,. WRIGHT-DEFi! 342 Washington St reet, Corner Seventh ,? ; I ' , ' 1 OFFICE HOURS 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.; 7;30 to 8:30 P. M.; SUNDAYS 9 A. M. to 1 P. It. PHONE" MAIN 2119 TWELVE YEARS IN PORTLAND', mythical tael represent tne conver atnn of bank notes into the money nom enclature of all China. Each bank is sues Its own notes; thereare Russian ruble note. English pounds and German mark. Ra itlnu Aoaa the Price Of gold gOV rn th art-hance that people wanting to send an order by mail wait almost until the hour of a steamer sailing to draw a nnartlr ; nil thlr bank, knowing not what minute their accounts there mayi shrink temporarily. -It was under these conditions that som of the Chinese money changer in Shanghai began recently to .gamble on tb price of goM. Their only stock In trade waa a notebook and a pencils - -. Purlng the days of the money trou ble here and Its reflex effect on the banks of England and France these. Chi nese money gamblers went Into the street in the Coast port, buying and sell ing hypothetical gbld bars, .depending upon the scanty news telegram of the financial situation that sifted around by way of India and tha coast porta to make their deals,. , i , ' ;- -. Many t th Chinamen had never.' seen gold bullion: not a few had yet to look upon their first gold coin of any denom ination or any nation but th madness spread ana most or tne money changers of '-Shanghai were Involved in this con version of fairy gold Into, real taels or Mexican dollars. v' - r - .The-crash cam When some of the saner . Chinamen banded themselves to- gether and agreed that pending acrnunt between them . and ther S)-ut..re should be settled at once and in tnl money, t As a majority of the dcht-.re affected were pHnnlless when thv !.- bou.uuiuk ana oniy a iw isi h v a fii played their cards strongly enou win - out tne suuupn mil iur pulled down the whole flimsy stru. The charactertBtle ploe of C) i legerdemain ; known- imim? f.ireM . there as the vanish Ing act t-n.ui t i practiced. Many of the t able ! committed sujct'ia. i,re . I tfielr- children (nt.j sluvry (,r rnt i the strfit-ts-to lfr. t pitiful end 'hanK.al' UlU fanla. ' -