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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING JULY
1908.
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PAGEANTRY BIG TRADE
AT nilFBEC OF PAil
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Historical Koviow in Spec
tacles and Tableau v to
produco Early Canadian
History Prince of Wales
Comes Tomorrow.
(Special IWipatfh to Tha Joarmil 1
Quebec. July SI. Tens of thousands
of persona this afternoon witnessed the
first performance of tha great puge-Hiit
i on the Plains of Abraham, mnrklim the
rl beginning of the Quelioc terccnten
. ry celebration. The pageant was or
: a historical character and comprised
half a dosen scene and numerous tab-
.l"Th pageant began with the coming
of Cartler, 400 years ago, and ended
-with the armies of two nations stand
ing Bide by Bide, headed bv Montcalm
and Wolfe. Levis and Murray The
'' heroes of the battle of the Plains of
Abraham stood In the center of an Im
pressive historical picture, surrounded
by all of the other participants In the
' pageant, while below In the river the
battleships of three nations boomed out
a great salute to the "country with a
noble past and a glorious future.
Other groups In the pageant dealt
with the gorgeous court or trance, inc
farflens of Fontainbleau, while Francis
nn white ehareer. surrounded by
.hundreds of velvet-clad couriers, talked
with Cartler of the wonders of the new
Annthnr rourt scene showed the
king of France on his throne and the
stately pavanne danced by famous beau-
flea of the seventeenth century, and
tha a-nmtiner of a commission to Cham
nlain to sail for America on a voyage
of discovery and exploration.
Th Coming In of tha Church.
Following these were scenes connect
A th the later history of yuobec,
- one of the most beautiful and Imiires
.hnwlnir the citizens going down
to the river bank to meet the saintly
Mother Marie and the Ursullnes and
Jesuits, who kneU and kissed tn
ground of New France, taking It In the
name or cnaruy. .
The number of visitors In Quebeo is
Steadily and rapidly increasing and the
accommodations of the city ace being
put to a severe test. The number of
soldiers ajone is estimated to reach a
total of nearly 25.000.
Hundreds, of new visitors arrived to
day from many parts of Canada, come
to witness tomorrow's reception of the
Prince of Wales and his party. This,
of Course, will be one of the biggest
vents of the entire celebration pro
gram. The arrangements for the recep
tion of his royal highness and his staff
ar of the most perfect character.
Greetings to tha Prinoe.
Confined, However, to Small
Length of Railroad, Only
50 Miles, Which Is Busiest
in World New System
Lstahlished.
' Tha official landing of the royal party
Is to take place at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon at the King's wharf. Prior to
this Sir Wilfrid Laurler and an official
1 party -will board the Indomitable and
will present to the royal visitor an ad
dress of welcome. This address will be
In French and Knglish, and will be re-
?lled to by the prince in both languages,
n the evening his royal highness will
meet other distinguished "visitors to the
i celebration, among them Vice-President
Fairbanks of the United States and the
- official representatives of the Frenoh
government.
Thursday the Prince of Wales will be
presented with the civic address of wel
' come and will take part In the official
..." ceremonies commemorative of Cham
plain and of the founding of Quebec.
- and will review the historio procession
, In front of the Champlain monument.
His royal highness will be present on
) Friday at a review on the Plains of
Abraham, after which he will hand to
the governor-general the title- deed of
the Plains of Abraham and the rort.
On Saturday the prince will embark
' at the King's wharf and pass down the
lines of assembled ships of Great Brit
ain, France and the 1'nlted States, and
In the afternoon he will be present at
- the pageant on the Plains of Abraham.
In the evening a banquet will be given
at the Citadel to the representatives of
Australia, South Africa, New Zealand
and Newfoundland, at which the Prince
Of Wales will speak.
Measures for prince's Protection.
The prince will attend the services
at the English cathedral on Sunday.
On Monday he will participate In vari
ous features of the celebration pro
gram and in the evening will witness
a grand naval review and Illumination
of the fleet. Tuesday he will visit Vic
toria park and will plant a tree In
commemoration of his visit.
His majesty's ship Indomitable, with
the Prince of Wajes and his party, will
depart from Quebec at daybreak Wed- j
nesnay, July zs.
The Quebec authorities, as a matter
of precaution, will provide a bodyguard
for the Prince of Wales during his pres
ence in the city. This will be furnished
by a detachment of the northwest
mounted police. The local police and
the soldiery also will furnish an esi-ort
to the prince on various occasions when
Ily FKKDFKIC J. HASKIV.
(Copyright. l!Hi by Frederic J. Haskln.)
WashlnKton. July 21 The Panama
railroad run Klve pointers to any sys
tern In in.; lnlted States on the matter
Of handling a maximum of business on a
minimum lenRth of line. During the
fiscal year of 1907 it handled 43,456
trains over Its 50 miles of line, and
when the work for the present fiscal
year Is summed up it will probably
show that ncarlv 100.000 trains have
been handled. The Isthmian canal com
mission is now hauling not far from
7 Odd trnlnloads of Ulrt a month, and
the Panama railroad Is probably running
50 per cent more trains than It did a
year ago. This would make over 8,000
trains a month on a railroad only 60
miles long. ,
-The ncoulsitlon of the Panama rail
road by the United States Represents Its
first incursion Into toe field of govern
ment ownershln of railroads. When
Uncle Sam bought the holdings of the
French for ftO, 000,000, he got, among
other th niia. the l'anama railroad. L n-
der existing laws the road could not
have been operated on a commercial
basis excent as a nrlvnte corporation
the United States merely owning the
stock, while an operating company,
made up of government officials, would
have conducted its affairs. If it had
been acquired In the usual way every
dollar collected for freight and passen
ger traffic would have had to be turned
mo the treasury, and every dollar paid
out would have had to be appropriated
by congress. Furthermore, wnen trie
Panama Railroad company wanted an
engine, a car. a steel rail, or a dozen
ecei for Its comrnlssarv it' would have
had to advertise for bids.
This led to the present plan, which
uts tne railroad safely beyond the nun
la of red tape that so often hinders
economical methods. The railroad Is
therefore operated Just like any other
railroad, and Its fiscal affairs are con
ducted the same way, except that the
president and thft board of directors do
not own a single share of stock, and
that the Isthmian canal commission is
allowed to run Its trains on the Panama
railroad line.
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Zone's "P.
One familiar with the Pennsylvania
railroad In the states is forcibly re
minded of It when on the Isthmus. Here
and only the keystone Is missing froirt
the lettering on the freight cars, else
the uninitiated miitht Jump at the con
clusion that the Pennsylvania had ex
tended Its lines to Panama. The coaches
are painted the same cplor, aitd are of
tne same modern design as those or tne
Pennsylvania system. The engines are
of a heavy type, but with small tenders.
No railroad in America ever under
went such wonderful changes in ho
short a time as the Ianama railroad has
undergone. When Colonel Ooethals firtd
went across the ltshmus four years ago
he found the jungle touching boughs
across tne raiiroan, rorming a tree
arched way almost from Colon to Pan
ama, the road bed was then as crooked
as the Chagres river, and that Is the
superlative degree of crookedness. The
builders had followed the line of least
resistance from one side of the Isthmus
to the other, and that classic railroad
Joke about standing on the rear platform
and lighting a cigar from the headlight
of the locomotive might well have been
perpetrated by a passenger on a Panama
rauroaa train.
The rolling stock was antiquated, and
the whole outfit was at least 25 years
behind the time. They did not even
have a telegraph line, but carried 11'.
tle telephone outfits like the one a
"trouble man" carries, and would stop
the train and ring up the dispatchw
whenever they wished.
Purchase of Engines.
When, the United States took hold
there had to be a good railroad. Wal
lace and Stevens each contributed bis
share to making it good. Wallao
bought the heavy engines which were
criticized at the time. Stevens double
tracked the road, established an up-to-date
block system, and In short, turned
over to his sucressors a railroad which
will compare favorably with the aver
age road in this country.
The improved condition of the road
is shown in the increased business H
enjoys. The total earnings for 1907
were almost double those or the pre
vious year, and the indications are that
the annual report of the present fiscal
year win make even a Detter snowing.
The Increase In freight carried was
about 40 per cent, and the passengers
carried in 1907 were about double the
number carried in 190(5. Here again the
indications are that 1908 will set a new
mark. Neerowi do not lose their pro
pensity for travel just because they are
world. It Will be built on a high ele
vation to keep It out of the waters of
the Oittun dam. It will require 12,000.
Oim) ruble yards of earth to make the
necessary fills, and nearly all of this
will come from the canal prism. The
fills will represent a pile of dirt UP
proximately one fifteenth as much as
will have been taken out of the canal
from the time the Freneh, under e
Lcsseps, turned the first shovel of
earth. lUitl! the ships are ready to sail
through the channel.
Plrst Days of Line.
The rush of gold seekers to Cali
fornia led to (lie building of the, rail
road across the Isthmus. William H
splnwall, in whose Honor Colon was
named ANDlnwaJI, and some other New
York capitalists got the money together,
and then secured the necessary con
cession from the New (Jranadlan gov
ernment. This concession was after
ward made to run 1 1 H years by the
Colombian government. When t lie
French Cunal rumiuny decided to build
the canal they bought ihe railroad,
acquiring si xt y-elgli t-scvent id hs of the
stock, paying JUfiO per share for It,
after tne American stockholders hail
stripped the company of lis cash In
other words the transaction netted the
American- stockholders J.'yi per share
at a, time when it had been Helling at
but little above par.
When the road was completed the
first-class fare across the Isthmus was
$25 In gold. Baggage was charged for
at the rate of 10 cents per pound, and
If a passenger carried an overcoat or
an umbrella, whether he took It with
him Into tile coach or not, he had to
pay baggage rates for It. Kresidents
of the Isthmus were given monthly
passes upon tha payment of $50 flat.
First-class freight was carried at $3
per hundrenwelght.
When the Americans took charge the
Fas.-enger rate across the Isthmus was
5; today It Is $2.40. It now costs more
to check one's baggage across the
Isthmus than It does to buy a first
class ticket. A trunk weighing 1,'0'
pounds will cost $3, while a first-class
ticket costs a half dollar less. A falr
slsed suitcase will be taJten across at
a cost of $1. I
The intention of the United Stntes Is
to maintain the Panama railroad as an
adjunct to the canal. The tourist who.
In the coming days, does not wish to
spend some ten hours going through
the big ditch can take a train which
will carry him across In a few hours
Tbe stnetglc Importance of having
means or rapid communication on the
Isthmus Is perhaps the Impelling motive
or tne government in preparing a mod
ern. well-equipped permanent railroad
along the canal.
E. k MIUER
nrnnnrino
This Time Ho Is Filiner
Cross Complaint Against
Wife Ex-Portland Prin
cipal, Discharged for In
temperance. " '
placa he resigned in l0,lhe resigna
tion having been demanded by tha school
authorities, because of Mllner'a intem
perate hanlts and tha constant trouble
he was having with his wife. Tha Im
mediate oausa of Mllner'a resignation
from the city schools and leaving Port
land was a severe whipping ha gave his
wife at their residence on Union avenue. I
It was u non this occasion that his step.
daughter attacked him with a knife. M fi
ner also had a record for wife beating at
Corvallls, where he was at one time
engaged In teaching in the public
sohools.
As a principal. Mllner waa popular
with-his grade teaohars, eooie of whoni
stood loyally by Mm In Ma trouble with
tha achool board. Me waa considered a
ftna Instructor In mathematics.
. 1 hi -.. -"-qja
A OOUDMT WBSDZVa '
Means that man and wife have lived
to a good - old ace and consequently
have kept healthy. .The best way to
keep healthy is to aea that your liver
doea lis duty SCR days out of lit. The
nly way to do thia la to keep Ballard's
flerLlne In the house and take It when
ever your liver geta Inactive. 60 cents
per bottle. Bold by Skldmure Drug Co.
FALL CLASSES WILL
SMASH ALL RECORDS
Expectations Are That 250
Freshmen Will Enroll
at U. of 0.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journnl
University of Oregon, Wugene, Or.,
July 21. The freshman class entering
the University of Oregon this fall will
be by far the largest in its history.
Every indication points to a freshman
registration of 250 and a total enroll
ment of nearly 600 students, not In
cluding the departments of law and
medicine.
Last year one fourth of all the high
school graduates of Oregon entered the
university or Oregon, and there Is every
reason to believe that an even greater
percentage will enter this fall, though
the number of graduates Is nearly a
half larger thiin last year. Another
source that will help swell the number
very materially Is the largo number of
eastern people coming Into the state.
x ne registrar s orrice receives many
letters each week asking If credits from
eastern high schools will be accepted.
ine oenianu ior catalogues has been
unprecedented, and unless all signs fail
next year's enrollment will be u record-breaker.
(t'nlted rra Leased Wtre.t
Oakland. Cal., July 21. Accused of
habitual Intemperance by his wife, Ed-
t-'ar A. Mllnor Is today suing for divorce
m a cross-complaint in which he alleges
that be was forcod to resign his posi
tion in the Portland schools because of
the humiliation and disgrace heaped
upon him by the waywardness of his
spouse. He was formerly principal at
the Chatsworth grammar schools near
,os Angeles and at one time a resident
of Seattle.
Mllner went to Portland in 1897 and
taught In the schools there, until 1900,
when, he alleges, he was forcod to leave
because of the conduct of his wife. Go
ing to Chatsworth Park he taught In
the grammar schools from July 31, 1900,
to June 20. 1907. He then came to Oak
land, where he remained a short time
and then moved to Seattle.
While they were living at WoodJawn,
a Portland suburb, Mllner alleges, he
discovered his wife was visiting cafes.
Stories about her got Into general circu
lation, he says, and caused him to hand
In his resignation and leave the- city.
His health was broken and he was
forced to take medical treatment while
he was here.
After going to Seattle. Mllner says,
his wife sent him frequent appeals for
money, representing that her daughter
had appendicitis.
Mllner is the third husband of the
woman is suing for divorce. He says
he but recently heard that under the
name of Mrs. Clara Williamson she was
married to Charles Pogard. a Southern
Pacific conductor.
Mrs. Mllner has two children, a daugh
ter, Mrs. Cecile Dumarls, 22 years old.
and H son, Wayland, 19, by her first
husband, Williamson.
In connection with these children Mll
ner tells of an exciting experience. He
says when he upbraided his wife on
one occasion the son hit him with a
heavy coffee cup and the daughter at
tacked him with a knife.
Mllner is well remembered In Port
land, having for a number of years been
principal of the Woodlawn school, which
'SOAPY" SMITH'S
GRAVESTOXE STOLEX
(United Ptpm Leaned Wire.)
Skagway, Alaska, July 21. An un
known vandal yesterday carried away
the headstone that stood over the
grave of "Soapy" Smith. The grave of
the famous outlaw, thief and murderer
has been visited by hundreds of tourists
this spring and summer.
The grave was marked bv a simple
wooden slab, on which was painted
merely the man's name, with date of
his death. There is no clue to the
thief.
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Price
We are going to make a quick, clean
sweep of every two and three-piece
summer suit in the houseblues
and blacks included. Come at once.
The opportunity is too unusual to
be overlooked.
$20.00
$25.00
$30.00
$3100
SUITS
SUITS
SUITS
SUITS
$10.00
$12.50
$15.00
$17.50
311 Morrison, 0pp. Postoffice
.Low
RATES
East
Will Be Made This Season by the
0. R. & M.
And
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
(ujtes zs ouooir)
FROM PORTLAND
To
As Follows:
Dxreot
.$72.50
. 67.50
. 63.15
Chicago . .
St. Louis .
St. Paul . .
Omaha 60.00
Kansas City .. 60.00
One Way
Vl
California
$87.50
82.50
81.75
75.00
75.00
TICKETS WILL BE ON BALD
July 22, 23
August 6, 7, 21, 22
1 FOUR TRAINS TO THE LAST
t NORTH COAST LIMITEff
TWIN CITY EXPRESS EASTERN EXPRESS
NORTHERN PACIFIC-BURLINGTON EXPRESS
Northern Pacific Railway
VISIT
YELLOWSTONE, NATIONAL PARK
Stopovers allowed on all tickets to enable
trip being taken through Park.
I Good for return In 9 dsvuwlth stop
over privileges at ploasure wfthln limit,
I ! REMEMBER THE DATES
For any further Information call at
i the city ticket office, Third and Wash
ington streets, or write to
WM. M'MURRAY
General Passenger Asen;.
PORTLAND. ORKGON.
ter in fine shape and sample kernels re
ceive,! here show jWump berries and fine
quality.
from I'.ureka Flat countrv In Wa.h.
lngton only enrountKln reports are bo
Inx received nt this tirn.. and tio absolute
failures or near-failures have heen men
tioned In the lali-st advices from there,
although first reports were thnt the Flat
countrv would in many instances pro
duce no more wheat than would be
needed for seed.
he will appear in public during the week ! on the Isthmus. Those who have the
of his visit.
"Happy the r-.,-.n and hap
py he ainne
He ho ran ca!l today
his (.'.vr '' - Dryden.
And to own a pair
of these Shoes will
give a solid founda
tion to his foot hap
piness. All kinds of shoes
are here for men
and boys at our
summer clearance
prices.
class, hut the majority (to second. Of
I the sK2,0ufl passengers carried In 1907.
r.ST.OOfi were second-class passengers,
an ) these included no whites and few
hin.imen
The Panama railroad, owned by the
i r.ited estates government, owns in
turn a steamship line from New York
to folfn. This line operates six ships
with sailings from New lork and Colon
every five days. The extension of the
Koy .1 Mall ana the Hamburg-American
llr.es to nion has divided the bu.slne
by three, but. by one of those Strang.:
paradoxes of trade, the I'aDfima railroad
stram.M.tp line has now more business
and a better balance sheet than It had
before the other lines came In he port
of i oi' n 1 i.e. operation of the steam
ship lue Is profitable, even If nearly
hll tne pa s.N' fibers carried by It are em-
either of the railroad or the
"in n. IsMnn. and are charged but"
i. lo the outsider the rates are
I J''U one way, as compared with
t'.e other lines.
::.! and the canal commission
;h'- community of interest
f o i, except that the railroad
nmerelal business, it would
part end parcel of the
As It Is. Its president
f direr tors are the chairman
siot.ers, respe t i ey. of th?
seal cot. . m listen They have
! : I with one another, and
i'.- I '. '". wants anything
H has. It simply (roes and
! tl r It. R takei the
i- e th the I c ( At
f "he j ear a baiare e is struck
61ns a song- of sixpencg
A pocket full of rve
If Mrs. Eddv had her way
I guess we'd ne,r die.
COFFEE
Don't drink poor
the world is full of it.
stuff;
SUNSET
ufly roOtcs 7n I
ROUND TRIP TOURIST FARES
To 9II points in the middle and eastern states.
This is the coffee coun
try; don't drink poor stuff.
Tour rrocer returns vour monev If ron
I don't like Schilling's Best: we pay him.
Apply to any ticket aj?ent Northern Pacific Railway and have fares
i quoted, routes explained, and berth reservations made, or
call on or write
A. D. CHARLTON,
X Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent.
t 255 MORRISON STREET PORTLAND, OREGON
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1 i nd ti.eru la no treat outito on either
band. :
Kelocetion cf Boed. ,
The h-ama railr-ovl Is about the only
; ral'r-ad In the worl 1 thit has been:
' n-r.ve.j almost entirely l-i make wa-v for:
another enterprise. When the reloca
tion of the road Is completed it win j
only per cer.t of Its present:
loi aticn h re it r.ow rrosaea the!
l.ne of the rsnal twice. It will then be
et t;r! on t' esst side of the canal, j
If it rf to (i't!nu in Hs present
locator from i".tiir, to Ran Tablo it
1 o.;;d find ttscif un-W about hi fet
.of 'ir To ot.-viate h!a a a-reat em- t
, r-a-kment. U feet h)h. will skirt the;
.ea-tetn ed of the dam This em
bnrkn ent will t about ". feet lone 1
or 1 1 m, ruble yards of earth bo-'.
, it s require,) to build It. It will b the'
'argest t;rl ralimejj embankment In !
the worlu. The entire relocation of the
railroad baa hoes mm Am v-
I the ronitrurtlon of the canal. heiK the
luui mission wui Dear ail the ri
In it re )waMnn the rr4 win hare
a t.la-ber ferreeit r of embankment
thea ami eat ar ether railroad la tlte
1INNTON
The Beautiful WEST SIDE RIVER SUBURB
The United Rr.il way is now building its electric line to Linnton and it is expected will be in
full operation not later than October 15.
THE FARE IS FIXED BY FRANCHISE AT 5 CENTS BETWEEN PORTLAND AND
LINNTON. The rapid development of the lower WEST SIDE, of which LINNTON IS THE
BUSINESS and RESIDENCE CENTER, is mw assured.
From this time on a pronounced and continuous movement to the WEST SIDE will take
place in order to avoid and escape the interminable waits and delavs caused by the openings of
the BRIDGES. ' . .
C erne and convince yourself that property purchased at Linnton will prove a very profit
able investment. Lots on sale at low prices and easy terms.
, A No WATER FRONTAGE with rail facilities.
Take Steamer Columbia at Foot of Washington Street 10 a. m., and 1:30 p. m.
or Astoria & Columbia R. R., L'nioa Depot, 8 a. m.
c. F.
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- Mornings at 5 1 4 Chamber of Commerce, Portland
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