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The Portland daily press., 1900-06-25
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T<HERE are bar
i gains to be had
i'm this store
eve,y day in the aoeek, and
plenty of them for that
matter, but Mondays the
bargains are a little more
interesting, a little more
vital to You who are
looking for chances to
save money, besides they
are scattered all over the
store, no one section
monopolizing all the bar
gains, every department
makes an offering that is
worth examining. For
today we've made the
following selections:
Skirts Counter.
One lot of light weight
silk moreen Skirts, trim
med with a IL inch ac-
Gordon plated flounce,
at $1.59, would be cheap
at $50.
Infants outfits Counter.
A lot of white Main
sock Dresses, for chill
dren six months to three
years, at Toe, marked
down from $1.00. Also
a lot of fancy p. X. as
sorted colors, at 25c a
yard, marked down from
3Sc-the proper sort for
shirtwaists, children's
dresses, etc. In same
section, a lot of pink and
blue cbambray Bonnets,
with ruffled edge, for
: children six months to
three years, at 75c,
marked down from 81.
Hosiery Counter.
A dozen styles of
women's fancy Isle
thread and cotton Hos
iery, assorted colors, at
SIC, marked from SOC.
Chs2aren's Hosiery Counter.
Another lot of Fps
witch heavy ribbed cotton
Stockings, double knees,
three thread heels and
toes, at II 1-2c, sizes 6
to 8 1-2.
GAoves Counter
A lot of women's four
button Suede Kid Gloves,
modes and grays, at
$1.25, great bargain.
Also an odd lot of black
and colored silk taffeta
and Isle Gloves, large
sizes, for men and wom-
en-, at 25c a pair-good
glove for bicyclists.
Trimmings Counter.
Two widths of white
Taffeta Applique trim
ming, at 35c and Csc a
yard, been SOC and 81.
Notions Counter.
New Antiseptic Dress
ChialdS foam no loundar-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

begun to realize the danger though we
have not grappled with it to any ex-
tent yet.
1t must be plain to any one, however,
that the aim of civilized man can not be
to live in a primeval forest. There may
be too much forest as well as too little.
What the country at present needs is
an expert on forestry. Such men are to
be found on the mainland, in Germany
in France, in British India. They can
tell accurately where forest lands
should be preserved and where they
may with safety be opened up. If we
are going to save ourselves the first
thing for us to do is to obtain the SER
vices of such an expert. Upon his re-
port an intelligent law could be passed.
We want no amatuer work At the pre-
sent time there is no one on the Islands
who understands forestry upon the
lines above indicated. A forest expert
we must have and it will pay the agri-
cultural interests to employ such a
man, and not consider the expense.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01
THE FIRST GUN.

The Republican party will have its
views pretty solidly set forth during the
next ten days. While the issues before
the voters are local, still national pol-
tics have bearing upon them. This IL
especially the case with the selection of
a delegate to Congress. OF what use
will an Independent, and such an indie
pendent as Robert Wilcox be in Con-
gress? None what ever. For any good
that we may expect him to do for the
Territory we might as we'll send block
of wood. He would be a pawn in the
hands of Don Celso Caesar Moreno, who
still haunts the parties of Congressional
politics and would have the support of
Washington's negro paper which GER
tainly would be a mighty victory and
rebound to the glory of Hawaii.
At Hauula and again at Kahuku and
finally at Waialua the Republicans
have carried on a vigorous campaign.
All these are strongholds of Republic
canism, but there is nothing like rous-
ing the enthusiasm of the supporters,
and the commencement of the country
campaign of the Republican party open
ed most auspiciously on Saturday. The
strength of the Independents does not
lie in the country districts, it lies direct
ly here, in Honolulu. -
The Republican platform has caught
on. The planks are so different from
what enemies of the party had led the
voters to expect. The favoring of the
employment of qualified voters and ci-
tizens of the Territory upon public
works, together with an eight hour day,
appeals to men from Haena to IA Lac.
The taxation plank is another popular
idea. So is the appropriation for the ex-
Queen. Indeed the Republican speakers
go before the country we'll equipped and
can show definitely what the party will
do for the Territory if it is elected. And
when it is further considered that this
party will be affiliated with the party of
the Administration on the mainland, all
voters who have the interests of the
Territory at heart will vote the Repub-
lican ticket.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01
TIE REPORTED MASSACRE.

We have had so many aprocryphal
tales from China, so many horrors
which have been drawn by some East
ern word painter, which is the present
euphemism for monumental liar, that
when any tale of crime and barbarity
reaches us from that direction we
should be very chary of believing it.
The details of the Picking massacre
were most elaborate. How the report
got into circulation and who embroider-
ed it remains one of the secrets of tele-
graphic journalism. But it went
through the press of the world and
thrilled with horror every civilized ma
ton. Other like stories have been ex-
ploded, till there is mighty little that
one does believe about China save
what is contained in the terse tele-
grams of the various military and nav
al commanders.
The story of the massacre by Russian
troops of 5000 Chinese, by drowning
them in the Amur river is a little too
lurid to be swallowed at a gulp, as it
has been, apparently, by the Moscow
correspondent of the London Standard.
Siberia, like China, is a fertile soil for
fake reports of all kinds, they breed
as maggots do in carrion. Many years
ago the escape of a score of Persian
prisoners from the mines was magni-
fled into a. Tartar invasion, and similar
stories have been rife ever since.
That individual Russians may be
cruel, is true especially the Tartar des-
cended nobility, but the true Russian is
a kindly creature. The only thing that
will rouse him is disregard for his rei-
gion, like all primitive and ignorant
people he has a fanatical regard for
it. The amiability of his character is
shown even when he is drunk. A Briton
when in his cups wants to fight and
quarrel. A Spaniard or an Italian will
use his knife or a pistol, even the gen.
tie Hawaiian becomes bellicose under
the influence of swipes, but the drunk
er a Russian gets the more amiable and
loving he becomes, and it is no uncom-
mon sight to see two great bearded
peasants with their arms round one an
others necks, and kissing because they
have taken too plentifully of the ma
tional voAky.
Until there comes far better confirm
alton the 5000 massacre may remain in
the region of the myths.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01
MORE LESSONS ON FORESTS.

Continuing the argument upon the
destruction of forests and the fatal re-
suits to sections of territory from reck-
less waste, the Island of St. Helena can
be cited. When first discovered, 397
years ago, st. Helena was densely COW
cred with luXuriant forest vegetation,
the trees overhanging the seward pre-
cipices and covering every part of the
surface with an ever green mantle. This
Indigenous vegetation has been almost
wholly destroyed, and though an i'm
mense amount of foreign plants have
been introduced and grow luxuriantly
where the soil remains other parts re-
main denuded and barren and can never
again be reforested.
The cause of this is plain, and is a les
son to us in denudation if we can only
learn it. The rich soil formed by de-
composed volcanic rock and vegetable
deposits could only, be retained on the
steep slopes so long as it was protected
by the vegetation to which, in great
part, it owed its origin, When this was
destroyed, the heavy tropical rains soon
washed away the soil and left a vast
expanse Of bare rock or sterile clay,
Any one with eyes to see can go ABOUT
these islands and see similar results.
The causes of destruction have been at
work much less time than at st. He
lena, they are spread over greater
area, so they have not yet proved as
disastrous yet, but they will do If they
are allowed to go on unchecked.
Goats are charged with a great deal
of the destruction. They were intro
duced by the Portuguese in 1913, and
before the end of the century existed in
thousands. We have also introduced
goats and they abound in our upper
ridges in spite of the war that is waged
upon them. On the Island of Molokai
Kamehameha V turned loose a couple
of pairs of deer and the woods of that
island have TO contend against both
goats and deer. The herd of the latter
is considerably over 1000.
But man had also his share in des-
truction just as he has had here. Two
of the st. Helena native trees, red wood
and ebony were BOOu lOI tdhilii5' ~
save trouble the treets were stripped Of
their bark and allowed to rot, while the
fast disappearing ebony was finally
used up by using it to burn lime for
Notifications. In the early part of last
century the governor of st. Helena re-
ported to the East India Company that
the goats should be destroyed for the
preservation of the ebony wood and
because the Island was suffering from
drought owing to the elimination Of
the forests. The results of less than
200 years recklessness were beginning
to be felt. The directors of company
replied "the goats are not to be destroy
ed, they are more valuable than ebony
and gave no heed to forest preservation
and droughts.
This kind of recklessness has gone on
here very much as it has gone on in
st. Helena, only fortunately we have
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

We shall have some Chinese voters
upon our lists when they are complete
but Idaho can go us one better. Idaho
has a woman suffrage law, and the
wife of a Chinese merchant in Idaho
City, having been born in the. state, has
naturally the right to vote. This is
probably the only Chinese women in
the world who has such a right. She
has common school education and
speaks, reads and writes English
f1uently.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

For sixty years, until the nominal
ton of Adlai Stevenson, no man had
been renominated for the office of
Vlce-President. John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, and Martin Van Buren, are
the only Vice-Presidents who were
subsequently elected to the Presidency.
Four Vice-Presidents have succeeded
to the Presidency upon the death of the
President-JOhn Tyler of Virginia, Mil
lard Fillmore of New York, Andrew
Johnson of Tennessee, and Chester A.
Arthur of New York. Only two Presi-
dents were ever elected by the Wing
party-William Henry Harrison in 1910
and Zachary Taylor in 1S4S-both of
whom died in office, and were succeed
ed in the manner indicated
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

There is great controversy about the
value of water per miners inch in the
West. There must be good many
people here who are acquainted with
the subject AS the matter of water
and the charges for it are now under
public discussion any light upon the
matter would be of value. 1t is prob
able that people on the other Islands
know more than those of Oahu do on
the subject. If so let them write.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

We no sooner get one insect pest out
of the way, than another comes to take
his place. Judge Wilcox has got hold
of a bug that burrows in the banks of
the taro patches and causes them to
leak. He is a formidable beggar and
works with lightning speed. Why he
particularly enjoys burrowing in the
banks is not clear. He does not touch
the taro.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

The question as to who can register
and who can not is being argued in the
courts. There has not been such keen
interest in registration for many years
as there is at the present time. We are
beginning to realize the value of our
votes and the necessity of voting.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01

There will be a great Republican rally
of young Republicans tonight, and the
meeting should be a rousing one.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-01
alt
Murine

For such a condition as this,
is THE BEST medicine to
take. 1t gets at the seat of
the matter by correcting con-
ditions in the body which bring
about this lassitude. Doctors
prescribe it a great deal.
There are several kinds-all
good-try this.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND.


St. Paul, Mimi. Dee. 49, Arch
bishop John Ireland of st. Paul, will
celebrate the silver jubilee of his
episcopatr on next Friday. On that
day he will have been 2j years
bishop of the Catholic church. The
archbishop is in the east, but is en-
pected home by Friday. 1t is under
stood that the clergy and sisterhood
will make manifest their loyalty and
affection in remembrances of various
kinds, One of the gifts is said to he
AN elaborate and eNquisitcly orna-
mentcd cape, an outer vestment worn
by the archbishop while pontiicating.
Twelve years ago Bishop Ireland was
elevated to the high Office of arch
bishop. During this period the church
has steadily increased in member
ship and influence and the fame of
the preIate is worldwide. The latest
report is that the archbishop has
asked for a coadjutur because of the
increasing burdens of clerical duties.
From time 10 time during the past
few years the archbishop's name has
been repeatedly spoken of in conncc-
ton with the cardinaate. Archbishop
John Ireland was born in 1888 and is
now in his siNty-sccond year. lie To-
Gated in ST. Paul in 49,.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20

NEWS NOTES.

Rural free delivery will be estab.
lishcd at Leayenworth, Kan, on Janu.
AIRY 2.
The business portion Of Elk Point,
s. D., was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000.
7. II. Longshore, Of Garland, Kan,
has been appointed to formulate plans
for an educational department for the
Kansas exposition.
Gov. Stephens yesterday gave Bunk
McGinnis, who was to be hanged at
Butler, Mo-, December 20, a stay of
execution until December 81
The strike at the Natalie colliery
at Shamokin, Pa has ended, the 1900
men returning to work. The com.
pany granted the men concessions.
Associate Supreme Court Justice
George c. Ludlow, ex-governor Of the
state of New Jersey, died yesterday
at his residence in New Brunswick.
Many horses in the Missouri river
bottoms north Of Kansas City, Kan,
have died recently. 1t was found to
be due to ergotisn produced by smut
on corr.
Charles s. Francis, of Troy, n. Y,
was nominated yesterday by President
Mckinley to be envoy extraordinary
and Iainister plenipotentiary to
Greece.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20
THE BOOB INQUIRY.
The Military Court Examines Cadets II
West Point Brutal Haxing
Denied.

West Point, y. w. Dee, 1.-THE
military court Of inquiry which be.
gan taking testimony in Bristol, Pa,
Monday, arrived at the military acad.
cmy at one O'Clock yesterday after
noon. At $50 il resumed the in
Nestlgation of the charges of hazing
and brutal treatment made by the
parents of former Cadet Oscar L.
Eooz, who died couple of weeks ago
in his home II Bristol SiNty-eight
members of the class of 1902. to which
Boo1 belonged until he resigned in
September or October, 1898. were
summoned TO the court and were
brought in squads and kept in ante
rooms in the academic building. Four
of the Is cadets of the second class
were examined during the afternoon
and all of them who knew Booz de-
clared that his standing with his
classmates was not very high as they
looked upon him as a coward. Every
one Of the witnesses denied that any
brutal hnIing occurred and two Of
them described the "bracing" and
setting up drills as only "correc-
ional measures" and neither inju.
riouS nor humilating.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20

Kansas city, Dee, B-Sales by sam
rle on track: Wheat-No 2 hard, 6541
66iac; No. hard 6Sa65hc No red, G9l2fD
lOc. No red, 6Sm69c. Corn-No 2 mixed,
S3Au3r4e; No. 3 mixed, 33Ad3ic; No
white, 3ia.M35c; No. white, Siiac Oats
No. mixed, 2il9c; No. 3 mixed. 23l2c. No.
2 white, 2il9n25c No. 3 white, 2in2ilsc.
Rye-No 2, 46mi6l9c Hay-Timothy, ST. 00i1
HOO prairie $G.5onlOG Eggs, l9e per doz.
poultry-Ilens 54c per b.. BOOSTERS l50
l1i9c each; turkeys 5i9d6l2c ducks, &c;
geese, &c; pigeons, SOC per doz Butter
Creamery, extra fancy, BE per ~. dairy,
l6c, store packed, l2c. Potatoes Home
grown 3On4Oc per bu, sweets. 25n}jc per
bu Lima beans, sl.Ddl 10 per gal Gre4n
beans. home grown, siWHl q per bu.
Turnlps, 25di0c per bu Beets, BE per bu.
cabbage home grown, 25aG0c per doz.
Onions. white and red globe 81 0On 10 per
bu Cucumbers, @cdsl g per doz To-
matoes. home grown. slWIlj - per bu.
Navy beans $50 per bu Summer
squash ~ l5c per bu box Hubbard
squash $lVuljO per doz Egg plant 60
aoOc per do. Apples choice 81 2jal1 IS
ptr bhl
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20
ARBITRATION CONFERENCE.


Chicago, Dec. 9.-rhe conference
on arbitration and Cancellation, which
passed into industrial history with its
adjournment last night, was enlivened
during the day by a debate between
Samuel tompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Hugh II. Lusk, eN-member of parlia-
ment for New Zealand, The vener-
able New IeaIander during the fore
noon turned aside from his prepared
address TO express displeasure at a
declaration made Ivy Mr.. Gompers in
his address Monday night. The labor
leader on the occasion mentioned as
serted that he wanted to see labor
organizations retain the privilege of
striking when they pleased, why they
pleased, or merely because they
pleased, THAT is not liberty" cried
Mr.. Lusk. ut is license Mr.. Com.
pers wants Cancellation, and he says
you can never have any Cancellation
unless you are ready to out one an.
others Threats. Well, if that is the
unfortunate condition of the people
of America, am sorry for them. We
are not so anxious to cut one an
others Threats where ! came from"
Mr.. Lusk explained that during the
hearing of a dispute between EN-
ployer and his unionized employees
neither side could, under penalty,
change the conditions which caused
the appeal to the arbitration court.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20

THE WORLDS FAIR FUND.
1t VIII Probably BE Completed Before
New Years Day Enthusiastic Feet
Ing at 81. Louis.

st. Louis, Dec. 10. An enthusiastic
meeting of the leading business and
professional men of the city was held
at the Mercantile club last night
Over S2j0.00O additional subscriptions
to the worlds fair of 1903 fund were
made and this brings the total to
within a small amount of the third
S5,000,0O0 necessary to raise in order
to comply with the terms of the gov
eminent appropriation, After the
meeting il was confidently asserted
among the leading workers and com
mittee chairmen that the fund would
be completed before New Years day
and the Louisiana Purchase Ccntcn-
NAL company incorporated immediate
~ thereafter II was resolved to meet
again on December 81 and see the new
century in with a completion of the
fund
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20
MISSOURpS VOTE.


Jefferson City, No., Dec. ~ Score.
larN of state Iesurur yesterday an
nounced The official vote in Missouri
at the November election. For prcsi-
dent the following are the totals:
Bryan, democrat 3il,922; Mckinley,
republican, 3Ii0o2; Barker, progress
she peoples, 1876, WooIlcv, prohibit
ton, $685. Dcbs, social democrat, g.
rs; Malloncy social labor, l,9o4;
I'rYan's plurality, 1850; l'rNon's ma.
joriiy, 2o,lo'
For governor: Dockcrv. democrat,
35o,oI3; Flory, republican, 3lloOj;
Hills progressive peoples, 1886;
Stokes prohibition, j,l0j; Lipscomb,
social democrat, j,j11 Fry, social Ia
Dor, l,2l3; scattering, b Dockery's
plurality, 32Ilo, Dockcry's majority,
j,s0G.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20
F0UNDERlNG OF A STEAMER.


Vancouver, b. e., Dee. 49, Late de-
tails of the laundering of the steamer
Alpha with the loss of nine lives indi-
Gates that the cause of the disaster
was primarily due to taking an un-
usual course into the coaling station
at Union bay. Encountering fierce
southeast gale while stcaming up the
strait, the captain decided to take
what is known as the inside passage
to Mon bay and did not perceive the
lighthouse and, suddenly, before o
voice of warning from her lookout or
forward watch was heard she ran her
bow high up amidst the rocky reefs
surrounding the island, Plucky sea.
men volunteered to swim ashore with
lines and three were thus made fast
to the island by means of these
some u members of the crew were
landed ON the small surface of Yellow
rock, but the captain, engineers and
others who were later drowned de.
cidcd to stand by their vessel and en-.
deayor to prevent her from becoming
total wreck Their efforts resulted
only in the sacrifice of their lives.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20
STRIKE MAY EXTEND
Santa Fe Switchmen and Brake.
men May Go Out.
ENGINEERS And FIRENEy PRESSED.
The Striking Telegraphers Profess to Be
More Sanguine Of Success Than Ever
Katy Employees Have Taken No Hand
In the Controversy.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 10 Santa Fe
switchmen and brakemen here say
they will strike if the demands of the
telegraphers are not granted by Third
Vice President Barr. The conductors
announce that they will stay by the
road but it is thought that they will
be induced to join in the strike if one
is ordered, The engineers and fire.
men have not yet said whether OF
not they would strike Considerable
pressure has been brought to bear on
them and they show much sympathy
with the strikers,
The Santa Fe officials are said to be
endeavorng to hire brakemeh ana
switchmen conditonally, which shall
take the places of the men that go
out.
1t is probable that the result of the
conference in Chicago between the
strike officials and the officers of the
road will not be known for two days,
and in the meantime the brakemen
and switchmen are preparing to go
out in sympathy soon after the re.
fusal of the company to grant the de-
mands of the telegraphers, if such a
refusal is made.
The strikers here profess to be more
sanguine of success now than they
have been at any time since the be-
ginning of the strike.
Says They Consider Strike n Mistake.
Chicago, Dec. 19.-According to a
statement issued last night by j. NJ.
Barr, third vice president of the Santa
Fe railway, the committee composed
of representatives of the different
railway organizations who have taken
up the grievances of the striking tel
egraphers consider the strike mis-
take, and at to-day's conference to
be held here with the officials of the
Santa Fe nothing but the re-employ,
ment of the telegraphers will be re.
quested from the company.
Katy Employees Have Taken No Hand.
Parsons, Kan, Dec. 19.--The rumor
that Missouri. Kansas & Texas brake
men have refused to switch Santa Fe
cars on account of the operators strike
circulated in Kansas City is entirely
erroneous. Inquiry among the Off
cials and trainmen elcits the nforma-
ton that the Katy railroad employees
have taken no hand in the contro.
versy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-12-20

Grinnell, Ia. Dee. 10 G. W. Rowe,
the absconding Poweshiek county
treasurer, has been released from
Belcm prison in the City of Mexico,
after having served six years in the
Mexican penal institution. Rowe dis
appeared from l'owesliek county with
100000 of the county funds. lie was
discovered by detectives in Mexico.
He had purchased real estate there,
thus becoming a Mexican citizen and,
accordingly could not be eXtraditcd,
Further research disclosed Mexican
law making it a felony to bring stolen
money into the country, and ON this
charge he was prosecuted and SEN
fenced to Il years penal servitude,
He has served six years,