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TTTT3 MOKNINa tfREGOTSIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEB 6, 1900. & INDIANS PERISHING Government Must Aid Natives of Alaska. T0 SICK TO GET THEIR FOOD Beport of Captain Tmttle, ef tbe Rev- exce Cutter 3eRr,JfVbo Exsm- IstedL the Ceadltiomj:. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Captain Tut tle, of the revenue service, in charce of the cutter Bear, reports to the Treas ury Department from Nome August 2 on the operations of his vessel since July 6. The report relates principally to the con dition of the natives along the Alaskan Coast and the adjacent islands. At Bin rock the surgeon of the vessel, "who was sent ashore, reported that measles were epidemic, and that pneumonia was preva lent and fataL At Teller Station, -where the Government has a reindeer station, much' sickness and many deaths among the natives was reported. At'Cape York the same fatal sickness was -found among the natives. Going on to Cape Prince of Wales, practically the same desperate condition was iound to exist as at other places. From that point the Bear pro ceeded to East Cape Village, Siberia, and thence to St. Lawrence Bay and Port Clarence. Everywhere the vessel touched officers were sent ashore to investigate the condition, and reported that the na tives never had been in worse condition. At Teller Station affairs were desperate. Fully one-half of the natives around the station have died. In some cases whole families have disappeared, and in others the parents have died, leaving helpless children. The salmon are running, but there are not sufficient number of well people to catch them and thus provide food for the present and the coming Win ter. The ravages of the disease have been so great that a panic has seized the natives, and the dead are left un burled in their houses. In their distress the natives in the vi cinity of Teller are collecting there for food and medical attention. Rev. T. T. Bevig, although not a physician, has set up a few tents and is running a tempo rary hospital, having 12 sick and 12 orphan children under his care, furnish ing them with food as best he can. He Is said to be in great need of pilot bread, flour and clothing for the natives in ex treme distress. There is said to he no record during the last 50 years of the de gree of destitution that now prevails upon the whole Behrlng Sea Coast. Captain Tuttle concludes his report as Sallows: "At a conference with Governor Brady, of Alaska, and J. E. Evans, special agent ef the Treasury, Dr. Sheldon Jackson and myself in reference to the deplorable condition of the natives north of Unalas ka. It was declared that relief must be afforded them, or they would perish from cold and starvation during the coming Winter. I offered to fill the Bear with whatever could be procured to distribute north of Cape Prince of Wales. Special Agent Evans at once ordered a load, which was put on board. I steamed to Dnalaska to get some stores to be put on board." Captain Tuttle says he is going to make another trip north to distribute the few things that were received and to attend to the Government business. He reports that the natives are thoroughly demoral ized through their condition and fright and superstition. This is the first time they have not secured their Winter sup ply of food. Captain Tuttle says he be lieves that if it were not for the little relief he is taking to them on his pres ent trip, there would not be 10 per cent of them alive next June. CONTRACT FOB, THE TENDER. Awarded to Seattle Bidder Aid far Alaska Natives. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. A contract has finally been made with Moran Bros, for constructing a new lighthouse tender for the 13th district, in accordance with modified plans. According to the terms of the contract, which has not yet been approved, the vessel will be constructed for $118,000, the time, allowance being 12 months from the date of the approval of the contract. It Is expected that when a further appropriation can be secured those features of the vessel which have been eliminated will be supplied under a new contract. Just as the Treasury officials had been relieved of the responsibility of caring for thousands of destitute miners at Cape Nome, it was advised of a very serious and disastrous condition at Port Clar ence, Teller, and a long section of the Alaskan coast, reported by Captain Tuttle, of the revenue cutter Bear, and it has been suggested that Instead of send ing relief to the starving people of India, the people of this country t-in better of fer relief to the natives of Alaska, who are dying off in such great numbers that tbey cannot even bury their dead. So serious is the condition that a plan of re lief has not yet been outlined, but it is expected that the marine hospital service will offer what material aid it can to check the ravages of influenza and kin dred diseases. A report was also received from Dr. Sheldon Jackson, of the Teller reindeer station, in which he reports a very serious condition there, where there is a great scarcity of food and clothing. He says "something must be done Immediately. Frank L. Curtis, of Vancouver, Wash., has been appointed shoe and harness maker at the Fort Hall Indian school, Jdaho, at a salary of $G00. CONSPIBACT IS ALLEGED. Nome fining; Controversy Involves a Former Portland Attorney. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 5. In five cases Involving the title to and posses sion of the most valuable mining claims in Nome, United States Circuit Judge W. W. .Morrow has reversed the receiver, Alexander McKenzle, appointed by Judge Noyes; has granted an appeal from the order appointing the receiver, and has directed that until the matters at Issue are decided there shall be no Interference on the part of the court in Alaska, or Its appointees. The attorneys repre senting the men who applied to Judge Morrow for these orders, make charges to the effect that a big political conspir acy has been formed, with JIcKenzle as the center, to gain control of valuable mining property at Nome. The action before Judge Morrow was brought on an appeal from the appointment of Hume as Deputy United States District Attorney, and McKenzie as receiver. HARD LUCK AT NOME. Klondike Passengrers, However, Bring: Enonragrins Reports. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 5. The steamer Umatilla has arrived from the north, bringing about ?l,500,000 in treasure from the Klondike and Douglas Island, and a few nuggets from Nome. One of the pas sengers from Dawson was L. Paltnau, who went to the Klondike three years ago a penniless prospector. He was staked by three friends when he left here, they furnishing his outfit he to divide in certain proportions all he made. He has sent out from the Klondike SILOO) to each of his partners, and Is reported to have brought home with him $60,000. The passengers from Nome all tell stories of hard luck. Men Were Not Drowned. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept Z. Mayor Quarre, of Eagle City, Alaska, completely refutes the .story of the drowning of five prominent Dawson men, which was re cently brought to Seattle by the steamer Humboldt from Skagway. The story was to the effect that the launch Aqullia struck u rock on Healy Bar in Yukon, and that all on board perished. They were Sidney B, HIbbard, Maurice M. Marsden, both from London; Captain Jack Lawrence, Amlel .Crafton vand F. Seeley. In telling of the accident" Mayor Quarre, who has arrived here, said: "The men were all safe when I left them some days after this "occurrence. I cared for them after the accident They were thrown into the water, but all were rescued." The Lawton Going: to Alaska. WASHINGTON, Sept 5. The transport Lawton, which is to bring back destitute Americans from Cape Nome, will sail from San Francisco about the 11th Inst, taking on supplies at Seattle and then go ing direct to St Michael. It Is probablo that she will carry about 400 ton3 of freight lot the troops in Alaska. OUTLOOK Hf ' CHINA. Nothing: Can Be Done Until a. Foreign Government Is Established. NEW YORK, Sept 5. George Jamleson, ex-Consul-General of Her Britannic Maj esty at Shanghai, is in New York, on his way to China, by way of Vancouver. Mr. Jamieson Is one of the best-known au thorities on Chinese affairs, and has made a study of the finances of tbe empire. which haB supplied the materials for most that has been recently written on that subject He returns to China as the rep resentative of the Pekin Syndicate, which has received important mining and rail road concessions in the Province of Shan, Si, and he has consequently an immediate interest in ie settlement of the present troubles and In the political and material future of the -empire. Mr. Jamleson Is also one of the found ers and an honorary secretary of the China League, an organization recently formed in London for the purpose of sup plementing the work of China as soon as possible by educating the public mind of the United Kingdom in regard to the magnitude of the commercial and other Interests dependent upon the "open door" in China. Following the work of the league, Mr. Jamleson said: "Its purposes are similar to those of your American Asiatic Association, with which I hope It may establish close and friendly relations. Like those here who know anything about this subject, we are impressed with the importance of China as an open market for our manufacturers and with the Immense possibilities which that country presents as a legitimate field for these enterprises. We think we have some reason to take exception to the lack of a definite line of policy on the .part of our Government in its dealings with Chi na, but we- recognize the fact -that the absence of a -strong" popular sentiment on the subject may be held to excuse much of the hesitancy which has been apparent In English diplomatic action, "Mr. Hay very properly Insisted In his communications to foreign governments a year ago that a reform of the adminis trative system -of China was absolutely bound up with the preservation of the in tegrity of the emr-lre. But there can be no such reform under the rule of the Em press Dowager and ,her corrupt ring of advisers. If the Russian proposal means anything it means a return to the status quo ante, to the state of things under which the Boxer movement was promul gated and encouraged, and the life of every foreigner in China was placed" in jeopardy. There are a greats many things yet to be explained In regard to recent events In China, but this much Is certain, that had the Empress Dowager and her satellites been allowed their own way, the whole country would have been In a flame of anti-foreign, Insurrection today, and the fiction that the powers are not at .war with China would have had to be aban doned. "It is true that we must have some kind of responsible government with which to make terms for the settlement of the fu ture of" China and of the status of our foreign interests there. There is no such government in China at the present mo ment because the Emperor, if he be still alive, is under duress and the Empress Dowager can answer for nothing except the perpetuation" of the blind and igno rant hatred of the foreigner which she and her advisers cherish in common. It may be to the interest of Russia and LI Hung Chang to make easy the restoration of the authority of the Empress Dowager, butj it Is certainly not to the Interest of any power that wants to see China pre served from dismemberment and launched on a career of peace, progress and pros perity." 1 THE LETTER CARRIERS. Business Transacted at Yesterday's Meeting of the Convention. DETROIT, Mich., Sept 5. The much discussed letter-carriers' pension bill was presented today to the Carriers' National convention. After considerable debate It was ordered printed, and will be taken up later. The bill provides for a relief fund to be deposited with the Postmaster-General for the relief of disabled and infirm letter-carriers to be raised by deducting certain percentages from salaries of all letter-carriers. , The director of the association's insur ance branch reported 112 death claims, aggregating 5278.57S paid since that feature was organized nine years ago, and no claims unpaid. On a question of inviting Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Federa tion of Labor, to address the convention, there was a sharp division. Three votes were taken amid muqh confusion. The result was announced as yeas, 248; nays, 103, many not voting. Mr. Gompers spoke effectively, addressing the delegates as "fellow union men." He urged that the association would be a great gainer if it would affiliate with the American Federa tion of Labor. A resolution Indorsing the pending bill providing uniform $1200 salaries for car riers was adopted. There was a long debate upon a resolu tion for the appointment of a committee to negotiate with the Railway Mail Clerks.' and Postoffice Clerks' Associations with the object of joint action in the in terest of legislation favorable to postal employes. Many of the delegates op posed any sort of amalgamation, but the resolution was finally adopted after the president and secretary bad been added to the committee. Fever Situation in Havana. HAVANA. Sept 5. The yellow fever sit uation Is improving, a decrease in the number of deaths .from 89 to 75 being re ported since September 1. r Major-General Carl Schurs. Lyman J. Gasre. FROM SCHURZ AND GAGE TWO OPEN LETTERS ON THE EF FECT OF BRYANISM. Election of Democratic Candidate, Says the Latter, Would Menace Commercial Interests of Country. BOLTON LANDING, N. Y., Sept & Hon. Carl Schurz has written the .follow ing open letter to Secretary of the Treas ury Gage: "Dear Sir: The newspapers of August 26 published an interview with you fn which you were Quoted as sayinsr that there is no doubt Mr. Bryan (if elected President) could order his Secretary of the Treasury to make payment in silver of all the public debt payable in coin, and for all current disbursements of the Gov ernment as well, which amount 'to $1, 500,000 to $1,750,000 per day; and that be would give such an order, too, is very cer tain, if he is in the same mind that, he was in 1896.' You went on to say that although Mr. Bryan 'would have great difficulty in doing that at once,' owing to the small silver resources of the Gov ernment yet he might accomplish it in time, as the mere announcement of such a purpose 'would stop the inflow of gold, or at least very largely diminish payments in gold and correspondingly increase pay ments into the Treasury of silver and sil ver certificates'; that this would practi cally put the Government on' a sliver basis, ruin Its credit and bring incalcula ble disaster upon the business interests of the country. "Having for a great many years taken a deep and somewhat active Interest in the establishment of a sound monetary system in the United States, I may with out impropriety publicly address to you a few remarks in replyto your public statement. I emphatically deny, Mr. Sec retary, that the danger set forth by you in your Interviews really exls'ts, and that any President "will be able to do what you say might be done, unless the Re publican .party In control of the Govern ment in both its legislative and executive branches prove itself utterly dishonest in its processed purpose to maintain the gold standard. "This denial is not based upon the rea soning of those of your critics who seek to show by figures that a President de siring ever so much to put the country upon a silver basis would lack the means for doing so. On the contrary, for ar gument's sake, I will accept all you say on that point. But you omit to, men tion a fact of decisive Importance? "If the Executive, as you say, pro fesses the discretion of 'paying silver in settlement of all Interest on the public debt not specifically payable In gold, and of making ls dally disbursements to its creditors in silver, It Is owing to a flaw In the currency law passed at. the last session of Congress a- law which, as the spokesman of the Republican party prom ised, was to put the gold standard upon an Impregnable basis. It was suggested at- the time by some of its critics that this law was purposely sq manipulated by Republican politicians in the Senate as to leave the possibility of the subver sion of the gold standard by Executive action open In order to enable the Re publicans In the present Presidential cam paign to say that the election of a Re publican President was absolutely neces sary to save 'the gold standard and to prevent dreadful economic disaster. Whether any such scheme entered Into that legislation I do not assume to de termine. Certain It is, however, that this feature of the law Is now so used, and that you, Mr. Secretary, actually do so use,it for the evident purpose of alarm ing the business community and the pos sessing classes generally. "I hardly need to say to you that the spreading of false alarms of this kind Is a very unquestionable and responsible thing for anybody, and especially for a Secretary of the Treasury. And I call your prediction of the possibilities speci fied by you and ol! the disasters sure to follow a false alarm for a very simple reason. Whoever may be elected Presi dent on November 6, there will be an other session of Congress before he will take office on March 4, 1901. The Repub licans will have strong majorities In both houses of that Congress. The executive, too, will be In their hands. They will, therefore, be able to make such laws as they please. They will thus have full power and ample opportunity before the Inauguration of the next President to pass any legislation required to make It ut terly impossible to any President to break down the gold standard In the way you, Mr. Secretary, describe In your Interview. A simple enactment In two or three lines substantially providing that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treas ury to pay in gold or silver, at the op tion of the creditor, all kinds of Indebted ness of the United States now payable In coin, may be sufficient And If there should be another flaw In the nresent law dangerous to the gold standard In any other way, you, Mr. Secretary, able financier as you are, will surely detect It and find a legislative remedy and have it ready in the shape of a well-matured bill to be submitted to Congress at the opening of the session. In short, the Re publicans, controlling both the legislative and the executive "branches of the Gov ernment, will, next Winter, have ample power and opportunity to do what they ought to have done at the last session to put the currency law in such a shape that the gold standard cannpt possibly be shaken by Executive action, no mat ter who may occupy the Presidential chair and thus remove, to that extent at least, the basis of our monetary sys tem from the changeful game of party politics. ( "Do you see any reason for doubting that Congress at its next session will do this? It Is quite evident that, If there is any substance at all In your predictions of disaster,, the Republicans In Congress cannot refuse to do it without proving that the professed solicitude of the Re publican party for tho maintenance 'of the gold standard is arrant hypocrisy. But if there be any wavering. I am con vinced public opinion will, in case of ne cessity, compel them to take the neces sary steps. "You will thus have to admit, Mr. Sec retary, that when you sounded your note of alarm, you had overlooked the most Important fact that you and your party friends, that 1b, the Republican majority in Congress, led by the Administration of which you form so Influential a part, will be able easily and promptly to rem edy the defects of the law which you have described as a source of terrible danger, and therefore your note of alarm was, to say the least, a mistaken one. It may suggest Itself to you as a matter worthy of grave consideration whether you should not retract what you have said, in fairness to the business community, which should not be unnecessarily dis quieted, especially not, by those In author- lty. i am sure many or your leiiow-cltlzens-are anxious touknow what you may, have to sayon. tnts aspect of the ssltuation.': Very respectfully yours, ' . ,''C. SCHURZ, '"Bolton Landing, Lake George, N. Y September 1." SECRETARY GAGE'S REPLY. Bryan's Election Woh1& Menace the Country's. Commercial Interests. WASHINGTON, Sept, 5,-Secretary Gage"has made the following reply to an open letter he has received from Hon. Carl Schurz, of New York; "Washington, Sept. 4. Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the re-, ceipt of t yours of the 8d Inst, In which you utter some words of criticism upon the' statements made by. me in. a news paper interview published August 26, In which I expressed the, .opinion that Mr. Bryan, if olected, 'could, by the exercise of considerable 'perverse ingenuity,' put the. Government ona silver basis, ruin Its credit' and bring incalculable disaster upon the business interests of the coun try. - , "You deny that the dangers set forth by me in that interview really exist, and that any President will bo able- to do what I declare might be done, 'unless the Republican party. In. control, of the Gov ernment In both tho Legislative and Ex ecutive branches, proves Itself utterly dishonest In its professed purpose to maintain the gold standard.' You say your .denial is not based upon the rea soning of those of your critics who seek fa show by figurea that a President de siring: ever so much toput, the country on a silver basis, would lackflthe means of doing so.' On the contrary, you ad mit, "for argument's sake,' all I say on that point It would not seem, therefore, that there Is any particular difference be tween us as to what Mr. Bryan, as Presi dent, could do under the law or In spite of the 'law as It Is now. It ought to have "been apparent to you, as It no doubt was, that I was speaking of a possible case under circumstances as they now exist, but you proceed to point out how, at the next session of Congress, which will meet In December, legislation could be had which would completely forestall un friendly action toward' the gold standard, even If Mr. Bryan were elected and should still cherish the firm, set purpose de clared by him September 18, 1896, at Knox vllle, Tenn., where he said: 'If there is any one who believes 'that the gold stand ard is a good thing, or that it must be maintained, I warn him not to cast his vote for me, because" I promise him it will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of It' "You rebuke me In polite terms for sounding a false note of alarm, disquiet ing the business community, and espe cially when uttered by one who Is In au thority. I am not at, all ''skilled in con troversy, and have jfod no practice in dialetics, but I will' indulge in a few words in the way of rejoinder to your criticism. ,' ' "In the first place,theh, no more seri ous distress could overtake this country in this I think you will "agree with me than the breaking down, of the gold stand ard and the adoption of that principle of money for which Mr.Brjyan contends. In 18S6 you yourself $r'e,,nuqted as having said: 4" : , " 'The mere apprehe'ns.loh of a possibil ity of Mr. Bryan's; election and the con sequent placing of ouf4 dountry upon a silver basis has already released untold millions of our securities to be thrown upon the market Scores of business or ders are already retailed, a large number of manufacturing establishments have al ready stopped or restricted their opera tions, enterprise Is ' alf'ea.dy discouraged and nearly paralyzed,'" . .' and If these are the effect of a hete apprehension of a possibility, what would-be the effect of the event Itself? Therefls scarcely an Imaginable limit tp thades,tructlon cer tain to be wrought by "the business dis turbance that Mr. Brian's election would cause.' f , y - "I am unable to perceive" why the same consequences In a minor degree, perhaps would not ensue no-j.vr'hl'ch you so free ly foreshadowed then.TNow, when con soquences sd great as these are Involved, the forces operating to inaugurate them should be resisted at every,' point Even the possibility of danger should be avoid ed. It Is a familiar fact, and one alto gether too much lnjevldence, that Admin istrative circles, filled with hatred and contempt of a particular law. can by perverse Ingenuity practically nullify its operations. You point out In your letter that" If the course Indicated by me In tho Interview referred to should be contem plated by Mr. Bryan, the Republican Congress, which meets In December next, could In advance restrain him by new and more effective mandatory provisions, The proposition that, In case of Mr. Bry an's efectlon, the present Congress can tie his hands so that he cannot give effect to his expressed intention, appears to me to be fallacious. It would require new legislation by a party whose policy would have been rejected by tho people through their last expression at the polls. Fur ther than this, tho next session will ex pire 'by operation of law March 4. 1901. The free-silver minority would be Justi fied by their constituents In using all tho resources of dilatory procedure to pre vent such legislation, and against such tactics affirmative legislation such as you suggest would be probabjy Impossible. Can any one doubt that Mr. Bryan would urge action by his friends In Congress to prevent the further strengthening of the policy which he denounces as crim inal? Your remarks upon this point seem to Indicate that you rely upon the ex ercise of the power already conferred upon the Republican party to prevent the country from experiencing disasters which Mr. Bryan will, if he can, bring upon us. May U not suggest that the way to secure safety Is not to take power from those upon whom you rely for pro tection and confer It upon those whose action you may have good cause" to re gret "Since you have raised the question of further legislation, let 'us look a little farther. If Mr. Bryan Is elected President,- It is- of all things most probable that the next House will have a Demo cratic majority. Even admitting that Congress, dating from March 4, 1901, will not bo able to effect any changes In our present financial -legislation, what we fairly expect will be the effect of tho continued agitation of the question upon business and industry set in motion by a President bent on the restoration of free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and elected upon that platform? "You end your letter by suggesting that I retract what I have said, in fairness to the business community, which should not be unnecessarily disquieted, especial ly by those In authority. Thinking as I do that the election of .Mr. Bryan would be a real menace to the commercial and industrial Interests of' our people, be cause of the purpose he cherishes and the power he would possess, I do not feel at liberty to act upon' your suggestion. I feel It myiduty to at least wait until Mr. Bryan himself has retracted his statement of 1S96 that 'it (the gold stand ard) will -not be maintained longer than I am able to get rid of It' Very 'truly yours, " LYMAN "J." GAGE. "Hon. Carl Schurz, Bolton Landing, Lake George, N. Y." Few Soldiers 'Left. i ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept 5. With the departure of the second battalion 'of the Eighth Infantry, which leaves tomorrow morning for the Philippine Islands, the Department of the Dakotas will be gar risoned by only.seven'jcompanles, with a total, Including department headquarters staff, of less than 1000 men. Two com panies of infantry remain at Fort Snell lng, Minn.; one at Fort Yates, N. D and one troop of cavalry each at Fort Meade, S. D., Fort 'Keogh,' Mont, and Fort Yellowstone, Wyo, This is the smallest contingent of e troops In this de partment for many years. The detach ment of the Eighth leaving tomorrow con sists of 17 officers and 556 men, in com mand of Major Stretch. ' OAK BRANCH . CLEARED CARRIES A BIG' LUMBER- CARGO TO " " ' ' FORT ARTHUR. Dispatched by the Pacific Export ' Lumber Company Arrivals and. Departares-Marine Notes. The British steamship Oak Branch cleared yesterday for Port Arthur, via San Francisco,, with. 1,483,416 feet of lum ber, valued at 515,212. The steamer on arrival at Portland had aboard nearly 500,000 feet of lumber which she loaded at Tacoma, so that she has now a 2,000,-000-feet cargo aboard. The vessel was dispatched, by. the Pacific Export Lumber Company, and goes from Portland to San Francisco, where she will load 700 tons of hay. The war in the Orient has temporarily held up the export lumber trade, but there Is again a prospect for a renewal of business. The coasting lum ber trade Is also heavy, and now that the Alaska trade is falling off, some of the small steamers have been released thus affording increased facilities for shipping to San Francisco. The steamer Fulton loaded a full cargo at Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s mill on her last trip out from this port, and Is reported to be returning for another cargo. The Qak Branch will leave down the river this morning. The chief engineer of this steamer made her famous a few years ago by some remarkable repairs to a broken propeller shaft In the South Pacific. The steamer dropped her pro peller, with the shaft broken off close to the thrust bearing, while on a trip through the South' Pacific There was a spare propelleiraboard, and the cargo was shifted until the stern of the steamer was lifted high enough to enable the men to fit this propeller to a new tall shaft, which was put in place from Inside the hull. The work consumed nearly a week, and all of the time the steamer was drifting closer to a cannibal island, the inhabitants of which were eagerly watch ing the prize, and smacking their lips in anticipation of the coming feast Sharks were numerous all around them, and as the steamer rose and fell on the swells, the maneaters would make vicious dives and plunges at the men on the staging, from which the propeller was swung In place. ' The steamer had drifted dangerously close to the. Island before the work, was finally completed, so close, in fact, that it was a matter of a few hours only when she would have been In the break ers. When the work was finally ended, the engineer handled the big engines very gingerly, for the first few miles, until he had worked the ship out of reach of the cannibals. The repairs held good, however, and the steamer reached her destination In good order. The engineer and his assistants were substantially re warded by the underwriters for their re markable work under such adverse cir cumstances. THE TRANSPORT THYRA. Large Force of Men Engaged on the Big Steamship. The work of preparing the big trans port Thyra for the service of the Gov ernment commenced yesterday morning at the dock at the foot of East Oak and Pine streets. There were several hun dred men on the dock In the morning when the first work begun, most of them seeking employment on the transport. Mr. Supple seems to be having no trouble In securing all the men he needs to put the ship In shape according tocontrnct He said last evening that he would have about -00 men at work before the end of the week. Yesterday the greater part of the day was spent In getting the timbers down In the hold of the ship. Men were at work from both the upper and lower docks, transferring lumber onto the ship, A force of men was also engaged in getting the coal out of the way. The Thyra Is a larger ship than the Lennox, and the work of getting her ready for transport service is more extensive than In the case of the former. Since the Thyra has been moored at this deck hundreds have visited' her, attracted by her huge size. Besides the carpenters there were many spectators on the dock yesterday, watching operations. The In terior of the hull will be fitted with stalls for shipment of horses, and also arranged for carrying feed. LIGHT-DRAFT STEAMER. The New Joapch Kellogg Will Soon Be Ready for Business. The new steamer Joseph Kellogg has been Jaunched at the Portland Ship building Company's yard, and will soon be ready for her trial trip. The new craft Is 140 feet long, 26 feet beam, has a 16-foot wheel, and will draw 22 Inches of water when running light She Is 40 feet longer and much wider than the old steamer whose name she bears. Captain Joseph Kellogg, who Is S9 years old, and who Is one of the best-known steamboat captains on the Willamette, made the model from which the craft was built, and the veteran steamboatman has super Intended the -Rork from the laying of the keel to the present time. The trial trip will take place In about two weeks. Steamer Norma Rebuilt. James Olsen. senior member of the Portland Ship Building Company, who went to Rlparla two months ago to re model the steamer Norma, for Jacob Kamm, returned this week to secure sev eral experienced ship carpenters and caulkers. He Intends to finish the boat as soon as possible. Mr. Olsen says the Norma has been made new from bottom to top, and Is a fine craft In every way. Having secured his carpenters, he start ed back for Rlparla, where he will push construction will all possible energy. Marine Notes. The barkentlne Portland Is taking on a cargo of lumber at Falrhaven for San Pedro, Cal. The four-masted schooner William H. Smith Is loading 800,000 feet of lumber at Falrhaven for Callao, Peru. Steamboat Inspectors Edwards and Ful ler have returned from a trip to Idaho, where they Inspected two small steamers. The Norwegian steamship Tyr Is due from Vladlvostock early next week. She will load a cargo of flour and general merchandise. The wrecked steamer Frederick Billings Is being dismantled. The company o'per atlng her seems to be going through the same process. The' charter of the steamer Geo. W. Elder has been cancelled and the steamer will not be sent north at present. She returned to the boneyard yesterday. The steamer Whatcom, which has been plying on the Whatcom-Seattle-Tacoma route, has been sold to Dodwell & Co. She will probably go on the Victoria route and the Victorian will run between What com, Falrhaven and the up-Sound ports. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA," Sept. 5. Sailed Steamer State of California, forSan Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; weather hazy; wind northwest San Francisco, Sept 5. Arrived Steam er Fulton, from Portland; schoooner Her mann, from Kodlak; schooner Windsor, from Tacoma; steamer Bristol, from Che malnus; schooner Western Home, from Coos Bay; ship A. J. Fuller, from Seattle; schooner W. F. Wldeman, from Gray's Harbor; schooner Roy Somers, from Gray's Harbor; schooner Gem, frm Gray's Harbor; schooner Dauntless, from Gray's Harbor; ship Glory of the Seas, from Na nalmo. Sailed Steamer Columbia, for Portland; steamer Washtenaw, for Taco ma; schooner Chas. R. Wilson, for Gray's Harbor; schoooner Commerce, for Nanal mo. Port Townsend Arrived August 23 Chile bark Latona, from Valperalsor -barkentlne Newsboy, from Honolulu. Tacoma, Sept 5. Sailed Ship Agenor, for Freemantle. Victoria Arrived Septembr German oshlp SIrene, from Yokohama British steamer Tees, from Alaska. Sailed Chil ean barl$ Altcar, for New Whatcom. Victoria Arrived September 4 British ship Ivy, from. Honolulu. Yokohama Arrived September 3 British steamer Empress of Japan, from Van couver. Hlogo In port July 31 British ship Pal grave, for Puget Sound. Cape Town In port August 8 British ship County of Merioneth, from Oregon. New York, Sept 5. Sailed Oceanic, for Liverpool; St. Paul, for Southampton; Southwark. for Antwerp. Movllle, Sept 5. Arrived Ethopla, from New York for Glasgow. Southampton, Sept. o. Arrived New York, from New York. Queensown. Sept. 5. Arrived Penn land, from Philadelphia for Liverpool. Glasgow Arrived September 4 Steamers Ethiopia, from New York, via Movllle; Sardinian, from New York. Boulogne, Sept. 5. Arrived Spaarndam, from New York for Rotterdam and pro ceeded. Hong Kong. Sept 5. Arrived previously Steamer Coptic, from San Francisco via Honolulu and Yokohama. Lizard, Sept. 5. Passed Kaiser Freder ick, from New York for Cherbourg, Southampton and Hamburg. New York, Sept 5. Arrived Lahn, from Bremen. Southampton and Cher, bourg.' THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Cincinnati Lose the Final Game With New Yorlr. NEW YORK, Sept 5. The Cincinnati's lost the final game with tho New Yorks this afternoon. The game was too one sided to be Interesting. Attendance, 1000. Score: R H El R H E Cincinnati ... 3 10 2New York ....11 13 1 Batteries Newton and Peltz; Carry and Grady. St. Louis Beat Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5. St Louis de feated Philadelphia by superior all-round work. Most of their hits counted, while Young was effective when the locals needed hits. Wallace's work at short was brilliant Attendance, 2036. The score: T TT "Tt X TT T7 St Louis 7 10 0PhlladeIphIa . 1 10 4 Batteries Young and Robinson; Dunn and McFarland. Pittsburg Beat Boston. BOSTON, Sept. 5. Pittsburg won today, making It five straight. Boston out batted the visitors, but lost on errors. Attendance, 800. Score: RHEI RHE Boston 2 7 3Plttsburg 5 4 1 Batteries PIttlnger and Clarke; Philip pi and O'Connor. Brooklyn and Chicago Broke Even. BROOKLYN, Sept. 5. Brooklyn and Chicago played off two postponed game3 today and broke even. Attendance, 24CO. Score: First game R H El RHE h!cago 4 13 4jBrooklyn ., 3 11 3 Batteries Taylor and Chance; McGln nlty and Farrell. Umpire Hurst Second game RHE! RHE Chicago 12-15 OJBrooklyn Ill 6 Batteries Menefee and Donahue; How ell and McGulre. National League Standing. Won. Lost Per ct Brooklyn 65 41 .613 Pittsburg 61 47 .565 Philadelphia 55 53 .509 Chicago 54 56 .431 Boston 52 56 .4SI Cincinnati 50 59 .459 St Louis t. 49 57 .459 New York 45 tO .424 The American League. At Detroit Detroit 2, Kansas City 0. Second game Detroit 7, Kansas City 3. At Buffalo Buffalo 2, Milwaukee 1. At Indianapolis Indianapolis 1, Chicago 4. Second game Indianapolis 0, Chicago 10. At Cleveland First game Cleveland 2. Minneapolis 6. Second game Cleveland 7, Minneapolis 8. - EYRE-CRAGIN CONCESSION. Annulled by the Government of Nlcnrngua. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 13. El Comerclo, dally semi-official newspaper published here. 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Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific He uaea no patent nostrums or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorougfh medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Prlvatv Diseases sent Free to all men who describe- their troubles. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered In plain envelope. Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address Doctor WoIIcar, 133 First St., Corner Alder. Portloj-d. Or ? I You simply other Bugs ,'bv."' " ..Se? ' yjo, B odor. Used in leading hotels and public buildings for 20 years. for sale Bniam- Xucnra that Its concession had been anulled Au gust 3 of the present year, because of the failure of the company to deposit 5400.000 in American gold- in the treasury of Nic aragua within four months after the or ganization of the company, as reaulred by article 33 of the canal concession, granted to Messrs. Eyre and Cragln Oc tober 30. 1S9S. This apparently leaves the Nicaragua Canal route free from any complications other than the demand for the sum which the Caribbean & Pacific Transit Company may ask for its concession obtained la 1897 or early In 1S9S. granting to- it, the company declares, the sole right for 30 years of steam navigation on the Rio San Juan and Lake Nicaragua the ca nal route qualified, however, by the re served right of Nicaragua to In the mean while grant a canal construction conces sion to any one to whom it saw fit It was agreed that tho receivers of such a concession should pay to the Caribbean & Pacific Transit Company for the Lake Sillcla & San Juan River Railroad (a few miles In length), for such Improvements as it "made In deepening the San Juan River, and for their steamboats, lighters, etc.,. referred to in the concession they re ceived. This company is an offshoot of and a feeder to the Atlas Steamship Company of Liverpool, England PERSONAL MENTION, C. E. Redfleld, a Heppner attorney, 13 at the Perkins. J. W. Strong, a Cathlamet lumberman. Is at the St Charles. J. B-Criwley, representing Levi Straus3 & Co., Is In the city. Dr. J. H. Lyon3, of Seattle,. 13 hero attending the Carnival. O. E. Elliott, a Marshland logger, 13 registered at the St Charles. M. Fox, chief of the Baker City fire department, is a visiting Elk. N. A. Davis, cashier of the Milton Bank is registered at the St Charles. Judge Robert Eakln and wife, of Union, are guests of the Imperial. Ex-State Senator Henry Blackman. of Heppner, 13 registered at the Perkins. William Ketchem. a stockman of The Dalles, is registered at the Perkins. J. W. Wlsner, United States Fish Com missioner, is registered at the Imperial. J. Johnson, a merchant of The Dalles, and wife are registered at the Perkins. F. I. Dunbar. Secretary of State. 13 registered at the Portland, with his wife. F. E. Judd, of the Pendleton Woolen Mills, is at the Portland, accompanied by hls wife. W. R. Kirk, a well-known resident of Brownsville, la In Portland visiting the Carnival. D. Koenlg, a merchant of Pomeroy, Wash., is at the Perkln3, accompanied by his family. E. L. Smith, of Hood River, president of the State Board of Horticulture, Is at tho Imperial. D. C. Ireland, editor of the Moro (Sher man County) Observer, is In Portland viewing the CarnlvaL C. S. Moore, State Treasurer, Is regis tered at the Portland, from Salem, to gether with his family. Mrs. J. J. Walters, wife of the Meth odist missionary bishop to Alaska, has Joined her husband at Skagway. R. S. Sheridan, chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee, 13 reg istered at the Imperial, from Roseburg. Professor John Robert Efflnger, Jr. of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is visiting the family of his uncle. Colonel W. H. Efflnger. W. H. Parlln. an implement manufac turer of Canton. O., is at the Portland, aocompanled by Mrs. C. E. Parlln and Miss Winifred Ingersoll. Mrs. M. J. Kmney and her daughter. Miss Harriet, have returned to their resi dence, 315 Twelfth street, from a month 3 outing at Gearhart Park. Mrs. R. W. Baxter, wife of the super intendent of tbe Union Pacific Railroad, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. O. Downing, at tho Portland. S. G. Kaufman, a prominent business man of Juneau and Skagway, Is regis tered at the Imperial. Mr. Kaufman 13 Just on his return from New York and San Francisco. Captain R. E. Davis, of Richardson, Wash., one of the Republican candidates for Representative and largely Interested In the salmon traffic on Puget Sound, Is a visiting Elk at the Portland. NEW YORK, Sept. 6. Northwestern people registered at New York fiotel3 today as follows: From Portland R. C. Crosby, at the Metropolitan; J. M, Brealey, at the As tor. From Seattle M. M. Frederick, at the Astor; P. F. Kelly, at the Imperial; Mrs. V. E. Full, at the Grand Union. Marlborough May Succeed Cadogan. LONDON, Sept 6. 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