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"f t.iv. . THE MOffNIffG OREGONTA! JHUBP&Y, SEPTEMBER 20, ,'1900' ?- ?S ,' f- U - r .. --. ,-, A r . Wnivl.,.. ONE SHIP ALL RIGHT Takes Away the Same Crew She Brought to Port. NO DESERTIONS, NO"BLOOD MONEY" Sailors for Orealla &n& Genita Hott th.o Stntate Stand Toncntnc Abuses of Seamen. The Danish ship Jupiter completed her cargo yesterday and will get away today with the same crew she brought into port. This has not happened here before for many a day "so long that we can't remember," as one of the exporters put It. The Jupiter had a crew of 25 seamen "When she came into port August 29. It Is said of her that there were no de serters or attempts to desert, and the eame men leave with her; and that no question of advance money, no "blood anoney." no "shanghaing" of sailors, no delay of the ship, no dickering between captain and sailor boarding-house keep ers marked the presence of this vessel in the port. This serves to point a moral in several directions. Some say it shows that the law can be enforced, though it does not appear that the authorities were invoked to preserve the crew of this ship. Borne say the present agitation over the abuses attending the shipping of sailors In this port has made the boarding-house runners timid and inactive for the time helng. iiany say that it shows how an honest and humane captain may avoid trouble over Ms crew by doing his part to make the ship a habitable place for human beings, showing consideration for bis men, and a desire to keep bis agree ment with fhem, and in every way dis couraging rather than inviting the inter ference of the sailor boarding-house peo ple. The men were contented on the ship. In such cases, they say, the boarding house keepers have no chance to get in the work that is so much complained of. Another incident of yesterday was the shipping of several seamen for the ships now waiting for crews at the mouth of the river, the Orealla and the Genista. These men were obtained without the service of the boarding-house jnasters, and, of course, without the payment of "blood money." On Guard in San Francisco. Balfour. Guthrie & Co. yesterday re ceived a letter from San Francisco, In which this statement was made: ""We find that the Portland runners have a man In each boarding-house, and nothing can be done without them be coming cognizant of it. Either through intimidation or a cash consideration they are so far able to prevent any men being sent up from here." British Consul Laidlaw also received ad vices of similar" Import from San Fran Mr. Laidlaw says that the Oregon statute, which is for the most part a copy of the English law, can be enforced In Portland. "It was enforced for about a year when it was first enacted, when John Byrnes was Harbormaster," said he, "which is the best evidence that it can be enforced. I was familiar with the cir cumstances of the enactment of this Btatute, and gave the authojr. of the bill the English law from which it was copied. The la.w is enforced in British ports, and there is no trouble In JJiose ports over ship's crews. It is nonsense to say that the law cannot be enforced. "Too much is made of the ships' incen tive to encourage desertions. Suppose a vessel Is out eight or nine months from her home port the probabilities are that part of her crew has been shipped at some way port, and these sailors have but a small amount of wages due them. They promptly desert again, having tittle to sacrifice and having contracted .the habit of deserting. While the articles do not require payment of sailors until the expiration of their service period, it is customary for masters to pay their men something as they go along, so they have money of their own to spend when they go ashore, and are by no means de pendent on the boarding-house keepers.", ""I am free to say that one class of Bailors' abuses has almost ceased in Port land since the enactment of the law of 18S9; this port is remarkably free of phys ical violence to sailors, which was so frequent before that time. But the 'blood money exactions have increased to fig ures away beyond those demanded when this law was passed." How the Statutes Stand. At the time the Oregon statute was en acted, in 18S9, the United States law au thorized an allotment to each sailor not to exceed $10 per month for each month of an ordinary voyage, which was count ed four months, and forbade any person fiemandlng, or any master, agent or con signee paying, "blood money." This made available for the boarding-house master MO, which came out of the sailor. This" I&atute was applicable to foreign vessels n American ports. "While the Federal law was in effect forbidding the payment of a fee, commission or "blood money," the Oregon law was passed authorizing the payment of a "fee of ?10 per man" for supplying seamen or apprentices. In ISM the United States Court decided that the Federal statute did not apply to enticing men from foreign vessels. In 1899 the Fed eral law was changed so as to permit one month's pay to go to creditors of the Shipping sailor, and the section relating to "blood money" was dropped from the Etatute. This left no conflict with the regon law on this point, and since then In Oregon it has been lawful for creditors (who are the sailor boarding-house mas ters) to exact the advance of a month's pay, which is charged against the sailor, to the $10 fee, which the shipowner must Stand. This allows at the present high fate of G ($30), In Portland, the $30 ad ranco and the $10 fee as' a legal rate for Sailor boarding-houses to charge for sup plying sailors to ships. The Law Stood the Test. The Oregon statute has been to the Su premo Court, and was upheld by a de tision rendered January 15 last in the case ix parte Young, reported in the S9th Pa tiflc Reporter, at page 707. Judge Moore RTOte the opinion. "Do you think the conflict between the Cnlted States statute and the Oregon law relative to the $10 fee in any way vitiates the Oregon law under the present condi tions?" was asked of Attorney J. Couch Flanders. "In my opinion," said he, "the Oregon taw is now of the same force as if the Federal law did not exist. GRAPES GROWN AT HOME, tlagTaifleent Specimens of "Califor nia" Fruit From Eastern Oregon. Some of the finest grapes ever seen in this state are on exhibition at the office f the State Board of Horticulture, 246 Washington street. The usual question ollowing this statement is, "What part of Dallf ornia were they grown In? They are Pregon grapes, grown pn the sandhills fcack of Grants without irrigation. They J re larger, better developed, thicker on he bunch and more attractive than any trapes sent to Oregon from California this fear. P. Fleck contributed them to the Jrco exhibit of Oregon fruits and yester tay Colonel Dosch was getting them ar Janged in glass jars. The monster bunches, Jhe smallest of which weighed four and me-half pounds, almost filled the jars. I)ne bunch weighed four pounds and 10 iunces, and might easily be taken for four Jr Ave ordinary bunches. There was hard s' a small grape in the large bunches. Dach grape was nearly a mouthful. People have begun to expect a fair qual fcy of Concord grapes from certain sec Cons of the state, hut few know such splendid Muscat, Flame, Tokay, "Wordens and Hamburgs are grown at home. Both the Tokay and Muscat have a much finer skin than Is found on., the , . California grape. It is thinner, .not so tough, and more agreeable in" every respect. The flavor is especially good as that-of grapes grown South. A slight lack of sweet ness was attributed to -early plucking rather than climatic conditions In which the fruit matured. In handling such large bunches they had to be plucked rather green, else some of the finer fruit would be lost This splendid exhibit cannot fail to attract attention. Colonel Iosch states that Mr. Fleck has within the "past year or-two demonstrated that these excellent grtpes can be grown profitably for the market. No water is used to irrigate .them. The boII would not be regarded fertile at sight. . The location Is Immediately behind1 Grants, in. Sher man County. The new exhibit of fruit, made up from that produced this year, is now growr ing rapidly. Great red apples 16 inches in circumference, weighing 23! ounces, and completely filling 4he jar; pears weighing one and one-half pounds and other fruit accordingly, have been care fully preserved. These speclments are free of pests and quickly suggest, "Oregon against the world." "When orchardlsts he gin to raise such fruit for the market it is predicted that Oregon will be there, as she has been in the exhibitions and fairs leading alL TERRITORY IS DIVIDED. Southern Pacific Uses Oorrallis & Kastern for Part of Its Business." Attention has recently been drawn to the fact that the Southern Pacific was using Its "West Side .lines for the shipment of freight to San Francisco, the Inference being that such shipments ordinarily would go over the line on the East Side of the "Willamette. Indeed, the statement has been made that freight passing be tween Portland and San Francisco has been carried over the "West Side line be cause it was cheaper to transfer between Corvallls and Albany over the Corvallls & Eastern than to stand the expense of crossing the bridge in Portland and other terminal charges here. General Freight and Passenger Agent Markham says this statement is wrong. The "West Side line is not used for freight that would ordinarily go over the East Side to or from Portland. The "West Side territory of the Southern Pacific Is divid ed at McMlnnvllle. Freight moving to or from San Francisco or other points south of Albany goes via the Corvallls & East ern from McMlnnvllle and points south. From and to points north of McMlnnvllle the route via Portland Is taken. From McMlnnvllle to Portland Is 50 miles and from Portland to Albany SO miles. To get between McMlnnvllle and Albany via Portland necessitates a haul of 130 miles; via Corvallls the haul Is but 58 miles. The differences in the cost of the haul over the two routes Is so much that the Southern Pacific can afford to pay the Corvallls & Eastern reasonably for the use of its 12 miles of track between Corvallls and Albany, rather than haul the freight over Its own lines more than double the dis tance via Portland. Freight does not go over the "West Side line from Portland to points south of Albany, except, of course, in case of some accident to the East Side track. The "West Side territory Is di vided purely as a matter of convenience and economy of operation. Even If the Southern Pacific did not-have" to patronize another railroad between Corvallls and Albany, the route between Portland and Albany over the "West Side line Is 28 miles longer than over the East Side line, which would naturally swing the traffic over to the East Side. Into the "Welser. A contractor on the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railroad, "who "is ln the city from "Welser, says he finds laboring men very scarce this Fall." He is offering .$2 to $2 25 a day, for men to assist In build ing the line up the "Welser River, hut can not get all he wants. The road has been completed and the track laid to a point 30 miles above "Wels er, he says, but the survey runs 120 miles further, the location beln determined as far as Council. , The road Is being built through three wide valleys known as the "Welser, the Middle and the North, and the country is well adapted to agriculture and stock raising. The Heath mining district is the objective point where many 'rich ledges of copper are being developed In anticipa tion of rail communication with the Ore gon Short lino. About (30 men will be needed, and the road. It is thought, will be finished by February, 190L FOR A WEEK'S CELEBRATION Arrangements Bfalclng; to Entertain the A. 0.yU. W. The local members of the A O. .U. "W., which .order is to hold a convention in Portland next month, are arranging to ex tend the meeting from two days to a week, and to provide special features for the entertainment of the delegates dur ing their stay. The outlook for accom plishing this purpose Is very bright, and the affair will prove of great benefit to the city. It Is the Intention of the com mittee In charge to make the celebration of the anniversary an event of more than local Importance, and they will endeavor to offer sufficient Inducements to the mem bers of the order throughout Oregon and "Washington to Insure their presence dur ing the week's festivities. As the A O. U. "W. has a membership of 10,000 in Oregon alone",- the number In attendance from the two states, together with many who will come from Idaho, will revive the carnival scenes of gaiety and again throng the streets of Portland with visitors. Many of the merchants of town have assured the committee of their willingness to assist them ln'thelr under taking, and today Julius Thielsen, R. "L. Durham, H. D. Ramsdell and others will begin the work of soliciting subscriptions to the fund needed to carry out their plans. The celebration will be held from October 22 to 27. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Hoyt's "A" Texas Steer.' The funniest and cleverest comedy "Charley" Hoyt ever wrote, "A .Texas Steer," will - be t given at the Marquam Grand next Tuesday and "Wednesday. The merry political satire was composed on the basis of individual characteristics and peculiarities often seen and met with throughout the "West while the cast rep resenting it Is one of the best ever gotten together, and comprises practically " the original one that made the piece famous some years ago. Miss Florence Rossland, formerly with Augustin Daly's New York company, plays the part of Bossy. James R. McCann ,1s Haverlck Brandor, the new Congressman, and "Will H. Bray Is the Minister from Dahomey. George T. Meech is Brassy Gall, and Gustave Nea villo Major Yell. The talented and origi nal "Texas Steer" quartet, composed of Edward I Boas, Charles N. Granville, Thomas Stubbs and "W. C. Lewis, will be one of the attractive features of the per formance. The company numbers IS peo ple. "A Hindoo Hoodoo." Manager Cordray Is enthusiastic over hs opening attraction, "A Hindoo Hoo doo, which comes to us for one week commencing Sunday, September 23, at Cor dray's Theater. Reports come in from traveling men, newspapers and even managers of rival attractions, all speak ing in the highest terms of this first ar rival this season from New York. BIrt Fire in French Town. ROUBAIX, France, Sept 19. This town, was the scene of a fire today which de stroyed stores of wool and cotton valued at 4,000,000 francs. GALVESTON RELIEF FUND ,THIS STATE HAS COItTRIBUTBD OVER fSOOO. Pacific Coast Biscuit Company Em ployes' Contribution Coos 'County Comes la "With Handsome Sum. Governor Sayers, of Texas, has ac knowledged receipt of the first contribu tion of $500 sent by President Taylor, of the Chamber of Commerce, as. the, repre sentative of. the Oregon committee. Since then other sums have followed. Satur day, $831 was sent 'by "Wo'ls-Fargo'B Ex press, and. Tuesday $400 mpre. President Taylor was informed that H. L. Mather, a former resident of Galveston, but now residing here, collected $417 from persons not desiring .their names published and sent it. That would make a total-of $1731 sent by the committee, and $417 by pri vate persons, 'besfdes what'has been sent by lodges and fraternal orders to their brethren direct Governor Sayers tele gram was as follows: v , "Austin, Tex., Sept 15. George Taylor, Treasurer: Portland telegram received. I thank you very much, indeed, for the generous contribution. The money will be used to the very best advantage for the sufferers. "JOSEPH D. SAYERS, Governor." The Afro-American League held a meet ing Friday evening, and made up $8 in a few minutes. They met again last even ing, when 'reports were made of the work done since. Yesterday President Taylor received- $112 from Coos County, which was remitted by Flannlgan & Bennett. This handsome sum from far-away Coos was unexpected, and correspondingly wel come. A check was also received from H. C Leonard, of Portland, contributing $100 to the fund, which is th'e largest contribu tion from an individual. The First Na tional Bank contributed $100, besides the $50 donated by Hon. H. Wf Corbett, per sonally. . Receipts unacknowledged are as follows: The "boys of the Postal Telegraph Company" $ 10 00 Cash '. 1 8 75, Airo-Amencan jjeaguo ow General D. "W. Burke 5 00 First National Bank 100 00 Ladd & Tilton 50 00 Rosenthal Bros .-... 10 00 Fred Phllllppi 3 00 Emil Eyssell 2 50 P. C. Smith r. 50 James Laidlaw & Co 5 00 Mrs. Nl Baum 50 Closset &-' Devers 10 00 A friend f. 150 Cash 50 00 Mr. Schwarts, Quartermaster's of fice 7 00 Jacob Kamm 2Q 00 "W. G. McPherson 5 00 L. Ackerman 2 50 St Charles Hotel 16 75 Pacific Regalia Company 2 50 Watson's restaurant 5 00 Mrs. J. Orton 100 Mrs. N. F. Hllderbrand 100 0Shea Bros 30 00 Edward J. Corcoran 50 Agnes M. Corcoran 50 G. Burke 6 00 A sympathizer 30 00 Rev. Thomas J. Daum 2 50 Miss Mary Nlbler, Gervais, Or 100 B. A. Nathman, Gervais. Or TOO Flannlgan & Bennett, 'Coos Bay... 112 00 H. C. Leonard 100 00 Mrs. "William "Winters 5 00 Mrs. L. Foersterllng 5 00 Henry Cass ." 100 F. L. "Washburn .. 2 00 Ida Dalton Leonard. South Bend. 'Wash .; 5 00 George Helm, South Bend....". lr00 A Wesley. South Bend 1 00 N. Graham, South Bend .- 50 C. F Huson, South Bend 50 M. Fletch, South Bend 50 J. H. Dalton, South Bend 50 H. F.kCorey. South Bend 1 00 Michael Donola 2 00 Sarah Dolan 50 F. R. Strong : 2 50 R. Noon...... f. ,100 Portland Trust Cohipany" 100 Cash .'..-... 25 Jacob Kamm 20 00 L Ackerman 2 50 Eastern Outfitting Company 5 00 Thomas Gibson 100 Mrs. Rose Woodard 100 Miss E. R.. Fanning , 100 .A J. Owing . . 5 00 ,S D. Dennis 100. H. B. Smith 50 tThe Jolly Girls 2 55 J. H. French 100 W. L: Souls, ....' 100 W. P. Wessel ICO J..W. Kelly .: ;. - 1 OCT J. P. Wager 100 M. M. Nowbprg 50 A R. Zellar .' ICO Mrs. A. R. Zellar 1 00 Rasmussen & Co 5 00 Fred Hoffman -" 50 George Herbert ... '. 50 'Ed Shannon 50 Cash ..- .- 150 P. R. Kelty 100 R. Clark 50 R. C. Johnson .'.. . .....". 100 C. E. Howlett 100 Ed KHnck 50 J. Robinson , 50 J. P. Faust 50 ,C. A Faust 50 J. D. Brogan 50 Union Meat Company 25 Of) Collected by School Clerk 9 70 Ladles' Aid Society. Hammond, Or. 5 00 Courthouse employes 41 75 Ed Holloway, Heppner 5 X) Harold Slvaln 100 Peter Sehulzer l 00 Dr. O. S. BInswanger 2 50 A W. C..". 50 ' CITY HALL. W. R. Walpole $ 100 Dr. Harry F. McKay l 00 A'M. Shannon 100 Jacob Stevens 50 J. Cope -. 50 J. W. Brown 100 George F. Bodman l 00 William Braden 50 O. P. Miller .-. l 00 Mrs. Sol Rosenfeld : 5 00 H. U. Welch , 1 00 ST. CHARLES HOTEL. St. Charles Hotel Company $ 5 00 H. M. Taylor i 00 D. Sullivan l 03 H. Williams 50 A worklngman l oo A C. Kemp : 50 W. S. Smith 25 George Riddle .'..... V. .'. 50 Pete St Mary 50 A Jones : m 'J. B. Emery 50 U C. stone 50 I. Topolar 50 A J. Smlthson 50 J.' B. Hicks : 50 E. Barnlckle ' 50 Frank Bamfbrd ." T. 50 J. M. Karo 50 J. 'Stewart -. 50 Ed McGee , , 50 WELLS, FARGO & CO.'S BANK. Former resident $ 5 00 R. M. Dooly ....'.....I '. 5'00 F. SIgler 100 J. B Miles 100 W.'A-Holt : 50 Cash 25 Samuel Roome 5 00 W. J. Hobson 5 00 Puffer, Dooly& Co 6 00 LONDON & SAN .FRANCISCO BANK. Dayton Hardware Company em ployes ...'...- : $ 5 00 Gambrinua. Brewing Company 15 00 R. M. Bingham ." 5 00 Xiondon & San Francisco Bank 20 00 P. J. McMahon .-.. 1 25 G..M. !...- 100 Cash, various .29 75 UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK. Brown & McCabe .'.....$ 5 OQ B. J. Holmes 2 50 H. N. Burphy 10 00 Cash 3 50 United States National Bank '5 00 Cash 100 A Rosensteln 2 00 Cash TOO A Praegar : 2 00 SECURITY. SAVINGS BANK. From various sources $ 5 00 FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Philip Lanton $ 2 50 J. H. Huddleson 2 00 Cash . . 50 Hennessv & Stephenson 2 00 H- E. Edwards 250 Cash fromvarlous ones , 11 00 MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK. Merchants National Bank $ 25 00 Cash .; ,.-.. .;..'. .. 100 Cash .i.tw,'. ,.,. 100 -LADD & TILTON'S BANK. Cash, -various ...f.,'..'..r, 9 8 00 TTROM MAJrr'ElHPIOYBS Pacific Coast 'Biscuit Company's Contribution. - PORTLAND. Sepfa. 19.MTO the Editor.) Desiring to show our sympathy in some substantial manner" toward our fellow citizens (who have 4Uffered,so severely in the, loss, of relatives, friends and prop erty in Galveston, and other parts of Texas, we, employes of 'the Pacific Coast Biscuit ..Company.' of the City of Port land, herewith hand you the sun? of $86 95 as our mite 'toward the fund being sent to their relief.1 Respectfully yours, PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT CO. N. P.'Foulkes ... ..',....;.: $100 C. J. Davis .... 50 William Gruol . 25 E. Wittenberg , 100 N. Caspero ;...?.'...; 26 C. E. Rlstlg :.... .... 25 E. White ... '..; 46 Dan Johns ,'.,k 50 W. Lofgren .' 50 John Bernhart 50 ,W. F. Albee , : 25 Raymond Pellont , 25 C. Fisher .' , 25 E. Nelson ,-..., 25 John Chapman ....4..... 25 Oskar Folin ..:...' 28 R. D. Hewitt ..;..'. 100 Claude Stevens .....' t..; 60 E. Wetzler , ' 50 Hugh Conly '...'..-... 1 50 E. Kroner ... v 50 A. Allgur , . 60 Charles West M '. 50 D. F. Mclntlre ....,.. 100 Cash .". :.....'. 50 M. Monte .- 50 A Grinholm 50 J. Bcholz ; 50 J. Llnklater ....'...:i. 50 N. Schultz 60 C. Llnklater : 25 J. J. Grlffln .,,.. 50 Cash ;...; 60 B. Dunn , ,'. 60 Cash 25 A Treber ,i 50 T. Russell ....,".J 50 George Sandel .....'. 50 W. Laurlsch ...., 50 S. P. Ingle 50 Cash , '. 100 T. D.. Smith ; 50 Lizzie Aspland 50 Cash 50 W. J. King , 50 W. Smith .- 50 A. Wilson ; 50 Ben Thompson v .. 50 P. Yost . 50 L." Rosslter .' '. 50 Iv Larsen .t.j 50 P. Repp 50 F. Sandstrom . 50 J. Becker r. Ii 60 Bell Prince ..'....; 25 Ethel Prince .. 25 Oscar Holt '...'. 7.. 25 S. Pfenning 25 J. Pfenning ,.....". 25 R. Worthington .., :.: 25 L. Gaddls : 25 Mae Love ...M: 25 Cora" Fox .' 25 Henry Kempker ......$.' 50 Frank Brgndes ....,-....- 25 Tom (Holmes .V 25 F. Saunders '. .-. 100 James Person 25 E. Glllis i 50 Amy Sauterwhlte ..... 25 Cal Shively , , bo Cash .' 50 Cash .....' 100 Ralph Wittenberg 50 Mason tWittenberg 50 Cash :. 100 W. L. Grinnell .'..... 50 O. Gerlach .. 25 W. W. Lumsden ...... 50 J. Krleger 26 M. Mavtson 50 Hugo Sandstrom ,.... 50 Cash , 2 50 Cash '. 2 50 Cash , ... 100 H. ' Blumanauer 50 H. I. Powers 50 H. D. "Vood .' 100 H. Mutzlg 50 F. Adams - 50 F. E. Winn .V.'. 50 York Wilson 50 Fred Fink i. '., 25 Minnie Moon , 25 Paul-Moon. ., '..... 2& Jennie Jasamilne ..i..'....,.. 25 "Halton- : -. 50 Marlon Levdansky '..., 25 E. J. McBreen 50 Earl Stone , 25 'Hettle .Smith , ... 25 E. P.'Holmes ., '. 25 Mao G. Powers ......... 25 MaudCraw '...'. 25 Mary Gardmeyer .'. 25 Hattle Gregory. - 25 Lena Emlg , . 25 Emma-rWfihelm ..v. 25 May Cromble ?...., .'. 26 Bertha 'Greer ...; U.. 25 Harry Boyd t.t - 60 Guy Glass ...::. ,: , : . 50 Oris Keller ; 25 Joseph Fullem ....: 25 A Gruol 50 g. Gruol .., r.r?. ...., :... eo L. Colombo .- . : 50 H. Christsbn ,...: 25 'Charles Keller 25 James West 50 Charles Mader ....I Z..',.. 25 C. Spalding 25 Charles' Schloth .....:..; 50 Tone Grandolfi 50 G. Park...... ,....i. 100 Stella Harvey 25 'Lizzie Hanklns .' 26 Maud Person .' 25 Maud Tafford 25 Etta Raven ...t i 2d Carrie Boster : 25 Lizzie Saurman 25 'Janle Coneo 25 Pacific Coast Biscuit Company 25 00 Total .'.,?.... t $86 93 'Multnomah TynoBranhical Union. On receipt of a telegram from Galves ton Typographical Union asking for help, J." L."-Travis, chairman r of the executive "committee of Muljtnomah , Typographical Union, at once forwarded $20, pending ac tion of the local un'on at Its regular Oc tober meeting. j , FOR THE PENDLETON FAIR. Rate of One Cent a Mile Made for Portland Day. A circular has been Issued by the Cham, ber of Commerce Inviting members and Portland business men to join the Cham ber of Commerce excursion' to Pendleton on Portland day there, the 22d inst It is as follows: 1 "In view of the cordial relations exist ing between the irierchants of Portland, and those of Eastern Oregon, especially of Pendleton, and In order to cement 'more closely our'"mutual Interests, the Portland Chamber ,6f Commerce has ac cepted the unusually cordial Invitation of the citizens of Pendleton to attend the Pendleton Street Fair and Harvest Car nival on Portland flay.i September 22. "Portland merchants 'and all business men are cordially lnVlted to participate In this excursion, which Is given under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The excursion traif will -leave the Union depot at 9 P. M. Friday, the 21st Inst, and return Sunday Inornlng. A very low rate 1 -cent a mile o'r $4 60 for round trip has been secured for the excursion. With $4 added for sleeping accommoda tions in the, Pullman. coaches that have been chartered.- ' " "Those whom the -secretary has not been -able to see and who may desire to go on the excursion may sedure railroad tickets and Pullman, berths from the sec retary of the Chamber of Commerce at the office. 246rtWs's'jrs'on street Friday, the 21st Inst., between 9:30 A M. and rioon, 'arid 1:30 P.s3. and 5 P. M. v "GEORGE TAYLOR, JR., "President Chamber of Commerce. "A. H. 'jDEViERS, "Chairman Pendleton. Excursion Com mittee! , "E. C. MASTEN, ' "Secretary of Committee." Herbert Gladstone's Argument. 'NEW YORK, Segt 19. A dispatch to th Tribune from "London says: The first public utterance 1 in the British electoral campaign ccmes from ''Albert Gladstone, who addressed his constituents at Leeds Jastr night. -, He argued that the government, in order to gain a somewhat shabby party advantage, was putting the country to the trouble of dissolution at a most'lnconvenient time. As to the ques tion of the annexation of the South Af rican "Republlps, there, was no wide dl1 vergence of opinion n the Liberal party, as It was already an accomplished fact LONG-RANGE CHARTRING NEXT CENTURY OIL SHIPS ENGAGED AT-HIGH FIGURES. Rates Are in Line Wits TaoseJaId for Wheat ShipsCaptain Taclca- herry Dead. The Standard Oil Company apparently has considerable faith in freights contin uing firm for several months, and for long-range chartering they are right in line with both wheat and nitrate dealers. Tho German ships Rickmer Rlckmers and Mabel lUckmers, which left Portland In June and July, have been chartered to load case oil at New York for Japan at 28 cents. The Rickmer Rlckmers Is not yet two months out from Portland for the United Kingdom, 'with a" cargo of wheat, and it will be nearly six months before she will be ready for cargo in New York. She is taken for March-April loading, and the Mabel Rlckmers, which left Portland about a month ahead of her, 1b taken for February-March loading. The rates paid these ships so far ahead show that wheat freights are not much out of line with oil freights. Both were chartered well ahead for Portland'loadlng, and accordingly did not receive as high rates as they would 'have, had exporters waited before taking them. The gros3 earnings of the Rickmer Rlckmers for her cargo of wheat from Portland to Eu rope were $26,910, and those of the Mabel Rlckmers $27,720. The voyage from New York to Japan is about the same as that from Portland' to Queenstown, and the ships are chartered to carry 85,000 cases each. This will make their gross earnings $24,225, or about $3000 less than the pro ceeds from the wheat freights. As a ves sel can nearly always pick up a cargo across the Atlantic, this difference is nearly made up in that part of the voy age alone, as they are always compelled to make the voyage across the Pacific in ballast A PIONEER NAVIGATOR. Tho Late Captain Tnclcaberry a Prominent Oregon Stcamboatman. Captain J. D. Tackaberry, who was -reported drowned at Cape Nome during the recent storm, was one of the best-known of the pioneer steamboatmen of the Northwest. There are still a few men who have been longer In the service, but it is doubtful If there is a man living who has navigated so many portions of the streams of the Pacific Northwest as the veteran captain who perished at Nome. Captain Tackaberry commenced steam boating out of Portland as. engineer and part owner of the steamer Eagle, on the Vancouver route, lnil861.'He sold out of the Eagle two years later, and, securing a master's license, entered the employ of the People's Transportation Company, re maining with that corporation until II was absorbed by the O. S. N. Co. He wa3 also In the employ of the latter company, most of the time on the Willamette, where he commanded, at different times the steamers Orient, Occident, Bonanza, and a number of other old-time craft. In 1876 he took the little steamer Beaver around to Victoria, and afterwards to Alaska. He spent several yeara on the Fraser, running between Yale and New Westminster, and also commanded steam ers on the Thompson River and Upper Fraser during the construction of the Ca nadian Pacific Railway. About 1890 he ran a small steamer on the Stlckeen River, In Alaska, ' and he afterwards ran between Wrangel and Juneau, returning to the Willamette River in the Winter and run ning here. Most of his time for the past 10! years has been spent In Alaska. Ho had a"" wide acquaintance "all over the. Northwest, and left many friends among the steamboatmen.' " i v ' COMPLETING THE THYRA. Will Be Prepared to Carry Six Hnn 1 dred Head of Horses in Stalls. .Joseph Supple, who Is superintending the work on the transport Thyra, at the foot of East Pine, street, Is preparing the ship to take 600 head of horses and feed. The ship will soon be ready as far as the woodwork is concerned. In general the stalls have been built the same as those oh the Lennox except where there is im provement suggested by experience. The galvanized pipes for the full ventilation of the ship have been received, and are being placed in position. The horses will all -have fresh air, and at the head of every animal there will be an opening. The circulation of fresh air will be main tained by fans, which will drlve air through the ventilating pipes. The stalls are all padded, so that the horses will not be bruised when the sea is rough. Yesterday the dynamo for lighting the ship was received and placed In position. On the main deck, sheds have been built for the storage of feed, sufficient to last her till the region of typhoons is reached, and then the sheds will not be needed. Even' provision has been made for the comfort and ease of the horses. HAMILTON DRIVEN ASHORE. Went on Beach on Yukon Flats Got Safely Off, and Makes St. Michael. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept 19. The treas ure' steamer. C. H. Hamilton, from Daw son to St Michael, with 150 passengers and $1,500,000 In dust, was driven on the beach on the Yukon Flats September 6, during a severe storm. She later got safely off, and made St. Michael all right. One report 'that reached here today was to tho effect .that the steamer was wrecked, but the general office here of the North American Trading & Transpor tation Company, owning the vessel, re ceived Information that' she made St Mi chael safely.- ' July. Marine Disasters. The administration of the Bureau Veri tas has just published the list of marl time disasters reported during the month of.July, 1900, concerning alLfiags, as fol lows: Sailing vessels reported lost Five American, 9 British, 2 Danish, 2 French, 3 German, 1 Greek, 2 Italian, 1 Japanese, 4 Norwegian, 1 Portuguese, 2 Russian, 1 Spanish, 1 Swedish; total, 34. In this number are Included 4 vessels reported missing. Steamers reported lost Nine British, 1 French, 2 Japanese, 1 Spanish, 1 Swedish; total, 14. In this number Is Included l.steamer reported missing. Causes of losses: Sailing vessels Strand ing, 14; collision, 6; abandoned, 3; con demned, 7; missing, 4: total, 34. Steam ersStranding, 7; collision, 2; condemned, 4; missing, 1; total, 14. Victim of the Hurricane. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 19. A sail or from the Portuguese bark Gertrude for Rio de Janeiro, who landed from a small boat on 'Ijhe coast about 20 miles west of Playa del Este. declares that the recent hurricane washed the sea over the ship, disabling her, and that afterward lightning struck her and set her on fire. Captain Estaban Ollera committed suicide and the crew abandoned the vessel, 10 go ing In, a large boat In charge of the quar termaster, and two In a smaller one. The boats drifted apart The sailor says his companion died on the high seas and was burled at Playa del Este. -Fears are en tertained for the safety of the large boat Another Grain Cargo. The Danish ship Jupiter cleared yester day for Queenstown or Falmouth, for or ders, -with .95,052 bushels of wheat valued at $57,000. The Jupiter was dispatched by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and Is the third vessel sent out by that firm this month. The Rlversdale and the Australia are both nearly finished and may get out this week. Freight Rates Advance. ' MONTREAL, 'Sept. 19: The different steamships running Into Montreal yester day notified shippers of an advance in freight rates of 10 per Cent, on -account of the increased cost of "coal ,and other stores. Korty-Tw Vessels Ashore. STv JOHNS, N. F., Sept 19. Forty-two fishing vessels are ashore In the Straits of Belle Isle, and as many as 30 will be totally lost This is in addition to the disasters previously reported. Ship wrecked crews aggregating 79 persons have been brought south by the mail steamer, and a special steamer will go for the others. Immense stocks of cod fish have been lost with the shipping. Re ports of the loss of three more lives were received today. Mall Steamer Wrecked. ATHENS. Sept 19. The Egyptian mall steamer Charkch Is ashore on the reefs .with a broken shaft Some of her pas sengers have been drowned. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Sept. 19. Arrived down at 5:80 P. M. Norwegian steamship Tyr. Left up at noon British ship Portia. Con dition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind, southeast; weather, foggy. 'San Francisco, Sept 19. Arrived Ship George Curtis, from Honolulu. Sailed Ship Ancaios, for Queenstown. New York, Sept. 19. Arrived Noord land, from Antwerp. Antwerp, Sept. 19. Arrived Nederland. from Philadelphia. Liverpool, Sept. 19. Sailed Caledonia, for New York. Arrived Teutonic, from New York, via Queenstown. Ventua. Arrived Sept. 18. Schooner Antelope, from Coquille River. Eureka. Sailed September 18 Steamer Del Norte, for Portland. Seattle. Arrived September 18 Steamer St. Paul,' from Nome. Nome. Arrived August 8 Steamer Ta coma, from Seattle- Sailed flth Steamer J. S. Kimball, for Seattle. Cardiff, Sept 19. Arrived Ship Stronsa, from Tacoma. San Francisco, Sept 19. Arrived Steamers Coquille River, from Gray's Harbor; Umatilla, from Victoria; Fulton, from Portland; Bchooners Wm. Renton from Tacoma: Mildred, from New What com; North Bend, from Wlllapa Harbor; barken.tlne Retriever, from Port Hadlock. Salled--Schooner Gotama, for Wlllapa harbor; Joseph Henry, for Coquille River; steamer Walla Walla, for Victoria. New. York, Sept 19 Arrived Princess Irene, from Bremen. Sailed New York, for Southampton; Germanic, for Liver pool; Kensington, for Antwerp. Antwerp, Sept. 19. Arrived Nordland, from Philadelphia. Queenstown, Sept 19. Arrived Teu tonic, from New York, for Liverpool Southampton, Sept 19. Arrived Lahn, from New York, via Cherbourg, for Bre men: St. Louis, from New York, via Cher bourg. Sailed Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen, via New York. Liverpool. Sept. 19. Arived Waealand. from Philadelphia. Rotterdam, Sept. 19. Arrived Maa. dam, from New York. Queenstown, Sept. 19. Arrived New England, from Boston, -for Liverpool. Seattle. Arrived September IS. Ship Fortevlot, from Antwerp. New York. Sept. 19. Arrlved-JMaJeatlo, from Liverpool and Queenstown. PERSONAL MENTION. R. B. Slnnott, a hotel man of The Dalles, Is at tho Perkins. Frank Dowell, a dairyman of Oak Isl and. Is at the St. Charles. County Judge Joseph Lyons, of Rose burg, Is at the Imperial. Professor C. A. Burden, of Eugene, J3 registered at the Imperial. O. E. Elliott, a Marshland logger, is registered at the St Chartes. t W. F. Slaughter, a St. Helens lumber 'man, Is registered at the Perkins. J. Maglady, a Weridllng, Lane- County, sawmill, man, is at, the Imperial.. Samuel White, Prosecuting Attorney of Baker County, Is at the Imperial. E. W. Young, a Sumpter newspaper man, Is registered at the Imperial. J. T. Ronald, of Seattle, Fusion nomi nee for Congress, is at the Imperial.. ' 'C, W. Talmage, an attorney of McMlnn vllle, is registered at pie St. Charles. C. C. iMurton, a merchant of McMlnn vllle, Is spending a few days In the city. J. E. Mack, a sawmill man of Maygera, Is at the Perkins, accompanied by hl3 wife. J. P. Mclnerny, of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company, is at the St. Charles. C. H. Callender, a business man of Knappton, is registered at the Portland, In company with hl3 wife. George H. Baker, chairman of the Washington State Central Committee, Is registered at the Imperial, from Golden dale. George H. Baker, State Senator for Klickitat and Yakima Counties, Is in the city. Mr. Baker is National Republican committeeman for Washington. He has just returned from an extended journey through the state, and he is confident that it will give a Republican majority In No vember, of at least 10,000. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. Dr. J. L. Cassel man, of Seattle, registered at the Hotel Manhattan today. A Strange Perversion. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept 16. (To the Edflor.) A year ago, or, to be exact on September 12, 1899, you published a communication from me In which I urged the necessity of a Constitutional amend ment to firmly establish the gold standard and take tho silver question out of poll tics. In that communication I said: "Whenever, through another era of hard times, the free-silver men obtain control of the President and Congress, they will have the power, as well as the ability (disposition), to put the United States on a silver basis, to substitute silver for gold as the standard." You editorially ridiculed that utterance, and said: "A man can cross the Willam ette River at Portland dryshod," and we will "go back to wigwams and blankets the same year In which the United 62 DAYS ALONE ON THE ' OCEAN. Sustained by Grape-Nuts Food. Captain Blackburn, who sailed from Gloucester, Mass., In a small boat 29 feet over all, for Gloucester, England, in June, 1S99. carried with him, by order of his doctor, a variety of different foods, also a little oil stove to prepare them Conspicuous among these foods the doc tor named Grape-Nuts. When Captain Blackburn got to sea, the weather was so stormy, and the water rough, that he was compelled to stay at the wheel the most of the time and was unable to run his stove and prepare food. He subsisted almost en tirely on Grape-Nuts food, which Is ready cooked and which he poured direct ly from the little boxes into his hand or mouth. Although weakened by the continued drenching, fatigue and exposure, he made the voyage successfully, which his phy sician says would have been well-nigh Impossible, and probably entirely Im possible but for Grape-Nuts food. Hav ing found Grape-Nuts food so wonder ful in its invigorating and nourishing effects, the captain, upon his return, act ing on the advice of his physician, con tinued the use of the food, steadily gain ing in health and strength. Captain Blackburn and the physician, whose name is omitted as a professional courtesy (a well-known doctor In Gloucester, "whose name can be given upon application to the Postum Cereal Company, limited. Battle Creek, Mich.), look upon Grape-Nuts as the most perfect form of food known, and especially ap plicable to the use of those who are sub jected to long, continued exertions, fa tigue and exposure. States takes silver for its standard; of value." ... Less than a year after you made that display of prophetic wisdom, you began almost dally urging- the people to vote against Bryan, because his election will mean "the United States takes silver for its standard of value." I agree with you in your .present pre dictions, and "drop you these few lines' to call attention to tho fact that The Oregonlan knows more than it did last year. p. b. JOHNSON. Mr. Johnson says The Oregonlan ridi culed his assertion that the sllveritesi could overthrow the gold standard. Tho Oregonlan. In fact, did no such thing. It said he was right, it urged establishment of the standard. Hero Is tho entire ar ticle, of which he complains: Mr. Johnson's letter on the establish ment of the standard is irrelevant to the question at issue. We have a gold Presi dent and a gold Congress. If we enact the gold standard Into law it can be overthrown as Mr. Johnson says, as soon as the sllverites capture both houses of Congress and the Presidency. But that's the point. Because of their chance of doing this very thing is the exact jeason why the thing should be done now. It Is not certain that both houses and the President will bo for gold after the next election. Control of all depart ments of the Government by one party Is a very rare thing, and on the wholo not a thing to be viewed with unmiti gated satisfaction. Because this remark able combination of circumstances, favor-, able to honest money, exists today.. Is the very reason why the establishment of tho standard should not bo postponed till some more convenient season, which may be a long time In coming. Now is the ac cepted time. In 1900 the sllverites may capture tho Presidency; or they may capture the House, or they may capture tho Senate; or they may capture any two or these three prizes. But they will not capture all three? and that Is why a gold standard law should be passed now. They can't destroy It Whereas, if we wait till 1900. one of the three factors la tho combination may be lost. "Whenever, through another era of hard times, the free-sliver men obtain control of tho President and Congress." says Mr. Johnson, "they will have tho power, as well as tho ability, to put tho United States on a silver basis, to sub stitute silver for gold as the standard of value." True enough. When, snow and. rain cease to fall on tho Cascade Moun tains, a man can oross the Willamette River at Portland dryshod. When farm" ers take to cutting grain with sickles and threshing It out with flails, you can buy all the harvesters and threshers- you want for six bits apiece. When we go back to wigwams and blankets, several thousand excellent modistes will find their occupation gone. All these catas trophles will come upon us the same year In which the United States takes silver for its standard of value. It is just about as courageous and sensible to hesitate to declare for the gold standard now as it would be to shrink from assertion that the earth is round. In fear of encounter ing opposition in Arkansas. DAILY CITT STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. Ti Martha Rorabaugh and husband to Isaac and Weltha T.Vlggers, lot 3, block 4. Park View, September U..4 4S0 R. M. Dooly, trustee, to A. J. Hamil ton, lot 19V block 1, Woodlawn Sep tember 13 1 John F. Hawkes et ux. to Rose A. Hawkes. lots 3 and 4, block 147, East Portland: block 29, Sullivan's Ad dition. September i a Aurora W. Bowman and husband to Henry Holtgreive, lots IS to 25. in- elusive, block 10; also lots 7 and 8, ( block 9. Boise's Addition. June 8... 2035 H. P. Ford and wife to A. W. Lam bert, lot 6, block 2, Sleo's Addition, April 18, 1S95 l John Salzer and wifo to George W. Lynde. E. 60 feet of lot 1, block 11. McMillen's Addition August 2 1TC0 Emma E. Iverson and S. Iverspn. to Carl W. Hamilton, lot 8, block 58, Sellwood, September 18 123 Maxriagre Licenses. William O. Vanj Schuyver, aged 23. and Helen J. Shortell, aged 23; Olof Granberg. 29, Betty M. Svenson, 28; Wesley L. Wake ly, 29, "Mary E. Henderson, 18; James Helm, 64, Jackson County. Dora BUoy, 35i W. N. Mayer, 22, Constance Ralph, 18; Fred R- Charman, 43, Mrs. Mahala Alli son, 39. Births. September 16 Boy, to the wife of Clyde H. McCoy, 27 Fifth street. September 14 Girl, to the wife of John O. Thomas, 434 East Seventh street. September 14 3irl, to thowif e of Gatono Canasio, 185 Clay street Deaths. September 18 Flora N. Weckens, 35 years. Surgical Sanitarium. Intestinal paralysis. September 18 Minnie Ml Tenestrome, 3 months, scow at Front -and Twentieth, streets, entero calltls. September 14 H. R. Dickel, 48 years. Fourteenth and Marshall streets, mur dered. September 1ft Albert Anderson, 20iyears, 443 Taylor street, heart disease. . Contagious Diseases. Robert Pomeroy, 810 Thurman street, scarlet fever. , Oreson Land Decisions. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. The Secre tary of the Interior ha3 reversed tho Land Office decision, ana rejects tho homestead entry of Oren Gllpatrick of a quarter section In the Roseburg land dis trict. Or., which Is claimed by the Oregon & California Railroad Company under lt3 grant of 1S66. Tho Secretary affirms th action of the Land Office cancelling the hoxriestead en try of Robert R. Alexander, of a quarter section tract In the Roseburg land dis trict, for conflict with the 'selection of this same railroad company'. DADLY meteorological report. PORTLAND, Sept. 10. 8 P. M Maximum temperature, B8; minimum, temperature. 47; river reading at 11 A. M., 2.3 feet; cljanga Jn the roat 24 hours, 0.0; total precipitation; B P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.42 lnchr total prectplta tlon since Sept. 1. 1000. 1.5T Inches . normal precipitation since Sept 1. 1000, 0.88 Inch; ex cess, 0 69 Inchr total sunshine Sept. 18, B:48; possible sunshine Sept. 18, 12:24. "VKATHBR CONDITT.ONS. The pressure has decreased very rapidly dur ing the last 12 hours over the Pacific North west, and this evening" a storm of moderate energy Is central over the British possessions north of "Washlnirton. Light to moderately heavy rains have occurred in Northwestern Oregon. "Western "Washington and. along tho coast, but elsewhere fair weather has. pre vailed. There has. been a slight fall In tem perature west of the Cascade Mountains, but east of this range the changes have been small and unimportant. The Indications are for showers In this district Thursday, with cooler weather east of the Cascades. "WEATHER. FORECASTS. Forecast made at Portland for the 23 hours ending at midnight Thursday, Sept. 20: Oreson Showers; cooler in east portion; southorly winds. "Washington Showers; cooler hx east portion; southerly winds. Idaho Showers; cooler; southerly winds. Portland and vicinity Showers; southerly winds. A B. "WOLLABRR. NEW TODAY. AIR-TIGHT STOVES. The largest, as well as best,, line of air-tight stoves, 13-ln., Russian steel lined, air-tight; $3. I. GEVURTZ The Homefurnisher, 173-175 First st, N. W. corner Yamhill. $100 REWARD Is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer or murderers of H. R. Dickel. Minerva Lodge. No. 19, L O. O. P. By order of Emll Frey, N. O. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF Choice Real Estate at Auction Lot 1. with dwelling-, and lots 2. 3 and 4. In block 119. on Front st, between Montgom ery and Harrison sts., known as the "Walling property, UU bo sold at tho Courthouse on Saturday next, Sept. 22, 1900, at 10 A. M. J. C. MORELAND, Administrators S. L. N. OILMAN, Auotioaaer.