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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1902. 5 URGE EXPORT BUSINESS CUSTOM-HOUSE STATEMENT MAKES GOOD SHOWING. Cargoes From this Port in December of Greater Value TL.au. ia Any Other Month. The December report of the Portland Custom-House shows the largest value of exports that has ever appeared In a monthly statement of this port- The total -value of exports from Portland in De cember was n,741,20G. The receipts from duties on imports, while not so large as they have been In some other months, aievertheless reflect a large volume of commerce. The duties amounted tc $27, S21 93, an average of nearly $1000 per day jfor the business days of the month. The report as prepared, by Collector of Customs Patterson Is as follows: "Vessels entered from foreign ports 4 "Vessels cleared for foreign ports 23 "Vessels entered from, domestic ports.... 36 "Vessels cleared for domestic ports 17 Entries of merchandise for duty 7S Entries of merchandise free of duty 1C Entries for warehouse o Entries for export to adjacent British provinces 2 Entries for rewarehoiMe 5 Entries from warehouse for consump tion 41 Entries for immediate transportation without appraisement 19 Total number entries all lclnds 166 Entries for consumption liquidated.... 97 Entries for warehouse liquidated 7 Certificates of enrollment granted 2 Licenses for coasting trade granted.... 3 Total number documents issued 5 value of domestic exports 1 1,741,206 Receipt! From All Source. Duties on imports J27.S21 95 Fines, penalties and forfeitures.. 2 40 Miscellaneous customs receipts 16S SO Official fees 114 10 Total .......... .528,106 35 -Amount of refunds and drawbacks Paid 647 44 DISASTERS AT SEA. "Wrecks of the Brother Jonnthnn and the Pacific In Early Days. The loss of the AValla Walla recalls the wreck of the steamer Brother Jona than, which foundered about 160 miles from where the Walla Walla foundered, and, as a strange coincidence. Captain de Wolf, who brought the Walla Walla around from New York, was the master of the Brother Jonathan, says the Vic toria Colonist. She struck a sunken rock near Crescent City and went down with nearly 200 people on board. This mournful tale of death and disaster which darkened the pages of marine his tory in 1865, was followed 10 years later by the loss of the steamer Pacific In the same manner as the Walla Walla was lost. The Pacific collided with the ship Orpheus In November, 1875. She left Victoria on November 4 with 160 pas sengers and cleared Tatoosh at 4 P. M. At 10 P. M. she came in collision with the sailing craft, and of her ship's company but two, Neil Henley, still living at Steil acoom, and Henry F. Jelley, since de ceased, were the only survivors. Henley, in an account given of the disaster, tells of how the passengers rushed to the boats and of the capsizing and swamping of the boats, leaving the shipwrecked pebple struggling in the wa ter after the vessel went down. He se cured a place on a raft with Captain Howell, second mate, cook, and four pas sengers, one a young lady. One by one the unfortunates were swept from the raft or died from exposure, and Henley was left alone, clinging to the raft. He was rescued four days after the wreck by the cutter Wolcott. Jelley, the other survivor, says the steamer sank so quick ly that only one boat could be launched, and it swamped quickly, drowning those In it. When the news of the wreck reached Victoria the excitement was in tense. After the collision the Orpheus, -which was In ballast from San Francisco to Nanaimo to load coal, made repairs as well as possible, and resumed her voyage, but before she could reach port she, too, met with disaster. She stranded in Barkley Sound, on the Vancouver Island Coast, and foundered. Captain Sawyer and his crew of 21 were cared for by the late Captain A. D. Laing, who was then trading near the spot where the ship sunk. Owing to the excitement prevail ing against Captain Sawyer because of the wreck of the Pacific, he was accused of casting his ship away and arrested on this charge at San Francisco, but after a thorough examination he was ac quitted. When the wrecking ship T. P. White law was engaged In wrecking the- steam er San Pedro she made a trip to Bark ley Sound, and Captain Whltelaw suc ceeded In recovering the cathead, anchor and chains of the lost Orpheus. WAS THERE WARNING? Lookout Who AVa on Board Wall a Wnlla Says There XVnti. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. The Exam iner says, on the authority of Deputy Coroner Skinner, of Humboldt County, that E. Johnson, one of the lookouts on the wrecked steamer Walla Walla, told a strange story under oath at Eureka regarding the cause of the collision with the French bark Max. According to the Coroner, who took the depositions of Captain Hall and others of the officers and crew of the Walla Walla after the accident, Johnson testified that he saw the lights of the French bark many minutes before her prow sank Into the Walla Walla's hull; that twice he warned the officer on the bridge of the approaching danger, but that his warn ings were not heeded. As the vessels neared each other, the red and green lights of the bark became more and more distinct, according to Johnson's testimony as reported by the Coroner's deputy. At last the lookout, alarmed at the failure of the officer on the bridge to change his course, started for the cabin of the first officer, Peter Nielsen, but before he reached the cabin the vessels struck and the Max drifted away with her lights plainly visible. These assertions are contradicted by the positive statements of the steamer's offi cers, who declare that a sharp lookout was kept, and that no warning was given of the danger. The reports of Captain Hall, of the Walla Walla, and Captain Benoist, of the Max, will be filed today with the Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers. A day will then be set for the investi gation of the causes of the disaster. HAD A ROUGH VOYAGE. Stcaxnnhtp Columbia From San Fran. cIkco SpoUe the Max. The steamship Columbia, on the Portland-San Francisco route, entered the Co lumbia River yesterday morning, and reached this city early last evening. She arrived at the mouth of the river late Sunday afternoon, but was held outside by heavy gales for about 20 hours. Early Saturday morning she spoke the French ship Max, which sank the steamer Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino. The captain of the French vessel desired Captain Do ran, of the Columbia, to turn about and tow him Into San Francisco, but as the disabled ship was In no danger of sinking, Captain Doran proceeded on his way. The Columbia sailed from San Francisco Friday and had good weather until she arrived off the Columbia River Sunday af ternoon. About 7 o'clock Saturday .morn ing, seven miles off Cape Mendocino, the steamship sighted the Max, which was burning a torch. Evidently a disaster had taught the French captain a lesson In the matter of lights. The Columbia lay to, and Captain Doran addressed the French man through a megaphone. The captain's long-distance French was bad, however, and he had to give up that means of con versation as a bad job. So a boat was 'owered and the Frenchman was enabled to express himself at shorter range. He said his ship was not In a dangerous con dition, and was making only a little water, but that he wanted a tow. Captain Doran responded that the sea was calm and all that was necessary for the Frenchman to do was to screw up his courage and set sail. However, he promised to speak the steamer Geo. W. Elder, which was then sailing southward, and might give the Max a line. The Elder was spoken at 2 o'clock that afternoon. Meanwhile the Max had been picked up by the steamer Acme, which made San Francisco with her Sunday night. When the Columbia arrived off the mouth of the river a heavy storm set in-, as if It had been suddenly shaken out of a bag. Toward morning the weather abafed, but soon again redoubled Its fury, so that on Monday It was impossible for the steamer to enter. When the Columbia sailed in yesterday morning the entrance was still very rough. A close lookout was kept for wreckage of the Walla Walla, but .none was sight ed. The Columbia will sail for San Fran cisco tonight. YAMHIIX LOCKS CLOSED. High Water Interferes "With Naviga tion Altona Aprnln on the Route. The water in. the Yamhill River Is too high to permit of navigation through the locks at La Fayette at present. The Al tona. which has just resumed the run from Portland after an interval of about three weeks was unable to go any fur ther than Dayton Monday. An understanding' has been reached be tween the owners of the Altona and tho merchants of Dayton and McMlnnvllIe. The steamer was taken off the run be cause of the lack of business. When the merchants saw they were without river transportation they thought of building a steamboat of their own. Captain Gra ham, of the Oregon City Transportation Company, held a conference with them lust week in which he showed them the reason for taking the Altona off the route. The merchants agreed that hereafter the steamer would not be without sufficient business to keep her running, and Cap tain Graham, on this assurance, restored the boat to the run. IN SEARCH OF WRECKAGE. Revenue Cutter Grant Will Hunt for Marine Disasters. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Jan. 7. The United States revenue cutter Grant sailed tills morning for an extended cruise along the shores of the Straits of Juan de Fuca and along the coast south of Cape Flattery, to examine wreckage reported in the past two weeks. It is believed that many vessels have met with disaster, as Indians dally bring reports to Neah Bay of new wreckage coming ashore south of Cape Flattery. The steamer Alice Gertrude, arriving from Neah Bay today, reports last night's storm in the straits as being of great violence. Off Cape Flattery the wind reached fearful velocity, driving vessels In the vicinity of Cape Flattery out to sea. Vessels In the straits sought shelter at Port Angeles and in Clallam Bay. CONTRACTS FOR FORAGE Will Be Let Today Cannot Be Shipped Until Next Month. Contracts will be let at the local Quar termaster's "office this morning for 4000 tons of forage for shipment to the Phil ippines. Two thousand tons of the for age will be In oats. It Is expected that the bids will be higher than have been submitted for some time, owing to the present advanced prices of the market. The steamship Folmina, which was to take the forage supplies to Manila, will not be available by January 15. Her charterers, the Pacific Export Lumber Company, have notified the Quartermas ter's office to this effect, and agree to have ready by the middle of February either the steamship Marghcrlta or the steamship Arab. The Margherita Js an Austrian vessel of 2164 tons, and the Arab Is a British vessel with a tonnage of 2674. WORK, ON THE ASIE. Delayed by BUc of the River Vessel in no Danger. Righting of the French bark Asle was delayed yesterday by a rise in the river of several feet, due to heavy rains. This necessitated a readjustment of the work ing apparatus, so that the process of straightening up the vessel had to be put off. Uniess there should be a further rise of the river, the work will probably be successful today. The ship Is In no danger from the rise of the water, and K. H. Loller, who is righting the vessel, has no fears for her safety. After she Is re turned to even keel the spars w ill all have to be taken out, except the Jigger mast. This and the restepping of the masts will be a slow process. A ship bereft of spars will be a strange sight In Portland har bor. NEW GOVERNMENT BOAT. Will Be Built for Service at the Month of the Columbia. PJans for a Government" boat at the mouth of the Columbia River, to ply be tween the several places where the Gov ernment "has business, have been forward ed to Washington. The plans were made up last month and sent to Washington, but were returned for modification. The steamer Miler has been doing Government transportation at the mouth of the river for several years. Thf contract with the Miler expired last Fall, but the steamer was re-engaged. The steamer which the Government will build will be somewhat larger than the Miler. GALGATE REACHES ENGLAND. Passed Kinsole 113 Days Out From Portland. The British ship Galgate passed Kinsole yesterday, 113 days from Portland. She Is wheat laden and has a net tonnage of 2227. Her cargo consists of 78,619 centals of wheat, loaded by G. W. McNear. Her rate of charter was 36s 3d. The vessel sailed from the Columbia September 16. The Galgate Is the third of the Septem ber grain fleet bound from Portland to Europe to arrive at its destination. The steamship Glamorganshire, which sailed September 20, arrived at Hull December 15. 87 days out. The British ship Brabloch made the passage in 115. days. AT OREGON CITY LOCKS. Report of Amount of Bunness Done Last Three Months. SALEM, Jan. 7. The report of the Portland General Electric Company for the three months ending December 31 bhows the following business at the Ore gon City locks: Number of trips 361 Number of passengers 4,166 Horses and cattle 216 Sheep and hogs 733 Feet of lumber 215114 Feet of logs C7,'914 Cords of wood 395 Tons of freight sig3i WANT THEIR OWN SAILORS. British People Desire Their Ships Manned by Countrymen. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. A movement has been started in Liverpool to replace for eigners on British ships by British sailors, says a dispatch to the Herald from Lon don. This Is the outcome, of an agitation started by Lord Romney. It Is pointed out that mo.t vessels under the Union Jack are manned by seamen of other nationali ties to such an extent that in the event of a European war the British Navy could not protect Its mercantile fleet. NO MORE SURVIVORS. Missing Victims at Walla "Walla Dis aster Probably Drowned. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. Nothing has been heard from the missing victims of the Walla Walla disaster, and It ia feared that they all went down with tho steamer. The statement of Lookout Johnson, made to the Coroner at Eureka, that he saw the lights on the bark Max and warned the officers on the bridge of the Walla Walla Is denied by them. Oth er members of the crew of the Walla Walla corroborate Johnson's assertion that tho lights ca the French bark were visible. The conflicting statements will be Investigated by the United States ma rine authorities, and the responsibility for the disaster fixed. Nctt York-Brazil Service Increased. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. The Lamport and Holt line has recently purchased two 5000-ton steamships, having a speed of 13 knots, that they expect shortly to place In the New York-Brazil passenger serv ice, sailing on alternate dates with the steamers Coleridge and Wordsworth, now in that service. The flrst of the new steamers Is expected to leave this port for Pernambuco, Bahla and Rio de Ja neiro In March. Lnmber for Samoa. The schooner Winchester is loading lumber at the foot of East Oak street. The lumber is bound fcf Samoa, where it will be used In construction of a hospital. The cargo will consist of about 90,000 feet and will probably be finished today. The IMHMttHtlHMMM 4 T I " $2 . v fl' ' jflji uuimi . ' 'IT. & i ? s ' j; - It' - "iftlWS 'V jjl Ijiy Vi V iv? ssssssswWsBHMssssssssssBsfe-j1. r-IVj5i5ssHssss5slssWBHHHBMl!sW WSSaSSSBBSSSBBBSBBPSsBslSsUSSBBSBBBBBBBBBSMftSSSSBBBBr I FRENCH BARK MAX THAT COLLUDED WITH THE WALLA WALLA -f Winchester Is a schooner of 120 tons bur den. Her deckload Is nearly complete. Thje lumber Is forwarded by Henry Mett. Repairs of the Rnth. The steamer Ruth is at the O. R. & N. boneyard. The damages to her hull are of such a nature that the boat will have to have practically a new bottom, and many of the ribs will have to be replaced. The steamer was not strained or wrenched in any wny. She will be hauled out on the ways and repairs will be made as quickly as possible. One of the holes in her hull Is 4x12 feet. . Movements of Grain Fleet. The llala left down the river yesterday morning. In tow of the Harvest Queen. The Selene arrived at Portland yester day afternoon, in tow of the Thompson. The Scottish Minstrel reached the city yesterday evening, towed by the Ockla hama. The Falklandbank will leave for Astoria this morning. In tow of the Thompson. The steamship Palatlnla has moved from Oceanic dock to Montgomery No. 2. The Wendur has moved from the bunk ers to Irving dock. The Charles Gonaud, one of the disen gaged ships Jn port, will start up the river for Portland today or tomorrow, in tow of the Ocklahama. Cleared at Cnstom-Honse. The British ship Toridon and the Ger man bark Seestern cleared with wheat yesterday, for the United Kingdom. The Torrldon's cargo Is 75,240 bushels, valued at $47,402, loaded by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and that of the Seestern consists of 85,369 bushels. loaded by the Portland Flouring Mills. The next vessel to clear will probably be the Formosa, and after her the Bar dowle. CnrRO of Lnmber. The schooner W. J. Patterson will start down the river today. She has a cargo of 780.000 feet of lumber for San Fran cisco. The vessel was loaded by the Eastern Lumber Company. Storm Warning:. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Storm warn ings are displayed on the Pacific Coast on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Belling ham Bay and at Seattle. Marine Notes. Tho schooner Alcalde cleared Monday at Astoria for Port Los Angeles with 2S0.O00 feet of lumber. Captain Edwards and Captain Fuller will Inspect the Manzanlta today or to morrow. Friday they will inspect the Geo. R. Vosburg at Astoria. Postoffice bar buoy No. 4, a red, first class spar, will be discontinued January 7, 1902, and on he same date a pile of the postoffice bar revetment will be painted black and white and established as a day mark. In the heavy gale at Astoria Monday the bark Harry Morse, lumber-laden, was blown from her anchorage near the O. R. & N. dock almost upon the sands In front of the city. The anchors held Just in time to save her from going ashore. Reinsurance Is quoted on the following overdue vessels: Paros, from Iquique, for San Francisco, 81 days out, 20 per, cent; Blackbraes, from Table Bay, for Portland, 12S days out, 15 per cent; Earl Cadogan, from Antwerp, for Port Los Angeles, 191 days out, 20 per cent; Rob ert Duncan, from Wei Hal Wcl. for Pu get Sound. 99 days out, 75 per cent; Anglla, from Newcastle, N. S. W., for Panama, 186 days out, 90 per cent. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Jan. 7. Arrived at 11 A. M. and left up at 11:30 A. M.. steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. Arrived down at 10 A. M., steamer Volante. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.. rough; wind south, weather hazy. Klnsale, Jan. 7. Passed British ship Gal gate. Honolulu Arrived, December 31, schooner Joseph Ituss. Tacoma. Jan. 7. Arrived British steamer Denbighshire, from Nagasaki. San Francisco, Jan. 7. Arrived Steamer City of Puebla. from Victoria. Sailed schoon er Compter, from Tacoma; barkentine Gardi ner City, from Gray's Harbor; steamer Tellus, from Ladysmlth; schooner Lou La. from "Dmp qua; steamer Czarina, from Seattle. New York, Jan. 7. Arrived Saxonla, from Liverpool; Montgomery, from Glasgow. Liverpool. Jan. 6. Arrived, Ivcrnla, from Boston. Rotterdam. Jan. 7. Arrived Statendam, from New York. Plymouth. Jan. T. Sailed Pennyslvanla, from Hamburg, for New York. Duluth Is a peculiar city. Its population Is about 70.000, yet the length of the Incor porated town along the lake front Is 28 mil's. l wwttk ntnn -tram ana ta to miles. IN SEVENTH NEW YORK LESSLER BEAT BELMONT BY 304 "" VOTES. Canvass Was Marked by Bitter Fighting1 Between the Two Democratic Factions. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Montague Less ler. Republican, was elected to Congress in the Seventh District today, to suc ceed Nicholas Muller, Democrat, re signed. He beat Pern Belmont, the reg ular Democratic candidate, by 294 votes, the count showing these figures: Lcssler 7677 Belmont 72S3 Ward, Socialist-Democrat 101 Llndlnger, Independent Democrat 135 Bennett, Greater New York Democracy 1&2 Tho Seventh Congressional District 13 made up of Richmond Borough (Staten Island) and 30 election districts in the extreme lower end of this city. There was a contest over the Democratic nom ination between Mr. Belmont and Joseph F. O'Grady, each of whom, declared hlm- self to be the regularly chosen nominee. Justice Scott, of the Supreme Court, de cided in favor of Belmont, and O'Grady and Llndlnger, who had announced him self as an Independent Democratic can didate, thereupon withdrew. Llndlnger withdrew too late to have his narna stricken from the official ballot. The canvass was a bitter one as re gards Democratic factions. Charges of the free use of money were frequent, and last night Superintendent of Elections McCulIagh announced that he had dis covered a plan of wholesale colonization. During the day the McCulIagh deputies made a score of arrests, among them those of ex-Alderman Joseph Welling and John Pye, a Democratic district cap tain, who were taken to court on a charge of having abetted Illegal registra tion. Each was released In $200 ball un til Thursday. George B. Lolllffe, chair man of the Board, of Election Inspectors, was also arrested on the charge that he had permitted four men to vote in the names of two registered voters. His ball was fixed at S1000. BLAME OF THE DISASTER. Seattle Man Lays It Unequivocally on the Officers of the Steamer. SAN FRANCISCoTjan. 7. Jacob Miller. & capitalist of Seattle, who was on the Walla Walla with his wife, lays the blame of the collision unequivocally upon the officers of the steamer. He says he was on deck a moment after the crash, and that he then saw the lights of the bark brightly burning. The night was so clear, he declares, that even If the Max had had no lights, she could have been seen 1000 feet away with the naked eye. Miller also makes the sensational charge of drunkenness on board the Walla Walla. J. Wettershank, the quartermaster, who was at the wheel of the Walla Walla when the Max crashed Into her on the port side, saw the bark approaching, but shifts all responsibility for the disaster to tho two officers, whom he says were on the bridge. Second Officer Lupp and Third Officer Hughes. "I have made my statement to the In spectors of Hulls and Boilers," said Wet tershank, "signed my name to It, and swore to its truth. It will surprise every body, even the officials of the steamship company. All sorts of stories have been published about the wreck, but they are all wrong. My statement Is right. I was In the wheel-house when the bark rammed her prow Into us. On the bridge were Second Officer Lupp and Third Officer Hughes. Johnson was the statlonman, and Wilson the deck watchman. It was a clear night, and we were coasting, north northwest at good speed. I saw the lights of the bark, and knew that she was ar proachlng us. All of us, Lupp, Hughes. Johnson and myself, knew that the bark was coming. I did not receive any or ders, however, until half a minute before the collision. Johnson and the officer yelled down to me, 'hard to port!' I worked the wheel 'for dear life, but the best I could do did not save us. The bark pushed her nose Into us, and I knew it was the last of the Walla Walla. It was a bad ending to a very merry New Year on board, and I guess next time we go out some of us will not celebrate half so much. I, myself, never drink." PENSION PLAN CHANGED. C. & N. W. Railway "Will Retire Meu After 20 Years Service. CHICAGO. Jan. 7. President Hughltt has issued an order affecting pensions of 25,000 employes of the Chicago & Nort western Railway. The order is contained In a circular, which states that the pen sion plan now in vogue on that road will be changed soihat any employe who has been In the service of the company for 20 years may be retired on a pension. Heretofore 30 years' connection with the corporation was required to receive the benefit of the pension arrangement, Christmas Customs in Porto Rico. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Wednesday. Jan. L Many of the children of Porto Rico were treated to a Christmas tree this season for the flrst time in their lives. Until this season Santa Claus was unknown to the Porto RIcan youth. The real Christmas comes 12 days late in Porto Rico. January 6 is Three Kings day, and the Three Kings take the place of Santa Claus here. Instead of having a Christmas tree, or of hanging their stockings In the fire place, the youngsters here on the eye of January 6 put a box filled with grass and their shoes out on the balconies or on the window sills'. The three wise men, who are traveling through the coun try proclaiming: the birth of the Infant Christ, stop at each box, and, if the lit tle boy or girl Is good, the three mules which the wise men are riding eat the grass and leave a toy or a bit of "dulce." In the schools, on the last day before Christmas, the teachers told the story of Santa Claus, and In some of the schools Santa appeared in person, much to the delight and astonishment of the children, who had never before Imagined such a thing. Christmas trees, imported from the United States especially for the oc casion, with tinsel and lighted candles and laden with candy, and cake, were a revelation to the children. A MINE CAVE-IN. Lives of Many Miners Thought to Be Lost. NEGAUNEE. Mich., Jan. 7. The most distressing accident occurring In this country for years, occurred at the Ne gaunee mine today noon, when, by a cave In, the lives of 13 to 17 miners are thought to have been lost. The cave-in was at the bottom of the old shaft. Had it occurred an hour sooner about 150 men would have been killed. The names of the dead so far as known are: WILLIAM WILLIAMS, married. JOHN SULLIVAN, single. JOHN PASCOE. single. JOHN PEARCE, married. JACOB HUNLALLA, married. . Thus far but one body has been taken out, that of Hunlalla and one man was rescued alive. It is thought the other bodies cannot be reached within 24 hours. The miner rescued is Dominlco Basso, an Italian. Basso describes- the disaster in the mine as follows: "We were seated around the pump at the bottom of the shaft, when, without any warning, thousands of tons of ore came down. I remembered no more until I heard the sound of picks and shovels In the hands of the rescuers and their shouts. I was In total darkness, and my feelings cannot be described. What seemed ages to me was but minutes. When rescuers found me I was 75 feet from the place where I was sitting and found myseit In a drift. How I got there Is a mystery, but can only be accounted for by the concussion of the wind." The Negaunce mine Is one of the most unlucky properties In the Lake Superior district. Much trouble In sinking and drifting has resulted from surplus water and quicksands. It was at this mine that $1,000,000 was recently expended to sink a shaft to the ledge. . The lower end of the shaft Is so badly twisted that the cage will not operate within 100 feet of where the men are en tombed. If the workmen are not res cued within the next 10 or 12 hours all hope- of getting them out alive will be abandoned. The officials would not make a statement for publication as to tho con dition of the mine or the number of men underground. Premature Powder Explosion. IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo;, Jan. 7. As a result of a premature explosion of powder blasts in the Newhouse tunnel, two men are dead, another Is fatally injured, and two others are In a serious condition. The dead are: ERNEST WHEELER. JOHN ECKHARD. Injured: A. C. Lawes. fatally; Harry Balrd, ribs broken; Louis Phillips, hand crushed. The men were known as the powder gang. They were loading holes with powder under, direction of Lawes. the foreman. Phillips was assisted by Balrd In tamping holes on one side of the tun nel, and Wheeler and Eckhard were tamp ing hole3 on the other side. Lawes was standing back about six feet, giving di rections, when the explosion occurred. The cause has not yet been positively determined, but It Is thought the acci dent was caused by the tamping of a shot. Head-End Collision. ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 7. In a head-end collision on the Kenova division of the Norfolk Sz. Western Railroad at Alnwyck, W. Va., at 7 o'clock this morning, Hugh Smith, an. express messenger and baggage master of this city, and Flagman John Turner, of Bluefield, W. Va., were killed Instantly and Engineer Bailey received Injuries from which he died later In the day. A passonger train, east bound, col lided with an extra west-bound freight train In a dense fog. the passenger en gineer having failed to see the flagman sent ahead for the freight train to give warning of the Impending danger. The express car and the combination express and baggage car caught fire and were destroyed. None of the passengers were Injured. SUSPENDED FROM TRACKS. National Association Decides Pro tents Relative to Boston Race. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.X special meet- Ing of the Natlonar Association board or control was held here today. The protests relative to the six-day race, which was completed at Boston last Saturday even ing, were decided as follows: Conduct detrimental to the sport. In In citing a riot at Park-Square Garden, Bos ton, January 4 Floyd A. McFarland, of San Jose, Cal., is hereby suspended from all connection with cycle racing until June 1. 1902; said McFarland Is given the privilege of applying at the annual meet ing of the N. C. A., to have his susnen sion changed to a fine. For a like offense at the same place and date. Howard B. Freeman, of Portland, Or., Is fined 550, or has the option of accepting a suspension until June 1. 1902. It having been established that Jean Gougoltz fouled McLean In the finishing mile of the Park-Square Garden race, the McLean-Butler team Is placed fifth and the Gougoltz-SImar team sixth. Races at Oakland. OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 7. Results: Five and a half furlongs, selling Royal Rogue won. King Herald second, Sir Claude third; time, 1:CS. Seven furlongs, selling M. L. Roths child won, Bob Palmer second, Marineuse third; time, 1:2S. Six furlongs, selling Hnlnault won, Jacquimlnot second. Commissioner Fors ter third; time. 1:14. Five furlongs. Cyclone handicap Josle G. won. Sister Jeanle second, Tower of Candles third; time, 1:004. One mile and 100 yards Grand Sachem won. Colonel Ballantyne second, Invlctus third; time, 147. One mile, selling Kitty Kelly won, Hor ton second, Sweet Tooth third; time, l:40. Tommy Ryan Will Fight. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 7. Tommy Ryan, who claims he middle-weight championship of the world, said tonight concerning the challenge to him Issued by Jack Hanley; manager of Rube Ferns, at New York today: "I will make a match with Ferns with in 24 hours, if he will put up his forfeit with George Slier, L. M. Houseman, or any reliable newspaper man." Whitney's Horses In England. LONDON. Jan. 7. The Atlantic Trans port Line steamer Minnehaha arrived to day, having on board William C. Whit ney's Derby candidate Nasturtium and his Peg Wofflngton colt. They were treated throughout the voyage like saloon passen gers, and are in splendid condition. The horses will be taken on a special train to New Market. Ajrreed Upon the Protocol. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 7. The Govern ments of Argentina and Chile, having come to an agreement as to the wording of the clauses in the protocol referring to the policing of Ultima Esperanza, Ar gentina's rights In the matter being safe guarded, all the questions In dispute will not be submitted to the arbitration of the British Commission. RICH CINNABAR STRIKE MEADOWS DISTRICT, IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY, THE SCENE. Returns Prove the. Ledge to Be Best Yet Discovered on the Pacific Coast. GRANT'S PASS. Jan. 7. William May field, the discoverer of the rich and noted Mayfleld cinnabar claim In the Mead ows district, has made another rich strike in the same vicinity. At a depth of 10 feet on the Hydrargyram, he has uncovered a body of cinnabar that is pronounced even richer than that of the Mayfleld. The ledge struck has a width of several feet and carries 30 per cent values in mercury. The returns prove It to be the richest body of cinnabar yet discovered on the Coast. The Hydrargyram adjoins the Mayfleld and the Mercury, both of which are rich cinnabar claims. It is supposed that the same vein or ledge leads through all. For the purpose of ascertaining this, a tunnel Is being driven from the Mayfleld to connect with the other two claims, with the ultimate end In view of a con solidation. The Mayfleld Is the property of the Rogue River Quicksilver Mining Company, which Is preparing to work Its property on a large scale. Orcpron Mining; Stock Exchange. Yesterday's quotations: Bid. "25 -.14 ..17 .. V(, .. 2', "P .. O's .. ZVj . .oo5 .. 2H ..S454 Asked. 4 40.i 17 "24 4 is IS .... 05 Adams Mountain Astorta-Xelbourne (Gtd.) Bronze Monarch Copperopolls Caribou - Cr'tal Consolidated Gold Hill & Bohemia Huronlan Lost Horse Oregon-Colorado M. M. & D.... Riverside Sumntr Consolidated SweuVn Copper M. Co Sales: 1000 Bpnze Monarch at 1000 Crystal Consolidated at .. ISO Sweden Copper Co. at.... 500 Caribou at Z.V) Gold Hill & Bohemia at.. 500 Huronlan at 15 3 S5 10 8 SPOKANE. Jan. 7. The closinff quotations of mining stocks today were: Bid. Ask.) Bid. Ask. Amer. Boy .. 4& 54Morrison 3i 3X Blacktall ....104 lliPrln. ilaud .. o 4 Butte & Bos.. H lb.Qullp 23 24 Crystal 7 ;Ramb. Car ...694 71 Deer Trail .. 2 2 Republic S 4i Gold Ledge .. 1 2 llteservatlon .. 2 2t L. P. Surp... G 6 Suim-an 8 10 L. Dreyfus .. 24 .TAITom Thumb ..184 21 Mtn. Lion ...20 28 ITrade Dollar.. 4i 6 Morn. Glory.. Us 2J4 SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today -were as follows: Alta 50 07IOccldental Con. ..$0 08 Belcher 14 Ophlr SO Bet & Belcher .. Caledonia Challenge Con... Chollar Confidence Con. Cal. & Va.. Crown Point .... Gould & Curry Hale &. Norcross . Justice Mexican 13Overman 14 8Potosl 10 lSiSavagc 8 OS eg. Belcher 4 ClSIerra Nevada ... 23 1 (KiSllvcr Hill 45 lljStandard 3 25 "jUnlon Con 18 2tUtnh Con 5 01 Yellow Jacket .. 10 40 NEW YORK. Jan. 7. Closing quotations: Adams Con SO 20LlttIe Chlet SO 10 Alice 45IOntarlo 8 50 Brcece 75Phoenlx 5 Brunswick Con... 10'Potosl 11 Comstock Tunnel 5Savage 5 Corf. Cal. & Vo. 1 COtSlerra Nevada.... 20 Deadwood Terra. GOjSmill Hopes .... 40 Horn Silver 1 OOlStandard 3 50 Iron SIHer G0 BOSTON, Jan. 7. Closing quotations: Adventure ..i...Si9 75Parrot S29 50 Alloucz 3 OO.Qulncy 1 30 Amalgamated .. 70 87 Santa Fe Copper S 25 Baltic 3(1 50Tamarack 2 GO Bingham 24 00Trl-Mountaln ... 22 00 Calumet & Hec. 6 OOiTrlnlty 14 25 Centennial 12 75IUnIted States ... 14 25 Copper Range .. 55 50lUtah 22 50 Dominion Coal . 5(5 50l Winona 1 50 Isle Rojale .... 21 CO Wolverine 40 50 Mohawlc 30 w University Oratorical Association. FOREST GROVE. Jan. 7. The Local Oratorical Association of Pacific "Univer sity held Its annual meeting after chapel this morning. The election of officers was tho order of the meeting. C. H. Williams, '04, was re-elected president, and H. B. Millls. '03, secretary and treasurer. I. D. Gibson was chosen as Pacific University's delegate to meet with the state oflicers when the Judges for the state oratorical contest shall be chosen. Victor Emmel, 03; H. B. MIHIs. '02, and W. A. DImIck were appointed on a committee to confer with the faculty in she'ehoosing of Judges for the local contest. It was decided to confine the local contest to select Pacific University's representative In the inter collegiate oratorical contest with the Tlbbals prize speaking. William II. Tib bals, of Salt Lake City, Is the founder of the Tlbbals prizes for excellence In or atory, and since 1S99, when the prizes were announced, the annual contest has been one of the features of the year. Rev. Cephas Clapp addressed the stu dents at chapel this morning. Xevrbcrfr Bank Elect O Ulcers. NEWBERG, Jan. 7. At the anual meet lng of the stockholders of the Bank of Newberg, held yesterday, oflicers were elected as follows: President, B. C. Miles; vice-president. N. E. Brltt; cashier. J. C. Colcord; directors E. H. Woodward, J H. Douglas, Jr., and Charles K. Spauld lng. Council Elect City Oflicers. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 7. Vancou ver municipal affairs are now In the hands of the new City Council, which took charge last night. Mayor Eastham called a special meeting of the Council for to a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great pain and danger of maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother's Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold," says many who have used it. $1.00 per bottle at drug stores. Book containing valuable information of interest to be sent to any address free upon BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., BW v7&rSt&Va: IN A WORLD WHERE "CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS" NO PRAISE IS TOO GREAT FOR &. Im EHISaiii -tSBs. IS m Mmtk fl VIM, VIGOR, VITALITY FOR MEN JT. MJIXOI PIXiXiS ham been in aso orer fiftT years by the leaders, elders, and Ihelr fnllwrens. PosniToly cures the worst cafes infold and younp arising from ffffctc of abuse, wi.e.yn..i,. wavcvs. w wftcM o4.iik. s. n juif.. jM ...m ..., AAfH. JTrr Varicocele1. Atrophy, Hydrocele. Interonia. Side, In Face, AerTOUS TtrlJfUlnjr. Klmky Saclc, Nervoni Xtebl I Ity. Headache, VnQtneM Button. HtODerTOBnT'.vltcJiln-orEroIid. IrsDaibtiorand ootencr to ererr function. Don'tcet orxaas. Stimulate the bran and nerre cantors. Fifty For ale by S. G. SKIDMORE Sz CO.. night, when the following officers were elected: City Marshal, George Norton; Police Justice, Arthur Haine: night police, A. Bateman and John Secrist; Chief of tho Fire Department, Thomas Corlls; driver of the Are engine, Henry Burgy. OutliiK for Xational Guard. SEATTLE, Jan. 7. Plans are in contem plation by the oflicers of the National Guard of the State of Washington for an elaborate outing at the time of the state encampment In June of the present year. These plans even go so far as to contem plate taking the entire First Regiment of the Guard to San Frdnclsco and hold an encampment of 20 days on the Presidio reserve there. While these plans are not as yet complete, they have gone so far that the permission of the United States Government for the use of the reserve for the purpose intended has been obtained. Adjutant-General Drain will soon take up the matter with Governor McBrlde. Q,unrantlnablc Disease Prevails. SALEM, Or., Jan. 7. The quarterly re port of Health Officer Mangus. of Marsh fleld, shows that a quarantinable disease believed to be smallpox prevails at that port. It Is stated that there is much dif ference of oplnfon as to the Identity of tho disease, but physicians generally call It smallpox. Out of 230 cases there has been only one death, and many cases re ceived no medical attention whatever. As a rule somo of the symptoms of smallpox 'are lacking, but in some cases unquestion able evidence Is present that the disease Is genuine smallpox. Will of Georpre M. Pnllman. REDWOOD CITY, Cal.. Jan. 7. The will of the late George M. Pullman has been admitted to probate here. The pe tition to the court stated that the es tate was valued at $500,000, but the evi dence showed It to be worth only about S2000. Mrs. Pullman will go East In a few days with the body of her husband. C9 Fl Disease Ninety Per Cent of It Really Caused From Poor Digestion. Real organic heart trouble Is Incurable, but scarcely one case In a hundred is or ganic. The action of the heart and stomach are both controlled by the same great nerves. the sympathetic and pneumogastrlc. and when the stomach falls to properly digest the food and it lies in the stomach fer menting, gases are formed which distend the organ, causing pressure on the heart and lungs, causing palpitation, irregular ity and shortness of breath. The danger from this condition Is that the continued disturbance of the heart sooner or later may cause real organic heart trouble and, In fact, frequently does so. Furthermore, poor digestion makes the blood thin and watery, and deficient in red corpuscles, and this further Irritates and weakens the heart. The most sensible thing to do for heart trouble Is to insure the digestion and assimilation of the food. This can be done by the regular use af ter meals of some safe, pleasant and ef fective digestive preparation, like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at most drug stores, and which contain tno necessary digestive elements In a pleas ant, convenient form. Thousands of people keep well and vig orous by keeping their digestion perfect by observing the rule of taking one or two of these tablets after each meal, or at least after each hearty meal. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain U. S. P. pepsin, diastase from malt and oth er natural digestives which act only on the food, digesting it perfectly and pre venting acidity, gases and the many dis eased conditions which accompany a weak stomach. When Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are used you may know you are not taking Into the system any strong medicine or powerful drug, but simply the natural di gestive elements which every weak stom ach lacks. So widely known and popular have these tablets become that they are now sold by every druggist In the United States, Can ada and Great Britain. Every mother feels a great dread" of the pain and danger, attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becomincr PIS rbt . e sJjeLTjfcl iVSSlMM HfcIKi W KWBiara all women, will application to Atlanta, Get. gf if a s sag ms 3 a l sa ii . -ii This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo-Ouinine Tablets romody that chxcs a cold la one dayt Eh rf; m & am It i3T$' ffggga M i I'ainn In Back. in. Trembling, Ijimo to ilarrj-, Constl Effects ara immediate. de.nondent.aciire at band. Restores ail cents a bnr: ix for tlM.br mail. A written guar- Portland, Or. San Francisco, CaJ. 122