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V . tf , THE MOBSIffGr OEEGOISA, TIJESDAX OCTOBER 28 1902.- 12 GREAT FLOUR CARGO Indrasamha Takes Biggest From Columbia River, PORTLANDLEADSINTHATTRADE Lone List o Bis Cargoes, Seven o Wlilch-Excccd 50,000 Barrels Each. Oregon Apples Entering Ori ental 3Iarlcet. The Portland & Asiatic liner Indra samha cleared yesterday for Hong Kong and way ports with the largest cargo of flour that was ever taken out of the Co lumbia River, and with two exceptions the largest that was ever floated on the Pacific Coast: She has on board 52,579 barrels, valued at $157,737. Reduced to wheat measure, this is equal to nearly 240, D00' bushels, enough to load two of the average-sized ships which come here. Portland leads all other ports In the United. States, if not In the world, in the number- of immense flour cargoes which have been floated. The cargo of the In drasamha' Is the seventh from this port In cxcciQ of 50,000 barrels, and tho aver age for the seven was 51.474 barrels. It Is als3 the 17tli cargo in excess of 45.000 bar rels, and the 2Gth cargo in excess of 40,000 barrels to leave Portland within the past four years. The total amount of flour carried by this fleet of 20 ehips was 1,216. 020 barrels, an average of 46,770 barrels, a showing which has never been approached by any other port In the United States. Tti"e big cargoes which. have cleared from Portland in the past foir years and the vessels carrying them were as follows: Steamer BarrreA Indrasamha ... 520'? Eva : 52.000 Thyra 61,931 Indrapura 51r. Thyra1 ' 5L068 Eva - 50,960 Adato 50.423 Indraveni ."32 Indrapura , 49.541 Arab .'. : 47.801 Lennox 47.3o8 Abergeldle 46.988 Lennox 46.450 Mogul 46,34a Abergeldle zy 45.593 IndravelH & 4o.62 Braemar 45.433 Mogul 44.999 St. Irene 44.73o Indrapura 43.403 Mogul i 43.012 Lfnnox 42. Braemar 43.06o Knight Companion IS'Sfi Indrapura Ix'SSj Braemar ..... 40.077 Total 1.216.030 During the period mentioned there have been fully as many more cargoes of flour cleared for the Orient of dimensions rang ing "from 25,000 barrels well up toward 40,000 barrels, a large jiumber of them be ing In excess of 35,000 barrels. Puget Sound cleared one steamer, the Good win, with a larger cargo than that of the Indrasamha. and the Arab took out a EO.OOO-bajrel cargo from San Francisco, but the porta of San Francisco, Tacoma and Seattle combined have never Shipped eeven cargoes in excess of 50.000 barrels, and have never shipped one-third -as many cargoes in excess of 45,000 barrels as have been shipped from Portland. October shipments of wheat and flour from this port promise to be the largest on record for this month, the cargo of wheat on the Lime Branch and the In drasamha's flour cargo reduced to wheat measure together aggregating, 497,000 bushels, a greater amount than was ever before taken out by the river on two ships. While her flour cargo alone was a record-breaker, the Indrasamha carried over 3CC0 tons of mlFcellaneous freight. Includ ing over 1500 bales of cotton for Kobe and Yokohama. She also had about 200.000 feet of lumber. By far the most interesting item, on the manifest, however, was a consignment of nearly 1000 boxes of ap ples for Port Arthur, Tien Tsin and Shanghai. A few trial shipments have been made by former steamers of the Portland & Asiatic line, but this is the first shipment of importance that has been made, and Indicates that the samples sent over have been well received. If the apple business with the far East can be worked up to as good proportions rela tively as the flour trade, the Orient will In time afford a good market for large quantities of Oregon fruit. The steamer also took a few onions and potatoes and the usual heavy consignments of beer, beef, milk, etc, for Manila and other Ori ental ports. She will leave down the river this morning drawing 23 feet of water. IT MAY BE INDEPENDENT Latest Theory of Grent Central Rnll road Support. A new theory for the support of the Coos Bay Railroad enterprise has been evolved by those who have watched the progress of affairs in the railroad world. "Withdrawal of the St. Paul from the transcontinental field by Its contract with the Union Pacific. would have weak ened the Coos Bay project If it had rest ed on St. Paul support, as indications for a time strongly pointed. But it didn't. And, now come intimations that the Rock Island, another of the big roads that would have use for a line to the Pacific seaboard, is about to tie up with the Union Pacific as the St. Paul did. But this rumor also seems to have no effect on the Salt Lake-Coos Bay line. That leaves the Missouri Pacific as the only Important railway system without facil ities for getting to the Pacific Coast. And the Coos Bay line does not sem to rely on that. Now it Is said by those who do not pre tend to have inside knowledge, but who read events, that the Great Central Rail road project is probably not directly re lated to any great railway system; that It is probably fathered by men who see that such a. property could not fail to have a good, market when Jtmllt, and who can well afford to make the Investment. All the avenues to the Pacific are now controlled by two men Edward H. Har riman and James J. Hill. Even the San ta, Fe does not get to the Coast without using Southern Pacific tracks. This ar rangement Is all rfght for the roads bound In these groups, but It is reason able to suppose that Independent lines do not relish the idea of being always at the mercy of the two men who now control outlets to the Pacific. The growing im portance of Pacific commerce naturally Increases the unrest of the Independent interior' lines. Possibly capitalists con nected with one or more of the independ ent lines, "sizing up" tho situation, see that an Independent railroad from some such central point as Salt Lake City U some such seaboard point as Coos Bay cannot fall to be a valuable property, even If it shall be maintained as a total ly Independent line. It need have no cor porate connection with any of the great independent, or unharmonlzed, systems, in order to be a profitable railroad. It might remain unattached and yet serve the very best interests of all the inde pendent lines of the East by enabling them to force concessions from the Har riman and Hill combinations. This view of the case is regarded as more' sensible than the expectation that some independent Eastern road will be found to be directly supporting the Great Central . project. Somebody or some group of men having command of large capital could well afford to build the road, for .the future will, surely bring a good market for It if- the railroad signs of the times have any significance. SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF CARS. Resamptlon of Coal Mining Increases Troable Will Be Worse. NEW YORK. Oct. 27. Railroad officials declare that the indications of a serious car shortage throughout tho country are becoming more and more pronounced, and the outlook Is causing- no little ap prehension, says the Journal of Com merce. The movement of general freight, both east and west bound, is reported to be unusually heavy. Under normal con ditions the principal lines would find their facilities heavily taxed. The termination of the coal strike, however, and the re sumption of mining has resulted In an abnormal demand for cars of all kinds suitable to carry coalt by the anthracite roads and the heavy coal shipments are expected severely to tax the hauling power of these lines. All-rail grain has not yet startefc to come forward to any great extent, but will begin to move in large quantities next month, and then, judging from all present Indications, the officials declare, the lines will witness one of the greatest car shortages on rec ord. All the trunk lines are using their utmost endqavors to enforce the per diem agreement to hurry the return of their cars. ENTER CAKADIAX PACIFIC. Stronger Competition for Business on Upper Paget Sound. J. W. Draper, who has for the past seven .or eight years been traveling freight and passenger agent of the Bur lington In the Puget Sound district, under the jurisdiction of the Portland office, will go to the Canadian Pacific Railway on the 1st of November, as general agent at Tacomai This appointment Is In pursuance of a plan of the Canadian road to enter more actively into competition for freight In the Upper Sound district. . The Canadian Pacific has been. operat ing a steamer between Seattle and "Van couver. Any freight handled for Ta coma and other Upper Sound, points had to be transferred at Seattle to other steamers, which caused expense and de lay. Now it has been arranged to make Tacoma the terminus for the Canadian Pacific steamship, which will thus be enabled to serve the Upper Sound coun try much better than heretofore, and the new agency in Tacoma will afford facil ities for getting the business. By this move the Canadian pacific will become a strong competitor in the Coast field of the two Northern railroads on the United States Ide. XBW RAILROAD INCORPORATED. To Run From Columbia River to North Boundary of Washington. Articles of incorporation of the Coal Creek Railroad Company were filed in the County Clerk'e office yesterday, by W. H. Moody. Alberts Bettlnger and J. P. Mclnerny, capital stock $60,000. The objects announced are to build and oper ate a railroad, commencing at. a point on -the Columbia River in section 35, township 8, range 3 west, In Cowlitz County, and running thence across and through the counties In the State of Washington to the northern boundary of the state; to own ferries, bridges etc., across' the rivers and streams In the counties of Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Lewis, Pacific, Thurston, Chehalls, Jefferson and Clallam; to engage In the business of transporting passengers, freight, etc. OPERATOR RESISTS ROBBERS. Is Unarmed, but Drives Them Arvny, Receiving Slight Wound. At attempt was made to rob the O. R. & N. station at Grants, 22 miles east of The Dalles, Sunday night. About mid night two masked men walked Into the depot with guns and ordered Night Oper ator W. S. Walker to throw up his hands. He didn't throw up his hands, and the masked men flred three or four shots, one of which made a slight wound on the wrist of the operator. He pretended to be searching for a gun, and his assailants re treated and soon disappeared. They are supposed to have been tramps, whose courage failed them when they found they had a man of nerve to deal with. The depot bears marks of the bullets flred at the operator. To Be Settled in Conference. CHICAGO, Oct. 27. W. G. Lee, vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, stated today that the de mands for higher wages made by the or ganization affect only switchmen em ployed In the Chicago district. "There is to be no excitement connected with this, question," said Mr. Lee.. "We have had contracts with the various roads for 18 years, and the question of higher wages for Chicago switchmen will be settled in conference. The wage sched 'ule is now uniform throughout the West, and the scale 3 known as the Chicago wage scale. The settlement of .the de mand for a new schedule will, mike sim ilar conditions elsewhere. The Increase asked amounts to 5 cents an hour." Railroad Notes. General Freight Agent Miller, of the O. R. & N., will return Thursday from his trip East. James H. Mulchay, rate clerk In the O.. R. & N. general freight office, returned yesterday from a trip to Salt Lake City. Assistant General Passenger Agent Charlton, of the Northern Pacific, left lost night for a trip of a few days in the Puget Sound country. Manager R. Kochler. of the Southern Pacific. returned yesterday afternoon from San Francisco, where he was called for a conference with the head officers of the company. M. J. Roche, traveling passenger agent for the Rio Grandes, has . been reap pointed district deputy for the American Association 'of Traveling Passenger Agents In the district of the Pacific Northwest. Assistant Superintendent. D. W. Camp bell, of tho O. R. & N., is down with tyhpold fever, and he wlll be brought from his home In Tekoa to St., Vincent's Hopsital. in this city, for treatment. He will arrive tomorrow. "James Anderson, general agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway In Seattle, is to . take the position of traveling freight and passenger agent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad. His headquarters will remain in Seattle, but he will be under the jurisdiction of the Portland office. Owing to the pressure for cars and mo tive power the O. R. & N. has abandoned Its purpose to ballast its track between the summit of the Blue Mountains and Huntington this season. Some difficulty has been experienced in getting gravel, too. but everything will be in. readiness for the work In the Spring. Timber hunters are now coming from the East by tho carload. A few nights ago- the Southern Pacific received from the O. R. & N. two cars of passengers for Roseburg, one car being from St. Paul and the other from Chicago, 'though the occupants of the latter car were most ly Wisconsin men. All were seeking tim ber land. The Southern Pacific train from Sari Francisco due in Portland Sunday even ing, did not arrive, until a little after noon yesterday. A stub was made up at Rose burg and run in on time. The train due yesterday morning did not arrive until after 2 P. M., and the one due last night was two hours late. These delays were caused by a landslide in the Sacramento canyon. Prunes are going out by the carload over the new Washington & Oregon branch of tho Northern Pacific, though the bridge over the. Lewis River is not yet completed. The cars are taken acroas the river on scows hauled by a donkey en gine. SJraffic Is delayed by the failure of the steel drawbridge to arrive .'on time. That is the only link of the road that re mains uncompleted. , THEYWANTOREGOiSWHEAT CALIFORNIA MILLERS DRAW THIS STATE, FOR SUPPLIES. ON Steamer Robert Dollar Chartered to Take a Caago of Valley Grain to San Francisco. The demand for Oregon wheat for mill ing purposes in California, coupled with the exceptional activity of the San Fran cisco market for the past few days, will result in a southward movement of wheat from this state. Yesterday it was an nounced that the- steamer Robert Dollar had been chartered to carry a full cargo of grain to San Francisco'. The steamer n'l a 9irn vv tho Northwestern Ware- phouse Company, and will be brought up from the Bay uity at once. &ne wm maa 2000 tons here, mostly Oregon Valley wheat. The grain is now awaiting the steamer at Victoria dock. This will be the first large shipment of, wheat to San Francisco this season. A number of small lots have been taken south by reg ular and tramp steamers in the coasting trade. The steamer Melville Dollar, belonging to the same owners, arrived up early yes terday morning with a full cargo of gen eral merchandise, which is being &b-. charged at Columbia dock. No. L She is consigned to Frank Woolsey. A full re turn cargo for San Francisco is awaiting her. The steamer Leelanaw, with freight from San Francisco for the O. . & N. Co., came up last evening, and docked at Alnsworth. She Is on for only one trip, but may return if the difficulty with the engineers of the Elder and Columbia la not adjusted. CAPTAIN KEXXEY KILLED. Lloyds' Surveyor at Tacoma Lost His Life by a' Fall. TACOMA, Oct. 27. Captain John E. Kenney, marine surveyor for Lloyds, was fatally injured this "morning by falling 20 feet into the hold of the British ship Pass of Balmaha. Several ribs were frac tured, and he was otherwise Injured In ternally. He was going dowji va ladder to Inspect the lining of the vessel when he lost his hold and fell. Although .84 years of age, he was a remarkably well preserved man. He was removed to the hospital, and died shortly after '2 o'clock thl3 afternoon. (Captain Kenney was well known to the old-tlmero In tlie Pacific Coast trade, having followed th seas nearly all his life In American ships until about a dozen years ago, when he retired to take a po sition as surveyor at Tacoma. He was last in comamnd of the American ship Patrician. While nearly all of the ship ping men along the front knew the un fortunate captain, he was especially well known to Captain James Watts, who res cued him from death in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean 19 years ago. He was then master of the bark Halcyon, and was bound to Europe with oil when his ves sel was dismasted und was lying" water logged with the rudder gone when Watts came along with the American ship John T. Berry and picked him and his crew up and took them to New York.) MUST DISCHARGE MUD BALLAST. Health Officers Demand It Because Mud Was Secured From China. ASTORIA, Oct. 27. (Special.) The Brit ish ship County of Roxburgh Is to be sub jected to an order that has never before been enforced on a vessel In the Columbia River, and one result of which will be very expensive and cause her considera ble delay. When the ship arrived from Shanghai last week her bill of health showed that she had on board 1050 tons qf mud ballast, taken from the river bot tom there, and the document stated that this was "probably dangerous" and might contain cholera germs. Dr. Earle, the United States quarantine officer at this port, placed the vessel in quarantine, and reported the facts In the case to the de partment at Washington. This morning he received instructions from the depart ment to have the ship take to the quar antine station across the' river, discharge the ballast, fumigate it with a solution of acid and thoroughly disinfect the vessel before permitting her to formally enter the port. To remove this 1050 tons of ballast and treat It with the acid will be a la borious task, and there may bs difficulty In securing men to do the work, which will be under the supervision of t; S. Trulllnger, chief engineer at the station. After this work Is completed it will be necessary to take new ballast to the ship before she can be moved from the sta tion and towed to Tortland. The Crimping Evil. PORTLAND, Oct. 27. (To the Editor.) The disgraceful episode which occurred yesterday upon a British vessel in our harbor cannot be passed by without com ment. The treatment of officers. and sail ors in a foreign port is necessarily a fac tor in the popularity of a port,, and no matter how great Its commerce, it will cease to be of Importance as a point of export when Its acts, whether official or contrary to law, tend to cause seamen to desert.. For the sake not only of preserving the popularity of this port, but for common decency, let the people of this city cause the strong right arm of the law to descend upon such disreputable beings as thl? Billy Smith and the other peopie engaged In this disgraceful practice of crimplnar. J. N. D. Movements of Transports. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27. Next Satur day the transport Logan, Captain Stln son. will sail for Manila, carrying about 100 recruits and casuals, and 200 passen gers. On the same day the transport Sheridan is due from the Philippines and Nagasaki, bringing six troops of the Ninth Cavalry, consisting of 520 men. 285 casu als and 134 sick, eight prisoners and five insane. The Sumner, bearing General Chaffee and Vlce-Governor Wright, of the Philippines, left Nagasaki four days ahead of the Sheridan, but on account of call ing at Honolulu Is not expected to ar rive until next week. To Improve London's Port. LONDON, .Oct. 27. A special commis sion summoned by the Lord Mayor, rep resenting the mercantile, banking and 'manufacturing Interests of the capital,, met at the Mansion House today, to con sider the improvement of the facilities of the port of London. On motion of Lord Avebury. president of the Central Association of Bankers, the conference agreed to appoint a thor oughly representative committee to ap proach the government on the subject. The commission Includes three represan tatlves of the city corporation, which al ready had a special committee investi gating the same question. Hogs for Anstrnlin. The exportation of frozen meat from Canada to Australia may at first seem like the carrying of the proverbial coals to Newcastle, but it Is a fact that ar rangements have already been completed for such consignments, and the first ship ment will leave Victoria on the MIowera November 14. The Colonist -says the meat to be shipped consists of frozen hogs and the refrigerator cargo space o'f both the MIowera and Aorangl, the latter calling for Sydney December 12, has been. pre empted by the exporters. The cargo space in the refrigerating departments of each ves3el amounts to approximated 150 tons I Coal Ship G. W. Wolff Arrives. The British ehlp G. W. Wolff has ar rived up nnd anchored in. the stream. She has 2500 tons of oal and will go to the Pacific Coast bunkers this morning and begin discharging. Captain Thomas re ports an uneventful passage from Swan sea, from which port he ship sailed May 29. Contrary winds and, more Tor less rough weather prevented very good time being made. The Wolff, ,1s under - chatter to Kerr, GIfford & Co., "to load' wheat, and will get away some time, in December. Carries Big Lumber Cargo. ASTORIA, '. Oct 27. (Special.) The steamer Prentiss, which crossed out for' San Pedro yesterday, '-carries a-cargo of lu.coo feet of lumber and ECS cedar poles loaded at' Westport ' ' V Marine Notes. ' . The, British ship Allerton,('from Barrow for Portland,, was spoken August 12 In 57 south, CS west. The agency for the charts Issued by the hydrographlc office has bcen placed with the .C. F. Beebe Company. The British ship Celtic Chief, 1709 tons, now" on, the Sound, has been chartered at 19s 9d to "load wheat for Australia. This 'Is the first Australia business of this kind worked! in years. Mariners are notified by Lighthouse In spector Milton that Blossom Rock buoy. San Francisco Bay, Is reported to have slightly changed its position during the last gale. It will be replaced in its proper position oa soon as practicable. A register of the boats plying on the Rhine River has recently been Issued and contains some interesting statistics, show ing that wooden ships are fast being su perseded by Iron ships in river as well asMn other transportation. While during the years 18S4 to 1892 the number of wood en ships Increased from 4073 to 4S07, this number decreased, to 4095 In the 10 years from 1892 to 1902. The number ,of Iron ships rapidly Increased -from 694 in 1884 to 1723 in 1892 and to 4296 in 1902. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Oct 27. Left, up at C A. M. Steamer Leelanaw. Outside at 8 A. M. A three-masted bark. Left up at 8:30 A. M. British ship Glenesslln and schooner Lizzie Vance. Arrived down at 10:15 A. M. British ship Dynomene. Left up at 1:40 P. M. Brit ish bark Matterhorn. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind southeast: weather rainy. San Francisco, Oct. 27. Sailed Barkentlne Gleaner, for Portland.. Yokohama, Oct. 27. Arrived Indrapura, from Portland, Or., for Honir Kong.. Hong Kong. Oct 27. Arrived October 20 Doric, from San Francisco, via Honolulu. Scilly, Oct. 27. Passed October 20 Grosser Kurfurst, for Southampton and Bremen. Bremen, Oct. 27. Sailed Bremen, for Now York, via Cherbounr. Cherbourg, Oct. 27. Sailed October 267 Bremen, for New York. New York, Oct 27. Arrived Finland, from Antwerp. Hoqulam, Wash., Oct. 28. Arrived Schooner Wilson, from San Francisco, for Aberdeen; schooner Wawona, from San Pedro, for Aber deen: schooner Falcon, from San. Pedro, for Aberdeen; schooner Sophie Chrlstensen, from San Pedro, for Aberdeen. Seattle, Oct. 27. Sailed Steamer Rainier, for San Francisco; steamer Denderah, for Ta coma. Arrived Steamer Dolphin, ' from Skag way; steamer Umatilla, from Skagway; steam er Robert Dollar, from San Francisco. Sailed October 25 Steamer City of Seattle, for Skag way; steamer Umatilla, for San Francisco. Arrived Steamer City of Puebla, from San Francisco: barkentlne James Tiift, from Hono lulu. Arrived October. 27 British bark Lord Elgin, from Lelths. Arrived October 26 Jap anese steamer Rlojun Mam, from Hong Kong. Tacoma, Oct 27 Arrived Steamer City of Puebla, from Ban Francisco; ship S. D. Carle ton, from Honolulu; steamer Edith, from fish ing cruise; steamer Flngal, from Steveston, B. C. Sailed British steamship Poplar Branch, for West Seattle: British steamer Capllano, for Steveston, B. C; British ship Pdwys Castle, for Queenstown; German bark Anna, for Queenstown. San Francisco, Oct 27. Arrived Steamer Quito, from Ladysmlth; steamer Aztec, from Nanalmo; steamer St.. Paul, from Nome. Sailed Barkentlne Gleaner, for Columbia River; steamer Mackinaw, for Tacoma. f.,. New York, Oct. 27. Arrived La Gascogne, from Havre; Saxonla, from Liverpool and Queenstown. AMEND BY-LAWS OF FAIR Directors Meet fop-That Purpose and to Reorganise Committees. The Lewis and Clark board will meet Friday afternoon to consider amendments .to the by-liws of the company.- The pry standing committees from 21 to 13, and will othprwise consolidate the workings of the board. There is 'little doubt that posed changes will lessen the number of the amendments will be made. ' The legislative committee will be ap pointed by President Corbett at this meeting or soon thereafter. This commit tee will be charged with important duties in connection with obtaining appropria tions from the Legislatures of Oregon and neighboring states and from Con gress. By the proposed amendments the number of its members will be Increased-! pointment to the committee of all seven of the nonresident members of the board, if such distribution of the membership Is deemed advisable. This committee will be aided by the advisory committee, whose duties have been, outlined more spe cifically than under the existing, by-laws. The president of the board will be em powered to appoint select committees for special purposes and also a Board of Woman Managers. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses. Edward S. Petite Demange. 20; Ellen Fos ter. 24. James A. Vaughn, 5"; Louisa McDonald, 42. , Real Estate Transfers. Harry P. Belmer to John H. Bellmer, S. J4 of SV. U of NW. M. section G, township 1 north, range 1 west $ 10 William D. Walsh to Walter E. tValsh. lot 4. block 83. Alblna. October 13 2300 Fr.nnle Barry to Cora M. Xlernan. lots 15 and 10. block 7, Alblna Homestead.... COO A. P. Mead and wife to Rosa M. Voor hecs. lots 30 and 31. block 3. Bralnard.. 80 tP. P. Jcnne to E. S. Jenne. lot A, also lot F, ex. A oji .south side; lot H and U A olt north side lot I, Jenne tract.... 1 Vllettle Bowell and husband to SMA. How ell and wife. E. lot 2. block 104. Woodstock 1 A. and M. Mayer to C. T. Stclnslcln. lot 11, block 6", Sellwood 1G0 Lewis Russell and wife to Augusta Schacht. part lot 32. Cedar Hill, lying t, north of south 00 feet of said lot 2000 Sunnyslde Land & Improvement Company to J. D. Harms, lot 4. block 50. Sunny side 250 F. ani L. Breske to D. L. Ambler, lots 5 anil G, block B, Cherrydale. . . . - 450 Sidevrnllc Penolls. Silas Jones, Crosby and McMlllen; 100 feet cement H. E. Patten, Russell, and Gantenbeln, re pairs. , , ' Births. October 24, girl to the wife of .V. Dunning,"1 41U East Aider street October 23, boy to the wife of Charles O. Pick, 323 Front street. Contagions Disease. October 23, child of Thad S. Potter. '845 Union avenue, smallpox (mild). Deaths. October 25, Louis LX)dclh 31 years, Wallace, Idaho; empyema. " October 22, Rosy Bennett. 32 jears. 474 East Flanders: obstruction of bowels. October 23. Frank. Barano3kl. 14 years. St. Vincent's Hospital; septicaemia. October 23. Sam Swen.on. CS years. Good Samaritan Hospital; malignant disease of the stomach. , ' . Building Permits. J. Harrington, one-story, dwelling. East Thirty-fourth, between Morrison and Belmont; $1250. H. C. Brown, one-story -cottage, Florence street; fl50. For Guaranteed Titles See Pacific Coast Abstract. Guaranty & Trust Co.. 204-5-6-7 Falllne building. To Refund Datles on Presents. WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. The Treasury Department today ordered the Collector of Customs at El Paso, Tex., to refund to General Harrison Gray Otis, of Los An gelcs. Cal., the duties paid by him on per sonal effects, consisting of prceents for his, family hought by General Otis during his recent trip through Mexico. LEAGUE LIES- DORMANT WHILE SLOT MACHINES GREEDILY GOBBLE NICKELS. Kilaer Is "Out-In the Country" and , rlLord DoW Nothing Until He Gets Orders. Charles F. Lord, the attorney of that "large organization of prominent East Side taxpayers," the Law Enforcement League, '-now admits that the prospect seems dark for the work of the league. "Mr. K!ner Is out In the country" Just man car porter, received at the hands of now, and will not return for several 1 Washington French, another colored por days: As I have no orders to take" any 1 tCTt yesterday morning, at 51 North First ne.w step3 until his return, I don't .know ; street, may result fatally. One of John What move, will be made yet. The deel- scn's wounds, in the lower portion of h'.s slons in the slob machine cases were a , DOdy Is more seriCU3 than wds at first setback to us, and I suppose nothing supposed. further will be dona along that line;" j Johnson went to see a colored girl named Unless tho public-spirited and law-lov- , Bcrtha Brown. 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Johnson Seriously Stabbed liy Rival N for Love of Dn.iky Dnme. It now turns out that the stab wounds which George W., Johnson, a colored Pall- attentions fro-m Allen Clark tnc colored barb h j ,n J a cnargcd wilh ) , staDDinff three whUe mJcn at First and ; ! Davis streets Sunday morning. Sunday J "tnn" night Johnson heard that Clark had been arrestcu, and, overjoyed at tnc lact tnai . . . ' ' t. : "lo V"u . I Bcrtha Brown was safe behind prison bars- e made up his. mind to visit her. could not summon up sufficient cour- ' age until 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning hIn Interval BerJna Brown had secured j another .admirer. Washington French. Un- ! are Gf this fact. Johnson knocked at , the door of he Brown girl's house, when French suddenly appeared, asking what tne visitor" wanted. "Ma honey, Bcrtha Brown," replied Johnson. French, it is j NEW YORK. Oct. 27. John Vincent, charged, smashed Johnson In the face ; alias Dondorf. was arrested today, with his right hand and stabbed him charged with swindling by means of the about the stomach with his pocket-knife, j fake "wire-tapping" game. The com .Tohnson yelled" for help., and French j plalnant Is Thomas Jordan, a saloon calmly shut the door and went to sleep I keeper, who says Vincent procured $12. acaln. 1 000 from him. The police are looking for The police took the wounded man to the Vincent's alleged accomplices. tablet stamped OCO. .NEVER SOLD free. Addros3 Storhng Remedy Co., ' FOR WEAK MEN. ' niillltH1iimilw 1 E3 is Beauty and Fitness , Gorham Silver displays not only4 the re finement of beauty but an admirable fitness for its purpose. This combina tion of beauty and fitness gives Gorham silverware its artistic character. I g s ! All responsible jewelers keep it .STERUMT. sssnnnnnnpiiniRiiii !i!R!::niH!i!inLn!iii!i!!!!n;iffl!ioi police station, where he told the story of the i'tabhlng. and was afterward sent to ; t. Vincent's Jlosnltal Detective Cor- 1 ana ronceman arpcnier were 1 r,i.,0,i w a 1. ' , , at the front door ot the First-street house, while Carpenter guarded the rear. Rubblnj his eyes as If he had Just awak- t-ned out of sleep. French appeared at the , Iront uccr. and was quietly arrested. He , was subsequcnt.y arraigned before Mu- nic pal Judge-Hogue. ani was he.d in &000 bail for further hearing. j j Arrested for Falce "Wire-TnppInpr." Ui BUXjSL -A.il drugrensts, luc, Chicago or Now xork.