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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1903, DIDN'T BREAK LAW So Say Those Railroads of Kentucky. J.PIERPONT MORGAN ON STAND Speaks of the Manner of nescnlnj? LoniNville & A'ashvIIle from the Gates CroTvd TcKtitnony of Sev eral Other Witnesses. NEW YORK. Jan. 15. The Interstate Commerce Commission met today to take j uaumony m regard to tne complaint or i the Kentucky Railroad .Commission that! the interstate commerce law was being violated In Kentucky by the alleged j merger or the Louisville & Nashville and I the Atlantic Coast Line. The complaint against the Illinois Central was dismissed i at the request of Attorney-General Pratt, I of Kentucky. The companies denied all ' allegations of violating the law. i Henry Walters, chairman of the board j ui. uucciurs 01 me Aiianuc ioasL xine Company, said the company owned a con trolling interest In Ix or more lines op erated as the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Company. Five directors of the At lantic Coast Line Company were also di rectors of the Louisville & Nashville. The witness said: "We offered to buy the Louisville & Nashville, having heard that Morgan & Co. had got control of it and knowing the bankers could not operate." The witness and Mr. Morgan reached an agreement to buy the 30G.O0O shares of stock. ''We paid."" said the witness, "S10, 000.000 cash. $35,000,000 bonds and $5,000,000 stock. The $10,000,000 was raised by sale of stock, every dollar of which was taken by our stockholders." President Elliott, of the Atlantic Coast Line and counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, corroborated Mr. Walters testimony, saying: "We bought the controlling stock of the Louisville & Nashville Just as you would "buy a box of candy. It was wrapped up and delivered to us, and we paid $50,000. 000 for - it. A portion of the shares was controlled by Mr. Hawley and Mr. Gates, and the acceptance of 6ur offer was sub ject to the approval of Hawley and Gates." J. Plerpont Morgan began his testimony by saying he was the head of the firm and that the firm has 10 or 12 members, he was not sure ,how many. He had nothing to do with the purchase of the 306.000 shares except to approve the con tract when made. The deal was ex plained to him by Messrs. Perkins and Steele, when he returned from Europe last Spring. Mr. Morgan presumed a con ference was held with Mr. Gates about the Louisville & Nashville stock sale, but he was not present at It. He was never a director of the Southern, but his part ner, Steele, was. Mr. Morgan could not remember the preliminaries of the Monon purchase, though he might have known nil about them at the time. A sentence In a circular sent out by Morgan & Co., August 27, 1902, was mentioned to the witness. It advised stockholders of the Southern to make no change In the man agement until after the settlement of cer tain matters pending, which might af fect the development of their lines. "We were trying," said Mr. Morgan, in explanation, "to prevent any one getting hold of the stock like they got hold of Louisville & Nashville and knocking it into a cocked hat" Witness considered it important to the Southern to hold together the Louisville & Nashville. The option on the Gates stock was got April 15, and he did not know In August who would buy It "Mr. Gates had the stock," said Mr. Morgan, "and operated a pool which con trolled It. No one knew what he was doing. I took the stock away from Gates and put it where It would not hurt the Southern. At the time we sold it, we held It for others. "Let me tell you the story: We found that Mr. Gates and his associates had con trol of the Louisville & Nashville. When Gates came to us we found that he had control of 306,000 shares. That gave him control. The Northern Pacific experience of the year before made us aware of the danger to the Southern stock, and so we made arrangements with Gates. I knew the sale to the Atlantic Coast Railroad would be a disturbing factor to the rail roads of the South." Mr. Morgan said at one time he came near returning the Louisville & Nashville stock to "Gates and the others." Continuing the witness said his Inter est In the whole transaction was merely asi a banker. He denied that the South ern had anything to do with the purchase or sale of the Louisville & Nashville. His desire was for the maintenance of the general business situation In the South, and he deemed it unwise that the stock df the Louisville & Nashville, which was for sale, should be "at the mercy of stock speculating firms." "Did you recommend the Southern Rail road to secure the Louisville & Nashville stock?" asked Commissioner Prouty. "Why, no sir," Mr. Morgan said. "They could not hold It. They are- parallel and competing lines." Mr. Morgan said he did not believe that any one interest owns as much as 5 per cent of the stock of the Southern Rail way. Charles Steele, one of Mr. Morgan's partners, was the next witness. It was Mr. Steele who conducted the negotiations by which the Louisville & Nashville stock was secured and later sold to the At lantic Coast Line Company. Questioned by Mr. Young, Mr. Steele said there was great anxiety about the situation early In April last, and It was feared that a corner In Louisville & Nashville stock was planned. Mr. Steele learned that Mr. Gates had control of a large amount of the stock and sent for him. Mr. Steele said there was a con ference and It was thought wise that the road should be In conservative hands. As a result of this conference an agree ment was entered Into with him and his associates that a certain amount of stock was to be secured and held. Mr. Steele said further that J. Pler pont Morgan & Co. were anxious .that no Interests Inimical to the Southern Rail road should have control of the Louisville & Nashville. "What profit did J. P. Morgan make on the transaction?" asked Mr. Young. "It has not been worked out yet," re plied Mr. Steele with a laugh. "There may be a loss." Among , the -witnesses called for tomor row's session are: August Belmont, George F. Baker and G. W. Perkins. MOTIVES OF THE MERGER. Two Directors Admit It Was to Keep Control of Roads. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Testimony taken In this city since Tuesday last In the hear ing incident to the suit brought In Min nesota to test the validity of the merger of the Northern Pacific and Great North ern Railroads in the Northern Securities Company was made public today. The principal New York witnesses already ex amined are: George F. Baker, president of the First National Bank, and Samuel Thorn, both large stockholders In the merger corporations and members of the board of directors of the Northern Securi ties Company. Mr. Baker testified that during 1901 he owned stock of the Great Northern Rail way Company, which he had held for five years. He .had been for some years the owner of several thousand shares of the rommon stoclc 6f the Northern Pacific He admitted he was regarded as" one of the coterie of Great Northern stockhold ers, which included President Hill, John S. Kennedy, D. Willis James and others who habitually co-operated with Mr. Hill In voting their stocks. He said he first heard of the purpose of forming the Northern Securities Company about 30 i days prior to Its formation, from Presi dent James J. Hill. He also admitted that he and Mr. Hill had discussed the subject on several occasions, but he could not remember what was said between them. He alluded to the effort made in May by the Union Pacific interest to get control of the Northern Pacific, and finally ad mitted that he and Mr. Hill's other asso ciates felt they wanted to get the North ern Pacific and Great Northern stocks placed with some company where the control would remain permanently and where these stocks could not be attacked by adverse Interests. His conferences with Mr. Hill were along these lines, and j it was expected that the formation of the . Northern Securities Company as the hold- ! Ing company would accomplish that end. J Mr. Baker, asked If he assented to the formation of such a company, replied: "Well, I made no objection." So far as he was concerned, Mr. Baker said, he understood the purpose of the formation of the Northern Securities Company to bo that the coterie, of the I stockholders which had always been able j to control the Great Northern would so intrench itself as to be able permanently j to control not only the Great Northern but also, through the majority of the . common stock, to control the Northern j Pacific Company. The witness trans- ; ferred his Great Northern and Northern Pacific stock to the Northern Securities Company very soon sifter Its formation, j November 13. 1901. The transfer was on j the basis of $180 for the Great Northern and $155 for the Northern Pacific shares. Mr. Baker conceded that these topics j had been discussed when he and John S. ! Kennedy and Mr. James and others of the so-caueu coiene oi siocKnoiaers were present; but when asTted to repeat what he or the other gentlemen said on these occasions, he replied: "I do not think we did much of the talking; we were listeners." Under cross-examination the witness explained that the formation of some company to hold something like $30,000,000 of Great Northern stock, owned by Mr. -J Hill himself and the seven or eight asso- j elates referred to, had been talked of- i years ago. His purpose In transferring i his Great Northern and Northern Pacific stock to the Securities Company, he said, was to make those stocks more valuable or to prevent foreign Interests from get ting control and diverting the business of the Northwest down to California. On j direct examination it was brought out j that what Mr. Baker called the sale of his i shares to the Northern Securities Com- 1 nany was In reality only their exchange for shares of that company's stock at a ! fixed ratio. When Samuel I. Thorn, another director of the Northern Securities Company, took the stand, he admitted the ownership for years of some 14,000 shares of Great Northern stock. He said he "also owned Northern Pacific stock, which he bought from J. P. Morgan in 1S97, and that he ac quired about GOOO additional shares of Northern Pacific common from J. P. Mor gan in 1901. Mr. Thorn made admissions substantially similar to those made by Mr. Baker. It was brought out that, j while President George F. Baker, of the Flist National Bank, Is a director of the Northern Securities Company, his son, George F. Baker, Jr., figures as one of its incorporators. COMBINING GOULD LINES. Big: Securities Company Will Do It Probably Two of Them. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. George J. Gould, according to the American, has ordered his attorney to make final drafts of the charter of the securities company under which he Is to collect all his railroad prop erties east of the Mississippi. The com pany will be organized under Pennsyl vania laws, as Mr. Gould believes that by getting a charter In that state he will be in a better position to fight the Penn sylvania Railroad. The capital named In the charter will be nominal, but there will be a clause authorizing Its Increase. The first move ment will be to take In the several small roads about Pittsburg 'which form the entrance to tht city. As the Wabash and the other roads are taken in from time to time, the capital will be Increased In proportion until, with bonds, it reaches $300,000,000. There will be no underwriting syndicate, as a mere exchange of stock is contemplated. While there Is no absolute statement from an official to that effect. It Is Inti mated that the Chicago Great Western, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg and the Wisconsin Central" will be found in the Gould company. Vice-President Op penhelm. of the Chicago Great Western, sailed from London Tuesday for New York bearing the purchased control of that road for"somebody, presumably Mr. Gould. As soon as the details of the Eastern company have all been announced, the securities company tor .tne Western Gould roads will.be incorporated. But first the consent of the Texas Legislature Is want ed to a consolidation of the Gould prop erties in that state. This application Is now before the Legislature. The Missouri Pacific will be the central feature of the Western company, while others will be the Texas Pacific, St. Louis &. Southwest ern, Iron Mountain, Denver & Rio Grande, Rio Grande Western. International & Great Northern and other small roads controlled by these. It Is authoritatively denied that the Goulds are buying Erie at present or that they seek control of that road. TRAFFIC MEN TONIGHT. Will Hold Quarterly Meeting at the Commercial Club. The quarterly meeting of the'flrst dis trict of .the Pacific Coast Association of Traveling Traffic Agents will be held fn the quarters of the Commercial Club, in the Chamber of Commerce building, this evening. Aiier a snort business session, there will be a banquet, and then some papers pertaining to matters of Interest to traffic men will be read. About GO men are expected to attend this meeting, half of whom will be from out of townj The 'programme committee is composed or. a. 5. Sister, of Portland; W. H. Olln, of Spokane, and Robert Lee, of Tacoma. M. J. Roche is president of the organization. The Commercial Club has courteously opened Its quarters for this meeting, and will offer every facility for making it a success. WESTERN UNION LOSES. Trro Salts Against Pennsylvania Railroad Decided Against It. PITTSBURG, Jan. 15,-Judge Joseph Buffington, sitting In the United States Circuit Court,- today handed .down an opinion In which he decided two cases brought by the Western Union Telegraph Company against the Pennsylvania Rail road Company. One case on the law side of the court was a petition to condemn a right of way for the telegraph company's lines along the railroad: the other, on the equltyside of the court, was an applica tion for an injunction to prevent dispos session, the telegraph company pleading the final outcome of the petition to con demn. Judge Buffington refused to grant the petition for condemnation proceed ings and dismissed' the motion for a pre liminary injunction. FOR CONGRESSMAN'S FUNERAL. Special Trains to Accommodate All Remains to Arrive Tomorrow. The remains of the late Representative Tongue, with members of the family and the Congressional escort, are due to ar rive in Portland at 10:30 tomorrow morn ing, over the O. R & N. It had been planned that the special car should remain ins Portland until Sunday morning and then go to Hillsboro, where the funeral won!d.be hel-i Immediately But Mrs. Tongue desires that the remains of her husband He as long as possible at the family home before going to the public funeral, and. In deference to her wishes, the Southern Pacific will run a special train to Hillsboro Immediately upon the arrival of the party from Washington to morrow. The Congressional escort may return to Portland for the night. Special trains will be run to accommo date the friends of the dead Congressman who may desire to attend the funeral Sunday. One train will leave Independ ence at SU5 A. M., another will leave Dal las at 8:45, and- a train will leave the Union Depot in Portland at 8 A. M., being five minutes later at Stark street. The southbound specials will leave .Hills boro on Use return trip at 4 P. M. and tho train for Portland at 4:30. A Glovrlnff Sonnet. Sunset for January Is a bulky magazine of ICO pages, half of which are filled with advertising. The descriptive matter has a strong Southern flavor, as might be ex pected of a publication designed to show the people of the frostbound North where they may travel for pleasure. Fifteen of the page are devoted to a richly Illus trated account of the historic city of New Orleans, city of eternal youth, with special reference to the Mardi Gras. This Is followed by a story of a 'possum hunt and a poem entitled "In the Sunny South." Oregon Is repro?entcd by a description of the very plcturceque route up Rogue River to the Crater Lake National Park, written by Caspar W. Hodgson, who made the trip last Summer. This Is illustrated with nine reproductions from photographs. There are several articles on California scenes and industries. Including a de scription of the wireless telegraph be tween Catalina Island and the main land. Much other matter covering a wide field of pleasure and Instruction make the mag azine one of general interest. It is ac companied by two posters of peculiarly Californlan flavor, executed in a style that will delight the eouls of the collectors. Express Companies to Unite. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. The Ex aminer says: Wells. Fargo & Co.'s Express has or dored its agents to give the preference to the Pacific Express over all other express companies In the routing of through busi ness. The Pacific Express has issued similar instructions to all of its agents. This Is pursuant to a plan recently decid ed upon by E. H. Harriman, of New York. The Southern Pacific Is a large holder of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s stock, and Mr. Harriman is a director In the latter and' chairman of its executive com mittee. The Union Pacific, Mr. Harri man and George Gould own the Pacific Express. While there Is no consolidation of offi cers., stock or finances, there is to be a "community of business," and the latter Is looked upon as the forerunner of an actual consolidation. It is understood that this combine will soon swallow the Den ver & Rio Grande Express on the road of the same name, the latter being a Gould line. Big Electric Power Deal. BALTIMORE. Jan. 15. The passing of a $900,000 check today was the final act which severs the relations of the local street railway system and the electric light business in Baltimore. Upon the payment of this check the United Rail ways Companies handed over to the Elec tric aignting company tne enure com mon stock of $2,000,000 and the bonds and stocks of the Mount Washington Electric Lighting Company. The significance of this transaction lies 1n the fact that it Is considered the initial step In the $10, 000,000 project to develop electrically the water power of the Susquehanna River and transmit the same to Baltimore, Phil adelphia and Wilmington. Colorado Fuel fc Iron. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. J. C. Osgood, chairman of the board of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, when asked about certain reports from the West concerning the company's policy said: "The question of resuming dividends on the common stock has not been consid ered by the 'board of directors and It would be beyond the province of officers of the company to make any statement as to what policy the directors would adopt In that regard. The management has not In contemplation the construction of any new plants. There has at no time been the slightest question about the continu ance of the payment of preferred stock dividends." Roclc Island and Santa Fe. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. Benjamin P. Cheney, who Is one of the largest in dividual owners of Santa Fe stocks and bonds and who is a stockholder and di rector in several lesser" Western roads, including the St. Louis & San Francisco-, has arrived here via Panama. He said In an interview that he did not think the Rock Island Railroad was trying to get control of the Santa Fe. He would not be 'surprised to see the completion of the Stlllwell road from Kansas City to Topo lobampo, but could say nothing definite about the extension of the St. Louis & San Francisco to this Coast. Santa Fe Not to Build. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 15. General Su perintendent Cain, of the Western Divi sion of the Santa Fe,, denied the reported extension of the Santa Fe system from Dodge City to Trinidad. He said: "There cannot be anything in the report." Superintendent Changes Railroads. DENVER, Jan. 15. F. W. Egan, general superintendent of the Denver &. Rio Grande Railway today resigned' from that position to become general superintendent of the Colorado & Southern. Manager Ed son has not yet decided upon a successor. Manhattan Lease Approved. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The lease of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad by the In terborough Rapid Transit Company was approved by 90 per cent of the stock in the Intcrborough Company at a meeting held today. Railroad Notes. A. S. J. Holt, general agent of the Penn sylvania Railroad at Seattle, was a Port land visitor yesterday. A. P. Stewart, of San Francisco, Pacific Coast agent of the Chicago & Alton, is spending a few days in Portland. George S. Taylor, the well-known rail road man, has been appointed traveling passenger agent of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, with headquarters In Portland. A. K. Curtis, of Omaha, who represents the passenger department of all the Har riman lines for the district composed of Nebraska. South Dakota and Iowa, was in Portland yesterday on his way for a season in California. His wife accom panied him. Last Will of Charlotte M. Hoyt. TIFFDN. O.. Jan. 15. What purports to be the last will of Mrs. Charlotte M. Hoyt, Wife of the New York multi-millionaire, was filed today, dated September 9. 1902. It postdates the other two wills. Judge J. F. Dunn, of Tiffin, who was in charge of her interests since her removal to Tiffin, two years ago, Is bequeathed the residue of the estate, valued at several hundred thousand dollars. Her father, Casper Guss, of Tiffin, gets $500 a month during his lifetime, and the New York Humane Society $50 per month for the care of her pets. Copper Dividend Declared. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The directors of the Amalgamated Copper Company de clared a quarterly dividend of of 1 per cent today. This Is unchanged from tho dividends recently declared. Safe and Sure. There is no opium or other harmful sub stance in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It may be given to a baby as confidently as to an adult. It Is pleasant to take, too, and always cures and cures quickly. It Is a favorite with mothers of small children for colds and croup. For sale by all druggists. WITH CARGO FROM EUROPE THREE ARRIVALS IN THE RIVER FROM THE OTHER SIDE. Scottish Minstrel Up Deeply Laden Four More Grain Ships Sail From Astoria. The British ship Scotch Minstrel, Captain Mellin, arrived, up yesterday af ternoon and docked at the foot of Pine street. She brings general cargo from Antwerp to G. W. McNear. The vessel sailed from the Belgian port August 20 and had a fair and uneventful passage. Reaching the mouth of the Columbia she was 14 day3 out3ldo before she secured a pilot and had two or three opportunities to cross In in that time. Tuesday night whllo lying in Astoria harbor she was fouled by the German bark Nesaia, whose anchors failed to hold, but was not se riously damaged. It was the opinion of those aboard that the Nesaia suffered more, yet the German vessel left port Wednesday without asking for a survey. Whether she was not badly damaged or left port to escape being libeled Is a ques tion. The British bark Musselcrag, also with cargo from Antwerp, is in the lower har bor, having arrived Wednesday, and will leave up in a day or two. She Is cpmlng ! to Balfour. Guthrie & Co. The British ship Hutton, which Is bringing general cargo from Shields for Meyer, Wilson & Co., left up from Astoria yesterday morn ing in tow of the Ocklahama. Four more grain ships got away from Astoria yesterday with the east wind. They were the British ship Allerton, for Melbourne; German ship Aster, for Cape Town; British bark Dowan Hill, for Queenstown, and French bark Francois Coppee. for Port Elizabeth. In the past four days 19 loaded grain carriers have put to rea from Astoria. The only ships now left in the lower harbor are the Werra and the Glenesslln. They will be joined soon by the Surcouf, which will start down this morning towed by the Queen, and the Jean Bart, which finished loading yester day at the elevator. SOLANO GETS HER CREW. Leaves Aberdeen After Being Tied Up 12 Days by Sailors' Union. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 15. The schooner Solano, Captain C. Rosicu, has just left port. She has been tied up the last 12 days, unable to secure a' crew. The Sailors' Union had declared the owner of the ship, Charles Nelson, of San Fran cisco, unfair, and also had a grievance against the captain. After being anchored In the harbor for two weeks, without se curing a crew, the captain finally ap pealed to .the Government for assistance, claiming his vessel was In danger and that sailors had threatened him bodily Injury. The United. States revenue cutter Grant, with H. M. Thornton, a Seat tle shipping broker, came from there yesterday and delivered to the vessel, lying In the harbor about a mile from the Gray's Harbor City dock, five nonunion sailors. Mr. Knox, shipping commission er for the Puget Sound district, went aboard and signed the crew. The Solano holds the fastest record ever made between Shanghai and Port Townsend," the distance being covered in 23 days. She has a cargo of 1,000,000 feet of lumber aboard for Sydney, Australiar SHIPS GO ASHORE iS FOG. Cargo .of Concentrates and Coal Must Be Lightered. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 15. Heavy fog which has prevailed in the vicinity of this port for the past five days is spread ing, and the fog bank now extends over the Gulf of Georgia and up the northern coast as far as Granville channel and the Skeena River. At least two vessels have gone ashore in the fog. The ore-carrying hulk Richard IIL with concentrates from the Treadwell mines. Alaska, for Tacoma, is ashore oft the mouth of the Fraser River. She can not be floated with her present cargo, and that Is so valuable that It wilt have to be lightered. The collier Mlneola, with a full cargo of coal from Union, B. C., for San Francisco, Is ashore near Comox, and will also have to be llchtered. GAMBLING ON SLIM CHANCE. High Insurance Rate Offered on Missing Vessel. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. Never in tho local history of marine insurance speculation has so much money been risked on a slim chance as in the case of the overdue German ship Paul Rlck mers, now out 26 days from Bangkok for Germany. Local faith in the overdue vessel has been strong all along, but now, apart from the known stability of the Rickmers. the alluring percentage of fered by British speculators has caused a revival In speculation which has reached a mark beyond any previous record. "For every hundred dollars Invested now we will pay $1000 if the Rickmers arrives." was the burden of a cablegram received from" London today by M. A. Newell. The rate on the St. Enoch is 90 per cent. TERROR IN THE STEERAGE. Immigrant on Atlantic Liner Fright ened to Death by a Storm. NEW YORK. Jan. 15. The Spanish steamer Montevideo arrived today from Cadiz, after what her commander said was the. worst voyage he ever made. Merll' Francisco, a native of Italy, one of 190 steerage passengers, died of heart disease, superinduced by terror, on the 12th day out. Heavy seas boarded the vessel, smashing a deckhouse, a section of tho starboard rail and lifting the star board lifeboats out of their places. The water rushed through every possible open ing below decks and soon everything above and below was a mass of Ice. The steerage passengers were terror-stricken. They spent most of their time on their knees before rudely constructed shrines, which they placed In every corner of the steerage. Astoria Marine Notes. ASTORIA. Jan. 15. (Special.) While at tempting to get under way yesterday the German bark Werra ran on the middle sands and Is still there stuck fast, and for this reason did not go to sea today. An unsuccessful attempt was made to pull her off thin afternoon and another will be made tomorrow. If It is also unsuccessful it will bo .necessary to remove a portion of her cargo. The steamer W. H. Harrison arrived in this morning from Alsca with 2190 cases of salmon for S. Elmore & Co. This finishes the pack from the coast canneries and the Harrison will be laid up for the balance of the Winter. Her master. Cap tain Latham, will now go as mate of the steamer Sue H. Elmore. The manifests of the steam schooner Robert Dollar and of the schooner John A. Campbell were filed at the Custom Housc today. Both were loaded at West port and are bound Tor San Pedro. The former carries a cargo of 620.000 feet of lumber and 16,000 lineal feet of piling, wRile the latter has 433.463 feet of lumber, 4000 bundles of laths and 223 cedar poles. George Edward Kenneth Robinson, a 15-year-old apprentice boy on the British barch Musselcrag, which arrived in yes terday from Antwerp, fell from the fore yard on Tuesday afternoon and was badly Injured. He was taken to the hospital here, where upon examination It was found that his right ankle was dislocated and broken and his right elbow dislocated. The fracture has been reduced and the limbs replaced In position. It Is not be lieved that the boy has been otherwise Injured, so he probably will be able to join his ship again by the time she Is ready to go to sea. The steamer Homer arrived down the river this morning and was placed on the beach near the old Trulllnger mill, where the repairs to her rudder are being made. N'ews Bulletins at Sen. LONDON. Jan. 15. The announcement that arrangements had been made to pub lish dally papers on Atlantic steamers supplied with the wireless telegraph sys tem seems to be founded on a plan which goes Into effect within a fortnight, to send news bulletins to certain steamers ap proaching the coast. These messages will be sent from a wireless station now near ly comalcted at Brow Head. The Mar coni Company will only undertake to send J messages a aisutnce ui w iniira icanmu, and for the present at least there will be no dally newspapers published on ships. News bulletins will simply be displayed on the steamers. British Baric Burned nt Sea. FUNCHAL, Madeira, Jan. 15. The Brit ish steamer Brunswick, from aranhaf, Brazil, December 21, for Liverpool, arrived here today. She reports that the British baTk Veronla was burned at sea December 20. Part of the Veronica's crew arc on board the Brunswick; the remainder took to the boats and have not been heard of since. The Veronla registered 1030 tons net. and was owned by William E. Mason & Co., of Windsor, N. S. Tillamook.' Harbor Neeils. TILLAMOOK, Or., Jan. 15. The Port of Tillamook Commission met today and directed the president to write to Captain Langfitt asking that the improvements in Hoquartln Slough be carried out with the funds now available for that pur pose. Several of the steamers have grounded coming up of late and it Is causing some delay and annoyance to shipping. . Steamer Tacoma Is Ashore. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Jan. 15. The steamship Tacoma,, from China and Japan, due to arrive this morning. Is reported ashore at Nodule Point In the Sound, near Fort Flagler. A tug has j assistance that may be desired. While the point Itself Is saridy, the position la surrounded by boulders. Lake Steamers Ice-Bonnd. GRAND HAVEN, Mich.. Jan. 15. The steamers Nyack and Naomi, which ply between this port and Milwaukee, have been stuck In the Ice off Grand Haven for two days. The steamers carry pas sengers. A tug has been summoned from Milwaukee ' to assist in releasing the steamers. Steamer Tacoma Runs Ashore. PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 15. The steam er Tacoma, from Yokohama for Tacoma, ran ashore on Nodule Point, five miles above. Marrowstone Point, about 11 o'clock this morning. The vessel was floated this afternoon with the help of the powerful tug Tyee, and proceeded to Tacoma. Burning Steamer Scuttled. TRALEE, Ireland, Jan. 15. The Brit ish steamer Manchester Merchant, from New Orleans, December 22, for Manches ter, anchored In Dingley Bay today, on fire. The crew has been landed. The fire broke out January 12. The steamer was finally scuttled to save" her cargo. Collier Mlneola Stranded. VICTORIA. B. C., Jan. 15 The steamer Mlneola Is ashore near Comox loaded with coal for San Francisco. She stranded yes terday during the fog and Is said to be on a soft bottom. It Is expected that she will float when part of her cargo Is re moved. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Jan. 15. Arrived at 0 and left up at 0:40 A. M. Steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. Sailed at 0:40 A. M. French bark Colonel de Vlllebols Maureil, for Puget Sound. Arrived at 0:40 A. M. Steamer Harrison, from Tillamook. Left up at 10:30 A. M. British ship Hutton Hall. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steam er Robert Dollar, for San Francisco. Sailed at 2 P. M. British ship AHcrton, for Melbourne: German ship Aster, for Cape Town; British bark Dowan Hill, for Queenstown or Falmouth, for orders: French bark Francois Coppee, for Port Elizabeth, and schooner F. S. Redfleld, for San Pedro. Sailed at 3 P. M. Schooner John A. Campbell, for San Pedro. Steamer Vosburg will sail January 17 for Tillamook. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth; wind east; weather clear. San Francisco. Jan. 15. Arrived at 8 A. M. Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland. San Pedro. Jan. 15. Arrived Jan. 14 Schoon er Wempe Bros., from Portland. San Francisco, Jan. 15. Arrived Barkentlne Retriever, from Hadlock; schooner Onward, from Coqullle River; schooner Mildred, from Tacoma. Yokohama. Jan. 15. Arrived Empress of In dia, from Vancouver for Hons Kons. Sailed 14th, Victoria, for Tacoma. New York, Jan. 15. Arrived Manltou. from London. Sailed La Bretagno, for Havre; Kalscrln Maria Theresa, for St. Thomas. Antwerp. Jan. 15. Arrived Pennland, from Philadelphia. Queenstown. Jan. 15. Sailed Westernland, from Liverpool for Philadelphia; Celtic, from Liverpool for New York. London, Jan. 14. Arrived Cambrian, from Boston. Glasgow, Jan. 14. Arrived Siberian, from Philadelphia. Glasgow, Jan. 15. Arrived Anchorla, from New York. Liverpool, Jan. 15. Arrived Teutonic, from New York. New York, Jan. 15. Arrived Laurentlan, from Glasgow. Havre, Jan. 15. Arrived Steamer La Lor raine. Tacoma. Jan. 15. Arrived Barkentlne Rob ert Sudden, from San Francisco; ship Anemone, from Queenstown: steamship Stanley Dollar, from Port Hadlock; steamship Tacoma. from Hong Kong. Coos Bay, Jan. 15. Arrived Prentiss, from San Diego. Sailed Joseph Rush. Sewer Inspector Badly 'Wanted. NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-One hundred dol lars 13 offered to any one who will make an Inspection of a two-foot sewer, 1800 feet long, says a World dispatch from i Friendship. N. Y. The sewer Is built through a quicksand bog on a farm which Is being drained In order to obtain a foundation for the crossing to be built for the Pittsburg. Shawmut & Northern Rail road. The sewer is laid 30 feet under ground. The railroad will not accept It until a man 'has passed through and In spected It. The journey Is perilous be cause of the liability of a cave-in, and because there is a stream of ice-cold wat er running through the pipe. . Conspirators Sent to Jail. FREEHOLD, N. J., Jan. i5. Dr. Hen dricks and ex-Justice of the Peace Stanton, convicted of conspiracy to se cure the entire estate of Henry M. Ben nett, a wealthy resident of Pittsburg, were today sentenced to two years and six months' Imprisonment each. Dr. Hen dricks and Stanton were tried with Laura BIggar an the charge of conspiracy. No tice of appeal was given and an applica tion was made for ball. Rockefeller Gives Another 100,000. NEW YORK. Jan. 15. John D. Rocke feller has contributed $100,000 toward a fund of $SOO,000 to be raised by the Young Men's unnstian Association of Brooklyn. The trustees and directors of the associa tion have engaged In an attempt to raise this amount before the end of the current year. At the time Mr. Rockefeller's con tribution was announced it was said that the fund had reached $355,000. . AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. C Samuels & wf. c!ty!Geo S McLaren, Seatt E P Murphr. Ashland Wm O'Donnell. Bakei R R Myers. Baker Cty D W Wortsbaugh, U S A W A Schrock, S F J S Kuschburg. .Oma W G Davis. Seattle ' J E Cameron, city E Newman. S F Chas Icycr. N Y Geo Foster. S Bend Geo L Dickson, wf & chd. Tacoma S B Hicks, Seattle J xi sutthon. Hoauiari M H Wall & w. Helena E F catherred. do Dr Mark Hayter, Dal las J A Clover, S F J Oscar Hayter. do F F Huroaston. Chgo jit R Myers, Baker City L Richards, do (EC Myers, city S B Connell, S F (Diswall Davenport, do H J Smith & wf, SeatiB H Pitts, St Loula Chas Deyette i wf, R Stuart. Chicago Spokane jT E Wells, do Mr &. Mrs Perry, Re- Leon Cohen & wf, Pen- qulna 1 dleton Mrs Hart. Winnipeg I Mrs F B Clopton. do Miss Hart, do Rev Heney. Baker City J H White. Salt Lake E L Smith. Seattle Mrs E L Smith, do C A Hawkins. S F H HiLcon. N T A Oppenhelmer. N Y C F Robarge, St Paul Dot Bernard, city F L Chambers, Eugene J L Mulvehlll. X Y F L Richmond. S F J H Bobbins & wf, W S Stevenson, Phlla Sumpter Oliver Morosco, Los AW C Barrett & wf. S J? M Zimmerman. NY ; E M Bunker. S F Mr & Mrs C W Ryder, A F Jones. Chicago Boston SIec Shirek. S F R M Benton & wf, StiW E Osborne. N Y Louls Mlss Flavel. Astoria C A Gllmore. N Y iMlss Katie Flavel, do J A Lewis, NY F H Irwin, city iiarry saniord. N X iMrs D D Egan. nurse David Warfleld. N Y & clidn, Whatcom Jiarle Batct, N Y Marie Davis. N Y J L Elam. W W IMlss Stangerom. do iV VlcKorsen. N T F M Dunn, Oakland E Heckett. Seattle C E Warrens, city - Walter LTooze. wf &H G Piatt, city -rs2n;T 'b.urn c D R. Tacoma P S Hoyt. .yo. w H Romalne. N Y F L Jerry & wf. Puebl:Mrs L True. Seattle W E Russell, TacomalMrs B L Newman, do F C Dobbler, Cornuco- G e Blrge & wf, Cen Pla tralla , THE PERKINS. E May, Astoria L Maj. Astoria N Broock. clty u Clark. Sheboygan A A Williamson. Wells, - annoozer, Sil- verton W F Parry. Moro, Or L Kresse. city C P Looney. Astoria A Kulgl9. Astoria C A Kay. San Fran ,R M Pringle. Wash II A Grafe. Newbih-g- ington. JJ u F E Carpenter, Spokn F P Jayne. San Fr M A Gcllatly. We- na tehee. Wash H D Kuettner, Pom- eroy. Wash J E Benfleld. Alger C L Clark. Los Angls! Wm Ward, N D F A Rose, do John B C Morrls.RIch- IJ A Jackie. Dalles G M Martin. Moscow J C Cooper. McMInnvl O D Benton Indp J B Butler. Monmouth R H Nelson. Indp D L Keyt. Perrydale S J Beck. Ostrandor J B Saylor. Echo W R Ellis. Pendteton T H McGret. Antelope M Roberts, Pettygrove Mrs Roberts, do monil. va Emelia Larsen. San FrjJ S Burdon, Arlington E G Davis, Tacoma C Y Grimes, Tacoma Miss Gertrude Preston. Weston. Or Mrs J H Townsead, Dallas L W Carson, Garfield, Wash Mrs Carson, do M McLean. Spokane T A Painter, Elk City. Idaho M A Cook. Hood Riv B S Wellington. S F A G Mellls, Chicago J Warman, Prlnevllle W F Matlock. Pendltn F A "Drake. Sllverton Geo Tatom. Condon P S McNutt. Butte L H Shorey. Woodbrn A Landahl, Butte W J Royse. Eugene G L Hawkins. Dallas T H Johnson, Dufur R J Glnn. Moro. Or C P Johnson, John Day Chas Hlnes. Salem M C.antrall. Salem A Hlggln. Dalles Henry Blackman, Heppncr E C Medan. San Fran Dan W Taylor. San Fr Mrs D W Taylor do C E Rice. Mont Mrs Rice, do J D Matlock. Eugene J F Venner. Urownsvi J N Burgess. Antelope C A Peterson. AstorlaMIss H KIchardson.KC A S Holler, Condon O K smitn. jsugene J W Tynan. Roseburg J T Thompson. Browns A U Ryan. Roseburg J L Robinson. Spokn W S Cooper, Wasco Mr Williams, city Mrs Williams, city ville. Or J H Estcs. Pendleton MUh Marie Onsdorff, Vancouver. Wash Cora Spanks, do H Roles. La Grande A V Ducker, La Grand Mrs S W Eves. Pe-Elli Mrs J A Smith. Clats kanle N Whealdon. Dalles Jack Conley. Anaconda' C E Foster. Astoria Mrs Conley. Anaconda; Mrs u hi roster, ao A D BIoomfield.Tacma A A Williamson, Wells THE IMPERIAL. ReVM J Kelly.Heppnr! Dayton Taylor. Dalles G Lancll, city L H Anson. Spokane H G VanDusen, As- ;E A Morck. Seattle torla W G Ayer. Baker City A T Stowell. city jChas W Wayland, Mrs Stowell. city Boise E J Edwards, city IMra Wayland. do Wm Hedged. Falrhvn Rob Foster. Pendleton Mrs Hedged, do J W Condon. Dalles H W Jones. Amity W M Slusher. Pendltn Mrs Jones, Amity iJ II Gwlnn. do E G Stanley. Walla W,R F Hynd. Heppner W J Russell. Seattle P O Borg. Heppner B F Wellington. S F I Frank Gilliam, do Del Cary Smith. SpoknJH D Wood, Heppner D W Campbell. Tekoa Tho3 A Daly. Salem Geo K Reed. GrangevliT J Danln. Gervals Lon H Graham. Post!J T Bridges. Rosebure Falls K L Millard, do W S McCulley. WW E W Davis. Union G Buttman. St Paul jH E Ankfny. Jacksonv H C Rodney. San FraniH H Olinger. Salem H B Kelly. HornbrcokJ S Cooper. Indp E F Falrchlld. S F IW H Wehrung Hlllsbro Miss I M Hark. Cal iR G Virtue. Hillsboro J D BUIinssley, On J S Smith. Vale, Or tario J W Langon, W W Mario Bates, N T Marie Davis. N Y C F Fltchard. Indp J D Smith, Dayton Jas A Cooper. Dalles Otis Patterson. Dalles Peter Burg, Or Jos A Miller. San Fr J W Schott, Athena R L Flnlayson, Broofc fleld Mrs Flnlayson. do A J Morgan. San Fr F W Martin & wife, Spokane I W Hope, Vale, or IJ M Keen. Med ford J D Olwell. Central Pt W Tyler Smlth.Sherldn F C Veal. Albany J E Young. Cottage Gr iJ M Hansbrough, Rose burg Mrs Hansbrough. do Geo H K'lly. Eugene Mrs Kelly, Eugene P H Feely. San Fran John L Rand. Baker C W W Johnson. Burns Mrs Sunnyland. Esmnd Hotel THE ST. CHARLES. A A White, Scott'sMlsI J J Cruthere. Sllvertoi ' C E Harding, city Mrs J P West. Scap E Enyard & wf, CIats- poose kanle (Miss De.sa West, d Vv' L Vanderpool.Dufurf W H French. Stella J G Wells, city R Porter. Forest Grove W J Crowston. CorbettMr3 F C McAuUy, Nth Mrs F Benfleld. do Yamhill J H Pepper. Wasco M Earnea. Seattle Wm Cooper, Salem Mrs M Wrenshaw, Seattle J S Ray. Albany C Berry. Stella Mrs J Will. Astoria W Chance. Astoria T E Ncff, Goldendale I S Ward. Prlnevllle T H Merrill. Horse Vy A H Olsen. do IE Porter, do H Grlsel. do !Mls3 Howard. Stella J F Blew. Dalles G D Todd & wife, do G A Soney. Albany C C Connor. Lyle, Wn J A Hobson, Salem C Moran. Hammond W f? Watson. Goldcndl'J M Freed, city D Mclntyre, Seattle IW Bernhardt. Florence B Veatch & wl, jnen-;A l, uozann. woouinu owlth It Estes. do W J Cook, city J R Bozarth. do C Fame. Astoria Hotel BrnnswIcU. Seattle. European plan, popular rates. Modern Improvements. Business center. Near depot. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly. Tacoma. First-class restaurant In connection. Rainier Grand Hotel. Seattle. European plan. Finest cafe on Coast. Hdqrs. nava:. military and traveling men. Roomj en suite and single. Free nower baths. Rates. $1 up. H. P. Dunbar. Prop. ONLY A SUGGESTION But It Hns Proven of Inte-est and Value to Tlionsands. Common sense would suggest that If one wishes to become fleshy and plump It can only result from the food we eat and digest and that food should be album inous or Hesh forming food, like eggs, beefsteak and cereals: in other words tho kinds of food that make flesh are the foods which form the greater part of our daily bills of fare. But the trouble Is that while we eat enough and generally too much, the stom ach, from abuse and overwork, does not properly digest and assimilate It, which Is the reason so many people remain thin and under weight; the digestive organs do not completely digest the ilesh ' forming beefsteak, and eggs and similar whole some food. There are thousands of such who are really confirmed dyspeptics, although they may have no particular pain or Inconven ience from their stomachs. If such persons would lay their preju dices aside and make a regular practice of taking, after each meal, one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets the food would be quickly and thoroughly digested, be cause these tablets contain the natural peptones and diastase which every weak stomach lacks, and by supplying this want the stomach is soon enabled to re gain Its natural tone and vigor. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digest every form of flesh-forming food, meat, eggs, bread and potatoes, and this Is the reason they so quickly build up, strengthen and Invigorate thin, dyspeptic men. women and children. Invalids and children, even the most delicate, use them with marked benefit as they contain no strong. Irritating drugs, no cathartic nor any harmful Ingredient. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is the most successful and most widely known of any remedy for stomach troubles because It Is the most reasonable and scientific of modern medicines. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by every druggist in the United States and Canada as well as In Great Britain, at 50 cents for complete treatment. Nothing further Is required to cure any stomach trouble or to make thin, nervous, dyspeptic people, strong, plump and well. FOR WOMEN Much That Every Woman Desires to Know About Sanative Antisep tic Cleansing And About Curing Ulcerative Pains and Weaknesses. Too much stress cannot be placed on the great value of Cuticura Soap, Oint ment and Pills in the antiseptic cleans ing of the mucous surfaces and of the blood and circulating fluids, thus affording pure, sweec and economical local and constitutional treatment for weakeniug discharges, ulcerations, in flammations, itchings, irritations, relax ations, displacements, pains and irregu larities peculiar to females. Hence the Cuticura remedies have a- wonderful influence in restoring health, strength and beauty to weary women, who have been prematurely aged and in valided by these distressing ailments, as well as such sympathetic afflictions aa anrcmia, chlorosis, hysteria, nervous ness and debility. "Women from the very first have fully appreciated the purity and sweetnexs, the power to aflord immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolutn safety and great economy which have made the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills the standard skin cures and humour remedies of th civilized world. Millions of the world? best peopla use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for preserving, purifying and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and dawdrufu and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red. rough aud. sore hands, in the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflam mations and ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. 55 Radway's Ready Relief Cures and Prevents Colds. Coughs. Sore Throat. Influenza, Bron chitis. Pneumonia. Swelling of the Joints. Lum bago. Inflammations, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Headache. Toothache. Asthma. Difficult Breath ing. Railway's Ready Relief is a Sure Cure for Every Pain, Sprain. Bruise?. Pains In the Back, Chest or Limbs. It was the First and Is the only Pain Remedy that Instantly stops tho most excruciating pains, allays Inftammatlon and cures congestions, whether of the lungs, stomach. lwls or other glands or organs, by one application: For Internal and External TJe. A half to i teaspoonful in half a tumbler of water will In a few minutes cure cramps, spasms, sour stomach. heartDurn. nervousness, sleeplessness, sick headache, diarrhoea, dysen tery, colic, flatulency and all Internal pains. There la not a remedial agent In the world that will cure fever and ague and all other malarious, bilious and other fevers, aided by RAD WAY'S PILLS, so quickly as RAD WAT'S READY RELIEF Sold by Druggists. RAD WAY & CO.. 55 Elm Street. New York. Safest, therefore the Best i m Silver Polish i g Contains no injurious ingredients j j mi rroduces a pousn oi lustrous H 1 brilliancy I i I JcrersTcct eat. a pacing zS mmiwimiHtiinttwmtniwiitMiiiiiiiqniuiminiliiwrwminJ Uli HAND APOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH Delicate enough for the softest skin, and yet efficacious in removing any stain. Keeps the skin in perfect condition. In the bath gives all tha desirable after-effects or a Turkish bath. It should be on every wash stand. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS SEW SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. A Preparation Discovered That "Will Dentroy the Dandruff Germ. For some time It has been known that dandruff is caused by a germ that digs up tho scalps Into little white flakes, and by sapping the vitality of the hair at the root. causes falling hair, and, of course, finally baldness. For years there have been all kinds of hair stimulants and scalp tonics on the market, but there has been no per-! mnnent cure for. dandruff until the discov ery of a preparation caled Newbro's Her- plcide. which destroys the dandruff germ. Destroy the cause the effect will ceaso to exist. Kill the dandruff germ and you'll have no dandruff, no Itching scalp, no fall ing hair. For sale by all druggists. Send 10 cents In stamps for sample to The Her- plclde Co., Detroit, Mich. Pen-In Pile Specific Cim Immediate Eeiis. TJRBANA. 111.. Oct, 20. 1902. Dr. Perrln. Helena. Mont. Dear Sir: I have been trying through the druggists here to obtain another bottle of your epeclflc. as I have been a suf ferer from them off and on for ome years. I saw the ads. In the P-I. of Seattle. Wash.. some time In May last. At that time I was 100 miles north of Eeattle, so I went down to Se attle and found It. I have use 1 It up and have been trylnfr to set more. It has helped me very much, more bo than anythlnz I have ever used, and I have seen very anxious to use another bottle. Yours respectfully , Rlpann Tnbnles. doctors And. A. guod irescrtptloa for luanUlnd. MTAM1IIEIF WTACU11 .MLE SPTECIFBC- J