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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1903. GOOD IT HAS DONE President Harford Reviews Work of the W. C. T. U. POINTS OUT NEEDED REFORMS Reports Show an Addition to .State Membership Diarlng' the Year of Fifty-Seven There Is & Bal ance in the Treasary. SALEM, Or., Oct 2L (Special.) The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon Is celebrating its majority, hav ing Just closed the 21st year of Its ex istence. To carry out the purpose of Its organization in the accomplishment of reforms by education and by appealing to tho ballot-box Is the spirit of Its mem bers in their annual convention now be ing held In this city. The principal event in todays session was the reading of her annual address by President Helen D. Harford, of Newberg. Mrs. Harford's -address was in part as follows: Address of the President. "Wo gather here today to celebrate our Majority, and to bring our gleanings frora the year's harvest. It Is 21 years since this state was organized in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The Na tional organization had been In existence June years. At Cincinnati on November 13 next will be held its 30th anniversary. 3Sow all the states and territories are organized with department work per perfected. "Some results attained It would not be amiss to mention here, for often the "Worker Is cheered when results are in evidence. Oregon, with all other states and the territories, has scientific tem perance Instruction In Its public schools. Physiology Is taught with special ref erence to the effects of alcohol upon the hody. A law forbidding the sale of cigarettes or tobacco In any form to any person under 18 years of age, and also punishing any person under IS years of age found using tobacco on the street or in any public place, has been enacted. "Better laws have been passed for the protection of our daughters. Better san itary conditions have been secured in our cities and towns. Physicians have had at tention called to the Injurious effects fol lowing the prescribing of. alcoholic reme dies with the result of an increasing num ber of physicians who do not prescribe them. Church committees more and more provide unfermented wine at communion. Legislative bodies have listened to our "voices through our petitions. Destruction of song birds has been stayed. No small factor In the making of public sentiment is the National legislative -work. "In the past year liquors have been barred from all Government buildings, "which Includes the restaurants in the Capitol building at Washington, where, for so many years, sales of liquor have been allowed to our Nation's dishonor. Mrs. Harford .reviewed the many evi dences of Improved social conditions, and hoped that' the W. C. T. U. will aid In the relief of the oppressed In the far East and do Its share toward preventing the seating of another polygamlst In Con gress. She urged that special effort b made to bring the young women lntotthe union o that the ranks in the coming years may be filled with workers. The speaker continued: , "Anti-narcotics should clairrf our earn est attention. The cigarette Is doomed or It will doom the user. Which shall It I be? It looks as if Its oath would be 1 blocked and Its father tobacco would by law and the ban of good, thinking people. 2e driven away. But with all the Influ ences against It, It Is gaining dally a firmer hold on men, old and young, and our women and girls as well. Tea cigar ettes, as well as those made from to bacco, are finding their way Into the home of 'my lady. The morning or af ternoon at the card table finds the clos ing hour often given over to the cigar ette or the wineglass. How can we ex pect sons and daughters to be free from these taints when the mothers of the Nation arc under the spell? "I would suggest that we plan for sys tematic petition work looking to the estab lishment of a State Industrial School for Irls. Through this Influence we may eave many girls from the need of reforma tion. " Mrs. Harford recommended the publi cation of the annual minutes In full, the establishment of a state paper, and the maintenance of headquarters at the Lewis and Clark Fair In Portland In 1905. The president's address was received with a vote of thanks and the recom mendations referred to the proper com mi t tees. Routine Business Transacted. At the forenoon session today consider able routine business was transacted and President Helen D. Harford gave the members a few valuable Instructions re garding parliamentary usage with a view to facilitating the work during the re mainder of the convention. She advised the members to familiarize themselves "With sui'h common rules of procedure as will aid them In conducting their, busi ness meetings without confusion. The following committees have been ap pointed for the session: Courtesies, Mesdames m Houston and Charlton; appropriations, Mesdames Shane. Brown and Wolf; membership, Mesdames Horning and Hoyt; timekeep er, Mrs. Hammer; credentials, Mesdames Nichols and Miller. The treasurer's annual report shows a total membership in the state W. C. T. V. of 11S2, which Is a gain of 57 over that of last year. The total receipts were $335.66, and disbursements $425.11, leav ing a balance of 5110.55 in the treasury. tThe Salem union reported the largest gain in membership. The delegate who Is In attendance from the greatest distance Is Mrs. Hattle M. Wolf, of Union, who Is the only woman from east of Pendleton. She reports ac tivity In W. C. T. U. work In that, part tf the state. Among other thinss men tioned by her In addressing the conven tion was the entertainment of the coun ty convention by the union at Elgin, the Establishment of a drinking fountain by the women of La Grande, the doubling of membership of the organization at Union, B. nd the maintenance of a free reading room at Baker City. Mrs. Allen, coresponding secretary, was absent, and her report was read by Mrs. Brown. Rev. Mr. Trifts, of the Anti-Saloon League, spoke briefly In behalf of the work of his organization. Mrs. L. H. Addltorf, of Portland, who nas been one of the leading workers of the W. C. T. U. for many years, was pres ent today for the first time in four yeans. Bhe wa given a hearty welcome when she appeared before the convention to say a lew words. This afternoon. In addition to hearing She president's address quoted above, the onvention heard reports from Mrs. koulse P. Round and Mrs. M E. Hoxter Dn the progress of work under their Eharge and department reports were given y Mrs. Ida Barkley. Mrs. Mary M. Blair. Mrs. Sarah C. Roberts, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Morcom and Mrs. Jane H. Blair. Mrs. C. M. Charleton sang two vocal solos during the afternoon session. This evening Miss Lillian E. Phelps, -of Canada, National organizer of the W. C U., delivered a (temperance lacture. Misses Nellie Parsons and Bessie Corne lius favored the audience with a duet and Mrs. Z. J. Rlggs sans a solo. OREGON CITY ELECTIONS. National Politic Do Not Enter Into Cltooxingr of Municipal Officer. OREGON CITY, Oct. 2L (Special.) Little Interest attaches to the annual municipal election to be held In Oregon City, Monday, December 7. when a Mayor, City Treasurer and Ave members of the Common Council are to be elected. Grant B. DImIck, nominated on the Independent Citizens' ticket, may be re-elected Mayor, to succeed himself for the third time. To fill the various offices there Is a great deficiency of candidates. Politics has for years been eliminated from municipal af fairs in Oregon City, and this year polit ical Issues and strife is even more re moved than ever. Candidates for the dif ferent positions will likely all be placed on the ticket by petition. An effort is being made to Induce Will lam Sheahan, a present member of the Council, to make the race for the Mayor alty. Mr. Sheahan Is one of the main superintendents at the paper mills and has at all times taken a keen interest in the affairs of tho city. Should Mr. Shea han or some other equally prominent cit izen become a candidate for Mayor, it is not likely that Mr. Dlmlck will enter the race for a fourth term. Mayor Dlmlck's administration of city affairs for the last three years, while per haps not beyond criticism, has been gen erally satisfactory. "While the unfriend liness of the religious organizations of the city has been aroused at times by the present Mayor, still these societies have never figured as ah element In muni cipal elections since they have never been able to marshall their forces to the end that anything has been accomplished. The general government of city affairs has been satisfactorily administered, practi cably within the revenues of 'the city. Three members of the Council retire by virtue of the expiration of the terms for which they were elected. They are: First Ward, Dr. J. W. Powell: Second Ward, C. G. Huntley; Third Ward. E. W. Scott. In addition to these three, two other vacan cies must be supplied to complete the membership of the Council, two members of that body having removed from the ward In which they were elected. A suc cessor will be chosen for E. F. Story, who has left the Third Ward, while Mr. H. I. Kelly, who was recently elected by the Council to fill the unexpired term of S. E Phelster from the Second Ward, will prob ably be asked to accept the office for a term of three years. There are no pros pective candidates for any of the other vacancies. With the exception of City Treasurer, the salaried officers of tho city, under the city charter, are elective by the Council or appointive by the Mayor. For Treas urer, it la known that F. J. Meyer, the present incumbent, will be a candidate for re-election, and It Is not believed that he will be opposed. Bruce C. Curry, than whom Oregon City never had a more efficient City Recorder, will be a candidate before the new Coun cil, to succeed himself. Mr. Curry Is now serving his fifth term and has proven a faithful and painstaking officer. To participate In the administration of city affairs in Oregon City is a thankless office, since with an Indebtedness of .ap proximately $80,000 It is only with the strictest economy that the current ex penses and interest 6harges are met. In connection with the election of of ficers this year, the electors of Oregon City will be called upon to vote on an im portant amendment to the city charter. Under the old charter, the total cost of the Improvement of a street was assessed to the property Immediately adjacent to the street Improved, but at the last ses sion of the State Legislature, the char ter was eo amended as to provide for a new fund, to be known as the permanent street Improvement fund, the said fund to be raised by a special 3-mIll tax and the fund so raised to be used only In the Improvement of streets as follows: When ever the Improvement of a street Is au thorized, one-third of the cost Is to be assessed to the special fund and the bal ance Is to be assessed to the Individual property owners. It requires a majority vote of the electors at the coming munl- clpal election to ratify this amendment to the charter and make the same oneratlve. In a financial way Oregon City never had a brighter future, since the munlcl pallty contracted sd much Indebtedness. Its streets and other public Improve ments were never before in better- con dition and the occasion for great expendi ture in the next few succeeding years was never further removed. LOOKING FOR PORTLAND'S TRADE. Larjce Delegation of Pnpret Sound Business Men Visits Walla Walla WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Oct. 21. (Special.) Five hundred and thirty peo ple came m late tonight from Seattle and Tacoma on the excursion of Puget Sound business men on the way to Walla Walla to look up wholesale trade possibilities. They were met on the road by two Walla Walla business men, who secured a roster" and assigned them quarters and eating places. Tomorrow tho visitors will attend the races and In the evening will meet the lo cal business men at the Walla Walla Club, when the question of diverting some or rortland's trade to Puget Sound cities will be taken un. The visitors appear to represent some of the best business people of Pugct twuna. FIRED HIS OWN STORE. Charge Against Harry Wntlcins, Un der Arrest nt BoIset Idaho. BOISE, Idaho. Oct. 21. Harry Watkins was arrested this evening on a charge of attempting to burn his furniture store last night. The fire was discovered In time to prevent serious damage. At al most the same moment It was found that one of the public school buildings was anre- It Is supposed both fires were set by the same person, the school being fired to draw the department away from the center of town. The school building was damaged to the extent of $1000. Harry Holman. brother-in-law of Watkins. left town Just after the alarm. A warrant Is out for his arrest. He Is supposed to have reached some point In Oregon, his home being In that state. GRAFTERS COME TOO STRONG. nnrvest Is Mender nt the Walla Wnlln Fair. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct, 2L (Spe cial.) Over 2503 people attended tho third day of the county fair, and as to--norrow Is Merchants' Handicap day ana there are hundreds of visitors flocking to town, the fair Is destined to win out. The feature In every way of the fair Is the presence of almost Innumerable grafters, both local and foreign, who have so overdone their business that ab solute failure to extract an money has resulted. Two touts have been arrested. The minor grafters are taking In from 10 to 20 cents a day, actual figures as quoted by them. Some are leaving. The livestock will be paraded tomorrow. Tn the awards made today W. P. Minor, of Heppner. is a prominent winner. NORTHWEST DEAD. Theodore W. Foutw. OREGON CITY. Or.. Oct. 2L (Special.) Theodore W. Fouts, for the past 43 years a resident of Oregon City, died last night of nervous trouble. He had been ailing for some time, and his death was not unexpected. He was born In Cane mah, a suburb of this city. In 1S54, of pio neer parents, who came to Oreson in 1850. The deceased held many official positions, city and county, while resident here. "You eay your daughter plays nothing but classical music?" "Yes," answered Mrs. "Cumrox. "You see, It' safer. People aren't nearly so likely to notice mistakes." Wash ington Star. RAFT IS PICKED UP (Continued from First Page.) mined, and it would not hold all the peo ple, so wc had to make another raft The steamer aid not blow any whistle after she struck. "The Captain could not have stayed long, as he was gone when I came up out of the engine-room. The mate had the ship 'started and tried to run for the beach." First Officer Bruce said: "The ship struck at 4:10 P. M. on' Octo ber 19. I was on the bridge at the time of striking. I stopped the ship. Captain Mclntyre was on the bridge right after and called all hands on deck to lower boats In case It was necessary. The Cap tain took charge of the first boat leav ing. The reason he did so was at my re quest. I think thattthe Captain did all In his power to save the lives of the crew." The verdict rendered by the Jury was as follows: "In the matter of the Inquest upon the body of Charles L. Huson, deceased, we. the undersigned Jurj't summoned to ap pear before E. W. Jensen, Justice of the Peace, acting coroner of the County of Curry, State of Oregon, at Port Orford, on the 20th day of October, 1903, to inquire Into the cause of the death of Charles L. Huson, having been duly sworn according to law and having made such Inquisitions after Inspecting the body and hearing the testimony, find that the deceased was named Charles L. Huson, was a native of British Columbia, was about 36 years old; that he came to his death on the 20th day of October, 1S03, from exposure upon a life raft, having been wrecked upon the steamer South Portland at sea October 19, 1S03. at 4:40 P. M. "George Forty, C. H. Crew. N. S. Dean, W. H. McBride. A. J. Marsh, S. E. Mars ters. "We, the undersigned, further find from the evidence that Captain J. B. Mclntyre was criminally negligent in his duties as a master In abandoning the wrecked steamer before seeing to the safety of the passengers and crew. "S. E. Marsters, A. J. Marsh, C. H. Crew." STORY TOLD BY SURVIVOR, William L. Wilson Describes the Wrclt and His Rescue. MARSHFIELD, Or., Oct. 21. Following is the personal narrative of W. L. Wil son, Jr., of Baltimore, one of the survivors of .the South Portland wreck, as written by himself today: "At 4:30 P. M. on Monday I was get ting shaved, when I heard an awful crash and felt a. Jar which caused the barber to cut a big gash In my face. The chief officer then came and ordered every one on deck, as they were about to lower the lifeboats. Captain Mclntyre .and the chief officer then went below to see what damage had been done, and found about four feet of water In the hold and the steamer filling very fast. "During that time I was In the cap tain's room trying to pacify the two la dles, who were very much excited. I returned to my stateroom and procured three life preservers, two for the ladies and one for myself, but we had not the time to put them on. We got in life boat No. 2, with the captain In com mand. "Just as the boat reached the water she was capsized by a heavy sea, and in a moment we were all struggling In the water and had drifted a considerable -distance from the ship on account of the undercurrent. One of the ladles had her arms around my neck, and together we sank twice. When we arrived at the sur face the second time an oar struck mo a terrible blow on the head. I managed to get hold of It, and I also put the lady's arm around It but at this time she was about exhausted, as she was unable to keep her mouth closed and swallowed considerable water. "The lifeboat had then been righted and the captain, a sailor, and the chief cook and one passenger were In it, I called to the captain that I had a lady with me, and I also had an oar, and he made an earnest effort to .come to our rescue by using tho rudder as a paddle. We were then about 50 yards from the lifeboat. When I was 15 yards away the sailor threw me a rope, but as he was trying to ball the water out of the boat to make It seaworthy, I had to pull myself up into the boat. "It was Just before the rope was thrown to me that the lady sank. I kept the oar by me and then I climbed into the boat. It was filled with water. so the captain made us all sit In the bottom so that we could keep it more steady. The water was then' up to our necks. "Just then Leslie Baker and a 12-year-old boy named Guy Bent came floating over to us on a mast that had been lost out of the lifeboat. We had an oar and the sailor made another of the, mast, and with the assistance of the oar I had saved we managed after 14 hours to reach tho shore. Just half a mile south of Port Or ford. We could not see a star all night and any moment wo expected to be pitched upon the rocks. Just at the break of day we saw two islands and we felt confident that the shore was not far away. "Had It not been for the captain and the chief officer not one of us would have been saved, as they were cool and delibe rate throughout it all." CAPTAIN HAS LITTLE TO SAY". Reserves His Statement for the San" Francisco Inspectors. PORT ORFORD. Oct, 21. Captain J. Mclntyre, master of the ill-fated steamer, says he knows nothing about the acci dent that would Interest the public at this time. He has nothing to state to the press and refers the interviewers to the inspectors at San Francisco. When asked for a statement, today he gave a laconic answer to the effect that he knew nothing at all. and that the newspapers knew more about the wreck than he did. In fact, he appeared to be seeking Information on the subject. Cap tain Mclntyre evidently was not Inclined to discuss the case until the matter has been placed before the Inspectors In San Francisco. He stated, however, that the steamer was running In a blinding fog when she struck, and that after leaving the sinking steamer the boat In which he and 16 of the passengers and crew had taken refuge, was swamped and capsized. After righting the boat the captain, with one aman, got in, and balled her out and goth five others In with them. Accord ing to his statement the steamer struck the reef at 4:40 o'clock, and she soon filled and sank. The captain's boat Teached shore nt 5:3Q yestreday morning, after hard work with one oar and a piece of a mast. GIVES UP THE SEARCH. Coos Bay Tug: Returns to Slarsh fleld. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Oct. 21. The tug Columbia has returned to port after being outside 35 hours In a thick fog'arid rough sea. Captain James Magee said: "We had all we could do to look after ourselves In this weather among the thickly scattered rocks where the South Portland sank. The life-saving crew Is outride at Cape Arago, but unable to reach the wreck In this foggy weather." The line to Port Orford went down, cut ting off communication with that point at 4:50 this afternoon. Up to that hour, not a sign could -be seen of the missing raft. Communication will be opened with Port Orford In the morning. ONLY TWO FROM PORTLAND. Mrs. Tyrrell and Son Only Fasscn Kera From This City. Late last night It was stated at the Portland office of the Merchants' Steam ship Company, the owners of the wrecked steamer South Portland, that the., onlv Portland people known to have been on thesteamer were Mrs. W. E. Tyrrell and her son, who are among the missing. The 12 tickets sold In this city were disposed of at the office of C. H. Thompson. 12S Third street, and the clerk In charge did not take any of the addresses, supposing that the purchasers belonged to what is known as transient trade. He asked two young men where they came from, and the spokesman o the party replied: Oh, there's no use In taking our addresses. Nothing will happen to your steamer, I guess." About 20 people In all applied for passage on the steamer, but only tick ets for one dozen were sold. The orig inal license Issued at San Francisco al lowed 35 passengers to be carried, but on the last trip from San Francisco this license had not been Issued, as- boat ac commodations were provided for only 12 passengers. ' P. F. Du Flon. the Portland agent for the steamer, received a telegram last night from Oswego, N. Y.. asking If Mr. Lahey, of Oswego, N. Y.. had taken pass age at this port In the steamer.'In the list of those missing Is the name of J. S. Lahey, and this information was tele graphed to Oswego. . Not Over the Passenger Limit. A dispatch from San Francisco states that the South Portland carried out from this city 18 passengers, wnlle she was only licensed to take 12. General Agent P. F. Du Flon states positively that only 12 pas sengers were taken from Portland. None boarded the vessel at Astoria. Of the 12 tickets sold by Mr.. Du Flon, five were for passage . In the cabin and seven In the steerage. In addition to the 12 passengers who paid the regular fare, Mrs. Fletcher Bent and her son made the trip as the guests of Captain Mclntyre. Mrs. Bent was tho wife of one of the owners of the Ill-fated vessel, and was on her way from her home In Nova Scotia to San Francisco. Agent Du Flon turned away about 20 other persons who sought passage on the South Portland. As for William L. Wilson, who figures in the dispatches as one of the survivors, Mr. Du Flon knows .nothing of him. As no ticket was sold him. he was probably a stowaway. Once Seized for Filibustering. NEW YORK, Oct. 2L Known as the Caroline Miller, the steamer South Portland.- Just wrecked on the Pacific Coast, was seized 11 years ago by the Federal au thorities In this port on suspicion of being a filibuster. She was boarded on the strength of a statement that the cargo she carried was contraband, consisting of munitions of wir for Insurgents In Vene zuela, headed by General Joaquin Crespo. The Minister from Venezuela Insisted that FranclBCO Gonzales, as agent for Crespo, shipped the war materials, but the Gov ernment had to recede from Its position, and In April, ISM, a verdict of $600 was awarded against the United States for illegally detaining the ship. Captain John O'Brien, known as "Dyna mite," who achieved considerable fame as "a blockade runner In Cuban waters, commanded the Miller. Reception to Bishop O'Reilly. LA GRANDE, Or.. Oct. 2L (Special.) The Right. Rev. Charles O'Reilly, re cently elected bishop of the Eastern Ore gon diocese, was tendered a reception at the Elks' Hall In La Grande Tuesday evening, from 8 to 10 o'clock, by the parishioners of the Catholic church. Miss Carter Gets Damasre. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 2L (Spe cial.) In the damage suit of Minnie Car ter vs. The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company, which was tried be fore the Superior Court today, the Jury rendered a decision in favor of Miss Car ter, allowing a damage of J1000. Want to Serve in the Philippines. EUGENE, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) Ex aminations were held In Eugene today of applicants for type compositor and book keeper for the Government service In the PhllinDlne Islands. There was one ap plicant for the former petition and two for tho latter. BEATS THE EAGLE. Great American Hen a Bird of Good Fortane. Boston Transcrjpt. Probably the principal Interest felt In the egg Industry by the average Ameri can citizen lies In the fact that within the past six weeks eggs have been working up from about 30 cents a dozen for the best quality to close on 40 cents, to the purchasing consumer. This, however. Is not paying the American hen the respect that Is her due. She is not only an Im portant but a wonderfully potential fac tor of the agricultural Industry of the United States. Yet even the average farmer considers her almost beneath his notice. He leaves her to the women and children, and begrudges her almost every thing that makes even the slightest in road upon his ordinary crop products. To her Is assigned the "stunt" of providing her own living, and she must do that by gleaning behind every regular harvest. After he has dug and garnered and threshed and closed his account with each particular Item of production provided he keeps such an account the hen can find her subsistence In what he has over looked. In other words, the poultry yard, to a great extent, is somewhat contemptuously regarded as a. mere Incident of his general business. Sometimes his wife or one of his children will take hold of that neg lected branch and put him to shame by making It the most profitable feature of tho whole establishment. Yet a delver In census returns, working for the Brook lyn Eagle, Informs us that last year the poultry and eggs produced and eaten In the United States were worth more than all the gold and silver mined In the world during the same year. Except for tho year 1900. the egg product of this country has exceeded In value that of Its com bined gold and silver output for every year since 1S50, which takes In the entire bonanza period of our history- That, with the poultry product, also exceeds In value the wheat crop of 2S of the most fruitful states and territories. Reduced to concrete terms, in 1899 the egg record of this country was 1,290,000,000 dozen. There are J) dozen to a crate, and 400 crates to a car, so a train of care suf flclent to accommodate the transportation of all these crates would reach from Chi cago to Washington, a distance of SGS miles, and then there would, remain sev eral cars of eggs to spare. In 1900 Iowa produced 99.000,000 dozen and Ohio 91.000,000. having a value of over $10,000,000 for each state. Of course the Incubator has con slderable to do with poultry production. but Incubators do not lay eggs. In single year the value of the eggs and poultry of the country has been as high as T2SO.000.COO. Think what a hullabaloo has been raised over threatened ruin to beet sugar and wooL How much burning breath has been expended by the lobbyist and the political spellbinder In appeals for higher tariffs and protests against reciprocity proposi tions. Yet In 1902 our whole sugar produc tion amounted to only about $20,000,000. while the wool Industry Is only about a third as Important as the egg and poultry Industry. It Is only In quite recent years that we have thought It worth while to Impose a duty on foreign eggs, and when It did come It was rather to make the schedule symmetrical than because of any agitation or any conviction that It was necessary. There Is no danger of glutting tho ' market. Farmers are neglecting a great opportunity. In a summary of re cent reports to the State Board of Agri culture, they generally confessed It, yet, acknowledging the expedient, they still the Inexpedient pursue. Banlc Suspension Causes No Panic. MEXICO CITY," Oct, 21. Shareholders of the suspended International Banking & Trust Company will meet here Monday next to discuss the situation. The suspen sion has not produced any fears of a nanlc IN MELLEN'S PLACE Howard Elliott Chosen Head of Northern Pacific. COMES FROM THE BURLINGTON He Will Assume His Duties at Once, hut Will. Not Move From St. Louis to St. Paul- for a Time. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Following a meeting today of the Northern Pacific directors, the following announcement was mad by First Vice-President La mont: "Howard Elliot, now second vice-presi dent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, has been elected president of the Northern Pacific, to succeed Charles S. Mellen. who resigned to accept election as president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Mr. Elliott will assume his duties at once." No statement regarding tho dividend of the Northern Pacific for the third quarter was made. Three dividends, aggregating 5 per cent, .have thus far been declared. Mr. Elliot has been general manager of the Hannibal & SL Joseph, St. Louis. Keokuk & Northwestern, and Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroads, and of the Chicago, Burlington & Kansas Cty Railway, with offices at St. Louis: and second vice-president of the Chicago. Burlington Sc. Quincy, of which system those roads are a part. His service has' been altogether with Western railroads, beginning when he was 20 years of age, in 1SS0. with the englne'er corps of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Mr. Elliott Is a relative of C. E. Perkins, who for 30 years was president of the Burlington road. It was. relatives of Mr. Elliott who built the Burlington. He Is a man of experience In railroad work, and Is well known to a number of local rail road men. His election to the office va cated by Mr. Mellen came as a surprise to local representatives, as It was generally understood In this section that J. M. Han naford was to be the president. The se lection of a man who has been eo closely Identified with the Interests of the Bur lington has caused some of the local men to wonder If there were anything In the air between the two systems. ELLIOTT TALKS OF HIS PLANS. ' Will Reside in St. Louis Until After Fair, of Which .He Is a Director. ST. LOUIS, Oct, 21. Howard EHIqt, vice president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, who was today elected president of the Northern Pacific Rail road to succeed C. S. Mellen, was seen here this afternoon by a representative of the Associated Press Just previous to his departure for St, Paul Mr. Elliot said: "There is a natural commercial ex change and Interdependence between the states In the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys and those In the Northwest, and I. shall try to do what I can to promote these relations In my work on the North ern Pacific road, which Is a great proper ty, and an Important factor In the busi ness development of the Northwest." "I began work for the Burlington on July 5. 1SS0, and have many warm friends and associates among the officers, the em ployes and the business men along the line, and these friendships mean much to me. However, as the Northern Pacific has very close business relations with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. both at Billings and St, Paul. I shall still feel great Intescst In the welfare of the Chi cago. Burlington & Quincy and of all who work for It. My duties as an officer of the Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy have been to help to conduct and develop the business of the company of the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, and as an officer of the Northern Pacific I shall strive Just as hard to conduct and develop the bus iness of that company lh the North and Northwest with their growing interests and prosperous clues." Mr. Elliott said he would continue to make St, Louis his home until after the World's Fair, of which he Is a direc tor. "My duties as president of the North ern Pacific," he continued, "will make It necessary for me to be with the road a great deal, as I want to become ac quainted with the property and the men as rapidly as possible. I shall also have to go to New York more or less, so 1 seems unwise to move at present. Even If my family were In St. Paul I should of neces sity be separated from th'em a large part of the time." LOW CONVENTION RATE AT END. Pnssenser Representatives FIx$GZ.50 tut Fare to Coast Hereafter. CHICAGO, Oct. 21. At a meeting of passenger representatives of Western lines held here today. It was decided that a rate of $50 from Chicago to the Pacific should not be made again for any con vention or gathering, and a minimum rate of $62.60 was agreed upon. Gonld Now Heads Wabash Board. NEW YORK, Oct, 21. George J. Gould has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Wabash Railroad. Al though the Wabash Is a distinctly Gould property, Mr. Gould until the present time has held no official position other than that of director. JUST FOR THE SERVANT Hovr' Men Explain Their Purchase of Dream Books. Philadelphia North American. "Have you got any of those fool dream books?" said a short, stout man entering a downtown second-hand book store. "Lots of 'em," replied the salesman, tossing over a pile of paper-covered books, with demons In red and black adorning the front pages. "My servant girl wants them," ex plained the man, half apologetically. "Yes," said the salesman, looking bored. Tha man selected thre,e of the bdoks, one on dreams, one on fortune telling and one on handkerchief flirtations, paid for them and went away. "His servant girl wants them," said the salesman to a friend. "The old gag. He wants them himself, and Is ashamed to ask for them. "Wo get several dozens of that kind In here every week. They are crazy over dream books and fortune-telling books and all that kind of thing, but they are so afraid someone will know it, "Almost every one of them blames the poor servant. That's the most popular bluff. They laugh, and say they don't know why the servant wants them, but thev suppose they'd better humor her. "Then they take the books home and read them hy the hour. When they've finished them they come back for more. "It's best to let them think they are fooling you. for we sell more books that way." Our Conn.ncrinff Apple. Boston Herald. There Is every reason to believe that American apples will find an excellent market In England this winter. Accord ing to the Dally Chronicle, there has been in the London market a great scarcity of home-grown fruit, the English fruit crop, as a whole, being the worst for more than CO years. As a result of this scarcity L there was an exceptionally heavy ship ment or. iruu irom tne continent inciua lng an immense number of plums from CSrmanv -whlli? Amerfpnn iinnles were marketed two months earlier than usual. IU: KT'Sffit were they placed on the market there In first-class condition. In the modern freight ships with ventilated holds, the shipment of fruit abroad is nothing like as hazardous an undertaking as It was eight or 10 years ago, and there Is no reiison, 1L our iruii-gruncra uuie raic iu , our already large trade should not be continued and Increased. There Is a de mand for our fruit In the United King dom, where In the last Ave years we have marketed almost S3 per cent of the fresh apples that we export. CACAO GROWING IN FA VCR Tnste of the People of the United States Is Developing Rapidly. WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. The taste of the people of the United States for cacao and , chocolate lt apparently developing KS.X,rMTA;j through Its Bureau of Statistics, show that the Importation of cacao has grown Sr. P",sJr.i,21f'? pounds In 1S93 and 63,000,000 pounds In 1903, Cacao, as is "well understooa. Is the prod uct of the cacao tre which crows wild In tropical America, and Is also much cul- ' tlvated there, and to some extent In Asia and Africa. The fruit of this tree, a pear shaped pod from five tC; ten Inches In length, contains numerous large seeds from which the chocolate of commerce Is produced, while the shells are also utilized for the decoction known as cacao, or co coa, .used as a substitute for tea or coffee. It Is the crude cacao and leaves and shells which form the large and rapidly growing importation above referred to, which has Increased from 9,000,000 pounds In 1SS3 to 63,0O0,OCO In 1503. The value of Importations' of cacao In this crude form,, has grown from $1,000,000 In 1SS3 to $4,000,000 In 1S33. and nearly 55,000.000 In 1903. Meantime the Importation of manufactured cacao and chocolate has fallen from 1.167,977 pounds In 1S07, valued at 5239.S19, to 69.S24 pounds In 19C3. valued at $1.S23. Both cacao and coffee havegrown rapidly In favor in the United States in recent veara as nrnlnst ton trhlph ihnwi'fl nn material Increase. The coffee importa- tions grew from 51(000.000 pounds In 18S3 to 1.091.000,000 pounds In 1902. and 915,oe6,3S0 pounds In 1903; those of tea amounted to 73.000,000 pounds In 1SS3 and only 75.000.00o In 1902, but In 1903 were 10S.000.000. . Thus, the growth In the Importation of cacao has been more rapid proportionately than that' of coffee, and much more rapid than that of tea. Other evidence of the growth and popu larity of cacao ahd Its product, chocolate. ,iy oi cacao ana us prouuet, cnocoraie, the United States Is in the fact that In the number of cacao and chocolate manu- all dealers, or will be sent- postpam on facturlng establishments reported In the receipt of price, fifty cents a box; six census of 1SS0 was 7; in 1S90, 11; and In boxes for two dollars and a half, by 1500. 24; while the capital employed In- . addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Com creased from $530,500 In 18S0 to, $6,890,732 In ! ,. enn,Hr tsj "V 1900. The value of materials used In manu- facturlng grew from $812,403 In 1SS0 to ' " $6.S76,6S2 In 1900, and the value of the prod- j p0rtatIon of cacao, "crude, and leaves and uct from $1,302453 In 18S0 to $9,665,192 in shells of." into the United States, at quin-1300- ' j quennlal years from 1SS0 to 1900, and an- The growing popularity of this article nually from that date to 1003: In the United States is a matter of espe- I Quantity clai interest because of the fact that cacao Is produced In the West India Islands, and while Porto Rico has not up to this time been a large producer of cacao, the fact that the United States Imported about 10,000,000 pounds from the West India Isl ands In 1892 and about 20,000,000 In 1902. Siggests that there may be possibilities this line under the American flag. Of the 51,000,000 pounds of aqao Imported In 1902, 15,000,000 pounds were from the Brit ish West Indies, 8.000.000 from Brazil, 7,500. 000 from Dutch Guiana, 6,500,000 pounds ' from Ecuador. 2,500.000 from Cuba and 1,250.000 from Santo Domingo. In 1900. 392 ; pounds were Imported from Pcto Rico, but there le no record of cacao from that Island since that date. Cacao planting, accorlng to the report from Consul Donaldson, of Managua, Nic aragua, recently received by the Bureau of Statistics, Is "one of the most attract ive and lucrative industries in the tropics. Nearly all the cacao plantations in Nica ragua." he says, "are owned by foreign ers, and although, the tree grows very luxuriantly alonsr the Atlantic coast and along the river valleys, It also grows In all altitudes from the sea level to 2000 feet. The trees are planted four yards apart. In rows three yards apart, or about 400 trees to the acre. Calculated at an output of four pounds each, at 25 cents (gold) per pound, they would give an annual return of $400 per acre, which netj the planter at least $350. The picking and preparation for market is much more easily performed than coffee, as cacao grows In large ports containing from 15 to 25 beans each, on trees from 10 to 12 feet high." Consul Kenneday also reports from Bra zil with reference to the cacao crop In that country, and remarks that "while Europe, especially France and the Neth erlands, still takes a good portion of this crop, the United States Is every year In creasing its Imports of this staple." The table which follows shows the lm- CRUSHES THE LIFE The most loathsome and repulsive of all living- things is the serpent, and the vilest and most degrading- of all human diseases is Contagious Blood Poison. The serpent sinks its fangs into the flesh and almost instantly the poison passes through the entire, body. Contagious Blood Poison, beginning with a little ulcer, soon contaminates every drop of blood and spreads throughout the whole system. Painful swellings appear in the groins, a red rash and copper colored splotches break out on the body, the mouth and throat become ulcerated, and the hair and eye brows fall out ; but these symptoms are mild compared to' the wretchedness and suffering that come in the latter stages of the disease when it attacks the bones and more vital parts of the body. It is then that Contagious Blood Poison is seen in all its hideous ness. The deep eating abscesses and sickening ulcers and tumors show the whole system is corrupted and poisoned, and unless relief comes soon this serpent disease tightens its coils and crushes out the life. The only antidote for the awful virus is S. S. S It is nature's remedy com drv up the sores and drive in the disease, but do not cure permanently. Send for our home treatment book and write us if in need of medical advice or special information. This will cost you nothing. THE SWIFT S PEG i FIG CO,, ATLANTA, 64 YOUNG MEN troubled with night emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash falnees. aversion to society, which deprive you of your handhood. UNFITS YOU FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE. MIDDLE-AGED MEN. who from excesses and strains ljcve lost their MANX? POWER. - BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis Gonnorrhoea, painful, bloody urine, Glett, Stricture, Enlarged Prostate, Sexual Debility, Varicocele, Hydrocele, Kidney and Liver Troubles, cured without MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUG. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED; Dr. Walker's methods are regular and acIenUflc He uses no patent nostrums or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. His Now Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent free to all men who describe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered la plain envelope. Consultation fre and sacredly confidential. Call on or address DR. WALKER, 181 First Street, Corner Yamhill, Portland, Or IS. MOT A. UUU I Says, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured Me of Spinal Trouble and I Recommend Them." Some years ago Mrs. Mary A. Lauma. 1 of No. 702 East Fayette street. Syra cuse. N. Y.t wife of A. Lauma, the manufacturing" jeweler of that city, sustained an injury to her spine by falling on a slippery sidewalk. Six months later shetook to her bed and was an invalid for years, in fact until she tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and was cured. She says: "My trouble was a spinal irritation, but the doctors could not' determine the exact nature of It. I consulted a num- ber of eminent physicians, parhar.s ten or twelve in all, and took treatment i " I saSe j and electricity, the latter affording ! temporary relief. Perhaps It was be- I cause I took so much medicine, at any j rate my stomach gave out and' I was troubled with indigestion and gas on the stomach. I had a peculiarly un pleasant feeling in my head and there was a numbness in my llmb3. At this time I seemed a confirmed Invalid. "A friend of mine Induced me to give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple a trial. Of course I knew that nothing was going to cure me in an In stant, and I tried them faithfully. Af ter taking three boxes I began to feel better, and I had taken thirteen boxes altogether when I was cured. I have i recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ; to every ailing person I have met, and j I am glad to do so." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple are the only eminent spinal tonic j and their distinction In this respect Is due to their double action, on the blood ! nnrt on the nsrvos TMn nfrhfr rmrtv has so. remarkable a list of cures to its . credit. Even after doctors have failed these life-glvlng pills have cured ob stinate" cases of locomotor ataxia, par tial paralysis, St. Vitus dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head ache, the after-effects of the grip, pal pitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions and all forms of weakness. ! either In male or female. Dr. Williams , , , . , , t , , . i Pllls or Pale PePle are sold v J' ' ' ' Year Pounds. 1SS0 7,403,643 1SS5 10,300.120 Value. $1,306,233 1.332.390 2.312.7S1 3.195.SU 5.657.2S3 6.472.S23 6.656.504 7.S2O.0S7 IBM..... ...... ........... .13,-00.11 I 1S95 29.307.CHS 1900 41.746.872 1901 45,924.353- 1902 51.379.396 1903 63.351.294 Beatliiff the Record. Chicago Tribune. The Immense crowd went wild with en thusiasm. Jubilant horsemen overran the paddock, slapped one another on the back and shouted vociferously, while lovely women fondled the wonderful mare whose per formance had broken all records. What had she done? She had trotted a mile In one minute, flat. How .had she done It? She had been shot out of a gun and had slid three-fourths of the distance on a greased track. A 'Longshore Do sr. Portsmouth (Hampshire) Mall. "Jack." the Portsmouth harbor fox ter rier, Is now disconsolate because the Sum mer season Is nearlng Its end. Jack's occupation in life Is to stay around on the harbor station landing stage and catch the mooring ropes as they are thrown ashore from tho island steamers. The dog picks up the ropes In his mouth and runs With them to the men, who make the steamers fast. Yesterday Jack was quite disconsolate because there were no boats running. "How Is your school ot Journalism dolne?v "Well, It Is a little slow. We have no trou ble In gettlne people who are willing to be teachers. The trouble Is to find anybody who doesn't think he knowa all about how a newspaper ought to be run." Washing ton Star. OUT posed entirely of vegetable ingredients.. S. S. 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