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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900. 9 HEIR WORK ENDED Chamber of Commerce Trus tees Go Out of Office Today. GOOD WORK DONE LAST YEAR Presidency Will Go to George Tay lor, Jr., If He Will Acccpl Secre tary OHpliant Sot Candidate. The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Chamber of Commerce at 3:30 this afternoon. Offi cers will be elected for the ensuing year. General Charles F. Beebe will not be a candidate for re-election- to the presidency, nor will D. D. Oliphant accept another term as secretary. George Taylor, jr., now vice-president, will be elected presi dent if he will accept. Henry Hahn, of Wadhams & Co., has a clear field for the vice-presidency. Up to yesterday after noon no one had made an active canvass lor the secretaryship. The trustees whose terms will expire to day are: Charles F. Beebe, George Tay lor, jr., D. D. Oliphant, Henry Hahn, Herman Wittenberg, R. Livingstone, J. F. Batchelder, J. A. Bell and George Law rence. They have had a busy year, and have succeeded in accomplishing a great deal for Portland. Their most notable achievement was their co-operation with Senator Bimon in the matter of having transports sent to Portland to carry troops and supplies to the Philippines. This sub stantial recognition of Portland's harbor by the war department was high y gratify ing to all Oregon. In connection with this work. General Beebe made a special trip to Washington, and held many con ferences with government officials in be half of Portland. While East he collected much valuable data about drydocks and other enterprlsss, which will be turned to good account this year. The work of sup plying delicacies, medicines and neces saries to Philippine-bound troops, and of entertaining returning veterans, requ'red much time and money. The soldiers oi Minnesota, Idaho, Washington and other states were as royally treated as if they had been Oregonlans, and the entertain roent given them will cause them to re member Oregon and Portland for many a day. For a time last fall the trustees gave as much attention to Chamber of Commerce work as to their private busi ness. They will retire from office today with the consciousness that no nine men have ever worked so hard or so much in harmony for Portland as they have. The outgoing trustees held their final meeting at 10:30 yesterday morning, and went over the annual reports, and cleaned tip all pending business except a few minor matters which were left to the incoming board. President Beebe presided. Government Hospital at Vancouver. President Beebe called attention to the bill locating a permanent general hospital at Vancouver, which has been introduced In congress by Representative Jones, of Washington. " George' Taylor, jr., said that the hospital was of great importance to Portland. "Vancouver's healthful location is well known,' said Mr. Taylor. "Before long, many soldiers will be returning from the Philippines, and Vancouver is the place lor them." The trustees voted to request the Oregon congressional delegation to co-operate with the Washington delegation in behalf of the Vancouver hospital. Statistics showing that Vancouver is a healthier place than the Presidio will be sent to Washington to help the -till along. Representative Cooper. The secretary was directed to write a letter to Representative Harry A. Cooper, of Wisconsin, congratulating him on his appointment as chairman of the committee on Insular affairs. Representative Cooper was told that the Chamber of Commerce might have business with him in connec tion with the development of American commerce in the Philippines, and that its officers and members hoped to become bet ter acquainted with him. Astoria Indorses the Drydoelc Plan. A letter from the Astoria Progressive Commercial Association brought news of the approval of the plan of the Chamber of Commerce for a government drydock, to be built at any point on the Columbia or Its tributaries to be selected by the United States engineers. The Astoria as sociation thanked the Chamber of Com merce for its co-operation. Manufacturing Enterprises. Stephen Carver, president of the Bank of Ontario, wrote that the town of Ontario, Malheur county, wants a woolen mill. He asked that the Chamber of Commerce put him In communication with capitalists who would undertake the enterprise if given substantial aid by the people of Mal heur county. The secretary was instructed to inform Mr. Carver of the effort Port land !s making to get a woolen mill, and the progress of the negotiations. This in formatjon will give Mr. Carver an idea of what further steps to take to have a woolen mill located at Ontario. The offer of William P. Phin and J. L. Hockett to establish a knitting mill was referred to the Manufacturers' Associa tion. Messrs. Phin and Hockett say that they can have a plant which will give employment to 30 men ready for work in the spring. Minor Business. The letter of N. B. Kelly, secretary of the Philadelphia Traders' League, request ing the co-operation of governors of states and commercial and trade bodies in behalf of the Nicaragua canal, was referred to a special committee. T. S. Townsend was elected a member of the Chamber of Commerce. SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. First Battalion o the Third Regi ment to Attend It. Military instruction for officers and non commissioned Officers In the First battal ion, Third regiment, O. N. G., is being In augurated by Major R. G. Jubltz in a for mal manner. An order has. just been is sued instructing the officers of vartoub companies to appear at the Armony at given dates for this purpose. The time spent for drilling has usually been an hour a week, but until further orders are Is sued Major Jubltz will require the com panies to devote not less than an houi and a half of their respective evenings each-week. The battalion court of discip line had been ordered to convene, and sev eral other matters pertaining to the work of discipline and instruction have ben taken up by the battalion commander This promises renewed life in the Guard ow ganizations of the city. Major Jubltz has been in command only a short period, but already he has xmder way -work for great improvements in the efficiency of the com mands comprising his battalion. The gen eral order for the commencement of ed ucational work is as follows: Headquarters First Battalion, Third ReElment Infantry. O. X. Q. Portland. Or.. Jan. S Or ders 2Co. l. L This fcattalicn will parade In fttl?ue uniform for drill in the school of the battalion ao follows: Companies P and G, Monday, January 1C, companies E and I, Thurs day, January 18. Assembly at S-15 o'clock P. M. II. Captain G. C von Ej-IoiTstcin la hereby placed in charge of the battalion school for non-commissioned officers. He will conduct this school in a syerteraatlc ana thorough man ner, forwarding to these headquarters monthly a list of absentees and a written report of the jTrounfl coered and the projjresp made by eacl aoa-commlsBloned officer. Lieutenant Frank S. Baker will report to Captain von Egloffsteln and assist him In this school as he may direct. HI. The non-commissioned officers (first ser geants excepted) of this battalion will report in fatigue uniform to Captain von Egloffsteln every Tuesday evening, commencing January 1G, 1000, at 8:15 o'clock P. M in the board of officers' room, for theoretical and practical In struction in the infantry drill regulations and military duties. They will be provided with a copy of the United States drill regulations and manual of guard duty. To retain warrants. non-comml9loced officers will be requred to obtain &n average of 70 per cent In the drills and In oral questions pro pounded, considered collectively. IV. First sergeants of companies E, F, G and I and the sergeant-major will report, in fatigue uniform, to Lieuteiant E. C. Mears, at these headquarters, on featurday, January IS, at 8:15 o'clock P. M., tor instruction in mili tary correspondence, the methods of keeping company books and records, clerical work In general. The adjutant yi!1 asnamble the first sergeants for this purpose ao frequently as may be necessary. V. The battalion court of discipline will con vene at these headquartara n Tuesday even ing, January 23, at 8 o'clock P. il.. for the trial of such non-commissioned officers, musi cians and privates as may be ordered to ap pear before it. "VT. Company commanders will drill their companies for at least one hour and a half, and In no Instance will companies be sooner dismissed, except upon especial authority from these headquarters. "VTL The officers of the battalion will assem ble in the upper drill hall in fatigue uniform (side arms) for Instruction and drill by the ORIENTAL LINER ARAB, LOADED battalion commander on Saturday, January 13, at 8:15 o'clock P. M. IX. Honorable discharges have been Jssued to the following: Sergeants "William L. Gould, L. C. Dick, W. It. Allen and W. M. Davis; Corporals J. TL and H. M. Temllnson; Musician E. C. Blackwood; Privates Emmett Drake, E. J. Krinlck, J. A. Carr, W. K. Benvle, Yv. T. Lambert, P.. Patterson, J. B. McDevltt, com pany F. Private Lambert D. Whltehurst, com pany I. Upon recommendation of their company com mander, the following privates of company F have been dropped for continuous neglect of duty: Privates Paul It. Dempsey, J. P. Leps comb, B. A. Gasn, R. "W. Jamleson. X. Private E. E. Edmonds, company G, is hereby detailed clerk at these headquarters. He will report to the adjutant every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock P. M., until further orders. The commanding officer of company G will re turn Private Edmonds as performing detached service, and not as absent. By order of R. JUBITZ. Major. Official: E. C. Hears, 1st Lieut, and Adjt. COLCENG ATTRACTIONS. The Neill Company. "A Bachelor's Romance." Mlsa Martha Morton's delightful comedy, which tne splendid Neill company will .present in this city next Monday evening, was orig inally produced two seasons ago by tbat popular actor, Sol Smith Russell. The Neill company has the exclusive right to present this famous, success in America, paying the author for such privilege the sum of $500 per week. In it Mr. James Neill will assume the role of David Holmes, the part originally played by Mr. Russell. The atmosphere of "A Bache lor's Romance" is distinctly rural. The scenes are laid in New York and New England, and the characters are thorough ly American. The literary flavor of "A Bachelor's Romance" is contributed by David Holmes, the bachelor, the literary critic on the Review; Mr. Mulberry, an an tique literary man, who Is unable to turn his college education into money, and be moans the superficiality of the time In matters of literature; Archibald Savage, a modern and thoroughly up-to-date jour nalist and the antithesis of Mulberry, and Harold Reynolds, a reporter. "Whatever dash of wickedness and worldliness there Is In the play is furnished by Gerald Holmes, a pleasure-loving man of the world, and by Helen Le Grande, who, on the other hand, is a fascinating widow. The sale of seats for this most Import ant dramatic engagement of the year will begin at the box office next Friday morn ing. "A Cheerful Llnr." "A Cheerful Liar," which has been rec ognized as one of the liveliest and most diverting farces of the day, will be pre sented at the Metropolitan, commencing Sunday, January 14. "The Liar" has been very successful in both New York and Chicago (having run some 450 nights), and Miss Bomar has duplicated the Eastern success of the comedy in the West. The play, while uproariously funny, Is pure In tone, and is entirely free from all vulgar ity, or. In fact, anything that might be construed as offensive. In the hands of Miss Bomar, It Is raised above the usual plane of farce-comedy. There is some thing so quaint In her funmaking and her originality is so marked that she has firmly established with the public in all sections of the country her undisputed talent and ability as a comedienne. Miss Bomar is proud of the fact that she has surrounded herself with an excellent com pany, and It is said she has enlisted the efforts of several beautiful and talented young women, who will be greatly ap preciated. "Human Hearts' Hal Reid's play, "Human Hearts," re plete with Interest, mirth and pathos, will be presented at Cordray's by special re quest next week, and no lover of the drama should fall to attend the perform ance. But few traveling companies carry so much and elaborate scenery. No ex pense has been spared In the effort to make this performance In every way ar tistically Tealistic. One breathes the at mosphere of the simple farm life, ana one's heart throbs with the sufferings dt plain country folks, who engage the at tention with their homely ways and sim ple nature. No one will regref the time spent in witnessing this enaction of the lives of simple folks who have witnessed the greatest of sorrows, separation ana injustice; and all will not only be chas tened by pity for the afflicted, but will be refreshed by laughter In plenty, for which the playwright has fully planned. a p Whatcom County Shingle Mills. Whatcom (Wash.) Reveille. The greater number of the mills will not start up on January 11, in the opinion of President Mtrultray, of the County Manufacturers' Association. A good many nave not yet remained, closed down 60 days, as they agreed, while a number of thore that have will be unable to start, on account of the mud in the woods and on the losglng reads, while others along the river do not consider it safe to put bolts In the water now, because of the erratic character of the Nooksack at this time of year. The days are very short, and In cloudy weather the work in the nills and woods Is interfered with by iarkness. In another mohth, however, ill mills will be running full blast. ARAB A RECORDB-REAKER LARGEST CARGO OF BRBAPSTUFFS EVER CLEARED FOR ORIEXT. "Wheat and Flour Shipments Were Over 230,000 Bushels Decern. ber Customs Business. The largest cargo of. breadstuffs evet put afloat for the Orient was cleared at Portland yesterday afternoon. This cargo, which goes forward on the steamer Arab, of the regular Portland line to the Orient, lacked less than two barrels of flour or equaling the Pacific coast record for big cargoes of flour, and in addition to 47,801 barrels of flour, she carried 16,665 busheio of wheat. Reducing the flour to wheat measure,- on the basis of 4 bushels to the barrel, and the total cargo carried by the Arab was 231,771 bushels, valued ae over $140,000. This cargo and the ship that carried it will give those who are skeptical about the Else of vessels whicn can come to Portland with safety some thing to ponder over. The Arab, which is 375 feet long on tn& WITH RECORD-BREAKING CARGO OF JAPAN PORTS. keel, end about 400 feet over all, has aboard nearly 5400 tons dead weight of cargo and 6C0 tons of coal. She will go down the river this morning drawing slightly over 24 feet of water. The bulK of the grab's cargo, like that of most of the Oriental liners, is for Hong Kong, there being 85,1225c, barrels, valued at 96, 001, for that port. For Yokohama, therb Is 5034?i barrels, valued at 513.643. For Nagasaki, there is 5611 barrels, valued at $15,067. For Shanghai, 125 barrels, valued at $443, and for Kobe, 191714 barrels, valued at $5073, a total of 47,S01"4 barrels, valued at $130,232. The steamer also carried for Yokohama or Kobe 16,666 bushels of wheat, valued at ?9S75, and a lot of lumber, bai rel stock and hops for Hong Kong. The flour shipment was so close to the record held by the Lennox that it Is al most a tie, the record shipment of the lat ter steamer last April being 47,803 barrels. The Arab's is the fifth flour cargo in excess of 46,000 barrels to leave this port. In addition to the two above mentioned, the Abergeldie Is third on the list, witn 46,899 barrels; the Lennox, with a second cargo of 46,450, and the Mogul, with a cargo of 46,344 barrels, making a. 'total of 235,297 barrels for the five cargoes. This is an average of over 47,000 barrels per cargo for the five steamers, arid nb other port in the world can make, such a showing. l CUSTOai-HOtJSE BUSINESS. . Exports for December "Valued at Nearly a Million Dollars. The report of the collector of customs for the month ending December 31 shows the following transactions: Vessels entered from foreign ports 4 Vessels cleared for foreign ports 12 Entered from domestic ports 31 Cleared for domestic ports 16 Entries of merchandise for duty 75 Entries of merchandise free of duty... 4 Entries for warehouse ....... 6 Entries for export to adjacent British provinces 8 Entry for rewarehouse 1 Entries from warehouse for consump tion 44 Entries for immediate transportation without appraisement 36 Entries for consumption liquidated.... 41 Entries for warehouse liquidated 5 Certificates of enrollment granted 2 Licenses for coasting trade granted 3 Licenses granted to vessels under 20 tons - 2 Value of exports Domestic .. $892,032 00 Receipts From All Sources. Duties on imports $ 15,639 40 Fines, penalties and forfeitures.. 822 23 Miscellaneous customs receipts... 148 05 Official fees 72 (W Total $46,68173 Refunds and drawbacks paid S2 78 AMERICAN 'SHIPBUILDING. n Vessels Constructed in 1S99 Were Larger than Those Built in 189S. The total number of vessels built and officially numbered by the bureau of nav igation during the calendar year just ended was 954 of 267,642 gross tons, com pared with 955 of 237,600 gross tons, for the year 1SSS. Steam vessels built during 18u numbered 421 of 160.132 gross tons, com pared with 550 of 169,602 gross tons for 1893. Sailing vessels numbered 633 of 107,510 grosa tons, compared with 405 of 67.99S gross ioa or 1898. The increase is almost wholly on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Where e58 vessels of 163,519 gross tons Were built, compared with 538 vessels of S6.005 gross tons for 1898. On the Pacific coast only 114 vessels of 20,087 gross tons were built, compared with 240 of 61,923 gross tons for the previous year. This falling off in con struction on the Pacific coast, In spite or the fact that the Alaskan trade next year will be very large, Is due partly to the be lief that American merchant vessels h!th- erto employed as transports to Manila win be released and enter the coasting trade In the spring. Construction on the Lakes comprised 70 vessels of 72,094 gross tons, compared with C6 of 75,057 gross tons for 1898; on the Mississippi and Western rivers 112 of 11,942 gross tons, compared with 111 of 14,605 gross tons for 1898. Of steel steam almost wholly for the coasting trade, 75,313 gross tons were built on the seaboard and 0,836 gross tons oh the Great Lakes, compared with 39,219 gross tons on the seaboard and 47,410 gross tons on the Great Lakes for 1S9S. The construction of 75,313 gross tons of steel steam vessels on the seaboard Is tho largest output pf this de scription in our history. For purposes ot comparison, it may be noted that unot flcial figures show that one British ship yard during 1899 built 82,634 gross tons or steel steamships, and another built 77,591 gross tons during the year. Eighteen Brit ish shipyards during the past year launch ed each over 30,000 gross tons of steel steamships. The total output for the Unit ed Kingdom for the year has not been as certained, but it will exceed 744 steamships of 1,363,318 gross tons, practically all of which were steel, built during 1898. The returns for the first six months of the fiscal year show the construction in the United States of 527 vessels of 133,487 gross tons, compared with 511 vessels of 150,154 gross ton3 for the corresponding six months of the previous fiscal year. None of the foregoing figures Include unrigged barges and canal-boats. Including these, s S5 the total documented tonnage built In the United States during the current fiscal year bids fair to be somewhat over 300, 000 gross tons. NOT YET ORGANIZED. Shipbuilding: Trust Has Secured No Option on Hunting-ton's Plant. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. The Herald says: Rumors have been revived that articles of incorporation are about tp be. taken out for a .corporation that would absom the leading shipyards of the country. ColoneL J. J. McCook is named as the heaa of jthB enterprise, and Collls P. Hunting ton as one of its prime movdrs. Mr. Hun tington last night denied that he knew that any such consolidation liad been con summated. He said: "I have heard talk on this subject ana have read about it in the newspapers, l have been asked if, representing the yards at Newport News, I would join In sUch an enterprise. I replied that I was favor able to combinations of capital. I saw somewhere that 520,000,000 wa3 to be the capital of the new enterprise, but as I would want nearly that much for the yard at Newport News, I guess It is a mistake' Mr. Huntington denied that any ono held an option on his yard. He said ne believed Colonel McCook was the active head of the proposed enterprise. Mr. Huntington was told In Washington jt was eaid that the announcement of tne combination was only being withheld a3a BREADSTUFFS FOR CHINA AND through the fear that It might defeat tne pending shipping bill. "Nonsense," said Mr. Huntington. "The shipping bill would not be affected. It is a bill that will primarily benefit American labor." Colonel McCook asked to be excused from talking on the subject. Jefferson Seligman, who Is interested in financing the enterprise, said so far as he knew the combination had not been consummatea. "In fact, I don't think it will be formea on the lines originally suggested, and i have not heard that its plans have been definitely outlined." Yards that are said to be sought ry the McCook syndicate are those of the Cramps, the Newport Nows yards, tlie Union iron works, the Bath iron worsa and the yard of which Lewis Nixon is tne active head. Another Grain Cnrgro; The Portland Grain Company got out another wheat cargo for Europe yesterday, the German bark Hyon clearing for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, with 62.826 bushels of wheat, valued at $3i,200. This Is the third cargo for January, and, as half a dozen of the ships were work ing wheat yesterday, there will be more to follow in a few days. Domestic nnd Forefem Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. . Arrived, at 10:50 A. M and left up at 1:20 P. M., steamer Aberdeen, from San Francisco. Arrived dow.n at 9:20 A, M., British bark Ancyra. Left up, at 2:35, German ship Nereus. Condition of the bar at & P. M., obscured; Wind, south; raining. Port Ludlow, Jan. 9. Sailed Bark Suli telma, for Coquimbo. Tacoma Arrived, Jan. 8 U. S. S. Sher man, from Seattle; 7th, steamer Port Al bert, from Manila. Kobe Sailed, Jan. 5 British steamer Goodwin, for Tacoma. - San Francisco, Jan. 9. Arrived Schoon er Wahkiakum, in tow of tug Samson, from Portland; schooner Volunteers from C003 bay;-schooners Laura Mad3en and Wobfoot, from Gray's harbor; ship Orien tal, from Seattle; bakentlne Catherine Sudden, from Olympia; steamer Tellus, from Nanaimo. Sailed, Jan. 8 Steamer Areata, for Coos .bay; steamer CoquiUe River, for Gray's harbor; 9th, steamer l MAP SHOWING OVERLAPPING PARTS Jeanie, for Nanaimo; steamer Washtenaw, for Cornox; steamer Lakme, for Seattle. , Port Townsend, Jan. 9. Sailed Ship J. B. Brown, for Sydney. Plymouth, Jan. 9. Arrived Graf Wal dersee, from New York, for Hamburg, and proceeded. Sydney, N. S. W., Jan. 7. Arrived Steamer Warrlmoo, from Vancouver, via Honolulu. Hoqulam Arrived January S Schooner Charles R. Wilson, from San Francisco for Aberdeen. SpoUen. December 18, in latitude 23 north, longi tude 12 3 west, British ship Rate Thomas, from Oregon for Queenstowh. December 4, at 56 south, longitude 65 west, British ship Karoo, from Puget sound for Clyde. In Norway the average length of llfo Is said to be greater than in any other country on the globe. ff POINTS IN OVERLAP CASE IT DATES BACIC TO EARLY RAIL ROAD HISTORY IN OREGON. Settlers on Oregon fc California Com pany Lands "Would Have Been Protected. The news furnished ,in a dispatch from Washington, published yesterday, that Jus tice Harlan of the United States supreme court, had rendered a decision in the case of the United States vs. the Oregon & California Railroad Company, John A. Hurlburt and Thomas L. Evans, commonly known aa the "overlap case," In favor of the defendants, will set at rest the minds of a large number of settlers on the lands involved, who have not heretofore been able to secure a clear title to their claims. The suit, which has been In the courts for several years, involves the ownership of some 218,000 acres of land, and the story connected with the case Is a long one, dating away back for over 30 years, and Is -a part of the early history of trans continental railroads. Tho -first grant that figures in this suit was to the Northern Pacific in 1864, it be ing a grant of land along the most direct practicable route for a railway from the head of Lake Superior to Puget sound, with a branch from the main line down the Columbia river to Portland. That grant extended southward 40 mlle3 from Vancouver. In 1866 congress made a grant to the Oregon & California company of land extending across Oregon from Port land outh, a part of which overlapped the prior giant to the Northern Pacific. In no event does the Northern Pacific have any interest In this case, as Its unearned grant was forfeited by act of congress. This suit was commenced by the United States against the Oregon & California Railroad Company, John A. Hurlburt and Thomas L. Evans, to set aside patents Issued by the United States to the com pany, May 9 and July 12. 1871; June 22, 187(j, and June 18, 1877, and involves 218, 068.06 acres; that Is, all lands within 40 miles south of Vancouver and 30 miles east of Portland. The United States claimed that the land within these lim Its was granted by act of congress July 2, 1864, to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, to ' aid in the construction of its branch line from Pasco to Portland, and that this branch line not having been constructed the land Was forfeited to the United States by act of congress of Sep tember 29, 1890. The Oregon & California Railroad Company took the ground that the title to the lands under Its patents was given by act of congress of July 25, 1S65-, which granted to it all lands on either side of its line of railroad from Portland south, within 20 miles in place or primary limits, and 10 miles Indemnity limits, which were, at the date of the act, public lands. The defendant company further elaimed that the Northern Pacific never did any thing under its grant which operated to identify these lands, or to withdraw them from the character of public lands. The United States set forth that on March 6, 1865, Joslah Perham, as president of the Northern Pacific, filed a general route map with the commissioner of the general land office, and that such filing of such map, although rejected by the commis sioner and the rejection acquiesced In by the railroad company, operated to with draw these lands as public lands, and that, therefore, they could not be granted to another railroad company. A largo proportion of these lands had been sold by the railroad company to sttlers, of which Hurlburt and Evans, the defendants named In this suit, are types. In such cases the settlers are pro tected by the act of March 3,. 1887, and of May 2, 1896, and whether the railroad company won or" lost, the settlers who have bought from and paid the railroad company would get title to their lands. Judge Gilbert, who heard the case in the United States circuit court, decided In fa vor of the United States on September 9, 1S95. The Oregon & California Railroad Company, Hurlburt and Evans, appealed to tho United States circuit court of ap peals, and Judges Hawley and Ross sus tained the contention of the company; Judge McKonna dissented, agreeing with Judge Gilbert. From this decree the United States appealed to the supremo court of the United States. The case wa3 argued and submitted April 15, 1SD9. A de cision was expected in May last, but the court adjourned without handing one down, and it went over till the next term. It 13 set forth in the case that the Northern Pacific filed no map of general route In its branch line, other than the Perham map, Until August 13. 1S70. and it never filed any map of definite location, or constructed any portlQn of the road. The Oregon & California Railroad Com pany claimed that the land remained pub lic land unaffected by any legislation in favor of the Northern Pacific or any act OF TWO RAILROAD LAND GRANTS done by the Northern Pacific or the land department up to July 25, 1S66; that it (the O. & C. Co.) obtained title to these landed by filing lt3 map of definite location and by construction of Its road opposite to and cotermlnus with the lands In ques- Itlqn, and that these patents gave to the " company a perfect title United States District Attorney Hall, who Is familiar with the case, when seen yes terday, expressed no surprise at Justice Harlan's decision. He says the railroad I people won on the ground that the North- ern Pacific Company did not file an ac i ceptable map of its line, and was never the owner of the lands, which, therefore, came under the provisions of the grant to the Oregon & California Railroad Conv pany. , There are several suits Involving the same points, which will be affected by this decision. Two of these are the cases of John D. Wilcox, appellant, and E. I. Mes- yvVJ .V , Thls striking photograph represents the three-year-old son of Mrs. Je93. Potter of 394 South First Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., who saya, under date of Sept. 23, 1S99, regarding his cure of a disfiguring face humor: My baby's face was covered with ringworms. We could not lay a pin between the sores on hi3 face and neck, and he was a sight to look at. Two doctors attended him for three weeks, without success, when I heard of Cutlcura. I got a box of Cuticura Soap, and a box of Cutlcura Ointment. I only applied them three days, when I conld see his face w.t3 better, and in four weeks he was cured. IIi3 face Is as clear as a bell, and not a mark on it. In all tho world there Is no treatment so pure, so sweet, so economical, so speedily effec tive for distressing skin and scalp humors of infants and children as Ccticura. A warm bath with CiracunA Soap, and a single anointing with CtrricunA Ointment, purest of emollient sWn cures, followed when necessary by a mild doso of Ccttcura Resolvent, will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep to both parent and child, and point to a speedy, permanent, and economical cure when all elo falls. Sold throughout the wc-M. Price, THE SET, S1.25 j or. CcnctiKA Sovr, 25c., Ctmctnt v. Oiktjiext, Mc , CuricnitA. Resolvent oc Totxeh Deuq asp Cukm. Cobf., Sole Props., Boston. "How to Caro Baty numors," free. singer, appellant, against the Eastern Ore gon Land Company, which is appellee in both cases. SUIT FOR A RAILROAD. Spreclcels Company's Action Asalnst Graham for Coos Bay Road. J. D. Spreckels & Brothers Comnany. of San Francisco, have commenced suit In t the United States court here against the Coos Bay & Eastern Railroad & Navlga- tlon Company and Thomas R. Sheridan , and the other directors of said company to secure possession and control of the j railroad of the company. It Is alleged that Spreckels Bros, fur nished to R. A. Graham the money to build said railroad and took as security j practically tho whola issue of bonds of ' the road, to wit, $620,000 out of $625,000 of the bonds and a majority of tho stock, indorsed but not registered, Graham ow- j lr.g them on a settlement 5523,000. Com plainants brought suit against Graham in ' California to foreclose the pledged stock and bonds, so as to become sole owners of the property. On June 3, 1SG9. an agree ment was entered Into between Spreckels Bros, and Graham, whereby Graham was given six months to repurchase from them their Interest In the stock and bonds of the road and their Beaver Hill Coal Com pany for 5550,000, Graham agreeing that should he not consummate the purchase he would relinquish to Spreckels Bros, all his Interests In the road and mine, making Spreckels Bros, sole owners of both. In conformity with this agreement, the Spreckels Bros, and Graham lodged with the Bank of California as trustee all the stock and bonds cf the road and stock of the mine, to be delivered to Gra ham in case he made payment of the $550. 000, or to be delivered to Spreckels Bros. In case Graham failed to make this pay ment. Graham defaulted In the payment, and the trustee turned over the stock and bonds to Spreckels Bros., thus, as is claimed, making them sole owners. The secretary of the corporation refused to transfer the stock and to register Spreck els Bros, on the "books as owners of the property. The suit is brought to compel a registry of the stock and a reorganiza tion of the board of Glrectors of the company, in accordance with the right3 of the stockholders, a recovery on behalf of the corporation against Graham for any moneys found to be. improperly di verted by Graham or converted to his own use, and for the appointment of a receiver to operate the railroad pending the termination of these proceedings. Tho court has appointed J. B. Hasset, who has been Identified with the company for some time, receiver of the roiiroad, and he will continue to operate the road and mine till further orders. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Kcnl Eatatc Transfers. George M. Haines and wife to David GoodseK, lot 6, block C. Mayor Gates addition, December 23 1 Joseph J. Chambreau and wife to Da vid S. Stearns, B. 25 teet, lots 5 and 6. block 1G9. Caruthers addition, December 19 ....1230 Mount Calyary Cemetery to Ge.orge R. Boneaet, lot 103, section 2, Decem ber 12 45 David Goodsell and wife to Bertha G. Gillam, let 6, block 5, Mayor Gates addition, January 5... 500 Lee McGrew to Emma M. McGraw, lots 7 and 8, block 2, Fernwocd, Jan uary 6 1 Sheriff to John M. String-ley, subdivi sion C, lot 1, blcek 5, Portland Homo- stead, January 4 ITH Contaslona Dineases. Powell Van Leer, age 4 years, 1060 Ma cadam street, scarlet fever. Son of W. B. Honeyman, age 12 years, 255 Eleventh street, scarlet fever. Mnrrlntje License. William F. Strauss, 51, Clatsop county, and Renate Kroschowski, aged 46. Dcnths. January 7, John Gllbsrtson, age 73 yoar3, 431 Front street, cancer. Births. January 3, boy to the wife of DavidtM. Dunne, 40 North Seventeenth street, t - ? Elevator Suit Bcjynn. The trial of the suit of Wil is D. Pa'mer against the Title Guarantee & Trust Com pany for 55240 damages, was begun in Judge Sears' court yeaterday, and wi 1 be cooncluded today. On St. Patrick's day, 1R59 Palmer fell out'of the elevator cage In the Marquam bUi ding, and says hfa ' arm was broken and his wrist injured, and hlo scalp bruised and cut. He alleges"1 permanent injuries. He testified that he entered the elevator to go to the tnlrd story, and immediately upn getting in to"d the orerator he had chang:d his ml-:d ' and would not go up that trip, and start- j ed to get out. He said at that moment . the elevator man startett tne caic, ana ne (plaintiff) fell out head first onto the stone floor of the hallway. The defendant con tends that Palmer jumped out after the elevator had been started, and was injured because of his own negligence. The Title Guarantee &. Trust Company is the owner of the building, as trustee for P. A. Marquam. Order of Eastern Star. Installation of officers of Martha Wash ington chapter. No. 11, Order of Eastern Star, took place Monday evening, January 8, in Masonic hall. Burkhart building. Grand Worthy Matron Mrs. M. Lutke, as sisted by Mrs. D. L. Houston, grand mar shal: Mrs. M. E. Hall, grand chaplain. and Mrs. C. E. Miller, grand organist, performed the installing ceremony with grace and dignity This chapter is in Its ninth year, and Is in good workinr eon ditlon, endeavoring to perform the duStes for which It was organized. Many pleas ing remarks were made by visiting m bers, after which all adjourned to banquet hall, where a dainty but genrs luncheon was served. The officers In stalled were: Worthy matron, Mrs. Clara E. Rumsey; worthy patron, Mr. W. L. DInsmore; assistant matron, Mrs. Eliza beth Dunning; secretary, Mlsa Margas&t Howatson; treasurer. Mis1? Susie Thrall: conductress. Miss Susie Starr; assistant conductress, Mrs. Matilda Sa'ly; cbapfal, Mrs. Julia Whitner; marshal. Mrs. Hxrj Tilden; Adah. Miss Fern Raber; Ruth. Miss Adah Hall; Esther. Miss Charlottw Casto; Martha. Mrs. Laura Heller, Elec ta. Mrs. Allie Ogden; warder. Mrs. NR1 Fullam; sentinel, Mr. W. B. Hail; osb lst, Mrs. C. E. Miller. i o A Ball nt Clarno'i Ferry. 'SheephTder" In Antelope Herald. "Neckties" were sold at SI each, which entitled the purchaser to the company i the lady whoso dres3 corresponded with the neckties; that included &upper and number to dance. By this means soma otd widowers and bachelors were enabled w secure partners which they couid not otherwise have secured. The 3upper well. If you want to get a square meal Wke your mother used to cook, you should partake of one of those spreads on tho John Day and Pine creek combined. The schoolhouse had been enlargtd by the addition of 20 feet In length; the crowd, however, was so large that dancing room was said to be scarce. There wr representatives from Bridge creek. Tract creek, Eagle valley. Fir Tree, Twicken ham. Jack Knife, Thlrty-M4Ie and Sfcc Shootcr. One noticeable feature about tho party was that the dareers wars all young ladles fpom 14 up. and the yoaujf men who had shaved at least twlea up to 1916- Old bachs and wids were eonifefitil to the wall, where they properly belong. while the married ladies were satisfied to give way to the younger girls and attnd to sleepy kids, as Is their duty on seen occasion:. HomcstcadM on tlie Xeas Perces. Lewiston Teller. The homesteads on the Nez Perces res ervation nov. have cash value. Reim qulshmonts at the land office are tiled very often for a. consideration of from 51290 to $4000 each. The cash value of all this body of land, fullv 1,000,000 acres, Is a sub stantial commercial asset to the credit of the Lowlston district. This value, ts based upon the capacity of the land for the production of crops. Though the value of the land ma not be considered an active asset, the income from the farm3 furnished will give perpetual ttte to the trade. This wealth Is a new gift to the trade of this community. The values and the capacity to produce In comes for the farmers has come only with the "extension of railroads and the opportunity to reach the market. FRIED ONIONS. Indirectly Caused the Death of tUe World's Greatest General. It is a matter of history that Napoleon was a gourmand, an inordinate lover ot the good things of the table, and history further records that his favorite dfsh ws fried onions: his death from cancer of stomach, it Is claimed also, was probably caused from his excessive indulgence of this fondness for the odorous vegetable. The onion is undoubtedly a wholesome article of food, in fact, has many medi cinal qualities of value, but it would be difficult to find a more indigestible article than fried onions, and to many people they are simply poison, but the onion does not stand alone in this respect. Any ar ticle of food that is not thoroughly digested becomes a source of disease and discom fort, whether it be fried onions or beet steak. The reason why any wholesome food is not promptly digested Is because the stom ach lacks some Important element e di gestion, some stpmaens lack peptone, others are deficient In gastric juice, still others lack hydro-chloric acid. The one thing necessary to do In any case of poor digestion is to supply thoeo elements of digestion Vhlch the stomach lacks, and nothing does this so thoroughly and safely as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Dr. Richardson, in writing a thesis en treatment of dyspepsia and Indigestion, closes his remarks by saying, "for those suffering from acid dyspepsia, shown by sour, watery risings, or for flatulent dys pepsia, shown by gas on stomach, causing heart trouble and difficult breathing. a3 well as for all other forms of stomach trouble, the safest treatment Is to take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal. I advise them because they contain no harmful drugs, but are composed of valuable digestives, which act promptly upon the food eaten. I never knew a case of indigestion or even chronic dyspepsia which Stuart's Tablets weutol not reach." Cheap cathartic medicines claiming to cure dyspepsia and Indigestion can have no effect whatever In actively digesting the food and to call any cathartic medicine a cure for Indl-restlon Is. a misnomer. Every druggist In the United States and Canada sells Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. and they are not only the safest and raest successful, but the moat scientific ef any treatment for Indigestion, and Btomseh troubles.