THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.