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8 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, 'JAtfUAEY 20, 1900. Railroads Said to Be Favoring .Eastern Soapmakers. 'COAST INDUSTRY IS THREATENED Discriminatory Rates Enable tho Bast to Pnt Dp Strong: Competi tion in a 2V'ortb.YFcat Field. The soap manufacturing Industry of the Pacific coast and of states between the Rocky mountains and the Missouri river Is threatened because of keen Eastern competition. Coast manufacturers do not hesitate to say that the East Is .enabled to put up this competition through dis criminating freight rates granted by the transcontinental railroads. Five fac tories have closed down at Denver. A San Francisco factory, the largest on the Pacific coast, has stopped work. Some of the smaller factories In Oregon and Washington may stop their ma chinery before long. The Denver News sounded the alarm in an article wEich was reprinted in a recent number of the American Soap Journal and Perfume Gazette. An Oma ha firm shipped 45 cars of soap to points In Colorado and Utah. The consignment consisted of 50,000 "boxes, containing 2,000, 000 bars enough to wash 150,000 persons for one year. This is how Denver viewed the Omaha Invasion, as reported by the News: Invasion of Denver's Territory. "'Every bar of this soap will be sold In the territory which rightly belongs to Denver manufacturers, but which they ore unable to hold because of the dis crimination in freight Tates. In other words, the soap manufacturers of Omaha and other MIssourl-rlver points can make soap and ship in to Denver and points west of this city at such prices that the home-manufactured product Is literally driven out of the market. "According to those interested, the competition so disastrous to local manu facturers is made possible by no other condition than the freight-rate situation. The large packing-house companies of Missouri-river points have caused five Denver soap factories to shut down, and the two remaining plants are being op erated only by the most strenuous ef forts and consistent scheming of those In charge. "Only within the last three months the Pueblo Soap Company was compelled to shut down Its plant. The stockholders of the company assigned the wrecking of their business to no other cause than the competition of the Eastern manufac turers with the advantage of cheap rates. That makes six dead factories in the cit ies of Denver and Pueblo alone, and loaves the soap-manufacturing industry in such a condition as to be but the pitiful remains of what was once a thriv ing line of business. ""According to the tariff-sheets of the railroads, the soap rate from the Mis souri river to Denver is 35 cents, while the rate from this city to the river is 50 cents. But a very insignificant advance is made on shipments for points west of this city. The rates are such that the Missouri-river sap factories can sell their product cheaper than the Denver-made goods. "In the particular instance of the Oma ha shipment, the local manufacturers say that .such an Immense single lot is certainly carried at a rate far less than "the regular tariff, and that this means an additional cut in the prices and moc& less to the home factories. What they can do against such odds they do not profess to know. Discriminating Rates. "It was about a year and a half ago that the last of the Denver companies to go under closed its plant. The four others had preceded it but a short time. As is generally the case, none of the companies had been making any more than expenses for months. The strug gling Industry was crushed when those who -wore interested realized that they were putting thelir money into a bot tomless pit. "A peculiar condition of affairs has been disclosed. The manager of one- of the local soap plants was asked just what discrimination against the local factories amounted to. In reply he stated that he did not know what it was: "There is no use in our keeping track of it,' said the soap man, 'it is bad enough. We know that, and our keeping track of the rates would not do us a particle of good.' "This manager was very well aware of the difference In prices asked for soap. Such an astonishing difference as he said he knew to exist could only be possible through discriminating freight rates. That such was the cause, the managei stated In most emphatic terms. 'Our city man reported that the Eastern-made soap was being sold for 50, 60 and 70 cents per box cheaper than that made In Den ver, said the manager. 'But what can we do about it? If we go much lower, we will be selling our product at less than it costs us to make it That will send us the way the other five companies have gone.' Same Situation In Portland. The Denver News article was shown yesterday to local soap manufacturers and afrey united in saying that the condi tions complained of at Denver exist at Portland and throughout the Northwest. Favored by freight concessions, Eastern manufactuiers have invaded the whole field. They are enabled to put laundry soap into this country for 3 cents a pound, and local manufacturers have been com pelled to cut prices from 5 to 15 per cen; In order to hold their business. Not only this, but the travelers for Eastern houses drum up local business as well as whole sale business. For example, a traveling .man will sell 1XX boxes of soap to a Port land wholesaler and guarantee the sale of one-half of It To make the guarantee good, he will canvass the territory tribu tary to Portland for orders for 500 boxes. When tho consignment reaches Portlana the 500 boxes are shipped by the wholesal er to t!he customers whom the traveling man has obtained, and the wholesaler adds the remaining 500 boxes to his stock or goods and takes the usual chances on tJheir disposal through the regular chan nels of trade. Local manufacturers co not complain of this method of working up trade. They consider It legitimate com petition. It is cited here simply to show how keen has become the competition in t&e soap business in the Northwest Eastern manufacturers Favored. Discussing the situation, C. F. We gand, manager of the Portland Soap & Chemical Company, said yesterday. "Rates on soap from Missouri river ana Mississippi river common points and from Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit Pittsburg, Buffalo, New Tork and Boston and com mon points to Pacific coast termlrals are 75 cents per 100 pounds In carload lots ana SI In less than carloads. From Paclnc coast terminals rates on east-bound soap to the noints named are the same as on west-hound shipments. We have the same complaint against the railroads that the Denver manufacturers make, viz., carry ing soap into our territory for less than rogular tariff rates. It is not the 33-cent rate from Missouri river points that hurts Denver, but the discount which the rail roads grant the large shippers. As I look at it a considerable concession must be given to Eastern manufacturers In or der to enable them to ship their soap Into our territory and sell at a profit With the railroads, the matter Is one of busi ness. They want all the freight they can not hold of and all the revenue that freight-hauling will bring to them. In favoring the Eastern manufacturer?, they iigure that they get the rate from the originating point to the objective point and then the local rate from the objective point to the points of consumption when the consignment is distributed. "'Any coast manufacturer can make eoap and sell it In competition with the East In this territory. It is not the Eastern competition that we fear, but the undue advantage which the railroads give East ern manufacturers in the matter of. dis criminatory rates. Eastern shippers could not cell soap at a profit in this territory if they were forced to pay the rates named In tho west-bound tariffs. Eastern soap sent Into this territory Is sold as fast as received and at about cost If the East ern manufacturers succeed In driving the Pacific coast manufacturers out of busi ness they -will advance prices and make up In future sales for losses Incurred while they were competing for the fiela. It has been reported that Cudahy, of, Omaha, has given it out that he will get his soap into this country if the effort costs him $1,000,000. We do not vouch for this statement but give It as It has come to us. j "We feel tho Eastern competition every where in the Northwest It is so sharp that prices have been forced to a low limit and the business situation Is not as sat isfactory as it should be. Take the Lewra ton country, which is naturally tributary to Portland, for example. Lewlston is not a Pacific coast terminal, but it is hinted that the carload, terminal on soap, which Is 75 cents per 100 pounds, has been applied, to thatpoin.t Bad and all as iMc Is we woujh.a.ye. a chance, as the carload rate 5n .soap .from Portland to Lewlston is 60 cents and In less than car loads 92 cents. If these rates were main tained, Portland would have an advantage of 15 cents per 100 pounds. The Eastern shippers manage to get behind the rates, and therein is the- source- of all our com plaint - ' The soap industry has attained fair pro. portions and the- country would lose If it should be forced to the wall by dis criminatory tariffs. There are about a dozen factories In the Northwest and their output last year was not far from $500,000. Eastern shippers should pay tariff rates on consignments shipped into this terri tory, hut how this Is to be accomplished, I cannot say. If the present condition of affairs continues, there is no telling what will become of the soap Industry. We can fight the Eastern manufacturer, but we stand little show against the Eastern man ufacturer and the railroads combined." Sharp eastern Competition. At the office of Iiuckel, King & Cake Soap Company, Charles W. Cottel, the secretary, made the following statement: "A Northwestern manufacturer never knows what he has until he engages In a manufacturing enterprise. He naturally supposes that the territory which is his by geographical location will be his for business, but the railroads will soon dis pel the Illusion. He will learn that he cannot count on the territory which geog raphy has given him, but must, accept the territory which the railroads elect to allot to him. Just now the Indications are that the railroads are favoring the Eastern eoap manufacturers and enabling them to In vade our field. We have no specific Infor mation upon which to make a charge, but when a carload of soap Is dropped into -the Lewlston countrywe suspect that It got there on the basis of jthe terminal rate to Portland, which is 75 cents per 109 pounds. As Liewiston Is ' not a terminal, the rate to that point should be the ter minal from the East to Portland, plus the local rate from Portland to Lewlston. This would be 51 35 per 100 pounds. A concession of CO cents per 100 pounds to the Eastern manufacturer to which he is by ne means entitled Is a serious discrimination against Pacific coast Industry. "Eastern competition never was so sharp as it is now. In 1893, when times wero hard, the East did not bother us so much, but now it is grasping for every dollar's worth of business in sight We could hold our own but for the concessions which the railroads are apparently granting to the East So keen is the competition that profits have been forced way down. Ours are about one-half what they were In 1890. Eastern salesmen are scouring the coun try for orders. The shipments are made to Portland in carload lots and consigned to a transfer company. When the con signment reaches Portland, the transfer company breaks the cars and reshlps the small orders to points In Portland's field. "There Is only one remedy for the pres ent discouraging state of affairs, and that Is to make the Eastern shippers pay tho rates named In westbound tariffs. As It is, they have an unfair advantage, and one that is destructive to Pacific coast in terests." MATINEE TODAY. The Neill Company in "A Bachelor's Romance" at the Marqanm. The Nelll company will be seen at tho Marquam theater this afternoon In their best production, "A Bachelor's Romance, ' tho best of their plays and the one m which they gained the favor of Portland amusement-lovers Monday night This will give those who missed an opportunity to see this splendid company in "A Bach elor's Romance" Monday night a chance to do so at reduced prices, and there is every prospect that the house will be crowded. The -play is a delightful comedy, and will he remembered as one of tho most famous of Sol Smith Russell's plays. 4 0 PERSONAL MENTION. Will H. Parry, of Seattle, is registered at the Portland. J. H. Wlllett,- a merchant of tBrldal Veil, Is at the Perkins. Judge H. E. Benson, of Klamath Falls, is at the Imperial. E. C. Klrkpatrick, a hop dealer of Dal las, Is at the Perkins. Fred T. Merrill and family will arrlvo today from California. S. 5. Loeb and wife,- of Tacoma, are guests of the Portland. Rev. W. D. Ewing, of Hillsbora, Is reg istered at the St. Charles. Mrs. C. P. Hoguc, of Oak Point, Wash., is a guest of the Perkins. William Warner, an Oakesdale, Wash., merchant is at the Portland. William Speya-, a San Francisco Insur ance man, is at the Portland. Ex-Senator John B. Allen, of Seattle, is registered -4it"4he Portland. W. G. Howatson, a "Clatskanie logger, Is registered at the St Charles. D. W. Campbell, a Skamokawa logger, Is registered at the St Charles. State Senator T. Cameron, of Jackson ville, is registered at the Imperial. E. Stanton Isaacs, a Walla Walla flopr-ing-mlll man arid "wheat dealer1, is at the Imperial. W. L. Robb, a prominent citizen of As toria, is at the Imperial, accompanied by his wife. J. D. Kirk, a Umatilla county farmer, is registered at the St Charles from Pendleton. J. S. Fish", proprietor of-'the Umatilla house at The Dalles, Is registered at the Perkins, with his wife and daughter. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. Portland ar rivals are registered at hotels here as fol lows: George L. Hutchin, at the Grand; J. C. Simmons, at the Cosmopolitan; H. Eddlngs, F. M. Spartas, at the Golden West; James J. Smith, J. Dockhan, S H. Coster, A. Strong, F. A. Moyer, at the New Western; Miss Caples, Miss Henlon, F. Well, wife and children. D. L. Temple, XL Hazer, at the International; F J Roberts, J. S. KIdd, at the Brooklyn. " i a IV. C. T. V. Meeting:. The regular monthly meeting of the East Side W. C. T. U. was held Thursday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Herbert Smith. Mrs. Sarah M. Kern, pres ident of the union, preaide'd, and consid erable business was transacted. Superin tendents of the various departments are pushing the work with commendablo zeal. Mrs. Spangler, state evangelist and or ganizer, will hold a series of gospel temperance meetings under the auspices of the union, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, at the hall on Powell strsek A Loyal Temperance Legion has been organized and will meet 6n Friday afternoon at the hall. Mrs. Mercer Lamer Is the superintendent STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS LENNOX WILL CONTINCET IN THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOY;. Arab Will Not Return Interesting Decision Regarding Pilots on Gov ernment Ships Marine Notes. Thex steamship. Lennox, which, made such a good record in the transport' serv ice, Is now en route to Portland ta inri another cargo of forage and coal for ! Manila. The steamer sailed from Manila for Portland by way of Otaru January 3, and, while no advices have been received of her departure from the Japanese poet ! she Is believed to be en route and well . on her way across the Pacific. It was I thought for awhile that the steamer I would be turned back to Dodwell & Co. at the conclusion of her present trip, which would have made her' available i for Portland business, but aViShe' is tp continue in the-government service, an other steamer 'twilUprobdbly be secured to lnlcV hfr ntono TVTo iorJo1r?rf AiJ. rived out at Yokohama Thursday" 'and will make another trip to Portland, reach ing her some time In February. The steamship Arab, which will sail from Flavel for the Orient today, will npt-make another trip on the Portland " GERMAN" SHIP1 PHOTO. DY UJtM& - r 'AW ' " "r l . A big force of men are at work repairing the damages to the German ship Margretha, which was run down by the Magdalene, Tuesday. Wolff & Zwicker are doing the work, and by tihe time she is ready for sea again she vill have cost the underwriters something like $9000. The above cut shows the position of the vessel at the time ehe was struck, and the damage wrought by the Magdalene. line. She has heen chartered" To 'load sugar and hemp at Manila, Ilo Ilo or Cebu to one port In the United States, Liverpool, London or Clyde. She Is to receive SO shillings for sugar, or 60 shil lings for hemp, and Is to load between March 1 and 20. Her gross earnings for the trip at the rate named will amount to about $40,000. GOVERNMENT PILOTS. Important Decision k Regarding the Jnrisdlcton of Inspectors. The office of the local inspectors t of steamboats for this district is in receipt of a very important decision regarding the jurisdiction of the government In spectors over pilots employed on govern ment vessels. It is generally supposed that the employes of government vessels were not amenable to the same laws as those governing masters and pilots in the merchant service. For alleged care lessness in the management of the United States army steamer General Thayer the, license pf Captain Henry H. Stilllngs, was suspended for 10 days. Stilllngs appealed from the decision, claiming that the ves sel he was piloting was exempt from the provisions of steamboat-inspection laws. The decision of the solicitor of the treas ury was against the appellant, and in part was as follows: "It Is contended that while Captain Stilllngs was acting on 'this occasion ho was in the army service, a separate de partment, with which the steamboat-inspection service could not Interfere, and, further, that he was not, In. fact, 'acting under the authority of his license' when the collision occurred, but was acting under the control and orders of the war department. "Upon this state of facts my opinion Is requested as to whether or not the steamboat-Inspection service has jurisdic tion over one of its licensed officers when acting upon a vessel of the United States in the capacity for which he was licensed and was only employed as rfuch, because of such license, though the vessel upon which he was employed was not required by law to employ a licensed Officer, at tention being called to the fact that the Investigation in the case was made upon the request of the government officer In whose employ said licensed officer was at the time of the occurrence referred to herein. "The proceedings in this case were com menced under section 4450, revised stat utes, which provides that the local in spectors shall investigate all acts of in competency or misconduct committed by licensed officers while acting under the authority of his license, and describes the mode in which said investigations shall be conducted. "It further provides that If an officer shall bo found Incompetent or 'guilty of misbehavior, negligence or unskillfulness, or has endangered life, or has wilfully -violated any provisions of this title (Title 52 R. S., Regulations of Steam Ves. sels), they shall immediately suspend or revoke his license.' "This statute was enacted to afford a prompt and summary remedy, as exigen cies might arise, for the care and pro tection of human life, and, should there fore be given a liberal interpretation, in the interest of public safety. . , "Section 4439, revised -statutes, provided that whenever any person' applies to be licensed as master of any steam vessel or sailing vessel of over 700 tons, the hr spectors shall make diligent Inquiry as to his character, and If, after careful In quiry, they are satisfied that his capacity, experience, habits of life and character are such as -to warrant the belief that he can be safely entrusted with the du ties and responsibilities of master, they shall grant him license for the term of five years, but such license shall be sus pended or revoked upon satisfactory proof of bad conduct, Intemperate habits, incapacity, inattention to his duties or the willful violation of any of the pro visions of the, title relating to the regu lation of steam vessels. The purpose of this provision is to prevent men of in temperate habits, or who may be guilty of other bad conduct, as well as men who are wanting in experience, from acting as master of vessels. A man may pos sess all the requisite qualifications when, licensed, and afterward become intemper ate or be guilty of bad conduct Will It be seriously urged that his license a master cannot be suspended or revoked because of his Intemperate habits or bad conduct, unless he should be drunk, or his conduct be bad, while he ..was on board a vessel -and actually acting as master? "There can be no question that, if at any time during the life of a license its holder should cease to possess the quali fications required by law, his license may be suspended or revoked, even though he may not be at the time acting us master. If it should bo held that a master's license could not be revoked for any cause that did not transpire while the holder was actually acting as master on some vessel, It might often happen that tho holder of a license would be ut terly unfit to discharge the duties of mas-, ter. "Under section 4442, revised statutes, trustworthy and faithful persons, pos sessed of the .requisite knowledge andj t i skill, may be licensed as pilots, but such licenses shall be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory evidence of negligence, unklllfuIBess,, inattention, to the duties of his, station, ,pr Intemperance, or the will ful violation of any provision of the title in which said section is found, "What I have said as to the right to suspend or revoke the license of a mas ter applies to a pilot "Under section 4443, revised statutes. Captain Stilllngs wob licensed in the double capacity of master and pilot "The Investigation in this, case was made at the request of the government officer who had employed him. "While it Is a fact that Captain Stll Jings was at the time in the service of the quartermaster's department, and in charge of an army steamer, and that he could have been so employed even though he was not a licensed master and pilot, yet it is very certain that without such license he would not have been employed. Ko person should he permitted to hold such credentials when for. any reason he is not a proper person, in contemplation of the law, to serve as master or pilot. "If congress had intended that these licensed officers should not be liable for misbehavior, negligence or unskillfulness while in- the -discharge of their official "duties. - on "board a public vessel of the printed "Staleslt jvould have expressed Its hitep.fclqn.-v ,. " "In my. opinion, such officers become liable to the provision of section 4150, re vised statutes, when in the discharge of their official duties on board any steam vessel, public or private, and navigating any waters of the United States which HA&b'RETtiA are common highways of commerce or open to general or competitive naviga tion." TIME-SAVING DEVICE. Novel Plan for Escaping Visits From Bill Collectors, Etc. There Is a certain overworked govern ment official In this city who has devised a plan for escaping Interviews with unde sirable visitors. .This official has secluded quarters, which are only reached after passing an outer room, which is guarded by his secretary. The captain, for that is the title of the official, has rigged up an elaborate switchboard, with wires run ning from tho secretary's room to the in, ner sanctum, and has arranged a code of signals something like the following: One loud ring, man who wants to col lect a bill. Short ring, man who wants to pay a bill. One long and one short ring, party wants an engineer's license renewed. Two short rings, ancient female book agent. Three short rings, handsome young female book agent etc. The captain ex presses his desires regarding the visitor, by a code of answers such as: "Call next week," "Show him In In a hurry," "Out of town," "Certainly, be pleased to see her," etc. The code, as originally rigged, was so long that a number of embarrassing mis takes were made, and on the first of the month it becomes necessary to use only the long-ring signal. The captain thinks there Is a great future for invention In electrical lines, and -as soon as the code in the office becomes infallible, he will turn his attention to perfecting an ap paratus to be used in Inspecting steam boats by telephone or telegraph. THE FIRST CASE. Vancouver, B. C, Has Established an Admiralty Court. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 19. An ad miralty court has been established In Van couver, and the first case under this juris diction was tried yesterday before Chief Justice McColl. The action was brought by Charles S. Dean, a seaman, against F. R. McD. Russell, as registered owner, and Charles E. Crockett, as master, of the steamship City of Columbia. The admitted facts showed that Dean shipped on May 7 last under Captain Crockett at $50 per month, and that he was discharged at Queen Charlotte sound on November 8. The defense claimed, however, that Dean had deserted the ship at Vancouver, in August, and had re shipped at ?30 a month on September 7. On cross-examination of Crockett, it ap peared that Dean had been on the ship at the time, and was working at the time when Crockett claimed he had deserted. The court gave judgment In favor of the plaintiff for six months at $50 per month. AMERICAN SHIP IN PORT. Clarence S. Bement Will Pay Off Her , Crew In Portland. For the first time in many months there Is an American ship in port. Tho Clarence S, Bement arrived up from As .torla yesterday, .morning- looking clean and well groomed, as though she had Just slid out of a drydock instead of finishing a long trip across the stormy Pacific. The Bement left New York last summer for Shanghai, with a cargo of case oil for Japan, and all of the crew shipped In Gotham are still with her. They will be, paid off in Portland today, however, -and when the ship is ready for sea she will ship a new set of hands. The Bement is about 1G years old, and when sho was first launched made many trips to Portland. Recently she has been diverted to other trades, and this is her first visit here for five years. She Is In comniahd, of Captain Fernauld, and Is under charter to Epplnger & Co. GRAIN SHIP LEAKING. Clnckmnnnnnshirc Ha n Hole Below the "Water Line. ASTORIA, Jan. 19. Tho British bark Clackmannanshire, that arrived down the river yesterday was discovered to be leak ing through her fore peak this morning. The water was coming in quite fast through a hole about two feet below tht water line. The crew was put to work at the pump3 and found no difficulty in keeping her clear. From an examination that has been made, it Is believed that a floating log struck the anchor that was hanging over her side and drove one of the flukes through her hull as she was coming down the river. Lloyd's surveyor at Poit land has been telegraphed for and wllV arrive in the morning to make an official examination and decide what Is to be done. It Is thought that her cargo forward can be shifted so as to permit her bow to come out of the water sufficiently to al low repairs to be made. . . . Notice to .Mariners. Notice is hereby given that, pending repairs to the fog signal machinery, the first-class "steam siren at Farallon light station. California, will not be sounded - during fog from Friday next, January 19, 1900r for a period of three or four days. Due notice will be given as soon as the repairs are completed. By order of the lighthouse board. U. SEBREE, Inspector Twelfth Lighthouse District One Tent "Was Enough. PORT TOWNSEND. Jan. 19. According to a decision of the United States attorney-general, the internal revenue de partment' has been charging an excessive tax on export bills of lading and receipts Issued by carriers from the United States by rail to Canada and Mexico. Hereto fore the department has required a 10-cent stamp on such export bills of lading and receipts, and the matter was taken before the attorney-general, who, on the 13th Inst, rendered an opinion that, accordfng to the wording of the law a 1-cent stamp on such bills and receipts was all that was required. Monmouthshire In Quarantine. ASTORIA, Jan. 19. Dr. Hastings, local quarantine officer, received a telegram this afternoon" from Dr. A. T.-Watt. Brit ish quarantine officer at Victoria, stating that he would hold all the passengers on the steamship -Monmouthshire in quaran tine for several days, but the vessel would be released as soon as she was disinfected, which would probably be tomorrow. Un der an arrangement between the marine hospital service of the countries, tho steamship will be passed at this port on the certificate given her by Dr. Watt provided no new cases break out after she leaves Victoria. Suliect to4 Legacy Tax. PORT TOWNSEND, Jan. 19. According to a ruling received today from the treas ury department and made by the commis sioner of internal revenue, a bequest of moneyjto a priest for the purpose of say ing masses for the repose of the tout Is liable to legacy tax. The case came be fore the commissioner from Illinois, where a bequest had been made for that pur pose. Wreck of the Helgoland. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., Jan. 19. The tug Ingraham has returned here from the wreck of the Helgoland In St. Mary's bay. A diver who went down yesterday after noon found a shapeless mass of Iron, sails and cordage. The only letters of her name now remaining are "Hel." As yet no bodies have been recovered. Steamer Golden Gate Crippled. SEATTLE, Jan. 19. The steamer Golden Gate arrived here, this morning in a crip pled condition after a perilous trip from Alaska. December 20 she broke the coup ling of her main shaft and was blown TOO miles to sea. Portland People Married In Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 19. John Edmund son and Miss Alma Hurssel, both of Port land, were married at the Congregational church in this city this afternoon. They left for Portland this evening. Marine Notes. The German bark Alsterkamp left down yesterday morning, and tho German ship Chile left up yesterday afternoon. The Bement and the Colony arrived up In the morning. A merchants' exchange advice from London reports that the steamer Energla, which was sunk on the voyage from Ta coma to Hong Kong, has been floated and beached. The French bark Louis Pasteur finished loading last evening. As she has been in the river but 17 days, her owners will have na cause for complafntat the dis patch which Is given vessels in this port. The bark Jane Falkenberg is being over hauled on Bullen's ways, Esqulmault, and it has been found that she can easily be plhced in first-class condition, her hull be ing sound. She will probably sail for Cape Nome In the spring with her cargo of lumber. The accident to the Elm Branch will probably delay her arrival at Portland until next month. By that time the steam ships Guernsey and Inverness, both un der charter to the Pacific Export Lumber Company, will be loading, one at Hastings mill, and the other on the Sound. This will give the Portland firm three ships, which will get away pretty close together, and which combined will carry over 9,000, 000 feet of lumber. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Jan. 19. Sailed Schooner W. F. Jewett, barkentlne Tam O'Shanter, for San Francisco; steamer W. H. Har rison, for Tillamook. Left up at 2 P. M. German ship Chile. Condition of bar at 5 P. M., moderate; weather, clear and calm. Yokohama. Arrived January 18 British steamer Abergeldle, from Portland, San Francisco, Jan. 19. Sailed Steamer George W. Elder, for Portland. Arrived Steamers Newburg end South Coast, from Gray's harbor; steamer Alice Blanchard, from Coos bay; ship Spartan, from Seat tle; steamer Willamette, from Seattle; steamer Wellington, from Departure bay. Port Townsend, Jan. 19. Arrived Bark B. P. Cheney, from Honolulu, for Tacoma. Coos bay, Jan. 18. Barbound Steamer Empire. Tacoma. Arrived January 18 British bark Dominion, from Port Townsend. San Pedro. Arrived January 18 Bark entlne Newsboy, from Tacoma, Movllle, Jan. 19. Sailed Anchorla, from Glasgow, for New York. Victoria. Passed January 18 Steamer Portland, from Unalaska, for Nanalmo. Honolulu. Arrived January 10 Schooner A. J. West, from Gray's harbor; Decem ber 19, bark Topgallant, from Tacoma; January H, bark Pactolus, from Depart ure bay. Sailed January 12 Hawaiian ship Star of France, from Port Townsend. Havre, Jan. 19. Arrived La Cham pagne, from New York. Southampton, Jan. 19. Sailed Aller, from Bremen, for New York. Queenstownr Jan. 19. Arrived Lucanla, from New York, for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. Old Lnndnwrlf. The old Centenary Methodist church building, which stands on the corner of East Sixth and East Oak streets, now passes Into another period of Its long his tory. It was erected about 34 years ago on the corner of East Ninth and East Pine streets, when the spot was surrounded by timber. The foundation logs of the build ing were hewed timbers. When Dr. J. W. Bushong started construction on the pres ent $75,000 stone edifice, the old church was given to the Salvation Army people to move away. By permission they moved It to its present place over the slough, where it has been their quarters until they moved to East Washington street and Union avenue. Now it becomes a fac tory building. i o Archbishop Will Be Present. The members of St. Francis' Catholic church, on the corner of East Eleventh and East Oak streets, have been making preparations for the visit of Archbishop Christie to the church tomorrow. As it will be his first visit to that church, they have been looking forward to the day with unusual interest. He will participate In the services of the forenoon, when the edifice will receive his blessing and he will deliver an appropriate sermon. Several months ago the interior of ttie edifice was renovated, handsomely decorated and fres coed, while the outside received a coax of paint. The visit of the archbishop will be a great event for the church. a Tho rocking chair causes insanity, so It -Is said. In fact, the physicians are claiming that the rocking chairs are the cause of most of the nervous troubles from which women suffer, and are ad vising their relegation to any place where thoy will not be used. ' LYNCHING OF WHITE MAN OCCURRED RECENTLY IN NEWPORT JEWS, VA. Charged With Criminal Assault Mob Well Organized and Orderly Vic tim Came of Good Family. The first lynching In the history of New port News, Va,, occurred early on the morning of January 5, when W. W. Watts, a white man, said to be a gambler from Lynchburg, Va., was taken from, the station-house to a point outside the city limits, tied to an oak sapling, and shot to death. Watts was charged with crimi nally assaulting Mrs. Thomas M. Simp son, the wife of a shipjolner. The work of the mob showed a deter mination and organization that was re markable. Only seven men went to the station after the prisoner. They found the authorities totally unprepared, and their task was comparatively easy. After securing their prey, the men quickly left the station, and joined the mob which was awaiting them. Watts was then car ried to the house of his victim, Mr3. Simp son, who identified him as the right man. The crowd then hustled him across the Chesapeake & Ohio railway tracks, Into the woods, where the tragedy was en acted. The Execution. The victim's hands were tied together and fastened to a small tree, and the men gathered around and emptied the contents of a number of revolvers Into his body. One large bullet comDletely penetrated his head, and a score or more wounds were discovered In various parts of his body. The rope with which the victim was bound was cut up and distributed among the onlookers. The coroner who held the inquest over the remains said that his examination showed no signs of mutilation besides the pistol bullets. The crowd quietly dispersed, and very few residents of the city were aware of the fact that a tragedy was enacted. While the citizens of Newport News did not sympathize with the man, still they deplored the action of the mob, holding that the law would have taken its course In a satisfactory manner. All the members of the mob were thor oughly masked, and none were Identified, although the police made strong efforts to run down the ringleaders. Made a- Full Confession. There seems to be little doubt of the guilt of the unfortunate gambler. House Sergeant Booker declaring that the man made a full confession to him. When confronted by Mrs. Simpson, Watts did not deny the serious charge against him. contenting himself with re marking that "love and jealousy would make a man do anything." It seems that Watts came to Newport News weeks before, ostensibly looking for work. He was dressed as a "hobo," and applied to Mrs. Simpson for aid. She gave him something to eat on one or two occa sions. According to her story he returned one day neatly dressed and told her he was going to Lynchburg, and had come to say good-by and thank her for her kind ness to him. He followed her Into the house and made an Indecent proposal, -whereupon she screamed. Seizing her by her throat, Watts forced Mrs. Simpson Into a room and accomplished his purpose. The alarm was given and the man was ar rested en the Chesapeake & Ohio train. He had on his person a first-class ticket to Lynchburg. Parents Would Not Receive H1h Body The father of Watts came to Newport New3 from Lynchburg, where he is a mem ber of the police force. The grief-stricken man, after learning o the nature of the crime of which his son was guilty, refused to bring the body tQ his home In Lynch burg. Before his return to Lynchburg he ar ranged with an undertaker to give his son a decent burial. Mr. Watts told of the waywardness of his son, and of the many offers he had made him If he would only return to Lynchburg and lead a sober and. Industrious life. The father said that In the last conversation he had with his son he warned him against the life he was leading, and told him that If he did not change his course the worst would certainly occur. Young Watts Is eaid to have been wayward from early youth. He was of an excellent Virginia family. REVISED NEW TESTAMENT. It Shows Only Unimportant Differ encesCredibility and Inspiration. EUGENE, Jan. 17. (To the Editor.) With your grace I should like to set forth my understanding of the corrected text of the revised New Testament out of the data in the hands of tho scholarship that worked upon It. Everything has been liberally given to the reader of the English Bible in the labors of these men. Some have noticed changes In the textual readings of the King James translation, and this revised New Testament, and, like the little boy and the cats, have been alarmed or de lighted unduly as they believe or disbe lieve. The little boy alluded to ran into the house exclaiming to his mother that "50 cats were in their back yard." The mother expostulated as to the statement of her boy, when he reduced the num ber to 25. After further discussion he de clared, "Well, there's our old cat and an other!" And so the old cat? of un belief and Ignorance have a scrap on hand at every new translation of the sacred oracles. The best scholarship of the world en tered Into the work of the revision. The fruits of the labor give us these factst Seven-eighths of the MSS are identical as to the text; the variations in the re maining one-eighth are accounted for in orthography, transposition of words, er rors in grammar and some Interpolations. When the mistakes in orthography are corrected there remains one-sixtieth of the text of the MSS showing variations; when the transpositions of words and unimpor tant differences are regulated there Is left but one-one-thousandth part that In any way affects the thought of the text, and when these variations are considered there Is not a new doctrine included or lost The teaching of the book is in no senso affected by these remaining variations. I have before me an ordinary Oxford Teachers' Bible, that shows 237 pages; and a Revised New Testament, that shows 283 pages. One-one-thousandth of these books would be from one-quarter to one third of a page of the book that is Inter polation or of such variation as to affect the thought or sentences, but in no sense to change the doctrine of the book. Those working on the revision have seen fit to leave In the text two or three portions about which there Is not agreement, with a note such as "Not found In the oldest MSS." The MSS were largely personal property, and many of them show, as our printed Bibles Interjected notes, interlinear writing and marginal reading. These are no more to be considered than one's notes In his own Bible of our day. But we can understand how copyists, who would depend on memory, a companion a reading and the tedious work, would make varia tions. We can also comprehend how Im mense the work of the revising commit tee to compare all MSS and translations available to correct the text of the New Testament and the whole Bible. The first writings were made on paper and also on parchment. None of these are extant. - The MSS were written In uncial and cursive character. B'ghty-three of the former are now known to Biblical crit ics. Of these, few of them contained all the New Testament. Only one does now. But they variously contain parts of tb& book. The four gospels are found In a fair degree of completeness In four of Vao uncialSi tho Acts in five of them, Paul's writings In nine, the other epistles In seven, and the Revelation In five. There are 1997 cursive MSS. Thirty of these contain all the New Testament The remainder contain copies of a book or sev eral books; and many of these MSS are fragmentary. Besides these MSS there were In use In the churches sets of read ing lessons called Lectlonarles, dividing the New Testament into 52 lessons for Sunday readings. There are still preserved about 540 of these. There are four uncials of great antiquity: (1) The Codex Slnaltlcus; (2) Codez Alex andrlnus; (3) Codex Vaticanus; (4) Codes Ephraeml. There are also ancient ver sions, translations from Greek into other languages, that are considered of great value: a) The Peshito Syriac; (3) the old Latin; (3) the Latin Vulgate; (4" tha Coptic versions; (5) the Ethiopic; (G) tho Gothic: (7) the Armenian. These, and fac simile copies of them, are retained in public libraries and museums of Europe, Asia and America. Other data are gath ered In quotations in books of authors. It may appear strange to some that th first writings autographs are not found, and from this feel inclined to admit doubts as to the genuineness of this corrected text But possibly it Is better a3 It is, when justly considered. Let us suppose a case: (S8 plus 1997 equals 20S0. the number of MSS extant, besides versions and quotations). The president Issues a proclamation to the citizens of this country; It Is printed in the papers; later some wish to refer to this procla mation; the original cannot be found; ac cess is had to tne flies of the newspaper offices; 2080 are selected; some are soiled, others fragmentary, some contain all the text, but the typesetting has been faulty; letters are omitted, words are supplied, lines are omitted: there are upper and lower-case type used out of place; the whole presents wide variations; none aro absolutely correct But is it not highly probable that by diligent comparison ono copy may be deduced that gives a much satisfaction to cit'zens as if the original had been at hand, against which lone document forgery might be urged? But when time had elapsed and a great number of copies were available and deduced Into one corrected text, the result would bo a correct copy. Scholarship working upon It would correct the orthography, arrange all Irregularities Into grammatical con struction, where omissions occurred in some copies from others they supply, so that the entire thought would be restored as In the original. Ancient MSS and versions with later copies have been gathered up, being pro ductions from the middle of the second century on down to the art of printing. The Bible was the first book printed, since wmen aevout students have labored muco as Individuals and In co-operation to give us a perfect text. Erasmus pub "'shed a Greek New Testament In 1315, m 1522 there was published the Compluten tlan Polyglott testament; in 1546 Rdbert Stephen brought out an edition In Paris; between that date and 1551 three others were published. The 1611 English version was made largely from his third edition, which had become a received text in Eng land. In 1633 Elzevir Bros, published at Lcyden a Greek New Testament, which was received on the Continent. John Mill, of Oxford. In 1707, brought out a Greek New Testament and noted the various readings. At this publication infldel3 shouted "50 cats In our yard." But tho discussions following reduced the num ber to "one old cat and another." In 1734 John Albert Bengel. of Tublnger uni versity, brought out a critical text; in. 1733 Wetstein, of Amsterdam, published a text from 102 MSS of his own collation. It was published In two volumes. Grf&nbach was the next critical scholar to foijow Wetstein, and published a. New Testament In 1806. Scholz. of the university of Bonn, worked from 616 MSS and produced a defective text In 1830. In 1831 Charles Lachman published a Greek testament He brought his work out from ancient MSS only, endeavoring to give, about 1850, a text nearly Identical with that of the fourth century. Tischendorf published eight editions of the Greek New Testament from 1S41-1872. He discovered the Sinaltlc Ms, which he presented to the czar of Russia, who had 30Q facsimile copies printed and distributed to libraries and universities In Europe and America. Tregelles, laboring from 1844-1S70, using ancient MSS and allowing ancient ver sions to have a voice, brought out a Greek New Testament. Wescott and Hart la bored 23 years together and in 18S1 brought out a. Greek New Testament The scholarship that worked upon tho revised version have given to us In beau tiful English dress the ripe fruits of Bib lical criticism. It Is a great satisfaction to the believer to know that this book come3 to him through the fire of adverse criticism and devout Christian learning; that from the beginning there were trans lations of the holy scripture made in all languages; that this labor has been perpetuated throughout the generations to the present, when tho text Is published in more than 300 tongues. This wonderful book has been the cause of widespread church building in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, all having been accom plished out of love and unfeigned faith. It has laid the foundation of monasteries schools colleges and universities in all lands. The author said nineteen centuries aco: "My word shall never pass away. b J. B. LISTER. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. rORTTiAIfD. Jan. 19. S P. M. Maximum temperature. 53; minimum temperature. 44; river reading at 11 A. M.. 14.S fet: change la the last 24 hours. 1.2 fset; total precipitation, S F. M. to 8 P. M., 0.01 inch; total precipita tion from Sept. 1. 1600, 2X77 Inches, normal precipitation from Sept. I. 1880. 23.83 inches; deficiency, 1.0G leches; total sunshine Jan. 13, 0.00; possible sunehlne Jn. 18, 0.10. WEATHER SYNOPSIS. No rain has fallen in. the paat 12 hours in Oretron, "Washington, or Idaho, except a traco at Seattle. The weather has been clear at the majority of the stations on the Pacific slope, and In the coast and Sound region, the temperature has fallen sMsrhtly. These condi tions result from an area, of high pressure which was first observed on the "Washington const Friday momlnff, and has since remained nearly stationary. It Is expected to mov& east ward, bring lower temprraturea to the dis tricts east of the Cascade and. to Southern Idaho. Fine weather la expected to continue during the prevalence of the high. WEATHER SYNOPSIS. Forecasts made at Portland, for toe 28 houra ending at mldnlsht Saturday. Jan. 20- "Western Oregon and. "Western Washington Fair: west to south winds. Eastern Oregon Fair; cooler; winds west to southwest. Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Fair; cooler; west to south winds. Southern Idaho Fair; cooler; winds nortivwest to southwest. Portland and vicinity Fair; winds west to ""Uth G N. 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