THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24', 1900.
SIBERIAN STEAMERS
AVHI Load at Portland for Vladi
vostock and Port Arthur.
FIRST VE5SEL DUE NEXT MONTH
Flour Will Bo the Principal Part of
the Carsro Santa. Fe to Send a. Bis:
LinerSteamer Terras end Lost.
Portland has handled more direct busi
ness with Siberian ports than all other
ports In the Northwest combined, and
from present Indications she trill con
tinue to maintain her prestige In that
direction. Mr. Henry Mett, purchasing
agent for the "Vladlvostock and Port Ar
thur house of Kunst & Albers, has opened
an office In this city, and trill commence
dispatching cargoes early jiext month.
JThe first vessel of the line will be the
British steamship Ness, "which Is now en
route to Portland from Kutchlnotzu. The
Ness Is a steamer of about 4000 tons car
rying capacity, and Is due at Portland
about February i. She will be followed
later In the month by the Norwegian
steamship Tyr, which comes from Port
Arthur by way of one of the Japanese
coaling ports. Flour will comprise the
principal part of the cargoes of these
steamers, but they Trill also take away a
few hundred tons of potatoes, oats, pro
visions, feed, fruit, etc
The Santa Fe line, which sent the
steamship Thyra to Portland last month,
will also have a steamer here in Febru
ary, so that, with Dodwell & Cb.'s regular
liners, the port will make a very good
showing for so early In the year. The
Santa Fe will send the steamship Strath
gyle, -a mammoth vessel of 32S4 tons net
and 5023 tons gross register. While larger
In tonnage than any steamer that has
yet visited the port, the Strathgyle Is
somewhat shorter than the Glenlochy, and
one or two other steamers which have
been here. Her dimensions are: Length,
296 feet; beam, 48.7 feet; depth of hold,
28.1 feet She Is a modern-built freighter,
and was built at Greenock six years ago.
STEAMER TOWXSEXD LOST.
."Wrecked In Alaska. After a Loner and
Checkered Career.
The Cottage City, which arrived on the
Sound yesterday from the north, brings
news of the loss of the steamer Town
send, near Haines Mission, last Tuesday
night. The Townsend has had about as
varied a career as often falls to the lot
of a prosaic steamer. She was launched
at Astoria about 1G years ago, and was
originally christened the Emma Hume.
She was built for a coast freighter, but
was soon sold, and sent to the Arctic as
a tender to the whaling fleet. Her new
owners gave her the name Alliance, and,
after a few years In the far north, she
-was purchased by the Portland Coast
Steamship Company and placed on the
Gray's harbor route. While In this serv
ice she was struck by the Canadian Pa
cific steamer Danube, while passing Sau
vles Island, near Postoffice bar. The Dan
ube cut her nearly in two, but at a cost
of several thousand dollars she was
hauled out on the Island and repaired.
She afterwards made a few trips to San
Francisco, but was too small for that
trade, and was soon retired to the bone
yard, where she remained until the Klon
dike boom came along. She was then
.purchased by the party of Port Townsend
men, headed by ex-Collector James Saun
ders, who has since had several kinds
of troubles of his own. Saunders and his
associates spent 510,000 in repairing the
vessel, but before she was turned over to
them they became financially Involved,
and for months the steamer was tied up.
She finally got round to the Sound, but
proved unsatisfactory for the work for
which she was intended. More legal diffi
culties ensued, and the steamer, which
meanwhile had been christened Townsend,
-svas tied up at the city in whose honor she
was named. While In the hands of the
marshal she took fire and was damaged to
the extent of several thousand dollars.
After being repaired, she was secured by
San Francisco parties, who have since
'been running her between various coast
-ports, and had recently sent her north.
The Alliance was a stanch propeller, 125
feet long, 27 feet beam, and 12 feet depth
of hold.
Particulars of the "Wreck.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23. News of the
wreck of the steamer Townsend, near
Haines mission, Alaska, January 16, was
brought by the steamer Cottage City,
which arrived today.
The Townsend was on her way from
Juneau to Haines mission, when one of
her steam valves gave out, and It weak
ened the machinery to such an extent that
she was soon drifting helplessly. A heavy
wind was blowing and soon threw her stern
first on the rocks at Rocky Point, midway
between Battery -Int and Haines mis
sion. She was almost Immediately driven
broadside on the reef, and began filling
with water, which caused her to list heav
ily to starboard. Captain McKenzIe or
dered a lifeboat lowered and sent the pas
sengers and part of the crew ashore, the
.officers remaining with the ship.
Ten minutes after sinking, the captain,
ordered Purser Carey belpw to summon
all hands on deck to abandon ship, as
from the position she was then occupying
it was feared that possibly she would take
a heavy list to starboard and roll complete
ly over, sinking in C2 fathoms of water. In
the meantime, a lifeline had been cast
ashore and all the passengers and part of
the crew had been landed safely. Twenty
minutes after she struck she started to list
so heavily that her keel was showing on
the rocks on shore, and the small boat was
pulled back to the ship to take the last of
the officers, including Captain McKenzIe,
all sliding down the line from the vessel.
The passengers and crew walked to Haines
mission, and at last account the Townsend
was still hanging to the rocks. The steam
er is a total wreck.
The Townsend was brought from Port
land two years ago to take a party of
prospectors to Alaska, but was damaged
by fire and the project was abandoned.
She ran between Seattle and Nome last
Jail, and this winter had been plying
".from here to Skagway. She was owned
by Charles D. Lane, of San Francisco.
FROM THE LONG TOM.
Steamer Gypay Doing Some Very
Good "Work on That Stream.
CORVALLIS, Jan. 23. The steamer
Gypsy arrived yesterday afternoon from
her fourth trip to Monroe. She left the
latter point at 7:30 A. M. and reached Cor
vallis shortly after 2 P. M., carrying 75
tons of freight. At the time the Willam
ette was eight feet above low water at
Corvallis, and the shallowest water found
In the Long Tom was 3 feet. In the four
trips the Gypsy has brought away from
Monroe 200 tons of flour, 75 tons of oats.
50 tons of mlllstuffs, and a large amount
of farm produce. There is no longer anv
question about the navigability of the
Long Tom, when there Is a proper stage
of water in the Willamette.
FATAL STEAMER COLLISION.
Two Lives Lost and a Glasgow
Freighter Sunk.
"VHCEYARXJ HAVEN. Mass., Jan. ,23.
The Gfasgow steamer Ardan Dhu, Cap
tain Dundas, from New London, Conn.,
for Halifax, was sunk in eolHsinn -ceifh
the Metropolitan liner Herman Winter, j
from Boston for New York, off Robinson's
Hole, "Vineyard sound, at 3:40 o'clock this
morning, and two of the Ardan Dhu's
crew of 31 men were lost. They are: Chief
Engineer Joseph Henderson, sit Glasgow,
and Second Mate Fred Dowe, of Boston.
The Winter reached this port this fore
noon with her bow gone, and reported
the accident. She had on board the 29
men who escaped from the Ardan Dhu.
The steamship Ardan Dhu was a steel
vessel of 1334 tons net register. She was
built at Belfast In 1S92. Her dimensions
were: Length, 281.7 feet; depth of hold,
IS feet; beam, 39.7 feet.
CITY OF SEATTLE SAFE.
Lost Her Propellor, and "Was Towed
Into Jnnean.
SEATTLE, Jan. 23. The Cottage City,
which arrived today from Alaska, reports
that the steamer City of Seattle, concern
ing whose safety such grave fears were
entertained for a week past, Is at Juneau,
having lost her propellor off Point Bridget,
In Berners bay, Lynn canal. The dis
abled steamer was picked up and towed
to Juneau by the Cottage City, which also
brought many of her shipwrecked pas
sengers to Seattle. The wreck occurred
January 13 as the vessel was returning
from Skagway to Juneau. She had 20
passengers aboard at the time of the ac
cident. Libel proceedings were Instituted
at Juneau by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, which operates the Cottage
City, against the City of Seattle upon, the
arrival of the vessels at that point.
Sutton Cre-rr at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23. Captain
Johnson and the crew of 24 men of the
British steamer Sutton, which went
ashore on Fenwlck shoals, in Delaware
bay, on Saturday, arrived today. The
shipwrecked sailors went to the office of
the British consul, in whose charge they
will remain until the court of inquiry
Into the accident, which convenes on
Wednesday, has examined into the re
sponsibility for the wreck.
It is generally believed among shipping
men here that the Sutton will prove a
total loss. With her cargo, she Is valued
at about $175,000. The Sutton was loaded
with 3300 tons of iron ore from Cartha
gena, Spain, consigned to Naylor & Co
of New York.
Spreekels' Fine Ships.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. At the an
nual meeting of the Oceanic Steamship
Company, President John D. Spreckels
reported that the new ships now being
built for the company will be without
peers In the Pacific, and will greatly Im
prove the service. The total net earnings
for 1899 were $374,747, an increase of $49,190
over those of 1S98.
Claclcmananshlre's Cargo Uninjured.
ASTORIA, Jan. 23. The investigation so
far made of the cargo of barley on the
Clackmananshlre shows that It had not
been injured by the leak In the vessel's
bow. She has now been sufficiently raised
and listed to permit a patch to be placed
over the hole In one of her starboard
bow plates.
Steamer Energla Damaged.
LONDON, Jan. 23. The steamer Ener
gia, from Tacoma, for Hong Kong, which
reached Nagasaki after being ashore, Is
reported by divers to have a hole 12 feet
square in the forehold, below the tank,
and the keel stem and scarfing fractured.
Discharge of cargo is being expedited.
Marine Notes.
United States Local Inspectors Edwards
and Fuller leave today for Newport,
Idaho, where they will Inspect the steamer
"Volunteer.
Messrs. Dodwell & Co. yesterday re
ceived a cablegram announcing the de
parture of the Lennox from Nagasaki for
Portland.
The French bark Louis Pasteur left
down at noon yesterday. The excitable
nature of French sailors was never shown
to better advantage than while the vessel
was getting away from the dock, and the
departure was witnessed and appreciated
by a large crowd on the dock.
The steamer City of Seattle, reported as
overdue on the Sound from Alaska, Is re
ported by the Cottage City, as lying at
Juneau with propeller missing. The Cot
tage City found her In a dangerous posi
tion at anchor last Sunday morning, be
tween Point St. Mary and Point Bridget,
with her propeller missing. She was
towed to Juneau by the Cottage City.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Jan. 23. Sailed at 9 A. M.
Steamer Columbia, for San Francisco.
Arrived down at G P. M. British ship
Craigmore. Condition of the bar at 5P
M., rough; wind, east; weather, clear.
San Francisco, Jan. 23. Sailed Steamer
State of California, for Portland. Sailed
Jan. 22 Steamer Brunswick, for Gray's
harbor. Arr'ved Steamer Tellus, from
Comox; steamer Progreso, from Tacoma;
steamer Lakme, from Tacoma; steamer
Jeannle, from Departure bay.
Nagasaki, Jan. 23. Sailed Steamship
Lennox, for Portland.
TJsal Sailed Jon. 22 Steamer point
Arena, for Wlllapa harbor.
Port Townsend, Jan. 23. Arrived
Steamer Cottage City, from Skagway.
Stanley's, F. I., Jan. 23. Sailed British
ship Bwechbank, from Hamburg for
Santa Rosalia.
Bremen, Jan. 23. Arrived Darmstadt,
from New York.
Portland, Me., Jan. 23. Arrived Domin
ion, from Liverpool.
Genoa, Jan. 23. Arrived Fuerst Bis
marck, from New York, via Naples.
Sydney, N. S. W., Jan. 23. Arrived
Mariposa, from San Francisco.
Southampton, Jan. 23. Arrived Trave,
from New York for Bremen.
AT THE FREE LIBRARY.
Recent Accessions in Fiction
General Literature.
and
The following books have been received
it the Portland public library, in the
City Hall:
FICTION AND LITERATURE.
Jones "Bits of Wayside Gospel."
KIngsley "Two Years Ago."
Mulock "Little Lame Prince."
Mulock "Adventures of a Brownie."
Salntine "Picclola."
Sonvestre "Attic Philosopher."
Tyndall "Hours of Exercise In the
Alps."
Wyss "Swiss Family Robinson."
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
Adams "History of the "United States."
"Bryce "Holy Roman Empire."
Burgess "Middle Period."
Carlyle "French Revolution."
Durmy "France."
Fisher "Colonial Era."
Hart "Formation of the Union."
Johnston "American Politics."
Johnson "Story of a Great Conflict."
Prescott "History of Mexico."
Prescott "History of Peru."
Rhodes "History of the United States."
Swlnbon "Decisive Battles of the War."
Sloane "French War and the Revolu
tion." Schouler "History of thoUnitedStates."
Thwaltes "The Colonies."
Walker .ufaklng of the Nation."
Wilson "Division and Reunion."
Boswell "Life of Johnson."
Custer "Following the Guidon."
Lockhart "Life of Scott"
Oliphant "Makers of Venice."
Trevelyan "Early History of Charles
James Fox."
Tout "Edward the First."
SCIENCE.
Huxley "Origin of Species," "Man'B
Place in Nature," "Critiques and Ad
dresses," "Lay Sermons, Addresses and
Reviews," "Anatomy of Invertebrated
Animals," "Anatomy of Vcrtebrated An
imals," "Physiography."
REFERENCE.
Bliss "Encyclopedia of Social Reform."
Jameson "Dictionary of United States
History."
Harper J,Book of Facts."
Hoyt "Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations."
"DREDGE DOES NO GOOD"
CORRESPONDENT CALLS DOWN COM
MISSION OF PORT OF PORTLAND.
Alleges That "Work Done by Dredger
Will Benefit Only North Pacific
Lumber Company.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) It seems impossible to keep the pri
vate graft out of any public enterprise
of however high a character undertaken
in or by the city of Portland. I take this
opportunity, with your permission, to reg
ister an emphatic protest against the use
of the Port of Portland dredger and the
money of the taxpayers of Portland for
the improvement and Increase of the value
of the private property of a member or
members of the Port of Portland commis
sion. The accompanying diagram will Illus
trate a piece of work that Is being done
by the Port of Portland commission, which
Is likely to entail upon the city an ex
pense of hundreds of thousands of dollars
before Its after-effects will have been
counteracted. I mean plainly the digging
of a deep channel down stream some 300
yards Into the Immense sandbar which la
formed between the government dike and
the main ship channel. This work is now
being done by the Port of Portland dredge,
which the people suppose is at work deep
ening the Willamette and Columbia rivers
In order to give us the much-wished-for
30-foot channel to the sea. The result of
cutting this drift down into this body ot
loose sand will be to let the current of the
r. er in behind the sandbar with such
force that in getting out downstream it
must tear away and lift up the sand and
throw it in the direction of the arrows
into the narrow and still shallow ship
channel, along the eastern bank of the
river. The diagram Is drawn true to the
scale of the government surveys, and the
soundings are copied therefrom, so that
any man can see just exactly what is go
ing to be the result. (Sheet No. 6, Co
lumbia river, Fale's Landing, to Port
land.) Referring to section 2 of the law In
corporating the Port of Portland, It ex
pressly states: "The object, purpose and
occupation of said corporation shall be
to so improve the Willamette river at the
cities of Portland, East Portland and Al
blna, and the Willamette and Columbia
rivers between said cities and the sea, so
there shall be permanently maintained in
said Willamette river at said cities and
said Willamette and Columbia rivers be
tween said cities and the sea a ship chan
nel of good and sufficient width. And
having a depth at all points at mean low
water, both at said cities and between
said cities and the sea of not less than 25
feet"
Now, it is plain to any man that the
work which the Port of Portland com
mission is doing now is wholly unauthor
ized by the law, and is most certainly cal
culated to act In exact opposition to the
object and purpose of the law; for, it
mast fill the channel in front of the Port
land flouring mills and lower down, to
opposite the head of Swan Island, with
sand from the top of this bar. Why,
sir, I stake my reputation as a river man
that, after this channel 80 feet wide and
25 feet in depth is cut along its present
line to the North Pacific Lumber Com
pany's wharf, a flood such as we had in
February, 1890, would fill the channel
below so full of sand that you could not
get a boat of 10 feet draft up to Port
land. Some men, In accepting public honor,
avoid the shadow of a suspicion that they
make the honor of the public a means of
surreptitious private gain. But, It seems
that a stockholder of the North Pacific
Lumber Company Is not one of these, for
he is the vice-president of the Port of
Portland commission; and the Port of
Portland dredge is not only doing this
work for the mill company in which he Is
a stockholder, but It is also at the city's
expense pumping the sand over onto the
ground of the mill company, and making
a special fill under Its wharf property.
Further than that, the sawdust for fuel
used by the Port of Portland dredger is
being purchased of the same mill com
pany, whether at the Instance of the vice
president of the commission or not If
the object is to get rid of that sawdust,
the taxpayers might furnish the mill com
pany with a less expensive (to the tax
payers) sawdust burner than the Port
of Portland dredge; run at an expense of
about $200 a day. There are people, like
myself, who have property to improve and
make a business of buying it as cheap as
possible and improving it and making It
valuable, who would suggest that, inas
much as the North Pacific Lumber Com
pany bought this property at a very low
valuation, and that the making of a deep
channel to the front of Its wharf Increases
the value of the property at least ?100,000,
making It thereby accessible to ships that
can load cargoes for foreign ports, the
North Pacific Mill Company might by
hook or crook manage to do Its own de
velopment work, without saddling an ex
pense of $30,000 or $40,000 upon the tax
payers of the city, and whereby the dam
age is exceedingly likely to be done to the
channel, which will cost the city a cool
$100,000 more before they get out of It
There are many people who will In
quire how the members of the Port of
Portland commission will explain its ac
tion, in view of section 6 of the law con
cerning it, which says:
"No funds derived from the sales of Its
bonds shall be expended other than In
making Improvements of a permanent na
ture to the channel of the rivers," while
the port dredger Is thus making improve
ments purely for the benefit of private
property, more than 250 yards away from
the channel.
Now Is the time, during the stage of
low water In the Columbia, when the
dredger should be at work in its legitimate
' STEELESSSsAeiDCS
r . i i "i. "Tfjl
occupation,, and valuable time is being
wasted, as well as the taxpayers' money.
E, W. SPENCER..
THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Suggestions and Inquiries Regarding
the Manner of Conducting Them.
PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Editor.)
The letter of "Cato," In last Monday's
Oregonlan, upon the subject of primary
elections, should be read and considered
by every respectable citizen of this county.
There are too many politicians and too
much politics. But if the people will ef
fectively demand a fair list of judges for
the primaries, and for the general election
as well, and then turn out and vote, we
shall have an end of political misrule.
Your correspondent makes these practi
cal suggestions, relative to the primaries:
First That the demand be made upon
the county committees to name honest
judges.
Second That such judges be named
three weeks, at least, before the primary
elections; and,
Third That the city be divided Into
small voting districts, so that every one
can have a chance to vote.
These suggestions are to the point, and
I suggest that they be applied at once to
the republican party in this county.
Hon. Donald Mackay Is chairman, I be
lieve, of the republican city and county
central committee, and can, perhaps, speak
for that committee. At any rate, he can
speak for himself, and I hereby ask him
to answer through the columns of The
Oregonlan the following questions:
First Will you advocate the reforms
above mentioned, and agree to secure these
things from your committee, If in your
power? , .
Second Are you willing to advocate and
support the plan of printing the ballots
for the primaries after the manner of the
Australian ballot, with the names of nil
delegates, whether proposed by t,he com
mittee or by the citizens of the ward, side
by side upon the same ticket so that the
voters may vote by marking, and eo that
the judges may not be able to distinguish
the preference of the voter by the color,
size or other characterization of the bal
lot? If the chairman will put himself on rec
ord on these matters It will afford the
people a better opportunity correctly to
determine what the prospects are for a
fair republican primary election.
In the matter of the selection of judges
and clerks of the next general election In
this county, our county commissioners oc
cupy a peculiarly delicate position, and
their action in that behalf will be criti
cally observed by the citizens, generally,
because of the imputation, which has been
generally laid at the door of the power
in control of our local republican organ
ization, that the county judge was shorn
of his authority in that direction, and the
commissioners invested therewith because
that power felt Itself better able to control
the latter than the former.
If only honest, representative citizens
shall he appointed for judges and clerks,
and in no precinct a majority of them be
found favoring any one political faction or
party, the commissioners will have done
the public a good service and themselves
credit c. R.
The above are reasonable suggestions.
In appointment of judges and clerks for
the primaries and in holding the primary
elections .the right of opposition should
be respected, and judges and clerks should
not be chosen with a view to their sup
port of a particular ticket, but fair rep
resentation should be granted to others.
It Is fair, also, that the names of judges
and clerks should be printed some time
In advance, and that provision be made
for a secret ballot, after the Australian
plan. These requests are reasonable and
just. The strife that lias been witnessed
so long in our primaries should never oc
cur again. Let us have fair primaries
and peaceable proceedings, and then all
will acquiesce in the result, whatever it
may be.
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ENOCH HOLT'S CABIN NO. 20
Native Sons of Oregon Organize at
Harrisburg.
Enoch Holt's cabin, No. 20, Native Sons
of Oregon, was instituted at Harrisburg,
Or., Thursday night, January 18, by Grand
State Organizer H. C- Mahon. Thft offi
cers elected were: Past president, J G.
Kelsey; president, C. R. .Holt; first vice
president, Barney May; second vice-president.
W. S. Meeken; third vice-president,
J. G. Douglas; recording secretary, Da
mon Smith; financial secretary, T. J.
Rodgers; treasurer, O. P. Hyde; marshal!
S. M. Branwell The charter of the new
cabin will remain open 30 days. The or
ganization starts out with a good mem
bership, and all are enthusiastic In the
work.
Several more new cabins of the Native
Sons of Oregon are in process of organiza
tion thoughout the state, and the member
ship of those already existing Is growing
rapidly. Altogether, there are now 20 Na
tive Sons' cabins In the state, and the
Native Daughters report that they have
17. The total membership of the two Is
about 2000.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the annual assembly of the two or
ders, which will occur at Portland, June
13. It is confidently expected by the grand
officers that this occasion will witness
he greatest representation in one body
of pioneers and native sons and daugh
ters of the state that has ever been
known here.
At Astoria, February 3, there will be a
social gathering of Native Sons and Na
tive Daughters, at which time Aber
nethy's cabin. No. 1, and Eliza Spaulding
Warren's cabin, No. 1, of this city, will be
invited guests. It will also be the" occa
sion of the first official visit of the grand
officers of the grand cabin, Native Sons, I
to the Astoria organization." j
THE SULTAN OF SULU
ipft
HIS RETAINERS LOOK LDXB BRI
GANDS IN A COMIC OPERA.
4
Lives in a Wooden Shanty and Keeps
His Treasures Under a Gorgeous
Bedstead. -
The sultan of Sulu is now America's
.great and good friend. - This has long
1 ago been chronicled in the newspapers.
who have told that this queer potentate
of the East has signed a convention with
us, says a writer in the New York Jour
nal. He lives at Maybun, the capital of
the Sulu archipelago rith his harem; he
is virtually a citizen of the United States,
and is to enjoy the protection of our army
and our navy, yet he keeps his royal resi
dence and keeps his harem. The story o
how he came under our flag Is now told
for the first time.
The largest of the Sulu archipelago group
is Mindanao, but the potentate who rules
over them lives on the Island of Sulu. The
Inhabitants are called "Moros," and there
Is an emphatic distinction between them
and all other Filipinos. Aguinaldo's name
means nothing in the Sulu archipelago, and
the Spanish foothold there was slippery.
The subjugation of this group presented
a different proposition from that which
was being considered in Luzon and the
Vlsayan group; though the "Moros" are
a more warlike people, our dealings with
them have so far been in the realm of
diplomacy, not of arms.
The feudal system, which was brought
to a state of perfection in Medieval Eu
rope, has prevailed more crudely In some
of the Pacific islands. During the age of
the Crusades, the southern Islands of the
Philippines were given part of their pop
ulation and language; and, their religion,
to which they have clung tenaciously.
Traces of Arabic and Sanscrit are to be
found In the Sulu language; It was from
Arabia that the ancient emigration took
place.
The Moroa are subject to petty chiefs
called "datos," and these In turn are sub
ject to the sultans of Mindanao and of
'Sulu, the latter being the overlord and
claiming the allegiance of the former. It
was said to the sultan of Sulu, therefore,
that the Spaniards made overtures, and
with whom they finally made an agree
ment, the articles of which were mutu
ally disregarded. It was to secure a con
tinuance of this agreement that General
John C. Bates was dispatched to hold
parley with his august majesty, Lorl Pad
ka Maha Sori Manlana Sultan Hadji Mu
hamed Jamalul Kirum.
The general went to Jolo, across the isl
and from Maybun, with no other instruc
tions except to use common sense. For
several weeks he remained there without
seeing the sultan, who felt indisposed.
Conferences were held with the powerful
chiefs and "datos," and the meeting with
his royal highness was finally arranged
to take place at the palace of the sultan.
The United States cruiser Charleston,
Captain Pigman commanding, was at Jolo,
and It was decided that this should take
the general to Maybun. I happened to be
one of a small party which was making
the tour of the islands on the government
transport Pennsylvania.
One of the most powerful chiefs on the
island, named "Dato Calvi," was on board
with his suite; we sat on the after-bridge
most of the time, and as we looked down
on the deck below I could hardly realize
that I was not In a balcony seat of an
American playhouse, watching a comic
opera. No Italian bandits or other stage
heroes who exult In the triumph of the
costumer's art ever presented a more pic
turesque or ferocious appearance than
our band of Moros.
The physical difference between the Mo
ros and other Filipinos Is as great as that
of their customs and religion. Their
dress is essentially barbaric in its cut
and coloring. Instead of the loose white
shirt and trousers of the northern Island
ers, the Moros wear close-fitting suits of
gaudy cotton or silk, the quality and or
namentation depending on the means or
rank of the individual.
No Moro stirs abroad without a "ba
rong" or a "krls" thrust into his sash.
These knives are beautifully made, and
their edges are ground a3 keen as a ra
zor. The Moro sometimes uses them for
general utility, as the Cuban uses the
"machete," but they are often employed
for a more sinister purpose. A "barong"
deftly handled makes short work of the
life of a human being, and the Moros are
skilled In this sort of carving.
The Dato Calvl has expressed so much
friendliness for our government that Gen
eral Bate3 thought he would have a favor
able Influence on the sultan. But It was
Impossible, both for reasons of state and
safet-", for him to travel without a suffi
cient number of followers to uphold his
dignity. The dato himself was a young
fellow, and quite a dude, according to
Moro standards.
He was a man that would be singled
out anywhere as used to command; he
strutted across the deck In a manner in
imitable, his turban of raw silk tied with
a style and a strong Individuality, and his
clothes showing a certain harmony of
taste they consisted of but two pieces.
The dato was followed everywhere by
his betel nut carrier, who kept him con
tinually supplied with a good "chew"; his
other retainers were men-at-arms and
dressed only less gorgeously than the dato
himself.
They were shown all the civilized won
ders In the way of guns on board, and
were specially interested in the rapid-fire
gun, which was set going for their
amusement with a string of cartridges. A
meal was served them, which they found
so distasteful that one of the suite was
called In to cook some rice for hi3 lord
In the proper style.
At 11:30 we slowed up opposite Maybun.
There was only one person on the Island
of Sulu who was capable of acting as
General Bates' interpreter, a young Ger
man, who was born there, and had mar
ried a native woman. All our communi
cations at Maybun were conducted
through him. There was a certain pro
gramme laid out for us; we were first to
proceed to the residence of the dowager
sultana, who lived within the crowded
precincts of the village.
While we were looking this way and
that, trying to discern a building suffi
ciently magnificent to be the abode of one
ao exalted In rank, we were halted before
a small house, the central one of a group
of huts, distinguished only from those
that surrounded It by the fact that it was
constructed of rough planks while the
others were of bamboo and nipa. We
were ushered inside, and invited to sit
down. It was the residence of the Sul
tana Inchl Jamela, the mother of the
present sultan.
The room In which we crowded was not
more than 15 feet long and 10 broad. A
table covered by a cloth was In the mid
dle, and a number of bent-wood chairs
were grouped about It, an especially large
one being provided for the general. At
one end was a sort of couch or divan
built of boards, over which was a cover
ing of purple satin, and three of us sat
on this. By the time we had all crowd
ed in and found seats, the people who
had followed us on the tug arrived. There
was a general moving about to make
more room, extra chairs were brought
in from some interior region, and, to our
surprise, we found ourselves all accom
modated, though wedged In so tight that
it was Impossible for one to move with
out disturbing the whole room full.
At the end of the table opposite General
Bates were two datos, and the sultan's.
younges.i;rbrqther. Outside the door, and
the one window was the population of
Maybun. ,
It was a promiscuous mixture of young
and old, patrician and plebeian, all equal
ly overcome by intense curiosity. The
emotions which their faces so ingeniously
expressed may be seen playing over the I
Of a Most Distressing Humor by the
Cuticura Remedies.
When our baby "was a week old, eczema appeared on the top of her
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Vi s JU1U
ITy oldest hoy, age nine years, was troubled with sores on different parts
of the body, especially on the leg, about twenty-four in all. They were about
the size of a five-cent piece, aud would fester very much and eject a pus.
They were very painful. After my above experience with the cure of my
little girl with Cuticura Remedies, I did not bother with the doctor in
this case, but gave him. the Cuticura treatment which completely cured
him In four weeks. Mrs. E. BUTLER, 1239 3d Ave., S. Brooklyn, IT. Y.
Akd Rest for Ttred Mothers in a warm bath with Ctmcxnu. Soap, and a single appli
cation of CtrriCUiU. Ointment, greatest of emollient akin curea. This treatment, assisted
In tho severer cases by Cunctnii. Resolvext, to cool and cleanse the blood, affords in
stant relief, permits rest for parent and sleep for child, and polnta to a speedy, permanent,
and economical cure of torrarinjj, disfiguring; Itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, pimply,
and crusted skin and scalp humors with loss of hair, when all else falls. Sold throughout
the world. Complete E rrERSAL axd Internal Treatment. Price, The Set, 81.25 j
or, Cuticura. Soap, 2oc., Cdticdba ointment, 50c, Cuticura. Resolvent, 60c PoTiEa
Drug and Chem. Corp., Props., Boston. " How to Curo Everv Kind of Humor, free.
Save Tour Hair with warm shampoos of CtrncTOA. Soap, and light dro.
lngs of Ccricuni, pares t of emollients and greatest of sktn cures. This simple,
refreshing, and Inexpensive treatment will clear the scalp and balr of crusts,
scales, and dandruff, aootho irritated and itching surfaces, stimulate the hair
follicles, snpplytho roots with energy and nourishment, and makaihs hair grow
on a clean, wholesome scalp when, all else falls.
countenance of a young American when
he attends his first circus.
The sultana's appearance is not unpre
possessing: she was clad In a gown or
black brocade silk, not cut after the latest
fashion, and wore a scarf of light flgurea
material over her shoulders, and some
gauzy stuff like "jusi" on her head, so
that her hair was covered. Her stature 13
short, and her face is that of a woman
of 60, though it is hard to judge Oriental
women by our standards. Her complexion
is lighter than the average Moro, and
her small eyes show both Intelligence ana
cunning. We now discovered that tha
purpie coucn upon wmen we aaa oeen s
carelessly sitting was the royal throne
When the sultana entered we rose ana
stood! until we had been introduced to
her and she had seated herself. On net
Tight hand was a white cotton glove ot
civilized manufacture, which, to our
amusement, she had put on wrong, so
that the bu as were on top. It was thus
that she armed herself against contact
with the "Christian dogs."
The space In tho room was so limited
that tho maids of honor, of which there
were two, were obliged to go outside by
a back way and climb in the window.
When tho maids had successfully accom
plished this feat (declining, by a scornful
sniff, the proffered assistance of one ot
our officers), the exchange of civilities
between her Toyal highness and General
Bates commenced.
The palace of the sultan Is about 10 min
utes' walk from the village. Harlem
boasts of shanties of more elegant con
struction, though possibly of less room.
A square, board house with a galvanlzea
iron roof over part of it, and an exten
sion at one side, which contained a harem,
a wall of stones about the whole thl3
was the residence of the sultan of Sulu!
We entered the gates and passed by
three soldiers In khaki uniforms and red
fezes, who presented arms. These wero
brought back with him from his visit to
Mecca, and were evidently Arabians.
Their ordnance consisted of Ave rifles,
four of which were of a different make.
The entrance to the house was througn
a small lean-to shed at one side, whlcn
led Into a room as bare as a barn cham
ber; the living apartments were above.
A broad flight of rough board stairs, with
a strip of carpet down the middle, led to
the upper regions. We ascended and found
ourselves in a large darkened apartment,
in the august presence of the Larl Padu
ka Maha Sari Manlana Sultan Hadji Mu
hamad Jamalul Klram.
The sultan was seated In a chair with a
high back, in one corner of the room,
which had no communication with the
outside air. Other seats were ranged be
fore him in a circle, and directly in front
of him was a high taboirrette, with a mar
ble top. The sultan's vestments were
gorgeous a frock coat of yellow watered
silk, a black vest, with a gold chain fes
tooned across, a white undershirt of mua
lin, flowing skirts and trousers of white
gauze, and patent leather pumps. A high
fez of some colored material served as
an understudy for a snow-white turban
which was wound about It. Later on, feel
ing oppressed by the heat of thl3 head
dress, he took It off and disclosed a small
white fez beneath, which he wore" during
the rest of the conference.
A bed, which stood In one corner of the
largo Toom, had quite a sumptuous ap
pearance, and I was afterward told that
it was underneath this article of furni
ture that the sultan kept his treasure
hoards, being a miserly person. The sul
tan Is a young man, "with a dark, pock
marked face and a very slender mus
tache. His heavy features did not ex
press much character, and when he spoke
his voice was soft and rather plaintive. It
was not difficult to accept the fact that
mamma ruled the roost.
Captain Smiley produced a typewritten
copy of the articles and the Moro secre
tary one written In Arabic, and the con
ference commenced. Wine was poured
from bottles into little blue glasses, the
size of a thimble, and these were passea
around. Those who had the temerity to
taste of It after the two dose3 of chocolate
reported that the flavor was that of water
seasoned with rusty nails.
The result of the conference Is now a
matter of official record. Over the dis
cussion of one of the articles, tho sultan
lingered all the lime that we were there:
It provided that he should always fly the
American flag. Several years ago the
sultan took a Journey to Mecca. This was
the event of hl3 life.
Itislit ot American miners to Vote.
PERRY, Or., Jan. 23. (To the Editor.)
Can you tell us on what conditions the
HELPS ELECTRICITY.
Grape-Xnts Build the Brain That
Docs the Planning.
A famous electrical engineer, Foote,' who
constructed the 3000-horsepower electric
plant which supplies Battle Creek, Kala
mazoo and other Michigan cities, says
there la no food known that will supply
him with the vitality and mental vigor
from breakfast to noon that Grapc-Nuts-will.
Mr. Foote, In conversation, said: "There
Is no doubt left in my mind of these
facts. I have tried all sorts of food, and
kept track of the results. I gain steadily
In reserve force when I use Grape-Nuts,
notwithstanding my occupation requires
long continued and . concentrated brain
work." There Is no artificial stimulant
in Grape-Nuts. Nothing but the stimu
lus of good food that Is scientifically pre
pared for immediate assimilation Into
blood and tissue, especially brain tissue.
-r t . i-.. .. . jt j,
xicuii rtuiAcia uu.il set. suiu uuu unuer- I
standable results by using Grape-Nut3 I
head and spread all over her scalp, face,
andforehead, forming one mass of sores.
Yon can realize how much she must have
suffered, "when sho scratched at times till
the blood ran intermingled -with water.
Oar family doctor's treatment proved
ineffectual, as the disorder, instead of
abating, developed more. We then
stopped all medical treatment, and com-
, menced -with Cuticura Remedess. We
the Cuticura. Resolvext, Cuti-
Ointment. n.nf fhrTTnrmA Rr,iT aIT
Bmuui"j auu sue was entirely curea.
Mrs. E. BUTLER,
American miners in British Columbia and
the Northwest territory can become vot
ers. "We often hear them compared to
the Uitlanders In the Transvaal republic
JAMES B. H.OVE.
There is no such thing as citizenship o
British Columbia or of the Northwest ter
ritories. "British subjects" in British Co
lumbia are the same as all Canadians la
whatever province they may reside. Tho
Canadian statutes, chapter 36, of 31 Vic
toria, say that after a continued residence
0f three yeara in Canada, an alien may
, t authorities, make affidavit
and proof of residence, and take the oath
of allegiance then becoming a British
subject anywhere in tho empire.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Ileal Estate Transfers.
T. J. Geisley and wife to The Canada
Settlers' Loan & Trust Co., SE. &
block 6614, Carter's addition to Port
land; November 24 $ 1
Sheriff to The Northern Counties In
vestment Co., 40x68, lot 1, block 7,
Elizabeth Irvlng's addition; January
19 1013
P. C. Thomason and wife to Zlllah H.
Metcalf. lot 22. 23. 24. block 2. Town-
send3 addition. South Portland; De
cember 2. 1S90 500
S. W. Smith and wife to Baker-Boyer
National bank. Walla Walla, parcel
land. Smlthson's addition; January
ID...: 1600
H.. M. Dooly, trustee, lot 1. block 129,
Stephens' addition; January 20 .... S7S
The Northern Counties' Investment
Co. to Anna May Eliale Paterson,
40x63, lot 1. block 7. Elizabeth Irv
lng's addition; January 23 880
Jane G. Buckman to Effle A. Wood
bury, lot 7, block 1, Buckman's ad
dition: January ID 750
Marriage License.
Herman SIppoIa, aged 30; Hilda Ervest,
aged 20.
Contajrlons Diseases.
Paulina Neuneorater. age 2 years, Car
son Heights; diphtheria.
Harold Wheeler, age 7 years, 531 East
Couch street; scarlet fever.
Death.
January 22 Sidney G. Hawson. ago 38
years, Esmond hotel; bullet wound In
heart.
Birth.
January 22 GItI to the wife of Leon H.
Andrews, Sellwood.
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