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THE MORNING ORE0ONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27; 1900. 5 LARGE CONTRACTS AHEAD SALF OF THE TEAR. ALREADY PRO VXDED FOR. "Wool Transactiona Brenlc Records Weekly Trade Review of Don and Bradatreet Clearinffa. 2CETW YORK. Jan. 56. R. G. Dun & Co.'s review of trade tomorrow will say: No news Is always "good news. New business for manufacturers this year has teen light In some branches, and much below the production last month. It is, perhaps, too often forgotten that the in dustries start this year with larger con tracts ahead than ever before, and when half the work of the whole year has been ordered in advance, there cannot continue Quite the same activity in new buying. The woolen manufacturer has Just opened a new season with the largest transactions ever known in a single week, it is said, but in most other lines, contracts pre viously booked would make similar ac tivity impossible. Yet there is seen enough of hesitation caused by advanced prices to make Inactivity trying. Distribution to consumers throughout the country is rapid and large, especially in quarters where it has been feared that retailers were overbuying, so that there is strong confidence in the future. It could not be expected that business would adjust itself without any embar rassment to such a rise of prices as has occurred. Early In December wool rose too high for prices then obtainable for woolen goods and weeks of dullness fol lowed. The boot and shoe manufacturers are receiving small orders, as jobbers pay the prices asked only for such limited sup plies as are needed for sorting, but their urgency to receive goods heretofore or dered Is marked, and shipments from Boston have been 380,953 cases in four weeks, about 4 per cent more than in 1893 and 16 per cent more than in 1895, with greater increase over every other year. Leather Is inactive and slightly weaker, In spite of heavy exports, and hides are yielding at Chicago, with accumulation of stocks. Iron and steel prices have been yielding for several weeks and are a shade lower for products than at any other time since the middle of September, though Bessemer pig and billets are still so scarce and firmly held that only two sales amounting to 8000 tons are anywhere reported. Agree ments to hold the price of bars do not prevent sales at Philadelphia for ?2 07 of Iron considered by buyers best refined, according to the Iron Age. Sellers call it common, and plates and sheets are both irregular there, with narrow plates sold at Pittsburg below ?2 25. Structural shapes are not quoted lower, but the New York Central contract for 13,000 tons of bridge material went to Pennsylvania, Pencoyd and Detroit works, and two orders for 25,000 tons of rails are taken at Chicago. Last year 13,520,703 tons of pfg were pro duced, according to the official record, the consumption being 13,374,277 tons. In minor metals tin only has been active, January options being quoted at 27Ja "Wheat has advanced to 757c, with no clear reason for .such a sharp advance. Receipts are small, In four weeks only 10,984,928 bushels, against 17,290,297 last year, but the Atlantic exports have been only 7,737,479 bushels, flour Included, against 11,037,383 last year. Pacific exports show a little gain, amounting to 3,311,230 bushels for the same four weeks, against 2,175,248 last year, but this is of no aid to Atlantic markets. Exports of corn still show that American food is wanted abroad, having been in four weeks 13, 482,792 bushels, against 12,370,564 last year. Nevertheless, the price of cash corn has declined about of a cent, although op tion prices are about the same as at the close of last week. Failures for the week have been 231 In the United States, against 224 last year, and "38 in Canada, against 33 last year. SLOW SPECULATION. Public Is Not Inclined to Embark in Xcw Ventures. ;NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Bradstreet's re view of the New York stock"5narket to morrow -will .say: In spite of the increasing- supplies of money and further weakness in interest rates, the speculation In securities has this week been of a decidedly slow, unin teresting kind. There was an abundance of more or less favorable developments, Including news that the British forces in 7atal had obtained farther advantages nd that the London 6tock market had, a this intelligence, shown jmarked relief, from the recent tension to which It was subjected, though the effect of this was negatived by the unfavorable war news which came out on Friday. There was some buying of our stocks for London on Thursday, but this failed to rouse the sluggish spirit of the mar ket. The real feature of the week has been the continued indisposition of the public to enter upon new speculative ven tures, and the subsequent absence of commission-house business of that nature. It may be noted that the demand for bonds Is quite fair. In some cases higher figures have heen made for favorite Issues, and It is also noticed that the buying power in the bond list has extended to the new and low-priced varieties, while, in view of the advanced figures for and small income yield upon gilt-edged honds, private investors show a disposition to take in their stead spme of the safe divi dend payers. Speculative attention has been mainly- confined to the traction group of securities, owing to incidents which seem to point to a combine under one control of the gas and street railway fa cilities in Greater New York, or, at least, the boroughs of Manhattan and Brook lyn. The railroad share list was neriected. in spite of good earnings by nearly every road which has reported for the first three weeks of January. The granger stocks were also nelped by favorable opin ions from the "West about the grain crop outlook. In the Industrial group, the re ports of possible labor troubles failed to have much effect, and expectations about good dividends on the common shares of the steel companies were again current. All of these incidents or possible develop ments failed, however, to develop any buy ing power calculated to give the market an appearance of life, and the renewed ease of money seemed simply to render holders of stocks tenacious as to parting with them at the present rate of values. The unexpected news on Friday morning that the British forces In South Africa had lost the position they captured from the Boers, with the sharp breaks In con sols and all classes of stocks at London, resulted in declines of a point or less throughout the active share list at New York. There was. however, no extensive liquidation, and foreigners were the chief sellers. At the decline shorts covered, and the market, under somewhat discourag ing circumstances, showed an appreciable degree of firmness. TVOOLEX GOODS ACTIVE. Prove an Exception to Dullness Shown In Other Lines. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Bradstreets to morrow will say; Exceptions to the quiet and even dull ness shown by the many lines of trade and speculation are found in the acthe de mand for woolen goods for next fall's de livery, and In the active call for dry goods on spring account. In the latter di rection, prices show special strength, and the bulk of the business placed In woolens has heen at an advance of 25 to 40 per cent. In other lines, notable steadiness Is shown In prices. "Weather conditions throughout the country part of the week have been against trade In seasonable goods, and there is very general complaint of large stocks of winter goods In the hand3 of 1 this branch of trade. Another effect of the usually mild weather is that shown in the Northwestern lumoer business. The lack of snow will probably insure a re duction on the cut of last year, and this, combined with smaller stocks,, points to at least a maintenance of present lumber quotations. Woolen manufacturers have constituted an exception to the general quiet. They opened their order books this week, and an unusually heavy volume of business is reported to have been recorded. Cotton goods are reported in good demand In nearly all markets, and the confidence as to spring business in dry goods and clothing Is a notable feature, in sharp con trast, In fact, with the reports received from retailers as to the present season's business In winter-wear goods. Scarcity of water is complained of as limiting the output of New England cotton mills, which are reported as backward In deliv eries. The unsatisfactory business at retail In boots and shoes is reflected In some easing of leather prices, and hides are actually lower on the week. Coffee has remained strong throughout the week, and the same Is true of sugars, which are active in jobbing lines. A frac tional advance In refined sugars Is to be noted, and raws retain all their old strength. The ees market has been con siderably relieved by large exports of stored sorts. The Iron trade Is in a very interesting condition just at present. Buyers and sellers are still apart, uncertainty as to the continuance of present conditions con stituting a bar to new business Steel la reported by large Interests as In good de mand, and some considerable sales of rails and of structural material are reported. Some improvement In export demand is also noted, the question of ocean freight rates being an Important one in this con nection. Other metals remain fairly steady. The hardware business is of sat isfactory proportions for this season of the year. The open season is having some effect upon commercial prices, which are reported easier at Philadelphia. The cereal markets have shown little decided move ment this week, stronger cables, based partly on damage to French and Russian crops and partly on reports of plague in the Argentine, furnishing a slight strengthen ing force to prices, offsetting a further-Increase In domestic stocks. Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,5S1,197 bushels, against 3,061,125 bushels last week, and 4,997,552 bushels In the corresponding week of 1899. Since July 1, this season, the exports of wheat aggregate 117,385,528 bushels, against 144,232,241 bushels last year. Business failures for the week number 252, as compared with 255 last week. 218 In the week a year ago, 288 in 1898, 326 In 1897, and 393 In 1896. Canadian failures for the week number 39, as compared with 35 last year and 32 in this week a year ago. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The following ta ble, complied by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at principal .cities for the week ended January 25, with the percent age of increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last-year: Inc. Dec. New York $ 987,217,000 .... 33.5 Boston 123,078,000 .... 11.1 Chicago 124,735,000 .... 10.3 Philadelphia .. .. 94,695,000 .... 11.5 St. Louis 30.436.000 10.3 Jb'lttsourg 32,602,000 Baltimore 18,301,000 San Francisco .... 15,525,000 Cincinnati 15,258,000 Kansas City 12,801,000 34.8 7.2 7.3 21.4 6.3 25.9 10.6 28.4 1.9 29.1 3.1 8.5 33.8 jxew urieans iz,99o,0(X Minneapolis 8,372,000 9,7 Detroit Cleveland Louisville Providence Milwaukee SL Paul Buffalo Omaha Indianapolis .. ... Columbus, O Savannah Denver Hartford Richmond 8,986,000 10,358,000 9,529,000 6.301,000 6,442,000 4,540,000 4,953,000 5,759,000 5,674.000 4,930,000 4,040,000 4,443,000 2.425,000 2,615.000 2,612,000 2.274,000 1,748,000 1,897,000 1,706.000 1.194.000 2.751,000 2,230,000 L219.000 2,070.000 LOS6.000 1,527,000 8.002,000 2,062.000 1.409,000 1,097.000 1.520,000 1.447,000 1,008,000 800,000 1,301,000 1,299.000 1,429.000 493,000 1,140,000 "1749.000 833,000 1,066,000 1,119,000 430.000 524.000 646.000 840,000 492,000 451,000 485.000 255,000 297,000 369.000 375,000 292,000 265.000 308.000 275,000 19S.O00 137.000, 2,916,000' 8,116,000 8,480,000 322,000 852,000 884.000 654.000 461.000 393,000 375,000 .... 17.3 E.7 5.5 26.9 .... 55.3 .... 2.4 29.2 12.0 5.1 .... 'O '.'.'. .... 10.0 46.1 23.2 .... 30.3 36.2 14.4 .... 29.8 5.5" ... 29.3 .... 45.0 .... 13.8 2.8 .... 6.2 21.0 .... 40.3 .... .... 20.3 S9.7 .... 9.3 .... 40.5 .... 26.2 23.9 .. 13.7 .... 2.9 .... 16.S 26.1 2.5, 13.9 ... 39.3 2.5 .... 21.8 90.5 .... '.'.'.'. 25tf 7.0 Memphis "Washington .feona Rochester New Haven Worcester Atlanta Salt Lake City.... Springfield, Mass. Fort Worth Portland. Me Portland, -Or St. Joseph Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse Des Moines Nashville Wilmington, Del.. Kail River Scranton Grand Rapids .... Augusta, Go,.. .. Lowell Dayton O Seattle- .-..-.n Tacoma Spokane Sioux City New Bedford Knoxvllle, Tenn... Topeka Birmingham Wichita Bingham ton Lexington, Jy..... Jacksonville, Fla.. Kalamazoo Akron Chattanooga Rockford, III Canton. O Springfield, O Fargo, N. D Sioux Falls. S. D. Hastings, Neb Toledo Galveston .. Houston Youngstown Macon Evansvllle Helena Little Rock Springfield, III Saginaw 9.6 24.7 50i2 75i2 7.8 16.8 18.9 23.6 50 22.0 38.8 46.3 6.7 15.1 12.0 5.5 Totals, U. 3 $1,609,432,000 Outside N. T. 622,224,000 24.8 4.8 25.3 1.9 18.8 uominion or uanaaa Montreal ...$ 13.448,000 8,713,000 1,952.000 1,203,000 807.000 549,000 615,000 575,000 Toronto .. .. "Winnipeg .. Halifax .. .. Hamilton .. St John, N. "Vancouver .. Victoria .. .. 2.2 15.4 4.2 6.7 2.1 Totals $ 27.866.000 13.3 ELLENSBURG NORMAL SCHOOL Five Receive Diplomas and Ten Get Elementary Certificates. EDIiENSBURG, "Wash., Jan. 26. The fall and winter semester of the state nor mal school closed today. Five students finished their course of study and iere granted diplomas, as follows: Florence C. "Wilding, of Tacoma; Grace H. Lindsey, of Port Townsend; Virginia Carroll, of Seattle; Mary Clark, of Hayes, Clark county; H. A. Gibbon, of Ellensburg. The following received elementary cer tificates: Caroline Anderson and Mabel Caricad den, of Ellensburg; Ina Bowman, of Alder ton; Fannie Carter, of Spokane; Lena Douglass, of Zillah; Edith McKenzIe, of Olympla; Josephine Plhl, and Lenna War moth, of Puyallup; Clara Warne and Georgia Blake, of Wlnlock. Governor Rogers delivered an addres to the class this evening, before a large au dience. To Assess at True Cash Value. COLFAX, Jan. 26. Assesssor S. B. Slier, secretary of the Assessors' Association of the State of Washington, has sent out letters of notification to all the assessors of the state, calling attention to the an nual meeting of the association, to be held in Ellensburg, on February 19. The notifi cation states: "We "will endeavor to raise the valua tion of all property throughout the state to Its actual cash value, and for the first time in its history get an equal assess ment by enforcing the provisions of sec tion 42 of the revenue law." 0 p Have you smoked the new Zarlna nic- arette? If not, try them. NEW RAILWAY TERMINUS 1274 MILES BEYOND THE CASPL1X, ' ' rnn'v-ASmVnr, M.wa-twX. 500 NORTITOF FESBlAWUR. . m ' People of That Remote Asiatic Prov ince nnd How They Live Strict ly Mohammedan. ' ANDIJaN, Russian Turkestan. July 20. This Is the most eastern point reached by tne Transcasplan Taliway. It Is 1912 versts, or approximately 1274 miles, from Krasno vodsk, on the Caspian sea, and 330 miles east of Samarkand, which for 10 years has been the terminus of the line, until this extension was finished a few weeks ago. i two-wheeled type, fashioned like the arba Geographically Andljan Is almost exact- of Persia and Bokhara, with wheels as ly 500 miles directly north of Peshawur, high as a man's head, the northern terminus of the railway sys- j kThe people are not cordial to strangers, tem of British India, There is, therefore, for they still resent the Russian occupa a gap of but 500 miles in direct railway ' tion. In wandering about the city I have cgmmunlcatlon between Western Europe seen no friendly smiles- except from the and the capitals of India, except for the children, who are very pretty and bright few hours' run across the Caspian sea little youngsters. On the edge of the by steamer. The Intervening territory, town two little girls were playing with however, Is occupied by that stupendous their brother, none more than 7 or 8 years piareau, tne Pamirs, "the roof of the world," a mountain barrier which could be surmounted or pierced by a railway only with the utmost difficulty. A few weeks ago I saw correspondence written by Mr. John T. McCutchen, of the ?V,I RUSSIAN CHURCH AND PpPnr'o ototr rl-ofarl of Tt?V-m VI r nwTT 4,?"" "n", " other with the Pamirs between us, and It would have been more difficult to meet than to return by way of Chicago. Not only would the mountains interfere, but three nations stand in the way to forbid Intercourse by this route. Russia refuses to permit any stranger to cross that fron tier, either to enter orleave her own ter flKfi&EiBi&fi38Mf PWV&yfflmBr-- 'm4MMmtmY ritories. The British In India are almost tervenes as the "buffer state," the ameer is by no means hospitable to visitors who come uninvited. Prom here the mountain wall of the Alai Tagh range is in plain view, -a-few miles -to thesouthj its summits covered .with snowj- and- just beyond the splendid peak of Mount Kaufmann, rising to a height of 22,500 feet. Then comes the almost Impassable plateau crossed with great mountain chains tangled In con- fiicfrr V 13otviIto In the journey from Chernayevo to Andl- in I have seen the most attractive por- jan tion of all central Asia, except the culti vated valley of the Zarafshan, from Bok hara to Samarkand. This province of JFerghana, the granary of the fdrrter khanate of Khokand, is watered by the Sir Darla and a host of branches which enter that Important river, perpetually fed by the snows of the mountain ranges. Within this distance one passes through almost all the places- whose names are famous In the Russian conquest of Kho kand. The cities of Khodjend and Kho kand are on the line, Marghilan is reached by a spur-line five miles long, down which trains back from the main line," nnd Na mangan Is but a- few miles to the north. All of these cities, except the latter, are on the south side of the Sir Darla river, all are situated on the banks -of tributary streams that come down from the moun tains, and all are rich and prosperous commercial centers. Long before the Russian came the khan ate of Khokand was one of the richest countries of central Asia, almost isolated from the t rest of the wprjd by the great mountain chains and barren deserts that surround it, but with natural wealth and beauty that entitled it to rank with the most poetical descriptions of the vale of Cashmere. Its commerce with Europe and with India was small, but the wares of Khokand were prized in Western markets when they came by way of caravans across the desert andl then over the anci ent trade routes to the Caspian sea or the fair of Nljni Novgorod. Russian pos session and the construction of the rail way have made the country safe for the traveler. In the bazars are goods of Rus sian and German manufacture, where be fore no European wares were to be found. Except that, It is difficult to realize that much change has been wrought by the new authority. The train from Chernayevo to .Andl jan carries the freight traffic as well as passengers and requires 14 hours to run the 205 miles. This means that it stops long enough at every station for a suffi cient view of the surroundings serving tne traveler wno is not in a hurry par ticularly well. Between stations, as we jogged along in the valley, I sat on the steps of the rear platform and studied the landscapes as comfortably as could be Imagined. Wheat fields and corn fields are plentiful enough through this part of Ferghana to make It seem quite like home. This morning I saw three scarcrows perched on a strawstack In a big wheat field; one made to represent a man, one a stuffed jackal and one a dead crow. The picturesque dress of the ICh'okandians makes a most Interesting garment for a Bcarecrow and might be Introduced ad vantageously into the CTain fields of the Mississippi valley. A little later, cross ing a small marsh, I saw a cluster of genuine American cattails growing. Interesting Animal Life. Animal life in this region is more Inter esting than it is in the deserts of Trans caspia, where the camel is the only crea ture that can exist. It is true that cam els are used here to some -extent, but they are not by any means as numerous as in the provinces to the westward. Sheep are a source of much wealth of the prov ince, and cattle and horses are raised prof itably. Silkworms are reared In great number, and the product Is manufactured locally. Last evening, just as the moon wa3 rising, I saw two jackals slinking Into the shadow of a mulberry, hedge as the train rattled by, evidently on a foraging expedition against some Khokandlan sheep fold. Tigers are not actualy numerous here, though they are by no means rarer and Mr. Hoffman, my traveling companion irom oamarKana to Tashkend. tells of a successful tiger hunt In which he partici- patea oniy a year ac:o. The big fellows come from Northeastern Afghanistan, In dia and Chinese Turkestan, but Feighana is so generally occupied that they do not increase very rapidly after they cross the mountains. Andljan proves to be an Interesting city, whether one looks, at the. new Russian town or the fta.tlve quarter., The Russian business section Is small and' of little con sequence, but the streets are wide and shaded, as they are in Samarkand and Tashkend. ,with open irrigation ditches on either side of the roadways, the trees planted in rows alternately dn each side of each stream. The railway station Is within easy reach of the town Itself, which js a surprise along thtp line. It has the beginnings of a park about It, with a iiiunw. jiiie Diuiaii 111 iiiuia axe ttiniuau the sport. I """ A "" m-i.wn.ucu ujr umuuu v,. w.w as chary about permitting their defenses ' The old crone must have told the children 'service that the construction of the sta and fortifications of the passes to be seen. ! some terrible tales about me for they did tlon wI11 De commenced as soon as the And In the portions where Afghanistan in- ' not remain loval but climbed to tho ton transfer Is made from the department of shaded avenue from the station to the public garden which surrounds the little 1 Russian church. i In the native Khokandlan town the ba- .. zaar Is niost .interesting. Travelers have 1 not ben ,here th -Sufficient number to be- come..famUlar tp the people, and there has been no change In tho customs becau&e of the Russian occupation. The crockery market In the bazaar shows a collection of earthen ware much of the same sort to' be seen in a Mexican market-place. One of the finest displays of melons that I have ever seen occupies a prominent place. On one side of the square asses, horses and camels are offered for sale. Wheeled ' vehicles are particularly numerous, offer' ing- a great contrast to the towns of Trans- caspla, where asses and camels bear all the burdens. Here cartmakers are at work under the shade of the mulberry and poplar trees in front of their shops, on every hand. Most of the carts are of the old, out In the road in front of a mud- walled garden that concealed an attractive villa. They were dabbling in the Irriga tion ditch, and I made friends with them without the least- difficulty bv rescuing boat that had. got out of their reach, and PUBLIC GARDEN AT ANDIJAN. ' ttinvi TrrVtttlfvi a. nAtlAit .. iT..u ... m X" " r"V"?.? ul,2 fun together when a wrinkled old woman, who must have been their grandmother! came out of the gate searching for them. She called them In haste to come away from theglaour, gave me a good scolding, which I did not understand In the least, bundled the little folk through the gate, they looking rueful at the Interruption of the sport, 0f the wall a little farther down the road. and "made faces" at me with evident satis- faction. Women of Andljnn. The women are all veiled. In Tashkend, Samarkand and the other cities through wnicn i nave passea tney have become so accustomed to the presence of Euro peans that the rule which requires the v.cl""b ", """'c " iu"wea very ' strictly. But here the Russians have not been able to break down Mohammedan reserve. Every woman Is draped In a shapeless opaque shawl that covers face ,-na bod' concealing any possible" charm of person. The eyes are the only fea tures that show, and they are so shaded as to be almost invisible. Usually the women one meets in the street not only keep their faces hidden, but also turn their backs upon the stranger until he passes. Mr. de Klemm gave me a rule when I was In Tashkend which he a'fflrms by all the knowledge he has gained In years 01 uie in central Asia, particularly in Bokhara, reputed to be the most strict of all cities in the observance of Mo hammedan law. "You need have no curiosity whatever." he declares, "as to the looks of the worn- en who keep themselves closest veiled or who turn away when you meet them in tho street at least, unless they are with thir husbands, when, of course, they ful- fill all the forms. You may take it as a certainty tnat an the women who are yuunjj ana preny are aiso curious enough and coquettish enough to glance from un der their veils and to permit a glimnse B lEr' s of their own faces. So content yourself Five Thousand of Various Nature with the idea that the women who are "Were Recorded Last Year. Sa?ee?nMWS,Seti,M0U 66e thtm' an I According to the Liverpool Underwrlt lnniw nt Wrth ' eTS' Association's returns, the casualties looKing at. 1 t0 vesseis of 50o ton3 ,-033 ana upward Last year the Khokandlans broke out m December were: From weather dam in an insurrection against Russian au- age, 77; founderings and abandonments, thorlty in this province. That was before ,. 7S strahdfngs (Including 10 total losses), Mm ' ' --lfich s CROCKERY MARKET, IN the railway reached this city, and it was not as easy to handle troops promptly as It is now. Andljan was the center of the outbreak, as it has been one of the centers of discontent ever since- the Rus sian conquest in 1876. It is very difficult to get at the facts of the insurrection, and the Information that has been given me . i-r- -a.-:r --s-"-' varies considerably. At least It Is certain and abandonments, 1295 strandlngs (In that before the Russian forces could in- eluding 132 total losses), 14S8 collisions (in terrupt the revolt a considerable number eluding 30 total losses), 233 fires and ex of Rusisan settlers out of reach of es- Plosions (Including 6 total losses), 37 miss cape to the garrison were killed. In the ins and 1228 other casualties or a total fighting which ensued after the Russians for tne year of 63S1 casualties, of which got Into action 16 Rusisan soldiers were 2S5 were total lsses. killed. A gotid many natives were killed In the fighting, and six of them were hanged after It was over as a. punish ment for what they had done and a warning not to do that sort of thing again. Tne Russian officers with whom I have talked about the insurrection are port engineer of the Pacific Coast Com firm In their conviction that' fhftv trni pany, whose big collier, Miami, met dls- never be another outbreak of the sort, so severe was the lesson. Since that time the "Khokandlans have been quiet, -but not" the most exuberantly patriotic-supporters of the Russian colonial system. TRUMBULL WHITE . ' BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby If Ciittinp: Tcetfc, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy ifi,""""Jl."i"'u.VJii"i'i..i"l..","""I aijaja an pain. cures wind colic and diarrhoea. . FLEET LEAVING THREE MORE BIG CARGOES CROSSED OCT YESTERDAY. County of Merioneth Makes a Fast Trip From Honolulu Cambrian Warrior Clears Notes. There was quite a clearing out of ships in the lower harbor thl3 morning', three of the big grain-carriers which have been lying at Astoria crossing out be fore noon. The vessels were the British barks Crlffel and galena, and the British ship Scottish Isles. The two latter ves sels were pretty deep in the water, draw ing nearly 23 feet. They experienced no delay whatever in going down the river: The "in-port" fleet was reinforced yes terday by the arrival of the British bark County of Merioneth, which was hardly expected before next month. The vessel comes from Honolulu, and as she was still In port when the British bark Gulf Stream sailed on the 9th, she has un doubtedly made a very fast run; in fact, pretty close to the record. The County of Merioneth Is about 20 years old, but none of the modern-built freight vessels can surpass her for speed. a When last In port she was rigged a3 a i ship, but is now a bark. The vessel was cnartereu ior JMarcn loading, ana nas made such a quick trip that she has suf ficient leeway to spend several weeks In quarantine, if It Is necessary for her to do so. On one of her previous trips she met with an accident which delayed her on her trip for several weeks, and she reached Portland with only about 10 min utes to spare in order to save a charter which expired "Just as the sun went down." She saved the owners several thousand dollars by getting through on time, but the margin was so small that the Incident will never be forgotten down on the front. NO FLAWS IN THE TITLE. Everything Ready for the Transfer and Check Is on the "Way. ASTORIA, Or., Jan, 26. President Van Duren, of the chamber of commerce, has been investigating the delay of the gov ernment in establishing a quarantine sta tion at the mouth of the Columbia. When questioned concerning the matter this evening, he said: "The report that there is a flaw in- the title to the proposed quarantine station site Is entirely without foundation. The abstracts were approved by the depart ment of justice some months ago. The transfer to the government has been made, the deed having been sent to Wll on Gay ?"ited States ,? TeL Seattle, several days ago, and I presume it is now of record. George & Barker, the former owners of the property, have va cated it, and the department can take possession as soon as it desires." The check to pay for the site has been for warded from Washington Attorney Gay, and I am informed by officials of the Justice to the treasury department. There . ar-e no new claimants to tne property, ana no one is oojecting to us purcnase Dy me government, so far as I am able to learn." i KILLED BY CANNIBALS. Terrible Fate of a Schooner Crew In the Admlrnltys. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 26. Details have been received of the killing of the captain and crew of the schooner Nikamarra on one of the Islands of the Admiralty group by the natives, who are cannibals. It is said that all of the victims were eaten. The Nikamarra was owned by E. E. Forsyihe and had left New Britain early In October on her trading cruise to the Admlraltys. Oa arrival there she was boarded by a number of the natives with whom Cantaln Dalthe was unsuspectingly doing business, when he was set upon by j his treacherous customers and killed, his ! fate being shared by the mate and six New Ireland natives, all of whom were cut and hacked with knives and tomahawks. "Che natives then plundered the vessel, Nothing was known of the killing until some time afterwards, when Mr. Forsythe arrived on the scene with his other schooner, the Nagara, He was accompa nied by Messrs. Bullock and Doudney, nnd they, too, were set upon by the natives with knives and rifles taken from the Nikamarra. Bullock was badly wounded with a shot through tho thighs, but the boat party regained the Nagara, which, with her gas engine, reached open water. MARINE CASUALTIES. THE BAZAR OF ANDIJAN. 75; collisions (Including 3 total losses), 156; fires and explosions (Including 1 total loss), 15; missing, 1; other casualties, S3 making for December 416 casualties (in cluding 22 total -losses), against 431 for November, of which 20 were total losses. For the 12 months there have been 1020 vessels weather-damajred. SO founderfntrs WRECK OF THE MIAMI. Port Engineer to Investigate Thought to Be Total Lous. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 26. A. H. Kleff. aster Thursday on a sunken reef between Wb-lte Beck and Danger reef, on the eastern shorQ of "Vancouver Island, has s"d t0'the scjne of the wreck. He ,wili make as thorough an Inspection of the veo- sel as !s PssIble- The vessel is sub- merged, her decks being several feet un der water. Meanwhile marine engineers in the em ploy of the underwriters are making an examination to see if it is possible to save anything. 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Private ad vices here from the north say that while the steamer Miami lies in a.dangerous po sition on the Vancouver coast, It Is be lieved that she may yet be saved it the weather continues good. The less of the Miami will materially increase the coal famine here. AN" EVEN DOZEN. Cambrian Warrior Clears Yesterday With Twelfth Cargo for January. The British bark" Cambrian Warrior cleared yesterday for Queenstown or Fal mouth for orders, with S0.S52 bushels ot wheat, valued at $44,472. The vessel was loaded by Epplnger & Co., and will leave down the river today. The Cambrian Warrior brings the fleet already cleared in January up to an even dozen vessels, and the thirteenth vessel, the Nereus. I3 already in the stream, with her cargo aboard. One, and possibly two, more ves sels will get away before the end of the month. Puget sound is dolnr a little better this month than she was last, and Seattle and Tacoma together have suc ceeded In loading two ships since Janu ary 1, with a prospect of another one be fore the end of the month. Shipwrecked Crew Rescued. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The steamer LIsbones, which arrived today from Bra zilian ports, rescued at sea Captain Som erville and five seamen, the crew of the British schooner Allan D. Mclntyrol which was abandoned in a waterlogged condition January 23. The Allan D. Mc Intyre was bound from Pensacola for St. Croix, West Indies, and was reported spoken January 21 In latitude 23 08, Iongi- , tude 69.93, running under bare poles In a gale, but she made no signals. She wa3 a three-masted schooner, built in 1891. and I registered 199 tons. She hailed from St. John's., N. B and was owned by Peter Mclntyre. A Total Wreclc. LONDON. Jan. 26 The Danish steamer Livldla, from Hamburg for Philadelphia, ashore at Terschelllng, has become a total wreck. The crew has been safely landed. Marine Notes.. The German bark Magdalene, In tow of two big steamers, moved cautiously down the harbor yesterday, en route for Astoria-Fog on the river Is delaying shipping somewhat. The St. Enoch, on the way up from Astoria, had not passed St. Helens at 6 o'clock last evening. The steam collier Miami, wrecked on Vancouver island Thursday, wa3 former ly the British steamship Nerito. She was built at Sunderland in 1891, and was brought to the Pacific coast last June. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 26. Arrived Brit ish bark County of Merioneth, from Hono lulu steamer W. H. Harrison, from Til lamook. Sailed British bark Criffel; British bark Galena; British ship Scot tish Isles, for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, east; weather, clear. San Francisco, Jan. 26. Arrived Schooner Beulah, from Willapa harbo-; schooner W. H. Kruger, in tow of tug Astoria, from Gray's harbor; steamer Mattewana. from Comox; steamer Czar ina, from Seattle. Sailed Steamer Uma tilla, for Victoria; steamer Jeanle, few Seattle. Port Townsend. Jan. 26. Sailed Bark Guy C. Goss, from Vancouver for Phila delphia. Seattle, Jan. 26. Sailed Japanese steamer RIojun Maru, for Yokohama. - Coos Bay Sailed Jan. 25 Steamer Ho mer, for San Francisco. Hong Kong Sailed Jan. 23 British ship King Arthur, for Tacoma. New York, Jan. 26. Sailed Augusto Victoria, for Havre; La Bretagne, foz Havre; Gera, for Bremen. Genoa, Jan. 26. Sailed Fuerst Bis marck, for New York. Yokohama, Jan. 26. Arrived City of London, from Tacoma, New York, Jan. 26. Arrived Manltou, from London. ' Boston, Jan. 26. Arrived New England, ' from Liverpool Havre, Jan. 26. Arrived La Gascogne, ffnw XTT,r VN,"1 """ on iuia. . Kamhurg. Jan. 26. Arrived Belgravla, uuiu mew xuri, New York. Jan. 26. Arrived Georsrla. irom ijiverpooi. Tyto Astoria Residence Burn. ASTORIA, Jan. 26. 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