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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1900. POOR MEN OF NOME DonHWtant the LaceyBHI to Pass Congress.-4 IT FAVORS THE CORPORATIONS iTfeeMinors Wsat to TFae the Qountry, Hot to Tie It Op With. Kob- reaidoat OrrBers. WASHINGTON, Pete. 2. Up to the pres ent tin there has been almost perfect Moor between tfee various repgesentatlvcfi ot Alaskan interests who have come to Washington in tbe hope of bettering con ditions at borne. Edwin Bnglestad, a miner from tbe vicinity of St. Michael, now moms no, and threatens to cause a breach, a be attacks or takes exception to tbe manner in which Governor Brady and nto supporters have been proceeding. In presenting tbe situation as it appeals to bias, Mr. Bnglestad. says: "There is a very great difference be tween tbe conditions existing in South ern Alaska and. in tbe northwestern sec tion ot that coSntry. Tbe former is the scene of large settlements, permanent residences, schools, churches, and other Institutions of civilized countries. In the north there is nothing but desolation, with here and there a small village or mining camp. The Inhabitants of this region are almost wholly in search of wealth, with whloh they hope to return to their native country. As fast as they strike it rich they leave, and those who are not fortu nate seek a new locality. Thus Alaska Is divided Into two distinct sections. Gov ernor Brady resides In the southern sec tion, and has but once been into the Yukon country, when be made a summer trip. He now comes to Washington and seeks legislation for the benefit of the whole of Alaska. In regard to the north ern section, be can but speak from the. experience of his brief summer trip. In feet, all official trips have been made in the summer, the winter months being too hard and long. I know, because I have lived and worked there for 11 years. Disapprove Laccy BI1L "When I arrived In this city, I discov ered that all reports on tbe conditions of Alaska as far as future leg'slation Is con cerned were extremely one-sided. The strange conditions surrounding the estab lishment of placer mining laws and power of attorney In Alaska, thereby allowing the staking of placer claims, are not men tioned in the proposed legislation. I am mow speaking of the Lacey 'bill, now be fore the house, extending in Alaska the placer mining laws to and reserved from sale by a previous act of congress in 1S9S. "I see by tbe papers that Mr. Lacey im plies that he is representing the wishes Of the miners in the Klondike when he proposes the passage of this bill. The miners of Northwestern Alaska would like to know who has asked Mr. Lacey to frame a bill regarding Cape Nome. I State positively, being & miner from Cape Nome, that as far as any legislation for that district is concerned, tbe provision of Commissioner Hermann giving no privi leges to corporations is and will be en tirely satisfactory to the miners of that region. If the beach In question is United States property, it ought not to be li censed to any corporation or corporations. Mr. Lacey, in his bill, wants to give privi leges to corporations. It Is ascertained that the bill is formulated to protect the - Interest of tbe miners. It takes only a glance of a practical miner to see that the bill nails fast this fact: That one agent or a corporation can employ 100 men by contract, and the entire beach will be legally obtained. Flaeor Mining: Objectionable. ".The "hot ItfeaJtee the shaking of claims by power of attorney, whereby the. agent of a corporation can secure the claim to as much land as he wishes for the cor poration which he represents. What the miners want is the privilege to dig where they please on the Cape Nome beach, as was done last summer. Then the miners who had suffered through the winter, trav eled to Cape Nome and dug for gold where they pleased. There was little or no trouble between prospectors, the protec tion being the military police. The miner dug for gold in the beach as one digs for clams, and many a destitute prospector was able to return to the Tukon with money to support his family during the hard winter following. This is what they want to do next summer. If the placer mining laws are brought here, it would pre vent all the poor men who have been staking on the beach from getting In a claim, and the beach would be taken by from SM to 4D0 agents. In two months 1000 destitute miners would be clamoring around, and the military police would have much trouble to prevent riot and blood shed. If a law could be made prohibiting the staking or obtaining of plaoer claims by agents or power of attorney, it would settle the difficulty. "It is not just to the miners that a few rich men should be allowed to take from them their heritage. These poor miners cannot send a delegation to Washington to look out for their interests, but the richer men come down and pretend to want legislation to help the peor man, whereas they are working for themselves and for corporations. It Is the poorer class that should have protection by prohibiting placer claims. Reliable Facts Necessary. "As far as the establishment of a terri torial government is concerned, it is only the southern portion of Alaska that wants it. The northern region does not wish for legislation, and it is not fit for It. All It needs is a few circuit or district judges and good military protection. This is what the miners want, and congress should know It. The senators and representa tives who wish to legislate for Alaska should first become acquainted with the conditions of the country. The only way to get the proper idea of the govern mental needs of that vast territory is for our government to appoint a special com mission from the war, interior, state and poetoffice departments, to go, not for a summer excursion into the Tukon basin, but to go for two or three years, and to make exhaustive reports on the conditions existing there. The geological survey had s. commission there, but it only report ed on the geological conditions, and not on the conditions of the people. "A commission appointed from the named departments would be able to make a general report to congress and a -separate report for each department on the needs of Alaska in that department The reports would Iprm the basis for future legislation. The conditions of the Eski mos, Laplanders and the reindeer need prompt Investigation, and the commission would be able to report on these things, as well m on much else of importance. "Taking into consideration Oiat in the course of tbe next Ave years Alaska rlll yield to the United States over $100,000,000 in gold, a good system of legislation ought certainly to be established, and this will only be done satisfactorily to all parties after & thorough investigation has been made by a commission of earnest, respon sible men. who are not afraid to rough it and to endure hardships for the sake of the vahtabte knowledge they may gain." The Cafe. Scribner's. Not m Paris only, but all over France, in every garrison town, provincial oity or tiny vllkiee, the oafe Is the chief attraction, the center of thought, the focus toward which all the rays of masculine existence con verge. Pot the student in Paris, newly arrived from the provinces, living In furnished rooms, to whose modest purse the theaters and other places of amusement are prac tlcaflr cioe3 the oafe fcs a supreme re source. Hie mind is molded, his ideas and opinions fofmedrinore "by wKaT he hears and sees there than by any other. Influence. His restaurant Is of no Importance. He may eat anywhere. But the choice of his cafe will often give the bent to a ybung man's career. It indicates to his acquaint ances his exact shade of politics and hla opinions on literature, music or art. In Paris, to know a man at all Is to know where you can And him at the hour ot the aperitif what Baudelaire called Iheare salnte de Tafcelnthe. When young men form a society ampng themselves, an Establishment of this kind Is chosen as thelt meeting place, and thou sands exist only by such patronage, as, for example, the Cafe de la Rogence, Place du Theatre Francals, which Is frequented en tirely by men who play chess. e HAWAIIAN SUGAR CROP. Statement Prepared by Havrailan Sn&rar-Plantcrs' Association. Vice and Deputy Consul-General Boyd sends from Honolulu, under date of No vember 23, 1S99. a statement prepared by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, showing the number of tons of sugar pro duced on the Hawaiian Islands from Oc tober 1, 1S98, to September 30, 1S99. The statement shows that 282,807 tons were produced on all the islands, and also shows the number of tons produced on each plantation as well as on each Island of the group. The figures, together with the estimate for thes ugar crop Of 1S99-1900 (transmitted by Consul-General Haywood undo? date of December 2) follows: Harrailan Sujrar Crop, 1808-00. Haivaii Tons. Wajkea'MIIl Company 9,191 HllrfPortuguese Sugar Mill Co 932 HIIa Sugar Co 6,880 OiAfaea Sugar Co 8,404 Pejlekeo Sugar Co 7,350 Hatomu Sugar Co 4,968 Hatfilau Plantation Co 8,980 LaivtoLhoehoe Sugar Co 5,337 Ookkli Sugar Co 3,504 Kukakm Plantation Co. 1.748 Kukafau Mill Co .. 1,732 Hamakua Mill Co 6,081 Paauhau Plantation Co 7,529 Horpkaa Sugar Co 9,111 Pacmc Sugar Mill 4,660 Niuki Mill and Plantation 2,226 Hal&wa Plantation 1,049 Kohala Sugar Co 4,119 Untyn Mill Co 1,668 Hawl Mill (R. R. Hind) 1.222 Beecroft Plantation 609 Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co 7,732 Hawaiian Agricultural Co 11,318 L. Chong (at Pahala) 839 Total 117,239 Maui Klpahulu Sugar Co 1,931 Hamoa Plantation 2,025 Hana Plantation Co 3.175 Haiku Sugar Co ,.... 4,865 i Hawaiian commercial & sugar Jo... 16,621 Pala Plantation -. 6,268. Walluku Sugar Co... 7,412 UlOWalU UO 1,502 Pioneer Mill Co., Ltd 10,589 Total 64,389 Oahu Walmanalo Sugar Co ..... 2,352 Heeia Agricultural Co., Ltd 2,191 Lale Plantation , 494 Kahuku Plantation Co 7,008 Waianae Co 3,506 Kwa Plantation Co 22,334 Oahu Sugar 9b 7,935 Total , 45,820 Kauai I Kilauea Sugar Co 5,420 Makee Sugar Co 9,350 Lihue Plantation Co 13,333 A. S. Wilcoxl., 3,962 Grove Farm Kfentatlon 1,751 Koloa Sugar Co. 5,268 McBryde Sugar Co..... 1,491 Hawaiian Sugar- Co 14,350 Gay & Robinson..... 1821 Walmea Sugar Mill Co 1,021 Kokaha Sugar Co 6,942 Estate V. Knudsen 650 Total 65,359 Grand total .'.282,807 Estimate for 1800-1000. Oahu Tons. Ewa Plantation 24,000 Waianae Plantation Co .-. 4,000 Walalua Agricultural Co 6,000 Kahuku Plantation Co.. 5,000 Lale Plantation ....,..'...,....,.'.,... 400 Heela Agricultural Co 2,250 Waimanato Sugar "Co 3,250 Oahu Sugar" Co ......... , 14,000 Total ..., 58,900 Honolulu Sugar Co. (new) Maul Olowalu Sugar Co 1,550 Pioneer Mill Co 14,000 Walluku Sugar Co 7,100 Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.. 16.000 Pala Plantation 7,000 Haiku Sugar Co.v. 5,800 Hana Plantation Co , 3.800 Hamoa Plantation Co 2,200 Kipahulu Sugar Co 1,900 Klhoi Plantation Co. (new) Kaiku Sugar Co. (new) Total Molokai , American Sugar Co. (new) Kamalo Sugar Co. (new) Lanal , Maunalel Sugar Co. (new)... Palawai Development Ass'n, (new).. Hawaii Paahau Plantation Co 1 HamakUa Mill Co Kukalau Plantation Co Kukaiau Mill Co...,.,, Ookala Sugar Co , Laupahoehoe Sugar Co .'. Hakalau Plantation Co Honomu Sugar Co . Pepeekeo Sugar Co Onomea Sugar Co Hilo Sugar Co Waiakea Mill Co Hawaiian Agricultural Co Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Co Hawl Mill , Beecroft Plantation Union Mill Co Kohala Sugar Co Halawa Plantation Nlulll Mill Pacific Sugar Mill Honokaa Sugar Co .. Kona ugar Co.-. Hilo Portuguese Sugar Mill Co...... Olaa Sugar Co. (new) t 59,350 8,000 9,000 2,500 3,480 3,500 4,400 11,000 5,000 7,000 6,463 7,000 8.000 9.000 8,000 3,000 500 1,800 3,600 1,400 1,100 4,630 9,500 500 800 Total Kauai Kilauea Sugar Co Makee Sugar Co Lihue and Hanamaulu Mills. Koloa Sugar Company.. Hawaiian Sugar Co Gay & Robinson Walmea Sugar Mill Kekaha Sugar Company...... Grove fiTarm McBryde Sugar Co , ...119,933 .. 5.500 .. 10.000 .. 16,000 .. 4,500 .. 16,000 .. 1,600 .. 1,000 .. 7.500 .. 2,900 .. 1.400 "I" Total' 66,400 Grand total 304,603 0 Reciprocity "With France. ( Baltimore Sun. If the reciprocity treaty with France Is not ratified, it Is probable other European nations will be discouraged and will make no further'efforts to enter Into closer trade relations with the United States. France proposes to make substantial reductions In duties on a number of American products, among them cottonseed oil and petroleum. If the treaty Is pot ratified maximum rates on these articles will be Imposed and Rus sia would probably get a monopoly of the petroleum trade with France, while cot tonseed oil, it is said, would be prao tlcally excluded. Not only Is the United States now given an opportunity under the terms of the treaty to extend its trade with France, but American consumers of French products, by means of the reci procal arrangement, will be able to pur chase at less expense a considerable num ber of goods Imported from France. There is formidable opposition on the part of protected Interests in this country to the proposition to admit French products' at a reduced duty, although they would, of course, be glad to send their goods to France duty free. In a, case affecting the interests of consumers, the beneficiaries of a high tariff are as unwilling as ever to make any concessions; They seem de termined to keep the "home market" en tirely to themselves, atfd as long as the consumer does, not realize the extortion which is practiced upon him, they will be able to exclude foreign competition. The South has a cottonseed oil Industry -which might be developed into considerable pro portions through closer trade relations with France and other countries. South ern senators should support the reciprocity treaty. net Zarlna cigarette 6mokers have' no griefs 10c for 10. I KHANATE OF BOKHARA THTi MOHAMMEDAN STRONGHOLD . - OF SIBERIA. " Cruelties Practiced on Foreigners Before 'the Ruaninn Government Gained Control. BOKHARA. July 26. In the other Cen tral Asian cities I have visited the new Russian town built after the conquest or the coming of the railway has grown up next door to the old native town, with nothing but a street between them. It is very different here. From the Russian station of Bokhara, where the trains of the Transcasplan line halt for breakfast Dn the West-bound run, to the ancient city of Bokhara, capital of the khanate of the same name. Is nearly nine miles. There Is a good reason for this, or at least there FAMILY GROUP was when thellne. waa built." The. Rus sians were showing' a 'justifiable- caution about the manner in which they thrust their all-conquering railway and the Euro pean authority and civilization Which ac companied it upon the restless Asiatics, and so did not try to enter directly the places where the most opposition might be expected. Bokhara always has been the most Inaccessible and Inhospitable city of the khanates of Central Asia, resenting the visits of strangers as intrusions like a veritable Lhasa, and endeavoring to live up to Its reputation as one "Of the most fanatical and holy Mohammedan strong holds. To this day the Russians go through the forms and keep up the virtual fiction that Bokhara Is a distinct and Independent gov ernment. They interfere but little in the administration of the interior affairs of the khanate. Russian maps, like those made by geographers elsewhere, delineate the boundaries of Bokhara as distinct from those of Russia and color the possessions some other hue. The emperor of Russia makes treaties with his great and good friend, the emir of Bokhara, and main tains his representative at the court of the latter monarch under the title of political agent at Bokhara instead of governor. Russian statistics of production and pop ulation of the provinces of Central Asia always omit the figures for Bokhara, and then relate In a succeeding paragraph the additional information in regard to the khanate. Most interesting, of all, when the Rueso-Indlan-Afghan-Chlhese frontier was delineated by the last Joint boundary commission, and a small area which had AI ."ST -Z 'J ry-'".1- -t-7. -- . j.--.ii ,,. WALL AND GATEWAY OF been Bokharlot territory -was given to Afghanistan, in order to make the Amu Darla river the boundary throughout, Rus sia went through theform of ceding to Bokhara certain other territories to the eastward as a compensation for what had been taken away. As a matter of fact. Bokhara is a vas sal state of Russia in which Russia has all the advantages of direct ownership and administration and none of the disadvan tages. I would not suggest, however, that Bokhara Is not equally profited by the arrangement, for beyond doubt the khanate derives many advantages from It. The slave markets of Bokhara, like those of Khiva, had their share of peaceful European travelers for sale until compar atively recent years. The cruelties perpe trated upon strangers were not confined to enslaving them. In the effort to discour age the visits of strangers Into the for bidding land, the most painful and shock ing tortures were perpetrated upon them. So isolated was the khanate from the civ ilized countries of the world, and so diffi cult of access, that It was virtually Im mune from attack and punishment by the powers whose citizens were so abused. The result was that outrage after outrage was Inflicted, and still the vicious emirs of Bokhara and Khiva remained almost unre buked, and the nations of Europe were helpless to defend their people who wan dered Into Central Asia. The most conspicuous and notorious coses of torture in- Bokhara occurred some 60 T years ago, ending in the painful death o two English officers. Colonel Stoddart camq into Bokhara from India in 1838, and Captain Conolly reached here by way of Khokand two years later. Although both were the accredited agents of the British government, they were Imprisoned In a horrible underground cell without light, ventilation or sanitation, to be ajmosf eat en alive by the sheep ticks that infested this "black hole." After suffering1 a liv ing death among these vermin, they were both executed on June 17, 1842. Not long after, the Russan envoy, M. Struve, who was sent to the emir to open 'up friendly relations-with that ruler, teas imnrlsnnert I and subjected to a series of the most of- lensive toriurea exienaing over a period of six months. Verily, it was not as easy to visit the cities of Central Asia then as it Is today. Bokhara's Days of Glory. Bokhara had its days of glory as well as Samarkand. Under the Arab dynasty of the Samanldes it was a place of great eminence In the Eastern world, and it is still recited by the Bokharlots with un fading pride that in those days a thou sand years ago the city was called El BOKHARA. j Sherlf and El Fahlreh, the noble and the 1 famous.' When the Samandles shifted j their seat of government to Herat, Bok 1 hara fell to decay and was overrun by I the Mongols and the Seljuks. Chlnghlz IlChan conquered arid burned the city In 1219. Tamerlane again raised It to some eminence, but maintained his capital at Samarkand. The modern state of Bok hara was founded by the Uzbeg3 in the 15th century, after the power of the Gold en Horde had been dissipated. They van quished the last of the Tlmurides, "ex 'tlngulshed what had remained of the light of learning and of poetry that had been shed by the great Baber, founder of the Mogul empire In Hlndoostan," and brought the realm Into the depths of barbaric rule and depravity. Not a dozen Europeans had visited Bok hara voluntarily until the dlrqct refatlons of the khanate with the Russian empire began, the first of these being the Eng lishman Anthony 'Jenklnson, who In 1558 crossed the Caspian sea, fought a battle with the Turkomans and penetrated across the deserts to the fertile fields watered by the Oxus. But the man-stealing Tur komans had preyed on travelers who came within reach of their marauding raids and had sold their human plunder Into the hands of Khlvans and Bokharlots until European patience, long exhausted, found it necessary to do something defi nite. It was therefore easy for Russia to justify even to the most jealous critics the gradual encroachments on Bokharlot territory, which were made In the cam paigns which, J f have already described. European statesmen might regret ever so -"fc&zr a.v. THE CITY OF BOKHARA. I much the extension of Russian boun daries In Central Asia, but at least It was certain that there would be an Iron hand to quell the violent races and make their lands safe for those who might wish to l visit them. I The itemized history of Bokhara prior to the Russian influence is a record of the most oppressive cruelty. It was only In I860 that the Emir Nasrullah died, who left the most unsavory of memories behind him. The rule of the Emir Nasrullah was one of the most dissolute, cruel and bloodthirsty known. Even when on his deathbed he continued his atrocities, and while at his last gasp had his own wife brought to his bedside and beheaded, In order that he might indulge in his lust for blood to the very last. The Emir Muzaffar-Eddln, heir to the latter, became alarmed at Russian progress In the prov inces east of his realm, and in 1866 de clared a holy war against the Infidels. Of course they promptly invaded his terri tory from the points of vantage they had gained, and soon forced a treaty from him -which gave- to them the lands now Included In the present province of Sir Darla, where Samarkand is situated. By the treaty a war Indemnity was exacted and Russian trade was permitted through out the khanate. In 1873, after the Rus sian campaign against the neighbor khan ate of Khiva, which resulted so disastrous ly to that government and the extension of European influence there, the emir of Bokhara was required to make another IN treaty with Russia abrogating the first. This one forbade the entrance of any foreigner Into' Bokhara without a Russian passport, made all dealings between Bok hara and other countries pass through Russian hands, extended the trade rights of Russia in the khanate and made it a virtual dependency of the northern em pire. By the same treaty the slave trade was entirely abolished in the khanate. It was arranged that the envoy of the emir of Bokhara to' the Russians should reside at Tashkend, where he would be more closely under the observation of the governor-general, who was almost a vice roy In Central Asia, and that a representa tive of Russia should reside at the capital of Bokhara. Until some time after the railway was completed, or at least 15 years after the establishment of the embassy, the Russian representative In Bokhara, with his suite and his soldiers, occupied quarters in the native city, crowded as the surroundings were and uncomfortable in many wajs. Indeed, they hardly came to the railway station at all except for the pleasure of seeing the trains comi in, almost their on ly recreation, and the hope of meeting some European to whom they would offer hospitality. Their life was so dull and travelers were so Infrequent that the offi cials of the embassy found It a pleasure to entertain what few there were at the legation palace Itself. The native cara vansaries of Bokhara were so rude that this hospitality was of great service to strangers, who did not bother themselves about the fact that it afforded one way of keeping an eye on their doings while they were In what was virtually forbidden ter ritory. At that time, when officials of the legation wanted to take a train. In stead of going to the railway station, they drove perhaps half the distance by another road, to a place where the line came with in less 'than Ave mllet of the city gate, and signaled the train to stop. From Samarkand to Bokhara Is a ride of but one night. I left the city Of Tamer lanes greatness at 7 o'clock last pJght and reached here at 6 this morning, to find a comfortable hotel In the Russian town near the station. The embassy has moved down to the railway, leaving the odors and mud houses of the old city for thn broad streets and shady pavements of the new one, which the Russians have built after the pattern of their other settlements in Cenral Asia. Mr. "Vladimir Ignatlef, the po litical agent of the Russians In Bokhara, is, I believe, the son of General Ignatlef, who made the successful explorations of the khanates in 185S-59, and thereby aroused the suspicions of the emir, who declared war upon Russia to compel that country to accept the faith of Islam. My letter of introduction to Mr. Ignatlef was from General Duhoskoy, the governor-general at Tashkend, who Is the Imme diate superior of all Russian officers in Central Asia. He put the resources of the embassy at my disposal for my visit to the old town, told me how to see all the things and places In which I was In terested, and ended by lending me the dragoman of the embassy as my escort during my stay. Abdul Hamld Beg Is one of the most picturesque figures I have seen. He Is Russified only to the extent that he speaks the language fairly well. He Is a faithful Moslem and Bokharlot, dressed In the flowing silken gown and big turban of his people. To this he adds the swagger which ,he thinks belongs to his position as an attache Of the Russian em bassy. The result is that the big fellow makes a striking Impression wherever he goes. Just what Abdul Hamld's authority Is I don!t know, but by the consideration he Invokes for himself and me as we go about I am sure he must be something extremely distinguished. TRUMBULL WHITE. 1 e HOTEL ARRIVALS. ' THE PORTLAND. A C Barbeau, Silver Creek, N T A H Kayton, K T Thos J Lane, St Paul M E Blakely. N T Julia Dean. N T Grace Lamkln Borton S C TorRer, Mlnnpla Ed L Howe & wife, Boston James Nelll. Nelll Co .Sdyth Chapman, do Edwin H Nelll. do L B -Wiley, Seattle L R Plechner, Seattle Clias Q Bertram, S F M Abrams, San Fran Frank M Prlndle, N Y "W H Flek & w. Cbfro Geo K Burton, San Fr R Franela Harris. S F Collin Kemper, Ch&o S S "WaKenhals. Chro Barry Johnstone, N Y. w 1j Connolly. Chicago E G Hunt. Boston Mrs Barrett, Hood Rlv r B Dunne. San Fran B M O'Brien-. Chicago G M Thorsell. Chicago J A Dougherty, cnioago D S Kinney, Roalyn las ShTeen. New Yrk J "W Power & son, Mont Miss A E Power, do Mrs L E Post. Hong Kg J VT Nelson. St Paul Eben Smith. Denver F T Sutherland. Salt L Mrs F T Sutherland, do S M Bostlck, New ork U A Davis, cnicago A D Lynch. Washlngtn Mr & Mrs Chas B Han- ford. Washing n, DC W H Preston. & wife. A H Small, San Fran C W Coram & wf. S r Sioux City. la E N "Wheeler, city Mr & Mrs Philip Mont Loul3 James & w, N Y Mlea Kidder, do Mire Singer, do Mrs Vandenhoff, do H McD Spencer. S F Robt Graham, N Y Chaa Kennedy, Chgo gomery. New Haven S "Warburton, do J M Ewell. city T H Speddy, San Fran S M Cooper, Son Fran THE PERKINS, John D Clark, Jackson, Mich J" Hennlngway, Chgo H Harkins, Seattle Wm Eccles. Vlento. Or B F Adams. Astoria Mrs Kate McDonald, Helena, Mont C O Fowle, Oakld. Cal D Burhoff, Hood River Mrs Burhoff. do A M Montler. Spokane S P Smith, Granite. Or E J Davis, Walla w John Syphers, Spokane H Dale, Baker City Mrs H Dale, do "Walter Green, Vale C E Dunn. Dalles Albert Bunnlng, Cor nelius. Or N Bradley, Dayton, Or jC C Parker, Lebanon A G Bartholomew, Heppner. Or C R Barr, Hood Rive- Mr C R Barr. do J Henderson. Lewlston P D Gilbert. Albany (Seymour H Bell, Sump ) ter, Or Miss Ri Schmidt, Salem; s Steinberg, san Fran Thomas Cooke, San Fr A B Corbett, San Fran P Daly, San Francisco I F Gleason, Montesano F A Moulton. San Fran; j H Bonner, Fossil, or Mrs J H Bonner, do Master Bonner. do Miss Martha F Calef, Eugene. Or Mrs Warner. Tacoma, Miss Mary "Warner, do Mrs J T Warner, do D H Keller. Tacoma Geo Russell, Oakld, Cal W J Burke, Baker City H F Davidson, Hood R C R Bower. Fossil. Or G Xi ChasdoUer, do Wm T Mltty. Beckelton H S Kelly. San Fran Frank Mason, Astoria T A Campbell, San Fr Frank "Wood, Chicago H F Burchtorf. Dalles John H Carter, Hood R Airs j a. carter, do Mrs "W A Jonnston, xne jjanes Mrs A S MacAllIster.do u m juawwn, Danes c D Morgan, McMInnv: Mrs C D Morgan, do THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles, Manager. E Samuel, Spokane U S Grant, Dallas R E L Stelner, Dallas N L Britten, Indp E S Montag, Indp S M Crowley. Indp L M Wade. Tacoma W E Baker, San Fran W M Pierce, Pendleton J G Edwards, Seaside Violet Halverson, Or Cy P Wilson, Aberdeen James McMIckles, do W L- Saline. Heppner S S Mathus. Roseburg Mrs E H Mathus. do P S Davidson, Hood R R N Jamerson, Rosebrg S T Lentz, McCoy, Or Mrs Pierce. Pendleton Mrs V C LewIs.Astorlaj THE ST. CHARLES. A J Hunaker, McMlnn IF G Hall. Milton M H Hendricks, Tacom'Jas Dolson, Wallace, Id A J PUzer, Hay CreektH l Calvin, do J A Jensen, city 'M F Adams, Astoria J S Talbot, WheatlandlJ A Barer, Clatskanle T Shepherd, city C Olmstead. do Hucn Knignt. san jos.xnos xiooa. ao Gue Nagel, Vancouver D J Lauton, do w T Nitty, aecKieton R H Geer. Hlllsboro J A J Flemmlng, cor- vallls Geo Brown, Corvallls H A Cleek. Albany W H Burdlck. Albany. John C Burdlck. Albany t M Turner, Albany F O Seaton, Aurora Chas Kirk. Albany M T Edwards, Albany T Dayman & wf, Oa- trander I C Moore, do W A Rice, Salem L P Jensen & son. do Nell Hunt. Westport J M Moore, Westport E X Harding. Gaston E P W Harding, do E A Alderman, Dayton T P Coughlln. Dayton Wm Pohl. Astoria E H Beach. Corvalllo A A Merrill, Deer laid B Goodman. Junctn Cy O King. Westport F Brown, Cathalmet Wm Stewart, do H Howard, Kalama J F sweeny. Salem Dan McCann.Champoeg Mrs J O Powell, Dalles W H Bernard, Hunt Mlsi Dot Freeman, Eu ington. Or Frank Medler, Rufus gene, Or W H Sparks, Vancouvr Ed Carough, Cathlamet Ray Fleck, oranis E C Davis, Hlllsboro U H O'Neal, Astoria Hotel Donnelly. Tacoma. Euroocan plan; headquarters for com mercial men. Chllbers's restaurant in connection. Hotel Butler, Seattle. European. Rooms with or without bath. Ladies' and gents' grillrooms in connection. Kruse's Grill Room and Restaumnt Stark street, opp. Chamber of Commerce. . c The Metal Markets. NEW YORK, Feb. T. Notwithstanding a comparatively small local demand, tin scored a signal gain today, in sympathy with higher prices In the-English market. While Arm cables served to tone up the other departments of our market, they failed to create an Increased demand, and at the close business was exceed ingly slow. Pig-iron warrants, dull. .lake cop per, unchanged, SIC 25. tin, quiet,' $28 Ssiifl 20 35 spelter, steady, f4 72&4 80; lead, steady, 54 T04 75. The Arm that fixes the selling price for miners and smelters quotes lead at S4 45 at the close. Bar slher, 68c SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7. Bar silver, 60c. LONDON, Feb. 7. Bar silver, 2T C-lfld. MANY HARD-LUCK STORIES EJiVRODTEf FLEET FOR PORTLAND HAS MUCH TROUBLE. Sfonns, Calms and Death Much la v evidence Another Grain Cargo Steamship Movements. The grain fleet en route to Portland for the season 1899-1900 is having consid erably hard luck. The Macduff, one of the eaWy. ships, broke all existing records in a passage of nearly 200 days from Cal cutta. The Lorton was nearly as long coming from Hamburg, and on the coast, the Port Logan put In time enough be tween San Diego and Portland to have sailed half way round the world. The St. Enoch, now In port, made the longest trip on record between Panama and Port land, and there was heavy reinsurance paid on some of the other vessels. The Will lam Law, due at Portland last December, was at last accounts still at Singapore, repairing damages caused by endeavoring to wear out a typhoon in the China seas, after leaving Manila for Portland. The French bark Marechal VIHIers is at Mont evideo replacing some masts lost In a hurricane off the South American coast and from nrpcpnf InritnaMnns tit 111 nn 'reach Portland before next season. ine Annie Thomas, which was due at Portland early next month, has not yet reached Acapulco. As high as 30 per cent reinsurance was paid on her about six weeks ago, but she was afterwards spoken off the west coast and the price declined. Now she is out 1S8 dajf from Cardiff for Acapulco and reinsurance Is again quoted at 20 per cent. The British ship Cleomene -which sailed from Acapulco for Portland January 3, put into Saa Francisco last Saturday with Captain TJavis and four of the crew down with fever. Aside from the troubles mentlonjd, the Panama ships for Portland nearer all lost several men by fever and the German ships Neck and Adolf both lost Juielr masters by death in coming over fuom the Orient. STEAMSHD? BIOVBMENTS. The Elder's Propeller Acain. in "Working1 Order. The steamer Elder was not delayed very long by her recent mishap. She left down yesterday mornlpg, and crossed out at Ave o'clock last evenWg. The State, which left down Tuesday night, crossed out yes terday morning, and the Columbia, for Portland, sailed from San Francisco about noon yesterday. The Homer, of the coast ing line, sailed from San Francisco for Portland by way of coast ports yesterday, and the Despatch, of the same line, crossed out at Astoria last evening, bound south. The Tillamook steamer Harrises with a cargo of butter for Portland mer chants reached Astoria yesterday after noon. The tramp steamships Doyu Maru and Ness are both anxiously looked for. The exact sailing date of the Doyu Maru is unknown, but the Ness la out 21 days to day from Kutchlnutzu, a Japan coaling port. As the run across is usually made by vessels of her class in from 17 to H days, the steamer is thought to have met very bad weather, or to have met with an accident. The Elmbranch is still on 'the Sound, but will probably reaeh Port land within the next 10 days. "WILL CLEAR TODAY. French, Bhrk Jules Verne In Stream With Full Cargo. The French bark Jule3 Verne is in tbe stream vfith cargo aboard but up to the hour of closing at the custom-house last evening, she had not cleared. She has aboard 79,031 bushels of wheat valued at $41,875, shipped by the Portland Grain Company, Her destination is Queenstown or Falmouth far orders, and she will leave down this morning as soon as cleared at the custom-house. The next ship slated to finish is the German ship Chile, although the St. Enoch will not be far behind her. The latter vessel was receiving cargo nearly all day yesterday at the rate of about 50 bushels a minute, and It will not take very long to load her at that rate. The Gulf Stream left up from Astoria yesterday and will reach port some time today. The movement from now en is expected to be very lfgnt as there are less than 20 ships due at this port in the next four months. COR.TVIN IN DEMAND- Many Bids Have Been Received for the Revenue Cutter. Since the treasury department has ad vertised the trim little revenue cutter Corwin for sale, she has been the subject of Inspection by a large number ef pros pective purchasers, who were not already familiar with the craft. Asa result Cap tain D. F. TSzier, who has the selUng of the vessel, has received a large number of sealed bids from those who Inspected her, as well as from many who were al ready familiar 7lth her, and it Is thought she will bring a good figure, from the fact that vessels of all kinds are in de mand for the Cape Nome trade. The Corwin has been stripped of every thing that will not be Included in the sale, and after the opening of the bids next Saturday, and tie department ap proves the sale, she wfll be ready to be turned over to the lucky bidder. The price the Corwin will bnng Is the subject of much speculation, and, the amount has been variously estimated from $10,000 to $25,000. . L A Missing' Captain. Captain J. H. Arenas, of the bark Liber tad, is missing. The bark was wrecked on the West coast abouk a month ago, and when the captain I& ded at Victoria with his crew he wlredt his charterers. Messrs. "W. R. Price & Co., to notify his friends in Peru of the wreck, and also asked the firm to advance him enough money to reach San Francisco. He re ceived the money In December. Captain Arenas' friends in Peu had sent Mr. Price enough money to pay the captain's passage back to South America. Time passed, and nothing was heard of the captain, and his friend have put adver tisements in the coast papers, and have mado every effort to solve the mystery of his disappearance. Domestic and Foreign Forts. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 7. Arrived Steam er Harrison, from Tillamook. Sailed Steamer State of California, for San Fran cisco; steamer Despatch, from San Fran cisco; steamer Geo. "W. Elder, for Saa Francisco. Arrived down at 9.29 A. M. British ship Colony. Left up at 12:20 British bark Gulf Stream. Condition of the bar at 4:50 P. M., smooth; wind south; weather cloudy. San Pedro, Feb. 7. Arrived Schooner Twilight, from Gray's harbor. San Franolsco, Feb. 7. Sailed Steam ers Columbia and Homer, for Portland; steamer Grace Dollar, for Gray's harbor, steamer Progreso, for Tacoma. Arrived Steamer Tellus, from Oyster bay; bark B. P. Cheney, from Seattle. Seattle,, Feb. 7. Arrived Steamer City of Seattle, from Juneau. In tow. Hoqhiam, Wash. Arrived Feb. 5. Schodner Eureka, from San, Franciseo, for Aberdeen. Legtbrn, Feb. 7. Arrived Victoria, from New York. Vancouver, Feb. 7. Arrived British MANHOOD RESTOREDS1 er K2ln,t?,.,.,i$rBtSJ'i?,M,.,. "'"' Nervoua "Debility. I'lmplea Uunine.tMrry, KxbaotlBBlrla. YarlcoceleandCeuatiunttoia. It-torn alt losses by day or nicht. Prevents qulcknesa ot dtocbarg. whlciTll not ; check M i? S.fleSm5to".2a l2Ky J S22S23T- Safest eVtne and restores small weak organs! ' pnranteoslven ad moiiev returner! ihhxHllJMll by mall. Send for yns circular ami lestlmonlalaT w ?twMK,iJor5MI Address DAYOL JlKDXCUijU CO.. p. o. Box 1 For ala- by Woodard, Clarke Hajatyigjaa'uatii,.-iajuu j joOJj3S )T3ramafa- steamer Empress of China, from Horg Kong. Liverpool, Feb. 7. Arrlvvd Cevic, from New York. Dominion, from Portland. London. Feb. 7. Arrived Minnesota, from Philadelphia. Sydney Sailed Feb. 8. Britten steam-r Aorangi, for Vancouver. Southampton. Feb. 7. Arrived Aller, from New York, for Bremen; St. Loui , from. New York. Plymouth, Fob. 7. ArrivoA Pretoria, from Now York. Now York. Fob. 7. Arrived Fuerst Biomarck, from Genoa and Staples. Spoken. January , httitttdo :5 north, longi tude m-M west. Britten ship Lamorni, from Tacoma, for Antwerp: January 1 latitude 41 south, longitude 3 west, Br t iefc shtp Mount Stuart, from. London, for Port Townsend. Tke Only Son. Hnry Newfeott, in The Steeotater. O fritter wind, toward the ounoot Mowing, What oc tbe date tonlshf la yondar gray old ball wfcat Ares are giowlnr, "What ring- ot ftal IfeM.? "In the great -witiAavr ss the day was dwindling I saw an old man stand. His head was yrotidtjr held and Ms eyes kLni Mng, But the bet ahoek la hte hand." O wtad oc twilight, was the a word ottered. 2fo sound of Joy or wall? "A great fight and a good death," he muttered, "Trust Mm, be would not fatt." "What of the chamber dark where she was lyl"? For whom all nfe is done? TVIthta. her heart she rocks a dead ehild, erying "Mr son. my little son." 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