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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, THUBSDAT, MABCH 22, 1900. SHIPS ARE VERY SCARCE HIGH FREIGHTS ELSEWHERE HAM. PERIXG PORTLAND GRAIN TRADE. Nitrate Ports Are Paying: Record- Brcaklng' Ra.tcf Four Traag- Paciflc Steamships Next HoHtfc. These ere golden days for shipowners, and they care not a rap "whether the wheatgrowers of the Pacific Coast sell their wheat or eat It. The Orient has a record-breaking crop of Tice, which is keeping all of the available steam ton nage encaged, and nitrate freights are higher than they have ever been before. Every export sawmill on the Pacific Coast has been obliged to turn down orders for lumber, on account ot the inability to se cure ships. There Is but one disengaged grain ship on the Pacific Coast, and she has been asking a rate so far in excess of what the traffic will bear that export era have temporarily ceased dickering with her. An occasional ship has been picked up within the past month for new-crop loading, and as high as SSs 9d has been paid for pretty good sized carriers. In San Francisco 41s 3d has been paid ior spot tonnage, and 40 shillings for April ships. These rates seem very high. In comparison with what we have been ac customed to paying, but they are appar ently warranted by the amount of wheat yet to be moved, and the growing crop prospects and by high freights elsewhere. The German ship Carl, a 2000-tonner, which loaded at Portland last fall, has been chartered to load nitrate at a West Coast port In November-December at 31a 8d. The Port Sonachan, another vessel well known In this port, has been taken at 33s 6d for the same service In Decem ber. Considering the difference in dis tance, and the cheaper port charges at the nitrate ports, shipowners have always In sisted on 10 shillings higher rate out o! North Pacific grain ports than they would take from a nitrate port. Figuring on this differential, it would seem that grain freights are lower, proportionately, than nitrate freights. The shipowners are keeping pretty close tab on the amount of wheat yet to be moved from the Pacific Coast, and this perhaps is the reason that business Is ro near a standstill. The farmer has inti mated a limit at which he will cell wheat, but the moment the foreign market im proves so that the price could be paid, the shipowners give the screws another turn, and everybody quits again. If there is a crop failure In Oregon, TVashlncton and California, and the farmers hold on to the reserves now unsold, freights will weaken, otherwise the outlook Is most favorable for the shipowners to receive the lion's share of the profits in the wheat business. PLENTY OF CHARTS. Treasury and Navy Departments Are Both Coast Surveyors. NEW YORK, March 2L A special to the Tribune from Washington says: The Superintendent of the Coast Survey appeared before the naval committee of the House in opposition to the proposed appropriation to enable the Navy Depart ment to continue Its surveys of the new insular possessions. Last year's naval bill, approved by the President on March 3, authorized the Navy to make "surveys of the imperfect ly known parts of the coasts and harbors of the Philippine archipelago, and the Is lands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, with their bordering keys and waters and minor outlying Islands." On the same day the President signed the sundry civil bill, which provided for the coast survey by the Treasury Department, with an ap propriation "for every expenditure requi site for and Incident to the survey of the coasts of the United States, and of the coasts under the Jurisdiction of the .United States." Both departments were thus authorized in direct terms to enter tho same field of "work, which they pro ceeded to do. The Navy now has two vessels engaged in making surveys in Cuba, one in the outlying islands eastward of Puerto Ri co, one In the Hawaiian Islands and one at Guam, and orders have been Issued for tho preparation of six of the naval ves sels in Philippine waters to begin the sur veys of those waters. The Coast and Geo detic Survey has one vessel engaged in making surveys on the south coast of Puerto Rico, and one In the Hawaiian Islands. Thus far no case has arisen in which vessels of the two departments have surveyed the same ground, and there has been no actual duplication of the field work. But under the provisions of the Revised Statutes, section 431 and 432, the navy has been for years surveying In all parts of the world, and has been issuing charts of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii and the Philippines,, while the Coast Survey has been limited to the shore line of the United States. However, In 1S9S, the Coast Survey published a chart of Cuba made up from Spanish sources, which had al ready been made available to the Govern ment and the people of the United States in a Navy Department chart years earlier. About the same time and before the Treasury Department had done any sur veying In the West Indies, the Coast Sur vey chart No. 910 of the Island of Puerto Hico was published In practical duplica tion of Navy Department chart No. 1001, which has been on issue by the Hydro graphic Office since 1897, and has the lat est Information Incorporated into it; in the same year and before the Treasury Department had done any, surveying in the Hawaiian Island; Coast Survey chart No. 4100 of the Hawaiian Islands was pub lished, duplicating the Navy Department chart No. 1368, which had been Issued by the Hydrographlc Office since 1893; and. again in 1900, and without ever having done any surveying whatever at the Is land of Guam, the Coast Survey repub lished in chart No. 4202 the information that is represented in Navy Department chart No. 174S, which the Hydrographlc Office has been issuing since 1896, and which is now subject to extensive alter ations found necessary through recent naval surveys. To avoid further duplication, Congress will probably confine the operations of the Coast Survey to the mainland of the United States. It has been found that to enable the Coast Survey to do the work will compel the repair of the older vessels of the Coast Survey and the build ing or purchasing of new ones and large sums to man them, and the work is es sentially ship work. COPRA AND COCOANITTS. Brig: Tropic Bird Arrives From the South Sea. SAN FRANCISCO, March 2L The brig Tropic Bird, which has arrived from Ta hiti, with a cargo of copra and over 24,000 cocoanuts, reports that all was quiet on the Island when she sailed. It Is probable that the City of Papeete and the Tropic Bird will be withdrawn from the South Sea trade, as the French mails, which both vessels carried, have been turned over to the Union Steamship Company, of New Zealand, and malls from here will be carried by the Oceanic Steamship Com pany. TRANS-PACIFIC STEAMERS. Four Oriental Steamships Due to Load at Portland In April. The steamship Monmouthshire sailed ""on Yokohama for this port Tuesday. The "Shire" Is a fast steamer, and will reach Portland eariy In April. She will be followed in the regular line by the big Bteamship Braemar, which was on the Portland route for nearly two years. The Braemar left this route about eight months ago, and has since been running through the Suez. Her return to the Portland route will be hailed with satis faction, as she is a very large carrier Mid a good boat to handle In the river! In addition to the two steamers of the regular line, there will probably be two other steamers for April. The Norwegian steamship Thyra, of the California & Ori ental Steamship Company's line, will come to Portland to secure another cargo of flour for T. M. Stevens & Co., and the steamship Ness will probably return for another cargo for Viadlvostock. The C. & O. line, which is controlled by the Santa Fe Railroad, has already sent two steamships to Portland, and It is re ported will follow the Thyra with an other vessel in about 60 days. Portland's trade with the Orient for 1900 is starting in under most favorable auspices, and if it holds up through the year will break all records. Rescued From the Ice. CLEVELAND, March 21. After a ter rific battle with ice, the flreboat Cleve lander, carrying a large supply of provis ions today succeeded in reaching the two fishing tugs and the flreboat Farley, im prisoned in an ice field off this port. The flshlnE tugs started out from here Mon day evening for Huron. The Farley was sent yesterday to their assistance, but became Jammed in the ice, and was ren dered heirless. Thirty men, all told, were in the three Ice-bound vessels. They suf fered Intensely from hunger and cold. There was practically no food on any of tho imprisoned vessels when they left port The Ashing vessels had no difficulty In reaching harbor. They were consider ably damaged. Notes From Astoria. ASTORIA. March 2L The bark Har vester, which is talcing on trap poles at Stella for Hume Bros. & Hume's Alaska fisheries, will finish loading tomorrow. She will then load $0,000 salmon cases at the Astoria Box Company's wharf. A bill of sale was filed in the Custoaa House today whereby S. A. Scott, of Ea gle Cliff, sells the gasoline launch Helen Scott to George W. Sanborn, for $1700. She will be used as a tender for the Sanborn cannery. The Peruvian bark Francisco Toso cleared at the Custom-House today for Callao, Peru, with 521,605 feet of lumber, valued at $5223 74. She was loaded at the Knappton mills. French Bark's Long: Passage. BAN FRANCISCO, March 2L The French bark Emllle Galllnearrlved today from Swansea, after a voyage of 257 days, which included a stop of nearly two months at Rio Janeiro, into which port she put to repair damage sustained in a heavy storm while trying to round Cape Horn. The vessel was obliged to retrace her course to Rio Janeiro, that being the nearest port where repairs could be made. During tho progress of the storm, which lasted several days, she almost foundered.. Vessel "Was In Distress. SEATTLE, March 21. The Nome News of November 25 says: "Last Monday afternoon a two-masted schooner was seen from -Sinrock, flying distress signals, in the slush ice about 15 miles northwest of Sledge Island. Some of the Sinrock people also claim that the vessel flred guns. The schooner was watched for some time, but darkness setting in shut out the view. No sign of the schooner has since been seen." Ice-Bound Lake Steamers. CHICAGO, March 2L A special to the Times-Herald from Grand Haven, Mich., says: Tho steamer Naomi Is still fast In the ice eight miles north of here, and two miles from shore, where she has been since Sunday. Four of her passengers and two of the crew walked ashore today. They report all well on board, but the supply of coal Is Tunning low, and there Is Ice to the westward as far as the eye can see. City of Florence a Total "Wreck. SAN FRANCISCO, March 2L Inspector Henry Payne, who visited the scene of the wreck of the British ship City of Flor ence, reported to Surveyor of tho Port Spear today that the vessel and cargo are r. total loss. Only a part of the hull is visible. There was no insurance on the City of Florence, but the cargo of nitrate was insured. Marine Notes. Tho big Oriental liner Abergeldle moved down to the Alblna flour mills yesterday, and commenced loading outward cargo. She. will carry away a cargo which will be close to the record. Two square-riggers were reported off the mouth of the river last evening just be fore dark. One is thought to be the Marechai Vllliers, and the other is prob ably one of the Honolulu fleet. The steamer Geo. W. Elder had not been sighted off the mouth of the river at dark last evening, and it is thought she has been detained by some slight ac cident. She will probably reach Astoria early this morning. The British ship Tlnto Hill has been re chartered at San Francisco to load wheat for Valparaiso. The Chilean crop is not a failure, but the wheat Is wanted for mixing purposes. Tho vessel is reported to have received 32s 6d for wheat to Val paraiso, and 32s Gd from a West Coast port to Europe with nitrate. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, March 2L Salled-Steamer Dispatch, for San Francisco and waj ports. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind south; weather cloudy, with rain. Outside at 6 P. M., two square rlirgers. San Francisco, March 2L Arrived Schooners Berwick and Del Norte, from Siuslaw; schooner Vine, from Gray's Har bor; bark B. P. Cheny, from Seattle; schooner Sacramento, from Tillamook; State of California, from Portland. Ar rived March 20 Schooner S. Danleldson. from Siuslaw. Sailed Schooner Occi dental, for Gray's Harbor; steamer W. F. Jewett, for Willapa; steamer Areata, for Coos Bay; steamer Wellington. Sailed March 20 Steamer Grace Dollar, for Gray's Harbor. Port Townsend. March 2L Arrived Steamer Victoria, from Manila. Sailed March 19 Steamer Humboldt, for Skag way. Port Los Angeles, March 2L Arrived Norwegian steamer Titanla, from Na naimo. Yokohama Arrived March 16. Japanese steamer Rlojun Maru, from Seattle, and sailed March 18 for Hong Kong. Hong Kong, March 21 Arrived Em press of China, from Vancouver. Yokohama Sailed March 20. British steamer Monmouthshire, from Hong Kong for Portland. New York, March 21 Sailed Cufic, for Liverpool: Victoria, for Genoa, etc; Oce anic, for Liverpool; Kensington, for Ant werp, via Southampton. Bremen, March 2L Arrived Kaiser WU helm der Grosse, from New York. Philadelphia, March 2L Arrived Switz erland, from Antwerp. Southampton, March 2L Sailed Saale, from Bremen, for New York. New York, March 2L Arrived Steamer Kai serin Maria Theresa, from Bremen; Darmstadt, from Bremen. Yamhill County News, M'MINNVILLE, Or.. March 2L Farm ing Is going forward all over the country, in consequence of the good weather of the past two weeks. Mrs. Michael Hilary died here yester day of consumption, and was burled from the Catholic Church today. The bicycle paths of the county are In a fair condition. Between Dayton and Un londale a good path has been made this Spring. Ex-soldiers of the Second Oregon of this place will celebrate the first anni versary of the battle of Malabon next Sunday morning. The published orders state that they will "make a charge on the trenches of Malabon to take place at C o'clock; light marching order." The local teachers' institute for March will be held at Carlton, March 3L The Yamhill County Sunday School Convention will be held in Carlton March 29 and 30. AND NOW THE AFTERMATH INSTRUCTIONS ANEXT THAT NEW YORK AGREEMENT. Illinois Central Appoints B. H. Trum bull Its Attest Here Other Ap pointmentsRailroad Notes. Apropos- of the resolutions adopted by the railroad presidents, published yester day, the several representatives here of the lines interested have received instruc tions from their superiors. What was written to one is, in substance, what was written all. Here is a sample paragraph: "This should have th effect of very materially strengthening the agreement between the transcontinental lines. Wo were a party to the obligation assumed, . . . and It is the Intention of the com pany to carry them out to the very letter." Another Eastern official writes to hlfl representative: "I wish you would watch the situation very closely, both as to cut rates and transportation, and keep mo fully ad vised." Ono agent here remarked that he pro posed to carry out his instructions, be cause ho did not want to lose his job, as he expressed it. With the railroads watching each other so closely, there is strong probability that the agreement will stand, if not Indefin itely, longer, at least, than any of its predecessors, for the railroad magnates are terribly in earnest. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. B. H. Trumbull Its Portland Repre sentative Other Appointments. All speculation as to who is to take charge of the offices of the Illinois Cen tral, to be opened in this city, can now be set at rest. An official circular of the company from Chicago, covering the matter, reads as follows: "Mr. H. B. Trumbull Is appointed com mercial agent, with office at Portland, Or. His Jurisdiction will extend over the freight and passenger traffic in the States of Oregon and Washington; the State of Idaho north of the lines of the O. R. & N. Co., and Northern Pacific Railway; the State of Montana, on and north of the main line of tho Northern Pacific Railway, and east from Idaho State line to, but not in cluding, Helena, Mont." The appointment became effective March 15, but the official announcement did not reach Portland until yesterday. The Illinois Central also makes an nouncement of the additional appointments following at Western points: Clarence Haydock, traveling freight and passenger agent, traveling out of Los An geles. He is assigned territory in Arizona and California. James Culton is named as commercial agent at Denver, with Jurisdiction over both freight and passenger traffic In Colo rado. J. F. Van Rensselaer is named with him as traveling freight and passenger agent, out of Denver. Donald Rose Is appointed commercial agent at JSalt Lake. W. H. Suedaker is appointed ..general agent of the company at San Francisco. He will have Jurisdiction over freight and pasenger traffic in Arizona, Utah. Idaho, Wyoming aa far east as Granger, and Montana, as far east as Helena, and in all territory west thereof. It is reported that the Portland office of the company will be opened about April L QUARREL WITH THE GOVERNMENT. Railroads Want Full Fare for Trans porting Soldiers. CHICAGO, March 2L The Chronicle to morrow will say: "General passenger agents of the rail roads operating in the territory west of Chicago have become Involved in a quar rel wlth tho United States Government over the rate per ticket to be paid for tho movement of soldiers to San Francisco, en route to the Philippines. The Government authorities are withholding nearly $175,03) demanded by the Western roads for tho transportation of soldiers. The troops were moved on orders from the War De partment, and each man was charged at full tariff rates, less the deduction of the land-grant roads. "When the railroads asked for a Settle ment of the transportation bills, the Treasury Department demanded a rate of 2 cents per mile, less tho land-grant de ductions. The 2-cent per mile rate is that given to parties of 20 or more traveling on one ticket, and this applies only to organi zations traveling for tho purpose of giv ing entertainments, exhibitions and those taking part In contests. Officers of tha railroads contended that military business does not come under any o those heads, or that it Is not what Is known In railroad parlance as 'party business.' Tho Con troller of the Treasury was then appealed to, and he gave an opinion that the rail roads had no right to charge the Govern ment any higher rates for transporting its troops than they did for carrying par ties of private citizens. "Officers of the railroads appealed to their legal departments for opinions on the question, and a special meeting of the general passenger agents and the attor neys of the Interior roads will be held In Chicago tomorrow to hear their opinion. If the railroad lawyers side with the Con troller of the 'Treasury, the 25 or more Western roads that carried the military business will be out between $75,000 and ;iO0,000." A MOOSE HEAD. Union Pacific's Addition to Its Col lection of Bric-a-Brac. Professor F. R. Blockberger, late United States Consular officer at Rossland, B. C, placed a moose head, with finely branching antlers, in the windows of the Union Pa cific offices, corner of Third and Alder streets, yesterday. It makes a flne com panion piece for the buffalo head which has for so long adorned the office. Profes sor Blockberger stated that the moose, to which the. head once belonged, was shot November 9 last, by the foreman of the mine In which he is interested, on Fish River. B. C. Professor Blockberger Is Interested in the Shakespeare Gold Mining Company, the Evening mine and the Skylark. He has also on exhibition at the local oflices of tho Union Pacific specimens of gold-bearing ores, from his several mines. These average to run $54 73 per ton. The Shakes peare mine shows assays of from $5 40 to $39. HEARING AT PHOENTX. Interstate Commerce Commission Takes Up Discrimination Case. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 21. The Inter state Commerce Commission began a hear ing today on tho complaint of the ship pers of Phoenix against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe Pacific, the Phoenix & Mari copa, the Phoenix & Salt River Valley, and the San Joaquin Valley Railroads, charging a violation of section 4, of the Interstate commerce rules, known as the "long-and-short-haul clause," whereby discrimination was made against Phoenix jobbers in favor of Coast points. At the conclusion of the shippers' case Mr. Herrin. for the railroads, announced that he was not ready to proceed with the testimony on the part of the railroads, but asked that It be taken by deposition at a time to be agreed upon by the counsel for the commission. It was so ordered. The members of the commission left to nignt for San Bernardino. DIFFERENTIALS ABOLISHED. Canadian Pacific Removes an Old Cause for Complaint. NEW YORK, March 2L The agreement of the Canadian Pacific Railway to cancel Its differential freight rates on shipments to and from American points, and partic ularly to and from San Francisco, ir made withouany reserve; according to a state ment made by E. V. Skinner, general eastern agent of this line, although this agreement will practically shut out the Canadian Pacific from participation in San Francisco business. Mr. Skinner denied the charge that his road had any ulterior motive in making this change, and said that he had received strict orders not to receive any freight at differential rates. He made the statement good by refusing on the spot a whole carload at the old differential rates. This differential rate, which was about 30 cents less than the standard rate on first-class business to San Francisco, and proportionately less on lower grades, has heretofore brought the Canadian Pacific a large amount of business to San Fran cisco from this city. With rates equalized, this large tariff will go to American lines, which make better time than the Cana dian Pacific BRYAN RATES. Southern Pacific and O. R, & N. Make Excursion Rates to Hear "Billy." A special excursion rate has been named by the Southern Pacific of one fare for the round trip, from McMlnnville and Inter mediate points to Portland, for the occa sion of the coming visit of William Jen nings Bryan. The O. R. & N. has also made a special rate of one and one-fifth fare for the round trip from Biggs and points inter mediate, to Portland, for the same occa sion. It is probable that a similar rate will be made to Pendleton and Baker City from Biggs, when Bryan appears at those places. Eastern Rates Threatened. NEW YORK, March 2L No settlement has been reached as yet of the dispute in regard to New England tourist rates be tween the Lake Shore, the Michigan Cen tral and the Grand Trunk, and it will probably become necessary for the Pres idents to interfere once more. This dis pute, coming, as it does, right on top of the settlement of the disagreement in re gard to rates on business from St. Paul Chicago lines, which was caused by the same lines, has given rise to considerable speculation among railroad men. "The .lines that are making all the trouble," said a passenger agent, "are Vanderbllt lines, and their action is in line with the evident policy of that system to knock out the differential roads. If thl3 dispute Is not settled soon, the result will be a demoralization of rates In this terri tory, because the sale of tickets good from June to October, with stop-over privileges, via Albany to New England points, will naturally affect rates out of New York." Unless the matter is arbitrated, this dis pute, it Is thought, may cause a disruption of the joint passenger agreement. Railroad Notes. F. E. Rice, St. Paul, superintendent of the Pullman Company, Is In Portland. E. J. Pearson, of Tacoma, superinten dent of the Pacific division of the North ern Pacific, was in the city yesterday. Marcus Talbot, Anaconda, Mont., gen eral agent of the Butte, Anaconda & Pa cific, was In the city yesterday on his way to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ho was accompanied by his family. "How the Greyhounds' of the Burling ton Beat the Rising Moon," Is the catchy title of an attractive piece of advertising recently Issued by that company. It con tains an account of tho great fast mall train the company sent out from Chicago to Omaha, February 17. J. H. O'Neill, traveling passenger agent of the O. R. & N., has gone to Eastern Washington to look after excursions to Spokane, Walla Walla and Pendleton, In augurated on account of the coming to those points, the latter part of this month. of William Jennings Bryan. Tho current number of the 'monthly "Sunset." Issued by the passenger depart ment of the Southern Pacific, Is devoted especially to tho Interests of the San Joaquin Valley, In California. It Is fully up to any of Its predecessors In the matter of Illustrations, quality of matter, etc FARMERS CLAIM WATER. They Notify an Irrigation Company Not to Use a Creek. BAKER CITY, Or., March 2L The farmers of Rock Creek today served no tice on the Rock Creek & North Powder Irrigation Company forbidding it to use the waters of Rock Creek and Klllamacue Lake. The company was recently organ ized In this city, and Is composed of res ident business men. The Irrigation com pany located tho waters after incorporat ing, but the farmers deny that It has any rights in the premises, and have com bined to fight it out-In the courts. About. 20 buildings are now under con struction In Baker City, among them be ing two brick blocks, and the others are residences going up in different parts ol the city. Excavations for the brick build ings are going ahead as rapidly as possi ble. The brick yards have been shut down during the Winter, and are not yet quite prepared to fill orders. All kinda of build ing material Is scarce, as the lumber in all the sawmills is green and unfit for im mediate use, and the building- of wooden residences up till now has been retarded somewhat. Contractors, however, believe that, with tho present warm weather, in side of 30 days there will be plenty of ma terial on hand, when the buildings now under construction will be rapidly com pleted. The school board has decided to erect an eight-room school building on the east side. Fifteen thousand dollars la now In the hands of the school trustees, having been voted last Summer. The pop ulation of school children is rapidly in creasing, and the present school buildings are greatly overcrowded. It is the in tention of the School Board to erect an other building also, but Its location has not yet been decided upon. PROBABLY A SUICIDE. Body of an Unknown Man Found in the River nt Astoria. ASTORIA. March 21. The body of a man was found in the bottom of the river near tho Astoria & Columbia River roundhouse this morning. It was partially burled in tho mud, face down, with a rope around the shoulders, and attached to two iron car links. The remains are badly decom posed, and have been in the water at least two weeks. Tho clothing throughout was new, even to the underclothing and shoes. The pockets were found to be empty, and there was no clew to the identity of the man. In one of his trousers pockets was a half-pint whisky flask, not qulto fulL He was dressed in a light Melton over coat, black diagonal coat and vest, and striped pants of good make. When tho body was found all his clothing was close ly buttoned around him, with the rope and couplers around It. He was evidently a man about 35 years of age, six feet tall and weighed 200 'pounds; was smooth shaven, with gray hair and light eyes. There was some swpiclon of foul play when the body was first found, but since it has been examined the belief Is current that It was a deliberate suicide of some man who desired that his Identity be never known If his body should be found. President Carlson, of the Taku Packing Company, left this evening for Alaska with a force of 20 men, to construct the cannery which his company will erect at Sunny Bay, Taku Inlet. The lumber Is .on the ground, so that the plant can be. built In a short time. Preparations are being made to put up 12,000 cases of sal mon In tho season. Tvro Indictments Returned. HILLSBORO, March 2L Circuit Court was not In session today. Yesterday in dictments were returned against Sam Slpp, of Mountalndale, for obstructing a high way, and against Matt Cooper, charged with the larceny of a horse from one Miller, near Hillsboro. The Jurors have been dismissed until next Monday. A de fault has been entered In the divorce case of J. D. vs. C. E. Asher. i cr-,mSt'' Don't be diverted from the main requisite in a life insurance contract by trivial things. 1 Surplus constitutes the financial strength of a life insurance company. 5 The Equitable Life's surplus to policy-holders is over $61,000,000. Strongest in the world. L. Samuel, manager, 306 Oregohian building, Portland, Or. WAY OF TRANSGRESSOR BX-COUNTY TREASURER. OF LEJN SENT TO PENITENTIARY. If He Shall Fall to Par the Fine Im posed, His Entiro Term Will Exceed Eight Years. ALBANY, Or., March 2L At an ad journed session of the Circuit Court, held thlB afternoon, ex-County Treasurer P. Q. Morris, convicted of larceny of public money at the regular term of court, was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four years, and to pay a flne of $3131 08, or Imprisonment in the county Jail for 1565.54 days, In lieu of said flne, and the coats of the action. As it Is doubtful if the defendant will be able to ralsa the money for the flne. It means a total sen tence of over eight years. The case has excited more interest here from the time the shortage in the ac counts of Mr. Morris wbb discovered by tho present County Treasurer, F. M. Jack, on his taking the office In July, 1SS8, on account of the previous excellent repu tation of the ex-Treasurer. Green Mor ris, as he was known, is a native son of Oregon, about 40 years of age. He was brought up on a farm, receiving a good common-school education, and was assist ed materially by a year or two spent In the Monmouth Normal School. He was well liked by everybody, and was known for his integrity of character, so that when he was nominated by tho Republicans in the spring of 1S94 for the office of County Treasurer he "took" with tho people, and received a plurality of over E00 In what had been at one time the banner Demo cratic county of the state; and again Jn 1KX, after being renominated for the of fice without opposition, he received the highest voto of any man on the ticket, though at that time he had overdrawn his account. In 1S33, though presented to the convention, he -was not nominated. Upon retiring from the office he was In formed that he had failed to turn over to his successor the amount the books called for. He insisted there must be a "mistake, and denied emphatically having received any more of the money of the county than ho was entitled to. The books were ex amined twice, and then again by hl3 bondsmen, so confident were many that there must be a mistake: but the same deficit appeared in each case. The bonds men refused to pay the shortage, when suit was brought by the county, and tho case was tried before Judge Burnett, who decided that the amount due was J3S3 01 from the bondsmen of the first term, and $3410 from the bondsmen of the second term, a total of $3800 74 and interest. The defendant went to trial last week in the criminal case under the second charge, with the civil judgment standing against him. The evidence showed that he had mixed his own accounts and thoso of the county promiscuously, and, while thero was nothing to show -what he had dono with the money, a fact that continues a mystery, the charge of the Judge placed tho responsibility upon his shouldersy. re gardless of the fact that ho had nothing to show for the money that had been used by some one, and tho verdict was against him. The JusUce of It Is generally admit ted, though the defendant has the sym pathy of many on account of the circum stances, and particularly on account of tho. fact that he has a wife and six chil dren, the oldest of whom Is 15 years of age, dependent upon him. To add to the matter, foreclosure of the mortgage upon his farm was begun a few days ago, and his home will bo taken from him, so that when he finishes his terms of Imprison ment, he will have no homo to return" to. DEVELOPING QUARTZ DUNES. Great Activity Norv In the John Day Country. "The great John Day placer mining dis trict; which for 40 years has been noted for its large output of gold dust, is now on the evo of a quartz mining boom," said A. C. Dore, a pioneer of Canyon City, yesterday, at tho Imperial. "Quarts mine development Is encroaching upon us from Baker County, and there is al ready talk of the Sumpter Valley Rail road being extended to Canyon City, a distance of 60 miles from its present ter minus at Sumpter." Mr. Dore has mined among tho tribu taries of tho John Day as far back as 1S63, and he feels assured that tho mother lodes of all these placers are now to be tapped with the aid of outside capital. 'It Is tho history of all placer districts," ho said, "to finally become deep mining localities, with stamp mills employing many hands, all the year round, where sluicing and hydraullcklng had given work only while the snow on the moun tains was melting. In the vicinity of Can yon City, several rich ledges are being opened up, and one, the Prairie Diggings, was bonded last week for $GO,000. "The extension of the railroad from Sumpter through Canyon City to Harney Valley will tap a region of Southeastern Oregon, already rich In agricultural, stock and timber resources, and tho road that builds into that country can be sure of a profitable business .from the start. Prairie City, It miles from Canyon City, Is al ready feeling the thrill of new life, as a result of the railroad talk, and real es tate Is taking In quite a boom there." Mr. Dore did not travel over the usual routo between Canyon City and the O. R. & N., but drove his own rig down along the banks of the main John Day River to Sherman County, and left his team In a livery stable at Grass Valley, a new town on the Columbia Southern Railroad. This involved a trip through a rich bunchgrass region, 80 miles In length, and he says he was struck by the prosperous conditions prevailing among the cattle and sheep ranches of Grant, Wheeler, Crook and Sherman Counties. Grass is waving In abundance everywhere, and stock is fat, though the haystacks of the country re FIVE VALUABLE POINTERS 2 main untouched, owing to the abundance of grass prevailing all Winter. GOLD AND COPPER LEDGE. Sixteen Feet Wide, and Carries $40 Gold and Is 15 Per Cent Copper. BAKER CITY, Or., March 2L The Hawkeye mine at Dixie Butte Is making an enviable record. Captain Sherbondy reports that the other day his men ran through a 16-foot ledge of ore, carrying $46 per ton in gold and 15 per cent In cop per, and that today he received word that they had uncovered a ledge 200 feet wido where tho ore goes above $100 per ton in gold. .This district 13 near Prairie City, the new bonanza. Quotations of Mining? Stocks. SPOKANE, March 21. Tho closing bids for raining' stocks today were: Blacktail $0 OSjPrinceR) Maud.. $0 0314 xuiiu c cufrivu. oTsiruiuier jui. jluu. v Crystal js;irvniir. m Deer Trail Con.. Gold Ledgo Golden Harvest. Insurgent Jim Blaine Lone Pine Surp. Mountain Lion.. Morning Glory.. Morrison ....... 10 -!- . "J Rambler Cariboo 20 5 ! 12U 17 I S3 5 3 I Republic 1 02 Reservation 9 Rossland Giant.. Sullivan Turn Thumb .... Flaghlll Sonora 2 10 10 5 3 , SAX FRANCISCO, March 21. dosing Quota tions for mining stocks: Alta 40 OCIJustlce .. $0 10 Alpha Con ., 51 Ken tuck Con Andes Belcher ll.Lady Wash. Con.. 3 Mexican Zt Occidental Con ... 14 Ophlr 83 Overman 25 Potoal 23 Best & Belcher... 3S Bullion 4 Caledonia. 1 10 Challenge Con ... 2 Chollar 22 Savage 1G Confidence SO Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 70 Seg. Belcher o Sierra. Nevada ... 55 Con. Imperial .... Crown Point Exchequer ...... Gould & Curry... Jlalo & Norcrosa. 1 Sliver Hill 18 14 Standard 2 l 3 Union Con 23 10 Utah Con 11 20 Yellow Jacket .... 18 NEW YORK. March 21. Mining stock3 today closed as fellows: Chollar $0 23'Ontario ...... $3 50 Crown Point 14 Onhlr 80 Con. Cal. & Va... 1 C5I Plymouth Deodwood CO.QuIcksllver 1 50 7 00 55 3 00 13 15 Gould & Carry... lb Hale. & Norcrosa. 25 Homestake SO GO Iron Silver ...... 65 do Dref Sierra, Nevada. Standard, Union Con .... Mexican ........ iTellow Jacket . BOSTON, March 21. 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