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Wt fly"s'.J"'-" VT I w?esEp ' ft-rjS - -'?rf-"t-T!'(l1."'i--. jr-- -- ir jtW 51 arv-r - -" THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATOISDAY, 'APiaE 21, 1900. LUMBER VERSUS WHEAT SAWMILL HEX OUTBIDDIXQ WHEAT EXPORTERS FOR SUITS. Five Thonnd-Ton Carrier Char teed for Lumber at 87 Gd Ber wickshire's Record Trip. The highest rate paid for a lumber ship tor nearly 10 years, was reported yester day, the British ship Cedarbank being taken Tor loading at a British Columbia mill for the United Kingdom at S7s 60. This vessel has been on the market seek ing a wheat charter for several days, but has never Indicated anything, under 40 shillings. As she Is an enormous carrier, and will not reach the Northwest before next October, -wheat exporters refused to take her at that figure, and she accepted a lumber freight. She has never had a lumber cargo aboard, but estimates of her carrying capacity place It at a figure which would make the lumber cargo at the rate, named net her about tVM) more than she would .have secured at 40 shillings for wheat. This difference would not gener ally be regarded as great enough to war rant the change from wheat to lumber, but In loading lumber there Is an advantage through taking tonnage off the wheat freight market, thus Improving the sta tistical position of ships and making It possible to work better business for other vessels, the owners of the Cedarbank hav. lng a number of other ships which are In the Pacific Coast trade. With rates like the above paid for ships of 5009 tons capacity for next season load ing, the outlook la anything but prom ising for cheap ships. The British bark Forthbank, now due from Honolulu, was reported yesterday to be rechartered at 42s 6d, an advance of 2s Cd over her orig inal rate. For next season loading on Puget Sound, the British bark Brynhllda Is reported fixed at 40 shillings. In San Francisco owners are demanding 42s 3d for spot ships, but exporters are holding off. MR. CRAMP CORRECTED. Foreign Countries Do Xot Slake rets of Shipbuilders. Mr. C. H. Cramp, one of the patriots who Is aiding the subsidy scheme from a philanthropic standpoint, was recently quoted by the New York Commercial as follows: All other countries allot the construction of their warships to such builders as they ore satisfied will build Just the vessel de sired. The price Is fixed by the Govern ment either at the opening of negotiations or arrived at during them. The contracts are made without competition, and the system has always operated satisfactorily abroad. London Fair Play promptly exposes Mr. Cramp's Ignorance in the following words: If Mr. Cramp made this statement ne must be considerably misinformed. What the government of this countrydoes when It wishes to have a warship built in private yards Is to fix on a specification and Invite tenders, shipbuilders tendering having the opportunity as a mater of course of study ing tho specification at the Admiralty, The Government reserves to Itself the right of accepting or rejecting any tender as it pleases, but in the majority of cases .where the shipbuilders are of equal abil ity and reputation the lowest tender la accepted. Under this state of affairs keen competition has often led to the unfortun ate tenderer at the lowest price having to carry out the work at a considerable loss, and misfortunes which have occurred In the shipbuilding trade nave been in many cases directly attributable to an over keen competition for Government work. There is no occasion to mention names, but everyone conversant with the shipbuilding Industry In this country Is well aware of the truth of this statement. Berwickshire's Record Paiuge. - In. .reporting the fast trip, of the Ber wickshire, a few days ago1 an error In time was" made. The vessel in tow of the Thompson left Portland at 5:20 A. M-, and passed the O. R. & N. dock In As toria at 3:40 P. M. Her time was accord ingly 10 hours .and 20 minutes, and it Is generally conceded to be the fastest ever made by a loaded ship between Portland and Astoria. The little lumber drogher Canada, a vessel of 1115 tons register. Is said to have made. the trlr In ballast dur ing a freshet In the rive? about an hour quicker than the time of the Berwickshire, but there is more than an hour's difference In towing a loaded and a light ship over the hundred-mile stretch of water, and the Berwickshire undoubtedly holds the record for fast passages for a loaded vessel. Probably a Total Wreck. TILLAMOOK. Or., April 20. It Is ex pected that the steam lumber achooner La guna, which went ashore on the north spit of Tillamook bar, will become a total wreck, making the second wreck within a few weeks at this point. The lumber schooner Llla and Mattle Is about a quar ter of a mile from the Laguna, bottom up. Marine JVotes. The British ship Astracana has been added to the en route list. She comes from Hamburg In Meyer Wilson & Co.'s regular line. The British ship William Law left down the river yesterday morning, and will reach Astoria today. The Inverness-shire will follow Monday. The steamer Columbia arrived up about 5 o'clock last evening., (completing a pleas ant trip from San Francisco. She had a very good passenger list. The steamer Iralda has escaped from the meshes of the law, and will probably go on her new route between Portland and the Cascades sometime next week. The British ship Conwat Castle, which has been loading wheat on the Sound, goes to Callao, making the second cargo for that port from the Pacific Northwest, the British Princess sailing from Port land for the same port a few months ago. Domestic and Foreltm Porta. ASTORIA. Or.. April 20. Arrived at 5 A. M. and left up at 10:13 A M. Steamer 'Columbia, from San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth, wind north, 'weather clear. San Francisco, April 20. Arrived steam er State of California, from Portland: schooner Louis, from the Columbia River; schooner James A. Garfield, from Coos Bay. Hamburg, April 20. Arrived Friedericb, from New York. Southampton, April 20. Arrived Fuerst Bismarck, from Hamburg, for New York. Seattle Sailed April 19 Steamer Rosalia, for Skagway; bark Northern Light, fox Cape Nome. Boston, Aprlk20. Arrived New England, from Liverpool. New York. April 2a Arrived Palatla, from Hamburg. Genoa. April 20. Arrived Ems, from New York. Cherbourg, April 2a Sailed Fuerst Bis marck, from Hamburg, for New York. San Francisco, April 20. Arrived Steamer Progreso, from Tacoma: ships Spartan and Occidental, from Seattle; ship Columbia, from Tacoma: bark Levi G. Burgess, from Tacoma. Sailed Steam er Tltania. for Nanalmo; steamer Matte wan, for Tacoma. New York, April 20. Arrived Kaslerina Marie Theresa, from Bremen. Havre. April 20. Arrived L'Aqultalne. from New York. Throunh Freight RnteH Advanced. NEW YORK. April 20. It Is announced by a Wall-street news agency that through freight rates between the Pacific Ccast and all points south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi River were can celed today. AH of the Interested roads. Including the Southern Pacific, have Issued notices to that effect. As a result of this action, the transcontinental rates east of the Mississippi River are added to the rate between San Francisco and the river, and the through rates advanced In the exact amount of the added local, which ranges from 30 cents per 100 to 1 and more In some Instances. SUMPTER WATER AND LIGHT Claims Against Them Reorjrantsa tlon and Better Equipment. BAKER CITT, Or" April 20. An ef fort was made today In the Circuit Court to have a receiver appointed for the Sump ter Water Company. Half a dozen law yers were present, representing the dif ferent creditors of the company, when the case was called. Crane & Company, of Sumpter, were the plaintiffs and directly Interested In the suit, the amount claimed to be due being 1923. Besides this thero were numerous other claims, the principal one being a mechanics' lien of the Wolfe & Zwlcker Iron Works, of Portland, for $10,000. The total Indebtedness of the com pany was given at JS4,000. and the value of the plant at $30,000. The books of the company were examined, after which Judge Eakln dismissed the application, with the consent of the attorneys repre senting the creditors. Fieh Commissioner A. C Little, and Seymour H. Bell, of Tacoma. arrived In Baker today for the purpose of adjusting the claims against the Sumpter Electric Light Company. They have formed a syndicate and will assume and pay the In debtedness of the company and will re organize It. The Incorporation papers havo already been drawn, and It will be known as the Sumpter Light & Power Com pany. E. Cannon, of the Portland North western Electrical Engineering Company, will be president of the new concern. Mr. Cannon, who arrived on today's train, says that the Sumpter plant will at once be put In first-class condition and made ready for operation. A new 1500-light al ternating dynamo Is on the cars In this city and will immediately be Installed at Sumpter with all flret-class electrical ap pliances. Sumpter will thu3 be furnished with up-to-date service for both arc and Incandescent lights, besides being furnished with a day service and the operation of electrical fans. The extension of tho Sumpter Valley Railroad from Sumpter south into Grant County Is now certain to go forward. Jos eph A. West, superintendent of the Utah & Los Angeles road, arrived here today with a party of surveyors and will leave for Sumpter In the morning to commence the survey of the extension of the road south from that point. Mr. West and C. W. Nlbly, the latter the manager of the road., gave out the Information that the work of extending their road would be commenced within the next 30 days. They state that the company has contracted for enough 40-pound steel rails to con struct 10 miles of the road, with the priv ilege of 20 mllee or more, at the com pany's option. Fie carloads of steel rails arrived over the Union Pacific yesterday and others will follow from time to time. i t J. J. 11111 Goen to Europe. ST. PAUL. April 20.-Prcsident J. J. Hill and family left this evening for New York, en route for Paris, where they have taken a place for the year. Mr. Hill will return to America during the Summer, but before doing so will visit Berlin for consultation with the German stockhold ers of the Great Northern Railroad In regard to proposed extensions of the line In "the Coast states, opening up new min ing sections. . a HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. ? A 2arnc'. San r EJcar B Piper. Seattle! J A Goes, bcattle V M Rldaih. Spokine liarn-ood Morgan, do J C Eaton & w, Kaslo. A H Hart, X Jf j B C Clarence W Jones & iTS Wood & wf. S F wf. Brookllne. Mui E C Oliver & wf. S F " " iim- u l. iiiotray, r v dlecoff. Stockton. Kit D Corlmer, St Joe II M Drew, Boston J E Alexander, Provi dence. It I Bela KadUh. Baker Cy F Strong. Eugene Wm D Itldgely & wf. New York R B Dyer. South Bend Fiank Everett. Che halls. Wash . W M I . ' Alfred J Stein, N Y C D Lane, San Fran D Fletcher, N Y Mr & Mrs C U Man- rllle. Milwaukee Mr & Mrs W N Moore, Jollet, 111 Allen -Cooljr, Marys- i rllle. Cal W J Ball, Ean, Fran "fa Foster, Boston J R Gilbert, Dillon D P Johnson. Seattle H N GoodalL Kan FV A J Steinman. St L Geo B Tingle. Alaska jonn w Lloyd. Chgo . ii iich.ee et wt:e. Sacramento L R Stockell. San rr Alex C Blair. LosAns: u c iiaraman, state Land Dept Mrs J T Ross, Astoria. J C Griffith. Salem Geo II Daniels. Salem CJias A Wernll. Le Mass. Iowa S B 1 licks, Seattle S A Tucker A vrlfo. I Davenport. Ill u ! l'aine. Minneapolis n J .Kennedy, st Paul C W Fulton & son. As toria J W Gale. San Fran I A B Calley, San Fran FSIl Prentiss, Cleve land, o THE TERKINS. J P MampelL. San Kr J Nix. San Francisco W Eyries, Seattle Geo L Hunt, Elkhom. A Wasson. Sacmnto j Cal Ernest Notwonhy. Z M Brown, Prlnevllle Den"r. JMrn Qulnn. Qulnn'sLdi CW Butler. Burke. IdJ Osenbrucse. St Paul Mrs C V Butler, do W G Ronald. Seattle S II Wilson. San Krani Frank J Tetrean. S V D Lew I'aramore, Sno-,Vm Wilson. St Louis homlsh If c DeWltt. San Fran A B Little. Roulton C K Zllley. San Fran J J Schmidt. Rainier F A Elliott. Xewberz Thos Carstens. Seattle H J Ttuwll. San Fran J J Ilolllneshead. (Fred Bowler, San Fr Cleveland. O (Jcbn Bishop, Ellensurg w B Ilolllncshead. do ill A Thompson, Ala A McCaw, Duluth meda, Cal Vt S Gilbert. Duluth (Ernest Rowe. Lewls W J Rasor. Aberdeen ton. Me Eugene France, do IWalter II Miller. Spok Thos Coates. Ttllamk IT Wlcman. city Chris Snjder. San Fr I John Rotters, Omaha John B Brandt. St L (Carl A E Nelson. Mo Mrs J Jt Brandt, do i line. Ill Dr M Shurman, Baker P A Getr. Ellensbnrc C,,,5i0r Fred T Walker. Denver F J Craven. Chicago lEdenr J Diven. Oj-sier-N J llenton. Albany I ville. Or Mrs N J Honton. do (A A Heardon. Portland N L Cornelius. EugeneiMrs J A Black. Mayger Mrs M I. Cornelius, dolll 11 WlkoK. San Fran H D Aula. Sanda. Cal'.v A Flsk. Seattle W Lord. The Dalles JMrs A A Flsk. Seattle A J Goodman. Indp.OitP M Hall. Butte. Mont Wm Hepflnger. Mont"-; Mrs P M Hall. Butte ratio. Wash ijohn Jaoobson. Astoria F A Bennett. St-L R Manning. Colfax. Wn J B Troutman. SeattlelCharles Dunlap. Chito N R Ptreeter. Roche-U M Turrer. Walla Y ter, N Y )M F Hardest-, Astoria THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knonrles. Manager. Jas W Lusk. Omaha i Mrs O N Ilamsev. S F iC A Lanson. Victoria. w w cantlne. Alli ance. O Mrs Cantlne. do P S Davidson. Hood ill it Hums, o It Jt N Co C R Smead. Bialock j P Morton. Dalles j I L Patterson. Salem P W Metcall. Berkeley. Cal Julius M Lebwohl. SF jo-nou xsiooogooa, Monroe. Mich Mrs Bloodgood. do Henry Jacob. San rran J E Rlakely. Los Angls Mrs LSlakely. do Harry Blakely. do P J Henderson. W W Miss Newbury. Astoria Mrs R w Rogers,Hard- man Miss Smith. Hood Rlvr L D Slsson. Pomona, Cal Mrs E W Melse,Seattle Mrs M Stevens. Seattle Mrs D K Warren, War- renton Ruth Illoodgood. do Louts Bloodgood. do II H Harklns. Seattle ' E F Benson. Tacoma It S Bean. Salem : Ernest G Bean. Salem Geo Hazzard. Tacoma B C Mrs Lanson, do F J Miller, Albany Mrs Miller. Albany E S Gordon, San Jote, Cal l Mrs II C Thompson. E S MouRon. do I Astoria Martin Llchtastander, I Harold W Thompson. Ban rTancisco l Astoria Edmund Nollaln, Ta- Robt Forbes, Aberdeen coma A C Gleason, Maygers THE ST. CHARLES. S E Moore. lone. Or Judge Dean Blanch- ard. Rainier F P Taylor, Dalles John Davis, Knar pa II R Edmonds. Forst G F B McCormlck. Tilla mook Louis Olsen. Tillamook Joe Freeman. St Helns G Rushing, Dalles W H Davis. Dalles Minnie Davis. Dalles W Iiaty. Dalles O S D Weir, city S E Bedford. Boise A J Hill, city B F Hanlon. Capellrni 1-aul uerncnneia, ni-t. a l'icrce, ueimona lamook B F Hanlon. Cape Xom R W Price. Tillamook I John Lrsons. do N Addison. Dayton J H Newbury. do A Gustafson. Dayton W L Ball, Dayton A Fuller. Stella C E Easton. Stella W S Bryant, city W C Klnger. city R D Jordan, city C R LeGrande. city w J Miller. Catlln J Baxter. do Mrs w J Sewell. Cen tral la. Wash W C Anderson, do C A Hudson. Arlington Ben Simpson, Waterfid Adam Simpson. Burlou Joe Qutgg. Katama Geo MiComb. Kalama A Stendell. Eufaula M T Branstetter. Kelso J H Pankcy. Seattle Hush Glenn. Dalles A P Taylor. Starbuck H D Newbury, .city IS C Mowrey. Eufaula IA C Gerler. Walnut Ck II C Gerler. do (Otto Hagland. Kem- J D MeCov. Cathlamet tner T J Kinder. La CentenB S Grocc. Stella F S Webber. Astoria W H Murphy, city W II Congress. Clats- IGeo Byers. city kanle (Geo Solomon, city Thos Qulcc. Aberdeen J W Watson. Little O P Dosland. Gray's It Falls. Wash A L McGulre. Kelso IC Loetsoher, Dubuque A J Berry, city I Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. European plan: headquarters for com mercial men. Chllberg's restaurant In connection. IRON AND STEEL LOWER METAL MARKETS DISTURB SERBX ITY OF TRADE SITUATION. Favorable Features Jfot Entirely Eliminated, However Railroad Earnings Continue Heavy. NEW YORK. April 2a Bradstreefs to morrow will say: More rather than less Irregularity in the trade and price situation is to be noted this week, partly In the result of weather conditions, but partly In the case of the Iron and steel trade because of the con tinuance of those efforts In the direction of- lower prices which have been such a feature of the Iron and steel trade of late. ;That the basic conditions of trade remain on the whole favorable Is. how ever, evidenced by a number of features. Railroad earnings continue heavy, and tho decrease noted In bank clearings Is chargeable largely to religious and other holiday observances, and to restricted stock speculation. Heavy rains and cool weather early In the week naa a depress ing effect on trade and collections, but with the advent of a warm spring tem perature improved condition of retail de mand, which Is at present a most Import ant element In the general trade situation, have been noted. The bear campaign In Iron and steel took on a new phase this week when a number of wire mills were shut down, as alleged, because of an oversupply of these goods. Tho announcement has had an un settling effect upon general demand, as was probably expected, and new domestic business Is interfered with. The strength of the export demand previously noted In these columns, however. Is still a feature, and we have the best of reasons for be lieving that a very large quantity of Southern Iron, variously estimated at 20. 000 to 30.000 tons, was sold this week to go abroad at nearly or about full prices. The price changes are mostly along lines heretofore noted, though some sympathetic weakening of pig iron Is reported. Wire prices apparently are unchanged. Steel billets are weak at the decline reported last week, and bar steel and plates are likewise lower. The other metals have shown a reactionary tone this week, and anthracite coal remains seasonably weak, but talk of Impending labor troubles has hardened bituminous coal at most mar kets. It has been a weather market for the cereals and most agricultural products, these advancing early this week, but weakening toward the close. The strength of pork products and the small move ments have stimulated corn, and there !s less weakness In this than In the other cereals. Stormy weather and flooded watercourses at the South have checked or retarded cotton planting, but this feat ure and the statistical strength of the market have not been sufficient to pro duce any outside bull movement. Wool Is weak, but there is rather more Inquiry, and now, as one year ago. rela tively highest prices rule at points of production. Backward weather conditions have affected the lumber trade demand but In this as in a number of other lines, the advanced prices demanded are credit ed with checking business. Tho pressure of heavy supplies is responsible for the slight weakening shown In the price of raw sugar this week, while the refined market Temalns unchanged. Weather In fluences aro again reflected In the market for dairy products, which has weakened under large receipts. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregated 3,838.451 bushels, against 2.S96.G3 bushels last week. 2,932.939 bush els in the corresponding week of 1599, 3,232, 105 bushels in 1S9S, L654.GG8 bushels In 1S37, and 1.2E6.490 bushels In 1S9S. Since July L this season, the exports of wheat aggre gate lS7.SOi.547 bushels, against 193.2C2.119 bushels last year, and 1D1.D03.CC bushels in 1SS7-SS. Business failures In me United States for the Veek number 161 against 152 last week. 187 In this week a year ago, 224 In 1S3S. 216 In 1S97, 210 In 1S9G. Failures In Canada for the week number 19, as com pared with 33 last week, 30 In this week s year ago, 15 In 1S3S, 22 In 1S97 and 37 In 1S56. a REGISTER TOMGIIT. The registration office at the Court house will be open until 8 o'clock to night. Electors who reach the office by that hour will be accommodated. even though -the actual work of regis tration may run till a. later hour. oaa)aaa A 1VEEIC OF SURPRISES. Reductions In Prices Have a Bad Effect on the Market. NEW YORK. April 20. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Formal reduction of J3 per ton In prices of plates and bars and closing of mills by the American Steel & Wire Company have filled the week with surprises. In the stock market and In the market for steel and Iron products, changes have be gun, and the end cannot well be fore seen. Apart from the disturbances In speculation, there has been produced a measure of distrust regarding prices that are maintained by the great combinatlors which may for the present tend to deter buying. In the iron business tho formal reductions were almost wholly anticipated in actual sales. Some urgent and impor tant contracts have been made. Including that for the New York tunnel, requiring 70.000 tons, at prices not stated; but It Is known that many others havo been de ferred until the prospect is clearer. There Is a slightly better demand for hides at Chicago, attributed to their Im proving condition, but the distribution of boots and shoes does not keep all the factories at work. Some are closed, many more are running part time, and very few of those In operation have orders for a single month. There is no room for doubt that greatly restricted buying has been caused by the high prices askl. which the makers declare unavoidable un til prices of leather yield. The shipments from Boston In three weeks have been 31.132 cases, or 11.6 per cent smaller than last year, nnd a little less than In tS93. Yet a large business Is claimed In leather, wbich Is still held without yielding, and satin is quoted Xc higher. Tho textile Industries have large orders yet to be filled, which keeps many of tho mills busy, but there are many others less fortunate, and their hunt for orders, with out much regard for prices, caused Irreg ularity In the lines not of established posi tion. The staple woolen and worsted goods hold steady, as the makers need no more contracts; but In less favored lines, both for men's wear and In dress goods, the business Is by no means satisfactory. Wool has been inactive, without change In price. Cotton goods are by some sold at concessions for future delivery, as all realize "that present prices will not long control cost of production. Wheat has declined a fraction In price, nnd corn advanced a fraction, both mar kets being rendered comparatively Inac tive by the certainty that the remaining foreign requirements will be easily met Atlantic exports In three weeks, fiour in cluded, have been 5.796.S05 bushels, against 5.622,714 last year: and Pacific exports 2.347,927 bushels, against 1,132.069 last year. Failures for the week were 184 In the United States, and 17 In Canada, against 22 last year. THE FINANCIAL REVIEW. Scnantlonal Elements In the Market Famished by the Industrials. NEW YORK. April 2a Bradstreefs financial review tomorrow will say: This week the Industrials furnished the sensational elements In the stock market. Their unsteadiness for some time back, !n the face of the rising tendency of rail- read shares, has already been fully re ferred to, and It cannot be said that Wall street la altogether unprepared for a de cline In this portion of the market. What surprised and dismayed the speculative public In connection with the severe break. In American Steel & Wire stocks and the other steel Industrials, was the apparently well-founded reports that the closing-down of some of the company's mills, though perhaps warranted by business conditions growing .out of overproduction and de creased consumption at the prevalent high prices, was attended by heavy selling of both the common and preferred stocks by inside Interests. In- fact, even If the de clines In finished steel products furnished a proper cause for the action of the man agement In Its suspending operations for the time being, it was promptly concludod that the manner In which this was done, and the sudden nature of the announce ment, left little doubt as to the specula tive reason behind the movement. Under the circumstances, particularly as there were prompt confirmations of the reported concessions In steel prices generally, all of the Iron and steel stocks, with few exceptions, shared more or less in the general break, and were only ral lied by heavy covering of short contracts. The railroad share list, which at first was inclined to hold Its ground In the face of the demoralization of the Indus trials, developed more or less Irregularity and .weakness, which was nntural In view of the rather severe liquidation of specu lative accounts In the leading steel stocks. In spite of the persistent manipulation of the Southwestern and Pacific stocks, real izing sales set in on a large scale and prices generally tended to sell off. London's activity In the market was on a more restricted scale, although the mar ket there apparently realized that the difficulty In Wall street related only to the Industrials, and had no actual bear ing on railroad earnings or dividend pros pects. After the London market reopened on Tuesday from Its Easter recess, there was some selling by foreign houses, but Inter on the European participation, al though mixed In character, was In the main In the direction of further purchases rather than of sales. The continued weak ness of the London money market, and the marked tendency of exchange rates here to advance, continue to attract some attention, although the money market !s not Influenced by the prospect of gold shipments in the near future to such an extent as It doubtless would be If It were not believed that the further expansion of the National bank circulation now in pro gress will assure easy money In American markets for some time to come. Favorable crop prospects In the West have been a factor In connection witt the Granger railroad shares, and attracted some buying to that portion of the list Rank Clearings. NEW YORK. April 20. Tho following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at principal cities for the week ended April 19. with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Inc. Dec New York Tl.111,192.000 .... 17.7 Boston 105.921,C00 .... 12.8 Chicago 129.701.000 1.4 Philadelphia 90,650,000 .... 9.8 St. Louis 32,140.000 .... 2.J Pittsburg 32.433.000 Baltimore 22,233.000 .... 22.5 San Francisco .... 19.626.000 Cincinnati 15.591.700 12.0 Kansas City 15,262,000 23.2 New Orleans C.6S1.000 .... 14.5 Minneapolis 9.039.000 19.9 Detroit 8.406.COO 15.4 .... Cleveland 10.116.000 15.0 Louisville 8.276.000 11.6 Providence 6.107.CO0 l.i Milwaukee 5,300.000 7.7 St. Paul 3.930,000 Buffalo 4.F9S.O0O Omaha 6.2S7.0OO 51.4 Indianapolis 6,339.000 1S.6 .... Columbus, 0 4.990.000 9.7 .... Savannah 3,982,000 S0.1 Denver 3,872.000 42.9 .... Hartford 2,253,000 Richmond 3.490,000 1.1 .... Memphis 2.500.000 63.4 .... Washington 2,810.000 .... 4.1 Peoria LSSLOOO 5.7 Rochester 2,574,000 47.6 .... New Haven 1.343.000 .... 20.7 Worcester l.iOT.000 .... 31.4 Atlanta 2.S29000 46.2 Salt Lake City.... 2,296,000 10.2 Springfield, Mass.. 1.072.000 .... 32.4 Fort Worth 1,666.000 Portland. Me. .... 949,000 .:.. 6.4 Portland. Or. 1.861.000 20.5 St. Joseph 4,766.000 91.9 .... Los Angeles 2.441.000 40.3 Norfolk 1,940.000 63.0 .... Syracuse 1,280,000 19.5 .... Des Moines 1.6SO.O0O 4.4 Nashville 1.781.000 .... 5.4 Wilmington, DeL. 1.076,000 13.6 .... Fall River 723.000 Scranton 1.193.000 2S.S .... Grand Rapids 1.243.000 Augusta, Go. 793.CC0 20.8 .... Lowell 524.0M .... 31.4 Dayton. 0 1,290,000 26.5 .... Seattle 2,122.000 19.6 .... Tacoma 1.0S3.00Q 57.3 .... Spokane 1.151.000 12.1 .... Sioux City 1,071.009 23.5 .... New Bedford .... 468.0M Knoxville, Tcnn... 46S.000 .... 21.4 Topcka 739.000 15.8 .... Birmingham 802.000 33.9 .... Wichita 591.000 2S.1 Blnghamton 447,000 4.9 .... Lexington. Ky 429,000 21.5 Jacksonville, Fla.. 291.000 17.8 .... Kalamazoo 427,000 .... 11.4 Akron 473.000 8.9 .... Chattanooga 425,000 33.3 .... Rockford. III. 321.000 21.S .... Canton. 0 294,000 Springfield. O. 239.000 14.3 Fargo. N. D 203.000 11.9 .... Sioux Falls. S. D.. 113.000 2.7 .... Hastings, Neb. ... 164.000 35.5 Fremont. Neb 133,000 93.9 Davenport 7f9.000 8.0 .... Toledo 1.735.000 6.7 .... Galveston 5.020.000 1.1 .... Houston 5,374.000 9.4 .... Youngstown 4C6.O0O 17.9 .... Evansville L027.0O) 27.8 Maccn 641,000 41.5 .... Helena 571.000 12.8 Little Rock Kl.OOO 40.9 Springfield. Ill 496.C00 Saginaw 2C9,000 13.1 Totals, U. S $1.725,F17.000 .... 12.3 Outside N. Y. 614,674.000 .... 1.1 Dominion of Canada Montreal $ 12,213.000 .... 12.5 Toronto .... 7,836.000 .... 12.0 Winnipeg 1.543.000 .... 5.1 Halifax 1.14S.cn0 .... 5.9 Hamilton 640.000 .... la.. St. John. N. B 521.0O0 .... 13.1 Vancouver 744,0X1 6.8 ".. Victoria 3.821,000 .... 37.5 Totals $ 25.1S4.000 .... U.8 Trouble In the Gatnan Country. LAGOS. British West Africa. April 2a Three hundred Nigerian troops have been dispatched overland to the Gaman coun try, northwest of Ashantee, where, the British residents report a crudescence of trouble, which necessitates the repetition of last year's precautions. Unconfirmed rumors come of trouble with the French at Meko. In the Yeruba country. In the neighborhood of the Dahomey frontier. Owing to the distance, however, this can hardly be connected with the troubles in Ashantee. a . Latter Day Saints. LAMONI, la,. April 20. At yesterday's session of the Latter Day Saints Con ference, a long list of names from Canada, the Eastern, Western and Middle States was presented for ordination to the office of high priests by the high priests' quor um, and concurred In by tho action ot the conference. i a i .Alex McDonald's Partner Dead. SEATTLE. April 20. Alexander Calder. tho flrst partner ot Alex McDonald, the Klondike King, died at Selkirk, Alaska. March 29. His wife will bring his body to this city for Interment- He was 43 years old, born In Nova Scotia, and was one of the richest men In the Klondike. a BUSINESS ITEMS. If Daby Is Cnttlnp: Teeth, De sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Wlnslowa Soothing Syrup, for children teethlns. It soothes the child, softens the cum. allays all cam. cures wind colic and diarrhoea. Hi Avoid harsh purgative pills. They make you sick and then leave you constipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate the bowels and cure you. a Estey Organs. Wiley B. Allen Co. THE NEW HOSPITAL SITE HILL HEAR OLD LOCATION FINALLY SELECTED. Problem of a "Water Supply a Diffi cult One to Solve at Fort Stevens Soon to Be Settled. ASTORIA, April 2a Captain Downs. Constructing Quartermaster at Fort Stevens, today received Instructions from Washington, that the War Department has decided to change the site originally selected for the proposed new hospital. The site first determined upon was at the edge of the woods south of the new bar racks, while the new location is at the crest of a small hill north of the bar racks, and but a short distance from the present hospital building. In accordance with this ruling. Captain Downs has or dered the construction of tho shorter of the two sewers on which bids were re cently asked for, and recommended that the contract be awarded to L A Conn, who was the lowest bidder. The price was $3636. This recommendation has been forwarded to the Quartermaster-General's office for approval. The question of securing a water sup ply for the post Is proving a most per plexing one for the department- Before work was stopped on the well. It was sunk to a depth of 835 feet, a great part of the distance through solid rock, but no trace of water was found, and Cap tain Downs has recommended that the experiment be abandoned. The only al ternative now before the department Is the laying of a pipeline to either the Lewis and Clark River or across Young's Bay to a connection with the Astoria reservoir. To each of these plans the same objections are offered by the offi cers in charge. One is the expense, as with the present prices for Iron, to con struct the pipeline would cost fully $75.00). Another Is that already nearly every resi dent along the route has applied for per mission to tap the pipe. But the most serious objection Is that the source of sup ply would be outside the limits of the res ervation, a thing which the department endeavors to avoid In every case. A decision on this matter is expected in a few days. The run of fish last night and today showed a falling off from what It was during the earlier days of tho season, es pecially In the catch of the glll-netters. The traps in Baker's Bay. however, aro doing better now than for several yeara at this time of the season. The seiners who are at work are reported to be doing a little better than paying expense"). Joe Falangas. the veteraa Clifton fisher man, was In Astoria today, and stated that fishermen In that locality are catch ing Just enough flsh to warrant them to go out. but that not one-half of them have yet put their nets In the water. The body of Warren Robinson, one of the boys who were drowned by the capsiz ing of their boat while out sailing off the city front three weeks ago tomorrow, was found floating In the river, near De demona Sands, this afternoon, by Captain John Hoogblom. of the launch Uncle Sam. The body was turned over to the coroner, who will hold an Inquest to morrow. NOTES FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Teachers to Meet In Baker City In September. , SALEM. Or., April 20. The executive committee of the Eastern Division of the Oregon State Teachers' Association has fixed September 5, 6 and 7 as the time, and Baker City the place, for hold ing .the second annual convention. This date was chosen in consideration of the fact that It will be Just prior to the open ing of the public schools, and hence the teachers can attend without Interfering with school work. As additional Induce ments to the-teachers to attend the meet ing, it is announced that the people of Baker City will make arrangements In all respects for entertaining the associa tion; that generous transportation rates will be secured over the O. R, & N., and that It will be mado possible for the teachers to visit one or more of the famous mines In the vicinity of Baker City. J. A. Churchill Is president of the association, and Gertrude M. Hodges sec retary. Both reside at Baker City. Governor Geer today Issued a requisi tion upon the Governor of Washington for the extradition of S. C. Herren, who Is wanted In Portland for obtaining money under false pretenses from the Imperial Hotel Company. Tho complaint was sworn to by Phil Metschan, president of the hotel company. John Cordano has been appointed agent of the State of Oregon to return Herren to this state. Last night a tramp endeavored to sell razors to Salem business men at prices that aroused suspicion. Before officers No other aid so great to the housewife, no other agent so useful and certain in making delicious, pure and wholesome foods, has ever been devised. Dr. Williams Piitk Piiii Fof Pale I Feoni Jave Manj Live j could arrest him. the tramp got out of sight and escaped. He Is supposed to be one of the gang that robbed a Turner barber shop a few nights ago. State Treasurer Moore today received a remittance of 3000 from Umatilla Coun ty, to apply on that county's 1S99 state taxes. Martin Smith, a. farmer residing near Sllverton. was today committed to the asylum by County Judge Terrell. The pa tient Is 5 years old. and married. This Is his third attack of Insanity. Scott Bozorth was today appointed ad ministrator of the estate of Frank Dear born, deceased. The property consists principally of a stock of stationery, and Is valued at SK)0a Erixon & Van Patton today signed a contract and gavo a bond for tho erec tion of the new Odd Fellows Temple. The work will be commenced Immediately, and it Is expected the building will be oc cupied by September L Mrs. D. A. White, of North Salem, last nlsht took medicine from the wrong bottle by mistake, and narrowly escaped death. The medicine she took was pois onous, and intended for external applica tion. It Is reported this evening that the Ma sonic Lodges In this city have decided to move Into new quarters, to be fitted up In the old Opera-House building. DANISH COLONY FOR LANE. It Wants Cheap Lnnd nnd a Church nt Once. EUGENE, Or.. April 20. A. L. Thomp son, of Portland, Is In Eugene, In the Interest of the Danish colony, which con templates locating on the Smith farm, four miles west of Eugene. He says other places are endeavoring to secure the col ony, and that It will be necessary for the people of Eugeno to bestir themselves. The colony. In the first place, wants op tions on other tracts of land near the Smith tract at reasonable prices. On this point It will be an easy matter to accommodate them, for land values are low In Lane County. nd any farm In the vicinity of the Smith farm can be had at a reasonable price. Another matter Is the building of a church, which Is among the flrst wants of the Danes. A subscription paper will be circulated for this purpose. Tho reports of damage to fruit by frost down the Valley and In Southern Oregon have caused tho fruit-growers in this sec tion to examine their orchards. They And. however, that If the frost has injured any of the young fruit It has left an abundance on the trees. The Indications are that most of the trees have more fruit on them than they can well bear. If no damage Is aOYAL BAKING POVDEH CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW $0Wiiy P0, lives are saved by Dr. Williams' PinkPflls for Pale People. Mr. O.IT. Snyder, 1810 Louisiana Bt, Lawrence, Kansas, tells how he was cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People. He saya: "I am now seventy ycara or age. About threa years ago I experlenceda coldness or nambness In the feet, then creeping np my legs until It reached my body. I grew very thin la flesh, my appetlta was very poor and I did cot relish my food. At last I became so bad I was unable to move about. I consulted several distinguished physicians, one tolling ma that I had locomotor ataxia, another that I had creeping paralysis. I took their med icines but they did me no good and I continued to grow worse. "One day nearly a year ago, a friend advised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People. I immediately commenced their use, throwing- all other medicines away. Before I had finished ray first box I found that thoyworo benefiting me. I nsed twelvo boxes In all and was perfectly cured. Although it is over six months since I used my last pill there haa been no recurrence of the disease. My appetite Is now good and my general health, is better than it has been for many years." eTo save a life when medical science fails is a miracle. To restore good health when hope has been aban- dotted is a miracle. To conquer disease' long supposed incurable is a miracle. All this, and more, is accomplished by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. If everybody understood the potent power of this wonderful remedy, much needless suf fering would be prevented, many lives would be saved. Dr VTllUams' rink Puis for Pale People an sold by all drogxlsts. Prepared only by the Dr. Williams Jtllri-i Co., achanectady, 2i. Y. dono now by continued cold rains, the fruit-growers believe they will have a larger crop this season than ever before. A mass meeting of citizens Is called to meet at the Courthouse on Saturday. April 2S. for the purpose of discussing the propo sition made by Dr. Korn, of Dayton. O.. for tho building of a beet-sugar factory In Eugene. AH desire the enterprise, but the .matter of the bonus asked is one which will bo much discussed. The bonus asked is $100,000 cash, a suitable factory site and a guarantee of 5000 acres of beets annually. Mrs. S. Handsaker, of this city, has Just received a letter from her brother, G. M. Cannon, of Henlezvllle. Cal., In which he tells of the death of his two sons. They were both grown men and were sleeping In their house, the house caught fire and the twq men burned to death In it. 3IONEY FOR PACIFIC UNIVERSITY; Received 97000 Yesterday, With In timation of More to Come. FOREST GROVE. Or.. April 20. Presi dent McClelland, of Pacific University, re ceived today checks aggregating JTOOO front the Congregational Educational Society, whose headquarters are in Boston. This money is for the general uses of the school. The society was able to make this liberal gift to the university because ot a large donation recently made by Dr. D. IC Pearsons, ot Chicago, for distribu tion among desrvlng Institutions. It will ho remembered that It was Dr. Pearsons who gave Pacific University $30,000, two jears ago. His gift to this society, which. Is chiefly Interested In building up West ern colleges, is another evidence ot his continued Interest In these schools. In this connection It Is a significant and Interest ing fact that he Is arranging his plans now to distribute $1,300,000. which he says will be given to Western colleges. Hon. Ira Purdln. a prosperous farmer here, said today that after a careful In vestigation of his fruit, he finds that ths late frosts have damaged considerably his prunes and cherries. But with the damage done ho says he will have a better crop this year than last. All frultralsers In thl3 section, he mys, will find his state ment as to injury to the fruit to be true. New Poitmaitcr at Trent. n-AsmvrrrON. Anril JO. John A. I Briggs was today appointed postmaster J at Trent, Or., vice Maud Harper, re i signed. Sohmer Pianos. Wiley B. Allen Co. There are imitation baking powders, sold cheap, by many grocers. They are made from alum, a doisod ous drug, which renders the food injurious to heaitb. YORK. X IdH ioi o