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'W. MOBBING OKEGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900. ALASKA'S NEW CODE Organized Government for the Territory. PROVISIONS OF THE CARTER BILL Powers of tbe Ceart Incorporated Town "Will Doabtleaa Fmb the IJoBie. Senate bill 2419, making further pro vision for a civil government for Alaska, gives that territory the form of govern ment usual in other territories of the United States, -with small additions deemed necessary to adapt the code to that pe culiar country and particularly Its mining Industries. The bill la now before the House of Representatives, and It will doubtless pass in practically Its present shape. Chapter 1 designates Alaska as a civil and judicial district, with the temporary peat of government at Juneau. The cap ital shall not be removed from Sitka until grounds and buildings for the executive end Judicial officers have been provided at Juneau. The officers provided for ad ministration of the government are a Gov ernor, Surveyor-General, who shall be ex-offldo Secretary of the district; three Judaea, three Court Clerks and three MiLTslrals, who shall be ajjpolnted "b the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold their respective offices for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by thv Prealdert for cause; provided, the court or any Judge thereof may, for cause, suspend a clerk, and the cause of such suspension shall be promptly made Inrown to the Attorney-General, and the Pit-pension shall continue subject to the order of tihe President." The District At torneys and Marshals are empowered to appoint asstelants and deputies. Duties of the Governor are very like those of all territorial Governors, Includ ing railorcement of the district laws, per formance of duty by officials, granting re prieves for offenses committed against the laws of the district or the United States uirtll the decision of tire President shall br made thereon. He Is ex-offlclo Oom-ironder-in-Ohlef of the militia of the dis trict, with power to call out the name for enforcement of the law or to preserve the peace, wihere necessary, and also has power to cause all able-bodied citizens of the district to enroll and serve In the militia when the public exltrency demands. The Governor shall also advertise and re ceive hids for the cuotody and care In pome responsible sanitarium or asylum wet of the Rockv Mountains of all per sons leqally adjudged insane In the Dis trict of Alaska. One of his especial du ties'. beoawe of the nature of Alaska, Is: "From time to time Inquire Into the operations of any person, association or corporation authorized by the Government of tho United Statro by contract or other wise to kill the raal nnd other fur-bearing: animals In the district, and rfiall an nually report to Conreps the result of fuch inquiries and all violations by such prions, company, association or corpora tion of the agreement with the United States under which the operations are con ducted," He' shall make annual report to the Pres !Vnft of the ofllc'al acts and dolnjrs of fh" nrict officials, and of the condition of the d!-tr!ei. with reference- to its re fwiir"'!. Induntrle: ond population. The Pnvilctoit Is vested with nower to review and to confirm or annul any reprieves granted, or other acts dono by the Gov ernor. The Governor may appoint Xo taries Public, and those heretofore ap pointed, as well as other official acts, are legalized. The Survevor-Goneral will bo given custody of th district eeal of the territory-, ard will perform all other duties performd by the Secretary of a territory. District Courts. A District Court, with general Jurisdic tion in civil, criminal, equity and admiralty cases. Is established. Three Judges are to be appointed for the district, who shall reside in the respective divisions for which they are selected by the President. Tha Judge of district No. 1 shall reside at Juneau and hold at least four terms of court a year, two at Skagway and two at Juneau, the time for holding them be ins announced about January 1 of each year. The Judge of No. 2 shall rerfde at St. Michael, and will hold at least one term of court each year, beginning the third Monday in June. The Judge of Na S shall reside at Circl City during his term of office, and hold at least one term of court each 3ear, beginning the first Mon day in July. If the Attorney-General finds cauee vexlsts for the same, he may change tho place of residence of the Judges. Kach 4f the Judges Is directed and author ized to hold such jvec!al terms of court as may be nccecsary for the public wel fare or for the despatch of the business of the court, at eudh time and place in the district as he may deem expedient, or as the Attorney-General may direct and at such terms to employ interpreters and court stcnographeiT and to mak allowance for the necessary expenses o! such court. At least SO dayd" notice shall bo given'byHhe'Judge or clerk of the time ard place of holding such special terms. The jurisdiction of each division of the court shall extend over the entire district of Alaska, but the court may. on motion, change the place of trial of any case, criminal or civil, from one pHce to another in the same division, or to a designated place in another division, when there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had therein, when the conveni ence of witnesses and the ends of Justice would be promoted by the change, or when from any cause the Judge is disqualified from acting; provided, no change shall be made for the latter cause if another Judge will appear and try the case. The court may also change place of trial on its own motion, when It appears the de fondant would be put to unnecessary ex pense and inconvenience it summoned to defend at the place where the case was inaugurated, and If It appears to the sat isfaction of the Judge that the action was commenced at a distant place by the plaintiffs to put the defendant to unneces saryexpense, the cost of the change shall be taxed to the plaintiff. In any criminal cases place of trial may be changed when it appears to the court that the defendant shall be prejudiced or the United States put to unnecessary expense. Court Commissioners. The respective Judge may aanjnt co jnis&Ioncrs, who shall reside at the place designated, and have jurisdiction in the district. These commissioners shall be ex-officio Justices of the Peace, Recorders and Probate Judges, and shall perform all the functions and powers conferred by the general laws of the United States and special laws of the district on commis sioners. The commissioners may grant writs of habeas corpus, made returnable to the District Judges, shall have powers of Notaries Public, shall keep memoranda of all deeds and other instruments of writ ing acknowledged before them, and relat ing to the title to or transfer of property. All records of this character hitherto made In Alaska by United States Com missioners are validated. District Clerks. The three clerks are to be divided among . tho three Judges, one for each court. Among the other duties of the clerk are those of preserving copies of all laws ap plicable to the district, and records, and shall receive all moneys collected from t .licenses, fines, forfeitures., or in any other case, except for violation of the customs laws, and shall apply the same In part fpr the incidental expenses ot the proper division of the District Court, and the al lowance thereof, s directed by the Judge. "He shall also bo' ex-offlclo Recorder of In struments. District Attorney. Three District Attorneys are provided for, one to be assigned to each division of the district, and to reside at the same place as the District Judges. Their duties are the same as United States District Attorneys-Jn other districts, and may ap point and remove at pleasure one or more assistants, whose compensation is to be fixed by the Attorney-General. Marshals. -One Marshal shall be appointed for each division of the district with usual powers. Including appointment or such deputies as he deems necessary to execute the laws and operate with the various commission ers. Necessary office deputies are pro vided for. Deputies while absent on duty shall be allowed only actual traveling ex penses and actual expenses for lodging and subslstance. not exceeding $4 a day. Tho Marshal shall be ex-officio keeper of the Jails and penitentiaries of the dis trict, and shall be responsible on bond for the acts of deputies. Compensation for the various offices Is to be as follows: Governor, $50(0; Surveyor-General and ex-officio Secretary ot the district. WOOO; Judges, each. J60O3; Marshals, each, $5000; clerks, each, J (000; District Attorneys, each, 4000, all salaries payable from the Treasury of the United States. The Marshals. Judges. Clerks of Court and District-Attorneys shall. In ad dition to their salaries, be paid their actual traveling and subsistence expenses when traveling in the discharge of their official duties. All moneys collected by the clerks as fees or on -other accounts shall be used in the first instance as a fund for pay ment of court expenses, on the order of the Judge, and the remainder shall be turned over to the United States Treas ury. Net fees In excess of $3000 per an num received by any commissioner shall be paid to the clerk of the division. District Boundaries. Boundaries of the three judicial divisions of the district are to be determined by the three Judges in joint meeting, as soon as practicable after appointment. Re cording districts are to be designated by tho clerks, wherein the commissioners or clerks may perform the duties. Docu ments to be rscorded are, first, deeds, grants, transfers, contracts to sell or convey real estate, and mortgages of real estate, release of mortgages, powers of attorney to convey real estate, leases which have been acknowledged or ap proved, and mortgages on personal prop erty; second, certificates of. marriage and marriage contracts, and births and deaths; third, wills devising real estate admitted to probate; fourth, official bonds; fifth, transcripts of judgments, which by law are made liens on real estate: sixth, all orders and decrees made by the District Court or the commissioners in probate matters affecting real estate, which are re quired to be recorded; seventh, notices and declaration of water rights; eighth, as signments for the benefit of creditors; ninth, affidavits of annual work done on mining claims; tenth, notices of mining location and declaratory statement; elev enth, such other writings as are required or permitted by law to be recorded. Including lions of mechanics, la borers and others; provided, notices of location of mining claims shall be filed for record within ninety days from the date of the discovery of the claim de scribed In the notice, and all Instru ments shall be recorded In the recording district in which the property or subject matter affected by the Instrument is sit uated, and where the property or subject-matter Is" not situated In any estab lished recording- district the Instrument affecting the same shall be recorded In the office of the clerk of the division of the court having supervision over the recording division In which such property or subject-matter Is situated. It is further provided that "miners In any organized mining district may make rules and regulations governing the re cording of notices of location of mining claims, water rights, flumes and ditches, mill sites and affidavits of labor, not in conflict with this act or the general laws of the United States; and nothing in this act shall be construed so as to prevent the miners in any regu larly organized mining district from elect ing their own mining recorder; provided further, all records heretofore regularly made by the United States commissioner at Dyea, Skagway and the recorder at Douglas City, Alaska, not in conflict with any records regularly made with the United States commissioner at Juneau, Alaska, are hereby legalized. A Notary Public shall reside In the dis trict in which he is appointed, the term of his office being three years, unless soon er removed by the Governor for miscon duct. The duties of the notaries are like notaries in the United States. The officers at present properly qualified and actually discharging official duties in the district will continue so until August 1, 1900, If the act passes, unless they are relieved by their successors duly appoint ed and qualified sooner. Mining: at Cnpc Xome. That section of the bill regulating placer mining along the shores and applying particularly to the Cape Nome district, over which so much has been written, Is as follows. "The laws of the United States relating to mining claims, mineral locations and rights incident thereto, are hereby extend, ed to the district of Alaska; provided, that subject only to such' general limita tions as shall be necessary to exempt na vigation from artificial obstructions, all land and 6hoal water below mean high ttde on the shores, bays and Inlets of Behring Sea, within the jurisdiction of the United States, shall be subject to ex ploration for gold and other precious met als by citizens of the United States or persons who have legally declared their intention to become such, under such rea sonable rules and regulations as the miners in organized mining districts may have heretofore made, or may hereafter make, governing the temporary possession thereof for exploration and mining pur poses until otherwise provided by law; provided, further, that the rules and reg ulations established by miners shall not be In conflict with the mining laws of the United States: and all permits here tofore granted authorizing any person or persons, corporation or company to ex cavate or mine under any of said waters are hereby revoked, and declared null and void, and the reservation of a roadway sixty feet wide, under the tenth section of the act of May 14. 1S3S. entitled, 'An act extending the homestead laws and pro viding for the right-of-way for railroad In the district of Alaska, and for other purposes,' shall not,apply to mineral lands or town sites." School. The Indians or persons conducting schools or missions In the district shall not be disturbed In the possession of any land actually In their use and occupa tion, and the land at any station, not ex ceeding &40 acres, now occupied as mis sionary stations among the Indian tribes in the section, with the improvements erected thereon by or for such societies, shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which tho missionary stations respectively be long; but nothing contained in this act shall be construed as putting In force In the district the general land laws of the United States. "The Secretary of the Interior shall make needful and proper provision and regulations for the education of the child ren of school age In the district of Alas ka, without reference to race, and their compulsory attendance at school, until such timo as permanent provision shall be made for the same." Licenses. The code of criminal procedure for the district approved last year Is amended by a section providing what Industries and businesses shall be taxed as follows: Provided, further, that section 490, chap ter 44, title 2, be amended to read as follows: "Section 460. That any. person cr per sons, corporation or company prosecuting .or attempting to prosecute any of the following lines of business within the dis trict of Alaska shall first apply for and obtain license so to do from a District Court or a subdivision thereof in said dis trict, and pay for said license for the re spective lines of business, and trade as follows, per annum, towlt: "Abstract offices, $50; banks. $250; boarding-houses having accommodations for 10 or more guests, $15; brokers (money, bill, note and stock), $100; bllllard-rooms, $15 per table: bowling alleys, $15; breweries. $500; bottling works, $200; cigar manufac turers, $25; cigar stores or stands, $15; drug stores or stands, $50; public docks, wharves and warehouses, 10 cents' per ton on freight handled or stored; electric light plants, furnishing light or power for sale. $300; fisheries, salmon canneries, 4 cents per case; salmon salterles, 10 cents per barrel; fish-oil works, 10 cents per barrel; fertilizer works, 20 cents per ton; freight and passenger transportation lines, pro pelled by mechanical power registered In the district of Alaska, not paying license or tax elsewhere, and river and lake steam ers, as well as transportation lines doing business wholly within the district of Alaska, $1 per ton per annum on net ton nage, custom-house measurement, of each Statement , First Resources National.. Loans and discounts '. ; $1,5S3,SS5 32 United States bonds : f 1,100.003 00 Other stocks and bonds : 2,326,3 43 Premiums on United States bonds 7: Real estate, furniture and fixtures :...... 3.650 00 Redemption fund. United States Treasurer.......-....-. 25.000 00 Due from other banks . 224,803 67 Due from reserve agents -. 590,777 IS Cash on hand 554,710 S3 Total '..' $6,531,901 45 Liabilities Capital stock paid In :.: $ 500.000 00 Surplus and profits, lees expenses and taxes paid....- 692,156 63 Dividends unpaid Circulation ; ;. 490.000 00 Deposits, Individuals and banks ..: 5.209,714 76 Total $6,891,901 45 Cash and due from banks. vessel; gas plants, for heat, or light, for sale. $300; hotels, $50; halls, public. $10; insurance agents and brokers. $25; Jewelers, $25; mines, quartz mills, $3 per stamp; mercantile establishments, doing a busi ness of $100,000, $500 per annum; doing a business of $75,000 per annum, $375; doing a business of 50.0O7. $250; doing a business of $25,000. $125; doing a business of $10,000, $50; doing a business under $10,000, $25; doing a business under $4000. $10; meat markets, $15; manufactories not enumerat ed herein, same classification and license charges as mercantile establishments: physicians. Itinerant, $50; planing mills, $00, when not part of a sawmill; pawn brokers, $300; peddlers, $25; patent medi cine venders (not regular druggists), $C0; railroads, $100 per mile on each mile op erated; Testaurants, $15; real estate dealers and brokers, $50; ships and shipping, ocean and coastwise vessels doing local business for hire, plying in Alaskan wat ers, registered In Alaska, and not paying license or tax elsewhere, $1 per ton per an num on net tonnage, custom-house meas urement, of each vessel: sawmills, 10 cents per 1000 feet on the lumber sawed; steam ferries, $100; tollroad or trail, $200; tobacconists, $15; tramways, 10 for each mile or fraction thereof; transfer compa nies. $50; taxidermists, $10; theaters. $100; water works, furnishing water for. sale, $50." Sec 2. That section 463, of chapter 44, title 2, of tho above-named act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "Sea 463. That the licenses provided for In this act shall be Issued by the clerk of the District Court or any subdivision thereof in compliance with the order of the court or Judge thereof, duly made and entered; and the clerk of the court shall keep a full record of all applications for license nnd of all recommendations for and remonstrances against the granting of li censes and of the action of the court thereon; provided, that the clerk of said court and each division thereof shall give bond or bonds In such amount as the Sec retary of the Treasury may require, and In such form as the Attorney-General may approve, and all moneys received for li censes by him or them under this act shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be covered into the Treasury of the United States, under such rules and reg ulations as the Secretary- of the Treasury may prescribe." Court Bnildingrs. Arrangements for court buildings, pris ons and offices are made with the proviso that not to exceed three court buildings and three Jails shall be constructed in any division of the district, without spe cial authority from the Attorney-General. A fee of $10 will be charged for each certificate issued to an attorney authoriz ing him to practice law, and $10 for each notarial commission, and the fund thus collected will ba disbursed on order of the governor for the purpose of estab lishing and maintaining the district his torical library and museum. Methods of procedure, time of commenc ing actions, partes thereto, pleadings and other matters pertaining to action at law, are of the common form and style in the United States. Rules of evidence, so far as regulated by statutory provisions, cor respond in the same manner. Admission of attorneys to the bar of the district may be upon certificate of admission to the circuit or supreme courts of any of the states or terrItorip? or th TTnftArt States Circuit or Supreme courts. Justice Courts. Justice courts are given Jurisdiction of actions to recover possession of mining claims situate in the precinct where such court Is holden. Upon such proceedings being taken, the pleadings and trial shall be as in any other case, and It Is added that one year's adverse possesson of a mining claim Immediately preceding the commencement of the action is a bar to recovers'. Appeal Is given either party to the action. The judge of each division of the district shall divide his territory into the Justice precincts referred to, in each of which a commissioner may be appointed. Regarding the fee to lands a section was introduced in the original bill that was stricken out. This provided that aliens could procure and hold lands, or any right thereto or Interest therein, by purchase, devise or descent, and that they could convey such Interest as citizens. Another section stricken out provided that the title to any land heretofore con veyed should not be in anymanner ques tioned or affected by reason of the alien age of any person from whom or through whom such title may have been derived. Municipal Corporations. Under the head of municipal corpora tions, it Is provided that any community having 200 permanent inhabitants may In corporate. Elections In these corporate municipalities shall be voted by male citizens of the United States or males who have declared their intention of be coming such, and of the age of 21 years, who shall have been a bona fide resident of Alaska for the period of one year prior to the date of the election. At elections to determine whether a city shall incor porate the added qualification of having substantial property Interests In the city may be made. The Incorporated municipal ities shall have the usual officials, and the council's powers shall include the right to Impose and collect a poll tax on electors, tax on dogs, a general tax on real and personal property, possessory rights and improvements, and such li cense tax on business conducted within the corporate limits as the council may deem reasonable. The provision Is made, that no such tax shall exceed one per centum on the assessed valuation of property, and all assessments made by the corporation assessor shall be subject to review by the council, and appeals may be taken from the decision to the dis trict court, and further that no bonded indebtedness whatever shall be authorized for any 'purpose. A school board ot three electors shall be elected for the management of educa tional affairs within said corporation. Alaska Reveaacs. Alaska's persistent demand that the 1 revenue of the territory be devoted to some extent, at least, to territorial Im provement. Is complied with In the fol lowing provision: "Provided, that E0 per cent, of all 11 i cense moneys provided for by an act of 'Congress approved March 3, 1S&9, en . titled, 'An act to define and punish crimes In the district of Alaska, and to provide i a code of criminal procedure for said dis trict', and any amendments made there ' to, required to be paid by any resident, . person or corporation for business car j lied on within said corporation, shall be I paid over "by the clerk of the United States district receiving the same, to the treasurer of said corporation, upon tak ing his receipt therefor In duplicate, one of which duplicates shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States by the clerk as a voucher in lieu of cash, and the other receipt shall be retained by the clerk. The money re ceived by the treasurer of. the corpora- NATIONAL BANKS OF PORTLAND. of Their Condition April Merchants National. $ 37S.3S2 93 50,000 00 4S.946 32 109.32393 3637640. $1,553,357 83 $ 250,000 00 00,149 50 5o!6o6c6 L1S3.20S 35 $1,553,357 85 tion shall be used, under the direction of the council, for school purposes." HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. H K. Freeman. Chgo Ernest E Reed, N 1' H Bell Irving-. Van couver, B C F S Wood & wf. do E C Oliver & wife, do J G Metier &. wlfs. Brookflflld Francis P McCaJl. N X. W S Sherwood. St PI John B Adams & wile. u&maen, r J joarun sscnencK. do iMrs W H Cole. Jr. 5 L!Wls. St Louis , Camden. N J C J Holden. Chicago I Clarence F Adams, do H S McGowan. Antoria Lee Jacobs. San Fran f A Jv'I.n. s"le )D M Fltzjerald, Coro i,-'LJ1idau Seattle & & Mrs H RUsland. C Tinllng, Tacoma Victoria. B C w M MattIson.Tacoma.Mr Holcomb, city Chas S Fee. St PahI Mr Dooly, cttr Chas Frankcnthal, XT I R Grubb, San Fran I S Power. San Fran Mr & Mrs Wilton C Smith. Chicago C G Forster, Milwle Fred Rogers. St Paul Wade H Richardson, Milwaukee Mr & Mrs R G Evans, Andrew S Duncan. SF .Minneapolis F C Bailey, Chicago H O Judd, Hartford Mm Judd. Hartford Mrs W H Demming, do S H Friendly. Eusene J C Bothln. San Fran O H Robinson. San Fr H G Drukicer. New Trk Mrs 8 Smith. San Fr Miss Bradbury. San Fr F H Graves, Spokane T J Beaumont. St Joe W B Jenkins, Seattle John P "Welmer. Milwk Chas Agnew, Oshkosh v Ls menards, N T AVm R Carew, N T H Turky. San Fran Mr & Mrs DeWItt Da vis, .Milwaukee J J McN&mara. S F Mr & Mrs D Kennedr, luxymona &z wnit comb Partr Mrs S S Dickenson, do Miss A C -Splcer, do Miss A S Splcer, do G A Lelshton & xr. iln Miss Mary Golden, do Mrs Albert Morse, do Miss M F Morse, do Geo N Gibson. Seattle Miss C L Moore. do!P L. Allen. Seattle Miss .Sarah L White.doiE P Kendall. Seattle A O Hewitt, dole F Fischer, San Fran E Coleman. Md IF S Doernbecher. Che- Mr it Mrs Robt Cress-I halls. Wash well. Jr. Phlla ID B Hanson. Seattle Mrs A T GtIbert.Salent Geo H White. Boston Miss Kathrino GUbcrulA J Frank. Boston Salem I j a Wallace. New York L J Burdlck. Sturs-Is, F D Chamberlln. Cluro aucn iRar L. Falrchlld. 8 F J H SSorrit). Seattle I THE PERKINS. E H Oren. San Fran IP B Beckley. Oakld.Or Mother Benedlcla. Ab-j -; 1 lauaier, Atlanta. eraeen Mother Alexandra, Chehalls Gea Pondn. Seattle Chris Johnston, city E D Ebln. Baker City John H Wrlcht. St L. j i; uawson. Dalles Frank W Hess. Vanev Miss David. Newberg Miss O David. Newberg W H Baker. Sumpter n. xi iaeramus. san I r W H Cook. Dultith Miss Bertha Wrisht.do John Pearson. Duluth Ed Lamb. Duluth John B Oliver. St L . .u Kanaan, Jr. Seattle A Herman Holfler & family, Astoria Mls Georsle Taylor, Vancouver, B C J O Watts. Eugene John Blew, Tacoma C A King, San Fran Mrs W S Jacobs, Rossland. B C Mrs Montgomery, Idaho Mrs Spencer, Idaho D McEacheran, Stan wood John J MeloTlHe. Cheney. Wash Jas F Hallet. Seattle M J HIIL San Fran J H Davis. Texas Wm Crafered. Vanevr J N walch. Seattle F C Atkins. Roseburg H J Mlgneray, Man S M Bradburt, Dallas D H Welch. Astoria Jas K Sears, McCoy. Or B F Wellington. S F Rev T A Hyland, As toria Mrs T A Hyland. do W Smith. Dillon. Mont Mrs smltn. do H E McGowan. Puyal- lup, wasn E D Stratford. Rosebrg D E Brewer, Chemawa A Brown, Astoria N C Nelson. Kent, Wn Mrs N C Nelson, do jj W Farquahar, Aber- C N Smith. Vancouver! aeen. wasn Eugene France, do E H Fox, Olytnpla Mrs W A Peck. Seattle W L Gibson. Pendleton Mrs T J O'Connor, airs u n smith, do J R Upson. St Paul A Beers. Salt Lake Miss Ella Nelson, Ho- quiam. wasn W H Trenble. Ashlaidl OlrmDla. Wash W W Staley. Ashland C G Branch. St Joseph A L Morris. Sumpter iBenJ A Glfford. Dalles W W Skinner. Salem IMrs B A Glfford. do T P Randall, Oreg CylES Moulton. San Jose W E Wller, Eugene IC M Tabor & fy. St L Chas Butler, Pt Townd Miss May Musson, Ash N C Evans, Hood Rlv land. Or L A Loomis. Ilwaco" IT A Pitman, Tacoma R H DeWeese. Kan C B O Miller. Arlington S A. Manning. McMlnnlJchn Seckler, St Louis Mrs R H Jones. I Mrs John Seckler. do urangeruie. idano in seckler. St Louis J L Wheeler. San Fr IMlss Seckler. St Louis IF Knowles. Dead wood IP O" Grady, Augustine, M M Kerr. Martinez J L Hill. Albany. Or McKlnley Mitchell. Gervals E H Crolsan. Salem Mrs E H Crolsan. do A B Little, Houlton Iowa E K McEIroy. do H Oliver. McMlnnvllle II E Holt. St Louis W J Bohan. Portland THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knowles, Manager. D Marx, city R S Durand. Grass Vy J H Roberts, city Chas O'Brien. Seattle Geo E Johnson, city Mrs Johnson, city B S Dickinson. Chgo Mrs Dickinson, Chgo vv smiin. Baker City G-o F McAulay. do Will" R King. Ontario Mrs F A Starr. Sumpter B E Sanborn. Wclser IMrs Sanborn. Welser F J Hard. Denver Edw J Knapp, Syra cuse. N T Mrs Will H Lee.Warm Springs Mrs L Henderson, do Geo L FIeld.San Fr Mrs A Cunningham, do C E Martllng. San Fr Miss Nellie Lowry, Aberdeen Mrs L S Bishop, Sauk Center, Minn A K Velten, city Mrs Velten. city Alice M King. Hoqulam T J WIlHamson,Seattle Mrs Williamson. do Miss Williamson. do Master Williamson, do R S Babcock. Salt Lakl Mrs Babcock. Salt Lak MISS A U&bCOCK. do J S Cocper. Indp. Or H J Wherity. Astoria Mrs Wherity, Astoria L F Laurln. Astoria Mrs Laurjn. Astoria IF M Malone. Miles Cy Mrs Aiaione, do Miss J Curtln, Astoria L D Slsson. Pomeroy Miss M Stone. Astoria ID M Stuart, Astoria Mrs Durand. Grass VyH S Burns, Sprague Edwin Durand. do I THE ST. CHARLES. Mrs McDonald. Albany Ed Becker, Ilwaco C C Thayer. Dalles J M Dick. Hubbard R Mattson. Eugene W E Bull. Wh Salmon G S Barrett, city i Chan Hollander, city G W Taylor, Albany H R Williams, Scap Doose. Or Stanley Stanke, do x w Btanice. do B S Cloyston. Panama D C Buyers. Panama C F Shuckman. Stella Alfred Erlckson, May gers J A Butts. Maygers John Wicks,' Maygers e Thompson. Oak Pnt W B Duncan, Jr. Mari posa J W Myers. Deadirood J M Wilson, Dead wood Wm Delanv. Deadirood J McDuCee. Nehalm Phil W eldy. Astoria J A Adams, Astoria Nat Hennon, Astoria Mrs Hennon, Astoria C G Ewlng. city W P Holman. Tacoma J W Balrd. Tacoma Arthur Wise, Deadwood Joe Small. Deadwood Fred Knowlton, W W Patrick Colbert. Oretr C A Gray, Tacoma IT H Case. Oregon City John Fry, Jr. Cosrnop-IJulta Dunn. Corvallls oils 1 J una warren. do Robt A Miller, Oreg C Carl G Hodes. do J S Rlsley, RIsley Judge Jas McCain, Mc A L Morris, Snmpter I Mlnnvllle Wm Lacey, Sumpter jT A Rlchardson,RalnIer F E Carpenter, do 'F K Lcvill. city TV A Miller. N YamhiniJ Wcntworth. Bay City H Harney, N Tamhlll IGK Wentworth. Chso Jos Stanke. N TamhlUIP J Carl. Chicago Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. European plan; headquarters for com mercial men. Chile-erg's restaurant in connection. Hotel Brunswick. Seattle. European r first class. Rates. 75c and up. One block from depot. Restaurant next door. FROM LIVERPOOL DIRECT LAXGDAX.E JiOW OX BERTH FOR ' " THIS PORT. XIae Cargo Shias ch Roate or Listed Three May Steamships Ma rine Xotes. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. have secured for their regular line ot sailing vessels be tween Europe and Portland the British hin T.nnfTrtAi which will load at Liver- ' pool for Portland direct. This is a de- parture from, the usual route as nearly all of the European cargo ships which i have visited Portland recently have been i chartered to come with part cargo for the Southern California ports. The Lang i dale makes a total of nine cargo ships en ! route or listed for Portland. Two of these, the Lizzie Bell, which left Liver- 26, lOOO. United States National. $517,402 95 51,800 00 243,122 89 33143072 2,500 00 1099i"35 $963,197 94 Alnsworth National. $311,313 05 25,000 00 40.961 86 Total. $ 3.391.084 2S 1.226.S00 00 2,660,010 30 61.73S94 1.245 00 33.045 37 60.950 09 63.C69S0 296,143 65 28,745 00 357.854 04 651,737 27 1.401,016 61 $603,933 91 $10,012,391 15 $250.000 00 37,626 99 12 00 50,000 00 625.55S95 $100,000 00 15,322 96 24".90066 463.710 95 $ 1,100.000 00 E05.2S5 14 12 00 614.900 00 7,492,193 01 $963,197 94 $603,933 91 $10,012,39115 pool December 20, and the Argus, which sailed from Antwerp November 13, are fully due. The Argus ls coming by way of Port Los Angeles, and sailed from that port for Portland April 21, so that she Is daily expected. The Lizzie Bell has not beep spoken since leaving Liverpool, and should be very close at hand. Of the others, the Deccan sailed from Hamburg February 12, the Flfeshlre from Antwerp January U, the Penthesllea from London February 13, the Riversdale from Ham burg March 1, and the "Wendur from Cal cutta January 29. Tho latter vessel Is bringing a full cargo of grain bags for the coming wheat crop, and ls due the latter part 'of the month. The Astracana, of Meyer, "Wilson & Co.'s regular line, ls now loading at Hamburg, and will get away this month. Owing to the high rates prevailing on the Pacific Coast, freights out of European ports arc very low at the present time, as vessels will gladly accept a low rate out to the Coast In order to reach a port where such profitable business can be secured. ALL RECORDS MAY FALL. North. German Lloyd Will Build a BIfr Ocean Liner.- NEW YORK, May 2. The North Ger man Lloyd line has just placed with the Vulcan Shipbuilding -Company, of Stettin, an order for a vessel which Is to maintain an average speed of 2S knots an hour. In tho contract, it is further stipulated that this forthcoming flyer shall have a length of 752 feet and an encine power of 43.000 horsepower. Thus in speed, horsepower and size this new leviathan will exceed all others now afloat or building. The nearest approach to her in the way of speed is tho Hamburg-American steam ship Doutschland, which to soon to bo placed In service on the transatlantic route and which ls guaranteed by her builders to have a sustained sea speed of not less than 23 knots an hour. But the engines which are emplaced In the Deutechland will have an Indicated horse-power ot only 33,000. as against this racer's 43.000. The horse-power of the Devtschland. by the way, far exceeds that of any other vessel now afloat. In regard to size, this new product ot the Gorman shipwright will far outclass anything now afloat. The Oceanic, of the Whlto Star line, now holds the die-Unction of being the biggest ship that was ever launched. But her lAagth over all is 704 feet, against the new vessel's 752 feet. With all her great size, the Oceanic has no pretensions in the way of speed. She Is content to make "her way across the At lantic in a week's time. The Deutsch kvnd. which Is much faster, but of less size, hopes to accomplish the transatlantic run within five days. The new ship will. If her builders fulfill their contract, steam into port In the near future with all eorts of broken records trailing behind her that for greatest speed In an ocean liner and that for greatest length and beam and depth being among them. Tho contract calls for the vessel's com pletion In 190L Before she is completed it Is possible that the strong rivalry which exists between the two big German lines, the Hamburg-American and the North German Loyd. may lead to tha building of another stiU bigger and faster. The construction of the record-breaking Kaiser "WUhelm der Grosse. of the North German Lloyd line, brought about tha building of the Detrteehland by the Hamburg-American Company. The prospect that the Deuteohland will outdo the Kaiser "WUhelm. der Grosee has In turn led the North German Lloyd to contract for a ves sel that will outclass her. The Cunard line, whoso Lucanta holds the New Tork-Queenstown record, may be forced to greater exertions. The best time made by the Lucama to the westward Is five days, seven ho'tra and 23 minutes. If the new German racer goee over the same route and lives up to her contract In the way of speed, she will accomplish the run In four days and 21 hours. THREE MAT STEAMSHIPS. Arryll and Thrra "Will Follovr the Bracmar From Portland. Dodwell & Co.'s Oriental liner Argyll, which Is to follow the Braemar from Portland, sailed from Yokohama for this port Tuesday, and will be due about the 18th Inst. TVhile she Is a smaller vessel than the Braemar. she has carried from Portland flour cargoes In excess of 40.000 barrels, and will probably take out nearly that much on her present trip. The Cali fornia & Oriental Steamship Company will also have a vessel at Portland this month, the Norwegian steamship Thyra. of that line, being due about & week earlier than the Argyll. The Thyra comes to T. M. Stevens & Co., and will take about 30.010 barrels of flour. This will make three Oriental steamers for May, and In the acsregate they will carry in excess of 100,000 barrels of flour, which ls a pretty big month's shipment. The Braemar. which cleared at Portland Tuesday, left down at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and reached Astoria at 4:40, making a good run down the river. She was drawing 23 feet, and experienced no difficulty whatever, although the tides are very low In the daytime at present, the big tides' occurring at night. FREIGHTS STILL FIRM. Allerton "Will "Sot Accept Forty Shllllairs for Wheat. The British ship Allerton is still on the market, after repeatedly refusing 40 shil lings. This is a pretty stiff rate, and the experience of the past has shown more than one instance where owners over reached themselves by holding off too long. There ls little If anything in the present situation which points to low freights; but there Is also not very much prospect for an advance, and if the Aller ton's owners hold off for a month or two and finally accept the rate they now re fuse, they will be 'losers by the transac- tlon, a3 there is considerable expense at tached to a ship, even when she is lying Idle. The last spot charter reported on the Coast was that of the Nile, at San Fran cisco, at 40s 6d. The Nile la a vessel ot 2079 tons net register, and the rate paid is about as stiff as anything that has been paid in the north. There is still a disen gaged ship in San Francisco, but she Is not on the market at present. On Puget Sound the Battle Abbey and the Mount Stuart are still on the free list, but are asking 42s 6d, a rate whloh exporters will not pay, and It is probable that both of the vessels will take lumber cargoes. Mariae Xotes. Tho new steamship Kvichak crossed out from Astoria shortly after noon yester day, and there is trouble ahead when the San Francisco water-front tiles to pra nounco that name. Tho German ship Najade left down yes terday morning, and the Russian ship Sylfid, which arrived in Tuesday night will be towed up by the steamer whicn Is taking tho Najado down. Messrs. Goodall, Bennett & Co. hav& registered their recent purchases, th Drumburton, Drummulr and Lord Temp.e ton, at Victoria, B. C, and R. P. Rlthet & Co. will act as agents for them. Coming Around the Horn. NEW YORK. May 2. The fishing steam er Dolphin, formerly the Al Foster, which has been fitted with two masts and rigged as a brig, has sailed from Hobo ken for Seattle, via the Straits of Magel lan. She ls under command of Captain Charles R. Peabody, of the old Neptune line, and carries a crew of 35 men. and will ply between Seattle and the Yukon River In connection with the White Pass & Yukon River Railroad. Domestle- and Foreign Forts. ASTORIA, Or., May 2. Arrived and left up Steamer Del Norte, from San Fran cisco, by way ot Coast ports. Sailed Steamer Kvichak, for San Francisco. Ar rived down British steamer Braemar. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, north; weather clear. Seattle Arrived May L Schooner Wins- low, from Tacoma; steamer City of To peka, from. Skagway. Sailed Steamer Signal, for Astoria. Hull, May 2. Arrived British ship Crown of Germany, from Portland, Or. Yokohama Sailed May 1. British steam er Argyll, for Portland, Or. Arrived May 1 Steamer Victoria, from Tacoma. Queenstown, May 2. Arrived New Eng land, from Boston, for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. CherbeuTg, May 2. Arrived Pretoria, from New York, for Hamburg. Hamburg, May 2. Arrived Kalserin Maria Theresa, from New York. Boulogne, May 2. Arrived Amsterdam, from New York, for Rotterdam, and pro ceeded. Victoria, May 2. Arrived Norwegian steamer Universe, from Nagasaki. San Francisco, May 2. Arrived Steam er Walla Walla, from Victoria; steamer Areata, from Coos Bay. Sailed Steamer Tyr, for Vladlvostock. Cherbourg. May 2. Sailed Lahn, from Bremen and Southampton, for New York. Copenhagen, May 2. Arrived Island, from New York, for Stettin. Queenstown. May 2. Arrived Waes land, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Liverpool, May 2. Arrived Ultonla, from Boston; Tunisian, from Portland and Halifax. Sailed Rhlnelandr from Phila delphia. Bremen, May 2. Arrived -Rhein, from New York, via Southampton. 1 Southampton, May 2. Sailed Lahn, from Bremen, for New York. Now York, May 2. Sailed St. Louis, for Southampton; Dolphin, for Seattle: Ger- Refreshing and invigorating mi ilAMX PfTOAfT K 4 Used Internally and Externally pp or after shaving. 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There Is no noise and no movement of the lips. It Is eimp ly a manipulation of the fingers. Parents have been wondering why it was that their hopefuls have been overhauling the sign language in the dictionary, and thought they had become mighty stud'oua all of a raidden. They were simply studying up the mysteries of the eign language. "Oh, It's great." said a youngster yesterday, who was telllrig about it; "but don't you' give the thing away." The use of machinery has reduced theiN time necessary for the making of 103 watches from 1749 hours to 355. when used in the toilet, alcohol," which is an tnternauy, ts a deadly an exhausted and irritable condi to the head, dizziness, heads poor memory, hysteria, melanj matter what the special cause thj P. OTioe Elkhart, Indiana