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THE MOENING OEEGONIAN, SATTTRDAY, MAT 19, 1900. EVIL OF OVERPRODUCTION EAST AFRICAN LIBELLED TS MAXX BUSINESS. LEfES OF Pregrreaa Being Blade Toward Healtky Adjustment In KlaaH clal Circles Basic Clearing. NEW YORK, May IS, R. Q. lun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Businesa Is sot what It was a year ago, but men do not agree to defining the difference. The working foroe. then In creasing fast, Is now decreasing. "Works are stopping to relieve excessive output In manufactures of paper, cotton, wool, leath er and some forms of steel, while prices are suddenly reduced lor the same pur pose In lead, wire and nails. "What seems to some "merely spring dullness" others think tho beginning of reaction. The remedy for one difficulty does not fit the other, and there Is more need than usual for close attention to the meaning of events. In place of the wild speculation in se curities, which swelled exchanges a year ago, there has come such liquidation that 20 preferred Industrial stocks have sold this week at prices averaging $S314 per share, though the same stocks sold In April last year lor ?99 66 per share, and 30 common have sold tins week for S3S 49, which sold last year at 576 99, double the price. Yet many of these companies have earned and paid, good dividends, and all J nave enjoyed a year of extraordinary business. The industrials have reached the lowest average they have ever known, while the CO most active railway stocks, though depressed about $4 per share slnco early In April, are higher now than In January or February, higher than early in December, and higher than a year ago. Business In some lines has been hin dered by the holding of prices so hlch as to check consumption. The closing of works by the Steel & Wire Company, fol lowed by the reduction of $20 per ton In prices of Its products, the closing of many paper mills, because or overproduction, the .sudden reduction of 70 cents per 100 pounds In lead from the price to which It was raised late in December, and the report that tin plate vorks may be closed awhile for similar reasons, creates a feeling that some business has no longer the guarding and guiding Influences of prices answering quickly to the demand for consumption. But progress toward a healthy adjustment has been rapid within the cost week. Transactions at Pittsburg in Bessemer pig seem to be largely at guaranteed "prices," so that definite quotations are avoided, though much Iejtmer from the East Is offered at very low flCTires. Grey forge Is a shade lower here, and local coke at Chicago, while No. 1 Lehigh Is quoted at $21 50 here. Bars at Phila delphia are at l5;. -while the Pittsburg as sociation reaffirms Its quotation of 2 cents, which Is shaded. Plates also sell there at 1.7 cents, with 1.75 quoted at Phila delphia. The demand for structural and other products has been reduced in part by building strikes. Woolen manufacturers are not meeting with a very satisfactory market at the advanced prices asked, and until a change appears In that respect the holders of wool will need patience. The movement of grain continues large. Atlantic exports of wheat In three weeks of May have been (flour included), 8,232, 041 bushels, against 7.016,540 bushels last ear, and Pacific exports 2,203,909 bushels, against 1,267.903 bushels last year. Wheat lias advanced over a cent. Failures for the week have been 117 for the United States, against 147 last year, and 30 In Canada against 17 last year. BIUDSTREETS' REPORT. Wheat Higher on Unfavorable Crop Report. NEW YORK. May IS. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: Continued dullness In many branches and a further shading In several staple lines constitute the leading features In the business situation this veek. The weakness of prices is displayed in lower quotations for corn, park, butter, cheese, wool and cotton among the great agricul tural products and petroleum and lead among mineral products. "W heat Is slight ly higher, partly owing to less favorable crop reports here and abroad. Continued dryness in the Northwest has given the spring wheat situation a less satisfactory appearance and there is Hitle improve ment noted in the winter wheat sections of the Central West. It Is doubtful, how ever, if the dry weather has as yet really affected spring wheat, the chief complaint coming from the lumber Interests, whicn report low streams lnterferring with the forwarding of supplies. Wool has been shaded again, notwith standing the fact that rather more strength is noted in London sale prices, where supplies of desirable grades are re ported not' excessive. The iron and steel situation Is no strorger and shaded prices fall to de velbp much new business. Bessemer pig is nominally unchanged at Pittsburg, but the same grade of iron made outside of that city Is being offered there below current quotations. Structural material continues the strongest feature of the trade. From Birmingham come reports of continued large export business, more havlrig been done in two weeks past than In two weeks previous, but quotations are largely nominal and the outlook Is rather more uncertain. Afumber of large Penn sylvania mills have shut down for repairs much earlier than usual, and some relief from this source Is looked for. Among other metals, lead Is -very weak, and cur. rent prices are the lowest for a long time past. Tin has ako hen h.-H while copper Is nominally unchanged. The industrial situation is. on the whole, rather better than for some time past, In that new disturbances are fewer and some old ones have been settled. But practi cal tie-ups In Chicago are still unbroken. At St. Louis all kinds of business have been hurt by the strike of street railway employes, and uncertainty at other cities particularly in the building trade, has had an unsettling effect upon lumber. Anthracite coal production Is being re stricted to seasonable requirements, while tho settlement of bituminous trade labor matters Is regarded as favoring continued good trade. Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 5.17S.422 bushels, against 3,480.574 bushels last week, 2,212,2)6 bushels in the corresponding week of 1699 and 4.064,832 bushels In 189S. ' Business failures In the United States for the past week number 155, as. compared with 174 last week. 16S In this week a year ago, and 211 in 1833. Failures In the Dominion of Canada are slightlv more numerous, numbering 24 for the past week, against 19 last week. IS In this week a year aoo. and 36 in 1S93. In Financial Circles. NEW YORK. May IS. Bradstreefs financial review tomorrow will say: Narrow and Irregular speculation has again been the notable feature df the stock market this week. Professional interests of the smaller kind seem to have been responsible for most of the fluctuations ex hibited by prices. The continuance of gold shipments and the transfer of over $3,000,000 In specie from New York to Parl3 were, however, disregarded, and of the Influences of a general character, which were effectual factors, a leading place must be assigned to the growing ease of money here and abroad. Call loans af New York have been quoted all week in the neighborhood of 2 per cent., and there is every prospect or the permanency of such conditions. This makes It easier to carry stocks and at the same time leads to a certain amount of investment buying of dividend-paying railroad shares and other securities In which the public has confidence. There was no very heaw buying of American rails for London a count, but the financial conditions nhrrvid Jim referred to, with the supposed pro- 1 DULLNESS pect of an early end to the South African war, resulted in a cheerful tone in Lon don, which had an effect on our own mar ket. The continuance of good railroad earn ings and favorable crop news were also influences in speculation and the granger and Southwestern railroad shares showed at times a very fair amount of strength. On the other hand the industrials, as a rule, have again been weak. At lower prices the leading steel stocks seemed to find renewed support, mainly from the covering of short contracts, although som renewed buying of a better character was reported to be In progress. This checked the disorganization in the group in ques tion, but another part of the Industrial list then became very "Weak. This was the tobacco stocks, American and Conti nental. The former, especially, fell rapid ly and severely on the continuance of the reports that a powerful opposition concern is to be established with the backing of capitalists who recently left the manage ment of the American company. It might be noted, however, that this decline of American Tobacco and the indications of renewed weakness in Sugar Refining stock did not have any great Influence on the railroad list, which continued steady to strong, and seemed. In fact, more In clined to cut loose entirely from the industrials. Basic Clearings. NEW YORK, May IS. The following ta ble, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at all the principal dtlee for the week ended May 17, with the per centage of increase and decrease, as com pared with the corresponding week last year: Inc. Dec 16. S 12.3 3l6 1.9 New York tt.03L91l.0CO Boston lli.t-75.w.O Chicago 141.Oj9.000 Philadelphia 94,ttfc,wd Si. JLouls 32,VJ6..yi 9.4 Pittsburg .... ZS,'jOZ,om 23,t.4&,i)0J ZilUiAOO 15.0 1.9 10.9 2.5 31. lb.7 1S.7 22l8 13.2 .Baltimore San Francisco .... Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland Louisville Providence Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo Omaha .... Indianapolis Columbus, O Savannah Denver Harttord Richmond Memphis Washington Peoria Rochester New Haven Worcester Atlanta Salt Lake City.... Springfield", Mass. Fort Worth Portland, Me Portland, Or. .... St. Joseph 14,9u9.u00 15,tM,iX 9.111,10 lO.O-Jt.,0.0 7,b87.o00 11,433.000 6.63LW0 6,25,uu) 5,!U.iO0 5,077 ,v0J 5,,62 000 6 176,000 7,367.100 5,b66.00J 2,87,.00 3,369.010 2,161.0.0 3.0S6.M 2,261003 2,7S3,0j0 1.950.O0O 2,310,0.0 1.S32.V00 1,249.000 1.6i6.0CO 2.56,100 l.JJ'.tO) 2,375.030 1.114.000 LS19.000 4.676,000 2.CO0.CO0 1,477.000 1,302.000 1,926,000 1,200.000 1,0,0.000 718.000 1.C67.OO0 L345.C03 S33.000 4S5.0.O 1,003 000 2,lf9.v0) 912,000 1.196.000 L1E5.U0J .'58.0.0 550.OM 767.000 735.000 360.00J 394.00) 461.01.0 235.100 536.000 415.000 C04.0C0 40S.CO0 23.000 2S4.0JO 276.000 159.00 169.000 89.01.0 C61.O00 2 021.00) 5.244.0 O 5.G27.1O0 672.000 L012.OD0 4J6.CO) 4J2.000 37S.000 319,0j0 310.000 9.5 5.8 2.1 5.7 14.8 35.5 2J.6 15.9 41.5 31.1 10.1 23.6 9.4 21.6 10.6 20.4 22.8 23.4 11.8 4L4 20.8 30.7 33.8 3S.9 43.8 6.8 22.4 iz.h 1LS sY.i cL7 Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse Des Moines Nashville Wilmington, DeL. Fall River Scranton Grand Rapids .... Augusta, Ga. Lowell Dayton, O Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux City New Bedford Knoxvllle, Tenn.. Topeka Birmingham .. .. Wichita Binghamton Lexington, Ky.... Jacksonville, Fla.. Kalamazoo .. .... Akron Chattanooga .. .. Rockford. III. .... Canton. O 21.1 36.5 1.4 34.5 15.5 13.8 22.0 33.5 8.9 28.6 20.5 4.S 12.7 'i'.l 59.5 12.4 65.0 3S.7 26.0 15.4 8.2 150.5 iils i2.7 16.4 13.0 14.7 2.1 14.4 Springfield, O Fargo, N. D Sioux Falls, S. D. Hastings. Neb.. .. Fremont, Neb. ... Davenport Toledo Galveston Houston Helena Evans vllle Macon Little Rack Springfiera. Ill Youngstown Saginaw 4.8 3.C 18.6 13.5 Totals. U. S.... $1,684,372,000 Outside N. Y. 652.458.000 11.6 3.0 .uomrnion or Canada Montreal 15.203.000 3.9 Toronto .. Winnipeg ... Halifax .... Hamilton ... St. John, N. Victoria .. Vancouver . Totals .... 10.355.COO 2,409,000 l.C3S,0) SO4.OO0 593,000 702.0M 855,00) 13.5 5S.1 8.1 1S.5 32 9.7 11.7 .$ 32,304.000 6.2 American Openlnjr In Siberia. CHICAGO, May 18. The Tribune says: Prince Alexis Dalgaroukoff, of St. Petersburg, has been at the Auditorium Hotel fcr the last three days. He came as the representative of both the Russian Government and of private Interests in that country, to consult with the Ameri cans interested in the Russian-American Commercial Company, organized for the purpose of operating along the line of the Trans-Siberia Railway. The Prince lert Chicago last night for San Francisco, where he will meet several California and Montana men, who are Interested in the enterprise. The company, which Is capitalized at $5,000,000, contemplates a broad fleld of business, Including the operation of steam ship lines between the ports of China and American Pacific Coast points, fur sealing, fishing, mining, lumbering and general merchandising, including the erection of warehouses, etc Many Gold-Savlngr Appliances. Gold-saving appliances still continue to draw crowds on city sidewalks In the business locality, and their numerous ad vantages are being eloquently extolled by their respective promoters. The ma chines are on sale as low as $15 and as high as $300, the cheaper ones, of couree, being of limited capacity. One man has a sheet-Iron pan set in a tank of water, and he turns the pan briskly by a crank, to show how the sand can be thrown out over the edges, while the nuggets are carefully gathered at the tenter of the bottom. This is of the cheaper class. The more expensive are run by steam, gen erated by gasoline, and can handle as high as 300 cubic yards a day. Many purchases are being made, as every Nome adven turer desires to be ready for business when he strikes the golden shores. GolnK to Nome. J. A. Looney, a farmer of Brooks. Marion County, Is In Portland, outfitting for Nome. He is taking up a rocker and a supply of provisions, and expects to per sonally test the value of that beach be fore he returns In the fall. He says he has 120 acres of grain coming on In good shape on his Willamette Valley farm, and Is, therefore, not worrying over the future, even should Nome prove not quite so rlii as reported. Johu Howell, a citlren of Marion County, who Is booked for Nome, Is at the Per kins. A portion of his party was stranded at Kadlak in April, he says, and the men are now trying to reach St. Michael by lind. a distance of GOO miles. He thinks they will make it by the time he reaches the Cape. Se-wall Xot a. Candidate. CHICAGO. May IS. A special to the Record from. Honolulu, May 9, via Vlc torl?, sas: Special Agent of the United States Harold M. Sewall. who has been the candidate for Governor, says in an Interview that he received a letter some days ago sajing that his name could not receive further consideration. J. J. XOORE, OF SAX FftAXCISCO, WAXTS ABOUT $10,000. Salt la the Resalt of Fire la Ship's Cargo Galena's Fast Trip Trro ' More Grain Cargoes. Tho British bark East Africa, which arrived here a few days ago from Hono lulu, has been taken In custody by the United State. Marshal, at the suit of J. J. Moore, of San Francisco, who has libeled her In the United States Circuit Court. Llbellant alleges that he shipped in the East Africa, from New South Wales, on December last, a cargo of coal, conslgntd to J. J. Moore & Co., Hono lulu, who had sold It to the United States Government at $S per ton. While the vessel was lying In the harbor of Honolulu awaiting a chance to dock, It was dis covered that the coal was on fire, and water was pumped on It to extinguish the Are. This so damaged the coal that the Lnlted States Government refused to re ceive It. The agent of Moore & Co. demanded of the captain of the vessel the right to un load the cargo, being the owner of tho same, and to sell the same and provide for a general average of the loss. The captain refused to allow this, and sold the coal for the benefit of all concerned. and remitted the proceeds to the own ers of the East Africa In England. Llbellant alleges that by this wrongful action of said captain he was damaged in the net value of said cargo, $7692 36, and the additional sum of $2000. as commissions upon the settlement of the general aver age for the said damage of cargo; 'where fore, he prays to recover damages and in terest. ASKS TEX THOTJSAXD. British Ship Queen Elisabeth Libels the Lnknie. The steamer Lakme has been libeled at Seattle for $10,OjO by the British ship Queen Elizabeth, as a result of the recent collision between the two vessels. It is alleged in the complaint that at about 4 o'clock on the morning of April 14 the Elizabeth, In tow by the Tyee, was off Point-No-Point, with lights In place and crew on the lookout. The same Is also alleged by the Tyee. About this time the Lakme appeared In sight, proceeding north and In the opposite direction from the Tyee and her tow. The complaint says that at that time the boats were about 14 miles from the western shore of Puget Sound and V& miles from the eastern snore. The tugboat gave two whistles, it Is alleged, when the boats were three miles apart. Indicating that she would pass to starboard with her tow. It Is claimed that the Lakme answered the signal properly, but instead or passing to starboard, went tp port, and struck the Elizabeth a glancing blow on her port bow, staving In her plates, carrying away her headgear and doing other damage to the total amount of $8374. r The Elizabeth was under charter to pro ceed to Iqulqul. Chile, a provision being mat sne snouiu pay $102 for each days delay In procuring her cargo. She wa delayed. It la claimed. 13 days, the dam age being estimated in this Instance at $1020. hTe expenses of the master and crew are estimated at $300. . SECOND JAXUARY SHIP. Galena Arrives Out After a. Fast Passage of 112 Days. The British bark Galena, the second vessel of the January grain fleet from Portland, reported out at Falmouth yes terday, after a rattling passage of 112 days from the Columbia River. This Is 12 days better passage than that of the Principality, which led the January fleet, and as the latter vessel has quite a repu tation as a flyer, the performance of the Galena becomes all tho more noteworthy. There are still two ships of the December fleet, the.Hutton Hall and the Wandbek. to report out. Of the Puget Sound fleet sailing In December, three out of five ships are still out, and the average pass age will be fully three weeks longer than that of the ships from the Columbia River. The Galena passed out of the Co lumbia In company with two other ves sels, the Criffel and the Scottish Isles, and as neither of these vessels are noted for fast trips, they will probably be about a month longer on the way. TAXXER'S LAST PORT. v enerable Brlir Jlny Sever Leave Point "Wilson. The brig Tanner still remains on the beach below Point Wilson, says the Port Townsend Leader, and experienced ship ping men who have visited the scene of the disaster are of the opinion she will remain there. At low tide she Is almost high and dry, and is fast settling in the sand. Yesterday a heavy swell was run ning, and It swept clear over her at high tide, and the water runs In and out of her as the tide rises and falls. Up to the present time, no effort has been made to float her, and neither has her master offered any explanation as to the cau3e of the disaster beyond the statement that the wind shifted and the vessel failed to answer her helm. However, he may have furnished the underwriters with a state ment, which will be made public when the proper time comes. TWO MORE GRAIX SHIPS. Forthbank; and Sylfld Clears Yester day "With Fnll Cargoes. Two more of the May grain fleet cleared at the Custom-House yesterday for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. The Portland Grain Company dispatched the Eritlsh bark Forthbank with 76,555 bush els of wheat, valued at $42,540, and Kerr, GIfford & Co. dispatched the Russian ship Sylfld with 84.1GG bushels of wheat, valued at $45,500. The Forthbank will probably leave down this morning, and the Sylfld will follow today or tomorrow. The Dovenby Hall commenced loading yester day, and will be the next vessel to finish. She is the only ship that was taking wheat yesterday, but several of the others were working ballast and will be ready for wheat In a day or two. Marine Notes. The steamer Potter goes to Bonneville on an excursion this morning. The Geo. W. Elder was coaling for her Cape Nome trip yesterday W. A. Mitchell, of San Francisco, owner of the steamer Nome City, was In Port land yesterday. His steamer will leave San Francisco today, and Is due at Port land Tuesday. Forelgm and Domestic Ports. ASTORIA. May IS. Arrived down at 5 P. M. British ship John Cooke. Sailed Steamer State of California, for San Francisco; steamer W. H. Harrison, for Tillamook. Left up at 7:30 P. M. British bark Lizzie Bell. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.. moderate, wind northwest, weath er cleat. San Francisco, May 18. Sailed Steamer Columbia, for Portland; schooner S. Dan lelson. for Sluslaw; steamer Washtenaw, for Tacoma; barkentlne Ruth, for Taco ma. Arrived Schooner Western Home, from C003 Bay. steamer Areata, Xrom Coos Bay; steamer Progreso, from Ta coma. Diamond Point, May IS. Arrived Ship Isaac Reed, from Hong Kong. Vancouver. Sailed May 13 British steamer Tartar, for Hong Kong. Seattle, Sailed May 17 Schooner Spo kane, for Cape Nome; May 16, schooner A. M. Campbell, for Nome. Seattle. Arrived May 16 Steamer City of Topeka, from Skagway; May 17, steam- '-rf. erJ Santa Cruz, from Skagway. Sailed Steamer South Portland, for Nome; bark entlne J. L. Eviston, for Nome. Redondo. Arrived May 17 Steamer W. H. Kruger, from Tillamook. Flattery. Passed May 17 Ship Paraml ta, from Chefoo, for Port Townsend. Port Townsend, May IS. Passed up at 10 A. M. Ship Berlin, for Tacoma. Seattle. Sailed May 17 Barge Skookum, for Nome; May 17, steamer Farallon, for Skagway. Falmouth, May 18. Arrived British bark Galena, from Oregon. Havre. Arrived May 16 La Cham pagne, from New York. Southampton, May 18. Sailed Fuerst Bismarck, from Hamburg, for New York, via Cherbourg. Liverpool, May IS. Sailed Taurlc. for New York. New York, May IS. Arrived Auguste Victoria, from Hamburg. Liverpool, May 18. Arrived Belgenland, from Philadelphia; Bovlc, from New York. New York, May 18. Arrived Phoenicia, from Hamburg. Rotterdam, May 18. Arrived Spaara dam, from New York. Cherbourg, May IS. Sailed Fuerst Bis marck, from Hamburg and Southampton, for New York. Hamburg, May IS. Arrived Kaiser Friederich, from New York. New York, May 18. Arrived Hecla, from Stettin and Copenhagen. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. E 1 "? Bujlrk. S P I Horace TV. Day. N Y p. wGT?if stSK .F H C Bweden. San Fran SSU-S"," J Jj C&nder. Cincinnati Henry Blucker.LosAns H C Seamans, IHon.NY r r. n UKinS, a P de Journel. San Fr L Spencer & vr. Seattl Mr & Mrs A G Booth. San Franeliv .jiiss seamans, do Mr & Mrs F 31 Sea mans, Hlon. N Y Mr & Mrs I C Sea mans. IHon. K V Mrs E e sieger. Fhllaf C W Slmbnson, Mllwk P B Cornwall. S v r" " ojeger. no Chas R Hardy. Eugene Chas E G B Davis, U S S,v,iDDO" Eugene C H Clark & vr. Chgo W S McFarlanrt R n- R-?.yo,St. San Fran J F Kelly, San Fran r TT XT....- o -r- G H Robinson, San Pr MrsVi-,JAon.ChelS D-.SrRllstoa' St Louis Mrs Thcs Cooper. Ta J W Bowman. St Paul coma fr wVym Bun-A" A Copper. Tacoma KrZ' ,? w ?rlc. c F Shoemaker. "Wash- " EHra Clarke. StLl lngton, DC , n H peae.f J W duller. St Paul a I? x?rSncIscSU.. lH E Coleman. ToIedo.O AH Mallory, Chicago J G Megler & wife C B Clausln. MlnnpU Brookfleld ijft N x !- E Tallant. Astoria wJT.1 ciBcSton iGeo A Brown. Ban Fr 5cnAryTf.Mei' Saa Fran E w Backus & wife. Vv A Wlechman. NT 1 Minneapolis rJ? if di r S- )u A Mitchell. S P GABallardA N T (Johx Mitchell. S F L W Adams, Boston. THE PERKINS. Frank W Howe, Dal Angus Campmn 'Wni.w. job. m C La Chapelle, Forest Grove, Or S G Graham Vnnm , IS D Smalley. N E Pa ,, ilee,er Seattle ?". feeler. Seattle VV A Murphy. Kan City James M Berry. Chgo R H Weber. Dalles A T Kelllher. S.ilrr. P H Wlnselmarr. Coop er, la " Ellis Rlnehart. Za Grd jj xi oreer. ieoanon Bert Greer. Lebanon L Talbot. Spokane C H Deane. San Fran Mrs C H Deane. do Geo J Ma!n,Hornbrook SPhllllppe. San Fran Gajlor W Cocke. R K- '&PnrBSrry.& .Tacoma JJ W Kentnor, Ashland H J Ormsby. Denver Sam A McElhenny, do j urnnouy, Jioseburg m E Rnpron. Seattle Mrs Martin. Eugene R McMumhv. l?iiron T. i YPerJtine.Tacora N Y Mitchell K-.if i-k J A Smith, Blalock, Or xi jioore, .aioro. Or W A "Williams, Castle Rock A McClelland. Salt Lk W L Enjart. Astoria Mrs Enyart. Astoria V A Tetan. St Paul Mrs "W W Skinner, Sa lem, Or E S Lamport, SalSra Merrill Lamnort. An S H Hanna. Ashld. Wis - -. Acuncu, ao James McCully, do a Ja baunacrs, Dalles P Brogan. Wash. E Hofer. Salem S F Berry. WnodhtifTi Wm Weber. "Wall W t xving, walla W H H Warner. Wnll"W- J W Reeies, Salem Fred Lamport, Salem .urs l. Hayburn, St Helens. Or D Corrdon. Fresno Mrs J Clark. Baker Cj I Mrs W Miller. Salt Lk H F Woodcock. Or Mrs Woodcock, do J B Weaer. Colfax John Jones. Ashland A A Reardon, city THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knowles, Manager. G A Adams, city J C Hushes, eltv Will Wurtzwller.Prlne- H E Plumeter. Pullmn wuc, ur C B Woodworth, Day ton, Wash Miss P Applegate, Sa lem H G McKlnley. LaCross T C Adams. Salem W H Abcams, Eugene G G Wleksmv Rmr. i. .Harvey. IMllman Mrs Pasty. Seaside John Fritz. Seaside W G Howell. Astoria M Harklns, Tacoma E W Parks. Tacoma. Mrs E E Sieger. Phlla Miss L L Sieger. Philaj Mrs G I Granville, city Sff-WS: 322S57!!!! U s Hmrsrth.coi- Miss Rich. Bonne ill. B S Steeves.Huntingtn Mrs Holllngsworth. do Theo Fisher. Snolran ill! jars jo. li xienaerson. Cripple Creek Mrs M L Murray. Chgo Miss Louis Murray, do Mrs E C Perkins, Galesburg. Ill C C Perkins, do Edw Donnelly, Ashlnd F P Drinker. Portage. Mrs H W Joslyn.Tacma O W Dunn. San Fran J D Roberts. Aberdeen jars j u u Qray, As toria Mrs Fox. Astoria Miss Andrews, Astoria Miss Grav. Aitnri.i Wis J M Russell, do A E Drinker. do Grant Mays, Dalles F C Reed. Astoria John Q Wilson, Salem C I Norris. Norris &. I Alfred T Fee. Astoria l. uergsvik, FtColumba Mrs Bergsvik, do . js j?erguson, Astoria F G Kelly, Astoria W Lauzon, city Linn E Jones, Oreg Cy Mrs H E BIckers,Salem none Co "Wm Gresory.Aberdeen THE ST. CHARLE3. W Moorehouse. Dalles Brian Tvnitten. Clatsop H. J Breneman. McMlmBertha Larson, Clatsop J TV Strong. VoodlandP R Alexander. Clatsop t """-,'' "fc0" nwuiunujA v- arc, map. jt -uc ouiuuui, vucaai-jpirs wara, do TVm Brodie. Sllverton Geo Baldwin. do TV B Eldrldge.PocatelIo N' II Eldridse. do Ross Hansel, do S B Deist. do M B Buffln, Eola Geo Diuwanel. Hood R C S Chase. Sandy J Zeek, Orient Henry Hock. Chinook J B Glnley. Chinook Thos Meserve. Mayuers v tscoiu Dixie O F Graves. Maygcrs jJas Duncan. Garfield Mrs 21 Dunn. Houston H M Greene. Ocden A Bozarth, woodland H .Purris, Dundee J L Ashley, Brookfleld Chas Brlce, do G T Brlce. do TV T Brlce. do Mrs Greene. Ogden Oliver Greene. Ogdcn Helen Green, Ogden F Commons, ScottsMlls Mrs Commons, do Phil GerharL Chehalis Oliver Slefer. Rldsflcld J E Eldridire.ChamooeK Tnos Joyce, do iJudee Jas McCain, Mc- CSMagill. do I Mlnmllle Jas Lord. Seattle E L Loy. Vancouver Miss T Flnlajson. (D B Samuels. San Fr Florence E Richardson. San Fr John TVicks. Kalama. a James. Ashland Jos Jfolan. Saginaw fV A B j erly, Newport Sidney Barlngtcn. Jj, c Barton. Newport Santa Clara Martin Halverson, do J B Bramford. June CI Mrs Preble, do J G "Walker. Ashland Jos "West, Clatsop Hotel Brnnavriclr, Seattle. European; first class. Rates, 75c and up. One block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma. Strictly first-class; newly furnished throughout: tourist headquarters. ' " Arreuta In Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO. May IS. Upon re quest of Ambassador Clayton. Pablo Cor rales and Carlos La Torre, two Spaniard who recently embezzled large sums "of Vera Cruz. - -. j Strongest, purest, most economical and healthful of all leavening agents. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. A WEALTH OF ROSES GORGEOUS DISPLAY- AT THE SALEM AXXUAL FAIR. Wild Florrers la Profaalon and In Bewildering Variety A Bicycle Parade Prizes Awarded. SALEM, May IS. The annual rose fair for 1S00, given by the Salem Florlculturai Society, ws opened at 7 o'clock this even ing in the Council Chamber in the City Hall. The fair will continue until 4 P. M., tomorrow. The large attendance this evening Indicates that this will be the most successful fair ever given by the so ciety. The various committees, working under the leadership of Mrs. William Brown, have spared no pains nor effort that could add attraction to any feature of the fair, and that their endeavors have been effective Is evidenced by the dis play of flowers at the hall this evening. Exclamations of surprise and admiration are voiced Involuntarily by all who ap proach the entrance to the hall, and the first Impression is Intensified by the view ing of the elaborate decorations of the hall itself. At the top of the long flight of stone steps at the entrance of the City Hall Is a beautiful arch of crimson roses, forming a gateway through a wall of flower decked foliage extending across the ves tibule. The small room at the right of the entrance la prettily decorated with ivy and flowers of various colors, and is tastefully draped with red, white and blue. The room at the left-of the lobby is adorned In yellow and white. The bunting Is of yellow, and tho same color Is displayed by a profusion of roses, Scotch broom, pansies, popples and marl golds. In this room Ice cream and cake Is dispensed. The main hall Is richly decorated with pink, green and white, and on every hand are gracefully arranged flowers of almost every variety known In America, and in bloom at this season. Even the student of Oregon flowers Is loth to believe- that In one locality have been grown all the great variety of flowers here displayed. Flow ers of every color and of sizes ranging from the dimensions of a plnhead to the size of a hat are ranged on tables, window seats and the floor. Long ropes of ever green and roses hang from one side of the room to the other, and fragrant blos soms are spread over the four walls. Palms and other potted plants are abun dant, and All every corner along the prom enade left for the society's guests. At one end of the hall the platform occu pied by the orchestra Is coyered with a deep oorder of ferns and roses, and at the other end -Is a candy booth formed of snowballs and other white blossoms. No portion of the fair receives more ap probation than the display In the corridor of Oregon wild flowers. To the ordinary person who travels through the Willam ette Valley without noticing the abun dance of wild flowers the collections here arranged are a revelation. The wild flow Trade f supplied by BBBBBBBBJjBBBBJJBBBaaWaaKaMaaRaWaTTHaEaMIJBaWaajEJgpgaj law 'ju'ji EM-afM "30 Minutes ; I a in Havana." ; ' ' v I akii$ Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE There are many imitation, baking powders sold at a lovrprice. The are made from alum, a corrosive acid which is poisonous in food. 100 WILLIAM ST.. NEW YORK. ers are entered at the fair by children under 14 years of age, who have gathered them. An Idea of the number of varieties represented may be gathered from the fol lowing partial list of flowers In one col lection: Elder, wild carrot, blue-eyed grass, wild celery, March cress, dandelion, yellow sweet clover, Indian pipe, man-In-the-ground. white star, sweet briar, wild rose, yarrow, orchid, vetchllng. mallow, honey- I suckle, yellow sorrel, meadow rue, cat's j car, yellow water Illy, yellow daisy, sheep bill, Scotch broom, blue camas, vetch, forget-me-not, blue violet, rib grass, white and blue roth, and lady slipper. By taking the names of all wild flow ers mtprpd. thlj list- frm1f1 ha rtmiKlpr? j and all these flowers are In blossom In Oregon at the samo time. But not all the beauty of the rose fair was confined to the display In the City Hall. The parade of children's decorated bicycles was a magnificent exhibition of Oregon flowers. The parade started at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, on State street, and. after passing around the Courthouse Square, continued to the City Hall, where the parade disbanded. The parade was led by a float bearing as rosa queen Eugenia Belle, and drawn by six boys dressed In white. At the other end of the procession was a decorated wagon drawn by a large dog and bearing two littla Chinese boys. The prizes for the best decorated chil dren's wheels were awarded to Alma Watt, who rode a wheel Inside a large shoe, and Alice Hamilton, whore wheel was decorated "with yellow ribbons and roses. Prizes were awarded for collections ot roses, as follows: Teas, 12 varieties, Mrs. Ella Houng; ( varieties, Mrs. E. Breyman; 12 tea buds, Mlas Mary Stinson; 6 tea buds, Mrs. Mar? Parmenter. Red roses. 5 varieties, Mrs. Ella Young; rose Introduced In 1S9S, W. H. Copeland. Prizes were awarded for special roses as follows: La Marque, Mrs. Lot Pearce; Jacque minot, Mrs. George Hatch; Pearl of the Garden, Mrs. A. N. Moores; Viscountess Folkestone, Mrs. Werner Breyman; Mare chal Sfell, Mrs. A. T. Wain; Papa Gontier, Mrs. W. A. Cuslck; Catherine Mermlt. Mrs. Silas T. Rlggs; Madame Joseph Schwartz. Mrs. A. T. Gilbert: the Bride, Mrs. Charles Casher; Rlenzl Henrlettl, Miss Mary Stonson; Nephltos, Mrs. J. V. Hughes; La France, Miss Mary Stinson. For collections of wild flowers, Vlrda Brldgeford received first prize and Mil dred Perkins second. Other . flowers Columbines, Mrs. Lot Pearce; clematis, Mrs. W. W. Rhodes: ferns, Mrs. W. A. Cuslck; Begonias. Mrs. A. T. Wain; umbrella plant, Mrs. W. H. Byrd. Music for the parade was furnished by the Chemawa band. During the progress of the fair a delightful musical pro gramme was rendered. Yonng Thieves Got Off Easy. The five boys who were arrested yes terday on a charge of petty thefts from vacant houses pleaded guilty to the charge j today. Justice Johnson suspended sen- j tenco during good behavior, and turned 1 tho boys loose. The boys' names will not be made public By reason of these repeated depreda- ' - But(?) There is no "butt" about it sweet and fragrant to the last whiff. ioc. and upward. At high-class dealers. S. SICHEL & CO.. Distributers for Portland, S. BACHMAN & CO., General Agents, San Francisco. THE HAVANA-AMERICAN CO., MAEER3. tlons and the arrests which have followed, Salem Is In a fair way to loso her reputa tion for being a law-abiding city and a good place In which to raise a family. The gang of boys that has now gotten Into trouble and easily out ot It again has stolen or destroyed hundreds of dollars worth of property, for which they re ceived very little money. They have plun dered nearly every vacant houso In town, taking away door bells, lead pipe, fau cet:, window glass, and. In fact, every thing fcthat coujd be removed peaceably or by force. Second-hand dealers wera willing to buy the plunder, which they must have known to be probably stolen, and thus encouraged the boys in their crime. The boys have exhibited & nerve that would do credit to a profes sional burglar. In one case going so far as to steal fruit jars from the back door of a second-hand store and sell them again at the front door to the owner. An attempt will be made to prosecute & man w ho buys the plunder. Cnpltnl City Xotes. Governor Geer today appointed W. H. Saylor, of Portland, to succeed himself as a member of the State Board of Medi cal Examiners. His term begins February 21, 1S00, and continues Ave years. The local tryout of the Willamette Uni versity athletic team will be held at tha fair grounds tomorrow afternoon. This local contest will determine the make-up of the team that will represent the Salem school in the Intercollegiate field meet Junu 2. All the candidates for county and Leg islative offices nominated several weeks ago by an assembly of temperance work ers were today renominated by petition filed In the County Clerk's office. F. A. Myers, who wyis a Populist Legis-. latlve candidate two years ago, was to day nominated by petition as the candi date of the Social Democracy for School Superintendent. Return of the Philadelphia. SAN FRANCISCO, May 18. The cruiser Philadelphia arrived today from San Juan del Sur, after a cruise in South American, and Central American waters. 3 gSixMoKTHsTfamai (raOfl5g01IA& m y- MmUND. In Tablet Form. Pleasant to 'Take. Soldimderabonafidognirsntsoto enro tha follow. Insaiseasis: Kltlnry t ml jLi-rcr Hlseaie, FcTcr saa Affue.Rhtamatlsm. Sick nild 'erron Hecdaefce, Lrrtlpelas.Horafnla.Feiraln Complaints Oatarrtt, indlsntlon, Aenrnlcin. Jterrnn ACretloo, Dyspep. la. ConitlpatlAtt, accompanied by one or mors ot tha u -Jns "Tiaptoois: Pnln In lde, baek. under hoaider blade, nmothcrlnc eniratlo-i, palpltntloa or the heart, tired filling: In tho morning-, poor nppitlte, contcl tongue, blotches or pimple on tha fcee, had tnsto In tho mouth, roaring, bazztns ounn In tho hew. hoA memory, aonr, alekr op bloated Rtoninch, pain in tho heiul, dlzrtneis, head. at at. restIennCM ct nicht. night sweat, bad dreams feeling of fear. nitffiu-M of Urahm afcia trojhlca, disposition to necleet dntlrs and an In. nullity toconcentrnte the -umd npoa tho details of fec&lncsa. ForsilohTalldroeginta. JE. TV. S. 331TJE3i.IIA.inc. Cincinnati, O, g "It costs no more .' to smoke the best." I ji fc j-i-.i.M,.