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THE. MOENING OBSGONIAN, ' WEDNESDAY, J0LY If, 1900. RUTS .IT IN A NEW LIGHT COR.OXER RAKD EXPLAIKS HIS BILL FOR JUNE. He "Simply .Followed a Long Estab lished Precedent, nad Junked tor a Ruling Oa. It. Dr. D. H. Rand, Coroner, feels that lie is betas made the victim of a little un necessary and Invidious advertising through the report of District Attorney Chamberlain regarding fees charged by his office. Contrary to the Inference that the Coroner Is endeavoring to fasten upon the county a system -whereby large and useless changes are made. Dr. Band con tends that his bill for the past month, over which so much Is said, was made aut According to the custom In the Cor oner's office for the past 40 years, ex cept the six months Immediately preced ing, and a letter accompanies the bill, asking for a ruling by the Commission ers as to what they would allow his of fice. The arguments he advanoed there Is as to the Justice of certain charges under the present fee sstem, were mere ly to place before the Commissioners the exact facts, that they might be fully ad vised when acting. All the fees enumer ated in the June bill have not been charged by the office for the past six months, and they were inserted this time according to the Coroner's conception of the law, and to get a ruling from the new Commissioners. "When seen yester day by a reporter. Dr. Rand said: "There seems to be two general grounds of complaint indicated In District Attor ney Chamberlains criticism. One Is for serving papers and doing work which might be performed by the Sheriffs of fice, and the other is for holding Inquests where they are not absolutely necessary. "In answer to the first proposition, I will call attention to my communication addressed to the Commissioners, in which I have endeavored to explain the reason ableness and Justice of the system govern ing the office. This letter was written long before District Attorney Chamber lain advised on the matter, and Is as fol lows: Portland, Or., June 17, 1900. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners Gentlemen: Under date of November 9 last 1 received a letter from our County Auditor, Informing me that the only fee allowed the Coroner would thereafter be $5 for each inquest, and mileage, and for reducing testimony to writing, 10 cents per folio. Up till that date the fees of the Coroner had always been, in addition to the J5 for holding in quest, the regular fees for summoning a Jury, for subpenalng witnesses and for administering oaths These fees had been allowed by provisions of the code to which I tv ill refer hereafter. With your per mission, I wish to state my view upon these questions. It -will at a moment's thought be seen that If the Coroner shall, as required by law, visit the scene, find and summon six jurors, find and subpena all the wit nesses, swear the Jury and each wit ness, reduce all testimony and verdict to writing (and it Is usually lengthy), make out the verified statement and his report, and is allowed nothing for serving summons, nothing for serving sub penas, nothing for administering oaths, one or two things must inevitably result, namely: If he does it all himself, it must of necessity prolong an Inquest to a length of time bejond all reason; or if he hires a person to reduce all to writing, and hires a person to serve summons and subpenas to six Jurors, and some three to 10 witnesses, as the case may be, there will not. on the a erase, be a penny left of the $5 unless he asks that some one does It free, which I submit the law nev er contemplates. It seems from this clear, bejond all doubt, that whether the letter of the law shows It or not, the legislators, did not so Intend, nor has It been so held here before, nor is it so held in any other large city. With all the assistance the Coro ner was, under former rulings, enabled to procure, Inquests would often require one or two days or more, not to mention the further time required In making a minute statement and a report of each case. It is clear that in such instances the Coroner would be out both time and money But It seems to me that even the letter of the law does not Indicate this meaning, but rather, as has beenTield here formerly, as is held elscwhoro under similar law, and our own Supreme Court, as far as It has e er had occasion to pass upon this question, has placed upon this a reasonable and liberal construction Looking Into the various seotions bear ing upon this question we find -that sec tion 2316 reads as follows: "The fees of the Coroner shall be as follows: For holding an Inquest concern ing the death or wounding of any person, "A Coroner, when acting as Sheriff, is entitled to the same fees as a Sheriff." We note here there is nothing men tioned requiring the Coroner to summon a Jury, subpena witnesses, administer oaths or reduce testimony to writing. These requirement are mentioned else where, and naturally no labor Is required to be given free, the $5 blng by the vsry letter of the law allowed for holding the Inquest. Section 1660 requires the Coroner to summon a Jury. Section 16C1 requires the Coroner to administer oaths Section 1662 requires the- Co-oner to subpena wit nesses Section 1663 gives the Coroner the power and requires of him the duties of a Magistrate. Section 2340 reads: "The Sheriff for .summoning a jury in any oth er (than Circuit .".d County Courts) re quired by law. II . '' , If the law states that the Coroner sha'l receive $S for holding Inquest, Is there any reasonable ground for saing that this means that he must do all the other work anu perform all other duties fre and gratis' Is it equitable? Does the law so road' When the Coroner summons a jury does he not act as Sheriff, and is It not an net dlsMnct from the holding of inquest? No inquept can be held till a Jurv Is sum moned They are two distinct acts When he subpenas witnesses, does he not act as Shorlff, and Is that act the holdlne an Inquest7 When he swears jurv and witnesses does he not perform another distinct act, and is he not acting as a Magistrate'' Does the law in any Instance require time to be given and duties to b per formed free unless it so states? The law states olearly what the Coroner FhrUl re ceive for holding Inquest, but it does not state that this includes the other fun tions which the law elsewhere and dis tinctly sets forth, but on the contrary it seems to me the law does, bv clear Im plication, allow a reasonable fee for the duties and labor it requires I Inclose a sample, of the fee bill for merly used, and I "Ubmlt to vour candid consideration that It is onlv fair and rea sonable, ana It seems to me. Ik exnctlv what the law does allow both bv letter and by clar Implication, and the fees un der such interpretation are at least not exresrive. Hoplnr? you will rive the matter your favorable consideration, I remain yours very respectfullv. D. H. RAND. Coroner. "As to the second proposition holding unnecessary Inquests it may be neojs sary to explain before my position Is fully understood. I am a public officer, elected by the people to perform the duty of determining whether sudden or suspicious death merits criminal inves tigation, and while I admit the little fee attached to the work might seem an In centive to unnecessary Investigation, I hops that I have not been understood ae so developing my work at the public ex pense. If a case of violent or prema ture death should be passed without my Attention and a criminal escape thereby, I would bo severely censured by the public when the, faot became konwn. Therefore it will be seen that my office Involves a degree of discretion, the ex ercise of which la Imposed upon nvj and the approval or disapproval of which lies with the public I want to perform the duties of my office according to the demands of the public, and If I have been over-zealous it was because I deemed the public interest and safety de manded what I have done. "I cannot tell whether auspicious cir cumstances attend a case of death unless I" investigate. I cannot bollfive the law contemplated that I should spend my time making such investigations1 without com pensation. If It did, I cannot hold the office, nor can any other person so situ ated -as, to have to earn the means of ex istence Until aoout seven months ago a system prevailed In this office by which I was allowed something for making an Investigation, even though I found( it un necessary to convene a Jury and hold & formal Inquest The Board of Commis sioners allowed .me my fee of $S and mile age. Thua I was enabled to save the county many ccstly Inquests. The reduc tion made In the- expenses of the office were very material, and I submit that eoual safety to the public was' secured and there was no injustice to any. For -I some reason the Board stopped this, by interpreting that I was entitled to noth ing for my aerviees, except when ah in-qu-ost was hcM. This forced many mere cases before a Coroner Jury, or in volved the. alternative of letting them go without any Investigation or forcing me to spend much of my time investigating without any remuneration. It 1 not Just that I should work withont some com pensation, and it Is not safe to let every case go without investigation which 18 not patently a murder. The last bill was far higher than usual The average number of cases per month is from five to ten and one month there was none. It will be seen that there Is no stupendous 'graft' as might be Inferred. If the Commissioners will pay me a reasonable sum for Investigating suspicious cases without compelling ma to call a Jury for every one, the Coroner can save the county a -considerable- sum each month. In this Instance, as In all others, I 'have stood ready and willing to act for the. best Interests of the peo ple, which means the county as well as the public at large. If the Commissioner or the District Attorney have reasonable plans for economy, they are exceedingly acceptable, as I have not always found my vlewo which seemed to me unques tlonably more economical than, many here tofore In vogue, agreeable to the powers that be." . TO COKKECT CYCLE PATHS. Comprehensive Plan for the South ern Portion of the East lde. An effort will be made to connect the Oregon City, the Woodstock, the Section paths, and the proposed path ajong JZ&at Twenty-first street to the Southern Pa cific carshops, at the Intersection of East Twelfth street and -Hawthorne avenue, with a -view to the construction of a path on Hawthorne avenue to East Third street This is a simple and complete system and will unite all these outside paths In that district, and put a stop to much friction. It will necessitate tho building of a path from Division along the Mllwaukle street to Frankfort. Per mission was given to use the sidewalk from Holgate to Frankfort street, but wheelmen continue to use the sidewalk northward from. Frankfort the same as ever, as the street Is Impassable, A path along Hawthorne avenue from East Third to East Twelfth will earve the public well. As the avenue is 70 feet wide there is ample room for a wide path. This system will be incorporated in the gen eral plan covering the city by the cycle council committee, and which will come before the City Council for approval. Buried at Greshasn. The remains of Louis Dinger and two children, the latter 5 years and 7 months old, the victims of the streot-car acci dent at Tacoma, were buried yesterday at Gresham under the auspices of the L O. O. F. and Rcbekah lodges, of which Mr. and Mrs. Dinger had been members The services took." place at the home of Mr. Roberts, father-in-law of the de ceased, and were conducted by Rev. H. L. Hardlngham. Gresham cemetery was the place of Interment The funeral was largely attended by the friends of the family. Mrs! Dinger, who was also seri ously injured, is In Portland, and could not be present She is Improving. Miss Effie Roberts, a sister-of Mrs. Dinger, Is also improving. Mr. Dinger, who was burled at Gresham yesterday, was 35 years old, and was an engineer. He was married to Miss Mary Roberts, of Gres ham, in 1S94. To them three children were born, two of whom were burled by their father. They lived atXakeview until this fearful accident Dr. Wbltalcer at Cambridge. Rev. George Whltaker, late president of the Portland "University, has been heart ily welcomed back to his former church In Cambridge, Mass., and has entered on his work there with his old-time vigor. He was reluctantm about returning to ills old charge, after his experience In the Northwest but the manner of his recop tlon by his former congregation made him perfectly at home. Dr. Whltaker was very much disappointed over the failure of the Portland University, al though he exhausted -every effort to es tablish It Ent Side Notts. The grocery store near the corner of East Twenty-first and Division streets was broken into a few nights ago and between $10 and $15 worth of tobacco, cigars and other-, articles were stolen. Those going to tho coast or mountains should not fall to notify the East Side route agents of The Oregonlan so that the 'paper may be changed to their new address. The son of Rev. John H. Gibson, of the United Presbyterian- Church, on Grand avenue. Is seriously 111 with typho'd fever. He has been sick now for the past w ek. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson had been plan nlng to go to Tacoma on a vacation, tut have been compelled to defer their trip on account of the sickness of tholr son. A. Gelln6ky and family, who were In tending to take a tour of Europe, have been compelled to give up their trip on account of the illness of their son. Wal. ter E. Gellnsky, who was taken very sick at the time they expected to start The son Is Improving, but lb still In a weak ened condition. Dr. Wise, room Ch. The Dekum. TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES General Land Office Calls on All Snb ordisratcft to Enforce the Law. Circulars have been sent out by Bingcr Hermann, Commissioner of the Genera! Land Office, calling attention to an act of Congress, amending tha act to prevent forest fires on the public domain, ap- proveu jceoruary zt. issi, and calling on all officials of the General Land Office to report promptly all violations of the provisions of this law. The act as amend ed provides: "That any person who shall willfully or maliciously set on fire, or cause to be jtst on fire, any tlmbei, underbrush, or grass upon the public domain, or .shall leae or suffer fire to Durn unattended near any timber or otner Inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof In any District Court of the United States having Jurisdiction of the same shall bt fined In a sum not more than $5000 or be Imprisoned for a term of not more than two yeara or loth. "Section 2. That any person who shall build a fire In or inear ans forest tim ber, or other inflammable material upon the public domain shall, before leaving aald Are. totally extinguish the same. Any person falling to do so shall be deemed guilty of a mlsdemeaonr and upon conviction thereoc In any District Court of the United States having Juris diction of the same hall be fined In a sum not more than $1000 or be imprisoned for a term of not more than one year, or both." The "Water Cnre'in Germany. ChIcgo Record. In no other country has hydropathy reached such a stnte of perfection as In Germany. Almost everything In curM. or attempted to be cured by water. Be sides the numerous watering places, plain and fashionable, there are dozens of water-cure Institutions throughout the empire, and suffering mankind is crowd ing all of them. The University of Ber lin has recognized the importance of this orancn or medicine ana aeciaed upon J erectlns a special chair -for hydrotherapy. A GOOD ROADS MEET INfji PXlOPOSAIi to.hold a cokvextiox IW PORTLAND. Trnntees of the Chamber of Com-- merce Talce Interest in Subject aad Refer It to a Committee. At tho meeting of the trustees of the' Chamber of Commerce yesterday morn- -j ing, President Taylor In tho chair, a let ter was read from W. H. Moore, of St. Louis, proposing to hold a good roads convention in Portland In September. Mr. Moore Is president Of a National associa tion for good roads and public Improve ments. The trustees took a trreat deal ofrlnterest in the subject, and President' Tay,or said he considered good rpads lending Into a town na Important as rail- roads. The matter was referred to I. !. OAPE Hawkins, H. H. Northup and Dr. A. B. Hookey. President Moore's letter fol lows: "St Louis, June S. The third week in November,, this year, the National Con vention for Good Roads and Public Im provements will be held In this city or Chicago. Before that time, two or three district conventions will be held In Sep tember and October, In Western states. If your citizens will take necessary inter est. I believe a splendid convention can be successfully managed at Portland. It Is my intention now to hold one either at Omaha or Denver, one at Seattle or Port land, and one at Los Angeles, or New Orleans. "By Inviting such gentlemen as General Nelson A. Miles, who is Interested in the construction of a National highway across the continent, and one or two leading Democratic and Republican poli ticians, to speak on the advantages of good roads and other internal Improve ments, these should induce thousands of farmers and tradesmen to congregate. I think also that prizes should be awarded for automobile rapes, and an exhibition of all Kinds of Improved road machinery, wagons, carriages and other wheeled ve hicles. "Doubtless the railroads will grant a low rate for such meeting. At the Na tional convention held in this city. No vember 21 to 23, 1838, I was elected presi dent, since which time 3S district and state conventions have been held and up ward of 100 local associations organized. "The question of c6nstructlng a Na tional highway from the" Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast Is taking definito shape. It is probable that construction will begin In less than two years. "If we hold a convention In your city the last of September, or tho first of October, committees could be appointed and other necessary steps taken to stlm uate the National highway movement "Please let me hear from you at your earliest convenience, as we are commu- ' ntcatlng with other cities, and shall de cide at an early date when and where the district conventions will meet I will visit Portland and confer with your citi zens regarding details of the convention as soon as you are ready to consider this most Important matter. "W. H. MOORE, President." Tannics From Nevrbers;. The trustees recently gave valuable as sistance to the people of Newberg In their effort to get a beet-sugar factory, and the following letter, thanking them for their interest "was received from Hon. Clarence Butt: "Please accept my sincere thanks for your kindness and Interest manifested In the matter referred to you some time ago. I read your letter to the board of directors of the Newberg Development Company, and they were very much pleased with the manner in which you took up the matter, and It has materially assisted us. I am glad to Inform you that we have raised the acreage, and also secured the site and have done our part toward securing a beet-sugar" factory here, and the niatter now rests-with the parties making the offer." Dr. Starr's Case. Her. S. A. Starr, D. D who has been pastor of the Sunnyslde Methodist Church, has returned to his home. He .L II Hill MMW-"MMMMMMIWMWaMMMa,Mll M . . - i t ii i i - i i ii - . ! ' S ilv ', '' , - SSK 2SyrS?l,,'5 should be said in this connection that the , trial committee did not find the charges i against Dr. Starr proven but suspended?' him for the reason' It was thought he nau ooen impruaeni. rur. aiarr nas a gooa i many friends who assert that there Is nothing In the charges and believe him a victim of a conspiracy, all of which will be made right at the annual state conference, when there will be a review of the case. t ;. RAW INTO A CRATER. Gold Hill Miner Asks Advice Con cerninc His Bind. George Donaldson,?who is engaged In developing a mine at Gold Hill, writes to The Oregonlan that he lias run In a tunnel a distance olMO feet, and at that nnlnt Vine "ArtAsti.4At A Y.,-nA44-Atfr c.ratr m- itiinnv nrhtM. nnn tn m deep down into the earth." He asks what he is to do. He says if the crater would be of interest to scientist he will make NOME BEACH, LOOKING NORTHWEST. a turn around It; if not, he will pass right through It Mr. Donaldson should furnish more definite information about this hole In the ground. He should consider his own Interest before those, of scientists and descend to the bottom of the crater, or as far as all the rope obtainable will lower him, and find what is at the bot tom. If there Is any bottom. The "moth er lode" may be down there, or a good mine, at least Such holes are probably scarce, but before giving any advice In regard to it. It is necessary to know how deep It Is, and how wide, and If it has any opening above, etc If It Is not too difficult or expensive. It may be well to make a turn around It but If he passes through It he will have to floor it over, and it will still be ac cessible. It ought, by all means, to he explored, and 1f there Is nothing In It, It can be used to dump the material from tho tunnel Into. Cannot some one be found there to explore It and write It up? It may lead to some sort of mammoth cave, which may prove one of the won ders of the world. Concerning: Bee Trees. DALLAS, Or., July 7. (To the Editor.) Will you please print the law of this state In regard to the discovery of bee trees. Can the person finding the tree take the bees without the permission of the owner of the land, or can the owner of the land take the -bees without permis sion of the finder of the tree. JOHN ROMCLIFFE. There Is no law In this state or any other so far as Is known in regard to the discovery or ownership of bee trees. A tree standing on land owned by any person is his property, and no one else has any claim or titfe to It, whether It contains a bees' nest or a bears' nest or a spulrrols nest, or a woodpeckers' nest. In early das when the greater part of CAPE NOME BEACH, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. the country-was public domain, custom allowed a man who discovered a bee tree and marked It with his Initials, to claim It or rather the contents, of It as his own, and his right was usually allowed, for In those days it was Jnot safe to In fringe upon the real 'or Imaginary rights of others. The man marking the tree had no legal right to it Itt, the Law Ency clopaedia will be found the following, in regard to this question: , "Finding a bee tree' on the land of an other, containing a 'swarm' of bees, and marking the tree wl(h the initials of the finder's name, is notecl&lmlng the bees. Nor does It vest in the finder any exclu sive right of property In, .them, nor can he maintain trespasajagaUist a person for cutting down the tree- and faking the bees and honey thereon." Bicycle Majcera Fail. MILWAUKEE, July 10 The Julius Andrae & Sons Company, makers of elec trical supplies and bicycles, today placed Its affairs in the hatfds 3f its creditors. The llabllitlesstre placedtat $106,000; as sets $123,000. There are nfr preferences. Dr. Sanford's Llver lavijcorator. in, vt T.!vf Mlrlr.ft. JL VratsBle Cure for Lire UK SUiousnttt. Indigestion, Oooatlpatloo. NOME FLEET'S PROFITS DELAYS, FTJEXj AKD LIGHTERAGE ABSORBED THE "WEALTH. Another French Ship CemlagT in Bal- laaf Jaly Oriental Steamers Mar- gretha Reaches Qaeenstqvra. TACOMA, July 10. The golden harvest which the shipowners engaged In the N.oca.6 business expected did not In many cases materialize, and. If many of the companies engaged In that trade do not suffer a positive loss, they may consider themselves fortunate, as the fleet met with many obstacles from the ice-locked rc Q-nA tVif ntlApA tft mrbltant Hflrht- r&tr ihfifM. have made such a deen out Into what In the month of May gave promise of being one of the most proflt able shipping enterprises In the world that many of the companies will suffer so that they will be unable to continue In business. The managing owner of one of the lines operating to Nome said: "When the losses sustained by our company are all in, and we settle all the outstanding accounts, I question If the net profits will be nearly as great as If we had continued our boats On their regular runs. In the first place, the 'sailing date of the fleet was set at fir too early a date, conse quently when our boats did not leave within from two to four weeks of their advertised sailing date, the passengers, many of them from distant points, natu rally made a great 'kick,' and as they claimed they had no money to pxy hotel bills, and we did not care to hoard them on the ship, the only way out of the dif ficulty was for us to pay their board and lodging at the hotels. This one Item for boarding and lodging our passengers ran into thousands. 'When the boats finally did get awiy, late as the passengers thought it was, the fact was soon apparent that the fleet had left the Sound fully 10 days too soon, in consequence of which nearly every one of the fleet met with some mishap in the ice or was compelled to lay to, burning up so much coal thit the replenishing of the hunkers at the prevailing prices In the North for coal cut a considerable figure In the profits of the business. "While many first-class tickets were sold as high as $150 and $175, the com panies did not realise to exceed $90 for a first-class ticket, as brokerage both on freight and passengers took up a large proportion of the receipts, and the high prices paid for tickets went to Individ ual!, bringing no profit to the company. "In figuring on the business, we had estimated that 10 or 12 days would be all the time we would have to feed the pas sengers, but Instead of 10 or 12 days It was anyway. Including the port bills, from 45 o 70 days' board we had to gle tho passengers, both first and second class. Thus the net rate the companies ! got of, say, $90 and $55 for first and sec- ond-class passengers did not in many cases actually pay the cost of feeding them. "When we saw we were not going to make much on the passengers, we were congratulating ourselves that we would at least clean up a neat sum on the freight, as that could not eat Its head off, but we hid a very rude awakening when we reached Nome and found that the cost of discharging freight and plac ing It above high-water mark, as our contracts called for, cott us from $15 to $25 a ton, as we had exorbitant lighterage charges to p&y, and on top of that we had to pay the men on the beach wharf age at the rate of from $2 50 to $5 a ton. "One of our ships was ashore, and we had to jettison about -100 tons of coal to get her off. This coal, we had figured, would bring us $100 a Xon In Nome, and It had cost us. Including sicking and freight rate, $50 a tpn, as every inch of space used for this coal could have been sold at $40 a ton. "Several of the boats that left In May have not returned yet, and as the charter rate for some of these ships runs as high as $500 to $S00 a day. not including fuel. It takes no great figuring- to see, high as was the rate for both passengers and froight they wiu come out with a heavy loss. The season Is too short, and risks from lee and breakers too heavy, to make the trade profitable to all but a few boats that can own their own wharf or lighter age system, and who can get their boats both to and from both! ends in a rea sonable time; but the fleet which left in May, 1S00, one of the greatest fleets ever cleared In the world for a reported gold strike, and which at Its Inception gave promise of greater profits than any en terprise ever undertaken, is certainly, so far as a majority of. the boats are con cerned, a financial failure." ANOTHER BOUNTY EARNER. French Baric General Mellrnet Coming- to Portland In Ballast. The French bark General Melllnst nailed frbm Glasgow last Saturday for Portland to load for the United Kingdom, making a fleet of six French vessels that are coming oil from Europe In ballast to load wheat at this port Seventeen thou sand miles Is a long distance for a ship to sail In ballast, but. owing to the gen erous subsidy paid by the French Govern ment, the vessels which have made the trip have paid a profit on the outward trip, and with high freights homeward have been highly profitable to the own ers. The benefits derived by France from this bounty system are not easily distin guished. The objects of the subsidy or bounty are said to be the promotion of trade between France and the rest of the world. The signal failure of this ob ject is amply illustrated by a review of the Molllnet's work for the past two years. She sailed from the Clyde in ballast for Taltal. July 33, 1S33. On arrival she was ordered to Caleta Buena, where she loaded nitrate for Hamburg. At the lat ter port she loaded general merchandise for Tchio, and on discharging at that port loaded ore for Glasgow, where she arrived in-June, 1900, and from which port she has just sailed for Portland. Thus, in stead, of the French people receiving any benefits- in tirade development through subsidizing the vessel, they are actually paying for tonnage used by the English nitrate dealers, the German manufactur ers and the Oregon wheat growers, the profits on the operation going not to the French people as a whole, but to a few individual shipowners. MARGRETHA ARRIVES OUT. Ship of Many Troubles Makes a Fairly Good Ran to QneenBtovra.- The German ship Margretha, the last vessel to sail from the Columbia in Feb ruary, arrived out at Queenstown Mon day, after a fairly good passage of 132 days; The Margretha Is the vessel which was run down by the Magdalene while lying at Columbia dock, last January. She arrived in port with her cargo In a dam aged condition and a well-developed mu tiny among the crew, who told some very hard stories about the treatment they had received at the hands of the master. The captain, by his boorish manners, made himself cordially disliked by every man with whom he came In contact, and no vessel that has loaded at Portland In many years has had so many different kinds of trouble while lying in port. The fact that the Margretha arrived out with out some extraordinary mishap was a surprise to the water-front contingent in Portland. MORE JULT STEAMERS. Almond Branch, and Belgian Klnff Both to Load at This Port. The British steamship Almond Branch, under charter to the Pacific Export Lum ber Company, sailed from Mororan. the Japanese coaling port, on Sunday, and is expected to make the run across in about IS days. The Almond Branch Is a whale back steamer, and is larger than the other "Branches" that have reached here. July promises to be a good month for steamships at this port. In addition to the Almond Branch and the regular liner Braemar. which is duo next Sunday, the California & Oriental Steamship 'Company-will have their regular liner Belgian King loading at this port within the next two weeks. The steamship business with the far East is Increasing quite rapidly, and not only will there be more transient steamers in the business this season, but there will be more of the regular liners. GOLDSBOROUGH FLYING. Reported to Have Made 32 1-2 Knots Per Hour. TACOMA, July 10. The torpedo-boat de stroyer Gold&borough made a most excel lent run to Seattle Sunday. Just what the running time was is not known, but as she did not leave tho dock until about 1:30, and by I o'clock she was again at her berth, she must have made a very fast run. According to an engineer, she made a spurt for two miles, making the seemingly- Incredible speed ot 32 knots an hour. According to this man, she will not have the least trouble to make the speed re quired of "her, 30 knots. As she rounded Brown's Point oa her return from Seat tle, several watches were timing her. and according to these sho was then making about '23 knots an hour. Three Bodies Recovered. CLEVELAND. O., July 10. Three bodios of victims of the ill-fated yacht Idlei, which foundered 10 miles from this point during. a terrific squall, last Saturday, were recovered tqday. They were th03e of Mrs- Corrlgan, wife of Captain James Corrigan, owner of the yacht; Mrs. Charles Riley, wife of Charles Riley, of New Brunswick. N. J., and daughter of Captain James Corrigan: Miss Etta Cor rigan, daughter of Captain John Corri gan. Trade TVIth Spain. NEW YORK. July 10 The Companla Transatlantla Espanola steamer Leon XIII, for Cadiz, Barcelona and Genoa, took out a complete cargo of general merchandise. The agents of the line are pleased with the prospect of business In creasing with Spain. There were 2500 bales of cotton on board the Leon XIII for Bar celona alone. Domestic and Foreign Porta. ASTORIA, July 10 Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, south; weather, cloudy. San Francisco. July 10, Sailed. Schoon er Guide, for Gray's Harbor. Port Gamble. Sailed July & Barkentlno Robert Sudden, for Port Plrie. Seattle. Sailed July &-flh!p Iroquois, for Honolulu. Neah Bay. Passed In July 5 Steamer Lakme, from Dutch Harbor, for Seattle. Queenstown. Arrived July German ship Margretha, from Oregon. Honolulu. Sailed June 23 Ship Flor ence, for Tacoma. Hamburg, July 10. Arrived Batavia, from New York. Boulogne, -Sailed July 8 Patria, for New York. Antwerp. Arrived July 8 Westernland, from New York. Manila. Arrived July Beaconshlre, from Tacoma. Muroran. Sailed July 8 Almond Branch, for Portland. New York, July 10. Arrived Betgravia, from Hamburg; Koenlgen Louise, from Bremen; Frlesland, from Antwerp. London. July 10. Arrived Minneapolis, from New York; Bremen, July 10. Arrived Roland, from Baltimore. San Francisco, July 10 Sailed Steam ers Umatilla, for Victoria; Dolphin, for Seattle; Wellington, for Comox; Victoria, for Chemalnua; Estella, for Seattle. Ar rivedSteamer St Paul, from St Michael and Unalaslca. Yokohama Arrived previous to July 7 Steamers Eldswold, from Port Hadlockr, via Shanghai; Hong Kong Maru, from San Francisco, via Honolulu, for Hong Kong. Boulogne, July 10. Arrived Steamer Maasdam. from New York for Rotterdam, and proceeded. Sydney, N. S. W., July-10. Arrived pre j vioualy Steamer Mariposa, from San Francisco, via Honolulu and Auckland. Plymouth, July 31. Arrived Graf Wal dersee, from New Tork for Cherbourg; and Hamburg, and proceeded. AN ALL-AROUND ATHLETE. Merry Winsome, Versatile 17-Yea Old Miss Becker, Golf- Champion. New YorkJournaL Miss Gentveve Hecker, who beat Mis Beatrix Hoyt at golf recently, is the best player stroke for stroke or match for match ever seen In this country, and she gives promise of continuing to im prove. She has perfect nerves and corn?, plate self-control. She first came into prominence last Fall by qualifying at the national cham pionship, but was defeated in the first round by Mrs. J. Franklin McFaddea, the champion of the Philadelphia Coun try Club. This newest golf companion is a born and! bred "Connecticut girL She Is the daughter of F. C Hecker, the multi-mllllonalra flour merchant, and the baby of his family. Miss Hecker Is only 17 years old. She declares that the newspapers are worse than, the census man, as far as ages go, for since she has come Into golfing nor tice her age has been published broad cast, and she says, with a charming lit tle look of feigned despair, "never any more can I make myself out youngeff than I am." Though she was born at Darien, Conn she has spent the greater part of her life at Noroton, Conn where the Hecker place on the old post road is one of the, most beautiful along the Sound. It is & white and yellow colonial house, 'with, broad porches and velvety green lawn sloping down to the water. Miss Hecker Is an out-of-door girL, and! she looks it She is a wlWevolope'3 ; muscles and fine coloring. She has very light hair and gray eyefj, which talk and twinkle. Sho 13 little and supple, and there Isn't an open-air sport that she' hasn't tried and doesn't love. She weighs" 120 pounds, and her height Is 6 feet 54 j Inches. .She la fond of yachting, and has a cat boat of her own, and can handle the tilles like an old skipper. She plays a finft game of tennis, and two years ago woa, a much contested tournament at Noro ton. Mlas Hecker has been playing golf only for the last three years. She has neves had a teacher, but has practiced away by herself on the links of the Wee BurUJ Clubf of Noroton. The members of this club, ot whicHI John D. Crlmmins is the president, arts! In high feather over the fact that tneir youngest member now bids fair to b the woman champion golfer of the Unltefi States. From August 28 to September 1 on the golf links at Shlnnecock Hills, Miss Hecker will play Miss UnderhiU for the championship, and as she woa the match with her last week by 9 up antS 7 to play, there is strong probability that she can defeat the present champion again. Miss Hecker Is not only an all-round; athlete. She Is a merry, winsome girL with a charm of manner that wins he friends everywhere. She has musical tal ent and plays the mandolin with mucli skill. Her golf clothes are much like thosa worn by every other golf girl. She invari ably wears a short tweed skirt and a shirt waist She prefers the shoes witbi hobnail soles to those with rubber discs. When most Interested in the game, she plays with her sleeves rolled up and hat off. . An Unanswerable Arraignment St. Paul Pioneer Press. Certainly "the Constitution follows the flag," but not In the sense Intended by Mr.' Bryan when he wrote this sentence Into the Democratic National plat form. In that sense the Consti tution, with all Its provisions and all the laws of Congress, In cluding our "Internal revenue-rand tarltt law3, extends over Porto Rico and the Philippines. For In one, as In the other, our flag Is there as the symbol of the sovereignty which was ceded to the United States by the Spanish treaty. By that treaty we succeeded to the sover eignty of the only goernment which had ruled the Islands almost continuously for over 300 years. If, In the sense in tended by Mr. Bryan, the Constitution, In all Its parts, became operative there bv tho mere fact of this extension of our sovereignty over them, where In the Con stitution does Mr. Bryan find authority for his proposition to annul the Constitu tion In the Philippines and transfer them to another sovereignty than that of the United States? If the Constitntion ex tends over them by its own force, then they have become an integral part of the indivisible, organic unity of the United State, and cannot be disposed of or alienated In any way, even with the consent of their Inhabitants. The arbitrament of the Civil War settled for all time the principle that they have no right to se cession and that the Federal government has no power to annul the authority of the Constitution over them. So that Mr. Bryan's theory of the Constltntlpa cut the tbroat of his scheme for nrltbdrawlntr the authority of tho United Stater from the Philippine Island and turning1 them over to aa independent and sovereign Filipino republic. Conquest of Siberia. New York Evening Post. Siberia Is no longer to be a penal col ony, the synonym of exile and despair. The imperial decree abolishing the former status is not so much a witness to the czar's humanity as It is a tribute to the railroad and the pioneer. Nothing since the opening of our own Western lands by the Pacific railways has been compar able to the rapid settlement of the vast Siberian plains by the lnrushlng farmers who have followed, not the flag, but the Iron road. Such colonlzatlonand develop ment are Russia's surest pledge of su premacy In the far East. She advances over wastes to make them productive. What she has done by the Trans-Caucasus railway, she yet means to do alona the whole northern stretch to Vladl ostock, and later In Manchuria. It Is not her army nor her fleets which mak Russia truly formidable In the Orient, but her traders, her farmers, her mis sionaries, her civil officials, who swarm In to complete and solidify the conquests of the sword. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. July 10-8 P. M. Maximum temperature, 77: minimum temperature, H; total precipitation, 6 P. M to 0 P. if . 0 00; total precipitation since Sept 1. 1S99, 3S.6S Inches; normal precipitation lnce Sept 1, 1809, 45 00 Inches: deQclency. 7 31 Inches; total sun shine July 0, IB .34; possible aunshlne July 9 15.34. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The- pressure is Increasing along- the Padflo Coast and the barometer Is highest near Cape Mendocino. A low-pressure area, developed verv suddenly yesterday, and moved from, tha interior of California to Idaho, but as yet no rain has attended its progress. It is cloudy and threatening along the Washington coast, ajid light rain has begun falling near tha Straits of Juan de Fuca. It Is much warmer In Eastern "Washington, Eastern Oregon and "Western Idaho, and temperatures ranging be tween 90 and 08 deg. prevail In that district. The Indications are for fair weather m taa Paclflc North-west Wednesday, except that! showers will probably occur In Western Wash ington near the coast It will be cooler la Eastern Washington by Wednesday evening. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 hours ending at midnight Wednesday, July lit - Oregon Probably fair; cooler In east portion; winds shifting to northerly. Washington Probably fair, except showers near coast; cooler In east portion; winds shift ing to northerly. Idaho Fair; cooler in north and west por tions; winds mostly northerly. Portland and? vicinity Probably fair; winds shifting to northerly. EDWARD A BEALS, Forecast Official.