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5 THE MOKNrNG OREGONI&N, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21", -I900. XPORTERS CONFER United In Opposing Boarding Masters' Demands. BOTH SIDES BECOKING CAUTIOUS What Sailors Sar of Their Treat ment Aboard Ship-Remer Ss CCBted for the Trouble. Both sides to the sailor boarding-house controversy are beginning: to shrink from publicity; that Is, the proceedings by which they hope to worst their opponents are not fully revealed. The exporters held a meeting yesterday afternoon and agreed to stand together In opposing the present demands of the sailor boarding house keepers. This gives local cohesion to the movement that is supported by the English shipowners associations. The agents say satisfactory progress toward securing crews for the ships now -waiting is being made; the boarding-house men say sailors are too scarce, and that crews cannot be obtained here for less than the figures they quote. In support of this they bow advices from San Francisco saying that sailors are so scarce there that they cannot be had for the Columbia. "" The sailor's -wage in Portland now is quoted at 6 or $30 per month. In San Francisco and at Puget Sound the -wage is but 4 or $20 per month. The law of Oregon permits the advance of one month's pay $30 to come out of the sail or who ships, and a fee of $10, to be paid by the ship, for each man. Thus the law permits the sailor boarding-house master to take ,$40 for each sailor he supplies a ship, which sum Is intended to cover the sailor's board bill in port, the cost of his outfit, and any other expense he may have incurred with the boarding-house keeper. Jack Grant says he always gives & sailor $5 in cash when he leaves, and sometimes $10. "While the law permits the payment of only $40 to the boarding-house keeper it is said that the demands now made by the sailor boarding-house people for supplying sailors range from $75 per man upward. The term "blood money" means all money in excess of the legal charge. A Remedy Suggested. "The best way to clear up the whole difficulty with sailor boarding-house mas ters would be to change the English law," said a shipping man yesterday. "Mak6 it like the American law; require cap tains to pay off in every port, except in places like Acapulco or the "West Indies, where health conditions are such that it is difficult to get a crew, and a vessel that should pay off and discharge her men there might have trouble in getting an other complement of sailors. If the men were paid off and discharged -when the ship reaches Portland, there could, of course, be no desertions. The men would have their money to spend as they pleased ashore, the ship would save the expense of paying wages, and feeding the idle sailors while in port, sometimes several months, and the men would be free to ship as they should choose. The greatest abuse, that of enticing the men to desert ship, would at once cease. There could be no such thing as desertion, because the period of service would be ended when the ship should reach port, and the men would be entltle'd to theln. pay and to go their way. Then, when the ship should need a crew to go to sea again, the sailors could be picked up as other laborers are. There would be no necessity for dicker ing between masters and sailor boarding house keepers; indeed, the sailor boarding house as an Institution would disappear, and the moral status of the sailor would improve." "What was the object of the English law in keeping the pay of the sailor until he should return home?" "To keep British money at home, I sup pose: to favor British interests. Perhaps there was something of a benevolent pur pose behind it, to save the sailor's money for his family In the home port, and to prevent abandonment of the sailor In a foreign port at the whim of the captain or for the profit of the ship." "I personally know of several instances of shipowners instructing captains to get rid of their crews the best way they could. This was when the ship was without a charter, and there was prospect of -waiting a considerable time here for a load." L. Sullivan and Jack Grant, the sailor boarding-house men, agreed that If the English law were like the American law as to the period of the sailor's service, it would "be an important step toward re form. "The man who said that is dead right." said Jack Grant. "The sailor J boarding-house business -would soon die then. That -would go to the bottom of the trouble. If shipowners and captains would treat their men as they ought to, you would find that the great howl about the practices of boardinghouso Keepers would soon end. Now we are blamed for the results of the whole wretched system, and have to bear the censure for the grafting captains and greedy owners, as well as for any shortcomings of our own. "A good many of the men we handle come to this port year after year. They know us and we know them. They re gard us as their friends, and come to us for advice as to -what they can. do here. In these cases all that is necessary is for us to tell them they can do better by leaving the ship, and they leave. The captains seldom object. We do not al ways advise them to leave their ship. We sometimes advise men not to leave, and once in a -while a man will Insist on leaving In spite of our advice. I -am free to admit thrt in the great majority of cases we 3o not go out of our way to urge men to stay with their ships"." What the Sailors Say. An Oregonlan reporter visited several of the ships In the harbor yesterday and talked -with a number of the sailors as they were -working about the deck. All the vessels had lost a greater or less number of siilors bv desertion. On the. Ieccan and the Biversdalo there was much open complaint. "'It's the last work in the world for a man to go at," said one husky young fel low. "A sailor is not treated like a man, and this ship is among the worst of 'em. Mighty poor fare we have, either in port or ?t sea." "Yes," spoke up a grizzled sailor work ing by. 'Tve followed the sea for 40 years' and this Is the worst ship I ever struck. It's a frieht." A young sailor on the RIversdale said the grub was very bad only one meal a day, and that of hard bread and salt meat. The breakfast consisted of coffee only, he said, and supper of tea alone. "Vegetables -were served on Sundays. "Even on the Deccan they had better j grub than we," said he, "for they had soft bread sometimes, and we had hard bread alwajs.' On the Penthesllea the men seemed bet ter satisfied with their lot. They were at mess and had plenty of wholesome "food, and they lay to with a heartiness thar was refreshing to see. "Well, hoys, do you get such 'grub as this when af sea?" was asked. "No, not always," came the response. It was not their table fare that these men complained of. They wanted more money to spend than the captain would let them have. "The captain pays us $1 each on Satur day night, but what's that to have a good time on?" they said, i This ship Is no more successful In keep ing Its sailors than the others are. The complaint that Is more or less gen eral is of poor food and lack of money to spend while In port. Most of the men are unmarried and would be more pleased to spend their money as they go tnan to let their wages accumulate until the end of the term for which they ship. The Harbormaster's Effort. 1 am doing all I can to enforce' the j law," said Harbormaster O. J. Laird to. an Oregonlan reporter. "But these fel lows who break the law do not do it In my presence, and I have -no authority to file legal complaint on mere hearsay. I get out and watch the ships .all I can, fre quently warn the boarding-house' runners, away from vessels. I advise captains of the regulations of the port and of my willingness to assist them in every way 1 can. I am acting under the instructions of the Mayor and City Attorney, and do ing all I can to keep the evil down." ''Have you mjde any arrest in the month and a half you have been Harboav master?" "No, but I have been with the United States Marshal when arrests were made." "Did any of your predecessors n office file complaints of offenses of which they were not personally cognizant on hear say?" "No, nerer.'.' The Harbormaster says It is his cus tom to give each captain a small pamph let entitled "Ordinances relating to tho duties of Harbormaster and regulating the mooring of vessels in the harbor lim its; also relating to duties of wharfinger; also act for prevention of enticing and harboring seamen." He admits that it may be the Intent of the law that he shall gather evidence to support .prosecu tions against offenders, in order that it snail not be necessary to detain cap tains in port as witnesses at trials, but says-he dbesn't know how he can get" hold of such evidence; that the men who break these laws steer clear of him. UT THE SEVERAL COURTS. Policeman Welob. Found Guilty af Assault Barker Acquitted. In the case of Azel Welch, an ex-pollce-man, and Andrew W. Barger, charged with assault and battery on Ed Klrken dall, an East Side Hallway Company con ductor, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as to Welch, arid found Barger not guilty. Judg George allowed the at torney for Welch until Wednesday next to file a motion for a new trial. In Jus tice Vreeland's court, where the case was previously tried, both men were adjudged guilty and fined $50 each. Barger desires to state Jhat the decis ion has proven what he had asserted all along, that he was not guilty of any conduct unbecoming a gentleman, and that his reputation, which was dam aged by" the charges, Is now publicly re established. Mr. Barger has always borne the name of being a peaceable and law abiding citizen, and he felt deeply grieved because "he was drawn Into the case.Ho says that he was entirely innocent of th.e charge which was brought against him, and feels gratified that after "a full Investigation of the matter the courts have found that he was not in the least deserving of arrest. Judge George yesterday overruled the demurrer in the case of James Warren, charged with the murder of William Kirk The demurrer was on the ground that the information law Is Invalid. A motion to set aside the information for much the same reasons was denied. The time of trial will be fixed-next Monday. The demurrer In the forgery case of George Dixon and Mattie Frost was over ruled, and the trial will" be set next Mon day. Decisions Today. Judge Sears will announce decisions this morning at 9:30 o'clock In the following cases: Wallin vs. S. C Beach, as County Re corder; motion to strike out parts of the answer. J. Dellsman vs. S. H. Frledlander; mo tion for leave to amend affidavit Court Notes. In the suit of Harry C. "Wright against Mary Ramp, of Salem, to recover $350 for a tombstone, Judge Frazer yesterday ren dered a decision in favor of the plaintiff, less" $66. Page & Son have filed an action against W. E. Splcer to recover $3003 alleged due on a note. The Sheriff has attached a warehouse on East Washington street and also some real estate. , The suit of HC. Leonard against the Oregon & California Railway Company, to recover $2034 on account of the pur chase in 1889 of lot 5, section 35, T. 1 S., R. 1 E., was dismissed in Judge Krazer'fl court yesterday. Judge-Frazer yesterday, In the suit, of W. E. Bralnard et.al. vs. Nancy Hanson, C E. Hanson et al., to set aside a deed and a mortgage to property In Hanson's addition, executed to J. C. Roberts, ren dered findings in favor of the defendants. Emma Barxellhas filed suit against Maurice Barrell for a divorce in the State Circuit Court because of desertion, al leged to have occurred September 16, 199. Tney were married at Portland in 1S93. The plaintiff asks leave to resume her former name. Bird. - COMING" ATTRACTIONS. "A Hindoo Hoodoo' The first attraction arriving at Cor dray's from New York Is "A Hindoo Hoo doo," a -new and rattling farce-comedy. Reviewing the performance, the Spokane Spokesman-Review, of September IS, says: "A new comedy based on a new idea, played by a clever aggregation of well known favorites, made a hit with a fair sized audience at the Auditorium last night The comedy was 'A Hindoo Hoo doo,' which was first presented in New York last season and which is on the road for the first time. " The plot is based on the transfer of the souls of- a young business men of worldly habits and an ambitious young doctor of the strictly conventional sort, For three acts, except about 30 seconds at J.he end of and a little time -for, the nurture of the souls at the beginning, there was a continuous cyclone of complications. And they were funny. The idea gave much room for novelty and snappy dialogue. The oppor tunities were not missed and the idea was worked out in a broadly farcical -way that "tickled the house Immensely and kept the audience in almost continuous laughter. A company of much excellence has been gotten together for the piece. The requirements of broad farce-comedy have been well met and it is seldom that this sort of stuff is so conristently and briskly carried through. All the principals haye records with other companies of standing and they have been brought together-wlth on evidence of excellent managerial knowledge of a good thing. George Lar sen, in the chief comedy role, worked hard and took a considerable task with enthusiasm. Anna Poyd, In stunning gowns,,burlesqued everything, with 'ability, and cute little Mattie Lockette did her song and dance and all else In that fasci nating the chic .sytle that theater-goers know so well." "A Texas Steer." That happy, satirical farce-comedy, Hoyt's ""A Texas Steer," will be given at the Marquam Grand Tuesday and Wednesday, September, 25 and 26, by prac tically the original company that ma.de the piece one of the greatest theatrical successes of the past decade. In "A Texas Steer" the misery of the life of office-seekers, as told by a colored ap plicant from the newly elected Congress man's district, Is considered one of the cleverest hits that has graced the stage in many years. Hoyt's faculty of going from the sublime to the ridiculous in dia logue and situations Is as amazing as it is amusing and entertaining, and more truisms are brought out in his produc tions than In the works of any other American playwright. "A Texas Steer" will undoubtedly repeat Its former suc cess here. The sale of seats will begin tomorrow morning. Marriag-e Licenses. John Schlenkc, aged 39, Ida M. Schott, aged 22; J. 1L Crook, 29, Nellie M. Odell, 20; Chris Malaire, 26, Mary,Schuttell. 23; Frank Cook, 29, Emma Jameson, 22; R M. Kelberg, 23 (King County, Washington). E. E. Fowler, 4$, DROWNED IN THE DARK PORTLAND STEAMBOATMAtf 'OVERBOARD. FELL Robert Bujcduhl," Mate of the Dredge Tender, Diet Death in the Columbia River. Robert Bugdahl, a well-known sea-faring German of Portland, was drownea in the Columbia, opposite Kalama, early Wednesday morning.' He was employed at the time as mate on the tender of the Port of Portland dredge, operating at thdt point How he happened to fall into the river is unknown. His companions on dujy were warned of his fate between 3 and 4 A. M. by a splash In the water. Mr. Bugdahl was not on duty then. He had retired to his apartments on the ten der as the usual hour the evening be fore, ' cheerful and apparently contented. Those sleeping in the same plaoe heard him arise and open the door, Tiut paid no further attention. The men at work on the dredge heard the splash, sounded the alarm and Immediately set to work to get him out of the river. The night was very foggy, the current swift and before anything could be done, Bugdahl was swept beyond assistance. . Captain George. F. Ewry, commanding the tender, came to the city yesterday and furnished particulars of the death, with the exception of -how Bugdahl came to fall Into the river. The tender lay close to the dredge, which works night and day. The men on duty ddl not notice Mr. Bugdahl until after they heard the splash. Hurrying to the side of the dredge they saw only a few feet distant the head of the man above water. Ropes, buoys and sticks were thrown to him but he did not seem able to seize any of them. Only tfor a moment did he remain within reaching distance. The current quickly carried him down by the tender and dredge. A boat was manned with all possible haste. After the head disappeared in the fog, which was very "thick, no trace of the man was seen. Once or twice he seemed to be making an. effort to swim or re gain his balance In the water. . The body has not been recovered, as the water is deep and the current so strong that a body would be carried some distance. ' How the deceased came to fall lntothe water is the mystery. His friends do "not think for a moment that he deliberately and "willfully Jumped in. His family re lations were happy. .For several years he had been a widower, arid was the father of three grown daughters, one of whom is married.. He was not despondent to the knowledge of any, and never spoke of suicIdeT Besides if such had been his purpose, a different hour would likely have been selected. With the other men on the tender he retired the evening be fore. Some think he might have left his cabin to get a breath of fresh air, as the room was slightly close, and accidentally slipped from the deck. It has been sug gested that he was walking in his sleep, and the apparently dazed condition ob served by those who first rushed to his rescue Is taken as corroborative of this theory. ' . Mr. Bugdahl was well known in Port land. For the past 25 years he had lived here, or made this home while engaged in sea-faring work. He was with the El der on her last two trips to Alaska, and went down to the dredge the fore part of this week. He' was 52 years of age, and lived at 30S& Alder street. Besides his three daughters, he had a stepson, Wil liam H. Dammler, druggist, ' at Second and Washington streets. All the local German societies havo him on the mem bership roll. - i FINE BEEF CATTLE. J. M. Frizelle. of Wheeler, Raises Only Herefords. J. M. Frlzelle, a prominent stockralser of Wheeler County, passed through Port land yesterday on his way- to the State Fair. He has over 500 head of white faced Hereford cattle, ranging on the bunchgrass hlils, south of "Fossil, which he thinks are just the stock for Eastern Oregon. v "The Herefords are not good milkers," he said, "and I keep 'scrub cows' for milking purposes, while permitting the white-faced cows to devote all their time and nourishment to raising calves lor ul timate slaughter. The Hereford grows quickly, stands the cold spells of Winter well, and brings good prices from drov ers, after attaining the age of a year. "I prophesy a great scarcity of beet and mutton in Oregon next Winter and Spring, as the ranges have been badly drained of their young stock within the past few years. Even now yearling calves are bringing as high as $23 in his vicinity, while 2 and 3-year-olds are so scarce as to be out of tho question. "Mutton, also, is bound to be scarce, as there isn't a 2-year-old wether to be found anywhere. Yearlings will dress only 40 pounds or so, and it' hardily pays to kill them at the prices asked. Oregon has to furnish Toftlandr Seattle and Tacoma with fresh meat,, as well as Alaska, and I don't see where It's going to come from for the next year. "Fall grass is abundant in the lower elevations In Wheeler Gounty, but tho mountains have been jpretty well fed out during the past'SummerT and sheep are being brought to Winter range earlier than usual. I therefore look for crowded Winter ranges the ensuing season, ,, al though hay Is abundant, and there will be no suffering among stock during the snowy periods." ' Mr. Frlzelle says the sheepmen of East" e.rn Oregon are worrying about the Pres idential eloctlon and wish It was all over. "If McKlnJey Is -'elected," he -said, "It means an additional 50 cents each In the price of sheep. Irrespective of age, while if Bryan should win, It 'means 50cents"a head the other way for a starter. This makes $1 a head on every sheep In Ore gon, and the sheepraisers can'trhelp but feel Interested. "There is no.sale for wo"ol because buy ers fear a drop in price, and so wool will not move until after the election." Mr. Frlzelle has 2900 head of sheep him self, and Is therefore that much interested In the outcome. His last Spring's clip of wool Is still in the warehouses, where not even 12 cents a pound is offered for it now. An advance Is expected, however, accompanied by a brisk demand should the Nation' decide to kepp the present Administration at the helm for another four years. ' whyUpples are high. Commls Boses, Piclclngr, Paclx- Ins al FreiRht Must-Be Paid. Apples are not scarce In the markets, but the kinds must people look for at this season are scarcely to be found, and ome which can be had are not good, and those which are good are unreasonably high. .Dealers pay over $lva box for fan cy brands and think nothing of asking $1 25 to $1 75 per box for them. Now that Gravenstelns are practically out of the market, people look fpr the Waxen and the' Yellow Bellflower. but are told that they are not in yet.' There are some varieties of Bellflowers, and oc casionally one may light on a box of Waxens, ancr buy them for 75 cents. A man who paid 75 cents for a box of ap ples on Front street yesterday, and 15 cents for sending It home, was 'growling about Its being too much. He said ap ples were plentiful, and It used to be that farmers sold their crop at-12 cents per box and the buyer went Into the orchard and gathered, the crop. - An apple-grower -who r happened to be standing by said that many farmers now would sell their crop at the same rate. In such transactions the buyer took-, all the apples, wormy or scrubby, and paid 12 cents a box. There are not many wormy apples this ye&r, but they all have to be picked out and sold for a trifle. When J the farmer markets his crop he pays for the box 10 cents, for picking, 5 cents, for packing- 5 cents, for freight 10 cents, and if the apples sell for 60 cents, he pays a commission of 6 cents 36 cents In all,, and this leaves hm 24 cents for his apples. Some say the commission amounts to from 20 to 70 per cent,-arid'others that he throws' the receipts, from the shipment Into the air, and al that stays up there goes to the, farmer .aid ,all that 'comes dawn belongs to the commission man, but the. commission" men say that Is a cam paign. He. At air events. It Is plain that one can pay anywhere in the neighbor hood of $1 for good 'apples without any danger of the farmer -getting enough to make him a bloated bondholder. HIT OF THE WEEK. Audience Goes Wild, Over Nellls In "Th,e Jilt." "The Jilt" is a misnomer. Every theater-goer, no doubt, has expressed similar opinion. A brilliant perfprmance of the comedy such, for instance, as the Nelll people gave last night at the -Marquam throws no light on the. problem. It af fords ground for speculation, simply be cause a blue-ribboned ''bunch' of senti mental letters and the pride of an Eng lish family are irretrievably mixed up with a good deal of crooked jockeying. This jockeying colors the lovo affairs of three couples. They all talk "horsey" more or less. They wear jockey colors and steeplechase through five acts to a merry finish. The Jilt Is Lady Millicent, with an early love attachment and a bundle of letters that have fallen Into the -hands of Lord 'Marcus Wylle, the villain with silk headgear.' JThis apparent ly trivial affair assumes grave important In the story of the play, and It takes Ballyhlnch and other supposedly best blooded horseflesh of England to win out against an Intriguing Lord Wylle. He is abbut to deal a 'blow: to'1 a devoted husband when Referee Miles O'Hara, a fortunate Irishman, -enters the race and defeats the villain antf bestows the proper, reward for virtue. "Why "The Jilt" should not be called somethmgelse less remote but, .to the play: , ? If you saw the Nellls playing that com edy last evening a wager Is laid that the thing that sticks in your memory is the scene. lnvthe third ,act Such scenes are not common to Marquam' audiences, and thephyslologlcal phenomenon can be ex plained upon but one hypothesis. It 13 that the spectators ..thought they were at a horserace. The climax was worked up by an even dozen people In a manner that must remind us that the racing busi ness in "The. Sporting ; Duchess" last thing at hand to compare with Is not the only pebble on the -theatrical bench. Let us pay that the 'audience rose In Its collective stirrups; for something similar to that occurred. They cheered and waved arid people in the" balcony and foyer got to waving their handkerchiefs and cheering as if It was "even money.' It is difficult to remember when a more animated scene was produced on the Marquam stage. The audience, which filled all parts ,pf the house, made a din that drowned temporarily the fate of the Irishman, who was taking a great cHSnce on "The Lady or the Horse." - After that successful climax of the third act there were six curtain calls while the roar of enthusiasm deluged the stage. Flushed and laughing, every member of of the company acknowledged the gener ous homage. Of course Mr. Nelll looked Incongruous wearing a jockey suit and saying: "Sure, and me father said, 'Me darlln' boyf never put yr money on a mare.' " But he was as If to the impersonation born. Mr. Nelll Is correct when he makes the ob servation, born of experience, that It Is harder to imitate than to act. His Miles O'Hara, was good, firih character work. Mr. McVlckars, as Sir Budlelgh Wood stock"Mr. Burton, as Colonel Tudor, and Emmett Shackelford were the principals In the "most arduous scenes of the comedy. George Bloomquest made a part of little Rev Mr. Spooner. Robert Morris had the ungrateful Lord Wylle role and enacted It without rant. .... Miss Lamkin looked a' lovely Lady Mil licent. In the last act, in a costume of soft white and red.'she somewhat sug gested a huge oleander. She was at home In the part. She Improves with longer ac quaintance. Julia Dean has that quality of appreciation of "her Impersonation which makes her debut looked for. She was. a fiery Phyllis Walter and was a3 Impetuous a young horseracer as she was gentle and soft and winning as Carry Preston. Rose Swain as Mrs. Plncott, and Lillian Andrews as Mrs. Wetter, were quite acceptable. Atthe matinee people were buying seats some time after the curtain was up on "Alabama." The occasion was a testi monial to George Baker, and that it should be reported there was a good house Is not enough 'to convey the expx-esslpn of hearty good wishes Implied by those who en joyed the play and rememberd for "whom Mr. James Nelll and his fellow players so generously performed. t .The performance of "Alabama" was given In a superb man ner and the stage settings were elaborate as to detail. Mr. Nelll played Colonel Moberly with becoming understanding. John W. Burton made as 'fine a Squire Tucker as one would wish to see. Miss Lamkin, Miss Chapman, Miss Andrews, Miss Dean, Mr Shackelford were reward ed with generous plaudits. There Is no mistaking popular affection for "Alaba ma." , " ' Tonight, "A Parisian Romance." TENNIS RESUMED. Multnomah Grounds Dried Rapidly , Finals Saturday. 'The rapid-drying qualities of the new surface on the Multnomah courts and tho abatement of the rain for a,few hours yesterday afternoon permitted several good matches to bo played. If there Is ho heavy rainfall today or tomorrow, the finals will bo played Saturday, as orig inally' planned. Goss, owe 15.2, met!, Lewis In the class winner's tournament, and won, 7-5, 7-6, Both'se'ts were close, and every point was hotly contested. Each player ran up to the net on his service and through the match it was a constant struggle for the advantage pos'ition at the net. Lewis attempted frequent lobbing to dis place Goss, but the lattef's overhead work was steady, and won out. In the second set Lewis repeatedly passed Goss on the run-in 'after the service by clever cross cpurt cuts, but Goss' steadiness again won for him, despite' the handicap. Immediately after 'their match of sin gles, without resting, Goss and Lewis, owe 15.3, took on Graham and Lumgair, receive 5-6. Graham and Lumgair won the first set, 6-4. The Handicap appeared too severe, though Goss and Lewis played raggedly. In the second set they played with greater determination, and speedily ran up the score to 4-0. Graham and Lumgair then took three .games, largely due to Graham's smashing at the net. Goss and Lewis won the .set, 6-3. The first game of the third set went to Gra ham and Lumgair, "when darkness neces sitated the -postponement bf the match. Cheal and La Farge, 'scratch, defeated Van Duzer and Thielsen receive 2-, 6-3, 6-0. Cheal and La Farge were- at their best, and could not he stopped. Tho following schedule wlll be carried out today, weather-permitting: ,9:30 A. M Goss and Miss Goss, receive 2-6, vs. Andrews and Mrs. Baldwin, scratch. jll:30 A. M. L. B yWIclersham, receive 3-6, vs. McCraken, fecelye 30. ." 12 M. Lombard, receive. 15.3, vs, Brandt Wlckersham, receive 5-6. 12:30 P. M. Goss and'LewIs, owe 45.3, vs. Graham and Lumgair; receive S-6. 5 P. M. Goss owe,15.2, jte. winner of B. Wickersham-Lombard. ,. Letter and Miss Morse receive 3-6, vs. Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Receive 5-6. Thlelsen, receive lfJJLvs. winner of Mc-Craken-L. B. Wlckerahani REV. SFARR FOUND GUILTY VOTE OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE "WAS 12 to 3 FOR CONVICTION. Penalty Will Probably Be Expulsion Will Be Known Today Other Church Business. ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 20. This morn ing's session of the Oregon Conference opened with devotional exercises led by H. Gould, following which tne minutes of the preceding session were read. The usual routine of referring petitions and communications was then gone through with, together with the .continuation of reports from the superannuated preachers. At this time quite a rifile of excitement was created by Rev. T. L. Jones introduc ing a resolution asking the secretary of the conference to state why all 'the evi dence In the case of Dr. Cline -was not forwarded to the judicial conference which vindicated the latter at Minneapolis last December. The explanation was that it was purely an oversight on the part of the secretary, at which Dr. Cllne ex presse'd regret that this, the best evidence he had, was not before the judicial con ference, though enough, was before them to show the outrage which had been per petrated. Bishop Andrews quieted things by shutting off the discussion. Dr. Carroll, of New York, the secretary of the Missionary Society, addressed the body on the working of his organization, and revealed the fact that during the past year the income of the society from col lections had amounted to the sum of $1,376,000, making tho largest sum ever given to missions in Its history. Bishop Andrews announced the transfer of Dr. A. ' N. Fisher, the editor of the Pacific Christian Advocate, from the Cali fornia Conference to this body, which was received with approval by the members. D.r. Fisher announced that he was an ex pansionist, and the warm reception which his remarks on expansion met -with clear ly Indicated that, almost without excep tion, the members of the conference hold the same opinion as the editor of the Ad vo'cate on that subject. ' Br. Dllle, representing the book depos itory at San Francisco, made an address, which was 'followed by the report of Dr. T. B. Ford, the presiding elder of the Eugene district, after which the confer ence adjourned. , ' A packed house greeted l the exercises of the Church Extension Society this evening, L. E. Rockwell presiding. Able a'ddresses were made by A. S. Mulligan and; G. W. Gue, D. D. Trial of Rev. Mr. Starr, of Portland. 'The trial of S. A Starr, D. D., of the Sunnyslde church, Portland, which has been In progress during the past two days, In camera, In the First Baptist church building, has absorbed the Interest of the entire conference proceedings thus far. The case has been regarded by the mem bers of the conference as a most deplora ble one, on account of the heretofore high standing In church matters of the accused and his connection with one of the his toric Methodist families of the state. This meeting of the select committee of 15, as It Is called, has been presided over by Bishop Andrews, and all of the written evidence given before the Investigation committee has been presented, and has been followed by depositions taken since that time. Rev. Mr. Starr has been as sisting his counsel. Rev. M. C. Wire, D. D., and Rev. Q. W. Grannls, in his own defense, and has appeared before the com mittee as a witness. Two new and Im portant witnesses were called to give tes timony Dr. Parsons, who was Rev. Mr. Starr's "presiding elder when charges of a kindred nature were made against him at Dallas, Polk County, and George P. Ar nold, pastor atRoseburg, who was Rev. Mr. Starr's .predecessor at the Sunnyslde church. Rev. Mr. Arnold's testimony dealt with the alleged, existence 'of certain factions in the Sunnyslde church, and opt of which It is claimed 'by Rev. Mr. Starr the conspiracy, as he calls it, has arisen. Dr. Parsons, who was called as a witness for the prosecution, proved a strong witness for the defense before his testi mony was finished. Rev. Mr. Starr has made a strong defense for himself, greatly aiding his counsel In the case. He occu pied the witness-stand this afternoon for about two hours, and was subjected to a rigid cross-examination by the prosecu tion. The committee adjourned at 6:15 o'clock, and resumed Its session at 7 o'clock. After the speeches of both the de fense and prosecution were finished, they withdrew from the room "and the commit tee proceeded to ballot on the various specifications contained in the charges, and to hear the law in the case as laid down in the discipline, expounded by the bishop. The charges against the accused, as presented to the select committee of 15, and coming from the Investigating com mittee of Sunnyslde church, were sus tained by a vote of 12 to 3. Speeches were then made by each member of the com mittee regarding the penalty to be in flicted on the accused minister, and three ballots were taken on the penalties as laid down in .the discipline, . whether to suspend, deprive or expel him from his ministerial functions. It Is understood that the last-named penalty was decided on, and will be reported to the conference at the session tomorrow morning. The committee, which has met behind closed doors and In the strictest secrecy pos sible, adjourned this evening at 10 o'clock, after holding two day and two night ses sions. REV. S. A. STARR'S TRIAI Charnres Brought in Portland on "Which He Was Suspended. The trial of the Rev. S. A. Starr, D. D., formerly pastor of the Sunnyslde Meth odist Church, Portland, before the com mittee of 15 appointed by the annual con ference now In session at Ashland, -will be one of the most hotly contested and sensational that has come up In minis terial circles In Oregon for a long time. It will probably rival in interest the trial of Rev. J. F. DeVore. which took place In the Taylor-Street Church, a great many, years ago, when he was defended by Rv. H. K. Hines. Dr. Starr is the son of a pioneer preacher. Rev. L. M. Starr, and graduated from the Willamette Uni versity in the '70s, after which he took a course in theology In ..the Drew Theo logical Seminary. He received his degrees from both Institutions. Shortly after ward he was elected professor of the chair of science In the Willamette University, which position he held for 12 years, when ho resisned to enter the active work of the ministry. In the Oregon conference he occupied the position of conference treasurer, and was one of the committee on examination of young ministers. There was probably, before the charges were made against him, no more prominent minister In the Oregon 'conference than he, and his opinions commanded respect. Two years ago he was sent to the Sun nyslde Methodist Church, and his first year was very successful. The church had been badly run down, but at the end of the year it had picked up in all lines. There was some opposition to his being returned, but It was overcome, and a year aso he was sent back to tho Sunnyslde Church. All went well until about three months ago, when very damaging re ports, were circulated in the community concerning the actions of Dr. Starr towArd certain women in his congregation and outside his congregation. While these charges did not involve criminal actions, yet rthey bordered very closely in that direction. It was reported that he had, attempted to take Improper liberties with Mrs. Louise A McGregor. In fact, Mrs. McGregor made this charge quite openly, and the official boaTd, the church and the community were very much stirred up over,, the matter. She was .a member of the Sunnyslde Methodist Church, of which Dr. Starr was pastor; and she charged that on two occasions when he went to her house his actions were very Improper. Under the Methodist discipline charges were preferred against Mrs. McGregoi and she was put on trial before a com mlttee of Methodists outside of the Sun nyslde church. She made a very vigor ous defense, it seems. The trial was behind closed doors, and lasted for some time. She Introduced the testimony of about half a dozen women in the com munity, some being members of the Meth odist church, and some of the Congrega tional church, which was very damaging to Dr. .Starr. This gist of all this evidence was that in some half a dozen cases he had acted toward other women as he had toward Mrs. McGregor. Some, If not all, the women who gave their evidence In this trial are -well known and respected In the community, and It Is said" they ap peared before tho committee ' with much reluctance. It may be stated that the evidence of Mrs. McGregor was practi cally broken down, as It was admitted by the ministers who afterward acted as a jury, when it came to the preliminary examination of Dr. Starr, it had no weight whatever -with them in reaching a con clusion; but the testimony of the othor witnesses was so strongly corroborative that Mrs. McGregor was acquitted. The verdict, therefore, was practically that she had told tho truth about Dr- Starr. Then it became necessary that Dr. Starr should stand trial, very much in the form of a preliminary examination before a committing magistrate, to see whether there was sufficient evidence to hold him for trial by the annual conference. By request of the church., Dr. Starr ceased preaching, and the presiding elder fur nished a supply until the case should be settled. This trial was before a Jury of seven Methodist preachers of Portland, and it lasted a long time. It was conducted carefully behind closed doors. Rev. G. W. Gue, D. D., presiding elder, presided. Rev. Gabriel Sykes, then pastor of the Montavllla Methodist Church, waa tho stenographer, and took all the evidence. An attempt was made to have an out sider, who would be disinterested, act as reporter, and also a lawyer to conduct tho defense, but this was denied, as none but Methodists could take any part In the proceedings. The testimony In this trial was about the same as it was In the former trial, only, it took a much wider scope. There were more witnesses placed on the stand. Dr. Starr conduct ed his own defense, with much skill and ability; but he could not break down the evidence of so many witnesses against him: but with it all there was no crimi nal act proved against the pastor. Some of the evidence is said to have been very trivial, and had no weight In the case, but on the whole the testimony is said to have been very strong against Dr, Starr for Imprudent conduct toward these women. The testimony of tho witnesses was to the effect that he had fondled them in an improiier manner. As was stated before, these women gave their ovldence with re luctance. They were loth to be dragged Into a trial of that sort. Dr. Starr un dertook to break down the force of their testimony by showing inconslstencs-. These alleged actions on his part had oc curred some time ago, and it -was shown that they continued to participate in church services and church work after ward, and had continued on friendly terms with Dr. Starr; that they had Invit ed him to call on them after the date of the alleged Insult to them, and that, until Mrs. McGregor made her charges, they had kept quiet However, he was unable to break the f6rce of the evidence, and the verdict of the jury of Methodist preachers all said to bo friends of Dr. Starr was that of Imprudent conduct, and he was suspended until there could bo a hearing before the annual confer ence. Since tho trial two ministers. Rev. A. S. Mulligan and Rev. Gabriel Sykes. havo said publicly that the evidence against Dr. Starr was overwhelming, and that there were many other women who could havo given their evidence had they cared to- do so. These two ministers said that they went to the trial with the- hope that ho would be 'vindicated; but, in the face of the testimony of half a dozen respect able women, outside of that of Mrs. Mc Gregor, they had concluded that they had told the truth, and they voted to find a verdict of Imprudent conduct, because of overwhelming evidence. The samo evidence, they said, before a jury, would hang a man. On the other hand. Dr. Starr has some strong, Influential friends, fully acquaint ed with the nature and force of all the evidence against him, who believe him absolutely guiltless of wrong Intent, and that the prosecution was hatched up by a certain mischief-maker, who delights In sensations, and who takes pleasure In tearing down the character of others. These friends have been standing up for Dr. -Starr with muoh vigor, and they de clare also that he has been and Is a vic tim of a conspiracy to break him down. There -will be a strong defense made be fore "the trial committee. Dr. Starr Is defended by Rev. M. C. Wire and Rev. G. W. Grannls, two of the ablest men In the Oregon conference, and they will ex ert their utmost to clear their client. The prosecution is represented by Rev. H. W. Kellogg and Rev. Mr. Bennett, both of Portland, and able men. The steno graphic notes of the preliminary exami nation will be used, and also other evi dence, and the trial committee will likely be busy all through the conference. Their findings will go to conference, there to be passed on. Then the defendant still has an appeal to the general conference If ha be found guilty. FINE DAIRY MACHINERY. G. G. Wickson & Co.. of Portland, have a most complete exhibit of creamery and cheese factory machinery at the State Fair. Crowds Inspect the display. They have In operation on the grounds an im proved DIsbrow combined churn and worker. W. H. Monroe, in charge of the exhibit, has Installed a complete, up-to-date butter factory. A steam turbine Babcock milk and cream tester, of latest make, attracts much attention. Its work Is accepted In Government tests to de termine the butterfat of milk or cream. The commercial valuo of the products of Fair prize-winners Is now being tested by it The enterprise and preparedness of Wickson & Co. establish them as the chief dealers in dairy machinery In Oregon. William Elder, Portland manager, Invites all Interested to examine their stock at Front and Alder streets. THROUGH TOURIST EXCURSION CARS TO THE EAST Are operated from Portland over the Oregon Short Line Railroad In connectldn with the Union Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande lines, giving choice of routes. These tourist sleeping cars run through to Chicago and the East without change, and are personally conducted excursions. Which means that a special conductor is in charge to look after the convenience of passengers. For berth reservations and further information apply to City Ticket Office or address W. E. Coman, general agent Oregon Short Line Rail road, 142 Third street. Portland. t A DAY'S OUTING. Those desiring, to "spend Sunday in com fort should take the O. R. & N. train to Bonneville Sunday and enjoy the mag nificent scenery and cool breezes to bo had tinder the pine trees at Bonneville. Train leaves Union depot at 9 A. M. Re turning, train reaches Portland at 4:30 P. M. The very low rate of E0 cents for the round trip is still in effect. This rato Is good on Sundays only. "The best pill I ever used," Is tho fre quent remark of purchasers of Carter's Little Liver Pills. When you try them you will say the same. POOR MARKET FOR FRUFT MUXER TELLS OF CHISA'a GREAT POVERTY. H. B. He Has Visited Manufacturing Ss tabllahments and Talcen Note of Starvation Waes. Henry E. Dosch has received a- letter from H. B. Miller at Shanghai. Mr. .Mil ler makes some observations about fruit culture and Chinese poverty which, are of. interest. He sayst Consul-Genoral of the United States of America, Shanghai, China, August 15. I have been giving some attention to tho fruit question here, and will write yod what I have learned. Peaches are quit plentiful, and fairly good If picked when ripe. The Chinese do not realize the difference between ripe and green fruit, and seem to eat tho hard, green fruit with the same relish they do ripe, hence most of the fruit Is green and unfit to eU. being many times only half-grown. Good peaches could be produced here, but the peachworm Is very bad. and in. three-fourths of the peache3. It is a worm that operates exactly like the codlin moth, and looks like it. but Is some smaller. It eats into the peach anywhere and spoils the fruit, doing more damage to the fruit than the codlin moth does to the apple. So far as I can learn, nothing Is done to destroy or check them. The codlin m6th is also very bad In pears and apples, and I cannot learn of anything being, done to destroy them or protect fruit against their ravages. All the apples that I have seen are Inferior, small and dry. Pear3 are also very in ferior. ! have not yet had a chance to see much of horticulture In China, but as soon as It Is safe to travel In the country I shall look Into It and write you. They have a peculiar way of propa gating by sprouting or rooting branches instead of grafting. They tie earth about a bud on a branch, and by -keeping it moist it develops roots and Is cut off and planted. They started to establish an agricul tural college and experiment station at Nankin, the old capital of China, under the Wing dynasty, on the Yangtse River, but the appropriation has been cut off before It got under way, and It failed. Two Americans were at the head of it. I shall try to make a 3tudy of the hor ticulture of my district If I ever reach my post, and take notes for future ref erence. My district, Sze Chuen Province, is- said to have horticulture developed better than any other part of China, growing oranges, lemons, apples, plums, peaches, cherries, graprs. etc. I shall hope to find some valuable things to send you. The only prune sold here is the Califor nia French, and only a few. I do not think a carload a year Is sold in China. The prune Is primarily the food for tho common people, where It Is consumed In quantities. I have been visiting the cotton and silk mills, and looking up the matter of food and -wages of the employes. Rice Is the staple, a little bit or piece of meat or fish goes with It at times. Green vege tables and roots of every kind are used, and occasionally a little natle fruit. The average meal of a Chinaman will cost from 1 to 2 cents, and In most case3 It Is not above 1 cent. Watermelons, for Instance, are plentiful and very good, but a melon that costs 10 cents Mexlcnn, or 5 cents American, or gold, will be cut Into 100 pieces, and a Chinaman Is fortunate who gets one little piece. The main street food for the Chinese Is a cross between a cucumber and a muskmelon. It Is about the size of an, ordinary cucumber, and looks much like It. It is tasteless to me, and not palatable. It Is peeled and eaten, seeds and all. The main thing with tho average common Chinaman Is to get filled up -on chow, and tho cheapest filling is what they buy. The common coolie gets from $4 to $3 Mexican per month, or fron $2 to $4 gold; engineers and machinists, from $10 to $15 Mexican, or $5 to $8 gold pec month. In the factories women, children and men are employed. Children get from 5 to 10 cents Mexican per day, or from 3 to 5 cents gold. Men and women get from 20 to 24 cents Mexican, or from 10 to 13 cents gold per day. These are wages paid here, where they are the highest In Chi na. In the Interior they are much below this. Mechanics work for 7 cents gold and the others In proportion. A China man could pay for a. pound of prunes a day; but If that were enough to keep him without housing er clothing, he would have nothing for wife and bahfe3 and babies are not scarce, as most Chinamen have more than one wife The prune mar ket must be amongst a class of people whose wages are higher than the China man's. No one who has never seen it can conceive of the low standard and cheap life of the Chinese. It -is my constint prayer that the American workingman may never have to struggle with the hordes of Asia on tho line of "survival of the fittest" in tti& competition for existence. It la a life oC dirt and fllth and poverty such as Amer icans have never known. Horses are more valuable than men here, and cannot compete with them. The cost of horse power Is more than man power, because the same muscular force, animal power, can be maintained on less food. PERSONAL MENTION. W. T. Wright, a banker of Union, la at the Imperial. N. J. Svenson. a mining man of Sump ter, Is at the Imperial. Tlllmon Ford, an attorney of Salem, is registered at the Imperial. S. E. Messenger, a Walla Walla wheat raiser, is at the St. Charles. J. A. Finch, a wealthy mining man of Spokane. Is at the Portland. Sheriff A. H. Huntington, of Baker City, Is registered at the Imperial. J. H. Johansen. a merchant of Seaside, is at the Imperial, with his wife. W. S. Byers. a Pendleton flouring mlH man, Is registered at the Perkins. J. D. McGowan. cannervman, of Asto ria, is registered at the Perkins. H. G. Thompson, 'a prominent railroad man of Chicago, Is at the Portland. Miss Sadie May Rabyor Is quite 111 at her father's residence, 754 Lovejoy. J. M. Church, a banker, of La Grande registered at the Portland last evening. A. Smith, a prominent citizen of Mc Mlnnvllle. Is registered at the St. Charles. J. T. Bridges, register of the United States Land Office, at Roseburg, "3 at the Imperial. G. W. Cook and S. G. Johnson, of Alex andria, Minn., are at the St. Charles while obtaining pointers with a view to locating In Oregon. John GUman, of Worcester, Mass., pub lisher of the Hotel Register, Is at the Portland, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Hellyar. E. L. Conger and wife, of Pasadena, CaL, registered at the Portland yesterday.. Mr.Conger is a brother of the American Minister to China, and he Is on hi3 way to Illinois for a visit. Captain Day. Lighthouse Inspector, has gone, on the Manzanlta. to make a tour of Inspection of the light stations and other aids to navigation In the district south of the Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rothschild, or S3 North Seventeenth street, were madu happy Wednesday night by the arrival of a handsome baby girl, who came to make a fourth member of their family. NEW YORK, Sept 20. Northwestern people registered at New Tork hotels to day as follows: E. Milne and wife, of Falrhavcn, at the Grand Union; K. Mack intosh, of Seattle, at the Mackintosh; F. H.-tMcSweeney, of Seattle, at the Metro politan; Mrs. F. E. Hull, at the Grand Union, ih