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THE- MORNING OHEGONIAN, SATURDAY,. SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. BEFORE GRAND JURY investigation of Sailor Abuses Said to Be On. CTKEKGTH OF RESISTING INTERESTS "rhree-PourthB of IToreiga. Ceauaeree of Portland Represented la. Sight Against Boarding Jffacters. Though grrand Jury proceedings are sup posed to toe secret there were many ru xnors yesterday to the effect that a searching Investigation Into the sailor boarding-house practices "was In progress. All professed to regard hls -with satis faction, though tome regret -was ex5 pressed that action In specific cases might be delayed -while the grand Jury 1s examining Into the situation in gen eral. "1 see 6 Is still quoted as the wage for sailors shipping from this port," said Sir. Letta, of Balfour, Guthrie & Co. "The crimps might just as -well quote 26. The 6 wage Is a part of their demand that will not he acceded to. It Is easy for them to quote figures, but you will no tice that their rates are not being paid and they will not be.". Foreign Commerce Involved. Xjast year British -ships carried 77 per cent of the foreign commerce of Port land, according to the figures of Con sul Laldlaw. Practically all these ships are owned by the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, which Includes all the ship owners of Liverpool; the Glasgow Ship owners Association, Including all the vessel-owners of the Clyde, and the Lon don Shipowners' Association, Including all the shipowners of London. These are the associations which have taken up the fight with the sailor boarding-house mas ters of Portland: The interests repre senting three-fourths of the foreign trade of Potland for the first time stand solid ly together In opposing the demands of the boardlng-house-keepers. It turns out that the demands made of the ships Genista and Orealla were only the spark which lighted the present flame of agitation and action. Corres pondence In the office of British Consul Laldlaw and In -the local office of Bal four, Guthrie & Co. shows that the British shipowners have been complain ing for some months of the exactions put upon them for crews In Portland and that they had gradually come to regard the situation as unendurable. Some of this correspondence has already been pub lished. Shipowners referred their griev ances to their associations and authority was given Portland agents to take the matter of shipping crews out of the hands of captains. The shipowners' associations were ready to act and the demands in the cases of the Genista and Orealla sup plied the occasion for the movement These being Liverpool ships advices were cabled to the Liverpool association and the recommendation of t&e agents here was promptly adopted. The London and Clyde associations stand with their Liv erpool brethren In the fight and all have sent Instructions to representatives here not to accede to the demands of the sailor boarding-masters for "blood money." No such combination of vessel Interests was ever made before to stand against sailor charges In Portland. British and American Statutes. TJpon looking tip the laws, I find that the British and the American statutes are almost alike as to the shipping and paying of seamen," said British Consul Lraldlaw yesterday. -"It is only In Amer ican ports that American, captains are required to pay off and discharge their men not in foreign ports. British cap tains likewise must pay off and discharge their seamen In British or European ports. So the suggestion of the shipping man who recommended the change in the British, lav so as to compel captains to pay off their men in every port as a cure for the evil now complained of here has little weight. It would be an innovation entirely, not conformation to another plan that had been tested and found good. And I have no Idea that the British Gov ernment contemplates any such aotlon. "However business men might favor such an innovation, as a strictly business expedient, our governments are not likely to come to such conclusion. They must look after their citizens, and must see that thev do not suffer unjustly In for eign lands. So It Is made the duty of captains who take sailors away to bring them back again. English captains may, with the consent of the Consul, pay off and discharge their crews In foreign ports. So may American captains, and I believe as a matter of fact American captains do this oftener than do British captains. One difference worthy of note in the shipipng laws of the two countries Is that the American law requires the payment In every port of one-third the sum due the sailor, unless otherwise ex pressly stipulated in the articles by which the sailor ships. Tfee English law leaves payment entirely at the captain's op tion." Story of a Deaerter. A German sailor yesterday left the Brit ish ship Marathon which arrived from Japan Tuesday. He and two -companions, not sailors, and the boarding-house -people declared that absolutely ho outside influence had moved liim to this course; f hat he came ashore of his "own volition, and sought the boarding-house. The rea son given for this was cruel treatment aboard ship. The sailor said the mate of the ship threatened to kill him on the return Voyage. This sailor said his name was Max Goldstand; that he bad followed the sea eight years, after having served nearly three years in the German navy; that he had been with many British ships, but Clever on so hard a ship as this. He showed a bare spot on his scalp large as a silver dollar, and said it was where the mate had hit him with a belaying pin. because he had cut a gasket that he could not untie aloft. He said he had de serted the ship Palgrave In Philadelphia and then shipped again on the Marathon January 15, 1900. at ?1S a month, but when more than live months out his pay haH been cut down to $10 a month. He said he had drawn in Japan ?44 35 (equal to $22 17 in gold), which he had carefully set down In an account book, and had had $10 worth of clothes from the slop (clothing) chest. He claimed to have left 25 with the ship. This man has a family in Ger many. The young men who were with him were Americans, one hailing from California and the other from Maine, and they 'said this German, being rather slow and unresentful, was "picked on" by tKe officers, who seemed to delight In heap ing indignities upon him. Therefore, and for the reason that he feared for his- life, he said, he quit the ship. He also said this was only his second desertion. "not-d" Ships and "Sea Lawyers." PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 2L (To the Edi tor.) In your today's Issue a reporter makes mention of having Interviewed the various Bhlps' crews lp port, with the re sult that with great Iteration they all la ment their wretched fare, hard treatment" and parsimonious captains. The writer spent two years as a sailor on an English vessel, and one which the men used to dub, with customary pictur esque embellishments, "the worst they were ever In." The British maritime laws prescribe the minimum allowance, or "whack," to use the sailor's term, that shall be served out each day. This is-an ample allowance for an able-bodied man, and no ship dare to Infringe on it, as the crew know well the regulations, and tKere is always at least one "sea lawyer" among them to assert his rights. In fact, the growl heard in the typical hard ship is, "Ye git yer whack on this packet, and nuthln more." When at sea, tho worst thing about the sailor's food is its extreme lack of vari ety, which taxes Jack's Ingenuity to con trive various little dishes of his own by the aid of remnants of salt meat, hard tack, rice and beans mixed with molasses. The quality of the food, however, lsgood and wholesome far better1 than he gets In the cheap restaurants that crowd, the docks in all large ports. However, all this is entirely irrelevant to the matter of doing away with the gross abuses of the boarding-Mouse men. They only entice a sailor from one "Hard'' vessel to ship him for their sole profit on another as quickly as possible; and no such false sldb Ugnts should for a mo ment divert the public gaze now riveted on the control of this trouble. I. CRIMINAL CASES. Women Reoeive -the Lightest, Sen tence for Polygasiy. Emma Schmitt pleaded guilty to a charge of polygamy in the Criminal Court yesterdays and was sentenced by Judge George to the lowest penalty pro vided by law six months in the county Jail. Tho man In the case Is "William Ulrich, and the lawful husband of tho woman is Gottlelb Schmidt, an aged Ger man, and a gardener by trade. The chil dren of the Schmidts were taken from them about two years ago by order of the County Court and given into the cus tody! of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. The mother afterwards made an ineffec tual attempt to recover possession of them In the courts. E. aL Martin, w,ho stole $34 and some cigars from thte "saloon of P. Lorati, pleaded guilty and "sentence was sus pended for the present.' The mother of tho young man came here from Cali fornia, and it is understood that she will be allowed to take him home with her and endeavor to accomplish his reform. Martin has a good education, and comes of a good family. He was befriended by Mr Lorati, and took advantage of his familiarity with the place to enter It after it had? been closed for the night, and commit the crime for which he was arrested; "The 'use of opium is said to be responsible for Martin's downfall. The grand Jury.returned an indictment against Aaron B. Springer, charging him with an outrageous offense against his daughter. . An indictment was returned against John Reed,- charging- him with burglary. A second Indictment, was returned against Reed, charging him with larceny from the dwelling house of T. E. O'Connor. Not a true bill was reported In the case of Amos C. Smith, charged with abduc tion of Hattle -Howard, a girl under the age of IS years, from the Florence Crit tenden - Home. Three Divorce Granted- Three matrimonial bonds were dissolved by Judge Cleland yesterday. Helen Fisher, was granted a divorce from W. J. Fisher, and she was granted the legal custody of their child, a daugh ter 2 years old. Because of desertion, "Winnie Schuyler was divorced from Benjamin C. S. Schuy ler, and - restored to her maiden name, Johnston. Ttieywere .married at Empire City In 1897. Delphlne "Whalen was granted a divorce from Thomas A "Whalen on account of cruel treatment and desertion. The tes timony of the plaintiff was that she was married to the defendant In Portland in 1S8S, and he abandoned her In May, 1899, and also abused her during the time they lived- together. , The divorce suit of Sarah A. Bally vs. Charles H. Daily was dismissed. Default orders were entered in the fol lowing cases: .... James R. Conroy vs. Lizzie Conroy; Clara Bliechfeldt vs. Earhart Blleehfeldt'; Anna Larson vs. Olof A Larson. Decisions. Judge Cleland will announce decisions this morning In the following cases: Helen "Watrin against John "Watrin, mo tion for attorneys' fees. "W. A. Coggeshall vs. Anna CoggeshalL same. Larch Mountain Investment Company vs. T. A Garbade et-al., motion to va cate Injunction, and demurrer to answer of defendant Garbade. H. W. Corbett et al. vs. City of Port land, demurrer to complaint. United States Mortgage & Investment Company vs. P. A Marquam et al., mo tion to strike out defendant Marquam's answer. DAILY CITY 'STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. W. H. Irwin, et ux., to John Jensman, " ' lots 18. 19. 20 and -Si, block L Sunrise Park September IS $ 350 Sheriff for K. H. Pilmer, et al., to R. H. Lamson, lotd 1 to 15, Inclusive, except lots 3 and 4. block 1: lots 1 to 9, Inclusive, block 2tVlHa Heights; also parcel land Edgewater street. Villa Heights, September 19 5565 R. M. Dooly, trustee, td Patrick Hughes, lots 10 and 1L block 50, Ful ton Park. September 17 500 Ldda C. Miller and husband to Nancy E Sunderland, lot 8, block 72. Hol Iaday's Addition, September 20.... .. 2500 Sheriff for Mry Leonard, to Mary W. Pratt, lots 5. 6, 7 and 8, block 228, Couch Addition. September 19 , 3372 Eliza Ferguson and husband to Ed- j ward Sullivan, lot 6, block 153, East Portland. June 7 1700 A J. Brooks to Eunice M. 'Brooks, N. W. Y4. of N. E. y, section 1, T. 8 S.. R. 1 B.; also lot 7, block 23. West Portland, September 21 1 Carl M. Hoeber and Margaret Hoeber to R. E Dell, lots and 7, block 24, Sallwood. "September 21 100ft F. E. Dell, et ux. to Carl M. Hoeber. lot 2. blocks. Central Addition, Sep tember 17 1500 Sam J. Beswick, trustee, and George "Wild and wlf. to Charles G. Hall, Jot 5. block 12, Kenllworth. Septem ber 10 J25 Joseph Dolllnger to Jone Ferguson, lots 6 and 7, block 3S. Woodlawn. September 21 675 Crescent Land Company to Hester A Galloway, lot 10. block 4, Keystone Addition. September 19 750 Mary Kellv to Matilda Brown, lot 1, block 4, CEoverdale Extension. Sep tember 3 500 Building Permit. D. J. Grabs, East First street, between Broadway and "Weidler, two-story dwell ing, $1500. Deaths. September 20 Kate L. Lockwood, 31 years old; anaemia and heart failure. September 19 Mary Ellen McGowen, 80 years old; phthisis. September 20 Edna Bell Rivers, 2 years old; acute dysentery. September 20 Alpha Lucella Landfaro, 14 years old; phthisis pulmonols. September 19 Elizabeth Egges, 5 months old; cholera Infantum. September 20 Dealla Matson, 1 month old; cholera infantum. September 19 Valentine J. Hagen, 6 years old; heart-disease. September 20-Edna Cedarson, 4 years old; acute nephritis. Births. September 18 Girl, to Louise "Weather-, head. September 20 Boy, to the wife of "Will lam G. Stacy. - September 13 Girl, to tho wife of "Wal lace Hodley. September 13-Girl, to the wife of Mount Hood Boother. Contagious Disease. t Miss Annie Turner, 265 Alder street; diphtheria. C. A Althous, 122 Union avenue; Ger man measles. Marriage. Licenses. Albert -S. Johnson, aged 25, Lena John ston, aged 19; Peter Nelson, 25. 'Price County, "Wash., Ruby Monroe. 24; John Peterson, 40, Lena Mortenson. 29; G.'Sle mann, 41; Louise Backerleg27. An Oregon Postmistress. "WASHINGTON,' SeRj." 21. Jennie E. Pope was today appointed Postmistress at Elk Horn, Or., vice Joseph P. Case, resigned. " 1 DID. SPAIN OWN ISLANDS? HOW. WEI-ACQUIRED TTTLB.TO .THE PHILIPPINES. '' : Nothing la Contention That Insur gents Had Any Right to Be Consulted. PORTLAND, Sept. 20. (To the Editor.) In The Oregordan'of September 15 is published an answer of the antl-lmperlal-iBts of Portland to President McKinley's letter of acceptance, signed- by W. R. Lord, "W. Lw Brewster and C. E. S. "Wood. These champions of "fairness" appear to claim a monopoly of the "whole historlo truth" relative to the Philippine situa tion and the developments leading up to It. I respectfully offer a few comments on their charges against the Administra tion. They say: "The first omitted fact Is that, when President McKlnley Instruct ed the Paris-commission to purchase the Philippine Islands from Spain, Spain had possession of no part 'of them." This instruction was given to the Paris Commission by the President, October 28, 1898. At that time Spain had actual pos session of Ilo Ho. the second city In pop ulation in the Philippines, and the cap ital of the central or Visayan group of Islands. General RIos. commanding the Spanish forces In the district 'of the Vlsayas, did not1 evacuate JIo Ho until December 23, 1898, having received in structions to that effect four days before. Mindanao and the Sulu Islands, consti tuting the southern district of the Philip pines, were occupied -by. Spain until May 19, 1899, when the Spanish forces, num-' berlng 24 officers and 800 .enlisted men. were relieved by two battalions of the Twenty-tHrd United States Infantry. The Inhabitants of the Islands of Ne gros and Cebu, In the Visayan district, as early as February 2, 1899, realized that they could not successfully establish an independent government and requested the United States Government to exercise control. Cebu, the third largest city in the archipelago, was occupied by the American forces without opposition, and at the request of the people of Negros, who had raised the United States 'flag and wished to have trqops to protect them from the Tagals, whom they had declined to "receive in the island. General Smith, with a battalion of the -First Cal ifornia, t was sent to them as military governor. He arrlvevd March 2, 1899. and the people, through their duly accredited representatives, fully acknowledged the sovereignty of the United States over the Island.- Hence the facts do not bring- the case within the rule as announced by" Chan cellor .Kent Moreover, the "possession" of a colony, so far as it is necessary to confer the right of cession. Is conclusive ly presumed to be in the parent country until the independence of the.colony is recognized by the latter, or at least by tho sovereign country undertaking to deny possession In the parent country. When a colony is In revolt, and before its In dependence has been acknowledged by the- par ent country, the colonial territory belong, In the senso of revolutionary right, 'to tho former, and la that of legitimacy, to the latter. Wharton's International T-aw Digest, I, p. 28. Revolution, or possession by Insurgents, as already stated, cannot be regarded by a prize court as changing the national character of th territory so possessed or occupied, until the fact has been recognized by the political au thority of the government to which the court belongs. Thus, although It was a matter of notoriety that a considerable part of the. Island of St. Domingo had, by revolt, been detached from the French Colonial Government, and its Inhabitant were In common opposition to France, then at war with England, tho court of appeal, nevertheless, decided that such In habitants must be regarded as hostile In their commercial relations, till the British Govern ment should recognize their change of charac ter. The Supreme Court of the United States has adopted the same rule of decision. HU1 leck. International Law and Laws of War, p. 710. citing numerous cases. The Tagals had a right to revolt, but until their independence was acknowl edged by Spain the sovereignty was still In the latter, and the parent country had a right, recognized by the law of na tions, to dispose of their territory. It Is further charged that "the official report (of General Otis) implies that it (the first shot) was a shot fired without necessity, though technically according to military rule." If this is a fair implication, I fail to see It. The report reads: During the entire month of January they had labored Incessantly to strongly intrench their lines and place their artillery In posi tion. . . . On the night of February 2 they, sent-ln a strong detachment to draw the flro of our outpost, which took up a position Immediately In front of and within a few yards of the same. The outpost was strengthened by a few men, who silently bore the detachment's taunts and abuse the entire nlzht. This was reported. to me "by General MacArthur, whom I directed to communicate with the ofllcer In command of the insurgent troop concerned. His prepared letter was shown -me and ap proved, and reply received (both papers found in General MacArthur's acrompanylng report) was all that could ,be desired. However, the agreement entered into" was ignored by tho Insurgents, and on 'the evening' of February 4 another demonstration was made on one of our small outposts -which occupied a retired position, at least 150 yards within the xllno which had been mutually agreed upon, an In surgent approaching the picket, and refusing to halt or answer when challenged. .The result was our picket discharged his piece, when the insurgent troops near Santa Mesa opened a spirited fire on our troops there stationed. The natural and reasonable inference Is that the Insurgents Instigated and pro voked the outbreak, and were only too eager to follow it nip and carry out their plan. The first shot was fired' February 4, at 8:30 P. M. General Otis reports that Aguinaldo, after concentrating his well armed forces for battle," "prepared the outline of his declaration of war, the full text of which was published at Malolos on the evening and very shortly after his hostile shots were first responded 'to by our trocps, and without considering cause or Intent. The longed-for opportunity had arrived, and he hastened to embrace It.'.' The declaration was dated February 4, 1SS9, and ordered, among other things, that ".peace and friendly relations be tween the Philippine forces and the American forces of occupation are broken, and the latter will be treated as enemies." . . In the hope that the readers of Senator Hoar's speech of April 17; 1900, and his admirers as a statesman, of experience and sound judgment will also read his reasons for supporting the Republican nominees, I beg to submit his expres sions as published In the- Argonaut of August 6, 1900: ' President McKlnley and Governor Roosevelt will have no more earnest supporter In tho country than I shall be. Whether we consider the character of tho candidates, the character of the counselors they will bring with them into power, the effect en the prosperity and happiness of the Amorlcan people, or tho ulti mate triumph of liberty and justice in the dis tant islands which have been brought under our control, the alternajlve of Mr. Bryan and David B. Hill, or any other associate the Democratic party is likely to give him. Is not. to be' thought of for a moment. Mr. Bryan's" election will -mean tho overturn of the pro tective system, ''how happily established, and (he wonderful prosperity it has "brought to all classes of the people: a dishonest and fluctu ating "currency; great "diminution of tho value of all debts and savings'; the overthrow of the authprity of the, Supreme. Court; a dangerous assault on property; socialism; thecomple(e success of the attempt now going on to dis franchise 10,000.000 of American "citizens at Home, and render null and void the great Con stitutional amendments.- . I was and still am opposed to the- policy which brought on the war In the Philippine Islands. I like the policy which has been and Is to be pursued" in Cuba. I am willing now to test the 'two methods by their results. But I have never questioned the honesty of pur pose of President McKlnley and tho Republic ans who agreed with him. Thew past cannot be undone. I think thfl future of the Philip pine Islands' safer in tho hands df Mr. McKln ley than of Mr. Bryan, in the hands of the Republicans than of Tammany Hall and the Solid South. In saying this I am but repeating what I said in the Senate and what I said last year in Massachusettsf , l Mr. Bryan earnestly advocated tho treaty which bought the,, Philippine Islands, and ..so cured for It tho votes ot IT ot hlo supporters. For this action of ntsno" motive can bo rea sonably argued but the desire to kwp tho question for an issue in the campaign. The Republican party, in its platform, his refused to commit Itself to keeping the Philippine peo plo in subjection against their wish, and cites the example of Cuba, to which it renews its pledge of Independence. Tho .Massachusetts Republican platform of 1809 promises them, after hostilities are over." a government as free, as liberal and as progressive as our own. I believe that these pledges will be .kept. Whatever mistake may have been made in th past, I prefer to trust the'.f uturo Qf liberty to the party that for 50 years Tms never been wrong but once rather than to the party that for 60 years has never been right onco. Does anybody believe that tho American peo ple haye changed: that the great North has changed; that the Republican party has changed In a minute, In a day. In a twinkling of on eye 7 Liberty isnot dead. Justlco la not dead. The great Declaration Is not dead. Men will differ: rood men will differ; good men will sometimes err; parties are not Infallible. But I am confident that tho great free North, which achieved and, established liberty at home, will surely and very soon establish- it abroad. Senator Hoar evidently believes that no new issue can, possibly make any differ ence with the essentials of Bryanism as they have been preached for four 'years. C. U. GANTENBEIN. SEATTLE'S LATEST SCHEME "Wants ' Other Transcontinental Roads to Make Termini There. SEATTLE, "Wash!T Sept. 20. (To the Editor.") Returning from Idaho to Port land by way of Seattle in order to In vestigate those superior 'natural advan tages which Seattle' claims over Portland, I found that she has not by way of arti ficial improvements or- 'expenditure of money on the part of her citizens, ere-, ated any greater resources than she had in 1875, when I- flrst visited Seattle, then with 30C0 population, now with 80,000. In short, I find Seattle' has not except in Its greater depth of water for ocean, ships one-half the natural ' resources and country tributary as Portland possesses today. Why, then, has she prospered? Simply by, the cb-operatlon and unity. of action of all her citizens, regardless whether they are rich or poor, high or low in the social sca.le. 'native born 'or foreigners, provided' they are men, of business experience oc. brains and seek tho progress of Seattle first and their own individual prosperity therefrom." Truly, they, carry, out Adam Smith's the ory in his ""Wealth of Nations" that the good of the few can' only be obtained by a community through the co-operation for the prosperity at large bf Its, citizens. "Would to the Lord our 'good citizens of Portland would do the same. .For example. Seattle. .Chamber of Com merce Is today agitating a scheme ,for the creation of a permanent committee of five; with a special secretary, appointed to solicit seven more "transcontinental lines to come to Seattle and there make their final termini, and in order more effectually to solicit such railroad com panies so to act they are. to appoint, not a clerical amanuensis merely as secre tary (as is done in Portland), but a work ing secretary specially experienced in railroad construction and organization, who possesses the local "knowledge also, and the experience of all of the country tributary to Seattle, "to correspond with seven-"Western railway lines (whom-they name), and which secretary is to prepare, it Is proposed, railway" estimates of the probable cost of construction' of such transcontinental lines into Seattle, and to go East and viva voce discuss same with their several presidents there. "Why cannot the Chamber of Commerce of Portland do the sarije? Many Portland ers will remember that years ago I then strongly urged a filmlaeQurse and plan for Portland. But tho members o'f-Seat-tle's Chamber of Commerce go further and urge that that? city should own a. small belt line surrounding- the city and suburbs by which all new railways pro posing to enter the city 'should come in and go over the "same at a nominal charge for operating expenses and In terest and interchange products and pre vent the heavy charges iwhlch the North ern Pacific claims the O. R. & N. Co, did upon its freight destined for Alblna wharves. True, Glasgow, in Scotland, has had for vearst that system and had no difficulty in raising at 2y2 per cent interest the money so invested. The same policy, however, Mr. Donald Fletcher, the ex president of the Denver Chamber of Commerce claims (now in Seattle) got great railroad systems to go to Denver, and succeeded so well that Denver se cured many competing lines therein. Be this as it may, surely we in Portland can. If we will give equal, if not better, facilities and Inducements for such rail roads to terminate finally at Portland as Seattle can do, with fthe same prospective Asiatic trade, and coal on Nehalem Bay for ocean steamers going to China and via' the Nicaragua Canal to Eurone. "WILLIAM REID. Comments on the Stnrr Case. The comments on the case of Rev. S. A. Starr, just tried at Ashland before the Oregon Conference, in the community, are many and various. Those familiar with the case and the mass of evidence against him are noi surprised at the re sult. His friends even were not sur prised when they heard' the verdict, but the result seems not to have changed their opinion that he is Innocent and is a victim .of a conspiracy. 'It seems to be conceded 'that the verdict will end his career as a minister, as a different ver dict cannot be expected, even if he should take an appeal to the highest ecclesiastic tribune in the church, although Rev. C. E." Cline, D. D., who was expelled a year ago, took "an appeal and his caau was reversed and hetwas restored to the min istry. However, -the two cases are by no means parallel. ', A member of the official board of the Sunnyside Methodist Church said yesterday, that the church had not been brokea1 up, nor even badly disrupted by this, case-, Some excellent and Influential members, who believe Dr. Starr to be innocen; 'an'd wronged, left the church, but others pok their places, and the membership was again harmoni ous. A WEEK OF STOCK. At the Metropolitan. Commencing Sunda- an'd all week, tho Crawford Stock Company will present three scenic plays, Opening with a very interesting production Of "A True Kcn tucklanV a play never offered here be fore. It was originally produced at the Grand Opera House, Boston. It is new to the Metropolitan patrons, and it is not saying too much to'tidmlt that the pres ent production Is quite as satisfactory a tho original. It is s'aid. to be the most powerful and instructive , story of love, mystery and adventure aver written. It is a comedy drama blended ,wlth a broad romantic atmosphere of hovel conception and 'at times quite tragic intension. Sev eral strong settings decidedly realistic will be snown. The, vaudeville features come thick-and fast' making a continu ous performance. The specialties appear ing 'between the actare all new' and up to -datel Seats are -how- on sale at tha box office for the entire, stock engage ment. ' A1 DAYS,v OUTING. Those desiring tofipend Sunday in com fort should take, theTO. R. & N. train to Bonneville -Sunday arid f enjoy the "mag nificent scenery arid pool breezes tob-s had 'under the pine1 trees at- Bonneville. Train leaves Union depot at 9 A. M. Re turning, train reaches Portland at 4:30 P. M. The very 1 low rate, of. 60 cents for the round trip is still In effect. This rate is good on Sundays only. SEPTEMBER'S BIG FLEET FOURTEEN SHIPS, "WITH NET TON NAGE OF 25,000, IN PORT. X, Fontaine Arrives Atter & Lonar Passage Rlversdale Completes a Big- Cargo. The French bark La Fontaine arrived yesterday after a long passage of 168 days from Santander. She comes In bal last under charter to A Berg, and will receive dispatch not at all in keeping with her long voyage. The arrival of this vessel brings the fleet in port up to 14 vessels, with over 25.000 tons net regis ter. The outward bound fleet for the present month was rather slow In mov ing, but within the past 10 days five ships have finished 'loading and are now in -the stream or at Astoria, These vessels car ried over C70.000 bushels of wheat, an amount sufficient to bring the month's Shipments above those of August, with a fair prospect for one and possibly two mora ships to finish before October L The British ship RIversdale, which fin ished loading yesterday, carries one ot the largest cargoes for her tonnage that has ever 'left the port. She Is of 2057 tons net register, and has aboard 136,900 bushels of wheat, equlvalent-to 4107 short tons. The RIversdale came Into port about five weeks ago, bringing a cargo of over 4000 tons of cement. It was turned out in good shape, and by the time sbe was ready for cargo, her owners had no difficulty In fixing her outward at the highest rate of the season. She secures 47s 6(1, a rate which makes her a floatipg gold mine for the owners. SOME IMPARTIAL COMMENT. Eastern Oregon Editor Discusses the Scarcity of Ships. The editor of the "Weston Leader prints some Interesting comment on the wheat situation, which should be carefully studiedly the "Walla "Walla Union before It again discusses tha wheat tonnage sit uation. The .Leader man gives the ex porters credit, which is due, hut seldom accorded them, and sizes up the causes of the present high freight rates as fol lows: "Wheat would command a fair price from 55 to GO cents a bushel, were it not for the excessive figures demanded for ocean freights. It Is likely-that If wheat does go up a few cents charters wilt ad vance with it, and there Is not. much en couragement for" farmers to hold their crops. It is quite generally the case that when a man holds his wheat until an other season, and pays warehouse charges and interest meanwhile, he sees the time when he feels like retiring be hind the straw-stack to be kicked by the hired man. Exporters charge that farm ers are now paying for the time when they refused high prices for their wheat and allowed the exporter who had loaded up with tonnage to lay awake nights until his hair was gray, trying to figure how he could get a cargo without selling the office furniture and his wife's piano. He is wise now, and engages no more bottoms than he is sure of filling. This, as well as war's demands, makes tonnage scarce, at our Coast ports, and Is some thing on which the farmer should pon der. "We agree that the merciless ship owner should be hanged as a pirate and his vessels confiscated, but he is only taking a mean advantage of the law of supply and demand." MIDST SHOT AND SHELL. Inverness Discharges Cargo From Portland Under Disadvantages. The steamship Inverness, which left this port with a cargo of' lumber for the Orient about three months ago, 4 had a very exciting tinfe duringjhe first pt the Boxer outbreaks. Writing, to a friend in this city, Captain Clegg says: "We arrived off New Chwang bar(at 5 P. M August 1. too late to enter 'that dav. but on the next dav, at 9 A. M., we arrived at the town. The situation here was very bad. The Boxers were con stantly threatening to attack, and every body was in arms. Two Rusisan soldiers were killed and one wounded alongside our ship that night, bullets passing over our decks, and the crew on two occasions required me to leave the wharf and get out. For a long time we were the only foreign ship in harbor, but I held along side the wharf till a force of 7C0O Boxers was reported to be within two miles of us, whereupon I swung off into the stream at midnight with several refugees on board, women .and children. The ship was lying in a dangerous place to get under way quickly, and no pilot on board, but I succeeded In getting off safe ly from the wharf. The Boxers retreat ed next morning, so I came alongside again, but have been up night and day nearly all the time." AUSTRALIANS PROTEST. American Shipping Laws May Have to Re Changed. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21. By the steamer Monana today news was received of a strong protest in the Australian col onies ngalnst the application of Amer ican shipping laws to the Hawaiian Isl ands. The American laws prohibit ves sels from doing business between Amer ican ports except under the American flag, and this shuts out a number of British steamers that have been doing business between Hawaiian coast ports and Australia. Negotiations have begun, it Is an nounced, between the British and Amer ican Governments looking to a modifica tion of the laws. The Australians are talking of making reprisals upon Amer ican hipping In case the United States refuses to allow their steamers an, equal chance at Hawaii. STEAMER FOR TAHITI. Sailing Vessels Will Be Replaced by the Anstralln. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21. The Oceanic Steamship Company's steamer Australia, which for years has been run ning between here and Honolulu, will be taken off the Hawaiian run on her return from the Islands, and will be used to open the monthly service between here and Tahiti. The contract of the French Government for the carrying of the mails between here and Tahiti will go into ef fect November 1, and on that date the Australia will start on her Initial trip, supplanting three sailing vessels, which have up to the present time performed the mall service. After November 1 there will be a sailing every 33 days. The time each way will occupy 10 days. ' RIVER STEAME3RS BURNED. One Man Burned to Death, One Miss ing nnil One Injured at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Sept.' 21. In the destruction at an early hour today of the steamer "War Eagle, of the Eagle Packet Com pany, and the steamer Carrier, operated by the Calhoun Packet Company, at the foot of Locust street, one man, was burned to death, another is missing 'and a third painfully Injured, and property valued at nearly $100,000 was destroyed. The wharfboats Eagle and Illinois were b'adly damaged, and 'the cargo of the Car rier, consisting of wheat, apples and oth er produce, was totally burned. Two Vessels Ashore. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 21. A special to the Journal from Key "West; Fla., says it Is reported that two vessels are ashore on, one of the keys, about. 40 miles south ofjhere. It is reported also 'that half the crew of one-of the vessels has been lost. "Wreckers have gone to Investigate tha reports. . . Marine Notes. The Semantha Is receiving cargo at a lively rate, and will finish early next week. The Jupiter went 'through to Astoria without delay, arriving down, at noon yesterday. The river is at zero now, and the vessel was drawing over 22 feet. The steamer Del Norte, from San Fran cisco, by way of coast ports, arrived up about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, an,d wa3 "discharging redwood lumber at Couch-street dock yesterday forenoon. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Sept. 21. Arrived in at 11:30 A. M. French bark La Fontaine, from Santander. Arrived down at 12:45 P. M. Danish ship Jupiter, schooner Repeat. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moder ate; wind northwest, weather hazy. Guaymas. Arrived Sept. 17 Schooner Zampa, from Gray's Harbor. San Francisco, Sept. 21. Sailed Steam er Victoria, from Chemalnus; bark-Prussia, for Port Blakeley; schooner May flower, for Coquille River; schooner Jen nie Thelin, for Coos Bay; steamer Co quille River, for Gray's Harbor. Ar rlyed Steamer Mattewan, from Taco ma; schooner Prosper, from Bristol Bay; bark "W. "W. Case, from Alaska, Port Townsend, Sept'. ZL Passed in Steamer Aberdeen, from Skagway, for Seattle Arrived Steamer Charjes Nel son, from Cape Nome. Bristol Bay. Sailed August 26 Bark Coryphone, for San Francisco. San Diego. Sailed September 20 Ger man, ship Altalr, for Portland. Nushawak. In port August 31 Ships Tacoma, Oriental, St. Nicholas, Bohemia, Servia and Indiana; barks C. &. Kenney and "W. "W7 Case; steamers President and Kvlchak. New York, Sept 21. Arrived Rotter dam, from Rotterdam: Kaiser Frlederich, from Hamburg; Thlngvalla, frdm Rot terdam. . Havre, Sept. 21. Arrived La Bretagne, from New York. Moville, Sept. 21,-Salled Ethiopia,- from Glasgow for New York. Southampton, Sept. 21. Sailed Colum bia, from Hamburg for New 'York via Cherbourg. Boston, Sept. 21. Arrived Sylvanla, from Liverpool. NEW EAST SIDE SAW MILL. Cone Bros. Will Build a. Plant at Portsmouth. The Cone Bros., who have operated a saw mill at Troutdale for a number of years, have secured a site for their mill on what Is known as the Marshall tract, near the foot of Portsmouth avenue, about half way between University Park and St. Johns. They have had under contemplation a removal of their mill at Troutdale for some time, and secured the site several weeks ago. H. Cone has al ready moved with his family to Ports mouth so he can be on hand to superin tend the erection of the new saw mill at that point. Also several other families, whose heads have been employed at Troutdale, are arranging to move to Portsmouth. The plant at Troutdale Is now being transferred to the new site at Portsmouth. The Troutdale saw mill has a cutting capacity of about 50,000 feet of lumber per day, but It Is under stood that the new mill will have about double that capacity. At the old site the mill has engaged mostly In cutting rail way ties, but It has always been very difficult to get logs down the Sandy River, which is too shallow In the Sum mer and too much of a torrent In the "Winter months. Cone Bros, have timber enough to supply their two mills, one being at Vancouver, for the next 30 years. The enterprise will be a big help to Portsmouth, University Park and the Peninsular, which suffered a sever blow when the Portland University moved away, and It will cause a revival in that district. A considerable force of mien will be employed in the mill who will llye'ln the community, and most of. them w'ill have families. On the whole the mill may be better In some respects for the Peninsula than the school was." "Work on the construction of tho new mill has been commenced, and will be crowded forward as rapidly as possible, so that it will bo under cover before the rains set in. The location of this saw mill will likely hasten the construction of the proposed railway spur to St. Johns. Until a switch is built down the river, the mill will have to ship lumber by water. Railway on East Ninth Street. The Oregon Packing Company is ask ing, for the privilege of constructing a railway on East Ninth street from the In tersection of Division street It is pro posed that this spur shall extend from the Oregon & California Railway to Bel mont street. The pending ordinance also provides that a secondary switch may be built to the company's packing-house on the corner of East Ninth and East Yam hill streets. The packing company is ask ing the Council for the right to build this switch so that railway facilities may be had for the cannery, which is a large establlsnment. East Ninth street Is not Improved, and one of the conditions Is that In case It is improved that portion of that street occupied by the railway shall be Improved by the company and also kept In repair. The railway shall also be under the general direction of the City Council and Board of Public "Works, and shall be constructed as di rected. The spur Is to be completed wltxi ln 12 months after the passage of the ordinance. Meat Market Robbed. The meat market of Gellnsky Bros., on the corner of East Sixth and East Morri son streets, was broken Into Thursday night and robbed of a quantity of arti cles. Entrance Into the shop was effected through the front screen door by cutting the screen and lifting the Inside hook. A quantity of lard, bacon and meats was taken. The money till and safe were not molested. Broken Shoulder-Blade. Oscar Pechsteiner, of Woodstock, met with a sovere accident yesterday, by which his left shoulder-blade was broken. He came out of his store In a hurry and, falling, struck his shoulder against the sidewalk, fracturing It. He came on to the city and had the fracture reduced. East Side Notes. T. R. Manning and family, who have been at Long Beach, returned to their home, 651 East Seventeenth and Broad way -streets, yesterday. Mrs. Emory Oliver and family, who have been spending the Summer at the coast, returned to their home yesterday, i53 East Twenty-sixth street. Michael J. Hally and family will move to The Dalles In a few days, where he has a good position. They have resided on the East Side for some time. J. Elliott, who recently returned from Nome, Is preparing to ship a large quan tity of eggs to that mining camp, where he thinks they will find ready sale. Mrs. John H. Hall and children, who have been at the coast for some time, have returned to their home on East Burnside and East Thirteenth streets. T. J. Rowe, who lives on East Tenth and Weidler streets, left his bicycle on the back porch Thursday evening, but It was gone yesterday morning, it having been stolen during the night. L. R. Train let a contract for the erec tion of a J2500 dwelling yesterday on East Burnside and East Nineteenth streets. Four other dwellings are being put up on East Burnside street at an average cost of $2000. Attorney Fred Keenan, who has been sick at the St. Vincent's Hospital, is slowly Improving, and will probably be able to leave the hospital by the end of the month. He is too weak to walk, but is growing stronger dally. Dr. Wise, room 614, The Dekum. "The best pill I ever used," I3 the fre quent remark of purchasers of Carter's Little Liver Pills. When you try them you will say the same. WHY EARNINGS KEEP UP RAILROADS UNAFFECTED BY MIN NESOTA WHEAT FALLURE. Diversity of Crops Carried the State Beyond Dependence on Grain Northern .Pacific's Situation A dispatch from St. Paul gives tha following statement and explanation of the earnings of the Northern Pacific Railway: The earnings of the Northern Pacific for August and September were so large, and Increasing week upon week, that in terest has been attracted to the road. With the almost total failure of crops on the lino of this road east of the Missouri such a showing comes as a surprise, and tha railroad and financial world would like to know how It comes about. There are several reasons, but the main one Is the healthy financial condition of the country through which the Northern Pacific passes, the acquisition of new feeders and the phenomenal growth of business, which Is the result of prosperous tTmes and a general feeling that tho future is still more promising. To quota the words of a high Northern Pacific official: "In July tho Northwest woke up to the realization that the wheat crop and a large part ot the other small grain was lost. For a month this created a panicky feeling all over the Northwest. The Northern Pacific imbibed some of this feeling. By the end of July or early In August the people had come to realize that something was wrong In their calculations. The Ios3 of crops did not produce the anticipated results. Tho truth dawned at last that the Northwest, especially Minnesota, is not now depend ent upon grain. It had gradually passed that stage without knowing it. "Then came an Inventory, and farmers and merchants found that they were spending Just as much money and buy ing Just as many goods as when the grain crop was a full ono. They had be come Identified with a diverse system ot farming, and the loss fell but slightly on each one. Confidence returned and but for a few short weeks before tho harvest one would not know that wo were short of grain. General business has revived. The attendance at stata fairs and county fairs has been uniform ly larger than ever before; immigration has been heavier, the mills have run steadier, the roine3 have produced more ore, the factories have extended their output, and new enterprises have been established. This is true of all points on our lines. "That the Northern Pacific territory is prosperous is shown by the increasing passenger travel. The additional Coast train which we put on between St. Paul and Puget Sound In May as an experi ment has been a money-maker from tha day it started. In fact, both trains havo been crowded so that for days In suc cession all our sleeping-car berths were sold out two and three days before the train started. Considerable of this travel was tourist business. It is true, but this travel was not larger than that of a year ago. so that the great Increase is shown to have been In through and local business on our main line. The North Coast Limited was put on to run till November 1. but it appears very much as though it would have to remain perma nently. "With the completion of the Burlington line from Denver to Billings we have ac quired a most valuable traffic, both freight and passenger. From points in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Arkan sas to Helena,. Butte and all points west to Puget Sound we have the shortest route, and this will naturally make tho route a popular one and greatly Increase our traffic west from Billings. "We have sent 10,000 settlors Into tha country along our line west of the Min nesota border during the past season. More xthan half of these have gone to the far West to develop the various Indus tries and contribute to the traffic of tha road. "The Oriental trade, yet in its Infancy, is growing enormously. Our freight ship ments are undergoing a change. It is only this Summer that the first tralnload of fruit was brought from the Coast and the first complete train made up ot silks from a foreign land. Tha fruit, 'of course, came from the Pacific Coast. Tha shipment of lumber has grown to be an Important item from the Coast. Struc tural Iron Is another big freight Item, and until these things are manufactured on the Coast the business will continue ta Increase. When peace conditions are re stored in China flour Is likely to be ona of our principal exports, and that will afford the Western roads an Important Item which they do not now receive to any considerable extent. Cattle sheep and horse shipments. Instead of decreas ing, will steadily Increase. The North ern Pacific has entered upon a new era of prosperity." Opposed io New Traffic Deal. NEW YORK. Sept. 2L Members of tha grain trade of the New York Produce Exchange are not inclined to regard with favor the agreement entered into by tho four railroads connecting Buffalo with New York to pool the grain-carrying trade between these two cities. Tho opinion is expressed that the new traffic arrangement will prove detrimental to the Interests of New York; that prac tically the same causes which led to the abandonment of two similar agreements formerly will again operate to dissolve the present pool; that the railroads can not In themselves successfully offset com petition ot rival ports, particularly that of the Canadian water route; and that the compact to restore and maintain rate from Buffalo to New York, thereby elim inating competition In rates between the two points, will only tend to create new competition at other ports. The salmon catch, at Rogue-River fell 75 per cent short this year. NOT TOBACCO But Coffee Was the Cause of the Trouble. An old veteran from Springfield, Mass.. made a curious experiment In the use of tobacco and coffee. Ha says: "I have been an Incessant smoker for 40 years, using at times 20 cigars a day, besides several pipes. I wa3 also very fond of coffee. "In 1893 I noticed my stomach, was be coming weak and that I could not retain my breakfast. Within six months after ward I had arrived at that stage where I vomited up at least five breakfasts each week. The doctor claimed that the sick ness was caused by smoking,, so I went under tho care of Dr. Barbault, of Spen cer, Mass.. who cured me of the tobacco habit. For eight months I refrained from Its use, but the vomiting still continued "My physician then attributed It to ca tarrh, so I carefully dosed myself with the catarrh cures, but the vomiting be came more severe, though not more fre quent. I therefore concluded to resume my smoking and get as much comfort as possible in that direction. I noticed that tho smoking did not increase tha vomit ing. "Quite a time after that I me a. friend who In one minute put me on the right track by telling me that he was satisfied that it was coffee that caused my'trouble. I stopped drinking coffee, and within a week the vomiting ceased entirely. "Shortly after that I took to using Postum Food Coffoe and found It filled all the requirements of coffee. My fam ily are using it regularly, and like It as well as the best Java coffee, after be coming accustomed to lt3 use. We know from practical experience of the benefi cial effects of Postum Food Coffee. Please omit my name." Name and ad dress can be given by Postum Cereal Co Llnu, Battle Creek, Mich,