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s THE MORNING OREGONLAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1900. ANOTHER SAILOR FOUND PATOHT IX BOARDING-HOUSE BY '"bscrrKD states marshal. k Wo Recognized by His Captain i Di Jfot Deny His Identity Of tcers Pleasantly Received. United States Marshal Houser and two deputies searched the sailor boarding lioustf of Sullivan, Grant & McCarron at Second and Glisan streets last evening. ?Dhey "had "warrants for the arre'st of 46 snen. charged with deserting from British vessels here. One man, Alfred Western lund, -was identified by the master oftne Genista and admitted that he belonged to that ship, so the officers placed him trader arrest. He left the Genista at As toria he first night the ship was in the xlver. He says he was given liquor and the next thing he knew he was off the chip. He has been in the hop district a considerable part of the five weeks since Jfe left the vessel. T3he boarding-house people welcomed the officers to their place, threw open the doors for inspection of the premises and 5hen got about 25 men out and lined them up on the sidewalk for examination "by the representatives of the various ves sels, who were on band to Identify their respective men if any should be Jund. None of the sailors for whom search was being made came out for in spection. Before the search was con cluded oie "Of the officers discovered a jnan on the roof, but when they managed !to get up inside the bouse to see who was on the roof, none could be found there. Suspicion was directed to one room that had not been searched, and when the officers entered it they discovered a sailor who had apparently tried to .conceal himself under the bed. He was taken out and proved to be Westernlund, one of the men wanted. He made no Attempt to deny his Identity. Both Sullivan and Grant declared that they had not known that "Westernlund was a Genista sailor, or that he was con cealed in the house. .During the visit of the officers there was a. free and not Ill-natured Interchange of compliments between the vessel men and agents interested in the isailors, and the boarding-house masters. The boardlng iiouse people bluntly admitted that they would be fools to be caught harboring members of the crews of the Genista or Orealla. They said they knew where tthere were SO. other sailors, intimating that the men could be ready for service when conditions should be propitious. iUHIOK'S LOW VALUATION. &ase&sor Brown. TliJnks It Should Be Haiti ed. Ben Brown, Assessor of Union County, was In the city yesterday, on his return Jrom Salem. The assessment Xor this year, he said, was about completed, and deputies Are engaged in figuring up totals which Trill bring Union County's taxable wealth to about $4,000,000. "We must keep the valuation down, in order to follow Multnomah County's ex ample," he said, "as we don't want to Jbear more than our share of the state tax. "Property has been assessed at about one-third its cash value In Union County this year, and this will bring the levy up to 24 mills for state, county and school. In towns like La Grande or Union the levy will be 10 to 20 mills higher. "It would look better if the valuation was Taised all over the state and the levy lowered, as this would show a great er aggregate of .property values. Union County's valuation had just as well be $10,000,000 as $4,000,000, but the policy of each bounty In the stae seems to be to "ken-rAhe assessment down. This wxll cause the state levy to laise accordingly, and If each county persists In lowering the valuation, the state levy is likely to ultimately reach .20 mills, as the state expenses must he paid. I think a State Board of Equalization should attend to this important matter, as the way affairs are trending, there will be no system at all in valuation and taxation of property, and a great deal of dissatisfaction must eventually result" Mr. Brown thinks the La Grande sugar industry is a great thing for Union Coun ty, as it will cause a rise in the value of beet-producing lands. Many tracts which -a. few years ago were considered almost valueless have risen to ?50 an acre, as a result of beet growings These lands are now as ssessed at $10 an acre. The era of small farms has alreadj' begun, and fam ilies have purchased tracts of five, 10 and 20 acres, where they are making a suc cess of beet culture. This industry has been tried on too large a scale in the Grand Ronde "Valley to be profitable, as some farmers started In to raise as many as 300 acres. He believes Irrigation would be a great help in raising beets on the dry, level tracts of light soil, and think. more attention will be given to artificial watering as time passes. There are as' many head of stock in Union County as formerly, but they are now owned in smaller bunches. The -settling up of the country has'5 done away with large bands of sheep and cattle, and few of these now remain. MUST 'stssriefETAOINNN O DONE IN THE COURTS. Case of Ejected Railroad Passen ger. Attorney W, W. Cotton yesterday ar gued before Judge Frazer 'that W. Bab cock, who was put off a train of the O. R. &' ?T. Co, at Troutdale, a homeseekers' excursion ticket which he had being te fused by the conductor, can only recover toz a breach of contract. Counsel con tended that It is not a case of tort under which damages can be recovered from the company for the alleged wrongful act or Injury occasioned by the ejectment. The court was inclined to favor this position, but as the question is an Im portant one. Judge Frazer consented to allow Ed Mendcnhall, attorney for the plaintiff, to submit further authorities before rendering a decision. The difference it makes to the plaintiff whether he can sue only for a breach of contract, instead of upon a tort, Is that In the former case the fact that he was put off the train will not be admis sible as evidence tending to establish damages, and he can recover only the value of the ticket and interest and any damages he may have suffered through baving been delayed from continuing his Journey and any loss consequent upon the delay, etc Petition in Bankruptcy. John Gellatly, farmer, of Philomath, Benton County, yesterday filed a petition in bankruptcy In the United States Court. His liabilities amount to ?7800; assets, $6000. Mr. Gellatly remarked as he filed the petition that It was the result of a failure of crops when a man was on the larlnk. Court Notes. The trial of George Dixon, the deed forger, was set for October 3. The trial of A. M. Springer for an out rageous crime was set for October 17. The trial of Fay Severe for the murder of Emma Golden was set for October 25. The trial of James Warren for the xnurderof William Kirk was set for Oc tober 11 by Judge George, yesterday. Emmet1 KTealond, by his guardian, P. G. Nealond, yesterday filed an answer to the damage suit of William Spreltzer by his father as guardian. Nealond de nies that he shot the Spreltzer boy In the left eye maliciously. He avers that he was examining the air sun, and was In theact of closing it when, without any fault upon hia part, it was dis charged, and Spreltzer, who was stand ing near sideways, was, hit In the eye. A bench warrant was Issued by order of Judge George yesterday fortA. C Froome, who was convicted some time ago and fined $100 for practicing dentistry without a license. ,He ' neglected to pay the fine at the time, but agreed to do so yesterday when telephoned to by the Sheriff regarding the warrant.- Judgment was rendered in the Circuit Court in favor of John Maxwell against the -boat Klickitat, and an order made by Judge Sears directing the Sheriff to make sale of the boat. The claims sued upon by Maxwell are those of the ship carpenters, Joiners, laborers and painters for wages earned In the construction of this boat for the Columbia Navigation & Construction Company. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. Grading East Twenty-eigfHtb Street Other Matters. Contractor Wolf has a large force of graders at work on East Twenty-eighth street, between East Stark and York. The force Is divided in two parts, one working at the south end of the street and the other at the north end. The grading is progres.jlnir rapidly. Some of the cuts are-very deep, averaging six feet Low lots bordering on the street are be ing filled up. The City & Suburban Bail way Company has a large quantity of ties-for use on the extension jof the rail way to York street. No one seems to know whether the railway will be' built across Sullivan's Gulch or not, although it is, said that It will be carried over to the north bank. Holla day Sewer Extension. Work has been commenced on the Hol laday sewer extension. It begins at the corner of East Eleventh street, and Hol laday avenue, and at East Thirteenth street turns northward. Three blocks of the deep trench has been dug. The main portion of the conduit will be of stone and brick. It will serve a wide district north east of the Holladay Park. This Is tha most extensive .sew ex work undertaken since the completion of the Stmnyslde system. Street Improvements. East Grant street, Stephens' Addition, will be Improved between East Sixth and Bast Twelfth streets, by graveling the full width of the roadway. -Also Bast Twelfth street will be Improved between Hawthorne avenue and Clinton streets. There is a cycle path on the east side of East Twelfth street, one of the best In the city, which will probably be destroyed when the street Is tlmproved, cutting off access to the Oregon City path. Three Cars Ditched. Three freight cars were ditched at Fdir vlew Sunday, as the castbound freight train was passing through that place. The accident -was caused by a misplaced switch. Only three cars of the long train left the track. The O. R. & N. sent out a. "wrecking train, and soon had the track clear, without causing any delay of the other trainsr ' The wreck called together a considerable crowd of people from the surroundings. , Death, of a Farmer. Samuel Erlckson, a well-known farmer living near Sycamore, died Saturday at his home after a short illness. He was 55 years old, and left a wife and several children. He had lived in the neighbor hood for a number" of years. The funeral will take place tomorrow from the house, and the cemetery near Damascus will be the place of Interment. East Side Notes. The material for the Cone sawmill, at Portsmouth, Is arriving from Troutdale, and work of construction will commence at once. Already some of the families have arrived and taken up their abode in that vicinity. Policemen are not discriminating In making arrests of wheelmen riding on the sidewalks. Only the other day a promi nent member of the Cycle Council was caught riding on the sidewalk on the East Side, well out where he thought there could not be a policeman. Arrangements will be made this evening at the meeting of the McKlnley and Roosevelt Republican Club at the office of Justice "Vreeland, for the big rally next Saturday night, at the hall on Union ave nue and East Morrison street. A quartet has already been secured, and-an interest ing time is expected at the Saturday night rvJly. Dr. Wise, room 614, The Dekum. PERSONAL MENTION, J. W. Fletcher, a Dayton hopgrower, Is at the St. Charles. B. Matthews, a Heppner stockman, Is at the St. Charles. H. S. Sherard, a mining man of Baker City, Is at the Imperial. J. T. Tuffs, a Wolf Creek business man, Is registered at the Imperial. L. A. Porter, a merchant of The Dalles, Is registered at the Imperial. S. Normlle, a contractor, of Astoria, Is registered at the Imperial. Charles L. Willis and wife, of the "Hindoo Hoodoo" company, are at the Imperial. C. H. Abernathy, a well-known hop raiser, of Champoeg, registered at the St. Charles yesterday. E. L. Smlth, president of the State Board of Horticulture, Is registered at the Imperial from Hood River. Frank J. Sladen has returned to New Haven, Conn., to resume his studies at Yale as a member of the junior class. D. A. McCalister, Representative of Union County, registered at the Perkins yesterday, on his return from the State Fair. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Vosburg, of Du Bols, la., are visiting Mrs. Vosburg's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. IC N. Sellwood, at their home, 41 East Thirty-first street. T. -J. 'Cottle, a former resident of Port land, is registered at the Perkins from Preston, Sonoma County, Cal. Mr. Cot tle still owns 100 acres within Portland city limits In the vicinity of Guild's Lake. George L. Baker left last night for Baker City, where ho Intends to locate permanently and assume the manage ment of the Baker City Opera-House and also to engage In business. He car ries with him the best wishes of a host of warm friends for his success in his undertakings. Mr. Baker will return next week for hls family. NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Mr. H. Wit tenberg called at the Eastern office of The Oregonlan today. He is attending the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company. Mr. A. G. Labbe, who is en route for Williams College, was also a caller. IMPORTANT TO TOURISTS. The Rio Grande Western has arranged for another of ltz popular personally con ducted tourist excursions. This will leave Salt Lake City every Sunday evening, and run into Chicago, via the Illinois Cen tral Railroad. This arrangement gives passengers, who have an objection to traveling Sundays, an opportunity to pass that day In the Mormon capital, and also to attend the public services at the Tab ernacle. The Rio Grande Western's oth er excursions leave Portland Mondays, over the Missouri Pacific and Chicago & Alton; Tuesdays, over the Rock Island route; Wednesdays, over the Burlington route; Thursdays, over both the Burling ton and Missouri Pacific and Alton. For full particulars as to rates, and for 5leeping-car reservations, apply to J. D. Monsfleld, general agent, 263 Washington street, Portland." After serious illness Hood's Sarsaparllla imparts the strength and vigor so much needed, TO FILL THE VACANCY NOMINATIONS FOR REPRESENTA TIVE TO SUCCEED KNOTT. Republican Method Will Be by Peti tion and Ratification Citizens Favorable to Committee. 4 T The Republican candidate for Repre sentative to fill the vacancy caused by the death of A. J. Knott will b'e nomi nated by petition of Individual electors and the nomination will be ratified by the city and county committee. If sev eral Republicans seek the, nomination in this way the committee will select the one deemed to be best qualified. No de cision has been reached by the Demo crats, Mltchell-McBrldltes and Populist"?, who, fused last June under the nameof Citizens, as to the method tlrey will pur sue. The present talk among their lead ers is in favor of leaving the nomination to the committee of five which named the Citizens Legislative ticket for the June election, and ratify the nomination by an assembly of electors. This com mittee consists of Judge Thomas O'Day, W. E. Burke, John Montag, N. A. Peery and Johnson White., , There .has been considerable doubt as WILKIE C. WHO WILL CONTEST IN THE PACIFIC COAST BILLIARD TOURNAMENT. "W. C. Dunlway, -who -will represent the Multnomah Club In the Pacific Coast billiard tour nament, under tho auspices of the Olympic Club', of San Francisco, left last evening for Cal ifornia. The tournament will begin on October 1. and tho few days remaining before that time will be utilised by him In actho practice on tho regulation 5xl0 table. The competi tion Is open to any amateur on tho coast in class B rank, except Mitchell, SIgourney, Heln ecke and Wright, of San Francisco, who have "been transferred to class A because-of their superior skill. A class A tournament -will also be held. In Portland Mr. Dunlway is-regard-cd as the cleverest local amateur plajer, and has a flne Idea of tha theory of tho game, as well as considerable technical mastery. He has been handicapped by practice on smaller tables'than the regulation size, and during only the last couple of -weeks has he been ablo to play on the largest table in Portland, 4jcP. Tho rames aro to be 14-lnch balkllno, two shots In balk. The friends of Mr. Dunlway aro confident that he has an excellent chance of winning tho prlzo trophy offered. to tho legal method to be pursued, and tho Republicans, to be safe, decided upon nomination by petition and subsequent ratification by the city "and county com mittee. When Senator Simon resigned In 1898, Dr. S. E. Josephl was nominated by the city and county committee to suc ceed him. The certificate filed by Chair man Mackay and Secretary Bancroft cer. tlfied that the committee wap, by vote, and resolution of the city and county convention of 1S9S, "duly authorized, em powered and directed to fill any vacancy j caused by reason of death, withdrawal or , refusal to accept the nomination of sam convention, and any vacancy In any of the offices in said county that may occur prior to the meeting of the Republican City and County Convention to be held in the year 1900, by death, resignation or otherwise." The certificate further stat ed that Senator Simon, who had been nominated by the convention of April, 1838, and elected In June, 1S9S. had re signed. This year the case Is somewhat different. Representative Knott, who died, was not nominated by the Repub lican City and County Convention, and the committee could not legally certify that the vacancy created by his deatn pertained to an office for which a Repub lican had originally been nominated and to which he had been elected- For this reason, tho committee decided that the nomination by petition would be safer and not so burdensome as primaries and a county convention. Probably there will be no active can vass for tho Republican nomination until after Governor Geer Issues the writ for the election. The so-called Citizens, or anti-Republicans, have several persons In view, but so far as outward appearances go havo not decided upon any one. Among those mentioned for the nomination are John B. Coffey, a merchant tailor; C. E. S. Wood, a noted anti-Imperialist lawyer, and W. A. Storey, who. It will be remem bered, was at one time Mayor of Portland. DILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estnte Transfers. James Gammans to Laura M. Gam mans, lot 6. block 1. Clifford's Ad dition; lot 4, block 15, Subdivision In Proebstel's Addition; lots 3 and 4, block 2; lots 1 and 2. block 3; lot 3, block 4: lots 11, 12, 17 and 18, block 5; lots 1 and 2. block 6; lots 7, 8, 15, 16. 19 and 20 block 7; lots, 3, 4, 7. 8. 19 and 20, block 8, Edgemont, March 16. 1897 ? 1 Security Savings & Trust Co , to G. G. Gammans. lot 6, block 17, Wil lamette Heights, August 28 1 Sheriff, for Jane Clayson and Hus band, to Albert Fehrenbach, lots 1 to 9, Inclusive, and 22 to 30, Inclus ive, block 1. Alberta, September 14. 950 William Henry Eggleston and wife to Claud J. Eggleston, 41xP0 lot 9, block 5, Alblna Addition, September 18 225 Matilda Marks and Sophia Rebecca Wolff to James Dickson, undivided one-half lot 6, block 139, Couch's Ad dition August 2S 1 James Smallbone to Henry H. Davis, lots 9 and 10. block 12. Willamette Addition, September 21 23 Nelson A. Bossing and wife to K. E. Sloan, lots 7 and 8. block 15, Smith's Subdivision, East Portland, Septem ber21 w 2000 Bnildinfr Permits. B. B. Rich, two-story dwelling, Marshall street, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth; ?4000. L. R. Train, two-story dwelling. East Burnslde, between East Eighteenth and East Twentieth; $2000. Deaths. September 21 A. Kobayaskl," 34 years, Japanese; typhoid fever. September 22 William Grooms, 77 years, 203 Twelfth street; chronic cystitis. . . September 22 Lewis' Broughor 74 years, from Spokane, St.-VfncentTs ""Hospital;. Bright's disease.- , . .September 20 Richard .WBowman49 years, from Ohio; tuberculosis. September 22 John Fitzgerald, 4S years, County' Hospital; "mitral regtffg'ftatlori. September 23 Frederick Harvey,. 2 years, 347 Grand avenuefjaccidental poisoning. j r ' Contagions Diseases. (Herbert Wentwcwth, East Thirty-sixth street, Sunnyside; smallpox, Herman- and Freda Frederick, East Twelfth and East Clay streets; small pox. Marriapre licenses. ' C. Lindstrom, aged 28, Chehalis County, Washington, Lagertha Nelson, aged 21; Frederick M, Branch, 32, Helen R. Hack ett, 36. HELPS EASTERN OREGON, O. R & X. Presents Its Exhibit to Pendleton. The O. R. & N. Co. was well represent ed at the recent Pendleton street fair and carnival. Officers of the company who attended were R. B. Miller, assist ant general freight agent; A. A. Morse, contracting agent; R. C. Judson, indus trial agent; R. Rums, general agent, and R. McGahey, traveling freight agent at Walla Walla, and F. T. Wamsley, local agent at Pendleton. On Saturday, the last day of the fair,' Mr. Judson wrote the Xol- DUNIWAY. lowing letter to Dr. C. J. Smith, presi dent of the carnival: t - "Learning that the Commercial Club of your city Intends to put up a perma nent exhibit of grains and grasses to' further immigration at this point, I wish you would present our entire grain ex hibit new installed In your street fair to the Commercial Club, with tho com pliments of the traffic department of the O. R. & N. Co., with a hopo that It may bo of much benefit to you." Tho. offer was thankfully accepted by Dr. Smith on behalf of the people of Pen dleton. An important concession was made by the O.' R. & N. Co. to tho creameries on Camas Prairie, which have been endea voring for some time to find a market in Portland for their butter. Rates, how ever, had been against them. The haul ing charge from Camas Prairie to Pen dleton was 1 cent a pound. From Pen dleton to Portland the express rate was 2 cents a pound, while the railroad freight rate was 95 cents per 100 pounds, with a charge of 65 cents per 100 for re turning the packages. When the Port land excursion reached Pendleton Sat urday the Camas Prairie creamery pro prietors hunted up W. B. Glafke and ex plained tho situation to him. He in turn took them to R. B. Miller, assistant gen eral freight ajrent of the O. R. & N., and represented that the best solution of the matter would be for the railroad com pany to give the Pacific Express Com pany full sway In the butter business. Mr. Miller agreed, and Informed H. Beck wlth, route agent of the express company, that he could make rates with the Idea of. drawing the Camas Prairie business to Portland. Mr. Beckwlth said that a rate of V& cents a pound and 5 cents each on packages was satisfactory to him, and that- be would make recommendations to that effect to the head officers of his company. This proposed rate will be ef fective until February 1, after which the matter of a reduction to 1 cent will be taken up. The 1-cent rate will depend upon the condition of the butter market and other trade factors. Eastern Oregon 'is making considerable advancement In dairy production, and now that the Camas Prnlrlo country has got into the Portland market, other parts of the eastern section may be expected to look for an outlet this way. Went Off With n Bijr Noise. Antelope Herald. Land Commissioner Hermann was at Corvallls last Saturday, and fired a good, big gun In the Presidential campaign. In cidentally, Mr. Hermann is carrying with him a "gatling 'gun," which he fires Jn his own campaign for the United States Senatorship, whenever an occasion pre sents Itself. This Senatorial race prom ises to he an 'interesting one from many standpoints With the Mitchell and Mc Bride forces for McBrlde, the Corbett, and Commissioner Hermann muddying the waters for all of them, the Legislat ive hajls during the next session of the Legislature will be a flne school for the aspiring young politician who wants to learn all the "tricks of the trade." 0 Also If He Is Not. East Oregonlan. We'are told that "if, Bryan is elected we will go to the devil." Those who think this are well along on the road already, so they should not care. Every mind Is endowed 'wltfi, power to , create his own kind of devi.,as best becomes his fancy and environment The man who feels well toward others Mentlrely free from devils himself. Those Swho attribute dev ils to' -others rare most frequently pos sessed of devils. c ' " HIGH OFFER IS REJECTED HALE WOOD WILL NOT TAKE CHAR TER AT 51S 3D. Bigrsest Offer Xor Many Years From Portland Loaded Ships Are Get- ingr Away From Port. It was reported yesterday that the-British ship Halowood, which came to the Columbia JRiver seeking and Is now lying at Astoria, had been offered a wheat charter to the United Kingdom at 51s 3d, and had declined It. The particulars of the offer could not be ascertained. This is the price her .master has been holding for, and the rejection of It shows that he expects even better than the 51s 3d. Tho Kalewood Is the only disengaged ship in the river. The upward tendency in char, ters is so strong that Chese figures occa sion little surprise. The high rates have the effect of making the wheat mrarket weak. The price from San Francisco is quoted at 45s id. The British ship Riversdale completed her load yesterday, and will sail without waiting to fill her crew, from which, three men have deserted. She will go down the river today or tomorrow. The Italian ship Ellsa has also completed her load o grain for Delagoa Ray. The Australia Is on her way down the river, and will go to sea witb three less men in her crew than she brought ( to port. WORK ON NEW BOATS. Poor Snips Are Under Way at the Johnston Yard. ' At the Johnston boatyard, Hawthorne avenue and East Water street, work has Just started on a big barge for Hosford Bros., which will be 130 feet long, 33& beam, and 8 feet depth of hold. It will -be used for transporting paper, lum ber and other articles. Some of the tim bers for the frame have been cut out and the hull will soon be laid out In the boatyard. In this same yard the propeller for Jacob Kamm and others are nearlng com pletion. There has been much delayjph account of the machinery not belngfre celved. The engines, which were shipped from New York yesterday, will be of.,300 horse-power. The boiler Is being built In Portland. While this handsome craft was not built for speed, It It thought she will glide through the water very rapidly. With a 500-horse power engine she would be speedy. Her hull, as she .stands In the shipyard, excites the admiration of steamboatmen for her symmetrical pro portions. In the yard south of East Clay street the flne tug, built for the Nehalem Lum ber Company, Is being made ready for launching. This tug Is regarded as one of the finest craft of the kind built in any of the Portland boatyards. Alongside the tug is the frame of 'a big barge for the same company. It Is 140 feet in length. There has been a considerable shortage of men In the shipyards, while work has been In progress on the Thrya, but now that the transport has been fitted out and moved away, a large number of carpen ters will be released for other work. FIFTY VESSELS MISSING. French. War Vessel Searching tor Distressed Craft. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 24. More than 50 French vessels from St. Pierre are still missing as the result of the recent gale and much alarm Is felt for their safety. Many, doubtless, are disabled, but it Is almost certain that others have found ered. The French flagship Isley has been ordered from the treaty shore, It Is re ported here, to cruise over the Grand Banks with a view of learning the extent of the disaster and of assisting any ves sel requiring help. Glcno&lc Libel Snit Testimony. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 24. Hearing of testimony in the libel suit In admiralty of the Puget Sound & Alaska Steamship Company against tho steamship Glenogle for sinking the steamer Kingston In Ta coma harbor In April, 1899, was begun to day before S C. Bridges, sitting as special Commissioner. The suit Is for $100,000 damages. i Steamer Burned at the Wharf. TACOMA, Sept. 24. The steamer Crest, running between Tacoma and Gig Harbor, burned at the wharf at the latter place this morning. She was a new boat, cost ing ?10,000, and had been In service about three months. Hunt Bros, were the own- New Steamer for Connille. It Is reported that Captain Robert Fred erick and Chris. Long have purchased a small steamer In Alaska for 518.000, which they will 'place on the Coqullle-San Fran cisco route, says the Marshfield Sun. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Sept. 24. Condition of the bar at 4:30 P. M., rough; wind, north west; weather, hazy. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer Del Norte, for San Francisco. San Francisco, Sept. 21. Sailed Schoon er Abble, for Coos Bay; schooner Maria B. Smith, for Port Gamble. Arrived Steamer City of Puebla, from Victoria; ship Tacoma, from Nushagak; ship Ori ental, from Bristol Bay; schooner Viking, from Coos Bay. Seattle Arrived Sept. 22 Ship Iroquois, from Honolulu. Sailed Sept. 22 United States ship Lawton, for Cape Nome. Honolulu Sailed Sept. 14 Ships Invin cible and J. B. Brown, for Puget Sound. To .sail Sept. 13 Ships Florence and Standard, for Tacoma. Port Blakeley Arrived Sept. 22 Schoon er Peerless, from Ventura. Port Gamble Arrived Sept. 23 Ship Star of Italy, from Port Townsend. Honolulu To sail Sept. 15 British ship Kllmory, for Oregon; German ship Phil adelphia, for Oregon. Port Townsend Arrived Sept. 23 Bark General Fajrchild, front" Honolulu. Sailed Steamer Al-,Ki, for Skagway. Kaanapall Arrived prior to Sept. 5 Bark Highland Light, from Tacoma. Boston, Sept. 24. Sailed Peruvian, for Glasgow. Inlshowen Head, Sept. 24. Passed Nu midian, from Montreal for Liverpool. Gibraltar, Sept. 24. Sailed Ems, from Genoa and Naples for New York. Bremen, Sept. 24. Arrived Trave, from New York via Southampton. New York, Sept. 21. Arrived Menomi nee, from Liverpool. Bryan's Gratitnde. Tacoma Ledger. The dignified Richard Olney, the open mouthed Bourke Cockran and other Gold Democrats who with blushing apologies have come back into the Bryan camp must be elated at their reception. When Bryan found they were with him, he ac knowledged It with all tho grace of a cow on skates. He said: "I am. glad to get back the old Demo crats who wandered away. If I had known that so many were coming back, I would have made arrangements to have py. -"T" 7. BORDEN S BRAND CONDENSED MILK had "manufactured a largo number of candy fatted calves to give to those who were returning, as evidence that the prod igal s welcom eat holme." Bryan 'would not even have the calves made of taffy. He chose to greet with a slur and a sneer these men who had risked much. They had exposed them selves to the ridicule of all thinking people- Despising Bryanlsm. they had for the sake of the party whose livery Bryan has borrowed decided to vote for the Ne braskan. He needed all the support they could give, and more, and yet an Insult was their welcome. Bryan seems to have become crazed by the realization of his own greatness, as, magnified many, fold, it appears to him self. He has thrown aside logic. scorn3 fact, and now flouts those who at per sonal sacrifice would be us friends. MRS. LEASE FOR M'KINLEY, Kansas Woman Confirms Report of Political Change. Chicago -Tribune, September 21. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease, formerly of Kansas, but now of New York, yesterday announced formally that she is going to take the stump for McKlnley, Roosevelt, and expansion. She is at the Palmer House having a conference with Senator Hanna at the Republican headquarters. Incidentally she took occasion to .pay her compliments to Mr. Bryan, Mr.. Stevenson, and the Democratic party in general. She will not begin her campaign work until she has finished a course of 10 lectures under a contract with the Redpath Ly ceum bureau, but this engagement will soon be disposed of, and then Mrs. Lease will proceed .to set the prairies of Kan sas and Nebraska afire with her elo quence. "I am with the Republican party now," she said, "primarily for the reason that as I take it the issue has resolved itself Into the old issue of Copperheadism ver sus Republicanism, and as the daughter of an old union soldier I feel that my place Is with the Republican party. The Democratic party is still anchored to the obsolete and worm-eaten doctrine of state rights. It is a party of negation and obstruction purely, with no Issue except that of retrogression and opposition to Republicanism. Her Idol Fallen. "Mr. Bryan well. I thought him a sin cere man four years ago, a man devoted to a principle and with the courage to maintain it In the face of all opposition. But, alas, events have forced me to the sorrowfur conclusion that my erstwhile Idol Is simply an ordinary man with an abnormally developed Presidential bee in his bonnet, whose seductive hums have made him forget principle, consistency, and duty to his country and fellow-man. "It really makes one sad who believed In his sincerity four years ago to com pare his fearless and consistent utter ances then with his cheap demagoglsm of today. I have heard even some of his followers say that his present speeches did not seem to ring as true as those of four years ago and that he failed to Impress them as he did then. This is simply due to the fact he Is talking what he does not believe In his secret heart. "At the same time I do not believe he has any great hope of succeeding this year. His game is to become one of tho new Senators from Nebraska, believing he can in this way keep himself before the public eye until the elections of four years hence. He is going to remain in Nebraska during the greater part of tho campaign for this reason, and from what I know already of public sentiment In that state I think his resolution Is a wise one, for the people of that state are not with him in his anti-expansion policy. They are for expansion because they realize the manifest benefits It Is going to bring not only to their state but to the whole country. "Same Old Copperheadism." "To my mind this anti-expansion or al leged Imperialism policy of the Demo cratic party, presents the most un patriotic, un-American, unwise issue from a purely material point of view that has ever come before the people of .this country. There Is, of course, one excep tion, the Issue presented In '61, but It Is the same old spirit, the same old cop perheadism of that day which 13 now demanding the Indorsement of the Ameri can people. Expansion has come as a natural development and has come to stay. The people of Nebraska and the West generally are progressive, intelli gent people, and they are not with Mr. Bryan on this Issue. Neither are they frightened by his 'bogey' of militarism which he Is trotting out for the special delectatlpn of the German-Americans. H Is not making the Impression on their minds he thinks he Is when he talks about the hardships It Is working on their fellow-countrymen at home. "I hear Adlal Stevenson spolcen of as a real nice old gentleman, and I presnme he is, bnt I remember liim as one of those who were firing on onr troops in the rear in the stormy rtays of '01, a 'Knight of the Golden Circle,' and he seems to be at his old tricks now. I tell yon this so-called antl-Imperlnllstlc fight of today is simply a connterpnrt of the Copper head fight of 'Gl, and, as then, It was the Rcpnblicnn party which was fighting for enlarged liberty and a better civilization in the front ranks, with a Democratic enemy both in front nnd in the renr, so It is now. I don't believe the American people are going at this late date to change front on this question." Idaho Notes. It Is reported that Upper Crane, Creek ranges are very dry, and that the stock there Is getting poor. Voters at Payette are reslgterlng very slowly. Only about 220 out of 450 voters have given In their names thus far. It Is reported that grain Is now coming Into Kamlah from Nez Perces Prairie at the rate of 200 wagonloads per dav. Five petitions from Idaho for rural freo delivery of malls are pending. One of these is for another route out of Boise. A carload of barbed wire has been re ceived at Nampa, to be used for fenc ing the right of way of the Idaho North ern, Railroad. The wool clips of Fraser & McAfee, John D. Springer and William Allison, aggregating 1,000,000 pounds, have been consigned to the firm of R. Edwin Jonas, of Boston. Farmers have begun work on the road from Stuart to the Big Bend country, which they expect to finish In 10 days It Is estimated that 100,000 bushels of grain will be hauled over this new road thl3 Fall. Freighters report several Inches o snow at the Hump. About four Inches .of snow fell at the Mountain House, be tween Stuart and Elk City, Tuesday, and Is making It disagreeable for the freighters. A new mall route has been established between Stuart and Syrlngla, a postofHce 18 miles up the Middle Fork. Heretofore the mail has been carried by way of Grangevllle. The change will save a dis tance of 40 miles. The Government survey of the Snake River from Lewiston to Riparia Is com- n NURSING AND GENERAL SEND FOR "BABIES" A BOOK FOR MOTHERS. fA Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New '"k.l pleted. Engineer Gilham and his party have been employed. In the work for tho past seven weeks and have made a moat comprehensive survey of the river. The work on the extension beyond Cam bridge progresses. Wilkerson & Thomp son, the contractors have taken hold of the. work in the most energetic manner. The new commissary building -is com plete and the Immense amount, of ma terial, tools and supplies are stored in an. orderly manner. Two camps are al ready established and between 300 and 400 men are busy with the work, qf construction. Bryan's Hobby of Alternn,tives. Tacoma Ledger. Mr. Bryan Is fond of asserting alternative propositions. An alternative is a choice 0,two. thlnSs either one of which Is pos sible but incompatible with the other. There Is no middle course open In a. strict alternative. It Is needless to say that'the assertion of alternatives Is a rather pre sumptuous undertaking. There are very few alternatives to be met with in real life, for ordinarily as many courses are open to a man or a nation as there are spokes radiating from the hub of. a wheeL The man who can only perceive two al ternatives may prove to possess very de ficient sight. Wonld Give Them Up. Palouse Republic. By the way, what does Bryan propose t do with the Samoan island that recently came under American control? Reports show that the natives are more prosper ous now than ever before, but this should make no difference with an antf-lmperl-allst. DAILY 3D3TEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTIiAND, Sept. 24. 8 P. M. Maximum temperature, 62; minimum temperature. 40; river reading at 11 A. M.. 2.7 feet; change la tho past 24 hours. 0 00; total precipitation. 5 P. IT. to 5 P, AI.. 0 00; total precipitation since Sept. 1. 1000. 1.03 Inches; normal pre cipitation since Sept. 1. 1000, 1.24; excess 0 60 Inch; total sunshine Sept. 23, 1:24; pos sible sunshine Sept. 23. 12.00. Pacific Coast Weather. S Z Wind. " . s-i $ 2 ? STATIONS. I 9 f 5 3 a' a 2. S - - r ? Astoria !800.00l 8W Pt, cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy uaner Jliy ......... Bismarck .......... Boise Eureka .............. Helena .............. Kamloops, B. C...... Neah Bay Pocatello Portland Red Bluff Roscburg Sacramento San Francisco Spokane o.oiii: NW O20 2 60 0.001 It Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy "VV w OOO 0 00 E N E Clear Cloudy Vt. eloudv 0 0O 0 00 0.00 (Clear NW N W E NW 0 00 Clear Clear Pt. cloud) Clear Cloudy OOOi 0 00 Seattle 0.00 "Walla Walla 1580.02lt NE WEATHER CONDITIONS. The severe storm central over North Dakota yesterday evening has moved southward to Ne braska. The pressure Is highest over Western Montana and over Northwestern Washington. Light rains have fallen during the last 13 hours In Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington. Elsewhere In the North Pactfla States fair weather has prevailed. Tho tem perature continues unseasonably cool over the Northern States west of the Mississippi Rlvpr. It has risen slightly In Oregon and Washing ton; elsewhere It has fallen. Tho Indications are for fair and warmer weather in this dis trict Tuesday. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for tho 28 hours ending at midnight Tuesday Sept. 23t Oregon Fair and warmer; winds mostly northerly. Washington Fair; warmer In ast portion; west to north winds. Idaho Fair and warmer; winds mostly north erly. Portland and vicinity Fair and warmer; wind mostly northerly. AUCTION 3AI.ES TODAT. Furniture, etc., at salesroom, 411 Wash ington St., 10 AM. S. L. N. Oilman, auc tioneer. MEETING NOTICES. A. & A S. RITE. MULT NOMAH COUNCIL OB KA DOSH. NO. 1. Regular nest ing this evenlns at 8 ocloclE. Work In 30th degree. 3y order VEN. MASTER. HALL OP INDUSTRY LODGE, NO. 8. A. O. U. VT. Brothers, take notlco and assembls at Iodgerooms tomorrow ("Wednesday) afternoon at i:30 o clock, rrom wnence we win .proceed in a body to the chapel of the undertaking parlors of Edward Holman & Co . Fourth and Yamhill sts . to conduct the funeral ceremonies of our late brother. Jamas K. Price. Brothers of slater lodges requested to meet with us. L. A. WHITCOMB. Master Workmaa. Attest: JOHN W. PADDOCK. Recorder. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. Attention I All members of Court Multnomah. No 3. are no tified to attend the funeral of our late brother, M. Hochfold. from residence. 231 Grant St.. today. Meet at G. A. R. Hall. First and Tay lor sts.. 130 P. M. sharp. Fine of $1 for non attendance. All members of the order Invited. M. KLAPPER, F. S. M. ROGAWAT, C. R. PORTLAND LODGE. NO. VS. A. F. & A. M. Special communica tion this (Tuesdav) evening at 7'30. Work In the Master Mason's de rrm Vlltlncr brethren walcnme. By order of tho W. M. I. W. PRATT. Sec. ELLISON ENCAMPMENT, NO. 1. I. O. O. F. Regular meetlns this (Tuesday) evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work In the Royal Purple de gree. Visitors welcome. R. OSVOLD. C. P. S. GRUTZE. Scribe. WASHINGTON CHAPTER. NO. 18. R. A. M Special convocation this evening at 8 o'clock sharp. P. M. and M. E. M. By order of rrRAnr.ns htissey. C P- Attest: CHARLES TTHEELEK, Sec MAnitlED. HUCKABAT-GARRISON At Forest Grove. Sept. 22. John M. Garrison's daughter. Ethel Gertrude, to Elbert Shearer Huckabay. Both are students of T. A. & P. U. . i l!OHi. WARREN Sept. 23, to the wife of Percy Warren, a son. DIED. "WILLIAMS At his residence. 200 Sellwood st . Upper Alblna. T. K, "Writams. aged 63 years, a. native of New York, a ptoneer of Or egon. 1852. Notice of funoral later. r. EDWARD HOLMAN. Undertaker, 4th and Yamhill sts. Rena Stlnson. lady assistant. Both phones No. UOT. Klnlex, Kimball & Co.. Undertaker. Lady assistant. 37S Third st. Tel. O. F. S. Dnnnlnir, Undertaker. 414 East Alder. Lady Assistant. Both- phones. Floral pieces j cat flowers. Clarke Bros.. 289 Morrison. Both phones. XEW TODAY. Foreclosed Properties At bargains and on easy terms. W. H. FEAR, Chamber of Commerce. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property. H. LIVINGSTONE. 224 Stark st. Mortgage Loans Os Improved city and farm property, st luwwt current ratti. Building loans. Insudlmaat loans. Uicnuitir A BIrrH. 311 Woreatar Slk. $100 REWARD Is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer or murderers of H. R. Dlckel. Minerva Lodge. No. 10. I. O. O. F. By order or Emil Frey, N. G. A 5 MORTGAGE LOANS-5 On approved Portland city real estate. Title Guarantee &, Trust Co. 1 Chomser of Commerce,