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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, -MONDAY, OCTOBER t. 1900. THE MONTH'S SHIPS Overs Million of. Grain in Sep tember Fleet KEAELY UP TO THE RECORD HARK Horeaeat of Wheat at All Northern. Parts Has Bsch Heavy for So Early la tae Season. The train fleet clearing from Portland foe the month ending' yesterday was much larger than usual for the month of September, and In -wheat and flour, the steam and sailing vessels leaving this port carried a total of over a million bushels, while a couple of barley ships cleared with over 200,000 bushels of that cereal. In "wheat and flour shipments for Sep tember, the total for the month Just end ed, has been exceeded but twice, in 1897, the largest on record, -when 1,565,033 bush els were shipped, and again in 1S9S, when the shipments ran up to 1,100,000 bushels. The shipments both at Portland and on Puoet Sound show a very heavy move ment in wheat for so early in the season, for not only has Portland turned out a good-sized fleet for an early month; but Taooma ana Seattle cleared five vessel carrying over 500,000 bushels the shipments for those two ports being the largest that have ever been made for the month of SeptembsT. Puget Sound's flour ex ports fell below those of August, amount ing to '5.&2G barrels. This figure came very near being materially increased by a trig cargo, wh;ch the steamship Tartar finished yesterday at Seattle, but not in time to clear. Portland, however, was similarly held down by the failure of the big steanibhiD Eva to get away with a 0,000-bacel cargo, which she is now load ing at this port. .Another Portland wheat ship, the Llisa, Is also In the stream loaded, and will clear today, giving the Octobwr fleet an early start Portland's shipments for the first three months of the cereal year have been 3,939,796 bushels of wheat, and 167.020 bar rels of flour. For the same period last year they were 1,082,001 bushels of wheat and 114,189 barrels of flour. Puget Sound shipments for the first three months of the present season were SS2.859 bushels of wheat and 149.5S7 barels of flour. For the same period in 1899 they were 279,051 bushels of wheat, and 114,252 barrels of flour. Both ports start in the month with enough tonnage on hand and near "by to make a much better showing during the coming mouth. IOSS OF THE XOXPAREIL. Oil-Laden, Foundered, in a Gale Crevr Saved. NEW YORK, Sept. SO. The British tramp steamer Glengoll, which arrived .from Alexandria, Egypt, and other ports In the Mediterranean, brought into port 29 shipwrecked seamen taken from the British ship Nonpareil, on September 22. Their vessel foundered shortly after they abandoned her in latitude 39:50, longitude The Nonpareil sailed from New York. September 10, bound for Soura Baya, Java, with a cargo of case olL Two days after leaving Sandy Hook a strong southwest gale sprang up and soon increased In force" and hauled to west-southwest and as sumed the proportions of a hurricane. Thtf storm continued with varying violence un til September 22, when the ship was lyr lng at an angle of 40 degrees and the crew were in constant danger of being washed overboard. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the smoke of the Glengoll was. signteo. tsne nove-to ana sent a boat and took off part of the men, the injured be ing sent first. All had to jump ove--board and were hauled into the boat -y a rope. F. George, one of the boat's crew, was washed overboard and lost. The Nonpareil, from Lelth, Scotland, was 1070 tons register and was owned by the Standard Oil Company. She was a now vessel. STEAHEK JEAXIB ASHORE. W Bonnd for Alaska Caa Prob- ably Be Saved. - SAN FRANCISCO, Sept SO. The steam er Jeanle went ashore on a reef early this morning one mile above Point Arena. Tugs have gone to her assistance. Her rodder post is gone but she is making no water. The Jeanle belongs to the Pacific Steam Whaling Company. She sailed fr&m this port yesterday for Alaska via Port An geles. The Jeanle struck the rocks during a dense fog. She was in ballast and Cap tain Mason reports that she can un doubtedly be saved as her bottom appears to be sound and there is 12 feet of water at her stern. The reef on which she grounded has been the scene oi. several wrecks in recent years. She is a wooden vessel, 183 feet long, and acts as" a tender for the Arctic whaling fleet NEW SHIPS OF THE Q.UARTER. SOS Sail Vessels Added Tonnage on Great Lakes. WASHINGTON, Sept 30. The quarter ly statement of the Commissioner of Navigation shows that 308 sail vessels of 8.790 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered during the quarter ended September 30, 1500. Of the" vessels constructed of wood, 160 were sail and 127 steam. Of the steel vessels four were sail and 17 steam. Of the whole number 190 were built on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 28 on the Pacific, 32 on the Great Lakes, and 58 on the Western riv ers. The largest tonnage, 37,037, was on .. the Great Lakes, and the next largest was on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Storm on Mexican Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept SO. The steam er Curacao brings news of a storm which was raging along the Mexican coast when she sailed for the .north. Several -vessels were driven ashore, among them be ing the German bark Planet which will be a total loss. "The Planet went ashore n September 15," said Captain Parsons of the Curacao. "We just missed the worst of the storm by running to Guay mas. The following day Mazatlan was swept and the wreckage was something fearful. Houses were blown down and roofs were lifted, trees uprooted, tele graph wires twisted out of their posi tions, and vessels swept from their moor ings." Rough Weather and Fog. NEW YORK, Sept 30. The steamship L'AquItaine arrived at her dock today bringing 1C75 passengers, 704 of whom were in the cabin. The vessel experi enced rough weather and much fog. Colonel Arthur Lynch, formerly in com mand of the Secold Irish Brigade In the Boer Army, was a passenger. Colonel Lynchreslded in Paris and he returned mere arter the Irish brigade in the Trans vaal was disbanded. Arrival of the Coptic SAN FRANCISCO. Sept SO.-The steam- Coptic arrived tonight from Hong a-ong via Yokohama and Honolulu, but owing to quarantine regulations no mall or passengers will be landed until to morrow. Delayed by Dense Fog. NEW YORK, Sept 30.-The Cunard line steamer Campania, which arrived early this morning from Llverjtpol and Queens- town 26 hours late, was delayed by dense fog during which the engines were slowed down. Foreign and Domestic Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 30,-SalIed At 7 A. M., steamer Despatch, and at 12 M., steamer Columbia and schooner Repeat, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 4:30 P. M., .British ship Centurion. Sailed at 4 P. M., barkentine Tam O'Shanter from Knappton. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, northwest; weather, cloudy. San Francisco, Sept. 30 Arrived Steam er Coptic, from Hong Kong via Yokoha ma; steamer W. H. Kruger, from Tilla mook; steamer Newbury, from Gray's Harbor; steamer Coronado, from Gray's Harbor. -Sailed Steamer State of Califor nia, for Portland; steamer Wellington, for Chemalnus; schooner Amethyst, for Co quille River; schooner Queen, for Port Gamble; schooner Lizzie Vance, for Gray's Harbor. New York, Sept 30. Arrived Manltou, from London; Campania, from. Liverpool and Queens town; Caledonia, from Liver pool; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam and 1900-1901 GRAIN FLEET FROM PORTLAND. Clearing Date, Flag. Rig, Name, Tonnage. Destination and Shipper. July 2 Br. ship "Wendur, 1896, U. K. f. o 13 Br. bark Fifeshlre, 1318, U. K. f. o., 14 Fr. bark Marechal Villlers, 1711, TJ. M. Co i". "- ."W Ad, AVUU, VI. AA A.. V., 4W wr. snip .tucumer ucKmers, ism, u. it. August 6 Br. shlo Harlech Castle. 1802. TT. K. f. o r v urer. snip .tugei. ksd. u. xl. I. o.. .tsauour 15 Br. bark Nithsdale. 1536, U. K. f. o.. Port. Grain Co.. 17 Br. bark Bowman B. Law, 1S59, TJ. K. f. o., P. F. M. Co 18 Br. ship Franklstan, 1900, U. K. f. o., Balfour .i 20-Br. ship Cedarbank, 2649, TJ. K. f. o.. Glrvln 24 Ger. ship Robert RIckmers, 2174, TJ. K. f. o., Kerr.... September 13 Br. ship Orealla, 1703, TJ. K. f. o., Balfour 13 Br; ship Genista, 1718, U. K. f. o.. Balfour .... IS-Dan. ship Jupiter, 1651. TJ. K. f. ..Balfour ... ..... 20 Br. bark Australia, 2097. U. K. f. o., Kerr 25 Br. ship Riversdale, 2057, TJ. K. f o., Girvln 26 Br. bark Semantha, 2211, TJ. K. f. o.. P-F. M. Co 26 'Br. ship Centurion (a), 1704, Grimsby, Kerr 2S Br. ship Fenthesllea (b), 1663. TJ. K. f. o., Balfour .. (a), also 108,675 bushels barley, valued (b)'aJso 111.053 bushels barley, valued SUMMARY FOR. 1900 Wheat Bushels. Value. To Europe and Africa 721,685 $424,478 To San Francisco 1,825 1022 To the Orient iG5 iOO Total wheat 723,675 Flour. Barrels. To Orient and Siberia 53,480 To San Francisco 15,218 To Europe Totals , . . Bushels. Flour reduced to wheat 809,141 Wheat as above 723,675 Total wheat and flour 1,032,816 Boulogne; Victoria, from Marseilles, Ge noa and Naples. Sailed Steamers Sardin ian, for Glasgow and London; Furnessla, for Glasgow via Movllle. Queenstown. Sept 30. Arrived Steamer Saxonla, from Boston, for Liverpool. Sailed Etruria, for New York. Southampton, Sept 30. Arrived Barba rossa, from New York, for Hamburg. Sailed Trave, for New York. DIED IN THE PULPIT. Dr. Gregory, of St. Stephen's, M. E. Church, New Yorlc NEW YORK, Sept 30. Rev. Dr. Gilbert H. Gregory, 63 years old, died today in the presence of his congregation, at the morning service, In St Stephen's Meth odist Episcopal Church, Marble Hill, at the north end of Manhattan Island. Physicians had urged Dr. Gregory to retire from active work, as he had long been a sufferer from heart trouble. They told him that he might live for years If he would cease labor, but If he continued to work he was liable to be stricken at any moment Mr. Gregory had npt preached In St Stephen's forthree Sun days on account of heart attack, but when word was passed around that he would resume his duties today the church was filled. The service had progresed to the singing of ahymn which precedes the sermon. Dr. Gregory arose and read three verses of the hymn, beginning: "Love divine, all love excelling." While the music of the anthem filled the church Dr. Gregory was noticed-to seat himself and then fall limp over one of the arms of the chair. Members of the congregation went to his assistance, and two physicians who had happened to be passing the church were called in. They saw at once that he was beyond human aid, and In seven minutes from the time he was stricken he was dead. A Rich Man Dead. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept SO. W. V. Wol cott of Boston, died at St Vincent's Hos pital from a stroke of apoplexy sustained on a Big Four train yesterday. Mr. Wol cott located In St Louis about 30 years ago. He became a member of the firm of Wolcott & Hume, publishers of the Jour nal and Times, at St Louis, and later was president of the St Louis Car Coupler Company. He owned large interests in Missouri zinc mines, and at the time of his death was senior partner in the bank ing firm of Wolcott & Co., of Boston and New York. A search of his effects brought to light the fact that he carried with him a large fortune. He had In Ma valise $500,000 In Government bonds and about $2000 in cash on his person. Montana Man Dies In Kevr York. NEW YORK,- Sept 30.-Joseph Silver man, 48 years old, a wholesale liquor deal er of Great Falls, Mont, died suddenly from heart failure todav In this ritv wr Silverman, being in ill health, had come to New York early In the Summer to'get the benefit of the sea air at Brighton Beach. Washington Notes. Hopplcklng Is not yet finished in the Kittitas Valley. The price paid has been $1 a box. Some of the producers are b'e hind with their picking because of the scarcity of the pickers. The litigation that has Involved a num ber of Swauk mining properties for soma time was adjusted this week to the satis faction of all parties concerned, and it will probably result In renewed activity In the camp, says the Ellensburg Capitol. Spokane is wanted in another profes slnal league for next season. Montana does not want to give up the idea of professional baseball, and has a .scheme on foot to unite the Spokane team, the Butte nine, the Helena combination and the Salt Lake ball men in an Interstate league. The committee of lumbermen appointed to secure a 40-cent rate from Puget Sound to the (Missouri River has been ordered by Secretary Victor H. Beckman, of the lum bermen's association, to be ready to start East at any time for a conference with the freight officials of the Northern Pa cific and Burlington. A conference at St. Paul or Omaha is planned. Senator A. G. Foster Is chairman of the committee. XCrnger Counseled Moderation. LONDON. Obt L An interesting report comes from Komatlpoort to the effect that Mr. Kruger In a letter to his wife announcing that he Is going on a six months' holiday said in substance that after the capture of Machadodorp he knew the struggle was hopeless, arid counseled, moderation, but that Mr. Steyn's "arbitrary behavior overruled his counsels," ARTESIAN .WELL INQUIRY GOVERNMENT MAY TBIM IK - THE YAKIMA VALLEY. A "Westerly Extension of the Arte slaa Area of Washington Has Bees Discovered Recently. NORTH "YAKIMA, Wash., Sept 8ft The work which has been conducted un der the Geological Survey during thetpast few months in this vicinity by George Otis Smith, has resulted In the discovery of a westerly extension to the artesian area, and it is probable that during the next session of Congress an- appropria tion may be secured for the sinking of wells In several different localities in this vicinity. The appropriation made by the first session of the 56th Congress provided $100,000 should be spent throughout the it P. EL S5 TO r P. F. M. Co. Balfour K. f. o., P. , 106.508 62,000 45,000 7 16 18 21 25 9 13 9 21 16 16 27 75.744 F. 111,725 67.035 4M4JiJill&Gl &S.367 33,269 x.'o, BalfourillO.630 64,2001 H . P.F. "W f!n. 121,544 71.700 109,916 6V16OI 101,186 9,450 24,060 $67,500 113.8-"0 65,050 155 667 36,350 70,255 Norrsc 441, IOd ton aw 62,300 103,62 61.178 57,000 76,000 82,000 76,000 5.052 130,546 136,900 JL34.UW 17,415 1U.0W at $49,000. at $45,310. SEPTEMBER. 1899 1898 Bushels. Value. Bushels. Value. 288,941 $17L958 9.4S9 568,709 173,767 $341,263 104,260 16,360 $425,000 SG5.301 Barrels. $181,447 Value. 743,476 $445,623 Value. 5150,066 41.0S8 Barrels. 36,740 21.879 2C-.85 Value $121,029 69,991 62,500 12,995 37,600 $191154 12,995 $37,690 79,454' $253,520 Value. $191,141 425,600 Bushels. 58,477 306,301 Value. Bushels. $ 37.690 , 3571543 181,447 742,476 Value. $253,520 445,623 $616,741 363,778 $219,137 1400,019 $699,143 United States in investigations' of this nature and also investigations tending to show where Irrigation xeseryolrs could be placed to advantage. Undor this ap propriation a large amount ofiworjc has been done in this state, and it Is ex pected that in the appropriations to be made during the coming Winter the scope of the work will be-greatly enlarged. In preparing for the formulation of es timates of the possible extension of the Irrigable areas In the state, the Geologi cal Survey has proceeded with a syste matic plan of measuring the streams. A report of this work is now being pre pared with a view to designating just how much water can be had and what the flow of different streams is at different seasons of the year. In Eastern Washington and in the .vi cinity of Clarkston and, Lewis ton, Idaho, Professor Israel C. Russell is continuing his examination of artesian conditions. The result of his Investigations has not yet been made public, but the Geological Survey authorities feel warranted In drill ing one or more test wells In central Washington 'during 1901. It is claimed, however, that little is known of the un derground conditions In the central part of the state; but after familiarizing Itself with all the conditions surrounding the margins of the Columbian plains' on the east and on the west, the Geological Sur vey feels that It will be wise to drill one or more test wells and, In order to do this, It Is stated that a large appropria tion will be necessary, and, the necessity for securing this appropriation has been duly impressed on the Congressional dele gation from this! state. A large amount of topographical map ping now being carried on, will, It Is ex pected, result In showing what use may possibly be made of the waters of the Coeur d'Alene Lakes and other bodies of water in northern Idaho. The advisa bility of diverting somo of the head wat ers of the Klickitat River In the Cascades Is now under Investigation by the sur vey. A storage reservoir may also be recommended. for that locality. WILL TELL BIXGER ABOUT IT. Matter of Modifying Bonndaries of Certain Forest Reserves. TACOMA, Wash., Sept 30. While Commissioner Blnger Hermann, of the General Land Office, Is in the cltv to morrow, a number of gentlemen who are Interested in sheep and cattle grazing on forest " reserves and others who are In terested In securing the elimination of lands from the reserves will confer with him. The sheep and cattlemen on the east side of the Cascades are very well satis fled with the present arrangement, which provides that 'their stock may be grazed, during certain seasons, Inside of the re serve and without any expense being at tached thereto. The stockmen, however, are willing to pay a reasonable sum per head for grazing privileges on forest re serves, but as yet the Interior Depart ment has not promulgated any regula tions to that effect. The law simply pro vides that the Secretary of the Interior may Issue rules and regulations for the grazing of cattle and sheep on forest re serves when, in his discretion,' such course Is not detrimental to forest areas. He Is not authorized, directly or Indi rectly, to make a charge for 'the grazing privilege, and he does not propose to take upon himself the responsibility of compelling the cattlemen to pay any fees whatsoever. He is, nevertheless, In favor of charging 10 to 12 cents pr 'head' for cattle and 3 to 5 cents per head for sheep. ... There are in r Clallum and Jefferson Counties in particular a large number of taxpayers who are directly and vitally Interested In eliminating certain areas from the Olympic forest reserves In" these counties. A number, of these gentlemen will call on Commissioner Hermann while he is on the Sound and will -express to him their appreciation of the eliminations already made and ask for further con sideration of propositions providing for additional exclusions from this reserve. All of the desired eliminations in Clallum County 'have been made except certain tracts In the northwesfpart of th6 coun ty, but In Jefferson County none of the land originally Included within the re serve has been withdrawn. It is claimed by the Jefferson County taxpayers and the Board of ,County. Commissioners of that county that the taking "of a largo number of ranges within the .reserve has had a very depressing effect upon pros pective settlers, as well as upon the set tlors who are already within 'the reserve. As In Jefferson County there is a certain amount of bonded indebtedness which was assumed on thebasis of the amount of taxable property within the county, and It Is set forth that the taking of a large amount of this, -property within forest 'reserves has reduced the county's Income and crippled Its sources of reve nue. A similar statement of the case was made in regard to Clallum County, and the Secretary of the Interior con sented to make all the eliminations de sired, amounting to over 300,000 acres, with the exception of the small tract re feredtoin the northwest part 'of the county. -'No exclusions, however, were made In Jefferson, and the taxpayers in that county feel that they have been un falrlyjiealt with. The reason given by Secretary Hitch cock . for not excluding farming tracts from the' forest reserve in Jefferson was that he desired a further investigation by the Geological Survey in order to satisfy him that the lands Jn question were more valuable' for farming purposes than for timber .culture. Jn order that this Infor mation 'might be secured at the earliest date a party was hurriedly sent into Jef ferson County to Investigate and report. This party, it was expected, would, occupy most of , -the Summer and early Fall In in vestigating and preparing a statement, ani It la for the purpose of laying all the facts before the Commissioner of the Gen eral Land Office that a delegation from "Jefferson and also Clallum County will call on ,hlm during his visit to Tacoma tomorrow. FAIR THAT ALWAYS PAYS. Successful Shovr for and by Farmers and of Their Products. OREGON CITY, Sept. 30. The fourteenth-' annual fair of the Butte Creek Agricultural Association closed at Mar quam last night, with most , satisfactory results. The fair was noted for being un der the'dlrect management of farmers; it was held In a farming community, and patronized principally b'y agriculturists. The gate records showed that fully 20CO people were In attendance yesterday, and the management estimated that the re ceipts were over $200 above expenses. Per sops w"ho attended the State Fair averred that the exhibit' of fruits, vegetables, grasses, grain and corn, were far superior to any prize county exhibit, there. One mammoth, pumpkin weighed 98 pounds, and' there were a dozen that weighed a few pounds less. Nearly the whole of the fruit and vegetable exhibit was from Clackamas County producers. The ladles' and domestic departments also had an in teresting display. The display of live stock -and poultry from Clackamas and Marion County districts was very credit able. ' The management of the fair is proud of -the fact that during the 15 years of the society's existence that It has In curred no Indebtedness nor asked help from the state or others. In past years when the rain cut down the gate receipts, the stockholders paid the deficiency for premiums out of their own pockets. The management announces Its intention to enlarge the grounds anfy give a more lib eral premium list next year. The officers of the association are: President, Barton Jack, Marquam; vice-president. S. T. Ho bart Sllverton; secretary, F. E. Albrlerht Marquam: treasurer Fred Myers, Mar quam. The other member of the board of directors; G. R. Hlbbard. of Sllverton. Near 14 Cents for Hops. Several small lots of hops were sold In the south end of the county during the past two or three days for 13 cents per pound. Yesterday, Frank Fish, of Needy, sold 10.000 pounds of choice hops to a Sa lem buyer for 13 cents. This Is the best sale yet -reported in Clackamas County. The growers are through baling, and buy ers are more anxious than formerly to secure hop samples. The crop this season Is of unusually goodquallty. WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE. Wife of Dawson, Theatrical Man ' Left Three Little Girls. SEATTLE. Sept. 30 Elizabeth A. Lang ley, 24 years of age. wife of a Dawson theatrical man, committed suicide at her home in this city this morning by drink ing carbolic acid. The case Is a mystery. She leaves three ifttle daughters here. Her husband Is In the north. Coach Kaarsberg nt Ecprene. .EUGENE, Or., Sept. . 30 Lawrence Kaarsbefg, the famous Berkeley full back, who will coach the University of Oregon 'this year, arrived In Eugene to day. -He was met at the station by a large and enthusiastic crowd of students. He will, begin work, tomorrow afternoon with the 32 candidates who have begun training. NewWoshington Incorporations. QLYMPIA, Sept 30 The following ar ticles of' Incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State: Alaska Mall Steamship Company, Seat tle, capital $6000; Stemon's Mill Company, New Whatcom, $11,700; Eshelman-Burdon Company, Seattle, $5000; Mayflower Min ing Company, Spokane, $100,000; St. Marie's Town'slte & Improvement Company, Spo kane, $6000; Briar Hill Coal Mining Com pany, Tacoma, $50,000; amended articles of the Monte Crlsto Railway Company, Ev erett, $1,200,000; Seattle & Port Washing ton Transportation Company, Silveidalo, $10,000;The Fortune Mining Company, Se attle, $1,000,000; Lost, Trail Canyon Mining-Company, Tacoma, $1,000,OCO; Park land Fishing & Packing Company, Park land, $6000; Equitable Mining Company, Spokane, $150,000; C. S. Barlow, Tacoma, $1,00,000; .Monte Crlsto Meat Company, In corporated, Everett, $5000; Durango Eoy Mining Company, Seattle, $1,000 000; Gold Basin Mining Company, Seattle, $1,5Q0,0C0; Seattle Fuel Company, Seattle, $10,0.0; Washington Water Power Company, Spo kane, canltal stock increasprt from 1 rO- 000 tb '$2,000,000; Boston & Spokane Mining company, Spokane, $2,OO3,C00; Violet Mill ing & Mining Company, Seattle, $1,500,000: Home Mining Company, Cle Elum. $20), 000; Callender Mercantile Company, Spo kane, $50,000; Salmon Creek Log Driving & Improvement Company, Manor, $1COO; Salmon Creek Boom Company, Manor, $1000; Best Chance Mining Company, Se attle, $1,500,000; certificate of Increase of capital-stock of the Sequim Prairie Ditch Company, Sequim, $10,000; Lake Chelan Copper. Company, Spokane, $10,000; What com County Agricultural Association, New Whatcom, $10,000; Natchez Meat Mar ket Company, North Yakima, $10 COO; Kunze Brothers, Arlington, $5000; Republic &-Grand Forks Railroad Company, Re public, $r,000,000; Mineral Hill Consolidated Mining Company, Spokane, $700,000; Silver Butte Mining Company; Tacoma, $10,000; Moran Company, Arlington, J50C0. Foreign corporations Great Western Mining. Company, Philadelphia, Pa., $8K0. New Oregon Incorporations. SALEM, Sept. 30. Articles of incorpora tion we're filed in the- office of the Secre tary of State during the past week, as follows: Westacott & Knight, Portland; $20,000; Frank K. Knight, W. A. Knight, L. A. Westacott. This company will manufac ture vinegar, elder, pickles, jelly, etc. - The Artificial Ice & Storage Company, Baker City; $15,000; J. F. Donnelly, Bela Kallsh, William Pollman; object, to oper ate a -cold-storage plant. Salem Light, Heat & Power Company, Salem; $40,000; Franklin, R. Anson, M. C. Anson, G. A. Rockwell; object, to operate an electric light and steam-heating plant In Salem. Silver Klng Extension .Company, Port land; $150,000; Solon Splro, W. H. Herman, Frank A. Spencer, Wallace McCamant; object, to engage In mining and milling. The Beaver Flume ,& Lumber Company, Portland; $20,000; Charles E. Runyon., W. W. Mayger, T. J. Cleeton. This company will engage in logging and lumbering in Columbia County. Sunrise Mining Company, Cottage Groye, $100,000; E. S. 'Houlace, Brockman Hqlm,, J. E. Ostrander. . . Tho'Stprm Cloud ponsolidated Mining &i Smelting Company, Portland; $200,000; Frank ,S. Grant Zoeth Houser, J. H. Marshall, O. S. Rosedale. Midway Oil Company, Portland; H. C. Strattbn, F. B. Hughes, W. J. Bruce; ob ject sto" own and operate oil lands lm Cali fornia. i Columbia Roofing & Refining Company, Portland; $5000; David M. Dunne, Arthur K. Bentley, George H, Shlnn. BURNS STAGE ROBBED AT AN ISOLATED POINT ON ROAD FROM ONTARIO. Mall Sack Was Throws Oat on Order of the Highwayman A Second Robbery lm Reported. BURNS, Or., ' Sept 80. The incoming stage from Ontario to Burns was held up and robbed last night, September 29, at Bendler Mountain. The outgoing stage from Burns also ha3 been reported robbed. John Mlnto was a passenger on the lat ter. Stage Stopped by Gna Shot. "ONTARIO, Or., Sept 30. Last night at 9 o'clock, the Ontario and Burns stage was held up 70 miles from Ontario. The FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF GOLD DEMOCRATS In 1896 you opposed the election of the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, William Jennings Bryan, because of the platform on which he was making his race. In that platform the following lan guage was used: ' "WE DEMAND THE FREE AND UNLIMrrED COINAGE OF BOTH SILVER AND GOLD AT THE PRESENT LEGAL RATIO OF 16 TO 1, WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE AID OR CONSENT .OF ANY OTHER NATION." The late Democratic convention at Kansas City not only reaffirmed the Chicago platform, of which the above is a part, but it was com pelled by Mr. Bryan to go out of the ordinary "way in order to spe cially rivet the above particular clause. The convention nominated the same man you opposed In 1896, on the same objectionable plat form. Mr. William Jennings Bryan, speaking In the City of Knoxviile, Tenn., on the 16tb? day of September, 1896,- made use of the fol lowing language: "IF THERE IS ANY ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT THE GOLD STANDARD IS A GOOD THING, OR THAT IT MUST BE MAIN TAINED, I WARN HIM NOT TO CAST HIS VOTE FOR ME, BE CAUSE I PROMISE HIM IT WILL NOT BE 'MAINTAINED IN THIS" COUNTRY LONGER THAN I AM ABLE TO GET RID OF IT." By this it will be seen not only that Gold Democrats are not want ed to vote for Mr. Bryan, but that they are specially warned by Mr. Bryan himself not to do so. Speaking at Milwaukee, Saturday, September 8, of the present year of grace, Mr. Bryan used this language: "THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED." There you have the record up to date. Can you afford to vote for a man .who warned you against voting for him, because he will enforce the very thing for which you opposed him four years ago? Study this matter between now and November. driver was halted by a gun shot across the road ahead of -the btage, and upon stopping was told to throw out the United States mail. This was done at once to protect any valuable in the express box. It Is not known what passengers were on the stage at the time of the robbery. The meager telephone report gives no further details, and indicates that the job was done by one man. The hold-up took place at a point of isolation. The officers are working on the case, but no definite in formation will be had until the arrival of the stage late tonight Not Much of Value, Probably. BOISE, Idah6, Sept. 30. The Ontario and Burns stage was held up at 9 o'clock this morning, 10 miles out of Ontario, by a lone highwayman. The robber stopped the stage by firing a shot across the road. He demanded the mall, which was thrown out The stage was not further molested. It Is not thought much of value was secured. FAVORS AN .INCOME TAX. And Says David B. Hill Doesn't Know What He Is Talking About. BUMPXBE, Oo., Sept. 29. To the Edi tor.) David B. Hill, a machine politician and the representative of a state which would naturally be opposed to an income tax from self-interest Is quoted by The Oregonlan as authority on the subject. One of the arguments of Mr. Hill, whicTi The Oregonlan apparently Indorses, Is that "this tax has never before been approved In a Democratic platform, and has never before been tolerated by the country except as a temporary expedient In time of war," etc. The fact is that only In recent years has the necessity of Imposing an income tax become apparent. It Is becoming more Imperative every year with the enormous increase In 'Individual fortunes by in heritance, and by gigantic manipulations involving the control, In the hands of a few mon. of natural opportunities, and the necessities of the people as a whole. The conditions which make some kind of an Income tax necessary are of com paratively recent growth, and the demand for such a tax has arisen from these conditions and must grow In strength with the growth of the conditions. ' Mr. Hill then proceeds to say that "It Is an unjust, Inquisitorial and sectional tax. It is a tax upon thrift. Industry and brains, and not upon wealth per se," etc. With all due respect to Mr. Hill, the above statements are wholly at variance with the facts, as I shall now proceed to show. It will be noted that the Income tax demanded by the Democratic plat form is a "graduated" Income tax. The Income tax, enacted by Congress, which a majority of the members of the United States Supreme Court "knocked out," pro vided for a straight 2 per cent tax on Incomes over $4000, Incomes under the lat ter figure being exempt. It will be admitted that a graduated Income tax will bear most heavily on very large Incomes. Now, what do these very large incomes represent? The mind of the reader will at once revert to the well-known multl-mllllonaries of the United States, the Astors, the "Vander bllts, the Goulds and others. Here we have a list of enormous Inherited for tunes. The present owners of these for tunes did not make them, could not make them. Will It be contended for a moment that the income tax applied to these overgrown Incomes would be a tax "upon the thrift, Industry and brains" of the country, and not upon "wealth per se"? And yet as a simple matter of fact It Is these gigantic inherited fortunes, and the fortunes of such men as Rockefeller, obtained by exacting an illegal and unjust tribute from the people, which would feel the brunt of a graduated income tax. The man who had an income not to ex ceed $4000 a' year, which Is all the in come the ordinary man could expect to receive as a reward of "thrift, industry and brains," unassisted by large accumu lated capital, would go scot free. But the weakest statement of Mr. Hill's string of asertionsH-they cannot be called arguments Is that an Income tax Is "sec tional." Now, to go back again to these large fortunes, Inherited and otherwise, a 'few examples of which have just been given, again we must ask the question. What constitutes these fortunes? The Vanderbllt and Gould fortunes are made up -principally of railroad stocks and securities, which represent property owned In various states of the Union. The income-from this property Is drawn from various parts of "the United States, Even In the case' of the Vanderbllt New York Central, which happens to be located In the State of New York, the business of the road comes from outside the state. Segregate New York State from the rest tral .would go into the hands of a receiver at once. So with the enormous real estate hold ings, of the Astors in New York City. These Inherited holdings have reached their present value by reason of the growth of the City of New York. The growth of New York City has been co incident with and dependent upon the de velopment of the United States. Segre gate New York State from the rest of the Nation, and real estate in New York City would at once depreciate in -value 75 per cent or more. There Is nothing In New Y6rk State to justify a commercial center like New York City. I will now make a general proposition, which I will defy any one to successfully controvert: That there Is no fortune in the United States of $1,000,000 or over which ha3 not been acquired from a source which wa3 based upon the fact of the existence of a nation of from 50,000,000 to 70,000,000 people. If I have not made my meaning clear, I will say, that none of the millionaires of today would have been In existence had each state been segregated from the others, becaus no single state Includes within Its own bor- ders all the necessary elements for the upbuilding of such great fortunes. Penn ylvanla has her petroleum, coal and Iron. But to turn these natural resources Into money she mu3t have had a market which was only to be secured In other states. When, then, we perceive that all of these great fortunes have been derived from the Nation as a whole, how purile It Is to assert that because the owners of these fortunes nearly all happen to reside In some great commercial center, the enforcement of an Income tax would be "sectional extortion," and that such a tax should be apportioned according to the population of different states. We know that Newport, R. I., during the Summer season is the residence and resort of the multi-millionaires of tue country. Suppose that these multi-mil-llonalres should claim that a3 their per manent residence, and should assert that they should only be taxed In proportion according to the population of the town ship or precinct In which Newport Is sit uated! Would not that be an absurd proposition? And yet It Is precisely the argument used by those opposed to a graduated Income tax. The fact is that so far as an Income tax Is concerned, state lines are purely Imaginary. If this country should become Involved in war with a powerful nation, and New York should be successfully bombarded, the Astors. the Golets and the great Insurance companies would lose much. The man with the small Income or no income at all would lose little or noth ing. The greatest expense of this Gov ernment Is in protecting the great mon eyed interests. Should these Interests not pay for this protection? The "knocking out" of the income-tax law by a majority of the Supreme Court was a mistake from any standpoint Upon purely technical grounds a wise and just law was nullified. The breach between the "masses and the classes" was there by widened, and the foundation laid for trouble In the future. Opponents of the Income tax havo attempted to make It out to be a Popullstlc measure, or, as Mr. Hill puts Jt, a measure "urged by every political adventurer, Ignoramus and demagogue in the country." The fact that the leading nations of Europe havo long ago adopted It, and have found it to be a wise and just method of taxation. Is sufficient answer to such assertions, if they need any answer. CLAY PETERS. The Oregonlan does not oppose an in come tax, properly laid. Oregon Notes. The Antelope Fair Association ofTers $2000 in purses and $1500 In premiums for this year's fair. Heppner is proud of two cornet bands which are practicing for the Pioneer's Re union, October 5. A gloria mundl apple weighing 25 ounces and measuring 15 Inches In cir cumference is reported by the Stayton Mall to have been grown In U. Henline's orchard near that town. A conservative estimate of the wheat crop of Sherman County is that 1.000,000 sacks have been threshed In that county, says The Dalles Times-Mountaineer. The Wasco County crop Is about 750,000 sacks. About 90 per cent of this Is surplus. A strike at Haberley's hopyard followed an attempt to inaugurate the weighing system, reports the Stayton Mail. Nothing was said by pickers until the scales ar rived, when nearly all pickers stacked their boxes. This action quickly brought the managers to terms, and after that hops were measured In that yard. The town was full Thursday of Indian hopglckers returning from the Polk Coun ty and other yards, say3 the Corvallis Gazette. Much of the money earned In the hop fields went over the counters of Corvallis business houses. Most of the day the various stores had a quota of them, and the dickering In groceries, clothing, tobacco and other necessaries and luxuries was active. None of them wore the traditional blanket In which the old settlers used to see them, but all were dressed In white man's costume, many of them In up-to-date and even expensive garments. John Stapleton, of Independence. SALEM, Or., Sept 30. John Stapleton, aged 67 years, and a resident of Independ ence, died In Salem last night of cancer of the bowels. Deceased was born in Can ada and has been a resident of the vi cinity of Independence since 1254. Besides a wife, he left the following children: T. B. Stapleton, Goldndale. Wash.; G. W. Stapleton. Portland; D. P. and J. T. Stapleton, Independence: Mrs. Mary Dea ton, Salem; Miss Ella Miller, Vancouver, Wash.; and Mrs. C. L. McDonald, Lewis ton, Idaho. The funeral will be conducted. at Independence tomorrow THE BRISTOL BAY FRAUD (Continued from First Paea.) sufficiently to make It 3ofa to approach within anchoring distance. Looking sea ward, the scene is one of mighty conflict between wind and wave. A surf for GOO yard3 out formed by a rapid succession of titanic breakers, i3 all one can sea from the beach. There are 13 vessels, mostly steamships, now anchored off Nome, several of which will sail 'today and during the next few days for the states, loaded to their fullest capacities with passengers. Considering the brief period that will elapse before the season closes and tho limited transportation facilities, compared with the great numbers here who desire to return home. I believe there's room for grave doubt if all can be provided with passage to the States. If not, there'll be trouble in Nome this Winter, for hun dreds are destitute and many have barely sufficient to pay their fare back. Not withstanding the fact that provisions will be plentiful this Winter, prices will go up and become prohibitory with men and women of small means. Already pricea are rising on many articles and the scala will gradually ascend from now on. Mining 13 going on in better shape on the creeks owing to the relase of tha embargo put upon it by the legal tlo-up. a reversal of the decision of the Judgo here having been made by the Court of Appeals, so that there is now less ob struction to the progress of mining oper ations. Beach miners have about disap peared and the tundra is not being worked or even prospected. Bluestone Mining Excitement. The latest excitement Is at Bluestone. a. small stream putting Into Port Clarenco Bay. and about 12 miles back In the In- terior. From apparently rellablo reports there seems to be no doubt of the rich ness of the strike. It is confined to a small area, however, and nothing of any consequence ha3 been discovered In that vicinity outside of the strike on Blue stone. I notice In the columns of tho Seattle papers the statement that big strikes have been made on tho ICooga rok and at Topkuk. This I3 pure fabrica tion. No strikes whatever have been made anywhere except that on the Bluestone. I fall to see as many familiar faces aa I did previous to my departure for Bristol Bay. W. H. Packwood, of Baker City, returned today from Grouse Creek, whero he has been prospecting a cla'lm In com pany with others. He reports that claims on Grouse Creek will not pay anything more than wages so far as prospected. It Is 25 miles from Nome and while pros pects can be obtained from almost any of the creeks In that vicinity and their tributaries, gold exists In Infinitesimal quantities and will pay In somes cases wages, in many not even that W. IL Warren ha3 returned from Dexter Creek where he worked tho Marsh Angel, form erly of Portland, until litigation closed down further operations. The claim Mr. Angel worked was a good one and paid handsomely while work continued, even though water had to be hauled a mile and a half in barrels to furnish the supply with which to operate rockers. T. M. Welch, of Portland, goes out on the Or egon, and Fred West on the Tacoma, I met Mr. Humphrey, of Portland, today, and ho will go out he says, about October 1. Dave Turner will go out on one of tho last boats. Mr. Goggaln I3 absent from town on a. trip of Investigation to Bluestone. Having done well In Nome, Mr. Goggaln Is satis fled with the country and may remain through the Winter. L. C. Pease, former ly connected with The Oregonlan, is in business here and doing quite well. Business Comparatively Dull. Notwithstanding the fact that business In all lines is dull, having fallen off re markably for the past six weeks and still declining, building continues. True, thl3 Is confined to dwellings mostly, but it shows an undiminished faith In Nome's resources In some quarters. More people are preparing to Winter here than I ex pected to see. Even yet business is over done in Nome. There Is little or no sickness here, al though an occasional case of dysentery or typhoid is announced. This is a cli mate, however, which has no respect for catarrhal or bronchial affections, and op erates only to aggravate and augment those ailments. Crime is at Its minimum stage in Nome. Very little 13 reported these day3, and that little la confined mostly to petty sneakthlevery, such as purloining articles from tents which occupants have tem porarily left Nothing Is safe on tho outside of a tent The average "huskle" (Esqulmo dog) Is a skilled thelf. also. The "huskies" will steal and open with their teeth cans of condensed milk and drink the contents. Canned beef offers no barrier to their strong, sharp teeth, whllo anything In the line of eatables must bo hung high and dry or placed under lockT and key to defy their pilfering propen sities. Plenty of Conrt Business. Thro has been somo talk of the de parture of Judge Stevens for tho States to remain during the Winter, but no In formation of a definite nature has been obtained. If such should be true, however some substitute to fill his Judicial posi tion during the interim of Winter and Spring would have to be selected, I pre sume, for I cannot belicvo that ther will be any adjournment of court at alfr in view of the fact that the congested; condition of court business will demand constant and uninterrupted sessions from now on until next Summer. It is reliably reported here that a sul phur deposit has been discovered near Dutch Harbor, which will control tho markets of the world. Also that tho value and permanecy of the ore from the gold quartz mine near Unalaska has Jus tified Increasing the forco of men em ployed In the mine to 100. I believe tho country around Dutch Harbor abounds In quartz of a good grade, and permanent in character, and that other mines than the one now In operation will be de veloped In the near future. The country in that region Is covered with float quartz, and every indication points to tho presence of quartz in vast quantities. In fact the Aleutian Island Archipelago promises to develop much In the way of mineral deposits, especially In the vicin ity of Dutch Harbor. That locality pre sents more attractive inducements to tho miner than this part of Alaska, particu larly In the matter of communication with the outside world all the year around. EUGENE D. WHITE. MONEY ORDER INCREASE. Business for 1000 More Than 14 Per Cent Over 1S00. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The Postof flce Department ha3 Issued a tabulated statement of the money order business of the country for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900. During the year 33,163.050 money orders were Issued In the United States. The total transactions, a3 com pared with the previous year, foot up aa follows: 1S99. 1000. Money orders lssued.$224.958,363 $255,670.07? Money orders paid... 217,524,991 249.120.2S0 Totals $142,483,634 $504,790,313 This shows an increase in one year of $62,306,949 or over 14 per cent This is tho largest Increase In amount and in per centage that ha3 ever occurred in tho history of the postal service. The Auditor estimates the total receipts and expendi tures for the fiscal year 1900 of the postal service at $210,064,163. The grand aggre gate of money transactions of the postal service, including the money order sy3- tem. will thus be approximately $715,- 000,000 The Shah Received by the Porte. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept SO. Tho Shah of Persia arrived here today and waa received by the Sultan, with slaborata and brilliant ceremonies