Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 03, 1900, PART TWO, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text(wptifeta 1 PAGES 9 TO 16 1 B w ff5" Ottttftt PART TWO VOL. XL. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DEOEMBEH 3, 1900. NO. 12,472. 1 fl vT W' MUST BE FILLED UP Only Way to Solve Elevated Roadway Problem. STREETS ON TRESTLES WON'T DO Bridge Approaches KBit Be Made Permanent-EMt Side Ibb- proTeiaentB. The wear on the East Morrison street elevated roadway, between Union ave nue and Xarrison bridge. Is already con siderable, as most of the traffic crossing Morrison bridge goes that way. The roadway Is but a little over a year old. On Hawthorne avenue the surface of the elevated roadway is rapidly giving way and requires constant patching. Over both the Morrison and Madison bridges the traffic has Increased to such a vol ume that the ordinary plank roadway on the connecting streets lasts no time at all, and It Is generally admitted that nothing short of paving Hawthorne ave nue and East Morrison street with Bel gian blocks will stand the travel. It Is figured out that the cost at the start would be too great for the property owners to bear, but It Is the only perma nent Improvement for those streets. The building and repairs to the roadway on East Morrison street, since the first Im provement was made, have cost more than a solid fill will now cost. At the present rate of deterioration and wear, within another two years the decking of the roadway will then be gone. The cost of the repairs over a year ago was about 54000. As both East Morrison streets and Hawthorne avenue are used generally by the public, many believe it would be no more than justice that the district directly benefited should make the fill and improvement by Bel gian blocks between Union avenue and the bridge approaches. The fill would have to be made two years before a pavement could be laid on it, so that It could settle and become permanent. The paving of these two roadways would for all time dispose of the ques tion of roadways leading to the bridges. When the property-owners want ether roadways in the low district, or want to fill up the whole district, which will be done eventually, they could build at their own expense. City Auditor Devlin said he has thought the matter over very carefully, and be lieves that these two streets ought to be filled up and paved with Belgian blocks, so that there will be permanent streets leading to both bridges, and is confident that the city, or district, will have to bear the expense. "With the im proved facilities for filling up low grounds, Mr. Devlin thinks that the cost of making the fills would be compara tively small compared to the benefits. Provisions, he thinks, should be mado very soon for filling under the roadways without interfering with traffic, and then the fills could stand until they havo settled permanently. East "Water street also should be filled, but that would havo to be done by the property-owners, for the reason TKat the stfefets-ino-g-eneralIy''use4 'by the public, although very heavily used by local traffic. As these streets are near the river, the filling material could be taken from the river tied, and the harbor would be largely benefited while building permanently. ALSO NEEDS KILLING. Elevated Rondwny on Water Street Worn' Out. East "Water street, owing to the numer ous warehouses, boat yards, the Iron works, sawmill, laundry, etc, on and In the vicinity of this thoroughfare, has become a very busy street, much traveled by heavy teams. In consequence the deck put on the elevated roadway In 1895 Is nearly worn out, and a petition is being gotten up asking the Council to put on another deck. This Improvement Is a necessity to those doing business dn the street, and the other business men In that neighborhood, but those who have unimproved property on the street are naturally adverse to paying for a new deck so soon after putting one down. In fact, all of them have not yet paid their assessment for the deck put on in IKj, as the Improvement resulted In a Hwsult, which has only lately been de cided in favor of the city. Owners of property on the street who derive no income from it naturally ob ject to paying for a street which Is to be worn out by the teams employed by men who are doing business there and receive an Income from their property, but this Is the case on many other thoroughfares. and whero there is business done there must be streets and they must be kept In a passable condition. City Engineer Chase says the street ought to be filled in and thinks this could be best done by a dredge pumping sand from the river near. It will be remem bered that a Bowers dredge was once em ployed to fill In some of the blocks along Water street, but the Job had to be aban doned, as the gravel which forms the bottom of the river at the point where operations were commenced was too Ccarse and heavy to be successfully bandied by the dredge employed. Wnere There Is Mnch BalMlng. For the time of the ear there is much bulidbig going on in Lincoln Park on the Last Side along Union avenue and northward to Woodland. These dwellings cost all the way from 5300 to 52000. and yesterday from the car window not less tl'an 16 houses could be counted under obstruction. A few were completed, bi t the groater number are half finished. The cost of some of the larger dwellings will run above 52000. The total cost of these Improvements will not fall under 516 000. Besides the new houses many o'd ones are undergoing repairs and re construction, changing and Improving their appearance. The one great need of the district Is the full improvement of Union avenue on through to Woodlawn at least. At present the roads on both Bides of the car track are In very bad condition and cut up with travel. Union avenue is 70 feet wide, and If Improved thraugh would make a flno street There Is some talk of starting the Improve ment, and It no doubt will be dono af ter a while. Union Avenue. T"ni!n avenue is picking up right along, a' i Is becoming one of the business sfcets of the East Side The old Holmes bu.ldlng on the corner of Union avenue and East Ankeny street Is being rebuilt anl made over into a tenement-house. The owners of some of the other build ings on the street offer to change them Into tenement-houses. Some of the resl flents and property-owners are talking of asklrg the Portland Railway Company to expend a street-car line from East Dvirnslde street south to Hawthorne ave nge. They think that a railway would do mo-e to revive the street than anything felco that could be done. Thlnlc Tier "Will Get Ont. The farmers In section 13, on Columbia Slough, who are making an effort to get out of the city, think they -will succeed. One of the farmers in the territory re- fered to said yesterday that only one member of the Legislature was opposed to changing the boundary, while the others were favorable to letting these farmers get outside the city boundary. Several will visit the neighborhood and make an inspection of the district. Cant Side Notes. The 10-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs, B. P. Soden, living at 361 East Third street, north, died December 1. The fu neral will take place this morning. The 6-months-old son of Mrs. Agnes Myers, living en Twenty-third and Savler streets, died yesterday afternoon. The. child had been sick for over a month, and for the past three weeks lay In a stupor. David HlrsteL son of Charles Hirstel, who Is attending the Agricultural College at Corvallls, spent Thanksgiving at his home in Portland, and a large number of his young friends on both the west and East Side gathered at his home Friday night, and gave him a reception. Dr. Wise, room 614. The Dekum. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Tie Grass at the Marqnam Grand Tonight. The well-known Grau opefa company will appear at the Marquani Grand this evening in "The Isle of Champagne." There has been a large advance sale and a crowded house Is assured. "El Cap itan" and "The Little Tycoon" will be presented later in the week. In the matter of the selection of operas for presentation by Mr. Grau and this organization, the question of expense has not been considered. The repertoire offers the best in the operatic line. Manager Grau has obtained the exclusive rights to "Isle of Champagne," "Little Ty coon." and Sousa's "El Capltan," the latest New York and London successes, and they are presented by no other com pany. The same conscientious spirit has characterized the selection of the artists who are associated with Mr. Grau, and in surrounding himself with an expensive company, he has given expression to his determination to give every opera a worthy presenta'tlon. That the public ap preciates and will support performance of this character Is proven by the long series of successful engagements in the larger cities of the East. "Shenandoah." Wednesday the sale of seats for "Shen andoah," -which comes to the Maxquam soon, will begin. One of tho most elabo rate revivals the stage has seen in recent years is that of Bronson Howard's "Shen andoah," which has been made by Jacob Litt. From a scenic standpoint the play has never been so picturesquely staged as at the present time, and as a spectacular display there has never been anything in stageland that has equaled it in the range of the drama. The battle scene, which was Interpolated some years ago. Is pre sented In a manner so realistic that It oc curs quite often that both men and women are carried off their feet by their enthusi asm. The spirit of patriotism Is strong In the hearts of the Northern people, and the battle of Cedar Creek Is refought so realistically that the blood, no matter bow sluggish, moves very quickly In tho veins, for the battle Is a triumph of stagecraft. " -. .... The Henschels to Sins In. This City. Portland Is to be afforded the oppor tunity of hearing the famous Henschels, who are to make a tour of the Coast un der the management of Al Marks, the well-known concert lmpressario of San Francisco. Mr. Marks arrived In the city yesterday to perfect arrangements for the appear ance of Mr. and Mrs. HenscheL Mr. Marks, who has brought to the Coast such celebrities as Fannie Bloomfield Zelsler, Adele Aus der Ohe, Henry Stan ley, General Lew Wallace, George Kernan, says that the Henschels are being received with greater enthusiasm than ever. In all the cities where they have been booked to appear. "The love for music on this Coast," said Mr. Marks, "Is more pro nounced than It is In the East, as Is shown by the remarkable seasons of grand opera which have recently closed in two the aters in San Francisco. "Mr. Henschel has many new compo slons, which will be sung for the first time on the Coast, and I feel sure that the music-lovers of this city will avail themselves of the chance to hear these renowned artists for one concert." CHANGE IN- CREED DESIRED Popular Vote of Presbyterian Church So Indicates. CHICAGO, Dec. 2. The committee ap pointed by the last general assembly of the Presbyterian church to consider the revision of the creed of the church will meet in Washington, D. C, Tuesday. Dr. Herrlck Johnson, of the McCormlck Theo logical Seminary, of Chicago, will pre side. The vote which JJr. Johnson will present to the committee Is as follows: For revision, 67; for a supplementary creed, 67: for a substitutional creed, 15: for an explanatory statement, 11; for a dismissal of the subject, 45. Forty Pres byteries have not been heard from, most of them being in China, India and Mex ico. Dr. Johnson said: "The popular vote of the Presbyterian church Indicates that some change In our creed is demanded. Exactly what that change or changes will be I cannot say, but it Is probable that tho commit tee will recommend to the next general assembly that a supplementary creed be adopted. All the essentials of our faith will probably bo contained in this sup plement, but put In such a form as to be clear to the popular mind." Raining of T-ivcntleth-Ccntnry Ftind. PHILADELPHIA, Dec 2. The com mittee of tho general assembly having charge of the raising of the 20th-century fund of tho Presbyterian church state that money to cover the entire expendi ture of the work necessary to the gath ering of the fund has been subscribed by a certain gentleman. Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, moder ator of the general assembly, has been granted a leave of absence In order that he may undertake the work of represent ing the fund before the church. CONDITION OF THE CZAR. His Appetite Is Returning and His Strength Gradually Increasing. LTVADIA, Dec 2. The following bul letin regarding the condition of Emperor Nicholas was Issued today: "The Czar passed a very good day yes terday, and slept very well last night. His Majesty's condition this morning is very satisfactory. His appetite Is returning, and his strength Is gradually Increasing. Last evening his temperature was 97.9 and his pulse G4. This morning the for mer was 97 and the latter 72." COPENHAGEN. Dec 2. The Dowager Czarina has started for Llvadla. Director of Charity Hospital Dead. BERLIN, Dec 2. Herr Splnola, Privy Councillor and director of the Charity Hospital, 1b dead. HONOR EORTHEDEAD Impressive Memorial Service of tho Elks. ORATION DELIVERED BY J. . GEARIN Address by Rev A. A. Xorrlaon, of Trinity Chnrch Fine Mh st eal Programme. Praise, prayer and. oratory all combined yesterday to make the annual Elks' me morial service of Portland Lodge, No. 142, B. P. O. E., held at the Marquam Grand Theater, 4m Impressive occasion. The sol emn ritual of the Elks, and tho one Idea reiterated again and again, that life here PRESIDENT OF is one of service to make those around happier, made the audience, which packed tho theater feel as If they were In a cathedral. These officers of the Elks had seats on the stage: Exalted Ruler Alexander Bweek, Chaplain Horace W. Thlelsen, Past Exalted Ruler George C. Sears, and Past Exalted Ruler Charles Clute. In solemn tones, which made the audience forget the fact that they were In a the ater. Exalted Ruler Sweek opened the memorial exercises as follows: "Brothers, this day and date remind us that we are again to pay our mournful tribute of affection to our honored dead. Often have we been reminded In these solemn ceremonies that we were born to dlo that other spirits have taken their departure. The light of tho eye has gone out, and the lips which once breathed the language of fraternal greetings are silent for evermore. Tet these annual gather ings only tend to unlto this great brother hood more closely together. The animal from which our order derives Its name is noted for gentleness and timidity. It Is strong of limb, fleet of foot. Quick and keen of perception. So should we always be, my brothers. Quick to perceive or to hear the cry of distress, timorous of doing wrong, and fleet of foot to relieve the un fortunate, the burial of our departed brothers, the keeping alive and commemo rating the virtues of those who have fallen In life's battles Is a duty Imposed on us as Elks. Brother Secretary, you will please call the roll of our honored dead." Secretary Louis Dammasch then arose, and softly called out the 31 names of dead comrades. The silence among the audi ence was dramatic. When a name sound ed, no echo answered In a clarion voice "Hero"; but In conformity with the ritual of the Elks, a bellr tinkled. Several women In the audience were overcome with an emotion they could not suppress when they heard the name of some loved relative that had passed Into the great un known. Then Chaplain Horace W. Thlelsen made this prayer: "O Thou Most Exalted of All Rulers, we have gathered together as thy chil dren, once more to pay tribute to the memory of our departed brothers, those not forgotten, but gone before. Bless and prosper us In this labor of love. Bless all those here present. Bless, defend and provide for the fatherless and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed. Give them patience under their trials and graciously overrule all outward calamity, to the eternal good of thy children. En dow us with a competence of thy divine wisdom, that by precept and example we may better Inculcate the virtues of char ity. Justice, brotherly love and fidelity. And, finally, when we, too, are called, may our lives have been such that we may be able to meet our departed broth ers In that supreme lodge above, never more to part." Then folowed the ritual of tho order. Rev. A. A. Morrison, of Trinity Episco pal Church, spoke of the appreciation he felt In taking part at a service that links tho present and the past. "Yet," he said, "we think of such an occasion with a feeling of rerret, as it brings to our re membrance those who have gone hence, There has been a prejudice against or ganizations of this kind among men, but such objection has been chiefly due to Ig norance. Those who have opposed tho organization of large bodies of men band ing themselves together for the work of benevolence, for the noble work of char ity, have been men who In the flrs.t place know nothing about the work. Charity, benevolence and fraternity to all men re mind us that we are the children of one common Father. It Is therefore appro priato to meet together and speak for fraternal organizations founded upon principles that are good and beneficial to men of the human race They have not only under God's help, bound men to gether, but they have helped Tnen to feel that they are brothers. Such an. occa sion as this makes us think of those who .have gone before to a realm where there Is no sorrow, no weeping, no sin; and we can rejoice that they have gone. It their memory Is present with us, and our hope Is soon to Join them." Hon. John M. Gearin gavo the eulogy on the dead. He said that there are MRS. LILLIAN STEVENS NATIONAL WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. few ceremonies In life so Impressive as a lodge commemorating their dead. "Surrounded by the living here," said he, "we commune with those who have gone. But though a lodge of sorrow. It Is a lodge of hope as well, and we look to the gladness of meeting again. Though not a member of Lodge No. 142, I feel that I am not a stranger to those assem bled, and I feel I am talking to my own people. It Is a time for memories. It Is a happiness to know that those who have had their burdens in life here can look forward to the mantle of Immortality In the life beyond. You have heard the names of the dead called never again will their lips speak, never again shall we be with them. here. "Fraternal organizations, such as this, are the direct results of Christ's teaching. They grow and flourish because they are fulfilling their spirit of Christ's common ends. How this fraternal organization fulfilled its duties can be testified to by tho widows and orphan children left to lament the loss of those suddenly taken from them. It is a work of love, under taken without the hope of fee or reward.'" The speaker then made an eloquent plea for greater forbearance and charity In dis cussing the faults of common humanity, and said that the good works of the dead should be emblazoned In letters of gold, and their faults written In letters on the sand. "Let us not wait until a man dies," he continued, "and then say how much wo loved him. Say it to him in this life, and let him know It." In dosing, the speaker said he loved the Elks' or ganization because It Is distinctively American, and goes where tho flag flies, at home or abroad, from 'Cuba to Manila Bay. The musical programme by the Taylor Street Methodist Episcopal choir was ex cellently rendered, and the shading by soprano and alto in Hawley'sfihorus, "O Paradise," was very creditable. Jfevr Century Consecration Services. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Archbishop Martlnelll, the Apostolic delegate, wilt participate at services to be held at St. Patrick's Church, in this city, at mid night, December 31, to consecrate the new century to God. A year ago. the Pope gave special permission, with a view to a wide exercise of the privilege, to sing a solemn mass at night, December 3L of last year, to consecrate the closing year of the century, and to repeat it Decem ber 31 next, for consecrating the entire new century. The coming ceremony Is expected to be an unusually brilliant one. Most of the bishops throughout the coun try probably will hold similar solemn services. A. Correction. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. L The name of the candidate nominated by peti tion for Mayor of Vancouver is A. L. Johnson and not A. L. Jansen, as printed in Friday's Oregonlan. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Be sure and us that old asd well-tried remedy. Mrs. "Wlnalow Soothing Syrup, for cMldrea teething-- It soothe tho chili, softens tho gams. allays all pain, cur wind colic aaa diarrhoea, sundur: burner W. C. T. I). MEETING Twenty-seventh Annual Con vention Opened Today. SESSION AT NATIONAL CAPITAL One of the Meat Important Matters Will Be Dlaeasslen at the Army Canteen. WASHINGTON, Deo. 2. Five hundred delegates are In Washington to attend the 27th annual convention of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union, whose regular business session begins tomor row. The Indications are that the con- ventlon will be one of the most profitable In the history of the organization. Today a preliminary meeting was held, presided over by the National president, Mrs. Lillian Stevens, of Maine. Mrs. J. R. Barney, of Round-the-World-Temper-ance Missionary Workers for the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union, deliv ered her annual sermon, In which she re ferred to the flight of the Israelites un der Mcses to Jerusalem. She likened the promised land of the Hebrews to the promised land of the twentieth century now dawning for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Workers. "Our Jeri cho," she said, "is about to dawn upon us. It Is the coming century, when every effort should be redoubled, and aggres siveness should be the watchword for in creased activity in abolishing the saloon and stamping out the liquor evil." One of the most Important features of the convention will be a discussion of the Army canteen. Mrs. Ella M. Thatcher, National Superintendent of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Department, who has this matter In charge, will offer a resolution condemning the canteen. Mrs. Thatcher has visited all the Army headquarters and Soldiers' Homes of the country, and ex amined the workings of the canteen thor oughly. She declared that there Is a re markable difference between the old sol dier at the home at Marlon, Ind., where there Is no canteen, and other posts. The men are better mentally and physically, she said. Mrs. Helen Bullock, of New York, now superintendent of the Social Purity League, and a delegate to the convention, delivered an address tonight on the sub ject of temperance. She said the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union now has 300,000 boys and girls In Its royal tem perance legion, and IG.000,000 children In the public schools are receiving temper ance Instruction. In every state except South Carolina and Utah, she stated the laws demand that all public school chil dren be taught temperance and be In structed In the evils of drink and the vir tues of abstinence. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Dec 2. Sailed at S A. M. Steamer Fulton, for San Francisco. Ar rived at 12 M. British ship Andreta and German bark Alsterufer, from Yokohama. Reported outside German ship Alice, from Nagasaki. Reported outside at 2:15 P. M. German bark Gertrud, leaking. Newport. Sailed December 1 Schooner Bertha Dolber, for Gray's Harbor. Port Los Angeles. Sailed December 1 British bark Luclpara, for Portland. San Francisco, Dec 2. Arrived Steam er Bonlta. from Newport Sailed British steamer Warfleld, for Chemalnus; steam er Walla Walla, for Puget Sound: schoon er William Renton. for New Whatcom; schooner A. B. Johnson, Gray's Harbor; schooner Ralph J. Long, for Sluslaw. "New Yor", Dec 2. Arrived La Gas cogne, from Havre. Sailed Astoria, for Glasgow, via Movllle; Philadelphia, for Liverpool; Bolivia, for Palermo; Mar seilles, etc Hoqulam. Arrived November 30 Ar rived Schooner Philippine, from San Francisco for Aberdeen; schooner Lilll bonne, from San Pedro for Aberdeen; schooner Lizzie Vance, from San Francis co, for Hoqulam. Sailed Steamer Grace Dollar, from Hoqulam for San. Francisco; steamer Coronado, from Aberdeen for San Francisco. Arrived Steamer New burg, from San Francisco for Aberdeen. Klnsale, Dec 2. Passed Cambroman, from Liverpool for Halifax. Queenstown, Dec 2. Arrived Waesland, from Philadelphia for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. Antwerp, Dec 2. Arrived Westernland, from. New York. Queenstown, Dec 2. Sailed Lucanla, from Llverpoo. for New York. SHIPPING SUBSIDY BILL. Opposition Will Likely Be So Strong: That Meosare Will Be Set Aside. WASHINGTON, Nor. 27. From Informa tion obtained in talks with Seneators and Representatives who have been arriving during the past few days, the indications are that the shipping subsidy bill will be very likely to be set aside after It has been demonstrated that It cannot pass, and that It will encounter vigorous oppo sition. Even Republicans are In doubt whether they should pajs the bill or not, among them being Representative Bur ton, chairman of the committee on rivers and harbors, 'who represents Cleveland, Hanna'p home town. He has already sug gested that the hill would have to be greatly modified before It would receive bis support. That was the position of e number of members during the last Con gress. A great many Republicans shied at any subsidy bill whatever, and they sought to have It modified largely from the first draft that was Introduced by Hanna In the Senate and Payne In the House, and became known as the Hanna Payne shipping bill. Now any prolonged opposition In the short session in the Senate can defeat almost any measure The elections bill was defeated In the Fifty-first Congress In that way, and the shipping bill could be defeated In this Congress. But there Is a difference In conditions now. It wag known In the short session of the Fifty-first Congress that the House would be overwhelemlngly Democratic in the next Congress, and tho defeat of any obnoxious measure would mean no possibility of its passing in the next session. Now it Is known that there is a large Republican majority In the next House, much larger than In the present. The same Is true of the Senate, and a bill that was defeated on partisan grounds In this Congress would be almost sure to pass the next. Con sequently the Democrats may decide to allow the present subsidy bill to go through, on the theory that It is better than the one which might pass In the next Congress. Still, if Republican op position develops this session, as It did in the last session, there Is every reason to believe that tho bill could be easily de feated this session. NOVEMBER WEATHER. Temperature. DATE. 3 "J" So Cloudy 1.03 Cloudy. Cloudy Clear Pt Cloudy Pt Cloudy 3.... 4.... 5.... 6."... 7.... 8.... 9.... 10.... 11.... 12.... 13.... 1.... 15.... 16.... 17.... 18.... 19.... 20.... 21.... 22.... 23.... 24.... 23.... 26.... 27.... 23.... 29..., 30.... .02 00 00 GO 00 .03 00 00 00 00 00 00 .05 .11 .23 .15 .13 .10 00 00 .10 .50 uiouay Cloudy jClear Clear Pt Cloudy Clear Clear Pt Cloudy ciouay Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt Cloudy uiear Pt Cloudy Pt Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Pt Cloudy Pt Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 1.32 00 .03 .10 uiouay Trace. Tho mean maximum was 61.8 ; minimum, 40.2; mean, 45.8. Mean atmospheric pressure, 3002; high est presure, 30.35, on the 8th; lowest pres sure. 29.44 on the 17th; mean temperature, 46; highest temperature, 63, on the 12th; lowest temperature, 19, on the 21st; great est dally range of temperature, 19 on the 22d; least dally range of temperature, 6, on the 20th. Mean temperature for this month In 54 44 56 4S 54 46 53 42 49 "37 54 43 54 46 54 47 69 42 59 4S 59 49 63 47 61 44 53 44 55 45 57 48 52 40 42 34 39 27 30 24 32 19 39 20 52 34. 46 39 59 45 64 42 45 34 47 34 64 44 57 49 1572 4218S7 45 1573 4S1SS3 ..44 1574 45 18S9 43 1875 45 1890 47 1S76 47 1891 49 1877 481893 48 1878 47 1893 4S 1879 44 1S94 49 1SS0 421895 44 1551 44 1896 S9 1552 44 1897 45 18S3 471S33 44 1554 481899 62 1555 49 1900 46 1556 42) Mean temperature for this month for 29 years, 46; average excess of dally mean temperature, during month, 0; accumu lated excess of dally mean temperature since January 1, 154; average dally excess slnco January 1, 0; prevailing direction of wind, northwest; total movement of wind, 6535 miles; maximum velocity of wind, direction and date; 45, south, on the 23d. Total precipitation, 4.60 Indies; number of days with .01 of an inch or more of pre cipitation, 16; total precipitation, in Inches, for this month In 1871 .3.71 I1SS6 LOO 3.43 4.47 3.97 0.50 5.74 4.34 7.74 2.76 2.93 1872 4.671887 1873 1874 4.33 1SSS .... 18S9 .... .10.22 1875 1876 1S77 1873 1S79 .15.77 .10.03 .12.15! 1890 .... 1891 .... 1892 .... 1853 .... 1S94 .... 1895 .... . 5.61 . 4.56 1SS0 3.17 ISS1 6.91I1S95 13.12 1882 6.9511897 11.65 1553 8.26 1893 6.03 1554 3.2411899 7.56 18S5 8.52J1S00 4.50 Average precipitation for this month for 30 years. 6.17 inches; total deficiency in precipitation during month, L67 inches; total precipitation from September 1, 1900, to date, 10,30 Inches; average precipitation from September 1, 1900 to date, 11.31 inches; total deficiency from September 1, 3S00, to date, 1.01 Inches; average precip itation for CO wet seasons, 44.90 inches; number of clear days, 6; partly cloudy days, 9: cloudy days. 15; dates of killing frost, none; total snowfall, 1.2 Inches; greatest 24 hours' precipitation, 2.52 Inches, on the 25th. EDWARD A. SEALS Forecast Official. Suffering Front Nervous Prostration. NEW YORK, Dec 2. Miss Georgia Cay van, the actress, who has been 111 for sev eral weeks In the Sanford Hall Sani tarium, of Flushing, L. I., Is suffering from nervous prostration. It Is said she Is on the verge of mental and physical wreck, having N become almost totally blind. Little hope for her recovery Is en tertained. Her health has been declining since an operation undergone in 1835. Miss Cayvan Is a native of Bath, Me. MUST BE OBSERVED Duty of Ships to Take Cog nizance of Storm Warnings. DECISION BY COURTS ON POINT Vessel Liable for Damages to Freight Discharged In Open "Wnea Bad Weather Is Predicted WASHINGTON. Dec 1 Professor Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, has made a statement In which he call3 at tention to the recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals at Rich mond. Va., Involving the responsibili ty of a vessel master for damages by rain to a cargo of rice discharged on an unsheltered wharf at Charleston, S. C, when the bureau had predicted ra!n. He says that contrary to widely pub lished comments, the decision clearly stated that where the storm warnings are brought to the attention of vessel mas ters, It 13 their duty to take cognizance and observe them, though the court said the ordinary predictions of rain, snow and moderate changes of temperature are less reliable than most anything of which the general public Is expected to tako cognizance. Professor Moore contends that tho de cision was a commendation. Instead of a condemnation of storm warnings. The bureau, he says, considers that out of every five forecasts of precipitation, one has failed of verification, while there has not been a destructive marine storm anywhere In the United States In over six years that was not preceded by tho danger warnings, or of a severe cold wave, of which farmers were not given timely warning. SPECIAL STORM FORECASTS. Establishment of System for North Atlantic Promised. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. The establish ment of a system of special storm fore casts for the North Atlantic region, In the near future. Is promised In the 'an nual report of Professor Willis Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau. Professor Moore says that thl3 Innovation becomes possible by the completion of a cable system connecting Lisbon, the Azores and New York City. It is proposed to Include Bermuda and a number cf im portant points on the western co-ist of Europe in the new system of reports. The report continues as follows: "The original experimental work of the bureau, during the year, was confined to an Investigation of the possibilities of wireless telegraphy as a method of estab lishing communication between vessels at Bea and exposed points along our lakes and seaMa3B. Satisfactory prog ress was made in this investigation, but the time Is not ripe for communicating the details of the work. Some progress has also been made la a study of the problem of reducing barometric observa tions made In the western plateau coun try to sea level. It Is proiosed to ex tend the system ot reduction teo ihat-the maps of the weather conditions at the S500-foot plan, the 10,000-foot plane as well as at sea level, may be readily con structed. This work has been greatly needed for many years." The report says that the forecast serv ice has been strengthened and that the approach of all dangerous tropical storms, the movement of cold waves, and the occurrence of killing frosts and heavy snow have been accurately fore casted. Three destructive hurricanes passed the West Indies, and moved northeastward during the year. The most destructive was that which devas tated Porto Rico, August 8, 1899, and skirted the Atlantio Coast for four days, during which time accurate advices re garding Its character and probable course were telegraphed along the line of advance, preceding Its arrival by peri ods varying from a few hours in the Leeward Islands to 36 and 43 hours along the South Atlantic Coast. The storm passed over the Leeward and Benouda Islands In September and on tho Carib bean Sea and the Atlantic Coast of the United States In October following, ship ping Interests being advised several days In advance. FUSION WILL RISE NO MORE Nehrraslca Safely Republican for Years to Come. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. One of the prominent candidates for the United States Senate from Nebraska, Editor Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, when In Washington recently, gave out an Inter view on local ocndltions In his state, in which he declared that Nebraska has seen tho send of a fusion of the op position, parties. The Silver Republicans no longer exist, and the Populists and Democrats, he saya, will never again act together. He predicts that If the Repub-' llcans give a clean, honest government, they will remain In power for at least 20 yeara to come. In the past the Republi cans were greatly injured by corrupt ad ministrations. In Nebraska he estimates that tho Democrats have but 60,000 votea of their own, the Populists having about the same number. The Populists party in Nebraska was simply an outgrowth of the opposition to the course of the rail roads In making discriminations to build up one place and Injure another, and to run things generally In their own way. With this situation corrected, the Re publicans now have nothing to fear from, the Populist movement. Bryan, will al ways be an Influential man with about five-sixths of the Democrats of the state, but at the recent election the people generally were contented with conditions as they found them, and were not even now willing to risk a change of admin istration. Mr. Rosewater Is very confident of be ing chosen as one of the two Senators from Bryan's state, where he has had great assurances of general support from the people at large. English Beelceepers and the Dahlia. London Express. The dahlia Is deservedly a favorite flow er In most country districts nowadays. A row of brilliant red dahlias on either side of the garden walk are charming and ef fective. Tho flower, too. deserves our esteem In that it blooms when most of the good things of Summer are hasting to de cay. We do not hear beekeepers telling stories against the dahlia nowadays, but it was decidedly a suspect In former days. Authorities held that the cultivation of the dahlia was quite incompatible with successful beekeeping. The bee3, It used to be said, were rendered drunk and In capable by feeding on the honey of these flowers; some would die from the effects, while those that recovered made little or no honey when they arrived home at tho hive. One taken every night stimulates the liver, carries off the bile and Improves the digestion and appetite. Carter's Littl lUvar Pilla. Don't forxst this.