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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1900. NOVEMBER EXPORTS Portland Near the Head of the List on Wheat, OHE MILLION BUSHELS SHIPPED .Vii Beaten by But Three Other Parts Marlon Licntbody and B. I. Charlotte te Race to Eu rope TCarine Notes. Portland la still making- a splendid rec ord as one of the biff wheat exporting cities of the United States, and for the month of November the shipments from this port were exceeded by those of but three other ports, Sin Francisco slipping into third place ahead of Portland by less than 4000 bushels. Galveston, -which was In second place, shipped but little over 50. 000 bushels more than Portland. "While this showing Is an excellent one. It will be much Improved by that for December, as tho shipments for this month have already far exceeded those for November with half of the month unfinished. The shipments of wheat In detail from the different ports, as compiled by the Gov ernment Bureau of Statistics, Is as fol lows: "Wheat. "Wheat, bush. bush. Port 1900. 1S99. New York 1.052,097 2,024,427 Galveston ....'... 1.122,363 937.100 San Francisco 1.071,447 74S.94S Portland, Or. L057.459 L16S.949 New Orleans 785.246 1,172,194 Philadelphia C44.29S 272,000 Puget Sound K0.GS0 SS0.510 Boston and Charlestown. 4o5,24S C7S.C0J Duluth 23S.04S 5G6.000 Baltimore 144.118 5S3.373 Superior 115.678 5S9.243 Newport News 90,000 Mobile 24.807 Other ports 329,311 290.000 "Total 8,251,163 9,411.344 For the 11 months ending December 1. the showing Is an equally good one. Port land Is In fifth place, compared with sixth place In a corresponding period last year. The shipments for the first 11 months of the year were as follows: "Wheat. "Wheat, -bush. bush. Port 1900. 1S99. New York 16.609,625 25,015,272 San Francisco .11.416,811 4,625,011 Galveston 9,965,117 14.71S.101 Boston and Charlestown. 9.640,558 10,616.472 Portland. Or 9.14S.S52 6,873.541 New Orleans 7.462,706 11.320.492 Philadelphia 4.720,333 '3.C73.7S6 Puget Sound 4.115,636 3.937.715 "Baltimore 3.806.676 9.493,326 Superior 1.858.353 4.32S.862 Duluth 1.CS7.514 2.79S.6S5 Newport News 1.518,814 503.897 Mobile 101,099 3S4.470 Norfolk and Portsmouth. 124.000 148.SS2 Other ports 6.021.910 3,507,176 Total r. 88.074,128 101.945.6SS ASHORE ON LYNN CANAL. Steamship City of Topeka Slay Be a Total Lous. SEATTLE, "Wash., Dec. 17. The Pacific Coast Company's steamship City of To peki is ashore on Lynn Canal, with strong prospects pf her being a total wreck. There was no loss of life. The Topeka left Skagway In a blinding bllz rard at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning, December 8. At 5 o'clock In the after noon, after seeking for hours for shelter from the gale and the snow, she struck the beach on Sullivan's Islands, only 2& hours' ordinary run from Skagway. Passengers were landed on" the main land. The Alert. on her way to Juneau, picked up part of them and took them to that city. The Flossie was immediate ly sent to the scene of the wreck. Captain John O'Brien, of the Dolphin, which arrived today, bringing the news of the wreck, said: "When we went by the Topeka the tide was low, and her stern was down in tho water about 20 feet, with her bow eticking up. From what I could learn she must have about a 20-foot hole some .where amidships." TACOMA, Dec 17. Among the passen gers on the City of Topeka was -Mrs. A. J. C. Clark, of Tacoma, who arrived here today and who gives a thrilling story of the wreck to the Ledger. Mrs. Clark says: "Abput 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon It grew as dark as night, the wind blew a perfect hurricane and it was bitter cold. The waves dashed eight and ten feet high over the steamer's guardrail, and nothing could have lived In those waters. They attempted to run the steamer Into some harbor or retreat until the storm sub sided. The terrors of that storm were beyond description. The steamer lost her bearings, and I think something was broken about the engines. "We were sitting at a table In tho sa loon when the steamer struck on the reef with a terrible shock, closely fol lowed by another more severe, and a panic was created, and excited passen gers rushed hither and thither, some throwing their baggage overboard. "After tho second shock the steamer keeled over on her side. The tide was then high. The small boats were found to be useless. Some of the men got to land, however, and built fires and began carrying Jhlngs ashore. The w'omen waited until the tide fell, or until about 6 o clock, and then we reached shore by stepping on the rocks It was such an awful storm and the waves were so wild and fierce that I was actually glad when the steamer struck on the reef. "It snowed all Saturday night and was very cold and continued so until 8unday about 12 o'clock, when it mod crated somewhat. One of the men walked three miles through the snow storm to an Indian village or encampment and got a tent for the women. Then we found that It leaked. The weather changed and It began to rain. "We stayed on the island until Tues day noon. We had plenty to eat. There was everything one could want. Food was strewn all over the beach. Tuesday about 11 o'clock the little steamer Alert came by and found us. It transported eome of us to Juneau and sent another steamer back after the rest. They ex pected the Topeka would probably break her back at low tide." (The steamship City of Topeks. was a well-known craft in Northwestern waters. 9 She was brought out from the East about 35 years ago. and was for a long time on the i out between Portland and Alaska, afterwards going to the Sound, which has since been the southern termin us of her route. The steamer was built at Chester. Pa.. In 1SS4. for a Boston firm, but was sold soon after completion to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail road, and in turn to the present owners, tho Pacific Coast Steamship Company. The dimensions of the steamer are: Length. 19S feet; beam, 35 feet; depth of hold. 15 feet.) 11 1 0 OCEAN RACE. Marlon I.lu-htbotly nna n. S. Char lotte to Sail for a Wnger. The British bark Marlon Lightbody will leave down the river this morning, and the German schoolshlp. Herzegln Sophie Charlotte will follow tomorrow morning. As the result of a little argument as to the respective speed of their two ves boIs. Captain Cordlner. of the Marlon Lightbody, and Captain Warnecke, of the Charlotte, have wagered 5500 each on the homeward run, and the vessel which is" tho shortest number cf days" out will take the money. Both of the vessels are very fast ships, and unless there Is an acci dent to one or the other. It will be a closer ocean ra.ee than is often sailed over a 17,000-mile course. The Marlon Lightbody has an unbroken line of fast passages to her credit, and , there is nothing slow about the German snip with the long name. The met tnat she carries a crew of 90 men. about three times the number carried by the Light body, should give her a slight percen age. but Captain Cordlner has abiding faith in the ship that haa sailed so many fast miles for him. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Numerous Chances and New Gulden to the Quarantine Station. Notice Is hereby given of the following changes in aids to navigation in this dis trict, which affect the List of Beacons and Buoys, Pacific Coast. 1900. Entrance to Umpqua River. Inside bar buoy, a black and white perpendicularly striped second-class nun. Is reported as having gone adrift on December 4, and will be replaced as early as practicable. Peacock Spit buoy. No. Vh, a black, first-class can, recently reported as hav ing dragged out of position, was plicefi December S In 30 feet of water on the fol lowing bearings: Outer end Government wharf, Chinook Point, east northeast east. Point Adams lighthouse, old tower, east southeast. North Head lighthouse, north northwest west, and marks the south edge of the spit. Knappton Channel buoy No. 1, a black, first-class spar, was changed December 4 to a second-class spar, and placed in 17 feet of water on the following bearings: Point near Knappton Mill (south tangent) northeast V- north; Smith's Point (west tangent), south by east; Cliff Point (south tangent), southwest by west west. Knappton Channel buoy No. 4, a red second-class spar, was established Decem ber 4 In 20 feet of water on the follow ing bearings: Point near Knappton Mill (south tangent), . northeast by north; Smith Point (west tangent), south east; Cliff Point (south tangent), southwest by "west west. Knappton Channel buoy No. 6, a red second-class spar, was established De cember 4 In 16 feet of water on the fol lowing bearings: Point near Knappton Mill (southeast tangent), north northeast V. east; Smith Point (west tangent), south Vz east: Point EIlIco (tangent), south southwest west. Knappton Channel buoy No. E, a red second-class spar, was established De cember 4 In 20 feet of water on the fol lowing bearings: Smith Point (west tan gent), south Vi. east; Point Elllce (tan gent), south southwest west; Cliff Point (south tangent), southeast & west. These buoys are Intended as guides in the channel to the new quarantine sta tion near Knappton. Entrance to Gray's Harbor, Washing ton, Inner buoy, a black and white per pendicularly striped first-class nun, was moved December S, and Is now moored In 27 feet of water, on the following bear ings: Lone Tree on Damon Point, north northeast east; Jetty wharf (Inside the bay), east northeast east; Gray's Har bor lighthouse, east & south. From this buoy steer so as to pass close to th6 northward of Trustee Spit buoy No. 0. By order of the Lighthouse Board, W. P. Day, Commander, U. S. N., Inspector 13th lighthouse district. Portland, Or., December 17, 1900. ADVENTURES OF A DERELICT. Dismasted, Abandoned and Fired, She Still' Floated. NEW YORK, Dec 17. A cablegram to the World from Nassau, N. P.. says that the wreck of the Thomaston, Me., schoon er Marie E." Lermond has been driven ashore by a squall upon the reefs of the Island of Abaco, the northernmost coast of the Bahamas. This now well-known derelict has been sighted 13 times. A passing steamer set her on fire, and a portion of her stern burned off, but she appears to be still valuable. The Brit ish steamer Antllla has been sent from Nassau "by the Colonial Government to save the schooner. If possible. The most remarkable question In the adventures of the schooner Is, How did Captain Sproul and his seven men get from the wreck to Para? Captain Ap pleby, of the Sailors' Roma here, says the survivors arrived thM on the Red Star liner Cametense, on October 14. hav ing sailed from Para. The Marie E. Ler mond sailed from Fernandlna for Martin ique on August 24, and was first reported dismasted and abandoned on September 17. The Antilles current sent her Into the track of South American and West Indies-bound vessels. She had traveled 200 miles from September 17 to October 10. November 19 the Norwegian steamship Frey. from Santiago for Philadelphia, set her on fire, and she was reported by the steamship Uller as burning on November 20. Only her stern and rigging were de stroyed by fire, however. She was too soggy to burn, and her cargo of lumber kept her afloat. December 2 she was sighted north of Abaco and while a small coasting vessel was trying to tow her Into shallow water a squall drove her on the rocks. She had floated about 500 miles. It is supposed that either the British ship Merenantz or the British steamer Hilars' rescued the crew of the Lermond and took them to Para, but there Is no record of the fact. Ambition That "Was Fatal. NEW YORK. Dec 17. The marine su perintendent of the White Star Line is authority for the statement that Mr. Crosby, who lost his life while trying to assist in the work of saving the White Star Line steamship, as reported from Queenstown, was a young man who had been chiefly in the Pacific service of the Oceanic Steamship Company, having been an ofllcer on the Doric, plying between San Francisco and China and Japan. "Mr. Crosby was ambitious," said the superintendent, "and not one in a thou sand would dare have attempted what he tried to do. It was through ambition that he lost his life." The Chlng "Wo Delay. ASTORIA. Dec 17. The British steam er, Chlng Wo was unable to get away from the wharf at the quarantine station until this morning, on account of the southerly wind and heavy swell. It will be necessary to place a moorfng-buoy out In the stream from the wharf by which vessels can be pulled out from the wharf. While the Chlng Wo was swing ing out this morning her upper works overhung the wharf and a blade of her propeller struck one of the dolphins and Injured it considerably. Big Fleet of Overdue. NEW YORK, Dec 17. About 29 steam shins that should have mnrt rmrt v . I not been reported up to this morning. Tne storms on tne Atlantic, or head winds, are detaining the Umbrla. from Liverpool: La Champagne, from Havre; the Victoria, from Gibraltar; the Minne haha, from London: the Lorado. from Hull, and the Rotterdam, trom Rotter dam. Some of the overdue fleet have been out since the last of November. Willamette Rising. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Dec 17. The rains since Saturday have raised the river several feet, and the steamer Modoc took advantage of the high water to run above Corvallls for some.frelght that bad accumulated there, and brought it down this morning. Marine Noted. The United States lighthouse tender Columbine arrived up from Astoria last evening on one of her periodical visits to this port. The British steamship Chlng Wo. after three days at the Astoria quarantine sta tion. Arrived up last evening. She will begin loading wheat as soon as she can be lined. The British ship Ardencralg and the French bark G-eneral Mllllnet arrived down at Astoria -yesterday morning: The Milltcet was less" than 24 hours making the ruii down. Including time &t anchor age over night. The Umatilla Reef lightship has again broken loose from her moorings and is now at Neah Bay, awaiting an oppor tunity to go back to her station. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec 17. Arrived down at 9:30. British ship Ardencralg, French bark General MUlinet. Left up at 11 A. M., British teamer Chlng Wo. at 11:30 A. M.; British ship Blairhoyle. Condi tion of the bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind, southeast; weather, cloudy. Seattle, Dec 15. Sailed Steamer Kin tuck, for Manila. Tacoma. Dec 16. Sailed Ship S. D. Carlton, for Honolulu. San Pedro. Arrived 16 Schooner Co rona, from Seattle. Port Townsend. Arrived 16 Schooner Expansion, from Santa Rosalia. San Pedro Arrived 17 Barkentlne Port land, from Tacoma. London. Dec 17. Arrived" 14 Ship Te ocle, from Port Blakeley. San Francisco, Dec 17. Sailed Steam ers Czarina, for Seattle; Walla Walla, for "Victoria: San Mateo, for Nanalmo; schooner J. A. Garfield, for Nanalmo. Gibraltar, Dec 17. Arrived Columbia, from New York, for Genoa and Naples. Sailed Aller, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. Antwerp, Dec 17. Arrived Noordland, from New York. Liverpool, Dec 17. Arrived Etruria, from New York; Saxonla, from Boston. Hamburg, Dec 15. Sailed Pretoria, for New York. New York, Dec 17. Arived Victoria, from Naples; Minnehaha, from London; TJmbria, from Liverpool. New York, Dec 17. Arrived La Cham pagne, from Havre. AS OTHERS SEE US. It is a pleasure to congratulate The Oregonian upon its having reached the respectable age of half a century. From a small beginning it has progressed stead ily until It is a great paper, a credit to Its community and a power in the Northwest. Especially do Its editorial utterances receive attention and its opin ions, if sometimes "wrong, are expressed In a scholarly and 'able fashion. Tacoma Ledger. The Oregonian, the great newspaper of the great Northwest, celebrated Its 50th birthday December 4. In Its big Issue of that date it gave a facsimile of the first Issue of the paper, a small weekly, 50 years ago. The Oregonian has made' gi gantic strides and kept pace with the Improvement of the Northwest ever since, and today stands as a peer of any news paper In the West, and the superior of any in editorial brilliancy. Lakevlew Ex aminer. The Oregonian passed its semi-annual anniversary on the 4th Inst, and cele brated the event by Issuing In connec tion with Its regular edition a historic number reviewing the events of the founding and the early hardships of the paper. The essentials which enabled The Oregonian to multiply success and over throw all competition and opposition are the same that contribute to the success of every undertaking in the world un remitting energy and zeal, and prompt ness In paying Indebtedness and strict attention to making collections. The news and editorial features of The Oregonian are of high order, and, while many may often differ with its opinions, all are bound to respect its aggressive character and Its fearless stand for what It be lieves to be right. Klamath Republican. The Oregonian on December 4 closed its 50th year. Few papers reach the age of half a century, and fewer still grow bet ter with each year of their age. The Ore gonian. however, has done both. There are papers which publish more adver tising than The Oregonian, there are pa pers that publish more pages, but there are none more able, more fearless, more charitable, more sound, than The Ore gonian. It has seen the North Pacific Coast grown from a puny infant, despised by the Government, to lusty manhood, one of the Integral parts of our great Na tion. And In all this wonderful growth, The Oregonian has been the greatest fac tor. Hoqulam Washlngtonlan. The Oregonian last week celebrated Its 50th anniversary by issuing one of the most Interesting editions ever produced by that great paper. The progress of The Oregonian has been truly wonderful. In Its long career ever keplng In advance of Portland. This has been due to rare business management and superior edi torial ability. The whole state should be proud of such an Ideal newspaper that, always restless. Is preparing to make fu ther progress and take longer strides. Aurora Borcalls. The Oregonian has Just celebrated Its 50th birthday. It has passed through all the various vicissitudes Incident to every paper, starting from a small begin ning, until now It stands at the head of all papers ,on the Pacific Coast. While all may not agree with the paper's views, yet all will have to admit that no news paper in the United States displays more ability In Its editorial department than does The Oregonian. Long may It live and Its usefulness be unbounded. Shan lko Leader. The Oregonlan's first seml-centennlai number, Issued Tuesday, Decemoer 4", Is the most Interesting paper that has reached us in years. Its pages are re plete with historical information and reminiscences of pioneer days, and the photographic reproduction of the first number of the paper Is a treasure worth preserving. Starting out 50 years ago as a modest four-page weekly. The Ore gonian has kept pace with the times and conditions, until now It Is surpassed by no paper in the United States In the amount and quality of news furnished or in the strength and ability of Its edi torial utterances. In truth. It may be said that The Oregonian has not only risen to njeet every new opportunity, but has ever led the way In the development of our splendid state. As a gatherer and purveyor of news, It Is enterprising, but never sensational. It Is clean. It Is re liable. Refreshing Indeed are Its sober, respectable columns In these days of yel low Journalism. The people of Oregon are proud of their great daily!, and they have Just cause to be so. Dallas Ob server. The Dalles Team Reaches Home. THE DALLES. Or., Dec 17. The Dalles football team arrived home yesterday from Heppner and Wasco, where they played Friday and Saturday afternoons, the two games In such quick succession proving a severe strain on The Dalles players. After a defeat at Heppner they were able to tie with Wasco, which, un der the circumstances of such continu ous effort, was sufficiently gratifying to The Dalles men. Considerable adverse comment is raised, however, by the Was co Oregonian report of Saturday's game. At the end of the first half of the game, The Dalles team was on Wasco's 30-yard' line, and at no time In the second half did Wasco have the balL At the close of the game The Dalles boys were moving rapidly to a touchdown, and w.ere within seven yards of the goal when time was called. Idaho Notes. Arrangements are progressing satisfac torily for the poultry show at Lewlston. The Masons of the Coeur d'Alenes or ganized a lodge of perfection at Wallace last week with. 25 charter members. It is reported that smallpox is prevalent on the Coeur d'Alene reservation. It Is said that in the families of Neas And Spotted Louie in particular the disease has developed into the acute stage and is in danger of spreading if preventive meas ures are not taken. The authorities have been notified. If you wake in the morning with a bit ter taste in the mouth, coated tongue, perhaps headache, your liver is torpid. You need Carter's Little Liver Pills. ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCHED ROCKPORT, IND., MOB CONTINUES ITS WORK. John Rolls, the Thlr.d Man Impli cated in the M.nrder of Slznond, "Was Strang: Up. BOONEVILLE, Ind., Dec 17. John Rol la. the third of the colored men Implicated in the murder of Hollle Slmond, was hanged to tree In the courtyard by a mob of about 100 men from Rockport, at 6:30 o'clock this evening. Not a shot was fired, and everything was conducted as quietly as If the execution had been under the sanction of the law. Rolla was brought to this pla'ce this afternoon about 4 o'clock. In charge of Sheriff Anderson, of Rockport. Upon his arrival he was placed In a cell on the second floor of the Jail and his presence was known to only a few citizens. 'A few minutes after 6 o'clock a body of 100 men marched through the principal streets of the city and de manded that the prisoner be turned over to them. Sheriff Hudson was out of town, and his deputy, Raymond Cherry, was in charge of the Jail. He had heard that a mob was on Its way here and at once made an effort to get the prisoner out of town to take him to Evansville, but be fore this could be accomplished the mob had arrived, and the futility of the. at tempt became quite apparent. Ho de clined to give up the keys of the Jail, and the members of the mob at once began to batter In the walls of the Jail with a telegraph pole, which was handled by a dozen or more men. As soon as a hole large enough to admit the body of a man was battered through the wall, six mem bers of the mob crawled through with sledge hammers and broke down the door of Rolla'a cell. Inside the Jail the negro could hear the sound of the battering-ram, as It pounded down the wall, and he lay upon the floor In his cell In amagony of fear. When the men reached his cell he protested his in nocence in loud tones, begging plteously to be spared. The men working at the door of the cell might have been deaf, Judging by the attention they paid to the waitings of the negro. Little time was used In breaking Into the cell, and very soon the thoroughly terrified negro was In the hands of his executioners, who placed a rope around his neck. All left, crawl ing again through the hole by which they had entered, dragging the negro after them. A few minutes' time was consumed in the march to the Jail yard, in which the rope was thrown over the limb of a tree and 100 willing hands pulled the rope and sent the negro's body flying Into the air. The loose end of the rope was tied to a tree, and as soon as the members of tho mob were sure that thesr work had been completed, they left In as quiet a manner as they had entered the town. None of themob wore a mask. To all appearances men of every station In llfo took part In the lynching. Not a shot was fired before or after the lynching, and except for the excited groups of men standing on tne street corners, a stranger would have known nothing of the tragedy that had Just been enacted. Citizens of BoonevIIIe made no effort to assist in the protection of the negro, and a number quietly admitted that citizens generally were In sympathy with tho work of the mob. Judge Swan, of the Warwick Coun ty Circuit Court, sought to prevent vio lence, but the members of the mob Ig nored him and proceeded -with the work. Members of the mob came to BoonevIIIe in wagons, buggies and on horseback. Their rigs were left In a grove a half mile out of the town, and the men marched In-ioolumns of twos, .under the command of three who had evidently been selected as leaders. OWENSBOBO, Ky Dec. 17. John Rol la, the third of the negroes lynched, was Implicated by Rowland, one of the negroes lynched last night at Rockport, In his confession, but denied his guilt. He was guarded by some determined citizens, who had some doubts as to his guilt. He lold conflicting stories, and It was learned that he was away from the Veranda Ho tel, where he worked, about the time Simond was murdered. Confronted with this evidence, Rolla weakened and con fessed his share in the crime, admitting that he struck the first blow, and that the two other negroes helped him to kill Sl mond. Soldiers Arrived Too Late. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 17.-Governor Mount was advised tonight by the Sheriff of Spencer County that a mob of 600 had started from Rockport to BoonevIIIe with the Intention of lynching Rolla and an other negro arrested for complicity In the murder of Simons Saturday night. The Sheriff also notified the Governor that the local authorities" -would be powerless to resist the mob, and requested that a military company be sent at once to the scene. A message was at once sent to the Adjutant-General by the Governor, but before the arrival of the Adjutant General Governor Mount Instructed Cap tain Blum, of Company E, located at Evansville. to get his men under arms as expedltolusly 3s possible, and, after some delay, the company was sent to BoonevIIIe on a special train. The military arrived at BoonevIIIe 15 minutes too late, and the dead body of Rolla met their gaze as they marched into town. VIGILANTES TO ORGANIZE. Desperadoes Canse Reign of Terror by Mnrdern In Colorado. HAYDEN, Colo., Dec 17. Two coward ly murders of Inoffensive settlers, at tempts to kill others and the banishment, under the threat of death, of an entire family from the Brown Park section, have caused a reign of terror through out the northern and central part of Routt County. Matthew Rash, a quiet, 'inoffensive ranchman, was killed In his cabin In July last. October 4, Rash's partner. Dart, was shot down as he stepped out of his door after breakfast. Emboldened by Immunity 'from pun ishment, the men who incited these mur derers warned the family of A. H. Bag sett, postmaster at Ladne: Ranchman Thompson and Joe Davenport, all reput able people, to leave tho country on pain of death. An attempt was made to kill Thompson about the time Rash was killed, and others among the proscribed people have since been, shot at from am bush. The Bassetts. Thompsons and Dav enports left Brown's Park, but are 'still threatened. There Is talk of organizing a vigilance committee to hunt down the murderers and drive their abbettors out "of the county. Shot Into Passenger Trains. DANVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 17. James Stout, one of the richest young men In this part of Kentucky. Is in Jail here, charged with shooting into passenger trains on the Queen & Crescent Railroad. Stout, who has been acting queerly for several days, stationed himself on a hill two miles west of town, Tuesday, and, as charged, blazed away at passenger trains with a revolver Several passengers had nar row escapes. Stuart Robson, the actor, 'and his company, were on one of the trains that was shot into. Two bullets crashed through the window where Mr. Robson was seated, narrowly missing him. Defrauded Insurance Companies. CHICAGO, Dec 17.-"Connt" William von Zodlltz Is a prisoner here, charged with having swindled nearly 100 persons by issuing .fraudulent life Insurance poli- cles. The prisoner, it is 'asserted, se cured blank policies from several promi nent companies, and filled them out him self, pocketing the money he received for the premiums. He has been operating in Chicago for many months. The com panies have had detectives searching for him since last Spring. The prisoner cried like a child when he was confronted with the evidence against him. He is 40 years old. Bond for Jessie Morrison. ELDORADO, Kan., Dec 17. Jessie Mor rison's attorneys tonight filed a motion before Judge Shlnn, asking "that the ac cused be released on bond, pending a new trial of her case. Judge Shlnn will render his decision on the motion tomor "JACK" DAVIS MUST DIE. United States Supreme Conrt Malccs Llcht of Idaho .Technicality. WASHINGTON, Dec 17. A peculiar question arose in the United States Su preme Court today In a case from Idaho on application for habeas corpus by "Jack" Davis, under sentence of execu tion. The point was made that he was convicted and sentenced to be hanged by the Sheriff. Subsequently, the law placed hangings In charge of the Warden of the State Penitentiary. It was contended that the old law was repealed and the new law was inapplicable, being ex post facto. Justice Brown remarked that It would make little difference to the ac cused who executed him, and the decision of the state court was affirmed, giving the Sheriff the custody of the prisoner. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. Louis F Gottschall. NT Mrs E Michael. Spokn E A Kelthley H Abraham. N T H G Scudder. X Y J I Sabln. Portland Geo M Foster & wife, Spokane J River?. N X R C Kohrabacher, Col orado Sprincs. Colo Mrs Theo Polndexter, San Francisco John Keeean. S F F H Stuart. San Fr Owen Westford. N Y Miss DeGrue. N Y Will Danforth Sz w. dc Kate Hart. N T Helen Redmond. N Y Wm Corliss & wf. N Y Frank Daniels 4; w,JY G M Cartwright J T Fogarty, San Fran H Schocker. Seattle Fred A Krlbs. wife & son. Minneapolis Geo Rubensteln. N Y W G Balcom. San Fr "Wm Howarth. Everett Lee Rosenblatt, Louis J C Maclure. Victoria H R Serand. Nelson.liU H L Billlnss, Chicago Mr & Mrs R Koenne, Butte. Mont W R Bird & w. Spokn H E King. Butte C H Green, Saginaw A C Oaborn. Chicago E A Shadle & wire, Spokane ville - C A Griffith, St Louis T T Brennan. Canton.O E F Wittier. Seattle Geo K Burton. San Fr r j yueaiey Geo A Brown. S F J LOnff White, N Y Rhys Thomas, N Y THE PERKINS. Geo McKay, Water man. Or A B Baltham, Hood R Jas Batty, Oakland. Or H E Wicker. San Fr Mrs C H Kuck, Hllls- boro Miss Elizabeth Kuck, Hlllsboro James Thomas. N Y W H Wilson. Dalles John Knight. Pendletn John Navarath, St Paul, Minn Geo B Hunt. N Y Wm Corliss. N Y Mrs Wm Corliss. N Y O V Allen. Salem. Or T Thomson, Dalles G S Wright, McMlnnT S B Huston, HUlsbor Mrs s B JHuston. no T H Chapman, do Mrs T H Cnapman, Hlllsboro J C Nlcol. Pluvers.Wn A. A Nlcol. do S L Moorhead. June C Henry Bowman, Har- rlsburg. Or Mrs H Bowman, do jThos Stockwell, Dallas, Or Mrs A K Flnley. Helix Robert Flnley. Helix Ira C Gross. Montana Mrs Ira C Gross, do B W Mclntosch. S F H K Sweeny. Seattle G F Goodhue. Dickin M P Holman, Chicago Chas Butler. PtTownd W F Slaughter, St Helens. Or Mrs W F Slaughter.doj son. J D Mrs G F Goodhue, do Mrs E E Shaw, catn- lamet. Wash C H Pearson. Star buck. Wash J M Willis. Spokane C W Nlles. McCor- mlck. Wash Mrs C W Nlles do C Meyers, Tacoma M B Thomas, Spokane Mrs C Meyers. Tacoma D w Bowen. Salem Miss Meyers. Tacoma D Bandever. Prlnevlllc I Bartholomew, Cal- Little nobles, uaies- vlllo. Pa Geo Conser, Heppner Mrs Geo Conser. do N A Leach, Lexing ton. Or E C Klrkpatrlck. Dal las. Or Mrs E C Klrkpatrlck. Dallas, Or irarv. Alberta Mrs A M Palmer, Dal las, Or H A Smith. Wlnlock C R Collier. Pittsburg. Ill C W Rollins. St Louis Cant Downs, Ft Stevns Wlllard Mlrd. do Mrs Mlrd. do THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles, Manager. T C Mlnto. Salem Mrs Chadwlck. Colfax Fred Stagberg. DuluthiThos Russell. Colfax W J Eawkson. Plttbrg T Callahan. Rutledge Miss Cavans, Wash A A Snyder. San Fr MIfs Rogers. San Fr O P Cushmand, Rose larg I Miss Cushmand, do T G Todd, Forest Grvi H A Brlce. St Louis Miss D Gove. N Y Owen Westford. do Geo McPherson. Or Samuel Ellmaker, do Mrs Ellmaker. do C W Losrus. Astoria Mrs G G Bingham, Sa- icm Miss Bingham. Salem XV Troyer, Salem Mrs Troyer, Salem Mrs Hugh Logan, The Dalles W J Morrison, Duluth E P Hlllson. Pullman. Wash Mrs C W Maynard, Chehalls, Wash Miss Lucy Maynard, do M L Holbrook, do Mrs Holbrook. do Fred Parker, Everett Mrs Parker. Everett Thos Thwalte, Spokane Robt Forbes, Aberdeen W C Logan, Astoria Mrs Julius Brlscow, Long Beach Jerry Brosman, do J J Balleray, Pendletn Bluings Morrison. Seattle J W Scriber. La Grnd I L Patterson, Salem Chas L Daller, Salem A W Glesy. Salem Chas E Comstock, Dundee C W Younggren, Sll- verton F C Reed, Astoria W G Howell. Astoria Mrs W B Ross.Astorla Paul Ross, Astoria Berton Ross. 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Seaside Fred Allen, Gray's R E Hlckley. do J F Hull. do G Knotts, Oak Point E Halley. Skye. Wash E Barlow. Rainier V rinsa. N P R R J D Organ, Kelso J Marchel. Bucoda I Frank Labronl W S Lysons, Kelso John Cooper. Kelso O D Peck, Kelso G G Lahr. Nahcotta W L Tyler. Harrlsbrg K Miller G Hayes, city I J "VT Wilson. Tacoma M S Hewitt. Beavertnio Shepardson. Eufaula D Newton. Benton C J Brown. Dalles F G Evans, city S Campbell. Astoria H Campbell. Astoria M Marsh. Ft Stevens H A Darnella. Stella A Bryant. Astoria Mrs D M C Grant. Hlllsboro C M Fowler, city M H Kendlg. Vancouv Chas Utter, U S Eng Dept. Ft Stevens C P Anson. Astoria John Clark. Lewlston Miss Clark. Lewlston Henry Wlnklemyer. city F H Taylor. Stayton C M Brooks & fmy. Rainier R Laralla. Vancouver C H MltchelL Pacific States Telephone Co A Luchlnblll Jas Launjarol 4b wife. Qulncy, Or F Jackson S L Langdon. Moscow Mrs E Smith, city H T Turner A J Walker, city J Nelson. Cathlamet G F Reed, city James Lewis, Astoria A E Lewis, Astoria O Dickinson. Rainier A J Dupus. Vancouver C A Lawrence, do W W Iblster. Cathlamt E G Miller. Buttevllle D Campbell. Astoria W Johns & wf, Cath G L Brumby. Arllngtnj lamet A Moore. Palmer Henry Stennlck S J Garrison. Clack R O Rlerson. Seattle amas "E B Dufur. Dalles D McDonald. So Bend .Tnhn Vnrr. ScaBDOOSe E McCarthy, city W L Hucklns. Vancvr H L Jacobs, do Frank Day, Oak Islnd S E Englert, city Geo F Reed. Corvallls S BIcknell. corvams Mrs S BIcknell. do E G Miller. Woodburn O B Lowney H Reeves, city Mrs J B Shumacker &. 2 children Albert Stuart Mr ColIIs. city C J Brown. Dalles T A TVatlclns. city John Flnley, Astoria Mrs Boyd. Ostrander Mrs H Glenn, Dalles Geo Freeman. Marshld W L Mather, Maygers S J Rose. South Bend Mist "F I Rose, do W W Lamb John S Snyder J H Gooding, St Paul I M Poland E L James, Hlllsboro Jas Geary, Marshland E Gttteyoyct, Powell' Valley C W Denby. Eugene H S Remsley. Molalla C W "William'?, Greenvl H Eyster, Chicago C Yeoman, Evanston Sam Yeoman, do W H Snyder, Sllverton G A Mann. Los Angls c t. t "lnirilnn- Moscow Miss M Trlffll. Oregn C A J vvalker. city Geo Maddox. Astoria r Lane, Seattle Mrs Lane. Seattle Mrs P W Yettlck, E N Hicks. La Grande T "EVtiT- Reavertoft J B Henderson.Astorla: Hotel BronsvricJc. Seattle, European; first-class. Rates. 75c and up One block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan. Rates, S3 and up. Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma. European plan. Rates, 50c and un.' NEED OF CHEAP FUEL (Continued from First Page.) coal, and. with the present Indication. It Is of sufficient thickness to be a promis ing vein to work, and it will yet prove wider on being opened up and worked 100 feet or so. "With the transportation facilities by rall and water, this coal would scarcely come In competition with other coals, as It would be cheaper In mining and trans portation. The Nehalem coal field would then be the nearest to the markets of Astoria, Portland and San. Francisco, which require coal with but very little ash and creosote, especially for the Navy and commercial steamships." Upon the point of the thickness of the seam, the report goes Into further detail, as follows: "At this point (designated No. 3 vein in Big Creek records) there were two bores made with drills. In the first, coal was found at a depth of 27 feet which was four feet eight Inches thick. At the sec- -J ond bore, coal was found at a depth or 2S feet, which was also four feet eight Inches thick. It Is to be noted that analyses of Brit ish Columbia and Puget Sound coals were not so favorable when the mines were opened as they are now. This Is 6ald to be the general experience with coal mines. The coal Is not so good near the surface, and years of work Is frequently required to reach the best product of the mine. Thus the tests as shown. In the Encyclopedia Britannlca, made perhaps 15 year3 "ago. do not show up so well as tests made by the United States Navy Department today. Coal experts believe the best Nehalem coal to be deeper than the measures that have been prospected, promising though they be. PORTLAND 3IUST BUILD IT. Then Ti Will Get the Benefit of Ne halem Conl and Timber. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. IS. (To the Edi tor. The Oregonlan's zeal and enterprise in showing where Portland can obtain a permanent coal and timber supply within 40 to SO miles for steamships and for man ufactories here, and to keep the present saw mills of Portland running for 40 years at least. Is very commendable, especially as these raw products will assuredly sus tain her prestige perpetually, coupled with a 23-foot channel. Pardon me. how ever, saying I fear. Judging from my past experience with Portland people, that Its influential and wealthy property-owners will not even take the trouble, although engineering and surveying estimates have been made for them, to Incorporate a company, organize a board of directors of prominent citizens and put things In shape to present the scheme to outside capitalists, who will, I am led to believe, then take hold and furnish the money to complete the enterprise. If William S. Ladd had been alive today and T,he Ore gonian had gone to him with your propo sition, as stated In this morning's Ore gonian, and said to him, as I did In 1SS5: "Mr. Ladd, we want 50 incorporators and stockholders of one share of $25 to be subscribed by each, and no more to build the Portland & Willamette Valley Rail way to Portland, so as to show outside capitalists Portland Indorses the scheme," he would have answered you as he did me on January 19, 1SS5: "I'll head the list, and If you need $500 or $600 more for expenses, come back to me." But we didn't need any more, for with the 50 Incorporators of $25 each, whose names were printed In the prospectus we issued to capitalists 'in the United States, I had no difficulty In raising money on bonds to build that road, the evidence of which is the fact that the railway Is in exist ence at the foot of Jefferson street to day. But with the proposed Portland, Ne halem & Tilamook Railway Company no such opposition Is contemplated. The O. R. &. N. Co., Union Pacific and Great Northern have all been Individually con sulted and offered the enterprise, and each has replied that Portland should build it, because a local road. President Mohler sajing In his letter that "there Is nothing to prevent this company (O. R. & N.) at any time from increasing its business in a legitimate manner," and adding, he would be very glad to see me and talk over that matter. The president of the Northern Pacific, in a letter to me, said: "My Idea of a fair arrange ment would be a rental based upon the value of the property used, the basis of charge to be according to the compara tive wheelage of your company with ours; or if you do not desire to run your own trains Into Portland, we could ar range to haul them to and from the Junc tion point (Cornelius Gap) upon the basis of a train service charge per train per mile." When C. P. Huntington was handed this letter and asked if he would give the same terms and facilities at Newton and Hlllsboro if the company should connect with the Southern Pacific there, he re plied that he certainly would not. He said that if the Nehalem road did Insist on connecting with his west side lines at any point he should simply charge local freight and passenger rates to and from Portland. Mr. Huntington was, however, very kind to me in proferring this ad vice to let the Portland & Nehalem Railway alone, and advised me that the proper course was to extend Mr. Ham mond's railway south from the Seaside, via Nehalem Bay to Tillamook City, and for the Southern Pacific Company to build from the Willamette Valley direct via Sheridan north to Tillamook City. Those who wished timber carried from central and upper Nehalem to Portland should, he said, build local railways them selves down to Nehalem or Tillamook Bays to connect with the railways to be built there, the Southern Pacific to haul that timber or lumber by the long route to Portland via Sheridan or via Astoria, whichever way was selected. Had this suggestion been adopted, Port land could never have got 1000 feet of timber or a ton of coal from the Ne halem past Astoria at common point rates, as the extra haul would be 100 miles. For these reasons it seems to me the proper course 13 to have an independent line Into Portland or fts suburbs, whether with the one-half-mile tunnel on the north end or via Osweg6 on the south end. If, however, the Northern Pacific's very liberal offer is proferred, then ter minate the Nehalem Bay Railway at the foot of Cornelius Gap, a distance of 70 miles, at a cost of $1,095,000, exclusive of rolling stock. Dump the sawlogs there into the Willamette Slough for Portland saw mills, load coal steamers near Linn 'ton and lumber ships there, and carry the general traffic, freight and " passen gers, to and from Portland, via the North ern Pacific trains, a distance of nearly 10' miles. In any event a company should be incor porated here with 50 stockholders of one share apiece at least, elect prominent di rectors, and decide which of the three lines The Oregonian this morning sug gests should be adopted. Hereafter au thorize negotiations with American cap italists or with those in London with whom I have hitherto been negotiating. No bonuses or subsidies should be given except a free right of way, if possible. WILLIAM RDID. A. PRACTICABLE ENTERPRISE. How Lumber Industry Would Ex pand In the Nehal-m. PORTLAND, Dec 17. (To the Editor.) In y6ur paper attention is drawn to the necessity of rail transportation be tween Portland and the coal field at the coast, in Tillamook County, with the sug gestion that Portland should build the road. The history of railroad building everywhere in the West shows that cap ital has been ready to invest for build ing wherever resources and production are known to he sufficient to afford a fair profit upon the capital and cost of con struction. The coal banks referred to are situated 12 miles north and 60 miles wast of Portland, and may require the bulla- ing of 70' or 0 miles of road to reach the mines. And the inquiry now is to ascer tain the amount of products of the coun? try which may be relied upon, for tha present and future support of 60 or SO miles of railroad. The thorough surveys made by; Vlllard'3 people, and also by the engineers of Will iam Reld In 1S92 determined without much doubt the best route from Portland tu reach the neighborhood of these coat fields. This route traverses the rich Tu alltan Valley, north of Hlllsboro, ana up the Dairy branch of the Tualatin, and entering the valley of the Nehalem, oa Beaver Creek, in township 3 north, rango 4 west, passes thence through the center of the valley and the Nehalem. fore3t. In. the lower part of the valley, deflecting southward to Tillamook Bay or to the northward to Astoria. The Nehalem waters drain 1200 square miles of rich agricultural land, with h deep soil, free from gravel and stone Tha surface Is hilly, and is covered with a dense growth of fir timber, enough to supply 1000 tons of sawed lumber da'ly for many years to come. And before tha timber Is gone there will be found there a population of 40,000 people, contributing the fruits of rural Industry from, the rich est valley in Oregon. A little railroad building in Chehallo and Pacific Counties, Washington, in a district the same size as the Nehalem, where two branches of 40 miles each have been extended from the Northern Pa cific, was followed by the building of 21 sawmills, an average of one mill to every four miles of track laid, giving- constant employment, at 20 mills, to 3000 men with, families, adding more than $100,000 dally to the wealth of the state and 1000 tons dally of freight for the railroad to haul. It la not, therefore, extravagant to anticipate an abundant tonnage for a standard gauge road on the route proposed into the Nehalem from Portland. I understand, because I have seen let ters saying so, that the transcontinental lines now terminating at Portland will. If the Portland people, or any other inde pendent corporation, build from "Nehal-m to a connection with them, give the same facilities for freight as they now have on their own lines. Since this Is offered, w hy cannot Portland capitalists co-operate with Nehalem people In gettinir this road hullt? JOHN CAMPBELL, Civil Engineer, of Vernonla, in Central Nehalpm. Admitted to Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, Dec 17. Representa tive Jones, of Washington, was today au mltted to practice before the Supreme Court on motion of Representative Cush man. He made a motion to stay Issuing of mandate In the case of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, against Cohen, of Tacoma, 'which was granted. Citizens Want a Nevr Bridge. INDEPENDENCE. Or., Dec. 17. A pe tition, asking that the city donate the material for a footpath along the long bridge connecting the two parts of tho city, will be presented to the City Council tomorrow evening. The petitioners are willing to furnish the labor if the city will furnish the lumber and nails. Samples of "FIGPRUNE CEREAL" Have been distributed In Port land, and vre trust every fnrnlty lin tried the new food beverage. Fljrprune consists of 54 per cent fruit and 4G per cent grains. It Is ithe most nutritious of any of the cereal coffees. Figs and prunes, combined with selected grains, make a natural and acceptable substitute for cof fee and tea, "These grocers sell it." Apach, M., 63 North Third. Baker, J., 6S0 Front. Blake F. T., 3S1 East Pine. Bristol, J. W 292 Morrison. Bullivant, J.. 461 Jefferson. Burns, G. J., 374 Eleventh, Baty & Co.. 22S Russell. Cooper. S. H.. 633 Washington. Dick Bros., 293 Alder. Dresser, F., 340-342 Washington. Fellows, F. J.. 309 Washington. Godfrey, M, B.. 25S Russell. Graf & Co., SOS Washington. Krelg & Levy, 394 Washington. McKenzie, Mrs. A. H., 515 Glisan. McKinnon Grocery Co., 173 Third. Oregon Cash Grocery, 232 N. Four teenth. Park Grocery, 21 North Park. Renner & Schoenfeldt, 323 Williams av Sharinghousen, Mrs. S. E., 395 Glisan. Stehnken & Jullen. 314 Burnslde. Schmeer & Co., 3S7 East Burnslde. Strahaul Bros., 392 Morrison. Siegel, A, E.. 95 North Seventh. Smith & McKenzie, 853 Alblna avenue. Tell, E., 5S1 First. Wendorf & Vaughn, 521 Third. Wooster, L. E., 340 Morrison. Managhan & Bennett, 373-375 East Morrison. Qulgley. W., 2S6 Grand avenue. Sllngerland. G. T., 292 Grand avenue. Delicacy Trading Co., 394 East Clay. Peddicord, C, & Son. 254 East Seventh. Sauter &. Zlegler, 361 East Seventh. DR. SANOEN'S ELECTRIC BELT Has no equal for the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility. Exhausted Vi tality, Varicocele, Premature Decline, Loss of Memory. Wasting, etc., which has been brought about by early indus cretions or later excesses. Thousands give willing: testimony. Established thirty years. Call or write for "Three Classes of Men." Dr. A. T. Sanden CORNER FOURTH AND MORRISON PORTLAND, OREGON white: GA50LI& Certain, to T'tZJX 2T tne, GLOBE IRONWORKS 2419 UNIVERSITY AV.-M IN, aiViRlNE E&EMCilNES Smfffi3iT032 defer m 4 ft & IiP M -n TxHrKSTt --" Serta fb Usu2MW v er-g - rail -.. - ocii ni com POUSJ