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THE MOENIG OREGONIAN, BIIXA 7, JANUARY 4, 1901
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PROVINCE A FLYER
Sails From Acapulco to As
toria in 27 Days.
SLOW TRANS -PACIFIC FLEET
Several Ships Are Overdue Pacific.
. .Hall to Handle Central Ameri
can -Freight 1r "Way of San
Francisco.
The British bark Province arrived In
from Acapulco yesterday afternoon, after
one of the fastest passages on record.
She ras but 27 days In covering a route
that Is seldom sailed over In less than 43
or 50 days, and reached port nearly a
month before she was expected. The
Province Is a four-master, and when she
was first reported off the mouth of the
river yesterday morning, It was hoped
that the lone-expected Andrada had again
put in an appearance. Nearly all of the
fleet coming up from Central American
or South American ports this season have
been making very fast passages, and the
arrivals throughout the season have been
a succession of surprises. Ships which
were due and expected hive been proceed
ed by vessels which in some cases put in
an appearance over a month before they
were expected.
The fleet which Is coming across the
Pacific seems to be having worse luck
than the vessels from other quarters Just
tut present. The Hathdown has undoubt
edly been lost, and there are a number of
others which have been long enough on
the way to cause some uneasiness. The
Otto GHdcmister is out 50 days from
Yokohama, and, as the voyage has been
made "In 22 days. It is full time that the
vessel was showing up. The Bertha, from
TVel Hal "Wei, Is making a slower pass
age than the GUdemlster, being out over
70 days, and the Peter Rlckmers is out
about three months from Hong Kong.
There are about half a dozen other ves
sels duo now or within the next fort
night, and unless they show up very soon,
underwriters will have another attack of
nervousness.
BACK FROM H.ONOLTJLU.
Frank Turk Is on the Sound "With a
Vleir to Business.
Frank Turk, well known along the Port
land and Astoria water front. Is back
from Honolulu, and is contemplating em
barking in business on Pugct Sound. No
subscription lists are being circulated
with a view to securing a subsidy to
induce Frank to locate at any particular
city on the Sound but he has announced
his Intention of helping some of them out
of the hole by remaining with them. The
Victoria Colonist has the following re
garding his arrival at the British Co
lumbia city:
"Among the recent arrivals at the Ver
non Hotel are Fra'ik J. Turk and O.
Charles Lewis, who are well known to
those who go down to the sea In ships
on the Pacific Coast. They have been
running sailors' boarding-houses at Hono
lulu, and came up here for their health
that Is, their object is given as such.
Messrs. Turk and Lewis were formerly
in the business of supplying ships with
sailors at Port Townsend, then at Seattle,
and again at Portland, whence they mi
grated to Honolulu. Now they have come
to Victoria, with the intention, it is said,
of establishing a sailors' boarding-house
here. They say that the shipping busi
ness of Honolulu is on the decline, as
far as sailing vessels are concerned, for
now the sugar Is gradually being more
and more moved by steamers, instead of
sailing vessels, as formerly. Overtures
have been made by them, It Is under
stood, to Mr. Von Rhcln, who has been
supplying all vessels that come here with
crews, to have him come In a3 a member
of a company to be formed by them In
this connection, but he is holding aloof.
"Messrs. Turk and Lewis have been
kept prominently before the public in the
newspapers of the different cities in
which they have operated. Not many
months ago all the Coast newspapers had
a long article telling of the shanghaing
of Turk, who was said to have been
placed on board an outbound sailing ship
in mistake."
PACIFIC KAIL AGGRESSIVE.
"Will Handle Central American Busi
ness From San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. After Jan
uary 24. the Pacific Mall is to handle all
of its business between Central Ameri
can and Mexican Pacific points and New
York and Europe by way of San Fran
cisco and the Southern Pacific's New Or
leans route. When extensive wharf fa
cilities are completed at Guaymas, part
of the business will be sent via that port
and the Sunset route.
.This new departure by the Pacific Mail
Is due to its quarrel with the Panama
Railroad. It is admitted by both sides
that all prospects for a settlement of
tho fight have vanished. To aid It in lt3
fight for Central American and Mexican
business, the Panama Railroad has en
listed the services of the Pacific Steam
and the Chilean Navigation companies.
They have a olnt service between Val
paraiso and Panama and Ocos, the lat
ter being the most northern port of Guate
mala. They are to extend their joint
services to this port, each company send
ing a vessel - here alternately every two
weeks. The first vessel is on the way
from Valparaiso. In consideration of call
ing at Mexican Pacific ports, the Mexi
can Government has agreed to give the
two lines, jointly, a subsidy of 5,000 a
year. They also receive subsidies from
several Central American states.
Pacific Mall officials say that the mail
steamers will continue to run to Panama,
making all the old ports of call and sev
eral new ports in addition. They say the
Pacific Mall is bound to lose considerable
business from Central America and Mex
ico, 97 per cent of which consists of cof
fee shipments to the Atlantic seaboard
and Europe, but they hope to hold a fair
share of the traffic by quoting rates -via
this port in connection with the Southern
Pacific.
SCHOONER BOTTOM UP.
"Wreck Drifts Ashore Seven Miles
South of Alsea Bay.
NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 3. The mallcar
rler from Waldport tonight says It Is re
ported that a schooner came ashore last
night about seven miles south of Alsea
Bas. bottom up. The vessel Is about 100
feet In length. It Is supposed to be the
sohoo'ner Joseph and Henry.
The most accurate description of this
mysterious wreck which has yet been
given was brought to San Francisco by
the schooner Sacramento, which arrived
at San Francisco December 30. That
sobooner made the following report:
"On December 23, in 44:15 north, longi
tude 125 west, sighted a vessel bottom up,
three points on the lee bow; bore down
to her to investigate, and found her to
be a vessel about 85 feet keel, with a
newly copper painted bottom. Her stem
was well out of the water; she was white
painted; she had a black oval name
board with yellow painted letter S, with
San Frantisco painted on the lower part
of her; name could not be seen, as it was
under the water the moment we passed
her; her rudder was still on, and on each
sldo of the bottom of the rudder was a
two-inch piece of plank spiked oa about
16 Inches wide and stuck out behind the
back of the rudder about IS Inches."
ASTORIA'S BOYCOTT OF O. R. fc X.
Most of the Business Houses Sign It
A Moss Meeting.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3. About 300 were
present at the mass meeting of citizens
called this evening by the committee ap
pointed several days ago to induce the
shippers and business men to sign an
agreement pledging themselves not to
patronize the O. R. & N. Co. until it shall
extend to Astoria the same freight rates
that are given the Puget Sound points.
The committee reported that every busi
ness man and firm in the city, with two
exceptions, had signed the agreement.
After considerable discussion, a motion
was carried unanimously indorsing the
action o the merchants, and stating that
it was the sense of the meeting that As
torlans should trade exclusively with the
home merchants and patronize no one
who ships freight via the O. R. & N.
lines. An agreement to that effect was
ordered drawn, and a committee of 21 was
appointed to solicit signers to it among
tho citizens of the city and vicinity.
Astoria Marine News.
AJJTOKIA, Jan. 3. The revenue cutter
Commodore feiry did not slWt out today
in search of derelict vessels, on account
of the severity of the weather. Captain
Kllgore believes that it would be useless
to start until the weather clears up.
The manifest of the steam schooner
Signal, which sailed yesterday for San
Francisco, was filed In the Custom-House
today. She carries a cargo of 390,000 feet
of lumber, and was loaded at the Knapp
ton mills.
The Ivydene Broke Up.
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., Jan. 3. The crew of
the British steamer Ivydene, which went
ashoro Tuesday night during a storm at
Lamache, arrived here today. One man.
an Italian named Brad, was drowned by
the lifeboat swamping. Twenty of the 27
survivors were badly frostbitten, several
of them so seriously that they will have to
go Into the hospital. The steamer broke
up today. Nothing was saved, the crew
losing all their belongings save what they
wore. Most of them are Italians and
Swedes.
Contract for Barkentlne Let.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 3. H. R. Reed,
shipbuilder at the East Marshfleld ship
yard, yesterday closed a contract for the
building of a four-masted barkentine,
with A. W. Beadle & Co., of San Fran
cisco. This makes eight vessels which
are to be built on Coos Bay this year.
Domestic nnd Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Jan. 3. Arrived at 3 P. M.
British bark Province, from Acapulco.
Arrived down at 12:30 P. M. British ship
Blairhoyle. Sailed at 9 A. M. Steamer
Geo. W. Elder, for San Francisco. Con
dition of the bar at 4 P. M. Rough; wind
northwest; weather cloiMy.
Seattle, Jan. 3. Sailed Jan. 2 Steamer
Charles' Nelson, for Honolulu.
Honolulu Sailed Dec. 23 Ship Nesmlth,
for Port Townsend.
Seattle Arrived Jan. Is Steamer Mar
tha W. Tuft, from Orca. Sailed Steamer
Senator, for Skagway.
San Francisco, Jan. 3. Silled Steamer
Tltanla, for Nanaimo; steamer Columbia,
for Astoria; steamer Robert. Adamson,
for Nanaimo; steamer Excelsior, for Se
attle. New York, Jan. 3. Sailed La Gas
cogne, for Havre; Kaiser Wllhelm der
Grosse, for Bremen via Cherbourg and
Southampton; Oldenburg, for Bremen.
Antwerp, Jan. 3. Arrived Switzerland,
from Philadelphia.
Queenstown, Jan. 3. Arrived Montfort,
from St. John, N. B., and Halifax, for
Liverpool. Sailed Lake Superior, for
Halifax and St. John. N. B.; Germanla
and New York, both from Liverpool.
Nagasaki Sailed Dec. 24 Frederica, for
San Francisco.
Liverpool. Jan. 3 Sailed Pennland, for
Philadelphia. Arrived Rhynland, from
Philadelphia.
New York, Jan. 3. Arrived Californlan,
from Glasgow; Mannheim, from Copen
hagen. A COLONIAL ARMY.
The Proposition Favored hy Military
Officials.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Army ofllcers are discussing the propo
sition for a coionial Army.
"The proposition for a colonial Army,"
said Lieutenant-General Miles, "if devel
oped properly, would seem to have advan
tages. The Idea is not an entirely new
one, as our present volunteer force of
35,000 men was enlisted exclusively for
service In the Philippines, and the pend
ing Army reorganization bill provides for
an increase In the Army at the Presi
dent's discretion, to meet the present
emergency In those islands, or any other
Incident that may arise.
"It seems, however, that the trouble in
the Philippines is not of as temporary
character as has been predicted. In view
of this, it might be well to model an army
somewhat after England's Indian Army,
where the natives of India are enlisted
and made to do excellent police and cam
paign work."
Adjutant-General Corbln pointed out
tho suggestions for a colonial Army are
In line with the policy which will be ob
served by the War Department
"A man," said General Corbln, "will
be enlisted for service in any part of the
country, or In any one of our dependen
cies he may select. If he desires to serve
In the Philippines, he will be enlisted for
a regiment serving there; if for Cuba, for
a regiment serving in Cuba; if for New
York harbor, for a regiment serving at
governors island or Fort Hamilton.
"The department will be glad to dis
charge an enlisted man after his enlist
ment has expired In the Philippines, If he
so wishes, and in order that he may be
in a position financially to engage In
business, we will pay to him the sum
which would be required to defray his
transportation and mers expenses to the
United States. Arizona and New Mexico
were settled by men discharged from the
Army In those territories after their en
listments had expired."
Inspector-General Breckinridge said:
"I am in favor of any Army the size of
which shall be based upon Lleutenant
General Miles' recommendations of one
soldier for every 1000 Inhabitants of the
United States."
Senator Hawley, chairman of the Sen
ate committee on military affairs, said:
"Precisely what should be done must
depend upon current events. "We are told
that in Cuba and Porto Rico we can or
ganize a considerable and reliable native
force, but to what extent this can be
done in the Philippines is indefinite
There ought not to be any hesitation
whatever as to our duty of establishing
a considerable standing Army."
"Will Pay Tax Under Protest.
ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Jan. 3. The latest
development in the woman suffrage light.
begun over a quarter of a century ago,
when Susan B. Anthony and her sister.
Mary S. Anthony, were arrested and fined,
is tne stand taKen by Mary 5. Anthony
in the matter of taxation of her property.
She sends notice to County Treasurer
Hamilton that she will not in the future
pay taxes except under protest, until she
Is allowed the right of suffrage. The ac
tion will likely result in a test case being
brought in the court.
Harrison Not Retained.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3. In answer to a
telegraphic query as to the report that
General Harrison had been retained in the
Insular test cases before the Supreme
Court, the Mall and Express today re
ceived the following dispatch from the
ex-President:
"Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 3. I have no
employment In any of the Insular test
cases."
TRAINS BLOCKED BYSNOW
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SITUATION,
SOUTH OF ASHLAND, IS BAD.
Storm Continued Yesterday "With Un
abated Fnry Former Bier Snovr
Records Broken.
ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 3. The unprece
dented snow storm which began on the
evening of January 1, has been raging all
day throughout the Siskiyou Mountains,
Northern California, and the Canyon of
the Sacramento with unabated fury. At
Ashland and the lower levels It has been
raining, with snow at Intervals.
The railroad situation on the Southern
Pacific is not as hopeful as It appeared
last night, and a blockade exists at Cas
tella, seven miles below Dunsmulr, on the
Sacramento division. The two passenger
trains from the South are south of that
point, unable to get through. Southbound
passenger trains Nos. 15 and 11, ' which
left Ashland yesterday, have run as far
as Dunsmulr, where they are held. No.
15, which left Ashland this noon, hauled
by eight engines, had only proceeded as
far as Siskiyou. 17 miles, up to 10 o'clock
tonight. No. 11. due here at midnight,
will be held at Ashland. Manager Koeh
ler. Superintendent Fields and Chief En
gineer Groundahl are at Dunsmulr over
seeing the situation. No freights are sent
south of Ashland.
At 10 o'clock tonight the snow lies all
over Northern California and the Slskl
yous, at from one to two feet deeper than
the previous record-breaking year of 18S9
90. There are 11 feet of snow on the level
at the railway crossing of the Slsklyous,
six feet at Yreka, six feet at Slsson. and
nine feet at Dunsmulr. The wind Is
blowing hard, and the snow drifting bad
ly on the south side of the Slsklyous,
while it Is wet and heavy on the north
side.
Men to work at shoveling snow have
been In great demand in all the towns In
the grip of the storm king, some points
paying .them as high as $2 to $3 per hour.
All telegraph and telephone wires are
still down south of Dunsmulr. Telegraphic
communication north has been re-established.
(No through Southern Pacific trains ar
rived In Portland yesterday, and none will
arrive today. All trains departed from
Portland on schedule time, however. It
Is probable that trains will be turned
back from Ashland today. This is the
first time In 11 years that it has been
necessary to use the rotary snow shovel
in the Slsklyous.,
"Wind and Rain Storm.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-A wind and
rain storm of considerable severity and
wide extent overlies (the North Pacific
Coast. Wire communication Is badly in
terrupted. The velocity of the wind In
this city has reached 38 miles, and is
coming from the southeast. At Wlnne
mucca, Nev.. It is blowing at the rate of
52 miles an hour. The Sacramento River
at Red Bluff has risen 12 feet during
the past 12 hours.
Train Blown From the Track.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. A report has
reached here from Reno, Nev., that a
train on the Nevada, California & Ore
gon Railway, north of Reno, had been
blown from the track. Several passengers
are reported Injured.
OLD OREGON TRANSCONTINENTAL.
Novr, as the North American, Figures
in the Coal Trust.
New York Times.
The North American Company, which
has been one of the conspicuous financier
lng companies of Wall street, has passed
Into the control of J. P. Morgan, and is
to be used by him to further the great
coal deal known to the street as the
coal trust. One of the matters that work
In consonance with Mr. Morgan's plan to
control through the North American Com
pany the anthracite coal trade of the
country Is the extraordinary charter un
der which the company operates. Henry
Vlllard, who was, at one time, its con
trolling force, used to declare that no
charter In existence was so comprehen
sive. Under these circumstances Its use
to Mr. Morgan In the new coal deal Is
readily perceived by those In the street.
The death of Henry Vlllard made a
change of control of the company possi
ble. It Is the successor of the Oregon
Transcontinental Company, that was the
flnonclerlng company used by Mr.
Vlllard in his Northern Pacific develop
ment. The original company's shares
were for a long time among the most
prominent features of speculation in Wall
street. Once they sold at low figures, and
at another time 50 points above par.
With Mr. Vlllard's retirement, and the
change of the company's title. Its scope
became limited to the operation of the
electric lighting and municipal transpor
tatlpn companies. It now owns an elec
tric lighting company in Cincinnati, and
the street railway and lighting systems
In Milwaukee. Mr. Vlllard was once cred
ited with plans for using the company
as a developer of rich gold properties in
Colorado and Arizona, which plans were
changed with his death.
NO NEED OF A COMBINE.
Jeffery Says All Such Talk Is Un
authorized. DENVER, Jan. 3. President E. T. Jer.
fery, of the Denver & Rio Grande Road,
who is chairman of the Executive Oitl
cers' Association, meeting four times each
year in New York, says there is not a
particle of truth in the reported gigantic
railway combine which is to control all
the great lines. In an interview he said:
"Nobody In his sane mind ever thought
of attempting to combine all the rail
ways Into a great organization to control
the commerce of the country. The meet
ings in New York have no such purpose,
and if railway managers cah be brought
to a point whero they will simply obey
the Interstate commerce law, the main
object of the meetings In New York will
be accomplished. If the lines will quit
rate-cutting and simply obey the plain
letter of the law, that Is all I would ask
and it Is quite enough for one organiza
tion to accomplish. I have always been
a stickler for obedience to the law. Let
the railway managers carry out the plain
provisions of the Interstate commerce act;
let them treat all shippers alike and make
changes In rates only after giving pub
lic notice as required by law. If this
Is dond therA will be no need of combina
tions to try to control the traffic"
"What would become of the weak lines
If the law were obeyed?" was asked.
"They would go out of existence," was
the reply. "That Is the natural law and
I see no reason why the weak railway
lines should be forever upheld by those
that are able to take care of themselves.
Let the weak lines be absorbed by their
more vigorous competitors, or let them
go out of existence altogether. In either
event the public Is the gainer and the
business interest is better off."
Scarcity of Rollins Stock.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. The Commercial
Advertiser says:
Tire locomotive works as well as
the carshops, in this country are
overwhelmed with orders. President
Callaway, of the New York Central Rail
way, says he Is having difficulty in ar
ranging for delivery of new locomotives
urgently needed on the Central system De
fore next FalL As many as possible of
the 100 new locomotives authorized by the
board of directors are to be made in the
New York Central shops.
Railroad men generally are complain
ing of the scarcity of freight cars and
the lack of motive power. Although tens
of thousands of new cars and hundreds
of new locomotives have been built with
in the past two years, tha abnormal
growth of railroad traffic has surpassed
even the steady Increase In equipment.
Western" lines are constantly calling on
their Eastern connections for more cars
with which to move freight Eastward,
but the Eastern lines are pot able to
comply with more than half of these requests.
Change of Agents at Salem.
W. "W. Skinner, who has for nearly 30
years been agent of the Oregon & Cali
fornia and the Southern Pacific at Salem,
Is about to leave that position. Whether
he will leave the service of the company
altogether or be transferred to another
place Is not yet determined, as he has not
yet made known his wishes in that, re
gard. In accordance with the company's con
tract with the Order of Railway Tele
graphers, the vacancy at Salem will be
bulletined along the lines In Oregon, so
that every agent will have the opportun
ity of filing his application for the posi
tion at Salem, which is the best on the
Oregon lines, outside of Portland. A cer
tain time will be allowed for the filing
of these applications, and when all shall
be in the company will make selection of
a man for the position. This will make
a vacancy at some other place to be filled
In similar manner. So a quite extensive
readjustment may come by, reason of the
change In the Salem agency, through the
system of selection and promotion in
vogue.
Salem & Pacific Annual Meeting.
DALLAS, Dec. 3. At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Salem &
Pacific Railroad, held In Dallas yesterday,
officers were elected for the coming year.
The report of the secretary, J. C. Tolbert,
showed the business of the company to be
in satisfactory condition. Mr. Tolbert says
that tho right of way of the company Is
good until 1902, with one exception.
French Vessels Collide.
BREST, Jan. 3. The French gunboat
Menhir collided In a fog this morning
with the French torpedo-cruiser Fleureus,
at the entrance of the bay. The Fleureus
was badly injured, receiving two rents In
her port side. The use of collision mats
enabled her to be towed Into the harbor,
where she was docked.
Railroad Notes.
The many friends In this city of Fred
5. Miller, assistant general freight agent
of the Union Pacific here from 18S8 to
1891, will regret to learn that he died of
typhoid fever in New York, on December
6. At the time of his death he was vice
president of the H. W. Johns Manufac
turing Company. In Portland he was
known as a genial and efficient business
man, and he was generally esteemed.
It Is reported that the Northern Pacific
will extend Its road from Hoqulam to
North Beach this coming Summer.
Manager Koehler, Superintendent Fields
and Chief Engineer Grondahl, of the
Southern Pacific, have gone to cope with
the storm irt the, Slsklyous, and Assistant
Superintendent Taylor is confined to his
home with the grip.
CUBA AND UNITED STATES.
Two Propositions Before the Consti
tutional Convention.
HAVANA, Jan. 3. The Cuban, constitu
tional convention is considering two pro
mulgations of the future relations be
tween Cuba and tho United States. One
of these affirms. In the first place, an ac
ceptance of the Monroe Doctrine, and the
establishment of friendly relations with
all nations, together with a resolution to
proceed In all cases In complete accord
with the United States. In the second
place, It proposes to put at the disposal
of the United States a portion of the
shore of any bay on the north coast and
of two bays on the south coast for naval
stations, together with concessions suf
ficient In extent for the purpose of de
fense and sanitation. In the third place.
It declares that Cuba will place herself
on a war footing, to help the United
States In case such assistance should be
needed, while a fourth proviso Is an am
plification of the first, second and third.
The other promulgation contemplates:
"First That the convention is vested
with authority only to convene.
"Second Not having been granted legis
lative functions, the convention cannot ar
range the basis of future relations.
"Third Nevertheless, should Washing
ton desire such a discussion, the conven
tion is willing to discuss and agree upon
an arrangement of mutual relations.
"Fourth The aspirations of the conven
tion are merely to consolidate the coun
try for reconstruction. Its energies are
directed toward supporting the avowed
policy of the United States, to which
Cuba is bound by Indestructible tics of
gratitude, said policy being based upon
the unequivocal preservation of liberty
and independence through the American
continent."
The former promulgation embodies the
desires of the delegates friendly to the
United States. The latter Is a counter
check to the extremists. It Is considered
that the forrner Is likely to carry.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.
Fred Goetz and wife to E. L. Thomp
son, east 40 feet lots 17 and 18, block
49, Albina, December 31 $4000
F. M. Lacey and wife to Henry Dob
son, lot 6, block 51, Albina, Janu
ary 2 1700
George Lalumlere to Llda Lalumlere,
lot 3, block 6, Highland; also lots 23,
24. and 25, block 14, Willamette Ad
dition, January 3 ICO
William H. Harris et ux., to Marleton
E. Ward, 75x100 In south half double
block W, at Columbia and Four
teenth streets, December 11 l
W. S. and Marleton E. Ward to Jerry
Covach, 37x100, same, December 14. 2000
Mary A. FallowB and husband to R.
A. Taylor, 66-100 acre, section 2, T.
1S..R.1 E.. December 27 1
The Hawtlhorne estate to Hat tie Har
rison, lot 10, block 24, Hawthorne's
First Addition. December 22 350
John and Daniel McNuity and wives
to Michael McNulfy, lots 4, 5, and 6,
block 3, Garden Park, July 10, 1900.. 1
C. P. Site and wife et al to A. T.
ennui, lots 2 and 3, block 100, Couch's
Addition, December 23 3200
Birth Returns.
December 7 To the wife of Henry Mls
bauen, at 630 Third street, a girl. ,
December 12 To the wife of Irving S.
Holton, 266 Porter street, a boy.
December 19 To the wife of Ben H.
Fisher, 390J4 Morrison street, a boy.
December 20 To tho wife of L. E. Kaso,
226 Sherman street, a girl.
December 9 To the wife of L. Wagner,
715 Broadway street, a boy.
December 29 To the wife of Morris Ur
ban, 644 Kerby street, a boy.
December 31 To the wife of Levi Heller,
66 Grand avenue, north, a girl.
December 24 To the wife of Lawrence
Sullivan, 155 North Eighteenth street, a
girl.
December 26 To the wife of August C.
Voges, 429 Market street, a girl.
December 30 To the wife of Y. N. Ye
nus, at 243 Everett street, a boy.
December 8 To the wife of ' Ernest
Tucker, 659 Hoyt street, a hny.
December 26 To the wife of Albert J.
Gratton, 430 Hoyt street, a girl and a boy.
December 28 To the wife of William
Wakefield, 408 North Nineteenth street, -a.
girl.
December 24 To the wife of H. F. Tur
ner, 508 Twelfth street, a boy.
Death Returns.
Jan. 1 Frederick McElhanney, brought
here from Oregon City for treatment;
pneumonia.
Contagious Diseases.
C. E. Rogers, 782 " Northrup street,
measles.
Louise Flora, East Burnslde street,
diphtheria.
Only One Pain-KiHer, Perry Davis.
Used externally and Internally.
RELIEVE SUPREME COURT
BILL FOR INTERMEDIATE'COURTIK
SMALLER CASES.
Composed of Three Circuit Judges to
Hold Terms at Portland, Rose-
burs and Pendleton.
J. J. Shipley, a member of the Legisla
ture from Multnomah County, will Intro
duce a bill at the ensuing session, calcu
lated to relieve the Supreme Court of
some of Its minor duties without very
much cost to the state. W. A. Munley,
the author of the bill, is an attorney of
this city, and has been assisted by others
In drafting the measures, which he con
siders proof against successful legal at
tack. The points of the proposed law are:
The state shall be formed Into three
districts, and three Circuit Judges shall
be appointed by the Supreme Court to
sit in all of them. These Circuit Judgca
shall have jurisdiction In damage cases,
Involving not more than $2000; In property
values of $1000 or over; of all cases or
iginating In Justice Courts; and in crim
inal cases where the penalty of five years'
Imprisonment, and fine of J1C00 or under.
Mr. Munley says the Supreme Court is
now two years and a half behind In its
work, and he Is positive that this Innova
tion will enable It to catch up. The idea
Is by no means a new one, he avers, as
the Supreme Courts of New York and In
diana have beep thus relieved for years.
The additional cost to the state, he says,
Is- small, considering Its advantages, the
only new officials ttlll be a clerk at $1800
a year and stenographer at $76 per month.
The Circuit Judges selected for the work
are to receive only their traveling ex
penses. The places mentioned for hold
ing court are Portland, Pendleton and
Roseburg. Following Is the text of the
bill:
"Section 1. That for the purpose of hold
ing general terms of the Circuit Court, as
hereinafter provided, the state be and Is
hereby divided into three Judicial de
partments. The first department shall
consist of the first and second judicial
districts. The second department of the
third, fourth, fifth and seventh Judicial
districts, and the third department of the
sixth, eighth and ninth judicial districts.
"Sec. 2. That after the 1st day of July
A. D. 1901, there shall be held In each
of the said judicial departments a general
term of the Circuit Court, which shall
consist of three Circuit Judges, of whom
two shall constitute a quorum; such gen
eral term shall have appellate jurisdiction
as hereinafter limited and established,
and shall keep its records separate and
distinct from those of the ordinary terms
of the Circuit Courts of said departments.
"Sec. 3. The Chief Justice of the Su
premo Court shall, on or before the first
Monday in July of each year, designate
three Circuit Judges, who shall hold the
general term of the Circuit Court In all
the judicial departments until the first
Monday In July of the following year, and
in cas a of the death or inability to act ot
either of said Judge? the Chief Justice
shall designate any other Circuit Judge
to fill such vacancy, and the Chief Jus
tice may, in his discretion, at any time,
excuse any Judge so designated from fur
ther service on the general term and fill
the vacancy In like manner, provided,
that no Judge shall sit on the hearing o?
any case which was tried before him in
the ordinary term of the Circuit Court,
and in such case the remaining Judges
or Judge of the general term shall have
power to call In any other Judge of the
Circuit Court to sit In the place of the
Judge so disqualified.
-'Sec. 4. The general term shall be held
at least once a year in each of the said
judicial departments, and at such times
as the Judges designated to hold said gen
eral term shall appoint. The general term
for the first Judicial department shall be
held at the City of Roseburg, for the
second Judicial department at the City
of Portland, and for the third judicial
department at the City of Pendleton, pro
vided, that the Tudgcs of the general term
may hold adjourned sessions of such term
at the county seat of any county In the
state.
"Sec. 5. The Judges holding the first
general term as herein provided shall ap
point a clerk who shall hold his office
for one year, or until his successor Is ap
pointed, and at the expiration of his term,
or In any case of vacancy in the office
for any reason, the Judges then sitting
in the general term shall In like man
ner and for a like term appoint his suc
cessor. Said clerk shall be present at all
sittings of the Court, whenever held, and
shall perform the same duties required
of the clerk of the Supreme Court, sub
ject to such rules and regulations as tho
Judges of the general term may from time
to time prescribe. Ho shall receive a sal
ary of $1800 per annum, to be paid In the
same manner" as the salaries of the Cir
cuit Judges.
"Sec. 6 The Judges holding any gen
eral term of the Circuit Court shall have
power to appoint one stenographer lor
the assistance of all the Judges of the
Court In preparing their opinions, who
shall serve until discharged or until a sue
cessor Is appointed, and who shall re
ceive a salary of 175 per month, and a
certificate signed by the presiding Judge
at the end of each quarter shall be suffi
cient voucher for the payment of the
salary due such reporter, which shall be
paid as the salaries of the other Judicial
officers are paid by the state.
"Sec. 7. The Judges holding any general
term of the Circuit Court shall have power
to appoint a bailiff who shall perrorm such
duties and receive such salary as the
Judges may prescribe, not exceeding the
sum of $3 per day for each day's attend
ance upon the Court, and a certificate
signed by the presiding Judge of any term
showing the number of days' attendance
of such bailiff and the amount he is en
titled to receive therefor, shall be a suffi
cient voucher for the payment of the
amounts due him In the same manner as
other judicial officers are paid by tha
state.
"Sec. 8. The reporter of the Bupreme
Court shall also act as reporter of the
general term, and he shall prepare and su
perintend the publication ot sucn decis
ions of the general term as the Judges
thereof shall designate for publication, In
tho same manner and style as the decis
ions of the Supreme Court are published.
For reporting the opinions of the general
term the reporter shall receive $300 per
year In addition to his present salary, to
be paid In the same manner.
"Sec. 9. At all sessions of the general
term the Judge holding the oldeBt com
mission, or In case neither has the oldest
commission, then the Judge Benlor in age
of those holding commissions of the same
date, shall preside.
"Sec. 10. The general term shall hear
and determine actions, suits and special
proceedings brought up on appeal or writ
of review from the ordinary sessions or
the Circuit in the following cases, except
when the validity of an act of the Legls.
lature or when the construction of the
Constitution of the State of Oregon or
of the Constitutional laws or treaties of
the United States 13 called in question, to
wlt: 1. In all actions for damages for personal
Injuries or Injuries to property where the re
lief demanded In the complaint does not ex
ceed S20O0, and In all other personal actions
and suits except the amount In controversy or
property rights Involved are shown by the
pleadings to be of the value of 21000 or more.
2. In all actions originating- in a Justice's
Court or other Inferior court.
3. In all actions originating In a county
court other than In probate proceedings; -and
In probate proceedings when the amount In
controversy docs not exceed $1000.
4. In all criminal actions where the pen
alty adjudged does not exceed Imprisonment
In the penitentiary for a period of live years
or a fine of $1000.
"Sec 11. In all cass enumerated In
the foregoing section wherein the gen
eral term is given appellate jurisdiction,
its decision shall be final; provided, that
if In the trial and determination of any
case It appears necessary to determine
the validity of any law or act of the
Legislature or the title to any real estate
no further proceedings shall be had there
on In the general term, but the record
in such case shall be sent to the Supreme
Court and such case thereafter shall be
deemed pending in the Supreme Court
as If the appeal had been taken to that
court In the first Instance; provided fur
ther, that where tHe parties to such ca3e
expressly by stipulation so agree the
general term shall proceed to hear ana
finally determine the same.
"Sec. 12. That after the first Monday
In July, A. D. 1901, no appeals to tha
Supreme Court shall be taken or allowed
in any action, suit or proceeding falling
within any of the classes enumerated in
section 10 of this act except where the
validity of some act of the Legislature,
or where the construction of the Constitu
tion of the State of Oregon or the Con
stitution or laws or treaties of the United
States Is in question.
"Sec. 13. In all actions, suits, or pro
ceedings not falling within the classes of
cases enumerated in section 10 of this act
appeals may be taken to the Supreme
Court from Judgments or decrees of the
Circuit Court In ordinary session, as at
present provided by law. Provided, that
whenever the parties so stipulate an ap
peal may be taken from the judgment or
decree of the Circuit Court In any ac
tion, suit or proceeding to the general
term and finally determined there.
"Sec. 14. Appeals shall be taken from
judgments or decrees of the Circuit Court
to the general term in the same manner
and within the time provided by law for
taklpg appeals to the Supreme Court:
provided, that the case shall be tried upon
the original record, which shall
be filed duly certified with the clerk
of the general term In lieu of a
transcript, which record shall be re
turned to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
from which the appeal Is taken after the
final determination of the case by tho
general term; and provided, further, that
the fees and -costs payable on appeal to
and trial In the general term shall bo
one-half of the like fees and costs now
required to be paid In the Supreme Court.
"Sec. 15. The general term shall have
the same powers In cases appealed to It
as are given to Appellate Courts In sec
tions. 543. 544. 545, 546 and 547 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, as compiled and anno
tated by W. Lair Hill, as far as the same
are applicable and not Inconsistent with
this act.
"Sec. 16. The Judges of the general
term shall, upon rendering a final decision
in any case, fl'e a written opinion stating
their reasons therefor, and wherever 'n
the opinion of the said Judges any decis
ion made by them determines a principle
of law or an application of the law not
theretofore published In any law report of
this state, or should for any reason be
published, they shall designate It for pub
lication, and such opinion so designated
shall be published from time to tlme-'.n
the same manner as decisions of the Su
preme Court are published.
"Sec. 17. The Judges first designated to
hold the general term shall within 30 days
after they are designated meet and adopt
suitable rules of practice for said gen
eral term, and appoint a time for holding
the first terms in the several judicial
departments. The general" term shall
meet in the Courthouse or other conven
ient place at the cities designated for
holding said court, and It shall be the
duty of the County Commissioners of the
counties where the court Is held to pro
vide suitable accommodations for said
court
"Sec. 18. All Circuit Judges serving
on the general term shall receive In addi
tion to their salaries their necessary trav
eling expenses Incurred in attending the
sessions of such general term, and each
Judge so sitting in the general term shall
furnish at the end of each quarter to the
Secretary of State under oath a statement
of such expenses so incurred by him,
which shall be a sufficient voucher for the
payment of the same."
A WINTER ROUTE TO THE EAST.
The climate of Utah and Colorado Is
temperate the year round, and clear skies
and sunlit days are as proverbial In Win
ter as in Summer. The mean annual tem
perature in Salt Lake City or Denver Is
about 55 degrees, and the average annual
precipitation 14.77 Inches. Wfth such In
consequential precipitation there can be
little or no trouble from snow In the dis
tricts .traversed by the Rio Grande West
ern Railway, and Its Immediate connec
tionsthe Colorado Midland or Denver &
Rio Grande Railroads.
In fact Winter adds but new grandeur
and charm to the travel scenes, and in
fuses an clement of variety and beauty
to the unsurpassed wonders of nature
along the Great Salt Lake Route. Tickets
to all points East may be obtained at 253
Washington street.
Persons suffering from sick headache,
dizziness, nausea, constipation, pain in the
side, are asked to try one vial of Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
ears
soap is not onlv the best
in all the worla for toilet
and bath but also for shav
ing. Pears was the in
ventor of shaving stjck
soap.
All sorts of people use Pears' toao. all sorts
of stores sell i
I it. especially druggists.
WHITFSTATlONEffSI
.ASOUNE
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LoB& IRON "WORKS CO.
241S UNIVEmiTV AV-MI NNEAPCH.I3
Dr. Lyon's
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AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
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for over a Quarter of a centnry.
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In "Hcrplclde" The Nen Scientific
nnd Successful Dandruff Treatment.
Have you dandruff? Then you have
a contagious parasite disease, unpleasant,
unhealthy and one that will eventually
lead to baldness. To cure It you must
destroy the parasite that eats at the root
of the hair. The only preparation for
destroying these gorms Is Newbro's Hcr
plclde. Charles Klein, of Laramie, Wyo.,
says: "Hcrplclde allayed the itching,
cured the dandruff and stopped my hair's
falling out; and it is bringing a new crop
of hair." Herpiclde Is free from grease
or dangerous drugs, and makes hair glos
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absolutely fireproof; clcctrlo Hunt
and artesian water perfect santta
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AINSLIE. DR. GEORGE. Physician... GOS-G03
ANDERSON. GUSTAV. Attorney-at-Law . 013
ASSOCIATED PRESS. E. L. Powell. Mgr .80
AUSTEN. F. C. Manager for Oregon and
Washington Bankers' Ufa. Association ot
Des Moines. la ,...502 503
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES
MOINES. IA-: Ff C. Auten. Manager 602-303
BAYNTUN. GEO. R.. Manager for Chas.
Scrlbners Sons .....513
DEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U.
S. Weather Bureau ...010
BENJAMIN. R. W. DentUt 31
UINSWANGER. DR. O S . Phys. & Sur 410-11
BROOKE. DR. J. M.. Phys. & Surg-.... 708-700
BROWN. MTRA. M. D 313-314
BRUERE, DR. G E.. Physician. ...412-413-414
CANNING. M. J C02-C03
CAUKIN. a. E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Co .- 713
CARDWELL, DR. J. R 500
CHURCHILL. MRS. E J 716-717
COFFET. DR. R. C. Phys. i. Surgeon 700
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY.....
084-0C3-0OC-G07-C13-C14-013
CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon.. ..200
COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Life 300
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher. S. P. McGulre.
Manager 413-410
DAY. J. O. & I. N ....313
DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co ,007
DICKSON. DR. J. T.. Physician 713-714
DRAKE. DR. H. B. Physician 512-0lq-B14
DWYER. JOE F.. Tobaccos 403
EDITORIAL ROOMS . Eighth floor
EQUITABLE LIFE INSUKANCE SOCIETY.
L. Samuel. Mgr.: F. C. Cover, Cashier... SOS
EVENING TELEQRAM 323 Alder street
FENTON. J. D.. Physician and Surgeon 609-810
FENTON. DR. HICKS C; Eyo and Ear... .011
FENTON. MATTHEW F., Dentist 013
GALVANI. W. H., Engineer and Draughts
man 000
GAVIN, A. President Oregon Camera Club,
214-213-210-217
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
Surgeon ., 212-213
GEBBIE PUB. CO., Ltd.. Fine Art Pub
lishers; M. C. McGreevy. Mgr SIS
GIFSY. A J.. Physician and Surgeon.. .709-710
GILLESPY, SHERWOOD. General Agent
Mutual Life Ins. Co 404-403-400
GODDARD, E. C & CO., Footwear
Ground floor, 129 Sixth street
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insuranc Co., et New York 200-210
GRANT. FRANK S., Attorney-at-Law 017
HAMMAM BATHS, TURKISH AND BUS-
SI AN: J. D. McKlnnon, Prop.... 300-1-3
HAMMOND. A B 310
HOLLIS.TER. DR. O. C, Phys. & Sur..604-60o
IDLEMAN. C. M. Attorney-at-Law ..416-1T-13
JOHNSON. W. C 315-310-317
KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor ot Agents
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n GO4-00S
LAMONT. JOHN. .Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co 604
LITTLEFIELD, 11. R., Phys. and Surgeon 200
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg..7ll-713
MARTIN, J. L. & CO., Timber Lands 601
MAXWELL. DR. W. E., Phys. & Surg.701-2-3
McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law 713
McFADEN. MISS IDA E., Stenographer... .201
McGINN, HENRY E . Attoruey-at-Law..311-13
METT. HENRY 213
MILLER, DR. HERBERT C. Dentist and
Oral Surgeon 608-000
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P., Dentist 312-313-314
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. of
New York; W. Goldman. Manager.... 209-210
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N:
Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents.. 604-603
Mcelroy, dr. j. g.. Phys. & sur.701-702-703
McFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co 600
McGUIRE. S P., Manager P. F. Collier,
Publisher 41B-410
McKIM, MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law 600
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. of New
York; Sherwood Glllespy, Gen. Agt.... 404-3-0
NICHOLAS. HORACE B . Att'y-at-Law....718
NILES. M. L., Cashier Manhattan Life In
surance Co., of New York ......203
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY;
Dr. L. B. Smith. C&teopath 40S-40O
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-216-217
PACIFIC CHRISTIAN PUB. CO.; J. F.
Ghormley. Mgr 303
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.
Ground floor. 133 Sixth street
PORTLAND MININO St TRUST CO.; J.
H. Marshall. Manager 513
QUIMBY, L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden 710-717
ROSENDALE, O. M., Metallurgist and Min
ing Engineer 613-510
REED & MTALCOLM. Opticians. ..133 Sixth st.
REED, F. C, Fish Commissioner 407
RYAN. J. B., Attorney-at-Law '.. ......417
SAMUEL, L. Manager Equitable Life 300
SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
Co.: H. F. Bushong. Gen. Agent for Ore.
and Washington 501
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supreme Com
mander K. O. T. M 4 517
SLOCUM. SAMUEL C. Phys. and Surg ..700
SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath v. .408-400
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 500
STUART. DELL,Attorney-at-Law .... .017-018
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-705
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 700
STROWBRIDGE. THOMAS H.. Executive
Special Agt. Mutual Life of New York... .400
SUPERINTENDENTS OFTICE 201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F., Dentist 610-611
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU... 007-008-009-010
U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH
DIST.; Captain W. C. Langfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. 8. A 8CO
U. 8 ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS: Captain W.
C Lasgfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A 810
WATERMAN, a H.. Cashier Mutual Life
of New York 403
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Physician
and Surgeon 304-303
-WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg 706-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C Phys. & Surg 507-603
WOOD. DR. W. L. Physician 412-413-414
WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO... .613
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