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10 THE STOKNrNrft OnREftONTAN. SATURDAY, MAECH 9, 1901. TOY OF A TYPHOON County of Linlithgow Was Roughiy Handled. ON BEAM ENDS FOR FOUR DAYS German Bark Xlobe Makes a Fat Paminge From Yokohama AIhk- ka Cannery Fleet Load ins In Portland. i ASTORIA, Or., March S. The British 6hlp County of Linlithgow, which ar rived In from Hlogo last evening, was released from quarantine this morning. The vessel had a very thrilling experience In crossing the Pacific and illustrated the manner In which so many vessels are lost on that route leaving no trace be hind them. The ship was In sand ballast with three tnch planks as shifting board, and her blaster. Captain Strode, considered It well placed, judging from his experience of years In ballast vessels. "When a few days out, on February 2. Ehe ran Into what appeared to be a syphoon, although It was late In the sea son for them, and the vessel was quickly placed under lower topsails. The storm rapidly Increased In violence with un usual cross seas that appeared to be caused by some volcanic eruption In the bottom of the ocean. The ballast soon iegan to shift, throwing the vessel over on her beam ends. It was first decided to cut away her masts, but it was found that thiswould take too long, to the lower topsails with the gear were cut away, to ease her. Her lee rail was under water and her decks awash. All on board believed that she would "turn turtle" any minute, but there was a chance for her life if the ballast could be replaced. After some persuasion, the crew went Into the hold, but for 12 hours nothing could be accomplished as the seas seemed to come from beneath the vessel tossing the eand upwards so that it was Impossible to stand on It. Then came a lull In the storm and the start was made. For four days and nights every one on board worked Inces santly at restoring the ballast. During this time the keel of the vessel was ex posed and it would have been possible to walk down the weather side and stand on It. After the four days' hard work, the ship was righted sufficiently to enable the captain to handle her and It became comparatively easy to get the ballast back in place and the remainder of the passage was without Incident. The shifting of the ballast during the height of the storm was remarkable, as It was tossed In the air and any one standing on it was thrown up as if there was an explosion underneath. MOBB A SCORCHER. Big German Bark Crosse the Pa cific in 28 Days. The fastest trans-Paclflc sailing pas sage that has been made since early last Fall, was completed yesterday by the German ship Nlobe, which made the run from Yokohama In 2S days. While this Is about a week behind the record passage of the Selkirkshire over the same route, it Is so much faster than anything that has been done recently, that the appear ance of the vessel was quite a surprise. The Niobe comes under charter to Kerr, GIfford & Co., and brings the grain fleet in the river up to a total of 15 ships, nearly all of which will clear before the end of the month. Two of the ships in port, the Marie Hackfield and the Ben Dears, will finish loading at noon today, and the Colony and one or two others will be ready early next week. The Brunshausen and Professor Koch are at Astoria and the Peter Rlckmers will leave down this morning. The For rest Hall and the Dlmsdale arrived up yesterday afternoon, and the Khyber left up from Astoria yesterday morning. It is something unusual to have such a large fleet of ships in the river In March, but there Is so much wheat on spot, that it will require another fleet of equal pro portions to make a thorough clean-up FREIGHTS ARE LOWER. Alice A. LclBh Taken for Spot Load ing on Pusret Sonnd. The British ship Alice A. Leigh, which has been lying Idle on the Sound for over a week, was chartered yesterday to load wheat at Tacoma and Seattle for the United Kingdom at 37s 6d. The experi ence of this ship affords a good Illustra tion of the folly of refusing a high rate of freight when It Is available. The Alice A, Leigh was on the market nearly two months ago, and before she left the Orient was offered 43s 9d to load at Tacoma or Portland. Her owners demanded 45 shil lings at that time, and as freights com menced dropping, they receded, always however, keeping about Is 3d above the market. The ship Is an Immense carrier end the difference between the rate which .was offered her a few weeks ago, and the rate she secured, will amount to fully $7000. The shipowner who holds his ship eo long that the best price of the sea son gets past him does not exhibit much greater -wisdom, than is shown by the farmer who holds his wheat too long. ALASKA CANNERY FLEET. Portland Firm Outfitting Three Ves sels In This City. The American schooner J. M. "Weather wax, the second vessel of the Alaska Portland Packers' Association, arrived in yesterday afternoon, and a third vessel, the American bark Kate Davenport, was reported outside, bound In last evening. The first vessel of the company's Alaska fleet, the schooner Occidental, Is loading a cargo at the Portland Lumber Com pany's mill. The three vessels will carry away a large amount of lumber, coal and cannery supplies, Included In which are thousands of cases of cans, half a dozen big retorts, and several boilers, engines and other heavy pieces of machinery. The outfitting of this fleet means the distribu tion of many thousand dollars in this vi cinity. In addition to the chartered fleet which the company Is sending forth, they will also dispatch a new tug which Is now under construction on the East Side. Chlco Not Lost. TILLAMOOK, March 8. The lumber schooner Chlco, which was reported out side the bar Monday, and then disap peared, causing some anxiety at the Truckee Lumber Company's saw mill, dis pelled all doubts as to her safety by cross ing In this afternoon. Gale in English Channel. PARIS, March 8. A heavy gale is sweeping the English Channel and vessels are sheltering in the roadsteads. An un known three-masted schooner has been wrecked on the RIchardo rocks near Brest. It is believed that her crew per ished. "Where Sliipn Gronnd. NEW YORK, March 8. The steamer Southwark, which, after being aground for 34 hours, at the junction of the main and swash channels, was released at high tide last night, and got under way for her trans-Atlantic voyage today. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., March 8. Arrived In at 12:30, German bark NIobe, from Yoko hama; at 2:30 P. 1L schooner J. M. Weath. erwax, from San Diego. Ieft up at 9 A. M.. British ship Khyber. Reported out side at 5 P. M., American bark Kate Dav enport, from San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.. rough; wind, south west: weather, hazy. Hoqulam. Wash.. March G. Sailed Schooners Laura May, Volunteer, Orient, Henry Wilson, from Aberdeen, for San Francisco; steamer Grace Dollar, from Hoquiam, for San Francisco. San Francisco, March S. Arrived Steamer State of California, from Vic toria; steamer Newburg, from Gray's Har bor. Sailed Schooner John D. Tallant, for New Whatcom; steamer San Jose, for Nanalmo; steamer Fulton, for Portland. Port Gamble Sailed March 7. Barken tlne Robert Sudden, for Melbourne. Port Townsend Arrived March 7. Brit ish bark Colllngrove, from Shanghai; re ports British ship Laomene arrived at Royal Roads. Passed in March 8. Brit ish steamer Goodwin, from Hong Kong; ship S. D. Carleton, from Honolulu; Ger man ship Roland, from Honolulu. Honolulu Arrived Feb. 22. Ship C. F. Sargent, from Tacoma; bark Top Gallant, from Manila. Sailed Feb. 2L Steamer Ventura, for Sydney. Coos Bay Sailed March 6. Steamer "Chico, for Tillamook. Seattle Arrived March 7. Steamer Cot tage City, from Alaska. Sailed, March 7. Schooner Fred E. Sanders, for San Pedro. Eureka Sailed March 7. Schooner Al vena, for Tacoma. Seattle Sailed. March 7. Steamer Ex celsior, for Valdez; steamer Al Kl, for Skagway. Honolulu Sailed Feb. 22. Schooner Eu reka, for Gray's Harbor; eFb. 23, bark B. P. Cheney, for Tacoma; Feb. 28, ship James Drummond, for Port Townsend. Kahulul Sailed Feb. 20. Schooner Ho nolpu. for Puget Sound; schooner Robert H. Hind, for Puget Sound. Kanapall Arrived Feb. 22. Bark High land Light, from Tacoma. Nanalmo Sailed March 7. Steamer Mln eola, for Port Lbs Angeles. New York, March 8. Arrived Taurlc, from Liverpool. Liverpool, March 8. Arrived New Eng land, from Boston. Shanghai, March 8. Sailed Norman Isle, for Portland, Or. Genoa, March 8. Sailed Aller, for New York. Glasgow, March 8. Sailed Corrlne, for Boston. Liverpool, March 8. Sailed Dominion, for Portland. New York, March 8. Sailed Southwark, for Antwerp. Yokohama, March 8. Arrived Queen Adelaide, from Tacoma, for Hong Kong. Naples. March S. Arrived Werra, from New York for Genoa. Philadelphia, March 8. Arrived Rhine land, from Liverpool. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. O C Bersbach. Chgo Mrs P Burbldge & son, "Wardner Mr & Mrs J C Rals ton, Spokane A D Rickey. Phlla S W MeyerHeld, N Y J C McPherson, Chgo V W Rldehalgh. As toria H G Allen. Niagara -Falls. N Y C A Booth & wf. U S Army A G Shoun. do Mrs J T Ross, Astoria RAO Hobbes. Ross land. B C J L Pendleton, Sara toga. jai J Bon man. St Paul Louis Bearwald. S F F.A Rauch. Chicago H A Latta. Butte Crk Geo F Eberhard. S F J A Marsh & wife C F Morrow, St Louis J A Thompson, S F H McD Spencer. S F L. Hunter. San Fr F W Wane. San Fr E N Brlggs, San Fr A Hill. SaRinaw. Mich A M Graham, Victoria) .nan-- u uos, do Louis Halyker. St L Mrs Alex Hamneld, u n Clarke. Seattle A L Sackctt M Duncan. X T an .fTancisco B C Dowse & w, Chgo C D Bell. Snokane E Henkel. N Y A T Lipman. San Ft WIi TImms. X T F B Sadler. San Fr Frank La Manna. X Y A E Hawver. Salt Lk J G Price. Skagway W J Ball. San Fr C F Hcywood. -San Fr L Kallskej. San Fr F B Dallam. San Fr D 'Wilson, Davenport Mr & Mrs E Tucker, Seattle A M Murphy, wife & child, Spokane Mrs J C Glbbs. do E E Alnsuorth.Seatlle, THE PERKINS. J J Schneider, Detroit. Mrs Racine. Seattle Kan J M Foster, city C O Ambs. St Louis iS B Barker. Condon C Croser, Boise I. Mrs S B Barker, do P Chandler. Walla AV Mlss Vira Barker, do A K Mooser, Vancvr jD V Mitchell, ban Kr Mrs A K Mooser, do Henry O'Xcll. San ft- a u liuraicK, city Dr F H Cassels. Seattle C H Olsen. Catlln J H Sullivan, Wash ington, D C Geo H Arland. Monte W M Mastzall. Colfax Mrs "VV M Mauall. do H McDonald. Wallowa Geo AV Grannls, Salem C Ewlng. Arlington Miss En Inc. da l John D Hollldnv Chrn eano, wash (Geo McKenzle. Dawsn Chas Butler. N TVhat-.Ed Cunningham, MIn cum, nasn j neapous Hal M Cooper. Union H S Brltt. Sliver Cy. Id E IV Jones, Lyle. Wn W Byshedt, Oakld, Cal mil E Rapson, Seatt! (Sherman Wade, Olex, E B Homey er, Seattle i Or H S McGowan, Chi- tChas R Archard, Mar- nook. Wash shalltown. la Capt Downs. Astoria J A Carter. Kalama Newell Macrum, For est Grove A Barton. Walla TV VT Maskllle. Dalles A M Hogen. Tacoma Wm N Boots. Monmth M E Haller. Bethany, Mo jMrs M E Haller, do airs Sylvia Nelson, do A F Atkins, St Paul, Minn J F Stewart, Toledo.Or J W Ure. Jr. Salt Lk C W Wheeler, Waltsbg, ville. Ariz Mrs W E Locey. do P Jepson, City Point. Wis M A Wood. Grant's H W Holder. Riddles T M Gaves, Dawson C D Johnston, Chgo W L Mercer, Chicago C Ferguson, McDon alds. Pa I Mrs J W Ure. Jr. do ai n Aiciaugmin, Paola. Kan D E McLaughlin, do F M Malone, Miles Cy R L Ford, Spokane A Campbell. Chicago Mrs A Campbell, do J J Tourman. Duluth C T Tourman, Duluth C E Wilson, San Fr i Alice xiarris, uuiutn A. D Warner, St Paul, IL I Le Bean. Detroit. Minn Mich J Waterhouse, ClatsopMrs L I Le Bean, do Mat Mosgrove. Milton iMaster Le Bean. do Mrs Mat Mdsgrove, do!E S Kerrigan. St L Master Mosgrove. doA Schofield. Hoqulam THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knowles, Manager. C B Irwin. Salem Geo L Trott. St Paul Harry Sweatman, "Faust" Crt S Hughes, phip Colone Mrs Slank, San Fr W R Hamilton, Pitts burg Mrs Hamilton, do C F Leland, Lewiston Mrs Leland. Lewiston Mrs C A Woods, San Fr a t; oraerhas, Oak land Mrs Forderhase. do v - mil, Oakland P C Hetzler. SpntH MUw Leland, Lewiston ia?ter Iceland, do R F Clark, N Y F F Porter. San Fr Geo L Ross. Salem Mrs Ross, Salem F C Reed. Astoria Mrs B E Wood, Vancvr .airs ,ina Hutt. do D C Pelton, Sheboy gan. Mich A G Hughes, Chicago B S Brown. N Y Mrs- Brown, N Y Miss Brown, N Y J A Sanburn, .Salt Lk Jas Flnlayson, Astoria w Biro. Tacoma Geo B Crooks, S F D A Robinson. Seattle i Mrs Sanburn, Salt Lk M K Hall, Rainier F A. Seufert. Dnllpa J Peterson, Minn C A Imlay. Reedville P P Kline. G N R R P J Finnelly. San Fr John D Daly, Corval- T A Farley, Salem a w Moore, Boise Mrs Moore. Boise Z F Moody. Dalles H R Spencer. Pondletn us, or I Airs spencer, do Jas WIthycomb. do IA B Eastham. Vancvr E F Pernot. CorvalllalC J Dobbs, Kan A B Leckenby. Wash (Mrs A Klrchoft. As J K Weatherford, Al-J toria bany Miss Kirchoff. Astoria Mrs Weatherford, do R L Jefferj', Astoria THE ST. CHARLES. E F Ogden. Lyons Mrs W H Swauk, do Miss B Goodknecht, Silverton W E Payne. Salem Lewis Scott. Salem H L Colvin. Canby, OrJ Mrs J H Dotterrer. usiranuer Mrs E J Sanders. Canby. Or MImj Hester Sales, do T J Kinder. La Centr Jos Elswlck, Olympla J A Johnson & wife. L Aug Anderson. Lead. Chas Love. Peoria. Ill C W Purky. do Erneft Oldber?, Stella Wm Llchts, Astoria Jos Elwlck. Olympla W Bond. Seattle E R Grlbblc. Aurora J M FIdler. Catlln W O Cyrua. Astoria A Peterson, Eufaula A Stridell. Eufaula Percy Scott. Lebanon W H Woolsey. Linn Co C T Lansing, Salem John Chemlngton, do jars jonn jnemmgton. Salem L L Michael. Cold Crk E J Dunn. CorvalUs Mrs M Phillips Hugh Glenn, Dalles Michael Spahn, Rock-! wood J B LoregTen, Clats- kanle H McCauly. do Chas Helnman, Butte- vllle aiiRs justin Blanc, Cathlamet J H Vinson. Butteville J J Vinson. Butteville Chas Herman, do G G Barnum. McMlnn Fred Triplett. do Thos Devlne. city D E Freeman, city A D Elwell. Vancouvr I D Jones, Fisher's V N BulllnEton. Fort Stevens Julius Mauttle, do C C Bridges, do Chas Ultter. U S Eng Dept. Ft Steven3 F L Bogby. Hubbard Bert Wheeler, Powell Valley itoot tt ur&x. Buttevl M Thacher. Palmer C S Hollar, Latourell D A Mlehle. Knappa D W Wilson &. fy, Al bany G M Opsund. Silverton J J Montgomery, Falls C E Bryan. Sacmto wty. ur B V George, Woodlnd IR S Clark, Saltm Hotel Brunsirick. Srnttle. European; first-class. Rates. 75c and up. Ono block from depot. Restaurant next door. TasoRia Hotel. Tacoma. American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma, European plan. Rivtce. 50c and up. TRDEREPORTS CHEERFUL MOST LINES OF SPRING BUSINESS ARE ACTIVE. Wheat Slarket Continues Dull and Irregular Iron and Steel Are Lively Bank Clearing". NEW YORK, March 8. Bradstreefs tomorrow will say: Reports, as a whole, continue quite cheerful. Most lines of distributive Spring trade are active, and the leading indus trials are actively employed. Soft spots are still in evidence In the textile Indus tries, particularly In the cotton goods, and raw cotton has again sagged heav ily. The cereals, too. lack snap, and dairy products are weaker. When this is said, however, about all that is unfavorable has been enumerated. The season of Winter wheat-crop scares Is now approaching, but the market Is dull, narrow and irregular. Speculation Is almost nil. Corn has weakened, but slightly, on better weather and bearish statistics of farm reserves Issued and ex pected. Pork and lard are higher In sym pathy with hogs, receipts of which are light; milder weather has lowered butter and eggs. Wool Is moving more freely and the tone Is more cheerful, apparently on the Idea that prices canndt well go much lower. Heavy sole leather Is In de mand at all markets, and talk of 40 cents for oak-tanned comes from Boston. Iron and steel may probably be de scribed as buoyant. Prices of pig Iron are firmer as a whole, despite smaller sales, and Bessemer pig Is 50c a ton higher at Pittsburg. As an example of the demand for crude steel. It might be noted that $3 advance on the pit prices is paid for Bessemer billets and J4 25 ad vance for basic ojjen-hearth, billets for prompt delivery. Finished products share the strength, and plates are bringing $2 a ton above the scale, while the rail, bar and structural mills are well occupied. Iron ore Drices nrobablv will be fixed today, and opinion favors a quotation of j U 60 per ton against 55 50 last year. Wheat (including flour) shipments for the week aggregate 4,255,528 bushels, against 5,233.313 bushels last week, 4.20S, ioS bushels In the corresponding week of 1900, 4.29S.S21 In 1899. and 4.484.7C1 In 1S9S. From July 1 to date, this season, wheat exports are 133,077,517 bushels, against 13S,5S9,5S3 bushels last season, and 173,114, (35 In 1S9S-C9. Business failure's In the United States for the week number 20S. as against 177 last week. 189 In this week a year ago, 177 in 1S9D, 247 in 1E38, and 277 in 1S97. Canadian failures for the week number 33 against 2S last week. 23 in this week a year ago, and 37 in 1899. Ilnnk ClenrlnK. NEW YORK. March 8. The following table, compiled by BraJstreet, shows the bank clearings at principal cltlce for the week ended March 7, with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: Inc. Dpr?. isew Yoric ..si nGTTnonn si. w 51.0 13.8 13.5 11.4 4.1 45.2 Boston 141.619.00J Cnlcago .-. 161,051.000 Philadelphia 102,114.000 St. Louis 39,204,000 Pittiburg 41.7D6.030 Baltimore 24.14S.aX) San Francisco .... 24.149.009 Cincinnati 20.294.000 Kansas Cty 1C.13S.000 3.5 16.1 24.9 32.4 8.2 New Orleans 14.2.000 9,078,000 9.W3.0M 13,355,000 10.378.000 7.742,000 6.551.000 5.10G,(V 3,419,'JOO 7.091.000 7,C9S,U00 C.152J00 3.8S4".00O 4.S34.000 2.9C3.000 4.163.000 3,217.000 2,817.000 2.656.000 2,337.000 1,471.000 1.407,000 2,201.000 2.397.000 1.047.000 2.709.000 1.256.000 2,213.000 4,366,000 3.435.000 1,396,000 1.460.000 2,499,000 1.441.000 1,055,000 702.000 1,516,000 1,261,000 1.416,000 500.000 1,199,000 2.354,000 1,974,000 1,063,000 1,491.000 387.000 SSS.000 1,353.000 1.12S.000 593.000 449,000 701,000 245,000 401.000 384,000 443.000 266.000 351.000 297.000 339.000 21L000 232,000 1,849,000 2.297,000 6,124.000 6,189.000 51.000 720.000 76S.O00 832.000 513.000 351.00 959,000 699,000 Minneapolis Detroit '.. Cleveland Louisville Providence Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo Omaha Indianapolis Columbus. O Savannah Denver Hartford Richmond Memphis Washington Poorla Rochester New Haven Worcester Atlanta Salt Lake City.... Springfield, Mass. Fort Worth Portland. Me Portland, Or. SL Joseph Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse , Des Moines Nashville 6.4 i.o 23.3 21.8 45.9 S.7 21.6 19.5 13.0 37.4 16.2 'Z'.S 3.3 6.3 30.3 25.4 9.2 25.8 ii!2 1.0 12.6 9.2 14.7 95.0 17.3 10.3 15.1 53.8 "O 41.8 8.5 17.7 3s!s 2.7 30!2 3.2 10.4 19.3 5.4 38.4 376 129.7 40.8 197 11.9 23.6 22.2 7.0 2.7 Wilmington, Del.. Fall River Scranton Grand Rapids .... Augusta, Ga Lowell Dayton, O Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux City New Bedford Knoxvllle, Tenn.. Topeka Birmingham Wichita Binghamton Lexington. Ky. .. Jacksonville, Fla.. Kalamazoo Akron Chattanooga Rockford, 111 Canton O Springfield, O. .... Fargo, N. D Sioux Falls,, S. D. Fremont, Neb. ... Davenport Toledo Galveston Houston Evansvllle ..- Macon Little Rock Helena Springfield, 111. ... Toungstown Colorado Springs . Wheeling 22.9 24.2 21.3 16.7 5.3 46.8 10.8 14.5 3S.8 10.4 25.0 96 14.8 2.4 19.6 40.1 43.2 18.1 Totals, TJ. S $2,321,427,000 Outelde New York 754,253,000 37.0 13.8 Dominion of Canada Montreal I 16,163,000 22.9 Toronto 11,915,000 35.8 .... Winnipeg 2,145.000 20.9 .... Halifax 1,606.000 7.5 Hamilton 917,000 19.7 .... St. John. N. B 734.000 24.1 .... Vancouver 720,000 .... 83.0 Victoria 577.000 .... 2.2 Totals ., 34.781.000 24,6 .... BUT LITTLE CHANGE." Trade Condition Remain Aoont the Same as Last Week. NEW YORK, March 8, R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Little change was developed this week In condition of the general business. The ground recently gained seemed to be held without difficulty, with a good distribu tion of merchandise by jobbers In most directions, and with entire absence of speculative activity. There was a fur ther decline In cotton, which does not help the goods market, still, the most backward and disappointing of all the great Industries, but In mechanical lines the progress being made Is noteworthy. Building materials including lumber are In especially urgent demand, and deal ers who can deliver stock have no diffi culty In securing advanced prices. In this, unlike most other lines of business, the East leads the country, and Just at this season. It is of particular signifi cance. Collections are reported good all through the West, and are better than usual at the South. Conditions in iron and steel begin to assume an appearance similar to that of 1S99. Prices have moved up rapidly since the upturn was made, and bids at current rates for distant delivery are often refused. Manufacturers are unan imously reporting a great demand for domestic consumption while export con tract? lor finished forms we still taken lu competition with declining foreign markets. Footwear is steady at former priced! and while sales have increased somewhat, factories are assured of ac tivity for a month or more. There is good demand for low-prived heavy goods from Southern Jobbers, bu many West ern buyers hive not placed their usual contracts as yet. The local Jobbing trade has improved and city wholesalers have liberal orders from country retailers, .arge contracts have been placed with Western manufac turers who report conditions satisfactory. Textile fabrics exhibit a little anima tion, although the markets are still far from a satisfactory position. Two large failures In wool occurred abroad, and three Vermont firms were forced to suspend. Sales of wool at the three chief Eastern mirkets decreased nearly 3,000,000 pounds, compared with the previous week's business, but this Is a favorable symptom, as excessive opera tions of late were due to forced sales at lower prices. Wheat Is In abundant supply, with quotations well above last year's, owing to reports that the Hessian fly promises to be unusually troublesome, while the weather conditions are also threatening. Atlantic exports of wheat, flour in cluded, were 2,477,990 bushels for the week, ".against 1,781,895 bushels a year ago, while corn exports were 2,357.432 bushels, against 2,183,218 bushels In 1900. Heavy supplies of coffee at last pre-r vailed over manipulation, and prices de-" cllned. Failures for the week were 208 In the United States, against 205 last year, and 26 In Canada, against 33 last year. BACQUEREL RAYS. Experiments Wth a Being: Condnctcd Nerr Process in Berlin. WASHINGTON, March 8. Experiments with a new process, somewhat similar to the celebrated Roentgen or "X" rays, are being conducted In great secrecy at a Berlin Institute, according to a com munication received at the State Depart ment from oCnsul-General Gunther, at Frankfort, Germany. The new species of ray are called Bacquerel rays after their discoverer, a French chemist, whq nrst put nis discovery oeiore me puouc In 1895. In the furore which the Roent gen rays created In the medical world, these Bacquerel raya were lost sight of. The experiments- are said to have dis closed the fact that an entirely new ele ment Is responsible for the Bacquerel rays and that they render almost every transparent substance luminous In the darkness. Consul-General Gunther says the new rays make It possible to tell the genuine diamonds from artificial ones In the dark, which fact would prove of great practical Importance In testing". The ex periments, It Is stated, have also demon strated that rays enanatlng- from a larger quantity of the new element make the air such a conductor of electricity , as to promise that the property can be utilized In wireless telegraphy. The results of the experiments, It Is stated, will be laid before Emperor William, "which," says the Consul-General, "seems to indicate that the discovery is regarded as one of great Importance." NEW YORK, March 8. Discussing the discovery In Berlin of the Bacquerel ray, Professor Nikola Tesla says: "I am aware of the Bacquerel results and also of the discoveries occurring with respect to the properties of uranium and polonium. The discoverer In pre senting the results at tht time conjec tured that some other element might be responsible for the phenomenon observed. In my papers on the Lennard and Roentgen xays, which were published In the Electrical Review two years ago, 1 advanced a theory which Is now begin ning to be appreciated by scientific men. 1 contended that all sources of radiant energy. Including the sun and bodies at an appreciably high temperature, throw off minute particles of matter. I explained that this matter as was evident from my experiments was of some primal form, being split up In particles much smaller than ordinary atoms. I have since made Interesting discoveries In regard to this projected matter, which I hope to bring before the scientific world when com pleted. As to the value of the new ray as a test for diamonds, there are a number of ways to tell good dlamnds from bad. but the most reliable method Is that which is practiced by expert jewelers." alnc of Women. Chicago Tribune. The recent decision of a Judge at Ak ron, O., that the value of a woman's life Is $500, while that of a man Is worth 510.000. has created not alone a sensation, but something like an Indignant uprising among tho women of that community. They contend, and not without Justice and reason, that the court has no right to lay down such a hard and fast rule, or to appraise nascullne and femmlne lives by the rules which govern relative values of sheeD and oxen. As a matter of fact, thero are almost as many; exceptions to such a general rule as. that of the Ohio Judge as there are men. and women. When the law does not put an arbitrary, uniform valuation on their lives they must be "valued according to tneir actual or potential value to those who are or may be dependent on them. If they are of no service to anybody ihen they arc of no special value to them selves or to anyone else. It is absurd to say that every man's life Is worth 510.000 when there are large numbers of men who are of no more value than a yellow dog, and it is equally absurd to say that every woman's life is worth $500 when there are large numbers of women who are of no more value than a canary bird. If the value of a man's life Is to be estimated by his services to the commun ity, there are thos whose loss cannot be computed in dollars. So, too, there are women whose value to the community Is above price. In' fixing the value of life, where the law has not fixed It, the utility of life that Is the fact to be con sidered. There is no other fair test, and, determined by such a test, there will be as many different prices as there are people. Many women will be appraised as high as some men, and some men may be appraised as high as many women. The Jewish Chaplain. New York Tribune. The men who drew up and circulated a petition for a Jewish chaplain In the United States Army are receiving lit tle encouragement at the hands of the Jewish press, and the scheme is not con sidered seriously by the best element in the Jewish community. In commenting on the subject the American Hebrew says: Th number of Jewish soldiers Is necessarily small, and the work of such a chaplain would be largely a sinecure. The Jewish soldier has not yet expressed a desire to be accommo dated with a chaplain. He has no dyinp con fession to make which requires the presence of a priest. Patriotism makes allsoldtersof one rellrlon. The Jew can pe all his own priest he requires no mediator. The same Jewish element that opposed the organization of a Jewish regiment In the volunteer service and later protested against a similar body in the National Guard, on the ground that a man who wears the uniform of a soldier should wear It as an American and not as a fol lower of any creed or faith, is now op posing the appointment of a Jewish chap lain; and this Influence will probably de termine the action of the President in the matter. TRT GRAIX-OI TRY GRAIX-Ol Ask your Grocer today to show you a pack age of GRAIN-O. the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink It without Injury as well as the adult. All who try It. like It. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but It. la made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives It without distress. 4 the price of coffee. 15c and 23a per pacKage. Sold by all grocers. At the Vale town election Tuesday the following officers were elected: R. G. Wheeler. Mayor; John Boswell. Recorder: D. C. Wells, Treasurer: L. W. Hope and B, C, Richardson, Cpuncllnien, RIOTING IN PORTO RICO IGNORANT NATIVES EXCITED OVER A TRIVIAL INCIDENT." The Tronble Assrravated by the Con duct of a Number of Soldiers at San Jnan. SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, March 8. A serious riot occurred here yesterday. At 6 o'clock In the evening five artillery men and a Corporal of artillery, named HIscock. left their guard post without or ders and charged across the plaza Into a j street In which a mob of people had as sembled. The soldiers llred a volley- Into , the air, dispersed the mob and rescued j School Superintendent Armstrong, who -was besieged by the mob In a house sit uated about a block from the city center. For hours previous to the rescue of Su perintendent Armstrong the city had been overrun b a riotous crowd of probably 1500 nersons. who shouted "Down with th Amprlrun!'" nnd nther similar cheers. 1 The excitement originated In a trivial school incident, involving -Superintendent Armstrong, which Illustrates the excitable nature of the Porto Rlcans. The super Intendent reprimanded a girl, l years of age. for disobedience, and forcibly but harmlessly marched her to the front from the rear of the schoolroom. Her dress caught In a desk and was torn, and the girl reported to- her mother that she had been kicked and abused. This excited the girl's mother and sensational stories were circulated,' with the result, that when the school children were dismissed a number of boys gathered together and paraded the streets. They were joined by many others and full-grown men, and it became necessary for the police to es cort Superintendent Armstrong from the schoolhouse to his home. The superin tendent and policemen were stoned as they passed through the streets, and. as the crowd constantly Increased In size, the Americans sought refuge In the In dependencla Building. A number of per sons from the crowd succeeded in enter ing the building, but were ejected by em ployes and others. By 5 o'clock, after matters had as sumed such a threatening aspect Gov ernor Alien ordered the Mayor to dis perse the inob, notifying him that" he should ask for Government assistance if he was In Tieed of It. The Mayor, how ever, paid no attention to the Governor's notification, although the city police were powerless, not being In any way respected by the rlotcrsv whom they did not at tempt to dtepe-se. At 5:30 P. M. the offices were closed and Martin C. Brumbaugh, the Commis sioner 'of Education of Porto Rico, asked for police protection of his office and hotel. A treasury clerk, who was one of the men who ejected the rioters from the In dependence, was attacked, stoned and disarmed by a mob. The insular police, who have no juris- ( diction in the city except in cases of emergency and at the call of the Mayor i and Governor, were not called upon until 6 o'clock. At that time the artillerymen previously referred to took the Initiative without orders and dispersed the gather- 'ing. In the meantime the city police had fired about 100 shots, mostly in the air, lor there were no casualties. Several other Americans, besides the treasury clerk, were stoned from roofs and balconies. At S o'clock last night the city pre sented its usual tranquil appearance. Up to the hour of filing this dispatch today there "has been no further demon-' stratlon. Governor Alle.n deplores the unfortu nate occurrences, especially the action of COFFEE HITS HARD. Almost KJlletl a Cnllfornla Girl. A young lady In California had a re markable experience with coffee-drlnk-Ing. The details are most Interesting to any one who even suspects that coffee Is damaging to the health. Sh.e says: "I drank coffee from a child, and a few years ago my health began to break down, everything I ate or drank distressed me, and I settled into a chronic form of dys pepsia, accompanied with a headache every morning, and was very Irritable most of the time. I could not sleep with out taking a sleeping draught. While at first the pains In my stomach were slight, they kept growing worse, until finally the most wholesome food and drink would cause Intense agony, and a few minutes after eating I would have to throw everything up. My doctor had been telling me for some time that coffee was hurting "me, but I did not believe It was true, for I saw many people drink coffee and thought I could. OX course. In this condition I could not sustain my flesh and strength, and I lost In weight from 185 pounds down to 90 pounds and became a perfect skeleton, .starving to death in a land of plenty. I was confined to my bed and dying by inches. The doctor told me there was no chance of my ever getting well, as my stomach was worn out. They had begun to wonder how many more days I would live. One day a lady friend called and told how wonder fully she had been helped out of stomach trouble and headaches by leaving off cof fee and using Postum Food Coffee and Grape-Nuts Food. She went right to work and made me a nice cup of Postum and prepared a little Grape-Nuts. I dreaded the torture of taking anything into my stomach, but she coaxed me to take a spoonful of Postum and of Grape Nuts. To my great surprise I found that T did not have any pain to speak of in my stomach, and the food actually stayed down. Every one was completely mystified. In a little time afterward I drank three spoonfuls of the Postum and took a little more of the Grape-Nuts, and that stayed down and seemed to soothe my nerves and give me a restful feeling. Soon after the doctor came In, and my nurse told him that for the first time in three weeks food had stayed on the stomach. He could hardly believe her, as he thought death was very near. Then he wanted to know what I had been eat ing and drinking. He took home some of the. Grape-Nuts and Postum. The next day he said) thero was no myster about It, as he had analyzed the samples, and said he had found a predlgested food, and one that would not hurt the stomach, and the Postum was the most natural drink he had ever seen. He said that It did not excite the nerves as did coffee, and that It was nourishing and built up the system instead oC tearing It down. He had my nurse give me more of the Postum and Grape-Nuts, and said there was one chance in ten that my system might be built up and my life be saved. In less than a week's time I could drink half a cup of Postum at once, and how It did quiet my nerves and make me feel like I was getting some strength! Six days aftereginnlng Postum I went to sleep the first time in two months without taking a sleeping draught. So step by, step I kept on Improving. The headaches disappeared. My stomach be came stronger each day, and I gained steadily In weight. At the end of four months r felt like a new person, and had gained 50 pounds in weight, could sleep well, eat plain food, and, all in all. feel well and strong again My head Is so clear that I can think better than I ever could. I know, and all of our friends know, that there Is not the "Iffhtest doubt but that I would be In my grave today but for Postum Food' Coffee and Grape-lsuts. You can publish this account If you wish, but please only use my initials."' Miss N. TJ., Sebastopol, Cal. Full name and address given to those Interested upon application to the Postum Cereal Company Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. the artilleryman. Corporal HIscock has been placed under arrest and Is now In the guardhouse. It is probable that he will be tried by court-martial. The teachers who have been questioned on the subject have made statements agreeing with those of Superintendent Armstrong f,o the effect that the girl was not harmed. It Is prob'ible that four-fifths of those who ook part in the rioting did not know why they were mobbing the Ameri can The rioters mostly belonged to the unemployed workmen of the population. Momited Men Africa. Blackwood's Magazine. Here are the horses tethered by their head-reins In double rows to ropes stretched taut between two posts. Shaggy, under-sized, under-conditioned, coarse- jointed, and with heavy pendent heads though they be, they can carry 18 stone over 30 miles of rough country, and be lit r -0 the following day. , Near them. hjs jg between his crossed legs, h.1 arms resting limply on his knees, sits on a tussock of grass the sentry of tne stable guard, and sleepily watches tho wreaths of blue smoke as they curl up ward from the pipe between his lips. He has not shaved for a month, and his ablutions have been, to say the least of It napfunxtnn- ro tytx hoV nf hJc Viorifl rests a tattered and shapeless apology for I the colonial flap-hat we have learned to j-know so well. He has no coat, and his gray army shljt the sleeves rolled up above tne elbows and tne nccK turned in to the breast bone exposes his hairy and sun-tanned skin. From his belt hangs, besides his buyonet, the inevitable bag of Transvaal tobacco. A leather bandolier crosses his Shoulder; while boots, inno cent of brush or blacking, and breeches" and putties that may once have been khaki, complete his apparel. The switch dangling from the listless right hand Is for purposes of discipline, for the un- picketed heels of his charges are only too prone to take each and every op portunity of beating a tattoo on the ribs of their nearest neighbor. A woman on an Astoria train dropped a purse containing 570 the other day. Af ter some commotion it was found and returned. In the Schlitz brew ery cleanliness is car ried to extremes. We do more than is neces sary to be certain of doing" enough. The caldrons in which the beer is brewed are kept scru pulously clean and covered. The air in which the beer is cooled is filtered. The barrels in which it is stored are cleaned with steam and soda, then glaze'd with rosin on the inside, then cleaned again. The bottles are cleaned with utmost precaution. Still we filterthe beer, then sterilize every bottle, for the slightest uncleanliness taints the whole product. It is in these ways that Schlitz beer hasgained its reputation for pur ity, and made Milwau kee famous. Rtf m fgrjj 'Phone Main 635 (O.T.Co.) J.Silre stone, 603 Ch. Com. Big, Portland. Curse OF DRINK DRUNKENNESS CURED BY White RiBbon Remedy Can Be Given In Glnss of Water, Tea or Coffee Without Patient's Knowledge. White Ribbon Remedy will cure or destroy the diseased appetite for "alcoholic stimulants, whether the patient Is a confirmed Inebriate, "a tippler," social drinker or drunkard. Impossible for any one to have an appetite for alcoholic liquors after uslns Whlto Ribbon Remedy. Portland. Oregon : Woodard, Clarke Si Co., Fourth and Washington streets. By mall, $1. Trial package free by writing Mrs. T. C MOORE. SUDt. W. a T. TJ.. Ventura. Cal. 5ft t8 at I i J f J n Iri Hrf, IwLl '' m uxaxsvKLVfcaa. Wl I II. I i ' Y0tJSicnvt Si! r' W A-navKt scat thai i W' ! 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La grippe attacks the weakest part of tne system; it may be the lungs, heart, liver, stomach or kidneys, but wherever It finally locates It almost Invariably starts with cold in the head and throat, or. In other words, tho disease at the beginning Is acute catarrh. This Is tne reason Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets have been so successful in breaking up attacks of the grip. The antiseptic properties of the remedy destroy the germs before the whole system Is thor oughly Infected. Dr. Anniston says: "Stuart's Catarrh Tablets being free from cocoalne and harmful drugs, should be freely us.ed at this time of year on tne first appear ance of grip symptoms. ' l'hey check the, excessive catarrhal se cretions, stop the feer and prevent pneu monia. "l'hey are composed of antiseptics, and may be used by little children as, freely as by adults, and with great benefit." Dr. Lewiston says: "My usual prescrip tion for the grip Ls Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets, which can be found at all drug stores. 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