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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.
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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.
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CONTAGION AND INFECTION.
La Grippe Is Infectious, lnt Xot Con-
tngioni.
Contasious diseases are communicated
from one person to another: infectious
diseases are conveyed through the air.
Smallpox Is a contagious disease; la
grippe is Infectious. When an ep.demic
of the grip is prevailing, it Is In the air
we breathe and no one Is safe.
The only safeguard Is to keep the sys
tem In the highest possible condition of
health, and on the first appearance of a
cold in the head to use some safe antisep
tic like Stuart's Catarrh Tablets freely,
a tablet taken every hour or two for a
couple of days will be bufilcient to break
up the attack.
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.
Keep to the house for a da or two and
use the tablets freely, and I have never
heard any complaint of failure to cure."
;s or
Cottonfields.
The leading by-product of the
hog is lard, which accumulates
directly in proportion to the
amount of overfeeding done.
The leading by-product of the
cottonficld is the cottonseed.
In this nature has stored up
food to nourish the young plant
until it can feed itself. It is pure,
concentrated, vigorousstrcngth.
is made from this oil. Being a
pure, vegetable product, it is
wholesome and nourishing, and
as we have perfected the pro
cess of manufacture until it is
absolutely odorless, flavorless
and neutral, food prepared with
it is more delicate, more appe
tising and more healthful than
when any other shortening and
frying agent is used. Why don't
you try WHITE COTTOLENE?
ThcN. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago Eole Manufacturers.
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P.5. No heg fat in Cottoiene.
ss Illustrated in the Scalp. Fig. i
shows a section of a healthy hair
magnified. Fig. 2 shows the deadly
effect of the DANDRUFF GERMS
that are destroying the hair root.
Destroy the cause ycu removt
the effect
No Dandruff, no Failing Hair, no
Baldness, if you kill the germ with
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For Sale by all Druggists.
Price $1.00.
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There Is really only ont
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that Is Dr. Bennett's. It
has soft, silken chamois
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