THE MORNING OREGOjNIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
GENERAL business shows an im-
PROVEMEXT.
Labor Disputes Have Made Iron and
Steel Dull Crop Reports
Are Favorable.
NEW YORK, June 7. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say:
Despite some Irregularity due to special
conditions, the general trade situation
shows an Improvement owing to better
weather and crop conditions in most sec
tions of the country. In the East the
first real week of warm weather has
been reflected in an Improved retail de
mand for seasonable fabrics and wearing
apparel, this In turn Inducing more activ
ity In jobbing lines of dry goods, shoes
and other products. The same is true of
the Northwest, where needed rains have
quieted apprehensions as to the Spring
wheat outlook. Pacific Coast crop and
trade advices are also better, but the re
ports v of impaired wheat and corn crop
conditions in the Southwest and the quiet
er trade there, where activity has been
heretofore great, relieves the general
trade report of the reproach of monotony.
There Is rather a better tone, in textiles,
due partly to an Improved distribution
in Summer-dry goods, and also to better
reorders for woolen goods for Fall de
livery. 'A fair' trade is doing In new
woolens. Induced by necessary buying of
manufacturers, but no addltidnal advance
Is noted as to prices, high-grade wools
being best held, while medium and coarse
grades still favor buyers. Iron and steel
are quiet In all lines as regards new
business, but pig Iron is 25 cents a ton
weaker. Consumption, however, proceeds
at an undiminished rate.
The Iron ore supply is In very strong
bands and the movement, owing to the
late opening of navigation, is behind that
of a year ago. This, coupled with the
reported fixing of Bessemer pig quota
tions for the ensuing half of the year at
$16, a fraction below present nominal
rates, leads to the belief that buyers who
expect much lower prices will be disap
pointed. A demonstration of the real
power for steadying the market possessed
by the larger inteersts and those who are
reported involved with It in a species of
community Interests, Is now looked for.
The Western hardware trade Is in very
good shape. Some of the backwardness
In demand for agricultural Implements is
charged to a desire to await thB proposed
consolidation in that line.
The industrial situation shows little
change, but the failure of the settlement
of the machinists' strike Is reflected in
reports of local dullness of demand for
new kinds of Iron and steel In such cen
ters as Chicago, Cincinnati and other
markets.
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate 6,644,644 bushels,
against 4,138,970 bushels last week, 4,230,221
bushels in the corresponding week of 1900,
3.158,047 bushels in 1899. and 4.730.9S2 bush
els In 1898. From July 1 to date, the sea
son's wheat exports are 200,832,276 bushels,
against 187,156,927 bushels last season, and
216,647,282 bushels in 1898-99.
Failures In the United States for the
week number 163, against 144 last week,
184 In this week a year ago, 178 In 1899,
221 in 1898, and 25S In 1897. Failures In
Canada in May numbered 103.
DUN'S REVIEW.
Industry Handicapped by Labor
Troubles Grain Outlook.
NEW YORK, June 7. R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade will say:
The labor situation In many parts of
the country is still seriously unsettled, and
constitutes a reason for hesitation In some
industries, discouraging new operations
which satisfactory conditions would oth
erwise stimulate. But quick decision is
wj be expected in some of these labor
controversies, and in the meantime trade
is encouraged by reports of a satisfac
tory condition of Winter wheat over a
large portion of the country. As for
Spring wheat, the crop was put in under
very favorable conditions and there have
been few unsatisfactory repbrts.
Railroad earnings for May show 9.6 per
cent In excess of 1900, and 23.2 per cent
over 1899, reflecting a continued activity
in the country, while at New York bank
clearings gain for the week 86.8 per cent
over 1900, and 59.1 per cent over 1899, with
gains at the leading cities outside New
York of 27,1 per cent over 1900 and 27.5 per
cent over 1899.
The cessation of manipulation in corn
contributed to a decline of 2.1 per cent
In breadstuffs.
Labor controversies have become the
factor of greatest importance in the lead
ing manufacturing industries. As a rule
manufacturers have not sought business
beyond July 1, and it looks as though
they had been preparing for the conflict.
Pig Iron Is extremely dull, not a sale of
Bessemer being reported during the -week
at Pittsburg, and quotations are nomi
nal. Large contracts for rails sustained
billets and finished steel deliveries con
tinue heavy. Shipments of farm machin
ery attract much attention, while bridge
bulldlng, new vessels and tracy elevation
prevent dullness In structural material.
Efforts, to secure advances In grain by
exaggerated reports of damage to the
growing crop have given place to more ra
tional statements and the outlook Is gen
erally conceded to be full of promise.
Speculative operations for a decline, how
ever, are far from aggressive, the severe
losses of the short Interest thus far this
season making traders extremely cau
tious. Abundant production In the United
States does not necessarily mean weak
prices, for European crops are falling be
low expectations and foreign purchases
continue heavy. Atlantic exports for the
week (flour Included) amount to 4,520,144
bushels, against 2,853,261 last year and
1.849,373 two years ago. Pacific exports
also show good gains, reaching 854.815
bushels, against 591,015 a year ago, and
623,600 In 1899. Including exports at Du
luth and Portland, Me., the total outward
movement for the week, exclusive of
Canadian ports, was 5,646,597 bushels,
against 3,838,364 bushels last year and
2,748,467 bushels in the same week of 1899.
Shipments of boots and shoes from Bos
ton continue very large for the last week,
exceeding the same week of 1900 by 20.000
cases, and since the year opened for
wardtngs have been over 2,000,000 cases, far
surpassing any previous record. Although
the movement is still heavy, shops re
ceive few orders, and It will be some
weeks', before active work begins on Fall
contracts. Prices are steady and jobbers
report that the better qualities are sought
Local .distribution is facilitated by the
warm -weather, and this factor Is even
more potent in the market for cotton
goods. Other textiles were helped, though
less extensively.
RAILROAD COMBINATIONS.
Further Alliance of Properties Is
Not Improbable.
NEW YORK, June 7. Bradstreefs Fi
nancial Review tomorrow will say:
Considerable activity developed in the
stock market this week, although within
the past-few days there was a falling off
in speculation, together with renewed
liquidation and an Irregular tendency In
prices. The approach of the midsummer
season would appear to be largely re
sponsible for this latter demonstration,
and it cannot be said that the market
exhibits any decided weakness.
In the early days of the week there was.
In fact, a decided tone of strength, and
a number of important advances were
recordedHhroughout the list. This was In
the main the result of the harmonization
effected last week between the Hlll-Mor-gan
and he Kuhn, Loeb interests In re
lation to Northern Pacific. Representa
tion on the Northern Pacific board is to
be accordej to. the Union Pacific, and their
wishes In, regard to the management1 of
the Burlington -will now receive due at
tention. In other respects, the great
financial Interests which are parties to
the treaty of peace will, it is to be pre
sumed, henceforth work in complete ac
cord, the principal of the community of
Interest in regard to the large Western
railroad systems being again established
on a more secure footing than ever.
There Is also a general feeling In finan
cial circles that further combinations ol
railroad properties may be looked for,
though none of the week's developments
has been such as to give confirmation to
the Idea. The election of Mr. Steele, one
of the partners of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
to a seat on the Atchison board of di
rectors, attracted a great deal of at
tentlon, although It is declared that no
special significance need be attached to
the matter. There Is also a belief that
the plans In connection with the unifica
tion of Southwestern Railroad Interests
will soon be brought out, and a number ol
other Important deals are currently be
lieved to be In preparation.
Bank Clearings.
NEW YORK, June 7. The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank clear
ings at principal cities for the w.eek ended
June 0, with the percentage of Increase and
decrease, as compared with the corresponding
week last year:
Inc.
80.0
27.4
22.4
34.5
28.5
38.2
2.2
4.7
23.0
28.4
24.7
Deo.
New York ....
Boston ,
$1,825,009,000
104,527,000
176.203,000
1JS.O51.0O0
45.127.000
47.44J.O00
25,418,000
22.U08.000
23,117,000
10,008,000
0,603,000
11.171.000
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Baltimore
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Kansas City
New Orleans
Minneapolis .'
Detroit
Cleveland.
Louisville
Providence
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Buffalo
Omaha
Indianapolis
Columbus, O
Savannah
Denier
Hartford
Richmond
Memphis
Washington,
Peoria ,
Rochester
New Haven
Worcester
Atlanta
Salt Lake City....
Springfield. Mass....
Fort Worth
Portland, Me
Portland, Or.
St. Joseph
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Syracuse ,
Des Motnea
Nashville
Wilmington, Del. .,
Fall River
Scranton
Grand Rapids ,
Augusta, Ga
Lowell ...,
Dayton, O
Seattle ;
Tacoma .-.,
Spokane ,
Birmingham ,
Wichita ,
Blnghamton ,
Lexington. Ky.
Jacksonville, Fla. . ,
Kalamazoo ,
Akron ,
Wilkesbarre .... ..
Chattanooga
Rocktord, 111 ,
Canton. O
Springfield, O
Fargo. N D
Fremont, Neb
Davenport
Toledo
GaHeston
Houston
Jacksonville, 111. . .
EvansvlUe
Macon
Little Rock
Springfield, 111. ...
Helena . ..,
Colorado Springs ..
Wheeling
Youngstown, O. ...
Bloomlngton
6.5
12.204.000 37.0
15,707,000 22.0
11.549,000
6,-378,000
7,453,000
4,085,000
C.020.000
7,010.000
0,468,000
8.143,000
2,057.000
3,008,000
2,040.000
4.180,000
2.230.000
3.220,000
2,357.000
4,232,000
1.648,000
1,556,000
1,740,000
3,500,000
1,720,000
3,702,000
1,248.000
2.563,000
0,300,000
3,100,000
1,343,000
1,251.000
1,739.000
1.482,000
1.040.000
847,000
1.370.000
1,387,000
755,000
742,000
1,205.000
: 3,120.000
1,032,000
1.311,000
820.000
504,000
308.000
68S.O0O
280,000
432.000
602,000
050.000
484,000
315,000
361,000
310,000
410,000
217.000
1.142.000
2,222.000
5.054,000
8,275.000
178.000
097.000
557.000
470,000
305.000
763,000
710.000
30.0
4.3
23.0
28. 4
454
46.8
'i'.Q
15.1
2.7
25
11.3
40.4
4.0
23.2
15.2
73.2
26.3
58.4
36.8
35.8
11.2
10.2
10.6
'17
5.0
1.1
3.8
2.3
11.2
66
208
0.1
23.5
30.4
13.2
20.7
68
18.7
26
20.3
12.5
26.7
10.2
2.8
10.3
"34
62.3
13.1
10.5
8.4
30.4
io'i
398
186
6.2
8.7
20.0
32.5
11.1
75
l.l
655,000
403,000
200,000
22.8
0.0
Totals, U. 8 $2,660,001,000
Outside New York.. 840,931.000
61.0 t .
23.7
DOMINION OF CANADA
Montreal
Toronto .
18,540,000
13.601 000
1.100,000
1,700,000
835.000
855,000
888,000
828.000
1,728,000
27.2
21.7
136
1.7
0.8
236
Winnipeg ..
Halifax ....
Hamilton . .
St. John, N
Vancouver .
Victoria .:
Quebec ....
48.1
10.3
Totals 38,498.000 17.2
KEEPING CARP ALIVE.
How Chinese Dealers Furnish Their
Customers With Fresh Fish.
Chinese fishermen are catching a good
many fat carp In the river at present by
the use of the seine and find quite a
market for them among their country
men on Second street. They have a way
of keeping the fish alive which the Cau
casian dealers do not imitate, and it evi
dently punishes the fish a good deal while
It Is going on. The carp, many of them
weighing 10 to 12 pounds, are placed in
tubs of water so that they continue to
breathe their native element-in a gasp
ing manner, until their owners decide
to retail them at the block.
A Chinaman said yesterday that he
could keep the carp alive for a month
after they were caught by the process
he was then applying, on an Alder street
sidewalk. A small keg with a gimlet
hole near the bottom stood above the
fish tub and the little stream of water
was kept playing on the carp below.
Once In a while the Celestial would dip
the water back from the tub to the keg,
so that the same Bull Run fluid was being
used over" and over again. There was
no thought of cruelty to the fish in the
Chinaman's mind, -as the tortured carp
emitted no word of complaint.
BARBERS' STRIKE SETTLED
New Agreement Reached nnd Men
Start Work Today.
The barbers' strike Is settled and the
men will go back to work this morning.
This satisfactory conclusion was reached
at a conference held last night and which
adjourned at a late hour, between com
mittees representing the Journeymen's
Union and tne boss barbers. During the
greater part of Thursday and yesterday,
conferences were held between the two
parties, and concessions were made on
both sides, but the rock on which the ar
bitrators split was the determination of
the bosses not to discharge the new bar
bers hired since the strike began. A
protracted discussion ensued, and one
non-union barber was induced to leave his
boss last night for good. ,
Ultimately an agreement was signed
which was declared satisfactory to all,
and It Is understood that the Journey
men's Union has gained nearly every point
asked for.
It Is pleasant to record that both sides
have carried on the controversy in a
fair, oren manner.
MIDNIGHT BLAZE.
Heti Sitrf on Chickens Smothered by
Smoke.
An alarm of fire was sent from box 39
at 11:55 o'clock last night, for a blaze
which started from an unknown origin at
David Goldstein's house, 565 Hood street,
and then spread to the adjoining house
occupied by Mm J. L. Eastman. The Gold
steins were not at home when the fire
started, and the blaze spread so swiftly
that Mrs. Eastman, her children and her
sister had just time to dress hurriedly
and escape. The fire department had
difficult work In preventing the fire from
spreading, and Goldstein's house was de
stroyed. The roof of Mrs. Eastman's
house was burned.
When the flames had been extinguished,
a curious sight was noticed In the be
havior of a hen sitting on four dead
chickens at the rear of Goldstein's house.
The chickens had been smothered by the
smoke, but the mother hen sat over her
brood and cackled Indignantly when .the
firemen disturbed her.
.The loss on the two houses Is about $700.
EMns. Eastman carries no Insurance.
COMMENCEMENT DAY
SIX KEN RECEIVED WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY DEGREES.
Were Students of the College Law
P. H. D'Arcy Delivered Ad
dress to Class.
SALEM, Or., June 7. The annual com
mencement exercises of the College of
Law of Willamette University were con
ducted Jn the First M. E. Church this
evening. Upon the recommendation ofB.
T. Richardson, dean of the Law Depart
ment, the degree of bachelor of laws was
conferred upon the following graduates:
Elmer E. Parker, C. M. Inman, W. E.
Shaw, E. C. Judd. L H. Van Winkle and
H. H. Turner. The programme consisted
of several musical numbers, a reading by
Miss Laura Thomas and an address to
the class by P. H. D'Arcy.
Mr. D'Arcy congratulated the members
of the class upon the distinction they had
attained In entering upon the noblest of
what are termed the learned professions.
He said:
"You are about to become members of
a profession In which the ablest men of
the world have given their talents and
time to its development. The profession
of the law develops a man intellectually
more than any other calling. Why should
not the lawyer be proud of his vocation.
Solon, Demothenes, Caesar and Cicero
were the great lawyers prior to the ad
vent of Christianity; since the commence
ment of the Christian era it has numbered
among its members Mansfield, Burke,
Sheridan, Pitt, Erskine, O'Connell and Sir
Charles Russell, in the Old World, and
Adams, Jefferson, Marshall, Clay, O'Con
nor, Calhoun and Lincoln In the New
World.
"Lawyers make the laws, construe them
and administer them. Whenever lawyers
are thrust aside In the government of
communities, and state, everything be
comes demoralized and chaotic, and preju
dice, spleen and malice prevail. In the
dark ages of this country, when witch
craft trials prevailed in New England,
lawyers were forbidden within Its bound
aries. The court which was constituted to
try witches was composed of two clergy
men, two merchants, two doctors and one
military official not a lawyer among
them. The study of the law makes us
broader and more tolerant of our fel
lows. "Integrity, at least fair ability, and un
ceasing Industry are essential to success
In your profession. The law Is an exact
ing profession. At every move in a case
undertaken by you, you will be closely
watched by a learned opponent, who is
ready to take advantage of every mistake
you may make. It is, this constant fric
tion of mind with mind this vigorous
crossing of Intellectual swords in open bat
tle, that makes us stronger and more
intelligent and more free from prejudice
than are our brethren in other walks of
life.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Monmouth Normal School Will Grant
Twenty-Are Diplomas.
MONMOUTH, June 7. Commencement
exercises at the State Normal School
will begin Saturday evening, June 15, with
Goldsmith's ever-popular drama, "She
Stoops to Conquer," whlc will be ren
dered by a cast chosen from the faculty
and students under the auspices of the
senior class.
The baccalaureate sermon will be deliv
ered Sunday by Rev. Henry Marcotte, of
Astoria.
Monday will be class day. The ex
ercises will consist of literary and mus
ical programme. Those to take part are:
fM. Alice Gray, oration; T. F. Haley, es
say; Anna Grace Gill, essay; Olive E.
Cummlngs, oration. The students' re
union will be Monday evening.
Tuesday will be field day. Tuesday
evening the Wilder quartet, assisted by
the students, will give an entertainment.
Wednesday will be commencement day.
The class orations will be delivered by
Helen R. Stockman Hugh B. Esson, Mary
E. Scott, Annie E. Blesen, and William
C. Bryant The alumni reunion will be
held Wednesday evening.
Normal school diplomas will be granted
to a class of 24.
Grant's Pass High School.
GRANTS PASS, Or., June 7. The
commencement exercises of the Grant's
Pass High School took place last night
at the opera house, which was crowded
to the doors. J. Thomas Fry delivered
the salutatory oration, taking as his sub
ject "We Learn by Falling," and Miss
Zena Moselle Hair the valedictory, on
"What Can a Girl Do for Her Country?"
The diplomas were presented by Hon.
R. G. Smith. The class was the largest
In the history of the Grant's Pass schools.
Those graduating were the Misses Maud
Lorena Berry, Lenl Belle Longley, Eula
Howard, Zena Moselle Hair, Anna Hau
seth, Margaret Hauseth, Frances Dell
Marshall, Millie Pearl Frier, Verna Alice
McCann, Maud Williams, Bertha Merle
Hockett and William Wyatt Baughn,
William D. Fry, Claudius Carroll Rob
inson, William Russell Weidman, Kirk
ham Kenson Robinson, Charles Verne
Stewart, J. Thomas Fry, John Calvin
Hackett, Jonas Marsh Trefern, Ira Ar
thur Mallory, Robert Sidney Allen and
Alan Farrington McKenzIe.
Eugene High School.
EUGENE, Or., June 7. The commence
ment exercises of the High School were
held tonight at the First Christian
Church, this being the first exercises of
the kind in the High School. The mem
bers of the graduating class were: Her
bert Claire Eastland, Lola Howe, Lorls
Mellkoff Johnson, Mae DeCamp Kinsey,
Clayborne F. Rhodes, Nellie Mae Smith,
Frank Ellsworth Taylor, A. Orville Wal
ler, Chester Wesley Washburne, Cora
Isabella Riggs Wold.
The eighth-grade promotion exercises of
the Eugene public schools were held last
night at the Flrsl Christian Church.
Professor Ressler Resigns.
EUGENE, Or., June 7. City Superinten
dent E. D. Ressler, who has been in
charge of the Eugene schools for the past
five years, has tendered his resignation to
the school board. The board" regrets to
lose Professor Ressler, but It Is said the
professor has plans for the future which
will preclude his serving further in his
present capacity.
Astoria Public Schools.
ASTORIA, Or., June 7. Commencement
exercises were held in the public schools
graduating those pupils of the grammar'
grade who had successfully passed their
examinations. This evening commence
ment exercises were held in Fisher's Op-era-House
at which the graduating class
of the High School was presented -with
diplomas.
State Tax Payments.
SALEM, Or., June 7. State "tax pay
ments were made today as follows: Yam
hill County, $5000; Wallowa, 53000; Colum
bia County bounty tax, $1450 73.
OUTLOOK IS "RATHER BLUE.
Prune Prices in the East Premise to
Be Low, Says Salem Dealer.
SALEM, June 7. H. S. Gile, a whole
sale fruit dealer of this city, returned
this evening from a three months' visit
to the Eastern States and Canada, where
he went to dispose of a large quantity
of last year's prunes held by himself and
the Willamette Valley Prune Association.
Mr. Gile says that in view of the large
holdover stock of prunes and the fact
that many Eastern dealers lost money on
.this. 'fruit last.-year.-tfae; outlook for prices
thfi iall'ls father blue. He thinks deal-
era will be cautious In buying and take
no chaoce.
Strawberries Not Hart by Frost.
HOOD RIVER, June 7. Heavy rains for4
the past few days have done but" little
damage to the strawberries. Growers are
much encouraged. Berries are selling at
from 51 75 to $2 25 per crate. Three car
loads went out tonight, besides, about 300
crates of local shipments. "
The late cool weather and light frosts
have probably cut down the 'yield that
otherwise would have been an 'enormous
one. Even as It is, every appliance for
handling berries' is taxed to-Its utmost
capacity to handle the fruit as fast as it
matures. Today, and yesterday; have been
fine for the work.
Consul-General Charges Fraud.";
SAN FRANCISCO.' June 7. Three "richly
dressed Chinese, Su .Shlh Chin, Slep Sung
Yung and Loo Chln'An, arrived from the
Orient on the City of Pekin a week ago.
THey exhibited passports, add were im
mediately landed on telegraphic instruc
tions 'from Washington.
Consul-General Ho Yow ha3 filed
charges with Collector of the Port Strat
ton, alleging that Su Shlh Chin Is not a
bona fide official, as he alleged, and that,
he obtained a passport by ' fraud. He
also asks that he be placed' In custody
pending a decision In the case. The mat
ter has been referred to Washington for a
decision.
"Will Follow Law Strictly.
SALEM, June 7. Sheriff Durbin was
asked today what course hew.Ill pursue
in the matter of selling lands that have
been,bld In by the county at. ie. tax 6ale,,
as provided, by the act of the last Legis
lature. He 'said that' owing o the Targe
amount of business in his office recently,'"
he 'has no"t looked Into the "matter care
fully, but will follow the provisions of the
law strictly.
.To Investigate Lynching.
ALTURAS, Cal., June 7. The Modoc
grand jury convened here today to In
vestigate the Lookout lynching. No less
than 100 witnesses have been subpenaed.
The Lookout Indians are hostile over the
lynching of the 14-year-old boy, but Sheriff
Street, who returned from "there a few
days ago, anticipates no trouble or dan
ger of an outbreak.
Committed Salcide.
FOREST GROVE, June 7. A letter from
Mrs. George Brown, received today,
states that her husband, E. 'P. . Brown, an
ex-resident of this place, aged about 35
years, committed suicide by taking poison
at Ono, Cal., May 28.
Injuries Proved Fatal.
THE DALLES, June 7. R.' Dumonter, of
Seattle, one of the men Injured In a
train collision near Mosler yesterday,
died at? an early hour this morning at
the city hospital.
New Postmaster for Yakima.
WASHINGTON, June 7. C. L. Barrett
was today appointed Postmaster at Yak
ima, Wash.
Will Start Up in a Few Days.
HOOD RIVER, June 7. The new electric
light plant here will be In operation in
a few days.
Idaho Notes.
The Board of Directors, of the Idaho
State Fair has given up' the proposed
moving of the fair buildings from the
present location says a Boise paper.
Two persons have been at Kendrlck re
cently looking over the field for an elec
tric light plant. L. Klmmel, who has been
granted a franchise, has not filed hfs
acceptance with the board yet, although
poles are being set
Work has begun on the big smelter,
says a Welser dispatch. Several, carlpads
of grading and building tools have" ar
rived from Cambridge, a,nd Boise. A large
force of m6n is Jiow.'.at' V-ork. The plans
for the big-plant have -arrived, "ana. pro
vide for 2000 tons cjipapity, but lor the
present only a 100-ton stack will be put
In. .
The school election at Halley Monday
resulted In the election of Ben R. Gray
as trustee. The vote was as follows: Ben
R, Gray, 67; LeoriFuld, 11; Mrs. G. A.
Williams, & The vote whether to refund
50 per cent of the outstanding bonds was
carried, ayes 49, noes 2. The vote on levy
ing a special tax was also varrled, ayes 35,
noes 16. The totalnumber of votes cast was
84. Mr. Gray fills the vacancy left by the
expiration of the term of W. E. Heard.
' Dr. A. Hunter was elected school trustee
for three years at Kendrlck without any
opposition. Only 14 votes were cast. The
tax levy for maintaining schools was fixed
at 8 mills, and the voters decided that
the district should furnish the text-books
free. The report of the board 'showed
$675 In the general fund and $10GO In the
sinking fund, which Is provided to take
up a $4000 Issue of bonds used In con
structing school buildings.
WEATHER AND FRUIT.
Conditions at Buffalo Make Oregon n
Paradise by Comparison.
Commissioner H. e; Dosch writes from
the Buffalo exposition to George H. Lam
berson, who is In charge of, the permanent
exhibit here during his absence, to say
that he is pleased to learn that the fruit
prospects are so good this year, as he
hopes that some of our fruitgrowers may
eel like devoting an apple or two or, a
few strawberries to "this exposition."
He has learned that strawberries are
cheap and plenty here, but as yet he has
not received any. He says lje Is much in
need of the packages of exhibits which
have accumulated In the office here, and
hopes to receive them soon.
Persons who have been complaining
about the weather in Oregon will do well
to note what Mr. Dosch says about the
weather In Buffalo, which Is as follows:
"You are not the only ones who have
bad weather; there are others. We have
had the most beastly weather Imaginable
rain, rain, rain, nothing but rain. Inter
mixed with an occasional thunder storm,
and the more It rains and rains, the cold
er its gets' It Is Impossible to go about
without a heayy overcoat, and the women"
wear furs. The wind simply cuts one in
two."
This last is a species .of multiplying
or doubllntr un not to the taste of Ore-
' gonlans. As to strawberries, while they
are plentiful and reasonably cheap, owing
to the showe'ry weather they are not well
adapted to being shipped East. After a
bit of sunshiny weather fhey will be
much more plentiful and much cheaper,
as" well as much finer and better adapted
to being shipped, and then the berry
growers here will doubtless remember
Mr. "Dosch and see that he has a chance
to exhibit berries which will surpass all
others exhibited at Buffalo.
FOUGHT WITH REVOLVERS.
Italians Beat Each Other for Trade
Reasons. 4
Trade jealousy about a bootblack's
stand caused a furious fight at Four
teenth and Sherman streets last night, be
tween two Italians, Joseph Grasso and
Alexandra Maktuzo, who battered each
other with the butts of their revolvers.
Both combatants were dripping with gore,
and the residents around the-scene of the
fight became so alarmed that they sent
four . telephone messages to the police
station for assistance. At the .first call,
Sergeant Moore sent the patrol wagon,
In charge of Detective Snow and Jailor
Crate. Several people weret holding the
Italians, and two revolvers were picked
up at the corner where the men fought.
Both fighters had their wounds dressed
at the police station by Dr. ,Zan. The
trouble started by one Italian insisting
on shining shoes at Third and Morrison
streets, where This rlvar also, has a stand.
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DAIRY GOODS IN DEMAND
OREGON FARMER NEED HAVE NO
FEARS FOR A" MARKET.
This, Was Proven "by Speaker at
Farmers Meeting: at Newberg
Eastern Trade Opportunities.
NEWBERG, Or., June 7. The farmers'
meeting held here Monday was well at
tended. The meeting was called to order
by J. M. Atkinson, president of the New
berg 'improvement Association, who said
he had'Tjeen reading In The Oregonian1
about meetings in other places, and he
was glad to welcome the speakers, and
hoped that suggestions would be made
that would be of mutual benefit. He then
Introduced H. E. Lounsbury, traveling
freight agent of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, who said in part:
"Up to 20 years ago the creamery
process of manufacturing butter was
practically unknown. We have at home
an old edition of Webster's Dictionary,
which does not contain the word "cream
ery." showing that it was not in use at
that time. The first co-operative cream
ery was built In Denmark, in 1S81, by a
Swede named Anderson, who made a
business of going about over a small sec
tion of country teaching the "farmers'
wives and daughters how to make a uni
form grade of butter, so as to command
the highest price. While engaged In this
work It occurred to Anderson that if he
could prevail upon the dairymen to bring
their cream to some point centrally lo
cated and let him manufacture the but
ter, better results could be obtained. The
idea was put Into practice, and led to
the establishment of the first creamery,
which proved so successful that 12 years
later, In 1893, there were 1400. creameries
In operation in that thrifty country, where
butter 1b manufactured for the European
market Denmark exports to England
alone over 100,000,000 pounds of butter an
nually. For this the Danish farmers re
ceive upwards of $2,000,000 per month.
"The Introduction of the creamery Into
the United States has revolutionized the
system of manufacturing butter, and has
the effect of largely eliminating the ob
jectionable farm butter by supplanting It
with a finished article, thereby creating a
greater demand for it, and at the same
time giving the producer better returns
for his product.
"The production of creamery butter In
the Willamette Valley this year will be
at least double that of the preceding year,
and the demand for It Is as great. If not
greater, than before. This Is so because
this grade of butter is being manufac
tured in sufficient quantities to warrant
dealers undertaking to make contracts
for handling the output. One of the first
effects that the widespread advertising
of the growth of the creamery industry
In the Willamette Valley was that It
brought representatives of Seattle deal
ers into the section who sought to con
tract for all the creamery butter they
could get. The dealers, In competition
with Portland commission men, were en
deavoring to supply the markets in the
mining districts of Alaska, where a good
trade has been established and large
quantities of creamery butter are being
sent North, packed In hermetically sealed
cans. The result Is that every pound of
creamery produce is or can be contracted
for by the producer with either Portland
or Seattle dealers, who are ready to handle
all they can get.
"Some shipments of creamery butter
have been successfully made to the Phil
ippines, a firm at Portland having secured
a good contract to furnish a large quan
tity for use of the Army officials both
there "and in Alaska, and I 'was Informed
by a member of the firm that
it experienced considerable difficulty
In getting the required amount
together. I know from personal
observation that butter Is being imported
Lfrom Iowa and -Minnesota to. .the mining
cajnps of Southern Oregon, wauie at
Grant's Pass recently T noticed one ship-,
ment of SO tubs of butter from St, Paul,
and learned from the agent that this Is
a common occurrence. Then I am In
formed that from 10 to 20 carloads of East
ern butter goes Into the markets of Ta
coma and Seattle each year.
"If In years to come, after- we have se
cured and are supplying the markets
here at home, creamery butter Is being
manufactured In sufficient quantities to
admit of competition in Eastern markets,
say New York and Atlantic seaboard
cities, the Oregon dairyman Is at only
three-fourths of a cent per pound disad
vantage In freight rate, as against the
producer in the Middle West. For exam
ple: Seventy-five per cent of the cream
ery product of Minnesota Is marketed In
New York, where It Is shipped In refrig
erator cars. The freight rate Is $1 25 per
100 pounds, or 1V cents per pound. The
freight rate from here to New York and
other Eastern points on butter, eggs,
cheese and dressed poultry In straight or
mixed carloads Is 52 per 100 pounds, or 2
cents per pound, a difference of of a
cent.
"The creameries of Minnesota are
worth over "110,000,000 per year to the
farmers of that state. Western Oregon
possesses many advantages over Minne
sota for dairying, and every reason ex
ists today why the Industry should be
developed In this state. The hop indus
try Is worth about $1,250,000 to the growers
in Oregon; the prune Industry about half
that amount. A well developed dairy In
dustry will exceed them all."
C. L. Smith, the well-known dairy ex
pert from Minnesota, was then Introduced,
and, In a rather humorous way, proceeded
to discuss those conditions of farming
that were unsatisfactory, the causes of
failure, and the 'best remedies for those
things which were wrong. He said:
"The progress of Improvement and the
dissemination of Information was hindered
by the unreasonable prejudice of a certain
class of farmers who were so blind to their
Own interest as to reject wise and valu
able suggestions, practical advice and Im
proved methods through fear that some
one else would be benefited as well as
themselves. He pointed out how easily
farmers could leam from one another If
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they would only meet and counsel to
gether. Every locality had In It some
man who raised better clover, larger corn
and more potatoes to the acre than his
neighbors. Some cows gave richer milk
than others; some hogs were ready for
market In six months, and some were
only second-class pork when a year old.
If the farmer would Just put on his think
ing cap, visit his neighbors, ask questions,
find out the .why and how, he could eas
ily double the annual Income from the
farm without increasing the hours of la
bor. If a man wished to succeed in dairy
ing and diversified farming, he must not
make the mistake of working all day and
do chores all night. He should have a
plan of work, have certain hours for each
kind of work, and stick to It. Let all
milking and feeding be done at the same
hour each and every day. Overwork and
Irregular hours lead to confusion, disas
ter and failure."
An animated discussion followed as to
the best breed of stock for the dairy, and
there was quite a difference of opinion
expressed by those participating. One
thing was clearly brought out, the Jersey
Is a decided favorite with those who are
lucky enough to own one, while those
who own short-horns hold that they could
make quite as much profit from a good
milking short-horn as from a Jersey.
BREWERS AND THE CANTEEN
Correspondent Confused
by Press
Dispatches.
PORTLAND, JuneT (To the Editor.)
Under the heading, "Meeting of Brewers,"
the press dispatch from Buffalo reporting
the 41st annual convention of the United
States Brewers' Association states that
the report of the board of trustees con
tained a denunciation of the abolishment
of the Army canteen. We have been In
sistently Informed that this law was com
passed by a combination of brewers, short
haired W. C. T. U. women and long
haired temperance cranks. This fact has
been vouched for by press dispatches,
editorials and Army officers, even Gen
eral Corbln. Do you think It possible
that the reported combination was not
true? Could the brewers have stooped
so low as to have Influenced the press and
Army officers to make these representa
tions for a purpose? We know that the
churches and the brewers' association
generally get off a temperance resolution
once a year. Maybe there has been a
change of heart with the brewers and the
report from Buffalo Is correct. Possibly
they have taken this stand In the Inter
est of temperance and sobriety. The pa
pers have been flooded for the past few
months with the utter Incompetency of
our Army officers to maintain discipline
In our Army of drunkards without the
aid of the canteen, and possibly it is
genuine patriotism that has caused the
change of heart. There can be no doubt
of the unselfishness of such a high-minded
class of men as the brewers.
In reading the dispatches from Wash
ington detailing the havoc wrought with
our Army by the "vile saloons," since the
canteen was closed, I am almost persuaded
we ought to try and get along with
out saloons. If the saloons are half so
bad as reported In the pro-canteen propa
ganda they should either be closed- quick
ly or called "canteens." Please try and
get us straight on the subject. The Wash
ington and Buffalo press agents do not
agree. Whether it is poor editorship at
press headquarters or less graft at Buf
falo than Washington, or what, we can't
make out. Again, the Washington dis
patches are contrary to the facts and this
makes It all the more confusing. Give us
light. AN EARNEST "CRANK."
At Is is not brewers, but whisky sellers,
who profit by the closing of the canteen,
It appears that the correspondent has be
come slightly confused. As the sale of
beer to the soldiers was permitted In the
canteen, the brewers could have had no
Interest In Its abolition, which, on the
other hand, has been of great benefit to
the whisky' dealers by sending" the Sol
fliers outside the barracks to quench their
thirst, and filling the adjacent saloon with
men, who, being under no restriction, are
not likely to be satisfied with so mild a
beverage as beer. There can be no doubt
that the whisky men aided and abbetted
the W. C. T. U. In its efforts to abolish
the canteen, and that they did so because
they expected to profit thereby. The cor
respondent has the usual Insane point of
view of his kind In regarding It as a huge
Joke that a brewer can be Interested In
law and order. Compared with such blind
prejudice, the manufacture of pure ''beer is
a work of Christian charity.
A FORTUNE INVOLVED.
Eight Million Dollar Mining Suit
in United States Supreme Court.
NEW YORK. June 7. The Herald says:
Eight million dollars in cash and possibly
a much larger sum in profits, which are
now only prospective, hang upon the
United States Supreme Court's disposition
of the title to a tract of land known as
"Section 30" In the famous Vermilion
Range, In Northern Minnesota. This suit,
after long litigation, has now been
brought to a final Issue before the tri
bunal of last resort. Argument has been
ordered for October. The case Involves a
tract which Is generally believed to con
tain the richest deposit of Bessemer Iron
ore In the world. It Is so valuable that
the United States Steei Corporation. It is
said, stands ready to pay $8,000,000 for the
rlghta which will be awarded to the vic
tor In the long struggle for ownership.
Of all who have hoped to draw riches
from the mine since Its discovery only
two interests have survived the winnow
ing process 'of the law. One of the con
testants Is the discoverer, a man who Is
practically without a dollar In the world.
The other Is A. N. Miller, who built the
Savoy Hotel, In this city, and who held
a controlling Interest In It until he sold
It to Judge Dugro, of the New York Su
preme Court. Mr. Miller Is accounted a
wealthy man.
Frank Eaton, a wandering prospector In
18S4, located the section under scrip Issued
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by the Government to Orlllle Stram, a
half-breed Sioux woman. She subsequent
ly gave a deed of the section to Eaton.
Examination of the claim showed an out
crop of an exceedingly high grade ore ex
tending for a mile, and estimated to be
worth trom $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. This"
discovery caused keen competition for the
property, and Eaton's title was subjected
to close scrutiny. Various interests
sought to acquire It, and In 1SS9 the Mid
way Company, which is controlled by Mr.
Miller, obtained title from the Secretary
of the Interldr through Frank Hicks, on
the ground that Eaton's location was Il
legal. Other claims were made, but the Mid
way Company defeated them all, taking
the case twice to the Supreme Court of
the United States. Finally Eaton re
mained the obstaple to its complete con
trol, and It began proceedings to have this
title, founded on the half-breed womau's
scrip, declared void.
Judge Samuel H. Moer. of the Eleventh
Judicial District, who Is now a member
of the law firm of Moer & Edeon, of this
city, heard the case, and, much to the
surprise of the Midland Company, decided
in favor of Eaton. This case was taken
to the highest court In Minnesota, which
sustained Judge Moer. It has now been
carried to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Though the surface Indications point to
the conclusion that the mine is one of.
the richest In the country, not a cent has
been expended in working it, while thous
ands of dollars have been paid in litiga
tion. It Is looked upon by experts as the
best property In the range which has been
made famous by the Chandler, the Sou
dan, the Tower and the Elymnes. The
Vermilion mines are chiefly owned by the
Minnesota Iron Company, In which J. L.
Greatslnger, now president of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company, was former
ly Interested.
In the Mesaba range, about 30 miles
away, are the Rockefeller Iron mines,
which have already been acquired by the
United States Steel Corporation. Eaton,
whose title hitherto has been upheld and.
who will be raised from poverty to
wealth should the decisions stand which,
have been given, lives In Duluth. There
Is a widespread Interest among Iron men
In the final judgment.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS. ,
Marriage Licenses.
Jno. H. Rlpp, 23; Susie M. Collins. 13.
J. P. Smith, 32; Annie Kavanaugh, 31.
Building Permits.
F. M. Warren, two-story house, north
west corner Park and St. Clair streets,
$15,000.
W. J. Zimmerman, two-story dwelling.
East Burnslde, between East Twenty-first
and East Twenty-second, $2100.
Death Returns.
June 6, Henry Cosgrove, 75 years, 306
First street, dropsy.
June 4, Charles Jt. Silver, 47 years...
County Hospital, Seattle, Wa3h., pneu-,
monla; brought here for burial.
June 5, Adelbert B. Gardner, 56 years,
Salem, general paresis.
April 12, Charles Duncan, 63 years,
Salem, epilepsy; brought here for burial.
Contagious Diseases.
Master Kllton, 5S0 East Morrison, scar
let fever.
Ralph Royal, 2S4 East Sixth street, scar
let fever.
Herman Pupke, 503 Hawthorne avenue,
typhoid fever.
Mrs. Hampden, D0& Grand avenue, diph
theria. Lillian Gwynne, corner Main and Park
streets, scarlctlna.
Viva Johnson, corner Larrabee and
Cherry streets, scarletlna.
Child of Mr. Rheinsteln, 171 Seventeenth
street, scarlet fever.
Seven cases measles.
Real Estate Transfers.
C. BIrcher, administrator John HUn-
ger estate, to Charles E. waiter, "j
10 acres John Devee land clalm,sec
tlon 29, T. 1 S., R. 1 E.. June 5rA.,,.i.Sl4
Michael David to J. F. Daneke. lot JMU'.
1 Wnolr 1 lot 1. hlnrk 2. Damelcs. T"JTv 1
March 15 lGf'
Daniel and Elizabeth Hawes to the
Franklin Building & Loan Associa
tion, S. 16 2-3 feet lot 4, N. 16 2-3
feet lot 5, block 18, Lincoln Park.
June 7 1
J. C. Veazle to Rosalinda A. Mat
thews lots 17 and 19, block . Rich
mond Addition, June 4 Z2S
J. V. Tamilsle et? al. to Charles H.
Manning, W. 274 feet lots 9, 10 and
11. S. 25 feet of W. 27A feet lot 12,
block 2, Railroad Addition 1553
William Frazler and wife to J. M.
Church, fractional lots 17 and 18,
and lot 19. block 101, Fulton Park,
May 31 1
Sheriff for Frank E. Hart to Daniel
H. Harnett, lot 11, block 13, Lincoln
Park Annex, June 7 4
Sheriff for M. J. McGulre et al. to
Lydla and Clementina Rodney, exec
utrlces. et al.. lots 5 and 6, block
127, Park Addition, June 5 5263
Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty & Trust
Co. Abstracts, trusts, title Insurance,
loans, 201-5-6-7 Failing bldg., 3d and Wash.
Chinese Relics on Exhibition.
NEW YORK, June 7. According to ft
Washington dispatch, the National Mu
seum, at that city, will soon place on ex
hibition the lock and key to the front
gate of the Sacred City In Pekin. Tho
gate is Immediately In front of the Im
perial residence. The Chinese Inscription
on the lock will be translated. The lock
Is an iron cylinder, three feet and 10
Inches long. Extending from the cylinder
Is an Iron rod, bent back that It might
pass through the gate hasp and Into the
lock guide. In the lock are four tumblers.
The key Is of Iron and Is about four feet
long. The lock and key were sent through
Minister Conger as a gift to the National
Museum by the Rev. W. T. Hobart, a
Methodist missionary In China.
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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC
Will Inaugurate their "Imperial Limited"
service June 10. This Is a solid vestl
buled dally train making the entire dis
tance from Pacific to the Atlantic Coast
In the short time of 100 hours. First-,
class and tourist sleepers every day to"
Eastern points. For further particulars
call on or address H. H. Abbott, agent,
142 Third street.
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