THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.
ATAGR1CUUURALC0LLEGE
OREGOS FARMERS' GATHERING IK
A CORVAIililS.
Rotable for he Intellect and Indni-
:try It Represented Dr. Witnr-
combe'a RecommendatioBi.
CORVALLIS, Or., June 28. (Staff Cor
respondence.) This has been a red-letter
day for the Oregon Agicultural College,
and as well for Corvallls, because, if
ever a city took pride In an educational In
stitution and-felt Itself bound up in one,
Corvallls- so regards the state college situ
ated here. College and city had as guests
about 150 of the most progesslve farm
ers of Western Oregon, who upon invita
tion, came together to ee the farm con
nected with the experimental station, to
learn what they could from the faculty,
and , by exchange of views learn from
each" other regarding modern methods of
agriculture, stockralslng and dairying.
The" agency which inspired the gathering
was the Southern Pacific Company, and
the means employed was this letter:
Desiring to assist in the development of the
agricultural resources of Western Oregon, and
believing that a visit to the Agricultural Col
lege and Experiment Farm at Corvallls will
contribute something towards the desired re
sult, this company has arranged with the col
lege, authorities to invite a number of repre
sentative farmers from different sections of the
state to meet at Corvallls June 27. The day
will be set apart for the entertainment of the
visitors, and they will be given every oppor
tunity to familiarize themselves with the ex
periments which are being carried, on la all
matters pertaining to modern methods of in
tensified farming, stockralslng and dairying.
Your name has been suggested to us as one
interested in this work, and I therefore take
pleasure in inviting your presence at Corvallla
on the date named, and Inclose transportation
herewith.
Through courtesy of Mr. Edwin Stone, man
ager of the Corvallls & Eastern Railroad, who
Joins us In extending this Invitation, trans
portation over his road from Albany to Cor
vallls and return Is also Inclosed.
C. H. MARKHAM.
The Gneit.
Those who accepted the invitation and
came today were:
James M. Tracy, Logan.
S. M. Douglas. Springfield?
J. R. Shaver. Molalla.
Jasper WUklns, Coburg.
C. R. Evans, Waldport.
A J. Dear, Oakland.
Martin Winch, Portland.
A O. Krogstad, Toledo.
Dudley Trapp, Chltwood.
Fred A Crawford, Dayton.
William Ausbaut. Carlton.
Abner Lewis, Shaw.
J. B. Stump, Suver.
George M. Lazelle. Oregon City.
S. O. Ruble. Golden.
C. O. Walker, Walker.
B. J. Hendricks, Salem.
A H. Denney, La Fayette.
J. Fred "Vates, La Fayette.
F. J. Canfleld, La Fayette.
J. H. Stewart. Medford.
G. I. Crosby. Toledo.
S. B. Morris, Cresswell.
Amos McCrow, Newberg.
R, A. Abbey, Elk City.
H. S. Porter, Nortons.
A Sharpies. Goshen.
W. T. Coleman, Champoeg.
L. A Rose, Phoenix.
J. O. Drinkard, Harrisburg.
C. W. Yates. Oakvllle.
J. M. Phllpot, Harrisburg.
G. H. Brown, New Era.
A M. La Follett, Wheatland.
J. M. Collings, Waldport.
H. C. Hartman. Scott's Mills.
George W. Dunn, Ashland.
-Jode Pearl, Rowland.
W. M. Alllngham. Shedd.
X. J. Levlnson, Portland.
Wallls Nash, Nashville.
O. M. Simpson, Simpson.
B. W. Harris, Wells.
' H. W. Vincent, Toledo.
- E. J. Seeley. Albany.
-. William Baker, Harrisburg.
Thomas Paulsen. Garden Home.
Richard Scott. Mllwaukie.
S. L. Kline, Corvallls.
A L. Stone, Cleone.
W. -A JClmsey, Albany.
J. B. Irvine. Corvallls.
J. W. Parrlsh. Toledo.
Thomas Froroan, Albany.
B. Wlesner. Laurence.
Hans Larsan, Toledo.
J. W. Bailey. Portland.
George W. Weeks. Salem.
G. L. Rees. Portland.
J. A Cunningham. Carlton.
Willis VIdlto. Alsea.
D. Corwln. HUlsboro.
George Pope, Portland.
T. L. Davidson, Salem.
Lee Sill, Grant's Pass.
E. E. LaBrlz. Roseburg.
William Schulmerlch. HUlsboro.
J. P. Tamlcsle. HUlsboro.
.J. 2. Gator, Corvallls.
Mrs. A J. L. Cator, Corvallls.
F. R. Freerksen, Albany.
Mrs. Freerksen. Albany.
M. L. Jones, Brooks.
F. W. Walls, Elkton.
George B. Hovendon, Hubbard.
N. Lilly. Corvallls.
Felix S. Currln. Cottage Grove,.
A C. Krogstad. Toledo.
C. W. Bogue, Toledo.
A M. Shlbley, Sprlngwater.
Phllo Holbrook. Portland.
C. "V. Kuykendall. North Yamhill.
C. C Scott, Carlton.
John Conley, Perry.
F. J. Williams, HUlsboro.
George Rhoer, Oakland.
N. H. Perkins. North YamhilL
F. M. Carter, Yaqulna.
W. J. Butslem, Beaverton.
S. K. Brown, Philomath.
F. W. Shattuck. Gresham.
Ferd. Groner.' Scholls.
Horace Pelton. Gold Hill.
C. C Huffs. Benton County.
T. B. Huntley. Independence.
... C. H. Welch. Mount Tabor.
WL. A Jolly. Philomath.
G. A Robinson. Corvallls.
R. H. Huston. Corvallls.
Thomas Callahan, Corvallls.
S. N. WUklns. Corvallls.
William R .Wakefield, Waldport.
J. H. Wilson, Corvallls.
B. W. Johnson. Corvallls.
M. S. Woodcock, Corvallls.
C W. Lavee, Corvallls.
V. A. Taylor. Corvallls.
Ira E. Purdln, Forest Grove.
E. J. Norton. Yaqulna.
W. H. Wehrung. K'llsboro.
Thomas Fox, Oswego.
John D. dwell, Central Point.
H. E. Lounsbury, Portland.
L. A Rood and wife. HUlsboro.
Hubert Bernard. Forest Grove.-
C. O. Blgelow. Williams.
W. Z. Howell. Corvallls.
W. E. Yates. Corvallls.
Joseph Yates, Corvallls.
F. E. Bybee. Jacksonville.
B. R, Thompson, Corvallls.
J. L. Wallln. Portland.
J. O. Thompson, Monkland.
Elizabeth Thompson. Monkland.
Walter Taylor, Corvallls.
J. E. Henkle. Philomath.
S..C. Ruble. Golden.
G. C. Walker. Walker.
J. Fred Yates. Lafayette.
They were received on their arrival by
Mayor M. S. Woodcock on behalf of the
city, and by Dr. WIthycombe on behalf
of the college.
At the Farm.
Under, the guidance of Dr. James
WIthycombe, agriculturist and vice-director
of the college, the party inspected the
farm, chief interest being centered in the
silos and silage by the dairymen, and
in the rotation of crops by the general
farmer. Filling of silos Tvas In prog
4 ress when the visitors arrived at the
' barnyard, and this was watched, with un
usual interest, as was also the process
of chopping with steam power the clover
and vetches before they were carried by
an elevator Into the silo. Nearly all
who saw the work knew more or less of
the theory, but very few had practical
knowledge of making "sauer kraut for
cows."
Silos and Sllag-e.
On this subject Dr. WIthycombe made
these recommendations for dairymen:
Cut the first crop of clover for the silo,
and the second for hay. There should be
a yield of 10 to 15 tons of green clover per
acre for the silo, and 1 to 1 tons of hay
from the second crop. He was speaking
of clover grown in white clay soil. The
best time for cutting for the silo was when
the first blooms begin to discolor 1. e.,
turn brown. An addlltonal reason for
cutting the second crop for hay is that
the weather conditions are almost cer
tain to be better. Rain does not injure
clover that goes into the silo.
The station has four large silos, from
which the cattle and sheep on the farm
received their major ration last Winter.
Five smaller silos will be built for tech
nical test work.. With these it is pro
posed to demonstrate the best possible
method for handling silage crops the
amount of moisture required, and, above
all, what constitutes a desirable mean.
This will Include experiments with
vetches, peas In fact, all legumes, cut
and uncut.
Rotation of Crops.
Of scarcely less interest was the in
spection of clover sown on four acres of
so-called "white" land. For the general
farmer Dr. WIthycombe recommended:
Sow per acre seven pounds of red clover
and one pound of alsike, this to be done
in the latter part of February over Fall
wheat; sow 50 pounds land plaster per
acre. Do this for two years; then seed
to Winter wheat; follow with oats, then
wtih rape, then wheat and clover again.
On each of the four acres mentioned the
following experiments will be made:
First Clover two years, then wheat,
then oats, then clover' again for two
years.
Second Clover, the clover to be plowed
under; cultivated crop, oats, clover again.
Third The old way namely, Summer
fallow, wheat, oats, Summer fallow
again.
Fourth Cultivated crop, wheat, oats,
cultivated crop.
Accurate accounts will be kept for 10
years of the actual expense of working
the land, the value of the product, an
alysis of composite soil to show the chem
ical changes. It is believed the station
will then have very valuable statistics.
In the excursion over the farm visitors
were In no wise timid about asking ques
tions. Dr. WIthycombe was continuous
ly showered with inquiries, and not a few
were on the subject of chemical and phys
ical changes in the soil which clover will
bring about.
Livestock.
The station has 100 acres under cultiva
tion, 30 acres of pasture land, most of
which is rough and has never been
plowed; 75 head of stock. 65 to 75 tons
of hay from 25 acres for dry feed, 90
tons of silage. Twenty-six acres are in
grain, 26 acres employed for variety tests
of grains, grasses and forage plants, and
three acres are in rape.
There were shown to the visitors a
band of Shropshire sheep, including the
champion lamb of the United States,
which was bought in Chicago a few
months ago for $1300; 25 Cotswold sheep,
the average weight for yearlings being
188 pounds, 2-year-olds 255 pounds.
Fleeces ran from 12 to 23 pounds, and
the wool was from 8 to 16 Inches long.
Hogs of two breeds the Berkshire and
Ohio imported Chester White.
A Durham cow 5 years old, which was
kept last Winter on exclusive diet of 40
pounds of silage per day, no grain food
of any kind being fed. The animal
gained about SO pounds. A herd of Jer
seys was also shown.
The College.
Though this is the vacation season,
nearly all the faculty were present and
escorted the visitors In squads through
the new mechanical hall, where there was
ehown the machine shop, blacksmith
shop, electrical-room, rooms for mechan
ical and free-hand drawing, carpenter
shop, physical laboratory, testing ma
chine for structural material, and bac
teriological laboratory. All the other
buildings were inspected, and much inter
est was shown In the conservatory, where
experiments In cross-fertilization by the
girls of the college have been attended
with marked success.
The faculty took pride In the fact
that the attendance last term was 436.
all in the four-year course, and the larg
est of any college In the state.
Complimentary Resolutions.
At the meeting in the evening the fol
lowing resolutions, introduced by Hon.
Wallls Nash, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, This assembly of farmers and oth
ers engaged In the various occupations of dai
rying, horticulture and stock-raising In West
ern Oregon, has passed a most enjoyable and
profitable day, first In the examination of ho
Oregon Experimental Station and Its work,
and of the several departments of the State
Agricultural College, and then In listening
to a very able and instructive lecture by Mr.
C L. Smith, and taking part In the dlscus&ion
following the same, and.
Whereas, This assembly feels it both a pleas
ure and a duty to record Its sense of obliga
tion to those who have planned and have car
ried through so successfully this large gath
ering; bo It
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting
are tendered to the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, and tj Its energetic and liberal
minded representative, Mr. C H. Markhatn,
for the courtesies which have enabled the at
tendance of so large a number here today, and
also to express their recognition of tho efforts
of that railroad company to diversify and dif
fuse the knowledge and experience which tend
to enlarge the profits and deepen the interest
in tho various branches of agriculture and hor
ticulture; also to the Corvallls & Eastern
Railroad Company and to Mr. E. Stone, tho
manager of that railroad, for similar trans
portation facilities. Also to Mr. C. L. Smith
for the lecture which has been listened to
with much appreciation of his efforts to widen
the scope of the farm industries of our state.
Also to Dr. James WIthycombe, vice-director
of the Experimental Station, and the other
members of the faculty and staff of the ex
periment station and of the agricultural col
lege, for their lucid and untiring explanations
of the many objects and processes of interest
in their work. Also to tho citizens of Cor
vallls for their reception and hospitable enter
'tainment of so large a number of visitors.
The press of the state also came in for
a vote of thanks.
Opinion of the Visitors.
Dr. WIthycombe said last night: "I re
gard this the most representative body
of agriculturists I have ever seen in Ore
gon, and I have been attending meetings
these 30 years. They took deep Interest
in the silage work, the stock and tho
rotation system of farming, including
vetch and clover growing. It is gratify
ing to meet so many representative men,
and this gathering has pleased me more
than I am able to express."
The Earth Star.
St. Nicholas.
Earth stars are members of the plant
kingdom and are closely related to the
puff-balls with which all country boys
and girls and all frequenters of the woods
are familiar; they ripen their spores or
puff-ball seed in round brown balls as
the puff-balls do, but are unique in their
wonderful manner of scattering their
spores. For this purpose the plant de
velops a tough outer coat to the ball,
which on a damp day, when the spores
are ripe, swells up, splits, and rolls back
from the summit to the base to form a
star about the ball. The round ball at
the center of the star then opens at Its
summit and waits quietly for fair weather
favorable for traveling. The first day
after these preparations the earth star
breaks its connections with the part of
the plant which Is in the ground, and
which up to this time has fed and nour
ished it and held it firmly in the ground,
t curls up the rays of the star over the
puff-ball, and lets the wind roll It over
the -fields and wherever It will, while it
puffs out the spores and scatters them
far and wide. Some observers have
stated that when the dews of evening
fall the plant unrolls tire star-points un
til they again lie flat on the ground, and
firmly anchor the bill where It may rest
until another fair day comes round in
which, in company with the wind, it
may resume its travels. The earth stars
are not common, but still one on the
alert may expect to find them on damp
wood roads, and will be well rewarded
if he takes one home to watch the rays
of the star curl and uncurl when sub
jected alternately to dry and moist air.
Saw and ax contests are favorite pastimes in
Tasmania.
SHIPS FROM THE ORIENT
NUMEROUS STEAM AND SAIL CRAFT
DUE IN THE NEXT 10 DATS.
Project for a $300,000,000 Canal
Steamship Deutschland Bringing; a
Party of Noted Americans.
The British ship Brabloch is out 52 days
from Hongay, and Is dally expected. She
Is making such a slow passage across
that some of the Japan ships which were
expected by the end of the month may
not get around on time. The Nal is out 32
days from Hiogo, and the Wandsbeck 26
days from the same port. The Dumfries
shire Is out 25 days from Hiogo, and all
of them should be here in time to partici
pate in the Fourth of July celebration.
The steamship Thyra. with troops from
Manila, is daily expected, and will prob
ably reach port today or tomorrow. The
big Oriental liner Indravelli did not get
away from Yokohama untU June 19, and
Is not expected before July 5 or 6. The
steamship Strathgyle, which Is under
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MRS. EMMA GALLOWAY.
OREGON CITT. June 2S.v-Mrs. Emma Galloway, who has just been elected
department president of the Women's Relief Corps of Oregon, Is the wife of Hon.
William Galloway, Receiver of the local land office. She has been prominent In
Relief Corps work, having served as department secretary in 1804-5, and was In
stituting and installing officer for the year Just closed. She holds the office of
aid In the National organization. Mrs. Galloway Is a past president of Custer
Corps, at McMlnnvllle, but the headquarters of the department will be In Ore
gon City. She has appointed Mrs.. Jennie Harding, of Meade Relief Corps, de
partment secretary. Mrs. Galloway crossed the plains In 1805 In company with
her widowed mother, Mrs. S. J. Barker, and her uncle, Thomas Bennett, of The
Dalles. She was educated In the public school of La Fayette, Yamhill County, S.
W. King, now of Portland, being her teacher. She taught school for a number of
charter to load' lumber here? fori the Gov
ernment, will carry a cargo of' doal from
British Columbia to San Francisco before
coming here to load.
The Poltalloch, which, went around to
Esquimau to go in the drydock tor re
pairs, will not return as soon as. ex
pected, as she found several vessels ahead
of her, and will be obliged to wait her
turn. The non-arrival of a number of ves
sels which are headed in this direction has
left a pretty heavy stock of wheat on
spot, there being nearly as much at tide
water as there is in the interior.
LOWER TRANSPORTATION PRICES.
Congressional Aid Souprht for a
Tvrenty-ouc-Foot Cnnnl.
NEW YORK. June 2S. A special to the
Tribune from Albany, N. Y., saye: Mr.
Bond, State Engineer, is authority for
the statement that a few days ago he
received a visit from two engineers who
brought him a letter of Introduction from
Mr. Hay, Secretary of State. Their names
he had forgotten. These gentlemen sum
the object of their visit was to secure a
copy of Mr. Bond's recent elaborate re
port upon the probable cost of construct
ing a barge canal across this state. They
stated that practically every state In the
Northwest Is In favor of the construction
of a larger canal over this state for the
sake of lowering the cost of transporta
tion of wheat and other products to East
ern markets. The failure of the canal
men of this state last Winter, however,
to come to any agreement upon a plan
for canal Improvement was discouraging
to Western shippers, and therefore they
now thought afr appeal should be mado
to Congress to Improve the canals of New
York at the expense of every state in the
Union.
The Western engineers said that it is
believed that a 21-foot canal should be
built from Buffalo to Lake Ontario and
then from Oswego, on Lake Ontario, to
the Hudson River. A canal 21 feet In
depth would cost about 5300,000,000. The
United States, the Western engineers
said, will have to undertake it. New
York State cannot be expected alone to
accept such a financial burden. Further,
the Western visitors said that before
Congress meets again, in their belief the
Congressmen from Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota;
Nebraska and North Dakota would come
to an agreement upon a policy of canal
Improvement to be undertaken by. the
United States Government, and that this
policy would Include a 21-foot canal from
Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and from
Lake Ontario to the Hudson River.
THE SUBSIDY SEEKERS.
Steamship Magnates Are Coming
Home in Grand Style.
NEW YORK, June 2S. According to a
dispatch from London to the World, when
the steamship Deutschland leaves South
ampton for New York today all the state
rooms on the promenade decks will be ex
clusively reserved for 10 millionaires trav
eling by her. These millionaires are: J.
Plerpont Morgan, Clinton Dawklns, Clem
ent A. Grlscom, Bernard A. Baker, Will
lam L, Elklns, B. A. Widener, Harry
Payne Whitney, Pierre Lorlllard, , Timo
thy L. Woodruff and John T. Waterbury.
It Is stated that these 10 formed a syn
dicate and chartered the entire deck for
522,000.
The London Dally Express states, on
what It claims to be the best authority,
that Mr. Morgan will confide very mo
mentous designs on international trade
to the consideration of his fellow-travelers.
LONDON, June 28. J. Plerpont Morgan,
P. A. B. Widener and C. A. Grlscom and
other wealthy Americans who are to sail
for the United States, today, chartered a
special train to take them this morning
from London to Southampton, where they
boarded the Hamburg-American steamer
Deutschland. Mr. Grlscom 6ald to a rep
resentative of the Associated Press:
"It is quite by accident that we are all
together. We are not concocting great
shipping deals of any kind. We are all
looking forward to an enjoyable trip."
Mr. Elklns said: "We have done no
business here. We have had a most
pleasant stay. There Is really nothing to
say."
Others of the American party made slm
liar statements, and. Judging from the
manner In which business "topics were
tabooed, the millionaire travelers might
have been a lot of under-graduates off
on a picnic
Among the other passengers on board
the Deutschland are Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Vanderbllt, Shekih Bey, new Turkish Min
ister to the United States; Mr. and Mrs.
John Boyd Thacher, of Albany, N. Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Spreckels, and Dr.
James H. Worman, United States Consul
at Munich.
OVERBOARD IN A GALE.
(Traffic Death of Captain Brown, of
the American Ship J. B. Thomas.
Additional particulars of the death of
Captain William Brown, of the American
ship J. B. Thomas, have been received
by Honolulu papers just to hand. The
Thomas left Australia on April 2, with
a crew consisting largely of green hands,
and when she encountered" a gale on the
22d the captain had great difficulty In
handling the ship. The mate, J. Law
rence, was Incapacitated by Illness. Dur
ing the 22d and 23d the Thomas struggled
through a terrible sea, and all the yards
and mainmast were carried away, with
part of the bulwarks. The vessel was con
stantly flooded and the crew were help
less. While the captain and boatswain,
Fred Zube. were on the iriain deck with
RELIEF'CORPS OF OREGON
the main brace, trying to secure the
i lower yard, a wave"- washed the captain
over and he was never seen again. The
yards soon fallowed, sails and all. ,
When the weather calmed the vessel
had three feet of water in her hold. Zube
was the only man on board who under
stood navigation, and he took command
of the demoralized crew and brought the
Vessel to Honolulu. "'
CHARTERS ARE EASY.
Smnll Carry-Over Stocks of Wheat
CniiHC Exporters to Hold Off.
The 1D00-01 wheat season Is drifting out
with a very light chartering movement
and with freights for the- first time in
many months showing the white feather.
In spite of the excellent crop prospects,
the statistical position of ships can hardly
be called as strong as it was a year ago.
At that time there was about 1C0.000 tons
of grain shiplng en route and listed. The
figures are practically the same this year,
but there is a carry-over in the country
and at tide water of less than 3,000,000
bushels this year, compared with about
7,000,000 bushels last year. The "reduced
proportions of the carry-over causes the
Indifference of exporters about taking any
more ships at present, as" there 'is yet a
chance for something ttT'ha'pperi to the
crop which may cut It down quite ma
terially. The Oregronlnn's Mishnp.
NEW YORK. June 2S. A dispatch to
the Herald from Montevideo says: The
American steamer Oregonlan, bound for
San Francisco with coal for the Pacific
squadron has arrived off Buceo, a short
distance from this port and anchored
there. The American authorities sent "a
tug to inquire vhy the steamer's, captain
has chofeen such a peculiar anchorage.
The captain of the. Oregonlan 'declared
that- the vessel was damaged. , He said
that he did not wish the steamer' towed
Into the harbor. ',
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Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, June 28. Arrived at 8:40 A.
M. Steamer Signal, from San Francisco,
Condition of the bar at 5 P. .M. smooth;
wind, northwest; weather, clear.
San Francisco, June 28. Arrived
Steamer Robert Dollar.
Port Hadlock, June 2S. Sailed Schooner
Kodiak, for Unalaska.
Umpqua Arrived Juno 27 Schooner
Louise, from San Diego.
San Pedro-Arrlved June 27 Steamer
Pasadena, from Eureka; steamer Alaho,
from Cayucos.
Port Townsend, June 2S. Passed out
Bark -J. D. Peters, from Oyster Harbor
for Chignlk Bay; British bark Majy A.
Troop, from Port Gamble for MoJlendo.
Manila, June 29. Arrived Barkentlne
Tarn o'Shanter from Gray's Harbor.
, Neah Bay, June 28. Passed in Steamer
Oregon, from Nome for Seattle.
Port Townsend, June 28. Arrived
Schooner Commerce, from Santa Ro
salia. Deal Passed June 26 British ship Si
erra Blanca, from London for San Diego.
Hong Kong- Sailed June 26 British
Steamer Empress of India, for Vancouver.
Callao Sailed June 27 Barkentlne Wil
lie R. Hume, for Part Townsend.
Port Los Angeles Sailed June 27
Steamer Colon, for Honolulu.
Eureka Arrived June 27 Steamer City
of Adelaide, from Sydney.
Unalaska In port June 13 Steamer
Ruth, from Seattle.
Seattle, June 28. Arrived Steamer City
of, Seattle, from Skagway.
'Havre, June 28. Arrived L'Aqultalne,
from New York.
Hamburg, June 28. Arrived Graf "Wal.
dersee, from New York.
Boston, June 2S. Passed Northeastern,
from Chicago via Montreal for Hamburg.
Genoa, J,une 28. Arrived Trave, from
New York.
' Hong Kong, June 28. Sailed Empress
'of India, for Vancouver.
Naples, June 28. Sailed Hesperla, for
New York.
Southampton, June 28. Sailed Deutsch
land, from Hamburg and Southampton
'for New York.
Liverpool. June 28. Sailed Cevlc, for
New York.
Traveling by rail In Glasgow Is very cheap,
jood long ride being obtained for a halt
penny, ana mree umes uui uiamnte ior
I nennv,
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS
COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS AND
FULL Oft CONFIDENCE.
Iron and Coal Industries
Snow
Marked Contract to Conditions
m. Year Ago.
NEW YORK, Juno 28. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
It does not follow because bad bank
ing methods have caused one of the
smaller New York banks to close Its
doors that general business Is in any way
affected or at all responsible for the
trouble. The country Is -undeniably pros
perous, and with prospect of an abundant
harvest to supply our own needs and In
creasing European deficiencies, the situa
tion is viewed with confidence. A few
more labor disturbances have arisen, but
others have been settled, notably the dis
pute over the tin-plate scale. Some dis
agreements In the coal regions at times
assume a threatening aspect, but the
troubles have been local, and do not af
fect the mining Industry. Reports from,
the country speak of a continued good
movement of merchandise with the job
bing trade, and embracing nearly all
lines.
The fiscal year closes with conditions
in the iron and coal industry in marked
contrast to the situation at the corre
sponding date in 1900. Quotations were
then receding 'rapidly, lwthout stimulat
ing activity, idleness was the rule at
furnaces and mills, and wage scales were
under serious discussion with employers
and labor organizations far apart In their
views. This year difficulty Is experienced
In stopping machinery long enough to
make necessary repairs. Prices are well
maintained and steady, with unreason
able inflation, while a successful season
makes It possible for many concessions
to avoid controversy by voluntarily re
ducing the hours or advancing wages,
and evidences of serious disagreements
are the exception.
Construction proceeds at an unprece
dented pace, so that structural machin
ery, builders' hardware and kindred
goods find ready purchasers. Railway
facilities are Inadequate to handle ex
panding traffic, and shops are crowded
with orders for freight cars and other
equipments. Footwear forwardlngs from
Boston have averaged over 100,000 cases
weekly for two months, raising the total
for the half-year to 2.35S.521 cases, ac
cording to weekly records of the Shoe
and Leather Reporter. The largest pre
vious total for the corresponding months
was In 1900, and fell 154,151 cases short
of the current year.
Exports to Great .Britain are also a
satisfactory factor In the present move
ment. Some Eastern shops are so well
supplied with contracts that deliveries
cannot be promised before September 1.
Local manufacturers are running on
short time or closed for stock-taking.
Stocks in dealers' hands are light, which
gives the market a strong tone. Leather
Is active and firm, with hemlock sole I'i
good demand. Upper leather Is selling
freely. Receipts of Imported dry hides
are light and prices will be sustained.
Wheat prospects arc further Improved
throughout the entire producing 'region.
More satisfactory to the producer than
evidences of a banner yield Is the failure
of quotations to show commensurate de
cline, for there Is good profit at the pres
ent prices. In four weck3 Atlantic ex
ports, flour Included, aggregated 13,669.000
bushels, against 10.9S0.076 bushels last year
and 8,934.638 bushels In 1S29, while Pacific
exports were 3,505,400 bushels, compared
wIth.2,So3,97S In 1S00 and 2,445,740 two years
ago. - -
Gains are more conspicuous In the
wftolen goods division, because depres
sion has lasted longer and been severe.
As the raw material gradually sought a
lower level, mills restricted purchases In
anticipation of better terms, except where
orders for goods were secured. The
clothing trade is now seeking men's-wear
woolens and worsteds, and buyers find
stocks light. Values have not yet hard
ened, but there is little thought of lower
prices, either for goods or raw wool. In
knit goods jobbers are taking stock, after
which activity Is expected.
Failures for the week number 204 In
the United States, against 207 last year,
and 23 in Canada, against 21 last year.
FINANCIAL REVIEW.
Money Market Behaved Well in Face
of Adverse Influences.
NEW YORK, June 28. Bradstreefs
financial levicw tomorrow will say:
Disturbing features of an entirely un
expected kind have this week unfavorably
influenced the market, which, however,
behaved exceedlnly wejl. Money was con
sidered likely to hold firm pending the
heavy July 1 interest disbursements, but
as gold shipments had apparently ceased,
it was thought that this week's bank
statement might b more favorable than
the last few Saturdays.
Renewed banking troubles to many did
not seem to pccn.slon much disquiet either
In Berlin or London, though the latter
market was somewhat heavy on the pes
simistic utterance of the British Prime
Minister about the Boer war and the fad
ing hope of Its early termination. Con
tinued fair crop prospects, active business
conditions and railroad earnings which
present increases even over the heavy
large totals of a year ago, rendered our
markets measureably Insensible to any
thing adverse In the foreign financial sit
uation, and Wall street was disposed to
consider that when tho July payments
were completed and the Summer Invest
ment asserted Its Influence there would
be a fresh series of railroad and other
cieals with dividend developments con
cerning the large Industrial and other
corporations which would keep up and
widen the bullish speculation.
While no great activity was hoped for
at the moment, the street was apparently
inclined to regard the future of the mar
ket with confidence. The cjosing of the
Seventh National Bank on Thursday by
the Controller of the Currency, however,
showed its condition was worse than had
been concluded, and call loan money rates
rose to as high as 15 per cent, though
most of the loans were at 6 per cent or a
little above that figure. Large banking
houses and Institutions lent money freely
and there was no general collecting of
loans. The fact that public interest in the
market Is relatively smal and that stocks
to a lafrge extent are accumulating In
strong hands had its due effect, and
prices, though inclined to decline, did so
In an orderly fashion.
BRADSTREETTS REVIEW.
Trade, Crops and Industrial Devel
opments Have Been Favorable.
NEW YORK, June 2S. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say: Trade, crop and Indus
trial developments this week have been
largely favorable, temporarily firmer
money, due to July Interest? disbursement
preparations, and slight financial troubles
due to Improper business methods, not
detracting from the generally satisfac
tory and confident feeling with which
the half year In business closes.
High temperatures have aided ttoe dis
tribution of seasonable goods at retail
and stimulated record demands from
wholesalers, although the volume of bus
iness has been limited by the fact that
sellers are not disposed to commit them
selves, largely, In view, of the unsettled
outlook for raw material prices. There is
also a better tone in woolen goods and
this is reflected In firmer quotations for
finer grades of raw material. Boot and
shoe 'shipments are well up to the maxi
mum again, exceeding 100,000 cases from
pastern points for the week, while the
margin In favor of this year's shipments
rontlr.ups to grow. Export demand for
leather continues good and there is re
ported an active competition for goat
skins between domestic and foreign buy
ers. Iron and steel show few notable feat
ures. The machinists' strike has unques
tionably hurt the foundry business, but
this trouble appears to be subsiding and
the settlement of the tin plate scale, an
advance being conceded to working men,
leads to the expectation that other
branches of the trade will reach a liko
amicable settlement! with their employes.
Advices from British markets are that
American steel billets are being offered
at very low prices, which, in view of the
strength of billets at home, may be taken
to indicate that? American affairs are in
the export business to stay.
Seasonable weather has come to the aid
of the corn crop and that great cereal ha3
made good progress, although still unde
niably backward. Winter wheat harvest
ing has progressed under exceptionally
favorable circumstances and reports as
to quantity and quality confirm earlier
advices.
For tho week prices show little change.
Early liquidation due to continued fa
vorable crop reports gave way to a firmer
feeling in wheat. Wheat, Including flour,
shipments for the week, aggregate 4,364,
147 bushels against 5,520,831 bushels last
week, 3,184,144 bushels in the correspond
ing week of 1900, and 3.42S.99S in 1899. From
July 1 to date this season wheat exports
aggregate 215,876,661 bushels, against 199,
663,280 last season and 126,462.474 in 1898-99.
Failures for the week In the United
SOateB number 196 against 186 last week,
185 In this week a year ago and 158 in 1899.
Canadian failures for the week number
20 against 26 last week, 18 In this week
a year ago and 23 In 1899.
Bank Clearings.
NEW TORK. June 28. The following table,
complied by Bradstreet, shows tho bank clear
ings at -the principal cities for the week ended
June 27, with tho percentage of increase and
decrease, as compared with tho corresponding
week last vear:
Clearings. Inc. Dec
Inc.
70.0
3.1.3
1.3
2J.7
34.4
G2.5
28.8
0.3
23.3
18.2
11.3
New York $1.438,7&U,O0O
Boston
140.141.000
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
Denver
Hartford
Richmond
Memphis
Washington ,
Peoria
Rochester
New Haven
Worcester
Atlanta
Salt Lake
Springfield. Mass..
Fort Worth
Portland, Me
Portland, Or
St. Joseph
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Syracuse
Des Moines
Nashville
Wilmington. Del..
Fall River
Scranton
Grand Rapids
Augusta, Ga
Lowell
Dayton, O ,
Seattle
Tncnma ,
Spokane
Sioux City ,
New Bedford
Knoxvllle, Tenn..
Topeka
Birmingham
Wichita
Blnghamion
Lexington. Ky....
Jacksonville, Fla.
Kalamazoo
Akron
Chattanooga
Rockford. Ill
Canton. O
Springfield, O... .,
Fargo, N. D
Sioux Falls. S. D.
Hastings. Neb...
Wllkesbarro
Davenport
Toledo
Galveston
Houston
F.vansvllle
Macon
Helena
Little Rock
Springfield. 111.. .
Youngstown, O...
Colorado Springs
Wheeling
142,531.000
100.800,000
41,213,000
40,548,000
24.040.000
17.330.300
10,420.000
15,8113,000
8.050.000
0.030,000
10.137,000
13.255.000
7.06S.00O
C.OS1.000
0,254.000
4.524.000
5,880.000
6.000.000
7.215.000
0.038.000
2.330.000
3.003.000
2.130.000
4.210.000
2.434.000
2,003,000
2,232,000
1.883.000
1,472.000
1.300.000
1.480.000
7 2
40.3
20.0
7.6
10.3
ixt'.i
17.4
9.0
"0.2
1.0
28.0
27.5
15.5
28.2
21.5
18.3
28.3
27.0
9.4
35.0
4.333.000 108.2
1.300.000 48.0
2.608,000
1,008.000
1,847.080
4.7(54.000
2.212.000
1,275,000
1.080.000
1.305,000
1.330,000
887.000
818.000
1.337,000
1.240.000
081.000
590,000
043,000
2,034.180
070.557
010,855
1.220.0OO
440,000
524.000
1,027.000
013.000
404.000
200.000
537,000
200.000
377.000
002,000
350.000
440.000
310,000
201.000
347.000
107,000
115.000
755.000
857.000
2.334,000
5. M0. 000
7.732.000
021.000
448.000
544.000
401.000
440,000
408.000
747.000
542.000
33.4
14.2
2.0
1.2
8.3
6.8
0.3
22.3
16.3
27.7
24.7
8.0
11.0
4.4
"8.3
8.9
8.2
33.0
2.8
8.8
2."7
10.8
33.2
02.2
31.8
13.2
10.8
67.6
34.7
20.0
11.2
1.0
21.5
31.0
54.2
33.0
20.3
13.3
35.2
24.0
44.2
Totals U. S.
.$2,180,242,544
40.1
18.3
Totals outside N. Y..$ 721.453,218
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal $
Toronto
Winnipeg
Halifax
Hamilton
Kt. John. N. B
Vancouver
21.504.078 30.1
11.513.515
1.875.101
1,455,053
004.304
03.047
808,743
004.151
1.247.140
20.:
6.8
l.n
10.7
5.3
29.0
52.5
Victoria
Quebec
Totals
.$ 39.1SO 572 24.5
The Ethics of Lnck.
Chambers' Journal.
On. the belief In luck have augurs, dl
vinators, fortune-tellers, all traded from
time immemorial to the present age
They "calculate" the incalculable, and,
necessarily, arbltrnry dogmas take the
place of a logical basis on which to work
out their schemes. They rely on the luck
of odd numbers; in them the Imperial
phantom either in birth or chance or
death loves to reside. Seven has always
been a number to conjure with, and the
seventh child of a seventh child born In
the seventh month comes clad In a mys
terious panoply of foreknowledge abso
lute; while nine was at one place and pe
riod looked upon as a symbol of Deity.
Great men will have their lucky day or
month, as one of the Caesars gave his
name to the eighth month that in which
the most fortunate events of his life had
occurred. The blood of a great family,
like that of the Stuarts or the Bourbons,
for instance. Is said to carry with It,
even in its collateral branches, the taint
of that Ill-success. Ill-heath, which Is
summed up as ill-luck. Certialn gems,
such, for Instance, as opals, are esteemed
as stones of Ill-omen talismans reversed.
It Is not, of course, that their beauty Is
brittle, but that they carry with them
Ill-luck to their wearers or owners. The
truth of this superstition Is demonstrated
by the violent deaths which have befallen
unlucky opal wearers. Have they not
succumbed to the ill-luck attending the
gem, to gain possession of which a fel-lo.w-'creature
has not hesitated to shed
their blood? No doubt It Is very unlucky
to awaken the covetousness of a robber
and a murderer.
Beards and the Romnnn.
American Journal of Archaeology.
In Cicero's time and after (possibly also
before) many men wore beards, and only
men over 40 were clean shaven. Spar
tianus speaks of Hadrian as wearing a
full beard (promissa barha) to cover scars
upon his face. DIo Casslus also speaks of
him as the "first" to wear a beard He
Is not the first Emperor whose bust shows
him to have allowed the hair upon his
face to grow, but he Is the first one rep
resented as wearing a full beard. Evi
dently, therefore, Hadrian did not Intro
duce beards, but only the custom of wear
ing them long and full. On Trajan's
Column there Is a representation of the
Emperor sacrificing at an altar; many of
the men who appear In the scene are
bearde, but by no means all of them.
Again, we find a scene wherein the seat
ed Emperor Is surrounded by attendants,
some of whom are bearded. In still an
other group Trajan Is standing with a roll
In his hand, addressing his men, and
again we see both bearded and beard
less men among those who stand before
him. On the rectangular reliefs of the
Arch of Constantlne we find that the
men accompanying Trajan are bearded
even when he and they are clad In tho
toga. The arch at Beneventum shows li
the same group llctors and comltes both
as bearded and beardless.
O'BRIEN IS TO BE HANGED
HE MURDERED FRED CtAYSON, OF
PORTLAND, IN NORTH.
Also Killed Two Other Men Great
est Crimlnnl Case in History of
Northwest Territory.
SEATTLE, June 2S. Advices from
Dawson by the City of Seattle say tho
Jury In the famous O'Brien murder case
has returned a verdict of murder In the
first degree, and that O'Brien has been
sentenced to be hanged August 23. Tho
case was begun June 9, and for 13 days
the greatest criminal case In the history
of the North was fought out. Sixty-six
witnesses -were called by the prosecution.
The story of the crime from the wit
nesses was as given heretofore In theso
dispatches.
O'Brien killed Linn Relfe, Fred Clay
son and Lawrence Olsen, two years ago.
The crime was one of the most dastardly
in criminal history, and has seldom been
paralleled anywhere. All three men ware
shot down In cold blood, and without the
slightest warning by their murderer.
(Fred Clayson. one of the men mur
dered, went from Portland to Skagway.
He was engaged In business there at tho
time of his death.)
PATRICK CAHILL'S ELEPHANT
British Fnn Over Plowinjr by Ele-.
pliant Power in West Vlrjclnln.
London Telegraph.
A live elephant Is better than a dead
Caesar, and since Imperial Caesar, dead,
and turned to clay, may stop a hole to
keep the wind away, so, we suppose.'
thero Is nothing so humiliating as would
at first sight appear In yoking a live ele
phant to a plow. After all, the hathl
'"piles teak" at Mandalay, as we know
from Mr Kipling, and carries children
for o. penny apiece at the Zoo. Thus, ap-.
parently, moralized Mr. Cahlll, son. as
we learn, of a frugal Patrick Oahlll,
Irishman, of West Virginia, U. S. A. It'
is sad to think that the animal which)
has more claim to be a philosopher of,
beasts than the Hon has to be a king, t
was picked up at the sale of a circus
in a Job lot. which Included a few don
keys and a tent. Mr. Cahlll, like the man
who had his waistcoat made to match!
his buttons, proposed to turn his elephant
thrown In, as It were, with a tent and!
a few asses Into tho nucleus of a meneg-1
erle. Pending the acquisition of the other
accessories, the purchaser determined that
nis captive should earn his food, and em
ployed him In farm labor. At once Mr.
Cahlll became the cynosure of neighbor-
lng eyes. Alone the elephant turned
more ground than the best team of horses
possessed by his friends; and as to logs,
"my lord" made no more account of tho
forest of them than if they had been so
many matches. This, however, by no
means exhausta-the merits of the beast
from an agricultural point of view; while
his heart is as big as his body, and his
temper unruffled, his appetite is satisfied
with the rations of a horse. Altogether
a most desirable acquisition to the farm
yard and Mr. Cahlll and his frugal slro
are to be congratulated equally upon
their luck and their Judgment. At first
sight it would seem that a brighter day
had dawned upon depressed agriculture.
We have such implicit confidence in the
Intelligence of the elephant that we make
no doubt that he could easily bo taught
to milk thje cows, and even to shear the
sheop; and, as for rick-making, when
one comes to think of it, the elephant
seems built for this very purpose Per
haps Lord Salisbury had this thougil
deep in the recesses of his mind when he
recommended circuses a very sensible
recommendation it was as far more en
tertaining to ogrlcultural laborers and
even to the farmer, the parson, and the
squire, than parish councils. The ele
phant might be engaged in playing the
piano and dancing and in the exhibition
of his manifold social accomplishments
in the evening, and spend his days in th
field making hay or plowing or laying
drains or hauling timber as the season
of the year demanded. What a chance
for a new election cry, "Twenty acres
and an elephant!" Thero la, of course,
the Initial difficulty of cost and rarity,
which are hardly compensated for by su
perior longevity. Not every one is as
lucky as Mr. Cahlll, whose prize Is given
away "with a few donkeys and a tent."
Moreover, there is a question of room.
An elephant may not eat more than a
horse, but he needs a much larger stall
in which to dine. America Is so big
that a few millions of these four-footed:
giants would not be noticed, but in this
over-crowded island they would enlarge
the Ideas of peasant proprietorship to a
revolutionary degree. Wo commend tho
Idea, however, to Mr. Rider Haggard. He
Is not only on terms of the closest In
timacy with tho elephant at home, when
he Is making hay, eo to speak, on his
own account, but he Is also an agricul
tural experimenter on a very Intelligent
scale. Besides, Mr. Haggard would tell
us all about It In the brisk, breezy style
of which he alone among practical farm
ers Is master. Perhaps out of holiday time '
the Zoological Society would lend him a,,
hathl to tVy with. i
The West Indian Xegro. j
Chambers' Journal.
Of the two sexes, there Is no doubt that)
the women are by far better specimens of
humanity than the men. Taking them all'
around, thev are honpst contented nni1
Industrious. They carry evervthlntr on I h
their heads, and walk erect with a fine, ,
swinging gait which the men would dot
well to copy. In the early morning they!
come down from rne hills to the markets,'
carryjng their baskets of fruit and vege-i
tables on their heads, and when their
day's work is done they cheerfully re-,
place the baskets on their heads and set
out for their homes, which often they wlllj
not reach till they have left at least 10
miles behind them. The curse of the men,
on the other hand. Is their consummate)
laziness, and it is to this failing that
the majority of their shortcomings may
be traced. With the fewest of needs, they
will only do the minimum of work required
to satisfy them; and no cares for the fu
ture disturb them: they are firm believers?
in the principle, "Eat, drink and be merry,
for tomorrow we die!' Though, of
course, there are men to whom one might
trust anything, they are, as a rule, de
ceitful and dishonest In what are usually
called the "little things;" they have no
moral qualms about invading a neigh
bor's yam patch by night and helping
themselves to what they fancy, or about
stealing poultry or pilfering fruit. It la
simply because they are too lazy to earn
the small sum necessary to purchase)
what they require, or to take the troublo
to devote the very small amount of labor
necessary to cultivate their own vegeta
bles and fruit, that they prefer to take ad
vantage of the Industry of their neigh
bors. It Is this want of security for out
door produce that is ruining the West In
dies more than anything else. A man nat
urally hesitates to tsart the cultivation of
vegetables and fruit or the rearing of
poultry for the market when he knows
there Is a likelihood that he may never
reap the fruits of his labors. How often
does one hear the small landowner's all
too common reply to suggestions for ag
ricultural experiments: "What Is the use?
They would all be stolen."
Potatoes contain the alkaloid solanln, al
though the fact is not generally recognized.
New potatoes contain comparatively little of j
this poison, unless they grow above the sur-i
face of the ground and have a green skin,
wnen mey are generally Known 10 DC poison
ous. It Is not, however, known generally that
old potatoes contain much of this poisonous
principle, and that many cases of serious
poisoning have occurred in late Summer when
oia potatoes were usea.