THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, SATTJBDAY, 'AUGUST 17, 1901.
FOR ASTORIA'S REGATTA
XIA"E MAIDS OP HOXOR NAMED BY
aUEEX IVY B.UIKER.
Miss Jennie 31. Owen Chief Maid
Portland Delegation Will Leave
Augrust 28.
Her Majesty, Queen Ivy B. Barker, of
the Astoria Regatta, and the members of
the Astoria women's committee met yes
terday at the Imperial hotel and selected
the nine maids of honor -who are to ac
company the Queen to Astoria and remain
with her during the regatta. They are:
Chief maid of honor Miss Jennie M.
Owen, of Portland.
Maids of honor Miss M. E. Edwards,
Miss Lena Bode, Miss Cornelia Barker,
Miss Lulu Power, and Miss Blanche Bain,
of Portland; Miss Pearl Code, Miss
Anita Trenchard. and Miss Margaret
Higgins, of Astoria.
Patronesses Mrs. H. E. Edwards, Mrs.
Theodore Barker, Mrs. C. J. Owen, Miss
Minnie M. Bode, Mrs. John M. Power,
and Mrs. Mark E. Ferry, of Portland.
Members of the Astoria ladies' com
mittee for the entertainment of the
Queen and her retinue at Astoria
Mrs. W. T. Schutter. Mrs. Charles Rich
ardson, Mrs. Houston and Mrs. C. W.
Pulton.
Miss Barker explained that the majority
of the young women chosen accepted
several days ago, but that personal calls
were necessary in order to complete the
list. The remainder of her retinue, con
sisting of prime minister and pages, will
be selected in a few days, and It has
been arranged that a. carriage, horses,
and a coachman will shortly be sent
from this city to Astoria for the use of
the Queen during lier stay there.
The Admiral's staff E. S. Edwards,
Admiral; George P. Fuller, Commodore
and Chief of Staff: I. X. Day, Vice-Admiral;
Charles Richardson, Rear-Admiral;
William Gregory, Rear-Admiral; Com
manders and Surgeons, Sandford Whiting,
John Fox, R. D. Inman, F. L. Parker,
J. E. Werlein, Peter Grant, J. C. Mayo,
Ernest E. Merges, William Tallant;
Lieutenant-Commanders, Walter Robb,
D. J. Moore, H. D. Thing, David Lewis,
W. T. Schutter, H. R. Burke, W. B.
Fechheimer. E. R. Krelger. L. A. Mc
Nary. and Flag Lieutenant, W. T. Car
roll. The members of the Portland committee
are: Dr. J. H. Davis, D. M. Dunne, B.
E. Kellogg, R. L. Glisan, W. A. Robb.
D. J. Moore. J. L. Meier, W. B. Fech
heimer, Sanford Hirsch, H. E. Judge,
L. V. Woodward, Seth Catlin. R, L. Steph
ens, Fred Gilmore. J. E. Laidlaw, George
L. Cherry, E. C. Clement, Dom J. isan,
A. F. Merrill, Henry Wagner, E. S. Ed
wards, George F. Fuller, I. K. Day, O.
Summers, J. E. Werlein, R. D. Inman,
W. T. Carroll, Peter Grant, M. S. Ban
field. C. J. Owen. Ed. R. Kreiger. Divid
Lewis, Charles McDonell. E. E. Merges,
M. M. Rlngler, Reno Hutchinson, E. C.
Johnson, Sandford Whiting, L. A Mc
Nary. The Portland committee, the Queen and
maids, the Admiral and staff, and 300
Invited guests wll leave for Astoria on
the Harvest Queen on the 2Sth at 12:30
P. M.
BEST COAL IN OREGON.
Assayer FIsIc's Report on the Yam
hill Connty Find.
The Portland Coal & Development Com
pany continues to get good reports from
samples mined on its property near North
Yamhill. The first sample assayed showed
high in moisture, because it was mined
in a damp place, and was not seasoned. It
was taken from the ledge last Saturday
and analyzed the following Monday. The
second sample was taken out the same
day as the first, but it was not assayed
until Thursday. In the meantime It had
become seasoned, and the result was less
moisture and a greater per cent of fixed
boa. She difference between the two
fsays is shown, in the following com-
Firison:
First Second
sample, sample.
Per ctl Per ct.
Moisture ..?..., 17.50
Volatile combustible matter. .30.20
Fixed carbon 46.80
Dark-bfown ash 5.50
15. GO
2S.O0
49.20
7.20
Light-brown ash.
J. H. FIsR, who made the second as
say, reported to the company that 100
parts of raw coal gave a residue, not
coke, of 56.4 per cent. This residue was
composed of S7.05 per cent carbon and
12.95 per cent ash. There was very lit
tle sulphur or phosphorous. Reporting on
the coal, Mr. Fisk said:
"This is the best coal of the kind that
I have yet analyzed In Oregon. It Is far
superior to the Bucoda coal, which used
to sell In this market for $5 a ton. The
moisture is about the same, while the
fixed carbon is much higher and the asn
10 per cent less."
Columbia Connty Coal.
The Board of Trade has evidence that
steam-producing coal can be laid down
"Th. Portland at a cost of 53 a ton without
"building a railroad to the ledge, which
-Js eight miles from Warren, in Columbia
doun,ty. E. C. Hansome, a California
.man, has "been developing the ledge for
-several weeks, and now has a seam six
feet in thickness, samples from which
Jiave been shown the trustees of the
board. Analysis gives this coal 35 per
cent fixed carbon; 35 per cent volatile
matter, and 20 per cent moisture, the
remaining 10 per cent being ash. Mr.
Hansome has no proposal to make In
regard to his coal mine, and seems amply
able to go on with the -work of develop
ingtwo points which the board thinks
tell largely in his favor.
Steamers can obtain a supply of coal
at bunkers built near Warren, and the
cost to them will therefore be very much
lessened. The investigating committee,
appointed "by President Connell to look
into this coal supply matter, Is favorably
Impressed with the find, and it is likely
that Portland capital will be willing to
build a railroad over the eight miles be
tween Warren and the mine. This short
branch would enable the mineowners to
fcrlng the coal to the city direct, and its
cpst to consumers would then be much
Jess than ?3 per ton. They who have
visited the scene say the ledge can be
traced over the surface of the ground for
nine miles, so there can be very little
question as to the permanence of the
supply.
30NDS THAT REQUIRE STAMPS
.Sertane Regulations Explained by
Commissioner Yerkes. v
-Since July 1, when the modified inter
nal revenue law went Into effect, Collector
Dunne, of Portland, has had consider
able difficulty in making people under
stand what bonds must bear stamps to
insure their legality. In order to he ex
plicit he sent to Washington city for
additional information and has received
the following reply from Commissioner
Yerkes:
"As there seems to be some lack of
uniformity in the practice of Collectors
relative to requiring or not requiring
stamps on bonds filed with them under
the internal revenue laws, and to be ap
proved by them, this letter is issued for
their information as to such bonds alone.
The following internal revenue bonds,
when delivered on or after July 1, require
no- stamp:
All bonds required of distillers, brewers,
manufacturers of tobacco, snuff, and cigars,
or manufacturers of other taxable articles,
and peddlers of tobacco.
Bonds of producers of wine for brandy used
In the fortification of wine.
All bonds lor transportation ana exporta-
3 on of distilled spirits, or other taxable ar
cles. Bonds for withdrawal of alcohol for scl
ntiflo purposes, and for withdrawal of dls-
tilled spirits by manufacturers of cordials, etc
Bonds for establishment of warehouses where
certain articles are to be manufactured for ex
port, and bonds for establishment of special
and general bonded warehouses.
"The official bonds of all Internal reve
nue officers, including Deputy Collectors,
require a 50-cent stamp."
TONGUE ON CUBA.
Favors Annexation of the Inland
When the People Want It.
HILLSBORO, Aug. 16. Representative
Tongue is in receipt of a letter from the
Cuban-American League, of New York,
asking his views on the annexation of
Cuba. He has replied that whenever the
people of Cuba ask for annexation, he
for one will welcome them with open
arms. The league's letter to Representa
tive Tongue and his reply thereto fol
low: "Hon. T. H. Tongue, M. C, Hillsboro.
Or. Dear Sir: We of the Cuban-American
League do not consider our work for
Cuba a complete success as long as there
is a possibility of the flag of the United
States coming down for a single mo
ment in Cuba. In fact, all our Cuban
members Insist that now Is the time for
effective work; that Cuba by the action
of her people, and with a welcome from
the United States, shall become a per
manent part of the Union. All they re
quest from us is to help with funds for
necessary organizing work. They are a
little uncertain as to "the welcome from
the United States.' President McKinley
has said to their representative: 'If you
were only a member of the family. Will
you kindly write us the welcome that
Is ready for Cuba, as you understand it,
when she comes knocking at the door of
the Union, and If you see your way clear
to become a member of the league or to
help in any other way. It will be appre
ciated. WILLIAM O. M'DOWELL."
Representative Tongue replied as fol
lows: "William O. McDowell, Esq., President
the Cuban-American League: My Dear
Sir: I am just in receipt of yours of
recent date asking my views as to the
admission of Cuba 'to become a perma
nent part of the Union.' Permit me
to say that I shall be ready to favor
the annexation of Cuba to the United
States whenever the people of that island
In a proper, legal way shall express their
desire for such annexation. I think there
is no doubt that ultimately Cuba will
become a part of the United States. Such
a result Is demanded by the interests
of the people of both countries. Their
Interests and their destiny are mutual.
But we must not coerce them; we must
not force annexation against their will.
Whatever is done in this regard must be
with the full, free and expressed consent
of the people of that island. Whenever
this is given, I, for one, shall be ready
to welcome them with open arms. I have
the honor to remain,
"Truly and sincerely yours,
"THOMAS H. TONGUE."
CATHOLIC FORESTERS IN 1905
Session of the Supreme Court Will
Be Held in Portland.
The 1905 meeting of the Supreme Court
of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the
leading fraternal organization of the
Catholic Church in the United States and
Canada, will be held In Portland. Dan J.
Malarkey, who is attending the Supreme
Court at Detroit as Oregon's representa
tive, telegraphed yesterday to M. J. Mal
ley, chief ranger of Cathedral Court, No.
957, that Portland's invitation for four
years hence was unanimously accepted,
and that hundreds of delegates and their
friends will come.
Mr. Malarkey will visit the Buffalo Ex
position before returning home.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
aiarrlasre licenses.
Clifton H. Steffens, 32, and LIdda Tittle,
IS.
John Sachs, 22, and Jennie Kay, 19.
Building: Permits.
J. O. Goltra, alterations to house, East
Grant street, $200.
M Johnstone, alterations to house, Hall
street, $350.
S. Lauer, two-story dwelling, southwest
corner Seventeenth and Flanders streets,
$10,000.
Birth Returns.
August X girl, to the wife of William
Morrow, 626 East Morrison street.
August 11, boy, to the wife of David
Milne, 3S5 East First street, north.
Death Returns.
August 11, Isaac Clampet, 81 years, 249
Jefferson street, general debility.
August 14, Anna B. Bates, 42 years, 446
Tenth street, pluro-pneumonla.
July 21, Gordon C. Smith, 17 years, Ca
ples Landing, drowning.
Contagrious Diseases.
Lottie Feldman, S51 Upshur street, scar
let fever.
Real Estate Transfers.
Theodore Nicolai and wife to August
Wagner, east 50x50 feet of lot 8,
block S6. Couch Addition, August? lo.$4000
Seth L. Pope, trustee, to Jamie W.
Donnell, lots 9 and 12, block 8; lots v
1 and 4, block 7, Arbor Lodge, Au
gust 15 330
C. H. Hin and wife to Charles A.
Wilson. S. of W. of lot 2,
block 47, Albina, June 8 400
George W. Brown to Roy O. Pow
ers, lot 19, block 4, Chicago, July 22 1
Robert? Clendenning to Amos Burg,
lous 5 and 6, block 15, Columbia
Heights, August 16 100
Eva T. and F. H. Alliston to H. E.
Joy, lot 26, block 20, Albina, Au
gust 1050
Hallie H. and W. J. Ferrell, 3.48 acres
between sections 10 and 15, T. 1 N.,
R 1 E.. July 16 650
Jennie W. and Charles R. Donnell,
jot o, diock l, wanes uioverdale
Annex, August 14
200
For abstracts, title Insurance or mtg.
loans, see Pacific Coast Abstract Guar
anty & Trust Cc. 204-5-6-7 Failing bldg.
PERSONAL MENTION. .
Theodore N. Ely, of Philadelphia, super
intendent of motive power of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, is at the Portland, ac
companied by his family and Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Knowlton. They are mak
ing a tour of the West in Mr. Ely's pri
vate car "Imperial," and will leave to
day over the O. R. & N. for Yellow
stone Park.
James S. Mann, an old employe of the
Erie Railroad Company, -n ho was recently
retired, Is visiting his son, who has been
a resident of Portland for a number of
years. Mr. Mann is delighted with the
city and the climate. He says his son has
been sending him books and papers for
years, and from them he formed a high
idea of this region, but says he did not
get it half high enough. He thinks tne
weather of late has been delightful, as
compared with what he has experienced
at the East, and he has been able to sleep
in comfort, which is a great luxury.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Seattle people
registered at New York hotels today as
follows: W. Walker, at the Broadway
Central; H. F. Thomas, at the Imperial.
Eggs as a Cnre for Tuberculosis.
Professor Adolph Gehrmann, Chicago
bacteriologist, intends to test by a series
of experiments the value of eggs as a
cure for tuberculosis. Parisian medical
journals have recently been filled with
accounts of discoveries along this line
made In the Academle des Sciences. Dr.
Gehrmann is not disposed in advance of
his tests to accept the declarations of the
French investigators, but he says that he
will be thorough in his work to decide
whether the hen Is to be honored in the
future as a great physician. Experi
ments will be tried on guinea pigs and
rabbits.
For Astoria and the Coast.
The O. R. & N. steamer T.J. Potter
will leave Ash-street dock today at 10:30
A. M.
I
BROKE UP BARBER SHOP
R. A. PROUDFOOT SUED FOR DA3I
AGES BY VICTOR BRUNELL.
Plnintlff Alleges That His Furniture
Was Tossed Into the Street and
His Business Interrupted.
A damage suit filed in the State Cir
cuit Court yesterday against R. A
Proudfoot, alleges that he smashed the
furniture of Victor Brunell's barber shop
at 263 Washington street, and failed to
comply with the terms of a lease, so
that the plaintiff has been damaged to
the extent of $1675 45. Brunell alleges
that he was a tenant of Proudfoot's.
Proudfoot bought the building from R. H.
Scheele before Brunell's lease expired.
It Is alleged that there was an oral
agreement between the two men to con
tinue the payment of rent according to
the terms of the old lease, and to renew
it for a period of eight months. The com
plaint sets forth that on the night of
February 2S, when the shop had been
closed, Proudfoot, without the consent
of the, plaintiff, unlawfully, wrongfully
and maliciously broke Into the premises
and tore out, removed and threw into
the street all of the plaintiff's furniture,
tools and Implements, during a heavy
rain storm, destroying, damaging and
breaking them and causing them to be
wet and damaged.
Not, alone Is this the grounds for the
action. The complaint continues: "That
in so doing he damaged nine mirrors in
the sum of $100; five dressers in the
sum of $30; six chairs in the sum of $12;
destroyed one pair of stropes worth $5;
destroyed one-half gallon witch hazel,
worth 70 cents; destroyed one-half gallon
Coke, worth $2 25, and destroyed 70
feet of water pipe, worth $7." In addi
tion, Brunell states that he had to pay
$2 50 for having his things moved from
their place in the street, and that he
has to pay $4 a month to have them
stored.
This makes a total of $175 45. Burnell
alleges also that his profits were $100
a month for his Individual labor, that
he had three barbers employed and that
the profits of the shop were $150 a month,
making a total of $250 a month, for which
he claims damages for a period of six
months. He says he has been unable to
get so good a location, and that he has
lost his regular and transient trade.
AGENTS ENJOINED.
Hardy & Co. Demand an Accounting
From Their Employes.
A suit was filed in the State Circuit
Court yesterday to enjoin K. S. Ervin
and James D. Beckett from beginning any
action against J. R. Hardy & Co., Ltd.,
and especially enjoining Ervin from urg
ing his claim of $23 65 against the com
pany. An accounting is demanded be
tween the company and the defendants,
who are the plaintiff's agents.
The complaint sets forth very minutely
the relations existing between Beckett
and Ervin and the J. R. Hardy Co., Ltd.,
plaintiff. The former were to conduct
the tailoring business of the latter in
Portland and were each to receive as
salary $25 a month and in addition 25
per cent of the net profits. The com
plaint alleges that Beckett overdrew his
account $100 and had that amount charged
to his share of the profits, and that Er
vin overdrew his account $10 a week with
the agreement that this amount was in
like manner to be charged against his
share of the net profits. The whole busi
ness was under their direction without
the supervision of other agents.
The complaint charges that the de
fendants failed to keep a correct ac
count of their business transactions in
the books of the company, but on the
contrary, "falsely and fraudulently con
spired and confederating together, to
-cheat and defraud the plaintiff, they fal
sified the books- and accounts, and made
false entries therein, and so kept the
books as, to show fictitious profits which
the business did not earn, and took from
the money in excess of the amounts due
and payable to them under and in ac
cordance with the terms of the 'contract
for their employment, and in excess of
what was duo them from plaintiff."
The complaint goes on to state that on
December 31, 1900, the defendants bal
anced their books so as to show apparent
net profits, which accounts they rendered
to the plaintiff, and which the latter
holds were fraudulent. On July 28 each
one was credited with $259 03 as net
profits, when the plaintiff holds that
there were no profits to be divided, the
business having been conducted at a loss.
Ervin has drawn from the company
$1780 89 and Beckett $1907 84, when ac
cording to the plaintiff's contention they
were entitled to draw less.
The plaintiff further alleges that for the
month of July the two men each drew
$114 30 as salaries, when they were en
gaged In sending out circulars and fit
ting up a competitive tailoring establish
ment adjacent to the place of business
of the plaintiff.
SOOTHING ITCHING PALMS.
Some Remarks on the Vicious and
Annoying Custom of Tipping.
New York Tribune.
The Custom-House officials at this port
have adopted measures to prevent the
taking of "tips" offered at the piers by
passengers on ocean steamships to inspec
tors of baggage. It is generally believed
by travellers of extensive experience who
have crossed the Atlantic many times
that this form of petty bribery was ex
ceedingly prevalent on the wharves in the
'70s and '80s of the nineteenth century,
but that it has been largely suppressed
In recent years. ,Now the Federal offi
cials intend to wipe out the evil and they
can do away with it entirely if they enter
on the task with a resolute determination
that they will stick to it to the end.
Of course, there can be no defense of such
a wrong. No one should be permitted by
the use of money or influence to obtain
exceptional privileges from the represen
tatives of the Custom-House. All pas
sengers should be treated justly, without
partiality or discrimination.
But it must be admitted that the prac
tice of giving "tips," an unsound and in
equitable practice, has spread widely in
the United States. in the last 30 years.
In the first half of the last century It
was not the custom to hand over extra
money to waiters in hotels and restau
rants, to servants of all classes, to cab
men and others who were called upon
to do their regular and ordinary duties,
and who were not expected to exceed
the usual routine of their callings. But
the objectionable practice has come over
the Atlantic and armies of wage-earners
levy petty, tribute upon people who no
longer expect to receive proper attention
unless they pay out considerable sums
in addition to the regular charges. In
what hotel or what restaurant in New
York or any other large American city
do the patrons now venture to hope for
prompt and faithful service unless they
bestow liberal tips"? The employes in
these places, as a rule, are negligent,
Indifferent and even offensive in their
treatment of guests who act on the con
viction that those who serve them' should
look to their employers for reasonable
compensation, and not put themselves in
the attitude" of beggars for bounty to
which they are not entitled.
It is a vicious and annoying custom,
that of "tipping," but it is extended al
most everywhere and is working, more
and more- mischief year by year. It
tends to foster a fawning, cringing and
servile spirit among those who receive
the "tips." and to Increase extravagance
among the givers. Employers of all
classes ought to pay fair wages to those
who work for them and to forbid their
employes to accept gratuities under any
circumstances. "Tips" are a burden and
a nuisance and they ought to be abol-j
lshed altogether. But unhappily there is
no sign that the end of a mischievous
system is approaching.
LAND-LEASING QUESTION.
VIeivs of President of National Cat
tle Association.
The following letter on the land-leasing
question, from President F. C. Lusk, of
the National Cattle Association, appears
in the Burns Times-Herald:
"When I was last In Burns you invited
me to write for your paper a communica
tion upon land leasing. I am pleased to
do so, and especially after it has been
called to my attention by your giving
several columns of your space to the
copying of an article from The Oregonian
by J. B. Huntington; and I notice in your
editorial column that you fall Into the
same error as does Mr. Huntington, that
the proposed bill will interfere with ag
ricultural settlement and development'. I
am pleased to be able to remove that ob
jection. Until I read it in Mr. Hunting
ton's article it had not been called to
my attention that any one supposed that
any proposed lease law would be passed
which prohibited homestead entries. I am
certain that no such law Is desired by
any one, and that no such law will be
passed.
"The Government now provides no way
for selling its arid range lands. The pre
emption law has been repealed, and there
remains the actual homestead entry upon
so-called agricultural land, and which
must be land capable of agricultural de
velopment to enable the settler to com
ply with the law and make his flnal proof.
That the homestead settler will not be in
terfered with by such a law w.ll be
reached In one of two ways: Either all
leased land will be subject to homestead
entry by the actual settler, or else the
land will be first classified by the Interior
Department, as it now is in Texas, and
any Jand capable of agricultural settle,
men!, if leased at all, will be leased sub
ject to homestead entry. Both amount to
the same thing. All the land suitable for
homestead entry will be open under such
a law, just the same as it is now, to the
actual settler.
"In addition to that, the bill will pro
pose that the rents derived from such
leases be used in building Irrigation and
storage works for the express purpose of
making land that is now arid and not sub
ject to homestead entry, agricultural land,
which would be open to the actual set
tled. The workings of such a bill would
be constantly to Increase the land open
to agricultural settlement and lessen that
wh.ch might be leased; and you are en
tirely mistaken in imagining that it would
retard settlement in Harney County; to
the contrary, it would accelerate it, as
there are no doubt many, places in that
county where the Government could build
irrigation works and store the flood wa
ters, and thus Increase the agricultural
land.
"In confirmation of this, in the same
issue of your paper you speak of a
scheme of a private company to irrigate
some desert land in Harney County. If
there are waters in the place spoken of
that can be stored to bring arid lands
under cultivation by private parties, there
are, certainly, other places that water
can be so stored and land brought under
cultivation by the Government.
"My experience in traveling through
your county is that very nearly every
place where an actual settler could make
a homestead entry and where the land
is such tnat he could by any possibility
make a living off of it, has been taken
and the title passed from the Govern
ment; but such as there may be will un
doubtedly be open to the homestead set
tler under any lease law that1 may be
passed, and by the use of the rents in
the manner proposed, the lands which the
settlery can so occupy will be constantly
increased, and as rapidly as their char
acter becomes suitable the settler will
have the rlghC to take them, regardless
of any lease in which they may be in
cluded. But in Harney County, as im
every one of the arid counties, there is
a great deal of land which is suited only
for grazing and never will come under,
any irrigation or homestead system. As
it is there is ample feed in Harney County
for every head of stock, cattle, sheep
and horses that is owned and pays taxes
in that county, and were it not for the
outside and migratory stock which poure
in there under the free-range system from
other states and territories and counties,
1?he holdings of stock by the citizens of
Harney County could be very materially
Increased, and with it the tax roll pro
portionately enlarged. I don't believe that
as lntellegent people as are the citizens of
Harney County want their feed and their
property eaten up and destroyed by mi
gratory stock from other states and terri
tories. "The feed of Harney County should bo
for the sheepmen and the cattlemen who
own their ranches and have their homes
and pay their taxes In that county. They
could use all of it? with property assessa
ble in that county, and;they should have
all of it. Under such a lease law as is
proposed, they would have a preference
right to lease the, land, and the small
stockmen would be protected in their full
share, and it is a mistake to suppose that
it would necessitate any expensive sys
tem of fencing. Those stockmen who live
in the county and whose stock, natural
ly, range In a certain locality, would
combine and lease that range and put
their stock there, without the necessity
of even fencing it.
"Lease laws were not passed in either
Australia or Texas until the same condi
tion that exists with us made it a neces
sityuntil the range was actually being
destroyed and was a constant scene of
wariare. The lease system works well in
both of these countries; everything is
peaceful and quiet, and there are none of
tho difficulties which Mr. Huntington
thinks would happen about driving stock.
The Government in leasing would always
see to it that sufficient driveways were
left to properly handle and move stock."
The Kaiser's Mother.
Hartford Courant.
The Empress Frederick did not have a
happy life in Germany. She went over to
Germany from England with a notion that
the Germans were a trifle uncivilized, that
they needed to be Improved, and that it
was her duty to apply to them a curative
dose of English civilization. In a way this
was Mr. Gladstone's view of Germany.
He knew both France and Italy well, and
for him the French and Italians were the
two. European nations in which a high
civilisation prevailed.
As a matter of course the German
women, and particularly the Berlin wom
en, did not agree that they needed to be
reformed according to the English model.
The Empress Frederick, however, was cer
tain that she could not be mistaken, and
she took her self-imposed duty In all se
riousness. It is probable that she did en
large somewhat the 9phere of activity of
the Berlin women; got them to doing
things they had not done before; made
them understand the functions of a presi
dent, secretary and treasurer. But the
process was not pleasant for her. Bis
marck believed, too, that she mixed In
serious politics too much for Germany's
good. Then her husband died, and she
was left without a foothold.
. By a not uncommon twist of the con
scientious feminine mind she decided
from the first to regard herself as a mis
sionary sojourner' in Germany; and this
was the position she always held among
the German people.
THERE IS A CLASS OF PEOPLE
Who are Injured by the use of coffee. Re
cently there has been placed In all the gro
cery storea,a new preparation called GKAIN-O,
made of pure grains, that takes the place ot
coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it
without distress, and but few can tell it 'from
coffee. It doe3 not cost over H as much.
Children may drink it with great benefit. 13c
and 25c per package. Try it. Ask for
GBAIN-O.
i t i
You have tried and were pleased with
them. They stimulate the -liver, regulate
fhe bowels, improve' the complexion. Car
ter's Little Liver Pills.
BARK FERVAAL WRECKED
FRENCH SHIP LOST NEAR. STATEX
ISLAND, CLOSE TO CAPE HORN.
Was en Route From Antwerp With
Cement Cargo to Load Wheat
at Portland.
London cablegrams state that, accord
ing to telegraphic advices from Concep
clon, the French bark Fervaal has foun
dered near Staten Island, on the east coast
of South America and close to Cape Horn.
The dispatch is very short, saying only,
in addition to the above, that part of the
crew were saved and landed at Puerto
Gallegos. a seacoast village in the extreme
southern part of the Argentine Republic.
Further than these bare facts, no in
formation is obtainable, and the agents
here do not expect any until mall advices
are at hand.
The Fervaal Is a French bark of 1705
tons register, Mabon master. She left
Antwerp May 31, and put in at Cherbourg,
June 2, only remaining long enough to
qualify for the French marine bounty,
and left there June 5. She was consigned
to Meyer, Wilson & Co., of this city, who
had chartered her to George W. McNear,
to load wheat for the United Kingdom.
The Fervaal had only a ballasting of car
go, some 1250 tons, mostly cement. This
was her initial trip to the coast, or at
least her first for several years.
COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS.
Big Steamship Combine, In Which
Morgan Is Interested.,
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. According to the
Journal of Commerce, conservative ad
vices received here from Liverpool con
tain the definite statement that an al
liance is contemplated between the Ley
land, the Atlantic Transport and the
American lines. The Leyland line, it will
be recalled, was recently purchased by
J. P. Morgan at the head of a syndicate.
The fact that the Atlantic Transport
and Leyland lines were to be operated
in harmony has been known for some
time. There have been at various times
and in various forms reports that the
American line was also a part of Mr.
Morgan's plan, but these reports have
been in each instance denied. So far as
the arrangement that Is to be in ef
fect among the various companies is con
cerned, it will apparently be merely the
application of the community of Interest
plan of operation to the steamship busi
ness. The connection of the various lines will
be of a close character, and will, it Is
stated, be fully indicated when the new
directors of the Leyland line become
known. It may be stated positively, how
ever, that the flags and funnels of the
three fleets will remain distinct as at
present, and the lines will be managed
separately as now. At the office of J. P.
Morgan & Co.. no Information or con
firmation would be given on the proposed
alliance.
TO LONDON IN FIVE DAYS.
Plans of New Steamship Iiine Will
Burn Texas Oil.
LONDON, Aug. 16. S. C. Frazer, the
Dublin engineer, who has prepared the
plans for the new. harbor at Berehaven,
Bantry Bay, Ireland, in connection with
the proposed steamship line, which is to
have steamers capable of crossing the
Atlantic In 4 days, informed a repre
sentative of the Associated Press today
that the line will consist of six large
steamers, four for the New York and
two for the Canadian trade. It is the
intention to burn Texas oil. The Can
adian port "will be Sidney or Halifax.
By building 65 miles of railroad and
connecting Berehaven with all the Irish
lines, the new company will be able to
take- passengers and mails from Bere
haven to London in five hours. The Eng
lish port will be Liverpool or Southamp
ton until the new docks at Dover are
completed. Mr. Frazer says much Amer
ican capital is interested in the scheme.
RECORD-BREAKING CARGO.
Strnthpryle Clenrs for Manila With
3,700,000 Feet of Lumber.
The Charles Nelson Company, a San
Francisco lumber firm, cleared the Brit
ish steamer Strathgyle yesterday for Ma
nila with a cargo consisting of 3,700.000
feet of Oregon pine valued at about ?28,
000. Marine men say that this is the larg
est cargo ever loaded on one vessel at
any Pacific port. Mr. Wilkes Wheatly,
of the Charles Nelson Company, super
intended the operation for his firm, and
spoke In complimentary terms of the rapid
manner in which the timber order was
filled by the Portland Lumber & Manu
facturing Company. Some of the timber
was treated chemically, to enable it to
withstand the ravages of ants when the
cargo Is delivered in the Philippines. The
timber is specially ordered In sawed
lengths for wharves and dock material
in and around Manila, and the order was
filled and cargo loaded in the short space
of 16 days.
THE FERVAL WRECKED.
Portland-Bound French Bark Foun
dered oil Patagonia.
LONDON, Aug. 16. Advices have been
received that the French bark Ferval, In
command of Captain Mabson, which left
Antwerp May 31. and Cherbourg the fore
part of June, for Portland, Or., has foun
dered off the southeast coast of Patago
nia, near Staten Island. Part of the ves
sel's crew has landed at Puerto Gallegos.
New Docks at London.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16. In an Interview
with a Journal of Commerce reporter.
President Baker, of the Atlantic Trans
port line, announces that plans have been
completed for providing new docking fa
cilities in London at a cost of 510,000,000.
President Baker says, in part:
"England is far behind America In its
facilities for handling freight?, particu
larly grain. At present the freight is un
loaded into barges, then taken to a place
where it is weighed, there unloaded,
weighed and loaded on another barge for
delivery. The wharves are poorly ar
ranged for the storage of merchandise,
and the warehouses are 40 or 50 feet from
the edge of the wharf. England's capital
Is tied up and is being pressed by the
Americans and Germans. Owing to the
BREAKFAST ON DRINK.
Coffee Makes Many Dyspeptics.
"Coffee and I had quite a tussle. Two
year's ago I was advised by the doctor to
quit the use of coffee, for I had a chronic
case of dyspepsia and serious nervous
troubles, which did not yield to treat
ment. I was so addicted to coffee that it
seemed an impossibility to quit, but when
I was put on Postum Cereal Food Coffee,
there was no trouble In making the
change, and today I am a well woman.
"One of the lady teachers in our public
schools was sick and nervous. Fre
quently tho only thing she took for break
fast was a cup of coffee; I urged her to
try leaving off the coffee and use Postum
Instead. Went so far as to send her a
sample from my box and give her direc
tions. She now uses nothing but Postum
Food Coffee and told me a short time ago
that she was perfectly well.
"It is easy to make good Postum, once a
person becomes accustomed to it. Put
four heaping teaspoons to the pint of
water and after It comes up to a boll, see
that from that time on it bolls fifteen or
twenty minutes, then use good cream and
you have a drink that would be relished
by the Queen. Be sure and put a piece
of butter size of a pea in the pot to pre
vent boiling over." Mrs. Lizzie Whlttaker,
Kidder, Mo. Postum Is sold by all first
class grocers at 15 and 25 cents per package.
old-fashioned methods, it costs about 3
shillings per ton to handle the freight
after it arrives in London, while it costs
only 25 cents per ton here. The Leyland
Company and the Atlantic Transport (
Company will carry to London oO.OOO tons
of freight every week, or about 2.500.000
tons a year, and It will be readily seen
that the saving by the Use of American
methods which we shall Introduce will be
very great. I estimate that? by the use of
new docks or basins by the Leyland Com
pany and the Atlantic Transport Com
pany on the community of interest sys
tem, even If only 1 shilling per ton is
saved, it will mean an Income of 12& to 15
per cent on a capital of 2,000,000."
Lena Svrcasey Chartered.
ASTORIA, Aug. 16. Captain Charles M.
Foster, of the three-masted schooner Lena
Sweasey this morning received word from
her owners at San Francisco that the ves
sel had been chartered by the Necanlcum
Spruce Lumber Company, of Seaside, Or.,
to load box shooks for Altata, Mexico.
The crew of the schooner was paid off
and discharged yesterday.
Sussex at Astoria.
The British bark Sussex, 1212 tons bur
den, Guthrie master, was reported at As
toria at 3 P. M. yesterday. She left
Hong Kong about July 10, making an
average passage of 37 days. The bark
is consigned to Kerr, Glfford & Co., and
will take a cargo of the new wheat some
time in September.
Indrnpnra Is In Port.
The big Asiatic liner Indrapura crossed
the bar into Astoria at 4 P. M. yesterday,
and left up the river for Portland at S
P. M., arriving here early this morning.
She reports an uneventful passage, and
brings her usual large cargo of Oriental
freight.
Marine Note.
Official notice has been given that the
bell buoy at Crescent City, which dragged
out cf position, is now on the east side
of the channel about 160 feet north, 35 de
grees east, true (N. by E. V E. mag.)
from the two-foot rock. The buoy has
been painted red, and the bell does not
ring. This buoy should be left to the
eastward. The regular hell buoy, painted
black. Is In a position about 300 feet south,
49 degrees east, true (E. S. E. mag.) from
Fauntlcroy rock, and should be left to
the westward.
The coasting steamer Alliance is tangled
up at Coo Bay with a rope wound about
her propeller. Her freighting business to
San Francisco is badly Interfered vIth by
the strike there, and her last trip ended
at Eureka. Much 'Frisco freight is tied
up on Coos Bay because of cessation
of docking facilities at the former port.
The Alliance will take much freight from
Portland for Coos Bay and Coquille River
points. On her next trip from this port
much of this trade would have gone to
San Francisco but for the strike, so it's
an ill wind that blows no one good.
Domestic and Foreign Port.
ASTORIA, Aug. 16. Arrived at 3:30 P.
M. British bark Sussex, from Hong
Kong. Arrived at 4 P. M. British
steamer Indrapura, from Yokohama.
Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth;
wind, northwest; weather, hazy.
Port Blakeley Arrived Aug. 15 Bark
entlne W. R. Hume, from Callao.
Port Townsend, Aug. 16. Arrived
Bark Santa Rosa, from Callao. Arrived
Aug. 15 Steamer Ethel Zane, from St.
Michael.
Seattle Sailed Aug. 15 Steamer Likme,
for Juneau: United States steamer Rose
crans, for Nome.
San Pedro Sailed Aug. 15 Schooner
Ludlow, for Port Townsend.
Port Ludlow Arrived Aug. 15 Schooner
Spokane, from Port Gamble for Honolulu.
Port Blakeley Arrived Aug. lo scnoon
er Balboa, from Port Clarence. Sailed
Schooner Fannie Dulard for Ventura.
Port Los Angeles Arrived Aug. 15
steamer W. H. Kruger, from San Pedro.
Sailed Steamer Mlneola. for Nanaimo;
steamer W. H Kruger, for Tillamook;
btrk Tidal Wave, for Tacoma.
Port Hadlock Arrived Aug. 15 Schooner
Ethel Zane. from St. Michael.
Port Gamble, Aug. 16. Arrived Schoon
er Robert R. Hind, from St. Michael.
San Pedro Sailed Aug. 15 Steamer
Santa Barbara, for Eureka.
Tacoma, Aug. 16. Sailed Schooner Al
vena, for San Pedro.
Sydney, Aug. 16. Arrived Schooner
Novelty, from Portland.
Limerick Arrived Aug. 13 German ship
Ferdinand Fischer, from Portland.
Peuco Sailed Aug. 3 British ship Le
land, for Australia.
San Francisco, Aug. 16. Arrived unuen
States steamer Bennington, from Hong
Kong; ship Balasore, from Newcastle;
barkentlne Tropic Bird, from Tahiti; ship
Falls of Clyde, from Hilo; United States
steamer Iowa, from Port Orchard. Sailed
United States ship Meade, for Manila.
Liverpool. Aug. 16. Arrived Germanic,
from New York.
New York. Aug. 16. Arrived Columbia,
from Hamburg.
Hamburg, Aug. 16. Arrived Deutsch
lantl, from New York.
New York, Aug. 16. Arrived Aller,
from Genoa and Naples: Phoenicia, from
Hamburg. ... ,,
Hoquiam, Wash. Arrived Aug. H
Schooner George C. Perkins, from Hono
lulu, for Aberdeen; schooner Henry Wil
son from Honolulu for Aberdeen.
Liverpool, Aug. 16. Sailed Georgic, for
New York.
Brisbane, Aug. 16.-SaiIed-Mlowera,
from Sydney for Honolulu and Vancou-
New York. Aug. 16. Arrived-Heula,
from Copenhagen.
Queens town, Aug. 16. Arrived Campa
nia, from New York for Liverpool, and
proceeded
St. Vincent, Aug. 16. Arrived Den
derah. from San Francisco.
Movllle, Aug. 16. Sailed Ethiopia,
from Glasgow, for New York.
Queenstown. Aug. 16. Sailed Common
wealth, from Liverpool, for Boston.
Southampton, Aug. 36. Sailed Fuerst
Bismarck, from Hamburg, for New York.
Lizard, Aug. 16. Passed La Normandle.
for Havre.
Hamburg, Aug. 16. Arrived Bulgaria,
from New York.
Cherbourg. Aug. 16 Sailed Fuerst Bis
marck, for New York.
Croker as a Worker.
Louis Seibold In the Munsey.
Croker has no theories. I have his own
assurance on this point. He is practical
and tactful. He indulges In no day
dreams. He works with the tools that the
political school In which he has been
trained have provided. He knows that
they are the most useful and that they
accomplish the purposes for which they
are intended.
"Doing things." he said, sententiously,
once when I asked him how he acounted
for his success. He fumbled his closely
cropped gray beard, turned his steel blue
eyes on the Saratoga racetrack, where
we were at the time, and continued:
"While most men sit around club win
dows, or at dinners, discussing political
plans, I go among my people to find
out what they are saying and doing. 1
don't waste any time on theories. I want
reports that give me facts and figures. 1
don't make plans to be forgotten over
night. I never went to bed on a theory
in my life. As a matter of fact, I never
went to bed at all if there was a plan
to carry out until I had learned whether
It would suit or not.
"The best plans are those that result
from the establishment of a system. Sys
tem is necessary to success, and you can
not have system without organization.
Tammany Hall is a perfect organization;
therefore, a perfect system. That is why
it is successful. We do not have any
theories in Tammany Hall."
Great Demand for New Text-Book".
MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 16. The teachers
of Jackson County are more than anx
ious to secure the new school text-books.
Teachers In the country districts all over
the county are constantly calling at the
book stores to see if the new books have
I arrived, so they can get sets and ar-
COKE
Dandruff Care
Cures a Member of the House of Repre
sentativesA Prominent Bar
ber Testifies.
House of Representatives.
Washington. D. C. Feb. li. 1900.
Messrs. A. R. Bremer Company, Chicago,
HI.
Dear Sirs: In the DIVth Congress I wa3
asked by a member of the House if I knew
anything that would cure dandruff. I
knew that Coke Dandruff Cure was rec
ommended very highly, and I concluded
to give it a trial. I used one of the
ten-ounce bottles, and it absolutely
cleansed his head of dandruff.
Since my Introduction of Coke Dandruff
Cure into the House- of Representatives
barber shops it has become so popular
with the members of Congress that I
abandoned all other tonics. It is the only
preparatlon In my twenty years of exper
ience in the barber business that will do
what is claimed for it. Yours most re
spectfully. JOHN W. EVANS.
Foreman of Official Barbers, U. S. Housa
of Representatives.
Admiral George Dewey writes: "I havo
used Coke Dandruff Cure for the past year
and fpund It an excellent preparation."
Coke Shampoo and Toilet Soap wonder
fully good for the hair and scalp. Cures
shiny skin.
range in advance, for their use in tho
schools as soon as they open and thu3
a'old confusion. The schools at Central
Point. Medford, Gold Hill and Ashland
will probably introduce the books by de
gress, as the principals think it will bo
easier for the pupils to get used to them
this way.
THE PRIVATE-CAR HABIT.
Use Made of Old Sleeplngr-Cnrs-Very
Expensive.
No
New York Evening Post.
So many people from time to time have
wondered what becomes of old Pullman
palace-cars after they have been sup
planted by cars of modern construction,
in which both decoration and luxury run
riot, that a popular question seems an
swered by the circular of a new company
which has offices In this city and Chi
cago. Briefly, It sets forth that the busi
ness of the concern 13 to make it possible
for everyone to own a private car; not
every laboring man. but every one In
that state of life suggested by the owner
ship of a steam yacht, a Newport cottage,
or even an automobile, for the private
car is a cheaper luxury than any of these,
especially If one counts the money paid
out by the automobile owner in the shapo
of damages caused by his sometimes un
ruly machine in the way of collisions
and runaways.
The life of a Pullman car is not a long
one that is, in the service of the Pull
man Company. This Is not because they
wear out or go to pieces like the "one
hoss shay." though this they sometimes
do under the stress of a railway smash
up. Their life Is determined by the
"style" In the sleeping and parlor-car
world. The elegant and unsurpassed
coach of five years ago 13 today consid
ered a trifle out of date, so many aro
the improvements in the way of greater
comforts, better space arrangements,
richer hangings, and upholstery, wide
vestibule platforms, and the like, being
Incorporated in the car of today. The lot
of the old car is to do duty on some ob
scure Western railroad or to go Into the
hospital-yard, there to await Its ulti
mate fate, that of being broken up for
salvage or being sold to some railroad
for conversion into an "officials' car."
Under this new company's plan there
Is still another life for the old coach, and
a wider market. It makes a special busi
ness of buying up these cars from tho
Pullmans, tearing out the interior and
refitting them entirely anew for the use
of theatrical companies. The time wa3
when private coaches were used only by
two or three very large "shows," such as
circuses and spectacular productions.
Now it Is estimated that in the height
of the theatrical season there are sevreal
hundred on the road. Even small min
strel companies travel in them from,
town to town. For "shows" this second
hand car company has three standard
styles. One provides 10 upper and 10
lower berths for the players, the state
rooms at the end to serve a3 an office
and sleeping-room for the manager and
a kitchen. Another style provides a place
for baggage at the end and still another
includes also a stable. IS feet long, for
tho accommodation of such animals as
may be necessary to complete the com
pany's outfit. This last provision Is mnda
especially for the donkeys and the blood
hounds of the various Uncle Tom's Cabin
companies.
These rebuilt cars are either sold out
right or rented to theatrical agents.
From J1S00 to 13500 is the price charged,
acocrding to the Interior fittings, size
of car; from $35 a week upward Is tho
weekly rental, the average company pay
ing about $60 or $73 a week for a season
on the road. The members of the com
pany are fed and housed aboard during
tho entire trip, and with no hotel bills
and small salaries to pay, the managers
find the private-car scheme a very profit
able one. As to transportation charge?.
the railroads give a low theatrical rate
and an additional reduction to the com
panies having their own cars, so Instead
of being more expensive, it is really much
cheaper to travel In this way.
"Do many rich people now own their
private cars?" was asked the second-hand
car dealer.
"Oh. yes, far more than you would
think; only I rent many more than I sell.
Private cars for pleasure traveling aro
fitted up more handsomely than the the
atrical cars, and there is quite a brlsls
rental demand for them, but not for pur1
chase, because generally the man wltla
55000 or $10,000 to spend would rather hav
his car built to order, which he can easily
do for that amount of money. Private
car traveling is more expensive than tha
ordinary way unless a man has eight of
10 in his family. In which case It Is really
cheaper for him to hire a whole car,
though very few seem to realize this. At
any rate, the custom is growing, and.
after awhile. I expect to see rich men
thinking no more of owning a private car
than a steam yacht."
Prompt relief in sick headache, dizzi
ness, nausea, constipation, pain In the
side, guaranteed to those using Carter's
Little L.ver Pills.
"The Marshfleld High School will open
September 16.
NEW TODAY.
$500.00 to $50,000.00
For loans on most favorable terms. Municipal
and school bonds purchased. W. H. Fear.
300-7 Failins building.
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TheThiel Detective Service Co.
Chamber of Commerce. Portland. Or.
Established 30 years. Ofllce In. St. Louis,
New York. Chicazo. St. Paul, Kansas City,
Denver, Montreal. City of Mexico. Seattle,
Wah.
HOTEL FOR SALE CHEAP.
A 30-roomed. two-story frame hotel, doing a
good business; situate In best logging town on
Puget Sound; hotel is built on corner lot, 60x
100 feet: hotel is built in L style, with front
and side porch; has 23 bedrooms, several larsa
enough for two- beds; has office and -washroom,
parlor, dining-room, kitchen, storehouse, wood
house and small laundry and five closets and
toilets; has front and back stairs and halls;
all furnished throughout with hardwood furni
ture; has city water and sewerage; all housa
cleaning and bedding- washed for this Summer;
will sell for $4000, halt cash, balance on time
to suit purchaser, or will take part good real
estate; my reason for selling Is poor health.
For further particulars address A. F. Dlpman,
Hotel Dlpman, Shelton, "Wash.