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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY,- NOVEMBER , 14, 1901
MANY LUMBER CARRIERS
STEAMSHIPS COMING TO PORTLAND
FROM NORTH, SOOTH, WEST.
Arctic Ib Due This Morning: From
Seattle Foreric and Guernsey
Coming From Orient.
The new steam schooner Arctic Balled
from Seattle yesterday morning for this
city to load a cargo of lumber for San
Fraaclsco. Puget Sound has sent a great
many ships around to Portland for flour
and wheat r&re-oas. but it Is something
new for steamers to come around from
that "wooden" country to load lumber at
Portland. The lumber Increase in this
port is growing faster than ever before,
and foreign shipments for the yeaf now
drawing to a close will be larger than
than those of any previous year. An
other steamer which is coming from Puget
Sound to Portland to load for the Orient
is the Horda. She sailed from San Fran
cjeco for Seattle last Saturday, and, after
taking aboard a part cargo at Seattle,
will come here for lumber. The big tur
ret steamship Guernsey, one of the Pacific-
Export Lumber Company's char
tered fleet. Is due from Manila in about 10
days, and will load back for the Orient
with lumber. Another of this company's
steamships, the Adato, Is now loading at
the North Pacific mill In this city.
At the Eastern Lumber Company's mill
the steamship Signal is discharging" a
cargo of California redwood, and by the
time she Is -out of the way the steamer
Lakme will arrive with a similar cargo
from Eureka. Both of these steamers
will load outward from Portland with
lumber cargoes. The big steamship
Foreric Is due from the Orient the latter
part of the month, to load a cargo ot
lumber for the Eastern Lumber Company,
and the California & Oriental Steamship
Company will send the Strathgyle back
here on her return trip from the Orient.
In addition to these shipments a number
of small toasting steamers and sailers
re continually taking out cargoes of ldm
oer for San Francisco and other Coast
ports.
TOO MAIVY STEAMERS.
Remedy Sought for Demoralization
In Trans-Atlantic Trade.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. New York rep
resentatives of trans-Atlantic steamship
lines agree with Herr Albert Ballaln, di
rector of the Hamburg-American Line,
that there Is demoralization In the trade,
but they do not think his visit to Lon
don will result in any cure for the pres
ent difficulties, says the Herald. His
statement that he had sougnt to effect
an agreement whereby the number of
steamers leaving New York weekly In the
Winter season might be reduced, made
In an interview in London, surprised the
agents of the big line.
New York steamship men aro look
ing forward not to further agreements,
but to the development of the plans In
which J. P. Morgan has so far appeared
to be the most active mover. They are
wondering what Is to be the outcome or
ae purchase of the Leyland line by Mr.
lorgan a'hd of his reputed control of the
vtlantic Transport Line. They expect a
wwerfui syndicate controlling several
.ines to be the result" of Mr. Morgan's
activity. They think single control ot
such a great Interest would provide
against an oversupply of tonnage and rate
cutting.
Vernon H. Brown, general agent of the
Cunard Line, said:
"I have paid little attention to Herr
Ballln's statement. There is demoraliza
tion In the Atlantic trade and there Is
too much tonnage. The Germans have In
troduced most of the new tonnage. One
cannot arrange In five minutes a scheme
for a reduction In Winter service of six
great steamship companies-."
John Reed, representative of the White
Star Line, said:
'I have heard nothing of any pro
posal for cutting down the sailings. We
are Balling once a week, as our contract
with the "Government for the carriage of
malls requires. It would be a big propo
sition to arrange a plan for cutting down
the service of several lines. Many men
have thought of it, "but they have never
worked out a plan.
"In the first place, the mall contracts,
at least those with England and, I believe,
with the United States, require weekly
service. That arrangement could not be
charged without serious objection being
mai3 by the business community who
now receive several malls- a week. If
we should lay up our $lg ships we should
lose our crews, and that Is an Important
matter."
LONG TIME IN PORT.
Pncet Sound and Son Francisco
Ships Have Slow Dispatch.
The British bark Eudora, after nearly
seven weeks on Puget Sound, has at last
completed her cargo and cleared for
Europe. The Alexander Black, which ar
rived there nearly 60 days ago, is still In
port, but is expected to get away this
week. There are but three other grain
s dps on Puget Sound, the Elba, which
was delayed by an accident, the Galena
and the Garsdale. While the Tacoma
and Seattle ships have been much slower
than Portland ships in getting to sea, they
still make a better showing than the
vessels sailing from San Francisco. So
many of the ships down there were de
layed during the strike that the average
time in port was remarkably long. Re
garding the slow dispatch the San Fran
cisco Bulletin says:
"The average time in port of the 23 grain
vessels cleared from Ban Francisco in
October was within a few hours of 70
days. This Is altogether too much time
to spend In port in shifting cargoes, espe
cially in the busiest month of the year.
Six of these vessels -were here over 100
days, one reporting 123 days, two 112, one
HO, one 101 and one 100 days. Vessels
cleared in September averaged 59 days In
port, those in August 5S and those in July
32 days. The strike among the stevedores
In September prolonged the time of some
or the October ships. One of the ships In
July was in port only 20 days, having
arrived here in ballast, so there was little
delay in loading. The U steamers cleared
oni this port with grain to November
1 averaged 49 days In port. Two of these
ere spot charters, and were In port
s'ime time before engaged to load. One
c these was the Royalist, 100 days In
rt, and the other the Enterprise, 78 days
port. The others were chartered prior
arrival, and were In port 23 to 64 days,
e average being 40 days."
DEATH IN THE GALE.
Report of Wrecks Still Coming in
From British Const.
LONDON. Nov. 13. The gale which has
been sweeping over Great Britain and Ire
land for the past two days continues una
bated at many coast points. Over the
Welsh lowlands the torrential rains are
Increasing, causing disastrous floods. Re
ports of wrecks and casualties continue
to flow in. The death list, made up of
threes and fours, has an aggregate ap
proaching one hundred.
The mall boat Nord, from Dover for
Calais, which last night ran down the
lightship off the works of the new Dover
pier, has succeeded In returning to Dover.
The mails and passengers are safe. The
crew of the lightship was also landed this
morning after passing a terrible night at
sea in a small bdat.
The British steamer Steleveo has been
beached at Dover. She is high and dry
across the parade.
Early today a French bark struck off
Hendon, South of Sunderland. Nineteen
of the crew were drowned.
Numerous other wrecks have been re
ported, but the weather In most cases pre
vents the identification of the craft. Two
vessels In distress wore sighted last even
ing off Dungencss, but the weather was
so severe that the lifeboat was unable to
put out to their assistance. This morn
ing ooe of -them sank. The other, a
steamer, reached "West Bay, where a tug
Is now standing by her.
The revenue-cutter Active has been
wrecked in the Firth of Forth. Twenty
three of her crew were drowned and throe
were saved.
The Norwegian bark Inga, Captain Ole
son, has been totally wrecked at Tyne
mouth, and 18 members of her crew have
been lost. The Russian bark Pollux, Cap
tain Lour, from Liverpool. N. 8,. October
11, for G lasso n dock, was stranded at
North wharf, Fleetwood, and lost her
foremast and mainmast. She got towed
off to her destination today waterlogged.
The Swedish bark Trio was driven
ashore late this afternoon at "West Hartle
pool, Durham, and was broken up. Three
of her crew were washed ashore alive, and
the remaining seven were drowned in
sight of thousands of spectators power
less to help thetn. all attempts at rescue
with rockets carrying life-saving lines
having failed.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13. A terrible
gale and snow storm, lasting for the past
12 hours, has done great damage through,
out Denmarjc. There is five feet of snow
here. Eight vessels are reported "drifting
ashore, two have been wrecked and many J
lives have been lost.
OCEAN VERSUS RAIL,
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Flgrhtlngr for Passenger Traffic.
A marine drummer or salt water spieler
are names which might be applied to
the latest scheme Introduced by the JPa
clflc Coast Steamship Company, to as
sist In Its fight against the Southern Pa
cific for the passenger tralHc of the
Coast, says the San Francisco Examiner.
Stationed on the steamship company's
dock Is o man who meets, all incoming
vessels and cries out to the passengers
disembarking the advantages and differ
ences in rates between the ocean travel
and the trip by land. Charles F. Bat
telle, an employe of the company .from
Seattle, Is stationed on the dock. He
said: "A great many people are Ignorant
of the vast difference In rates between
Coast ports by land and by sea, and it
is to enlighten these people that I am sta
tioned here. I also make a canvass of
all the hotels. We are fighting the rail
road tooth and nail. The Santa Rosa
carried on her last trip 210 passengers
more than she has carried for some time."
HARBOR WELL FILLED.
Twenty Grain Ships Loading at Port
land and 11 Ready for Sea.
The British ship Travancore arrived up
from Astoria yesterday afternoon and
anchored In the stream to await her turn
at the Elevator dock, where she will load.
The arrival of the Travancore brings the
fleet at Portland up to an even score of
vessels, with U still in the lower harbor
at Astoria. The ships at the docks are
all receiving very quick dispatch, and
those which are loading will nearly all
be out of the way by the end of the
week. The Europe Is the nearest to the
finishing point, and may complete her
cargo tomorrow. The Schwarzenbek ha9
finished discharging her ballast, and is at
the Elevator dock ready to take the
loading berth vacated by the Europe. An
other chip was reported in the offing last
evening, and will probably be In today.
There are about a dozen due or close at
hand, so the idrtitlty of the stranger will
not be disclosed until she arrives In the
river
TWO SHIPWRECKED CREWS.
Survivors of the Astree and Glen
caird Rescued, by a Transport.
BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 13. The trans
port Chaco, which has arrived. at this
port, reports having picked up at Staten
Island (an Island off Terra del Fuego, at
the southern extremity of South Amer
lea), the captain, first and second offi
cers and 21 of the crew of the French
ship Astree, which sailed from Shields,
July 12, for Valparaiso. The Astree had
been abandoned October 8 off Cape St.
John. Six other members of the crew -who
had left the ship in small boats are miss
ing. The Chaco also picked up the first offi
cer and two of the crew ot the bark Glen
calrd, Captain English, which sailed from
Shields, May 18, for San Francisco. The
Glencalrd was lost off Port Margaret,
Staten Island. The captain, second officer,
third officer and the rest of the crew
were drowned.
YUKON IS STILL OPEN.
Boats Conld Make Another Trip
Stormy Voyase of City of Seattle.
PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 13. Passen
gers arriving Jrom the North today on the
City of Seattle report that vessel as hav
ing a most tempestuous voyage from
Skagway, and that several times she was
nearly thrown on her beams -end. They
also say that, while the weather was
remarkably stormy, cold weather has not
yet set In, and that notwithstanding the
fact that all the steamers on the Yukon
River have gone Into Winter quarters,
the river Is still open, and the boats could
have made another trip to Dawson. The
Ora was the last steamer to come up the
river. She had no difficulty In making
the trip. Some floating ice was encoun
tered, but ice runs In the river several
weeks before it forms solid. Old-timers
say the river has remained open longer
this year than it has at any time In the
past 10 years.
Coal Schooner Abandoned.
BOOTH BAY HARBOR, Nov. 13. The
schooner Anna Louise Lockwood, which
arrived here today, brought news that
the three-masted New York schooner J.
B. Vandusen, New York for Camden, Me.,
with coal, was abandoned and sank In
latitude 42:19, longitude 58:48, last Mon
day. The crew of the Vandusen were
saved by the Lockwood.
Reinsurance on the Glencalrd.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13.--The British
ship Glencalrd, which is reported to have
been wrecked near Cape Horn, was on
the overdue list. Yesterday the reinsur
ance was quoted at 35 per cent. George
L. English, a son of Captain English,
who was drowned, Is second mate of the
British ship Peyasus, now in this port.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Nov. 13. Sailed at 10 A M.
Steamer Alliance, for San Francisco and way
ports. Outside at 5 P. M. Three-masted ship.
Condition of the bar at 3 P. M. Rough; wind
south.
San Francisco, Nov. 13. Arrived Steamer
Washtenaw, from Tacoma; steamer Ct&nna,
from Tacoma; steamer Tellus, from Ladysmlth.
Sailed Steamer Victoria, for LadyEmlth;
steamer Totems, for Nanalmo; schooner Stan
ley, for Gray's Harbor; bark Agate, for Gray's
Harbor. '
Tacoma, Nov. 13. Arrived Steamer Al-Kl,
from Alaska; steamer Tampico, from Seattle.
New York, Nov. 13. Arrived Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, from Bremen.
London. Nov. 13. Arrived Minneapolis, from
New York.
Bremen, Nov. 13. Arrived Darmstadt, from
New York.
New York, Nov. 13. Arrh-ed Teutonic, from
Liverpool and Queenstown; H. H. Mler, from
Bremen. Sailed Perugia, for Naples, etc;
Oceanic, for Liverpool; Philadelphia, for South
ampton: South wark, for Antwerp.
Boulogne, Nov. 13. Arrived Potsdam, from
New York for Rotterdam .and proceeded.
Plymouth, Nov. IS. Arrived Pennsylvania,
from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg,
and proceeded.
London. Nov. 13. Arlvcd Hermonthls, from
Tacoma and San Francisco.
Valparaiso. Nov. 13. Arrived Loyalist, from
San Francisco for St. Vincent, C. V.
Seattle. Nov. 13. Sailed Steamer Pleiades,
for San Francisco; 12th, British steamer Teen
kal, for Tacoma. Arrived November 12, Brit
ish steamer Queen Arelalde, from Tacoma;
13th. steamer Al-XI, from Skagway; steamer
City of Seattle, from Skagway.
Browhead, Nov 13. Passed New England,
from Boston for Queenstown and Liverpool.
Movllle, Nov. 14. Arrived Furnessla, from
New York for Glasgow, and proceeded.
San Diego. Nov. 13 Sailed German ship
Slam, for Portland, Or.
Qugenstowh. Nov. 14. 1:20 A. M. Arrlred
Ncw'England, Boston for Liverpool, and proceeded.
PROTECTION FROM FIRE
LIVE QUESTION IN WAREHOUSE
DISTRICT OF EAST SIDE.
Water Committee Will Ly Down
Main on East First, if Cross
Streets Are Improved.
Fire protection for the warehouse and
manufacturing district between East Mar
ket and East Oak streets, along the wa
ter front, is a very live question In that
part of the city. Recently jl. petition
signed by the business men of that dis
trict was sent to the Water Committee,
asking that a large water main be laid
on some available street, and, after look
ing over the situation, the committee de
cided to put down a li-lnch main along
East First street, where the street is oc
cupied by the railway embankment. It
was contemplated that this main should
be extended north . through Lower Al-
l blna, thus providing fire protection for
an tne large warehouse property. Bat
there is a condition precedent to laying
this main. O. M. Scott, of the commit
tee on Are and police protection, of the
East Side Improvement Association, made
aa investigation and the following Is the
full text of his report:
Your committee beg leave to report that at
present there is inadequate fire protection for
the large property and business Interests lo.
cated on East Water and East First streets,
between East Clay and East Pino streets. It
v,&a found, however, that the "Water Commit
tee had already agreed to extend the l-lnoh
water main from EaBt Twelfth and East Clay,
west on East Clay to East First, thence
north on East First to East Oak, on condition
that propertj -owners would Improve the fol
lowing cross streets between East Water and
East First streets, viz.. East Madison, East
Main, East Salmon. East Tailor, Belmont,
East Washington and East Oak. In case these
streets arc Improved in accordance with the
specifications of the City Engineer, the Water
Committee will at once proceed to lay the 14
Inch main and connect six-Inch hydrants to
the main, the estimated cost of which Is $14,
000. It is conceded that without those Im
proved cross streets It would be useless to lay
the main, and also that the only place where
the main can be properjy placed is on Ea.it
First street. It being Impracticable to place It
along an elevated roadway. At the request
of the Water Committee, the Portland Fire De
partment has been circulating petitions for the
dpslrod Rrri.pt !mnmvimpntii nmnntr nronertv- !
owners with encouraging success. Some addi
tional time will be required for looking up
property-owners, but your committee Is encour
aged to believe that no serious objection will
be encountered, and that in due time the im
provements will be made and ample fire protection-
will be afforded this district.
It is considered certain that East Madi
son, East Main, East Salmon and East
Taylor will be improved, and there is
encouragement that most of the other
streets will also be Improved. With a
line of hydrants placed along a 14-lnch
main on East First street, and with
elevated roadways on the .cross streets,
Chief Campbell and District Engineer
Holdcn say that ample fire protection
can be afforded that district. There would
be easy access to the warehouses and
mills on both East Water and East First
streets. Fire apparatus could be effec
tively handled.
BOYS' BRIGADE DRILL HALL.
It Will Be Ready for Dedication in
About Two Weeks.
The big drill hall for the Boys' Brigades
of Alblna will be finished and ready for
dedication In about two -weekR tlm,
when there will be an appropriate ser
vice. Severe plainness Is the character
istic of the structure. Only windows
sufficient for ventilation have been pro
vided, as most of the meetings will be
held at night.. A large sliding door has
been placed at the front, at the main
entrance. Electric lights will be provided.
The ground will be leveled and surfaced
for drilling. Besides drills tjiere will be
meetings for Bible study, reading, and.
athletics. The boys In that part of the
city are greatly Interested In the building
and are waiting anxiously for its comple
tion. Residents In that part of the city
are pleaded that M. H. Hamilton has
taken steps tdward providing a building
for their boys' benefit. They feel that it
may be the means of keeping them off
the streets at night, and of providing
healthful amusement for them.
Repairs Urgently Needed.
Immediate repairs are needed to the
street at the east end of the steel bridge.
For a distance of about 150 feet Holladay
avenue at this place has become almost
Impassable for vehicles. The car tracks
of the City & Suburban Railway Com
pany are above the surface of the street.
Deep ruts have been cut out. Teams
drag loads from the bridge with great
difficulty. Traffic from Holladay avenue,
Larrabee and Crosby streets concentrate
at the bridge entrance. The travel Is
heavy and the repairs are badly needed.
Want Car Line Extended.
Residents cast of East Nineteenth
street, on Tillamook and parallel streets,
are anxious that the street-car track,
which now ends at East Nineteenth and
Tillamook, should be extended to East
TwejUy-fltth. The line follows East Fif
teenth to Tillamook, and thence to East
Nineteenth. When It was built there were
few houses to the eastward, but now
some of the finest dwellings are many
blocks east of East Fifteenth street.
Woman's Relief Corp Baznarr
The bazaar in charge of the "Woman's
Relief Corps, held to raise their subscrip
tion to the soldiers' monument fund, was
opened yesterday In a room in the Logus
building, fronting on Grand 'avenue. The
booths are neatly decorated and the
National colors are profusely displayed.
Refreshments were served yesterday.
East Side Notes.
Pedestrians will appreciate the shelters
that are being built on the Burnslde and
Morrison-street bridges this winter, when
there is a driving rain from the south.
The sheds are being placed on the south
side of the bridges, and are 25 feet long.
Mrs. L. H. F. Addition, who had been
East on a lecturing tour, has returned to
her home at Mount Scott. For two months
she spoke in behalf of the Consumers'
League, and made an address at the Trl
Clty Congress of Labor, of Clinton, Lyons
and Fulton, la.
The Multnomah Building Association, of
the Woodmen of the World, which incor
porated with a capital stock of $7500, or
ganized to erect a hall on its lot on the
east side of East Sixth, between East
Alder and East Washington streets, will
shortly advertise for bld3 for erection of
the building. The ground has been paid
for, and stock has been largely sub
scribed. An attractive hall will be put up.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Van Scholck
was held yesterday afternoon from the
Montavllla Methodist Church, and was
well attended. She died Tuesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Louck,
8S3 East Burnslde street, at the age of 59
years. A husband survives her. Her
home was In Montavllla.
City Engineer Chase continues to send
out deputies with notices to property
owners to repair, or rebuild, their side
walks all over the East Side. A close
Inspection Is constantly made of the
sidewalks, and where they are found in
bad condition a notice is served on the
owner of the abutting property. In this
way the City Engineer is causing general
repairs to bo made.
Arrangements are being made for hold
ing a general meeting of all sub-boards
In Alblna and on the Peninsula at High
land Hall some evening this month. Sec
retary Foster, of the Woodlawn board,
has the matter In hand, and said yester
day that he expected to have details of
the meeting completed as soon as the
other boards have been beard from. How
to secure better street-car service on the
Peninsula will receive attention.
Wise Bioc, dentists, both 'phones. Ibe
Faillne.
Modern
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Hamilton W Mable.
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EXHIBITS FROM ASIA
WOULD GREATLY ASSIST IN LEWIS
AND CLARK EXPOSITION.
Many Industries Which Conia Be
Displayed and Form an Attrac
tion to Easterners.
PORTLAND, Nov. 13. (To the Editor.)
Now that all doubt concerning a ia05
Centennial has been removed and a cele
bration at that time Is assured, the pres
ent would appear an opportune time to
offer suggestions as to the most desirable
manner of celebrating the. event. That
Is should take the shape of an exhibi
tion of products, particularly those pro
duced In the Northwestern States and
countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean
Is apparently the unanimous opinion of
all who have thus far expressed them
selves. Ttyere are some, however, who
believe that a sober, though substantial
exhibit of this character would not at
tract sufficient patronage to insure the
success of the enterprise, and I must,
though reluctantly, Indorse this view of
the project
I notice frequent references to the Buf
falo Exposition, Its gigantic proportions
and financial failure, but nothing what
ever about the Glasgow Exhibition. I had
the pleasure of, visiting the latter this
Summer, and was struck with admiration
at the manner In which that great ralr
was being conducted. An almpst entire
absence of sideshows, fakers and their
accompaniments. No extortions a meal,
a shave or a drink at the same price
within the grounds as outside; No "Mid
way'' or "German Village," but a magnifi
cent agricultural, manufacturing and art
exhibit, combined with excellent music.
The Canadian commissioner, with whom
I spent most of my time while there, as
sured me that the exhibition was a
financial success even if closed at that
time (July). It will thus be seen that
Buffalo with Its" endless so-called attrac
tions, many of which were undesirable
nuisances, proved a complete failure,
while Glasgow with Its substantial exhib
its, only, proved a great success. The
Glasgow management deserve public con
gratulation for having rejected all offers
of attractions that savored of fakery,
fraud or extortion, and I would commend
their action In this respect to the con
sideration of the management of tne
Lewis and Clark Centennial. Assuming
that the American people require mors
than a first-class exhibition to attract
them to our celebration, what then are
we to substitute for such chestnuts as
have been going the rounds slnco the
World's Fair of 1803?
The agricultural, manufacturing and art
exhibit will receive attention from the
railroad companies, agriculturists, manu
facturers and the Art Association; but
who is going to invent attractions that
will draw the people and at the same time
do credit to the Inventor, the City of
Portland and the Northwest.
During the past year I visited almost
every country In Asia, and from personal
observations am convinced that there Is
material over there with which can be
made atraetlons of greater interest and of
a more inviting nature than anything-hitherto
attempted oh this continent. Be
sides being intensely interesting and edi
fying to all classes, (but more particular
ly the better element) these attractions
might be the means of hastening the time
when the Northwest -and Portland as Us
chief seaport, will occupy the commercial
position assigned to them by nature, and
to which they have long been entitled.
At present the Pacific Coast has direct
steamship connection with but two coun
tries In Asia, viz., Japan and China, yet,
In tonnage more than three-quarters of
our imports from that continent are
shipped from the other countries with
which wo have no direct communication.
This tonnage cpmes to America via. the
Suez Canal much of It going to London
for transhipment to American ports; while
sailers and steamers are constantly ar
riving here in ballast. This condition is
largely accounted for by the fact that Pa
cific Coast merchants have in. the past
devoted their energies to the establish
ment of business connections with China
and Japan, having left the great field
beyond to be exploited by Atlantic Coast
and European merchants. Every cargo
that passes through the Suez pays from
$5000 to 510,000 for that privilege; yet with
this handicap, together with the longer
j Library of Classic and Popular Lec
tures, After-Dinner SpeecKes, "Occas
sional" Addresses, Reminiscences,
R.epartee, Anecdote and Story J& J& ?
voyage and excessive heat, the goods con
tinue to come that way.
' Our steamship companies and merchants
are to blame for these unnatural condi
tions. The former because they will not
extend their Western terminus beyond
Hong Kong, and the latter because they
do not extend their operations beyond that
point. I think the steamship companies
are unnecessarily timid. It Is surety
cheaper for them to continue their Jour
ney from 6 to 12 days to get a cargo than
to return home for one which takes about
25 days, besides the local business they
could pick up over there would amount to
considerable. However, It seems that en
couragement is required, and I believe this
proposed celebration can. successfully be
made the principal medium through which
this encouragement may be offered. The
junuoHanis oiinis continent Know veiy
little of the Inhabitants of Asia excepting
thote of China and Japan and many are
vastly Ignorant even of these countries.
How many are aware of the method
employed by the Siamese (with ele
phants) in logging teak wood? How the
Dyak of Borneo prepare rattans for the
manufacture of our chairs? How the na
tives of Celebes prepare the myriads of
shells for our markets? How the natives
or xsew uuinea extract tne sago irom tne
sago palm and market the birds of nara-
dlse at Makasser? How nutmegs and
SSf8 ?? Profl"c1ed n? marketed on tne McRoy. CwSbo
little Island of Banda? How cloves are i j B jilller. Spring
cultivated and marketed on the Island of , Held, o
Amboyna? How the Chinese have made t "W- H Wilder. Everett ,
the, tin Industry near Panang, In the Ma- Max Lertj. -,ttie
lay States the greatest In the world? How jaSea WafirT" Jr
at the present time resisting the encroach-
and how they live and amuse themselves?
These countries contain copious supplies
of raw materials that should be brought
sufficient quantities to enable natives of
to the Lewis and Clark Centennial. In
the countries ot which the materials are
indigenous to prepare them for the ma-
Chine or make them by hand as the case
may be Into such articles as are usetui
here. It could then be seen how these
busy peoples make their living; what we
purchase from them and In what condi
tion they turn their products over to us
and what Is their source of amusement.
For this purpose the Centennial Com
pany should act as a business firm, and
if judicious in purchasing the materials
for the execution of this work and with
which to make the demonstrations, such
atraetlons as above mentioned need not
cost nearly as much as others less inter
esting and useful and from which no per
manentif temporary benefits could pos
sibly be derived.
. The adoption of some such Idea would
not only prove an Industrial revelation
and result In the Introduction of desirable
Industries in the Northwest, but would
afford novelties in the display of nature
life, habits, amusements, etc., as they
exist In the most distant and uncivilized
portions 6f the world.
This feature of the celebration could be
conducted on a scale In keeping with fi
nances. As many different races and
products could be introduced as finance
would admit. We mav reasonably exnect
the Governments of Japan, China, the
tiuiii..i --j .u Dik..i. oir
the countries or colonies above referred to
are not likely to participate to any con
siderable extent without being personally
visited and assisted.
I. A. YEREX.
Sncd by a Dressmaker.
PARIS, Nov. 13. Next Saturday has
been fixed for the hearing of the charge
against the American woman giving her
name as Falconer, and describing her
self as the wife ot a wealthy Florida
planter, who was arrested Saturday last
at Cherbourg as the American liner St.
Paul was about sailing, owing to her at
tempt to leave France lth baggage which
had been legally attached In an action
brought by a well-known Paris dress
maker, to recover for dressc9 purchased
by her.
Dnke's Strange Wish.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. According to the
World's Philadelphia correspondent a copy
of the will of George Charles, Duke of
Marlborough, has been filed at Philadel
phia, with Register of Wills Singer, for
thi ntHiKtmnt of thn PKtatp In whtoh .irA
In.i1..f1 .Aim.nl Amn.lvin tAml.ltlr.c
The estate Is valued at $1,728,375, and it
is in detail uiviaca among nis neirs. in
nart the testament reads:
"I dislike particularly the escluslveness
o famllypriae. and I wish not to be bur-
led in tne ramny vault it uienneirn
Chapel, but in any suitable placo that
ments of the Dubah and clinging to their ! A E McGorman, Ante- a uijainger, i'nua
Rajahs andButtana? How these various , $eMarqul3, DaUca ?t.ae8hkorn' Ever"
nations or tribes dress or do not dress, Mp Mnmuu. naiits Mr Haferkom. do
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the Importance of the topics and the manner of treatment. The subjects
cover the widest range, from science xand letters to biography, eulogy
and commemorative orations. The authors represented are renowned
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The "Duke died In London on November
4. 1S92. He was the father of the present
Duke, who married Mlss Consuelo Van-
I derbilt. of New xorK,
3IIss Wackcrmnn Insane.
LONDON, Nov. 13. Mlsa Vanderbilt
Wackerraan. of New York, who came lnte
prominence . last Winter by threatening
Hubert Hcrkejmer, the artist, with a suit
for damages because he refused to allow
her to complete sittings for a painting of
her which he had begun, was taken to St,
Giles' Infirmary today as a wandering
lunatic She will probably be examined
( tomorrow.
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