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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 190f. PACIFIC WHEAT EXPORTS PORTLAND HAS SHIPPED OVER. 10, 000,000 BUSHELS IX TEX MOXTHS. Steamship Indrcpnra Arrives From the Orient German Ship Emelie Makes,, Good Hun Up Coast. More than one-third of all of the wheat exported from the United States last month -was shipped from the Pacltic Coast ports. Portland, as usual, made the largest shipment of any individual port on the Pacific Coast, clearing 1,746, 142 bushels, while the two ports of Se attle and Tacoma cleared together 1,SS9,S(X) bushels, the largest amount ever exported in a single month by the two ports. San Francisco exported 1,573,554 bushels, mak ing a total of 5,209,406 bushels, while the entire shipments from all American ports were but 15,405,901. The latest bulletin is sued by the Bureau of Statistics, from which the figures are obtained, also shows that for the 10 months ending No vember 1, nearly one-fifth of all the wheat shipped from the United States was cleared from Pacific Coast ports. The total shipments of wheat from all ports for the 10 month's amounted to 154,(k$,OS) bushels, divided as follows: Port Bushels. New York 25,030,415 New Orleans ' l.brfa.tWiJ Baltimore 1&,157.!JS Boston and Charlesiown 16,20i,t3o XJalvestpn U,S52.b'H San Francisco ll,-.57,04: Portland 10,134,221 Phi'adelphia 9,475,209 Seattle and Tacoma 8,605,3i9 Chicago 4,llW3t) Superior 4,219,Jj33 Niwport News 4,t22,Soa Duluth 2,6fo,5.2 orfo'.k and Portsmouth 496,590 Other uistiicts 2,936,742 Total .". 154.363.OaS Portland and. San Francisco shipments for November will be much larger tnan those for October, but Seattle and Ta coma will ship only about half as much as they shipped in October. At the same time the entire Coast shipments will con tinue to be from a third to a fourth of ail that is floated In the United States within the next few months. BRANCH LICENSE SUPERFLUOUS: Fnget Sound Judge Decides Against State Pilot Commission. Puget Sound sepms determined to pre vent anything in the way of hampering laws affecting her shipping, and, accord ing to a decision rendered last-week, any man with a United States license can pilot Eteamshlps on Puget Sound. The decision was rendered in the case of the State Board of Pilot Commissioners against Captain Robert Hall, who had piloted a German steamship from Port Townsend to Tacoma without securing a branch li cense. The Tacoma Ledger prints the following Port Townsend special regard ing the matter: "The much-ad vcrtised prosecution of Captain Robert Hall by the State Board of Pilot Commissioners, for piloting vessels without first obtaining from them a li cense so to do, has received at the. hands of Hon. George C. Hatch, Superior Judge for this district, what is considered a com, plete knockout blow. Captain Hall has for years held a United States license as a skillful master and pilot, and has, when not permanently employed as master, fre quently consented to act as pilot on steam vessels coming into the Sound bound for Tacoma and elsewhere beyond this port. He has always acted in this capacity most successfully, and has Invariably given the utmost satisfaction to his em ployers!. Recently the State Board of Pilot Commissioners seemed to awaken from a long slumber and discovered that there were some pilots on Puget Sound who had not applied to them for a license. They Immediately Issued an order that In future anyone attempting to exercise the duties of a pilot on the waters of Puget Sound without first obtaining a license from them would be prosecuted. Captain Hall at once applied for a license, but wasil put upon the waiting list, and as that list is a most unsatisfactory and Indefinite quantity, the captain continued along the even tenor of his way, and has piloted numerous vessels since the arbitrary ac tion of the board. At last the board aroused from another dream and caused the cap tain" starrest, the culmination of which action " occurred last night, when W. H. Gorham, of Seattle, appeared, in behalf of Captain Hall, before Judge Hatch and set forth the fact that tne United States law Is- very emphatic In the statement that where a United States pilot's license is held by a person. It is not within the province of any state or municipality to force or compel the said person to take out any further or addi tional license." 3IADE A GOOD RUX. German Ship Emelie Conies Up From San Francisco in Seven Days. The German ship Emelie, which re ceived orders off San Francisco heads on the night of November 11, arrived in at Astoria yesterday after a fast run up the Coast. The ship came from Valparaiso, and was 60 days out at San Francisco, so she has completed the voyage. Including the delay of calling for orders, in less than 70 days4 which Is a good average passage. Her fine run up from San Fran cisco would indicate favorable winds, which ought to bring up some more of the fleet that is coming from that direc tion. The arrival of the Emelie did not change the numerical strength of the grain fleet in port, nor did it disturb the division of flags, as the German bark Werra put to sea a few hours before the arrival of the Emelie. NEW STEAMER ELECTRO. Latest Addition to Astoria Marine Fleet Comes to Portland. The new steamer Electro arrived up from Astoria yesterday morning, and was inspected by Messrs. Edwards and Ful ler. The Electro was built by Joseph Leathers, who has constructed a large number of the mosquito fleet which maKes headquarters at Astoria, She Is a stanch little craft, something larger than the Electric, so well known to Portlanders who visited the seaside before the rail road was completed across Young's Bay. The Electro will be used as a quarantine boat at the mouth of the river, and is owned by Captain Wilbur Babbldge, a son of the veteran Captain John Babbldge, for many years in command of the O. S. N. and O. R, & N. mall boats' on the Astoria route. Young Captain Babbldge formerly ran the Electric in the quaran tine service, and, after selling her, char tered the Wllavls, which has been In the service temporarily while the Electro was building. FLYING TRIP OF SIRENE. Hawaii to Tillamook Rock: in 10 Days, Then to Be Blown Away. ASTORIA, Nov. 19. The German ship Sirens, which arrived In port yesterday from Honolulu, made a flying trip of 10 days to THiumook rock, where she wis blown off shore and Jt took 16 days more to reach port Last evening two of her crew, A. Doebler and C. Hagemeyer, were taken to the hospital, one suffering with dropsy and the other with typhoid fever. Neither is considered In a dangerous con dition. At Honolulu a San Francisco boy by the name of George Day, who had run away from home, was shipped as cabin boy. He will be discharged when the ves sel reaches Portland. DELLA FLEW DISTRESS SIGNAL. Bet Sail and Stood Off Shore Before She Could Be Reached. ASTORJA, Or., Nov. 19. The little gas oline schooner Delia was sighted at the mouth of the Columbia River about 4 'lock this afternoon, flying signals of distress. The Canby life-saving crew and the tug Wallula started to her relief, but before they reached the schooner she had set sail and was standing off 'shore. It Is supposed her engine broke down as she was trying to cross in. The Delia Is a 14-ton craft owned by A. E. Tiucy, of Woods, Or., and is engaged in the coast ing trade. Salmon for Far East. Recently W. A. "Ward. Ltd., shipped from British Columbia for India 1750 cases of Fraser River salmon, the first ever sent from the province to that market. The consignment was placed aboard the British steamer Teenkal and Is destined for Surabaya and Batavia, two of the principal towns in the Island of Java; Penang. in the Straits Settlements, and for Singapore. Rangoon and Madras, In India. In each of these places It will be placed an the general market, and the demand with which It meets will be watched with much Interest by British Columbians. Mr. Ward has orders ahead for several more shipments of about a similar size, and these will be forwarded shortly. Thus the salmon of this Coast will have a market in nearly every lm- The greatest steel drydock In the world has arrived at Algiers, La., after a long voyaco at sea. The tow of the monster began Wednesday. October 16, when the tugs Samson and Taurus pulled It out of Sparrows Point, Baltimore. Then the Sam son cut Its cable and the Orion took the Samson's place as assistant. This drydock was built for the Government. The desti nation is Algeria, La., opposite New Orleans. There it will be used by Uncle Sam for docking the battle-ships of this country's Navy. The distance of the tow was 2000 miles. The cost of the tow is $35,000. The crews of the tugs and the dock number 64 men. The dock Is 525 by 126 feet. A walk around the structure is equal to one mile. Six thousand tons of steel and 1000 tons of machinery constitute the equipment in the main of this dock. The plates, a half-inch thick, are fastened by 1,232,800 rivets. The sides of the dock are 55 feet high and 400 feet long. The structure was built by the Maryland Steel Company. When it was pulled out from Sparrows Point 7516 tons of water were In the hold. This weight would fill the biggest ocean liner to her loading marks; but it sinks the dock only GVS feet. , , All floating drydocks look pretty much alike, and the great Algiers dock Is a fair likeness of the structure to be built In Portland. portant point on the earth's surface, for it already finds distribution from Eng land among the big metropolitan centers of Europe. Another Redwood Cnrprp. The steam schooner Sequoia, the third redwood lumber carrier to reach Portland within the week, arrived up yesterday, and commenced discharging her inward cargo of lumber, which Is for the French bark Henriettc. While a number of red wood cargoes have been brought to Port land for shipment east by rail, the three cargoes that came in this week on the steamers Signal, Sequoia and Lakme are the first that have ever been brought here for trans-shipment by water to a foreign port. It is reported that this business will soon assume much greater propor tions. There is a decided advantage In shipping by this route, as the lumber droghers can always secure a return car go of Oregon fir or spruce, for which there Is a big demand In the California markets. The three steamers n6w here will be followed In this trade by the Noyo, a coasting steamer similar to the Lakme. Hard Storm off the Const. SAjN FRANCISCO. Nov. 19. The steam er Umatilla, from Puget Sound, which ar rived here 12 hours late, was delayed by heavy seas. Once or, twice the steamer was under a great wave, but no damage was done. The steamer John S. Kimball, Captain Thwlng, also felt the effect of the heavy seas and high winds on her trip down from Seattle. For 19 hours off the mouth of the Columbia River the Kimball was hove to. In that vicinity the steamer San Mateo, towing the disabled steamer Victoria, was sighted. Both have since reached Vlctorla, Another Morg-an Marine Yarn. NEW YORK, Nov. 19. According to the London correspondent of the World, the Daily Express publishes a rumor that J. P. Morgan is negotiating for the purchase of one of the largest of the British ship yards, where he can build 21-knot steam ers. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Nov. 10. Sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Columbia, for San Francisco. Arrived at 7 A. M. and left up at 12:15 P. M. British steamship Indrapura, from Hong Kong and way ports. Sailed at 8 A. M. German bark Werra, for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Arrived at 12 noon Schooner Joseph Russ, from San Francisco. Arrived at 12:40 P. M. Ger man ship Emelie. from Valparaiso, by way of San Francisco Heads. Left up at 3:30 P. M. Schooner G. W. Watson. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate. Wind east. Weath er cloudy. New York, Nov. 10. Arrived Fuerst Bis marck, from Naples. Queenstown, Nov. 19. Arrived Oceanic, from New York, for Liverpool. Tacoma. Nov. 10. Arived DIrlgo, from Skag way; Chilean bark Yoscmlte, from Callao. Seattle, Nov. 19. Arrived Steamer South Portland, from San Francisco. Sailed Shfp Columbia, for Port Behring, with lumber. Liverpool. Nov. 19. Arrived Tunisian, from Montreal. Hoquiam. Sailed November 17 New schoon er A, F. Coats, from Hoquiam for San Pedro; schooner C A. Thayer, from Hoquiam for San Pedro; schooner Alcalde, from Aberdeen for San Francisco; schooner Muriel, from Aber deen, for Honolulu. Arrived Schooner Sailor Boy, from San Francisco for Aberdeen; schoon er Wompe Bros., from San Pedro for Ab erdeen. Sailed November 18 Schooner Henry Wilson, from Aberdeen for San Francisco; schooner S. E. Slade, from Aberdeen for Ma nila; schooner A. B. Johnson, from Aberdeen for Honolulu; schooner Laura Madsen, from Aberdeen for San Francisco. Arrived Schoon er James Bruce, from Santa Barbara, for Ab erdeen; schooner LUlibonnc, from San Pedro for Aberdeen. San Francisco. Nov. 19. Sailed Steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Astoria; schooner John F. Miller, for Coos Bay.; steamer Empire, for Coos Bay. New York, Nov. 19. Sailed Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse. for Bremen, via Plymouth; Bovic, for Liverpool. Liverpool, Nov. 19. Arived Suflc, from New York. Sydney, Nov. 19. Arrived Sonoma, from San Francisco, via Honolulu. Muroran, Nov. 19. Sailed Federlc, for Port land, Or. President of Salt Trust. NEW YORK, Nov. 19. It is stated at the office of the National Salt Company that the president of the new Interna tional Salt Company will be E. L. Fuller, now president of the Retsof Mining Com pany. A. S. White, the ex--president of the National Salt Company, will be chairman of the board of directors. Both these companies are to be Included in the International Salt Company. The full board of directors to be elected has not been selected. Filed Million-Dollar Mortgage. UPPER SANDUSKY, O., Nov. 19. Tho United States Telephone Company has filed a million-dollar mortgage 'here to the Cleveland Trust Company on all its prop erty in Ohio. VAN SANT IS IN EARNEST DETERMINED TO PREVENT COM BINATION OP. COMPETING LINES. Other Northwestern States Expected to Make Same Fight as Minne sotaHave Similar Laws. ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 19. The Dis patch says: Governor Van Sant has sent a special messenger to find Attorney-General Doug lass In the Northern Minnesota woods and request him to return -to the city, so that a consultation may be held with re gard to the railway situation. Governor Van Sant Is determined not to have a consolidation or combination between the Northern Pacific and Great Northern, or any other competing lines in the state. The first step wfll be to learn from the Attorney-General what legal steps are .Algiers DrydocK Completes a Long Sea "Voyage. necessary to bring the ;matter to a final Issue as speedily as possible. If Attorney General Douglas requires assistance the Governor promises to engage the best legal talent that can be had In the state or outside of It, The Governor has received no telegrams or advices from Governors of neighbor ing states as to what action they will take, but it is expected that the fight will be taken up In all of the Northwest ern States, several of which have laws similar to Minnesota regarding paralleling railroads. The laws of North Dakota, Montana and Washington are said to be identical with those of Minnesota. EXTRA SESSION IMPROBABLE. Governor Rogers, of Washington, Doubtful of Its Advisability. SEATTLE, Nov. 19. A dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer from Olympia says: "Regarding the dispatch sent out from Tacoma vesterday -stating that Governor Rogers was contemplating calling an ex tra session of the Legislature to prevent the combination of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad Interests in this State, the Governor has today been very noncommittal. He refuses to dis cuss the cuestfon of an extra session at all, and, though he has received several telegrams from newspapers outside the state requesting his opinion on the rail- GOOD WORDS FOR 1905 FAIR. f Lending Railroad ,Han Com- t menus uregoninn uananooic X The following letter from a leading Chicago railroad man, commendatory of The Oregonian Handbook and the Lewis and Clark Centennial, is self-explanatory: CHICAGO, November 12. 1001. Mr. B. H. Trumbull, Commercial Agent, I. C. R. R. Dear Sir: A few days since I re ceived a book Issued by The Orego nian Publishing Company In con nection with the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition to be held In Portland in 1905. I have read it with a great deal of Interest, and think Tho Orego nian Publishing Company is to be congratulated upon the manner In which they have presented so much Information concerning Portland and the country tributary to It. It- was my pleasure to visit Port land and the Paclflc Coast last Spring, and I must confess that I did not before fully realize the re sources of that country. It has a deeper Interest to us, now that the Illinois Central Railroad Company has become Identified with the com mercial Interests of Portland and adjacent territory. The expositions held at various points in the United States during past years have given the people a large amount of Information con cerning the diversified Industries of our country, and I am quite sure the Centennial Exposition, to be held in Portland in 1905, will be ot Incalculable benefit to that terri tory by attracting attention to the wonderfu. development that has taken place there. Yours truly, T. J. HUDSON, Traffic Manager. road move, his replies have been very general in character. Men close In touch with the Governor think an extra session extremely improbable.. It is said the ne cessity for such a session is not clear to his mind, in view of section 16, article XII of the State Constitution prohibiting the consolidation of railroad stock, and he at present Is disposed to think the question of whether or not the depositing of the stock of the two railroads with the Northern Securities Company Is a violation of this section or of the Fed eral statutes, is a matter that should be first determined by the courts." What the Governor Said. TACOMA. Nov. 19. A special dispatch from Olympia to the Ledger quotes Gov ernor Rogers as follows: I'm not in the habit of taking any hasty or ill-advised action, and shall not begin now. As a matter of fact, thus far during my ad ministration, I have never found It necessary to rescind any action Instituted or taken by me which-1 deemed beneficial to the citizens and Inhabitants of this state. I shall therefore be disposed In the future, as in the past to proceed with caution, Awaiting further deval- cproents regarding the matters mentioned, in order that If it were necessary in tne ruture Ihat any steps should be taken, they "could be inaugurated with a full knowledge of the sub ject in hand, and the circumstances Involved or surrounding the same. NOT ILLEGAL COMBINATION. Lawyer's Views Regarding Status ot Two Northern Railroads. Local attorneys who have given some attention to the subject of trusts and combinations, and the legislation aimed at them dp not see how any of the pres ent laws of the northern tier of states can operate to prevent such coalition of Interests as is effected by the Northern Securities Company, of New Jersey. An important distinction is pointed out be tween the harmonization effected by this new corporation and the actual consoli dation of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific that was attempted eight years ago. Then it was proposed to reduce the. Northern Pacific to actual, direct control of the Great Northern to make the Northern Pacific a mere di vision of. the Great Northern system. The law was sufficient to cover and pre- vent that transactipn. But in the pres ent case no such consolidation is brought about. Each corporation maintains its legal, Independent existence and full set of separate officers. It so happens, how ever, that the owner of one has also come to be the owner of the other, and that common owner is the Northern Securi ties Company. "Those two railroad corporations have no power over the ownership of their stock," said a Portland attorney yes terday. "Indeed, the statutes of Min nesota expressly forbid the companies buying their own stock. Somebody must buy the stock. A certain New Jersey corporation has now bought the stock of both companies; later It may Bell one or the other or both. How can the laws of Minnesota get jurisdiction of a cor poration In New Jersey that is doing merely what the laws - of New Jersey clearly authorize It to do? How would Minnesota go about it to prove there had been any sort of illegal combination? There would be no evidence available inn Minnesota, for there the two corpora tions are entirely separate. As a mat ter of fact they are separate everywhere, though they be owned by a common own er. "You can't pass a law that will pre vent this kind of community of Interest without at the same time saying what you or I shall buy or shall not buy, with out regard to the morality of the pur chase. It Is the same old battle of the armor-plate and the rifled gun when a plate Is obtained that will resist the gun's greatest effort another gun is brought forward that pierces the plate, and so It goes on Indefinitely. The peo ple legislate against combinations of cap ital that threaten the welfare of the publid and the capitalists find ways for circumventing such legislation. The present so-called railroad trust has none of the legal elements of the combination forbidden by the laws of those Northern States. It may accomplish the same pur pose but no present statute will reach it, I am convinced." HOW THE LAW READS- Provision of Washington Constitu tion on Monopolies nnd Trusts. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 19. The provi sion of the Washington constitution touching monopolies or trusts, which pro vision is deemed by some to apply to the present unification of the Interests of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, reads as follows: Article 12, section 22 Monopolies and trusts Monopolies and trusts shall never be allowed "in this state, and no Incorporated company, co partnership or association of persons in this state shall directly combine or mako any con tract with any other Incorporated company, foreign or domestic, through their stockholders, or the trustees, or assignees of such stock holders, or with any copartnership or associa tion of persons, or in any manner whatever, for the purpose of fixing the price or limiting the production or regulating the transportation In any product or commodity. The Legislature shall pass laws for the enforcement of this sec tion by adequate penalties, and In case of in corporated companies, if necessary for that purpose, may declare a forfeiture of their fran chise. TO BUILD MORE LOCOMOTIVES. One Case "Where the Syndicate Will Increase the Outnut. NEW YORK,- Nov. 19. It Is reported that the Rogers ' Locomotive Works, at Paterson,'-N. J., recently purchased by a syndicate, will be enlarged. A visit by a party of prominent railroad men has started considerable discussion concern ing the future of the plant. The visiting party consisted of Presi dent E. D. Underwood, of the Erie Rail way; his assistant, Daniel Wlllard, Sir William C. Van Home, K. C. G., ex president of the Canadian Paclflc Rail way, and E. C. Hopkins, a New York banker and 'broker. They were met at the works by John Havron, president of the new Rogers Company; and escorted over the premises. There Is said to be a scarcity of heavy draught locomotives throughout the coun try, and a constant demand for them from all the great freight lines. Railroad Notes. W. E. Coburn, chief rate clerk in the general passenger office of the O. R. & N., has returned from his trip to Salt Lake City, where there was a meeting last week, to line up the rates on the Harrlman lines. General Passenger Agent Craig went on East and is not ex pected to return to Oregon until about December 10. Surveyors on the projected railroad from Cottage Grove to Bohemia have covered half the distance to the mines without encountering any unexpected difficulty. Biliousness, dizziness, nausea, headache, are relieved by small doses of Carter's Little Liver Pills. WOMEN AS SMUGGLERS SEATTLE FOLK CONDUCTING OPER ATIONS ON LARGE SCALE. "Wives and Daughters of Prominent and Wealthy Men Are the Guilty Ones. SEATTLE, Nov. 10. Prominent Seattle women, the wives and daughters of wealthy business and professional men, according to United States secret ser vice detectives, have been conducting systematic smuggling operations on a large scale. Their violations of the law have become so frequent that the mat ter Is receiving serious consideration from Government officers. It may be neces sary to undertake proceedings against thpm. A large quantity ot expensive silks 'and dress goods were smuggled into this city from Victoria during the past Winter. O. R. fc N. TRACK IMPROVEMENT-. Extensive Ballasting in the Umatilla Valley At La Grande. LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 19. M. J. Buck ley, assistant superintendent of the O. i. & N., has returned to his headquarters In La Grande after six weeks spent at Pendleton, where he had charge of the work of ballasting the track. In speak ing of the work, Mr. Buckley said today: "For the past six weeks we have bal lasted the track from Pendleton to Union, a distance of 44 miles, to within six miles of the summit, near -Meacham. Tne gravel used was hauled from the pits at Umatilla, the maximum haul being 84 miles, and the minimum 44 miles. The maximum grade is 95 feet to the mile, and the minimum 30 feet. The steam shovel which loaded the gravel at U-matilla worked night and day, and consequently the loading and unloading crews worked night and day also. At one time on the 86-mile haul 15 locomotives-and 75 train and engine men were employed, but as the hauls were shortened the prews were re duced accordingly." Mr. Bucklay further said that the im provements to be made in the La Grande yards will vastly Increase the facilities for handling traffic here. The graders are now at work on the east end of the yards, and as soon as their work shall be fin ished there will be room for parallel tracks from Fir to Second streets. The grade and plank work for the Second street crossing Is complete, and Fourth street Is closed. DENSE FOG IN CHICAGO. Caused Numerous Collisions Between Trains One Ulan Killed. CHICAGO, Nov. 19. The thickest fog ever experienced in Chicago caused numer ous collisions between trains early today. In which one man was killed, two were so badly Injured that they will probably die, and 15 others were seriously hurt. Scores of others, the police say, were in jured in minor accidents due to the fog. The more serious accidents occurred on the Metropolitan and Lake-street elevated roads. There were two collisions on the Northwestern Lake-street "L," two on the Sou... Side "L," one on the Northwestern "L," md one between suburban trains of the Rock Island and the Lake Shore roads. Collisions between vehicles and surface cars were frequent, but while a great many people were injured by them, none was incapacitated, and the damage was chiefly to the colliding objects them selves. The record of deaths and injuries is as follows: On the Metropolitan elevated Dead Thomas Meany, standing on rear platform, crushed to death. Injured Fred Jones, both legs severed, will die; William Upton, serious Internal injuries; Charles Gallagher, foot crushed, Internal Injuries; Adolph Goldbergcr, crushed, knee fractured; Fred S. Isllp, left arm and leg broken; A. E. Baumgart, badly cut and bruised; Louis Davis, in jured internally; Fred Schweli, foot crushed; Peter Anderson, cut and bruised about head and body; Howard Gauwing, crushed about feet. On Lake-street elevated C. F. Ireland, both legs broken and in jured Internally, fatal; Harold Soderburg, serious Internal Injuries; Frank Munn, motorman, badly cut; Anna Carr, hand crushed; J. W. Cheney, hands and feet lacerated. The fog was so thick that persons stand ing on the sidewalks could hardly distin guish the street-cars passing within a few feet of them, and motormen kept their gongs clanging a continuous warning. The collision on the Metropolitan was between trains going the same way, as was the case In other accidents. Both trains were crowded, many passengers standing on the rear platforms. On the flrst train these were almost the only ones to suffer. The motorman slowed up going around a curve, and while waiting for a signal to increase speed, the Humboldt Park express train crashed into the rear. That was almost the only warning the passengers on the rear platform had of the approach ing express. The accident on the Lake Side elevated was almost exactly similar. The passen gers Injured were standing on the rear platform, with the exception of Munn, the motorman on the rear train. He said he did not see the train ahead until too late. The rear-end collision between tho Lake Shore and the Rock Island suburban trains occurred at Thirty-third street. The Rock Island engine's cow-catcher and the rear platform of the last "car were smashed, but both trains were able to proceed. Traffic all over the city was de layed. DEFENSES OF HAWAII. Army Board Agreed Upon a Compre hensive Plan. HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 14, via San Francisco, Nov. 19. Colonel William F. Heur, president of the Army Board which has been selecting sites for fortifications of this island, will leave this afternoon on the steamship Alameda for San Fran cisco, taking with him the report adopt ed by the board, which he will take to Washington. The board is understood to have agreed upon a very comprehensive scheme. For over 20 miles the south coast of the Island will be fortified in such a manner as to make Honolulu practically Impregnable. The members of the board explored the coast from Koko Head to a point below Pearl Harbor, and some 12 stations for batteries have been settled upon, it is stated. There is also to be one central artillery station at some commanding point. The other side" of the island, It Is thought, does not. need much attention. The approaches to Honolulu from any landing except on the south side, between the points which were the limits of the board's survey, are moun tain passes easily guarded and defended. The. Hawaiian Supreme Court has reaf firmed its decision. Justice Galbralth dis senting, that after the transfer of sov ereignty of these Islands to the United States, persons could be lawfully convict ed of crime without the intervention of a grand jury or by a verdict of nine jurors. The question turns on whether the United States Constitution applied in Hawaii after the passage of the New lands resolution. Since the last Supreme Court decision on the question, United States District Judge Estee has rendererd a decision the other way, declaring con victions by majority verdict tq be void: also convictions without grand jury in dictments. The Circuit Court continues to hold the same way as Estee, refusing to follow the Supreme Court decision. The constitutionality of the Circuit Court bailiff act, under which all the Circuit Courts of the islands have been proceed- WHIT WILL TASTE GOOD ? The Palate vsi The Stomach. The average woman wlio considers what she shall eat, asks herself, "What will taste good? " She rarely remembers that the object of eating is to. provide nutrition to sustain the body and that the palate does not determine the nutri tive value of food. The consequence is that she makes a lunch of ice cream and cake, helped out by a little candy and thinks she has been fed. Instead of that she has only been filled. She has called the digestive system into activity for practically no purpose, except to ask it to make bricks without sraw to nour ish the body with material in which there is little, if any, nutrition. It must be said that the men are not far behind the women in this respect. They eat pie and doughnuts for lunch because these w taste good," without the slightest regard to the nutritive purpose of eating, and in general have not the least idea of the nutritive value of the food they eat. It is true that natural food products, such as fruits, vegetables, etc., appeal to the palate and tempt it, and are the bet ter therefor. The evil is that in what might be called artificial foods foods not grown but manufactured; the palate is tempted by flavors, sauces and condi ments to its own deception, to the injury of the stomach and the loss of nutrition. Eat sparingly of simple foods at regular times and there will be little use for doc tors. It is the pandering to the palate at the expense of the stomach which brings stomach disease and its attend ant evils. SPILT MILK. KIts of no use to cry for spilt milk" says the proverb. It is no use to regret irregular and careless eating when the mischief is done and dyspepsia or some other form of stomach trouble has fast ened its hold upon us. The thing to do then is to cure the disease, and get back again to the old condition of health. The quickest way to cure indigestion and other diseases of the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition is to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. It9 cures are permanent because they are perfect. The cause of disease lng ever since the Legislature adjourned last- Spring, has been attacked in Judgo Humphrey's court In behalf of a defend ant indicted for perjury. Tho act author izes bailiffs of the Circuit Courts to sum mon grand and trial jurors. If It should be declared Invalid, the entire criminal proceedings throughout the territory for eight months pist will fall with it, and scores of prisoners will be set free or will have to be indicted and tried again. There is much agitation going on just now for an extra session of the Legisla ture. Most of the Government depart ments are seriously handicapped by lack of funds. Governor Dole is reported to be firmly against such a session. Heavy rains are reported from all parts of the islands after the long drouth, and In some places the downfall was accom panied by high winds that did some dam age. The schooner Blanche and EHn, an Interisland vessel, was wrecked off the coast of Waialua, Kauia. She Is a total loss, according to her captain and crew, who returned to Honolulu with another vessel. The bark RIthet. Captain Mc Phail, which arrived here from San Fran cisco, reports .encountering a most severe storm off Molokai five days ago. Every thing on deck was swept away, and for a time the vessel was in serious peril. At all of the plantations there Is now an abundant supply of water. Honolulu is about to begin a general campaign against rats, owing to the con tinued reports of plagues in Oriental ports and in Australia. Two meetings of mer chants and members of the Board of Health have been held, and ways and means of exterminating the pest ' have been much discussed. The plan that will probably be adopted is a general fumiga tion of the wharves. Sale of Danish Indies. SNEW YORK, Nov. 19. Dispatches from Copenhagen stating that the sale of the Danish West Indies has nearly been con cluded contain nothing that has not been known In diplomatic circles for several months, says the Tribune's London corre spondent. The sale is regarded as a fore gone conclusion, as the price has been agreed upon; but the Danish Government is deliberate In Its methods and scrupu vV (I A J feel thd exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother's Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders pliable all the parts, and assists nature in its sublime work. By its aid thousands of women have passed this great crisis in perfect safety and without pain. Sold at $1.00 per bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless value to all women sent free. Address BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO,, Atlanta, Ga. is removed and the body restored to t condition of sound health. RI was troubled a long time with dys pepsia, torpid liver and constipation,,, writes Mrs. Julia E. Deal, of Ostwalt, Iredell Co., N. C, "could scarcely eat anything at all ; would have attacks ol pain something like colic, and sometimes it seemed as though I could not live. I wrote to Dr. R. V. Pierce, stating my condition, and in a few days received a kind letter of advice, telling me to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I took four bottles, and one vial of Dr. Pierce's-Pleasant Pellets, and now I can eat anything I want and it don't hurt me. I have not been in bed a day since I took your ' Golden Medical Discovery.' I have not taken any medicine in twelve months. I feel under lasting obligations to Dr. Pierce for my good health, for well do I know he is the one who cured me." It is peculiar to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery that it accomplishes cures which seem absolutely wonderful. The test bf a superior man is his ability to do something which others have tried" and have failed in doing. That3 the test of a superior med icine. It is under this test that the astonishing cura tive power of "Golden Medical Discovery " be N comes evident. ' When doc tors and other medicines fail the use of the u Discov ery " results in a lasting cure. Such a cure is illus trated in the testimonial of Mrs. Harrison, which fol lows: "My sister (of Arlington, Washington Co., Nebr.), was taken very sick and had several doctors,"writes Mrs. C. I. Harrison, of Elk City, Douglas Co., Nebr. "They, could not do her any good and told my mother they would not come any more, as no doc tor could help her, that she could not get well. She had 'wasting of the digestive organs.' My mother said to my sister, Well, I almost know that Dr. Pierce's medicines will cure her.' So she bought six bottles, three of ' Gold en Medical Discovery,' three of ' Favorite Prescrip tion' and some of the ' Pel lets; ' and now my sister ia a well woman." "I an say to you, one bottle of your 'Golden Medical Discovery ' has cured me sound and well, after suffering two long years with stomach disease," writes W. H. Braswell, of McAdcnville, Gaston Co., N. C. "My health is worth all the world to me. I will praise you as long as I live." ARE YOU AN EXCEPTION? If you have disease of the stomach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition, and are not cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov er', you will be an exception to the rule proved in over thirty years of experience and by the cure of hundreds of thousands of people. It may not cure you. There are two people in every hundred who are only helped but not entirely cured by the use of "Golden Medical Discov ery." You may be one of the two per ceut. instead of one of the ninety-eight per ttnt. who are perfectly and perma nently cured. But the chances of cure are overwhelmingly in your favor.- Sometimes a dealer tempted by a little more profit paid on the sale of less mer itorious medicines will offer the cus tomer a substitute as being "just as good" as the "Discovery." Refuse 'it. A VALUABLE BOOK FREE. Free. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sentree on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Doctor R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. lous about providing every possible safe guard to business interests of the colo nists, especially the sugar planters of Santa Cruz. The American Minister at Copenhagen, himself of Danish descent, has found It difiicult on this account to hasten negotiations. To Bnilu Bridges In Africa. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19. The Amer ican Bridge Company, of this city, has secured a contract for the construction of 20 steel bridges along the line of the Uganda Railroad in East Atrica. 'iho amount of the contract Is about $1,600,000. Several English and Continental firms of fered bids, but that of the Philadelphia Company waa not only the lowest, but It guaranteed the completion of the work in shorter time than Its competitors. The new bridges will replace wooden structures which were built several months ago and found to be Inadequate. Princess Becomes Medical Student. CHICAGO, Nov. 19. The Princess So phia Bamba Dhulecp Singh, daughter of the late Maharajah Dhuleep Singh of In dia, entered the Woman's Medical College, of the Northwestern University in Lincoln street, Chicago, yesterday and attended her first classes as a freshman "medico." She recently reached New York from London and was there supposed to be en route to India going with more or lc63 secrecy because of the British Govern ment's reported opposition to her' visiting the land of her forefathers. Suit AsaiiiNt Western Union. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 13. Tha case of the state.against the Western Union Tele graph Company was started here today beforp Referee Stonecker. The suit is a culmination of a large number of actions against the company to compel it to send teHgrams for 15 cents, according to tho Recently passed law. . ChineHc Bandits Captured. PEKIN, Nov. 19. Fifty Chinese soldiers surprised 150 bandits close to Pekin last night, killing 12 of them and capturing 16. The prisoners have been brought here for decapitation. Is the joy of the household, for without it no happiness can be complete. How sweet the picture of mother and babe, ancrels smile at and commend the thoughts and aspirations of the mother bending over the cradle. The ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, how ever, is so full of danger and suffering thaf she looks forward to the hour when she shall