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THE MOKNINO OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1901.
SMASHED UP ATRAIN
Chicago - Portland Special
Wrecked Near Celilo.
ENGINEER CAVANAUGH IS DEAD
Fireman Chnae Hurt Miscreant
Plnced Xut on Track at a Carve
and Cnnxed Trnln to L'puet
?lO00 Reward Offered.
A small piece of Iron placed -with ma
licious Intent on the outer rail on a curve
caused the wreck of the Chicago-Portland
Special that left Portland at 9
o'clock yesterday morning for the East.
The disaster happened about 1 P- M. half
way between Celilo and Deschutes sta
tions, about 102 miles east of Portland.
The engine and mall car turned complete
ly over and landed clear of the track.
The composite car. standard sleeper and
dining car were derailed, but kept right
side up. Two chair cars, a tourist sleeper
and the special car of Vice-President
Lowry. of the Western Union. Telegraph
Company, remained on the track. Engin
eer Maurice Cavanaugh, of Portland, was
Engineer CnrnnniiKh, wbo was fa
tally linrt.
fatally Injured. Fireman Frank Chase
was considerably hurt, and a mall clerk
received a slight sprain. No Injury to any
of the passengers was reported. The
track was blocked about 12 hours. The
O. R. & N. has offered a reward of $1000
for evidence that will lead to arrest and
conviction of the perpetrators of the
crime. Several tramps who were ejected
from a freight train near that point a few
hours before, and who are said to have
threatened to cause a wreck before night,
have been arrested at Grant station by
Sherman County authorities.
A seven-eighths-inch Iron nut placed on
the top of the outside rail of the track on
a curve was sufficient to raise the loco
motive wheels so the flange would slip
over the rail. The tendency being out
ward as the train was passing around the
ourve, when the flange was raised above
the top of the rail there was nothing to
prevent a spill around the outside of the
curve. The locomotive ran on the ties
the length of five rails before It turned
over. The mall car and composite car
passed the engine and the former turned
over on Its side. The three cars following
left the rails, but did not tip over, and
the last four cars of the train remained
on the Tails. The locomotive, running so
far on the ties before upsetting, was able
to check the speed of the train materially,
to which circumstance Is probably due the
fact that there is no casualty list of pas
sengers. Prompt report of the trouble was made
to the railroad authorities, and a wreck
ing outfit was sent out from The Dalles.
The Injured men were taken to The
Dalles In charge of physicians, and later
they were brought to Portland on a spe
cial train, arriving here at 7:30 last even
ing. The mall car could not be replaced
on the track In time to go forward with
the remainder of the train. By the wreck
eight rails were turned over and a dozen
rails and 135 ties were destroyed. These
were replaced and restored, and the train
resumed Its way about 1 o'clock this
morning with another engine and mall
car.
The spot where the wreck took place
was cunningly chosen as one where the
greatest amount of harm could come frovn
a slight cause, "a cause not likely to be de
tected. The track was new, laid with
heavy steel rails and perfectly ballasted.
It was midway between stations, so the
speed of the train would be high there.
and the curve was so slight (only 3 de
grees), that there was no necessity for
running slow. So small an obstruction
could not be noticed by the engineer or
Hreman and the chances were that the
Jiut would never be found and that the
cause of the wreck would be and remain
a mystery. In this case, however, the
nut was found, showing plainly the
marks where It had been pressed between
the wheels and the rail. And seven rall
lengths beyond the broken track was
found another nut of the same kind placed
In the same position upon- the outer rail
of the curve, the design of the person
who placed It there evidently having been
to cause the wreck at that point In case
the train should pass the first obstruction
without disaster. "What the purpose of
causing the wreck at that time and place
could have been is inexplicable. The train
was exactly on time and In first-class
condition, and the track the best on the
O. R. & X. lines. There were no rocks
near to put the engineer on his guard,
nothing to give the slightest cause to look
for harm. But In 10 seconds the track
was ripped up a dozen rods and the train
a confused wreck.
Engineer Cavanaugh was buried under
the Inverted tender. He received a severe
scalp wound, was scalded about the head
and upper part of the body, and suffered
Internal Injuries, the whole causing his
death soon after reaching St. Vincent's
Hospital last night. He was about 52
years of age, and left a wife and four
children, who live at 910 Mississippi ave
nue. Mrs. Cavanaugh was with her hus
band for a short time before the end.
Fireman Chase received some painful
bruises and contusions, but they were not
serious enough to render It advisable to
take him to a hospital, so he went to his
home on arrival In Portland. Henry Hens
ler Is the regular fireman for this train,
but he laid off this trip and Chase took
his place.
A short time before the wreck the train
rassed a negro, who was tramping east
ward along the track. After the disaster
he was taken Into custody as one having
knowledge of the crime, and he told the
officers that he had heard a gang of four
or five tramps, who had been put off a
freight train near the p"lace where the
wreck happened, make threats against the
train crew and the railroad, even declar
ing specifically that there would be a
wreck on the road before night. These
tramps were found at Grant station about
eight miles eastward of the wreck last
night and placed under arrest. A spe
cial train was sent out from The Dalles
last night with Deputy Sheriffs to make
a search for suspicious characters along
the railroad, and armed with warrants,
which, properly endorsed by Sherman
County officials, would authorize taking
the men already under arrest to The
Dalles to answer the charge of train
wrecking. Two tramps were intercepted
near Celilo early in the evening, but they
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were released after examination by the
officers. The country in the vicinity of
the wreck Is being scoured for the per
petrators of the crime.
Within two hours after the wreck took
place, President Mohler, of the O. R. &
N. Co., authorized a reward of 51000 for
the apprehension of the miscreant or mis
creants and evidence to convict of mali
ciously causing derailment of the train.
The train that was due from the East
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 was received
from the Oregon Short Line somewhat be
hind time, and It was 'caught a short dis
tance to the eastward of the wreck. It
will not get Into Portland until his morn
ing. There were plenty of dining cars and
sleeping cars for the accommodation of
all passengers held at the wreck, so no
transfers were made, the trains being held
until the track was cleared.
WOMEN AND COLOR LINE.
airs. Hidden on ilie Recent Debate
at Portland Club.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 6. (To the
Editor.), As a great deal of misappre
hension may arise in regard to the atti
tude of the Portland Woman's Club on
the "colored question," from the report
of their discussion which appeared in a
recent Issue of The Oregonlan, I beg
leave to make a few corrections In Justice
to all concerned.
Although the various opinions and views
of the Individual members of the Port
land Woman's Club may not be of great
value to the world at large, yet. In order
to command our own respect, we must
claim to be sufficiently intelligent to
know that the question of the status of
the colored race was not left to the de
cision of either our club nor the great
biennial which shall meet at Los Ange
les next Spring. The question which is
agitating all clubdom Is, Shall colored
clubs have representation In the biennial?
This question was Introduced In our
meeting on Tuesday. A motion to "In
dorse the Massachusetts amendment In
regard to reorganization," which in re
ality brings up the color question, for
Massachusetts desires to do away with
individual club representation and allow
only representation through the state, all
federated clubs In the state to hold di
rect membership In the state federation,
and that shall Include membership In the
General Federation, thus giving free rep
resentation to all clubs through their sev
eral states in the General Federation.
Georgia, on the other hand, desires that
membership In the General Federation
shall consist only of individual clubs,
state federations to exist only as state
organizations to enlarge and develop the
work of each state; each state to decide
upon Its own membership, which shall not
thereby acquire membership In the Gen
eral Federation.
There are other points of difference In
the amendments proposed by these two
states, but we only give those which re
late to the question before us.
As has been stated, the debate might
have been Introduced as well by a motion
to Indorse the Georgia amendments in
regard to reorganization, as . those of
Massachusetts, for in cither case the ac
ceptance or rejection of these amend
ments will settle the question of colored
representation In the biennial, for the
present.
I think it Is a mistake to say that our
club "took a position against colored
women as fellow club-delegates."
We have no objection to their being
members of clubs and delegates to state
federations, but we want, as Georgia
puts It, to have each state "decide upon
Its own membership which shall not
thereby acquire membership In General
Federation of Women's Clubs.
This seems to be the fairest proposi
tion yet made In the way of settlement
of the difficulty. Each state should de
cide upon Its owr membership and leave
It to Mother Federation to say upon what
terms she may gain admittance to her
biennial family, thus making it possible
to have one common meeting-place for
North and South.
Some confusion arose In our meeting
from the fact that many ladles supposed
we were discussing whether we should
permit colored women to become mem
bers of our club Instead of the question
of colored representation at the biennial.
When we recall the fact that only one
colored woman has ever asked for repre
sentation in that body, and that there Is a
question whether they would, as clubs
and state federations, desire to affiliate
with us at present, we can see the fool
ishness of allowing the union and har
mony which has heretofore existed be
tween the women of the North and
South to be disturbed and broken by
over-jealousness.
It Is not a certainty that the hand
which we would extend to them under
guise of federation would be an altogeth
er uplifting one.
No one doubts but that many colored
women have become efficient and able
Tnembers of clubs. The question of their
ability and worth Is not under discussion.
We believe that the entire Southern as
well as Northern club world Is loyal to
the principles of .the emancipation procla
mation. We were born of a desire for the ele
vation of women, and we have no ex
cuse for our existence save the needs of
humanity. Let us. then, weigh carefully
the power and influence which has come
to the world in lines of reform, education,
philanthropy, through the various wom
en's organizations and especially through
the marvelous union of the women of the
North and South in the General Federa
tion, and consider whether It will pay to
revive the old hostile feeling which has
almost If not quite passed away. In order
to obtain an Imaginary benefit for colored
women.
If our love for humanity be true we
will regard the feelings and circumstances
of our white sisters of the South also.
MARIA L. TRENHOLM-HIDDEN.
The Oregonlan does not see how any
misapprehension may arise from its re
port of the recent debate on the color
line question at the Portland Woman's
club; nor does It see wherein Mrs. Hid
den has corrected it or made the position
of the club more clear. The Oregonlan
said that the "substantial result of the
debate appears to be that it (the club)
took position against colored women as
fellow club delegates" to the Los Ange
les biennial. From the course of the de
bate The Oregonlan is able to draw no
other inference.
A NEW BIBLE.
Episcopal Committee Will Complete.
Its Work Today.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6. A new Bible, au
thorized bj' the late General Convention
in San Francisco, to be read in all Epis
copal Churches in the United States, has
been In process of completion by the com
mittee on marginal readings which has
sat at the Episcopal General Seminary
In this city since last Tuesday, and will
conclude its work tomorrow (Saturday),
says the Times. It was stated that an
English firm had undertaken the publica
tion of this Bible without expense to the
committee.
The new Bible Is to consist of the text
and renderings of the King James version,
the renderings of the English revision and
the renderings of the recent American
revision. The renderings of the Episcopal
Commission are ordered to be printed in
an appendix for preservation.
The late convention while It praised the
scholarship of Its commission, did not
place their work upon the same level as
that of revisers who had included lay
scholars and who had spent many 'more
years at the work, besides being far larg
er In numbers. The new Bible Insures the
very latest renderings, although the read
ing of them is permissive only, not oblig
atory. Greve's Ointment la needed In every home.
It cures all skin troubles, burns, humors, etc
Parker's Hair Balsam Is life to the hair.
BIG STEAMSHIP FLEET
EIGHT MAMMOTH CARRIERS TO
LOAD HERE IX DECEMBER,.
German Bark Xrmphc "Wrecked In'
the Orient Xoveniber Customs
Business Three Grain Cargoes.
The British steamship Forerlc arrived
In at Astoria yesterday morning and left
up in the afternoon. She is consigned
to James Laldlaw & Co., and Is under
charter to the Eastern Lumber Company,
who will load her with lumber and Gov
ernment stores for the far East. The
foreign steamship business out of this
port will this month break all records for
a corresponding length of time. No less
than eight big steamships with a combined
carrying capacity of nearly 50.C00 tons will
load here for the Orient and for Europe.
The first of these to get away will be
the big whaleback steamship Guernsey,
which the Pacific Export Lumber Com
pany is dispatching for the Orient and
Manila with lumber and miscellaneous
cargo.
Two new steamships, the Pembrokeshire
and the Argyll, each on Its maiden
voyage, are due within a few days from
the Orient to load wheat for Europe.
The Pembrokeshire Is the latest addition
GREAT INCREASE IN
The following comparative statement of the number of building
permits Issued in Portland during the months of October and Novem
ber, 1901, and the corresponding months of 1900, gives an Idea of the
vast increase in the building business during the present year. It
must be understood that the buildings erected this year have nearly
all been dwellings, the great majority of them being two-story
houses costing from $2000 to J3000. There have been some more ex-
pensive houses, ranging from 5S0OO to $10,000, and one to cost $30,000,
but the number of business blocks put up has been comparatively
small:
Number. Amount.
Permits issued October. 1M1 109 ?142,0.00
Permits issued October, 1&C0 20 3i,lW.0O
Increase
Permits issued November, 1901.
Pcrnu.s issued November, 1&00.
Increase
to the well-known fleet of "Shire" liners,
which are so well known In this port.
She comes here In command of Captain
J. Kennedy, who was last In command
of the old Monmouthshire when she ran
out of this port as a regular Oriental
liner. This new Shire was launched In
July. She Is a steel steamer of 2767 tons
net. and 4294 tons gross register. Her
dimensions are: Length 3C0 feet, beam
4S.1 feet, depth of hold 20.5 feet. The
Argyll, which Is also on her maiden trip.
Is a turrent deck steamship 340 feet long,
45.5 feet beam and 27.2 feet depth of hold.
She Is 22S0 tons net, and 3510 tons gross
register.
The Knight Companion, of the Portland
& Asiatic Steamship Company, Is due
from the Orient next week, and the
Strathgyle, of the California & Oriental
Steamship Company, is due a few days
later. The steamship Folmlna, under
charter to the Pacific Export Lumber
Company, Is due about December 20, to
load Government stores and lumber, and
the Palatinia is due about the same time
to load wheat. While this will be the
largest number of steamers ever loaded
here In a single month, there are enough
In sight for January loading to make
nearly, if not fully, as good a Phowlng
for that month.
UNDERWRITERS HARD HIT.
German Ship Xymplie Added to List
of Wrecked Grain Ships.
From the manner In which the season
is starting In. the underwriters are in a
fair way to be fully as hard hit by the
disasters to the Northwestern grain fleet
as they were a year ago. It will be re-
membered that they were subjected to
verv heavy losses last November and De-
cember, through the disappearance of the ,
British shins Andrada. Rathdown and
Cape Wrath, and the German bark Bertha.
Heavy losses were also suffered through
the damages sustained by the Edmund,
Otto Glldemeister and Willy Rlckmers, all
of which were compelled to undergo very
expensive repairs. The outward-bound
fleet In November and December also ,
piled up some expensive Insurance bills. I "" "" er steam wmenass was
two ships from the Columbia and two broken and useless. This has been taken
from Puget Sound putting into way ports aPf rt " d it will take a day or two to re
in distress after leaving the port from . P"r before the steamship can leave,
which they cleared. If the Ernest Reyer I Launch for Alaska Cannery.
and the Baroda are not floated, it will a contract was lot today, by the Mulr
make a total of five ships chartered for Glacier Packing Company to Wilson Bros.,
Portland wheat loading which have been 0f this city, for building a gasoline launch
lost prior to arrival. , to be used as a tender for the company'3
Advices Just received In this city report cod storage plant in Alaska. The dimen
the German bark Nymphe as wrecked si0n: nf tht Vnvit -1111 , thi, ks
at Rock Island on the Japan coast about
two weeks ago. A cable from Yokohama ,
reports the ship a total loss but a por- ,
E " tl' S?,3 I
were lost. The French bark Fervaal.
while en route from Antwerp to Portland
itnr1.-r ohnrlpr for wheat loadlntr. was lost
off Cape Horn a few months ago. sev-
..nl ft Via -oti. riirlcVilner In thp Tvrflr
The third of these total losses in addition J
to the Baroda and the Ernest Reyer. was
the British ship County of Haddington,
which sailed from New York for Yoko
hama last February, and was never heard
from afterward. The Baroda, which was
erroneously reported afloat a few days
pgo. Is still on the beach near Bandon, and
has not improved her position or condi
tion by the hammering she must have
received during the recent gales.
CUSTOM-HOUSE BUSINESS.
Receipt tor Duties for November
Were Over $32,000.
The report of the Collector of Customs
for the month of November shows the
following business handled:
Xiimhw of vessels entered from for
eign ports 5 j
Number of vessels cleared for foreign ,
ports 13 I
Number of vessels entered for domes- I
tic ports 32 j
Number or vessels ciearea ior aomesuc
nf,pq 14
Number of entries of merchandise for ,
duty 97'
Number of entries of merchandise free .
of duty 19
Number of entries for warehouse 9 .
Number of entries for Immediate trans- J
portatlon without appraisement.......
dumber of entries for consumption
liquidated S3
Number of entries for warehouse liqui
dated 3
Number of certificates of enrollment
granted 3
Number of licenses for coasting trade
granted 7
Number of licenses to vessels under 20
tons granted 2
Value of exports
Domestic $LG43.4S6
Foreign
Receipts from all sources-
2,005
Duties on imports $32,G45 14
Fines, penalties and forfeitures 52 50
Miscellaneous customs receipts.... 1SS 05
Official fees , 102 90
Tntfli S2? !K9 5
Amount of refunds and drawbacks
paid i 234 SS
THREE MORE CARGOES.
Grande Duchesne Olpa, Slrene and
FrancolH Coppe Flninh Loading.
Three vessels finished loading yesterday,
the German ship Slrene and the French
barks Francois Coppe and Grande Duchess
Olga, but none of them have cleared
yet. This makes a clean-up of all of the
vessels that are near to the finishing point,
but as the late arrivals are badly needed,
they will be rushed out as speedily as
possible. The Norwegian bark Olivia and
the British ship Rlversdale arrived up
yesterday afternoon, and will commence
discharging ballast today. With the de
parture of the fleet from Astoria, the In
port list would be down to small propor
tions again, but It will have numerous
accessions within the next few days, now
that the sale has quieted down.
OVERDUE ELK NO. 1 ARRIVES.
Voyase From Xone In One Great
Storm Wan Most Eventful.
wvrt Tnw'.?P.'n Wash.. Dec 6.
Thu loner nverduo steamer Elk No. 1 ar-VJ
rived today, 47 days from Nome.
She Is the last of the fleet of
steamers to arrive. The Elk brought
down five pasengers, and, accord
ing to their story, the steamer had
a most eventful voyage. On the way down
the Elk encountered almost one continu
ous gale, and was compelled to seek shel
ter at every available place. The first of
the steamer's mishaps occurred on the
night of November 3, when her rudder
was carried away during a severe storm.
The little craft during the entire night
was tossed about at the mercy of the ele
ments. When daylight came. It "was found
that the craft had drifted dangerously
close to the rocky beach, and Captain
Dunham determined to put the craft on
the beach. A jury rudder was rigged, and
while seeking a favorable place to land,
the Elk struck a rock and her condensers
were carried away. The vessel was suc
cessfully beached, but before the rudder
and condensers could be repaired a storm
PORTLAND BUILDING.
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. So
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S112.150.C0
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i D0.S75.00
came up and the craft had to be worked
off by the use of sails, and for three days
she was buffeted about In a helpless con
dition. On November 10 KadSak was
reached, where the rudder and machinery
were repaired, and the little craft again
started on her journey. Between Unga
and Kadiak the worst storm of all was
experienced and all on board had given
up hope of reaching shore. Besides hav
ing a heavy sea to contend with, the safe
ty of the Elk was endangered by Ice
forming from the spray, which struck her
and weighted her down forward. Several
times all handb were called to cut away
Ice. Tne entire voyage was a stormy one,
and the weather was remarkably cold,
and when the vessel arrived the crew and
passengers were a happy crowd.
The Elk reports having sighted the mail
steamer Discovery at Wood Island on No
vember 14. Grave fears have been enter
tained for the safety of the Discovery.
She sailed from Juneau for Dutch Harbor
with the United "States mall and a few
passengers on November 1, and should
have reached her destination before the
date she was sighted. Captain Dunham
says he thinks the Discovery Is all right.
and that her delay has been caused by the
stormy weather. He thinks the Discovery
has iiad to lay In shelter, "and only put
out when something like good weather
prevailed.
TO TOW LIGHTSHIP BACK.
Mnnxnnitn, Leaven Out With Moor
ings for Umatllln Reef Vessel.
ASTORIA, Dec. C The lighthouse ten
der Manzanlta left out this afternoon for
Port Angeles with cables and mooring
anchors for the Umatilla reef lightship.
which has broken adrift. The Manzanlta
will place her In position again at the
earliest opportunity.
TlRer Lost n Cluince to Get Oat.
The steamship Tiger, with a cargo of
lumber for the Orient, had an excellent
opportunity to go to sea today, but when
".. o.uC ,,.,; w auaw 11
fect. bcam 12 fceL She w equlM)Cd
wlth a g2.horaepower gasolIne englne. The
launch fa tQ be completed b February
20 " will make the trip North under her
own power.
Fleet Moving Agraln.
TVia rflHnt mnln cmnnthnH Hrtwri o Iff
tie off the mouth of the river yesterday.
and steam and sail craft were crossing
In and out all day. Two of the delayed
grain fleet, the Crown of India and the
Thornllebank, crossed out, and the big
Oriental liner, Indrapura, resumed her In
terrunted journey from Portland to the
Orient, Two lumber cargoes went out for
distant ports, the little schooner Joseph
Russ sailing for Honolulu and the bark
entlne Echo for South Africa. The big
tramp steamship Forerlc arrived In from
the Orient In the morning, and the Ger
man ship Susanne, arrived from Guaymas
in the afternoon.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Dec a Sailed at 9 A. M. Steam
er Fulton, for San Francisco; British ship
Thomliebank; British ship Crown of India, for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders; British
steamship Indrapura, for Hong Kong and way
ports. ArrKed at 11:30 A. il. and left up at
1 P. M. Steamer Columbia, from San Fran
cisco. Sailed at 1 P. M. Barkentlne Echo,
for Cape Town. Arrived at 11 A. M. and left
up at 2:15 P. M. British steamship Forerlc,
from Muroran. Sailed at 12 noon Schooner
Joseph Russ, for Honolulu. Sailed at 1:50 P.
M. Steamer Elmoro. for Tillamook. Arrived
at 4 P. M. German ship Susanne, from Guay
amas. Arrived at 7 P. M. British -ship Ful-
WOod. from Talcahuano. Condition of the bar
at 5 P jr smooth; wind south; weather
cloudy.
San Francisco. Dec 6. Arrived Ship Glory
of the Seas, from Ladysmlth; schooner Glcn
dale. from Tacoma; ship Two Brothers, from
Tacoma. Sailed Schooner Ruth E. Godfrey,
for Tacoma: steamer Isqua. for Astoria.
Coronel, Dec. 6. Arrived Milton, from San
Francisco, for St. Vincent.
Brisbane, Dec C Arrived Moana, from Van-
1 couver for Sydney.
1 Hambunr. Dec C Arrived Neko. from Ta-
coma. San Francisco. Guayaquil, etc
London. Sailed December 5 Marquette, for
New York.
Liverpool, Dec C Sailed Bovlc, for New
York.
New York, Dec 6. Arrived Pennsylvania,
. f "m Hamburg.
Queenstown. Dec 6. Arrived Campania,
from New York for Liverpool. '
Havre, Dec 0. Arrived La Champagne, from
New York.
Liverpool, Dec CArlved Germanic, from
New York.
Hamburg, Dec 6. Arrived Patricia, from
New York.
Genoa. Dec 6. Arrived Fuerst Bismarck,
from New York.
Seattle, Dec C Sailed Steamer AI-KI. for
Skacway: steamer Cottage City for Skagway.
Arrived December 5 British steamer Glenogie.
from Tacoma; Italian steamer Lulgl Clamp!,
from Talcahuano; British ship Nelson, from
Portland; 6th, steamer Robert Dollar, from San
Francisco; steamer Walla Walla, from San
Francisco.
0UTWI1H CHINESE COOKS
DEMAND OF THE FEDERATED
TRADES COUXXIL.
Union Men Will Not Eat In Restau-
ranU With "Chinks" In Kitchen
Wages for 1005.
"Down with the Chinese cooks!" was
the keynote of the meeting of the Fed
erated Trades Council last evening. This
and the consideration of the question
whether or not higher wages should be
demanded during the 1905 Fair were the
Important matters discussed at the gath
ering of the union delegates. Every
chair in the hall was filled, there being
100 men present, with President George M.
Orton In the chair.
The following new members were ad
mitted: J. Summers. J. O'Keefe and
Thomas Parkinson, representing the Sta-bk-men's
Union.
The painters' union received a letter
from the iron-trade strikers in San Fran
cisco, thanking it for a donation of $10,
and saying that there were still several
thousand men holding out for a nine-hour
day.
Secretary A. A. Bailey was Instructed
to get a list of factories making union
made pants. It seems that while plenty
of suits may be found In Portland bear
ing the union label, it did not seem pos
sible to find individual pairs of pants
bearing the union label.
Some steps were taken toward further
ing the plan of leasing a building In which
all labor unions might meet. The Idea Is
to fit up a headquarters building for all
the labor unions of the city, and to have
In It a reading-room and general head
quarters. It Is Intended to house all the
unions In this way for a while, but in ttvs
meantime to arrange for buying a lot and
putting up a building that will be the
property of the unions The different
unions will soon send delegates to a meet
ing specially called to arrange this mat
ter. The committee was given another
week in which to Investigate further.
Delegate George Oerte" reported that all
the marble-working shops In Portland
were now unionized.
Delegate Curtis made a report, that
everything was now satisfactorily ar
ranged among the gralnhandlcrs.
A. A. Duke reported that he had organ
ized the hardwood-finlshfirs and the rig
gers and shlpllners.
Messrs. Bailey. Stanton and others re
ported that they had been out visiting
different unions In the Interest of the 1905
Fair.
Delegate Thayer brought up the matter
of the labor unions not ratelng wages
during the 1905 Fair. He thought that if
the unions made any such agreement
they should first require the other par
ties to give bonds that there would be no
Increase In rents or cost of living during
the Fair.
Another delegate said that his land
lord had already notified rJm of a 1
raise, and that cost of living had gone up
much faster than wages. This matter 13
under the consideration of a committee.
Secretary Bailey was Instructed to tele
graph to Delegate Morgan at Scranton,
Pa., the remainder of cash due him. The
representative of the Teamdrlvers' Union
volunteered to make up any deficiency
that might exist.
A delegate asked why some restaurants
had union cards in their windows and
Chlneie cooks in their kitchens, and the
matter was discussed at length.
Mr. Duke explained how a "No Chinese"
sign had been put up in front of the Elk
restaurant, and how. at the request of
prominent restaurant-keepers, the Chief
of Police had had It removed.
Most of the delegates present protested
against members of unions eating at res
taurants which did not display union
cards, and It waa related how four mem
bers of the Ironworkers' union had gone
Into a restaurant, and, before ordering
their meals, had asked the waiters to
show their union cards. When the wait
ers could not do this, all four union men
walked out.
The general understanding arrived at
was that the matter of Chinese cooks
would be soon settled, and that all restau
rants would find it to their advantage to
sign the agreement with the Walters' Al
liance. Reports from all local unions were
made, showing the conditions of trade.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Dr. D. Y. K. Deerlng, Sheriff of Union
County, Is at the Imperial.
L. A. Loomls, president of the I. R. &
N Is In the city on matters connected
with the road.
A. J. PIckard, a prominent cattleman of
Eugene, is in the city on business, and Is
a guest al the Perkins Hotel.
H. M. Kinney, of Winona, Minn., who la
at the Portland, is one of the largest
wagon manufacturers In the country.
William Hanley. of Burns, who is at
the Imperial, Is a prominent cattleman,
and Is In Portland on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. William Laughlln and nine
children, of North Yamhill, are in the
city for a few days, and are guests at
tho Perkins Hotel.
W. T. Hume, ex-DIstrlct Attorney,
who has been in Alaska for some time
past, returned to Portland yesterday. Mr.
Hume's family Is spending the Winter In
San Francisco.
H. F. Prael, secretary and manager or
the Clatsop Mill Company, of Astoria, Is
in the city. The Clatsop Mill was burned
last February, since which time the com
pany has operated a mill at Rainier. Tlans
are now under way for the erection of
a new mill at Astoria, which will have a
capacity of 125,000 feet of lumber a day.
Frank Jayncs, of San Francisco, man
ager of the Pacific Coast lines of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, was
In the city yesterday, en route from Se
attle to the California metropolis. Mr.
Jaynes has been making a tour of the
Coast with R. C. Clowry. of Chicago,
vice-president of the company.
Samuel Elmore, vice-president of the
Columbia River Packers' Association, of
Astoria, who has been In the city for sev
eral days, returned home yesterday. The
annual election of directors of the as
sociation will be held In Astoria next
week, at which time A. B. Hammond
will probably be re-elected president and
the other officers will be continued.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6. Northwestern peo
ple registered at New York hotels to
day as follows:
From Portland Dr. Fenton, at the As
tor; H. Bamberger, at the Broadway Cen
tral. From Tacoma B. B. Terner, J. B. Crom
well, at the Holland.
From Seattle J. Berkman. at the
Broadway Central; T. M. Stern and wife,
at the Marlborough.
Bad Fire at n. LoKKlnp Camp.
HOQUAIM, Wash.. Dec 6. The bunk
house at Hanson Bros, logging camp,
at Oxford, burned yesterday at noon. All
the clothing of the crew of the was de
stroyed along with about $200 In money.
The total loss will exceed 52000. The fire
originated by the burning of giant pow
der, which Frank McDonald was thaw
ing out by the stove.
Damage Snit Goes to Jury.
The trial of the suit of Evanson vs. the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Company,
to recover 510,003 damages for the loss
of a finger, was concluded yesterday after
noon, and given to the Jury. Up to a late
hour last night the jury were still out.
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CAUGHT MEN ON A BOAT
SUPPOSED DALLES THIEVES TAKEN
BY A DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Returning From Green Execution He
Falln In With a Trio "Who Arc
Thought to Be Robbers.
James Mcintosh, C. E. Potts and John
Daly were arrested at the foot of Alder
street at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
as they were landing from the steamer
Tahoma, on suspicion of being the men
who gagged and robbed C. A. Lawton,
a painter, at The Dalles, at 8 o'clock
Wednesday night. The arrests were made
by Deputy Sheriffs Harry Meyer, Edward
Gunderson and Penumbra Kelly, but the
credit of the capture Is due to Deputy
Sheriff Fred Matthews, who came' down
on the steamer from the Cascades with
the men. H. P. Emery, employed at the
Courthouse as a carpenter, rendered val
uable assistance.
Messrs. Matthews and Emery went to
Stevenson, Wash., to witness the hanging
of James G. Green.
Mr. Matthews saw the account of the
robbery which occurred at The Dalles In
The Oregonlan, and at Stevenson he also
met Charles Alfskey and Mr. Woods. Dep
uty Sheriffs In Wasco County, who told
him of the commission of the crime.
Shortly after boarding the steamer
Tahoma on the homeward trip. Matthews
observed three men sitting together, and
after passing them a couple of times,
noticed paintmarks on two of their coats.
Calling to mind that tho robbery at The
Dalles was In a paint shop, he concluded
that the paint stains might be tell-tale
signs.
Matthews kept his own counsel, and re
solved to follow up his clew with dis
cretion. There were several Sheriffs on
the steamer. Including Sheriff Deerlng,
of Union County. Mr. Matthews made
it a point to get close to the suspects
along with one of the Sheriffs, and then
would address the officer by his oftlclal
title In front of the men In a loud tone
of voice, carefully watching the result.
Several times In calling out the name of
Sheriff Deerlng and others In this way,
he observed that the men acted nervously,
and would get up and walk away. This
sort of thing was continued, Matthews,
however, not disclosing to any of the other
officers the game he was working. He
Anally decided from the circumstances and
actions of the three men to cause their
arrest on reaching Portland. He disclosed
his plans to Emery, and Instructed the
latter when the Tahoma touched at Al
blna to get off and telephone to the
Sheriffs office for assistance. This Emery
did, with the result that Deputies Kelly,
Meyer and Gunderson responded. Had they
not arrived in time, Matthews could have
asked some of the county Sheriffs to help
him.
The men were safely lodged In the Coun
ty Jail, and on the person of one of them
$39 was found. A few dollars each was
found on the other two. which, allowing
for the fares from The Dalles, Just about
makes up the amount of the robbery. 50.
The prisoners were Interviewed by Chief
Deputy Sheriff Thlelsen, and Deputies
Meyer and Kelly. They all told the same
story In the main. They stated that they
had been employed at Ogden and vicinity
by the Utah Construction Company.
Daly was a rockman, and the others
dirtmen. They got through and traveled
over the Short Line In easy stages to
The Dalles, drinking and having a good
time on the way.
Daly, who has no paint on his 'clothes
and who is neatly dressed and has an
honest look, states that he went to bed
In a hotel at Tho Dalles at 4 o'clock, and
that the others were let Into the room
by the landlord with his passkey at about
S o'clock. He professes to know nothing
whatever of the actions of his two com
panions between those towns. As 8 o'clock
was supposed to be about the time of
the gagging and robbing of Lawton, the
two men may have perpetrated the deed
and retired to bed Immediately after
ward to avoid capture or attracting at
tention. Daly states that he worked a year for
the Utah Construction Company, receiv
ing $70 per month, and that some years
ago he was employed by Smith & Brooks,
railroad contractors at Portland. He says
his acquaintance with the other two men
was not Intimate.
Sheriff Kelly at The Dalles was notified,
and the men will be held until he arrives.
George Eliot and Music.
CornhilL
George Eliot has several things to say
about music as It was practiced in Middle
march and its vicinity, and It Is as certain
that, like Miss Austen, she knew what she
was' talking about, as It Is that Middle
march was a real place, and that the
Brookes and VIncys and Cadwalladers and
Chettams were real people. We like Mr.
Brook all the better for not carrying his
"advanced" views into the region of mu
sical art. "A woman should be able to
alt down and play you or sing you a good
old English tune; that is what I like,
though I have heard most things been at
the opera in Vienna, Gluck and Mozart,
everything of that sort. But I'm a con-
Alum i used in somehaklntr powders and
in most ot the so-called phosphate pow
ders, because it i cheap, and maW a
cheaper powder But alum is a corrosive
poison which, taken in fooh acts injur
iously upon the stomach, H crenel kidneys.
, 100 mviiiiui tr . new yokk.
servatlve In music: It's not like ideas: I
stick to the good old tunes." Neither
Dorothea nor Mr. Casaubon cared about
music, and George Eliot, evidently taking
some such view as Mr. Austen Leigh,
forgives Dorothea on the ground of the
"small tinkling In which domestic art
chiefly consisted at that dark period." In
MIddlemarch It was the fashion to sing
comic songs "In a rhythmic way, leaving
you to fancy the tune, very much as if
you were tapping a drum." No doubt the
"Humors of Bartlemy Fair" and the
"Skein of White Worsted at Flint's" were
In the MIddlemarch repertoire, as well as
"So Miss Myrtle Is Going to Marry" and
the "Musical Wife."
It is hardly remembered now that George
Eliot's husband, G. H. Lewes, wrote nov
els. He loved music as well as she did.
and In his "Ranthorpe" and "Rose.
Blanche and Violet" his young ladies sing
Paisiello and Rossini, some of them going
so far as to adore Beethoven, who was not
at that time so popular a favorite as in
theae day of RIchter concerts. Indeed,
one of them makes a reference to a well
known story of the Philharmonic Orches
tra bursting Into laughter the first time
they played his composition.
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