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THE MOENING OKfiGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1901. PORTLAND TO SIBERIA BRITISH STEAMSIIIP HATISD "WILIj SAIL DIRECT NEXT MONTH. Steamship Pembrokeshire Arrives Prom Orient Grain Ship Are Receiving: Quick Diupatck. The British steamship Hatlsu, a 4500-ton carrier, has been chartered to load at Portland in January for Vladlvostock di rect She will carry about 3000 tons of flour and miscellaneous freight from Port land, a portion of the space on board be ing engaged by Ban Francisco parties. Portland exporters have shipped large quantities of flour, lumber and other Ore gon products to Siberia In the past two years, but toward the close of the year have been unable to ship direct, but have been forced to send their shipments by way of Puget Sound. The Hatlsu, which will lead the 1902 fleet for Siberia, comes to P. F. DuFlon, local agent for the Cal ifornia & Oriental Steamship Company. That line has been running steamers out of this port with a fair degree of regu larity for the past three years, and will wind up the present year with the mam moth steamship Strathgyle, which has made nearly half a dozen trips to Port land. The Strathgyle Is now due at San Diego and will come north at once, calling while en route at San Francisco. She will re ceive a portion of her cargo at the Bay City, but will take from this port about 30DO tons of miscellaneous cargo and 300, 000 feet of lumber. She will reach Port land about December 25, and may get out before the end of the year. If she does, It will materially increase the month's flour shipments, as the Knight Compan ion, now in port, will sail on the 28th, with a big shipment of flour. Another December steamship for -the Orient Is the Forerlc, which the Eastern Lumber Com pany is loading. She finished loading a thousand tons of under-deck cargo for the Government at Alaska dock yester day, and has shifted back to the Eastern Lumber Company's dock to complete her lumber cargo. The steam schooners Lak me and San Pedro are alongside the Forerlc. discharging redwood lumber, but will finish today, and the steamer will complete her cargo with Oregon fir. STEAMER RUTH SUNK. Willamette River Packet Strikes a HntK Near Corvalliw. The O. R. & N. Co.'s Willamette River steamer Ruth struck a snag near Corval lis about 5 o'clock yesterday morning and sank In a few minutes, in about nine feet of water. The Ruth was In command of Captain Inman, but his pilot was at the wheel when the accident happened. The boat had just left the dock at Corvallls to go up the river to Fisher Mills, to take on a lot of flour, and struck a sub merged snag before she had proceeded very far. She Is resting easy, and can be raised without much difficulty. The steamer Modoc Is on her way down the river, and on arrival at Portland will be equipped with pumps and gear for rais ing the sunken steamer, and return at once to the scene of the disaster. Unless there should be a heavy rain and flood In the river, not much difficulty is .antici pated in raising -the craft. The bow of the Ruth points to the southeast, and Is 40 feet from the east i-hore and In six feet of water. Aft, she Is In 12 or 15 feet of water, but her stern Is not on the bottom, being held up by the huge snag on which she rests some where about amidships. She is tilted on one side, and through the big hole in her bottom a big stream of water comes up and passes out over her deck. The hole Is estimated to be 30 feet long and four feet wide. The snag struck her near the engines. Within two minutes after she struck the boat sank. The boat was in the channel sha usually takes when she struck. A number of passengers were on board, all of them being in bed. They were terribly frightened, but all were taken ashore In boats without accident. The cargo has all been removed, and much, if not all, of it will be a total loss. The Willamette River has received but little attention on Its upper reaches re cently, and snags are constantly drifting in, so that It Is impossible for boats to lc-p cleai of all of them. The Ruth had but little freight on board at the time, and the los: will not be heavy on that ac count. MORE CARGOES CLEARED. Schiller Will Finish Loading To. night, After One Week in rortlaml. The French bark Eugenie Fautrll, which arrived from Antwerp with a full Inward cargo less than a month ago, was cleared yesterday by Kerr, Glfford & Co. for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, with 311,001 bushels of wheat, valued at $66,600. While Portland exporters do not require a -month to dispatch a grain vessel com ing in ballast, the showing made by the Fautrll is a very good one for a cargo ship, especially when It Is considered that the was in the stream awaiting an op portunity to dock for nearly a week be fore she discharged her cargo. Another ship clearing yesterday was the River side, which was dispatched by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. with 92.01S bushels of wheat, valued at $55,211. The same firm also finished loading the Norwegian bark Olivia, which has been in the river but 15 days. The Schiller, which arrived at Astoria on the 9th of this month, will finish at the Northwestern Warehouse Company's dock today, and will have had the best dispatch of Ihe season. She will be ready for sea at noon today, after a stay at Portland of exactly one week. None of the others of the sailing fleet In port are very near to the finishing point, but be fore the end of the month four or five others may be ready. The two steam ships Pembrokeshire and Argyll will help shipments out somewhat, however, as each of them will carry as much as two ordinary sailers. GRAIN STEAMERS C03IING. Pembrokeshire Arrived Yeterday, and Argyll One Today. The big steamship Pembrokeshire, the latest addition to the well-known Shire line, operated by Jenkins & Co., of Liver pool, arrived in yesterday noon and will reach Portland today. The Pembroke shire comes in command of Captain Ken nedy, well known in this port as master of the old Monmouthshire. She has made a slow trip across the Pacific, on account of contrary winds. The steamer Is under charter by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and will carry nearly 200.000 bushels of wheat The Argyll, another big steamship com ing for grain, will arrive In the river this morning. She met with much the same kind of weather as the Pembrokeshire, and was delayed so long on the passage that she was obliged to put Into Comox for coal. She comes to the Northwestern Warehouse Company, and Manager Smith yesterday received a telegram stating that she had sailed from Comox at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Both of these steamers had been ex pected to reach Portland earlier in the month, but, with the usual dispatch given vessels, they will be hustled out before the end of the year. Another wheat steamer that Is not very far behind these vessels Is the British steamship Pala tlnla, formerly In the transport service out of this port She Is due at Portland about December 25, to load wheat for i Europe. MORE OVERBITES REPORTED. Seventy-Five Per Cent Reinsurance Is Offered on the Gleucrlcht. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 17. The iron ship Narcissus, flying the flag of Italy and commanded by Captain Boero. Is more than a month overdue at San Fran cisco, from Genoa. She left the station po-t 1S7 days ago, carrying a valuable areo of marble. Since her departure she has been spoken but once. That was in July last, and now serious apprehen sion is felt for the safety of the vessel and the 25 men on board. There are now three vessels listed as overdue. They are: The Glenericht. which has been out 16 days, from San Francisco, bound for Port land, and quoted at 75 per cent reinsur ance; the Robert Duncan, 77 days, from Wei Wei, for Puget Sound, 50 per cent; Anglia, 364 days out, from Newcastle, N. S. W., fpr Panama, 85 per cent. The Anglia will probably be posted as miss ing within a few days. BELL BUOY FOR SOUTH CHANNEL. Government Has Authorized It to Be Put In at Once. ASTORIA, Dec. 17. Word was received here today that Commander Day, Light house Inspector for this district, had been granted permission from the department to place a bell buoy at the entrance to the south channel at the mouth of the Columbia River. This buoy will be placed In position as soon as the lighthouse ten der Manzanita returns from her present trip to Wlllapa Harbor. This is the buoy that the bar pilots have been trying to secure for some time, as it will be of great assistance to them in their work. Lamorlciere Released. The French bark Lomlrlclere has been released from the custody of the "United States Marshal and Is now ready to go to sea. She was libelled several days ago by the British ship Latimer for $5000 on account of damages sustained by a col lision between the two vessels Jn th lower harbor. The owners of the vessels have settled the difficulty In London, and upon cable advices the Lamorlciere was re leased. Manifest of Addenda. The manifest of the barkentlne Adden da, which left out several days ago from Knappton, for San Francisco, and has ar rived there, was filed at the custom-house today. She carried a cargo of 755,250 feet of lumber. Samson to Go on Drydock. The tug Samson will leave out tomorrow for Puget Sound, where she will go on a drydock and have her bottom cleaned and painted, as well as a fow .repairs made to her machinery. Pembrokeshire From Orient. The steamship Pembrokeshire, which arrived in from the Orient today, reports a very rough passage of 24 days from Yokohama. Last night while about 130 miles off the mouth of the river she sighted a light three-masted bark and two schooners heading in, toward the Columbia. STRICT QUARANTINE OFFICIALS. Ship Must Discharge Her Ballast To Proceed, More "Will Be necessary. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec. 17. The quarantine regulations against all vessels arriving from Infected ports are being strictly enforced, and the experi ence of the American ship Kenllworth, from Sourabaya, Java, will be costly. The Kenllworth arrived' Sunday, and was or dered to Diamond Point quarantine sta tion to discharge SOO tons of ballast; also to empty her water tanks. The captain telegraphed the owners of the order of the quarantine office, and asked that they have the department rescind the same, as the discharging of the ballast would be expensive, as the ship would not stand up with less than 300 tons, and new bal last would have to be hauled by teams from the beach, which would be slow and expensive work. Tcday the department upheld the order, and the ship was towed to the quarantine station. Sourabaya is a cholera-infected port, and a. short time before the Kenllworth sailed many deaths had occurred, and germs of the disease are carried in both ballast and water. Meeting: of Victoria Sealing; Company VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 17. A meeting of the Victoria Sealing Company, which owns most of the schooners sailing from Victoria, will be held Thursday to map out a plan of operations for the coming season. It has been waiting the result of the fur sales which were held in London. While the prices obtained, an average of 61s 9d at Lampson's sale, and 62s at the Hudson's Bay sale. Is 15 per cent below the prices obtained last year, it Is con sidered a fair one, being 4 per cent higher than prices obtained a few years ago. That the prices are satisfactory to the owners of the schooners is shown by the fact that they are getting ready to sail, one having already left, and two others being In the stream ready to start. The schooners carrying white crews will get away Immediately, but there will be some delay with the Indian schooners, as a big potlach is about to be held on the coast, and the hunters aro not likely to- leave until this Is over. The trouble in get ting Indians Is growing yearly on account of the development of the island coast, and the fact that the Indians are able to make good wages hunting and fishing for miners. CI aver Ins: Had a Rongrh Trip. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 17. The North ern Pacific Steamship Clovering arrived today after a stormy voyage across the Pacific. The Clavering encountered con tinuous, furious gales from all points of the compass, accompanied by heavy, con fused seas. In addition to unfavorable weather, the loss of one blade of her pro peller delayed the steamer's progress somewhat. Matting is the principal item in the Claverlng's cargo, and the con dition of some of it furnishes proof of the heavy weather the steamer has en countered. When the hatches were opened many of the rolls were found to have broken loose from their covers. The Clavering brought 16,305 rolls of matting and 175 bales of raw silk. The remainder of her cargo includes tea, straw braid and a small quantity of curios. Crew of Schooner Will Libel Her. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 17. The schoon er Arllla, of Seattle, which rescued the crew of the Highland Light, will be selKd on a libel claim filed against her by the crew. It seems that one of the owners of the vessel was on her during her. trad ing cruise and was landed at Dutch Har bor with a quantity of bone, which he was to come south with by steamer, to sell. Since he left Dutch Harbor he can not be located. Captain Crowell has no funds to pay wages, and the men nave no other recourse, for their wages but to libel the schooner. Lone Mariner Still Afloat. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. News comes from Australia that Captain Voss and his little 40-foot canoe arrived at Sydney November 20, having made the voyage safely from British Columbia. At FIJI his mate, Luxton, concluded to go to Sydney by steamer, so Captain Voss shipped a sailor named Louis Degonte, but the man was washed overboard flvo days out, and Captain Voss made the rest of the voyage alone. He will go from Sydney to Ceylon on his voyage around the world- Spanish Steamer Sank. BOSTON. Dec 17. The British steam ship Isle of Kent, of Newcastle, England, from Savannah for Bremen, put In hero today with her bows crushed in and her stem battered. She brought the entire crew of the Spanish steamer Amesti, bound from Bllboa, Spain, for Philadel phia, the latter vessel having sunk In half an hour after a collision with the Isle of Kent on Saturday last, when about 33 miles east of Cape Cod. Wilson at Everett. EVERETT. Wash., .Dec. 17. The Gov ernment steamer General J. M. Wilson Is In port, inspecting the harbor improve ments. Sindln a Total Loss. OCEAN CITY, N. J.. Dec 17. Tho Brit ish bark Slndia, which went ashore in the northeaster on Sunday morning, will prove a total loss. This fttteraoon she T broke in two, and has been abandoned by the wreckers. The vessel and cargo are valued at nearly half a million dollars. Gray's Harbor Loses the T. C. Reed. HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec 17. The steam er T. C. Reed, the largest and fastest steamer on Gray's Harbor, has been leased to Puget Sound men, and yesterday morn ing the tug Traveler left with her in tow for Puget Sound. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Dec 17. Arrived at 8 A. M. and left up at 11 A. M. Steamer Cblco, from Seat tle. Left up at 8:30 A. M. British ship Ilala. Arrived at 9:30 and left up at 10:20 A. M. Steamer Fulton, from Saa Francisco. Arrived at 9:30 Steamer W. H. Harrison, from Tilla mook. Arrived at 1 P. il. British steamship Pembrokeshire, from Mojl; steamer Elmor, from Tillamook. Sailed at 4:30 P. M. French bark Belen, for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., mod erate; wind southeast; weather cloudy. New York. Dec 17. Arrived Marquette, from London; Vaderland, from Antwerp; Am sterdam, from Rotterdam. Liverpool, Dec 17. Arrived Cevlc, from New York. Bremen. Dec 17. Arrived Bremen, from New Toric Seattle, Dec 17. Sailed Ellhu Thompson, -for Valdes; Cottage pity, for Sitka. Arrived Santa Ana, from 8an Francisco. Tocoma, Dec 17. Arrived British steamer Clavering-, from Vladlvostock; steamer Cottage City, from Seattle. Sailed British bark Deu drath Castle, for United Kingdom; bark Agate, for Port Blakeley. San Francisco. Dec 17. Arrived Steamer Edith, from Seattle; steamer John S. Kimball, from Seattle; steamer Czarina, from Tacoma; schooner Free Trade, from Coos Bay; schooner Lizzie. Vance, from Gray's Harbor; schooner John F. Miller, from Coos Bay; schooner Queen, from Gray's Harbor; schooner Roy Somers. from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Steamer Wellington, for Ladysmltb: steamer Walla Walla, for Victoria; steamer Itandalay, for Coqullle River; schooner Corinthian, for Coqullle River. Seattle, Dec 17. Sailed Steamer Ellhu Thompson, for Valdes; steamer Cottage City, for Skagway; steamer Charles Nelson, for San Francisco. Arrived Steamer Rainier, from San Francisco. New York, Doc 17. Sailed Georgia, for Liv erpool. Portland, lie, Dec 17. Arrived Rosarlan. from Glasgow. Liverpool, Dec 17. Arrived Soxonla, from Boston. London, Dec 17. Arrived Minneapolis, from New York. Sailed Hermonthos, for Son Fran cisco. Plymouth, Dec 17. Sailed Patricia, from Hamburg, for New York. Southampton, Dec 17. Sailed Kron Prlnz Wllhelm, from Bremen, for New York. Queenstown. Dec 17. Arrived Oceanic, from New York, for Liverpool. A QUADRUPLE SUICIDE. Chloroform Ended Four Yonng Lives at Columbus. COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 17. Two young women and two young men were found dead today in rooms In a boarding-house at 52 East Russell street, and evidence points to a quadruple suicide, deliberate ly planned. The dead are; PEARL WAGNER, aged 2S. LOU KLINE, aged 18. SHERMAN LOTHOUSD. JOHN JACOBS. The four persons went to the boarding house Sunday and secured adjoining rooms. Today nothing was seen of them, and tonight the doors to the rooms were forced and the occupants were discovered lying on the beds dead. The keyholes and cracks around the doors had been closed with rags and fumes of chlorohorm filled the rooms. The motive for the suicide is not known. Several empty whisky flasks in the rooms Indicated that the quartet had spent Monday night In a debauch. The two women formerly lived In. Chllli cothe. Investigation falls to reveal that any of the four persons had had any serious trouble, though the Warner girl had been reprimanded by her employer for having permitted her wages to be garnlsheed, because of her failure to pay for a cloak, and he thinks she may have become so affected by it during tho drunken debauch that she chloroformed her companions and then ended her own life. The Coroner does not regard this theory as tenable. A PITTSBURG TRAGEDY; Prominent Yonng Woman Murdered in Her Home. PITTSBURG, Dec 17. Harriet P. Mur phy, prominent in church and social cir cles, and treasurer of tho Klngsley House fund, was murdered at her home, 6221 Howe street. East End, by a burglar this morning. The murderer escaped. Miss Murphy was sleeping on the second floor. She was an expert with the revol ver, having practiced many years for the purpose of protecting herself In the event of just such an attack as happened this morning, and she always had a pistol either under her pillow or within easy reacn. About 3 o'clock this morning her brother was awakened by two shots, and hastening to his sister's room found her lying dead on the floor with a bullet wound In the head. The burglar had scaled the porch posts and entered the window of Miss Murphy's room breaking the glass. It is supposed that the noise of the crashing glass awakened her, and as she Jumped from the bed with her re volver In her hand, the man flred. Developments tonight in the case deep en the air of mystery shrouding It. At the preliminary Coroner's inquest It was shown that two bullets were missing from Miss Murphy's revolver. One was ac counted for by tracing It to tho window ledge where It lodged. No trace of the other has yet been found. While many are Inclined to believe the woman com mitted suicide while temporarily de ranged through Insomnia, the police will make no statement, and the friends of the family Insist that this theory Is en tirely wrong. STATE OFFICERS ARRESTED. Lieutenant-Governor nnd Brother Churned "With Assnnlt. MISSOULA. Mont., Dec 17. Warrants for tho arrest of Lieutenant-Governor Hlgglns and his brother, the State Game Warden, were issued this afternoon, and the officials bive been placed under ar rest. They are charged by the plaintiffs, whom they beat in a severe manner, with assault in the third degree. Booth, one of the victims, who Is In the hospital with a fractured skull, says he wll file an additional complaint against the bel ligerent state officials on a more serious charge than assault. Lieutenant-Governor Hlgglns and his brother, it is al leged, lay in wait for the victims Sunday night and thrashed them. Hlgglns ays a plot has been laid by the men they trounced to do up the entire Hlgglns fam ily. Bourne's "Facts." PORTLAND. Dec 17. To the Editor.) After years of controversy It is gratify ing to learn that the Whitman controversy has been settled by Professor E. G. Bourne, an adolescent professor of his tory In Yale University, whose "Essays on Historical Criticism" have almost all "appeared in the American Historical Re view or in the transactions of the Ameri can Historical Association, and are thus known to a wide range of readers." "H's conclusion, which is completely warranted by the facts," says the New York Post, "removes Marcus Whitman from the pan theon of National benefactors and leaves him only an honorable place among mis sionaries." It Is furthermore gratifying to note that to a large extent the source of the "facts" referred to is Mr. Hubert Howe Bancroft, the alleged historian of the Pacific Coast, who Is utterly discred ited by the Society of California Pioneers, of which society he. was an honorary member until February 5, 1834, when he was dropped, for publishing statements In his so-called history that were "flagrantly and maliciously untrue." It is well to know the sources of Professor Bourne's Inspiration. GEORGE H. HIMES. Mr. Bourne's, sources are given in his essay, and they Include much' beside Bancroft. WANT COMMON RIGHTS ATTACK RETIREMENT OF NORTH ERN PACIFIC PREFERRED. Said to Have Been a Scheme to En able Private Interests to Make Large Profits. NEW YORK, Dec 17. Argument was heard by Justice Scott In the Supreme Court today on the application of Wolfe Bros. & Co. and other plaintiffs, to en Join the Northern Pacific Railway Com pany from carrying out a plan of reor ganization adopted In November, to re tire its preferred stock of $75,000,000. The preferred stockholders of the company claim that they are excluded from pur chasing certain bonds, which privilege, they allege, is given to the owners of the common stock; Counsel for the plaintiffs allege that the contemplated retirement of the preferred stock was part of a schemo entered into between the directors and the holders of the largest part of the common titock to subserve their private purposes by making large financial profits on the common stock and by giving the present holders thereof control and management of the capital. This, it was alleged, was in vio lation of the duties and the trust Imposed upon the directors, and it was to the great Injury and detriment of the pre ferred stockholders, and especially the plaintiffs. In opposing the motion, Francis L. Stet son told how tho plan of reorganization was adopted. He said that the unani mous consent of all the stockholders to the plan had been obtained, and that took out of the case any questions as tn lack of equity. Thus, he argued. It confined counsel for the plaintiffs to the claim that the action of the board of directors was Illegal. Mr. Stetson declared that the contract was clearly legal. Justice Scott instructed counsel on each side to submit briefs tomorrow at the latest, because the case was too Impor tant to permit of any delay. He said that he would hand down a decision soon. LOCOMOTIVES FOR FOREIGNERS. From All Lands They Send Orders to the United States. NEW YORK, Doc 17. A number of Im portant contracts for locomotives to be used by various foreign governments and private railroads have been placed in the United States within the last few days. The American Locomotive Company, of this city, has captured a contract for 30 locomotives. Intended., for the Japanese Government railways. The engines will be built at Schenectady. The same American concern is also building 12 locomotives for the Kuishl Railway, one of the big private roads op erating In the Japanese Empire. This makes the sixth order 72 engines In all that the American Locomotive Company has secured from that road within the last two years. The Hokkadal Railway, controlled by the Japanese Government, has also ordered six American-built en gines. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, has been awarded a con tract calling for 18 locomotives to be shipped to the West Australian Govern ment railways, and 36 American locomo tives have also been contracted for on be half of the New South Wales Govern ment railways. The H. K. Porter Company, of Pitts burg, has been allotted an order for four locomotives for use in the coal mines near Johannesburg, South Africa. RAILROAD TO COAL MINES. Surveyors at "Work on About a 15 Mile Line From Centralla. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec 17. Wilson Bros., who own the extensive coal lands cast of Centralla, have engaged engineers to select the most practical route for a railroad to connect their mines with this city. Messrs. Wilson have been at work for the past 12 months or more opening up and developing their extensive coal lands. They have a number of 'good veln3 In sight. The largest vein Is 20 feet in Thickness. A thorough test of the coal was made a short time since by the Oregon Rallrway & Navigation Company, and It was pro nounced number one. The mo3t prac tical routes ,for the railroad are' along the line of 'the old Ellsbury narrow jruuge railroad or up the Hanaford Val lry. As the mines are about 15 miles duo east, the Ellsbury route will probably be Bdected. Should the old Ellsbury right of way be purchased, the new road will run directly east, or nearly so, to the mines, and will be several miles shorter than the other course. The other routo would be a few miles north, leaving Cen tralla at the same point, and then east up the Hanaford Valjey to the mines. It Is more than probable that this road will not end at these mines, but will bo gradually extended on to reach the coal and timber of the eastern part of Lewis County. NEW YORK LOSING GROUND. Alleges Railroad Discrimination in Favor of Boston. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. The legislative committee on canals and freight discrim inations has been holding conferences for the purpose of discussing the alleged dis crimination of the railways against New York. David Bingham, of the Produce Exchange, who presided, said that one company In Brooklyn loaded last year 321 ships; this year It had loaded only 11. On the contrary, Boston last year shipped twice the corn and wheat exported from New York. The decrease of the port of New York In Its exports In the last 10 years had been $32,000,000 in its grain shipments alone. Ely Bernays, a grain merchant, said that while the railway rates from Buffalo to New York and to Boston were the same, tho railways gave four months' free stor age for the grain in Boston, free Insur ance and free terminal charges. Gustav Schwab, grain merchant, said that ships came here to unload cargo and then went to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Newport News to load. As for the Brie Canal, Mr. Schwab pro nounced it an unsalable ditch. A member of the exchange suggested turning the water out of the canal, building railroads along the bottom and then utilizing elec tricity to be supplied from Niagara Falls. Reduction in White Pass Rates. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec 17. The Atlln Board of Trade has indorsed the govern ment's policy regarding the White Pass and Yukon tariff reduction. It Is of the opinion that 75 per cent reduction Is not too great. Question of Jurisdiction. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Dec. 17. Upon Its own motion the Supreme Court today dis missed the three cases of the Chicago American, New York Journal- and the People against the Associated Press. The court was of opinion that, where there la a local court having Jurisdiction, it will not step In and take Jurisdiction in such cases. The court will probably file Its written opinion tomorrow. Knocked Out in First Round. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec 17. "Wild Bill" Hanrahan, of New York, defeated Marvin Hart, of this city. In tho first round to night at the Auditorium. The knockout blow was a hard right hook on the Jaw, following a left to the stomach. Will Push Cannl Bill. WASHINGTON, Dec 17. Chairman Hepburn, of the House commerce com mittee, today said, now that the Hay Pauncefote treaty has been ratified by the Senate, he will crowd the Nicaragua Ca nal bill to a vote Is. the House with as little delay as possible.- The report on the House bill will be. exceedingly brief. He la Inclined to the opinion that the bill might be passed under suspension of the rules. He expressed the opinion that the tho differences In the House and Senate bills could be adjusted, as there Is no conflict In essentials. BOXERS READY FOR RING Tracer and Nelll Both Lively as Crickets They Dlsgass Chances. Al Nelll and Tom Tracey, who are to meet in the ring before the Pastime Club tomorrow evening, are now both in first class sliapc and are waiting patiently for time to be called so that they may be able to get at each other. Nelll was seen yesterday whn ho stepped on the scales at his training quar ters, after he had had a brisk hour's work with Foley. The weight was placed at 14S pounds, and Al felt pleased when the bar failed to raise. "Well," said the California,, "you see I am at weight, and I will take things easy until the contest commences. I can go better at 14S than I can at 152, the weight at which I fought Billy Smith. You can just mark up two winners from this stable, Foley and my self, though neither of us can afford .to take any chances by becoming careless. Our opponents have had considerable ex perience and are not the kind of fighters who overlook an opening. I will bet a few hundred on myself." Nelll's lanky partner was with him and smiled a little when his attention was called to the difference in height between himself and Muller. "Yes," he said, "I know I am blggr, but you must remem ber it was Muller who sought the mjitch, and It will be Foley who will win It." Muller went to tho White House imme diately after his arrival from San Fran cisco, and Is showing up in fine form. His old antagonist, Tracey, has been out there for the past three weeks, and while he has been taking heavy exercise, ho has put on weight, which Is a good omen. In speaking of his quarters, Tracey said: "This is ono of the best places I ever trained at, and I am surprised that I had not heard of Its perfect Indoor quar ters before. Besides the indoor advan tages, tho surrounding country cannot be surpassed as a place for outdoor work ex ercise. I have taken a different route nearly every day for my spins on the roads, and when I was tired of road work I would take a row up tho river. You can say for me that I am In better condition than ever before, and that I expect to effectually wipe out our old scores by defeating Nelll In about 12 rounds. Will Muller beat Foley? Well. I should say so. His appearance and good punch will win out." Y. ar. C. A. NINE WON, 30-20. Defeated Slnltnomnh Players in. In door Baseball. The indoor baseball gome at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium last evening, between the Y. M. C. A. and Multnomah Club teams, resulted In a victory for tho for mer team by a score of 30 to 20. The gamo was exciting throughout, and It was not until tho Association nine scored nine runs in the eighth Inning that victory was as sured for them. Both teams played poor fielding games, and the errors on both sides were numerous. The line-up: Y. (M. C. A. Position. M. A. A. C. Barral C Whitchouse Gordon 1 B Banks Windlo 2 B Watklns Cahalln 3 B Lewis Bush L. S Fenton Mann R. S Gammle Shockley R. F West Ormandy L. F Honeyman Parker P. Wlckershom UmpIres-tMackie. Y. M. C. A.; Bruce, M. A. A. C. SCORE BY INNINGS. Y. M. C. A. 0 0 2 3 5 4 3 9 4-30 M. A. A. C. 1 3 0 116 0 5 320 There Is some talk of organizing a league after tho first of the year, between these two teams, and from the teams In tho Third Regiment Indoor Baseball League. This would secure an indoor game onco or twice a week, and arouso Interest In the game somewhat. The Multnomah boys aro anxious to get revenge for tho defeat they suffered last night, whllo tho Y. M- C. A. team has an old score left over from last year's team that they wish wiped out. FOOTBALL CLUB ORGANIZED. Association Team Elect Olllcers and Arranges for a Game. Association football was placed on a firm basis in this city at a meeting of the Portland Football Club last night, when these officers were elected: Patron, R. Livingstone; president, Municipal Judgo Cameron; captain, A. E. King; and 'secretary-treasurer, Arthur Honeyman. Mr. King Is an experienced player and learned Association football In Canada. He was twice a football captain, and played with tho Hurons, of Toronto, and with tho well known Essex eleven, which beat Detroit and Windsor. The new Portland club will play Its first match Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock, on the grounds of tho Bishop Scott Academy, against the strong Seamen's Institute team. Both elevens are evenly matched, and an interesting game Is expected. Races at Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17. Results to day were: Six furlongs, selling First Shot won, Pat Morrissey second, Midnight Chimes third; time. 1:14. One mile, selling Gold One won, Jim Kale second. Bedeck third; time, 1:40!4. Five and a half furlongs, selling Watcrscratch won, Jarrettlcrre d'Or sec ond, Huachuca third; time, 1:074. Mile and a quarter, hurdle Aurifera won, Favorlto second, Phil Archibald third; time. 2:19. Seven furlongs, free handicap Byron Rose won. Princess TItanIa second, Ros ormonde third; time, 1:27. Milo and a furlong, selling Position won, Artllla second, Commonwealth At torney third; time, 1:53. a Arranges for Chilean-Japan Trade. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17. A. Thomp son Rey, an attache of the Chilean Con sular service, has arrived here from Japan, where he was sent by his govern ment to bring about closer commercial relations between the two countries. He carried to Japan samples of the products of Chile, which, he says, were greatly ad mired. While there he made arrangements for tho handling of nitrate by the Japan ese Government. It was also arranged between Consul Rey and the .president or the Toyo Klsen Kalsha Steamship Com pany for a steamer to bo put on the run between Chile and Japan, as an experi ment. Should the ship's trip prove profit able, the steamship company promises to run three steamers a year on the route. To Develop Cocos Island. STOCKTON, Cal., Dec 17. A company has been formed in San Francisco and capitalized for $1,000,000, to develop the resources of Cocos Island, off the Costa Rican. coast. Cocos Island has come into notoriety by reason of expeditions made to it for the purpose of uncovering vast treasure supposed to have been buried there by pirates, but the new company is not after the gold of the buccaneers. A ship will be outfitted and provisioned In San Francisco for a two years' stay, and will carry a large force of men. Tho coffee of the extensive plantations estab lished by Captain Geissler Governor of the Island, will be harvested. One of the principal Industries will bo the utiliza tion of a native vegetable from which pulp suitable for paper can be obtained. Arrested for Hillsboro Hold-Up. HILLSBORO, Dec 17. Two strangers were arrested and held this morning, charged with having held up and robbed Manley Everitt of 517 in cash last night about S o'clock In the suburbs of Hills boro. The footpads took Everltt's watch. BABY'S BEST FRIEND fir v y j ? 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Under our Ileal plan of treat ment, directed towards reJ.i:ln.c the enlarg'd ind swollen X'r'itale, imr.o':itt- results, as Indicated by Increased circulation and renew; . sfength. are observed. Our colored chart cf tn organs, which we send free en application. Ij irtcrestlng to any one tHIi'.i to study tno anatomy of the male. FM 106.2