Morning Oregonian., January 13, 1902, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OBEGOyiAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1902.
LIGHT COMES FROM SALEM
MCLTXOaCAH CLUB'S JLTHLETIO
- POLICY RKVUSWED.
Sagrg-estlon Is Made Tkut Social Or
ganization Casta a Iamver ea"
Amatear Sport.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 12. To the Editor.)
In the Issue of The Dally Oregonian of
Monday, January 6, 1S02, was an article
entitled "Football Season Closes," In
which the writer seems to have discov
ered a condition which he Is unable to
explain, which we think we are able to
throw a little light upon.
First, that the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club football team is not popu
lar with the home people, which he has
discovered by the presence at the games
played on their grounds of an element
which he has pleased to call "the sore
heads," and which in reality are com
posed of Portland people who are in
terested In football, and who are lovers
of clean, pure sport on the gridiron, and
who have been made sore time and time
again by being present and witnessing the
unfair and unsportsmanlike methods used
by the Multnomah football team in the
defense of a championship of the North
west, which they have not now nor have
had since the close of the season of 1899.
Let us go back to the beginning of the
football season of 1900. The first game
of any note was played In Eugene be
tween the University of Oregon and the
Capital Amateur Athletic Club, of Salem,
Jwhich resulted In a score of 5 to 0 in
favor of the Capital Amateur Athletic
Club. There were present at that game
Judge W. M. Cake, president of M. A.
A. C, and George McMillan, manager and
coach of the M. A. A. C. football team,
who watched the game very closely, and
George McMillan, in an Interview after
the game, stated that Eugene had the
strongest team she had ever put in the
field. They were there for the purpose
of sizing up the strength of their prin
cipal opponent in the state.
Immediately after the game the C. A.
A. C. Tjegan negotiations with the M. A.
A. C. for a game, or a series of games,
to be played anywhere that the teams
might agree. At the first negotiations the
C- A A. C. succeeded in closing an agree
ment with the M. A A. C. for a series
of three games, the first to be played
in Salem about the middle of November:
the second to be played In' Portland, on
or about the middle of December, and
the last to be played on New Year's day
in Portland. As the first date for the
series drew near, the Multnomah Club
refused to come to Salem to play, and re
fused to play In Portland on the date
on which the first of the series
was to be played, giving for their
reason that they could not get their
tea'm to leave Portland, and nego
tiations were off, but the C. A. A.
C. men did not despair in their at
tempts to arrange a game with Mult
nomah, and kept up a continuous cor
respondence until about the 1st of De
cember, when Manager Durbln made a
trip to Portland and succeeded in making
another agreement, in which each club
put up a cash bond that It would have
Its team upon the Multnomah ground for
the purpose of playing football, on the
15th of December, and on New Tear's
, day.
Let us quote a few lines from The
Oregonian prior to the date of Decem
ber 15. regarding the positions of the two
clubs:
One article was as follows:
"A Stern Chase."
Since the opening of the football season, the
Salem plaj-ers have been clamoring for recog
nition by the practical management of the
Multnomah Club. The C. C. A. Club vu
organized solely for the purpose of entering a
team for the football championship. How
many times Its much-mooted game with the
Portland club has been on. and how many
tinii it has been off. It would take a calcu
lating machine to compute. Time has gone
on, and Multnomah' dilatory tactics hae
been continued successfully.
Sheriff Durbln, the Salem manager, has ex
ercised almost as much Ingenuity In trying to
bring Multnomah to terms as he would In
capturing a brace of escaped prisoners. Once
ho thought he had the Portland people fixed
for a game. This was the match which was
to have been plajed esterday. Multnomah's
ready excuse for not playing was uncertain
finances and shortness of time in which to ad-
ertlse.
"Is Maltnomaa Afraid t"
Multnomah would blow hot and blow cold
alternately, while all through the negotiations
Salem has acted In a commendable manner,
as for Multnomah it has laid Itself, open, to
the suspicion that It is really afraid of defeat
by the Capital City aggregation.
The following conclusion of the relative
merits of the football teams In Oregon
was published in the Sunday Oregonian
of January 6, 1901, which was as follows:
To rank properly the three leading contest
ing football aggregations of the state Is a diffi
cult matter on account of the tie game. Sa
lem has won first place by defeating the Uni
versity of Oregon and twice outplaying Mult
nomah. Multnomah takes second place, it hav
ing defeated the University of Oregon in the
first game played with that eleven, and al
though it -nas subsequently outplayed by Eu
gene In the Thansgivlng game.
At the beginning of the football season
for 1901, Salem asked for a game with
Multnomah, and received no answer at
all. The Salem manager again wrote and
received no answer, and finally, from the
letter of November 20, 1902, he received
the following answer, which practically
put the question of a game with Mult
nomahjh sefl?)fiwf o t16 w&y:
Multnomah Amateur Athletlo Club, Portland,
Or., Nov. SO. 1901. Charles L. McNary. Esq.,
Salem, Or. Dear Sir: Tour letter of November
20, to Mr. Nltchy, relative to a game with
the Capital Amateur Athletic Club, has been
handed to me, and, in reply, I wish to say
that our football committee has had this mat
ter under consideration, and has thought it
Impossible to give you a game this season.
Should anything come up that would war
rant a Change in our views, we will communi
cate with you further. Tours truly,
C H. BUCKENMETER,
Chairman M. A. A. C. Football Committee.
Why Multnomah took this action we
have no means of knowing, unless it was
that she was afraid she would receive
the same treatment at the hands of the
C. A. A. C. that she did last year, and
thought it better policy to "go away back
and sit down" than to repeat her ex
perience of last New Year's. It Is plain
to those who take an active Interest In
football that Multnomah has put in her
time this year playing and defeating the
different kid organizations 'over the state,
and by absolutely xefuslng to meet her
only worthy opponent in the state, and
we believe that this attitude taken by
Multnomah Club Is responsible entirely
for the unpopularity of her football team
with the Portland people. It is whis
pered by the management of different
football teams throughout the state that
Multnomah is not only unfair and un
sportsmanlike in her maneuvers on the
gridiron, but that she has taken advan
tage of them from financial standpoints
in matters of advertising, rent for field
and gate receipts. It is also whispered
that several of the leading teams will
not play with Multnomah again on Mult
nomah ground.
It is a shame and disgrace that a club
like Multnomah, which should be the
leader and promoter of all clean, pure
athletic sport In the State of Oregon and
the entire Northwest, should conduct
itself in a manner which It has during
the past two years, and as long as such
conduct continues on Multnomah's part,
the club need not expect to have the sym
pathies of the Portland people and the
other people throughout the state on her
side.
Now we believe that if the gentleman
who wrote the article entitled "Football
Season Closes," which was published
Monday morning, January 6, 1902, will
carefully consider the .situation from our
standpoint, he can, in a great measure,
account for the presence of bo many peo
ple at the game this season who seemed
to "have it in for Multnomah," and that
he can count me as one of the "sore
heads" who have organized a foootball
club, and who have begged Multnomah
time and time again to be permitted to
meet them in a legitimate and sports
manlike manner.
EDWARD C. JUDD.
GOSSIP OP THE RIKG.
Mysteries BIHr Satitk Trains for
SCatck -With. Keill.
Al Neill, who beat Mike Donovan at
Los Angeles last Friday night, will arrive
in this city tomorrow morning, and will
immediately go into training for nls con
test with "Mysterious" Billy Smith, which
occurs on January 23. Neill has wired
the management of the Pastime Club that
"he feels no ill effects of the recent con-
teat, and Is at the required weight, so
that it will not be necessary for him to
do much hard work In preparation for
the coming match. The Los Angeles
papers speak In glowing terms of Nelll's
ability as a boxer, all being of the opin
ion that he is the greatest welter-weight
ever seen in that city. The "mysterious
one" is pegging away at his training. He
spends the morning on the road, and in
the handball court, at the White House.
His afternoon work consists of bag
punching, rope-skipping, dumbell exer
cises, aad a Cast six-round bout with
Ills trainer. Martin Denny. Scnith'sfccon
dition is nearins perfection, and he as
sures all his friends that he will be the
winner.
Jack Grant, Dave Campbell and Jack
Fahie have been appointed as a com
mittee of the Dempsey Memorial Asso
ciation to assist in raising a fund for
the purpose of erecting a suitable monu
ment over the grave of the great "Non
pareil." The movement was started In
San Francisco, and the parties having the
affair in charge have made It a National
movement, and should a greater amount
than is necessary for the erection of the
monument be raised, it is the intention
of the association to devote the surplus
to the maintenance and education of his
"two orphan" daughters, who are now res
idents of this city.
New York Jack O'Brien writes from
San Rafel, CaL, whefre he Is training for
his contest with Young GIbbs, that while
his best weight is 133, he would be pleased
tO get a match With Trnrov lit M tn
weigh In at the ringside. "Cyclone"
Kelly, who is tralnlnsr O'Brien enin.
short note, stating that he would like to
meet Poley In one of the preliminaries.
Jack Johnson, the colored heavy-weight
writes from Oakland, Cal.. that he would
like to box some man of his class before
the Pastime Club, and mentions George
Lawler as his choice.
Jack Grant was sent for to referee the
Hawkins-Quecnan match which was won
by the former in Seattle last Friday even
ing, but arrived about 20 minutes too
late, missing the first and second rounds
of the contest He has been requested to
officiate at the return match between the
men, which will take place in about four
weeks. The backers of the men have put
up $1500 a side, and the winner will take
the entire purse.
Jaclc Grant has been selected referee
for the Nelll-Smlth match of January 23.
KAVAL BATALLIOJT WOJf.
Defeated Second Batallloa ia Indoor
Baseball.
The Naval Batalllon defeated the Sec
ond Batalllon at Indoor baseball Saturday
evening, the score being 19 to 7. The
score cards show the following result:
A'aval Batallloa.
AB. R "IT- T0 A r
jjluicb, c. ............ o 4 3 14
Ormandy, p 6 2 2 1
Castro, I. s o 1 1 o
Campbell, lb 6 2 2 9
Chalmers, 2b. 6 2 2
Montague, 3b 5 2 5 0
Neer. r. f. S O 1
A. Douglass, L f. 6 8 2 0
Williams, r. -a 6 l 0 O
Totals 47 19 17
Second Batallloa.
27 8
AB. R. H.
6 12
PO. A E.
10 2 2
10 0
10 2
8 0 2
0 O 0
0 8 1
2 10
16 0
0 12
0 0 1
Maxoa, c
Butler, r. s 2
Began, 3b 3
Smith, lb 6
Jordan, r. f. 5
Jenkins, 1. s. and p... 4
H. Douglass, 3b. , r. s.. 4
Dougherty, p. and 1. s. 4
Gammie. 2b 8
Singer, 1. f. 4
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
Ttals 89 7 11 24 12 10
Score by Inning.
Second Battalion ...0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 07
Naval Battslion ....12225511 10
SRmmary.
Bases on Balls Off Dougherty. Is off Or
mandy, 1.
Struck out By Dougherty, 8; by Ormandy,
Two-base hit Smith.
Double play Dougherty to Smith.
Time of game One hour and Ave minutes.
Umpires Mackle and Otterstedt.
Standing: of the Class.
t ti. t . Played. Won. Lost. Per ct.
Light Battery A 5 5 0 1000
Naval Battalion 6 4 2 BRT
First Battalion 5 14 200
Second Battalion 6 1 5 lie7
Saturday night the First Batalllon and
Battery A will play the final game of the
series, after which the trophy cup will
be awarded to the Battery nine, as the
Artillery men have proved themselves
champlors of the Armory League.
IDEAL DAY FOR GOLFERS.
Players Throng- the Links of Waverly
Club Coming: Matches.
Yesterday was an Ideal day for the
golfers. A large number of them took
advantage of the excellent weather, and
during the entire day they were scat
tered all along the course of the Waverly
Golf Club. No competition was held yes
terday, but a number of individual
matches were played.
Next Saturday a duffer competition for
the Ayer-Spuhn cup will commence. The
competition extends over three Saturdays,
the finals to be played on February 8. All
those whose records are over 110 are el
igible to enter. The two best scores are to
qualify for the finals. The donors are
duffers themselves, and reserve the right
to enter the contest.
The fourth round for Mrs. W. B. Ayer's
cup was won by Miss Langyon. Those win
ning the other three rounds and qualify
ing for the finals are Mrs. Holt Wilson,
Miss King and Mrs. Koenler.
Y. M. C. A. Indoor Meet.
Physical Director M. M. Ringler, of the
Y. M. C. A., announces a handicap ath
letic tournament for next month. The
programme will be divided into three
parts, which will be given on the even
ings of February 3, 11 and 18, respectively.
There will be nine events 1. e., 100-yard
dash, 440-yard dash, mile run, run
ning high jump, pole vault, high
jump from spring board, shot-put,
running high dive and 18-foot rope-cllmb-ing
contest. Three events will be pulled
off on each of the above dales. The con
test promises to be very interesting, as
more than 100 men and boys have signified
their intention of entering.
Indoor Baseball Notes.
The indoor baseball team of the Y. M. C.
A will play a match game with the Y.
M. C. A. of Oregon City at the latter
place next Friday evening. One week
later, January 24. a return game will be
played In this city.
The Multnomah Club has arranged for
three games with the Y. M. C. A. Indoor
baseball nine. They will be played on
January 21, January 28 and February 4.
Tomorrow night the Y. M. C. A. team will
play the First Regiment nine in the Y.
M. C. A. gymnasium. The game will be
called at 8:30 o'clock, and no admission
will be charged.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Bafey Is Catting: Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pais, cures wlad colic sad diarrhoea.
NOW FOR RIVER SPORTS
PORTLAND ROWING .CLUB PRE
PARES FOR SPRING SEASON.
Boats, Laaaches aad Canoes Are
Groeaes for Fast Races Asita.
tloa for Change of Clabhoase;
Acquatic sports will soon, be the order of
the day, and the carpenters at the Portland
Rowing Club are busily at work preparing
the boats for the season. An air of bustle
and activity seems general around the
quarters. The Portland Rownig Club is
the only organization of its kind north of
San Francisco and west of the- Rockies In
the United States, although there are
three in British Columbia. It seems
strange that Seattle, with its splendid
courses on Lakes Washington and Union,
and Tacoma, with American Lake, can
not support rowing clubs or crews. Lake
Union is perhaps the finest course In the
West, but through Inactivity, nothing is
done to promote the sport. If Seattle or
Tacoma would put some crews In the
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M. DD BLOWITZ, OF LONDON TIMES STAFF.
M. de Blowitz has resigned the Paris correspondence of the London
Times and retired to private Hfe, and he has been succeeded by Arthur
Fullerton, an American. M. de Blowitz, who is credited with having in
vented the interview In Journalism, began his work for the Times In 1871,
a few months after he had earned gratitude and confidence of M. Thiers
by notifying the government of the doings of the Commune In Marseilles,
where he was a teacher of languages. His Intimate relations with the
statesmen of Europe have enabled him to giv the world news which no
other correspondent could get, and his dispatches to the Times, being
rnatirt frnm Tendon in ntfier cnnntrlpR Vinvo mnrtn Vi!m b-nnom irlmp
ever newspapers are read.
field, the Portland Club would guarantee
to send over a crew at least once a year.
The clubs from British Columbia could
also be depended on to attend.
This year, the Portland Club expects
to have somo fast crews. 'The senior
crew will no doubt remain the same as
last year. It will be put through a rigid
course of coaching by several experienced
members, and glaring faults which were
very much In evidence last season, will
be corrected. It is expected that the
speed will be Increased thereby. There
was too much of a swing last year, part
of the stroke being lost by carrying the
oar too far back.
It Is expected that this Spring will see
the movement for a change of location
brought up. There is a great deal of argu
ment pro and con on this question, and It
will, no doubt, be left to a vote of the
members at a meeting to be called In the
Spring. The objective point of every boat
is up stream, and those in favor of the
move argue that one might as well ride
up on the car as row up past bridges,
docks and sawmills to reach a pretty
place on, the river. Those who do not
favor the move are the launch owners and
the racing men. They say that the pres
ent location is more convenient for them.
For beauty of location and pure, fresh
water, a point up the river is far ahead
of the present location.
R. C. Hart, president of the club. Is now
getting up another club to send for can
oes, as there Is considerable saving in
purchasing in quantities.
Patton, who has always been handi
capped by a poor boat, has ordered a
new single from Rogers, of San Francisco.
Instructions have been given Rogers to
spare no trouble or expense in making
this the fastest and lightest single on the
Coast Patton expects to hold his title of
champion of the Northwest through the
coming Summer against all comers.
The owners of the launches-are also be
stirring themselves. Several launches
are out on the ways and are being scraped
preparatory to a new coat of paint and
varnish. J. C. Ainsworth has had the
batteries and motors removed from his
electric launch and is giving It a thorough
overhauling. He is undecided whether to
use his old batteries this year or replace
them with Edison's new ones, which
weigh "half as much to the horsepower.
Who will represent the club In the Juni
ors Is an unknown "quantity at present.
There is plenty of splendid material for
several good crews. Harry Ormandy,
George Luders, George Houghton and
Charles Frazer are among those most
prominent candidates for this year's ju
nior crew, but there arc many more who
will how up In good shape before the
season Is far advanced.
All In all, a prosperous season Is ex
pected. Rowing and canoeing bid fair to
be more popular than ever before.
WESTERN LEAGUE MATTERS.
Magnates ia Conference at St. Loais
Minor Lesfcne Mectlajr.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 12. President
Whitfield, of the Western Leairue. W. A-
Rourke, of Omaha; James Manning, ot
Kansas City, and Thomas F. Burns, ot
Colorado Springs, went to St. Joseph today
to consult with W.T. vanbrunt about
the Western League meetinc. which will
be held here next Tuesdav. President
Whitfield stated tonight that the cities
definitely decided upon for the Western
League circuit are Kansas City, Milwau
kee, Omaha, St. Joseph, Denver and Colo
rado Springs, and that there are a half-
dozen applicants for the two vacancies.
u. a Kellly. of Pueblo, is here working
in the interests of that city, but be Is
receiving little encouraeement. with twn
cities in Colorado already accepted, the
magnates do not look with favor uoon
Pueblo.
In conjunction with the Western Ivartm
meeting, the National Association nt
Minor Leagues will hold a meeting here.
ana an members of the Association are
invited to attend. President P. L. Pow
ers, of the Eastern Leaeue. -nresirtent nt
the association; President Farrell, of the
New York League, secretary and treasurer
01 the National Association; President
I H. M. Sexton, of the Three Ts League,
! chairman of the National Board of Arbi
tration; President C. B. Powers, of the
Western Association; President J. B. Nic
lin, of the Southern. League, and President
juiuta v muieiu, ui me western .ieugue,
will attend the meeting.
OREGON CITY ATIILETICS.
Indoor Work at Y. M. C. A. Game
With Portland Next Friday.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 12. Renewed
Interest is being manifested In the Y.
M. C. A gymnasium classes since the
holidays. The basebill team has been re
organized, with R. Frcytag as captain.
Physical Director Wilson is arranging
games for the team, and the first game
will be played with the Portland Y. M.
C. A. Friday evening, January 17, at
Oregon City. The Oregon City Junior
basket-ball team will play fhc Young
Men's League basket-ball team, of South
Portland, on Saturday evening, January
18, at that place. As yet no games have
been arranged with the Portland Y. M.
C. "A. Juniors to play a return game of
basket-ball on their grounds. -From the
ladies' class a basket-ball team has been
selected, and has shown good work in
practice. This team will play with the
Vancouver Athletic Club's team in a short
time, probably within the next two or
a m
I
three weeks. The Y. M. C. A. senior team
will begin practice tomorrow night. The
physical director has several games In
view, and he expects this team to make a
good showing. He will shortly announce
a series of games that will be very in
teresting. Handball at Mount Ansel.
MOUNT ANGEL, Or., Jan. 12. Handball
Is rapidly gaining prominence at Mount
Angel College. The game has been played
for several seasons at the institution, but
has never been viewed from an athletic
standpoint until the present year. A
tournament, the first ever held at the col
lege court, has begun, and promises to
be one of exciting interest. The series
will continue several weeks, ending about
the middle of February. Six entries have
been made for -the doubles, and at least
10 will contest for the singles. Suitable
prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Y. M. O. A. Basket-Ball.
The noon and evening classes of the Y.
M. C. A will play three more games for
the Interclass championship, the 5 o'clock
class having withdrawn from the race.
Dates for the games have not yet been
determined. The team from the Vancou
ver Athletic Club will play a return game
with the Portland team next Saturday
evening. The first match between these
teams was played on January 4, Portland
winning by a score of 22 to 9. The com
ing game Is one of a scries of five which
have been arranged by the two teams.
Annnal Meeting- of Kennel Club.
The annual meeting of the Portland
Kennel Club will be held In the parlors
of the Mining Exchange, Chamber of
Commerce building, on Tuesday, January
14. at 8 P. M.
Election of officers for the ensuing year
and other matters of interest will be in
order. A committee will most likely be
selected to arrange for this year's kennel
show.
MRS. DENNIS' STOfcY.
Washington Dressmaker Can Throw
No LlRht on the Affnlr.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Mrs. Ada Gil
bert Dennis," the fashionable modiste who
was murderously assaulted December 8,
was able, for the first time today, to
make a statement The police 'have been
hopeful that what she would say would
throw some light on the motive for the
crime, or lead to the discovery of the
perpetrator, but Mrs. Dennis statement
contained nothing that would give any
clew In cither direction. She said she
remembers nothing about the attack upon
her, and said the blow was struck -while
she was sleeping; nor had she the re
motest Idea who committed the assault,
or the motive for it. Mrs. Dennis said
she had not been out of the house dur
ing the evening of the night of the as
sault, and before retiring she had locked
the doors in the front and back part of
the house. The latter she occupied as fi
bedroom. One feature of Mrs. Dennis
statement that puzzles the police is that
she said her revolver and her money
were under her pillow when she retired.
When the crime was discovered the next
morning the revolver was In a drawer of
a secretary near by and the money was
in a pocketbook in a box on a table
near the bed. The police are more mys
tified than ever over the affair.
How Some Will Feast.
Ol5-mpIa Standard.
Every third-rate politician Is bracing up
at the pie-counter, while the Governor Is
turning over the turkey preparatory to
carving. There ls not enough "breast"
to go round, and It Is doubtful If the
dark meat holds out. Some will have to
content themselves with mock-turtle
soup, ub the first course, while others
must be satisfied with wind pudding fcr
dessert.
German Craiser. Goes to Vcaexaela.
KIEL, Jan. 12. The German cruiser Ga
zelle has left here for Venezuelan waters.
BUSY PORT OF GALVESTON
HEAVY EXPORTS OF COTTON FROM
THE GULF CITY.
Griszly Tells How the Santa Fe la
Baildlngr Up Southern Business
Deep Water at the Port.
GALVESTON, Jan. 7. I have been here,
now 17 days and have seen enough of the
place to lead up to the belief that It is the
busiest city of its size in the United
States. Its exnorts of cotton hv sen c-n
above 60,000 bales nearly every week. In
addition to the cottonseed oil, corn and
other products of every description. Last
Friday I saw two North German Lloyd
steamships, respectively 4965 and 4S57 tons,
go to sea within an hour of each other,
one with a full cargo and the other half
full, Intending to finish out her load at
Savannah. One' of these ships had 14,600
bales of cotton and the other 9344. Then
there were at least 15 sea tramps In port,
also loading for foreign ports. In addi
tion to the Southern Pacific and Mallory
liners. The latter line has six ships, four
of which can carry 3300 and two about
3S50 .tons of general cargo. The Mallory
dock Is much nearer the center of the
city than the Southern Pacific, but has
not as much warehouse room nor any
thing like as much sidetrack. It Is fitted
with electric conveyors and can load
about 425 tons per hour and discharge
close to 500. The Southern Pacific dock
has not yet gotten Its conveyors Into
working order, but win be able to load
or discharge four ships at once when It
does. The Denver Is the newest ship of
the Mallory Line and Is as well equipped
as any steamer of her size that I have
ever seen. You must understand that the
shallow water of the Florida coast pre
cludes the use of any steamers such as
are running Into New York at present,
from 10.000 to 20,000 tons, like the Oceanic
and Celtic
The Mallory ships have finer passenger
accommodations than any steamers plying
out of San Francisco, except the three
new vessels on the Spreckels line to Aus
tralia. The Southern Pacific ships, com
monly called the Morgan line, make- no
bid for passenger traffic, being fitted up
exclusively for freight boats at least, all
their new ones. I made a thorough ex
amination of their two newest vessels, El
DIa and El Vallc, and can confidently say
that I never saw better business boats in
my life. The Mallory line carries more
cotton than the Southern Pacific liners,
but It must be recollected that the latter
carries to market all the fruit products of
California, of which the Mallory ships
get none at all.
I look for a material change In the af
fairs of coastwise steamers out of this
port in the next three years, if not sooner.
There was a piece of land sold here last
week, and nobody can find out what the
purchaser intends to do with it, as nobody
has any personal knowledge of him. He
told somebody that the people of Galves
ton were mere children in the building of
elevators, and that next year he would
show these folks what an elevator should
be. Most people here believe that he Is a
mere figurehead, and that the real pur
chasing party Is the Santa Fe Railway
Corporation. Just at the present writing
the Santa Fe Is not a very big toad in
the Galveston puddle. It has no depot
nor shelter for Its trains. Its cars He out
in the Winter rains and the scorching
heat of July alike, defying the weather
and getting along as best It can for the
present, just now, whatever It has to
send to the Atlantic It reshlps by the Mal
lory line, and It is not any great Item
of trade, but the Santa Fe is one of those
corporations, that is always on the look
out for traffic, and eternally sticking its
teaspoon into some other corporation's
sugar-bowl.
The Santa Fe Is a company that has
always to be reckoned with. People sneer
at it and say It Is just barely out of the
hands of a receiver, but even then, see
what It has done In spite of the official
rascalities that stole It poor In the years
mat nave llown. It has
First Given the traveling public the
only decent system of eating-houses on
any one of the six transcontinental rail
ways. Second Given transcontinental passen
gera as good sleeping-cars as any other
on its Eastern end, and a good deal bet
ter than any other in California.
Third Built the San Pablo, the finest
and fastest ferry-boat afloat In American
waters, which means In the whole world.
In addition to all this. It must be re
membered that the Santa Fe was the
first transcontinental road to Introduce
reclining chairs Into Its day coaches, and
that It was using them two years before
the Northern Pacific and three years be
fore the Southern Pacific introduced them
on their systems. And for a road that
Is barely out of the hands of a receiver,
that Is doing pretty well. There has
never arisen any emergency In the mat
ter of overland traffic that the Santa Fe
has not met promptly and gotten away
with It In good shape.
My belief Is, therefore, that the Santa
Fe Is already reaching out, quietly but
surely, for terminal facilities at Galves
ton, and that It will be building wharves
and depot grounds before many more
months have elapsed. It Is a restless cor
poration and a disturbing element. It
afflicted Stanford and Huntington with
insomnia on more than one occasion, and
It may yet cause Bre'r Harriman to buy
several bottles of valerian before It gets
through with him. It may purchase the
Mallory line, and may not, for the coast
wise trade of Galveston Is growing so
surely and rapidly that the presence of a
third steamship line to New York would
hardly be felt a year hence; and by build
ing a new line of its own It would get the
advantage of all the latest Improvements
In shipbuilding, in the way of labor-saving
and fuel-saving devices. Looking
back 50 years, as I do, I can see some
wonderful progress In this direction. In
1S51 the Pacific Mall Company built the
steamship Golden Gate, of 3000 ton3 bur
den. She was a sldewheel ship, with
double oscillating engines, and consumed
from 100 to 140 tons of coal per day, ac
cording to stress of weather. She aver
aged about 12 knots per hour, and her
bulky engines and the Immense space that
her fuel demanded prohibited' her from
carrying over 750 tons of cargo. Now, take
the steamship Alameda, built in 18S2.. She
is equipped with triple-expansion engines,
which work the steam three times, and,
while she is qf Just the same tonnage as
the Golden Gate, her economy of space
and low consumption of fuel- enable her
to carry 233) tons of cargo on an average
consumption of 52 tons dally, and at a
rate that is never less than 14 knots
hourly, or 336 miles daily. Hence my own
belief is that whenever the Santa Fe
gets ready to go ino the steamship busi
ness (as it will have to do whenever It
establishes terminal facilities of Its own),
it will build a line of steamships as up-to-date
as the new ferry-boat on San
Francisco Bay, which I deem the finest
In the world; and my own word for it,
their ships won't be passenger ships,
either.
What Is making all this commotion, did
you say? Nothing in the wide world
but deep water at Galveston, my dear
boy. Twenty-eight feet of water at dead
low tide will make any port and keep It
up, no matter how the cyclones may blow.
I stood on the deck of the pilot tug the
other day when El Dla pulled out for
New York She had on about 4100 tons
all told, and was drawing 23V feet at
the stern, it was at the full of the mcon
and the plummet at the bow said 21& feet,
but she hacked around the corner of the
Tier, and then the little tug swung her
head around and away she went down
the bay, "sucking" at every turn of her
engines. When she got opposite the Mal
lory dock, she ran into a little hump that
had formed there in the previous five days
and reduced the depth of water over 30
Inches, but she plowed through It and
went on her way rejeidng. The Mallory
steamer Cornal lay at the dock and, as
I El Dla went by the suction was so strong
inci me vornai panca tnree 01 ncr -ir.es.
although El Dla was moving along under
n s.ow bell at the time.
At the Galveston docks may be seen
almost every nationality In the world.
A saucy-looklng Frenchman elbows tne
mild-eyed Swede, and the yellow-haired
German Jostles against the- long, gaunt
Yankee from the classic precincts of Cape
Cod. The dreamy-faced Italian, the
tawny Lascar with his pale blue coat
and sorry turban, the pig-eyed Chinaman,
the lazy-looking Kanaka and the side
whiskered Spaniard, all these fly before
you at every hour of the day, to attest
how cosmopolitan a port Galveston Is,
and how widely diversified her maratlme
trade.
Some of the skippers in the Galveston
trade are old Pacific Coasters. This is
especlallly true of the Southern Pacific
line, or the "Morgan" as It Is generally
called here. Captain Boyd, of "El Paso,"
went out there in 1S67 as first officer on
the "Little California," since rechristened
the "Eureka;" and Captain Grant of "EI
Valle," sailed between San Francisco and
Puget Sound for several years, making
two voyages from Port Madison to Sydney
with cargoes of lumber. Both of them
say that California is the garden of the
universe, and I invariably second the mo
tion. I start home tomorrow night and
will lay over two days at El Paso and
the city of preambles known as Juarez
and pronounced "whereas." I have had
a great holiday of six months and have
seen a good deal, and I am getting awful
ly tired of living in trunks.
I cannot close this series of letters with
out pausing to pay a brief but heartfelt
tribute to the hospitable and whole-souled
people of Galveston. They are an easy
mannered, off-hand sort of people, like
the Callfornlans were before the overland
railroads were completed. They are lib
eral, but not wasteful, economical with
out being stingy, sociable without undue
familiarity, and dignified without pom
posity. In a word, all that I have met
have been of one and the same type good,
plain people, with no end of hospitality
and lots of plain, common sense. Above
all, they are truly American In character,
and worthy nephews and nieces of that
good old gentleman whom we call "Uncle
Sam." Galveston has risen from the
greatest storm of the last century proud
er and grander than ever; and In bid
ding adieu to her stalwart men and beau
tiful women, I can only repeat the home
ly blessing of Rip Van Winkle, "May 5'ou
live long and prosper." GRIZZLY.
MARINE NEWS.
Sailor Lost Overboard.
SAN FRANCI3CO. Jan. 12. The British
bark Forthbank, one of the overdue fleet,
and out from Newcastle, Australia, 93
days, arrived In port today, having' en
countered light, baffling winds all the way
across the Pacific. Reinsurance on the
Forthbank was quoted at 10 per cent.
Norman Shadwlck, a seaman, fell Into
the sea December 4. It was seen In a
moment that Shadwlck was unable to
swim. Chief Officer Paul Jumped over
board and soon had the drowning sailor
by the collar. The ship was hove to and
a boat lowered. Just before the boat
reached the men an enormous wave swept
the sailor out of Paul's grasp. He sank,
and Paul was rescued with difficulty.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORLV. Jan. 12. Left up at 10 A. M.
Schooner Roy Somers. Arrived down at 1 P.
M. British bark Formosa. Arrived at 8 P. M.,
January 11 French bark Duquesne, from
Nantes. Condition of the bar at 6 P. M.,
rough; wind southeast; weather foggy.
Hoquiam. Jan. 12. Sailed Schooner Sailor
Boy, from Aberdeen, for San Francisco;
schooner Lizzie Vance, from Aberdeen, for San
Francisco; steamer Coronado. from Aberdeen
for San Francisco. Arrived Steamer Santa.
Barbara, from San Francisco, for Aberdeen;
steamer Chehalis, from San Francisco, for
Aberdeen.
Hoquiam. Sailed January 10 Schooner Es
ther Buhnne. from Aberdeen for San Francis
co; schooner Maweema. from Aberdeen tor San
Pedro; schooner Henry Wilson, from Aberdeen
for Ssji Francisco. Arrived Schooner Alice,
from San Francisco for Aberdeen; brig Harriet
G., from San Francisco for Aberdeen;. steamer
Xewburff, from San Francisco for Aberdeen.
San Francisco, Jan. 12. Sailed Steamer San
ta Ana, from Seattle; steamer Areata, from
Ccos Bay. Arrived Steamer Rainier, from
New Whatcom; steamer Robert Dollar, from
Tacoma; steamer Coos Bay, from Newport;
steamer Argo. from Coqullle River; nteamer
Empire, from Coos Bay.
Tacoma, Jan. 12. Arrived-Shlp Robert Dun
can, from Wei Hal Wei; ship Glenelvan. from
Cape Town. Arrived January 11 Bark How
ard D. Troop, from Shanghai.
New York. Jan. 12. Arrived Steamers Etru
ria, from Liverpool and Queenstown; La Gas
coRne. from Havre; Palatia. from Hamburg
and Boulogne.
Dover, Jan. 12. Passed Darmstad, from
New York for Bremen.
Havre, Jan. 11. Arrived La Champagne,
from New York.
Gibraltar. Jan. 11. Arrived Fuerst BIs-
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which Is made up of bodies known as the
label trades, resolutions were adopted
protesting' against the hiring of non
union labor by the world's fair, and ad
vising union men to pay- no more ass
essments on world's fair stock. The
Building Trades Council was asked by
the Central Trades and Labor Union to
take similar action, but refused todo so.
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Labor Compendium, official organ of the
Trades Council, says that that fcody will
hold Its annual convention at Worces
ter, Mass., tomorrow, when he expects
action similar to that taken at the Mil
waukee meeting last year will be the re
sult. At the Milwaukee meeting, Mr.
Stearns said, resolutions were adopted
requesting the Building Trades Council
of St. Louis to take early action looking
to an amicable agreement with tho
world's fair management. According to
Mr. Stearns, several satisfactory confer
ences have been held already between a
committee representing the Building;
Trades and the grounds and building com
mittee of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition Company.
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