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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1902)
"'''"""-'i'" nw 4iS""tvr&m?t,i ?BJSr'""ns'"'j wc ''w,B;fw-wps jwhhv? yi'fr. g yryi'' '' ' i?fwrgffi tmKJr, THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY- 16, 1902. COASTING TRADE BOOMING LARGE ND3IBEROF LUMBER STEAM ERS PLYING OUT OP PORTLAND. Rates Are HiKh and Vessels Making; Money Austrian Steamship Mar- trretka Coming; In. The coasting steamship trade out of Portland Is rapidly assuming biff pro portions, and there are more vessels now plying between here and California ports than ever before. The steamer Lakme Is under charter to the Eastern Lumber Company for a year, and will make regu lar trips out of this port. The Increasing coasting business Is due In a large measure to the growing lumber business. The steamship South Portland Is now loading at Cone Bros. mill at Portsmouth, and will have the distinction of being the first ocean-going craft to load at that mllL She Is a pretty good-sized carrier for a coaster, and will return to Portland for another cargo as soon as she delivers the one now going on board of her. The steamer Ruth arrived up yesterday, and is loading lumber at the old Pennoyer mill for a California port The steamer Charles Nelson, which will Ball from San Francisco tomorrow with a cargo of barley for Portland, will load back with lumber, and may be retained in the trade for several months. The car shortage on the railroads has some thing to do with this revival on ocean routes, and the rates are so satisfactory that all of the vessels engaged are mak ing money. Medium-sized steam schooners, such as are the best adapted to this busi ness, are all proving very profitable Invest ments, one owner in San Francisco se curing net profits of 34 per cent on his in vestment last year. ARE UNDOUBTEDLY LOSTV 2fo Tidlngrs Froxu the Missing: Mea From tlie BristoL PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Jan. 15. 'All hopes of Captain James Mclntyre and Ills comrades, of the ill-fated steamship Bristol, being alive were dispelled by the arrival of the Cottage City from the North today. Captain Wallace, who picked up the sur vivors, says that he believes that they -went down with the vessel when she slid from the reef, and even if they had got clear from the ship it would have been almost impossible for their small boat to have lived In the sea which was running at the time, as the fury of the storm had Increased after he picked up the other three boats, and they were nearly swamped and the seas were break ing over them and the occupants were nearly chilled by intense cold. Ho says there is only one chance of their being alive, and that is that they might possibly have reached Port Simpson. The weather was clear when he picked up the boats, and he cruised in the vicinity for several hours, and If the boat had been afloat he would have sighted It, as he could scan the waters for a distance of 10 miles. The Cottage City had the most tempes tuous voyage down, being seven days from Juneau. In Clarence Straits she encoun tered a storm of unusual violence. The sea rolling so high, that she could not make headway, and at times the propeller was out of the waier. She sought shelter In Union Bay, but the wind blew with such force that thefetocks to both anchors were ' broken and jvould not hold, and for 48 hours she steamed back and forth In the bay to keep cota going ashore. The storm abated and jhe vessel proceeded, but when Dixon Entrance was reached, owing to high seas, she was detained 24 hours be fore shecould cross. The 'st ofm wrought havoc at Wrangel. The DavJdge warehouse, a big structure 120 by 80 feet, built during the Klondike excitement was! picked up by the wind and dumped into the bay, and is now floating in the channel, a menace to nav lgatlon. The 'Cottage City sighted the big struc ture as she was entering Wrangel Bay. Other buildings were more or less dam aged, but no lives were lost The storm was followed by a heavy fall of snow. THE MODERN MIRACLE. TVonderfHl Work of Wireless Teleg raphy oa the Atlantic Ocean. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Through the wireless telegraph system the Kaiser Wll helm der Grosse, of the Norlh German Lloyd line. Just arrived from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg, was for half the trip to the eastward and a large part of her westward voyage in almost con stant communication with other vessels or the shore.' The ship was practically a floating telegraph office. Captain D. Hoge- mann, of the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, told of the telegraphic marvels. "It was the most complete test of the Marconi system that we have ever had,' said he. "Herr Kronkent, operator of th& Kaiser Wllhelm, was formerly the Mar coni expert on the Lucania, and conse quently familiar with the latter's instru ments. On December 16, off the banks of .Newfoundland, the Kaiser ran into a heavy fog. Late on Monday night the Kaiser ran Into clear weather again. .Herr Kronkent flashed to the Lucania this message: 'We are 25 miles east of" the banks and in clear weather.' to which the Lucania replied: 'We are still in the tog, 60 miles astern. .Many thanks. "Communication between the two ves sels ceased on Tuesday morning, Decem ber 17, when we were 85 miles apart, or practically half way across the ocean and after we had conversed nearly 66 hours." When off the Lizard, the record of Herr Kronkent Shows that 12 messages from the .ucanla were flashed and a reply stated that all of them had been correctly caught on shore. Of the Marconi successes on the west ward trip, Captain Hogemann said: "We passed the Kron Prinz Wllhelm, bound east almost in midocean, when the two vessels were 41 miles apart Greet ings were exchanged between the passen gers and positions given. "Off Nantucket lightship shortly after midnight 12 dispatches were sent ashora and all received. The Marconi system Is a most valuable attachment to a ship in case of accident or shipwreck. As an ex. ample. of its value in .locating positions, I refer to a recent trip of the Kaiser, dur ing which I should have picked up the revolving light of the Nantucket lightship. It failed to show up and the lookout picked up Instead two fixed white lights. "'Have you two fixed white lights, 1 asked through the air. The answer was flashed back: 'Yes. Our other light is out of order. " MORE STEAMSHIPS COMING. Austrian Steamship Marsrretha. Dae This Week. The Austrian steamship Margretha has been secured to load forage and Gov ernment stores at Portland In place of the Folmlna, which was originally scheduled for the business. The Margretha is now due at Port Townsend, and on arrival will be ordered to Portland. She Is expected the latter part of the week, and as her cargo Is all ready for her. she will be hus tled out In short order. From present in dications the steamship fleet out of Port land for 1902 will exceed that of last year, although more of these modern freighters cleared from Portland in 1S01 than In any two previous years in the history of the port The mammoth steamer Oceano, which carried away the largest cargo of lumber that ever left the Columbia River, has been chartered to load here again, and will arrive at Portland early in March. She has just left Puget Sound for Manila with Government stores, and will come to Portland as soon as her pres ent cargo is delivered. The MarjKretha. which is due this week, is a new steel steamship of about 5300 tons carrying capacity. FOR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Petition Filed by Company for Orrm en f the Walla "Walla, SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. The Pacific Coast Company, on beha)f of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, has filed a petition with the Clerk of the United States District Court, asking for limita tion of liability in the matter of the wreck of the Walla Walla, that went down while at sea on the morning of January 2, after having collided with the French bark Max, while off Cape Men docino, some 11 miles. In the petition, presented the Pacific Coast Company states that the Walla Walla was a steamship of 2168 tons regis ter, and that she Is entered according to law at the port of New York. On Janu ary 1 she left the harbor of Ban Fran cisco, on her regular northern run. She was properly manned, and all require ments demanded by law for the safety and protection of the passengers had been complied with. It was through no fault of the Walla Walla that the accident which caused her to founder took place. The loss for which the transportation company agrees to stand responsible is $1335 39, composed of prepaid freight, chiefly baggage belonging to the passen gers. The vessel and her cargo are total losses, and the petitioner asks .that it be not held responsible for the loss of the 1200 tons of merchandise which was on "board at that time, as the accident caus ing the loss of freight occurred without the consent or design of any one inter ested or in charge of the steamer. 1 INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED. Captain .Swan, a Passenger, Last to Tell of Walla Walla Disaster. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. The investi gation into the collision between the Walla Walla and the French bark Max was concluded today- Captain C. D. Swan, who was one of the passengers on the Walla Walla, swore he looked at his watch Immediately after the collision, and saw that the time was five minutes after 4 o'clock. In 30 minutes after the collision the Walla Walla went down. He thought It was strange that the lifeboats did not remain near the wreck, to assist In the work of rescue, as the morning was calm and the sea smooth, and the boats could easily have done so. His watch stopped at 5 o'clock, when the ship went down. He asked Captain Hall whether he could not run the steamship to the beach, but the captain replied that the land was 30 miles away, and the dis tance was too great to make the at tempt "Don't you think," tusked Captain Bul ger, "that if the boats had stood by the ship they would have saved more peo ple?" "Undoubtedly they would," replied the witness. GRAIN FLEET MOVEMENTS. Two Additions to the Large Xamber of Ships in Port. The British ship Blackbraes, the latest addition to the fleet of grain ships in the harbor, arrived up last evening and an chored In the stream to await a berth at some of the grain docks. The St Mirren, which arrived up the day previous. Is also In the stream. The arrival of these two ships kept the numerical strength of the fleet in port the same as it was, as two of the vessels started seaward yes terday. Those leaving were the British bark Bardowle and the French bark La Rochefoucauld. In spite of the fine clean up that was made at Astoria last week, there Is a pretty good nucleus for another fleet already forming. There are now four vessels In the lower harbor, ready for sea. In this port, three, and perhaps four more, will finish loading this week. The William Mitchell and the Castor will. fin ish loading today, and the Scottish Min strel will finish tomorrow or next day, with one or two others very near to the) finishing stage. PUGET SOUND STEAMER SUNK. Steamer Fairhavea S track a RocK and Went to the Bottom. SEATTLE, Jan. 15. The Puget Sound steamer Falrha en, operating between this city, La Conner and way ports, struck a rock or" reef a short distance from Utsa lady early this morning during a fog, and soon after sank in 10 feet of water. The passengers and crew all succeeded in reaching the lifeboats In safety and rpwed to Utsalady, from where news of the ac cident was telegraphed to this city. The local officials of the steamer have but meager particulars of her slaking. They said today they understood the jvessel could be raised at once. The captain tele graphs that the accident was due to the fog. Although the steamer wasjpoklng her way along slowly, she hit the obstruc tion with sufficient force to knock a hole In her hull, and immeditaely fljled and u.im. Repairs to Pembrokeshire. ASTORIA, Jan. 15. The outside patch was put on the steamship Pembrokeshire this morning by two divers. Everything was in readiness and the actual time consumed In the work was only seven minutes. Now the Interior work will be quickly finished and -the vessel ready to go to sea in a few days after' the repairs have been inspected and approved. Will Retire as Agents for Steamers. SEATTLE, Jan. 15. A dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer from San Francisco makes the positive announcement that Goodall, Perkins & Co. will shortly retire as agents for the steamships owned and operated by the Pacific Coast Company, and that the latter company will handle Its own steamships. The statement is known to be authentic Marine Notes. The big four-masterj RelnbeK, while docking at Greenwich yesterday morning, drifted against the Carl, 'lying at Mersey, and mussed up some of the Carl's head gear slightly. The steamer Columbia, in spite of the unfortunate delays experienced last trip. Is back again about on time. She arrived up last evening abou6 o'clock, and will leave out on .her regular schedule tomor row. The British ship Inchcape Rock, which Is coming from Antwerp by way of Port Los Angeles to Taylor, Young & Co., with general cargo, 'sailed from the Cali fornia port yesterday. The C H. Wat Jen sailed from Port Los Angeles for Port land Tuesday. She Is coming In ballast Domestic ana ForeifCa Ports. ASTORIA, Jan. 15. Arrived In at S X M. and left up at 10:SQ A. M. Steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., moderate: wind east; weather haxy. Genoa, Jan. 15, Arrived Fuerst Bismarck, from New York for Alexandria. San Francisco. Jan. 15. Arrived Steamer Geo. TV. Elder, from Portland; schooner C H. Merchant from Gray's Harbor: steamer John S. Kimball, from Seattle; barkentlne Kate FHckinger, from Tacoma. Sailed Steamer Danderah, for Nanalmo; steamer Progress, for Seattle: steamer Homer, for Gray's Harbor. Tacoma, Jan. 15 Arrived Steamer City of Puebla, from San Francisco. Sailed British ship Elginshire, for Queenstown; American schooner Kenllworth, for Queenstown; steamer Mackinaw, for San Francisco; 14th, steamer Denbighshire, for Queenstown. Hong Kong. Jan. 15. Arrived Indrapura, from Portland, la Yokohama. Yokohama Arrived January ia Claverlng, from Tacoma, for Hong Kong. Hong Kong. Jan. 15. Sailed Empress of China, for Shanghai, Nagasaki, Yokohama and Vancouver, B. C Port Los" Angeles, Jan. 15. Arrived Steamer" Mlneola. for Xanalmo. Cherbourg. Jan. 15. Arrived Patricia, from New York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg. New York, Jan. 15. Sailed SL Louis, for Southampton; Frlesland, for Antwerp; Teu tonic, for LU'erpool. Liverpool, Jan. 15. Sailed Celtic, for New York; "Vcaleraland. for Philadelphia. Hong Kong, Jan. IS. artlsd Olyapla, for BOUND TO GET THROUGH BURLINGTON TO RUN ITS TRAINS TO LOS ANGELES. To Use the New Line From Salt Lake City Deal With Clark and the Harrlaian People. , SALT LAKE, Jan. 15. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: There is little doubt that the Burlington Railway will, within a very few days, effect a deal with the Harriman people which will put Its trains into Los An geles via Senator Clark's road from Salt Lake City to the Coast A conference was held in Washington today between General Charles F. Manderson, general solicitor of the Burlington system; R, C. Kerens, of St Louis, vice-president of the San Pedro road; Senator Clark and several y i I i I i I i i i i i i c n o m n(i The steamship Palatlnla, earning BG50 tons of wheat and drawing 23 feet of water, arrived down at Astoria Tuesday after a fine run from Portland. She was but 10 hours In making- the run, and had no delay anywhere on the. route. Counting pilotage and running expenses both ways, and the expense of moving the wheat on board the Palatlnla over the 100-mlle stretch of water between Portland and Astoria, was but little oer 5 cents per tori. The Palatlnla did not come Into the rler until New Tear's day, and If her good luck continues she will be back on the high seas bound for Europe today. representatives of the Harriman syndi cate, which controls the Oregon Short Line" and the Union and" Southern Pacific properties. Senator Clark today made a proposition to buy the Short Line, or, fail, lng In this, to lease part of the line below Salt Lake. Falling In that, the Senator said he would build a parallel line. If his proposition Is accepted. It Is reasonable to predict that the Burlington will be run ning through trains via Lincoln and Salt Lake to Los Angeles before the end of the present year. TARIFF REDUCTIONS. Nctt Great Northern-Northern Pacific nates Will Soon Go Into Effect. ST. PAUL, Jan. 15. The final sheets of the Northern Pacific's new distance and terminal tariffs, which, with similar tar iffs from the Great Northern and Soo lines, will work a general reduction of 12 per cent in merchandise rates throughout the Northwest went to the printers to day. The tariffs will be in effect Feb ruary 1, and before that date, if they can be published and distributed. The recent rate conference at Great Northern head quarters. It was officially stated, resulted in no material changes in the current tar iffs. Connecting lines were given an op portunity to Inspect them and insert ad ditional rates, which were previously agreed to. The meeting did nothing more than to pass on what had been understood before. The first official statement regarding the effect of the rates was secured today from Great Northern headquarters. It in dicates that the reductions In merchandise will be equal, on the average, to 12 per cent as they range from 8 to 30 per cent The statement follows: "The Great Northern, Soo and Northern Pacific lines, leading Into the Northwest, are preparing, and hope to issue, taking effect at the earliest practicable date, not later than February 1, tariffs covering merchandise and general shipments from the Twin Cities and the head of the lakes to all points in Minnesota and North Da kota and new distance tariffs covering all traffic in both states, making reductions in merchandise rates that will average about 12 per cent This is in line with the general policy to make reductions from time to time as the increase of busi ness will warrant" LINE UP THE CLACKAMAS. Examination of Country in Progress No Decision to Bnlld. President Hurlburt, of the Portland City & Oregon Railway, says there Is nothing in the dispatch from Oregon City to, the effect that his company decided to build a trolley line from Portland to Garfield, away out In the Clackamas County foot hills. "Why, I never heard of that place until I saw mention of It In this morning's paper," said he. "We certainly have made no arrangements to build a railroad there. "I may say, however," continued Presi dent Hurlburt, "that we have been look ing through the Valley of the Clack amas with the Idea of finding a practi cable route for a trolley line to the site for the proposed electric power station of the Oregon General Electric Company. We have spent considerable time In re connoltering the country. But we find It a very difficult section for a railroad, and have not yet got a line that is at all prac ticable. If we shall find such a route we may build the line, provided the people along the way manifest a friendly spirit But the more we examine the matter the more do difficulties come to light, and it Is entirely too much to say that we have determined to build. It Is quite possible that the country will be found too difficult for economical railroading, or that the people may show hostility to the enter prise, if engineering difficulties are solved "Many people are evidently misled Into suppostlon that we will build a trolley line up the Clackamas from the fact that our electric power project Is going right ahead. But that will go on regardless of whether there shall be trolley line ex tension or not The two enterprises arc entirely separate, though the same people are Interested in them. We hope to ex tend the trolley line, but I must say the prospect Is by no means so encouraging as we would wish." HEADQUARTERS IN CHICAGO. So Vote Railroad. Employes Meet Next in May, 1004. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. The Broth erhood of Railroad Employes has decided that Chicago shall be its future headquar ters, and today it also decided to hold Its next convention there, lr May, 1901. The question of ritual was taken up, and the convention decided that the nom enclature of the officers shall follow that of railroading. The presiding officer of a division or lodge will be designated as the manager; the vice-president as the superintendent; the marshals as conduc tor and assistant conductor; the insldo sentinel as the watchman, and outside sentinel as the flagman. The Inside door will be called the Inner block, and the outside door the outer block, following the block system In railroading. The chief financial ofllcer of the order will be called the general auditor. It was decided to place an organization In the following cities: Portland. San Francisco, Albuquerque. Omaha, Helena, Kansas City, Denver, Fort Worth, Aber deen. St Paul, Chicago, St Louis. Little Rock, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Colum bus, Nashville, Atlanta, Washington, Pittsburg. New York City, Boston, Mon treal and Winnipeg. WHAT THE SANTA FE WILL SPEND Thirteen Millions Will Be Paid Out for Equipment Alone. CHICAGO, Jan. 15. The Record-Herald tomorrow will 6ay: "The management of the Santa Fe has decided to spend $13,000,000 for equipment during the present year. This statement was made by an official of the company, who added that the money would come from the proceeds of the new issue of BRITISH SHIP PALATINIA, JUST SAILED WITH 5050 bonds to the amount of 530,000,000. Just how the expenditure Is to be apportioned Is not stated, but It Is known that an or der has been given for 5000 box cars, 50 mammoth freight engines and 100 more engines of smaller type, and that prac tically all of the passenger equipment of the company Is to be renewed. "The official statement regarding the amount to be spent for equipment makes It plain what Is to be done with the pro ceeds of the bond Issue. It will take fully $12,000,000 to give the company over SOO miles of new line free from debt This sum and the equipment appropriation taken from $30,000,000 leaves $5,000,000. Of this amount fully $2,000,000 will go to ward the new terminal In San Francisco and the balance will be used for grade reductions, etc" LISTS OF MARKETABLE PRODUCTS. Sent Ont Monthly br Southern Pacific for Western Orcgou. The traffic department of the Southern Pacific sends out a quite extensive list monthly of the marketable products for sale at points along Its lines in Oregon. This is the result of the letter sent out some time ago asking agents to ascer tain what commodities were for sale In the various localities and report to the general office In Portland. General Freight and Passenger Agent Miller had an Idea that a list of this kind compiled fresh each month, and distributed to commis sion merchants of the large towns and to the hundreds of Southern Pacific agents In the East for use among their patrons, would have the effect of making a better market for the producers of Western Ore gon. He believes It has already had this effect, though the device has been In operation but two or three months, and there Is no way of accurately ascertain ing just what sales and shipments are made by reason of It The list sent out this month occupies six long sheets of paper, carrying about GO names, addresses and articles to the page. The number for each commodity ranges from one for cascara bark to 70 for potatoes. Manufactured as well as raw products are on the list and In most cases the quantity available and the price are given. Nearly every station on the Southern Pacific lines in this state Is rep resented It is said that commission merchants along the line of the Southern Pacific complain of the use made of these lists, saying that it brings sellers and buyers Into direct communication and thereby cuts out the commission man. Faster Time for Through Mall. CHICAGO, Jan. 15. A new route short ening, the time for the transportation of the transcontinental mall Is likely to be effected by a plan that Is now being studied by officers of the Lake Shore and Burlington roads. The arrangement un der consideration would obviate the ne cessity of through Eastern mall destined for points west of the Mississippi River passing through Chicago. The scheme Is to run mail cars through from New York to San Francisco via the Lake Shore to South Bend., Ind., and thence over the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa road to Zealand, 111., where a connection Is had with the Burlington. For years the through trans continental mall has been carried by the Lake Shore and Burlington roads via Chi cago. The slow time necessary in enter ing and leaving the city costs the two roads about one hour, and the transfer from car to car across the city causes another delay of from one to two hours. It Is now thought that at least three hours can be saved In the time of the trans continental mall by sending It around Chi cago over the newly-formed route. Sacs Railroad for 815,000. OREGON CITY, Jan. 15. Rebecca Tur ney filed a suit In the County Clerk's of fice today against the Southern Pacific Company for $15,000 damages, alleged to have been suffered on September 13, 1900. The- compUlnt says that while the plaint iff was walking alongside the track near Canemah a stick of wood fell from a moving train that was passing, striking her shoulder and breaking, her collar bone and three ribs. Since ,then she has suffered great agony and discomfort and has been unable to carry on her usual avocation. Secured Terminal at Omaha. OMAHA, Jan. 15. The Illinois Central Railroad "Company has secured control of the bridge across the Missouri River and all the tracks of the Omaha Bridge & Terminal Company. The property Is a valuable one. having terminal tracks in this city. South Omaha and Council Bluffs and a new bridge across the river. HlKber Wageit for Engrlnemen. ST. PAUL. Jan. 15. It is seml-offlcially stated that the new wage schedule adopt ed by the Great Northern at the request of engineers and firemen operating the new and hewier freight engines advances the wages of engineers who have been receiving $4 per 100 miles to J4 50. Fire men receiying $2 30, it Is said, will receive $2 65, and Switching engineers $3 25 a day, less one hour for dinner. Firemen on the same clas3 of engines will receive $2 a day, computed at 10 hours. To Increase Capital Stock. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The board of di rectors of the New York Central & Hud son River Railroad Company decided to day, subject to the approval of the stock holders, to Increase the capital stock of the company from $115,000,000 to 5150,000,000. Rate to WoolgroTVcrs Meeting. HELENA, Mont, Jan. 15. The North ern Pacific and Great JJorthern Railroads have announced one and one-fifth fare for the fifth annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Woolgrowers Association, which will be held In Helena February 4. Work on the Tunnel. NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Preliminary work on the construction of the new Pennsylvania tunnel, which Is to extend m TONS OF WHEAT. from Long Island City to New Jersey, be neath the East and North Rivers and the borough of Manhattan, has com menced. Engineers for the firm of Jacobs & Davies. the largest tunnel-builders In the world, started drilling holes on tne central track junning into the Long Is land passenger station on Front street, Long Island City. Suit Against Steamer Roinlla. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 15. Suit is being brought by J. J. Palmer, of Van couver, and W. A. Ward, of Victoria, against the steamer Rosalia and owners, for damages for detention in quarantine, due to negligence, as alleged by defen dant company. Palmer and Ward afek for $20,000 as compensation for time lost during the two weeks of detention. They allege as a reason of responsibility of the. steamship company that the child who was found suffering with smallpox was plainly sick before being- taken aboard the steamer, and that she should never have boarded the vessel. Commission to Investigate Fisheries. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 15. The Fed eral Government today announced the membership of a commission to investi gate the whole question of the British Columbia fisheries, control of which Is claimed both by the v Provincial and Do minion Governments. The commission will comprise Professor Prince, who is at the head of the fisheries department of Canada; G. R. Maxwell. M. P.. and Auley Morrison, M. P. The commission will hold Its first session next week, and is expected to effect a settlement of tne rather vexed question. May Be "Using: Sails Instead of Steam. SEATTLE, Jan. 15. A special to the Times from Victoria, B. C., says: xne Condor was 31 days from here for Hono lulu, on January 3, the date of the last mall, having left here December 2, on the evening of the storm in which the col lier Ma,tteawan was lost She may be sailing to the .Islands, however, as shlp3 often do, and with scant canvas and without her propeller working, she would be delayed. The mall due at San Francis co on Saturday from the Islands is anx iously awaited. K!nj? Says "War Is Nearly Over. LONDON, Jan. 15. King Edward has given royal Indorsement to the belief cur rent among the public that an early dec laration of peace In South Africa may be anticipated. "The war might now be re garded as approaching Its conclusion. w ere the .words used by His Majesty to day. In addressing the officers of the Guards after reviewing a draft of 1200 or the Grenadiers, Coldstreams and Scots Guards, who start for South Africa to morrow morning. Tax Levy of Polk: Countr. DALLAS, Or., Jan. 15. The County Court has fixed the tax levy for 1901 at 26 mills, as against 25 mills last year. The levy Is divided as follows: Mills. Mills. State 7.5 County 10 5 School 5.0 Road 3 0 Total 26.0 The court was to appoint a Roadmaster at this term, but, falling to agree, post poned the matter for one month. i Bad Fire at Los Anseles. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 15. The Ree3 & Wlrschlng block was almost totally destroyed by fire today, together with the saddlery establishment of Hayden & Lewis and the coffee and spice house of New mark Bn3. LOS3 estimated at 5150, 000; well Insured. Texas OH for Liverpool. BEAUMONT, Tex., Jan. 15. The steam er Cardlum has cleared from Port Arthur with a 54,000-barrel cargo of oil for Liver pool. thla being the second trip. Beau mont oil will be used for fuel under some of the boilers In the voyage across, the other boilers being fired with coal. i Articles of Incorporation. Articles of Incorporation of the Alaska Telephone Construction Company were filed in the County Clerk's Office yesterday by J. B. Hammond, E. B. McFarland and H. E. Cowgill. The capital stock Is $100. 000. The objects announced are to build and maintain telephone lines and do a general electric business In the State of Oregon and nil other states and terri tories of the United States, and in the Do minion of Canada. An order of publication was made by Judge Frazer yesterday In the divorce suit of Emma W. Stanley vs. Lee Stan ley. , The Spokane flyer leaves Portland dally at 6:15 P. M.; arrives Spokane following morning- at 9:50. This is the -favorite train with everybody for Eastern Wash ington and Coeur d'Alene points. Ticket office Third and Washington streets. O. R. & N. Co. WARSHIP PROBABLY LOST CONDOR BELIEVED TO HAVE GONE DOWN IN' RECENT STORM. Phaeton. Will Be Sent la Search, of Her BonndJFrona Victoria. to Honolale. VICTORIA. B. C. Jan. 15.-Sope for the safety of the British warship Condor is all but abandoned. Naval men here are convinced she went to the bottom during the recent typhoon, while on her way from here to Honolulu. The Admiralty officials will dispatch the Phaeton Sat urday, in search of her. FDRST FLOUR TURNED OUT. New Mill at The Dalles Will Not Be Operated to Its Fall Capacity. THE DALLES, Or., Jan. 15. The new flouring mills of the Wasco Warehouse Milling Company today turned out the first merchantable Iflour made by the plant since being operated by electric power from White River Fall3, 30 miles dis tant, 10 days ago. Since then the em ployes have been busy testing all parts of the machinery, and today 50 barrels of extra-fine flour to be marketed as The Dalles brand was the result Tomorrow the mill will begin turning out 300 to 500 barrels per day. NORTHWEST DEAD. Prominent Canby Frnitgrroiver. CANBY, Jan. 15. George W. Shank, a prominent fruitgrower, and a resident for 33 years, died last night aged 61 years. He left a wife and five grown sons L. D., A. R. and D. J., of Canby; C. S.. of Se attle, and W. M., of Oregon City. The funeral will take place at Canby tomor row, under the auspices of Meade Post, G. A. R. of this city. Mrs. G. TV. Loomls, of Chchalls. CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 15. Mrs. G. W. Loomls, who had been a resident of Washington since 1877, died Monday and was burled today. Mrs. Loomls was the mother of Mrs. S. Benson, of Portland, and left a husband and three grown sons In Chehalls. Edward F. O'Roarkc, of Vancouver. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Edward F. O'Rourke, a private In the Marine Corps, whose home Is near Vancouver, Wash., died at Providence Hospital, In this city, today, from a complication of diseases contracted while serving In the Philip pines. Officers and Description of Boat. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. The Condor 13 defined in the British Admiralty list as a screw sloop. She was .built at Sherness and was launched In 1S98. She I3 of steel and sheathed, and her tonnage Is SS0. She Is ISO feet long, has 33 feet beam, and draws 11 feet 6 inches. Six four-Inch qulck-flre guns and four three-pounders constitute her armament. Her speed is 13 knots. Her full complement of men Is 130, and the last Admiralty navy list gave her the following officers: Commander, Clinton Sclater; lieuten ants, James B. Mason, Hay WInthrop and Henry T. V. Proctor; surgeon, Thom as H. Hartley; assistant paymaster, Will iam H. Franklin; gunner, Arthur D. A. Burns, and engineer, George J. D. Dlt ton. She was commissioned at Chatham on November 1, 1900, and practically all of her present crew joined her at that time. Tiro Men Killed in an Explosion. MAOKAY, Idaho, Jan. 15. Two men were killed and three injured in an ex plosion this morning, three miles west of here. The killed: BENO HINTERHOLZER. JAMES PERSON. The names of the Injured are not known. They will recover. Hlnterholzer was blown to pieces, and It was with difficulty that enough of his remains could be gathered to hold an Inquest over. The accident was caused by the men at tempting to take out an old charge of dynamite, which had failed to explode. Rich Plionollte Specimens. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 15. D. J. Brown ar rived this evening from Thunder Moun tain. Ho brings very rich phonollte speci mens taken from a claim about 3500 feet from the famous Dewey property. Brown states that his party went down through a basaltic cap and came Into the phono llte formation. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. J A Benson. 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I have known of many cases of long standing catarrh of the head and throat completely cured by the dally uso of these tablets for several weeks. Ono case in particular, which I could not reach with an inhaler or spray, and where the catarrh caused dally headaches and a noticeable loss of hearing was entirely cured by this harmless but effective rem. edy." Dr. Walnwright says: I never hesitate to prescribe Stuart's Catarrh Tablets for catarrhal headaches, and catarrhal deaf ness, because I know them to be per fectly safe for child or adult; and have seen many remarkable cures resulting from their regular dally use; because they are advertised and sold In drug stores Is no reason why any good pnyslclan should not use them, because we should seize upon the means of cure wherever found." Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are especially valuable for catarrhal colds In children, because they are pleasant to taste, and may be used freely to break up severe colds and croup at the very beginning. 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