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TvJ. ft j IXpttttttk VOL. XLIL XO. 12,S40. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 5, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. '-?' A SJgfeS A GOOD CAMERA At a Nominal Price x5 CYCLE CAMERA. Rack and pinion for fine focusing, pneumatic, time, in stantaneous ind bulb shutter, fine achromatic lens, sole leather carry!"? case and one double plate holder. PRICE, Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. iu82&$ TAKE ELEVATOR ha u u "STRONGEST IN THE WORLD" L. Samuel. Manager. 300 Oregonlan Building, Portland, Or. PHIL MDTSCIIAX, Prea. SEVEKTH AHD WASHINGTON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT. European Plan: .... $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day Adamant Is applied to over one million buildings throughout the United States. Made in forty different factories. It is no experiment. Investigate. For information address Phone North 2091. THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, American Plan fc- COST OXE MILLION DOLLARS. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AHD COMMERCIAL TRAYELERS Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. The manage ment will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A mod- ern Turkish bath establishment in the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Mgr. A Glimpse Into the Future Every day there Is new evidence of the way in which the PIANOLA is making itself felt. First, a luxury; then a subject of general discussion and interest; and soon it will be a necessity. A few months hence there will not appear to be so much apparent fiction In our dally advertisements of the merits of this instrument. Free public recital tonight nt :SO. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY M. n. WELLS. Sole Northwest Assent, Aeolian Hull, lT,i-rT, Washington St. MENACE TO ORGANIZED LABOR Mile Opposed to Locntinsr, Army Posts Near Great CItleN. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Army Post Hoard, which has been in session . in Washington intermittently since Novem- her 25 last, concluded its labors and ad- i Journed sine die today. The board was charged with the preparation of a scheme for the location and distribution of mili tary posts. Including the abandonment of existing posts which are now useless from a modern military point of view, and the planting of new posts at strate gic points. It was nNo to locate the four grat camp- for the training of soldiers cf the regular Army and their co-oper-atie drill with the militia. Thee things li.i e bt en dont . and the board's report is now bfore Secretary Root, who will send It to Congress. The report has not vet been made public. Lleutenmt-General Miles, the president 1 of the boiird. has taken a strong position , against the location of new pots in the ( kinity of great cities, on the ground that it can only be construed as Inttnd- d to menace organized labor, and he has gone so far as to enter a formal 1 rotest with Secretary Root against such location. The Gala Opera Performance. NEW YORK. Feb. 4 After several days of fruitless conference, the j.ub-coramlttee charged with arranging for the gala opera . night in thl- c!t. for Admiral Prince Hen- ry of Pru-la. has succeeded in overcom- i lr.g the objection, rai-ed by a boxholder at the Metropolitan opera-house, who re- fused to give up his holding in order that the Ptince and his suite might occupy live adjoining boxto in the "horseshoe." The j owner Hna.lv agreed to accept another box equallv as good as his own. This was pro- I cured and the trouble Is at an end. $2,000,000 for Trnelc i:ievnt Ion. CHICAGO. Feb. 4. The stockyards cle vation ordinance has been passed by the Council. It Involves the elevation of the tracks of the Michigan Central, the Pan handle. Chicago Terminal. Chicago Junc tion and Grand Trunk from their main lines into the stockyards, and covers SO miles ot trackage, at an expenditure of ST.OOQ.OW. For 122 Years JAS. E. PEPPER Has been the favorite whisky "among connoisseurs. ROTHCHILD BROS., Agents $7.50. nd sts. TO niOTO DEPT. fl T T nn h Mlli C. W. ICXOWI.ES, JIbp. The Perfection of Wall Plaster THE ADAMANT CO. Foot of 14th Street, Portland, Or. OREGON $3.00 Per Day and upward. THE SCHLEYS AT KN0XVILLE Populntlon of the City Turned Out to Greet Them. KNOXV1LLE, Tenn.. Feb. 4. The jour ney of Admiral and Mrs. Schley through East Tennessee this afternoon is one that they can never forget. At many places along the route the entire population of the towns ..turned out and the greetings were enthusiastic. At all points Admiral and Mrs. Schley were called to the rear platform of their private car, where the Admiral" shook hands with the people, while Mrs. Schley was virtually buried in floral offerings from school children. Darkness did nur diminish the crowds, and immense bonllres gleamed at many places. Admiral Schley's entrance Into Knox vllle at S o'clock tonight was made amid a perfect din of steam whistles and bells. Packed around the Union station was fully 5000 people, who cheered again and again as the train arrived. After a brier reception taken to at the station carriages were the Hotel Imperial. The Ad miral's carriage was preceded by the Sixth Regiment band and a battalion ot the Sixth Regiment and the march to the hotel was through throngs of people and red-lire illuminations. After dinner had been served a short reception was held. The festivities will continue tomorrow. Stock Inspection Lnvr Upheld, DENVER, Feb. 4. The Supreme Court has handed down a decision upholding the livestock Inspection law passed by the Legislature of this state. The decision was rendered in the case of Ed H. Reld, who rushed cattle into this state from Texas for the purpose of testing the law. The sentence of -lx months in the county jail against Reld Is also afllrmed. Reld was backed by leading livestock organl zatlons of the country, who claimed that the Federal inspection laws superceded those of a state. Slmw'H FirNt Cnhlnet Meetlnjr. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Cabinet meeting today developed nothing of Im portance. A number of prospective ap pointments were talked over. This was the first Cabinet meeting in which Mr. Shaw, the new Secretary of the Treasury. I has taken part. OBJECTTOPRESSURE Congressmen Want Their Way in Cuban Matter, THEY CRITICISE THE PRESIDENT Differences of Opinion Anions? Re- puhllenuN Afford Satisfaction to Democrats ElUinx Rnilroad Hill The Xoyc Cane. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The pressure which the President Is exerting upon members of the House to secure favorable action on Cuban concessions Is causing a great deal of dissatisfaction among cer tain members, and some of them, repre senting districts where there are consid erable beet sugar Interests, have Inti mated that they will take occasion to crit icize the Executive rather sharply. They point out that the President is somewhat inconsistent in prohibiting oiilcers of the general Government from exerting pres sure on Congress for their personal and public needs, when he continues to exert such inlluence, though this will be met with the statement that the Government contemplates that the President shall ad vise Congress on what he deems neces sary for public policy. The most Inter esting feature of this Cuban contention is the differences of opinion that arise n the Republican party and afford considerable satisfaction to the Democrats, who are watching the contest with Interest. El kin a' InterMtntc Commerce Dill. The Elklns bill to amend the Interstate commerce law is going to cause wide dis cussion before it gets before Congress, and still greater talk when it is discussed In the open Senate. It is not satisfactory to either side. Elklns has attempted to draw the bill on the middle ground, giv ing the Interstate Commerce Commission "more authority in the matter of deter mining rates and granting the railroads authority to enter into pooling arrange ments. This latter feature Is opposed by the shippers. While the provision for fixing rates will be fought by the railroads, the pressure for interstate commerce legislation has been growing from week to week, and this is what caused Elklns to Introduce his bill. The Xoyc Affair. The whole Alaskan affair, about which there has been considerable mystery, so far as official facts at the Department of Justice go. Is likely to be pretty" thor oughly aired in the Senate before the de bate concludes. Friends of Noyce and and McKenzIe are determined to defend them from the attacks made by Tillman, Stewart and others, and the Senate is likely to call on the Department of Jus tice for further Information and for the papers on file for and against Noyes, Mc KenzIe et al. In a nutshell. It resolves It self Into the assertion of Tillman today, that either Noyes and his crowd are wrong, or the Circuit Court Is a bad tribunal. The principal defense of Noyes thus far is based upon the recommenda tion of the late Senator Davis. It is the intention of those who, hurrying the case in the Senate, to force the President to remove Noyes on the charges made. Ilrldsre nt Vancouver. The bills introduced by Senator Mitchell In the Senate and Representative Jones in the House, authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver, were favorably re ported today. That provision of the bill requiring the Secretary of War to com plete the bridge if the railroad company falls to complete it in the specified time was cut out of both bills. These reports practically Insure the early passage of the measure. Fund for Minlnsr School. Representatives of the several schools of mines, agricultural colleges and state universities today presented to the House commltte'e on mining a mutually satisfac tory amendment to the Grosvenor bill, providing that wherever any state has a separate school of mines, or where any land-grant state university has a depart ment of mining, and is under the exclu sive control of the Legislature of such state, one-half of the moneys appropri ated by this bill shall each year be paid to such school of mines or state university, the other half to go to the state arglcul tural college. Should this amendment pre vail, the Oregon State University and Ag ricultural College would divide these ap propriations, each receiving ?5000 the first year, and ?15.000 between them five years hence and afterwards. Representative Moody will probably make the report on the bill, but Its chances for passage are very remote. Aid for Reserve Settler. In view of the fact that a number or settlers living on that portion of the orig inal Olympic forest reserve in Washing ton, which was subsequently withdrawn from the reserve, have relinquished three tracts, believing them still to be In the reserve, and attempted to make lieu se lections, thereby losing title to the orig inal tracts, and being unable to acquire other lands. Senator Clark, of Montana, today Introduced a bill providing that when patented lauds have been relin quished to the United States, and patents for any reason cannot be Issued for lands selected in lieu thereof, the lands so re linquished shall be reconveyed to the per sons relinquishing them Where the" orig inal tract has, in the meantime, been claimed by another party, the first settler will be allowed to complete his lieu selec tion. Xorthwentern mil and Petition. Representatfve Moody today introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 to pay the claims of the Clatsop Indians for lands surrendered to the Government. Senator Foster today presented a peti tion asking for the opening of the south half of the Colville Indian reservation; also a petition urging the location of the General Land Office for Alaska at Ju neau, instead of Sitka. The House 'committee today favorably reported Representative Cushman's bills authorizing the construction of a light house at Battery Point, at Burrows Is land, Increasing the cost of the Brown's Point light and authorizing an additional building at the Robinson Point light. The bills carry no appropriations. Representative Sulzer today Introduced a bill granting a right of way from Haines Mission to Porcupine, Copper City, St. Michaels and the end of Seward Penin sula. Alaska, to the Chilcat Railway Company, and giving them the same land grant as was bestowed on the transconti nental lines. Xnvy-Yard Examination. Based on competitive examinations, the following appointments have been made at the Puget Sound Navy-yard: G. W-. Trahey, master shipwright; .Robert Stew art, master joiner; A. L. Crexton, master electrician; C. A. Douglass, foreman la borer; J. H. Warren, quarterman ship smith; Thomas Raines, quarterman painter. Idnlio Appointment. The nomination of John F. Yost as Reg ister of the Coeur d'Alene Land District, sent to the Senate today, will be held up In committee until the arrival of protests 1 .& r CCrimSSlONEPS from Idaho. Secretary Hitchcock promised the Idaho Senators not to send it In until . the charges were considered, but evi dently overlooked the promise. Yost, If appointed, will succeed David H. Dud long. The renomlnation of Charles D. War ner as Receiver of that ollice is not known to be objectionable. WANTS NO CHINESE SAILORS Andrew FnruMetlt llefore the Sennte Immigration Committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The Senate committee on Immigration today heard further arguments on the subject of Chi nese exclusion, ex-Governor James H. Budd, of California, appearing In behalf of the Mltchell-Kahn bill, which, he said, is simply a codification of the statutes In existence. He said there is nothing radi cal In it. Andrew Furuseth, on behalf of the sea men, spoke of the unreliability of Chinese sailors in time of emergencies on ship board. He cited the collision between the City of Chester and the Oceanic in the Golden Gate. The former vessel, manned by American seamen, was sunk, but the Oceanic's Chinese crew rendered no as sistance, having become terrorized, and it remained for some of the American seamen of the Chester to go to the Ocean ic, man her boats and enter upon the work of rescue. He also cited the case of the United States transport Lennox, disabled In the Pacific. whose Chinese crew refused to man the boats to bring assistance. Mr. Furuseth. in pnswer to Mr. Penrose, held that the ship subsidy bill, as it stands now, would not have a tendency to bring more sailors aboard ships or to ameliorate or Improve their condition. He declared that he had obtained information from an official In the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy that during the war with Spain we had only six properly manned war ships. This led to considerable questioning, and Mr. Fairbanks wanted to know the name of the official who gave this information, but Mr. Furuseth could not recall it. .say ing, however, it could easily be ascer tained. Asked to name the warships he .had 'referred to, he could recall but five, and mentioned the Oregon, Iowa, Texas. New York and Brooklyn. In response to questions by Mr. Clay and Mr. Fairbanks, he sold Ids remarks applied to skilled sea men, regardless of nationality. On one occasion, he said, he visited a Government ship at the Washirgton navy-yard, and out of 21 men aboard her only one was a native American. After 13 years of care ful study, he said. It Is his firm conviction that the United States lost her seamen because of the treatment she gave them, and he concluded by saying it Is not safe to put, the merchant marine of the Pacific into the hands of Chinese. President Gompers, speaking In behalf of the Federation of Labor, said he de sired to correct the Impression that Chi nese exclusion is desired solely by the Pacific Coast States. He said It Is asked for by all the organized wage-earners, regardless of the section from which they hail. The committee is to meet Friday next at 10 A. M. Lnlcme Must Pay $1500 DnmnsceM. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4. In an opinion filed Jn the Federal Court today. Judge Hanford decides that the steam schooner Lakme shall pay to the owners of the ship Queen Elizabeth, the sum " of $4300 damages as the result of a collision which took place between the two vessels on the night of April 14, 1?00. off P6int-No-PoInt In Puget Sound. The court dismisses the counter-claim of the Lakme's owners, who were cross-libelants, alleging: that the col lision was the result of negligence on the part of the tug Tyee and her tow, the Elizabeth. Sentenced for Illcsrnl Fencinjr. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 4. In the United States Court today Ad Spaugh, the Mannvllle stockman, was sentenced to one day in Jail and to. pay a fine of $50 and costs In the casa, for illegally fencing Government lands. BETTER FOR SHIPS Bar Pilot Service Will Be Improved. NO HURRY ABOUT IT NOW Uonrd of C(tiiiml'IonerK Meet Cham ber of Compicree and A scree to Jucrense Xnmher of Pilot urn They Are Needed. The question of pilot service at the mouth of the Columbia was discussed yesterday afternoon at a joint meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce, FARRELl , TAUANTAMD the navigation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and the State Board of Pi lot Commissioners. As a resujt of the conference the Chamber of Commerce trustees passed a formal motion request ing an Increase in the number of pilots at the mouth of the river, and the Pilot Board unofficially agreed to grant li censes to competent applicants as there should be demand for Increased service. It was recognized by all that it would be a bail thing to grant licenses without limit as to the number; that such a course would result in inefiiclent service by re ducing the sum available for each, until the better men would find more remuner ative employment elsewhere or In other lines. Vice-President Lewis presided In the ab sence of President Mears. The other Chamber of Commerce trustees present were: W. B. Ayer, W. J. Burns. Adolphe Wolfe, Lewis Russell, W. S. .Slbson and F. M. Warren. The navigation commit tee members present were George Taylor, Jr.. William D. Wheelwright and E. B. Williams. Pilot Commissioners Martin Foard and E. W. Tallant, of Astoria, and Sylvester Farrell. of Portland, were In at tendance, and they were accompanied by Clerk Chudder, of Astoria. The recommendations arrived at last week, which have been published In full, formed the basis of the discussion, in the general talk It came to light that the six Oregon pilots at the mouth -of the river receive about $5000 each in a year, and that the number of pilots has not been Increased In the past six years, though the amount of pilotage fees re ceived lias about doubled. There was enough pay In the business to draw com petent men to it, when the sum divided was only half as great as It now Is, and the navigation committee was of the opin ion that the present number of pilots could be materially added to without In the least reducing the quality of the men in the service. The Pilot Commissioners did not deny this. They pointed out. however, that six years ago the state provided a schooner for the pilots, whereas now the pilots have to supply their own schooner. They also said no formal complaints had been presented to them of Inefficient service, though they had read much In tne newspupers" ana heard verbal complaint too Incomplete and Indefinite to take official cognizance of. They Intimated that they were at all times willing to do anything practicable to Improve the service at the mouth of the Columbia, and were glad of this op portunity to confer with the Chamber of Commerce relative to the matter. Inas much as the busy season had about passed, they saw no need for Immediate radical action, but gave assurance that In the proper time due consideration would be given the matter. It was deemed probable that. If tne number of pilots should be Increased to meet fully the demands at the mouth of the Columbia, another pilot schooner would be necessary, inasmuch as tne present pilots might not be willing to let the new men have accommodations on the present schooner, which Is owned by them. There was considerable discussion over the practicability of repairing the old state schooner San Jose, so as to make her seaworthy. The Commissioners said work at repairing the San Jose was al ready In progress, and that, if there should be need for It, the vessel might be ready for service in two days. The Commission has something more than J1200 available for repairs, and there ap peared to be a willingness to spend this money on the San Jose and make her an efficient pilot-boat. The recommendation that there be a superintendent of pilots, or port cap tain, to supervise the pilot service, was finally abandoned as one that would not apply to present circumstances. There was "no .money at the disposal of the Pilot Board to pay such a functionary, and to have him appointed and paid by the pilots would result In too much dissatisfaction among the pllofs and but little If any good to the service. The statement that this was the plan followed In San Fran cisco did not convince the Pilot Commis sioners that It would be practicable on the Columbia. They say the pilots now have a. clerk, who assigns the pilots In their regular order, but this manifestly falls to get the service the Portland ship pers desire. The Pilot Commissioners said the law did not prescribe their duties with any degree of particularity; the law simply created the board and left it to do its work according to its best judgment. No accounting had been required from the j pilots, who, in the absence of complaints of Inefficient service, had been left to do their business as they chose. Since one or two accidents had happened lately, how ever, the Commissioners had come to the conclusion that the pilots should be re quired to make an official report of all such occurrences, and of everything nec essary to keep the commission inrormed of the state of the service. Some benefit was expected from enforcement of this rule. Harmony prevailed throughout the con ference, and at the close a vote of thanks was tendered the Pilot Commission for its attendance and free discussion of the mat ters at Issue. The Commissioners ex- j pressed a desire to do anything practica ble for the good of the shipping interests of the river. ELECTIONS IN LUZON. Indication Tliat the Xntlves Are Ac quiring "Western Method. MANILA, Feb. 4. The returns so far H"- F0A8D'. received Indicate the election in most cases of natives as Governors of prov inces. Captain Harry B. Bandholz, of the Second Infantry, defeated Major Cornelius Gardner, of the Thirteenth Infantry, the present Governor of Tayabas Province. At Balanga, capital of Bataan, there are only SI voters, but S3 votes were cast, and another election has been ordered. At a meeting of business men Interested In to bacco and sugar to discuss the legisla tion desired by both industries, resolu tions were adopted urging a reduction of 75 per cent in the duties. THE FIGHT AT DAPDAP. ' ParticnlnrH of the Recent Ensrnsce ment With Sninnr Dolomen. VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 4. Manila papers received by the steamship Empress today have particulars of the recent attack by bolomen on a company of the Ninth In fantry, in Samar, which resulted in the death of seven of the IS attacked, and the wounding of eight others, five seriously. The detachment from Company E was struggling through a thicket near Dapdap Pueblo, when a large band of bolomen rushed upon them, having been awaiting In ambush. The band of Americans were surrounded by bolomen, and a bloody hand-to-hand combat ensued. The detach ment clubbed their rifles, and, standing back to back, they swung them at the heads of the enemy. Several eventually managed to bring their rifles into play and the bolomen gradually fell away, leav ing the small force of Americans with but four of them unwounded. The bolomen lost heavily. A detachment of native sol diers, attracted by the sound of the firing, hurried to the scene, but arrived too late to take part In the combat. It is believed that It was the expected arrival of these reinforcements that caused the bolomen to retreat, and saved the entire detach ment from annihilation. President Exercise Clemency. WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The President has exercised clemency in the case of Lieutenant James P. Howell, Sixth Artil lery, convicted in the Philippines of drunkenness on duty and sentenced to be dismissed. In view of certain extenuat ing circumstances, the President has- set aside the sentence and ordered the ofii ser's restoration to duty. SETTLED OUT OF COURT. Agreement In the Dowlc-Sterenson Suit for a Receivership. CHICAGO. Feb. 4. On the announce ment in court today by the counsel In the JDowie-Stevenson suit for a receivership of the ZIon Lace Industries, that an agreement had been reached by the par ties to tne suit out of court, Judge Tuley dismissed the suit and announced that Elmer Washburn, whom he had 'named as receiver, would not be appointed. Attor neys for both sides refused to announce the basis of settlement, but It Is supposed that the full amount claimed by Samuel Stevenson, about 5250,000. is close to the amount agreed upon. Testimony In the Denver Case. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Interstate Commerce Commission today began hear ing testimony in what Is known as the Denver case. Involving the freight tariff on eastbound traffic from California to Denver over the lines running between Missouri River points and Pacific Coast via Denver. William Sproule. traffic man ager of the Southern Pacific, contended that conditions were such that a higher tariff against Denver than against the Missouri River points was fully justified. MInm IlooHcvelt May Go to London. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Whltelaw Reid has Invited Miss Alice Roosevelt to ac company him to London as his guest when he goes to attend the coronation of King Edward. It is the present expectation of Miss Roosevelt to avail herself of this opportunity to see London, but if she does s6 she will have no status save that sim ply of a young American girl, and will not figure In the coronation ceremonies in any manner. WRECKED IN STORM Knight Companion Is Lost on Japan Coast. PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED Sailed From Columbia River Janu ary IO. Wtth 9'tOO.OOO Carsio Only a Urlef Announcement of Disaster Received. The steamship Knight Companion is a: wreck on the east coast of Japan. All the passengers and crew are safe. Tho. vessel went ashore in a storm on Point Inuboe Sakl, east of Yokohama. Sho was one of the vessels of the Portland: and Asiatic steamship line, and sailed from the Columbia River January 10. Sho was a new vessel, of about 7000 tons' car rying capacity. The cargo consisted! chiefly of flour, cotton and sheeting, valued at over J300.000. On board the vessel, besides the officers! and ciew, were A. C. Abbs, a first-class j passenger," bound for Hong Kong, 8 Jap-' anese for Kobe, and 33 Chineso for Hong Kong. The officers were as follows: Captain C. Froggatt. First officer C. Angus. Second officer A. Torrible. First engineer William Smith. Second engineer Harold Clark. Third engineer H. iMackay. Fourth engineer J. B. Birch. Physician Victor W. Smith. The latter is a son of WK. Smith, of this city, and Is well known here. He is a great favorite among the young men of Portland. The news of- the wreck was first received yesterday by the O. R. & N-. which oper ates the Portland-Asiatic line of vessels. The cable dispatch bearing the informa tion gave no details other than cited above. The news came from Yokohama, through the agent of the line at Hong Kong. It created no little stir in the city, and the exasperating meagerness of details caused some mariners to doubt by conjurlag up Inconsistencies in the report. It was re ported that the vessel was ashore on the coast of Idzuml, which borders the inland sea, where Kobe and Osaka are situated. It was argued that this was 200 miles out of the course of the Knight Companion inasmuch as she was bound rVom. Portland to Yokohama, and Idzumi Is far west of that port. It was also argued that the vessel would not find weather rough cnougn to cast her ashore on that coast, inasmuch as It borders an Inland body of water. Captain Porter, of the steamship Indravelll. now In port, was of the opinion that the name "Idzumi" was confused with "Idzu." The latter is the name of a peninsula on the south coast of Japan, about 50 miles west of the course tho vessel would lake in entering the harbor of Y'okohama. This was a plausible con jecture, until it was learned that the ship was ashore on Point Inuboe SakL When the vessel struck she was not more than 23 or 24 days out from Portland, and was therefore a litte overdue. The Knight Companion has made three voyages to this port. She first arrived, here last July, and sailed August 8- Sho sailed the second time November 6, and the third January 10. She had a net ton nage of 2620. The steamship was a new steel vessel, having been built at New castle in 1900, by W. Dodson & Co. Hec' owners were Greenshields, Corvie & Co. Her length was 370 feet; breadth. 40 feet, and depth, 27.5 feet. The Knight Com panion was the smallest of the Portland Asiatic line of steamers. The other two. the Indravelli and Indrapura, twin ships, have a net register of 3152 tons, and a carrying capacity of 7500 tons. The Indra velll cleared yesterday from Portland for the Orient. The Indrapura is at Hon?, (Concluded on Tenth Page.) 4. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS Conjure. Republican Congressmen object to the Admin istration's pressure in favor of Cuban con cessions. Pane 1. Hansbroush. in the Senate, made a speech iai defense of Judge Noyes. Pase 2. The Senate passed the Judicial salary bill. Page 2. The House continued the debate on the oleo bill. Page 2. Senator Elklns Introduced a bill amending thaj interstate commerce law. Page 2. Foreign. England rejects Holland's offer of mediation. Page 3. Peace negotiations must be conducted between Boers and British direct. Page 3. The English remount scandal was aired in the House of Commons. Page 3. Domestic. The Pacific Northwest Woolzrowers' Associa tion met at Helena. Page 3. Nine firemen were killed at a St. Louis fire. Page 2. A towboat at Pittsburg blew up, Injuring all the crew. Pace 2. Pnclflc Const. Pendleton refuses to join Lewiston In its fight on appropriation for Lower Columbia. Page 4. Governor McBrlde calls down contractor who Is building Capitol annex. Page 5. Eastern Oregon miners charged with riot for Inviting men regarded as "scabs' to move on. Page 4. Subscription already being made to fund to wipe out debt on "Willamette University. Page 4. Mnrlne. ' Steamship Knight Companion wrecked on Japan coast. Page 1. British ship Indravelll cleared for the Orient. Page 10. Ice Is still troublesome In Columbia River. Page 10. Portland Custom-House report for December. Page 10. Many marine disasters on Atlantic coast. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon Pilot Commissioners promise better bar service. Page 1. Many candidates out for Republican local nominations. Page 12. Policeman Isakson ordered reinstated by the courts. Page 8. Actor Nelll raises a bellow about Elks initia tion. Page 12. "Washington Pilot Commission meets and does nothing. Page 10. V . J