JHB MQRHING, OKEGONIAK, FRIDAY, MABCH 21, 1902.
MAGDALENE WILL RETURN!
MAMMOTH GERMAN , BARK CHAR
TERED FOR
KW
CROP.
Has Already Carried' Tare Cargoes
From Portland Doveaay Hall la
rFori Falwoed Ready ier Sea.
The Gernjan baric Magdalene was char
tered Wednesday for new crop wheal
loading at thU port at 28s 9d. This Is
something of. a reduction from the rates
paid for the chips that were chartered
for newl crop loading several weeks ago
ut Is regarded as a pretty stiff figure
compared with present spot rates and
-the weak outlook. The Magdalene la a
pretty well known vessel In this port, her
last engagement being the fourth from
Portland since early In 189S. She first
came to Portland In July, 1S9S, under
. charter to Bpplnger & Co., and secured
36s 3d. At that time she was still sall
ying under the British flag, and was
Xnown as the Trade Winds. After chang
j lng flags and owners, the vessel worked
-around to Portland again in January,
1SO0, this time coming under charter to
' Balfour. Guthrie & Co. They dispatched
her for Liverpool direct, with a mixed J
i cargo, wheat and barley, with a 3te sa
rate. The vessel -got around on her third
trip last Spring, and was again loaded
by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., sailing In May
at 38s 9d, or. 10 shillings more than she
will receive for the cargo for which she
has been chartered.
The Magdalene Is a big carrier, her car
goes averaging over 4300 long tons, so
that her -earnings for the voyage next
season will be more than $10,000 less than
they were for the same service last sea
son. The Magdalene, after discharging
her last Portland cargo, went to New
York In ballast, and loaded case oil for
Japan. 4 She sailed for Yokohama, Feb
ruary 12, and as she is a pretty good
sailer, she will probably get around to
Portland in August
OVERDUE COAIj 'SHIPS.
Windsor Park and Frankistan Came
Uneasiness In San Francisco.
Two big Britishers laden with coal
are overdue at this port from Newcastle,
N. S. W. the Windsor Park, out 34
days, and the Frankistan, 96 days, says
- the San Francisco Bulletin. Unless they
are heard from within the next two or
three days It Is expected that Lloyd's will
post them for reinsurance. The length
of the passages that the vessels are mak
ing is not alarming In Itself, but the
combustible nature of Australian coal Is
something that must always be taken Into
consideration. Vessels which have ar
rived lately from the New South "Wales
collieries all report heated cargoes, and In
two instances the dangerous temperatures
of S3 and "96 degrees were reached. As
this experience has been general, It has
occasioned the belief In some quarters
that another sulphurous vein has been
struck, similar to the one that caused so
much trouble for vessels droglng coal
toward this port in 1892 and 1893. The
British ship King James was afire for
over a month, and finally had to be aban
doned when 200 miles off this port, on
April 3. 1S93.
The "Windsor Park carries a cargo of
22S7 tons of the product of the Wallsenu
mines and the Frankistan 3052 tons of
Northern Extended. Statistics show that
Wallsend has proven the most danger
ous of all. Australian coal, but this is
accounted .for by the fact that more of
it has been shipped than any other.
DEATH OF GEORGE TAYLOR, SR.
Father of Prominent Portland Ship
broker Passes Away at Liverpool.
George Taylor, Sr., father of George
Taylor, Jr., and Duncan Taylor, of this
city, died at his home near Liverpool,
February 28. The late Mr. Taylor was
quite well known in shipping circles a
number of years 'ago, and a great many
ship masters now coming to Pacific
Coast ports had the pleasure of his ac
quaintance when he was actively engaged
in business. The Liverpool Journal of
Commerce, under date of February 23,
has the following notice of the funeral:
"The remains of the late George Tay
lor were interred at Flaybrlck cemetery
yesterday. The deceased gentleman was
in his 75th year, and died on Monday
last at his residence, 18 Forrest Road,
Claughton. As already recorded In. the
Journal of Commerce, the late Mr. Taylor
was at one time very prominently Identi
fied with the shipping trade of the port,
particularly when he acted as loading
broker to some of the big firms. In
those days the position of loading broker
was a business of Itself, and. It was then,
in conjunction with his ownership of sail
ing vessels to Boston and New York,
that Mr. Taylor was so well known. X)e.
ceased was originally In business as Tay
lor, Tipper & Co., and subsequently as
George Taylor & Co., and so continued
until about 10 years ago, when he re
tired and the firm was dissolved."
THE LUMBER FLEET.
PHlwood Completes a Blgr Cargo for
West Coast Carl Due Today.
The British ship Fulwood completed her
cargo at the Eastern Lumber Conipany
last evening, and went out into the
stream. She has aboard 1,GOO,000 feet of
lumber, and goes to Callao. The Star of
Germany, which is loading at the same
dock, will .soamibe ready for sea, and
the big steamship Theodor Wllle, now due
from the Orient, will take the berth va
cated bjr the sailers. The big barkentlne
Alta has finished discharging her ballast,
and will commence loading outwnrd to
day. The German ship Carl left up from
Astoria yesterday morning, and will
reach port today. As soon as her ballast
is discharged she will commence loading
for the Orient. The British steamship
Adato, now loading , Government stores,
will probably take out a deck load of
piles. All of her Inward cargo has- been
discharged, and yesterday she was re
ceiving outward cargo at a lvely rate.
FROM ANTWERP DIRECT.
British Ship Dovenby Hall Arrives
"With a Miscellaneous Cargo.
The British ship Dovenby Hall, which
h was reported outside Wednesday, night,
arrived in at Astoria yesterday, and will
leave up for Portland this morning in
tow of the steamer R. R. Thompson.
.The Dovenby Hall is something behind
her record on the present voyage, as she
Is usually depended on to get around here
j about 120 days after leaving Europe. She
brings general cargo from Antwerp, and
is not yet chartered for outward business,
and will prohably join the Lord Shaftes
bury as the nucleus for another disen
gaged fleet. There is not much de-
mand for grain tonnage just at present,
arid by the time the Dovenby Hall has
"her Inward cargo out and is ready for
business, there will probably be other
vessels available. r Rates have now
reached a point In San Francisco where it
will-almost pay to tow them to Portland
in, preference to paying the figure that Is
demanded by some owners for Portland
ships.
UNITED STATES LEADS.
tar Shiphnlldlng Facilities the Best
In the "World.
NEW YORK, March 20. According to
Colonel P. P. Tchernlgovsky, of the Rus
slan Navy, -who has just sailed with his
wife and daughter for home on the
steamer St Louis. Russia Is not likely
to order any more war vessels from for
eign; shipbuilders. He has been In this
country superintending the construction
at the Cramp yards of the "Variag and
Retvlzan for the Russian Navy. These
-vessels having been completed, he is now
on his wayvhome.
".Russian jyards," he said, "have a ca
pacity' for,, "building eight ships slmul-
t&neously. I have prepared a report on
American methods, which will have the
effect, I think, of doubling their capacity.
If at any time Russia should need any
more warships from a foreign country
America will get the order. The United
States Is far ahead of any of the Euro
pean countries In the building of battle
ships, and, its ideas are more advanced."
Lake "Wireless Telegraphy.
CLEVELAND, O., March 20. The sec
ond atempt at wireless telegraphy on the
Lakes has been a success. The steamer
City of Detroit was towed to a slip near
the lake front, where, there were no In
tervening masts or buildings and. the ex
periments repeated. It Is stated that one
of the code words agreed upon had been
sent to and received from the Detroit
station. No attempt was made to trans
mit messages. The success achieved on
the second attempt Is ascribed partly to
better weather conditions and partly to
a better adjustment of the apparatus.
No Idle Ships at Victoria.
"VICTORIA, B. C, March 20. There are
no Idle ships here now, the Gwydlr Cas
tle and the Glenmark having been towed
to Tacoma to load wheat, the owners ac
cepting a very low rate in preference to
allowing their vessels to remain Idle. The
bark Peter Tredale left Honolulu for here
on March 1, seeking, and the American
schooner King Cyrus, which also has or
ders to come here, has arrived at Hono
lulu with coal from Newcastle.
Unknown Barge Stranded.
NEW YORK, March 20. An unknown
barge stranded near Brldgebampton on
the south shore of Long Island last night
and went to pieces. The Cox station
life-saving crew went to the wrecked ves
sel this morning, but could find no trace
of life there. It is feared all those on
board have been lost.
Pat Back for Repairs.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 20. The bark
Euterpe, which left here two days ago
for Prince William Sound, returned today
for repairs. March 19, when 40 miles west
of the Farallones, a succession of north
west gales carried away the fore-rlgglng
on both sides and sprung the foremost.
"Wreckage From Bristol.
VICTORIA, B. C, March 20. News
reached here tonight of the finding of
wreckage on Mary Island, on the north
ern coast. It Is believed to be from the
collier Bristol, which was wrecked a
short time ago.
Allendale In a Gale.
EVERETT, Wash., March 20. The
schooner Allendale, which arrived today,
encountered a gale the first night out
from Hllo, Japan, which stripped off all
the canvass and carried away the fore
gaff. Etrarla' Passengers Ashore.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 20. The Royal
Mall steamer Elbe arrived here today
from the Azore Islands, having on board
the passengers of the disabled Cunard
Line .steamer Etruria.
Xc' Pacific Cable.
WELLINGTON, Nv Z., March 20. The
Pacific Cable steamer Angelia has reached
Doubtless Bay, thus completing the Australia-New
Zealand link of the cable.
Marine Xotes.
The Portland & Asiatic liner Indrapura
Is due from the Orient Sunday. As usual
a full outward cargo awaits her, and she
will be hustled out as near as possible
on the regular schedule.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. yesterday
cleared the British bark Earl Cadogan
for East London direct with her mixed
cargo as mentioned In this column a few
days ago. The Inchcape Rock is the next
vessel listed to sail for the Dark Con
tinent. After several days' waiting the British
ships Galgorm Castle and St. Mlrren put
to sea yesterday morning. The Pax also
crossed out in tow of the tug Pioneer,
which returns to her station on Puget
Sound, the Tatoosh again going Into serv
ice on the Columbia bar.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, March 20. Left up at 6 A. M.
German ship Carl. Arrived down ct 10 A. JI.
British ship Sierra Ventana. Sailed at 10:30
A M. British barks Galgorm Castle and St.
Mlrren, for Queenatown or Falmouth, for or
ders; British ship Pax. for Puget Sousd. Ar
rived at 11 A. M. British ehlp Dovenby Hall,
from Antwerp. Condition of the bar at A P.
M.. rough; wind west; weather dear.
Tacoma, March 20. Arrived Mackinaw, from
San Francisco: Meteor, from San Francisco.
Sailed Farallon, for Skagwar; British ship
Bann, for Port Blakelcy.
San Francisco. March 20. Sailed Brig- "W. G.
Irwin, for Roche Harbor; steamer Shelllcoff,
for Seattle; bsrk Guy C. Goss, for Seattle;
schooner Henry "Wilson, for Gray's Harbor;
steamer J. S. Kimball, for Seattle; steamer
Letltla, for Gray's Harbor. Arrived Steamer
Santa Ana, from Seattle.
Hamburg", March 20. Arrived Steamer
Pennsylvania, from New York, via Plymouth
and Cherbourg.
Rotterdam, March 20. Arrived Amsterdam,
from New York. Sailed Steamer Rotterdam,
for Bouloffne-sur-Mer and New York.
Yokohama. March 20. Sailed Steamer Taco
ma, from Hong Kong- for Shanghai and Kobe,
Victoria, B. C, and Tacoma.
New York, March 20. Arrived HaverforQ,
from Antwerp. Sailed La Gascogne, for
Havre.
Naples. March 10. Arrived Traave, from
New York.
Southampton. March 10. Arrived Elbe, from
Horta. with passengers of the disabled steamer
Etruria,
Liverpool, March 20. Arrived Majestic, from
New York.
Hamburg, March 20 Arrived Rameses, from
Port Blakeley, San Francisco, Guatemala, etc
London, .March 20. Sailed Mesaba, for New
York.
Queenstown, March 20. Sailed Oceanic, from
Liverpool for New York.
Seattle, March 20. Arrived Steamer Queen,
from San Francisco; steamer Al-Kl. from
Skagway; steamer Czarina, from San Fran
cisco. Sailed Steamer Edith, for San Fran
cisco; steamer City of Pueblo, for San Fran
cisco; steamer Meteor, for Tacoma.
Conrt Finds Plan Fraadnlent.
SPOKANE, Wash., March -20. A special
telegram from Minneapolis to the Even
ing Chronicle states that Judge McGee
today filed a decision finding the plan and
management of the Tontine Saving Asso
ciation fraudulent, forfeiting its charter
and appointing a receiver. The Tontine
has branches In Spokane, Portland, Ta
coma, Seattle, Butte, Oakland, Victoria,
Vancouver and many other Western cit
ies. Its scheme is to collect money from
subscribers in weekly payments, promis
ing to return them double their money
as fast as their policies become the old
est outstanding matured.
Moil From Nome.
SEATTLE. March 2L An overland
Nome mall by way of Katmai will prob
ably reach Seattle today. One is now en
route from Juneau. The information
comes from Captain P. H. Mason, master
of the steamer Jeanie, which arrived last
night from Orca, Alaska. Captain Mason
spoke the steamer Discovery at Orca
March 11, her master stating that he
had a large consignment of Nome mall
aboard, adding that it came overland by
way of Katmai, where It was picked up
by the Discovery.
Dr. Guernsey Recovering.
NEW YORK, Marclk.20. Dr. Egbert
Guernsey, the noted specialist, who has
been ill for months yat his home In this
city, has so Improved in the last few
days that he has been able to leave his
bed and sit up in a chair for some hours
each day.
IVevr Legislative Appointment.
VICTORIA, R. C, March 20. The gov
ernment' today introduced a redistribution
bill providing for 42 members In the Leg
islature, of which Vancouver Island will
have but 12. Not. many yeare ago, the
island had a majority.
LISTEN TO MYTALEOFWOE
BUSHEY IS -HARASSED BY A
, SORSHIP AT SALEM.
CBX.
Only la The Oregonlan Can He Sab-
alt His Alleged Land Facts
te a Candid World.
SALEM. Or.. March 18. (To the Edi
tor.) I herewith hand you for publication
In The Oregonlan a letter which I wrote
to the Statesman on the Hth Inst, and
which the editor of that paper declined
to publish. I then took my letter to the
Journal, and the editor of that papor
also declined to publish it
Both of these editors read over my let
ter, and neither of them pretended to dis
pute as untrue anything contained In the
letter, but both gave me to understand
that their relations with Governor Geer
at the present time were such that they
could not publish anything derogatory
of his official acts, however true the same
might be; hence, I send It to you and
ask you kindly to give it space In The
Oregonlan.
The Statesman and the Journal almost
"EEOPLE THAT ARE."
A Series of Tales Half True Written for the Sunday
Oregonian by James L. Ford.
Commencing- March 23, The Sunday Oregonl&n will publish & series of TALKS
HALF TRUE. "People That Are." by James L. Ford, author of'The Literary
Shop." This clever book made htm famous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, while
his delicate arcam and refined humor have Dlaced him in the front rank of
contributors to leading- magazines.
Mr. Ford has recently been study Ins characters and phases In American life
that have hitherto been untouched. The result is a series of TALES HALF
TRUE. In them he throws new light on many familiar types. Hla touch on
human weaknesses Is deft, arousing- only mirth, not resentment.
The first irtory. to appear March 23, Is "A Brilliant "Woman" a half-true tala
cf the rise and fall of a social leader.
every day publish misstatements of the
law and the facts In relation to "base"
and "lieu lands" in this state, but no one
is permitted to make answer thereto
through tho columns of either paper. This
enables Mr. Gcer's emissaries to go
around over the country and tell the
farmers that the letters which I havo
published In The Oregonlan In reply to
Governor Geer's publications contain only
falsehoods, and they cite In proof of their
assertion the fact that the Statesman and
Journal do not countenance my letters In
The Oregonlan, and the fact that I do not
publish my letters also In the local pa
pers. The people generally do not know that
the Statesman and Journal refuse to pub
lish the law and the facts pertaining to
a matter of great public Interest. My let
ter follows:
Salem. Or., March 11. (Editor States
man.) I read with some astonishment the
editorial in the Statesman of this date,
where. In referring to the qualifications
of Governor Geer as a chief executive
officer, among other things, you say
about those persons now opposing him:
"These men care nothing about the
'Johnson loan,' or trumped-up irregular
ities in the Land Department."
I feel that this assertion should not go.
unanswered, because it Imputes to me a
dishonest motive for entering Into a dis
cussion with Governor Geer, through the
columns of The OregonIan as to certain
"iregularitles" lay non-enforcement of the
school land law of 1S9.
In that discussion I openly charged the
Govsrrnor with a total failure to comply
with the law, and he has never had the
temerity to deny the charge. His
answers to the questions which I there
propounded to him show conclusively that
he has not complied with the law, and
that his failure in that regard has cost
the school fund about $800,000, and has
been the means of throwing many thou
sands of dollars into the pockets Of his
land agents.
Now, when General Miles transcended
one of the rules of the Army. President
Roosevelt very properly asked him how
as an officer he expected to enforce the
laws, when he did not obey them him
self. An executive officer Is one whoso duty
it is to enforce the laws, and in order to
be able to enforce law, the officer must
himself know the law. I have no com
plaint against the Governor because he Is
a farmer and not a lawyer, for I am a
Marion County farmer myself; but I do
say. Inasmuch as Governor Geer him
self approved the law found at pages 94
and 95 of the 1899 session laws, that he
either approved the law without know
ing its purpose, and has since carelessly
neglected to Inform himself, or else he
has willfully disregarded the law after it
passed the Legislature and was ap
proved by him. One horn of the dilemma
Is the badge of inefficiency and Incompe
tency, and the other Imports wholesale
disregard of the obligations which a Gov
ernor owes to the people of his state.
The law makes the Governor the State
Land Commissioner, and as such the
State Land Board has nothing to do with
the duties assigned him.
The Governor as State Land Commis
sioner is given the power to- appoint a
State Land Agent, who draws a salary of
J1S00 a year, "and traveling expenses un
der the supervision of the Governor."
The duty of this Land Agent Is to "ascer
tain all losses sustained by the state bj
reason of the occupation of sections- 1G
and 25 by or through the United States
Government, and when such losses have
been ascertained to select from the best
timber or other lands owned by the Gov
ernment, lands In lieu of said sections,
. . . and to perfect title to them to
the state."
The expreslon In the law, "to ascertain
all losses sustained by the state," simply
means, to ascertain "all base lands" due
the state. Had the Governor, through
his Land Agent, L. B. Geer, done this,
where would have been the opportunity
for Odell to sell information as to "base
lands"?
This Information as to "base lands," Is
also required by the law to "be .kept In a
book accessible to every one." It Is ad
mitted by the Governor that none of
these things have been done.
It will be further found by reference to
this same law that these lands cannot
be sold for less than $2 50 per acre, and
may be sold to the highest bidder above
that sum. It is plain that they could
not be sold to the highest bidder until
the state had acquired title to them. In
spite of these provisions of the law the
State Land Agent, L. B. Geer, has gone
on, and. without ascertaining the "base
lands" due the state, and selecting "lieu
lands" therefore to be sold to the high,
est bidder as provided by law, has per
mitted timber land speculators to pick out
tracts of the best timber lands and to
furnish their own "base," by purchasing
Information from Odell at from $1 to tt 75
per acre, and such timber lands are then
sold at the minimum price of $2 50 per
acre, when the Governor himself admits
they are as easily worth $10 an acre.
Over 111,000 acres have been selected
and sold In this manner, and any farmer
can easily figure out the great loss to" the
school fund that necessarily follows.
The Governor boasts that he recom
mended the withdrawal from sale of the
unsold "lieu lands," selected under Lord's
administration, but it appears- that he
failed to recommend the withdrawal from
sale of any of the lands selected under
his -own administration, although two ses
sions of the Legislature havo beta held
and thousands of acres of school land
have been and are now being gobbled up
by timber land speculators.
This withdrawal from sale of the "lieu
lands" selected under Lord's administra
tion necessarily, made great demand for
"base lands." and Mr. Odell, having a
private Index to the state records (none
having been kept by the state, as re
quired by law), had a 'monopoly of the
"base .land" business.
It appears further that Mr. Odell has
his office in the same room with L. B.
Geer, State Land Agent, and has been
in the employment of the state by ap
pointment of the Governor In securing
base lands in the Klamath Indian reser
vation, and has been selling the Informa
tion which State Land Agent L. B. Geer
has been drawing a salary for securing,
but which work he has never performed.
These acts of omission and commis
sion on the part of the Governor are not
very well known among the farmers who
desire an., honest and economical admin
istration Of our state affairs, but I miss
my guess if they do not very soon find
out the true state of things, and no'tlfy
Mr. Geer that they do not any longer
wish his kind of a farmer for Governor.
W. M. BUSHEY.
MRS. JULIA FRENCH DEAD.
Wealthy and Eccentric Boston
Woman Fell Dovra Elevator Shaft.
BOSTON, March 20. Mrs. Julia French,
wealthy, eccentric and famous through
out the country because of her many and
varied lawsuits, was found dead in her
Back Bay residence this afternoon. Her
body, badly disfigured, lay on top of the
elevator, which was on the basement
floor, and had evidently been there three
or four days. Medical Examiner Draper
.reported the death as due to an accident.
Mrs. French, who was 0 years of age and
lived alone, apparently fell from the third
floor In the well to the elevator canopy.
Mrs. French Is said to have had more
lawsuits brought against her and had ap
peared as plaintiff more times than any
other person who appearerln public. The
litigation territory extended from the At
lantic Coast to the Rocky Mountains- She
had such a tendency toward going to
law that In November, 1900, Dr. Bloomer,
Superintendent of the Butler Insane Asy
lum, at Providence. R. J., testified as an
expert that Mrs. French was af
flicted with "litigious paranoia."
Her most Important lawsuit related to
the will of her second husband, Benjamin
French, and involved not only her right
to the estate, but the question of her
sanity. The case was full of sensational
features, but was decided In her favor.
Among other famous lawsuits In which
Mrs. French was Involved was one which
caused her to leave Colorado for the East.
She sued a Denver firm over a disputed
bill, and a counter action of $20,000 dam
ages, on tho ground of malicious prosecu
tion was brought. The firm obtained a
verdict of 54600, and then swore out a
warrant charging Mrs. French with
perjury. Mrs. French eluded the Sheriff
and started East. She reached Omaha,
was arrested, but secured release on a
writ of habeas corpus. When sho reached
Mendota, Hi., an officer boarded the train
and tried to force her to leave tho car at
Aurora. She declared that no official In
the state had authority over her. Mrs.
French sprained her ankle, but won the
struggle and continued on her way to
Boston.
Jose? Andrade.
NEW YORK, March 2X-Jose. Andrade,
for six years Venezuelan Minister at
Washington, died today at his home in
ihis city of pneumonia, aged G4 years.
Though he had been 111 two weeks, his
death was unexpected, as he was sup
posed to be recovering. He suffered from
a relapse Wednesday night. Senor An
drade had occupied nearly every high of
fice In Venezuela, at one time having been
President of the Republic.
Jndjre Noah. Davis.
NEW YORK, March 20. Noah Davis,
formerly a Justice of the Supreme Court
of this state, died at his home here today
of old age. He presided at tho trials
of William M. Tweed for official mal
feasance and E. D. Stokes for the FIsk
murder. He also served one term In
Congress, being elected as a Republican.
Justice Davis was born at Haverhill, N.
H., in ISIS.
Henry J. Horn.
ST. PAUL, March 20. Henry J. Horn,
a well-known 'lawyer, died tonight from
the effects of an operation. He was SO
years old. Mr. Horn had won some of the
famous legal battles In the state, among
them being the Pearsall cas'e, which pro
vented the consolidation of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads
several yaars ago.
Expert Testimony In Patrick Case.
NEW YORK, March 20. David N. Car
valho, an expert in handwriting and inks,
was recalled today for cross-examination
In the trial of Albert T. Patrick, Carvalho
testified yesterday that the signatures to
the 1SO0 will were mado with coal-tar Ink.
and that the conceded writings of Rice
were written with an iron ink.
Dr. A. Hare, professor of therapeutics
in the Jefferson Medical College, of Phil
adelphia, was called by Mr. Osborne. He
qualified as an expert In chloroform, and
the Assistant District Attorney asked him
a long hypothetical question, reciting the
circumstances of Mr. Rice's illness and
death as described by Charles F. Jones.
Dr. Hare said that death would result
from putting a cone, such as Jones de
scribed, over tho face of a sleeping man
S4 years old. Dr. Hare said he had made
many experiments with chloroform, and
he did not believe the odor could be dis
tinguished an hour after the drug was
administered.
Races at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 20. The rac-
lng at Oakland today was marked by
close finishes and the success of favorites.
The summary:
Six furlongs, selling Killdoe won, Ned
Dennis second. Loyal S. third; time, 1:17.
Five and a half furlongs, selling Royal
Rogue won. Lass of Langdon second,
Dwight Way third; time. 1:05.
Three and a half furlongs, selling Also
won, Oro Viva second, Donami' third; time,
0:44.
Six furlongs, selling Duckoy won, Feb
ruary second. School for Scandal third;
time. 1:16.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Horton
won, Jim Hale second, Black Dick third;
time, 1:50.
Six furlongs, selling Quiet won. Miss
Mae Day second, John Bqggs third; time,
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Condition of Dr. Eaxllsa.
NEW YORK, March 2a "Holding his
own," Is the announcement of the phy
sician with reference to the condition of
Dr. Thomas Dunn English, the ex-Congressman
and author of "Ben Bolt," "who
is lying 111 in Newark, N. J.
TRAFFIC AGAIN MOVING
RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE
v XORTHERX LINES.
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Privations Saffered by Passengers
oa Saow-Boaad Trains Losses
of Livestock.
ST. PAUL, March 20. Business on tho
three transcontinental lines which cross
the state of North Dakota has about re
sumed normal conditions, now that near
ly a full week has passed since the be
ginning of the great March blizzard, al
though a few minor branch lines remain
to be cleared of snow.
The Northern Pacific blockade lasted
for 131 hours, and the first train
from the Pacific Coast to arrive in St.
Paul since Friday of last week came In
at 2:30 this morning. Six east-bound lim
ited trains were caught In the drifts.
Two of them were annulled and the
equipment was used In making up the
trains west of the blockaded rarea, which
were sent back to the Coast to caro for
the business of the trains sent from St.
Paul and caught by the drifts.
The Great Northern was unable to clear
its through line yesterday, but through
traffic was resumed today, when three
"flyers" -arrived close together. The
blockade lasted 144 hours, the longest In
terruption of traffic the system has ever
experienced.
Although put to great expense to clear
the tracks and suffering heavy losses In
traffic, the railroad officials were much
pleased with the heavy snowfall, because
It gives needed moisture to the Dakota
wheat fields. This fact also seemed to
please the new settlers, over 2000 of whom
passed through the St Paul gateway to
their new homes within the past 21
hours, most of them coming from In
diana, Michigan, Ohio. Illinois, Pennsyl
vania, Kansas and Missouri.
FRONTIER PRIVATIONS.
Experiences of Passengers in Sno-rr-bonnd
Trains.
ST. PAUL, March 21. Three hundred
Great Northern passengers from points
west of the Eastern Montana line, 20 tons
of mall matter, and car after car of bag
gage, all snow-bound In North Dakota
since last Friday, reached St. Paul last
night. The first section of the through
train pulled In at 8:55 o'clock, breaking a
blockade that lasted 150 hours.
Passengers who came through on it told
stories of old-time frontier privations.
They were on the first east-bound over
land train, snow-bound, and they were
caught at Stanley, S. D., a station which
consists of a side-track and cattle-yard.
From. Thursday night until Monday
morning, the passengers were hardly able
to leaave the train. A blizzard raged,
and no food was to be had except the lim
ited quantity on the dining-car. Sunday
the coal in the day coaches gave out. Two
brakemen took empty mail pouches, and
going forward over the drifts, filled them
from the tender of the engine. They re
turned with a supply of fuel after a hard
fight against the storm. In which both
were badly frost-bitten. Monday the snow
plows reached the train, and It was sent
west to Wllllston, where local accommo
dations were available and food plenty.
Incoming passengers reported snow
drifts at Stanley 35 feet high. Invother
places the big rotary plows left veritable
snow tunnels where the worst of the drifts
had been. Great trouble was experienced
In clearing the tracks because of the sand
gathered up from the level plains by the
wind and mixed with the snow. Thl3
dulled the knives of the rotary plows,
making constant repairs necessary. Sleet
was intermixed with the snow, and when
the storm subsided the drifts were covered
with a thick coat of ice, which made It
possible to walk on them, but greatly re
tarded the work of clearing them. away.
Livestock Losses.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 20. Additional
reports of losses of livestock are being re
ceived in this city, and the total loss be
tween Jamestown and-the Missouri River
will bejn the neighborhood of 1000 head of
cattle and several thousand sheep. C. H.
Delaney, a prominent cattleman here, was
found dead.
Declare the Seat Vacant.
WASHINGTON, March 20. In the con
tested election case of William H. Horton
vs. James J. Butler, from the Twelfth
Missouri District, the Republican mem
bers of election committee No. 1 have de
cided to recommend that the seat be de
clared vacant.
Members of the committee say the hear
ing disclosed that the lists contained
about 14,000 names which could not be
located at the places of residence desig
nated, nor were these names In the last
census returns or In the city directory of
St. Louis. The committee found that
about 9500 of these doubtful names ap
peared in the voting lists, of which It
was estimated Bitler received about 7000
and Horton about 2500.
Bookeeper Accused of Forgrery.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 20. Arthur J.
Simpson, a bookkeeper employed by the
Warman-Black-Chamberlaln Company,
livestock commission brokers at the
Union Stockyards, was arrested at Paoll
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today and brought to this city on the
charge of forgery. The amount alleged
In the affidavit a sfraudulently obtained
by Simpson Is J46SS. Detectives who have
been working on tho case for several days
said they understood from members of
the firm that Simpson's shortage Is any
where from $30,000 to $70,000. Simpson Is
highly connected and has a wife and
several children. He refuses to talk,
but the firm, says It holds dummy checks
that prove his guilt.
ACCUSED OF HERESY.
Kansas Methodist Preacher Charged
With Being: EvolutIonIstIc.'
M'PHERSON, Kan., March 20. Rev,
Granville Louther, D. D., the pastor of
a local church, was served with papers
at a Methodist conference here today
charging him with heresy and setting
forth that he would be tried at Arkansas
City, Kan., March 26. Rev. Mr. Louther,
who Is a member of tho Southwest Kan
sas Conference, is charged with being
guilty "of disseminating doctrines con
traryto and subversive of the doctrines of
the Methodist Episcopal church," and it
is alleged that he is "evolutlonlstlc."
Rev. Mr. Louther Is charged with mak
ing and teaching the following doctrines,
which are set down as In violation of the
confession of faith and the catechism:
"That the serpent who talked to Evo
was a man, one of the race to which 8he
and Adam belonged: that he had not
come Into a consciousness of God, there
fore was classed with the beasts, and that
there were other Inhabitants or members
of the race. If not, how did Cain find
his wife In the land of Nod, where none
of Adim's children except Cain had gone?
If not, whence came the daughters of
men whom the sons of God took for their
wives? The reasonable Interpretation is
that descendants of Adam were called
sons of God, because, having entered Into
a conscious knowledge of God, they would
claim him as their creator and worship
him. The others, not knowing God, were
called sons and daughters of men.
"That Adam and Eve, as first created,
had no moral perception of their obliga
tions of obedience; that in eating of tho
fruit of the tree of knowledge of good
and evil, they had done nothing except
what the others about them were doing
and what they themselves had formerly
done; that is, like beasts, but they had a
higher visions of spiritual things than
formerly, and consequently they felt
guilty.
"That Christ died for man to show
man how to die for man; that this wil
lingness to die for man should be multi
plied by exactly tho number of disciples
of Christ, and 'that the atonement can
never be completed until this idea pre
vails." Mr. Louther has been identified for
years with the Kansas State Holiness
Association as Its president. He believes
that In religion, as well as In world
bullding, God Is proceeding from lower
to higher forms, and that this process
must continue in the future as it has in
the past. He contends that creeds are
valuable only as landmarks; says that
lack of freedom for the soul Is like com
pressing a lady-s waist In corsets to
compel it to grow to a certain fashlon
nblo Idea, and declares that religion can
never Teach the fullness of naturalness
until It is free from fear of prosecution
for its highest and holiest concepts.
Plymonth-Silver Kinjr Verdict.
BUTTE, Mont., March 20. After being
out only one hour, the jury In tho
Plymouth-Silver King mining suit brought
In a verdict for tha plaintiffs, J. H. Ma
loney and others, for $23,400 damages for
ore alleged to have been extracted by the
owners of tho Silver King mine. The
plaintiffs sought to recover $50,000.
Xo Merging? of Chain Companies.
PITTSBURG. March 20. Reports of ad
vances In the price of iron and steel chain
by the chain manufacturers, who were
In session here today, were officially de
nied by officials of the association, as well
as by members of the chain companies
represented. There had been, they said, a
readjustment of prices, and In some cases
they had been lowered, and in others
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placd on a parity with similar grades in
teel and iron. Regarding the report of
a merging of companies, it was said that
such a matter could not and would not
take place. The meeting ot tho manufac
turers was the usual bimonthly affair.
PERSEUS NEBULA THEORY
German Astronomer Explains a. Few.
Abont the New Star.
New York Mall and Express.
Professor Kapteyn, the German astron
omer, has offered a new explanation of
the seemingly marvelous motion in tho
nebula surrounding the new star In Per
seus. This object was discovered a year
ago, having risen from Invisibility In a
medium-sized telescope to one of the
brightest stars In the heavens in 24 hours.
Last September photographs taken at tho
Lick Observatory showed that the new
star was surrounded by a nebula whlchi
displayed visible motion In six weeks, a
cuauiuon completely wiinout preceaent in
the history of astronomy. It seemed to
mean that this nebula was moving many
hundreds of times faster than any known,
body or system of bodies In the universe.
The suggestion Is now made by Profes
sor Kapteyn that the apparent expansion
of the nebula la not that of actual mat
ter, but merely that of the boundary
which the light has reached in tho months,
subsequent to the original outburst oft
the new star before being reflected back
to us. According to this theory, the new
star was surrounded by great masses ot
non-luminous cosmlcal dust. The light
traveling outward from tho star at a rates,
of 186,000 miles per second would first il
luminate those portions of the nebula
nearest to the star, and cause them to be
come visible to observers of the earth.
In the lapse of time, the light from the
star would reach the outer portions oC
the nebula, and they, too, would then re
flect It back to the earth, making an ap
parent motion in the nebula Itself. This
theory does away with the necsesslty of
assuming such incredible velocities In the
nebula.
As to the causo of the outburst in the
new star Itself, a theory which Is gaining
in favor is that it was not due to an ac
tual collision between two bodies or two
swarms of bodies, but to the near ap
proach of two dead suns, which by tidal
action, one upon the other, broke open
the crust and allowed the molten matter
within to flare up with intense but brief
fury.
A Youthful Anarchist.
New York Press.
Writing of baby anarchists last week
reminded me of a story that happened
long ego, says the Paris correspondent of
an English journal. Mme. Carnot, a year
or two after the assassination of her
husband, got out of her carriage on the
eve of the New Year on the Boulevard
Montmartre, and went Into a famous con
fectioner's to buy bonbons for a little rel-.
atlve.
A little boy In rags pushed his way
through the crowd and stood against tho
shop window, gazing with a pitiful look
in his eyes at the great lady as she made
f her purchase. Coming out, Mme. Carnot
noticed the child. His woe-begone ap
pearanco struck her. She took a silver
coin from her purae and held it toward
the boy.
"Here, my little boy." she said, "you
look cold and hungry; buy yourself some
thing to eat."
The lioy looked up at the lady almost In
tears. "Ah, no, madame," he said, shrink
ing away: "I cannot. My brother killed
your husband." Then he disappeared
swiftly In the crowd.
Last year the Paris police found a youth
with scarcely a rag to cover him lying
senseless on one of the street benches at
2 o'clock In the morning. The youth was
taken to the police station and attended
to by the doctor. In the morning, when
he was strong enough to speak, he gave
his name and told his story. He had
been without shelter for a fortnight
without food for days. The relative with
whom he had lived In the most terrible,
poverty was dead. The police sent tho
youth to an asylum. He wa3 the boy;
who refused the charity of Mme. Carnot-
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