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10 THE MOKNIKG OREUOKIAft, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1902. :r RACKS RAISE i ROW Hot Debate at Civic l.tnproy e iBi&nt IVIeetingf ON BICYCLE STANDS QUESTION In Spite of Protest" of R. p. Mor row nnd John AnLnnd, the iMem bers Pas Heaolutions T.tiat. "Rnclc'a Have" to Go." v A -Democratic convention In. Its m Jldest moments could not hope to bring fort th the snontaneous flood of oratory that was heard at the meeting of tho Civic Im- Timvpmont Association last night. The -topic of debate. "Bicycle Racks on tho Streets of Portland," caused the room, of the Mining Exchange in the Chai nbe r of Commerce building to echo and r. echo with ringing speeches. R. G. Morrow, vice-president of -t he wheelmen's association, and John Anncfc d, of the Postal Telegraph Company, w ire present as champions of the cause of bicycle racks, but the civic lmprovero ant enthusiasts could not agree with the t en tlmcnts they expressed, and during the arguments some remarkable cllnv ixes were reached. Thomas McCusker, chairman of committee appointed to investigate matter of allowing advertising on the the the streets, advocated in .his report th e re imoval of bicycle racks altogether ar, d ad Vised the fastening of clamps to thf tele 'graph, telephone, and electric light poles for this purpose. Following the report a motion was) made that a commto- .tee be tappolnted to ask permission of the various companies to use the poles for th Is pur toose. The question was now bef ore the bouse, and there was a chance fo r mem bers to speak, and speak they d Id, long 'and eloquently. R. G. Morrow led off. He b egan by telling them how heartily he app roved of the work, and a smile of appro' al could be seen playing on all the membe re faces. But he let his enthusiasm over come his diplomacy, and when he finally began to (define his stand the smiles cha nged Into frowns, and his oratory was frequently (interrupted by impatient quest Ions from the association workers. "You can never got enough clamps on ithe telephone poles." aald Ml . Morrow, '"to hold one-third of the blcycl ss, and we roust have some place to put mr wheels. A vast number of business n len in the Commercial block ride wheels. They can hot .stand them, against the bn ilding, and Jf they leave them on the I itreet they fere knocked down and run a ver." "Have a bicycle room to kee- them In," -suggested one. "Shouldn't the city furnish b oys to hold Seople's horses when they wa nt to leave lem?" asked another. "You have granted the gro eery stores itwo feet of sidewalk for th Ir displays, yet you refuse to grant us 11 ; inches for "bicycle racks. Is this justice! " continued 3Ir. Morrow. "The bicycle; rack that stood so long on, Second and "Washington streets was kept there on account of the men in the Commercial bloc k. We told the owner to keep it there, and we will back you up." Upon his a nnouncement the chairman had to rap for order, as everyone seemed to want tho floor. John Annand was the next speaker. He said that in all the messen ger services and telegraph services the loss of bicycle racks caused a great Jnconv nlence. The boys all have to use wheels, lhave to have them where they can get tiiem quickly when called, and must have some place to keep them. The bicycle Tack, he be lieved, was the only solution of the prob lem. G. M. Hyland now took the floor. "Bvery one," he said, "who wishes to carry on a business shoulcl make ar rangements to take care of every thing necessary in his business ami should not ask the public to give part of the side walk, which is strictly public property, for their accommodation. Burthermore. the law said plainly that such infrig ments should not be allow&i, and that those who had' said, 'Keetp the Task there and we'll back you,' were openly defying the law. A good, liw-ablding citizen, if not satisfied with the law, should try to have it changed, but not defy it" Many other Improvement men spolce In favor of abolishing all bicycle racks. "When in San Francisco last Winter I saw no bicycle racks on tho streets," said one. "You were not looking for them there," Interrupted a visitor'. "I wasn't drunk; I could have seen them," retorted the speaker. Finally the question was put and the motion to abolish the racks passed. It was also decided to ask the City Council to change the awning1 ordinance, which requires all awnings to be eight feet in the clear, to read six feet in tho clear, and then to enforce this law, also. It was also announced that Mrs. Conde Hamlin would deliver an address on "Civlo Improvement Movements," at the Exposition building on April 25. BIG TRADING IN STOCKS Southern. Railway Makes Xeiv Rec ord at New York. NEW YORK, April. 15. The dimensions of trading in Southern Railway stocks to day eclipsed any ever before seen on the New York Stock Exchange. The total number of shares of common stock out standing is 1.200,013. The dealings re corded in the stock today were to the number of S64.500 shares. On April 34, 1901, Union Pacific was dealt In to the ex tent of 662,800 shares, during the struggle between the Morgan and Harriman inter ests in the transcontinental field. That figure was far in excess of any previous day's dealings in a single stock until to day. The tremendous volume of these c-lJ-ss dwarfed o rest of the market, and yet there wra a number &f other stocks in which the dealings were on a fccale only seen during periods of great speculative activity. The opening in Southern Railway was quiet enough, and the opening bulge in Louisville & Nashville to nearly four points oVer last night awakened some momentary skepticism of the overnight reports of a settlement of the dispute for control of Louisville & Nashville. But ths parties in Interest were already in consultation when the stock market opened, and there was a scurrying of brokers from the neighborhood of the consultation-rooms. Immediately buying orders appeared in Southern Railway for seemingly unlimited amounts of the stock. The movement in tho stock did not become wild at any time. In spite of the extreme advance of 64 points to 40&. The reactionary tendency of Loulsvlllo & Nashville was also a convincing demon stration that the struggle for that stock had terminated, and the scramble to get out by the smaller operators who had fol lowed he deal carried it down by suc cessive stages to 125. The last price, however, left It at 127, a net loss of only 1 point. Southern Railway suffered at the last from tho profit-taking on tho present professional element, which bought the stock recklessly, but was apparently not disposed to remain in It over night In face of the many possible contingencies still open In the situation. The re action carried Southern Railway back to 27"i, and it closed only 1 higher at a net gain of 3. Tho preferred stock gained S. Tho extent of th public information rhen the stock market closed was con- ' talned in the formal statement by the vxates element that they had bought con trol of Louisville & Xashvllfe and that they proposed to leave the settlement of the dispute to J. P. Morgan &. Co., as arbiters. This was accepted as conclusive evidence that Southern Railway would be benefitted by the settlement. The heavy buying of that stock was by brok ers usually employed by the Inside Inter ests. But the volume of the dealings was sufficient Indication that everybody who could Ret orders executed shared in the r buying. The movements In Illinois Cen tral and in Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis ville were directly in sympathy with that In Southern Railway. It is supposed that Illinois Central will be allowed to share in the "benefit of the Louisville absorption and ths t Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis ville will possibly form a. connecting link to Chicago. The very large buying of St. Paul 'was supposed to be due to a re newal of the campaign for a rise by the elemr nt which bought Louisville. There was some strength In the other grangers and Pacific and in Pennsylvania and Bal timore & Ohio. Amalgamated Copper ad va need at one time over a point, but did n'it hold It. There were notable advances '. specialties here and there. Interna- uonai .rower rising neariy xz. poims. xui there were also points 'of weakness, and outside of the congested centers of activ ity there wasnot a notable demand for stocks. There was some stiffening of the money rate again, but the continued calmness of the money market through the day re lieved the apprehension that was felt lest the enormous speculation should develop a stringency. The easing of the exchange market Indicated that the borrowing in foreign niarkets was being freely resorted to. General considerations received little attention. The market closed irregular under realizing. The bond market was Irregular. Total sales, par value, $4,990,000. United States bonds were all unchanged on the last call. AT THE! HOTELS. THE PORTLAND, P A Perry. N Y. T C Mason, Boston O B Jordan, Chicago P J Towle, St Paul F I Towle. do J G Holflnch. Clntl Henry Shaw, N Y C W Smith and wife, Plttsburff P H Arnold. S F B H Clarke. Pendletn P J Jennings & wf, N Y C W Allen. Mpls Raymond Habcock, NY S S Bailey, X Y X G Richards. X Y O W Clayton. Chgo H Blrkensteln, Chgo C Vv Kogg. Iowa G V McLaren, SeattleW A. Cleland. do J C Barllne. Spokane Dr & Mrs J F Hobson A u KJne, Wallace G "W Stolle. Phlla G F Wentworth, Taco A T Llpman, S F Geo Hanson. S F F H Hill. X Y F H Sprague and wf. and chd. Cleveland Geo C Morgan, Chgo Miss M Morgan, do I J E Rjder, Chgo Dr E A Lawbaugn, Chicago D Ballenger. Chgo uraiton. n x John J Winner. S F L A Shadburne & wf.lDr G H Xottage & wf, x x city "XV Dodds & wf. Pa IS Elmore, Astoria Herman Dodds, do Edw Hanak, S F Mr and Mrs Charles Mrs C E Meyer, 111 Kroeschell, Chgo I Miss Veva Mejer, do G H Emmerson. Hoq Sterling Hughes, Chgo Geo R Jones. Chgo E D Rogers, do S A Shepard and -Rf.JMlfs S E Reeves. S F Plttaburg R G Fowler. S F J E Maxneld, Wash-JMrs J F Ross & dau, lngton D C Astoria THE PERKINS. Mrs F "W Haven. MplsJ R Goulter, Ilwaco Geo "W KIger. Tlllamk.C E Moulton, Tacoma H B Brown, Thunder E W Bun, do Mountain "W T Gilchrist, San Jose. -Cal T C Thornton, Junc tion City G W Burns, Olympla Ed Snipes, do "W E Lewis, S F B P Gallagher, S F G Q Rogers, Vancouv Mrs "V Bun, do B BIssInger. Phlla M J Xidt. Seattle Y G Davis, Dayton E B Nestor. Oakland A T Kelllher, Salem W H Starr. Grant's P P McGowan, McEnnls Pass T C Oyle, Pendleton Ed Hlbbard, S F J E Snjder, S F A M Long, Troy Ohio John Beattee, Butte O H Flthlan. Chicago H T Moore. S F John Moore, St Paul J J Tupker. Burns L E Sellg, Astoria H S McGowan, do L G Strachall, S F 'Wall Inborn, do AVm H Stein. Mlton Mrs Wm H Stein, do Geo wulson. Sllverton J W Armstron, Salem Mrs w L. Actlnus, Hoauam Mrs Mary R Woods, Gardner Mrs J W Reld. do Jacob Slier. S Bend L T Russell. Seattle G E Blew. Roseburg Mrs B Roe. Hood RIv Mrs Li J Cochran, ao G F Wllden. Tacoma J Gansel, Hlbbard THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles, Manager. D M Smith, Vancou E D Lackey, Astoria P B Durere. Seattle R B Dyer, Astoria Prudence Patterson, The Dalles T A Henneely. N Y Mrs M F Kelly. Pendl w A Hawiey. s F A K Rice. W W B J Plngre, Roseburg G T Parr, Dalles R L Bewley, Sheridan IB C Kelly. Pocatello Miss Metcben. Tacoma E P McComack, Salem E W McConun. Pend jW E Lagan, Seattle X P Sonreh. Astoria j J R Gaugh, Seattle W F McGregor, do A Shottoll. Victoria C W Thompson. Placeri V H Behne, Cottage G W Tyler Smith. Sherldf J D Daly. Corvallls Walter Lyons. Salem A L Roney, Goshen P S Knight. Salem J W Kelthen. do J H Brown, do 1C S Hoover, city Mrs H C Thompson. H H Smith and fam, Astoria Xew Richmond, Wis 1W C Yoeman, Pe Ell J E Levy. Seattle F D Kuettner, do Mrs Kuettner, do J H Ackerman. Salem C I Jackson. Denver Mrs J M Patterson. J Sutherland. Spokane The Dalles Mrs Sutherland, do THE ST. CHARLES. E L Specht. city J W Strong, cty A D Xockley, Kalama J G Strong, city Geo Eleo. ABtoria G R Strong, city J L Durkee, do I N GuIUds. Pendletn M G Stuart & wf. Aet F M Foster, Goble G P Miller, Chicago A R Roberts, Goble Jack Connor, city F A Howell, do B Hill, do L C DaIson. W W J O Cummins, Latou- rell Falls J M Greswell, Warren Florence Morgan and fam. Pueblo. Colo P X Payne, Spokane Mrs M Randall. Dalles Miss E Randall, do W H Baldwin. Ft Ste R S Glenn, do Jo9 Qulnn and wife. J F Dawson, Sheridan F W Tobey, city M C Davis, Salem A Crawford. Dayton J A Simmons, X Yam T Williams. Rainier J Sheneman, S F C Melanctbon. city Thos ZUlltr. do L F Parnell. do A Nelson, do B R Falrchllds, do J W Johnston & wf, Mary Copeland, War Qulncy Clyde E Fitch, city J R Butler. Aberdeen Jap Manary, Marshland Geo Weeks, do L Michael. Stella C Martin. lone Mrs L Wilson & dau. Bend, Or ren Oscar Peterson, do , D McCloskey, WarrenlE Dahlte, city A F Blackerly. Silvrtn S B Roberts, do G P Holiday, do Mrs C M Graham, Marshland Elmer Michael, do Wm L Worth. Monmth T F Hodgeman. Albany D H Bern. Plymouth P Vosberg, do D A Boone, Aberdeen B J Perry. S F E B Elliott, Clatakan O E Elliott. Marshld C Hall. Lyle M Schneider & wf. Damascus E Robblns. Molalla (Mrs Allan & dau. was eo Sam McDonald. Moro J J Eoff, Dalles Elvln Mentler, Seattlt A J Leonard, do Hotel DrunTviclc, Seattle. European. plan. Popular rates. Modern Improvements. Business center. Near depot. Tacoma Hotel. Taroma. American plan. Rates, $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma, European plan. Rates 50c and up. The Texas Hall Storm. HOUSTON, Tex., April 15. Late reports from the section visited by the hail storm of Sunday night show that great damage wt-i done to berries, cotton and corn. The loss to strawberries alone is estimated at $30,000, with as much more at "Web Pttr, pJrK,--'" and Lcapue City. Fayette County jfcly'fcred greatly from hall, cotton and corn being beaten into the ground, and fruit and shade trees almost stripped. It is claimed that hah stones over an inch in dlaCvHftf fell. A number of cowa and hogs Were killed by lightning at dif ferent pototK. while barns and one resi dence were "burned, after being struck. So far as known, only one life was lost, John F. Pike being caught In a creek bed near Big Springs by a water spout and drowned. Seamen's Concert Tonight. An excellent concert has been arranged at the Seamen's Institute, 100 North Front street, at 8 P. M. today: Piano solo Miss Gibson Song Mis Flora Kemp Recitation Miss -Malzle Ruff Song Mr. T. Ruddlman Violin solo Mr. George TVuest Song Mrs. Hamilton Selection on bagpipes ....Professor Moore Song Master Harold Kemp Recitation Mr. A. E. Jewell Piano solo Miss Grace Kemp Song Mr. James Shearer All ro welcome, t Dr. Snnford'n Liver Invlgorator. The best liver medicine. A vegetable cure for liver Ills, biliousness, indigestion, constipation, malaria. If you are tired taking the large old faohioned griping pills, try Carter's Little Liver Pills and take some comfort. A 1 man can't stand everything. THOUSANDS FOR REPAIRS PRESENT SEASON'S FLEET HAS DIS BURSED 9150,000. An Average of $500 Per Day Since Last July New-Crop Ship Char tered at 30s Marine Notes. The British steamship Quito completed her repairs yesterday morning, and is again in first-class condition, ready to tackle another Iceberg. As yet the ves sel Is on the free list, no business having been secured for her. Her repairs cost in the neighborhood of 510,000, and the work was exceptionally well done. The current season has been a highly profit able one for the shlpwngnts and repair men, and since the opening of the season last July, no less than $150,000 has been distributed along the Portland water front for repairing crippled ships. This Is an average of over $500 per day for the past 10 months, and while tho price was high for some of the work, the largest jobs were handled at quite reasonable figures. The Frerich were the cmef contributors to the work, as no less than four of their vessels came Into the hands, of the re pairers for good-sized jobs. Of fhese, the Asie, which capsized In the harbor, was the most expensive piece of work of any of tho fleet. Her repairs will cost about $30,000, while the Vendee will run well up around $10,000. The Lamorlclere, in collision with the British ship Latimer, also had quite a bill to foot, and the sinking spell of the diminu tive Hcnrlette was also quite expensive. Other jobs of pretty good dimensions were on the steamship Pembrokeshire, which ran well past $20,000, and the steamship Indravclll. The Barmbek. which finished repairing at Astoria yestercay as the re sult of a collision with the steamship Oceano, has a heavy bill, and the Loch Garve cost more money for less work than any of the fleet which repaired here this season. CANADIAN STEAMSHIP TRAFFIC. Five BIgr Liners Will Sail From Van couver In the Month of May. Vancouver, B. C, apparently Is desirous of being counted in on the newspaper fight which Is ever on between the Tacoma and Seattle papers over the relative merits of the two ports, and the Province, printed at the Canadian Pacific's western termi nus, takes the place of a "Harbormaster's report" with the following: "Cargoes from Vancouver to the Orient and Australia are increasing rapidly, while very little freight Is now being shipped from Sound ports to the Orient, and none at all to the Antipodes, as there exists no steamship communication between the Sound and Australia. "During the month of May there will be no less than five foreign steamships sailing from this port, three for the Ori ent and two for Australia, via Honolulu and Suva. The number of vessels will beat the previous record of this port, and but demonstrates the amount of freight being handled from this port, while ves sels from the Sound to the Orient are com pelled to put to sea with exceedingly small cargoes. In one instance not long ago the master of a vessel sailing between the Sound and Oriental ports returned to the Sound shortly after he put to sea because he was afraid to venture across the Pa cific with the light ballast ne had. "The sailings from here of C. P. R. steamers for the Orient during the month of May will be as follows: Empress of China, May 5; Tartar, May 19; Empress of India, May 26. And the sailings of the Canadian-Australian line are scheduled thus: R. M. S. Moana, May 5, and R. M. S. Mlowera, May 30. "Seattle is placed entirely In the shade In so far as sailings to the Orient are concerned, and no vessels at all leave that port for Australia. The only lines touching Seattle from the Orient are the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Northern Pacific steamers, and for a long time past none of these vessels have been carrying full cargoes on their outward voyages." THIRTY-SHILLING SHIP. The Spread Between Spot and New Crop Tonnage Is Increasing. The British ship Isle of Arran, a well known grain ship in this port, was char tered yesterday for new-crop loading at 30 shillings, which is a material advance over previous figures paid for new-crop ships, although still under the rates paid early in tho year. 'The Isle of Arran Is the first British vessel that has been char tered for new-crop business for a long time, nearly everything tnat has been taken previously being German or French vessels. Some exporters are of the opin ion that 30 shillings is too high for freights, and they are holding off. As 25 shillings is the 'limit that can be secured for spot or near-by ships, it is apparent there is a pretty wide spread for the time of the year. There will be new wheat to be loaded within five months, and the payment of 30 shillings for that time, while more than 25 shillings Is refused now, Is an Inducement for a ship to lay up. The Isle 6t Arran carries about 3000 tons, and were she on spot, her owners would receive at 30 shillings, new crop, approximately $3750 for keeping her In waiting. This, in the present era of low freights, will hardly be overlooked, and accordingly a readjustment must take place. Either spot hips must advance or distant ships decline, although It Is by no means beyond possibility that both will undergo shrinkage before six months roll by. There is plenty of steam tonnage now ottering, and some of It is obtainable at very low rates. If a failure In the French crop helps out the wheat market, sail will not reap much benefit from the increased demand for wheat, as It will bo rushed forward by steamer, for which a handsome premium will be paid. HIGH RATE FOR SALMON. British Baric Glenmarlc Has Been Chartered to Load Next Season. Unless there Is something wrong with the information supplied by the Vic toria Colonist, British Columbia salmon shippers are paying freights considerably out of line with grain freights. The British bark Glenmark, now loading wheat at Tacoma for Callao, Is reported fixed for salmon loading next Fall, and In com zswntlng on the angracement the Colonist says: Another salmon ship Is reported chartered, and If the rate at -which the second carrier has received for loading this Fall is any criterion, it seems that charterers feel that the freight rates must Increase within the next few months. The latest salmon carrier said to be chartered for loading on the Fraser is the Glenmark, which arrived here from Chanarel on March 19, and left for Ta coma, where she is now loading wheat. The Artenies was chartered some time ago at 32 shillings. The Glenmark re turns to thl3 port after discharging her wheat cargo. The Glenmark is taken up at 35 shillings for London and .37 shillings and sixpence for Liverpool, which, when the fact Is considered that wheat carriers arc being, paid 22 shillings and sixpence to 25 shiillngs to take wheat to the United Kingdom from the Sound and Portland, is a high rate. LONG LIST OF OYERDTJBS. Reinsurance on French Baric Oliver de Clisson Now 80 Per Cent.' ' SAN FRANCISCp. April 15. The Amer ican ship Sam Skolfield II, out 124 days from Manila, for Puget Sound, has been placed on the overdue list at the Mer chants' Exchange, with reinsurance quoted at 15 per cent. The schooner Ma hukoha, out U0 days from Zamboanga, for Puget Sound, has also been listed. An advance of 10 per cent has been made in the rate on the, French bark Oliver de Clisson, out 21S days from Cayenne for this port, and Is now standing at 80 per cent The British ship Tweedsdale, 97 days from Hangar, for Port Townsend, is at 20 per cent; the British ship Red Rock, 138 days from. Fraser. River, for London, Is at 15 per cent; the American bark Yosemite, 113 days from Newcastle, Australia, for Guaymas, stands at 20 per cent, and the German ship H. F. Glade, 177 days out from, this port for Europe, stands at 20 per cent. Cholera on a. Bis Liner. SEATTLE, April 15. Before leaving China to cross the Pacific to Seattle, the officers and crew of the Nippon Yusen liner Rlojun underwent the terror of being confined aboard ship with a number of cases of cholera. The .disease was con tracted by several Japanese seamen dur ing the first day the vessel was In port at Hong Kong. Before the Hong Kong physicians could get the small epidemic under control, six men had been stricken. Three died within a few hours. The re maining three were removed from the ves sel and cared for at a hospital in Hong Kong. The big liner was thoroughly fu migated, and each member of the crew thoroughly examined before she proceeded on the voyage. The Rlojun made port this afternoon, having called at Victoria and Vancouver earlier In the day. She brought a huge cargo, 53 Japanese immi grants and but one first-class passenger. The latter was "W. J. Russell, an Amer ican merchant of Yokohama, who Is re turning to his home In this country. Two New Towboats. Tho new sternwheel steamer Paloma was officially measured yesterday, and will soon be ready for business on the "Wil lamette and Columbia. The Paloma was built to replace the old steamer Governor Newell, which has been In the towing service here for a number of years. She bears the cabins and some of the ma chinery of the old boat, but is larger and more nowerful. Mr. Barnes, of the Custom-House force, also measured the new propeller Petrel yesterday. The Pe trel Is a steam launch about -10 feet long by 9 feet beam, with a displacement of about eight tons. Both of these latest additions to the steam fleet will be used In the towing service. Astoria Marine Notes. ASTORIA, April 15. The lighthouse ten der Manzanlta, with Inspector Day on board, left out this morning for Puget Sound on a month's tour of Inspection of the aids to navigation there. Yesterday afternoon another sailor on the German bark Barmbek, which Is an chored in the stream opposite Fort Ste vens, nearly lost his life In attempting to escape from the vessel. He jumped overboard and tried to swim ashore, but finding that he was unable to do so, cried for help. A small boat was lowered and it reached him just as he was about to sink. Japanese Steamer Sunk, TOKIO, "March 27 (via San Francisco, April 15. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer Sendai Maru, which left Naga saki for Che Foo on the 19th Inst., struck on a submerged rock off Chollado, Corea, about 9 o'clock the following morning, in foggy weather, and later sank. The crew and passengers, over 50 In number, were saved, together with the malls. Plague has broken out in Hong Kong, and vessejs therefrom are being subjected to a rigid quarantine Inspection. At Manila a quarantine of five days for ves sels from Hong Kong and America has been declared. Life-Buoy from Condor. VICTORIA, B. C, April 15. The steamer Queen City, which arrived this morning, brought' wreckage from the west coast of Vancouver Island, including a life buoy thought to be from the lost British warship Condor, and a panel and the end of a cabin berth of redwood. The panel is veneered with maple. They were prob ably from the Matteawan, or drifted from the Walla "Walla. Change of Signal. The United States Hydrographlc of fice gives notice that on or about April 15, 1902, the characteristic of the fog sig nal, a bell, at the station on Marrowstone point, the northeastern extremity of Marrowstone Island, western side of Admiralty Inlet, will be changed to strike a single blow every 15 seconds. Instead of a double blow as at present. Marine Notes. The big German steamship Theodor "Wllle will complete her lumber cargo at the Eastern Lumber Company's mills to day. She will carry something over 2,500, 000 feet. The British bark Invermay, now en route for Puget Sounc. nas been char tered to load lumber at Burrard Inlet for Melbourne at 41s 6d. She Is now nearly due from Hong Kong. The schooner Charles R. "Wilson left down the river yesterday afternoon en route for San Francisco. She has aboard 320,000 feet of lumber. The John A. will finish the latter part of the week. Tho Oriental liner Strathgyle la due from the Orient today or tomorrow. She Is out 18 days from YoKohama, which Is slightly longer than the time required by the Indras, which are faster ships. . The Northwestern Warehouse Company has Just cleared the steamship Wilhelmlna from Tacoma for St. Vincents for orders with 219,400 bushels of wheat, valued at $140,415. This Is 5000 bushels more than the steamer carried on her last outward trip from Portland. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. April 15. Arrived at 0:20 A M. and left up at 1:30 P. M. Steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Elmore, for Tillamook. Falmouth. April 15. Arrived German ship Slrene. from Portland. Madeira, Arrived April 3 and sailed British ahlp Denbighshire, from Tacoma. Falmouth. Arrived April 14 Russian bark Fahrwohl, from Tacoma. San Francisco, April 15. Arrived Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland. Havre. April 15. Arrived La Bretagne, from New York. New York, April 15. Arrived Kaiser Wll helm der Grosse, from Bremen; Kensington, from Antwerp: Aller, from Genoa. San Francisco. April 15. Arrived Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland; schooner May flower, from Coqullle River; schooner Sophie Christiansen, from Gray's Harbor: steamer Victoria, from Lady smith; schooner Free Trade, from Coos Bay; schesser Lizzie Prlen, SIus law; schooner Melanctbon, from Coos Bay. Sailed Steamer Bohemia, for Bristol Bay; ship Isaac Reed, for Bristol Bay; schooner R. C Wade, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Bequola, for Gray's Harbor. New York, April 15. Balled Cevlc, for Liv erpool. Naples, April 15. Arrived Marianne, from Tacoma, via St. Vincent. Bologne, April 15. Rotterdam, from New York. Hamburg, April 15. Sailed Totmes, for San Francisco. Seattle, April 15. Sailed Steamer Cottage City, for Sitka. Arrived Steamer Jeanie, from Yaldes; steamer Edith, from Ban Francisco; Japanese steamer Rlojun Maru. from Hong Kong. A VALUABLE MEDICINE. For CoBghs and Colds In Children. "I have not the slightest hesitancy In recommending Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy to all who are suffering from coughs or colds," says Chas. M. Cramer, Esq., a well-known watchmaker of Colombo, Cey lon. "It has been some two years since the City Dispensary first called my at tention to this valuable medicine and I have repeatedly used It and It has always been beneficial. It has cured me quickly of all chest colds. It Is especially ef fective for children and seldom takes more than one bottle to cure them of hoarseness. I have persuaded many to try this valuable medicine; and they arc all as well pleased as myself over the results." For sale by all druggists. TO GET CREDIT MEN HERE PORTLAND ASSOCIATION "WORKS FOR 1005 CONVENTION. John Barrett Addresses Members and Chamber of Commerce on Ori ental Trade Prospects. The Portland credit men held a regu lar monthly meeting at the Commercial Club last evening and elected W. D. Rob erts a delegate to the National convention of credit men to be held In Louisville, Ky., In June. It was resolved to renew the Invitation given the National associa tion last year to hold Its meeting In Port land In 1905, and to push the subject by means of printed matter that would in form the credit men of this country and draw their Interest here. The Portland organization Is entitled to four delegates In the National body, and the other three may be chosen at a later date. After the business meeting of the credit men they joined with the Chamber of Commerce In a meeting to listen to an address by the Commissioner-General to the Orient of the Louisiana Purchase Ex position, John Barrett. Judge George H. Williams presided, and there was a large attendance of business men. After a few preliminary remarks Mr. Barrett said: "Right here, t before I go any further, I want to say "a few plain, frank words about the tendencies of somo Portland men. I do not mean all, for there are abundant exceptions. Remember also, please, that I speak as one Interested deeply In the welfare of ray home city, and not as one indulging In criticism, be cause I am a strong believer in the possi bilities of this metropolis of Portland and of the commonwealth of Oregon. What I refer to Is this: We have too many Port land men who decry and discredit their own city. In comparing Portland with San Francisco and Seattle they too often extol the virtues of those places and for get tha virtues of their own residence. They indulge too much In apologies for Portland. There is no reason for this, and she can well stand the comparison if pub. llc-splrltedness will assert Itself. If you meet a Seattle man be will Invariably praise his city and describe Its great pos sibilities. Tacoma and Spokane men are no less earnest In their devotion to their cities. Down in Los Angeles they even contend that San Francisco is not In the race with them. In short, let those who are wont to chant a song of complaint change their tune to one of credit and honor to this beautiful city on the Wil lamette. In going around the world and In traveling over the United States I have rejoiced In the privilege of calling Port land my home; as I am now on the threshold of another long Journey of 25,000 miles. I consider It a privilege to hail from this city. "Let US for a moment stnn nnd think what we here and In Oregon are looking out upon in the Pacific Let us remember that we are on the tide-waters of an ocean which has debouching upon It 800,000,000 human beings, and which supports a for eign trade, only In Its infancy, amounting to nearly $3,000,000,000. Leaving out of this tho population and trade of the coast of North and South America, we find that just across the Pacific, and in the South Pacific, are 600,000,000 people, who are Just realizing the material opportunities be fore them, and who wish to buy of the United States as they have never done before. Look across at Japan, where, I believe, we have even a wider opportunity for the Immediate present than we have in China. Japan has developed her buy ing and selling capacity to a greater de gree, in comparison to the tlmo she has been at It, than has the United States. Thirty years ago Japan's foreign trade amounted to less than $40,000,000 per an num. In three decades she has Increased it to a sum exceeding $300,000,000, and she Is developing her trade with the United States faster than with any other coun try. Japan has nearly 40,000,000 people, whose purchasing capacity Is growing every day, and they want the raw and manufactured products that we can send from all parts of the United States, and particularly from the Pacific Coast. I would that I had time to go Into the de tails of this opportunity, which I have studied on the ground for many years, but It Is Impossible to do It this evening. "Next, take a glance at China. We hope and believe that a new era Is dawn ing there. We see 400,000,000 Inhabitants and an area of 4,000,000 square miles, awaiting the legitimate exploitation of American manufacturers, merchants and engineers. Although we may be obliged to wait some time for a realization of our hopes, let us make a conservative esti mate of what may come. China's for eign trade before the Boxer outbreak amounted to $333,000,000 per annum. This was less than $1 per head. If, during the next three decades, China, with greater resources and far greater population than Japan, only partially equals the record of the Mikado's empire, she should de velop a foreign commerce of at least $6 per head. This Is less than the ratio cf Japan, and only one-fifth of the ra tio of America's foreign trade. If we multiply 400,000,000, the population of China, by 6, the ratio of possible trade per head, we get a total of $2,400,000,000 per annum of exports and Imports, which should be nttalned unless all signs fall during the next 30 years. This certainly Is a prospect which should Incite Portland and Oregon to exploit thoroughly the Asiatic opportunity. "I could give you similar figures In re gard to the Philippines. Korea, Eastern Siberia, India, and Slam, that wonder land of Asia, where I had the honor to be United States Minister for several years. Then down In Australia and New Zealand, and then again in Hawaii we see peoples and countries just appreciating what will be the future of the Pacific. In deed, I indudge In no Idle prediction when I tell you that the timo is surely coming when the scene of the world's chief com mercial activity will be upon the Pacific and not upon the Atlantic. "The Louisiana-Purchase Exposition, of which It Is my honor to be the Commissioner-General to these countries I am describing, will endeavor to bring, as It were, Asia and Australasia to the United States. This gigantic enterprise, which will surpass the world's fairs held at Chicago and Paris, will be the first op portunity of showing to the American people what are the exact resources and possibilities of trans-Pacific and South Pacific lands. The Lewis and Clark Ex position, following after the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, can take 'the best that the latter bs? and Improve upon it, Pears' soap in stick form; con venience and economy in shaving. It is the best and cheap est shaving soap. Sold all over the workL "ALL WRIQftT-FO MORE THAN HALP A CENTURY" IEOT1 te Tosscum all the sedatire and .nodrne qualities of Opium hat prolnce no ilctaeas of the stomach. la cnt n-rroa disorders ltu s,n taralnnble Remedy. Rrcommonded by best Physicians everrirberc WRjam'S INDIAN. YEQETABLE PILLCONcttYooc. i in m wrrmrnniTiT mm n mi i i 1 - ' I COMMOHT 10J IT Tt rHOCTlK CAaUA CO. CINCIIiriATI THE PROBLEM. OROTHY in the price of Ivory Soap per cake, but it would take a mathematical genius to calculate its true value. For he must take arrnftnf nf time, labor, and materials. He must deduct from the apparent cost the saving in the longer life of the cake, in the longer life of the washed fabric, in the labor required, in the time consumed, in the strength ex pended, in the results obtained. When all is finished, Ivory is the cheapest soap in the world. It floats m "Let tha GOLD DUST twins do your worfc' jH U This would be a cleaner, brighter world if H P every housekeeper used B I.!3 DUST I It MuitapHes your pleasures; Divides your 1 efforts; Subtracts from your cares; Adds H to your life. g Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, 11 Chicago, New York, Boston, St Louis. Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. pjj "THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER." ONE WORD JYITH YOU, thereby giving Portland the honor of ex hibiting to all the world the Orient as It now appeals to the United States at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Homeseeiers. AttentlonI "We take this method of Informing homesekcrs that farming, fruit and pas ture lands can be purchased In vicinity of Harrlsburg. Linn County, Or., for less money, qaullty considered, than elsewhere In the Willamette Valley. Address W. W. Brlggs. secretary Board of Trade. Every day Increases the popularity and sale of Carter's Little Liver Pills. The reason Is that when once used relief Is sure to follow. Don't forget this. D&dURKmKfSWOtfDERFULQFFm 1 7fl Pays1 Ireatmjent, Let the Joys oC Sprlns enter jour heart by freeing yourself of disease. Dr. Burkhart's Vegetable Compound cures the blood of its slug-glshness and poisonous matter, Rheuma tlFin, Malaria and Catarrn. Kidney, and Liver Ailments, Headache. Coated Tongue. 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Split hair, harsh hair, lusterless hair, brittle hair, falling hair, all owe their orldn to dandruff, which Is caused by a measly little microbe that burrows Into the scalp, throwing up the cuticle Into dandruff scales and sapping the vitality of the hair at the root, causing the sev eral diseased conditions of the hair till It finally falls out. Modern science has discovered a remedy to destroy the dan druff microbe, which Is combined In New- bro's Herplclde, which may be had of any druggist. Allays Itching Instantly and makes hair soft as silk. Take no sub stitute; nothing "just as good."