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4fttitt4tt4ttiir &m ($b if Jl IE 1 m ft 1 1 ft ftmft rsHcv MJr $ tt$0m -s f VOL. XLIX NO. 12,910. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 28 1902. PRICE FIVE. CENTS. PONT OVERLOOK THIS CUE . We can supply you with everything in Bar Fixtures, Billiard Supplies Don't purchase without first consulting us. ROTHCHILD BROS. 20 - 26 North First Street Portland, Oregon The Century Cameras 11 Just unpacked a complete line of their best goods. WE HANDLE EVERY GOOD MAKE OF CAMERAS AT LOWEST PRICES QUOTED. - Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing Druggists T1A I m Assets $330,862,861.14 j nun uu unu Surplus $71,549937-86 "STRONGEST IN THE WORLD." I. Samuel, Manager, 306 Oregonla n Building:, Portland, Oregon. PHIL METSCHAN, Pre. O. W. KXOWLES, Mar. SEVEXTH AKD WASHINGTON STREETS, PORTLAKD, OBEIOI CHANGE OP MANAGEMENT. European Plan: .... $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day SHAVfS " SHAW'S PURE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon MALT FI-R'E PLHCSES We have a carload of Wood Mantels in transit. Carload freight is 100 per cent. less. You can save the difference. We will show you 100 mantels on our floor. 3000.00 worth of new Gas and Electric Fixtures. See them before buying. The John Barrett Comfy New Stores, Corner Sixth and Alder. (Opposite The Oregonlan.) The Ideal Method Of warming -a house is by a warm-air furnace, properly installed. With it, and a proper system, you get perfect ventilation. If you are interested in the proper and health ful warming of your home, we would be pleased to have you call, or drop us a line. W. G. McPHERSON HeatinLa"!1nntilatins 47 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS mys$Z'"'- Old-established and reliable dentists, where all work is guaranteed absolutely painless. Full Set Teeth $5.00 Gold Crowns 5.00 Gold Fill t.00 Silver Fill 50 Our offices are not managed by ethical dentists, but by Eastern graduate Specialists. NEW YORK DENTISTS pg THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON American Plan .fifffiti gamf! fpffsfioEi 53a"nd upward? COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THE ROYAL CHINOOK Wonderful Wealth-Producer of the Lower Columbia. APRIL RUN SAME AS LAST YEAR A Million Dollars' Worth, of Traps in Baker's Bay Value of Output Since Inception of the Bus iness Over'975,000,000. !"- Prophets of evil are abroad In the, salmon war Id -with the regularity ol the New Jersey peach fiend, but there la nothinr so far to Justify their pes simistic forecasts. The catch so far is ccual to that of last season. Tho striking thins about the salmon -industry continues to be the cold-storage business, -which seems to help the general market, both for raw and fin ished product. The fish so far are uni formly of large size. It is expected that the season's pack will approxi mate that of last year. 250,000 cases, not Including 5,500,000 pounds cold storage a total on a ca3 basis of 325,000 cases. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AKD COMMERCIAL TRAYELERT special rates made to families and single gentlemen. The manage it will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A mod--n Turkish bath establishment In the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Mgr. "GOOD WIVES GROW FAIR IN THE LIGHT' OF THEIR WORKS," ESPECIALLY IF-THEY USE ASTORIA, Or., April 26. (Staff corre spondence.) Among the piscatorial ro mances which have been handed down like the fables of the ancients, is a nice little yarn about the extraordinary Impor tant part played by Columbia River sal mon in bringing Oregon Territory under the American flag. "Once upon a time," before the anti-expansionists, who were always Arm believers in the theoYy that the Influence of the Almighty was never exerted west of the Mississippi, had be come very plentiful, a party of American patriots prevailed upon France to cede this territory. France with the character istics which have never entirely deserted her, was not ceding anything that was worth holding, and In order to determine the specific gravity of this particular gold brick before" It was passed up, an am bassador was dispatched to the Columbia River to examine Oregon Territory. The ambassador was one of those rare old sports whose estimate of great men placed Isaac Walton at the head of the list, and the rest nowhere. He had often heard that salmon-fishing was considered fa mous sport, and as soon as Jie. landed here, he proceeded to make a few casts. He tried in van for many days without securing a rise, and then sent the follow ing report: "Cede the d country; the salmon will not rise to a fly." For the purpose of making a good story the reader Is expected to believe that the country was ceded on the strength of this report "Whether It wasor not, we have the country, and the salmon. They still refuse to rise to a fly, but about $2,000,000 worth of them annually swim into the gill nets, traps, seines and flshwheels, which seem to block every turn and crook of the channel on both sides, or in the mid dle of the river, all of the way from Fort Canby to Celilo. Astoria was not the orig inal salmon-packing town on the Colum bia River, when we consider the business from the standpoint of "tails," "flats," "ovals" and other trade Unco, but as far back as 1792, when Robert fcray sailed into the river, salmon was the one great col lateral which took the place of coin of the realm, when furs and pelts were scarce. The Royal Chinook tickled the palates of the early traders, and In due season it reached civilization in the Old "World, and on the Atlantic Coast, In smoked, dried or salted form. Its value. Immediate or prospective, was not appre ciated in those days, and as an unde veloped resource, which could be worked into coin, It was at the foot of the class when compared with the skunks, mink, beaver, foxes, bears, etc., which played along the shores and some of which In a crude way took the place of flsh-traps, seines, etc. In reducing the numbers of tho salmon. First Salmon Pack. The first pack of Columbia River sal mon was put on the market in 1EC6, and It amounted to but 4000 cases. A year later It was increased to 18.000 cases. In 1S69 an even 103,000 cases were packed, and In 1871 the figures were 200,000 cases. In the 30 years following, the pack has never fallen below 200,000 cases. High water mark waB reached In 18S3, when 629,400 cases were packed, the value of the out put being $3,147,000. The pack of 1SS4 was a very close second, with 620,000 cases, but the heavy pack of the preceding yer had weakened the market a little, and it was sold for 30 cents per case less than was secured for the record pack. The third largest pack In the history of the industry was In 1SS3, when 617,460 cases were packed. Salmon were higher than they were 10 years previous, and the aggregate value of the pack that year was $3,342,92S, the greatest on record. It' is now over a third of a century since the commercial value of the Columbia River salmon became thoroughly under stood, and since the first fish were packed, the Industry has been the means of dis tributing over $75,000,000 along the Colum bia River, and today is giving employment to over 5000 men, with probably twice that number of people directly and indirectly securing their livelihood from' the busi ness. No other natural resource of the country is so easily available to every one who has a desire to engage In the work. Tho crop has been "planted, grown and made ready for the harvest, without 'one cent of expenditure on the part of the fisherman, and the only outlay neces sary Is for gear, with which to catch the fish. Even this can be secured-for a com paratively small cost, and not a few citi zens of the Lower Columbia who are now enjoying life with a comfortable compe tence to keep them In their old age, be gan the business with an old piece of net, which cost but a fowwdollars, and served their purpose untlMtney caught enough fish to buy a better one. The industry has also been a valued aid In settling up "the country lying slightly back from the. river. The kindly Gov ernment donated 160 acres of land to eacn arrival, but Iiower Columbia land In its virgin state was for a time rather non productive, and in order to make bom ends meet, the settler was obliged to seek work away from the land. A large pro portion of these settlers turned to the river as the most natural and easiest method of making a few dollars, and in the Ashing season saved enough to pro vide with the necessities of life for the remainder of the year during which they carved gardens and flne farms out of the wilderness. Fishermen of this class naturally suffered a handicap In compari son with the trap menand fish-wheel men, who bought or pre-empted sites -fo"r their gear, but as the fishing business was incidental to the farming, in the long run they will probably fare fully as well as the men who have followed fishing ex clusively. This latter class have Improved remarkably In fortune as well as In repu tation within the past 13 or 20 years, and to their Increased thriftincss Is due In large measure the manifest prosperity pf the Lower Columbia settlements. There are hundreds of glll-netters as well as trap men along the river, who own their own homes, have bank accounts and are sober. Industrious citizens. The turbulent crowd, which in the old days were followed to the mouth of the river every Spring by a band of harpies of both sexes, has either reformed or died, for they are no longer in evidence, except in a small way. That particular avenue of vice known In the old days as "Rue de Concomly," "Paradise Lost," or "Swlll town," no longer gives Astoria the unen viable reputation of being the wickedest city In America. There are still remnants of the old disreputable floating popula tion visible at times, but as a factor In the commercial and industrial life of the' city, the drunken fishermen and the harp ies who robbed him of his earnings, have almost disappeared. Where the FIsh-Trnp Thrives. Astoria has always been and undoubted ly will continue to be the headquarters for the glil-net fishermen, but the domain of the fish-trap man is on Baker's Bay and Ilwaco, and the new town of Chlnopk, "Wash., depends almost exclusively on this industry for its existence. Scattered along the "Washington shore ' of the Columbia in the few miles between Fort Canby and Scarborough Head, arc something like 500 traps, ranging in cost from $500 for some of the inshore traps, to over $1500 for the more expensive ones, which go farther out Into the stream. The actual cost of these traps would probably average nearly $700 each, so that that forest of trap poles and the gear attached, represents an outlay of about $350,000. Some of these traps could not be. purchased for $20,000, and others would be poor bargains at half the money that was spent on them. The earning capacity of the lot, how ever, is sufficient to make the value In ithe ajrsrresrate fully 51.000.0CO.' In faetT-lW h , , ' I iia man uau a. option- on an ot ins traps in nailers -Bay, me premium wnicn na could secure over $1,000,000 would make him rich. Compared with the gill-net, the fish-trap is a recent addition to the gear in use for preventing too large an in crease in the salmon family. Glll-aets were depended upon almost exclusively to supply the canneries with -fish for more than a dozen years after the Inception of the cannery business, and the pack had run up to nearly 500.000 cases before the first of these deadly contrivances began working. A Wisconsin man named Gra ham Is credited with the first trap on the Columbia River. It was built similar to the pound-nets which he had used on the Great Lakes; in fact, I am told that strict ly speaking, a fish-trap Is a pound net. The First Trap. Mr. Graham had his trap in working order In 1S79, and as it was somewhat crude In comparison with the modern af fairs now in use, it failed to arouse the .hostility of the glll-nct men. The trap fished on, however, on high-water slack and low-water slack, and also between times. While the poor glll-netter was risking his life in drifting down around the death-haunted spits where the sal mon loved to play, th trap man was at home enjoying the comforts of his fire side with the Inanimate money - maker leading out from the shore taking in everything that came along. The new contrivance advanced In favor quite rap Idly, but the greatest Increase In num bers was not witnessed until 10 years af ter lis Introduction on the river. The glll-netters soon objected to opposition of this kind, for gear that "fished all night and fished all day," not only had a big percentage In Its favor over the gill-nets. which fished only when they were laid out by the owners in making their dally drifts, but the traps caught so many small fish, that they were regarded as a menace to the permanency of the busi ness. The flsh-trap has weathered a number of Legislative storms, which, owing to the fierceness of the glll-netters' opposi tion, occasionally came very near putting It out of business, and it has now become so firmly Intrenched that It is probably here to stay. It has lifted many a fisher man from poverty to affluence and has been the means of calling Into existence a very promising rival to the old town of Ilwaco. The town" of Chinook and sub urbs now contain over 700 people, practi cally all of whom secure their livelihood from the traps. That the emoluments of the trap busi ness are by no means small can be under stood by the experience of one prominent Chlnooker, who owned five traps. On the first day of the big July run last year, he gathered in 10,000 pounds, the next day 2000 pounds, third day 6000 pounds, fourth day 10,000 pounds, and fifth day 12,000 pounds. As the price was 6 cents per pound, his receipts for the five days av eraged close to $500 per day. Despite the close proximity of Chinook to the supply of raw material, the nearest canneries are located at McGowan's, three miles up the river, and Ilwaco about Ave miles down the river, and none of the fish which are trapped In such large numbers In front of the doors of the Chlnooker, are packed In that town. Each of the big canneries at Astoria as well as the McGowan and Ilwaco canner ies, are represented, however, by receiv ing stations, which are anchored between the traps in front of Chinook. These sta tions are large houseboats Into which the salmon are taken as they come from the (Concluded on Fourth Page.) ARBOR DAY FOUNDER Death of J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska. EX-SECRETARY OFAGRICULTURE Suffered Trvo Strokes of Apoplexy, Fallowing Severe Illness Caused by La Grippe HIb Pub lic Career Born April 3?, 1S32. Secretin of Nebraska Territory. 1838. Acting Governor of Nebraska Terri tory, 1850. Secretary of Agriculture, 1833-97. Died April 27. 1002. Founder of Arbor day. Member of Nebraska Territorial Leg islature. President of Nebraska Territorial Board of Agriculture. President of Nebraska Horticultural Society. President of American Forestry Association. CHICAGO. April 27. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, ex-Secretary of Agriculture, died at 4:30 o'clock this aftcrrfoon at Lake Four times, without solicitation on his part, he was made unanimously the can didate of his party for the "Governorship of Nebraska, and twice In a similar man ner nominated for Congress. At every Senatorial election since the state was ad mitted he received more or lesa votes for United States Senator. When a member of the Legislature he opposed wildcat banks, and during the next year was defeated for re-election be cause of his opposition to those financial fallacies. In 1858 President Buchanan ap pointed him Secretary of the Territory of Nebraska, and he became, under a pro vision of law, the Acting Governor upon the resignation of Governor William A. Richardson. At the Senatorial election in. Nebraska during the winter of 1892-53 45 Republican members of the Legislature In caucus declared that they would sup port Mr. Morton for United States Sen ator In preference to any Popullstic can didate. In 1S93 President Cleveland ap pointed Mr. Morton Secretary of Agricul ture. He was Inducted Into that offica March 7 'of that year, and discharged the duties appertaining thereto with his char acteristic vigor and intelligence. At the clcse of the second Cleveland Administra tion Mr. Morton became affiliated with the gold wing of the Democracy. He was the editor of the Conservative, a weekly Journal published at Nebraska City. He was a man of steadfast convictions unswerving honesty and undoubted abil ity. By nature a controversialist, Mr. Morton went Into the Cabinet with many fixed ideas about the Government ser vice. He was a practical farmer and ran his department along practical lines, but nevertheless not without many squab bles. He regarded the distribution of seeds as paternalistic and on. that sub ject found himself in opposition to Con gress. His cdnstant motto was "plant trees," and these words he had stamped In large letters under a picture of a tree on his stationery. He was an Inveter ate letter writer. He found keen en joyment in answering communications from farmers and it was no unusual occurance for him to call newspaper men Into his office to -read answers he wa3 ROAD TO BOHEMIA Contracts for-Construction' Have Been Signed. WORK IS TO BEGIN AT -ONCE line Will Be Completed to Border ol Forest Reserve This Year Will Tap Heavy Timber as Well as Mines. - BEVERIDGE ON SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR FILIPINOS, v If the Filipinos are found capable of self-government, the Repub lican party will give it to them. But the Republican party proceeds on facts, not on imagination. And therefore Congress has ordered a a census of the- Philippine Islands for the purpose of informing Con gress to what extent and in what places Filipinos can govern them selves. Is not this the method of reason? First find the facts and, then fit our action to those facts. And while these facts are being gathered, American administration In the Philippines Is extending self-government In town and village as rapidly as the Filipinos them selves can manage It. We are teaching them by practice; we are train ing them by education. If we can make them self-governing, none will hail that consummation with such delight as we who are In structing them. .But we will not turn them back to barbarism. We will not abandon them to rival powers. We will not haul down the flag. We will do our work like Americans and men until all the East shall bless the name of the great Republic and all mankind cheer American beneficence. -J Forest at the home of his son. Mark Morton. For several weeks Mr. Morton had been gradually falling. The nature of his sickness had not been determined, and a week ago he wa6 brought from his home at Nebraska City. Neb., to Lake Forest for medical attention. The change brought no Improvement, and he declined gradually until death came. The arrangements for the funeral are yet Incomplete, but it has been deter mined that services will be held at Lake Forest at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, after which the remains will be removed to Mr. Morton's country home at Arbor Lodge, near Nebraska City, Neb., where services will be held Wednesday after noon. The Interment will be at Nebraska City. A special train bearing the remains of Mr. Morton and members of his fanw lly and friends will leave Lake Forest Tuesday afternoon for Nebraska City. Death was due to cerebral thrombus. The Illness of Secretary Morton dates from last November, when he contracted a severe cold while speaking at the stock show In Chicago. The cold ran Into an attack of la grippe, and Mr. Morton wa's In a hospital for some time. When he was able to do so he returned to his home in this city, where he suffered a relapse. After a partial recovery he left early In March for the City of Mexico, accom panied by his son. Paul Morton, vice president of the Santa Fe Railway. Mr. Morton continued to grow worse In th Southern" country, however, and six weeks ago ho returned to his old home In Ne braska. He then came to Chicago, where It was believed he would have better medical attention. After he arrived here he Improved somewhat, and it was be Heved for a time that he would entirely recover from hi? ailment. Last week he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, from which he never recovered. Ho suffered a second stroke today, and he had become so weak from his long sickness It proved fatal. His three son6 Paul Morton, Joy Mor ton and Mark Morton were at the bedside when the end came. J. Sterling Morton's Career. Julius Sterling Morton was born in Adams, Jefferson County, N. Y., April 22, 1832, and was the son of Julius Dewey and Emellne (Sterling) Morton. His pater nal ancestors were among the earliest set tlers In New England, being passengers on the Little Ann, the first ship after the Mayflower. J. Sterling Morton's parents, removing to Michigan In 1834, he attended a private school at Monroo until 14 years of age, and was then sent to a Methodist seminary at Albion, in that state, and there prepared for college. In 1850 he en tered Michigan University, where he re mained through moot of his course, but was graduated at Union College In 1834. He was married In October of the same year to Caroline Joy French, of Detroit. Mich., and Immediately thereafter settled at Bellevlew, Nebraska Territory. He, however, remained at that point only a few months. He then removed to what Is now Nebraska City, and became a member of the town company which sur veyed and established the place. Adja cent to the townslte he took up a claim of half a mile square of the public land as a'pre-emptor. Upon that place, which is known, as Arbor Lodge, he had resided ever since, and there In 1881! his wife died. Mr. Morton was a practical farmer, and lived upon the same place for nearly half a century. He originated Arbor day, and tho thousands of trees thriving on the once woodless prairies of the West are many of them living wtnesses to the be neficence of this new anniversary. Mr. Morton wae an original member of the Nebraska Territorial Board of Agri culture, and of the Territorial Horticul tural Society, and acted as president of both associations. He was likewise a charter member of the Nebraska State Historical Society, and was Its president. He was appointed a Commissioner to the Parle -Exposition of 1SS9. He was a forcible speaker and writer. During his college days he was a fre quent contributor to the Detroit Free Press, and lnHater years to the Chicago Time. He was the first editor and the founder of the Nebraska City News., An uncompromising Democrat, he pushed his viewe t,o their logical consequence. writing to the farmers, often giving out portions of them for publication. Kansas City Politician arid Author. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 27. G. C. Dall, aged 51 years, lawyer and politician, died at his home in Kansas City, Kan., today. He was born in Covington, Ky., and came to Kansas in 18S8. Dall. had more than a local reputation as an author. Contracts have been let for the con struction of the railroad from Cottage Grove to the Bohemia mining district, a distance of 21 miles. This will tap a rich mining region as well as pass through a heavy timber beltt. It Is believed that the samo forces that are exploiting the Bohemia mining district will establish a smelter in Portland. Pioneer Railroad-Builder. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. April 27. Morris Hlckey, a pioneer railroad-builder, one of the oriclnators of the Hannibal Rail road In Missouri, died here today, aged 77 years. SCHLEY AT MEMPHIS. The Admiral Will Be the Gaest of the City Until Wednesday. MEMPHIS, April 27. Rear-Admiral and Mrs. W. S. Schley arrived In Memphis over the Southern Railway this afternoon, and were at once driven to their rooms at the Gayoso Hotel. A reception commltte met the visitors outside the, city limits and es corted them to Memphis, and several hun dred people were at the station to bid them welcome. Admiral Schley will be the guest of the city until Wednesday. Tomorrow morn ing a parade will be given In honor of the Admiral and his wife. In the afternoon he will be presented with a silver service, and In the evening a banquet will be spread at the Gayoso Hotel. Tuesday morning there will be a reception at the Commercial Exchange, and In the after noon an excursion on the Mississippi. At night there will be a grand ball under the auspices of the ladles of Memphis. Wednesday the Admiral will be handed over to his Masonic brethren. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Philippines. Guevarra, the Samar leader, and his followers accompanied General Grant to the coast. Page 2. Insurgents In Southern Negros surrender. Page 2. Cholera attacks -American soldiers. Page 2. Foreign. Thousands of iteasanta are In revolt In South Russia. Page 2. Besult of the Paris elections. Page 2. General San Martlno, the Italian "War Min ister, resigns. Page 2. Agreement between Morgan and German steamship lines. Page. 5. Domestic. J. Sterling Morton, ex-Secretary of Agricul ture, Is dead. Page 1. The report on the House financial bill Is being given wide circulation. Page 2. Trade of the United States with South Amer ica. Page 2. . Sport. Portland baseball nine defeats Monograms, 3-1. Page 3. Portland Hunt Club announces programme of Spring field day. Page 3. Portland Rowing Club gives smoker. Page 3. Prospects of Spring track athletics. Page 3. National, American and "Western League scores. Page 3. Pacific Coast.' "Work has begun on the Rogue River dam above Grant's Pass. Page 4. i Congregational and Unitarian ministers change pulpits. Page 4. The Foresters' supreme court will convene at Los" Angeles Tuesday. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Contracts are let for building of Bohemia rail road. Page 1. Lela BUlIncs diea from diphtheria, unattended by physician. Page 12. Location of 1005 Fair site arouses interest. Page 8. City grows fast under impetus of building movement. Page 10. Laundry-workers will go on strike today. Page 7. New church is started to apply Christian prin ciples. Page JO. Contracts for construction of the Oregon & Southeastern Railroad, the line to be built between Cottage Grove and the Bo hemia mines, have been signed, and the. road will be built this year to the border of the Cascade forest reserve, a distance of 21 miles from Cottage Grove. This posi tive announcement was made by General Manager W. F. Morphy before he left yes terday morning for the scene of opera tions. The East Side construction Com pany, of which J. H. Smith is manager, will do the grading, and Campbell & Alex ander will supply all piling and build the. bridges on the line. The work will begin soon as the necessary forces of workmen can be secured, and it Is understood it will be prosecuted to completion within six months. " Other arrangements will be necessary before the railroad can be built beyond the forest reserve boundary either the min ing district must be set out of the re serve, which is expected to be done, or formal authority to build upon the re serve must be obtained. One or the other of these modes of proceeding will prepare the way for building to the mines by tho time the track shall be laid for the first 21 miles of road. It will be only about 12 miles farther to the mines. While the railroad enterprise has been set on foot chiefly by the mining interests of the Bohemia district, it will not bede pendent upon the mines for business. Tho road will pass through a fine body of tim ber between Cottage Grove and the re serve; in fact, the timber on the reserve is greatly inferior to that outside its bor der. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company Is said to own 15,000 acres of that heavily timbered land, and It Is unders'tood that two large sawmills will be built In that section soon as the railroad shall be ready to move the freight. The timber alone will give the railroad paying traffic. The mines will add a large volume of ore when the railroad shall be In shape to handle It. It Is said, too, that the same forces that have brought about the exploitation of the Bohemia mines, and secured the rail road, have arranged for the construction of a large smelter In Portland to treat the ores. No official confirmation of this statement Is obtainable, but It Is apparent that the mining development of the dis trict is proceeding very confidently, and. most of the people Interested believe the smelter has been already fixed. Those who have been watching Bo hemia affairs prophesy mining activity In that district that will amount to mora than the Buffalo Hump or Thunder Moun tain or Cape Nome excitements. There has been a marked hardening of values In the district in the past few days, and great things are expected to develop be fore the end of this year. The new company has made an arrange ment with the Southern Pacific by which a new union station Is to be erected at Cottage Grove, and the terminal yard of the Bohemia road, will also be used by the Southern Pacific. Quito" extensive railroad improvements will be made at Cottage Grove, to provide facilities for handling the large traffic that Is deemed certain to come from the new line for out side shipment. THE SICK ARCHBISHOP. Corrlgan's Physicians iSay His Re covery Is Sure. NEW YORK, April 27. The physicians In attendance on Archbishop Corrigan visited him today, and after a consulta tion upon the morning's developments, the following bulletin was issued: "The archbishop's condition is In all respects satisfactory- "E. L. KEYS, M. D. "FRANCIS DELAFIELD, M. D." Father Curley, Archbl3hop Corrlgan'3 secretary, said the patient's condition was so far Improved that the doctors had de cided to add to his diet. At St. Patrick's Cathedral, and from the pulpits throughout the city prayers were offered for the archbishop's speedy recovery. Referring to a cablegram from Rome, printed today.- that the pope had dictated letters to the American bishops with a view to making Archbishop Corrigan . a cardinal. Father Curley said the report was not true. The physicians issued this bulletin at 10 o'clock tonight: "Everything In the archbishop's con dition points satisfactorily toward conva lescence." Dr. Keys added: "Archbishop Corrigan Is on the road to recovery- His .recovery, although sure, will take some time, be cause of his weakened condition." Cnmmlngs' Condition Unchanged. BALTIMORE, Md.. April 27. The con dition of Congressman Amos J. Cummlngs remains unchanged at 10 P. M. Victoria Contingent Leaves. VICTORIA, B. C April 27 The Vic toria volunteers for the fourth Canadian contingent for South Africa, 22 In number, left her tonisht for Halifax.