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THE MORNIKG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1902.
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PIKE'SPEAKAFALSEALARM
MAGNIPIGDXT AXD UNAPPROACH
ABLE FOR. GALL OF BARKERS.
It Goes Hard With tlie Oregon Man.
Axaongr Colorado's Barren Hill
sides and Prcdaceons Xatlves.
COLORADO SPRINGS. July 4. (Staff
correspondence,) "What's the fare up
Pike's Peak?" asked a man from Oregon.
That -was before he reached the base or
the peak. He did not learn until It -was
too late to turn back. "What's the fare
up Pike's Peak?"
"Urnurn dollars," answered the man
who did his best to talk distinctly on all
subjects but on this. "Grandest moun
tain In America," he 'went on. putting the
real question out of sight. "Up 14,147 feet
above the eea nearly three miles. High
est railroad on earth. Higher than all the
clouds, and the kingdoms of the world."
And his ecstacy was so superlative that It
was" deaf to the paltry question of fare.
"Where is Pike's Peak?"
The steerer gave a wave of his hand
to the westward. "Over there," he re
joined, "up 14,147 feet."
Now the reader must know that this
peerless mountain, 14.147 feet high, was
there all right. Yes, Indeed, but It was
bashful behind a canopy of rain clouds, "l
thought you didn't have wet weather In
dry Colorado," ventured the Oregon man,
timidly.
"Oh, this is only In the foothills," re
turned the steerer. "Perfect sunshine on
top. That's up above the storms and
troubles of the world. Perfect Spring
day."
Eut the Oregon man was no tenderfoot.
He had been up mountains himself. He
could distinguish a He from a lib In re
gard to high mountains, and he gave a
hint of what was gyrating In his mind.
"I'll guarantee, you sunshine 'on the
top," declared the dapper steerer, "or I'll
not send you up. This electric car will
take vou to the foot of the mountain.
There Ell .telegraph to the summit. I'll
take care of you."
So Oregon got on the car at Colorado
Springs for Manltou, a place 6lx miles
westwsrdT where the cog railroad up the
peak begins. The electric car fare was 5
cents. "You're the only Institution In
Colorado that doesn't rob a man," re
joiced Oregon, for he had got so used to
being held up that when it didn't happen
he felt as if he was cheating somebody.
But he felt less guilty at the end of the
line. The conductor came back not once
more, but twice more, in that ride of six
miles. "Where are we?" asked Oregon.
"Under Pike's Peak, 14.147 feet high,
grandest mountain In America."
"Which way?"
"Up above you."
The visitor looked "up above." Rain
was there, but no mountain. He looked
whence he had -come. He had come from
nowhere. Up the mountain two wet rails
lost themselves In the mist, as If to hide
their shame for the deception they were
about to perpetrate.
"Ticket office this way," exulted the
steerer, as he made a mental calculation
of his share of the spoils. "Stand In line,
no crowding; this Is not a rough house."
"What's the fare?"
"I don't sell tickets. Go to the win
dow." So the Webfooter awaited his turn, and
dodged the drops of rain as best he could.
He was so Innocent that he did not no
tice the "sold" look on the faces of those
who bought tickets ahead of him.
"Fare. $5!"
"Great shade of the mighty Caesar!"
gasped the Webfooter. "Each way?"
"Round trip," smiled the ticket agent,
extenuatlngly. "High mountain, 'way up
above the price. Temperature on top, 32;
but It's no frost. Sun shining. Now's
your time; you may never be back here
again. Better go now."
The Webfooter was sure he had heard
that voice In a Pan-American sideshow
last year. ,-But somehow or other he
bought a ticket, and then began to medi
tate how he might save ?5 somewhere
elee.
It Is not necessary here to describe that
cog-rail ride to the summit of Pike's Peak.
Suffice it to say that Pike's Peak Is not
the biggest thing In Colorado there are
liars. And suffice it to say, liars are,
after all, not the most distinguished citi
zens of Colorado; "there are thieves and
robbers parasites, in other words, whose
aim In life Is to fleece tourists, to squeeze
from them every cent possible.
That ride up Pike's Peak Is worth' more
than $5; yea, indeed. But the railroad
should pay the tourist, not the tourist the
railroad. And If the visitor Is from Ore
gon, where high mountains are one or
nature's chief assets, the trip is worth
a great deal more to him.
Pike's Peak is simply a great big hulk,
barren and bald of any wonder, save that
of size. It Is positively hideous to an eye
educated In nature's school of art. And
if its elze Is to be admired, so then should
that be of the Cyclops giants In human
form, without any charms of person.
, If Pike's Peak had any snow to clothe
its nakedness it might deserve a place in
the cultured society of fine mountains.
But it hasn't any. And its ugliness thus
uncovered stands forth displeasing in
every detail. When a Webfooter In a car
passes- Pike's Peak, he pulls down the
window curtain to keep out the hideous
vision.
But the present Wrebfooter didn't h'de
his eyes. The peak veiled Itself behind
rain clouds and kept him in Ignorance.
"When he got up close, then he was sorely
shocked. .Not a bit of snow all the way
Tip, save a court-plaster patch here and
there to cover up an extra deep mar In
the mountain's physiognomy. Not a sin
gle glacier to lend its charm or beauty.
So stingy Is this great hulk that It feeds
only two or three little streams, or rivu
lets or creeks, which the grandilofluent
natives call rivers. The starved Arkan
sas and Platte Rivers can get hardly
enough sustenance hereabouts to begin
their Journey to the sea.
But to return to the "coc-wheel route,"
the palatial route of luxury which goes
in SO minutes where Captain Pike's pluck
and energy could not reach. Luxury has
been described as discomfort newly de
vised. Such was the luxury of the climb
of Pike's Peak. The Oregon man had
climbed high mountains afoot and he pre
fers that method of scaling peaks. But
since he had paid his J5 he was bound
to get the worth of his money.
All the way up Oregon was looking for
the beginning of that "sunshine on top."
AH the way up he looked in vain. Places
of "superb natural beauty" were strung
all along the route under poetic names,
Euch as "Shady Springs," "Echo Falls,"
"Minnehaha Falls," "Pinnacle Rocks"
end "Inspiration Point." Evidently tne
names came from somewhere else.
If. all these charms, thus adorned Tvlth
verbiage, were put Into a figurative bun
dle and tossed Into the splendid spectra
of Mount Hood's great crevasse, thfcy
would never be noticed in the competi
tion. Once, or twice the veil lifted from
the world for a peep below, but, upon
no such region as feels the warmth of
Oregon verdure.
Then came tho summit. Sun enough
the sun was shining behind the clouds.
There passed a dreary time. The Ore
gon man found a telegraph office, a res
taurant, a curio store and an observa
tory. In the restaurant he found a China
man, the highest-toned in the world, he
learned. The food had a high Chinese
cavor. and the price of a meal well, that
was aw.ay up. in the air. In the curio
rtore were lots of high-priced gewgaws
and kickshaws, which women sometimes
buy when the altitude makes theia sillier
than their wont. And, to look through
the telescope, that was worth 25 cents
additional to the man who owned the
telescope.
Suckers, parasites and hangers-on, these
are the pest of Colorado, that is, In places
tourists go. Let the man who comes
here bring plenty of money and then
bring more. Hotels, carriages, porters,
bellDoys and all all are In business for
profit until the poor visitor fears there
must be a bigger hole in his pocket than
.where he draws his hand. The thrift
of the money-makers Is entirely without
conscience. It filches here and pilfers
there and extorts In another place, and
when it cannot do either. It Just cuts
across lots and takes. And the members
of the profession why, they are com
placently brazen-faced about it; their
physiognomy matches perfectly the burnt
brick solL In this land Mammon wins a
place where seraphs might despair.
Anything to make a living without
work. The petitioners for bounty string
themselves up and down the streets of
Manltou, for example. The pretext for
their existence Is that one has for sale
a rock from Pike's Peak, or a worthless
amethyst from somewhere else, or a sam
ple of ore from some mine or other. Driv
ers of buggies and carriages make the
piace hideous with their solicitations. It's
everything to get just as much as possi
ble out of the tourists by making as little
possible return. The motto on the front
door of everybody's face is, "Fox In
stealth, wolf In greediness."
Now the writer of this does not wish
to discourage Colorado scenery. But since
he was Inveigled into Colorado by adver
tisements that Colorado was the great
est state In the Union, and had the grand
est scenery, he feels that he is entitled
to speak his mind.
No doubt it Is a great country for
Eastern people who don't know any bet
ter. And It Is. Indeed, a grand country,
varied In resource. Industry and natural
bearity. But to a dweller of the Pacific
Northwest, the state just simply falls to
charm, because of Its lack of water. "Give
us water," cry the people of Colorado,
"and we'll show you Eden restored." .nd
so Uncie Sam. has started In to give Col
orado water, and this state is lncludpd
in the new irrigation act. Thus all Col
orado needs is water. But what does this
argue when water Is all that Hades needs?
Snow and rain these make the aqua
vltae that nourish the hills and valleys
'of Washington and Oregon. The blue
'blue vault of heaven bends kindlier down
upon this land, for It has lakes and rivers
and brooks to make Its carpets of green
and gold. Water Is the thesaurus of
fruitage and bounty. Aladdin's lamp Is
like 30 cents beside It.
And they have a Garden of the Gods
I here. That's nothing, you say? Well,
but this is the only uaraen oi tne uoas.
That's different. Isn't It? And you wish
to know why It is the Garden of the Gods?
You'll have to work a wiser head, a head
even wiser than anybody's here.
The writer saw no sign of a garden.
All was barren and bleak and red. A
tuft or bush grew here and there, per
haps where some god had placed his foot
ions ages ago.
It occurred to the writer once that
the rocks and crags were statuary of the
gods and that this was a garden of statu
ary. Yes, yes, perhaps that's It, al
though the hideous burro approaches
even Into the midst of It, this sacred
place of god-like forms. And yet the
forms are not all divine. Are these genii
and gromes we see, and cyclops and mino
taurs and centaurs and satyrs and maniacs
and devils? Yes, perhaps, all these and
more according to whatever picture is In
the mind. And If you come equipped with
Imagination you may see beauty where
nobody thought of It before, or terror
when nobody dreamed of It. I S.
KILLING A NOXIOUS WEED
Canada Thistles May Be Extirpated
in Ttvo Consecutive Seasons.
Chicago Chronicle.
One of the worst enemies of the fanner
Is the Canada thistle. It works more in
jury every year to farms In this country
than many other causes to which greater
attention Is given. It spreads slowly, ap
parently, but It sooner or later takes full
possession of the lind, and unless eradi
cated the entire farm becomes worthless.
The heavier seeds, which are carried by
winds, will germinate, but Its progress is
n iuuo, ..... o- .- -
by means of long white root stocks, which I
are proof against disease ana seasons, ai '
Is claimed that a piece of root stock, If
left In the soil, will grow from six to 10
feet In a season, and from eacn smaii
piece as many as 50 heads will grow. The
best season for beginning the war on this
tles Is in June. Plow the land and then
plow again every few weeks until well
Into the Fall, the object being to destroy
the young growth as fast as It appears, as
any plant must sucoumb If deprived of
forming leaves, as plants breathe through
the agency of tho leaves. Another plan Is
to allow them to grow until the plants are
jU3t high enough to mow and then run
the mower over the field, repeating the
work as fast as the plants appear.
As the farmer may prefer to utilize the
land, he can plow the land and plant it
to potatoes. If he will then give the po
tato crop frequent cultivation he will de
stroy many of the thistles and the pota
toes will pay for the labor. It may not
be possible to subdue the thistles the
first year, but If the work Is well done
the thistles may be completely destroyed
the second year, when the ground should
be plowed in the Spring and a crop of
early cabbages grown, removing the cab
bage crop and broadcasting the land, af
ter plowing and harrowing, with Hungar
ian grass seed. As the Hungarian grass
grows rapidly and may be mowed once a
month. It gives the thistles but little
chance, while the previous cultivation of
the cabbage crop will have greatly re
duced the thistles In number. The point
Is to keep the thistles cut down from July
to frost, after which they will be under
control.
The roadsides must also be carefully at
tended to, for It is on the uncultivated
roadside that weeds are neglected and
hence are protected. Neighbors should
also work harmoniously In the destruc
tion of weeds, as frequently some negli
gent farmer injures the entire community
by producing the seeds of weeds which
are carried by the winds over a large
area. Weeds may also be carried long dis
tances on the tops of railroad cars or by
water; In fact, there are so many mode
of distribution that it is almost impossi
ble for any farmer to escape the nuisance
of weeds; but all farmers can prevent
their spread, and in protecting his neigh
bor he also protects himself. The Canada
thistle Is not so great a nuisance as' many
suppose If farmers will determine to com
bat its spread.
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The President's Popular Strength.
Topeka Journal.
A Chief Magistrate who speaks out as
the President speaks out his admiration
for the personal traits of men intimately
associated with him In the work of the
(Government appeals strongly to Instinct
ive human feelings and sympathies. Mr.
Roosevelt Is a man who, holding the most
exalted position In the land, has not al
lowed his Individuality to be swallowed up
or eclipsed by his office, which Is to say
that he Is bigger than bis office. It Is
Roosevelt tho Intensely human man who
excites the admiration fit the country
rather than Roosevelt the President. The
distinction is politically Important be
cause it Involves the popular condoning
of mistakes and errors of Judgment as
President which are always points of at
tack in politics, and are sometimes fatal.
There has never been a President who
could as safely for his own political fu
ture make mistakes of Judgment as Presi
dent Roosevelt. The people are willing to
make large allowances when they have
the good fortune to find in the highest
executive office a man of the stamp of the
present Chief Magistrate.
Five balls, says a baseball fan, will
1 usually last out a game.
FIRST OF THE NEW FLEET
frbxchVbark jacobsex clears
for cmted ki3gdou.
French Bark Daniel Chartered for
Portland Londlngr Bnrkentlne
Amnion Conilngf for Lumber.
Thq Portland Grain Company has the
distinction of dispatching the first grain
ship of the calendar year 1902, and also
the first grain ship of the cereal year
1902-1903. They led off the January fleet
with the Alsterkamp, and yesterday they
cleared the French bark Jacobsen, the
pioneer vessel of the new season fleet,
for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders
vitu 110,052 bushels of wheat, valued at
$74,000. The Jacobsen was Intended for
old-season business, but she made such
a long voyage, and waA so slow In get
ting ready for cargo, that she now figures
as the leader of a fleet Instead of the
tall-endcr." The Jacobsen starts the new
fleet at a rate of 10 shillings under that
of the first ship of last season's fleet.
The British bark Madagascar led the
bunch last year with a. 363 3d rate. She
was dispatched by the Portland Flour
ing Mills Company, and the same Arm
had the leader of the fleet of 1500-1901, the
British ship Wendur pioneering the fleet
that season. The Madagascar was cleared
July S and the Wendur July 2. In 1S99
the Pegasus, dispatched by Epplnger &
Co., was the pioneer, clearing July 5.
The season of 1SSS-29 was opened July 6
by the Port Carlisle, which was dis
patched for South Africa by Balfour,
Guthrie & Co., at 37s 6d.
Low-water mark for the first ship of a
season was reached by the leader of the
1S97-98 fleet, Balfour. Guthrie & Co. clear
ing the British ship Duch alburn. July 2,
at 20 shillings flat. The same nrm4had
the first ship of the 1S96-97 fleet, clearing
the British ship Australia on July 9. at
a 25-shllllng rate. The fleet of 1S95-98 was
led by the British ship Gulf Stream,
cleared July 14, by Slbson & Kerr, at 33s
9d. Wheat was so thoroughly cleaned
out In the Spring of 1S94 that the first
grain ship, the British ship Cathcart, did
not get away until early In September.
She was cleared by the Pacific Coast El
evator Company. The American ship Sol
talre, dispatched by Balfour, Guthrie &
Co., was the first of the 1S93-94 fleet.
FRENCH FLEET COMING.
Flftr of French Bounty-Enrncrs Nott
Headed for Pacific Coast.
The French bark Daniel, which Is now
en route from Swansea for San Diego,
has been chartered to load wheat at
Portland In November-December at 2Ss
3d. The vessel Is a recent "product of the
French yards, this being her first trip
since she was completed. The French
bounty-earners have been a factor of
gradually Increasing Importance In reg
ulating freight rates out of Pacific Coast
ports, and they now promise to Cut a
pretty wide swath again this year. Head
ed for Portland, San Francisco, Honolulu,
San Diego and Puget Sound are some
thing like 50 of these recent additions to
the merchant marine, and as the com
bined earning capacity of the fleet is
something like 5,000,000 bushels of wheat,
they will have an Important bearing on
the freight situation. Tho list of French
vessels now headed for the Pacific Coast,
and due to arrive before the turn of the
year, is as follows:
Vessel. Net Tons.
Amlral Halgen, from Antwerp 1,746
Saint Donatien. from Antwero 1.259
Bourbakl, from Antwerp 1.711
MacMahon. from Antwerp 1.710
Belen. from Antwerp 1,707
General Meliinet, from Antwerp 1.491
Jeannle Cordonnler, from Cardiff 1,700
Anne de Bretagne, from Cardiff 1,570
Duchetse de Berry, from Cardiff 1,700
Margeret Dollfus, from Cardiff 1,691
Marguerite Mollnos. from Cork 1.567
Vllle d'Mulhouse, From Glasgow 2,429
Emma Laurans. from Havre 1.700
Marcchal Davout, from Hamburg.... 1,711
Canrobert. from Hamburg 1.420
Eugenie Fautrll. from Hamburg 1,705
Blarntz, from Hobart 1.830
Eduard Detail, from Lelth 1,730
GeneUcve Mollnos, from London 1,599
Due d' Aumale. from London 1.732
Jules Gommes, from Madagascar 1,830
La Fayette, from Nantes 1,576
Brenn. from Newcastle. E 1,707
La Bruyere, from Newcastle. E 1,737
Emperor Menellck. Newcastle, E.... L747
Commandant Marchand. Newcast.,E, 1.741
4u ViUkuiki t.uui uuiaic JUiio.i i.iui
Emllle Galline. from Swansea L597
aoroa. irom owansea. .. z.iw
Leon Blum, from Swansea 1.S79
Marechalde Turenne, from Swansea.. 1.711
Jean, from Swansea 1nuo
Edmund Rostand, from Swansea 1.72S
Pierre Lotl, from Swansea 1,731
Anjou. from Swansea 1,572
Le Tour de Auvergene. from Swansea 1.732
Montebello, from Cardiff 1,725
Vlncennes, from Cardiff 1,740
Champlgny, from Cardiff 1,700
Brlzeaux. from Cardiff 1,717
General de Sonls, from Cape Town.... 1.746
Jean Bart, from London 1.724
Cambronne. from Lelth 1.420
Marechal de Gontaut. from Mauritius 1:743
Nantes, from Nagasaki 2,029
Cornll Bart, from Nantes 1,700
Grand Duchesse Olga, Newcastle, E.. 1.567
Lamorclere, from Antwerp 1.471
Daniel, from Swansea 1.S19
Total tons, 50 ships 85,300
Twelve of these ships have already
loaded at Portland In past seasons and
12 of them are new vessels now making
their first trips.
NEW LUMBER-CARRIER.
Bnrkentlne "Will Come to Portlnnd
for a Cargo for the Orient.
The Pacific Export Lumber Company
has added the new barkcntlne Amazon to
its list of lumber-carriers. She Is one of
the latest additions to the Coast-built
craft, that are putting the tramp steam
ers and old-style square-riggers out of
the Pacific Coast lumber trade. She reg
isters but 1100 tons net, and has a ca
pacity of nearly 1,500,000 feet, or about as
much as the old-style square-rigger of
twice the tonnage could get away with.
The Amazon has just arrived at Shang
hai with a cargo of lumber from Port
Hadlock. As soon as this cargo Is dis
charged, she will como across the Pa
cific In ballast. The Amarlnth, under
charter to the same company, will reach
Portland the latter part of the month,
and the Forest Home, which Is also one
of the Pacific Export Lumber Company's
fleet, win como here from San Francisco
about the same time.
Mr. Wheelwright is patriotic and phil
anthropic. By supplanting his former
big fleet of foreign steamers with Ameri
can craft, he Is aiding In the restoration
of the American flag to the high seas
and at the same time Is releasing a
number of large tramp steamers which
are now knock'ng around the world low
ering grain freights, and thus helping
the honest farmer.
ONE OF THE CREW KILLED.
Ble Fall River Liner Priscllla In a
Collision.
NEWPORT, R. L. July 9. The Fall
River Line steamer Priscllla Is at her
pier In this city with a big hole In her
port bow. One of her crew Is dead and
wedged In by wreckage so that his body
will be extricated .only with great diffi
culty. The wreck is the result of a col
lision with the Merchants' &. Miners'
Transportation Company's steamer Pqw
hattan. In Narragansett Bay, last night.
The Priscllla was bound out for New
York. It was very foggy at the time and
she was proceeding slowly. Off Point
Judith another steamer struck her on the
port bow, cutting a hole which ran down
bolow the water line. Finding herself
seriously damaged, the Priscllla whistled
for assistance, and soon afterwards tugs
arrived and she was towed back to her
dock In this city. The cause of the acci
dent has not been learned.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 9. The
steamer Powhattan, Captain Hudgens,
from Baltimore, via Norfolk, for this
port, arrived here this afternoon and re-
ported having been in collision with the
Fall River Line steamer Priscllla. last
night Her bow was badly damaged and
a great nole was stove In thd port side
Ave feet below the water line. The .for
ward compartment was flooded, but no
water reached the other bulkheads of the
ship, and no damage was done to the
freight.
BARGE TURNS TURTLE.
Big: Molasses Tanker Goes Down In
Ea River. i
NEW YORK, July 9. A large tank
barge owned by the Tidewater OH Com-'
pany, of Bayonne, N. J., has turned tur
tle In the East River opposite the foot of
East Thirteenth street. Between 4000 and
5000 barrels of mollasses were spread upon
the water of the river. Three men on
the boat barely escaped with their lives.
The barge was being filled with molasses
from the tanks of a West India steamer.
The engines on the lighter had pumped
for some time, when the barge suddenly
heaved over to one sldo and then turned
upside down. When the barge began to
list the men who were working on the
tanks suspected trouble and Jumped over
board. No explanation of the accident
has been found.
Mntinr on II ten Seas.
PENSACOLA. Fla., July 9. A sensa
tional story of mutiny and murder on the
high seas Is told by Captain McDonald, of
the American schooner Mary Sanford,
which haa arrived here from Blueflelds,
Nicaragua. During the voyage A. G. Nich
olson, the first mate, killed Fred Reed, a
negro West Indian seaman, because he
did not perform some duty In a manner
to suit the mate. Immediately after the
murder four West Indian seamen, coun
trymen of the dead man, resented the
murder of Reed and threatened to hang
Nicholson from a yardarm. The captain,
two mates and steward were the only
white men on the vessel, but they man
aged to preserve order.
No-TIdlnRn of the Portland or Jennie
PORT TOWNSEND, July 9. The Cone
maugh arrived here at 7 this morning, and
proceeded to Seattle. Sfte left St. Mich
ael June 26, and Nome June 27. The
steamers Meteor and Melville Dollar were
at St. Michael. The steamer Lyra ar
rived at Nome June 27. Up to the time of
the Conemaugh's departure, no tidings naa
come from the Portland or the Jeanle, and
the general Impression in Nome Is tnat
the vessels are lost. The Thetis Is still
out on her second search. The Cone
maugh brought no news of the overdue
Oregon. The Conemaugh did not stop at
Dutch Harbor.
Gasoline Launch Libeled.
The gasoline launch LSdle and Marie,
lying at Astoria, was libeled yesterday
by Mattl Korpela, a fisherman living In
the city by the sea. The Hbellant alleges
that on July 4 he was cruising In the
Columbia when he saw the launch drift
ing near the Jetty sands and captured It.
But for his efforts, he asserts. It would
have run upon the sands. He held It at
anchor until the tide went down and the
wind abated, and then he towed It to
Astoria. He asks for a reasonable sal
vage. The launch was released on bonds.
Schooner Launched at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN. Wash., July 9. The four-
masted schooner Edward R. West, tho
latest addition to the fleet of the West
& Sladc Mill Company, was launched
here yesterday. The West Is the fifth
big vessel built here for the "West &
Slade Company, and her cargo capaclty
wlll be 1,100,000 feet of lumber. As soon
as she Is fitted out, she will load here
for some foreign port.
Sails Through Floating Stone.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 9. The schoon
er Pearl, laden with codfish, came into
the harbor today from Sanak. on the
Alaskan coast, and her crew reported that
when about 400 miles southeast of Una
la oka the vessel sailed through a quan
tity of pumice stone floating on the sur
face of the ocean. The floating stone was
encountered on June 25. For nearly 90
mites the vessel sailed through It In al
most a straight course.
Thirty-Footer's Long Trip.
NEW YORK, July 9. Th'e 3S-foot
launch Ablel Low, commanded by Cap
tain William. C. Newman, sailed from
College Point, L. I., today, for Falmouth,
England. Captain Newman's only com
panion on the trip Is his son Edward, a
youth of 16. The launch Is equipped with
a 10-horsepower kerosene oil engine and
Is expected to reach Falmouth In about
20 days.
American Buys Steam Yacht.
NEW YORK, July 9. F. W. Sykes, of
Lelth, Scotland, has sold to William L.
Harkness, of Cleveland, O.. a member
of the New York Yacht Club, tne British
steam yacht Gunilua, which is now being
refitted at Southampton, England, for the
trip across the Atlantic.
Off for the Antarctic.
LONDON, July 9. The Antarctic steam
er Morning, purchased by the Royal Geo
graphical Society as a relief ship, called
thls afternoon for Victoria Land.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. July 9. Sailed at noon Steamer
Santa Barbara, for San Pedro; steamer El
more, for Tillamook. Arrived at G P. M.
Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from San Francisco.
Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind
northwest; weather cloudr.
New York, July 9. Arrived Laurentlan, from
Glargow.
Hoqulam. Wash., July S. Arrived Steamer
Grace Dollar, from San FrancUco for Ho
qulam. Liverpool, July 9. Arrived Westernland,
from Philadelphia.
Queerutown. July 0. Arrived Majeatlc, from
New York. Sailed Inverra, from Liverpool for
Boston.
Southampton. July 0. Sailed Bremen, from
Bremen for New York, via Cherbourg.
New York. July 9. Sailed Philadelphia, for
Southampton.
Taeoma, July 9. Sailed Steamer Spokane,
for Seattle; steamer Mackinaw, for San Fran
cisco. Seattle, July 0. Sailed U. S. S. Warren, for
Alaska; steamer Bcnlta, for Alaska. Arrived
Steamer Spokane, from Sitka; steamer Santa
Ana, from Valdes; steamer Conemaugh. from
Nome: steamer Umatilla, from San Francisco.
San 'Francisco. July 0. Arrived Columbia,
from Portland: rteamer Litanla. from Nanal
mo; steamer Mandalay. from Bandon; steamer
Areata, from Coos Bay; nchooner Pearl, from
Sanak; schooner Lizzie Prlen. from Coqullle
River. Sailed Schooner Weotern Home, for
CoqulUe River; schooner Berwlek. for Coqullle;
schooner Coqullle. for CoqulUe; schooner Liz
zie Vance, for Portland; steamer Chehalls. for
Gray's Harbor.
Hong Kong. July 8. Arrived Empress of
Japan, from Vancouver, via Yokohama, Hlogo
and Shanghai.
Yokohama. July 4. Sailed Empress of India,
from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hlogo for Van
couver. Freight Shipments -via Galveston.
NEW YORK, July 9. A change In
freight traffic announced as In contempla
tion by the Southern Pacific Railroad some
time ago will take effect August 2, ac
cording to the Journal of Commerce. After
that date through freight destined for
Texas and California points, as well as for
points on the Mexican line of the South
ern Pacific, will be sent by steamship to
Galveston, Instead of New Orleans, there
by saving some 250 miles of rail transpor
tation, or a part of it, between New Or
leans and Houston. A large part of the
extensive Improvements begun two years
ago to provide ample terminal facilities at
Galveston are now completed.
Morjrnn "Will Take L. & X.
NEW YORK, July 9. It was stated to
day by authority that J. P. Morgan &
Co. will exercise their option on the Louis
ville & Nashville stock owned by John W.
Gates and Edwin Hawley. Collateral
trust 4 per cent bonds will be Issued to
take up the stock. The directors of the
Louisville & Nashville road today declared
the regular 2 per cent semi-annual divi
HiS SOCIETY EXPENSIVE
GUEST OF THE NATION TO WHOM
UNCLE SAM PAID $500 A DAY.
Hallctt Kilbourn, Who Refused to
ShoiT His Books to the House of
Representatives, Nott Insane.
The doors of the Government hospital
for the Insane near Washington opened
the other day to admit the only man
ever entertained by the United States
as a guest of the Nation for nearly six
weeks, who made his host pay him $500
a day In solid cash for the privilege of
his society, says the Boston Transcript.
This man was Hallett Kilbourn, who, in
tho early '70s, was a well-known land
agent and speculator In Washington and
a member of what was then styled the
District Real Estate Ring, but would t
now probably be recosnlzed a3 a public
Improvement syndicate. A committee of t
the House of Representatives engaged
in investigating some of the acts of the
combination subpenacd him as a witness
and demanded certain information con
taiped in the private books of his firm.
He refused to furnish it, and by a vote
of the House he wa3 arrested by the Ser-geant-at-Arms,
John G. Thompson, and
locked up for contempt.
Kilbourn carried his case to the courts,
which decided that he was clearly within
his rights in refusing to answer the ques
tions put to him. His release occurred
about 40 days after his arrest. In the
interval, though quartered most of the
time in the District Jail, he fared sump
tuously at the expense of the House
contingent fund, taking exercise afoot
or paying social visits la a carriage al
ways, of course, accompanied by an ac
commodating officer; being served with the
delicacies of the oeason three times a
day from the House restaurant; giving
dinner nartles to his friends, and gen
erally killing time after the manner of a
gentleman of elegant leisure rather than
a culprit In durance.
Still, as he expressed It, his feelings
had been seriously wounded, and the par
ty who wounded them must be compelled
to apply the salvo of a fat sum In dam
ages. So he sued Mr. Thompson for $150.
0CO. The District Attorney, aided by pri
vate counsel specially retained, made a
stubborn fight for the defense, but the
Jury returned a verdict for 5100.000. The
Judge who presided, though himself a
subscriber to Kllbourn's syndicate, de
clared the amount excessive, and on tho
Government's motion set the verdict
aside and granted a new trial. This time
Kilbourn was awarded J60.000. Again the
Government appealed, and the second
Judge set that verdict aside. At the
third trial the verdict was for 137,500, and
the Judge who presided said that, though
the award was still. In his opinion, ex
cessive, the litigation had already con
sumed some years and tired everybody
out, so bo would suggest as a compro
mise that judgment be entered for J20,
000 and both sides cry quits. The advice
was followed, and the House of Repre
sentatives paid the Judgment against Its
Sergeant-at-Arms, as he had acted only
under Its Instructions.
The caso had several comical fdatures,
when looked back upon. Kilbourn, for In
stance, had no real objection to showing
his books, and after his release made
free with the facts and figures they con
tained; he merely Insisted that the House
of Representatives could not force him
to lay bare the confidential data of his
private business. He had long been the
good friend of Thompson, whom he sued,
and their litigation did not Impair their
friendship. Finally, some of the men
who took the most active part in throw
ing him into jail and trying to keep him
there were old cronies of his each side
being merely bent on establishing a prin
ciple. Kilbourn showed signs of mental
derangement three or four years . ago.
and went Into retraat for a while, but
was discharged as restored: and his
friends hope that his present attack may
likewise yield to treatment.
Bntte Prodnctlon Actually Paid.
New York Evening Post.
It is announced that the young woman
In the West who prays to the devil and
writes "damn" with such cheerful fre
quency that she Is therefore described by
enthusiasts as having "laid bare a hu
man soul" has accumulated profits from
the sale of her book -which will enable her
to attend a woman's college. The young
woman Is said to be an amiable. and re
spectable Individual "when she Is washing
the windows and setting the table, and not
bothering at all about the soul, and there
fore her good fortune may be considered
as a happy event. But It Is to be hoped"
that her example will not be followed
generally. More books of this kind, we
are sure, would not do the public any
good, and, besides, think of the colleges!
No doubt, whatever college the Western
young woman favors with her patronage
will be able to assimilate her, but If there
were too mans1 like Tier, an Institution
where they congregated might be In soma
danger of a sort of emotional Indigestion.
As for the particular young woman In
question, she may be forgiven her book.
She will be as much ashamed of It as
any one directly. Her desfre to use her
profits 'to secure for herself a college edu
cation Is too wholesome. Her "devil," as
she calls him, can hardly survive It long.
Wire Fence on Boundary.
OTTAWA. OnL. July 9. As a result of
the recent trouble In Leithbrldge district
from American cattle straying across the
boundary line into Canadi, it Is stated
that a wire fence will be constructed for
about 100 miles along the boundary be
tween Montana and the Canadian side.
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ANDERSON. GUSTAV. AItornej-at-Law...Cia
ASSOCIATED PRESS. E. L. Powell. MBr..WK
AUSTEN. F. C. Manager for Oregon and
Washington Hankers Life Association of
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BAKER. G. EVERT. Attorney-at-Law 601
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BINstt ANGER. OTTO S.. Phsiclan and
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BOHN. W. G.. Timber Lands 315
B1COCK. WILBUR F.. Circulator Orcgo-
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CANNING. M. J CU2-eW
CAKDWELL. DR. J. R.. Dentist SuU
CAUK1N. G. E.. District Agent Traelera
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CHLKCH1LL. MRS. E. J 71G-7ir
COiEY. DR. R. C. burgeon 405-4UJ
COLUMBLV TELEPHONE COMPANY
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CORNELIUS. C. W.. Pli. and Surgeon... 2w
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGulre.
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COLNT1' PHYSICIAN 403
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CROW, C. P.. Timber and Mines 313
DAY. J. G. & 1. N :'. 313
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FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 3oa
GALVANI. W. H.. Engineer and Draughts
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GEARY. DR. E. P.. Phjs. and burgeon 40U
GlEaY. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon.. 7uU-71u
GILBERT. DR. J. ALLEN. Physician.. 40l-4iU
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GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law til7
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McKENZIE. DR. P. L.. Phys. and Sur. .312-1 J
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