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10 THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17,, 1902. .7 KLEK FOR THE CAPE SixThousand-Ton Steamship to Load at Portland. WHEAT AND FLOUR FOR AFRICA Trade "With Dark Continent Break ing; All Records Southwest Gale Brings In a Fleet of Grain Ships. V The 'Austrian steamship Klek, a 6000 ton carrier, has been chartered by T. M. Stevens & Co. to load flour, -wheat and lumber at Portland for South Africa. The Klek is a new steamship of about G000 tons carrying capacity and is now en route for a Japanese coaling port, where she will take aboard enough coal to bring Iher across the Pacific, and start her on her journey to the Cape of Good Hope. The Klek will be the third large steamer 'secured by Stevens '& Co. for South Af rican business -within the past 90 days, rone of the others, the Elba, sailing from" "Portland, and the other, the Java, now receiving cargo at Tacoma and Seattle. 'They are also loading the British bark fPaes of Brander at Portland for South jAfrica. Business with the Cape of Good Hope continues-to keep far ahead of all former records, and the number of car igoes dispatched from Portland for South Africa in November and December alone will be greater than has ever before been -sent out In an entire year. The Ancenis and the Crown of Den mark, which finished loading Saturday, are both for South African ports. The In geborg, which is finishing today, has cargo for South Africa, and the Glenes slin and Holyrood are both under charter for South African loading. All of these ships will take flour or wheat cargoes, ind the British bark Sussex, now in port, will carry a full cargo of lumber. Two or three more Cape ships are due before the end of the month, and it is almost a cer tainty that the December fleet will in clude at least four ships for this new iield of trade, which Is developing very rapidly just at present. GRAIN FliEET ARRIVES. Southwest Gale Brings Up Four Good Sized Carriers. A heavy southwest gale down at the mouth of the river yesterday blew In an other fleet of grain ships, bringing the grain fleet In port up pretty close to rec ord proportions, there now being in the river 31 grain ships of over 57,000 tons net register, all but four of them being under charter. Two of the fleet which arrived in yesterday made very fast passages. The German bark Alsterthal came up from Salaverry. on the west coast of South America in 45 days, and the Aster was only 51 days in making the run from "Valparaiso. The third arrival was the French bark Nantes, which came across lrom Yokohama in ballast. The length of the voyage of the Nantes is unknown in this port, as her sailing date was not given out. but it could not have been a very slow passage, as the vessel wastlll in Yokohama as late as October 13, out little over a "month ago. The Dowan Hill came up a little too late to get in yesterday, but is outside with a pilot on board and -will probably be in today. She has made a good run of 104 days from Algoa Bay. These arrivals bring the en route list down to much smaller proportions than those of a year ago. but they insure an outward bound grain fleet of large proportions for both November and December. There are half a dozen other vessels still due. and if the southwester extends very far. it is not improbable that another fleet will blow in today. MANY FRENCH SHIPS. t EThe -Colonel de Villehois Mnrcinl Coming to Portland. The French bark Colonel de Villebols Mareiul has been added to the list of ves sels headed for Portland. She comes in ballast from Madagascar, and is believed to be taking the usual round-about route via Australia. Now that rates have fallen eo low, it Is believed that a great many "French vessels will head for the Pacific Coast, as the bounty alone will permit them to take freights at current rates, while tho unsubsidlzed ships of other nations are forced to lay up or sail at a loss. The Pacific Coast trade is a fa vorite with the French, for the reason that It enables their vessels to get in con siderable mileage. There are eix French vessels en route for Portland, exclusive of the latest addition with the exten sive name. There are three In the river .all under charter, and three on Puget Sound. The French yards are working overtime turning out new ships to secure the ben efits of the bounty berore the law is re pealed. The latest supplement of Lloyds, covering the two weeks. October 2 to Oc tober 16, contains a list of thirteen new French vessels granted classification dur ing that period. Ten of them were built at Nantes as follows: Bougainville 1730 tons, Guerveur 1773, Handandlne 1730, Michelet 1710, Pierre Antoine 1730, Rene 1710. Rochambcau 1730, St. Louis 1570, Tourville 1741, Turgot 1730. The Vercinge- torix and Vauban. each 1730 tons, were built at St. Nazaire and the Quillota. 1S79 tons, at . Rouen. In the preceding six weeks, Lloyd's supplements contained the names of 17 others, which had been added to the French merchant marine. SLIGHTLY MISLEADING. Tacoma Shipping Lists Are in Need of Revision. me racoma west coast Trade un der date -of November 15, has on its list of "Grain Tonnage to Arrive," the fol lowing vessels: British ship Alierton, Bri tish bark Ancenis. British bark Pass of Brander. British bark Adderly, Russian ship Borrowdale and German ship Ar thur Fitger. These names help to fill out the list, but they are inclined to mislead. The Alierton is In Portland, discharging a cargo of railroad Iron, and a cargo of -wheat is on the dock to replace the Iron, as soon as it Is out The Pass of Brander is just finishing a cargo of wheat and flour at this port for South Africa, and the Ancenis finished a similar cargo here on Saturday. The Adderly finished dis charging an Inward cargo of coal at Port land a few days ago, and is now at Ra nter, a few miles down the Columbia, loading lumber for Australia. The Bor rowdale Is outward bound from Puget Sound with a cargo of lumber and the Arthur Fitger sailed from San Francisco for Europe with jsyheat several weeks ago. Unless the West Coast Trade exercises mare care, its shipping reports will be come as valueless as those of the Seattle, Trade Register. NEW LIGHTHOUSE TENDER. The Heather Will Be Christened To day by a Portland Girl. The new lighthiouse tender Heather, which has been under construction at Moran Bros.' shipyard at Seattle for the past IS months, will be launched at 4 o'clock this afternoon Miss Dorothy Langfltt, daughter of Captain W. C. Langfitt, of this city, will christen the new craft. The Heather, which is to relieve the Columbine and Manzanlta of some of the rapidly Increasing work of this district, was built under the super vision of Harry Lord, well known in this city as chief engineer of the Manzanlta. and later of the Columbine. Unless he is retained for chore duty elsewhere, Mr. Lord will probably join the new craft as chief engineer. The Heather is constructed throughout almost entirely of steel. She is known as a steel, steam-propelled lighthouse tender of the first class, and Is 17S feet inches in length -with a molded beam of 28 feet 6 inches and a depth of hold amidships of 14 feet 11 Inches. The cost of construc tion alone will approximate $140,000. The contract was awarded to Moran Bros. & Co. nearly two years ago and 90 days after launching the tender will be in com mission. In everything pertaining to construction and machinery the Heather will be fitted out with the best. She has one vertical, inverted, direct acting, open front sur face condensing, fore and aft, compound engine, with cylinders 23 and 43 inches In diameter and a stroke of 30 inches. Steam will be furnished by two Scotch type boilers, with a working pressure of 100 pounds to the square inch. The mean diameter is 12 feet 6 Inches and length 12 feet. PREPARING TO FIGHT. Harriman's Oriental Line From Port land May Bring on War With Hill. The reported intention of Mr. Harriman to give Portland a first-class steamship service to the Orient Is exciting consider able interest In shipping circles all over the Coast Nothing definite is known of the plans of the magnate in this city, but the San Francisco Examiner sees In the proposed line a coming fight be tween Harriman and Hill. In comment ing on the matter It says: E. H. Harriman and James J. Hill, whose fight for the control of the North ern Pacific caused the Blue Thursday of "Wall street about, two years ago, are pre paring for another battle royaL Each wants to control the bulk of the Pacific Ocean traffic between the Orient and the Northwest ports of the United States. Hill Is using Seattle as his port Harri man will have Portland. Hill evidently has no designs on Harriman's control of San Francisco's Oriental traffic, save to divert all of it he can to Seattle. At the present time the Hill roads are handling Oriental business In connection with a big Japanese steamer line. Mr. Hill, "however, is having built at Groton, opposite New London, Conn., two levia thans of the deep. They will be modern freight-carriers, aiming to take freight In such quantities as to cut rates to a very low schedule. Passengers will also, be carried. Harriman's Union Pacific system has an entrance Into Portland over the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company.' He owns the two latter, the Oregon Short Line being the legal owner of the Oregon Railway. A few weeks ago the charter of the Oregon Short Line was amended so as to permit it to own, build and operate an Oriental steamship line. For a number of years tramp steamers have been running between Portland and the Orient In competition with -Hill and the Northern Pacific Harriman is now figuring on two modern freight and pas senger steamships that will In every re spect equal those being built for Hill. It is said that the plans Harriman has in view will call for an expenditure of about $3,000,000 on each of the proposed steam ers. While the proposed Portland service will strengthen Portland as a competitor of both Seattle and San Francisco, it will not Interfere with the efficiency of the Oriental service ln and out of this port. JETTISON OR WRECK. Large Quantity of New Lumber Sighted Off Flattery. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Nov. 16. The schooner Transit, which arrived Sat urday night from Hilo, reports passing through a large quantity of new lumber. The lumber, which was evidently part of a vessel's deckload, was seen thirty miles nrpKt southwest of-CaDe Flatten, Novem ber 14. Most of the lumber seen was 2xl2, 2x6 and 2x4. The Transit reports having experienced very heavy weather on the passage from the Hawaiian Islands. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Nov. 16. Sailed At 8 A. M., schooner G. W. "Watson, schooner Roy Soraers, for San Francisco. Arrived At 1 P. M., German bark Alsterthal from Salaverry, German ship Aster from Valparaiso. French bark Nantes from Yokohoma. Arrived down At 1 P. M., British bark Ancenis. Left up At 2:30 P. M.. American barkentlne Hawaii. Reported out sideAt 5 P. M., British ship Dowan Hill from Cape Town, pilot on board. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough. Heavy south west gale, with rain. Hoqulam, Wash., Nov. 15. Sailed 15th, steamer G. G. Llndauer from Aberdeen for San Francisco: steamer Newburg from Aber deen for San Francisco, steamer Grace Dollar from Hoqulam for San Francisco. San Francisco. Nov. 16. Arrived Steamer Quito from Portland; steamer Areata from Coos Bay. steamer Wyefleld from Nanaimo. Queenstown, Nov. 16. Sailed Etruria from Liverpool or New York. Hamburg. Nov. 16. Arrived Steamer Aby- dos from Tacoma and San Francisco via Val paraiso. Montevideo and London. CHOLERA DECIMATED ARMY History of Rajah Brooke's War in Sarawak. New York Commercial Advertiser. Sarawak, that most picturesque Eastern state, has lately suffered from a great ca lamity. Since 1841 Sarawak, whlcb is on the western end of Borneo, has been ruled by an English family. In that year Sir James Brooke was formally made Rajah of the nation, which later bad Its independ ence recognized by England. His son. Sir Charles Brooke, is now Rajah, and it was one of his armies which In June met a foe deadlier than the fiercest of the Dyak tribes of head-hunters. In early June an expeditionary force of 12.000 "men, under the command of the heir-apparent. Mr. Vyner Brooke, left Kuchlng, the capital of Sara wak, for the Interior to punish a tribe' of head-hunters which for years had been guilty of all the atrocities peculiar to that people. The expedition started in S15 war boats, from 40 to 60 feet long, and for three days ascended the Batang Luper River noiselessly and secretly. On the afternoon of June 12 rumors were afloat that a mysterious sickness had broken out in some of the boats. In camp that even ing it was clear that cholera had come In Its most malignant form. That night 30 men died. The disease made rapid inroads on the force, and the panic caused by the cholera was increased by the fierce at tacks of the enemy it had come to punish, 200 boats having been destroyed by them. It was decided, therefore, to abandon the boats and march home overland. In the meantime men were dying like files, and because the troops refused to leave their dead in the hostile country It was neces sary to carry the corpses back to Sarawak By the time the expedition finally reached home there were more than 1000 of these, and the retreat, which was begun in an orderly manner, ended in a panic-stricken rout. The total number of deaths from cholera amounted to considerably more than one-twelfth of the entire army, and the other losses were very heavy. No Occasion for Pride. Newberg Graphic The Portland papers go into ecstasies over the announcement that the Multno mah delegation had held a conference, and had decided to stand as a unit in asking for an appropriation of $500,000 for the Lewis and Clark Fair. Well, whoever expected that the Multnomah delegation would do anything else but stand pat for the appropriation? Newberg would stand solid for a $20,000 appropriation for a county fair; provided, of course, that .the fair was to be held at Newberg-, and we would not expect anybody to pat us on the back for doing it, either. MAJOR SEARS AGAIN REPLIES TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTERBLAST ON IRRIGATION. And Introduces Exhibits Designed to Put the Congressman-Elect in an Unfavorable Light. PORTLAND. Nov. 15. (To the Editor.) The Oregonlan of the 12th contained a special from .Prinevllle professing to re port the proceedings " of an ass meeting held In that town by one "Jedge" Barnes, an aspiring one-horse politician of the region, who has never been a Judge, nor is likely to be. At first It seemed dread ful, though flattering, that Crook County should 'go into a meeting on my account, and the adjectives used in reso lutlng were so numerous and blood thirsty I had secret apprehensions of as sassination by one of the thieving crew of landgrabbers, whose little game of pre-empting the' public lands of their PUTTING THE STAFF region for the free pasturage of their sheep and cattle seems in danger of for feiture. Those fellows will endeavor to pack the Irrigation congress with cattlemen. They threaten to send 40 delegates, just the number in the old Arabian story, all ex perienced In the free use of the National domain, which is now In danger of be ing opened to settlement and cultivation by homesteaders under the benign Carey When I learned that "Jedge" Barnes constituted just 25 per cent of the "audi ence" in the Courthouse, and that no lawyer in Portland knew the "Jedge" or had ever heard of him, I confess to hav ing felt like the horse when the jackass kicked him. - As to the opinions of tho citizens of Crook County, the following extract from an editorial of the Deschutes Echo in the issue of November 8 may enlighten tho four citizens who resoluted in that Courthouse ass meeting: Mr. Williamson has Jumped into the matter hurriedly. Irrigation has never Interested him before, but now he swings In at an opportune moment to secure for himself p. perpetual po litical seat as the defender of the people's rlshts. On the surface of events he believes the 'hue and cry of denunciation comes from the Hps of tho people In his own birthplace. So they do. Tso one will deny that. Evi dently, he believes If he succeeds, in driving out the private companies and Eecures National irrigation 20 years hence in Crook County he will have accomplished a meritorious and praiseworthy political feat. Obviously, from near his own home, some of the people have passed him tho word," and now, meteor-like, he proposes to crush out private Industry and secure for himself a permanent political benefit. Who Is Mr. Williamson backing up, or rather who are Ihe people who desire private Industry crushed and the development of the country retarded for a period of years. Are they enterprising citizens of Uie county? No. Are they men who want progress and devel-. opment of any kind to take place? No. Are they men who will aid and do all in their power to secure population, growth, new industries. Investment of outside capital, and every other means of making Crook County and Eastern Oregon as productive and fertile as any reclon in tho state? No. But on the contrary he is shouting the slogan of a concourse of people who have let the des ert lands of Crook County lie Idle for years; who have never lifted a hand in the line of Internal development, and never will: who are opposed to progress of any kind: who oppose a railroad coming into the county on the grounds that it will be a detriment, rather than an advantage, as all the world knows; men who have lived in the country '30 years, who have seen it stand stationary, while out side districts have advanced; who hamper and lmpedeevery step in progress which can be placed before them, and whd are now using every effort to shut out private capital, enter prise and industry which will build up arid de velop the county. They do not desire .National Irrigation: It is only a blind; they want noth ing, absolutely nothing, which will in any way jeopardize the few personal Interests which they control. j Those are the men who have lifted thejr voices In supplication to you, Mr. Williamson. They are not progressive citizens in the strict sense of the world, but to the reverse .they want Crook County known as a district which will not tolerate a forward move. This is from a paper which supported Williamson's candidacy for election to Congress. Gentlemen, you may resolute "till the cows come home." The people of Oregon are onto your outrageous game. An editorial in The Oregonlan of the 10th inst- holds the following language: "It has been repeatedly stated that the companies do not get titles to the land, but merely hold lien upon the land for the cost of reclamation." The statement Is utterly untrue and exposes the ignor ance of the writer who is persisting in writing on a subject of which he has not even a superficial knowledge. The con tractors have no lien upon the land; they have a lien upon the payments made Into the State Treasury on account of the land. But for the execution of this lien they, must depend upon the integrity of the state for its collection, because, as the state canno't be sued, the contractor can not foreclose the Hen. One has only to go into the Deschutes Valley to see how land is acquired by In dividuals, without the Interposition of any dreadful Irrigation company, but by the pals of the stockmen. Read the follow-s Ing from the Pittsburg Dispatch: The prosecution of the war against the cat tlemen who have usurped public land goes on with Increased vigor In Nebraska, where the fences erected by the offenders have been or dered removed, the cattlemen have resorted to fraud when force has failed. Under the law, widows of soldiers are permitted entries upon public land without residence requirements,' provided, they make Improvements and culti vate tho land. Colonel Mosby, the guerrilla leader who has performed splendid service as an agent of the land office, discovered that in one part of Nebraska some half a hundred women who had filed entries to public land as widows of soldiers were impostors, imported , from Chicago by the cattlemen under agree- r ment to transfer the land to them as soon as It were safe to do so. These claims have been suspended by the Interior Department, pre paratory to cancellation. With the vigorous enforcement of the law and the .vigilant pre cautions against fraud, there is every reason to hope that within a short time the" public domain will be rescued from the cattle raiders, who in the past have not failed, even at mur der, to sustain their possession of the Govern ment property. If it be true that the contractors under the arrangements made in the state law have an open chance to "grab" the lands which properly belong to the state, then Mr. Williamson Is, more than any body else, to blame for the slip in legisla tion, for he was chairman of they commit tee that drafted that law. It Is an interesting fact that when Mr. Plnchot and the Chief Hydrographer, Mr. Newell, visited this region, he found It convenient to be absent, rusticating In a camp, although he had received a week's notice of the intended expedition of such vast Importance to his district. ALFRED F. SEARS. In The Oregonian of November S Mr. Wlndle. one of Major Sears confreres, said: "It is our purpose to offer the land segregated under our contracts (or at least the liens on said land, as we never acquire title to the land) for from $S to THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ST LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. FINISH AND DECORATIONS ON THEJ BUILDING OF INDUSTRIES. $12 per acre, payable $1 down and the balance in 10 annual installments." CANADIANS ARE SCARED. Fear United States Will Put Duty on Lumber. TORONTO, Ont., Nov. 16. Canadian lumbermen who are in touch with what is going on at Washington and in Cana dian government circles are alarmed over the rumor that a duty of $4 per 1000 feet will be levied on Canadian sawed lumber entering the United States. It is said that the measure is intended as a reprisal for the action of the provincial govern ments of Ontario and Quebec In placing an embargo on .the export of pulp wood. A number of pump mills on the northern borders of the United States were de pendent largely on Canada for pulp wood, and these have suffered by the embargo. No effective reprisal can be taken in connection with the pulp industry, so that an effort. It is alleged, Is on foot to strike at Canada through the saved lumber industry. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is anxious that the governments of both Ontario and Quebec should take some step that will mitigat the alleged griev ance of the American pulp men. It Is possible that on his coming trip to Vir ginia Sir Wilfrid will discuss the matter with the American Government. FOREIGN STOCK EXCHANGES. German Bourse Watching Wall Street With Interest. BERLIN, Nov. 16. The German Bourse is watching the movement in Wall street with the keenest interest, but the break In quotations in New York exercised comparatively little Influence here. , The Berlin financiers do not expect a great reaction in Germany to result from any collapse in the American situation, since German holdings of American securities are too unimportant and the American operators owe practically nothing to the German market. Nevertheless, the most Important feature of the week here namely, the further heavy break in Ham burg-American and North German Lloyd shares was attributed to American sales thereof, especially by the Deutsche Bank, which has also been effecting large sales of its holdings In these stocks. Domestic operators, too, have been selling short, and quotations of Hamburg-Americans stood yesterday at 97 and North German Lloyds at 95. The renewed relapse was occasioned by the bad freight market and the fear that the American revulsion, reacting upon the general business situation, might cause a disruption of the Morgan ship ping combination, and thereby disorgan ize the freight market. A report was also current that Austria will direct tho flow of emigration from that country through Trieste, instead of via Hamburg and Bremen, as at present. The other departments of the market were weak and dull, this condition being attributed to the Wall street situation and the fall In Kaffirs on the London Stock- Exchange. Decline of Silver In Loudon. LONDON, Nov. 16. While money was reasonably abundant last week, the slight improvement in the situation on tho Stock Exchange and an attempt to force a boom in home rails resulted in a few advances and a small amount of so-called investment buying took place, but the bpeak in American securities and Kaf firs left the market as spiritless and un interesting as it has been for weeks past. The record fall in the price of sliver was one of the features of the week, and this decline was in proportion more marked In India than on the home mar ket. The explanation offered here for. this collapse was the lack of any Eastern demand, coupled with the forced liquida tion in Wall street and the rumor that Mexico intended to establish a gold' stand ard. The general outlook in India, how ever, is Improving, and It is thought that a period of prosperity in that country will tend to check any further decline in silver. All Depends on the Motive. Hlllsboro Argus. Governor Ge"erhas decided that he will call no extra session. It tvill now be in order to abuse the man from Waldo Hills. Once upon a time, when he thought of calling an extra session, it was up to the Portland people to impugn his motives. Now that he' has refused to call the Leg fslature together before the regular ses sIon7.lt -will be in order for the Portland powers ythat be to again call attention to the . fact that there Is a "nigger in the woodpile." 1 Dyspepsia In Its worst forms will yield to the use of Carter's Little Nerve Pills, aided by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Dose, one of each after eating. THE BREAD CAME BACK LXJCK OF ROSS LAND MINER WHO WENT BROKE. Man Whom He Had Early Befriended Fats Him in a $10,000 Job in St. Lonis. SPOKANE, Nov. 16. (Special.) Hector McRae, formerly a well-known mining man of this section, and particularly in British Columbia, has just tumbled into a position which will pay him $10,000 per year as manager of a steel works at St. Louis. He gets the position through an old friend, whom McRae helped financial ly several years ago. McRae had made money In British Co lumbia, at one time having $37,000 on de posit in Rossland. but went broke. He was so badly broke that his friends had j to heln him tret back to Ottawa a year 1 to help him get back to Ottawa a year ago,vand later made up a purse to send his wife back. The woman was almost destitute. Today General Warren, an old friend of the McRaes, received a letter from McRae, which reads In part: "My. Dear General Some years ago I helped a friend financially, when he was in the hole. I never heard of or saw him till four days ago In Ottawa. The amount was $125. . He paid It back with $S75 interest, brought me down here on the first train the same day, and last night closed a three years' contract with me as general manager of his steel works here at $10,000 per year, and a liberal amount for expenses; also a furnished flat for my family and $500 to bring them along next week. "He came here three years ago with $3 65, and today is probably the richest man in the city. He operates Ave big: financial companies and pays over $10,000 a day in salaries alone. He took shelter on the Exchange tBank steps one night three Winters ago; now he owns the bank and the block. His principal com pany, the Rialto Securities & Grain Ex change, have their own block of offices with a staff of 240 clerks and 32 stenog raphers. "This, General, Is a sudden change for the writer, who just a week ago today was notified In Ottawa that unless the rent of his house was paid In 24 hours, he would be ejected by a lenient land lord." SOLDIERS UNDER ARREST. Held for Attempting Destruction of Fort Stevens. ASTORIA, Nov. 16. (Special.) Five of the enlisted men at Fort Stevens were arrested several days ago and many ru mors are afloat that the arrests were made on account of complicity in the recent incendiary fires that have oc curred at the post. Two of the men were released yesterday and they protest igno rance of why they were taken into cus tody. The others are 6tlll held but any reliable Information about the case is hard to obtain. As near as can be learner! the' only evidence against the men is the testimony of "hand-writing experts." Several months ago, at the time the first fires occurred at the post a note signed "The Twelve Dynamiters," and threaten ing the destruction of the barracks, was found. Shortly afterward an order was issued by the commanding officer direct- lng each enlisted man to write a short l1IIIIlimmilimimilMmiimmMlllmiiimiiiiiiiliitimiTmiiMl;)ilmyVTimn m 'Sally LunnV azure eye sparkles and glistens As to 'Flap Jack' and 'Waffles' she eagerly listens. The important message to housewives is that the best puddings are li P27D sentence, sign his name to It and present it at headquarters, presumably for the purpose of selecting those who should be ordered to attend the post school, one of which Is maintained at every military sta tion for the benefit of Illiterate soldiers. These "copies," with the mysterious let ter, were forwarded to the department at Washington for inspection. The order ior arrest followed. It Is understood that of 'the lSthSnSr1 In circulation that one of them has con fessed being a member of the party who started the fires. CROWN PRINCE IN SAN DIEGO. Will Be1, Guest of the City Not Timid Man. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 16. The Crown Prince of Siam, who is touring the United States in a special train of four cars, this ovenlncr tAmnlAta Vila V. Northeastern to the extreme Southwest- j em point of the United States. The train arrived at San Diego at 4:15. and the party immediately took carriages for a F William F. F. Revort. president of i r, ' -r-r - Wood, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce, called on the Prince and invited him to accept the city's hospitality to morrow. In respect to the report from London of his engagement to the daughter of the Empress of Japan, the Prince said It was a revival of an old story published in a London paper some months ago. He knew nothing of It. Those who have believed the story that the Prince was afraid of the Chicago ele vators would change their opinions had they seen him descend the Grand Canyon on the back of a mule. Part of the trail was covered with Ice. and while the slip ping of the horses frightened most of the party into dismounting, the Prince re malned in the saddle the whole distance. The Prince looked upon this visit to the Grand Canyon as the star day of his tour. On the way to San Diego a stop was made at Caplstrano to visit the old mission-house and church. ATTORNEY COMMITTED SUICIDE. Was Under Mnrder and E nib esr le nient Charges. SALT LAKE, Nov. 16. A special to the Tribune from Pocafello. Idaho, says: Attorney R. C. Sneed, who last Sum mer made an attempt to kill H. V. Piatt, agent for the 'Oregon Short Line at this place, who is now occupying the same position at Salt Lake, died here at S o'clock this morning from the effects of a morphine hypodermic injection, surround ed by circumstances indicating suicidal Intent. The body will be shipped to Se dalla, Mo., tomorrow at the request of the law firm of Montgomery & Montgom ery, "who are brothers-in-law of the de ceased. Two daughters, aged 12 and 16. who reside with an uncle at Sedalia, and a son aged 14 living here, survive him. County Attorney S. C. Winters, Sneed's law partner, yesterday swore out a war rant charging Sneed with the embezzle ment of the firm's money, which It Is al leged Sneed had bet and lost on the re cent election. This, It Is said, together with the charge of attempt to murder Piatt, for which he was under heavy ball, was the cause of the -suicide. POLK COUNTY PRISONERS ESCAPE. Sawed Prison Bars Must Have Had Oatside Aid. DALLAS, Or., Nov. 16. (Special.) R. G. Marsland and Fred Weatherwax. two in mates of "the Polk County Jail at this place, made their escape last night by sawing off two bars of the steel cage and one bar of a basement window. Discovery of the prisoners' flight was made by Sher iff Ford at 8:30 this morning, at which time he went to the jail to feed them. The frame of a bracket saw, with the saw missing from it. was found by the Sheriff on the basement, floor, near the window from which thoy had made their escape, showing beyond doubt that they had received aid from outside parties. Marsland is the same fellow who escaped from the same jail on October 11. R. G. Marsland is 19 years of age; height, 6 feet 2 Inches; weight. 165 pounds: Roman nose, blue eyes. light hair, smooth, round face. Weatherwax Is 25 years old; height, 5 feet 7 Inches; muscular, stout build; sandy hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, smooth, slim face, long upper Hp, straight nose, and shows teeth and gums when laughing. FATAL SHOTGUN ACCIDENT. Resulted in Death of Young Man Near La Grnnde. LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 16. Frank Rad ford, a young man formerly employed at the McCallster stock farm, east of town. was killed today by the accidental dis- charge of a snotgun. iwoiora ana Aruiur McCallster, the 13-year-old son of ex-Sen- - . , , , , . hunt ducks, gun through the contents, at a distance of 10 feet, struck Radford in the abdomen, tearing a J organs, speedily restoring thera to normal hole two Inches in diameter. Dr. Rich- , activity. ardson arrived in an hour, but Radford 1 An druegists sell and guarantee first bot died in 15 minutes thereafter. The young j tie Dr. Miles' Remedies. Ijend for free boolc man was 23 years old and a resident of on Nervous and Heart Diseas-s. Address 1 Mlnden, Neb. He had been employed re- cently near Union, and was on a visit to The Message made fromtt&snagical (Better thaaivr SOE of the shortening saved ; if you like, all of milk; try this in vour next biscuits, the result will The H-0 l&&' Company iiiiitiiiiiiiiiysM the McCallbter family. No inquest was deemed necesrary. and the remains will be buried here. No blame attaches to the boy. who is frantic with grief. Electric Company's Improvements. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Nov. 16. (Special.) The North Shore Electric Company has recently Equipped its new plant with a . ! "dded w poles, new wire circuits and transformers, and now furnishes a primary current of. 2300 volts and a secondary curent of 110 volts. Snnnysitle Boy Fonnd. OREGON CITY. Nov. 16. Henry Ott. 13 years old, ran away from home at Sunny side yesterday, and was brought here last nlgfyt from the Government salmon hatch ery, on Clear Creek. TThe boy 13 crazy, and has run away from home three times. A brother came after him this- afternoon and took him home New Style of Golf Balls. New York Times. Golfing circles are discussing with much Interest the new rubber-filled golf ball, which can with less force bo driven much further than the old-fashioned solid rub ber ball. The Haskell and the Kempsall are so far the only kind of rubber-filled balls before the public. Both balls are of similar constructlon,,the main differences being that In the Haskell ball the rubber which is wound round the center core Is no larger than the elastic threads used in the sides of elastic side boots, while in the Kempsall it is like tape half an Inch wide. The only difference In the course of the old and new balls when hit with the same kind of blow is that the rubber- filled ball describes a longer parabola. It travels many yards further than the or- dlnary rubber ball when struck moder ately hard, but the curious thing is the difference of its action when struck by J a good or a bad player. The rubber-filled ball lasts longer than the old golf ball, as It recovers more com pletely from the blow, and retains Its spherical shape. OwThg to the lightness of the new ball, which makes the shorter1 game more difficult, there Is little differ ence In all-around results. the soap for fair, white hands, bright clear complexion, soft, healthful skin. Sold all over the world. Soldiers Subject to Aches and Pains. I Have My Share I Find Relief in Dr. Miles' Anli-Pain Pills and Nervine. "I can cheerfully recommend Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills as first-class in every respect. They have done wonders for me. I was a soldier in the late war and am subject to and have my share of the aches and pains from the hardship that usually falls to the lot of the soldiers who saw service. Anti-Pain Pills never fail to relieve the rheumatic twinges, headache or other pains. A number of old comrades m this vicinity who have used Dr. Miles' Restorative Tonic, Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills speak highly of their virtues in every respect. 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