THE MOBOTG . OKEONIAN,. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1903.
IT HELPS HERMANN
President's Recognition Gains
Him Votes.
PROVES HARMONIOUS RELATION
Invitation to Join Presidential Party
Causes- Elation In Congressional ;
Candidate's. Ranks and Gloom
Among: Democrats.
Politicians are -wondering -whether Presi
dent Roosevelt, in his speeches today, -will
come out openly for Hermann's election.
Republican adherents of Hermann hope
that Mr. Roosevelt -will do so. Democrats
hope that he -will not.
All doubt about Hermann's harmonious
relations -with the President have been set
at rest. The first announcement of Mr.
Roosevelt's attitude, as printed a -week
ago, -was assailed by many Democrats as
false. But when the President invited
Mr. Hermann to ride -with him from Salem
to Portland, he save evidence that that
very much chagrined. Some of them have j
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very poor judgment to mix up In the local
politics of the state.
Democrats had confidence before the
President came out the way he has done
that they could beat Hermann. But their
confidence Is now wavering. However,
they insist that the election, though close,
will send Reames to Congress.
Republican supporters of Hermann esti
mate that Hermann will be elected by be
tween 2500 and 4000 plurality. They figure
on a light vote, both In the Democratic
and In the Republican camp. They base
their argument on the following syllogism:
Furnish carried the First District against
Chamberlain by over 1100 plurality; but
Hermann Is stronger than Furnish, and
Reames Is weaker than Chamberlain.
Therefore, Hermann's election is cocksure.
They say that, even if some Republicans
vote for Reames, as many Democrats will
vote for Hermann, especially in the Coast
counties. And If many Republicans stay
away from the polls a large number of
Democrats will do the same. Therefore,
sinco TonKuo last June defeated his Dem
ocratic opponent, "Weatherford, by 7300
votes, Hermann will be elected by at least
8000 votes.
"More hotels needed" Is written on the
faces of all the strangers in town. All the
hotels last night were chock full and over
flowing. And yet the half of the visitors
had not yet arrived. Good lodgings were
extremely hard to find.
"If .this is the way you fill up," said a
stranger, "when the Masons and Oddfel
lows come to town, what are you going to
do with the crowds that attend your
Lewis and Clark Exposition? If private
enterprise will not provide more hotels
here, the people of the city should take
the matter In hand. Of course, hotels
that would accommodate all the Exposi
tion -visitors could not be expected to pay
profits after the Fair. But you need at
least' one more first-class hotel here, and
other accommodations, cheap and tempo
rary, yet comfortable, could be furnished
during the Exposition."
How many strangers are In town it
would be Impossible to estimate closely.
The six leading hotels have accommoda
tions for 1500 people, and other hotels, for
about 1000 more. All the first-class lodging-houses
were full of visitors. This city
can receive In its hotels and lodging
houses over 50.000 people. Many outsiders
are visiting their friends, who dwell in
private houses.
Among the visitors who take more than
passing interest In politics are J. W. Scrl
ber and John VT. Knowles, both of La
Grande. They helped to groom Fulton In
the last Senatorial race, and evidently
carried a good deal of favor there be
cause Senator Fulton persuaded the Ore
gon delegation to recommend Knowles for
Register of the La Grande Land Office, to
succeed E. "V. Bartlett, present Incum
bent. The appointment was hold up by a
preacher named King, who filed certain
charges against Knowlesi alleging that
he "stood In" with gambling and other
vices when he was City Attorney.
Knowles followed out the policy of the
local Citizens' party In opposition to the
reform party, in regulating vice by fining
Its practitioners. Instead of toy trying to
drive it out of the city.
"I really don't know what the charges
were." said Mr. Knowles yesterday, "but
they were not against my personal char
ucter. This much King has told me. He
Informs me he has written to the Secre
tary of the Interior that he does not wish
to make any complaint against my per
tonal character, and that politics was
really behind the protest. I have reason
to believe that the President will appoint
me soon after he returns to Washington."
Mr. Knowles said that Bartlett, the
present Incumbent of the office, had en
couraged King to file the charges. By so
doing, Bartlett had put off appointment
of a new man, and, therefore, had held
on to the office longer.
"KIntr now regrets that he made the
charges against Knowles," said Mr. Scrlb
er. Interrupting the conversation. Mr.
Bcriber was asked whether King had been
made a tool by a political faction. He
replied loss bluntly than the question was
put by saying that wng naa oeen in
duced by a political faction.
"But he's sorry for it now," isald Mr.
Scrlber.
"Swackhamcr, the receiver, and Bartlett,
tho register, have not got along very
well together. Both are competent men,
there's no doubt about that. But Bart
lett has allowed his work to pile up on
his desk and then by working very hard
has cleared it all away at once and passed
It over to Swackhamer in a bunch. Bart
lett is a very quick worker. Swackhamer
is slower. It can be readily seen there
fore why they didn't hitch up together."
Mr. Scrlber said that sugar beets in the
Grand Rondo were growing finely though
held back by cool weather. "The pprouts
have been up about three weeks," saidhe.
"and now It's a fight against weeds. Many I
Japanese are employed to do the weeding.
White help Is preferred, but enough of it!
cannot be secured. "Ve look for a larger
crop of beets than ever before."
"The President's visit," said C. B.
Mooree. ex-Register of the Oregon City
Land Office, "will draw many Republicans
to the polls who might stay away. I don't
expect to see a heavy vote. Yes, I know
the Democrats are shouting that Reames
is elected, but they always do that until
the polls close. You're right about .It,
- they do sometimes shout longer than that,
but -not often. Democrats profess to wish
to uphold a Republican Administration.
Well. I can't say that I blame 'em. Strikes
me it's a pretty pood thing to do. The
. district will elect Hermann by probably
2500 plurality. Clackamas will give Her
mann perhaps 300 plurality. Hermann will
get many Democratic votes In Southern
Oregon and in the Coast counties."
J. M. Williams, of Eugene, Captain of
Company C. O. X. G., and ex-Deputy Dis
trict Attorney, as a good Republican has
faith In Hermann's election. "Business
and Industry In Lane' County." said he.
"are growing fast."
A. C, Jennings, "of Eugene, chief clerk
of the House, is mixing with the politi
cians In his usually winsome manner.
"Hermann," said the. "will win Lane
County by, say, 300 votes. Over in tho
Sluslaw country everybody is for Her
mann. The normal Republican plurality
in Lane Is COO votes, but a good many Re
publicans may not get to the polls. The
announcements of harmony between Her
mann and the President are worth 1000
votes to our candidate. Before they came
out I figured Hermann would win by
3000 votes. Kow I estimate his plurality
at 4000.
"Crops lip our way are doing welL All
progressive farmers in Lane favor the
Fair. If the appropriation should 'some to
a referendum, they would vote for It."
George "W. Riddle.- of Douglas County.
Is a director of the 1905 Exposition. He
doesn't approve the position that labor
unions iave taken in Portland. "Their
boycott of the Pair is unpopular up our
way," said he. "So Is their disposition
about the President's platform as evi
denced by their telegram to Roosevelt.
That's where the unions break down. Kor
would it be right for the Fair directors to
That's where the unions break down.
2Sor would it be right for the Fair di
rectors to hire "only union men. It would
ruin the Fair sure. It .Isn't Amer
ican to deny a man the right of working
Just because he isn't a memebr of a union.
A man's American citizenship Is qualifi
cation enough. That platform made peo
ple down my way laugh. The unions were
very foolish to boycott the Fair."
Mr. Riddle said that the Initiative and
referendum had afflicted the Fair by over
shadowing it witty uncertainty.
"We can't get beds," exclaimed Theo
dore Cameron, of Jackson County, ex
State Senator. "I mean all these other
people can't get beds," he explained. "I
have one already. Engaged It ahead. You
people down here need more hotels. How
are you going to take care of Exposition
visitors If the Masons and Oddfellows
alone can fill up your hotels? I notice
you are trying to Improve your streets.
It a herd to keen rnnd slrcpts In this ell-
It's hard to keep good streets In this ell
mate. But Belgian block pavement seems
to wear very well.
"How about Jackson County? Well, sir,
the Democrats are going to be surprised
down there. They claim the county by
SO0 votes, '.but they won't get It by that
many, and maybe not at all. The election
In Jackson Is going to be very close, and
Hermann may beat Reames there. From
reliable authority I hear that Klamath
and .Lake are in the Hermann column.
Tho district will give Hermann 3000 plu
rality. There's no doubt whatever that
he and the President are on cordial terms.
How Reames, a Democrat, could be more
In accord with Roosevelt than Hermann,
a Republican, I can't see. Reames is try
ing to show, by reading his father-in-law's
speeches, how he'd bo In harmony,
with the President. But it won't work."
Marlon Hayden, representing Benton
County in the lower branch of the Legis
lature, said that Benton County would
give- Hermann 100 plurality. "The vote
will he light," he remarked, "and it will
bo hard to get the voters out in some of
the precincts, but It will be the same way
with Democrats as with Republicans."
W. CI Tweedale, of Albany, thought that
Hermann stood a chance of carrying Linn
County. "The Democrats," said he, "have
no active leader In Linn, and this is their
disadvantage. Division and new people
have diminished their power. The number
of Socialist votes will be considerable, and
they will draw from the Democratic can
didate. By how many votes will Her
mann bo elected? That's bard to esti
mate, and I really can't say, but he'll be
elected safely enough." ,
BUNCO MEN IN JAIL. ,
Had Come to Reap Ilnrveat Off the
Crowd In City.
Two expert bunco men who were pre
paring to reap a harvest from the crowds
along the parade route were taken Into
custody yesterday. James Ryan and
Frank Thayer are two of the best-known
"blg-mltt" men on the Coast. Graft of all
kinds, shapes and manner Is their spe
cialty. Having taken rooms In a most In
conspicuous part of the city, they were
sizing up the town and the richness of the
crowds.
Ryan and Thayer were arrested yester
day by Detectives Snow and Kerrigan on
the Morrison-street bridge, while crossing
to town from their room at East Stark
street and Union avenue. The detectives
recognized them and the arrest followed
without allowing the bunco men a chance
to show their hand.
Both Ryan and Thayer made merry at
Seaside some four years ago. The games
they played on the unsuspecting Portland
visitors were a marvel. Theft, high and
low, swindles, gambling, with a little
true bunco-steering as variety, formed
their amusement for the Summer. Tho
Portland detectives made their acquain
tance early In the season, and were on
the lookout for them should an attempt
bo made to transfer their operations to
this city.
The prospect of a rich haul from the
sightseeing crowds drew them to Port
land, but the memory of their faces was
still in the minds of tho detectives, so
they are out of harm's way for today at
least. It Is probable, the officers think,'
that these men travel a day or two In
advance of the Presidential party and
constantly take advantage of the throngs
which pack the streets of every city vis
ited. Thus far they have no positive proof
that such Is the case, but Ryan and
Thayer are known to have traveled all
over the United States. In this case It Is
strange that their deeds have not found
them .out before reaching Portland,, but
It Is possible that this time they made a
longer jump than usual and thus gave the
detectives a chance to recognize them be
fore the city became too crowded.
CENTENNIAL OF OHIO.
Anniversary of Statehood Is Being
Celebrated.
CHILLICOTHE, O., May 20. The cen
tennial of Ohio's statehood was celebrated
here today, and will continue tomorrow
with all the ceremony .made possible by
the Inhabitants of this "ancient metropo
lis." .
The two days' programme consists of
addresses on historical topics, to be deliv
ered in a great tent Jn the city park, a
civic parade and a display of fireworks on
Thursday night. The decorations are of
the most tasteful description. At 9 A. M.
today the first public act of the celebra
tion took place in the common pleas court
room, where a plaster medallion of Ed
ward Tiffin. Ohio's first Governor, was
presented to the country. ft
Following came the set programme ior
the day. Governor Nash presiding. Mayor
Yale made the address of welcome and
Dr. W. J. Kelfer responded for the His
torical Society. Then followed historical
addresses by Hon. Judson Harmon, of
Cincinnati: Professor. Martin B., Andrews,
of Marietta; Judge Rush Sloane, of San
dusky: Judge M. M. Grander, formerly of
the Ohio Supreme Court; General Thomas
M. Anderson. Murat Halstead, former
Governor James E. Campbell, of New
York; 'Senator Foraker and General
Charles H. Grosvenor.
Tnrka Getting Beyond Control.
SALONICA, May 16, Saturday. The long
list of recent deliberate murders In Monas
tlr, with a preponedrance of Bulgarian
victims. Indicates, It is asserted, that the
Turks are gettln gbeyond control." Out
of 21 officially admitted murders, 15 Bul
garians were among the victims. In
some cases the bodies were mutilated.
One man murdered by Turks had his eyes
torn out, his face burned and his tongue
cut out.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
It Baby Is Cutting Teetli,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy,
Mr. WlnrioWs Soothing Syrup, for children
teething. It poothes the child, softens the rums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea.
Have you friends coming from the East?
If so, send their names to the Denver &
Rio Grande office. 124 Third street. Port
land, Or.
Famous bull-head tuck.
Opla 6c cigars best on the market.
QUICK WORKONTHE GRANT
BAR DREDGE WILL BE READY FOR
SERVICE IN AUGUST.
Entire Force at Mare Island Is En
gaged in Transf o'rmlBg the Bis
Steamer. N ' '
V
C. F. Swigert. general manager of the
City & Suburban. Railroad, and' member
of the Port of Portland Commission, who
has returned from an Eastern trip, brings
word that the Government seagoing dredge
Grant will probably be ready to begin op
erations at the mouth of the Columbia In
August.
"While in Washington." said Mr. Swi
gert, "I visited the Chief Engineer's office
and had a talkrwith Colonel McKenzIe,
Assistant Chief Engineer. The Colonel ex
pressed himself as-hopeful of the results
to be obtained from the Grant operating
as a dredge. He said that the Navy De
partment officials at Mare Island are mak
ing unexpectedly rapid progress In chang
ing the steamer and In Installing the dredg
ing! machinery. The navy-yard Is short of
work on Government vessels, and the en
tire force has been put to work trans
forming the war transport Into a dredge.
Colonel McKenzIe hoped that the Grant
would bo In operation In August, or
at least very early In the Fait. He
Informed me that the : dredging pumps
had been contracted for, and though some
of the castings had been lost In the foun
dry, still ho believed that would not cause
delay in the final completion of - the ves-
"Colonel McKenzIe has given the sub
ject of bar dredging deep study, and from
results obtained elsewhere he Is more
than hopeful that the dredging of the
Columbia River bar will prove success
ful."
STEAMER INSPECTION SERVICE.
Uliler "Will Call Together Supervis
ors to Consider Needed Changes.
Supervising Inspector-General Uhler la
preparing a circular order calling to
gether the ten supervising inspectors of
the Steamboat Inspection Service, to meet
In Washington on June 3, to consider many
needed changes in the regulations, and also
the amendments to the- general law which
shall be Introduced at the next session of
Congress. Tho new regulations can be put
Into force at once. The amenamenio vu
the law will have to wait a few months;
nf rnnrsp. Amonff other broad subjects
which, will come up for discussion are ad
visable changes in boiler construction, the
kind of test which should be applied In
the light of our larger present knowledge,
and a better assurance against the perils
of collision In thick weather. No opposi
tion to the enactment of the new legis
lation Is apprehended, as Congress has
shown Itself very much alive, to reforms
of this sort, having for their obvious pur
nofift the nrnteetlon of human life. The
only parties who could have any Incentive
whatever to obstruct are a few owners
of steam vessels who protest against be
ing put to further expense: but exper
ience has proved that objections on that
score fade away as soon as a committeo
of either house proves that It means to
make Its hearings exhaustive, and that
every opponent of a measure will be re
quired to tell In plain terms of dollars
and cents what amount of pocket saving
he considers he equivalent for dooming a
shipload of trusting passengers to sud
den death.
Secretary Shaw, Assistant Secretary
Armstrong and Secretary Cortclyou are
working In conjunction on this matter.
The conference of the supervising Inspec
tors will be held under Treasury auspices,
but this Is only to save time. The Idea Is
to make suchi reforms In the regulations
and prepare such amendments for the
law as aro needed, take time to put them
into the most effective shape, and then let
Secretary Cortelyou begin his career as
tho highest authority over the Steamboat
Inspection Service, with everything ready
to his hand. The recommendations for
legislation will probably form a conspic
uous feature of his first annual report as
a Cabinet officer.
SCOTCH CAP LIGHT.
Will -JJe In Operation oh or About
Jane 15.
Notice is given by the lighthouse board
that on or about June 15, 1903, a fixed
white light of the third order will be
established In the structure now being
completed on tho point on the southern
shore of tho western end. of Unlmak Isl
and, about 19f miles eastward of Scotch
Cap and on the northern side of Unlmak
Pass. Aleutian Islands. The focal plane
of the light will be 90 feet, above mean
high water and 35 feet above the base of
the structure, and the light will be vis
ible 15 miles In lear weather. The llfjht
will illuminate 216 degrees of the horizon
and will be visible to the southward of
north S4 degrees west true (west south
west seven-eighths west westerly mag.)
and south 72 degrees cast true (east mag.),
(bearings from seaward). Approximate
positions, latitude 54 degrees 23 minutes
47 seconds north, longitude 164 degrees 44
minutes 45 seconds west.
On the same date there will be estab
lished In the structure a ten-Inch whistle.
operated by compressed air, to sound dur
ing thick or foggy weather blasts of five
seconds' duration, separated by silent in
tervals of 55 seconds.
Tho structure Is a white octagonal one
story wooden building, with a brown
pyramidal roof surmounted by a white
octagonal tower, with a cylindrical lantern
having a black roof. Two oil-houses, three
dwellings, a barn and a boathouse, each
painted white with brown roof, are all
located to the eastward of the lighthouse.
POST LIGHT CHANGES.
Alterations to Aids to Navigation on
the Lower River.
Commander C. G. Calkins, lighthouse
Inspector of the 13th district, issues a no
tice of the following changes in the aids
to navigation in this district:
Beacon 1 post light May 1 a fixed red
post lantern light, suspended 22 feet above
tho water from an arm on a single pile,
was established In ten feet of water, on a
projecting sandsplt on the northerly side
of . the channel. Left tangent to Tongue
Point, S. by W. W.; Everdlng & Far
rell's flshhouse, SW. by W.; house on
Portuguese Point, N. W. by W. (north
erly). Beacon 3 post light On May 1 this light
was discontinued, and the single plIe.frorn
which It was shown will hereafter be des
ignated as beacon 3.
Beacon i On May 1 this beacon was
discontinued, as, owing to the shifting of
the channel. It was no longer required.
Bertlilng Vessels at Cape Town.
The government of Cape Colony has Is
sued a notice approving of the following
order for the berthing of vessels being
observed by the Table Bay Harbor Board:
1. Steamers engaged under contract
with the colonial governmcht for the con
veyance of His Majesty's malls between
the United Kingdom and South Africa
to "have preference In discharging cargo,
but not In respect of cargo trans-shipped
to them from any other vessel from any
port in the colony.
JL Other general cargo steamers.
3. General cargo sailers.
4. Steamers or sailers with coal; tim
ber, or' other full cargo of one article.
Provided that after .14 days detention
vessels under heading four shall take turn
with these under heading three.
Sounding Channel for Potter.
ASTORIA. Or., May 20. (SpecaL) Cap
tain Turner, of the O. R. & N.. is down
from Portland today making soundings of
the channel across the river at the head
of Sand Island. These soundings are for
the purpose of ascertaining it there has
been any change since last Summer and
In anticipation of the opening of the ex
cursion-season to -Long iieaca, wiien me
steamer T. J. Potter will .make regular
runs between Portland and Ilwaco.
Barbeaad at Tillajaeelc
ASTORIA. Or.. May 20. (Special.) The
schooner Antelope is bar bound at.Tllla-.
mooK witn a cargo of 150,000 feet or. lum
ber for' San Francisco. She has been
loaded for a couple of weeks,- but" cannot
put to sea until the Elmore can find a
favorable opportunity to tow her out.
Marine Notes.
The Madagascar, from Portland for
Cork, was spoken May 9 In 46 north, 35
west.
Tho schooner Forest Home has .cleared
for Taku with S0S.3S2 feet , of lumber and
a quantity of piling; of a total value of
$13,975. .
The Pacific ' Export Lumber Company
has chartered the British ship Agnes Os
wald; 13S0 tons, to load lumber for the
Orient. The ship Is now en route from
Newcastle to Honolulu with coal.
t
Domestic and Foreign Portii. '
ASTORIA. OrT. May 20. Sailed at 12:30 T.
M. Steamer Elmore, for Tillamook. Arrived
at 2:30 and left, up at 5:20 P. M. Steamer
ueo. Elder, from San Francisco. Condi
tion of the bar at 4 P. il.. moderate; wind
southwest; -weather cloudy.
San Francisco, Slay 20. Arrived Steamer
Columbia, from Astoria. Sailed Schooner Ab-
ble. for Coqullle River; schooner Advance, for
ixximiie; schooner Okanogan, for Port Gam
ble; schooner Falcon, for Gray'a Harbor;
steamer Chehalis, for Gray's Harbor; schooner
Empire, for Coos Bay.
NeVr York. May 20. Balled St. Paul, for
Southampton? Pottsdam, for Rotterdam; Ger
manic, for Liverpool.
Antwerp. .May 20. Sailed Rhynland. for
Philadelphia.
HOQUIAM. Wash., May 20. Sailed May IS
Schooner Olga, from Hoqulam. for Hawaiian
Islands; schooner J. A. Garheld. from Aber
deen, for Ban Francisco. Arrived May IS
Steamer Coronado, from San Francisco, for
Aberdeen; May 19, schooner Sailor Boy, from
San Francisco for Aberdeen.
Seattle. May 10. Sailed Steamer Dolphin.
for Skagway; steamer City of Topeka. for
Skagway. May 20. Arrived Schooner "William
Olsen, from San Pedro; steamer Jeanle, from
Alaska, sailed Schooner M. E. Foster, for
Port Ludlow. Arrived Steamer Senator, from
ban FTaacLsco. Sailtd Schooner A. M. Baxter.
ior Ballard.
Seattle. May 20. Arrived Japanese steamer
Kaga Maru, from Hong Kong.
Tacoma, May 20. Arrived Steamer James
Dollar, from San Francisco. Sailed British
ship Euphrates, for Sydney, via Port Town
send; steamer Queen, for San Francisco, via
beattie.
Bremen. May 20. Arrived Xckar, from
Aew lork.
xoKonama, May 18. Arrived Empress of
China, from Vancouver for Hlogo, Shanghai
ana nong Kong.
New York. May 20. Arrived Pennsylvania,
iroro. nampurg; Mystic, from Liverpool.
NEW HIGH RECORD.
airnggie Ior Control of the Cotton
Market Continues.
NEW YORK. May 20. The cotton market,
ujreneu amia a rush of excitement, with the
-CIV urieans hull leaders personally conduct
ins operations. The situation has resolved
ltseir into a struggle for supremacy between
the New Orleans leader on the one hand and
a combination of large interests on the other,
headed by 'the leader of the late New England
bull clique and prominent exporting people
of Philadelphia. The former stands for atlll
further advances, while the latter are fight
ing tooth and nail to check the advance, with
the smaller operators either tailing behind
their chosen leaders or attempting to scalp
fractional -advantages as first one sld thon
the other attains temporary ascendancy. Trad
ing was tremendously active and warehouses
Trere overloaded with buying orders, mostly
ior covepng new crop shorts.
Alter me can May sold to 11.77c. July to
11.35c. and August to 11.03c. these being net
obio points nigner on the old crop, while the
new crop option advanced net 1-QU points,
witn September selling at 0.09c. October nt
.45c and December at 9.13c. At this level
reaming became more or less general in th
near crop months, while' the old-crop bears
continued Hammering the near positions vlg'
orousiy, ana values began to give way, slow
ly and stubbornly at first, with frequent ral
lies, Dut midday found the market 13ffl9
points below the best of the morning on July
and August, while the new crop had lost
10313 points of Its advance. May was com?
paratlveiy quiet and neglected, showing- little;
cnange. f
During the afternoon It was denied that the
new Philadelphia Interests -were engaged In
concerted action against the bull contingent.
ana a report was circulated that the New
Orleans bull had arrived at an understand
lng with the Philadelphia parties which would
enable him to receive all cotton tendered on
the old-crop option. This rumor derived colo:
toward the close from the sensational man
ner in which prices were forced upward.
At no time during the day had the excite
ment been more Intense. May, Influenced by
the efforts of belated shorts, advanced to
lLOSc; July sold-at 11.35c, August at 11.50c
September, 10.11c, and December at 9.50c. all
of these prices being new high records, except
for July, which sold at within a point of lta
best previous prices. Then there -was a move
ment for profits by rooiri longs, and' prices
declined, the market closing barely steadr'and
net unchanged to. 30 points -"higher on the
near months, -while the new-crop positions
were 21 to 28 points higher.
Total sales of futures were estimated
800.000 bales.
Cotton futures closed barely steady. . May,
11.04c; June, 11.23c; July, 11.23c; August.
lO.OSc; September. 8.99c; October. 0.59c; No
vember, 9.43c; December and January, 9.39c
Spot closed steady, 30 points higher. Mid
dllng uplands, 12.15c; do Gulf. 12.40c; sates
500,000 bales.
Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 20. Official, closing
quotations for mining stocks today were as
follows.
Best & Belcher.. $1 45 Occidental Con. ..J 30
Caledonia 1 30OpMr 1 40
Challenge Con... 30 Overman 35
Chollar 1 24'Potosl 24
Confidence 1 lOjSag Belcher lj
Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 10: Sierra Nevada .. 01
Crown Point
14 i Silver Hill 1 w
40 Union Con. 59
Gould & Gurrie..
Hale & Norcroes
Justice
Mexican
50 Utah Con. 47
4 Yellow Jacket ... 37
71
NEW YORK, May 20. Closing quotations:
Adams Con $0 20; Little Chief fO 07
Alice 25 Ontario 5
Breece 25;Ophlr 120
Brunswick Con.. 41 Phoenix S
Comstock Tun. .. 8Potosi 20
Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 lSjeavage 15
Horn Silver .... 1 loi Sierra Nevada ... 50
Iron Silver .... 1 25 Small Hopes 35
Leadvllle Con. .. 2Standard 2 50
BOSTON, May 20. Closing quotations
Adventure S -7 00 Parrot .... S 25 50
Allouer 6 50JQulncy 100 00
Amalgamated . 61 75i Santa. Fe Copper 2 00
Daly-West .... 45 oo Tamarack li- 00
Bingham 28 OOlTrlmountain ... 89 50
Cal. & Hecia. 025 OOJ Trinity 8 00
Centennial
J2 60; United
States.
22 37
26 62
4 50
10 50
70-00
Copper .Range..
Dominion Coal.
Franklin
CO 001 Utah
90 50 Victoria. .
9 001 Winona .
Old Dominion.
17 lmvolverlne
Osceola 05 50j
Ex-div.
Maccabees Hold Banquet.
In honor of the newly Initiated Macca
bees s banquet was held last evening in
the A. 0. U. "W. Hall under the auspices
of tbq united camps of Multnomah Coun
ty. A delicious repast, songs, addresses
by prominent members of the order, made
the event a pleasant one to all par
ticipating. The Maccabee male quartet
gave a number of musical selections and
addresses were delivered by State Com
mander Sherwood, and Sir Knights G. W.
Stapleton, P. E. Shepard, G. B. Dlmlck,
L. Becker, W. F. Neldennark, J. Dltch
buim and J. H. "Werleln. Mrs. N. H.
Lambson also addressed the assembly.
OXE OF THE FIRST.
Dlnlng-car service was first inaugurated
on American railways In 1S75, and dining
car service between the Twin Cities ,and
Chicago was first established by the
North-yestern Line. For full Information
as to trains, rates, etc;.-call on or ad-
;urcss H. L. Slsler, general agent, 132 Third
street xuiunuui .wi.
No route "acroes the continent ofTers-so
many attractions as does the Denver &
Rid Grande. "Write the Portland. Agency,
124 Tblrd street, 70T illustrated bookkts.
RATE WAR !S ON
First . Gun Fired by China
Commercial Company,
' )
PACIFIC MAIL MEETS THE CUT
Rate of $4 a Ton on Floar Is Quoted
From San Francisco to Hong
Kong, "Which Starts a Fight
to ' the Death. '
The rate war In Trans-Pacific trade pre
dicted In yesterday's Cregonian Is actually
on,J the first gun being fired yesterday by
the China Commercial Steamship Com
pany, which made a rate of $t per ton .on
a lot of 1000 tons of flour from San Fran
cisco for Hong Korvj. The news was
promptly wired to this city, as well as to
Seattle, Tacoma and -V ancouver, where It
Is probable that similar cuts will be made.
although the local officials of the Portland
& Asiatic Line state that they have not
yet decided on a course of action. The
Pacific Mall was prompt to take up the
gauntlet thrown down by the . Chinese
company, and an Associated Press dis
patch from San Francisco reads as fol
lows:
"San Franeison. Mn.v VO. When tho blsr
liner Siberia, of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, sails from this port for the
Orient on her next trip, she will carry
freight at a cheaper rate than ever be
fore. '
"Tho appearance of a new competing
transoceanic line is the cause of this most
recent move by tho Pacific Mall people.
It Is evidently their purpose to. begin dis
couraging the competing line before It
gets fairly started. The agent of the Pa
cific Mall Company ha3 announced. unof
ficially, that rates would be so cut that a
ton of freight could be shipped to the
Orient for J4. By carrying the freight at
this' rate it Is hoped that the new rival
company, the China Commercial Steam
ship Company, will be unable to compete.
The new company will have three new
steamers of 5000 tons each built expressly
for them In England. Tho company Is
financed entirely by Chinese."
Cnt Is Met by Pacific Mail.
The inference from this dispatch would
bo that the Pacific Mall had taken the
Initiative, but parties In this city who
have been working on wheat business for
the Orient are In receipt of advices which
state that It was the Chinese company
that made the first cut, and by so doing
secured 1000 tons of flour which the Pacific
Mall had expected tosend out on the Si
beria. The latter Is a 15,000-ton carrier,
and on account of the presence of the
China Commercial Steamship Company's
liner Atholl In San Francisco, her freight
space Is but little more than half filled. As
stated In yesterday's Oregonlan, this trou
ble has been brewing for a long time,, and
the ultimate result of the scrap Is a prob
lem which Is causing transportation men
no end of trouble. Locally it is asserted
that there Is no money In a $5 rate, with
steamers running In ballast trim on the
Inward trip, and not always loaded' to
their capacity when bound outward. As
all of the lines engaged In the traffic, how
ever, have certain rail interests to be pro
tected, and all belong to the same asso
ciation as the Pacific Mail, they will un-
doubtedlS be forced for self-protection to
meet the rate now In effect from ban
Francisco. '
Fight to the Death.
It Is hardly believed In local transpor
tation circles that the Pacific Mall Is mak
ing the cut with a view to .forcing the
new company off the route, for It Is pret
ty generally known that it Is composed
of some of the richest men in the orient.
These men not only have practically un
limited capital on which to work their
ships, but they also have business con
nections throughout the empire, which
give them an advantage In securing
freight which none of their competitors
can secure. The strongest argument In
favor of the stability and staying quali
ties of the new line, in the opinion of local
steamship men. is the fact that J. K. Van
Buren. for 20 years In high standing and
prominent with the Pacific Mall, left that
company to go with the new line. They
argue that Van Buren's knowledge of the
matter was sufficient to prevent his
tying up with a line that was liable to be
forced out of business by a cut In rates.
For these reasons It seems more than
probable that' the prediction made yes
terday .that this would be a fight to the
death would come true. In the mix-up
Portland has everything to gain and
nothing to lose. There Is more business
here than can be handled by the regular
line, and If the competition becomes too
hot for the China Commercial In San
Francisco t can with but little difficulty
secure cargoes In Portland.
BROUGHT
TO LIGHT
Portland People Receiving
the Full Benefit.
There have been many caoes llko the fol
lowing in Portland. Every one relates tho
experience of. people wo know. Theea
plain, straightforward statements will do
much toward relieving the suffering of
thousands. Such testimony will be read
with interest by many people.
Mrs. L. C. Heldleback, wife of L. C
Heidleback, carpenter, living at 325
Fourth street, says: "In my. experience
Doan's Ointment la the best remedy I
ever used for the complaints It Is guar
anteed to cure. It brought mo almost
Immediate relief, moro than I ever ex
pected, for.I had been annoyed for a year
or moro with itching hemorrhoids, which,
although not serious, were very'annoylng.
I heard about Doan's Kidney Pills and
got a box at the Laue-Davls Drug Co.'s
store, corner of Yamhill and Third otreets.
Its usa gave me the highest opinion pf
suchm effective remedy."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cants a
box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take1 no
other.
CUTLERY
EVErTJLMmRRANTED
BEJLRS
Famous the World
Over
Fully Matured.
Order from
Ask and Find
The man of the world seeks
a perfect stimulant for his
own personal cheer, com
fort and hospitality.
The physician needs
the purest for his
patient.
Hunter
. Baltimore
Rye
The perfect
"Whiskey Is
The First Sought
and
The First Bought
ROTHCHILD BROS.,
Portland, Or.
Severe cases of
UMATISM
are being- cured jevery day by -
MEDICAL LAKE TABLETS
the greatest remedy for all dis
eases of the blood ever known.
They Regulate Strengthen
Purify. Are Nature's own
remedy. Not a physic.
SSe. a. Bottle, at Drng Stores.
Indian Head Brand, the Only Genuine.
MEDICAL LAKE SALTS MFG. CO.,
ISO Kusau St. , New York, and Spokane. 'Wash.
FOR SALE BY
COTTEL DRUG CO., 574 FIRST ST.
B. F. JONES & CO.. FRONT AND GIBBS.
S. G. SKTDMORE & CO.. 151 THIRD ST.
FRANK NAU. HOTEL PORTLAND.
A. "W. ALLEN. 1STH AND MARSHALL.
"WATTS & MATTHIEU. 275 RUSSELL ST.
NICHOLS & THOMPSON. 12S RUSSELL.
LAUE-DAVIS DRUG CO., 1T5 THIRD ST.
C. GEE WO
The Great Chinese Doctor
Is called, great be
cause his wonderful
cures are so well
known throughout
the United States,
and because so many
people are thankful
to hint for saving
their lives from
OPERATIONS
He treats any and
all diseases with
gowerful Chlness
erbs. roots, buds,
bark and vegetables.
that aro entirely ua
SnoTtriS: haTn?
remedies TbuVfamous doctor knows
1? "5.?"; 7,.tr roo different remedies
SSt"h. hVcessfuUy used In different
li3-, " tSS: rheumatisnt n-
vousness, stomach, liver Waneys. female
;,m nnrt all orivate diseases. Hua-
Araa nt testimonials. Charges moderate.
Call and see him.
CONSULTATION FREE
Patients out of the city -write for blank
and circular. Inclose stamp. Address
THE C. GEE WO
CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
233 Alder
this paper.
St, Portland, Or. Mention
teotfs Santal-Pepsin Capsules
A POSITIVE CURE
Porlnflsmmatlon or Catarrh
of the BUdder and Diseased
Kidneys. No oure no par.
Caret quickly sad Peraw-
nenuy tno -wots, cues oi
Gonorrhoea, and Gleet,
no mattsmf how long stand
ing. Absolntely harmless,
flnld trr Zruraista. Price.
$1.00, or by Jaau, postpaid,
JLCO, 3 boxes, 12.75.
THE JAMTAl-PEPSIH CO,
BELLEFOKTAINS. OHIO.
LATJE-DAYIS DRUG CO- Tortlnnd. Or.
Big Sua non-poiscnom
remedy for Gonorrhoea,
Gleet. Sperm at or rhce a.
Whites, unnatural dlr
n.t ta Itriiliire.
charges, or anr lnuamma-
JFrtTtau ceauclaa. tion of
mucous mem
.TOEEYmCHEMlCAlCa. branes
Hon -astringent
Sold by Drasrgtata,
or sent In nlaln wraraer.
ty expreM, prepaid, fox
$1.00. or 3 hottles. 7.73.
Circular sen:; oa iequerb
Blood Poison
la the worst disease on earth, yet the easiest
tn rtir TOES YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
fanv have nlniolei. spots on the skin, sores In
the mouth, ulcers, falling hair, bone pains, ca
tarrh, don't know It Is BLOOD POISON. Send
to DR. BROWN. 935 Arch. St-. Philadelphia.
Pa., ffir BROWN'S BLOOD; CURE, 52.00 per
bottle, lasts one month. For sale only by
Frank Nau. Portland Hotel Pharmacy.
Dr.-3tadways Fills, purely -vegetable, mild and re-.
HaMe, r-3Ut me liver ana -srooia airwuve orgaa
I
"tvtai
f la 1 1 Sd7. 1
I OurcatMd VI
""mcaaTi,o A ' 1
THE PALATIAL
OIGONi BUILDING
pill IiraiM
JVet a dark: office In the nnlldlasi
absolutely fireproof; electric lights
and artesian water; perfect sanita
tion and tlioroush ventilation ele
vators ran day and nlsUt.
Rooms.
ANDERSON-. GTJSTAV, Attorney-at-Law..13
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. Lu Powell. MT..!Wtf
AUSTEN, P. C. Manaxer for Orezon and
Washington Bankers; Ufa Association of.
Dea ilolnes, la 502-503
BAB. DU. GUSTAV. Phys. and Sury..b07-boa
bankers life association o des
MOINES. 1A.; P. C. Austen. Mgr SU2-303
BENJAMIN. R. "ft.. Idealist 314
BERNARD, Q., Cashier Co-Operatlvo Mer
cantile Co 212-213
B1NUVV ANQER, OTTO S., Physician and
Surgeon UT-40S
BrtOCK, "WILBUR If.. Circulator Orego-
nlaa .jWl
BKOWN. HY.KA. M. D 313-314
BRUERE. DR. O. E., Phy....;41l-!12-il3-4H
CAilPBEIX, Yfii. AL. Medical Referee
Equitable Life TOO
CANNING, M. J tWi-tioJ
CARD WELL, DR. J. R.. DenUst 3uJ
CAUKIN, G. E.. Dlatrlct Agent Travelers
Insurance Company ..713
CHICAGO ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.; "W. T.
Dickson. Manager ........................601
CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 716-711
CLINTON. RICHARD, state manager Co
operative Mercantile Co 212-213
CUr-iEr, DU. K. C, Surgeon . .406-400
COGHLAN, DR. J. N 713-714
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE CO 615-flld
CONNELL. DR. E. Do WITT. Eye. Ear.
Nwe and Throat 613-614
CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.; J. P.
Olsen. Gen. Mgr.; G. Bernard. Cashler..2l2-15
CORNELIUS, C W.. Phys. and faurgeoa...20d
COLLIER, P. i, PuhUsber; S. P.. McGulre.
Manager ............ ............ .413
DAY. J. G. & L iN 3U
DEVERE, A. E 403
DICKSON. DR. J. P.. Payaiclan 713-U4
EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth Floor
EVENING TELEGRAM 323 Alder Street
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO
CIETY; L. Samuel. Mgr.; G. S. Smith.
Cannier S0
FENTON. J. D.. Physician and Surg.. .606-5 10
PBNTON. DR. HICKS C Eye and Ear... .511
FENTON. MATTHEW P.. Dentist SOU
GALVANL W. H.. Engineer and Draughts
man 600
GEARY. DR. E. P., Phys. and Surgeon....40d
G1ESY. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon. 700-710
GILBERT. DR. J. ALLEN. Physician.. .401-401
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Life Ins. Co. of New York .209-210
GRANT. FRANK S.. Attomey-at-L&w 81T
GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY. Tailors
131 Sixth Street
HA MM AM BATHS, Turkish and Russian..
300-301-S0t
HAMMOND. A. B .'..310
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Physician and.
Surgeon 504-503
IDLEMAN. a M.. Attorney-at-Law..16-17-13
JEFFREYS. S. T.. Attorriey-at-Law 31S
JEFFREYS. DR. ANNICB F.. Phys. and
Surgeon. Women and Children only... ....403
JOHNSON. W. C 316-313-311
KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor of Agents,
Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co COS
LANE. E. L.. Dentist.... 513-314
LAWBAUGH. DR. E. A. 804-805
UTTT.K FIELD. H. It.. Phys. and Surgeon. .204
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Burg.. 711-713
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF
NEW YORK; W. Goldman. Mgr 209-210
MARSH. DR. R. J., Physician and Surgeon
..... 308-310
McCOY NEWTON. Attoraey-at-Law 71J
McELROY. DR. J. a.. Phyn. & Sur.701-7O2-70a
McFADEN. MISS IDA B.. Stenographer. ..201
McGINN. HENRY E.. Attcmey-at-Law. 311-13
UcGUIRE. a P.. Manager P. F, Collier.
Puhllvher 413
McKENZIE DR. P. L.. Phys. and Surg.312-13
METT. HENRY .214
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. DenUst and
Oral Surgeon tJOS-009
MOSS MAN. DR. EL P.. Dentist....... .313-314
MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.:
Maxk T. Kad7. Supervisor of Agents.604-603
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.71
NICHOLS. THE DRS., Phys. & Surgns.606-60T
NILES, AC M.. Cashier Manhattan Life
Insurance Company of New York.. ......309
NOTTAGE. DR. G. II.. Dentist 609
OLSEN. J. F.. General Manager Co-Opera-
tlve Mercantile Co. . . 212-213
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
...... 409-419
OREGONIAN BARBER S"HOP; MARSCH
GEORGE. Proprietors.... 129 Sixth Street
OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU;
3 F. Straubal. Manaser 204
PACIFIC MERCANTILE CO.; F. M.
Bchwartxv Agent . 211
PAGUE. B. S.. Attorney-at-Lair.... 614
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR rNFHtMARY
Ground Floor. 133 Sixth Street
QUIMBY, It. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden US
REED, C. J.. ExecuUro Special Agent
Manhattan Life Ins. Co. otNew York.... 209
BEED. WACTER. Optician... 123 Sixth Street
RICKENBACH. Dr. J. F Eye. Ear. Nose
and Throat .....701-702
ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and
Mining Engineer I.. ...Sis
R1AN. J. B.. Attoraey-at-Law. . . . 3:5
SAMUEL. I. Manager Equitable Llfa 3XJ
SHERWOOD. J. W.. State Commander K.
O. T. M t 317
SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath 409-410
SMITH. GEORGE S.. Cashier Equitable
Life ' 308
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-704
SURGEON OF THE SrP. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO. 70a
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE 201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F Dentist.. 610-611
VESTER. A.. Special Agent Manhattan
Life ' 209
WENDLING. DR. ROBT. F.. Dentist 703
WILEY. DR. JAMES O. C. Phys. & Sur.703-
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Physician
and Surgeon 004-303
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg.706-707
WILSON, DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Snrg.607-3CS
WOLF-MORSE CO. 403
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician. .411-412-413-414
O faces mar e bad r applying to
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room ZOl. secant! fioor.N-
IMEN SSr
the MODERN APPLIANCE A posIUT
r 19 WtlKl saaBhood. The VACUUM
TREATMENT cure you without medicine et
all nervous or diseases of the xeaeratlve or
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