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THE MORNING ORE GONIAL. FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 1903.
MR. HUGHES AGAIN
More Trouble for the
of Portland.
Port
THIS TIME OVER BRAZEE LAND
Attorney Accused of Modifying the
Instructions Given to the Joint
Surveyors Would Reduce the
FroBtage nt Drj'dock Site.
There seems to be no end to the trouble
that Ellis G. Huefres can make for the
Port of Portland Commission. No sooner
are they out of one mes with him
than they are In another. The latest trou
ble concerns the drydock site. "When the
Commissioners decided to extend their
holdings at St. Johns by buying a part of
what Is known as the Brazee tract. It was
remarked by a member that all would
not be smooth sailing, as Mr. Hughes was
attorney for the property-owners. Things
went along smoothly enough with the
purchase, however,- until yesterday, when
the Board came up suddenly against a
snag.
A meeting waa held by the Commis
sioners for the consideration of several
Important matters, among them the clos
ing up of the Brazee deal. At a former
meeting Paget & Clark were selected as
Joint surveyors to survey the land in ques
tion, the deed to be drawn up In accord
ance with their lines. Specific Instruc
tions were given them which called for a
tract of 500 feet frontage. For this land
515,000 was to be paid. Engineer J. B. C
Lockwood, of the commission, kept his
eye on the work, and, not satlsflod with
the way things were going, brought Mr.
Paget up to the meeting yesterday. There
Mr. Paget showed a letter of Instructions
entirely different from the original. A
plat worked out on its lines showed but
270 feet of water front instead of 500, which
the Port wants and for which it agreed
to pay Mr. Hughes J1S.000.
To ray that this revelation caused as
tonishment to the commissioners would
not be in line with the facta. But they
took no pains to conceal their indigna
tion. "Just Like Hashes."
"That's Hughes, out and V exclaimed
one of the members.
"Are we never to get through with that
man?" asked another.
It was suggested that Mr. Hughes be
invited to come up and explain, but the
sugestion was turned down, as the ma
jority of the members preferred to have
their dealings with him by mail and at
long range. "What particularly exasper
ated the commissioners was that the new
instructions given tho surveyors were
Jointly signed by Mr. Hughes and the
commission's attorneys. Williams, Wood
& Llnthlcum. A deal of telephoning
brought out tho fact that Mr. LInthlcum
was responsible for the attorneys' action,
and as that gentleman could not bo
reached for an explanation, the Board
came to tho unanimous conclusion, em
phatically expressed, that Mr. Hughes had
"bluffed" the lawyers who are paid for
looking out for the Port's interest. Hav
ing thus given vent to their opinions, the
matter was laid on the table, after the
clerk was authorized to write a straight-from-the-shoulder
letter to Mr. Hughes
informing him that his scheme would not
work.
Illdrt Get More Time.
It was the day sot for opening bids for
a rotary converter and a power line to
tho drydock site. Bids were received from
tho Portland General Electric Company
and John Martin & Co., but the Westing
house Company and the Wagner-Bullock
Electrical Company asked for more time.
President Swlgert thought it suspicious
that there should be these repeated "re
quests for more time, and so expressed
himself, but it was finally agreed to give
the bidders one more week.
A letter to Captain Langfitt. United
States Engineers, asking for a chart of
the Government wharf lino at Montgom
ery dock, brought the reply that permis
sion must first be obtained from the de
partment at Washington, so Clerk Maher
was instructed to take this roundabout
method of getting the blueprint.
Before the meeting adjourned there was
a general discussion of the need of push
ing tho work on the drydock at Van
couver. Commissioner Iriscoll reported
that only a few men were at work thero
when ho was over, a few days ago. Tho
time limit for building the dock has al
ready expired, and unless It is completed
by tho time tho berth at St. Johns is ready
for It. the contractor will bo liable for the
penalty, which is something like $100 a
day.
G Bit MAX MERCHANT MARINE.
Registered List Increased 70 Vessels
Last Venr.
Statistics covering the German merchant
marine up to January 1, 1902, show a to
tal of S9C8 vessels, of 3,OS0,5iS tons gross
register and 2,093,033 tons net register, an
increoso of 76 vessels, or 254,1-iS tons gross
and 151.3SS tons net register, as compared
with tho preceding year. Tho classes of
shipping are 2236 sailing vessels, 2C0 tea.
lighters and 1463 steam vessels. The steam
vessels (46 paddle and 1417 screw) show a
register of 2,446,214 tons gross and 1,606,059
tons net. During the year 1901. 179,129 ves
8els of 3S.S02.173 net registered tons en
tercd German ports, an increoso of 4862
vessels ns compared with 1900. Of this
total, 156,965 vessels (75 per cent), with CO
per cent of the total tonnage, wore Ger
man bottoms.
Tho International Morcantilo Marine
Company, through tho consolidation of six
different steamship lines, has tho largest
company tonnage in the world, viz., 1,05,
000 registered tons, the Hamburg-Amer
ican Lino coming second with 651,000 regis
tered tons, followed by the North Ger
man Lloyd with 553.00) registered tons, and
tho British India Stoam Navigation Com
pany with 449.Q00 registered tons.
In the matter of speed, tho German ves
sols the Deutschland, of tho Hamburg-
American Line, and the ivronprinz Wil
helm, of the North German Lloyd hold
the world s record, with an average speed
of more than 23 knots per hour.
VALPARAISO HARBOR.
United Stntes Consul Reports on Its
Insecurity.
rnlted States Consul Mansfield, at Val
paralso, reporting to the State Department
on the storm of June 2, in which the Foyle-
dale, which loaded lumber at Portland.
was wrecked, says of the Insecurity of
that harbor:
"The statistics on shipping in tho har
bor of alparalso for the past year note
the arrival of S000 vessels of all classes and
tho departure of practically the same
number, with a tonnage, both incoming
and outgoing, of something like 12,000,009
tens.
"Notwithstanding tho great shipping in
terests represented by these figuros and
tho further fact that Valparaiso is the
chief commercial port of Chile the second
city in size in the Republic, with a popu
lation of 150.O.X) inhabitants the harbor, or
rather, the bay upon which the city is
built, is one of the nyst Insecure on the
3 est coast of South America. There is
absolutely no protection to ships and ship
ping interests against the strong winds
and severe storms that prevail during the
months of June. July and August of each
year. There Is no breakwater in the Bay
ct Valparaiso, which fronts to the north,
the direction from which the severe storms
and heavy seas come during the Winter
months. As a result, great damage Is
dono to vessels In port and to cargoes
along the water front by the storms
called "northers. Not infrequently ships
and many lives are lost- The Insecurity of
the harbor is such that most of the steam
ships put to sea upon the approach of a
norther, in order to avoid possible disas
ter. Sailing vessels, of which there are
always a large number In port, are unable
to quit the harbor In time of storms: con
sequently, many are damaged or are driv
en ashore and destroyed.
"Statistics show that every season heavy
damages are sustained In the Bay of Val
paraiso from the storms that prevail in
this latitude during the Winter months,
and that on an average of once in seven
years some terrible disaster, like that of
Juno 2, occurs, resulting in the destruc
tion of vessels and rreat loss of life.
"The natural conditions of the Bay of
Valparaiso make the building of break
waters impractical because of the deep
water at the mouth of the harbor and the
heavy seas that are driven in by the
north winds. These conditions and the
damages resulting therefrom annually
have a tendency to divert from this port
much of the shipping trade that formerly
came to Valparaiso."
FOIt SAX.V1XG SHIPS.
Patents for WrecUInjr Vessels Lost In
Deep 'Water.
Two Canadian patents have been grant
ed to Vancouver men for the salving of
ships lost in deep water. B. P. Vance and
his associates provide a drag, the partic
ular construction of which permits It to
encircle the vessel from stern to stem, and
so designed that any hauling effort exer
cised on it tightens Its hold on the hull
and enables a lifting effort to be exercised
on it without fear of the tackle being
drawn off. The Inventors are men per
fectly acquainted with wrecking work.
and they expect to be able at an early date
to prove the efficacy of their tackle In ac
tual work.
The invention of W. J. Cummlngs ind
his colleagues seeks to obtain a more pos
itive lifting effort by passing slings under
the vessel's hull, and to enable this to be
done, provides a suitably braced tube hav
ing a curved lower eud through which
compressed air or other fluid may be dis
charged, which clears a passage under the
Vessel for a light line,- which, when the
clearing operation Is finished, is discharged
through the tube, and, having a light
buoy at its free end. rises to the surface
on the other side of the hull, and enables
a stronger line to be passed through suit
able for hauling and lifting slings, by
which the. vessel may be raised.
To enable the position of the sling to be
correctly located the same Inventors have
also designed a submarine telescope, hav
ing electric searchlights, which will en
able the condition of the work to be ex
amined from the surface as it proceeds.
Skipper's Error Explained.
The German ship Nauarchos will begin
discharging her Hamburg cargo at Green
wich dock this morning. Captain Rowehl
formally entered his ship at the Custom-
House yesterday morning without trouble.
notwithstanding he failed to bring his
clearance papers with him up from As
toria. It was explained that the trouble
was due solely to an error on the cap-
talna part. The papers were left on the
counter at the Astoria Custom-House, and
as soon as discovered were mailed here,
reaching the agents before the ship ar
rived. It is fortunate for the captain that
he did not make the same mistake com
ing from a foreign port.
Coal Rates Fall.
Moller Bros.' North China freight re
port of July 20 says:
The coal crash has come, tho rales
dropping from $1.60 to $1.20 In one week.
They may recover slightly, as tonnage
will get off the run as quickly as possi
ble. If those rates prevail. Other rates
of freight along the whole coast are about
in the same box, and as predicted, we
are in for a couple of very bad months.
Empress Injuries Sllslit.
VANCOUVER. B. a. Aug. 20. Canadian
Pacific olllclals have received cables from
Hong Kong stating that the steamship
Empress of India, which was in collision
with the Chinese cruiser Huong Tal off
Hong Kong, will sail from that port for
Vancouvor on August 26. As that is her
scheduled date of sailing, it is inferred
that the injuries received in the collision
by the Empress were slight. -
Steninsltlp Compnnlcs Enter Denial.
BERLIN. Aug. 20. The Hamburg-Amer
ican and North German Lloyd Steamship
Companies' officials deny reports on the
bourse here that they are discontented
with the manner In which the agreement
between them and the International Mer
cantile Marine Company is being carried
out.
Marine Notes.
The Agnes Oswald will complete her lum
ber cargo at Inman. Poulson & Co.'s mill
today. Tho Lunsmann Is loading piles at
Victoria dolphins.
Tho propeller Rover has been taken out
on the ways at Supple's boatyard for gen
eral repairs and changes. A new cabin
covering the boat Is being built. The craft
is owned by loggers at Stella. Wash.
Tho old ship Invincible, which Is to be
remodeled into a five-masted schooner at
Port Blakely. is well known on the Pa
cific Coast. Sho was built at Bath, Me.,
SO years ago; is 20S feet long, and has a
breadth of beam of 41 feet. Her net ton
nage is 1365.
The Harvest Queen arrived at Astoria
yesterday with the barkentine Katie
Fllcklnger, from Westport, and left up
with the schooner Alvena, for the same
place. Today she will bring the schooner
Prosper to Portland and the schooner
Coleman to Vancouver.
The schooner Robert R. Hind has been
fixed to carry lumber from Gray's Har
bor to San Francisco at $4 net. or San
Pedro at $3. The schooner John A. Camp
bell has been fixed from Everett to San
Francisco at $4.50. and tho barkentine Tarn
o'Shanter from the Columbia River to San
Francisco at $4, free of bar and river tow
age. Domestic nnd Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Or.. Auk. 20. Arrived down at
7:30 A. M. and palled at 1:45 P. if.- Steamer
Grace Dollar, for San Francisco. Arrived at
12 M. Barkentine Arago, from San Francisco.
Arrivwl down at 3 P. il. Barkentine Katie
Fllcklnger. t Sailed at 0:30 P. M. Steamer
AiMrdeen. tor :an i-rancisoa. condition or the
bar at 4 P. il., smooth; light northwest wind;
weather, clear.
San Francisco. Aug. 20. Sailed at 3 P.
M. Steamer Alliance, for Portland, and bark
entine denser, for KnapjHon.
San FrandMo, Aap. 20. Arrived Ship Star
of Kuftsla, from Xarluek: steamer Umatilla,
from Victoria: steamer Mlneolo. from T&-
eoBta; steamer Centralia. from Gray's Har
bor. Sailed Schooner Robert H. Hinds, !o:
Port Townsend; schooner North Bend, for
Wiltapa, Harbor.
HcMtutam. Wash.. Aug. 20. Arrived 19th
Schooner Dauntless, from San Francisco, for
Ho2'jam: schocmtT Cedlia Sadden, from San
Pedro,, for Aberdeen; schooner Sailor Boy.
from San Francisco, for Aberdeen: schooner
Volant, from San Francisco, for Aberdeen;
schooner Fred K. Sanders, from San Fedro.
for Aberdeen; schooner Jas. IL Bruce, from
San Pedro, for Aberdeett; schooner Win. Bow
den. from San Francisco, for Aberdeen;
schooner W. J. Patterson, from Redondo. for
Aberdeen. Sailed Steamer Newburg. from
Aberdeen, for San Fraacltco.
Seattle. Aug. . Arrived l&th Steamer Dl-
rlgo. from Skagway. Arrived 20th Steamer
Montara. from San Franelseo.
New York. Aug S. Arrived Xorge, from
Copenhagen. Sailed Btucher. tor Hamburg;
La. Savoie. for Havre; Bremen, for Bremen.
Liverpool. Ag. 2S. Arrived Caledonian,
from Boston; Iverata. from Boston; Pomeran
ian, from Montreal. Sailed New Hagland, foi
Boston.
Loadon, Aug. 20 Sailed OrcandUn. for
Montreal.
Glasgow. Aug. 20.-Salled Siberian, for St.
Johns. X. F.
Marseilles. Aug. 29. Sailed Achilles, from
Taeoma. via Hlogo, Hong Kong. Manila and
Cebu. for Liverpool.
tremblings, nervous headache, cold hands
and feet, pain In the back, relieved by
Carter's .Little Liver Pills.
COOKED IN STEAM
Logging Engine. Jumps the
Track.
THREE MEET AN AWFUL DEATH
Engineer In His Excitement Turns
on Steam, Instead of Shutting It
Off One Man Is Silently In
jured and One Escapes.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Tnree men are dead as a result of an ac
cident on W. C Yeoman's logging railroad
at Pe Ell today. About 6 o'clock, half a
mile south of Pe Ell, the logging engine
was backing down a grade, pulling two
cars loaded with logs, when the engine
suddenly left the track. Five men were
Superintendent J. R.Songlas
v t t
on tne engine at tne time tieancK. me en
gineer; John Haraaker, Koburg, T. F.
Ellis and Fred "Weller.
Engineer Hedrick was caught under tho
engine and crushed and scalded to death
instantly.
John Hamaker was scalded so badly that
'he died about noon. '
Koburg was scalded from head to foot so
badly that he died about 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Koburg was brought to Chehalls to Dr.
Kennlcott's hospital. Ellis was slightly
hurt. Fred "Weller escaped serious injury
by Jumping from the engine. Hamaker was
a brother of G. E. Hamaker, the Po Ell
druggist.
The men scalded were literally cooked
by the escaping steam, the accident being
a most appalling one. Men who escaped
expressed tho belief that when the acci
dent occurred the engineer In the excite
ment put on full head of steam, Instead of
reversing tho engine.
The accident is the worst that ever hap
pened in Lewis County since the lumber
Industry has grown to Its present extent.
FIGHTING FOREST FLAMES.
Million of Feet Already Destroyed
in Eastern AVanhlnjrton.
SPOKANE, "Wash., Aug. 20. The fire
fiend is at work in the timber north of
tho little town of Elk. 25 miles north of
this city, nnd already millions of feet
of valuable timber has been destroyed.
Sunday night the lire got a start about
2& miles from Elk, and since then it
has been spreading In a northerly and
easterly direction. Over 100 men havo
been lighting the fire since It broko out,
and without any apparent success In
checking the flames. Already 1000 acres
have been devastated by the flames, and
there Is no prospect of stopping their ad
vance unless rain comes soon. Thou
sands of dollars' worth of -timber is In
danger, besides an estimated 15,000,000 feet
that has already been destroyed. Several
ranches are in danser and may be burned
unless the flro can be stopped. A large
portion of the timber belongs to the Con
solidated Lumber Company, which has of
fices in the Farnwell block. In this city.
They have a mill at Elk, and they havo
put over 100 men at work trying to cnecic
the flames.
K. R. Laird, who has been at work with
tho others fighting fire, was hurt by a
fall, but Is expected to recover.
The timber is all white pine, some of
which has already been cut. It Is some
of the best timber in this part of the
country, and runs about 3,000,000 to the
quarter section.
Elk is a small town, located in tne
northern part of Spokane County.
SEEX AT LICK OBSERVATORY.
Brooks' Periodic Comet Uncovered
Stnr In Gemini Group.
SAN JOSE, CaL, Aug. 20. Director W.
W. Campbell, of the Lick Observatory, an
nounces, that the faint periodic comet dis
covered by Professor Brooks, of Geneva,
N. T.. In 1SS9, has again been found with
the 36-inch equatorial, about five minutes
of arc from its predicted place. It is of
the 14th magnitude, and therefore requires
a telescpe 12 Inches or more in diameter
to eee'lt.
The new star discovered by Turner, of
Oxford, in the constellation Gemini last
March was systematically observed here
and elsewhere until In May, when the
sun reached the part of the sky In which
IV is sntuated. The sun having now passed
to the eastward sufficiently to permit ob
servations to be resumed. Dr. Curtis re
observed the star this morning and found
It to be of the tenth magnituae. une
spectroscope observations made in the
Spring showed that the spectrum of the
star was gradually changing and assum
ing the character of the spectrum of a
nebula. This morning's observations show
that the change in the nebular state is
complete.
CXI OX MEX OBJECT TO DEBT.
Jndge Sears Hcnrs , Arguments In
County Seat Election Case.
UNION, Or., Aug. 20. Special.) A suit
was commenced In the Circuit Court of
Union County August 6 by A. E. Eaton.
S. A. Pureel, Fred Gale. F. E. Foster.
G. F. Hall and W. H. Ewln against J.
H. Mlmnaugh. County Clerk of Union
County, Oregon, to restrain defendant as
County Clerk from giving notice of a
special election to be held the first Mon
day in November, 1MB, to vote upon the
relocation ot the county seat oi Union
County, Oregon, as between the cities
of Union and La Grande and to declare
the act of the Legislative Assembly ap
proved February 1", 1S08. providing for
said election unconstitutional and void.
Said act provides for certain expendi
tures. The plaintiffs are all Heavy taxpayers
of Union County and their main conten
tion is that the county at the time this
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act was passed was and still is in debt
in and about the sum of $200,000, all con
tracted since the constitution took ef
fect and that more than $5000 of this
indebtedness was voluntarily created, not
In suppressing Insurrection or repelling
Invasion, and that the County Court gras
incapable of contracting a debt of $45,000
or any other sum as provided for in the
legislative act for the purchase of
grounds or the building of a courthouse
and the Legislature is without authority
to authorize the County Court to do so
in the face of section 10. article 1L of the
constitution, which provides that no
county shall create any debts or liabil
ities which shall singly or in the aggre
gate exceed the sum of $3000 except to
suppress Insurrection or repel invasion.
Arguments in the case were heard to
day in Union by Judge Sears, of the Cir
cuit Court of Multnomah County, whose
decision will be announced in a few
days. It is the design to carry the case
through the Supreme Court and secure
a decision in time to hold the election in
case that the act should be declared con
stitutional. The taxpayers of the City of Union are
represented by Crawford & Cochrane, of
Union; the County Clerk is represented
by Finn & Ivanhoe, of La Grande.
TEST SHOWS ROCK ORE.
Hundred Ounces of Gold From
Eighty Tons of Ore.
GRANT'S PASS. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
A mill-run of SO tons of rock from the
Harth-Ryan mine, eight miles southeast
PREPARING OREGON
AGRICULTURAL DIS
PLAY FOR THE ST.
LOUIS FAIR.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
J. R. Douglas, superintendent of
the Oregon agricultural exhibit at
the St. Louis Fair, has applied for
a Fpace 80 by 144 feet for his dis
play, and has already commenced
work on the exhibit. A neat plat
has been drawn, showing how the.
display will be arranged. Six
teen 24-foot tables will be used.
They will be arranged in two
rows, so visitors may pass through
the center ot the display. Mr.
Douglas is corresponding with agri
culturists over the state, prepara
tory to securing material with
which to" load the tables.
of this city, netted the owners 100 ounces
of gold, an average of about $25 to the ton.
This property Is under development an5
the ore was milled merely as a practical-
test of its quality. The owners of the
mine have a considerable quantity of sim
ilar ore in sight.
The Simmons-Cameron placer Is en
larging Its equipment and two carloads of
hydraulic pipe for that property were re
ceived at Grant's Pass this week. Last
year a hydraulic elevator was Installed
and this year its operation will be extend
ed and the gravel will be elevated to a
height of 34 feet
SEW OREGON CITT POSTOFFICB.
Government Leases Building Owned
by the Oddfellows.
OREGON CITY, Aug. 20. (Special.)
Postmaster T. P. Randall today received
Instructions from First Assistant Postmaster-General
R. J. Wynne directing him
to causo the removal of the Oregon City
Postofllce from Its present quarters to tho
I. O. O. F. building. The orders content
plate the occupancy of the new quarters
by October L For an annual rental of
J9000 the Government has leased for a
period of ten years the building owned by
the Oddfellows.
The new location for the Postofllce Is In
the center of tho business district and
across the street from the present site.
Larger quarters, with modern equipments.
havo 'been required by the Oregon City
office for years, and the change that has
been ordered will admit of a much more
satisfactory service in the handling .and
the distributing of malls at this point
BLACK FLOAT LEDGE.
Discovered by Prospectors Near Cal
ifornia Line.
GRANT'S PASS. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
The ledge from which comes the famous
"black float," well known by the pros
pectors of the Slsklyous, has been found
by William Brakes, of this city, and Max
Martin, lately of Cripple Creek. The find
is located near the Oregon-California lino
south ot this county. The ledge is fully
20 feet In width.
The "black float" is an ore carrying
gold, silver and lead, so named because it
is streaked and mottled with black, while
other portions of tlTe rock show nearly all
the colors of the rainbow. Samples of
the float have assayed as high as JS0 to
the ton.
No test has yet been made from tho
ledge itself. In comparison with the ores
of the district the percentage of silver in
the rock Is astonishingly high.
RAISING FUNDS FOR DREDGING.
Vancouver Citizens Go Down Into
Their Own rockets.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The citizens have almost become
despaired of getting any Improvements
done on the bar below this city in tho
Columbia and are attempting to raise a
sum of money by public subscription to
start the work. The work is badly need
ed, as large ships are needed here to
take away cargoes of lumber from the
mills, saving transporting it in lighters
at great expense.
It Is figured that a cost of $5000 will
remove the bar sufficient for present re
quirements. Over $1000 was raised in a
few hours.
SHEEP DEFILE "WATER SUPPLY.
Pocatello Authorities Order Herders
to Move They Refuse.
POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 20. The city
officials havo ordered herders to move
12,000 sheep which are defiling the head
waters of the local water supply. The
sheepmen defy the authorities and say
they cannot be legally ejected. The Health
Board has attributed unhealthy condl
tions to the presence ot the sheep at tho
water supply.
The herders say they will resist eject
ment by force.
GREAT EATER OF EGGS.
Clackamas County Citizen Devonrs
Them at the Rate of Ten a Day.
ORhoON CITY. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
P. E. Bonney, of Colton, this county, has
eaten lSOa eggs since February la last ac
cording to a correspondent of a local
paper, who relates that the egg-eater-is
still calling for more of that diet This is
an average of ten eggs a day.
Computing the market value of these
eggs at 20 cents a dozen, which is a fair
average for this season of the year, Mr.
Bonney consumed $30.10 worth of this food.
LOOK FOR RIGHT OF WAY.
Southern Pacific Wants to Connect
Lines at Springfield.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) W.
W. Blanchard. of San Francisco, repre
senting the Southern Pacific, Is here on
business connected with the proposed con
necting link between the company's two
lines from Springfield to Henderson.
The object of Mr. Biancbards visit Is to
confer with the owners of property along
the line across which the right ot way
will have to be secured. Several owners
of property have not been settled with by
me company .on the right-of-way Ques
tion, the company being unwilling to pay
tne price asked. It Is said the company
now desires to go ahead with the con
struction of the connecting link, but will
cot do so unless satisfactory arrange
ments can be made for right of way.
Mr. Blanch ard has been in conference
with the property-owners and has hopes of
effecting an amicable adjustment of differ-.
ences so that the company can go ahead
with i the Important improvement
Mellen Signed the Papers.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The franchise having been grant
ed by the City Council to the Northern
Pacific to build a line through the city
over Second street "to the Government
reserve it is expected that work will
soon be commenced on the line. The
franchise was granted to the Washington
Railway & Navigation Company, but the
papers have been sent to St. Paul. Minn.,
and returned with the name of C. S. Mel
len affixed, which means that the North
ern Pacific Is the real party which Is
having the work done.
The railroad will be built east about
one mile and for the present will not
be extended beyond the Government re
serve to any great distance. The Council
has reserved the right to make all or
any necessary Improvements to the city
streets where the railway crosses, and
has fixed the franchise at 50 years.
Clark County School Statistics.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The annual report of School Su
perintendent Milton Evans shows that
the school matters in Clark County are
in splendid condition. Tm-e are 4319
children In the county ot school age.
and this Is an Increase of 116 over the re
port ot last year. The number who at
tended school is 4231. which Is 32S more
than last year. The average dally at
tendance was 2577, and the total days'
attendance, 394,448.
The number of teachers employed in
the public schools Is 125, 30 being men
and 55 women. The average wages paid
the men Is $44.ao, while the women re
ceived $33.30.
Confesses to Seattle Burglaries.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 20.-J. E. Bell,
whom Detective Tennant arrested in
Portland a few days ago and brought to
this city, yesterday confessed to having
committed two burglaries in this city. He
took the officer to the hiding place in Se
attle for the goods taken. Some of the
stuff was found on him at Portland. But
little Is known of Bell, but the officers
think he has a record, which they are
now looking up.
Where Quadra nnd Vancouver Met.
VICTORIA. B. a. Aug. 20. Professor
Meany, ot the University ot Washington,
and who is prominent in Pacific Coast
historical research, left for Nootka to
night with a granite monument suitably
inscribed, which was presented to Lieuten
ant-Governor Joli de Lotblniere for. Brit
ish Columbia, to bo placed on the spot
where Quadra and Vancouver met at
Nootka.
Logging: Camps to Resume.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 20. The logging
camps of this state will open up Septem
ber 1 after a shutdown of nearly 60 days.
Secretary A. H. Anderson, of the Wash
ington Timbermen's Association, which
has ordered the camps to open up, de
clares that the shutdown has had a whole
some effect
Excellent Crop of liny.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Not for many years has the hay
crop of Clark County been so excellent
The crop Just harvested was splendid and
the weather was fine so that it was all
saved. The price averages $14 per ton.
which Is very good.
3Iurderer Sent to Penitentlnry.
BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 20. A Jury at Red
Lodge yesterday afternoon found Ewen
B. EUand guilty of murder In the second
degree for the killing of Edward Teas-
dale, at Bridger, Mont, Juno 29. and fixed
his punishment at 30 years In the peni
tentiary.
Hello to Denver.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 20. A. W.
Scott, foreman of construction of the Colo
rado Telephone Company, today superin
tended the connecting of the Portland.
Or.-Denver long-distance copper-wire line
near this city.
Pears'
The more purely negative soap is,
the nearer does it approach perfection.
Unless you have used Pears' soap
yon probably do not know what we
mean by a scp with no free fat or al
kali in it nothing but soap.
Established over zoo years.
A GOOD ACCIDENT
She Sleeps at Last
Between the brain and the stomach
there is the closest nerve connection, any
derrangement of the stomach prevents
sleep, brain depression follows, and if not
corrected leads to Insanity. Crazed from
stomach and bowel troubles, a Boston
lady was restored to health by using Ab
bey's Salt of Fruits. She says:
"For about four years I could not sleep
without first taking drugs. The effect of
these narcotics and my unnatural sleep
made me Irritable and cross. My husband
could not understand me, and our home
became a most unhappy one. My stom
ach was In a most awful condition, and
at times I was as crazy as a loon. It was
simply by accident that I bought a bottle
of Abbey's Salt of Fruits, after reading
so much about It In the papers. That
first bottle I will never forget; so pleas
ant to the taste, and so wonderful the re
sults obtained that it has made me an
Abbey Salt enthusiast It Is the greatest
tonic laxative and life-preserver in the
world, for It has redeemed me from a life
ot misery, has made my home happy and
my nights restful. My stomach, the key
note of all the trouble, is now as strong
as that of an ostrich."
For name and free sample address The
Abbey Effervescent Salt Co.. Ltd., 9 Mur
ray Street New York City; 144 Queen Vic
toria Street, London, England; 712 Craig
Street Montreal, Canada.
AX OLD SAYIXG.
ShovrlnR How Canse nnd Effect Are
Xever Far Removed.
It is an old saying, "Where there's
honey there's bees" not less true Is one
which science has coined more recently.
"Where there's Dandruff there's germ3"
and to push the Inference still further
we may truly say "Where there s Dan
druft cured Newbro's Herplclde has been
at work."
The reason of Herplcide's Isolation as a
genuine cure for Dandruff lies In the fact
that It attacks and destroys tne root of
the whole trouble a parasitic germ which
feeds upon the material which nourishes
the hair follicle.
Other so-called remedies are not directed
at this true cause of the disease.
Accept no substitute, there is none.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. In
stamps for sample to The Herplclde Co..
Detroit Mich.
FOR
The Sanative, Antiseptic
Cleansing, Purifying
Properties of
Assisted by Cutlcnra Ointment, are of
priceless value to women for preserv
ing, purifying and beautifying the akin,
for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales
and dandruff, and the' stopping of fall
ing hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore hands, for
baby rashes, itchlngs and irritations,
for annoying inflammations, chaflngs,
and excoriations, or too free or offen
sive perspiration, for ulcerative weak
nesses and many sanative, antiseptic
purposes which readily suggest them
selves as well as for all the pur
poses of the toilet, bath and nursery.
Sold throottiont the world. CatJson Botp. lij-.Olat-mtnt,
0c, AeaolTtat, SOc (la form of Chocstita Coatto.
FUli. iSe. ocr Till of 001. DrooU x London. V Cirtr
hOQM Sq.i FarU.5RntdeUPlxt Boctan, 1ST Colom-
m ATft. x-onrr I'nir jk vacm. i.orp-. aoi rropt.
u-3nd for Ml About (Hi Skin. Scalp ul Hair."
And OverworK
Caused Nervous
Prostration Com
pletely Worn Out.
Dr. Miles' Nervine Cured
Me.
Dr. Miles' Nervine will cure nervous pros
tration. It will brinp; sweet sleep and rest;
it will relieve the mind oLthe tendency to
worry; it will make the nerves strong and
the patient well. It has cured thousands. It
will cure you. Try it to-day.
"Some years ago I was-stricken with nerv
ous prostration caused by overwork and
worry. I 'was in such a weakened, exhausted,
run down condition that I was unable to do
my housework. I felt too weak and tired to
even make calls on my neighbors. Fre
auentlv when out drivine I would become so
; exhausted that it seemed that I would die
before I reached home. I was also troubled
with sinking spells at night which left me so
weak that I thought 1 could not live until
morning. I was in this deplorable condition
when one day Dr. Miles' Nervine was
brought to my notice. I had little faith in
proprietary remedies but determined to give
the Nervine a trial. After the second dose
of the Restorative Nervine I was able to sit
at the table and eat a meal, something I had
been unable to do for many days. I have
since taken a number of bottles of Nervine.
I consider myself cured. I am doing my
own work and give Dr. Miles' Nervine credit
for my general good health. My object in
writing tris is to recommend your medicine
but I cannot write as strongly as I feeL."
Miss AddieB. Varble, 405 E. Marion St.,
Guthrie, Oklahoma.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
FOR TOILET AND BATH
It makes the toilet something to bo
enjoyed. It removes all stains and
roughness, prevents prickly heat and
chafing, and leaves the skin, white,
soft, healthy. In the bath it brings
a glow and exhilaration which no com
mon soap can equal, imparting the
vigor and life sensation of a mildTurk
Jah bath. All Grocers and Drucgists,
MM.-M1DY
3
Thesotiny Capsule3 are superior?
10 Daisam 01 iopaiaa,r
Cubcbsorlnjections. HfiHJjf)i
CURE IN 48 HOUR. y
the same diseases without
inconvenience.
Sold by all druggists.
S.r-.-i-U FREE
Permanently Cured bi
DR. KLINE'S GREAT
a? NERVE RESTORER
xtnutcaimiir'iui.
82 TIlIAJu SOITLE FKEE
3r ormaaent Cnro. mi unpenr? ri.f. r.r U
3XunaSmni,2plleMrBpUBI, St. Vitas'
P Dance, Esbillty, Exhaustion. ruaddls:i.
MMHM.1 H .931 Arch St.. Philadelphia,
1 WILCOX TAHSY PILLS
$ Tot S3 years tn enlj sale and reliable Fm- g
MnaaleKcxslaxor for all troubles. Sieves 5
S within 3 ara. At dragrfsts, or by a all. g
1 Fries S3. Fre trial ct "Tansy" an4
S"rWostaa'3Sa!QcArd"jB!rlflc Addreta f
1 j If Pi m IfMlIf ill I IM
THE PALATIAL
KM! BUILD!
iff "
III! 1 M 1 1
Not n dnrlc ofllce In the liulldlnzj
abnolately ttreproof; electTlo light
anil artesian ivnter; perfect sanita
tion and tborouglt ventllutlonj ele
vators run tin)' uud night.
Rooms.
A1NSUE. DR. GEORGE, Physician and
Surgeon 600-COT
ANDERSON, GUSTAV. Attorue--at-Law..6U
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. Msr..S0(i
AUSTEN. K. C. Manager for Orcson and
AVaahlngtoa Hanker' LJfe Association of
Des Moines, la
BAAit, DR. UUaTAV. Pays, and Surs..b07-&Wi
HANKERS" LIFE ASSOCIATION Oi' DES
MOINES. IA.: F. C. Austen, llgr Si-3IXl
BATES. PH1UP S.. Pub. Paclnc Miner... Sli
BENJAMIN. R. W., Dentist 3U
BERNARD, U., Cashier Co-operative Mer
cantile Co lvl-Ui
BINiWANGEU. OTTO S.. Pnysiclaa and
Surgeon 4UT-408
BOUAxtT. DR.. M. V.. Dentist 7u3
BROCK. WllBUu i. Circulator, Orego-
nlan 301
BROWN, MYRA. M. D 313-JH
UKUfcJtE. DR. G. E., Pflys
CAMPBELL, M. M.. Medical Referee
Equitable LUe TOO
CANNING. M. J.... tioi-tiuJ
CARD WELL. DR. J. R.. Dentist 6W
CAUKJN, G. E., District Agent Travelers"
Insurance Company 713
ClllCAliO ARTujiCJLAL LIMB CO.; J. K.
FUzhugh. Mgr. 601
CHLRCiliLL, MRS. E. J 710-71
CLINTON. RICHARD. Stale Manager Co
operative Mercantile Co tH-uO
CUtfFE. DR. R. C. Surgeon 4U5-40tJ
COGHLAN. DR. J. N 713-71
COLLIER. P. F., Publisher; S. P. McGulre.
Manager 413
COLU-uHiA GRANITE CO 417-ld
CONN ELL. DR. E. DE WITT. Eye, Ear.
Nose and Throat 013-tJH
CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO; J. F.
Olsen. Gen. Mgr.; G. Bernard. Cashier.
CORNELIUS, C Y, Pnys. and Surgeon. ..21U
day. j. g. & l n aia
DICKSON, DR. J. F., Pnyslcian 713-714
EDITORLA.L ROOMS Eighth Floor
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder street
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO
CIETY; L. Samuel. Mgr.; G. S. Smith.
Cashier 3U6
FENTON. J. D., Phys. and Surg OOU-filO
FENTON. Die HICKS C Eye and Ear...5U
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 60U
GALVANI, W. H.. Engineer and Draughts
man 000
GEARY, DR. E. P., Phys. and Surgeon. -..4t$
GIESY. DR. A. J.. Physician and Surg.. 703-710
GILBERT. DR. J. ALLEN. Physician.. 401-403
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Life Ins." Co. ot New York 203-210
GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorney-ut-Law....01T
GR1SWOLD & PHEGLEY, Tailors .
131 Sixth street
HAMMAM BATHS, Turkish and Russian..
300-301-302
HOLL1STER. DR. O. C, Physician and
Surgeon 5O4-S03
HOSMER, DR. CHAS.. SAM'L; Phys. &
Surgs. 403
IDLEMAN. C. IL, Attorney-at-Law.. 615-018
JEFFREYS. DR. ANNICE F., Phys. and
Surgeon. Women and Children only 400
JOHNSON. W. C ...315-310-317
KADY, MARK T.. Supervisor o Agent
Mutual Reserve Llfo Ins. Co COS
LANE, E. L., Dentist S1J-314
LAWBAUGH. DR. B. A 804-l03
LAWRENCE PUBLISHING CO 417-413
LITTLEFIELD &. CORNELIUS 212
L1TTLEFIELD, H. R., Phys and Surg... 212
MACK AY, DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg..711-7Lt
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF
NEW YORK; W. Goldman. Manager.. 203-210
MARSH, Dr. R. J., Phys. and Surg.... 303-310
McCOX. NEWTON, Attorney-at-Law..715
Mcelroy, dr. j. g., pnys. & surg.701-702.7u3
McFADEN, MISS IDA E., Stenographer... 201
McGtNN, HENRY E., Atlorney-at-Law.. 311-12
McGUlRE. S. P., Manager P. F. CoUler.
Publisher 415
McKENilE, DR. P. L.. Phys. and Surg.512-13
METT. HENRY 2iS
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C, Dentist and
Oral Surgeon tttt-609
MOSSMAN, DR. E. P., Dentist 513-514
MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. 'CO.;
Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents. 0O4-G05
NICHOLAS, HORACE B.. Altomey-at-Law.710
NICHOLS, THE DRS.. Pnys. and Surgs.UOO-bOT
NILES, M. M., Casnler Manhattan Life
Insurance Company o New Xork.....203
NOTXauE. DR. G. H.. Dentiat.... Oua
NOTTINGHAM. T. W.; Mg. The Warren
Construction Co... 210-217
O'CONNOR, DR. 11. P.. Dentist ..303-310
OLtsEN, J. General Manager Co-operative
Mercantile Co .204-205
OREGON LNFiRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
403-410
OREGON1AN BARBER SHOP. MARSCH
is GEORGE. Props .'123 Sixth street
OREGONLVN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU;
j. F. Strauhal, Manager 200
PACIFIC ii.M.CAN rilci CO... ......200
PACIFIC MINER, Philip S. Bates, Puo...215
PAGUE. B. S.. Attorney-at-Law.. 51a
rALMER BROS., r.cai Estate and Busi
ness Chances... 417-118
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
..............Ground Foor. 133 Sixth Street
REED, C. J.. Executive Special Agent
Mannattan Lite ins. Co. oi New York.. 203
Ri-.'ED, WALTER. Optician.... 133 Sixth street
KlCKENBACH. DR. J. F., Eye. Ear, Nose
and Throat 701-702
RUsEN DALE. O. M., Metallurgist and
.Mining Engineer 310
RYAN, J. B.. Attorney-at-Law..... 313
SAMUEL, L., Manager Equitable Lite. ...300
SCOTT, C. N.. Witn Palmer Bros. 417-414
sRERW'OOD. J. W., State Commander K.
O. T. M 317
SMITH, DR. L. B., Osteopath 409-410
sMxTH, GEORGE S.. Cashier Equitable
Lite 300
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E., Dentist 704-703
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 706
aUPliiN111'' a OFFICE Zol
abCb-fc-R. DR. ur.O. F., Dentist OlO-Oil
Vtai'S. A., special Agent Manhattan
VARREN " "CON STR UCIon" "cd.V " t'"wT
.Nottingham. -WK1" ......210-217
WLNDL1NU. DR. ROBT. F., Dentist 703
"Wiuci. DR. JaMEo O. C. Pnys. Surg-.7oa-3
WILaON. DR. EiJWARD N.. Eye, iiar.
Nos and Throat 304-303
WILSON. DR. otO. h., Phys. at Surg.7uti-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C, Pnys. it Surg..307-3o
WOOD. DR. V. L.. Pnyslcian.. 411-412-413-414
Unices way He hail by applylajp to
the superiateudent ot tlie uuiluiuir,
room -Olt econu uuor.
NO CURE
nUPAi
MEN
way to perlect nmnooos. lno V'AtULil
TREATMENT cures you without medicine of
all nervous or diseases ot tne generative or
rans. such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains,
varicocele, impotency. etc. Men ur quickly re
stored to Terlect health and strength. Writs
for circular. Correspondence confidential.
THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO.. rooms 47-4J
Sain Dpoiw building, Sutttl. Wwa,