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V THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903. 11 V V f OLD RATES AGAIN Northern Steamship Lines Restore Flour Tariff. ALL COMPANIES AGREE TO IT Establishment of the $5"Rate like ly to Check. Exporting- Business Change Is Effective No vember 1. The freight rate war that has been in progress since last June between the trans-Pacific steamship lines is practical ly at an end- So far as the Northern lines are concerned, it is all over, as the former rates on flour have been re stored. This action was brought about at a meeting at Seattle of the freight bureau of the North Pacific Asiatic ulnes. Representatives of all the companies run ning steamers from Portland, Puget Bound and .British Columbia -were present. Thi nrlnHrKii business transacted was raising the flour tariff from J3 to 55 per ' ton. This latter rate was In force before the slashing began. The new rate will go- into effect November 1, and will apply on the vessels of the Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company, Nippon Xusen Kalsha, Boston Towboat & Steam ship Company, Northern Pacific Steam ship Company and Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, sailing that month. Whether the new tariff is to be perma nent remains to be seen. The advance in rates follows the ac tion taken by the San Francisco lines a lew days 'ago, when rates there were raised from $1 to $3 per ton. The parties to that agreement were the Pacific Mall, Occidental & Oriental and Toyo Klsen Calsha, or, as it is sometimes known, the Oriental Steamship Company. "What the sther southern line, the China Commer :Ial Company, has done or proposes to lo in the matter, puzzles shipping men here. No intimation has yet been given of its intentions, but it is believed that !t will accept the new schedule, as its latest concession from the Mexican gov ernment puts it in good condition to stay In the business. It was the advent of the China Com mercial in the trans-Pacific trade that brought about the original trouble. In their efforts to put the newcomer out 3f business, the other lines, led by the Pacific Mail, cut the flour rate from ?3 to $3 per ton and later to $1, all of which cuts were met by the Commercial Com pany. Instead of being driven from the field, the new line prospered, as it had permission from the Mexican government to bring over on each trip up to 1000 Chinese to be landed at the port of Ma callan. The San Francisco companies, In their desperation, reduced the steerage !are from $50 to $15. Now that the right )f the China Commercial to pour Chinese :oolles into Mexico has been renewed by President Diaz, the company has an nounced its intention to increase its fleet Irom four vessels to sir, which would In Slcate that it is in the business to stay. It was probably their realization of this determination by the new company that prompted the old lines to raise their rates. Naturally, the new rates agreed upon at the Seattle meeting are not viewed with the same feelings by the shipping companies and the exporters. The steam ship lines claim to have lost heavily while the rate-cutting was in progress, and were more than pleased at the op portunity to restore the tariff. Shippers, on the other hand, enjoyed unusually j good business while the war was raging, and would like to have seen the low rates continue. Flour shipments reached the maximum amount on heavy buying by the Orientals, probably on speculative account. The advance In freight will, of course, have a tendency to check this business. So far as the Portland line is con cerned, there is. a good prospect of fill ing the November steamer, even at the higher rate, as 'the flour offerings from this port at all times ,bave taxed the carrying capacity of the Portland & Asi atic liners and, even when freights were the highest, so much cargo was offered that the overflow had to be sent to the Sound for shipment to the Orient from there. But the now arrangement will make less likely the establishment of a fortnightly service from this city, at least until the natural Increase In busi ness makes it necessary, which. It Is hoped, is not far distant. The Seattle agreement will not affect the business of the two steamers of the Portland & Asiatic Company due this month. The Indrasamha will be here on or about the 16th, coming by way of "Victoria, where she will land steerage passengers. The big steamship Algoa is expected on the 24th from San Fran cisco. Bates on other commodities than flour were also considered at the meeting at Seattle, but no definite action was taken aa the tariff agreed upon is subject to some alteration. ing from Liverpool, had nine men In irons charged with broaching cargo. They broke open considerable canned goods, liquors, chocolate, etc, and Captain Hume says It is a miracle that the vessel did not catch on fire, as the cargo broacheis worked among the inflammable cargo with candles. Alfred Johansen, a native of Norway, was lost during the voyage, hav ing fallen overboard from a yard arm. CUSTOM-HOUSE TRANSACTIONS. Light Business Done in. This District Last Month. The statement of transactions of the Custom-House in September does not com pare favorably with the .record of business in the same month last year, the exports amounting "to but 357LGS7 against $3,872,916 in September, 1902. The receipts of the district last month were $52,451 as com pared with $62,882 In the" same month of 1902. The smaller shipping business is due to the lateness of the wheat move ment. The September summary state ment follows: Vessels entered from foreign ports 2 Vessels cleared for foreign ports C Vessels entered from domestic ports.... SO Vessels cleared for domestic ports 20 Entries of merchandise for duty 95 Entries of merchandise frqe of duty.... 45 Entries for warehouse - 1 Entries for export to adjacent British provinces 9 Entries from warehouse for consump tion 27 Entries for immediate transportation without appraisement 70 Total number of entries of all ldnds..24S Entries for consumption liquidated S3 Entries for warehouse liquidated 2 Certificates of registry granted 2 Certificates of enrollment granted. 3 Licenses for coasting trade granted S License to vessels under 20 tons granted 1 Total number of documents to vessels issued 14 Value of exports Domestic $571,5S7 Foreign 40 Receipts from all sources Duties on Imports $52,451 Fines, penalties and forfeitures 9 Miscellaneous customs receipts 253 Storage, labor and cartage 14 Official .fees .-. 33 Total $52,763 Amount of refunds and drawbacks paid : 3,175 The value of domestic exports In the past 12 months was as follows: October $1,447,896 November S46.292 December 1,775,890 January L461.CS9 February 783,018 March 762,794 April 736,245 May 760.9S5 June 518,590 July 444,156 August 273,568 September 571.5S7 The total receipts of tho district in each month were as follows: October $79,035 November 56,942 December . 73,093 January 111,635 February 67,614 March C7.973 April 94.201 May . 46,670 June 93.033 July 53,930 August us.wj aepiemoer Bottle Message Tells of IVreclc "WATERTOWN, N. Y., Oct. 7. A special to the Standard from Alexandria Bay to day, says: A bottle has been found floating In the St. Lawrence River, near here, con taining a message, which read as follows: "Long Point Lake, Sept. 17, 190L Steam er Harpoon- sinking; seven feet of water in her hold. (Signed) Captain." The bottle was badly chipped, giving evidence of a long voyage. IX LIXE OF PItOMOTTOX. Jfewton Posten Becomes Assistant General Manager Pacific Coast Co. Newton Posten, who served for many years as agent m this city of the Pa clflc Coast Steamship Company, will suc ceed "W. E. Pearce at Seattle as assist ant general manager of the Pacific Coast Company. Mr. Pearce was recently ap pointed general manager. Mr. Posten, who was superintendent of the coal de partment of the company, succeeded Mr. Pearce in that position, when the latter moved up to the assistant general man agership of the company. Mr. Posten held responsible positions with the corpora tion during the days of Henry Vlllard, when It was known as the Oregon Im provement Company. In this connection it is reported on ap parently good authority that Marcus Tal bot, the present agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railway, one of the properties of the Pacific Coast Company, is to succeed Mr. Posten. ANOTHER SHD? COMING. Elba Chartered to Load Here for the Orient. The German steamship Elba, of 2634 tons, has been chartered to load wheat here for Japan. She left Bsqulmalt yes terday for this city. Mitsui & Co., of San Francisco, are- the agents for the steamer. but it could not be learned who are the charterers. The Austrian steamship Kobe taken by Jtt. c. Harrison & Co. for general cargo to the Orient, arrived at Astoria at noon yesterday from British Columbia. She will carry principally lumber, which will be taken at Inman, Poulsen St Co.'s mllL SETTLED OUT OF COURT. Norman Isles Receives $7000 lor Picking: Up the Columbia. VICTORIA, B. C, Oct 7. The salvage suit or tne .Norwegian steamer Norman Isles against the British ship Columbia, which was picked up by the steamer April 8 last, dismasted and helpless when drift ing towara Vancouver Island, was settled out of court today. The Norman Isles ta- ceived $7000, tenth of the amount asked In the suit, which was to have been held in tne iocai admiralty courts this week. Sailors Broached, the Ca.rro. VICTORIA. B. C Oftt 7 Th TJHti.v. ship Crompton, which arrived this morn-J "Will Launch Patrol Today. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) The new Government tug Patrol will be launched tomorrow afternoon at Leathers' yard. Miss Hazel Robb, daughter of Col lector of Customs W. L. Robb, will christen the boat. The Patrol Is one of the finest small boats on the Lower Co lumbia, and was built for use of the cus toms Inspectors of jtnls port. Cargo of the Eva. The German steamship Eva, having completed her cargo, left down at noon yesterday bound for Tslngtau, China, The cargo consists of 2,526,746 feet of lum ber valued at $30,858, ten boxes of canned goods, 12 boxes of apples and a quantity of lath, the total value being S3L718. The steamer will coal at Seattle before start ing across the Pacific Stick to Rate Agreement. PARIS. Oct. 7. Superintendent Tattet, of the French Trans-Atlantic Steamship Ldne, said today it was true the French and all the other continental lines had withdrawn from the continental passen ger rate agreement. "Wlslikab. a Freak. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.) The schooner "Wlehkah, which foundered in the Straits of Fuca, was launched here last Spring. She was of the dory style, and a freak in marine architecture. Fear lor a Barkentine. TACOMA, Oct 7. Anxiety is felt for tho barkentine John Smith, which was about five miles behind the schooner Philippines when she passed in the straits Monday morning last Tellus, from Lady smith; steamer James Dollar, from Seattle; steamer Columbia, from Portland; steamer George Loomls, from Whatcom? sh!n T. .T. Morse, from. Fort "Wrangle; schooner Ida Schnauer, from Gray's Harbor; schooner Falcon, ixom Gray's Harbor; schooner Bender Brothers, from Sluslaw River; schooner "Western Home, from Coos Bay; schooner Canfano, trom Port Gamble; steamer Coos Bay, from Newport. Sailed Hero, for Ladysmith; bark Hecla, for Port Hadlock. Tacoma, Oct. 7 Arrived Schooner Phil ippine, from San Francisco; schooner Wins low, from San Pedro; steamer Nebraskan, from San Francisco; steamer City of Pu eblo, from ,San Francisco; steamer Mack inaw, from San Francisco. Sailed Bark Sen-la, for Sydney; steamer Montara, for San Francisco. Southampton. Oct 7. Arrived St Louis, frorg. New York. Queenstown, Oct 7. Arrived Teutonic, from New York, for Liverpool, and pro ceeded. New York, Oct. 7. Arrived Lombardla, from Genoa and Naples. Seattle, Oct. 7. Arrived Steamer Rain ier, from San Francisco; steamer Centen nial, from San Francisco. Liverpool. Oct. 7. Arrived Noordland, from Philadelphia. PRESS FEEDERS WIN STRIKE Chicago Typotlictae Ask Tliem, io Resume Former Places. CHICAGO, Oct 7. The Chicago Typo thetae sued for peace tonight when Presi dent Higgins. of the International Print ing Pressmen's Union, failed to live up to his promise to furnish sufllclent pres3 feeders to man tho presses of the em ploying printers. A committee of two was appointed to open negotiations with the Franklin Union of Press Feeders for a settlement, and an agreement was reached in a few minutes whereby the Franklin feeders will return to work to morrow In all the Typothetao offices ex cepting where girls are employed to feed presses. After this has been accomplished a committee of seven members of the Typothetae was named to bring about a complete settlement Members of the Typothetae acknowl edged themselves routed and lay the blame for the failure of the lockout on the pressmen. "WILL BE Xq BIG STRIKE. President of. Ironworkers Denies General Walk-Out In Planned. CHICAGO, Oct 7. That a general strike of structural Iron workers in the United States and Canada is to be called was denied emphatically today by Frank Buchanan, newly elected president of the Bridge & Structural Ironworkers' Union. He also denied the report from Pittsburg that Samuel Parks has lined up the Iron workers for a strike in sympathy with tho New York h-onworkers' local, r Parks Says Strike "Will Be Extended. .NEW YORK, Oct 7. Samuel J. Parks, walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Brldgemen's Union, today announced that at the meeting of the National executive committee of the Ironworkers' Union here next week, the local building strike will be extended throughout the country wher ever the Iron League has members. Sympathetic Miners' Strike Put Off. DENVER, Oct 7. Governor Peabody to day received a telegram from State Labor Commissioner Montgomery, who has been attending the meeting of the executive committee of the United Mlneworkers at Indianapolis, containing the information that the committee has decided not to order a strike of the coal miners of Dis trict 35, which includes Colorado, Wyo ming, Utah and New Mexico. It is un derstood from Mr. Montgomery's tele gram that the matter has been post poned until next Spring. Tailors Declare" "War on Union. CHICAGO, Oct 7. The Merchant Tall ors' Protective Association, composed of manufacturing tailors of the country, to day declared war on the Journeymen Tailors' Union of America and will here after refuse to deal with union journey men tailors as such. The Tailors' Union has n membership of about 20,000. De mands for Increased wages and free workshops have been made by the tailors in several cities. Nonunion Men to Start Up Mines. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Oct 7. The six coal mines In this city will re sume operations tomorrow with nonunion men. Forty special deputy Sheriffs have been placed at the mines as a precaution ary measure against violence. The union miners struck on October 1 for a 20 per cent increase in wages and a reduction from a nine to an eight-hour day. j Militiaman Accidentally- Shot CRLPPLE CREEK, Colo., Oct 7. Max Moore, of Boulder, one of the members of the militia stationed here, was acci dentally shot by a fellow-soldier, and ho will probably die. Moore was removed to the hospital here, where it was found the bullet had struck him in tho groin and passed entirely through his body. Posted, aa Misslnir. NEW YORK, Oct 7. The American ship Helen Brewer, Captain Machan, from Sourabaya, March 6, for Delaware Break water, has been posted at Lloyds as missing. HIS DREAM TO COME TRUE MESSENGER. KORNER "WILL BUY A FARM "WITH HIS -?1000. ing a package during the time that he has worked for the company, and, al though he has handled millions of' dol lars, he has never been short a cent In his accounts. He Is very thankful to the company for its expression of appreciation. Express Company Sends io Him Handsome Letter of Approval lor His Bravery. As a reward for his faithfulness and bravery in risking his life to save the property of his employers, F. H. Korner, , the Pacific Express messenger, wno snot j James "Wilson, alias "Jim" Connors, the wounded bandit Implicated In the attempt ! to hold up tho O. R, & N. train near Cor- j bett recently, has received a check for $1000 from the express "company and as- j surances that he will be remembered by resolutions of praise. This Information j was contained .in a dispatch to The Ore gonlan from Spokane yesterday. The draft was accompanied by a letter from General Superintendent F. C. Gentsch of the company, In which he praised the young man for his act of daring. The letter is as follows: ST. LOUIS, Oct 2. 1003. Mr. Fred A. Kor ner Dear Sir: Superintendent Rogers has cent mo your report of the attempt to rob your car on O. R. & N. train No. 0, September 23, near Corbeft, Or., at about 10 P. M., on which occasion you so fearlessly and success fully defended the company's property placed In your charge, thereby not only preventing' -the execution of the robbers' plans, but so seriously wounded ono of them that ho was captured. As substantial evidence of the manage ment's appreciation of your action I hand you herewith a draft for $1000 and beg to further advise you that at the next meeting- of the board of directors attention will be called to the case and an appropriate resolution of thanks offered, to be. engrossed and presented to you. Again thanking you for your ' splendid bravery -and devotion to duty and with the kindest wishes for your future welfare, I am yours very truly, F. C. GENTSCH, General Superintendent. Mr. Korner is a happy man at the re ceipt of the letter and draft It is not alone because of tho handsome manner in which the company has recognized his services to them, but because tho reward will materially old blm In the realization of one of the dreams of his life. He was born near Cherryvale, Kan., and it has long been his desire that when he be comes too old to work he might bo able to purchase a little ranch near the old homestead and spend his last years among boyhood scenes. This gift from his employers he looks upon as a sub stantial nestegg to which his savings may be added In years to come until he will be enabled to realize his dream. Mr. Korner began his career at rail roading as express messenger for the Pa cific Express Company in 196. He made his first run from Salt Lake City to Juab, in Utah, over the Short Line. He was afterward transferred to the Salt Lake Ogden run, and again placed upon the Salt Lake-Nephl run. Several months were spent on the Pendleton-"Walla "Walla run, then the Green River and Hunting ton division, after which he returned to Salt Lake and took the Salt Lake-Butte division. This division he held until 1300. when he was changed to the run he now" holds, from Huntington to Portland. Mr. Korner has a record for never los- THE OMINOUS WHITE LINES Must One StHdy His Thumb Nails In Order to Know Himself? Chicago Inter Ocean. A medical writer In the Frankfurter Zeltung has discovered that the white lines which cross the finger nails, par ticularly tho thumb nails, are signs of disturbances In the organism at the time they were formed. His observa tion is that 46 per cent of tho criminals have these lines, 43 per cent of idiots and 50 per cent of lunatics. He believes that the lines denote some degeneracy of the upper nervous system and that they are not purely physical, but are connected with the physical, moral and in tellectual change. This is probably tho first time that medical science has honored the thumb with, so much attention, although it long ago found Its way In literature. For merly the thumb was held In high regard by the superstitious. By the- pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes, chanted tho first "Witch In "Macbeth," and Shakespeare's consideration of the thumb as a dramatic quality Is again shown In the servants' quarrel in "Ro meo and Juliet:" Do you. bite your thumb at us, sir? For to bite the thumb at a neighbor was an act against tho honor of either a Montague or a Capulet, and so came tho first clash in the great love tragedy. The theory that the ball of tho thumb is marked by different lines in each per son Is made the hobby of the chief char acter in Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wil son," who collected the thumb prints of all with whom ho came In contact and thus eventually cleared .the mystery of tho changed babies. The modern palmist reads character In the thumb and the person whose thumb is supple and may be bent for back towards the wrist is said to be capable of great Influence over others. Then there is the broad flat thumb that denotes strength, and the tapering thumb that Is supposed to give its possessor Intellect Now a German specialist has made a study of the thumb nail. Ar hasty ex amination will disclose whether one Is normally or abnormally classed. The pro portion of normally constituted persons who have white lines on their thumbs Is only from 10 to 11 per cent, according to this authority, tho largest percentage. 75, being among those who are periodically dangerous lunatics. "With this discovery in view it is perhaps as well to examine tho thumb nails of an acquaintance before being too free or friendly. At the same time science, superstition and fiction have not diagnosed the thumb nearly so well as the boy at school who had it is a subject for his composition: "The thumb is a lot of trouble. The baby has to be slapped for putting it In her mouth and hollers, and It Is also the place where you hit It when tho hammer misses where you want to put It and makes pa mad." "The German specialist certainly agrees with the boy. The thumb Is a lot of trouble. WILL INVADE THE MARKET MANY OUTSIDE SAWMILLS WILL ""SHIP TO PORTLAND. IGold Medal At Ban-American Exposition. Completion, of New O. W. & P. Car line Endangers Monopoly of Lo , cal Lumber Trust. Twenty-one new sawmills are expected to send their product Into the Portland market when the new line of the Oregon Wafer Power & Railway Company is fin ished to Sprlngwater. Lumbermen are anxiously waiting to see the outcome of the intrusion of this product Into the lo cal market What some believe to be the effect of a partial intrusion is the fact that certain grades of lumber have already fallen in price here. The Boring Junction Lumber Company has established a yard on East Eighth street and is after a part of tho city trade, independent of the City Retail Lumber Company, which controls the local output of the mills here. The other mills on the new line are shipping their lumber direct to the consumer. When the line Is completed, 200,000 feet of lumber a day can be sent into Portland from these mills. At Damascus, at Currinsvllle and at the Clackamas end of the line are small saw mills working steadily. Proctor St Beers have two mills six miles from the branch. Another feature of the invasion will be the quantity of sawdust and slabwood which may be shipped into the city at a low price. Heretofore this has been wast ed at these mills on account of the lack of transportation, but now it can be sent into the city at a profit The main product of these mills heretofore has been rail way ties, and for them to engage In the lumber trade Is a new venture. Owing largely to the fall In price of logs from $S to $10 to $5.50 to $7. lumber began to fall in price about July L Competition in the logging business has played smash with the fancy prices which prevailed a year ago. The Weyerhaeuser Logging Company has made a contract with the Northern Pacific to send out 150 cars load ed with 100,000 feet each every day. This timber will b ecut in the Tacult district back of "Vancouver. This, with the invas ion of the Sprlngwater mills in the fu ture, has forced a drop In the prices of lumber. Rough lumber has fallen $2 per 1000 and "the higher grades $4 per 1000. Glory That Has Declined. Collier's "Weekly. Sic transit gloria mundl. "We read in the papers, now, that it requires yacht races to get Mr. Morgan's name, Into the papers he who, a few short months ago, overshadowed the earth. So passes the glory of this world. Solomon, or whoever wrote Eccleslastes, would have enjoyed the history of Mr. Morgan. All Is vanity. His name has lost Its magic. The coun try is really prosperous, as he said it was. Throughout the "West and South bankers are so affluent that they scorn schemes for expanding currency, yet the man who predicted that if a break, in stocks came it would he due to lack of confidence rather than to lack of real prosperity is an exploded prophet In his own country. Hl3 further belief that his great com binations could pay proper interest on tholr capitalization, if confidence continu ed, has not been tested, as confidence de serted. In politics, in literature. In war. 1 Unlike Any Other! The full flavor, the deli cious quality, thfc absolute Purity of Lowney' s Break fast Cocoa distinguish it from all others. No "treatment' with alkalies; no adulterations with flour. starch or ground cocoa shells; running out me nutritive and ditrestible nrodwet of trip, choic est iocoa .scans. Ask Your Dealer for It. as in business, the glory of this world passes. Time Is necessary to tell us what reputations wilt, remain. Dewey, whom Mr. Choate once ranked with Nelson, will fill a very modest niche in the hall of fame. McKinUty. whom Mr. Hay com pared with Lincoln, will hardly stand out in the long- Hrxe of presidents. At Mr. Roosevelt's place in history, Mr. Mor gan's, or Mr. Rockefeller's, it is hardly possible even to guess. So in letters, a dozen writers every year are greeted with praise adequate to describe Hawthorne. What critic, among the best, has not discovered soma young genius, only to watch him settLo back Into the crowded ranks of mediocrity? As tho metropolis' is called the graveyard of provincial repu tations, so Is a. moderate stretch of tlmo the graveyard ot 99 great reputations out of 100, however national and. intense at some favoring 'moment. The inability to lose One's standing by destructive mis takes is one of the advantages of being dead. Knlser Sends Congratulations. BERLIN, Oct 7. Emperor William had telegraphed his congratulations to tho company engaged in the experiments on the electrical railroad attaining tho speed of 125 '4-5 miles an hour. His Majesty in doing so alluded to the "wonderrul results achieved by German energy anil persistence." COOLIES SMUGGLED IN. Marine Notes-. The French bark Admiral Halgan was spoken September 24 in 32:42 north, 138:44 west and reported all welL A Seattle firm has secured tho contract for making repairs on the transport Dix, which will amount to about $15,000. The barkentine John C Meyer has finished loading 1.OS0.O00 feet of lumber at the Portland Lumber mills for San Pedro. The British ships Trafalgar and Ilala, both known on this coast have been sold to Norwegians, the former for 5200 and the latter for 5750. Tho British ship Australia arrived up yesterday morning and docked at Mont gomery No. 3. Captain Korff, who has been sick for some time, came up later on the Hassalo and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital. The Rlckmers Company, of Bremen, launched the 2500-ton steamer Dorothea Rlckmers, at Bremerhaven, September 6, and the Chinese Coast Navigation Com pany of Hamburg launched a 2050-ton steamer at Flensburg September 5. Both vessels are Intended for the Chinese coast service. There have been launched In the United States during the past eight months, says Falrplay, 395 vessels, totalling about 738, 151 tons gross, as compared with 3S7 ves sels, of about 911,943 tons gross in the first eight months of last year; 577 vessels, of about LOS0.250 tonB gross in 1301; 378 ves sels, of about 840,777 tons gross, In 1900, and 415 vessels, of about 914,357 tons gross, in 1S99. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 7. Arrived down at 11:30 and sailed at 2 P. 1L today Steamer Prentlsa, for San Francisco. Sailed at 0:45 A. 1L Steamer Vosbure, for Tillamook. Ar rived at 10:40 A. M. and left up at 12 M. Steamer Geo. W. Elder from San Fran cisco. Arrived at 11 A. M. Schooner Ma bel Gale, from San Francisco. Arrived at 12 M. Austrian steamer Kobe, from Vic toria. Arrived at 2 P. M. Schooner Vik ing, from San Francisco. Arrived down at 2 P. M. Schooner Luzon. Arrived down at 8:30 P. M. and sailed at 7 P. M. Steamer Aberdeen, for Coos Bay. San Francisco, Oct. 0. Arrived at 10 P. jj, steamer Soujh Portland, from Portland. New York, Oct 7. Arrived Mesaba, from London. Antwerp, Oct T. ArrtTed Pennland, from Philadelphia. San Francisco, Oct 7i Arrived Stoamcr Immigration Inspector and Prede cessor Must Stand Trial. MANILA, Oct 8. As the result of un earthing by Collector of Customs Shuster of a scheme to bring In Chinese coolies under the guise of merchants, John T. Miller, an ex-Inspector of Immigration, is under arrest and a warrant has been issued for Inspector W. G. Ballantyne, who Is now In China. v Among the papers secured by Collector Shuster Is a contract signed by Miller and Ballantyne regarding a division of profits. The contract mentions Carl Johnson, vice and acting Consul at Amoy, his inter preter and secretary, as beneficiaries. A Chinese detective Is said to have paid $400 to be passed through as a merchant Mil ler and Ballantyne are charged with ut tering false and forged certificates. WATCHING FOR EMBEZZLERS. British, and American Steamers Pa trol Coast of Borneo. MANILA, Oct 8. Nothing further has yet been heard of George Herman, chief inspector, and C. J. Johnson, constabu lary officer, both of whom were stationed at Mlsamls, Mindanao, and who took $600, seized a steamer and started in the direction of Borneo. It Is now thought that. Instead of going to Borneo, they are either making for the Chinese coast or the Dutch settlements. The coast of Borneo Is patrolled by British and Amer ican steamers. In seizing the "Victoria, tho vessel on which Herman and Johnson made their escape, they made use of the constabu lary, ordering them to take the vessel. Herman and Johnson also ordered a num ber of constabulary to accompany them in their flight for the purpose, it is sug gested, of forcing native steamers to sup ply them with coal. Were Not Insurrectos. MANILA. Oct 8. The Supreme Court, In confirming the conviction of a number of ladroncs sentenced to imprisonment for life, gives as its opinion that the late San Miguel band of brigands were not Insurrectos. fHE DELEMEATO FOR FASHION'S LATEST FADS i FOR BRIGHTEST FICTION - What is being made abroad is told in our letters from London and Paris, and what is to be worn here this Winter is fully pidurcd and described in detail. Many pages are devoted to illuslrations of fashion able hats, erections of the beft houses, and the newest dress fabrics, trimmings and accessories. The Dressmaking and Needlework depart ments are invaluable to the woman who would be well gowned. FOR HOUSEHOLD HELPS The cleverest story writers assist in making The Delineator's pages entertaining. In November Lillie Hamilton French tells of "An Inter rupted Honeymoon"; Minna C. Smith of "The Little Mail Carrier"; William MacLeod Raine of "An Unpremeditated Engagement"; and then the serial story, " The Evolution of a Club Woman," about which everybody is talking, is continued. FOR WOMAN'S SOCIAL DOINGS International Conference on Cholera, "PARIS, Oct 7. Medical Inspector An derson, surgeon of the United States European station, has arrived hero from Beirut Syria, having been detached from the flagship Brooklyn to represent the United States Navy at the international conference to perfect the regulations for tho suppression of. tho cholera pest The conference will assemble here Saturday. Surgeon Anderson declines to discuss tho situation at Beirut "Household Helps" is a trite expression. Far from trite are the helps continually offered in The Delineator by able writers who suggest new thoughts in cooking, happy arrangements in furnishing and short cuts in all branches of housekeeping. For Children's Stories and Pastimes The Delineator s juvenile stories can be really enjoyed by children who read or are read to. The many suggestions offered keep little hands amusingly occupied, and .teach while they amuse. Woman's clubs, her entertainments, her obligations to society, and her various occupations, are deUghtfully treated from various view points. ETYD A TTT? A fTTVT? TT T TTCTT? A TTAWC The worlds best illustrators make the Delineator's pages attractive. The second of J. G Hemment's remarkable photographic articles, an uncommon story of Mr. Hemment's uncommon doings, is in the November number, and the work of Guerin, Rosenmeyer, Keller, Ashe, Lowell, Aylward, Leyendecker and Eaton appears monthly. 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