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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903.
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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.
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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.
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