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THE MOENTNG OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, NOYEMBEE 26, 1903.
HADQUIGKDI3PATGH
Bark Prof, Koch Discharged
and Loaded in Two Weeks.
A LOSS ON LOW FREIGHTS
Their Losses Reflected In Increased
Gains, for Wheatgrowers Profit
at Their Expense-Two Coast
wise Grain Cargoes.
The German bark Professor Koch was
cleared yesterday by the Portland Grain
.Company for Queenstown or Falmouth
for orders with 86,672 bushels of wheat,
valued at 568,500. This vessel has received
the best dispatch that has been given any
grain vessel arriving this season. She
reached Portland two weeks ago yester
day wth 1000 tons of Inward cargo, most
of which was discharged at Greenwich
flock. She then shifted to two other docks
to take on board her wheat cargo, and is
now ready for sea, after a stay of only
a fortnight in port. The Professor Koch
loaded at Portland abouttwo years ago,
clearing with S7.347 bushels of wheat val
ued at S4S,9it. On her present voyage she
goes fut under the highest rate paid this
season, as she was taken early at 25s, but
this rate appears small and insignificant
in comparison with the 41s 3d which she
received on her previous voyage. At that
time her gross earnings for the voyage
from Portland to Europe were $22,770,- and
on her present voyage they will amount
to but 514,375. This difference of $8395
which the German shipowner loses all
goes into the pockets of the wheatgrow
ers; In fact, they receive an even greater
sum at the oxpense of the shipowner and
the exporters, for no matter what the ex
porter pays for a ship, if there is a de
cline in freights, he must meet the freight
market.
Based on current freight rates, the Pro
fessor Koch would not receive more than
510.000 for her outward voyage, or less
than one-half the amount received when
she was last here. Her cargo, as cleared
yesterday, shows a valuation about $20,000
in excess of the cargo she carried about
two years ago. From the foregoing fig
ures It is apparent that about one-half of
this increased value has been at the ex
pense of the shipowner, and the remainder
Is due to a natural advance in the mar
kets abroad. The Professor Koch made
her last outward passage ia 140 days, and
if she takes the same time on the voyage
which is just beginning, her owners will
lose JGO per day for the next four or five
months. A good proportion of the ex
travagant profits of the five fat years that
preceded the present freight depression
will be required to make up the deficiency
created by a voyage at present rates.
CAPTAIN TROUP'S LATEST.
Former Portlander Builds an Elegant
Steamer for Canadian Pacific.
Captain J. "W. Troup, formerly superin
tendent of O. JL & N. water lines In this
city, and at present superintendent of the
Canadian Pacific fleet, has just completed
one of the finest steamers over built in
the Northwest. She was christened the
Princess Beatrice, and made her maiden
trip to Vancouver last week. The Prov
ince has the following regarding her:
The Princess Beatrice is a revelation
in the art of steamship construction on
this coast. So far as accommodation and
furnishings go there is nothing on this
coast to equal her. Her saloons and
statorooms are marvels of richness in
decoration. Her decorations could hardly
be bettor were she the private yacht of a
millionaire.
She was built under special surveys of
Lloyd's surveyor, Mr. James Fowler, of
thlg city, and is classed with Lloyd's. She
was constructed by the British Columbia
Marine Railways Company at its Esquln
alt yard. In many respects she more
than fulfills the requirements of Lloyd's.
The very best timbers obtainable were
used la her construction. One section of
her keel consisted of a piece of timber 112
feet in length. She has Pteel bulkheads
with regular board of trade watertight
doors, and her coal bunkers are of steel.
She is a vessel of approximately 1000 tons'
displacement, and can easily carry 700
tons of cargo. She has an afterhold
which Is reached from the social hall by
means of a very ingenious arrangement.
She has an orlop deck forward, thus en
abling her to keep her cargo separated
and in better order than if it was all
piled into one hold. She ia equipped with
Fteam winches and steam capstans. She
is schooner-rigged, with two pole masts
and four derricks. She has spacious
'tween decks, with large cargo ports.
From the forehatch aft to the stern she
has a deckhouse, which is nicely laid out
with smoking-room forward, social hall
amidships and ladies' cabin aft.
The interior furnishing of the saloon
and cabins Is done in modern English
style, with mahogany trimmings and silk
tapestry. The whole scheme of decora
tion is green of the most delicate shad
ing imaginable. The carpets are extreme
ly rich, the hangings, bedding and state
room fittings are the most modern pro
curable. All staterooms aro furnished
with oloctric light, and have call bells
within roach of the berths. The saloons
and staterooms are well lighted by am-ple-slsed
skylights and windows, and ex
cellent ventilation Is provided in all parts
of the vessel.
MOAN A STRIKES ROCKS.
Reports Picking Up Escaped Convicts
at Sea.
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 25. The Bteamar
Moana, which arrived this morning from
Australia via Honolulu, met with an ac
cident at William Head quarantine sta
tion last night as the result of which she
may have to go Ipto drydock.
The steamer was avoiding the steamer
Vmatilla on entering the station, and Cap
tain Carey says the flashing of the search
light of that vessel dazzled the officers of
the Moana, who failed as a result to no
tice the proximity of the liner to the
rocks, she having been caught up by the
current. The Moana struck by the stern
on the rocks, breaking her rudder. Cap
tain Carey, after several hours of back
ing and filling, the steamer being without
steering gear, managed to bring the ves
sel to Victoria.
Tho Moana brought news from Austra
lia of the picking up at sea of seven es
caped French convicts from the penal set
tlement at New Caledonia, who had been
drifting at sea in an open boat for 13
days. The prisoners, who had secured a
Ashing smack, converted a sapling into a
mast and put to sea, intending to escape
to the Australian coast. The boat had
been supplied with oars, but only one re
mained, had no compass and none of the
prisoners had the slightest idea of nav
igation. All would have perished had
they not been rescued by the steamer
Cromarty, 400 miles north of New Cale
donia, which took them to Sydney. The
convicts, who were all armed, were weak
and emaciated from the privation endured
when rescued. They are being held by the
Sydney police pending advice from the
French authorities.
There was some excitement at Suva
when the Moana called there, over the
reported hauling down of the British flag
at Tonga, it being said at Suva that the
Friendly Islands were to be handed over
to Germany by Great Britain in exchange
for some German Islands In the Solomon
group, known as the German Solomon
Islands.-
An interesting dispute has arisen, at
Sydney as a result of a decision of the
Arbitration Court there against the Amer
ican ship Andromeda, from Puget Sound,
with lumber. Captain Ransellus was dis
charging his timber over the side onto
scows with his own crew. Complaint was
made by the Longshoremen's Union and
the Arbitration Court cited Captain Ran
sellus to appear. He refused. An injunc
tion was granted, restraining htm from
committing further breaches of an award
made by the Arbitration Court, giving
preference to union labor.
The American captain, backed by the
American Consul, refused to allow any
one on board to serve the summons, the
American Consul having quoted Daniel
"Webster's letter to tho British Government
that the deck of the vessel is tho terri
tory of tho country to which she be
longs. WRECK BREAKING UP.
No, More Bodies Wash Ashore From
the Coppee:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25. The nlno
survivors of tho wreck of tho Francois
Coppee, who were picked up by the steam
schooner Scotia, were brought here today
on that steamer. Their stories of the
disaster merely confirm that already told.
The men aro all being cared for by the
French Consul.
When the bark washed upon Pierco
Point, Bird Island, her brave cap
tain. Adolph Iruye, gavo little thought
to his own safety. He stood upon tho
deck and calmly gave orders to the men.
When one boat and then another was
smashed to pieces he stood by and di
rected the launching of the largo life
boat. When the occupants of this boat,
which was picked up by the steamer
Scotia, cut loose from the stranded ship.
Captain Iruye summoned the remainder
of the crew aft and called off the names.
And then when tho remainder of tho
crew sought safety on tho shaggy rocks
tho captain stayed with tho ship. Ho
was the last man on tho vessel. But a
mighty wave swept over the boat, and
Captain Iruye was washed overboard.
That it was impossible for him to havo
reached land was certain, for ho was
weighted down with oilskins.
The report comes from Pierco Point
this morning that tho bark is breaking
up rapidly. All that was left yester
day of the ship was tho bow.
Later the steel plates parted, and tho
wreck gave evidence of falling apart.
Casks of wine, clothing and debris aro
floating ashore, but no bodies have been
found. Captain Jorgensen, of the life
saving station, thinks that the bodies will
not wash ashore near the wreck, but will
either be carried out to sea or come
ashore farther up the coast. The death
list still numbers 1L
AFRICAN TRADE EASIER.
Dark Continent Now Securing Grain
Supplies From Australia.
After shipping over 700,000 bushels of
wheat and about 50,000 barrels of flour to
South Africa since the season opened,
Portland exporters havo about given up
hope of doing anything more with tho
dark continent this season. Last season
the trade was the heaviest from December
on through to Spring, but the Australian
crop is once more in evidence, and South
Africa has returned to her first love, and
is obtaining supplies from that quarter.
It is estimated tnat Australia will thla
season have an exportable surplus of 16.
000,000 bushels of wheat of a very good
quality, and this will be sufficient to fill
the African demand and possibly leave
some for shipment to the Orient. The
last Issue of the Corn Trade News con
tains the names of over 50 vessels which
have been chartered to load at Australia
for the United Kingdom, and of this
number 20 have the option of loading for
South Africa. Included in the list are a
number of vessels which loaded at Port
land last year or the year before.
Among the well-known craft scheduled
for the Cape of Good Hope from Australia
are the Anemone, Andreta, Australia,
Amazone, Cupica, General Faldherbe,
Hoppett, Lord Elgin and Thornllebank.
Other recent visitors at Portland now
chartered to load out from Australia are
the Earlsconrt, Ernest Legouve, Flottbek,
Glenelvan, Gulf Stream, Holyrood, Isle of
Arran and Trafalgar. The Francois Cop
pee, which was wrecked near San .Fran
cisco a few days ago, was also under
charter to load at Australia for the Unit
ed Kingdom.
IN BALLAST FROM PUGET SOUND
Nome City, Like the Vincent, Unable
to Secure Cargo Up North.
The steamship Nome City arrived in
from Puget Sound in ballast yesterday to
load grain for San Francisco. She will
carry about 2000 tons, and the steamer
Melville Dollar, now In port, will take
away about the same amount. These
shipments will swell the grain exports
coastwise to unusually heavy proportions.
As was stated a few weeks ago, Portland
has shipped more wheat to San Francisco
and other California ports this -season
than has been exported from the Bay City
since the season opened. Including tho
November shipments from Portlana, the
total amount of wheat shipped from this
port to the California ports will be more
than 600,000 bushels, while during the samo
period nearly 300,000 bushels has been
shipped from Puget Sound to California
ports. This amount would bo suiuclent
to load nlno averaged sized sailing ships
In the foreign trade.
The Nomo City Is the second arrival
from Puget Sound in ballast this week,
the Vincent, which arrived Tuesday, be
ing unable to secure business on Puget
Sound. Meanwhile Portland has fewer
Idle ships than any other port on the Pa
cific Coast, and more under charter than
any other North Pacific port.
RUMOR WITHOUT FOUNDATION
Story Circulated in London of Sink
ing of Cedrlc.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23. A rumor was
circulated in this city Sunday last to
the effect that the White Star steamship
Cedrlc had been sunk in mldocean in
collision with the Lamport-Holt steam
ship Titan. As a careful investigation
showed that the report could not be
traced to any responsible source, little
heed was paid to it.
The steamship Titan arrived in due
course off the Irish coast yesterday. She.
was reported at the head of Klnsale, and
gave no signal to indicate any important
experience during her voyage. This morn
ing she arrived lnxtho Mersey, and Is now
going through the Manchester Canal to
Manchester, her destination. The Lamport-Holt
steamship people denounce tho
reported collision and sinking of tho
Cedrlc as a pure invention of an irre
sponsible news agency.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. The White Star
Lino agents in this city, report that they
have no information of any mishap to
the Cedrlc, and she Is expected to arrive
here tomorrow. The Cedrlc sailed from
Liverpool last Wednesday with 200 first
class, 160 second-class and 5S0 steerage
passengers.
FIGHT OF LUMBER CARRIERS.
Yards Being Selected at San Fran
cisco for Control of Trade.
SEATTLE, Nov. 25. Little hope of a set
tlement of the fight between the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company and the steam
schooners in the lumber-carrying trade is
entertained by officials of tho former com
pany. A prominent Northwest lumberman has
been sent to San Francisco to select a site
for lumber yards, and the Pacific Cfcast
Steamship Company has made arange
ments for securing all the lumber required
to enter Into a hard fight for the control
of the California lumber trade.
A fleet of steam schooners will be put on
the run, and the company believes It can
force a settlement on Its own terms.
Bay Ferry Runs Ajjround.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25. Tho ferry
boat Sausallto, which went aground I on
Angel Island last night, was floated oft
this forenoon. The Sausallto struck in a
dense fog, which blanketed the bay last
night. She ran ashore on the rocks on
tho southwest side of the island, near
Fort McDowell. There were about 100
passengers on board at tho time, but
luckily no fatality occurred. Tho steamer
ran her bowagainst the wall of a sheer
precipice about 50 feet In height.
A panic on board was prevented by tho
coolness of the officers, whoso actions
calmed the fears of the frightened pas
sengers. The steamer was found to be
hard and fast on the rocks, her bow
smashed and torn. It was 9:15, and the
passengers remained on board until taken
off by the ferryboat Cazadero, which was
telegraphed for from Fort McDowell And
came to the assistance of tho stranded
steamer.
Meteor Expected in" December.
SEATTLE, Nov. 23. The disabled steam
ship Meteor will probably reach this port
in tow of the tug Tyee, from Dutch Har
bor, during the flrst week in December.
The Tyee sailed from Yakutat November
5. Barring bad weather, she should havo
reached her destination November 12,
probably beginning tho return voyage tho
same day. The Tyeo will bring tho dis
abled vessel by way of the inside passage,
a distance of 3000 miles.
Greely Wants to Lay More Cable.
SEATTLE. Nov. 25. If the plans of 'Gen
eral Greely aro carried out about 150 miles
more of tho Alaska cable will be laid this
Winter, notwithstanding the announce
ment from Washington that tho project
had been abandoned until April. He wants
to lay tho cable from Seattle to Tatoosh
Islands this Winter.
The demand from tho Philippines for
the services of the cable-laying ship Burn
side make this Impossible.
Volant Towed Into Tillamook.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 25. (Special.) The
schooner Volant, from San Francisco, was
towed into Tillamook yesterday by the
steamer George R. Vosburg, and will load
lumber. The schooner C. T. Hill, lumber
laden, for San Francisco, was towed to
sea from Tillamook yesterday.
Melrose at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 23. (Spe
cial.) Tho schooner Melrose arrived from
San Pedro last night. She will take a
cargo of lumber to Redondo from, tho
Columbia River Lumber Company. This
is the second trip of the Melroso this Fall
to this place.
Coryphene Clears With Lumber, j
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) The
schooner Coryphene cleared at the Cus-tom-House
today for San Francisco with
a cargo of 550,000 feet of lumber, loaded at
the Hume mill.
Search for the Discovery.
SEATTLE, Nov. 25. The steamer Rush
is now searching for news of the wreck of
the steamer Discovery, which Is believed
to have been wrecked In the Behring Sea.
When the Rush gets back to Sitka, which
ought to b in a few days now, some defi
nite news may be expected.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Nov.5. Arrived down at 2:30
p. M. Italian bark Cavour. Arrived at 2:30
p. 1L Steamer (Navarro, from Coos Bay,.
Arrived at 3 P. M. and left up at 5 P. M.
Steamer Nome City, from Puget Sound.
Steamer Elmore returned bar too rough. Con
dition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind
southeast: weather cloudy.
New York. Nov. 25. Sailed Statendam, for
Rotterdam and Boulogne; Teutonic, for Liver
pool. Liverpool, Nov. 25. Arrived Corinthian,
from Montreal.
London, Nov. 25. Arrived Columbian, from.
Boston.
San Francisco. Nov. 25. Arrived Steamer
Aberdeen, from Portland; steamer Centennial,
from Seattle; steamer NIcaria, from Seattle;
schooner Charles E. Falk, from Coos Bay;
barkentine Geargina, from Tacoma. Sailed
Steamer Pennsylvania, for Como; steamer Salt
monica, for Gray's Harbor; schooner R. C.
Blade, for Gray's Harbor; barkentine Re
triever, for Port Hadley.
Seattle, Nov. 25. Arrived Steamer Uma
tilla, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer
City of Puebla, for San Francisco; steamer
Montara, for San Francisco, via Everett and
Anacortes (sails from Anacortes November 20) ;
steamer George Loomls, for San Francisco;
eteamer Lyra, for Japan and China.
Hong Kong, Nov. 25. Arrived Empress of
Japdn, from Vancouver, via Yokohama, Kobe,
Nagasaki and Shanghai.
WAEDEN 3SABS POLITICIAN.
Harry New Said to Have Used Dogs
in Hunting Deer in Michigan.
INDLVNAPOLIS, Nov. 25. Captain Har
ry St. New's hunting propersitIe3 havo
brought him into conflict with the Michi
gan authorities and with a number of
men from Detroit and Mount Clemens.
He was arrested today at Alpena on tho
charge of violating the hunting laws of
the state.
Captain New, who Is the Republican Na
tional Committeeman from Indiana, has
been at the Tutlo Lake Club, where a
party has been hunting deer. Tho Michi
gan law forbids using dogs, but it is
charged the party did this, and they were
arrested on complaint of a deputy gamo
warden. The warrants were served today.
BEYAN IS GUEST OF CH0ATE.
Ambassador Entertains a Distin
guished Company at Luncheon.
LONDON, Nov. 25. Ambassador Cboato
gave a luncheon to William. Jennings
Bryan today. Among the distinguished
persons invited to meet Mr. Bryan were
Premier Balfour, the Earl of Onslow,
Charles T. Ritchie, Sir Robert Glffen, Sir
Gllberji Parker, Moreton Frowen, Lord
Denbigh, Lord Mount-Stephen and W. L.
Courtney.
Mr. Bryan has arranged to address a
meeting at the Mansion House, Dublin,
where lie will be the guest of the Lord
Mayor. The date for tho meeting has not
been decided upon.
Sue Attorney for Settlement.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Papers have been
filed In the case of Charles Austin Bates
and Henry V. Bradenburg against
ex-Judge Samuel P. McConnell, presi
dent of the Fuller Construction Company.
Tho complaint alleges that tho plaintiffs
In 1S95 were tho principal stockholders In
the General Electric Company of Chicago.
They were owners of 30.000 shares of that
stock. The year following controversies
arose concerning tho ownership of the
stock, and the plaintiffs, in order to pro
tect their Interests, retained Samuel P.
McConnell, a lawyer In Chicago. On Juno
S, 1S9S, the defendant reported to his
clients that he had arranged for a settle
ment of the action whereby they should
sell their stock to the Chicago City Rail
way for 120,000. The plaintiffs allege that
they signed their stock for this amount,
and that the stock was actually sold for
$100,000. They are suing for a settlement.
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Wood Floors for Fair Lagoons.
STl LOUIS, Nov. 25. It has been de
cided by tho division of works of the St.
Louis Fair to floor the grand basin and
lagoons of the exposition with wood. Tho
original plan to cover tho bottom, with
cement has been abandoned. Flooring tho
basin was decided to prevent the stirring
up of the water by the propellers of tho
electric launches and the oars of the gon
doliers. It Is claimed that the wooden
floors will preserve the clearness of tho
water.
ARE FEES .LEGAL?
Legislature May Regulate
Recorder's Charges,
COUNTIES MAY REFUND IT
Question Arises Whether Collection
of Large Sums by County Clerks
and Recorders Is Author
ized by Law.
Other matters than the tax llaw will
probably force themselves upon the extra'
session of the. Legislature. Among tho
most urgent of those matters is' tho por
tage road and the legality of fees for re
cording instruments. There is talk also
of enacting a law like tho Texas statute
requiring railroads to supply freight cars
within a specified time after application
therefor is made by shippers.
One Qf the most important questions for
the Legislature to decide is this: Aro
recording fees in other counties than Mult
nomah and Tillamook legal? If not, thoso
other counties will bo compelled to refund
several hundred thousand dollars which
county clerks and county recorders havo
collected In the past eight years. Colum
bia County, for example, will have to pay J
back $w,ooo or more, Clatsop aoout s,ww
and Washington quits as much.
A suit Is now pending In Columbia Coun
ty, in Judge T. A. McBrido's court, which
brings the question to issue. The suit was I
instituted by the Benson Logging and
Lumbering Company to recover about $500
which Columbia County has collected
from that company in fees In the past
three years. The case has not received
prominenco hitherto, owing to the reluc
tance of the parties to the suit and of the
court to invalidate tho fees. Tho Benson
Logging and Lumbering Company does
not aim to escape tho collection of fees,
but to stop excessive exactions in Co
lumbia Countv. It Is a freauent conmlalnt
that tho charges in that county for re- j
cording instruments are exorbitant. The
fees ore regulated by law, but tho clerk
of Columbia County puts a moro clastic
Interpretation on the statute than clerks
in' other counties.
E. B. COovert is attorney for the Ben
son Logging & Lumbering Company. Mr.
Coovert said yesterday that the recording
of deeds which had cost his clients $500 in
Columbia County would have cost about
$200 In any other county. The number of
deeds which his clients had filed for
record in the past three years was about
175. Tho only pretext which the officials
fit Columbia County have offered is that
the county needs the money.
"A deed which wo could havo recorded
In Multnomah for $1 or $1.50," said Mr.
Coovert, "Is taxed $2.50 or $3.50 in Colum
bia, and sometimes the chargo goes up to
$6 and $S. The law allows the County
Clerk In Columbia to collect 25 cents for
Indexing a deed. But he exacts 25 cents
for every name in the deed, whether it
Is directly or Indirectly involved. Other
counties operating under the samo law!
Clatsop, for example, Is reasonable lrf its
charges.
"Our sole purpose In this suit is to have
the exorbitant fees in Cdlumbla County
reduced. We have always been ready
to withdraw the suit If that county will
refund part of the excessive collections
and be reasonable In the future."
Judge McBride has had the caso under
advisement about two months. Persons
familiar with the matter presume that he
has deferred his opinion until the Legis
lature can remedy tho law, validate tho
fees thus far collected, and thus save tho
counties a great deal of money.
In 1S93 the Legislature put County Clerks
and County Recorders on salary and or
dained that the fees collected by them for
recording should be paid to County Treas
urers. In 1S93 the law was amended, but
the provision requiring tho fees to be de
livered to County Treasurers was omitted.
Consequently, though the law authorizes
collection of the fees. It does not provide .
wnere tney snail go. j.ne law aocs not re
quire County Clerks and County Recorders
to turn the -money over to County Treas
urers. Neither does the law permit thoso
officials to divert the money to their
own uses. It provides: "And no one of
such officials shall' be entitled to receive
any fees or other compensation for his
services than as above provided (fixed sal
aries) and as hereafter provided."
Since the Legislature has not provided
for the disposition of recording fees, tho
plaintiffs contend that tho fees are illegal.
They baso their argument on a. decision
of tho Supremo Court That tribunal has
decided that the $10 fee required of plain
tiffs in divorce cases onco paid to District
Attorneys cannot bo collected outsldo of
Multnomah County. This decision Is al
leged to bear directly on the point now
at issue, for the following reasons:
County Clerks and Recorders havo been
put on salary; likewise District Attorneys.
Recording fees and divorce fees are fixed
by law, but the law does not provide what
shall be done with them. It docs pot
require that the fees Bhall be turned 'over
to tho County Treasurer nor does It per
mit them to go into the private pockets
of tho officials. Therefore, since the Su
preme Court has held the ono class of
fees illegal the other class is Illegal also.
Tho decision cited as bearing on the
present caso was rendered by tho Supremo
Court in Howard vs. Clatsop County,
April 7, 1902.
Multnomah and Tillamook Counties
have special laws for the disposition of re
cording fees, and therefore are not. con
cerned by tho outcome of the suit in Co
lumbia. In Multnomah, the fees go to the
county treasury.
M0E0S EVER ROB AUD KILL.
Ruffian Bands With Which Ameri
cans Have to Deal in Jolo.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. A strong pic
ture of conditions In the Jolo group, of
tho Philippine Archipelago, is contained
In a letter from Colonel H. I. Scott, Gov
ernor of that group, to Colonel Clarence
Edwards. Chief of the Insular Bureau of
the "War Department. The letter, which
Is dated SeDtember 23, is mado public as
an explanation of the campaign now
waging in tho Jolo group. In It the
writer says:
"I find that the condition Is one of peace
so long as the big Moro chiefs are al
lowed to have their .own way, unrestrain
edly to rob and to steal and enslave. The
Sultan Is a man of no power of his own,
and must depend on the chiefs, who may,
or may not, do what he wishes. They are
all surrounded by gangs of ruffians who
do no useful work, but who live through
robbery and by fining both sides In a
case, Irrespective of who may be guilty,
the full amount of the ability to pay. If
the victim refuses to pay, he is enslaved.
No peace or order can be maintained In
tho Philippine Islands so long as theso
conditions exist.
"Movable property Is always on the
move without the desire of the owner.
Men say they will not work and accumu
late property wljlch they will not be per
mitted to enjoy, and there are constantly
turmoils, murders and enslavements going
on.
Wo ono is allowed to go beyond tho
outposts here without an armed guard,
and It Is even advisable to go about the
streets here armed on account of jura
mentados, one of whom-got through the
gate past a sentinel about four days ago
with his arms, ran through the barrack"
yard, slashed a soldier across the back
and fell dead on the main plaza and In
front of the commissary office, shot flvo
times by a fusillade from our soldiers, T
which killed also a trumpeter who was
getting ready for guard.
"This makes the sixth or seventh jura
mentado who has appeared since last
Spring. One engineer soldier was chop
ped up last Spring by one of them after
he had seven Colts' CS balls in him. He
chopped off a leg and an arm at ono
strike of his barong.
"All during the Spring the garrison has
practically been in a state of siege. When
Captain Eltinge's troops went out they
surrounded it, brandishing their barongs
and spears, and ho had to como back
because his orders were by no means to
have a conflict.
"You will seo by this tho way peace
has been kept heretofore, and at what
sacrifice. Now tho Moro province act
contemplates changes, among others the
abolishment of slavery, a very sore point
with them. It contemplates trials of
offenders by district courts and these
things will surely bring on conflicts."
WORrS AGAINST AMERICANS.
Bates Agreement With Mores an Ob
stacle to Good Government.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Tho annual
report of Major-General George W. Davis,
commanding tho division of the Philip
pines, recites that tho losses among the
cavalry horses In tho Islands have been
very great, and thero has not yet been
found any means of preventing these
tropical animal diseases. It is recom
mended that mounted troops serving in
tho islands, as their terms expire, be
largely replaced by Infantrymen recruited
for four or five years.
In dealing with affairs in tho Moro
country, the report says that tho Bates'
agreement with the Sultan of Sulu, which,
it appears, wag advised by tho Schurman
Commission, is an obstacle to the estab
lishment of good government and the
continued practice of slavery 13 instanced
as a justification for declaring the agree
ment null and void. "Tho fact Is," the
report says, "that thero never has been
a tlmo for three years when a force of 500
soldiers In the Moro country and two or
three small gunboats could not preserve
the peace and suppress any uprising, but
this was not known, or not fully under
stood, when this agreement was entered
into." With the Bates agreement out of
tho way, the Government will havo to
deal only with tho chiefs or tho village
headmen, called dattos.
As to tho Sultan of Sulu, tho report
says, it Is apparent to everybody that his
power has departed, and that very soon
he will only bo a character In history, and
that no one, not even his own people, will
regret his exile. Referring to tho jura
mentados, the report says:
"The Moros are accustomed to suffer
all of the caprices of their despotic au
thority. Tho laws of centuries permit
men to bo recruited for any purpose
whatsoever. The debtor who cannot pay
becomes, with his family, tho slave of the
creditor. Tho debtor thus loses all his
rights, and his children can be sold
throughout the archipelago. He can,
however, buy the liberty of his family at
tho risk of his own life, for the largest
number of Christians whom he can slay.
If the debtor accepts that proposition, he
becomes that moment a juramentado,
knowing perfectly well that If he man
ages to get In the midst of a Spanish set
tlement all hope for escape Is one.
Death Is, therefore, certain for all jura
mentados. When they arrive at a suffi
cient stato of exaltation, but never be
fore, they are sent into a Christian com
munity." General Davis recommends .that the
fortifications of Sublg Bay should not be
undertaken until Manila shall have been
fully protected, as the capture of Manila
would mean the loss of the Islands. The
total cost of transportation for the fiscal
year was, $5,325,536, and General Davis
comments on the subject:
"The transport service of the United
States, as now conducted, is a most cost
ly luxury, but It is defended, or excused,
on the ground of Inexorable military
necessity."
Brazilian Cattle for Chicago Fair.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25. Brazil will bo rep
resented at the International Livestock
Exposition, which opens at the stockyards
on Saturday. A cable message received
from che Brazilian government states that
five representatives of the country aro to
arrive in Chicago by the last of the week.
John Dryden, the Canadian Secretary of
Agriculture, who Is sent by the Dominion
government, will come on Friday. Tho
first shipment from abroad for exhibition
at the stock show has arrived. It In
cludes 20 horses from the Belgian govern
ment. American Victory at Jolo Confirmed.
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. The War De
partment today received a dispatch from
Colonel Simpson, acting commander of the
division of the Philippines, confirming the
press dispatches from Manila, detailing
another engagement between General
Leonard "Wood's forces and the Moros of
the Island of Jolo. The dispatch stated
that no moro opposition Is expected, and
that the expedition Is now at Jolo await
ing developments.
a
Grocer Sues Addlcks for Debt.
NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 25. Tho sloop
Hderim, owned by J. Edward 'Addlcks,
has been attached in a suit brought by
Frederick P. Garretson, a Newport gro
cer, to recover 1250, a grocery bill which
Mr. Garretson asserts Mr. Addlcks has
owed him more than a year.
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BENJAMIN. K. W.. Dentist 3K
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BOGART. DR. M. D.. Dentist 705
BROCK. WILBUR F., Circulator. Orego-
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BRUERE. DR. G. E., Phys 411-412-413-114
CAMPBELL. WM. M., Medical Referee
Equitable Life ..". ...... 700
CANNING. M. J ... 602-603
CARD WELL. DR. J. R., Dentist 50B
CAUKIN. G. E., District Agent Travelers'
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CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 716-71T
COFFEY, DR. R. C., Surgeon 403-400
COGHLAN, DR. J. N 713-714
COLUER. P. F., Publisher; S. P. McGulre,
Manager .... .................413
COLLMBLV GRANITE CO J. 7.417-413
CONNELL. DR. E. DE WITT. Eye, Ear,
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CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.; J. F.
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CORNELIUS, C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon... 212
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician . 713-714
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FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 503
GALVANI. W. H., Engineer and Draughts
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GEARY. DR. E. P.. Phys. and Surgeon 40t
GIESY. DR. A. J., Phys. and Surgeon.. 700-710
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GOLDMAN. WIILIAM. Manager Manhat
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GRANT, FRANK S., Attorney-at-Law C1T
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HAMMAM BATHS. Turkish and Russian..
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HARDEN. MRS. L. K., Stenographer 201
HAVILAND. DR. W. K.. Phy. & Sur... 512-513
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