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THE' .MORNING" OREGOttlAN. MOTAY, DECEMBER 14, 1903.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
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AMUSEMENTS.
THE EMPIRE THEATER. Twelfth and Morrf
son Etcnln?, 8:15. "Looking lor a Wire.
THE BAKER THEATER. Third and Tarahlll
street--E enlng, 8:15, the Baker -company
In "The .Bells."
ARCADE THEATER. Seventh and Washington
Continuous vaudellle daily. 2:30. 3:30.
7:80. 8:30 and 0:30.
CORDRATS THEATER. Washington street
Evening, 8:15. "The Minister's Son."
Diultort Saloonkeepers. The license
committee of the City Council will meet
at 3 o'clock this afternoon to pass upon
the applicatlpns put In for liquor licenses
for next yevir. Notices to file such appli
cations, accompanied by blanks, were sent
to every saloonkeeper in the city early In
the month, as required by law, and they
were Instructed to have their applications
filed by December 10. A large number of
the saloonkeepers, nearly 100, have not
sent In their applications, and whether
this Is owing to carelessness or negli
gence or to the fact that these delin
quents do not want licenses for next year
U what the license committee will en
deavor to ascertain today. As this will be
the last regular meeting of the license
committee this year and no licenses for
next year will be issued to those who have
not put in applications for them, thoso
saloonkeepers who do not appear before
the license committee today, and get mat
ters connected with a new license put to
rights will be apt to go out of business for
a time at least. This notice is not likely
to be of much benefit to those who did not
know enough or were too negligent to
attend to the formal notices mailed to
them early In the month.
Evehtbody "Won thus Fiqht. Bruised
and bleeding about the bead, looking as If
they had Just been ground through a.
threshing machine or similar device, E.
R. "White, C. J. Pickens, Tom McDonnell
and Ed Gagnor were brought to the police
station early yesterday morning charged
with fighting. Pickens is an old man
who declares he was attacked by the boys
and beaten almost to insensibility. His
face showed that he had been beaten. In
fact the crowd looked as If every one had
beaten every one else. They were arrest
ed at First and Jefferson streets by Offi
cers Price and Conners. The fight had
not subsided when the officers arrived, and
the building In front of which they were
fighting looked as if a small-sized cyclone
had struck It. The window in front of the
photograph gallery la the Monnastes
block was broken to pieces, and blood was
sprinkled about the sidewalk. Pickens
says he will make a complaint of assault
and battery against the boys.
Japanese Tricks Surprise Policemen.
A little Japanese, employed as cook by
a prominent citizen on the East Side,
tells a story about an encounter between
another Japanese with whom he was
walking and two policemen. The matter
has not been exploited by the police but
is probably a fact. The two policemen
attempted tOvarrest the oook's friend,
who has been Ih the Japanese army, and
has been taught the celebrated wrestling
tricks, which are very effective, especially
with men not prepared for them. He Just
Jumped at the policemen and tumbled
them heels over head, one after the other
and might have served a dozen of them
the same trick had there been that many
on hand. This might be -worked 'on a
stranger once, but probably the next
time it is tried the little Japanese will
have the top of his head kicked off or
the back of it caved la with the butt of
a revolver. Americans cannot be tricked
many times.
New Use tou Chewing Gum. At last
a use has been found for chewing gum, a
commodity which has heretofore served
only to keep Jaws wagging. An ingenious
boy, who a week ago let a tumbler slip
from his fingers into the bowl of a marble
wash stand and cracked it in several di
rections, so that it leakedMike a sieve,
pasted the cracks with chewing gum and
it has not leaked since. His proud 'father,
E. "W. Cridhton, contemplates securing a
patent on the invention as it ylll circum
vent the plumbers and save the public
thousands of dollars yearly. He says he
has paid for replacing such bowls many
times within the past year. Of course, they
are not marble, but only look like It, to
match the slab on the top of the wash
stand, and every time one lets a tumbler
slip from wet fingers Into the fragile bowl
both are broken, and the plumber has to
be sent for to put In another flimsy affair.
He Lives to Eat. An old-time citizen
Who was gazing at the display in a jew
eler's window yesterday, when asked
what he proposed to buy for Christmas
presents, replied: "Nothing. I don't have
to buy anything. The children are all
married and gone away, and my wife has
everything in the jewelry line she wants.
Rings, watches and diamonds." It was
suggested that when a man arrived at
such a condition it was about time for
him to get off the earth. He replied that
he still had one object In living, and that
was to get good things to eat. He was
then on his way to a market to look for
frogs' legs and growled because the deal
ers hero procured only the small kind of
frogs' legs. Saying that the large ones he
had when East, the legs of the regular
bull frogs, were much better.
Two Million Dollars in SO Years.
Jacob Kamm celebrated the SOth anniver
sary of his birthday on Saturday last, or
rather this anniversary occurred on that
day. There was no particular celebration
of the event and but for Mr. Kamm not
appearing at his office during the day it
might not have been known by anyone
outside of his family. Mr. Kamm is one
of the pioneer citizens of Pdrtland, having
been living here in 1S52, or before. There
are but few here now who knew him in
those days when he was following the
calling of steamboat engineer and laying
the foundation of a fortune which is now
estimated to amount to $2,000,000.
Annual Meetino op Historical Socie
ty. The fifth annual meeting of the Ore
gon Historical Society will be held in the
lobby of the City Hall next Saturday at
two o'clock P. M. After the annual re
ports are read and the officers for the
ensuing year elected, the annual address
will be given by Colonel B. F. Shaw, of
Vancouver, who will talk on the early
Indian wars of Oregon. The meeting
will not only be open to members of the
society, but to the general public, and to
pioneers and Indian "War veterans partic
ularly, all of whom are specially Invited
to attend.
Chance for a Free Bide.
Notice to the Public
The Purser of the Bailey Gatzert Is in
structed to return all fares to passengers
before leaving the Gatzert at The Dalles
or at Portland, provided the Bailey Gat
zert does not arrive at said ports before
the opposition boat. Leaves Alder-street
dock at 7 A M., Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays; returning alternate days (ex
cept Sunday). Fare to any point 25 cents.
Finest of meals, 25 cents.
Thrown Out of Buggt. Whllo driving
along Sixteenth street yesterday In his
huggy P. Cronln was struck by an "S"
street-car and thrown to the ground. His
face was badly bruised and scratched,
and he was badly shocked by the acci
dent. He was taken to the Good Samari
tan Hospital.
Will Grow Up "With the Country.
A young man, about 21 years old, a new
arrival from Minnesota, visited the rooms
of the Oregon Historical Society during
the past week. He was six feet seven
Inches in height and has come to Oregon
to grow up with the country.
Don'tFail to See Our Stock of
Chrlstnms umbrellas. Great variety, low
prices. Repairing. Meredith's, Washington
and Sixth and Morrison and Fifth.
Don't waste time. Come to me for bar
gains In Jewelry. Beck, Jeweler, 211 Mor.
Use Olympic Pancake Flour every day. J
Hood River Not the Only Place.
Hood River has been credited of late
with producing finer apples than any other
place In Oregon, but this honer Is now be
ing disputed and contended for by many
other places. Not Jong ago, apples were
sent to the permanent exhibit here to be
compared with the best from Hood River.
Soon after Tualatin qrchordlat sent in
fine apples which appeared to be as good
as any from Hood River, and now Scap
poose Is putting her best foot forward to
show that the fineBt of apples can be
grown there. Several young orchards along
the line of the railroad at Scappose have
produced some 3000-boxes this year, which
have been taken for Hood River apples In
the East. The owner of one of these or
chards, C. J. TIdcombe, has now on ex
hibition at a Third-street market sam
ples of three-tier Northern Spy apples,
which are probably the best of the kind
seen here this season. It looks as if before
long it will not be necessary to label
apples for export, as being from any par
iicular locality, as "Oregon apples" will
be enough, and will mean, as It used to in
the past, tho best apples produced. Since
old orchards In the "Willamette Valley
have been allowed to run down, they Have
been thrown In the shade by the apples
from young and properly cared for or
chards of other sections.
Hopes Dashed to Earth. "When one
has to disburse some $27,000 monthly in
paying the salaries of some 400 persons,
mostly women, as School Clerk Allen does,
it is but natural that occasional mis
haps and mistakes should occur, even if
the women are teachers. A slightly com
plicated mishap took place on lastpayday,
December 11, from a similarity of names.
Miss R. E. Watson, Inadvertently taking
from the pay clerk, the check intended for
Mrs. A E. Watson, which was for $75.
while her own was for $70. She ai once
proceeded to the City Treasurer's office,
where she Is known and having Indorsed
tho check with her own nkme was paid
the $75. She was a little surprised to re
ceive $5 more than she had expected, but
thought the School Board had softened
their hearts and intended to be kind to
her, and return the $5 they had taken from
her the month before. When the mis
take was discovered it was found that
something must be done to rectify It, and
It was decided that Mrs. E. A Watson
should Indorse her name on Miss R. E
Watson's check, and draw her $70. Then
Miss R. E. Watson would hand to her the
$5 she had been overpaid, and everybody
would be happy.
Will Do Without Radium. A country
blacksmith, John Graden by name, who
has a shop on a crossroads on the border
line between Clackamas and Wasco Coun
ties, is in the city to procure a stock of
bar Iron. He asked tho ironmonger with
whom he deals where he could procure a
chunk of the lately discovered metal,
radium, and on being asked what he
wanted of it said he had been working
for some time on a scheme for harden
ing steel so that it would cut a diamond
or any other of the hard substances
known, and it has been revealed to him in
a dream that what he needed to make a
success of his invention was some radium
to add to his mixture. He was told that
the price of radium had Increased tenfold
within a few months on account of the
Austrian Government having forbidden
any more of the mining refuse from which
it is made being exported. Six months
ago It cost only $25,000 for the seventeenth
of an ounce, while now that amount Is
worth $250,000 or about $27,000,000 per pound.
As several persons have lately Invented
more or less successful methods of hard
ening steel, he concluded it would be best
for him to dream where ho could find a
radium mine.
Paper Mill Will Use Oil for Fuel.
Many will think that things have come to
a strange pass In Oregon when a corpora
tion spends say $30,000 to make the change
necessary to enable it to use oil Instead
of wood for producing steam for tho oper
ation of its manufactory. Yet this is
what a paper-pulp manufacturing com
pany at Oregon City Is doing at this time,
and not with any idea that the oil will be
cheaper than wood, but because It Is more
convenient, and can be obtained with less
trouble. Tho first thing necessary is to
prepare a tank for holding the oil. This
tank Ib to be built in an excavation along
side the canal past the falls at Oregon
City, which go SO feet below tho top of
the canal, the last 15 feet being on the
solid rock. The tank la to be rectangular
in shape, 40x160 feet, and will contain
10,000 barrels of oil. The concrete wall
next the canal Is to be 15 feet thick at the
bottom tapering to 4J4 feet at tho top.
The roof is to be of concrete two feet
in thickness supported on steel "I" beams,
20x24 inches, the total weight of which is
100 tons. The contractors, Smyth & How
ard, have about completed blasting out
the pit for this huge tank.
College Association's Annual Meet
ing. The regular annual meeting of the
Lower Willamette College Association was
held at the building of the Portland
Academy, Saturday, from 11 A. M. to 3
P. M. Representatives from Portland
Asademy, Pacific College and Pacific Uni
versity were present. A paper was read
by Professor O. C. Albertson, of Newberg,
on the "Interrelation of Mathematics,
Chemistry and Physics in Secondary
Schools." The paper gave rise to discus
sion. The lunch, which is the social affair
of the association, was served in an ad
Joining room. The afternoon session was
given up to a report of the last meeting
of the National Education Association,
held In Boston during the Summer, by
Professor M. F. Farnham, who was a
delegate from Pacific University to that
meeting. The following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: President, Presi
dent McGraw, of Pacific College; secre
tary. Professor M. F. Farnham, of Pacific
University. Bishop' Scott Academy was
added to the institutions belonging to the
association.
Is Being Paid in Installments. A
couple named GIfford, have been giving
the County Court, much trouble of late
and seem inclined to give more. Mrs.
GIfford was among the crowd who broke
down the railing at tho east end of the
Morrison-street bridge some time ago and
was one of those Injured In the disaster.
The "family" was in a destitute condition.
The county has expended $400 in providing
for the care of Mrs. GIfford since she was
hurt. She would not go to the hospital,
nor would she accept the services of the
County Physician, as she did not wish
to be where she could not enjoy the com
pany of her husband. Lately she has been
trying to get the County Court to give
her $40 more to enable her to get posses
sion of two trunks, which, it appears, had
been held up as security for4a board bill,
before she was hurt,, and has been calling
at the office of the County Judge, accom
panied by her physician, and keeping up
a clamor for this $40. Finally she was
given $10 to get rid of her.
Ex-Soldiers Are Lucky. Tho many
friends in this city of Don Rea and Mar
tin Pratt, who went over to the Philip
pines as members of Company H, Second
'Oregon Regiment, as Corporals, will be
pleased -to learn that they have In all
probability mad a ten strike and may
become millionaires. They tired of city
life, and less than a year ago struck out
along the Deschutes River In Crook
County, determined to grow up with the
country as so many older people have
dona In days past. They bought a home
stead of 160 acres and last Spring put in
GO acres of wheat, which "yielded a good
crop. Now the terminus of "the Columbia
Southern Railroad has been located on
their claims, and they -have laid out ,a
townslte. There Is nothing more to be
said at present, as any one can seo what
the result Is likely to be. By the time
Uncle Sam is ready to take in some more
isles of the sea or a continent they will be
ready to shoulder their rifles again and
go along with Company H. j
Gasoline, 72 test, all you want Bing up
East 789, Acme Oil Company, 212 First.
B. 3. EICH CUTRI0 ST0BE
Pays express charges any part of the
Union. The right place to buy your
Christmas present. Upstairs, Sixth and
Washington.
Traaks an& Bact.
The larceflt variety at Harris Trunk Co.
HOW TO SAVE THE BOYS
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DR. CHAPMAN TALKS POINTED
LY TO FATHERS.
Great Crowd Packs the Marquam
Grand Theater to Listen to the
Eloquent Evangelist.
Grown men, tho fathers of loys, were
the especial objects of tho address of Dr.
J. Wilbur Chapman, at the Marquam
Theater, yesterday afternoon.
"Talking to a man with boys saves
that man and saves his boys, too," said
the speaker, in one portion of his talk.
"I save that young man," pointing to one
in the front row, "and I save several oth
ers." Scores of men, young and old, were
turned away from the doors of the the
ater. The house was packed to Its ut
most capacity, seats being unthought of.
It was a talk of one man to many other
men, and the listeners were there to
hear.
' On the stage sat a double dozen of
Portland's ministers and others. Swainl
Ram, the apostle of Individualism along
the common path, as ho terms It, sat be
tween Rev. Edgar P. Hill, D. D., and R.
K. Warren. The service was conducted
by the Sunday Club of tho Young Men's
Christian Association. W. M. Ladd, as
president of the association, presided.
Swaml Ram's gorgeous Hindoo turban
was the only spot of color In the somber
clad male audience.
"It is appointed men onco to die, and
after that the judgment," was the text
from Hebrews upon which Dr. Chapman
based his talk. He made a strong per
sonal application to each member of his
audience.
"The easiest person to win to God Is
not a woman, a boy or a girl; It Is a full
grown man. If he has been steeped In
sin so much the better can he be saved.
But he never can be saved unless he" can
be made to stop and think," said Dr.
Chapman, In opening.
"Men here can probab'ly think of death
without trembling, though they be told
that they will dlo tonight But when I
tell them that they will be brought face
to face with God, they listen.
"No man can become a Christian unless
ho steps out of what may seem to him
absolute darkness and upon tho solid
foundation of the rock of ages."
In speaking of the common protest
against entering the church on account
of the hypocrisy of some of its members.
Dr. Chapman said:
"You can't pack enough hypocrisy In
the church to counteract the Influence of
two Christian women whom I havo
known. That isn't why you ro not In tho
church now."
Dr. Chapman defined conscience as fol
lows: "Conscience Is that something which
approves when we do right and disap
proves when we do wrong. Conscience Is
that which makes him hang his head In
shame when he walks."
The moral leper was unsparingly dealt
with In the address. "Wherever there
walks a fallen woman there also walks a
fallen man Just as 'guilty In the sight of
God. Yet the decent women draw their
skirts away from the fallen woman."
After the delivery of the address Dr.
Chapman conducted a special meeting for
those Interested by his remarks. Fully
half of the audience remained for tho
after meotlng. Several hundred men
from all parts of the house rose and ex
pressed their desire to lead a different
life, and requested the prayers of the
man advertised as America's greatest
evangelist"
The chorus singing was led by Frank
Dickson, who accompanies Dr. Chapman.
Together with Lauren Pease he sang a
selection. The Knox-Kantner concert
company of four young men sang
"Lead Klndiy Light" without accom
paniment PACKED TWO CHURCHES.
Four Thousand People Attend Even
Ing Meeting to Hear Evangelist:
Four thousand people heard Dr. J. Wil
bur Chapman speak at two churches last
evening. Five hundred persons were
thankful for the chance of hearing him,
though they stood during the iervices.
Tho First Baptist 'Church, which seats
iiA people approximately, held only
those who came early. What was sup
posed to be an overflow meeting in the
Grace Methodist Church across the street
turned out to be the equal of the main
service in nolnt of attendance.
Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians,
Congregationalists and United Evangelists
had joined In a union service, the regu
lar evening services in these churches be
ing suspended. So members of all. de
nominations crowded the two churches
placed at Dr. Chapman's disposal, lis
tened to his address, and sang with Frank
Dickson, the former member of Calvary
Presbyterian Church of this city, who is
now traveling with the evangelist
Counting the men's service at the Mar
quam Theater in the afternoon, fully 5500
persons heard Dr. Chapman speak yes
terday. Small wonder that Rev. Edgar
P. Hill, D. D., In opening tho services last
eveulng; said that the Christians of Port
land had good cause for thankfulness for
Dr. Chapman's visit
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman is essentially
a speaker to men. For this reason ho
drew men to hear him, and for the same
reason apparently, however Inexplicable,
he also half filled the churches with
women alone. Red blood runs In ii3
veins, and the corpuscles get Into his
talks; that seems to be his secret for the
record-breaking crowds that heard him
last evening. Printers' Ink had also been
put to a test
Tho plaint of David, "No man cares for
my soul," was his wedge with the audi
ence. "Men of the world come occasion
ally Into the church pews, but they feel
no peisonal application In the sermon. I
once induced a man to become a Chris
tian who told mc that though he had
been acquainted with many ministers he
had Tiever once received a personal Invi
tation to be a Christian," said Dr. Chap
man. "Unless a man is a priest in his own
household and his children look upon him
as the embodiment of Christ, he can gain
no attention from them when he talks
to them of religious life. No mother can
speak to her daughter if she Is an impa
tient mother, an Inconsistent Christian."
was the way the speaker took Christian
ity Into the home.
"Speak when your friends are In trouble;
then their hearts may be touched. If
you know a man In financial trouble speak
to him of Christianity then. If you And
a man with a heartache speak to him of
Jesus. They wait not for the minister, but
tor the man or woman they know." These
were other directions of Dr. Chapman.
As soon as Rev.. A S. Coates, acting
pastor of the First Baptist Church, had
pronounced the benediction, Dr. Chapman
liurried across tho corner to the Grace
Methodist Church, filled with a patiently
waiting throng. Before half of his first
audience had gained the open air, an
other audience was under, his spelL
PEES0NA1MENTI0N. '
E. E. Paddock, a merchant of Eugene,
Is registered at the Imperial.
Ex-RepresentatJ.ve Malcolm Moody was
down from The Dalles yesterday.
L Rosenthal and J. E. Veness, prom
inent lumbermen, came,ln from WInlock
yesterday for a short' stay In the city.
C. L., Houston, of Astoria, a prominent
contractor, was "at the Imperial yester
day on his return from an extensive East
ern trip.
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Davidson, of Hood
River, spent yesterday at the Imperial.
F Mr. Davidson is extensively interested In
tho lumber trade.
Professor Joseph W. Marsh, of Pacific
Unlrsity, at F6rest Grove, was In the
city yesterday.
Judge Webster has gone out of town on
a short trlp and there will be no session
of the County Court today and Tuesday.
Alfred B. lies, a well-known capitalist
of Washington, D. C, who has been at
the Portland for the past three days, will
return East today. ,
H. Y. Blackwell, of Burns, and John
Austin, of Sumpter, two of Eastern Ore
gon's cattle kings, were here with large
stock shipments yesterday.
NEW YORK, Dec7l3. (Special.) North
western people registered at New York
hotels today is as follows:
Portland Normandy, J. Heller and wife.
Holland, R. Smith.
Seattle Grenoble, Miss Hanford.
Spokane Vendome, J. J. Garvey and
wife.
NEW YORK, DecTl3. Rev. Frederick
D. Wright for many years engaged In
Methodist Episcopal missionary work In
Italy, has been appointed pastor of the
American Church In Rome.
COAL EES0TJRCES OF YTJK0&
A. J. Collier! of the Geological Sur
vey, Discusses Subject at Length.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 13. "The Coal Resources of
the Yukon" Is the subject of bulletin No.
218 of the United States Geological Sur
vey, which has Just been published for
gratuitous distribution. The author is
Arthur J. Collier, who, with two assist
ants, spent the Summer orlS02 in exam
ining the coal deposits along the Yukon
River, In Alaska. This little party of three
left Seattle early In June and went by
steamer and railway to Dawson, Yukon
Territory, where a canoe and rowboat
were purchased. On June 15 they left
Dawson, and, following the course of. the
river, spent the succeeding three months
in a study of the geology and coal re
sources for 1200 miles along the Yukon.
While the greater part 6f the Investiga
tion was confined to the actual river bank,
yet tho work was extended away from the
stream when time and circumstances
would permit Nearly all the known coal
beds accessible from the Yukon were ex
amined. Collections of fossils were made
from 53 localities, and in numerous in
stances these collections were sufficient
to determine tho age of the coal beds.
These studies and collections have thrown
much light on some of the vexed problems
of Yukon stratigraphy, but the purpose of
the present report Is to summarize "the
economic results of the Investigations of
the coals' and to consider briefly their
commercial bearing, while the discussion
of the more purely scientific problems Is
left for another report
Only a few geographers and travelers
realize the greatness of the Yukon. It is
one of the mighty streams of the conti
nent, having a length of about 2400 miles,
of which 1300 miles are in Alaska. It Is
navigable by steamer for oyer 2000 miles,
and in both Winter and Summer is the
great natural highway of travel through
the Interior of Alaska. Exploration has
naturally started from Its banks and de
velopment has centered .along Its co'urse.
The City of Dawson, In Canadian terri
tory. Is the most Important settlement' on
the Yukon, and the traffic of the river
consists largely of freight to this point
The steamers plying on the Yukon in 1S9S
and 1899 they numbered nearly 100 have
up to the present time depended for fuel
on wood cut and piled on the river banks.
A few of the river steamers now burn
coal altogether; others burn both coal and
wood. Up to the present time wood has
been easily obtainable near the river
banks, but since the timber of the Yukon
is small and of slow growth, the supply is
limited, and the wood cutters have been
obliged year after year to bring the wood
a greater and greater distance to the
river. Coal mines havo been operated at
a number, of points. Those in operation
during 1902 are located at Five Finger Rap
Ids and Cliff Creek, both In Canadian ter
ritory, and at several points near Nulato,
in American territory. This coal has been
burned with varying success by Yukon
River steamers. The results obtained de
pend on a numblr of factors, among them
the character of the coal, the appliances
for burning coal on the steamers, "and the
experience of the firemen.
The coal deposits of the Yukon are dis
cussed under three divisions, those of tho
Circle province, the Rampart province and
the Nulatd province. Descriptions of the
beds and analyses of samples are given
in detail. All the coals that have been
mined In the Yukon Basin are either high
grade lignites or rather low-grade bitu
minous coals. With only one exception,
all the coals examined In Circle and Ram
part provinces arc lignites, or at least
llgnitic, those of tho Circle province prob
ably being of a little higher grade than
those of the Rampart province. All tho
coals examined in the Nulato province
fall within the bituminous grade. Many
steamboat men prefer the llgnitic coal
from the Cliff Creek mine In the Circle
province to the coals from the vicinity of
Nulato, as the former burns more freely
and produces heat more quickly than do
the coals of the lower river.
The workings of the mines are of very
limited extent Timber Is convenient and
ventilation Is easily obtained by air shafts
to the surface. No trouble with gas has
yet been experienced, and safety lamps
have not bt-en required. Care must be
exercised with the lignites of the Circle and
Rampart provinces to prevent spontaneous
combustion of the coal after It Is mined,
and instances are reported of the beds
taking Are. With one exception, none of
the mines along the Yukon in American
territory are equipped with bunkers or
other conveniences for loading the coal on
the steamers. It Is piled on the river bank
and loaded with wheelbarrows.
Tho wholo amount of coal produced in
American territory along the Yukon has
probably not exceeded 9000 tons, repre
senting a value of about $76,000. The fu
ture development of the Yukon coal re
sources probably depends not only on the
wood supply, but on the practicability of
using oil as fuel on the Yukon steamers.
Somo of the companies operating steam
ers have begun to make arrangements
to use oil from Southern California for
steaming purposes.
Because of the limited extent of the coal
beds of the Yukon, of the character of
the coal, tho cost of mining, and. the dis
tance of the mines from a market, they
will probably never afford coal for ex
portation; but, with proper development
they will probably be sufficient to supply
all local demands that are at present fore
seen. SEATTLE PHYSICIAN ABRESTED
Charged With Performing Criminal
Operation on an Elma Girl.
SEATTLE, Dec 13. W. St John
Downey, a well-known physician of this
city, is under arrest on a charge of per
forming a criminal operation on Miss
Alice E. Cady, an lS-year-old girl, of
Elma. Tho operation was performed
Wednesday and the child was born Thurs
day morning, while the girl was alone In
her room, according to Miss Cady's full
confession, this afternoon.
She says that she wrapped the body In a
cloth and concealed It In a grip. Last
night, she says, she hurled It through her
window into an adjoining yard. The find
ing of the infant's body, with Its skull
crushed from the fall, led to the arrest of
Dr. Downey and Miss Cady.
Miss Cady is tho daughter of W. F.
Cady, a logger of Elma. She accuses John
Combs, of Aberdeen, of being the child's
father.
Want to Keep Milton Manuscript.
LONDON, Dec 13. John C. Collins, the
author and lecturer; Sidney Lee, the au
thor and editor, and others prominent In
the world of letters, are urging the gov
ernment to secure the manuscript of Mil
ton's "Paradise Lost" for the nation, and
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have sufficient funds at their disposal to
purchase It
Should the government not respond to
this, a public subscription is suggested.
The manuscript will be sold at auction
In August next unless disposed of at
private sale.
IEISH LAND LEAGUE.
What It Claims to Have Done Since
1879.
PORTLAND, Dec. 12. (To the Editor.)
I ask for space to publish the following
resume of tho results of parliamentary
agitation from the year 1S79 to 1903, In
which this organization has been active:
The Irish Parliamentary party, the United
Irish League organization, and the Irish peo
ple themselves hae steadily maintained ana
now maintain that no material reforms, how
ever great, will satisfy the aspirations of the
Irish people while self-go ernment Is denied
thera They have likewise declared that their
object Is to make these reforms simply stepping-stones
toward the winning of the great
and final measure of national self-government.
While Ireland has not got all she desired,
nor an thing like her complete rights, suf
ficient has, however, been won by the agita
tion of the last 25 jears to show that the
present movement of the Irish people has
achieved such a measure of success as to war
rant support of the movement by Irishmen
In the future.
In, money benefits alone Ireland, through
her Parliamentary agitation, has wrung from
England slnca the start of the Land League
movement by Farnell and Davltt, in 1870,
the following benefits in cash alone. The fig
ures are open to challenge or correction by
anybody who maintains that the present move
ment In Iregand Is not worthy of support and
encouragement.
Land act 1SS1 reduced Irish
rents by .... ? 10.297,375
Land-purchase acts, 18S5-SS (adr
ranced for purchase of land by
tenants) 50.000,000
Land - purchase act 1801 (ad
vanced for purchase of land by
tenants) 150,000.000
Light railways act, 1SS2 8.000.000
Arrears or rent act, 1SS2 (wiped
out completely) 10,000,000
Laborers' act. 1833, for building
laborers' cottages 10,000.000
Annually the same C00.000
Migration act 1SS2, transferring
tenants to richer lands 5,000,000
Agricultural act 1893, improving
agrlculturo 1,000.000
Annually for same purpose under
act of 1803 830,000
Land act, 1003, amount to be ad
vanced (estimated) j.s 750,000,000
Bonus under land act, 1003 (with
out repayment) 12,000.000
Total '. $1,007,827,375
In addition to this we have expended
hundreds of thousands of dollars to re
lieve Immediate distress, put back on
their holdings over 70,000 tenants, con
tributed to the support of the Irish Par
liamentary party, brought legislative re
lief to evicted tenants and are now agi
tating; among other reforms, the stoppage
of emigration. JOHN P. O'HARA,
Secretary United Irish League.
NEW PASTOR COMLNa.
Rev. E. S. Muckley, of Honolulu, Is
Called to First Christian Church.
Rev. E. S. Muckley, the pastor to whom
tho First Christian Church of this city
extended a call, has accepted lfand will
start from his present station in Honolulu
the last of this month. Mr. Muckley Has
conducted the affairs of thp Christian
Church in that city with great success
during the two years he has served there,
and good work Is expected of him in this
field.
Dr. J. F. Ghormley, who resigned his
pastorate here some six months ago, will
again enter the, evangelistic field, and will
leave here for San Jose, Cal., the first
of January, where he expects to conduct
an evangelistic campaign for about one
month. He will continue, to make Port
land his home, and on his return from his
Southern tour will build up this work on
the East Side. Dr. Ghormley was former
ly state evangelist in Northern California
before entering the pulpit of the First
Christian Church of Portland. He leaves
a splendid record here, having brought
several thousand people Into the church,
more than any 'three men have ever ac
complished in the same length of time
on this Coast
PABISIA2T CAEVING
During Mr. Sichel's recent visit to New
York, he secured some of the most artis
tic carving in Meerschaum pipes imagin
able. Tho subjects represented are
"Marie Antoinette," "Marie Stuart,"
"Queen Elizabeth," etc. These pipes are
fit for cabinet pieces and were designed
for the St Louis Exposition. "We shall be
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Taking It Very Hard.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tho seating of "any man for a third term
In the "White House could have only tho
one meaning of a surrenddr of the Gov
ernment to a popular hero and theflrst
step in the decline and fall of the Repub
lic as It has como down to us from "Wash
ington. We cannot help regarding the
American who seriously favors such a
thing as a traitor to his country. As
to Mr. Cleveland, we have only consid
ered him as an atom of history- But wo
fully acquit Mr. Pulitzer and Mr. McKel
way. Neither tho World, which during
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Mr. Cleveland's ascendency was his
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friend, could havo believed, in their boom.
It was an advertising scheme pure and
simple. In sending his letter to Mr. Mc
Kelway, instead of Mr. Pulitzer, Mr.
Cleveland for once In his life gave his
friend the preference over "his enemy. The
World has no right to complain. It got
all It bargained for. Neither newspaper,
according to the latest returns, seems to
have much influence over the voters em
braced by its Immediate constituency;
and, in view of thlsv business, perhaps a
reason may be- found in the circumstance
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truth to a mistaken notion of newspaper
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