Morning Oregonian., January 18, 1904, Page 2, Image 2

THE MOSSING TXREGOTIN, MOTOAT, tFAOTAHY i8, 1901
EADS IN TRADE
Portland Greatest Wheat
Exporter on Coast
flGURES BY GOVERNMENT
Only Two Ports in Country
Excelled Last Year.
FLOUR SHIPMENTS INCREASE
Increase In the Last Twelve Months
Greater Than That of Both Cities
on Puget Sound-San Francisco
Is Falling Behind Fast.
EXPORTS OF WHEAT FOR. 1903.
Bushels.
Portland 5.G14.719
Puget Sauna 4.597.780
San Franelsco 4.428,112
For December.
Portland 816.009
San FrancJtoo 221.679
Puget Sound 200.903
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 17. Government Btatlstlcs now
acknowledge Portland's supremacy In the
wheat trade on the Pacific. These figures
show that more wheat wan shipped from
Portland during the calendar year 1903
than from any other point on the West
Coast, and was greater than the exports
of any other cities In the United States
excopt New York and Galveston. In fact
the shipments from Portland were greater
than the combined export from Seattle
an! Tacoma.
To be exact, Portland during the 13
months ended December last exported
6,614,719 bushels of wheat, as compared
with 4,428,112 "bushels from San Francisco
and 4,597,760 bushels from Puget Sound.
It is true that wheat exports all over the
country, except at Galveston, were lighter
In 1903 than In the year previous, but the
decline In Portland is far less than Is pro
portionately shown In the other districts
on the Pacific Coast
Greater Than Three Ports.
In the month of December alone Port
land, far outdistanced the other ports of
the Pacific In its shipments of wheat.
Where the two cities on Puget Sound com
bined exported 200,963 bushels and San
Francisco 221,679 bushels, the shipment
from Portland was 516,009 bushels. Port
land Is the only city on the Pacific Coast
that seems to be regaining Its hold on the
wheat trade.
While Portland Is supreme In the wheati
business, It is rapidly comlhg"to the front)
in its exports of flour. Unfortunately,, thtj
Government figures do not discriminate
between Seattle and Tacoma in shipments
from the Puget Sound district, but It Is
evident from the fact that Portland alone
exported 1.03T.C36 barrels of flour during
the last 12 months, where the entire ship
ment from Puget Sound was 1.93S.341 bar
rels, that Portland's trade in this com
modity Is equal to If not greater than that
of both cities on Puget Sound.
Great Increase in Flour Trade.
It is an actual fact that the increase in
the flour trade at Portland was greater
during the last 12 months than the in
crease shown by the combined cities to
the north. The Increase In the flour trade
of Portland for the year 1903 was, In
round numbers, 346.000 barrels. The total
Increase of Puget Sound amounted to only
35S.CO0 barrels, slightly In excess of the
gain at Portland alone.
In this connection attention is again
called to the fact that San Francisco Is
rapidly falling behind In the flour trade.
Where that port exported more than 1,000,.
000 barrels of flour in 1902, its total ship
ment during the past 12 months was about
750,000 barrols, and the decline In the trade
Is growing greater every month, as the
flour finds its way to northern ports.
DEMOCRATS FEAR COMMONER
Believe Publication at St. Louis Will
Give Bryan Great Power.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 17. The determination of
Bryan to publlsli a dally Commoner at
St. Louis during the Democratic con
vention has glvon conservative Democrats
much concern.
This fact, coupled with the report that
there has been an understanding between
Bryan and Hearst that they will control
more than a third of the delegates and
under th two-thirds rule of the conven
tion prevont the nomination of any man
not to their satisfaction, has caused much
uneasiness.
Bryan's main object Is to prevent the
adoption of a platform which In effect will
repudiate the platforms of 1S96 and 1900.
Of course, he wonts a candidate to his
liking, and he will use his power to that
end. Bryan Is for harmony If the agree
ment is In his direction, but he Is not for
harmony that means the recognition or
preferment of the gold Democrats of the
last campaign.
With a paper Issued dally and a fol
lowing believing him to be the great and
only Democrat of the country, Bryan can
make a great deal of trouble. A dally
Commoner at the convention Is more
feared by the conservative) Democrats
than a dally Hearst paper.
BRIGGS AGAIN IN HOT WATER.
Alleged Heretical Utterances Will Be
Investigated by Bishop Potter.
NEW YORK, Jaa IT. Rev. Dr. Charles
A. Brlggs. of the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine, and professor In the Union
Theological Seminary, has started another
controversy. The president of the Church
Club, of New York. (George McCollouch
Miller, has called the attention of Bishop
Potter to a paper which Dr. Briggs read
recently before the club, and Bishop Pot
ter has asked Dr. Briggs for a copy of
the paper for examination.
In his paper before tho club and In the
comments with -which &e followed it.
Dr. Briggs was understood by members
of the club to say, among other things,
that apostolic succession, hung on a slen
der historical thread; that In point of uni
versality the Church of Rome had almost
the only claim worth considering; ' that
the .pope of Rome was right in- the main
when he asserted that Anglican orders
-were invalid from the Roman point of
view.
ADVENTURE IN MAMMOTH CAVE
Lives of Twenty Saved by the Cool
ness and Action of Two Men.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 17. Eighteen
delegates to tho Conventional League of
Commission Merchants were thrown into
the icy water of Echo River, which winds
a tortuous course through Mommoth Cave,
and were saved only by tho coolness of
the guide, John Nelson, and the' heroic
work of Charle3 A. Muehlbonner, of Pitts
burg, Pa.
The roof of the cave over Echo River
is arched and the space in the center,
owing to an unaccountable rise in the
river, was only two and a half feet above
the water. In order to insure the passage
of the boat the men and women were
forced to stoop over. At one place the
boat swerved to one side, raking the
heads of those occupants seated next to
the bank. These leaned farther forward,
which lowered one end of the boat and
the -water began to flow in rapidly. .The
guide saw the danger and called to .Mr.
Muehlbonner to jump and take the chain.
This he did, landing on a steep bank,
which offered only a slight foothold. Ly
ing down on his face he held to the chain
and pulled the boat toward the bank.
The boat sank In eight feet of water.
Further back where there was no landing
the water is 18 feet deep.
By the light of a single lantern the party
escaped by climbing over Mr. Muehlbon
ners prostrate form, and after waiting
several hours for a boat, were brought
back In safety to daylight.
PRIDE IN THE . WAY.
national disaster.Jt Is thought that Eng
land and the United States-will Intervene
to preserve a" balance of power in Eastern
Asia.
There is no fear of any invasion of
Japan, a country which is probably the
most strongly defended .in . the world.
The growth of British and American sen
timent is remarked. Numerous displays
of the flags of the two nations are made
and popular songs reciting the glories of
the "Lion" and "Uncle Sam" are sung.
The cheers of "Uncle Sam" and "John
Bull" are also heard at public dances.
Tho activity of the United States In
the opening of the ports of Mukden and
Hattie Pitcher's Mysterious Wound
Led to Belief That She Was One
of Those That Took Part
In the Hold-Up.
SIOUX CITY, la,, Jan. 17. Hattie
Pitcher, the young woman schoolteacher
who asserted she had been shot, bound
and gagged last Tuesday night in the
Henshaw Hotel at Miller, S. D., was to-
mieouKi on a -warrant sworn out
by half a dozen prominent business men
Of Miller. She is charged with assault
with intent to commit felony, and admin
istering ether to Wilbur Quirk for the
purpose of robbery.
Quirk was a clerk in a "drug store at
Miller. On Tuesday- night he was held
up by two masked persons, bound, gagged
and after having been made unconscious
by the use of ether, -was- tied to an. iron
bed, -where he was found the next morn
ing in a serious condition. He could not
give a description of his assailants, and
the affair remained a mystery.
Miss Pitcher at first said she had been
shot accidentally; She took the Sheriff
to the place and pointed out the revol
ver with which the -wound was Inflicted,
but would not say who shot her.
Drops of blood were found leading from
the drug store where Quirk was assault
ed to the hotel. Other arrests are promised.
HERBERT SPENCER S WARNING.
LONDON. Jan. IS. The Times "thfe
nomine publishes the text of a re
markable letter received by mail from
Its Toklo correspondent, which the late
Herbert Spencer wrote In 1602 to Baron
Kentaro Kaneko (who was educated In
the United States, and was graduated
from Harvard University), who sought
bis advice on the policy of Japan.
The gist of Spencer" advice to the
Baron was to keep Europeans and
Americans as much at arms' length
and to take -every precaution to give aa
little foothold as possible to foreigners,
and, furthermore, to absolutely forbid
the marriage of Japanese with for
eign erm.
Antung is keenly watched, and in some
quarters it la hoped that may aid In
solving tho problem of Insuring peace.
The censorship prohibits the publica
tion of military movements. All th- re
cent movements are merely preliminary
and aimed to insure an Immediate dispatch
of an immense land and sea force -if it
should become necessary.
HOSPITAL SHIPS PREPARED.
Red Cross Charters Two Vessels of
the Nippon Line.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 17. Advices were
brought by the steamer Tosa Maru that
the Red Cross hospital ships Kakual Maru
and Kosal Maru, chartered from the Nip
pon Yusen Kalsha line, are now ready for
service In the event of war. Vladivostok
harbbr has been frozen .Over. In this con
nection the Hochi of Toklo says a tele
gram has reported that four vessels havo
been caught In the Ice and will hold all
Winter.
A Seoul correspondent says the wife of
the Russian Minister has become very In
fluential at the Russian Court and that,
owing to this Influence, the Russian Min
ister has been enabled to make a com
pact with the Corean Emperor whereby
he may take refuge at the Russian Lega
tion in tho event of war and issue all ad
ministrative orders from the Russian Le
gation. A number of war correspondents gath
ered at Toklo have made visits to Corea
and Manchuria, among them being Mar
tain J. Egan. of the Associated Press, and
Bennett Burleigh, of the London Telegraph.
TRAILED BY BLOOD
Young Woman Teacher Ar
rested on Assauii Charge.
MAN BOUND AND A ROBBED
Guard at Seoul Increased.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The Navy De
partment today received advices confirm
atory to the Associated Press dispatches
telling of tho reinforcement of the Amer
ican guard at the United States Legation
at Seoul. Two officers and 64 men were
sent from the United States ship Vlcks
burg, how at Chemulpo. They carried a
machine gun with them.
There are now a hundred or more men
from tho Vlcksburg at Seoul guarding the
Legation. The dispatches received at the
Navy Department show the native press
to be somewhat inflammatory in Its utter
ances against foreigners.
RUN DOWN DY FARMERS. i
Suspected Safecrackers Captured
Near a Kansas Town.
PAOLA, Kan., Jan. 17. Two men giv
ing their names as Charles Gorney, aged
29, of St. Paul, Minn., and Thomas Ro
rers, aged 30, of .Butte, Mont., who are
suspected of attempting to rob the Bank
of Cleveland, Mo., and of blowing open
the safe of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
station with nitroglycerin, wrecking the
safe and the interior of the station of
Louisburg last night, were surrounded
and captured near here today by a posse
of 300 farmers and members of the Antl
Horsethlef Association, who had been on
their trail since daylight.
Several shots were fired before the men
surrendered. No one was hurt. The men
had In their possession revolvers, am
munition and nitroglycerin.
. Three Miners Arrested for Arson.
IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 17. Three
of the 13 men who were acquitted at
Georgetown yesterday afternoon of the
charge of conspiracy to blow up the Sun
and Moon transformer have been rear
rested on the charge of arson. They are
J. E. Chandler, Ross Sanborn and Fos
ter Milburn. They will be tried In Gil
pin County at the June term.
Information charging them with the
crime -will be filed in the District Court
Monday.
THE DAY'S DEATH ROLL.
Emperor Joseph Hopeful for Peace.
VIENNA, Jan. 17. During the presenta
tion of the general circle at the court ball
last e rfilng. Emperor Francis Joseph said
to Ambassador Storcr:
"I think that affairs are going to be bet
ter in the Far East. Everything -will be
arranged."
His Majesty spoke in a similar hopeful
strain to other members' of the diplomatic
corps.
Marines Spoiling for a Fight.
LONDON. Jan. 17. The Seoul corre
spondent of the London Daily Mall de
clares that the American Legation guard
of marines is spoiling for a fight, and that
thp officers are having trouble in keeping
tseir men unaer control, xie aaas mat
United States Minister Allen has been
compelled to warn the officer in command
that the Co re axis are not Filipinos.
. Will Take Refuge With British.
ROME. Jan, 17. Although 20 sailors from
the Italian cruiser Elba have been landed
to protect Signer Monaco, the Italian
Minister at Seoul, the Legation. Building
cannot be easily defended, and Minister
Monaco has been instructed to take iuf.
uge in the British Lega'tion, where the
Italian sailors will join the British blue
jackets.
Marines to Protect French Legation.
SEOUL, Jan. 17. Thirty-nine marines
from the French cruiser Pascal have ar
rived here from Chemulpo to protect the
French Legation. .
Dr. J. B. Dysart.
PARIS, Mo., Jan. 17. Dr. G. B. Dysart,
an ex-surgeon of Cockrell's. Brigade of
the Confederate Army, died of pneumonia
at' his home in this city today, aged 70
yiars. (
He was a close friend of United States
Senator Francis M. CockrelL He straights
ened the little finger of the Senator, in
jured In the battle of Franklin, and often
related the story of Senator Cockrell's re
mark, that he needed the Injured mem
ber as he expected to do considerable writ
ing after the war. Many stories are told
of the personal bravery of Surgeon Dysart
performed during the Civil War.
Sir Henry Keppel.
LONDON. Jan. 17. The Hon. Sir Henry
Keppel, Admiral of the fleet, Is dead. He
was born in 1S09.
Sir Henry Keppel was known as tho
Father of the Fleet, being the senior of
ficer of the British navy. He saw much
active service in. the course of his long
career, and was a close personal friend
of King Edward. In his recently published
remlnisconces Admiral Keppel relates
that he was a very under-sized baby, and
soon after his birth was thought to have
died. He was actually placed In a box,
preparatory to his burial fn the family
garden", when his faint cry attracted at
tention. The feeble infant lived to be the
most popular officer In the navy, and one
of the most pdpular figures In the nation.
The Keppels come of a distinguished
Dutch family that. came to England with
William IIL Sir Henry leaves a son, Co
lin, who Is one of the youngest captains
in the British Navy.
Colonel John H. Bacon.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 17.
Colonel John H. Bacon, a pioneer of this
city, who came here In 1S75, committed sui
cide by shooting this morning. He left a
letter to the public stating that he owed
no man a dollar, had no enemies that ho
knew of, had no family .troubles but had
suffered so much pain from rheumatism
and Insomnia that it more than offset the
pleasures of. this world. He was 75 years
old.
Colonel Bacon was Mayor of Colorado
Springs in 1S90 and was prominent as a
business man In the early days. He was
-well off financially and leaves an estate
valued at about $250,000. During the Civil
War he was Provost Marshal of the First
District of Iowa.
Mother of Captain Hobson.
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 17. Tho mother
of Captain Richmond P. Hobson died at
the home of Shirley Davis today after a
long illness. Her son was with her when
she died and will leave with the remains
tomorrow for Greensboro, Ala., where
they wiirbe interred.
Sarah Croon Pearson was born at Rich
mond Hill, N. C., February 24, IMS, and for
the past 20 years she has been a sufferer
from dyspepsia. She came to Boulder
last Summer and has since, remained here
on account of the benefit her health.
Dr. Pollock F. Hyatt
WILLIAM S PORT, Pa., Jan. 17. Dr.
Pollock F. Hyatt, who was United States
Consul at Santiago de Cuba for five years
prior to the outbreak of the Spanish
American War. died at his homo in Jer
sey Shore tonight, aged 6S.
During the Civil War, Dr. Hyatt was
surgeon of Carver Hospital, Washington,
D. C, and in the bitter Presidential fight
in 1STS he was sent to Florida as the per
sonal representative of Samuel J. T1I
dea to superintend the counting of tho
voto In that state.
GUJLJTULATED EYELIDS.
Murine Eye Remedy cures this and other
Eye troubles, makes 'weak eyes strong;
In Memory of Asa Bushnell.
SPRINGFIELD, O., Jan. 17. A mass-
mpftlnir in memDrv of dTjiwrnnr ie.
Bushnell was held hls afternoon In the
City Hall. Every seat was taken and the
stage, aisles and balcony wero packed.
Judge F. M. Hagan. General J. W. War
ren Kelffer and others eulogized the dead.
Gains in Chicago Postoffice Receipts.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17., Comparative reports
of the postal receipts at the Chicago
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LARGEST "DAYLIGHT STORE"
Itf THE NORTHWEST
HOME OF QUALITY AND WOBTH FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS.
1 MONDAY I
Bargain TaIe-Continted
A Monday Digest of Sunday's Bargain
News, with. Appendix
A sort of reference for seekers of savings. Everything we tell of in this bit of Store News is a bargain not
such "bargains' 9 as are hashed up day after day by some stores, but BONA FIDE offerings of desirable mer
chandise at away less than regular FAIR PRICES. Next month we inventory soon after we move some
stocks to the new "skyscraper" which fronts on Sixth street. We must have as little merchandise as possible
on hand at the end of the current month. Hence EVERYTHING- IN THE HOUSE IS SHARPLY RE
DUCED (a few contract goods alone excepted) . This is also reckoning time for manufacturers and importers
some of the most notable values are from them at less than cost of making, for this
FottftWeek of the Annua! January Clearance Sale
Review oF Week's Bargains Printed
Yestetday
Special sale of every good sort of Dress Trimmings.
Kid Glove Specials, values to $2.00, for 98.
A Matchless, Unparalleled Sale of Petticoats,
A Wonderful Sale of Superb Silks Annex, 1st floor.
The Greatest Bargain Sale of Books That Portland
Ever Knew Starts Here This Morning.
A Startling Half -Price Sale of Women's Suits and
Children's Coats Opens Today.
The Knit Underwear and Women's Hosiery Shop
Disgorges Unequaled Values.
Linens and Bed "Millinery" Claims Attention of the
Bargain Brigade.
Millinery Salon Offers Prices of Your Own Making.
APPENDIX To be continued thro' the week.
Don't miss an issue of this week's Store News or
you'll miss money from your purse.
4TH FLOOR, EITHER ELEVATOR WHITNEY
BABY CARRIAGES.
On the Go
Propelled by force of heretofore unheard-of
bargain prices. Eeed bodies, patent foot
brakes, enameled running gear and patent
anti-friction ivheel fasteners this week go
down the price hill like this :
$11.00 values for S 6.75
$13.50 values for S 8.90
$14.00 values for S 9.25
$15.00 values for S 9.75
$15.75 values for..... S10.50
$16.50 values for ...$11.00
$18.'50 values for $12.50
Sewing. Machines of
Join the bargain whirl. A buying stitch
now in clearance time saves money later
on. Put a machine in the house now and
pocket all the profits and more yourself.
Every machine guaranteed for ten years by
this house.
A regular $50 Machine, agency pie!e, with, five
drawers, modern dropheadr ball hearings and
oak cabinet this week only bWftyi21.95,
The usuar$10 -(agency price) Machines, with'
five drawers, box top, ball bearings and oak
cabinet this week, hero. 18.50
Miles of Ribbons at a
Shortened Price
Beautiful All-Silk Satin Taffeta -Ribbons, all
new just received from the makers, much
wanted just now for making up ' the hew
"5th-ave.M Bows latest fad in ladies' neck
dress this week you may select from the
usual 35c and 40c qualities at, yd 24
A Wonderful Sale
of Children's Dresses
Opens Today
Second Floor Annex.
Slightly mussed from having been used in
window and department decoration the lot
includes every sort, from the simplest up to the
elegant and elaborate, of organdy, lawn and
linon, high or low neck, handsomely trimmed,
ages 4 to 14 years
Values up to $4.40 now at 97
Yalues up to $9.00 now at 2.69
Oriental Rugs Reduced
Downaline Bed Comforters, with silkalene
covers, all at special price reductions, start
ing at 2.19, and with two in-between
stops, stopping at 3.08 with satin cov
ers at 3.94
Women's New Neckwear
Fancy Stock Collars, some with stole ends, a
few wash stocks, included also Automobiles
anfl "Twice 'Rounds" an immense variety
values included up to $2.00 choice of the
lot this week at, each 50
Another similar lot, values included up to 85c
this week only 25
Clearance of Third Floor
Stocks
A WEEK OF SHARP CTJTSTKT CUT GLASS
AND CHINA WARE. ,
We hold, tho exclusive agenby x4r Portland
for the selling of the World Wxnfi&f
LE3BY CUT GLASS
TJnmatchable anywhere, in the' known
world for quality, cutting, design, brilliancy.
The name and trade mark etched on'every ar
ticle insures the purchaser of the best obtain
able. Over 600 different articles and cuttings.
Clearance prices are lower than at any other
time during the year.
Kaizer Zin, lasts a lifetime, unequaled for
durability choice lines, clearance prices in
sures best values
Tumblers at 68
Spoon Trays at . .1.80
Myonaise Boats at 2.70
. Bread Trays at .3.55
Covered Steins at 5.20
Sugars and Creams on tray.-S5G.00
Sugar, Cream and Teapot.. 17.60
Also cake plates, trays, candle sticks,
mugs, pitchers, baskets, liquor sets and a large
line of small articles.
AUSTRIAN CHINA DINNER SETS.
Two decorations, gold lined handles and knobs,
small, scattered flowers and. small roses
border decoration, 100-piece sets. .12.50
FRENCH CHINA DINNER SETS.
100-piece Sets ,$16.00
HAVHiAND CHINA DINNER SETS.
lOU-piece Sets 19.50
Slaughter Sale of Dress
Fabrics
Annex, First Floor
COLORED DRESS GOODS.
Broken lines, including Silk and Wool Sub
lime and Muchan, Novelty French Suitings,
etc., etc., regular-values up to $1.50 extra.
Clearance Special at 56
Broken lines, containing Panne Cheviot, E fam
ines, Novelty Plaids, French and English
Suitings, in a large collection of colorings;
also Embroidered Zibelines, regular values
up to $2.00 extra Clearance Special. .63
Broken lines of Scotch Tweeds, Heather Mix
tures, Zibelines, French Voiles, Novelty Ex
amines, in nearly all colors, regular values
up to $2.25 extra Special 89
Broken lines of Nubb Panamas, Plain and
Camelhair Donegals, English, Glengarrie and
Scotch Illuminated Twpeds, new, swell fabr
Ties, regular values upto 255 extra Clear
i ca.pecjfeil fXr-' r' o$Sl-
Broken lines b$ Fren'cl, German and British
Zib&ttnes,' 55 and 54 inches "wide, come in
good, line of colors, regular $2.7o and $2.50
' values extra Clearance Special at. .1.65
Imported French Colored Ndvelty Dress Fab
rics, in Illuminated Tweeds, Carreaux, Zibe
lines, etc. see window display color com
binations are browns, cardinals, olive and
Hunter's green these are absolutely new
est styles shown, and the price, as long as
they last, EXACTLY HALF regular $2.75
a yard values extra Clearance Special at
only 1.37
BARGAINS IN BLACK DRESS STUFFS
Three Grand Bargain Lots priced as printed
below:
LOT 1 includes 50 and 52-inch Canvas Cloths,
Panamas, and Nubb Sackings regular $1.50
a yard vals. extra Clearance Special. 79
LOT 2 includes 50 to 54-inch Bouttone Zibe
lines, Nubb Sackings, Panama, Sharkskins,
A'rmures, Panne Zibelines and Basket Cloths
regular values up to $2.25 extra Clear
ance Special at.,..,. .-.. $1.19
LOT 3 includes Priestley Rainproof Sicilians
and Serges, Zibeline French Curls, Novelty
- Boucles, English Serges, etc., etc. regular
values up to $2.75 extra Clearance Special
at 1169
si
postofflce for tho first ten days In 1S03
nn loot chnw remarkable rains for the
beginning of the new year. The statis
tics furnished by .rosunasxer v-ums bjiuw
tv.nf tVio. snio nf rvostatre stamps and noa-
tal cards at the Chicago postofflce In the
first" ten days of 1904 amounted to J330.-
418. against $254,363 ior trie same iiu m
1S03.
Try, a Mneni nnctni reeeiDts In the first
ten days In 1904 aggregated 5383.S87. an In
crease OI ,tZ3 over me uuoiuaa "j.
same time In 1903. There also was a 13
per cent Increase. In the amount of regis
tered articles handled.
ROOSEVELT WANTS TO KNOW.
Hanna'B Stand Regarding tho Presi
dency May Be Discussed at Lunch.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. With Senator
Hanna here and Senator Foraker In Ohio
burying his lato friend, ex-Governor Asa
Bushnell. prominent official gosslpers are
still discussing the political relations of
the two Senators toward each other and
toward. President Roosevelt. While the
chairman of tho National Republican Com
mittee has thus far refrained from per
sonally criticising his colleague In pub
lic It Is known that he privately holds Mr.
Foraker responsible for Influencing or
suggesting the report that he, Air. iianna,
had some ulterior motive In delaying the
Issuance of the National Convention calL
The persistent rumors that are being cir
culated of an intention existing at the
White House to withhold patronage from
Mr. Hanna have not improved the situa
tion, although the President by special
confidential messenger has made a sweep
ing denial of their accuracy and has em
phatically disclaimed any foundation for
their existence. He stated to Mr. Cortel
you. with whom he is very friendly, that
he was very glad the President had taken
prompt action.
The talk, however, took a wider scope.
It Is understood there was presented to
the Senator clearly, firmly but tactfully
the desire of President Roosevelt to have
Mr. Hanna. come out openly cither In Indorsement-or
opposition.-- While the Presi
dent would heartily welcome the Indorse
ment of Mr. Hanna It was made clear
that no fault could be found with the Sen
ator If he favored another, but If he did
not intend to oppose Mr. Roosevelt It is
understood to have been pointed out to
him that distrust of the party and harm
to its ultimate prospects were being cre
ated by the Indecision and doubt duo to
the use of Mr. Hanna' s name as Presi
dential poslbillty and to the circulation
of stories of a rapidly widening breach
between the Senator and the President,
both of an official and personal' charac
ter. It is unofficially . announced that what
ha3 been forecasted as a possibility ha3
become a probability, and that" beforp
manv r?avR President Roosevelt will enter
tain Mr. Hanna as a willing guest at f
lunch, during which the situation' that '
threatens seriously to injure the party '
may he fully and carefully discussed and
a corfclusTon reached that will forever
establish the relationship between Mr.
Roosevelt and the present bead of the Re
publican National Committee.
NOT A JUNKETING TRIP.
Senatorial Subcommittee Had Light
Expenses In Honolulu Inspection.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash-
' Ington, Jan- 17. (Special.) Accounts ren
dered to the Senate by Senator Mitchell
show that the- subcommittee which vis
ited Hawaii In the Summer of 1302 ex
pended only 53063 in gathering and formu
lating data and Information for the bene
fit of the Senate.
This would scarcely justify the asser-
: tlon that the trip on the subcommittee on
territories was a "Junket," for, consider
ing the distance traveled and the amount
of Information collected. It Is, without a
doubt; one of the cheapest Investigations
ever conducted by a subcommittee from
Congress.
But of the total amount. was paid
out as steamship fare for the members
of the party from San Francisco to Hono
. lulu and return, aria $1026 was disposed of
j In settling the hotel account at Honolulu.
I The personal account bf the several mem
bers of the committee range from $115 to
$347.
Nearly $600 was expended in Honolulu
for reporting the hearings taken before
the subcommittee. Aside from the ac
counts rendered, all expenses rendered
were defrayed by the members of the
party.
WAR RUMORS AFFECT MARKET
Czar's Peaceful Words at Winter Pal
ace Give Some Confidence.
LONDON, Jan. 17. Business on the
Stock Exchange ' last' week waS brisker
than that of the week previous, but thfe er
ratic business -and .the varying phases of
the Russo-Japanese crisis strongly, affect
ed all markets.
French and German financiers continue
to believe that peace will ,1)6 maintained,
and the remarks made by the Czar at the
New Tear's reception in the Winter Pal
ace helped to sustain i the prices, which
generally showed an advance. ,
Easy money conditions facilitated busi
ness during the week, and the American
market . participated 4n the activity, but
perhaps to a less extent than in other
departments. Prices, however, showed a
substantial Improvement. Canadian Pa
cifies were dull on the disappointing traf
fic returns.
Everett Church Dedicated.
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 17. (Special.)
The ner First Methodist Church building
was dedicated today at the close of the
regular service, during which the sermon
was deUvered by Bishop John W. Hamil-
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also had charge of tho dedicatory serv
ices. This church, which was completed a lit
tle over a month ago, is considered one
of the handsomest In the state. The con
struction of the building was begun In
May, 1601;. It was completed In November,
1903. The structure, together with' the
property upon which It stands, Is valued
at $16,500.
The averasre American marriea at the &ss
of 27.
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