IS
THE MORNING QREGOSIAK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1904.
YAWTER ASKS VOTES
Jackson Man Wants Multno
mah's Aid for Speakership,
SAYS HE CAN SURELY -WIN
Spends Day fn Portland, but Finds
Local Legislators Undecided
Southern Oregon Is Be
hind Him.
A three-cornered tusr-of-war Is the con
tort for Speaker of the Oregon House of
Itppresoirtatives, with A. A. Bailey pulling
om Multnomah. T. B. Kay from Marlon
and W. I. Vawter from Jackson. Mr.
Vawtor yesterday paid Portland a visit,
which Multnomah politicians have been
expecting for several weeks. He said
that with the aid of this county he could
win.
"The man," said he, "who shall have
the support of Multnomah will be a for
midable candidate very formidable," and
added that that man will probably be
elected.
Mr. Vawter's stay was so brief that he
did not cover much ground. But before
leaving he promised to come back in a
few days and go over the whole area.
Ho was averse to saying anything about
his Interviews with the local lawmakers,
but it was learned that he chatted with
hait a dozen.
It is my opinion," said he, "judging
from the present unsettled conditions in
Multnomah, that the question of the
Speakership will be decided in the eleventh
hour, before the meeting of the Legisla
ture. I find that Multnomah members of
the House have not chosen their candi
date." Mr. Vawter is prominent in Southern
Oregon as a lawyer, a banker and a leader
In Jackson County politics. He is tall and
well-proportioned, has a frank and open
countenance, is quick in his movements
and decisive in his speech, and is alto
gether a handsome man one who would
xnaloo a good-looking figure in the Speak
ers chair. In days gone by he was a
gold-standard Republican, but not to the
length of being an extreme factlonlst.
In 3903 he was a candidate for Con
gress, and received Jackson County's un
wavering vote in the memorable conven
tion at Eugene until ho withdrew. In
that race he announced his candidacy
early, and in the present contest for the
Speakership did the same. He was elect
ed last June, to represent Jackson and
Douglas Counties in the Lower House.
"Who's going to be elected Speaker?"
he responded to a question on that -point.
"Why, I am. and Dr. J. M. Keene, who
hails from Medford, too. and was a del
egate to the National Convention which
nominated President Roosevelt last June,
nodded approvingly. "Southern Oregon
will give me its solid support; Indeed,
the assurances which I have received
make me reasonably sure of it."
It was evident from this remark that
Vawter expects to receive support from
part of Southern Oregon east of the Cas
cade Mountains, for when asked whether
he had more votes from his part of the
state than the six Republican representa
tives from Douglas, Coos and Jackson
Counties, he responded, "Yes," but did
not mention them. Tho representatives
who hall from east of Mr. "Vawter's coun
ty are R. E. L. Stelner, of Lakevlew; J.
L. Stltz, of Lawen, Harney County, and
John S. Shook, of Dairy, Klamath County.
"If I can gain the support of Multno
mah County," he remarked, "I can be
elected; no doubt about it."
To what candidate this county will give
its support is a puzzle of state-wide in
terest. And right here In Multnomah the
enigma is answered no more satisfac
torily than elsewhere; Indeed, all tho rep
resentatives give out that they do not
know what they will do. If they should
all vote for Bailey, he would doubtless
win; or, perhaps, any other man to whom
they should give their solid vote. But
since wise men in tho political organiza
tion of this county believe that premature
announcement of Multnomah's Intentions
two years ago brought defeat to Its can
didate for president and Speaker, many
persons take It that the sphynx-like si
lence at headquarters will be maintained
until the "eleventh hour."
Prom the nature of circumstances,
Bailey and Vawter seem destined to be
allies, and It Is known that they are both
relying on the same anti-Kay elements.
AFTER BULL ETJN WATER.
Montavilla Residents Also Wish to
Incorporate Their Suburbs.
After long discussion, the meeting of
Montavilla citizens held in the Oddfel
lows' Hall last night declared Jtself in
favor of incorporation. However, the
main question was made subordinate to
that of securing water, should the place
become incorporated. H. B. Dickinson
called the meeting to order, and W. J.
Burden was elected chairman, with Harry
Toung as secretary. Speeches favorable
to having a charter prepared were made
by Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Burden, W. C.
Aylsworth and D. W. Butler, the latter
making the most extended talk. In which
he declared It was Impossible to get an
ample water supply without Incorpora
tion. Dr. DeVenney made an argument
against incorporation, setting forth that
It means heavy taxation without, just
compensation.
The water question was injected Into all
the talks, it being urged that Montavilla
could not get Bull Run water, even if In
corporated, and the contrary assertion
was made. On motion, it was decided,
first, to settle the question whether Mon
tavilla can get water If Incorporated, and
a committee was appointed to Interview
the Portland "Water Company on the sub
ject. H- B. Dickinson, D. W. Butler. W.
J. Burden, O. P. Botts and A. M. Ayls
worth . jconstltute the committee. The
meeting adjourned to meet again next
Monday evening at the same hall to hear
the committee's report.
PERSONALJEENTIOK.
TJr. B. D. "Wells,- of Eugene, is a Port
land guest.
A. M Cannon, a well-known Salem
lawyer, was registered at the Imperial
yesterday.
C. R. Ray and J. L. Alsop, prominent
tnlning men of Gold Ray, are at the
Portland.
Mrs. Samuel Elmore, of Astoria, is In
the city doing her Christmas shopping
and has apartments at the Portland.
Prank N. Menefee, District Attorney of
"Wasco County; came down from The
Dalles yesterday and -is at the Imperial.
Senator R. A. Booth, of Eugene, who Is
also president of tho Booth-Kelly Lum
ber Company, Is a guest at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. "W. A. Page, of New York,
are among the Portland arrivals. Mr.
Page is here ahead of Maxlne Elliott In
"Her Own "Way."
Samuel Rosenblatt of the Arm of S.
Rosenblatt & Co. will leave during the
present week for an extended trip
through the East, where he will purchase
the Spring goods for his establishment.
E. E. Calvin, general manager of the
Harrlman lines in Oregon, left last night
for Salt Lake, where he goes for a for
mal visit in the interest of tho Oregon
lines. Before returning ho may visit, sev
eral of the Eastern cities.
Manager and Mrs. H. C. Bowers, of the
Hotel Portland, are expected to return
from their California trip today. Mr.
Bowers went to Santa Barbara to attend
a meeting of prominent hotel men and
the visit of Mrs. Bowers and himself to
the South combined business and" pleas
ure. NEW YORK. Dec 19. (Special.) The
following people from the Pacific North
west registered in hotels hero today:
Prom Portland A. N. Stanton, at the
Herald-Square.
From Sumpter, Or. F.D. Fuller, at the
Imperial.
From Seattle H. PIckard, at the Im
perial; J. F. Douglas, at the Herald-Square.
GROWTH OF THE SECTS.
Episcopalians Lead the List With
Gain of Three Per Cent.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Nearly all re
ligious sects, as their figures of growth
for last year are announced, show a
larger percentage of increase than in
previous years, says the Herald.
In several denominations the ratio
of growth exceeds the usual ratio of
increase in the population. This is no
tably the case In, the Episcopal Church,
which last year gained 3 per cent on Its
membership of previous year, and was
In the population growtn estimated at
about 2 per cent. The Episcopal
Church has added 25,915 to Its member
ship, making its present figures S07.351.
In the Presbyterian Church the in
crease In membership last year was
NEW YEAR'S OREGONIAN FOR 1905
The New Tear's Oregonlan for 1905 will be Issued on Monday
morning, January 2 next. The illustrations will be numerous; they
will -be attractive, and they will cover every feature of
THE WORLD'S FAIR
that -will be opened in Portland on June 1 next. The text and the
engravings together will advertise fully the merits of the great 1905
Exposition. .
The New Year's Oregonian for 1905 will foe sent to any address
in the United States or Canada, postage prepaid, for TEN CENTS a
copy. Orders for papers should be sent to The Oregonian at once.
at the rate of 2 per cent. The South
ern Presbyterian Church, a much
smaller body than the Northern, hav
ing but 239.S88-members, gained 2 per
cent last year. The ratio of gain by
the Methodist membership Is not so
large as In the other bodies named,
but was 1 4-5 per cent, or almost as
much as the estimated ratio of popula
tion growth. For the previous year
the Methodist ratio was only 1 per
cent. Tho body has now 3,064,735 mem
bers, of whom about 200,000 are con
nected with foreign conferences and
missions.
It is stated in the Presbyterian hand
book for 1905 that the religions of the
world have 1,430,000,000 adherents, di
vided as follows:
Christianity, 477,080,158; Confucian
ism. 256,000,000; Hinduism. 190,000.000;
Mohammedanism. 176,834,372; Bud
dhism. 147,900,000; Taoism and Shinto
Ism, 57,000.000; Judaism, 7.056.000, and
various heathen faiths, 118,129,479.
Dixie Returns From Jamaica.
COLON, Dec. 19. The United States
cruiser Dixie returned here Saturday eve
ning from Jamaica, bringing John F.
Wallace, engineer in charge of the Pana
ma Canal construction; Joseph W. Lee,
secretary of the American Legation at
Panama, and Claude C. Mallet, the British
Consul at Panama.
The obstacles to tho immigration of
Jamaican laborers from Jamaica to Pana
ma are still under consideration by the
colonial government.
TO CUKE COLD XV ONE DAY,
Tales Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund the money If It falls to cure.
D. W. Grove' a signature is on each box. 25c
Gadski Concert a
Programme of Gadski Concert.
Fart 1 ' (classical arias and eongs)
"Wldmung" (Schumann); "IJebchen 1st
Ta." (Franz), "Aus Melnen Grosecn
Scbmerzen (Franz); "Erlkonlg" (Schu
bert); "Melne Llebe 1st Grun" (Brahms).
Fart 2 (miscellaneous modem arias
and Bongs) Piano solo, "Wotan's Ab
sented und Feuerzauber (Wagner), H.
Selmar Meyrowitz; aria, "Samson et
Dallla" (Saint-Seens); "Verborgenhelt"
(Hugo Wolf); "Two Kinder Lleder"
(Taubert); "Remembrance" (new), from
"Shakespeare Cycle" (Wassail); "Cacl
lle" (R. Strauss).
Part 3 (arias and songs of Richard
"Wagner) Piano solo, prelude, "Tristan
and Isolde," H. Selmar Meyrowitz;
songs, "Traume," "Schlummerlied";
aria, "Dlch Theure Halle" ("Tann
haeuser"). SHOWERS of applause greeted every
number sung by Madame Johanna
Gadski, the great dramatic soprano,
during her concert at the Marquam The
ater last night, and a brilliant society au
dience was willingly led away captive.
Nearly every seat In the theater was oc
cupied, and the event was also a pleas
ant success for Miss Lois Steers," under
whose direction the concert was given.
Gadski is not new to Portland, for she
has been here before, but how marvelously
changed Is her art. She is that rare com
bination in song that one reads about but
so seldom meets, a dramatic soprano who
also combines the qualities of a lyric so
prano. Last night she did not sing an
extremely high note, like Nordlca or Mel
ba. and thrill one with the Intensity and
height of her vocallsm, and it is a ques
tion if she sang much higher than B fiat
above the staff. But she made up for
that in dramatic intensity, intellect, in the
flute-like purity of her head notes and
the fine sentiment with which she In
vested her soft, piano passages.
Born in Stettin. Prussia, and making her
debut in Berlin when she was but 17 years
old. as Undine in Lortzinc's opora of -that
name, it naturally follows that Gadski Is
a German of the Germans; that she sings
best in that language and has achieved
some of her greatest successes In Inter
preting Wagner. Her great dramatic
finale was reached last night In the third
part of her programme, when she very
quietly sat near the piano beside her ac
companist. H. Selmer Meyrowitz, and
watched his magic fingers call Into being
the prelude Wizard Wagner wrote for
"Tristan and Isolde." Suddenly she arose
and had sung a very few notes when one
felt that the supreme moment of the con
cert had arrived. It was the "Traume"
song, and In reply to an insistent en
core she sang "Brunhllde's Cry" with a
fire and yet with a pathos that will be
long remembered. Singing into the lul
laby, she again awoke memories of other
famous singers In her magnificent rendi
tion of the Tannhauser aria, "Dich Theure
Hajle." This called forth her last en
core, Schubert's "Halderosleln."
In her classical arias and selections.
Gadski chose German songs calling for
soft, dainty finish, in minor mode, almost
with the suspicion of a tear in them, and
after finishing the Brahms number she
gave her first encore In English, Nevla's
LOSES HIS CAPTIVES
UNDER SHERIFFS ARE RELIEVED
FROM CUSTODY OF CORONER.
Circuit Court Will Post Order in Case
Growing Out of Raid on the
Portland Club.
There was another outpost skirmish In
the eternal war between the Municipal
League and the gambling talent yester
day when hearing on the writ of habeas
corpus against Coroner Finley charging
that official to show cause why he held
Deputy Sheriffs Morden, "Wise, Holllngs
worth and Cordano In his custody, was
had before Judge George In the Circuit
Court. After a number of witnesses had
been examined and tho matter fully set
before the, court. Judge George announced,
at 3 o'clock, that the Under-Sheriffs would
be discharged from the custody of tne
Coroner, but that he would later decide
what particular order he would Issue In
the matter.
The affair grew out of the arrest of the
officers at the instance of the proprietors
of the Portland Club on the charge of
assault and battery. Acting under the or
ders of Chief Deputy Morden they en
tered and took charge of the club's prem
ise?, a week ago Saturday. In doing so
It was charged that they exceeded their
authoritv and committed constructive as-
sault and battery on the persons of the
proprietors. Acting for Messrs. Grant
Dale, Solomon, et al, Attorneys Menden
hall and Spencer secured cortaln warrants
from Justice Reid's court.
According to tho testimony of the offl
cerg in question, they learned that the
warrants were out against them and vol
untarily gave themselves up to Coroner
Finley. the competent person to arrest
members of the Sheriff's office.
Judge Henry McGinn, counsel for Sher
iff Word, having knowledge of the issu
ance of the warrants, in order to avoid
trial In Justice Reid's court, sought tho
benefit of ' habeas corpus proceedings' in
order to bring the case Into the Circuit
Court. The hearing yesterday resulted
victoriously for Henry McGinn. Thad W.
vreeland, who assisted him, the Munici
pal League and the Sheriff's office.
DR. ABBOTT WORSHIPS FORCE.
His Religion Is Founded on Science,
Not on the Bible.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Dr. Lyman Ab
bott, in a sermon to Harvard students,
has announced his belief in a religion
founded not on the Bible but on science
and the outreachings of the human heart,
says a World dispatch from Cambridge
Mass.
"I wonder," he said. "If you will un
derstand me when 1 say that i no longer
believe In a great first cause. My God
Is a great and ever present force which
is manifest In all tho activities of men
and all the workings of nature.
"I believe In a God who Is In and
through and of everything not an ab-
Brilliant Event
Great Dramatic Soprano Captivates a Society Audi
ence at the Marqtiam Grand. '
"Nightingale Song." Her purity of Eng
lish Is remarkable, for she does not speak
English like the
In this number she skilfully worked up to
u. ueuuuiui unaie, excelling In the power
of repression. In Saint Saens' aria. "Sam
son et Dellla," she used a mixture of
pathos and fine headnotes so poetically
that she was called on for a repetition,
which was freely given.
The gayest, daintiest moment of the
concert was when Gadski sang the group
of two children's songs by Taubert,
"Slumber Song" and "Soldiers' Song."
The latter was sung with a mock gravity
that was delightful, and one saw a vision
of the tramp, tramp of Prussian grena
diers. The encore song at the end of the
second part of the programme was Nev
In's "Early Beacon." Gadski has a -fine
stage presence, looks like the German ar
tiste that she is, and although her vocal
tone has not vibrating volume, it is per
fectly sufficient for all the demands of
art. Gadski excels In the purity of the
language she uses, English or German
The audience was so delighted with her
that It would have listened to her singing
for many additional numbers, had she
been willing.
Herr Meyrowitz, like Gadski, is a Prus
sian, and is a most admirable accompan
ist and solo pianist. He has a dainty
yet sure, touch, and displayed' excellent
judgment. His encore after the first Wair-
"fv ,IlUmb?.r Z3 "Resiled." from the
"Walkure." Wagner.
The MusJn Concert.
Part 1-Sonata In A Major (Handel.
1CS1), andante and fugue, adagio and
allegretto, Messrs. Musln and Koenlg;
"Border Ballad" (Cowen), Mr. Green:
Polonaise In A Flat (Chopin), Mr!
Koenlg; aria, "Samson and Delilah"
(Saint-Saens). lime. Mlalck; Fantasia,
on a Theme by Haydn (Leonard), Mr.
Musln; Duets from Tuscan Folk Songs
(Carraciolo), Mme. Mlsick and Mr.
Green.
Part 2 Xocturne -in F Sharp (Chopin),
Concert Valse (Glazounow-Blumenfeld),
Mr. Koenlg; "The Parting Rose"
(written for and dedicated to Mr. Green),
(Pontius). "Prince Ivan's Song" (Al
litsen), Mr. Green; "Absent" (Metcalf),
"I Know a Lovely Garden" (d'Hardelot).
"A May Day" (Walthew), Mme. Mlsick';
"Paroles du Coeur" (Words of the
Heart). Radoux-Musin, Mr. Musln;
"Break, Diviner Light" (Allltaen). Mme!
Mlsick and Mr. Green.
The concert of Ovide Musln, violin
ist, given at the White Temple last
evening, under direction of Elmore
Rice, was one of the most brilliant
musical events that Portland music
lovers have had the privilege of enjoy
ing, and the church was crowded. En
thusiastic applause greeted Musin at
each number, and his exquisite play
ing was charmingly accompanied by
the pianist of his company, Gulllaume
Koenlg.
The soloists. Madame Grace Whistler
Mustek, contralto, and Marlon Green,
basso-cantante, had several delightful
songs. Madame Musick has an exceed
ingly mellow voice, too sympathetic
in the low notes and velvety In the high
ones, and Mr. Green's solos wore also
admirable, being given with fine enun
ciation and expression.
sentee Godt whom we have to reach
through a Bible or some other outside
aid, but a God who kt closer to us than
hands or feet. Science, literature and
history tell us that there is one eternal
energy, that the Bible no longer can be
accepted as ultimate, that many of Ita
laws were copied from other religions, and
the Ten Commandments did not spring
spontaneously from Moses, but were, like
all laws, a gradual growth, and that man
is a creature, not a creation.
"No thinking man will say there are
many energies. The days of polytheism
are past. There is only one energy. That
energy has always been working. It la
an intelligent energy. No scientist can
deny it. It was working before Christ's
time, even as it Is now."
SHOT FULL OF HOLES.
Russian Gets Seventeen Wounds and
Only Loses One Leg.
MOSCOW, Dec 19. KIrincheneko, prob
ably the most thoroughly shot-to-pleces
man who has survived the present war,
arrived recently from Harbin where, after
weeks In the hospital the doctors ex
tracted 17 bu.lets from him, amputated
one leg and discharged him as cured.
He gave his experiences as follows:
"It was at Liao Yang. On the even
ing of September 2 we had been ordered
to nttacK some of the Japanese trenches.
We had to cross a good piece of open
ground under a heavy cross fire and
there were men falling every step from
the time we broke cover to the minute
we rushed the trenches at the point of
the bayonet. Nothing happened to me
until we were close to the Japanese lines,
when I got a bullet in my right foot that
brought me down. From that time I
was no more good except as a target.
but I must say I drew a good deal of
Japanese ammunition, if that counted for
anything. . t
"Our fellows went on and carried the
Japanese trenches on the left in a hand-to-band
fight. But there waB a long line
of works on the right that we did not
take, and where they kept shooting.
They were the people who did for me. I
was on the ground with my teeth chatter
ing. I made up my mind to get out and
crawled along toward tho trenches where
our men had gone over the top. I had
no more than started going until a bullet
In my right shoulder rolled me over again.
I got ray gun In my left hand and kept
on crawling. Then I got shot in the left
leg Just above the knee. Then two or
three bullets got me in the right leg.
I dropped my gun and helped myself
along with my left hand. But they must
have tnought I was having too easy a
time of It, for I got shot through the
left shoulder, and that brought me down
flat. I kept on getting shot In my right
leg, but all the feeling had gone out of
it, so I did not mind that much. The
last time I recollect getting hit was
again la tho left shoulder.
"It was dusk by the time I got to the
trenches, and when I finally wriggled
over the top I thought they were full
ol Japanese. But it happened what Jap
anese uniforms I saw were on corpses
and the live people were talking Russian.
The men took mo to a station two miles
away, and the doctors did not think I
was much good keeping. I had 13 bullets
In my right leg and side, and four scat
tered around other parts of me. But they
tied me up and sent mo on to Harbin,
and there they cut my leg off."
PLATT CALLS A CONFERENCE
Depew Is His Candidate for the
United States Senate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Senator Thomas
C. Piatt has called a conference of Re
publicans to meet in the Fifth-Avenue
Hotel on Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock to take measures for the re-election
of Senator Depew. More than 50 in
vitations have been Issued to leaders and
legislators.
Senator Piatt says that this conference
Is called largely for .the purpose of neu
tralizing' the effect of tho recent confer
ence at which Governor Odell and many
other prominent Republicans were present
and which showed Itself strongly In favor
of Frank S. Black's candidacy. When
asked tonight whether he had invited
Governor Odell to consult with him. Sen
ator Piatt replied:
"Of course I have not done so. The
Governor is backing tho other man."
Senator Piatt said that he had visited
Wall street today and consulted with a
very large number of prominent Republi
cans, all of whom, he said, he had found
to be enthusiastically in favor of tho re
election of Senator Depew. Regarding
who would be present at the conference.
Senator Piatt said:
"Republicans who are interested in the
election of a United States Senator men
from different parts of the state. I shall
not turn anybody away. I want to find
out where we stand, and I purpose get
ting to the bottom of the matter."
"Governor Odell was mistaken," said
Senator Piatt, "If he believed that Black
would have a majority in the Legisla
ture. "He has not even a majority of the Rep
resentatives," he said.
When asked how Governor-elect Hoggins
stood on the question of the Scnatorship,
Senator Piatt replied that he did not
know, but that he expected to be able to
"smoke him out before long."
Governor Black came to the city from
Troy tonight. When aeked if the an
nouncement of his candidacy in the Troy
Times was authoritative, he answered he
was not yet prepared to make a state
ment of his attitude.
PIMA INDIANS NEED WATER.
Dr. Thompson Tells President of Their
Serious Condition.
WASHINGTON. Dec 19. Dr. Charles
L. Thompson, secretary of the Presby
terian Board of Missions, discussed with
President Roosevelt today the serious con
dition of the Pima Indians, of Arizona.
He told the President that tho Indians
actually were dying of starvation because
their lands had been rendered unproduc
tive by the diversion of the water streams
running through them. The diversion of
the water was caused by the development
of plans of the Government for irrigation
of arid lands.
Through a commission, the President
has already adopted an investigation of
the matter and it Is not unlikely that
pumping stations will be constructed on
the Pima Indian lands to supply them
with sufficient water for all purposes.
These pumping stations will bo erected In
connection with the irrigation plants
which are being put In under direction
of the Government.
NO STAIN ON BAKER'S HONOR
New Mexican Judge Reinstated Will
Not Remain in Office.
WASHINGTON. Dec 19. Judge Baker,
t-f the Supreme Court of New Mexico, who
recently was removed from office by the
President, has received by the President
and the Department of Justice a full hear
ing, the result being a revocation of the
order of remove!.
A statement lsseud today by the De
partment of Justice, says:
"It will be recalled that Judge Baker
was not removed upon any charge affect
ing his honor or integrity. After a full
hearing, the President has revoked the
order of removal. Judge Baker, in view
of all the circumstances, has concluded
that It would be best for him not to con
tinue to hold this office, and has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect upon
the' appointment and qualification of his
successor."
Mexican Four-Per-Cents in Demand.
NEW YORK. Dec 19. Subscriptions to
the amount of $15,000,000 of Mexican 4 per
cent gold bonds, offered by Speyer & Co.
and Harvey FIsk & Sons, closed today.
The amount was several times oversubscribed.
WIDE RANGE OF BIDS
ST. JOHNS COMPANY GETS CON
TRACT TO REPAIR WENONA.
Port of Portland Will Dredge Between
Morrison and Madison Street
Bridges..
The contract for repairing the steamer
"Wenona was yesterday awarded by the
Port of Portland Commission to the St.
Johns Shipbuilding Company, the lowest
bidder. A special meeting of the board
was held for the purpose of opening bids
for the work. The proposals submitted
showed a remarkably wide range, the fig
ures being as follows:
St. Johns Shipbuilding Company $ 376.50
A. "V. Mcintosh 575.0O
Joseph Pecquet 664.00
Portland Shipbuilding Company POO. CO
J. H. Roberts. 11S9.00
Anderson Crowe 1250.00
James Larson, the superintendent of the
St. Johns company, was on hand with
other bidders and promised that the work
would be completed by January 10. The
"Wenona will be repaired on the drydock
and the Commissioners are anxious to
have her off as soon as possible as other
vessels may want the dock. It is likely
that if the contract for repairing the
Chinook Is let here the big dredge will
be docked at St. Johns.
Consideration was given tho matter of
dredging a channel between the draws
of the Morrison and Madison-street
bridges. Major Langfitt is anxious to have
a channel dug to a depth of 25 feet, but
the Commissioners decided it could not
be done at the present stage of water,
but they will excavate to a depth of 20
feet with the dredge Portland.
Another letter was read from the Penln
Bula Lumber Company demanding that
the material deposited by the dredge Co
lumbia back of the St. Johns dike be re
moved, but no action was taken on the
communication.
STRIKES ON EUREKA BAR.
Captain of Kilburn Misled by Shift
ing of Buoys.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec. 19. (Special.)
Owing to the shifting of one of the buoys
that marks the channel, the steamer F.
A. Kilburn had a close call yesterday In
coming out over the Eureka bar. The
vessel struck three times, to the alarm of
the passongers, but got off without dam
age. The Kilburn sailed for Portland this
afternoon with the following passengers:
F. B. Waite, Roseburg; J. H. Graves. Du
luth, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burns,
Coquille City: C. A. Lang, C. J. Clement,
F. Gee, James Kelley. Myrtle Point; E. B.
Seabrook, Thomas Buchanan, Miss Mattie
Hall, Miss Mary Hall, James Bedford.
A. Cowell, Frank Kelley, Miss Palmer,
Mrs. W. A. Luse, Anson 0tl3 Rogers,
James Dolan, W. H. Nlcholls, Carl Thomp
son, Marshfleld; Miss F. Henry. Lafe Ba
con, C. D. Waters, North Bend.
The steamer Alliance will sail from Em
pire In the morning with the following
passengers for Portland: Mat Verklynd,
T. M. Brickman. C. W. Gerbath and three
steerage.
Twenty-Five Years' Toll of the Sea.
Excluding naval vessels, 13,716 ships of
all descriptions, with a tonnage of 4,920,364,
belonging to the United Kingdom, were
totally lost In the 25 years ended June,
1903, says the London Daily Mall.
During the same 25 years, according to
a Bluebook just issued. 6541 of the wrecks
and casualties to British ships were at
tended with fatal results to 40,340 persons,v
of whom 34,237 were members of the crew
and 6103 were passengers, pilots or other
persons,. The average annual loss was
1013 persons, but In the last of the 25
years that dating from July 1, 1902, to
June 20, 1903 the number of lives lost was
below the average, being 599 crew and only
25 pasengers. The vessels lost in that
year numbered 350.
During the year 1902-3, 5660 seamen, and
passengers were saved from wrecks of
British vessels everywhere, and of foreign
ships on or near the coasts of British ter
ritory. Northwest May Be Saved.
The schooner Alice McDonald, en route
from San Pedro for Eureka, will on her
arrival load either a part or all of the
cargo of the water-logged barkentlne
Northwest. If the hull of the barkentlne
Is found In a condition to permit the ves
sel will be towed to San Pedro without
taking the lumber from her hold. Cap-r
tain Smith, of the Northwest, has been
replaced by Captain Lund.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Dec. 10. Condition of the bar at
5 P. M.. rough; wind northwest; weather
cloudy. Outside at 5 P. M. A three-masted
bark.
San Francisco, Dec. 19. Arrived at 0 A. M.
Steamer Redondo. from Portland. Arrived
Steamer Santa Monica, from Gray's Harbor;
ateamer Meteor, from Seattle; steamer Olympic,
from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Steamer Coro
nado, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Minnesota,
for Seattle, via Victoria.
Monterey, Dec 19. Sailed yesterday Steam
er Rcoscrans, for Portland.
Hoqulam, Wash., Dec 10. (Special.) Ar
rived Steamer Homer, from San Francisco, for
Hoqulam; steamer Llndauer, from San Fran
cisco for Aberdeen,
London, Dec. 19. Arrived Oanfa, from Ta
coma, via, Yokohama. Hon? Kong, Bat a via,
etc.
Japanese Diplomat Married.
TOKIO, Dec 19. Hannah, daughter of
"Viscount Aoki, formerly Japanese Minis
ter to Germany, and Count Alexander
von Hatzfeld-Trachenberg, an attache of
the German Legation here, were married
today in the Catholic cathedral, which
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civil marriage, which later was per
formed by the German Minister, Count
von Arco-Valley, who performed the reli
gious ceremony in the cathedral.
TAGGABT CALLS IT LIBEL.
Story Published That He Demanded
Money to Run His Paper.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 19. (Special.)
An article In the New York Sun of yes
terday, reproduced In part by a local
paper today, charging National Demo
cratic Chairman Taggart with demand
ing $50,000 of the National Executive
Committee to keep his newspaper, the
Indianapolis Sentinel, running through
the campaign has created a sensation
among politicians. Mr. Taggart was in
consultation with his attorneys all after
noon and tonight said that he would sue
the New York Sun and the local paner
for libel.
"There's a sequel to that story and I
may have something to say later on." ho
said, "but I will say there was never any
such a meeting described. In which I was
represented as asking for 550,000 for the
Sentinel."
The Sun says that the executive com
mittee was In session and Taggart said:
"I want 550,000 or my paper, the Indianap
olis Sentinel, will go into bankruptcy."
The article continues:
"Had the men who sat at the table
seen the locked door of the conference
room In the Hoffman House burst from.
Its hinges and heard a masked man, pis
tol in hand, shout 'Hands up,' they could
not have been more astounded. The pale,
Impassive face of William F. Sheehan,
chairman of the executive committee,
grew almost ashen, while his eyes blazed
with fury."
Further the article says: "Taggart's
demand for 550,000 was met half way. so
that in tho campaign he received 535000,
exclusive of the money furnished to pay
his hotel bills, and to which reference
has been made, exclusive also of the
money furnished to him for election ex
penses In Indiana."
MODEL PAPERS OF COUNTRY.
Chicago Editor Places The Oregonian
In List of Ten.
LAWRENCE. Kan., Dec. 19. (Special.)
The ten model newspapers of the
United States, declared B. B. Herbert, of
Chicago, editor of the National Printer
Journalist, In a lecture before the Kansas
University school of journalism today,
arc: The Portland Oregonian, the Chi
cago Tribune. New York Times, Brook
lyn Eagle. Springfield Republican. Chi
cago Record-Herald and Chronicle, St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, New Orleans Tic
ayune and Buffalo Express.
Mr. Herbert talked of "The Modern
Newspaper Editor and His Work." and
mentioned Benjamin Franklin, Horaco
Greeley. George Prentice. Sam Bolles.
William CuIIen Bryant. John Greenleaf
Whittier. Charles A. Dana and Henry
W. Grady as the greatest American edi
tors. The school of journalism has
heard two lectures previously this year.
T. S. Hlllington. editor of the Rhodesia
South Africa Herald, spoke on "South
African Newspaper Methods" and Profes
sor C. Skelton on "Concert Reporting."
Reform Manifesto Is Delayed.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 19.-Contrary
to general expectation, Emperor Nicholas
name day was not signalized by the Issue
of a manifesto on the subject of the re
forms, which Is now expected on Decem
ber 20. A long list of honors was gazetted,
however, principally army officers. The
day was marked by the usual observances.
The city was decorated with flags, a
solemn "Te Deum" was chanted at St.
Isaac Temple, a salute of 101 guns was
fired from the fortress of St. Peter and
St. Paul and free performances were given
at the theaters.
Officers Held for Men's Excesses.
KIEF, Russia, Dec. Vj. The Governor
has issued a proclamation announcing
that Emperor Nicholas has conferred on
the heads of military districts in which
martial law Is not declared the power of
trying by court-martial all officers in
charge of troops in the event of the latter
committing excesses punishable by penal
servitude under tho military codes. The
officers are thus held responsible for the
conduct of their men.
Says Greene Wanted Him Out of Way
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. James W. Good
man, who was arrested on complaint of
Cplonel W. C. Greene, of the Consolidated
Copper Company, that he Intended to
harm Colonel Greene, was discharged
from custody after a hearing today. Mr.
Goodman declared that he believed Colo
nel Greene's anxiety was to get him out
of New York to prevent his appearance
in a civil suit which he had brought
against the Colonel.
Receiver for Jacob Berry & Co.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. At a meeting
of the creditors of Jacob Berry & Co.
today, Edward S. Thomas, the tempo
rary receiver, said that the firm owes
about $750,000, while the actual assets
are only about $64,000. The creditors
elected a receiver.
Constellation Weathers the Storm.
NEWPORT. R. I., Dec. 19. The United
States training-ship Constellation, con
cerning which much anxiety had been
felt, arrived here today from New York.
The historic old craft went through Sun
day's storm without damage.
Minnesota Sails for Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. The big
steamer Minnesota sailed today for Se
attle, where she will discharge 7000
tons of coal before going on her regu
lar run to the Orient.
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