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14 tiRli LINES IN - HEED - OF FUEL Embargo Is Put on Lumber Shipments South Be- ; cause of Shortage. OIL SUPPLY IS LACKING XInllroadH Are Unable to Get Suffi- c'lcnt Oil In California, While Conl at Winter Prices Is Exiwnsive. The prevailing fuel famine is threatenr iiiK the Oregon railroads and there is Fiifrl tf be d an cer that traf ns may be :opprd unions ful i forthcoming. The T I arrlma n line fire so snort of oil and coal that a purchase of wo tons of coai was made in Portland yesterday at a Vfrj- rifarh price with which to fire loco rmotfres. The shortaBe of fuel on the Southern Pacific lines is so pronounced mat an ombarifo has aaln been placed on ship ments -of lumber from Oregro n mills to 'allfornla arul will not- be rained until KRiirances are received pT a larger sup- ri, of fuel. H is said either oil, coal r wood supplies in larger quantities -would be nufTlclent to lift the embargo, 'tout the railroad management 1 at a. loss td KnOW Where these supplies are cominf; from. The roal purchased yesterday will liolp to some extent, but this quantity is ns but a drop in the bucket compared -with what is needed. The price paid for the coal is not made Tinbllo. but it I said it was far above what is considered normal. The fact that the Harrlmnn lines would make sucli a large purchase here at exorbitant prices shows the shortage on the line arid tha apparent impossibility of grettlne new sup liea from the oompn-"s mines. There In danxer that the oil used on locomotives o( the 0. R. & . and South ern Pacific may fail. Difficulties are be- ItiK encountered by the two companies in rettlnjr llaiitcl fuel In nufttolent supply from tlie California oil fluids. Although the Harriman lines in this state nave rnntraets with the oil companies to be supplied with stated amounts of otl. which 1m Khtppocl , here by water to the Ports mouth tanks, the railroads have been un able of late to get their usual supplies In thin way and have been forced to hip the fuel here in tank cars from the California oil fields. , This makes the fuel supply uncertain and expensive. A number of tank cars nre comlnR alonsr dally from California. tut the supply is only sufficient to keep locomotives fn commission and it may fail ht any time. This shortage in the oil supply Is one of tbe reasons why the 1 Mr-Re purchase of coal was made yester day. "While coat cannot be burned In locomotives fitted with oil-burning fur naces, there are many locomotives In the service of the Harriman lines which an aatlll bumlnK coal, and If neceswary these engines could take the place of oil-burn- m. This would undoubtedly be the so lution of the problem If the oil supply fails. The apprehension of the managers of the Harriman lines is shown by the pur chase of expensive coal fuel for locomo tive use. little profit remains for the railroad when hle-h-priced coal is used to steam locomotives for low-grade freight hauling. When this expensive fuel Is used hi hauling lumber cars from Port- 'land to the Missouri River, traffic which is carried for one-half a cent a ton per mile, tne earnings are likely to be very nuich cut down on that closs of tonnage. J1UILD SOUTH FKOM TACOMA i IMans for Construction of Xew Har riman Kaihvay Line. News in special dispatches (o Tle Ore- Iranian yesterday that the Union Pacific -will soon let contracts for the construc tion of portions of tile Oregon & Wash ington, the line from Portland to the Sound cities, was received with satisfac tion in this city. It was known that ria-hts of way for a large part of the work had' been closed up and that the "work would soon be let. The engineers in charge of the Oregon 1AV Washington construction expect to award contracts next -Tuesday. The work is being handled under the direction of J. D. Farrell, who is in charge of the 'Harriman interests on the Sound. Local officials of the Harriman lines are not advised on the progress of the preliminary . work, except In a general way. The work of construction will start at Fouth Tacoma and will be pushed to ward the Columbia River. It is said that owlngr to the fact that the route south from Kelso has not yet been determined no contract will be let . for that work yet. The entrance to Tacoma is also fftlll undecided. R. D. MTARLAND IS DEAD Prominent Member or Clgarniakers Villon Victim of Consumption. R. D. Mcl--arland died at his home, tw Stanton street, Tuesday, January 1, of consumption. Mr. McKarlnnd had been an almost con tinuous resident of Portland for 17 years. He was a e.garmaker by profession and passed through the chairs of the local union with distinction and credit. In the SO'a he was . an active and prominent allure in the labor ranks. He has been variously engaged at drgar-makiiiK and selling' here and con ducted a cigar business in Astoria for a hort time. He returned from Astoria to Portland five years ao. Mr-IucKarland was married in Portland 5 4 years ago to Mrs. Kl!a Rose, who with two grown sons, Waldo and Roy Ktwe, survive him. Mrs. McFarland wax a daughter of Joseph Champagne, a pioneer of Douglas county, where he 1m ml eta ted from Prance In I860. The funeral will take place from Fln- Jey s undertaking parlors at 2 t. M. to- 'tiay, under the auspices of the cigar- maws union. M r. 1 oFa rla nd was a me mber of .Astoria Aerie, order of Eaulfs. In which 2ie carried) a small amount of insurance. Henry M. Field Seriously 111. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. A. dlRpntch from Oreat BarrlriKton. Mass.. reports that i Henry M, Field is critically 111 at 'tils home In Stock bridge. Mr. Field, -who Is ' over 85 years of aeo. is -the last one of , the four famous Field brothers. Me la a noted historian and writer. New York; Has Influenza.. NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Influenza Is i jnost epidemic In thia city. Within the last ten days It has spread rapidly. Phy pic lan s generally believe that the nniea Konablo weathrr which baa prevailed oi late has helped to spread the dlseaae. Re- jwrta tabulated yesterday in the Health Department's " bureau of vital statistics dhow that lsmt week th. deaths In this city from Influenza rose from 8 to 33 in the week ending Decenroer 29. That Influenza Invariably increases the mortality from bronchial troubles is again demonstrated by the fact that the deaths attributed to bronchitis last week numbered 35, against 28 for the preceding week, and that the deaths from pneu monia and bronchial pneumonia increased from 232 In the week ending December 22, to 368 last week. The disease la par ticularly prevalent in Brooklyn. PREVENTION OF SMALLPOX Vaccination Not a Good Thing, Says This Correspondent. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 7. 1907. (To the E4i t nr- i - r i. in eure vou will be rlftrf to have your attention calle to error or two In vour editorial on vaccination in your lesue or 1 December 30. and If you will give the1 cor- rection publicity, you will oblige me and many other. For confirmation of the statements I shall make that are not based on personal knowledge, I refer you to a pamphlet by Alexander Y. Soott. entitled "Vaccination Statement- of a State Health Board Invest. - jrated." which I .am sending- you). In which the authorities are cited with lawyer-like pre cision, Prussia had compulsory vaccination enacted in 183ft. and with a royal proclamation to back the ordinance, it wa generally enforced, and 18 yeara later. In ISM. sir John Simon. I. D. Of England, woe citing to the English House' of Commons the "protected" condition of Germany, and her security from smallpox outbreaks. FCe tvave at thla time a recapitu lation Of the Prumlan Vaccination Xaw. sub- fltamially the same as In (quoted lit Peare's Vita! Statistic), which was: 1. Every child required to be vaccinated before one year old. fnrrnui punished for iirnor-lnfr the law If Child afterward takes email pox. 2. Son are admitted Into svhool, OT any public employment, or allowed to marry, with- et-t In cat e of varctnatlon. Soldlera are revacclnated on enterlns; tbe army. .it 'is the duly of every parochial mV 4, eal officer to vaccinate ry child. thp .1.-.. t ti rute -In 1TB per million. Mir John stated ( 1 H7 th Berlin from Bmiilptix w Using this fact as an argument tor vaccina tion, and all England was pointing to Prussia as some now point to Germany) as a well accinated and. therefore thorougrily protected country. But what happened when the time or trim came, and smallpox broke out in Europe-? I will Quote Sir John's own words (Report to local Government Board. 1KTS.) after the epi demic: "FrUfiflla was, after France, the flirt con tinental slate to feel the force of the epidemic, the smalllpox death rate In 1871 risinpr to 3. 4-30 per ml 1 lion . or n early twice the rate of EnKland for the name year." And in all Germany, with the oldest vac cination laws in the world, this epidemic killed- 1 24 , (MX) vaccinated and revacclnated cit izen h. And that le one (treat fact that led to the Britten Royal Commission on A'acclnatton, and finally the repeal of the compulry VftOOlna- tion law. The Swedish statistic for lOO yeara are before me. and could I present them In your columns tliey would also be seen to make a showing against, rather than In favor of vac- clna tlon. A nd as plen t y of un vaccinated people do not take smallpox, even whea In the most Intimate and, prolong, contact with it, wM you tell me. whre Is the proof that it ifl the vaccination which protects the tin vaccinated ? Besides, la not. the experience of Germaliy. quoted above, positive proof that vaccination frequently does not protect: le it not auii to be proven that It ever does? L-t Impartial 1 nvestiRation be made in apy elty as to the vaccinal condition of m1 1 iVx. patient -not made by the men whose bupi- new it Is to vaccinate, for thte could not be impartial and I believe It will be found that more vaccinated persons are attacked than tin vaccinated.. But always we miwt not alliw the quibble, "euccef ully vaccinated, for It ifl "unsuccessful vaccination" that develops later Into smallpox In many case, and. there fore. It to Important to state that the had been vaccinated that Is. inoculated with vaccine virus." I have agisted in such iu- veatleations, and know what the results are. As to the health of the animal and the purity of the virus, eo hlfrh an authority as Dr. E. M. Crookshank, bacteriologist of K-ina-'s College, London, who has written the most exhaustive oclentlflc work on vaccination (The History and Pathology of Vaccination) etates: 'There is no way of determining- by the mlcroevope. or any kind of teat of any char acter whatever, between lymph which contains the virus of syphilis' and lymph that does not. The calves from which the virus la obtained e undoubtedly an healthy m can be sot. and we may grant for argument that they are perfectly healthy when inoculated. But this tnaken them sick a fever is stirred up. cer tain dmpuritlrs are expelled from the -clreu- atlon and loosed Just under the skin. When these pustule reach a certain mage of ripe- new they are -sTrayM out, the contents mixed with glycerine and sealed up for Inoculation. Thfre a no denial on the part of medical men that this Is a disease product. It is hardly to be clashed, then, with milk, which U a normal product. The process just de scribed Is in use In the establishment of Alexander &. Company. Marietta, l'a., whose laboratory 1 recently visited. At Mulford & Company's, near Philadelphia, on the other hand, there is no pustule, as they do not wait for this at a He of the disease, but when the scarified ektn becomes inflamed and raised in ridges, the calf Is killed and Its dead- body Is subjected to a scraping In the scarified and Inflamed regions (on its belly)and the scraped -up diseased cuticle Is triturated and mixed with glycerine, and that is their product. With, a party of .physicians I wltnoeeed the whole process, and have since published an account of it, which I have submitted to the manu facturers, and they have not Questioned or disputed Its accuracy. They could not. for the physicians present would themselves tes tify to the same. Does it seem a sensible thing: to Inject into the circulation of a healthy person any dts- e product ? Is It not as certain that a sowing of disease will bring- a harvest of disease and not health, at? that a awing of nettles will produce nettle and not corn? 111 you not examine this question In 1 lla-ht of all the facta obtainable and let your readers hear from you again? It would give me pleasure to submit some literature upon the subject if you will allow me. IX)RA O. UTTLE. The Sunday Closing Bill, THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. . (To the Kdi tor. Under the heading: "Plan Dry Sun day" In The Oregonlan today It is made to appear that the Initiative One Hundred, through ita president, had approved the Sun day closing bill proponed by the Northwest hAbbBth Association or Rev. Joseph H. Iel per. which is Incorrect. Mr. Ielper was friven to understand In no uncertain language that the Initiative One Hundred could not con fhder that subject, as that organization was formed for no such purpose. Personally. xefused to slarn his petition because I did not approve of the sentiment that seemed to me to he back of the movement. I also told Mr. Lelper that the Sunday closing: pro vision in the ordinance proponed by the Initiative One Hundred for the regulation of the sale of liquors In the Olty of. Port - land was put there only as a matter or good husinepg policy and had nothing what ever to do with enforcing the command' rnent, "Remember thou, keep holy the Sab bath day. FRANCIS. 1. M'KKNNA. Dr. Bronghcr and the Council. PORTLAND. Jan. f. (To the Editor. w ioi or. unprincipipa jttrKanr. owned by the Indecent figment of the city." In Hhat other country but the long-suffering United State would & popularity-hunting preacher be allowed to make the above remarks be- rore a. pun lie meeting- and Ko without re bukf? And 1 who made thin ovrrzenlnm pastor thfi arbitrator of the City Council's vice or virtue? "We Rend missionaries',)) visit the heathen and tear him how to live property. mui it seems to me that an edu mt tonal erusade n m nnir "ome of our lora cl-ra-y would be equally in order. They possess ait me material tor an -ideal Hie. What they need Is to be tausht how to UB 11. A. n A W VIN. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Babj iTcnttlni left. Be sure and ns that old and well-tried rem ed r. Mra. WinnVoWi Soot hln m Syrup. for children tMthtn(. It aoothei tne child. softens tne gums, allays a41 pain, cures wind cong ids ttiannoe MOBEJAPSTEAMERS Urusana 'Mam Chartered to Load at Portland. WILL ARRIVE FEBRUARY 1 Comes In to Tortland Flouring Milla Company Oriental Flour Ship ments Increasing Rapidly. Xo Continental Demand. The Portland Flour Mills Company hag chartered - the Japanese steamship Ur-uaana. Mm to load wheat and flour at this port for the Far Sast. The steamer will reach Portland in about three weeks and will take a portion of her cargo to ports In Morth China. The Urusana Maru Is owned by Mitsui & Co., who are also owners of the Fnki Maru and the Shlbetoro Maru both under charter to take foodstuffs from Porttand to China and Ja nan. Other vessels of this company will "be placed for Portland load- lng before the present montti nas passea. Wheat and flour shipments to the Orient have Increased greatly of late. It is' estimated that over 275. OOO barrels of flour will be started Westward before the UTOAnrwiy INTEI.UOKNCB. Due to Arffio. Name. Prom Date. Aztec. . San Fran. .... 1 n port O to. "W. Elder . n Pedro . ... In port V. A Kilburn. San Frnn . . . . Jan. 11 Columbia. .a an Fran Jan. n. Roanoke. , San Fran Jan. 16 AraRonla. . Arilance. . . Nkomeflla Nutnantla. Arabia.... . Hongkong. . . Jan. 10 .Eureka Jan. 17 .Hongkons... Jan. 24. . Hongkong Feb. 21 . Hongkong. . . .Mar. 21 Scheduled to Depart. Name. For Date. Geo- "W. Elder.San Pedro .... Jan. 1 0 Aztec . .San Fran .... .Jan. 12 F. A. Kilburn.. San Fran Jan. 14 Columbia San Fran Jan. 18 Roanoke. Alliance. . . - . A rrt ironla . . San Pedro. Jan. 1H . . . Eureka Jan. 1 . . . 1 iongkonK. . . Jan. Z-i . . HotiKkong... Feb. r Nlcomedla. . js'umanua. . nongKong... reo. Arabia Hongkong... Mar. 2S Entered U'ednesdaj. Geo. W. Elder. Am. steamship. Jei- sen, in general cargo from San Pedro. Cleared Vednesday. Abble, .Am. schooner. "Wilson, with 17G.OOO feet of lumber for San Fran- ClFCO. Marie Hack f eld. Ger. ship, Grube. . with 106.269 bushels of wheat, valued at S73.325. for the United Kingdom for orders. March 1. Water house & Co. have three immense steamers enroute for Fqrtland loading. They are the Aymerie, Suveric and the Cymeric. Other steamers of this line will be Hupplled as fast as there is business to warrant. From present indi- cations Waterhouse will add two or three more ships to the fleet which now pro mises to Ball from Portland on rexular schedule. Wheat movements to the continent are. slow at this time. There are a num ber of disengaged ship" In port and no demand for charters to the United King dom. Association boats are holding: for 2ts 6d and 22s 3d is ail that the market will allow. The Turgot lost her charter for 25s. She was offered for that figure but no takers. Lumber for the "West coast seems to be the only opening for the disengaged craft. OFFICIALS ENJOY Inspectors in Immigration Office Have No Ships to Watch. For the first time since June, 1905, the local office of the Immigration Bureau Is without a ship- to watch. At present there is not a vessel in port carrying a Chinese crew or others not entitled to land In the United States. With the departure of the Arabia yes terday, the immigration inspectors re turned to the of flee and now await the arrival of another ship with sailors upon whom Uncle Sam has placed a barrier to admission. W ith hardly an excep tion all steamers plying between the united States and Oriental ports, carry Chinese crews. Closs margins on freight and the high wages demanded by Ameri cans have forced the steamship com panies to shipping Celestials. There haa been considerable agitation on this ac count but no action has been taken as yet. At the time the City of Rio de Janeiro was lost in the bay of San Fran Cisco there was talk of legislation in this respect but nothing came of it. The ill- fated Rio was manned with Chinese. DELEGATE XO NATIONAL BODY Captain Clyde llabbe Will Represent Willamette Harbor at Washington. Captain Clyde Rabbe, secretary of the Oregon City Transportation Company, has been selected; to represent Willamette harbor 2Co. 23. American Association of Masters and Pilots, at the annual meet lng of the order which will be held at Washnlgrton. T. C, the latter part of the present month. Captain Rabbe will leave for the iuast about the first of next week. Seattle harbor No. 16, will also send a delegate and the representatives of the Northwestern branches will work In unison for certain changes that will benefit the owners and masters operat ing in waters of Oregon and Washington. It is the intention of the delegates to urge the placing of all vessels running on inland waters on the same basis, rela tive to the carrying of life saving appli ances and the character of boats to be carried by steamers. OREGON CITY LOCKS ARE OPEN IT p-It Ivor Boats Resume Operations, Altona at Harris burg. The steamers Pomona. and Oregona of the O. O. T. Cos. line are again in operation. Xurlng the freshet of the past week the locks at Oregon City were closed and U forced up-river steamers to suspend operations. The water has fallen sufficiently now for the opening of the iocks ana river trainc nets -neen resumed The Pomona is running through to Cor- vallis and the Oregona is making regular trips to Salem. Between HarrJsburg and Corvallis the Altona la carrying: wheat. The company Is taking advantage of the high water and ts sending all the Meat obtainable to the latter point for transfer to the lower river boats. STEAMER PONCE REPORTED Operators at Savannah and Hatter Receive Messages, KEf WEST. Fla.. Jan. 9. The oper ator at the Government wireless station today reported that tne steam ar Ponce called both Hatteras and Savannaa wireless stations on January 1, but the operator at this point did not know the Ponce s distance at sea. The Key "Wst station did not answer the call. The wireless station at San Juan last night sent a message o the station here ask- npr for Information concerning the missing steamer. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. The New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company of ficials said tonight that the wireless message received at Cape Hatteras and Savannah, January 1, supposedly from the steamer Ponce, had evidently been confused with the Ponco, as that ves- was not equipped with a wireless system. Cutters Fail to Find Ponce. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 9. The revenue utters Mohawk and Onondaga, which have been aearching for the overdue steamer Ponce, returned today for coal, hoti reporting that they had learned nothing from the Ponce. Marine Engineers in Session. ASTORIA. ' Jan. 9. (Special.) The Pacific Coast convention of the Marine Engineers4 Beneficial Association was held in this city yesterday afternoon. with delegates present from Seattle. Portland. iSa n Francisco and the local association. The principal matter be fore the convention was the adoption of measures which the Pacific Coast delegates will urge before the National convention, which will convene in Washington, January 21. It Is ( tinder- stood these proposed measures relate to the regulations affecting members of tii a association who are employed in Alaska an2 other northern points for a few months during: the Summer, and also requesting the National associa tion to allow mileage for one delegate from each local association, to the IV a- tional convention. Lumoer Steamers Clear. ASTORIA, Jan. 9. (Special.) The steamer Amelia cleared at the Custom' House today for San Francisco with 200,000 feist of lumber irom "Vancouver and 310,000 feet of lumber from L.lnn- ton. . The latter portion or the steamer's cargo was the deckload which she left here on a recent trip, when she became partial ly waterlogged after crossing the bar. The steamer Yosemlte cleared last evening for San Francisco. She has a cargo of 850. OOO feet of lumber, loaded at Kalnler. Steamers Change Hands. ASTORIA," Jan. 8. (Special.) Bills of sale were filed in the Custom -House today whereby iJarali FicKernell sells the steamers Mayflower and Shamrock to the Callender Navigatloh Company. The consideration named was SI. OOO for each steamer-. A bill of sale was also filed today whereby Captain il. A. Mathews sells to It. Swensen a one-sixteenth. Interest In the pilot schooner J oseph Pulitzer for a consideration of ?500. Pilot Commissioners Alt'Ot. ASTORIA, Jan. 9. (Special.) The regular, monthly meeting of the Oregon State Board of Pilot Commissioners was held here this afternoon, with a I tine business the only matters acted upon were the renewing of the bar certificate held by Captain O. J. Mc- V icar and grantins a three-months leave of absence to Captain H. A. Mathews. Sheila is Again Ashore. NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-The auxiliary schooner She-Ilia is ashore off Forked Riv er. N. J. The lifesavlng crews have gone out to the vessel. She went on Rarnegat Shoal last Sunday and ,was .floated, and then went Into Barnegat Bay. On leav ing today ehe grounded on almost the same spot. Marine Notes. The. British bark Glenerlcht is work ing wheat at the Oceanic dock. The lverna will complete her cargo this THE VVORLWeEST WITHIN REACH Have it bandy, especially before and after meals. It whets the appetite even of tbe dyspeptic and to all insures digestion. Moreover it is oy me wnoie ramny. .ior.ble a, m. corltt.ll a&nl feetle'r for ,n.. Th. tastiest of all bitter, for aberrr or mixed drink. 1. "CNDEBBERG." if ai( Hokh, Clvbt and Rtstamntt, tr Iht Milt al Wint Mtrthantt and t'rcr(, Bottled by H. Underberg; Albrcht. Rhelnberg-. German., .inc. 3846. LUITIES BROTHERS, 24 William. St.. !V-. York. CSe.er.l Art. TILLMAN & BENDEL, San Francisco, Pacific Slope Distributers. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN TREATED AND CURED ri l-jp All private and wastln g "diseases promptly cured and their effects per manently eradicated from the system. Diseases of women and children given special attention. Nervous diseases and nervous prostration made a special ty. "We cure with the same success all Chronic Olseases of Men. such as , Kidney and Bladder Trouble, Rupture, Ulcers and Skin Dlseancs, Ec- zema, Rheumatism, Locomotor Ataxia, and ail Nervous, ci.ror.ic and Special Diseases of Men. Kcnin . blood arid all Klein diseases promptly cured. Klctrlcltv fefven patients without extra chars:.. Where patients for any reason cannot visit the Institute, one of the doctors from this Institution will see them at their homes as often as necessary. . 1. mrdlrla In.tltutr. f.r.l.hM to Consultation eitber at the Institute, at the patient's home, or by mall, free. Office hours 9 to 11 A. M.. 2 to 5 P. M.. and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays. 10 to 13 A. M- NEW YORK 5URGICAI AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE Permanently Located at Corner of Sixth and rS23Vi Washington streets, Phone MbIm 3HS. POan.AND. OREGON. morning and will go to the stream this afternoon. The French ship Leon XIII. in coal from Newcastle, S. W., will leave up from Astoria this morning. The steam schooner Tiverton, with lum ber from Vancouver for San Francisco. left down yesterday. The bark Lucille shifted from the lower harbor to the mills of the'Portland Lum ber Oompany yesterday. The German ship Marie Hackfeia fin ished yesterday and went to the stream. 9he will leave down tomorrow. The schooner Mabel Gale, which has been above the Madison-street bridge for the past three days, was taken below yesterday and left down in tow of the Harvest Queen. She carries lumber for San Francisco. Arrivals and Departures. Astoria, Jan. &. Conditions of the bar at 5 P. M .. smooth : wind northeast a miles: weather clear. Sailed at 1 :SO A. AT. British ship Glena.lv on. for United. Kingdom, for order-, and steamer Aurella for San JYaa- ciisco. Arrived at 7:45 and left up at 11 A. M. Steamer Nome City, from San FVanclseo. Sailed at S:OR A.. M . German ateamer Arabia. tor Hong Kong- and way ports, and French hip Hoche, for United Kingdom, for orders. Arrived at 8:35 A. M.. and left up at 12 noon Steamer Geo. Uiomia from Sin Pran olsco. Sailed at 10:40 A. M. Barkentlne Amazon, for San Francisco. Sailed at 10:36 A. M. Steamer Elmore, for Tillamook. Out ride at 6 P. M. Three-masted bark. Ar rived down at -4 J M. British bark Formosa. San Francisco. Jan. . Arrived at 6 A. M. Steamers Roanoke and Columbia, from Port- land, San Pedro. Jan. 9. Arrived yesterday Steamer Oharle Nelson, from Columbia River. Yokohamn, Jan. . Arrived previously. it earner Kuia Maru, Seattle, Shawmut, Ta- coma. Liverpool, Jan. 8. Sailed Majestic. New "York. 5t. Vincent. C. V.. Jan. . Arrived nrevl- ously Seleron, San Francisco, via Coronet. Liverpool, Jan. 9. Arrived Telemachufl, Tacoma, via Yokohama, etc.. and Marseilles. Tides at Astoria Triii rsilay. HIGH. LOW. f:12 A. . .a fet!2:47 A. M 2.R . . .G. feet ;18 f 31 0.2 WILL BUILDJINE ROADS Property-Owners of Damascus Xls- trict Levy Five-Mill Tax. GRBSHAM, Or.. Jan. 9. (Special.) The taxpayers of Damascus road district held a meeting last weeK and levied on tfiem- selves a tax of 5 mills for the purpose of improving- the county roads of their dis trict. 1 he proposed tax will brlriR In about $4000. to which will be added a do- nation from Clackamas County of per- haps several thousand dollars more. The "County Court promised. In the event of a special tax being levied, a return of all money collected from the district upon the last regular road1 tax. The Inwove- ment will begin on the Foster road, at the Multnomah County line, on which one-half the money will be expended. One-half of the remainder will be ex pended on the road leading toward Ore gon City. The balance will be laid out on the roads east and north of Damascus. All the roads to be improved are trav- ersed by rural postal routes Nos. 4 and 5 from the Gresham office. livl sion in Cuban Commission. HAVANA. Jan. 9.-There Is a prob- ability of a bitter struggle in the law commission appointed to revise the elec tion law of Cuba. The commission, which consists of 12 members, of whom three are Americans, is understood to be di vided on the suffrage question. The lib eral members, who are In a minority, are in favor of letting conditions remain as they are, but most of the others are in clined to some form of plural voting" through which by recognlasing educational and property qualifications the power of the Ignorant element would be offset. Ieave Eleven Orphans. MANCHESTER. N. H., Jan. 9. Joseph Blanchette, a painter, shot his wife to death at her home in Cloverdale and killed himself. The couple had been sepa rated. They leave 11 children. delicious in flavor and appreciated Speaking for ourselves, it Is no exag geration to say that the New York Surgic al and medical Institute, parmanently lo- cated in elegant quarters at 323 ft Wash ington street, Portland, Oregon, which has had such jrreat success in treating- nnd curing patients during- its existence here, now stands the peer of any like institu tion In the Krt West. The fim model surgical and medical in ?titute to reach this Coast is tho one men tioned above. Complete in everj-thltig- and lacking in nothing. Men. Women and Children skilfully and carefully treated. The doctors of the New York Surgical flnj Medical Institute treat and cure all diseases of the eye. ear, nose, throat and lungs. heart. kidneys. bladder, brain catarrh, asthma, rheumatism, bronchitis, "headache, insomnia, deafness, chills and malaria, 3kin diseases, neuralgia, diabetes dyspepsia, dropsy, hemorrhoids and rectal Troubles, an 1 all forms of sores, blood and wastinar diseases. ..tl..t. from .!. laboratory . t ta THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How rartnl It las in freseninff Health and Beauty. Costs N'othlar to Try. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is the safest and most efficient disinfect ant and purifier in nature, but few real ize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it's not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and Impurities always present In the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking; drinking: or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and lm- proves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs the . Injurious gases which collect In the stomach and bowels; it dis- Infects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. . All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best char coal and the most for the monev Is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics In tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char- eoal being mixed with honey. ' The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health, better complexion. sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it is that no possible harm can result from their continued use. but. on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says : "I advise Stu- art's Charcoal Iozenges to all patients suffer lng from gas in stomach and bow els, and to clear the complexion and puri fy the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver Is greatly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at druar stores, and al though In some sense a. patent prepara tion, yet I believe I get more and better . rti II- M 1 T charcoal in Miians unarcuai lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tab lets." Send your name and address today for a free trial pacRngc and ?ee for yourself. F. A. Stuart Co., 56 Stuart Bldg., Mar shall. Mich. (Established 1870.) Cmrwm WAite ro Simmp. " Whooping-cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Coughs. . Diphtheria, Catarrh. Confidence can be placed in a rem 1 t ' t f i .. f . 1 edy, whicH lor a quarter or a century has earned unqualified praise. Restful nights are assured at once. CttSQlcnc Is a Boon to Asthmttlcs All Druggists Strnti postal for Crenolene Antiseptic Throat Tablets for the irritated throat. of your druggist or from us. 10c. In stamps. The Vatyo-Cresoleito Co ISO Pnltos St.. W. V. UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF Cs QeeWo The Great Chinese Doctor At No. 162 H First St Cor Morrison ISO misleading atateinunts to the a flic tea. I guarantee a complete, safe and lasting cure in the quickest possible time, and at th lowe'I cost possible for honest and. success ful treatment. X cure catarrh, asthma, lung, throat, rheumatism, nervousness, stomach. liver, kidney and lost manhood. VtMALE TROUBLES AND ALL PRIVATB My remedies are harm less, composed of roots, herbs, buds and barks especially se lected and imported direct by us Irom tns interior of China. XC yOU ARE AFFLICTED DOTT DELAY. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. If you cannot call, write for symptom blank and circular. Inclose 4 cents In stamps. CONSULTATION FREE. The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co., lH first St., Cor. Morrison. Portland, Or. llease X en tion Xliis faper. Hit Bill aen-aotebtiori I remady tor &onorrlii.a Qleat. Bp.tm.t.rta.a Whttea, unnatural di. J rflt t. Mrtaur.. cn.rgea, or auj uiuaiuuia rrn.a MSMfkaa. tion of m u c o n r ment STHtEH50EMmLOl. branei. Nonftriiicnt Lroi.Ti,o.rn ' ay :ala. O. a. A. OT rwnt In plain wrappar l.on, or bott.a, a?.;i insitf tn.9M ntiKMi TRAVELCRS GtTIDK. North PacificS.S.Co.'s STEAMSHIP GEO. W. ELDER (2000 Tons) Sails for Kurcka, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Direct, JANUARY 10, AT 8 P. M. Prom martin's Dock, Foot of Seventeenth St. Take S or Sixteenth St. cars. Ticket office 132 3d, near Alder. Phone Main 1314. II. YOUNG, Agent. SOUTHEASTERN AI.A&KA HOUTK. rrom 8attl. at 9 P. M. for Ketchikan, Juneau, Bkagway. Whit Hone, Dawson ana u uroanni. S. S. Cottnc City via Vancouver ani Sitka . Jan. narv 17. ai. Feb. 14. 2H. s Ttam'ona (SVagway direct), Jan, 12, 9A fTh O 53 ' I OK SAN' niAXCISCO DIRECT. From - B..Ule at A.M. Lmaiilla. Jan nary ID. ; i t y of Pucbla. January 20: Senator, January 10, 25. rurtland Office. 'M Wa.hlnctoD St Main 22. A XX DUMANK. Q- P- A final Fraoelwa ColumUia River scenery KUOtLATOR LINE STEAMERS. Tally service between Portlauid and The Zalls. Wtcept SunUay. leaving Portland at 7 A. M-. arriving about S P. M., carrying- frelffllt and passengers. Splendid accommo dations for outfits and livestock. Dock toot of Alder at.. Portia Court t-, Th Daallaa. Phone Portland- Tuesday. Thursday and Eaturday. For Salem and way landings Steamer "ORBOONA" loaves B :4S A. M., Uondaya. Wedneadaya and Fridays. OBKtiON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO, Foot Taylor titreeu 2 V 'X. THAVEuits' criiii. EAST via SOUTH' UNION DEPOT. T)a!!r 11:S0 P. M. Portland and San Francisco Express ttop only at most Important station between Portland end San Francis N for all points Enst and South. OVEllLAND EX PRESS TRAIN9 tor ax local pointa south. Sic- ramento. San Franelfico sad points Baat tui South. Morning train eonnecti at tVoodburn dally except Sunday rlth Sit. AaKml and Silver-ton lo cal. CottAg Grove pusseneer con cct -t Wood fcum and Albany dally except 6 una ay wita train to and from Albany. Lebanoa and W o o d b n r ta 6 p r I n g f I 14 tranch polnti Corvallis n&ssen Br. bhcrldan passen ger. Forest Cnm passenger. Daily 11:30 P. : T: I. M 8:30 A. M. 5; 30 F. . ..15 P. M. 11.00 A. H T:SO K- M. B:!0P.M. ftll:0O A. Id. B:B0 P. SC. 10:ZO A. C- (2:50 P. IL IS OO A. IL. PORTLA.U-OSWECi. a ! IGURBAJC SERVICE AND lAJIhJLI. DIVISIOV t.av. I'-.r-tl n ii ,1 daltv for li.w.gu n.t T : A. M.; 12:m. SE:OH. R30. :0. C:2S. T:4. 10:10. tl:3Q T . i ...11. . :so. 8:0. io:23 A. M. Sunday only. A. M. Returnlni? from Osj'cl'u. arrlvi PortiaDd, I flallv. A Vf 1 m a -as s in s-lfl. 7:34- :6S. ll:IO P. ST.; 12:23 A. M. Dstly xcei Sunday. ;2S. T:2JV. S:3S. 0:33. 11:45 A M- Sus 2 V only. lO A. a. Leave from same depot for Dallas and to- termcdlate pointa dally, 7:30 A. M. Ml W P. M. Arrive Portland, 10:15 A. M. and 6:25 p. M. The In1 rpandanrri-Monmou t Sato tor Xtne operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlts. con necting with S. P. Co.' trains at Dallas an Independence. First-class fars from Portland to Saor-.- mento and San Francisco. $20 ; berfis. SS. Eneond-clavaa far. SIS: second-clasa bertlu S2.BO. Tickets to EJaatem point n TCurops also Japan, China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third and Washington St. City Xlckt AarextS. a Union Pacific S TRAIK3 TO THE EAST DAII,? TtirouKll Pullman Kaailarai ana tourl.c leeDln car dally to omaua, cuics. spo ?.nS four." .laJpltc car dally ta KansU city. Reclining chair cars iseata frs tm ttim East dally. UNION DEPOT. Leave. Arrlye. CHICAGO- POHTL'D. SPECIAL tor to. :JJLM. 7:80 P.M. I.?, HJitlT,,. DxllT- Dally- , 7:00 P. M. o:UO A. il SPOKANE FLYER. Lally. Dally. For Eutern Wanhington. Walla Walla. Iowl.ton. Co.ur d'Alan. and Gr.at North- am point. , , . ATLANTIC EXPRESS 8:15 P. M. 9:30 A. Ht. for tha SUt via iaily. Daily. Huntington. J PORTLAND - BICiGsS ti:15 A. M. 5:45 P. M. LOCAL tor all local points batweta BlfK and Portland. K1VER SCHEDULE. FOR ASTORIA and 8:00 p. M. 5:00 P. M. way points, connactlng Dally Dally with steamer for 11- axcapt except waco and N o r t h Sunday. fiuadajr. Beach itamr Saturday Basaalo. Ash at. dock. 10:00 P.M FOR DAYTUN. Or- 7 ;00 A. M. 0;30 f. von City and VamhlU Dally Dally River points, Asb-sl except except dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday For Lwlnton. Idaho," and way points from Rlparla. Wa. Lav Itlparla 5 : 40 A. M., or upon arrival train Ho. A, dally excep Saturday. Arrive Rlparla 4 P. U. dally i capt Friday. Ticket OlTlee, Third and Wanhlnjrtoau Telephone Mala 712. C. W. Stinsjer. City Ticket Act. j U rn. iUcMurray, Cen. Pas. AU THE COMFORTABLE WAY. TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAIL. TMH ORIENTAL LIMITED Xbe ratt Moil VIA SEATTLE OR EP0KA.VB Dally. PORTLAND Dally. l.av. Tim. Sch.dul.. Arriv.. To a.nd Irora Spo S:S0am kan'. SL Paul. Mln- ":00am jneapolls. Duluth and ll:pm All Points E:&t Via S:SOpm j Seattla. To and Irom tit, Paul. Vilnnapolia. AA 7:00 pm ruiuth and all S:00 am P o 1 n t s East Via 1 Spokane. tirrat IS'orthern Hteamhlp Co. Palling from Seattle (or Japu and China ports and Manila, carrj- iam Dussergcri and freight. !. lnkot. I rbrnnry 17. ti. S. MlnnrMln, -pril 1. MFI'OIS lt'St. KAISHA. (Japan Mall Steamship Co.) p. n. S11INAN0 .MAIii; will sail from Sent tie about January Hi; for Japan and China ports, carrying1 passengers and freight. For tickets, rates, berth reserya tnns. etc.. call on or address H. DICKSON, c. r. H.A. 1ZS J. mra St.. irtHiiu. ur, Phun aula 4iSU. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Daily. For Maya-ers. rtainlr. Clnt-kanif. Waatpfirf. Clirton. Astoria. "War ren ton. Fla v el. Ham mond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart rark. Sea- side, Astoria and flesv- hora. KxprrsB Dally. Astoria Express. Dally. ll:S3 A.K, T:0 . M. C. A. 8TEWART. J. C. M A TO. Gumxn'l Act.. 244 Alflrr nt. O. JT. ak X. A Fhou Main SOU. SanFrancisco I Por Hand S.S.Co. Oprratlni; the only direct, pannanicnr utramrr. From Alnsworth Dock. Portland at 8 P. ud j t, S. 'tOUMBI.V Jn- l--'i leb. 5. From Spear-bt. Wharf, San Francisco at 11 A. M.: S. S. "COI.rsiBIA." Jan. 12. 23. Y"-l. 1. n.cv. -J A M li puwEON. Agent, rbon. Mala USa, 2s WaaUntoa at. J Leaves. Daily S:00 A. 4-