Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1900)
THE SCSDAT OREQONIAN. PORTLAND, JUL"B 29, 1900. NEW ORLEANS IS QUIET THE MOBtS VIOLENCE ITSELF. HAS SPENT Remains of the Ne;rro Charles Posi tively Identified Mayor Closed All Barrooms. NEW ORLEANS. July 2S. Mob violence seems to have spent itself, and the city tonight Is quIeL No fresh outbreaks arc j reported, the burning of, the Thorny Lafon School last night nas evidently been the crowning piece of mob violence. Mayor Capdeville says that lawlessness such as ha hurt the community In the last few days ran only be suppressed with force. Ho said today that he Had no intention of disbanding the special police or dis charging the militia until the last vestige of mob violence has disappeared. Among the communications received by the May or today was an offer from "the leading citizens" of Tangipahoa, for a sufficient number of able-bodied men to "annihilate the negroes of New Orleans." Contrary to expectations, the night parsed with little disorder. The prompt action of the Mayor In di tr.butlng squads of armed men through the city, and the fact that the negro, Charles, who caused the cnieute is dead, seems to have had a good effect in quieting the populace. The negroes apparently are glad that Charles is dead. Today they appeared in larger number than for several days at the places where they are employed Thou sands of them have left the' city. Much feeling is expressed against the Polico Board, and there is talk of Cts re moval and a reorganization of the police foro. Arrangements are being made for 'the funerals of the victims of yesterday's tragedyt and details of police will accom pany each to prevent possible disturb ances. Leonard Plerson, who was with Charles the eenlng Ofllcer Mora was wounded, and who has Mnce been conlinod in the Parish pilon. today positively Identified the dead negro as Charle. Coroner Richard held a postmortem examlnat.on on the body of Charles. He found that the negro had been snot -IS times and badly beaten. The aged Insurance solicitor, II. A Batte, who was dangerously -wounded yes terday, is sinking rapidly. The other wounded arc reported recover.ng. Mayor Capdeville remained at his office all night, and has been In clo?e telaphonlt communlcation with the police, martial and citizens' emergency police headquar ters. When asked about the situation he said that everything was quiet, and he thought Charlei,' death wodld have the effect of placing the city again in its nor nal condition. Mayor Capdeville today Issued two proc lamations, one ordering all barrooms closed at 2 o'clock and remaining closed until after 5 o'clock Monday morning. Thf oJhcr proclamation requested all mer er ants to close their respective places of business at 6 P. M. and keep them closed until CA.M, Monday. The order clos ing barrooms was enforced, and the re quest on the merchants was almost unanl xnoufiy complied with. The bodies of tho two negroes -who -were Iclled ky mob yesterday were burled to day. During the early morning hours tomorrow the disfigured remains of the desperado Charles will be taken from the morgue and Interred in the potter's field with as much secrecy as possible. In or der not to arouse that class of the public which is not yet pacified. Sergeant Por teus -was buried this afternoon, as was also Andrew "Van Kuren. The police officers' remains were escorted to the graveyard by a full battalion of police. The city is being patrolled tonight by the militia, and civic police, though there Is no indication of any disturbance. NEA.RING AX EXD. argrnments In the .Tester Mnrder . Trial. ST. LOUIS, July 28. A special to the Post-Dispatch from New London. Mo., says ajk . Ex-Governor Charles P. Johnson, of St. ! Louls, on behalf of the prosecution, ad' dressed the Jury In' the trial of Alex Jes ter for the murder of Gilbert "VST. Gates, He depicted the murder In all its horror, and said it was a duty he owed to the state as well as himself, to see that Jus tice was meted out to the prisoner. As the lawyer proceeded, A. M. Gates, father of the murdered boy, buried his face in his hands and wept. Alexander Jester cast his eye to the speaker and then to the Judge, then to the floor. Governor Johnson said John W. Gates would not be a man If he did not spend his money In bringing the murderer of his brother to Justice. J. W. Hays, who followed, made, in his address to the Jury, what the defense claim may prove a reversible error. He called Jester a bigamist. He said Joster married a woman in Oklohama, while he had a wife In Kansas. The trial came to a sudden adjournment this afternoon, on account of a sick Juror. Court will not convene again until Mon day. To Break Up Bandit GnnR.i. PHOENIX. Ariz., July 2S. The author ities In Southern Arizona are comply ing plans for a big raid on parties of bandits rendezvoused in that part of the territory. It is laiown that a murderous band of Mexicans Is hidden in the Ea gle Creek country, and a band of equally desperate Americans has Its headquarter on Black River, while somo parties are scattered through the higher mountain ranges. It is believed that various crimes committed of late are generally traceab'e to these bandits, and determined efforts will bo made to stop the outlawry. Shtr lff Clark, of Graham County, has gone to Glob? to get assistance, from the Gila County officials, and a Sheriff's posse wld scour the country. Other counties will be called on for aid, and Indians will be used to trail the fugitives. ANTELOPES HARD TO GET. The Animals Are Exceedingly "Wary and Hantcrs Seldom KLill. Chicago Chronicle. It docs not take the amateur antelope hunter very long to find out the acuteness of that animal's eyesight. Tho deer is sim ply nowhore in this respect, and some hunters of experience declare that the prong-horn antelope possesses even a keener eyesight than the ostrich or gi raffe, both of which are famous for their keenness of eye. And he is almost equally keen of scent as hearing. For these rea sons the antelope hunter must be a per sistent, tireless horseman and a good shot. As civilization encroaches upon the ani mal's territory, his senses become keener end his suspicious of human beings in tensified. It is exceedingly difficult to approach within 500 yards of a band of antelope un less one Is favored by the character of tho country and observes air the nicer rules of intelligent still hunting. It is better to select a rolling, broken bit of country, where one can take advantage of the natural rise and fall of the land, though the game, preferring the flatter prairie, may not be so plentiful there. The approved method of hunting the pronghorn is from the saddle, and the mort important point to be observed is to keep out of sight, with the wind well In your face. If possible. The antelope seems to be able to feel the vibration imparted to the ground by your horse's hoofs, and to be particularly shy of a horse's neigh or the sound of his shoe striking a piece of stone, so it is well to leave your horse picketed in the bottom of the draws and make your "way hatless to the top of the niui'.'. aim lukc a, careiui iook. over, xno greatest caution Is here necessary, for these little fellows nre.not often caught off their guard, and take alarm oi the slightest suspicion of danger, starting off with the speed of a railroad train to a safer locality. After that it. is like fol lowing a whirlwind to attcmot to over take them. He likes the tender grass In the bottom of some swale where there has been the -i slightest suspicion of moisture earlier in the Summer, and It is well to approach such pieces with the greatest care. Re member the falling is always to over shoot, so ho'd well down on Jils shoulder and well ahead If he is on the run. He is possessed of remarkable vitality, and Is rlmot certain, nn'o-'s hit in a vital part, to get away from even the bost xnountod hunter. Flagging the antelope, of which much has been written by the earlier hunters. Is now no loncer resorted to., nor do ex- penenceu nunun. wite uii.-bur y loncer be successfully decoyed J way. constant harassment having made the an'mals extremely cautious of ap nroachinK within ranre of the. lure. There are still many Instances, however, of the animal's acute curiosity being the means of eettlmr him Into trouble. An Instance of this "kind where a fine buck approached I lm. 1vi ,.A,f V-w. n k..nir r - ! concealed anil so surprised him b sud- ' denly stepping out over the crest of a knoll where the antelope was not exnectca that the hunter missed him polnl blank with the firt cartildge. and allowed him 1 to scamper om unmolsetcu until ne was out of shooting distance before trying a second. Coursing the antelope with hounds Is .possible only from the f jet that the ani mal Is not long of wind, for at his own distance he will easily hold his own with the very fleetest dogs and fairly distance any ordinary pack. ANOTHER SUBMARINE BOAT Apnnrentlr Sijceessfal Trlnl of the Raddatz Crnft nt Milwaukee. Milwaukee Sentinel. People who went out to Juneau Park Sunday afternoon to -catch the cool breezes and admire the deep blue waters of old Michigan marveled at a mystery 4 Away out in the bay a miniature copy of "Old Glory" fluttered In the wind. It did more. It traveled about in a circle, and then started on a Journey southward, going nearly from a point opposite the Milwaukee Tacht Club to the harbor straight cut, where it changed its course and returned to the starting point. For one hour and 20 minutes that little flag moving about upright Just above the surface of the bay puzzled the "landlub bers," and then the mystery was solved. The flag rose higher and higher and then a little Iron turret appeared, and then another, and shortly after a boat went out from the Government breakwa ter, and out of one of the turrots came a man. who got into the boat and was rowed back to the breakwater, where he received the congratulations of a party of business men who had been Invited to the show. The man was Richard Raddatz, the In ventor of the submarine boat wuloh'blds fair to make Milwaukee even more fa jnous than she Is now. Mr. Raddatz was experimenting with his little cigar-shaped boat. He boarded his craft at 2 o'clock, sunk the boat Just below the level of the water, and made a circle about 200 feet in diam eter, and then started off In a southerly direction. In his wake followed a man In a rowboat, who had all that he could do to "follow the flag" that fluttered from the Jackstaff of the submerged vessel, and which was all of it that could be seen above the surface. After remaining on the southern course until nearly opposite the Northwestern Station, tho back trafk was takon. and as the boat approached the starting point the man in the skiff shot ahead, and with an Iron rod rapped upon tho casement of the Raddatz boat, and It came to the sur face Just in time to prevent a collision with a passing sailboat. On this trip the submarine boat remained under jrater for an hour and JO minutes. The speed made was at the rate of Ai miles an hour. The second trip was made by dropping deeper Into the water. This time the flag- ! staff, which extended above the hull of ' the boat about eight feet, entirely dlsap- peared. The boat went to the bottom of the bay In about IK feet of water, and remained there stationary for about 10 minutes, the spot being shown by a buoy that was allowed to float on the surface. Then the boat made a circle and started south. During the trip the bottom of the bay was struck four times. On the second trip the boat was submerged tor Just one 4 hour. Among those who witnessed tho trips of the boat from the breakwater were B, T. LeuzaTdcr, J. D. Miller, E. G. Cowdery, S. J. Glass, Charles Sercombe and others, and they expressed themselves as highly pleased with the result. "We have passed the experimental stage with this boat," said Mr. Raddatz. after ( emerging from the interior of his little craft. "We have a company organized, 1 known as the Raddatz Submarine Engl neering Company, of which B. T, Leu zarder is the president, and I am the general manager. "We have a capital stock of $100,000, and have all the machinery and the steel necessary to begin operations. There is one difficulty in the way, and that Is that, while seme of our stock holders arc of the oplnipn that this boat is a war vessel, pure and simple, others think it is best adapted to commercial purposes. 9 "We have several propositions which we are considering. We arc in commu nication with three of the leading govern ments, or great powers, who are after the secret of construction, for the purpose of making use of it as an adjunct to thelr navles. The United States Government has also made several propositions to us, one of which is to make a coast survey of the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to those, we have several offers from private corporations and individuals to make use of our boat in locating wrecks in the Gulf of Mexico. I am of the opinion that we shall not accept the proposition to make the coast survey. As to the others, I can not say what we shall do. "Will we begin the building of other boats? That depends. As the matter stands now, it will depend on whether the conclusion is reached that the boat is suited for commercial purposes better than for war. If an affirmative decision is reached, then there -will be an oppor tunity for private enterprise, but If It Is a war vessel, then we shall sell our se cret and furnish models to the govern ments that become our patrons. The world is getting pretty well stirred up now, and It may be that there will be a demand for the' boat for the purposes of war." ' - The Largest of Animals. Youth's Companion. Mr. Beddard, in his new book on whales, reminds readers that, although the imag ination is apt to picture the giant reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods as having exceeded in size all modern animals, yet in fact there Is no evidence that the earth has ever contained, cither on the land or In the sea, creatures ex ceeding the whale In bulk. The, mam moth was larger than the elephant, but the Ichthyosaurus could not match the whale for size, although with its terrible Jaws it would doubtless have been the whale's master. China's Postal System. New York Tribune. The postal system of the Chinese Em pire is still in a primitive condition. It is carried on under the direction of the Minister of War by means of post carts and runners. There are S000 offices for post carts In tho IS provinces, and there! are 2040 educes for runners Scattered over the empire. There are also many private postal couriers, and during the Winter 1 me ioreign customs ouice maintains a tne foreign customs ofUce maintains J service between Pekln and the outposts. GREAT BRITAIN'S RIVALS GERMANY AND FRANCE BIDDING FOR OCEAN TRADE. 1 Fifteen German nnd Elsbt French Vessels Listed for Portland Ter- 11s of Atlantic A'avlgntlon." Great Britain's proportion o'f the sail ing vessels now en route or listed for this port is the smallest that It has ever been, although the list Is nearly up to rec- ord llguros. Out of a total of ft) vessels ' listed or en route for Portland, but 34 w-i nv th Krltlsh flair. This, of courre, isover half of the fleet, but when it is considered that a tew years ago It was i rarity to find anything but British ships on the list, it -will be seen that the othor flags have been rising rapidly. The Germans come next to Great Britain on the en route list for Portland, with 15 vessels, and the French n eight ot their celebrated bounty- earners headed In this direction, the most recent addition to the list being the French bark Anjou, which is coming to this port from Shanghai! Norway's merchant marine Is repre sented by the little- bark Stjorn, which has made several voyages to this port. TONNAGE EN ROUTE AND IN PORT. Vessels Chartered or Available for Grain Cargoes. From the Northwest. FOR POI.TLAXD. kiJFl&s. r and rig. Nemo. Feb. I2fPenrhesflea Feb. 14Deccan (Alice ' July leiAustralla July oJGenista iLciccfter Castle Mar. SjRiversdaie Conwny June 24IOrc!la Br. ship Manson Br. shlD Barrett lGer. ship Kuhlmann Br. earic jones Br. ship .Hearn Crowes t .Griffiths iWard Tyers 1 Crowe Br. snip Br. ship Br. hip Br. ship Br. sKd Semantha . , I W. J. Pirrle iBr. bark Jenkins ISlrlus Ger. shin .Behrlwr June 291 Robert Rlckmcrs Carl Clan Macpherson Rtlnt-n ,Gcr. fihio Rubarth Br. ship McDonald Nor. barkiEiilmrsen Br. ship 'NIcoll Dan. ship Funder iputherlandshlre July lJupIter (Marion Llehtbody (Bowman B. Law (Ardcncralg Br. snin corainnr Br. bark !Gulll5on Br. ship Cairns icontunon IDalcarnle lOlga Br. snin ijoiiins Br. ship 'Jones Ger. bark Engel losterbek Gr. barkiGIeseke Dechmont Queen Victoria Astracana Br. ship lElstan Br. ship liayaen May July Iftl Br. ship Br. bark Br. shin Griffiths Witt RItche Tode Muller 4JLuclpara lAndreta 'County Edinburgh May 24iEurope June 2GLangdalc INomla Mav 12lAmlral Courbet April 6La Fontaine Jiv.imory IMuekoka May 2G'BosUPt Br. ship r. narK Br. ship Hunter Ger. bark Rowehl Fr. bark Conna Fr. bark Haumond Br. ship Milne Br. bark .Crowe Fr. bark Ger. ship Kobbe Br. ship iHardle Br. ship Robblns Br. bark Adams Ger. bark JTaeVrn Br. .hlp Porter Br. bark Jones Br. b-irk Bryce Oer. ship 'Spllle Fr. bark IDurant fSot- Kafir Pnmlnrs 1C. H. Watlen ISocotra June 21 Cecarbank Andrada Eiibek Inchcape Rock Morven Pyrenees Altali June 17 Alice Bortha Hasela lGer. shin Scbumaker Otto GHdmeister General Mollinet Ger. ship jWIlmscn July r r. bark 1 uies Athene Oer. bark Lorenzen Canard iFr. bark llalre Maresca Rouse EHa lit ship " 1 Br. hark IBlalrhoyle Fortla Tarnenbok Br. shin Lewis Ger. shlo .Hansen Fr. bark Creuver lAnJou Total tonnage en route nnd listed, 109,915. GRAIN TOXXAGE Name. EMarr and rig. I Master. June 6Harlech Castle IBr. ship July lllFranklstan Br. ship July lsRlgel Ger. ship July 13jNlthsdale IBr. bark Flndley Steven Total tonnage in the river, 7036. GRAIX TONNAGE EN Flag and rig. Name. Master. Mar. SIGlcnogil April JSICamedd Llewellyn ........IWanderer Mar. 12 Cabul Br. ship Bi. ship I Stevenson Harris Tonkin Johnson Turner Gilmour Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Br. bark Ger ship Ger ship Mar. 31llenard Max; 6lForteviot CE SEgrSIiXSL 'Secman I Hansen Mar. 2eRodenbek Mar. 14Dunrcgpan May l'Carl April 41 Linlithgowshire IDnrham May HKlIlmallle rBrvnhlldn IHoward D. Troop IQueen Margaret IBen Lee Br. bark i Dixon Ger. Br. Br. ship Br. bark Br. ship 'T.-.J . Bare jjjiauu immionaon t. ship lHashagen 19161Llverpool . ship Anderson . 1357Antwerp .ship ,Doty lR79Japan .UHiiour Mclkle Br bark Br. ship Br shin Br. bark Br bark I Corning iFraser Hunter Macfarlane Fulton 'Alster Su Mary's Bay Andromeda Bortha Br. bark Flottbak . Alsterthal Port Caledonia Pengwern Lyderhorn Vpntura Palgrave . Ger. ship iShoemaker rer. -hip Emerbrocx Br. ship Anton Br. ship Griffiths Br. ship Weston Br. bark Aherns Br. ship 'Rollo April 21 Total tonnage en. route and listed, 50,950. GRAIN TONNAGE Flag and rig. Name. Master June 22JImberhorne IBr. ship I Lever Total tonnage in port, 1997. In addition to these comparatively new flags which are struggling with Great Britiin for supremacy on the ocean, there is qne vessel which is said to be the first of her race to come to Portland. This stranger Is the Italian bark Elisa, which is now at Honolulu discharging a cargo of coal from Newcastle. There are seven othor vessols listed to come to Portland from Honolulu aid nearly 30 are coming across the Pacific from Japan ports. BROWN "WAS IN TOWN. ?he Army "Worm Gnlns Another Kopje on 31elvllle Farm. Farmer Brown, of Terry, Or., who was """'"', cybnfcCVi iuw S...UU4.U(, -- iness in this city, came in to see now tne longshoremen's strike was progressing yesterday. He brings gloomy reports of the ravages of the army worm wnlch haveeatcn up everything green on the farm, except Brown. The worms moved in forco on Melville farm about a week ago. They were first sighted by Farmer Brown from his commanding position Jn J the cross trees of a hay wagon. At that time they were steering a S. by j S. W. X. Y. Z. course for his patch of ' Imported potatoes, and without waiting ' for the glad band, they made a meal off . of everything except the 'potato bugs, which were considerately left for tho next crop. . ' They then steered a straight course for a TOimmoth oak tree which is the pride of Melville farm. Browa referred to his ' "Hints on Practical Farming" and Im mediately threw up an embankment of sulphur around his favorite tree. This pleased the army worms, and they de- voured the sulphur as though they reli- ished it, and then climbed the tree and removed every leaf and stem, and as they descended to begin chewing on the cement walks, each worm placed a thumb to his nose, and wiggled his fin gers at the astonished farmer. Brown says he never saw anything eaten with a greater relish than the sulphur -which the army worms devoufed. He has decided that the best remedy is to use a shotgun, and accordingly went back to the ranch yesterday with a lot of fine shot, and a keg of powder. A trmy scientific farmer will never permit an army worm to con quer him and walk over him with Im punity and Brown Is a farmer from Farmvllle. FREIGHTS. IX 'FRISCO. Disappointing Grnlc Yield Causes Wealc Market. "Wheat freights are rather weak at 37s Cd, usual options, due more to the dis appointing returns from the grain sec tions than any other cause. The high est estimate of the yield Is now 750.CC0 tons, the lowest 450,(40 tons, against 750,000 to LC00.0CO tons before the harvest commenced. Until the harvesting returns are all In it will be Impossible to give close figures, but the most conservative and unbiased opinion gives 650,000 tons as ylel(L Forc!sn markets are not dis turbed by the shrinkage In the California yield, and as farmers and holders of grain demand full rates, the exporter is unable to make wheat and freights meet on a basis leaving a profit for the cargo when sold abroad. Hence the inertia. For lumber, prompt loading at North- Master From. Consignees. 1663London lS3GHamburg 2(ti2tJapan 2G97Honolulu lTlSjShanghal 2W9Shanghal 167(Balfour 165 Meyer, 7. m 24. .1. ajoo nam Durg ITTCiShanghat 146 E. Baker -::::::: i(05nanghai 22U4Shangha! 2516Shanghal 17?GIJapan 2174IHlogo 30 s.v Honolulu 1556 14C7! Honolulu Honolulu Klao Chou IMP 1C51 Tslntau 101 20G3lSta. Rosalia 135S vokohama 1969 Sta. Regalia li04INagasaki 1700 Shanghai 1340Sta. Rosalia 1510 Klao Chou 1642'Honolulu lOTlNagnsakl 15731 Hamburg 74 1 Meyer, W. iii a Antwerp 25 TayJor lfi35iYokohama JXTOIShnnghal 20701Grlmsby ICCOtT.ti'at-nnnl Balfour Taylor 1925' Klao Ghou lTOOINantes . 1739Santander 15fi9 Honolulu 2259IShanghal 1711 Nantes 173iNagasaki 1597IKlao Chou 64 Taylor 1 2549; Hong Kong l24iSta. Rosalia 3S. 2220Antwerp 14Q3iShanghal 1997lAcapulco 21fi9IShonchal SKiS-in Diego Balfour ill93Havre 42 iJSPb Anier llR2f'Hnkodate JOW. Vn'-toha ma il491IGIa5Kow 22 Taylor 'recoiPort Los A. ilTla Antwern h-'U Honolulu Meyer. "wV 1291ISouth Africa 11360 Acapulco jlTSalAcapulco 1572Nagasakl IX THE RfVER. From. Agents or Berth. Charterers. lHKlHonolulu IPOOjNagasakl ITraiNagasaki 1535 Shanghai P. F. M. Co. Elevator M'tgomer, Oceanic Balfour Balfour P. Grain Co JGreenwlcl ROUTE TO PUGET SOUND. 3 From. Consignees. 1: i I2193lLondon lCOSJHamburg 2717SnanghaT 1307Rotterdam ,1786iAntwerp 1 2&f2 Antwerp 1705!Cardlff 1602iHamburg 1531R. P. Rlthet 9SM., W. & Co. .1. 138M.. W. & Co. 1211 84 54 M.. W. & Co. 120 lfiiiLonaon 1S61 BobL Ward Balfour il5191Cardlff I ! IlilYl Cheefoo Shanghai Hong Kong Sta. Rosalia I20SO '1999 2204 U15!CardIff 1762Shanchai 15CllSan Diego 1R61 Yokohama 17221 Hamburg 2246St. Rosalia 1492Llverpool 2723'LlverpooI 15SlAntwerp 3078Hlogo Rithet 99Balfour ON PUGET SOUND. From. Agents or Charterers. Berth. 1097iLlverpool IRithet IVIctoria em ports, rates are as follows: Sydney, 52s 6d; Melbourne or Adelaide. 60s; Port Plrie. 57s 6d60s; Fremantle. 70s: Ger aldton, 71s 3d; West Coast, 62s 6d65s; Pisagua range; Callao direct. 63s 6d65s; Buenos Ayres. 70s71s 3d; Shanghai. 63s; Klao Chou, 70s; Nagasaki, 60s62s 6d; Port Arthur, 70s; Tien Tsin. 73s; Taku, 70s: New Chwang, 70s; Vladlvqstock, 63s; South Africa, 72s 6d75a; United King dom, 82s 6dS5s. While above rates are unchanged, the market is Arm, and an excellent demand for tonnage is noted. FOG AND ICE. Perils Encountered fcy sv Trans Atlantic Steamer., NEW YORK, July 28. The Leyland ; j. ..-- prt1,1IT1,l- ,!-, ,.J , - rtJZZt ' ' " " . V u day from Liverpool, reports that she en countered a, dense fog crossing the banks of New Foundland, and on .July 24 a large Iceberg was seen The berg ap peared to be about 500 feet high, and an eighth of a mile In length on the water line. At the time of. passing, the tem perature of the air was 48 degrees and the water 45 degrees. RAN ON TnE ROCKS. Accident to an Aberdeen Fish Steamer In Clallam Bay. PORT CRESCENT. Wash., July 2S. The steamer Estella, owned by the Aberdeen (Wash.) Fish Company, ran on the rocks at Slip Point. Clallam Bay. lapt night. Captain Langly says he left San prnn ci3co the morning of the lFth. and ar rived in the Straits last night at 10" o'clock. He came by Ncah Bay Just as the mall steamer Alice Gertrude pulled out of that port on her return trip to Seattle. The captain of the Estella took the Gertrude's course and followed hor up the Straits until a fog belt hid her from view at Clal lam. Tho Estella then slowed down nnd took what they thought was the regular route, but It proved that they were In error, and at 11:15 o'clock P. M. she struck, and when the tide receded she was left high and dry. wedged between two big rocks. The captain says ho cannot account for the accident himself, and never dreamed of danger until she struck. Later the Estella was Ilea ted with a badly damaged keel and a broken rudder. Sha appears to be badly sprung. Tides nt Astoria. (Week beginning July 30.) High water A.M. H't. P.M. H't. Monday 2:42 7.5 3:25 7.S Tuesday 3:19 7.0 3:53 7.8 Wednesday 3:53 6.5 4:25 7.8 Thursday 4:43 5.9 5:00 7.7 Friday 5:41 5.4 5:44 7.6 Saturday 6:56 5.0 G:3S 7.6 Sunday 8:22 5.0 7;40 7.6 Low water Monday 9:10 0.8 9:40 2.1 Tuesday 9:34 1.3 10:1S 2.0 Wednesday 9:55 1.8 11:00 .2.0 Thursday 10:25 2.4 11:50 2.0 Friday 11:00 2.9 Saturday 0:50 , 1.9 11:43 3.4 Sunday 2:00 1.6 12.52 3.8 Marine Notes. The steamer T. J. Potter carried a big crowd on her trip to the coast yesterday afternoon. The steamer Columbia is due from San Francisco this morning. The State is due at San Francisco from Portland. The British ship Harlech Castle was loading wheat at the Elevator dock yes terday. The Franklstarr will start work tomorrow morning. The big log" raft which has been under construction at Stella for many months was towed to Astoria from Stella yester day, and will start for San Francisco today- or tomorrow. Domestic nnd. Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. July 23. Arrived Steamer W. H. Harrison, from TJllamook; United States steamer Philadelphia, from a cruise. Arrived down from SteOa Log raft. Condition of the bar at 5" P. M.t smooth: wind northwest; weather clear. San Francisco, July 23. Arrived Schooner Louis, from Knappton. Arrived July 27 Schooner Daisy Rowe, from Coos Bay. Sailed July 2S Schooner Ida Mc Kay, for Gray's Harbor; steamer W. H. Kruger. for Tillamook. San Pedro Arrived July 27 Barkentine Northwest from Olympla. San Diego Sailed July 27 British steamer Robert Adainson. for Nanalmo. Seattle Arrived July 27 Steamer Ruth, ffom Skagway. New York, July 2S. Arrived Minneap olis, from London; 'Umbrla, from Liver pool. , ' , Liverpool, July 23. Arrived Cymric, from New York. Cherbourg. July 23. Arrived Belgravla, from New York. Southampton. July 2S. Arrived Koen igen Louise, New York. Havre. July 23. ArrlvdyLa Bretagne. from New York. Sailed La Louralne, for New York. ' Mojl Sailed July 22 Frederica, for San Francisco. Antwerp, July 23. Sailed Argonla, for New York. Liverpool, July 28. Sailed Campania, for New York. New York Sailed July 27 Palatia, for Hamburg, via Cherbourg; Minnehaha, for London; Menominee, for London; Rot terdam, for Rotterdam; Furnesla, for Glasgow: Lucanla, for Liverpool. Cherbourg. July 2S. Sailed New York, for New York. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. M E Downs & wife, Seattle Cicero Nichols, San Fr M It Sampson. Spokn C "Wilson D T Davles, Carbon- w A Mltcnell. San Fr aaie James M Merrltt, S FG J Becker. San Fr L B Cooke. M D. J J Hayes &. wf. Wal Daweon T B Walker. Minn Mrs C H Is'assl, Daw son G M Walker. Minn C A Foster. Lowell J H Hawley. N Y J D Pendleton, Sara lace. Jdano R G "WhJtlock. Louis ville. Ky IT H Curtis. Astoria bam t josepnson, Roseburg A R Jacobs. Oreg- Cy toga, cal F Janson & wf. S F L G Cannon. Denver G D Trotter. Stayton V SUdeker. St Paul Mrs C Preuett, Liv ingston. Mont Miss J Simpson, do Capt J Roberts & wf, San Francisco J L Flewner. S F T A Dlthlefsen E VT Ehmann. S F J B Dourherty & wf, Dunsmulr. Cal G A Edmunds, Tilla mook W G Render. Phlla H Thompson. TUlamk Ben Wormser. San Fr J E Northrup, Minn W B Messevan. Port- ervllle, N T Sheldon Borden & wf. Los Angeles Miss Carhart, do Miss Smith. do E A Mutch. do Miss Gotshall. city B O Woods, city G E Allen, city W J Hoffman. San Fr J Lawrence Ncvin, M D. N Y L M McMahon. Chgo C H Pomcroy & w. S F J C Farias. Mlnnpls T C Beaslay & w. Mo Li u iiieisn & wife. McFall. Mo J W Fuller. St Paul ti iiotschild. Chicago F W May. N T W A Avery. Los Antfs A M Henry, wf & two children. Montana. Miss Shelton. do J E Fellers & w, Chgo D Drvxdale. San Fran Srd Hart. N Y Will Smith. Chicago Mies H H Stevens. NT Ben YVormser,.S F E W Hall, St Louis C Lewis Mead, city F W Carter, Honolulu Miss F Gotshall, city J P Fltzslmmons, S F J Carney. Jr. & w.Wls Frank J Devlin. S F Mr & Mrs R R Cablo & maid. Rock Island Mr & Mrs Bernard F Rogers. Chicago TVm Hogue. San Fran J F Price. St Louis A McGregor & wife, St Paul John Fox. Astoria Colombia River Scenery. Regulator Line steamers, from Oak street dock, dally, except Sundays, The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks, and return. Call on. or 'fone Agent for further information. THE PERKINS. M M Bridges, Hills- I Mrs Dan Gilmore, S Fj boro. Or I W J Patterson, Aber- Mrs M M Bridges, do j deen. Wash H V Homeyer. Seattlei James H Fuller, do H C Bundy. Mlnnpls J W Dungan. Oikland A J Johnson, Astoria j Cal Arthur D Marshall, do Mrs J W Dungan, do Mrs A D Marshall, do Wm Erwln, Petaluma A Dooghert. Duns- jS B Huston, HUlsboro mulr, Cal 1 F F Porter, San Fran Mrs J Dooghert, do L C Palmer. Bridal VI Mrs J B Porter, S F iMrs John Waterman, L B Woodbury. Chgo I Baker City A H Warner. Salt Lki Helen Waterman, do Gus Schllchn. Mat- Emma Waterman, do toon. HI H R Bradley. Hood R Mrs B A Goodman, do Seymour Bell, Sumpter Miss Goodman, doiD W Ralston, Sheridan J B Qulnland. Islnd CiHM Payne, San Fran John Gemberham, Ce-fThos Walsh, Jr. La, Qr dax Falls. la ' ITA Leahy, Astoria Mrs J Gemberham, dol Miss Z M Crosby, Al M W Bethel, Portland bany. Or Mrs M W BetheL do iE A Hamilton, Chgo Miss Bethel, Portland iP E Harris. Prosaer, B Blssinger. Phlla Wash R Wasburton, Chero- lO Ezelle, Elgin, Or kee, la I A J Henderson. Seattle W G Lydgute, Seattle Frank Terrace. Olymp Mrs Hlgglns. Seattle jJohn Crawford, do James A Bell. S F IA Q Webber. Seattle T G Davis. Walla W iJ Gertrude Hulse. Al Mrs O M Schuder. S F bany. Or Mrs T Williams, San 1 James P Wells, do Diego, Cal 10 B James, Seattle Bertha Williams, do THE IMPERIAL. C W. Knowles, Manager. C E Burrows. WW C H Pomeroy. San Fr Edw Aaron, Woodvllle, Mrs Pomeroy. San Fr Wis A C Little. Tacoraa Mrs Aaron, do Winnie Phelps, Pendle- G E Hlgglns, Moscow ton. Or L R Abrams. Moscow Mrs Murphy, do Wm Ellsworth. OlympiL Fleck, Neb no H Burnett. Salem. Grant Mars. Dalles Geo F Plunkett. St Pi! A W Becker. Walla W J S KInr. Sin Fran W H Heileman. Pull Mrs King. San Fran 1 A E Kronke, San Fr Mrs Kroenk. San Fr J T Bridges. Roseburg W E Trainer. Chicago C A Johns, Baker Cy Miss Johns. do N J Sorensen. Boise W H Bills. Albany F J Corney. Astoria Mrs Corney, Astoria mIm Burns. Astoria man E Heldelsand. Olympla S G Hughes, Forest Gr H G Smith, Vancouver Alice O Cllbert. Dalles A M Baker. Portland F L Kent. Corvallis J D Wate. Pendleton J Blomkfleld, N T T A Wallacfc. Orange, N J J F Boylan. Franklin, N J . Thos "Witt. San Fran Geo M Williams. Spo kane. Wash t -H stfns. La Grnd D W Stuart. San Fran W L Robb. Astoria I notel Drnnsivlclc. Seattle. European, first clues. Rates, 7Dc and up. block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoraa Hotel, Tacoraa. American plan Rates, $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma. European plan. Rates. EOc and up. On Recent explorations show that Brazil could', if pushed, furnish 50 per cent more raw rubber than at present, and that the possibilities of Africa as a rubber export ing continent aro limitless. TREND OF LEGISLATION LIQUOR QXTESTIOIf, FOOD ADULTER ATIOX, SUNDAY LAWS. Notable Tendency Tovrnrd Socialism la the Legislation of the Vari ous States of the Union. One of the functions of the Library of the State ot New York is the collection and classification every year of tho stat utes passed by all the Legislatures in the Union, says the New York Evening Post. From a comparison of these statutes somo notion of the general tendenoy ot legislation may be obtained, and such a comparison is attempted In a bulletin re cently Issued by the State Library. The subject Is too broad to be dealt with except in a superficial manner, but in cer tain lines It is practicable to note changes which Indicate the operation of permanent causes. If we define sbclalism as the tendency to enlarge.the function of Government, we must admit that the general drift is in that direction. New commissions and bureaus are continually created, and more and more occupations are subjected to Governmental inspection. In some cases we may be able to discern tho influence of a rational and enlight ened public opinion, but in others wo see tho effect of political agitation and of class interests. As illustrating progress of a satisfac tory kind, we may take the legislation affecting the liquor traffic. During the last 60 years thi3 traffic has been pro hibited by the laws of no less than 17 states. At present It is proscribed in only Ave states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Kansas and North Dakota. These are states In which the population is comparatively sparse, and the farm ing class is predominant. When we con sider the intensity of the feeling con cerning the evils of drinking, the fanati cism of the Prohibition party, and the very great moral influence of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union, we must admit that the repeal of so many prohibitory laws is a remarkable achieve ment. Jt shows that communities do learn by experience,, and the substitution of local-option laws for absolute prohibi tion is In almost all respects a distinct gain. On the other hand, the rather tempting experiment of the state dispen sary system has not commended itself to the sober Judgment of ouc people As this bulletin points 01ft, the attempt to instruct school children in the physi ological effects of alcohol 13 really a sign of progress. Instruction of this kind Is now prescribed in all the states except Georgia, Idaho, Virginia and Wyoming. We have never thought that teaching of this kind was a desirable feature in the public school course. Muoh of it Is extremely crude and even false; neverthe less the method employed is better than that of prohibitory laws. It Implies a recognition- of the truth that persuasion is superior to force,' and It tends to pro mote temperance by making the effects of alcoholic drink a subject of rational discussion and scientific observation. We may look forward to more correct teach ing than now prevails, and to the gradu al diffusion of tho truth that temperance is but ono feature of a sound morality, and that if our children are brought up to desire right living, it will not be neces sary to frighten them into abstinence by the exhibition of appalling pictures of tho coats of the drunkard's stomach. We may find further instances of the gradual recognition of changed morality by Legislatures In the modifications of the Sunday laws. It was not until 1S93 that the State of New Jersey removed its legal prohibition of the publishing and selling of newspapers, the selling of milk, and of walking or riding for recreation. on Sundays. Not until 1897 did Con necticut remove its ban from recreation on that day, and only last year did it legalize tho operation of electric cars. The State of California repealed Its Sun day laws in 1SS3, but in 1S93 an act was passed restraining employers from ex acting more than six days' work in a week from their men. But our legisla tion on these subjects is extremely de fective. Most of the old Sunday laws ought to be swept away. They are not enforced, and are cumbersome relics of an outgrown morality. On the other hand, our law's fail to recognize the fact that the community has adopted the view that six days' work a week is enough. We want one day a week for recreation; but we make little provision for the regulation of the labor of those who have to work in order that others may enjoy themselves. It is only 30 years since the first State . Board of Health was organized in Massachusetts. Now such boards ex ist In all but five of the states, and their operations will probahly be supplemented before long by a National board. The creation of these boards has resulted In much Improvement In our vftal statis tics, although In many states their regis tration Is very Imperfect- An illustra tion of the same tendency appears in the legislation which purports to prevent tho adulteration of food: but here the evi dence of pecuniary and class Interests Is so strong as to make It doubtful If such law3 indicate genuine progress. The same doubt is suggested when we review .the legislation claiming to be in the in terest of laborers. The first Bureau of Labor Statistics was established in Mas sachusetts in 1869, and such bureaus now exist In 32 states', while the. Federal Gov ernment also maintains one. In view of the large cost of these bureaus, and the partisanship to which most of them have fallen victims, tho results which they have achieved are not such as to Justify their existence. They have not aided so cial progress perceptibly, while they have complicated our politics. Many law3 have been passed at the demand of the labor unions, which have been ineffective, not only because they were treated as creating offices to be filled by representatives of these unlois. but also because they constituted class legislation. Very many of them have been declared unconstitutional; and they Illustrate the class of changes which hinder genuine progress. The eight-hour laws, which affect only laborers -employed directly" or indirectly by Government, cannot be regarded as In the interest of the whole class of laborers or of the community. They benefit a privileged few, at the expense of the unprotected many. Tho old guild spirit creeps back, too. In laws Intended to restrict the num bers of such artisans as blacksmiths and barbers. The general welfare is invoked here, as It always is. to Justify special advantages, and over such attempts great strugjrles will take place in the future. While there are many bad laws passed, and many changes which are not for the better, yet as we survey the whole field of legislation from year to year, we discern so many advances as to Justify us in believing that we are all the time making genuine progress. To Ward Off Evil. The Engineering Magazine. From the point of view of artistic and essentially Oriental design tho pagoda possesses the most interest. These singu lar constructions, at least one of which nearly every city possesses, fairly dot the surface of the country. Their purpose appears to be twofold either as monu ments commemorating the virtues of the munificence of some -departed benefactor, or as agents of "feng shul" (literally) "wind p-nd water." the spirit .genius of good and evil, which, if properly propi tiated, will warn oft pestilence and fam ine and permit only prosperity and hap piness to visit the neighborhood. These very curious towers are of great antiquity, Chinese" records authenticating their origin at least as far back as the early part of the Christian era. In size they vary from the little ones, which are nothing more than roadside shrines, to what was once the most beautiful and largest the celebrated porcelain pagoda J of Nanking, destroyed in the Tal Ping re- belllon. This extraordinary structure had a height of 261 feet, was built of masonry and covered with glazed tiles of many colors, and was a monument to native skill in erection as well as to artistic sense in design- Unfortunately, most of the large pagodas are being allowed to crumble to decay, although some are tended and give hope of standing for other generations to admire. The prom inent ones vary in height from 100 to 200 feet, are usually octagonal in plan, with straight but tapering sides, and always are composed of an odd number of stories. MISSISSIPPI PILOT'S STORY Impelled to ICcep on and So Rescued a Boy From Death. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Men in our line of business have plenty of queer experiences," said a veteran bar pilot, "but I think the strangest that ever fell to my lot happened in 1S93. right after the great hurricane that swept down the south coast and drowned so many poor fisher folks on the little islands. The storm blew itself away on a Sunday." the pilot went on, "and next Sunday morning, having nothing In particular to do, I de cided to take our steamer, which was a handy little twelve-knot craft, and go for a two hours' run out into the gulf from South Point to see what I could see. The water was still full of driftwood and wreckage from the fishermen's cabins but we noticed nothing in particular until we had been out about an hour. Then one of the men on the boat sighted a big red can buoy over to the sou'west. It was a government mark that had brok en away from its moorings, and he sug gested that we go and see where It be longed. Ordinarily I would have said all right but something I don't know what or why made me refuse. No,' said I, 'we won't change our course. Keep her her head straight out for an hour longer, and maybe we'll see something better than runaway red cans.' "I had no idea that my words would come true, but in half an hour we came in sight of a little raft dead ahead of us, and as we got nearer we made out what seemed to be a child on top of It. We ran to within a couple of hundred feet before we stopped, and then we saw that the raft was evidently the floor of some fisherman's cabin. The child was a boy of 14 or thereabouts, and ho was sitting down with his head hanging forward on his breast and his arms stretched out clutching the planks. He looked for all tho world as if he were dead, but he was only asleep, and when I rang the bell he straightened up all of a sudden and glared at the ship like a person In a dream. All he had on was a little shirt. And while we lowered a small boat and pulled over to him he sat so, staring and not saying a word. He had strength enough to climb in, but when we reached the ship he fainted. "The poor boy had been on that floating floor for seven days and twelve hours," continued the pilot. "He was the son of a Gascon oysterman, who lived on Grand Isle, and the hurricane had caught him alone in their cabin. It tore the ram shackle hut to pieces, and he found him self adrift on the floor, which had hung together. How he lived through the storm Is one of those mysteries that can never be explained, but he was carried far off the coast, and next morning was out of sight of land in the open Gulf. Then fol lowed a solid week, spent without food, water or shelter of any kind. I have been a seafaring man all my life, and have known of many wonderful escapes from" death on the deep waters, but never ot anything to compare with this. The boy had to lie down on the raft to keep from falling off, and when he grew weak the crawfish bit him from head to foot until he was a mass of wounds. He had been a very strong, sturdy fellow, and before the storm had weighed 1C0 pounds. When we rescued him he weighed less than 1C0. ''Of course, most of what I have related we learned afterward, when he was strong enough to talk. As soon as we got him aboard we headed for South Point. IS miles away, for, as bad luck would have It, there was not a particle of food, or liquor on the ship. Fortunately, however, we hailed the fruiter Breakwater, and got a little brandy and a can of condensed milk, and It was marvelous how a few spoonfuls of nourishment revived the lad. At quarantine I turned him over to the doctor, and in a week he was practically well. Then an uncle came after him. and I have never heard from him since. I have often wondered." said the old pilot, in conclusion, "where the strange im pulse came from that made me insist upon holding our course that Sunday morning. If I had turned aside, as the men on board desired, the castaway would undoubtedly have been lost. It was not within the limit of possibility that he could have lasted another day." COAL PRICES GOVERN SPEED Economy of Fuel a Controlling? Fac tor on Pacific Liners. Alnslee's Magazine. Translating distances Into time suggests that artificial limitations delay passages across the Pacific. While the run from New York to Queenstown has been cut close to five days it requires 1C days to cross from San Francisco to Yokohama, via Honolulu. Thus thrice the time is re quired to make double the distance In tho Pacific, the dally run falling from ncar 550 miles to something less than 300. Of course, this reduction rests on strict com mercial principles. Companies in the Pacific trade aro not forced to renew their steamers In order to take advantage of the latest Improvements In engineer ing. In fact, it 13 doubtful whether tho old types of single-screw steamers have not wasted coal. Yet it Is certain that the saving of fuel Is a controlling factor In the calculations of those who manage lines of ocean steamers, and that they refrain from driving their vessels at full speed accordingly. There is no need of citing a scientific formula to show that a moderate In crease of speed multiplies resistance and its equivalents In powers and fuel In a startling ratio. High speed is ad ad vertisement to attract passengers; where freight is the main interest, economy is inevitable. Even the famous Peninsular and Oriental though more largely sub sidized than all the Transatlantic and Transpacific lines combined Is allowed to carry passengers and malls at a speed far below that demanded by the public which sails from New York. Everywhere east of Suez and west of the Rocky Mountains coal Is dear, and time is a less costly object of consump tion. Of course, millions of tons of freight and thousands of passengers are likewise carried across the Atlantic at the modest speed of S00 miles a day but they do not boast of the experience. a Uses of Lime and Charcoal. Ladles Home Journal. Tho heat and moisture of the Summer months have a tendency to rust metals, mildew fabrics and cover all sorts of sub stances with mold. Fermentation and putrefaction develop rapidly In vegetable and animal substances If they are not carefully watched. Llmo and charcoal are two aids toward keeping the house sweet and dry. ad the housekeeper shou'd, if possible, provide herself with both of these materials. A barrel each of llmo and charcoal In the cellar will tend to keep that part of the house dry and swet. A bowl of lime in a damp closet will dry and sweeten It. A dish cf charcoal In a closet or refrigerator will do much toward making these places sweet. The power of charcoal to absorb odors Is much greater directly after it has been burned than when It has been exposed to the air for a length of time. Charcoal may be puri fied and used again and again by heating It to a red heat. The lime must be kept In a place where there Is no chance of Its getting wet, and not exposed to air. There are nine branches in New York State of the Women's International Labor Le?gue, whose object Is to persuade work lngmen and women to buy only goods j bearing the union labeL