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THE SUNDAY OEBGONIA2T, POBTLAm), NOYEMBBB 11, 190& FOftTY tlVES LOST assongojt Steam or Engulfed , In the Bay of Fundy. ANOTHER VLADIVOSTOCK CARGO i . f ' ? Komaa Isles Arrive to Load for " - -4 SfcangTini Pcccan Clears- After a. Long; Stay In Fort. HALIFAX N, S Nov. la-Among the rocks and .shoalsat tho entrance., to the feay of Fundy, this morning, the slde ivheel steamer City of Montlcello, bound from St, John for Yarmouth, was over whelmed by the mountainous seas only four miles from her destination and en gulfed, -with SI qf h,er passengers and crew. A heavy gale was raging at the time, and there was & tremendous sea. The Montlcello carried a full freight and a fairly large passenger list, Just before he foundered an. attempt was made to reach the land In a small boat In charge of the Quartermaster, and containing Third Officer Fleming, "Stewardess Kate Smith and three 'passengers. This boat wad .smashed by a huge oomber, the oc cupants being hurled high upon tho beach at Pembrooke, uninjured. The City of Montlcello was used in the coastwise service between Halifax. Tar mouth and St. John, and was due here tomorrow morning. She was an Iron side wheeler of about 3500 tons gross, and wa commanded by Captain Harding, of Yar-- moutn, wnere most of her crew belong; She was formerly called the City of Nor folk, and was built at Wilmington, Del., In 18G8. She was valued at $35,000. The vessel had been rebuilt within the last IS years, but "was not regarded as safe in exceptionally heavy seas. Those saved, so far as known, are: Wilson Cook quartermaster, of Hall fax; Kate Smith, stewardess; Captain A. IT. Smith, of the Battle Line steamer Pharsalla, passenger; Third Officer Flem ing; A S. Eldcidge, merchant, of Yar mouth;. .Mlss Elsie McDonald, of Yar mouth, passenger. The other passengers weret , T Rupert Olive, of St. John, purser ot the Dominion .Atlantic steamer James Ed ward; Mrs. Eldrldge, of Tarmouth, and twp children.; Jf c. Frlpp, of Woodstock, N. D.; Q. W. Coleman, of New Glasgow, N. S-, and John Richmond, of Sussex, N. B., the last three being commercial trav elers. The list of dead Includes many well known navigators. The 24 officers fend men lost 'on the Montlcello were: Captain T. MlJHardlng, Yarmouth; H. D. Newell, first officer, of Gable Island; N. Murphy, second officer, Yarmouth, N. S.; B. M. Hilton, purser, Yarmouth, N. S.; Charles Grelg, chief engineer, Halifax; Herbert Poole, second engineer; Wynne Ringer, oiler, Yar mouth; Robert Doucette, oiler, Yarmouh; James Cole, fireman, Tarmouth; Samuel Gloucester, fireman, Lockportj N. 8.; Bwen Johnson, seaman, Tarmouh; N. C Hopkins, steward of the steamer, Tar mouth; Beecher Hopkins, waiter, Bar rington, N. &.; Levi Nlckerson, waiter, Bhaung Harbor; Austin Gable, waiter, Cable Island; Walter Cunningham, wait er, Cape Sable; Isaac Vonemberg. Jr., cook; Ivan Johnson, quartermaster, Yar mouth; Stanley Wringer, deckhand, Yarmouth; Samuel Surett, deckhand, Lockport; James Dunn, deckhand, Yar mouth; Robert Nickerson, deckhand, Yarmouth; John Burke, fireman, St John; George Morso, fireman, Tarmouth. Captain Norman Smith, one of the Burrtvors, was the "first to bring the news of the disaster to Yarmouth from Pem broke, where he landed. Ho gave the following statement: 'The steamer left St. John Friday morning at 11:15. The wind was blowing heavily at -the time, but was not so Btrong as to cause any alarm. The storm became heavier, however, and after the Bteamer had passed Polllo Passage, It was feared she was doomed. About 11 o'clock, when about four miles off Che pogyn Point, it wag de bided to send the women ashore in the boat, and J. M. Fleming, the third officer; Wilson Cook, ecting quartermaster; Nemlah Murphy, second officer, and Captain Smith volun teered tto take them ashore. The women numbered three Elsie McDonald, aged 15, daughter of Alexander McDonald, of Yarmouth; Kate Smith, of Yarmouth, Btewardoss, and a colored girl whose namo I did not know. The women were rotten Into the boat wltlugreat difficulty, the volunteers following and getting the boat away. The wind was blowing In shore at the time, and the boat was car ried rapidly toward the land. When the boat got away, they were preparing on board to launch another, but I do not think It got away. I think all the rest were Idst. The first boat was rapidly C riven ashore near Pembroke, and, on Hearing the land, a gigantic wave struok It and threw it upon the shore, smashing It to atoms. I found myself on the beach holding to tho grass." "the jorthers explorers. 3r. Kann Brlnga Xevrs of Peary and Sverdrnp. EDINBURGH, Nov. 10. It now trans pires that Dr. Leopold Kann is the only member of his party of Arctic scientific explorers who arrived at .Dundee yester day on the whaler Eclipse, from Davis Strait. Dr. Robsteln, of the tinned States Geological Survey, decided at the eleventh, hour not to come to Scotland, but to await the first opportunity of be ing landed on the American side. Bam tiel Warmbath, of Boston, preferred to remain at Capo Sabine for a time. In an Interview today Dr. Kann gave eome Interesting details regarding the Peary and Sverdrnp expeditions. "Lieutenant "'eary's party." he Bard, passed the Winter at Etah, on Smith Bound, near the spot where Dr. Hays had his Winter quarters In 1896, and n&t far from the scene of the Greely disaster. "In February and March of this year IFort Magnesia, our Winter house at "Bed ford, on Pmy Island, was thrice visited by members of his expedition. On the first occasion Mr. Hansen's party came; on the second a party under Dt. iSledrlch, and later Lieutenant Peary himself. In command of a sledging party. "He reported that about 10 months pre viously he had met Sverdrup in the Kane Basin, north of Smith's Bound. From conversation I. elicited that some feel ing had been engendered between Lieu tenant Peary and Sverdrup, the former rather resenting what he considered the hitter's Intrusion into ground which, for exploring purposes, the American was In--cllned to regard as his own "Sverdrup's party had thoroughly ex plored the EUesmere Hinterland, mapping out a region that was hitherto a blank on the charts. Many of Sverdrup's flags Were seen by us. , "When the Psary and Sverdrup parties separated, .Sverdrup's understood Inten tion was to. -explore the vast area, of land and water In and around Jones' Bound, beyond Cape Eden. IT believe Sver drup. on the. From, is now Wintering in Joaes' Sound, and my opinion, which is backed by that of the Dundee- whalers, ls,that it will be- Impossible foe the. From to come home this, year. The Auturdn has .been very tempestuous, and the ice was such as to render navigation .next tolmposslble. , "Lieutenant Peary had SO dpgs aa4?27 ledges, but having underrated ,JhedlttV cuHies -of the Journey and. not hayjng a sufficiency of food, most of his dogs. died. 3e kept only a. few natives at Fort Con ger during the Summer season, and the re,pf the jEsqulmaux with Lieutenant Peary ;rehirjied,to the settlement In ,a few OahM -that the ieumajr n. tremely arduous and the part Buffered great hardships. T am certain that Lieutenant Peary 1 now Wintering at 'Fort' Conger. When 1 left Cape York, on the Eclipse, June 9 the Windward was expected to touch there "about "the -middle- of July, where orders from Lieutenant Peary, which 1 had brought, were left with the Esqui maux. !Dr. Bteyn and myself discovered a melancholy record of the Sverdrnp "'expe dition near Fort-Magnesia, in the grave of Dr. Bvendsden, with the Inscription, 'Died June 9, 1899,' which was nearly two months before the arrival of our party." THE DECCAN CLEARS. He Cargo Worth 843,000 Iiear Thaa In Mart 1898. The British ship Deccan was cleared yesterday for Queenstown or Falmouth fpr orders by Glrvin & Eyre, with 11S.433 bushels of wheats valued at $71,600. The same ship was cleared by Blbson &' Kerr, in May. 189S..wlth 119.395 bushels of wheat valued at $113,500. The figures on quan tity are so close, and the difference In value ia so great that they arc of inoro than usual interest. It is a, very rare occurrence for a ship to load two cargoes so near the same size, and tho difference of. over $40,000 in value is equally re markable. When the Deccan cleared in 1898 the Letter wheat boom had about reached its culmination, and the figures per bushel on the cargo -for that period were near to the highest of the season of high prices. The-Deccan has been my unfortunate on her present voyage. She made a long passage coming out to Portland, and ou amvai nere, was subjected to a great deal of unnecessary delay. An attempt was made at one time to compel the ship to undergo repairs which would have cost many thousand dollars. Deck beams were marked as worthless and scheduled to be placed by new work, and there was no end of repairs which might have been made had not the master fought vigorously against it. There are some abuses In this port that are almost as distasteful as that of the boarding-house men, and the attempted outrage on the Deccan reflects no credit on the men en gaged In It. The ship will leave the river today. CARGO FOR. SIBERIA. rTorvrearlaxx Steamship UnlTcise "Will I Load nt Portland. There will be at least one more flour cargo cleared from Portland for Yladl vostock before the new tariff goes into effect In the Czar's far Eastern posses sions. The American Trading Company, of San Francisco, has chartered the Nor wegian steamship Universe to load flour at this port for Vladlvostock, and she will reach Portland next week. The Pa cific Export Lumber Company, of this city, cleared the steamship Palatlna from Puget Sound p, few days ago with a big cargo of flbur and lumber, and it was thought that there would be no more shipments from the Coast this season, as the harbor at Vladlvostock la liable to be blocked with Ice at any time. The Russian Government has provided an enormous Ice-breaker, whioh is used to keep & channel open to that port, but there ls'so much risk attached to sending a steamer there In the Winter time, thai extra Insurance Is always demanded, and this prevents much business after No vember 1. It Is probable, however, that the extra insurance will not be sufficient ly heavy to offset the profits that will be made by getting the cargo of floilr and merchandise in before the new tariff goes Into "effect on January L The coming of the Universe this month will make a fleei of five ships for the Orient and Siberia, which Is a pretty good number for a single month. storm-WARiarra lights. ,Tets Are In Progress to Determine Carrying; Porrer of Lunp. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 Tests are now Jn progress In this city of storm-warning lights to be placed on the new signal tow ers recently authorized by Congress to be established in the -principal harbors of the country. A large number of makes of lights have been, subpiltted for adop tion, and are now under consideration. It is planned to test the power of the respective lights from the tower to the Postbfflce building In this city, if author ity 'is given by the postal officials. The object aimed at Is to increase the carry ing power of the lights. , While the maximum now Is about five or six miles, It Is aimed to reach a dis tance of 12 miles with th'e new oil lamps, and 15 to 18 miles with' electric lights In ordinary weather. Makers of lamps In this country and Europe have entered into the competition, whjch Is now closed, for equipping the 800 stations contem plated. American makers have protested against the award of the contract to the foreign manufacturers, and Chief Moore, of the Weather" Bureau, has decided that preference will be given to American bid ders, unless the European lights exceed In power the American lamps. HEW COJfNBOTTOJTS POSSIBLE. California. & Oriental S. S. Co. Slay Join "With Panama Railroad. NEW YORK, Nov. 10. The contract be tween the Paciflo Mall Steamship Com pany and the Panama Jtallroad Company, which expires on December 16, may not be renewed. It is reported In Wall street, the terms of renewal proposed by the railroad oompany being unsatisfactory. The Pa cific Mail Company has been carrying the railroad) company's freight on the Paciflo Oce&n, but it is said that the railroad company may now moke arrangements for Its Padflo traffic with the California & Oriental steamship Company, which has ita principal terminal at San Diego, CaL, and runs from that port to the Hawaiian Islands andt to Japan and China, making otopa at Sin. Francisco when necessary,' J. Edward Simmons, President of the Panama. Jtallroad Company, and L, Bv Stoddard, Vice-President of toe California & Oriental Steamship Company, declined to discuss the report. THE OLGA WRECK. Slaavter Was Caused by the Absence of the Lightship. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. Copta'ln Descovlch, of the Austrian steamer Olga, attributes the stranding of his vessel on the ocean beach from whloh she was hauled by tugs to the absence of the Golden Gate lightship, which Is now in port undergoing repairs. Senator Per kins has wired to the authorities at Washington, urging that a suitable sub stitute for the lightship be placed at its usual station. , The salvage on the Olga, It is estimated, will amount to nearly $50,003. The cargo of 4200 tons of sugar Is valued at 1370,000, and the .steamer is worth over 1200,000. The vessel Is leaking In three of her bal last .comportments, and it is feared that her bottom, has sustained serious dam age. FATAL SCHOOXER WRECK. Six Live Lost In a Disaster In Vlne arard Sound. BOSTON, Nov. 10. The three-masted schooner Myra B. Weaver was wrecked In Vineyard Sound early today, and six lives were lost. The names of the dead: Captain Vannaman, of Philadelphia. -Steward William Peterson, of New Or leans. Charles Magnussen, of Bergen, Norway. John Hegeman, of Finland. Miss Mary Emerson. 23, of Mobile. Miss Ella Deboe, aged IE, also of Mo bile. Miss Emerson was a sister-in-law pt the captain. SXXLLIOXSE? SHIPS. Tmart -Tmicea Over a Fleet of Steel ' 'Twelve Vessels. ,. DCLOTH, Mlno, No. IS. The- AmcdUJ c&n Iron & Steel Company hag bought the fleet of the American Steamship Com pany, paying 55,250,000. There are 12 ships; including tho four largest vessels on the lpfc- Korman Ialea In Port. The big turret steamship Norman Isles arrived in at Astoria yesterday morning, ,&nd left up at 10 o'clock, reaching this city last evening. The vessel comes from Comox, B. C, and brings 2000 tons of coal for the Paciflo Coast Company. The work of discharging will commence at 7 o'clock this morning, as the char terers ore very anxious to have the ship ready for her lumber cargo. The steamer comes to the Pacific Export Lumber Com pany, and will load, a cargo of 3,000,000 feet of lumber for Shanghai. The steam er received her coal cargo In, pretty fast time at the new bunkers at Comox. Shu arrived there late last Saturday evening, and loaded 2000 tons of coal in time to get away at daylight Monday morning. She stopped at Oyster Bay, leaving thw latter port Thursday. Domeatlfe and Forclsm Porta. ASTORIA, Nov. 10. Arrived at 11 A M. British ship Langdale, from Liverpool. Arrived at 8:20 and left up at 10 A M. Norwegian steamship Norman Isles, from Comox and Oyster'Bay. Arrived at 9 A CHARLES WHO IS TO TOED THE LOVE OF HIS 'tUViVL XAEBANOIf, Or., Nov. T. Charles H. Groan, of this pl&oo, la to marry- the sweetheart of hia youth who, when he, as a dashing young fellow, solicited her hand, replied In the nef ttre. The. Jady In question Is Mrs. Ruth .Mn-yhairt. of New York, who is now speeding toward Oregon as fast as railway travel will permit. , Mr. Green was born, in Vermont in 1839. Els mother died when he Was 10, and his fath er when he was 13 years of age. He then took up his home with Chester B. Nye, father of the woman who 1 to he his bride. He Eoon formed a deer affection for the daughter of his foater-pnxent, and sought her hand In marriage. He was refused. He went to the Civil War. and served with distinction In the Seventh Vermont. In 1801 he led to the altar Miss Maria Robertson. In the meantime, his first love had been wedded. Mr. and Mrs. Green lived happily together until 1807. In that year Mrs. Green died. Mr. Green then set out from Minnesota, where he had lived' for 25 years, for Oregon, and arrived In Brownsville last March. Mr. TifBThnm bad died in the meantime, and the old love flame was again kindled. Now, aa the happy finale of the story, Mr. Green and Mrs. M"ri"7 are to he united for weal or woe, and brlchten each others path through a world-that often eeema oold and. unfeeling. The groom Is 6L 'the bride 63 years of age. They will .make this place their home. M. and left up at i0:15 A M. Steamer Dispatch, from San Francisco. Arrivea down at 3 A M. and sailed at 1 P. M. Norwegian steamship Skorpsno for Hong Kong and way ports, Arrived down at 1 P. M. German'bark Olga. Sailed at 6 A M. Steamer Del Norte, for San Francis co, by way of coast ports. Left up at 4 P. M. British, bark Morven. Condition of the bar a S P. M., smooth; wind, east; weather, clear. Guaymas. Sailed November 8 Schoon er a A Thayer, for Gray's Harbor. San Francisco, Nov. 10. Arrived Steamer Newburff. from Gray's Harbor; ship Berlin, from Tacoma; schooner Lille bonne, from Gray's Harbor; schooner Jennie Thelln, from Coos Bay; schooner 3". M. Weatherwax, from Port Hadlock; schooner Maria E. Smith, from Port Lud low; schooner Free Trade, from Coqullle River; Bchooner 'Reliance, frorn Coqullle River; schooner Letltia, from Coos Bay; steamer Robert Adamson, from Nanal mo. Sailed Bark St. James, for Chemai- "nua: ship St. Nicholas, for Port Town- send; Bchooner Eva, for Grays iiarDor, Bteamer Fulton, for Astoria; ateamer Zealandla, for Honolulu; bark Andrew Welsh, for Honolulu. Port Blakeley. Sailed November & Schooner Challenger, for San Pedro. Melbourne. 'Arrived November 8 Schooner Lyman D. Foster, from Che- malnus. ... Queensboro, Nov. 10.-Arrlved British ship Creedmore, from Chemalnus. Santa Rosalia. Sailed October 20 Brit ish ship Marlon Lightbody, for Oregon. New Tork, Nov. 10. Arrived St. Louis, from Southampton; Prince Regent Lult pold, from Bremen. Hong Kong, Nov. 10. Arrived previously Coptic, from San Francisco via Hono lulu and Yokohama. Liverpool, Nov. 10. Arrived Campania, from New York. Genoa, Nov. 10. Arrived Werra, from New York via Naples. Queenstown, Nov. 10 Arrived Sylvan, from Boston for Liverpool. New York, Nov. 10. Arrived i Lucania, from Liverpool. Antwerp, Nov. 10 Sailed Kensington, for New York. Liverpool, Nov. 10 Sailed fimbria, for New York. Arrived Campania, .from New York. New York, Nov. 10 Sailed Etruria, for Liverpool; Manltou, for London; Rot terdam, for Rotterdam via Boulogne; Kaiser Wilhelm II, for Naples; Ethiopia, for Glasgow. Yokohama, Nov. 10. Arrived previously America Mara, f rom, San Francisco via Honolulu for Hong Kong; Tacoma, from Tacoma for Hong Kong. Taku. Nov. 10 Arrived Bosnia, from San Francisco. Brisbane, Nov. 10 Sailed Warrlmoo, from Sydney, N. S. W., for Vancouver. Glasgow, Nov. 10. Arrived Trltonla, from Montreal. Cherbourg, Nov. 10. Sailed New York, from Southampton for New .York. NEARLY CRUCIFIED. , Peanoyer on the Fall xnocracy. of the. De-' Ex-Govetnor Pennoyer yesterday made thp following explanation of the Demo cratic defeat: "Bryan separated himself again. He depended upon his oratory,, and lo6t by -shifting attention from McKInleys blun ders to his own obstructlveness. Hod his acceptance speech been his last, he might have won. Between Cleveland's treason and Bryan's egotisnv th Demo cratic party has been nearly crucified." The Southern Pacific officials at Ashland have been starting an average of 50 cars of freight across the Slssiyous dally, late ly, and the congestion of freight business X4dlns& is Lroiut giBuiuuiy civorcu .up, says via MAZAMAS' "NEXT OUTING GOVERirMENXSCZEimSTS WILL BE ASKED TO CO-OPERATE. It Ia Proposed to, Stake tie Kext Out Ins Educational in Scope Sr. Grant to Lecture. Active preparations ere being made by the Mazamas for effective field work dur ing 1S0L It Is especially to be desired that the general Government shall extend its scientific work-in Cregon, and par-' tlculorly In the vicinity of the mountain selected" for the eighth annual outing. Closer relations are desired between the Oregon delegation In Congress and the club, and with that end in view the dele gates will be guests of the club at a meeting to be held at the residence of Henry L. Plttock, 115 West Park street, tomorrow evening Club plana will fee dlscoMed, m rell H. GREEN as a coune to be pursued to secure a hearty co-operation of the Government In scientific field work. The; publishing com mittee will submit at this time the first number of a Quarterly magazine, enti tled 'Mararno, to be published by the club. It Is the long-delayed Rainier number, and refers to the outlrig of 1837. It Is hoped to settle at this time the place of next year's outing. If satisfactory ar rangements can be made, Mbunt Hood will be selected, but it seems doubtful .about selecting that mountain. In view of this possibility,' plan are being con sidered for an outing in many respects similar to that qf 189$, when the club vis ited Crater Lake. In any event, fcteps will be taken to secure the attendance of a. large number of School Superintendents and teachers of Oregon and Washington, and make the outing memorable as a grand educa tional jubilee and active campaign of field work. Many prominent scientists tfould thus be Induced to attend the outing, which In Itself would cause a desire on the part of the Government to be fully represented by scientific beads of depart ments. The Mazamas are the only or ganization in America carrying on this class of work, and opportunities are af forded for conference in active field work that cannot be found elsewhere. The re suits of the day's work can be compared around the campflre, followed by discus sions of Inestimable value to those con cerned. DR. GRANT TO LECTURE. Will Spealc Under 'Auaploea of Ma- romai, November 21. PORTLAND, Nov. &. To Mark CNellL President Mazamas Dear Sir: We, the undersigned citizens of Portland, Or., hav ing at heart the welfare and prosperity of your organization, most cheerfully call attention to the -fact that your vice president, Dr. Rojond D. Grant, is now located at Vancouver. B. C., and, being desirous of hearing him lecture on moun tains and natural scenery, respectfully recommend that you communicate with, and, If possible, arrange for a lecture by him on tho above subject, at an early date: H. S. Rowe, Thos. a Devlin, John B. -Cleland, Frank J. Raley, Arthur L. Frazer, M. C. George, H. L. Pittock, J. K. GllL Olds & King Co. Meier & Frank Co. Ralph W. Hoyt, W. M. Ladd. (Joseph Simon, Charles H. Carey, A H. Tanner, J. A Strowbrldge, Wallace McCamant, &. B. Steinbach. Ben Selling, R. L. Gltsan, Geo. H. Williams, C. EL S. Wood, Win. D. Fefiton, Earl C Bronaugh, J. Thorburn Ross, Louis G. Clarke, j Horace D. Ramsdell, upman, wolfe &Co B, W. Thompson, (I. C Alnsworth, W1U G. Bteel, U L. Hawkins, r. L. Eliot, A Blackburn. VANCOUVER, B. a, Npv. 8.-Mark O'Neill, President Mazamas My Dear Sir: Surely It will give- me the greatest pleasure to accede to the wish of friends In Portland to lecture there, and more especially under the auspices of the Ma zamas. You can have the best I have, and suit yourselves as; to how and what. My lecture on 'Wrinkles, Cracks and Erosions" is entirely new to you there and will delight, X am sure. It Is the result of long study and selection, rep resents oh, so many lovely miles of travel and pleasure. Giv my word to all that this is one of my best things, with 1C0 Ideal pictures. They ajl glorify our West ern .scenery. That Iswhat I have been doing since golng East. Waiting for a chance to begin, J am, yours for the mountains. ROLANJXDGRANT. JL. Axrangemsats have, been perfected orJLchestrsv4o Salem-to paxHthe new-bow this lecture by Dr. Grant, which will take place at the First Baptist Church, south east cflmer of Twelfth and Taylor streets, Wednesday evening, November 21 at 8 o'clock P. M. Admission, 50 cents. SAST SEDS AFFAIRS. Dedication of Hall at Pleaaaat Hosso Other Matter. The hall of the M. A Rosa Post and Woman's Relief Corps, of Powell's Val ley, located at Pleasant Home, was ded icated la3t evening with appropriate ex ercises. Including addresses by the mem bers and musical selections and recita tions by local talent. Robert W. Pool, now living In the city, was present to aid In the work, as was also his wife, who organized the. relief corps, which has greatly aided the post. The affair was very enjoyable, especial ly to those of the post who have worked bo earnestly to make the dedication pos sible. Those who have devoted their time and energies to getting the ground and building and remodeling It are Jlles G. Stephens and wife, Henry Kane. T. A. Shutterly, F. A Waggoner. Robert W. Pool and wife and others. The sawmills of the neighborhood contributed nearly 8000 feet Of lumber to complete the struc ture, and the entire community gave the post and relief corps every possible en couragement. The building is two-story and about TO feet long. On the second floor are two halls for post and corps and public pur poses, while on the ground floor there is a large storeroom. Addresses were made by Commander Pool, Jlles Stephens and others, congratulating the members of the post and corps on the prosperous con dition of the two organizations. Prevented a Seriona Fire. Th presence of mind of Mm. Mnhrf Campbell, Friday night, at U. o'clock, pre-1 veniea a serious are in the two-story frame building on the corner of. East Grant and Bast Eighth streets, occupied by Stone Bros.' grocery store. She and her mother occupied the upper portion, and had retired; leaving the lamp burning, on the table near at hand. The lamp exploded, scattering the oil about, and It caught flre. There was a lively blaze In the room which threatened the building with destruction. Seizing a heavy blan ket, Mrs. Campbell succeeded In smoth ering the flro out, but not until the blan ket was very nearly burned to pieces. Had she waited to turn in an alarm tho building would have been In flames be fore the firemen could have arrived. Death of administer. Rev. William L. Coleman, who formerly Hved at 890 Williams avenue, Upper Al bino, died at .St. Vincent's Hospital Fri day night. He had been a Congregational minister, but had retired from, all active work, as he was 83 years old., The fu neral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the Mississippi-Avenue Con gregational Church, Alblna, of which he had been a member. Lone Fir cemetery will bo the place of Interment. Juvenile Football Today. Orients and Mount Tabors play today, S o'clock, on Portland Field, East Twelfth and Davis. Both teams have been doing hard practice of late, and, considering the Orients' fine showing made last Sunday morning, when pitted against M. A A C's second team, a good game Is promised. East Side Rotes. Rev. a a Poling, president of the Dal las College, Is In the city, and will spend today on the East Side. It was reported yesterday that B. San ders, the old soldier, who is seriously ill at St Vincent's Hospital, Is improving. There has been a change for the better in his condition. Guy Possen, formerly of Portland, but now of Seattle, Is visiting relatives and friends on the East Side. He was a can-, dldate for Congress on the Prohibition ticket in Washington. "Corn and venison" wtjl be provided at the meeting of the Winona tribe; Im proved Order of Red Men, Monday even ing, at the hall, on Grand and Hawthorne aveiiues. A good time Is expected by the members. The trustees of the Second Baptist Church will proceed at once to put a new furnace in that building, and do away with stoves. The furnace will be part of the new furniture with which It Is pro posed to supp' tne entire building. "The funeral of Ar'hur J. Wilhelm. the fireman, who was killed In the recent col lision on the Southern Paciflo Railway, near Rosehurg, will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the home of his parents, comer of East Grant and East Twelfth streets. Lone Fir cemetery will be the place of interment. Sumner Post, G. A R., will tender Sum ner ReL,I Corps a general reception on the evening of. No, ember 19, Only mem bers of the post and corps are expected. It is 'in line with the series of social events that will be given by the post dur ing tho coming Winter. Dr. OD. Thornton has gone to Wash ington to try and recover a fine hunting dog which he loaned to a'frlend, who lost him last week. He values the dog at 3150, and would not part with him for that sum. Ho will be gone several days in his -search. Considerable progress is making on tho Improvement of Schuyler street, which Is being improved from East First to East Twenty-fourth. It will be improved by grading and graveling, and will be flrst class in every respect. The Improvement is the most extensive under way on the East Side. 'The six-inch water main which the wa ter committee provided for East Twenty eighth street, from East Stark to the Sandy .road, has been completed. This will provide an ample supply of water for that district, with a few flre hydrants will also give good flre protection for property there. Some repairs are needed very much on East Burnside, between East Third street and the approach to Burnside bridge. There are some dangerous places where accidents are liable to happen at any time. There Is a space of about 100 feet that should be renewed entirely to make it cafe and easy to reach the bridge ap proach. John Franklin, Irving near Mount Ta bor, was severely Injured yesterday by being kicked by a horse. He was hitch ing the horse to a wagon, and when passing the animal suddenly kicked Franklin In the side, fracturing two rlba. The Injured man was brought In for med ical attention. He will be laid up for a few days. A bright musical and literary errtertaln men will be given at Gomez Hall, Albino, next Thursday evening, November 16, un der the auspices of the Ladles Society of the Trinity Lutheran Church, on Will lams avenue. Those In charge are using every endeavor to make the programme pleasing and Interesting throughout. Twenty people will take part, besides tho fairy drill of 20 children under the direc tion of Rev. Theodore Fleckensteln. Dr. Wise, room 61. The Dekum. TO OPEN NEW THEATER. - Manager Cordray Secures Gran Com pany for Salem Home. Manager John F. Cordray, who lately secured a lease on the fine new Salem theater, yesterday closed a contract with Juices Grau, of the Grau Opera Company, to open the house, November 3d. The opera, "El Capitan," by Sousa, will be presented two nights and matinee. As opera Is always regarded as tho strongest attraction with which a theater con be opened. Manager Cordray has been par ticularly fortunate in making this ar rangement. Ho has secured many other first-class attractions to Xollow, and will give the play-goers J of Salem betfer amusement than they have ever known before. He win take nls Portland or- SHOWER OF METEORS HBAVEJfLT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY irEXT THURSDAY; It the Weather Be Clear, the Leonid Shower Will Bo Plainly Visi ble In Portland. Loot year at this time unusual Interest was manifested in the much-heralded ap proach of the Leonid shower, which however, did not take place owing prob ably to the perturbation of tha Leon da by the planets Jupiter and Saturn. 1ho4e Is a slight shower of meteors every year, but the heavy stream appears to us only In an average of 3&JS years, and It Is this fiery shower which we expect tha year on November 14. 13th hour, ast o nomlcal time, or November 16, civil time, from about midnight until dawn. This glorious phenomena and may the fates grant us a clear sky for It Is due to a legitimate collision of our earth in Its path about the sun with this dense stream of Leonids In their ellptlcal track around the same great lumirary. These two celestial objects moving with wonderful rapidity and in opposite direc tions create a brilliant series of celestial pyrotechnics, Issuing from the constella tion of Leo or Lion. This beautiful group of Btors Is in the shape of a sickle (handle and all), an.d can be read ily recognized by the veriest tyro. The Inside of thla sickle is the nolnt from which these swift Leonids will dart In ail areclions, being dstinctve In color green and blush and maklne vivid and persistent trains. The appearance of a fine meteor is not startling bo much on account of Its sizs or suddeness as for the lnstnntnnmiKi manner In which It lights un the skv nm. vlously Involved in darkness. The earliest historical mention of the Leonid me teoric shower Is made by Theophanes, who wrote that in the year 472 A D. the sky at Constantinople seemed to be on flre with falling stars. There is also a record that on tha night of October 19, 902 A D., as tho Morrlch King, Ibra him Ben Ahmed, lay dying, the sars fell from heaven like rain, and in Arab chronicles this year Is referred to as the "year of the stars." Since that time It is supposed that 29 of these showers have taken, place. 12 of which are actually re corded. In 1799 Humboldt and Bonpland witnessed a remarkable shower on the Andes. The next great shower was seen In this country In 1833. All through the Southern States the negroes, like the Arabs of a. previous century, thought the end of the world had como at last. Pro fessor Lewis Swift, of Lowe Observatory, an eyewitness of that most brilliant of ehowero In this century, says: - "The most gifted pen would fall far short In describing It They fell, like flakes of fiery enow In a moderate snow storm. It was estimated that at least 200,000 were seen from any one poln,t, and this all the way from Greenland to. Patagonia," Professor Newton was the first to make a systematic study of these records. Many meteoric showers are known. Pro fessor Denning, of England, our best au thority on meteoric astronomy, enumer ates some 200 or more. It is supposed that the Leonid showers were drawn into our system by the planet Uranus in the year 126 A D. This remarkable meteoric shower belongs to the numbar of meteor swarms associated with a comet, and the identity of its element with that of Temple's comet has leen established almost beyond a question. The debris of a comet, the disintegration of one of these vaporous visitants n our corner of the universe, will be a s'ght wpll worth watching for. Let us com mand an unobstructed view of the eastern half of the heavens at midnight"" arid the southern half, as well as the'reglon over head. In the morning. The radiant (in the constellation Leo of the zodiac) rises about 11 P. M. In our latitude on Novem ber 14, and let the zealous ones watch one day before and one day after, lest this trlcennlar wonder escape them. And again may the gods favor us! "MRS. L. ALTMAN. J IN THE SEVERAL COURTS. A Xuxnber of Decisions Cleland. by Jndgre Judge Cleland yesterday denied a di vorce in the suit of Daisy Matchette against Frank Matchette. The testimony was mostly given by the plaintiff, and the court held that If & divorce was given In this case- a divorce should be- granted on the evidence of the plaintiff In every instance. The statute required corrobora tlon of the acts alleged to have been committed. Mrs. Matchette charged her husband with cruel treatment, and th I court also found that many of the acta were committed two or three years be fore she asked for a divorce, during which time she continued to live with her husband, and thus condoned the offenses. Judge Cleland stated that It Is necessary In divorce cases for the plaintiff to bring more testimony than can be given In the mere allegations of the complaint, in or der to secure a decree. The same opinion was he'ld In the cose of May Edwards against Charles Ed wards, and the suit was dismissed. Cruel treatment was alleged, and the court said there had been a failure of proof. Anna Larson was granted a divorce from Olaf Larson, on the ground of cruel treatment. The motion to strike out parts of the answer in the suit of C. J. Reed and D. P. Thompson, executors of the will of I John Green, deceased, against B. G. Whitehouse, was allowed ia part and de nied in part by Judge Cleland yesterday. Salts Asnlnst Railroad Settled. The suit of Evan Hunter as administra trix of the estate of Robert Hunter, de-1 ceasea, against the O. R. & N. Co. for $5000 damages was dismissed In Judge Sears' court yesterday by stipulation of all parties concerned. Robert Hunter was on engineer, and while running a passenger train from The Dalles to Port land on November 26, 1899, the engine was thrown from the track, near Rooster Rock, and he was killed. It had been Talnlng heavily, and loose rocks and earth from a hill had slid down on the track, causing the accident. The suit of Louise Mller, as adminis tratrix of the estate of L. D. Mller, de ceased, was dismissed in Judge FrazerB court. Mller was the fireman and was killed in the same accident. This suit was also for $8000 damages. The terms of settlement are not stated In the order of dismissal. Court Notes. George W. Collins, administrator cf the estate of George Ainslle, deceased, filed his first semi-annual account, show ing $21,021 receipts and $16,617 disbursed. Claims have been allowed amounting to $7497. Mrs, C W. Rosenberg, legatee under the will of Rose K. Eaton, deceased, in the sum of $700, hae filed an objection to the claim of Belinda Murphy against the estate of $593, allowed, by the admin istrator to the amount of $300, alleging that tho clalnvTias been paid. An order of publication of summons has been made In the divorce suit of Car rie Byer against W. F. Byer, the de fendant having gone to California, Mrs. Byer In her complaint charges her hus band with desertion, which she soys oc curred In September, 1S93. She asks to be restored to her maiden name, Behlman. In the suit of the Larch Mountain In vestment Company vs. T. A Garbade, Woodward & Palmer, attorneys, et aL, for possession of $2000 in the hands of the Sheriff, Judge Cleland yesterday decided in --favor of tho defendants. The con JLtxmr83fcreolve4h sdm5tea C ear - tain lands sold on execution, aad was at complicated affair. - - - In the $10,000 damage suit of Sevwta Rasmussen vs. Inman, Poulsen It Co tha Jury- returned a sealed verdict last night at 11 o'clock; which will be opened la Judge Sears' court Monday aornlng. -mo jury- m ine .ray severe murder case retired last nlirht at 9:30 ft-eio.v. Judge George delivered the same charge. as at the previous trial, to which coun sel took but few exceptions i GJEO, WRIGHT POST O. A. R Series of Talks on Practical Eco nomic Questions. During the coming Winter season sev eral members of this post .will give a se ries of talks after the closo of a short business session, on subjects of general interest of the time. Comrade G. E. Cau kin says he has grown somewhat weary of hearing the remark that "the rich are growing richer and the poor are growing poorer," and proposes an amendment to read. "While the rioh are growing richer the poor are also growing richer." and pn next Friday evening, 16th Instant, he wm open tne series or talks by giving his reasons for supporting his amendment. The post wll close Its business session at 8:40 sharp, when the doors of Grand Army Hall will be opened for the recep tion of Invited guests, and the talk will begin. All members of the Grand Army- and Woman's Relief Corps, in good standing in their respective orders, with such members of their immediate families as they choose to bring with them, will b cordially welcomed. ii DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. Angusina Peterson Thompson to Mar guerite F. Tomllnson, lot 6, block 83, Albino, July 10, 1S05 $ COS Marguerite Tomllnson to Frank Lorctz, same, November 10 150 Garrett N. Versteeg and wife to Mrs. Matilda C. Dawson, lot 5- and east 40 feet of lot 8, block 2S, Couch's Ad dition, November 9 4009 Sunnysidc Land & Improvement Co. to Hale & Smith, lots 8 and 9, block 15, also east two-thirds of lots 4. 5 and 6, block 25. also 100x3p0 beginning at northeast corner lot 6, block 25. also 66 2-3x100 becinnltlsr at north line block 24, Sunnyslde, November 9 1S0S I Barbara Mayo to Martha Mary Tay lor, lot 1. block 3. Tibbett's Addition: lots 8 and 4. block 142. Caruthers' Addition to Caruthers' Addition. No vember 10 .. ...130ft Martha Mary Taylor to Barbara Mayo, lot 2, block tu Tibbett's Ad dition; also 15 acres, section 20, T. 1 S, R. 2 E.t November 10 ...... . . 150$ Elmlna Mills and husband to Mabel Oonant. lot 18, block 23. Southern Portland, September 13. 16 ...... . 434 R. U GUsan et al. to V. Reldt. lots 26 and 27, block 2, Alblna, Novem ber 8 ....! 1009 W- J. Pedfllcord to Lucy A- Peddlcofd, lots Z3, 9, so and 31. diock iz, uni versity Park, July 18 ................... X Anna L. Christopher to. John Roth strom. lot lfi. block 2. Center Ad dition. November 9 42B "Hawthorne .estate to Security Savings & Trust Co., south half lota 11 and 12, block 8; south half lots 11 and 12, block 9: south half lots 11 and 12, block 16. Hawthorne's First Ad dition;; also lot 8. block 8, lot 8, block 9, York, October 26 J Building: Permits. O. J. Groce, four' onesstory cottages Qulmby street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth, to cost $3600. J. E. Bronaugh. two-story dwelling on Thlrtyrsecond street, south "of Thurman, to cost $3000. Births. November 7. boy to 'the wife of J. H. O'Bryan, 301 Hassalo street. November 5, boy to the wife of NelS Larsen, 410 East Division street. October 7. girl to , the wife of John Walker, at Good Samaritan Hospital. Deo.tis. November 6, Charles Frank, 88 years of age, native of London, St Vincent a Hospital, illvcr complaint. November 7,'C. D. Campbell, native of1 Illinois, age 29, Good Samaritan Hospital, Internal injuries November 7, Margaret Wall, a native of England, aged 70, 550. Hood street old age. Contagions Dlaeaaea. Howard Smith, end -of Richmond can line, mild form scarlet fever. Infant child of Mrs. Bloom. 202 Harri son street, measles. Marrlntre Licenses. Joseph Dillon, aged 27 Ella A Noone, aged 25, Arthur RandalL 24; Adelaide- Hurt hurt, 23. i m A Garden in Tuscany. Charlotte Becker In Alnslees Magaztna. The white macnofla. opens -rltW the day To look upon a wOnder-world" Of bloom. As If the rainbow met Its earthly doom Beside Its namesako Iris, and mtlst lay Imprisoned bars of flanw and blossom r7. Half hid "beneath the olive's mournful gloom The Ilex branches weave a shadow. loorn. Across tha marbles, whew the fountain' a Spray Drips slow like cool and unsung melodies; And through the- grass the- little Uzards .glide, D&xed with-tho drowsy fragrance of the- treesf And love and life lie sleeplns side- by slif For where .stui Kros .lures, the honey bees, A dark young lad dreams, through, the hc4 noontide. - OSTEOPATHY.. Dr. R. B, Northrup, 416 Dekum bulM'ng. Third and Washington streets, specialist In. nervous and chrehld diseases- Exami nations free.. Treatments-tt the home 14 desired. Phon?iMalrr349; - CARD OF THANKS. I desire to tender my most heartfell thanks to the friends who. so kindly as sisted in the bereavement- of my beloved father. MRS. a A HAMILTON Harris Trunk Co, for suit cases FOOD FOR ATHUETEIS Rebuilds Brain and Muscle. A young athlete, commenting est tha need of well-selected food to build up a , man after overstudy, says: "Two years ago I returned home from the university with my health quite run down. fromv overstudy and severe athletic training. I needed a good rest to put me right, but Instead of taking It went to work la anf j office with very confining duties. "My health grew no better: I felt unflt for work, and at night would He awake: , several hours before" sleep would come. The appetite was gono entiily. Onfl morning a new dish appeared ori tns table Grape-Nuts with cream. Wo all thought It an excellent food, and I not only enjoyed the breakfasts that day, but dinner and aupper as well. "This rather surprised me. Siocer that I have made the food a regular article of diet. I keep a box- onhand at the office, and often lunch on. Grape-Nuts and cream instead of going home to din ner. "Although it was In tho Summer when I started the-oise of the food, It was not long before I had gained lStppunds-, ana I know It Is from the use of this food that I can stand aa well tha Indoor work. My health Is now perfect: sleep sound: and enjoy my meals, but find I do not need to eat so much, volume, of othea food -while eating Grape-Nuts. "A short time ago I thought Grape- Nuts were commencing to disagree with me, but found it was' because-1 was eab Ing more then you recommend. I simply ate too much at a time, and more: than tho system required. When I returned to the regular "feed of four heaping -teaspoons, thep old zest for? the food re turned." This young man Is a irfember of ouital a famous family. He requests that his namo be- omitted, but the same can. ba furnished by-application to- tha Poetura JuJsiaat reread company,- jjsa., sasus vawea. ,- e- "l y f- 1 T "