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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1900)
30 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 23, 1900. NEARINGTHERECORD December Wheat Shipments Remarkably Heavy. FLOUR CARGO FOR EUROPE '. ' Transport Saint Bcde Due Today German Ship Ltkn Makes a Fast Run Willamette River Ris ing1 Rapidly. Grain shipments for the week ending yesterday were not so large as they were for the previous week, but they were well up toward half a million bushels, and came very close to swelling the total for the month, to date (flour included), to 2.000,000 bushels, with a week still remain ing. The clearances yesterday were the French bark Louis Pasteur, dispatched by Kerr. Gifford & Co., and the Dutch bark Pax, by the Portland Flouring Mill Company. The Louis Pasteur carried 83.C03 buushels of wheat, valued at $ol.4S0. and the Pax 26,70 barrels of flour, valued at J69.500. Both of the vessels go to Queensfwn or Falmouth for orders, and they br!r the season's fleet to date up to a total of 57 vessels. In the December fleet there have already cleared 12 ships, with wheat, and one with a full cargo of flour. In addition to these, there have been three steamships for the Orient. The sail fleet carried a total of 1,335,491 bushels of wheat, and the Oriental steamers and the sailer, which cleared for Europe with flour, car ried a total of 135,970 barrels. Reduced to flour measure and added to the wheat shipments, this makes a grand total of 1.947.156 bushels of wheat. This amount will be swcjlcd more than half a million bushels by the shipmenfs which will be made next week. DISABLED STEAMSHIPS. Several of Them Are Helped Into Tort From the Atlantic. QUEENSTOWN, Dec 22. The British steamer Haddon Hall was towed into the harbor today with her propeller gone, by the British steamer Springwell. The Had don Hall sailed from Swansea for Balti more November 2S, and had been In tow of the Springwell, which was bound from Galveston for Bremen since December 15. The Haddon Hall broke her shaft De cember 7, in latitude 49 north, and longi tude 3S west, during terrific weather. She was helplessly tossed about for two days. The Springwell appeared December 1. but the fury of the gale precluded towing connection. Bdth steamers drifted be fore the gale eastward for three days. When the weather moderated the Sprlng wlL sent a lifeboat and attached hawsers. There were frequent partings, but the S03 miles of towage was finally accomplished. LONDON, Dec. 22. Two tugs are tow ing the White Star line steamer Cuflc, re cently at anchor In distress and aban doned by her crew on the Skerries, to Liverpool. The steamer Somerhlll. which towed the disabled steamer Westernland to West Bay, near Weymouth, has lost her mainmast, and has her hull damaged, but is proceeding, leaving the Western land to receive local assistance. THE WRECKED TOPEICA. Part of Deckhouse Gone and Only Bare Hnll May Be Saved. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 22,-LlttIe definite news regarding the condition of the wrecked steamer City of Topeka which ran on Sullivan Rocks, Lynn Canal, a week ago. could be learned from the steamer Victorian, which arrived today from Skagway. The Victorian passed the wreck at nght going both up and down, so that Captain Connell had no oppor tunity of examining her closely. A. H. Dletrlcht, agent for Dodwell & Co., at Skagway. visited the wreck on Monday and eaysfmen were then engaged patching her holes forward and cementing the smaller breaks where leakage would be possible. The vessel's portholes had been opened shortly after the accident so that she would remain full of water and thus be saved from knocking about on the rocks. But part of her deckhouse had been swept away and it was thought the ves sel would be down to her bare hull by the time she was rrady to be towed away. Officers of the Victorian, how ever, took a more serious view of the Topeka's case from statement's they had heard made at Skagway by shipping men According to them there was ilttlc hope for the Vessel, that she was breaking up. and she certainly would be a total loss If a storm happened to come along. MADE A RATTLING RUN. German Ship Llka Sails From Rio Janeiro to Columbia In TO Days. The German ship Llka arrived in at As toria yesterday, after a rattling passage of 76 days from Rio J?nclro. There are fully adortn ships whicn were regarded , as dujfccrGlfo the Llka. and her appear ance itinthe river was a surprise. 'Ships coming from Rio are generally regarded as making good passages If they cover the distance in JK) days, and there are not many better passages on record than that of the Llka. Three other vessels are reported outside, among them being the Italian ship, Dora, which has been making a long passage, from Java, and the Ger man bark Tarpenbek, out about 50 days from Guaymas. With ravorable winds, quite -r number of .others will probably be along today or tomorrow. SAINT- BEDE DUE TODAY. Another Itlr Steamer Comlnp: to Lonil In the Transport Service. The British steamship Saint Bedc. which Is under chartpr to the Government to load at this port in the transport service, arrived at Port Townsend yesterday, j.nd received orders to proceed to Portland. She sailed from Port Townsend yesterday noon, and .s expected off the mouth of the river about noon today. The Saint Rede whs substituted by the Pacific Ex port Lumber Company for the Caithness, which had been chartered by the Govern, ment, but which was delayed In reacnlng port. The Saint Bede is a large, modern built steamer, with a capacity of about 6000 tons. She will reach Portland some time tomorrow, if she is not held up at Quarantine. LANE PICKED UP DISABLED. Lay Anchored In DnnRcrnnn Position "With Fire4 Dro-wned Out. SEATTLE, Dec. 22. The steamer Charles D. Lane was towed into Seattle harbor to night in a disabled conMltion. She was picked up at Cape Flattery, where she lay anchored in a dangerous position, with her fires all drowned out. She had en countered heavy weather and had taken a great deal of water, which compelled her to turn back after a 21-hour run. but her steam failed before she could reach safe anchorage Inside, and she was forced to drop her anchors wbila still out side. All on board were well. She was lumber laden for Guayaquil. The deck load was jettisoned. " WILLAMETTE'S RISING FLOOD. Henry Rales Have Forced the River Up to the Lower Docks. The hard rains of the past few days have started the Willamette with a rush. and it swept bs the city yesterday, car rying seaward great masses of logs, trees and driftwood, which has been gathering in the gullies and ravines for months. It was giving the Ash-street dock a close rub yesterday, and will probably be over the lower dock by today. Down at Greenwich dock there Is about 2500 tons of wheat on the lower dock, and yester day the big German ship Alsterufer was towed alongside, and commenced loading wheat. Her huge hull towered above the roof of the dock, and even by placing two electric conveyors end to end, it was with difficulty that the wheat was han dled. The ship will be worked all day today, and the wheat will probably be out of the way of the water by tonight. TITANIA'S TERRIBLE TRIP. Blgr Collier Swept by tue Seas,- and Loses a Man. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22. After an eight days' voyage from Nanalmo the steam collier Titanla arrived bringing a story of terrible weather and the loss of one of her crew by drowning. On Decem ber 15 a heavy southeast gale struck the vessel, carrying away the starboard lifeboat and the steering gear aft. The cargo shifted, giving the steamer a heavy list to starboard, an.d great waves broke over the decks. An unusually heavy sea caught Christian Monrad, a sailor, who was walking along the deck, washing him overboard. The waters, lashed into a fury by the wind, quickly engulfed the unfortunate man, and he was drowned. The storm was too severe to permit of lowering a boat to go to his assistance. GA3IECOCIC AXD STAGHOUXD. Company That Insured Them Must Pay the Amount. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 22. Judge Bahrs, of the Superior Court, has decided that the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insur ance Company must pay the Progreso Steamship Company for the damage done to the lattor company's river steamboats Staghound and Gamecock while they were being towed from Astoria toward St. Michael. They were Insured for $25,OtX) each for tne ocean trip, and were to have been used in. Alaska waters. They were so damaged at sea by rough weather that they had to be taken back to Astoria. Spranjr n LcnU. SEATTLE, Dec. 22. The old bark High land Light, which sailed from this port two weeks ago with a cargo of Black Diamond coal for Lahlna, Hawaii, sprang a leak In tht recent severe storm off Caps Flattery and had to put into Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island, for safety. She Is In a disabled condition. A tug is to tow the craft to Port Townsend, where she will probably arrive Monday. The Highland Light's present plight is con vincing evidence that the late storm, which was supposed to have extended but a short distance off Cape Flattery, was very general over the Pacific It must have reached out 1000 miles or more to the westward. The Highland Light must have been well on her way to the Ha waiian Islands when overtaken by the storm. In her battle with the gales the bark lost her mlzzenxnast and had her bulwarks washed away. Netr Lumber Schooner. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec 22. The schooner W. J. Patterson, built, for the Wilson Mill Company, of this ckv, was launched today. Her keel was lad in August last and she will have cost $15 000 when completed. She iff 175 feet 4 inches long, light water line. 200 feet over all, and 14 feet depth of ho'.d. Unloading: the Mount Osvrnld. MIAMI Fla.. Dec 22. The large Eng lish tramp steamer. Mount Oswald, laden with coke which went ashore Decembex 20. at Elbow Kev. 40 miles south of Miami. Is being un'onded by wreckers. It has been discovered that the ship has a large hole in her bottom. Marine Xolcs. The steamer Oswego, which sank at As toria a few days ago, has been floated. The French bark General Mlllinet, which went on the middle sands at Astoria dur ing tho storm, was taken off at high tide Friday. She gives no evidence ot having received Injury. Domestic and Forclsn Ports. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 22. Arrived at 10:50 and left up at 12:40, steamer Geo. W. Elder from San. Francisco. Arrived at 2:30 P. M.. German ship Llka, from Rio Janeiro. Reported outside, German Ship TaTpenbek, from Santa Rosalia; Italian ship Dora, from Eourabsya. and one oth er sQuare-rlgger. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind, cast; weather, hazy. San Francteco. Dec 22. Arrived Steamer Santa Ana, from Seattle; steam er Nome City, from Seattle. Sailed Steamer Umatilla, for Victoria. Port Townsend, Wash. Arrived. De cember 2L ship C. F. Sargent, from Hono lulu. Neah Bay Wash. Passed in December 21. ship Reuce. from Yokohama. Hong Kong. Dec 22. Arrived previous ly, steamer China, from San Francisco, via Honolulu and Yokohama; Victoria, from Tacoma. via Yokohama. Antwerp, Dec 22. Sailed Kensington, for New York. Liverpool, Dec' 22. Sailed Btruria, for New York. Bremen. Dec 22. Sailed Prlnz Leopold, for New York. Cherbourg Dec 22. Sailed New York, for New York. Seattle. Wash. Sailed, December 20. steamer Coqullle River, for Port Blake ley: December 21. steamer John S. Kim ball, for Tacoma. Port Blakeley, Dec 22. Sailed Ship Hecla, for Adelaide: barkentlne John Smith, for Honolulu. Honolulu Arrived. December. 9. ship Standard, frcm T'c-mi; December 10, sfclp John Curran. from Seattle: Alice Cook, from Port Gamble. Yokohama Arrived, December 21. Brit ish steamer Empress of China, from Van couver. Hiogo Sailed. December 2L British bark Dunstaftnage, for Puget Sound. Shlmoneskl Sailed. December 12 British steamer Kalsew. for Portland. Or. San Francisco, Dec. 22. Arrived Zea landla, from Honolulu. . Philadelphia. 'Dec, 22. Sailed Rhyn land, from Liverpool. New York. Dec 22. Arrived St, Louis from Souihamnton: Campania, from Liv erpool: 1L M. Meier, from Bremen; Penn sylvania, from Hamburg. Sailed Urn brla. for Liverpool: Rotterdam, for Rot terdam via Boulogne. Genoa Arrived, December 20. Columbia, from New York via Naples. Manila Arrived. December 20. Almond Branch, from Tacoma via Honolulu. Sailed, Port Stephens, for Seattle. Liverpool, Dec 22. Arrived Lucanla, for New York. Funny Men in Congresi. Alnslce's Magazine. Congress has always had Its funny man. Sometimes there are two or three. The funny man of this House Is Private John Allen, of Tupelo. He has held the posi tion for the past 10 or 12 years. Before him was Sunset Cox, whose heart was broken because the House would not take him seriously long enough to make him Speaker. Allen also has been handi capped by his reputation as a humorist. He Is the ablest man In Mississippi, and tho best-known, and yet he has never been able to secure an election to the Sen ate. This Is Allen's last Congress, and so the place will be vacant soon. It will probably be filled by Champ Clark. When Senator Mason, of Illinois, was in the House of Representatives his reputation was that of a humorist, and nothing else. Dr. Lamotte's French Corn ualnt. The best corn cure. 25 cents. All druggists. READY FOR A CONTEST! BURLINGTON STRENGTHENING ITS FORCE IX THIS FIELD. Rates Xot in Good Shape, aad Infor mation That the Neiv Year Will Bring: Trouble. The Burlington route Is to add three men to its force in this field on the first of the coming year. One of these Is B. W. Gage, who has been freight solicitor of the Northern Pacific In Portland. Ho will have a similar position with the Burlington. A. W. Cassels, who has been a freight solicitor for the Oregon Short Line, will go to Puget Sound for the Bur lington. Another office man. not yet se lected, will be added to the Portland force. H. W. Goddard, who has been as sistant general agent, will hereafter have charge of all freight matters, and R. W. Foster, who has been chief clerk In the Portland office, will take charge of the passenger business and look after the financial affairs ot the office. Next Wednesday the Burlington office will Install a Northern Pacific ticket case, and will thereafter sell tickets of North ern Pacific Issue over the Burlington route. This will make two offices In town selling Northern Pacific-Burlington tick ets. There will also be two offices selling O. R. & N tickets after the first of the year the O. R. & N. ' and the Great Northern. Heretofore ihe Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line have also had them. There aie Intimations that the 'strength ening of the Burlington force in connec tion with the withdrawal of the separate Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line of fices portends a lively fight for business at the beginning of the new year. x It Is admitted that tariffs are not maintained by several, and that rates are In a condi tion that Invites a general mix-up, but tho chances are that differences will be patched up before open war shall be de clared. WESTERX UXIOX WOX. Great Northern Sued for Possession of Telcffrnpli Lines. ST. PAUL. Dec. 22. A suit Involving several million dollars, the value of the telegraph lines along the route of tho Great Northern Railroad, from St. Paul to the Pacific Coast, was decided today by Judge Lochren In the United States Dis trict Court in favor of the defendant, the Western Union Telegraph Company. Its Importance, however, was not alone In the amount of money Involved, for If was the general understanding that should the railway company have won. all the great railway systems of the country would, at the expiration of their contracts with the Western Union Telegraph Company, have claimed the ownership of the tele graph lines along their rights of way. and cither have operated them Independ ently or else formed a consolidation which would have been a strong competitor in the telegraph field. The suit was brought by the St. Paul, Minneapolis &. Manitoba Railway Com pany (now the Great Northern) against the Weston Union Telegraph Company and the Northwestern Telegraph Com pany, whose lines are now controlled by the Western Union Company. In 1S7D the Northwestern Company built a telegraph line along the right of way of the plain tiff road, ard In 12, 1537 miles of lino had bren constructed. The same year the Northwestern Company sold out to the Western Union, tho consideration being ?l.S00O00. together with a yearly rental of $150,000 for a term of 99 vcan. Con tracts hod heen entered Into between the ral'way company and the te'ograph com pany In Tw9. nnd again In 1SS2. by which, amorg other things, the telrgraph com pany was to supp'y wire. noIe. etc. and the rnllrond company to furnish transpor tation nnd labor for the construction of the lines, nnd the railway company was to furnish the operators. The case turns upon the consfuctlon of there conTaetr. The plaintiff insisted that the deferdant company hrd no own ership in the telegraph lines excent an Interest as a Joint owner, and nsVed that the defendant be obliged to accept the value thereof and rellnnulsh the lines to th Great Northern Company. On th other hand, the 'evg-nrh roT-pin- rjaled to have a cVar and unm's'akab'e tlt'e to tbc nro-ortv In question, through, t'-e conrarts It had acquired by reason of Its absorption of the Northwestern Com-n.-ny. The suit had been pending since 1F97. Tb Judee hold that the rights of both parties wero the same at the exnlral"n of the contracts pp they wcro during le oersMon of the contracts. The nr -il-lowcd no costs in the case for cither ilde. IDEAL ROUTE TO XEHALEM. Easy Grade and Rich Conntry Down the Tunlattn. The Hlllsboro Independent speaks as follows of the proposed route, for a railroad from Portland to the Nehalcm country: "In the last Sunday Orcgonlan a map of several proposed railroad routes to tho Nehalcm. was published. One of the routes Is from Portland south on tne cast side of the Willamette to a point Just below Oswego, where a crossing can be made on a suspension bridge; thence up the Tualatin River Valley to Hlllsboro, thence by the old survey to the Nehalcm. By this route there are no hills to cllmD or descend till the Coast Range of moun tains Is reached beyond Greenville, and the timber, coal and produce Is unloaded in Portland, where it Is wanted. Another advantage that favors the Oswego route:. The road goes through the very fertile Tualatin Valley, whose resources have not been opened up for the lack of transpor tation facilities. Farmers are now, and always have been, weather-bound rully half the time, and tht otner half the travel and freighting Is by carriage or wagon. The country around Scholls ana Ivlnton. and further along oy Tlgardville Is tho best In the state, and If It had railroad transportation facilities would be a veritable mine of wealth. A railroad built through that section would show profit to the first train that pulls over the tracks. The distance from Portland to Nehalem by Oswego Is Increased, but considering the grade and the traffic along the line, the route Is Ideal." XORTHERX PACIFIC OVERLAP. Suit Involving Land in Cowlitz and Clark Counties. In explanation of the brief press dis patch from Seattle announcing the hear ing ot the case of the United States vs. tho, Northern Pacific, involving title to about 325,000 acres of land in Cowlitz and Clark Counties, the follovdng from the Post-Intelligencer Is given: "The question for determination Is whether the Northern Pacific Railroad Company formally accepted from the Uni ted States Government the land granted It by Congress In 1S4 as a subsidy for the construction of a railroad down the Columbia River Valley from Wallula to Portland, and whether. If the grant was accepted. Its forfeiture on account of the failure of the company to construct the road worked a forfeiture of a portion of the same lands subsequently granted by Congress for the construction of a rail road from Portland to Tacoma, which was actually built. "The United States contends that the railroad company, having forfeited the lands under the senior grant, cannot lay claim to them under the junior. The com pany contends that It never formally ac cepted the senior grant by the filing of maps of definite location, etc. and that therefore the Government's contention Is Invalid. The odd numbered sections for 40 miles on each side of the line of the proposed railroads from one end to the other were granted by Congress by the acta mentioned. "There Is considerable half-forgotten history to be recalled In connection with this case. The original land grant to the Northern Pacific In 1S64 provided for the construction, of a railroad from Lake Superior to the Pacific Coast, the main line striking the tidewater on Puget Sound and a branch leaving the main line at a point near the mouth of the Walla Walla River in this state, finding its terminus at Portland. "At that time there was no thought of a Coast line from Portland to Puget Sound. Six years later, however, in 1S70, Congresa, at the request of the railway company, passed a bill amending the original act and making the branch of the road down the Columbia Valley from the mouth of the Walla Walla River to Portland, and thence to Puget Sound to the main line Under this act the line across the Cas cades to the Sound was to become a branch of the main line "The company completed Its line through to Puget Sound, but the line down the Columbia River Valley was never built, the company entering Into an. agree ment with the company later absorbed by the Oregon Railway & Navigation for the use of Its road, which would have been paralleled had the Northern Pacific line been built. "Matters ran along In this manner until September 29, 1S90, when Congress passed the act commonly known as the for feiture bill, forfeiting all lands granted railroad companies opposite unconstruct ed roads. In the meantime the Northern Pacific has since early In the '70s been selling, and making contracts with farm ers to sell, lands embraced in Its grant for the construction of the Portland and Tacoma line, at the uniform price of $2 50 per acre, the Government figure. "In 1S95 the Government granted the Northern Pacific a patent to all Its lands embraced by the Coast line grant. Then for the first time It was discovered at Washington City that grants for the abandoned Columbia River line and the constructed Coast line overlapped for some distance north of the apex of the triangle formed by the Intersection of the two lines at Portland. "The point was then raised by the Gov ernment that" the grant of lands to the company for the Coast line which had therefore been granted for the construc tion of the Columbia Valley line and sub sequently forfeited, was void, and after some litigation In which the grant for the entire Coast line was In vain attacked In the courts, the Attorney-General In 1S95 Instructed W. H. Brlnker, of this city, then. United States Attorney for the Dis trict of Washington, to bring a suit against the company for the cancellation of the patent 30 far as the 'overlap lands were concerned. "Five stilts were brought, the most Im portant one of which Is the one tried yesterday. The others are still pending, but will be determined by the court's de cision In the present case. "The effect of a decision of the. caso favorable to tho railroad companies will be to confirm the titles to all persons' who bought 'overlap" lands from the railroad company In good faith, and to compel all others claiming to hold lands as Government lands to purchase from the railroad company. The many con tracts made by settlers with the railroad company and never carried out on ac count of the passage of the forfeiture act would also be validated and could then be enforced by the courts. "If the Government should win, the titles of all persons holding by virtue ot location under the land laws would be" upheld, while the titles of all who bought from the railroad, company In good faith would also be confirmed. The lands not claimed bv settlers will go to the party winning the suit." COMMUNITY OF OWXERSIIIP. Object ctf President Hill's Visit to Xcw York. NEW YORK, Dec- 22. The Herald says: James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway Company, has arrived In this city and was In conference last evening wiih some ot t.ie most important capita. ists of the country, representing Morgan, Vandcrbllt and Standard Oil in terests. Mr. Hill's pres-ence In the city Is regarded as of peculiar lnietest In vi.w ot the iccent stock market activity in Northern Pacific, with the accompanying icports of a rcacjuolmci.t of the capitali zation of that company, and his recent election also to ti.t clrtciorate of tne Erie Raiiroad, the shares of which have also been extraordinarily active In tne market. From mqu.rics It appears tnat Mr. Hl.l's visit Is of a special nature ana will bi brief. Harmony of Interest and community or ownership Is the bee In every tt ah Street bonnet at present, and the suggestion is" made that this tueory may be extended to properties unich whl.e not rcccni.y re garded as disturbing factors might bc como so in hancs oiner than those now' representing the control. Among sucn properties are the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Erie itailroads. in tatter, it is said, has great potentiating, particularly since it has acquired tne l'cnnsy.anla Coal Company, and seems likely to assume an Important position among the trunk lines. It Is asserted upon the very best author ity that the three pnnc.pal stocKnoiaers In the Great Northern Railway nameiy, James J. Hill, John S. Kennccy and Lord Strathcona are now the three largest stockholders ot the Northern Pacific road. Lord Strathcona and Mr. Kennedy were formerly directors In the Great Northern. The former Is a director and a member of the executive committee of the Cana dian Pacific and Is of great Influence m Canadian affairs. It appears that har mony of Interest In the Northwest is now complete through these great interests and those of Mr. Morgan In these proper ties. Great Northern, Northe.n Pacific and Canadian Pacific. In view of this situa tion, Mr. Hill's election to the directorate of the Erie Road is of considerable sig nificance. The stock of the Chicago, Mil waukee &. St. Paul has Deen steadily acquired by powerful Interests not tar removed from those thui nave recently bought Into the Northern Pacific One peculiar fact Is that while the stock, selling at a relatively nigh price, and bought presumably for Investment, or In furtherance of some great plan, is being picked up continually, It is now being transferred on the books of the company. This leads to the belief that It Is being gathered in for some great purpose, to be m3de clear later on. By persons well Informed on the rail road situation. It Is said that a trifle more than one-half of the combination stock of the St. Paul road Is represented m the board of directors, it Is said also that this is not necessarily a fixed in terest and that some one large holder, tne Standard OH, for instance, uniting with the new purchasers, who may. for Illus tration, bf assumed to be James J. Hill, John R. Kennedy and J. Pierpont Mor gan & Co.. the latter of whom already has a considerable holding, might give abso luto control of that property. In well informed banking circles the belief pre vails that the great announcement to be mado In railroad m circles Includes tnis proposition. With entire harmony of Interest In the Northwest between the Great Aortnern, Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific, and through community of ownership an arrangement could be made with the at. Paul road In the middle section and the Erlo Railroad to tidewater, the Eastern outlet to be used In much the same man ner as the Lake Shore and New York Central are by the Northwestern and the Union Pacific That In addition to this something Is to be done In the line of a readjustment of Northern Pacific securi ties Is the belief In Wall street. In con nection with the matter various plans have been suggested and the price move ment gives evidence that something of the kind is under consideration. LETTER TO DAIRYMEX. Officers of State. Association Ad dress Their Fellow-Tradesmen. The officers of the Oregon Dalrymen'i Association have Issued the following cir cular letters: "The annual meeting of the Oregon Dairymen's Association Till be held at Hlllsboro, Washington County. January 3-4, 190L It Is of the utmost importance that every creamery should be repre sented at xhls meeting. It Is only through co-operation and thorough organization that we can succeed to secure such leg islation, both stato and National, that will enable us to protect our dairy In terests against the fraudulent competi tion of imitation dary products. You are, therefore; earnestly Invited to be present at this meeting. If this is impossible, and wo hope not. send as many applications for membership as you can secure to our secretary, F. L. Kent, to Hlllsboro. The fee for annual membership Is $L A hard fight will be waged at Washington, D. C, during this session of Congress. The last meeting of our association appro priated a large portion of the membership fees received at that time to help In this light. It remains for us to use all legiti mate means to crush this unjust compe tition. Write a personal letter to your Congressman and both United States Sen ators. We are assured of the cordial co operation of the faculty of the Oregon Agricultural College. Bring & sample, It need not be more than one square, ot tho product of your dairy or creamery to the meeting." REQUEST A MODIFICATION. Nevr York Exporters Object to the Grain Contract. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. P. C. Annan, chairman of the commltte of New York exporters on the Produce Exchange, ap pointed to request a modification of the f. o. b. grain contract adopted by the Amer ican Exporters' Association of St. Louis, has prepared a statement setting out the, objects of the New York exporters. This statement has been forwarded to St. Louis and will be considered at a special meet ing of the American Exporters' Associa tion, to be held. It Is sau, next month. The committee requests a modification of the clause, "5 per cent more or less as per London contract," on the ground that It Is too Indefinite and does not state whether the gerater or less quantity Is at seller's option or at buyer's option. The committee therefore asks that the clause read: "Five per cent more or less at buyer's option, as per London contract." The trade strenuously object to the fol lowing clause: "Buyers to give three days' notice of vessels' readiness to load." It Is pointed out that where business Is done through steamers not operating In the regular line, the enforcement of this provls'on is sure to result from time to tlmt In the heavy loss to the buyer of the f. o. b grain. It Is equally Imprac ticable for the buyer to predict how long a passage a ship may make In bad weath er, or how favorable a passage In good weather. On the other hand, vessels fre. quently make voyages which are unusual, ly rapid, arriving two or three days ahead of their expected due dates, and In such case the buyer of f. o. b. grain would In cur demurrage through not having given his notice In time. It Is further pointed out that many of these f. o. b. contracts are entered" Into on a more or less speculative basis, with the Idea of taking advantage 6f spot room that may be offered, the requirement for three days' notice destroys this oppor tunity for the buyers. The Item of exchange Is objected to on the ground that sellers can much more readily reckon upon this than buyers, and Include same In the price. It Is requested that this clause should be eliminated from the contract. . ' In regard to the clause "with documents attached as customary, for the correct ness of which the seller shall not be held responsible," the New York exporters say that If the sellers consent to make out the docu-nents on buyers' Instructions, that they shall be accountable for fol lowing these Instructions. Furthermore, the inspection certificate? are a part of tho documents, and an essential portion of the vouchers submitted In fulfillment of an f. o. b. contract. Therefore, sellers should be responsible for the correctness of the Inspection certificates. WEXDL1XG BRAXCII ACCEPTED. To Be Open for Regular Traflle To morrow Morning. Manager Koehler, of the aonthern Pa cific, Issued a circular annocunclng that oommwiclng December 21. 1S00. the newly constructed line from Mohawk Junction in Wendling. 16 miles In length, will be under the charge of the operating de partment of the lines In Oregon. JKor the present a mixed train will make the round trip dally, leaving Springfield at 9 A. M., and returning at 5:45, an hour and 45 minutes being consumed for the trip each way. There arc five stations on the line Springfield, Mohawk Junction, Yarnell, Marcola and Wendling. Begin ning tomorrow morning tnat branch will be orcn lor regular traffic of all kinds. Improper ixfluexces charged. Much. Objection to the Xew Fran chise ln Oregon City. ORIIGON CITY. Dec. 2. Although the ordlnanoa has been passed by the City Council granting Fred S. Morris a fran chlso for a trolley line on Main street, the taxpayers are still howling over the fact that the 43-year franchise Is not restricted, and the city's Interests are not protected in the ordinance. One Coun cilman, who voted against the measure, says "it Is a clear case of sell out; that he did not propose t6 vote against the city's best Interests In order to secure passes and other concessions." He further says that Intimidation was used to in fluence Councllmen to vote for the meas ure. SEEKS TO STOP DREDu.k. Action of Great Northern Regarding Seattle Tide Flats. SEATTLE, Dec. 22. The Great North ern Railway Company, which has Its Western terminus In this city, today com menced an action against the Seattle & Lake Washington Canal Company to en join the latter from filling or dredging any property on Seattle tide flats, which action the company contemplated under an old contract with the state. The rail road company says that if this is done damages amounting to more than 150.00 would result to Its property, and asks th Injunction on the ground tnat such a pro ceeding Is unconstitutional and Illegal. Canadian Pacific Innovations. WINNIPEG. Dec. 22. The Canadian Pacific will open a school In Winnipeg for the teaching of shorthand and teleg raphy to Its junior employes, to enable them to qualify for more Important posi tions. General Manager McNIcoll has an nounced that In the future promotions will be governed by merit only, and ap pointments to higher positions will, as far as possible, be kept within the staff. It has also been decided to keep the biog raphy of each permanent employe, and thus all matter pertaining to his career will be kept on record. O. R. X. -Clear Again. The mud slide at Dodson's, on the O. R. Sc N., was cleared up yesterday afternoon, and last evening's trains went out on time. The train due at 4:30 was three hours late. With one exception, this was the most extensive slide that ever tooK place on the O. R. & i. line. Railroad Notes. . The fireman and engineer of a Great Northern freight train nearly suffocated from smoke In passing through the Cas cade tunnel Friday night. They were, however, revived on reaching Wellington. They were an- unusually long time In passing throuzh the tunnel, having to stop In the middle to get up steam In their engine. . The rains of Wednesday caused slides and washouts on the coast line between Everett and Seattle, which delayed the Great Northern overland IS hours. The flooding of the electric power-house, which Is situated on low ground, by overflow- from the Great "Northern tunnel drain pipes, was repeated Thursday, much t& the damage of the plant. The electrio company threatens a damage suit against the railway company. DARK FOR PACIFIC CABLE LITTLE PROMISE FOR PASSAGE OF BILL THIS CONGRESS. Friends of Project Are Still Divided on Question of Private or Public Ownership. WASHINGTON. Dec 17.-Llttle, if any, promise Is held out for the passage of any form ot a Pacific cable bill at this session of Congress. As 13 the case with a number of other Important pieces of legislation, which are struggling for rec ognition, the cable proposition finds It self greatly involved and hemmed In, so to speak, by Its friends. There are up to tho present time six separate Senate bills providing for a Pacific cable, and six House measures of the same charac ter. But one Senate bill has been taken up, that Introduced by Senator Hale, of Maine, which provides for Government construction and control of the cable. This bill was referred to the committee on naval affairs, of which Mr. Hale Is chairman, and after some little considera tion was favorably reported to the Sen ate. There, after a comparatively short struggle, the bill was passed, and sent to the House. When the Hale bill reached the House, It was referred to the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, of which Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, is chairman. Mr. Hepburn, as well as a number of bis Re publican colleagues, are opposed to the Government ownership of a cable, and consequently arrayed themselves against the Hale bill. Prior to the time when the Hale bill came over, however, the House had taken up a bill Introduced by Representative Sherman, of New York, which provides for the laying and operat ing of the cable by private Interests, which, however, are to receive a subsidy of not to exceed 5300,000 per year for 20 years, from the Government, on condition that Government messages shall be trans mitted without cost. The House com mittee spent a great deal of time in con sidering the Pacific cable proposition be fore & report was made on the Sherman bill, and when the Hale bill was referred from the Senate, this committee struck out all after the enacting clause, and substituted for the Senate bill the bill of Mr. Sherman. This Is the shape in which the matter now rests. Other cable bills were introduced by Senator Foster, for the Northern, or Alas ern, route; by Senators Lodge, Butler, McMillan and Davis, and by Representa tives .rones, Corliss, Sulloway and Bar ham. Senator Lodge, being entirely oc cupied with other matters, has no dis position to press his bill; Senator Butler, being out of harmony with the greater portion of the Senate, could not hope to have his bill considered; the death of Senator Davis has practically set his bill aside, and it Is not believed Senator McMillan desires to force his bill to the front. In view of the action that has been taken on the Hale bill. Senator Foster's bill was practically quieted at the last session, when the committee decided that the cable should start from San Fran cisco, rather than from some point on the Washington coast, and there is no hope of reviving that measure. The bill offered In the House by Mr. Jones, of Washington, was the same as the Foster bill, and cannot be considered for the same reasons, nor Is there any good rea son to believe that the other measures will be brought forward at this short session. The question of difference, therefore, lies between the contention of Senator Hale, backed by the Senate, and thaT"of Representative Sherman, backed by the House committee.' particularly Chairman Hepburn. The Idea of the House In re taining the enacting clause of the Hale bill was to prevent a second considera tion of the coble proposition In the Sen ate on a House bill, for as the matter has shaped Itself, should the House pass the altered Senate or Hale bill. It would then go to a conference committee, where an attempt would be made to adjust the d'fTerences. But therein comes the rub. Although the several Senate bills were referred to various committees, they all. In the end, found their way to the naval committee, and the dictates of that com mittee would unquestionably be along the lines adopted last session, namely, In support of a cable bill which provided for Government ownership and control. This view Is also held by Speaker Hen derson. At the same time, the dominat ing element In the Hou3e Is the Interstate and foreign commerce committee, which Is as docgedly determined to have a cable built and operated by private in terests. With these two -views diametri cally opposed, and each faction stubborn. In defense of its own belief, there is lit tle. If any. hope of getting any bill through In the few remaining weeks of the short session, when there Is so much of greater Importance which must of ne cessity pass If there Is to be no extra session. As matters stand now, there seems to be no wav In which a compromise could be reached, without a great deal of argu ment and debate. This same situation seems to prevail as regards the ship sub sidy bill, the Nicaragua Canal bill, and the" Hay-Pauncefote treaty, upon which the canal bill Is dependent In a large measure. Much as the friends of the cable would like to see It pass at this session, they see, no way of bringing about an agreement between the oppos ing factions, and until that can be done they dare not hope for success. In spite of all this, however. Mr. Sherman, when his committee Is reached on call of committees In the House, will attempt to get through the amended Hale bill, but even he does not express a belief that the measure, if passed by the House, can be straightened out by a conference com mittee to the satisfaction of all concerned. It Is very 'safe to say that there will be no cable legislation this session. TO PROMOTE OREGON. Space at Buffalo Fair and Advertis ing for Our Exposition. Edyth Tozler Wcrtherred, accompanied by her sister. Miss Nellie Tozler, and Miss Grace Gore, left last evening for the East and will be absent about four weeks. They will be In Buffalo to assist In selecting rpace In the various build ings for the Oregon exhibit, then on to New York to attend a business meeting of the International League of Press Clubs. Mrs. Weathered was successful In secur ing this convention for Portland next year, when she attended the annual ses sion, held in New York last July. She has had to arrange for their Itinerary spe cial trains, etc, from New York to Port land. She took up the matter with the dif ferent roads and states that nearly every detail has been carried out as first ar ranged. The coming of this great body of editors and writers to Portland next year means more to the city than at first Im agined, and should the ground be broken while they are here for the 1905 exposition It could be made a great day for Port land. Mrs. Weatherred Is one of the members of the executive committee from Oregon to the National Editorial Associa tion, and will attend their business meet ing at Indianapolis January 15. It Is Mrs. Weatherred's Intention to pre sent the matter of tho 1905 exposition to the members of both conventions, and at once establish the fact that Oregon Is to have an exposition In 1S05. When this is urJversally known and other states realize that It Is to be a big affair, there will be r.o conflicting expositions planned for that year. Oregon Is capable of hav ing an exposition that will not only ap peal to the commercial sentiment, but to men of letters. The Lewis and Clark, or historical side. Is a grand one to be con sidered, and will immediately be taken up by the literary world. The Oriental side will Interest the business men, besides being ot wide Interest to all. Any op portunity presented to the people of the East to visit exhibits from China, Japan, South Afrjca, the Philippines and other countries. In which the public is Inter ested at the present time, will he a drawing card. The Buffalo exposition will afford an excellent opportunity to adver tise tho Oregon enterprise. REV. D. C. GARRETT'S SUCCESS Hl Popularity in His New Wisconsin Parish. An Interesting sketch of the Rev. David Claiborne Garrett, former rector of Trin ity Church, this city, has just appeared in the Chicago Times-Herald, which is given In part herewith, the detailed ac count of his early life and inception ot his career, as well as his prosperous church work in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, being necessarily omitted. Mr. Garrett's many friends In this city will rejoice at his remarkable success In his new field of labor, Oconomowoc, Wis. As a general rule, says the Times-Herald, the pleasure-seekers who hie them selves away from the clty's heat during the Summer months and "seek the cooi resorts of the lake region are in the habit of packing away their prayer books and hymnal3 with their furs and Winter cloth ing and giving up their Summer Sundays to the golf links or the newspaper or novel. A hammock In July and August is a deal more comfortable than the church pew, with Its stiff back, and the average country parson does not possess interest enough to "draw" city folks during the heated term. But In Oconomowoc It Is different. Zlon Episcopal Church in that pretty Wiscon sin resort now has at the head ot Its parish a "live" rector who has filled the pretty little edifice with worshipers every Sunday morning during the past Summer, and whose efforts have drawn many to the evening services so often neglectecv, even In the city. He Is Rev. D. C. Gat rett, recently from California, and his poor health on the Coast was the 111 wind which blew much good to Oconomowoo when he was called to succeed Rev. F. C. Jewell, the former rector. His health being fully restored by Wis consin breezes, Mr. Garrett was Inducccr. about the middle ot August, to accept the rectorship of the church. During the Summer the income of the church was almost doubled, electric lights are belnj? put In the church and rectory, and man) improvements are under way. The church Is ideally located upon a neck of land extending into Oconomowoc Lake, with water on three sides of It, and It Is a very restful place on a Summer morn ing, especially when one Is privileged to listen to a man of Mr. Garrett's brilliant attainments. He Is an eloquent pulpit orator, speaking extemporaneously., ana In his wife, who was Miss Lily Selmes, of Boston, he has a splendid aid. Through the generosity of the wldo-w of the late PhlUp D. Armour. Jr.. the debt of the church has been paid, and Mrx Armour Is a regular attendant at th services. The future of Zlon Church, of Oconomowoc, is very .bright. Th town of Eatonvllle. Fla., has 1200 Inhab itants, with not a. single white among them. It has its full quota, of public officials, a bank and other business establishments requisite In a town of Us size. James K. Clark, the necro postmaster. Is In trouble for alleged violation of the local option law, and It develop that he holds a local o91ce and conducts a mercan tile business. CHRISTMAS SLIPPER Men's Leather Slippers, Harvard, $1.00. Men's Dongola Kid Slippers. Everett, $1.25. Men's Black Vlcl Kid SUppers, Hamlet, JL50. Men's Black. Vlcl Kid Slippers, opera, J1.50. Men's Tan Vlcl Kid Slippers, Hamlet. $LG0. Men's Black or Tan. Fine Slippers, opera, fl.75. Men's Black or Tan Extra Fine Slippers, $2.00. Men's Black or Tan Extra Fine Romeo, $2.50. Store Open Evenings. E. C. GODDARD & CO. OREGONIAN BUILDING. FELLOW: 309 Washington It. 12 Cents Pound Best Soft-Shell English Walnuts. 15 Cents Pound Best Mixed Nuts. 5 Cents Quart Fresh Roasted Peanuts. 8 Cents Pound Plain. Mixed Candy. 12J Cents Pound F-.ncy Mixed Candy. 18 Cents Pound Choice Chocolate Creams. 5 Cents Pound Good Dry Popcorn. 15 Cents Pound Best Shredded Cocoanut. 25 Cents Three Pounds New Dates. DR. 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