i "it- 'fc 2Z . THE -.SUNDAY NOVEMBER HEAVY WHEAT SHIPMEN1S PORTLAND CLEARED A CARGO A DAY IAST WEEK. British Steamship Langbanlc Arrives for 3Vneat Fleet of. Sailer v Off the River. Portland got out six wheat and flour c&nroes In five days last week, the Nesaia, which finished Friday and cleared yes terday, making the elxth, an average of xnore than a cargo per day for the week. This is a good starter for the month, and with the tonnage now on hand to be load ed will Insure a November fleet of over 20 vessels. The week's fleet of six vessels carried nearly 500,000 bushels of wheat and over 22,000 barrels of flour. The Nesaia, which was the last of the fleet to finish, carried 101,571 bushels of wheat, which was over 1000 bushels more than was carried by the same ship when she loaded "here a year ago. The vessels finishing during the week, with the number of bushels, of wheat carried, were as follows: Wheat, Name bushels. Lady Isabella U.2W) Leyfand Brothers .126,239 G. H. "Wappaus 67,517 Albania 67.340 Crown of India .107,980 Nesaia .101.571 Total r. 4&.307 Xady Isabella 101.668 Total ' 5S3.S75 Flour reduced to wheat. - The record of a cargo a day may "not "be maintained for the coming week, but as a number of big carriers wIlL finish, the amount of wheat set afloat will be about equal to that of the' past week. Exclusive of the ships which have finished, there are still 16 chartered vessels In the river, near ly all of which will get away before the end of the month. The Albania left down yesterday morning, and the VTappaus will follow today. None of the loaded fleet in the lower harbor went to sea yesterday, and t may be several days yet before a start will be made with them. MAKING FAST TIME. American Mail Route Saves Time From. Australia to Europe. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. When the Cunard liner Umbria bails this morning she will carry a batch of mall matter that arrived In San Francisco on last Monday on the steamship Ventura, from Sdney and Auckland. It will be the speediest mail delivery ever accomplished In the world more than half way around the clobe by steam at sea and steam on land, and steam at sea again. In less than SO days. The New York Central railroad will de liver the mall bog which Includes several "bags on board the Cunarder, within nve minutes of her sailing time this morning, and the steamship will have the letters In the London postofilce on the morning of November 16. It will beat the fiction of Phineas Fogg by 20 days. The Ventura left Melbourne, Australia, on October 14 bound for San Francisco, by way of Sidney, Auckland and Hono lulu. From Melbourne to San Francisco the distance is about 9200 miles; from Sydney it is about 8500 miles; from Hono lulu 2600 miles. The Ventura stopped at each of these ports. She arrived at Syd ney late on the 15th, and her average speed was about 400 kHOts in the 24 hours. From Sydney It took her three days to Auckland, and from Auckland to oHnolulu 21 days. Her passage from Honolulu to the Gold en Gate was exceptionally speedy, al though It did not break the record. The Ventura anchored in American waters on the morning of November 4. The mail bags were brought ashore and placed on the regular mall trains of the Southern Pacific and then run over the Union Pa. cine, the Burlington and the Lake Shore and then to the New York Central. The first feat of this -sort was on Sep tember 7. The run was made over the Central and the mall was put on board the Campania on that date and delivered In the London .postofilce and made ready for distribution on the morning of Sep tember 14. This run was not like that which will be finished this morning. A special train was run on the Lake Shore road from Chicago to Toledo and ripped over the rails at 60 miles an hour, overtaking the fast mail, which had left two hours before. Todaj 's mall delivery will be "by regular trans continental mall trains. The extreme distance from Melbourne to London by way of San Francisco and New York is 15,265 miles. Nearly 11,000 miles of the new route between England and Its far-away colony are covered b American ships and railway trains. The, "beating of the last record of 31 days will prove that mall can be taken through New York more quickly than through the Suez Canal and much more quickly luan oy tne all-water route. Arrived on Time. - NEW YORK, Nov. 9. A consignment of mall, which left Sydney. Australia, Oc tober IB, for London, England, by tho American route. nrrlvp1 in tw nitv at 10:40 this morning, and was dispatched on xne steamsmp umona, which left for London this afternoon. The mail arrived on the Ventura at San Francisco Novem ber 4, and was carried across the continent by regular mall trains. The time consumed In the transmitting of the mall from Sydney to London will be about 31 days a feaving of four days ver the Suez Canal route. LAXGBAXK IX PORT. " Bis Freighter Conies In Before a ' Westerly- Gale. The big tramp" steamer Lanjibank ar rived in yesterday afternoon, after a long passage irom iioju She comes to Port land for a wheat cargo, and will,, carry over 6000 tons. The Langbank is a modern-built freighter of 2966 tons net and 4399 tons gross register, and is 3S2 feet long, with 47.1 feet beam and 21.7 feet depth of hold. The steamer was not built zor speed, and her slow passage across the Pacific Is not altogether due to the bad weather, as her power Is much lighter tnan taat or similar-sized ships which have recently loaded at Portland. She has triple compound engines, with 23, 40U and 6S-Inch cylinders, by 48-Inch stroke. The Langbank will be of material assistance In swelling the November shipments, as she will carry as much as two average-sized eauiufe vcsacifi. BIG DEAL IX STEAMSHIPS. Morgan Said to Be Negotiating for Part of Hamburg-American Line. NEW YORK, Nov. 9. When an attempt was maae to interview Emil Boas, man ager in this country of the Hamburg- American line, concerning the report that Herr Balln, director of the Hamburg American Company. Is In London trying to arrange the sale of 18 steamers It is Believed to j. . jsiorgan he expressed surprise at the information cabled, and would only add: "This is all news to me. " I have not heard a single word from Hamburg to in dicate this. I cannot discuss it at all." THRKE-CORXERED COXTEST. Grain Ships From Portland, Tacoma and San Francisco to Race. The British ships East Indian, Eden ballymore and Australian, all owned by Lang & Fulton, of Greenock, and all built at Port Glasgow, sailed from Portland, Tacoma and San Francisco, respectively, on October 16 for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. The owners and other ship ping men arc much Interested in the out come of this race around the world. Judg ing by the records of past performances. '.Portland la at a decided dlsadvant&irft In this contest,, as we have the slowest ship. The Australian and the Edenballymore have both made fast passages out of here, but the East Indian proved a slow mover when she sailed from this port. However, the fresh water of the "Willamette sent the craft out with a good, clean bottom, which of itself Js as good as a 10 days handicap when compared with the shape that both of the other ship? will go out In. If the East Indian does not lead the trio into Queenstown, she will not be far behind them. ( FXEET IX THE OFFIXG. 1 ' French Bark, Three-Masted Ship and Four-Masted Barkentine Ontside. The southerly weather of the past few days Is bringing up another fleet of ves sels, and, while none of the grain ships except the steamer Langbank arrived In yesterday, a fleet Is reported outside. A. M. Sampson's clipper barkentine Addenda arrived in from Callao yesterday after noon. The exact run made by the vessel is not known "as yet, but as she was in port at Callao September 10, she has un doubtedly made pretty fast time. She ar rived in about 1 o'clock, and soon "after she reached port another four-masted barkentine was reported outside, together with a three-masted ship and a French bark. There are so many vessels due about this time that it would be a difficult mat ter to make an accurate guess as to the identity of the strangers, but the French bark is probably the Grande Duchess Olga. The'barkentime Renfleld Is out 38 days from Plsagua, but that is too near to a record-breaking passage for her, and the vessel is probably a coaster. First July Ship. The British ship Nlvelle, which had a 10 day start of the Madagascar, which led the 1901-02 Portland grain fleet into Queens town, arrived out at the Irish port Fri day, after a good passage of 129 days, which was one day better than an average passage, but over two weeks slower than the run made by the Madagascar. The tail-enders of the old-season fleet are still on the way, but will undoubtedly be heard from within a few days. Canard Liner Delayed. QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 9. The Cunard line steamer Campania, from New York November 2 for Liverpool, which arxiv ed here this morning, was delayed 21 hours by terrific gales, Domestic and Foreign Ports. 'ASTORIA, Nov. fl.-Salled At S.15 A. M., tug5 Vosburg, for Nehalem; at 9:50, iteamer Columbia, for San Francisco. Left up At 9.15 A M., French bark Belen, French bark Lamoriclere. Arrived At 3 P. M., British steamship Langbank, from Moji; at 1:35 P. M., American bark Addenda, from Callao for Knappton; at 4 P. M., steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Re ported outside at 4 P. M. French bark, three-masted ship and four-masted bark entine. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; wind west, with sdualls. Tacoma, Nov. 9. Arrived Sohooner Robert Lewors, from Honolulu; steamer Washtenaw, from San Francisco; ship Florence, from Honolulu; German steamer Barneses, from Seattle; British steamer Queen Adelaide, from Hong Kong. Sailed Bark Highland Light, for San Francisco; Russian bark Fahrw o.d, for Queenstown. Havre, Nov. 9. Arrived La Champagne, from New York. Queenstown, Nov. 9. Arrived Cam pania, from Liverpool. New York, Nov. 9. Arrived Philadel phia, from Southampton"; Lucanla, from Liverpool; Phoenicia, from Hamburg. Naples, Nov. 9. Arrived Sicilian, from New York. San Francisco, Nov. 9. Arrived Steamer Santa Ana, from Seattle; Gotama, from Coos Bay. Sailed Steamer Geo, W. Elder, for Astoria, ship America, for Comox; steamer Progreso, for Seattle; schooner G. W. Wntson, for Portland; schooner W. F. Tewett, for Tacoma. New York, Nov. 9. Sailed Mesaba, for London; Rotterdam, for Rotterdam; Co lumbia, for Naples; Umbria, for Liverpool; Pretoria, for Hamburg. Hankow Arrived Nov, 6-pceano, from Portland. Or., via Muroran, .tc Hong Kong, Nov. 9. Arrived previously Breamer, from Seattle via Yokohama. Yokohama, Njov. 9. Arrived preiously Coptic, from San Francisco and Honolulu for Hong Kong. Genoa, Nov. 9. Sailed Fuerst Bismarck, for New York. Antwerp, Nov. 9. Sailed Haverford, for New York. Ha re, Nov. 9 Sailed La Bretagne, for New York. Liverpool, Nov. 9. Sailed Etrurla, for New York. Queenstown, Nov. 9. Sailed Celtic, from Liverpool for NewiSork. Bremen, Nov, 9. Sailed Kpenigen Luis, for New York. - 'J Cherbourg, Nov. 9. S: Had St Paul, from Southampton for New York. Auckland, Nov. 9. Sailed Sierra, from Sydney, N. S. W., for San Francisco. SAME OLD ARGUMENTS. Thomas Buckman Again Advances a Plea 'for Socialism. MARSHFIELD. Nov. S.-(To the Editor.) .It is a known fact In history that where there has been any great change-, political, moral or social, it has been at first an nounced by the few and condemned by the many. The institution of slavery when it ex isted here In the United States wag op-4 posed, as being morally wrong, by a few who were known as rabid Abolitionists. They drew vivid pictures of danger afieaa, but the masses appeared to be contented with the then existing conditions. It is needless to say that tho Abolitionists were the true prophets, or to more than refer to the matter, that the great common mass of the people were asleep to the4 coming storm that was to break so sud denly over their heads. That our present condition Is perfectly safe It would be un wise to say. In I860 there were none able to picture out what the next five years would bring them; so It Is now there is nobody pos sessed with authority to speak authen tically for the next five years. That affairs are badly out of balance among men all will admit. While one man receives as wages- $1 for 10 hours labor, and another roan receives at the Tate of over four dol lars a minute for the 10 hours each day there is a stretch of difference drawn out so far that there is a liability to break at most any time. I will admit that the word 'socialism" Is possessed of a vagueness that renders It very uncertain as to what It is or where It would lead to so far as the com mon mind is concerned, and they are not much to blame who associate socialism with anarchy. In fact, the words Chris tianity, Altruism, Socialism and Anarchy all start from about the same point, but it is after they start out towards actual exemplification that the difference makes Itself manifest I will drop any consider ation of Christianity and Altruism and will consider socialism and anarohy as starting off together. They both agree perfectly that it is right for the individ ual to have all the liberty possible so long as he admits to every other individual the same rights. They get along very nicely together until they come to a point of rights which It Is difficult to de termine to whom they may properly be long; there is where they get apart and very widely apart, too. Anarchy being without law every one becomes a law unto himself. Many a poor fellow has swung to a limb through a manifestation of anarchy; the negro in committinghIs crime, and as h6 roasts at the staKe; both acts are anarchy bear ing fruit; the fellow who, unwisely at the time, expressed his dissatisfaction with the administration of President McKlnley at the time of his assassination, and had his choice to accept a coat of tar and feathers or immediately leave the country, felt the hand of anarchy upon him. Socialism is the highest manifestation of law A(d order that the people are able to attain to, both being the expression, as nearly as possible, of tho will of -the peo ple as decided by a majority vote. That eome who proclaim socialism may be emotional and act in many ways with out reason no one can deny, but that so cialism of itself la emotional is equivalent to saying that any good thing Is emo tional. The socialism we already, have, is neither emotional nor unreasonable; we will cite, for instance., all streets and pub lic highways, our school system, to the extent it dealsallke with all; our postal system; our courts, bo long as they carry out their Intent of doing Justice to all par ties; and our cities where they hold and operate public utilities for the general welfare rather than for profit. There Is no part in the above cited Instances that tho people would wish restricted; and no candid thought can admit of but one course, and that Is to enlarge rather than to restrict the field of public control. Socialism is something that has come forward for consideration, and It Is go ing to be considered, and the more thor oughly It Is understood the more favora ble Is going to be fhat consideration. THOMAS BUCKMAN. SICK MADE WEIL ' WEAK MADE STRONG Marvelous Elixir of Life Discovered by Famous Doctor-Scientist That Cures Every Known 4 Ailment. Wonderful Cures Are Effected, That Seem Lixe Miracles Performed The Secret of Long Life of 01 dV en Times Revived. The Remedy Is Free to All Who Send Xame and Address. After years of patient study, and delv ing into the dusty record of the past, as well as following modern experiments In the realms of medical science. Dr. James W. 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Sexty was se- verely punished about the face, but Rlb becke escaped with slight injuries,