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THE SUNDAY OREGOJnAK. PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 1. 1903. 10 DREDGE ALL RIGHT NINE THOUSAND TONS OF OREGON FLOUR WILL H GO TO JAPAN ON THE BIG STEAMSHIP ALGOA- Test of the Chinook a Great Success. SIXTY MEN ARE STOWING AWAY THE CARGO IN THE VESSEL AT THE O. R. & N. DOCK. S, i WORKS WITHOUT A HITCH Tremendous Capacity of the Vessel , for Her Work Completely Dem-onstrated-Starts North for the CoIumblaRive'r. 4 u m "r-L. v mj is 3HS? vn'i' pciHTTtt-'ttiyi iseBs l ,wragBtwa ., " 3 Sfcjfc JL mm- illtav ;r; lft:l.6,r?!, H&&f$&'-i aHxl? 4r'HHMflR TjiSOJaj' jJiWlsrSil SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. SI, (Spoclal.) The big Army dredge Chinook, -formerly the Army transport Grant, was given fcer first test today off Hunter's Point, 1n San Francisco Bay, and so pleased wjth her -work were the United States Engineers In charge that they decldedshe needed to give no further demonstration of her capability, and ordered that she sail immediately for the Columbia River, where Important work awaits her. It was originally planned that the Chi nook should spend three days In prelimi nary tests, but It required but half an hour to convince Captain J. C. Sanford that she Is superior to any other dredge In the service. Naial Constructor Zahm was In charge on the -vessel when she showed her worth and without a hitch the gigantic ma chinery began to move and tons of sllmM earth were pumped from the bay v.lt'1 the ease and regularity of the ticking of a clock Captain J. T. Hubbard left this afternoon In charge of the -vessel for the Columbia River. He took as first mate O. C. Rode, and a crew of 75 men. Hub bard was formerly captain of the dredgo Cumberland on the Atlantic Coast. Later in the season, it is thought Cap tain Lyman, with' First Mate Dunbar,, will be put In charge. So successful was the work at the Navy ard and so great a saving was effected for the Government, that It willbe rec ommended that $70,000 be appropriated to place new engines in the Chinook. The Chinook is equipped with suction pipes 86 feet long, capable of dredging 43 feet below the water line of the vessel. M'INTYRE ON THE STAND. San Francisco Inspectors Investigate South Portland Wreck. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2L Inspsctors Bolles and Bulger &re probing deeply into the cause of the recent los of the steamer South Portland, and accordingly Captain J. B. Mclntjre, master of the wrecked -vessel, is being compelled to an swer numerous pointed questions about his reasons for hurrying away from the ship while subordinate officers, most of the seamen and some of the passengers were still aboard. The captain is also closely questioned (about his unseamanllke management of 'the ship after she had struck the reef and about the carelessness or lack of skill that resulted In the capsizing of one boat while it was full of passengers and sea men, and the Iosb of tho second one by allowing it to get adrift. Captain Mc Intjre and. First Officer Charles C. Bruce were the witnesses of the hearing, and the main facts broujfht out were as fol lows: When tho small boats were being low ered Captain Mclntjre knew that the en gines were running and that it Increased the danger. He did not order the en gines stopped. Captain Mclntre was the first officer to leav e the ship, and he went away in the first officer's boat, not by re quest of the fiist officer, as has been as serted, but at his own suggestion. The hearing will be resumed at 1 o'clock Mon day afternoon. Captain H. C. Nelson, of tho steamer Areata, reported at tho hydrographic of fice jesterday that at 8:30 o'clock last Sundaj morning he saw the wreck of the South Portland. The vessel was ly ing In 16 fathoms of water, about V& miles westerly from Cape Bianco light house. Northwest Rock, Port Orford reef, bears south by east from It, One of the cargo 'booms of the South Port land was about two feet out of tho water and had the leading block attached. was the heavy movement of wheat to W f 9mWsM - A.'MW ' JQrHi26ltm . - ?r vlr.v'.-ji ' liBl-9K 5 SP" V??T?5: V SH South Africa, over half of the quanUty J, 'H - Is. y M t -? WVS ' .-U IL. "H ' IBS C Sf , . , ,1M3&& P JWtlllM ? i Ci ' exported going to that quarter. Flour P.IB ' JF 'f ' H'fft HI - UrV..t V y JT fiBS ; 4f- V - ik M - 5SWP4 L M shipments in the past month were heavier 5 yB '-' JP f I 4 V J ''& ' ZiZ&- Wk Wfc -M ' ' 'V WMl 23 than in any October for three jears. U WR Mi "? l irtliiuffli JMPI I3T TllB TTTTiT fcggICTyWWW . W . MiSMMm.iS HARD SAND AT DRYDOCK. f H '.T. 'M -r J&MWJfrf-Jp 4BHStTtW T I ISBlW A j ? RVSt wJKSM1 - . I r- Slow Work Preparing Site Johns. Tho dredge Portland is putting in full time at the Port of Portland's drydock site at St. Johns, but Is not making as rapid progress a? is desired. The mate rial is found very hard to work, even with a dredge of the class of the Portland. Much of the sand and gravel now being pumped out was deposited there formerly by dredges of the port while digging the river channel and as it packod hard, this second handling Is found to be no easy undertaking. The material excavated is being deposited around the drydock berth and will provide dry land for the shops, powerhouse and other buildings needed there. Contractor "Wakefield is keeping up with tho dredge's operations and would only toe too pleased if the digging could be prosecuted faster. He has already driven several hundred piles around the basin to form the berth for the dock;. Engineer Cummings, who has just inspected the work at Vancouver, reports that the progress of the contractors on the pon toons is entirely satisfactory. They will all be completed on or before the first of the ycarand the machinery can bo Installed In them on short order. It looks now as If the pontoons will be ready some time before the berth is in shape to re ceive tho dock. It is not probable that things will he in shape to commence the docking of vesselB much before February L Among tho first vessels docked will be the O. R. & N. steamers Columbia and Geo "W. Elder. The salmon ship C. F. Sargent will also require a cleaning and overhauling before .she goes to Alaska in the Spring. Cat'ch of Two Whalers. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 31. The steam whaler Jeanette and the whaling bark Gavhead, have Just arrived in port. The Jeanette reports having captured four right whales, which netted 2300 pounds of bone and 400 pounds of Ivory. The Gay head brought in 500 barrels of sperm oil and 3000 pounds of bone, representing a catch of eight sperm and three right whales. OCTOBER LUMBER SHIPMENTS Heavy Exports, Coastwise and For eign, During the Month. Lumber shipments were heavy from this "ptJrt in the month Just ended, a total of 14.349,139 feet going out by water to for eign and coastwise ports. Of the total fchlpments. 8.C04.139 feet went foreign, the cargoes helng as follows: Feet. British bark Saxon 1,342.091 German steamer JEva 2.52C.746 British steamer Yeddo 2,796 S45 British steamer Vermont 1,934,457 British steamer Indrasamha 4,000 The Saxon's cargo went to Callao, the Eva's to Tslngtau, China; tho Teddo's to Manila, the Vermont's to South Africa and that on the Indrasamha to Hong Kcng. Of the domestic shipments in October, the cargoes given below were sent to San Francisco and San Pedro: PVeh Steamor Charles Nelson 75,000" cieamer x'lenuss 42o,000 Bark-ntine John C. Mever...'. 1.0S0.OD0 Steamer Despatch 600,000 Steamor Aberdeen E25.C00 Sihooner Sehome 800.000 Schooner Andy Mahony 750.000 Steamer Despatch GOOOdO Schooner Mable Gale 900,000 STUCK ON THE WAYS. Launching of the Manchuria Has to Be Postponed. PHILADELPHIA. Oct 3L The steam ship Manchuria, built for the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, stuck on the ways as she was being launched today at the New York Shipbuilding Company's yard in Camden, N. J. Every effort was made to launch the vessel, but without success. At noon the tide had receded, and it was found necessary to postpone the launch ing The Manchuria Js a sister ship to the Mongolia, which was launched on July 25, and which is now nearly ready for her trial trip. The Manchuria and Mon golia are intended to run between San Francisco, Hawaii, China and Japan. The dimensions of the Manchuria are G23 feet over all, 65 feet beam. 51 feet deep, with a displacement of 16,530 tons, and dead weight carrjlng capacity of 14,000 tons. Her indicated horsepower will be about 12000, and the average speed will be about IS knots. Long Trip of a Canoe. VICTORIA. B. C.vOct 3L. The Tlllicum, an Indan canoe converted Into a jacht of four tons, which left Victoria to tour the world with a lone mariner, J. C. Voss, and which made the trip to Australia, has been reported in letters received from Voss, dated at Tanu, New Hebrides, on September 9. He Is en route to Thursday Island, and to Africa, whence ho Intends to cruise to London. GRAIN AND FLOUR SHIPMENTS. Eight Cargoes Cleared From Portland Last Month. The fourth month v the cereal year saw light grain cargoes cleared from this port. The pesscl3 sailing were the Emello Galllene, Windsor Park, Australia, Ella, Duns Law, Vermont Grande Duchesso Olga and County of Inverness. The total wheat shipments amounted to E54.1& bushels and the combined wheat and flour shipments 1.392.512 bushels, as compared with 2,256,223 bushels in the month of October last year. The feature of the month's exporting Changing Astoria's Water Line. ASTORIA. Or., Oct 3L (Special ) Preparations are being made to mark the prese'nt harbor line along the water front In the eastern portion of the city, as well as the place where the relocation of the harbor line Is desired, so that Major Langfitt when he arrives here next Wedncsdey to confer with the citizens and business men, can see just what the pro posed change would mean. Soundings are also to be made in that vicinity In order to show the changes that have taken place in the channel since the last Government survey was made in ISO). sNo Trace of Missing Vessel. SYDNEY, N. S. W.. Oct 3L The British cruiser Mlldura, with which the British cruiser Pi lades and four merchant steam ers, sailed from here Thursday in search of the British steamer Ovalau. then eight days overdue from Norfolk Island, with 25 passengers on board, has returned to this port without having found any trace of the missing vessel. Nelson May Tow Two Brothers. ASTORIA, Or., Oct 3L (Special.) Ar rangements were practically rompletedby Captain Dearborn today for the steam schooner Charles Nelson to tow the shk Two Brothers to San Francisco. The Nel son is loading lumber at Westport. and is expected to be ready to go to sea Mon day. Marine Notes. The steamship Algoa loaded flour at the O. R. & N. dock yesterday. Tho steamship Kobe will shift from Montgomery dock to the O. R. & N. dock today to load flour. No word had. been received from Asto ria last night of the tug Sampson, which Is towing the barge Washtucna down from Ladysmlth. The barge Is laden with 1500 tons of "Wellington coal. The Regulator steamer Bailey Gatzert carried out a good crowd of excursionists yesterday bound for Goldendale, In addi tion to her regular list- of passengers for The Dalles and river points. The Gold endale excursionists will return to Port land Monday. The steamer Mascot is Ivlng at Kamm'a dock receiving some extensive repairs to her boiler. The steamer "Walker is being run in her place on the Lewis River route. As more potatoes, prunes and other freight is offered than tho "Walker can carry. It Is probable that a larger boat will be put on the run tomorrow. Domestic and foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Oct. 3L Arrived doro at 8:43 A. M. British steamship Indrasamha. Ar rived down at 9 A it French bark Grande DuchesEe Olga. Sailed at 7:30 A M. Steamer O. "W. Elder, for San Francisco. Arrived down at midnight and sailed at 8 A M. Steamer Despatch, for Son Francisco. Arrived at 8 A If. Schooner Argus, from Ban Pedro Sailed at 10 A M. Barkehtlna Omega, for San Francisco. Left up at 3. 1.1 P. M. French bark Germalne. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind southeast; weather cloudy. San Francisco. Oct. 31. Sailed at 10 A M. Schooners Compeer and "W7. F. Jewett, for Portland. San Francisco, OcL SI. Arrived Steamer Centennial, from Seattle; schooner Ethel Zane, from Gray's Harbor; schooner North Bend, from Coos Bay. Sailed Schooner C T. Hill, for Tillamook. Hamburg. Oct. 31. Arrived Auguste Vic toria, from New York. Queenstown. Oct 31. Arrived Urrlbrla, from New York. Plymouth,-Oct. 31. Arrived Grosser Kur furst. from New York. New York, Oct. 31. Arrlv td Philadelphia, from Southampton. Nantucket Lightship, Oct. 31. The steam ship Etrurlo, from Liverpool, was 10 miles east at 0 A. M. today. Seattle, Oct 3L Sailed Steamer Umatilla for San rranclsco. Arrived Steamer Queen, from San Francisco; steamer City of Seattl, from Skag-ray steamer Jeanle, from Valdes; British ship" Eskasonl, from Antwerp; iteamcr Humboldt, from Skagway. Tacoma, Oct. 31. Arriv ed Steamer Jamos Dollar, from San Francisco. Sailed Bar- kentlne Georgians, for San Pedro. New York. Oct. 31. MUano. from Genoa; Irfand. from Copenhagen: Etmr! ,-. Liverpool; La Touralns. from Havre. Sailed Zeeland. for Antwerp: Lucanla, for Liver pool; California, for Marseilles. Queensto'vn. Oct. 31. SalUd-CeKIc. for .ew York. Arriv ed-Qrosser Kurf urst Tfrorn New York for Cherbourg New'Yorfc21- -rd-La Oascogne. for xi f Yo& CU -Salled-Vaderland, r York" CL 31 SaUed-Main. for New New Tori'' U -Sed-CMnpaata. for WILL MAKE TIME CARDS HARRIMAN SYSTEM OFFICIALS TO MEET IN SALT LAKE. New Cut-Off Being Built by Union Pacific In Utah Will Change Schedules in Oregon. A meeting of officials of the lines com prising the Harriman system will bo held In Salt Lako tomorrow, and it is -expected that some action will be taken there which will materially affect Ore gon branches of the system. A new time card will probably be arranged that will change that of the O. R. & N. and Short Line, and It is expected that improve ments will be decided upon for the lines between Portland and the Mormon citjv Besides these matters a new transconti nental tlmo card for tho Union Pacific Is to bo arranged and other matters of routine business will be attended to. The meeting will last two or three days and will be attended by a large number of railroad men. Tho action of this meet ing will bo of Interest and Importance to a large portion of the country. The O. R. & N. will be represented at the convention by President A. L. Moh- ler, James r. uanen, supennienaent; Richard B. Miller, general freight agent, and J. F. Graham, master mechanic These officials left last night over the g. R. & N. for Salt Lake. The South ern Pacific will be represented by officials from San Francisco. None of the local officials will be In attendance. Tho matter of prime importance to como before the meeting will he the ar rangement of a new transcontinental time card for the Union Pacific to go ino ef fect when tho Ogden-Lucln cut-off Is completed. The construction of this piece of road across an arm of Great Salt Lake will shorten the route between Ogden and the coast by 100 miles or more, and will do away with some heavy grades that have to bo dealt with now. A great sav ing of time will be made, and as a con sequence some decided changes In the timf r-nril -nfll haver to bo made. This change will make the through trains ar. nve Ul Uracil u.k uuit;i cut uiun iiuui uic I present schedule, and this, of course, will necessitate a change In the time cards of the Short Line and O. R. & N. to make satisfactory connections. An effort will be made to make this change a beneflclaK one. To what extent the schedules of the roads between here and Ogden will be altered cannot be prophesied at pres ent. Tho contemplated changes will not af fect the time card of the Oregon branch of the Southern Pacific, say local offi cials of the road, and it Is likely that this road will not be affected to any great extent by any of the proceedings of the meeting. innthnr TnnttPT- nffoetlncr the O. R. & N. that will probably be up for consid eration by tho officials will be that of new engines on the Short line and O. R. & N. It is stated that a number of new ones are to be put into service on the road. Freight rates will also be discussed, but It is stated that nothing more than routine business In this connection will be dealt with. No special alterations either one way or the other are anticipated by local officials. What changes are determined upon will probably not go Into effect before the first of next year, as it 4s hardly probable that the remarkable piece of road across Great Salt Lako will be In condition for use be fore that time. At present there remains quite a gap to be filled up and under the most favorable conditions the work can not be accomplished in less than two months. railroad communication with the interior of the republic, by the extension of a branch line of the International Railway to Durango. The propoed line 13 to bo 160 miles long and will cost 117,000.000. Mellen Is Elected President. NEW YORK, Oct 31. Charles S. Mel lon was today elected president of the New York. New Haven & Hartford Rail road Company by the directors of the road. 1903-4 GRAIN FLEET FROM PORTLAND. Wheat- J U LY. Bushels. ValucSoll'd. i pVmIo1111'.?1"' ship, 14SS, Brabender. Durban, Balfr... 3.7U 5 3.030 2G -1-Rhuddlan Castle, Br. ship,' 1993; Rob'ts, XgoaBay. 'Stevens.. 114,330 31,9 24 SEPTEMBER. 30-Nauarchos (B), Ger. bark, 27S3, Rowhl, U. K. f. o S3.704 $G3,2S0 15 OCTOBER. tSriiIe 9a,1111ne,ic)' Br- bark. 1505, Jean. Ipswich. Kerr 22,482 J1G.500 -iS;X,nr Park D' Br- shlP. 1CS2, Llvlrfjfe. Durb'n. P.F.M.CO. C0.S90 48.103 1&-Australla, Br. bark. 2037. iCorff, Cape Town. Kerr .123.621 103.63G 22 Elba. Ger. str.. 2634. Kelner, Kobe?, o., Balfour 1S3.400 146.000 23-Dunsiaw (E), Br. bark, 1531, Nichols, Aigoa Bay, P. F. M. Co.. 90.720 72.57C 23 Vermont 07), Br. str., 2723. Haynes. East London, Stevens ... 93,653 70,736 23-G Duchesse Olga Fr. bark. 1567, Guerlc, U. K. f. o.. McNear.102,300 82,000 0S''.?fJlnv,erTlSss G Br- shP. 1612, Gray. Algoa Bay, Kerr C3.5S4 54,276 balled following month. 12 14 (A) Also 22,641 bbls. flour. $70,187. (B) Also 99,173 bush, barley, 561.8S4. (C) Also 90.426 bush, barley. $50,000. (D) Also 12.500 bbls. flour. 545.000. (E) Also 34C0 bbls. flour, 512 348. (F) Also 1738 bbls. flour, 55370. and miscellaneous cargo. (G) Also tdOO bbls. flour, 517,000, and 4709 bushels barley, $2260. X SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER. Wheat To Europe ... To Africa .... To Orient .... To California 1903 Bushels. "Value. .124,782 59S.500 -1502- 444.4S0 1S3.4O0 35,533 349.447 146.000 74,516 Bushels. Value. 1.702,223 $1,144,251 -1301- 100,850 56,666 70.52j 39,606" Bushels. Value. 1,736,033 $1,016,932 3,560 1,394 Total wheat 854,125 6CS.463 1,859,679 $1,254,445 1,733,653 $1.01S,9S3 Flour Barrels. To the Orient 76,523 To South Africa 22.66S To California 20.435 Total 119.C26 Flour reduced to wheat measure Wheat as above .... 538.317 854.195 Value. 52S5.60S 79.718 77,653 $442,979 $442,373 C68.463 Barrels. Value. 52.579 32.36S 3,174 5157.737 93,867 S.8S7 Barrelsi. Value. S3.310 5247,133 15,823 41,155 SS421 $250,491 .30,544 1.S9.679 $260,401 51.404,742 105,139 473.125 2,272,653 2SS.34S 52SS.31S 51.01S.9S6 Total wheat and flour.l,S32,512 $1,111,442 2,256,223 $1,404,712 2,272,778 $1,307,334 Convention Here. It was with the determination to fight to a victorious finish that the local dele gates to the convention of the American Association of Traveling Passenger Acents boarded the train last night for New Orleans. They 50 armed with a plentiful supply of literature with which to boom Portland and with money to .nnn.1 tn ndvprtlslnir the "convention city." They will meet the Mexican dele gations on the field or oatue ana witn much confidence of success they will en ter, the fray. ri nnrtv at local railroad men who will represent Portland at the convention which meets In New Orleans on Novem ber 11 12 and 13, is h'eaded by J. P. Jones, of the Southern Pacific; W. C. Seachrest of the New York Central lines; James Casey, of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and M. J. Roche, of the Rio Grande Western. Those who "left last night were accompanied by their wives, and It was a jolly party that set forth on the long journey The local delegtion will be joined in Seattle by the delegation from Washington, and tho California con tingent will be met at Birmingham, Ala. The party went provided with any num ber of Invitations from the officials of the state and city and from the various mhp. organizations of Portland. The Chamber of Commerce gave $200 to be used in advertising the city in the South ern metropolis. A strong fight is to be made by the City of Mexico, but the Pacific Coast dele gates are united and their battle cry 13 "Portland, 04." Portland In 1904. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 31. Word has just reached here by irtall that the Mex ican port of Mazatlan is about to have Can't Be Admitted as Statuary. Nr-crrv "vrmTJ" Oct-- 21. Tn nxi onlnion handed down by Judge Walte, the Board of General Appraisers has .decided ad versely the protest of Attelo Salvloll against the Collector of Customs at New DrlMna. The decision finds that marblo ases, bases and pedestals for statues are not statuary and must not be admitted to the ports under the duty against the latter. Last Pesos to Be Coined for Time. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3L The Super intendent of the Mint has turned over a shipment of 1,455,000 pesos to the War Department the last that will be coined hero for a long time. A guard of 20 sol diers escorted the coin to the transport Sheridan for transportation to Manila. arURINK EYE KE3IEDY. A home cure for Eye troubles. Never fails to win friends. Used for infant and adult. Murine don't smart Soothes Eie-paln. t No route across the continent offers so many attractions as does the Denver & Rio Grande. Write the Portland Agencj, 124 Third street, for illustrated booklets. 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