THE SUNDAY .OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND JANUARY 28, 1906.
FOUR Oil LIFEBAFT
IT SI
Reason Departed When the
Topeka Failed to See
Their Frantic Signals.
BUNKER HAILED AS HERO
Professor Who Lost His Family Gives
His Shirt From His Back to a
Fcllow-Suffcrcr and Gives
Heart to the Party.
SAILOR'S MINI) AFFECTKD.
SEATTLE. "Wash.. Jan. 27. (Spe
cial.) Joe Sepalos. the Greek who
tried to swim ashore from the steam
er Valencia with a line by which it
waa planned to send passengers to
the rocky coast of Vancouver Island,
Is affected mentally by his terrible
experience. When he landed from the
boat that brought him to Seattle,
Segalos threw his arms around -Assistant
Manager Pharo of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company and kissed
him effusively. Pharo attempted to
escape the affectionate greeting, but
was unable to do so.
Later in the day the Greek sailor
entered a downtown clothing store
and demanded 18 suits of under
clothing. He wanted immediate de
livery and was Incensed when lie
could not be served. His other ac
tions shew an erratic frame of mind
resulting from his experiences
aboard the boat.
VICTORIA. B. C. Jan. 27. The steamer
Salvor returned from the wreck today
with the survivors and the U. S. S.
Grant will reach Seattle tonight with 11
more and three bodies, while the tug:
Bahada with two fiBhingr dories is try
ing: to recover the others washed ashore
near the scene of the wreck, which can
not be taken over the difficult trail. Six
teen bodies had been recovered up to this
evening; five being: identified, and search
is being continued for others.
The Salvor brought Frank Connors, a
waiter, and George Long, fireman, to Vic
toria, and botli were immediately re
moved to the Marine Hospital, as they
were suffering severely, being bruised
badly and swollen from exposure.
Connors was for a time in danger of
losing his reason from hardships and ex
posure on the raft on which he
drifted to Turret Island in Barclay
Sound with nine others, of whom four
became mad, .one so violent that he had
to be restrained byhls fellows. Connors,
imbued by the hallucination that he had
5cen a lighthouse, wandered off into the
brush, where he almost succumbed to
. the .privations endured before he was
found a day later by an Indian and trans
ferred to the steamer Salvor, muttering,
almost Insane.
Shock When Signals Are Sighted.
Long was also on that raft. Both men
had a frightful experience after leaving
the vessel, not the least shocking of it
being when they signalled madly to the
steamer City of Topeka, which they took
to be the Salvor, and saw the steamer
sail away, leaving them to drift at the
mercy of the waves until they drifted
ashore, with four of their companions
raving maniacs before death came to
them.
F. F. Bunker and the other survivors
who made their way over the trail suf
fered much hardships before they were
transferred to the Grant, after being suc
cored by the Salvor's crew. Bunker was
loudly praised by his fellows, he being
a man of great vigor and bravery. "When
he reached Pachena he was clad only
in his trousers and had boots tied with a
piece of string to hold them together.
His shoulders were covered by a blanket,
he having given his shirt to a fellow
sufferer.
List of Rescued Is Finished.
From this party the Associated Press
correspondent who returned by the Sal
vor learned that the signals seen on the
shore by the tug Lome, as a result of
which the Egeria's bluejackets were sent
to endeavor to make a landing on Thurs
day, were not "those of further survivors,
having been made by one of the party
of nine journeying from Darling Creek.
This disposes of the belief that others
escaped, and the total number of surviv
ors is shown to have been but 37, out
of the total on board. the steamer of 154
persons.
The survivors who drifted Into Barclay
Sound on a raft speak highly of the brav
ery of both the steward and stewardess
and their department. They say that be
fore they loft the Bhip the steward and
stewardess were engaged constantly in
passing food to all, and long after the
crew took to the rigging the steward and
many of his waiters passed up meat and
sandwiches to those lashed to the yard
arm of the wreck.
Narrow Escape of Sealer.
The night of Tuesday, "when the ship
wrecked people were in the rigging, was
a terrible one, as a high wind, which was
'almost responsible for the loss of the
Eealing schooner Casco, which, had sailed
from Victoria on Sunday last, was blow
ing. The Casco put into Bamfleld on
"Wednesday morning, and Captain Munro
reported that on Tuesday night the seal
ing schooner was within a few yards of
being wrecked off Cape Beale, and if she
had not cleared the point, her entire crew
' of 24 would doubtless have been all lost.
"When the sealers told of the storm,
which Captain Munro said was one of tho
worst he had experienced, those at Bam
ficld thought that none of tho people in
.the rigging of the Valencia would have
survived that night. That same day a
.telephone message was received from
Linoman Logan and the land party which
'went "by the land trails to the wreck from
Cloo Ose, and the lineman told a tragic
talc of seeing the wreck break up at noon
"Wednesday, carrying away all who had
, survived the terrors of the previous night.
Lines From Guns Fall Short.
The three shots heard by those on tho
Queen as she stood by the wreck on
"Wednesday were the sounds of attempts
made to throw lines ashore. Lineman
.Logan telephoned the Associated Press
correspondent at Pachena that three lines
"had been sent shoreward. The first fell
.short, the second reached shore and was
caught by Logan, who was making it fast
to a piece of rock when it broke. The
.third foil short, striking the face of the
.rock.
Those on the rock saw the failure of the
attempt, and when signals were made tho
,hots could not "be heard above the roar
of the waves. Although the wreck was
-only 15 yards away, tho men on the wreck
waved their arms, indicating that there
were no more lines. The last hope had
.gone, and soon afterward, when the
steamer Queen had Just left the scene,
thc.men on land saw the end.
Before long the wreckage began to wash
on the rocks, and there tb first five bod
1
ies were found. Barrels, casks and all
manner of freight was then washed
ashore, and the Kltinat Indians and those
of Cloo Ose and Pachena &vc since been
busy gathering what they can.
The NJtlnat Indians propose to hold a
potlatch in a few days with the goods
they have secured. The men at tho
scene are preventing any looting, how
ever. The government agents are organizing
posses of Indians to search for bodies,
especially in the Barclay Sound direction
and near "Ucluelet. where it Is believed
the majority of the bodies will be re
covered, as the tide sets in that direction.
This afternoon a dispatch from the As
sociated Press correspondent at Ucluelet
reported the finding of a body on Erickett
Island, cast of Turret Island, in the
broken group, and later tthc correspond
ent at Cape Beale told of another body.,
that of Fred Erickson of Iowa, having
been located near Capo Beale.
Investigation of Disaster.
The Dominion government has decided
to hold an Investigation Into the wreck
of the Valencia, and as a rcsudt of this
it Is considered that the question of bet
ter protection for shipping on the west
coast of Vancouver Island will be gone
into fully and steps taken to secure the
necessary arrangements. Captain Gaudin,
the local agent of marine, has not yet
been advised of arrangements for the in
quiry. It is doubtful whether a Coroner's In
quest will be held here, now that the
bodies recovered are being sent to
Seattle. The government inquiry will
answer this purpose.
The tug Bahada reached Bamfleld
Creek tonight, with Captain Patterson,
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company,
on board, tho tug having picked him up
at Neah Bay, together with some dories,
which will be used, with fishermen man
ning them, to search the coast for bodies.
The revenue cutter Grjnt was standing
at the scene of the wreck when the
Bahada arrived and two officers of the
Grant, and Bunker, the passenger from
the Valencia, as well as some of the men
from the Bahada, made a landing near
the scene to get the bodies found. Be
fore these could be taken into the dories
the sea began to rise and they had to
leave in order to get through the surf
without the bodies.
Bunker Would Patrol Beach.
Bunker, the Seattle Assistant School
Superintendent, who survived the disas
ter, and who has been energetic in his
work since reaching shore, offered his
services to patrol the beach. If the gov
ernment would allow him men. He said
bodies were being washed In all along the
shore, but it was only possible to search
for them at low water. Captain Patter
son, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, tried to organize an Indian crew
to search, and. failing to get sufficient
men, lie will proceed to Noah Bay to get
Indians and canoes from there.
Eleven bodies had been found near the
wreck and Lightkeeper Patterson found
another near the lighthouse.
The Bahada put Into Bamfleld for the
night and it will return to the scene of
the wreck In the morning and if pos
sible mako landings with the dories. The
officers of tho Grant will return also after
landing her survivors and bodies at
Seattle.
MADE -MAD BY SUFFERING.
Frightful Experiences of Refugees
on the Second Li f era ft.
VICTORIA. B. C.. Jan. 27.-Chief Cook
Hancock, a survivor of the Valencia's life
raft found in Barclay Sound, in telling of
tho experiences of thoso who were with
him on tho raft, said so poignant was the
disappointment of the shipwrecked men
when the steamer Queen failed to see
their signals and sheered away that one
went mad and a few minutes later died.
The others, to lighten the raft, pushed his
body overboard. Then another passenger.
with a cry. slipped off the raft, leaving
eight
These were clinging to the frail raft.
witli seas beating over them, when one.
Greggy. became Insane and was soon vio
lent. While same tried to propel the
raft landward, others were obliged to
hold him. Hancock, who fell asleep, was
awakened by Greggy clutching his throat
and trying to choke him, the Insane man
saying meanwhile: "ou are . wild dog
and good to cat."
At last, through the spray the wooded
sides- of Turret Island wore seen, and as
the raft drifted near shore. Wilson" be
came crazy, and with a wild cry leaped
into the sea. The raft, with four sur
vivors and three bodies of those who suc
cumbed within sight of land, grounded on
a sandy beach. The raft was left drifting
off shore until found next morning by the
Salvor and the bodies recovered. Greggy,
tne maa man, was one of those whose
bodies were found.
The four survivors, as soon as they
crept from the raft, staggered above high
water mark and fell into a stupor. Frank
Connors, who had imagined he had seen
a lighthouse, wandered into the bush.
Next morning the Salvor dispatched two
boats and located him lying on a log,
seml-unconscioup, and muttering "he was
going to find the lighthouse." He was
revived with difficulty and it was expected
oy JJoctor Hart, on the Salvor, that his
reason and health would be restored.
Hancock, the chief cook of the Valen
cia, has survived no less than four ship
accidents, three being total wrecks, with
in two years. ' He was on board the Queen
when she took Are two years ago and
on the steamers Oregon and Geo. W. El
der when they were wrecked. Shields.
another survivor, was a survivor of the
Islander disaster.
TULES IN LIFE - PRESERVERS
Found by Government to Stand the
Required Test for Buoyancy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27. When the
attention of Inspector of Hulls arid Boil
ers Whitney was called to the charge of
F. F. Bunker that the lifeprcservers on
the steamer Valencia were of seaweed,
and were inferior, he said:
"The United States regulations allow tho
use of tho tule llfepreserver under cer
tain conditions, specified in the report of
the supervising inspector. There are two
kinds mentioned that come up to tho
requirements. One is the Dunant's tule
llfepreserver, made in California, tho
other Is the Le Due tule llfepreserver,
made in the East. These preservers are
inspected at the factories and after they
are placed aboard ship. We have a man
visit the factory hero once a month or
oftener. If the preservers do not show
the required buoyancy they are rejected.
Aboard ship the test Is also made. The
tule preservers are required to have both
ends bound with copper wire.
"Unofficially I may say that the tule
llfepreserver stands the test better than
any of tho others. We are required to
try with 20 pounds, but to make
sure the test Is generally tried with
25 pounds. We know nothing here
of the Valencia, because she was in
spected at Seattle. I am sure, however.
that she meets all requirements, because
they have a well-equipped office there."
REEDS FOR LIFE-PRESERVERS
Professor Bunker Gives Graphic
Tale of Shipwreck Horrors.
VICTORIA. B. -C, Jan. 27. F. F.
Bunker, who was recently appointed
School Superintendent at Seattle, said
there was an evident lack of disci
pline among the officers, and this state
ment has been corroborated by other pas
sengers. A mess boy cursed an officer to
his face for not giving proper orders.
Mr. Bunker said boat No. 2 was sent
through the surf with more than 20 pas
sengers in It, and only seven got ashore
after It capsized. He got in tho next boat
lowered, with his wife and two children.
This boat wa.sjit f.wltht officers r
seamen. The boat capsized and he tried
to crawl back. As he did so .the boat
righted and nearly filled. He got in and
his wife wasclinging to the side of the
boat.
The girl was gone and the boy was limp.
He tried to restore the boy to life, and
the little fellow recovered consciousness
and-began to cry and call "papa." His
wife said she could not hold on longer.
He kissed her good-by. Just then the
boat again capsized. He told his wife to
hold and took her with one arm and the
child with the other, but something struck
him on the head and he lost them. He
was swept in and out three times by the
breakers, but finally managed to clutch
the rocks and hold fast. He waited on
tho rocks after clambering out of tho
reach of the water until morning, and
then he climbed up the bluff and found a
trail to a hut, which he reached after
great hardship,. having to swim a river
to gain the hut. In the hut he found
some moldy beans and a telephone receiv
er. During the next two days the suf
fering of himself and other survivors who
had Joined him was terrible, but help ar
rived from the cable station at Bamfleld,
then a party from Cloo Ose, then those
from the Salvor.
Mr. Bunker says that in his opinion
there arc several questions that require
answering In connection with the disas
ter, as follows:
"Why were boatloads of passengers
loaded Into Uie water without crews to
man or officers to command?
"Why was there no discipline among
officers and men?
"Why were the plugs for the bottoms
of the boats not made to fit?
"Why was It impossible for the passen
gers to make pins for the rowlocks to fit?
"Why were the life-preservers made of
reeds, and not of cork?"
Mr. Bunker opened DO of these life-preservers
which floated into the rocks near
whore lie was, and found them all the
same. He also asks:
"Why did six members of the crew land
near Cape Beale in one of the ship's boats
without passengers?
"Why did the Queen and two tugboats
which stood near the wreck on Wednes
day leavo her to her fate?"
One hour after they left the wreck the
remains of the steamer collapsed and more
than 50 persons floated to sea. with no
one to pick them up. In short, he said. It
might be well to ask why the United
States Government does nothing to pre
vent such wholesalo murder of her citizens.
COUSINS DEFENDS ACTIONS.
Cnptuln of Queen Says He Dared Go
No Nearer the Wreck.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27. The .steamer
Queen, of the Pacific Coast line. 'arrived
here today and Captain Cousins was sub
jected to a series of questions bearing on
the inquiries propounded by F. F. Bun
ker, one of tho rescued passengers on
the Valencia, as to responsibility and
possible culpability in the matter -of the
great loss of life off Cape Beale.
Captain Cousins says that so far as lie
Is concerned the sea was so tempestuous
that to have ordered a boat out would
have meant certain death to his men, as
the waves were washing over the deck
and It would have been impossible to
launch a boat. The Queen was drawing
22 feet of water, and to have ventured
nearer to the Valencia would have been
to invite the loss of his own vessel.
The tug Czar, though, drew only a few
feet of water, and could undoubtedly have
gone close to the Valencia. She did not
go as close as the Queen, and soon pulled
out for shelter. The Queen put back only
when relieved by the Topeka.
Captain Cousins gave no explanation as
to the lifc-proscrvcrs being made of sea
weed. H. C Jorgcnsen arid D. J. Sulli
van, detached boatswains U. S. N-. pas
sengers on the Queen bound for Mare
lgand, say that they volunteered to take
a boat out and man it with naval seamen
who were aboard, but Captain Cousins ob
jected. They say a man-of-warsman
would have sent out a boat, and that It
seemed to them murder to leave the ship
wrecked people to the mercy of the seas.
Captain Cousins denies the statements
of the bluejackets, saying:
"It's a lie that these fellows were ready
to go out in a small boat. Not one of
them said a word. If they had. I would
not have allowed them to go to certain
death In the heavy sea that was then
running."
Captain Cousins added. that the captain
of the Czar refused his request to try to
get a line to the Valencia, saying that he
had to seek shelter himself. He also as
serted that he did not leave the scene un
til he was relieved by the City of Topeka
and ordered to proceed by the assistant
manager of the steamship company.
FOUR BODIES ARE IDENTIFIED
Ten Others of Unknown Victims
Have Been Picked Up.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 27. Tho steamer
Salvor, after transferring the survivors
who were on board and the bodies picked
up by her to the United States revenue
cutter Grant, left Bamfleld Creek, return
ing here this morning at 6 A. M. The
wrecking steamer will cruise near the
scene of the wreck on her way down. No
more survivors have been found though
the patrols havo searched energetically
and parties of Indians have been scouring
the waters of Barclay Sound and the
Islands there which He in tho trend of
tide and current near the wreck and
whither wreckage is" now drifting.
The total list of saved to date numbers
37 of a total of 154 on board when the
steamer struck. Eighteen were picked up
by the steamer City or Topeka, 15 on
shore near the wreck and four on Turret
Island. Fourteen bodies, of which four
have been identified, were not recovered
until this morning. Shore parties will
keep up searching and more will
probably be secured. The identified dead
are:
Gus Erickson. of Riverside, Cal.: O. W.
Englehorne. of Ferndale, Wash.; W.
Doherty, of New York, and Louis A. F.
Griefenstan. of San Jose, Cal.
Chief of Police Langley has received a
telegram from Mrs. D. L Peters, of Los
Angeles, Identifying one of tho bodies
found from the Associated Press descrip
tion as that of her husband.
INVESTIGATION OF DISASTER
United States Inspectors Begin Hear
ing In Seattle.
SEATTLE. Jan. 27. Investiraiion f h
Valencia disaster by the United States
commenced today before Marine Inspec
tors x-urner ana Whitney. Two witnesses.
First Assistant Encineer Cnriclr ami
Boatswain T. J. McCarthy, were exam
ined. Both men told the story of the
wreck as they remembered It.
The further hearlntr of witness xca
postponed until Mondav mornlne at ift
o'clock, on account of previous engage
ments or the inspectors.
TO SAVE LIVES NEAR FLATTERY
Cushnian Proposes Life-Saving Sta
tion on Perilous Coast.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BHREATT TFmK.
incton. Jan 27. Following unan th. Va
lencia disaster near Victoria, Representa
tive Cushman will press his bill authoriz
ing the establishment of a life-saving sta
tion at Cape Flatter'- The life-saving
service agrees with Mr. Cushman that,
had such a station been In existence.
mucn loss or. me on the Valencia might
havo been avoided.
ROTTEN EQUIPMENT OF BOATS
Plugs Did Not Fit and Oarlocks
Broke at First Stroke.
VICTORIA. R. f Jan "7A1-
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W. COOPER MORRIS. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
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W. COOPER MORRIS.
the United States ship Pensacola, aged
16, was one of the survivors, and tells a
story of hardship that makes the blood
curdle. He was in the second boat, and
when It was launched found that the pluga
would not fit. lie could find no other
plug and used his hand as a plug to
prevent the boat from filling and sinking.
The boat was washed through the surf
and was capsized. He was washed to tho
shore and drawn out three times by the
undertow, but finally caught his trousers
on a piece of jagged rock and held. He
Is In very bad shape, but came over the
trail in fine style.
No better example was ever shown than
when Willis arrived at Pachena Bay and
saw Lieutenant Colvllle. of the United
States revenue cutter Grant. Recognizing
a revenue ofilccr, he calmly saluted and
said:
"Lieutenant. I report, sir." It was In
deed a pitiful scene.
Willis Is loud In his praise for Mr.
Bunker, who kept the party of survivors
in good spirits, and also to the rescue
party from the Sulvor, to whom he gives
the credit of saving his life. He is most
emphatic in condemning the officers and
equipment of the lifeboats. In No. 2 boat
there was no one who fmderstood Its man
agement, and it was steered by a fire
man. The wooden oarlocks broke at the
first stroke of the oars.
Salvor Brings Two Survivors.
VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 27. 6 P. M.)
The steamer Sulvor has returned to Vic
toria from the scene of the wreck, which
she visited this morning. Only the broken
stump of a mast and a part of a derrick
showed. The Sulvor brought to Victoria
L. I. Hancock, chief cook, and George
Long, fireman, who were picked up on
Turret Island after escaping from a life
raft which drifted ashore there. They
were in a very weak state and were re
moved to the Marine Hospital for treat
ment. The U. S. 9. Grant was at Bamfleld
when the Sulvor left this morning at 6
A. M., and had on board the remaining
15 survivors and 11 bodies.
Body Picked Up by Indians.
VICTORIA. B. C. Jan. 27. A Ucluelet
dispatch to the Associated Press says an
other body was found this afternoon, that
of a large well dressed man with a life
preserver on. The body was found by
Indians on Trickctt Island, one of the
broken group In Barclay Sound west of
Turret Island.
Government Is to Investigate.
VICTORIA. B. C. Jan. 27.-(3 P. 31.)
An Ottawa dispatch says the Canadian
government has ordered an investigation
Into the wreck of the Valencia.
Premier McBride announced today the
Provincial Government would co-operate
with the Dominion Government in a life
saving schemo for the west coast of Van
couver Island.
EARLING TALKS ON HIS ROAD
Definite Line of St. Paul Located
Only as Far as Butte.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
"You are not more anxious to have the
main line of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul pass through Spokane than we arc."
said President A. J. Earling. of that road,
when seen at the Great Northern station
this evening. President Earling extended
a warm greeting to the delegation of
Spokane business men which had gathered
to greet him.
""Will you build to Spokane if you can
get a good grade, even though it should
bring you somewhat out of the way?"
"Oh, that would not matter. The ex
penditure of 91.CO3.000, more or less, would
be a small consideration in that case.
"We have not yet reached that point
where we know Just where we can go,
as we did not start the work of locating
tho line until late last Fall. We . have
now made more definite surveys and lo
cated our line as far west as Butte, and
our route is located west from here to
the Coast. From Butte through to the
Idaho-Washington line we are still un
decided. We know that we can go from
Loio Pass to Levriston, Idaho, and we
now have surveying parties in the field
whose reports will determine whether we
can come by way of Spokane or the Pal
oue country.
"We have surveying parties In tho Bit
ter Root country. Some of them have
been there since last November, but we
have not heard from them this Winter.
We will know in the next two months
Just where our line Is to be located, as
we are anxious to push construction from
both ends and from the middle. We ex
pect to build four ways at once.
"We are building now from the Coast
eastward and have our line definitely sur
veyed 120 miles east from Seattle, which
put us through Snoqualmie Pass. Our
grade through the Cascades will be only
one-half of 1 per cent, this being the best
grade of any transcontinental road. We
also have a good grade through the Rock
ies." PACIFIC COAST DEAD.
A. J. S. Watson.
CHEHAL1S. Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.)
At his home near Chchalis, Wash., A. J.
S. Watson, one of the pioneers of the
Willamette Valley, died January 19. Ha
was born in 1S31, near Crawfordsvlllc.
Ind., and came to the Pacific Coast in
1S53, spending several years in Califor
nia, seeking for gold. He came on to
Oregon In 1S59, where he later married
Miss Phoebe C. Conscr. In 1S72. with his
family, he moved Into Washington, set
tling in the Chchalis Valley, where he
has permanently resided since.
James Palachc.
PACIFIC GROVE. Cal.. Jan. 27.-James
Palache, manager of the Spool Cotton
Company, of San Francisco, who resided
in Berkeley, died here today at the home
of Whijney Palache.
Collision on the Rio Grande.
SALT LAKE. Utah. Jan. 27. Two en
gines and several cars were badly dam
aged by a head-on collision on the Rio
Grande at Bingham Junction this after
noon, and traffic was tied up for several
hours, but no passengers were Injured.
West-bound passenger No. 1 sad a freight
met oa the mala track. I
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Rev. It. D. Mahone Goes
to Washington.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Shortly before, the first of the present
year chaVges ware filed with the Treas
ury Department against "Walter L.
Robb, Collector of Customs at this
port, accusing him of using the cus
toms launch patrol for private excur
sions and also of taking: a too active
part in politics. In that he violated
the civil service rules to provide posi
tions in the department for his political
and personal friends. While no copy
of the charges has been received here.
It is understood they -were preferred
by J. P. McCrae, -who was recently dis
charged as a special Inspector on tha
charge of Incompetency, and Rev.
Luther D- Mahone. pastor of the First
Congregational Church, of thjs city.
who. It Is said, was a member of the
Rough Riders during the Spanish "War
and Is a personal friend of the Presi
dent. McCrae passed the civil service ex-
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Dr. Humphreys' Seventy-
Seven breaks up Colds and
A cold is caused by the circu
lation of the blood receiving a
sudden check you know it by a
creepy feeling and goose flesh:
extreme lassitude and weakness.
your strength, oozes. A few doses
of "Seventy-seven" at this early
stage works wonders restores
the circulation starts the blood
coursing through the veins and
breaks up your Cold.
At Druggist. -Z cents, or mailed.
Humphreys' Uomeo. Medicine Co., Cor'
WlliUm asd John Streets. New TerSc.
)0 you realize that there are only
three days left in which to
make your selection, Absolutely
Unrestricted, of any
SUIT, OVERCOAT,
TOPCOAT, RAINCOAT
in the house at the following
Clearance Sale Prices :
$12.50 Suit, Raincoat, Over
coat, Topcoat reduced to $9.50
$15 Suit, Raincoat, Overcoat,
Topcoat reduced to . $12.50
$20 Suit, Raincoat, Overcoat,
Topcoat reduced to . $16.75
$25 Suit, Raincoat, Overcoat,
Topcoat reduced to . $19.75
$30 Suit, Raincoat, Overcoat,
Topcoat reduced to . $24.50
The "MILLER" Spring
The greatest Sheet Musie sale we ever inaugurated is an
nounced for tomorrow. 15 popular pieces all for 25c. In
cluded will be found the following selection: "Just My
Style," "Tale of the Turtle Dove," "I Like You," "He's Me
Pal." "In the Days of Old," "In My Merry Oldsuiobile,"
"Dainty Little Ingenue," "Sho Gun" selection and seven
other musical hits, all for 25d Third Floor.
"The Cannon Ball," ragtime two-step; "Fhr Away Birdie to
Heaven"; "Rose Leaves,"' Gen Ashleighs new flower song.
All
The Meier (8b Frank
aminatlon for Inspector and was em
ployed as a probationary Inspector.
Before the six months expired Col
lector Robb and his chief deputy, F. L.
Pnrker, decided that McCrae was in
competent on account of defective
hearing, and he was dismissed from
the service. This action of the Col
lector was sustained by the departs
mont, although McCrae appealed first
to the Civil Service Commission, then
to the Secretary of the Treasury, and
lastly to the President. This appeal
was followed almost Immediately by
the filing of the above charges.
A few days ago Colonel Rice, spe
cial agent of the Treasury Department,
came here and conducted an investiga
tion. His report has been forwarded
to the department, but no intimation
regarding its contents can be obtained,
although the charges are not consid
ered here as of any serious nature.
As soon an the investigation was com
pleted the Rev. Mr. Mahone departed
for "Washington, and the rumor Is cur
rent that he was summoned to make a
special report to the President.
Collector Robb does not take the ac
cusations at all. seriously, and says he
courts the fullest Investigation of each
one of them. He admits having used
the Government launch to take friends
or visitors of prominence who have
come to the city on trips about the
harbor, but this has never Interfered
with the official business. These trips,
he says, have always been short and an
inspector has always been on board,
so that he could be taken to a vessel
should one come in.
Regarding the charge that he has
used his office to pay personal and
political debts. Mr. Robb said this
evening:
"That Is all bosh. It is true I have
given temporary employment to some
of my friends, but it was only when
there were no eligibles on the list who
had passed the civil service examina
tion. Mr. McCrae was removed for
cause, and my action In that matter
has been Indorsed by the department.
There Is nothing in the conduct of my
office of which I am ashamed. I am
perfectly willing and anxious to have
the fullest investigation and do not
fear the result."
Mr. Robb's term will expire on Aug
ust 4, and while there are said to be
several applicants besides himself for
the nppointment. he does not think
that any of these men are Implicated
in making the charges against him.
MOSS ITAS COM3IERCIAL- VALUE
Stripped From Oregon Trees to Pack
I Goods In San Francisco.
ALBANY, Or.. Jan. 27. Special.) There
Is an industry in the Willamette Valley
that is probably known to but few people
that of gathering moss for commercial
purposes. Every few days a carload ol
the material is shipped through Albany
from Lincoln County. It Is sent to San
Francisco, where It is used for packing
purposes In the large wholesale houses.
A number of people in the coast county
are employed In gathering the soft cover
ing that time and the weather causes to
cling to the bark of trees in the dense for
ests of the lowlands, and the business is
said to be quite profitable.
VIIAS WILL- BE THE ASSAYER
Kinjr County Republican Conimltee
Gives Unanimous Indorsement.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 2". (Special.)
Calvin E. Vitas will be named assaycr
la charge of the Seattle aseey office some
Derbys Have Just Arrived
Store
Sale
the latest vocal and instrumental
Mail Orders Promptly Filled
Store
time during the coming month. That Is the
information given the King County Re
publican Committee today. The commit
tee was asked to. and did. unanimously
indorse Vilas for the position.
P. S. Smith, who was the head of the
opposition to Vilas, held a proxy In the
meeting and I. B. Knickerbocker, in
dorsed three years ago by Senator An
keny for the position, is chairman of the
committee. The last semblance of op
position to Vilas disappeared with to
day's meeting.
The committee also indorsed II. E.
Pells, postmaster at Ballard, for reap
pointment and four men for extra
weighers of mall.
What Sulphur Docs
For the Human Body in Health and
Disease.
The mention of sulphur will recall to
many of us the early days when our
mothers and grandmothers gave us our
daily dose of sulphur and molasses every
Spring and Fall.
It was the universal SpVing and Fall
"blood purifier,"" tonic and cure-all, and,
mind you, this old-fashioned remedy was
not without merit.
The Idea was good, but the remedy was
crude and unpalatable, and a large quan
tity had to be taken to get any effect.
Nowadays we get all the beneficial ef
fects of sulphur In a palatable, concen
trated form, so that a single grain is far
more effective than a tablespoonful of
the crude sulphur.
In recent years research and experi
ment have proven that the best sulphur,
for medicinal use is that obtained from
Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) and sold in
drug stores under the name of Stuart's
Calcium Wafers. They are small chocolate-coated
pellets and contain the active
medicinal principle of sulphur in a highly
concentrated, effective form.
Few people are aware of the value of
this form of sulphur in restoring and
maintaining bodily vigor and health; sul
phur acts directly on the liver and excre
tory organs and purifies and enriches the
blood by the prompt elimination of waste
material.
Our grandmothers knew this when they
dosed us with Sulphur and molasses
every Spring and Fall, but the crudity
and impurity of ordinary flowers of sul
phur were often worse than the disease,
and cannot compare with tho modern
concentrated preparations of sulphur, of
which Stuart's Calcium Wafers is un
doubtedly the best and most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for liver
and kidney troubles, and cure constipa
tion and purify tho blood in a way that
often surprises patient and physician
alike.
Dr. R. M. Wilkins. while experiment
ing with sulphur remedies, soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium was su
perior to any other form. He says: "For
liver, kidney and blood troubles, espe
cially when resulting from constipation
or malaria, I have been surprised at the
results obtained from Stuart's Calcium
"Wafers. In patients suffering from boils
and pimples and even deep-seated car
buncles. I have repeatedly seen them dry
up and disappear in four or five days,
leaving the skin clear and smooth. Al
though Stuart's Calcium "Wafers Is a
proprietary article, and sold by druggists,
and for that reason tabooed by many
physicians, yet I know of nothing so
safe and reliable for constipation, liver
and kidney troubles, and especially in all
forms of skin disease, as this remedy."
Ai any rate people who are tired of
pills, cathartics and so-called blood "puri
fiers." will find In Stuart's Calcium
Wafers, a far safer, more oalatabie and
effective preparation.