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Newspaper Page TextTIIE SUNDAY QREGOSIA, rORTXAyD. SEPTE3IBER 15, 1907. RECORD IS endls -. Tfaoosaiid ROSSMERE "The Beautiful" Increase in Deaths by British Railroad Wrecks. n sl DUE TO HEAVIER TRAFFIC WORSE o Japanese Export Trade Shows arge Growth Southampton to Have World's largest Dock Seven Stages of Drunkenness. LONDON. Sept. 14. (Special.)-The Board of Trade general report upon the accidents that occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom during the year 1906 shows that 1169 persons weTe killed and 7212 were Injured by accidents due to the running of trains or movement of railway vehicles. The year was again remarkable for the number of fatalities to passengers In train accidents, more being killed in this way than In any tear since 18E9. Flfty-slx out of the total of 58 deaths of passengers were attributa ble to three accidents viz.: the Elliott Junction. Grantham and Salisbury. Six hundred and thirty-one passengers were Injured ia train accidents and 13 railway servants lost their lives, while 140 were Injured by accidents from other causes. One hundred and eight passengers were killed. 1949 Injured, while 425 railway servants were killed and 4125 Injured. The report expresses the opinion that the Increase In the number of accidents to railway men Is probably largely due to the exceptional activity In goods traf fic and consequent high pressure at which all railway work had to be conducted during the year. While train mileage shows an increase of 3'4 per cent, there Is reason, the report states, to believe the shunting mileage, of which no record can be kept, was increased still more largely, and it Is in shunting that acci dents are most apt to occur. A higher proportion of accidents may, however, be partly accounted for by the railway companies' increased vigilance In report ing the same. Increase in Japan's Commerce. Mr. Harrington, the acting British com mercial attache at Toklo, states in his an nual report that the total Import and ex port trade of Japan during 1904 amounted to J43O.O45.950, an Increase over the sum for the previous year ($413,474,055) of $16, 671,895, or Just above 4 per cent. There was at the same time a very great change m the balance of trade. The course of trade during the year was generally held to be favorable to Japan. For the first time since 1S95. the exports exceeded the imports; and though the customs returns take no notice of "invisible imports and exports," the condition of affairs was regarded as facilitating the retention of specie in the country and the expansion of industries. The very considerable increase in the iiuri irauo was looKea upon as an in dication of Japan's industrial expansion and. thoucrh th fnvnrohl. KoTn. trade was due in part to & great decline in me imports, the net result of the year's trade as a whole was regarded as encouraging. Several computations Of the total wealth of Japan have from time to time been made. The most recent and probably the most . satisfactory esti mate places the capitalized wealth at approximately ll,&i5.o00,0, including Formosa. It is evident that there is room for a large expansion of Japa nese aggregate wealth, even If she never approaches the considerable per capita wealth of other countries, and when the natural resources of the country are taken into consideration, it is very probable that this develop ment and appreciation of values will take place. Largest Dock la the World. The directors of ' the London A Southwestern Railway Company have contracted for the construction at Southampton of the deepest open dock in the world. Exclusive of the quays and cargo sheds, the dock will cover an area of 16 acres. Forming an ob long square, the water area to be cre ated will be 1700 feet long and 400 feet wide. The outer walls will be pro longed into the River Test, somewhat beyond the present boundaries, and the additional quay space secured will offer berths for eight of the largest vessels afloat. Alongside the existing fleep-water quays in the Test the icene of so much naval and military activity during the war in South Africa there is already a depth of 83 feet at low water of ordinary Spring tides, hut the dock designed will be capable of being dredged so as to give, under similar conditions, a depth of not less than 40 feet, increasing to 63 feet at- high wa'ter. Inside the dock will be berths for four vessels, each about 800 feet long, and these can enter or leave at any state of the tide. In respect of no existing dock at home or abroad can a like claim be sustained, and South ampton will, therefore, enjoy suprem- i IT! r h , ,, r j 'U y. KEW BOMB OP MR. ROBERT F. i -1 The Jaeobaw Stine Co I'ortlaad, Ot.i I am Interested In knowing more About "Rossmere." City ' -)" A acy among Brltisn and foreign porta in Its provision for the immense pas senger and cargo steamers that now form such an important element in the mercantile marine. The outer berths at the quays to be built in the River Test are to supply accommodations for four ships, varying In length from 600 to 700 feet, and thus a valuable addition may be counted upon in the facilities that Southampton will in future afford for ocean traffic of every kind. Married Wire's Bister by Her Wish. In the matter of marriage with a de ceased wife's slBter, a remarkable case was that of the third marriage of Richard Gavell Edgeworth, father of the famous Irish novelist. His first wife he had married, as he acknowledges in his mem oirs, somewhat indiscreetly in his student days, not entirely as a matter of choice, but from an honorable obligation to carry out an engagement too rashly entered into. Hla second marriage was the out come of a really romantic attachment for Honora Sneyd, a very beautiful and ac complished lady, who had also been wooed by his friend, Thomas Day, author of ."Sanford Morton." Honora died after a short and happy married life, of rapid consumption. On her deathbed she adjured her husband, it possible, to secure as her successor her own sister Elizabeth as the person she considered moat likely to fill her place in his affections and to come up to his re quirements in the management of a house hold and family. After a due Interval Honora's wishes were fulfilled. ' Edge worth became a suitor for the hand of Elizabeth Sneyd. The bans of marriage were called in Birmingham, but strenu ous publio opposition was shown to the marriage. On the day appointed lor the ceremony the clergyman received a threatening letter, the tenor of which so distressed him that Mr. Edgeworth re leased him from the necessity of per forming the ceremony. Miss Elizabeth Sneyd proceeded to London under the care of Lady Holte. Mr. Edgeworth fol lowed, and the marriage was carried out without difficulty. The marriage, though unusual, was not illegal, according to English or Anglican Church law of that time. Seven Stages of Drunkenness. An amusing description of the "seven stages of drunkenness" was given at the Marylebone Polloe Court last Saturday during the hearing of a charge against Mrs. Agnes Memlge. R. T. Williams, a medical man, said he examined the woman after she had been arrested, and found her "in a mellow, comfortable state of drunkenness, recovering from irrita tion." Magistrate Plowden's curiosity was aroused by this definition. "Am I to understand," he asked, "that a person who gets drunk must first of all be Irritable, and then mellow?" "There is always an irritable state," replied Mr. Williams, "and that Is suc ceeded by the mellow, comfortable, happy state." "And what is that succeeded byT In quired Mr. Plowden. ? .V;:;S ; i?.K.;! 771 it'"' ; - -pars t.. V S t - . jr''vA ' " BALL, OX HOYT STREET, KEAB TWEJTTT-THIRD STREET, JOSEPH JAOOBBERGER, ARCHITECT. DURING THE SUMMER, while many were away, enjoying rest and recreation, there was no rest for us. We were busy at "Rossmere," our beautiful new addition, pushing improvement work, with the result that over five miles of splendid cement walk and curbing have been put in, "Bull Run" water placed in front of every lot, streets graded and, in fact, nothing left undone to make the addition attractive to the home-buyer. A glance at this addition will quickly convince you that it has been properly termed "Rossmere, the Beautiful." Already one beautiful bungalo is nearly com pleted and contracts have been let for several others. We want you to see for yourself and we want to tell you how you can own a home in "Rossmere" on such easy terms that you will never miss the money. Gall and see, or telephone us, or mail the coupon. It will give us pleasure to show this select and magnificent addition to you. Phones: Home A 2811; Main 6869 "The pugnacious state," said Mr. Wil liams. "They become irritable again?" Mr. Plowden suggested. "They want to fight then, Mr. Williams explained. "And what is the next stater "They become affectionate after that." ' "And the next?" "They then become crying drunk." "This Is really a most instructive lee son," said Mr. Plowden. "And then? " ' fnr h.irtnPYlv.iivin.i "Collapse, incapable, sleepy, " stated Mr. Williams. v "And after that, nothing, I suppose V "It you give them a little more death." To Have and to Hold. ' Two men of Kalamazoo have offered a house and lot each to any girl who will marry the other, both expecting thus to get wives. Exchange 1 i'v.,t..KS!:V ; f : jfL f P? - r"V i ' f 1 The CITY'S GROWTH SHOWN Assessed Valuation of Portland In creased by $35,000,000 In Year. An increase of nearly $35,000,000 in as sessed valuations within a period of 11 months testifies to the material pros perity of Portland. This Is the showing if- t 2 IT ; '.X. ..1.. f 1 ? RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH C ROBERTS, 874 EAST '" made by the 1907 assessment roll for Portland and Multnomah County, which is now being completed rapidly by County Assessor Sigler and deputies. - This roll will show that the aggregate assessable value of property In the corporate limits of Portland Is about $200,000,000, as com pared with $166,650,000 for 1906. The as sessment of county property will be practically the same as last year, when it was listed at about $16,000,000. Assessor Sigler expects to have the roll completed a week or 10 days before the County Board of Equalization meets, on October 21. During that time property owners will have an opportunity to visit the Assessor's office and Inspect the roll. In that way many cierica-l errors and In correct property descriptions can be" cor rected. SAXES OTS MOUNT SCOTT JLLNE Residence Sites In Demand In Vicinity of Tremont. The demand for property along the Mount Scott railway, according to Purse & Co, has kept up well during the past month. This firm sold last month 80 residence lots at Tremont end Bruce additions at an average of $200 a lot. A considerable number of acre and half acre tracts uave been sold at Brentwood and Tremont. C W. Webster purchased an acre in this neighborhood and la now building an attractive residence. Thfs firm says that tne tendency Is to aeek suburban homes. O. R. Addlton, who has been handling property at Mount Scott for several years, says that he has recently made many sales of lots for homes. He has just platted a five-acre tract on the Foster Road. In McKlnley Park, owned by Senator Bourne and others, most of the lots have been sold and some of the acreage tracts also 1 have been disposed of. i his tract of about 200 acres Is at the Junction of the Mount Scott and Gresham lines. Peo ple are now beginning to call for more than a single lot when they go into the suburbs. Lays Trade on Grand Avenue. The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company la putting down double tracks on Grand avenue north from East Burn side street to connect with the tracks on the new steel bridge. At the intersection of Grand and Holladay avenues the com pany is laying tracks across the Intersec tion connecting with, the tracks south- waxdon--Grand -avenue. fThe Jacolbs-Stine Acheson Building (Fifth Street, Near Morrison) company has given up its purpose an nounced some time ago, to abandon Its franchise on Grand avenue. It needs the new steel bridge across Sullivan's Gulch. The company will route some of its cars over Grand avenue and the Mor rison bridge. t Half Block Brings $10,000. A half-block In . Holladay Addition was sold last week for. $10,000. v V ' It "! V V - 5? i TAYLOR. ........ The Oregon Real Estate Company sold lots 1 and 2, in block 113. to Dora L. E. Poulsen for $5000. Also this com pany sold to Theoa Trmmald lots 7 and 8, in this block, for $5000.. Robert Krohn sold to David C Anderson the east half of lots 1 and 2, block 292, Hawthorne Park, for $5000. Elsie D. Patton sold to J. M. Cameron lot 8, in second amended plat of Belmont, for $1000. M'ELROY TO BE LEADER Will Have Charge of Musical Pro- grainmet at Salem Fair. W. B. McElroy. 'Who has been' selected to direct the musical programmes at the Oregon State Fair, is a well-known mu sician and. with the exception of last year, has been director of the State Fair band for the last five years. Mr. McEKroy has secured a number of the best musi cians in the state and promises to give & better programme at the coming fair than ever before. Mr. McElroy lately has been connected with the United States Band in Chicago at the Great Northern Theater in that city, and during the Summer has been playing at Idora Park, Oakland. Mr. ENlcBlroy formerly directed one of the park bands of this city, when the leadership was divided between himself, Slgnor A. DeCaprlo and Charles A. Brown. Mr. MoElroy now lives in Salem, but will move to Portland after the close of the fair. Russian Loyalty of Old.. T. P.'s Weekly. After all, the loyalty whlob Napoleon won through a hundred victories was lukewarm compared with the loyalty to which the Czar of Russia In those days was born. When the Czar Alexander wag with the allies in Paris, he attended) the theater one evening, and was seen by the Corotesse de Bolgne Just entering his box. "The door of the box was guarded by two great giants of his army, who observed, an attitude so strictly mil itary that they did not dare raise their hands to their faces to wipe away their fast-flowing tears. What is the matter?" I asked a Russian officer. "Oh, he an swered carelessly, the Emperor has just passed by, and they nave probably man aged to touch him." Rio de Janeiro has only artificial to. anA only one faatorr to max H wltfe an eauio- jnent that is not up to date. The tee i sold t Toea-at ahoat gjfc. oasts m jKrumX Loin WOULD COME INTO CITY Woodstock Posh Clnb Working for Annexation to Portland. A well-attended meeting of the Wood stock Push Club was held in the Fire men's hall at Woodstock, Friday evening, and committees appointed to take up and work on plens to bring Woodstock, Ar leta and a large territory east of those places Into the city. The territory an nexed would He between the Powell Val ley road on the north, the county boun dary on the south, the present city limits ori the west, and the Lenta road On the east. It contains over four square miles and several suburban towns, among them Arleta, Kern Park, Flrland, Tremont and Reservoir Park. The committee will have the matter ready for a vote at the next general elec tion. Committees appointed by the club at a former meeting to work for e better mall service reported that they had met Post master Mlnto, who had said that he would do everything ln hls power to Im prove the service. The club will take up the improvement of South Broadway street, and try to have it put into better shape. Gladstone street will be soon im proved, as the order from the City Coun cil was Issued some months tjro, but IDD Will Open Sept. 30th Get your HEIDELBERG BANK now. Put in your spare change. On the 30th of September bring it to our office. Our cashier will open it and credit the, amount on your contract. What the Heidelberg Bank Will Do for You TODAY Do not fail to come out to HEIDELBERG today, Ask us all about the HEIDELBERG BANK; we will be pleased to show you how easy it is to own a lot in this splendid addition. TAKE ALBERTA CAR AT SECOND AND WASHINGTON; GET OFF AT 25TH STREET; TAKE FREE CARRIAGE TO HEIDELBERG. A TEN-JVHNUTE DRIVE, PHONE MAIN 6744 Pacific Coast Realty Co. 305-6-7-8 Buchanan Bldg., Portland, Or. pany delay was encountered in letting the con tract. Another Important work that the club will take up will be the fight for a water reservoir at the top of Mount Scott. The members of the club will make an effort to see that this move is carried out, and a high pressure pipeline laid through Ar leta and Woodstock. The next meeting of the club will be held September 27. Refuses Government Money. Detroit Dispatch in New York World. Thomas W. Crothers, a lawyer of St. Thomas, Ont, was appointed a member of a board to inquire into the schoolbook monopoly and to suggest a remedy. Mr. Crothers and his colleagues did their work well, and their suggestions were followed by the Government. Mr. Crothers received a Government voucher for J2000 for his servloes, but immediately, returned it with a letter, saying he considered the honor of the position sufficient pay, and the assurance that the Commission had done something worth while was more than compensation for his labors. He charged $192 for actual expenses. A leerne6 correspondent wrlte: "I wai examining a Wltnaa, an elderly woman, lat Thursday. On my acquiring tier name, she aid it was Mrm. Bardell, and that aha came from Graveaend. I avked: 'Did you know Charlee Dickens? Bhe replied: 'Do you m"an the undertaker? 8uoh U fame. London Dally Kewa.