THE OHEGON" DAIXTT JOTJItlN'AIi, PORTIiAND,.' TIIiniSDATP UVENING, DECEMBER-4,1902.
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jpcullsts prescription jUled. : i . :.. :.
Criminal Is, Declared to
Be Guilty.
Czarowitz's Poor Healtfc
Bolivia and Brazil Arc
Quarreling .
Girl; Played Ghost
Wm a Husband.
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Took the Life of a Swede for i $15
and Now Mast Give .'
His Own,
- . (Journal Special Bertie.)
PASCO, nec. 4, -For th. first time In
. the history of this hotbed of crime a mur-
' derer baa been brought to trial and con
victed..' Many men have, mysteriously Bs
appeareil within the sone sf the sand belt
and many other have been Wrt and died,
but . never before has a murderer been
brough to Justice. Oscar Bradsbitw la the
man who will fc condemned to death for
: the killing of a fellow-being. JUs pa-rt-ner
In crime. William KcllctC is on trlj
today, v Last night the Brodsbuw Jury
A, strange .storyt which relates the taki
, Ing of one human life and wiH have lta
sequel in H black, cap; the gallows and
the end ol another, was unfolded on the
witness stand here. , The ' sum of $15
caused, the, death.: of Poter Nelson, a
Swede. He had the money, . Kellett and
Bradshaw '; wanted It. To gain possession
of It they took the lonely wanderer's life,
- -and now, at the demand cf the law, they
must give theirs la return. '
' - - THE CRIME.
The crime for 'which Bradshaw has been
found guilty and Kellett is now on trial,
, occurred in July .of the present year. Peter
Nelson, a Sweoe laborer, was passing
i " through Pasco o.i his way toward - Spo
kane from Walla Walla. Hefcad SIS and
a roll of btMSKtots. Bradshaw and Kellett
were 'employes of the Northern Pacific
.-Jajb-oa0. Company, and worked, as switch
t man-On- the Fanoeyarda, One-ot them
. ...approacnea-. Nelson - and ofrered -to-lock
; blm In a box-car so that he would' be car
, tied to Spokane for 0. cents, .thus sav-
' Jng several dollars from the regular fare.
tb'he innocent . Swede eossented and was
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. .escorted to a car 'which he entered. The
. , door was closed and locked.
i Tea minutes later the end door of the
. car opened and a man wriggled through.
He carried a lantern and approached the
Swede, demanding that the later give up
; Ms money. Nelson reslHted and was shot.
: An accomplice of the robber opened the
; door of the car from the outside and
the -assassin sneaked away. ;
' ' - AWFUL WOUND.
- The 38 caliber revolver bullet passed
. -. through Nelson's stomach, cutting the
Intestines In 17 places. Buffering trri-;
Die agony be 'crawled to the open door of
' the car and fell to the ground below.
- Then he worked his wy toward the de
pot and was found by a watchman- Placed
on a . special tram He ; was hurried to
- Walla Walla. ; .Alhough "medical aid was
tsrocursdaml SUPneeilMl in-. DrnLnnlnl.t
Jn great agony. A death-bed declaration
- --that -the -man -whtr- shot him had' been
working about the depot earlier in the
'"evening directed suspicion toward Brad
shaw. and when the latter suddenly dis
' appeared this suspicion became a eer-
' -Sheriff Xee caught Bradshaw after a
wild chase over the sage-brush country
In the dead of night. This was after the
man had walked 60 miles to Walla Walla.
His acomplice was arrested in Pasco. The
latter confessed. - ,.:.'-'.'.
Recently both men attempted . to es
1 cape from the .Walla Walla County Jail
by sawing through Iron bars. , I
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VIENNA Deo. 4 A dispatch 4rom St
Petersburg says elaborate religious serv
ices were held there to-day In celebration
Of the birthday of the jCiarowltx, who
was born November 22, 0. 8,. (December
4), The services included thangsglying
for the Csarowits progress tdward re
covery, although as a matter of 'fact,
those in a position to know, declare that
the heir presumptive to the throne
afflicted with, tuberculosis, and .that the
disease has reached an advancedstage,
The announcement was made laat Au
gust (hat the Csarowitx was engaged to
marry the second daughter Of the .urand
Duchess .. Arm stasia of : . Mecklenburg
Bcbwerin, the Duchess Cecil Augustine
Mario. It Is regarded as a" tgnlficant
fact Uuit box .date baa been set for' the
union, nor have any preparations been
made for ths' evehU To put U plainly,
the condition of the-, young Orand Duke
is regarded 'as hopeless unless the cli
mate o-the Crimea should work a mlra
cle. The pulmonary disorder with which
he Is suffering is complicated by a tend
ency , to diabetes. ' ,
. ;:a diseased lot.
These diseases have worked frightful
mischief among the collateral branches
of the house or ttomanorr and have al
ready found shining marks In the ranks
nearest the, throne.
..wiuu.oe or-4ft,AajrowJlU. And
the -Cxar without a-sua .tna tlladem of.
-the Homnnoffs, -the richest prise attalrt
able by human ambition, would pass to
the' eldest unols of the Czar, the Orand
Duke Vladimir, who IS In his 66cb year.
Vladimir, is In Vigorous health, .well
educated, and an experienced adminis
trator. He has traveled over Europe and
much of Asia. He was greatly esteemed
by the late Csar and enjoys the confi
dence of the Dowager Czarina,' who is
the most influential figure among the re
actionary forces that -control the- Rus
sian councils. She and Vladimir havf
naa many uinerences as to itusaia s Al
atlo program, 'and there "was a hrtef es
trangement, but oerdial - relations - have
been, resumed. :
- Vladimir is very popular In Vienna and
Paris. His, manner is engaging and his
handsome person is familiar to the boule-
vardlers. When visiting here he has al
ways gone about the city In an uncon
ventional :,iwy.: .and -is altogether more
democratic than any other member of
"ln a careful dispatch to his paper, "the
"t- Petersburg-correspondent or the" "Po-
Utische Correspondes of this city says:
Vladimir, while top strong a man to
be dominated by the military party, has
little ' sympathy with the political doc
trines of Nicholas. He embodies ' the
prudence of , the Romanoffs. Like all
Russians, he is full of craft. But his
tendencies are toward the fulfillment of
Russia's so-called traditional mission, and
the Imperial scepter, would be wielded bv
him with no special deference to that
wise principle of arbitration of which
Nicholas is the' most Illustrious expo
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(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. i. There are
fresh rumors of marching upon Acre by
Bolivian troops and It is admitted in
state circles here that the possibility of
actual warfare between Brazil and Bo
livia' as a consequence is hot 'as remote
as could be wished.
Acre haa been frequently spoken of In
press dispatches and the Idea of the
ordinary person is very vnguo regarding
Its history and location. .''What was form
erly the Republic of Aero lies along tho
boundary line between the nations of
Bolivia ancTBrastl. A number of Ameri
cans went Into that section to engage in
rubber business and finding the laws of
Bolivia oppressive they -revolted and set
up a country of their own.' Defeating a
small army sent against them they elect
ed a president and sent a duly author
ised minister to the United States to
seek recognition. On the very day he
landed at Washington came an As
sociated Press account of the collapse of
his country. The Bolivians had come
back In too strong numbers.
OTHER TROUBLES.
There have been several other revolts
in Acre, and Bolivia and Brasll
have become Involved concerning the
boundary. '
The territory in dispute where the Rio
Acre crosses It cannot be more than
four or five miles in width, and can be
located only ..by the boundary mark on
the Teffe line of 1874, which was formally
accept hyrbotti- oun'trleanL.surveXed
to that paint in WSfc ThaTownut Puerto
Alonso. the sapital of the once celebrated
Acre Republic Is a Bolivian river port
well within Bolivian territory. The con
tested strip of territory forms but a very
mall part of the revolted district.
The Teffe line wass determined by the
exploration of the Rio Javary jn 187 by
a mixed Brazilian and Peruvian commis
sion under tho command ofapt. Baron
de Teffe, who located the source of that
river at 7 deg. 01 mln. 17. i sec. 'south
latitude and 74 deg. 08 mhu 27.07 sec.
west longitude. The. accuracy of M.hls
determination having been questioned,
the survey of the boundary line was
suspended In 1896, and the Brazilian Gov
ernment had a new exploration of the
Javary made In the following year by
Capt. Cunha Gomes, in which Bolivia de.
cllned to participate. Cunha Domes
found a new. source of the river,, which
he located at 7 deg. 11 mln. 48.10 sec.
south latitude and 73 deg.. 47 mln. 44.6 sec.
west lohgtlvnde, showing a difference of
about 10H minutes of -latitude and nearly .
;'.3l.. nyituda.V The .casern
nolnt of -the line Is at the Junction Of . the
Rtn- Bent with the - Rio -44adevlr ne
geographical position being 10 deg. -(
mln. south latitude and 6&deg. 24 mln
68. B5 sec. west longitude..- The Teffe
line, according fo Brazilian computation.
Is 1,031.24 kilometres long, and the Rio
Acre crosses it a little over one-third
of that distance from the Beni. From
thin it will be seen that the wedge Is
verv nln. and that at the Rio Acre it Is
hardly wide enough for two Dig sparsely
populated countries to quarrel over.
After a long diplomatic controversy ana
after much trouble On ths frontier, in
which the Brazilians were guilty of In
vading Bolivian territory and Inciting a
revolution there, BoUvla finally agreed in
1899 to a new survey of the Rio Javary.
The Brazilian commission was under the
direction of Dr. Bruis, director otthe
Rio de Janeiro Observatory, and accord -lrr
tn recent, renort he has located the
source of that river about half way 1e-
tween the latitudes given by Teffe ana
Cunba Gortes, and a little to tho west of
the longitude given by the latter. This
divides the. contested territory Into two
almost equal parts, which should be sat
isfactory to both parties.
THE DIPLOMATS. y
As i'rasll is still dissatisfied and trouble
still continues on tho Rio Acre, it will
be readily seen that there' are reasons
other than territory for : the' connict.
These reasons are-rrevenue and Jealousy.
Th Brazilian States of Araaionaa and
Para da 1 not "wmiftoW-ktfl'-eKPOr
much of which comes from Bolivian terri
tory, and the citizens, if not the- govern
ment of those two states are responsible
for tho revolutions that have occurred
on tne Acre, ana tor wi uperu uuuua
republlo established there by the Spanish
adventurer, Lais oaives. n
' BRAZIL ACTIVE. v
The Brazilian ; Government, also, Is
secretly oposed to tho development ot
Bolivian Interests in the Amazon Valley,
for that means a large increase of popu
lation there, the opening of commercial
ports and the freo use of the Amazon and
its tributaries. Brazil does not wish to
have tho Amazon thrown open unre
servedly to the commerce of the world
In the Interests of a competitor. She
was tompelled In the. '60s , to declare it
cnen. but the declaration Old not mciuae
ill the tributaries, nor yet their whole
navigable length. or example me
Madeira was opened only to Borba. The
Purest of--which- the Acre- is. a tributary
t. ot thrum not lnclucleiL The lumo.
whose free navigaUon Is claimed by Peru,
m likewise not included. . Tne w u-
mlngton incident Is an illustration of Bra
zil's suspicion and jealousy, and the
withdrawal of the new commercial treaty
with Bolivia last May la another. This
treaty was signed July 31, uss, ana
grants Bolivia a free outlet to the sea
for. her commerce, but It. was hela up in
Congress nearly six years and then with
drawn -because of a - Boilvlan jepnceafeloB
to an Ang-American -syndicate- -tor. tne
aeveloptadit of "territory W tha upper
waters of the FuruS ana jurua. xne
true reason for all this H tno secret.
perhaps undefined, purpose of Brazilians
to prevent Bolivian development in tho
Amazon Valley. ".
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dock at 7 a. m. Best and fastest line of
steamers f orJ The -rDalles, Lyle,- -Hood-
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Sprlngs, and all Middle Columbia River
and Klickitat Valley points.. Take. this
line aad get to your destination from on
to four hours ahead of other lines.
The time of tho O. R. A N.'s "Chicago-
Portland Bpeclal." which leave Portland
every morning at t o'clock," Is 70 hours.
Save a working day by tnir route. - in
quire city ticket office, Xhird and Wash
ington. ',
A Hillshorp Romance That. As
sumed Psychic Proportions and
Resu.ted Ihsasiruus.y. ,
A BUlsborot Ore., dispatch to the 8t
Paul Daily . News says: AnoUher ghost
story, thrilling irj the extreme, has come
to light, this tlmo the vicinity of Cedar
Mill, this county, being lha st-Ono of the
operations of the tin wclcum guest.
For two i Weeks past the home of Wil
liam King, a - farmer, has been be
sieged, by what was suppojed to be a
ghost or -other supernatural being. Ap
ples were thrown against the windows
and pieces of ' wood ttgutnst tho doors.
A eystematlo ' search iailcd to disclose
Who or what caused the diaturbanca.;
King ona Evening dressed himself . in
female -attire and went out upon the
porch, hoping-to catch the wary ghost
He had do 'sooner approached a . tub
of .water- than ja, '.large piece of wood,
which seemed to eem-. from above, fell
In the iub. 'ComplstelJ drenching blm.
He returned to tho heuse more myste
flcd than ' ever, and on the following
morning; told ; his annoyances to his
neighbors, , Sheriff Sewt-ll w.ts appealed
to,' and In company will) E. J. Lyons
of this city went to the scene of the
trouble late , one evening last week
and watched for developments.
Nothlng'i occurred while the sheriff
was on the ground, and that officer de
clared that it was his opinion the trouble
rested with soma member of the family.
The cause of the disturbance, which had
by this time eecoma a .nightmare to the
whole community, f was discovered by
Jehu King, a brother of William, about
.ajears pf Jge,the following day, when
he visited" the premised unknown to tne"
family of William King. He caught Miss
Jennie Seversal, .a 14-year-old girl, who
was staying .. at -the home - of William .
King, in the act -of throwing apples at
the house, and when he charged her with
being the guilty -party she broke down
and made a cleanoonfession.
STRANGE CONDUCT.
As far as can be ascertained, for the
matter has been kept as quiet as posr
sl.ble since tho '..discovery. Jennie had
become infatuated' with John King. She
had been at tha home of William King
for about two months, having come there
from the Catholic school In oc neacl Sa
lem, diaries King; father of William
and John, recently lost his house by Are,
all at this time living together. A tem-.
porary house was provided a few miles
away until- a new structure could be,
erected. Thenew house was completed
a short time Wore the supposed ghost
put In an appearaneey and the elder King
and his son John took up ttislr abode
therein, leaving William In he tempor-1
irfry ''WTOhaaejrftMW
the objact otii4latfaoWoa'.vL''..-.'-J
The frivolous young girl ctanoeived the
Idea that by terrorising the King family
and making them believe the house Was
haunted they would "return to the home,
of the elder King, as before, and she
would once more be. ander the same roof
with the one upon whom her affections
were centered. 'tiWfty''
MANY VESSELS
TO USE CRUDE 01
Ballin Says That .Council Should
Grant Franchise
Fred A. Ballin, the matin architect,
has made application to the Treasury De
partment at various times recently' for
the privilege of having oU plants installed
on about a dozen river steamers, and for
nearly all of them permission was
granted. In speaking of oil as a fuel, he
says: .-. f, ; ' ; -
"The results obtained so far with the
Installation of sin oil plant on the Vulcan,
cannot be considered as a criterion for
AUft. ctencx,jPX. QUilnasniucb ashg.
Union Oil Company Is receiving its pres-
em -supprr Tram-tho tSDU "Works' r-faffltsT
which contain a 26 Bauma oil, while oil
of 14 to 1G gravity is tho .proper fuel lor
this purpose. 4; y .-' l
'The Standard Oil Company Is fha only
concern that carries this brand in stock.
If the Council will grant the franchise
asked for the company will proceed Im
mediately to install a 48,000 barrel tank
for fuel oil. The tank is already built
and can bo set up in a few weeks. Ves-'
sel owners and many other 'are Inter"
ested in having something done by the
Council to induce the Standard and other
companies to lay In on araplo supply of
crude oil, because tho present cost of
eord wood Is entirely too high." .
POULTRY SHOW.
CLEVELAND, O., Deo. 4. The mewing
of cats mingled with the loud crowing of
epeks. and. t,he soft cooing of doyes are
tha -discordant ?ound-i that- sreeted - the
earr tif the 'many visitors "thronging- the
Gray s Armory today. Th occasion was
the opening of the big poultry and cat
show, for which preparations have been
going on for several months "past The
show Is in all respects the largest and
most notable affair of its kind ever held
in this city. The entries number several
thousand and embrace all "Varieties of
domestlo fowls, together with a choice
assortment ..of bigb-etas felines, Tho
Judging of. exhibits commenced this morn
ing and will continue, until ; the.. -Show
closes the lost of the wesh. '- .-'
- PROHIBITION. .' ,
TORONTO. N Ont., Dee.. 4.T-TJpon the
referendum vote that Is being taken to-
day In Ontario will depend the ate of th
prohibition, law in ths -provlnte. The
various temperance organisations, aided
by the Presbyterians and Methodists, have
waged an active campaign and hope are'
expressed that at a result of the balloting
every bar room in Ontario will be forced
to close Its doors. - -. :. '
BOTH WANT OFFICE.
DENVER, De. 4,-s-TherO ' Is lilroubl
over the occupancy lot th office of sheriff
In the City and County of Denver.; Sher
iff Seerie of Ariusahoo - County la in
charge now and Is resisting tho proposed
2 tenure of Chief of Police Armstrong. .
Some Old Industries Injured fcy It
"mi a urcii vc w
Good Is Done.
NEW YORK, Deo. 4-Fiv years hava
elapsed sine the Trans-Siberian Railroad
was opened for a sufficient distance
across , the wild and ' Isolated plains ; of
Siberia o affect the economic aspect of
that country. Most of ths results have
from time to time been Indicated in these
columns; It will bo Interesting now to
summarlio some of h conclusions de
duced from an able analysis of the effects
thus faUr of tho railroad upon the devel
opment of Siberia. This analysis has Just
appeared In La Rovua Economlqua Rusae,,
whoso facilities for' studying Xbm whole
question give 'more than ordinary value
to the broad generalizations based upoa
th data collected. ' .
In the first place, th aevelopAent of
tho .past live, years would have reached
still greater proportion if the times had
been normal; but Siberia's trade, pros
perity and growth have been unfavorably
affected to some extent by the unsettled
political conditions In China and Man
churia and by the two bad crop years of
1900 and ISOt
Still, as every one knows, the immigra
tion has been enormous; and the effects
of this Inpourlng upon agriculture and
the towns hava not hitherto been r very
clearly shown. ' A. large number of tho
Russian farmers, who removed to Si
beria, having some knowledge 'or mod
ern agricultural " methods, Introduced
systems of farming that are less rudi
mentary than those practiced by the Si
..brJajwihdes ods, they are giving much more attention,
than the Siberian farmers have ever dona
to the raising of cereals for export.
On the othef hand, a large part of the
Immigrants have settled -In the towns.
The growth of the Urban population and
particularly of the towns on the railroad
Jlne, where It crosses the rivers, has
been one of the ' most marked results of
the building of the road.
END OF FAIRS.
The road has ruined rooBt of the fair
formerly held for tho exchange of cam- .
modules and has correspondingly in,
creased the importance of the towns as ;
"permanent business centers. Omsk,, for
example, was dead and seemingly "be
yond hone of resurrection: but now its
population has doubled and it has be
come a very active business center.,
The Sun has already told of the enor
mous expansion of butter production and
export In' the past five years; but cat
tle raising In Siberia , will not begin to
reach the limit o( 'Its possibilities, till
many millions of dollars' worth of beef
: aittVIrV Writ -e W'itf' WH5'ihWi
kets Of Hurope
The.'failroad as yet shows little indica
tions of an Increase In this trade. It ha
wonderfully stimulated butter making
and exports, but from 1898 to 1900 only
38,000 cattle and lSiOOO horses were, sent
over the road Into European Russia.
vN The railroad has exercised an extremely
favorable influence upon the develop
ment, of the mining industries. It was
impossible, until the road was built to
transport 4he perfected mining machinery
of today to the gold mines of the Altai
and Baikal, to the mining district tribur
tary 'to. Irkutsk 'or to the auriferous ra
tions of the Amur; Ail these districts
are now supplied with considerable quan
tities' of the best modern machinery.' .: '
DEMAND FOR -COAL.
The railroad has actually- created the
coal Industry. The mining of coal Is in
dispensable tot the future development i
manufacturing: ' '-..'
The search for resources of this fuel
began with the first studies for he bulldV
ing of the railroad, and tho day of -considerable
nroductlon coincided with that
of the opjmmg ot most of Southern Si
beria by the completion ol the road. Sev
eral great coaji fields of the country are
today In prooess of development :
One of them lies along" the - upper
Artysh; another' is in the province of
Tomsk, near the village of Sudjenka;' an
other in the province of Irkutsk, near the
village of Chlremkhovo.
Thetlrtffl&- Of TOe-Ioetfmotrws ax fed
today "'with Siberian coal. --"The- -develop-
ment of coal mining is continually in
creasing, 'and it will he produced in ex
port quantities before long.
A TRANSFORMATION. '
Thus the railroad Is completely trans
forming the mining business. For a long
time, two thirds of the contribution of
Russia to the gold output has com from
Siberia, though nearly all ths mining was
confined to washing placer gravels; : how
the extensive quarts veins are beginning
to be worked, and the mining ol gold 1st
expected to develop in a proportion mora
nearly commensurate with the resources
of this metal. -.
Some of the old industries, on the other
band, have been very unfavorably af
fected by ths grand, new facility for
transportation.' Tho rudimentary work
shops of the old era are closing because
they are unable to compete with the Eu
ropean manufacture that are now so
easily brought Into the country. The iron
IhdWUTf-'is-aaVaXampIe...; .-r'sJ:
A Goernbr-Geneira of Siberia' said,- 20
years ago, that gold mining, the mining
of iron ore and the manufacture of Iron
were the only industries of Siberia. It
la easy to see the reason why all the rude
and primitive establishments-, for ' Iron
smelting have been ruined' by the tall
road; they have simply been brought lno
competition with similar establishments)
In the Urals and have been unable to
Stand- ttSsV"!- '5W'-v -:'i- v-Tj tiv-rt-
All- the blast furnaces and iron shop
"&!enjtnB"ATrgar River have been closed;-
Of course, after the. Introduction of im
proved processes and appliances, the Iron
f Industry of the country may be expected
to revive. , -. -v '-? -"
, ' ' BACKWARD COUNTRY; i ' ,;
We may look upon the Trans-Siberian
Railroad as a great modern instrument of
progress suddenly thrown Into a very;
primitive -country.' The Inevitable effect
Is to destroy the old things to the profit
f-of the -modem systems of
industries
which the railroad presents.
We have often heard of the steamboat
on Siberian rivers.. Their owner are now
finding it necessary to tie up the old
boats and put new one In their places;
to cut their freight rates and make other
changes lu order to hold then "trader? It"
1 the same with many of the other old
Industries. '
In spite of the targe freightage that
passe over the line, tbe expenses of the
railroad In 1900 exceeded the receipt by
about 2-000.000 ruble. The government.
however,: had an Interesting reason for
not regaroing this as a defldt . ,
xit was found in that year, that the re
ceipts of the government roads la Rus
sia had been Increased by several million
ruble In carrying freight of tbe Trans
Siberian Railroad. ' The earnings of the
Russian road would not have had this
expansion rflf had "not been for the great
toi or Asm, wmcn utea ss s xeeaer ana
distributer of their commerce; the gov
ernment therefore, decided that after
all. It had loat no money by lta Siberian
road that year.-- i ...
NEARLY-$60,000 -4-
, CUSTOM RECEIPTS
business Daring Past Month Far
"ticeedsrrevious Years. '
The local oustom house report for the
month of November shows a marked In
crease in receipts over that of the same
month for any previous year. The re
celpts were 66.41.D9, while the same for
November. 1901,. were 137.714.8S, an- in
crease of 1.23.70. , ' i -
A comparative statement of amount of
custom house business for the month otJ
November for the past six years 1 as fol
lows: ' ', :
1897 ....... , $38,623. 7
1898 44.2K9.35
189 s: .... 41,360.01
1900 , .. .41,982.76
1901 ...... . 8T.714.S9
1902 ... ....... 66.941.59
The customs officials are-confident that
it-Aba juidof ithe! present Saejtw.: on.'
June 30. 1903. the total receipts win ex
ceed last year by over 3200,006. The re
ceipts of the custom house' vary ma
terially each year, as tbe following state
ment for the past 11 years shows:, '
1893
1893
1894
189S
1896
. .. ........ 3006,869.84
425,669. 97
256,783.45
236.S49.28
,.236,706.48
260,160.61
376.827.JJ
403.613.93
606,076.88
643,839.62
726.401.71
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
The above Is for each fiscal year, end
ing June 80. ,
At' the end of' the next fiscal year the
total will probably .be about 3960,000, as
this year's business was phenomenally
good. No doubt ths Increase of the re
ceipts is due- to tlis large trade that is be
ing built up between this port and
the Orient. The principal products ex
ported from Portland are grain, lumber
and canned goods. '
CAPTAIN VEYSEY
TO PILLAR ROCK
,WiII Examine Damage Done
British Ship Bidston
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The British ship Bidston Hill, which
struck a- rock and stove, a hole In her
bottom -near Pillar Rock yesterday after
noon, is now, safely at anchor there. She
is heavily loaded with railway Iron and
cement from Antwerp. - Her -forward com
partment Is filled with water, but the ce
ment was not damaged.
Capt-iVeysey, Lloyd's eeurveyor, with
4wo divers and a large wrecking pump,
l&t last evening for the scene , of the
accident.- It Is believed that temporary
repairs can be . easily made to the hull,
and that, the vessel will be towed up to
Portland in. a few days. , " -U-
RECORDS BROKEN, -
JOTTSBUBCL P. JSec.. AU. jswords
baVebeen-broken-
Company tomorrow, which is the day set
for the blowing in oi tne new va t mr
nace with the Edgar Thomson plant at
Braddock. Work ; on the,; furnace ' was
started less than ' three, ' months ago.
After it . was learned- by the company
that Bone of the contracting firms who
build furnaces would undertaker-the task
in the time desired, it was concluded to
establish a precedent and have the com
pany's own -workmen construct it The
success ot the venture, it is said, will
result in the United States- Steel Cor
poration building all Its furnaces with Its
own men. -, . ,
MONUMENT TO KOSCIUSKQ.
MILWAUKEE, Wl, X Dec. . 4. The
Kosciusko Monument Association an
nounced today the close of the competition-
-for-aesigns for the handsome monu
ment which i po)pose4:ta.erectto.Jthe
illustrious Polish patriot It is Intended
to expend $13,000 upon the monument
' PORTLAND-CHICAGO. -Seventy
hours is the time of the O. R.
& N. "Chicago-Portland Speoiai," fnbm
Portland to Chicago, leaving every morn
Ins at o'clock. Inquire city ticket of floe.
Third and Washington. -
Nothing But
Smiles
After yea hsva hd your.
, teeth extracted by Dr. Wise.
-There Is no feeling of illness
fterwarda, either. We get,
rid of the aching tooth quickly"
"-and you will wonder how it
was done without soma Utile .
Bain or unpleasant feeling.
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Dr. T. P. Wise.
WISE BROwS., Dentists
208,
S09, 210, 212, '213 ' railing Building, I
w j.nira ana vvasninaion ttts. ... u
Strong Testimony Given
Against Coal Barons;"
Andrew Matty Valuable Witness,
for Miners Before Strike Com- ,
mission at Sciantoa
; SCRANTON. Pa., Deo. .-Andrew Mat,
ty, a miner in the employ of Cox Bros
was ths first witness called before tne,
strike settlement commission this morn - ,
ing, and his testimony was. valuable. He .
declared It required 15 years for the coat
mine worker to become proficient in his
trade. At the end of hnat time he was
usually able to perform enough work to
make him a successful miner and bring
in a fairly comfortable salary.
There had been an exception, however.
to this rule in .his case. The reason for
this was that after his election to an of
fice in tho Miners' Union be waa dis
cxlnjlpattd .agtMst .--iua4.. .
job as mine boss - if -be - would repudiate
tne union, but refused and then hi trou
bles began. rf -.-.'
- ; Shut off cars. .
Very frequenOy hV would.be brovlded
with but a single car a- day, aad as a
result his wages would be small, al
though he could have earned several
times the amount paid him had Plenty
of cars been furnished. This was a means
taken by the company to force him front
the union.
He complained bitterly against the
stringent rule of the company that pre
vented a miner from leaving the' mines
from 7 o'clock In the morning until t in .
the afternoon. If a workman broke this
rule he was suspended from duty for
two days.
In spite of these difficulties Matty said
he was able to earn Xrona .110 to 320 per
wee.
,'. MUST KEBR.STUW,,
Regarding the inspector's methods.
Matty said- that if miner made any com-
r 1 a 4 tv a nrhan 4'ha ---- - - -
they usually, found themselves discharged
a few days "later. " "" : r """"
When asked If he waa ever injured, he
said ho; but he had got squeezed once so
bad that he had to stay in bed twa
weeks. ' . .
, Another miner, John Btrenix, was then
called. He said the average wage of 3300
yearly could not keep Els children, so he
placed them with a charitable Institu
tion. There had been a time When, In
stead of salary there was a debt against
him with, the company. This waa when
he had to tear ddwn atone refuse for
two weeks and had mined so little coal
that It did not pay for the powder - and
oil. -.
LABOR NEWS.
The Retail Clerks have changed theit)
weekly- meeting-, nights - from Wednes-, -days
to Fridays, and have also secured
a new hall, -rhich is on -Washington
stseat. Theyiwlli meet there for flhe tint
time tomorrow night The most impor
tant thing on the program is the election
of officers, and a good attendance Is ex-.
pected. .... v': : ,: . '. '
At the meeting of the Carpenters'' Union
last night ihe nomination of C. Bomber
ger for the proposed offloe of State Labor
Commissioner was Indorsed, v The . semi
annual election ot officers of the union
will occur next week and. the following
nominations were made .last, nlghti. For ..
preiuaoni, vampofcii, .uegier-ana J3Tencn; -
Ryan and Lewton; financial secretary.
tiellman; .trustee, Carroll. ' .
The Electricians met last night and re-
ceived two' applications for membership
and Initiated a new candidate. The Port
land Gas Company has .been placed on
tbe unfair list and effort 1b being- made
by, thai unjon , to induce the patrons of -the
firm to use electrlolty instead of gas.
Election of officers will be hold Decern-,
ber 31, and the following nominees were
chosen lust night: For president, H. Q. .
Green; ecretary, Charles Potter;; flnan'
cial secretary, ;"Oeorge Newberger.
Tbe labor leaders and- a-great many
of the offlcials of Ufte various union are
attending court today, the attraction be-
ing the dry dock case. Which has been,
resumed after ef postponement of several
days. ". ; ... ;" . .
COMMERCIAL MEN JO DINL '
NASHvTl-TnnjIArrat-'
ments on an elaborate scale have been
completed for tbe annual banquet of th
Nashville Chamber of Commerce, whicU
takes place tonight at the Maxwell House,
Covers will be laid for 400 guests and ths ,
speaker of the evening wilt be WlHiam; '
S. Harvey, the new president of the Conn -mercial
Museums of Philadelphia.
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Berth Phones
Or. 8oirth 8291; Col.-468.
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