TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. MAltCII 7. 1904. TODAY'S SPORTING GOSSIP BTvTTmTVTTyVTmTTTTTTvTTT THE INMAN MEDAL TBAP SHOOTING SEASOJT OPEHXD TESTEBBAT AT CITY VIEW FABK WITH A GOOD ATTENDANCE WO OHB ABLE TO WIN TEE UPKAJf The openlnir of the trap shooting sea son, yesterday was. participated In , by. the most enthusiastic marksmen 'of the Multnomah Rod -and Gun club, in' epite of. the unpleasant Weather. . t A drizzling ratn prevailed during1 the hoot -." which; .somewhat handicapped some-of the contestants, but neverthe less some fine scores were made. Frank Howe : - captured - the : Inman medal, by scoring 46 out of a -possible ' 60. V . .! .,' v . . . y . No one was able to. capture, the "Xip man cup, which Is offered for A consecu tive score of 25 birds. ' ' J. E. Culllson scored-. the 'highest aver age in' the regular shootr making the fine record of J58,6ut of, a, possible1 100., Carton, Hopper, Abrahanv and Storey jaaA good coresv-'ififA'i;'-'--' The. results, lire m . follows ; jfc& '?' Culllson , . .i 100 ; 88 , ' tXl.i fiS : Carton': ;V.Vi-.V;i''100'?:' Ti"::?y1'87. Caldwell 100 V , 88 ' ... 86 Abraham ........ 100 " 82- v.' 82 Elll: ,.V. 100 -I'Si'Mfi: 82 Storey ....;; 100 . ''. 83 82 Howe',... 100 '"'...',' 78 -.7 Hlllla ,. 100 , 79 '79 Peterson v........ 100 ; 7ft 70 Winters" ......... 100 ' ; , ; 69 69 Gulst ......... ...Y 100 68 .68 Williams 100 . , 67 i. 67 W. Remington .... 100 68 ; S 66 Llpman 100 68 ; 66 J. Remington. . , . . 100 : i ; 68 " 6S Lougee 100 , v B6 ?;. 66 Gewanlock,J..100iL 62 ... 62 Crockett, " V. . .v.;- 100 ; . , 62 ; 62 C. P.'W.4i. 100. , 62'; 62 Thlbau r. v." 100 " 48 ' A 48 Frank ........... 100 r , 48 i E 4 Butler u.ii. ...... 100 85 86 Moore;. ,., 100 24 24 OLD ATHLETES TO ENTER BIG MEET Sheldon, the old Tale athlete and the present world's amateur champion shot putter; Dewltt of - Princeton, together with the Pennsylvania stars,' have been Invited to compete In the shot-put at the athletic meet to be arlven In 'inn Sea- ond Regiment armory, Philadelphia on the evening of March 19. This should make -a very Interesting event: Sheldon has recently oome within eight Inches of the American record. De witt Is one of the best shocputters In the colleges, while both Smith, Penu's famous i fullback, and Boyd, also tf Pennsylvania, are doing over 40 feet Dewltt Is especially admired on account-of his great football 'prowess. Trtnceton .men the world over will leck back to his reeord of 1901 with feelings cj appreciation and gratitude. CRACK SPRINTER TO -COACH NAVAL MEN (Journal Special 8?rrlc.) Annapolis, Md., March 7. Bernard J. Wefers, the former crack sprinter of Georgetown university, arrived In An napolis today, and will at once : take chargs of the candidates for the naval academy field and track team, in which branch of athletics the navy Is taking special Interest this season. Wefers is widely known as the holder of the world's sprinting record for 120 seconds.' Arthur F. Duffy, another Georgetown man, now holds the world's record for 1,00 yards, bis time being 9 i-i seconds. . DARTMOUTH LOSES : FOOTBALL CENTER Henry J. Hooper, 1907, Dartmouth's famous football center, died last week, following an attack of appendicitis, for which an operation was performed on Thursday last, at Hanover, N. 11. Tlnnntr i 9(1 VAa ra nf in. Hm home was in Exeter. At the close of the football season last fall he was chosen by many critics jta the center for the Ail-American football team. . .-: TIOrEB BAI.I.FLATEBS. " . ' - (Journal Special Berries.) : Princeton, N. X. March 7. The 'Var slty baseball . candidates were called last week by Captain Stevens. Over 65 men responded, of whom 16 were the pick, of the freshmen class. . Coaches Clark and Hlllebrand ; took charge of the men and gave them bat ting and fielding practice In the cage. HOIXANEEB AITEB JETTBIES. (Jonrnal Soeclal Scrric... New York, March 7. Harry Plaacke, the Holland heavyweight boxer, who claims the championship of Europe, has arrived here and is looking for a match with Jeffries. Clark Bell, who was Jef fries' manager until the Munroe Jm jirogllo at Butto last spring, is to man age the-American tour of the new as plrant for championship honors., BL O O D . On account of Its frightful hifl.ou.nwa. Blood rolaonlng la commonly called tht King of All m .. It mar iw either hereditary or con tracted. Once the ayatein ta tainted with it, the 6lMaae mar manueei iwn in iue inrm or ocror Rheumatic Palna. Stiff or gwoll.a JolnU. Eruptions or Coppar-Color.d Spots on the race or Uoajt mua Lticvra m momn or on the Tonirue, Sore Throat, Swollen Tonl),FalIln .... Ph. H.lr or Krehrowa. and flnallr a 1d. . - iii.. tu.., nt tha Flnah and DotiM. If ,n. hare anv of these or almllar aymptoma, set BliOWN S BLOOD CUBE, Immediately. Thla treatment la pr.cucnuj-.uw ,r.uu vi wore, ti t.in. bo dannrou drnra or Injnrloua med. lclne. of any kind. It goes to tha Tery bottonr of the oieen" ibu - w,, r iwuun oi Impurity. Soon every alca and aymptom dlaap. neara eomplrtely and forever. The blood, tbe tl.auea, tha Boah, the bonea and tha whole aya tern are eleanaed. purlfled and reatored to per- fi'Ot health, ana ne p.iieat iin-puni .new ror the dutlce and Pleneuree of life. BKOWN'S xm.a. hr nil. RIIOVVN. 8.15 Arch at.. Philadel rhln. Por aale in Portland only by Frank Naa, Portland Hotel Pharmacy. POISON FRANK HOWE WINS : Edited by J.A.HORAN: GRAND TROTTING . CIRCUIT UNDER WAY ; i (Journal Special Serrlce.) ' . :; ; Spokane, Wash., March 7. Plans are now stated to - be under way lor the formation of a grand trotting circuit embracing the states of Utah, Montana and' Washington. It Is said to be the Intention of those interested to arrange for purses to be given by each city located in the circuit. such city to be responsible for Its own losses only. Of those cities proposed for the circuit the following have been named: Butte, Anaconda, , Missoula: in Montana: Salt Lake and, Ogden, in Utah, and Spokane and Seattle, In Washington. The - scheme r is to provide seven weeks' racing,' each city to , have one week. ' " Advices. 'from Montana state that George S. Klotz, a , prominent handl- capper of Butte, Is now figuring on the circuit, and the following gentlemen who are interested' in fast horse flesh are' understood to be, behind the move ment: Fred Sterlfng'and Tyler Thomp son of Missoula,. Dr. Hanson of Butte, Judge English and John Calkins -of Ana conda,-and Mr. Huffman, owner of sev eral good trotters. - GIANTS REPORT TO M'GRAW IN SOUTH : (Journal Special Service.) V Savannah, Ga.,' March 7. The base ball' players who will compose the New York, National league team this season reported .to Manager McQraw here to day in' readiness '-to begin ' the - spring practice work. ; They are Dunn, Browne, McCormick, Mertes, Dahlen, Devlin, Gil bert,; McGann, Bowermaij, Warner, Bres nahan, Mlnnehan, Nops, Milligan, Wtltse, Ames, Taylor, McGlnnlty and Matthew son. The team will stay a week In-this city and then go to Birmingham to lim ber up ' for two weeks. Little Rock, Nashville, and Montgomery will be vis ited In turn and on April 6 the players will start for home. OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE RACE ON MARCH 26 The Oxford-Cambridge, boat race will, it - is stated, be rowed on Saturday, March 26 ' the original fixture. A short time ago It was announced that the contest would be' rowed . on March 20, but this will be the middle of Holy Week, and was objected "to. Owing to the heavy rains and floods, the crews have not progressed as well as might be expected, but they are doing - their best under the circumstances. The Ox ford crew has been weakened by the re tirement of Its president, who Is suffer ing from a bad knee. His place has been taken by A. R. Balfour. ; BUFFALO HOLDS . v AUTOMOBILE SHOW (Journal Special Service.) ' . Buffalo, N. T, March 7. City Con vention hall was filled to overflowing to day at the opening of the automobile show under the auspices of the Automo bile club of Buffalo. The show far sur passes that held here last year In both number and variety of the exhibits. There are several hundred cars on dis play. Including many of the most In teresting exhibits at the late New York and "Chicago shows. The exhibition will continue through" the remainder of the week, and the attendance promises to be exceedingly large. , J. P, MORGAN'S1 DOGS WILL BE PRESENT k (Jonrnal Special Service.) Milwaukee, Wis., March 7. A bench shew under the auspices of the Collie Club of America opens in Milwaukee to. morrow and will continue through Wednesday, when a majority of the en tries will be taken to Chicago for the show which is to open there the last of the week. The exhibition Includes prise winning dogs fnom many of the most famous kennels of America, including Pierpont Morgan's great kennel of collies. , . vs BASEBALL AT PULLMAN COLLEOB. . (Journal , Special Service.) Spokane, Wash., March 7. The tase ball men at the Washington state college at Pullman are feeling quite jubilant over the prospects for a good team thi season, as all the signs point to tho best the college ever had. In .speaking of baseball affairs, Captain Ellbworth W. Thorpe said: -"The baseball prospects are exceed ingly brilliant. . A larger squad has been practicing for the last two month! than In any previous year. With th exception of Mcintosh, Wallace and Hamlin, last year's players are all back again. Combined with these old play ers Is a promising lot of new material. "The college was fortunate In secur ing the services of J. N. Ashmore of the University of Illinois for coach." ; :;-v.-f:vj-,.:- 11 ' a 'i .ii . "-';..::'.'' i:; CENTBAL LSAOUB KEETTNO. (Journal Special Service.) South Bend, Ind.. March 7. The base ball magnates of the Central league be gan a meeting at tbe Oliver House to day to conclude arrangements for the coming ' season. The adopting of the schedule Is the chief business of the meeting, although there are several other matters to come up for settlement There is still some talk of the possible trans fer' of the Marlon franchise to. Peoria, but 'those best Informed as to the league affairs are of the opinion that the Indi ana city will retain Its membership,;!. I CONTBACTS APPBOTED. i (Jonrnal Special Service.) .. Spokane, Wash.. March 7. President Lucas has approved contracts forwarded by McCloskey for Boise and made with Eddie Hammond, George F. Babbittee, Erven Jensen and Charles : H. Elsey. Elsey was signed by McCloskey .when tbe manager was here last . XH WANTS PBELXMZNABT, : Kid flatten would like to meet Frank Freeman In one of .the preliminaries at Oregon City On tlfe 10th of this month. Hatten- is anxious to know what Free man. thinks of this plan. PORTLAND BROWNS DOWN BAKERSFIELD BBXLZiIANT TEN-INNING CONTEST OAPTUBED BT THB OBEGrON r&AYEKS - UBENNAN, CASTBO, 8EEA AND BUTLER 2&AT GILT EDGB BALL. " - (Journal' Special Service.) " - Bakersfleld, Cal.. March 7. In a hard fought., well played game, yesterday af ternoon" the Portland Browns defeated the Bakersfleld team by the score of 4 to 3. It required 10 Innings to decide the contest, for lh the eighth a couple of errors allowed Huston's nien to tle the score. . Kerby Drennan started the scoring for the Portlands in the second (nning, when he found Westlake's de livery decidedly to his liking and smashed the ball for one of the longest drives ever seen here, which netted' him clearance papers for the complete tour of the sacEs. r- ',,:' ,v, . ',;.?. Drennan, however, seemed to liven up the Portland's swat sticks, for they kept up a continual bombardment of Westlake's curve during the rest of the game, and only some sensational field-' ing on the part of Murdock at third, Burke and Raymer at short and ' sec ond, and Householder In the, outfield, kept the score down. , Umpire Huston's enen , played great ball, and had they been able to locate Ike Butler's delivery . with any degree of certainty, the leaguers might have been defeated. : ' Castro and Steelman played star ball at short and second, and secured the ap plause of the spectators by pulling oft a lightning double play, which came nearly resulting In a triple, had Free man's ' relay 'to Francis not been a trifle wild, and pulled the third baseman oft the sack.. .Toward the latter part -of the game when It became evident trt the Portland team would win, several Oil City enthusiasts who had either wa gered against Ely's men, or were look ing , for trouble,- started to using abu sive language toward Nadeau and Steel man. The former paid no attention to them, but Steelman stood It for awhile, "Until it became too personal, when he turned on them and It looked as if a scrap would result Steelman picked up a bat and started to meet them, joined by Shields, Druhot and Castro, when a couple of deputy sherMTs Interfered and escorted the rowdies from the grounds. Hard drives by Castro and Shea won the game for the Portlands In the tenth Inning. Butler allowed the Bakersfleld team but six hits. , The teams lined up as follows: - Portland. Position. Bakersfleld. Butler ........... P. ....... . . Westlake Shea C. ............. . Baer Freman 1 B... ........ Huston Steelman ,2 B ......... . Raymer Castro S 8 ............ Burke Francis , . . ,, i. ,8 B. , , , , ... Murdock Nadeau ......... L, F........... Curtis McCreedie ...... .C F. ... . . .Householder Drennan . . . . . . . .R F. .. . .... .. .Raines Householder " and Raymer leave In- 'a few days for the east; the former to join the I.lttleRock team, and the latter goes to the Boston Nationals. : . DIAMOND GLISTENINGS .'Going some. , - : ". , Their Joints are loosening. Butler says "Leap Year" is his for sure. This year ought to be a, lively one for Jumpers. J'The Browns have won more games this season than last year up to April 10. - A light ex-stockholder says that there will be no money made this year. By the way, didn't he lose his season passT Cushions will be provided for the bleachers this year at the same cost as last year. Soft thing, eh? From accounts of yesterday' en gagement at Bakersfleld the Browns', new backstop is something of a scrap per, and won't stand for a bluff. This trait was decidedly lacking In the back stop that started the season with the Browns last season. ". 1 Danny Shea Is smashing the ball In the practice games, and if he keeps up his present work when tha season opens the local lad will make the opposing twlrlers hustle. Ike Butler Is going to be one of the winning pitchers of the league, this sea son, judging from his record so far In the practice games. The fans are eag erly waiting for the 'Chicago game, when Butler will officiate on the slab, , for they expect him to do things to Hart's big leaguers. Drennen and McCreedie are astonish ing the Bakersfleld fans by their, field ing and throwing, as well as in batting. A Bakersfleld correspondent of an ex change refers to Charlie Shields as a second Rube Waddell. Joe Rellly says that Shields Is not quite as craiy as Waddell, and Joe ought to know, for he la an authority on matters bughouse. Jack Huston's wife acts as scorer of the games between Portland and Bak ersfleld, and there are very few baseball authorities who know more about the game 'than this same little woman. ' Ike -Francis Is recovering from his soreness and Is whipping the ball across the diamond lh his old-time -form.' . Arthur Anderson, the well-known player who caught for both the Portland teams last season, expects to leave Port land about the 20th for Little Rock, where he Is signed to play during the coming season. XOLLT GOES TO ATLANTA. (Journal Special Service.) Atlanta, Ga., March 7. Manager Ab ner Powell .has bought the release of Shortstop Wallace Holllngsworth from the Colorado Springs team. Holllngs worth jumped Colorado Springs last year and played with Portland and Los Angeles in-the outlaw league. " DATS rOB WBESTLINO BOUT. . (Journal Special Service.) Baltimore, March 7. The postponed wrestling match between the heavy weights, "Americus" and Parker, will be pulled off on April 14. in the Lyrio Muslo hall, In this city. ' ':' EUGENB KXCrX SCHOOL WINS. , '. '.".'" (Journal Special Service.) " ' Eugene, - Or., March 7. The Eugeno High School team defeated the Company C team In a hotly-contested gam of basketball Saturday evening by tbe score of 14 to S. . , . Eastern and California races by di rect wires. We aocept commissions by phone" on above races from respon sible parti!, We also receive commis sions for all leading sportigg events In any part of the world, at Portland Club, ISO. Fifth street t rv COMMERCIAL BOWLERS DEFEAT MULTNOMAH The Commercial club bowlers won an exciting contest from the Multnomahs Saturday evening. The finish was de cidedly close, r only 21 pins being the margin by which the Commercials won. Buck of the Multnomahs made the highest total score of 180. Levy . of, the Commercials made the highest score In one game, making a score of 60 in his second game. Peterson of Multnomah and Menef ee of Commercial are tie for the second highest score, with . 65 each. . The scores: . Multnomah ' 1 2 '8 4- ' Rogers . 25 26 83 46430 Mccabe 33 . 42 36 28 139 Peterson 3U .44 55 38 -lb 9 Knight 23 44 - 45 84146 Robertson ..... 27 40 33 85 1S6 Buck . ........ 47 47 33 63180 Totals . .....187 243 235 23489) Commercial i . , 1 t I 4 ' Menef aa.. ..... 44 ,' 27 65 . 28 154 Sieler . 30 31 61 ' 40 152 McMonies . ... 26 45 v 41 4159 Palmer . ....... S 46 84 81 147 Levy ... ........ 81 60 . .83 46169 Thornton ..... 23 33 33 60138 Totals 190 242 246 ,242920 WATEBHOUSB CUP STENT. (Jonrnal Special Service.) and Outburst finished as named. ' " 8 to 1 shot, won the $4,250 Waterhouse cup event at Emeryville Saturday. Re sults: Waterhouse cup, t miles, value 34,260 Grafter, 105, crosstnwaue, s to 1," won: Veterano, 104, J. Martin. 3 to 1,' second; Horatlus, 108, Powell, 11 to 5, third; time, 3:58. Lacy Crawford, Hor ton, The Way, Rto Shannon, Modicum and Outburst finished as named. COMPANT H WINS TBOK X. Company H "won . the indoor baseball game from Company K, In the armory Saturday evening by the overwhelming score of 4 0 to 6. Batteries ; . Austin and Kramer, for II, and McKay and Morrow, for K. v- :.-v- ' V COLUMBIA DEFEATS HIGH SCHOOL. The baseball game between the ' Co lumbia University , and the Portland High School nines, which was played Saturday, resulted in a victory for the 'varsity players by the score of 10 to 1. QUEENAN DBAWS WITH MULLEX, .. v '. (Jonrnal Special Service.) Astoria. Or., March 7. Perry Queenan of Seattle and Fred-Muller of Portland boxed 20 rounds to a draw at the Co lumbia theatre Saturday evening. JUNIOBS DEFEAT BINOLEBS. ' The basketball game Saturday even ing between the Rlnglers and the Juntof Muitnomans was won oy me latter oy the score of 12 to 10. SPOKANE BAKERS START BREAD WAR (Journal Special Service.) i Spokane. Wash.j. March 7. A merry war ls'-on among the ' bakers. ' Price cutting has been going on for the past month, but It has only been in the last few days that cutting has become gen eral.:-.- -v.- r Formerly the price to the wholesaler was 25 loaves for , $1, but recently a cut was made and some of the bakers started giving 28 loaves for the same price. Yesterday - a still further cut was made, and wholesalers are now re ceiving 30 loaves for $1. ' There is no agreement of the Bakers' association whereby a member can be even fined for price cutting; but It Is now being sug gested that such action be taken at tho next meeting of the association. It Is understood that a meeting of the association will soon be called and an effort be made to bring about an amicable adjustment of the difficulty. Just bow soon thla meeting will be called Is yet a matter of doubt. WHAT SHIPS MAY COME IS NOT KNOWN Local officers of the Portland-Asiatic company state that while It is probable that the Indrawadi will take the place of the Indravelll, whose charter expires March 25, nothing definite is known about It. Unless rechartered this will be the last trip of the Indravelll to Portland. Her charter will expire about the time she arrives In the Orient. Cap tain Craven says, that he Is In the dark as to what kind of a change Is to be made. If the Indrawadi does come here he says it Is very probable Tie will con tinue on the Portland run. There Is also the same degree of un certainty concerning tha Indrapura. Her charter to the Portland-Aslatlo company expires on May I, and 'it has been learned through ; semi-official ' sources that she is to be succeeded by the Indryi mayo. Before the expiration of her charter she will be able to make but one trip to Portland. The steamer is due to arrive here about the first week In April. ., , - ,-. -, v , i: . MABINB BEPAXB JOB, Engineering London gives an account of a repair job done .at the Northern Iron works. Southampton, on the steam ship Ninevah. Tha vessel arrived in Southampton water on Wednesday, Jan uary 6, with a fractured Intermediate cylinder. A board of trade and Lloyd's survey was held on board the following morning, when It - was decided -to bore out the cylinder and fit in a castlron liner, together with long vertical stays to strengthen the fractured parts of the cylinder. This work .necessitated the turning down of the old piston and fit ting tha same with new Junk ring, float ing rings, and packing rings. The liner was cast,rtorea out, ana nttea in place, and the vessel left 5n her voyage to the Cape and Australia, at I o'clock on the following Friday .morning, January 15; the whole work being carried out in seven days from the commencement to the entire satisfaction of the company's officers and the surveyors. , The . cast weight of tha liner was overjtwo tons. BANQUET OF BADGES. (Journal Special Service.) 1 ; New York, March 7. -The Wisconsin society of New Tork Is to give Its first annual banauet tonight and elaborate arrangements have been completed for the function. Governor LaFollette will be present and deliver an address, and Postmaster-Oeneral Payne, Senators Queries and Spooner and . other distin guished sons of the Badger state are ex pected' to ba present ' , JAPS HAKE LITTLE -OUTWARD SHOW T. 8. BELLI WHO XA . JUST BB TUBNEB FBOM LAND Or BXSXBGr BUN TELLS QT ,TJEEB WATS O THE LITTLE BBOWN KEN ABB TEXT PATBJOTIC ' ' The Japanese shows his patriotism not in loud hurrahs. In fiery speechmak lng. In the sounding of martial muslo or the waving of banners andTlags; but In the heartiness with which he subscribes to his nation's cause and the prompt ness with which he steps forward to his emDeror's call to arms. . F. 8. Kelly, representing., the Portland Flouring Mills company, who has Just returned from nine weeks In . the orient, irom personal observations, has thus formed his pplnion of the little brown man. . "I left Japan on February jv saia Mr. ? Kelly, , "and c while ' the entire country Is wrought up by the war, the outward show of feeling that character ises the American, the Englishman or the German, is not In evidence. Nearly every store Is decorated with flags. It is true, and there js some demonstra tion around the recruiting stations, but on the, whole the Japanese are 'saying nothing and sawing wood.' ; '- Mr; Kelly left Portland for Japan December 26 last. During the trip he' visited Yokohomar-Nagasakl. Kobe and other Japanese, towns but did not leave the islands. The firm he represents is one of the heaviest shippers of flour InJtK the jprlent and Mr. Kelly succeeded In making several : large contracts for early consignments of wheat stuffs. "Since war was declared, up until the time I left," he said, "the opening of hostilities has somewhat stagnated the market. All vessels and the railroads of the. island empire are required for the transportation of troops and muni tions of war and the result is the piling up of cargoes at the docks and no chance to transport the goods Inland and very - little opportunity for the ! Japanese . to export goods. - However I j look for very fcood business shortly.." Mr. Kelly, who Is personally ac-, quainted with Oscar King Davis, one of the well-known eastern war correspondents.-met him at the Imperial hotel in Kobe. "I became acquainted with Mr. Davis about -four years sgo, while en route , to Manila." said Mr. Kelly. "I also saw Jack London, the magazine writer and correspondent at Shlmnon eslki. At that Wne London was pre paring to depart Tor Korea. As a mat ter of fact most of the war correspond ents are shut up at Kobe, with promises from the Japanese government that they will be allowed to go to the front with the next expedition. All news coming into Japan is subjected to rigid cen sorship and It Is my opinion that even the correspondents are not aware of all that Is going on. There is an absence of foreign adventurers and soldiers of fortune. The government won't allow them In, and about the only foreigners In the country, drawn there by the war, are the correspondents. "Japan Is flooded with newspapers, and extras are published .and eagerly sought. As far as the government will permit, every one is" well .Informed , of the operations In Korea." The trade of '. his company with Korean and Russian ports, in Mr. Kelly's opinion, will be retarded by the war, as the Japanese will not allow any mer chant vessel to pass in. "The climate when I left," he con tinued, "was f reeling, but not disagree able. The hotels are a little cold, but the cold weather Is about past. I re turned on the Empress of India and had an uneventful voyage of 12 days." Mr. Kelly is suffering from the effects of an obstructed gland in his left eye and Saturday morning underwent an op eration to relieve It He is able to be at his desk. CAPTAIN BAKER OPENS TIIE BIDS FOR OATS Bids have been opened at Portland and Seattle for supplying 2,600 tons of oats to the government, which will be sent to Manila on the British steamship Inverness. . The Portland bids were opened by Captain Jesse M. Baker, dis tributing quartermaster. They -are as follows: v Albers Bros, offered S00 tons of No. 1 at $26.80; 600 tona of No. I at $17.25; 760 tons of No. 1 at $23 and 750 tons of No. 2 at $23.25, delivered at the firm's dock In 30 days, . Kerr, Glfford & Co. offered 600 tons at $26.42 H; 1,000 tons at $26.67 M, and 1,000 tons at $26.85. delivered at Mont gomery dock No. 2 any time during the last half of this month. Balfour, Guthrie & Co. bid $1.39 for 100 pounds of No. I gray oats, for 600 tons; the same figure for whites; $1.41 for No. 2 whites, and $21.43 for a better grade of No. 2, to be delivered at Ocean lo dock within 26 days. O. W. Simpson bid $26.70 on 100 tons of whites; $26.70 on 100 tons of gray; 100 tons of either white or gray at .fzi.zv. - George A. Westgats of Albany of fered to furnish 600. tons of gray oats averaging 37 pounds to the bushel for $26.95 a ton; 1.000 tons, of No. 1 feed oats, grays and whites, at $27.95 a ton. to be delivered here within 16 days after the acceptance of the proposals. The bids have been forwarded to Washington and the award will be made by the quartermaster-general. HE DOES NOT KNOW ' WHERE PAPERS ARE On learning that tha record noting the mortgage of property for 11,000 by C. Guy and Christina Wakefield to the Fra ternal Order of Home Buyers had been marked satisfied on account of errors and that the mortgage had been again recorded 10 minutes latere George W. Joseph, attorney for tha order, was much surprised. "We did not discover this because no entry was made on the same sheet," said Atforney Joseph. -However, my opin ion in that tha satisfaction was entered and a new record made In order to se cure possession of the documents. We do not know where they are now." '.''""'' LUMBEBS DBOTJQKEBS. ' The schooner 3. R. Lunsman has been chartered by tha Pacltlo Export Lumber company to load lumber at Portland tor the Orient - She is now en route from Mojl to Honolulu. Under charter to tbe same company are the schooner Henry K. Hall, barkentlne James Tuft, schooner Samar, schooner W, H. Talbot and the Norwegian ship America. - Journal friends ana readers, when traveling on trains to and from Port land, should ask. news agents for The Journal and insist upon being supplied with this paper, reporting all failures in obtaining it to the office of publication, addressing Tha JournaTortland, Or. NEED $8,000 TO ENTERTAIN GUESTS POBTLAND LETTEB OABBZBB8 HOPS TO BAXSB THIS SUM POB COMING NATIONAL CONTENTION OP POSTMEN SOUTENI BOOH WELL BB ISSUES SOON.' A meeting of the executive commit tee of the Multnomah Branch No. 82, National Association of Letter Carriers, was held yesterday to formulate plans for obtaining money for the entertain ment of delegates to the national con vention; to be held In Portland next summer. v.,-; It was decided to get up a handsome Illustrated souvenir In book form. It will contain photographs of the president of the. United States and other promi nent government officials, the officers of the Letter Carriers! association, promi nent Portland people and many scenes In and around this city, besides reading matter descriptive of the " state - and city. The business houses of the city will be asked to take advertising space and-K. is from this source that the post rrlen hope to raise the main portion of the money they need. Canvassers will be put to work this week and will con tinue until every business man in this section has had the opportunity, pre sented to him. - . Eight thousand dollars is the sum Re quired to provide for the convention. FOur years ago Minneapolis raised this sum for the convention in anticipation of securing it for the following year and each succeeding year she has been una ble to get it. This sum being on de posit that city made a very hard fight against Portland and her delegates In duced the majority to agree on Portland as the next meeting place, conditioned that she would raise as much money as Minneapolis had done. ; The members of the local branch are assessed 25 cents a month for the con vention fund. There are now 90 mem bers In this branch and It soon will be increased to over 100, Negotiations are now in progress with the Lewis and Clark Fair officials to secure an engagement : for the band of the New York City branch during the fair. It numbers 70 pieces and is said to be tho equal of any band In that city. James C. Keller, the national presl dent. Is expected to arrive here in the near future in the Interest of the com lng convention. The executive commit' tee Is composed of Frank Stewart chair man; E A. Moulton, H. C. Hutchinson, W. P. Lyman and GW. Feathers. SECURITIES NOT THOUGHT AVAILABLE The action of Portland business men in declining the offer of J. J, Healey to promote trade Interest between Alaskan ports and this city Is given an explana tlon by Henry Hahn of Wadbams & company. , . , ', "We feel the promoter should have some substantial Interest or investment in any corporation we might form .to exploit the Alaska trade," said Mr. Hahn, "and as there is considerable doubt as to Cpt J. J. Healey's securities being available for cash at this time, we con cluded not to accept his offer. His prop osition was that he would take a $25,000 Interest In the corporation, to be repre sented by certain securities that ha has. These were not acceptable to a mr.Jorlty of tha merchants who had the matter under consideration. Many of them ex. pressed themselves as being willing to embark In such an enterprise, but the promoter, If he Is to have the active management should make a very, sub stantial Investment in the corporation. This will be the end of the matter, I suppose, at least so far aa-Capt Healey Is concerned. 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