Lu:.:zzr rr.c i china. KEY TO Slll)ATi:;i Cxpoft'ert. Daclina to Pay Wheat and Flour Rate Fixed by . Seattle Conference. SOUND SHIPPERS HAVE ; ;. " CHARTERED BRINKBUR)! Portland Will, Sehd ; Hundred ; ; Thousand Barrels of Flour to ' Vv' Orient in April.1, 'J.x::y' ' ' ' Exporters ar dissatisfied with . ths aeclslonor th savers! iwunimp con-: panics to maintain the rat i it t ton for transporting wheat and flour to jn far east, and will charter tramp steam rs. The sound ahlppera elosed a deal this nnnlii. tnr ha Rrltl.h ateamSblO Drinkhum ' nn whlrh thav will be abU it niki ihlnmintl at the rmt 01 If a ton. 8h ia of l.iti tons gross reg Istsr, and can carry about 80,000 bar rels of flour. The vessel will miw re- ..-I ..I ... . ... thU MAntk nine in mammom iminur '" Ing to J.' J. Mill was brought from the Atlantle eoast there la plenty ox tonnage -onarated h the reaular eomoanlsa from BeatUa and Taeoma to take, oar of the buslnesa But the shippers ax strongly opposed to the proposition of paying the rat , namsd, particularly whan tber Is a Urge fleet of "tramps', on th dla ngagd list which can be secured at a much nor reaaonabl figure. Poreaaalns: what th result of th meet ing held by th transportation companlea wouia os, id raniua nippers -tared a couple of veaaels, th1 Dumbar ton and Ferndene, tnore than a week ago -to carry flour to Japan. Th Dumbar 1 ton arrived oft th mouth of th Colum bia river tlfls morning, and will proba- hi reach . nort tonlaht. - Her -carao. -about 00,000 barrels, will b supplied by th Portland Flouring mills.''. Th Frn- , nana, en roui xor uuji, wiu no( .rcmca ' her until th last of th month. . yesterday, will carry 41.000 barrels of ' flour to th far east, and so th entire m6uiit taken from this port this month . will total more than 100.000 barrels, which -will be -worth -$:5,000. Th Araaonla. win mava to the Alaska dock , thta afternoon to eomplet discharging bar inward cargo. Bh will b ready aall Anrll 1. UH NO SETTLEMENT YET. BtovsdotM Xrfck Oat at aattta ',' They Hefaasd mdaod Wages. ' : Charles 3. Kelly, secretary of th 1 Longshoremen's International union, re turned this morning from Seattle, where he wnt a few days ago to sndeavor to straighten out the difficulty between th stevedores and th members of th organisation ha - represents. : He . state that Hamilton A MoCab. , th prlncl pay stevedor firm up there, reduced the wages from cents to 40 cent an hour, and when th man refused : to agree "to the reduction they were locked, .out,, and no settlement la yet .In 1 eight Mr. Kelly declare there Is a possibility that th troubl may ax tsmTTO tnat'ffvery- port Dnth coaat will b involved. He expects to return to Puget sound tomorrow to renew his efforts to bring about peac. ; Andrew Feruaeth. who arrived from Ban Francisco few daya ago,' toft for ' th sound this morning to inquire Into ths situation from A Bailor's point of . view; H will be absent several days. I ; LABOR TROUBLES.; V ; ' rortlaad Ssoap BAavuf Thos f oat and SeattO by Diplomacy. According to J. A.' Madsen, secretary ' of th Longshoremen's union, ths Brit ish steamship Sandhurst will not be de layed at this port on account of labor troubles at Seattle and Tacoma: aha will be loaded by union longshoremen. r .. Th Sandhurst saljed from Seattle for Portland this morning to take for the ' orient about 100 tons of baled hay at the Albers dock. She received a ship ment of oats on the sound. - -For a time it did look as though the vessel woilld be tied up here,' aald Mr. . Madsen.- "Nearly all shipping is tied up on the sound owing to th fight between th stevedores and longshoremen. Not a pound Of freight Is being placed aboard the Coamos liners, snd th trouble is likely to spread so that every lln up there will be Involved. la a number of Instances the agents of the steamers are taking the contracts away from the , stvedoras and ar employing longshore men instead."- . y . , STRICTLY BUSINESS. Bear-aUaUnl Ketnpf f Satin Tims Be. naaa 4a TkntlM A. SHa Aei . ' . M L- 1 T r . M I. . clal - steamboat Inspector sent to th ' coast bjf Secretary Metcalt is oonfln- ) ing mmwi iriviix w vustneaa. 1 ' fis has ben on board a large number of the boats In the harbor to make sure xnai xnein owners ar complying who the law by having them fitted up with less ineir pntsnanm in vrewa ar required to give ; fore . and boat drills , in his "presence. Among the craft looked orer yesterday by the -special inspector ' Were the Jessie Harklns, the Dalles and the Mascot. Today he Is going down the line and boarding whatever boats are In the harbor.- -The Alblna ferryboat will be vmlted this afternoon. - Local Inanactora Edwards and Fuller nave oraerea uii muir wmn w taken out on the ways In order that she may be supplied with a. new transom. tmr ,Tkoasn4 feet, of Oak Sea to ; This Port rot Plaliblna; Purposes. ' . , Importing lumber from th orient . is Ilk sending coal to Newcastle but .a shipment of 10.00a feet arrived last night from Chins, It was brought to San Franclsoo on an oriental liner, and shipped' here on the steamer Bedondo. The lumber Is a peculiar variety of oak which Is said to be very valuable for finishing purposes. It was consigned to J. B. Haseltlne It Co of this city, and Is said to be th flrsthlpment of tho sort . ver brought to this port from China, In the -event that it comes up to expectations It la likely that a regu lar bualneaa will be built up in this Una - Millions of feet of fir go from Portland to China every yeart . About 100 tona of general freight were also brought from the Bay City by th Redondo, which will "be dis charged at the Mersey dock. The veaael will sail Thursday for Los Angeles with 1,500 tons of wheat now stored at the Montgomery dock. . Heretofore she has been clearing for Ban Francisco with a general cargo. , . - ' TRADE WITH ALASKA, v Ooods Oi It Baa to the Sound Pot Shlpmmt to the) Vsvtk. ' ,'i'. Portland Is getting" a share of Beat Ue'a trade with - Alaska. ' Within the past few days big quantities of goods have 'been sent from Portland over the Northern Pacific for shipment on ths steamer Cottage Clay which sails from the sound for the north today. In the shipment were I0 tons' of smoked meat. Thar were supplies of all sorts, as well as a big assortment of machinery. Seven white men from i Portland andx Chlneae Will take - passage an ...th steamer. Among th former ar Br 'A. Baldwin, of th American Coral Marbi company., who is bound for Ketchikan to open up a marble quarry. He is ac companied by Jesse Stearns of New York, who la interested In h company. In addition to th small number of men thy engaged in this oity to work for them a" big force - was . procured at Seattle. ,,, . ALONOE WATERFRONT. To test her new boiler' the steamer Dalles City was taken for a apln today. If all works wall th steamer will re sume servlo between Portland and The Dalles tomorrow. '.The M. F. Henderson, which has been ' taking her plac for the paat . three weeka, will again ' be placed in the towing trade by the Shaver Transportation company.; .-,-At $ o'clock this afternoon the steamer Jeksle Harklns went out on the Wssh ougal route in place of the lone, which will - b given-a general overhauling. Th Harklns will carry 7i passengers and will be Used exclusively for' that purpose. Laden with 1,860.000 feet of lumber, the barkentlne T: P. Emlgh left down this morning for Shanghai. Tho lumber was supplied-by the Portland Lumber comnany. . . ' . British ahlp Pyfhomen moved ' this morning from the sand dock - to the wharf-of the Oregon Water Power et Railway company to remain until ys he Is chartered. . ". , - C E. Steelsmlth, local agent, says the steamer Aurella will be delayed but one trip on account of the fire which broke out on her at Ban Francisco. . Her pas senger accommodations will b doubled. . Steamer Aberdeen left San Franclsoo last night' for - Portland to load lumber for the return trip. -c : r . Tonight the steamer Oregon will sail for the Bay City, with 1.614 sacks of flour, 471 . sacks . of. potatoes and 140 undlea of snooks. ? ' , . Lsst Saturday the oriental liner Ara gonla spoke the British ship Ardencrslg 110 miles west of ths mouth of th Columbia river. Th vessel was bound from Puget sound for Australia' with a lumber cargo, and asked to be reported all well. '. - Schooner Alvena arrived from th south yesterday and went to the Port land mill to load lumber for San Pedro. Before she goes in service along ths coast the steamer Ara go. recently built for th United States engineers, will engage In survey work along the Co lumbia river. She is at ths foot of Everett street for minor repairs. Second Mate Lewis has been promoted to the position of first of rice r on the British ship Lonsdale, which will begin toadtnc lumber about Thuradsgr for the orient. The cargo will be supplied by the 7nman-Joulsen mill ana th North Pacific, . : ".,: . . Democrats ar registering as Repub licans,' and Republicans as Democrats, the struggle of candidates to gain their party nomlnatlona resulting in this at tempt to get around the plain Intent of the direct primary nominations law. To what extent this is being done cannot be estimated with any degree of accuracy. But that It is being done is admitted by member of . both part tea - . V . The' plain intent of the primary law is that electors shall declare under oath what are their party affiliations. The idea waa not that voters should be Re publicans one day snd Democrats ths nest, although it was not Intended that a voter, once-he had declared hla party connections, should never ohange. But that a person known ss a member of a particular party should register 'under oath as a member of another party 1 clearly not -in" keeping-with: the provi sions of the new law. Examination of the registration Hats shows that num bers of voters have registered with the political party with which they do not and are not likely to affiliate. - f Testerday l electors-registered TfS Republicans snd 117 Democrats. Th total registration la now I, HI Repub licans, 7.102; Democrata. 1.085) and 144 refuaed to state their party. New reg istrations are 1.43&,and changea of resi dence 1.M0. The new reglatratlon'mnat be taken Into account in prophesying th outcome. - - , ; MARINE NOTES. Astoria, April 11. Arrived at 10,'tO a. m. British steamer Dumbarton, from Mojl. via Port Townsend. Balled at 10:10 a. m. Gasoline schoon er Chetoo. ' Baa Francisco,' April 11. Sailed at 10 last night Steamer Aberdeen, for Port land. - . V - " -, Astoria. April 10. Arrived at "11:10 and left up at 1:15 p. m. Steamer Rose' cransi from Monterey. Arrived down at S:40 p. m. Americas ship OF. Sargent . Astoria, April 11. No bar report; wire trouble. ,, ,.. PROMINENT CHlRCH ' : pN PASSES AWAY Charles H. Madeley. a prominent mem ber; of the First Presbyterian church, died at 7:15 o'clock last evening st th horn of his daughter, Mrs. L L. "Hauff, at Oatman's, this city. . Thedeceased wss a native of Liver pool, England, - and was born November , ltft. He came to thie) country at an early age, and lived in the middle west until 1880, when he moved to this city. In 1900 Mr, Madeley was elected an elder In the Presbyterian church and fdr two yeart was Its treasurer. He had many wsrm friends among all classes. Th funeral will take plsoe at the First Presbyterian church. Twelfth and ; Al der streets, tomorrow at I o'clock. " trli m eV 0 YfrA nfi ii ;i iHi ii ii ih III II llll " WW w' Dm in an PARTY FiiEFE3Ei"CE Republicans Register as Demo crats, and democrats Swear . They Are Republicans.; Direct primary law : DEFEATED BY THI1VfTH0D Crooked Work . Done In Interest K of . Some . One Seeking ' Mayoralty Nomination. V OFFER REWARD FOR . DEATH OF CHINESE Interpreter at Seattle Falls Under Ban of Countrymen Who : ' Seek to Kill HIm. '.Bpeelal DUpsteh te Tsa JearaaU) .i Beattls, April 11. Chin Jack, or Ah Jack, as he is better known, for many years interpreter for the local ouatonsa officers, has fallen 'under the ban of his countrymen. Testerday afternoon they held a meeting in the Wa Cbong building and formulated a petition to Washington asking that he be removed from office on the ground that he is working a hardship on all Chinamen In the Puget sound district by alleged false affidavits of their .residence and lights to be 1st the United Btates. The petition will be forwarded to the Chinese minister at Washington, to gether with a statement of the alleged facts, and he will be asked to present it to the chief of the Immigration bu reau. ' . '.--- .- ; -:' -.. Today- many ' placards-wer -found pasted all ovr Chinatown offering from ttOO to 11,000 reward to any one who will kill Ah. Jack. The placards s re wrlttsn in red ink. Local merchants de clare that tbey do not know who Is posting the placards, and tbst they only warned Ah Jack to leav the coun try - .,.-,c 7.. THOMAS FOR MORE V 00M ON CAR PLATFORM O. H. Thomas, candidate for th Dem ocratic nomination for mayor, promises improvements in Portland's street car service, if he is elected.- xner snouia b more cars to Insure better service, he says. and the crowded - platforms, which hinder conductors from attending to their duties, would be" abolished un der his administration. "For years PorHandTTiss 'seen, during certain morning and evening hours, car after car convey a. load that two or more street cars snouia nsve carriea. he said. ."Church, baseball and other pro-known travel. Is as poorly provided for. ' . "Much time Is lost and all are Incon venienced at each stop whils th pa trons fore a way off or on a crowded ear. ' The conductor muac wriggie through to collect the fares and is un able to see his platforms and to prop erly attend to the safety of hla paaaen- seAgers. A crowded car is a menace to the public, since the motormaa lacks room "in which to promptly apply ths brakes, and when the brakea rail to hold, -child ran at play and others jay the penalty with life or limb. : ' "Increased power, aoamonai cars ana the emDlorment of more conductors and motormen would curtail the - com pany's profits somewhat. - but thes would add to th comfort and conveni ence of the passenger and to the safety of everybody. , . ' -If nominates aner eiectea mayor, i purpose securing improvra conaiuons in this direction as is indicated in my platform." . -.-, ATTEMPT IS MADE TO POISON TWO BROTHERS SSISBsaBJSBSSBSlSBSBsaBSB V (Special Dissateh te The JoaratLl Farmlngton. Wasb April 11. A bold atUmot was made upon th life bf W. R. Brown by placing poison In hla, food Saturday. Mr. Brown and his brother," who are living" together In the country, had a can of plums on the table. Both ate of them for breakfast, after which W. R. Brown went to town and his brother went to an adjoining farm. Thar were gone all day and on return ing in the evening again ate some plums. the eatables having ail Been irt oiytne table, covered with a cloth. . w. R. Brown noticed that th first mouthful tasted strange and grew susplcloua An examination of the eontenta pf th . Jar by a . local-, chemist ahowed . a', poison. but lust what kind ha eouia not tell. The fruit has been sent to the state college at Pullman for thorough exam ination." ' " ' , . : POPULATION OF ISLANDS SHOWN. BY FIRST CENSUS (Joaraal gperlsl gervtce.) i. 'Washington, April 11. According to the census of the Philippine Islands junt taken the total population of the archi pelago is ?,2M!f. Of this number al most 7.000.000 are more or less civilised, wild tribes forming about nine per cent of the entire poulatlon. The civilised tribes ere practically all adherents of th Cathollo faith. Th Moros or Mo hammedans and 6iher wild peoples have no recognised belief A The density of Domilatlon In the Philippines Is (7 per squar mil, as against 2 In ths UnitoJ States. ' . , , There is a touch of warmth in the air, just a hint of rhier ays a coming - Prepare ; for ' it-r-get a OAS RANG wsbsssIbrs BEFORE THE RUSH BEGINS No better time than fight now, THE PRICE NOW INCLUDES INSTALLING If you buy a Gas Range it will include installing. By this we: mean -: , for the purchase price we will setit up ready for use, including a run ' of 40 feet of pipe. On all cash tales or if paid within 30 days from, :'' 1 date of purchase, a discount of 10 per cent will be allowed. - A dis-" count of 20 per cent is made on purchase price when a fuel stub is al- . Clay IU mv s.ivtivi w K'I'v Mvvwt . ' , . ft.... V r ):? f cXNOTHER CONVENIENCE ( IS 8 r m l gas 17; 'i"7 z 'u--J I "UK,il If. i v(h'-iiili r i V- :. '-V t7Ae CI RCULATING - WAT !.''; ; ?-V - '. It is attached to the boiler in the kitchen and heats water in a few minutes. It is more1 economical than lighting your wood or coal stove and ever so. much cleaner. and,quickerv It is very simple" in construction and easy to handle jvhen you heed hot water for the bath, or other purposes, you simply light .the heater a few minutes .and youll have plenty of hot -water.-, Let us show you how they operate and how" inexpensive they are. ; V ''" '-, ...j.L.....'. . r- -r . ,. ,. .,! . . ....... THE PRICE OF GAS WATER HEATERS INCLUDES INSTALLING . . To any consumer now using a Gas Range we will, install a GAS WATER . FOR m -ssr ' vk,i m sr sa. ssv - - Asar 1 V 'L, i mm. FIFTH AND YAMHILL STREETS CCDo r.s i ' -'IK''- 'r;' FIRP DESTROYS KILNS : OF DOTY LUMBER CO. ' (SpedU Dlspateh te The JosraaLI .h.ii. wash.. An rtl 11. Fir de stroyed two dry kilns of th Doty Lumbar Co.' yesterday Tenln;. Th loss Is $7.- 000, insurance anout two iira v amount, ror a tlm th ntlr planirg mtU was in dancer, as th kUns -wsr full o lumber at th Urn of th Are. n... i. . miii town on th Bouth Bend branch, It mUs west of bera . . I. . mrmmt and will hUlMr ths company- for but a short tlm. Had It not been, for the xoellei.t water sys tem owned by ths Arm, their whol plant would probably nav wi. m GOVERNMENT CANNOT ACCEPT ANT REBATES V (Jenraal Special Bervlee.J - " iitrii 11. Th controller of th treasury has rsndrd a decision critlclslnv th proposed action of th secretary of the interior In accepting rebates from tne ooumarn . .k. Piitf to eontraotora n- rased in Irritation work; in th wst. Th controller states that ths govern ment hss no authority to accept rebates snd ths action is illegal. two oour. ran. :' ' (SBseiaf Dispateh t The Joors.l.) a.i . n inrit 11. Conrad Krebs and B. W. Jones, two prominent hop growers of . this section, (engaged in a fist fight In th streets ofalem. yes terday srternoon.' in irouuw result of a recent case in the circuit eourt, in which th decision -wss favorably- to-Jones. Krebs was fined 1 5 BXQXmnTIOaT T0 MTfTisTsV. (Special MspeU te Tse Jo.ro. 1.1 Salem, Or., April 11. Kstraalllon pa pers wer Issued yesterdsy by Oovernor Chamberlain on-th governor of Nevada for th rturn bf Roy H. Miller, preal- run f Tra Steaalas;. ' fr thee line from J. II. Plmmonr, of Casey, la Think what might liav re sulted from hla terrible coush If he had not taken th medlcln about which h writes: "I had -a fearful cough, that diaturfted my night's rest. I tried ev erything, but nothing would relieve It, until I took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs snd Colds, which completely cured me." Instantly relieves and permanently curea all throat and lunV dleeaaee: preventa grip macy; Sixth end Oak streets on th way to th poatofflr; guaranteed, o aud 1 Trial Knit la f ra. . dent of th defnnot bank of Bumpier. Millar, who Ik now under arrest In Tono pah, Nev, is a member of a highly respected family In this city. M WOBX BAT OsT OAsTAJV, (learaal Special Bwvlee.) 1 , Washington, April 11. Chief Engineer Wsllac of th Isthmian canal atates that ; the commission holds that th eight-hour law does not obtain In the canal sons and that Its operation would seriously imped work. W DE. T. T. WHO, We te creva sad krMe werfe wttheat sal a Onr IS yrars' .spBrlsiMW Is plat, work en ables as te tit roar smith eosatartsblr. !. W. A. Wise h. tiMBd a safe wsy te eitnet twtb. tbsohitalr. wlthant pain. Dr. T. P. Wsw le a. sp-rt at snld fllllsg .M enwa esd brlrtra work. Bitravtlas (raa wkM platn ar hrldgs ar erdend. , WISE BROS.. Dentists laillag Builelar. ear. Third sad Weak tta Opra STaalBin till p. si. Rnndays froai tela. Or. M.la S02. . WTSTt. Dh. W. A. VEHICLE i VALUES Vasornpalosai alrs aa nTdlnsry - medi ant (mow as ' HIGH- GRADE. the arrr hnyss doaaat know th differ Sao aatu to late X ARE KNOWN TO FEW EXCEPT THOSE IN THE BUSINESS V I REMEMBER,: TH ESEHI G II GRADE VALUES . Oomanaad high gT4 prloesj. . Ths ; best war ts to trad wttt aa 14 ' reliable oaora that , ftva yea full vain for yur dollars, .and sever mlsispissssts. . SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY VEHICLES, HAKNESS.rWHIP3, ROBES. BICYCLES. IMPLEMENT3 MITCHELL. LEWIS a STAVED. ' ' P1R8T AND TAVLOR QRtlETfl 4 '.7 - 'A