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. "
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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
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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 . ' , .
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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 ''"
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THE PRICE OF GAS WATER HEATERS INCLUDES INSTALLING
. . To any consumer now using a Gas Range we will, install a GAS WATER .
FOR
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FIFTH AND YAMHILL STREETS
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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
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