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Newspaper Page Text1 - : i' i .. . . r OOP E VENING': . . ; . ;VX.--:.. The Wther. ' Tonight 'and Tueaday, . outh to weat wind. . VOL. IV. NO. 68. Those. Who r ; ! - : . - . . . . .. 1 1: Rotteii iTruth :r luujv'-irl" . :EvetyrStcp inInquir WmgBlockrandztothe-LastDefended rAuthors)fScandal; Throughout the Tanner creek sewer -r: Investigation Mayor Williams- uniformly 1- took the aids of the' contractors against the- taxpayers. J "Kickers, knockers, faultfinders" was his designation of the property owners who had the audacity la. protest -against the-aeeeptaitce of-the . sewer.. Every possible obstacle was ln- S terpoaed by, him to . prevent examina tion or the Job. and' It waa with the ut most reluctance that he finally con' sentWno lhe removal of Elliott from gy- ftnallyrf . when the reports jot two Investigating committees and admissions of Elliott .himself no-longer lef t-any room- to- dis - pute that glaring defects existed In the work. Mayor Williams .attempted to have the cost of the repairs advanced by the city.- rather, than compel the con tractor a bondsmen to. pay for ' them. ' The cost of these repairs waa estimated ' . at nearly 1 5,00. though It has far e'x--.' ceeded that sum, and Mayor Williams caused an ordinance to ba Introduced In the 'council appropriating the amount - ".from the general fund. Only- the oppo- jjdUon, of a majority of- it he councilman prevenxea wiis crowning iniquity 10 the Tanner creek scandal. ' rrr -llTha contractor's bondsmen were compelled to make good the faults." says Mayor -Williams In his- Interview - published . laatlWednesday In the .Ora - gonlan. If the mayor had had bis wsy C the taxpayera. not the bondsmen. Would have made good the faults. - - - V J .J'... Bsektaf Wltk rnmd. '' N " From the vary beginning the Tanner -ereek contract amelled of fraud. The ,-lty ' ngtmweet (mate 'that,' e IIOY.ln K over 125,000, but when the bids were opened It Was found that they ranged from I3S.009 to 140,000. . Even the . mayor and the executive board seem to J. have suspected that the contractors had v formed a pool as was, of course, the case and new bids were called for. For the moat part the second set of bids waa substantially the same as the first, but R- M. Rlner, unable to resist the I- temptation of seising all the profits for ' lmelCdeserted the pool and made a r bid " of 132.600. " The - contract was . awarded to him, and he began the Con struction of the sewer. Rumors soon - became current that the -work was be ' Ing done In a slipshod manner, and that i PLAIN QUERIES .MrWilliamsLMightiTake Opportunity in His Opening Speech ITonlght to Clear Away Dark -Attitude- In t Important -City-Aff airsV Mayor WiTiiams will open his cam paign at domes hall, in Alblna, this evening. He has stated that he would publicly discuss the relation of his ad- . ministration with the Tanner Creek sewer scandal, of which he haa said - In effect that his action In the matter . has resulted in giving the property owners a better sewer than If the orlg ; Inal specifications had been carried out . by the contractor In the first instance. ".-'Ills: personal .responsibility can be mads perfectly clear by direct and ex. . pllcltl answers to the following ques tions, which are submitted to him for reply: ' " ' l,. At" a .meeting of the-executive boarti held October 21, 1904, on the "'reading of a protest against ths accept " anca-nf -the'-ramuT Crewk-ewer- br responsible property owner. alleging gross defects JLn. he construction and offering to bear the expense of an In vestigation, did ydu ' not declare em phatically "that the matter had' been delayed" long-enoTmb n-that tractor ought to hivs his money T . a. At thr sam 'meeting, after the abovVmentloned, petition had been re--- ferred by you to the sub-committee of "" the executive roard on sewersand drains for consideration, and after ths Zttorney for the ..petitioners hnd left the room, did not the executive board, wlth your approval, reconsider Its ac tion. In the premises and aceept the sewer? At the same meeting of ths ex- eoutive hoard did loj the board refuse to accept the bid. of the Rlners for the construction f another sewer -on the i ground that although theirs was the lowest bid, the rumors about the work In connection with the Ta'nner creek : sewer were such" sa to make It In advlsshle to let them sny workT - 1 '4, Did , you not thereafter publicly : and - privately oppose the action of ths council In ordering an, investigation of ewers, declaring that th action of ths .executive board ought to be final and that the' council had no Jurisdiction in ""- the mattert - ' " , . I. i Aftr,the council had mad (ts In vestigation sn4 the evidence wss befors ymx, showing the work nn4he sewer to be thoroughly md. this being ths same - evidence upon which a Jury; In s court - --i3 shower; on . 7. i ... the specifications wars being Ignored. Extras amounting to nearly 13,000 had been allowed by 4he city engineer, who finally reported that tho sewer had beep completed and recommended, lti accept ance. ; - ---' - Protests Are Zraored. Two' protests against the acceptance of the sewer had been presented to the executive bord and Ignored, when large property owners- In that assessment dis- utut mad formal charge that tba-work speclflcations and was grossly-defective. They Appeared -before "the executive board, protested against ' the acceptance of the -work and offered io defray the cost-of an-expert examination of - the sewer. ' ... ..."1, ..;;..-,. Mayor . Williams Insisted . that ths sewer-should be accepted. ""This man Rlner ought to (et his money," declared the mayor. The. protest filed by the property own ers was Ignored and the sewer was ac cepted. The Indignation 'of the property ownerk .''V. J'""" mnt di'Hr thoroughly aroused and an appeal waa made to the council for the redress re fused by the - mayor and theexecutIVf board, ' Then followed -the first examina tion of Tanner creek sewer by a com mittee of experts, appointed by the council and the -property owners, The committee consisted" of J. Cunning ham and R. B. Grtenleat, engineers; P. J. Flyna and George Knight, contrac- ( When the report of the committee was mixta public it caused a sensation. Bo wretchedly had the work been done that the experts found that In many places there whs danger that the sewer might cave In at any time. There waa no foundation Tor the side walls of the sewer, iso that the experts declared that In places It was "merely a poorly con structed brick arch over a stretch of sewage running In an earthen channel." Bricks had 'been laid without mortar and the concrete Used crumbled at the touch, i - , ' s- ' Rlner put a, coat bf whitewash on a gopheri hole and the mayor called it a sewer, said one Indignant "taxpayer after hearing the report.- The report was submitted to the 'coun- .(Continued on Fage Two.) Douhts Concerning His of Justice found R. M. Rlner guilty of felony. In the doing of this work, did you not order and causa to be made an other .Investigation at the expense of the taxpayers? . -. --o, : ,6. After the second Investigation had fully confirmed the results of the first, did you not continue to retain Mr. iZlllott In office, snd on his volun tary resignation did you not write him a- letter declaring that the', facta brought; out were, no reflection, upon his Integrity or offlrlai competency snd referring In sneering terms to the "kickers" and "knockers" who ' had prosecuted the investigation T 7. Were 'Vou not thereafter Instru mental. In the preparation and -presenting tr,the council of ait.. ordinance-authorising the executive board to repair the sewer and snnrncrlal-mnnvnuf 0f the general Jund-for-the eatwnee thereof, and did you not urge the adop tion or mat ordinance? , , To sun up, did you not oppose lThr1fivetlgatmnrTefus - t(T admit the sufficiency of the evidence, which "Mr. Elliott himself did not attempt to con tradlet. decline at all times to take any action booking- to the- punishment of any of the participants In this gigantic fraud, and endeavor to the very last to protect-and shield 4hem-st the pub lic expense? AGED COUPLE SUE FOR WALDORF'ASTORfA SITE --,- iJcmnM Special SVrrlr. iau York. ' May 21 Living in ex treme poverty In three rooms of a tene ment at 260 Delancey street Is an aged couple preparing to begin ault against the city for the value - of real estate worth 114.000.000. Tart of ths resit la tha site on which the Waldorf-Astoria hotel stands." The cobple Is Meyer-Xta-mondsteln aged SO years and his wife. Miry, flvs years younger. The realty! . Was runk.J - -.,-1. l ..T ..t ifn Minn " ' i - " - , v. vuv.ii priniriy value, was left by sn nnele, Joseph Ar-noldste(n,-whe- died -in this lty,- - The property, after a lapsa of time ior the appearance, of helra. Is said to have been claimed by the city. ' , ., POSTLA.NPJ "OREGON.MQNrrAYKVEWTMfl'MftY That'g the ANGRY MOB SURGES ABOUT BANKDOORS Goldfield Institution Fails to :OpenTand ArmedxMmers Demand. MoneyX, officials mysteriouslVt; DISAPPEAR DURING NIGHT President Takes Securities Away With Him Cashier and - Bookkeeper Also Go. -' (Journsl Special Service.) Goldfield, Nov., May 22. The 0ld- fleld Bank A Trust company, capitalised at f 100,000, failed lo open its doors this morning.' A notice, on thai door- says the bank Is closed until a meeting of the directors nan ba had... - i, i, Investigation s'hows that: Cashier J. R. Boat-disappeared last. night. J. B. Young,-the- president, is said to have gone to San Francisco with the securi ties.- - Thp llabilittea are over , 100,000, ana me assets isz.unu. 'TOunrandTToarTlreriSOth"" from linn Angeles. Last night the other Ooldflnld bank agreed to advance cash to help ths Institution If given securities. The lat ter could not be found, as they are with Young. - Beal left a not and key addressed tot -the- bookkeeperrwhd Cannot be found. The note was opened by a clerk snd posted n the door. An angry crowd surged about the bsnk this - morning' 'with guns," threat ening violence. The excitement is great Speculating In' wildcat prospects, and advancing money on worthless -claims are aald to be the cause of the' bank's failure. .The Institution has anted n fiscal sgent for a number of promoters, and to -tnis la due its presnf collapse. technical defense ' ..;;::: urged by machen i r . : : KJonrssl Bpsclsl Bervtee.) - Washington, May 22. The trial of August W. Mbchen set for 'this morn ing went over until tomorrow on the request-of- his attorneys. '' They wilt raise the question of the right, of the government to try Machtn !in this Juris diction.' ,T. .... 'ft Stuff." DASH . FOR LIBERTY OPBOLD PRISONER Roy .MitchelUXhargedJrVithJju'i ceny, Makes a Desperate " ftoltoscapeI FLEES FROM COURT ROOM ... PURSUED BY DEPUTY Hurls Officer and Attorney to the Floor, but Lands In a 7 .'7"" tpungeon. - . ''.:' v Just after arraignment before Judge Cloland In department No. 1 of the cir cult court this morning, Roy Mitchell, charged "with, 1 larceny in" aT dwelling, sprang from the prisoners' dock, and made a dash ' for liberty. He rushed from the courtroom, through the fold ing: dnbra opening Intirthei corridor and ran through the crowd toward the stair way. ' ? At fheTieadof the stairs ha bumped Into - Policeman -Otbson- and -Attorney Bell, who were In conversation. The lawyer was knocked down the steps and the officer-thrown lo the floor by-the contact. .; The fugitive wis checked In hla flight by tha collision and was In stantly eelied. by Deputy Bheriff A. O. I'srrott, who was in pursuit. Tha 'Of ficer hurled Mitchell to the floor, over, powered, him. .and -escorted -him to a dungwonTn the county la II. . - - . . The courtroom wss filled with law yers at the time and the corridors were crowded Judge . Cleland had . set the calendar teases to. be tred. and the clerk was calling the names of Jurymen Who had Just' filed Into ' the room. Mitchell, and - XJorge Leffellyalso charged with larceny in a dwelling, eo eupted seata-ln the prtsoners1-row 1m4 mediately behind the Jurors. . Y .- Oonunotlom la tha Court, The prisoners) had entered pleas of not guilty. - Attorney Oormsn, who rep. resejits.,, Mitchell, '-waa talking with Deputy Parrot t, who waa aaalgned to the duty of taking the' prisoners Into court and returning them to the Jail. The- attorney had finished talking) with his cllent and -waa standing with vthe deputf. near the prisoners' dock. . i - TheJ officer motioned for the -prisoners to leave 'their seats snd pass before Continued; on Page Three, 1iSTRUCTIONSTO VOTEHS - TDEAtXR5A35fC tUil,0MTS OF TME ROmLARCHi BEER eOTTLERS PLAH TO TIO UP ALL BUILDING Failure of - Peaca - Negotiations Causer Rapid Spread of Chicago ."Strike. ., authorities prepare " :: :. for renewal of riots Sheriff and Mayor fVill Call for .Troops If Unable to Main- - ".; . tain-Oderi" ' ' .. -. - ...- i , (Jonrnri Bpeclsl Berrlct.) Chicago. May JrT-i-The failure of peace negotiations In to) final tage lends a sinister aspect to the teamsters' strike today.: City and county authorl-l tla a.i.DarinaLamed--frcea. whleh-t ylolenc Hread-of-disatlsfae-1 tlon to a yaatly larger number of men. Practically all hegotlatlojigXorJieaca are.. of f,. ,.nd both sides are adjusting themselves for even a more determined struggle. Sheriff Barrett and Mayor Dunne reiterate the determination to call for troops the 'momeriTThelr forces' are unable to quell the disorders. . The first movement toward tfte spread 6f -the st rlke me this -morning- when 100 teamsters of the Kdward Hies Lum ber company struck because several at their number were discharged for refua- ln to deliver material to an unfair de partment store. This la thoughts the beginning of a movement which is ltkely"totle- tip-al t building operations In Chicago, v; Thirty teamsters - in the Rlttehhouse Embree Lumber company walked out rather than make deliveries to boycotted concerns. All the lumber teamsters are expected to Involved within -the next few days. They, number-, 400, and' will be ordered to make deliveries to all bust ness houses regardless of whether they are falr-or-notj-ana as rapidly his they are dlacharged for refusing to-make deliveries-they" afei Joined by the other teamrtersT-; ' . There ts a bitter feeling between the whites and negroes on account of tha killing of Enoch Carlson, an -year-olU boy, last Week by two negroes. In a riot last night JamesGray ,--colored, was killed. ""HflTfyr Bernstein mortally wounded -and the building In ' which Bernstein wss being held captive par- tlally wrecked by a mob of 1,000 pee sons. Bernstein shot Gray in the quar rel over the atrllce : , . -. Frank - Voelker, a - prsssfeeder, waa shot and badly wounded during the night - as - the result of an - encounter with. Special Deputy Sheriff Fltsgerald. The contempt hearing before Federal Judge - Kohlsaat on - the lnjunctlonal cases was again continued thta morning, pending the closing up of the prelimi nary hearing before Master in Chancery Sherman, which are expected this after noon. ' Karly : trains brought ISO additional strikebreakers from Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Another consignment is ex- mlataken..forajtrlkebreakerwhlllpn his way to work this morning-and as saulted on Jackson boulevard and Jef ferson street snd seriously Injured. His assailants took $T8 from-4ilnuSlx suspects-were a rreated. Levy Mayer, attorney ror employers, consulted hla clients thla morning and union officials In the federal courts. Detectives are investigating the origin of seven fires started In the yards of the Rlttephouse-Embree Lumber com pany durlnr'th ntght. -"-police-belters they' wer ignited; by strike sympa thlsers. ' - Justice - Caverly announced thfs morning that be would fine every man arrested for - - carrying concealed weapons , the maximum amount. , t GOLD HILL MINE SOLD 7 IN BANKRUPTCY CASE .' (Special , Dlspstrh te Tkt iftertistl -Baker City. May 22 The" Gold Hill mine, the proprty'bf the Burnt River Mining company, waa sold Saturday by Referee Meaalck and Trustee W. O. Ay re, under order of the United States court In bankruptcy proceedings. ..J. H. McNIchoIs of Portland.. waa -the pur chaaer. "His bid wss 21,600. Thla prop erty was once rated. t , a half million dollars. The sale has not yet -been con firmed. . ' . , ni , UOA BUM. 1 Jonrnsl Special savvies. f Appleton, Wis,, May ll The sulphate plsnt of tha Riverside Paper company was totally destroyed by fire this morn lot. Th losi It' 126,00V -v BATTLE IN CcncrabErigagcmeDtJs Raging Along . Whole Russian Left. .,ri. SLAV ATTACKS REPULSED t - BY FORCES OF JAPANESE Qyama .Reported-ttt-BeMovIng AgaInsrEnWeTJhe7Tr.6u Fjghting J-Confinedto, the! Minor Clashes. (Jonrnsl gpeelsl Berrtee.) London, May it. A Tokio dispatch states that a report from the front aaya that the Russians attacked several Japa nese posts in-the neighborhood of the Liao river on-May-.- An attack" on Tangshed was repulsed with loss to the fltusslajna of 800:-: 1 Advices received from General Linle- luti at MfeltBtershnTg7l:-state-lhat-si general engagement is. in progress all along the lloe of the Russian- left flank, and that two divisions are engaged with the Japanese, : So far the Ruaslans have held their own and repulsed the Japa nese attacks; According to reports Oya- ma Is moving against the entire Rus sian Una, although up to the present the fighting has been confined to the left. Tokio- reports sttacks made by ihe Russians upon Chlentxu and -Chlng Tang Pao, , but both were repulsed. - There have been aeveral collisions at Changtu. ..but no mstarlal change tn the situation. The Russians are reported concentrating thetrCEValry strength at Kungchullang, NO RUSSIANS LE! rrenek AaJnlral Beporta Tbat Son of : woiestrsnaks-'a Timet aa WtammL I ' aMtTM,Ky "T "!fSJ f mttTvreery Blgorr, May AdmlrgT"Dejormulra has Just returned rrora a tour along me Annam vestlgate the- report that a portion of RoJestvensky'-tfleet had returned and was lying off port. He announces that JjtU'lEM,?vtartonftinW bid. and that. porTatong the coast since May 14. . A Hongkong dlapatch states that the steamer I Arabia reports having heard heavy cannonading 60 miles east wsrd of Hongkong; It is rumored thatthe Russian' Baltlo fleet has- successfully navigated Bashlo canal, lying directly south of Formosa. If true it means that tha Russians have successfully eluded Togd andare now In the Pacific ocean. BUSSTAJT BBXP sTEinS. - - - - (Joarasl Special BVrrlce. ) . Chefoo, May 22. A report from Port (Continued on Page Two.) SERVANT HE WAS MASTER 'Joe'EppIngerr"Prince Fortunatus of San - Francisco, v Now : Singing Floor Manayer-in-the Majestic WhereOnce Z'l"ly. He - Scattered His (JoornaT 1 SpecUl sVrrlcs.S San Francisco, May 22. Not long ago Joe .Eppinger, a son or tne vei ran grain broker. - wss the - freest spender and most Jovial man who kept the night hours Joyous In Ban Fran cisco. Ills home wss at the Palace hotel, -where he was noted fdr his free hand for lending or giving! to those In need. Wherevar he went there was gaiety and aong particularly song. Ho had a ringing tenor voice and ne gave it free awing into the solo lead of the chorus. lfMa-told -that, he-spent" about' quarter of a million dollars In this free, frolicsome fashion. Joe led the gilded youtn oi Han trran- siu a meiiy pace, ana ne was a rich man that could keep up his end with this Prince Fortunatus of the tender loin. From Eddy to O'Farrell. Epplnger held a Wing's sway, and he wss practi cally without a rival even In a city where youth- Uvea to -spend, and where thousands of dollars or tne pu Due's money are thrcwif to ,trier birdies every night. . . - " - r Where the song rang the loudest, where vthe opening Of cbampsgne waa like the popplngof the mountain How lleerv and-where -tha, red.-r-redglow shamed the esrly dawn. Joe Epplnger held court, and shed 120 gold pieces from a purse that seemed never to fail. wltjj the same prodigality that, he be-4 stowed smiles irom a nature wai was alwaya sunny. "Joe knew everybody that came " 10 San rranclsco with the reputation "Of a lover -of a bottle, a isong and a merry girl. He was In Phil Crlmmln's saloon one night. before that' home of the muses fell into the hands of young Joe Tobln, and with him were Maurice Barrymore and. a crowd, of boaemlans of both sexes. -' : . - . ,"Flns ' shop." said ' Barrymora.; "fins music, and fine women." -We haven't named it yet." said Joe. "Anything to suggest? ' -"Well, left -oall M The Orchard," drawled the actor. "There; so manv peaehss We. ' y" know." ' j.f. 4 And so It Is to this dsy. ' Epplnger had among bis penatea and cares In his sultan's apartments et the ralace a piano that had cost a fabulous . t - ... .-. -f - ' TTh' Circulation of " iT The Sunday Journal ' Ytsterday - Was HI - , , V' 7 ,. " 1 1 ' - . : MayoiLWHUamsLcUlane Substitute Check Fo Certificate. EVIDENCE IN RUMELIN CASE ALL PRESENTED Assistant District Attorney Haney; - Division of V: ;tha.Forfeit-Was-Motivff for Alleged Crime. Testimony -thta morning in the trial of Councilman C, E. Rumelln, for alleged - attempt to bribe ex-City Engineer EN ltott -In connection-wlth.tha Marquam gulch . Front - atreet bridge eontract, -showed- that before the executive board -disposed of the Maney bid J. R. Bowlea caused the withdrawal of -Manny's ls. postt of a I5.S00 certificate of deposit tana, its return to ntm, and -tha substlt tlon therefor of a cashier's check for 15.200, which hfl himself -secured from !? Wellar Fargo A Co.'a bank.-and which afterward ha himself cashed; that uty City Auditor W. 8. Lotan waa asked by Bowlea to make the substitution..: Lotan took - the offered cashier's check to Mayor Williams,- who consented to ' the substitution; and that,, therefore, ' when the board finally voted to return ' to Maney bis bid and S6.S00 of forfeit money. It was really not returning It . to Maney. but was returning It to Uowles, aid that Maney alieady mtil 1 ' '' his money, so far as the evidence shows on Its. face. Exchange Teller Metschan of the bank clinched the testimony, re- lattng, the details of the transaction. "Tht trttnivtlnn alnha wlthmit nt h., V testimony, when taken . In : connection -with -the admission ef Vice-President C F. Swigert of the veiwsy ciiiiiisTiy- proves.. conclusively, two thlngs1, satrt--Deputy District Attorney Haney. aa h began the argument before the Jury Just before noon, testimony havlngbeen all are Wag tha SCotlTsv- - " , It provea that there waa a motive for some one to exert j5lmBelflaaecure, when , Maney wrote Ms letter to the board asking release from the contract, " he already r had ; been . reimbursed, and that bis money was not at tha time In the tanda of : tha city-officials, !- .. Here was where the opportunity arose for the graft," exclaimed Haney. "there was this $6,200 . to be split among several men, and, inasmuch as ' the railway company. very much desired..: the killing of the Maney bid. this estab lished sufficient motive for the offer- ' lft of a bribe to MrJ Elliott. . "So far aa the evidence shows on Its face, Maney's money-had been al- ' ' (Continued on Page Three.) WHERE Cold Broadcast. sum all the great musicians had thumped It with their hands, and rumor said some had used their feet on It. . When It wss found that ths great firm " of which he was the senior had failed, Joe let go his hold on some of his "val uables; tha last wss tha pisno; It waa to be raffled, and people stood n Una to buy tickets. Epplnger would net Issue single extra, one, although ha . could have aold .thousands. And when! the last dollar waa gone, Joe, . wlthtlia.-oldide-wiiHlerrent t- the Orchard.- and among the, peaches) played and sang and .divided with tha waltera the dlmea, quarters and dol lars that old-friends carelessly-tossed toward Prtncs Fortunatus, whose purs T . had always been open at both ends. -. Laet night the same "Joe'l Kpplnger " blossomed out art the alnglng JJeor man ' ager of the Majestlo saloon a Market, atreet resort much frequented by thoa who lead an easy life. Un the basement of the rausto .hall he' aang tenor solos to tha accompaniment .of.-a, colored pianist, touching high C to the tempeet- 1. uous applause of many who ahared his bounty in the daya of hla prosperity. Th prince of night ltXe hss come to the- point-of-ustng hts -volrsr-to-rnak his living. In the daya of his fame. S.U his father waa one of the great grain - -kings of California. He waa In his father's Office manipulating! deals that - i Involved hundreds) tf thousands of dol- ' lars. - Then came the craeh the grsat Epplnger fatlnre felt br every grain -growing county n th state. - There were arrests and trials and 'Jo' Epplnger 'found himself broke. H -cast about for,wrjrs to get on hi ' financial feet and support his famtly. ' Men who had ahared hi bounty war -willing enough to help intra along, but nothing feasible offered. -- - At last he waa forced to yell back on his vole and popularity among the patrons) of the- hour of frolto. fie ac cepted an offer of th,,ptpprletof of the Majestlo and the tnnH who we th mot famous spender, lit the city night- Mf -nw offers bis hihl in - for sll who paa that war to Of'l"f up drinks. i Epplnger Is well known le Port!--J and other grain shipping c' '-;rx . . '1 ., v.. '. 1! T - r