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VOL. IV. 'NO. 190.
PORTLAND, OREGON, ' FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1905.-ISIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO
CENTS. " Taanrt an
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Ohio Court Upholds the Conterv
toons of Major Who Accused
-His Wife of Unfaith- f V
-' -v-." : fulness. '
Usf cHAPTER'Of
BIG ARMY SCANDAL
Charges' of Habitual Drunkenneaa on
; Neither Sida Sustained Mrs, Tag'
gart Collapaea and la Unable to Be
In Court When - Verdict la Ren.
j tiered.'. i. .v'.V" K;.: t- v''-
(Joaraal Snerlat Service.) '
Wooster. Ohio, Oct- 13. Th famous
'. Taggart divorce. cas 'was brought to a
close todajr, when the court. granted
Major' Elmore F. Taggart a divorce, from
his wife, Grace Taggart Mrs. Tag-cart
collapsed this morning end was confined
to her room and unable to attend .eourt
to hear the decree rendered. -.. . X .
: A lkrge. crowd ' was present in the
courtroom this afternoon. Attorney
Bmyeer, for Mrs. Taggart. was the first
' attorney to arrive. Major Taggart ol-
lowed mjth Attorney Wertx. He shook
hands with many friends. Mrs.- Tag-
garfs father, John-Msnvllle of Chicago,
was present with the woman's attorneys.
Judge Eason - entered ttid deposited
. bis papers upon', his deak .and , then re
- tired to hie chamber for: several min
utes. After the formal opening ef eourt;
he began Tendering his decision.
The court set forth a synopsis of the
claims ef the plaintiff and " defendant
. In the Mtltlon.. tha . cross bill .and
amended petition and the answers-and
, announced that Major Taggart ' was
granted a divorce. The Judge said that
the soop of the case resolved Itself lnlo
a very small cempaasc ....
' "Both sides have made extravagant
claims in the pleas.? aald the ' court.
Then he gave a tertet history of princi
pals and Said that the. evidence showed
It had born a love match, v He recited
their life tn different places and said
that there had not been a ripple during
the first seven years of married life.
'The judge eaid Hhat the charges
against Captain Rythers were unfound
ed. He did not uphold the Charges of
t habitual drunkenness of either principal.
Today's proceedings bring to an 'end
- the most sensational . dlvorc)s , trial of
recent years which was productive of
: tha biggest social scandal army life has
known in the past two decades. - The
contest was started by Major. Taggart
. to secure an absolute divorce from his'
i wife and the custody of their two chll
: dren. Aa corespondents many promi
nent army officers were named and In
Mrs. Taggart's cross petition similar
charges were made antnst her hus
band. , ' ' '" r " ". ' v " -
The case came to trial the latter part
of July of tha present year and ocou
nled the attention of ' the court " for
nearly a months All parties concerned!
were prominent socially and tne resell
ing exposure of loose morals prevailing
In the military shocked the entire' coun
try. - ',. ;
Mrs. Taggart was Miss Grace Culver
before her marriage. - adopted daughter
of the late President Culver of the Chi
cago board of trade, but the daughter
of John Manvllle. She is independently
wealthy in her own right and it was
shown during the trial that her money
had been used for . the family support.
Hhe left Captain Taggart on account of
alleged cruelty over a year -ago, and
: xlnce then the two have not lived to
gether, though no' effort wae made te
obtain a divorce until last spring.
GOLDEN DALE WOMAN i :
ASKS GOLDEN BALM
. (Jonrnal Bpertat Setrlce.) -
Chicago, Oct. II. Miss Jessie Yankee
asks the superior court to allow her
: 25.0O damages from Anton Oasowskl,
who. she claims, broke tola eneaawment
and spurned her. Bhe pursued him two
thirds of the way across the continent
and began a suit for breach of promise.
Ossowski la publisher of a Polish
paper on' the northwest side. The shat
tered romance began at Ooldendale.
Washington, where the parents of Miss
, Tankee are :' fruit farmers. Oasowskl
also lived In Ooldendale, where he owned
. a planlns; mill.
. Miss Tankee says that he arranged to
have her ao to Portland, Oregon, where
he agreed to Join- her," promising the
marriage , should - take place at once.
v Miss Yankee, made- the trip to Portland,
but her lover failed to appear. He left
Ooldendale and did not return.
Filled with the determination to ob
tain Justice,, the young woman traced
Ossowski to Chlcsgo and followed Kim.
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TRAIN ROBBER SUSPECT
IDBrdTrn by nil I liir
niuibd i n i Dituiiug
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Billings. Oct, IS. -The police tonight
arrested a men giving tha name of Tom
Jonea Oft -VlfanlMnn Af tuttn m n n Ilia
bandits. who held up tha Northern Pa
cific limited between Puyallup and Ta
coma on September IS. He was caught
prowling about the railroad yards. - He
corresponds ta the detailed description
of the robber aiven out by the train
. crew. . .
, -adrtor atin In tubr
(iToanwl BpeeUI STyV )
St. Louis. Oct. it. The Mexican edi
tors arrested yesterday are still In Jsll,
but expect to give bond. They declare
tna Is a despot end deny being rem
nants 01 tna Maximilian rf lme,
LAST DAY OF FAIR
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, Mayor Lane issued this proclamation today declaring tomorrow a
. half holiday because- it is closing day of. the Lewis- and' Clark. Cen
tennial exposition: r ';' V ' - .'' ,'; ''' - ?
' v"To the People of -Portland,- 'Oregon-Greeting: Whereas," The
Lewis and Clark? Centennial exposition now being held in Portland
has been of untold benefit to the city by attracting the attention of
the world JO its beauty, delightful summer climate and true merits,
and worth as i business center, and " vv .' " '.
- '"Whereas, The fair has been admired by all who have seen it for
its' compactness and the gem-like beauty of its arrangement and loca
tion, and has reflected great credit on those who first-contribute
toward it, and those' who have managed its. affairs, all of which this -city
may well be prdud, and -. . .-. .t , .
"Whereasr Tomorrow, Satorflay, the 14th day-of October, will be'
the closing day of the said Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition;
therefore,- - ' . . ; ".'.'","'.'.'. ''.'"'''''
"I, Harry Lane, mayor o this city, do declare SaturdayOctober
14', a half holiday for all employes of thisfcity and urge upon all busi-.
ness houaea and employers of labor and other citizens to join in the.,
observance of the day. - , r HARRY LANE, Mayor."
POLICE RESCUE WOLIEIl III FIRE IN
I WHICH- FIREffill ARB HURT
Four Business Places Destroyed and'; Others! Suffer' in Early
. Morning Blaze Policeman Risks Life to Rescue Grips
r v . Containing Money Several Women Escape. .
. Four places of business were com
pletely destroyed." others ' were dam
aged, several women had narrow es
capes, two. firemen were seriously-In
jured and a policeman saved two. grips
containing- 11.600 in a, fire that prac
tically destroyed the three-etory frame
building ' known aa the Glrard, -Sixth
Engineer. L. GiUen.
and Stark streets,,-at . S . o'clock this
morning. The lose was approximately
The restaurant of the H..C. Brandes
Catering- company, 103 Sixth atreet. was
completely demolished ; the Glrard cafe,
owned by W.R. Cody, containing a
large stock of goods.- was almost com
pletely destroyed; the cigar - store -, ot
?chmeer A Caree. on ; the corner, suf
ered heavy loss; tha Palm, saloon on
Sixth street -.was damaged and the
apartment house occupying the two up
per floors was seriously damaged.
. Chief Campbell personally conducted
the fight against the flames, while a
detail' of policemen, in command of Cap
tain Bailey., kept back the crowds and
succeeded In saving a number of articles
and prevented Injury to. many people.
Two women who occupied apartments
In tha lodRlng-house tried te enter the
burning; building, but were prevented by
Captain Bailey and Policeman Price.
"Every stitch I have and r everything
I own in this world. are in my trunk
upstairs end I must get them." cried
another frantic woman who had been
awakened and hurried Into the street
below. - . '
She rushed into the smoking building
end, was closely followed by "still an
other woman before policemen or fire
men could Interfere; On reaching the
stairway leading into Stark atreet theit
exit waa barred. The flames and amoke
were ptmring down the hallway, through
the stairway. Into (the street. It was a
veritable furnace.' Captain Bailey and
Policeman Price braved the flames and
rescued the women with their trunks.
Other occupants of the - apartment
house also eacsped Uninjured.
Prominent In the crowd that gath
ered when the fire broke out was W. H.
Bealea, a traveling man from Seattle
He was awakened by firemen and
escaped from 'the building. ' He' ruilhed
frantically through the crowd shouting
that he had left two grips behind the
bar In the -Glrard cafe. The grips eon
talned 11,500, he-said.
Captain ; Bailey looked In vain "for
some one tt save the grips. - Finally h
detailed Policeman Price to the task.
On his hands and kneea Price crawled
through the smoke and flames and fall
ing embers Into the place and soon re
turned with the (ripe. t
It attempting to open a heavy cellar
door on the Stark atreet side of the
building, the door fell , upon .the Index
FIREBUG; RIDES IN AUTO CAR 1
- SETTING. TENEMENTS ABLAZE
' Jaw sal Special Srvles.
New 'Tork. Oct, 11. Brooklyn le
aroused ee never before by the unpar
alleled boldness of a nrebug. who, going
about In an automobile; In seven- hours
set fire to eight crowded ', tenement
houses, causing .scene of wild excite-'
ment amonsth hundreds ef families,
several ef whose members Were carried
out unconscious, by fire escapes.'. - .
.The incendiary woTaea . with avch
finger of Lieutenant Case of Hose com
pany No. 1. ; The first two Joint ef tha
finger were cut off:
A. huge nossle from which a heavy
stream of water was playing slipped
from the hands of a group of firemen
and struck -P. -L.- GUlen of Engine com
pany No. 1. The fireman waa rendered
' Lieutenant W. H. Case.
unconscious and suffered serious inju
ries. ,.-'''.-.
W. R. Cody, owner of the Glrard cafe,
estimates his loss at 110.000. with $8,000
insurance. In the basement he had
1 2,000 worth of stock which, in In six
feet of water today. He recently fitted
up the place at a heavy expense. - -.
-The loss Is especially hard at this
time," he raid. "for. buainesa had Just
about doubled In the lost few days. 1
can't give the exact amount of loss, of
coarse, but I think It will reach $10,000.
I carried $6,000 Insurance. "
. The Brandes' restaurant was ' totally
destroyed. - Mr. Brandes had recently
expended $2,600 in furnishing; his place.
It Is thought that his supply of silver
ware and other , equipment Is totaVJy
ruined. ' . : . '-. ' ' '
. "I estimate my loss to be In the
neighborhood of 1 $5,000," : he said,
"though, of coarse. I can't tell exactly
yet. I carried only $1,000 Insurance.
The rate was almost prohibitively high
on those buildings." ' '
The Palm saloon In the rear of the
Glrard was Injured by the - fire and
water to the extent of $2(0.- The loss
suffered by the cia-ar store of Schmeer
dc Carse la probably fully covered by in
surance. ( . ..-'.',.
. The Glrard building is the property
of Mrs. M..M- Oearln. and waa leased by
W. ft. Cody. ' Ha subleased It to other
tenants. ' Twelve years ago the building
that stood on the site of tha Glrard
waa destroyed by fire.
TWO NEW DIRECTORS
. ELECTED FOR EQUITABLE
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(Josraal gpeda Br ilea.)
" New Tork. Oct. 1$. The trustee of
the Equitable Life Assurance) society
have elected John B. Keroan of Utlca.
New York, and William Redfteld of
Brooklyn a idlrectors. They prepared
a circular to be "sent to policy-holders
asking them' to express an opinion on
the selection of men' from their own
number to be voted upon by the trus
tees for directors In TJecember.
Fever Oases BsportosV
v (Jnoraal Bnedal Brtrlce.l
New Orleana, Oct. 13. -Fifteen liaw
eases and two deaths from yellow fsve
are reported at noon today.
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boldness that there Is absolutely no
doubt of his Identity. The only solu
tion of hie strange conduct is that ha is
viciously insane and delights In seeing
flres. The moat- serious fire -yesterday
started 'at t:$0 o'clock In tha afternoon
nn Flushing avenue. It spread to two
tenement-houses causing a total dam-age-
of $12,000. . In several Instances
tenants hi- various tenements had nar
row escapes. There were many thrill
ing rescues by firemen. .
Hi! FOR I1AU1 GROSSES THEBAR
SEATTLE yiAMlMtt626 iFEET
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Pacific Railway Company Is.lrv
- corporated and Acquires Tract
, of Tide Lands for '
' Terminal. " V
TO CONSTRUCT LINE TO 1
. THE COLUMBIA RIVER
Supfwsed to Be a Branch of the Chl
f cagdi Milwaukee ft Sti Paul Rail
; road Capiul Stock" la Placed at
Three Millions Life of Corpora
tion la Fifty Years.' ,-;'Tf
(gpeaial Dispatch to The Joaraal)
Seattle, Wash., Oct: 1$. Articles of
Incorporation ' of the Pacific, - Railway
company were, filed In the county audi
tor's office this morning. Immediately
afterwards deeds, signed by J. T. Wood
ward, president of the Hanover Na
tional bank of New Tork and a direc
tor in the Chicago, Milwaukee tc St.
Paul railroad, who' haa been Inveeting
heavily In Seattle tide lands for the past
six months, conweylng to the railroad
company six blocks of .these purchases
for a nominal consideration of $1, were
placed on record.
The object set forth In' the railroad
incorporation papers Is to construct .a
line of railway from Seattle In a south
easterly direction to the Columbia, river
or with a terminus at Wallula Junction!
The capital ajock Is. $$,000,000 and the
Incorporators are H. J. Ramsey of Se
attle and George R. Tennant. The life
cf the corporation Is $0 years. Head
quarters are designated aa at Seattle.
The affaire. of Woodward In Seattle
have boon handled by the Seettle Title
Truat company. President George Mc-
Learn of that company is st the present
time in New Tors? conferring with Mr.
Woodward and no details will be given
out during. ble absence. ".-
With the announcement of the filing
of the. Pacific Bull road company's ar
ticles there Is msch - speculation. " A-.
short time ago 'a corporation waa an
nounced for the purpose of building .a
line southeast from Yakima and another
line from Spokane . southwest . from
Wallula. ' While ' neither of the Utter
routes have been located. It Is expected
the road from Spokane will closely par
allel the Northern. Pacific; and It la gen-
eralry believed that a tip of tha purpose
of the Chicaajo. Milwaukee St Paul
caused the rush In the construction of
the Kennewlck-Vancouver line.
IE GAVE WIFE
BUT $5 A MONTH '
Francis M. Guye of Seattle Ac
. .' cused of Non-Support
1 by Spouse.'
(Hperial trtapatra to The Jearnal.)
Seattle. Oct. 1$. Francis M. Ouye,
one " of the oldest : pioneers ef Seattle
end a man worth , close " to $1,000,000,
wss this morning made defendant in a
divorce action by bis wife. i
The complaint alleges non-support.
For tha last two years. It recites, al
though Ouye hss had an income of more
than $1,000 a month he has contributed
but $& to tha support of his wife.'
. For two years past Ouye haa been
having; trouble , with his family. He
deeded his wife a valuable piece of prop
erty yeara ago and aha re-deeded It to
her. son, Oeorae Plimpton, formerly con
nected with the county audltor'a office.
Ouye and the boy, fell out and Ouye
has fought In the court to have the
deed canceled on the grounds, that It
waa community property. ' .,
While the litigation was pending a
house on the property1 was burned down
and Ouye wae arrested for arson, but
acquitted.
FLAM EST MAY DESTROY
: ENTIRE COLORADO TOWN
' ' ' (Journal Special atrrica.)
Boulder, CoL, Oct. 11. Firs started In
a general store at Nederland this morn
ing, spreading rapidly. The town 1s cut
off and Its destruction Is feared. The
telephone station has been destroyed.
The population le 700.
Tha Are - at Nedarland was finally
controlled. A liberal us was made of
dynamite to blow up the buildings In
the path- of the fire and save tha re
mainder of the town.
THIEVES LOOT BIG v
I STORE AT PENDLETON
. (Seeeiat ntapstes ts The JearaaL) '
Pendleton. Oct. 1$. Early this- morn
ing thlevee entered the Oreat Eastern
department store and made at large haul
of merchandise, consisting of plated
Jewelry, clothing, shifts, shoes and
other, articles. The value of the swag
la estimated at $00. Suspicion rests
on a street faker and officer are now
eooertng the country for him.
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. - ' ' Btatkel Coaxnurt Caaosled. ,
- (Joans! Sports! Sf-rV-) "
Washington, D. O. Oct. 11. Governor
Ma goon has cabled the Insular hurn
that the atarkel contract, was canceled
by mutual consent and that the commis
sion will operate the p.otel end boarding
campa . . . , j
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.Britiah Steamihip lmarn of .Greate'r
.7. . . . . : : v That . Ever . Went Down
CURE FOR CANCER
IS DISCOVERED
Five; Persons Made Well by In
sertion of Radium Coatings
on Celluloid Rods.
TREATMENT DESTROYS
-X ALL DISEASED TISSUES
Solution of Radium Bromide and
Gelatine Found Effective Where
Sealed 1 Tubes 'Containing Pure
Radium Had Proved FaHureVT'
... (Journal special Brrrlc.) .
f New . Tork, .Oct ; 11. That five per
sons ' have been cured of cancer In the
Flower hospital by the use of radium
coatings on celluloid rods Inserted In
the diseased partajs the substance of g
paper read by Dr. ' William ' H. Plf fen
bach. United States delegate to the In
ternational medical congress at Ths
Hag-ue before the HomSopathJo Medical
society. In only one of the alx cases
which he treated. Dr. Dlffenbach said.
did the effort meet defeat. In that case
the djieeasa was far advanced.
Or. Dlffenbach explained that for sev
eral years Iri all experiments In the
Flower hospital hermetically aealed
tubes containing radium were used. It
was found that In such form radium did
not overcome the mechanical obstacle.
.Through the experiments of Hugo
Lleber ef this city a solution was final
ly discovered of radium bromide and
gelatine, which, while having all the
properties ef pure radium, waa used te
coat rods of1 celluloid or solid rubber.
WJth the coating of radium bromide
and gelatine, the rods are Inserted by
slight incisions into the diseased part
and allowed to remain two hours. After
an Interval of twtf days, the method was
again followed and after several such
treatments the radium took effect, de
stroying the diseased tissue, which fell
away, leaving; the patient Trured. '
REDDING STAGE HELD UP ,
; BY LONE HIGHWAYMAN
(Joernal Special aerrW.)
Redding. Cel., Oct. 1$. The Redding
Bteber stage was held up -at midnight
by a. Ion masked bandit, armed wltbr a
rifle, ' near Lantern, on the Oak Run
road, it mllea east of Redding. . Driver
Day had only one pessenger. W. L.
Miles. - The robber secured the paper
mall sack and a letter sack. The stage
did not carry the Wells Fargo box. . It
is believed that the robber is the sam
msn who held up the Redding-Delamar
stage, When ; Messenger Haskell,, waa
shot. , . ..
RATIFY PEACE TREATY
AT CAPITAL TOMORROW
(Joaraal Special Barrlea.) -Washington.
Oct 1$. The ratifica
tion Of the peace treaty between Russia
and Japan take place tomorrow. The
treaty will be signed by the mikado at
Toklo and by. tha rsar at t Peters
burg, simultaneously. Notification of
the signing will be communicated' by
telegraph to the respective govern
ments by tha American embassy at Bt
Petersburg and the French legation at
Tofcio. ,
BURGLAR AROUSES FAMILY BY
CLASSICAL. CONCERT ON PIANO
(Joaraal Soecial BervfcV)
Loralne. Ohio, Oct 11. The family
of James Allenbauch of Elyrla wae
aroused last night by 'the sound of -the
piano. . Allenbauch found a roughly
dressed man seated at the grand piano
playing Handel'a "Messiah." - One clas
sic followed another' for " some time.
Then the fellow, still . unconscious of
his auditors, fell forward on the piano,
hie head burled in Ms arm.
' At the first move ef Allenbauch -1" t
i
Draught Than 'Any Other Veaael
the Columbia River. '
POLITICAL MURDER
III CUBA!) CITY
Discrimination Against Liberals
Results in Assassination of
f" Conservative.'
RIOTING IS EXPECTED ;
V ' AT GENERAL ELECTION
Leaden Boaat That Banda of Thuga
Will Be at Polls to Fight Situa
tion Intolerable Revolution Ccr-
" tain but for United States. '
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.... (Joaraal Special Btrrlce.)
Havana, Oct II. The political sltua
tlon Is so Intolerable that in any Span
ish-American country but Cuba, with
the Piatt amendment to prevent it, rev
olution would Vbe certain. . Word hre
reached here of enother political murder
on the Island. Thla time th victim wae
Norberto Peres, a member of -the Mod
erate nartv st Criffiaolai1nn ilfel flitr The
trime Is said to have resulted from
discrimination against the Liberals dur
ing the recent primary elections.
Senor Peres wss stabbed to death In
the presence of several persons, who
made no apparent effort to detain the
murderer. . Local officials report that
they are doing all possible to locate the
criminal, but the feeling I so strong
that there ere no arreats.
Persons familiar with-preeent eondl
tlons agree that the general election- to
be held December Twill be marked by
rioting throughout the republic. , Mod
orates ' who are supporting President
Mil ma for re-election Insist that Liberal
leaders have openly boasted that they
would bave bands of thuga at the polls
to fight the rural guards, whq are
vnsrgou wun inw sievxuraie worn. ,
MAY IMPLICATE OTHERS ' .
IN C0NDITT MURDER
(Journal Special 8-ttIc.) "
' Houston, Texas, Oct. 13. The erand
jury at Kdna-adjourned today without
returning' an Indictment asttlnst -Monk
Olbson, the negro charged with the mur
der of the Condltt family of five per
sons, it is reported. that the jury has
found evidence Implicating , others- and
will bold the case open. Most of the
troops have left leaving the prisoner te
be guarded by rangers. .
MAE WOODS FAILS TO ' :
GET EXPRESS PROPERTY
' ' (Joaraal ftpeelat BemV. ' '
Omaha. Oct 11. The suit of Miss
Mas Wood for the garnishment of the1
property of the United States Express
company to secure an alleged debt of
$li,00 which she saye that ' Senator
Piatt of New Tork owea her. was dis
missed today, the court holding; that the
property doea not . belong to Piatt,
merely because he la prealdent ef the
concern.
. Ooafesse to Tkeft ,
(Special. Napatch to The. JoarnaLt ' U
Pendleton. Or Oct li. Jack Shaffer,
the baker who robbed Rohrman'a store
Monday night, was arrested at Echo
yesterday morrilng by Sheriff Taylor.
Shaffer confessed and told where the
stolen goods were to be found,--behind
some' flour barrels In the baker shop.
Intruder leaped to hie feet aa If to es
cape. Being assured that there waa no
danger, he gave - the , name of .John
"chmunk. He say that he rs-s musi
cian by profession, became a criminal
and served a terho in prison. He said he
entered the. house to rob It. , on seeing
the plane he could not resist the temp
tation to touch tha key a.
Hchmunk wss' given a place to eleep,
a suit of clothing and a t: hllfto start
Big Freighter, Gives Lie Direct
To Bar Pilots by Slipping
, Out to Sea an Hour Be-. -;
. fore High Tide.
ON A FRIDAY, THE
THIRTEENTH, BESIDES
Nothing Remains , to 1 Demonatrate
-; That Largest Vessels Can Entet
Columbia, and Timid Seamen o Aa
- toria Association Are Shown in '
. Unenviable Light.
(SpecUl Dlapatck to The Jonraal.) ' f
'. As toruu-OcC-l$ The- Br1tiablateam
ship Imaum crossed the bap. at ll'.fS
this morning, an hour' before high tide. '.
bound for Japan. She was taken ovei'
the bar by Pilot Leightotv, one of the?
most competent men In the service.
Despite Friday, the thirteenth of the
month and the attitude of the Oregon
I)., Vlln.a ...mI.1I.. Ll.t. ..1 . . .
she couldn't maka It, the Imaum is at'
sea and well on her way to Yokohama. .
and other ports in' the land of the
mikado, and theea- la lov toda v In Port.
I..4 .hfnnln. .Iml..
The Imaum ; left down the river at
S o'clock Wednesday evening; drawing'
JS feet and T Inches of water, a greater
draft than that of any other -vessel to
leave the port Before she had pro
ceeded far abe waa drawing more than
2C feet Every vessel la weighted down
to a greater aepin, it is explained, arcer .
she gets under running way than while
7in e-i , wie . ami, ' '
Considering the darkness of the night.
It -was an unusually qulek pasaag down
stream, as she reached Astoria, at noon
ths following day. Alfred Tucker, agent
ror tne line operating the imaum, mad
the trip on" her to tha mouth of the
river. He says she never struck the
bottom eace and glided along as easily
a though, she waa. not loaded with a
pound of freight Instead of carry is a
$,000 tone, valued at nearly $100,000.
: ciuutaet Beep Baoogk. . .
- The-fact that bhe matte the passage so
eastly bears out the contention of the
Port of Portland that there la a U-foot
channel from Portland to the sea. at the)
low water mark. At this particular
period It 1 said to be fully feet and,
when the rainy season has been on for '
a short time it will be considerably more
than 10 fwt althmiflrh the ralnW 4a Ml
have much effect on the Columbia.
But ths point mad by the shippers la
that the bar pliota grossly misrepre
sented facta when they made an of
ficial atatement to the Perfect that the
water on .the bar Is not more than 21,
feet- deep when not swollen by tldee.
at 12:60 o'clock this afternoon. The
Imaum crossed out an hour before hlb
tide and according te- the pllot e state- -
been more than 11 feet of water on the
bar when the veaael left for the ocean. ,
, Baa Bot Favorable Today. .
.ibb ia.jia.cr 01 meir contention m en
by referring to the weather bulletin is
sued this morning, giving the bar a
moderate. A moderate bar Is one of the
worst for a ship to cross. Heavy ewell
are on and if the water I not at least-'
10 feet deeper then the draft of a ves-
r-i aiiwmpiiii i o io see) ll is ex
nlalnen hv nlA mifIiim. tti.l ih. 1m ...v.
to strike bottom. The Imanm did not
strike end therefor It la argued that
tin, vmr iuub, u . . vr Ml awp
low water atage. or the steamer would
not have got out this morning; when th
heavy swells were on.
Every shipper in the city Is eUteo
over th matter and atatee that the
channel 1 In far batter ahap than
they had been led to believe. Pilot
Leighton I highly praised. It le said
that he and Pilot Cann are the only
competent men in the service .at th'
mouth of the river. So -far as known.
locally, neither of them has ever on
jected to taking a ship to Be when the
conditions were right for the feet to
be performed. And it Is also pointed
out thst these two are always success-.
lul in their work. ,.
" BUote Too Tlzeld. . .
So far a the other ntlota ra nn.
earned1 It I declared by the leading .
snippers insi iney ought to resign end,,
make room for men of laaa tlmMitv. If
la believed that they are responsible for
tne signed statement that It would not
be advisable for a ship to cross the bar
drawing more than $4 feet of water at
the highest tide. - It i argued that this
report alone la enough to condemn thm
and th state commission ought- to e '
thst their places are made vacant wild '
as little delsy as possible. - ,
Sine It has been demonstrated that
the river channel to Astoria le In ex-
eellent condition end thst a vessel
drawing it feet of water ran cross th .
bar when It In moderately reush th
L.JiiKirivri wif I n.r. -win iw fi, urrB.init - .
ror vessels to b long aetained in port.
It Is explained thai they ran load ta
their full csuacltv and leave down at
one and th bsree-1'oie will b force,!
to take them io sea because ef th evi
dence today given by th big freighter'
that shipped out to ae so easily.
RESIGNATION OFJUcHe
tucker is Ac::?Tr
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