THE OREGON DAILY , J3USII At. rOHTLAKD.
7 LVZIIIIJG, CCTCi: C . I
"I
ORE G
AN
:ns COUNCIL AND perpetual franchises.
"gHE JOURNAt hat recently printed good deal
I of matter on( the to-called perpetual franchise!
A which are claimed in this city. It has ahown
hat they are And-'of what they are alleged to consist.
" t has been a surprise to the general public that such
'.aims e:sted and it is not without A certain degree of
ldignati.a tjjat the claims have been contemplated. :
If they do exist in fact as well as claim then it be-
diim increasingly important from many points' of view
hat the people knpw it. Perpetual franchises should be
normously valuab'yior taxation purposes. As the years
oil on and 'r.eftland grows in sire and consequence they
ecome of fnore and more value and form an increasingly
Valuable asset' jtk raising revenue for public-purposes.
If. they are not perpetual In their character-while they
aVe still valuable for taxation purposes they cannot rea
sonably be rated so high. But from every point of view
lit is important that this question should be settled for
lt time. The duty to bring the question to a neaa rests
with the city council. V?" aY' v
bring.the t. issue
so-called perpetual irancwses inn ""'v i- , ,
chi.e. of some reasonable term of duration, tay 25 yeI fhey have matches
which is the period now usually. placed on such sT yet, we
tn this wiv the ooint at issue can be
courts And once there we may reasonably hope-in the
course of time to reach a determination which will.be
nal and authoritative. ,;. . i '
We wish at th if time to call the attention of the coun
il to this matter. Such questions are engaging the at--ntion
of such bodies All over the . United States,
.'hose that take thera up and meet them in th modern
pirit are gaining , much in prestige in consequence and
r. Ke,'n annlauded bv their constituents. Herein the
- ..
--nt, council has its opportunity
.seeks.. If in addition it seeks to do its duty then here
too will it find its opening. We commend the matter
Xo its prayerful consideration. .-;
TAUMANYS rSR THING."
T.IS the Wseproud that make no
-revolutions Wat may oe mng , w -
fnmna1. New York City has had many re
cent revelations.: It has long known Tammany. and it
believed knew it at it worst but it now knows it as
the simple creature of the frenzied financiers who though
not in politics themselves simply pull a Atnng to elevate
Of raw down" the creatures who are nommAlly the he Ad
nd front of thAt AH-powerful organization. Face to
face, in And out, it has never .before known it thus. It
sees that great political machine in partnership with the
Republican political machine,' each helping the other,
one to hold the state And the other the city. , U has long
known that the organization was run as A great exploit
xing machine for the benefit of those nominally as well
as those actually at its head. But it never appeared to
such disadvantages A it does now. . , i , r,
The proof, is' (tie extraordinary Revolution worked in
New' York's polities by the very recently announced can
didacy of W. R. Hearst Back of him is no great po
litical organization and at the beginning he seemed much
, like one man opposing an army. No movement" could
inv tw-MT treated with srreater contempt by1 its oppon
ents. 1 It was as much as Tammany would do to conde
. scend to Acknowledge lhat it W on earthy , But ; two
brief weeks havV got the organization down from it
Uigh. horse,,? ItVealizeA that back of the Hearst propa
'"'iranHi is something aooroaching A popular uprising and
worst of all it ft in the very heart of the districts hereto
fore considered .sacred to Tammany. Indeed so wide
spread has the movement become that notning wouia
surprise the onlopker. Tammany is beginning to be so
active that it looks as though something like a panic had
seized the organisation. The popular cause, the modern
cause through which the public will .come into what be
longs to it, is the : movement which Mr. Hearst has
headed. It is; the. movement which, is bound to win, if
not this time then the next, but on a fair, square vote,
' on the question of what is best for the people themselves
there can be no doubt of what would be most desirable
in the November election. That New York itself, the
LETTERS f FROM THE
; PEOPLE J
Th Copy Of th WaAeh."
Portland. Oct 0. To th Editor of
The Journal I think th exposition
management did not perform their full
duty when they declined to follow Mr.
Da Mond e uggetlon. as referred to In
yesterday's Journal. Mr. Du Mond. with
th feeling of a tru arUstobJected te
, th public being misled. The attempt
was mad to make them beltov they
wer looking apon th original of Rem
brandt s grit xlctui. in th JSuroppean
building. Instead of a copy.
, Kariy In June tb young man who
was In eharge. on being asked why his
circulars - Intimated that ; th greatest
-1ctur from Rejsibrandt'e brash wa
being exhibited, replied tha$ no ,-. on
, would bellev for a moment that th
; Dutch government would permit uch an
. artistic treasuxa'to leave their country.
I gather that tWs honest young man,
who was not) responsible for th clrcu
lara. lost hie Job. and a new person was
hired who assured the public that they
were paylng' thelr money to e th real
.'. thing. In my Judgment thi wa not a
' square deal.
n Those who have seen the picture that
Rembrandt painted, now in' the Byks
' Museum In Amsterdam, will readily con
" cede that the copy which has been on
. view. In Portland thi summer wa an
excellent one. Many people who have
seen the product of Rembrandt' brush
could scarcely tell th difference, AU
, thoe who hav visited th great Am
terdam gallery and seen tb real "Night
Watch" in th splendid room when It
la jhanked by th great works of Van
eWirlels who aimed to be considered
RrabrAadt' rival). Ual. and D Key-
rr, wer delighted to e In Portland.
e.OOA mile away, this excellent copy.
Hut they cannot fall to condemn th cu
pidlty which caused soma of the public
I b deceived as to what they wer
tiling upon.
. , . . , ; R. M. TUTTLEr
A. Cry jnom th Waemplayea. ,
' t Portland. Oct . To, th Bdttor fit
Th JUrnal The necessity of having a
fre employmant offlo In PorUand for
th dhemployed, who-.arei. enable to poy
from til. to ( to the ShyloclU who caU
ihimuim emnlovment wgenta, to ob
tain a questionable position at Sl.St per
(Urn Is ahvlous. Th men who go to
m 'go . to th shipping commissioner
v and a fin is put on whosoever U roun
out charging , any commission for a
berth. Now. why should th peopl
shore not be lmllarly protectedi Th
Journal has always taken the rt of
tha working daaa Help now t
ket a tr employment office In Port.
Und. like Braille srtd San Francisco,
fin !' o through th Aid f
O N D A I L Y
INDIPINDINT mWIPAPBI"
PUBLISHED BY. JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
ui knr Sunday inornlng 'as Tbe
rgniiwi, uiiiw .
home of fretwied finance, .-.should i confess .that tHe
Hearst movement has reached sucH proportions is in it
telf both surprising and gratifying, for.it demonstrates
that even there the highest placed are not altogether ,be
yond the reach of the people's arm. And if Tammany a
head can be laid in the dust in this campaign it would be
the biggest and best object lesson that the country has
been afforded in many years. Stranger things have hap
pened, for after all there is nothing so uncertain as sure
things in politics. .' r ' t'r
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
A
TERRIBLE
have been abused, crushed, overriden," snubbed, flouted,
robbed, starved, frozen, imprisoned; wronged beyond All
human endurance. Now they begin to rise, and .act, And
What are their
big guns. They
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by the
hlAod and aironv. of
brought before the
eloquently, simply and concisely at Gettysburg, And it
would be onlr justice if they left not oie stone on An
other, ai even there were no two stones lett oi we oia
TrmnJe'of Terusalem. i.'.
Th lash was laid
this country. -And
years' war brought
war of the ages in
Whv? Because
u inst brin ,.id what
. :i i nirnicu. iluucu iui .
nriMiii both must
judgments of God
. . ...
found is getting
Sinkiewitz is not only a novelist-historian, but a seer.
It ifc to be a time of "fire And blood." '
IJan Michael will arise again. The crarpuff t , "iThe
grand dukes faugh I ,Two hundred million people ire
note of the silent
thinking and acting!
Russia's butcher
of household expense.
OREGON'S PROFIT FROM RAILROAD BUILDING
f
HERE is no
rvinar out
bank of
know orecisely what
About it. ' There is
nothing given forth
lic mind or raising false hopes. It has simply been de
termined 'tJ build a - road down that bank of the. river
and so in the ftiost
construction! forces
begun with as Tittle ceremony as though , a man were
taking a car down town, ftp his business in the morning.
then there conies A
alnnc the line and
the (Bxaminer.V Peopl' get robbed and
burglar ply their nefarious trade. Why?
Look around on .th street and observe
all tha men who are willing to work but
unable to pay for their job. and virtual
ly starved Into being robber,-burglars
or vagrant. Doe not rue journal
think it 1 tlm to actt I ant sure the
step would be appreciated by the com
munity at larg. , Help us now, th un
employed of Protland. , . : . X. -
No Good Word for Anybody. t
From . th Salem .Statesman. ' "
' Th personal - quarrel between the
stockholders of the Oregonlan on one
sld and th stockholder of the Port
land Journal on the other 1 not par
ticularly Interesting nor edifying to the
peopl In general. The attack of th
Oregonlan on the personal owners of
stock In The Journal ar as -uncalled
for a th attacks of th Oregonlan on
any other thing usually ar. ,
Th editor of the Oregonlan 1 noted
for hi dyspeptic temperament Seeing
nothing good m ny living person, and
les good In any on dead, the editor
of the Oregonlan simply tire and
wearies the readers of that newspaper
with his constant plaint snd complaint
regarding everything and, everybody. He
overlook th power of tho glad hand
and tha happiness engendered by a
pleasing thought or smile. He forgets
that "a soft answer turneth away wrath.
but. grievous words stir up . anger."
That, "the tongue of th . wis ; useth
knowledge artsht. but the mouth of tho
fool poureth out foolishness." He should
read th fifteenth chapter or jroverns
and take it t himself. , .
We find. . further where th proverb
says, . TbJllps of the wis disperse
knowledge.4'4.t th heart of th foolish
doeth not' 'so." Again in - a previous
chapter there I a leeson wmch might
well be read not only by th newspaper
editor referred to, but by many .others
who ar Inclined to Imagine all sorts
of evlL This sayst "Deceit la in the
heart of them that imagine evil, but t
the counsellors of peac Is joy." i
Wishing, therefore, for that Joy spoken
of, we beg to counsel peac to our con
tempararlea In the-1 metropolis In the
Interests of their "readers, wtti hav
nothing at all In common with their per
sonal quarrels.. r -
.Tenors and Tobacco."'
Prom h Musical World v 1 i.1
3-
''"Most of the prominent tenors, bari
tones and nasae of today smoke in
strict mooeratlon. M. Jean de Ressk
cannot withstand th temptation of a
cigarette; Big. Caruso smokes cigars,
and enjoy themS Immensely; Slg. Bcottl
prefers Russia nf cigarettes, which he
smoke through ,.a holder; M. Journet
Indulge In the tame brand; M. Bond,
who lately delighted all patrons at th
Waldorf, prefers Turkish cigarettes, and
Mr. John Coete has a hankering for
cigars. .'",.
J O U R N .: L
7X0. . CAAJtOI
Joornal BuQding,
Fifth and Yamhill
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THING is happening in Russia a
wonderful righteous, thing!- " ,
Th T.nnle are norising." For centuries they
weapons? ? Let us see. They have no
have nor battleships. They have no
Their ran do something surely.
STSSSS
. rk will ret tn th.
and can burn The, w.U get to the
theitruth that Lincoln expressed so
on and sometimes arew diooo, ia
shot -and shell and the hell ot a tour
forth rivers of' blood in the greatest
repayment ' .
a wrong was done and had to be
Lincoln with bis magntticent, cairn.
u eternally true, and what cxar and
Acknowledge' And submit to:" ""The
Are just And righteous altogether."-
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its revenge. : iunuania is amaze.
bill Is getting to be quite an item
hesitancy or Ancertainty about car
the plans for A railroad on the north
the Columbia river. ; Its projectors
they want to do and the way to go
nothing hypothetical about the plan,
for the purpose of confusing the pub
matter-of-fact way in the world the
are set to work and operations are
.There are prolonged eras $f paper building ot oil
roads; there are long years when railroads are promised
more or less specifically but fail to materialize,,. And
time when there is a loosening up all
promise becomes performance. - The
period of competitive railroad building is indeed upon us,
as Mr." Harriman so wen says. ne great ineaire oi ac
tion Is' irt the west and the objective is the Pacific coast
whether jat San Francisco or in the northwest This
section of the country if coming in for its full share of
Activity. W lin ll it is not aiouc ui uiiuusu iuic nc
to be built, And of these it will aIso have its share, but
of developing feeder lines which will open up the country
through which they pass and arouse it from the dormant
state in which it liesj Jn this-direction, too, the north
west has much to gain but no section of it quite so much
as Oregon for it is the" least, developed of all sections
of the Pacific 'northwest and by far the most promising.
No section of the whole country can welcome with bet
ter heart the activity which is now before our eyes or
so heartily encourage itibre of it.
T9
JOURNEY OF LEWIS
, AND CLARK
Opposite Bonneville, Oregon. .
. October JO A moderate rain fell dur
ing all last night but th morning was
cool, and after taking a scanty break
fast of deer, we proceeded. Th rlvr la
now about thre quarter of a mil wide,
with a current so gentle that It doe
not exceed on mil and a half In an
hour, but Its course is obstructed by
th projection of larg rocks, which
em to hav fallen promiscuously
from th mountains into th bed of the
river. On the lft aid four different
stream of water empty themselves In
cascades from .th hills; what is, how
aver, most . singular is that there ar
stumps of pin trees scattered to some
distance In tb river, which has th ap
pearance of being dammed below and
forced to encroach on th shore. These
obstruction continue till at th distance
of 13 miles, when w com to th mouth
of a river on th right wher w landed,
w found H 60 yards wide, and Its banka
possess two kinds of timber which w
had not hitherto seen; one is - a very
larg specie of ash, tha other resem
bling In Its bark the beech; but theatre
Itself, as also the leaves, ar smaller.
We call-this stream Crusatto's river
(Wind river), .after Crusatt. on of th
men. Opposite to, It mouth th Colum
bia widens to the distance of a pill,
with a large sandbar and large atones
and rocks scattered through the channel
We her saw several of the larg bus
sard, which ar of th sis of th
largest eagle, with the under part of
their wings white. We also shot a deei
and three ducks, on part of which we
dined.' and then continued down th Co
lumbia. Above Crusatte's river th low
grounds' ar about three quarter of a
mil wide, rising gradually to th hills
and with a rich soli covered with grass,
fern and other small undergrowth; but
below. th country rise with a steep
assent and soon th mountain ap
proach to th river with steep, rugged
Idee; covered with a very thick growth
of pine, cedar, cotton, wood and oak.' Th
river 1 still strewed with larra rocks.
Two and a half mile below Crusatt'
river 1 a large creek on th right with
a small Island In the mouth. Just be
low this creek we passed along th right
aid of thre small Island on th right
bank of th river, with a larger Island
on- th opposite aid and landed on an
Island very wear th right shore at th
head of th great chut and opposite
two smaller isianos at tn ran or chute
itself. Just above- the Island on which
we were encamped I a email vlllag of
eight) larg houaea in a bend on th
right, where the country, from having
been very mountainous, become low for
a short distance. We had mad, II
mile today, during all which time we
wer kept constantly wet with the rain,
but as we wer able to get .on thi
Island some of th ash, which w saw
SMALL CIIAKG J '
. '' "
The 'Crisis" i tn the UU-tower build-
CA Wttte itt And whatt ,' - '
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Ofi, the people; the people!" Watch
Russia. . .. ;
Don't talk, put up. Build .'em, rail
road. .. j - ;
The appropriation will : eome. All
right , - v .,
'just aa nice iaa Indian summer.
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Chlcao Tribune: The . UUat from
Governor La Follette, up to yeatarday
mornlnk. wit that he ha dociaed 10
accept that United fitataa anatorahlp.
Hr roaarvea the. . nnx, oowmr, iq
change hi a mind again without notice.
Bow do you Ilk th east wlndT
Toot, toot, Above Th Dallae. Hurrah!
; ' . '
WaiL ravolutloo Sa Ruaal Is ovr-
due.. ; , ' . .1 '. -
.... urn .
w had bettor watch th Russian
peasant and loam a lssaon from them.
A. Boston bride claima that ah was
hypnotlaad into snarrlac. ; Th wonder
I that th froaty craatur lcovrd
rhiraan Journal t After he had mad
hi report to th mikado. Admiral Togo,
It la cabled, "return ad Immediately . to
his ship." H wasn't going to Al v hi
nthuslastie fellow cltlsens a ehano to
preaent htm with a hou and lot. - .
Next year grain I growing lustily
already.
K Oregon farmer ar all busy. , .
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Mrs. P. L. Gross of Minneapolis Is
still 'worrying about that reported Min
nesota cyclone. Thi week thi orric
received from her a Mlnneapolto Trib-
une containing a picture under which
she has marked "Minnesota cyclone,"
Th plctur 1 a heap of 1 1, tn barrels
of flour, showing that states record for
dally output The next paper Mr, Gross
send will doubtless tell or a terrioie
blluard and great los of Ufa. Wood-
burn Independent. .-, Th poor woman
will hav to come to Oregon wher ah
can aleep o' nights in peac.
In concluding aa article about St
Mary's academy at Th Dallas, th Chron
icle says: The paat history of St Mary'
academy presage splendid acnisvement
for th future. Having served the cause
of education faithfully and - well for
nearly half a century th bop is Indeed
well grounded that as-In th past so
also In th future she will ever prove
herself a true and valiant Alma 'Mater
to the young women ot the west
Improvements all, th tlm in Silver
. nvm uviu 7e Mv,nw
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. Sllverton Appeal:'- Th larg glass
hothouse of Wbltlock Ac Low at th
Bllverton floral garden I rapidly near.
lug completion and th work of in-
stalling th heating plant will b begun
laoon. Thur'Aew Business enterprise win
r . . . , . i i .
aaa snncn to DiinnoR uaraik. wn s u
rat pro parity. .-, ; . ; v v
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Oeese flying too high. Sharp fowl.
- Foxy men with money trying to buy
iheep in eastern Oregon.
tight, in 'Oreg; ; . ' ;. .
BUverton Appeal: An article misleading
In facta appeared In th Portland Tale
gram of Tuesday evening which stated
th Woman' Relief Corp aa giving a
chicken pi dinner her Saturday to de
fray th expense of erecting a monu
ment at the Miller cemetery, ate. Thi
I an Injustice to th ladlea of th Relief
Corps, a th monument ha a been paid
for Bine last April. .
Sunshln after rain.
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Wasco News: 'Wild' geese are again
decorating th table of our cltlsens.
Highland Item In Sheridan New Age-
John Lady paaaed through th High
land thi week with some goat and
mad a short call en Ira Stephens.
Harley Wilson got hi finger badly eut
last week on the woodsaw.
Stock getting fat on growing grain.
Hillside Correspondence - Hlllsboro
News: ' All potatoes and late garden
truck are lying frostbitten upon th
ground. "The frost came earlier and
harder than usual this year. W can
dig our potatoes before spring thi
year. . .... . . ' ,
Several new dwellings Ja Val. ,
e i
Houlton Register: The editor had
one square meal thi season. , On ot
th neighbor, knowing that wa, couldn't
shoot brought us In a brae of ducks,
and w enjoyed roast duck.
Malheur Oasett: The plan to build
a railroad !up th - Payette valley from
Payette' to Falk Store ha fallen
through with because th farmer in
that section would not give th right of
way. Must be funny farmer ovet
there. Why, th farmer between Val
and Ontario will ftv thejrlght of way
and then ome. .
for th first tlm today and which makes
a tolerable fir, w were a comfort
able a the molatnes of th evening
would permit. A soon aa we landed.
Captain Lewie went with five men up
to th village, which I situated near
th river, with pond In th low grounds
behind. Th greater part of th Inhabi
tant Wer absent collecting root down
th rlvrj th few. howvr, who wer
at homo treated him very kindly and
him berries, nut and fish: in th
house were a gun and several article
which mut hav been procured from
th whites, but not balmy abl to pro
cur any Information he returned to th
Island. Captain Clark had In th mean
tlm gone down to examine th chute
and discover tha best rout for a port
ag. He followed an Indian pafth which
at th distance of a mile led to a vil
lage on an elevated situation, the house
of which had been larg and built In a
different form from any w had yt
seen, but which had been lately aban
doned, th greater part of th board
having been put Into a pond near th
vlllag; this wa most probably for th
purpose of, drowning th flea a which
wer in' Immense- quantities iear th
houaea After going about thre mile
th night obliged him to return to camp.
He resumed bis search In tb morning.
: OREGON SIDELIGHTS ;
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Pacific Export Lumber Company
Charter British Steamehip
L; : to Transport Lumber. '
CAN CARRY NEARLY ' '
, FOUR MILLION FEET
-v; 7.T y? HV
Volga, Now Loading With Lumber
lor China, Will Be Ready to SaU
Soon " TottenhAra Ia Popular
Tnunp SteAroshlpw
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Oregon fir 1 atul wanted. In the
orient TO assist In supplying the de
mand th Pacific Export Lumber com
pany chartered th British steamship
Tottenham this morning to transport
A cargo .from Portland to Taku Bar.
Thi vessel la on ot th largest tramps
engaged In th lumber trad and is ca
pable of oarrylng almost 4.000. feet
of lumber. , . .
Th Tottenham la now en rout from
Portland to tha far east with a lumber
cargo, having sailed from the mouth of
the Columbia on September, la. She ha
on board a.SOO.OOO feat valued At 1JI.
500. It I being exported by W. R.
Qraoe, wbe baa made heavy shipment
to China during th season,' dividing
honors about equally with tha Pacing
Export Lumber company, the present
charter!- of th vassal. It probably
will be th latter part of. January be
fore th Tottenham will be able to reach
Portland on th return trip.
Th British steamship Volga.' under
cnarier to tn sam company to carry
lumber to China, will complete- her
oargo toward the end of th week. She
moved from th Inman-Poulaen mill last
night to Martin' dock, whore th bal
ance of th shipment will be placed
aboard from lighter. It la thought
that ah will tak out In th neighbor
hood of s.too.eoe feet - .
From th appearance of thing, th
Tottenham shortly will become a . regu
lar trader between here and the orient
During fhe past two year ahe ha been
under contract iA make four tripe across
th Paclflo from thi port. Including
in cnartar Which was effected this
morning. On no trip has . eh taken
leas than 8, 100,000 feet of lumber and
she will soon hold th record for trans
porting a greater quantity of fir from
Portland than any other v easel afloat.
Sh la In command of Captain Petere,
who ha th reputation of making quick
voyage, and that I said to bo on of
tho reason that- tb Tottenham Is so
popular with ! local shlpperv ;
TO CARRY TIES.
BarkaatJJM Tropi Bird. Oa of
Craft Owned by Women.
Tew
Railroad ties will . be - carried from
Portland to Saq Pedro on the American
barkentine Troplo Bird, the vessel hav
ing been chartered for that purpose this
morning by th California Oregon
Coast Steamship company. Sh Is now
at Ban Francisco, but I expected - to
reach her th latter part of next week.
It I said that her lumbar carrying ca
pacity amount to about 600,000 feet
Th Troplo Bird I on of th few
craft on th eoatbelonglng to women.
She la owned by Mrs. L. Schmidt of
San Francisco, who had her built and
christened her with tb poetic name.
It I said that the vessel has a number
of fast passages to her credit and ha
been a great dividend producer. She
wa built at North Bend, Oregon, In 1183
and I IK feet long. 31 feet across (he
beam and 11 feet deep. '
Of late th Troplo Bird has been ply
ing between Puget sound and California
ports In the) lumber trade, but occa
sionally ahe makes a trip off shore. This
will b her first visit to Portland.
BUYING CHINESE GOODS.
Oriental Una lTloosaedla Sxpected T.
r morrow Tight from Hongkong.
With a full cargo of Chines good,
th oriental liner Nlcomedia i du to
reach Portland tomorrow night from
Hongkong and way porta. The. exact
amount of freight she la bringing te
local merchants ls not known, but
cable received states that about 1,500
ton I intended for shipment from her
to eastern points. Th steamer left
Yokohama, for th Columbia river . on
September It and should make bar ap
nea rano off th bar tomorrow morning.
About tb flme the Nlcomedia arrive
th Aragonla of th same lie -will be
ready - to aall on th outward voyage.
The . work of computing her cargo I
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
Th steamer ia at th California A
Oregondock. An effort will b mad
to clear her at the custom-house to
morrow, so that her cargo may be In.
eluded in the October shipments, which
give every promise of, being th heaviest
for several years past, r
FINDS TASK DIFFICULT:
Baling Kansas! ta Bo as Btmple as
.1 Contractor Sxpeeted. ,
In hi undertaking of raising th
lighthouse tender Manaanita, Contrac
tor J. H. Roberta 1 experiencing con
siderable difficulty. Th heavy trusses
which had been placed across the ves
sel connecting with scow on either
side, by mean of which th Under was
being lifted, gave way th' other day
and -the work had to be temporarily
abandoned. Word from th scene of
nneratlons this morning, however. 1 to
th effect that new timbers' have been
secured and that another effort will be
mad to lift tha vessel. Sh ha been
moved about ISO feet from th 'point
wher sh sank, but It Is necessary to
take her more than twice that dtatanc
before the job la computed. Th local
lighthouse people a re confident that th
contractor will be successful In getting
Mi tender beached thi week. . Th nine
day which were specified la the term
of th agreement ior completing tne
task have expired, and from now on
the contractor will be obliged to pay a
penalty or a a aay.
FAITH IN ENGINEERS.
Shipper . rat Utile Pe4ne aa Met
When asked for hi opinion about the
pilots' survey of th Columbia river bar
yesterday Major ttoessier oecunea te
discuss th matter.
- "Th only survey I know ' anything
about" he said. "I th on taken, by the
United State engineers. Map of th
soundings have been forwarded to those
interested In shipping. I hav seen
conies of no map Issued by th pilots.
With on accord shippers declars that
they pin their faith to th official report
k ...J
Jess Davis Nineteen Years C'd,
Thousht to E f ,tich-Wantcl
v Dur.ar. . ;.
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After eacaping -the eluteher ef the
police, because no evidence eould be
secured against him by detect vesr
Jesse Davis waa again taken into cuaf;
iuut mim morning PT ruroinwn earn
Whit and th' proof secured that h
I not only a clever thief, but la probe
ably responsible for a dpsen burglarlet
of reoent occurrence. Part ot the
stolen property waa found In hi pos
se aalon. He was booked oa a eharge
of larceny. ' ,- - . ( ; i -.: f . :
The alleged thief la only 1 yea old.
He wa picked up Faiday night at First
and Madison streets by Detectives Re
sing and Carpenter and held over night
at the city prison and then released.
Patrolman Whit learned that a per.
son answering hi description broke
Into Teir bakery at Fulton a .few
night ago and traoed Davis to th Red
lodging-house on th Whit House road,
where he waa placed under arrest this
morning, '.'"'--
When taken t polloe headquarters
Davis wore an overcoat said to hav
been stolen from John Hubar, an em
ploye ef the bakery. He also wore a
new suit of cloth ' and had a - gold
watch In hla pocket ' which he Admit
having stolen. In his pocket were three
keys; one la aald to belong to a lock on
a door at th Pioneer Soda works, which
was broken open a few night ago. In
Davis1 socket war also two aklton
key and a number of email key, which
will fit any ordinary lock.
Appearing in th polio court Davis
admitted to Judge Cameron that the
clothing he wore . waa yatolen from
Huber. The owner wa also in court.
. Take oft th clothing ana return it
to the man you stole it from," ordered
Judge Cameron.
Davl slowly removed ma coat ana
waistcoat' - Hi trousers . he r waa per
mitted to retain.
, la th light of , development De
tectives Carpenter and Reaing expect
to be able now to procure evidence
bowing that Davl has committed a
number of burglaries. H 1 suspected
of being th parson who entered the
saloon of R. 'Schmidt 41 Water street
October II, and stole $19 in nickels:
Leach Broa.' Btov work, octooer u.
Hood and Lincoln streets, getting noth
ing and smashing , A .; telephone box
and cutting elecrrto and , telephone
wire: R. McClod'a ' ator. First
and Sheridan atreets, October St. from
which nothing of particular value wa
stolen, and th Columbia boar halt
First and Columbia atraeta, October 13,
wher II In nickel was purloined. -
of th government man, belUvlnK that
th pllou ar either Incompetent to
make an accurate urvy or are preju
fltaed. . It 1 nolnted out that there must
be 14 feet of water on the- bar at th
lowest stage or th Imaum would nverj
have been able ,to cross eut witnoui
experiencing soms difficulty. Other ves
sels having almost a, great a draft aa
ha hav son to sea tjunng tn pasi
week and nonet of them wa delayed at
the mouth of the x river, which U cited
as another evidence that the bar must
be in excellent condition. The assertion
Is mad that In past season nany
every big tramp steamer that" left here
waa held up at th mouth of th river
from two daye to a wee, wnereaa tni
year they have not been delayed el
AIL . - . .
A QUESTION OF LAW.
t.
AaUors Want Wage bat Captain
tmaeg t Fay. -
Captain WanAell of the British ship
Durbrldge and 11 of hla sailors ar
busily occupied In reading aaarltlm Uw
these days to find whether or not sea
men ar entitled to be 'paid off after
having completed a round trip voyage
between Portland and South Africa. The
tailor ar demanding their wage, but
th skipper aay'' they signed article te
remain on the ahlp three year and he
doea not Intend to pay them until their
lime ha expired. The tars hav em
ployed an attorney and threaten to take
the matter Into th court for . ttle
ment . Those Interesting themselves
In th case aay that th sailor boarding-
hou peopl ar urging the seamen to
Insist that their wagea be paid in full
at one. . . - .'.--.'v.r
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
Collector of Customs Patterson re
ceived : this morning a copy, of a proc
lamation signed by ; President Roose
velt instructing him not to permit th
shipment of arms and munition of wai
from thi port to foreign countries.
O. E. Melville, csshler at tb Aln-
worth dock for th Harriman steamship
line, ha tendered hi resignation. - to
tak effect November 1. Mr. Melville
will go to Nevada for his health.- '
Barkentine John - C Meyer and
schooner Winalow and - Prosper have
been chartered to load lumber at Fort
land for California porta. - ; , '
British steamship Aglncourt will
finish discharging sulphur at the Co
lumbla dock tomorrow night and then
move across the river to begin receiv
ing a cargo of , grain and- flour fot
Japan.
Steamer F. A. KUburn is scheduled te
sail for San Francisco tonight '
Steamer Despatch will sail from Sag
Francisco tomorrow night for Port
land. , She will load lumber at ' Van
couver for the return trip. -
In addition to having her boiler re
paired th government quarterboat.
Major uuy Howara, wtu oe converted
Into an oiibumer. ? . - .,
Complaint are heard again along th
waterfront about the steamer Charles
R. Spencer and Dalle City racing In
th harbor; - It ; la aald that they far
exceeded1 the speed limit this morning
while bound for Th DalU.
Russell Ac Roger hav chartered th
steamer .South Bay to carry general
cargo to Portland In place of the
Aurella, which was badly disabled al
Ban Francisco th other day. . ,
.. Barkentine Mary Wtuklemen reached
port thle morning from San Francisco
and moored at th Portland milt where
sh will load lumber for th south. .
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MARINE NOTES.
Astoria. Oct 10. Condition ef th bar
at a. m., smooth; wind, north, light;
weatner, clear.
San Francisco, . Oct JO.-1 Arrived,
steamer Daley Mitchell, from Celumbla
river. '''''
Astoria, Oct t. Arrived down at I
and" eailed at 11 A. m., steamer Costa
Rica, for San Francisco. Arrived down
at a. m. and sailed at 1 p. mM schooner
Beulsh, for San Pedro., Sailed at 't:S0
a. m.. steamer W. H. Krugerv for Port
Lo Angeles and San Pedro. Left tip at
10 a. m., barkentine Mary Wlnkelman
and schooner Mathew Turner. Arrived
down at 10:4s a. m. and sailed at 11:10
p. m.. British ateamer Algoa. for Hong
Kong, via Puget , sound. . Arrived down
at p. m., British ateamsblp Auchen-
. irtwriKiT
II W; ay es W I
Automobile Club Will Oil and
' Maintain OnV If County '
' Court Will Build, . v .
ROADWAY TOfMT. HOOD
' ' li.'nf.HfutrrA AO tAJCI I '
Sol BlurnAuer Sajts That Automobil-.
lata Ar Not Selfish snd That New
RoAdwAya WUi;Be Greet Help to
FarmerA,
Sol Blumauer and H. Wemme. of th '
Portland Automobil club, will appear '
before th county court Wednesday to '
advocate th construction of a 4V-foot
boulevard between Portland and Clare
mont tavern.. . ,. :.-., -.-?
"We are authorUed to offer to th .
court that the club will maintain the
boulevard and oil It" aald Mr. Blumauer.
"and If our offer 1 accepted there will .
b a 10-mil roadway as good a any ;
in th country. - Th club had a run to
Ciaramont yesterday and discussed plsns.
Th members are willing to do more
than their share, for If they maintain
the proposed roadway la good condition
it will be of great value to. the farmer
living along that line of travel.
''When the present plan hav been ,
carried out the club will move to pro- ,
cure the construction ot a fin roadway
from Portland to Mount Hood. That 1
something that will greatly benefit tbla .
city and county. Hundred of visitor
dome her every summer and If there .
were an aaay .rout to Government camp '.'
tb attraction to tourist offered sere
would be doubled. , ,;.-.,,. n .;..'
"As a club we propose to assist In
every movement to secure good road all .
over thU country, We are anthualaatlo
over the plan for a finely built roadway
from Seattle to LOa Angela, and will"
aid th official ia getting Such m
project Into working order. .. . ' . - -! .
When tha bloycl -cam into general
use several year ag there was th
greatest movement for good road aver :
witnessed in th United State. Every
where the wheelmen Influenced official ,
to give what should b given without
hesitation. It baa been estimated that
th good roads conatructed through th ,
efforts of th cyclist hav brought mil
lion of dollars of saving to th farmer,
la enabling them to get to market with
leas expense. .., - - ..-
That la exactly what U going to -
happen through the efforts of tb onto
moblllsta. Aa organisations wa are
bound to hav good roads, and When w
get them the people will profit thereby."
Mr. Blumauer la president of the club.
R. D. Inman vice-president ..David
Honeyman secretary and Dr. C B'Brown
treasurer. The trustees ar William
Llpman. H. Wemme and XX C O'Reilly.
Louis Russell la chairman of th road
committee. .. .
An attractive feature of th Claremont
plan Is th placing of a ferry on th '
river between Claremont and St. Johns,
so that th often expressed wish for a
circular drive down .the river, a crossing
to tha east aid, and a good driveway :
back on that aid may be realised. Tb .
project involve ' th building of a
boulevard- at St Johns to maks th cir
cuit complete for carriages and auto
mobiles. ...:;';
; . ,. THE PLAY '
ii 1 lit
. Georg Baker leaned against th south .
wall of his theatre slilng up on of th
moat satisfying entertainment of th "
season. ' j -.. ..."
That" aald h. meVlng out to make .
room for three more-1 paid admlaalons,
"ig what I call burlesque!'1 - ,. .. ' .
And when Baker himself la satisfied, '
th publlo may aa well conclude that it '
ia getting it money' worth.
. Th Washington Society Girls any
thing for a name give a bill that 1 '
especially notable tor the strength of .
the olio. Whtl th feminine element I
brilliantly costumed and the. muslo
plentiful and well rendered, th. vaude- -vill
features really make th show..
The Include II minute of rapid-fire
"stuff" and parodies by West and Will- ,
lams, who oonvuleed the hous with
laughter, and a splendid turn In maglo
by "Ah Ling Foo." Grace Mantelt a .
soprano, waa amusing in another aort '
Of way. ' . .-. -. .
The first skit of the bill la called "Oh, .
What Joy," is intended aa a travesty
on "H. M. B. Pinafore," and 1 aa mean
ingle as 'its title. Th , other . 1
Krausmeyer s Alley" and prove good '
enough to remind you of the day when
th pioneer of th comic supplement the
Tellow Kid, waa a fad,. In the latter.
Lew Adam and John B. William es
tablish themselves as oo median a. An
other who apread comedy ail over th
stage i Day Marlon in a suggestion
of "East Bid Life," while Eldora, the
juggler, and th Lynott sisters con
tribute a good deal to the entertainment.
"Dors Thorne At the Empire. -
Rowland And Cllfford'a version of
"Dora Thorne," which began an engage-
ment of one week at the Empire yester
day afternoon. W perhapa the most ac
ceptable stage picture of Bertha M. Clay's ,
widely read novel In existence. - It was :
greeted by tremendous audieneee. and
fhe play-goer wr a well pleased a
th management .- ' ; ''
Thre can be nothing new In the story.
Dora's trial and trlbulatlona arising ,
from her innocent love of the master s ; -on
hav been grieved about by every :
school girl in the land . and moot of th
boy. It la a fin xampl of romantio
literature and certainly no Us attractive ;
In atage drew. '.'"".
'Th company playing the Empire le
of exceptional merit The title role le .
played by Cuba Ntblo, a charming young .
actress, whoa only fault perhaps. I a
tendency to drawl her.epeeche. Charles
Caulklns, th leading man. I A satis
factory Ronald. : Maud Truax give a
good performanc of the adventuress. -while
a word of praise U due also E. M. "
Crane, the Stephen Thorne of the cast
- Dramas of th "Dora Thorn" yp r
nvr grow old with play-shoppers, as
the two Urge eudlence of yesterday In
dicate. There is no better opportunity
to tse thi play portrayed. -
bias. Arrived at I p. in.." steamer El
more, front-TllUmootrf .
San Francisco, Oct 10. Arrived at
a. m., steeraer Roanoke, from Portland
and way port, for Port Lor Angeles.
Sailed at 11:10 a. m.. Steamer Columbia,
for Portland. Arrived.! ateamer Homer,
from Portland, and schooner Oakland,
from Columbia river Sailed At last
night, steamer South Bay, at p. n,
steamer Northland, for Portland.
Buteka, Oct IK Balled at 0:10. a. m.,
steamer Alliance, for Portland. rU Coos
Port Harford. Oct f .Sl.Arrived,
steamer IWhlttUr, from Portland.
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