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i ' If .JTHeL OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNAL." PORTLAND. SUNDAY-' MORNING, NOVEMBER 12. 1CCT. , ' mSZSSmSmii " """t ""snnZTssTIsi " , " -sssasassssaesi fed IFir dDH fie 1F(Q)iijiJjiov M 1 wt TT701 fl 0 : ' 7 NO- MIDDLEMAN'S PROFITS U . .and unva Vcck Iron Advancing in Price ; - V; , ; - v " r r New York, November 9, 1905. . ' ,'T Pig iron ; markets are.: exceedingly firm, notwithstanding' the V - enormous output and the conviction in the iron trade is that still 1 further -advances in the price of ironUndfteeLis4neviUblerSteeT::: rails fcave advanced-$r this week.. Iron is higher in England, the London market being firm with "indications of early ; advance. .. Associated Press Dispatch. t-U ;--Z7J'r"7Z All our Eclipse Steel Ranges are built especially for as, according to off specifications. We are therefore, MOR& than ageMts. V , ... 'r.T-:- Ranges at Wholesale Prices i ;,Our own private advices indicate a great advance la the price " - of BteeL This means AN ADDED COST TO US on our, V JJ3ECLIPSE,t-STEEL-RANGE',-and atzannearly-date we-ahall bej compelled to increase the retail price. - Our next order for.Rangea'';' will cost us much more, but while the present stock lasts we shall , , li; not increase the price -This ia your opportunity.- Call inland in7 1. vestigate.. Your atove taken in part paymenL rWe are wholesalera In this Une, and when you buy an ECLIPSE RANGE here YOU .; .' PAY THE WHOLESALE PRICE. ,; '.:,?: "- . ; ... lillf STEEL RANGES During: This Sale $37:50" Hot Biscuits 20 minutes t c h-1- Warranted for . - ' 111 . ; ' ' ' '' ' " - 15 years 173-175 F.I R ST ST. OEVURTZ S.ONS 219-227 YAM HI L,Li ST STOOD 24 HOURS ON BEAL1 EDS French Ship . Europe 1 Narrowly Escapes Going to Bottom ! ;V in South Pacific. CARGO SHIFTED SO SHE : LAY ON SIDE IN WATER Crew W Forced to Cling: to Rig .:f (ing and One Fell Into Sea In :s Spite of Mishap, Vessel Beat Asie ;i to Tasmania. v WhIU bound from Portland tor th t'nlUd Kingdom, th French ahjp Eu- '. rop. wjilu Ywiched tbe harbor ytiv 4ar on lh return trip, came almost eap Ir1n and addinj another horror to tha loh lilt of aea raaualtlea. For 14 )ioura alM atood on her beam enda and Captain .Rolller Mays that , he thought ererr minute the Teasesl would go to the bottom. ...One of the sailors u swept overbnard and drowned. - Tha accident occurred In the south ParlAc In latitude 35 'degrees.. A small blow- came up and later turned Into a hurrlcWn. But the ship would hare been "hie to weather the storm without difficulty. decWrea tbe skipper, had he been weighted down with a gTeater amount of cargo. Bhe carried wheat and barley, bnt not a sufficient quantity la make her set well down In the water. Ro when ahe .was struck by the storm he began to roll and the cargo shifted. When the wind was at Its height the veaftcl. heaved over and lay flat on the surface of the water on tier port side. I hiring this time the officer and crew were forced to hang on to tbe rigging. one of the men loat his hold and fell into the sea. Others became exhausted and fell from their positions, but for tunately did not o overboard. Whan the storm had spent Its foroe It re quired several days to get the cargo properly stowed so that the ship would et nn an even keeL The Kurope left here on April II and the French bark Asle the following day. Imih bound for Queenstowa . ror orders with aralu -cargoes. Notwithstanding her mishap the Kurope arrived . two eeka In lB"lesd. Afler their cargoes l.d heen u I "charged the vessels left y..r "ilclwrt, Tasmania, he Ale having ! d)s I in UxU Hut when 1L Kurope had left there for Portland the Asle had not put In an appearance. Captain Rolller says he heard that she reached there a couple Of weeks later and while entering the harbor ran Into a rock and was ' damaged. He did not learn the extent of her Injuries. The Asle sailed on October 15 for Portland. It Is sup posed that' aba was put. In good repair soon. i. . cers of tbe Kurope say that nothing out of the ordinary occurred. The ship Is under charter to carry grain to the United Kingdom and this time It Is the Intention to supply her with a full load, so that she will be able to ride the waves without flopping over. She was engaged early In the aeason at 26 shill ings by Balfour, Guthrie 4c Co, , , GRAIN STEAMERS DELAYED. Oroydoa, Sea of Oromble and' Lalraaa '.'..; Am Xoaf Overdue. Three of the tramp steamers under charter to load grain and flour at Port land for the far east this month will nt arrive In time to get away before December If they do not sail soon from the ports at which they are now lying. The British steamship Croydon taken by the Portland eV Asiatic company, la still at Ban Francisco, although she ar rived there more than two weeks ago from Ocean Island. When she wss char tered it was with th understanding that ahe would arrive In October. Nc one appears to know the reason for bef long detention. -1 . ' . ' . At the last accounts the steamship Den of Cromble, which was chartered for Portland loading a month ago, had not left the orient, and the Labuan was at Mojl. It was supposed that both of them would be here in time to be fitted out with cargoes-and sail this month. , , Business with the orient has fallen oft during the past month and ' It Is thought that no additional charters will be effected to transport foodstuffs to the esst for some time to come, with the exception of an occasional tramp which will be dispatched by Mitsui Co. The Cape Antlbes. recently taken by the Portland Asiatic company. Is the laat vessel engaged It Is believed that sev eral other tramps soon will be char tered, however, to carry wheat and flour to ports on -the Mediterranean sea, i " SENATOR TO SAIL Will Be Oa of Four Tine Steamers oa Saa Fraadsoe Btoute. - - -v. The steamer Senator, a handsome ves sel chartered a few days ago by the San Francisco eV Portland . Steamship company to place In regular service be tween here and the Bay. City, will leave the California metropolis tomorrow for Portland on her first trip. ' She belongs to the "Pertflc-Coast" Utenmshtp com pany, but If h gives esttsfsctlon Jt is believed that the Iiarrlman Jhtereats will buy her. ' ,. , " ,.VUn the Senator.. aUdod. to. tU fleet, - .. . v ' ' Jt the company will have four vessels on the route the others being tbe Colum bia, Costa Rica and Homer. It is said that one of them will be Bailing from here for the south svery three days, and perhaps more frequently. .ii.l declared they will afford a better serv ice than ever before. The Senator was built at San Fran cisco In 18 and la one of the crack steamers which have been plying be- W'eil Seattle and the Dai-Oltr. Bhe Is of t,40 tons gross register, 280 feet long, 18.1 feet across the beam and 19.6 feet depth of hold. The vessel has space for the accommodation ' of too passengers and can show a apeed of about 11 knota an hour. . t FOR HARBOR RACING. ' . Tare Uppers Arrested oa Charge of SzoeedlBj; Speed Limit. On complaint of Harbormaster Ben Blglln warrants were' Issued yesterday afternoon for the arrest of Captains Joseph Allyn, Arthur Rlggs and Sid Scammon, respective masters of the steamers Charles R. Spencer, Telegraph and Dalles City, on the charge that they exceeded the speed limit of six miles an hour wfjle passing through the har bor Friday morning. v - In his complaint, which was filed in the polios court, the harbormaster al leges that the boats backed out from their docks Into the stream at exactly 7 o'clock In the morning, and that 11 minutes later they had reached the Portland 'flouring mills, a distance of five miles. At this rate the boats were covering; at least ll' miles an hour, nearly three times as fast as the law permits a vessel to .run while la the harbor limits. Tlie heavy swells they created simosT broke, the British ship Abergeldle from her moorlngsy and it Is declared that slight damage was done to the big tramp. - It -Is asserted also that the Nlcomedia came almost being set adrift. Sea captains are much worked up about the matter and say that If racing la not prohibited here It will Injure the port Should any serious damage occur to their vessels they aver that the city will be held responsible and will be obliged to foot the bill for repairs. . The river skippers on whom warrants were served' gave bonds to appear at the police court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when they will be given a hearing. This Is the second time, that the captains . of the Spencer and Tele graph have been charged with a similar offense. Recently Captain Baughman of the Telephone was arrested on a charge of racing In the harbor and was fined $60. i Ben Blglln says he IS deter mined to put a stop to the racing prac tice If he has to make an arrest every week, ALONG THE WATERFRONT. In the heavy fog yesterday morning, the steamer Star, belonging to the Star Sand company, got out of her course and went aground near St, Johns. It was expected that she would be floated at high, tide last night. Tha Itearner had a barge and derrick scow In tow at the time.' ' -' - ; . Officers of the steamer lone, which arrived from the upper Columbia yes terday, report that a team which waa hitched at the Waahougal dock broke loose and ran away, one of the .horses getting killed by striking his head against a lamp post '"' Captain L. C Hellner, lighthouse In spector of this district, is expected to reach, home tomorrow from San Diego, where he was a member of the board which inquired into the Bennington dis aster. The German ship Tarpenbek shifted from the Banfleld dock to the Weldler mill yeaterday afternoon and the berth 'she vacated was tsken by the French bark Europe, which had just arrived f rom ' Hobart Tasmanls. British ship Blythswood, which ar rived at Astoria yesterday from New castle, New South Wales, has a cargo of coal consigned to the Holmes Coal A ffny-M-:vf m.Drp' eHw1 !& r'-. A - 'e-- : ' V, 1 Ice company. Arrangements have been made for placing the vessel on tbe dry dock for cleaning and painting as soon as the coal has been discharged. - Laden with 1.000.000 feet of lumber, which was supplied by 1 the Portland mill the schooner Louis will, leave down this mornlnr. bound for San Fran Cisco. The schooners Mabet Oale and Vir ginia will leave np from Astoria this eaoew4fgse oetlaeiepwheeeihoy "rtW be fitted out-wltbJumber- cargoes for California ports. ' Oerman ship Adolf' cleared for Ips wich, England, yeaterday afternoon with 11S.783 bushels of brewing barley, valued at $64,180. The vessel probably will leave for the sea tomorrow. Steamer Northland cleared for Ban Francisco yesterday with 160,000 feet of lumber. . On Thursday the steamer Nome City, which haa been chartered by the Port land Lumber company to run regularly between this, cltyt and San Pedro, will leave San Francisco for Portland on her first trio, -- French bark L'Hermlte moved from the Mersey to the Greenwich dock yes terday afternoon to take grain stiffen ing. The French bark louralne will complete her grain cargo at the Oceania dock about the middle of the week. Steamer Columbia will sail tonight for Ssn Francisco. Among her passengers will be P. F. Megargel and D. F. Fob- sett, who made the trip across the con tinent In automobiles. They Intend to make the return trip to the cast in. the same manner from California. MARINE NOTES. Steamer Senator, the New Coaster Added to the San Francisco & Portland Steamf!p, Companv' Fleet. Aatorla. Nov. II. -Arrived down at and sailed at I a. m. Steamer. Daley Mitchell. . for San Francisco. Ariivod down at and sailed at 10:lffva. m. Steamer Redondo, - for Ban Francisco, Sailed at 11 a. m. Steamer F? A. Kll burn, for San Francisco. , Arrived at It noon -Barkentlne Crjjrlna, from San Pedro. Arrived at 12:4 p. m. British ship Blythswood, from Newcastle, Aus tralia, and schooner Crescent, from Ben Pedro. . San Francisco, Nov. tl. -Arrived last night Steamer Costa Rica, from Port land; arrived at 10 a. m. Steamer Cxar Ins, from Portland. ; . - . Astoria, Nov; 11. Bar moderate; wind south and weather rather cloudy. School Orererowded, - ' (flpeclal Dtapatck to The Jrarnal.) - Bllverton, Or Nov 11. The eohool directors' hav rented the. O. A. R. hall and fitted it In aha pa for a schoolroom. The enrollment of pupils In the city school st the present time la greater than ever ' before and the schoolroom Is' crowded beyond Its seating capacity, A movement la on fost to secure a county high school ' and . erect a "high school building in this city. " Great numbers of ducks and feesi around Irrlou, , ,. PRICE ONtRUSTY WHO ; DROPPED RAKE AND RAN Twenty dollars' reward has been of fered by Sheriff Word for the arrest of George Lof fel, alias George fepoon, who walked out of the courthouse yard' last Wednesday without bidding Jailor Hnrev flr.ftn food-hy. Offcl as y;i'miM)iunusgstaiy .Tsee'itM syf mf lfW .isjsji psawsej. ( ; -. v ; i fV i f ; 1 ) - George Lof fel. sentenced to the county Jail last June to serve nine months for laroeny. He waa a trusty and ran away last Wed-t nesday afternoon while raking the court house, yard. He is St years old, I feet' 10 Inches tall, and has dart hair and light eyes. . Sfataral Question. A lady while visiting a convict prison said to on of the prisoners, 4 fat, food looking person: ."My good man, what- are you In tiers forr .: "For robbery at a seaside hotel." "Were you the proprietor or the head. walterr asked the lady. 2 Little ' Girl Please,' have tou Sheep'a eadt :- . . Facetious.. Butcher-Nop my .dear onlv my own. ,, ' TMtle Girl It won't Ho, Mother inu.ts pbs with, brains In It, v In , t rk