The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 12, 1906, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11,, Iff. ELECTRIC STORM FRHTARS Crew on Board the French Bark Jacobten Relate Awful Ex perience at Sea. TONGUES OF FIRE LEAP i t FROM YARD8 AND STICKS Remarkable Phenomenon Encount ered Sooth of the Low Archipelago While Windjammer We Slowly Making Her Way to This Port. Many of the crew of the French bark Jacobean were nearly killed with fright during the night or August It. when the ante waa overtaken by an electrical phenomenon the like ef which none of thoee on board had ever witnessed be fore. Some ef the mem amy they will never forget the awful experience, a lasting an Impression did It make upon their minds. The windjammer waa on her way to this port from Dunkirk. France, and had met with all kinds of conditions prior to that time, but the startling behavior of the elements that night capped the climax of the tedious voyage. The Jacobeen arrived In the harbor last night and berthed at Greenwich dock 'to discharge 1 4,000 barrels of ce ment end other freight consigned to W. P. Fuller Co. of this city. She looks none the worse for her long trip, which laated lit days from Dunkirk to Astoria, and brought her in many out of the wey places seldom taken by the windjammers except when forced to do so by the capricious winds that sometimes make things disagreeable for ships for months and years. Neither Captain Francis Sevln nor hie officers or crew speak much English, but In relating the story of their ex perience on that memorable night their native language servos them better be cause it affords the opportunity of the necessary gestures when wishing to emphasise the more Important details. "We were near the Low archipelago or Paumota islands when all of a sud den the night became very dark, so dark that we could not see anything kut the glimmer of the ship s lights," eald ona of the spokesmen for the crew, "end the next thins that hap pened waa an awful flash of lightning directly above us. It nearly blinded ue and the thunder waa so terrific that no one would be capable ef Imagining it. We all rushed for cover In the cabin after taking In the few sails we were carrying at the time. Flash followed flash so quickly that the thunder kept up a continuous roar. It sounded aa if a thousand cannon were being Bred at the same time and the dark clouds that hung very low ever the sea were illuminated ia all the colors ef the rainbow, i For an hour 'this continued; then a heavy rain began te fait but the atmosphere was ee densely charted with electricity that for three hours the rigging seemed to be on fire. Large names of a bluish tint flashed from the tips of the masts and yards and to. all appearances the vessel waa one of Are. The spectacle was grand but terrible and many of the Bailors huddled away in the dark corners of the cabin that they might escape the eight." The Jaoobeen's alow voyage waa mainly due to contrary winds after leaving Hobart, Tasmania, where aha out In for a fresh supply of water after coming from the Atlantic by way of Cape of Good Hope. In crossing the Indian ocean the windjammer ran with in 200 miles of St. Paul island, where tire and lava shoot skyward from the craters of ever-active volcanoes. WHITE WINGS GALORE a Mf Fleet Of awlllsg Teasels Arrives at Month ef Blver. Favorable winds yesterday and this morning brought a half dosen wind jam mere to the mouth of the Columbia with dawn, and white wings are spread te the winds almost in every direction off the coast, according to a report eent in by the lookout at North Head. ' Shortly before non he took a peek at the horison and aaw no fewer than four ships and harks and two fore-and-aft rigged vessels playing; about waiting for a chance to get In over the bar. A three-masted bark crossed in this morning- at t o'clock, and she ie believed to be the bark La Pereuae, which was rid ing at anchor near the lightship sll night, having come too cloae In shore to work out with the prevailing wind. Le Pereuae' is believed to have been out side several days. She brings general cargo from Europe. LIGHTS SWEPT INTO SEA Off With all her binnacle lights washed overboard gave one. the British bark Inverness-shife had to proceed cau tloualy from Cape Horn to the Columbia river because at night It was difficult without the proper llumlnatlon to aee the needle ef the compass awing to and fro aa the wind and wavee played mer cilessly with the big windjammer. The lamps were washed overboard by a gigantic asm that boarded the vessel as she rounded Cape Horn. The Inverness-shire arrived mot night on i th-t in a I OUTTITTIirQ ggaa. iff W and went to Mersey dock to discharge 1 .t)00 Barrels of cement oonslgasd to Balfour, Guthrie A Co. Captain TyndaJ, who la well known here, reports that the voyage from Antwerp to the Co lumbia river took 147 days, a little longer than the average time. In doubling Cape Horn the Inverness shire got her share of nasty weather, so the sailors state. For four weeks she was fighting her way through a tearing gale, and decks were awash moat of the time. Canvas waa torn Into shreds and big seas pounded upon the cabin and a to re room doors until they finally gave way and allowed tone of water to eweep everything clean. It -waa at that time that the binnacle lights disap peared over the side and nothing could h done to save them. From the Horn to the Columbia river the weather was fairly good, although every now and then the wlndo attained a velocity that waa even too swift foe the weather-beaten salts. The Inver-ness-shlre spoke a doaen vessels on her way out, among them being the French bark Genevieve Moltnos, which Is now loading wheat at Irving dook. The Frenchman reached port about two weeks ago. PORT COMMISSION MEET8 Aural Beport Shows Drydook Fags According to the annual report for the fiscal year ending September SO the Port, of Portland drydock is paying three per cent on the investment of $3 00,000, whloh in round figures wss the cost ef the construction of the dock. The report waa presented at the regu lar monthly meeting held by the Port of Portland commission yesterday af ternoon. The drydock earnings. Including the furnishing of power to the Portland Hallway company, was $23,258.7, whloh sum added to the receipts from the tax lista of lt0, 104 and 1105, brings the total receipts up to I48.2SS.8I. The operating expenses of the dock for ths yesr aggregate 118,107.46. which added to the bond Interest of til. 110, leaves a balance of J15.871.38. Of this sum 110,839.80 represents the net earnings for the past year, the balance being the real due of the receipts for the year lOOt. The operation of the dredges Portland and Columbia shows a decrease in the balance aa compared with that of the previous year. This la said to be due principally to extenalve repairs made to both dredgea. Repairs and mainte nance to ths dredge Portland coat 118, 256.42. while the same Items for the Columbia amount to 117,804.01. The total receipts for the operation of the dredge waa $164,863.28. and ths total disbursements Including payrolls, engi neering, fuel, malntenence, repairs and sundries amount to $148, 181. 60. which leavee a balance of $42,917.08 at the end of the fiscal year ending Septem ber 20. If 0(. Charles P. Doe, representing the owners Of the steamer Geo. W. Elder. appeared before the commission and asked for a reduction in the bill for the use of the drydock for the Elder. The total charge was $12,082 66. of which $7,294,666 has been paid. The commissioners will -consider a written proposition from Mr. Doe, who believes the charge should be rsduasd some by reason Of the fact that the repairs to the vessel were delayed many tlmee because of no fault of the owners. WANTS CRAFT TO KNOW The "American Lumberman" Gets a Remarkable Article From a California Friend The Editor's Comments. The remarkable article following, with the Mttsr-s esauaests tbereoa. Is taken from tk 'American Lumberman." the able essssest ef die hunker latwisig ef the country: Miter "ASMrteaa Lumberman. " ihlcage, Hi Dear Sir: We are aware that there ta a great seal or neigh n euty to aay to the suffering tbat era bare a ca tola coast which latlna tba anffartnea or ins patience wee have vte it. Is one remedy far aUevietlag the en: in particular (a reat seal ef Bvighfa Disease and Diabetes SM the lumber trateratty In eeoeral and ian others, aad I feel aa though It Is my at we nave a baa a record RS per rest of Is one esse man 71 ms old thai the doctors had sires us), asset a year ago Sim Italy advised ths el seatieataa of It aad today he is wheels st sto keenest as a skotogtashet aad says that sge to ageisat mm, or eouree, set as seas sot anticipate that be will die of Brigfet's Dlseaie I save ia mind another ease which s eminent doctors ot California and the last had siren an. This wss s verr Dramlnent man. aad the attending physicians aald he cotuda't lire twelve hours. HI. family tried It and it kept Mat alive for See weeks. ,Ow- lag te a eUataOe change be died, bat I am satisfied that had he acted on my sdvjes and takes it a year ameer, he would be alive today. a Several men of prominence and wealth have bees saved. Owe I would mention In parties lar to a former Justice of the Supreme Osart. who wss at Tea as br the doctors twelve rears ago, bat Is alive today. And I know of many people, ootn ncs see peer, it Baa helped. About sii years ego s couple of Soothers Pacific railroad conductors contracted Bright'! Disease and (hey went an into the mountains to camp; the doctors mid they could not live more than a rear, and ssmehodr Base-Beted It to them sad I have been Informed by parties who know them that tber are araln at tstlr posts and consider themselves fully cured. I sm sot dolse tela for anv Dccunlarv sals for myself, Battler will I give the name of the medicine, hat ft anybody Interested wlU write to me. Bending stampe for reply, etc., I wlU see that they are supplied with litera ture sufficient te satisfy a ay one (except, perhaps, s phymcsn) of the merit of the preparation and that it win prolong Ufa If not cure the dtoeaae. Ill I ask la tbat the party send atampe win Bla or her inquiry (O ise p would orabablr be enaaah to cover on the reeding matter te he sent). Postage While I do not consider mrsslf ' quite ss rood an authority on medical matters aa on lumber, I feel tbst I am la duty bound to let gar readers know ef the existence of this tag and that It will help sack as are affjeted with these diseases, sad probably cure them. If there will he ear charge tor this send the bill and t win gladly remit, tor I that this la the least I eaa do to help THREE VES8ELS FIXED - rip Our b9bbw ! - 3ffl "Clothes Shop" Is the Ideal Shop for Men and Young Men The lines of Suits, Overcoats and Craven ettes we show are undisputably the best made. They are authentic ia every minor detail; distinction in the commanding features that point character and quality. Honest fabrics, shape-retaining construction. Genteel and pronounced patterns as well aa blacks and blues every authorized Fall style. The priest are always moderate and often the lowest consistent with quality. Besides you are privileged to pay for your outfit in small weekly or monthly payments, enjoying the same services, the same courtesy, the same values as those who pay when purchasing. No extra charge for credit ; i Our Boys' Clothing Section offers strong values in noooy styles tor school and dress wear. The "water proof" Suit is specially recommended for rainy days cial Sale of Cut Glass Spe Our Men's Furnishing Section is full of gingery, snappy creations in newest toggery Better see them These Cut CjsAss pieces are not seconds they are from our regular stock and offered at special prices tomorrow to acquaint you with our Jewelry Section f Regular $8.60 Bowls S3.00 Regular $5.00 Sugar and Creamer Sal .00 Regular $2.00 Nappies 4 f 1.15 Eastern OutfittingCo. Washington and Tenth to Two at Exporters of whsat were busy this morning chartering vessels to load hare and on Puget sound for Europe In the near future. Three fixtures were re ported, two of them for the sound and owe for this port. The vessel taken to load here is the British ship Olene riobt of the same line as the Olenal von, which was chartered yesterday for Portland loading. The Olenerlcht was taken by Balfour, Guthrie St Co. She is now on tile way to San Diego from Rotterdam. Kerr, Oifford A Co. chartered the British steamer Frankby and the Brit ish ship Blytheewood to load at Ta come for the United Kingdom for or ders. The Blytheewood la well known in this pert having received dispatch here for years. The Frankby la of 1,100 tons net register. KEEP RIVER CLEAN Steamboat Owasrs pay sad to Wotioee from Ssviewmial Officials. D. B Ogdsn hss notified steamboat ownere by letter that If they Insist upon allowing fuel oil to escape into the river through blowoff pipes or other wise they will be promptly prosecuted. They seem to obey, the Instructions, for the surface of the river haa been free from the disagreeable scum elnce the letters wsre sent out, a couple of daya The government engineers commenced ! a crusade some weeke ego against indi viduals and firms handling oil along the river and they also took up the complaints agalnet several sawmills so rased of having permitted sawdust and waate wood to flow into the river. The result is already notloed and the ngl neere say the work will be continued. BARRED FROM LANDING Afflicted With Trachoma. Many of the aallors on board the British bark Inverneas-shire end the French bark Jacobean will be refused permission to come ashore because of being afflicted with trachoma, an In fectious dleeeee of the eye quits com mon on shipboard. It was reported this morning that 10 of the crew on the Britisher and six on the Frenchman are afflicted with the dleease. Both of the veesels arrived up yes terday afternoon and are docked at the Mersey and Greenwich docks respect ively. Both are cement laden and under charter to load wheat for Europe aa soon aa ready to begin receiving cargo. feel mr fellow-man. I would ear to ran farther that I do not know the party who puts op thta medicine, neither do I Know anybody connected with the losti tattoo. I do know, however, that the preparation will help the human family. I do not kaow ef . mere than ens or two doctors ea the coast who recommend It for the simple reasoa that the party will not giro the complete formula to the medics V-fraternity, therefore, they will not prescribe it. In certain cases, however, they hare pre sarlbed It aedsr e different name and have reaped the benefit of Its cures. MATT HARRIS. San Francisco, Cel.. Dec. t, 1006. "(The cere comes highly reensfssdad. Mr. Harris' standing In tba lumber trede and as a sasa is known te many of ths frs- tsrslty. 'The Tewsarwaa' Is ilasiif to glvs prominence to this statement by Mr. Harris aad as for Beading Mb a bill, our answer la similar to that gTves by the little boy with core: the apple ain't for the to be no core.' EDITOR)" There The idea if a speeuw betas ss effective aa to cauae an enthualaatlc apectator entirely un known to the compounders, to advertise It at his own expaase sad the declination ef e great paper of national circulation to accept pay for earns la sa experts ace that no history parallels. Tbla article refers to . the recoveries being made br ranee's Compounds, and was aa much s aarartea n ths rultoe neoole aa ta anybody. They kaeW afthtag of" tt BtrtU- thirty dsya after the article appeared. We. too, will ass that people desiring It are seat titers tars concerning tbla Important discovery. WOOD ARB, CLARSa CO.. PORTLAND. OR. lag to recover the pieces of machinery tbat went overboer when one of the cyllnder-hesda blew out of the eteamer Telegraph laat Monday. The Telegraph ia st the Willamette Iron works under going repairs. MARINE NOTES AstorU. Oct 11. Arrived down at :10 a. m., steamer Aurelta. Arrived down at 8:10 a. m., steamer Roanoke. Left up at 1 a. m , French bark La Tour d' Auvergne. Arrived at 8 a. m.. a three-masted bark. Outside at 10 a. m.. four ahlps and barks and two schoon ers. Arrived at 9:50 a. m., British ship Buccleuch. from Antofogasta. San Francisco, Oct. 12 Arrived, steamer South Bay, from Columbia river. Astoria, Oct. 11. Arrived at 1:11 and left up st 4 p. m., steamer Whlttter. Astoria. Oct. 13. Condition of the bar at 1 a. m.. rough; wind southeast; weather cloudy. RACE WHITNEY WRITES NEW MUSICAL PLAY ALONG THE WATERFRONT The steamer Roanoke sailed for Ban Pedro via Eureka and San Francisco laat night and the eteamer F. A. Kll burn aalla for San Francisco via Coos bay and, Eureka thla evening. The British steamer Hasel Dollar will finish lining this afternoon and shift serosa the river to Montgomery dock No. 1 to begin loading wheat for Eu rope. Dipper dredge Nov 1 la digging a new cut across Meldrum's bar below Oregon City near where the Clackamas empties into ths Willamette. The cut win be l.rtOfl feet long. 50 feet wide and 7 feet deep at low water. It will perm ofl barges to reach Oregon City fully leSen. Colons! S W. Roessler. United State engineer, returned from Celllo yester day, bringing a number of photographs of the work being done there on the canal. Work Is aald to be progressing fairly satisfactory. Ths steamer dredge Wallowa has finished digging on Offleld's bar on the Snake rlvsr and will go to work on Dry gulch bar nearer Lewlston. Henceforth the steamer Alliance will leave Portland every Tuesday night for Coos say, it having been esoertaSied tbst she can easily make the round trip in a wean. A diver left for St Helens this mora- Race Whitney, formerly dramatic critic of The Journal, and Waldemar Toung, a former member of the staff of the Saa Franeleco Chronicle, have written a musical ptsy entitled "The Kingmaker," which' will have its pre miere in Seattle at the Grand opera house in February, by the Stewart oy er company, the John Cort organisa tion which waa recently in Portland, at the Halllg. The musical score is by K. H. Bassett, a California musician, and the opera is said to Include mdy original ideaa. The show will be elabo rately staged and taken Into New York, j FAIR AT LEWIST0N IS GREAT SUCCESS (Special Die sale ta The Jearaal.i Lewlston. Idaho, Oot. 11. Success which haa attended the Lewlston-ciark-etoa fair tola year has been a revelation to even the moot sanguine and with the cloae tomorrow it will be shown that It has been an event unrivaled In the history of the association. In anticipation of the feetlvltlee of the closing day and to enjoy the evente at the fair grounds today, crowds of people from both Washington and Idaho ars nocking into the city. It la es timated that the crowd which will be In attendance tomorrow will be the larg est ever seen here. The races era a leading feature at the fair grounds and soma fast time has been msds. I Baking Powder J 7iak$t Digslion M Young Aft M a ounces ter ne ejjjr , Att greesri M What Is the Difference Between These Two Men? $1 a Week For $1.00 s week the man on the left may kesp himself looking ss tidy and trim at the man on tfag 'right, from our clothing department. We are glad to credit any honest man. All ws a small deposit, then $1.00 a week until the suit is paid for. No embarrassing conditionsno red tapeno "tugs' and botheration,'' You select your suit from ona of the best stocks in town, pay no more than at a cash store and in such s manner aa not to feel it -and always look well dressed. Come in and talk it over T Tndcr8coring jr parts of a letter for empha sis mars its appearance. ThtHmfTA-Cknmm which writes black, purple or red as desired, enables you to send out letters emphatic to the mind as they jare pleasing to the eye. This machine perm! ta not oaly the nee of a three-color rlbboe. bo t also of a two-oolor or slnfte-eolor ribbon. No extra east for this new model. Tas Smith Pkemim Trrawkma CostrAjrr 1T Stark St. Portland. Oregon. with our clothing manager You Are Welcome to Credit GEVURTZ & SONS 173-175 First St. 219-227 Yamhill YOUR. WINTER. UNDERWEAR. Should now be considered. We would like you to see what we are showing in Stuttgarter's (GERMAN) Cartright (9b Warner's (GUARANTEED UNSHRINKABLE) Lewis (FORM FITTING In the range covered by the above three makes the requirements of the most particular man can be sup plied. We will be pleased to show you and quota prices. ROBINSON & CO. HOTEL PERKINS BLDG. QUITS CARRYING MAIL TO GET FORTUNE Of $50,000 Mars Island Letter Carrier Re luctantly Surrenders Job to Secure Inheritance. (Issrsal Special Berries.) Vallajo, Cal. Oct 11. From carrying Uncle Sam's mallhage to and from the Mare Island navy yard to ths possessor of s fortune of 110,000 or more, all In the coin of the realm, le the happy tran sition of John afcOough. a native ot Ireland, who haa been employed In this city for ths past three years. McOoush has kept his family history to himself during the years he has been In this clty snd had little to say about himself or bis past. Three months ago, through his applying- to local attorneys for proper pro ceedings in securing his share of a great Irish eetete that was being divided, the story leaked out and McOough admitted the truth of It. He did not give up his position la the yard, however, but con tinued to carry the mall daily until to day, when he handed over, almost aadly, the last letters to the clerks In the aom mandant'a office and walked out to the pay office to receive his small check. He will make his future home In Oak Isnd snd will engage in buelness In San Francisco. The Dalles may have s Carnegie li Rev. S. C. Morton. Sulphur Springs. Tex., wntee, juiy in, isoj: I nave used In njy femlly Ballard's Snow Liniment and Horehoifhd syrup, end they have proved certainly satisfactory Ths liniment le the beet we have ever ueed for headache and pains. 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