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Newspaper Page Text- " ' . ' v' -i s- i - . 1 V - ' cnE EVENING JOUIllTAIir POKTLANTV OREGON.. TTJESDAXT JTJXE, 24, lf)02 n i rnTni n hrr i irtMkf:: rl Tl'i I nil . nHII UUH I m m- , - m m - at m mm m m mw BM W I , I I W I I S B BBS RC. & 0. Employes Quit, Out of r Sympathy for . - S AU th employe of the Portland City K Oregon Railway, ever 7 in number, went out on Strike this morning, ahd. ; comparatively speaking, traffic over th " ' road la at a standstill. - Superintendent Tiffany wai at Mllwau ki when the tie-up occurred, and at once proceeded V convince the strikers that they are not the only "pebble on the beach" by taking out a car himself. ,A , aistant Superintendent Field also took ' charge of a car and a weak but heroic ' ' pratehaa waa made of resuming business ; Section men were pressed , into service as helpers. , Few passengers are patron . Unng the road, and about the only busi ness the cars are doing Is .carrying the . nails. '.:' " ' The striker are orderly and confident cf winning. They! are members of the . Amalgamated Association of Street Rail ' Way ' Employes, and are guaranteed the support of the Federated Trades Assem bly.. .-v."- .-vr:--'. CAU&BjOr TJIB TROUBLE. .Yesterday evening a committee of the employe presented a notlo to President ' Hurlburt to the effect thai they would refuse te take orders from Superintendent Tiffany and Dispatcher Stuart on and after July 1 The notice described those , officials as obnoxious to the employes and to organised labor, and Incompetent as officials. . , . ', , vThe committee was composed of Chair , man A. R. Dimlck, George Nendel. Chas. W. "West p. X Roberu and. J. A. Work man, Th notice waa called to the at tention of Superintendent Tiffany and he at one issued ah order discharging all the members of the committee, as well as C J. Anderson, the former dispatcher, ' but 'who of late has had a position on the cars.- - ' . . y THREATS OF DISMISSAL. Information was aJstf given out that - any one adhering to the demand for the - discharge of the superintendent and the dispatcher would lose his position and be- , , susplan ted by another as rapidly as pos ' m alble. -The company considered the de-: mand. as an act of disloyalty and' state! . that "it would not be acceded -to under any elreumstancea. , .There has been some tfrictlon existing -' , between the employes and Tiffany ever since the latter has been Identified with t , the ro&d, and the feeling against him ha ben growing m the days passed by. Tlt-'w-Jsay li said to b incompetent and oVer-- bearing In As demeatto giving and exe cuting orders of which a capable and ex perienced! (nan would never be guilty. Dispatcher Stuart Is also charged with - Incompetency, and the sentiment is just as strong against him as against the su- neHntmdento .. , :'-;'ijt.:yf, Tiffany incurred .the enmity of, the men soon after he succeeded to hi present po sition. , One of his first arbitrary rulings . was tbat tu one in the employ of j company should be a member of any la bor organisation, and all of those who re fused to renounce . unionism were sum marily .discharged. The most skilled me- . chanio In the car shops were let out in rponse to this ruling, as well as nearly . all the old employes In the various ca pacities. Incompetent men were given t the vacancies thus created, and as a re- . suit Accidents on the road became of fre quent occurrence. - . Public sentiment became strong against me management or the road, and it Is US' hat lt I'fto lose patronage. -, Tiffany began to see the error of his ways, and when th State Federation of , t Labor met here early in May. he made a. visit to Organiser Duke and requested that the employes of the line be unlon ; Ised. JII Wish was carried out. and for , awhile It began to look like the troubles jwhleh, ' bad long been brewing between - th oompan and the men would soon be .forgotten. ' -INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT. r But on May IS a collision occurred near Weldman which was attended with dis l 'astroua results, and the feeling which had been lying dormant against the su- - -perintndnt broke oat anew. He and his . dispatcher had long been considered in i t competent, and the men held them indi rectly responsible, at least, for the ac etdent . Btuart, it is said, would get his mes . sages so confounded that accidents were narrowjy averted on various occasions. Cars would meet ort the same line, add - but for . the continual vigilance of the motormen several long lists of casualties Would have been recorded. The men of- ten asked for the removal of Stuart, but JSk iLjiersonftL friend of Tiffany, , the request was not granted. They be lieved , that their lives were in Jeopardy by continuing . Jn . the employ of such i management, and so the action was , taken last night with the above results. MR. HURLBURT'S STATEMENT. 1 3resldent Hurlburt was seen this morn " v The Agonies of., Toothache "may be forestalled and t ho, cost, of expensive operations ,' saved - by ' bavins the teetb care fully Inspected at regu lar intervals, by a com petent dentist. Every dental operation from tne least to est performed - abso' ."i'tUtV .W','A' Wlsc.fc'-4 lutely-withe luteiy without pain. sea, , ie, Sii.' ata, j Pallliw Salldiag, II Third aed Wsshlagtoa Straets. II ON STRIKE Discharged ing, and asked for a statement. "What paper do you representf ha In quired.' .",''.,." TTio Evening Journal." "No; l .have no statement to make. That paper seems to know more about our business than we do ourselves, and I am surprised that you ever look for Information."- - .. . ' ."The men ask for the removal of Su perintendent W. Tiffany and Dispatcher A. h. Stuart, do they notr' . "I will simply say that the men are showing disloyalty in its worst form, and will m 'longer-be retained In our em Ploy." The , road ; will be run. however, Just the same, and Is in operation this morning." ' ' ' "Street car men report that not a Port land jClty.&-Oregon car ha, gone out of Jier ,tbls morning,'; was , suggested.. "Well, you came nere for Information, and Iam telling you that cars are run ning on the' line and will continue to run." ' .EMPLOTES. SIDE. J. A. Workman, mt the strike commit tee, came down from Milwaukee this at ternoon and m an Interview said: "We presented our demands tp Presl dent Hurlburt about noon,' and later he called six. of us to his office. He said that he had employed Tiffany as a compe tent official, and that he did not believe all the stories circulated about htm. He said that he had given orders to Tiffany to discharge all . the members of the committee, r Tiffany was seen and in formed that the men must be reinstated He ; declared that the men would never be reinstated, and In connection with the matter took occasion to apply all the vile epithets that be could conjure up in his mind to .the fellows who were so brasen as to cross his path. We went to Mllwatikle and called a special meet tug. From 75 to 100 people were In at tendance and ' it was unanimously de cided" that a-strike be instituted this morning. -, . , ."The, reason, we filed the petition and made tha, demands waa simply , because of "the Incompetency of Tiffany and Stuart. We pelieve them to be the direct caijae of the accidents which have oc curred,-and that they at not the proper men for the positions which they hold As to hours, wages and other conditions on the line, we have no cause for com- -plalnt- Itsls wholly because of the in competency of these two' men that we 1 have .taken our present stand. At the night of the big Are here Tiffany was helplessly drunk, and made himself par tlculariy offensive to the . firemen. "We have mad arrangements to run the launches Hartford and Constitution, during the strike, from Portland to Mil Vaukte, Sellwood and all way points for the accommodation of Me public. They will leave the foot of Morrison street on the West Side." AT OREGON CITY (Journal Special Service.) ' OREGON CITrV June 2t-Wlth two cars running on the entire Oregon City line, - one In charge of Superintendent Tiffany, the. other by C.' G. Fields, head of the freight department, the Portland City and Oregbn electric line Is playing In bardluok today. This has been caused by trouble with Mr. Tiffany, the superintendent of the line, A petition-'has' been In circulation for the removal of Superintendent Tiffany and Car Dispatcher Stuart. This ob tained 600 signatures In Oregon City and several hunared others in Sellwood and Mllwaukle. Some carmen were signers of tbl petition and Mr, Tiffany demanded that these signatures bewlthdrawn or the signers would suffer discharge. The names .were not removed and today the entire force weitf on strike as the. result of the superintendent's enforcement of his threat, ' There' has 4een bad feeling for some time between Superintendent Tiffany and bis men. The, primary cause of the pres. ent trouble was the discbarge of Motor- man Meldrum at the time of the recent wreck near Gladstone. The carmen claim this accident was due wholly to the work of Car Dispatcher Btuart, one of Tiff. any's importations from California. As a scapegoat was 'needed, the employes of the road say that Meldrum,-motorman of one of the colliding cars waa discharged without cause. . There was considerable talk at that time of enforcing the demand for Meldrum' reinstatement by a strike. but nothing., came of It However, the petition was the outcome of that inci dent, . and the strike, . although delayed, has at last arrived. An extensive boycott is talked of and talk about town is very favorable lo the strikers, . the great- Dr. .K.',;Wi.. ' ar wstMUKW t? v tt? Borh PboiMss Or. South s9U Col. J, Opea evealsf s till j; Straday, toif . ; I -:)mo fEP;;QF-r SPORT - The boxing contest held-is connection with the coronation sporting. 'tournament given by the National Sporting CJub have been very tame affairs so far, No real chamyionshlp'contesta. will ba pulled off, as the Americans who jour neyed across th pond are' nearly all sec ond and third raters out after a little easy English coin. '" " " ' : ; "Kid" McFadden f , San "Francisco proved easy game for--Ben 'Jordan, dho knocked him completely nut in the lSth round last night. . . . j Joe Walcott, the cojored champion wel terweight, was pitted ''against . Tommy West of this city,- but who claims Brook lyn, N. T.. as bis residence. West start ed hi puglllstlo career Wfofe th old Pastime Club , of this .oity, . hut h ha never shown champienship ability. . The men ; "fought";, 15 - rounds and Walcott gained the decision on points. Tha latter could have ended the fight in half a dozen rounds had he so desired. BOTH -CONFIDENT. Both Hegarty , and ' De oursey - hava practically finished j'their training; tor Thursday night's , contest .They are . at weight and f rom now; on wlir only .do such work.as is neceejrjrtokeep Ithem" In trim., , ;V- yf " " ., i , ' De Coursey Is a graat believer in scull ing as a develdper bf the' hack muscles, and whenever '-th facilities-' are offered where he Is tralnlnavh'ejputs much time in fOn .the iwatay. ;TOl.)ac,pountswparU3t for the terrlflo punch the HtUe fellow has m him..,: . ;rt ;, . .,. , ( Hegarty, on .-.the other rhsod, , trains i more according to the lines laid down by the old school of fighters: Plenty of road and gymnastnm work -la Hegarty 's rule. There Is no-doubt-aslo theAiWtraHaha cleVeress, which will' b pitted agalst the Calif ornlan's strength and - aggressive ness. ' . ; 1 . . . Few understand about the weighing in part of -the contest. V Both men will ap pear in the ring ready to commence th contest Scales wlU be In the rlng set at 128 pounds. Each man will in turn step on them and if each does'not go. Over tha limit his weight forfeit of $200 will be safe. After the weighing, in has takn place, the gloves will be donned and the content commenced. . TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIPS. LONDON, June '24.-The prugram of bouts arranged for"the National Sporting Club tonight Is he best of the coronation series. Three . of 'the . four; fighters scheduled to appear are Americans and two of them atvleasi . arej at the top of their class. ,. - i The wlhd-up will be furiiiBhed In Tommy Ityan and. Johnny Gorman 'and Is to de cide the middleweight Championship of th world, though It Can iardly, be satd ihat the winner of the go-will be i posses sion of ar. undisputed" title.' Nevertheless the bout should prove to be' one well worth seeing. Ryan hopes to retain hi title, while Gorman Is equally anxious to wrest it from him. The hackers of both men declare- that the bout will not go the Ilmlti -.( V" ;t. :-w : GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. JOLIET, 111., June Sfi. The season of the Great. Western Circuit was Inaugu rated auspiciously today with the opening of the meeting at the'jollet Drivlhg Club. Racing continues three day's,' ahd Judging from the liberality df the purses and the large number of entrle ln, the various events the meeting win be the' most suc cessful ever held hera ,' r BENNETT "vfpZEIGJLBk SAVANNAH. Ga., June i4.-The South ern Athletic Club etneet blf lirowd on hand tonight to see , Jack Bennett, the McKeosport, Pa, welterweight and Owen Zelgler, of Philadelphia', mix up in what Is scheduled to.be. a io-jround bput The two have met in the ring before and furnished , Interesting; bout and as both are in prime condition they are" ex pected to put up a lively '.contest tonight. The. fight Is for a putse of $1000 and $500 aide bet. . . . - .: . . MISCEIXANKPUS SPORTS, i The Baker City Heralds Manager Fred Basche, of the Bakef pity Bas6be.ll Club, received a wire from. Spokane Jast even ing, signed by Manager Jack Grimm, of the Spokane , team. ! sytng- Glendon, the famous pitcher.'-would, reach Baker City tonight and that young Russel, who was released from the Bjiokariea, could be signed U he was wanted. Billy Rpche tats that fee has matched TEACHERS' EXCURSION. T i ii'"H!c;,'.' Superintendent , R. V F.."Eoblnson has chartered a car to (bfe -attached to the regular overland train of -tfi'SJuthen Pacific leaving Portland -at - 8!30-, a. . m. tomorrow morning. ' The ar will carry a party or teachers, irom JPor.nana ana vicinity. Partial list of -those .who will go is appended' xf ' ' Superln t ndent H. ,'A. Lyman, Astoria; H. R. Winchell,Grsham! Miss Alexan der. Portland; Superintendent -and Mrs. R. F. Robinson. Portland", Principal D. A. Grout, Park schooU-Mlsa Nellie Klngery, Portland; Miss Teat Portland;" i Miss Cornelia. Falling. 1 South iiMount' iTahsf; Miss Annie Davidson, South Mount Ta bor; Prof. HerberV Lee,;,H)gh .school. Portland; Prof. R. R. Steele, High school. Portland i J; T. NeffThs Dalles; .J. S- Lauden, The Dalles: Miss Demmer, Port land : Miss 1 Lewlst Portland ; Mra G. Lawrence, Mrs. Teggert Holmes Busi ness College, Portland; Prof. Terrin, Pa cific , University: . Superintendent" J. C Zinser, Oregon City; J. T. Garrye, Ore gon' City; Miss Cora '.. Potter, ' Portland; Principal E. J. Hadley, Stephens School ; Prlncioal R. H: Thoma. Clinton Kelly school, Portland; MlaS Ada Mereer, Port land; Superintendent; H, A. Ball. Hllls boro; Principal D. 'W. Jarvls, Harrison Street school; Miss "Julia PhUbricky Port land; Miss Carrie Hdlman.. Portland; B. H. Anderson, Greshain:Mis, Laura My ers, Portland; tMlss .Zelma Shafer, Port land; Miss Mary Frailer,) Portland. Shields'Park Tonight. ? The MMnstti&t:VtM4m.T put damper on the festivities t at Shields Park tlast -' nights and ; MahageT Shields was obliged tS hang out the '"postponed" sign4 early , in th Ravening to the -disappointment of a ttumber oC peopl who braved the rain to see the excellent pro gram, that la iMOdlng : tb i boarOs this his protege, WJllUe Lewis, to fight Rufa Turner at Stockton on July . which.wa th date Oans was o have fought Rufe. Th Stockton favorite threw up the match with Gaasri.ajtda,4dlapatch from the 8Iough City states that it was a case of cpld feet Lewis Is "now on his way from Denver to prepare himself for his con test ---'ffv ::' While Jo ,Gan rwa tearing off a few miles on the road yesterday at Blanken's he met, two. eope chasing a fellow Who had stolen a Pig a few mik-s further down the road. ...The TMlls" dug the spurs into their skates 'and J. Gans hung on behind until the bloke with the wad of pork . was crabbed. ; As he stopped' the P't ot away, ? Th cops begged Joe . to give it th hot foot 'As much a ah lov Dcak.'" replied Gans. "I'd radder Stan' stiU. Prlsa-llghtln'ls a noble buslnts. out , wnen ; k comes to coioreu pa." Ban Frantjisco Bulletin. A Skaggs Springs, Cal., dispatch says: "Jeffries has -limbered up his sore arm until , now lt toaaeased to trouble him. He ha never. 'started into tralninjf?feel lng as well 'as haf does at th present time or in-- better .condition, and with lt all he goes at his training with a light heaxtednes born of , the convictioh,that he will come out of the ring vicionoue. Yesterday it was 'so 'extremely' hot that the champion did" hot go to the "gym" un- til late In the afternoon. Today, however, the weather ha'4 ' moderated and he has been to "the "gymw aU morning and will mora than likely go at It again this after noon, iia .nas TlOt. as j et laaen- u , oux lng.' He haa'had one go with his brother, but that, has heen, jll. IJlmmy'BritChafagrved to fight Perry Quecnan in Seattle, but the date of the contest has not been definitely fixed.' On August 20 the inks will hold a big carm val in that city and the club is consider ing holding: theflght at this time, when there will be- large numbers of strangers m th city. Queenan made such- a hit by beating Hawkins-that the Seattle sports are llablo' to make . him a favorite over Biltt, Who ought to beat him easily. If the fighters were to meet in San Francisco the betting would about 10 to 6, with Jim my on, the long end. The grand game' of boxing was given a large discolored optic at Philadelphia last Friday night when the talent who pay the band had their pockets picked to the emoifht of glsoo. Root an Catter werel f lven, ja '"guarantee of $tqp6 when they Slkhed articles to tight before this eluh. .hat afte ' the sale had closed tt Was found thafctheM. was only $1800 lit the hotlSfe tlSOO leal than the guarantee. That Is, there Should have been that mtich money, but the representatives t th twd i fightfrij. liert:'they went to take a look at the lonf green, found less than $200. Jos McCarthy; who was running the show,-said thftt the receipts had been attached by 'Dr. C. P. Chrlstmahr and Israel Mt Koshtand, who. ha declared, were Interested -with him in the club To an outside it looked like , a plal case of steal. Belwk about $1200 shy of the amount promised the fighters the management preferred to. rob the public of the $1800 rather than "dig" for the tim Pitcher Winnie Mercer "of the Detroit American League has received an offer to captain and manage the Los Angeles team in the California League. He has asked for his release.from the Detroit Club. ; Mercer say the offer from "Lb Angeles la so flattering .that he will, prob ably accept it, whether or not. his re lease Is given him by the Detroit team.' The sale of James B. Haggln's year lings took place at the Sheepshead Bay track yesterday. William C, Whitney se cured the bay colt by Hamburg-imp. Bri dal for $7000, the top price of the sale. Sidney Paget paid $8100 for th chestnut colt by Salvator-Blggonet V ' - There is quite a squabble oyer the serv- lees of James St. Vrejn. Tacoma's south paw. Manager Andrews claims him as a reserve, while Manager Frank of the Memphis Southern League Club rlalm to have secured the big fellow's services from Chicago. Manager Andrews has wired the secretary of the National Asso elation of Minor Leagues thai he. will not allow St. Vrain to play with Memphis. He says the pitcher will play with Ta coma or not at nil. i", - Week. Those who ;i. attended ; i Sunday nights performance .wondered how such a Dig frog-ram could be given fot 10 cents. Mr. Shields dispelled the Idea of ma place being u beer garden hy havmg two signs placed placed at the entrance which reads "No Liquors Sold hi This Park." ,,. .. ; ;" An exceptionally strong hill-has ..been provided for next week; Which Includes Mr. Shields himself -in one of his fa mous illustrated talks. "A Trln Across the Continent;" Matsuda's troupe of Japanese acrobats am Juggleraalx In number direct frnm Japan, and a poly scope picture of the Portland Hunt Clup drill and hurdle ;race.rThe performances will be resumed again tonight. 7r: ,;.T Barber's Troubles.; The hearing of the arguments for and against restraining permanently Barber Sam Howard from plying bis trade as a proprietor in this city till August U has been postponed till Wednesday to fv Howard time to prepare counter affidavits. Minor Lewis, who bought- Howard's former shop at No. 26C Alder street, sets up that he has on agreement with the defendant that he would not open "up a barber-shop in this city for a period of six months, and that Mr; Howard is How in violation of that agreement Conduct ing a shop at No. JOT Fourth street not two block from the eld stand. ' ' A temporary restraining order " was served upon Howard last Saturday v V ll"1""""sMiisiis For the Summer Cotillion. , Pretty prises fer a summer evening Ger man are hat made of tissue paper; Some of the braid used for these hats Is very elaborate and closely Imitates fancy straw braid. The delicate whit combinations, also the deep crimson and white ones. produce vrjr reaiistld braids. . . " ' SULTRY SIMMER DAYS ; T est the quality of your laun-. dry. y If you are wearing the Mnd that don't stand upthe wllUbtet kind, Just send It to us once and see the - difference. THE .UNION LAUNDRY 8$ Randolph Street.ii.' :i .- MANY PLANTS - - TO CHILDREN v. Cordray's Theater was- crowded ; last night by an - audience of children , and their ' parents. .Four thousand plants were given to the children, and the ones who get the best results from them In the fall will be awarded prise.1 i ; A' fine program was rendered. F. B. Gibson, "the president read a letter from LADY PAUNCEFOTJE;. ua-UJ l-.ll J...-1J..S ! ' '- L-n ; '; L l..l.j;...pr...j.. . '4 'HA i I '' , Washington; June 24. Lady Paunefote," ' widow '.of thc.late British ambassador to this country, will sail tomorrow for England, accompany ing the body of the ambassador. With her will go Mrs. Bromley, a mar ried daughter, ahd Miss Audrey Pauncefote. t; : "4 ' V"r J:.' k- George Otten, the florist, explaining the care .of plants. .George M. Hyland pre sided, and In a brief speech described some of the nuisances in the city.' "Old Kentucky Home," sung by Seld Back, Jo's Chinese . Quartet, was ,so en thusiastically applauded .that "America" was sung, as" an encore, . " . ),..' Governor-rElect George E. Cham her lain was introduced, ajid In an eloquent, ad dress . reauested the .children to,- make Portland , beautiful. . A Biano . selection by -Miss Ella Hitchcock . preceded Gover nor .Chamberlain's address. . - . Miss Lillian. Monk, rendered , a; vocal solo , and responded, to an encore. A hrla( address by- C. H, Bell, followed by th .distribution of plants to. the chil dren,, concluded the evening a entertain ment. . . . .. .- 1 TEACHERS INSTITUTE. ! ; s ' , . ) 5 , """"" The date of 'the County Teachers' Insti tute has been decided by County Super intendent Robhison and will be held Sep tember 1M2. :' ..... 'This oomes just before . the opening of the city schools this fall and will" enlibte teachers to attend without materially shortening their vacation. The time of the annua.1 institute largely determines the, date of the opening of schools throughout the county. It comes at a season of the year .when the teachers are fresh from their vacation outing and all are actively preparing for their .winter's work. '.This gives 'the superintendent "op portuhity to present td them newplans for werk. Mr. Robinson already' has the program for the . institute well in hand and has made arrangements for the at tendance of -several prominent educators from outside the state, while the best local talent will also, be retained. . TREB FELL ON HIM. A. E., Bollsch was badly Injured yes terday In the woods near Bakersfleld, Wash.,' by a free falling upon him. One tree, which had been cat fell across an other, falling it also to the ground. Mr. Bollsch started to run when he saw the tree falling, but was struck across the tack, badly bruising it and breaking his left leg. He was brought ,10 this city by train-.- - - . - - ' r. More Room Needed, . Portland is just now interested In lo cating the sit for the big Lewi and Clark" Centennials Ladd's Field,' the Pentnsulk and Sellwood ' seenv to have the preference In the order named." Af ter the location Is settled Portland should bester itself in the matter of hotel ac commodation. . At present It is almost Impossible to provide for a state conven tion and when th big fair is on th pres ent botercapaolty will, of necessity, havel to be many, time doubled ugn Register.- . V-,' '." ' -'. - -' ; ' . - . - - " -.Trf ;.THe BAKER. . Another; good bouse, greeted the' Pollard Juvenila Opera cJmpany.at tha Baker last night in Its presentation- of La Mas cotte. . Every oh of tha children carried out the '.parts assigned thorn, to the sat isfaction ' of th ' audience, which mani fested, its delight and approval by th warmest applause, ' As a the previous performances of .ii La Mascotte," . honors. war about equally divided between Willis Pollard and Willie- Thomas, as Lorenso and Rocoo; between Alio and Ivy Pollard a Bettimv ead Pippo, and between little Daphne Pollard and Iran Flnlay. . , : . Tonight "Will see the last presentation of La MascoUe. The performance of the week -Will be the Pinafore aouvenlr mat inee tomorrow afternoon, at which time all the ladles attending will be presented with a - picture ' ef -' the charming little Daphn Pollard. . Tomorrow night A Gal ety Girl . will he presented. Th attrac tion for, Thursday, Friday and Saturday will ha. in Town. The local hits, narttau- larly those relating Uo the Dukes of At- blna, Astoria, and Salem, Hhe witty refer ence to Tracy and Men-Ill . and .that to Haryey Scott brought out hearty laugh ter from the: audience. 1 $ : ', ? T '." tSHIELDS'.PARK., ,. . ' On account otthe rain Shield's Park did not give a performance last night hut ex pects' to 'resume'' this evening; A .very creditable entertainment 1 given, I , " . ;' Speke Crew Dissatisfied.-; -The British ship Speke is "still anchored lh the lower harbor at 'Astoria' and til oTew' shipped from here refuses' to work. The men complain-that they are not sail ors and do not wiBh' to inake the trip. Captain Stott -says that he will 'have no trouble' In ; making'- Rood Sailors of , the me.o. ' anl states.that; he wlirprabably. go out to sea today. A. bottle thrown from the ship contained a letter, which reads 'as folIbw:";T'' -! ' '"; VC' ': '"' ' "June:-23;; ISOl-i-Oh board the f British ship Spe'kei There are 15 American aboard this shlp-who "refuse to go to sea. The captain says be will take her . to sea with, a few mea. and when he gets us out to -sea" he will make us throw up our hSnds: If this. Is picked" up by any one not In sympathy with this British ship, please: report to the offlcers'oh shore1 and obUgs' v ;.TKE HTJNGRT FIFTEEN." : United State Commissioner 'Thompson was shown-, the letter, but he stated that he had no authority to act in the matter. It ,1s probable that the men, will be obliged to make the vpyage.- , ,t ,.u 'X P. and the fir, , William Jir Mill; head of the.' land de partment of the Southern Paclflo Co., is lh thS city1.5 The object of his visit here at this time ,1 looking" toward tha pres ervation of the valuable timber Interests of the company in this state. To this end a number of permanent forest reserves will be created. Mr. Mills is enthusiastic as to the Lewis and-Clark Exposition, but he does not say what the Southern Paclflc Company , will do for the enter prise. . ,-1 .- 1 ; i -i . 1 - Two years for Horsethief. Archie A. West arrested In Portland last week by Deputy Sheriff Harry .Meyer, on a charge of stealing a horse from Con. stable Dukes of Hood River, and "who w taken to The Dalle for trial , by Sheriff Kelly, has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to two years in tha penitenti ary. Deputy Meyer was notified of th fact by a letter received from Sheriff Kelly.' vVt' ' "'" . -",-'-. ,. BLAZIER'S FIRST AND MADISON STS. We casb all kinds of checks, "good" bad",ene indifferent, at all hours of the day and night. Including Sunday How-Portland Can:Se- cure It by Using Her Ocean Port t ' mo. v.-, 1 ' "r ; f ASTORIA, June x-(To The Journal,)' The third benefit to aocrue to Portland from Astoria's seaport, supremacy' would be th -diversion to Portland Importing? houses of th built of tha Oriental trafflo now comlusMn at Seattl and Ban Fran-. Cisco gates. -.-vix-jr - Glyen, as a premise, an entrance ores the bar of sufficient depth for the largest sailers and steamships,'" and ; Astorl would attract tha bulk of that commerce. She 'offer the only water level grad ty ' th Summit of the Rockies. She has the only fresh water harbor of a first-class,' port In the West or in the world. . Her 1 capacity for long- piers is the finest In the 1 United States. Her peninsula formation,1 tha Ideal for concentration of eommeimyv Is unequaled. She is equidistant with Be- atU from New York, with only 10 mile from the high seas against 164 for Seattl. ' in a word, every advantage of cheapness . and rapid transit is dn Astoria's favor. General Gillespie says ha has power to', buy a sea dredge that would secure th needed entrance at once. Such a dredge I for. al now 'at' New, York, bar. Of course, Aetorla, 'as the seaport '.means diversion of the bulk of the Oriental com merce to the Columjata gateway. V t, What thenT Excepting the through!? freight f or Bastern points, on which A torlawould get 'only- -stevedoraga and dockage, and excepting such as Is to he consumed west. of th. Coast .Range As- toAa's tributary country), every pound of that stuff, 'intended-for consumption la." the Willamette, Snake and Columbia "Val- ' leys would go to Portland Importing bouses. Why T Simply because of tha great law of Nature, laid ., down and elaborated in- my first and second arti cles, vis., the topography of the country, that -forces continuous railway Unes to' Astoria, via Portland, making Portland tha railway distributing center -requiring a . .differential in her favor on local freights. This proposition no pn wilt dispute. Neither will It be denied that Portland would have a common point witU . Astoria, as well as with Seattle and Ta coma, on all those Oriental Imports. Here, then, is the third great benefit t4 Portland from AstorJa's seaport suprem acy. It would make her mistress of the -Oriental commerce the mightiest com, merce of the world, that must make Its mistress the chief city of the West, Where Astoria would have one importing house for that traffic, Portland would have flvei But this Is not the chief value of that trade to Portland, it would fetch great fleets of great ships hers with in-bound cargoes, causing a further reduction In ocean, charters beyond what Nature in sures through this unequaled ceaport. This effect would Insure Portland's primacy In Paclflo Coast commerce, es pecially when aided by an open river above The Dalles. This reduced freight rate, again, would be four-fifths for Port land's benefit as against one-fifth for As toria. For Portland would be the eon- ceded mistress of the local commerce lt would serve, east and south of Portland. I Astoria, it is true, would grow great un der Its Impulse; but only as the seaport, in Portland's interest not as -the com merclal primate. It would be our Liver pol to Portland's London, It would make Portland, what Nature designed, the fore front of commerce In the West. It would send all the world scurrying to her gates. It would give her the boom, five-fold, in creased, that Seattle now enjoys.- . t AU this is true because, as shown ln taf second letter, Portland can us her grand ocean port without building up Astoria as her commercial rival in fact-by in creasing Astoria's value to her. Tet Port . land is now Ignoring this grand port he very own.: She Is abdicating her mightiest agency of growth, guaranteed by Nature's grade and gorge. She is turning over the commercial primacy, of the West to Se attle. Why, ! . Ah! when, In a later article, th baleful but secret schemes of Wilcox and his great Wheat Pool and of "Jim" Hill and his allies to the north and south shall he exposed, Portland will marvel at her blindness and will be ready to use hep machetes on secret traitors In her midst. She will demand of the Oregontan to know why all hint , of these vital truths (welt known to. Its editor) it kept, out of that organ of publlo opinion. ' Before treating that phase", .however, ' some further and even greater benefits to, Portland from Astoria, as her seaport, -and handmaiden, will, by your leave, Mr. Editor, be submitted and- the effect .of Astoria's Seaport . supremacy on .Port land's lumber trade and other manufao-' turles will he presented In short, separate articles.' Meantime, I ask those m Port land, who differ with any of ray proposi tions, to point out their fallacy. . ,, . , . SIDNEY. DELL. AMUSEMENTS. -rr? The Baker Theatre Geo.' Ia Baker, Manager. Phones Oregon North win, Columbia sua. Special engagement of the Pollard's Juvenile Opera. Company in "A GAIETI GIRL." Tonight, Friday, Saturday night and matinee Saturday. - - , Never-changing prices Evening, v lGOf 2Sc, I60, 60c. Matinee, 10c, 16c, 26c. . jNext attraction - xne ueisna." 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