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THE HEPPHER TIMES Published Every ThurKUjr. HEPPNER OREGON EVENTS OF THE DA Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening of the Pat Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting. Chicago hearse drivers have gone on a strike and many funerals have been postponed. The senate has ratified the treaty with China. Russia is not at all pleased by it. Women have been selected to act as jurors in a Chicago trial, for the first time in the history of the nation. John R. Benson, a San Francisco tim ber operator, has been arrested on a charge of bribing a government official. Sir Thomas Lipton, in accepting the Bilver service presented him by Ameri ca, says he will try once more for the cup. Senator Fulton, before the senate, stated the aims of the 1905 fair and made an eloquent plea for federal aid. It was his maiden speech. The search for the wealth of Pope Leo has been ended by Cardinal Gotti turning over $90,00,000 and an electric ian accidentally discovering 11,850, 000. The late p--pe asked Cardinal Gotti to keep the money four months in order that the new pope might learn how difficult it ia to rule without money. Senator Hoar severely criticises the Panama poilcy of Roosevelt. Japan will reject the answer of Rus sia to her far eastern demands. The house has passed the pension ap propriation bill carrying $138,150,100. The Nebraska grand jury has re turned an additional indictment against Senator Dietrich. The kaiser's sister is found to be suffering from a cancer and the news created a sensation in Berlin. American troops who have been landed have discovered a force of Co lombians which is probably building a road toward Panama. Colombia has ordered the American fcCStMA wUVT BOW. Qrcat brttaln tuifevrs that Other Is Japan i Uo to War Ivondon, IVc. 22. Official England tonight alimwt to a unit is convinced th. re is bin one way to, avert war be tween Japan and Russia, and that ia Lir the latter to accept ihe demands of the mikado, made 'ii the advice of his mianistry. There has been consider able comnuiiiioatiauu during the past 12 h urs between iho British foreign t llice and the Japanese legal i n in Lon don, and the presumption almost ack nowledged Kb a fact in official circles, ia thai the brilUh government has asked the Japanese minister for h'a ad vices as to Japan's position in the pret ent state of the negotiations between that nai ion and Rur-.-ia. Fr an the report current tonight it j is assumed that the Japanese minister ( has been advised that the relations be tween his government and Russia have reached the breaking point. The be lief has become general that the sj ark which may strike tire into the inflam mability of Japanese sentiment is an eventuality to be expected now almost any time. The most that can be learned from the Japanese capital i the acknowledge ment that the situation is now uiore menacing than at any previous stage of the negotiations between Japan and Russia. The dispatches from St. Petersburg are practically being subjected to a cen sorship. They are meagre in extreme, and merely announce that in spite of public opinion and alarming newspaper reports, the Ruoian officials believe a peaieable outcome of the far Eastern situation is still possible. FOR THE 1905 FAIR MITCHELL MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA IN THE SENATE. ' Sets Forth Facts Showing That 'Oregon Country' Well Deserves Aid of th Government-Molds tha Rapt Atten- 1 tlon ol All by His Powerful Argument for th Lswts and Clark Exposition. t-RlAKS TO OKf LIT TLB MONEY. Svnukate Is the Meal Owner of the Philippine Lands. Rome, Dec. 22. Considerable ex citement prevailed in the mother houses of the Dominicans, Augustinians, Fran ciscans and the Recollects over the fri ars lands question in the Philippines. The friars were glad the negotiations had been concluded, but think the ord ers got little for the lands, since the price they originally asked, $13,000,000 was, they dei lare, under the estimated value of the lauds, the value 'of which has much increased,' especially since the Ameican occupation and the re- establishment of order in the .archipelago. will Th friars sav the monev thev cruiser Atlanta to quit the gulf of Dar-! receive is scarcely enough to pay w hat ien, but the order has not been heeded. tney borrowed w hen they were deprived The Atlanta has discovered a detach- j 0f everything by the revolution. Be- ment of nearly 2,000 Colombian troops e'ueB they point out that only part of of the gulf. She schooner carrying on the western side also came upon a armed men. The Lewis and Clark exposition is rapidly gaining friends in the senate. The senate committee will recom mend the promotion of General Wood. Tammany will pnt np Bomke Cock- ran to succeed Mayor-elect McClellan in congress. President Roosevelt has refused to a) low a lodire if Oraneem"n to use his photograph on a banner. Perry Heath and other ex-officials are seriously involved in the Conrad Boneparte report on postal irregularities. W. A. McKowan, secretary of the board of regnets, robbed the univeristy of California of $10,000 and spent it on races. j The friars are to get $7,250,000 for their lands in the Philippines. They originally asked $13,000,000 and Gov ernor Taft offered them $4,000,000. A Panto Dominican plot to kill Min ister Powell has been unearthed. Southern friends of Ilanna still have hopes that he will run for president Mayor Collins, Democrat, has been re-elected mayor of Boston by a large plurality,. J. Henry Booth, reteiverof the Rose bnrg, Oregon, land office will not be reappointed. Chicago citizens have organized to put an end to the lawlessness which reixns there. A Connecticut bank cashier, whose accounts are short, on being surprised by the bank examiner, committed sui cide. President Imbet, of France, will visit Rome in April. The remains of Herbert Sjiencer, the philosopher, were cremated. the money will go to the friars, as the lands were really transferred to a com pany formed in Madrid by the Marquis Di Comillias, the head of the Spanish Trans-Atlantic navigation company. The Dominicans succeeded in so thor oughly concealing their ownership of lands that the vat'n an itself threatened to punish them severely for having tried to deceive even the ecclesiastical authorities. OR EAT PANIC AT FIRE. Leap from the cruiser Prairie landed at Colon and sent to Marines have been Panama. The Utah fuel company says any miner who desires to return to work mast give up the union. Senator Bailey nobis that the Cuban reciprocity bill is invalid because it did not originate in the house. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Bos ton, has licen appointed chaplain of the senate for the session U-giuning Janu ary 1. Senator Fistcr has introduced a bill dividing Washington into two judicial districts, north and south. His bill places Seattle In one district and Ta coma and Spokane in the other. The cotton mills at Adams and North Adams, Mass., and Norwich, Conn., have made a 10 per cent reduction In wages. The order affect 6,000 opera tives. G. M. Stuart il likley to bi reap points! postmaster at Seattle. Comment at St. reterbaurg on Roose velt's message is very friendly. W. J. Bryan and son, who are tour- In Euroi. held an audienee with the po. Students at Tennessee College From Windows In Droves. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 22. Five per sons are known to have been killed and perhaps 30j injured, 19 of them fatally, in a fire here tonight, which consumed the Central Tennessee college for young negro women, a department of Walden university. It is possible the ruins mayc ontain the remains of other vict ims.. The protierty loss is estimated at $25,000. The fire broke out about 11 o'clock in the top of the building, which was four stories high and without fire es caies. It was occupied by about 60 students, who were asleep w hen the alarm was given. The wildest panic ensued, wo men and girls rushing to the windows from which they jumped in droves, the dead and injured lying in heaps where they fell to be fallen upon by those following them from the flaming win dows. Every ambulance in the city was soon on the scene, and the injured were hurried to the hospitals. When the flames were first discovered they seemed to entirely envelop the building and it is considered almost, certain that some of the terrorized oc cupants were overcome by smoke before reaching the windows. Steals $200 per Day for Months. Chicago, Iec. 22. While working on a salary of $'J a week, Gus A. Grigs- by has roblx'd his employers at the rate of $200 jK-r day, according to Manager David L. Rose, of M. L. Barrett A Co. When arrested $250 worth of costly va ti i la. Is-ans were found concealed in Grigsbv's clothing. In the few months that his meager salary has kept him attached to the firm it is believed lie has stolen between $12,000 and $15,000 worth of stock. Grixsby held the position of chemist's helper. He say lie needed the money. Washington, IVc. 19. "At the con elusion of this political battle I ask the senate to consider the Lewis and Clark Cer.tennial Exposition bill," said Sen ator Mitchell, as he rose and was recog nised by the president pro tern of the senate, at the termination of a heated Panama debate that bad engaged the leaders of both sides of the ehamlier during the fore part of yesterday after noon . Commencing at 3 o'clock, Senator Mitchell spoke continuously for more than two hours, Senator Fulton presid ing over the senate. During the impressive delivery of his elaborate appeal for government aid, Senator Mitchell held the rapt atten tion of the senators present," among them being Senators Aldrich, Lodge, Hoar, Foraker, Gorman, Ankeny, Fos ter, Heyburn, Dubois, Cullom, Warren, Fairbanks, Clapp, Daniel, Scott, Bacon, Gallinger, Newlands and others, while every Oregoniari now in Washington in behalf of the fair occupied a seat in the gallery. Senator Mitchell's speech will form the main argument on wihch the Ore gon delegation will base its plea for a liberal federal appropriation. Care fully prepared as to facts and details, it forms a convincing argument, not only showing that the government is in many ways indebted to the Oregon country, but the event whose 100th an niversary it is proposed to commemo rate is of such importance as to warrant federal recognition, especially in view of the government aid heretofore given to expositions held in various cities of the United States as well as for exhib its abroad. Senator Fulton had intended speak mg this evening, louowing nis coi league, but, owing to the lateness of the hour, he gave notice he would ad dress the senate for 20 minutes or half an hour at the conclusion of the morn ing business tomorrow. Senator Mitchell, in beginning bis speech, said that almost half a million dollars had been raised by the sale of stock in the Exposition company, and over $700,000 had been subscribed by different states for the purpose of mak ing exhibits, making a total of $1,086,- 907 of available money for the enter prise. He said a magnificent site of over 400 acres had been secured on the Willamette river, which had already been graded and planted to shrubliery. Speaking of the event which the ex position is intended to commemorate, Mr. Mitchell said: "No other historical event in our na tional existence of an individual nature has done so much toward the develop ment of American occupation and set tlement, American commerce, domestic and foreign, and American civilization, as has the geographical scientific and military expedition across the then trackless American contnient by Cap tains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, 100 years ago." Mr. Mitt! hell made a careful estimate to show that the contributions of the "Oregon country" to the national treasury exceeded the amount expended there to the extent of $37,000,000. He said that if the United States could afford to contribute over $6,000,000 to MORH MONLY TO CRATl R LAkB. Secretary of Interior Asks Liberal Ap propriation tor Park. Washington. Dec. 19. The interior department recognises that more liber al appropriations are necessary for the improvement of th ' Crater I.ake Na tional Park than have been made in the past. The last sundry civil bill ap propriated only $2,000 for this work and out of this an allowance goes to the salary of the superintendent. With such a meagre appropriation lit tle progress can bo made in the direc tion of constructing roads and making other improvements which will facili tate the access to Crater Lake and other points of scenic interest scattered all through the park. This year, the secretary of the treasury hopes to have at least $4,000 made available so that the improvements can be made during the summer of 1904. Mount Rainier National Park in Washington is so far without a superin tendent, and, beyond a road survey PASSES CUBAN BILL AIMED AT OUESMNO CONTESTS. taw SENATORS ARE FOR RECIPROCITY BY DtClSIVE VOTE. Ballot Is Taken After Day of Animated Debate Spooner and llalley Lead It -Great Rejoicing Throughout Cuba on Receipt of th News There-Street Parades, Speeches and Firework. Washington, IVc. 18.1 By the decis ive Vote f t 57 to 18, the senate yester day passed the bill carrying into effect the reciprocity treaty with Cuba. The final vote came at the close of the day, whleh was marked by a debate, which, w hile at all times animated, was never acrimonious. The principal speeches were made by Spooner, for the bill, and by Bailey, against it. Both sena tors were subjected to frequent inter , ruptions. Bailey referred to the agreement of the Democratic caucus to stand solidly on party questions, and warned the he- made btst summer, little has been done publicans that in the future they could lookimf to its improvement. The sec- not depend on straggling Democratic rotary -now asks for $2,(00 to lie ex pended in the management and im provement of this park and on the im provement of roads. The Washington lelegation will ask for a larger amount, although there is some doubt if they will. succeed in getting it. SAW THEIR WAY TO LIBERTY. votes in support of Republican party measures, regardless of whether they were or were not in accord with Demo cratic doctrine.' ! s After the passage of the Cuban bill the senate agreed to the house resolu tion providing for a holiday recess from December 19 to January 4. CUBA RKJOICBS OVER NEWS. Arizona Prisoners Make a Sensational Jail Break. Tombstone, Arix., IVc. 18 A sensa tional jailbreak occurred here tonight and 13 prisoners effected their liberty by sawing the jail bars and breaking through the jail walls. Two of the prisoners, Bert Alvord and W. A. Stiles, were held as the principals in the Cochise train hold-up in this coun ty a year ago. The former was under sentence of two years to the peniten tiary, and the latter had six indict ments hanging over him on the same charge. The other escaped prisoners are Mexicans held for petty crimes. The prisoners left in a body, headed toward the Mexican line. It was learned that the fleeing escapes appro priated a horse belonging to a citizen living below town. The Mexicans on the outside are suspected of assisting the prisoners to escape. Immediately after the alarm two posses of well armed deputies started in pursuit. lhe territorial ranger force and all the local officers in the county have been notified, and orders have been given to patrol the boundary line to prevent the prisoners from getting into Sonora. This is the sec ond jail break made by Stiles and Al- vhrd within a year. Stiles wounded Jailor Bravin at the time of the first break. Fireworks Are Set Off and Parades Are Formed In Large Cities. Havana, Dee. 1ft. The news that the United States-Cuban reciprocity treaty had passed the United States senate and now only required the signature of President Roosevelt to liecome tqierat- ive, has created a profound sensation on the island. While the Cubans have been assured time aiid again that there was no doubt of passage of measure, the delay in reaching a vote in the senate caused apprehension that could not be dispelled until the cable announcing the vote arrived tonight. The good news was rapidly spread through the island and impromptu but, at the same time, very joyous celebra tions were soon under way. In all of the larger cities, street parades were quickly organized, while in cities and villages alike, fireworks were set off and speeches made by the leading citi zens. It is conceded on all sides that the treaty means the commercial salva tion of the republic of Cuba. Cabinet Finds Mo Cause for Alarm. Washington, Dec. 22. At the cab inet meeting today the situaiton in Panama and the situation in Washing ton, relating to Panama, formed the principal topics of discussion. At the conclusion of the meeting Secretary Motsly said official advices from I'ana ma corresponded in salient features with the new a dispatches from the isth runs. Assurance is given that there has been no important developments to aroues concern. Bloodhounds Unable to Trail Men. Newcastle, Colo., Dec. 22. Blots! bounds were unable to follow far the trail of the men who blew up five buildings here occupied by striking union coal miners and their families, and no clew to the perpetrators of the crime has been found. the St. Louis exposition, it could afford to give one third of that amount to the Portland exposition. Arizona Fugitives Caught. Tombstone. Ariz.. Dec. 21. Of the 19 prisoners who escaped from tin county IaiL Tuesday night, two were captured today-.v John James, indicted for murder, and . Pedro Sandoval, sen fenced to the jicnitentiary for two years for smuggling. James was captured without resistance. He told the offi cers his comrades had separated and are now trying to get across the Mexi can line. The Mexican officials appre hended Sandoval. Mexican rurales have six of the fguitives surounded in the San Jose mountains. SAY5 BRITAIN WILL LOSB IT. Penrose Would Also Amend Postal to Reach Oet-Rkh.yukk Mm. Washington, IVc. 17. Two bills have licen introduced in the senate by Senator Penrose, designed to strengthen the laws regulating the use of mails. One is aimed at the "get-rlch-qulck" concerns and guessing contests, and In cludes the District of Columbia and "all territory within the jurisdiction of the United States" in the law forbid ding the use of mails for the transmis sion of lottery tickets. The bills were drawn in the law division of the post office department. The act of 1800 for bidding lotteries is amended by Insert ing the following language in the pro hibitory section: "Or any person, or company, con ducting any competition ur contest in volving the award of prizes, and based upon the relative accuracy of guesses or estimates; or conducting any schemes or device for betting, wagering or making pools upon horse races or other similar contests," This amendment Is held to be neces sary by reason of the attorney general holding that contests which Involve the award of prizes obtained upon the relative accuracy of guesses or estimates, as to the number of votes in a political election or the number of ticaua that a certain jar contains, etc., are not In vl- olation of the present lottery laws. It Is sought by the amendment also to protect the public aialnst fraud, as well as to suppress gambling which ac companies butting on horses. Betting on horse races has lee a held not to be within the purview of the lottery laws. Consequently it is held that the only way by which these turf Investment schemes can Ik suppressed under ex isting laws is upon the ground of fraud, in which caes it is extremely difficult to obtain sufficient evidence to warrant an action. Such evidence cannot Im obtained in any event until after the scheme has been in operation some time, and after the company has in its pos session thousands of dollars of the peo ple s money. PROPOSES AN INCOMB TAX. Williams EXPLORERS FIND NEW LAND. Carnegie Makes This Prediction Regard lag South Africa. New York, Dec. 19. At a meeting here today of the Armstrong associa tion, Andrew Carnegie surprised his hearers by asserting he believed Great Britain would surely some day lose South Africa. He said: "It is about as certain as we are liv ing that Great Britain will lose South Africa, because the Dutch population there is increasing, while the British are not. lhe Kamrs wont work. What would Great Britain give for 9,- 000,000 negroes, as peaceable anil as loving as those in th's country. These men give us about 11,000,000 bales of cotton every year and this, I contend, helps make the United States the most powerful nation in the world. Suppose a fleet of British warships would attack us. The president need only raise his hand and say stop exporting cotton, and the war would be won. What a happy country this is to have the negro. "My knowledge of the question leads me to the opinion that no political measure can eve.r save or benefit the nenro. The Hampton institute shows the only useful solution." Antarctic Expedition Declares Present Maps Are Inaccurate. New York, Dec. 17. Dr. Nordensk- jold and other members' of the Swedish Antarctic expedition rescently rescued by a gunboat sent to the Antarctic re fcion by the Argentine government have embarked for home on the German steamer Tijuca, says a Herald dispatch from Buenos Ayres, Argentina. The explorer appeared la-fore the Ar gentine geographical institute and gave a description of his voyage. He de clared the main object of the expe tlition was not to make a record over other parties for advancing southward, but to make a thorough geographical and bilogical study of regions never le fore visited. As for the geographical results, Dr. Nordenskjold said they had drawn the first map of the coast from liclgica canal to the (With degree. Van ing through Louis Philippe land, the explorers discovered laud adjoining Iiius I'hilippfland and King Oscar land. They found also that a canal ex isted between that land and Admiralty strait. All maps tif that country, the ex plorer said, so far pbulished are iuae curate. There Is no broad land, but only a narrow strip full of mountains. The whole region is of granite origin, surmounted by strata, in which fossils abound. In these fossils are many sea mollnsks, bones of vertebrates and leaves of trees. The whole region greatly resembles that of Patagonia, of which it seems to Im a projection. No lake animals of any kind are found there, but marine fauna are abundant, as well as birds. The climate is ex ceedingly cold. Winds blow continu ously, and Sometimes reach the force of a hurricane. Also Wants Over-lsiu of Stocks Prevented. Washington, IVc. 17. Represent- tive Williams, of Mississippi, has intro duced a concurrent resolution in the house proposing an amendment to the constitutlon to give congress power to collect taxes on Incomes, and providing that such tax shall not be construed to be a direct tax within the meaning of the constitution. Mr. Williams also introduced the following bills: To put on the free list, when coming from countries which permit Identical products of ours to enter free, hides of alt animals, leather of all sorts, boots, shoes, saddles and harness. To prevent individuals or corpora tions engaged in interstate commerco from making it a condition of sale of their products that the purchaser shall not sell or ileal in products of any oth er jxTHons, firms or corporations. To prevent the over issue of stock by corporation, or combinations of corpor ations and defining such over issues a public cheating." Requiring the payment of interest on public funds deposited with bank. WILL 1AKB PART OP TtIB DEBT. of Noted Bank Robber Again Free. Chicago, Dec. 21. James Dunlap, a notorious bank rohlstr, is again at large, through the clemency of the par don hoard. Dunlap was serving time for a bank robbery at Monmouth, III., which occurred two years ago. His criminal record extends back a score of years or more. Among his most dar ing exploits was the roblery of the Manhattan bank in New York, where his lssity is said to have amounted to nearly $1,000,000. Russia to Make Oreat Exhibit. St. Louis, Dec. 21. According to ad vices received at the World's Fair headquarters Russia will have the most extensive exhibit which that country has ever made at a foreign exposition. The exhibit space w 111 cover more than 750,000 square feet, which will m oc cupied by more than 2,600 individual exhibitors. May Be Ordered to Isthmus. Washington, Dec. 19 Brig:t!icr-Gen eral George E. Elliott, commander of the marine corps, may lie ordered to the isthmus to make a reconnaissance of the country and, should the situation niand, to assume command ol the marine forces there. The matter has not yet been decided, but it was said by a high official of the navy depart ment today, that the subject was re ceiving serious consideration. The de cision to send General Elliott will de pend largely upon whether he can lie spared here at this time. Warship at His Disposal. Washington, Dec, 19. As a result of Minister Irishman's advices respect ing the Alexandretta affair the stale de partment has requested the navy depart ment to place a warship t the disposal tif Consul Davis, now at Beirut, upon which he might return to Alexandretta, at Ids pleasure. The navy department accordingly cabled instructions to Ad n iral Cotton, on board the flagship Brooklyn at Alexandria, Kgypt, to place a vessel at his disposal. Friar Land Issue Settled. Manila, IVc. 19. An agreement has Is-en reached by Governor Tsft and the friars providing for the settlement of the friar land question. The pope has given his approval of the terms of set tlement, ami the approval of the war department ia awaited. Persians Lose Heavily In Battle. St. Petersburg, IVc. IK. Sangui nary confides lietwecii Persians and Turcomans are reported to have of' curred on the Russo-Persian frontier. The trouble arose from the establish ment of Persian custom houses. Fights between customs officers and Turcomans followed and resulted in killing on Isith sides. The governor tif Astrabad, with a large body of troops, intervened and refused an indemnity offered by the Turcoman Khans. In the fight that ensued both sides sus tained heavy losses. Panama Will Propose Three Millions Canal Money B Used. Washington, Dec. 17. The state ment from Imdon that F.ngland, Hol land and Germany had decided to in sist that the new republic of Panama must assume a part of Columbia's for eign debt, brought an Interesting re port here today. It is understood that the purpose of Minister Buna-Varrila's recent visits to the state department have been to make an agreement on this very point. It is said that he has prepared, and will probably sign, in a few days, an agreement by which the Panama republic binds itself to Colom bia, for application on her foreign debt, one-third of the $10,000,000 which the United States is to pay Panama. Such an agreement would lie very satisfactory to the United Htatc government, which is inclined to believe Panama, as a mat ter tif equity, at least, should assumo a portion tif Colombia's debt. Montana Timber Stolen. Butte, Dec. 17. Certain member tif the Mormon colony in the Big Horn Basin, Wyo., just across the Montana border from Red Ilgc, are charged with wholesale thefts of timber from the public domain in Montana, accord ing to a communication addressed to United States District Attorney Carl Rasch last night by the county commis sioners tif t anion county, .Mot nana. The Mormons are accused tif devastat ing heave forests in Pryor mountain and having sawmills in lhe -midst of the timlicr on government land. Big Fir Charged to Incendiary. Ids liesu r, .-s. 1 ., jec. in. it is es timated that the losw-s by the fires that last night destroyed the plants tif the Foster &. Armstrong Piano company, the lloyt Mitst company and the Wen dell Piano company, will reach total of $500,000, with about 60 per cent ln surtnee. It Is believed the fires were started by incedniarics. Tim plants were located in different parts tif the city, and the fires started within a short time of each tit her. Hodson Miners Determined. Stockton, Cal., Dec. 17. There Is a possibility that the local military com panies may be called to Ibslson, owing to strike conditions there, which are belle Veil to lie getting serious. A spec ial telephone message to the Mail today from Secretary Gisllove tif the Royal mine at Hudson, staling that there was held a big meeting of the strikers last night and that the stiikers had threat ened to take forcible possession of tho mine. Soo Concerns Sold at Auction. New York, IVc. 18. Tho assets of the Consolidated I-ako Superior com pany, held by Spcyer A Co., for a loan of $.r,or0,000, were bought in at public auction by Hiieyer A Co. today for $4, 600.000. Thein ws the only bid. Caaal Treaty In New York. New York, IVc. 17. Tno steamer City of Washington arrived ttslay from Colon, bringing the signed copy tif the canal treaty with tho republic of Pana ma. The treaty was In a metal Imh in charge of the purser, who turned it over to a representative of the govern ment on arrival at the dock. There was no news of importance reported Ly the officers and passengers.
