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THE MORNING OREGQNIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1901. MADE THE CITY LEVY Council Votes Ten-Mill Tax for 1901. WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT GETS Resolution Passed Calling' on Each Department to Keep Within the Appropriation as Fixed by Ordinance. The City Council at a special meeting yesterday afternoon passed ordinances levying the 8-mlII tax authorized by the city charter and the extra 2-mlll tax authorized by the legislative act which became a law yesterday morning by 'the signature of the Governor. An ordinance was also passed levying the special tax on those paying their street and sewer assessments on the Installment plan. Present were Messrs. Branch, Bronaugh, Gllsan, Holbrook, Masters, Nealond, Nich ols and Sherrltt. An Invitation to the Mayor and -City Council to attend Sunday's memorial services In honor of Queen Victoria was received from British Consul James Laid law, and unanimously accepted. A telegram from City Engineer Chase, at Salem, was read, stating that the Governor had signed, at 11 A. M., the legislative act enabling the City Council to levy an extra tax of 2 mills. The act as passed was read, showing that the funds derived from this tax were to be disposed of as follows: Fire and police Judgments, with Interest, amounting to about J2S.000; street repair fund of 1901. $15,009; the balance to be applied to de ficiencies in the Interest fund of 190L This was a change from the original act, which gave the City Council power to dis tribute the proceeds of the levy toward the deficiencies of 1900, and among the va rious funds of 1901. Sec-tion 2 of the act gives the City Coun cil the much-desired power to transfer money from the general fund to other departments, while section 3 lixnlts the power of the Council to appropriate funds In excess of Its revenues for the year. City Attorney Long's substitute ordi nance for the one passed relating to the Improvement of Second street was re ferred to the committee on streets. The ordinance providing for revenue for municipal purposes during 1901. and levy ing an S-mill tax, according to the city charter, was then put throush Its three readings, and passed. The ordinance levying the extra 2-mill tax was then passed by a vote of 7 to 2, Holbrook and Nichols voting no. An ordinance making an appropriation of $123,140 out of the bonded indebtedness fund for 1991 was passed. An ordinance making an appropriation of $73,865 20, In addition to the unexpended balance of 1900, making a total of $S0.000, from the Are department fund of 1901, was passed. An ordinance making an appropriation of $55,623 79. in addition to the unexpended balance of 1900. making a total of $60,000, from the police department fund, was passed. An ordinance appropriating $123,217 from tho general fund for the general expenses of 1901, as agreed upon by the committee on ways and means, was passed. Only two Items of the original estimates had been reduced: That of $8100 for salaries In the sun-eying department, to $7860; that of $2040 for salaries of two Inspectors of street work, to $19S0. An ordinance was passed making a levy of a special tax equal to the annual In stallments and unpaid balances upon cer tain property assessed for the cost of the improvement of certain streets and the laying of certain sewers, the owners of which property have made applications to pay their assessments for the cost of improvements by installments, as pro vided by the leclslative act of 1893. was passed. This equals 10 per cent of the amount of the bonds Issued by the city for such improvements, and amounts to a total of $31,418 62 for the installments, and $1676 26 for interest upon unpaid bal ances. The tax is made delinquent on April 1, 1901, and the City Treasurer Is directed to collect the tax. The ordinance contains over 100 typewritten pages, and names the amounts due irom each piece of property. Councilman Branch Introduced the fol lowing resolution, directing that the Board of Public "Works, the Board of Fire Commissioners, and the Board of Police Commissioners should be In formed of their appropriations, and the new law regulating city expenditures: "Resolved. That the City Auditor be and he is hereby authorized to notify the Board of Public Works, Board of Fire Commissioners, and the Board of Pollcte Commissioners, of the amount of appro priations made by the Common Council for the expense of the departments un der their control, and that the Legisla ture of the state, on January 31. 1901. enacted a law that the City of Portland and the Common Council thereof shall be limited In the making of appropriations and in the expenditure of money during any year to the amount of revenues re ceived for that year, and all contract made, debts created or liabilities incurred by any officer, commission or department of said city. In excess of the revenues re ceived and the appropriations made by the Common Council of said city, shall be null and void." The purpose of the resolution was to call attention to the necessity of keeping expenditures within the limits set by the City Council. The question of the payment of S10.S30 06 due .the Portland General Electric Com pany on last year's lighting contract was brought up by Councilman Branch, but no action was taken, as no recommenda tion on the subject has been received by the Council from the Board of Public Works, by which the contract was made. BESTIRS ITSELF TO ACTION Irrlsrntton Committee Decides on Counter Arid Land Legislation. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Representa tives from Western States have about concluded that they will not get recogni tion on any river and harbor bill for Irrigation schemes, and they have accord ingly been rustling around of late, to see what course will be best to secure the earliest action upon the varloiis irrigation schemes that are pending, or which may be proposed. Among the various bills that are now In the committees there art many and diverse propositions. The fact, however, that the prime object of these members Is to secure Governmental as sistance In their irrigation schemes, has brought them closely together, and it Is safe to say that If It were possible to secure the passage of any one of the pro posed Mils at the present session, friends of different measures would gladly chip in and support the favored bllL The committee on Irrigation of arid lands, of the House, of which Repre sentative Tongue, of Oregon, is- chair man, has been an inactive committee for many years past. Irrigation bills and measures which It might naturally be thought would be referred to this com mittee have been considered by the com mittee on public lands, and that Is where they are going now. In fact the public lands committee for several weeks past has been holding extensive hearings on the irrigation question, and those hearings are likely to continue late in the session of Congress. It Is not expected, even by the members of this committee, that any decided Irrigation legislation can be passed at this session, but they hope, with the facts that are now being gath ered, to determine upon the most feasible form of Irrigation bill and then unite In Its support at the beginning of the next Congress. The news of these hearings has come to the ears of members of the committee on Irrigation, and they at last agreed among themselves to get the committee together and outline some Irrigation leg islation which will cut off the steps taken by the other committee. However, so strong has the public lands committee become that it will be hard for the irri gation committee at this late day to take any action that will supercede the action of the former. SCALPERS ARE PLACID. ' Portland Ticket Brokers Do Not Fear Adverse Legislation. Members of the American Ticket Brok ers' Association In Portland are watching the fate of the Sweek scalpers' bill with considerable Interest, but have decided not to fight Its passage. They say they have received Instructions from the as sociation headquarters, at Louisville, Ky., advising them not to try to influence the Legislature, as the matter would be taken to the courts should the bill pass. "We don't think it will pass," said a "scalper" yesterday, "but we can beat it If it does, as it is clearly unconstitu tional. The act makes both buyer and seller of a scalper's ticket a criminal, and similar laws have been passed in other states, at the behest of the big railroad corporations, and afterwards knocked out, "A railroad ticket should be like a bread ticket or a beer ticket, good for the holder, no matter whether he bought it from a regular agent of a railroad or not. The custom of limiting the use of a ticket to the actual purchaser has no basis in law, but is simply an act of as sumption on the part of the big corpora tions. Last year a bill like the Sweek measure was presented for passage in Congress, but failed to go through, as the big railroads of the country became alarmed, knowing that the -United States Supreme Court would knock it out. "The 'scalpers' of Portland have each deposited $1000 with the head of the as sociation, to protect purchasers of un used tickets, and we therefore are in terested in protecting our customers, who are among the most Intelligent class ot the country commercial men, merchants, etc We propose to keep right on doing business, no matter how the Legislature acts." Those who are Interested In keeping tickets from the scalpers point out a radical difference between railroad tick ets and milk or bread tickets. Purchas ers of tickets usually sign an agreement that the ticket Is not to be transferred. If for any reason the ticket Is not used, the money paid for it will be returned to the purchaser, so no honest purpose Is served by transfer of the ticket. The business of scalping tickets also leads to many abuses and offenses of all degrees, up to actual lottery, and It Is upon this ground that many object who believe a ticket should be recognized, regardless of the hands It may be in. until it is fully used. It Is not the mere transfer of the ticket that is objectionable, so much as It Is the fraudulent use of portions of It the abuse of the scalping privilege. There is no question, however, that the rail roads themselves could put a stop to the cut-rate ticket business If they should agree among themselves to do so, and the ticket brokers as a matter of fact have had comparatively slim picking since the agreement not to pay commissions on tickets was put into effect by all the companies. GOT TITLE DIRECT. How Hammond Obtained Astorln Subsidy That the Moorcs Want. William G. Gosslln, secretary of the As toria & Columbia River Railroad Com pany says the suit begun by Detroit at torneys, Moore & Moore, for a share of the profits arising from the bonus and subsidy for the building of the Astoria Railroad, Is based on the assumption that Mr. Hammond obtained his rights through John C. Stanton, a New York promoter, who spent some time trying to get the Astoria subsidy. As a matter of fact, Mr. Gosslln says, Mr. Hammond and the As toria company got the bonus and subsidy direct from the Astoria committee, taking nothing at all through Stanton. H. I. Kimball and James. T. Campbell were In some way associated with Stanton, and the Moores, In the deal. Hammond was able to make use of some of Stanton's work, and he paid Stanton something, not as a matter of legal compulsion, but as a gratuity or voluntary recognition of Stan ton's service. There was never any rec ognition of claims of the others mentioned In the suit now begun In the United States Court. The complaint was filed In December, and kept from publicity for several weeks. In the hope that Mr. Ham mond, who has been In New York nearly three months, would return and the pa pers could be served on him here. Though he will not be home for 10 days or two weeks yet, service was accepted for him here, In order to keep the suit together and avoid the extra expense of separate answers and other separate proceedings. 'PUSHING FOR THE XEHALEM. Goblc, Xehnlem & Pacific Is Xotv Only Twelve Miles Away. ST. HELENS. Or.. Feb. 1. Thomas Day, of the Goble, Nehalem & Pacific Railway Company, today said that their surveying party, which consists of 17 men, will be running their survey down the Nehalem River from a point one mile south of Oak Ranch Creek, at Rupert's mill, on the river, the survey having been competed through to that point. The con struction of grade and track laying Is be ing pushed forward as rapidly as pos sible. From the end of the grade to the Nehalem River at present ig only 12 miles. NOT A BLUFF. Not Intention of Northern Pacific to Head Off Other Project. TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 1. Assistant to the President W. G. Pearce says that the announcement that the Northern Pacific would begin work on a road from Scap poose to Pittsburg immediately was not done with tho Intention of heading off any other road. He said his company had been at work for some time investigating the project, and as the result of this the company had decided to build. Delaware & Hudson to Refund. NEW YORK, Feb. L It Is stated on good authority that plans are being con sidered by the Delaware & Hudson man agers to refund about $15,000000 In the'ag gregate of Albany & Susquehanna 6s and 7s and New York & Canada 6s. which mature In the next few years. The Dela ware & Hudson by this refunding will ef fect a saving equivalent to 1 per cent upon the stock of the company. It Is suggested that 34 per cent bonds may be given in exchange for Albany & Susque hanna 7s. La Grande's New Depot. LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 1. Buslnest was transacted here today for the first time in the new depot of the O. R. & N. Co., which has been erected In place of the one destroyed by fire last Summer, Ths finishing touches have not 'yet been put on the building, but most of the rooms are ready for occupancy. The new build ing stands Just west of Depot street, and south of the tracks: that Is. between the tracks and town, and will thus be much more convenient for the local and travel ing public. To Build to Crow's Kcxt Pass. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Feb. L J. J. Hill to day declared the Great Northern would at once commence an extension to Crow's Nest PasB. HAVE STANDING IN COURT DISCHARGED POLICEMEN WILL BE HEARD. Their Suit Against the City to Be Tried on Its Merits Notes of Litigation. In the cases of the dlsehrw! notion. men. W. O. Stitt. Moses Waller nhnrips Venable and J. Murray, against the Board oi i'oiice commissioners. Judge Sears yes terday rendered a decision overruling the demurrer of the defendant to the plain tiffs' petition, and refused to dismiss the writ of mandamus. The court stated that mere were sufficient allegations to war rant a hearing of the case, and Intimated that the nosltion of the malntlffs. nhWt- lng to their removal, is a correct one, al though he would not give an opinion until all of the facts have been submitted This is the first point in favor of the poncemen, and unless the defendants can show up something new in the future pro ceedings, the policemen are likely to win out At the time of the nreiiment th nrln. clpal point made by the City Attorney was tha-t want of funds was a sumctent cause for the removal of the men, and DEATH OF A PIONEER OF 1852. MRS. MARTHA KERNS. Mrs. Martha Kerns, a pioneer of 1852, died at her home at Woodstock Thursday, January 31, after an Illness of four weeks. She was born In Marion County. Ohio, In 1828. After wards she moved with her parents to Indiana, where she was married to J. A. Kerns. In 1S52, In a wagon drawn by oxen, they Journeyed westward, and arrived In Oregon the latter part of that same year, settling first at St. Helens, Columbia County, where they remained from 1853 till 1802. and then moved to Upper Cascades. 'Here they lived nine years, when they moved to Washougal, Vas.h., making their home there for 10 years. Returning to Upper Cascades, they spent two years, when they moved to "Woodstock. Mr. Kerns died several years ago. Mrs. Kerns was a woman ot strong- character, and highly respected jbv all. She passed through all the experiences pf pioneer life, and waa a useful woman In her day. Bight sons survive her, and all were present at her death. These were: A. W., F."M., J. A. C. C. and W. 51. Kerns, of Portland; H. A. and O. . H. Kerns, of Ellensburg, Wash., and J. W. Kerns, of Enterprise, Wallowa County. Or. The funeral will take place from the house tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and the Interment will be In Multnomah cemetery. Plymp ton Kelly, a pioneer, will officiate. also contended that the civil service sec tion of the charter means only that a man shall have a right to a hearing when he Is charged with any of the offenses mentioned In that section. He also con tended that where the tenure of office Is not fixed, the power to appoint carries with It the power of removal. John F. Long, attorney for the petition ers, argued that they were removed In bad faith, as since their discharge two new men were appointed. He asserted that to deprive a man of his employment, the office must be abolished. Insufficiency of funds would not justify removal. Judge Sears, in passing upon the mat ter, said: "It may be conceded, and the authorities will bear It out, when a board Is out of funds It must cease opera tions In whole or in part. There is one dissenting case, and that Is from a Ne braska Judge, which is In accord with my views at the present. This Judge concedes the general rule, but holds the proper method Is In the form, of suspen sion, so that the same men may be re appointed when the board Is again In pos session of funds. "I cannot say now this would be my stand, but I believe the case Is worthy of bflng heard In full. After the facts are presented, I wl'.l be In condition to de cide the case. The motion to quash the writ of review will be denied." This leaves the case nt issue, and it will now come up for trial In the usual form. Pxolinte Matters. The will cf James F. Bybee, deceased, was admitted to probate yesterday. The estate Is valued at $1CG0, and comprises money and notes. The Inventory of the estate of Fred Young, deceased, was filed. The appraised value of the property is $2350. The final account was filed In the mat ter of the estate of Lydia Hunt King, de ceased. Harry F. Cooley receives the re mainder of the property, consisting of a lot In Caruthers' addition, lots In River view addition, Cloverdale, Astoria, La Grande, etc.; also the personal property. Court Notes. In the damage suit of Henry Wester man vs. R. B. Irving et al., the defend ant was granted 10 days to file a motion for a new trial. J. S. Kidd has brought suit against the Yukon Transportation Company for $1316, which he claims due as salary while chief engineer of the steamer Lavelle Young, which was running In Alaskan waters. Judge Sears overruled a motion to make the complaint more definite and certain In the case of G. W. Allen against L. D. McArdle. to recover a balance of $1524 due on a judgment rendered in Jefferson Coun ty, Washington, In favor of Cyrus F. Clapp. The original amount of the judg ment was $2099, and about $700 was paid by the sale of property. The Sheriff has attached the Interest of McArdle In the south half of lot 2. block 77, Portland, and lots at Highland Park and Wood lawn. Yesterday, before Judge Sears, the trial was commenced of the suit of ' Fannie Rclfiln against John F. Hawks and Rose A. Hawks, for $10,000 damages for as3aul ana battery. The testimony dis closed that the plaintiff and her husband, William Relflin, occupied a house at 30 East Sixth street, owned by Hawks. In September, 1900, the latter sued the former for money due for the use of furniture In the place, which was afterwards paid, and Hawks next sued the Relfilns for the possession of the place, and they moved out October L In the meantime Hawks Is said to have called at the house in tHe absence of Mr. Relflin. and. having struck Mrs. Relflin and thrown her down, causing her to suffer from nervous pros tration. Hawks denies the charge. The trial will be concluded today. Ronton Filipino Eloquence. New York Journal of Commerce. The presentation of the Filipino appeal by Senator Teller Instead of Senator Hoar must be recognized as very clever. The Colorado Senator has not taken the public into his confidence concerning the origin of the document and the channels through which It reached him.. If this Information would increase the public respect for the document he would of course give it; his reticence admits of only one construction. The presentation of the appeal by Senator Hoar would have too directly suggested Its origin; its presentation, by Senator Tel ler cannot conceal its -origin. The two thousand signatures said to be appended to the appeal may be genuine; but this would signify little unless It were proved that the signers represented all tribes. The local color has undoubtedly been thro.wn. In by Insular artists; some of the rhetoric may be regarded as a little too tropical for Boston culture. But the point of view Is distinctly Bostonlan; the American and Insular historical allusions could hardly have been made outside of Boston, and certainly not west of Chi cago. The document In no respect re sembles authentic Filipino papers, and bears a striking resemblance to papers and speeches emanating from Boston, in that It scarcely refers to specific political Ills whose redress Is asked for, and Is sur charged with the demand for national In dependence which appears In no Filipino document prior to Dewey's victory, and is not clearly contained In those papers till the Filipinos had read the speeches of Senator Hoar, the pamphlets of Ed ward Atkinson and the editorial articles of the Springfield Republican. This ap peal says that the Insurgents of 1896 "rushed literally Into the mouth of cannon vomiting red destruction upon their ranks. They, cried. 'Assassinate us. drink our blood and eat our flesh, but we will be free!' " This Is merely a free translation of "Give me liberty or give me death," which the Filipinos have learned within the last two years; they used no such language in 1896. The appeal to the shades of Washington. Jefferson and Lincoln was clearly Inspired from Boston. Mr. Lin coln's historical work was that of assert ing the sovereignty of the United States over several million people who desired a government of their own, and only Boston strabismus has discovered anything In his career to afford aid and comfort to the Filipinos. MARK TWAIN TO WOMEN. Characteristic Address Before Girl Technical School. In a recent address before the Hebrew Technical School for Girls In New York Mark Twain said: ' "I remember going to a church In Hart ford one hot night to hear a city mission ary read his annual report. The report contained instances of heroism and de votion, and of acts of kindness done by the poor for the poor. I had $400 in my pocket. I determined to put it into the missionary's hat when it was passed around. I determined even to borrow more and put it in the hat. The missionary talked and talked, and the people grew sleepier. My first feelings of generosity, which I had imagined would last a year) went down, down, down, down, and Anal ly, when the hat was passed around. In stead of putting my $400 Into it I stole a dime out of It. "Mr. Myers, who has been pleading for girls, spoke of not hearing irom me about the other sex. He said that perhaps I regarded it as too exalted to talk about. But he does not know me. I have talked about that other sex for years. I have been a woman suffragist for a long time. Since the first step was taken In that movement. In 1853, there has not been a year In which women have not scored a victory against the villanous laws which oppress them. I don't care who makes the laws, so long as I can see the whiplash of the ballot In woman's hand. "If I live for 25 years more, I expect to see woman armed with the ballot. She Is the source of morals. States are found ed on morals, not on Intellect. If woman could occasionally vote, her vote, depend upon it, would be exercised righteously. In a crisis such as the present, for ex ample, she would go to the polls and elect a Mayor who would sweep corruption away. If she had a say the' city would not be In Its present state. Altogether, I do not think much of civilisation, but New York Is a shame to such civilization as there Is. "With these things In mind, I hope you will see how much helping the girls in the Technical School will help the-city. May lots of us die and remember the school in our wills." For Relief of Alaska Destitute. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The Secretary of War has transmitted to Congress sev eral claims, amounting In all to $39S0, growing out of the transportation fur nished destitute citizens of Alaska during the Winter of 1S99 and 19C0. Of this total, $2925 goes to the North American Trans portation Company, and smaller sums to the Alaska Commercial Company, the Em pire Transportation Company, the Seattle Yukon Transportation Company and the Seattle Steamship Company. The Secre tary states that the claims are meritorious and should be paid. He also transmits a claim of the North American Transporta tion & Trading Company, amounting to $159, for supplies furlnshed to destitute Indians at Fort Yukon, Alaska, during the Spring of 1S99, which issue of supplies was made at the request of Captain W. P. Richardson. This claim also Is meri torious, and Is recommended for payment. SPRING TRADE IS FAIR BUSINESS IS BEST IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. Good Export Demand for Finished Products Dun's and Bradstreefs Reviews Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Feb. L Bradstreefs will say tomorrow: Business as a whole has been of a laTger volume this week. Cold and stormy weather has unquestionably stimulated retail business In boots, shoes, rubber goods and clothing, and this has aided in lightening the stocks carried by retailers as a result of mild weither heretofore. More has been doing, too, In wholesale lines on Spring account, and business In this respect Is classed as fair. Reports are relatively best from the West and South, from which sections ad vices are that the total January business compares well with a year ago. The con trary is reported from leading Eastern markets, however, and the aggregate done here has not by far equalled expectations. Trade collections as a whole are fair, the only complaint coming from sections where mild weather has interfered with the distribution of heavy goods. Foundry pig iron Is lower at all leading markets, but on the other hand Bessemer is rather firmer, while steel billets act ually sell foi 25 cents more per ton, and there is talk of an advance of $1 per ton. In finished products wire and wire nails are $2 up. The weakness In foundry grades is chargeable to large buyers who, having secured their early wants now are holding aloof, and to reports that stocks are Increasing. A sale of 10,000 tons Is reported closed at the con cessions noted. Export trade in crude forms Is practically dead, but in finished lines a good business Is still doing In railway material, examples of which are shipments of locomotives to France, steel rails to Mexico and South Africa, and steel billets to England. Heavy calls for pipe are reported from the new oil dis trict in Texas. The labor outlook has been helied by the compromise between the valley furnace operators and their men. Wheat, Including flour shipments, for the week asrsresrate 3.775,100 bushels. against 4,538,678 bushels last week; 2,742,737 bushels in the corresponding week of 1900, and 6,585,418 bushels in 1899. From July 1 to date this season wheat exports are 115.957.6S3 bushels, against 120,119,935 bush els last season, and 150,157,659 bushels in 1898-99 Failures In the United States for the last week of January number 23S, as against 2S1 last week, 171 in this week a. year ago, and 207 in 1S99. Canadian fail ures for the week number 27, as com pared with 34 last week, 31 In this week a year ago, and ,36 in 1599. i Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended January 31, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the corre sponding week last year: Clearings. New York $1,SS1.904.000 Boston 122.755.000 Chlc-iiim 127.8GO.000 Inc. Dec 45.3 .... 11.8 .... 0.0 .... 3.0 35.8 .... 30.4 .... ' 8.8 .... 11.7 .... 29.5 .... 30.4 .... 1.8 .... 14.5 .... 02.4 .... 5.5 .... .... mo 15.1 .... 2.5 .... 7.0 .... 0.2 .... 8.7 .... 23.2 22.2 .... 10.6 4.8 .... .... 18.8 11.2 .... 18.9 .... '.'.'.'. 14.3 .... 10.4 .... 15.1 15.1 .... 23.4 .... 14.6 .... 104.5 .... '2.9 '.'.'.'. 29.4 .... 15.3 .... 1.8 .... 93.0 .... 5.5 .... 12.1 .... 1.2 3.5 .... 28.4 .... 19.8 .... 3.2 3.7 .... .... 10.7 17.0 .... 18.7 .... 4.S 24.1 .... 7.4 .... .... 11.0 05.4 .... 2.8 .... 12.0 .... 10.9 .... 0.0 3.5 ..... 2.2 33.0 .7" 2.0 .... 3.0 69.3 . . .. 13.0 65.0 '.'.'.'. 10.9 .... 14.1 .... 2.2 .... 1.0 .... .... 10.6 0.9 Philadelphia 86.045,000 St. Louis Pittsburg Baltimore San Francisco Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland Louisville Providence Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo ..... Omaha Indianapolis Columbus, O Savannah Denver Hartford Richmond Memphis Washington Peoria Rochester New Haven Worcester Atlanta Salt Lake Springfield. Mass Fort Worth Portland, Me Portland. Or St. Joseph 28.524.000 37 840,000 19.000,000 20,557.731 18.449,000 16,281,000 12.345,000 10,324.000 8,829.000 10,708.000 8.443,000 C 442.000 0,247.000 4.270.000 4.822,000 6,001,000 7,014.000 5.G30.000 4,699,000 4,350.000 2.033,000 3,690,000 3,033,000 2,318.000 LOSS, 000 1.732 000 1.315.000 1,018.000 2.301 000 2,258.000 1.204.000 3,205,000 014.000 1,570.165 3.887.000 2.450.000 1,412 000 1,905.000 1,20S,000 1,420,000 804,000 704.000 1.410 000 1,301.000 942.000 48S.O0O 1.027.000 2.104.213 1,203.317 830.150 1,063.000 390.000 553 000 1.069 000 1.013.000 494.000 424.000 410 000 234,000 375,000 407.000 397.000 253.000 337 noo 2J2VX) 333.000 222.000 138.000 677 000 2.273.000 7,576,000 788,000 736.000 537.000 302.000 Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse Des Moines Nashville Wilmington, Del Fall River Scranton Grand Rapids Augusta, Ga Lowell Dayton, O Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux City New Bedford Knoxvllle, Tenn Topeka Birmingham Wichita Blnghamton Lexington. Ky Jacksonville, Fla.... Kalamazoo Akron .Chattanooga Rockford. Ill Canton. O Springfield, O Fargo, N. D...' Sioux Falls. S. D.... Fremont. Neb Davenport Toledo Galve3ton Evansville Macon Little Rock Toungstown SprlnWeld. Ill Helena Colorado Springs .... 29.3 433,000 5.C 014.000 54.0 1.004.000 .... Totals U. S $2 032.345.fi29 33.7 Totals outside N. Y..$ ft50.351.100 10.5 DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal $ 12 S13.220 Toronto 0.267,407 Winnipeg 1.102,080 Halifax 1.405.G31 Hamilton C78.138 St. John, N. B C41.216 Victoria 533,009 Vancouver 600.7C3 C.7 12.2 7.4 10.8 12.0 Totals $ 27.741,022 NEW FEATURES SCARCE. Slielit Rise in Most Lines, Bnt Tex tiles Are Lower. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: The week In general business has been without striking new features, but In this respect the outcome has been favorable. Not one of the great Industries finds any scarcity of orders for goods, and business is done at prices which show a slight ten dency to rise, except In textiles, which have been affected by the reduction of 10 to 20 per cent In the season's opening prices by the American Woolen Com pany. This cut Is expected to be indef initely continued. Developments In the money market, however, indicate that the dry goods trade is preparing for a season of activity, and the new woolen prices are not lower than most buyers expected. There -Is nothing discouraging In the slight decline In commodity prices from January 1 to February 1, and rail road earnings continue large, increasing U.1 per cent for three weeks of January over last year, and 26.2 per cent over 1899. New York bank clearings for the week gained 4S.3 per cent over 1900, and out side New York the gain Is 10.8 per cent. There Is a loss of .4 per cent outside New York for the week compared with 1899, but It is due to the fact that February settlements were Increased in that year. While steel mills have contracts on hand for their output from three to six months ahead, prices nominally rule firm. Few actual advances are recorded, but there Is an expectation of a higher figure soon for Bessemer pig Iron, while rumors are numerous as to a rise in billets, plates and structural materials. All those lines show a brisk demand. Wire nails and barbed wire were advanced $2 per ton, I owing to heavy orders from the West, and It is expected that the few mills still Idle will shortly resume. Activity in Texas oil fields had an-Influence on the sales of tanks and pipes. Wages are in a fair way to be satisfactorily adjusted at valley furnaces, the reduction agreed upon being less than originally an nounced. Export "orders decreased and the armor plate contract may not go to an American, although his terms were the best. A sudden. Increase in sales of wool at three chief Eastern markets to 5,412,000 pounds against 2,803,400 in the previous week, docs not appear significant. After such an unusually dull season, some re covery was in order. For five weeks sales were 18,687,700 pounds, against 28, 579,930 In the same week of 1896, which was the smallest aggregate In five years. These figures Indicate present conditions in this Industry. Even the small opera tions were only accepted at a further re duction 1n quotations, the average now being the lowest since June, 1899. In terior holders are stubbornly refusing to accept present prices. Heavy-weight suitings were opened at the expected re duction, and another week of the London auction sales is not expected to hive any effect. Bradstreefs Financial Review. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Bradstreefs Financial Review tomorrow will say: Renewed strength was shown In the stock market this week, in spite of the fact that the much-talked-of and long expected deal In regard to the St. Paul road proved to have been more or less a myth and that the action of the Amer ican Steel & Wire directors on Tues day resulted in virtually suspending ac tion as to the dividends on the stocks and left the prospect In that connection a matter of doubt. Further gold shipments to Paris were made on Thursday to the amount of $2,300,000, and the continued rise of exchange forced the conclusion that gold will go to London, the position of the Bank of England, as shown by Its weekly statement 6f Thursday, showing that it Is in need of reinforcement for its specie reserves. Money, however, has continued to come to New York from the Interior, and Wall street, In view of last Saturday's good bank statement, and the favorable one which Is also expected tomorrow, appar ently concludes that money will remain easy and plentiful and that gold ship ments will do no harm, while they will Improve the position at London and lead to a more active interest in American stocks developing there. CONSTITUTION AND FLAG. Mr. Hovey Reiterates His Former Views on "Self-Extension." EUGENE. Jan. 30. (To the Editor.) In an extract from the Chicago Tribune, pub lished in your issue of tpday, occurs the following: Gardiner appears to be on solid ground when he argues that the privileges secured to us by the bill of rights are an Inheritance of the Anglo-Saxon race, but are not an Inher itance of Indians of Filipinos. Thus, while Congress Is forbidden to abridge these rights in the States, this negative act of restriction does not carry with it the positive act of establish ing those rights in acquired territory. Freedom of speech and of the press, the right of habeas corpus and the rest can be granted to the Fll Iplnos or withheld, as seems best to Congress and the American people. By what principle of natural right or Justlco should color of skin or nationality make any distinction in the possession of the above rights which the founders of the Constitution intended and declared should belong to all residents of the United States? It Is only the abuse of or Interference with possession of rights which the Government, under the Consti tution, has power to prevent not their enjoyment. Under this power the Govern ment can and has authority to crush the Tagal rebellion, but it has no right to deny the Tagals freedom of speech or the press. If Mr. Gardiner's theory Is to be the principle of Government In the new territory we might as well admit that the Constitution Is a failure, and request Ed ward VII to send over ono of his recon pntrndninir. hnnse-humlntr Knichts of the Transvaal to rule and reign over us. Mr. Gardiner's theory, though contrary to- the very spirit and central Idea of ty,a rvmstftiiMnn. hns the merit of con sistency In that he admits that no part of the Constitution applies to the Philip pines. It Is plain that If any one part of the Constitution "extends" all of it must extend, or. In other words, the Islands must be a part of the United States, or they are ntirelyoutslde the Constitution. There can be no intermediate position. Instead of saying "The Constitution fol lows the flag" it should be "the flag fol lows the Constitution." The Constitution had to exist or extend" before any law could be passed under It. In fact. It came Into existence or extension In January, 17SS, when the necessary number of states had ratified It. and elections of Congress men and President were held under it be fore the first law was passed under It in May, 1789. A constitution or law ex ists and "extends" as soon as it Is rati fied, or after it has been ratified or le gally adopted, at tho time It states It shall go into effect. Some laws in their nature can be more easily enforced than others. In some cases; for Instance, no new officials may be needed to enforce them, officials already In existence doing the work as soon as notified that the law has been passed. Similarly, some pro visions of a constitution may be more easily put Into effect than others. The provision that each state shall have two Senators needs practically no effort to en force It. The provision, however, that the right of voting shall not bo denied on ac count of "race, color or previous condi tion" never has been fully enforced. But this last provision extends over the United States as much as any other part of tho Constitution. The sovereignty of the Na tion can act only within and under the Constitution while-the Constitution exists (Art. 6, Sec. 2). Spain transferred her sovereignty over the Islands to the United States, and the United States purchased and received that sovereignty. That act nt nowettv hmtieht the Philippines under the Constitution. The very instant that theexchange of ratifications of tHe treaty was complete that Instant the Constitu tion " extended over the Philippines as much as it did over Washington City. In the case of Loughborough vs. Blake it Is evident that the Supremo Court, including Chief Justice Marshall, held the self-extension view. The Court, the Chief Jus tice delivering the opinion, referring to the power conferred upon Congress to lay and collect taxes, said: This grant is general without limitation as to place. It consequently extends to all cases over which the Government extends. If this could .... .,xi th doubt Is removed by the sub sequent words which modify the grant. These words are: "But all duties. Imposts and ex cises shall be uniform throughout the United States." It will not be contended that the modification of the power extends to places to which the power itself does not extend. The power, then, to lay and collect duties. Im posts and excises may be exercised, and must be exercised throughout the United States. Does the term designate the whole or any par ticular portion ot the American Empire? Cer tainly the question can admit of but one an swer. It Is the name given to our great Re public which Is composed of states and ter ritories. The District of Columbia, or the terri tory west of the Missouri la not less within the United States than Maryland or Pennsyl vania; and It Is not less necessary, on the principles ot our Constitution, that uniform ity in the. Imposition of Imposts, duties' and ex cises should be observed In the one than In the other. It Is plain that "the Government ex tends" (quoting the language of the Court above) to all territory which belongs to the United States., and, as the Court says, this power (to lay taxes) extends wher ever the Government extends and must be uniform everywhere, It necessarily follows that the Constitution of which this power is a part must extend to all territory of the United States. A. G. HOVEY. Double Trnin Service to Be Resumed. ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 1. The Northern Pacific today announced the resumption Unpledged for Senator. Because one or more members of the Multnomah delegation to the Leg islature, elected on the Citizens ticket, are voting for Mr. Corbett for Sena tor, they have been charged with un faithfulness to pledges. Now the fact is that all the candidates on the Citi zens ticket were specifically unpledged as to United States Senator, in these words: We accept tho nominations tendered us. upon the "Citizens Ticket" without having, expressed or having been asked our pref erence for any candidate for the United States Senate. We most solemnly avow that we are entirely unpledged for any candidate for that important position, and we each promise that we will, if elected, exercise our best Judgment as to whom we will support; and, being uninfluenced. by any selfish consideration, will, when the time comes, vote for such person as la cur Individual opinions is best fitted to. represent the Interests of the Stato of Oregon In the Senate of the United States. (Signed) R. D. Inman, Andrew C. Smith, Alex Sweek. H. A. Smith, G. W. Holcomb, D. M. Watson, A. J. JCnott. C. W. Nottingham, F. A. Heltkemper, F. P. Mays. J. E. Hunt. John DriscolL J. J. Shipley. Louis H. Tarplesk G. M. Orton, Otto Schumann, M. E. Thompson, J. T. Milner. The question is for each member of', the delegation to decide whether he fo voting, as he pledged himself, "for such person as in our individual opin ions is best fitted to represent the to terests of the State of Oregon in the Senate of the United States." ai of the North Coast Limited, commencing, I May 5. DALLY CITY STATISTICS. Buildlnff Permit. Bishop B. W. Morris, two-story dWelty tag-house. Marshall street, betweetf' Twenty-first and Twenty-second; $2S0u. Contagious Diseases. Estelle Taylor, 210 Clay street, dtph theria. Alma Bonner, S61 Taylor street, xneat les. M. Grlden, St, Vincent's Hospital, meaiw les. Henry Bohen, S92 Jefferson street, meas les. Jim Bassey. Nineteenth and Marshall streets, measles'. Mildred Bodle, E24 Northruj) etreetr measles. Birth Returns. January 3, to tho wife of Georg E. Wordman, 710 Ellsworth street, a girl, January 9. to the wife of Caspar Gotl sacker, 434 East Main street, a glrL January 11, to the wife of Lambert Clarssen. 737 Wilson street, a boy. January 17, to the wife of Charles John son, 389 Twenty-fifth street, a boy. January 19, to the wife of Jometf WesV ergar, Kenilworth, a girl. January 22. to the wife of Charles Gab chett, 309 East Sixth street, a boy. January 24, to the wife of Lv B. Cooleyv 414 Flint street, a boy. January 25. to the wife of Charles- Shel ley, 1013 Moody street, a boy. January 2S. to the wife of Charles p. Wells, 365 North Eighteenth street, a girl. February 1. to the wife of Nels C FauV sen, 608 Tillamook street, a boy. Death Returns. January 29, Thomas N. Burton, of Woodstock, at Good Samaritan Hospital, 64 years; fracture at base of skull. January 30, Sarah Buell. 271 Grand-avenue, 71 years; heart failure. Januarv 30. Thelma J. Smith. 408 Harri son street, 14 days; meningitis. January 31, Lorenz Scherrin, of LInnton, at 1032 Ohio street, 55 years; la grippe. Rcnl Estate Transfers. John P. Rusk, referee, to Emmett B. Williams, 331-3x50, Market and Fourth streets, January 31 $1825 Columbia Real Estate Company to James R. Walker, lot 25. block 1, Peninsular Addition, No. 2, January 31 4 H. H. Northup et ux. to Maude G. Hudson, undivided three-eighths of N. hi of Horace J. Mclntlre and wife D. L. C, January 30 VX& R. M. Dooly, trustee, to James Fraln- ' ey and John Keating, 3.44 acres A. M. King D. L. C; also rock-crush-lng plant. January 30 ISB Mr. and Mrs. Ola Okerson to Mrs, Jennie M. Bussey, lot 14, block 2; lot 12, block 4; lot 10, block 3, Laurel Park, October 7, 1899 " William E. Peacher et ux. to Freder ick Rau. W. V- lots 5 and 6. block 8, subdivision, Proebstel's Addition, February 1 it E A. King and wife to Amos. N. King, undivided lots 9 and 12. block 300, Couch Addition. January 11.. .., Sheriff for Fred Metzyer, to Sam L. Bliss, Vi acre, section 31, T. 1N..B. 3 E., January 4 a" .The Associated Banking & TniBt Com pany to A. B. Manley, lot 7. block 13, Lincoln Park Annex. November 10. 1900 vt""v""r." Mattle E. Robertson and husband to Edith A. Browning, strip 29x100 block 185. East Portland. December 29, 1900. BOO Martha E. Hallett to I. A. Jennings, lots 2, 3, 14, 15 and 16. block 9. Ma belle Park Addition, January 31 & James F. Davles to J. B. Kellogg, par tition, 50x100. East Morrison and East Fourteenth streets. December 31, 1900. - - Let the Head Decide. The head ought to have somcthlnyfo say about what the stomach receives and how the food Is prepared- Nowthc difference between lard and COTTO LENEIs the difference between the-bog and the cotton-plant There's nothing delicate or attractive about the hot he offends all our senses. Look at Wm, hear him, touch him, smell him, taste him I On the other hand you havo White Cottolene made of refined vegetable ofl, as cfecn, pure, sweet, and healthful n the South ern sun that produces H, with Just enough choice and wholesome beef 'suet added to give the oil consistency. Think of the difference between COT TOLENE and lard and let the heed de cide what to uso fer shortening and frying. The NXFalrbauk Company, uncago-H3oio m":,ira'Mai enrr f nr daftity booklet mailed free to any addreu. For one tcUmp -re will Mtid trie oar US pace redTje book, "How HehS'edUed by S&m. Borer. P. 5. No Hog Fat In C0TT0L2NE t v.