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HUB MORNING OREGOyiAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1902. YEAR'S GOOD RECORD Building'Movement Has Been Active. AKD NO SIGNS OF SLACKENING Many Large Business Buildings Are Projected, Which Will Greatly Im prove tke City Realty Market Continues Brialc Real Estate Transfers." Monday $ 0,732 Tuesday 13,51'J Wednesday .. .. . 13,013 Thursday . Friday 11.88!) Saturday G.8S3 Total $54,930 Building Permits. Monday 1,000 Tuesday 3,000 "Wednesday 12.600 -"Thursday -Friday 1.923 Saturday 20.450 Total $38,975 The closing: -week of the year exhibits more activity in realty and building: cir cles than -was expected. Several large DUildings have been announced during the past -week, and. though the real estate transfers show the depresslngeffects of the fag- end of the year', definite announce ments of " buildings to be erected early in the season may properly be placed to the credit of this year, whoso prosperity has shown owners that business blocks in Portland are gilt-edged investments. The proposed structure of the Marshall-Wells Company on Pine street, between Fourth and Fifth, to cost about 575,000, is the most Important item in the list. The building to be put up by S. Morton Cohn at Tenth and Washington streets at a cost of $40,090 has also beeir mentioned. J. W. Cook has Just announced that he will place a $25,000 structure on his lot on First street, north of Oak. The foundations were laid on this property some nine years ago, but no structure "was ever placed upon them. As the building will be leased on May 1 to a wholesale machinery firm, construction must bo begun very shortly. The front "will be made of white enameled brick, and a thorough modern building will soon occupy this long-vacant lot. Mr. Cook says that he has much sentiment over the proposed structure, as the property has been in his family for the past 49 years. The. erection of the Lawrence building, on the southeast corner of First and Oak streets, seems to have stirred up the sur rounding property-owners as to the pos sible improvements of their realty hold ings in that vicinity. The Portland Gas Company has taken out a permit for a three-story brick ad dition to their building at Front and Everett streets. The addition will cost $10,000. The new mill of the East Side Lumber Company, at Sellwood, has been granted a $10,000 permit. The prospect for the coming year in the Tmlldirig" line is even brighter than at the opening of the present year, and another 12 .months will see Portland Improved with several scores of handsome and cost-' ly structures. REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS. "What May Happen, to the Party if the Stand-Pat Policy Prevails. Philadelphia Bulletin (Ind. Rep.) In alluding to the fact that if the cam paign last Fall had taken place in a Presidential year the Republicans would have received 318 electoral votes as against 158 Democratic votes, or a clear majority of ICO, the Boston Herald remarks that "the Democratic party has no fair chance of carrying the next Presidential elec tion." This would unquestionably be true if it were possible to give an assurance that political conditions two years hence would be practically unchanged, it cannot be P denied that the vote on November 4 In dicated that the sentiment of the country Is still with the Republican party. Yet, in spite of the success of the Republicans in holding Congress, It should not be for gotten that their majority in the House was reduced from 40 to 20; while their strength in the Senate, although denoted toy an ample majority, will -be less by sev eral votes after next March. In the nature of things It is Impossible to predict how the two great parties will stand before the people in 1904. The Dem ocrats have shown signs in several im portant states, especially in New York, af a disposition to get together on their former basis and let bygones drop out of Bight. If this tendency continues, they are likely to put up a much more formid able fight the next time iue Presidency is the prize than they did either In 1S9S Dr 1900. The most that can be said with anything approaching certainty Is that If the Re publicans in Congress can be persuaded to unite on policies which are plainly de-. manded by public Interests and obviously favored by a preponderance of intelligent voters, they will enter the next Preslden tiai contest with the odds distinctly on their side. But if the party leaders re fuse to do anything effective In curbing the trusts and persist in Ignoring the jentlment in favor of a moderate and equitable revision of the tariff; if they deny Justice to Cuba and attempt to rest their claims of popular support on what the party has done in the past, rather than on what it proposes lo do In the immediate future, It would be foolish to assert that they can count on a "walk over" two years from now. The American people have been edu cated to regard the Republican party as an organization that does things when they need doing. Theeffort to transform it Into a merely passive force whose mot to is to "stand pat" on pretty nearly ev ery Issue, notwithstanding conditions which are constantly changing with Na tional development, is essentially short sighted and unwise. Properly Punished. New York .Mail and Express. They had been reading a Rolfe anno tated edition of the play, and there was nothing in "Julius Caesar" that they were not perfectly familiar with. Be fore the performance was half through there was nothing that they knew which everybody within half a dozen rows did not hear about; for among -the three of them a man and two women there Were such capacities for superfluous con versation as are met with nowhere ex cept in a theater. In tones that alternately hissed and brayed and rasped till spinal columns all around them ached, they told one another that Antony was much better done than Brutus, that Portia would come on In a minute In the garden scene; that Casca was supposed to be a gruff old Roman; that Caesar actually did have fits think of It! that it was a pity (this in a whisper that shivered far down -the aisle and splintered at least a score of vertebrae) Botnan ladies didn't wear corsets. So on, ad nauseam. At last the ghost .and the distraught Brutus met and there was a thrilled si lence In all the crowded bouse, save in row Q. where a strident voice complained: "I can't hear a word the ghost says. Why doesn't he speak louder?" A man behind the querulo'us disturber. quite beside himself with rage, leaned forward and sam In tones as courteously sweet as the sting of a honey bee: "Perhaps the ghost is a gentleman, and does not like to annoy people." Which, of course, was very rude, though it did fitl many hearts with an un- noiy joy. NEW CANE-CUTTING DEVICE One Man Can Operate This Simple Machine for Use in the Tropics. New Orleans Times-Democrat. A. Leblanc, of this city, has Invented a cane-cutting machine which he believes will do fine work in tropical countries where the cane loses Its leaves when It is ripe. Here in Louisiana the leaves are stripped at cane-cutting time by means of the cane knife. This is, to a great meas ure, unnecessary in the tropics. The ma chine first cuts the cane at the top and then at the ground, and but -for the strip ping of the leaves would serve well in this state. It is simple In construction and has few adjustable parts. It Is pulled along the cane rows by means of a capstan fixed on the headland, with which it Is con nected by means of a rope. There are two capstans used, one for hauling the machine one way, and 'the other for the return trip. One man is all that Is neces sary for Its operation. The machine consists of a wooden frame supported on two wheels, on the principle of the two-wheeled cart. Two shafts pro ject out in front, but theso are for no other purpose than to scoop in the cane for the knife. The knife, which is sta tionary, projects out between the shafts and terminates at an angle. As the ma chine moves along the row the cane Is gathered In between the shafts and the knife and is cropped off about three feet from the ground. By means of a knife at the back, which Mr. Leblanc has not yet arranged, the stalk will be chopped off at the ground. A rope is attacnefl to an up right In the center of the frame, by means of which the machine may be pulled from one end of the field to the other. Xuthln' Doin London Express. "My word. Fitznoodle," said a War Of fice clerk to a colleague who sat at the next desk, "Just look at that workman on the roof of that building over the way:" What's the matter with him?" In quired Fitz, glancing through the win dow at the individual Indicated. 'Matter," retorted the other, "why, I've been watching the lazy beggar for the last 25 minutes, and he hasn't done a stroke of work all the time." At the precise moment .at "which the above conversation occurred a British worklngman was addressing his "mate." "S'y, Bill," he remarked, In a tone of deep disgust, "d'ye see that 'ere loafln War Offis ciurk In that room dbwn there? S'help me, if Hi ain't bin a-watchin' lm fur nigh on arf a hower, an' the bloomer's done nothln' but stare hout o' th winder the 'ole blessed tyme. That's the sort o chap as we pys taxes ter keep!" AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. ' W J Ball, Tacoraa Henrj- Spring, N T iiev E lioraon faaviue. V A Drown, Paul Gll- more Co F B Thayer, St Paul J M Pennlon & wf. "Woodburn T J Gorman. Seattle Tacoma V M C Sllva, Vancouv, J- a ratton. X J R Lane, Seattle Syd Welnshenk, S F TV H Herman, city Mr & Mrs C M Weath- B C Seebohn. New Orl crwax. Aberdeen w w Brodick & wf. Mrs Nina Larowe. city Dr Ney.'Churchman, do S I Gulss. "Woodburn Everett W It Ramsey, Brookvll H C LUch, do H B MaglU. Chicago R Li Gulss, Gresham Win Gross, Minn F B Staukamp. K Y Joe Cook, X Y Samuel -Ofner. Chicago C S Jackson, Pendleton Mrs Carlisle, Locksley Hall A B Calder, Seattle Henry Jacobs. S F Jas Ii Paxton. Omaha E A Keltmy. s F J D Campbell, S F. Victor Stoadecker, St Paul Geo W Reld, do THE PERKINS. J F Peebles, city C W Barr. Astoria Li Peebles, city T E Kelly, city H Booksr. city Mrs Clara Lash, Pen. dleton R S Hutchinson. Qulncy J Johnson W B Scott, Seattle N R Stewart,Aberdeen Mrs L B Reeder, Pen dleton Wn Slegrist, Chehalls N E Harmon, do Tom Rogers, McMInnvl Geo E Johnson, Mlnpls Mrs G E Johnson, do Theo Jeffries, McCoy C E Johnson, Forest Q Raleigh Tumbler, "WW P J Sharp, Tillamook G H Lammers, S F C E Moulton, Tacoma' W S Lysons, Tacoma Lee Clinton, Salem Albert Jaftray, city Virginia Denton, lone A J Hicks. Heppner C Hughes. Hood Rlvri Dr J T "Walls, city "W B Sawtell. Dalles aire Jenxies, .McCoy J C Fletcher. Newberg C O Leland, Bay'City G N Host. Newberg T A Garrow, Corvallls W B Jackling. Seattle J H Brldgefort, do ! A B Thomson, Echo F H Van Norden, The; Dalles C M Dunlap, Spokane N A Debbie, Burns Ed Harbin. Prlneville M W Wilson. Beulah T D Bartlett, Ontario, Frank A Cram, HoodRI or Iyester Smythe. Tekoa T A McDougall, do S C Brown, Duluth A E Crosby. Dalles Mrs Crosby. Dalles M F Hill. Goldendale G C Mathers, Seattle Mrs Mathers, Seattle W A Miller, Wash Dr C J "Whltaker, Pen-; dleton E N Sawtell, do "W D Stewart, Kalis pell Chas Hansen, do J A Gaslln, do THE IMPERIAL. "Wm Ellis. "Wash J H Henderson, do J "W Edmunsonv Eu- gene Mrs Edmunson, do Dick Hughes, lone Jas A Vaughn, Asto F "W McGrath, St Paul J G Sutton. Wlnlock Mrs A Buchler, Dalles Mrs E Gerlchten. do Henry Goetz, city Arthur Frame, do "W W Johnson, Burns S Motherhead. Burns H McArthur. W W Mrs McArthur. "W W Julius L Haas, S F G Bultman. S F J B Markley. S F B B Colbath, Salem "W Troyer, Astoria Chas V Brown, do John F Donovan, N Y Sadie Ranson, Madison Nettle Willoughby, do Lillian Coler Bethel, Columbus Mrs Lombard. N Yak Miss Sue Lombard, do C R Green. Abrdeen David Cary, Burns Joa Spiegel. Boise Mrs C E Rosevelt, Pen dleton Minnie' Burdens, do Mrs W M Slusher, do Miss Edith Slusher. do Mrs Alice Sheridan E L Smith. Hood Rvr Mrs A Wlckherd, Em pire A Wlckherd, do F A Seufert. Dalles W M Waldron. S F P A Blesen. Salem L H Pockenar, city THE ST. CHARLES. "W R Emerson & wife, Nehalem "W J Wilson. Kerns, Wash T Harlan. Vancouver N Merrill. Clatskanle D Hall, city C A Lyson, Salem J M Sears, Dallas H Craven. Dallas G Harrington. Scio A C Alllston, Salem. M R Wagner, Forest Grove . Carrie Coe, do F Lonkey. Westport J Manary, Marshland W W Porter. Oregon C W Curtlss, Oregon C ;S Jones, Oregon City A H Bell, Rockwell IS J. Bliss. Rockwell IN H McKay. Sauvie's D H Pope & tmy, do J F Bowman, Newberg'l L Carter. Tacoma F C Badges & wire, it Brett. Vancouver Gray's River W Lillie. McMlnnvllle W Hendricks & fmy, R D Byland. Dalles Everett J R Fisher. Hoqulam J H Lane, Oregon CltyjE Dutton. Eagle Point "W J Roberts, do IM Earnes. Oregon City W A McCord, do M C McCord. do A Swift, Sightly T Thompson, do J L Preston, Gresham G B Preston, do S Aplin. Rainier ID M Shattuck, Gresham J H Maxwell, Wasco H Thompson, Mount alndale D M C Gault. Hillsboro W L Upson. Hood Rlv H G White. La Center W Gant. city Miss Thompson, Ger vals A A Hosford, Vancvr M Moran, Seaside H Brown. Kelso W G Snow, do C Fldler. Fishers M Modrom. Kalama E S Bird & wf. Salem J W Fenton. Oxford L E Dray, Kalama E McKay. Scappoose W G Young, Warren N McKay, do C F Gesner, Orchards M J Martin. Elsmore, J M Sears. Dalles Cal Tho3 Thompson, Sightly T Jay Buford, Sumpter A. Swift. Dusty. Or L Miller & wr. city F A Martin, Kelso J I Bowers. Kelso A Glnn & wf. Elma G Weeks, Marshland C F Gessner, Orchards L W Price, do E M Froebe. Wasco G H "Mills. Wasco E R Llthrow, Loomls, Cal H M Ackley. Iowa C Mitchell, Bohemia N C Iverson, Hoqulam S McCutcheon & wife, Ashland H Smith. Grant's Pass H Archibald. Hillsboro A L McGulre & wife, Stevenson H B Kelly. Colo E J Ellis, Canada R Latourell. Latourell J F Medley. Walla W J Baldridge. Rainier C Goetzen, Grass Vy J R Legg. city N L Coffenbury. As toria J Demlng. Hoqulam C Ratsch, Salem 1C T Caldwell, Lyle Hotel DrnnsTTlck, Seattle. European plan, popular rates. Modern improvements. Business center. Near depot. Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma. American plan. Rates. J3 and up. " Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. First-class restaurant in connection. Rainier Grand Hotel, Seattle. European plan. Finest cafe on Coast. Hdars. naval, military and traveling men. Roomj en sulto and single. Free shower baths. Rates, Jl up. H. P. Dunbar, Prop. 40 PEOPLE IMPLICATED SAID TO -JBE IX PLOT TO ROB XORTHPORtf SMELTER. Man Under Arrest I Alleged to Have Made Confession Other Arrests To Be Made Today. NORTHPORT, Wash., Dec. ds. (Spe cial.) There Is good authority for the statement that Peter Swanson, an old resident of this place, who was arrested yesterday at Rossland, B. C, while try ing to dispose of $10W worth of matte, which had been stolen from the Northport Smelting & Refining Company, has made a confession which implicates 40 other Northport people. It is said that many more arrests are to be made tomorrow. A Very Troublesome Citizen. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 2S. (Special.) John Lamberty again occupies apartments in the City Jail, and in the absence of any other manner to dispose of such a freak, he will have an examination to determine his mental soundness. Lamberty Is a German baker, and in years past has been the cause of much trouble to his wife and the officers of the law. Finally Mrs. Lamberty sued for and obtained a divorce, and slnpe that time John has been the means of causing more trouble than be fore. Several months ago he was arrested on a charge of sending letters of obscene character to his former wife. While un der bonds awaiting trial, he took a sud den departure and forfeited his ball, since which he has given his wife and the offi cers here peace until last Friday, when he returned. Yesterday. Mrs. Lamberty reported to the officers that her life was In danger while John was about, and upon her complaint he was arrested and Jailed John says he only returned to see his children, for whom he claims to have a great degree of parental affection. ROW AMOXG THE PAINTERS. Organisation at Oregon City Alleged to Be Irregular. OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 28. (Special.) The controversy- that has arisen over the action of the Painters Union In push ing the charges made against Johnson & Andrews for subletting the painting con tract on the new Garde building to S. S. Moblcr, a nonunion painter, has aroused considerable interest among the trades unions of the city. Mr. Mohler declares that he hen not been treated fairly by the Painters' Union, of which he is a charter member. He says that after organization was perfected a schedule of minimum prices for contractors was prepared in August, 1901, but with the exception of himself none of the members of the union observed the schedule, but took contracts at less money than the mini mum scale provided. He remonstrated more than once, without avail, and. final ly withdrew from the union. He cites several instances, and so does Mr. An drews, where members of the Painters' Union took contracts at much less than the minimum scale. Mr. Mohler states that he does no Jour neyman work, but contracts only, and cannot be held amenable, to union rules. He offered to resign from the Painters' Union, but that body refused to release him. On the contrary, they have repeat edly offered to reinstate him upon pay ment of his delinquencies, but he holds to the opinion that the body is not strictly union,, and says he does not care to af filiate with It under present conditions. He has even gone so far as to petition the General Executive Board of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America at La Fayette, Ind., and In tends to forward the following naner. which Is signed by nonunion painters: We, the undersigned painters and paperhang ers of Oregon City and vicinity, who believe in unionism in the fullest sense, and knowing that Union No. 482 is not run on union princi ples, but to the detriment of unionism, beg your honorable body to call in the books, so you can see some of the Irregularities of the organ ization here. S. S. Mohler, A. E. LaRose, E. E. G. Seol, William Rhode. E. H. Vonderahe, R. E. Wood ward, David Caufield, D. J. Slover. D. C. Rich ardson. E. S. Califf, A. H. Myer, T. A. Bacon, E. J. French, Charles Kalr. Johnson '&. Andrews are evidently not concerned over the report that an effort will be made by the Painters' Union to have the central labor body declare them unfair. FIRE IX SALEM CHIXATOWX. Property Valued at $500 Destroyed Building All Old. . SALEM, Or.. Dec. 28. (Special.) Fire broke out In the Veranl building, at the corner of State and Liberty streets, at a late hour tonight, and spreading to the adjoining buildings owned by Mrs. A. J. Monroe, E.'M. LaFore and P. H. D'Arcy, practically destroyed all these buildings. The structures were all old wooden build ings, which have been standing for fully half a century. They, were occupied by uninese racrcnanis, except mat tne cor ner building contained a cigar store. The loss Is about $500, partly covered by Insur nnce. The Veranl heirs, who own the cor ner building, reside In Portland. It had long been feared that fire would som6 time break out in this block and spread to valuable buildings across the street south or west. Under a strong wind from almost any direction a fire in these buildings might have done a vast amount of damage. There has been a movement on foot for several weeks looking toward the erection of a large hotel of modern plan on the corner where these old shacks have stood, Representatives of the "Veranl heirs were in Salem a few weeks ago negotiating with others interested, in order to -learn what could be done in the way of lmprov Ing the property, but there have been no developments. It Is now hoped that a big business block will be erected on that cor ner, which Is one of the best in the city, but wholly neglected, though surrounded by new brick business hguses. WILL DRIVE IX WIXTER TIME. Booth-Kelly Company Willing to Take Chances on the Rivers. EUGENE. Or., Dec. 28 (Special.) The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company Is taking chances this Winter in the matter of driv ing logs which nobody heretofore has been willing to take. It has a drive In the Mohawk, which will be turned Into the McKenzle tomorrow and driven to the Co burg mill, and as soon as this Is completed It will start a big drive at Fall Creek, to be brought down the Willamette to the Springfield mill. The running of logs in these streams in the Winter season is at tended with much danger, which loggers have chosen heretofore to avoid'. Should heavy rains fall and suddenly raise the water to flood stage It would be' almost Impossible to boom the logs at their destination, besides landing many along the timber skirting the river. If no fresh et comes, however, the drive can be made much more quickly and with less expense than In the Summer, and the company Is willing to take the chance, and will have logs in the rivers most of the Winter. MIXE BOUGHT F.OR ?40,000. Eastern Men Take Quartz Group in Southern Oregon. GRANT'S PASS, Or., Dec. 28. (Special.) A company of Eastern capitalists, rep resented In Southern Oregon by Captain T. J. Pierce, has purchased the Owl Gulch group of quartz claims, on Savage Creek, In the Gold H1U district. The considera tion Is $40,000. The Owl Gulch claims were located but a few months ago, but In this brief time have proved to be quartz prop erties of great promise. Few ledges have been discovered and disposed of in so short a time as have these. The main ledge of the Owl claims exhlb- its a width of eight feet, and. has been opened to a good depth by tunnel and shafts. The vein Is well defined, and car ries high values in free gold, with some sulphurets. Men have been put to work In the development of the claims, and as soon as they have been properly opened up a mill and machinery for working the ore will bs installed. WAS SUCCESSFUL LUMBERMAN. W. w: Johnson, Who Died of Heart Disenne at Dallas. DALLAS, Or., Dec 2S. (Special.) W. W. Johnson, who died, here yesterday, was the senior member of the sawmill firm of W. W. Johnson & Co., owners of the large sawmill plant In this city, and also own-, ers of one of the largest sawmills at Min neapolis. The cause of his death was heart failure. He had heen worklne around the mill during the day, and about b o clock In the afternoon went to the office to speak to his son and the firm's bookkeeper concerning some work on hand. While In conversation with them, he commenced to breathe heavily and sank down. He expired in two or three minutes. Medical aid was Immediately telephoned for. but by the time the doctor arrived it was too late. William Warren Johnson was born In Broome County, New York, in 1836. When a young man ne .learned tne carpenter s traae ana came West to follow the occu pation of contractor and builder, locating at Beaver Dam, Wis. He remained there four years, .and then went to Minnesota. where, after doing bridge and trestle work for railroads, he made his first venture in the lumber business. In 1S6S, he went to Algona, la., and started several lum ber yards In that state. Besides lumber, Mr. Johnson dealt largely In livestock and grain very successfully. In 1SSS he, in company with his sons, bought out the largest sawmill at Minneapolis, Minn., where they saw as much as 18.000,000 feet a year. Mr, Johnson was the father of flvo children, two daughters and three sons. The latter are Interested in the lumber plants Of their father, and will continue the business. FITZSIMMOXS FLOORED BALL. Former Manager Deserted "Lanky Boh" and Called Him a Liar. ANACONDA, Mont., Dec. 2S. With a left-arm hook Robert Fitzsimmons floored his former manager, Clark Ball, In the lobby of the Thornton Hotel a few min utes after .1 o'clock this morning. The blow struck Ball squarely on the point or the jaw, and he was knocked against . corner of the desk at the end of the counter. His head came in violent con tact with a sharp corner, and a laceration resulted. In another fraction of a second Ball was prostrate and out. He was re vived In a few seconds, and his bleeding head bathed. He was not seriously in jured, and was apparently as well as ever within 10 minutes after the blow was struck. The trouble was precipitated by the fact that last night Ball severed his' connec tion with the Jefrries-Fitzsimmons com bination, and signed a contract with Jack Munroe, whereby the local miner, who had stood before Jeffries for four rounds a week ago Saturday night, is to be the star attraction of an athletic show man aged by the former manager of "Lanky Bob." When the men met tonight there was some wrangling, and Ball called Fitz simmons a liar. Then the blow was struck. BODY OF UXKXOWX MAX. Found In Douglas County Had Been Dead Some Time. RUCKLES, Or., Dec. 28. (Special;) A body of an unknown man was found by Jessie Bounds at the mouth of Clark's branch, on the South Umpqua River, about two miles from Ruckles Station, yester day. The body was badly decomposed. Coroner Twltcheil was notified, and will hold an inquest. -The clothing' Indicated that the man was, well dressed. The shoes had evidently been almost new when he was drowned. La Grande Xotes. LA GRANDE, Or., Dec. 27. (Special.) W. R. Deal, who was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for horse-eteal-ing, and whose sentence was affirmed by the Supreme Court, has been denied a new trial, and. will be taken to serve out his sentence. . Rural delivery will be secured to a route out of Summervllle commencing February 1, 1S03. Scotch Curljiifr Club Has Arrived. HALIFAX, N. S., Dec 28. Among the passengers on the steamer Bavarian, which arrived today from Liverpool, were 24 members of the Royal Caledonian Curl ing Club, of Scotland. They will tour Canada, playing in all the principal cities from Halifax to Winnipeg, and from the latter city they will go to St. Paul and Chicago and thence to New York. J iV -0 A THE WILSON DISTILLING Baltimore Jld, PIG IRON PROSPERITY VAST QUANTITIES USED .IX THE UXITED STATES. ' Enormous Home Productions Sire'iled hy Importations From Europe Other Comparisons. WASHINGTON Dec 2S.-A striking evi dence of business activity In the United States at the present time is found in a comparison of pig iron statistics -of the year Just ending with those of earlier years, as compiled by the Treasury Bu reau , of Statistics. Recently published estimates of the production of pig iron in the United States during the calendar year 1902 put the total production at 17,500.000 jtons. This is an Increase of nearly 2,000,000 tons over last year, fiyj is more than double the production of 1896, three times that of 1886, four times that of 1SSL six times that of 1S79, eight times that of 1875, 10 times that of 1872, and 20 times that of 1S5. The steel produc tion of the year is estimated at 15,000, ,000 tons, which Is practically 50 per cent more than that of 1900, nearly three times as much as that of 1S96, 10 times as much as that of 1SS4, and 20 times the produc tion of 1878. In addition to this enorm ous production and increase over any ear lier year, the importations of pig iron in the year Just ending arc 10 times as great as In the preceding year, and greater than In any year of the decade, and the total value of Iron and steel imported will also exceed that of any year during the de cade. The following table shows the produc tion in the United "States of pig Iron and steel, and the Importation of pig Iron at quinquennial periods from 1871 to 1901, and the estimated production and im portation of 1902: Production Importation. Pig iron, . Steel, Pig Iron. 1ci,ear- , .tons. tons. tons. J5 1,706.793 73.214 178.140 1876 1.86S.961 533.191 79 455 JS1 4.144,234 1,588.314 417.849 18S6 ......... 5.683,329 2,562,500 261 674 31 8,279.870 3,904,240 81 916 8,623,127 5.2S1.127 88125 1901 lo.S73.334 13,473.595 39,325 1202 17,500,000 . 15,000,000 oTo.OOO Estimated. A statement recently published by the Bulle tin of the American Iron & Steel Association Indicates that of the 15,878.354 tons of pig Iron produced In the United States in 1001. 0.S03.083 tons were produced by tho United States Steel Corporation and 0,074,370 tons by Independent companies. This phenomenal growth In the produc tion of iron and steel in the United States placed the United States several years ago at the head of the world's list of iron-producing nations, but has now made its production greater than the combined production of the United King dom and Germany, those" countries being by far the lartresf Iron nroducers nf th world, aside from the United States. The total pig Iron production of Germany in 1901 was 7,856,149 metric tona and that oT the United Kingdom 7.92S.C47 long tons, raaklng the combined production of these two countries In 1E01 15,600.000 long tons, which Is slightly less than the 1901 pro duction of the United States The figures flh'owiner thfi nrrirhirMnn nf thoco' t-n. J countries covering the first half of 1902, wnicn nave uust oeen received by the Bureau of Statistics, fully Justify the statement that the production in the United States In 1902 will also exceed the combined production of England and Germany. The following table shows the produc tion of pig iron in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, beginning with 1896: U. S.. U. IC, Germany. Year, long tons. long tons, metric tons. 1896 .... 8.623,127 8.659.6S1 6,372,600 1897 .... 9.652,680 8.796.463 6,881,500 1898- 11.773,931 8.609,719 7,312.800 1899 ....13.620,703 9.421.433 8,143,100 1900 ....13.789,242 8.959.691 8.520.500 1091 ....15,878,35'. 7.92S.647 7.856,149 1902 ....17,500,000 ......... FOREIGX STOCK EXCHANGES. Shares Tend Upward on German Bourse Better Feelingr. BERLIN, Dec. 2S. Prior to the holidays the bourse was very light, and values were maintained, but yesterday the trad ing was uncommonly strong, with, an In creased volume of business. All depart ments shared In the upward movement. Iron shares rose particularly as a result of better trade reports fom the Rhine county and Silesia, indicating good busi ness for next year. Some Iron shares scored sensational advances. Coal shares also were very strong. Electrical shares profited by the alliance of the Allgemelne Electrical Company and the Union Elec trical Company. It Is now said that the Siemens & Halske Electrical Company, Established 1823 WILSON HiSKEY. -0 ;k 7f "v.-, CO. of Berlin, and th'e Schukert Electrical Company, of Nuremberg, will make a price arrangement with the new com pany. Money showed an easier tendency last week. The statement of the Reichsbank. Issued' yesterday, showed greater pressure than Is usual. At the monthly meeting of the central committee of the bank President Koch announced that the de mands on the bank were heavy. He said however, that there was no occasion to i raise the rate of discount. The pressure for money during the final week of the year is expected to be extraordinary. Increased Strength ia London. LONDON, Dec 28. The market is wind- ! ing up tho year with increased evidence of strength. Business on lthe stock ex change last week was moderate, owing to thi? holidays and the settlement, but there was a perceptible Inclination to speculate on the anticipated improvement In all high-grade securities. The rate for money has hardened, and money was In strong demand. The Upward tendency on the exchange was specially noticeable in American and African shares. Large buy ing orders for American shares were re ceived in spite of, the disappointing New York bank, returns. The presence and purposes of Colonial Secretary Chamber lain in South Africa buoyed up mining shares- Venezuelan bonds rose sharply on Teports of arbitration. The price of consols, coupled with the belief that money will be plentiful early In January, has created confidence that the present condition will be maintained when active business begins on the exchange. Sells to Continental Tobacco. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 28. According to the Courier-Journal, Harry Weissinger, president of the Weissinger Tobacco Com pany, of this city, has closed a deal which has been pending several days for the sale of this plant to the Continental To bacco Company for $2,500,000. The papers have been signed, and Mr. Weissinger will leave tor New York tomorrow to complete the details of the transaction. The com pany is one of the largest Independent concerns of the kind in the country. VERMONT AND THE SALOON The Public at Large Is Interested in the Agitation There. Washington Post. .Vermont Is ntlll keeping herself In tho public eye and well up toward the front. It Is the saloon question the saloon In politics to which that little state Is In debted for an amount of publicity that is altogether out of proportion to her physl pal area. There Is enough of It to em barrass Texas, and there Is going to be more. It began years ago, with more or less scandalous contentions Inside of the Republican party caused by a law that would not and cannot be enforced, a law that has never been decently enforced anywhere and has been a most prolific source of scandals, hypocrisy and fraud In every slate that has tried it. Last Sum mer's political campaign In Vermont was noisier than any of its predecessors. It rent the Republican party Into two ex tremely hostile factions, while the Demo crats came out of It shorn of about half of their normal voting strength. But it elected a Legislature pledged, to give the people a chance to vote on the saloon question to make choice between their present system and a local option and high license law.. After 11 weeks of patient endeavor the Vermont Legislature of 1902 has ad journed, leaving as Its chief work a bill providing for local option and high li cense, which Is to go to the people for adoption or rejection. This Is the chance for which many Vermonters have long been patiently waiting. The vote Is to be taken In February. Of course, the Prohibitionists will make every possible effort to kill the bill. The Hartford Cour ant says that, the Anti-Saloon League will have In the campaign the zealous aid not only of the W. C. T. U., but a brand new, ssml-rcllgious organization of preachers and laymen with money in its campaign chest. It Is understood that the saloonkeepers and the liquor interests generally will co operate with those organizations, prefer ring, as those good men and women do, the continuance of the present condemned law to regulate saloons In communities where the pe'ople want them. New York and London. New York Letter. London and New York are coming closer together In a business way every year. London bankers began to estab lish branch houses In Wall street 70 years ago, and some of the connections thus made have been maintained ever since. But since New York became an interna tional market of almost equal standing with London, the business interests of the two cities have heen closer than ever. The appearance of a large English dele gation, at the recent opening of the New That's Ail I York Chamber of Commerce was a strik ing illustration of this intimacy. There la nothing strange, therefore, that a great New York bank is about to take a large interest In a prominent London bank, al though no official confirmation of the re port has been given. FRIENDSHIP FOR NEGRO. Admiral Schley. Captain Hobaon and Others Declare It. Washington Post.- Rear-Admiral Schley, Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson and Representative Crumpacker Wednesday night delivered addresses to a large audience of colored cltizens.at Metropolitan A. M. E. Church Their expressions of friendship for the colored man and hopefulness about hi3 future were received with demonstrations of Intense approval. Representative Crumpacker presided and spoke about the negro in politics He said that the ballot is a means, and not an end. with the race. "There are col ored men In this rmintrv" ho .i , . : " - u wouia nonor any race. Let the groat colored race become home-owners and home-buildcrs. The white man Is apt to consider himself very Important, but remember that it took 2000 years to bring mm to ,hl3 present condition of civiliza tion. You have not yet had your chance, j. he colored race must go up or down, for there Is no middle ground." Representative Crumpacker was fol lowed by Captain Hpbson. who aroused great enthusiasm. -l was brought up with your people." said he, "and in my Southland I was nursed by one .of you. who was as tender to mo as my own mother was. During the Civil War the negro nobly fulfilled his duty to those of the South left defenseless at home. Your race may call upon me as long as I live, to be the truest friend I know how to be. "I have a feeling for you also of sin cere esteem, respect and affection. The colored race is one of fighters. At San tiago, when I was released, the first American troops I saw were colored reg ulars. You have a right to be proud of the blood, you have spilled for your coun try. Do not complain of your social con dition today. What was your brief serv itude compared to tho long ages of serf dom in Europe In the Dark Ages? Your condition today has no comparison to that of the European peasant. "Your destiny lies in work. hard, per sistent work. Don't let anybody try to convince you that the victory of the American Navy over the Spanish fleets In the war of 1S93 was due to the inferiority of the vessels of the latter. We won our battle of Santiago, and even Manila, be fore the war began. If the Spanish crews had been trained by hard work, as ours were, the Spanish fleet- at Santiago would have escaped our blockade, and would have then returned to destroy our ships, one by one. Work hard yourselves, as a race, and In America legislation cannot prevent you from taking your proper places according to merit." Admiral Schley also had praise for tho colored man, but was not so outspoken as the other speakers, and refrained from discussing the negro from the point of view of politics. He praised the colored sailors, and said they had always been faithful and loyal. "In courage the col ored seaman has proved himself, and has shed blood and faced" fire for his country," said the Admiral, and his sentiment was cheered by the audience for some time. "I shall be the colored man's friend." he concluded, "and shall be glad to see the day when he shall be In all respects what his friends would like to see him be." An Historic Virginia Farm Sold. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Rev. D. A. Martin, of Pittsburg, has bought the celebrated Turner farm of 1000 acres, a few miles cast of Richmondl Va., and lying just between the two battle fields of Seven Pines and Malvern Hill. He will at once remove there to spend the balance of his days with his large family. The Rev. Mr. Martin walked Into the office of the Commissioner of Agricul ture a short time ago and was told of this property. He was particularly struck with the neatness of the schoolhouses. and bought the farm. He is a Congregational preacher, and has so won his way with his neighbors that they have proposed to build him a church If he will become Its pastor, and he has consented. Where All Agree. Providence Journal. Thus the controversy goes on. as It has gone on for years, but It Is evident that on one ground at least both friends and foes of the practice meet: Senator Gal linger, Dr. Keen and the New England antl-vlvleectlon society agree that there should not be any useless or cruel animal experimentation. -If experimentation Is necessary or desirable, by all means let tho practice be surrounded by every pos sible precaution against the unnecessary suffering of the dumb brutes that are sac rificed for the benefit of man.