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V 11 t r. -. 4: FORTY PAGES pages i to,i2 VOL. XXII. NO. 16. PORTLAND, - OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL -19, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. H1EJ1SH Goldendale Railroad is Almost Completed. REGULAR TRAINS THIS WEEK Line Runs Through an Ex ceedingly Rich Valley. THE FARMERS WILL CELEBRATE Columbia River It Northern Has Built -Roil to Ceniervllle and Will Reach Tcrmlnn. In Few Days Opens Klickitat Valley. An Important territory tributary to Portland 1. about to receive, Immediate rail connection with the Columbia Hir er, The Colombia River A Northern Railroad will be completed thli ireelc from Lyl to Goldendale, 43 miles. At Lrle the railroad will connect with the Regulator line of steamers running be tween that town and Portland. A large amount ot freight la already at hand awaiting ahlpraent. and It la expected that the operation ot the railroad will result In Increased development for the entire Klickitat Valley. The Columbia River & Northern Rail war Company- completed Its road to Cen tervllle yesterday. Before the end of the present week the line 'will have reached Goldendale and the company Trill be look- ins out toward Blckleton prairie, a rich territory that la to be made tributary to the system. If no obstacle Is met. the new line will be completed to Goldendale so trains may be run over It by Thursday morning. But a delay In the delivery of rails, unfavora ble weather or a number of other circum stances, might defeat the plans of the management and make It Impossible to finish tha work as soon as contemplated. The road will not be ballasted and ready for traffic for 30 days, but prior to this time passenger trains will run over the line and general merchandise will be de livered to the county seat of Klickitat County, Washington. Along the roadway wherever merchants order their goods de livered to them via the Columbia. River & Northern, the officials of the system will make every effort, after next week, to In sure prompt deliver)', and this assures to the people of Klickitat Valley a railroad that will be In almost Immediate opera tion. When the line Is completed and freight trains are thundering over the culverts or booming up the canyon, whirling across the prairie or tooting victoriously Into the pralrle settlements, less than 13 months will have elapsed from the time the first shovelful of dirt was thrown from the right of way until trains actually began running over the line. In the meantime deep rock cuts have been completed, tres tles have been built, turbulent mountain streams have been spanned, short culverts have been constructed and a line has been laid through a pralrle country that Is one ot the richest producing agrlcutural dis tricts In the Coast region. All this Is a triumph ot engineering skill a very nattering compliment to the execu tives of the road who have Insisted upon forcing construction work as rapidly as It could be pushed, and a tribute to the faith of the Portland capitalists who opened up the vast agricultural region in the Klicki tat Valley. "All this country will have been made Immediately tributary to Fort' land practically between seasons." In other words a railroad will have been con structed Into a country estimated to yield a million bushels ot wheat annually, otter one crop has headed out and before the next has reached that stage. Prior to the time one crop has been moved, the road will have entered not only to carry oft what remains of the first, but to handle all ot the second crop. Thousands of Tons ot Grain. In warehouses at Daly, Cenierrllle and Goldendale are stored over 100,000 bushels of wheat awaiting the completion of the railroad, when it will be sent to Portland. Back In the country Is grain owned by farmers, warehousemen and exporters, that will swell the total groin held, trib utary to the new railroad, to between 000 and 10,000 tons. The new warehouse at Daly, the first to be constructed along the line of the Co lumbia River & Northern to handle a crop over that road, has between C000 and 7000 sacks ot wheat stored under Its roof. This means a total ot nearly 11.000 bushels. At Centerrllle an old warehouse contains an other 40,000 bushels, and the Goldendale warehouse has 60.005 bushels, fully 000 bushels having been sold oft recently. But for the fear of rain this total ot holdings would have been Increased re markably. There were stored about Daly thousands ot sacks of wheat , which the farmers feared to leave exposed to the ele ments end finally carted to the terry op posite The Dalles or at Grant's, at an enormous expense. This wheat bad been stored within an area bounded by a wire fence and covered by tarpaulins. The own ers ot the Daly warehouse could not get lumber in time to erect the building and handle tha grain. But the fact that so much wheat is stored In the district, shows the Implicit confidence ot the people In the new rail road and the way tn wbloh the populace has awaited th. coming of the .steam co sines with their long trains ot box-cars. Tbs people have long sought a railroad, and now that one Is searing completion, they are waiting to bestow a traffic that has heretofore passed through different bands. The joyous condition of the people's feel ings was shown at Centerrllle, miles from Lyle. and seven miles from Golden dale. yesterday. The people bad been wait ing for more than a year since they bad given the right-of-way for a new road, and for II months since the first shovel ful of gravel was spaded from the right-of-way for the road over which an engine ran yesterday. For several days the 1M Inhabitants of Centervllle .and the hun dreds of farmers living In the vicinity have been preparing for the coming of the.road. A big ox bad been killed and roasted in the style' that usually graces & barbecue. A collection of good things to eat was made ready for the railroad officials and the railroad's employes. The people of the surrounding country were on hand, to share In the celebration. There were speeches and other evidences of Jollifica tion and when It was all through both the railroad oOdn's and the townspeople were satisfied a spirit ot good-fellowship pre vailed. People Anxious for Railroad. At GoloendaleNlhe people are waiting anxiously tor the coming of the road. They are preparing tor an unusually significant showlnr. and the railroad officials are planning to give the people evidence of their appreciation of the support that has been given them. The Columbia River 4 Northern, run ning from Lyle to Goldendale for the present and owning a fleet of river steam ers, will tap a country that has been. In a large measure, tributary to Portland, but it will also take to them cheap trans portation rates and guarantee to the peo ple of Portland a foothold In this district, from which the wholesale men and the gmln-buyers. the stockmen and wool gatherers cannot be dislodged. The com pletion of the road effectually meets the problems Klickitat County and Portland business men have been confronting. It is for these reasons that it is planned the celebration of the entrance of the road Into Goldendale shall take on the character of a Joint celebration. Promi nent Portland business men so many of them as can be accommodated are to be Invited to make a trip to Goldendale over the new line, and to Join with the people of Klickitat River Valley In the cele bration of the road's completion. This celebration will. In all probability. be deferred a very short time, it would hardly be well tor the train bearing the Portland men to follow the track crews into Goldendale, and. so ItHs likely a lit tle time will be given for' ballasting and completing the road in a' first-class condi tion. But within yery short lime the celebrationis to be held, and this may mean not more than a week's wait. In time Goldendale lo to be jasda a mere station on the line. It will long-be the most Important station and the ex tension of the road will make Golden dale more than ever a wheat center. Bat the company proposes "to 'extend 'the line to Blckleton Prairie, tapping the rich Horse Heaven . country. In the Upper Klickitat and' Lower Taklma counties and also reaching eastward Into a district that la now shut off from outside communi cation. Only Seven Miles Remain. From Lyle to Goldendale by the new line Is. a distance of 43 miles. When the. construction train bumped over the new ly laid rails into Centerrllle yesterday afternoon all but seven miles of this track had been laid. Between 15 and SS miles had been ballasted, the total stretch .of track so Improved being but little more than IS miles. When Goldendale Is passed and the road Is extended out toward Blckleton Pralrle, It Is the Intention of the officials to con struct another 40 miles of railway. The road beyond Goldendale will not enter any of the towns now built, but will pass very close to Cleveland and Blckleton. It may be It is quite probable new towns will spring up along the line of the road. but the plan ot reaching the heart of the grain belt with the least possible grading Is the one the railroad la seeking. Definite plans regarding this further ex tension have not yet been announced. Lyle Is the river terminus ot the rail road. From this point communication Is had with Portland over the Regulator line of steamers, owned by the railroad company. Lyle Is a perfectly land locked, or. rather, rock-locked harbor. Both above and below. Jutting points pro tect the harbor from all danger to ship ping on account of high water or swift currents. At no point on the river, above Portland. Is there a more ideal location for a town. The town Itself, at present, consists of a few scattering dwellings, with two so- called hotels, a general store; what pur ports to be a temperance saloon and thereby attracts attention from stray vis itors, and a magnificent opportunity for development. The railroad's general of fices, roundhouses and repair shops are located at Lyle and the approaches to the river, together with numerous side tracks are constructed at this point. Originally the townslte which, by the way, lies nine miles below The Dalles, on the Washington side of the river wss owned by the Balfour brothers, two young Englishmen, who own one of the choicest bits ot farming land; adjoining the townslte. that can be found in the Klickitat Valley. The townslt was not laid out as the railroad wished It, and so the company bought all the property ly ing between ltu line and the river; has planned to replat this district and will make a thriving river town ot the place. Lyle. with its rail and rlrer communi cation. Is certain to become a very busy mart. At Lyle the railroad has partially con structed a runway down to the river where freight trains win be either un loaded onto the ferries that are to be op- crated or the cargoes will be broken add shipped to and from Portland by water. River Is Too Rich. The river la too high at present for the completion ot thla approach; It is too low for other purposes of river investors, but Its present stage shows too much water for the railroad build era. Just how the railroad company will construct Its ap proach and operate Its ferries is unde termined. It will be hauling grain within iCeadaal so Pott MJ Tl SEETHE LAND American Tour of Ger man Agriculturists. MEN OF HIGH, RANK C0M1HC Landowners, Professors and Practical Farmers.. WILL SPEND DAY IN PORTLAND Study of American Farms.. Ranches, Orchards and Packlns-Honae Will Include Day In Portland and One In Willamette Valley. The party of German agriculturists will enter Oregon from California on Juns 1 and will stop off at Medford. Corrallla and Salem, arriving In Port land that night. Visits wlU be paid to the Agricultural Experiment fitatlonat Corrallla and to several dairies tn tha Valley. Tha party will remain In Portland from the night of June 1 to the morn ing of June S. when It will start-East, stopping- off at Hood. River to see the orchards. Tha trip will then extend Ihrouch Pendleton and the Palonse country, where the wheat fields will be seeato Spokane, and thence eastward. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April IS. Forty-six German agri culturists, among their number members ot the nobility, feudal land barons and scientists in the employ of the Kaiser's government, are to make a complete tour of the United States In the early Summer, for the purpose ot studying American methods of agriculture and stockralslng; Explorations of this character aro made eacn year ny tne Agricultural society or ucmwof, out never ociaro nas a visit" been nald tn tha TJnltd Statpn. Tha ui-niw wnica um country uu gone forward In late -years to a position j In the front rank of the agricultural na- tlons'of the world, and the enormous rro-1 portions assumed by the stock Industry t of our West, have aroused considerable r-,.-- i. i. m. - .... Interest In Europe, and It Is with a view , of learning more-of American Institutions , scd juacncan meuwu mat mis party ot Celebrated agriculturists Will visit the principal farming communities ot the ! United States. The party. Including Dr. Victor Rltter von Bauer, ot Bremen; F. R, Brettrelch. ci jiunicn; ur. Aiirea .uietriun. ot Loo- lenz; Dr. F. H. Flecken. of Cologne; Erich von Fluegge. of Speck; Victor von Laffert, of Brahlstorf, Mecklenburg. Lieutenant of the Reserves; Dr. Eugene Count Ledebur, of Leboritz. Bohemia; Dr. T- -1 ( , - - . . rem uoucnniuiQ, oz xjresuen; v-uunt von Schnurbeln, of Rain; Count Schenk von Stauffonberg, of Rlsstrlsen, and other owners and managers ot feudal estates, agriculturists and students, will arrive In New York on May L and be met by J. L Schulte. of the United States Department of Agriculture. Two special cars have been placed at their disposal by the Balti more & Ohio Railroad, which has also been instrumental In outlining the lntln- erary. They will travel by a Southern route to California, up the Pacific "Coast. and return to the Atlantic through the PV'lS-?- "jKftFKKL ' 'i,y!' ' Myk'slsslsi NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. April IS. The new United States armored cruiser West Virginia was successfully launched at the Newport News shipbuilding yard today In the presence of a throng or 33.000 people. A street pageant. In which military nad artillery detachments and marines and sailors of the Ger man cruiser Gazelle participated, precede-lthe launching. MUs Katberine Vaughn White, eldest daughter of Governor Albert White, of West Virginia, was the fair sponsor of the occasion, christening the war ship with a bottle of champagne as the cruiser slipped down the ways into the placid waters ot the James River. On the platform "beside the new war ship was a distinguished assemblage. A pleasant Incident ot the day was the exchange ot courtesies between the United States naval oQcers and the officers and men ot the German warship Gazelle. Miss White was attended by three maids of honor, her sisters. Miss Grace White asd Miss Ethel White, and Miss Ashton Wilson, daughter of ex-Governor Wilson. In the christening party were also the Governor and Mrs. White. As soon as the ceremonies were over. President Orcutt conducted the guests, numbering some SCO persons, to the steamboat Newport News, aboard which the party went to Old Point Coze fort, where they-were tendered a ban quet in the cuilng-room ot the Hotel Chamberlain. Among the distinguished guests present were: Governor White, ot West Virginia, and military staff; northern tier at states. The trip has bees outlined to enable the visiters to lBet the great wheat regions of the West, the famous orchards of the North, the worW renowned stockfarms ot the South asd "West, and the great peekleg boasts of Kansast City and Chicago. The tour, oc cupying nearly two months, win be nearly as long and cover much the same territory as will be traversed "by PresMeat Roose velt, though at no pobtt will the two parties, meet. After a day's visit In Baltimore, the (Concluded on Second Page.) CONTEXTS OF TODAYS PAPER. Xotlonal Affairs. American fleet will go to Kiel to please Ger many. I'ire.U Great boodle, scandal In Porto 'Rico. Pace s. Engineers' icpcit on rivers and barbers. Page Z, Domestic. German agriculturists' tour la United Elates. Page L Short Lin Road in Navada'bought by .Clark, Page 2. Knox will not yield a pout to Uie oerrer. Page 8. Seven Indictments ot Mrwonrl boodlerv Pace 3. Milwaukee promoter absconds to Central America. Pace S. Foreign. Ruselatand Austria will keep peace In Mace donia! Page X Sports., Scores of the PacUc. Coast League: Portland. 4. Oakland 0; San Francisco 2. Loe" Angeles 0; Seattle S, Sacramento 1. Page 14. Scores ot Pacific National Lea roe: Portland 2. Spokane 0; Taroroa 12. Seattle B; Helena 4. Los Angeles Z; Butte 10. Sen Francisco S. Page 14. Stanford wins Held meet. Pag 3. Reliance and Shamrock III compared. Page SB. I' Coming events in pogllstlc 'circles. Page 14. Gossip of the diamond. Pace "13. Portland bench abowJclosea. Pag 13. Shamrock 111 to go In drydock. Page S. Reliance to have first trial In a week. Fags 14, PaelOo Coast. Flaw In Washington's St. Louis appropriation act holds cp money. Pag 1. Mrs. Galloway finds Oregon women ready to help Fair. Page 4. Valley hops have alckly appearance. Pag 4. Miner's wild ride on avalanche. Pare B. Treasury Department may Investigate short age o? shlagle cars. Pag 4. Pendleton will hold golf tourney. Page 4. Second year of Cax experiments. Pax 4. Paddy Lynch convicted of shanghalng. Page 3. Benson case goes to Jury Monday. Pag 9. Commercial and Marine. Active week closes in local produce markets. Page 23. Wheat at Chicago cloees strong on bullish for eign news. -Page 53. Effect of Securities case decision on stock spec ulation. Page S3. Week In Wall street. Pag S3. Bank statement shows unexpected Increase In I loans, rare x. Conditions In San Francisco markets. Pag 3. rjunearn sails from Bltka for Portland. Page IT. mrti..d .,! viMnif-r. Council and Executive Board consider city nnsnoea in star-chamber es-n. .Vixe 1 General passenger ax ecu rates for Fair. Page 11. 1U grant - special Court refuses to annull Illegal marriage of Eta TrlUcMer. Pag 10. Bd of Trade asks low rates for livestock "l . , ' Nonunion painters work on Welnhard building .- .. ,,,, t. , Grtce a xmmti to death'whll nura- i ing a friend. Pace v. Feature, nnd De-rjnrimenti- Editorial. Page 6. Church announcements. Page 31. Classified advertisements. Pages 17-S1. rr. Lor, as' Impressions of America. Page Si Dr. Lyman Abbott's sermon. Pag 3S. Tellowstone Park In April. Page 33. The Princess and the Man. by John Fleming Wilson. Page 3L California's "Harry Tracy." Page 31. ' Eugene White's letter from Manitoba. Pag 23. ' Tl . . . T ; u uvmk. . -a - Physical culture In boxing. Page 33. Prank O. Carpenter's letter. Page 34. Sacajawea. Lewis and Clark's heroine. Page 34. Ade's fable. Page 33. Can you live on S3 cents a dsy! Page 38. Household and fashion. Page' 3S and 37. Children's department. Page 39. Social. Pages 'SS-30. Dramatic and musical. Pages 20-27. Some ot the prise winners ot the deg show. Pag 40. Tube line across the English Channel. Pag 40. Talk on sweet peas. Page 40. LATEST AEDITION TO UNITED STATES NAVY. ARMORED CRUISER WEST VIRGI.TIA, wmm up Auditor No( Authorized ' to Pay. FLAW IH WASHIMCTQN ACT May Hake Fair Appropriation Unavailable. SEARCH 'MABE FOR SOLUTION Bills Have Already .Been Incurred to Considerable Amount and the Ex ecutive Commissioner Has Is sued Requisitions on Auditor. Nowhere tn the act passed by tbe late Washington Legislature appropriating t73,"o6o'for;the atat exhibit at the St. Louis Fair Is the name ot the State Auditor mentioned. The law amys; "It shall be the duty of the Slat Treasurer to disburse public moneys only upon warrants drawn upon the Treasurer by the Stat Auditor." Tne fair commission has run up bills amounting to 32303.13. but the Stale Auditor, under the law, cannot see bur way dear to pay them. Assistant Attorney-General Ross says that, as an off-band opinion, there Is nothing In the law that authorises the EtateAudltor to draw a warrant uson tb Treasurer upon requisition from the executive commissioner. But b win look further Into the matter. OLTMPIA. Wash., April IS. (Special, The SL Louis Fair Commission ot this state, has struck a ensg in the matterof drawing on the JT5.000 appropriated by he last Legislature." which promises to di'say the proceedings of tha commission, with the chance that it may Interfere wlu the paying nut of any of the money at alt. The bill appropriating the $73,000 far the exhibit at St; "Louis seems to have' been carelessly drawn. As to the payment ot the sum appropriated, the bill says: "The State Treasurer Is hereby author ized and directed to honor and pay requi sition made by said Executive Commis sioner on the said St. Louis Exposition fund hereby appropriated; such requisi tions shall be executed by said Execu tive Commissioner, approved by the presi dent ot the commission and attested by its secretary, and shall not In any single Instance exceed an amount equal to 73 per cent of the Executive Commissioner's bond." Nowhere In the act Is the State Auditor mentioned or required to audit the ac counts or draw-warrants upon the State Treasurer, though lu this state section 155 ot Balltnger's code provides that "It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to dis burse public moneys only upon warrants drawn upon the Treasurer by the State Auditor." .On Friday requisitions from the SL Louis Commissioners amounting to 203.15 were received by the State Treas urer. Five hundred dollars ot the amount was to cover the expenses Incurred and authorized at the tint meeting ot the com mission, and the balance was to repay the sum used prior to the making of the ap propriation and advanced by the Boards ot Trade ot the state. Today Treasurer Maynard took; the LA U5 CUED TESTERDAT. Governor Montague, of Virginia, nnd staff: officers of the Army and Navy and prominent citizens of the two Virginias. President Orcutt was toastmastcr. The West Virginia, which Is a sister ship to the California and Pennsyl vania. Is an armored cruiser of 14.000 tons displacement- The hull Is of steel and measures, on load water line. 502 feet: extreme beam. 63 feet Inches. The vessel has a normal displacement of 12,675 tons, with ail ammunition and stores on board ot 15,104 tons. The designated Indicated horsepower of the cruiser Is Z3.000, to produce a epeed of 22 knots. With a complete ent of 47 of. fleers and TS3 seamen and marines, the vessel will be the floating home of S30 men. Five feet below and four feet above normal load line, from stem to stem, the cruiser will have an armor belt six Inches thick at the top and five Inches at the bottom. For a depth of six feet from the' top. the maximum thickness will be preserved. The armor will taper at the stem and stern to !H Inches In thickness. The Hlchborn balanced oval turrets will be covered with armor Inches thick, on the port plate and six' Inches on the sides and rear. The main battery will consist of four eight-Inch breechloadlng rifles, mount ed two In each turret, on the center line of the vesseL In addition, there will be 14 six-Inch rapid-fire guns and a secondary battery of IS three-Inch and 12 tiiree-pcunder guns, besides four one-pound automatic guns, four one-pound rapid-fire .guns, six Colt automatic guns, two machine guns and two three Inch field guns. requisitions to Auditor AUHnson to have; him draw the warrants" for- the aaeuat. Mr. Atkinson, as Is bis custoea Is .draw-' lag warrants usder the provMens o new' laws, asked to see the act. fie Mcovered that he, was not authorised, by the set to draw the warrants, aad Returned tha. requlsHloBi to tjie Treasurer aad' caHed. his attention to' the 'tact- tist bo war rants were required. The Treasurer dug, up.aectlon IS of BaXMngers cade referred to, and as a result ot the eoeSlet between the two acts Assistant Attorney-General Ross was called, la. Mr. Ross la now derrlng Into the matter to determine It there Is any way to get the money out ot the treasury. As an 'offhand opinion he has Informed the Auditor that there is nothing (n the law thai author izes hist, to draw a warrant upon the State Treasurer upon such rcqulsltiona, and be has also likewise Informed the Auditor that he does not believe section IS ofBal linger! code has been repealed by the St. Louis Fair act. As these -opinions are only offhand, a further loosing up of authorities-arid ex amination of statutes may end in the Attorney-General reaching a different con clusion or finding some way In which the requisitions' may be paid. In the mean time all St- Louis commission expenses are held up. STICKEEN RIVER CHART. Taken Prom Russian . Archives to Cse In Alaskan Dispute. NEW YORK. April 13. The attitude of the. American Embassy at St. Petersburg shows clearly that the chart ot the Stick een River -Is considered an Important wea pon In the settlement ot the Alaska bound ary dispute, cables the London . .corre spondent of the Tribune. This- chart was made by an officer commissioned by the .Russian Government previous, to the transfer of Alaska to the United States, and deposited at the Russian Admiralty, where It has remained ever since. At the same time -of -the transfer a copy ot this chart was, given to the United States Government, and. Just lately the American Embassy at St. Petersburg has been ask ing for another one. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent In the Russian capital says that a copy ot the original chart, signed and certified as a true copy, has been handed to the United States Ambassador, and Is now on the way to Washington, THE DAY'S DEATH ROLL. Henry L. Merrick. Xevrspaper Man. WASHINGTON. April IS. Henry L. Merrick, editorial writer and paragrapher on the staff of the Washington Post, died here tonight. Mr. Merrick was the son of Charles R. Merrick, and was bom at Xenla, O.. Janu ary JS.-1K3. and educated there. He had been an editorial writer on the Washing ton Post since 1SS3. and has also contrib uted to other newspapers and to the magazines. Major Cram, Blind Lsrvryer. Dead. DUBUQUE. la, April 14 Major Dewitt C. Cram, blind Assistant United Statee District Attorney, died today. He was well known in the Northwest, Peruvian Bishop Dead. NEW YORK. April IS. The Heath of Monslgnor Sales Soto, Bishop of Huarez. at Lima, Peru, -u announced In a. dispatch to the Herald from -that city. Baehop Soto was one of the most distinguished of the Peruvian clergy. Riots Lead to Martial Law. MADRID. April 18. Martial law has been proclaimed at Cordova In conse quence of the rioting agricultural labor ers who are on. strike there. The rioters compelled the shopkeepers to close' their stores. Several couislona took place be tween the rioters and the authorities. The latter eventually quelled the disturbances. Will Send Skeletons to Spain. MADRID. April 18. Premier SUvela says It has been decided that the skeletons found In the hull of the Spanish cruiser Maria Christina, sunk by Admiral Dewey In Manila Bay, shall Be brought to Spain for lnterment-. Dnteh, Lockont Is Ended. Amsterdam. April IS. The Transporta tion Employers' Association has Issued a notice that the lock-out declared at the time of the recent strike ends- on Monday. ILL 90 TO KIEL European Squadron to Visit Germany. WHEN WEATHER GROWS MOT Germans Have Misunder stood Action of Navy. M000Y ANXIOUS TO PLEASE Plana for JCortU Atlantic Maneuvers Wonldt-Bc 'Dersutited by XcliMJo" KleLaaaUEvsuia' Ship la Out of Condition. Kiel, where the German naval review la to be held dorlnr the- Summer, la the nest Important naval harbor of Germany, and th alte of the principal German navy-yard, docks and arsenal. It Is tne eaiet tnwn of th Province of Schleswlg-liolsteln. Prussia, 68 miles northeast ot Hamburg, and has grown rapidly since- the completion ot tha ship canal from th Baltic, cn which It fronts, to th Xorth Sea. The' fort and Its approaches are strongly fortified, the land defenses consisting ot 11 torts, which completely encircle tt- The only drawback to the harbor la that It Is frozen tn Winter. Tb city cat back to th 10th cen tury, and was a member of the Han seatlo League of Tree Ports. WASHINGTON. April IS. From tha highest official quarters It Is 1 earn ed that the criticisms In a few German newspa pers directed against a supposed declina tion ot the Navy Department here to send an American naval squadron to Klc this Summer are based" upon a complete mis understanding ot the situation.- The facta are explained as follows: No set and formal invitation from tha German. ttnverrimeiit-.t0 send tin. Am erica n squadron to' Kiel was ever offered. But through semi-official channels Intimations did reach Washington that the German Emperor would be pleased to have tha North American Squadron stop at Kiel during the naval demonstration. Falling that. It was in the same Informal way suggested that when Admiral Evans rc-t tired from his command In Asia and start ed to return to the United States on his battleship Kentucky the Emperor, who was well acquainted with him. would be glad to have him touch at some German seaport. Secretary Moody Is extremely desirous ot doing anything within reason to show the warmth of the friendship which he cher ishes toward Germany, 'and the President and Secretary Hay have tho same dispo sition. They have resolved to miss no op portunity to reciprocate the many kindly expressions of regard for America that have come directly from Emperor William. But circumstances conspired to make It impossible to meet either of the hints thrown out from Germany. First, as to the North Atlantic Squad ron, the General Board here had planned an extensive scheme of maneuvers and drillwork, which had advanced so far to ward execution that the results of the failure to complete It would have been disastrous to discipline. As to Admiral Evans' invitation, it was decided that the Kentucky, having been In semi-tropical waters for a long time, and having before her a voyage of nearly 18.000 miles, would not have been in condition when she arrived at Gibraltar, going westward, to be diverted from her straight course to Northern Europe. She would certainly not have been an attractive ship to inspect at that stage. But the United States Navy Is not to bo unrepresented at Kiel. Following the cus tom, when the warm weather begins in the Mediterranean, the European Squad ron will begin slowly to work northward, and It Is calculated that It will arrive at Kiel In time to take Its proper place In tha celebration. This can be done and will bo done without undue interference with the routine movements of the European Squadron, and attention Is directed to the fact that this Is the same squadron which Is under orders to be at Marseilles when President Loubet returns from Africa. While the Navy Department Is desirous of showing the greatest courtesy toward President Loubet and the power he repre sents. It is only fair. In view of the Ger man conception on the subject, to point out that, being only a few hours sail dis tant from Marseilles, a failure on the part of the American Squadron to greet the returning President would have been lit tle less than a gross discourtesy. GEIUIA5S DRAW CONTRAST. Between Readiness to Honor Loubet And Refusal ot Kiel Invitation. BERLIN. April IS. The' German press does cot distinguish between the visit of the United States European Squadron to Marseilles and the programme planned for the United etates North Atlantic Squad ron, on behalf of which the American Government declined an Invitation to visit Kiel during the coming regatta there. Therefore some wonder Is expressed as to why "special henors are shown the .French President by the American Navy, Imme diately following the refusal of the Ger man Emperor's request." One or two pa pers express themselves bitterly on the subject, and say the Germans "do not miss much In not having a sight pt tha American ships."