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SAN" FRANCISCO, Jan. 1L The steamer
Moana arrived today from Australia.
"When the steamer arrived off Honolulu
the quarant-ne officer went out to her In
a tug. He reported that there had been
three deahts In Honolulu from what was
supposed to be the plague, making IS
deaths in all. Every precaution was be
ing taken; houses In which anybody had
died were burned down; sewers were be
ing disinfected, and everything was being
done that Ingenuity could suggest to stop
the spread of the disease.
Portland Carrie- Will Register 3Inil
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The plan ot
having mall registered by carriers when
collected will be put in practical operation
January 15 In 60 cities. Among the cities
chosen are St. Louis. Denver and Portland,
Or. The service will be Inaugurated else
where when considered beneficial, upon
application of the local officials.
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The Lnwton Fund Grows.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1L Adjutant-General
Corbln has received altogether $72,990
lor the Lawton fund, $553 being T&celved
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MOODY'S WORK.
! NEW YORK, Jan. 1L For the purpose
of devising the best means of carrying on
the work of the late Dwlght Ii. Moody,
members of the committees from the
Bible House, Mount Hermon institute for
young men, and the seminary for young
women at Northfield, Mass., met here to
day. The meeting was in secret, and af
ter it was concluded, formal announce
ment was made that the work of Mr.
Moody would be continued under the form
of the Moody memorial endowment. It
was decided to Issue an appeal to the
i people to subscribe the ?S,003,000 required to
meet the expenses of the Institution. D.
McWilllams was selected as treasurer, and
the following were apopinted a committee
to invest the money as it Is subscribed:
William E. Dodge, James Talcott and
Morris K. Jessup. About 5125,000 Is an
nually required to maintain the work be-
, gun by Mr. Moody on the principles pur-
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Fire in Winnipeg.
' WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 11. Fire today
destroyed the Manitoba Produce Com
. pany's building and stock, involving a loss
' of $76,000; insurance, fiO,000.
PORTLAND
ANMNG BULL
Distributed to British Troops, for
Target Practice Only. .
SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION SCARCE
Renewed Complaints ot the Official
Censorship Official Dispatches
. Doctored Methnen's Recall.
LONDON, Jan. 12, 4 A M. Lee-Metford
cartridges are running short in the Brit
ish magazines, and, according to a semi
official report, the war office purposes to
fall back temporarily upon 100,000,000
"Mark IV" expanding bullets, most ot
which are already in storage in South
Africa. The war office, however, has Is
sued a strict order to the volunteers that
the B0 rounds of "Mark IV" given them
must be used in practice at home, none
being taken to South Africa.
After the public announcement that no
such bullet would be used In this war, Its
employment, the Daily Chronicle thinks,
would be a serious breach of faith, es
pecially as the British commanders have
complained that the Boers occasionally
Use such projectiles.
The newspapers were reconciled during
the early days of the war to cable cen
sorship, taking it for granted that full
narratives sent by mall would supply all
deficiencies. For some weeks however,
even the mall correspondence that has ar
rived In London has shown signs of habit
ual scissoring by the censor. Pages are
Tenumbered without chronological or log
ical connection, leaving the happenings
described quite unintelligible In many
cases. The editors, acting possibly m
concert, are laying these facts before the
public, and insisting that they be permit
ted to know and print the tacts.
The Dally Mall formally accuses the war
office of "doctoring" in the editing of of
ficial dispatches before their Issuance, and
cites particulars. The Dally Chronicle
avers that there1 seems to be an official
conspiracy against letting the truth be
'known. Although the number of deaths
from dysentery and enteric fever at Lady
smith has been published by the war of
fice, since Saturday's fight nothing has
been given out regarding the losses in
the engagements. The war office asserts
that It has nothing to give out.
Arm-chair critics, who, In the absence
of reportorial or official dispatches from
the seat of war, pour forth pages of con
jecture and opinion, conclude that not
much is to be expected from the British
hosts In South Africa until Lord Roberts
shall have had plenty of time to think and
fresh levies shall have arrived. Time is
working now for the Boers. Each day
makes more difficult the three beleagured
positions.
Although the war office declines to con
firm the report that Lord Methuen has
been recalled to England, Inquiries made
by a correspondent at Methuen's home,
in Wiltshire, have elicited the information
that when he. received ,hls wound his horse
threw him heavily and spinal and other
injuries supervened. -
The theory Is now advanced that the seiz
ures of the German mall steamers Herzog
and General, since released, were made on
purposely misleading Information sup
plied to British agents, the design being to
embroil Great Britain and Germany in a
quarrel.
IMPATIENCE IN ENGLAND.
Theories for the Inactivity of the
' British Forces.
LONDON, Jan. 11. Even the announce
ment of the arrival of Field Marshal Lord
Roberts and General Lord Kitchener at
Cape Town has failed to stem the grow
ing impatience of the country at the pro
longed Inactivity in the main British
camps and the entire absence of news
giving an adequate insight into the local
situation. The public and press being un
able to form any just judgment as to the
actual position of affairs, stories are rife
that the inaction is forced . on General
Buller owing to the exhaustion of re
serves of ammunition and there are even
wild rumors of a shell famine at home.
But not so much importance need be at
tached to these rumors. It is almost uni
versally assumed that with the landing
of Roberts and Kitchener a prompt re
turn will be made to the original plan
of campaign, namely, a great central ad
vance on Bloemfonteln, but the most Im
patient of enthulasts admit that Roberta
will be unable to move before the end
of the month.
There was a rumor current in the clubs
today that a battle was progressing at
Tugela river, but nothing could be ob
tained in corroboration of the report.
Plenty of Food In Lndysmith.
LONDON, Jan. 12. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Pietermaritzburg, dated
January 8, says:
"Private advices from Ladysmith, dated
January 2, say that rations of bread and
meat are plentiful, and the garrison has
not touched the 'bully' beef and biscuit
supplies. Luxuries are scarce in Lady
smith, but the hospitals are well supplied
with milk, and the horses are in good con
dition." Awaiting Roberts' Orders.
LONDON, Jan. 12. The Cape Town cor.
respondent of the Dally Mall, telegraph
ing Monday, says:
"The vanguard of the Sixth division Is
awaiting at Table bay until the arrival of
Lord Roberts.
"H. M. S.' Fearless seized the bark Ma
ria L., which arrived at Port Elizabeth
Saturday from the Argentine with sul
phur." Boers Anticipate Turning Movement.
LONDON, Jan. 12. The Standard has
the following dispatch, dated Monday,
from Frero camp:
"Our patrols have searched both flanks
of the Boer position. They found a large
camp five miles east of Colenso, evidently
in anticipation of a British attempt at a
turning movement."
Inspection of Travelers. -LORENZO
MARQUEZ, Jan. 11. Inspec
tion of travelers bound for the Transvaal
is revived under an eld law. No one will
be allowed to proceed unless he declares
before his consul that he has no intention
of fighting for the Boers.
Boer Recruits Intercepted.
LORENZO MARQUEZ, Jan. 11. Sev
eral Portuguese who were on the way to
join the Boers have been intercepted by
the frontier police. Nobody In future will
be allowed to pass the border without a
permit from the governor.
Transport Sails With Troops.
SOUTHAMPTON. Jan. 31. The Cunard
liner Umbria, which has been chartered
as a transport by the British government,
sailed this afternoon with 2200 soldiers
bound for South Africa.
The Losses at Lndysmith.
LONDON, Jan. 12. The Daily Mall says:
"We. learn that, n the attack on lady
smith last Saturday, January 6, the Brit
ish losses were 14 officers killed, 34 wound
ed and oyer 800 noncommissioned officers
and men killed and wounded. The Boor
losses, we hear, are estimated at between
2000 and 3000."
THE CAVITE CAMPAIGN.
Colonel Bullnrd Encountered the
Rebels Near Cnlamba.
MANILA, Jan. 11. Colonel Bullard,
with the Thirty-ninth Infantry, moving In
three columns from Calamba with two
guns, attacked 10 companies of insurgents,
strongly intrenched on the Santa Tomas
road. They resisted stubbornly, making
three stands.. Twenty-four of the rebels
were killed a$d 60 prisoners were taken.
The Filipinos retreated, carrying their
wounded toward Lake Taal. One Amcr
lean was killed and two officers slightly
wounded.
ESCAPED FROM THE FILDPINOS.
How Five Men, From the Urdaneta
Got Away From the Enemy.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 11. Advices
from Manila say that Benjamin J. Green,
coxswain, and George M. Powers, first
class apprentice, are the sole survivors, so
far as known, of the luckless gunboat
Urdaneta. The Urdaneta was taking
sounding near Orangl and went aground.
The natives, seeing what happened, sent
word to the Insurgent troops at Orangl,
and a strong force marched down quickly
through the woods and took positions on
both banks in the undergrowth. Suddenly
they opened fire on all sides of the little
vessel, wounding most of the crew at the
first volley. Lieutenant Wood, who was
in command, was wounded In three places
during the first few minutes. Seeing that
the vessel was doomed, he ordered that
the gig be lowered to make a dash down
stream, but the boat was riddled while
being lowered. By this time seven of the
crew were killed or disabled. Only Green,
Powers and three others remained active.
The insurgents, growing bolder, waded
into shallow water and overpowered them
by sheer force of numbers. A few days
later, when the Oregon was seen approach
ing,1 the men made a dash for liberty, but
they were recaptured and sentenced to
death for the attempt. The execution was
to take place at daylight, but during the
night they again escaped. Green and
Powers climbed into a tree, and hid in
the dense foliage at the top, while the
Filipinos searched the woods around them.
The other three Americans were probably
recaptured and killed. All that night they
could hear the Filipinos searching for
them, but next morning they went away.
After traveling two days without food,
they reached the coast and were taken on
board the Oregon.
THE MANILA RAILWAY.
Its Claim for a Guarantee of In
terest Disallowed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Acting Secre
tary Melklejohn, of the war department,
has denied the application of the Manila
Railway Company, Ltd., for payment
by the United States of Interest on the
capital invested in the railway owned and
operated by said company pursuant to a
guarantee of said Interest by the Spanish
government.
The company, which. Is a corporation"
organized under the laws of Great Britain,
obtained a concession from the Spanish
government for a railway from Manila
to Dagupan, in the island of Luzon, about
130 miles. By the terms of the concession,
the Spanish government guaranteed a re
turn of 8 per cent per annum upon the
capital invested in the railroad. The
claimants represent that the amount orig
inally Invested was $4,9G4,400, but the
amount was subsequently Increased, with
the concurrence of the Spanish authori
ties, to $5,535,700 89. The Spanish govern
ment, up to the time of the Spanish
American war, fulfilled its obligations un
der this contract by paying quarterly In
stallments of the subvention as they ac
crued, the amount varying with the" earn
ings of the railroad. The railroad com
pany contends that the United States, by
assuming sovereignty over the Philippines,
in accordance with the terms of tho treaty
of peace with Spain, became bound to re
spond to the obligations of the Spanish
government under said concession, and
should pay to It the amounts due on the
subvention which have accrued since the
date of the treaty of peace, aggregating
$237,068.
Cargo of Explosives.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. The steamships
India and Drummond, which will sail from
here for the Orient in the near future, will
each carry to Manila about 60 tons of
freight consigned by the government.
These shipments will include provisions,
blankets and supplies for the soldiers, and
116 tons qf high explosives, which are to
be placed ' in a specially constructed in
closure of the deck cf the India.
Movement of the Thomas.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 11. General
Shatter received a telegram from Naga
saki, today, sent by Major Hyde, quar
termaster of the Thomas, stating that the
body of General Henry W. Lawton is on
the transport, which is due in San Fran
cisco January 29. The body of Major
Logan is also on the transport.
Recruits for the Philippines.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. The United
States transport Tartar sailed for Manila
today, with 500 recruits, under command
of Colonel Freeman, and commissary
stores. She also carried 30 members of
the hospital corps from New York.
Animal Transport Sails.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. General Shaf
fer Informed the war department today
that the animal transport Aztec bas sailed
for the Philippines, by way ofHilo.
Monthly Statement of Exports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The monthly
statement of the exports of breadstuffs,
provisions, cotton and mineral oils from
the United States, and the' decrease, com
pared with December, 1S9S, Issued by the
bureau of statistics, shows the following:
Decrease
Breadstuffs 519,148,230
Cattle and hogs 2,011,776
Provisions 15,316,357
Cotton 12,831,110
Mineral oils 5,476,027
$12,500,000
233.C00
214.000
14,000,000
1.300,000
Increase.
The total is $67,783,500, as against $93.
494.S6S for December, 189S. For the 12
months, the exports amounted to $712,031,-;
vza as against $o?,;rao,iv. xor xa monins
of 1898.
General Maurey Dead.
PEORIA 111., Jan. 11. General Dabney
Herndon Maurey died today at the resi
dence of his son in this city. -General
Maurey was born In Fredericksburg, Va.,
May 21, 1822. Under tho administration
of President Cleveland, General Maurey
was envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to the United States of
Colombia.
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Tenth Cavalry at Galveston.
WASHINGTON, Jan. llThe quartermaster-general
'has been informed- that
the transport Kilpatrlck, with 'the Tenth
cavalry, has arrived at Galveston,
STATE LEYY6.3 MILL
Less Money to Be Provided
Than Last Year.
FIGURES OF PREVIOUS STATE LEVIES
How Taxable Valuations Have Run.
in Oregon for a Dozen. Years
Past Many Changes.
SALEM, .Jan. U. Governor Geer,f Secre
tary of State Dunbar and State Treasurer
Moore, acting jointly, today fixed the state
tax levy at 6.3 mills, which, upon a valu
ation of $120,282,879, will raise $757,782 13.
Last year the tax was 5.7 mills, and upon
taxable property valued at $133,533,577 the
sum of $761,143 39 was raised.
The higher levy this year was due to the
lower valuation and to several other
causes. First, under the act of the last
legislature abolishing the fee system, $55.
000 must be paid in salaries to the district
attorneys of the several districts. For
merly, these officials were paid mostly In
fees in the counties. Second, three Items
amounting to $45,000, which, on account of
press of business had been omitted from
the estimate made by tho old board last
year, had to be met. These were: Com
pensation for rejected Oregon volunteers,
$5000; replacing a building of the agricul
tural college, which had been destroyed
by fire, $25,000; to reimburse the commis
sion which represented Oregon at the
Omaha exposition, $15,000.
A noticeable feature of the levy is that
Multnomah county, by the reduction of
valuations, will pay $44,903 less than last
year, when It contributed $244,362.
The following table shows, first, the
gross valuation of all taxable property In
the -several counties of the state of Ore
gon, according to the certified copies of
the summary of the assessment roll of
each county for the year 1899 as finally
equalized by the county board of equali
zation and filed in the office of the secre
tary of state; second, tho total amount
of exemptions in each county as shown
by the aforesaid summaries; third, the
total taxable property In each county, as
showniby the aforesaid summaries; fourth,
the total amount of revenue to be raised
for the fiscal year ending December 31,
1900, for state purposes, which is not pro
vided for by special taxation and appor
tioned to each county of the state of Ore
gon, to bo levied and collected and paid
Into the state treasury by each of said
counties, being the resulting rate of tax
ation of 6.3 mills on the total taxable
property of the state ($120,282,879), required
to raise the sum of $757,782 13.
COUNTY
3
'TBairerx?;??...
Benton .....
Clackamas
Clatsop ....
Columbia...!
Coos
Crook
Curry ,
Douglas
Gilliam ...
Grant
Harney
Jackson
Josephine...
Klamath....
Lake
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marion
Morrow ....
Multnomah.
Polk...,
Sherman....
Tillamook...
Umatilla ..
Union
"Wallowa....
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhill
Total....
:
$128,373,108
Surplus Left on Hand.
Following is statement of the surplus
levied January 5, 1899, for estimated ap
propriations by the legislative assembly
of 1899, for which no appropriation was
made, and which consequently remains on
hand:
Insurance and maintenance of
pilot schooner, levied 1SS9, but
not appropriated $ 1,500 00
Conveying Insane, levied for In
1899, but not appropriated 14,000 00
Arrest and return of fugitives
from justice; $4000 levied for in
1899. but only $3500 approprl-
ated . BOO 00
Support of nonresident poor in
tho several counties; $4000 lev
led for in 1899, but only $3000
appropriated 1,000 00
Traveling expense, superintend
ent of public Instruction, de
ficiency, 1898; $175 41 levied for
in 1S99, but not appropriated. Ii5 41
Salary of prison Inspector; $500
levied for in 1899, but allowed
by law only $200 per annum
($400) 100 00
General expenses, etc., state re
form school, deficiency 1898;
$22S7 68 levied for in 1S99, but
only3 $2277 32 appropriated 10 36
Total surplus ? 17.285 77
Recapitulation.
Total appropriations for two
years, 1899-1900 $1,286,361 78
Total amount appropriated for
current expenses of Oregon
National Guard and for cur
rent expenses of the univer
sity of Oregon (act approved
Feb. 20, 1893, page 47, Laws of
1893) 60,000 00
Total amount appropriated for
"payment of rejected members
Oregon National Guard" (act
approved Oct. 12. 1S93, page 11,
Laws of 1898) ; "new buildings
for state agricultural college"
(act approved Oct. 12, 189S.
page 14, Laws of 1898); and
"repayment amount advanced
for tfflsplay at Transmisslssippl
International exposition" (act
approved Oct. 15, 1898, page 33.
Laws of 1898); omitted in levy
for 1S99 4O.000 00
Total' $1,391,36173
Amount of levy of
1899 ...-. $581,972 57
Am't levied for 1899
for which no appro-
prlationswere made
by legislative as-
sembly of 1899 17,285 77
Unexpended balances,
appropriations, 1897-
1898.. , 11,000 00
Excess of miscellane
ous receipts for 1899
($15,828 93) over esti-
mated levy ($8653 70) 7,175 23
Estimated rec'ts from
mlscellane's sources
for 1900 16,146 08-$ 633,579 65
Total amount of revenue to
be raised by taxation for
state purposes for the year
1900 $ 757,782 IS
Total of Summaries.
The total of the sunwnaries of the as
sessment rolls of the various counties of
the state ot Oregon for the year 1S99, as
filed In tho office of the secretary of state,
is as follows:
Number. Value.
Acres tillable land 2,740,105 $ 26.2S3.4C0
Acres nontlllable land.. 10,714,204 20,709.892
Improvements on deeded lands 7,163,93o
Acres wagon road lands 2-4,590 ?Mii
City and town lots 21.219,179
Improvements on city and town
lots 13,590,619
Improvements on lands not ,,.
deeded or patented ;;-" .JE'.SS
Miles railroad bed 1,837.57 &.340.460
Rolling stock 62i,5J2
Street railway bed .... 2o,3C5
Miles telegraph and tel
ephone fines .-. 3.642-nO 224,716
Steamboats, sailboats, station
ary engines, manufacturing- ,,
machinery 2,35,739
Merchandise and stock In trade 6,206,546
Farming Implements, wagons, -rA-
etc 1,587,505
Money I'SHill
Notes and accounts 652x235
Shares-of stock 14,095 972,7o0
Household furniture, watches,
jewelry, etc 3,12o,3o4
Horses and mules 162.802 2,478, i4
Cattle 379.250 4.S23.7S2
Sheep and goats 1,559,839 2,227,563
Swine A 80,234 163.1S6
Dogs . 3 SO
Gross value of all property.. $12S.373,108
Exemptions 8,020.2:9
Total net value $120,282,879
Comparative Statement.
Following Is a comparative statement
ot valuation of taxable property, tho rate
of the state levy and the state revenue
raised for each of the past 12 years:
Taxable Revenue
valuation. Rate of levy. raised.
1887 :$ 84.SS8.580 5 1-5 mills $ 551.420 62
1888 85,893,429 4 mills 343,573 71
1889 101.597.341 6 mills 609,534 04
1S90 114,077,788 4 12-35 mills 495,423 a2
1891 151,700,206 5 mills 758,500 29
1892...... 160,263.646 7 mills 1.121.84a 51
1893....!. 168,088,005 4 3-10 mills 722,732 29
1S94 150,399.383 3 mills 451.1981a
1895 144,445.426 4 8-10 milts 693.338 01
1896 143,176.971 4 mills 572.707 S3
1897... i.. 134,917,104 3 1-2 mills 472.209 86
1893 133,533,577 5 7-10 mills 761.141 39
Average 131,081,863 4.7369 mills 620,310 50
Highest valuation, 1893 $168,088,905
Lowest valuation, 18S7 S4.888,oS0
Highest rate of levy, 1892 .7 mills
Lowest rate of levy, 1S94 3 mills
Greatest am't of revenue-raised,
1892 $l,121,S4a 51
Lowest am't of revenue raised, ,,
1SSS 343,573 71.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC EARNINGS
Company In a Fair Way ot Paying
a Dividend on All Its Stock.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. The South
ern Pacific Company has Issued a state
ment showing the earnings of the com
pany for the month of November and for
the first five months of ;the present fiscal
year. The gros3 earnings for November
were $5,725,435, an increase of $761,976 over
the corresponding month of isas. 'i.ae
operating expenses were $3,447,358, an ln-
O
2
m
no?
O ".
si
3
tfl
2,885,795
2,794,020
4,714.406
2,678,347
1,550,335
2,905,186
1,818,630
621.502
4.546,615
1,100,095
1.0SL774
2.416,755
3,503,166
1,297.025
1,523,066
1,554,271
6,148,565
833.150
7.30S.93O
1.30S.431
8,698.500
1,357,034
32.063,266
4,795,320
1,477,203
1,401.201
7.355.6C2
4.071,204
1,235.818
3,366.257
3,633,220
931,606
5,391,753
110,005
168,748
34S.446
112,182
99.7S0
246,015
102.841
E9.0S9
488,925
94.731
90.421
82,975
131,400
147,720
45.093
88,654
789,625
71,309
5S2.830
120.15S
775.457
87,885
403,495
394.680
143.338
144,160
466,624
389.899
175,155
223,155
350.010
S5.929
471.4S5
i 2,775,790
2.625,272
4.367.960
2.566.165
1,450,545
2.659,171
1,715,789
562.413
4,057,690
1.005,364
991.253
2.333,780
3,371,766
1,149.305
1,477,973
1,465,617
5.35S.940
761,811
6.726.100
1.1SS.273
7,923,043
1,269,149
31,659,771
4,400.640
1.333.S65
1.257,041
6.8S9.038
3.6S1.305
1.C60.663
3.143,102
3.2SS.210
845,677
4,920,268
$ 17,487 43
16.539 21
27.518 15
16,163 84
9,133 43
16,752 7S
10.809 47
3.543 20
25,563 45
6,333 79
6.245 52
14.702 81
21.242 13
7,240 C2
9.311 23
9.233 29
33,761 32
4.799 60
42,374 43
7.4S6 12
49.915 17
7,995 64
199.456 56
27,724 03
8,403 35
7,919 26
43.400 94
23.192 22
6.6S2 18
19.S01 5
20.715 72
5,327 77
30.997 68
hrr
$ 8,090,229
$120,2S2,879
IJI,IO- J.J
crease of $261,369, and the net earnings
were $2,27S,077, an increase of $500,607.
For the period from July 1 to Novem
ber 30. tho gross earnings were $28,051,252,
an increase of $4,450,421 over the corre
sponding period of 1S9S. The operating ex
penses were S16,S49,995, an Increase of
$2,277,972, and tho net earnings were $11,-
201,995. an Increase of $2,172,449.
It Is stated in the general office of the
company that with a continuation of the
prosperity which the company is now
enjoying It will be able to pay an annual
dividend of 5 per cent on all of Its out
standing stock and have a comfortable
margin besides.
PROVIDING FOR ORE TRAFFIC
Hill Leases His Iron Land on the Dn
luth & Northern.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 11. J. J. Hill
has leased a large portion of his 5000 acres
of Iron ore land on the Duluth, Mississippi
& Northern, which road also belongs to
Mr. Hill. The Iron ore land Is leased to
Corrlgan & McKlnney. of Cleveland, who.
will mine the ore for snument. From,
this tract about 10,000,000 tons of oro havo
already been taken. These and other ore
properties, which are now being developed
on the Messaba range, will be tributary
to Hill's railroad, and he will handle an
enormous traffic during the coming year
In carrying the ore from the mines to tno
lakes. The large ore dock which Mr.
Hill Is having built at Allouez bay indi
cates that he is making plans, art least,
for a heavy business In the future, and it
is understood that a fleet of 20 regular
ore-carrying vessels will be added by him
next spring.
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Worlc on the New Bartle-Shipi.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Admiral H'ch
bom, chief of the bureau of construction
and repair, has made a report to the sec
retary of the navy showing that favorable
progress is being made on the vessels un
der construction for the navy. The battle-ship
Kearsarge is reported to be within
2 per cent of completion, and the battle
ship Kentucky within 3 per cent. Both
of these vessels are under construction at
Newport News. The other big battle-ships
nearing completion are: The Alabama, at
Cramp & Sons, 82 per cent; the Wisconsin,
at the Union Iron works, S4 per cent, and
ihe Illinois, at Newport News, 73 per cent.
Work has just started on the battle-ship
Missouri, at Newport News, while the
Maine, at Cramps & Sons, is less than
one-fifth completed, and the Ohio Is one
tenth completed.
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Smallpox in Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 11. The munici
pal building was quarantined today be
cause an applicant for charity was discov
ered to be afflicted with smallpox. In th-s.
building are located the two recorders'
courts, two police courts and various minor
offices. The bealth department took
charge of the vlctto.
Tongue Working to Have It Lo
cated in Portland.
SHAFROTH AIDS THE CAUSE
Bill "Was Finally Referred to a Spe
cial Committee Hoar and Settle
grew Are "Pals."
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL Representa
tive Tongue appeared before the commit
tee on coinage, weights and measures to
day, and spoke in behalf of his bill to es
tablish an assay office at Portland. Ho
pointed out that Portland is easily acces
sible to the miners of the Oregon gold
fields and Is also In a position to receive
a part of the gold coming down front
Alaska.
Representative Hill, of Connecticut, fol
lowed Mr. Tongue, and objected to tho
establishment of more assay offices, and
protested against the government paying
tho cost of transportation of bullion to tho
assay office.
Representative Shafroth, of Colorado,
championed the cause of the Portland
office, and made a strong defense of tho
government bearing the expense of trans
portation. He stated that the government
is badly in need of more assay offices, and
he would use his best efforts In behalf of
tho proposed office at Portland.
Mr. Tongue's bill was finally referred to
the special subcommittee, which wilt have
charge of all bills for assay offices. The
chairman of the committee thinks that,
while it Is evident more assay offices are
needed, very few will be authorized, and
those in the most needful localities.
A Dose of Allen.
Tho United States senate got a dose of
Allen today, and had an opportunity to
appreciate the calamity that befell the
country when this wrangling demagogue
was allowed to return to the senate. In
order to exploit himself upon the trust
question, he held up the census bill, and
proposed a most absurd proposition for the
Investigation of trusts by the census enu
merators and clerks of the census office.
Senator Carter punctured his propoaltloT
by pointing out that the class of men wn
are selected for the minor positions in th '
census are not the kind to investigate the
trust problem of the United States. AHea
was simply making campaign literature
for himself and Bryan in Nebraska.
Hoar and Pettigrew Work Together.
Hoar of Massachusetts and Petflgrev
of South Dakota are "pals" now. It ws i
not more than two years ago that tK
Massachusetts senator gave Pettigra
such a scoring as no other man has ev
received In the United States senate, ai I
the two became bitter enemies from tha
time on, but nowthelr mutual interest
In supporting Aguinaldo and the Stttpu
Insurrection make them comrades In th
senate. It is interesting to note that nea
ly all the attacks- on the admrolstratic i
and upon the Philippine policy come from
-Pettigrewrwho wasf ormerly ai rcptthMoan,
and from Hoar, who still holds allegianr
In the party. All the democrats seem to o
content to see these men fight the batt
of Aguinaldo and his Tagals la the United
States senate.
Opposition to the Canal.
While It Is known with absolute certain
ty that the opposition to tha Nicaragua
canal has been successful In preventir.-;
any action In congress, tho names of t!
opponents are known only by the vot-i
that have been cast upon the subject, ar .
these are only In the senate, as no vot
has ever been allowed In the house. It u
only within the last four or five years th .
a tremendous sentiment has been raise 1
in favor of the construction of the cana.
Up to the close of the 53d congress the. J
was no sentiment whatei'r In the Sou. i
In ravor of such a. canal; In ract, tr j
Southern members stood upon that eonsi.
tutlonal ground that the government oi
the United States had no authority toe
pend money for the building of any Im
provement outside of the United StaU.T
itself. The other proposition that tl -
United States should take stock In a Nica
ragua canal company was also held as ui -constitutional.
It was not until the publl
sentiment of the South became eduoate'l
to the fact that with the Nicaragua caiud
the people of that section would be able
to supply the Orient with their products,
that their representatives began to loesea
up their scruples upon the constitutional
aspects of the question, and a large pro
portion of them became wiling to vote for
any proposition for a canal, whether it
was for the government to take a suffi
cient amount of stock to bulkl it. or
whether It should appprlate money di
rectly for building It.3 .'
This sentiment having "QetHflfcreated It
the South and joined to tho sentiment
that had also been growing in the North,
made it postiiblo to pass the bill with a
good majority in both senate and house.
If a vote could have been taken in either
the 54th or 53th congress upon the direct
proposition, the Nicaragua canal bill would
have been passed and the work now In
progress. The senate did pass the bill in
these congresses, but a vote was never
allowed in the house in either session. It
is well understood who prevented thls-
Speaker Reed and the committee on rules,
who control the legislation of the house.
Speaker ITendersoniS;'Attitnde
To what extent SpeSsier Henderson,
when a member of the committee on rules
and a lieutenant of Speaker Reed, was
committed to the opposition, cannot be
definitely stated. Reed was sufficient to
control the committee, and the committee
to control the house. In the last congress
a canvass of the members showed that
there were at least 225 men out of 357
who wanted a Nicaragua canal bill. In
the senate there were but eight votes
against the bill. With all this preponder
ating sentiment in congress in favor of a
canal bill, the session came to an end
with only a provision for another commis
sion, which practically shelved the canal
for another two years, if not longer.
It was believed by many that when the
friends of the Nicaragua- canal had tha
bill attached to the river and harber bill, a
clear case of forcing the Issue might hava
brought about a favorable result. It might
have meant the defeat of the river and
harbor bill, and with it the defeat of a
number of other appropriation bills, forc
ing an extra session of congress last
March, or before June 30, the end of the
fiscal year.
Aside from the men whose known and
open hostility to the bill has been pro
claimed, there Is reason to believe that a
great many alleged friends ot the Nica
ragua canal are In a position where they
can assist materially in defeating It. It
is known that certain great railroad In
terests are against the building of the ca
naL It is believed that the projectors of
the canal to connect the Great Lakes
with the Atlantic ocean and the steam
ship and freight interests of the Great
Lakes themselves are opposing it. It la
known that such Interests have been pow
erful in preventing legislation In the past,
and it is no doubt true that the soma In
terests have had a. material Influence in
preventing the Nicaragua canal bill from
passing;
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