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TTTE -MORNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1900. WORKING ALL WINTER rxosriDCTraa ax mixing xx cafe Reported Yield of Several of the Claims Worked n Cold Weather Bis Stories Coming. SEATTLE, Feb. .-wplr8 and pr.ate lettota, oatod December , received lure from Cap Nome via Daweon yes terday say that considerable prospecting was to be carried on this -winter. 3suvy nuners have an idea that at sad below iow -water mark the riohost eaad -will be found Therefore, a aeon as the ice was oid.y frosen to the bottom of the shore tk-.y were to begin prospecting e solve a much--vexed question as to toe origin of the gOid in. the beach sands. Prospecting In Ike tundra warrant the belief that it is impregnated wit geld much in the same manner as the beach. Tundra prospecting, the advices say, had not been carried on extensively, w tLg to tb difflctrity encountered in stak i,ig to bedrock o account of water. The ground freezes to as. unknown depth, the same as in the Klondike, and if it should pru? rich an area of country will be de- v ped that wtU be greater than a score of Klondike rolled into one. From what had aJr-ad been dene, it was said to be reportable to predict that the tundra wouxd prove very rich. Big prospects -had be.n tound in dosens of places, right f r rr t he grass roots, but the weather ir net ytt been sumctontly ooM enable beurock to be reached. .. rtrarj to the general opinion, it is be i d that the beach can be -worked the gn aiber part of the winter wMnout burning " as is done in the Upper Yu-k.- countrj The work will be slow, but tie iualit of the dirt, it is thought, will eiab'e fair wages to be made. Am il Creek is the Eldorado of 'Western Ax&ska, Claim No. 1 below has thus far proved to be the banner daiat, and is i owned by Japhet lAaderberg. The output lias bwn enormous, when H is considered VsaA it was worked but six weeks. From this claim $117.68 was cleaned up, while Discovery yieided 96890 in three weeks; X- 2 above. $S0Se&; No. 4, SSO.eQQ; No. a, $ 000, No. 6 was worked, but tfce pay screak was not located. No. 7, owned by Dr. Kittelsen, produced about $96,000; No 8 belonging to Price & Lane, $M,803; No 9 belonging to- the Swedish Mission. $68 000, No. M and 11, owned by C. D. Lane were worked- on. lays, and the Laplanders who worked them got for their sharr $60000 clear money. ik"rai quarts ledes have been locat ed along Anvil, one opposite No. 9, on the "'p-t limit, and another opposite No. 7, and it ie believed that a little deveiop- merit m o'-k will uncover the mother ledge. ar i if found, the output is sure to be erK"-mouF. ' her claims on trlbuteBles of Nome and Su ik Rivers have been prospected -to a limned extent. Enough heta been done, bowe-ior, to warrant the belief that the work of next summer will reveal BWora- d s and Bonansas by the ocose. F re destroyed the large store of the " h American Transnortation & Trad- 5rg company at Fort Yukon. January 8. A its valuable contents of provisions. d- roods household goods, furs and rything else in the hMtdteg- was de- ! etroj ed with it. COLLBXHC ATHLKTB6 MBET. Elect OflceN and Make Certain Changes in Regralatlena. SALEM, Or., Feb. 36. The reorent- I tla of the six colleges of Oregon included ir -no intercollegiate Amateur Athletic As c ailon UnlversUy of Oregon, Oregon .fifcrrunurai jouege, wtiuamette Univer- . Pacific Untventty. of Forest Qrove: ' ' w College, of Mewberg. and Oregon. fr tf Normal School, of Monmouth held ' . rmonious meeting m. the Y. M. C. A. ts in this city yesterday afternoon. T following new officers were efer-tod? Vr Mderit Otto Pickett. Pacific Collecra T-wttrg vice-president. C. M. Blshon. T t . rvitv of Oregon, Eugene; secretary, :Rsv Goodrich, Oregon Agricultural Col- l.ge (oralllB, treasurer, W. D. Clarke, 1 ifio University, Forest drove. The applications of Albany College and M urt Angel Academy for membership in ih Asoclation were read, and, upon a f being taken, were reiected. Ari amendment to the by-laws was pro P. d proMdlng that tbe mile walk be omitted from the list of events. The pro pi d amendment was disposed of by be li ' p aced on ille." This mode of dis I' lng of amendments excited consider tL goou-natured dtscueston, but became so popular that several proposed amend- ir rts were "placed on ille. n amendment providing that the recl tat i"i requirements of contestants be in cr asi d from five hours to twelve hours pe w i ok was adopted. This amendment wl ' take effect Februarj' lfi. 1ML A tot her amendment adopted provides tv . no competitor In the athletic con- tc s can be a member of two educational c itutions within three months of the i of the contest. This will take effect us Friday After the adjournment of "' a Athletic Association proper, the ex c ' e committee held a brief session and n in ted the following committee to ar v r. for the management of the next meet C. N. McArthur, University of ti J Davidson, Oregon State Nor- rr thool, Lepp Ken.worthy. Pacific Col- - A committee on medals was ap T e' a6 follows: W. D. Clarke, Pacific I "vitj J. Oeilagner, Oregon Agrl v, ; l.' College; R- P. Bonham, "VN'iUara e rnlverslty. Acw OrejcoH Inoerperatlens. T' r wly organised companies which h n t. d articles of incorporation in the r . f the Secretao' of State during the a -t viotk are as follows: I mk River Power Company; Ktam r 1 i v J3000, J. F. Ooetler. R. .. Mar I IV Henry; object, to operate an ight. power mud telephone plant i K i ah Falls. I Hlh Camp, No, X71; Woodmen of A rid Pleasant Hill, Lane County; . J tv McKomIo, W. F. Mooney, H. v v ' -. r managers. Trunk in Christian Chttroh, Lane Coun ?" J H Fergus, J. N. Dennis, 1 H aman K.'mc Mining Oamponr: Portland: ' -0" V A Knapn, WllUani Jenes. J. A - ranston u. ( tstu Mining Company; Snsapter: ? iw Arthur Phllbrtck. Bisgene A. Hlg g mp in (Varies H Chanoa. Amo-ican Dental Insurance Association; I' r .and mm. M A. Jones, A. H. Bal-.a-ri W S Murra o-peratlve Go.d Mining Company; i!oi 1'nion Coun SMI,M: H. A, Yove A E lanes Leroy D. "Walker. i-cratlve Gold Mining Company; F.mpNr $50,038; A Walker, A. K. Dag er AT Goes. Alaskan Bedrock Dredging Company; Pon ai d W60.OII; Charles W. KoMe, Fred A .Mt 1. O C. Riches. I Munra, A. M. M nro H A Keoler Txiv in Mining Deve'opment Oom pc TOstln. Wallowa County- $9809; j Mer8. ft. D. Moore. M'Ullam Cook. a Southeyi Railroad Company; p ' lsnd $.oh; K. K Lytle, May Bn rl. h H Moore; object to build' a r. . oad iron' The Dalies to Lakeview and a bra- rh line from Prtnevllle to Sisters. .f i' the Deschutes River, also to op-er-e a steamboat line between Celllo and or: .ind and Astoria. rra'emil Order of Reindeers of the t'rit Stat. Lehaaon. Linn Count)-; J3O0 S V BlodKtt. D. D. Shaw. G v. Kiev D T Petroe F. A. NlCkerson, M. P H gar F L Parrmh. TT. H Keehn. Jarol Am. C. TV Matthews, W. K. Har ?en This Is the supreme lodge, and Its officers rropos o organise subordinate 1 .dpe The of , arc known as supreme hiirh hlef vl v-( h f srratchom, takem. B-outer assist tu scou er, lookout and truftt 5u omental article were JUed by two con ipanies. The Investment Company" cba aged Its name to "The Tax-Title Com pan. r." The Equitable Savings &. Loan Asm teiatien, Portland, Increased its cap ital stock from n,5W,0CO0 to $3,000,000. numbering on the Santinm. W. M- Bushey, of Mehama, formerly Deputy Recorder of Marlon County, re ports that the soil In the Santiam region Is now In first-class condition for grain -sowing, and that the farmers in that -irtcinlty are putting In their spring crops. Mr. Sushey says there will be a great ;Wm in the lumbering Industry on the Lfentlasn this spring. The Curtlss Lum b -ta Company, which bought out several miUs, has enlarged the capacity of the lo' Santiam mill, at Mill City. The corn par V has received two dynamos, and, as soon as these and some other new ma chine fry can be placed In position, the mills will be started. The electric lights will enabld the company to employ two gangs of mel and run the mill day and night. The CtWllss Company has six donkey en gines hauling logs out of the woods, and In. abou a. month will have a train on the Corvallki & Eastern hauling logs from the Brelenbush country. The output of this mill, according to Mr. Bushey, will amount tc .more than a tralnload of lum ber a day. Pay TlVeir Dues to the Staie. Insurance companies have paid their State tax d-trlng the past tveek, as fol lows: Net receipts. Tax. Niagara Fire lbs. Co -$ 2.5S9 &) $ 51 78 Home Life Ins. Co 6,779 47 13o 59 London & LamJasKire Fire 29.715 57 594 31 Northern Assutiance Co.... 7,015 7S 140 32 N. Y. Plate Glate Ins. Co.. 92 19 1 51 BquKable Life Assurance , Society of the &. S C2.CC6 75 1253 34 Frankfort Marine, Accl- dent & Plate Cbass 8,435 50 1GS 71 "Wash. Life Inst Co 4,045 68 80 91 Lloyd's Plate Glass Ins. Co 863 55 17 27 siuslaw 'tiarBER. laxd. Cruisers Exnnii nins It Systemat ically, Sectiton by Section. GREENLEAF, tr., Feb. 22. Timber' cruisers, provided rtth official townshin plats from the Landl Office and employing local guides familiar with the region, have been exomlnlrBr every quarter sec itton of timbered Gktvcmment land here abouts. As no Indl tridual seeker for 160 acres would be likcty to so to the ex pense of suoh a thoi ough and widespread investigation, it is Inferred that some body wltfe capital lr tends to secure tim ber land in large quantities. On the western slor e of the CoastRange. in this vicinity, thtlre are some of the largest and most hea jrtly wooded tracts of Douglas fir known. The trees are thickly set, and many are e Ight feet In diameter, 309 feet tall and 100 feet to the first limb. Some have been mttasured that were 10 feet through and 310 feet high. Between this and the Coast Is what Is known as "the deadwood (ioimtry," which was stripped of Its foi'ests. in early days by a Are that swept from Coos Bay to the Columbia. In the timtbered belt between this strip and the suiiunlt settlers have homeateadied land oh ihe narrow bottoms along the creeScs principally, the greater part of which -was bat sparsely set with flr, and the bulk of the best timber land outside of rallnoad and school sections Is still open for location. The indications are that It will, not remain so much lon ger. Not only has the sawmill capacity and output of lumber on Siuslaw Bay been trebled or quadrupled within the past year, but purchases of plants have been me do and others etre under way that prom tee to repeat that operation once or twice within another tfelvemomth, and timber In the entire Siuolaw watershed, which until within a year has been little sought after, has taken a srudden boom. ROSEBURG RE CCDEXCE BURXED. Lobs, $2000 Wre.Blc of n. Southern Pacific Fntlglit Train. "ROSBBURG. Feb. 25. The residence of Mrs, Z. Ball was destroyed -by fire last night. The loss Is about $2000; insurance, $1700. Freight Train "Wrecked. The southbound freight train was wrecked this morning, at Isadora, seven cars being badly demolished. The passen ger train from Portlftnd was held here until 2:15 this afternoon, and transferred with the northbound tcalij at the wreck The track was cleared before 12 o'clock tonight. Xevr Washington In corporations. OLYMiPIA, Feb. 25. Tlie following arti cles of Incorporation havb been filed with the State Secretary during: the past week: Ben D'Or Mining Company, Seatfle, capital stock $100,000; Spotane Club, A. G. Avery, correspondent; Mineral Hill Min ing Company, Spokane, $1,500,000; Mc Pherson Post, No. 12, G. A. R. Hall Cor poration, Kahuna; Submarirle Gold Dredg ing Company, Spokane, ?100,iXW; Northern Transportation Company, Seattle, $25,000; Jim Hill Consolidated Gold Mining Com pany, Chesaw, Okanogan County, $200, 000; Dimock & Pendleton Company, Seat tle, $8000; Ladies' Relief Society of the City of "Walla Watta (supplexleatal); Co lumbia Hydraulic Mining Contpany, Seat tle, $1,000,000; Briny Deep Fish. Company, Fairhaven, $300; Lumml Indian Tlsh Com pany, Falrhaven, $300; Mineral Hill Min ing Company, Spokane, $1,500,0 k); Alaska Inter-Island Navigation Com pany, Seat tle, $16,000; Peninsular Investinent Com pany, Everett, $5000. Resolution by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company to construct a branch line from its main line at the forks of the Skyko mlsh River to Cody's Pass, in the Cas cade Range, a distance of about 2a miles, all In Snohomish Couroty. Died nt the Asylum. SALEM, Feb. 25. WilXam R Kayward, aged 1, died at the asylum today of con sumption. His parents reside at Cams, Clackamas County. Oregon Xotcts. A saw mill with 150,000 feet, dally capacHy k to be built at Coles station, on the Oregoa-CaHfornia State line. A commercial club (has 'bten organized at Vale, Malheur County, to prcmote the business Interests of tho cotimuaity. The rural delivery along" the Elgin branch shows a gain of over 50 per cent over the first few months of its existence, handling last month nearly 4000 pieces of mail. Henry Loretz delivered to MittSorn Bros, the other day 2100 pounds of bacon, says the Junction City Times. Farmers are getting ahead when they enn bring In a load that amounts to over $200. Baker C-ty will not be ..-wady to begin work on its new gravity' water system. for about three months, and for that period it has leased its water right to a Chinese miner at $200 pa- month. The Dalles business mett have guaran teed a loan of $20,000 to be made to J. M. Russell for two years at 6 per cent, in consideration of which he Is to establish a wool scouring mill there, -putting in $5004 in cash himself to start tho building. O. C. Applegate, the Indian agent at tho Klamath reservation, s considering the building of a portable saw mill for work on the reservation. i"hxsro is con siderable demand for lumber out there. and the magnificent forests at sugar and buH pine furnish an unllmltdl source of raw material to work up. W. "W. Crawford has been conducting some Interesting experiments with tele phones on his farm near Te-liman, says the Lebanon Express-Advance He at tached two instruments aftout 200 rods apart to the barb wire a: one of h's fences. &ad found that a conversation could be carried on through the instru ments without any trouble. The wire is stapled solid to posts eight feet apart. He says he thinks this experiment would bftee,ua1ty successful with the isstnxnents at a greater distance apart, lot he could not find a longer stretch ot barb wire In one plr WATIR FOR THE MINES ASSURED BY HEAVY PRECIPITAxiOX IX ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. Xcarly Three Inches of "Water in the Past Eight Days Snow in the Richer Altitudes. ASHLAND. Or., Feb. 25. It has been raining heavily and steadily In Ashland and vicinity all day, there having been .64 of an Inch precipitation during the last 10 hours, and It is still raining heav ily. This makes 2.75 inches of rainfall since the 18th Inst. The rain is a cold one with snow In the higher altitudes. Streams and creeks are rapidly rising, and an excellent supply of water for min ing and other purposes Is now assured. Further Brail Improvement. "Word reaches this City that the ran which now exists in the railway mall serv ice Detween Ashland and' Dunsmulr will be closed March 1, making a through service between Portland and San Fran cisco. This will require six more mail clerks on the run between San Fran cslco and Ashland, In addition to the five extra ones given places last Friday night on the run between Portland and Ash land, making In all 32 railway mall clerks running Into Ashland. DeBocst's Arm Broken. Joseph DeBoest, whose home Is In Port land, and whe has been engaged as a fireman on the Southern Pacific, running between this city and Dunsmulr. met with an accident at Slssons last night He was engaged in watering his engine when the chain of the tank broke, letting the pipe fall on bis left arm, which was frac tured. He was brought to this city, his injuries were attended to, and he left for his home in Portland on tonight's train. Panl'a Land Bill Favorably Reported "WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The Thomas Paul land bill has again been favorably reported in the Senate. This bill was In troduced this session by Senator Foster, and was also introduced In the House by Congressman Jones. It seeks to allow Thomas Paul, residing near Walla "Walla, to purchase a tract of land, upon which he settled early In the '60s, at $1 25 per acre. The Depantment of the Interior re ported adversely on the bill in tht Sen ate, but it was inferred that the depart ment's position practically meant that Mr. Paul should pay for his own improve ments, and the committee on lands in the upper house finallv agreed to report the bill favorably. The tract in question is consldere 6 worth from $3000 to S4000. Congressman Jones has introduced in the House -a bill authorizing the Secre tary of the Interior to sell to John G. Smith a quarter-section of land In town ship 8 north, range 35, east of the "Wil lamette meridian, being near "Walla "Walla. Republicans of "Whitman County. COLFAX, Feb. 25. The Republican County Central Committee met in Colfax yesterday, 41 precincts of the 57 In the County being represented. It was decided to hold primaries on March 10, and a County convention) for the selection of del egates to the State convention on March 22. The basis of representation Is so fixed that -tine convention will have a member ship of 141. It Is reported that a meeting will be held here next "Wednesday evening for the purpose of organizing a Republican Club. Faaroers were in tbe City from all parts of the County on Saturday. From many sources the statement came that fall sown grain has mot been in the least injured by the winter weather, and that the same thing is true of the orchards and meadows. Accident to Goldsborough. SEATTLE, Feb. 25. A builders' trial trip of the torpedo-boat-destroyer Golds borough today resulted In an accident, which will delay the final builders' test six weeks. "When off Al-Ki Point run ning at 30 knots, a rock-shaft arm broke, disabling one engine. A new forging must be made in the East. Captain Nich olson, of the trial board, says the damage can be repaired for about $600, and that the accident does not prove the boat's construction faulty. Cnttinff Affray at Senttle. SEATTLE, Feb. 25. As the result of a cutting affray which took place about 4 o'clock this morning, Charles Johnson, a teamster, lies dangerously and probably fatally wounded at Providence Hospital, and L. J. Barker, a painter, is locked up In the City Jail expecting almost hourly to be charged with murder. The trouble is said to have grown out of Johnson making a derogatory remark about Bark er's wife. Robbed of S180 in a Den. SEATTLE, Feb. 25. Charles Webb, who lives at 618 Jackson street, was struck on the head of a pistol and robbed of $180 In gold In tho Tenderloin district Satur day night. J. W. Wooden, a man with the appearance of a typical cowboy, has been arrested on suspicion. Fnsionists of Idaho. BLACKFOOT, Idaho. Feb. 25. The Dem ocratic, Silver-Republican and Populist committees met at-Idaho Falls yesterday and declared for a union of all silver forces In the State. "Washington Xotes. Ellensburg is soon to have a telephone exchange. George W. Hopp, of Tumwater, has been appointed postmaster at Cape York, Alas ka. Aberdeen, has declared war on hobos, and given them the alternative of going to work, going on the road or going to jail. The Spokane Sunday School Association is about to take a census of the city, to ascertain the number of children who' do not attend Sunday school. T. J. Tjossen & Son, whose flouring mill recontly burned near Ellensburg entailing a loss of $17,000, wdli rebuild, and expect to have the new mill in operation in June. John G. McMillan, a prominent citizen of Hoquiarn, and well known throughout the State, accidentally shot himself Friday night at Spokane, while showing a re volver to a friend. He died shortly after the accident. Tho smallpox epidemic in Spokane cost tho City treasury more than $4000 for the month ending February 15. One member of the Board of Health received $676 50 for "visits" to patients and $40S 66 of the money went to the ory-goodj store of which the mayor Is part owner. Stuck River farmers blew up a log jam that had dammed .ihe stream near its Junction with White River, and the water in the Stuck was lowered a foot. At the same time White River farrners were try ing more completely to obstruct the chan nel of the Stuck so as to get relief from flood on their own lands. Ground has been purchased and laid out by a floriculturist at Clo Elum, and hothouses will soon be erected, says the Ellensburg Localizer. This Industry Is to be carried on at Cle Elum as Puget Sound cannot furnish enough sunshine to supply, the demand made by the florjsts, for with out sunshine the flowers lack fragrance and rich coloring. It is alleged that the contractor who paved Riverside avenue In Spokane with asphalt a little more than a year ago, made about $16,000 Illegitimately by using sand as a filler instead of ground lime stone, as the specifications called for. It Is also alleged that the matter was brought to the attention of the City authorities at the time, but nothing was done to pre vent It. AW INHUMAN TARIFF. Av-ful Consequences Discernible in the Puerto Rico Bill. New York Evening Post. The htimane people of the United States cannot too soon be aroused to the fact that the republicans in congress are pro posing to commit, in the name of this na tion, an act of unparalleled and shameful cruelty. We refer to the bill taxing Puerto RIcan exports and Imports to the extent of 25 per cent of the Dlngley rates. There are strong reasons for thinking this bill unconstitutional. They are set forth in the minority report; and also in the indi vidual report of Mr. McCall, of Massa chusetts, a republican who has the cour age of his convictions, and, what his republican colleagues, apparently have not, a sense of humanity. But we do not now Insist upon the illegality of the meas ure. Chatham Indignantly cried In par liament: "I come not here armed at all points with law cases and acts of parlia ment, with the statute-bdok doubled down In dog-ears, to defend the cause of lib erty." So we say today, be the consti tutional right w.hat It may; let the su preme court reverse itself if it choose; rule out all questions of fiscal need and pol!cyk the fact remains that this pro posed legislation is so cruel, so heartless, so charged with disaster and starvation for 1,000,000 human beings, that to adopt It would entitle Spain or Russia or even Turkey to send missionaries to us. What are the facts? They are set forth in voluminous detail and with over whelming force In the reports of our own officials, Governor-General Davis, Consul Hanna, Secretary Root, Commis sioner Carroll, the president himself, have all shown how the Immediate necessities of Puerto Rico cry out for freedom of trade with this country. The inhabi tants had practically a free market In Spain and Cuba. - We destroyed that. Then we double-locked our own against them. The result is, as Secretary Root declared, that two crops of tobacco He rotting in the warehouses of Puerto Rico; trlat her coffee and her sugar are prac tically unsalable. This was true even be fore the hurricane of last August came to complete the ruin we had done our best to bring about by neglect. The hur ricane was "an act of God." What can we call our deliberate attempt to prevent the Puerto Ricans from living by honest labor but an act of the devil? The tax on their exports Is flagrant enough; but to make them pay one-quarter the Dlngley rates on tho necessaries of life would argue a perfectly fiendish Ingenuity of malevolence. People do not generally understand this. The Dlngley schedule G, "Agricultural Products and Provisions," is a section full of "fake" duties, so far as we are concerned. These are the hoary old tariff taxes put in to fool the American farmer, and make him think that he, too, Is "protected." But every one knows that the high duties dangled before his innocent eyes are not operative. They do not affect the cost of the prime necessities in this country, for practically none are Imported. In Puerto Rico, however, these Dlngley duties would take effect in crushing fashion. The Isl and has long Imported a vast amount of food products, paying ror them with to bacco and coffee and sugar. Now the republican plan Is, on the one hand, to refuse the Puerto Ricans a market for what they raise, and, on the other, to tax them exorbitantly for the food they must have or starve. Take a few sample figures. Commis sioner Carroll returns the Puerto Rlcan imports of rice in 1897 at 77,994,122 pounds. Here is a necessity of life, now free. We propose to clap on 25 per cent of the Dlngley rate of 2 cents per pound. In other "Words, we prqpose to tax a ruined and starving people $3S9,CO0 on a single and necessary article of food! Did a Borgia or a Bajazet ever condemn his subjects to death with a more refined cruelty? The case will be very much the some with the other leading imports of. Puerto Rico kerosene oil, pork, lard. flour, flsh. Salt fish is taxed c a pound In the Dlngley tariff; flour, 25 per cent ad valorem; lard, 2 cents a pound. In other words, all these sleeping Dlngley duties on food, which are only a joke to us, are to be wakened by the bill before congress, and set to clutching the throats of the unhappy Puerto Ricans, whom we res cued from the tyranny of Spain in order to fling them Into the jaws of our Mo loch of protection. This, we say. Is an 'act of stark inhu manity, to which we do not believe the American people will ever consent. Cer tainly they will not If its monstrous na ture Is brought home to them. Why, we might as well turn our soldiers loose in the island to butcher the inhabitants, as to decree their death by act of con gress. When Russia annexed the Crimea in the last century, she put 30.C00 Tartars, men, women and children, to the sword Is our proposed course a whit less un feeling and bloody? Here are 900,000 fellow-men; If not fellow-citizens, they arc at least our subjects, as even the imperial ists must admit. Their lives and fortunes are in our hands. We propose to rob them of both. And the leaders in the crime are the senators from Connecticut the state of schools and universities and churches! That state has no more in habitants than Puerto Rico; yet its rep resentatives in congress, some of them lights in the religious world, coolly urge a bill to extinguish the right of nearly 1,000,000 men under our flag to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The whole thing seems a ghastly joke like Swift's proposed bill to kill and eat the babies in Ireland. But if this law Is pushed in dead earnest, there will be need of Swift's saeva lndlgnatio against Its authors and abettors. Is this to be a final demonstration of the Inhuman na ture of protection? When the McKinley tariff worked distress in Vienna, Its au thor exulted over the misery he had wrought Will he now sit Idly by, and see a protective tariff made an Instru ment of torture for men and women nnd children under the American flag? "We cannot believe It; nor can wo believe that the religious and educated opinion of this country will tolerate the crime which the republicans in congress are intending to commit In the name of protection. The American people are not cruel. They do not wa'nt the blood of Puerto Ricans or Cubans or Filipinos on their heads. But, if they would bo guiltless, they must lose not a moment in letting their elfl5h and besotted representatives at Washington know what thev think of this attempt to make the United States synonymous with greed and cruelty. Lessons of the Boer "War. BERLIN, Feb. 25. In German military circles It is believed that the lessons taught by the Boer war will make a large Increase necessary in the German cavalry, and will also lead to a thorough change of cavalry tactics, eliminating masse charges, of which Emperor William showed himself so fond at the recent army maneuvers. i o Memorial Sermon fox-HlsIiop Xewrann WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. At the Metro politan Methodist Episcopal Church to day. Bishop John F. Hurst preached a memorial sermon at a special service held in honor and remembrance of Bishop John P. Newman. The auditorium was well filled to the doors. President McKinley was an interested auditor. o Incendlnry Fire In Martinique. FORT DE 'FRANCE. Martinique. Feb. 25. Tho French cruiser Troudert arrived here yesterday from St. Pierre, and the French cruiser Suchet has arrived at Fort de France. An incendiary fire was kin dled at three points on the Perrinelle plan tation. In the outskirts of St. Pierre. to Soldiers' Bodies From Cnbn. NEW YORK, Feb. 25. The United States transport Sedgwick arrived this aftornoon from Cienfuegos and Havana, with 25 passengers .and 46 discharged sol diers. The Sedcwick also brousrht 56 sol- i dlers' bodies. PENSION CLAIM LAWYERS COMMISSIOXER REPLIES TO REPORT SET TO aiEMBEltS. Shows How the Attorneys Receive Pny for Service They Xevcr Per- "forru GUnnse Is Asked. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L The following report by Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans may prove of special interest to soldiers and their friends. The commis sioner's report grew out of a statement made by a Washington. City pension attor neyJohn W. Morris which he sent to senators and members of congress. When this statement was brought to the com missioner's attention he made the follow ing reply: "The amendment to the pension laws re ferred to by Mr. Morris is as follows: " 'Provided, that the commissioner of pensions shall furnish all necessary blanks to claimants, and that said commissioner may, in his discretion, refuse to pay the fee to attorney of record when he is satis fled that said attorney failed to prepare the case under his or her personal supervision, and did not discharge his full duty to claimant.' "It will be noted that the provision does not abolish pension attorneys, nor does It deprive any such attorney of the legal fees for any services rendered or to be ren dered by him personally. It merely au thorizes the commissioner of pensions to refuse to pay an attorney for services not performed by him, but by some one else; It is intended to secure for a claimant the benefit of the personal consideration and services of the attorney appointed to pros ecute tho claim. It vests the commlss'on ei of pensions with no more authority than ordinarily obtains in a tribunal with respect to attorneys practicing before it. "The object of the amendment Is to cor rect some of the abuses in the pension sys tem. Certain pension-claim attorneys, "with a view to Increasing their business, have flooded the country with advertise ments, purporting to give the law and practice of the bureau in the adjudication of pension claims, and soliciting all who believe that it is possible that they have any rights thereunder to file claims, ap pointing them to prosecute the same. These circulars and advertisements are often very skillfully worded, and, while they do not in terms misstate any law or ruling, yet are calculated to mislead and deceive those who' ace unfamiliar with the facts. The filing of a penlson claim is not at tended with any costs, save the execution of the papers, and the consequence is that the Pension Bureau has been inundated with claims many of which have no merit O claimant having beer. Induced to file a claim, makes the best effort he can to establish the same. He sees around him pensioners who appear to have no better title than himself (even though he may not believe that he is equitably entitled), and the attorney who induced him to make apllcatlon spurs him on at frequent intervals by circulars and letters, telling him that many others sim ilarly situated are receiving large pen sions, and that the Government is be coming more liberal every year. Some of these attorneys expend little time or en ergy in the actual prosecution of the case, their efforts being mainly directed to In ducing the claimants to procure more evidence, and in securing favorable action on the part of this bureau, upon that al ready filed. In furthering the latter ob ject, members of Congress were solicited by them to urge action upon so many pension claims that It was found neces sary to establish additional rules of prac tice, making it improper for them to do so in any case, under penalty of disbar ment. "Again, these attorneys employ sub agents who for a portion of the attorney fee supplement the work performed by the claimant and his comrades, and se cure such other testimony as is necessary to establish the case. These subagents are not required to be admitted to practice as attorneys before the bureau, and the of fice has. therefore, no control over them. Many of them are men of a low order of intelligence and are unscrupulous. The papers prepared by them are unworthy of credence, but a pension claim is adjudi cated upon the ex parte testimony filed therein, and all evidence Is presumed to be valid, unless Its invalidity is made ap parent in the adjudication of tho claim. When the case is established, although It bo clear by an examination of the papers that the attorney of record has performed none of the services for which he wa3 employed (save the furnishing of blank forms of affidavit to claimants, and fre quent calls upon this bureau for action), the Commissioner of Pensions has no dis cretion but to pay him tbe legal fee, rang ing from -$2 to $25. "Some of the consequences of this state of affairs are: "1. A great many claims without merit are admitted and a great many of those claimants who have no title under the law believe themselves to be discriminated against and deprived of pensions granted to others no more entitled than them selves. "2. The pension system as established by Congress and administered by this bureau Is not property understood or com prehended by the mass of the people. "3. Many persons are procured to ex pend time and money in the vain hope of securing a bounty from this Government, while others who receive such bounty are Induced to pay attorney fees to some one who has not performed the services for which he was employed. "Except so far as a claimant needs as sistance to secure and prepare the evi dence In his cose, the appointment of on attorney Is nqt necessary to secure the adjudication of a pension claim. The Government does not occupy the legal status of a defendant-at-law. Every op portunity is given to a claimant or his attorney to establish the case, the only object of this bureau being to arrive at the actual truth. It is patent that the Pension Bureau is in a better position to know thft status of a claim and the evi dence necessary to establish It than any attorney can be, and is better able to aa vlso the claimant as to what should be done, than his attorney, who from lack or knowledge, or unfamlliarity with the facts in thetcase, or inattention, or all three causes, is often of vecy little advantage to a claimant and sometimes a decided detriment. At every stage in the prose cution of a claim, this bureau does and will furnish information as to just what evidence Is necessary to complete it, and I am sure that no argument is needed to convince you that the pension laws are executed by this bureau with a view to securing for those designated by law the bounty provided by the Government. It Is, therefore, apparent that, provided the claimant can secure the preparation of affidavits setting forth the facts In his case, he needs no attorney. If his case is a good one; but a doubtful claim or one without merit can be and -often is ad vanced by an unscrupulous attorney or his subagent" In summing up tho case on behalf of the Pension Bureau, Mr. Evans offers some of Mr. Morris' letters soliciting business as a pension attorney. Plates for German Xavy. BERLIN, Feb. 25. Admiral von Tirpltz, Secretary of the Admiralty, has informed the Reichstag budget committee that If the naval augmentation bill is adopted an order for steel plates to the value of 270,000.000 marks will go jointly to the Stumm. Bros, and to Herr Krupp. Herr Rlohter, the Radical leader, asserts that there will be a clear profit to the manu facturers of 176,000,000 marks. a Builcllnpr Strike Extended. CHICAGO, Feb. 25. The Building Ma terial Trades Council today decided to order that the delivary of brick from all yards In this County to buildings under construction by the United Contractors, where nonunion men were employed, mustr be stopped. This will make Idle 1039 brickraakers. The order extending the strike of the machinists to ether trades will call out at least 3000 others. NEUTRALIZATION OR PROTEC TION. View of a Recognized Anthority Sap- I ports the Administration. Written tor tbe New Tork Times by THeedere S. Wootety. ProfaeeK- of IateraaUosat Law, Yale University. We do not always realize the several distinct problems which are involved in building a ship canal across Central Amer ica. There Is first the physical, engineering, problem how to dig at least cost, with least rock and earth to move, with surest water supply, with least danger from floods, with best harbors, and with least loss of labor from climate. Then there Is the trade question. What route would best serve the commerce of the .worxl? We are apt to blink this, and to consider our own shores, our own con venience, merely. This is lawful, of course, but short-sighted, because we need the heaviest traffic possible to make it pay, and because if it falls to serve the world's commerce fitly another canal, over which we should have no control, would be en tirely possible In course of time. A third point to be considered is the con cession under which the work is carried on. For the conditions laid down by one state may be so much mora favorable than those of another as to more than make up for other disadvantages. And, finally, there Is the question of political status, for such a vast under taking Is quite beyond the capacity of any Central American Power. Sovereign rights, capital for the undertaking, and power to protect It, do not exist in the grasp of the same hand. A commission is now at work investigat ing the first problem here enumerated. If congress acts before Its report is made, such action would be wanting in respect to the president, and be likely to forfeit the confidence of the country. The question of trade convenience 13 one for experts. For sailing ships prevailing winds and currents must be reckoned with. For steam traffic time of transit through a Ion? canal, with many locks, may outweigh a shorter sea route. If we compare the treaty concession for the Nicaragua with that for the Panama canal, we shall find much similarity, but with one striking advantage in favor of the latter, viz., the right of the United States as a guarantor, not alone of neu trality, but of sovereignty. For, where both treaties grant the right of physical L protection, only one adds the privilege of maintaining the state sovereignty over the canalized territory upon the stability of which the safety of a canal mu3t large ly depend. As for tho political status of an Inter oceanlc canal, permit me to explain some what more fully what is commonly known as neutralization, a better term perhaps being internationalization. When a ship canal lies entirely within one state, and has been constructed by the agencies of that state, there Is exclu sive sovereignty over It; the interests of but one state are Involved. Thus Ger many can keep Russian warships out of the Kiel canal at pleasure. But when capital of one state is used to dig a ship canal in another, the right of protection must accompany the right of construction, lest the work should be the sport of local political Instability. More over, there is a third set of Interests in volved, namely,' those of all other commer cial powers. No state today can afford to, or will, permit Its trade to bq handi capped unnecessarily, or Its power in war to be limited by a treaty which gives a rival superior commercial or military privileges. The problem then 13 not simply to lay down such a status as will satisfy the sov ereign of the canal company and the sov ereign of the territory to- be canalised; It must also be acceptable to the trading powers of the world, for otherwise they would make remonstrance and trouble, not so much with the big United States, as for example, has been recently advocated with the smaller Nicaragua or United j in the treatment of measles and smallpox. States of Colombia. I Jean. Gaddesden cured the son of Bonry The status which is supposed to meet I, King of England, of smallpox by sor these various needs best Is one which will i rounding the Prince with scarlet, clothing secure entire freedom from all operations t him In scarlet as well as all his attond- oi war; mat is, neutralization, nan mis best be brought about and maintained by the action of only one of the powers Interested, or by the action of all of them. 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This draws te line accurately between tbe two policies. utranzatln and protection, the 3rst by r roe jomc acnon ot u muncme power. the second to be assured by a Ir.g e s.-ue. we ir me uaiieo scales are caned ,ip.,u to choose which of those two politics we shall adopt in the natter of a Central American canal. Tho essential difference between them Is that nndor a system of neutralization the canal would be opn o our enemy's warships as freely as to our own; while under a system of protection the. United States' must guard the canal, protect it from local disturbance and must hold it subject to tho attack of Its own future enemies, a vulnerable potat far from a natural base. For clearly the legal right to exclude our enemlon from using the canal Is useless anions wo have the power to prevent them from Mookad lng It or taking possession of tt. This seems a heavy price to pay for tho exclusive military use of tho canal, when the United States to a bolMgoront, ad only then If It Is strong enough to main tain this right. Moreover, it is altogether hkeiy that the other maritime powers would voto stteh an arrangement in aavajKo. To make it good, ton country would need both army and navy immoncory en larged. In actual warfare such oxotaotve sight would be a source of weaknoso in stand of strength, because it would have to bo do fended. , Our Interests are neutral and eonfiaer clal, rather than belligerent. The cer tainty of unobstructed traffic which a general guarantee affords is far more val uable than the Illusory hope of oxctnohra use In war, subject to attack. 'Such very briefly is the lino of argument In favor of Joint neutralization as atntrt single-handed protection. And our past history confirms Its fores. Wo have al ways contemplated tho noofcraltnatloa of any canal which should be dog; though oc casionally desiring to act as solo guaran tors, which is a contradiotioa in terms. In the Suez canal we sad a -rateable precedent. Until our military powor Is vastly Increased no other solution is prac ticable. That this view is shared by the administration is evident from a very re cent event. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty of UN pro vided for joint neutralization of a canal, but forbade exclusive control, together with fortifications anl colonization. Those prohibitions have been galling to both powers in the past; they have, on tbe other hand, restrained both. Now, old conditions are outgrown and tho time has come for an alteration of terms. This Secretary Hay has effected by a pew treaty just negotiated, which yields the prohibition of control, but retains the theory of joint guarantee of neutrality on the lines of the Sues canal Inter nationalization of 1888. 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