THE ttOUmNG OREGONIAN, JFRIDAY, MABOH 2, 1900.
TWO MARCH WHEAT SHIPS
BCTiMOXT AXD GULF STREAM ARE
HEADY FOR SEA.
The St. Irene Floated Tillamook
Sokooner Ashore Inverness-shlre
1b Trouble at Honolnlu.
The March grain fleet made a good
start yesterday, with a couple of car
goes. The Belmont was the first of the
pair to clear, and will leave down In the
morning with S9,759 bushels of wheat, val
ued at $49,500, shipped by the Portland
Flouring Mills Company. The Gulf
Stream, which will not leave before to
morrow, has on board 81,562 bushels of
wheat, valued at $45,500. She was loaded
by the Portland Grain Company, and
makes an even two dozen cargoes of
wheat that have been cleared from Port
land since January 1. Owing to the
scarcity of ships, the March fleet from
Portland will not be much larger than
that of February, although it Is possible
that Eome of the Honolulu vessels will
be along In time to figure in this month,
which has three days' advantage over the
one Just closed. There are but five ves
sels still unfinshed in the river, with the
exception of the Doyu Maru, which is
taking wheat for the Orient, and of the
five the Donna Franclsca is the nearest
to having her cargo completed.
ST. IREXEJ FLOATED.
Bis Liner Again In the Channel and
Car&o Reloaded.
The steamship St. .Irene, which went
aground Sunday, was floated Wednesday
night, and as soon as she was pulled
back into the channel, the work of re
loading commenced. As there is plenty
of water for her in the channel, all of
the cargo will be placed aboard again,
and she will go through to Astoria at
her original draft 23 feet. There Is a
disposition In certain quarters to lay un
due stress on this slight accident, al
though It is not at all different from
others which ore of almost dally occur
rence in some port in the world, regard
less of precautions. Here are a few that
the dally papers have mentioned during
the past six weeks:
British steamship Exmouth, from Phil
adelphia for Gibraltar, went aground
February i at Pea Patch Island, a few
miles below Philadelphia, and was obliged
to lighter 900 tons, and was delayed until
February 10.
British steamer Commonwealth (loaded
at Portland two years ago), grounded
Just below Pensacola, while en route for
Alexandria, and was not floated until a
week later.
British steamship Carlisle, from Phil
adelphia for Sllgo, while bound down the
river from Philadelphia, February 17,
grounded on Goose Island Bar, and was
still in the mud on the 19th.
British steamship Orcadian, from Phil
adelphia for Glasgow, ran aground on
Goose Island -bar February 1G, but got oft
the next day, with the aid of a tug.
British steamship Catania, from Ytloblle
for New York, stranded on the edge of
the channel a few miles below Mobile,
but was subsequently floated uninjured.
Gorman steamship Graf Waldersee,
grounded in the lower harbor at New
York February 17, and was not floated
until the 19th.
British steamship Quemmore, from Bal
timore for Liverpool, grounded February
13, at the junction of Cut-Off and Cralg
blll channels, but was floated at midnight
on the 14th.
British steamship Virginia, from Balti
more for St Thomas, grounded in Ches
apeake Bay on the 13th, but was floated,
and put into Norfolk for a survey.
British steamship Somerhlll, from Mo
bile for Sabine Pass, grounded near Mo
bile, and was floated oZ with a broken
shaft.
British steamship Goodwin, from Ta
coma for the Orient, grounded Just out
side of Tacoma harbor, and lay In a
perilous position all day. Was finally
towed off by three tugs, after lightering
several hundred tons of cargo.
It will be seen from this list of recent
disasters that no port of any promlnenco
in the world is free from accidents to
shipping. Tides, w lnds, currents, eddies.
Weight of the vessel and cargo, and so
many other conditions are to be consid
ered In handling vessels, that there wil
always be a certain percentage of acci
dents wherever ships are engaged. New
York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pensacola,
Mobile and Tacoma will not go out of
the shipping business because an occa
sional ship grounds near those ports, and
the slight accident to the St. Irene will
not prevent Portland's Oriental steam
hhlp traffic for 1900 exceeding that of any
previous year.
BLOWX TO SEA.
Portland-nonnd Vecl In Trouble at
Honolulu.
The big four-master Inverness-shire,
which Is under charter for March loading
at this port, had a lively experience In
Honolulu during a recent gale in the har
bor there, and her experience may de
lay her arrival at Portland. She was bal
lasted and ready to sail for Portland on
the 15th, except for lack of a crew, and
while lying outside the harbor a heavy
gale sprang up and she dragged her an
chor and -soon drifted out of sight. Cap
tain Peattle was on shore at the time
the vessel's plight was noticed, says a
Honolulu paper. The wind was blowing
so hard that it was considered dangerous
to attempt to go out to the vessel In a
small boat: but Captain Harry Evans,
with Captain Peattle and Captain Ren
nle and Pilot Saunders, went out with
the ship's captain and 15 men.
For a time it was thought that the men
had not reached the ship and were blown
to sea The tug Eleu started the next af
ternoon to the rescue of the men, who it
was feared had failed in their attempt to
reach the ship Inverness-shire: but just
as she got outside the harbor she met
the schooner Surprise towing Captain
Saunders' lifeboat, with news from tho
vessel whose drifting away had caused so
much trouble and uneasiness. Captain
Saunders reported that Captain Evans
and the men with him had reached tho
vessel and that they were In no danger.
Captain Saunders thinks that the Inverness-shire
will lose both her anchors
and about 180 fathoms of chain. He got
to the vessel with the pilot-boat some
time before the two shore boats complet
ed the dangerous trip. "There were no
sails set," be says, "and one of the crew
came to me and 6tated that he repre
sented the strikers and that low wages
was the cause of the trouble. We did
not ask them to work, but put the men
we brought with us on duty, trying to
hoist the anchors. The capstan broke
after we had been working for a time,
and we found It useless. We tried with
tackles, but could make no progress, and
at midnight pave up till morning. Next
morning, while we were still at it, the
schooner Surprise hove In sight and an
swered our signals. She towed the pilot
boat In. I think Captain Peattle will slip
both anchors, set sail and try to make
port again. How long it will take him
lopends on tho winds. I started at S
In the morning and got in about 4 In the
afternoon."
The Inverness-shlre was about 18 miles
south southwest when Captain Saunders
left her. She was in no danger, except
that of losing the anchors, and all on
board were well. The old crew, which
went on strike, is likely to make the ac
quaintance of the police as soon as the
ship gets In.
ANOTHER SCHOONER ASHORE.
Llllie and Mattlc In Trouble on Til
lamook Beach.
TILLAMOOK. Or., March L The lum
ber schooner Lillle and Mattie, from San
Francisco to load lumber at Pacific Mills,
went ashore about 300 yards from Bar
View after sailing in over tho bar. The
steamers Tillamook and Harrison tried
to get her off but did not succeed, and
she was driven farther on the beach
last night She has lost her rudder and
is filled with water.
TRANS-ATLAXTIC LIXB SOLD.
Leylaad Steamship Co. Taken Ovel
the Atlantic Transport Line.
NEW YORK, March L It has been per
sistently rumored In shipping circles
within the past three days, and as often
denied by the officials supposed to be most
interested, that the Leyland Steamship
Line, controlled by Frederick Leyland &
Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, has acquired abso
lute control of the Atlantic Transport
Company's New York-London line of
steamers, and will assume all the respon
sibility for those Interests May L
It was only a few years ago that the
Atlantic Transport Company took over
the entire interests of the Wilson-Fur-ness-Leyland
Line, running between New
York and London, and Its fleet now con
sists largely of the steamships then pur
chased. The rumor that the business is to
revert back to the original owners Is In
explicable to shipping men, who expected
that the Atlantic Transport line would
absorb the projected Leyland line, which
is to run between Liverpool and New
York. It is rumored now that negotia
tions for the absorption of the Atlantic
Transport Line by the Leylands have been
pending since the latter decided to come
to New York.
Colonel Bernard M. Baker, president of
the Atlantic Transport Company, who has
been in Europe for several weeks, is said
to be on his way here now with the con
tract for the purchase of his company's
interests. P. F. S. Franklin, general
manager of the Atlantic Transport L'.ne,
and Passenger Agent Gibson, of the Ley
land Line, denied absolutely that there
was any truth in the rumors of a deal
between the two companies.
WHERE IS THE FEARLESS t
No Trace of the Tag: Which Mysteri
ously Disappeared.
Captain C W. Weir, who bas been drag
ging the Columbia River near Rooster
Rock In search of the missing tug Fear
less, Is at a loss to decide whether tho
vessel has floated down the river or sunk
where she was anchored and abandoned
during the cold snap about two weeks
ago. At that time one of the tug's pipes
became frozen and rendered her helpless,
and her crew, consisting of captain,
mate and engineer, left her anchored In
the stream while they went for material
for repairs. When they returned next
day the tug had disappeared. The Fear
less was a stout little steamer of 10 tons
burden, and was owned Jay George L. Kiss,
of Portland. The river is 40 feet deep at
the point of her disappearance.
Arrival of the Breconshire.
TACOMA, Wash., March L The steam
ship Breconshire arrived tonight from
Yokohama, with 2000 tons of Oriental
goods, part of which is silk and tea. She
unloaded 90 Chinese passengers at Vic
toria, and brought three Japanese pas
sengers to Tacoma.
Captain Elliott reports a stormy trip,
the ship encountering stromj easterly
winds all the way. The work of unload
ing the Breconshire will commence early
tomorrow, and she will carry away all
the freight she has room for, and will
then be replaced at the dock by the Sikh,
which is due now at any time.
German Battle-Ship Afrronnd.
BERLIN, March L Dispatches from
Kiel say the German battle-ship Sachsen
was stranded yesterday off Buelk, near
the Kiel lighthouse, during a fog. Hopes
are entertained that the vessel will float
at high tide.
BERLIN, March L A dispatch from
Kiel announces that the Sachsen has been
refloated.
First Ship to Siberia.
TACOMA, March L The whaleback In
verness, which took on a big lot of flour
for shipment to Port Arthur yesterday, is
the flrst ship of a regular line that is to
operate between Puget Sound and Siberian
ports. The service for the present will be
one ship every 40 days, but when the rail
road across Siberia Is completed It Is pro
posed to have a ship on the Sound every
20 days.
Tvro Vessels Clear.
ASTORIA, March L At the custom
house today the three-masted schooner W.
F. Jewett and the steam schooner Slgna.
cleared for San Francisco with cargoes of
lumber from the Knappton mills. The
cargo of the former consists of 615,000 feet,
while the latter has 410,000 feet
Lake Navigation Open.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., March L
Navigation to Chicago opened today.
There are five steamers each day to and
from Chicago.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, March L Arrived at 10:50 and
left up at 12:30 Steamer Columbia, from
San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Geo. W.
Elder, for San Francisco: steamer Signal
and schooner W. F. Jewett, for San Fran
cisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.
Rough; wind northwest; weather hazy.
San Francisco, March L Sailed Schoon
er Monterey, for Coos Bay. Arrived
Steamer Areata, from Coos Bay. Ar
rived February 28 Steamer Coqu.lle River.
Arrived March 1 Steamer Progreso, from
Tacoma; steamer State of California, from
Portland. Sailed Steamer Icarua, for
Esqulmalt; steamer Manauense, for Na
nalmo; steamer Dalneyvostok, for Hong
Kong, via Tacoma; steamer Thomas, for
Manila; brig Galilee, for Tahiti.
Port Townsend, March 1. Arrived Ship
May Flint, from Hong Kong; ship John
A. Brlggs. from Port Blakeley. for Phila
delphia. Sailed February 2S-Chilean bark
Temuco, for Africa.
Port Gamble Arrived February 2S
Barkentlne Klickitat, from Port Town
send. Yokohama Sailed February 13 British
steamer Sikh, for Tacoma.
Cardiff Arrived February 2S British
ship Arracan. from Tacoma.
Plymouth, March L Arrived Graf Wal
dersee. from New York, and proceeded
for Hamburg.
New York, March L Arrived Kaiser
Wllhelm II. from Naples.
London, March L Arrived Montcalm,
from New York.
Antwerp, March L Arrived Switzer
land, from Philadelphia.
Bremen. March L Arrived Lahn, from
New York.
Naples, March L Arrived Trave, from
New York for Genoa.
Southampton, March L Sailed Kaiser
Wilhelm der Groase. from Bremen for
New York, via Cherbourg.
Naples, March L Sailed Fuerst Bis
marck, from Genoa for New York.
Liverpool, March L Sailed Irishman,
for Boston.
Cherbour j, March L Sailed Kaiser Wil
helm de Grosse, from Bremen, for New
York.
New York, March L Arrived Saale,
from Bremen.
Spoken.
January 18, latitude 29 south, longitude
14 west, British ship Ivcrna, from New
castle, England, for Santa Rosllla.
Gems Have Orsrnnic Life.
Philadelphia Press.
Scientists frequently remind us that gems
possess life organic life. Everybody
knows that opals and pearls grow dull
when worn by Invalids, and It has been
lately proved that rubles and the turquoise
show the same sens-blllty. Pearls are
most delicate, and lose color and brilliancy
and actually die. Rings and pins should
not be worn by Invalids, because the In
visible emanations of disease penetrate the
microscopic Interstices of the gem and
kill Its life.
TO CURE A COLD IX OXE DAY.
TaVe Laxative Brcmo Quinine Tablets. All drug
clstd refund the money It It fails to cure. E. W.
Grove's signature la oa eech box. 25c
THE BRITISH ARTILLERY
VARIOUS GUNS AND PROJECTILES
USED IX SOUTH AFRICA.
All Batteries Are Now Being: Con-
verted Into Sir George Clarke's
Quick-Firing; System.
The artillery arm of the English army is
playing an important part in the opera
tions in South Africa. In a recent report
It was noted that, although many men and
many pieces of the various types had al
ready been transported to the field of ac
tivity, additional shipments of men and
pieces would be necessary to carry out the
plans of the English commanding officers.
All the batteries in the British army,
horse and field, are being converted into a
quick-firing system. The method was de
vised by Sir George Clarke, and has as its
TWELVE-INCH QUICK-FIRING NAVAL FIELD GUN.
main object checking the recoil. The car
riages made after his p:ans have been built
at the Woolwich arsenal, says the New
York Tribune, and suns from these shops.
as well as from the Armstrong and the !
Vickers establishments, have been hurried
to the front
The artillery arm of the service con
tained in January, 199, 34.S04 "effectives."
Of this force there were stationed in the
colonies 534 officers and men attached to
the field artillery. 191 officers and men of
the mounted artillery, and 7262 who came
under the head of garrison artillery. About
300 of the force was stationed in Egypt
and the rest were at home. Since that
time the drafts on the home body have
been exhaustive, and at last accounts the
British forces had the following pieces
of artillery in active service at the front:
Thirty-six siege guns, 38 naval guns, 36
howitzers, 54 batteries of horse artillery,
and 234 field guns.
Tho 4.7 qulck-flring guns, mounted on
FIVE-INCH BREECHLOADING HOWITZER.
Captain Percy Scott's ingenious carriage
Is a naval gun. The carriage was made
out of heavy beams bolted together. The
gun is a long-range one, and flres a pro
jectile weighing 45 pounds, the chief kinds
used being shrapnel and common shell.
When common shell Is used. It may be
filled with either powder or lyddite. The
peculiarity of the explosion of lyddite is
that the blast Is of equal magnitude in all
directions. The cartridges used In connec
tion with these guns are brass caps, filled
with cordite, which Is smokeless.
The six-inch howitzer flres heavy pro
jectiles at low velocity, giving them a steep
angle of descent and greater effect on
bursting. Shots from these pieces have
what is known among artillery experts as
"searching effect." The projectiles are
dropped behind cover which they could
not penetrate.
Of tho 12-Inch quick-firing naval guns,
there are a number in the land service.
4.7-IXCH aUICK-FIRIXG NAVAL
The one shown in the cut Is drawn by a
detachment of bluejackets, by whom It is
manipulated. These guns are rapid and
accurate. The principal projectile used Is
shrapnel, similar to the five-Inch shrapnel.
Shrapnel differs from the common shell
in that It contains a bursting charge, which
becomes Ignited In flight by means of a
time fuse, and balls of mixed metal, which
are scattered over a large area, like drops
of water from the spout of a watering pot
Common shell, on the other hand, has a
fuse which causes it to burst on impact,
and contains no balls. Shrapnel Is essen
tially a man-killing projectile, while com
mon shell is used to destroy earthworks,
material, etc.
Another formidable WkApon is the flve
Inch breechloader for firing common shell.
These are like the guns used by the Boers.
The height of the gun above the platform
admits of a high parapet which protects
the gun detachment It may be used for
firing shrapnel or common shell.
When the Boers made their attack on
FIVE-IXCH BREECHLOADER
Ladysmlth In November with their 40
poundcrs, they were silenced by the 4.7
inch naval guns brought up from Durban,
which fired lyddite shells.
Somers a Poor Investment.
NEW YORK, March L A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Secretary Long has reports from the
Board of Inspection and Survey stating
that the torpedo-boat Somers is in many
respects unsatisfactory. The Somers was
able to make only 17 knots, and the trial
showed that she was unfit for sea service.
The board suggests that the vessel be
used for harbor defense, and states that
she is not worth any great expenditure of
money.
The Somers was purchased on March 25,
1S38, of the Schichau works, Elblng, Ger
many, for $72,597. It was reported the
Spanish Government was negotiating for
her purchase, and to prevent her from
passing Into the possession of the Madrid
Government, the American naval attache
was authorized to pay the price asked by
the Schichau works.
THE PLAGUE IN HAWAII.
Report of the Situation at XCobb
lul. ,
WASHINGTON, March L Two reports
bearing on the plague situation in the Ha
waiian Islands have been received by the
Marino Hospital Service from Dr. Car
mlchael, the surgeon in charge- at Hono
lulu. They are dated February 13.
Regarding the appearance of the plague
at Kahulul, on the Island of Maul, the
doctor says three undoubted and two sus-
plcious cases were reported to the Board
of Health at Honolulu, and an examina
tion showed them to be the disease of a
malignant character. Seven cases in all
were reported from January 30 to Febru
ary U, all occurring iiv the Chinese quar
ter and traced to a store where Chinese
foodstuffs. Imported from the Orient, via
Honolulu, were sold. The town was at
once surrounded by a cordon, the Chinese
quarter destroyed by flre, and the bodies of
those dead of plague burned. The situation
Is well in hand, and the disease, the doc
tor says, may not spread.
There are several large BUgar planta
tions near Kahulul, and It Is impossible
to say how much Intercourse there Is be
tween them and the town. Owing to the
condition of affairs at Hon61ulu, vessels
from the mainland have been loading su
gar for United States ports at Kahulul,
and the following vessels departed on the
dates stated: February 1, the Lurllne, for
San Francisco; the Viking, from Haugua,
for San Francisco; February 9. the Ed
ward May, from Kihel. for San Francisco,
via Makawell; February 9, the Eva, from
Kihel, for San Francisco, via Haugua;
February 11, the Mary Winkelmann, from
Kahulul, to San Francisco.
Haugua is about 40 miles from Kahulul,
and Kihel, 12 miles distant No note rela
tive to the plague or suspicious cases was
made on tho bill of health by tho Con
sular Agent at Kahulul prior to February
10. There are no means of docking ships
at Kahulul, and sugar Is loaded by light
ers. If possible, arrangements will be
made for its shipment outside of the in
fected district
In Honolulu, the doctor says, one case
has been recorded since the date of his last
report, that of a Chinese child on the
11th Inst, from the southwest part of the
city. Hartman, the white man on whom
the anti-plague serum was used, is recov
ering. It has also been used with good re-
GU X OX IMPROVISED CARRIAGE.
suits In the case of Armstrong Smith, a
volunteer nurse, whose Illness was locked
upon as suspicious. Dr. Carmlchael says
the facilities for disinfection of baggage
at Honolulu are inadequate. AH the bag
gage, however. Including hand baggage,
has been sprayed with the 40 per cent
solution of formaline, the contents of
bunks, ets., being sprayed In layers and
then closed up at least six hours.
No passengers but first-cabin passen
gers have shipped from Honolulu since
tho plague was announced on December 12
last, and they are obliged to report to the
United States Consulate for 15 days prior
to their departure. Their residence in the
City is recorded, and they are rejected If
from any suspicious locality. There is no
available place In Honolulu for a deten
tion, hotel, where all intending passengers
could be confined for tho time required,
and In its absence the plan outlined above
was adopted. Only the local boat between
Honolulu and San Francisco of tho Oce
anic Steamship Company has taken pas-
OX OVERBAXK CARRIAGE.
sengers from Honolulu since" the plague
was reported, with one exception, the
Gaelic, from Honolulu to San Francisco
on December 12.
BnrRlnry This Morning-.
The residence of William Anderson, 99C
East Sixth street was burglarized this
morning, about 1:30. The thieves entered
by a rear window, and did not disturb the
family until they were departing. A gold
watch and $21 In money were taken. The
police were notified immediately, and are
working on tho case -
EXCITED MUCH INTEREST
DEBATE OX PUERTO RICAN CONSTI
TUTIONAL QUESTION.
Refreshing- Independence of Some of
tho Zacrabcra of Con press General
Politics of the Session.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The first time
in many years when a constitutional ques
tion has really become interesting wa3
during the debate that has been going on
in the House, and has continued in the
Senate, upon tho right of the United States
to govern tho Colonies as such. Usually
a constitutional debate Interests only the
lawyers of congress. Upon the subject
of the islands ceded from Spain, this de
bate was of such far-reaching import
ance and the belief being general that not
only was the constitutional question In
volved, bqt also a great deal relating to
politics which made it all the more inter
esting. Tho fact that the President was
on one sldo and tho Republican leaders
on another, made it a rather curious
spectacle, especially as It was the flrst
time on any great question that the Re
publican President and the Republicans
of tho House and Senate havo not been
in entire sympathy and accord. This,
with the far-reaching consequences of the
legislation, mado the debates very inter
esting, not only to members of both
Houses, but to such spectators as could
get into the galleries.
An Interesting: Session.
Although ex-Representative Dockery, of
Missouri, and a candidate for Governor
of that State, had said that tho people
were not taking any Interest in this Con
gress, it must bo said Uiat there is a great
deal of material interest taking place here.
Not only has the House and Senate had
under consideration the great financial
bill, and tho big constitutional question
above referred to, but besides these there
havo been many questions of Intense in
terest Outside of tho Senate proper and
before committees havo been the Quay,
CJark and Scott contest cases, the Clark
case being of intense interest to every
body here, and, .judging from what is said
about it in the papers, it Is of considerable
interest to the people. Before tho differ
ent committees of the House, there have
beon several important events, notably
tho Investigation into the Idaho riots and
polygamy, while both House and Senate
have had hearings upon the ship subsidy
bill, all of which have attracted attention
far and wide. Mr. Dockery was very'
much mistaken when he said the people
were taking no Interest in this Congress,
because when the results are known it
will be found that this has been the most
interesting Congress for many years. Of
course, tho war Congress was of tremen
dous importance, and Its acts left the
present Congress with many important
questions to settle, which must interest
tho people who read or pay any attention
to Governmental affairs.
Independent Littlefleld.
A thoroughly independent member of
Congress Is something novel and decid
edly refreshing, for It has been some time
since any such, save for Speaker Reed,
have been known to assert themselves.
But Representative Littlefleld has proven
himself to be a fearless, aggressive and
free-thinking member, and as such has
won the admiration and plaudits of his
colleagues, even though they do not agree
with his stand on many questions. A new
member, he has not a peer as a legal de
bater in the House. As a speaker of sin
cerity, earnestness and force, he stands to
day without an equal. But aside from his
ability, his nerve, his self-possession and
his ready wit, make him an object of
fear, and he is really held In awe by his
adversaries on the floor of the House. Dur
ing his recent speech on the Puerto RIcan
bill ho repeatedly attacked and denounced
the floor leader, Representative Payne, and
in no uncertain terms, calling the gentleman
by name, that there might be no mistake.
He hurled many darts at the brilliant gen
tleman from Ohio, General Grosvenor, who
Is generally conceded to be able to take
care of himself, but even he was not in
clined to tackle the giant from the "back
woods of Maine." Mr. Littlefleld de
nounced methods that appealed to him aa
imprudent, and denounced leaders who fol
lowed such methods, even though he might
be endangering his own chances of secur
ing personal favors In the House.
One From the "West.
But while Representative Littlefleld has
taken this bold and defiant stand, there
are others who are just as firm, a very
few, among them being Representative
Cushman, of Washington. Mr. Cushman,
after looking into the question very thor
oughly, concluded that we had a perfect
constitutional right to levy a tariff on
Puerto RIcan goods, but he doubted the
wisdom of taking such a step. He so an
nounced his Inclinations, and was soon
beset by pleadings, which were followed by
threats. But he stood firm. One member
of the ways and means committee came
to him one day, and said: "Cushman, you
don't want to vote against this party meas
ure, drawn up by the Republicans, and
reported by the ways and means commit
tee." "Well," said he, in reply, "I will bo
frank with you. I am as good a Repub
lican as you or any 9ther member of the
committee. You claim that this is a Re
publican party measure. I dispute that
What makes It a party measure? Here
the chairman of the ways and means
committee Introduces a free-trade bill, and
then, after confering with his colleagues.
. reverses himself, and reports this tariff
bill. And yet you havo the nerve to ask
good Republicans to follow Implicitly the
lead of such a man. I tell you now that
if you gentlemen on the ways and means
committee would consult more fully with
the Republicans of the House before you
make these 'party reports, you would
havo less talking, coaxing and driving to
do after the reports are made. I was
never consulted about this bill, and, being
a Republican, I disapprove of It The
President is as good a Republican as you,
if not better, and he opposes it I think 1
am doing right In opposing It and you
can't convince me that that bill Is properly
a Republican party measure. If it were,
and I had been consulted beforehand, I
might give you some encouragement But
under the circumstances, and believing as
I do, I must decline to yield."
No LenslnE: Legislation.
At tho beginning of the session a num
ber of bills were Introduced providing for
leasing the public domain for grazing pur
poses. The various bills contained varied
provisions, but at the tlmo they were
drawn tho various authors announced that
they had no Intention of prefixing them to
passage at this session, but rather to bring
the subject before Congress and before
the people. These bill? had no reference
whatever to leasing the grazing lands
within the forest reservations, which will
require special leglslat'on, and until such
legislation Is passed the grazing question
a3 applied to the forest reservations will
rest entirely with the Secretary or the
Interior. Every member from the West
ern States has received hundreds of letters
on this grazing question, some for a leas
ing system and others against It The
contention Is made that a leasing system
will soon throw the lands into the hands
of corporations and In other ways work
to the detriment of the settler. The au
thors of the bills, however, assert that
nothing Is further from their Intention, and
that they will first of all seek to protect
the settler. But this free discussion Is just
what was sought, and If by the time Con
gress convenes next winter the people
nave arrayed themselves either for oi
against the leasing system, some action
will likely bo had on one or more of the
pending bills. It can safely be said, how
ever, that no leasing legislation will be
had at this session.
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about tho building of a Pacific cable, but
rthe action of the House committee which
decided against government ownership
brings out an issue which will cause a
great deal of debate. It Is believed that
the Senate !s In favor of government own
ership, and it Ik known that the Admin
istration, through the Secretary of the
Navy and Secretary of War, has advo
cated the cable construction and owner
ship by the United States. This Is be
lieved to be Impracticable by a great
many members of both Houses, and while
there Is a distinct inclination among
some members not to do anything in the
way of a Government subsidy. The
rlvarly between the routes is also likely
to cause more or less trouble, as friends
of the route from Washington, as well aa
that from San 'Francisco, are contending
for the privilege of laying the cable. As
a matter of fact, It does not make much
difference where the cable starts from.
The mere construction of a cable station
and the landing cuts very little figure. The
telegraphic system of the entire United
States will be In communication with It,
no matter where it starts from, and the
one question to be considered Is whether
the cable should 'be laid out around by
way of Alaska or should It reach the pos
sessions of the United States by Hawaii,
Guam and the Philippines, although the
latter route will be more expensive. One
of the prime necessities for the cable Is a
communication with Hawaii, and In times
of war cable communication with Guam
will also be necessary. Possibly a route
from some point in Southern California
will be found better than from San Fran
cisco.
They Tallc Politic.
If any one doubts that the President of
the United States is a good politician they
ought to be around and hear some of the
political advice ho gives those who call
upon him during these days when the pres
idential campaign Is about beginning. But,
more than that, he knows how to get the
views and ideas from every man in pol
itics, and there Is scarcely an evening now
that one or mora Senators or prominent
politicians outside of Washington do not
give the President their views. Of course
he talks a great deal with Senator Hanna,
but ho relies also upon the advice of Fair
banks of Indiana, Spooner of Wisconsin
and Allison of Iowa. Among those who
are regarded as very close to the presi
dent, and whose views and advice are often
sought are Scott and Elklns, of West Vir
ginia, both of whom have had very hard
fights In their state, and who keep In close
touch with what Is going on In this doubt
ful burder State. As to the situation in
the West, or particularly Indiana and Il
linois, Senator Fairbanks Is relied upon,
as he Is regarded by the President and by
nearly all who have come to know him well
as one of the coming leaders of the Re
publican party. It Is generally believed
that from the time the campaign actively
begins until it ends the President
will have a great deal to say, and will at
all times be in touch with everything that
is transpiring in all parts of the country.
PORTLAND'S BOYS.
Snail They Have a Itesort Like the
"Xoon Rest" for Girls?
PORTLAND, Feb. 23. (To tho Editor.)
Though a "shut-In" at a home for the
sick, I ask space In your paper for a
few words on tho interesting subject of
Portland's boys the working boy, and tho
boy who does not work; the newsboy, the
bootblack and the almost countless boys
who work in factory and stores.
During the past few months It has been
my privilege to work In the Third-Street
Mission, and I have met and talked with
a great, many bojs during that time. We
have there a boys' reading-room, where
books and papers and games are on the
tables for the use of boys alone, and
there are a great many boys of the North
End who use this room dally. Also there
Is a Boys' Brigade, which meets and
drills once a week at the mission. It Is
made up of boys who mostly belong to
tho mission Sunday schooL This Is well,
as far as It goes; so are the efforts of
tho management of the "Newsboys Union"
and tho Y. M. C. A. classes for boys; but
these institutions, helpful as they are.
do not begin to fill the need and require
ments of Portland's working boys. Many
of these lads live far out from the busi
ness center of the city. They come to
work every morning with the little cold
lunch mother puts up for the noon meal.
Not a few of them attend some night
school, and bring along a little extra bite,
so they won't have to go way out homo
before the evening class, for not many
of the working-boys can afford car fare.
The W. C. T. U. has taken steps to open
a place, "Noon Rest," where the wsrking
girl can take her lunch basket, go to a
restful place, and for 5 cents get a warm
plate of soup or cup of something warm
to go with the cold lunch. They have
books and papers and comfortable places
to rest during the rest of the noon hour,
and I am thankful this Is so; but Port
land's working boys have no such place
as this, nor will tney ever have such a
place until the people who are able, and
who are truly Interested In the best inter
ests of tho city will wake up and say:
"Wo must and "will look out for our
boys."
Moro than once this wirier, in my
rounds in the North End and along the
water front I have seen from six to ten
boys in one dark hallway, all of them
under 14 years of age, all s'noklng, and
most of them chewing tobacco, quite often
In company with some grown brute of a
hobo, who, with all the means at his
command, would be sowing the seeds of
ruin and destruction in the minds of these
boys. Our boys! What are .ve going to
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boy, just stop a moment and ask
yourself, Was the dear old father or
mother at fault, and to blame because I
slipped away from homo for hours every
day, with an excuse of selling papers ot
hunting a job or something else, and went
to tho dogs with a lot of other fellows of
my age? What mother can keep track
of her boy when that boy leaves home to
go to work before daylight begins, and
does not return until nightfall?
Mr. Moody picked up out of tho streets
of Chicago, 15 of the toughest boys ho
could find, for hi3 first Sunday school
class, and tho greater part of. that class
today are the foremost business men and
statesmen in the state of Illinois. Port
land has Just as bright boys as Chicago
ever had, and all they want is a chance
to prove it I make an earnest appeal to
tho grown-up boys of Portland to start the
ball rolling, that will end in at least a
"noon rest" for the working boys some
where in tho business part of tho city,
where they can come in their working
clothes, and feel that it is home to them.
and that the city and people of Portland
has use for them. Above all, let all who
love law and order put down such hobos
and rounders as lurk in so many out-of-the-way
places in the City to snare the
boys whom it Is our duty to protect. Let
each of us feel that the responsibility
rests not alono upon tho parents of tha
boys, but upon every mother's son of us,
and much good will come of it
W. E. WARDEN.
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