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wwm VOL. XL. NO. 12,246. PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAECH 13, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTa ANY STYLE. 1 ANY SIZE. ANY QUANTITY. MACKINTOSHES. RUBBER AND OIL CLOTHING Goodyear Rubber Company Rubber Boots and Shoes. Bdtinf, Packing and Host. Larcest and most complete assortment of all kinds of Rubber Goods. F. H. PEASE. Vice. Pro. and Manager 73 and 75 first St. Portland, Or. THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF Photographic Goods In the City at Retail and Wholesale. Newest, Best and Up-to-Date Goods Only. Agents for Volgtlaender Colllnear Lenses. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO., 144-148 Fourth St, Hear Morrison Fufs! Fufs! Fufs! Manufacturers of Exclusive Novelties in Fine Furs, ALASKA OUTFITS In Fur Robes, Fur Overcoats, Caps, Gloves, Moccasins, etc. Highest price paid for Raw Furs. G. P. Rummelin & Sons, AT STEYN'S CAPITAL General French's Cavalry Ar rives at Bloemfontein. HAD A -FIGHT WITH THE BOERS Lord Roberts Outwitted the Dntca by Marching ob the City From the South. LONDON, March 13, 10 A. M. The "War Office has received a dispatch from Lord Roberts announcing- that, alter a tight with the Boers, General French occupied two hills close to the station commanding- Bloemfontein. havo asked the British Government, through the United States, the condition It -would accept for the opening of nego tiations on the basis of the Independence of the Republics. "President Kruger Is alleged to have said that he would accept mediation, but the United States Government, In trans mitting this communication, took care to declare that It did not assume the re sponsibility for the Initiative In media tion." The London correspondent of the Matin says: "I learn that United States Ambassador Choate-received last evening a long and Important cable from the United States relative to South Africa, which he will communicate today to Lord Salisbury." lOrecon Phoae Main 401. 126 SECOND ST., near Washington. Established 187a HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets . .. PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Cheelc Restaurant Connected With Hotel. Single rooms 75c to 5L50 per day Double rooms $1.00 to $2.00 per day POULTRY NETTING AT LOW PRICES BANK AND OFFICE RAILING WIRE AND IRON FENCING nrwrvri i Mr wnnr c innM liinnir For public buildings, rCSi- rUKILANU WlRC ft IKUIl YYUKItt dences, cemetery lots, etc -.. , . . . c. . All kinds of wre work. 7th and Aider btreets The Stain Arniy Following. LONDON, March 13, 10:05 A. M. The War Office has received the following ad ditional dispatch from Lord Roberts at Venter's Vleit: "Our march was again unopposed. "Vc are now about 18 miles from Bloemfon tein. The cavalry division is astride the railway sir miles south of Bloemfontein. There are 321 men wounded. About 00 or 70 men wer6 killed or are missing." KRUGER'S PEACE PROPOSALS. Correspondence "Will Be Presented, to Parliament Today. LONDON, March 12. In the House of Commons today, Mr. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury and Government leader, replying to a question as to j whether, consistently with public Inter ests, he could state the essential condi tions on which alone the Government would entertain peace proposals from the South African Republic, promised that papers In this connection would shortly be presented to the House of Commons CONFLICT OF OPINION Republican Senators Cannot Agree on Puerto Rico. MANY WANT NO CHANGE IN STATUS J.F.DAVIES, Prcs. C T. BELCHER, Sec. and Trcas. St. Charles Hotel 4 American and European Plan. CO (INCORPORATED). -FROST APm-MQgglSON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON - -v-aii' i MWm Am'crlcanT plan $1.25. 51.50. $1.75 'European plan "50c, 75c, 31.09 JEFF C. TAYLOR , White and Blue Star A high-grade Kentucky whisky. You will like it. rLfot!SBaUoTNORS BLUMAUER & HOCH HO Fourth St WE CARRYJSJ NOIBATORS AND BROODERS Also a full line of other supplies for poultry-keepers. Portland Seed Company CORNER ALDER AND FRONT STREETS THIS WEEK is $40 Better Ones at $50, $60, $75 and $100 Runabouts .'. from $60 to $250 POLITICAL ASPCCT OP THE 1VAR- Bxcept In Case of Germany Europe's. Attitude Is Unknown. LONDON, March 13, 4:0 A. M. Lord Roberts 1b making a very rapid advance and he Is again misleading the Boers by continuing the advance southward instead of through the flat country duo east of Aasvogel Kop. He will probably seize the railway south of Bloemfontein, and, al though another battle Is possible. It is more likely that the Boers are only endeavoring to delay his advance until all the rolling stock of the railway and the stores and troops from the Orange River district can be gotten away. Such confidence Is now felt in the mili tary operations that Interest rather cen ters In the political aspects of the war. The Daily News quotes Whltcliw Reld as saying in a private letter: "I give you hearty congratulations on the changed as pect of the war. It is an immense relief to us all, as well as to you." "This view," says the Dally News, "la welcome, as expressing with an unusual measure of authority enlightened public feoling In the United States." Except in the case of Germany, the replies of the powers to tho Boer appeals for intervention are not yet known pub licly here, but it Is quite certain that Austria-Hungary and Italy will decline to Interfere, and there Is no apprehension that anything will come of the overtures of the two Republics, Fo raker Threatened to Introduce a Substitute Bill For Territory Gov ernment and. Free Trade. "WASHINGTON, March 12. The Senate chamber and adjoining rooms today were the scene of a conflict of opinion which found no place in the Congressional Rec ord. The basis of the disagreement was Senator Forakers bill providing a form of government for Puerto Rico, and only Republican Senators participated In It. The controversy grew out of the efforts to have the bill amended. There are some Senators who hold that legislation for Puerto Rico, for the pres- channel. As nothing of the kind has been done, no notice can be taken of the Sena torial action. It appears that Lard Salis bury has thus far devoted no attention, to the matter. The United States charge d'affaires here, Henry White, had an (Interview with Lord Salisbury today, but as far as the Asso ciated Press Is able to ascertain, the Nicaragua Canal matter was not dis cussed. Under the circumstances It Is difficult to say definitely what the probable attitude of Great Britain Is on this ques tion; but the indications point to the fact that the adoption of the Senate's amend men wlll result In Great Britain's refusal further to consider any modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. DEATH IN A FIRE TRAP. SIMON STANDS OUT WillNot Support Tariff Against Puerto Rico. IS USING INFLUENCE WITH OTHERS Fourteen Persons Perished in a New ark Tenement. NEWARK, N. J., March 12. Fourteen persons lost their lives, two persons were seriously Injured and many others slight ly burned In a fire In Newark this morn ing. The firemen, after the flames had been subdued, took 13 bodies from the ruins, and while they were thus engaged another victim of the fire died In the City As for Competition, He Says, the Island's Industries Are a Drop in the Bucket. "WASHINGTON, March 12. Senator Si mon has been from the first a supporter of the position of the President with respect to Puerto Rico. He has been lor free trade and agamst the House bill from the first. "I have talked with many Senators on this subject," said Senator Simon, "and have urged them to take the same stand. "Without taking up the Constitutional Hospital. One family was wiped out .com- I flUfrtton at alL there Is enough merit la pletely, and of another only the father SJKSSS.?"?? SUteSecrptarytTtAndyTr, Woolm&rcn, a ""member "of the 'Transvaal;! Executive Council. It Is not known v:; STREAiJagWjfc tTN. fftfAAiii"ir!-3J--,:.tt.3 u aJ-w rfc., 1srVTif Cr R A Ns fiy& F JRt&SS 5- Vv (jL ft -llOEWaFONTEDr g US nJ&lJ rJMtkf- CW x 7 pMARrrWjRG MStT2 k h rfeM? cgattiyX?? W'rcpo ff MAP SHOWING SCELVE OF THE BRITISH ADVANCE! INTO ORANGE FREE STATE J"the ureponthat JPjesjdlnt Kruger had I raddresmkfflc&tionhSav5?j crnmenv, Jin juaiiour reueraiea ms prom- whether they are bound on a mission to"' & t papers bearing on thla eubjcjM foreign countries or to Sir Alfred Mllner. Mr. Woolmarens is In President Kruger's confidence. Cecil Rhodes has Issued a statement that his forthcoming visit to England has solely to do with prlyate business, and Is in no way connected with the South Af rican settlement. would be presented to the House within a short time. It is learned that the papers promised by Mr. Balfour will be presents tomor row, and will confirm In every .respect tho news cabled by the Associated1 Press Fri day last, that the peace rumors were founded on the fact that President Kru- Allthe morning papers take the line I er nad appealed to Lord Salisbury for a that the Government will decline to open negotiations with the Boer Republics, ex cept upon the basis of complete surrender, and will also make it clear that nothing in the Bhape of foreign intervention will be tolerated. The Standard says: "There" Is an Idea In some quarters that on arriving at Bloemfontein Lord Roberts will Issue a proclamation which will leave, little doubt as to the future of the Re publics." Tho Times says: "President Kruger and President Steyn should have counted the cost before they made war. They placed for a great stake, and have lost. Until they are ready for unconditional surrender they may save themselves tho trouble of sending com munications to Her Majesty's Govern ment." "We aro glad to see that It Is under stood In the United States, as well as on the Continent, that any proffer of media tion will be distinctly repugnant to thla country. It would be wholly Inadmissi ble, and the Dutch Minister at Washing ton is entirely mistaken in supposing we would listen to such proposals If only they came from a Nation 'on terms of cordial Intimacy with us.' We mean to settle this controversy ourselves, and" In our own way." No further news has been received from Mafeklng, but It turns out that Colonel Peakroan commands the relief column, which Is marching from Klmberley. STUDEBAKER Carriages, Wagons, Harness, 320-336 E. Morrison St THE PIANOLA Is an instrument by means of which anyone can play the piano. It is so wonderful in its power ! that it must be seen to be appreciated. It will pay you to come and see It. THE AEOLIAN CO. fw-quam BMg,, cor. Seventh Street One Jump 41 If people appreciated that It Is only one Jump from sight to blindness, they would give more attention to their eyes. The great jump Is neglect. You neg lect the eyes because you think they will always serve you. It Is better, even If you think the eyes are right, to be sure of them. No one can be sure of his eyes until they have been examined. Have youra exam ined today. WALTER REED Eye Specialist 133 SIXTH STHEET OREGONIAX BUILDING MARCHING ON BLOEMFONTEIN. Roberts Outwitted the Boers by TarnlBR- to the SoHth. LONDON, March 13. The Daily News has the following dispatch, dated Monday evening, March 12, from Venter's Vleit: "Wo left Aasvodel this morning, pre ceded by cavalry, and marched here, a distance about 15 miles. The army has been following Xaal Spruit, and we are now rather to the south of Bloemfontein and only about 12 miles off. "All the divisions have now Joined the main advance Lord Roberts' headquar ters are at Gregowski's farm. You will remember that the reform prisoners were tried before Judge Grcgowskl. "By marching along Kaal Spruit, Lord Roberts has again outwitted the Boers, who had Intrenched themselves along the Modder River, thinking that our route would be In that direction. We found most of the farms along our line of march deserted, with white flags flying over the houses. All the belongings worth removal had been taken away, and there were evi dent signs that the occupants left in a hurry, things being littered about. "The Commander-in-Chief has given strict orders that nothing is to be touched. It is not expected that we shall meet with great opposltoln in entering Bloemfontein." The Boer Position Turned. . VENTER'S VLEIT, March 12, evening. The British forces, which since th fighting at Drelfonteln have been march ing rapidly hither, have turned the Boer position. Our cavalry are ahead. The Boers were reported this morning about 12.000 strong, with IS guns, In position on a range of kopjes, commanding the road to Bloemfontein, which is 15 miles distant. THROUGH THE UNITED STATES. Opening- of Negotiations Between the Dutch Presidents and Salisbury. PARIS. March 13, 0:40 A. M. The Gau lols publishes the following from its Lon don correspondent: "According to good authority. President Kruger and President Steyn have not made a formal proposition of peace, but cessation of hostilities, setting forth at length by cable the terms which he is willing to accept, and .also that the cabled dispatch to the Premier was signed bj President Steyn. as well as by President Kruger. Lordr Salisbury's answer is ex actly as .given by the Associated Press at the same time, namely, that the advances had met with an emphatic rejection at the hands of Lord Salisbury, 'who also said that no such attempt to retain the lnde pendence of the Transvaal could be con sidered for a moment by the British Government. Lcyds Thanks the Irish. LONDON, March 12. The letter of Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent o the Trans vaal, to John Clancy, Irish Nationalist member of Parliament for the north di vision of County Dublin, thanking the public corporation for the resolution of sympathy for the South African re publics, says: "The resolution Is greatly appreciated by me. I know how keenly It will bo prized by our much-suflering country, still struggling for independence and liberty. It is a satisfaction to Know that a con siderable pari of the Irish population in the United Kingdom, mindful of the blood being shed In South Africa, continued to extend sympathy to our people. May this sympathy be re-echoed by numbers of your countrymen." Annie Parnell Is Bitter. DUBLIN, March 12. Miss Annie ParnelJ, sister of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, publishes the following letter: "Since the Queen, whose Irish soldiers have hitherto been punished If they ven tured to sport the shamrock, has now ordered them to wear It as a token of their degradation, it seems to me those Irish who do not wisn to be Identified with the robber lords of South Africa should take some notice of this insult to their little Island, whose very humbleness might have protected It from the Queen Empress. I suggest that those who can not refrain from wearing the shamrock should dip It Into Ink until the dishonor Is wiped out by the final triumph of the Boers or In some other way." extending free trade to this Island to- make it compulsory upon us to do so. Be ing a new Senator among' so many who have been so much longer In service, and who have had charge of these matfes, I havo not felt like making a speech on the subject, although I may state my position before a vote Is taken. It seems to me that to have proposed a bill In opposition to the President's recommendation, espe cially as that recommendation hadjaeen so generally accepted, was wholly ill advised. The President was right when he made his recommendation, and nothing has hap- f pened since then to affect mat recommen dation in the least. Those who fear tnac the Interests of the United States will ba injured by the free admission of Puerto Rlcan products Into this country do not. seem to consider that It would be less than, a drop in the bucket." Senator Simon's opposition is like that of a great many other Republican Sena tors, who do not see how the party can be saved by passing a tariff bill, especially when the country is so strong against It. r It Is these party men that nave Deen, making it necessary to seek some compro mise, and have begun negotiations to bring about a measure that will let the Repub licans who have heretofore supported a Puerto Rlcan tariff down as easy as pos sible. The proposition for a simple form, of territorial government seems to be tha best that has yet been proposed. Foraker. who has been supporting his bill with a great deal ol vigor, including the tariff feature, with a Constitutional prnument !n favor of the rights of this f country to Impose a tariff, has becomo convinced that he cannot put nis dui through, and for that reason has been, seeking the best method of a compromise that he can. While he is not the author of the suggestion for a territorial govern ment to be extended to Puerto Rico, ho i willing to accept it if he can get tho rabid prctectic i:. element of his party in the Ser?te to join him. It ia an Interesting fact that one ot tha mo earnest advocates of free .trade with nttSSJFtecS'JkV-rtJf there was any fouatlgnltntat leasfctshfrullKflrie- SinS &to SttSSSlLl for the. Immediate needs of thcin-. HfVbelftved h, wlVdlef ' ' -fiL J".?,,, ..SRSh yldlng for. the. immediate needs of thcn-; -n6ttimts6;-Puerto Rico, and should not Include efforts to establish a form of gov ernment. These Senators generally be- nicino, Iieve that Puerto Rico should receive no favors in the way of tariff reduction, and are content to allow the present tariff rates to continue until, as they put it, there is more time, and the Senate is bet ter prepared for the dispassionate consid eration of the question. Their idea is to leave the islands in the hands of the War Department. """ Senator Foraker, as chairman of the Tho list of dead follows: Antonio Par- nicino; Bastianp, hla wife; Gdlseppe Par- i years old; Nuzlello Parniclno, 1 year; Antonio Rossa, Angelo Caslna, Tpny Caslna. his son. 9 years: Devinto Caslna, 4 years; Frank Caslna, 2U years; Carrlne Caslna. daughter. 1 year old; Mrs. Gulteno Palimino. Gulseppe Barto. Mrs. Nunzlato Barto, his wife; Thercso Barto, his daughter. The building In which the fire broke out was a veritable fire trap. It was old. of frame construction", and extended two stories above the ground floor. Until whoso clear IrslEht Into the situation. leads him to believe that the Republican party had better not pas3 this tariff bill. Among other Republican Senators who are su:po-ed to be committed to free trade are: Hantbrough and McCumber of North Dakrtr. Davis and Nelson of Min nesota. Cullom and Mason of Illinois,1 Hoar ot Mrssachusetts, Prector of Ver mont. Hale of Maine, and possibly one or two mere. The Indiana Senators would prefer to vote for a free trade bill, al though they may stand with the majority of their party. This defection is sufficient sition of Inactivity with a declaration I thre or fur years ago the structure had to cause the managers of the bill grea tap that if It was persisted In he ould not ' ben used as a church, but It was con- , prehension, hence the proposition of verted Into a, tenement. The lower floor. fronting on 50. 52 and 54 Fourteenth ave nue, was occupied by three stores, and the upper portion of the building was di vided Into 20 living-rooms. As nearly as can be learned, the structure was occu pied by 10 families the occupints. vlto Credanza and one compromise, which Is talked of. Rcnnbllcnnn Helping Morgan. The proposition which Senator Morgan has assumed on the Nicaragua canal treaty, supporting as he does the treaty oo Arimr Kir 3oerot(irv TTnv nnrl th faot !i It.al'ans- 'rYro ot I that he supports other Republican meas- i ures. especially expansion. Is being used m", ' hy the democrats' In the Senate to defeat . r . vT, - . . ", , j w" i him. The Democratic leaders want to not be definitely ascertained during the , -.rlT ..i v.,. -t nna ,., i.o Ji , ir tv,. M have Morgan replaced by some one that only drop the bill before the Senate en tirely, but would Introduce as a substitute for it, a measure, providing for the organi zation of the Island as a territory, giving it all the officers and all the privileges and immunities of such territories as Oklaho ma, New Mexico and Arizona not only making the Puerto Rlcan people full fledged citizens of the United States, but establishing complete free trade between them and the United States proper. His further purpose, as he outlined It, was to Introduce it as an amendment to the bill passed by the House and now pending in tho Senate, appropriating the revenues collected from the island for the use of the people. When the purpose of Mr. Foraker be came generally Known among ine nepuD- -,- thnf inCd uii tr,tn h. mnmin llcan leaders, the Ohio Senator was Im- r.rfAnnm wai mrtirinnnt nni i im ' Republican than a Democrat. Morgan mediately besieged by Republicans. While i t0 have made violent threats against his does not relinquish his claims to the De sevcral of them supported his proposition j fellow-players. i rnocracy. but he Is not to be swerved front as a wise one, many others contended a few minutes before 5 o'clock the neo- nis course, and Is apparently defying the against It, as calculated to commit the nlo In tho hiilldini? win n.wnknri hv thp Joneses and Tlllmans and others of the country to a course which might be more names. They found them burning at tho Asci V ranpnifin ot Tnnn rnmpn on 'i'nou I said to have been 40 or 50 persons, of ' both sexes and all ages, in the building i when the fire started. i The police are confident that the fire was o'f Fncpmllarv orfcrln. nml thpv hn.ve nr. rested Vlto 'Credanza on suspicion. There was a disorderly card game in one of the they can control, and that will not take the prominent American stand on every topic that comes to the Senate. An at tempt hos been made to dragoon Morgan Into an attitude of hostility to the Admin istration and Administration measures generally: but so far It has failed. Now It Is being claimed that he Is more of a M" icyciiicu ui man jcuicuicu, xucj root or the stairs leading irom the nrst to "13 -uuli1"- 1UC,,: 1 "u "-" ""-' held that It would be easier In the future the second story. The hallway and stairs I Pan Is receiving In a quiet way a to change from a present policy of lmpos- were burning, entirely cutting oft the I Republican support he can. and if ing a tariff to free trade than it would be to change from free trade to tariff. Fear was felt by the advocates of a tariff that such an amendment could be passed with the assistance of the Democratic free traders. Senator Foraker himself la wedded to the bill under consideration, and on account of this predilection he de cided, after conferring with almost every Senate who would like to make him alter his Course. There Is no doubt that Mor- all tha thera aro a number" of Republicans In the Legls- egress irom tne upper noors. on wnicu i u u. uuwuu m iuunv-ttiu .t n. j-f,-six families lived. It also cut off the I lature, they will be urged to vote for Mor- escape by the door for those who lived gan for .the Senate. one of the Republicans, to allow matters j the basement and ground floor the In to drift for a few days. Strathcona Horse at Montreal. MONTREAL, March 12. Eighty thou sand people lined the route of the parade of tho Strathcona Horse today. The regi ment passed through here en route from Ottawa to Halifax, from which port it will sail this week for South Africa. The stay in Montreal lasted only 6lx hours. Tho lino of parade was three miles long, and every Inch- was occupied by cheering citizens. "William Redmond Protests. DUBLIN, March 12. William Redmond, M. P., has written to the clerk of the cor poration protesting against the proposed address of welcome to Queen Victoria and expressing his intention to resign his sent in the council If the address is presented. Recognition of Irish Bravery. LONDON, March 12. The Lord Mayor, A. J. Newton, has directed that the Irish flag be hoisted over the Mansion House on St. Patrick's day in recognition of the bravery of the Irish troops In South Africa. Germany Declines to Interfere. DURBAN. March 12. The Transvaal having appealed tp Germany for media tion or intervention In the .war to "Great Britain, Germany has replied that she de clines to Interfere, as she Is In no way concerned in the conflict. In the rear part of the first floor. Thoso who could made for the windows. From these they leaped or dropped. The whole neighborhood was awake In an Instant, and from the burning building came ago nizing screams and calls for help. From mates of the building poured naked, ot After the Senate adjourned a number of i almost so. From tho upper stories men Senators held a formal conference in Sen- I and women leaped to the sidewalk. By ator Allison's rooms, but they declared ! the time the firemen reached the scene the with one accord that no definite con clusion had been reached as to a line of poUcy to be pursued with reference to Puerto Rico. STAMPEDE FROM NOME. Rich Striken Made North ot the Tovra and in Siberia. SEATTLE, Wash., March 12. Two ar rivals at Dawson City from Cape "Nome, who left the latter place eight days after Carl Knoblesdorf and C. D. Campbell, teU a wonderful story of what is claimed to be the richest find made In the north. The new field Is 100 miles from Nome, and stories of Its fabulous wealth were being passed from mouth to mouth at Nome when the latest arrivals left there, De cember 18. Reports of wonderful strikes on the Siberian Coast opposite Cape Nome were being received. It -was reported that the Siberian earth was literally filled with various metals. A great rush from Nome to the new fields will commence as soon as the weather will permit 8 MAT REFUSE TO CONSIDER IT England's Probable Attiradc Toward Amended Canal Treaty. LONDON, March 12. No communica tions have passed between London and Washington In regard to the Nicaragua canal treaty, and tho reports cabled here that Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambas sador at Washington, had sent dispatches to the foreign office bearing on this subject are Incorrect. The Associated Press Is authorized to say that the attitude of the British Government Is tha:, having agreed to all of Secretary Hay's requests without asking for a quid pro quo, it can do noth ing more, nor express any opinion until new requests are made through th3 same building was wrapped In flames, and those who had not escaped were dead or doomed. They must have died within a few min utes, for the fire rushed through every room in the frail building within 10 min utes. The search for the bodies began within 29 minutes after the alarm sounded, so quickly was the fire conquered. When It became known the fire was of Incendiary origin, men and women, well-nigh crazed by grief, ran tearing around the streets looking for the man who was responsible for the frightful tragedy and threaten ing dire vengeance. 4 C DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED. I Typefounder and Employes Come-to an Agreement. PHILADELPHIA. March 12. At a con ference between the typefounders of the United States and their employes regard ing wages and hours, the differences have been settled In a manner satisfactory to both eldes. The new wape scale and the nine hour work day will go Into effect April 1. The advance In wages amounts to from 15 to 20 per cent over the present scale. The unions demanded an Increase from 20 to 50 per cent, but accepted a compromise. The conference was In pro gress nearly a week, curing which time day and night sessions W2re held. The typefounders at the meeting represented fully J20.OCO.000 capital and the delegates of the workmen's union represented 1000 employes. Founders from nearly every section of the country were In attend ance. a Dally Trcnsury Statement. WASHINGTON. March 12. Today's statement of the condition of the Treas ury shows: Available cash balance $303,675,056 Gold reserve 242,931,049 Sncrlflce of liny. Opponents of the Administration ara trying to make It appear that Secretary Hay Is to be sacrificed, because he drew tho Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and has pre vented any tall-twisting over the South African War. While It Is not believed possible that McKInley would sacrifice his Secretary of State, or has any desire to do so, yet. It Is one of the current rumors of tho capital, which might have somo foundation. Woodruff's Chances Poor. Although It Is apparent that Tom Platt Is still Insisting upon Woodruff for Vice-President, Hanna announces that the only men being considered are Bliss and Elklns, and It Is probable that Bliss alone Is the McKInley candidate. The moro that Is seen of Woodruff, the less chanca there Is for him to be Vice-President. While he might do for the unimportant place of Vice-President, there Is always a possibility of the death of a President, and Woodruff would not be considered for a moment as fit for the Presidential of fice. The Elklns candidacy Is not being pushed very hard, but the McKInley peoplo do not care to offend Elklns by telling him he cannot be the cancidate. Brynn "Will Visit Portland. Senator Turner, of Seattle, has received word from Colonel William J. Bryan that he would tour through Washington from March 28 to April 2. when he would go to Portland and speak there, and at other points In Oregon, before going on Into California. Senator Turner will accom pany Bryan on his trip through Washington. Not Wanted In Japan. TACOMA. March 12. Oriental advices state that permission to do general busi ness In Japan has been refused 60 foreign Insurance companies, most of them Ameri can. Japanese officials state that thla results from the fact that their applica tions have failed to comply with the Jap anese Insurance laws. Though Corea has never formally as sented, Russia regards as accepted her proposal of several months ago to loan Corea aeveral million yen in return for exclusive mining privileges. The Russian and French cable and tele graph systems in Siberia, China and Indo-China are? soon to be connected.