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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FELDAY, MARCH 16, 1900. S OXNARD'S FINE HAND How Tariff Legislation Manages to Suit Him. HE IS INFLUENTIAL IN WASHINGTON He Is SHppoiied to Have aa Influence With Puerto Rico and Phil ippine Blllft. WASHINGTON, March 11. A "Washing ton paper prints a story about the part Henry Oxnard played in the passage of the Puerto Rico bilL A great many peo ple do not know who Oxnard is. He reg isters from Nebraska, is not a very large man, but he seems to be of considerable power. He is interested very largely in the beet-sugar production. How much money ho has in it personally no one knows, but his shrewd business capacity has been recognized to such an extent that the beet-sugar Interests place un bounded faith in him, and he is their recognized lobby. There has not been a tariff bill considered in the last ten years that Oxnard has not appeared in "Washington for the purpose of lobby ing In the beet-sugar Interests. Some times he Is fighting the sugar trusts, but before long there is usually a com promise, and Oxnard and the trusts are supposed to be working together. "When the proposition for free trade with Puerto Rico came up In the President's message, he made no demonstration. It was not until after Chairman Payne had Intro duced a bill to carry out that free-trade recommendation that Oxnard appeared on the scene. He set to work in his usual quiet but vigorous manner and con tributed in no small degree to the action of the House. By the way, Oxnard appears at other times when tariff legislation Is not under consideration. Oxnard was here when the treaty of peace with Spain was pend ing. It may be rather marvelous that this main representative of the beet sugar Interests should come, and that the beet-sugar interests should cut such a figure in the determination of the peace treaty. Just what promises were made at that time it is hard to under stand. It was absolutely sure that if the peace treaty was not ratified by the last Congress the present Republican Senate re-inforced by a few Democrats who fa vored ratification would have passed the treaty early last March. But this was made unnecessary, because every pro nounced sugar man in the Senate voted for the peace treaty. It was well under stood that at least two votes, and those two were necessary to ratify the treaty, were only secured after consultation with Oxnard and the agreement as to future action relative to Philippine sugar. There is no doubt about the power of Oxnard on sugar legislation. "While this is not printed in criticism of him, because every man has a right to look after his own Interests, it is one of the things that cause a great deal of crit icism throughout the country, and while every man has a right to come to Con gress and make representations in his own Interest and in the interest of his constituents, yet criticism will always be made when any great consolidated Inter est appears in Washington and thwarts the will of the majority of the people' or influences either the foreign or domestic policies of the Government. WINTER SEES MODJESKA. Veteran. Critic on Performance of "Marie Antoinette." New York Tribune, March 2. In the Fifth-Avenue Theater last night Mr. Clinton Stuart's drama of "Mar.e Antoinette" was represented for the first time In New York, and Mme. Modjeeka impersonated the beautiful, indomitable, unfortunate and unhappy Queen of France In the terror-stricken days of the great French Revolution. Mr. Stuart's play is a series of episodes in the latter part of the life of Marie Antoinette, beginning with a picture of her sportive conduct at Little Trianon, in 1789, when she waa 33, and ending with a picture of her exit from the Prison of the Conclergerie, on her way to the guillotine in 1793, when she was 87. The intermediate pictures show an in terview between the Queen and Mlrabeau in 1791 (the year in which that eloquent orator, wily politician and gross libertine ' so suddenly died); the confrontment of the revolutionary mob. with Louis XVI and the Queen at the Tullerles, on the terrible 10th of August, 1792. when the King and his consort were compelled to take refuge in the hall of the General Assembly; the parting of the King from his wife and .family, on the fatal 21st of January, 1793, when he was beheaded; the climax of the discovery of a plot (not shown, but merely mentioned),, tft. effect the escape of the royal children. Louis and Maria Louisa Charlotte, afterward Duchess of Angou lemc, from the Temple: and the violent and brutal separation of the deposed and wid owed Queen from her young and Idolized son. These episodes are not connected by any thread of story or by any enforced sequence of continuous and cumulative dramatic action, nor Is any one of them especially felicitous In characterization, or animated with incident, or irradiated with eloquence. The Intrepid spirit and Imperial demeanor of Marie Antoinette, when as sailed by the angry populace, are, how ever, well denoted, and the frenzy of the afflicted Queen, when her husband has been slaughtered and her son torn away from her arms, is effectively expressed, In a brief speech of passionate invective, clos ing with an appeal for Divine vengeance. As a prelude to the final picture the ex ecution, with Its Incidental Indignities and horrors the Queen Is displayed asleep, in prVson. and murmuring, as she dreams of the mingled glories and miseries of her strange and darkly troubled career. The best passage In the drama, alike for char acter. Invention and style. Is a colloquy between Marie Antoinette and Mlrabeau, after the model of G.'acomettl, but less diffuse. All the plays on this subject fol lowat a long distance Shakespeare's plan as to Queen Constance and Prince Arthur, in "King John," and Queen Eliza beth and her boy princes, in "King Rich ard the Third": Mr. Stuart's play Is not an exception. The appeal Is to sympathy with monarchs unjustly degraded, parents despoiled, and a mother cruelly and ter ribly afflicted: but. as this appeal. In Mr. Stuart's drama as In that of Glacomettl (1S67). Is made by means of tableaux, and not by propulsive action In the develop ment of an Interesting plot, the effect, necessarily, .'s pictorial rather than dra matic; and this pictorial effect is monot onous and somber. An abstract of history may be (measurably authentic, but. Intrin sically, it is not attractive. Mme. Mod Jeska, with her rare faculty of Imagina tion, to form an Ideal of character, her extensive learning, to Inform and guide her Judgment, and her ample and exqui sitely trained power, to create and sustain an illusive Impersonation. Is, of course, able to vitalize these historical tableaux with the diversified charm of her sweet womanhood, her dignity, her passionate intensity of feeling, and her deep and touching pathos. Her portrayal of the character of Marie Antoinette Is potential with knowledge of human suffering and valuable for truth. In the long and sad 0tory of afflicted Kings and Queens, no fig ure la more forlorn, wretched and lament able than that of Marie Antoinette. Un hapy in her impulsive temperament, her lack of adequate education, her juvenile marriage with a commonplace youth, who might better have been a blacksmith than a prince, her helpless innocence amid the intrigues of a corrupt court, her com plete misapprehension of the social and political movements of her time, and, above all, the fate that transferred her, while yet a budding girl, from a happy home in Austria to the vortex of all that was vile, dangerous, ominous and terrible In France, she had a brief time of frivol ous pleasure, but no comfort, no domestic peace, no compensative tranquillity of royal eminence; and she passed, within a few years, from glittering girlhood to rav aged, gray-haired age, and so, shattered in nerves, partly blind, prematurely de crepit and wholly heartbroken, she was led out and butchered to please the foul and hideous Parisian mob. Mme. Mod Jeska'a embodiment of this dethroned mon arch and most miserable woman should at least suggest solemn thought upon the guidance that the present may learn from the past. In an essentially dramatic set ting it would, no doubt, arouse a livelier interest and prove more potent in its in fluential effect In its present pictorial en vironment it is fraught with mournful beauty, and it imparts a certain sad phil osophy, tending to lighten those burdens of anguish that the human spirit is or dained to bear, by showing with what grandeur of fortitude and what celestial patience they have been borne. On Saturday afternoon, Mme. Modjeska will present "The Ladles' Battle" ("BatalHo des Dames"), and will impersonate tho Comtesse d'Autreval, a part to which she Is especially well suited. This good old comedy, by Scribe and Legouve, current on our stage for about half a century, has seldom been seen here, but it well de serves revival and prominent presentment. Its three acts tell an exciting story, dis play fine contrasts of character, move rap idly, and. while they touch the heart with sympathetic feeling, they please the mind j with playful humor. This piece was first acted in New York In 1852, at Brougham's Lyceum, with Julia Bennett (afterward Mrs. Barrow), as the Comtesse, George Jordan as Henri de Flavlgneul, John Brougham as Gustave de Grignon, and Julia Gould as Leonle. Mme. Modjeska has engaged Mlos Loftus hitherto chlefly known as an Imitator of stage celebrities for Leonle, long famous as one of the most representative Ingenue parts ever written: and It is intimated that this young lady will likewise presently favor us with a performance of Viola, In "Twelfth Night." Next week Mme. Mod jeska will present "Macbeth." The dra matic season begins to grow Interesting. "Thus blessings frighten as they take, their flight" W. W. CAST OF "MARIE ANTOINETTE." Louis XVI John E. Kellerd Louis Charles N Leota Buskirk Phllllppe, Due d'Orleans Lynn Pratt Count d'Artols Mark Fen ton Count Alex de Fersen.. .George S. Spencer Count de Vaudreall George Curtis General, Marquis de La Fayette.., John Malone Count de Mlrabeau Wadsworth Harris Pethion, Mayor of Paris.. .Richard Milloy Clery Mark Fenton Santerre Cassius Qulnby Antolne Simon Irving Brooks Sanson George Leslie Marie Therese Guelma L. Baker Madame Elizabeth Kate Dalgish Madame Adelaide Hannah E. Sargent Princess de Lamballe Mary Hall Madame de Tourzel Hattle Buskirk "Queen" Audu Mary Hall Citizeness Bault Hannah E. Sargent Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.... Modjeska a HOTEL arrivals. THE PORTLAND. M H McCarthy, Du- 1A. A Courtney, city byque. la jJ A Murphy, San Ft Edwin H Fbwle, S F L f Lamping-. Seattle Harry E Lewis. San F jOtls A Poole, Yokohama John Sonntag, San Ft (MIm Eleanor J 1'oole.do Chas Peplow. KaltapelliMrs Chas Landau, Van Sartell Prentice. X X i couver. B C Geo Hood. San Fran (Giles Gilbert. Duluth H T Murray & w. Js ilw M Bird, Tacoma TV Cuthbert & nlfe. iF E Judd &. wf, Pen- Michigan City. Ind F E Livlngood. Chgo J "W Vail. Chicago J D Farrejl, Seattle F R. Blochberger.Roas- land. B C J J Kadderly. city aieton Henry Deschant S F M Mayer. San Fran Louis Hoepker. St L LMma uonen. cuicafro John T Brooks, Kan Cy o F Komnson, Kan Cy C C McDonald, San F THE PERKINS. Mrs F S Illft. Astoria. I J fl Troutman, Chgo It Crors. Oregon City jW F Carter. Vanc.Wn Thoe Huff. WllsonvHlejMrs Toung, Oak Point R C "Walus. Rufus, Or Kate Young. Oak Polnl J R Tenable. Rufus jJohn McKee. Stella P Planch. Portland IMrs John McKec. do M Franell, Portland IJohn H Loper. Duluth Jerry Ruben. Portland J W Bailey, Helena D J Hill. Castle Rock Geo Blankenberg, Chgo G H Wright, Tacoma 0 J Sorensen. La Cross E VT Parks, Tacoma ;W H Staley. city H Harklns. Tacoma J J A Freeborn, Toronto Nellie Young, Oak PntjR H Stevens. Livingsta Grace Young, Oak PnnMrs R H Stevens, do C E McNeil. Walla V J K McLean. Oakld.Cal A Gruhn. San Fran JD Fitch. New York C P Smith. & family. C O Lord. Cape Nome Cottage Grove Mrs C O Lord, do Mrs J A Richardson, lira Erb. Salem Salem E J Lake, Spokane Miss H Steele. Spokan.Mrs Lake. Spokane J W Howard. PrlnevillClara E Johnson.Brldal John A Shaw. Mill Cy Veil Mrs J A Shaw, do :Mrs l. is fianw. Milton Angus A Shaw, do (Master l'lants. Milton J J Wiseman. Dalies L L Shreve. Dalles E H Fox. Olympla S Campbell. Astoria T S Mack. Seattle Mrs Emma Elspass, Washougal Mrs P Luen. do it e vviiron. urni x-aea C A Fore, Denver C Merritt. Pendleton ,J W Gault, McMlnnvill IMrs D Lund. Seattle Mlra Lund. Seattle J M Hutt Sycamore.Mo u lonners cz wx, eu M L Chaberlatn.Salem reka. Cal C E Loomls. Eugene JF 1rum, San Francisco C C McGowan, War- JChas Zanner, Tacoma rcndale. Or IB J Boynton, St Paul Mrs C C McGowan, do (Albert Carlson, Astoria Mrs C L Gretman, 'Esther Carlson. do Moscow (Miss Ida Von Ehren- Mlss. Cox. Vancvr. "Wnj brook. Nehalem S H Murray, Oakland, j Mrs Sturgeon. Tillamk Cal . Dr Kinney, Astoria THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles, Manager. W W Pearson, San Fr IK McCormack, Chgo H H Harlow, San Fr P Greenberg. San Fr C J Smith. San Fran C E Ghurlen, Sher brook. Can J S Cooper, Indp. Or l M Morris. Seattle Mrs Morris, Seattl A Wltteman. N Y W D Hare. Hlllsboro Mrs Hare. Hlllsboro Mrs Ghurlen, do Henry Oeterman. "WW.F K Lovell. Salem L F Strickllne. Salem .Chas Moore. Gras Vy Frank Schilling. S F Harry Jones. Astoria Jas H Sullivan. Chgo (Chas T Gray. Salem Mrs Sullivan. Chicago! Mrs Gray. Salem ' Jacob House. Canada Uoh.i H McNary, Salem Mrs House. Canada ,Mrs 3 H McNary. do Martin House.NewUlniiHarry Phlpps. Olympla lira House. do A J Young. Logansport D R Nelson. N Y CltyjMrs Young. Logansport Mrs Nelson, N Y City iJ L Tucker. San Fran C F Casey. Albany T J Van Outeren. Oak Frank W Hees. USA land. Cal F D Kuettner, AstorlaJC B Winn. Albany Mrs Kuettner. Astoria. S E Hammond.Sumpter Mrs F Lelnenweber. dOiHarry Spencer, Spokan Master H Kuettner. do THE ST. CHARLES. H W Greggs. Dalles J II Douglass.Troutdal Harry Fridden. Dalles S El cock, Moro I G Briggs, Cornelius J M Sears. Dalles M A Lung. Spring Val ley. Wis G W Matney. Dalles W J Djer. Dalles J H Thomas, Stella Ed Groves, Stella E fl Beach, city Oliver Byerly, Astoria T Talbot. Cornelius 1W H Frank. SfMt T H Miller. Cornelius Frank Tracey. Sumpter C W Lorcgren. Qulncy Geo Farr. Goble E V Johnson, JefXenronjJ J Putman, Amity H Austin, Jefferson IE Groynne. Cornelius W G Howatson, Clats-JRobt Frederick, Jr. Ta- kanle j coma "W F Jones, Hubbard iMrs Burns. Tacoma W Worley, Hubbard (Rev W Hceklns. Moro A. H Rlchtor. BattlGrd'S P Reed. Kansas J D McKenzle. do (Joseph A Phillips, do E G Donald, Kelso IN Lehman. Kansas Wr W Waters, BrownsvE Burkholder. Kansas J Y Bethum. city jL L Brooks. Crcston, la. T Hclger. city J B Potent. Sacmnto E E Hough, city iD J Kirk. Milton Chas Brown, La Fayet Mrs Kirk. Milton H R Grow, city J E Ramlne, Albany C H Gllbreath. Stella (Mrs Ramlne. Albany J B Yeon. Cathlamet ID W Ewlng, Maygers J E Miles. Cornelius JC tl Adams. Maygers J E Tuttle, TillamookiJohn E True. Maygers W J Smith. Wilson RJMrs True. Maygers H C Caldwell. RockfrdjMiaa True. Majgers Mrs Caldwell, RockfrdlC H Albright, Tacoma. Albert Fuller. Woodlwn Mrs Albright. Tacoma Mrs J C Wingneld, E Bunk & ry. La Grnd The Dalles . Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. Europe" plan: headquarters for com mercial men. Chllberg's restaurant in connection. o A PoKfilble Candidate. Boston Record. Tho way that Major-General Miles has several times of. late referred to his sym pathy with the struggling Dutchmen In South Africa confirms a suspicion which we have had for some time, that his name Is likely to be submitted to the Democratic convention next summer as a candidate for the Presidency. That it would be the most popular stroke It could make, of course, goes without saying. ACROSS URAL MOUNTAINS DISTANCES AXD SCEXES A?D MODES OF TRAVEL. Mountains Like TJioe of Maryland or Virginia at the Same Time of the Year. OMSK, Siberia, Aug. 15. When one is at homo in the United States Omsk seems far into the heart of Siberia. Once here, with a map of the Russian Empire in view, it seems hardly more than a starting point in the Journey across the great expanse of Asia. As a matter of fact, this famous Siberian city ls271 miles from St Peters burg, by the route of the railway, and 497 miles from Chellablnsk, the frontier sta tion, or as far as from Chicago to Los Angeles and Omaha, respectively. If tho measurement of time instead of miles bo applied to tho distance, however, the com parison will not hold. To travel from St Petersburg to Omsk requires at least 24 hours more than the Journey from Chi cago to Los Angeles, If trains of. corre spondlnr class are taken, and from Che llablnsk here the fastest time Is 26 hours. Instead of tho 14 hours that are ample for the run between Lake Michigan and tho Missouri River. In addition to tho special Immigrant ....ii.j.uiLmaiiL.'.t.J- ,"ym'W2ri- w tfrdfy- """ -dkW , af ffl - - - x -rt? tflft JJL "M MurtYVrt fnLt v. (.)tf.xr)yto """ ' CSmA- SCHOOLIIOUSE trains which are run at certain seasons, when that class of travel Is heaviest, and the freight trains, which are not very frequent at any time yet, the Siberian Railway carries two kinds of train serv ice for passengers between the Ural Mountains and the present terminus at Irkutsk. One of these is the Siberian express, which Tuns once a -week between Moscow and Irkutsk without change, a train de luxe, which Includes luxurious sleeping and dining cars, with all sorts of comforts to make the long Journey easier. Even on that "train it is a long Journey, tho running time between terminals being nine days. Thus far I have seen nothing of that famous train except as we have waited on sidetracks to let it hurry by. Before I leave Siberia I hope to have a day or two on the "flyer" to test Its comfort in comparison with our own limited trains. If one wants to see this country and Its people Just as In every other land, It Is necessary to travel slowly, make use of the local trains, and stop at the smaller towns, as well as the larger ones. The dally train service across Siberia Is very different from that of the extra-fare ex press. From Samara to Omsk, for in stance, the dally train requires some 13 hours more than the other, even If one goes throuch without a halt. It offers no ctfnlnr car and no sleeping car for the comfort of passengers, changes are re quired at various places through which the more oretentlous train runs without a break, and In many ways the trip be comes a more difficult and a more trying one. But the people aboard are the peo ple who are making a new country out of Siberia the traders, the merchants, the immigrants Instead of forming a passen ger list made up chiefly of Russian army officers and government officials going to their posts, and the German, Belgian and French promoters who are already enter ing the newly opened Tegions to And what profit there may be for them. Omlttlntr the train de luxe from the present consideration, there are, then, two trains dally on the European side of the Ural Mountains and one on this side. As In other countries, railways here In tha Russian Empire are named for the Import ant cities on the lines. The line from Rlajsk to the Volga River is called the Syzran-Vlazma Railway, and all passen gers have to change cars and board th new train made up at Syzran just before reaching the big bridge. The next is the iHSMSTCh? XCftOTJ SXMAMTf". iTKJvm 'JtCTWWlTrevgfr HOUSE OF STATIOXMASTER. AXD H- ILWAY STATION OF MEDVEJYA, OX THE SIBERIAN' RAILWAY. Samara-Zlatoust Railway, which extends from the Volga to Chellablnsk, passing through Eastern Russia and over the Ural Mountains to the Junction with the Siberian Railway itself. Insufficient Train Facilities. At this season travel is very heavy, and the trains In service are by no means ade quate for the number of passengers who want to ride. When I was leaving Samara it "happened to be the day on which the through express train from Moscow to Ir kutsk would pass. On the chance that I might be able to patronize it for the first stage of my Journey, I went to the station in the morning and attempted to secure a ticket. At least a dozen travelers who had the same Idea were waiting at the ticket window of the station when the train drew up to the platform, but every place in overy car was occupied, and no tickets would be sold. The result was that none of us took that train. Late that afternoon the regular dally mall train came along, and It proved almost as difficult to get a place there. Every car was full, and we got aboard In haste, piling our hand-baggage In the aisles In order to pre-empt some sort of a claim to a place. By the time every one of the Samara contingent had crowded Into the train every aisle was crowded. It looked very much as if we were in for the long ride to Chellablnsk without even a seat. My companion was a Frenchman whom I had met at the hotel that morning. He had been teaching the French language in a school at Saratov, and was on his way to Irkutsk, where a similar position was awaiting him. "We decided that the case justified desperate measures, so we sought the station-master. Professor Raufast told him some astounding tales of the eminence of both of us, overwhelmed him with a rapid dis play of the array of letters of Introduc tion from high officials which I was carry ing, and declared that something must be done. I followed promptly with some confidential Information "concerning Pro- feasor Raufast and his importance in the educational system of Siberia, whch ae manded that his 'Journey be forwarded in every -way possible. The suggestion of. an American addition to the Franco-Russian alliance, made by my companion to the official, proved irresistible, and another passenger car was ordered aid coupled on. I am told that a rule of the railway re quires that another car be added at any time when the passengers wanting places' on the regular mall train are too many for the vacant seats. That may be true, but I am quite certain that the rule is not carried out except with difficulty. When after all our trouble we Induced the addi tion of another car, it was still most un comfortably crowded, and several passen gers decided to wait another day. In hopes that the next train would not be as full. Some of those who went on with us, too, had been waiting at Samara for two days in the effort to get aboard a train. Dusk fell soon after we left Samara, so that It was not until the next morning that it was possible to watch the char acter of the country through which the line passed. No towns of particular con sequence were missed In the night ride. It was nearly noon the next day that we reached Ufa, the largest place between the Volga and the Urals. Ufa, a city of some 35,000. more than 300 years old, is the chief town of the province of the same name. The province Is about the same size as the State of New York, with a population about equal to that of Indiana. The Industries Include cattle- and grain raising. In the town there are tallow factories, tanneries and a few other small frS: Bt-.w-afcia6Sa8gi5Ww'" -- - - ,-m -MS6CL ,vW - AT SECUMIKHA, manufactories and Industries, while the place contains very creditable churches and schools, a theater and a museum. A Familiar Country. Until we began to reach the foothills of the Ural Range the country adjacent to the railway was similar to other great areas of Russia which I have crossed a prairie land showing rich .agriculture wherever cultivated, and excellent grasses elsewhere. The country is gently rolling, like many a Kansas prairie, with its few water-courses bordered with a growth of timber. The villages are rude and poor, but In almost every one stands an ele vator, proving that the grain crops of the region are the chief source of local pros perity. At Ufa Is the union of the Belaya and the Ufa Rivers, and these streams con city and the region. The scenery of the foothills of the Urals and of the range itself is picturesque and attractive In the extreme after the mo notony of tho Russian prairies, but by no stretch of the Imagination can It be called grand. The range occupies an Im portant position on the maps, as the, boun dary between Europe and Asia, through a very long distance north and south. It roughens the face of the country consid erably, and has to be reckoned with by the railway engineers, but xis a mountain range, In comparison with the other fa mous systems of the world. It makes a very poor showing. The Russians, Indeed, have eliminated It as a boundary between Russia and Siberia, for some provinces now overlap the mountains, and the east ern slopes- of the range are included geographically In the administration of the " Russian Government. The entire length of the chain Is about 1700 miles, and the highest summits reach an eleva tion of some 6000 feet, but there are passes from Europe to Asia at an altitude of not more than 2000 feet above the level of the sea, so that the Urals really offer little difficulty to railway construction. For many miles after leaving Ufa the train climbed gradually to a higher level, following the1 course of a little river that came down from the mountains, some times tumbling over rapids and falls, but more often keeping a fairly steady course, albeit at a good rate of speed. As we ascended, the mountains became more heavily wooded. Tho air was cooler and fresher. The villages were more pictur esque, and even cleaner. It seemed to me. Sometimes there were rafts of logs on the stream and several times toward evening I saw parties of girls out boating. Out in the middle of a delightful rapid a boy stood In. the water, bare-legged, dangling a llshllne Into a pool where there must have been trout. The hills and streams, tho coloring of the trees and the general atmospheric ef fect, the quiet and the beauty of It all, seemed familiar enough, and except for the differing form of the little houses In the villages and the dress of the villagers, this crossing of the Ural Mountains from Europe Into Asia was for all the world like a scene In the mountains of Mary land or Virginia on the same sort of a summer evening. TRUMBULL WHITE. Will They "Want Us. New Haven Palladium, Rep. The Boston Herald explains Mr. Olney's , meaning when he charged that.the United States, In taking possession of the Phil ippines, had made an "entangling alliance" with Great Britain. It is that we could not have taken the Islands without Great Britain's willingness or tacit assent, and we cannot retain them except by her per mission. Mr. Olney meant by an "entangling al- llance" that the Philippines are ours by Great Britain's consent. Did he state an untruth? Can she not take them when she- wants them? And If we are going to blunder as egreglously In dealing with them as we are doing with Puerto Rico, would they not be justifled In preferring i British to American rule? i " Purchased the Old Homestead. New York Times. ' Workmen have begun the repair and enlargement of the McKinley cottage In , Canton, O., where so many delegations . were welcomed In the Presidential cam paign of 1S96. The President and Mrs. Mc Kinley began married life there, and he 'purchased the property a few months ago. jjtifj&&&J'i&iffai if y a! ilfqtf'fti HTTTH-fT)" Taw. tajHT'TjLTiM i i aw mmf nViwu i wv Wrr AMVT" s OVERDUE ANNIE THOMAS SEVEXTY PER CEXT REEfSURAXCB PAID OX THE VESSEL. Under Charter to Load' Wheat at Portland 'Frisco's Poor Tnsr Service Marine Note-, The British ship Annie Thomas, under charter to load wheat at this port, is now 230 days out from Cardiff, for Aca pulco, and reinsurance has climbed up to 70 per cent, and Js still "oeing taken. Opin ion as to the vessel's safety Is about evenly divided "on the beach" in this city. The contingent who think that the vessel will yet be heard from have figured out that Captain Meredith 'feot tired of bucking up against the contrary winds which are prevalent off Cape Horn, at the ansnn whAn h tx-na renorted there, and has borne away for the Cape of Good Hope. The ship sailed from Cardin July 23. ana was spoken October UK In 57 south, 70 west, by tho British bark Invermay, which arrived at San Francisco December 3L At that time she reported "all well," but eight days later she was again spoken by the Invermay in 56 south and 70 west, with her foretopgallarit mast gone, and several sails carried away. This would have left her at a disadvantage in mak ing headway under favorable circum stances, and circumstances are seldom if ever favorable off the Horn. If she bore away for the other Cape af ter parting company with the Invermay, she would not be maklnc a .remarkably long passage if she did not reach Aca pulco before the end of the mouth. Aca pulco, like Panama. Is a hard port to enter and get away from, and vessels sometimes wallow In calms for many weeks within a few hundred miles of the port. It Is hardly probable that the vessel came on up the coast alter being sighted by the Invermay, and is she Is heard of again, it will be from the Cape of Good Hope route. The vessel was chartered for March-April loading In Portland, but as she was taken at a low rate, she Is not likely to be released by the charterers, even though she does not get here until next summer. NOT A MODEL PORT. Sna FrancUco'a Dar Tng; Service Is Unsatisfactory. The foreign shipmaster on his first visit to this port, as a rule, makes it a prac tice to grumble and find-fault whenever the opportunity offers, and If he has pre viously visited the Bay City he Invariably has some disparaging comparison to make In favor of "dear old 'Frisco." Just at present matters have taken a turn, and there is considerable grumbling from the Bay City, about high-priced sailors, poor tug service, etc. The tugboat grievance seems to be the worst, and the San Fran cisco correspondent, speaks of it in the London Falrplay as" follows. "As conditions are at present, much cause for dissatisfaction exists, the two companies which control me business here having combined a couple of years ago to divide the pool; hence there Is no bid ding for "free" ships, these being taken alternately by the two companies as they arrive. The absence of competition In towing has also tended to make the tug owners Increasingly Indifferent to. the claims of contract vessels. It Is freely said that the tugs consult their own con- venlence In attending to shipping In the offlng and within the past four or five months complaints have frequently been made by masters of deep-water vessels, that they have been compelled to lay out side the heads during the prevalence of strong head winds, owing o the fact that towboats, except In rare case3, will not go out unless they have a tow for sea. On the other hand, vessels outward bound complain of undue detention owing to the attitude of the tugboats In giving prefer ence to-inside work, when such Is offer ing, urging as an excuse for declining to go out that the bar Is too rough. This results In some instances in delaying ves sels for a day or so unnecessarily. "The fact of the matter . appears to be that as a measure of economy some of the tugs are constantly laid up, leaving an insufficient number in commission to han dle the work of the port, and, further, they naturally find It more profitable to postpone making the outward tow until there Is a reasonable prospect of securing a charge for the return trip." IX FROM THE OFFIXG. Isle of Arran and Hnrvester Reached Astoria Yesterday. The British ship Isle of Arran arrived in yesterday after a good passage of 43 days from Santa Rosalia. This port, like near ly all of the ports along the Southern Coast. Is at times n very difficult one to get away from, and tho passages vary from 25 to 100 days. Once clear of the land, and the calms which hang close to It, a vessel will como along all right; but most of them put In few weeks in 'mak ing a start on the journey to the north. Another arrival at Astoria yesterday was the American bark Harvester, which comes to Astoria to load cannery supplies for Alaska. The Harvester has for sev eral years been engaged as a lumber drogher and all-around coaster, but 15 or 20 years ago she was one ot Arthur Sewall's regular freight packets, sailing round the Horn. In the service she had the reputation of being a pretty "hot" shlo, and before she Decame a lumber drogher she figured extensively in the seaman's "Red Record." FOR THTJ FAR NORTH. Flvo Vessels for Revenue Service In Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. The rev enuo cutter Bear has arrived here from San Diego, where sfie Tias been for the past Ave weeks. During her stay at the southern port, the timbers of the vessel wero thoroughlx dried. She will now be prepared for her cruise m Alaskan waters. All the vessels ot the revenue fleet will leave here about May 2 and will assemble at Seattle, May 20. They will then start on the northern trip. The fleet Include the Bear, Rush, Grant, McCulIoch and Manning, the latter vessel now being on her way here from New York. To Investigate TVoIcott TVreclc. SEATTLE. March 15. An official inves tigation of the wreck of the steamer Wol cott. which was lost on the shore of Ka dlak Island. Is to be made. It will be held by Lehners and Whitney, United States Marino Inspectors for Alaska, In which waters the disaster occurred. As yet no date has been set for the Wolcott lnvestt. gatlon, but It will probably be taken up early next week, as Captain Snow, master of the vessel, and other officers desire to leave the city. He and Pilot Keen will De the principal witnesses. The latter was in charge of the Wolcott at the time she ran on the rocks. Marine Xotes. The Oriental liner Abergeldle, and the steamer State of California are both due this morning. The Abergeldle was about due yesterday, but a thick fog off the mouth of the river last evening undoubt edly prevented her getting In. The old steamer liaho, at one time the crack steamer of the middle river, has de generated Into a floating quarantine sta tion, or hospital, at Seattle. She has passed her 35th birthday, and Is old and feeble enough to enter a hospital on her own account. Workmen are getting out a lot of knees for river boats at the yard just above the narrow-gauge depot. There are ru mors that a number of steamers will be built this summer for work on the Colum bia River, but as yet none of the local Iron -works has been asked for bids for boll- ere, and engines, which are usually the first parts of a steamboat to be constructed. Shipbuilding: in 1SOO. According to a consular report from Bremen on the shipbuilding record of the past year, the United Kingdom still leads In tonnage output. In 1S99 British ship yards turned out steamships to the amount of 1,414.000 tons, and sallmg vessels to tho amount of 2000 tons, or 1,416,000 tons alto gether, exclusive of warships. This, tho report states, was "one-ftfth less than the entire steamship fleet of Germany." War ships were turned out to the amount ot 168,000 tons, making the grand total of con struction for the year 1.584.000 tons. Of the warship tonnage, 121,000 tons were added to the English fleet. Most of the remainder (42,000 tons) was for Japan, while 4000 tons were for the United States. Of the 1,416,000 mercantile tonnage built In the United Kingdom in 1899 the portion built for Germany was 68.000 tons, for Aus tria 37,000 tons, for Norway 28,000 tons, for Spain 26.000 tons, for Denmark 24.000 tons, for Holland 22,000 tons, for Russia 15.000 .tons, for Sweden 000 tons. Of the remain der, L149.000 tons were added to the British mercantile fleet and 18,000 tons went to British colonies. Other countrlee built al together 881,000 tons 503 merchant vessels and 56 warships. Germany built 252,000 tons, the United States 233,000 tons, France 155.000 tons, Italy 67.000 tons, Holland 39,000 tons and Russia 34.00) tons. The tendency toward larger vessels, as being most prof itable. Is shown In the fact that of the steamships built In the United Kingdom nine were over 10.000 tons, six were over 12,000 tons, and the Oceanic was of 17,274 tons. Germany produced the Patricia, of 13,293 tons, the Grosser Kurfurst, 12,500 tons, and six other vessels of over 10,000 tons. Domestic and Forelprn Ports. ASTORIA, March 15. Arrived British ship Islo of Arran, from. Santa Rosalia; American bark Harvester, from San Fran cisco; schooner TV. F. Jewett, from San Francisco; steamer W. H. Harrison, from Tillamook. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind, northwest; dense fog. San Francisco, March 15 Arrived Schooner Melancthon, from. Coos Bay; schooner Neptune, from. Gray's Harbor. New York, March 15. Arrived Lahn, from Bremen. Queenstown. March 15. Arrived Germa nic, from New York, for Liverpool. New York, March 15. Arrived Cuflc, from Liverpool. San Francisco, March 15. Sailed Steam er Leander, for Vladlvostock; steamer Prosper, for Bristol Bay; steamer Thistle, for Bristol Bay. Seattle Arrived March 14 Steamer St. Paul, from Oyster Harbor; steamer City of Seattle, for Skagway; steamer DIrlgo, for Skagway. Tacoma Sailed March 13 Quickstep, for San Pedro! Hong Kong, March 15. Sailed British steamer Empress of Japan, for Vancou ver. Rotterdam Sailed March 12 British ship Cabul, for Seattle. Arrived March 14 Rotterdam, from New York, via Ply mouth. Palermo, March 15. Arrived Auguste Victoria, from Constantinople for New York. , Manila, March 13. Sailed Victoria, from Hong Kong, for San Francisco. Queenstown, March 15. Sailed Teutonic, from Liverpool, for New York. New York. March 15. Sailed State of Nebraska, for CTasgow; Fuerst Bismarck, for Hamburg. Port Townsend Sailed March 14 British steamer Dalny Vostock, for Hong Kong. New York, March 15. Arrived Steamer H. F. Meier, from Bremen. Queenstown, March 15. Sailed Belgen land, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia. Bremen, March 15. Arrived Saale, from New York. Genoa, March 15. Arrived Kaiser Wll helm III, from New York. PROMISE OF A REVOLT. Party Can't Stand the Administra tion's Wobbly Insular Policy. Pittsburg Dispatch. A number of the Eastern papers are commenting on the fact that the Chicago Intei Ocean, a th!ck-and-thInSepubllcan papei of the most organic character. Is vigorously and pointedly opposing the Puerto Rican tariff proposition as a most significant Indication of the Western re volt. Moreover, of seven, leading papers In Chicago, comprising four pronounced Republican papers and only one that has heretofore been clearly untl-expanslonlst, not a single one has failed to be out spoken against tho proposition to deny constitutional rights and equal trade priv ileges to Puerto Rico. 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Yet that paper on this subject adds to the volley of unanswered and searching questions In the following words: "There was a change of front, and It was made swiftly. The Inspiration did not come from the White House. Whence did it come? What was tho source of the discovery that bars, even low ones, should be erected against territory unde niably American and certain to remaia so?" When the most unquestioned organs aro talking In this way, the party managers will do wisely to Inquire whether it is a riot or a revolution. a A Mammoth Dredger. Philadelphia Press. The largest dredger ever built was de signed by a Chicago man, and handles 7S00 cubic yards per day. Now comes a. new type of excavator, which almost walks through the earth. The machine consists of a series of projecting- blades or cutters which revolve around a cylin drical conduit of sheet iron. Within this conduit Tevolves a screw conveyor, which carries the material to the upper end of the conduit, where It falls to the belt conveyor and is carried away. The ma chine is operated by three engines. TVhexe the Ancestor Missed It. Chicago Times-Herald. The Wig0elums. Waglums. Woggeluma, Wagloms, WIglums, Woglums and Wag loms have held a convention In New Jer sey and decided that they will all here after be Woglums. Their ancestor was Jan van Woggelum, of Holland, and ha might have saved a good deal of trouble and confusion If his children had all been girls. ! a Tontc or Parsimony? Boston Transcript. Closeman After all, I much prefer a pipe to a cigar. Franklin You mean that you enjoy sav ing money more than you do smoking to bacco. Grand Athletic Carnival Meeting? ot the Giants ..EXPOSITION BUILDING. Saturday Night, March 17 ,EW!S CANNON Of Chlcaeo. 111., weight 200 pounds. The acknowledged American cham pion ot Graeco-Koman wrestling. Tha only rival of Sauclow In muscular de velopment. VS. Of San Francl.ieo. Cal.. weigrht 20 pounds. Champion all-around wres tler and athlete of the world. Open to meet athletes from any part of the world. In a Championship Graeco-Roman catch-a-catch-can. beat thrco In Ave falls. If the fifth bout la necessary, the winner of the quickest fall to decide .-.tyle ot fifth fall. For a Purse of $500.00 Match must be to a finish. No draw. Win ner to take 75 per cent and the loser 25 jt-r cent of the purse. This contest must be for blood, and to the satisfaction of manaexut and referee, or money will be returned at th door. Four-round contest between Toung Fltzslm mons and Dudley Evans, for scientific points, for a purse. Lightweight wrestling. match. Graeco-Roman, best two In three falls, between Youns AVhlstler. of San Francisco, and Fred Frtech korn, of Portland, for a purse of $SO, winner to take all. Four-round bout for scientific points between Jimmy Flaherty, of Portland, and Jimmy Belley. of San Francisco. Ten-round contest for points (bantam-weights). Kid Barrett va Kid Murphy, both of Portland, for a purse and side bet of $50. Acrobatic and other attractions introduced In rapid succession. No tiresome waits. This tournament la managed by profesalonals. and all contests are between professionals. Th management know what the public want. ADMISSION -Upper frallerj". 2Tc: lower gal leries and main lloor. 50c: one hundred reserved seats on stage, $1. Tickets for sale at Fred T. Merrill Cycle Co.'s. Sljr. Wertheimer's cigar stores, and all prominent places In the city. evme Elkhart, Indiana, IRED22.U"55T