THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MAECH 26, 1900.
MANY FROM EUROPE
Marked Increase of Immigra
tion in Past Year.
ONE-FOURTH SOUTHERN ITALIANS
Conditions and Facts Shoivxx hy Re
port o Xcvr Yorlc Superintend
ent of Labor Statistics.
' ALBANY, N. Y.f March 25. The annual
report of John Mackln, State Superintend
ent of Labor Statistics, says:
"Immigration returns for the quarter
ended December 31, 1S99, show an Increase
of 23,012 more than In the last three raontns
'of 1898. In the latter quarter the arrivals'
numbered 51.SS0; In the same three months
of 1S99, 74,892. The largest proportionate
gain of those races recording at least 2000
arrivals -was made by the Slovaks. The
Polish race was second, the Crotlans and
Slavonians third.
"In point of numbers the Southern Ital
ians still retain the lead In Immigration,
the arrivals of that race being nearly one
ifourth of the total. There were 18,149,
or 24.2 per cent, of that class who landed
during the quarter which ended last De
cember. Next In the numerical order
com the Hebrews, with 10.07C; Poles, 6401;
Slovaks. 6226; Germans, 6118; Scandinavi
ans, 4436; Northern Italians, 4140, and Irish,
-3745.
"Of the 72,892 Immigrants arriving dur
ing the quarter, four-fifths were destined
to the states composing the North At
lantic division, of which group the State
of New York received the largest num
ber. Those who went to the West division
numbered 23S6."
Superintendent Mackln says that the
past year has been the most successful
year the free employment bureau Id New
York City has had since its establishment.
On this subject, he says:
"The demand for girls as general houso--workers
is far in excess of the supply.
The reason for this Is found mainly In
the fact that many employers are doing
away with the subdivision of labor. This
bureau was not able to find employment
for many males on the quasi-public works
In tho city. The reason for this is to be
found in the fact that most of such work
was conducted by the contracting firm,
acting under Instructions from the lead
ers of the dominant party In tho city.
The newspaper press and the court pro
ceedings demonstrate just how one or
these contracting companies almost wiped
out of existence one of the best-paying
enterprises in New York City. In order
to obtain work on this special contract a
man had to see his district leader, and In
proportion to his usefulness to the said
leader he was bllletted on the payroll of
this particular company of contractors,
tho corporation paying the bill regularly."
FIGHT OVER NIXE-HOUR DAY.
30,000 Machinists In New York Dis
trict May Strike Tills Weelc.
NEW YORK, March 25. A strike of 30.
000 members of the International Associa
tion of Machinists and the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers In the New York
district may be precipitated this week by
the action of the New York and New
Jersey Machinery Manufacturers Asso
ciation organizing to resist the demand
for a nine-hour day, which was to have
been made on April 1. This was an
nounced at the meeting of the Central
Federated Union today by George H. War
ner, business agent for the district. It is
announced that James O'Connell, grand
master machinist, will arrive hero this
week to look over the ground and take
charge. The New York district Includes
New Jersey as far as Patefson, and New
Yorlc State as far as Newburgh. Mr.
Warner said:
"We are In this fight to win out, and
will not stop until we get the nine-hour
day."
Miners Wapres Advanced 20 Per Cent.
PHILADELPHLY. March 25. The Ber-v.-lnd-Whlte
Coal Mining Company today
notified all Its miners of a general aver
age advance of 20 per cent, making the
wages tho highest paid during tho last
20 years.
Money Prom Dividends to Wages.
CHARLESTON. S. C, March 25. The
New York Cotton Mills, of Yorkvlllo, have
announced that they would on next pay
day take 3 per cent from the annual divi
dend and add It to the wages of the oper
atives. Steel "Worlcs to Resume.
MUNCIE, Ind., March 25. It Is said the
Midland Steel Works -will be transferred
to the Sheet Iron Trust Monday, and that
the plant will resume work immediately
with 800 hands.
BACKED BY BIG MONEY.
New" Road Means Shorter Route to
Chicago and the West.
PITTSBURG. March 25. The Poet to
morrow will say:
"Immense corporations are backing the
promoters of the Unlontown, Waynesburg
& West Virginia Railroad Company. They
see In it a short route to Chicago and .the
West, which, to them, means cheaper
froight Tates. The Federal and National
Steel Companies and the National Tube
Works Company have promised to give
the new carrier enough business to keep
It busy. Chicago Is brought 3S miles near
er to the coke regions of Connellsvllle, and
the distance between the Fayettevilie
fields and Cincinnati is reduced 71 miles.
The new road will -make connection with
the Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Wheel
ing, Cleveland & Loraine railways, and
Chicago will bo reached over the Nickel
Plate. Work will begin In June."
RAILROAD SURVEYORS AT WORIC.
Start From the BurlIngrton$and Worlc
Up CUunr Valley in Wyoming.
WHEATLAND, Wyo.. March 25. This
community is again stirred by the appear
ance of a party of surveyors in charge ot
an engineer named Negus. The party
has been in the field for several weeks,
and has surveyed a line from a point on
the Burlington's Alliance-Guernsey line,
about two miles east of Fort Laramie,
following the Laramie River as far west
as the mouth of the Chugwater Creek.
From this the survey leaves the Bur
lington, and, verging to the south, follows
up the east side of the Chug Valley, until
Wheatland is reached. The survey crosses
the line of the Cheyenne & Northern about
500 yards north of the depot, and, passing
through tho northwestern part of town,
continues on In a southwesterly direc
tion. .
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AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
Report of the Worlc Done In the
Past Yenr.
WASHINGTON, March 25. The meeting
of the American Tract Society was held
this afternoon. Rev. Judson Swift, field
secretary at New York, presented a re
port on the society's work, and Rev. The
odore L. Cuyler. D. D., of New York, de
livered an eloquent address. The secre
tary's report stated that the society has
Issued at home and In the foreign field
13,300 distinct publications. It has printed
in the Spanish language Christian litera
ture to tho amount of 3.117.400 pages. It
has circulated also during the past year
(500 copies of the Spanish hymnbook, tho
demand for Spanish literature being al
ways In advance of the means of supply.
During the past two years over 8.000,000
pages have been circulated In the Army
and Navy. The distribution of Christian
literature in the Mormon homes of Utah
through the colporteur wagon and mis
sionaries is of great Importance and un
usual Interest.
CONSPIRED TO DEFRAUD BANK
Got B0,0OO Jury Found the Trro Mea
Guilty.
MONTREAL, March 25. James Bax
ter, a broker, and Ferdinand Lemleux,
accountant of the defunct Banque Villa
Marie, accused of conspiring to defraud
the bank, were found gtmty In the Court
of the Queen's Bench today. The jury
added a strong recommendation of mercy
on account of Baxter's age, which Is about
70 years. Baxter presented checks amount
ing to about $50,000 at the bank, In which
ho had no funds. They -were initialed by
Lemleux, the accountant, and cashed by
Herbert, the paying teller, who held the
checks as cash, deceiving the president ot
the bank by loading packages of $10 bills
with $1 bills in the middle. Lemleux and
Herbert received one-third of the steal as
commission. Herbert turned Queen's evi
dence. Baxter did a big note-shaving
business.
, More "Witnesses Called.
HASTINGS, Neb., March 25. When
District Court adjourned yesterday until
Monday morning, it was announced that
there would be but one more witness to
take the stand for the defendant In the
Morlocker poisoning case, with the exceD-
tlon of three experts, hut since then coun
sel for the defendant have decided to
subpena several more -witnesses. State's
Attorney McCreary will subpena about
25 -witnesses for the purpose oil rebutting
the proof of the defense as to the de
fendant's Insanity. It is now thought
the case will not go to the Jury before
Thursday.
Rlckcrstnu Told Too Much.
LANSING, Mich., March 25. It Is stated
that the next sensation In the military
fraud cases will be tho arrest of Samuel
Bickerstaff. an agent for the Henderson
Ames Company, the military goods con
cern, through which the alleged frauds
were committed, and who transacted the
business for that firm. Bickerstaff testi
fied while on the stand that he paid the
alleged conspirators their share of the
profits of the fraudulent deal, and it Is
said that the defense will have him ar
rested on a criminal charge, "based on that
transaction.
Old Couple Drank and Quarreled.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 25. Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Flemrey, an aged couple, quar
reled last night. When the officers ar
rived, Mrs. Flemrey'a clothing was In
flames, and her husband was standing
over her with a lighted candle. Before
they could effect an entrance, she had
been horribly burned. Tho man was ar
rested, and the woman, who Is not expect
ed to live, was removed to the county hos
pital. The couple were hard drinkers.
"Where Murders Are Thlclc
PETERSBURG, Va., March 25.-Empo-rla,
Greensville County, the scene of the
double lynching yesterday, is quiet today.
News was received hero this nftornnnn f
another murder In Greensville, where Ben
uwens, a well-known citizen, and another
man, whose name was not learned, be
came involved In a dispute, during which
Owens was shot and killed. The mur
derer fled.
HuKunnd Killed by "Wife's Companion
NEW YORK, March 25. Edward Leas
ure, 22 years of age, killed Georgo Crotty,
SS years old, an electrician. In Brooklyn
tonight. Crotty met his wife on the
street in Leasure's company. A quarrel
ensued, and Leasure shot Crotty twice.
Crotty died an hour later. Leasure "was
arrested.
Attempt at Suicide Succeeded.
DETROIT. Mich., March 25.-Charle9 H.
Preston, of Detroit, who attempted sui
cide in Vicksburg, Miss., where he was
manager of the Diamond Match Com
pany's plant, died here today, one hour
after his arrival from the South.
Jealous Woman Kills Another.
VIENNA, 111., March 25. Mrs. Vesta
Hogg, in a fit of jealousy, shot and killed
Mrs. Clara Curley, in this city this after
noon. Mrs. Hogg -was arrested and
placed In jail.
Postal Clerk Committed Suicide.
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev.. March 25.
Jamos Cummings, a railway postal cleric,
who was arrested yesterday on the charge
of stealing a registered package valued
at $140. 'committed suicide tonight by tak
ing laudanum.
Drunken Man Killed Ills "Wife.
OIL CITY. Pa., March 25. Amos Elder,
an oil well-driller, shot and killed his
wife tonight, while intoxicated. The
woman made a struggle to save her life.
Elder escaped.
LARGE ENTRY LIST.
Many States Represented In Ken
tucky Futurity for 1000 Foals.
LEXINGTON. KyTMarch 25. The re
newal of the $20,000 Kentucky Futurity
for foals of 1900 has just closed, with the
largest entry list in Its history, a total of
1478 nominated marcs. The entries embrace
35 states and territories. Kentucky is the
heaviest nominator, with 566 entries, and
New York is next with 1GS. California has
86; Montana, 37; Colorado, IL and Utah 1.
There are 333 sires represented. Of these,
228, or more than CO per cent, have rec
ords of 2:30 or better, and 30 are on the
2:10 list. Over 40 per cent either possess
or have produced "standard speed a re
markable percentage.
Scarcely any mare on the hreeded ranks
is absent, and the result of tho mating
of famous horses like Star Pointer
(1:59V!) "with Lena H. (2:05&). and of Di
rect (2:05Vi) with Pixley (2:08). and of
Arlon (2:07&) with Nancy Hanks (2:04)
-will be watched with Interest,
Stakes at Coney Island.
NpJW YORK, March 25. The following
stakes are announced, to close April 17, for
the June meeting of the Coney Island
Jo'ekey Club, at Sheepshead Bay:
Tho Vernal, $1250 added, for fillies, 2-yoar-olds;
five furlongs.
Tho Grass selling stakes, $1250 added,
handicap, for 3-year-olds and upward; one
mile and a sixteenth on turf.
The Independence steeplechase, $1205
added, handicap, for 4-year-olds and up
wards; full steeplechase course.
Retired In Favor of nis Son.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 25. John W.
Schorr has transferred his entire Interest
In all the horses that have formerly raced
In the name of J. W. Schorr & Son to
John F. Schorr, who accepts all engage
"nSentslof the horses owned by that firm.
The vicissitudes of racing have made the
elder Schorr retire In favor of his son,
who Is now absolute owner of the great
raclffg stable.
. DISCOVERY OF BRAZIL,
300th Anniversary to Bo Celebrated
in Rio Janeiro.
RIO JANEIRO, March 25. The Minis
ter of Marine, Admiral Pinto de Luz, has
given orders to the entire fleet to bo
ready to participate in the commemora
tion from May 3 to May 6, Inclusive, of
the discovery of BraSII, In 1500, and ail
private vessels and boats of all descrip
tions will be Invited to assidt in the naval
review and the regattas.
A bronze statue of Pedro Alvarez de
Cabral, who was driven upon tho Brazil
ian coast by a tempest In April, 1500, and
who called It the Land of the Holy Cross,
-will be unveiled at Bahla on May 3. It Is
of heroic size.
STILL ON PUERTO RICO
DHL TvTLIi TAKE MOST OF SENATE'S
TIME THIS WEEK.
Canoes Has Heavy Task oa Hand to
Prevent Open Rupture Army
Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON. March 25. THo Senato
will give tho greater part of its time this
week to tho Puerto Rlcan question. How
ever, at the beginning of the week. Sen
ator Carter will be given an opportunity
to secure consideration for his Alaskan
Code hill. It will not likely arouse any
general debate.
The Republican caucus will take the
Puerto Rlcan question in band again to
morrow. The Republicans who support the House
Puerto Rlcan tariff bill hope to get the
measure out of the caucus after one sit
ting, but the free-traders are not so anx
ious on that score, and tho latter ele
ment may dejay matters there, as they
are disposed to do in the Senate with the
hope of receiving still further encourage
ment from the country at large. Some of
the members of the free trade Republican
clement declare their purpose to vote
against the bill, If reported without
amendment. They threaten to offer many
amendments and to make speeches In op
position to do all In their power to prevent
the passage of the hill as It stands, but
the caucus, of course, may find a means
of preventing this open rupture. At any
rate, strong effort will bo made in that
direction. ,
The Democratic Senators will support
a free-trade amendment when presented,
but they prefer to have tho bill reported
when amended.
Th appointment of Mr. Bynum to bo
Appraiser, at New York, should be taken
up tomorrow. The Democratic leaders
will oppose confirmation.
The committee on privileges and elec
tions will hear the arguments of the coun
sel In the case of Senator Clark, begin
ning Wednesday. The report on the case
Is not expected for several weeks.
"Work in. the House.
Tho army appropriation hill will be taTceri
up tomorrow and doubtless will serve for
a text for a wide latitude of discussion on
military affairs In general, and the cost
of war establishment under tho new con
dition of affairs.
Three days will he given to the bill.
The bill Itself carries no legislation on
the organization of the army, but Is strict
ly supply measures for the army on lta
present basis.
The latter part of the week will be de
voted to the naval, the agricultural or the
fortifications appropriation bill
SHIPPING SUBSIDY BDLL.
Position of Democratic Minority
Stated by Consrcssninn Fitzgerald.
WASHINGTON, March 25. Representa
tive Fitzgerald, of .Massachusetts, the
ranking Democratic member of the House
merchant marine committee, made a state
ment today regarding the position of the
Democratic minority on the shipping sub
sidy bill, in which ho says:
"Tho members of tho Democratic minor
ity realize as well as their Republican
brethren the chaotic condition of the
American merchant marine at the present
lime, ana tney are Just as anxious to rem
edy tho condition of affairs. The present
bill, formed by the Republican majority,
wlillo it Is vastly superior to the original
measure presented in the House and Sen
ate, is yet far from satisfactory. The
present shape of the measuro and the
many good features that have been add
ed to tho bill since its first Introduction
can be charged nip to tho insistence of the
Democratic members that various portions
should be amended. Two practical amende
ments, however, which have been asked
for by the Democratic members, and- to
tho support of which nt least three of the
Republican members volunteered enough
to make a majority in the whole com
mitteewere defeated through the Insist
ence of the shipowners' trust and the
dictation of Senator Hanna, who told the
Republican members that under no con
sideration could either of tho amendments
bo attached to the bill.
"Tlje first was a provision to extend the
time during which Americans could pur
chase foreign vessels for another year.
This policy is outlined and favored In the
report of Secretary Gage. If it la a wise
provision to allow the purchase of foreign
vessels because of the added work that
would accrue to American shipyards, it
seems to mo that it would prove still
more advantageous to allow more foreign
vessels to be purchased for a' year at
least, on account of the tremendous In
crease that it would call for in building
American ships in American shipyards.
"The second provision, allowing' Ameri
cans to purchase foreign ships wherever
they please, to place them under the
American flag and operate them without
any subsidy, was likewise defeated. Th
British shipping today, the increase ol
which has been so favorably commented
on by the promoters of this bill, is large
ly between foreign ports, and why Amer
icans (when It does not interfere with
the payment of subsidies, as would be
tho case if this amendment were added
to the bill) should be deprived of the op
portunity of investing capital In those
ships, as well as Increasing the opportuni
ties, of flying the American flag, employ
ing American seamen and building up tho
American merchant marine, is more than
I can understand.''
Corenn Minister to Leave.
WASHINGTON, March 25. Mr. Chin
Pom Ye. Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary of Corea to this Gov
ernment, wlll sail from New York next
Saturday for Paris to begin his new du
ties abroad. He has been transferred to
Paris, Vienna and St. Petersburg. He
will call on the President early this week
to take final leave, and to present Mr.
Tarn E. Ye, Secretary of the Legation, as
Charge d Affaires for Corea In the Interim
between the Minister's departure and the
arrival of a successor, not yet definitely
known.
PHILIPPINE TRADE.
Dlscusvcd liy a Freucn Official PoIm
llcutlon.
WASHINGTON, March 21. "Commerce
and Commercial Prospects In the Philip
pines" Is the subject of a discussion In
the Monlteur Offlclel du Commerce, an of
ficial publication of the French Govern
ment, which has just reached the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics. It calls attention 'of
those Interested In the foreign commerce
of France to the fact that American com
merce In the Orient Is making rapid devel
opments, and especially so through the
foothold which It has obtained at Manila.
The statement la as follows:
"Tho export houses of Manila are about
resuming their business activity and re
sponding to tho demands for sugar, abaca
copra, tobacco, etc, which they had been,
unable to satisfy during the whole of the
past year.
"The Import trade underwent Important
changes by reason of the occupation of
tho Philippines by the United States, this
change by no means yet being complete.
Before acting, the business men of the
colony had to study thenew conditions
under which henceforth the Importation
of foreign manufactures might be carried
on. The Philippine market received prior
to the Spanish-American war all sorts of.,
articles coming from England, Spain,
France, Belgium, etc The United States,
whose exports to these Islands had been
relatively of very Insignificant Import
ance, has since taken an Important place
in tho victualing of Manila, which place
Is daily growing in Importance. The
business men of this city, after a few
months of observation, becameconvinced
that in order to hold their own against
the American coVKtltor they would have
to replenish partW their stock of trade
with American goods, so that now one can
see in all the stores of Manila, besides
the foreign goods formerly Imported, also
a number of articles which the American
manufacturers try to Introduce in large
quantities.
"The competition on the part of Ameri
can products Is bound to become more
formidable the more Americans will be
come settled In this colony, and even now
old Manila business houses send orders "to
American manufacturers, who have ac
quainted them with their terms of doing
business, ever since August, 1SSS, either
through detailed catalogues or more often
through active and Intelligent agents.
"It la qulto difficult to state before
hand at the present time which foreign
products will win the favor of the public
in Manila and the provinces of the archi
pelago, for tho American part of the pop
ulation Is at present maae up principally
of soldiers and officers families; the rest
of the American colony In this city Is
qulto small, though, constantly growing
In number, mainly civilians, who visit tho
country and study the chances of its ex
ploitation. The great capitalists', manu
facturers and business men of the Union,
however, have not yet made their appear
ance on the ground, neither are they likely
to as long as tranquillity Is not restored
in all parts of these Islands. A constant
study of the Philippine situation and of
the changes in tho commercial condition
of tho local market would therefore seem
to bo Indispensable to all foreign manu
facturers and business men who wish to
Increase the volume of their business or
open connections with Manila merchants.
Groat tact and skill have to be employed
by" French commerce, particularly In order
to hold its own against encroachments on
the part of foreign competitors, who ahow
extraordinary activity. In winning new
markets in the Philippines; calm and per
severing In the case of the Germans, Eng
lish and Belgians; noisy and almost brutal
in the case of tho. Americans. Prompt
Tieas and dispatch in the execution of or
ders and careful packing are recommend
ed to the French exporter. During tho
year complaints about careless packing,
resulting In damage to the goods, have
been of such frequent occurrence that they
may prove even "hurtful to the importa
tion of our goods-. The merchants of Ma
nlla are led to compare methods and to
acknowledge that all goods shipped from
the United States are packed with such
care that damage to. and deterioration of,
the goods due to bad packing aro exceed"
Ingly rare."
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CENSUS OF PURE-BRED STOCK
Ovrners Asked to Have Information
Ready for the Enumerators.
WASHINGTON, March 24. An enu
meration of the pure-blood or pure-bred
farm animals in the United States will
be a part of tho 12th census. The main
schedule for agriculture provides for re
turning "the number June 1, 1000, of all
pure-blooded animals recorded cr eligible
to record, on the farm."
While the Treasury Department, in ad
ministering the tariff laws relative to
pure-bred animals, does not accept the
verbal statements of owners or agents,
but requires certified evidence in writing
of the pedigree claimed, the census enu
merator will be compelled to rely pretty
generally If not wholly upon, verbal replies
as to whether stock Is pure-bred.
The customs division of the Federal
Government recognizes the certificates of
the publishers of about SO American and
perhaps 7S English, German, French, Bel
gian, Russian, Spanish. Pomeranian, East
and West Prussian. Netherlands, Fries
land, Swiss, New Zealand and Algerian
hcrdbooks. The census office will, of
course, recognize the validity of the same
registers. '
As several months must elapso before
the census of livestock will bo taken. Di
rector Merrlam requests that all who are
not certain whether their unregistered an
imals are grade or pure-bred and 'eligible
to record,"" take steps definitely tq settle
the mooted point, and .thus be prepared
without hesitation to give the enumerator
accurate Information relative to this In
teresting Inquiry.
The recognized herdbooks In -which their
uinfmals. If eligible, may be registered, aro
as follows:
For Horses.
American Studbook; American Trotting
Register; American Morgan Register; Na
tional Saddle-Horse Register; American
Hackney Studbook; American Cleveland
Bay Studbook; American Clydesdale
Studbook: American Shire Horse
Studbook; American Suffolkr-Horse Stud
book; American Shetland Pony Club Stud
book; Percheron Studbook of America;
French Coach Studbook; German. Hano
vorlan and Oldenburg Coach Horse Stud
book; Oldenburg Coach Horse Register;
American Register of Belginn Draft
Horses: National Register of French
Draft Horses.
For Asses. ,
American Jack Stock Studbook.
For Cattle.
American Shorthorn Herdbook; Ameri
can Hereford Record; American Devon
Record; American Sussex Register; Herd
Register of tho American Jersey Cattle
Club; Herd Register of the American
Guernsey Cattle Club; Red Polled Herd
book; Ayrshire Record; American Aber-doen-Angus
Herdbook; American Gallo
way Herdbook; Holsteln-Freslan Herd
book: Dutch-Belted Cattle Herdbook;
American Polled Durham Herdbook; Swiss
Record,
For Sheep.
Register of the Vermont Merino Sheep
Breeders' Association; Register of the Ver
mont Atwood Merino Sheep Breeders' As
sociation; Register of the Standard Amer
ican Merino Sheep Breeders' Association;
Register of the Ohio Spanish Merino Sheep
Breeders' Association; Register of tho
United States Merino Sheep Breeders' As
sociation; Register of the Michigan Me
rino Sheep Beepers' Association; Regis
ter of the National Merino Sheep Breed
ers' Association; Register of the Missou
ri Merino Sheep Breeders' Association;
Arnej-lcan Merino Sheep Register; Wiscon
sin Merino Sheep Register; American
Ramboulllet Record; National Delaine
Merino Register; Improved Delaine Merino
Register; Dickinson Spanish Merino Sheep
Register; Black Top Merino Sheep
Register; Improved Black Top Merino
Record; Standard Delalno Merino Regis
ter; National Improved Saxony Sheep
Register; American Shropshire Sheep
Record; Hampshire Down Flock Record;
African Oxford Record; American
Soyidown Record: Flock Book of the Na-
tlMal Cheviot Sheep Society: Amer
(rn Lincoln Record; Register of the Na
ffonal Lincoln Sheep Breeders' Associa
tion; American Cqtswold Record: Amer
ican Leicester Record; Flock Record of
the Dorset -Horn Sheep Breeders' Associa
tion of America; Flock Book of the ContI- J
nental Dorset Club; Register of the Amer
icarifluffolk Registry Association.
For Swine.
American Berkshire Record; American
Poland-China Record; Central Poland
China Record; Ohio Poland-China Record;
Standard Poland-China Record; North-western
Poland-China Swine Record;
Chester White Record; American Chester
White Record; American Duroc-Jersey
Record; National TJuroc-Jersey Record;
American Essex Recocd; Cheshire Herd
book; Record of the Victoria Swine Breed
ers' Association; Record of tho American
Small Yorkshire Clubi Register of, the
American Yorkshire Club; Record of the
American Tamworth Swino Record Asso
ciation. Sheep may be recorded by flocks: but
other animals are recorded by Individuals.
The herdbooks show that about 750,000 cat
tle have been registered in tho United
States, and'ltsls estimated that about 350,
000 aro living. 'If breeders will make ac
curate returns- of thejr pure-bred animals
to the census enumerators nexf 'TuneT 'a1
cdrrect basis will bo secured for showInc-H
future expansion In .high-grade livestock.
otherwise the efforts of the census officers
will be of small value. "A word to the
wise Is sufficient," says Director Merrlam.
ALASKA SALMON DOOMED
PRESENT RATE OF CANNING FAR
EXCEEDS NATURAL INCREASBL
Report of Special Agent, Who Was
Scat Ont by Treasnry Depart
ment to Investigate.
WASHINGTON, March U. Tho report
of Special Agent H. M. Kutchln, who
was sent to Alaska by the Treasury De
partment to investigate tha salmon fish
eries of lhat territory, lias just been print
ed. From this report the following ex
tracts have been made:
"Estimates have put the hatch of sal
mon at from 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 per year.
The outside capacity of the hatchery is
said to be 10,000,000. The hatchery was
started In 1S9S, and has put out three
hatches of fry. It is too early to judge
what success has attended the enterprise
in regard to the return of mature fish.
But, should It be all that most favorable
conditions would warrant, it cannot be
hoped that artificial propagation on the
present scale can go very far toward a
full restoration of the.Karluk fishery. It
would probably be a liberal estimate to
assume that one-fourth of the fry reach
maturity; at which rate, on a yearly out
put of 3.000,000 spawn from- the hatchery,
750,000 fish would return to the river. Con-,
sidering that as many as 73,000 salmon aro '
said to have been taken at a single haul,
and soma of the best season's packs have
aggregated not less than 3,600.000 fish. It
will be qultSfapparent that It will require
a greatly enlarAthatchery plant to bring
back anything Mf,the old-time' profusion.
As tho existlng'Tiatchery Is planned, it
will not, however, bo Impracticable to
make additions that will increase its ca
pacity to almost any extent.
"It does not require much argument to
demonstrate that, in the face of an un
questionable steady decimation of the fish
eries, It Is ludicrously Inadequate to meet
tho demands of the situation. With an
annual draft upon the supply of, say, 15.
COO.OCO salmon, under the very best con
ditions, and contemplating results much
better than have ever been demonstrated
as reliable, the yearly planting of C0.000.0M
fry would be a moderate estimate ot what
Is required in tho case. It Is probably
within bounds to say that not moro than
one-tenth of this requirement Is met. Mark
the contrast between this situation and
that which obtains In the State of Wash
ington, as Indicated by the subjoined clip
ping from a recent publication:
" 'The State of Washington nvill operate
six new fis.h hatcheries this season, and
Fish Commissioner Little expects all
hatcheries to be run at their full capacity
this winter. The output will be close to
5.000,000 salmon for the year. This quad
ruples tho best record of any previous
year.'
"Taking into account the-fact that tho
total estimated output of all Jho waters
benefited by this propagation Is put at
5iftlcaattjfor the present season about
hSSMli AlKska pack tho disparity is lit
tle ilBbof grotesque.
'"Why Pack. Increases.
"It may be urged that there Is no evi
dence that the Alaska fisheries are giving
out, Inasmuch as the pack as a whole, in
stead of growing 'small by degrees and
beautifully less,' actually enlarges from
year to year. But that fact Is misleading.
The pack has not been maintained, much
less Increased, because salmon havJcon
tlnued In equal abundance, but because
tho effort and machinery of tnp business
have been steadily enlarged. Canneries
have -multiplied, new waters have.beenl
explored, and men and gear enormously
Increased. Individual Instances,'1' on tfie
other hand, tif total extinction or Immense
depreciation of fisheries are unhappily
plentiful. In Southeastern Alaska the
paok does not hold Its own, and many es
tablishments have -closed. This year that
at Redflsh Bay, Baranoff Island, has been
abandoned. It was never a great' fishery,
but for a long time a, good and reliable
ono, running from 10,000 to 15,000 cases
yearly for 10 years or -more. In an old
list I find the names of eight concerns in
Southeastern Alaska not now doing busi
ness. To the westward a cannery atTiin.
Point once put up a heavy pack. tThe
last year it contracted for 20,000 cases, put
up but 4000, and gave up the ghost. There
were formerly one or two canneries at
Afognak Island, where there are now
scarcely enough fish to be had for the do
mestic needs of the natives. The once
wonderful Karluk fishery appears to be
so nearly ruined that, judged by the re
sults this year and last, it would almost
seem a rash venture for the company to
outfit for the coming season. The group
of Karluk and Chlgnik fisheries In their
best days put up a pack of nearly 4(0.000
cases. That of 1S9S was 277.SS1 cases, and
1S99, 241.544 cases. This list embraces'
three points, where no fishlmr has been
,dqne- for several years.
"To compensate for tho falling off here
noted, as was necessary to maintain the.
aggregate catch, there must have been
great gains somewhere. The development
of the Bchring Sea fisheries shows this.
Tho pack in the Bristol Bay region (where
alone on the Behring Sea side of the
Alaska peninsula salmon-packing is done)
has grown from 14,000 cases in 1S7S to
neaWy 500,000 in 1503) or'hbout four-tenths
tne"' entire Alaska pack, and nearly equal
to the total product of the Puget Sound
region.
'Stupendous as Is tho salmon supply of
BrIstorBay, It cannot prove equal to the
demand that has been and the greater one
that will be made upon it. There has
never yet been a salmon-fishery found
that has been Inexhaustible, or capable of
withstanding without constant reinforce
ment tho modern methods of the great
fishing companies. Already the wise ones
among the packers foresee the practical
extinction of even this great fishery. The
drain upon It Is sure to Increase rapidly
as other grounds become exhausted. This
season two new canneries have been put
up on the Nushagak River; another will be
In operation at Egagek next season, and
rumor reached me of another In contem
plation for Kogglung. All ofcthoso in
operation are of a largo capacity, one or
more of them being able to turn out 2000
cases a day. It will take a mJshty pro
fusion of fish to keep them air active. In
spite of the fact that In the past It has
been Impossible at times to handle tho
catch as rapidly as It could bo piled upon
the flah wharves. The season, thero la the
shortest in Alaska, and swift work Is
necessary. "But the salmoi? have never
failed yet, and It was the seeming bound
less quantities that in spme slight degree
excused tho wasteful 'methods"' reported
to have been practiced there. Not only
will that sort of thing rhave to be stopped,
but something will have to be put In train
quite speedily to postpono tho evil day
that Is surely coming If present practices
are not checked and preservative measures
are not adopted. The best-informed
fishermen with whom I conversed, whllo
declaring the Bristol Bay grounds to be
Immeasurably superior to any others in
Alaska (and that means In tho world)
agreed that 10 years of the present un
restricted system of destruction would
bring the ond of the Industry.
Alaska Fisheries Doomed.
"The uniform conclusion of those who-
havo given investigation and thought to
this subject is that the Alaska fisheries
are doomed unless swift and thorough
Kmeasures are put In operation to preserve
iuubc it iuuu .wis iiub jci uil wy euect ot
the destructive practices that have pre
vailed from the beginning, and to re
store those that aro rapldjy approaching
extinction. But one remedy, of course. Is
available, to-wlt: A generous system of
propagation! .restriction of the number
of canneries; a limitation of the pack at
each'-flsheryi and. perhaps- a curtailment
of the fishing season as the differing con
ditions in tne several regions would seem
to demand.
"The first branch of this system of nro-
flectlon presents the slightest 'tllfflcaltles.
'ana is more reaauy appiicableTYl d '"gen
eral way tnan tne omer elements of the
plan. Tho only question that might pre
sent a perplexing phase Is as to whether
the companies should, be required to con
duct their own hatcheries or whether the
Government should supply the fry from
a public establishment, planting the re
quired number at each fishery and collect
ing the cost from tho persons profiting
therefrom. My own Judgment Is that the
latter plan would be found the more satis
factory and beneficial. It might be- well
to allow those who now have their own
hatcheries, and who would prefer to op
erate them, to continue to do no under
such regulations as would Insure the ful
fillment of the requirements In tho prem
ises. Tho carrying out of a project of
this sort would bring Afognak Island Into
use on the lines originally contemplated.
Its location Is such. as to make all the
fisheries accessible therefrom; while the
waters adjacent, with a little nursing,
would furnish an ample supply of breed
ing fish for an establishment ot the very
largest capacity that would be required.
Its operation would furthermore, afford
profitable occupation for the resident na
tlvea, regarding whose future consider
able concern has been manifested.
Plans for Restocklnsr.
"A largo expenditure would be necessary
at the outset Jfor plant, -boats, etc. But
the hatchery once provided, on an ample
scale for the future, the cost of mainte
nance would probably be more than fur
nished from, tho fund turned into the
Treasury Dpeartment In the form of tho
new .tax on salmon; so the proposition en
tails no continuous pecuniary burden upon
tho Government. It would be no moro
than just that 'the revenue received from
tho fisheries "should be expended for their
preservation. This Is the system in vogue
In tho State of Washington, where the
receipts, from licenses, etc., are used In
the support of the hatcheries.
"Assuming that the Government operate
tho hatcheries and sell fry to the fisher
men, this could readily be arranged on tho
basis of a fixed charge per thousand and
a requirement that each concern plant on
a ratio of four to one (or whatever the
proper ratio may be) for the fish taken
by it.
"The limitation of the pack allowed each
cannery or saltery has been urged by tno
In each of my preceding report. I still"
favor the Idea with or without general
propagation, all the more imperatively in
the latter case. It can be readily applied
by arriving at a fair average of the capa
city of each fishery, based upon past pro
duction and present conditions.
"Tho restriction of the number of can
ning and salting establishments has also
been recommended by me in tho past, and
is a decidedly necessary regulation to
check overfishing. It Is perhaps lato In
the day now to apply it, for there are
few places still left In Alaska where- cohi
mon business prudence will not serve as
a check upon a further multiplication of
canneries. There are exceptions, per
haps, as in the Bristol Bay region, and
thero is still a chance for good results In
this direction. The requirement of a per
mit from tho Secretary of the Treasury
for any proposed new establishment would
be useful In several directions and. injuri
ous in nono.
"The proposal to curtail the present fish
ing season, which is now unlimited, ex
cept for a small portion of each week in
certain localities, is "by no means so read
ily arranged, but still presents no Insup
erable, obstalces. The difficulty consists
of the fact that there are widest sort of
differences In the fisheries, and no general
law can bo formulated to fit them all.
Even the division of them Into groups
would scarcely be practicable, for often
fishing grounds, separated by only 100 or
200 miles, will bo totally dissimilar as to
fishing seasno. But although a schedule
making different dates for each fishery
wero required, thls-coUld still be arranged,
and the necessity for this may become un
mistakably apparent.
"No one In the least acquainted with the
subject will attempt to controvert this
plain proposition: The salmon fisheries
of Alaska cannot possibly long survive thp
present drain upon theriV without artificial
support. Private voluntary effort in this
direction cannot be relied upon. The
present resort to hatcheries Is hopelessly
inadequate for the necessities of the case.
Therefore the Government must take ac
tion, either by demanding that each can
nery shall yearly replace, In proper ratio,
the fish taken by It, or establish hatpherie3
Itself and supply fry at the cost of thoso
who profit from the fisheries. My belief
Is that, all things considered, the latter
is tho true remedy, and that It cannot
possibly bo applied too soon."
SHORT SERMON ON HAPPINESS
" Tis in Ourselves That "We Are Thus
or Thus." Kins Lcnr.
In Hawthorne Springs Park, on the East
Side, are a number of stately fir trees.
The naturalist sees In them fine speci
mens of vegetation and makes probable
estimates of how old they are; a youns
lady artist, during the fair weather last
week, -was sketching one of them as an
object of rare beauty; a woodhauler looks
at them as he drives by, and thinks how
many cords of wood they would make;
an East SIdo butcher would like a section
of one of them for his meat block; the
crow files over them and thinks the top
most branches would make a safo or un
safe place for a crow's nest; a couple of
young lovers sit on the blue .grass carpet
under them and think what a nice nlace
for lovers to meet: a pair of little striped
saulrrels chaso each other among tho
branches and say these trees were made
for squirrels. Meanwhile, the busy crowd
of unthinking men come and go by these
magnificent trees without thinking of
them at all.
What makes the difference? Simply
thla: Each one sees In these trees what
he Is within himself. In other "words, the
mind projects itself Into the things around
It. and sees in them what is inside at
home. For Instance, the wholesome child
rises in the morning after a night ot
sweet sleep with a smile and a laugh,
which brings everything into league with
Its happy and loving spirit; while tho
fretful men and women those who wear
out fast and die get up in the morinng
with nothing going right. The steak Is
tough, and not fit to eat: the coffee at
breakfast Is swill; children, neighbors,
preacher, editor, hired girl everything is
wrong, and life itself ono constant tem
pest of worry and violated feeling.
Can it be possible that nearly all tha
bad things they see are 'only reflections
of things snugly closeted within them
selves? C. E. CLINE.
Arrival of Shipwrecked Seamen.
NEW YORK, March 23 Among tho pas
sengers who arrived today on the steamer
OUnda from Cuban ports were 30 stranded
colonists from La Gloria and 23 ship
wrecked seamen. Twenty of the latter
are from the Norwegian steamer Framnes,
which was swept ashore on Hog Sty Reef,
In the Bahamas, March 2, and became a
total loss, as already reported. The crew
landed on the reef with provisions, and
they were picked up by the steamer Ad
miral Schley, and landed at Fortune Isl
and. The other five shipwrecked seamen
were from the American schooner Hattie
Godfrey, which was lost on Romano Reef.
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Foreign and Domestic Ports.
' ASTORIA, March 25. Arrived at 3 P. M.
and left up at 4:10 Steamer Del Norte,
from San Francisco, via Coos Bay; at 4
P. M. British bark Berwickshire, 16 days
from Honolulu. Condition of tho bar at
4:30 P. M., rough; wind west; weather
hazy.
Sarf Francisco, March 24. Sailed Steam
er Laguna, for Tillamook; ship Occidental,
for Seattle.
Cuxhaven, March 25. Arrived Fuerst
Bismarck, from New York; Pretoria, from
New York.
Instructed for McfClnlcy.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 25.
The Republicans of5 the Seventh Congres
sional District last night elected dele
gates to the National convention. They
were Instructed for McKlniey.
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NO MORE CIGARETTES
THEHt USE WILL NOT BE PER
MITTED IN WEATHER, BUREAU.
Chief Moore Says Neglect of Duty
Is Traced to the Cigarette Hab
it, and It "Must Cease.
WASHINGTON, March 25. Chief WI1II3
Moore, of the Weather Bureau, has Issued
rn order prohibiting persons connected
with the service from smokins cigarettes
during office hours, and stating further
that those who smoked cigarettes at any
time would be mentioned In the confiden
tial reports which are made quarterly to
him by chiefs of the several offices and
divisions throughout tha entire service.
Chief Moore said today:
"The order was Issued after careful con
sideration and a thorough Investigation
of the evils resulting from cigarette smok
ing. It will stand. In this service we are
compelled to maintain a very strict dis
cipline, in order to secure satisfactory
service. Some of our men who aro re
jgarded as the most thorough and compe
tent, doing every detail of their work with
tho utmost promptness and accuracy,
gradually became careless and lax. I sent
inspectors to Investigate, and In a number
of cases it was found to be directly at
tributable to the use of cigarettes. I am
not prudish,, nor do I wish to assume
any authority whatever over any privilege
which the- employes of the service should
have, but. as a public servant, I feel that
It Is my duty to correct any evil that may
exist even if In attempting to make this
claim. I am overstepping my authority.
The order applies to tho entire force of
the bureau throughout the entire service.
Cigarette smoking must cease. Cigars and
pipes aro not barred."
Indian Famine Relief.
Tho Indian famine relief fund, Initiated
by the Mayor of London on February 1G,
with 5250,000 subscribed, at the Mansion
House, was Increased rapidly by a check
of $5000 from the Queen and smaller con
tributions from others, so that at present
it exceeds half a million dollars. As near
ly 4,000,000 persons are being kept allvo
by tho Indian Government, and tho
famine affects an area of 450.000 square
miles and a population of 60,000.000, largo
provision is needed over and above what
Is provided by tho state In the way of
extra food and comforts, the maintenanco
of orphans and provision of agricultural
Implements and cattle for those who havo
lost all by the famine. The want of rain
has blasted the agriculture of some of tho
native states as well as some of those tin
der direct British rule, and people of all
India are aiding their government with
subscriptions, the princes taking a leading
part. Two weeks ago at Calcutta eub
scrptlons aggregated 455.000 rupees. But
tho task of caring for so many million
is an enormous one and appeals to phllan
throphy everywhere; The funds belrg
raised for tho widows and orphans mado
by the war in South Africa attracts a largo
share of tho attention of the English
charitable public. This fund already
amounts to nearly $4,000,000, and there are
numerous other funds for disabled sol
diers, etc. which absorb the money
which in peaco times would go to relievo
the r sufferers from tho f amino In In
dia. i o
Clinton Liberal Institute Burned.
FORT PLAIN, N. Y., March 25. Firo
today entirely destroyed the Clinton Lib
eral Institute building, entailing a less
of $95,000. Tho Institute was a colleca
preparatory school and military academy,
owned and conducted by the Unlversal
Ists of the state, and occupied a largo
five-story building; The building was not
occupied, the Easter vacation being oi.
The armory was saved. Most of the fac
ulty and students lost their personal ef
fects. Utah. Mormons Go to Mexico.
CHIHUAHUA, Mex., March 25. The
several Mormon colonies In th's state havo
been increased in population by the arri
val of over 5000 Mormon immigrants from
Utah during the last two months. Tho
colonies wero established under conces-
Blons granted by the Mexican Government
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Tramp Killed a Bralceman.
BROOK HAVEN, Miss., March 25. Jol
Perkins, a freight brakeman was sh
and killed near here this afternoon
Moses Angellne, a tramp, who was ste
Ing a ride. It Is feared a mob will be '
ganlzed to lynch him.
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A Wisconsin Academy Burned. m
STOUGHTON, Wis., March 25. T
Stoughton Academy was totally destroy
by fire today. The pecuniary loss Is r
heavy.
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Department Store Destroyed.
KNOXVILLE. la., March 25. Culver '
Co.'s department store was burned toa
Loss, $S5,000.
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