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v 7 wifttt promt c&lZ VOL. XL. O. 12,259. PORTLAND, OREGON -IHUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTa ' ' vAVl 4f?I slss CAPE NOME MINERS .Use "Crack Proof and "5na$ ProoP' Rubber Booti. "Gold Stal" Oil Clothing Rubber Blankets. Steam and Suction Hoso, Etc., Etc Goodyear Rubber Company F. H. PEASE. Vlcc-Prts. nd Manager -73 and 75 Rnt St, Portland. Or. Blumauer Furs! Furs! Furs! Manufacturers of Exclusive Novelties In Fine Furs, ALASKA OUTFITS In Fur Robes, Fur Overcoats, Caps, Gloves, Moccasins, etc. Highest price paid for Raw Furs. Q. P. Ruenoieiin & Sons, Orccon Phone Main 401. 126 SECOND ST., near WashtnntOH. Established 187a fiw&'jGx'iQ?&j&ty&W?M$ Book and Office Roiling Wire and Sron Fencing BstotoglSs,,Anffis?a PORTLAND WIRE & IRON WORKS, 7th and Alder Sts. JEFF. C. TAYLOR "ctt White and Blue Star Its purity and high standard -will bo maintained, because the handlers have an enviable reputation -which they mean to sustain. Sc!e Distributors ESS".... BUIMAUER for HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets . . PORTLAND, OREGON .. -. , EUROPEAN PLAN. -.- Rooms Single 75c to JLBO per day Flrst-Clns Chicle Restaurant Rooms Double .,. $L00 to 52.00 per day Connected "With Hotel. Rooms Family ?L50 to $3.00 per day J- P. DAVIES, Pres. St Charl CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American end European Plan. " a Is an inexpensive delicacy appreciated alike by invalids and healthy people. Most people do not know how to cook clams so that they are tender and palatable. THE PIONEER BRAND of minced sea clams are delicious, and after one trial you mil always secure this popular brand. Ask your grocer for a can. HAETONS We are making a special display of Phaetons this week two or three springs, cloth, leather or morocco trimming. The greatest variety ever ex hibited in the city. We'll fit them with rubber tires and sell them to you at lower prices than any retail dealer can buy Phaetons from any other makers. Carriages, Wagons, Harness, Repeal of the Horton Law. ALBANY. N. Y., March 28. Tho bill repialing the Horton boxing law passed the Senate today, and now goes to the Governor for his signature. The bill will be signed by Governor Roosevelt without delay, and will go into effect September 1. 1900. It eliminates from section 496 of the penal code the Horton law, which is embraced in the following lines: "Provided, however, that sparring ex hibitions with gloves not less than five ounce each in v. eight may be held by a domestic Incorporated athletic association in a building leased by it for athletic pur poses only, for at least one year, or In a building owned and occupied by such as sociation." Gorman Relchxtns: Adjonrns. BERLIN, March 28. The Reichstag to day aaopted the budget bill and adjourned for the Easter -jholidays until April 24. SMOKE THE BEAl BRUMMELL BEST FIVE-CENT CIGAR tfADE . - Frank Drug. Co. Wholesale Distributors POULTRY NETTING AT LOW PRICES 5 BOCN no fourth st. C T. BELCHER. Sec and Trcas. es Hotel American plan $1.25, J1.50, JL75 European plan 50c. 75c. 51.00 FRY'S SQUIRREL POISON Kills the Squirrels And Saves the Grain. Arte for FRY'S, and use It now. For sale by druggists and general merchant. Prepared only by DAJTL J. FRY, Mfg-. Pharmacist. Sa lem, Or. FOR. MICE. FRY'S S. P. Is the preatwt destroyer of mice on earth. Put up in boxes containing- enough to kill COO mice. Price 10 cents. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. Portland, Or. Agrcnts SEA CLAMS AKER 320-338 L Morrison St. Explosion In , a Paper Mill. ERIE, Pa., March 28. Eleven dryers in , a paper machine in the H. F. Watson j Paper Company's mill exploded tonight. j wrecking the porUon of the building in which it was located, killing one man and I Injuring four more. Joseph Stahl was 1 blown through a brick wall and instant ly killed. The Injured are: Albert Har ris, fatally scalded; Anton Greenbeck, leg j broken; Charles Wrlngle, leg broken; J. Yreka, fatally bruised. All of the Injured i were terribly hurt by the force of the explosion, and were taken to hospitals, j where they all may die. The loss to the building and machinery will probably ag gregate 520.000. Harvey L. Gootlall Dead. CHICAGO. March 2S. Harvey L. Good- j all, for 20 years the publisher and pro prietor of the Drover's Journal, died to I night of heart failure. THE ADVANCE BEGUN Roberts Starts a Large Force From Bloemfontein. PRELIMINARY TO A GENERAL MOVE General Joubert, Transvaal leader, Bled at Pretoria Tuesday NIat Boers Reeccupy Ladybraad. LONDON, March 29. 5 A. M. Lord Rob erts has sent 10.000 troops to Glen, 10 miles north of Bloemfontein, on the railway. This Is a preliminary to the general ad vance. Immense quantities of stores have now been 'Accumulated at Bloemfontein. Boer observation parties are hovering near Bloemfontein, but Lord Roberts has 1S5 miles to cover before reaching the great position which the Boers are preparing at Kroonstad. Moving 10 miles a day Is prob ably the best he can do with field trans ports. Therefore, he can hardly engage the Boers In force for two weeks. The reconstruction of the railway "behind him may even delay an invasion of the Trans vaal until May. Meanwhile all the Important towns in the Free State within Lord Roberts' reach are being garrisoned. Thabanchu, Philip polls, Fauresmlth and Jagersfontein are thus held. Sir Alfred Mllner is touring In tho dis turbed newly acquired territory, investi gating conditions and arranging the ad ministration. He Is understood to be get ting materials for a report to Mr. Cham berlain concerning a plan for civil gov ernment. All the morning papers print singularly kind editorials concerning General Jou bert They praise hlB military success, uphold his chivalrous conduct, and regret that so strong and moderate a mind, should be absent from the final settlement of the dispute. Although some of the younger commanders thought the old soldier want-' ing in dash and enterprise, his raid into the country south of the Tugela is consid ered the best piece of Boer leadership dur ing the whole war. It is now known that lie crossed the Tugela with only 3000 rifle men and six guns, but so bold and rapid were his movements that the British com manders thought 10.000 Boers were march ing on Pietermarltzburg. For a few days, although in the presence of greatly supe rior forces, he Isolated General Hlldyard's brigade at Estcourt, and ajt the same time threatened General Barton's camp at Mool River. Then, as British reinforcements were pushed up. Joubert recrossed the Tugela without losing a prisoner or a gun. General White's estimate of him, pro nounced Tuesday, before he died, as a gentleman and a brave and honorable op ponent, strikes the tone of all British com ment. The Foreign Office, according to the Daily Chronicle, is arranging with. Portu gal for some thousands of British troops to be landed at Belra, and sent by the Rhodesla-aJlroad-rffrosa-Massi-Cesso ta UmtalL. A permanent arrangement Is un derstood to exist for the use of this route to- transfer the Rhodesia police. The pos sibility of foreign protest Is suggested by the 1 y Chronicle. Among Items cabled from Pretoria isa statement that prominent citizens there object to a defense of Pretoria, and desire that President Kruger should retire to Lydenburg. It Is alleged that the princi pal buildings at Johannesburg have been undermined by order of Kruger. General French, who has arrived at Bloemfontein from Thabanchu, says that Commandant Olivier has 6000 men and is north of Ladybrand. GENERAL JOUBERT IS DEAD. Died at Pretoria Late Tuesday Night. PRETORIA, March 28. General Joubert died last njght at 11:30 o'clock. He had ibeen suffering from stomach complaint. The town Is plunged into mourning for tho true patriot, gallant General and up right and honorable genUeman. (General Pietrus Jacobus Joubert, Commandant-General of the Transvaal forces, better known as Plet Joubert, or Slim Peter, was born about CS years ago. He j was descended from an old French-Huguenot family, which settled In South Africa many years ago. He was born in Capo j Colony, but was taken by his parents when , 7 years old to the Orange Free State, where he was taught from early childhood to shoot straight and hate the British. Ho is described as having been utterly fearless. Of schooling he had but little, and he never saw a newspaper until he was 18 years old. In spite of this his amblUon prompted him to read the few books he could obtain, and he succeeded In obtaining a fair knowledge of history and languages. In consequence of the ac quisition of Natal by the British, his family moved from Natal and settled in tho Transvaal. Soon afterwards he be came a burgher of the South African Re public and a daring fighter. It was claimed in his behalf that he could lead a body of men more successfully against hostile natives than any other man In the Trans vaal. He came to be so feared by tho natives that the knowledge that ho was at the head of a punitive expedition usually resulted In their surrender. It was during these wars with the -naUves that Joubert became acquainted with Paul Kruger, and the two men became bosom friends. He was elected Vice-President of the Trans vaal In 1S76, defeated Sir George Colley at Majuba Hill in 1SS1, ana acted as Presi dent of the Republic In 1883-4, during Kruger"6 absence In Europe.) Botha May Succeed Joubert. LONDON, March 29. The Pretoria cor respondent of the Dally Mail, telegraph ing yesterday, says: The funeral will take place tomorrow Unursday). The Government is pleading with tho widow to allow a temporary interment here, with a state funeral. Jou bert always expressed a desire to be burled in a mausoleum built on his farm. His successor In the chief command will prob ably be General Louis Botha, now com manding In Natal." BRUSSELS. March 28. A rzjHPols patch has been received herojProi Pre toria, which says that President Kruger will not take chief command of the Trans vaal forces. THE! ADVANCE TO GLEN. Boers Dynamited the Bridge Before the British. Arrived. LONDON, March 29. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Morning Post, tele graphing Tuesday, says: "The First Coldstreams and the Third Grenadiers are already at Glen. Tho Gordons and the cavalry brigade moved Sunday. The Fourteenth Brigade fol lowed today. The three-span bridge at Glen was dynamited three hours before tho Guards reached It. The necessary re pairing will delay further advance for a time. General Gafacre's forces aro now arriving." t , The corresgendent of the Times at Lourenco Marques, telegraphing Monday, says: "Mr. Stem has Issued . circular letter dealing with the proclamation of Lord Roberts and declaring it to bo obvious that 'the enemy's policy is, as it always has been in South Africa, to divide and dominate his opponent.' Tho circular goes on to say that before tho war 'Great Britain attempted to seduce tho Free State by treacherous means from its solemn convention with the Transvaal, In order to facilitate the swallowing up of the Re-publlc.- 'Hundreds of the younger Boers, includ Ing officers, are being arrested fo.r de serUon. A large number of men over & years of ego are being commandeered, although not legally liable for service. According to trustworthy Information from Pretoria, the total stock of Mauser ammunition, 5.000,000 rounds, was Issued to the Free State burghers. The Boers are now Issuing Lee-Metford cartridges, of which they have only 500,000. and Mar-tlnl-Henri cartridges, of -which they orlgN nally possessed 4,000.000. The Creusot am munition is almost exhausted. The smoke less powder which- was manufactured is proving deficient in quality, and the ex periment of recharging the Mauser cart ridges has proved a failure, owing to the inability of the Boers to make cap3. BOERS RETAKE LADYBRAND. Lancers Killed and "Wounded la a Skirmish Near Brandfort. KROONSTAD, a F. S., March 22, Fri day. Commandant Growther, who com mands the Transvaal fighting line in tho south, reports that he has retaken Lady brand after the BrlUsh had been there an hour. He adds that Landrost Van Gorkum and Field Cornet Smith fell Into the hands of the BrlUsh, of whom three were wounded and one was made a prisoner. The Boer loss, he declares, was nil. The British fled In the direction of Maseru. In a Bkirmlsh near Brandfort, four Lancers were killed and six were wounded. Boers Attacked "Warrenton. "WARRENTON, Wednesday, March 23. Tho Boers opened fire with artillery and rifles on the British camp today. The first shell burst while the Fusiliers were at breakfast. A hail of bullets poured Into the village. Many cattle were killed. A hotel that is used as a hospital and over which the Red Cross flag was flying, was fired upon. The attacking Boer force was large, but notwithstanding tho enemy's heavy expenditure of big gun and Mauser ammunition, only one Briton, was wound edV Tribute to Joabert. LONDON, March 23. The afternoon pa pers today publish long biographies of General Joubert. Generally they are in a kindly tone. The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Plet Joubert was tho one contemporary Transvaal Boer, except ex-Chief Justice Kotze, whose death could call forth a sin cere tribute of respect from Englishmen of all parties. He was the antipode m the Transvaal world of Leyds, and personally was honest, straight and clean-handed." Strength of the Boer Army. LONDON, March 29. The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dally Telegraph in a dispatch- dated Tuesday, MitrcSCirJIS?f, "The latest news Is that the'Boers have 40,000 men still under arms, of whom 10, 000 are In and around tho Natal border. Although tents and. stores are reaching here, a block on the railway Is delaying arrivals from the south conslderafcly. It is asserted that 20,000 Boers are massed at Kroonstad." Bombardment of Slafeklnsr. LONDON, March 29. A Pretoria dis patch to the Dally Mall, dated March 2S, says: "An official .dispatch reports a heavy bombardment of Mafeking in progress Monday, March 26. which was meeting with a spirited response. "Michael Davltt had an interview with President Kruger today.." French Colonel Given a Command. LONDON, March 29. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Lourenco Marques, dated Wednesday, says: "The French Colonel, Vlllebols do Ma roull, has been appointed to the command of the foreign legion, which is operating in the Free State. General Prinsloo, re cently arrested, is charged by" the Boers with high treason." British Scout In the Drakenabcrg. LONDON. March 29. A dispatch to tho Dally Mall from Pietermarltzburg, dated Wednesday, March 28, says: "BrlUsh scouts have thoroughly recon noitered the passes of the Drakensberg Range. The numbpr of Boers holding them docsnot exceed 000, who are working half heartedly in constructing entrenchments." Commandeered Banks' Gold. PRETORIA, Monday, March 26. The Government has commandeered a portion of the gold reserve of all the "banks. Bar gold has been given as security to the amount of about $300,000. A Find nt Bloemfontein. BLOEMFONTEIN, "Wednesday, March 2S. The military authorities have discov ered in a Free State Government chest realizable securities worth J2.500.000. OILHOUSE EXPLOSION, Seveial Men Badly Hurt In an Acci dent nt Laramie. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 2S. An ex plosion occurred at an early hour this morning at the Union Pacific oilhouse at Laramie. The end walls were blown out. The roof was thrown 20 feet In the air, turned over and fell back upon the re maining walls. The explosion was caused by the carelessness of a car-oiler in leaving the faucet of a gasoline tank open. The most seriously Injured are: J. A. McRae, Chief of tho Fire Department, bad burr.s about tho face and neck, struck by flying rock, severely cut and thrown 20 feet; E. M. TIerney, general foreman of the Union Uaclflc at Laramie, thrown 15 feet by the explosion, severely burned on the face and hands; William and Charles Mast, both badly burned about the head and arms. Others badly burned are: Albert R. King; George Irwin, also badly cut by flying rock; Joe Brown, Albert Elliott and Mike Morgan. Several others were slightly Injured. All the Injured, with two exceptions, were members of tho Volunteer Fire Depart ment. Although many are seriously wounded, none are expected to die. a Arbucklcs Cut Sugar Price. NEW YORK, March 28. People In the sugar market were surprised by the an nouncement made by Arbuckle Bros, this morning that they had reduced their price flve points from top to bottom. The fact that they were large buyers of raw sugar yesterday at l-32c advance over the last previous price led to the expec tation that refined sugar prices would be advanced hy all refiners. Other refiners refused to meet the reduction made by Arbucklo Bros., at least by open reduc-Uon. WILL VOTE TUESDAY Senate Fixes Time for Disposing of Tariff Bill. DAVIST FREE TRADE ARGUMENT Hfr Declares for an Internal Revenue Tax on Puerto Rlcan Rasa and Tobacco. WASHINGTON, March 23. Tho Senate today agreed to vote upon the Puerto Rl can government and tariff bill Tuesday afternoon, .at 4 o'clock. An Important utterance was made later In the day by Davis (Rep. Minn.), who advocated free trad between Uie United States and Puerto .Rico. His speech was compara Uvely brief, but h!a reasoning was so cloeo-that ho crowded Into small space an immense amount of well-digested Infor mation and careful thought. His proposi tion -was that the necessary money to bo raised by taxation should not be raised by a duty levied upon Puerto Rlcan prod ucts but by an Internal revenue tax levied on the rum and tobacco products of the Island. This system. In his opinion, would better suit tho people of the United States and those of Puerto Rico than the pro- ,posed tariff, and would be Just, equitable ana jonstituuonai. The amendment offered by Carter (Rep. Mont) to the Alaskan civil code bill, re laUng to mining for gold under tho waters of Cape Nome, was agreed to, but no fur ther progress was made with the measure. Nelson (Rep. Minn.) resigned from tho committee on Indian affairs, and was suc ceeded by Bard (Rep. Cal.). In presenting a resolution providing for additional help for the committee on pen sions, Galllnger (Rep. N. H.) said thero are now 1750 Senate bills before the com mittee and hundreds of House bills yet to come. One Senator, ho said, had asked tho committee to Investigate 47 cases, and it was physically impossible to do this work without addlUonal help. "The Proceedings. A successful effort was then made by Foraker (Rep. O.) to fix a Ume for the vote on the Puerto- Rlcan tariff and gov ernment bill, next Tuesday afternoon be ing agreed to at the suggestion of Proc tor Otep. VL). Bills were passed as follows: Authoriz ing the adjustment of rights of settlers on the Navajo Indian reservation, In Ari zona; providing for the Introduction of testimony In behalf of the defendant In all preliminary hearings of a criminal nature. Consideration of the Alaskan bill was resumed, tho pending quesUon being the substitute offered by Wolcott (Rep. Colo.) for Carter's amendment, relating to the mining of gold In the sea off the Alaskan Coast. It was defeated. 21 to 2S. Jones (Dem. Ark.) made a sharp attack upon the Secietary of War for issuing permits to miners to dredge the Capo Nome sands, supposed to be rich In gold. 1-HeAenounced the Secretary's .f,cUon as an, 'outrage and "plain ueurpaUon of auUior- lty." The amendment of Carter was then adopted without division. It Is as fol lows: "That subject only to such general lim itations as may be necessary to exempt navigation from arUficial obstructions, all land and shallow water between mean and high tide on the shores, bays and Inlets of Behrlng Sea within the jurisdiction of the United States shall bo subject to exploration for gold or other precious metals by the citizens of the United States or persons who have legally de clared their Intention to become such, under such reasonable rules and regula tions as the miners in organized mining districts may have heretofore made or may hereafter make, governing the tem porary possession thereof for exploration and mining purposes until otherwise pro vided by law. "Provided, further, that the rules and regulations established by the miners shall not be In conflict with the mining laws of the United States, and all permits here tofore granted authorizing any person or persons, corporation or company to exca vate or mine under any of said waters, are hereby revoked and declared null and void." Consideration of tho Puerto Rlcan bill was then resumed, the pending question being upon the free-silver coinage amende ment offered by Morgan (Dem. Ala.). Th amendment was defeated, 15 to 35. Scnntor Davis Speech. Davis, who Is one of the leaders ot the movement against the proposition to Impose a tariff upon Puerto Rlcan prod ucts, was recognized for a speech. "I am so desirous of an early vote upon this bill," said Davis, "that I have thought it better to address the Senate this after noon much more briefly than I otherwise would have done. This will cause me to omit some discussion of Constitutional questions and many other matters auxil iary and collateral to the main subject." After tho elaborate argument by Lind say (Dem. Ky.), Davis said he did not think it necessary for him to enterupon a Constitutional discussion of the sub ject. While he deemed the question very Important, he regarded it as entirely non partisan, and felt that It ought to be so considered. His remarks, he said, .would be directed to the House bill, which iad become a part of the Senate measure. He said that it could not be denied that from the time the measure was reported to the House until today, there had been a rising tide of protest against It, and that pro test had culminated In righteous indigna tion. It had come from every part of the country, and from people In every walk of life, and It was based upon the principle that Puerto Rico. In all the cir cumstances, should have freo trade with tho United States. Upon the question presented, ho said there was an Intimate variety of opinion. After explaining briefly an amendment he had offered ear lier In tho day, Davis maintained that a tariff could not be levied as between Puer to Rico and the United States, although It was perfectly competent for Congress to provide for the collection of Internal revenue taxes on the island. "Why do some Insist that there Is no other way of- solving the question, pre sented when a way is presented, that is undoubtedly constitutional?" he inquired. "Why Insist upon a tariff upon the pro ducts of the Island by a bill which is so ephemeral as to expire In a year and a. day? "Why. Indeed, insist upon the pro visions of this measure when It bo far hotter to let existing conditions con tinue?" "Will Satisfy All Classes. Davis contended that the amendment he proposed would go far to appease the storm of protests and Indignation which had arisen and would satisfy the people of this country and the Puerto RIcans themselves. "If I interpret the signs of the times In thl3 country right," he said, "there is Intense opposition to this bill among our people. This will be allayed by the adop tion of the proposition In my amendment. As to the Puerto RIcans. they will be 4 quite satisfied by the levying and collect ing of Internal revenue taxes on rum and tobacco." The whole project of levying a tariff on Puerto Rlcan products, he said, was self generaUve of objections objections which spring from every possible source. All sorts of arguments had been urged In support of the tariff. First it was char ity, but that had been swept away by the passage of the $2,000,000 appropriaUon bill. Then it was that "beyond Puerto Rico Ho the Philippines." "As to that," said he, "I believo that sufficient unto the day is the evil and the good thereof. The Philippines will pre sent their problems in time. I would not work an Injustice against tho people ot Puerto Rico to meet an uncertain ques Uon as to something else." The next argument advanced to sup port tho tariff, he said, was the protec tion the 15 per cent would afford to our products and labor. He ridiculed such a proposIUon. as no protecUonlst would con tend that 15 per cent of the Dingley rates would afford adequate protection for any thing. Adverting again to the Philip pines as a factor In tho Puerto Rlcan problem, Davis said: "When we come to deal with the Phil ippine quesUon, we will take care of that. Puerto Rico is little moro than 700 miles from our coast; the Philippines are 8000. The Island of Puerto Rico Is naturally a part of the North American jurisdiction. The Philippines are a part of the domain of Asia. Against the product and people of the Philippines when the time comes the rights of American labor will be pro tected by any party that may be in power." Davis said it was inconsistent to ex tend our laws relating to the coastwise trade to tho island and not extend our tariff laws. Feeling: in the Country. As to tho feeling in the country upon the, quesUon, he said: "I think I would be as firm as anybody under a sudden transitory public mani festation ot feeling, but when that senU ment speaks to us, week after week, in constantly swelling volume, we must take heed of It. This quesUon Is well under stood by the people. Supporters of this bill cannot lay the flattering unction to their souls that the editors of the great news papers do not understand quite as well as we do. The people understand It, too, and understand It well. "They understand well that upon dls Ulled spirits and tobacco there Is not an Imposition of a mill of taxation by this bill. The subjects of taxaUon upon which wo place heavy burdens go scot freo on the Island of Puerto Rico. And what do they propose as an exchange for that kind of taxation? Why the imposition of a tariff? It is soeasy to place a tax upon those arUcles that I shall be surprised If the proposition to do so does not meet the approval of Congress and the people. What are the people going to say If this bill passes? They will say: 'Free rum. and a tax on the flour the people eat.' " Davis said no man could tell how much the tariff would yield, and. as no man could say that -the export tax was con stitutional, it seemed to him that thero ought to bo no hesitation, as to the course to be pursued. In conclusion, he said: "What I say. I say with the conviction that I am right right politically and right economically. In my judgment, the only i course for us to abandon this perni cious mockery of a tariff between tho United States and Puerto Rico and return tothenathwav- of Dlain,.dutv.J' - -, Tho Senate then, at" 3 P. M.. went Into execuUve session, and adjourned at 4:50 P. M. PUERTO RICAN BDLL A3rENDMBNTS. Introduced hjr the Tvro Minnesota Senators. WASHINGTON. March 2S. Senator Da vis and Senator Nelson introduced amend ments to the Puerto Rlcan bill today. Senator Davis amendment is a modifica tion of his previous amendment, and pro vides for a duty on tobacco and rum when brought into the United "States from Puerto Rico. Senator Nelson's amendment Is. a subsU tute for section 9, of the bill, and Is as follows: "Section 9. That on and after the pas sago of this act all articles Imported into the United States from Puerto Rico and all articles Imported Into Puerto Rico to the United States shall be exempt from duty; provided, however, that articles of Puerto Rlcan manufacture coming Into Uie United States shall, "before being with drawn for consumption or sale, be subject to the rayment of a tux equal to the In ternal revenue tax Imposed m the United States upon the like articles of domestic manufacturer such tax to be paid by in ternal revenue stamp or stamps to be. pur chased and provided by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and to be procured from tho Collector of Internal Revenue at or most convenient to the port of entry of said articles In the United States, and to be affixed under, such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe." RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Renevrcd Trouble Betvreen the Porr ers In Corea Is Imminent. LONDON, March 29. A dispatch to tha Dally Mall from Kobe, dated March 23, says: "Renewed trouble between Russia and Japan In Corea Is imminent. The move ments of the Russian fleet indicate tho probability of the seizure of a Corean port. The War Office officials at Toklo are holding conferences, and there has been considerable military and naval activity in Japan this month." "WAR SPIRIT IN JAPAN. Naval Maneuvers Fixed for the Last of This Month. SEATTLE, March 28. The Govern ment transport Garonne, from Manila February 17, arrived today from quaran tine with news of active preparations, in military and naval departments of Japan for war with Russia. The Russian fleet at Nagasaki disregarded the harbor au thorities, and anchored where It pleased. The war spirit is said by Captain Conradl, of the Garonne, to be strong in Japan on account of the Czar's secret attempt to gain influence In Corea In violaUon of the treaty. A grand assembling of the Japaneso navy, to be followed by ma neuvers from which foreign correspond ents and the public are to be excluded. Is fixed for the last of this month. Russian Fleet Goes to Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG, March 8. The Rus sian squadron which recently called at Chemulpo, Corea, has arrived at Port Ar thur. a Itnllann Want Reciprocity. ROME, March 29. The commercial treaties committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies has discussed and approved In principle the reciprocity arrangement, under the third section of the Dingley act. recently signed in Washington by Baron Fava, Italian Ambassador to the United States, and Mr. Kasson, Special Plenipo tentiary for the United States. 1 o Loat on Australian Const. MELBOURNE, March 2S. The coasting steamer Glenelge foundered Sunday morn ing during a gale oft the Gippsland Coast. Out of a ship's company of 23, only three IT1.4U fcfcW y I NOSUBPORTATNOME Canadian Shipowners Petition of No Avail. STRONG PRESSURE ON TREASURY American Coasting- Vessels Adequate! for Transportation Purpose Be tween United States and Alaska WASHINGTON, March 23. Representa Uve Moody saw Assistant Secretary of tn Treasury Spauldlng today regarding the efforts being made to establish a port ot entry at Nome City, Alaska. This move ment has been made by tho Canadian- ship owners through the British Ambassador. Lord Pauncefote presented to tho Stato Department the request of these shipown ers, and the State Department sent It to the Treasury. It "was referred to Mr. Spauldlng, who has charge of all customs matters. The Canadian shipowners repre- sent that they are at a disadvantage In tha y- commerce of the Paclflc because they do not have a. port of entry at Nome. They say "that much, of tho goods shipped to Nome City go over tho Canadian Paciflo road to Victoria for trans-shipment to Nome, but owing to the fact that Noma has not been made a subport of entry, and is without a custom-house or Deputy Collector of Customs, goods cannot be landed. Spauldlng said to Mr. Moody that tha pressure by the Canadians through the British Ambassador had been ineffectual, and that tho Treasury Department saw no reason why a port should be estab lished at Nome City. AalnvesUgaUon ha3 been made, and it was found that the American ships doing a coastwise business on tho Pacific Coast were amply adequate for transportaUon purposes between tho United States and Noma City, and that there was no reason why this port should be established for tha benefit of the Ca nadian shipowners. Mr. Moody Informed the Assistant Secre tary that his decision would be received with a great deal of gratification by tho Pacific Coast shipowners, who were mak ing representations to him and other mem bers from the coast, opposing tho pro posed subport. Some weeks ago Senator McBrlde and other Paciflo Coast Senators Informed tho Treasury Department that they were opposed to having a subport at at Noma City, which, was simply in tha Interest of the Canadian ships. It In not believed by any of the Pacific Coast mem bers that la view of the protests that have been made, such a subport can now bo established. Tho subport at Dyea was for the accommodation of tha Canadians, but It assisted in the transfer of goods from one portion of Canada to another through United States territory. Some Pacific Coast people think that this granted moro than they were entlUed to, and that tho United States does not need to make an concessions to tho Canadians in tho mat ter of a subport at Nome City. Falling in their effort to get this port es- , tablishedr soma Canadian shipowners are making efforts to secure American register for their ships. The Treasury Depart ment has been asked to grant such rights, which it cannot do, and the Canadians have had bills introduced in Congress for tho same purpose. Mandexson Out of Politics. Ex-Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, has discouraged all talk about the use of his namo as a Vlce-PresIdenUal candidate. He says he Is out of pollUcs for good, although taking a lively interest in po UUcal affairs. Manderson may have come to this conclusion after learning that tho Republican powers intend that the Vlce Presldential candidate shall come from New York. Simon Ready for the Quay Case. The Oregonian Is getting a wide circu lation in the United States Senate just now. Copies containing the Mitchell and Corbett letters have been received by near ly all tho Senators. These arUcles may be reverted to when tha Quay case Is taken up, especially if some Senator ex plains his vote against Corbett on tho grounds taken by Senator Carter. Sena tor Simon is ready to conUnue the debate if It Is forced by any other Senators, or if Mr. Corbett is atttacked. Gets EUs Bills Through. Although Senator Simon has not been In the Senate very long, and has not taken a very active part In the proceedings, yet he listens to all that goes on, and watched the business of tho Senate with a great deal of care. It Is observed that he al ways takes ,an opportunity to get bills through when thero is a lull in the busi ness. It Is by watching the points that he has been able to pass tho bills for tho Increase of the cost of the Postofilca building at Portland, and also one or two Indian bills, and recently a bill for the uso of Umber or mineral lands It tho States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. It did not take much explanation to get this bill through, although Senator Cock rell, who Is always on tho watch on tho Democratic side, made Senator Simon give an explanation of its provisions before he would consent to Its passing. The bill seems very just, although In the Land Office it is claimed that its provisions were covered in the original act. It will bo of considerable benefit in the Southern Ore gon mines, where Umber is necessary and where It cannot be used for any other pur pose than provided for in tho bill which senator- Simon passed, The New "Warships. Tho records of tho Navy Department show that flve big battle-ships are soon trv be placed in commissions Two, tho KeaVsarge and Kentucky, are wlthin ono per cent-.ofVbelnir finished, havinn' inn? slnce-hadgtheir trial trips and proved their efficiency as seagoing vessels, the latter being praeUcally ready for service when her complement of officers and men is as signed. These. twQ ships were built at Newport News, where the Illinois, a sister ship to the Alabama, being constructed at Cramps', is about three-fourths com pleted. The Alabama Is 93 per cent fin ished, and the Wisconsin, being built at San Francisco, is 8S per cent completed. .. Before the end of the coming Summer every one of these great engines of war will have been placed In commission, four on the Atlantic, and tho Wisconsin on tho Pacific, keeping company with the Iowa, the only heavily armored vessel now on that coast, the Oregon and two monitors having been sent to Manila, The Maine, Missouri and Ohio are but fairly started, the first being 22 per cent completed at Cramps', the Missouri being just begun at Newport News, and tha Ohio being 15 per cent under way at San: Francisco. Contracts have been let for constructing the Denver, Des Moines, Chattanooga, Galveston, Tacoma and Cleveland, all 17-knot sheathed cruisers, but the builders await the delivery of materials before work is taken up on them. The four monitors Arkansas, ConnecUcut, Florida and Wyoming, show considerable progress. The 45 ships of the torpedo fleet aro In all stages of completion, from 1 to S3 per cent. A number of these vessels will be commissioned this year, " i