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THE MOttNTNG OltEGONIAN, MONDAY. 'APRIL 2, 1900.
THAT SHIPPING BILL
Amended Measure Favorably
Reported by Grosvenor.
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEEMEN JOIN
tie Recites the Advisability of.Hnv-
tac Our Trade la Oar Own
Ilanda la All Respects.
WASHINGTON. April L Representative
Grosvenor, of Ohio, chairman of the House
committee on merchant marine and fish
eries, reported to the House yesterday the
amended shipping bill, and the report In
its support By the majority of the commit
tee, corut-tutlng all the Republican mem
bens. The report says In part:
"Our abundant natural resources and our
Industries and Increasing population make
It of great value to Increase the means of
profitably disposing of our surplus pro
ductions, and aa our export trade la In
creased, so will bo home consumption and
employment.
"Our exporting competitors have for a
long time been devoting thcmseHcs to In
creasing their export trade and getting
possession of the markets. Africa Is an
'example of the methods pursued In par
Xltloning territory or recognizing 'spheres
of Influence and pcaibly Eastern Asia
Is destined to receive similar treatment.
1 "China may be left open to fair and
equal competition with respect of trade
with the United States." In which event
the commute believes "one of the largest.
If not the largest field for the trade and
commerce of other nations will be open to
those possessing the facilities of taking ad
vantage of opportunity."
The nation first In the field, "with its
Vwn productions and Its own means ol
transportation, will achieve the largest
success, for which reason China must re
move the barriers which now almost en-
tlrely exclude foreign Intercourse. Other
parts of the world In which our commerce
holds so small a share would repay partic
ular study.
"The need of establishments for the
construction, docking and repairing of
ships, and adequate navy and agricultural
fleets of merchant vessels, all In readiness
for any exigency," Is averted by the re
port to be a self-evident proposition." On
theso grounds other nations have fortified
themselves by Increasing their sea power
In all of the ways referred to. with tho
double object of 'strengthening their facili
ties and power for carrying on their for
eign commerce."
After giving the statistics on the extent
"of tonnage tho world over, the cost of
subsequent building, wages, etc, Grosven
ors report sums up the "cardinal pur
poses of the bill" as follows:
"1 To aid In a practical way, and. no
doubt, under existing conditions, the only
possible way. In bringing to the greatest
extent potfolblo our own foreign trade back
Into our own hands, and thus saving to
our country annually what now goes to
Increase the wealth of other nations, more
than JlOO.OCO.OM.
"2 To greatly Increase the exportation
and sale of all kinds of our superabundant
productions, and especially In the vast re
gions of Asia, evidently very soon to be
opened to the trade of the world. Thia
Is a trade that the nation beat prepared
to engage In will necessarily get the great
er proportion of by Its own ships under Its
own flag, and with Its own postal facilities
and Its own commercial establishments
for the disposal of its productions.
"3 To bring into existence at the earliest
possible time a great American fleet ot
American vessels, built in our own coun
try, with our own material and by our
own labor as a necessary means of Na
tional aid and National 6afety In times
of international war or other disturbances,
tho probability of which is unhappily not
tmall, even now.
"4 To increase the number of citizens
who will bo educated in seafaring work
and who will thus have the skill and be
better able to defend the honor and integ
rity of our country on the seas, however
suddenly tho necessity may happen.
"5 Tho bill, we think, will, if the pro
posed compensation is large enough, ac
complish these great and Important pur
poses." General Grosvenors report concludes:
"It will, of course, take a considerable
time to reach tho desired end. but the
60oner tho policy Is entered upon the soon
er and easier will be Its accomplishment.
"The means proposed are open to the
capital, tho enterprise and the skill of our
citizens alike, and on equal terms. There
Is no ground for the form of monopoly.
There Is absolute safety to the Treasury
In the fact that no payment can be made
until In each and for each voyage the work
Is actually performed. As we have before
stated. It Is certain that no vessel, great
or small, fast or slow. In the list can afford
to make a single voyage without also hav
ing a large commercial business income
from the Eime voyage, and In doing which
commercial business she is fulfilling the
great purpose of the bllL
"In view of the foregoing considerations.
We earnestly recommend the speedy pas
sage of the bllL"
The bill and amendments have been
made public heretofore. The anti-trust
amendment Is slightly changed, so that
In case of a combination, those participat
ing In it are excluded from the benefits of
the bill. Instead of the previous plan,
which would have operated alike against
those In and out of the combination.
THE KENTUCKY TRIALS.
Term of Court 1V111 Ilejjln Today
Move for Chance of Venae.
FRANKFORT. Ky April L-The con
vening of the April term of the Franklin
Circuit Court tomorrow, with Judge Can
trill sitting, marks the beginning of the
final legal proceedings against the alleged
assassin of the late Governor Goebel. and
on this account mnt'. t ..- ....,- t
.. .. tUG IUU3L llll-
portant In the history of criminal trials
in this state In many years.
The grand Jury will probably get In"
working order Tuesday, and. of course, the
assassination case will be the first mat
ter taken up. It Is understood that Com
monwealth's Attorney Franklin, who will
conduct the prosecution on the part of the
state, has had subpoenas Issued for num
erous witnesses In rotation, and others
will be issued as soon as" the court gets
down to work. If the prosecution makes
good Its claim, the Investigation will in
volve a large number of others against
whom indictments will be returned. The
general Impression prevails that none of
the trials will come up at the present
term, and It Is understood that the de
fense probably In every case will move
for a change of venue to some other
county.
Ex-Secretary FInley Stays. Array.
INDIANAPOLIS. April L-Charles Fin
ley. ex-Secretary of State ot Kentucky,
was seen at the Plaza Hotel tonight and
Informed of the Issuance at Frankfort of
a warrant for his arrest for alleged con
nection with the conspiracy to kill Gochtl.
and was asked what action he Intended
to take. Said he:
"I came away from Kentucky before I
had any Intimation that such a thing had
or would be done. After I learned of It
and wns returning, I learned of the mis
treatment of Powers and Davis after their
arrest and their abduction from the Lex
ington Jail, and decided I had no drire
for such pranks to be played upon me Just
at present. Besides. I believe I can attend
to some private affairs that Interest me
Just now more expeditiously and satisfac
torily from the pleasant City of Indianap
olis than from a cell of tho Franklin
County Jail."
Mont Evidence ARnlnat Toatsey.
FRANKFORT. Ky., April L-Colonel T.
C Campbell, special counsel for the prose
cution, was in conference with Henry
Youtaey, one of the men arrested, for a
long time at the Jail this afternoon. .Mr.
Campbell declined to state what passed
at the conference. Attorneys for the pros
ecution persistently claim that they havt
more damaging evidence against Toutsey,
connecting him with the crime, 'than
against any of the others so far arrested,
and it is said that the statement made
by Culton has strengthened the case
against him. Republican leaders profess
not to know the plans of Republican Gov
ernor Taylor, but Is generally believed he
will not return here till the action of the
grand Jury Is made public if he returns
at all, and In this opinion Democrats and
Republicans coincide.
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ACT OF DEMENTED MAN.
Killed Bit Brother-tn-Lvr Because
of an Imaginary Grievance.
KANSAS CITY. MoT. April 1. Harbor
ing imaginary wrongs, John W. McKlmm.
aged 3 years, this afternoon shot and
killed Dr. H. B. Shaw, his brother-in-law,
as the latter sat reading the Sunday
school lesson to his 5-year-old daughter.
Dr. Shaw died Instantly. McKlmm. who
had been an Inmate of a sanitarium and
is believed to be Insane, threatened to kill
the other five members of the family, and
was only restrained after a struggle.
Dr. Shaw was a widower. His motber-ln-lnw,
Mrs. McKlmm. had cared for his
children since his wife's death, and, as
was his custom, ho spent Sunday at the
McKlmm house, at 1G17 Forest avenue. The
family had eaten dinner. Shaw seated
himself In a chair In the parlor, and. with
his child before him on tho floor, was
readlnjr the Sunday school lesson to her.
McKlmm. ru It developed later, had gone
directly to his room from the table and
written a rambling statement. In which
he stated that he had not been treated
Tightly, and that he Intended wiping out
tho entire family, consisting of Dr. Shaw
and his child, his mother, two brothers
and a sister. Then, descending to the
parlor, he slipped up behind Shaw. and.
placing the revolver against the latter's
temple, fired. Dr. Shaw never moved,
and died before the family could reach
his side.
As the other members of the family
came running to the scene. McKlmm
raised his revolver to fire at the first
that should enter the room, but before
he could fire lo was overpowered by his
two brothers and taken to the station. He
has been considered of unsound mind for
several years, and was discharged from
a local sanitarium two years ago as
cured. Recently, however, he had acted
queeriy.
TOO JTOTED CKOOICS.
Bellevrd to Hnve Robbed
nes-
tnnrnnt Also the 3InlI.
NEW YORK. April L Henry Russell
and Sid Yennle. alias Henry Ferguson.
who claim to be speculator and salesman
respectively, have been arrested on sus
picion of being connected with the rob
bery of Healy's restaurant, at Columbus
avenue and Sixty-sixth street, on Monday
last. On that date a number of well
dressed men. In couples, dined at the res
taurant. After the meal one of the men
attracted the attention of the cashier
while another crawled to where the safe
stood and stole TOO. All the men had
disappeared before the robbery was dis
covered. Today several waiters In the
restaurant Identified Russell as one of the
men.
Russell and Yennle are well-known,
criminals. Russell Is a fugitive from Jus
tice, he having escaped from Ludlow Jail
on the memorable night of July 4. 1S53,
In company with Joe Klleran and Charles
Allen. Russell, with Klleran and Allen,
went to Europe together. Later Russell
was arrested In Belgium for TObbing a
postofilce. sxd was sent to prison for five
years. He was liberated about three
months ago. and came to the United
States.
Russell, who Is a son-in-law of Bill
Vosburg, Is also wanted by the United
States authorities for postofflce-robblng.
and a reward of J100O was long ago of
fered for his apprehension. Sid Yennlo
has Just been released from the stato
prison at Columbus, O., after serving a
five years' sentence for robbery commit
ted by him In company with George Car
son, a noted burglar and sneak thief.
Bold Robbery of a Breiverx.
ST. LOUIS. April L Three masked men
looted the Star Brewery office, at Belle
ville. HI., today, after first capturing and
confining the watchman and night fireman
of the plant In an empty refrigerator car.
As the robbers were preparing to blow
open the big safe in the office, Hubert
Hartman. secretary of the brewery, ac
companied by his brother Hans, entered
the room. They were promptly covered
with three revolvers, and before either of
them realized the situation, were marched
to the same car in which the fireman and
watchman were confined. Then, after
drilling the safe, they applied charges,
and the outer and Inner doors were blown
completely open. It Is not Known Just how
much they secured, but the amount Is
thought not to be over $100. beside some
Jcwelry and valuable papers.
Lender of Cnttlc Thieves Confesses.
DENVER, April 1. A special to the
News from Alamogorda, N. M., says:
"R. Ruiz, the noted banalt and leader
of a gang of cattlo thieves that have been
operating for years in Southern New
Mexico, and one ot his followers havo
been captured by the Sheriff of this
county. Ruiz has mate c. confession. Im
plicating a number of settlers along the
Rio Grande."
Hotel In the Tropics.
New York Herald.
Board and lodging are very reasonable In
some of the South Sea Islands that pre
tend to be more or less civilized. In Tahiti,
for instance, ycu may have every accom
modation the Island possesses, together
with mcald that are the best the country
affords, for the sum of $1 25 per week.
There are other Islands where you can
board for nothing, but you have no right
to "kick" under such circumstances, and
cannot consider yourself a boarder.
On the other hand, hotel accommodations
near the Equator are comparatively more
expensive than In the big centers of civil
ization. In Caracas, the Paris of South
America, a room In a hotel, furnished with
only a cot and a chair, will cost you at
the rate of Jt per day, and the meals
well, ynu will have to get used to them
before you can enjoy them. At a hotel In
La Guayra I paid $6 per day. and all I had
In my room was a common cot, on which
there was a pillow and a single sheet
The meals here, however,
were rather
more elaborate than In the Caracas hotel.
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Memphis Jockey CInb.
MEMPHIS. April 1. The 20th annual
meeting of the Memphis Jockey Club
will begin next Thursday at Montgomery
Park, and will continue for 20 racing days.
Eleven stakes will be decided, some of
which are numbered among the richest in
tho West, The Montgomery handicap will
be run on the opening day ot the meeting.
There are In excess of 900 horses at the
track. The 3-year-olds here Include Sam
Phillips. The Conqueror, F. W. Brode,
Admiral Schley. Capron. Elizabeth Klein.
The Rush, Dr. Riddle. Florizar. Belle of
Orleans. Lamplighter, Lady Elite, Brown
C. Anderson. Thrive and others.
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Fire in Xevrspnper Dnlldinfr.
SALT LAKE. Utah. April L Fire In
the Herald building, on Main street, to
day burned out the rear of the fifth and
sixth floors of the building. That por
tion of the building was occupied chiefly
by lawyers and mining companies. Water
leaked through to the lower floors, occu
pied by the Herald, and damaged machin
ery and furniture to the extent ot $2500.
R. G. Dun & Co. lost records valued at
$2000. The total loss. Including damage
to the building. Is, estimated at J25.W;
""'I, wvcrea ey insurance
AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS
ORIGIX OP WHAT WE HAVE RE
CEIVED EV PAST FIVE YEARS.
One-Half Oar Afrricnltural Importa
tions Consists of Sncnr and Coffee,
In Xenrly Equal Solas.
WASHINGTON. April L An Interesting
statement showing the sources of the ag
ricultural Imports of the United States
during the five fiscal years, 1SM-1SS5. has
been prepared by Frank H. Hitchcock,
Chief of the Foreign Markets Section of
the Agricultural Department. Some of the
more Important statements It contains are
as follows:
During the five fiscal years. 1S3HS8S, the
agricultural Imports of the United States
had an average annual value of $3(5,78,457.
Sugar, coffee, hides and skins, wool. silk.
vegetable fibers, fruits and tea were the
articles Imported most extensively. Meas
ured In value, these articles formed over
four-fifths of our total Import trade In ag
ricultural products for the period men
tioned, their combined value averaging
about J300.000.009 a year. '
Of this sum more than one-half .was
paid for two commodities sugar and cof
fee. The average yearly value of the
sugar Imports for 1S3HSSS amounted to
J90.11S.6S5, and coffee. JS3.570.106 Brazil,
which furnishes about two-thirds of the
coffee Imports, headed the list. The agri
cultural imports from Brazil during the
five years had an average annual value of
J59,C17,&t. Aside from coffee, the Imports
from Brazil were Inconsiderable.
Cuba, the principal source of the sugar
purchased by the United States, ranked
next to Brazil in Importance. Tho average
yearly value for 1KH-1SS7, of our agricul
tural Imports from the Island amounted to
J37.403.S2. or 10 per cent of the total. After
sugar, the most Important Items were to
bacco and fruits. Under normal condi
tions our Imports ot agricultural produce
from Cuba arc much larger than Is Indi
cated by the average for 1SH-1SSS. During
the period mentioned, there was a re
markable falllng-off, the Import value for
1S9S amounting to only J12.1SS.CGG. as com
pared with J72N51.S3 for ISM. In 1SSI Cuba
stood foremost among the sources of our
agricultural Imports, the products received
from the Island during that year exceed
ing In value those from Brazil.
Theagricultural Imports from the United
Kingdom averaged annually J33.0S4.0S3, a
large part being produce of British de
pendencies, re-exported by the mother
country. "Wool and hides were the leading
articles. From Germany, the average an
nual Imports were J32.004.7S7, beet sugar
forming the principal Item; from China,
J17.27S.S49. tea and silk being the princi
pal items.
Of all the tea Imported more than half
came from China. From Japan, the Im
ports were J16.S32.735. silk being tho most
important Item. Japan also furnished
over a third of the tea Imported. From
France tho average yearly Imports were
J1S.C0S.S47. Among the Imports from other
countries were: Italy, J14.CS7.23S: Mexico,
tl3.G6i.462; Hawaiian Islands. J12.073.440.
sugar forming the principal part, and af
ter that, rice, coffee, bananas 'and hides.
The agricultural Imports from the Philip
pine Islands consist chiefly of Manila
hemp and sugar, averaging J4.425.C69.'
Although the total value of the agricul
tural Imports amounted to only 1314.251,
796 In 1E9S, as compared with JJW.433.C27 In
1S94. a considerable Increase was recorded
from several of the leading sources ot
supply. Japan, China and the Hawaiian
Islands afforded the most striking In
stances of a growing trade. Tho value
of the agricultural products Imported from
Japan rise from J14.035.S37 In ISM, to J20,
2GS.2S4 In 1S9-5; China, from J11.2S2.S29 to
J1S.34S.474; and the Hawaiian Islands, from
510.020,943 to J17.142.S0S. Ot the sources from
which products of agriculture were re
ceived In diminished quantities during the
five years. Cuba was the most conspicu
ous. As a result of the disturbed condi
tions that prevailed on the Island, our ag
ricultural Imports from Cuba declined In
value from J72.431.35S In 1S94. to only 113,
158,030 In 1S9S. falling off nearly 1GO,OCO,000.
The Iteat Warn Dae.
Washington Star.
"Step! Step! Step!"
It was some one mounting the stairs.
It was a slow and heavy step, and there
was something grim and grewsome about
It something to tell the listener that the
sole owntr and proprietor ot the step was
a lop-shouldered son of a gun without
enough mercy in his heart to grease a sun
flower seed.
" 'Tls he the landlord!" gasped the
woman who sat In the gloom ot her garret
room with white face and palpitating
heart.
The step came nearer the frail door was
kicked open and Adamant Fllntstone stood
before her and said:
"Woman, I am here! If you cannot
pay me my rent out you go!"
"Oh. Mr Fllntstone, have you no
heart?" wailed the unfortunate.
"Not a. bit! Pay or go!"
"But think of your mother!"
"I haven't any."
"Thin your sisters."
"Never had one."
"Is It passible that because I owe you
$120 rent you will drive mo out on the
street on a night like this?"
"I am in the landlord business for
money," was his unfeeling reply.
"But can you expect that heaven
will prosper a man that has neither pity
nor mercy r
"I can. I am making 14 per cent on
my investment. Will you pay or shall I
chuck you out of the window?'
"I I will pay!" she sobbed, as the
storm Increased and the wind tried to
shake the stuffing out of the old tene
ment. And pulling two $100 bills out ot her
pocket she handed them out and received
JS0 In change, and Adamant Fllntstone
chuckled In his frozen heart as he turned
away and left her trlng to choke herself to
death with a buttonhook.
An Expensive Ltccnic.
Philadelphia Record.
Marshfleld, Mass., which was once the
home of Daniel Webster, and which has
always been a prohibition town, voted af
firmatively on the license question last
week. A member of the defeated Prohibi
tion faction thereupon introduced In the
town meeting a resolution to make the 11
cense fee J1.CC4.CO0, and the measure was
1 adopted. None but a millionaire, there-
I fore, can afford to go Into the liquor busl
ness in Marshfleld. and most of the mil
lionaires of that town of 2000 Inhabitants
are otherwise engaged.
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Corn Grovrlnsr In Eg-ypt.
Baltimore News.
Farmers In Egypt have purchased In
Philadelphia 120.000 bushels of seed com,
which they proposo to plant In the fertile
valleys along the River Nile. The cargo,
which Is to be delivered nt Alexandria, will
be taken from Philadelphia on the British
steamship Rubensteln. It Is claimed by
expert agriculturists that the rich Nil
valleys, which have been uncultivated fot
centuries, will grow as good corn as any
where in the world.
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Torpedo-Bont Boiler Exploded.
CHERBOURG, France, April L The
boiler of a French torpedo-boat exploded
yesterday during forced-draught trials,
and five of tho crew were terribly burned.
One died, and another, unable to bear tha
.agony. Jumped Into the sea and was
drowned.
Xo More Plncne .In Honolulu.
HONOLULU, March 25, via Ban Fran
cisco. April L The Board of Health has
practically decided that the plague has
run its course. No cases have developed
for over a week. The members of the
"vboard. now ear that quarantine restrtc-
tlons may be made less stringent. Com
mencing March 28. all restrictions regard
ing the shipment of merchandise from
Honolulu except merchandise from Asiatic
ports will be rescinded.
TWICKENHAM.
Tovra That Wants to Be Seat of Jns.
4 tlee of "Wheeler Connty.
Twickenham News.
In the early '60s this section of the
great Northwest was covered with a robe
of tall. wavlng.hunchgTass. and was unin
habited, save by the Indians and wild
animals. While the Civil war .was rag
ing In the East and South, a few courag
eous, ambitious men pushed their way
through the Rocky Mountains, or took
tho tempestuous voyage around the Horn,
and, taking advantage ot the squatter's
right, established abodes in this rcglonand
began raising cattle. These brave 'pio
neers paved the way for others, and In a
few years numerous stock ranches could
be found throughout the territory now
known as the "Inland Empire."
In those days, this portion of the John
Day Valley was known far and wide as
"The Big Bottom." and on account of its
delightful climate, it soon became a favor
ite rendezvous for emigrants and tran
sient stock men. The first settler of whom
there Is any record was a Mr. BIffel, who,
in 1SG2, squatted and lived until bis death
(several years afterwards) upon the fine,
big ranch now owned by J. A. Chapman,
on the south hank ot the river. The next
white settler was J. 8. Deadman, who.
In 1S6S, took up the adjoining ranch,
now owned by A. S. McAllister. In the
same year, Isaac Q. Holmes laid claim
to. the immense level tract of land lying
on tha north bank or the John Day
River and known as the "Big Bottom."
He soon abandoned It, however, and In
the following year, 1SS9, J. H. Parsons
came down from Umatilla County and
squatted upon the same, J. K. Rows at
the same time taking up the ranch sub
sequently purchased by Al Sutton and now
owned by Gtlman, French & Co. Ten
years later, tho country was surveyed
by tho Government, and these early set
tlers secured title to their land. John
Helms and Oscar Peterson took up
ranches further cast, on the south bank
of the river, and from that time on the
settling up of this country became rapid
and steady.
Nature has destined this immense val
ley to become the site of a large and pro
gressive city. Embracing, as it does, an
area of about three miles in length by
three-quarters of a mile In breadth; al
most as level as -a floor; protected on tho
north, east and south by the mighty
walls of high, rugged mountains; bordered
on the west by a gradual slope of green
hills and fertile vales; the tortuous John
Day River sweeping through the valley
on Its way to the Columbia; possessing
a mild, temperate, healthful climate at
all times of the year, with the most nat
ural and desirable advantages for water
and sewerago systems, and surrounded
on all sides by the best stock country
and richest agricultural and fruitralslng
land to be found In the Northwest we
thus find the present townslte-of Twicken
ham. Annexing to this the fine big mead
ow farms on the south bank of the river,
and a grander, more picturesque 'location
for a city ot 10,009 Inhabitants cannot bo
found within tho broad 'limits of the
United States.
The townslto was platted in 'the Spring
of 1SSS. and was named Twickenham, the
derivation ot which will be treated in a
subsequent Issue.
The town Is situated in tho populous
center of Wheeler County and not far
from the geographical center; it Is 70
miles from Hcppner (Its nearest railroad
point), SO miles from Arlington, 103 miles
from The Dalles. 20 miles from Fossil.
IS miles from Mitchell, SS miles from
Prlnevllle and 9 miles from Canyon City.
A Great Shorrlnir.
Mr. Hannis Taylor, a distinguished citi
zen of Mobile, was recently selected to
write an article on Alabama tor a new edi
tion ot the Encyclopedia Britannlca. The
article has already been prepared and
shows strikingly the Immense material de
velopment In progress In that state. For
example, tho state's total output of coal In
1870 was only 13.200 tons; In 1SS0. 7.500.000
tons, estimated: total output ot pig Iron In
1S70 was only 70CO tons; in 1SS3. 1.0S3.9C5.
The Birmingham district Is now the third
largest In .point of export of pig iron In
the world, and Its coke tonnage (LG09.S53
tons In 1S9S) Is second In this country only
to the Connellsvllle district of Pennsyl
vania, The total cotton product of the
state In 1S70 was 423,452 bales; In ISM, 1,
130.0M. In 1S70 tho total population was
SW.S92; In 1900. estimated at l.SOO.000. The
13 cotton mills of 1S70 have increased to
S3, with 13.929 spindles and 18.590 looma
the total capital Invested amounting to
J1C.27S.7S0. The lumber and shingle mills,
numbering less than 300 In -1S70, have In
creased to 1000; with an Invested capital
of J18.700.CO0. During the year ended July
1. 1S70. total vessels engaged In the for.
elgn trade that entered the port of Mo
bile were 105. with a total tonnage of
70.219. During the year ended July J, 1893.
there were of the same class B5- vessels,
with a total tonnage of 3S4.0CO.
Will Ilexuine the Tronic Case.
SAN FRANCISCO. April L The con
test between the Jobbers and manufac
turers of the Pacific Coast and the Job
bers of the Middle West, particularly St,
Louis, will be resugncd before the Inter
state Commerce Commission In this city
tomorrow. M. A. Knapp, chairman of the
commission, arrived from the East today
and Joined his colleagues. It is expected
that several days will be consumed In
taking testimony on the question of dif
ferentials. The commission will also con
sider other traffic problems of local in
teres t.
Receiver for a Railroad.
ST: LOUIS, April L Judge Amoa Tha
yer, of the United States Circuit court.
has appointed Charles II. Choppell. of Chi
cago, and James Hopkins, of St. Louis,
receivers for the Kansas City & Northern
Connecting Railroad. He also Issued or
ders authorizing Choppell and Hopkins to
borrow the sum of J525.0CO. at not exceed
ing 5 per cent Interest, and JS00.CO0 on the
same terms, to be expended on the Omaha
& St. Louis Railroad company ana. the
Omaha, Kansas City & Eastern Railroad
Company, respectively.
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Inhaled Gna and Died.
NEW YORK. April 1. Mrs. Kate Jor
dan, who lived with her son Milton E.
Rocket, secretary of James J. Corbett, in
handsome apartments In Forty-second
street, committed suicide today by Inhal
ing Illuminating gas. Several days ago
Mrs. Jordan wrote a number of letters In
dicating that she Intended to tako her life.
One of these was sent to an uncle In Cali
fornia. Mrs. Jordan was the daughter
of Colonel Alfred E. Andrews, a San Fran
cisco Jeweler, and was 49 years of age.
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The Truth About It.
Chicago Times-Herald (Rep.)
The truth about the Puerto Rico legis
lation Is that the consistency and honor
of the Republican party were sacrificed
for cheap and cowardly political reasons,
and the moral sense of the party was out
raged at the bidding of the smallest fly
that ever buzzed around the hub ot pro.
Kress.
Took Morphine nnd Died.
BUTTE. Mont. April L About eight
months ago. Gustav Henry Gcyer. an old.
timer, sold his Interest In a mine for sev
eral thousand dollars. This money he
has been spending as rapidly as possible.
Yesterday the last cent went- Today ha
took morphine, and died.
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First Electric Car In Sandna-o.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, via Galveston,
April L The first electric tramcar ever
operated In this city went over the lines
today successfully. Popular- interest In
ins tvant wm jceca, --;
PREPARING FOR VICTORIA
THE BRITISH CHAXXEL StlTADR03
IS AT QUEENSTOWX.
Dublin Is Filling; With Enthusiastic.
People Counter Demonstration
Has Bees Planned.
DUBLIN. April L The British Channel
Squadron has arrived off Queenslown for
the Queen's visit, which Is awaited with
Intense and even growing enthusiasm.
Dublin Is filling rapidly. Already tho
hotel are crowded and tralnloads are ar
riving from the provinces
Grandstands have b,een erected in the
Streets, which are profusely decorated, and
It will bo difficult to find space for hang
ing another flag. A general holiday has
been proclaimed for Wednesday through
out tho County of Dublin.
As a last attempt at a counter-attraction,
the extremists have placarded the city
with an invitation to citizens to Join a
monster procession of Nationalist Socle
ties, which, according to the programme,
is to start from ths Transvaal committee
rooms on the night of Her Majesty's ar
rival.' It Is probable that the demonstra
tion will be forbidden.
SPECCLATIOX HAS BEEX OVERDOXE.
Such Is Conviction of Germans Con
fidence In American Prosperity.
BERLIN, April L The monthly settle
ment was characterized by unusual carry
over rates, due to the conviction of leaders
that speculation has been much overdone.
The correspondent of the Associated Press
finds this conviction general In high flnan.
cial circles, where it Is pointed out that
coal shares have risen beyond all propor
tion to coal. Iron shares arc also re
garded as excessively high, considering
the increase ot the wages and the scarcity
of materials. Notwithstanding the rising
of money rates all last week. Industrial
shares were very strong, and American
railways In great demand. The German
public has confidence In the continuance
of American prosperity. The rise of Lon
don exchange Is explained by the heavy
German purchases of Americans In Lon
don.
In the money market, prospects are not
encouraging. The relaxation this month
Is not expected to be great. The pressure
at the Reichsbank at the end of last week
was enormous. Numerous municipal, stata
and other loans are coming upon the mar
ket soon. Banking circles believe that the
downward movement In Government funds
has stopped.
Tho coal famine Is not relieved, despite
the phenomenal arrival from England. The
Iron consumers complain that they are
unable to place orders for pig Iron In the
United States.
The Hamburg American Steamship Com.
pany reports an extraordinary business.
Emigration from North German countries
has been better than for many years pre
vious, and the company has ordered two
more steamers for Its East 'Asian ser
vice. The German East Africa line has
declared a dividend of S per cent, A stenm-
snip line will be established connecting
the Carolines with the North German
Lloyd service at Hong Kong.
THE XEWS OF JAPAX.
Sympathy With British In South
Africa AksmIi'ji Visit.
YOKOHAMA, March 14. via San Fran
cisco, April 1. Tho Emperor's message
of congratulation to Queen Victoria and
tho reply thereto have awakened lively
satisfaction In all quarters of tho em
pire, and have emphasized the sympathy
almost universally felt for the British in
the South African struggle.
The death of Professor Toyama, an ex
Mlnlster of Education, removes one of
tho best-known scholars pf, the realm,
and will attract attention In the West, esi
peclally In the United States, where hts
abilities were known.
It is reported that the Emperor will
shortly raise to the peerage Dr. Kentaro
Kaneko. the first of the Japanese to be
granted the honorary degree of LL. D.
by Harvard University. He is very well
known In New England and Washington.
Judging from the strictures of the native
press, there is fear of some friction be
tween Japan and the United States on the
Hawaiian question. There are now some
00.000 Japanese subjects on tho islands.
It is claimed that the United States Is Ig
noring tho pledges given to tho Japanese
Government at the time of annexation.
There are Indications that the vlsH ot
Professor Agassiz and his scientific col
leagues, who arrived recently pn the
United States Fish Commission steamer
Albatross, has been the occasion of many
social festivities, conspicuous among them
being a reception tendered by the Im.
perial University and the Japanese Har
vard Club.
The death of Corsul-General Gowey,
which occurred yesterday. ha3 awakened
universal regret, not only In the American
community, but among the representatives
of all nationalities.
BROOKS' MURDERERS PtJMSIIED.
Trro "Boxers" to Be Beheaded and
Others Sent to Prison,
PEKING, April L The Chinese Govern
ment has "settled" the controversy aris
ing out of the murder on December 3 last
of the Rev. Mr. Brooks, of the Chinese
Missionary Society, on the following
terms:
Two of the murderers will be beheaded;
one Imprisoned for life, one for 10 years,
another'for two years. A memorial chapel
will be erected Upon the site of the mur
der, and a tablet will be placed In Canter
bury Cathedral, England, at the expense
of the Chinese Government.
Rev. Mr. Brooks at the time of hts mur
der, was stationed at Ping Yin, In the
government of Shan Tung. He was cap
tured In that vicinity and killed by mem
bers of the seditious society known as
Boxers." who had been very active In
destroying villages and slaughtering na
tive Christians,
Empress Dowager Alarmed,
LONDON. April 2. The Peking corre
spondent of the Dally Mail says:
LI Hung Chang. Viceroy of Canton, re
cently wired the Chinese authorities that
Kang Yu Wet the reformer, had ordered
tva uniforms In Hong Kong. The Em
press Dowager was much alarmed by the
news, and LI Hung Chang has sent a for
ma! protest to the British Governor of
Hong Kong against permitting Kang Yu
Wei's propaganda. .
Rusnla'n Claim to Be Tested.
LONDON, April 2. The Times has the
following, dated March 29, from Seoul,
capital of Corea:
"The unreasonable claim of tho Rus
sian Minister. M. Favloff. that Russian
subjects alone should have the right to
work and develop all mines, forests and
other property In Corea. Is being tested.
Japan having applied for a concession
to work certain gold mines."
FREXCnMEX ARE CHALLEXGIXG.
Quarrel Between Comte de Lubersac
nnd Bnron Robert de Rothschild.
PARIS, April 1. The quarrel between
Comte de Lubersac and Baron Robert da
Rothschild continues and threatens to
spread to other prominent people who
were not at the outset mixed up In tha
affair. Last evening, the Comte wrote
another violent letter, but this tlmo not to
Baron Robert- He addressed Baron Ed
uard de Rothschild, and, after charging
Robert with writing him an insulting let
ter, said:
"I cannot blame him before ho attains
his majority. When that time is reached,
he will receive nry seconds. I do not
wish to remain under the insult ot a
Rothschild, and as I consider you, the
sos of ths bead of this family, rosponal- j
hie. I express my contempt... for you and
I warn you that wherever I meet you 1
shall throw my glove" n your face."
. It Is reported that the recipient of this
letter has sent hls-seconds to the Comte.
Michael Ephrussl will also challenge
Comte de Lubersac, and M. de Saint Alery
will challenge Comte de Dion.
t DISORDER IX ITALY.
Grew Ont of Socialist Move to Reform,
the Constitution.
ROME, April L Disturbances are re
ported today from Bologna. Turin, Naple3
and Forli between the students and So
cialists, growing out of the recent action
ot the Socialist members ot the Chamber
of Deputies, who are now agitating for
a convocation of the Constituent Assembly
with a. view to reforming the constitution.
At Cagllarf, Sardinia, the authorities
prohibited a performance of a cantlo by
Cavalletti, poet, publicist and. Radical
Deputy, who was killed in a duel about
two years ago. The public protested and
clamored for Garibaldi's hymn. The po
lice thereupon intervened and emptied the
theater.
The demonstration was continued outside
and cries of, "Long, live Socialism." and
"Long live the Constituent Assemhly"
were raised. The police .were again com
pelled to lnterevene and to disperse the
crowd.
At Turin, the authorities took steps to
prevent the workmen assembling at the
railway station to receive SIcnor Morgarl
and Slgnor Co-ta,members cf the Chamber.
The military r occupied the station, the
corwd waiting outside. Loud crie3 of wel
come greeted the appearnce of the Social
ist Deputies. . Slgnor Costa made a brief
address, exhorting .the people to be calm.
Several arrests were made.
EVIL OF 15 PER CEXT TARIFF.
Puerto Rlcnn Snys It Would Doom
the Inland Manufacture-).
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April t W.
T. Townes. president of the Puerto RIcan
Tobacco Company, who yesterday declared
that the proposed tariffs would keep
Puerto Rico out of the American market,
and. as a result of It. she would sell
to Europe, China and Japan. Instead of
the United States, declared today that 13
per cent of tho DIngley rates would pro-
hlbltPuerto RIcan manufactures from sale
In the United States. "Skilled labor." he
said, 'is higher here than In the United
States, nnd the. postage of the proposed
b'll would doom Puerto RIcan manufac
tures." London Stock Exchnnfrc.
LONDON. April 1. The stock exchange
was generally firm last week, especially
in the speculative markets, with interest
centering mainly in Americans, which
were more active than they had been for
many years. The operators havo been
working hard recently for this boom, and
British and Continental Investors are now
beginning, although tardily, to appreci
ato the change. In the financial status of
the United States. Baltimore & Ohio lead3
tho list, with a rise of 20 points, and all
tho more active stocks have shown on In
crease of from 3 to 7 points since the
largest "carry over." Mines were stag
nant, with a downward tendency. Rand3
fell on the week 1H points. Money was
In good demand until Monday at 3 to
i per cent: for a week, 3?i. and for three
months' bills from 3H to 4 per cent.
Delaftqa Road Mnttcr. Settled.
LONDON, April 2. The Lisbon corre
spondent of the Dally Mall says:
"The Portuguese Government has wired
orders to Blera that British troops and
ammunition be allowed to pass through
freely to Rhodesia.
"The Minister ot Foreign Affairs. Vega
Beiraom. has announced In the Chamber
of Deputies that tho government Is In
possession of railway bonds with which
to pay the award of the Dclagoa Bay
Railway arbitration tribunal."
Jlnr Re,tnrn Prpm Uanlnhtnent.
PARIS. .April 2. It Is rumored that the
Marquis de Luhr-S&Iuccs, the well-known'
Royalist, and former member ot the
Chamber of Deputies, who lost January,
at the time of the conspiracy trials.
was condemned In default ot appearance,
to 10 years" banishment for treason. In
tends to return to France. If he carries
out this plan It will necessitate the convo
cation of the Senate for the third time
as high court. .
The Porte's Answer to Rumln.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Saturday. March
31. The Ottoman Government will address
a note this evening to the Russian Em
bassy, declaring that In the event of the
Porte not contracting railway lines in
tho Black Sea districts bounded by rail
ways already conceded to others, then con
cessions will b granted to Russia, It Is
considered that the Porte In this way set
tles tho Russian demands In the premises.
Xo Grant for American Institute.
PARIS. April 2. Tho resolution of
Charles Fortln. of the City Council, against
granting ground for the American Na
tional Institute, has beert sent before tho
resolutions committee for examination.
He proposes that the Council should found
travel scholarships for Parisian artists
with the proceeds of the sale of the land.
Itnllnn Approve Amerlcnn Treaty-
ROME. April 1. Tho treaties commtT
slon of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
has approved tho reciprocity arrangement
under tho third section of the DIngley
act, signed last Fobruary in Washington
bj" Baron Fava, the Italian Ambassador,
and John A. Kasson. special Plenipoten
tiary for the Unlttd States.
Chanxe of Mlnlsten in Peru.
LIMA. Peru. April L It Is reported in
responsible quarters that Colonel Parro,
on his return from an expedition to the
Interior, will take the portfolio of war and
marine. In succession to Senhor Carrillo.
Xew British I'ostninster-General.
LONDON. April 2. It Is asserted on
good authority that Sir William Hart
Dyke, former Chief Secretary of Ireland,
will be appointed Postmaster-General, in
succession to tho Duke of Norfolk, re
signed. Floods in UruHruny.
MONTEVIDEO. April 1. The recent
heavy floods In Uruguay have caused
great destruction of cattle and wheat, -l wo
bridges on the Central Railway have been
destroyed.
Corea Granted Russian Demnnd.
YOKOHAMA. April 1. It Unreported
that the Government of Corea has granted
the Russian demand for ground within tho
pettlcmejvt of Masampo.
Reichstag- Member Innne.
BERLIN, April 2. Carl Oertel, a well
known member of the Reichstag, has be
come insane.
The Little Monilnc Senator.
Eugene State Journal.
George W. McBrlde is a good boy In
dustrious, sober, honest and well behaved
but he would not be In the United States
Senate now if It had been known when he
was elected that he. too. would have the
"temerity" to vote for the gold standard
and oppose the wishes of the Silver Re
publicans, who had fought 40 days and
nights to defeat Dolph because he favored
the gold Ptandard.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and Children.
Tfie Kind You llava Always Bough.
Bears the
Siguaturo of
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ADRIFT ON THE PACIFIC
STEAMER CLEVELAND, WITH BItOK.
EX SHAFT AXD A SUGAR. CARGO.
Sailors Row a Small Boat 320 Miles
for Aaslatnnce, Which Has.
Gone to the Rescue.
SAN TRANCISCO. April L Advices
from Honolulu, under date of March 21,
state that the well-known steamer Cleve
land, bound for San, Francisco, with a
$100,000 cargo of sugar from Kahului. Is
adrift with a broken shaft and practically
helpless In the open sea. When last heard
from she was several hundred miles from
Maul. Three of Its crew left the steamer
In a small boat to go to Maul for assist
ance. They were spoken by the steamer
Eric March 20, 40 miles from Maul.
The men In the boat stated that ths
Cleveland, when they left her, was 320
miles north-northwest of the Island of
Maui. The little boat had traveled 2S0
miles of the Journey to Maul, a trip that
must have required six days, so that the
Cleveland must have moved a grcd deal
since she was last located. Shu has two
yards and can put up a little sail, but not
enough to control her movements. A
steamer has gone to search for her.
About two years ago the Cleveland met
with a similar accident between San Fran
cisco and Puget Sound. After being aban
doned by her crew she went ashore on
Vancouver Island.
During the Civil War the Cleveland was
a blockade runnner, and was captured on
one of her trlp3 to Charleston. She was
built In 1S51. and has seen service of all
kinds, all over the world. Her name has
been changed many times. Lately she
was used as a transport for the Philip
pines. China ArrlvcH From Honor Kane.
SAN FRANCISCO. April L The steam
er China, which arrived from Hong Kong
last night, was placed in quarantine. She
reported the death of one of her Chinese
passengers and the sickness of another
aboard. The ship's doctor had not deter
mined tho nature" cf the- disease.
Profesor Agassiz, the distinguished sci
entist, was among the passengers arriving
from the Orient on the China.
Schooner Sunk Crew Saved.
VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass.. April
The schooner Abraham Richardson, of
Bangor, was sunk by collision, with tha
bark Alaska off East Chop, Vineyard
Sound, this morning. All hands were
saved. The schooner, which had a-carso
of 213 tons of coal, is a total loss.
Proerexa of Cnble Laylnc-.
HALIFAX. N. 8., April L The cafclo
steamer Faraday arrived today from sea
cable laying. Six hundred miles ot tho
new cable, from Canso. N. S.. to tho
Azores, have been paid out, and tho Fara
day will recoal and take another section
of the line aboard.
Heavy Cntches of Sen Is.
ST. JOHNS. N. F.. April 1. The sealing
steamer Newfoundland arrived this after
noon with 2000 sealfl. She reports tho
steamer Iceland so heavily loaded that
several thousand seals are carried on her
deck.
Domestic and ForclRn Ports.
ASTORIA. Or.. April 1. Arrived down,
at 4:40 P. M.. British h!p Samaritan. Con
dition of the bar at 5 P. M.. moderate;
brisk, south wind: weather, hazy.
San Francisco Sailed. March 31 Steam
er Empire, for Coos Bay: steamer Queen,
for Puget Sound: steamer "Bertha, for
Seattle: barkentlno Manila, for Tacoma;
steamer Dispatch, for Portland: April 1.
schooner Ottllja Foard, for Gray's Harbor.
Queenstown. April 1. Sailed Etrurta
(froy Liverpool) for New York.
New York. April 1. Arrived La Bret
ngne, from Havre.
Rotterdam. April 1. Arrived Rotter
dam. SOUTHERN -MAGNETIC POLE.
Reported to Have Bern Located by
Party ot British Obncrvers.
WELLINGTON. N. Z.. April 1. Tho ex
ploring steamer Southern Crostt. bearing
C. E. Borchgrevlnk and the survivors ot
the South Polar expedition fitted out la
1S3S by Sir George Newnes. of London,
arrived today at Campbelltown, near Bluff
Harbor, N. Z.
Mr. Borchgrevlnk reports that the mag
netic pole has been located. N. Hansen,
one of the zoologists who started with
the expedition, died on the voyage.
The expedition left Hobart, Tasmania,
for the Antarctic region on December 19,
1S3S. During tho latter part of February,
1S99, the members landed from tho South
ern Cross near Cape Adair. Victoria Land,
it having been arranged that the steamer
should leave them there with full equip
ment of every kind, and should return for
them early In l&ifl. Mr. Borchgrevink's
party consisted of nine. Including him
self. Lieutenant W. Colbeck, R. N. B.,
was selected as first magnetic observer, to
be assisted by Loul3 Bernlcchl; N. Han
sen and Hugh Evans were chosen as zoo'
legists, and Dr. H. Kloevstad as medical
officer. Mr. Fougnal was general utility
man and cook. With these went two nattvf
of Finland to look after 90 dogs. Enor
mous supplies of provisions were laid In.
o .
Union of Ilnscbnll Flayer.
WASHINGTON. April L President
Gompers. of the Federation of Labor, said
today that the Federation had under con
sideration the organization of a union of
professional baseball players. Its chief
obstacle hitherto, he said, hod been the
timidity of the players, but now. since the
clubs had been reduced to eight, there
was more disposition to effect a union.
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