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Mr. SrttEIS, POSTUM, MEGON MANAGEMENT. $1,001 $1.50, $2.00 per Day Studebaker 320.338 EAST MORRISON ST. ORBCON fil $3.00 PER DAY AftHfrriri. W nm smn Stfetts Sttul l PM over 200 periodicals a quarter on all subscriptions M. dally, except Sunday and hotlda-. Nothing Like 77 An Anchor Eyeglass Guard for comfort and stay-on qualities. It holds the lenses In any de sired position without pinching the nose. You can wear eyeglasses, no matter what your occupation mas be. If you are wise enough to use these guards, because your glasses will always be where they belong on the nose. Anchor Guards Hold WALTER REED Ere Specialist 13S SIXTH STREET ORECOXIAH BUILDING SWEPT BY FIRE Thousands MafcHwneless and Destitute. DESOLATION AT OTTAWA Five Square Miles of City Ter ritory Burned Over. LOSS IS MORE THAN SI5.080.000 Fire Wu Bmrclr Under Control at Mldnls;ht Government Aid for tke Sufferers Mur Mills Gone. OTTAWA. Ont.. April 27. Five square miles of territory bumed; over 2500 dwell ings, factories, mills, stores and other buildings destroyed, entailing a loss esti mated to reach 120,000,000, and between 12,000 and 15,000 men, women and children, homeless. Is a summing up of the havoc wrought by the Are which has been raging at Hull and in Ottawa since 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and at midnight wa!i not completely under control. Most of the lumber piles in Ottawa and Hull nave disappeared, and are now mere heaps of charred wood and ashes. Hnlf a doxen churches end schools, a number of mills, the Hull water works, the Hull Courthouse and jail, the postofflce. the convent almost every business place and about 1000 dwellings and shops In Hull have been destroyed. Indeed, practically nothing of Hull Is left but a church and a few houses beyond it. The spot where the fire originated Is about a quarter of a mile from the main street of Hull, and as a gale was blowing from the northwest right in the direction of the lumber.plles and mills on both, the Hull anifOttawa shores of the Ottawa River, and Chaudlers Falls, It was coon seen that the fire was almost certain to be a large one. By 11:30 the Are had got ten a good hold on Main street, and the entire street, with dozens of cross streets, was burning. Practically there Is not a house left in the street. Flames Jamped Half a. Mile. About this time the fire made a Jump of nearly half a mile, and Ignited Eddy's woodyard, near the match factory. It was soon in flames, nndthe.,EO-mlIc-an-hJur gale which was blowing drove a high column of flame across Bridge street, and set:, fire tp.tbe Eddy paper mill and the other buildings, of the company. The fire at this time also sprang across the Ottawa River, and caught the sheds In the rear of the Mackay Milling Company, on Vic toria Island, and in a few minutes the lum ber piles on Victoria and Chaudler Islands, one of the power-houses of the Ottawa Electric Company, the Victoria foundry and half the buildings on the two islands were in flames. The result is that the whole of that part of Ottawa known as the Chaudler Flats, surrounding the Canadian Pacific Railway station, where the lumber mills are all lo cated, is fire-ewept. The only building standing in the whole area is that of the Ottawa carbide factory, which is newly erected and fireproof. From tho flats the fire extended across the Richmond Road, on to Rochestervlllc, and as far as the experimental farm. Westerly the Are. took In Hlntonberg and Mccrianlcsville, so that on the Ottawa side of the river, there is a larger acrea covered by fire than on the Hull side. It Is esti mated that at the present time the num ber of people homeless in the two cities and suburban towns Is not less than 12,000, and It may reach 15,000. Hull has a population of about 12,000 people, and more than hxlf of them aro homeless-tonight. The entire business part of the city, including the Courthouse. Post, office, public buildings and newspaper of ficers. Is one mass of ruins. The Government has given the drill hall and the city the large exhibition buildings to accommodate the sufferers. All the In stitutions In the city which have any ac commodation at all have lent a hand to aid the distressed. The only Industry left standing In Hull Is the Goulmer & Houston lumber mill, at the extreme and beyond the city limits, near Gaineau Point. The Hull Lumber Company's mill, the extensive works of E. B. Eddy, both match and paper factories, as well as his residence, are all In ruins, as well as the lnterprovlnclal bridge, which connects the City of Ottawa with Hull. Greatest Loss In Ottawa. On the Ottawa side of the river the loss is still greater. There are in ashes the Bronson & Weston Lumber Company mills, the J. R. Booth lumber mills the McKay Milling Company, the Ottawa Electric Railway power-house, tho Mar tin and Waraeck mills, the Victoria foundry,- the Ottawa Saw Works, the Ottawa Specialty Company, the Pain planing mllj and several other industries. There arc also some line residences Included in this area. Among them are those of J. It. Booth, which was valued at J100.0CO: the residence of his son-in-law.- A. W. Fleck; that of Hon. George Foster, Lewis Bun nell, manager for Mr. Bronson. and Mr. Pain, of the Pain mills; the latter two beautiful houses, out of which th?Ir own ers were not able to take anything, so quick did the flames extend to them. As soon as the members of tho govern ment saw that the Are was to be a disas trous one. the acting member of public works telegraphed to Montreal. Peterbaro and BrockviUe for fire app'.Iancrs. and all assistance that could be sent. But, although they arrived speedily, they were of no avail. In Hull the Are has about burned out. The business portion Is all gone, and over half of the residences. The Roman Catholic Cathedral has been saved, to gether with Eddy's sulphite works. Gil mour and Hougson's mills are also stand ing. The only means of communication between Ottawa and Hull is by boat. Since z o'clock the only water to be had In Hull Is from the river. Chief Bennett, of the Hull Are brigade, was injured and taken to the general hospital In Ottawa. Started In a Dlrtr Chimney. The Are originated through n Are In a dirty chimney, and the high winds caused the flame to spread rapidly, coming to the Ottawa side of the river, and that portion of the city east of Division street was almost entirely burned down. Here and there a building remains. The Village of Hlntonburg, still further east, in close proximity to the city, has not been de stroyed, as reported. The greater part remains. Mechanlcsvllle. too. was sup posed to have been entirely swept away, but still remains. The Are at mldn.ght was largely con Aned to that part of Rnchestervllle lying near the SU Louis -dam. in the southeast part of the city. Unless a heavy wind rises tho remainder of the city Is safe. The bucket brigades of military, and the Mon treal Aremen with their engine did yeoman service at .this point. In addition to the losses mentioned there Is that of the Export Lumber Company, Ltd.. whose establishment was at the Chaudler. Their loss will be very heavy, but Is cove red, by Are Insurance in Ameri can and Ecgllsn companies. A prominent lumber man told the corre spondent that the price of lumber would certainly be raised on account of the Are. Tke Casnaltles Reported. The casualties go far reported are: Miss Cook, an Old woman, who lived on Wellington street, near the French church, and who was burned in her house to a crisp. An unknown man was found dead on the Canadian Pacific Railroad track. James Mavan, of Queen street West, Is reported to be fatally Injured, and soma 'pieces of tlmberMl en James MerriAeld, who was taken to the hospital. The government is supplying blankets and doing all In its power for the comfort of the sufferers. The Ottawa Insurance .Company, a new Institution, will be a heavy loser in the Are. All the Canadian companies, and some of the English and American com panies are Interested. A prominent lumber man who is not In terested himself, placed the losses for lum ber plies at between H.000.000 and 13,000,000. This is thought to Tie a low estimate, as the Export Lumber Company alone has lost nearly $1,000,000. The same lumber man estimates the entire lore at about 115.000.000. The large cliff which extends from the Ottawa River back by Christ Church and St. John the Baptist Church, on to Roches tervllle. was the only thing which stopped tho while City of Ottawa rrom becoming a prey to the Are. Shortly after noon the wind, which was blowing previously In a northwesterly direction, changed to a southeasterly direction, and in this way what remained of Ottawa woe saved. While the Victoria and Chaudler Islands were a seething mass of roaring flames, the Are made another jump and caught In the freight sheds of the Canadian Pa cific Railroad yards at Chaudler, and soon after the Union Station was ablaze. The rolling stock and most of the freight and baggage had been removed, but the flames spread with great rapidity, and In a very short time the whole of the Chaudler flats were Are-ewept. The mass of Aro was blown by the wind, which stiffly continued to blow a gale down upon Rochestervllle, Mechanlcsburg and Hlntonburg. The Are also devastated the little settle-Dent of St. Mary's Village. The Aames r nd along the Richmond road, burning Martin & Warner's Aour mill and extending almost to Skead's mill, some three miles beyond the city limit. At this time (5 P. M.) there was almost a continuous line of Are from Its starting place at Chaudler street. Hull, to the St. Louis dam. and the experimental farm la one direction, and through and beyond Hlntonburg. In another, a distance of near ly seven miles. In some places the Are was more than half a mile deep. TO C.ONSIDilt PACIFIC TRAFFIC Meeting;, of Transportation Men Called In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISc67AprlI 2C J. J. Hill, of St. Paul, president of the Great North ern Railway: E. P. Ripley, of the Santa Fc; President Burt, of the Union Pacific: C. P. Huntington and J. C. Stubbs, of the Southern Pacific and the Canadian Pa cific officials, have joined in a call for a conference to be held In this city May 30 for the purpose of considering the trans Pacific traffic situation. An effort Is to be made to bring about some amicable understanding between the ocean carriers regarding rates and a division of the growing traffic across the Paclflc, and it Is believed that the meeting will furnish tho means of either bringing the Interest, ed lines Into a trans-Paciflc traffic asso ciation or accomplishing an Iron-clad agreement looking to the advancement and maintenance of rates. In any event a big advance In both freight and passen ger rates across the Paclflc Is expected to result from the approaching conference. It is announced that six transcontinental lines and a greater number of trans pacific steamship companies will be repre sentedthe Southern PaclAc, In connection with the Paclflc Mall and the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Companies, and the Toyo Klsen Kalsha; the Santa Fe, in con nection with the California & Oriental Steamship Company, whoso ports of entry on this Coast are San Francisco and San Diego; the Canadian Pacmc. In connection with the Empress line of steamers to the I Orient; the Great Northern. In connection with the Nippon Yusen Kalsha. at Seattle, j and the Northern Paclflc and the Oregon J Railroad & Navigation Company, In con nection with the Dodwell line of steamers to xacoma ana roruana. BROUGHT A LARGE SUM. Sale of Fifth-Avenue Hotel and Madlson-Sqnare Theater. NEW YORK. AprlTlS. The Fifth-Avenue Hotel and the Madlso.i-Squre Thea:er building adjoining were sold In one parcel at pubhc auction today for USS.VJ0, the purchaser being W. P. Eno, son of the i original owner. Women's Day at the Conference. NEW YORK, April 26. The fourth day of the Ecumenical Conference is known as "Woman's Day." While the men held exercises In Carnegie Hall and tho Cen tral Presbyterian Church, the featuro of the dny was the great women's mass meeting In Carnegie Hall in the afternoon, and tho great public meeting In the same place In the evening. "Mission Press" was the subject taken up at Carnegie Hall In the afternoon. The attendance .at tonight's meeting was larger than In tho afternoon. At the nfternoon meeting the men were conspicu ous by their absence, it being Woman's day. but In the evening there was a very fair sprinkling of the sterner sex, though there were very few men on the p-if-iim. The subject of the evening was "Woman's Work for Women. Favor Emigration of Indians. WASHINGTON. Arrii 26. The House Committee on Indian affairs today direct ed a favorable report on the bill allow ing Indians In the Indian Territory to em igrate to Mexico, the emigration to be un der the direction of the Secretary Ji.the Interior, and in bands of 200. Mexico gives tho Indians an opportunity to return to their tribal nations and nomadic habit, and they prefer this to the restrictions now Imposed upon them, and also as a means of avoiding the spread of tuber culosis and other diseases which have decimated them of late Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. April 25. Today's statement of the Treasury balance In the general fund, exclusive of the J1CO.C00.07) gold reserve. In the division of redemp tion, shows: Available cash balance S145.TSS.43S Gold ' 80,251.959 DROVE BOERS OFF Well-Executed.Movement and Losses Were Slight. IMPORTANT OPERATIONS AFLOAT Dutch Are Active In "fatal Roberts Has Had Trouble to Keep His Commnnlcatlons Open. LONDON. April 26 (Midnight) The War Office publishes the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfonteln, April -26: "General Ian Hamilton yesterday drove the enemy off a strong position at Israel's Poort, by a well-conceived turning move, meat, which was admirably carried out by General Ridley, Commander of the Second Mounted Infantry Brigade, and General Sxclth-Dorrien. commanding the Eighteenth Brigade. The troops are to day advancing toward Thabanchu. "Our losses were slight, only one yet reported Major Marshall, Grahamstown Mounted Rifles, severe wound In the shoul der." EXPLANATION OF THE SITUATION. There Appears to f lave Been Tronble With British Communication. LONDON, April 27, 3 A. M. Israel's Poort, which la not marked on the maps. Ilea between Saunas Post and Thabanchu. General Hamilton has probably by this time arrived at Thaubanchu, as he Is using his utmost endeavors to cut off the Boers, who are retreating from Do Wet's Dorp. The Boer forces at Thabanchu are not likely to make a stand to cover the es cape of the convoys from the southward. They have laagers eight miles apart, stretching from Brandfort to Thabanchu. with a base camp at Samalldell Station. A report comes that a small force of British mounted infantry had a brush w!t4 a party of Boers, three miles east ol Karee Siding, who were trying to estab lish a connection between Brandfort and Boer forces to the southward. Otherwise there is no news beyond the official dispatches of Lord Roberts, except belated details of recent operations. It appears that General Brabant, In the flght with the Boers at Wepener, had a nar row escape. General Pole-Carew's ad vance was much hampered by the tardj arrival of artillery, which prevented him from capturing Leeuw Kop before dark, ness set In and enabled the Boers to se cure their retreat. Although the large succession of opera tions worked successfully, several cases of unaccountable delay In the advances are remarked by the correspondents. Taken on the whole, however, there has been no bungling, and apparently Lord Roberts, with the commands In the hands of younger Generals, now has an exceed ingly efficient army. The report that tbo Boers had reoccupled Boshof proves to be untrue. Lord Me thuen ls-stl!l.there,-and-General Hunter's division from Natal, -which was supposed to be going to Bloemfonteln. -is arriving' at Kimberley. This Is evidence that some Important operations are afoot In that dis trict. It Is understood that the reason the Boers did not destroy the Bloemfonteln water works was that there are many Boers among tho stockholders. The Boers are showing more activity In Natal. They are placing some heavy guns four miles north of Eland's Laagte. Mr. Wyndham's explanation in the House of Commons yesterday has aroused considerable comment, especially his state ment that Lord Roberts has been delayed by the necessity of defeating detached forces of the enemy, which threatened his communications from Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, and which blocked them from East London. The only Intimation hitherto received that the East London line was blocked had been discredited. This was the Boer report that the bridge at Be thulle had been blown up. All discussion of the Splonkop dlspatcbej has been postponed until May 22, by tho i blocking motion Introduced In the Com mons yesterday by James Lowther. A body of Boer prisoners has been land ed at St. Helena. The Netherlands Minister of Foreign Af fairs yesterday received the Boer peaco commissioners. It Is alleged that they will time their arrival in the United States so It will occur at the most exciting period of the Presidential election. From Lourcnco Marques comes a report that large quantities of gunpowder are go ing to tho Boers, disguised as sacks of meal. BRITISH BEATEN BACK. Driven Through Boshof Thwarted nt the Waterworks. BRANFORT, Orange Free State, Mon day, April 23. A British column In the direction of Bultfonteln and Hoopstad has been beaten back through Boshof. Tho Federals sustained two casualties and tho British had 12 men killed and a number wounded. Yesterday General Kelly-Kenny's artil lery at DeWet's Drop Indulged In a mild bombardment of General DeWet's position, the firing lasting through the morning. The scarcity of ater is supposed to be very pressing at Bloemfonteln. A desperate attempt was made by a large British force In two columns to re capture the waterworks. Their right Aank was beaten back, however, a party of 50 were cut off and 12 were killed, i Tho Johannesburg command has cap tured a British scout. Some American scouts have been shot. Reports to London Papers. LONDON, April 27. The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Standard, telegraph ing Thursday, says: . "General Ian Hamilton, with Mounted Infantry, naval guns and a howitzer bat tery, advanced from the water works in the direction of Thabanchu. A large force of Infantry supported him. He met with I no opposition, and the mounted Infantry I occupied a position dominating the Lady- orana aisirici. The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, urfder Wednesday's date, eays: 'Our mounted Infantry entered the high mountain plateau of Thanbanchu today al most without opposition. As Thabanchu Is a natural fortress, this must mean that the Boers have practically thrown up the sponge In this section of the country. It the force presses on to Ladybrand, the whole county south of that point and in line with Bloemfonteln will be completely in our hands. "One difficulty Is that many of the Boers forming commandos. Immediately on find ing themselves beaten retreaf to their farms and rcsunie the roles of peaceful citizens, hiding their rifles." Pnnlshlni; Inconstant Free Staters. BLOEMFONTEIN. April 26. General Pole-Carew's forces are seven miles north of Do Wet's Dorp today. They are disap pointed at tho failure to surround the Boers, but believe the march will have a good effect on the Free Staters. The lat ter, trusting to British leniency, had played the game of pretending to surren der and of taking every opportunity lo fight. Wherever he found Free Stattrs who had broken the oath. General Pple Carew seized their cattle and horses. Explosion In Transvual Arsenal. PRETORIA. Wednesday, April 25. A se rious explosion occurred at the Begble works, used by the Government as an ar senal, last night. The walls of the build ing were destroyed and the structures In the neighborhood are a masM of flames. The shrieks of women and children In the adjoining streets added to the ghast llness of the scene. Ten workmen were killed and 32 Injured, including Herr Grunberg, the manager of the works. The most Important part of the machinery was saved. The cause of the explosion Is unknown. The works employed 200 persons, mostly French and Italians. The Red Cross am bulance did good work in helping the wounded. The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Mall, telegraphing Wednesday, Lys: "The government Inquiry suggests that the explosion was a planned outrage. The explosion occurred In a house quite sepa rate from tho works, and required a much larger quantity of nltro-glycerlne than could have been found on tho premises. The factory will be working again In a fortnight. The Explosion Killed 13. PRETORIA. April 26. Particulars of the explosion at Johannesburg show that Ttj explosion occurred In a magazine contain Ing smokeless powder on the opposite side of the street from the Begplc works used by the government as an arsenal. Thir teen occupants of the latter building were blown to pieces and 50 injured. Cnnndlan at Roberts' ITendqnarters. BLOEMFONTEIN. Wednesday. April 23. Colonel Ryreson. hitherto the Canadian Red Cross Commissioner, has been ap pointed British Red Cross Commissioner at Lord Roberts' headquarters. STORY OF REDDERSBUnG. Told By n Correspondent Who Was "With General Devret. LOURENCO MARQUES, Wednesday, April 25. A correspondent of the Stand ard and Diggers News with the Boer commander. General DeWet, gives a full description of the British rlsaater at Red dersburg. He says: "Five hundred Irish Rifles entered De Wet's Dorp on April 1 under Captain McWhlnnle and demanded the surrender of the town which was readily given. Cap tain McWhlnnle was surprised to hear that a Boer force was approaching and he promptly retreated on Reddersburg. "General DeWet, fresh from his brilliant victory at Sannas Post followed the re treat along a rango of kopjes for hours. The two opposing forces were In camp on different sides of the range. General De Wet knew all about the British positions and movements but the Irish were quite unaware of the proximity of the Boers. They blundered again as at Sannas Post and the scouts were not alert. "Before sunset on Tuesday DeWet had the British force in his power after an engagement which lasted all the after noon. The Irish made a most brilliant defense, but their fate was never in doubt. During the afternoon DeWet sent E00 burghers to cut off their retreat and he then raoved- foKvard a small force of Boer? to the top of the. kopjes held by the British. The latter boldy attacked the Boers and then DeWet's plan was suddenly developed. "The British soon found themselves surrounded. They had. Indeed, fallen Into a beautiful trap for they were commanded at every point by the Boer guns while their force was surrounded on two kopjes with the Boers in between. 'At sunriso on Wednesday the Boer guns commenced to hurl shell upon the de voted Irishmen who, however, refused to surrender, but fought with the utmost fierceness for three hours. At 10 o'clock, however, the British commander saw that further resistance would only Involve a useless waste of life, as his military posi tion was quite hopeless and he therefore hoisted a white flag. "Twelve officers sorrowfully handed over their swords to General DeWet and -153 non-commlssloncd officers and men sur rendered. All the prisoners were rortn wlth sent to Thabanchu under escort and General DeWet continued his march to ward Wepener." CENSUS MAY BEGIN EARLIER Field Work In Several of the Laree Cities to Start May 1. WASHINGTON. April 26The census law requires that tho enumeration of the population, of deaths and of the manu facturing, mechanical and agricultural products of the United States, shall be taken and tho results published not later than July 1. 1502. that is, in three years and three months after the law was pass ed, and In two years and one month after the field work begins. This time limit was set because of criticisms upon the tardi ness with which the results of the tenth and eleventh censuses were published. Heretofore, the field work for all In quiries has begun on June 1 of the decen nial year, the time specified by the law for beginning the count of the population, or. as soon as possible thereafter. But nothing in tho terms of the law appears to prevent the field work of the division of manufactures from beginning before June 1. The act requires that the census year for which returns are to be made shall be tho fiscal year nearest to and preceding June 1. 1900. As practically no establishments closo business on June 1. they can report as well on or after the first of May as on or after the first of June. Taking advantage of this fact, the DI. rector has .arranged In some of the chlet cities of the country to start the Aeld work for this division of the census on or about May 1. An entire month will be gained In the census of Industry, and as the Aeld work to which this month will bo devoted Is the basis of all subsequent work In the census office, the gain thus socured will be of the greatest value for expediting the completion of the census within tho time required by law. The cities In which the arrangements for beginning work on May 1 have already been completed are as follows: Greater Now York, under the direction of Chief Special Agent Frank R. Williams; Chi cago, under the direction of Chief Spe cial Agent J. M. Glenn; Philadelphia, un der the direction of Chief Special Agent George S. Boudlnot: Baltimore, under the direction of Chief Special Agent Oscar L. Qulnlan: Cincinnati, under the direction of Chief Special Agent George Stoddard; Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, under the direc tion of Chief Special Agent Anthony F Keating; Washington. . C. under the di rection of Chief Special Agent Harrison Keating: Washington, D. C. under the di rection of Chief Special Agent George H. Webb: Hartford. Connecticut, under tho direction of Chief Special Agent W. A Countryman. Arrangements are now be ing made for the addition of others to this list, and It will be extended as far as prac ticable. Mrs. Adams Acquitted. CINCINNATI. April 26. Mrs. Jeannette Adams, who recently shot and killed her husband, the local agent of the Union PaclAc Railway, was today acquitted of the charge of murder. BROOKE ALL RIGHT Has No Connection With Cu ban Extra-Pay Cases. OREGON BOYACOMPETENTOFHCER Clark's Case to Come Up for Final Disposition Next Week Alaska. Telegraph The Porto Rlcans. WASHINGTON, April 25. An attempt was made to connect an Oregon man with the extra compensation allowed Army offi cers In Cuba. Lieutenant Edward S. Brooke, who was appointed from Oregon In 1SS2 to tho Military Academy, and la now a First Lieutenant in the Sixth Cav alry, Is on General Wood's staff, and la acting Auditor of Cuba. The statement was made that he was receiving, in excess of his regular salary, compensation equal to about 54000. As a matter of fact, thla statement Is untrue, and Lieutenant Brooke is receiving only his Army pay. The War Department people say that Lieutenant Brooke Is a very competent, officer, and his knowledge of Spanish led. to his selection for this important position. Clark's Case Next Week. he case of Senator Clark, of Montan; Is hkely to be called up next week. No one can tell what course will be pursued save that Clark must go. whether he does so gracefully by making a statement and resigning or waits until the vote Is taken. A divided report might have retained Clark In his scat, but Senators dare not vote for him with the entire committee against him. The minority report of Pet tus and Harris amounts to nothing, as it simply seeks to abuse Daly and the men on the other side. Alaska TelcKraph Appropriation. When the matter of building telegraph lines In Alaska was before the Senate mil itary committee a decision was reached that tho appropriation of 1430,000 be strick en out. Some of the members of the com mittee Indicated that they did not deslra to take definite action on this item until they were more fully versed regarding tha necessities existing for telegraph and cable communication between the various Alas kan mining centers. At that time General Grcely, of the Signal Corps of the Army, could not appear before the committee, and the Item, accordingly, was dropped. After that, however, a number of tha commercial bodice of the Paclflc North west communicated by telegraph with Senator Foster urging him to endeavor to secure a reinstatement of the appropria tion. He is giving the matter considera tion In connection with his bill providing for a cable from the North Paclflc coast to connect with Alaskan points. The proposed telegraph line will extend from Valdes to Fort Egbert, and thenca down the Yukon to St. Michael, where cable connection will be had with Capa Nome. The estimated cost of constructing the telegraph line Is tia per mile whera poles are used, and 1200 per mile where a speclallyconstructed cable Is placed on the frozen" ground." The estimated cost for the cable connections between the mouth of the Yukon River and St Michael, and from St. Michael to Cape Nome Is, approx imately, 1300 per mile. Porto Rlcans Feci Hurt. C. B. Ganklll. of Ponce, Porto Rico, eays that It will take quite a long while for the resentment which has grown up against Americans to die out in that Isl and. He rehearses what has been well understood about tho manner In which tha people received the United States Army. But they do not understand the manner In which this Government subsequently proceeded, and felt that after the treaty of peace was ratified, at least, the Porto Rlcans should have been given equal righta with other sectlors of the United States, and should be permitted the markets ot this country for their products. Instead of that, they were compelled at that tlma to pay full Dinglcy rates, because, under tho treaty, the President did not feel qual ified to declare the Island entitled to tho same consideration as any other territory. A great many of them, especially thoso who understand the language of the pres ent law. do not like the manner in which It has been worded. The Porto Rlcans have not become American citizen?, as many of them very much desire. They are. according to the Foraker law. citizens of Torto Rico. The American flag will float over the Island, but yet the residents are not citizens of the United States. Of course, the United States would not allow any person of the Island to suffer any In dignity at the hands of a foreign govern ment, and yet It Is only because, of tha great power of the United States that such Indignity cannot be offered, as these peo ple, under the law. are not citizens of thla country. It Is more than the 13 per cent of tho DIngley tariff that the Porto RIcan have to complain of. It is the general manner In which they have been treated since they became a part of the United States, and the possibilities are that It will leave a sore ppot with them for some time. Fort Hall Reservation. Senator Shoup. of Idaho. Is maklnff every effort to get his bill for the Fort Hall Indian reservation passed at this ses sion. He Is having some trouble on ac count of an amendment which was put on In the House, and which has become en tangled with the free-homes bill that Is to be considered early In May. Senator Shoup passed tho bill Tor tho cession ot the Fort Hall Indian lands Just as it was recommended In the treaty made with the Indians. When It got over to the House, some man from down in Kansas or Okla homa insisted upon amending the bill so as to put In the agreement for the Kiowa and Comanche Indians, and In that form Senator Shoup's bill passed the House, and Is now In the Senate awaiting action. The trouble seems to be that in case tha free-homes bill shall pass, objection will bo made to making any payment to tho Indians out of the Treasury, and that tho sale of lands must recompense them for the lands which they have ceded. This, of course, is Impossible, because in the free homes bill all lands heretofore ceded will be free, and no man who has made an entry upon them will be compelled to make payment at the price per acre agreed upon first. It would be unfair to except the Fort Hall reservation, but the men who are opposing the Fort Hall bill and also the free-homes bill are going to put off further cession of Indian lands If the free-homes bill passes, unless It be defl- nitely understood that these lands are not to be considered as within the provisions of the free-homes bill. The only way in which the Fort Hall bill can pass and be come a law Is to have the other agree ment stricken out. and this Senator Shoup will endeavor to do before the free-homes bill passes the Senate. Missouri to Be a Freight-Ship. SAN FRANCISCO. April 26. Tbo board of officers who have been examining the Missouri. General Bates. Major Carson and .Major Kllbourne. have about com pleted their labors, and will leave for Seattle tomorrow night. The Missouri will be Immediately dismantled and put Into service as a freight-ship. She is too small to carry freight to the Philippines, and will bo used to carry supplies t 1 Alaska. y