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VOL. XL. XO. 12,288 PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTa - YELLOWSTONE THE BEST OF ALL WHISKIES ROTHCHILD BROS., AGENTS. - WARM AIR FURNACES Did you know they were different? Let us show you why and how. W. Q. McPHERSON, Heating and Ventilating Engineer 47 FIRST STREET c PREMO POCO CTCLOICE AND ADLAKE MAGAZINES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. EASTMAN'S FULL LINE OF KODAKS. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 144-146 FOURTH ST., NEAR MORRISON PHIL METSCHAN. Pres. C7X. KNOWLES. Msr. SEYEnTH AhD WASHINGTON CHANGE OF European Plan: SPECIAL DISPLAY 0F Ladles' haetons Surreys ajid Llflht Carriages UP-TO-DATE STYLES. GREATEST VARIETY. MODERATE PRICES. We have just received the finest line of Robes and Dusters ever shown on the Pacific Coast. CARRIAGES WAGONS HARNESS PORTLKND, 2 AMERICAN PUN tt THE pr,,?rti COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS Special rates mode to families sa d slacle atrntlemcB. TJa maiBCe. sent will b pleased at all times to sfaoir rooms and srlre prices. A mod " Turkish bath establishment la the hotel. H. C BOWERS, Uaaaccr. "Mannish" Style. Made in Kibo Kid, Brown Kibo Calf, and Box Calf. Hand-sewed welt extension edge, lov? custom heel. Queen Quality OXFORD5 SOLE 7SGBNTS E. C. G0DDAR9 & Oregonian Building "WELL BRED, SOON WED." GIRLS WHO USE SAPOLIO ARE QUICKLY MARRIEO FOR SALE EVERYWHERE 20-26 NORTH FIRST STREET ERHS RAY - MONTAUK EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE. J.GJackCo. 88 Thld St. Opposite Chamber tf Commerce STREETS; PORTLAND, OREGON MANAGEMENT. $1.00. $1.50, $2.00 per Day 320-338 EAST MORRISON ST. hKHmI PORTLAND ORBGON 2 $3.00 PER DAY Aid Ufvtri. S3 80 Isn't Some folks hare a dread of consulting: an eye specialist. They believe It will be painful to have the eyes tested. It Isn't so. An examination of the eyes Is neither tiresome nor unpleas ant In any -way. You go away feeling as fresh as when you came. If your eyes trouble you, do not put It off another day. WALTER REED Eye Specialist 133 SIXTO STREET OREGOXIAX BUILDIAQ NOME RUSH IS Early Vessels Leave for Arctic Gold Fields. A GREAT FLEET 'FULLY ENGAGE First Stampeder Hare AlrcadyGone lions' Detour by Way Siberian Coast. SEATTLE, May 1. The rash to Cape Nome la fairly under way. Seattle talks of little else. The Klon&ue Is not for gotten, but as a staple Cor conversation, commercial expectation and prafkable realization. It lasted tL little over two years, and then gaveway to a, brighter dream. The streetsare full of pecplb. who are going to Npine or who r.re Inter ested In somebody' elee Who Is going. t Nome, and who busily rush around to see that the northward movement Is begun with a becoming 6end-off. The water-front Is crowded with shipping. Besides the regular steamers and sailing vessels which ply from t$ns port, a dozen steamers aro lying at the docks taking on freight for the golden Arctic. Another dozen have already left, mostly sailing vessels, which expect to go to Unalaska or Dutch Harbor and lie thero until tho Ice begins to DreaK up, ana tney be on hand for an opening to hurry to their destination. The course of ny vessels will be far toward the Si berian CoaM. The Imoacable Ice disappears from the western portion of Bearing Sea Iocs bo fore It does from tho eastern portion, and these venturesome pioneer plan to go first to Unalaska hen make a long detour to the north and west and move In up behind St. Lawrence Island, at the south of Behrlng Straits, and thence on down to Cape York and Cape Nome. It Is difficult to calculate when the first vessel will arrive at bme. for no two stories agree as to t2e condition of the frozen northern seae. and no two persons -who have been there and know all about It are likely to unite In one opinion about anything that concerns the navigation of Arctic waters. Jit one steam vessel his made the start from the Sound. That was the BrltSsh e'eamer -' hoba, which left Vancouver In the first part of April. Her captain Is reported to hav offered to wager a case of champagne with every one of his 200 passengers that he would be able to ronko a direct and continuous voyage to Nome. He Is said to be a nav igator who knows his trade. On the con trary, the Alaska Commercial Company "has been sending a fleet of vessels north for 27 years. Their records show that the earliest date of arrlvM at SL Michael Is May 20 and the latest July 10. It has al ways been their practice to go In as soon as possible each eeason. It Is to be ob served "that the Ice packs In Norton Sound In one gigantic mass and open water Is first to be encountered on the Nome side, opoonite St. Michael. The Pacific Steam Whaling Company Is today difloatchlng' tttP-sterm pcbooper Jeanle direct to Nome. She will sail around by way of Siberia, and will stop at neither Dutch Harbor or Unolaska. Unlem the Ice breaks early, her passengers are In for a long and uncomfortable passage. The Aladka Ccnraerclal Company's steam er Dora -was scheduled to leave yesterday, but she has not yet arrived from San Francisco, and her date of departure hao perforce been postponed until Saturdav. Every b-rth Is taken bv excited stomped ers, at $175 each. The $75 was added to the u!ual fare of $100. In view of the proba bility that tho vessel would have to lodge and feed ttbe r?reengeTs for one or even two months. She Is gctng early because there la a chance of her getting In soon, and her passengers have paid the heavy premium with the same hope. It is to be noticed that some months ago the greater part of steamrihrp companies advertined May 10 or thereabouts as their sailing date, but they have, In a majority ol Instances, recently changed to May 20. The reason is that the passengers being booked and the -freight Fpace reserved, the companies think It more profitable to leave at a later date than to stay at Dutch Harbor or Unalnska with a full or rather a very hungry passenger list. "Whatever the outcome of the Nome stampede, whether its fate Is a fizzle, or its fancies prove facts, one thing about It is being demonstrated to a certainty: the volume of trade flowing with It is great. Even if there is little or no more gold In the region. It will take another year to show It, and within that time many a fortune will be represented In the 'figures of Its trade. And If Nome should prove as rich as its Imaginative promoters insist. It is a well-known aphorism that more money Is spent In a mining camp than Is taken from the mines; conse quently from, any point of view the com mercial aspect of the matter must strike the business intelligence. The sailing of boats In the Klondike rush of '97-8 Is dwarfed In comparison with the tonnage engaged for the Nome traf fic. The development of the first rush brought a considerable amount of new shipping to the Coast. The Government transport service brought a lot more. All of this now disengaged, together with every Imaginable variety of sailing craft, most of which was never before In the Alaskan trade, has been pressed Into serv ice to carry the men, women and materia! to people and build a great mining camp. Few people thought last Fall that the rush would develop to Its present propor tions. It was believed that the mzsfor tunes of most of the thousands who jo ned the first rush -would act like a wet blanket to any later Alaskan stampedes. But not exactly this effect has been produced. Ob servers note that the rush Is In many re spects of a character quite different from that of 'SIS. Widely disseminated hard luck stories are keeping back Eastern ten derfeet, such as those eager Argonuats who came out in jaunty companies two years ago, "and bought pistols and mackl naw clothing to go nugget-picking on the Yukon; but a very large proportion of tha men who have spent a season in Alaska, -whether they made or lost money, are joining the Nome stampede. Reports from all over the East show very Htue Nome Interest at present It is In considerable measure a stampede of experienced men. who know what to expect and what they can do. It is estimated that four-nfths of whatever greenhorns are going, are from Coast towns; but even a large percentage of these have had more or. less experi ence at mining or roughing It. Another difference In the trade Is being noted by business men. It is more of a wholesale character. Of course, all persons buy. as usual, the camp equipment and mining outfit (though with the plsto! and gun feature somewhat diminished); but there is retailed considerably less cloth ing of the picturesque fur sort, and far less In the grocery line, than two years ago. Then everybody went with the ex pectation of Wintering in the north, and with the understanding that each must take a year's supply or starve. Now, few are taking more than a Summer's supply, believing that by Fall they will be able to buy all they want at Nome, If they care to stay. The great difference in this connection arises solely from the absence of timber or fuel In the Nome region. Nearly all are taking some lumber. In the form of "knock-down" houses, stores, or sluice "boxes, or other structures. In place of the Inevitable sheet-Iron wood stove ofthe Klondike trade, all are asking for something that burns coal or coal oil, And the demand Is being supplied by all 'sorts of new Inventions, particularly for the economical burning of coal oil. It may be mentioned here that It is gener ally understood that a big company has arranged to supply Nome with gasoline at 50 cents a gallon, and coal oil at 40 cents a gallon. Many straight cargoes of coa". and lumber are already loaded for Nome, and It Is by no means likely that tho first sailings will supply the demand. It a few mushroom campy are to be built, and any great number of claims to be de veloped. To "open up" the average creek claim, from 1500 to 5000 feet of lumber Is required. Miners In the Klondike and else where in Alaska have been able to whip- j saw their lumber from timber In the vi cinity. Not so at Nome. Miners elsewhere have plenty of wood to "burn down" or operate steam-thawers. At Nome, where. If the camp amounts to much, there will be "winter diggings" of great extent, other fuel must be used; therefore It Is not likely that lumber will be cheap until the camp Is dead or that coal will ever bo less than cost. It Is probable, however, that some of the coal deposits of the west coast of Alaska will eventually cut a fig ure In the supply. It is probable that not one man In 500 who bought an outfit for the Klondike ever thought of taking material for a gold rocker. Now every miner bound for Nome has one. A hundred contrivances aro on the market, representing many thousands of dollars Invested in their manufacture, as they retail at from $3(1 to $300. A vast amount of mining ma chinery, designed to work either beach or tundra. Is designed for Nome, whereas very little machinery was shipped In the 97-S rush. Instead of everybody carrying his own hotel, grocery and general store wllh'hlm, his outfit Is far more specialized, and his other wants will be supplied by dealers on the ground. Quite a surprising number of hotel, lodging-house, restaurant and bakery outfits are booked to Nome. The high prices prevailing there in this line last season have induced scores of people to go Into these enterprises. According to programme, glowing reports have been coming In from Nome all Win ter. Everybody ho knows anything about such a mining furore expected this. No matter If the camp Is a failure, these re ports will continue to pour In unt.l the latter part cf the saason, and It Is far from Improbable that the second and third sailings of the ship engaged In the trade may carry almost as big cargoes as on the first sailing. The Nome rush Is so much a local affair that it Is destined to have quite an effect i upon the census of Seattle. It Is no ex- ! aggeratlon to state that fully 4000 people ' now claiming residence here are planning to go north before the season Is over. The first sailings of all the vessels of all classes from this port for Alaska are taking something over S0O0 people. Half of these, or more, are from the city and vicinity. Sixteen transportation companies are en gaged in the trade between Seattle and' Nome this year, to say nothing of Indi viduals and co-operative companies who will make at least one trip In smaller sailing craft. It may be stated without fear of contradiction that many of these companies are violating the regulations in respect to exceeding the passenger-carrying limitations of their boats. It is a repetition of the former rush. In that a large number of rotten and unseaworthj old hulks are being pressed Into the serv ice here without a word of protest from anybody. Half a dozen old hulks that were launched from 40 to 50 years aga have been repainted and "repaired" for this traffic More "Eliza Anderson" ship wrecks and similar stories may be expect ed before the Summer Is over. At the rate of $100 a ton value on merchandise destined for Nome, the ship ping from this port on the first trip will have cargoes valued at $2,000,000 or more, and If the rush should continue the figures for the season It would be Impossible now to estimate. Fully 27 steamers and large freighters will have sailed from Seattle by the end of May. These vessels have already Eecured over 25,000 tons of freight and 6000 passengers, and all this without mention of the great fleet of smaller craft. It Is estimated here that the total expen ditures among local trades people by per sons going to Nome will amount to near ly $2,500,000, and among transportation companies over 51.500.CO0. Latest From Tfonie. SKAGWAY, April 24.-Mail from Nome, St. Michael, Tanana, Eagle and Dawson arrived In Skagway last evening by Gov ernment carriers. These are probably the last advices of the season that will get up the- river from Dawson before the opening of navigation. This mail was brought part of the way over the Ice, part In canoe un tho Yukon, where the river has opened at Intervals, and part overland on tho land trails on horseback. Cape Nome advices to January 20 state that Tom Moon, Recorder of the Cape Denbigen miming district. In the Norton Bay country, arrived In Nome and reports i that while good prospects have been found ' on Bonanza and Christmas Creeks, devel opment work enough to warrant a cor rect estimate of the value of the discov eries 'has not been made. He discourages stampeding to the district. C. P. Dam and Captain Hekman left Nome January 20 for the outside by the Katmal rcute, coming out near Kadlak. Burrell & Brown have transferred their mall contract for the'Kotzebue Sound route to another party. EXPOSITION VISITORS. American "Will Spend Abroad Forty Millions More Than Usual. . NEW YORK. May 1. Bankers estimate that the American visitors to the Paris Exposition will spend abroad this year $40,000,000 more than Is usually spent, by Am Orleans in Europe during the vacation season. In 1SD9 it was estimated that about 120,000 people from the United States would attend the Pari3 Exposition. The director of the United States mint at that time estimated that passengers from New York to Europe spent that year $92,771,550. This conclusion was arrived at on the basis of $1000 expended -by each of the 77,590 cabin passengers, and $150 fof each of the 101,213 of the third-class pas sengers. This year's expenditures by vis itors from the United States to the ex position is likely to have some .effect upon exchange rates at this center. Glrimondl's Trro Masters. NEW YORK. May L A special to the Herald from Washington says: Rev. Di. Glrimondi, the newly appoint ed Consul to Santos, Brazil, said: "I shall be subject to the pleasure of the President of the United States and to the Pope of Rome. Should either de sire me to resign I will do so immediate ly. In the discharge of my duties, the state will come first and the church sec ond. I am a Catholic priest, and have never denied it." FRENCH m BOTHA Their Armies Lined Up for a Great Battle. WILL FIGHT NEAR THABANCHU Planter Asa in Advancing to the Re lief of Mafeklng Metlmen'ii Troops In Skirmishes. LONDON. May 2. 4 A. M. Fighting, j heavier than any since Ladysmlth, seems to be Imminent near Thabanchu. ..The dispatches of Lord Roberts, dated Mon- t day and Tuesday, show that the Boer ' rear guard, stubbornly resisting his ad- ' CONSUL-GENERAL WILDMAN, A 'dispatch from Hong Kong says it is reported there that Rounsevelle "WHdraan, tha American Consul-General, is leaving for the United States on a political mission. Mr. IVlldman. It is said, has been asked by Republican leaders in the West to become a candldata for the Vice-Presidential nomination. vance. forced the British Saturday and Sunday to act chiefly on the defensive. General French, who Is directing the operations, has at least 15,000 men. Some estimates give him 20,000. The Boers are estimated to be at least 6000 strong, and possibly 10,000. According to a dispatch from Pretoria, dated April 2S, they were expecting to give battle and have nu merous artillery. So long as the Boers engage the atten tion of half of Lord Roberts' force at Thabanchu, his advance toward Pretoria will be delayed. No one here, however, considers that General Botha will be able to stand longer than a few days.. The feeling Is that he must be beaten off by the masses of Lord Roberts. The Boers attacked the British outposts at Boshof, the headquarters of Lord Methuen. April 2S, but without result. The British guns at Warrenton shelled the Boers out of their half-constructed trenches Sunday. A native runner got through from Mafe king to ObtsI, CI miles north, April 22. with dispatches for nearly all the London dallies. That to the Morning Post says: "We can, stick out for two months or more. Nobody minds." Colonel Plumer, who appears to have been reinforced lately by more Rhode slans, seems to be advancing again. A British reconnoltering party fell Into the hands of the Boers near Wlndsorton. The German steamer Koenig April 22 landed a quantity of war materials for the Eoers at Belra, and embarked a quan tity of Transvaal wool. Lord Lansdowne, replying In the House of Lords yesterday to a question regarding warm clothing for the troops, read this dispatch from Lord Roberts: "There is no necessity to appeal for warm clothing. Some corps have received more than they require, and all will be amply provided for as soon as the numer ous cases of clothing and comforts of va rious descriptions can be brought here from the base." According to a dispatch from Lourenco Marques, there are 1C0O British residents yet remaining in the Transvaal, but they are to be expelled Immediately. MARCHED AWAY UXMOLESTED. Boers Refused to Be Caught In a Trap. LONDON, May 2. Winston Churchill, telegraphing to the Morning Post from Thabanchu April 2S, and describing the operations there, says: "Yesterday afternoon, upon the with drawal of the British demonstrations on both flanks of the enemy, the Boers press ed to close quarters and Kitchener's Horse were unable to evacuate their po sition until midnight. The suspense caused great anxiety. "Today's operations were Intended to drive lut or to Intercept the Boers. They occupied a wide horseshoe of moun 'talns. with the convex face toward us. General Hamilton succeeded In crushing the Boers on the right and opening a road for General Dickson's cavalry orfgade, which dashed through and hunted the enemy from ridge to ridge, shelling them with horse artillery. "At last we arrived at the rear oC the horseshoe, and the Boers, In parties of 200, could be seen within the enclosed space, running about like rats In a trap. Dickson had hoped to make a bag. and he signalled to Hamilton regarding the situation. Hamilton came at once, bring ing up every' soldier he could ffnd. "Suddenly, about 4:30 the Boer army, nearly 4000 strong, moved out of the horse shoe and began marching northeast. I had never before seen such an array of Boers. Their order was sd regular that at first they were believed to be General Gordon's cavalry brigade, but they quick ly opened with artillery on Dickson and at the same time the Boers who had es- caped earlier in the day from our im agined trap, returned in force against Dickson's left and rear with two guns. In these circumstances, .Dickson resolved to recede, and he only just withdrew In time." MAFEKIXG CLOSELY INVESTED. Garrison and People Are Dowa to Scant Rations. LONDON, May 2. Lady Sarah Wilson, telegraphing from Mafeking. April 10, says: "The Investment Is so close that no run ners have entered or issued forth for 10 days. There was a terrific bombardment April 11, but with the exception of de stroying some houses, it was harmless. The Boers then made a determined attack . on the southwestern forts, which wai successfully repulsed. The Boers have formed a new laager on the south. Many I horses are dying of horse sickness. Tres are being cut down for fuel. The garrison Is now eating the ambulance oxen, reserv ing the mules until the last. The daily ration Is now six ounces of gritty oat VICE - PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY bread, a pound of bully beef and a quart of skilly." SPIOXICOF DISPATCHES. Correspondence "Will Be Laid Before Parliament. LONDON, May 1. In the House of Com mons today, the parltamenrtary secretary of the War Office, Mr. Wyndham, an nounced that under the exceptional cir cumstances of the case, he proposed to lay on the table of the House the telegraphic .correspondence between the Secretary of State for War, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Commander of the British troops in South Africa, Lord Roberts, with refer ence to the publication of the Spionkop dispatches. Replying to a question, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Hanbury, said the cost of the war up to March 31 was 23,250.000. Boers Retreating to TVynburg. BLOEMFONTEIN, April CO. Most of the Boers retreating from Wepener and De Wet's Dora are going to Wynburg, as the large British force at Thabanchu renders a retreat to Brandfort risky. MISSIONARY REFORM. Last Meeting of the Ecumenical -Conference. NEW YORK. May L The last meeting of the Ecumenical Conference was held at Carnegie Hall toright, there being fully aa largo an attendance as on the opening night. The hall was crowded to Its ut most capacity, and hundreds were turned away. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison presided tonight, and the session was de voted to Interesting speeches by prominent delegates to the conference. The morning session at Carnegie Hall was devoted to the foreign mission ques tion, and Rev. Dr. A. J. Behrends, of Brooklyn, made a sensatloral address, his call for the aboil Mon of denominational lines on the missionary question arousing intense enthusiasm. When Dr. Behrends thundered forth, "Mak a bonflra of the ological paraphernalia, pile on the eccle siastical machinery and cap the whole pile with the higher criticism: of the past two years and let It burp," he Dtirred the aud ience more than It has been moved at any of the other meetings. In closing tho conference. General Har rison said: "I have spoken before great political meetings, -where enthusiasm was at a white heat, but I was never in a political campaign where there was enough enthu siasm to fill this hall and three or fcur overflow meetings three times a day for 10 days." Grai meetings were held tonight also In Central Presbyterian Church, at which "Home, Church and the Outlook for the Coming Century" was the subject dis cussed. Coinage at Philadelphia. f PHILADELPHIA. May 1. The month of April was a record-breaker for the making of coins at the Philadelphia mint. The total number of pieces made was 9,Sj1J00, the value of which is 512.954.4S0. In Janu ary, 1S&3. the value of the output was $14,022,000, but the number of coins stamped was not quite 2,000.000. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, May L Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In the general fund, oxclu?lve of the $150,003,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance $146,U7,eS4 Gold 79,961,461 AN EMERGENCY BILL Oregon Senators Working Hard for the Columbia. CHAIRMAN BURTON PROMISES Senator Jones' Estimate for the Coming Presidential Campaign Senator Hanna's Forecast. WASHINGTON, May 1. The members, of the Oregon delegation are still making efforts to secure favorable action for tho Improvement of the mouch of the Colum bia River. It Is known that any attempt to secure an appropriation In the sundry civil bill will be fought very hard, and, therefore, all efforts are being directed to securing the emergency appropriation -which Burton and other members of the river and harbor committee have prom ised. Both Senators saw Burton today, and he said he would do all he could about the emergency bill. Jones' Campaign Estimate. Jones of Arkansas has finally given his estimate for the coming Presidential elec tion. He gives Bryan 196 votes sure, add ing to the states Bryan carried in 1838 Maryland, Kentucky and West Virginia. He takes away the one vote of California and four in Washington, expressing the belief that the expansion sentiment will carry those states for the Republicans. His doubtful states are New York, In diana, Ohio and Minnesota, with S3 elec toral votes. After giving his views of the possible doubtfulness of the states he names, he says: "You see. It Is to be a very close fight if the platform is made on the right lines. The Democratic issues should be a.mpd at New York and the Middle West, and tha fight concentrated there. Then victory Is almost certain." Hanna's Forecast. Senator Ilanna, chairman of the Repub lican National Committee, In an Interview says that the Republican will -win, but that they will have as hard a fight as they did In 1S36. He claims all they carried that year, with the exception of Kentucky, and that they will possibly carry South Dakota, Kansas and Washington. He also predicts that Carter In Montana andShoup In Idaho will be elected. Lights for Alaskan Coast. The House committee on interstate and foreign commerce today favorab.y report ed the bill recently passed by the Senato appropr-ating $COO,000 for the establishment of lighthouses and fog-signal stations at the following points on the Alaska Coast: Eldred Rock, Rablon Island, Point Re treat, Point Gardner, Cape Ommaney, Point Stanhope, Fairway Island, Guard Island, Mary Island, Cape Fox. Cape Fan shaw and the entrance to Unlmak Pass. The bill, as reported, will undoubtedly pass. New-lands Wants to Be Senator. Representative Newlands of Nevada was & candidate for United States Senator, to succeed Senator Stewart. Ee failed, to defeat the "Silver King" who has ao long represented Nevada and Is now serv ing In that body. Newlands Is a rather ambitious sort of a man. He is very anxious to get Into the Senate, and enjoy the distinction which a seat in that body conveys. Newlands is quite a man of fash ion about the National capital. He is in terested quite largely In real estate mat ters and in properties, especially street railway properties. In the city, and a seat In the Senate would be of great advan tage to him. Newlands Intends to bo a candidate for re-election, and he announces that without any hesitation. But he goes still further. He says that he shall also be a candidate to succeed Senator John P. Jones two years hence. Newlands will find that in trying .to defeat Jones in Ne vada he has a larger 'contract than ho had In trying to defeat Stewart, Between the two men. Jones is much more popular than Stewart. If some man living in Ne vada, a bona fide resident of that state, should become a candidate for Congress man or Senator, he might stand soma chance of being elected. It has been known, for a great many years that neither Jones nor Stewart made any pretense of residing any length of time In Nevada. When they were not In Washington they were In Cali fornia or some other place. When New lands is not attending to his duties in Washington he is living here, where near ly all his interests are centered. New lands has no right to fight either Jones or Stewart on the ground of being nonresi dents. Immigrant Inspectors Wanted. The Civil Service Commission Is In re ceipt of demands for Immigrant Inspec tors for the Puget Sound district which It is unable to fill. A few months ago tha resignation of Inspector Archer, who has removed to Chicago, brought up the ques tion of ellgibles for this work, and it waa found that there were none on the list The commission, however, extended tha list as It has the authority to do and In spector Beach, of Tacoma, was appointed. His work has not given satisfaction, and, besides, there has been a demand for tem porary appointments In order to handle the business resulting from the arrival of Japanese immigrants. Pending an exam ination, tho temporary appointees will serve for SO days, and three appointments, of a temporary nature, have been au thorized. When the Civil Service Com mission Is able to certify the names c ellgibles they will be appointed perma nently. THE CABINET MEETING. Financial and Insular Matters "Were Discussed. WASHINGTON, May L Secretary Root Is confined to his house by a slight attack of la grippe. and was not at the Cabinet meeting today. Secretary Gage made an informal state ment showing that the refunding of tha old loans under the new currency act waa progressing favorably, about $260,000,000 having already been exchanged for tha new 2 per cent consols. There was some discussion on the subject of appointments to office In Hawaii and Porto Rico, but nothing definite has been decided upon except that President Dole will be made the first Governor of Hawaii. It was an nounced that Secretary Gage will make another -shipment of currency to Porto Rico by the first available transport. This will be $1,000,000. President MeKInley, who has been suf fering from a slight attack of la grippe, attended the Cabinet meeting. His con dition is improved. Immigration of Japanese. WASHINGTON, May 1. Representative Kahn, of California, today Introduced a resolution requesting of the Secretary of State Information on the Immigration of Japanese during the last two years, what the probabilities are as to such Immigra tion for tho ensuing year and what meas ures have been or will be adopted by tha State Deportment to regulate and control such immigration. IS A d --J"- -&&&!&- sJlcbr&' - i js.rs u.Jnsi.it. I iMiayr-t " :-4Jkg BiA . -.i. girt! ..,