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Call on or address for full particulars, FOUTS DREDGING CO., 314 Abington Bldg, Portland, Or."- Soldiers Home Cleric Arrested. MARION. Ind.. May 11. Charles E. Webster, chief clerk of the National Mil itary Home, has been arrested by a United States Marshal on a charge of em bezzlement and grand larceny, growing out of the mysterious disappearance of 51700 from 525.000 of pension money sent to the Home for dtibuivement and placed in the safe, to which only Webster and the treasurer had access. Wool SmuRTKlInsr- BOSTON, May IL Special Treasury agents, under the direction of Agent Con verse J. Smith, of this city, have Just unearthed an alleged swindling scheme, and, as a result. 100 sacks of wool, valued at SG000, have been seized in this city, Lawrence and Bristol, R. L It is es timated 530.000 worth of wool has been smuggled through the Port of Boston dur ing the post year. Goods Fisrs! Furs! EL!N'& SONS 126 SECOND ST. Established 1S70. near.Washtnflton Rooms Single 75c to 5L50 per day Rooms Double JLO0 tc $2.03 per day R'oms-Family ...-,,. .51-50 to 53.00 per day Pure Malt C T. BELCHER. Soc. and Trcas. American plan$... . .51-25, 51.50. 51.75 European . plan....... 50c. 75c. SLOO Portland's. Progressive Photographer Successor to Hyland Seventh and Washington Sts. Baths KING $ COMPTON the finest line of Robes the Pacific Coast Studebaker 320338 EAST MORRISON ST. Ralph Jacobs la New Torlc. NEW YORK. May IL Ralph Jacobs, of Portland, visited the Eastern office of The Oregonlan today. Mr. Jacobs has been in the East since October. 1S99, an? expects to remain in New York City until noxt October and will then return home. He came East for h'-s health and stated that he was very much Improved. General Merrltt Goes Abroad. NEW YORK. May IL Major-Gencral Merrltt and Mrs. Merrltt sailed today on the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse on a tour of Europe that will consume" most of the Summer. Roberts nt Ventcrnbars;. CAPE TOWN. May IL Lord Roberts wires that ho is at Vcntcrsburg. that he is continuously opposed, but that he is making progress. T0RMIEVEMAFEK1NG Hunter's Advance Forces Have Passed Vryburg. ARE PUSHING SWIFTLY FORWARD May React Besieged Teira Meada7 er Taesday Roberts Continues ea Ills "War to Kreeastad. LONDON. May 12.-1:30 A. M- A Brit Ish column, 3000 strong-, has arrived at ' Vryburg, 100 miles from Mafeklng. It I reached there Thursday and though ha- , rassed by the Boers is pushing swiftly forward. Fifty miles south of Vryburg, ' at Taungs, is General Hunter's main body, moving slowly and contending with considerable forces. The pick of his mounted men are the 3000 who are so- I lr.gr with the wheeled transport and at a rate that may possibly bring- them to Mafeklng Monday night orJTuesday. T-firrt "RrhArt nnrrattvA OnA trffh Thursday evening, but he continued his pla Filipino Leader for aa Uh march yesterday towards Kroonstad, 20 ! derstandlngr With Americans. miles distant, and by this time he muse know whether' the Boers Intend to fight r there. Winston Churchill says that only 2000 Boers opposed the British at Zand River. Another estimate Is that 6000 Boers, with six guns', made a rear guard action while many of their thousands with convoys retired without firing a shot. President Steyn nnd a council of the leaders of several thousand Free Staters in the Ladybrand and Flcksburg district determined to submit to the men the question of contiriulng the war or not at a . great open-air meeting. The fighting men decided to fight on. Steyn, who ap pears to be in active command, began to advance toward the British and came Into contact Thursday with Campbell's bri gade and Brabant's Horse, 20 miles north east of Thabancha. A smart engage ment ensued.' with no success on either side, except that the Boer advance was stopped.- General Rundle has disposed 10.000 in fantry along a 20-mlle front in such a way as to bar a Boer advance toward Lord Roberts communications. With the exception of Brabant's Colonials, General Bundle has no horsemen. The cavalrr are all with Lord Roberts advance. - According to a Pretoria telegram. Gen eral Buller Is moving from Eland's Laagte - In the direction of Helpmakaar and the British vanguard engaged a Boer patrol of Italians Thursday. Twelve Italians are reported as routing 50 Brit ish. -The dispatch also says that British t reconnoltering parties have Invaded the Transvaal near Fourteen Stranw, and that the scouts on totn sioes meet ire- . quently with varying results. -n 4 k. T.1L Y?. ... 1 '" , " ..... -U .v. i Masbate received Colonel Harding. ex ?NBMa Qtel,tc.1V,t ,th9 PediUon dlffercnUy from those ofIarin Dally Mall Ironv CMpe Town dated Tues- ; duque. where-he-left a, regiment. On ap datf says the Mafeklng relief force has j proacnlns the principal town. Balano, passed through vryburg. tne insurgent trenches appeared to be - .- . ' occupied, and the gunboat Helena bom- LONDON, May 11. A special dispatch barded them vigorously, af te) wMaraftre' from Pretoria, dated May 10. cays: I companies were landed and .took the iit. i- --....j u. tui.-v. tr.. . . , ii.i. . . . n. j.v jo aimuuutou mi. a. uiiu" .jii-- , irencnes wuu iiluc res is Lane;, une nu king refief force of SOJXUs advancing along pino was 'killed. Two or three hundred the Bechuana Railway by forced marches night and day. It reached Vryburg yes terday." ON THE WESTERN BORDER. Boer Accoant of the Occapatloa of Tarings by the British. LONDON, May 12. The Lourenco Mar ques correspondent of the Dally MaU. In a dispatch dated Friday, May IL eays: "The Boer papers report severe lighting on the western border. The facts are very much confused, probably by design to con ceal the truth from the burghers, but there is enough to show that the Boers admit a British occupation of Taungs. A special dispatch from Christiana (Transvaal), published in the Standard and Diggers News, says: "Six hundred British cavalry crossed the Vaal Friday at Kalmorg, about 13 miles below Fourteen Streams, and went to Taungs, followed by commandos. A second detachment of the British crossed at the same place Saturday. The Gri qullanders. under General Aswogon, after being reinforced, repulsed the British and forced them back in the direction of Taungs. General Aswogon was killed. The British casualties were seven wounded. Tho " Boer loss was heavy. Everything was brought away from the laagers ex cept a few tents left to attract the ene my's shells. Taungs Is occupied by about 3000 British.1 BOERS ARE PUZZLED. Trytajc to Impede Brabant's March to the North. MASERU, Basutoland, Friday. May IL British forces from Thabanchu. under General Rundle and General Brabant, are reported to have advanced towards Clocolan and Platsberg. A largo commando of Boers has re turned from the Koranna Berg Hills and Is in readiness to meet the British, but the Boers are puzzled to know by which route the British "will appear. Stratheoaa and His Troopers. LONDON. May U. Lord Strathcona and Mount .Jtoyal. the Canadian High Commissioner, bade farewell today to the contingent of Canadians belonging to Strathcona'o Horse, which landed yester day at Liverpool and which railed for South Africa today on board the British transport Assays, from this city. The High Commissioner made a speech to the troopers and expressed the belief that they would emulate the excellent exam ple) of the other Canadians at the front Tried to Escape and Was Shot. JAMESTOWN. St. Helena, May 1L Tuesday night one of the guards shot a Boer prisoner as he was attempting to escape over the boundary fence. The sentry challenged the prisoner, but re ceived no reply and then fired. The mat ter is being Investigated by a court martial. FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICS. Chamberlain Says Will Be Incorpor ated Into a CroTrn Colony. BIRMINGHAM. Eng., May lL-Ioseph Chamberlain. Secretary of State for the Colonies, presided this evening at the an nual meeting of the grand committee nt the Liberal Unionists of Birmingham, the occasion being his first appearance here since the outbreak of the war. The meet ing was held in the Birmingham Town hall, the approaches to which were thronged. An immense audience greeted Mr. Chamberlain, who was accompinled by his sons.' Resolutions of sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain In their recent bereavement, the death of William C Esdlcott, was adopted, and in express ing his thanks, Mr. Ghambcrlaln said: "I am deeply touched by this cxpres.-Ion of your sense of tho loss which my wife has lately sustained." Proceeding then to discuss public affairs, Mr. Chamberlain referred to the causes of the South African "War, and said: "I would not be ashamed to take the whole responsibility for the war. but If there were any special responsibility It rests with those who misled Mr. Kruger. nd who encouraged him to resist de mands whose moderation had been ac knowledged. If England has erred she has erred In her being' too lenient." Turning to the question of conditions of affairs in the South African settlement and the fate of the Republics, Mr. Cham berlain said: "It la premature to discuss details, but I am quite ready to take the opinions of the country, and, above all, the opinions of those self-governing colonics which have come so magnificently to our assist ance. While the government docs not wish to be vindictive, It Is determined that never again shall the Republics be a nursery of conspiracy, and it will see that justice 1b done to those who are deter mined to be loyal. The government Is not prepared to recognize the independence of the Boer Republics (cheers): and we are determined tht the Republics shall be finally incorporated under the British flag. For an interval they must be a crown col ony, such as India Is: but we hope they will eventually become a great self-govera- lng colony, like Canada and Australia." DEVOTED TO PEACE. MANILA. May IL 11:20 P. M. Senor Buen Caxnlno, at one time a member of the so-called Filipino Republic Cabinet, who was recently liberated by General Otis, announces that he has become recon ciled to American sovereignty, and that he will devote his influence to bring about peace. He contends that American con trol Is necessary to prevent civil strife. He recommends to the National Filipino party the adoption of a programme em bodying the following features: First Recognition of the sovereignty of the United States; cessation of hostilities and co-operation of the Filipinos In the prosecution of "bandits who continue dep redations in the name of Independence." Second A request for a declaration by the United States Government, guaran teeing, to the Filipinos personal liberties and rights under a constitution. Third A Filipino representative delega tion to present to the American Congress and public the desire of the Filipinos re specting political status. Fourth The application of a part of the public funds to the maintenance of hes pltals for sick and wounded Filipino sol- exceed 54.000,000. dlers and for the establishment of schools. ' Lodge (Rep. Mass.), speaking In oppo Flfth The transfer of the insurgent sitlon to the amendment, said that for funds to the American Treasury. Sixth The establishment of a perma nent system of Filipino representatives to the civil commission. Seventh The exclusion of friars from the administration of the parishes. "WARLIKE ISLANDERS. xtl nt ..,,. n...j ,. ,--.. -.-.-.v. .- Ibr' Troops. MANILA, May 11. The Islanders insurgents hold the neighboring towns. and the natives appear unfriendly. Schroeder Sails for Guam. SAN FRANCISCO, May 11. Commander Seaton Schroeder. the successor of Gov ernor Leary. of Guam, sailed far his post of duty today on the steamer Coptic. SAMOANS ARE PLEASED. Commander Tiller's Report oa the Flag-Raisins at Tatalla. WASHINGTON, May IL Assistant Secretary Hackett has received, a report dated April 17, from Commander B. F. TUley, Commandant of the United States Naval Station, Tutulla, Samoa, stating that he had" that day conducted the cere mony of hoisting the American flag as symbolical of the protectorate of the United States over that island and the adjacent Islands, together with the Island of Manua. The Abarenda had previously gone to Manua, an island about 10 hours steam ing to the eastward, where a conference was held and the King and his councilors Informed of the meaning of the arrange- i xaent by which the island had been brought under the protection of this Gov ernment. The King expressed satisfac tion In coming under the protection of the flag of the United States. On the day appointed. Commander Til ley read the orders from the Government of the United States, and an -address by' the Samoan people was presented. After that a proclamation of the establishment of the Islands of Tutulla and' Manua as a possession of the United States was made. Upon hoisting the flag, salutes were fired by the Abarenda and the German- cruiser Cormorant. An address fol lowed from United States Consul-Genera! Osborne, of Apia. After these formal exercises bad been concluded, the rest of the day was given over to sport and entertainment. The school -children sang songs, andgames-of various kinds were indulged in, -followed by dancing and a good time generally. CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS. Reaalsltloa Is on the Way for the Extradition of Neely. WASHINGTON, May IL The requisition for the extradition of Neely Js now on its way here from Havana. This statement was made after the unusually long Cabine meeting today. As soon as the requisition reaches Washington It will be turned over to the Attorney-General for. presentation to Governor Roosevelt. Secretary Root brought to the Cabinet meeting the report made by Colonel Burton pn the irregulari ties In the fiscal affairs of the Cuban postal system, but the members of the "Cabinet were reticent as to its contents. It was stated, however, that up to this time nothing authoritative had been -received by the Government which tended to Impli cate In these irregularities any one except Neely. Secretary Long read to the Cabinet a letter received from Governor r General Allen, of Porto Rico, recommending that a Mr. Pettingill, of Porto Rico, ba appoint ed Attorney-General of the island. Secretary Gage brought before the Cabi net the resolution of Congress calling upon him for a statement of the ingredi ents that enter Into the manufacture jsf oleomargarine, as shown by the records of the . Internal Revenue Bureau.. The Secretary will send his reply" t'o Congress at once. Rebellion of Ashantees. AQCRA, Gold Coast. May IL Serious reports arc current that the Ashantees are determined to throw off the 'Britlrh. yoke: that they have securcl the co-operation of eight other tribes, and rliat they are now able to raise 50,000 warrior."". POSSIBILITY OF WAR Germany May Yet Test the Monroe Doctrine. SENATOR LODGE'S VIGOROUS SPEECH Necessity of a Stronger Navy to In sure Peace Vote a Armor-Plate Matter Today. WASHINGTON, May IL No disposition has been made as yet of the naval appro- ! priation bill by the Senate, but after an all-day discussion, an agreement was reached to vote on the armor-plate sec tion at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A notable speech was delivered by Lodge upon the necessity of building up tho United States Navy without delay. The speech was delivered with -the vigor and earnestness characteristic of Lodge's dis cussion, of public questions, and attract ed much attention. Daniel presented an extended argument In support of the Im mediate construction by the Government of an armor factory, while Allison opposed the project of a Government armor fac tory on the score of economy. The House today broke all records, pass ing 180 private pension bills. The House adjourned over until Monday. The day in detail. Ceaslderatloa of the Naval Appro priation mil by the Senate. WASHINGTON, May IL Governor Roosevelt, of New York, was on the floor of the Senate for a short time today. He entered with Lodge and was warmly greeted by friends on both sides of the main aisle. An act enabling the Karluk Packing Company to purchase certain lands in Alaska was passed. At the conclusion of the routine business, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the naval appropriation bill, the pend ing .question being the amendment of Tillman (Dem. S. C.) providing for a straight price of 5300 per ton for armor and an armor-plate factory, to be built bv the Government at a cost of not to the post three years the Senators from Sout$. Carolina .and New Hampshire (Till man and Chandler) had been endeavoring to get armor at a low price. The net re sult of their work had "been to put a stop to the construction of the Navy. The amendment of Tillman, he said, would ab solutely stop the building of ships. He had no prejudice against a Government armor plant. Indeed, he was not at all assured that It would not have been bet ter In the beginning of the construction of our Navy to erect an armor-plate plant. To stop the building of all ships until the armor plant could be erected would, he L tbqught. be a fatal mistake. "My reasons for desiring ships." said ' he, "and desiring them quickly. Is my be Qlej; that the -safety of the United- States raepeHfls upon tho strength of our Navy. I Our Atlantic Coast Ja studded with cities I from the Gulf to Northern Maine. For tho defense of th!s great coast line and these cities- we have no adequate fleet. We are about to enter upon the con struction of an Isthmian canal. Whether It will be better to fortify the canal or not Is yet an open question. But to control that canal, to defend It, to hold It ooen for our commerce and for the com merce of the world, even though It be against an enemy's fleet, we must be the naval masters of the Caribbean Sea. We must have a far more powerful fleet than we have today. The safety of the canal depends upon our fleet. All admit that the canal ought to be built, and the time is near when the work will be begun. If wo are to protect the canal s well as our own coast, we must have a Navy proportionately strong. "I hope and believe," he continued, "that we shall have no war, but a great fleet Is the greatest Insurance of peace. However, we would be foolish. Indeed, If we should close our eyes to the possibili ties of the situation. We could never allow the Danish Islands to pass Into any other hands than ours. The European nation which should undertake to take posses sion of those islands right on the road to the canal and make them great naval sta tions would, by the very act, become an enemy of ours. We could submit to no such thing as that. The Monroe Doctrine Is a great protection to the United States. Men of all parties Democrats, Republic ans "and Populists without distinction, adhere to that. "I am. by no means sure that some European nation (perhaps one whose navy Is now receiving such rapid increase) may not test the Monroe Doctrine. "We may bo called upon to protect that doctrine In Brazil, or in some other South American country. I am not conjuring up. fancies, but I believe the way to pre serve peace is to have such a navy as no power in the world would care to encoun ter." Lodge did not think there was anybody who did not believe In the construction of a navy powerful enough to defend our coast line and the Monroe Doctrine. He urged that no further obstacle should be placed In the way of the navy's con struction. ' In a colloquy with Lodge, Tillman said It -was well known that the navy of the United States was superior to that of Germany. Lodge, agreeing in part with Tillman's statement, pointed to the great Increase that was now being made In the German navy. "If the Senator thinks." said Lodge, "there Is no danger to be apprehended, I fear he underrates the Importance of the subject, a subject to which I have given much thought and consideration." Bacon (Dem. Ga.) and Daniel (Dem. Va.) favored a Government armor plant, and Elkl hs (Rep. W. Va.) and Allison (Rep.. Io.) opposed It. Penrose (Rep. Pa.) offered an amend ment authorizing the Secretary of the Nav yto procure the best quality of armor plate for the battleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri at $515 a long ton. Including roy alties. He argued against a Government plant, saying It would lie Idle much of the time, and would be Immensely expen sive. It was agreed that the debate on the armor-plate matter should cease at 3 o'clock tomorrow, and that all amend ments to the committee's proposition should then be voted upon. The Senate, at 5:10 P. M., adjourned. In the House. This was private pension day In the House. Under the rules, some prelllml nary routine business- was done before the regular order was demanded. Esch (Rep. Wis.) called up a bill to amend the law to provide for the commu tation of travel and subsistence allow ances of discharged officers and soldiers. He explained that the bill proposed to al low a uniform rate of 4 cents a mile for officers and enlisted men. The bill passed. A. bill was passed to allow the free Importation of exhibits to the annual fairs at San Antonio and Galveston. Tex. The regular order was then demanded, and the houso went into committee of the whole to consider private pension bills. Exactly ISO bills were passed. Among them was the Senate bill to pension the widow of the late General Guy V. Henry at the rate of 51C0 per month. This amount was reduced by the House to J50. At 4:45 P. M the House adjourned until Monday. SOUTH WANTS PROTECTION'. Florida Starch. Producers Appeal to Congress. NEW YORK. May IL A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Another. appeal from the South for pro tection from unequal foreign competition has reached the ears of the ways and mean? committee. It comes from the growers of cassava and manufacturers of starch in Florida, and consists of a pre amble and resolution adopted at a meet ing of the Commissioners of Alachua Coun ty May 1. From the preamble it appears the United States Court in California has recently held that tapioca flour, cassava starch- and manloca starch, all of which are made from the cassava root, are not subject to duty under the Dlngley law. The duty on potato starch under the Ding ley law Is 1 cents a, pound. THE CANAL COMMISSION. Members Appeared Before the Senate Committee. WASHINGTON. -May IL The entire membership of the Interoceanlc Canal Commission appeared today before the Senate committee In charge of the Hep burn bill. All of the members of the commission were given an opportunity to express their views and were questioned at considerable length by the Senators. There appeared to be a division 'of senti ment on the main polnt3 Involved, al though the members were loth to express opinions of a final character Li the midst of their investigation. Their hearing showed that both routes were feasible as engineering projects. Money Spent In Caba. WASHING-TON. May IL Senator Bacon today Introduced the following resolu tion: "Resolved, by the Senate, That the com mittee on relations with Cuba Is nereby directed to Investigate and report to -ho Senate, as early as practicable, regard ing the. monies reserved and expended in the Island of Cuba by, through and under the officials and representatives of the United States, both civil and military, from the date of occupation of Cuba by the military forces of the United States until and including the 30th day of April, 1900." Clark:" Snys He Will Not Reslgm. WASHINGTON, May IL Senator Clark of Montana today emphatically denied the rumor that he contemplated resigning. He said: "At the present time I have no thought of resigning, and, while I cannot foresee what may happen in the future, I do not now anticipate anything that will change my present Intention." GREAT FIRE IN JAPAN. Loss of Two and' a Half Millions la the Town of Felcin. SAN FRANCISCoTmay IL Mail ad vices from Yokohama give particulars of the big fire at Fukln, a large town on the western coast of Japan, April IS. The flames originated in the suburbs of the city, and were carried by a heavy wind to several parts of the city at once. The fire raged for six hours before It could be controlled. Sixteen hundred houses, in cluding 30 temples and all the principal buildings, were burned. Sixteen persons perished and nearly 100 more were injured. The property less is estimated at 5,000,000 yen, or about $2,500,000. There was but a small amount of insurance. The arrival of Admirals Kempft and Remey, of the American Navy, April IF, was made the occasion of a great naval demonstration, the transference of flags being accompanied by continuous salutes. In addition to the three American Ad mirals now in port, England. Russia and France are represented by naval officers of the same rank, and there are many social exchanges. INDICTED FOR PERJURY. Mrs. Craven Will Have a Serious Charge to Ansvrer. SAN FRANCISCO, -May 11. The Exam iner says: "Mrs. Nettle R. Craven has been in dicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of perjury for her testimony given before that body in relation to her claim for a widow's share of the James G. Fair estate. George W. Slmpton, who swor that he married Fair and Mrs. Craven, and who subsequently made oath that ho lied in his first affidavit, has also been in dicted for perjury. Adolph Sylva, the man who boasted that he engineered the scheme by which Slmpton was induced to make his contrary affidavits, has been Indicted for subornation of perjury, which is also defined as a felony. If the ac cused are convicted ftiey may be pun ished by imprisonment not less than cne year nor more than 14. There are said tc? be others implicated and other indict ments may follow." SEAL CATCH LIGHTER. 34 Schooners Caught Only SO Per Cen.t More Than 10 Did Last Year. VICTORIA, B. C., May 11. With the return today of the sealing schooners Viva, ZIHah May, Otto and Vera, com plete reports of coast hunting are se cured, the total catch for 34 schooners being 15.S96 skins, or an average of 470. Last year's total was 10,472 skins, w.th but 19 vessels engaged. There have been no serious mishaps this season, and owners are so confident of good prices that all will ship to England, taking chances on the results of the big London sales. The Japanese Government is reported In advices by the steamer Sikh to be taking vigorous measures to restrict emigration to America, which has recently been as-, suming alarmtag proportions. k RAILPOAD TO TILLAMOOK. Southern Pacific Will Bnlld & Line if Given Proper Inducements. SAN FRANCISCO. May IL It Is stated that a communication has been sent to the Chamber of Commerce of Portland to the effect that tho Southern Pacific will build a branch line 35 miles long between Sher idan, on the Shasta route, and Tillamook, provided proper inducements, such as free Tights of way, are given the company The DcTveys at The Hermltase. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. May IL Admiral and Mrs. Dewey spent the morning at The Hermitage, the old home of President Andrew Jackson, 12 miles from the city. as the guests of the Ladles Hermitage Association. There was a public recep tion tonight and later a banquet. A SENATORIAL GAME Nomination ofTowne the Work of Pettigrew and Butler. WAS DONE TO SAVE THEMSELVES The Fopnlist Vice-Presidential Can dldate May Withdraw When, the Proper Time Comes. WASHINGTON, May 11. The nomina tion of Towne for VIce-TPresIdent by tha Populists was brought about by "Petti grew and Butler to save themselves to their respective states for the Senator ship. It is belleyed that it also means that Towne will get out of the way to assist In harmonizing the differenced in the Democratic "convention at Kansas City, taking his reward in some fa,t office that Bryan would have to give if success ful. In return, the Democrats and Pop-; ullsts are expected to join forces to re turn Butler from North Carolina, .and" Pet tigrew from South Dakota. A Democrat In the Senate fold today that Towne would not stick beyond a point where his can didacy would embaraes the Bryanltes. Survey Worlc on the Columbia. The Coast and Gcpdetlc Survey has de. termlned to begin work on the Columbia River where it left off last year, and sufficient force will be put on to complete the work during this season. The big emergency appropriation that the House was going to pass has dwindled, down to $250,000 reported by the Senata committee. Possibly half of this- sum may be expended on the Columbia River, if tho engineers think the emergency la great enough, although there are other points which will demand the money. Prospects for Alaska Bill. By request of President Taylor, Rep resentative Moody today advised Speaker Henderson that the Portland Chamber of Commerce strongly favored Immediate ac tion on the Alaska code bill, and was as sured that the Speaker was anxious to have the bill passed by the House. Ha expects a report from the committee next week, and anticipates that th? House will give it-Immediate and favor able consideration thereafter. OrcKon Speeches. A rather amusing Incident occurred In Senator McBrlde's committee-room the other day, when a messenger from tho Republican committee called and asked to be directed to Senator Simon's room, which is Just across the hallway. He ex plained that there was a large quantity of campaign speeches at headquarters that had been ordered by Senator Simon, but that the Senator had not furnished any franked envelopes for them. He was told that the Senator's clerk could prob ably give an order for the envelopes. "Well." said he, "we knew It was get ting late to get the speeches out. as your election occurs so soon, and we had about concluded to send out his speeches under Senator McBrlde's frank." Mr. Giltngr. clerk to Senator McBride, gasped, but recovering himself, ijaldr "I guess, for the sake of Senator Simon and his cause, you had better send his speeches under his own frank." Effect of Strikes on Election. Republican managers generally are very much at sea as to what will be the gen eral effect of the strikes on the coming election this Fall. It Is well remem bered that the Homestead strike caused e great falling off in the vote for Har rison in 1S92, and it Is feared that the strikes, which have been quite general in many sections of tfye country, may cause a loss to the Republicans, because it Is well understood thatjgjg strikers usually attribute thei"' 5 to the party In power. Of course, everybody knows that the worklngmen are now In better condition than they were four years ago, or for several years previous to that time. Some raen attribute the strikes to the present prosperous times, and say that the worklngmen are taking advantage of the large demands for products of tha mills and mines, and strike for higher wages, thereby hoping to force contract ors and mill and mlneowncrs to grant them their demands. Of course, if these men are still out on a strike when elec tion day comes around, they are likely to vote the ticket In opposition to th party in power, but there Is also a further fear that ,tho Influence will extend to em ployed labor, and make trouble for tha party. Long- for Vice-President. It Is remarked that If Secretary Long should be nominated for Vice-President, his candidacy would go a long way3 towards defeating the Republican ticket in Maryland, where Schley has become so popular, because It Is Schley's natlvs state. It might possibly affect a few votes, but upon the whole not many. Tha belief Is general among the people that Schley was the real hero at Santiago, and, of course, he was in the tight and Sampson was not there. At the same time, the" people will believe that Secre tary Long had no other purpose during the war than to perform to the best oC his ability the duties devolving upon him, and selected the officers for command with a view to securing the very bear service. As to the controversy that has followed since, there Is, of course, two sides. Schley Is a hale fellow well met, a man who Is weli liked, although It is conceded that he dees not have the tech nical knowledge of Naval affairs pos sessed by Sampson. If the controversy should be revived simply because Secre tary Long is a candidate for Vice-President, It would necessitate reopening the whole affair, and it would then develop that the Navy generally believes In Samp son rather than Schley. Possibly this is owing" to the fact that it Is much easier to be with the Administration than against It, and that the friends of Schley have not received very much recognition by the department, or at the hands of tha Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, who is a violent partisan of Sampson. Public Bnlldlnsr Bills. The Senate has passed a large number of bills for public buildings, nearly every state in the Union being favored. There Is not the least difficulty whatever In get ting through a building" bill of this character in the Senate. The meritorious ones and those which should have little or no consideration pass without much objection. A Senator will introduce a bill for a public building in some town in his state. It is reported, called up and passed with little or no debate, and never Is an objection made. It Is In the House where the public building bills are wrecked, and it looks as If he present session would see them all go by the board, although there !i a promise that one or two of tha most meritorious bills may be reported and posMbly passed. Oregon has beea very much Interested in the public build ing bills, especallly the one for the en largement of the Portland postoffice, and promises have been made freely by tha members of the committee that It should be considered. Representative Moody has been very anxious to get the bill through, but so far it has been held up with oth ers, and the seeming Intention 13 to pre vent the passage of any public' building bills during this Congress.