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THE MOKSTING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1900.
PUSHING THE CULLOM BILL
T. LOUIS DTDUSTRIAL CONVENTION
URGES ITS PASSAGE.
Necessity of a Chance Is Inter
, state Commerce Lavr Memorial
to Congress.
ST. LOOTS, Nov. 20. Delegates repre
senting 37 Industrial organizations, local
and National, called together to take ac
tion looking to the passage of Senate bill
No. 1439, better known as Cullom's bill to
amend the interstate commerce law, to
day adopted a memorial to Congress
which says:
"This is a measure in which the busi
ness Interests of the country are largely
more concerned than in any other that
has recently been brought to the atten
tion of Congress, and its enactment will
more directly affect a larger number of
citizens than any other now pending. The
bill has been before the public during the
past 12 months, and has been freely dis
cussed in the public press, with almost
unanimous approval. It has been formal
ly Indorsed by nearly all the commer
cial bodies of the country of any import
ance, and the demand for Its immediate
enactment from all sections of the coun
try seems to be universal. This conven
tion, therefore, earnestly desires that your
honorable bodies will give this measure
the precedence to which its Importance
seems to entitle It. and afford speedy re
lief to the public from prevailing evils In
the transportation of the" country, which
the present law has proved inadequate to
remedy, by the early enactment of the
aforesaid bill."
Resolutions were adopted providing that
en. executive committee of five members
be apoplnted by the chairman with full
power to take such action as It may deem
best to carry out the purpose of the con
vention. The resolutions also recommend
that each body represented In the conven
tion send one or more delegates to "Wash
ington upon the reassembling of Congress
for the purpose of exerting their personal
Influence and securing the co-operation
of the Senators and Representatives from
theHr respective states in the early enact
ment of the Cullom bill. All the commer
cial and industrial organizations through
out the country are Invited to unite In
this movement.
Secretary Barry, speaking of the pur
pose of the meeting, said:
"The action of the convention will sim
ply be In the line of giving evidence to
Congress of the strong demand through
out the country for the passage of the
Cullom bill, and to arrange for a delega
tion to go to Washington to labor In the
interest of the MIL The opposition to the
next measure on the part of railroads Is
due to the fact that they realize that
the Interstate commerce law In Its present
f ormJs Impotent the findings of the Com
mission cannot be put in force."
E. F. Bacon, of Milwaukee, called the
gathering to order, and In a short address
stated the purpose of the meeting. He J
hoped there would be no digression, and
that the -meeting would proceed simply
. with that object in view. If those present
trepresentlng the business men of the
country would make their voices heard in
accents strong enough, he was sure that
Congress would not fail to put the meas
ure through.
Ex-Governor E. O. Stanard, of St. Louis,
was unanimously made presiding officer
of the meeting, with H. F. Douseman, of
Chicago, as vice-president, and Frank
Barry, of Milwaukee, as secretary. In
taking the chair Governor Stanard said
there was a difference of opinion in St.
Louis as to the apparent necessity for
the Interstate Commerce Commission, and
he supposed that a similar condition ex
isted elsewhere. What the people of the
country want, he declared, is either an
Interstate Commerce Commission with the
power to act, or the repeal of the law
under which it came into being. He said
tvtnntnder presenUvConditions, with thej
railroads discriminating, for Instance, in
favor of wheat, which can be shipped to,
Europe at a lower rate than flour, the
millers of Germany and England can turn
out with our grain a product cheaper
than we can put in the market there.
Governor Stanard said the farmers In
this country must be looked after,, but
thought that the Interests of thousands
and tens of thousands of manufacturers
should be taken care of, too.
O. L. Whltelaw, president of the Mer
chants' Exchange, delivered an address
of welcome, at the conclusion of which
committees on credentials, rules and res.
olutions were appointed by the chair.
E. P. Bacon, of Milwaukee, was made
chairman of the committee on resolu
tions, which consisted of IS prominent and
representative men. A recess was taken
until 2 P. M.
When the committee on resolutions con
vened, soon after recess had been taken
by the main body, it developed that there
was some opposition to the purpose for
which the meeting was called. Mr. F. B.
Thurber, president of the National Board
of Trade, a member of the committee, It
-was known was against the proposed
amendments to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
When Chairman Bacon presented for
adoption a memorial to Congress urging
the passage of the Cullom bill, Mr. E. U.
Simmons, president of the Simmons Hard
ware Company, of this city, and one of
the members of the committee, made a
ehort address against any such action. He
declared he was opposed to the purpose
of the meeting. Mr. Simmons then with
drew from the committee, saying he had
misapprehended the purpose of the meet
ing, whlchhe supposed was to discuss In
a, generAl way the proposed amendments
embodied in the Cullom bill, and not to
urge Its passage. The memorial was then
adopted.
UNION PACIFIC'S REPORT.
fihoTTS a Gratif yinjr Increase of Busi
ness for the Year.
The annual report of the Union Pacific
eystem for the year ending June 30, 1900,
faas been made public, and the Railway
- Age thus summarizes It:
Detailed accounts of the operations of
the Union Pacific, the Oregon Short Line
and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
companies are presented separately In the
Union Pacific's annual report for the last
fiscal year, and with the separate state
ments numerous consolidated exhibits for
the system embracing the three members.
Tn"e combined income accounts bring out
lor the parent company a surplus appli
cable to dividends equivalent to a little
more- than per cen,t on the present
outstanding common stock, after the pay
ment of 4 per cent on the preferred. Dis
regarding cross entries, and treating the
4 per cent dividend on Oregon Naviga
tion preferred, amounting to $440,000, as
fel prior charge, the consolidated income
accounts for the last two years makes'
ijio following comparison;
4 1900. 1K8.
Groasearcings $39,147;697 $34,394,729
-" Operating expenses and
taxes 2L437.546 13,068,187
rKet 'earning $17,720,151 $15326.542
Miscellaneous income.. 2,743,519 2,517,655
Total net Income $20,463,670 $17,844,200
Slxed charges 7.876,00. 7.841,770
Balance $12,5S7.5S8 $10,002,430
fPrlor dividends ,.. 4.892,870 $.055,000
iBalance for common
- "Stock $ 8,194,719 $ 6,937,430
Dividend on common
stock 3,550,757 -
Surplus $4,843,962 $6,937,430
No dividend was paid on the common
Brtook In 1899. Out of the Income of 1900.
J34 per cent on the common was paid in
April and 2 per cent In October.
At the close of 1899 the three companies
had at the credit of profit and loss a sur
plus of $.920,000. Adjustments made dur
ing the past year resulted in .the addition
of $2,408,000 to this amount, to which musr-
oe aaoea the surplus Income of 1900.
amounting to $4,644,000. as above. Front
the total of $14,167,000 the sum of $2,000,000
was appropriated for betterments, addi
tions and equipment, so that the surplus
at the close of 1900 stood at $12,167,000.
The consolidated balance sheet shows
$4,077,000 of current assets in excess of
current liabilities, without, however, reck
oning among the current liabilities, $2,051,
000 in Improvement and equipment funds,
or $3,904,000 set apart for the October div
idends. The average mileage operated during
the. year by the three companies was 542S
miles, an increase of 545 miles, or 11 per
cent. The total mileage owned on June
30 was 5499 miles, an increase of B0 'miles,
45 on the Union Pacific and 5 on" the
Oregon Navigation.
No changes have occurred In the capi
tal stock of the Oregon Short Line or of
the Oregon Navigation. The report gives
a detailed account of the Union Pacific
Issues for the acquisition of the Oregon
properties. The Union Pacific Company
reoeived during- the year $3,000,000 of first
mortgage bonds to reimburse it for capi
tal expenditures. Expenditures amount
ing to $8,977,000, all told, were madeupon
the system, during the year for better
ments and improvements, and for new
.equipment. Outlays of this character
amounting to a round million dollars ap
pear to have been included in the oper
ating expenses of the year.
The trafllc statistics In the Union Pa
cific's report are less complete than those
published by most of the large companies.
Some of the Items lacking may be deter,
mined by computation, and' the essential
facts for the freight business of the
Union Pacific proper are presented In the
following tabulated exhibit:
1900. 1899.
Revenue, ton miles.. L571,8S,7S$ 1,393,437,150
Train miles (Includ
ing mixed) 6,307,518 5,765,994
Average trainload,
tons 219 242
Average trainload.
tons, including
company material.
Average loaded car
244
310
15.80
load, tons 17.ZJ
Ton - mile Tevenue,
mills 1050
Train-mile earnings. $2.62
10.15
$2.45
tttt.t. AXD THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Greater Stability Desired for the
Property No Failures Wanted.
"I have not the slightest doubt that the
report that Mr. Hill will control the
Northern Pacific Is true," said a railroad
man yesterday who has long been ac
quainted with Mr. Hill's plans and
achievements and is familiar with tho
transportation situation in the North
west. "1 am satisfied that the Minnesota
Constitution waB not the main obstacle
to practical consolidation when the mat
ter was up seven years ago. Of course,
that presented a difficulty that necessi
tated a readjustment of plans, and while
that readjustment was in progress the
panic came on, the Northern Pacific de
faulted and went into receivership, and
that blocked the consolidation arrange
ment for the time. But do you suppose
Mr. Hill let go his Northern Pacific in
terest then? By no means. And some
time ago, tnere was a rumor that Hill and
J. P. Morgan had had a row, and that
Mr. Hill was dumping Northern Pacific
and had declared war on that property.
The rumor had Its effect on the market,
and Hill bought some more Northern Pa
cific. "I believe the truth of the matter to be
that the Deutsche Bank, of Berlin, and
James J. Hill own a controlling interest
In Northern Pacific. J. Plerpont Morgan,
the reorganization manager of the North
ern Pacific, is quite human. He doubt
less realizes that it would not redound
much to his credit if he should, at the
expiration of his trusteeship, be compelled
to drop the property Into other hands and
be ousted entirely from its management.
So he makes a virtue of necessity, mag
nanimously terminates the voting trust
before it expires by limitation, and par
ticipates in the new deal. He is, of
course, an important factor, and his co
operation gives strength to the alliance
or combination.
"The purpose of thlB arrangement. I
ibelieve to beto protect the'Greafeorth
cm, as well as the Northern . Pacific.
The Northern Pacific's career has been
full of extremes. It has not been man-i
aged conservatively. Now that Mr. Hiii
has a railway system, that is directly in
competition with the Northern Pacific, he
wishes to Insure stability. He can stand
Northern Pacific success, for his own
road can hold its own in a fair field. But
what he dreads is failure of the North
ern Pacific and its operation under a re
ceivership. That kind of competition Is
killing to legitimate enterprise, and that
is what Hill wants to avoid. I under
stand that some time ago, before th
Northern Pacific reached its present posi
tion of prosperity, and when it wras feared
the voting trust might not be able to
swing clear, Mr. Hill voluntarily offered
tho use of $3,000,000 to keep the Northern
Pacific from going back into court.
"Hill's control will mean more stability
for the Northern Pacific and more re
liable development for the country."
' WILL FORCE A CHANGE.
Openlnsr of Spokane Gate to Seattle
Will Reform Garrison.
The proposed opening of the Spokane
gateway to Seattle, as well as to Port
land, will Inure to the benefit of shippers
to points west of Denver. Now those
points are reached through Garrison,
thence over the Oregon Short Line. But
the Northern Pacific, will not permit Its
cars to leave, ljs, own tracks, which ne
cessitates an annoying and expensive de
lay for transfer of freight Into Oregon
Short Line cars. Under the new arrange
ment the Union Pacific will send cars
over the Great Northern to Seattle for
loading with lumber, and the loaded cars
will then go through to destination with
out any delay for transshipment. This
will force a reform at Garrison.
The qeustlon of getting cars for lum
ber Is frequently perplexing. Flat cars
are seldom loaded westward, and when
they are they --e so short that the long
lumber of this country requires two cars
for one load. Long box-cars are most
desired, cars of 30 tons capacity and hav
ing windows In the ends for convenience
In loading. West-bound freight does not
require this kind of oars, though they
can be used for merchandise without
trouble. But it requires constant watch
fulness to get an adequate supply of
these, which are a necessity for lumber
shipping. About 500 of those big cars of
lumber go eastward from Portland every
month. ,
More freight is transferred now than
formerly. This is due to the growing ten
dency to keep cars at home and to the
disinclination to pay car mileage for the
use of foreign cars. In all cases where
the freight is of a nature to make the
transfer at all practicable it is trans
ferred at Omaha and at the Minnesota
transfer. This practice permits each com
pany to keeps its rolling stock at home.
Of course, when there is a shortage of
cars in any locality and foreign lines have
cars to spare, the line that is short is
very .glad to pay the VA cents per mile for
the use of the foreign car to deliver con
signments. All this season Pacific North
west railroads have been glad to use cars
from abroad, though very few lines any
where have cars to spare.
SALT LAKE-LOS ANGELES LINE.
Another Wentera Trip of Eastern.
Promoter.
OMAHA, Nov. 30. Another trip through
Omaha on account of the coming Los
Angeles Terminal Company was made to
day bv a privste car filled with Eastern
promoters. Among them were J. S. BemIs,J
president or the Bemis Bag Company; R.
C Kerens, Republican National commit
teeman from St Louis; Perry S. Heath,
late Assistant Postmaster-General; W. B
Clark, president of the United States
Trust-Company of Kansas City: Charlea
C Clark, ot the Granite Mountain Routo;
J. Ross Clark, of Los Angeles, and others
T V..f hlr nlnn is tn hnIM n ttYmri- 1lnV
1 from 'Salt Lake to Los Angeles. The
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Union Pacific Is interested
In the enteri"
J.nr- for mi th last trio out General1'!
Manager Dickinson rambled around over
the deserts for a week with them. Sen
ator Clark, of Montana, is the big finan
cial man behind the enterprise. The
present trip West includes among other
things the concession oi mucn-wanwa ter
minal facilities from the Salt Lake City
Council.
URGING THE CULLOM BILL.
Purpose of : Convention of Industrial
Orsraalsations.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20. The League of Na
tional Association of Industrial and Com
mercial Organizations met at the Plant
ers' Hotel today for the purpose of dis
cussing and formulating plans to secure
the early passage by Congress of the Cul
lom bill, which seeks to amend the Inter
state commerce law, and extend the pow
ers of that body. This bill is now on the
calendar of the Senate, and It Is the pur
pose of the gathering to create sentiment
strong enough to secure precedence for
the bill at the coming short-session of
Congress, so that it may be passed ahead
of the regular order. Great Interest at
taches to the meeting among shippers
throughout the country.
Fast Time From Chicago to Dawson.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Chicago to Daw
son City in VA days is what a combina
tion of transportation companies promise
the public by the middle of next Sum
mer. The route will be: Chicago to St.
Paul on the fastest train, St. Paul to
Seattle dn the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern flyer, Seattle to Skagway on
fast steamships. Skagway to White Horse
Rapids ever the recently extended White
Pass & Yukon road, and from White
Horse Rapids to the big Klondike mining
camp by Yukon River steamers. The
first-class and second-class fares from
this city to Dawson City will be about
the same as those effective last year,
when the trip was made in about 12 days.
By the shortest route, the distance from
Chicago to Dawson City is cbout 3704
miles.
Northern Pacific Very Busy
TACOMA, Wash., Nov.1 20. S. G. Ful
ton, assistant general freight agent of the
Northern Pacific, said today:
"The road Is unable to keep up with
the business offered. We have cars load
ed with grain standing on the side
tracks between Tacoma and Pasco which
cannot be moved. The shortage of avail
able charters is responsible for this con
dition. The general trafllc of the road
haa been much heavier than usual at this
time of year. In spite of the light wheat
crop in the Middle Western States the
demand for cars has been greater than
it was possible to supply."
Transcontinental Association.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20. The Transcontinen
tal Passenger Association held Its first
regular meeting today at the Planters'
Hotel, Chairman James M. Charlton of
Denver, presiding. Chairman Charlton
made a report In which ho stated that
he-had rented offices at Denver and made
preparations to employ a suitable staff.
An emergency fund of $5000 was ordered
created for this and contingent expenses.
Central Pacific Statement.
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. The an
nual statement of the Central Pacific
Railway, whose lines are operated by the
Southern Pacific, has been made to the
State Railroad Commissioners. It shows
a total Income from operations of $7,465
184, from which Is deducted $54,587 for
salaries and maintenance of organiza
tion, $3,985,739 being the Interest on funded
debt accrued, $592,873 for taxes, $515,278
for permanent improvements; total, $5,149.
821, leaving a net income of $2,022,472.
Oregon Industries.
The Florence cannery shut down this
week.
A new brewery will be built at Lake
view. The Knappton mills bavo closed down
for repairs.
Aj- J.iGood,j9hlpped!,acarload,of apples
from Union to Europe last week.
Charles Cunningham has shipped 4100
.sheep from Huntington to Pendleton.
The Summervllle flouring mill, which
was destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt
The Milton creamery began operations
last week, and the machinery worked
perfectly.
It is eald that W. G. Vinson and L. W.
Burtch are surveying the railroad route
from Baker City to Seven Devils.
The North Bend Mill Company will
build a large warehouse. It has received
a SO-fcorse power engine for its electric
plant.
The Sumpter Lumber Company whose
mill was destroyed by fire, has secured
control of the mill of the Shaw Lumber
Company and has added extensive im
provements. The improved plant began
operations last week.
Stock Inspector George Btevens has
returned from a tour of Investigation
among the sheep bands of the county,
says the Lakevlew Examiner, and reports
a few head in three separate bands in
fected with scab. He says the sheep are
generally healthy.
The reservoir of the Sumpter Water
Company Is finished and. filled to Its ca
pacity of 1,200,000 gallons. Superintendent
Cornfield says that he does not expect to
empty it again this season. The company
has also built a reserve tank, of 20.000 gal
lons capacity, and connected the main
supply pipe to the city direct to the water
flume, Sumpter ndw baa a perfect gravity
water-works system.
Idaho Notes.
The enrollment at Moscow School num
bers 800 pupils.
The first session of the Canyon County
Sunday School Workers was held at Pay
ette Friday
The Farmers' Warehouse Building, at
Jullaetta, wh'ch was paratially destroyed
by the flood last January, will be re
moved. The cord wood Industry of Orofino 'vicin
ity Is thriving. Lewiston is drawing a
large proportion of Its supply from that
locality.
Frank Hanson's saw mill near Orofino
has been improved by the addition of a
more powerful boiler, and will be ready
for the fall run In a few days.
A movement is on foot for the creation
of a new county out of south Shoshone,
and such portion of Nez Perce County
as the residents thereof desire to have
included In the proposed new county. Oro
fino would, probably be named as tempo
rary county seat.
The body of a middle-aged man was
found last week on the Coeur d'Alene res
ervation, a few miles from Tekoa, and,
from appearances, must have been dead
some time. The body lay at the rear of
an old barn belonging to an Indian, and
foul play is suspected.
, The Lewiston Free Library will soon re
ceive the addition of a flnev collection of
books," the gift of Charles Francis Adams,
of Boston. At the time the Tsceminicum
Club took the initial steps in the free
library movement Mr. Adams was visit
ing In the city, and stated that as soon
as thejnovement assumed definite form
he would be glad of the opportunity to
encourage the enterprise with a fine con
tribution of books. The library was
opened to the public about six weeks ago,
and a short time later Mr. Adams was
notified ot the. success of the plans- of the
energetic promoters. Saturday, a letter
was received from him In which he asked
to be provided, "with a complete list of the
books nowinfbe library, to. enable him to
avoid duplication. In selecting the books
tn&v win comprise jus biil 10 xoa
brary.
11-
A big" blanket mortgage was filed at
Whatcom, Saturday, in which' all the pos
sessions of the Puget Sound .Packing
Company were- mortgaged to the First
National sanioot eeatue, tooecure the
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1.5ayS2rc OI PV-"08 5yeBaunS iua.-
wo. .raeYJiraw-s per cent interest. ..one
stamp ax on; the document was $52,50.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL
WANTS IT "WIDELY EXTENDED.
Oort of Service " in Porto Rico and
Hawaii to Be Included In Resm-
lar Appropriation Next Year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. An enthusi
astic plea for a wide expansion ot rural
free delivery is made in the annual re
port of W. M. Johnson, First Assistant
Postmaster-General. He says that the
extraordinary development of this system
during the past 12 months under the stim
ulus of appropriations of $450,000 for the
fiscal year 1S99-1900, and $1,750,000 f of" the
fiscal year 1900-1S01 Is conclusive as show
ing that hereafter it must be a perma
nent and expanding feature of the postal
administration. The service can now be
extended as swiftly as Congress may di
rect, or as the means permit, until it
covers' all the portions of the United
Btates now reached in whole or part by
the more primitive methods of the postal
service.
Commencing July 1 next, It is proposed
to include the cost of the postal service
of Porto Rico and Hawaii In the regular
appropriation. Instead of paying the
same out of the military appropriations,
aB at present. The total cost of the Porto
Rican postal service for the last fiscal
year was a iittle over $105,000, and the
probable cost of the postal service for
Hawaii for the next fiscal year is $72,80.
An appropriation of $18,000,000 is asked
for compensation of Postmasters for the
next fiscal year. Rural free delivery, it
is estimated, will cost $2,740,900 for the
next fiscal year, an Increase of almost 9
per cent.
During the last fiscal year, postal mon
ey orders issued amounted to $255,670,228,
an increase of almost $31,000,000. It Is ap
parent that if for the next two years the
business of the money-order system in
creases In volume correspondingly with
that of the past year, its receipts will
reach $1,000,000 per day. They are now
about $564,000. The net earnings of the
money-order system were $1,340,642., The
department purposes to provide money
order facilities for all localities where
they may prpve convenient. The number
of offices has now finally exceeded 30,000.
International money-order business Is be
ing transacted with 40 foreign countries.
Recommendation is made tha the fees
for domestic money orders be reduced
to the maximum of 20 cents for an order
of $100, the minimum to remain as at
present.
THE REGULAR ARMY.
Permanent Minimum Strength, ot
50,000 Men Will Be Asked for.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. High officials
connected with the War Department, it is
announced in a Tribune dispatch from
Washington, say that they are not going
to ask Congress for a permanent enlisted
strength of 100,000 men for the Regular
Army, or for an addition to the number
of officers now on the Army lists.
It is learned from authoritative sources
in tne department that a bill is being
prepared which will be presented to Con
gress providing for a permanent minimum
strength of 50,000 men in the Regular
Army and at the same time conferring
authorlty on the President to double this
number in case of .need to 100.000 men.
This Is to be done not by forming new
regiments, but by adding enlisted men to
the existing organized companies without
at all increasing the number of commis
sioned officers. This arrangement woura
bring the Army more in harmony with
the modern methods of organization,
which tend to large companies and regi
ments. General Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecti
cut, chairman of the Senate committee on
military affairs, says that as soon as Sec
retary Root returns from Cubaa"bill reor
ganizing the Army on a. permanent basis
will, be prepared and introduced in both
houses.
Senator Hawley is quoted as saying in
the course of an interview:
"In my opinion an Army of not less
than 100,000 and perhaps more should be
maintained at the present time. In the
near future, of course, there may b
cause for a reduction. I think a mea
sure might be .passed empowering the
President to use his discretion ,to a great
extent in determining the exact strength
of the Army, not, 61 couVse, to exceed the
maximum fixed by Congress. Under con
ditions such as those existing at present
for instance, the President could recruit
an Army of whatever proportions he
deemed necessary to handle the Filipino
insurrection, and upon the conclusion of
that work he could reduce the number of
troops In proportion to exlstlrig needs.
This I think would bo a most excellent
solution ot the whole problem."
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
Po-trderly Will Give a Hearing to
Labor Organizations.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Commissioner
Powderly, of the Immigration Bureau, will
give a hearing about the last of this
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month, to a committee of the labor organ
izations of New York, headed by the
Knights of Labor, on Chinese immigra
tion. The committee also represents near
ly all the labor organizations on the Pa
cific Coast. The object of thd. organiza
tions is to suggest a co-operation of the
Immigration Bureau and the labor bodies,
believing that violations of the Chinese
Immigration law often come to the knowl
edge of laborers that-are not? published
and spoken of. If the organizations cooperate-
with the Immigration officials,
It, is thought all members of labor bodies
will make it their business to watch for
violations of the law and assist in their
detection.
CANAL COMMISSION'S REPORT.
Commander Staunton Thought Burg
lars Were After It.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. It was reported
In Washington, says a Herald special,
that burglars who were after the forth
coming report of the Walker Isthmian
Canal Commission, had entered the Cor
coran Building; in which the Commission
has its offices, and had broken open the
desk of Lieutenant-Commander Staunton,
secretary of the Commission.
Lieutenant-Commander Staunton said
last night that when he tried to open his
desk a day or two ago, he discovered that
the lock was broken. His Impression was
that it was the work of burglars who, for
some purpose, were seeking to get ad
vance Information about the conclusion
of the report He sent for a locksmith
who persuaded him that the desk had not
been broken open, but that the lock had
become disarranged in the course of
usage.
The incident created great excitement
among the members of the Commission.
The report of the Commission is being
very closely safeguarded, and it is said
some of the Commissioners are not yet
acquainted with what the report will coo
tain. The best Information obtainable at
Washington is that the Commission cer
tainly by a vote of five to four, and pos
sibly by six to three will recommend the
Nicaragua route. This is based upon sev
eral Inferences as well as upon state
ments from the Commissioners them
selves. It Is said that President McKlnley haa
received sufficient information about the
report for use In his message. The mes
sage, If in line with the rumor, will ad
vocate, the adoption of the Nicaragua
route, the ratification of the Hay-Paunce-fote
treaty, the construction of a canal
without fortifications, and the adoption
of tolls discriminating in favor of the
United States, Costa Rica and Nicaragua
only so far as coastwise vessels are con
cerned, and leaving the canal open to all
the shipping of the world.
Final estimates of the cost of a Nicar
agua Canal have not yet been completed.
The engineers are still working on the
figures. Approximate figures of the cost
of the Nicaragua Canal are1 believed to
be about $150,000,000.
The Commission will resume its sessions
in Washington on Thursday, and it la ex
pected to remain at work throughout the
week.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Tho collec
tions of Internal revenue for October ag
gregated $27,464,469, against $26,147,346 in
the same month last year. The receipts
are classified as follows:
Spirits $11,095,550
Tobacco 5,420,983
Liquors 6,491,488
Oleomargarine , 231,306
Special taxes 53,571
Miscellaneous 4,451,591
For the first four months of the present
fiscal year the receipts aggregated $105,
935.418. an increase of $2,831,833 over the
-corresponding period of last year.
Bids for Free Seeds.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has advertised for
bids for furnishing seeds to the depart
ment for tho usual distribution. Bids will
be opened in this city December 12, about
three months earlier than the opening last
year. Tho early date is a, concession to
the Pacific Coast bidders, in order to
give .them an equal opportunity with those
having later crops.
Washington Notes.
Indications are that a free rural mail
service will soon be established in Walla
Walla County.
The fraternal orders of Everett will
give a charity ball December 10 for the
benefit of Galveston sufferers.
Frederick Noll has filed suit for $3895
damages against the City of Seattle for
injuries sustained by falling- Into an un
guarded opening in a walk.
The Wllkeson Coal & Coke Company
struck a vein of coal seven feet thick in
Its mine at Wllkeson, Saturday. The
company has been driving for the vein for
some time. The coal is of a good coking
quality.
Tho Lake Whatcom Logging Company
has completed its operations on South
Bay, Lake Whatcom, and has now con
centrated its forces at the head of the
lake, where It has sufficient timber tc
keep Its present plant in operation for
about 10 years.
The Bellingham Bay Improvement Com
pany has filled an Eastern order In which
were three sticks of timber 52 feet long
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these big timbers were cut by the Lake
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from tho stump of on of the trees meas
ured 16 inches thick.
Colin Lock and B. McCreery, two suspicious-looking
characters whom the po
lice believe held up the Germanla saloon,
at Tacoma, Friday night, have been iden
tified by Bartender John Miller as the rob
bers. Lock and McCreery assert they
Only arrived from Seattle Friday, and at
the time the robbery was committed were
in another saloon.
Miss Ruth Townsend and Miss Gladys
Holman. two Chehalls County school
teachers, have the distinction of havlngl
shot a deer last Saturday morning. The
place was at Grass Creek, near Gray's
Harbor, and the deer was charging at
them, when Miss Townsend raised her
rifle and fired. Some hunters from Ho
qulam killed another near the same place
a few hours later.
According to Information from up-Sound
an early date will see another shipping
firm launched into the competition exist
ing on Puget Sound. As near as can be
ascertained, the new firm will be called
tho Steel Shipping Company, Incorporated,
which will have branches at the different
sub-ports on the Sound to do -brokerage,
stevedoring and shipping business for ves
sols in need of such service.
Judge Arnold, Saturday, gave a verdict,
at Montesano, of $20 against the North
ern Pacific Railway Cpmpany in favor of
Steve Crenshaw, who came to Aberdeen
from Galveston, Tex. He had his baggage
checked through, but the trunk never
came. The railroad company refused to
admit that it was liable and CrenBhaw
brought suit The Northern Pacific Com-1
pany will appeal from the decision.
The public schools at Wenatchee are
closed. The kindergarten has disbanded
and the Board of Health has Issued or
ders that no church or Sunday school
meetings and no gatherings of any kind
will be permitted. The reason Is an epi
demic of scarlet fever. There are about
15 cases in the town and valley at the
present time. The fever is In a light
form, and no deaths have occurred up
to the present time.
The Yakima County Commissioners
were in session Saturday, canvassing the
votes on bonding and the election of Road
Supervisors. The proposition for bonding
the county having been defeated, a new
levy of some additional taxes will be nec
essary to pay current expenses and war
rant indebtedness. There are's! road dis
tricts in the county, and special taxes of
from 1 to 5 mills were voted in each dis
trict for road Improvements.
A number of filings on mining claims In
Chehalls County has been made at inter
vals during the past Summer, Including
coal,' silver, gold and copper, but a new
impetus struck, -some of the seekers of
hidden fortunes last week, and there were
some 15 claims filed with the County
Auditor. These claims are situated in
what is known as the Newskah district
and the promoters are all Aberdeen par
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tion of the promoters thoroughly to de
velop the property.
State Coal Mine Inspector C. F. Owen
reports that the bodies of Matt Leaten
and Gus Sunburg, who were killed in a
cave-in In mine No. 7 at Carbonado, No
vember 6, have not yet been recovered.
The body of Charles Huthea, another
miner who was killed at the same time,
was found a few hours after the acci
dent All three of the men were married.
The case of William O. Johnson, a miner
who was working: with Huthea when he
was killed, is one of singular fatality The
concussion of falling earth threw Johnson
out of the area of danger. Recently John
son was working with another man in the
mine, and his partner was killed at his
side. Before coming to Carbonado John
son worked in a mine in Franklin. One
day a disaster killed the miner working
with hlnu
United States Senator Footer has left
for the East Among the appropriations
that will be asked of Congress will be
an increase of the amount already appro
priated for the Seattle public building,
and Congress will be urged to set apart
funds for public buildings at both Spo
kane and Tacoma. One of the requests
of thjs session -will be for $500,000 with
which to begin the work of improving
Tacoma harbor. The work already recom
mended is the dredging of the city water
way east of the "half-moon" yards, and
the channel proposed from, a point south
of the Eleventh-street bridge to the
packing-house of the Pacific, Meat Com
pany. Further appropriations wUl bo
asked for continuing the work of "harbor
Improvements already irrfder "way at
Olympia, Gray'fl- Harbor and Everett, as
well ad for some new work needed on the
Columbia, River.
Assistant Attorney-General "Vance has
written the following opinions in response
to a request from State Superintendent
Browne, concerning the status of County
School Superintendents after January 14,
in view of the act of the Legislature of
1869, changing the time in which said offi
cers shall take their office: "There is no
difference between the status of a County
Superintendent elected to succeed him
self and one who Is serving his last term
as to the matter ot holding1 over. The
state constitution, article 1, section S,
does not prevent the present Incumbent
from holding over. The expiration of the
two terms does not create a vacancv -thn
I term not being for two years, but for two
years and until a successor is elected and
qualified. The state constitution does not
give the Board of County Commissioners
the right to declare a vacancy after tho
second Monday In January, and the right
toappoint to fill such vacancy. A new
bond is not required of the hold-ever for
a definite, period, nor is' he required to
file a new oath."
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