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6 tttttTE FREIGHTS injured. "When the Lanarkshire arrived here her supplies of load and water were exhausted. OUTCLASSED BY RYAN THE MOENING , OR&GONIA2T, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900. Ship Gertrud Chartered for October, 1901, Loading. LEFT THE COLUMBIA YESTERDAY McCulloch, Last of Revenue Fleet, Returns From Far KortbS-Ma- rlne Notes. The owners of the German ship Ger trud do not propose to take any chances on a decline In freights, but while they are ruling high they fir their ships as far In the future as possible. The Gertrud sailed from the Columbia yesterday for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, and before leaving this port she was char tered to load nitrate at a port on the west coast of South America In October, 1901, nearly a year hence. There Is a long voyage of 17,000 miles ahead of the Gertrud before she reaches a port of dis charge with her present cargo. She will then load merchandise for an Australian or African port, and probably proceed from there In ballast to the port for which she has Just been engaged. The distance ahead -of her before she reaches the cargo of nitrate, by the shortest pos sible route, wl be approximately 25,000 miles. This -will not be the first time that the Gertrud has been fixed for busi ness nearly a year ahead, and been com pelled to sail a distance nearly equal to that around the world before reaching her cargo. While ea route from Iquiqul to Ham burg last January she was chartered by the Portland Grain Company, of this city, to load wheat at Portland in No vember. On reaching Hamburg she dis charged her cargo of nitrate and took In ballast, and sailed March 8 for Phila delphia. She orossed the Atlantic in a fast passage of 30 days, and loaded, coal oil fer Nagasaki. From Philadelphia to the Japan port she made the run in IIS days, arriving August 30. She discharged her cargo, took in ballast and sailed for Portland October 2, and after a crack ing passage of 29 days dropped anchor in Astoria right on time for November leading for which she had been char tered nearly a year before. The rate paid the Gertrud for her nitrate cargo is sufficiently high to cause some specu lation as to whether or not; there will be much weakness in freights for many months to come. Owing ot the fact that the nitrate perts are about 6000 miles nearer to Eu rope than Portland, and also that load ing charges and port expenses are much lighter ,there than any w here else on the Pacific .Coast,, there has usually existed a differential of 19s per ton between ni trate from the west coast and wheat from the Paolfic Northwest. Of course, no one la Portland weuld pay 42s 6d for an Octo ber wheat ship, but the nitrate kings are not philanthropists, and they have cer taJnlyjexpressed a great deal of faith in high freights by paying suoh a rate on the Gertrud, 25.000 miles away. v M'COLIiOUGir RETURNS. Xast'df 'the Revenue Fleet From the Far North. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Nov. 27. The .cutter McCnlloch, last of the reve nue fleet from the Arctic seas, arrived today direct from Dutch Harbor. The McQullocn sailed from Nome October 26, calling at Dutch Jlarbor for coal, where she remained until November 16. She re perta that the steamer Centennial towed the disabled steamer Santa Ana from Nome f Dutch Berber, and will convey her, o thus place. Officers of the Mc ' Oull9eh..are of the opinion that the Santa Ana will reach port in safety, provided she encounters no severe storms, which would prove disastrous In her crippled condition. Two blades of her propeller are gene, and the other two are said to be in ,a, weakened condition. The steamer Portland sailed from Dutch Harbbr November IS. She convoyed the little sldewheeler steamer Sadie, bound to San Francisco, and then .ill proceed te Paget Sound, and should arrive here tonight or tomorrow. After leaving i Dutoft Harbor the McCulloch encountered a three days' storm of unusual severity, ' after "Which the sea calmed and good weather was experienced during the re mainder' of the voyage to this port. Amlfag the passengers on the McCul loch were three United States Marine Hospital surgeons, two from Nome and one from Dutch Harbor, and they report bothpfaces as being free from sickness. Mr. Williams, charterer of the Centen nial, also took passage on the McCulloch. According to reports, Nome harbor Is free'of vessels. It is clothed in the ley fetters of Winter. Ice has formed along the shore for a considerable d stance, and all communication by water is at an end fer. the season. . UV.CK OF FORESIGHT. Snn Francisco Exporters Hnve Not t Yet Got Rid of 1SUD Wheat. The San Francisco -exporters continue to trail after their northern neighbors la the matter of w?heat exports, and the Bulletin lsJdleswUfled with the slow manner In which they are dispatching ships Under date of November 2i that paper says: A grain ship was cloared from this port on the 18th. and from that date to the 3d, a full week, there was not a single clearance of that kind. Such a slow movement in grain would have been no ticed In any month In the poor-crop out turn ot two jiears ago. It is particularly noteworthy this year, and especially this month, usually the most active for gra'n exports for all the season. We have scarcely yet got rid of the surplus car ried aver from the crop of 1S99, and so praotioally have the whole of this year's crop on our bands. At no time this year have ships been so scarce in this port as. to Justify this slow export movement, which Is rather due to the unsatisfactory condition bt the English markets and to the want of proper foresight In having vessels in port ready to take outward cargo a rapidly as It could be given them. There have been upward of 20 en gaged ships In .port for some time. TRIALS OF THE BOS SUET. French, Bark Returns to Honolulu the Second Time. HONOLULU. Nov. 21. The French bark Bossuet, which left here at the end of Ootober, after a stay in port because her master was III, has returned again for tho. same reason. She stopped here at the beginning of October on her way from France to Portland. Captain Pordolne en tering a local hospital. The actions of the vessel are a. puzzle to many 'people, as she had got nearly halt .way to Portland when she turned back this, time. She came round the Horn In ballast, and is under heavy loss for delays here now. RESCUED A CREW, Lanarkshire Picks Up 30 Men From t Darning Steamer. FALMOUTH. Nov. 27. The British ship Lanarkshire, Captain Douglass, from Xqu&Bi. August IS, for the Channel, has enfuid here, haying on board Captain gtopland 3S of the crew of the Italian Etecaer Assidulta. laden with coal, which pf;Jew Orleans October 29, via Nor folk Joeffiler , for Genoa and Naples. Tb&Assiduita. was abandoned on fire No Yexnfrer U in latitude 3S north, longitude 36 West. The crew of the Assidulta were transferred to the Lanarkshire in a heavy sea, during which, two men were Fate ot the Czar. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. Word has been received here that the overdue schooner' Czar, of this city, has been wrecked off the Mexican coast. Her crew, composed of Captain Wagner and eight men, have probably been drowned. William Olsen. owner of the Czar, today received a telegram which said that the wreck of the schooner had been sighted drifting off the coast near Chlmo, 60 miles from San Bias. The Czar left San Bias for this city September 20, and Is 40 days overdue. American Ship Wrecked. LONDON, Nov. 27. Advices received here from Nagasaki, Japan, say that a ship, supposed to be the George Skolfield is ashore near Toi SakI, near the south ern extremity of the western end of Ja pan. There were no fatalities. The ship George Skolfield, of and from San Francisco, October 5, for Port Ar thur was built at Brunswick, Me., in 1S70. She is of 1276 tons net. Is 187 feet 2 Inches long, 38 feet 2 Inches beam and 23 feet 9 Inches deep. She Is owned by the Alaska Packers' Association. Maglnnis Will Claim His eat. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 27. Major Mar tin Maglnnis, who was appointed United States Senator last Spring by Governor Smith, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of W. A. Clark, has gone to Washington to present his claims hefore the Senate. He feels confident that he will be seated over Clark, who, after re signing, was re-appointed by Acting Gov ernor Sprlggs, in the absence of Governor Smith. The River and Harbor Bill. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The House committee on rivers and harbors today continued work upon Its bill, but did nothing save compare ntes on the work with the view later of formulating a bill which will be generally satisfactory. The printed estimates will be received tomor row and the work of putting the com mittee's conclusions on paper will begin then. After the Clipper. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. The Call says that the Southern Pacific Company proposes to compete with the clipper ships that handle coke and Iron pipe com ing to this coast from the East, and In order to secure a share of the traffic has announced a schedule of greatly reduced rates, which will go into effect about December 15. Senator Morgan Re-elected. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 27. The Alabama Legislature toda yballoted in separate houses for United States Sena tor. John T. Morgan received every vote cast. The result will be formally an nounced In Joint session tomorrow. Another Overdue Safe. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 27. The Nor wegian ship Prince Victor has arrived at Honolulu from Newcastle. The Prince "Victor was out &5 days, and 50 per cent reinsurance has been paid on her. Marine Notes. The British ship Astracana arrived up late last evening. She brings a part cargo from Hamburg by way of Califor nia ports. The German Government has placed an order with the Chemalnus mills for a cargo of lumber, and the German bark SIxtus has been ordered from Klao Chou to carry the order to Hamburg. The Canadian steamer Alpha sailed from Vancouver Sunday with a cargo of 20,000 cases of salmon for Japan. This is said to be the first large shipment of salmon that has ever been made across the Pacific. The Norwegian steamship Kvarven ar rived in jesterday morning, and reached port late last evening. She was delayed by fog, and will be unable to discharge her Inward cargo In time to" load and clear this month. The German bark Ellbek, with a full cargo from Antwerp direct, in Balfour, Guthrie & Co.'s regular line, arrived off the mouth of the river yesterday, and will probably come In today. She made a fine run of 122 days. The Canadian Pacific Navigation Com pany has recently launched a new steam er at Victoria and christened her the Otter, in honor of the old Hudson's Bay steamer, which was a frequent visitor at Portland in the early '50s. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Nov. 27. Arrived at 10:10 A. M. and left up at 12 noon Steamer Ful ton, from San Francisco. Arrived in at 10 A. M. and left up at 1:40 P. M. Steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Sailed at 10 A. M. Steamers Del Norte and Robert Dollar, for San Francisco. Sailed at 3 P. M. Norwegian steamship Uni verse, for Vladlvostock; German ship Gertrud, for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Reported outside at 5 P. M. German ship Ellbek. from Antwerp; Con dition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind east; weather hazy. San Francisco, Nov. 27. Arrived Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Astoria. Sailed Steamer City of Puebla, for Vic toria; bark Gatherer, for Tacoma; schooner Annie Larsen, for Tacoma; schooner S. Danielson, for Siuslaw River; schooner Abble, for Coos Bay. Port Ludlow Arrived Nov. 26 Barken tlne Klickitat, from Honolulu. Port Townsend, Nov. 27. Passed Inward British bark Eaton Hall, from Callao. Victoria Arrived Nov. 26 Bark Car rollton, from Kahulul. Honolulu Arrived Nov. 19 Steamer Nippon Maru, from China; Norwegian ship Prince Victor, from Newcastle. Sailed Nov. 14 Ship Charles E. Moody, for Port Townsend. Sailed Nov. 17-Ship Star of Russia, for Port Townsend. San Pedro, Nov. 27. Arrived Schooner Lottie Carson, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Schooner John A., for Gray's Har bor. Seattle Sa'l d Nov. 6 Steamer Cottage City, for Sitka. Redondo, Nov. 27. Arrived Steamer W. H. Kruger, from Gray's Harbor. San Bias Sailed Nov. 25 Schooner Lena Sweasy, for Gray's Harbor. Sydney Arrived Nov. 25 Schooner Inca, from Port Gamble. Manila Sailed Nov. 2 British steamer Pakllng, for Puget Sound. Arrived Nov. 2 Dutch steamer Wilhelmlna, from Ta coma. Falmouh Arrived Nov. 25 British ship Haddon Hall, from Tacoma. New York, Nov. 27. Sailed Kaiser Wil helm der Grosse, for Bremen, via Cher bourg and Southampton; Anchorfa, for Glasgow; Tauric, for Liverpool. Sydney, N. S. W., Nov. 25. Arrived previously Alameda, from San Francis co, via Honolulu and Auckland. London, Nov. 27. Arrived Minnehaha, from New York. Cherbourg. Nov. 27. Arrived Pennsyl vania, from New York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg. Hamburg. Nov. 27. Sailed Graf Wal dersee, for New York. Gibraltar, Nov. 27. Sailed Columbia, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. New York. Nov. 27. Arrived Astoria, from Glasgow and Movllle. Pernambuco Sailed Nov. 25 British ship Lyderhorn, for Victoria. Shanghai, Nov. 27. Sailed British ship Inchcape Rock, for Oregon. Browhead, Nov. 27. Passed Majestic, from New York for Queenstown and Liv erpool. Luclcenb ill's Shortage. ATLANTA, Ga,, Nov. 27. A special to the Journal from Portsmouth, Va., says: Vice-President B. St. John, of the Sea board Air Line, stated that E. D. Luck enblll. the agent of the line at Fernan dlna. Fla., was short in his accounts $30,000. KID CARTER DEFEATED IX SIX ROUNDS AT CHICAGO. Made a Game Fight, hut Stood No Show of Winning Denver Scrap a Draw. CHICAGO, Nov. 27. Tommy Ryan, of Chicago, defeated Kid Carter, of Brook lyn, in six rounds at Tattersalls tonight before a crowd of 5000 people. Ryan had the better of the mill all the way, with the exception of two Intervals In the first and second rounds, when Carter sent him to the mat with right swings. Carter was beaten fearfully about the head and face, and although be went the limit, he fought the last three rounds without knowing much about what he was doing, except that there was a man in front of him whom he had to hit. He fought gamely to the last, and nis superior weight and strength were a heavy handi cap to Ryan. The latter, however, was too clever for Carter, and got inside near ly every swing he made, and blocked three out of five blows that were sent to his body. George Slier awarded the purse toRyan amid loud cheers from the crowd, the applause being fully as much for the game boy from Brooklyn as for the vlcton. The match was at 15S pounds, the men weighing in at 6 o'clock. Both men were under weight, although Carter had six pounds the better of It when they entered the ring. Before the fight began it was announced that December 31, Joe Gans and Terry McGovern would fight In Tattersalls, the men to weigh 133 pounds at 7 o'clock. The match Is to be under straight Queens berry rules, Gans agreeing to stop Mc Govern Inside of six rounds or forreit the decision. Morris Rauch. of Chicago, and Kid Mc Fadden, of San Francisco, came together at 115 pounds, McFadden forfeiting for being overweight. He looked about eight to ten pounds the heavier of the two. They went six very fast rounds, the de cision being given to McFadden. Harry Harris and Clarence Forbes, both of Chicago, fought at 118 pounds. Even money was offered on Harris, with no takers. Harris was given the decision. It was close, the fighting having been fast throughout. It was the first decision ever given against Harris, and the crowd re ceived it with mingled cheers and hoots. The seml-wlnd-up was between Jeff Thorne, of England, and Jack Bcaucholti, of Chicago, at 160 pounds. Thorne was given the decision after two minutes of fighting, Beaucholtl having injured Thorne by a blow below the belt. Beau choltl apologized after delivering the blow. Thorne was quite serevely Injured, and it was three minutes before he was able to walk from the ring. Yanger-Corbctt Fight a Draw. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 27. Benny Yan ger, the "Llpton Slasher," and Young Corbett, of Denver, fought a 10-round draw before the Colorado Athletic As sociation tonight. The decslon was very unpopular and Referee Jack McKenna was hissed by the entire crowd as ha left the ring. Corbett floored Yanger seven times during the fight and was down himself but once. In the eighth round Yanger went to the floor from a. right swing on the Jaw and got up very groggy. Corbett went in to finish him and put him down four times more, each for eight seconds, but he was himself eo tired that he could not land hard enough to knock Yanger out. Yanger recovered strength by the time the ninth round began and fought hard until the end, al though his blows lacked the usual steam. With the exception of the eighth round, when Corbett had all the best of it, Cor bett broke even with Yanger and finished In as good condition, neither being very strong, as the result of their hard fight ing. Fitz Wants to Fight Again. TORONTO, Nov. 27. Robert Fltzslm mons has announced that at the close of his season he will once more enter the ring, and then retire for good. Fitzslm mons also states that another pugilistic star manager tried to fix up a false fight, but he would not consent to any such an arrangement. The declaration that Fitzslmmons will re-enter the ring is understood to mean that there will be a championship battle probably next June. Jeffries, when he agreed to meet- Ruhlln and afterward Sharkey, reserved the right to arrange a match with Fitzslmmons, .should the lat ter respond in due time. Now that Fitz slmmons has announced his intention to battle for the championship, Ruhlln and Sharkey may be obliged to wait according to agreement. Ruhlln and Maher Matched. PHILADELPHIA, 'Nov. 27.-Gus Ruh lln and Peter Maher were today matched to fight six rounds before the Penn Athletic Club in this city, De cember 15. The men wM battle for 50 per cent of the gross receipts with a guarantee of 13500. Twenty Rounds to a Draw. OMAHA, Nov. 27. Perry QUeenan, of Chicago, and Young Peter Jackson fought 20 rounds to a draw here tonight. THE DAY'S RACES. Races at Tanfornn. SAN FTtANCISCO, Nov. 27. Weather at Tanfor&n, fine; track, fast. Results: Six furlongs, selling Round Head won, Princess lltanla second, Thracla third; time, 1:17. One mile, selling Sea Lion won, Dr. Bernays second, Donator third; time, 1:42. Mile and a sixteenth Morina won, Tap pan second, 1 one Such third; time, 1:49. Seven furlougs Eddie Jones won, True Blue second, John A. Morris third; time, 1:27?4. One mile, selling Alee won. Campus second, McNamara third; time, 1:42. Six furlongs, selling Our Lizzie won, High Hoe second, Mike Rice third; time, 1:15. Races at Newport. CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 27. Result at Newport: Five furlongs Orrle Goan won, Sam P. Cochran second, McManus third; time, 1:05. One mile Wine Press won. Momentum second, Nearest third; time, 1:49. Six and a half furlongs Uhlers won, Elsie Barnes second, The Geeser third; time, 1:26. One and a sixteenth miles Flag of Truce won, Winter second, Ida Ledford third; time. 1:54. Six furlongs Trinity Bell won. Glen wood second, Grandon third; time, 1:2SV&. Six furlongs Agitator won, Lord Fra zer second, Lucy Leach third; time, 1:18. Chinese Roused to Resistance. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Ever since the "punitive expeditions" of Von Waldersee began their picknickings at various imperial tombs in North China the query has been, When will the Chi nese begin to look upon this thing as an excess of friendliness by the powers? The answer seems to have come In a dis patch from Von Waldersee to Berlin, in which he makes the announcement that Admiral Ho, with 10,000 Chinese regulars and artillery. Is ready to resist the fur ther advance of the German Colonel Yorck's expedition near Kalgan. No one seems to know why Colonel Yorck is 'near Kalgan while negotiations are going on at Pekln, but the presence of the Chinese there does not seem so inexplicable, when you stop to consider that it's their coun try, or, rather, was their county- for 4000 years of recorded history. We make a specialty of selling the leading brands of straight whiskeys, brandys and wines from the original package. Visitors as well as home people will profit by drinking only genuine unadulterated liquor. The above view shows a section of our sample-room, located in rear of building, where the customer can help himself from the original package. The front of the building is devoted to the wholesale department, where special attention is given to family trade. All orders promptly filled and delivered free of charge. S. A. ARATA & CO., 104 THIRD STREET, NEAR WASHINGTON. IS HIGHLY PROSPEROUS NO COUNTRY ENJOYS BETTER TIMES THAN UNITED STATES. Import and Export Trade Gaining by Leaps and Bounds Statistics on the Subject. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-There is am ple food for Thanksgiving reflections in some figures which the Treasury- Bureau of Statistics has Just presented regarding the commerce and affairs of the United States in these closing months of the year 1900, as compared with conditions at the corresponding date in preceding years and comparing prosperity in the United States with that in other couhtrles. While the whole world Is prosperous, the United States seems to be especially so. Our exports show an Increase of $165,331, 178 In the 10 months ending with October, 1900, as compared with the corresponding 10 months of 1890. and the total for the 10 months Is practically double what It was In the corresponding months of 1S94. This of itself shows a remarkable activity In all lines of production, while the Import as well as the export figures Indicate that the activity in manufacturing lines and consequently the Increased earnings of the millions engaged in these industries must be very great. A' very qortsiderable, share of the materials required, for use In manufacturing comes from abroad, such, for Instance, as India rubber, tin for use in manufacturing tin plate, hemp, jute, sisal, raw silk, cabinet and dye woods, chemicals, hides and skins and certain grades of wool and cotton; and by measuring the growth in the Importa. tion of these irtlcles some Idea of the growth In manufacturing may be ob tained. The total Importation of materials of this class used in manufacturing during the 10 months ending with October, 1900, is $238,257,918, as compared with $214,396,757 In the corresponding months of 1S99, and $127,301,945 in the same months of 1S94. Turning again to the export side, it Is found that the exportation of manufac tures alone amount, In the nine months ending with September, 1900, to $338,678,243, against $277,502,649 In the corresponding months of 1899. and $145,793,834 In the same months of 1895. Thus the exportation of manufactures has increased nearly 25 per cent In one year and more than doubled In the four years .from 1896 to 1900, while the Importation of manufacturers' mate rials has also increased at a very rapid rate. Exports of manufactures of Iron and steel alone amount to $110,000,000 In round numbers In the 10 months ending with October, 1900, against $S6,000.000 In the corresponding months of 1S99 and $51,000, 000 In the corresponding months of 1897, thus having more" than doubled In the three years from 1897 to 1900. Not nnly have the manufacturer and the millions dependent upon his Industry shared in the prosperity of the year, but those engaged in agriculture and mining seem to have been equally prosperous, Judging from the record shown by the fig ures of our export commerce. The expor tation of agricultural products in the 10 months ending with October, 1900, Is, In round terms, $700,000,000, as against $625. 000,000 in the same months of 1899. while the products of the mine, the forest and the fisheries also show an Increase In 1900 of compared with the figures of 1899. This Increase 'n the products of Indus try Is especially Interesting in the fact that In many cases It shows a higher re ward for a given quantity of labor, or, in other words, higher prices received for the article itself, as well as an in crease in the quantity produced and sold. In cotton, for Instance, the average ex port price per pound in the months of September and October, the beginning of the new cotton year, has been 9.9 cents, against 6.7 cents in the same months of the preceding year, while in other agri cultural productions and in various llnejs of manufactures, especially those of Iron and steel, and in the products of the mine, there are Increased prices per unit of quantity, and thus better earnings for those who produce them. A comparison of conditions in the United States with those In other coun tries, as measured by the foreign com merce, indicates a degree of prosperity which compares favorably with any coun try of the world. Our own exports for the 10 months ending with October show an Increase, as has already been noted, of $166,000,000, while in the exports of the United Kingdom the Increase In 10 months is $125,000,000, while the 1900 figures for Belgium. France, Spain and Italy show no Increase in exportatlons during that pait of the year 1900 whose record Is now available. In the case of Belgium, France. Spain, Italy Germany and the United Kingdom, the imports are greater than the exports, while In our own case the exports vastlv exceed the imports, the excess of exports over imports in the 10 months ending with October being $499 667,936, or a greater excess than in the corresponding period of any -preceding year, and a greater excess than that of any other country of the world. It is not improper In this review of the commerce of the year 1900 and compari son with preceding years to also briefly review the decade and century of which it forms the closing year. While It Is not practicable, of course, to give the total Import and export figures for the calen dar year 1900, the Bureau of Statistics has completed the figures of the fiscal year 1900 ending with June 30, and thus made it practicable to compare the com merce of the fiscal year with preceding fiscal years running back to the begin ning of the present form of government. This table, which shows the Imports ana exports and excess of imports or exports in each year from 1790 to 1900, is too long to reproduce In full, but it has been fur ther condensed by the bureau Into a ta ble showing the Imports and exports in 10-year periods from 1790 to 1900, with thu excess of imports or exports In each de cennial period. This table is interesting, not alone In its presentation of the Im port and export record, but especially In Its showing relative to the excess of Im ports or exports during the HO years un der consideration. It will be seen by an examination of the final column of the table, which is presented below, that Im ports exceeded exports almost continu ously prior to the decade 1871-1SS0, and that since that time exports have almost continuously exceeded imports, but that the excess of exports over Imports in the decide Just ending, 1S91-1900, Is extremely large as compared with any preceding decade, while, as already shown, the ex cess of exports over Imports In the sin gle year 1900 will also be greater than in ,any preceding year In Our history. The table- showing the commerce of the United States by decennial periods Is as follows: Imports. 1790-1SO0 $ 614,845,454 1S01-1S10 927,663.510 1811-1820 808,119274 1821-1830 729.4S8.7S5 1831-1840 , 1,195,206,786 1841-1850 1,180,947,790 1S51-1SC0 ; 2,S44,750,360 1S61-1S70 .., 3,318,670,2is6 1S71-1S8) 5,352,215,118 1SS1-1S90 6,921,865,217 1S91-190O 7,633,052,006 Total $31,526,824,646 Net excess of exports, 1790 to 1900 NICARAGUA CANAL BILL. Lukewarm Support ot Several Sena torn One Danger That Threatens. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. The one dan ger that threatens the Nicaragua canal bill is the lukewarm support it will re ceive from some of the Republican Sen ators. Regardless of the enormous pres sure that is being exerted by the people at large to have this legislation enacted at the approaching session, there are a number of Senators who still assert that there is no occasion for haste In the mat ter, and are not ready at this time to bus tle themselves and secure the passage of this most important piece of legislation. Prominent among this class of Senators is Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, who, shortly after his arrival in Wash ington, gave out a statement that he "did not think there should be hasty legisla tion, owing to the Importance of the sub ject." If the Senator came from a coast state, and particularly a Pacific Coast state, he would hear from his constitu ents in no unmistakable terms after such a declaration as that reached them. If a sufficient number of these Senators can be aroused to the real Importance of passing this bill at the coming session, there will be no difficulty In getting It through. And yet, in spite of his declara tion regarding the Nicaragua canal bill, Senator McCumber states In the same sentence, almost, that he b el elves the ship subsidy bill should be passed at the coming session, without fall. Warfare If we understand the rules of civil ized warfare, anything which makes for the goring of the Antrlo-Saxon ox is in violation of these Detroit Journal. in lit is ::-V V V . TSt-VI r vTTiV-X-Br - m ttzmi&tez&Psii.Z' j&&i sj; &-zzr.z:L r. ws '. n WseN JL.IAIRBANK LOMPANY Vv-SAJilLAtiU , -Jl ..-..- A - TTnfiniilnTa WORK FOR NEXT CONGRESS NORTHWEST REPRESENTATIVES HAVE FEW ON CALENDAR. Oregon and Washington Most Con cerned in Appropriation Meas ures Yet to Be Framed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. An examina tion of the calendars of the Senate and House for December 3, the first day of the coming session, does not disclose a very large number of bills introduced by Oregon or Washington representatives which are in line to be taken up at the short session, but, as usual, the most important pieces of legislation for which these two delegations will contend will be embraced In the general appropria tion bills yet to be framed. The Senate calendar does not show a single public bill by either of the Oregon Senators which has been reported, but Senator Foster's bill to appropriate funds Excess of Exports. $ 126,807,942 1S34S.440 21S.227.W9 35,178,548 159.704,776 14,60L567 2,876,763 77SJ406.1S7 540.798,8?5 72fi.4M.769 2,615,343,320 Exports. $ 487,947,512 745,315,061 589,892,223 694,310,237 1,085,502,010 1,195,549,357 2,488,874,604 2,543,264,099 5,893,007,193 7,651,354,976 10,248,395,3S6 $33,573,412,65S .$2,046,558,012 for conducting investigations and tests of American timber has a place pretty well down on the list. Unless the Senate goes through the list with great rapidty, this measure will not be reached in the three short months, unless taken up out of its regular order. There will, of course, be a few bills general in character, suoh as apply to mining operations and public lands, which will be applicable to Oregon as well as other states, but these were not introduced by members of either delega tion. In the House there is a slightly better showing. On the House calendar Is a bill by Mr. Tongue for, the creation of the Crater Lake National Park, reported by Mr. Moody at the last session, and a bill by Mr. Moody, extending to Oregon, Washington and California section 8 of the timber culture laws, which by an Inadvertence was not made applicable to these three publc-land states. This bill, It may bo added, was passed through the Senate last session by Senator Si mon. Representative Jones, of Washington, has two bills on the House calendar, one prohibiting the creating of new forest reserves, or the enlargement of existing reserves, except by the consent of Con gress, and the other prohibiting the es tablishment or extension of forest re serves in the State of Washington, ex cept by act of Congress. A bill by Rep resentative Lacey, of Iowa, to prohibit the location of mining claims in Alaska by power of attorney will also be of much interest to Oregon and Washington, and have the support of both delegations. Other bills on the calendar of the com mittee of the whole House of Interest to the Northwest, are as follows: Mr. Tongue's bill amending the act pro- me waier mattes vour come out perfectly free fromrease. ' almost a pleasure to T WASHING x. .m ..-, -. -. mm.. m. &I.L,WJ1S, JKW UK1L, "--ilamii 1 1 in r imiimnT - r - - M' - " vldng for the allotment of lands in sev eralty to Indians on the various reser vations, and extending the protection of the United States laws to the, Indians. A bill, already passed by the Senate, for the establishment of lighthouses and fog signals on the coast of Alaska. A bill Introduced by Mr. Cushman ap- propriating $1600 to investigate the fish ery interests on the Pacific Coast. ana Mr. Moody's double minimum refunding bill: Representative Lacey's measure ex tending to Alaska the timber and stona acts, extending the system of .public sur veys and amending the homestead act ia that territory. NO GOOD TO COME. Therefore Joint High. Commission. Will Not Be Called Again. WASHINGTON, Nov. 38. Although! there has been talk of another session of the Joint High Commission, the prob abilities are that it will not be called together, because the Administration 13 quite convinced that no good can be ac complished. The principal matter in dis pute before the commission before was the Alaskan boundary, and by the mo dus Vivendi that boundary has been set tled for all time. Of course a modus Vi vendi means for the time being, and. in this particular case the time being Is meant to last until the crack of doom, evidently. The modus Is such that it doe3 not need to be confirmed by the Senate and is fixed, until, so the doeument reads, the two nations agree upon a permanent boundary line. As neither nation Will agree upon any other line than that as at present located, and as tho United States would hardly dare give up the territory in the Porcupine- district, and England will not relinquish her claims to land on the American side of the provis ional boundary, it ia likely that this modus will go on from year to year until somebody finally concludes that it ha3 been that way so long It might as well ba accepted as the permanent boundary. There are other features the Joint High Commission are also hired to unravel, one of the principal being the sealing and bonding privilege which has given so much concern to shipping interests along the northern border of the United States that have to enter into competition with Canadian roads. The seal fisheries, and In fact every other question would ba rather hard to settle. It Is understood that the Administration does not want the commission to meet unless there is prospect of it accomplishing something. In other words, he does not want our diplomacy made ridiculous again as it was by the last meeting 'of the commis sion. The Process of Restoration. New York World. Senator-elect Bailey's notion of rehabili tating the Democracy Is through a "pro cess of elimination, subtraction and ad dition." A good idea! Eliminate tho Populistic fads and the free-silver fallacy. Subtract the "personally conducted" cam paign of the Presidential candidate. Add the Democratic principles and policies that vivified the party from the days of Jefferson to the time of Cleveland, but which were laid aside in favor of fusion and frenzy In 1816. So shall tha party regain the people's confidence. Tom Barry, of North Yakima, Is re ported lost. 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