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j&mrmx jSk $ vsmmm, &it VOL. XL. is'O. 12,477. PORTLAND, ORLGpy, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Any Size Any Quantity MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete assortment o f all kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE. President. P. M. 8HEPARD, JR., Treasurer. J. A. SHEPABD. Secretary. During the month of December WE WILL RETAIL Cameras and Photographic Supplies AT WHOLESALE PRICES BLUMAUER.FRANK DRUG CO. 144-146 FOURTH STREET, PORTLAND, OR. Shaw's Pure Malt The Condensed Strength and Nutriment of Barley and Rye BlUmaiier & HOCfl, IOS and HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Sts. .... PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN t-i .. - , , -. Rooms-Single 75c to $1-60 per day First-Class Check Restaurant Rooms Double $1.00 to $2.00 per day Connected With Hotel. Rooms Family $1.50 to 53.00 per day J.F.DAVIES.Prej. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. HiGH-GRADE PERFUMES At Special Prices We Place on Sale This Morning SPECIAL PER OUNCE. Pivers Le Trefle Af Rosirls 4cJC " Roger & Gallet's Entire Line Pinaud's Latest Productions Le Reine Violelte INairissa Violette Ricksecker's Golf Queen FREE. An original package of Lundborgs Hcllo-Vlolet Sachet to every customer at our perfume counter. tee their cenuineness. Gifts We have, without niifi;tlrn-th lr gest and most beautiful variety of articles appropriate for nrftsftntation VXhthr it'c fhrictmc nut New Year's Gift, Engagement Gift, Wedding Gift, or Anniversary Gift, you will find in our Holiday Stock the finest selection in the Northwest. And allow us to suggest that you Select Early. We Will Reserve Articles If Desired. Store Open Evenings In December jtf&.fkdwAeh-. Diamond Importers. Manufacturing Jewelers. THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS Be Wise in Your Purchases Before deciding upon the purchase of a piano, you should hear the PIANOLA. It Is on exhibition at our warerooms. ,You may wish to buy a PIANOLA and In vest less money than, you originally Intended in the piano itself, and get the full benefit of It: or you may even wish to -ent a piano temporarily and purchase the ability to play upon it anything you desire whenever your mood calls for it. It would be at least judicious to hear the PIANOLA. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent Tor the Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington Street cor. Park. Portland. Or. JVe are Sole Agents for the Pianola; also for the Stelnway, Chase and Emerson Pianos. The Livestock Exhibition. CHICAGO, Dec 7. This was College Day at the International Livestock Ex position. The regular Judging of stock has been finished, and today 23 students, representing the agricultural colleges with the exhibits In the various depart ments, started Inspecting and passing on the merits of the animals on exhibition that had not been passed upon by the regular Judges. Prizes ot $1000 In cash and a silver cup are offered to the stu dents showing the best judgment, this r.lnt to bo decided by the regular judges, who will examine the stock passed upon ty the students and decide on the merits cf the different animals. The work of e students drew an immense crowd to 4e exposition. The two days' sale of Aberdeen-Angus breeding cattle was closed today, 100 ani mals having been sold at a general aver ago of $340 each The Shorthorn sale was also closed today. Nlnety-slx ani mals brought 522.33, a general average of $336 per head. In the two days sale of Galloway cattle, 100 animals were sold tor $27,E95. an average of $278 each. Any Style 73-73 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. C. T. BELCHER. Sec and Trees. American plan $1.25. J1.&0. JL75 European plan 50c. 75c. $1.00 51c 46c 29c WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. Popular-Price Druggists Fourth and Washington Sts. Out-of-Town Orders Given Careful Attention Il&r: A Santa Fe Extension. DENVER, Dec. 7. A special to the Re publican from Santa Fe. N. M., says: The Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Pacific Railroad Company this afternoon filed In corporation papers at the office of the Territorial Secretary. The capital stock is $2,250,000. Altogether, 150 miles of road Is to be constructed. It is to run from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, connecting with the Denver & Rio Grande at San Pedro. A branch line is to be constructed commencing 10 miles south of San Pedro, to connect with the propo-ed extension of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad. To Demand Release of May. WASHINGTON, Dec 7. The State De partment has Instructed Minister Hunter, at Guatemala City, to demand the release of May, the American engineer who was arrested while about to leave Guatemala, if May's statement Is true that he had undertaken to leave behind him. an at torney of record. GROUT BILL PASSED House Disposed of Oleomar garine Measure. THE VOTE WA$ 196 TO 92 Substitute Offered by the Minority of - the Committee "Was Defeated by a Good Majority A Long Debate. WASHINGTON, Dec 7. The House to diy passed the Grout oleomargarine bill by a vote of 1S6 to 92. The substitute of fered by the minority of the committee on agriculture, which imposed additional restrictions on the sale of oleomargarine, to prevent Its fraudulent sale as butter, and Increased the penalties for violations, was defeated by a vote of 113 to ITS. The bill, as passed, makes all articles known as oleomargarine, butterine. Imi tation butter or imitation cheese, trans ported Into any state or territory for con sumption or sale, subject to the police power of such state or territory, but pre vents any state or territory from forbid ding the transportation or sale of such product when produced or sold free from coloration, in imitation of butter. The bill increases the tax on oleomargarine, colored in imitation of butter, from 2 to 10 cents per pound, and decreases the tax on oleomargarine, uncolored, from 2 cents to of 1 cent per pound. A long and interesting debate preceded the vote, in the course of which those who favored the Grout bill claimed that the additional tax on colored oleomar garine was the only effective remedy for preventing fraud upon the public while those who opposed it contended that fraud would be prevented by the substitute, and that the real purpose of the Grout bill was to destroy the oleomargarine Indus try. The Debate. Henry (Rep. Conn.), who is in charge of the measure, opened the debate In its support. He explained the features of the bill. The Increase of the tax on colored Imitation butter, he said, the 'majority of the committee on agriculture believed was absolutely necessary to protect the dairy interests of the country. The enor mous amount of frajd and illegal selling of oleomargarine, he said, was due to the great profits derived from the sale of the imitation, because of Its absolute counterfeit of butter. Thirty-two states already had absolutely forbidden the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine col ored in Imitation of butter, he said, and this fact proved conclusively the pol'cy of a large majority of the people against the existence of manufactured butter In counterfeit form. Henry went exhaust ively into the figures as to the cost of the article to show that. Including the payment of the present Internal revenue tax of 2 cents. It 'was not more than 10 cents per pound. Henry said the income of the tax would prevent the large profits which were the Incentive to violate the laws of the state and Government and defraud Innocent purchasers, while the reduction of the tax on oleomargarine in its natural color would enable those who desired to consume it to procure It at a lower cost than heretofore. The Minority's Substitute. Wadsworth (Rep. N. Y.), chairman of the committee on agriculture, who with six other members of the committee signed the minority report against the Grout bill, asserted with emphasis that the minority was Just as earnest In its desire to prevent the fraud now prac ticed in the sale of imitation butter as the majority could be. The only dif ference was that the minority recog nized the value of oleomargarine as a wholesome and nutritious article of food, and entitled to a place as a food product. In support of this statement he read the testimony of a number of scientific men. He charged that the purpose of the sup porters of the Grout bill was to destroy the manufacture of oleomargarine, not to regulate its sale. The bill prepared by the minority, he added, would eliminate all possibility of fraud by compelling the sale of oleomargarine in original pack ages of one or two pounds, stamped with the word "oleomargarine," and bearing the Internal revenue tax stamp, and im posing additional and heavy penalties for violation of the law. Grout (Rep. Vt.), In support of the bill, declared that Its purpose was to sup gress 'fraud In the sale of a food product by preventing the coloring of oleomar garine In Imitation of butter. Over 104, 000.000 pounds of oleomargarine had been manufactured and sold last year. That was about one-ninth of the total of the butter consumption of the United States. "Do you not think that the enactment of a substitute would prevent fraud In the sale of oleomargarine?" asked Burke (Dem. Tex.). "I do not," replied Grout. "The public would have no more protection than it has now." Grout produced figures to show that oleomargarine cost less than 9 cents per pound, and is worked off on the public by the retailer at from IS to 30 cents per pound. He gave a practical Illustration of the manner in which oleomargarine Is sold by having brought Into the House a box full of packages of what looked like butter. Each was wrapped- in brown wrapping-paper. The packages were passed around, and after they had been examined Grout defied any one to tell whether they contained butter or oleo margarine. Then he turned up a cor ner of the wrapping-paper, which had been apparently carelessly folded down, and displayed the printed sign, "oleomar garine" Lorimer (Rep. 111.) made a vigorous speech In opposition to the bllL Bailey (Rep. Kan.) supported the sub stitute. He said that laboring men from all parts of the country had protested to the committee against the Grout bill. Grosvenor (Rep. O.) opposed the Grout bill, which, he said, was designed to destroy one Industry for the benefit of another. He said that if the manufacture of oleomargarine was de stroyed as the bill would destroy It, the cost of butter to the laboring men would increase 23 per cent. Lamb (Dem. Ala.) and Davidson (Rep. Wis.) supported the bill. Williams (Dem. Miss.), a member of the agricultural com mittee, favored the substitute. Tawney (Rep. Minn.), who has ieen closely identi fied with the proposed legislation, closed the debate with a speech In favor of the Grout bill. Vote on Amendments. The bill was read for amendment under the flve-mlnute rule, and many members secured recognition for the purpose of ex tending their remarks in the record. Bartlett (Dem. Ga.) moved to strike out the proviso that nothing In the bill should be construed to permit any state to for bid the manufacture or sale of oleomar garine In such form as would advise the consumer of its real character, frea from color The amendment was Jost, 4S to 117. An amendment was adopted providing that the act should go Into effect July 1, 1S0L Bailey (Dem. Tex.) closed the debate against the bill. He contended that the pretense of the bill that It was to pre vent fraud was Itself a fraud. Wadsworth, on behalf of tl(e minority of the committee, then offered the substi tute prepared by the mlnorjty. The sub stitute was defeated, 113 to 78. Tote on the Bfctl. The bill was then passed, 196 to 92. Those voting in the negative were: Aldrich. Allen (Ky.). Allen (Miss.), Bailey (Kan.), Bailey (Tex.J. Ball, Bank head, Bartholdt, Bartlett, Bellamy, Bou tell, Brantly (Ga.), Bromwill, Broussard (La.), Burke (Tex.), Burkeson, Burnett, Burton, Carmack, Catchlngs, Clayton (Ala.), Clayton (N. T.), Cooper (Tex.), Cowherd, Cummlngs, Cussack, Davis, De Graffenreld, Floley, Fleming. Fos'ter, Fowler, Fox, Gaines, Gayle, Griggs (Ga.), Grosvenor, Hawley, Hay, Hedge, Henry (Miss.), Henry (Tex.), Johnstone, Joy, Kitchln, Kleberg, Lanham, Lasslter, Lat imer, Lester, Lewis, Llnney, Little. Liv ingston, Long, Lorimer, Loud, Lovering, McClellan, McCulloch, McDermott, Mann, McClaln, McRea, Laphen. Noonan, Pearce, Pierce, Ransdell, ' Rhea (Ky.), Rhea (Va.), Richardson, Shephard, Sims, Slayden, Smith (Ky.), Snotigrass, Park ham, Stephens (Tex.), Stewart (Wis.), Stokes, Talbert, Taylor (Ala.).. Terry, Thomas (N. C), Underwood, Wadsworth, Wheeler, White, Williams! (Miss.), Wil son (S. C.) J Payne, chairman of the w&ys and means committee, reported the wir revenue re duction bill. He gave notice that he would call up the bill after the disposi tion of the legislative appropriation bill, probably Tuesday. On account of the centennial exercises In the House Wednesday, It was agreed that the ses sion that day should begin at 3:15 P. M., and at 5:50 o'clock Ihe House adjourned. PLEASED WITH AMERICANS Earl LI Says a Good "Vord for Our Soldiers. PEKIN, Dec 7. LI Hung Chang has informed General Chaffee that he and all the people of the Province of Chi LI are extremely pleased and gratified at the be havior of the American troops toward the Chinese. This Is considered no light mat ter. From all sections of the portion of the city under American supervision come words of praise; thankfulness and com mendation regarding the behavior of the Americans. Germany Wants an Indemnity. BERLIN, Dec 7. Before the budget committee tqday the' Imperial Chancellor, Count von Bulow asked for an Indem nity for the dispatch of the expedition to China, as well as the expenses thereof, and declared the troops sent to China would certainly be disbanded as soon as the work there Is accomplished, as a legal basis neither existed nor -yfould be1 created for their permanent embodiment. After Baron von Reichthofen, the Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, had anrounced that the treaty with China would not, pre sumably. Impose on Germany the obliga tion of maintaining guards in the Province of Pe Chi Li. but merely grant the right of maintaining guardstthe- committee! adopted the motion for an lndeIstIy2, t Carrying- Off Chinese Treasares. BERLIN, Dec 7. The correspondent of the Deutsche Zeltung writes that German marine officers discovered Sir Claude Mac Donald, ex-British Minister at Pekln. and Lady MacDonald personally superintend ing coolies who were carrying' off treas ures from the Chinese Imperial Palace to the British Legation buildings. Oxnard Married arolald. NEW YORK, Dec 8. The "World says: "On the Deutschland, which arrived here yesterday, were Henry T. Oxnard, of San Francisco, president of the two American beet-sugar associations, and his bride, formerly Mile. Marie Plchon, maid of Mr. Oxnard's sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert Oxnard. They were married in Paris No vember 15, but the marriage was not an nounced until the Deutcchland's arrival." The Manchcsters at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Dec. 7. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Eugene Zim merman, father of' the Duchess, arrived here tonight and were Immediately driven to the Zimmerman residence. The Dake and Duchess will remain here until after Christmas, when they will visit Mrs. Yseaga, the grandmother of the Duke, at Natchez, Miss. From there they will pro ceed to the Pacific Coast. .SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Congress. The House passed the Grout oleomargarine bllL Pasrel. The Senate will take Its first vote on the Hay Pauncefote treaty Thursday. Page 1. The war-revenue bill was reported to the House, and will be called up Tuesday. Page 2. Appropriation of $10,000 asked for a launch for Columbia River customs service. Page 4. Federal Government. Bids were received at the Navy Department for five battle-ships and six. cruisers. Page 1. The Paclflo SQuadron has been ordered to pro ceed at once to South America. Page 2. Philippines. Trade dollars may be coined in the Islands. PageS. Several engagements are reported In Luzon. Page 3. Foreign. Relations are strained between Holland and Portugal. Page 2. Kruger abandons bis trip to European capitals. Page 2. Chamberlain promises civil government to the Boer Republics. Page 3. Countess Castellane's yacht Walhalla has been seized for debt. Pase 3. Domestic. Vice-President Hayden. of the New York Cen tral, was killed by Jumping or falling from a window. Page 3. Jessie Morrison testified In her own behalf In her trial at Eldorado. Kan. Page 10. Pacific Coast. Annual convention of the Oregon-Idaho Y. M. C. A. began at Eugene yesterday. Page 4. Captain Worrick. formerly of the Second Ore gon Volunteers, has been recommended for promotion. Page 4. Oregon City will sell $12,000 worth of sewer bonds. Page 4. Famous colors of the Second Oregon Volun teers now adorn the walls of the State- house. Page 4. The three victims of the Seattle murderous assault Wednesday are In a critical condi tion. Page 4 Commercial and Marine. The wheat market showing renewed strength. Page 11. Weekly trade reviews. Page 5. Portland ships another 50.000-barrel flour cargo. Page 10. Delayed steamship Columbia reaches port. Page 10. Vessel property Increasing In value. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Some prUe-wInaers at the Chicago livestock show have been bought for Oregon. Page 8. The Wolff & Zwlcker Iron -Works placed la the bands of a receiver. Pare 12. " " THE CANAL TREATY Test Vote in the Senate Will Occur Thursday, ITS FATE WILL BE DECIDED Agreement Reached to Vote on the Fortifications Amendment That Day Yesterday's Debate in Secret Session. WASHINGTON. Dec 7. No business nf Importance was transacted by the Sen ate today In open session. Practically SIR JULIAN The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, .now before the United States Senate, was framed by British Ambassador Sir Julian Pauncefote and Secretary of State John Hay. It Is designed to re place the Clayton-Bulwer treaty by enlarging Its provisions so that the Nicaragua Canal, when constructed and maintained by the United States, shall be neutral and free to the commerce ot all the world. An amendment to this treaty Is now pending In the Senate pro viding that the United States shall fortify the approaches to the canal. To this Great Brit ain will probably not consent. , the entire legislative day was consumed by an executive session. The developments In executive session in connection with the Hay-Pauncefote treaty were: An agreement on the part of the Senate to vote on the amendment offered by the committee on foreign re lations, providing for the policing of the canal, -next Thursday, at S o'clock; an amendment offered by Teller striking out the treaty prohibition, against the fortifi cation of the Nicaragua Canal when con structed; the conclusion of Morgan's speech; a speech by Teller In opposition to the treaty. An agreement for a vote on the committee amendment was se cured soon after the executive session, be gan. It was reached by unanimous con sent at a request made by Lodge Lodge did not ask to have a date fixed for a vote on the treaty Itself, believing that the fate of the measure will be deter mined by the result of the vote on the amendment. In the ppen session. Galllnger (Rep., N. H.) presented a telegram addresed to the President of the Senate, from N. F. Thompson, secretary of the Southern In dustrial Commission, now in session at New Orleans, to the effect that the con vention, had passed a resolution favor ing the early passage by Congress of a ship subsidy bill for all American vessels which shall be equitably based upon the tonnage actually carried, besides com pensation for carrying the mails. In presenting a report of a committee of physicians upo nthe filtration of the water supplied to the City of Washing ton, Galllnger called attention to the fact that the rate In this city from that disease was seven or eight times as great as Jn European cities of the same class. At 1:35, on motion of Lodge, the Senate went into executive session. Morgan (Dem., Ala.) In his speech, went over the same grounds covered by him yesterday, saying he desired simply to clear up some misapprehension concerning his position. Teller (Sll., Colo.) spoke for about two hours, giving notice of his amendment at the beginning of his address. The amendment suggested relates to section 7 of article 2 of the treaty. As that sec tion now stands It reads as follows: "No fortifications shall be erected com manding the canal or waters adjacent. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and dis order." The Colorado Senator's amendment pro vides for the striking out of the first sentence of this provision and for verbal changes in the remaining portion, making It read as follows: "The United States shall be at liberty to maintain such military force along the canal as may be necessary to protect It against lawlessness and disorder." Teller contended that If the United States desired to build the canal; it should proceed to do so without trying to secure the consent ot" Great Britain. He said that the opinion of Secretary Hay that the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was necessary as a pre ceding performance after all was only the opinion of one man. Then he quoted from public documents In which two former Secretaries of State had differed In their opinions in this respect.- He also showed that in some Instances there had been breaches of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. He quoted Secretary Evarts as saying that the guarantee of neutrality Is one thing while the question Is un settled and quite another when the' canal shall be opened to the interests, ambi tion and cupidity of the commercial na tions nd Is occupied by populations of foreign allegiance and discordant habits. Secretary Blaine was also quoted on the same point. Replying to Morgan, Teller expressed the opinion that Great Britain would never permit her resentment of independ ent action by the United States to lead her to begin hostilities, because her ma terial Interest in maintaining peace with this country Is too great, but he argued that to ask English assent to the con struction ot the canal was to admit that that country had a right to express dis sent. That position, he said, never would be accepted by the people ot this country. FATE OF CANAL TREATY. Awaited in England With More In terest Than Anxiety. NEW YORK, Dec 7. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The fate ot the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is awaited here 'with more Interest than anxiety. Its rejection" or even an amend ment In the spirit hostile to the Suez regu lations will be regarded as a sign that the American Senate Is bent upon ending rather than mending the Clayton-Bulwer PAUNCEFOTE. convention and upon doing this, more over. In an offensive way. The British. Government did not take the initiative In opening negotiations for a revision of the convention of 1S30. It merely responded in a most friendly spirit to a suggestion, from the State Depart ment that the time had come for adapting an antiquated treaty to altered conditions in a spirit of mutual accommodation and good will. It conceded everything that was asked and merely stipulated that the Suez principles should be applied to any canal under American control. The re jection of the convention will be consid ered as an Indication that the American Government does not know its own mind and that it does not value the concessions made In response to Its own solicitations. The adoption of a fortifications amend ment will be the signal for a strong press agitation here against a departure from Suez practice, and the Foreign Office will have the public support If It declines to accept the treaty in a new form. It is un derstood in diplomatic circles here that Lord Salisbury at the outset of the nego tiations expressed a willingness to settle the canal question if he could receive an assurance that the treaty would have the support of the Senate and that the vari ous Senators of the foreign relations committee were consulted in advance whether they had committed themselves or not to the treaty. Territory for the Canal. CHICAGO. Dec. 7. A special to the Record from Washington says: Nicaragua and Costa Rica have an nounced their willingness to grant a lease to the United States for a period of 200 years of the territory necessary for the construction of the projected Nicaragua Canal. The terms are regarded'aSjSnod erate. It is understood thatNfcaragua and Costa Rica will accept bonds, the value of those to be accepted by the former government to be less than $6, OCO.OOO and by the latter to be less than $1,500,000. PRESBYTERIAN CREED. Committee Draws TJp a. Resolntion "Which Will He Voted on Today. WASHINGTON. Dec 7. The Presbyte rian committee ot 16 today voted seriatim on tne nve propositions submitted by va rious members having for their object the revision of or a supplemental state ment to the confession of faith. The out I come of the voting and accompanying i discussion was the formation of a com bined resolution embodying as nearly as , possible the individual views of the mem bers. The vote on this DroDositlon w:ll be taken tomorrow. The proposition adopted by the committee at this session will be subjected to alteration or change at a subsequent meeting to be held be fore the General Assembly convenes In May. "W. C. T. XT. Convention Ended. WASHINGTON, Dec 7. The National W. C T. U. contention came to a close today after a successful and Interesting week. Most of the closing day was de voted to superintendents' reports. A recommendation of the executive commit tee that the National W. C. T. U. should own and control an official organ was adopted, a was also a resolution de claring that the union should work for the adoption of a Constitutional amend ment prohibiting polygamy, IDS FOR WARSHIPS Tenders Opened by Secre tary Long Yesterday, FOR ELEVEN NEW VESSELS Eight Bidders Competed, but So Awards Have Been Made Yet Figures Submitted by Mo ron Bros., of Seattle. J WASHINGTON, Dec 7. Never sine the birth of the new Navy has there: been such a gathering of shipbuilders and meUI kings as were assembled In the office of the Secretary of the Navy today to witness the opening of bids for an amount of naval construction which Sec retary Long denominated as the greatest Industrial event this or any other coun try has ever seeiv Involving the placing of contracts for about $50,000,000. The Sec retary left the Cabinet meeting for the, purpose of presiding at the ceremony. Associated with him were the chiefs of the great Naval Bureaus, Admiral Hlch born. Admiral Melville, Admiral O'Nelt and others. Among the spectators were Henry Scott, Charles and Edwin Cramp; Mr. Trigg, of, the Richmond Locomotive Works; President Morse, Manager New man and John Lindsay, of the New York Shipbuilding Compmy. the new Delaware River concern; Manager Clarke, of the Miles Tool Company; Lewis Nixon, of the Crescent Works; President Olcott. Judge Payson and Manager Post, of the New port News Works; E. O. Wellington and H. T. Elwell, of the Fore River Works, of Massachusetts: the Moran Bros., of Seattler President Taylor and Mr. Tar bett. of the Risdon Shipbuilding Com pany; John Dialogue, ot Camden, and a number of others Identified with ship building. There were eight bidders, and most of the bids were well within the limit of cost allowed by Congress for the ships. The notable feature was an attempt ot the younger and smaller firms to break the line of the older organizations which have constructed all the vessels of the new Navy up to this time. While It Is not possible at this moment to forecast results accurately, there are Indications that In at least one instance, and perhaps two Instances, these attempts will be at tended with some degree of success, for It looks as If some ot the work will be bestowed upon the Fore River Company, which appears for the first time as a bid der for constructing armored ships. The Pacific Coast, too, presents a likely can didate in the Morons' bid. Because of changes made in the speci fications, the general tendency of which is to reduce considerably the equipment of ships. It is not possible yet to tell which of. the bids are actually the lowest. A3 adneyaYeafollbsrisr- -!.." Armored cruisers: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, one sheathed and coppered. $3,800,000; one without sheathing, $3,750,000: another un der the same conditions, $3,750,000, making two in all. William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, one sheathed, but uncoppered. $3,890,000; one unsheathed. $3,780,000. Newport. News Shipbuilding Company, one sheathed and coppered, $3,883,000; one without sheathing. $3,775,000. Moran Bros. & Co., Seattle. Wash., one sheathed and coppered, $4432,000. or two at $4.00S,C00 each; one without sheathing, $3,963,000. or two at J3.SS4.000 each. Fore River Shipbuilding & Locomotive Works, Qulncy, Mass.. one sheathed and coppered. $3,975,000. or two at $3,930,000 each; Iwthout sheathing, one for $3,800,000 and two at $3,775,000 each. The" same bid also is made for two more ships at the same price and under the same conditions under the act of 1900. The preceding bidders, Moran Bros. & Co. and the Newport News Company, made similar proposi tions. John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden, N. J., one unsheathed for $3,825,000; another under the act of 1900 at the same price. Risdon Iron & Locomotive Works. Saa Francisco, one without sheathing, $4,075, 000. Battle-ships: Cramp & Sons, one sheathed and cop pered, $3,600,000. Newport News Company, one sheathed and coppered, $3,593,000; one unsheathed, $3,540,000. Fore River Works, one for $3,550,000, or two for $3,555,000 each, all sheathed and coppered; without sheathing, one for $3,430,000, or two for $3,405,000 each. Abid is also submitted for two more at the same prices under the act ot 1900. John H. Dialogue & Son, one sheathed and coppered. $3,400,000; one without sheathing, $3,290,000; another at the same figure under the act ot 1900. Bath Iron Works, one sheathed and cop pered. $3,590,000. New York Shipbuilding Company, one sheathed and coppered. $4,200,000, or two at $4,175,000 each; without sheathing, one for $4,100,000 or two for $4,075,000 each. This firm offers to reduce the time limit of completion six months. Moran Bros. & Co., Seattle, one sheathed and coppered, $3,865,000, or two at $3,697,000 each; without sheathing, one for $3,697,000, or two for $3,5S5.000 each. Bids also are made for two more at the same price under the act of 1900. This firm also offers to reduce the limit about six months. Union Iron Works, one unsheathed, $3,460,000. , A Naval Board will consider the bids and report on them. The act of Congress limits the cost of cruisers to $3,600,000 each, and of the battle-ships to $4,250,000 for the sheathed, and 51,000.000 for the un sheathed. Secretary Long expressed him self as pleased with the result of the bid ding, so far as he could perceive it from the hasty reading of the bids. He felt that, on the whole, the latter were very liberal. The Warship Described. The three battle-ships authorized by the act of March. 1899, were never contracted for, owing to delays In the procurement of armor bids and in the completion of designs, and controversy as to whether the new superimposed turrets should be dsed in their construction. Inability to reach a satisfactory conclusion In regard to sheathing delayed construction of the three armored cruisers authorized by the same act. These points have been ad justed. The five new battle-ships, namely, the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Vir ginia and Rhode Island, are divided Into two classes to compromise upon the con troversy as to their turret systems. Three are sheathed and copperpd, and will carry superimposed turrets; the other two are to be unsheathed vessels, having the "quadrilateral arrangement" cf eight Inch turrets. To meet the contingency that the bids may be In excess of the authorized cost, the bidders were, how- (Concluded on Second Pago.) rcs o-i c