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(B&Bds. Wi W VV -. LIBRARY, Portland, - Oregon :JL, Dtttttt fjeptttm PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XL. NO. 12,501. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 5, 1901. 1 if ill iapj&gjCEgeggSsSf,aMFSS. Any Size Any Quantity Any Style 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 BIG RAILROAD DEAL R. H. PEASE. President. P. M. BKEPAKD. JR., Treasurre. J. X. BHEFARD&pecretsry. Jecre 73-75 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. 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 Rme BllimaUer & HOCh, !08 and HO Fourth Street , Sole Distributers for Oregon James J. Hill Takes C. M. & St, P. in the STORY IN CHICAGO AND ST. PAUL dent of the St. Paul, -who arrived In Chi cago, late tonight.. sald the report of any deal Involving the absorption of his road was not true; v 1 f Foundation ferwthe Report. MILWAUKEE, Wls..jJan. 4. The Even ins Wisconsin today says: It la, learned through railroad and finan cial sources that cannot be questioned, that there Is more foundation for the ru- kee & St. Paul Railroad to the North-Si ern Pacific and Great Northern than the persons Interested care to admit. In this connection, President Roswell Miller's qualifying-statement, "no lease has been made yet," la regarded as significant. SECOND CANADIAN ROAD. HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Sts. . . . PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Checlc Restaurant Connected "With. Hotel. Rooms, Single... ..,... 75c to $L50 per day Rooms Double $1.00 to.J2.00 per day Rooms Family. $1.50 to $3.00 per day J. F. DAVIES, Pros. C T. BELCHER. Sec. and Trcas. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. American plan $1.25, $1.60, $1.75 plan 50c, 75c, $1.00 European IT MIGHT INTEREST YOU . 'ha-poDuIarlty, of the. Elane.l$ In this eotratrvilluijnprecedented in the history: f 1 of anjmesiai lnstrtjmeatDoajW think' lt:wWar4BteresrWu? Drop, lfiand- M'B. WEULS; Nofthwetf A Jerri for. the. AcoHaniCompany &d$ Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington Street. corPark; Portland. 'OEf Ws are Bolt Agents for ths Pianola; also for the- Btelaway, ths Chase and the Emerson Pianos. Borrowed $28,000,000 From Canadi ans for tbe Transaction Terms on 'Which It Was Consummat ed Stock Market Flurry. CHICAGO, Jan. 4. The Chronicle to morrow will say: President Albert J. Earling, of the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, yesterday sold his 20,000 shares of stock in. the road. The line has passed Into the control of J. J. Hill. J. Plerpont Mor gan and John D. Rockefeller, Tonight Mr. Earling enjoys the distinc tion of being president and general man ager of a company In which he does not own a single share of stock. He has made a profit of $540,000 on his stock and does not know whether he is to be re tained in an official capacity by the new management. James J. Hill will enter the directory of -the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road in a few days, and within, a month It will be part of a continuous line under one central head, from New York to Seattle. The Baltimore & Ohio road may be the Eastern link. The big purchases made by Hill and his supporters did not figure In the market transactions. They -were made outside the exchanges and in direct dealing with the holders. Earling was not the only big Chlcagoan to part with his stock. Mar shall Field is reported to have disposed of his stock, amounting to $3,000,000. The Alexander Mitchell estate parted with $2 000,000 worth, and the heirs of the late George T .Smith are said to have dis posed of $5,000,000 more, the sale hav ing been made through Alexander Geddes, who represents the estate on the directory of the board. Earllng's stock was sold for $3,040,000, going off at $152 a share. The other purcaases are said to have been at the same price. Earling bought his stock at $110 a share two years ago, shortly before he became president of the road. The total purchases made yes terday by the Hill Interests are reputed to have been in excess of $15,000,000. The St. Paul line will pass over to the Great Northern under a lease. It is said, where by the preferred stockholders will be guaranteed 8 per cent, and common stock 6 per cent for two years, and 7 per cent thereafter. Under the lease the general officers of the Great Northern will di rect the line from St. Paul to Chcago, and when the changes will take place in the consolidated management It Is lm.- , possible tv predict. - i In Active Construction Said to Be Progress From Both Ends. SEATTLE, Jan. 4. McKenzle and Mann, railroad contractors and promoters of the new transcontinental Canadian railroad. are- reported to be actively at work on the construction of the road from both ends. The new road 111 be known as the Canadian Northern and Is being built by English capital through a district north of the Canadian Pacific line, and taps a rich agricultural country, the climate of which Is said to compare favorably wlht that of Puget Sound. The line starts from the head of Lake Superior, running through the Rainy Like district to Win nipeg. From Winnipeg the line will run south of Lake Manitoba to Prince Albert, in the Saskatchewan district. It will fol low the Saskatchewan River to Edmon ton, strike into the'hllls there and through Yellow Head Pass and the Cariboo dis trict of British Columbia, miking its ter minus at Fort Simpson; DUFFERIN A LOSER. RESOLUTION BURIED No Investigation of Suffrage Abridgement. SOUTH WOULD NOT STAND IT The House Took Up the Reapportion ment Bill, hut an Attempt to Fix a. Time for a Final Vote Failed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The House to day had another spirited struggle over the Olmstead resolution to Investigate the abridgement of "the suffrage In certain Southern States with a view to reappor tionment upon the actual basis of suf- posltion to the resolution. He had hoped, he said, that such a resolution would not appear In the 'House. The real purpose of the fourteenth amendment had been to enfranchise the negro. It had failed. The fifteenth amendment had been successful for a time, but In the end It had proved a lamentable failure. Both amendments had been mistakes not only to the Democratic but to the Republican parties. The time may come now, said he, after the bitter ness of the war Is over, when the people of the South, In fairness and Justice to themselvea and the negro race, are try ing not to oppress the negro race, but only to protect themselves and their prop erty arralnst maladministration. He ad monished his friends from the North that they did not live among the negroes and did not understand the problem. "We of the South," said he, addressing the House, "we are trying to serve u faithfully to both races, and I appeal to you, If you are in favor of upbuilding the negro race, if you are In favor of protect ing the investments which the North has sent there, to send this resolution to a committee and let it die there." Williams (Dem. Miss.) said that of re cent years some of the people of the South had listened to the siren voice of the North that sectionalism was dead. This resolution would pluck from the eyes of those who had been partially deceived the veil that had been placed over them. NO BOAT RAILWAY The Dalles Project Entirely Stricken Out. ACTION DISPLEASES MOODY MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA.. PRESENTED TO LANSDOWNE r British, Foreign Office Has the Canal Treaty Amendments. LONDON, Jan. 4. United States Ambas sador Choate presented the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty amendments to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, today. No discussion occurred and the nature of Lord Lansdowne's answer Is not Indi cated. Mr. Choate simply notified, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that he had sent him a document forward ed by the State Department. An answer probably will not be sent until the Cab inet discusses the matter fully. The In terview between Mr. Choate and Lord Lansdowne was chiefly devoted to an ex pression of the latter's 'view on China's answer to the demands of the powers. It Is understood that Secretary Hay desired to know what Great Britain thought of those points, which China in her answer said she was unable to fulfill at present. No difference of opinion appears to exist between Secretary Hay and Lord Lans downe. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from London says: England will undoubtedly put out feelers as to whether tSie United States is will ing to concede something In return for abrogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, es pecially the Alaskan boundary. While Mr. Choate has no Instructions yet on this point. It Is considered In diplomatic circles that the United States will not make the slightest concession, and that ultimately England will accept the amend ed treat'. i GENERAL BATCHELDER DEAD LIVESTOCK CONVENTION. Ex-Quartermaster-General of United States Army. the WASHINGTON, Jan. 4--General Rich ard N. Batchelder. Quartermaster-General of tbe Army, died here this afternoon at 2:25. General Batchelder had been In delicate health for several years past, but his Illness did not assume a critical phase until just before the holidays, when he suffered from an attack of angina pec toris. Interment will be made at Arling ton cemetery, Monday. General Batchel der served In the Quartermaster's De partment of the Pacific Coast, doing duty as Chief Quartermaster at Portland, Or., and Depot Quartermaster at San Francisco. Kit T. Bang. SYRACUSE. N. Y., Jan. 4. Ell T. Bangs, a millionaire contractor, died at his home today In Fayettevllle, after a long Illness. He had been engaged In many Important Government contracts. He was 75 years of age. Programme Arranged for the Salt Lake Mectin&r. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 4. The pro gramme for the fourth annual convention of the National Livestock Association was made public today. The meeting will convene In Assembly Hall, January 15, for a session of four days, and will be participated In by many of the leading authorities of the Nation upon livestock matters. The committee appointed by authority of the Fort Worth, Tex., convention, to draft a bill dealing with the disposition of the arid lands of the West will meet at the Knutsford Hotel January 13 to draft their report. The executive com mittee of the association will meet at the same place In annual session the day following. Tuesday, the first day of the session, will be devoted to an address of welcome by Goevrnor Wells, of Utah; the association's response, by Hon. R. M. Allen, of Nebraska: the annual address of President John W. Springer; reports of standing committees, and five-minute addresses by members of the executive committee on livestock condltolns in the states they represent. The following are some of the speakers of note and the subjects they will dis cuss: Hon. L. G. Powers, chief statisti cian for the Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C, "Our National Wealth In Livestock"; General John B. Castle man, Louisville, Ky., "The American Sad dle Horse and Assessment Classification of Livestock": George H. Maxwell, Chi cago, "Relation of Irrigation to the Live stock Industry": Hon. R. S. Hlndekoper, Washington, D. C, "Necessities Required in Army Horses"; A. J. Knollln, Kansas City, "Problems In Handling Large Sheep Interests": Hon. Marvin Hughltt, presi dent of the Chicago & Northwcshtern Railway, "Evolution In Transportation"; Charles H. Frye, Seattle, "Alaska Meat Trade and Its Requirements"; Hon. C. C. Goodwin, Salt Lake City. "What the Press Has Done for the Livestock Indus try." The subjects which will receive the greatest attention are: The "Grout bill." which will b- opposed by Colonel John F. Hobbs. of New York City, and favored bv Hon. D. W. Wilson, of Elgin. 111.; "Should the Government Lae the Public Domain?" supported by Hon. John P. Irish, of California, and opposed by Hon. John M. Carey, of Wyoming; "An Annual Clapslfled Census of Livestock." C. W. Pugh. of Arizona: Dr Charles Gresswell, of Colorado, and C J. Towers, of Mon tana. The gentlemen assigned to these subjects are National authorities and a most Interesting session Is promised. The entertainments will be extensive. The Indications are that this convention will be the most Important and largest attended the association has ever held. Arrangements have been completed to care for 1500 delegates and 5000 visitors. Replica of La Fayette Monument. CHICAGO, Jan. 4. Washington Is to get the American replica of the La Fayette monument erected In Paris with the con tributions of American school children. This was decided on at a meeting of the La Fayette Memorial Commission. From the reports of the officers of the commis sion. It was found that, after meeting the expenses of the Paris monument, there was a large surplus In the fund, and the monument In Washington was suggested as an appropriate use of the surplus. "White a. Member of Berlin Academy. BERLIN, Jan. 4. Andrew D. White, the United States Ambassador here, has been elected a, member of the Berlin Academy of Science. Sound Money Association. NEW YORK. Jan. 4. Cornelius N. Bliss was selected to succeed the late W. Y. Strong as chairman of the Business Men's Republican and Sound Money Associa tion at a meeting held at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel. This organization, -which was formed lit 1896, has heretofore taken no part except in Presidential political con tests. It has now decided to take an active pRrt In state and local campaigns. With this Idea In view, a committee was appointed, last night, to secure articles of Incorporation. Retirement of Admiral Kautr. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The Navy De partment today Issued the expected or der announcing the retirement of Rear- 1 Admiral Kautx, to take effect January 25. HILL TAKSAUT ITC , Admits That Big Lines Are Getting: - Tojrether for "Economy; . ' ' , 2BT. PAUL, Minnanl 47-WhiTe' ncTcon flrmation could be obtained here from arvfauthdrltattve source of the reported 'combination c-f the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, it is the general belief In well informed railway circles that the deal, If not already accomplished In fact, is In process of consummation. President James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, was nat urally disinclined to talk upon tho sub ject for publication, but In the course of an Interview he had this to say: "I have made no loan In Montreal. Does It not stand to reason that if I needed money I could get it without going to Canada? No deal by which we get control of any Western line has yet been consummated. I will say, however, that some of the big lines hope, by getting to gether, to reduce working expenses. Any movement now on foot by the railroads Is simply for the purpose of economiz ing." Mr. Hill does not state that there Is no deal underlay. The announcement was made seml-ofii-clally today, and the Information did not come from a New York source that the big deal by which the Hlll-Morgan-Rocke-feller interests were to secure control of the Northern Pacific and St. Paul roads Is practically consummated, and that In side of a month the systems will be, In effect, one. About throe weeks ago, so the story goes, President Hill obtained a loan from Canadian capitalists of $25,000,000, and It Is added that much of this money went for the purchase of Northern Pacific and St. Paul shares. In the vaults of the Great Northern treasurer, it Is stated, re pose tho deposit slips showing that this Immense sum was placed to the credit of President Hill In the Chemical Na tional Bank, of New York City. The de positors were, it is asserted. Sir William "Van Home, president of the Canadian Pa cific; R. B. Angus, multl-mllllonaire and director of the Bank of Montreal, and Lord Mount Stephen, ot Montreal. President Hill will leave for New York next week, and It Is stated that the sola object of his visit is to put the finishing touches upon the most gigantic railroad deal In recent years. RAILROAD RUMORS AND STOCKS. Lease of the St. Paul the Greatest Moving? Factor. NEW YORK. Jan. 4. The powerful lever which moved the whole stock market to day was St. Paul. The story current for some time that the road is to be leased to the Northern Pacific and Great North ern on the guarantee of a dividend, with preliminary distribution of the company's great surplus, received renewed credence, although there was no additional con firmation. The variations wrought in this tale in. the current rumors were almost infinite, and will probably not be straight ened out until an official authorized state ment Is given out It is sufficient to state now that the price moved upward as a result 1334 points from tho low level, on sales of over 243,000 shares. Notwith standing feverish vibrations, the price closed within a quarter of the top. Parallel with this rise was an. upward movement in Northern Pacific of 8 points and In Great Northern preferred of 7 points. Without attempting to specify other Individual movements. It Is suffi cient to say that the gains In all the stocks most actively traded In ranged from 2 to over 6 points, and In New Jer sey Central the rise reached nearly 9 points. The market closed amid intense excitement and furious activity, with many stocks at the top prices and ris ing buoyantly. Recoveries In the bond market were not so general as In stocks, and the weakness of many railroad bonds persisted. Total sales, par value. $3,360,000. United States new 4s, coupon, declined 1 per cent; do registered i and refund ing 2s U. old 4s coupon advanced M. Whltaker fright Is the Heaviest Creditor of the London &. Globe. LONDON, Jan. 5. The Marquis of Duf ferln and Ava spent a long time yester day at the offices of the London & Globe Finance Corporation, Ltd. It Is rumored that he Is a heavy personal loser by tho difficulties, but tha Whltaker Wright quite recently Ient30,Ooo to the com pany, and is Its largestcredltor. All kinds of rumors are current' as to deals to enable tHe company to pay an imme diate dividend, but the Times, in Its finan cial article, says: "We are able to deny that either the Yerkes group or the -London & South western Railway Company has purchased the Baker-street line, although we are not able to say whether a sale has actu ally occurred." Both the Times and the Dally Tele graph advise the London & Globe share holders to insist upon a compulsory winding-up of the company's affairs. The directors of the rondon & Globe met today and drew up a circular to be sent to the shareholders, requesting prox ies, and saying they are unable to an nounce te liabilities, "owing to the In numerable dealings and ramifications on the Stock Exchange," until the meeting of January 9. .Negotiations are going on to got funis, to, saj"z the, claims or,al- Tow a.' gradual reallzatamjK-TjpTg? iglr DYNAMITE EXPL&fitff. Three Mete e25 Killed Ik Factory. a Cartridge PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4. A frightful explosion of dynamite occurred In the powder machine-house of- the Repauno Chemical Company whose works are lo cated at Thompson',? Point, N. J., a thin ly settled spot on the Delaware River, 12 miles below this city. The building was demolished and three workmen In it at the time were blown to atoms. They were: Oliver Mcllvaln. of Glbbstown. N. J.; William Whyne, of Glbbstown, N. J., and John KIrby, of Thoroughfare, N. J. Sev eral workmen In other buildings were hurt by the force of the explosion, but none seriously, The men killed were In a frame bulldlrg, and were engaged In loading eight-inch paper shells with dy namite for use In blasting. It Is thought the loss will not be over $50,000. Royal Visit to Ireland. LONDON, Jan. 5. It has been definitely arranged that the visit orthe Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland Is to In clude Dublin. ENGLISH STATESMAN'S FORTUNES ARBHVOLVKD INJTHEi 'DOWNFALL OF, THE LONDON A GLOBE INSTITUTION. frage. It was finally referred' to the cen sus committee, where the opposition de sired It to go originally. Some of the Re publican leaders were not In sympathy with the resolution. Olmstead (Rep. Pa.) tried to get Hopkins (Rep. 111.) to agree that the committee would consider the resolution within a week, but the chair man of the census committee declined to make any pledge to that effect. The debate upon the resolution was marked by exceeding frankness. Some of the Southern members avowed that the at tempt to enfranchise the negro had been a lamentable failure, and the action of certain states in legally eliminating the blades as factors at the polls, they said, was in the Interest of civilization and progress. Alter tne resolution naa Deen After declaring that the resolution was stupid and impracticable, and citing the voting requirements of various other states, he made an ardent defense of the course' of Mississippi and other Southern States. "There is no man who loves American civilization," said he, "who Is not glad In his heart-that, 'by constitutional and le gal methods, analogous to those adopted in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and oth er states, the South has solved this trou blesome and almost unsolvable problem." Olmstead, the author of the resolution, said he did not want the resolution to die and would move Its reference to the cen bus ""committee If the chairman of that committee would agree to call the com mittee together to consider It within one disposed of, the reapportionment bill was eT ia..CH up. ah aucum w b'..u . ,,, -R-nnUlns B,fl h ten nnt In the mood to make a bargain today, but assured Olmstead that his committee President Earling Denies It. CHICAGO, Jan. LC, J. Earling, preal- SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Domestic. James J. Hill Is reported to have acquired the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Page 1. The Congressional committee begins an Inves tigation of the Booz hazing. Page 2. Governor Stephens, of Missouri, advocates a franchise tax on corporations. Page 2. Congress. The Olmstead resolution was burled by the House. Page 1. The Dalles railway project has been entirely stricken out by the river and harbor com mittee. Page 1. The Senate discussed the Army reorganization bill. Page 2. Philippines. Several rebel officers were caught in an at tack on Cavlte Vlejo. Page 3. President Wheeler has Information that Agul naldo is dead. Page 3. China. The question of indemnity will not be settled by the envoys at Pekln. Page 3. Russia's attitude In Manchuria causes appre hension. Page 3. There is no confirmation of tbe killing of Von Waldersee. Page 3. Foreign. Kitchener calls for 6000 men to guard Rand mines. Page 3. The pursuit of Dewet continues without suc cess. Page 3. Boers looted Ficksburg. .Page 3. Pacific Coast. The terrible snow storm which has been rag ing in Southern Oregon and Northern Cali fornia Is abating. Page 4. The snow blockade on the Oregon-California line of the Southern Pacific Railroad has been broken. Page 4. The Orecon Dairymen's Convention voted to ask Legislature for appropriation of $250 for printing reports of meeting. Page 4. Miner in Eastern Oregon fell into badger hole, and spent night under terrible conditions. Page 4. Unparalleled "Jumping" of unworked Eastern Oregon mining claims Is reported. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Record-breaking dealings on New York Stock Exchange. Page 11. Big flurry in St. Paul and Northern Pacific stocks. Page 11. Weekly trade reviews. Page 5. Another derelict schooner drifts ashore. Page 6. Owner of Poltalloch may float her. Page 5. Grain ships receiving quick dispatch. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Sales of stamps, etc, at Postofllce were 10 per cent more In 1900 than In 180D. Page 12. Portland churches have notable missionary meetings. Page 8. Estimated municipal expenses $100,000 more than estimated receipts. Page 12. Munly's intermediate appellate court bill meets with favor. Page 8. Parcels post bill now pending in United States Senate exposed. Page 8, time for the final vote on the bill failed, although the general Impression Is that the debate will conclude early next week. Dalzell (Rep. Pa.) called the House to order, In the absence of Speaker Hender son, wha was detained at his home by a severe cold, which he contracted while. In New York during the holidays.- Imme diately after, the approval of the journal, half a dozen of the members were on their feet, demanding recognition. Among them was Olmstead, who yesterday cre ate a stir by offering the resolution to Instruct the committee on census to In vestigate the alleged abridgment of the right to vote In several Southern States, but the Speaker pro tem. first recognized Lacey (Rep. la.), who presented a privi leged resolution asking the President to return a minor bill In which there was a clerical error. It was adopted. Burton (Rep. O.) presented the river and harbor bill. In order to clear the way for Olmstead, Graff (Rep. 111.) chairman of the commit tee on claims, after stating that It was apparent that no claim bills could be con sidered today (this being the day set i apart under the rules for their considera tion), asked the unanimous consent to pass the regular order for today until next week. Swanson (Dem. Va.) objected. The would do Its duty. Olmstead then .made the motion to refer, and It was carried without division. Hopkins Immediately called up the reap portionment bill and opened the debate in a careful explanation of his bill. He stated that the majority of the census committee favdred keeping the member ship down to the present number, 3S7, from considerations of economy and intel ligent legislation. Shafroth (Sil. Colo.) wanted Hopkins to explain how It was that Colorado would gain one Representative under the system adopted If the total number was 356 or 358, but would not If It was 357. Hopkins replied that any system would not deal out exact Justice to every state. The membership was arbitrarily fixed at 357, which made the basis of representa tion 208,868. The states which were op posing this bill, he said, were those which lost Representatives under Its operation. He claimed that the bill of the minority showed favoritism to Nebraska and Maine, each of which would lose one Rep resentative under the basis of the figures prepared by the director of the Census for a House of 336 members. Those two members, he said, were deliberately filched by the Burleigh bill from New York and Pennsylvania. He declared that a more unfair bin was never presentea He Will Try o Have $220,000 ea Hand Devoted to Some Future Improvement Proposed to Revert It to Treasury WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The river and harbor committee has repealed The Dalles boat railway project In toto. and tho $220,291 remaining on hand it proposes to cover back into the Treasury. Before Chairman Burton will permit the adoption of a new project he wants all proposed schemes Investigated, and then have tha committee decide upon the one deemed most feasible and most warranted by tho demands of commerce. Representative Moody Is Indignant at the repeal of the boat railway project without substituting therefor some other Improvement, thus Insuring some relief to the commerce of the Upper Columbia. He says that he as well as the Washing ton and Idaho delegations were led to be lieve that the present project, more In accord with the wishes of the people and local engineers; had been substituted. He had hoped that the Improvement, whatever It might be, could be Included In the next river and harbor bill, notwith standing the, prejudice of tho present En gineer Corps, as well as that of Chairman Burton, and the sceptical views of the public generally upon the practicability of the boat railway. It would be useless to ask for further appropriations for the boat railway pro ject, besides with the urgent demands for a large appropriation for the Improve ment at the mouth of the Columbia. It was feared that requests for additional aproprlations for the Upper Columbia might reduce the former, and qualify the success of the Jetty Improvement, conse quently no appropriation for the Upper Columbia was urged. It is, however, a surprise and a disappointment that the committee recommended the repeal of the boat-railway project, without converting the money on hand to some other plan of overcoming the obstructions. Representative Moody says as the bill is unanimously reported by the committee that It Is probably useless to oner any amendments; but he will canvass the question thoroughly, and, If there Is a possibility of success, he will offer an amendment providing that the unexpend ed balance be transferred for the con- 1 -struction: of a canal upon plan nereaiier ntrreed unc-n instead of- being lost alto- 'gather If this, cannot be dona In the trA.'.;-' i- to -nr-AnWef tbt Senator Me- ,BVide on the committee, may secure such action In the Senate. Senator Simon and Representative" Tongue appeared before the Senate Indian, committee today and urged the restora tion of the agent at SUetz, and a larger appropriation for general Improvement at Chemawa, CHAIRMAN BURTON'S REPORT. Only Necessary Appropriations Were Made. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Chairman Bur ton, of the river and harbor committee, today filed the report of the bill. The number of the projects provided for ia 408, of which 232 are rivers and 143 har bors. The need of careful scrutiny of Items, the report says. Is shown by the fact that they were selected for Improve ments on which estimates had been made by United States Army Engineers amount ing to $300,000,000. section or tne oiu repeals former conditional appropriations on the following projects and requires tho money to be paid over to the Treasury: Yellowstone River, Montana, and North Dakota, and the boat railway on the Col umbia River. Although the total of tha bill Is large, reaching $59,935,415, the re port states that appropriations were made only when justified by the requirements of navigation and to prevent Injury to- un finished work. gentleman from Maine. Burleigh. The Burleigh bill, he said, gave Maine a Rep resentative for each 173,617 inhabitants: If this ratio were taken In New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, New York would have five, Pennsylvania three and Illinois six more Representatives than the bill allows them. Shafroth followed, citing the case of Colorado, which would get an additional member If the House were to consist -of 356 to 358, but wtuld lose the additional member at 357, to show that the system upon which the bill was predicated was unjust. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. Speaker pro tem. was then about to rec ognize Olmstead, when Underwood (Dem. Aia., neaueu mm o . v.. c i" t to the House than that fathered by the no quorum. The House was counted, and I ..o .m ,ta,a T,-iBff,, ' rri, there were only 142 members In the hall. Under the operation of the automatic rule, the Speaker was about to direct a call of the House, when Underwood In terposed with a motion to adjourn, and the filibuster was on. The vote was taken by ayes and noes. The motion to adjourn was defeated S5 to 103. Tne speaker pro i tern held that the pending question was the vote on the question of consideration raised against, the Olmstead resolution yesterday. During the previous roll-call, the leaders on both sides had conferred, and an agreement had been reached that the resolution Bhould be recommitted. Richardson (Dem. Tenn.), the minority leader, formally proposed that this course be followed. Olmstead replied that ho would consider the proposition after the House had voted to consider the resolu tion. "I may say," .said he, "that It had been my Intention to follow the course sug gested by the gentleman from Tennessee." "Why not do so now and save time?" asked Richardson. But Olmstead Insisted upon a vote on the question of consideration, and the roll was called. The Hquse voted, 103 to 91, to consider the resolution, whereupon Richardson moved to recommit tne reso lution to the census committee. Upon Richardson's motion. Olmstead demanded the previous question, and notwithstand ing some dilatory tactics by the Demo crats, with assistance from "several Re publicans, the previous question was or dered, 92 to 88. Olmstead explained that his resolution had been offered, not In antagonism to reapportionment or to any section or state, but In order that the reapportion ment might be based on Constitutional provisions. Underwood made a warm speech la op- Shattue Amends His Resolution. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Representative Shattuc, of Ohio, today introduced in amended form his resolution proposing a Congressional Inquiry Into the alleged abridgment of the right of suffrage. The resolution recites that the right of repre sentation Is denied in many of the states to male citizens over 21 years old. In di rect violation of the fourteenth amend ment to the constitution, and is an Inva sion of the rights and dignity of the House of Repreesntatlves. A Russian Ambassador Recalled. PARIS, Jan. 4. La Steele asserts that the Russian Ambassador, Prince Ours off, will shortly leave Paris for an? un limited holiday. A mysteriously worded note leaves It to be understood that the Ambassador has been lacking in some way In tact toward the government. "He Is at perfect liberty to exercise his critical faculties on the subject of France." saya La Siecle, "but the gov- AvnmAnf Tia. ronroennfo hnn ttA VfcrHt' tfk I know tfto result Qi Wg Qbgervtlons," TO END THE- FILIPINO WAR Senator Hoar's Amendment to the Army Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Senator Hoar today offered an amendment to the Army bill in the shape of a general provision as follows: "Provided, that no further military force shall be used In Philippine Islands, except such as may be necessary to keep order In places there now actually under the peaceable control of the United states, and to protect persons or property to whom, In the Judgment of the President, protection may be due from the United States, until the President shall have first proclaimed amnesty for all political of fenses committed against the United States in the Philippines, and until, If In his power, he shall have agreed upon an armistice with persons now In hostility to the United States, and shall have In vited such number, not less than 10, as he shall think desirable, of the leaders or representatives or persons now hostile to the United States there to come to the ijnlted States, and state their wishes and the condition, character and wishes of the people of the Philippine Islands to the Executive and Congress, and shall have offered to secure to them safe con duct to come, abide and return, and shall have provided, at the public charge, for the expenses of their transportation both ways and their stay In this country for a reasonable and sufficient time for such purpose." Frttijrrerv Condemns Root. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. SenatO" PettL grew today introduced the following reso lution In the Senate: , "Resolved, That the Senate hereby ex presses Its condemnation of the refusal of the Secretary of War, under whatever Influence, to send the Senate copies of pa pers called for by Its resolution of the 19th of December, 1900, requesting the Secretary of War to send to the Senate a report of A. L. Lawshe In relation to tha receipts and expenditures in Cuba, as In violation of his official duty and subver sive of the fundamental principles of the Government." Consideration of the resolution was postponed until tomorrow. Brown Fog In London. LONDON, Jan. 4. A choking brown fog enveloped London for several hours this morning, causing great Inconvenience. There were many collisions In the streets and several casualties. .Thousands of outdoor workers were compelled to sus pend their labors, the railroads experi enced delay In train arrivals, and rlveTi I traffic, wag completely stopped )