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IT IS SOCIALISTIC
Turner's Objection to the
Ship Subsidy Bill.
SPEECH MADE IN THE SENATE
The Measure Is Vicious in Principle,
Extravagant in Operation and
Absurdly Inefficient to Accom
plish the Ends.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Probably the
only speech on the ship subsidy bill that
will be made by a representative of the
Pacific Northwest is that of Senator Tur
ner, which was delivered today. The
Washington Senator, as a member of the
pommerce committee, has had unusual
opportunities for studying-the subject,
and his attack on the bill is therefore
the more interesting.
"This Is the most remarkable, extraor
dinary measure, I venture to say, that
was ever before Congress for considera
tion," said he in opening. "It is vicious
in principle, extravagant in operation, and
it is absurdly inefficient to accomplish
the ends for which alone it is attempted
to be justified. -
"I say first that the measure is vicious
in principle. It proposes to take out of
the National Treasury and give to a lot of
people, without any consideration what
ever, a large sum of money.. Still other
people, under compulsion of law, will be
compelled to contribute this money to the
National Treasury In the shape of taxes.
The effect of this law is to take from one
man and give to another. To exact
money for such a purpose is not taxation,
but spoliation.
"I have been appealed to to support this
measure because of the supposed benefit
it would be to the coast cities of my
state. I think I shall slow that this
supposed benefit is largel; Imaginative,
but if It were all that it s supposed to
be, I am quite sure that the good peopla
of my state would not have me become
particeps criminis to an act for any pdssl
ble advantage which might accrue to
them. Such legislation is not Democratic
or Republican; it Is socialistic. When one
industry receives bounty others will de
mand and receive It, and soon we shall
descend from the general to the partic
ular, and give our aid and bounty not to
the class, but to the individual, and thus
the dream of our socialistic friends will
have come true, with this ship subsidy
bill as the entering wedge.
"One strong objection to all such legis
lation as this is that it sows discord
among the people, and saps their confi
dence in the Justice and impartiality qf
their Government. The pretense that this
bounty subserves a useful governmental
purpose by building up auxiliary cruisers
lot use-in. .time- of war would justify a
bounty on any trade, pursuit or occpation
whatever. Nothing is more necessary in
time of war than food. Therefore, the
farmers ought to be paid a bounty on
agricultural products. In order that the
pursuit of farming nllght not languish
and the supply of meats and breadstuffs
become insufficient. Let us pay bounties
on wheat and corn, hogs and sheep and
cattle, because our soldiers may need
them. I assert that there is as much
reason to pay a bounty of 5 cents a bushel
on all the wheat raised under our flag
as there Is to pay a bounty on all the
vessels now under our flag. The Industry
of wheatralsing Is languishing. The farm
ers of the Pacific Coast find it hard to
make both ends meet, because of the se
vere competition which they encounter in
Russia and Argentina. It Is more Impor
tant that we have wheat than ships. But
the farmers do not ask a bounty on
wheat."
The Senator then discussed at some
length the export bounty question, going
into considerable detail, after which he
continued:
"England, Gcrmanyt Norway and other,
nations whose 'merchant marine has made
the greatest strides and now have the
largest tonnage pay no bounties, nor any
thing in the nature of bounties. Large
sums are paid for carrying the mails, a
smaller sum Is paid as an admiralty sub
vention, and a still smaller sum is paid to
officers and seamen engaged in the mer
chant marine as a retainer for their serv
ice In time of war, and is called payment
to naval reserves. They are all payments
justified by the exigencies of government,
and involve no idea of gift or bounty.
They are for service actually rendered.
"I say again that this bill is so vicious
in principle, and Involves us so enormous
ly for so little In return, that to pass It
at all, and particularly in its present
shape, would be a grave breach of trust,
an utter abandonment of our duty to the
American people, whose money it is pro
posed to spend so lavishly.
"I want to say that I take as lively an
Interest in the upbuilding of our merchant
marine as any Senator, and will go as far
as any along proper Governmental lines. I
will go as far as any in voting admiralty
subventions to swift vessels, built so as to
be turned into cruisers In time of war: I
will vote for ample service retainers to
officers and seamen engaged in the mer
chant marine, so that it may become hon
orable and profitable for our citizens to
enter on a seafaring life; I will vote am
ple compensation for mall service to all
ports of the globe where our commercial
Intrests may require communication. That
is what England does: it is more than
Germany does, and both are great com
mercial powers of the sea, the greatest in
the world. The only other thing remain
ing necessary to put us in line with them
and completely on a par with them, is to
permit our people to buy ships wherever
they can purchase them most cheaply.
The last privilege will not be of moment
very long, unless we build up a ship
building trust by bounties on top of ex
clusion, because if the shlp-bulldlng in
dustry be left to natural courses, we
ourselves. In less than five years, will be
building ships for all the world. Today
we could build them more cheaply than
any other nation if we had the.shipvard
capacity. We produce iron and steel" and
all their products. Including ship plates
and marine boilers and engines more
cheaply than any other people. We are
shipping these productions abroad every
day. We have the wood and -Uie coal m
greater abundance, and. therefore, at less
cost than any other nation, and we have
the most skillful mechanics and the best
sailors the world has ever seen, and If we
pay them better wages than other nations,
we get an equivalent return in better
service performed. It is idle to say. In
the face of these facts, that capital in
this country will not engage in ship
building and ship-owning. It is already
beginning to do so, even with our limited
yard capacity."
Following, the Senator entered Into a
somewhat extensive discussion of the tes
timony taken before the Senate" commit
tee last year and in commenting upon
prtcedlng speeches, touched upon the ccst
of crews, and the comparison .of Amer
ican crews with those of foreign lines.
"The country has been led to under
stand that the payment of subsidies un
der the provisions of this bill was confined
to a period of 20 years, and that the sum
total which might be paid out under It
was $180,000,000. I was surprised, there
fore, when I examined the bill, to learn
that the subsidies which It provides for
run over a period of 30 years, and that
the amount required to be paid under Its,
provisions Is $270,000,000."
With an elaborate set of tables, the Sen
ator showed a tonnage "sufficient at the
present time, or at least within a com
paratively short time, to earn subsidies
to the amount of $li,75o,349, making It
certain that the entire sum of $9,000,000 to
which the annual subsidy is limited, will
be absorbed each year from the begin
ning, and making It certain that the bill
will take out of the treasury, first and
last, $270.000,000.,'
Referring to the American Line, Sena
tor Turner showed that its four fast pas
senger vessels would receive annually
$1;245,304: on its 15 vessels now run under
foreign ftegs. it will receive $712,264, and
two new ships now building will receive
$230,941, aggregating a total of $2,1SS,509.
or within a fraction of one-quarter of
the annual sum contributed' as subsidy.
He then took up the vessels of other lines,
and reviewed the benefits that would ac
crue to them in like manner. He then
continued:
"If anything more be needed to show
the extravagance of the bill, it is found
in the fact that the. entire world, accord
ing to the report of the Commissioner of
Navigation, pays for ocean mail service
and other incidental service, excluding
the sums we ourselves pay for like serv
ice, the sum of $19,720,196 per annum. This
bill, professedly, is to compensate our
merchant marine for the same class and
kind of service, and it mdkes us pay
$9,000,000, or nearly one-half of what all
the world besides us pay. It will make
us pay that sum now, when our foreign
tonnage Is not one-hundredth' part of that
of the balance of the world. If it suc
ceeded In giving us the toftnaga which
its most sanguine friends predict for it,
our foreign shipping will still remain an
inconsiderable part of that of the balance
of the wor'd.
."I will cite an instance. Whereas we
now pay the American Line $485,674 per
annum for carrying our mails, ih s bill will
give them for the same service $1,245,304.
The British Government pays the Cunard
and White Star Lines for mail service be
tween England and the United States,
$796,029. They have 10 fine steamers en
gaged In tht service, and they sail twice
a week from each coast. This bill pro-H
poses to give the American Line $1,245,304
for a weekly mall service between the
same countries, with only four steamers
engaged In the work. These figures speak
for themselves.
"The greatest objetlon to this bill out
side of its vicious principles, is that it will
retard rather than advance the objects
Intended to be accomplished by it. Our
laws exclude from registry, except by spe
cial act. ships built in foreign countries.
The Idea was to protect and foster do
mestic shipbuilding: but the result has
been to drive the shipping industry under
foreign flags. This bill, while intended
to remedy the deficiency, wlil not do so.
"Shipbuilders under the' act, will exact
higher prices for building ships for Ameri
can owners thanythey will for foreign nur-
anaserc bouse they ace "able to5
tO-fltJP".
press competition. The shipowners, un
der the bill, will build no more ships than
they are compelled to in self-defense. It
Is true that the allurements of large
profits might tempt new capital into, the
business, but the certainty of diminished
bounty, If the tonnage be increased, will
operate against such ventures. Besides,
the growth of shipping must be expected,
rather from development of existing or
ganizations than from the establishment
of new Tiec.
"I see two overruling conditions which
this bill creates to operate against any
appreciable and valuable Increase in our
foreign tonnage, and they are: First, a
favorable condition which disinclines ph'ip
owners to reach out or to permit others
to do so, and, second, an unfavorable con
...uon which makes It onerous and burden
some for them to do so. It Is not well to
force things too fast in commercial de
velopment. That development which Is
thn result of natural, healthy conditions, is
the host and safest. What we want and
need is cheap ships. We were masters
of the sea w.Vn we had them. We are
going to have them again In a short time,
unless artificial conditions prevent, and
then we shall be masters of the sea again.
In that day there need be ;io fear that the
shipping irtercsi of this country, standing
squarely on its own legs, and bravely
facing the comnetition of the entire world,
will not restore the American flag to Its
old-time supremacy on ,the ocean. For
one, I have no fear on that score.
"If the bill does not Increase American
tonnage, wnich li will not, then manifest
ly It will have no influence to cheapen the
rates of ocp'ir. trhi.sportation. If the ton
Pflge remains as u is. will the farmers of
the country get any of the benefits of this
bounty? Manifestly not.
"What Is the objection to returning to
the policy of our fathers, under which the
American flag dominated every sea of the
globe? That policy involved differential
duties in favor of goods Imported in Amer
ican bottoms, and differential ports, light
and Inspection charges, in favor of Ameri
can vessels. Such a policy would give us
such an advantage In the carrying of ex
ports that foreign vessels could not long
remain In the trade. This policy would
build up. In the shortest possible space
of time, an American steam tonnage of
cv-n 3,000,000 tons for the accommoda
tion of American trade alone, to say noth
ing of th foreign trade which we would
commence to look after when fully pre
pared to take care of our domestic trade.
Some timid souls say that foreign nations
would retaliate, that we would be no bet
ter off than we are now. But they did
not retaliate before, and they will not re
taliate now. We are not seeking foreign
trade any way until we are able to take
care of our own. What, then Is the ob
jection to this approved policy, which
takes no money out of the Treasury, and,
more certainly than any other, gives us
an adequate merchant marine? The only
objection advanced was that of Senator
Edmunds, who says that such a course
would involve the abrogation of some 17
conventions with foreign governments on
the subject of discriminating duties, and
that Congress and the President will not
consent to their abrogation. Tet ft was
only four vears ago that the Republican
party In the St. Louis platform declared In
favor of this very policy, and Mr. Mc
Klnley, in nls letter of acceptance, gave
his adhesion to that policy."
In clo.ilng. Senator Turner said:
"Mr. Pi w 'cent I have never lived ov
the sea, and know but little about ships.
One does not need much knowledge, how
ever, to do a sum in arithmetic, or to
reason an elementary proposition. Since
it was not nc tssary to do more, to show
the Infirmities and u: cultier of this bill,
I have felt justified 'n undertaking the
task, My Mens are cruce, no doubt, and
crudely cj.presse.1. ft such as they are
I give them to .the Senate believing that
there is truth in tuem and they- have
srmo aptness to d'rec the minds of Sen
ators Into chaiiiK'l f tbvur-ht and Investi
gator, which will Ivj "valuable to them In
coiKidctius this rict?mc
PITCH LAKE DISPUTE
Minister Loomis Delays Pre
sentation of His Ultimatum.
VENEZUELA GIVEN MORE TIME
Situation at the Asphalt Property
Becomes Critical Progress of the
""insurrectionists Cludad, Boli
var, Is Threatened.
WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Jan.
29. Advices from Barcelona say that the
government troops in that neighborhood
are pursuing the Insurgents very active
ly. The dispute between the Bermudez
t PILOT CARRIED AWAY ON
CAPTAIN PETER C. CORDIXER.
ASTORIA, Jan. 20. Captain Peter C. Cordlner. the pilot on the mlsslnff bark
Andrada, was one of the most popular, as well as one of the most competent and
careful pilots on the Columbia River bar. He was born at Cape Breton, In 1S50,
and has followed the sea since he was 17 years of age. In 1883 he came to Puget
Sound in the ship Ivy. with which he sailed in the Coast lumber trade for about
six years, coming to Astoria as master of that ship In 1S80. He left the Ivy to
Join the pilot schooner Governor Moody as boatkeeper, and when she was lost ho
entered the tugboat service. Captain Cordlner was appointed bar pilot about
eight years ago, and has served in that capacity since that time. He went on
board the bark Andrada oft the mouth of the Columbia on the morning of De
cember 11, and there have come no tldtnc3 of him or the vessel since then. He
has a wife and four children living in this city. '
& New York Asphalt Company and the
Venezuelan Government is still unsettled.
United States Minister Loomis, not wish
ing to cause further difficulties for the
Venezuelan Government at this time, has
postponed the presentation of an ulti
matum on the subject. United States
war vessels are expected. The Lancaster
Is on her way to Gulrla, and the Scor
pion Is at La Guayra. The Venezuelan
Government has advised the Bermudez
company to appeal to the Venezuelan
courts, but tho company refused to do
so, alleging that the courts are under
the Influence of President Castro. On the
other hand, it Is said that the United
States Minister is making an inquiry Into
the dispute, and that as soon as it U
ended .attempts to cancel the concessions
of the Bermudez company will no longer
bo tolerated.
SITUATION IS CRITICAL.
Only a Few Americans Left to Pro
tect Property at Pitch Lake.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. 29.
According to a dispatch received today
from Caracas, a trustworthy engineer
who has arrived there from Pltoh Lake
reports that the situation is critical. He
says that 150 English negroes who were
employed to do police duty fled when the
Insurgents began firing into the jungles,
only 25 Americans being left to protect
the property and lives of American fami
lies. The manager of the lake implored
the United States Legation at Caracas to
afford protection, saying that the lives
and property of Americans were exposed
to guerrilla attacks, firing around the lake
was going on nightly, and the Americans
are too few to hold out long. United
States Minister Loomis. according to the
same advices, replied that these reports
were possibly exaggerated, but that they
could not be Ignored, and that he would
wire the facts to Washington.
Mr, Olcott, the Orinoco manager, has
returned from Caracas, where he went to
try to arrange for the release of the
steamers and schooners captured by the
Venezuelan gunboat near Trinidad. The
British owner flew the Venezuelan flag
and the crew were not shot.
The revolution in Eastern Veriezuela
near the asphalt deposits is Increasing,
but the disturbances are remote from
Caracas, which remains tranquil. Infor
mation has reached Port of Spain saying
that he Insurgents have retaken Cura
pano and will attack Cumanos soon.
Steamers are not allowed to land passen
gers or malls at Curapano. The com
mander of the French cruiser Suchet,
which lies there, confirms this intelligence
and the reported activity of the insur
gents. It appears that an attempt to cap
ture Cludad, Bolivar, capital of the State
of Bolivar, about 375 miles up the Orinoco,
is likely to be made as soon as the insur
gents have received a large supply of
arms expected.
Cables to the Trinidad papers from
Caracas are severely censored. (The Vene
zuelan Government threatens three Amer
ican reporters with forcible expulsion, and
Is rigorously suppressing press dispatches
to the United States. Even diplomatic
messages are tampered with.
-President Igleslas TIL .
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The Herald's cor-
respondent in San Jose. Costa Rica, re
ports that President Igleslas has been se
riously ill, but Is now Improving.
ARRANGEMENTS AT COWES.
Programme for tbe First Part of the
Fnnernl Ceremony.
COWES, Isle of Wight. Jan. 29. Kins
Edward left Cowes for London this morn
ing. The Duke of York is suffering irom the
strain of recent events, and has been con
fined to his home since Thursday. It la
feared he will be unable to take part in
the ceremonies Friday.
The only American wreath which has
arrived at Osborne House so far is one
from Mrs. Sydney Everett, of Boston, who
Is staying on the Isle of Wight. It Is in
scribed: "In taken of life-long venera
tion." The coffin arrived last night. The non
commissioned officers detailed to carry
the coffin rehearsed today with a dummy
coffin filled with sand, and weighing over
half a ton.
The main wing of Osborne House is ex
pected to become the residence of Princess
Beatrice In her capacity as Governor ot
the Isle of Wight. The other part of tho
house will be reserved for the King. Gen
eral Sir Dighton Probyn, Controller and
MISSING BARK ANDRADA. J
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J, Treasurer of the Household of the Prince
irof Wales since 1S77, is mentioned as likely
jfto succeed Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton
as Master of the Household. This office is
in the personal gift of the King.
Crown Prince Frederick, of Denmark,
Is expected to arrive in London tomorrow.
'Prince Henry of Prussia sailed from Kiel
yesterday on board the German battleship
Baden, accompanied by the coast-defense
ship Hagen. Prince George of Saxony is
prevented by Influenza from coming to
the funeral. Prince John George will take
his place. Duke Albrecht will represent
the King of Wurtemburg. The Crown
Prince Ferdinand of Roumanla is expect
ed Thursday night in London. The Or
leans ramily will be represented by the
Duke of Chartres, younger brother of the
late Count of Paris: the Duke of Alen
oon and the Count of Eu, sons of the late
Duke of Nemours, between whom and the
late Queen, In 1838, Louis Philippe tried
to arrange a marriage. ,
The King's order directing that the
drapery of buildings be purple has created
no little consternation. Many buildings
here In London and In other places are al
ready covered with black. It will cause
no end of expense to make the necessary
alterations. In addition, the supply of
purple is already getting short.
The coffin will be borne from Osborne
House by the Queen's Highlanders, Fri
day, at 1:45 P. M., to a gun carriage. The
household of the late Queen, the royal
servants and tenantry will be drawn upon
the carriage drive. The Queen's pipers
will lead the procession through the
King's gate to Trinity Pier. There will
be an lmnoslnc mllltarv dlsnlnv siinnc tn
route, massed bands and drummers play
ing funeral marches. Behind the coffin
will walk Admiral Seymour, first and
! principal aid-de-camp to Queen Victoria
j since 1899; the King, Emperor William,
the Duke of Connaught, Crown Prince
j Frederick William of Germany, the Duke
! of York. Prince Henry of Prussia. Prince
i Christian of Schleswig-Holsteln and oth
er Princes. Then will rnmp Onun ai.
andra, the Duchess of York anJ other
Princesses. Blue Jackets will bear the
coffin from the pier to the royal yacht Al
berta, where Admiral Seymour, four na
val aids-de-camp and two ladles in wait
ing will accompany the remains. The
King, the Queen, Emperor William and
other members of thf rnv.il famiiv t,,iii
I embark on board the royal yacht Victoria
ana AiDert.
Russla's Secret Terms.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the
Herald from Shanghai says:
Russia Is secretly offering the follow
ing terms to Manchuria: No money com
pensation to be demanded for losses In
Manchuria; Manchuria to be restored to
China, and the official power" to be Chi
nese. Russian officers to administer Man
churia, with power to receive all war
material, forts, etc.; no arms, forces or
arsenals to be allowed In Manchuria;
China to allow sufficient Russian-rorces
to remain for the protection of "Russian
railways. These terms are refused by
the Tartar General, Tseng Chi. LI Hung
Chang Is urging the appointment of a
pro-Russian commissioner, who will ac
cept the proffered terms, and he has re
quested the execution of General Tseng
Chi, who wa3 the instigator of the at
tack on the Russian frontier
ORDERED TO MANILA
Generals Wade and Ludlow
Will Go to Philippines.
RELIEVING WHEAT0N AND BATES
This Is in Accordance With the Pol
icy of the Department to Limit
the Detail of Offlcers in the
Tropics to Two Years.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. By direction,
of the President, Brigadier-Generals
James F. Wade and William F. Ludlow
will be relieved of their present duties
and ordered to San Francisco in time to
sail on the first transport from that port
after March 1, for Manila, where they
will report to the Commanding General,
Division of the Philippines, for assign
ment to duty. General Wade is now in
command of the Department of Dakota,
with headquarters at St. Paul. General
Ludlow Is a member of the board to
consider regulations pertaining to tho
establishment of a war college for tho
Army, with station at Washington. Ma
jor General F. S. Otis, commanding tho
Department of the Lakes at Chicago, will,
upon the departure of General Wade, as
sume command temporarily of the De
partment of Dakota, in addition to his
present duties.
The detail of Generals Wade and Lud
low to duty in tho Philippines will en
able the Department to relieve two gen
eral officers on duty there and give them
assignments in the United States. Th.s
is In accordance with the policy of tho
War Department to limit the detail of
offlcers In the Philippines to two years
whenever possible, in order not to over
tax their health and strength by pro
longed service In a tropical climate. It
Is probable that Major Generals Lloyd
Wheaton, who commands tho Department
of Northern Luzon, and J. C. Bates, w'io
commands the Department of Southern
Luzon, will be among the first high of
ficers relieved and granted permission to
return to the United States.
Wade "Will Relieve MacArthur.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30. A special to tho
Herald from Washington says:
Major-General Arthur MacArthur will
be relieved from duty as the command
ing General of the division of the Philip
pines In April next, and will bo succeed
ed by Brigadier-General James F. Wade.
HIGH CHURCH EPISCOPALIANS
Will Publish nn American Edition
of the Church Revlevr.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The Tribune to
morrow will say:
"At a meeting ot the Catholic Club, of
New York, an organization of high church
Episcopalians, yesterday, at which Rev.
Harry Wilson, of London, and Clifford
Kelway, of the Church Review, tho organ
of the Catholic party in the Church of
England, wtsre present. It was decided to
publih an American edition of the English
Catholic organ In Philadelphia, with an of
fice In New York, and to Join the Catholic
parties In England and America for a war
on Protestantism, and especially on the
Jow church Episcopalians. It was decided
that tho Catholic movement in England
would be much helre! it the Lord Bishop
of I'ochester should 1-3 made Bishop of
London.
PORTO RICAN FR0TECTI0N,
Ask That Coffee Imports From. Other
Countries Be Taxed.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. 29. A Joint
resolution wa3 introduced In tho House
today and adopted, praying the United
States Congress to pass legislation levy
ing taxes on coffee entering the United
States from all countries expect Porto
Rico, thus protecting the product of tho
island. Jt is understood that Governor
Allen Is in sympathy with the resolution.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWSL
Congress.
Senator Turner made an argument against
the subsidy bill in the Senate. Page L
Frye gave notice that he would keep tha
shipping bill to the front. Page 2.
The Senate passed the Indian appropria
tion bill. Page 2.
The House considered the agricultural
bill. Page 2.
The President recommends that additional
copies of the Consul reports be printed.
Page 2.
Foreign.
Preparations for the Queen's funeral aro
nearly completed. Page 3.
The Duke of York is sick. Page 3.
A revolutionary plot has been discovered
in Prussian Poland. Page 3.
Bethuen will try to drive the Boers out of
Cape Colony. Page 3.
' General.
Minister Loomis has postponed the pre
sentation of his ultimatum to Venez
uela. Page L
Generals Wade and Ludlow have been or
dered to the Philippines. Page 1.
Delegates of the Muskogees in Washing
ton advised the Indians to keep quiet.
Page 2.
Suit was brought in a Cincinnati court to
prevent Jeffries-Ruhlin fight. Page 3.
Northwest Ireelslatnres.
The Oregon Senatorial situation shows no
change. The McBrlde forces are not
for caucus unless Corbett is withdrawn.
Page 4.
The Oregon Senate voted to amend con
stitution by making State Printer a
statutory office. Page 4.
Bill for 1-mlll levy to pay scalp bounty
warrants passed Oregon Senate. Page 4.
A bill for the removal of the capltol from
Olympla to Tacoma came up In both
houses of the Washington Legislature.
Page 5.
Bill to divide Washington Into three Con
gressional districts was introduced in
the House. Page 5.
A memorial to ask Congress for money to
build The Dalles-Celilo canal has been
Introduced In the Idaho' House. Page 5.
Pacific Const.
A prisoner escaped from the Grant's Pass
jail, and Is still at liberty. Page 4.
The Baker City Park Commission has
been named. Page 4,
A change in the plans of the new Salem
Postoffice, so as to have it face tha
west, is contemplated. Page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
President McKInley may visit Portland
this Spring. Page 7.
Old Mechanics' Pavilion will be torn
down. Page 10.
New York men sue A. B. Hammond for
part of Astoria railroad bonus. Page 8.
Columbia Southern suit gets into United
States court. Page 8l
Miss Van Vleet. of Holladay School, to bo
tried for Insubordination. Page 12.