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THE MGRNIKG QREGONIXN, TUESDAY, -AUGUST 13, 1901.
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM
NO CHANGE OF IMPORTANCE IN THE
SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE.
Labor Leaders Protest Against Ap
pointment of Special Officers
Tanners Hay Walk Out.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12. There was
no change of importance in the strike sit
uation today, 'both sides remaining firm,
while continued, but thus far fruitless ef
forts at conciliation are being made. May
or Phelan -was called on this afternoon
by a delegation of labor leaders, who pre
sented their side of the controversy, de
manded the removal of G. W. Newhall,
president of the Board of Police Com
missioners, and protested against the ap
pointment of 200 special officers; which it
has been stated was to be done at the re
quest of the Employers' Association. After
listening to the arguments advanced,
Mayor Phelan promised to answer In writ
ing the requests of the delegation.
A meeting of the Retail Dealers' Asso
ciation was held tonight to consider what
could be done toward ending the strike.
The only action taken was, the appoint
ment of a committee of five with power
to name a sub-committee to prepare a
plan of settlement.
Work on the water front is progressing
slowly and with difficulty, but no disturb
ances are reported. A scarcity of food
supplies on the northern coast, which ob
tains its provisions by sea, has been
caused by the tie-up of .shipping. This
will soon be relieved, however, as four
steam schooners fully laden are now on
their way to the points of distribution.
Forty-five tanners walked out of their
places of employment today rather than
handle goods hauled by a nonunion team
ster. At a general meeting of tanners to
night their action was Indorsed and it
was resolved to follow their example If
necessary.
Efforts at conciliation arei still
being made, and tonight the Im
portance of effecting a speedy and peace
able settlement of the trouble was dis
cussed at a mass meeting called by tho
Federation of Improvement Clubs. Sev
eral conferences of labor leaders were
held during the day, but nothing definite
regarding them was given out. Affairs
were quiet along the water front and in
the wholesale district.
President Casey, of the City Front Fed
eration, reviewing the 6trike situation,
says:
"The unions ere in a much stronger po
sition now than they were a week ago.
The men are more determined than ever
to win their fight. Not one desertion from
the unions has been reported to the fed
eration. No one can say what turn the
strike may take during the coming week.
Frequent conferences are being held, but
it Js impossible to predict when one of
them will lead to results that will be sat
isfactory to the contending parties. I
cannot say that we are nearer a settle
ment today than we were a week ago.
It is my opinion that we ere not so near
a settlement Enough money has not
been lost by the employers to convince
them that a strike is a losing game for
them. It may be necessary for the in
dustries of the city to remain inactive
for several weeks more before they will
be convinced. The strike is undoubtedly
harming the Interests of San Francisco,
but it must go on until unionism is tri
umphant." REFUSE TO HANDLE -FREIGHT.
Union Men Will Not Work on Cargo
Loaded by "Scabs."
SEATTLE, Aug. 12. The Umatilla is
being unloaded by a small force of non
union laborers, the union men having re
fused to handle her freight, as she was
loaded by nonunion men in Son Tranclsco.
It will take at least three days to unload
the vessel nt the present rate.
MUCH -GOLD RECOVERED.
Sclby People Have Das; Up All Bat
$80,000 of Stolen Treasure.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. It was
stated at the office of the Selby Smelting
Company at noon that e force of divers,
under the management of the Plnkertons,
had today taken $63,000 worth of gold from
the spot where It was hidden by Winters,
making nearly $200,000 already recovered.
It is expected that the balance of the
stolen treasure, amounting to $80,000, will
be recovered inside of 24 hours.
Winters is still detained by the officers
In this city, but has not been formally
charged with the crime. The fact that ho
has not been charged with any crime
lends additional weight to the belief that
he will be leniently dealt with for con
fessing the crime and locating the spot
where he secreted the bullion.
There promises to be a lively fight be
tween the detectives over the reward
money, and this matter may eventually
be taken into court for settlement. De
tective Morse, who, it Is stated, deflnltely
flxed upon Winters the authorship 'of the
crime, states that he got his first informa
tion from Donaldson, an employe of the
works, who formerly roomed with Win
ters. Morse, who Is a detective for the
Selby people, does not claim any of the
reward, but 6tates that a large portion
of it should be divided between Donald
son and Sheriff Veale, of Contra Costa
County. Their claims are opposed by the
other detectives engaged in the case.
BUDDHIST SERVICES AT SEA.
Japanese Commemorate Their Kin
Who Went Down With the RIo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. Buddhist
services in memory of the Oriental vic
tims of the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro
were held yesterday on the deck of the
steamer Caroline, In the Golden Gate, over
the spot where the lost vessel is supposed
to lie. The Caroline was chartered by K.
Ogawa, a wealthy Japanese, and had on
board 250 of the Mikado's subjects as his
guests. The steamer was garlanded with
flowers from stem to stern and gaily
tinted paper lanterns decked the rigging.
When the appointed place was Teached a
little altar inscribed with strange charac
ters was brought out and placed on a
stand, heaped with flowers and fruits.
Rev. M. Nishljiml. head of the Buddhist
mission, in mourning robes of black and
purple, seated himself before this imnm.
-vised shrine and began an incantation,
low, monotonous and pathetic, while the
assembled company listened with boued
heads.
Then all on board Joined In strewing the
sea with flowers, fruits and confections,
while some slips of tissue paper bearing
the names of the ancestors of the dead
were also consigned to the waves. This
ceremony ended, the boat proceeded on a
four hours' pleasure trip around the bay.
Refreshments were served and music and
games enlivened the occasion.
DIMMICK TAKEN TO JAIL.
Mint Cleric Held on Foar Charges
and Bail Fixed at ?37,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. Walter M.
DImmick, ex-chief clerk of the United
States mint, who is accused of embezzling
$30,000 from the Government, with other
minor delinquencies, was today formally
served with a warrant of arrest. He was
held for trial on four charges by United
States Commissioner Heacock, the aggre
gate bail being fixed at $37,000. As this
was not forthcoming, DImmick was taken
to tho County Jail. '
Morgan to Visit San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. J. Pier
pont Morgan is to be a temporary resi
dent of San Francisco soon. His agents
have practically concluded a lease. It is
said, of the old Charles Crocker mansion
on the northwest corner of California and
Taylor streets. The cause of his coming
to this city Is the Episcopal triennial
council, which begins October 2. and in
which Mr, Morgan will probably servo as
a lay delegate, as ho has done at previous
councils. Mr. Morgan's daughter, now
in Colorado hunting wild game, is ex
pected to Join her father and mother here
during their stay. The Crocker mansion
is one of the most imposing of the edi
fices erected on Nob Hill by the California
money king. It contains & splendid art
gallery.
Loss of (Jold Briok Denied.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. The report
ed disappearance of a gold brick worth
$20,000, consigned to the' Apollo Consolidat
ed Mining Company, of this city, is denied
by tfne officials of the Alaska Commercial
Company, which controls the Apollo Min
ing Company. They say that the gold was
brought from the mines at Unga to Ju
neau, there transferred to a Seattle boat,
and brought from that city fx San Fran
cisco by express.
California Postoffice Robbed.
SAN MATEO, Cal., Aug. 12. The Post
office in this town was entered just before
daylight by a burglar who blew the safe
open with dynamite and escaped with
$150.
Are After the Rebate on Gold.
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 12. An offer has
been sent by the North American Trans
portation & Trading Company, of Daw
son, to the Provincial Government to
market an their gold here and make this
the first and last port of call for their
St Michael steamers, it they are allowed
the rebate of 1 per cent of royalty paid
on gold in the Yukon, as offered to indi
vidual miners. The offer will be forward
ed to the Dominion Government.
Struck by Windlass Handle.
SALEM, Aug. 12. The 4-year-old son of
Otto Williams was severely injured at
Willard yesterday by being struck in the
face by the handle of a swiftly revolving
windlass. The mother had drawn a buck
et of water and accidentally let the buck
et fall back in the well. Just at that
moment the child stepped within reach
of the crank and was struck. How se
rious tho accident will prove Is not yet
known.
Burned by Powder Explosion.
SALEM, Aug. 12. Glenn Davidson the
11-year-old son of T. Davidson, of inde
pendence, was badly powder-burned yes
terday afternoon. While playing with a
can of gunpowder he dropped a lighted
match into it, and the explosion blew
particles of powder Into "his face and eyes.
He probably will not lose his eyesight.
HERALDRY OF THE INDIANS
The Marks on the Face Denote Hon
ors, Ancestry, Tribe and Condition.
Washington Times.
People in general have been content to
look upon the Indian's adornment of his
head with eagle feathers and his face with
paint as marks of personal decoration in
spired by vanity and a savage taste. But
the fact Is that every paint mark on an
Indian's face has a sort of heraldic mean
ing, implying not only the honors won by
the brave in person, but representing also
the claims of his family and race to dis
tinction. In other words, what is shown
among more cultured communities by
coats of arms, orders and decorations, is
depicted by the Indian on his face by
means of pigments.
Scientists are now engaged in compiling
a record of the armorial, or rather facial
bearings of certain celebrated chiefs, end
It is said to be fascinating work. One
renowned warrior, for instance, will have
his lip painted a copper red. This Is
found to Indicate that his tribe was once
In possession of huge mines of copper.
Another individual will have his forehead
adorned with a painting of' a certain fish,
thus Implying that he or his people are
renowned for prowess In catching fish.
The same distinguished person sometimes
wears a disc of pearl in addition to his
paint mask. This, by Its shimmering ra
diance and its form, implies that he is
descended from the moon. In the sense
that the goddess of night Is one of his
ancestors.
The features of the Indian are some
times Incorporated into the representation
of the animal which forms his heraldic
bearing. Should the beaver, for example,
be the object to be depicted, it is not at
tempted to design the whole form of the
animal, but only Its distinctive and typi
cal parts, as, for instance, its peculiar
tall, which is painted in criss-cross lines
extending from the chin to the nose, as
though standing upright. The chin itself
does service as the beaver's body.
The arbitrary methods of the Indian art
ist render it difficult, if not Impossible, for
any but an expert to interpret the mean
ings of the pictorial representations. Thus,
an animal's ears are Invariably depicted
above the eyes on the human subject, the
ears of the beaver being just above the
eyebrows. On the cheeks are painted the
paws in a position as though they were
raised to the mouth in the manner con
ventional In Indian carvings.
The dogfish painted in red on the face
designates the members of an entire tribe.
On the foreheads of the members of this
tribe Is painted the long, thin snout;
the gills are represented by two curved
lines below the eyes, while the tall is
shown as cut In two and hanging from
each nostril. Only one or two parts of an
animal painted on an Indian's face indi
cates that he is of inferior position; the
entire symbol, no matter in what form
presented, is significant of lofty station
and high honors.
The facial heraldry of the Indian may
be said to be unique, not alone in the
method of representation employed, but
in the subjects selected. These latter in
clude fish, flesh, and fowl of all descrip
tionsdog salmon, devilfish, starfish,
woodpeckers, ravens, eagles. bears,
wolves, frogs, are comprised in the armo
rial gallery.
Every object represented has Its own
particular significance, and one of the
most peculiar phases of face painting re
lates to the employment of forms other
than animals tools, implements of the
chase or of war, denoting the occupation
of the individual or his tribe.
Receiver for a. Carriage Company.
TRENTON. N. J., Aug. 12. An order
was filed In the Court of Chancery today
appointing William G. G. See receiver of
the General Carriage Company, a New
Jersey corporation. The receiver was ap
pointed at the Instance of Montgomery &
Co., to whom the company Is indebted to
the extent of $120 7L
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Bis; Arizona Alfalfa Crop.
PHOENIX. Ariz., Aug. 12. Reports
received here from 23 points In the ter
ritory all state the largest alfalfa crop
ever known is now being gathered. "JJhe
crop is the second one of the year, and
will be of extraordinary value at this
time, when the hay crops of the Central
Western States are burned out.
Daily TreasHry Statement.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances in the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold
reserve in the division of redemption,
shows:
Available cash balances .........$175,718,952
Gold 103,411,826
GOING EAST7
The ideal trip across the Continent, es.
peclally at this time of the year, is via
the Rio Grande roads, .known as the
"Scenic Line of the World." In addi
tion to going .f-hrough Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Springs, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver, with the privilege of
a stop-over at any of these points, you
have a daylight ride through the heart
of the RocHIes, the scenery of which Is
surpassed nowhere. By stopping over in
the Mormon capital, you have the op
portunity of a bath in the- Great Salt
Lake, Nature's famous sanatorium.
Through Pullman and dining-car service.
Popular weekly tourist excursions.
For rates and descriptive pamphlets, ad
dress, J. D. MANSFIELD,
Zli Third street. Portland, Or.
TRADE STILL BOOMING
NEW YEAR OPENS T3VEN BETTER
THN ONE JUST CLOSED.
Coal, Lumber, Grain, the Packing:
Industries, AH Show an In
creased Volume of Business.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. It has fre
quently been assumed that the high level
of last 'year's phenomenal commercial op
erations could not be repeated this year.
Reports on the volume of trade -for the
bIx months ending June 30 do not bear out
this prediction: Figures gathered by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics, on the
movements of Internal commerce for the
first half of 1901, show that, as a rule,
the contrary Is true and that the tide
of commercial prosperity is still on the
upward trend. Wheat receipts, for ex
ample, at eight leading markets, includ
ing Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Duluth, Chi
cago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Toledo and
Detroit, aggregated 217,159,743 bushels for
the'season to June 30, 1901, compared with
200,972,915 bushels for the season to June
30 1900. The yearly receipts of livestock
at five Western markets to June 30, 1901,
havo been 2,969,566 cattle, 9,120,790 hogs,
and 3,269,537 sheep. This exceeds by 344,
552 head the arrivals for the correspond
ing period pf last year. Traffic receipts
of livestock at Chicago alone were 420S
cars above those of the first six months
of 1900, and shipments were greater by
3786 cars. This Illustrates the Increasing
extent to which transportation Interests
have been sharing in the enlarging out
put of staple farm products.
Packing Industries have prolonged, their
demand for hogs further than usual Into
the Summer. The packing demand at Chi
cago may be taken as representative.
Here the weekly requirements during
January was 141,543 head, and during June,
124,294 head.
The lake trade In the bureau's report
for June represents 118 receiving port9
and 207 shipping ports. A't the stage of
the season beginning with July 1, lake
receipts had already exceeded those of
last season in the quantity of flour, coal,
lumber, logs and unclassed freight han
dled. The shipments of grain for the
six months since January 1 reached a to
tal of 50,559,011 bushels, being 1,500,000
bushels ahead of last year's record for
the corresponding six months. The Sault
Ste. Marie canal, however, owing to the
later opening of the season's navigation,
reports 6,767,121 tons of freight carried
for three months ending June 30, 1901, com
pared with 8,673,481 tons for the same pe
riod of last year.
How far the seaboard cities have shared
in the first six months' increase In trade
is Instanced by the grain and flour re
ceipts at these points. At Boston the re
ceipts to June 30 were 29,134,224 bushels
(flour reduced to bushels), compared with
22,768,756 bushels for the first half of last
year. At New York, June receipts alone
this year were 25,144,718 bushels, compared
with 16,438,802 bushels for June, 1900. Phila
delphia shows a decline in receipts from
20.924,988 bushels during the first half of
1900 to 28.663,814 bushels In 1901. Baltimore
advanced from 36,997,298 bushels in 1900 to
42,911,653 in 1901. Coal receipts at Boston,
mostly coastwise, were 2,310.230 tons to
June 30, the largest In the history of the
movement. ,
In the South the cotton movement to
June 30 was 9,970,966 bales, or nearly LOOO,
000 in excess of the receipts for the first
10 months of last year. Overland shlpv
ments and Southern mill takings fell off,
while port receipts and Interior stocks
showed marked gains at that date over
the previous season's figures. Some
Southern lumber movements, on the other
hand, as reflected, for example, in the
shipments from Charleston, were lower
than those of a year ago. The iron move
ment from territory covered by reports of
the Southern Iron Committee amounted
to 830,047 tons for six months since Janu
ary 1. Tobacco receipts for the like pe
riod, at seven Southern markets this
year were 156,419 hogsheads, against 140,407
hogsheads in six months of 1900.
The coal trade is another index of the
past half year's commercial progress.
Chesapeake & Ohio coal shipments as
reported for the year ending June 30,
190L were 4,962,012 tons, compared with
4.116,970 tons in six months of last year.
Tidewater receipts alone increased from
1.795,541 tons to 2,559,862 tons. The Nor
folk & Western shipments were 2,758,677
tons for the past half year, and 2,831.689
tons for the first half of 1900, but tho
tidewater receipts were 13.3 larger than
in 1900. Taking Chicago and St. Louis as
representative points in the distribution
and consumption of coal for the two half
year periods, It is found that Chicago's
receipts qf coal and coke to June 30, 1901,
were 3,877,107 tons, as against 4,539,115 tons
for six months of last year.. At St Louis
commercial coal, received was 2,137,905
tons, compared with 1,923,953 tons for tho
corresponding period of 1900. The short
age in Chicago's figures is explained large
ly by the lateness of the opening of Lake
navigation this season, as compared with
that of 1900.
On the Pacific Coast the same tendency
to enlarged volume of .trade appears. The
lumber trado of California for the first six
months of 1901 showed 'fully 10 per cent
gain over that of the first six months of
1900. Citrus fruit shipments for this sea
son to July 6 were 21,046 cars, .against 16,
420 last season'.
This report on the principal movements
of tho country's commerce indicates a sub
stantial degree of growth in the volume
of the domestic trade generally as a basis
forthe later and more Important half of
the commercial year yet to come.
VEGETATION OF WEST ALASKA
Brief Report on Plants and Mosses
of Seward Peninsula.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Arthur J. Col
lier, .who accompanied a geological sur
vey party to the Seward Peninsula,
Alaska, during the past Summer, has
submitted a brief report on the vegeta
tion oi that region. Generally speaking,
he says the "vegetation is Arctic in char
acter and the plants are all stunted, al
though during the short period of growth
some species develop rapidly to maturity.
The most abundant forms are the mosses
and lichens. These plants form a varie
gated carpet, its color ranging from the
pure white and cream of the reindeer
moss to the deep green and brown of the
peat moss. During the Summer this car
pet Is sprinkled with many bright-colored
flowering plants.
The peat moss accumulates to a con
siderable thickness on the tundra, and
during the Summer forms a vast bog
of yielding nature, making travel across
it wearisome to men, and often impos
sible to horses.'
In the eastern part of , the peninsula
GETTING BACK INTO GREEN FIELDS.
spruce timber occurs along the rivers.
Trees one foot in diameter and 50 feet
high were measured near Council, on
the Niukluk River. Scattered trees
were seen on the portage 20 miles' west
of Council. This is the westernmost
limit bf coniferous trees on the American.
Continent. Within the spruce area fuel
and sheltered camping places are abun
dant, and comfortable loghouses can be
built for Winter use. Beyond the limit
of spruce, cottonwood as large as 10
Inches in diameter occurs at a few places
along the rivers. Dwarf alders make oc
casioned thickets on tho hillsides. Along
rivers and creeks generally are dense
thickets of willow, sometimes six inches
In diameter, but generally not over two
inches thick and five feet In height.
These willows are the main fuel in the
mining camps of the western part of the
peninsula. Stunted and small though
they were, they made , possible the ex
ploration and development in the Interior
of Seward Peninsula last Summer. They
were found in sheltered nooks as far
west as Cape Prince of Wales.
Along the river and creek bottoms,
and wherever .on low lands the growth
of tundra moss has not prevailed,
grasses are abundant and afford suf
ficient forage for pack animals. Waving
above the moss of the tundra occur a
number of grass-like plants of the sedge
family, often growing In bunches. These
sedges are eaten by horses when other
forage cannot be had.
There are at the present time, so states
the report, about 3000 domestic reindeer
on the peninsula, which number can
probably be Increased many times with
out overstocking the range, so abundant
is the moss.
' During the month of August berries
of various kinds are fairly abundant.
Several species of cranberry andAhuckle
berry, and at least two species of rasp
berry, were encountered. There Is a
great profusion of wild flowers in the
month of July.
Good Roads of Norway.
When one travels in Norway he is com
pelled to adopt primitive means of trans
portation, . and that's the charm of It,
writes Wiliiam E. Curtis, from Chrlstianla
to the Chicago Times-Herald. There are
plenty of rivers and lakes with "danjp
sheep" upon them that's the Norwegian
word for steamboat but If you want to
go In any other direction ydu must take
a carriage; or, if there' are only two oil
you, a native cart called a stolkjaerre;
or, Jf you are alone, a carriole, which Is
a sort of sulky. The arrangements are
perfect and the roads are fine. Everything
is under government supervision for the
comfort and convenience of travelers, even
thev scenery, which Is sublime. You can
ride all day without a Jolt, for the roads
are as hard as asphalt pavement, and
smoother than most of it, for In our cities
the asphalt pavements generally have
plenty of places that need repair. I sup
pose that when the United States Is 1000
years old we will have such roads In our
country, for good roads are the growth
of centuries, and are not constructed by
men in a hurry. Julius Caesar or was it
Hannibal? started .the good roads move
ment In Southern Europe, and In Norway
it began in the days of the Vikings. The
national government here took charge o$
the highways in 1625, and has been ex
tending and improving them ever since.
It is generally the rule that the best roads
are found in countries where their con
struction is difficult. You can drive any
where on our Western prairies, but
through the Norwegian mountains a road
way has to be hewn out of the rocks.
"Scgro Musical Talent.
Mr. Drury, the noted negro opera sing
er and manager, has engaged for "next
season's tour as soprano Miss Marie Ro
velto, of Providence, -who is described
as having both beauty and a brilliant
voice, and as baritone George L. Ruflln,
who Is now soloist of the cathedral in
Boston. The New YorkBeason of Mr.
Drury's company will thus bo of un
usual interest.
WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DES-
SERTf
TbJs question arises in iba family every dar.
Let as answer it today. Try Jell-O, a de
licious" aad healthful dessert. -Prepared In two
minutes. No bolllnai no oalclnel simply add
boilinr water and set to cooL FI&tot:
Lemon. Oranre. RaaDbemr and Btra.wbmr
j a a package at your stock's today. 19
NORTHWEST COAL MINES I
TREATED IN GENERAL COAL RE
PORT BY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Washington the Banner State, Ore
gon's Product Decreasing, While
Idaho Has No Collieries.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The production
of coal In the United States for the year
1900 is made the subject of a special report
by the Geological Survey, now in course
of preparation. Not only Is the subject
treated generally, but the output of each
state Is treated individually. During the
past year Washington seems to have been
the banner coal state for the Pacific
Northwest, while Oregon took a step
backward. Idaho Is practically out of the
list as a coal-producing state.
The t6tal product of Oregon in 1900
was 58.864 short tons, valued at $220,001.
In theear preceding, Oregon's coal out
put was 86,888 short tons, making the
decrease during the year 18,024 tons, or a
little over 20 per cent. Nearly all of the
Chicago Inter Ooac.
product of 1900 was from the Newport
mine, In Coos County. The statistics of
1900 show that there was a larger number
of men employed and for a 'greater num
ber of days than was shown in the report
for 1899. This Is attributed to the reopen
lng of the Beaver Hill mine, whose prod
uct In 1900, however, was unimportant.
A table appended to the report shows
that about 85 per cent of the coal output
of Oregon Is shipped out of the state, but
a small portion being consumed at the
mines, and the balance sold to local trade.
The year 1897 still maintains the record of
witnessing the greatest coal production in
Oregon, when . 107,209 short tons, valued
at 5291,772, were mined. Tho year preced
ing, however, when the product was but
101,721 tons, the output was valued at
$294,564, the highest value of any one year's
product.
The following table of the coal product
of Oregon since 1892 emphasizes these and
other significant facts:
Product, Total
tons. value.
1892 34.661 $143,546
1893 .' 41.683 164.500
1894 47.521 183.914
1895 73,865 247,901
1896 101.721 294.564
1S97 107,289 291.772
1898 58,184 212,184
1899 86,883 260,917
1900 53,864 220,001
The total coal product for Washington
In 1900 was 2,474,093 short tons. Wash
ington is the only one of the Pacific
Coast States whose coal product amounts
to as much as 1 per cent of the total bitu
minous output of the United States. It is
the only one of the Pacific Coast States
producing true bituminous coal, the en
tire output of both California and Oregon,
Deing oi ngnue.
Some of the Washington coals are also
true coking coals, 59,288 tons of the prod
duct In 1900 being merged Into coke. Some
of the coals produced In Washington ap
proach anthracite in character, and some
natural coke has also been observed. The
production of this state has Increased an
nually since 1894. The output In 1900 was
444,212 tons, or about 22 per cent larger
than that of 1899. The value increased
from 53,603,989 to 14,700,068, a gain of $1,096.
079, or a little over 30 per cent. The aver
age price per ton advanced from Jl 78 In
1899 to $190 in 1900.
A small amount of coal is mined by the
use of machines In this state. The num
ber of machines In use was two. both In
"1899 and 1900. The machine-mined product
in 1900 was 10,000 short tons, as compared
with 14.640 tons in 1899.
King is the leading coal-producing
county of Washington, with Kittitas a
good second and Pierce third In order.
King County last year produced 1,003,101
short tons of coal, valued at, $2,137,380;
Kittitas produced 873,751 tons, valued at
$1,313,477; Pierce produced 577,127 tons, val
ued at $1,192,321, and Cowlitz, Lewis,
Skagit and Whatcom combined produced
20.114 tons, valued at $56,890.
By far the greater part of Washington's
coal, like that of Oregon, is shipped to
some other state, the local consumption
being very small. There has been a
gradual and steady rise in the coal pro
duct of Washington since 18S9, the first
year recorded In the report, when tho
total output of the state was 1,030,578
short tons, valued at $2,393,238. There
has, at tho same time, been a corre
sponding decrease in the average price per
ton of coal mined in this state, due
probably to the improved methods of
mining, and the fact that as tho mines
became more and moro developed, the
cost of production grew gradually less.
In 1889 Washington coal brought $2 32 per
ton; last year It brought but $1 90 per
ton.
The receipts of coal at Seattle for 1900
show an Increase of 89,957 tons, com
pared with the previous year, and an In
crease of 34,134 tons in export. There was
no foreign coal imported during 1900. The
Leary mine, which was expected to be
an important producer, has been practi
cally Idle, duo to strikes pending litiga
tion among the stockholders for control of
management. The recent completion of
one of tho largest and most modern elec
trical coal" conveyors, with a capacity of
10,000 tons per day, has added materially
to the facilities of this, the leading coal
market of the Stato of Washington. The
marked increase in population and manu
facturing Is making greater demands for
home coal consumption, while the situ
ation in California is such that this sec
tion has advantage there over British
Columbian coals. The outlook is for
greater state mine' production this year,
as well as local consumption and export.
Spasmodic attempts have been made to
mine coal' in Idaho, but they have not
met with success. A small amount, 10
tons, valued at J50, produced at Horse
shoe Bend, Boise County, was mined In
1900 and sold to local trade.
FELL IN SEATTLE DITCH.
Common End of SevernI Washington
State Politicians.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. "The 'Seattle
ditch' has swallowed every man who has
gone near it." That statement was made
by John L. Wilson when a Representative,
in Congress, and looking after the Inter-
ests of tho Eastern part of his state
while he passed by the demands of Puget
Sound. Probably Wilson particularized at
Chat time. He must have had In mind
the fact that every public man who had
attempted to make the "ditch" a success
had fallen by the wayside. Several men
who were candidates for office from King
County failed before state conventions
because they had earnestly championed
tho "ditteh." The Hon. John B. Allen, a
man who was a very good Senator, and
who might haye been United States Dis
trict Judge, was forced Into supporting
the "ditch" against his will, and was
subsequently defeated.
The "ditch" was fathered In Congress
by Watson C. Squire. There may be men
In" the Pacific Northwest who will ask
who Watson C. Squire was, and it may
be necessary to say that he was once
Territorial Governor of Washington and
was twice elected Senator. Here In the
capital it Is almost forgotten that there
was such a man as Watson C. Squire,
United States Senator. He drew a two
year lerm and was re-elected. It was after
his re-election that he championed tho
'Seattle ditch."
No man worked harder for any scheme
than Squire for that once; but before he
was half through his second, term he was
defeated, as every one knew, because of
his championship of the "ditch." It? would
havo made no difference what his politics
were or how often he changed them, the
"ditch" had laid him out. Ho forced Al
len into the "ditch" and that was the
last of Allen. In all probability Wilson's
defeat could be traced Indirectly to the
"Seattle ditch." It Is to be remembered
that an Eastern Washington man and a
Tacoma man combined and defeated Wil
son while Wilson was currying favor with
King County and the "Seattle ditch."
No one believed In the "divteh"; no one
had any use for It. A complaisant board
of engineers did make a favorable re
port and Squire got it into a river and
harbor bill. It was accepted In order to
get certain votes that were necessary
to pass theblll In the Senate. Or, rather.
It was Senatorial courtesy, and the House,
in those surrendering days under the
Reed rules, accepted whatever the Sen
ate gave it, and the "Seattle ditch" be
came a part? of National legislation. It
has proved a deep ditch for a great many
Washington State politicians.
Turner -of Spokane has been forced to
support it when he must know that it
Is absurd, and it will not be very long
before he is another victim of the "Se
attle ditch."
This brings us to a peculiar phase of
the action of the Washington Congres
sional delegation on the river and harbor
appropriations. This delegation, with few
exceptions, seems to have been always
dominated by certain Puget Sound Inter
ests, and particularly "Seattle ditch" In
terests, and for that reason has steadily
opposed improvements of the Columbia
River, a stream which drains more terri
tory in Washington than 4t does In Ore
gon. Improvements of the Columbia aro
given either a half-heart?ed support or op
posed entirely, because of the benefit they
may bo to Oregon. Yet the Columbia
River" Is the dividing line between fhe two
states, save for the longest part, -which
flows entirely through Washington. The
Improvement of the Lower Columbia must
therefore be of as much Importance to
Washington as it is to Oregon, save that
tho Willamette, flowing from the south,
reaches portions of Oregon not) touched
by tho Columbia. But if the obstructions
at The Dalles should be overcome and a
proper improvement of the Upper Co
lumbia made, Washington would have 10
miles of navigable river to every one that
Oregon has, except for that portion of the
Columbia which separates the two states.
Every dollar that is put into the Co
lumbia River Is charged by the Wash
ington delegation, or most of them, as In
favor of Oregon. Jn estimating the small
amount which was given to Washington
and the large amount which was given
to Oregon, the entire Columbia River is
placed to the credit of Oregon and to
the discredit of Washington. It would
seem that the people of Southern and
Eastern Washington would at some time
awake to the importance of the improve
ment of the Columbia for their benefit, as
against the alleged improvements along
Puget Sound.
Possibly the people of these sections of
Washington are alive to the" importance
of tfhe Columbia River. The fact that
Allen, Squire and Wilson, In National
politics, and a number of others In state
politics, were dumped into the "Seattle
ditch" may explain the resentment which
tho people of Southern Washington and
Eastern Washington feel towards those
who would expend millions on local Im
provements for the benefit of property
owners at Seattle when the same amount,
added tb what Congress is willing to givo
for tho dalles would open tho Columbia
to the sea, and givo water transportation
to a vast area In Eastern Washington.
Perhaps the politicians of Washington
state will heed tho warnings of the past
and will hark back to the prophecy of
John L. Wilson, who pointed out first"
that the "Seattle ditch" was swallowing
up everybody who 'camo near It, and
would continue to swallow those who
were forced Into It.
"War and the Engllah Grocers.
'National Review.
If war breaks out with France and
Russia it Is certain that history will re
peat Itself and that the battle for empire
will be fought out in or near the Med
iterranean by the British Mediterranean
fleet. For there we are weak and they
are strong. That fleet Is today the visible
effective force on which rest all our Na
tional institutions-, from our ancient mon
archy to our modern poor law. On that
fleet depend tho contents of the windows
of our grocers' shops. Corn flour from
New York; finned salmon from Victoria,
B. C; wheat from Adelaide, jams from
the Cape, tea from Ceylon, bacon from
Montreal, are displayed In the myriad
shops of the kingdom only because Ad
miral Fisher's fleet anchored at Tetuan
as I write Is undefeated. The grocers of
England and their customers never looked
upon those all-too-few far distant ships
Taised by the forceful will of their com
marider to a pitch of efficiency never
reached before. At Ascot, tho gay throng
enjoying their strawberries and listening
to the Hungarian band between tho races,
depend for their enjoyment not only on
tho efficiency but the sufficiency of the
Mediterranean fleet Soon after the first
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There was a time when people troubled
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upon them until It caused the loss of their
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Coke Dandruff Cure will not cure him
after the public test that has been mado
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cessful distribution of free samples at
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We might publish hundreds of testi
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whisper of disaster to tho Mediterranean
fleet the gay throngs at Ascot or Good
wood would bo confronted with a revolu
tionary crowd crying for bread and an in
glorious peace. Famine prices would pre
vail within a fortnight' of defeat. And yet
contentedly we court, almost invite, de
feat. We present to the French and Rus
sians a temptation almost irresistible inr
tho weakness and deficiencies of our lnain
fighting fleet and this while wo wdsto
30,000,000 on six army corps that cannot
leave England unless the navy Is supreme,
and need not If It Is. Every million spent
on the army abovo 24,000,000 is a million
taken from the navy.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKES.
Merely ns Sympathetic Tlicy Only'
Make a Bud Matter "Worse.
PORTLAND. Aug. 1L-(To the Editor.)
The writer has noticed that an unduo
amount of so-called "sympathy" is exhib
ited in behalf of strikers against em
ployers. "Sympathetic strikes," though,
considered perfectly justified by the la
boring side, are equally offensive to em
ployers. Sympathy is an ambiguous word
and can be used to denote a variety of
temperaments In various moods. My sug
gestion finds its intuition In the following
definition of the word: Sympathy is an
inward feeling of compassion for a fellow-being
in distress. But. although It
ennobles one to show it,, a man cannot
be considered rational for amputating hit
leg, because some one else, unfortunately,
was injured similarly. This Is no way tc
demonstrate his feelings for the sufferer.
Moral sympathy may be admlssable and
reasonable, but merely to appeal to tha
coarser Instinct of revenge is only to
aggravate its final cause.
When people will only make up their
minds to cease stubbornness and try to
understand one another, the days of
strikes and unions and associations of
employers will vanish.
As the matter now sfcmds, both sides
are seeking tho public sympathy, and
each side seemingly Is the Injured one.
J. HARVEY HARRISON.
Unknoirn Cnnadn.
National Geographic Magazine.
"ne-thlrd of the area of Canada Is prac
tlcrMy unknown, states the Director of tho
GeV'glcal Survey of the Dominion In his
last report.
There are more than 1,250,000 square
miles of unexplored lands In Canada. The
entire area of the Dominion Is computed
at 3.450,257 square miles; consequently
one-third of this country has yet been un
traveled by the explorer. Exclusive of
the Inhospitable detached Arctic portions,
934,000 square miles are for all practical
purposes entirely unknown.
Most of this unknown area is distrib
uted In the western half of the Dominion
In Impenetrated blocks of from 25,001) to
100,000 square miles that Is, areas as
large as the states of Ohio, Kansas or
New England are yet a secret to white
man.
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