EIGHT BIG STEAMSHIPS
LARGE FLEET DUE WITHIN. THE
2VT3XT THIRTY DAYS.
Steam nnd Sail Due Before Decem
ber 1 Ha Carrying Capacity of
. Nearly 100,000 Tons.
Portland's steamship traffic Is growing
faster than ever before, and, In spite or
the fact that a large overflow is sent to
the Puget Sound ports every month, the
amount that is handled direct from this
city shows a steady gain. Eight steam
ships having a combined carrying capacity
of nearly 50,000 tons are scheduled to ar
rive at Portland within the next 30 days,
with a good prospect that at least two
others will reach here within that period.
Tr.o first of the fleet to arrive will be the
British steamship Crusader, a mammoth
raodern-built freighter with a carrying
capacity of 6500 tons. She is now at Vic
toria, and Is expected to go on the dry
dock at that port"today. As soon as her
hull Is cleaned she will come to Portland
next week and load a cargo of forage for
Manila. The steamship Horda came off
the drydock at "Victoria yesetrday. and,
after going to a coaling port in British
Columbia, will come to Portland to load
lumber for Manila. The steamship Adato,
which is now en route from Japan, will
undoubtedly reach Portland ahead of the
Horda next week, and on arrival will load
a. full cargo of lumber for Shanghai.
The British steamship Langbank, a
7000-ton ship, sailed from Mojl for Port
land Octpber 16, and is due early in No
vember, to load a cargo of wheat. The
Norwegian steamship Guernsey, one of
the largest wtvaleback steamers afloat, is
.now en route from Manila with a cargo
of hemp, and on arrival early In Novem
'ber will load back for the Orient with
lumber and miscellaneous freight. The
Norwegian steamship Tiger, under char
ter for November wheat loading at Port
land, Is expected here about the 15th of
November, and the mammoth Portland &
Asiatic liner Indrapura will reach bere
about the same time. The eighth vessel
due within the month Is the United States
transport Seward, which is expected from
Alaska next week.
In addition to this ?team fleet there is
at least 15 big sailing ships due in the
same period, their combined carrying ca
pacity being close to 50.060 tons. In steam
and sail it Is thus apparent that Port
land will have close to 100,000 tons capacity
to look after within the next 30 days,
and this vast amount of cargo will all be
ready for the vessels when they reach
here, and they will have the usual quick
dispatch that has made the port famous.
FROM THE FAR XORTH.
American-Hawaiian line will soon be ply
ing no further south than Panama, three
running between this port, Honolulu and
Panama, the others between the Isthmus
and New York, with the Panama Railroad
doing all the overland business brought
to itg 80-mile road by the great ocean
carriers. This will include the handling
of Hawaiian sugar, for the transporta
tion of which the American-Hawaiian
Company has valuable contracts.
' INSPECTOR'S "REPORT.
Increase In Loss of Life on Steam
boats Last Year.
WASHINGTON, Oct 25. The annual re
port of General James A, Dumont, Super
vising Inspector-General of Steam Ves
sels, has been made public. It shows that
9773 vessels were Inspected during the last
fiscal year, a decrease of SO from the
figures for the preceding year. The total
loss of life on steam vessels last year was
340, an Increase of 140 over the previous
year. By the loss of the steamer Rio de
Janeiro at San Francisco last February
127 lives were lost.
General Dumont advises that section 4490
of the revised statutes, providing for at
least three water-tight compartments in
all sea-going and coastwise steamers, be
amended to Include -all passenger and
ferry-boats hereafter built of 500 tons and
upward, regardless of the waters they
navigate, and, further, that the number of
passengers be limited on ferry-boats run
ning routes exceeding three miles from
"dock to dock.
GRAIN FLEET MOVING.
Demands of the Grain Shippers Keep
the Tovrboats Unusually Busy.
,The German ship Renee RIckmcrs ar
rived down at Astoria yesterday afternoon
and the Albania left up In tow'of the boat
that took the Rickmers down. The Rlck
mer Rickmers left down yesterday morn,
ing, and should reach Astoria today. The
Favorlta is also on the way down the
river. She left yesterday morning, ffia
Mayfleld Is next on the list, and will
leave down this morning if a boat is ob
tainable. The Carlo P. has not yet se
cured a full complement of sailors, and
has not ordered a boat. The ships are all
going through without lighterage, and,
while the river is below zero, no delays
of consequence have been encountered.
The lighterage which was sent down for
the Glenturret was not at all needed, and
some of it will be brought back to Portland.
Cutter Bear Arrives With a Tale of
Death and Shipwreck.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Oct. 23.
The United States cutter Bear arrived
here this mernlng from Behrlng Sea, after
visiting various mission stations and the
coast of Siberia, Captain Tuttle reports
that while on the Siberian coast he made
arrangements for a large number of rein
deer to be delivered along the northeast
coast of Siberia next season, when the
will be picked up and transported to rein
deer stations in Alaska. Captain Tuttle
confirms the report of the loss of a num
ber of reindeer this season while being
transported, owing to the prevalence of
stormy weather while the animals were in
transit. During the present season Gen
eral Random, commanding the military
aistrlct of Alaska, sent a large amount
of supplies to the orphan asylums at
Golovin Bay and Port Clarence. At these
places there are 45 orphans whose parents
were victims of last season's epidemic.
which made sad inroads in the ranks of
the native population at those two places,
and what few adults survived are unable
to more than care for themselves.
Captain Tuttle reports that at all sta
tions visited by him he found that the
natives had suffered fearful loss from the
effects of last year's epidemic, and not
more than half of them survived, and
during its progress others became demor
alized, and he says if it had not been for
provisions sent by the Alaska Commercial
Company last year to various stations, but
few, Jf any. of the natives would have
survived last year, and the tribes would
have been wiped out of existence. He re
ports, however, that the epidemic has run
!s course, and that during his cruise he
did not come across a single case of small
pox, but all the tribes are practically In
a destitute condition, and many children
are homeless, without father or mother,
and will become wards of the Government.
According to reports from the north
brought by Captain Tuttle. the schooner
Halcyon, which sailed from Puget Sound
in 1900 on a prospecting cruise in Behrlng
Sea, is numbered among the missing, and
with her is Captain Charles Thomas. Five
others on the vessel escaped. At St. Law
rence Captain Tuttle met one of the sur
vivors, whe related a most remarkable
tale of the Arctic seas. The Halcyon
called from Nome November 7, 1900, after
taking on supplies for prospecting," and
when Sledge Island was reached the ves
sel was becalmed, and slush ice began
to form, and before the Halcyon could get
out the Ice became solid, and the vessel
and all hands were carried to the main
Jce pack, and drifted southeast for a num
ber of days -until the vicinity of Norton
Sound was reached, when another current
was struck, which carried them west a
considerable distance until a point near
St. Lawrence Island was reached. Here
four men Louis Bicotte, half owner in
the craft; two brothers named Ballard
and a prospector named Young aban
doned the vessel, taking a small boat
with some provisions, which they hauled
over the ice a long distance, -when they
struck a narrow opening, and in the boat
succeeded in reaching the beach near Top
kuk. Captain Charles Thomas and William A.
Egan remained with the vessel until Jan
uary 8, 1901, when they abandoned her,
taking with them a supply of provisions,
and succeeded in working their way over
Ice and reaching an island. Captain
Thomas refused to remain, but returned
to the vessel, since which time noth
ing has been heard of her, and it is the
opinion of Captain Tuttle then when the
ice broke up in the Spring the Halcyon
was crushed and Captain Thomas met his
death. Egan worked his way along tho
beach over Ice and snow until within 50
miles of Gamble Mission, "when he was
about exhausted and his feet were frozen.
He was picked up by the natives and
taken to the mission, where he received
medical attention and recovered, but suf
fered the loss of his toes. Captain Thom
as has a mother and relatives In Ohio,
and Is a member of the Coast Seaman's
Union, at San Francisco. Egan's home
Is in Cowlitz, Wash., but after his recov
ery he was given employment at the rein
deer station as a herder. Others are sup
posed to be in the Topkuk country. The
Bear sailed from here at noon for Seattle,
where she will remain awaiting: orders
from the department as to the place of go
ing Into Winter quarters.
BACK TO THE PORTAGE.
Report That Panama Railroad May
Handle Hawaiian Sugar Traffic.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26. The Chron
icle says that one of the principal offi
cers of the American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company is authority for the statement
that an important traffic arrangement
with the Panama Railroad Company Is
under consideration. Since the inaugura
tion of the line a year ago the American
Hawaiian Company's steamers on the
route from 'New York to this port and
Honolulu have been running through the
Straits of Magellan, calling at no Inter
mediate ports of the line except to coal.
Under the arrangement said to be under
negotiation the six large steamers of the
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Oct. 23. Arrived at 8:15 A
M. and left up at 10 A. M. Steam schoon
er Fulton. Sailed at 9 A M. Steamer
Geo. W. Elder, for San Francisco. Ar
rived down at 12 noon German ship Renew
Rickmers. Left up at 3:30 Norwegian
bark Albania. Arrived at 4 P. M. Steam
er Harrison, from Tillamook. Condition
of the bar at 4 P. M., moderate; wind
northeast; weather clear.
Tacoma, Oct. 25. Sailed Schooner Sadie,
for San Pedro: steamer Mackinaw, for
San Francisco; steamer .Asuncion, for
San FranclECo; German steamer Sesostrls,
for Seattle. Arrived Ship Columbia, from
San Francisco.
Seattle, Oct. "25. Arrived Steamer
Jeanie, from Valdes. Sailed Portland, for
San Francisco.
Yokohama, Oct. 22. Arrived Empress of
India, from Vancouver, for Hong Kong.
Manila. Arrived October 23. Hyson,
from Tacoma, via Hlogo, etc, for London.
Kobe. Arrived Oct. 24 Yangtse, from
Tacoma, for Suez.
Havre, Oct. 25. Arrived La Bretagne,
from New York.
New York, Oct. 25. Arrived Germanic,
from Liverpool; Pennsylvania, from Ham
burg. Cochin. Sailed October 22 Kaisow, from
Tacoma, via Hiogo, etc., for England.
Liverpool, Oct. 25. Sailed 3eorgic, for
New York.
Queenstown, Oct. 25. Sailed New Eng
land, from Liverpool, for Boston.
Movilie, Oct. 25. Sailed Tunlsan, from
Liverpool, for Montreal.
Southampton, Oct. 25. Sailed Auguste
Victoria, from Hambuig, for New York.
Yokohama. Arrived October 22 British
steamer Empress of India, from Van
couver. San Francisco. Oct. 25. Arrived Steam
er Thyra, from Portland; steamer Areata,
from Coos Bay; steamer Czarina, for Se
attle.. Sailed Steamer Columbia, for As
toria; steamer San Mateo, for Nanalmo;
nhip Lucille, for Oyster Harbor; ship C.
F. Sargent, for Seattle.
Hong Kong. 9alled October 23 British
steamer Empress of China, for Vancou
ver. Hoquiam. Arrived October 24. Schoon
ers Jennie Thtlln, General Banning and
San Buenaventura, from San Francisco,
for Aberdeen. Arrived Steamer Grace
Dollarf from San Francisco, for Hoquiam.
OREGON'S POPULATION BY COUNTIES
As Shown by the Official Census of Oregbn, Taken Last Year.
The annexed tables, taken from a bulletin of the Census Office, Bbow the population ot Oregon by counties, as well as ot the princi
pal cltleB, by nativity, sex and color. The column on "total colored" includes Chinese, Japanese and Indians.
COUNTIES.
Baker
Benton .......
Clackamas .".
Clatsop
Columbia ....
Coos
Crook
Curry ...... ..
Douglas ".....
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Jackson
Josephine ...
Klamath ....
Lake ,
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marion ....'..
Morrow
Multnomah"" .
Polk
Sherman ....
Tillamook .,
Umatilla ....
Union
Wallowa ...
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler
Yamhi.l
Native
' born.
Total for Oregon
Foreign
bom.
Native
Parents.
i
7,786
3,254
8.528
4,170
2,858
4.775
959
7,221
1.643
3,224
1.434
6,7411
3,3a
2,049'
1.5251
9,632
l,623i
8,007!
2.192!
12.371 11.334
2,112. 1.708
40.06G! S4.563
4,6S8i 4.40S
1.74S
2.0S4J
8,9121
8,0521
3,HM
5.5S9
2,956
83
3.409
2,252
4.069
1,618
698
6.325
1,280
2,019
956
6,019
3,022
1:713
l,162j
S.UU-
1,533
8,313
1,568
1.407
1.742
7,270
6.61
2,360
G.124I 5,206
6.108 5.6S4
1,3271 972
6,27P 6,000!
1,748
300
1.947
3,822
7S6i
1.025
162
148
711
207
577
171
626
406
1
128
889
278
579
363
2.506
239
20,102'
488!
218
417
1,327
1,037
117
1,340
1,55.7
111
711
474
16G
1,354
1,364
371
455
3
63i
208
71
128
37
312
154
61
iS
421
136
504
so
1,502
52
339
104
218
540
364
529
LOSS
33
431
187,493)160,2931 43,4901 20,258
CITIES
6,049
2,753
5.743
2,000
2,015
3,537
1.717
699
6,143
1,331
2,666
1,241
5.703
3,S31
1,2381
1.334
8.279
1.04S
7.530
1.822
8,6141
1.S27:
24.279
.3,899
1.433
1,505
6,884
6,757
2,731
4,515
3.913
1,195
4,971
4.30S
2,492
5,301
1.411
1,546
2,993
1,299
489
5.341
1.010
1.741
836
5.703
2,576
3S7
995
7.385
978
7.C04
1.295
7,974
1,467
20.591
3,6o5
1,150
1,273
5,432
5,603
2.114
3,750
3.637
S67
4,802
Native
white
Foreign
Parents.
H
Foreign
white.
138,782117,343
1.6S2
501
2,762
2,122
841
l.lSb
169
193
1.014
292!
527
188
1,033
589
261
174
1.326
347
1,362
33b
3,435
2i4
14,558
714
314
556
1,562
1,292
271
1.41S
2,155
132
1,178
1,2511 1,172
4931
2,509'
l,96Si
706!
1,0241
105
147!
923!
228
276!
116
941
433
177
1431
1,2491
318!
1,296!
2441
3.116'
241 1
1.858
3,225
722
979
154
121
645
152
468
137
582
362
145
116
798!
264
772
2S
2,202
219
13,512', 11.S76
671 tU
256t 189
4361 417
1.2S0 1,081
l.Wi: tat
2461
1.222,
2,041
10&
1,094
116
984
1.551
104
691
Albany
Ashland
AstoTla
Baker City ..
Eugene
La Grande ..
Oregon City
Pendleton ...
Portland
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Yvard 9 ..
Ward 10 .
Ward 11 ..
Salem
Ihe Dalles
1.391J
1.217
2,518
3,021
L465!
1,3901
1.551
2,152!
i'4,7
1,4631
1,234
2,084
2,623
1.534
1,258
1,400
1.698
29,773
1,592 1,310
4,243
3.467
-S, WO
4,403
2.73C
1.1CS
2.KM
5,078!
2.758
2,264
1,769
1,456'
3,145
2.174
3,093
3.257
2,860
1.155
2,5c5
5,123
2,839
2.247
1.967
1,474
189!
112
2,809!
746
147
253
3oo:
395
18,351
SCO
1,937
3,970
4.512
1.66S
1,015
333
980
1,197
906
853
30S
389
106
71
970
271
90
SO
235
161
7.525
480
Bio
6SG
615
783
859
258
394
842
758
lio
214
223
1,116!
994
1.146
2,300
l,-da
1.128
1,087
1,688
20,734
792
2,351
1.932
2,967
2.884
1,494
660
1.451
3,478
1,488
1.237
1,365
925
1,190
1,030
814
1,973
1.302
990
970
1,312
17.436
589
1,604
1,184
2.064
2.121
1,517
654
1.478
3,465
1,536
1.194
1,517
964
44,816
262
223
1,341
677
221
261
468
456
12.825
1&
1.713
1,191
1,232
1,223
1,224
443
1,147
1,569
1.250
1,023
393
500
39,780 33,885
-7T.I
13 J
166
1.352
1.348
371
455
37
63
307
71
127
37
31tf
153
61
2S
421
136
503
78
1,496
92
8,214
338
102
218
CSS
363
58
527
1,088
33
429
Total
Colored.
K "- '
p
2
p
o
ta
631'
32
S2
645
36
56
269
94
130
75
120
39
49
59
492
33
1181
21
122
135
626
21
9,455
97
30
23
712
303
547
46
149
NecTO.
19,9761 15,502
50
1
21
46
52!
234
62
62
12
3
4
5
14
549
13
2S
237
14
31
250
6S2
80
3
33
5601
236
106
3
5
1
2
i
13
3
11
4!
29
464
19
10
24
1
5
6
13
31S
11
NORTHWEST ARMYAFFAIRS
REPORT OF COM3IANDER OF DE
PARTMENT OF COLUMBIA.
Amounts Expended Upon Barrack
and Quarters $300,000 Paid
Out for Horses.
2621
204'
1,254
3
SI
161
100
2.257
4?ft
232 138
26S 161
421. 279
37Si 304
11,8831 10,431
7211 761
1.412J
862.
940
1.107
1,287!
49l;
1,0821
1,641
1,286
1,051
4121
495
1.S63
1,113
1,050
1.179
DS7
324
852
1,059
890
853
219
302
103
71
934
265
90
234
160
7,303
480
700
546
571
776
S57
258
691
811
756
734
209
221
41
12
583
370
11
&
99
9.1S8
202
771
3.201
4.038
531
17
15
130
169
30!
4)
1W
108
3,452
12
32
35
'i
10
9
674
154
26S
13S
36
28!
5
5
18
19
3i
13
17
677 428
111
3
31
3
1
1
8
458
176
106
S4
22
19
6
1
30
10
4
3
4
( 5
16
2
S
317
129
71
29
21
28
5
3
16
12
3
This bulletin also 8how3 the totals of the population of Oregon by sex. part of which has heretofore been quoted. The native-born
males of the state number 187.433; and the females, 1C0.2C3. The foregn-born element is made up of 45,400 male, and 20.250 fe
males, while the total -white population comprises 217,483 males and 177,000 females. Tho native whites of native parentage aremade
up of 138,782 males and 117,343 females, while the native whites of foreign parentage are divided Into 44.S10 males and 39.7S0 , fe
males. The present foreign white population consists of 33,885 males and 10,076 females.
The colored population Is mado up of the following males: 677 negroes, 10,032 Chinese, 240j Japanese, and 238S Indians, and of the
following females: 42S negroes, 365 Chinese, OjS Japanese, and 2563 Indians.
The following tables gives the persons of school, militia and voting ages, by sex, general nativity and color, by cities and counties.
5 to 20 years, inclusive.
COUNTIES,
Baker
Benton
Clackamas .
Clatsop
Columbia ...
Coos
Crook
Curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Jackson
Josephine ...
Klamath ....
Lako
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur ....
Marlon
MOrrow
Multnomah .
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook ...
Umatilla ....
Union
Wallowa ...
Wasco
Washington
Wheoler ....
Yamhill ....
Total
Native
white.
2.245
1,146
3.431
1,560
1,061
1.791
521
307
2.521
548
84:
402
2.341
1,260
482
463
3,402
540
3.181
683
4.5S2
708
12,293
1,621
553
821
2.890
2,710!
1.0S0
2.085
2,628
415
2,281
2,098
1,13(
3.316
1,561
984
1,763
507
268
2,442
513
Foreign
white.
3
17
158
208
56
62
3
6
37
63,401
770 27!
353 2
2.24? 34
1,151 10
449 12
426
3,349 49
557 19
3,279 6-i
618 20i
4,318 123
714 141
12,605 8891
1,655 50"
575 121
749 44
2.76b 67'
2,601 43!
986 8
2,042 Sol
2,537 134'
3F0 6
2,274 68j
61,982 2,336!
42
13
141
149
37
42
34
15
50
9
121
9
968
59
12
34
57
34
7
56
112
4
45
Negro.
9S
103
Other
colored.
16
171
2
43
52
10
10
285
1
550
15
6
S
167
65
9i
1
601
178
60
'199
100
18
136
45
39
1.834
BY CITIES.
977
Males, 18 to 44 years,
inclusive.
3P
tf(T
?
3,859
1.3055
3,133
1,742
1057
1,855
913
290
2,bS9
746
1,525
713
2,588
1 K7IV
'b9o!
vn
3,696
451
3,411
975
4,625
961
19,414
1,847
- 797
723
3,803
3,370
1,233
2,519
2,015
620
2,249
720
110
82S
2,147
418
541
92
47
264
87
261
70
220
148!
741
62
360
112
316!
162
933
128
7,0561
. mil
201!
608
416
5Si
507
637
59i
276
25'
1
10
1
1
2
..
2
19
338
14
78,137i 18,2901 455
O
???
to
340
24
38
425'
2S
40
93
36
72
54
46
13
20
28
16'
20
S3
33
292
15
5,703
20
19
6
331
173
1
355
21
45
8,746
Males. 21 years
and over.
-1
&:
4.70S
1,778
3,967
1,986
1,373
2.327
1,192
455
3,802
901
2.054
897
3.715
2 222
'912
878
5,135
668
4,699
1,208
6,224
1.152
22,690!
2,010
966
973!
4,666
4.374
1.569
3,191
2,661
779
3.12S
09,773
1,135
251
1.7241
3.014
6G6
916
150
115
60S
147
440
135
54S
351
133
116
748
244
7101
261
2,074
203
10J959
412
177
373
1.012
694
107
926
1.417
97
623
31,486
2S
o
o3
21
9
3
7
4
21
391
1
3
17
3
9
61
660
530
30
63
603
26
61
144
58
81
61
113
33
43
38
249
29
62
153
99
9S
305
20
8.400
73
22
6
453
235
1
421
35
7
68
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The annual
report of Major-Generar S. B. M. Young,
commanding the Department of the Co
lumbia, Is a brief document, but Is ac
companied by statements from each of
his staff officers which contain facts of
more or less importance.
In brief, the report of, the commanding
General states that large numbers of
horses and mules and quantities of forage
required to meet the demands of the
troops in the Philippines were purchased
within the department, including Oregon.
Washington and Idaho, and,, shipped to
their destination in a highly satisfactory
manner, and that the department also
supplied the posts of Forts LIscum, Val
dez and Camp Skagway, Alaska, with
such stores and funds as were required
for the needs of those garrisons, and In
connection with the subsistence depart
ment has arranged a much simplified and
Improved method of supply for the re
maining posts in Alaska.
In respect to a sufficiency of quarters
for the troops, says he, it is reported that
additional buildings, to complete a two.
company post, are now in course of erec
tion at Fort Lawton, and at Fort Colum
bia. Work on the defenses ot Puget
Sound Is progressing towards completion,
much having been accomplished.
In his report Major J. W. Jacobs, de
partment quartermaster, states that the
posts have all been well supplied with
fuel, forage and straw nmder formal con
9 acts, of good quality and at reasonable
prices. All troops and stores In this
department have been moved promptly.
One hundred and twenty-six muies
were received from the Department
of the East. and 85 from the
Department of California for shipment to
the Philippines on the transport Kmttlck.
Twenty-nine pack mules were bought and
shipped to Valdez for use of telegraph
construction parties, and 451 pack mules,
three pack horses a,nd 100 draft mules
were purchased and shipped to the Philip
pines. The water systems at the several posts
are satisfactory, except as to Fort Canby
and Fort Flagler, Wash., and Fort Ste
vens, Or. The matter of providing an ad
equate supply of water for these posts Is
In the hands of the constructing quarter
master, and Is doubtless receiving hl3 best
attention. The arrangements entered Into
with the City of Walla Walla for the sup
ply of water at Fort Walla Walla has
been satisfactory, and will doubtless con
tinue so.
Spent Upon Barracks and Qnarterfl.
During the year the following amounts
were expended upon barracks and quar
ters: Boise Barracks $1273
Fort Casey 524
Fort Flagler 1293
Fort Stevens 6S9
Fort Walla Walla 4190
Fort Wright 4SC
Vancouver Barracks 6360
Headquarters, Department of the Co
lumbia 53471
The amounts expended on hospitals are
as follows:
Boise Barracks $422
Fort Casey 89
Fort Flagler 255
Vancouver Barracks 267
Fort Walla Walla 346
Fort Sherman, Idaho, was transferred to
the Interior Department April 10. 1901.
The cantonment at Camp Osborne, Idaho,
was broken up In May, 1901, all the ser
viceable property being sent to Fort
Wright, Wash. Fort Canby, Wash., still
remains In charge of an Ordnance Ser
geant. Under the direction of the Quartermaster-General,
the steamer Thyra, a char
tered transport, was sent to Portland to
be fitted up as an animal transport. Her
charter was accepted September 4, 1900.
She was fitted up, loaded, and sailed for
Manila September 28, with 55CT horses and
1137 tons of forage. December 19 the
Thyra returned to Portland, was repaired,
loaded, and sailed again December 31.
with 550 horses and 1000 tons of forage.
This transport returned to Portland June
29, 1901, with Company B, Thirty-eighth
Infantry.
Transports Snillng From Portland.
The following transports sailed from
Portland for the Philippines during the
year:
der. the targets being connected with fir
ing points by electric bells. These ranges
are used for ;he department rifle compe
titions. The skirmish and volley firing
range, adjacert to the Columbia River. 13
overflowed during May of each year, ow
ing to high water. The months of May
and June are generally designated as the
practice season for rifle and carbine fir
ing in this department, but owing to the
submersion of the skirmish and voIiey
range at this post during the latter tnonih,
It is believed that the months of June and
July would be more suitable, and would
obviate the necessity for Interruption of
the firing and an extension of the prac
tice season. The range at Boise Is only
safe for practice up to 600 yards. Fort
Walla Walla has only a known-distance
range. The plans for the construction of
Fort Wright contain no reference to a
target range, and there Is no ground suit
able for the purpose. It Is evident thut
a modern post should have a target
range, and the department Inspector of
rifle practice recommends the adoption
of a site seven miles from. Rathdrum.
Idaho, a station 2S miles from Spokane
on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
One of the tables of the report shows
the mean strength of the several posts of
the department as follows:
Boise Barracks. ...7SiFort Stavens ...r..l03
Fort Canby . 6JVancouver 211
Fort Casey 35tFt. Walla Walla.. b
Fort Flagler b5Fort wngnt. -
Fort Sherman 3 Camp Osborne i0
FIGHTING CANADIAN BASS.
12,625
Railroads Without Dividends.
New York Journal of Commerce.
One -of the Interesting summaries con
tained in the Introduction to "Poor's Man
ual" for 1901, recently issued, Is that show
ing the. average rate of Interest upon
steam railroad bonds since 1882. The sta
tistics show that the average rate per
cent, after rising from 4.76 in 1882 to 4.97
in 18S5, gradually declined with some ir
regularity until 1894, when the average
was 4.19 per cent. From that point it
rose to 4.45 In 1896, declining In 1897 to 4.24,
which has been the average rate since,
with the exception of 1898, when the rate
declined to 4.2L While the comparison,
therefore, shows that railroad bonds are
approaching an average of 4 per cent par
basis, it indicates that the reduction in
the rate has been slow. The average rate
is, of course, considerably reduced by rea
son of the fact that on a considerable
amount of bonds there is still no interest
paid. The decline to 4.19 in 1894, accord
ingly, does not Indicate the ability to float
bonds at so near a 4 per cent basis, but
rather the inability of railroads to earn
the interest due bondholders. In the same
way the advance to 4.45 two years later
undoubtedly.reflected some increase In the 1
earning power. During the past four
years the average rate has been reduced
somewhat as the result of refunding op
erations by which securities bearing a
low rate of interest have replaced older
issues where the rate was much above the
average. The average dividend rate In
1900 was 2.42 per cent, the largest since
1BS2, when "the average rate was 2.92 per
cent From 1888 until 1899 Inclusive, the
average rate never touched 2 per cent.
The highest In. that period was 1.92 in
1892 and the lowest 1.49 in 1897. With tho
average in 1900 was 2.42, It i, of course,
evident that a vast "number of railroad
stocks still pay no dividends.
Albany
Ashland
Astoria
Baker City .
Eugene
La Grande .
Oregon City
Pendleton .:.
Portland
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward 8 .
Ward 9 .
Ward 10 .
. Ward 11 .
Salem
The Dalles
434 501
401 418
956 937.
969 9751
467 U3
450 458
560 530
641 6781
10,187 10,640
595 575
1,053 1,033,
601 6341
652 75 i'
1,023 1,107
1,011 1,094'
451 474
1,019 1,083,
1,697 1.8281
1,090 1,033
965 962
605 635
551 624
9
.5
141
14
7
9
25
10
770
6
61
S2!
371
so;
117!
20!
82!
961
76!
96!
14!
12
8 3 2 1 4 576 7C 3 7
5 500 44 .. 8
109 .. .. 22 3 1,026 1,558 2 3SS
23 6 5 25 5 1,397 230 22 179
8 615 57 3 5
8 .. .. 15 .. 616 96 1 34
30 1 710 148 1 17
11 2 1 .. 1.160 177 8 66
SSI 59 70 503 96 17,453 6,323 335 5,481
. 67 .. .. 1 .. 714 '49.', ... 194
92 16 21 44 2 2,484 903 146 406
43 8 13 -165 46 2,092 . 690 82 2,010
62 5 7 247 38 2,942 673 64 2,177
116 2 8 32 5 2,453 725 12 416
1C0 7 9 3 .. 1,144 549 8 20
20 1 1 .. .. 438 16"? 4 3
76 .. 1 3 1 962 491 ... 108
106 13 ' 5 10 1 2,363 612 17 101
71 5 43 3 1,103 520 2 lb
OS 2,1 .. .. 758 496
22 1 .. S 5 803 7? 2 56
11 7 1 567 13S 3 61
755 152 7 28
713 95 .. 12
1,168 2,114 3 557
1,696 406 24 314
879 130 3 8
800 352 1 77
815 253 1 23
1,336 293 8 90
20.19S 9.636 386 8,133
751 694 ... 201
2.G9S 1.302 160 550
2,413 1.0SO 91 2.916
3,430 1,013 76 3,691
2,8-13 1,098 19 473
1,330 S63 11 25
497 296 5 9
1.180 769 1 126
2,801 962 17 128
1.302 081 6 16
950 75l 1
1,047 201 2 88
747 28SJ 1 M
NAME AND DATE.
July 7, 1900..Lennox
Sept. 1, 1900. Argyll
Sept. 25, 1900. Lennox
Oct. 6, 1900..Braemar
Nov. 10 1900.. Buckingham..
Jan. 4. 1901.. St. Bede
Mar. 20. 1901.Klntuck
Mar. 26. 190l.Goodwln J....
May 18. lSOL.Oopack .... 2.830
4701
471
815!
700
2,575
941
3,370
2.323
3.82S
365
Tho following table gives the total males 21 years of ago and over, classified by general nativity, color, citizenship and literacy, by
counties.
"That's Wormwood"-Hninlet.
New York Times, Dem.
Our friends of the South must permit us
to point out that Booker T. Washington,
judged by his character and standards
of public duty and by his achieve
ment, considering the conditions under
which he has worked, his ancestry, edu
cation, opportunity, is the most distin
guished Southerner of our time. His serv
ices to the South in matters of the great
est Importance and the greatest difficulty,
In dealing with the problem which the
whites of the South agree Is moat trying,
are of the utmost value. It Is not well to
repay such services with unkindnes3 and
contempt and Insult. It Is not fair or wise
or according to the conventions that
should be observed by self-respecting
men. The South should be rejoiced that
the President is ready to confer with, a
man so fitted to aid him in. the policy
which the South needs and as to which
he and Mr. Washington and many of the
wisest white men of that section are entirely-agreed.
As to the time and place
and manner of the conference It Is no more
the concern of the South than It is ours;
that is, it Is none at all.
From 16S3 to 1898 the temperature in
Manila ranged from 77 in January and
December and 78 in February to 83 in
April and May. The rainfall In July, Aug
ust and September averaged about 14
inches.
nrh Foreign iorn.
Native Native $
g white. negio. colored. Natura- . First pa- Aliens. Unknown.
llzed. pors filed.
4 r ' -. .
couNTisa - ?ESEc!s:!5.
r -, h . ,. -r ,
: 3g3g3a3aP23gp2
r-3 -i- ,-t.fJ rrt.prpr-p
- i . : 1 i! : : ; : : : : : :
Baker .. 6.401 4,682 26 25 2 6 .. 900 U 76 2 SS5 195 86 5
Benton 2,059 1,761 17 Ib2 3 43 2 41 9 19
Clackamas 5,761 3.S04 63 6 1 1 5 1,179 21 256 10 160 17 131 7
Clatsop 5,610 1,975 11 4 3 18 2 1,827 61 557 27 601 255 254 12
Columbia 2,067 1,366 7 2 450 24 85 9 55 10 58 1
Coos 3,319 2,297 30 9 5 9 9 b20 12 125 4 140 7 49 3
Crook 1.48!) 1,187 5 1 .. 56 83 93 1 16 1 15 1 20
Curry , 630 148 7 2 .. 27 4 " 98 1 2 .. 16 15 9 1
Douglas 4,493 3,726 76 2 .. 16 8 464 26 31 1 49 29 57 8
Gilliam 1.109 894 7 12 102 2 14 5 .. 45 28
Grant 2,611 2,032 22 8 1 3 2 285 6 48 1 81 50 70 r
Harney 1.068 8S6 11 1 .... 1 93 5 3 .. 30 7 27 4
Jackson 4.311 3,660 55 3 2 .. 380 11 71 1 60 9-50 6
Josephine 2,612 2,1S6 36 It 7 .. 281 S 38 .. 35 10 29 1
Klamath 1.296 900 12 1 1 97 150 96 4 12 4 .. 16 3
Lake 1.025 8741 4 2 .. 7 10 84 41 5 .. 16 1 18
Lane 5,95i 5,071! 61 4 3 4 v 7 560 16i 62 5 41 45 65 7
Lincoln 1,06b 659! 9 2 1 42 97 182 9 33 .. 16 4 14
Linn 5,515 4.G18I 81 6 1 .. 514 201 71 4 121 16 62 1
Malheur ... 1,571 1,192', 16 3 1 2 15 151 9 25 3 54 13 72 15
Marlon 8,621 6,092' 132 12 8 35 1 1,259 49! 252 14 340 93 282 55
Morrow 1.375 1,141' 11 118 111 12 1 11 7 53 10
Multnomah 42,440 22,631 59 357 14 336 81 7,359 136' 1,002 50 6,250 2,910 1,156 99
Polk 3,012 2,489 36 2 .. IS 33 292 71 34 1 40 2 57 1
Sherman .1,166 960 6 .. 1 .... 128 .. 11 .. 12 10 34 4
Tillamook 1,355 953 20 3 4 2 256 241 45 1 15 .. 31 1
Umatilla 6,153 4,610 56 14 2 50 187 700 24! 68 4 223 43 152 10
Union-. 5,306 4,309 65 3 424 2l 70 5 170 67 167 5
Wallowa 1,677 1,551 18 73 3l 4 .. 3 .. 18 1
Wasco 4,547 3,160 31 7 1 23 93 620 22! 105 3 234 89 137 20
Washington 4,119 2,619 42 5 1 .... 981 191 200 3 87 28 124 10
Wheeler 883 761 13 61 21 11 1 12 2 15
Yamhill 3,820 3,099 29 1 ,. 27 27 467 6 63 1 35 3 49 3
Total.! 144.446 98,6961 1.0791 481 4S 788 831 21,265 5911 '3,435'. 154 1 9,S67 3,S53 3,4S6 322
Summarized, the bulletin shpws that the foreign-born element among children of school age aggregate 3.8 per cent of the total. For
eign white persons of school age constitute but 3.4 per cent of the total, while the native white persons who are of foreign parentage
constitute 27.5 per cent. Colored persons of this age constitute but 2.3 per cent, this element in Oregon being principally Chinese,
Japanese and Indians.
Foreign-born males of militia age constitute 24.2 per cent of the total, while foreign-born whites make up 17.3 per cent, and whites
of foreign parentage 17.6 per cent, but S.7 per cent of all being cojored.
Foreign-born males of voting age constitute 29.4 per cent of the males of this class In Oregon. Native white males of native parentage
constitute 54.0 per cent ot Oregon's voters, while foreign white males constitute 21.8 psr cent. Added to this Is 14.2 per cent of white
males of foreign parentage. The colored clement, again embracing Chinese, Japanese and Indians, constitutes but 9.1 per cent of the
voting age class.
Among mules of voting age, taken as a class, there is a low percentage ot illiterates, but 4.S over all. Of the native whites of
white parentage the Illiterates are but 1.1 per cent; of the native whites of foreign parentage, 1 per cent; of foreign whites. 3.4 per cent; of
colored; 36.5 per cent. This lauef factor Is made up as follows: Negroes, 9.5; Chinese. 39.3; Japanese, 18.0, and Indians, C3.7 per cent.
Out of a total of 42,523 foreign-born males of votlne" age in Oregon, 21,850, or 51.4 per cent are naturalized, while 8.5 per cent have
taken out their flrst papers The aliens aggregate 81.3 per cent, leaving S.8 per cent unknown. Of all the aliens In Oregon, 20.7 per
cent are Illiterate. Of those foreigners who havo become naturalised, but 2.7 per cent are illiterate, and of those taking out papers,
4.3 per cent are Illiterate. Among the unknown, 8.6 per x;ent are Illiterate.
2,641,969 feet lumber.
Under orders from the War Department
4100 riding horses have been purchased
by Major Jacobs at a ccst of $236,586. av
eraging $72 33 each. In addition, 16 stand
ard cavalry horses were purchased "for
the Sixth Cavalry at $122 50 each.
A sidetrack from the Astoria & Colum
bia River Railroad was laid at Fort Ste
vens, at a cost ot $1127. An allotment of
$933 was made for repairing and Improv
ing the wharf at Vancouver Barracks,
and "was later expended.
From the report of Major C. R. Kraut
hoff. It is seen that the average price paid
by the commissary of the department for
flour was $0.01576; potatoes, $0.00962, and
onions. $0.017756. The cost of one ration,
as It Is now served in the Department of
the Columbia, Is $0,174. During the year
tho total value of subsistence supplies
condemned was but $116, a record far be
low that of any other department. The
department has been free from any com
plaints from any source, as to the quality
of the fresh beef, fresh vegetables and
general character of the subsistence
stores.
Supplying Alaskan Troop.
The matter of supplying troops In
Alaska Is becoming more simplified. The
establishment of the transport service un
der the most efficient management of
Major Ruhlen ha3 enabled the department
to dispatch tho bulk of non-perishable
stores early In the season, which Insures
their delivery at posts. Fort Egbert and
Rampart City are supplied by way of
Skagway and the White Pass route. Ail
subsistence supplies, with the exception
of certain perishable stores and fiesti
vegetables, have been turned over to the
Quartermaster Department for shipment.
The mean strength of the department
for the year was 23 officers and 747 en
listed men. The number taken on sick:
report during the year was 811 for disease,
175 for injury and 986 for all causes. These
figures Indicate a decided improvement
over last year's rate.
The sanitary condition in the 'several
posts ot the department has been gener
ally satisfactory. The garrisons were
small, in some of tho stations mere de
tachments, and the usual insanitary In
fluences, such as overcrowding, etc,
mostly non-existent.
A new 24-bed hospital, planned In every
respect on the most modern architectural
and sanitary principles, has been erected
at Fort Stevens, and was completed for
occupancy June 26. 1901. During the year
there were allotted $1375 for repairs to
hospitals, and $331 for repairs to hos
pltaT stewards' quarters.
Target Ranee.
Brief reference is made to the target
ranges at1 the several posts. The ranges
at Vancouver Barracks are In good or-
l
Game Contests Bet-ween Five-Poand-er.i
and Anslcrs.
New York Sun.
Knowlton, Quebec. Once upon a time,
long before it had become a resort of
American anglers, the writer, while pad
dling around Thirty-one Mile Lake, up In
the north country, was most forcibly
stopped by black bass. It was just where
the lumber chute brought down the
waters of the Pemichongon Lake, and
there was a 20-foot pool clear as glass
below the discharge. And there the bass
reclined In piscatorial ease and opulence.
Incalculable 1n number, incredible In size.
It was not In human nature to pa3
them bv.
The bait was salt pork, the tackle a
coarse trolling line, the hook big enough
for sharks. But it was just the outfit the
fish were waiting for. We watched them
bite, we saw the speedy rush to the sur
face, the acrobatic leap, and we felt th
strain on nerve and hand as we hauled
the victims into the birch-bark. The
craft was small, our kit heavy, the fish
weighed an average of five pounds, and
after two hours murderous work Beau
doin announced from the bow that the
canoe was overfull. We had taken 70
pounds of the lusty fellows.
Often as the writer has fished beautiful
Brome Lake here, and fought a three
pound bass for 30 minutes, has the wonder
ot the north country catch recurred to
him. The canoe man does not exist who
could handle a six or seven-pound ba
In these waters from a loaded bark canoe,
with but an Inch and a half of free
board. As many a New York and Boston
brother of the angle has found out for
himself, Brome Lake Is only live mllci
long by thre- broad, Is situated amid the
Silurian Mountains of the eastern town
ships of Canada, only 20 miles from the
boundaries of the Green Mountain State.
It is maintained by the government a9 a
preserve, and is about as full as can be
of bass. Implanted white troute and pick
erel. Its water Is cold and clear, sup
plied principally by springs.
The other clay a 10-year-old lad was
trailing his flies silver-doctor and grizzly
king behind a skiff lii one of the toys
of the lake when in response to his ner
vous strike there was a marvellous splash
ing and reaping, as of a whole string ot
fish, a churning ot the water as by a
steamer's screw. To a stern Inquiry,
prompted by an Intimate knowledge of his
proclivities, he declared that he had not
surreptitiously added a miscellaneous col
lection of flies to the cast. So that one
could only conclude that the then rapidly
disappearing line was being run out by
a matched span of might.
Tho boat was drawn all over the place
before the catch was netted six pounda
In all after 10 minutes of tough fighting,
the flsh smacking In and out of the water
a good part of the time. How they did
time itl They Jumped both at the same
moment, sulked at the same time and
made their lightning rushes with the ut
most perclslon as to start and finish. It
was noticed as they were lifted that a
third fish of about equal weight had nar
rowly escaped the net and had apparently
accompanied them In their last great fight.
Had he officiated as starter, timekeeper,
or judge?
On the west side ot the lake, where
are three or four sandy beaches, the
young growing bass play and bask In the
shallow water In shoals. Here It Is rath
er good fun to wade out until waist deep
and practice casting into the deeper water
beyond. No harm here to loop on tnree
or even four flies, and If, as often happens,
you catch on to three or four halt or
three-quarter pounders, you are sure of a
few minutes of most exhilarating sport.
Occasionally flsh of a pound or two pounds
are taken In that way. Then the extra
flies are a nuisance. If other flsh mean
business. Either the little scamps dis
agree and tangle your cast, or they pull
together and give more than you bargain
for.
The writer recalls a vivid picture of a
stranded boat, and two girls of 7 to 5
years in It playing with rods and tackle
on one of these beaches. Their screams
brought their father to his feet, from
under the shade, to see stout little arms
at greatest tension, bodies braced and
a team of fishing towing them out to sea
with great unanimity of power. As It
turned out, there was about seven pounds
of bass divided among five nsn. but tney
were moving the boat at a good rate, and
dragging out at the same time so much
of the lines as the grasp ot the baby
hands around rods and lines would let
pass.
Although It Is hard to understand all the
conditions, there is no doubt that envir
onment has a great deal to do with the
fighting powers of the bass. In the St.
Lawrence he fights fairly well. In the
northern lakes and, rivers he generally
gives one sharp short rush, -one leap, and
after a little dance comes right home. In
deep, dark lakes he dives and sulks, giv
ing fretful tugs at the line meanwhile.
They are rather given to joking, too,
are these dusky warriors. A few days
ago, beirfg anxious not to lose time, one
fishing party baited with frogs, put out
gay floats and anchored over a promising
bar for the dinner hour. The way the fish
played with those frogs was a caution.
A float would skip along the surface of
the water like a shot for 30 feet, and then
stop and bob away quite serenely, the
bait unhurt and. excepting just at the
toes, untouched. Or down the cork, would
go and the line would run out until It
was really time to strike or see the spin
dle. And then back would come the silk,
up the float and1 aftr a tedious winding
in of the slack, the frog would appear on
his gang as much alive as ever with just
h, mark to show who had asserted a tem
porary ownership of him. It was great
fun for the flsh. The anglers turn camo
when the bas3 tried on the same game
with worms Then they landed a pair ct
beauties between the entrees and dessert.
One afternoon three bass were caught
by the tall, and as all were hooked by tne
leading fly they doubtless suffered re
tributive justice for Jeering at the ar'in
clallty of the thing and irreverently kick
ing at it.
To JjOie Onr Arlutocrncy.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The New York Evening Post claims
that signs multiply which show that
Croker regards the present campaign In
New York as his last: win or lose, he
will go to England, never to return. At
this rate, we shall lose all our aristocracy.
Astor and Croker! Noble pair. We trust
that their retreats in England may not
be far apart, so that over their back
fences they may discuss the Ingratitude
of republics and he obduracy v of the av-
erage American.