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MENACE TO ORGANIZED LABOR
Mile Opposed to Locntinsr, Army
Posts Near Great CItleN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Army Post
Hoard, which has been in session . in
Washington intermittently since Novem-
her 25 last, concluded its labors and ad- i
Journed sine die today. The board was
charged with the preparation of a scheme
for the location and distribution of mili
tary posts. Including the abandonment
of existing posts which are now useless
from a modern military point of view,
and the planting of new posts at strate
gic points. It was nNo to locate the four
grat camp- for the training of soldiers
cf the regular Army and their co-oper-atie
drill with the militia. Thee things
li.i e bt en dont . and the board's report
is now bfore Secretary Root, who will
send It to Congress. The report has not
vet been made public.
Lleutenmt-General Miles, the president 1
of the boiird. has taken a strong position ,
against the location of new pots in the (
kinity of great cities, on the ground
that it can only be construed as Inttnd-
d to menace organized labor, and he
has gone so far as to enter a formal
1 rotest with Secretary Root against such
location.
The Gala Opera Performance.
NEW YORK. Feb. 4 After several days
of fruitless conference, the j.ub-coramlttee
charged with arranging for the gala opera .
night in thl- c!t. for Admiral Prince Hen-
ry of Pru-la. has succeeded in overcom- i
lr.g the objection, rai-ed by a boxholder
at the Metropolitan opera-house, who re-
fused to give up his holding in order that
the Ptince and his suite might occupy live
adjoining boxto in the "horseshoe." The j
owner Hna.lv agreed to accept another box
equallv as good as his own. This was pro- I
cured and the trouble Is at an end.
$2,000,000 for Trnelc i:ievnt Ion.
CHICAGO. Feb. 4. The stockyards cle
vation ordinance has been passed by the
Council. It Involves the elevation of the
tracks of the Michigan Central, the Pan
handle. Chicago Terminal. Chicago Junc
tion and Grand Trunk from their main
lines into the stockyards, and covers SO
miles ot trackage, at an expenditure of
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THE SCHLEYS AT KN0XVILLE
Populntlon of the City Turned
Out
to Greet Them.
KNOXV1LLE, Tenn.. Feb. 4. The jour
ney of Admiral and Mrs. Schley through
East Tennessee this afternoon is one that
they can never forget. At many places
along the route the entire population of
the towns ..turned out and the greetings
were enthusiastic. At all points Admiral
and Mrs. Schley were called to the rear
platform of their private car, where the
Admiral" shook hands with the people,
while Mrs. Schley was virtually buried in
floral offerings from school children.
Darkness did nur diminish the crowds,
and immense bonllres gleamed at many
places.
Admiral Schley's entrance Into Knox
vllle at S o'clock tonight was made amid
a perfect din of steam whistles and bells.
Packed around the Union station was
fully 5000 people, who cheered again and
again as the train arrived. After a brier
reception
taken to
at the station carriages were
the Hotel Imperial. The Ad
miral's carriage was preceded by the
Sixth Regiment band and a battalion ot the
Sixth Regiment and the march to the
hotel was through throngs of people and
red-lire illuminations. After dinner had
been served a short reception was held.
The festivities will continue tomorrow.
Stock Inspection Lnvr Upheld,
DENVER, Feb. 4. The Supreme Court
has handed down a decision upholding the
livestock Inspection law passed by the
Legislature of this state. The decision
was rendered in the case of Ed H. Reld,
who rushed cattle into this state from
Texas for the purpose of testing the law.
The sentence of -lx months in the county
jail against Reld Is also afllrmed. Reld
was backed by leading livestock organl
zatlons of the country, who claimed that
the Federal inspection laws superceded
those of a state.
Slmw'H FirNt Cnhlnet Meetlnjr.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Cabinet
meeting today developed nothing of Im
portance. A number of prospective ap
pointments were talked over. This was
the first Cabinet meeting in which Mr.
Shaw, the new Secretary of the Treasury.
I has taken part.
OBJECTTOPRESSURE
Congressmen Want Their
Way in Cuban Matter,
THEY CRITICISE THE PRESIDENT
Differences of Opinion Anions? Re-
puhllenuN Afford Satisfaction to
Democrats ElUinx Rnilroad
Hill The Xoyc Cane.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The pressure
which the President Is exerting upon
members of the House to secure favorable
action on Cuban concessions Is causing a
great deal of dissatisfaction among cer
tain members, and some of them, repre
senting districts where there are consid
erable beet sugar Interests, have Inti
mated that they will take occasion to crit
icize the Executive rather sharply. They
point out that the President is somewhat
inconsistent in prohibiting oiilcers of the
general Government from exerting pres
sure on Congress for their personal and
public needs, when he continues to exert
such inlluence, though this will be met
with the statement that the Government
contemplates that the President shall ad
vise Congress on what he deems neces
sary for public policy. The most Inter
esting feature of this Cuban contention is
the differences of opinion that arise n the
Republican party and afford considerable
satisfaction to the Democrats, who are
watching the contest with Interest.
El kin a' InterMtntc Commerce Dill.
The Elklns bill to amend the Interstate
commerce law is going to cause wide dis
cussion before it gets before Congress,
and still greater talk when it is discussed
In the open Senate. It is not satisfactory
to either side. Elklns has attempted to
draw the bill on the middle ground, giv
ing the Interstate Commerce Commission
"more authority in the matter of deter
mining rates and granting the railroads
authority to enter into pooling arrange
ments. This latter feature Is opposed by
the shippers.
While the provision for fixing rates will
be fought by the railroads, the pressure
for interstate commerce legislation has
been growing from week to week, and this
is what caused Elklns to Introduce his
bill.
The Xoyc Affair.
The whole Alaskan affair, about which
there has been considerable mystery, so
far as official facts at the Department of
Justice go. Is likely to be pretty" thor
oughly aired in the Senate before the de
bate concludes. Friends of Noyce and
and McKenzIe are determined to defend
them from the attacks made by Tillman,
Stewart and others, and the Senate is
likely to call on the Department of Jus
tice for further Information and for the
papers on file for and against Noyes, Mc
KenzIe et al. In a nutshell. It resolves It
self Into the assertion of Tillman today,
that either Noyes and his crowd are
wrong, or the Circuit Court Is a bad
tribunal. The principal defense of Noyes
thus far is based upon the recommenda
tion of the late Senator Davis. It is the
intention of those who, hurrying the case
in the Senate, to force the President to
remove Noyes on the charges made.
Ilrldsre nt Vancouver.
The bills introduced by Senator Mitchell
In the Senate and Representative Jones in
the House, authorizing the construction
of a railroad bridge across the Columbia
River at Vancouver, were favorably re
ported today. That provision of the bill
requiring the Secretary of War to com
plete the bridge if the railroad company
falls to complete it in the specified time
was cut out of both bills. These reports
practically Insure the early passage of
the measure.
Fund for Minlnsr School.
Representatives of the several schools
of mines, agricultural colleges and state
universities today presented to the House
commltte'e on mining a mutually satisfac
tory amendment to the Grosvenor bill,
providing that wherever any state has a
separate school of mines, or where any
land-grant state university has a depart
ment of mining, and is under the exclu
sive control of the Legislature of such
state, one-half of the moneys appropri
ated by this bill shall each year be paid to
such school of mines or state university,
the other half to go to the state arglcul
tural college. Should this amendment pre
vail, the Oregon State University and Ag
ricultural College would divide these ap
propriations, each receiving ?5000 the first
year, and ?15.000 between them five years
hence and afterwards. Representative
Moody will probably make the report on
the bill, but Its chances for passage are
very remote.
Aid for Reserve Settler.
In view of the fact that a number or
settlers living on that portion of the orig
inal Olympic forest reserve in Washing
ton, which was subsequently withdrawn
from the reserve, have relinquished three
tracts, believing them still to be In the
reserve, and attempted to make lieu se
lections, thereby losing title to the orig
inal tracts, and being unable to acquire
other lands. Senator Clark, of Montana,
today Introduced a bill providing that
when patented lauds have been relin
quished to the United States, and patents
for any reason cannot be Issued for lands
selected in lieu thereof, the lands so re
linquished shall be reconveyed to the per
sons relinquishing them Where the" orig
inal tract has, in the meantime, been
claimed by another party, the first settler
will be allowed to complete his lieu selec
tion. Xorthwentern mil and Petition.
Representatfve Moody today introduced
a bill appropriating $50,000 to pay the
claims of the Clatsop Indians for lands
surrendered to the Government.
Senator Foster today presented a peti
tion asking for the opening of the south
half of the Colville Indian reservation;
also a petition urging the location of the
General Land Office for Alaska at Ju
neau, instead of Sitka.
The House 'committee today favorably
reported Representative Cushman's bills
authorizing the construction of a light
house at Battery Point, at Burrows Is
land, Increasing the cost of the Brown's
Point light and authorizing an additional
building at the Robinson Point light. The
bills carry no appropriations.
Representative Sulzer today Introduced
a bill granting a right of way from Haines
Mission to Porcupine, Copper City, St.
Michaels and the end of Seward Penin
sula. Alaska, to the Chilcat Railway
Company, and giving them the same land
grant as was bestowed on the transconti
nental lines.
Xnvy-Yard Examination.
Based on competitive examinations, the
following appointments have been made
at the Puget Sound Navy-yard: G. W-.
Trahey, master shipwright; .Robert Stew
art, master joiner; A. L. Crexton, master
electrician; C. A. Douglass, foreman la
borer; J. H. Warren, quarterman ship
smith; Thomas Raines, quarterman
painter.
Idnlio Appointment.
The nomination of John F. Yost as Reg
ister of the Coeur d'Alene Land District,
sent to the Senate today, will be held up
In committee until the arrival of protests
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CCrimSSlONEPS
from Idaho. Secretary Hitchcock promised
the Idaho Senators not to send it In until .
the charges were considered, but evi
dently overlooked the promise. Yost, If
appointed, will succeed David H. Dud
long. The renomlnation of Charles D. War
ner as Receiver of that ollice is not known
to be objectionable.
WANTS NO CHINESE SAILORS
Andrew FnruMetlt llefore the Sennte
Immigration Committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The Senate
committee on Immigration today heard
further arguments on the subject of Chi
nese exclusion, ex-Governor James H.
Budd, of California, appearing In behalf
of the Mltchell-Kahn bill, which, he said,
is simply a codification of the statutes In
existence. He said there is nothing radi
cal In it.
Andrew Furuseth, on behalf of the sea
men, spoke of the unreliability of Chinese
sailors in time of emergencies on ship
board. He cited the collision between the
City of Chester and the Oceanic in the
Golden Gate. The former vessel, manned
by American seamen, was sunk, but the
Oceanic's Chinese crew rendered no as
sistance, having become terrorized, and
it remained for some of the American
seamen of the Chester to go to the Ocean
ic, man her boats and enter upon the work
of rescue. He also cited the case of the
United States transport Lennox, disabled
In the Pacific. whose Chinese crew refused
to man the boats to bring assistance.
Mr. Furuseth. in pnswer to Mr. Penrose,
held that the ship subsidy bill, as it stands
now, would not have a tendency to bring
more sailors aboard ships or to ameliorate
or Improve their condition. He declared
that he had obtained information from
an official In the Bureau of Navigation of
the Navy that during the war with Spain
we had only six properly manned war
ships. This led to considerable questioning, and
Mr. Fairbanks wanted to know the name
of the official who gave this information,
but Mr. Furuseth could not recall it. .say
ing, however, it could easily be ascer
tained. Asked to name the warships he
.had 'referred to, he could recall but five,
and mentioned the Oregon, Iowa, Texas.
New York and Brooklyn. In response to
questions by Mr. Clay and Mr. Fairbanks,
he sold Ids remarks applied to skilled sea
men, regardless of nationality. On one
occasion, he said, he visited a Government
ship at the Washirgton navy-yard, and
out of 21 men aboard her only one was
a native American. After 13 years of care
ful study, he said. It Is his firm conviction
that the United States lost her seamen
because of the treatment she gave them,
and he concluded by saying it Is not safe
to put, the merchant marine of the Pacific
into the hands of Chinese.
President Gompers, speaking In behalf
of the Federation of Labor, said he de
sired to correct the Impression that Chi
nese exclusion is desired solely by the
Pacific Coast States. He said It Is asked
for by all the organized wage-earners,
regardless of the section from which they
hail.
The committee is to meet Friday next
at 10 A. M.
Lnlcme Must Pay $1500 DnmnsceM.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4. In an opinion
filed Jn the Federal Court today. Judge
Hanford decides that the steam schooner
Lakme shall pay to the owners of the
ship Queen Elizabeth, the sum " of $4300
damages as the result of a collision which
took place between the two vessels on the
night of April 14, 1?00. off P6int-No-PoInt
In Puget Sound. The court dismisses the
counter-claim of the Lakme's owners, who
were cross-libelants, alleging: that the col
lision was the result of negligence on the
part of the tug Tyee and her tow, the
Elizabeth.
Sentenced for Illcsrnl Fencinjr.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 4. In the
United States Court today Ad Spaugh, the
Mannvllle stockman, was sentenced to one
day in Jail and to. pay a fine of $50 and
costs In the casa, for illegally fencing
Government lands.
BETTER FOR SHIPS
Bar Pilot Service Will Be
Improved.
NO HURRY ABOUT IT NOW
Uonrd of C(tiiiml'IonerK Meet Cham
ber of Compicree and A scree to
Jucrense Xnmher of Pilot urn
They Are Needed.
The question of pilot service at the
mouth of the Columbia was discussed
yesterday afternoon at a joint meeting of
the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce,
FARRELl , TAUANTAMD
the navigation committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, and the State Board of Pi
lot Commissioners. As a resujt of the
conference the Chamber of Commerce
trustees passed a formal motion request
ing an Increase in the number of pilots at
the mouth of the river, and the Pilot
Board unofficially agreed to grant li
censes to competent applicants as there
should be demand for Increased service.
It was recognized by all that it would be
a bail thing to grant licenses without
limit as to the number; that such a course
would result in inefiiclent service by re
ducing the sum available for each, until
the better men would find more remuner
ative employment elsewhere or In other
lines.
Vice-President Lewis presided In the ab
sence of President Mears. The other
Chamber of Commerce trustees present
were: W. B. Ayer, W. J. Burns. Adolphe
Wolfe, Lewis Russell, W. S. .Slbson and
F. M. Warren. The navigation commit
tee members present were George Taylor,
Jr.. William D. Wheelwright and E. B.
Williams. Pilot Commissioners Martin
Foard and E. W. Tallant, of Astoria, and
Sylvester Farrell. of Portland, were In at
tendance, and they were accompanied by
Clerk Chudder, of Astoria.
The recommendations arrived at last
week, which have been published In full,
formed the basis of the discussion, in
the general talk It came to light that the
six Oregon pilots at the mouth -of the
river receive about $5000 each in a year,
and that the number of pilots has not
been Increased In the past six years,
though the amount of pilotage fees re
ceived lias about doubled. There was
enough pay In the business to draw com
petent men to it, when the sum divided
was only half as great as It now Is, and
the navigation committee was of the opin
ion that the present number of pilots
could be materially added to without In
the least reducing the quality of the men
in the service. The Pilot Commissioners
did not deny this. They pointed out.
however, that six years ago the state
provided a schooner for the pilots,
whereas now the pilots have to supply
their own schooner. They also said no
formal complaints had been presented to
them of Inefficient service, though they
had read much In tne newspupers" ana
heard verbal complaint too Incomplete
and Indefinite to take official cognizance
of. They Intimated that they were at all
times willing to do anything practicable
to Improve the service at the mouth of
the Columbia, and were glad of this op
portunity to confer with the Chamber of
Commerce relative to the matter. Inas
much as the busy season had about
passed, they saw no need for Immediate
radical action, but gave assurance that
In the proper time due consideration
would be given the matter.
It was deemed probable that. If tne
number of pilots should be Increased to
meet fully the demands at the mouth of
the Columbia, another pilot schooner
would be necessary, inasmuch as tne
present pilots might not be willing to let
the new men have accommodations on the
present schooner, which Is owned by them.
There was considerable discussion over
the practicability of repairing the old
state schooner San Jose, so as to make
her seaworthy. The Commissioners said
work at repairing the San Jose was al
ready In progress, and that, if there
should be need for It, the vessel might
be ready for service in two days. The
Commission has something more than
J1200 available for repairs, and there ap
peared to be a willingness to spend this
money on the San Jose and make her an
efficient pilot-boat.
The recommendation that there be a
superintendent of pilots, or port cap
tain, to supervise the pilot service, was
finally abandoned as one that would not
apply to present circumstances. There
was "no .money at the disposal of the Pilot
Board to pay such a functionary, and to
have him appointed and paid by the pilots
would result In too much dissatisfaction
among the pllofs and but little If any
good to the service. The statement that
this was the plan followed In San Fran
cisco did not convince the Pilot Commis
sioners that It would be practicable on
the Columbia. They say the pilots now
have a. clerk, who assigns the pilots In
their regular order, but this manifestly
falls to get the service the Portland ship
pers desire.
The Pilot Commissioners said the law
did not prescribe their duties with any
degree of particularity; the law simply
created the board and left it to do its
work according to its best judgment. No
accounting had been required from the
j pilots, who, in the absence of complaints
of Inefficient service, had been left to do
their business as they chose. Since one or
two accidents had happened lately, how
ever, the Commissioners had come to the
conclusion that the pilots should be re
quired to make an official report of all
such occurrences, and of everything nec
essary to keep the commission inrormed
of the state of the service. Some benefit
was expected from enforcement of this rule.
Harmony prevailed throughout the con
ference, and at the close a vote of thanks
was tendered the Pilot Commission for its
attendance and free discussion of the mat
ters at Issue. The Commissioners ex-
j pressed a desire to do anything practica
ble for the good of the shipping interests
of the river.
ELECTIONS IN LUZON.
Indication Tliat the Xntlves Are Ac
quiring "Western Method.
MANILA, Feb. 4. The returns so far
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received Indicate the election in most
cases of natives as Governors of prov
inces. Captain Harry B. Bandholz, of the
Second Infantry, defeated Major Cornelius
Gardner, of the Thirteenth Infantry, the
present Governor of Tayabas Province.
At Balanga, capital of Bataan, there are
only SI voters, but S3 votes were cast, and
another election has been ordered. At a
meeting of business men Interested In to
bacco and sugar to discuss the legisla
tion desired by both industries, resolu
tions were adopted urging a reduction of
75 per cent in the duties.
THE FIGHT AT DAPDAP. '
ParticnlnrH of the Recent Ensrnsce
ment With Sninnr Dolomen.
VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 4. Manila papers
received by the steamship Empress today
have particulars of the recent attack by
bolomen on a company of the Ninth In
fantry, in Samar, which resulted in the
death of seven of the IS attacked, and the
wounding of eight others, five seriously.
The detachment from Company E was
struggling through a thicket near Dapdap
Pueblo, when a large band of bolomen
rushed upon them, having been awaiting
In ambush. The band of Americans were
surrounded by bolomen, and a bloody
hand-to-hand combat ensued. The detach
ment clubbed their rifles, and, standing
back to back, they swung them at the
heads of the enemy. Several eventually
managed to bring their rifles into play
and the bolomen gradually fell away, leav
ing the small force of Americans with but
four of them unwounded. The bolomen
lost heavily. A detachment of native sol
diers, attracted by the sound of the firing,
hurried to the scene, but arrived too late
to take part In the combat. It is believed
that It was the expected arrival of these
reinforcements that caused the bolomen
to retreat, and saved the entire detach
ment from annihilation.
President Exercise Clemency.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The President
has exercised clemency in the case of
Lieutenant James P. Howell, Sixth Artil
lery, convicted in the Philippines of
drunkenness on duty and sentenced to be
dismissed. In view of certain extenuat
ing circumstances, the President has- set
aside the sentence and ordered the ofii
ser's restoration to duty.
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
Agreement In the Dowlc-Sterenson
Suit for a Receivership.
CHICAGO. Feb. 4. On the announce
ment in court today by the counsel In the
JDowie-Stevenson suit for a receivership
of the ZIon Lace Industries, that an
agreement had been reached by the par
ties to tne suit out of court, Judge Tuley
dismissed the suit and announced that
Elmer Washburn, whom he had 'named as
receiver, would not be appointed. Attor
neys for both sides refused to announce
the basis of settlement, but It Is supposed
that the full amount claimed by Samuel
Stevenson, about 5250,000. is close to the
amount agreed upon.
Testimony In the Denver Case.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Interstate
Commerce Commission today began hear
ing testimony in what Is known as the
Denver case. Involving the freight tariff
on eastbound traffic from California to
Denver over the lines running between
Missouri River points and Pacific Coast
via Denver. William Sproule. traffic man
ager of the Southern Pacific, contended
that conditions were such that a higher
tariff against Denver than against the
Missouri River points was fully justified.
MInm IlooHcvelt May Go to London.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Whltelaw Reid
has Invited Miss Alice Roosevelt to ac
company him to London as his guest when
he goes to attend the coronation of King
Edward. It is the present expectation of
Miss Roosevelt to avail herself of this
opportunity to see London, but if she does
s6 she will have no status save that sim
ply of a young American girl, and will
not figure In the coronation ceremonies in
any manner.
WRECKED IN STORM
Knight Companion Is Lost
on Japan Coast.
PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED
Sailed From Columbia River Janu
ary IO. Wtth 9'tOO.OOO Carsio
Only a Urlef Announcement
of Disaster Received.
The steamship Knight Companion is a:
wreck on the east coast of Japan. All
the passengers and crew are safe. Tho.
vessel went ashore in a storm on Point
Inuboe Sakl, east of Yokohama. Sho
was one of the vessels of the Portland:
and Asiatic steamship line, and sailed
from the Columbia River January 10. Sho
was a new vessel, of about 7000 tons' car
rying capacity. The cargo consisted!
chiefly of flour, cotton and sheeting, valued
at over J300.000.
On board the vessel, besides the officers!
and ciew, were A. C. Abbs, a first-class j
passenger," bound for Hong Kong, 8 Jap-'
anese for Kobe, and 33 Chineso for Hong
Kong. The officers were as follows:
Captain C. Froggatt.
First officer C. Angus.
Second officer A. Torrible.
First engineer William Smith.
Second engineer Harold Clark.
Third engineer H. iMackay.
Fourth engineer J. B. Birch.
Physician Victor W. Smith.
The latter is a son of WK. Smith, of
this city, and Is well known here. He is a
great favorite among the young men of
Portland.
The news of- the wreck was first received
yesterday by the O. R. & N-. which oper
ates the Portland-Asiatic line of vessels.
The cable dispatch bearing the informa
tion gave no details other than cited above.
The news came from Yokohama, through
the agent of the line at Hong Kong. It
created no little stir in the city, and the
exasperating meagerness of details caused
some mariners to doubt by conjurlag up
Inconsistencies in the report. It was re
ported that the vessel was ashore on the
coast of Idzuml, which borders the inland
sea, where Kobe and Osaka are situated.
It was argued that this was 200 miles out
of the course of the Knight Companion
inasmuch as she was bound rVom. Portland
to Yokohama, and Idzumi Is far west of
that port. It was also argued that the
vessel would not find weather rough
cnougn to cast her ashore on that coast,
inasmuch as It borders an Inland body of
water. Captain Porter, of the steamship
Indravelll. now In port, was of the opinion
that the name "Idzumi" was confused
with "Idzu." The latter is the name of
a peninsula on the south coast of Japan,
about 50 miles west of the course tho
vessel would lake in entering the harbor
of Y'okohama. This was a plausible con
jecture, until it was learned that the ship
was ashore on Point Inuboe SakL When
the vessel struck she was not more than
23 or 24 days out from Portland, and was
therefore a litte overdue.
The Knight Companion has made three
voyages to this port. She first arrived,
here last July, and sailed August 8- Sho
sailed the second time November 6, and
the third January 10. She had a net ton
nage of 2620. The steamship was a new
steel vessel, having been built at New
castle in 1900, by W. Dodson & Co. Hec'
owners were Greenshields, Corvie & Co.
Her length was 370 feet; breadth. 40 feet,
and depth, 27.5 feet. The Knight Com
panion was the smallest of the Portland
Asiatic line of steamers. The other two.
the Indravelli and Indrapura, twin ships,
have a net register of 3152 tons, and a
carrying capacity of 7500 tons. The Indra
velll cleared yesterday from Portland for
the Orient. The Indrapura is at Hon?,
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4.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
Conjure.
Republican Congressmen object to the Admin
istration's pressure in favor of Cuban con
cessions. Pane 1.
Hansbroush. in the Senate, made a speech iai
defense of Judge Noyes. Pase 2.
The Senate passed the Judicial salary bill.
Page 2.
The House continued the debate on the oleo
bill. Page 2.
Senator Elklns Introduced a bill amending thaj
interstate commerce law. Page 2.
Foreign.
England rejects Holland's offer of mediation.
Page 3.
Peace negotiations must be conducted between
Boers and British direct. Page 3.
The English remount scandal was aired in the
House of Commons. Page 3.
Domestic.
The Pacific Northwest Woolzrowers' Associa
tion met at Helena. Page 3.
Nine firemen were killed at a St. Louis fire.
Page 2.
A towboat at Pittsburg blew up, Injuring all
the crew. Pace 2.
Pnclflc Const.
Pendleton refuses to join Lewiston In its fight
on appropriation for Lower Columbia.
Page 4.
Governor McBrlde calls down contractor who
Is building Capitol annex. Page 5.
Eastern Oregon miners charged with riot for
Inviting men regarded as "scabs' to move
on. Page 4.
Subscription already being made to fund to
wipe out debt on "Willamette University.
Page 4.
Mnrlne. '
Steamship Knight Companion wrecked on
Japan coast. Page 1.
British ship Indravelll cleared for the Orient.
Page 10.
Ice Is still troublesome In Columbia River.
Page 10.
Portland Custom-House report for December.
Page 10.
Many marine disasters on Atlantic coast.
Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon Pilot Commissioners promise better bar
service. Page 1.
Many candidates out for Republican local
nominations. Page 12.
Policeman Isakson ordered reinstated by the
courts. Page 8.
Actor Nelll raises a bellow about Elks initia
tion. Page 12.
"Washington Pilot Commission meets and does
nothing. Page 10.
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