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J-' THE HORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MAY 16, ,1902. ir FIVE YEARS' WORK What Mr. Tongue Has Done in Congress, RECORD OF A GROWING MAN Hott He First Came Into Prominence Finance and. Tariff Labor for Oregon's Inter ests. "WASHINGTON, May 8. On March 15, 1S97. the Fifty-nfth Congress met In a session called by President McKlnley, -who had been inaugurated on the 4th of that month. The Republicans had returned to power after four years of Democratic rule. They -were not In full control of the Senate, although they had charge of the committees, and were in a large plural ity. They depended upon votes of the silver men. Populists or Independents, who supported Republican policies where the money question was not involved.' When the roll was called to determine who were members of the House of Represen tatives, Thomas H. Tongue answered for the First district of Oregon. It tias his first appearance in the arena of National affairs. A little while later, his first vote aas recorded for Thomas B. Reed for -Speaker. There were 398 Republican votes for Reed against 114 for Bailey, the Demo cratic caucus nominee, 21 Populists for Bell, of Colorado, and one Sllverlte for INewlands, of Nevada. Tne Republicans had been in control of the House during the previous Congress. Reed was re-elcet-d Speaker, having presided over the Fifty-fourth Congress. Mr. Tongue9 second "vote was cast on a motion made by D. B. Henderson that the rules of the House for the Fifty-fourth Congress should be the rules of the Fifty-fifth Congresa This Is the usual motion made when a hew Con gress assembles. "While Mr. Tongue was unknown to Na tional politics at that time, he was not a stranger In Oregon political affairs. In his early youth, with his parents, he made a Journey to Oregon in 1S59 by way of the Isthmus of Panama, crossing that neck of land which connects the two Americas. He went to San Francisco from Panama on the Golden Gate, a steamer which was rather famous In those days, and which afterward was destroyed by fire. From San Francisco he eailed to Portland in the Brother Jonathan. The Tongue family settled in "Washington County, which has ever since been their home. It was- there that Mr. Tongue bo ame fully Imbued with Oregon Ideas and alive to Pacific Coast interests. He did not have an easy life, as other farmers boys can testify, but with ambition to spur him on ho worked hard and gained an education. No kind of work whlta would aid him in going through the uni versity was shunned. He sometimes worked on the farm and in the harvest field, and at other times taught school, in order to pay his board and tuition while gaining an education. He first became interested In politics in the study of the tariff in the years 1SS7 SS. The Mills bill was then a conspicuous campaign feature, and Mr. Tongue dis covered that the farming interests and particularly the Pacific Coast Interests, had been neglected, not only In former tariffs, but had been attacked In the celebrated Mills bill, which never became a law". He became a campaign speaker, and met Pennoyer In joint debate and achieved a reputation which caused him to bo sought after in campaigns in every part of Oregon. Then he became a State Senator, and afterward chairman of the Republican State Committee, and later1 his people decided to send him to Congress to succeed Blnger Hermann. The purpose of the early session of the Fifty-fifth Congress was to relieve the financial condition of the country. Al though the money question had been the dominant feature in the preceding cam paign, It was well understood by the Re publicans that the sole purpose of the assembling of Congress immediately after the inauguration of the new President was to. repeal the Wilson-Gorman tariff law, and to enact a Republican measure which the Republican managers held would re store the country to a firm foundation. It was not the Intention of the Republicans to pass any other legislation cave some necessary appropriation bills; therefore, no committees were appointed at this- spe cial session save those that were abso lutely necessary for taking care of suctt "business as was determined upon, the ways and means and appropriation com mittees being the only two important committees named that session. -Nelson Dlngley was chairman of the committee on ways and means, and It was at that session that the famous Dlngley tariff law was patsed. There was not very much work for the new members in the days when the bill was being framed. But they had an opportunity to learn a great deal about legislative methods. There has been "many changes in the personnel of the House of Representa tives since Mr. Tongue entered. While many of the prominent men yet remain a great many have disappeared. Among those who have gone may be mentioned General Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, who was always a picturesque figure; "Will iam S. Holman, the famous "Objector," of Indiana, has died, and Henry U. John son, the picturesque, but erratic. Repub lican from the same State, who broke with his party on the subject of the Spanish war, and the acquisition of the Philippines. Henderson, of Iowa, has been promoted from floor leader to be Speaker, and Dolllver, of the same State, has gone to the Senate. Jerry Simpson, the one-time leader of the Populists, of the West, has retired to his Kansasfarm. From Kentucky, "Walter H. Evans, Re publican, and Albert S. Berry, Democrat, have ceased their connection with Con- i gress. and David G. Colson, tho fiery young KentucKy .Republican, who left Congress to don a Colonels uniform dur ing the Spanish war. and who afterward killed a man, Is no longer a member. Mr. Tongue and Colson were warm personal friends, as they occupied seats together during their first session. The strong delegation from Maine has completely changed. "When Tongue en tered the House, Maine was represented by Thomas B. Reed, Nelson Dlngley, Jr., Seth L. Milllken and Charles A. Boutelle. Reed Y&b Speaker. Dlngley chairman of the Waya and Means Committee, Milll kin chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and Boutelle, chairman of the Committee on Naval Af fairs. No other State ever had any stronger representation in every partic ular. Joseph H. walker, the untiring worker for currency reform, represented a Massachusetts district, and William H. Moody, the present Secretary of tho Navy, was then a new man in the House. The Minnesota delegation of seven mem- jers is remarkable In the fact that there las not been a break in it to the present ie. From Mississippi there was John Allen, who won the reputation as the Wit of the House." and Thomas C. itching?, who for years served as the iking Democratic member of the com- ilttee on rivers and harbors. From Mis souri there were Alexander M. Dockery, kow Governor of the State, and Richard Bland, who naa been defeated in a Democratic Convention for the Presiden- tal nomination a year before From New fork there was Benjamin P. Odell, Jr., w Governor of that state. Pennsyl mia was represented by the "Father of tho House," Alfred H. Harmer, who ad ministered the oath of office to Reed. Marriot Broslu?, another eminent cur rency reformer, has just Joined Harmer in "Great Beyond," while William A. Stone Is now Governor. From South Carolina was John L. McLaurin. now a Senator from that state, who recently became no torous on account of the row with his col league, Tillman. From Tennessee was Benton McMlllln, who is now Governor, and E. "W. Carmack, who Is now Senator. Among the Texas delegation was Joseph W. Bailey, who had been nominated for Speaker by the Democratic caucus, and Is now a Senator from that state, and Jo seph D. Sayers, who has become Govern or. Mr. Tongue's colleague in the House at that session was William R. Ellis, who was beginning his second term, having been elected to the Sith Congress when Oregon was given an additional member. The neighboring State of "Washington was represented by James Hamilton Lewis, as a Democrat, and William C. Jones, a Fu slonlst member from the eastern part of the state. James Gunn, who was reck oned as a Populist, represented Idaho. The most prominent members of the Cali fornia delegation were .Eugene F. Loud, who is still a member of the House, and James McGuire, who was a leading Dem ocrat of hla state. Aside from the Re publicans of Oregon and California, near ly the entire Pacific Coast and all of 'the mountain region was represented in that Congress by Populists, Sllverites or men antagonistic to the Republican party by reason of the gold plank In the platform of 1S95. Oregon had but one Senator, the Legislature having failed to elect John H. Mitchell or a man to succeed him. The credentials of Hon. Henry "W. Cor bett, as the appointee of the Governor, were presented when the Senate con vened, and Oregon held the center of the stage during the early part of that session In the celebrated Corbett cas. There was not very much for a new member to do In the first session,' espe cially under the arrangement which was made. In order to hurry action in the Senate, the Republican leaders planned to have the House adjourn from week to week without doing any other business. Aside from attending sessions of the House ivhen It met, twice a week only to adjourn again, Mr. Tongue devoted himself alost exclusively to attending to the business of the departments. That required a great deal of his time, espe cially in view of the fact that a new Administration had come in, and that changes In the offices throughout the state were pending, requiring a great deal of correspondence with the people of the state, and many conferences between his colleagues and himself. "When Congress reassembled In Decem ber the committee assignments of tho "House were made. Mr, Tongue naturally applied for tho places which his pre decessor had held, which were river and harbors and arid lands. He was informed by the Speaker that It was hardly to. be expected that a new man from a state with small representation could secure the place on rivers and harbors, and hJs assignments wore the committee on arid lands and agriculture. This latter com mittee was rather pleasing to him be cause he had .always been interested In agricultural matters In Oregon, and Is now one of the largest farmers of ljls coun ty,. The committee did not have very much to do. It handled an appropriation bill, but it did not then engage, as it has since. In oleomargarine legislation. "When the next Congress assembled, Mr. Tongue received the assignment which was more Important to him and the state than any other, that on rivers and har bors. Not only was this on account ot the demands of hla state, which were backed by such men as George H. "Wil liams, M. C. George, John H. Mitchell and others, but also on account of the per sonal friendship between the new Speaker, Henderson, and the Representative of the First Oregon District. During the long session of Mr. Tongue's second term, no river and harbor bill was passed, but In the short session the committee prepared a bill carrying J60.000.000. This was the bill which Tom Carter talked to death at the clo'se of the short session. The assignment made to Mr, Tongue during his first term on arid lands resulted In giving him the chairmanship of the com mittee in his second term, which he con tinued to hold during his third term. The committee on arid lands had never been important in the House, and the present Is the first session In which it has taken a particular or prominent part in proposed legislation. It has held many sessions during the Winter, giving many hearings' and has worked industriously and accom plished more than many other committees considered of moro Importance in the House. (Mr. Tongue's committee work has been more extensive during the present session than ever before. The committee on rlvrs and harbors began early In the ses sion to work upon a river and harbor bill. Week after week this work con tinued, hearings being given to members of Congress and to delegations from all parts of the country who wished to point out what improvements should be made. The work of framing the bill then occu pied a great deal of time. During the preparation of the bill, the committee usu ally met at 10:30 In the morning, and con tinued in resslon until 5 o'clock In the afternoon, with only such Interruptions as were necessary occasionally to attend sessions of the House to answer roll calls. During tnls time Mr. Tongue, as chair man of the committee on arid lands, had to frequently give an hour or two to its sessions and with his department work there has not been a busier member of the Mr. Tongue has never been known as a Congressional talker. He. has made a number o'f speeches, but they have been upon subjects demanding Immediate at tention In the House, when the debate was for the purpose of illustrating certain points, and not of the usual character for "home consumption." It was In the first session of his- first term that he made his first speech, speaking five minutes in reply to Jerry Simpson on the tariff. He dis cussed the subject from tho farmers' standpoint, answering the claims ot Simp son, who pretended to represent the farm ers. Mr. Tongue later made a speech Which the -Republican campaign commit tee of that year selected as one of the five speeches to be circulated in every part of the United States. In the second session of Congress Mr. Tongue made a speech on the Teller reso lution, which was the re-enactment of the Stanley Matthews silver resolution. He also made a speech on the gold standard law, and these speeches were among the the few that were chosen by the Con gressional committee for circulation dur ing the campaign. Among his other speeches of note was one in which he an sweied Cushman, of "Washington, on the river and harbor btlL This was rather a noteworthy effort because the utterances of Cushman amused the House, and It re quired a clear statement of facts- to prove that he was wholly and badly informed on the subject. Among other speeches which Mr. Tongue made later was one In favor of the annexation of Hawaii, and another in favor of the retention of the Philip pines. He also made a speech on the Porto Rican tariff, and recently an ad dress on the necessity for good roads throughout the country. Mr. Tongue has frequently been called upon to make ad dresses outside of Congress, and has made some speeches to various organizations in "Washington, He made a speech on the subject of good roads at Charlottesville. Va., not long since, and also delivered the principal address on Oregon flay at the Charleston Exposition. A busy Representative in Congress has little opportunity to make many warm personal friends. Usually these friends are those with whom he is intimately as sociated on committee or those who sit beside him in the House, and the men with whom he associates in his various busi- nesa dealings in the departments. Mr. xuugue s ciusesi irienua are prooaoiy nis fellow-members on the committee on rivers and harbors. These men of both political parties have been intimately as sociated with each other for many months, and naturally they learn to know the good qualities of one another and to forget any of the shortcomings which are natural to human nature. Outside of the committee the men with whom he Is closest In the House are Speaker Henderson, with whom he became Intimate during his first term; "Joe" Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, and "Jim" Sherman, the chairman of the committee on Indian affairs. "While Bailey was In the House he and Tongue were quite Intimate, both liking good horses, and they frequently discussed the fine points of fast horses. Mondell, of "Wyoming, Is another good friend, and Joe Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and the Oregon member have formed a warm personal friendship. Right here it might be well to recall an Interesting fact which Sibley related to Tongue not long since. "When Tongue came to Congress he only had a plurality of 65 votes, and he had a contest on his hands, at that The election In Oregon In June was the first of that celebrated Presidential year. The fuslonists, the sil ver Democrats and every other possible organization, made the greatest effort to win a victory over the Republican party. The secret organizations of the farmers and laboring nnn were used to the best advantage to defeat the Republican nomi nees. "Cyclone" Davis, the great Texas Populist stump orator, campaigned In the state all the time. Joe Sibley was then a silver Democrat from Pennsylvania. He told Tongue the other day that the secret HOUSE OF U. S. CONSUL -- organization and the -work of the sliver people to defeat him was put up by A. J. Warner, of Ohio, of notorious silver fame, and himself. They decided that a sliver victory In Oregon would help them very much In the campaign of 1896, and there fore they used every effort in that direc tion. Outside of Congress Mr. Tongue's friends are almost wholly In the departments, those places which he visits when looking after the Interests of his constituents. He Is probably closer to Secretary Wilson than to any other man In the Cabinet. He became acquainted with him. when he was serving on the agricultural commit tee. Secretary Wilson found Mr. Tongue very much Interested In agricultural mat ters, and as he was himself Interested in Oregon affairs, the two have many Inter csts . common, and many things 'to. talk about. Commissioner Hermann and the member from the First Oregon District have been warm friends always, while Commissioner Jones, of the Indian Office; Fourth Assistant Postmaster - General Brlstow. who handles all postoffice ap pointments; F. H. Newell and J. S. Dlller, of the Geological Survey, and Colonel Alexander Mackenzie, who has charge of river and Jiarbor work In the Engi neers' office, are the men with whom Rep resentattive Tongue has been most closely associated. andwlth whom he has formed warm personal friendships during his ca reer In Congress. Recreation and amusements are not for a Representative of a Western state if he has a desire to attend to all business ex pected of him. Mr. Tongue rarely goes to the theater, and when he does. It is. to see some performer, cither a singer or actor, who Is at the top of the profes sion. It Is only when the best In the way of the dramatic profession and the he Is seen at the theater. Always hav ing been an omnlverous reader, his books still occupy the spa.'e time from his Con gressional work, his favorite reading be ing current literature, the magazines, and such publications as bear upon the devel opment and progress of the country. Mr. Tongue does not do anything in his law practlco while Congress Is In session. He does not even open a lawbook or attempt to study law In any form. Mr. Tongue attends only such social functions as official courtesy demands. He goes to the White House receptions, and attends some of the Cablent and Senatorial receptions, and occasionally dinners of official character or where personal relations render any other course Impossible. He prefers to allow the social part of his life In Washington to be taken care of by Mrs. Tongue and his daughters when they are here. Either Mlsi Marie Tongue or Miss Bertha Tonguo have been with him all the time, and both are favorites in society everywhere. Mr. Tongue's family has never all been here at one time. One boy has been In Washington attending school during the present Congress. The dally routine of an Oregon Con gressman's life Is not so very pleasant, although it may be very interesting. Mr. Tongue begins to work early in the morn ing. He has to write on an average of 75 letters a day. There are 600 postofflces In his district and he has to look after all of them. There are constant applica tions for new offices, and for the exten sion of mall routes and the Increase of mall deliveries. The new rural free de livery also occupies a great deal of his attention. As a result of the Spanish War and the Increased Army, he has had a great deal of business at the War De partment. Land cases and Indian affair's which require Congressional attention, also present themselves frequently. "With all these matters to attend to, there is very little In the way of social existence for a man representing a constituency like the First Congressional District of Oregon. Mr. Tongue haB given a great deal of attention during hlR career in Congress to matters pertaining to the Indian office. He came to Washington with the theory that the Indian was too much governed, that the Government was making Itself too clcso a guardian. This theory has been put In practice by legislation which he has secured for the SHetz and Grand Rondc reservations, and now there will be general legislation for all Indian res ervations of a similar character. NEW ROUTE TO YELLOWSTONE NA TIONAL PARK. The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com pang, in connection with the Oregon Short Line, have opened a new gateway to Yel lowstone Park, known as the "Monlda Route." This new route will undoubtedly become the favorite one from this section; it takes In the famous Columbia River scenic attractions, the beautiful valleys and hills of the Blue Mountains, with privilege of a side trip from Pocatello to Salt Lake at small expense. Get execursion rates and folders de scriptive of the trip at city ticket office. Third and Washington. Insls o having just what you call for when you go to buy Hood's SarsaparilJa. HsUssissiiicV Wvflr''BHMfllfij Jsjp J gtssfTFlMr,lssMjs?'' " XiffWHPWWlprsssssssssW I ACT MAAJtV DV UAITfNH LUO I fflUPitl DJ WAl I Silli BRITISH SHIP LORD SHAFTESBURY CHARTERED AT LOW FIGURE. Decline la Freights and Delay Rep reseats Loss of ?25,00O Steamer Columbia's Fast Trip Up Coast. The British ship Lord Shaftesbury, af ter lying idle in port for over three months, was chartered late Wednesday evening to load wheat for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. The vessel was taken 6y the Portland Grain Company at a private rate, which is rumored to be between 25 shillings and 2$ shillings. This is the first spot charter that has been made for several weeks, and the owners of the vessel have lost a comfortable fortune by their failure to charter tho craft prior to arrival, or even after she arrived. A conservative estimate of their losses through the decline in freights and the loss of time of the vessel would show fig ures on the wrong side or the ledger ap proximating 525,000. The Lord Shaftesbury came Into the river from Hamburg by way of Honolulu January 30. Shortly be fore her arrival rates were hovering around 40 shillings, and on two different occasions she refused that rate. The own ers had been misled by reports of a 53,000,-000-busheL crop of wheat, and were firm In their belief that at least another hundred ship3 would be needed to carry away the PRENTISS, ST. PIERRE. wheat still remaining In the interior, and they held out for 42s 6d. Then came the slump, and by the time the ship reached tho river about 33s 9d was the ruling rate. Having refused 40 shillings, it would never do to take 33s 9d, so this rate was refused, and 32s 6d, 30 shillings. 2Ss 9d. and so on down the line, until now the vessel is fixed at al most the lowest notch of the season. The Lord Shaftesbury on her last outward trip from Portland carried 130,742 bushels of wheat, equivalent to C5C0 long tons. The actual loss by the decline In freights since she was offered 40 shillings would amount to $3 S6 per ton, or on the cargo she will earn $11,760. The vessel has been ldle for dflys slnc ner lnward cai was discharged, and her earning capacity In that time would have been about ?i&u per day, or a matter of J13.EC0, making a ??J on the disengaged list In the river. Another charter reported yesterday was that of the British ship General Roberts, which was taken to load at Tacoma for South Africa at 28 shillings. The vessel Is now due at Victoria from Rotterdam. RETURN OF THE SAILER. Decline in Freights Restoring the "Wind-Jammer" to Popalar Favor. Sailing ships cannot be said to have had their day, says a New York paper, when Americans are building multi-masted schooners that would have seemed re markable as square-rigged vessels 40 years ago. and that would have found few peers in carrying capacity among steam chips 20 years ago. and the Germans and English are building sailers with a ca pacity comparable with some of the larger modern freight steamers. Since 1S93 France has added greatly to her fleet of large sailing vessels, and while this Is attrib uted to the provisions ot the subsidy law, which especially favored sailers, a good deal of It must be attributed to the econ omy of these carriers, which seemed for a time liable to become extinct in the face of steam competition, but whos.e value has been better appreciated as the rates of freight have declined and econo mies have been sought in every dirctlon. England built a ship last year that would carry 175,000 cases of oil, and Germany, which had already built a sailing ship of 6200 tons, dead weight capacity, has Just launched one that will carry 8000 tons dead weight. In the meanwhllo'our great sailers are fore-and-afters, because higher wages make it more important here to economize In the matter of crew. ON THE DEFENSIVE. Lord Bcresford Does Not Take, Kind ly to Shipping: Combine. LONDON, May 15. Speaking last night at a dinner of the Navy League. Rear AdmlraJ Lord Charles Beresford said he regarded the shipping combine with most serious misgivings. He advocated sub sidizing the British combine and a re course to the Canadian route as the best steps for the Government to adopt. Lord Brassey, the naval authority, in a letter published in the Times this morn ing dealing with the shipping question, advocates the development of a policy of more liberal subsidies. He says the Gov ernment should be prepared to pay liber ally for the fastest possible mail service across the Atlantic; that the imperial government should co-operate with Can ada to this end, and that the steamship service to Australia, India and the Cape should be accelerated and linked up with Vancouver, thus giving a 20-knot service around the world under the British flag. YOUNG DWYER SAFE AT HOME. Unfortunate Sailor Goes Front Port land to Cardiff With Broken. Rack. A cable dispatch was received, in this city yesterday from Mrs. Dwyer, mother of the- young sallor who had hJs back broken on the British ship Ardnamurchan several months ago, announcing his safe arrival at Cardiff. The many friends of the gritty young sailor will be pleased to hear that he stood the long journey from Portland to Cardiff in good shape, and now that he is home again he may be in a position to make an even better fight for life than he put up while lying here In the hospital. Traveling from Portland to Cardiff with a broken back" is an un dertaking that Is seldom heard of, and the man who can stand It even with good care on the way is deserving of a better Jtate than to die even among friends. MADE A, FAST TRIP. ColHmbla From San Francisco Rnns From Dock to Dock In SO Hours. The old reliable 8an Francisco liner,. Co lumbia, arrived at her dock In this city shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday after noon, making the run from dock to dock between San Francisco and Portland In a. little over 50 hours. This is not down to her record, but is one of the best pas sages that has been made for nearly a year. She crossed in at Astoria at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and after .two hours at Astoria discharging freight, pro ceeded up the rlvr. The steamer Aber- deen, which left San Francisco Monday night, also arrived In yesterday morning, and arrived up last evening. She brings cargo to the Frank Woolsey Company, and will load outward with lumber for the Eastern Lumber Company. The Co lumbia brought a ood list of passengers and a full cargo of freight. The fruit and perishable produce were rushed out on ar rival in the afternoon, and a Considerable portion of It Was distributed heforo night. FOR TAKU ANU HANKOW. I Steamship Queen Mary Clears Wltl Ble Cargo of Lamber. The Pacific Export Lumber Company yesterday cleared the British steamship Queen Mary for Taku and Hankow with one of those big lumber cargoes which have made Portland and the Pacific Ex port Lumber Company famous all over the world; The Queen Mary has aboard 2,413,430 feet, of which 841.6S0 feet are for Hankow, and the remainder for Taku. In cluded in the shipment for the latter port are S557 ties, which In feet measure equal 303,052 feet. The steamer also has aboard a couple of plows for Hankow. The ves sel was drawing 23 feet 3 inches when she started down the river yesterday in charge of Pilot Patterson. The steamship Vent nor, which will follow the Queen Mary with a similar cargo from the same firm, is receiving her cargo at a rapid rate, and will finish loading In time to figure as a May ship. The Carl is also nearly ready for ea. It Is reported that the big ship Speke, which has been lyings Idle In the river for a long time. Is dickering for lumber. She has carried a lumber cargo from I?uget Sound, and as she is almost too large for wheat business at this season of the year, she may become one of the foreign lumber fleet, which Is assuming very large proportions for so early in the year. BUSY SHIPBUILDERS. Gray's Harbor Yards Have Largre Contracts for a Year Ahead. ABERDEEN, Wash.. May 15.-John Llndstrom, the well-known shipbuilder here, is figuring with D. Beadle, the large vessel-owner of San Francisco, on three new boats of large size and seven Im mense barges for the grain-carrying trade on the Sacramento river. The vessels are to be the same type as the steamer Brooklyn, which Llndstrom built for Beadle last year, and which Is considered the finest and fastest craft that enters the port of San Francisco. The barges will be 225 feet long, 40 feet beam, and capable of carrying several hundred thousand bushels of wheat Lindstrom's yard Is a busy scene now, with one big ship on the stocks, preparations being made for another, two enormous sheds In process of construction, a sawmill and planer be ing Installed, and contracts ahead for a year's work at full time. The McWhlnnev Shipbuilding Company has a big four-master on the ways that will be even larger than tne i,iaoraao, launched at the same yard last year, and which took out 1,476,000 feet of lumber on her maiden voyage tc Australia. Repairs on the Asle. The repairs to the French Iron ship Asle arc making rapid progress toward completion. The fore and mainmasts have been put to rights and returned to their places, and the mlzzenmast is nearly re paired and will be hoisted Into place Sun day. The main yard was sent up Wednes day, and the main topsail yard yesterday. The threo lower yards on the foremast are In place, and the rigging Is being set up. Gravel ballast to the amount of 250 tons was put Into the hold of the Asle yesterday, sinking her 2 feet In the water to hold her steady, and every ef fort is being made to gether spars In place and put to rights before there Is any rise of the river, which might cause trou ble. Canarders Not Included. LONDON, May 15. In the House of Commons today the president of the Board of Trade, Gerald Balfour, Informed near Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Con servative, that he had reason to believe that no contract existed giving the Amer ican shipping combine the right to takp over the shares of the fleet of the Cun ard Line. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA May 16 Arrived at 8 and Jdf t up at 7 A. M. Steanwr Columbia, from San Francisco. Arrived at 5 and left up at 3:40 A. M. Steamer Aberdeen, from San Francisco. Arrived Steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Condition of the bar at 4 P. SI., smoth; wind south, weather cloMy. Tacoma. May 13. Arrived Steamer City of Puebla, from San Francisco; schooner Com peer, from Port Townsend. Sailed Steamship Olympla, for Yokohama; steamer Al-Kl for Seattle; steamer Cottage City for Skagway. San Franclico, May 15. Arrl ed Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Astoria; steamer St. Paul, from Ladysmlth; schooner Pearl, from TJnga; steamer Signal, from Coos Bay; schoon er Charles E. Falk. from Coos Bay; eteanwr Alliance, from Portland. Steamer Homer, for Tillamook. New Tcrk, May 15. Sailed La Lorraine, for Havre: Siberian, for Bremen via Cherbourg; Klaukutschou, for Hamburg via riymouth and Cherbourg. Hong Kong, May 14. Arrived previously Ko ga Maru, from Seattle via Yokohama. Glasgow. May 15. Arrived Siberian, from Philadelphia. Sailed Buenos Ayrean, for Phil adelphia. London. May 15. Arrived Manltou, from New York. Queenstown, May 15. Arrived New England, from Boston for Liverpool. Sailed Belgenland, for Philadelphia; Oceanic, for New York; both from Liverpool. Plymouth, May 15 Arrived Columbia, from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg. Liverpool, May 15. Arrived. Haverford, from Philadelphia; Majestic, from New York. Naples, May 14. Balled Palatla, for New York. Seattle, ilay 15. Sailed Steamer Santa Ana, for Skarway; steamer Cottage City, for Skag way; British bark Pax, for United Kingdom. Hoqulam. Arrived May 14 Barkentlno K. Fllcklnger. from San Pedro for Hoaulam; schooner W, T. Patterson, from San Pedro for Aberdeen: schooner San Pedro, from San Pe dro for Aberdeen. Rotterdam, May 15. Sailed Rotterdam, for New York. Shanghai, May 15. Arrived Kalsow, from Seattle and Tacoma, via ,Yokohama, for Lon don, via Hong Kong, etc Saigon. Sailed May 14 Chlng Wo. from Ta coma, via Yokohama, etc., and Hong Konr. for London. BIDDING FOR A NEWSPAPER Latryer Buys the Philadelphia Rec ord at Auction. PHILADELPHIA, .May 15. By order of the United States Court of Eastern Penn sylvania, James M. Beck, special master commissioner, today sold at public auction S05O shares of the 10,000 shares of the Philadelphia Record Publishing Company, par value $100. WHUarn S. Stenger, of Philadelphia, bought the stock for 52.SOO, 000. Mr. Stenger is an attorney, and was Secretary of tho Commonwealth during Governor Pattlson's first term. Mr. Stenger also bought $470,000 o the Issue- of $500,000 6 per cent bonds of the Record Company, paying $654,000 therefor. When asked whom, he represented in the transaction. Mr. Stenger smilingly an swered, "Myself," and declined to say anything further. There was a large attendance at the sale, newspaper owners from other cltiea being among those present. Wesley M. Ocler. of the Baltimore Herald, wa3 Mr. Sienger's principal competitor. Adolph Ochs. of the New York Times, also was an active bidder. Investigating; Failnre Fraails. NEW YORK, May-15. A plan which has long been contemplated by tho National Association of Credit Men the establish, raent of a bureau for investigating fraudu lent failures and prosecuting those deemed to bo guilty of such practices, is about to be realized, says the Journal of Com merce. 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