THE MOENING OBEGCXNIAST, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1904.
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URGES GUT IN TARIFF
Taft Deems the Philippine
Rates Excessive.
ANMJAL REPORT SUBMITTED
Secretary of War Finds the Army
Lacks Officers Death Rate Is De
creasing State Military Or
ganizations Are Praised.
WASHINGTON". Nov. 28. Secretary of War
Taft today issued Wa annual report. It covers
a wide rane of subjects, not only siring full
details of the activity, expenditures and needs
of the Army and coast defense, - but deals with
the Philippines extensively, making many rec
ommendations for the betterment of economic
conditions In the islands. His chief, recom
mendations in the military service are toward
certain reorganization of the corps of officers
and the Improvement of the coast and harbor
defense, particularly the submarine service.
The Philippines he considers in need, of cer
tain radical measures in the way of tariff. He
recommends the detailing of authority In the
matter of the adjustment of Impost duties to
the Philippine Comlsslon, and asks for marked
reduction in the Import duties of Philippine
products into the United States.
The Army has remained about the same size,
having increased slightly in the past year. In
the annual report of a year ago the Army was
shown to consist of SCSI officers and 55,600
enlisted men, a total of 50,181. There were
besides a hospital corps of 2807 men and a
Porto Rico regiment, consisting of 26 officers
and S20 men, and 90 officers and 4605 men en
listed in the Philippine Scouts.
At the date of the last reports received from
the military department, October 15, 1904, the
actual strength of the regular Army was 3744
officers and 56,439 enlisted men, distributed
as follows:
Enlisted
Country Officers;, men. Total.
United States 2,892 43,570 4B.462
Philippine islands 779 11.538 12.317
Porto Rico 5 5 10
Hawaiian Islands .... 7 209 216
China 5 . 131 136
Alaska 56 966 1,042
Totals 3,744 56,439 00,183
The distribution among the different branches
of the service was as follows:
Enlisted
Officers, men. Total.
General officers and
staff organizations... S94 3,214 4,108
Cavalry 747 12.099 12,846
Artillery corps 631 14.949 15,580
Infantry 1.472 24.074 25,546
ItecruJts and mlncel
laneous detachments. . .
2.103 2,103
Totals 3,744 56,439 60.183
.Favors Increase in Number of Officers.
Secretary Taft recommends an increased
number of officers of the line. Details to mill
tary schools, the General Staff and for other
military purposes decreases the number of
line officers below the necessary number. He
recommends that Congress amend the present
law so that the detailing of line officers umier
the rank of LJeutenant-Colonel to the General
Staff shall create a vacancy, so that the num
ber of officers can be maintained to the point
of proper efficiency.
During the year there were 26,791 enlistments.
the recruiting officers examining 110,243 ap
plicants for service, 75 per cent being rejected
for mental, moral or physical conditions.
During the past year the troops have been
principally engaged In the regular routine of
military duties in garrison, and they have par
ticipated in practice marches, encampments-and
maneuvers. They have not "been in action, ex
cept for a few encounters with the savage
Moros In the Philippines, rendered necessary by
their defiance of the law in Mindanao and Jolo.
In one of these actions a detachment of in
fantry -was amhufihed, resulting in the loss of
two officers and 13 'enlisted men out of 39 men
engaged.
Decrease la Death Hate.
Continuance of the gradual but decided Jm
provement in the condition of troops which
has been noted since sanitary matters have
received the attention due them is shown by
the lawer rate of admission to sick report per
thousand of strength of the whole Army for
disease and injury during the last calendar
year, as compared with 1902. Notwithstand
ing the fact that a mean strength of 25,379
troops were on foreign service during the
year, only 629 deaths occurred from all causes
in the entire Army American and native
troops equal to a rate of 9.30 per thousand as
compared with 15,49 for the previous year.
Of this death rate more than 15 per cent was
due to cholera In the Philippines an accidental
and temporary condition. The significance of
these figures becomes more apparent when It Is
known that the census of the United States
for 1890 gives an average death rate of 8.95
per 1000 for adult males of the military ages.
-o to 45 years.
Discharges for disability numbered 1582,
equivalent to a rate of 23.39 per 1000 men.
IVhile the rate of discharge for disability re
mained as high as last year, the death rate
shows a decided Improvement, being slightly
more than half the rate of 1902.
In the United States, the admission rate dur
ing 1903 for disease and Injury was reduced
from 1343.77 per 1000 to 1206.89. and the death
rate was reduced from 7.83 to 5.94.
The small amount of cholera In the PhlliD
pine Islands as compared with the previous
year epeaks well for the untiring efforts of
the Army medical officers in preventing Its
spread among the troops serving at the Island
stations, and to their successful efforts in this
direction the improved mortality rates in the
Philippines are no doubt largely due.
ine sanitary improvements in the condi
Hons of the soldiers have gradually lessened
the rates of sickness and mortality since the
war with Spain, and the rates of sickness
and" mortality In the calendar year 1903 more
nearly approach those of 1697. when the low
death rate 3.11 waa recorded, than at any
iime since we ouiDreaK of the war.
Submarine Defense.
i-ouowing an account of the progress of
work on military posts and coast defense. In
which considerable has been done the past
year, is a recommendation regarding eubma
rlne defense. At present most of the harbors
are equipped with torpedo etorehouses, cable
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tanks and serviceable mining casemates, many
of which are not up to the standard. The
need is for the completion of the topedo de
fense at fortified harbors and provision for a
trained personnel to operate It. There will
be also necessary at all batteries of approved
range and position the installation of finding
equipment and other accessories for defense.
Thn cost of completing the submarine de
fense is estimated by the Chief of Artillery
at 43,819,420. but, after completion, he says,
it Is practically valueless unless we have a
trained personnel to operate it and that to
day we are substantially without such a force.
Five thousand one hundred and thirty-nine
officers and men is the estimate of personnel
required 1G9 officers and 4970 men. This will
probably cost, in round numbers. $5,000,000
addition, making about J9.000.000 as the
estimated first cost of perfecting the subma
rine coast defense in buildings, material and
personnel. Additional appropriations of J 5,000,-
000 will, of course, be required annually there
after for pay of the personnel. The Chief of
Artillery says in this connection:
"It is Interesting to note that the employ
ment cf wireless telegraphy, torpedoes, both
fixed and mobile, and submarines has probably
changed the tactics of blockade. Blockading
fleets will no longer remain near the harbor
invested, but many miles away, and generally
beyond sight."
In certain departments, runs the report.
changes In the number of officers Is necessary.
Secretary Taft recommends that more officers
be provided for in the Medical and Ordanance
Departments. The Chief of Artillery reports
that it Is difficult to keep companies in his
branch of the service recruited to their full
strength, and yet the service should be In
creased by one-half. He recommends that the
pay of men who have qualified as gunners be
raised, in order to keep them In the service.
Needs of the Army.
Secretary Taft's opinion on the needs of the
Army as regards size follows:
It is quite obvious from the statement of
the Chief of Artillery that the number of
artillerymen In the service should be increased;
but this does not. it seems to me, require that
the Army as a body should be increased, but
only that there should be a reduction In the
other branches with a view to increasing the
highly technical branch of the artillery. Our
present Army is maintained not only for serv
ice as such, hut as the basis or skeleton for
much larger Army in time of war, and it
is therefore necessary that those branches of
the service, tho preparation of which for a
war footing requires a long period of time,
should be much larger In -proportion than
those branches wHlch can be readily added to,
when the necessity arises.
For this reason the proportion of cavalry
regiments to infantry regiments is much larger
than it would be la time of war, and for
the same reason the proportion of the artll'
lery force to that of the infantry and the cav
airy ought to be increased, because the tech
nical skill required In artillerymen and the
length of time needed to bring them up to the
requirements of modern artillery service would
be greater even than In the equipment and
preparation of a cavalry force. For this
reason I hare referred to the General Staff
the question what changes in the proportion
of the various branches ought now to be ef
fected without an increase in the size of the
Army, in order that the fore; of artillery
men should be brought up to Its proper pro
portion in time of peace in view of the dim
culty of enlarging It in time of war. The
result of the study of the General Staff upon
this subject will be communicated to Con
gress as soon as its conclusions have been
reached.
Regarding rivers and harbors, the report
says:
The condition of the Improvement of the
various rivers and harbors throughout the
country, and the extent of the work per
formed on them during the past fiscal year
are set forth In full detail in the accompany'
Ins report of the Chlaf of engineers. The
total amount expended during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1904, from the appropriations
of that year and from available balances of
former appropriations is as follows:
River and harbors (general, includ
ing examinations, surveys and
contingencies) I20.0C3.079. 14
.removing aumcen vessels ........
Operating snag and dredge boats
on upper MIssIesIddI River
80.652.05
25,090.00
SS.245.25
7.088.61
C5.964.0S
9,135.39
Removing obstructions in the Mis
sissippi River
Gauging waters lower Mlstealppl
River and its tributaries......
Maintenance of South Pass Chan
nel. Mississippi River
Examinations and surveys at
South Pass. MleeieslsslPDl River.
Operating snag boats on Ohio
River
Operating and care of canals, etc.
Prevention of deposits in New
36.229.83
1.101,510.2
York Harbor
86.314.43
California Debris Commission ....
Permanent International Commis
11.956.83
sion of Cbngresees of Navi
gation 1.650.9
Total $21,576,914.85
In addition. $2,206,390.01 was expended for
the work under the Mississippi River Commis
sion and $81,791.25 was expended for enlarge
ment of Governors Island In New York Har
bor.
State Militia Organizations.
The report deals very extensively with the
state militia organizations. Secretary Taft
complimenting the militia on its Improvement
under regular Army tactics. He considers
the inspection by Army officers highly bene'
ficial and approves particularly of the Joint
maneuvers held by regiments from the Army
and militia.
The heads of departments, having fallen
Into the habit of making estimates of expen
dltures too large with the notion that Con'
gress would cut down the amount, has been
done away with and the estimate made for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, Is the
smallest in six years.
A comparative statement of the .last six
estimates submitted to Congress for 'the sup
port of the military establishment proper and
of the appropriations and expenditures there
on Is as follows:
Approprla
Estimates. . tlons. Extiendlture.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
$128,170,583 $114,586,229 $105,702,101
. 113,568.319 116,249.552 79.284.252
99,849.436 92.2S3.634 70.308.044
77.9S6.515 78.450.344 G9.275.2S6
. 4 . itft.su i,tKa.itK:
. 72,705,156
The Philippine Islands.
The Philippine Islands are taken up in de
tail, the economic and financial condition be
ing dealt with at length. The matter of com
merce and currency is gone into exhaustively,
Secretary Taft says in part:
The trade of the islands for the fiscal year
ending July 1, 1904. as shown by the total
exports and Imports, exclusive of silver and
Army and Navy supplies, has fallen from
total of $66,000,000 in the fiscal year ending
July 1, 1903. to $63,000,000, a reduction chiefly
in the exports. ,
This is explained by Governor Wright as
due to the drought and locusts, which de
siroyea many or me crops. Another very
probable cause is the interference with cur-
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."We meet all competition. Inferior
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than, any other first-class house. Time
and wearing qualities are the factors of
a watch. In our values we give you
their lull benefit.
Washington Streets
rent business due to the change of money
from the Mexican silver standard to a gold
standard. By an act of Congress, passed In
1903, the standard of value In the Philippine
Islands was fixed " at a Philippine peso, the
equivalent of 50 cents gold, and provision was
made for the coinage of a new silver Phllip-
Ine peso of this value out of silver Intrinsi
cally worth about 40 cents.
Mexican dollars and Spanish-Filipino pesos
to the amount of $26,000,000 have been circu
lating in the Philippines and there has been
trouble getting rid of these and Introducing
to general use the new Philippine peso. The
natives have been slow to learn the difference
in value and the exporters of hemp, large
foreign houses, have been, lrv the habit of
circulating the old money a&ng the small
farmers, making the -task doViy aimcuiu
But the officials have done wha-Athey could
to set tho new coinage afloat, ha'B an op
portunity to teach the natives the difference
In value when paying taxes. The result has
been that the new currency is gaining a foot
hold. Upward of 11.000.000 of the Spanish Filipino
peso have come into the treasury of the Philip
pine Islands and have been sent to SanFran
Cisco for recolnage. while most of the 'Mexi
can dollars, being useless now In general
business, have been exported from the islands.
and the Islands are on a gold basis with the
new currency. The exact history of the
change is yet to be written, hut it will cer
tainly form a unique Instance in the financial
history of the world of a rapid change from
one coinage to another.
No such change, however, can ever be ef
fected without, for the time, bringing about
an Injurious halt or suspension of business,
due to the doubt and hesitation of those en
gaged in active business as to the success
of that which the Government la attempting.
To this more than to any other cause do I
attribute the recent depression in business of
which complaint has been made. Governor
Wright, In describing the change in the coin
age and the fact that it is now fait accompli.
Fays that the business conditions are much
improved. The advantages of a change from
fluctuating currency to a stable currency
hardly need to be stated in a country like
this, where for eight years a campaign of
education of the people on this subject has
been carried en.
It is fair to say that' there is no indebted
ness of the islands, payment of which is not
provided for out of other sources than the
revenues of the Islands. AH the improve
ments which have been carried on have been
made either out of the revenues of the islands
or out of the $3,000,000 Congressional fund
which the Congress of the United States gave
to the treasury of the Philippine Islands to
relieve the suffering and starvation due to
the cholera and the rinderpest and the con'
sequent destruction of nearly 90 per cent of
the draft cattle of the islands.
More than $3,000,000 has been spent upon
the harbor of Manila. Certainly another half
million Is being spent upon the harbors of
Hollo and Cebu. At least $2,500,000, and
probably more, has been spent out of the
revenues of the islands for the improvement
of roads and bridges and schoolhouses. It
la not proper. In view of the present depressed
condition of business in the islands, due to
disasters to which reference has been made.
that the needed Improvements should be
charged entirely to the present. Their cost
should be distributed by the issuing of bonds
to be paid after a number of years. For this
reason tho aouthority to Issue bonds in the
sum of $5,000,000 ought readily to be granted.
"Charged as this -Government Is with the
duty of elevating and educating the people of
those islands, there is no higher obligation
upon it than that of adopting such legislation
as will attract to the Islands the Investment
of large amounts of capital In the construction
of steam railroads and other means of easy
communication. The history of all dependen
cies, especially In the Tropics, shows that It
Is useless to hope for the construction of the
needed railroads without Governmental assist
ance. Indeed, we do not need to look to the
tropical, Indian, or South Sea colonies of
Great Britain, France, Holland, or other coun
tries for a precedent. It is sufficient to say
that here in our own country, between our
two oceans, it was absolutely necessary for the
Government to lend most substantial aid to
bring about the construction of those high
ways of commerce between the Pacific and the
Atlantic seaboards.
Duties imposed on imports as they now exist
Secretary Taft considers far from Just, and
he recommends that Congress vest ln the
Philippine Commission the power to regulate
these with the approval of the President.' pass'
ing half the power over to the -Philippine
Assemoly when that becomes established.
which will happen in the course of two years.
In Secretary Taft s opinion.
Regarding the tariff on Philippine products
Imported into the United States Secretary Taft
appeals strongly for a substantial reduction.
He asks for entry free of duty for all prod
ucts except sugar and tobacco, and for these
he asks 25 per cent reduction on the DJngley
tarlff. He argues that tho distance being
very great, the freight rate combined with the
tariff makes Importation Into this country
almost prohibitive. And the conditions of pro
duction are not likely to become better as long
as the Chinese exclusion laws exist.
COLLEGES WILL GET MONEY.
Legal Fight Over $2,500,000 Willed
Them by Fayerweather Decided.
vAsrtiiuxuiM, jov. zs. The case
known as the Fayerweather will case was
decided by the Supreme Court of the
United States today In favor of the col
leges. The case Involved a bequest of
about $2,500,000, made to 20 different col
leges by the late Daniel G. Fayerweather.
a leather merchant of New York, who
died In 1S90. The will was attacked by
Air. -rayerweatners -widow and two
nieces, fraud being charged. The case has
been pending in the courts for many
years, ana nas been peiore the Suprem
Court, on several occasions. The bene
fldary colleges are Bowdoln, Dartmouth
Williams, Amherst, wesleyan, Tale, Co
lumbla. Union Theological, Hamilton,
Rochester, Cornell, Lafayette, Lincoln,
Virginia, Hampton, Evansville, Marietta
Adelbert Wabash and Park.
AN APOLOGY.
Owing to a misunderstanding regarding
tne time, tne manager of our pianola de
partment made an Important engagement.
which prevented his giving the concert
yesterday until an hour later.
The concert tills afternoon and every
other afternoon during our opening will
be at tne appointed time. 3 to i o clock.
All are cordially invited. Eilers Piano
House, Sol Washington st.
Evolution of the
The crude methods of time-telling in ages past .were considered well adapted
for the period. Mrst came the water clock, odd and antique, used by the ancient
Egyptians and Phoenicians. Then came the queer sandglass, used to this day in.
the House of Commons to measure certain intervals. After that other methods
were employed and finally the invention of the first watch by Peter Henlein,.a
Nuremberg locksmith, bom in the year 1480. Step by step the modern watch is
before you for thought, and we have them in all the varieties.
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ILER1G 18 OVERDUE
Steamer From Japan Expected
Four Days Ago.
BIG STORM CAUSES ALARM
Allowing Tramp Vessel Twenty Days
for Shorter-Time Voyage She
Should Have Been In Co
lumbia Last Week.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 23. The steamship
Ellcric $e four days overdue from the
Orient. She left MoJI, Japan. November
and, allowing 20 days for a passage
that usually occupies 15 to IS days, she
should have reached the Columbia River
last Friday.
About the time the Ellerlc departed
from the Japanese port a heavy gale
raged In that part of the world, and fear
Is entertained that the vessel may have
met with a mishap. The Numantla, ar
riving today, came in 17 days, after an
uneventful passage. The Ellerlc Is a
tramp steamer, and orders from Glasgow
await her at Astoria. The nature of the
orders has not yet been divulged, but It
Is surmised she will be ordered elsewhere
for a cargo.
The master of the Numantla says it was
impossible for him to learn anything as
to the progress of the war while he was
in Yokohama. The Japanese are even
more suspicious of foreigners than for
merly, and refuse to give out any Infor
mation. JULES GOMMES TAKES GRAIN
Chartered on English Account at Pri
vate Terms.
It was generaly thought on the water
front that the French ship Jules Gommes,
which reached port two weeks ago, was
on the free list, but It leaked out yes
terday that the vessel has been chartered
for some time. She was taken on Eng
llsh account for wheat or barley for
Europe and Kerr, Glfford & Co. will fur
nlsh her cargo. The terms are private.
The Gommes brought general cargo from
Hull to Balfour. Guthrie & Co.
The negotiations for the chartering of
the British shop Fairport for lumber are
still hanging fire. It is possible If they
fall, another spot ship may be taken for
the business.
Portland lumbermen have an opportun
ity to find a new market for their prod
uct If they can arrange for the transpor
tation. Inquiries In this connection have
been received from New Brunswick, but
the freight terms proposed, 50s, are an
obstacle, as ' the shipowners approached
demand 55s. If the deal goes through, this
will be the first shipment of lumber ever
made from Portland to that section.
WEBFOOT SALVAGE HIGH.
Owner Tells O. R. 4. Company to
Take Schooner for Claim.
ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.)
Captain A. M. Simpson, owner of the
dismantled schooner "Webfoot, arrived
here last evening, but left on the
steamer Alliance for Coos Bay this
morning. While here he made a ten
der of $250 to the O. R. & N. Company
in payment of its salvage claim against
the vessel. This offer was refused.
and the company is said to have de
manded $1500.
Before leaving. Mr, Simpson notified
the O. R. & N. Company to take the
hull and cargo in settlement of its
claim, and he also instructed Captain
Lewis to pay off the crew here. The
cargo is not very valuable, as only
40,000 feet of it is cedar, and that of a
poor grade.
INJURIES TO BURNSIDE.
Cable Ship Which Struck Lost Part
of Keel.
SEATTLE. "Wash., Nov. 2S. The cable
ship Burnslde, -which struck on Ripple
Rock, in Seymour Narrows, Isovember 21
has a hole eight feet wide and 20 feet
long beneath No. 3 water-tight compart
ment aft, and also has had 51 feet of her
keel ripped off.
She went into drydock In Quartermas
ter Harbor. Tacoma. this afternoon, and
tonight Captain Grant, Chief of the local
Quartermaster's office, returned to this
city, bringing with him the facts relative
to the Injury to the big Government ves
sel. It will take a month to repair the
ship, and the cost will be several thou
sands of dollars. Bids will be advertised
and opened immediately.
SAMPSON GOES ON DRYDOCK.
Tug Is Taken to St. Johns for an
Overhauling.
The tug Sampson was taken down to St.
Johns yesterday and this morning will be
lifted on the drydock. She will be out of
the water a week while the shaft is taken
out and the stern bearings repaired. The
tug will also be cleaned and painted and
given a general overhauling.
There Is a probability that the British
ship Holt Hill will be docked when her
Inward cargo is out, as the ship Is very
Joul after her long voyage from Ham
burg. The drydock officials also hope to
have the bar dredge Chinook on their
hands before long, as intimations have
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been received that site will be brought
here for an overhauling preparatory to
next season's' work.
FEARS FOR HAROLD DOLLAR.
Steamer May Have Fallen Into Hands
of Japanese.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S. Maritime
circles in the city are awaiting with con
siderable anxiety news of the Harold
Dollar, which sailed about a month ago to
Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, with coal and
provisions for the Aleutian fishing sta
tions. She was sent to the Russian pos
sessions by the Kamchatka Commercial
Company to relieve the distress of the in
habitants of the Copper and other Islands
in consequence of the wreck of the Mln-
eola, a supply vessel, which failed to
reach them.
It is feared that the Harold Dollar may
have fallen Into the hands of the Jap
anese. INVERNESS IS BEACHED.
British Turret Steamer Goes Ashore
at Mororan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2S. The British
steamer Inverness, that carried a cargo
of supplies to Yokohama from Tacoma, Is
on the beach at Mororan. Japan, accord
ing to a dispatch received at the Mer
chants' Exchange today.
The vessel delivered her cargo at the
Japanese port and went to Mororan, ar
riving there about a week ago for coaL
No details of the accident are given.
Chinese for Big Steamer.
"VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. 27. Two hun
dred Chinese are coming to Victoria on
the steamer Empress of India to Join J.
J. Hill's mammoth steamer Minnesota.
when she calls here aboutvthe middle of
December. They have been engaged as
deckhands, firemen, oilers, saloon and
stateroom servants. They will be held
here until the Minnesota Is ready to take
them either on the Inbound trip to Seattle
or outward bound for the Orient.
New Boats for the Sacramento.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2S. The Bulle
tin says that the Santa Fe Railroad Is
to build three stern-wheel steamers for
the fruit trade on the Sacramento River.
Two of these vessels are to be extremely
large and will be used for the hauling of
fruit from Sacramento and way points
to Antloch. The other stern-wheeler
will be somewhat smaller, to enable it to
enter the different sloughs.
Lizzie Prien Goes Ashore.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2S. The schoon
er Lizzie Prien. which sailed from here
last night for Eurekt. ran ashore about
one mile south of the Cliff House. She
was pulled off early this morning.
Marine Notes.
The French bark Asie completed her
wheat cargo, 25al tons; at Irving dock
yesterday.
The British ship Hampton began load
ing lumber at the North Pacific mill, yes
terday.
The British ship Holt Hill arrived ud
yesterday morning, and Is lying at
Oceanic dock. She brlnxs general canro
to iiaiiour, Guthrie & Co., from Ham
burg. Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Nov. 28. Arrived down at 2:30 A
it. and sailed at noon Steamer Columbia, for
San Francisco. Arrived down last night and
sailed at 1:30 P. M. Steamer Redondo. for
San Francisco. Arrived at 7:15 A. M. and
left up at 12:30 P. M. German steamship
rtumantla. from Hon? Kong and way ports.
Sailed at 12:30 Steamer Alliance for Eureka
and way ports. Sailed at 1 P. If. Steamer
Kllbum, for San Francisco and way ports.
Sailed at 1:40 P. M. Schooner Borealls. for
San Francisco. Arrived at 5 P. if. Schooner
Annie. Larson, from San Francisco. Condition
of the bar at 0 P. II., smooth; wind east;
weather cloudy.
Ean Francisco, Nov. 23. Sailed at 11:30 A.
il. Steamer Geo. w. Elder, for Portland. Ar
rivedFrench bark vllle due Havre, from
Swansea: schooner Volant, from Montes&no
French bark Joinville, from Newcastle. Sag-
land; German steamer Memphis, from Seattle,
Sailed Steamer Baracouta, for Acapulco
French bark" Vincennes; for Sydney; steamer
Sequoia, for "Wlllapa Harbor; British steamer
Wellington, for Ladyamith.
Plymouth. Nov. 28. Arrived Kaiser "VVllhelm
der Grosse, from New Tork; Hamburg, from
New Tork.
Labor Agitation Diminishing.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 The labor agita
tion is diminishing and several large con
cerns have made concessions to their em
ployes, cables .the Herald's Buenos Ayres,
Argentine, correspondent- The chief of
police did not permit a demonstration o
protest to be made against the Rosario
police, which had been planned by the
Socialist party to take place Sunday. It
was said that in view of the agitation in
that place there was ground for fearing
that the demonstration would provoke dis
turbances.
Several firms cabled to the railway di
rectors in London asking what would be
their attitude in case the strike extended
to their employes, as a suspension of
work would put a deadlock to the exports
of cereals. The directors replied that they
would-Jie disposed to increase the salaries
and make all possible concessions. There
Is. therefore, no fear of a strike in that
direction.
Miners in Pitched Battle.
TRINIDAD. Col.. Nov. 28. Over 100
shots were exchanged today In a fight
at a coal camp near Hastings. Col., be
tween Slavs and Italians. John Rem
bish was killed and another man ser
iously wounded. Remblsh was robbed
of 5920 after he was shot. Nine men
have been arrested on suspicion of
having been engaged In the fight. The
trouble Is said to have arisen from the
coal-miners strike.
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