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PORTLAND, OREGOy, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1,
VOL. XXV.
190
NO. 14,373.
BANNER YEAR FOB
RAILWAY BUILDING
New Mileage in 1906 Greatest
for any Twelvemonth
in 18 Years.
SOUTHWEST IN THE LEAD
Paclflo States Come Second In
Amount of Xcw Construction.
Work Much Hampered by the
Great Scarcity of Labor.
More railroad mileage was built In
the United States during the year Juat
closed than for 18 years. The last 12
months have been the greatest period
of railroad activity since 1888. Ad
vance proofs of the Railway Age show
that since last January 1, 6067 miles
of track have boen laid on 388 lines in
44 states and territories.
The record year of the United States
in construction was 1887. when 13,000
miles of new main-line track was laid,
and the following: year witnessed the
completion of 7106 miles. In no year
Flnce 1887 has there been so -"uch con
struction under way as in 190o, and ex
cept for the delays encountered in the
scarcity of labor and the difficulty in
securing rails and materials, the mile
age accomplished during the past year
undoubtedly would have exceeded that
of 1887.
At the first of 1906 careful estimates
showed 13,000 miles of new railway
was under contract, and since that time
contracts for several more thousand
miles have been lot. However, it was
doubted if anywhere near that total
would be constructed, because of the
labor shortage. This prediction has
come true. Kailway building was em
barrassed by labor shortage and a
scarcity of rails. The demand for more
workmen has been almost universal,
and much of the new mileage planned
for completion In 1906 will not be fin
ished before some time this year.
In the new construction, the South
western states come first, the Pacific
states second and the Northwestern
states third. The last-named group
has 1,130.69 miles to Its credit. Texas
leads In the new mileage, with 701. No
new track is reported in New Hamp
shire. Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecti
cut, New Jersey or Delaware.
Nearly 70 per cent of the new, mile
age is west of the Mississippi, where
1906 construction aggregates 4190
miles, or nearly 70 per cent of the to
tal. -k,.
"The completed mileage In the extreme
Northwest Is small." says the Railway
Age. "considering the vast amount of con
struction under way in that section of
the country. But work on many of the
important lines under contract has been
largely of a preliminary nature and the
track-laying stage has not been reached.
In addition to the 363 miles of new track
laid during the year in Oregon, "Washing
ton and Idaho, over 1700 miles of new line
are under contract In those three states,
and preparations are being made to start
work on several other Important enter
prises." The longest line In the Northwest com
pleted during the year was the Canadian
Pacific s extension to Spokane, Wash.,
from the international boundary line at
Eastport, Idaho, a distance of 141 miles.
The labor shortage has been the worst
drawback to construction In the North
west. On many lines the camps could not
be kept full, although higher wages were
paid than ever before for similar work.
Men were constantly coming and going,
and the frequent additions of ned men to
grading crews and the desertion of ex
pcrienced men retarded the work materi
ally. Whole camps were depopulated
when harvest set In, the men preferring
a change of employment.
According to Poor's Manual, the main
line mileage of the United States on Jan
uary 1 last was 217.072.34 miles, and the
S.OK7.4 miles completed during the past 12
months gives the country 23,139.74 miles
of completed railroad today.
ROADS CONTROL WATER LINES
Garfield's Report Will Tell Cause of
High Rates.
CHICAGO. Dec. 31. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
"That the country is in the monopolistic
grip of the railroads is developed more
clearly than ever by an investigation that
Commissioner Garfield is making into the
effect of water transportation on rail
road rates.
"The facts unearthed demonstrate that
the railroads have their hands upon the
water transportation, both inland and
coastwise, and that a working arrange
ment even exists with ocean steamship
companies. The ability of railroads to
'maintain noncompetitive rates and to
discriminate between different sections of
the country thus becomes apparent."
Old Management in Again.
MOBILE, Ala.. Dec. 31. F. L. Dewey
and J. L. Dantzler, who were recently
appointed receivers of the Mobile, Jack
son & Kansas City Railroad, were oust
ed today from possession of the property
on an order Issued from the Chancery
Court.
The old management, which was ousted
Wednesday night last, has again assumed
charge.
JAPANESE NOT MOLESTED
Advocates of Assassination Freer in
America Than Japan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. Shlgeki
Oka, the Japanese who is attempting to
propagate doctrines in this country which
would cause his instant punishment if
uttered In his native land, was not mo
lested by United States secret service
agents yesterday. Notwithstanding the
Indignant protests of sensible members
of the Japanese colony, arrangements are
being made, it is said, by the publisher of
the Revolution to Issue another copy of
the paper. The charge that some Japan
ese make that the writer of the article
Is a beardless Japanese student residing
in Berkeley is scoffed at by Secretary M.
Oyama, of the Japanese Consulate. Sec
retary Oyama declares that he can vouch
for every on of the Japanese students
at the University of California. None of
them, he says, is in any way connected
with the Japanese socialist party.
If this paper, the Revolution, were
published in Japan, it would be quickly
suppressed and the editor would be pun
ished severely," declared Oyama.
Mexico Japan's Halfway House.
CITT OF MEXICO. Dec. SI. A dispatch
to the Herald from Guadalajara says that
the migration of Japanese brought to this
country under contract to work on the
Manzanillo extension of the Mexican
Central Railroad continues. According to
the correspondent 150 of these men have
arrived in Guadalajara and purchased
tickets for El Paso. The story puts an en
tirely new version on the affair, for it
says that most of the men are well sup
plied with money and are not laborers.
Among their number are professional
men, skilled artisans and students. Ac
cording to the correspondent, it is the be
lief of the railroad contractors that these
men came to Mexico with the sole Idea of
gaining transportation to the United
States.
On January 20 a 'steamer from Japan
carrying 1100 bona fide laborers is expect
ed to arrive and the railroad men hope
this will relieve the stringency in the la
bor market. '
CAN'T TRUST SERVANTS
Shooting and Poisoning Cause Alarm
in Texas Families.
HOUSTON, Texas,' Dec. SI. A sup
posed attempt to assassinate Mrs. L.
H. McGregor, wife of Representative-
elect McGregor, and the announcement
that other members of the family of
F. Charles Hume had been poisoned
have led many housekeepers to dis
charge their negro servants. A former
negro servant in the McGregor home is
under arrest, charged with shooting
into the dining-room of the McGregor
home. The bullet narrowly missed Mrs.
McGregor's head. Mrs. McGregor had
rebuked the negro's wife, who was em
ployed as their cook.
Call to Negroes to Celebrate. ,
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. From the pul
pits of the negro churches there was
read yesterday a proclamation issued
under the auspices of a free American
council, of which Bishop Alexander
Walters is president and Dr. L. G. Jor
dan ia secretary, urginjr negroes to
assemble tomorrow in the churches and
other meeting places to celebrate the
43d anniversary of the issuance of the
emancipation proclamation. The call
states:
"We should tell of our material prog
ress as is shown by the accumulation
of personal and real property to the
amount of more than $1,000,000,030. We
should proclaim to the world our edu
cational progress; tell how we have
eliminated more than BO per cent of
our Illiteracy, and we should cry aloud
against the injustices that are being
perpetrated against us by Jim Crow
cars and disfranchisement laws in the
South. We should let the world know
what an Injustice has been done the
race by the dismissal and condemna
tion of innocent negro soldiers with
out the process of law men who have
fought for 40 years- in. defense of the
flag and for the" honor -of the country.
"Let us speak of our wrongs until
they are righted."
MOVE TO REVIVE BOYCOTT
Canton Chinese Still Bitter at Being
Excluded.
HONGKONG, Dec. 31. Dispatches
received from Canton report that over
1010 porsons were present at a meet
ing held to discuss the American-Chinese
exclusion act. The following reso
lutions were adopted at the meeting:
First To revive a boycott againBt
American goods.
Second That newspapers should not
advertise American manufacturers.
Third To dissuade laborers from
proceeding to Panama.
Fourth To petition the Viceroy, ask
ing the Imperial' Government to nego
tiate with America for a modification
of the exclusion act, and lastly that
these resolutions be placarded through
out the country.
Carrying Food to Hungry Chinese.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. The offer of
E. H. Harriman t" President Roosevelt
to transport on his steamship lines all
supplies delivered at San Francisco
and Intended to relieve famine suffer
ers in China has opened the way for
the American Red Cross to make an
appeal direct to the farmers of the
country to provide corn and wheat.
The appeal for money contributions
has been effective, but it is believed
the greater good would come from
gifts of grain, now that the transpor
tation question has been met.
Already the Red Cross officials in
this city have suggested to Governor
Cummins, of Iowa, that he ask the
farmers of that state to make grain
contributions. The call upon the Gov
ernors has not been general, for the
reason that - the Red Cross officers
were waiting to see whether it would
be decided to use the Army transport
service to convey grain to the Orient.
Merciful to Poor Husbands.
PARIS, Dec. 31. A case that Is inter
esting husbands and dressmakers has
been decided by the courts. A fashion
able dressmaker demanded several thou
sand dollars for a score of gowns fur
nished to a woman In two months and
sued the husband. The court holds even
though a husband gives the wife authority
to purchase the toilettes, it must be pre
sumed that he intends to be reasonable.
It rules that it is the duty of the dress
maker to inquire whether orders given by
the wife accord with the husband's finan
cial and social status. Tradesmen are
also cautioned to show prudence -and re
serve when apparently exaggerated orders
are given. The court reduced the demand
of the dressmaker almost to half.
Last of the Rajah of Goa.
THE HAGUE. Dec. 31. The famous
Rajah of Goa, Island of Celebes, Dutch
East Indies, who for many years
caused trouble to the government au
thorities, has been found dead in a
ravine.
A Dutch punitive force discovered
the Rajah's stronghold Christmas day,
but the chieftain fled with half a doz
en followers. During his flight the
Rajah and his companions toppled over
a precipice into a ravine and the whole
party were killed.
Corey Will Xot Marry Actress.
PARIS, Dec. 31. W. E. Corey, presi
dent of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, has arrived here. Any statement
that he Is to be married to Miss Mabelle
Oilman, In the Immediate future or dur
ing his present visit to Europe, Is untrue.
TAX LEVY OF CITY
IS NUDE 5.7 MILLS
Recommendation of Ways and
Means Committee Indorsed
by the Council.
WILL PRODUCE $949,000
New Equipment Will Be Purchased
for Fire Department, East Side
Will Be Given Police Station
and Police Force Enlarged.
TAX PROBABLY 16.2 MILLS.
According to the figures of County
Assessor Sigler the total levy in
Portland for all purposes will amount
to 16.2 mills. Everything has been
decided upon -with the exception of
the state school tax and the county
and county road tax. The County
Commissioner have been waiting for
the Council to make Its levy before
taking action. The county will need
more money than It had last year,
but- pressure Is being brought to bear
to keep the levy within- 16 mills.
The levy, however, will probably be
as follows:
Mills.
State 2.
State school . l.S
County and road 3-275
County library 125
Port of Portland 8
City school .... 2.6
City of Portland 8.7
Total 18.3
The Council yesterday morning made
a tax levy of 5.7 mills. This is the
levy that was recommended by the
ways and means committee, and it was
adopted yesterday without a dissenting
vote, in round numbers the. levy on
an assessed valuation of $166,500,000
will yield $949,000. ,
Mayor Lane, after the ordinance had
been read, addressed the Council, and
speaking for the executive branches of
the city government, said that the money
derived from the proposed tax levy would
be judiciously and . economically ex
pended. Councilman Bennett was one of the
advocates of a 5.7 mills levy. He
explained that several new engine
houses had to be built and new equip
ment purchased for the Fire Department
and called .attention, to. the proposed new
East Side police station, and the 25 ad
ditional patrolmen to be added to the
police force, terming these permanent
improvements. He said that for 1906 the
city got along on about $100,000 less than
it should have had and dwelt on the
proposed Increase of pay for the members
of the police and fire departments.
Councilman Sharkey largely confined
his remans to quoting comparative
statistics showing how much other cities
derive from their city tax levy, and he
declared that the expenses of the local
government are exceptionally low.
When the levy as recommended by the
ways and means committee was put
upon its final passage the vote was: Ayes
Annand, Belding, Bennett, Dunning,
Gray, Kellaher, Masters, Menefee, Pres
ton, Sharkey. Wallace and Wills. Rush
light and Vaughn were absent.
The levy for the different departments
and the revenue to be apportioned from
the same on an assassed valuation of
$166,500,000 is as follows:
Fund- Mills. Revenue.
Light 500 $ 83.aM.00
Fire. Department 2.250 S74.625.00
Police Department 1.075 ITS 9S7 50
Street repair S00 4S.95O.0O
Library 125 20.812.50
Interest on bonds 650 108.225 00
Bridges 500 83,250.00
Totals 6.700 $943,060.00
FAVORS RAISING SALARIES
Senate Committee May Restore
Amendment House Rejected.
WASHINGTON, Dee. Si. The sub-committee
of the Senate committee on appro
priations, which, for the last week, has
been considering the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill, has
considered the question of increasing the
salaries of Senators and Representatives.
and now It seems probable that the sub
committee will recommend an advance of
60 per cent on Congressional salaries. The
sub-committee is practically unanimous in
the opinion that such an Increase should
be made, but there is a general feeling
that the House should have Inserted the
provision.
It also looks as if the committee would
recommend that the provisions for in
creasing the salaries of the Vice-President,
Speaker and Cabinet officers should
be eliminated, unless a corresponding In
crease is secured for Senators and mem
bers. Many members of the committee think
the Senate should be given an opportunity
to pass on the subject, and will advocate
the incorporation of an amendment In
the bill by the committee covering the
entire suDject-
NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION PLANS
Order In AVhich President Will Re.
fceive Dignitaries.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. Arrange
ments have been completed bv Secre
tary Loeb and Colonel Charles S. Brom-
well, the President's milftary aide, for
tne president's wow Year s reception.
The programme in detail follows:
11 A. M. The Vice-President, the
members of the Cabinet, the Diplomatic
Corps.
11:20 A, M. The Chief Justice and
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States, the Judges
of the Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia, the Judges of the Su
preme Court of the District of Colum
bia, the Judges of the United States
Court of Claims, former members of
t he Cabinet, Ambassadors and Ministers
of the United States.
11:30 A. M. Senators, Representa
tlves and Delegates in Congress, the
Commissioners and judicial officers of
the District of Columbia.
11:45 A. M. Officers of the Army, of-
ncers of tne JNavy. officers of the Ma
rlne Corps, Commanding General and
General of Staff of the militia of the
District of Columbia.
12 P. M. The regents and secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, the
Civil Service Canal Commission, the In
terstate -Commerce Commission, the
Isthmian Canal Commission, Assistant
Secretaries of the departments, the So
licitor-General, Assistant Attorneys-
General. Assistant Postmasters-General,
the Treasurer of the United States,
the Librarian of Congress, the Public
Printer, the heads of bureaus In the
several departments, the president of
the Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb.
12:30 P. M. The Society of the Cin
cinnati, the Associated Veterans of the
war of 1846-47, the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States,
the Grand Army of the Republic, the
Medal of Honor Legion, the Union
Veteran . Legion, the Union Veterans,
the Society of the Army of Santiago,
the Spanish War Veterans, the Army
and Navy Union, the, Minute Men, the
Sons of the American Revolution, the
members of the Oldest Inhabitants' As
sociation of the District of Columbia.
1 P. M. Reception of citizens.
Straus Decides Hindoo Case.
WASHINGTON, . Dec. 31. Secretary
Straus today rendered a decision in the
case of the ten Hindoos who applied for
admission Into the United States at Van
couver, B. C. He denied admission to
six of them, who are diseased, upon the
ground that they are liable to become
public charges, and admitted the other
four. The four admitted will locate in
San Francisco,
Farewell to Minister Dudley.' .
LIMA, Peru, Dec. 31. At the fare
well banquet given Saturday night by
President Pardo to the retiring Ameri
can Minister, Mr. Dudley, and the
Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Bavona, who
is also leaving Lima, the President
said that the whole of Peru regretted
Mr. Dudley's departure.
THEIR LEADERS BETRAYED
Revolutionary Leaders In Russia Ar
rested and Documents Seized.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 31 Acting on
Information furnished to the police by a
traitor during the last few days, the police
captured more than 100 leaders and mem
bers of the St. Petersburg military organ
ization of the Social Democrats, who
were carrying on a propaganda among
the army and navy. Among those taken
into custody was the editor of a secretly
published paper entitled the Barracks and
25 soldiers and several women. The po
lice also arrested many members of an
important group of Terroristic Social Rev
olutionists, and captured, according to
report, a list of 27 high officials who had
been sentenced to death. Finally, it is
asserted that the police accidentally ob
tained Information which frustrated a
plot to -blow up a number of persons at a
conference which was to be held In the
future.
The recent arrests of members of the
military organization which was respon
sible for the Sveaborg and Cronstadt out
breaks and the mutinies on board war
ships of the Baltic squadron in August
have been reported from various places
In the Interior, notably at Moscow, to
which city the central committee was
transferred after the .police had twice
broken up the headquarters at Vilna. Six
officers, including Colonel Klopolt, who
had distinguished themselves in their re
spective services, were captured while
holding a conference at Moscow. -
Lieutenant Emil Jonoff, who was exe
cuted at Sveaborg fortress In August for
participation in the mutiny, also was a
member of this organization.
The propaganda in the army and navy
is now the chief work of the' so-called
majority faction of the Social Democrats,
which, after the civilian insurrectionists
of last Winter had been crushed by mili
tary force, decided that the government
could only be overthrown by subverting
the army. The minority faction, which
is now numerically stronger than the
majority faction, has foresworn ven
geance and has adopted resolutions In fa
vor of purely political activity, as in
Germany. The two factions now are vir
tually Independent.
Factions Shed Blood at Lodz.
LODZ, Dec. 31. Skirmishes resulting
In occasional fatalities continue be
tween the Socialist and Nationalist fac
tions. During last night six persons
were killed or wounded.. A procession
which was escorting the bodies of four
murdered Nationalists to the cemetery
today was attacked by a Socialist, who
shot and killed one mourner, wounded
two others and dispersed the cortege.
An appeal of Socialists to French la
bor unions to help the unemployed
elicited the reply that owing to the
lack of funds the unions were unable
to be of any assistance.
People Don't Swallow Promises.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 31. The
electoral campaign of the government,
according to Information available
here. Is making but poor progress. The
Provincial Governors report that they
are making no headway in their efforts
to placate the people with the promises
of Stolypln, Minister of the Interior.
The leader of the Moscow Conservative
party expects that the Douma will
contain a social revolutionary element
which will make the career of the
house impossible beyond a few weeks.
Whole Socialist Committee Bagged.
KIEV, Dec. 31. The local committee
of the Social Democrats, consisting of 40
men, was arrested here today.
Livestock Convention Called.
DENVER. Col.. Dec. 31. A call has
been issued to all live stock associations,
live stock producers and members to at
tend the tenth annual convention of the
American National Livestock Associa
tion, to be held at the Broadway The
ater, Denver, Col., January 22 and 23,
1907. Many important questions are to be
considered, among them inferior railroad
service, from which shippers have suf
fered so disastrously and for which the
association has already taken vigorous
steps to relieve. The question of securing
access to the markets of Continental Eu
rope for the surplus of livestock products
will also come up. The subjects of for
est reserves and grazing lands are also
to be considered. Other matters to be
discussed are meat inspection, sanitation,
better service from stockyard companies;
the suits now pending before the Inter
state Commerce Commission relative to
certain livestock rates and numerous
other subjects of interest will be fully
debated. All railroads have granted re
duced rates.
Japanese Craze for Picture Postals.
HONOLULU. Dec 31. Fifty thousand
Christmas postal cards have been
mailed to Japan. . t
GREATEST YEAR IN
STEEL
Chicago Forging to Front as
Chief Center of
Production.
RAW MATERIALS AT HAND
Though 19 0 0 Has Been Record Year
Prosperity Shows No Signs of
Abating Great New Plants
Are Going Up.
By Geo. H. Griffith, Associate Editor Iron
Trade Review.
Associate Editor Iron Trade Review.
From every standpoint 1906 was a most
remarkable year. Superlatives are Inade
quate to express the conditions that have
prevailed. In no previous year within the
memory of the present business genera
tion has there been such a movement.
To Iron and steel makers it has been an
especially fast pace. Though prosperity
may seem at Its flood tide, the "grand
stand finish" is not yet due. Plants
groan under the weight of their orders:
production records are being broken with
an abandon never before dreamed of, but
all over the land Is still heard a cry for
more tonnage.
Perhaps the most significant develop
ment of the year In Iron and steel pro
duction is the great extension of the
basic open hearth -steel process over the
Bessemer steel process. Every since the
manufacture of basic open-hearth steel
attained important proportions It passed
the mllllon-ton mark in 1897 it has been
pushing the Bessemer steel process.
Open Hearth Surpasses Bessemer.
In 1905 we made substantially 20.000,000
tons of steel, with nearly 11,000,000 tons of
Bessemer, and nearly 9.000,000 - tons of
open-hearth. But with the completion
of the. new open-hearth construction au
thorized, the relationship between the
two processes will be changed. During
1906 21 open-hearth furnaces were com
pleted, with an annual capacity of 873,600
tons. There are 47 furnaces now under
construction, of an annual capacity of
2.189.360 tons;' while 71 open-hearth fur
naces are known to have been author
ized with an annual capacity of subr
stantlally 4.500.000 tons. The only import
ant Bessemer plant completed in 1906 is
that at Youngstown, Ohio, having two
10-ton converters, with an annual capa
city of ouo.000 tons.
Chicago Strides to Front.
Chicago has outdistanced all other sec
tions of the country in the amount of new
construction undertaken during the year
within Its confines or contiguous to same.
The iron and steel interests have out
grown Pittsburg, and the southern ex
tremity of Lake Michigan has been
chosen for the future development of
the Industry.
Tills district possesses resources more
than offsetting the economic advantage
of Pittsburg In Its proximity to the
Connellsville coal fields.
' Conclusive demonstrations have been
made that by-product coke Is excellently
adapted for blast furnace operations. It
Is used exclusively In the Zenith furnace
at Duluth as well as in the blast furnaces
at Detroit, and has been more or less
used in the merchant furnaces in the
Chicago district. The by-product coking
plants at South Chicago and Milwaukee
have been Increased during the year to a
total of 330 ovens, with an annual capa
city of 360,000 tons of foundry and furnace
coke. The fact that their entire output
for 1907 Is already sold testifies to Its
popularity.
Coke Plants in Illinois.
The United States Steel Corporation
has made provision for the ultimate' erec
tion of a large by-product coking plant
at Gary while a number of Eastern
capitalists are reported to have recently
Dougnt is acres or land in Hammond
Ind., with a view to the erection of a
mammOLii coKlng plant there.
The erection of a plant at Jollet, 111., for
the manufacture of. silica fire brick has
removed the only other physical disability
toward the development of this district as
an iron and steel producing center. Here
tofore all the refractory materials for
iron and steel-making operations have
come from Pennsylvania and Kentuckv.
but the discovery of a quartzlte formation
in Wisconsin that can be manufactured
into a high-grade refractory that will
stand the severe usage of open-hearth
practice not only will make the West In
dependent of the East for this product
but threatens to change the center of
operations In this Industry. The American
Refractories Company, of Jollet, has a
capacity of 60,000 brick a day. but when
the additions now authorized are complet
ed, tnis output will be doubled. There
is an unlimited supply of the raw mater
ial in Wisconsin.
Source of Supply ' and Distribution.
In railroad communication the territory
to the south of Chicago Is unrivaled. Six
trunk lines pass through it and four belt
railways connect with It. There is also
unlimited room for switching yards and
storage tracks, as well as for the expan
sion of plants and towns located within
It. Chicago has long been the foremost
Iron and steel distributing center of the
country, and the manufacturers of these
products have not overlooked the time
and expense represented in the haulage
from Pittsburg that will be saved. It Is
also nearer to the ore ranges than any
of the Lake Erie ports by several hun
dred miles, and by the location of all
the blast furnaces at the water's edge
the practice at South Chicago and In
Lake County, Indiana the great expense
involved in transshipping the ore from
the docks to the blast furnaces miles
distant, as is the custom at Lake Erie
ports. Is saved. :
The Gary plant overshadows all other
undertakings In this district. In its com
pleted state. It will produce annually, in
round figures, 3,000,000 tons of steel.
Other Industries Follow.
The enormous Increase of productive ca
pacity represented in the schedule of ex
tensions in the district south of Chicago
assumes a place of almost secondary con
sideration when compared with the con
suming and fabricating Interests it will
Invite to Chicago. The tide has already
set in. The Standard Steel Car Company,
of Pittsburg, has decided to locate at
Hammond, Ind.. and has In course of
erection an Immense plant there, while
the Western Steel Car and Foundry Com
pany, of Chicago, will build a model man
INDUSTRY
ufacturing town, to be known as Burn
ham, on the Calumet River, of which its
new works will form the nucleus. The
Pullman company has also decided upon
the erection of a new plant at Pullman
for the manufacture of steel and wooden
freight cars. Many other manufacturers
are also considering location in this dis
trict. .
ARMS SHIPPED TO CUBA
Secretly Smuggled and Troops Are
Searching for Tlicm.
HAVANA, Dec. 31. A statement is
made here that several thousand rifles
and machine guns represented to have
been landed recently in Plnar del Rio
Province and hidden In the woods near
Mariel, have been as secretly taken away.
The recent movement of troops and po
lice, which was considered mysterious in
the light of Governor Magoon's state
ment that there was no fear of rising in
Cuba, is explained by this announcement,
as It Is known that the movement was in
the nature of a search for these arms.
The possibility of a clash between Cubans
and American troops is considered re
mote, as their relations are good. The
natives, however, are plotting against one
another.
Just who Is responsible for the ship
ment of the arms . Into Cuba Is not
known. One theory Is that the arms
were purchased by the former liberal
junta in New York and shipped too late
to be used in the last movement. It Is
feared that the arms are now. In the
possession of the negroes In the prov
ince. There are indications that it Is
going to be difficult to repress disorder
by the growing bands of negroes, who
are burning cornfields and tobacco barns,
robbing estates and stealing cattle.
EXPOSE CHICAGO POLICE
Y. M. C. A. Collects Evidence of
Partnership In Crime.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. The Tribune today
says: A report on police conditions in
Chicago, similar to the one with which
Captain Alexander Piper electrified the
New York department two years ago. is
being prepared for the Young Men's
Christian Association. As a result the
department has been threatened with a
shake-up.
From statements made by one of the
Investigators the nature of the filed
charges became known. The alleged Inef
ficiency of the department and Its con
nection with vice form the ground work
of the report. Detectives brought in from
other cities have been working quietly In
Chicago for the association for more than
a month and no suspicion of their pres
ence in the city leaked out. The work
has been confined principally to the South
and North Sides with some Investigation
of the downtown districts, particularly
the disorderly hotels. The startling na
ture of the report promises to be an ex
pose of the First Ward levee syndicate,
leading up from police non-interference
and regular graft to the dlvekeepers and
politicians who head It.
RAILROAD ISJI0T LIABLE
Employers' Liability Act Declared
Contrary to Constitution.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 31. Judge Walter
Evans, In the Federal Court today, de
clared the employers' liability act un
constitutional. The decision was given
in the case of the administratrix of N.
C. Brooks vs. the Southern Paciflc Rail
way, and Is believed to be the first
handed down in connection with this
act. '
The alleged cause of action occurred in
Kansas. The husband plaintiff was killed
In a railroad accident and suit was
brought under this act for 925.000 damages
and an amount sufficient to cover the
cost of expenses Incident to death. The
court holds that the act in effect would
regulate commerce within the state as
well as interstate commerce and Is there
fore unconstitutional. The demurrer of
the Southern Pacific Railroad to action
for damages Is sustained.
Guardian of Thomas Palne's Grave.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Fearing that
he would die alone. Captain George W.
Lloyds, for 50 years caretaker of Thom
as Palne's monument In New Ro-helle,
took up his residence at the County
House at East View yesterday. He Is
not a pauper, and will pay his board
to the county of Westchester. His wife
died two years ago, and shortly after
his sister, who lived with him, became
deranged and was committed to an In
stitution. Fearing death might over
take htm any day, he wanted some one
at the end. as he has something im
portant to reveal before he expires. In
timate friends have tried to extract
his secret, but have failed.
For more than half a century Cap
tain Lloyd guarded the tomb of Thomas
Paine. There was no pay attached to
the position, yet he visited the grave
of the frco thinker regularly during all
the years, to see that it was not dese
crated by religious fanatics. In the
years which Captain Lloyd spent in
charge of the monument he became
widely acquainted with the free-thlnk-lng
clement throughout the country,
and sent many of them Inkstands and
souvenirs which he .carved from the
wood of trees which grew near Palne's
grave.
Iroquois Victims on Law's Delay.
CHICAGO. Dec. 31. Defects In the
present system of enforcing the law,
by which the persons held as respon
sible for the Iroquois disaster have for
three years escaped trial, and the need
of a personal interest In public affairs
on the part of the Individual, were
pointed out by the speakers at the
memorial service held by the Iroquois
Memorial Association yesterday.
A note of discouragement crept into
the address of J. E. O. Pridmoro, the
newly elected president of the associa
tion, because of the failure of the per
sons to whom the association has
looked for assistance in the further
ing of the chief aim of the organiza
tion that - of building a suitable
memorial for the Iroquois dead.
America's Diamond Imports.
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Upward of $43.
000.000 has been paid for diamonds and
other precious stones imported at New
York in the present year, as shown by
figures compiled by the customs authori
ties preliminary to the annual report to
be sent to Washington. This exceeds that
of the last calendar year by $6,000,000.
Since 1868, when the first gem was ex
ported from the Cape of Good Hope, the
United States has paid, according to fig
ures just compiled, about $325,000,000 for
diamonds, and this is one-half of the
amount of cash which South Africa has
obtained for Its entire supply of precious
stones sold to all parts of the world. The
figures represent what the importers pay.
HAVE
YEAR
Freight and Passenger Traffic
on All Lines Greater Than
in 1905.
BUSINESS STILL GROWING
Traffic Handled by Portland Term
inal Yards 10 to 15 Per Cent
Heavier Than In Lewis and
Clark Fair Year.
The year Just closed has been an un
usually prosperous one for tlm rail
roads entering Portland. As the sys
tems centering here only reflect the
general prosperity of the territory
served, the statements of officials of
the record traffic of the past 12 months
form a striking commentary on Indus
trial conditions.
Perhaps the great Increase In ton
nage handled by Oregon railroads has
been most apparent In the yards of the
Northern Pacific Terminal Company,
which have been congested to the limit
for months. There has been a great
Increase In the cars handled there dur-t
Ing the year over last year's business.'
The number of freight cars entering
the local terminal yards during the -past
year is probably from 15 to 20 per
cent greater than during 1905.
Figures are not yet available for the
year, but the Increase has been such as
to embarrass the management. Dur
ing the next few months it Is expected
to have additional tracks, freight sheds
and sidings that will provide for any
reasonable Increase In traffic during
the next few years. The terminal
company has Just put a new 140,000
pound switch engine to work, which
was built by the American Locomotive
Works, and cost $14,000. Two similar
locomotives have been ordered for de
livery In August.
The lumber business has made the
greatest advances in the tonnage rec
ords of the railroads. While the
Southern Paciflc reports that castbound
traffic has increased about 50 per cent
over last year, the lumber business has
gone ahead until the increase
amounts to over 70 per cent.
Growth of Traffic Remarkable.
"The growth of general traffic dur
ing the year Just closed has been re
markable," said W. D. Skinner, assist
ant general freight agent for the Har
riman lines. "Unquestionably the
growth of Oregon during the coming
year will be greater than during any
previous 12 months. I think it Is fair
to anticipate a greater proportionate
growth than any other State. To my
mind 1907 brings the brightest pros
pects of any year in our history.
"The outlook is very good for gen
erally continued prosperity and an In
creasing volume of business in all
lines, but particularly In the lumber
traffic and other construction ma
terials." Despite the very large passenger
travel during the Exposition year. 1905,
the past year has surpassed the travel
then, according to William McMurray.
head of the allied Harriman lines in
this territory.
"The past year has been the record
one for the passenger business In the
Northwest." said he. "The present
great prosperity for this section has
been brought about largely by the Im
petus given by the fair and the large
amount of special advertising this ter
ritory received. The Exposition called
the attention to this part of the coun
try of people from all over the world.
These effects will be felt for years to
come. The very low rates made by the
railroads and the follow-up advertis
ing helped materially.
"Another factor that Is helping the
Coast Is the effort of the railroads and
the commercial bodies to organize and
secure conventions of various kinds for
this part of the country.. There is no
advertising better than these gather
ings, for people who attend go back
homo and speak enthusiastically of
what they have seen. I was surprised
during my recent visit to the East at
the amount of inquiry about Oregon.
The coming year will undoubtedly
bring even a greater business to all
lines coming to the Coast."
Record for 1905 Surpassed,
The Northern Pacific passenger de
partment reports greatly Increased
business in both passengers and freight
during the year Just closed. In speak
ing for the passenger business, A. D.
Charlton, assistant general passenger
agent, said:
"The business of 1906 surpassed that
of 1905 and this is significant when
the huge fair business is taken into ac
count. The prospects for the coming
year are very bright."
C. W. Stinger, city passenger agent
for the Harriman lines, said more tick
ets have been sold from his office dur
ing. 1906 than in 1905. This did not
look to him as if there has been any
slump following the Exposition. The
whole year shows an increase in busi
ness, and the outlook was never so fa
vorable. William Harder, general agent for,
the Great Northern, says the business
of his company out of this territory has
Increased 30 per cent during the past
year. "Every month of 1906. shows an
Increase over the same months of
1905." said he. "The outlook Is ex
tremely gratifying."
The passenger business on the North
ern Pacific has grown to such propor
tions that If it continues as It has, a
new passenger train between Portland
and Seattle will be put in to supple
ment the service given by No. 7, ar
riving at 4:30 P. M., and No. 8, leaving
at 8:30 A. M. ,
In addition to the Initial .lines, a
much larger business for 1906 than
during any previous year In reported
by all the intermediate roads.
Fanning's Murderer Got Large Sum:
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 31. The po
lice today profess to believe that the mur
derer of Thomas W. Fanning, the aged
recluse, who was found dead in his home
in the southeastern part of the city here
yesterday, took $20,000 In Government se
curities or currency and gold, supposed
to have been kept in an old chest. It Is
known that Fanning never placed his
money in banks. No clew to the mur
derer has been found.
RAILROADS
PROSPEROUS