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www wMttam VOL. XIX. NO. 50. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MOANING, DECEMBER 9, . 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THIRTY-TWO PAGES mf II 1 PAGES 1 TO 12 LEFT THEIR KEYS Telegraphers on the Santa Fe Are Out GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED A Tie-Up of the Whole System Is Threatened Railroading- Under Difficulties In the SouthTrest. CHICAGO. Dec 8. Six hundred tele graph operators on the lines of the Atch ison, Topeka & Santa Fe Hallway struck ' today In sympathy with the operators on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, a branch of the Atchison system, who went out Thursday. The foregoing state ment la according to the best Informa tion obtainable from the company's offi cials tonight. The entire number of op erators on the system Is 1200, of whom 900 are said to be union men. Of the members of the union. 300, it Is stated, refused to strike, leaving the system with about one-half of Its men at work. The officials of the road declare that un der no circumstances will they yield to the strikers, and that none of them will ever again work for the company In any capacity. The operators on the main lines of the Atchison system demanded some weeks ago an increase In pay and some changes" In rules. The negotiations with the com pany had reached an acute stage when the company conceded the demands of the men and trouble was averted. The new order of things does not prevail on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, and the op erators there demanded an Increase of pay, amounting, it Is stated, to approxi mately $100 per annum for each man, and alterations in the rules whereby men were compelled to act as telegraph op erators and station agents also. The de mand was refused, and the men went "out. Tonight the men on the main sys tem went out In sympathy. The strike at this end of the line did not take effect until 4:30 this afternoon, and tonight, despite the scarcity of op erators, all trains pulled out for the West on schedule time. As soon as the company knew of the trouble It was compelled to face, word was sent along the lines to set the danger signal at all switches, and ahead of all passenger trains a pilot was sent out, the crew look ing after all switches and setting the proper signals for the train behind. It was announced tonight at the offices of the company that trains would continue to be run in this way, and that In stretches of territory where there were no operators the trains would be run on schedule time, the engineer regulating his speed by the time-card. THE STRIKE ORDER. Thirteen Hundred Operators Told to Leave Their Keys. "WICHITA, Kan., Dec 8. Chairman J. A- Newman, of the Santa Fe division of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, In cluding the Santa Fe system. Issued the following order at 3:30 o'clock this after noon, and a few minutes later he was In formed that 1300 operators over the entire system quit the key: "To All Agents and Operators of the Santa Fe System: In accordance with the action of your general committee and the by-laws of this organization, on this date you will cease sork and thereafter re fuse to perform any duty of any charac ter whatever until the said strike is de clared off by me personally and notice of settlement of all our grievances ac knowledged. Said notice must be vouched for by our local representatives. Tou will turn your boards red for the protec tion of life and property, and leave them In that position permanently. Carefully protect all company property in your care or possession, and allow no person ac cess thereto until you are properly checked and released from all responsi bility by the company's actual representa tive. This action Is made necessary to se cure for you reasonable compensation and conditions of service. All train dispatch ers, clerks and other employes are earn estly requested to give us their assist ance." Referring to his order. Chairman New man said: "This action was taken up at the sug gestion of National President Dolphin, and only after it was evident that the company would not listen to our griev ances. We were compelled to take tills step to see that justice Is done to the mem bers of our organization on the Gulf sys tem and as a matter of protection to our selves. If the Santa Fe Company re duced wages and Imposed burdens upon the operators on that system, what is to prevent them from doing the some thing here? This Is not altogether in sympathy with the Gulf operators. My order caused over 1300 operators to strike. There Is one thing I am glad of, and that Is the fact that the men are a unit In the matter. I am receiving telegrams from all points Indorsing my action. Just how long the Etrlke will continue Is a matter hard for me to determine. Under no circumstances "will we return to work until our griev ances have been adjusted In a manner satisfactory to the members of the or ganisation. The real grievances of the men on the Gulf system, as given to me from National President Dolphin. Is a protest against a proposed elimination of 32 stations from schedules and a proposed reduction in wages at 19 other stations. To avoid this strike the committee agreed to accept the Santa Fe rules, amended by providing for eight consecutive hours rest in 24 hours, except In cases of emergency. The clause depriving men of a hearing when discharged for insubordination was also to be eliminated. Another demand made was that there was not to be any reduction in wages at any of the sta tions for the present. We will stand-by the men of the Gulf and fight this bat tle to a finish. "The situation is about as follows to n'.ght: The Oklahoma division, the mid dle division and the eastern division re port all men out, and with the excep tion of about six men, all In the western division are out. Officers have advised mo that the Santa Fe wires are open east and we are not able to do anv work Into Chicago. Reports from west of Albu querque to Los Angeles and San Fran cisco are that all men are out and the situation could not look brighter for the telegraphers than it now Is. The Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe men are still out and as firm as the day they struck. There are something like 1300 telegraphers em ployed on the Santa Fe system, and It will be utterly Impossible for the company to fill their placos. We are out and will stay out until we win all of the condi tions, when we will return. One condi tion is that all of the scabbing operators must be dismissed from the sen-Ice of the Santa Fe." Thro freights and a passenger are tied up here, and a telephone message from Wellington says that everything Is dead on the Panhandle division. THE COMPACT'S POSITION. Telegraphers Accused of Breaking "- - Their Agreement. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. S. The officials of the Santa Fe here take the situation very coolly. In speaking of the situa tion, General Manager Mudge .said to night: "There are Jn the neighborhood of 75 per cent of the operators who will quit work. This will mean that about COO of the men will walk out. We anticipated no special trouble in the operation of trains, as most of them are running on the table schedule. We have secured a great many new men and new men are applying for positions. It Is our inden tion to lay off all men who are not absolutely necessary to the operation of the road. If It comes to the point that the strike interferes to any extent with the operations of the road, the shops of the company will be closed. If the busi ness of the road is reduced, then it will be necesary to reduce expenses. "The telegraph operators have gone out on sympathetic strike and have broken their agreement with the Santa Fe Com pany. The agreement was that no change should be made unless 30 days' notice wa3 given. When the men leave their desks and walk out they break this agreement. The strike Is caused by trouble over rules and regulations. The wage scale was up for consideration, but the road agreed to WILLIAM r THE MAINE SENATOR, "WHO IS PUSHING THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. arbitrate on that point The rules and regulations have been up and were not settled. The road would not agree to the rules asked by the men and the strike results." The telegraph operators will hold a meeting tomorrow morning to ..consider what their future actions will be. With two expectlons every Santa Fe operator In the city Is out. The operators are confident that buslncs here will be tied up tomorrow. Twenty operators were brought from Chicago last night by offi cials In anticipation of the strike, but none of them went to work. The dis patches indicate that every office west of Topeka is closed. This includes the offices on the branches west of Albequer que. Four operators between here and Kansas City have not yet been reached by the strike order of the Order of Rail way Telegraphers, but will tomorrow, and the strike will then be compete. The officials of the Santa Fe decided In conference tonight that shops here would be closed Monday morning until further "orders. General Manager Mudge says the shops will be closed until the affairs of the rood get back to their normal con dition. The order throws over 2000 men out of employment. Another conference of officials will be held tomorrow. The Western Union Telegraph Company here Is only accepting messages for de livery on Santa Fee points subject to delay. The Santa Fee wires all along the line appear Idle. Tle-Up of Traffic. PITTSBURG, Kan., Dec 8. The strike on the part of the operators of the Santa Fe Is being felt here. When the Kan sas City train came in tonight. Conductor Ramsey found the red lights turned against him. He hoped to get out of the dilemma by running the train to Fronte nac, but found the lights turned against him. He then returned to Pittsburg where he will wait for orders. The tie up is complete so far as tho traffic in and out of Pittsburg is concerned. Others Quit In Sympathy. PUEBLO, Colo., Dec S. Many Santa Fe railroad men quit today here and at La Junta, in sympathy with the strike of the telegraphers. The number out Is es timated at between 300 and 400 In this division. Including all not absolutely nec esary In the moving of trains, taking In the telegraphers, shopmen, machinists and a number of trainmen and section men. The telephone is being UBed In running trains between here and Denver. Freight Trade Stopped. TOPEKA. Kan., Dec 8. The operators have almost succeeded in tlelng up the freight traffic on the road. Many cars of perishable fruit are In the Topeka yards with no chance of being moved. Passen ger traffic is as yet not Interfered with, eo far as the regular trains are con cerned. One of the most serious conse quences of the strike Is the throwing of thousands of shopmen out of employ ment. Trains Behind Time. WICHITA, Kan., Dec 8. Division Su perintendent Tice arrived here one and a half hours late tonight with the east bound Newton and Purcell train, running on card time He denies that all the operators are out on strike and claims ) that he will continue to move passenger j trains over his division. Mrs. McLean III. WASHINGTON. DecS Mrs. Washington McLean, mother of John R. McLean, pro prietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and of Mrs. Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, is seriously ill of heart trouble at her home here. The attending physicians have little hope of her recovery. THE POLISH DANGER Prussia Is Likely to Become Slavicized. CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN GERMANY Chinese Question Approaching: a Scjt- tlemcnt Abase Directed Against Von Bnlovr Excitement Over Krugrer Incident Not Abated. BERLIN, Dec 8 The official Berlin Correspondenz, In a long series of articles headed "The Polish Danger," reviews the recent enormous progress -of the Poles, politically and economically, and thjelr numerical Increase, as showing Imminent danger that the Provinces of Posen, West Prussia, East Prussia and Upper Sillcia will become entirely Slavicized, In spite of all the government measures taken to prevent such a result, and the Pollzatlon of a largo number of districts of the P. FRYE. Rhine and' Westphalia, quoting official figures in support .of the statements. The semi-official papers have taken up the subject, claiming It Is not only a danger for Prussia but for entire Germany. In government circles it Is concurrent ly reported that Emperor William intends to Inaugurate a systematic, carefully planned antl-Tollsh campaign, for which he wants a strong national supporting element. The correspondent of the Asso ciated Press was officially Informed that the reports since 1S97 show a uniform de crease of Germans in the Polish provinces, in spite of the German colonization fund of 200.000,000 marks and the strong gov ernment influences. An official of the Japanese Legation in formed tho correspondent of the Asso ciated Press that the latest advices justi fied the belief that the re-establlshment of peace with China has been quickly coming since the conditions have been moderated by the powers. The Foreign Office here formally con firms the statements that the remaining minor points of the Pekin joint note have been settled. An inspired article In to day's Cologne Gazette, detailing the con tents of the note, substantially agrees with what has been printed on the sub ject In America. The first guns of the campaign of abuse against Von Bulow were fired this week by the Agrarians of West Prussia, who referred to the Imperial Chancellor as they did to Caprivi, as being a man "without an acre and without grain." The Agrarian leaders strongly expressed sus picion of Count von Bulow as "having no heart for suffering German agriculture" It Is learned from private sources that Emperor William will send a special en voy shortly to make a tour of the notable American stock farms, with a view of purchasing stable and carriage horses for the imperial stable Hitherto, the court has purchased exclusively in Hungary and England. The Emperor personally filled out his census formula, saying his business was "German Emperor and King of Prussia." Mr. White has received from a Kansas lady a package containing "a crazy quilt square and asking him to obtain the sig natures of her defunct grandafther and grandmother, and of the late Prince Bis marck and the late Field Marshal Von Moltke, as well as Emperor William and Count von Bulow, etc, for a church fair raffle At today's session of the trial of the wealthy Berlin banker, Sternberg, charged with an offense against morality, Mar garet Fischer, who was summoned from New York, where she had become Mrs. Miller, testified at length. Her testimony was In favor of the defendant, but she admitted having received large sums of money from Sternberg. The Berlin Bar Association gave notice that It will take formal proceedings against Herr Sello, the leading lawyer for the defense, for suspicious doings in connection with the 4 Sternberg case. Mr. Krugers nonreceptlon here and the reasons leading thereto will he made the subject of an Interpellation In the Reich stag early In the coming week on the first budget debate The Imperial Chan cellor, Count von Bulow, will personally reply. The excitement on the subject Is still deep and far-reaching, as evidenced by today's Die Nation, which contains an article by Professor Theodore Mommson. who approves of Emperor William not receiving the Boer statesman, as being more dignified and more just than If he received him and confessed his power lessness to avert the South African tragedy, which Is now going on toward the final act. The Yosslsche Zeitung takes a similar vlew and says that "hy- J pocrltlcal France, which Is seeking to em broil Germany with England, would have, left Germany in the ly.rcti, probably con federating with England against Ger many, after succeeding In- rupturing the bonds of Anglo-German friendship." An editorial article in the Kreuz Zei tung, on, the subject of President McKln leys recent message, is significant, as expressing the views and alms of the moderate German Agrarians. It says: "It does not matter If the Americans lose the German meat trade, since Amer ican manufactured imports to Germany will enormously Increase, which Is watched anxiously in Germany, Austro Hungary and Switzerland. If Germany, in the projected treaties, imitates the Dlngley tariff, how can the Americans complain? It would only be an act of self-defense" The article then proceeds to enumerate the many apparent unfairnesses In the tariff relations with the United States. The Cologne Volks Zeitung, the leading Centrist organ, acknowledges the cease less attempts of the United States Am bassador, Mr. White, to promote the peace "between the two countries, but claims his efforts are pooh-poohed and frustrated by the Republican jingoes in America, who are particularly venomous against Ger many. , England After More Land. NEW YORK, Dec 8. A dlspatcli to the Journal and Advertiser from Madrd says: England Is negotiating for the 'cession of the Balearic Islands, the seaport of Ceuta, a port in Galicia, and extension of territory at Gibraltar. The arrangement is mado to be in connection with the ob servance of neutrality by Great Britain during the HIspano-American War. Ever since tho conclusion of peace It has been suspected that Great Britain has been moving in the direction indicated. Rasslan Dinner to Americans. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec 8. The Rus sian naval attache here gave a dinner tonight in honor of the officers of the United States battle-ship Kentucky, now at Smyrna. Many .distinguished persons were present. German Bridge Collapsed. COLOGNE, Dec 8. A bridge at Differ dlngen, in the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg, collapsed today as an express train was passing over it, and the train plunged into the stream. Five persons were killed and eight were badly injured. Railway Accident la Spain. MADRID, Doc 8. A collision occurred today, between Ovejo and Vacar, on the railroad from Cordova and Belmez. As a. result, seven persons are dead and 12 are suffering from injuries sustained. A Norwegian Savins. OTTRTSTIANIA, Dec 8. The Norwegian Government has saved nearly 9,000,000 kroner from the budget. The treasury now holds over 32,000.000 kroner surplus. Kid McCoy's Marriage. LONDON, Dec 8. Kid McCoy said to day that his marriage with Marguerite Corneillo would occur in Paris or Uevr York Christmas. 1 ,--..- 4 qfJ Fire In Swedish. Town. I STOCKHOLM, Dec S. A fire at-Bor-' iange has. rendered 150 persons homeless. and caused damage to the amount of 500, 000 kroner. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Congress. The river and harbor committee is cutting down estimates. Pace 1. In the House, eulogies were pronounced on the late Representative Harmer. Page 1. The naval appropriation bill will provide for two znoro battle-ships and two cruisers. Page 1. Foreign. The Polish peril alarms Germany. Page 1. Germans are still excited over the Kroner In cident. Pace 1. The Chinese anestlon is approaching a settle ment. Page 1. Kruger was officially received by Queen WH helmlna. Pago 2. The British show little Interest in Nicaragua affairs. Pago 13. Inside facts of tho rupture between Holland and Portugal. Page 13. Philippines. The Philippine Commission has prepared a tar iff for the Islands. Page 1. Fifty-two Filipino prisoners were taken by American troops. Page 1. Remey will Inspect a site for a naval station at Bo Bo. Pare 1. Domestic. Railway telegraphers of the Santa Fe system are on strike. Page 1. A Boston yacht may compete for the honor of defending the cup. Page 11. Instructions were given to the jury In the Morrison trial. Page 11. Tho Presbyterian committee concluded its dis cussion of creed revision. Page 13. Pacific Coast. Population of Oregon towns having more ! 2000 and less than 63,000 Inhabitants. Page 1. Fire at SUverton caused loos of $12,000. In cendiarism Is suspected. Page 4. Two men have been arrested for starting the SUverton are. Page 4. Price sold for Lakevlew sheep believed to be highest on Pacific Coast in 10 years. Page 4. All the damage claims arising- out of the Fourth of July street-car accident at Ta coma have been settled. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. New York banks show heavy loss in cash. Page 23. Lack or animation in stock and- wheat mar kets. Page 23. Steamship Adoto clears for Hong Kong. Page 8. Nitrate .freights affect Oregon wheat market. Page S. Rough voyage of the Belgian King. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Bast Side Railway sold under mortgage. Page 24. Direct primary bill further explained by . W. Bingham. Page IX Portland sends a fire engine to the relief of SUverton. Page 4. -Featnres. Society In and out of town. Pages 14 and 15. "The Drama" and music Pages 10 and 17. Books. Page 18. "Billiards, Past and Present." Page 25. "Salem-Multnomah Meet;" "Sir Thomas and the Cup:" "Eugene's Season Ended;" mis cellaneous sporting matter. Page 20. " Paw Is Sorely Tried;" "Wanted, a De tective;" "Revised Version of the Old Tale of the Fox and the Stork;" "Poems Worth Beading;" humorous miscellany. Page 27. "In Land of Discontent;" "Flitter Finally Found;" "Jack and the Chickens;" chil dren's miscellany. Page"2S. Fashions and "Woman "Season's Styles Fixed;" "Aids to Comeliness;" "Plea for Grandmothers;'.' miscellany. Page 20. "Carpenter In the Orient;" "Should Not Be Lavish;" miscellany. Page 30. "Norman Holt." serial by General Charles King. Page 3L "China Ripe for World-Wide "War;" "Nesf Home for Ruler of the Nation;" "America's Great Future;" poem, "Why She FsUed;" "Largest Kitchen oa Earth;" miscellany. Page 32. PRUNING IT DOWN Committee Hard at Work on River and Harbor HARMER EULOGIES IN HOUSE Two More Battle-Ships and Two Ar mored Cruisers Are Provided For in he Naval Appropria tion B11L "WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The river and harbor committee is holding dally execu tive sessions and la making such progress LAST OF THE GENERAL DE WET, WHOM THE BRITISH ARE MAKING DESPERATE EFFORTS TO CAPTURE. that there is fair prospect of completing the bill before the holiday recess. Owing to reports that a horizontal reduction was to be made on all estimates, the au thoritative statement is made that no such reduction Is contemplated. The committee Is taking up each project on ita merits and is applying such measures of economy and cuts in. the estimate as suit each case, in some cases only one fifth being allowed while in others the al lowance Is much more. THE DAY IX THE HOUSE. Tribute to the Memory of the Late Representative Harmer. "WASHINGTON, Dec 8. Under a spe cial order adopted at the last session, the House devoted today after 1 o'clock to paying tribute to the memory of the late Representative A. C. Harmer, of Pennsylvania. "When the House met a bill was passed to Include cherries In the list of frultfl from which brandy can be distilled under section 3255 of the Revised Statutes, after which the House took a recess until the hour set for the eulogies. Eulogiea were pronounced by Bingham (Rep., Pa.), Cummlngs (Dem:. N. Y.), Grosvenor (Rep., O.), Adams (Rep., Pa.), McCleary (Rep., Minn.), "White (Rep., N. C), McAleer (Dem., Pa.), Do Armond (Dem., Mo.), Otey (Dem., Va.). Demor rell (Rep., Pa), and then, at 2:25, as a further mark of resuect to the memory of the deceased, the House adjourned. Naval Appropriation Bill. "WASHINGTON, Dec 8. It is expected that the forthcoming naval appropriation bill, now being framed by the House committee on naval affairs, will contain provision for two more battle-styps and two more armored cruisers, following tho recommendations of Secretary Long. Admiral Hichborn, Chief of the Bureau of Construction, was before the commit tee today. His estimates are about $21, 000,000 for the construction already au thorized. This is considerably more than ever required, and Admiral Hichborn ex plains that It was the necessary result of the large amount of naval ships which recent Congresses had authorized. Arkansas River Improvement. "WASHINGTON. Dec 8. The Secretary of "War today sent to the House of Repre sentatives a plan for the permanent im provement of the Arkansas River, the total estimated cost for open river navi gation being J23.263.400. The river ex tends about 460 miles from Its source In Colorado to Its mouth, but the Board of Army Engineers recommends that the Improvements be confined to the lower reaches below Grand River. The useful ness of the Improvement and Its value to commerce are set forth Delegate "Wilcox at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 8. Robert "W. "Wilcox, Hawaii's Delegate-elect to Cono--gress. arrived here today on the steamer Rio de Janeiro, en route to "Washington. Democrats' War-Tax B11L. WASHINGTON. Dec 3. The minority Jmemberfl of the ways and means com- mittee are holding Informal meetings In order to prepare the minority report-on tho bill reducing the war taxes. The report will be submitted by Represen tative RJchardson, of Tennessee, Mon day. It la understood that the report will not oppose the reduction proposed, but will present additional features to which the bill should apply. MISSION STATIONS BESIEGED Chinese Outrages Still Continue in the Interior. PEKIN, Dec 6. Captains Wingate and Ryder, who accompanied the expedition to Kalgan, returned today. During their absence they visited several places to which the Germans did not go, but they encountered no opposition. They learned that some 12 Europeans, mostly Swedish and Norwegian missionaries, beside Cap tain "Watts Jones, wero massacred at Kwei Hua Cheng by orders of the'Taotat, and that 100 native Christians had also been put to death. Tne details of the outrages are most revolting. Captains "Wingate and Ryder visited the Belgian station, where the priests in charge and BOER LEADERS, 3000 converts had sustained a prolonged siege by Boxers and imperial troops. They were informed that other stations further west are still besieged, not only by -Boxers, but by Chinese troops acting under orders from the authorities, and this .in spite of the assurances by the plenipotentiaries that the government is doing its utmost to suppress outrages. Chinese carrying concealed weapons are arrested dally in Pekin. Natives allege that December 19 has been fixed as the date for the rising against the foreigners In the capital. No alarm is felt, how ever, as the troops are suaclently numer ous to deal with a rising, should one occur. PEKIN AGREEMENT. Text of the Document Received in "Washington. "WASHINGTON, Dec 8. The text of the agreement reached between the powers at Pekin has been received at the State De partment, and is now In process of trans lation from the cipher code. It is not definitely known whether the acceptance of any of the powers, other than that of Japan, has been had. but assurances have ! been received that the remainder of the powers will promptly ratify the agree ment. Refugees From China. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 8. The trans port Belgian King arrived here today, 55 days from Manila, via Hong Kong and j Nagasaki. Among her passengers were lieutenants jaoanni ana Parker; Dr. Robert Calturan, Mrs. Calturan and six children. The latter were Pekin refugees and boarded the vessel at Nagasaki. MILLS .WILL PAY THE BILLS lilclc Observatory Enabled to Chart the Southern Heavens. BERKELEY, Cal., Dec 8. D. O. Mills, the New York capitalist, at the request of President Benjamin Ide "Wheeler, has promised the University of California to defray the expenses, about $24,000, of a two years' astronomical expedition from Lick Observatory to South America or Austra lia. The object of the expedition is to study the movements of stars in the line of sight. Already this work has been done at Lick Observatory for about three fourths of the sky. Two years' work at an observing station south of the equator will complete the first general survey ever made of the heavens for this purpose. By the use of the great spectograph. presented by D. O. Mills several years ago. Lick Ob servatory has done remarkable spectro scopic work. Acting Director "W. W. Campbell will at once begin the prepara tions for the expedition. Building Association Assigns. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 8. The Missouri Guar antee Savings & Building Association made an assignment in the sum of $100. 000 this afternoon to "William H. "Verity, trustee, for the benefit of the creditors ana siocaaoiaers. Ail property was eluded In the assignment. in- CITIES OF OREGON Figures Given Out by the Census Bureau. PLACES OF MORE THAN 2000 Most of Them Show a Good Increase Over Ten Years Ago Salem Ap pears to Have Fallen Behind. . . i. "WASHINGTON, Dec 8. The population of certain incorporated places in Oregon having more than 2000 and less than 65,000 inhabitants follows: 1SS0 1S90. 1000. Albany 1S67 3079 3149 Ashland S42 17S5 263 Astoria 2S03 6184 S3S1 Baker City 125S 2G05 6663 Eugene 1117 4111 3236 Grants Pass 1432 2290 La Grande 25S3 2931 Oregon City 1263 S062 3494 Pendleton 730 " 2506 440S Salem 2S5G 5721 4253 The Dalles 2232 3029 3543 (It is manifest that an error has been made In the census of Eugene and Salem for 1900.) PHILIPPINE TARIFF. Tnft Commission Prepares a Bill Fixing Duties. 'MANILA. Dec S. The Philippine Com mission has prepared a bill fixing the du ties upon imports and exports. There will be a public discussion of the measure next week. Under Its provisions Importations from the United States into the islands are dutiable. The Importation of ex plosives, adulterated wines, articles un der false trademarks and apparatus used In games of chance Is prohibited. The rates of duty have not yet been perfected. Fifty-two prisoners were captured In the suburbs of San Antonio and San Be nlta last "Wednesday by a detachment of the Thirty-seventh Regiment. Many es caped, but a portion of them were over hauled and captured by the gunboat La guna de Bay. RE3IEY GOES TO ILO ILO. "Will Inspect a Site for a Navnl Sta tion. "WASHINGTON, Dec 8. A cablegram from Admiral Remey announced the tem porary transfer of his headquarters from Ca-ulte to Ho Ilo. He sailed today with the flagship Brooklyn and the Zafiro for Ilo Bo. at which port the Don Juan de Austria arrived today. The Admiral's movement to the southward was ex plained at the Navy Department by tho statement that he is engaged jn an inspec tion of ellgib7esltcs For a rSc?5r station. Majl'iad vices from the' Philippines state that Colonel Thomas MacGregor, Ninth Cavalry, has been assigned to the com mand of the Third district, Department of Southern Luzon. relieving Colonel James Lockett. Eleventh Cavalry. Col onel "Walter Schuyler. Forty-sixth Infan try, has been assigned to the command of the Fifth district, Department of South ern Luzon, vice, General R. L, Hare, who has been transferred to the command of the Fourth district In the same de partment, relieving E. E. Hardin. Twen tyninth Infantry, who has Joined his regi ment. Kentucky Ordered to Manila. "WASHINGTON, Dec 8.-Secretary Long .today cabled instructions to Captain Col by, at Constantinople, to proceed with his ship, the Kentucky, rrom Smyrna on his Interrupted voyage to Manila, to re place the Oregon on the Asiatic station. It cannot be learned officially that tho mission debts have been discharged, but it Is said that the Kentucky's mission, which was one of courtesy, has been dis charged. HILL AND THE SUBSIDY BILL Its Defects Explained by the Great Northern Magnate. CHICAGO, Dec 8. President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway, was the guest of the Bankers Club at the monthly dinner tonight. Mr. Hill, in the first part of his remarks, merely alluded to the subsidy bill by saying that he had made some Inquiry concerning the building of boats in this country and upon the Clyde and found that he could have them con structed In this country at a much lower figure than In Scotland. This, he de clared, did not look much as If a sub sidy were needed for shipping. If such a measure were passed, It would. In his opinion, assist most those who needed no assistance, and he mentioned the "ocean greyhounds" as those most likely to be benefited. He then branched out Into a talk on the manner of controlling railways by legis lation, and declared that the matter was one which none but experts understod, and that railways could no more be properly handled in this way than a broken limb could be set by statute. In the close of his speech, Mr. Hill again came to the subsidy bill, and said concerning it: "It is an excellent thing. If it Is not abused. I believe that If we could pay a tonnage on the actual commodities of a" certain kind, based on the distance car ried, there would be some Justice in a subsidy. I analyzed the first bill that was drawn carefully, and found that out of $9,000,000, about 57,500.000 went to what Is known as the American Line, and a. good friend of mine and fine gentlemen. They are always very kind to me when I am crossing. At the same time why should we, as a nation, pay $9,000,000 a year for 30 years and have seven-eighths of It go to 10 or 12 ships? I am glad to say that when attention was called to this, the bill was amneded and now It Is In much better shape. The $9,000,000 Is to be dis tributed pro rata among all the ships that sailed under the American flag, and they have set apart 20 per cent of the appro priation for the Pacific Ocean. No doubt some of my friends thought they were serving me and, in a money sense, per haps they were, but I wolud rather see them take the duty off the plates that are to go into the ships when they are built. If Congress will appropriate $180. 000.000 for a class of ships that will re duce the cost of carrying our commerce, we will have a right to feel that they have done well, but we don't think that they should give the bulk of it to 20 or 21 ships that are only compelled to run 21 knots once to the satisfaction of a Government officer detailed for that pur pose." i Kipling Goes to Africa. LONDON, Dec S. Mr. and Mrs. Rud yard Kipling left Southampton this even ins on the steamer Tantallon Castle oa their way to South Africa,