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161 REPORT
Route Favored by the
Commission.
SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES
nimnnslunt Made Necessary
in nr ni minrii a iiiiii
tha Deinanue
" .i...,.t-l Coat 8125,000,000.
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n m I a. .11 x 1.
....Mntrtnn. feo. 01. 1110 IUI1
,uDreliuiinary report of the Nica-
cans couj'niv"
je public. It ays:
ODally examined the entire canal
'on from ooean to ocean, and em-
tfld gome 70 .engineers, with tnelr
;,aBinnd helpers, for 10 months, in
iini careful surveys and examlna
I0 the canal region. The com
n believes that the construction
jcanalaoroes Nioaragua is entirely
iible. The estimates of the bost
on routes have been nearly com
ml These routes are known as the
iiitime Cunal Company's route and
Lull routo. xiieir estimaieu cose
approximately $124,000,00 and
. AAA nrtrt .aarianf ITTfil V
'Hie assumed oimensions aro con-
bly greater than ever before pro-
both in length of locks ana in
lib, depth and radius of curvature oi
jl. These increased dimensions
e been mado necessary by the de
ads of modern commerce, size and
iiht of modern ships, etc. This
b necessarily made a corresponding
leasein the estimated cost, and is
no way inconsistent with the estl
,!es made from former surveys, which
lemplated a much smaller and
jper canal.
Ilia the opinion of this commis
i that of the two routes herewith
imated for, the one called the Lull
:te is the more desirable, because it
easier of construction, presents no
.Jems not well within good ensi
ling precedents, and will be a safer
J more reliable canal when com-
ted. It also believes that the di
visions and form of construction pre
red by the commission are bettor
m the cheaper form, as the smaller
Mom would undoubtedly oall for
pnsive improvements within a short
136 after its completion. Both of
i routes referred to above admit of
Nations which may reduce the cost.
e are now being considered by the
amission. The work necessary for
exhaustive discussion of and report
id the entire canal problem is being
Mas lapidly as its great magni-
e permits, and when completed the
wtwill be submitted without delay.
: are, sir, with great respect, your
dient servants,
J. E. WALKER,
sir-Admiral. U. 8. N.. President of
Commission.
"LOUIS M. HAUPT,
'Civil Eencineer. Member.
'I concur with the other members
lie commission with respect to the
itruction work and feasibilitv of the
al.bntl think, in view nf thn in-
ed size of the canal estimated for,
' the difficulty inoident to work in
pical countries, that th RtimAt.n in
er than it should be bv about 20
cent
"PETER HAfKTCS
'lonel Corps of Engineers, Member."
SUGGESTS INVESTIGATION.
Wants a Flrst-Class Statesman
sent to the Philippine.
York, Deo. 81. A dispatoh to
Herald from Manila flnTfl Admiral
p considers it absolutely necessary
"loi-eiasa statesman be sent to
la to thornncrhlv in voaMrvata trio
ition there and ascertain the aspira-
me s liipino republicans. He
'"er states that th TinUi ct.t.
Ii - -w vuivwu kJiri.'n
pJfl1' their responsibilities in
-""'Wines wnicn have been ao
! by conqueBt. 1( they should
back 200 years in the world's
h first reDublioan government has
M over the
Pention in the government of the
f'PI'lneS. Owners nf nrnnartrr riaaira
f"flCan flfl.finnvn 1 ;
c'h .rosent temporary cabinet,
n will exercise power pending the
; s, is very anti-Amerioan. It
no American co-opeiation what-
wants to declare a freo repub
na to consider Americans as allies,
willing to grant liberal comiuer
"eaties, with a monopoly of the
'nse frai'Way8' aml 10 repay tl,e
'anila. t18 mer'can occupation
gobies due to malcontents continue
' Provinoes of Tarlac and Pana
an. Republican troops have been
oere to Quell the disturbance.
. T..K,1Uo Three Men.
8 Plains, Mo., Deo. 81.-At Am--in
Ozark county, William Bar-
,e7"VL1,0t flnd killod tw men
J,fhh' Sheriff Luna quickly
ted ap088e at Gainosville and
wL0"' t0 CBPturo the murderer.
edv i nd near the 8cene of the
. I'. ",n'1, before being arrested he
of tf Ued Henry Wlne. mem-
j we po8ae( aq( Ujon 8nrrendere)j,
E.R5 OF CHARLES DURKEE.
thel, Ctalm. My Co((t
Hundred MllUollg. " B
Chicago, Dec 81.-A special to the
Tribune from New York 8uy8: U Z
assertions of the heirs of Charles
Durkee formerly mayor of BuffaT
are well founded,, the national g0ve !
ment may be compelled to pay them
more than $100,000,000 on account Tf
some Pacfio railroad bonds which i
is alleged, the former mavor on his
deathbed said belonged to him
According to the attornevs of the
estate Mr. Durkee told his wife he had
caused to be forwarded to the Metro
politan National bank of this city a
in box containing an assignment oi
he railroad bonds in question, amount
rig to more than 164,044,000, but from
hat time until this; it is alleged by
the attorneys, they have been unable
to get any trace of the box.
There was a rumor afloat in 1894, it
is said, that some of the bonds had
passed through the hands of Grant &
Ward, and the matter was called to the
attention of the secretary of the treas
ury. The heirs are said to have ob
tained information later that some,
if not all of the bonds in question were
reoovered and lodged in the vaults of
the treasury in Washington.
It is said the oourt of olaims is again
to bo called upon to make an investiga
tion. These bonds are said to have
been issued on account of the Union
Pacific, Western Pacific, Central Pa
cific, Kansas Paoiflo, central branch,
and the Sioux City & Pacific railroads.
Ihy bojo C pur cunt iuierebt. The ac
crued interest, it is alleged now
amounts to twice the principal,
Charles Durkee, it is alleged, was
the assignee of all the construction
bonds and of all the original bonds is
sued by the Pacific corporations. It
is alleged that Charles F. Folger years
ago recognized the validity of these
bonds.
CABLES IN PHILIPPINES.
War Department Takei Stepi to Con
nect the Iilundi.
New York, Deo. 81. Colonel Kim
ball, of the quartermaster's department
in the army building here, received or
ders from the war department to Becure
at once an iron ship from 1,000 to
1,200 tons, for use as a cable ship to
lay cables to connect the islands of the
Philippines. The department has al
ready ordered for this purpose 1G6
miles of marine cable, weighing 625
tons. The cable will take about 6,500
subic feet for coiling.
The cable is to be coiled in skeleton
tanks in different holds in the vessel.
The cable ship must accommodate on
the forward deck the "playing-out"
machinery, which will weigh from 15
to 20 tons, and the accessories, weigh
ing from 6 to 10 tons. In the after
hold will be fitted out the quarters for
the crew of 20 men. This space will
be used for coal on the way out. The
ship will be kept on station as a cable
ship, or can be used as a transport
She is to be secured at once.
BIG EXPRESS ROBBERY.
A. Well-Fargo Employe and 800,000
ICUting.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 81. The
local office of the Wl Is-Fargo Express
Company is out a money package con
taining 60,000. The money was sent
hero from Houston for the Southern
Pacific to meet its payroll west from
that city to El Paao. It arrived Wed
nesday morning and was given to C. A.
Beeler, the Wells-Fargo money deliv
ery olerk, to hand over. Beeler started
for the depot and was seen en route.
Four hours after his departure hie
wagon was found five miles west of
the city in a thickst, the borso almost
dead from the fTcti of hard driving.
Inquiry developed the faot that no de
livery had been made. There was no
evidence of a struggle in the vicinity
where the vehicle was found. Beeler
had been in the employ of the company
for nine yoars, and enjoyed th con
fidenoe of all. He spent several years
on the frontier as a cowboy. His
friends stoutly assert that he is the vio
tim of foul play, and his wife aleo in-
alines to this belief
WANT NO PENSIONS.
BltterneM of Ex-Confederate Veteran.
Not All Worn Away.
. ir-.i. r ri Thn fnllowinc
jxew iuri ----- -
resolution, offered by Comrade Beasley,
formerly of North Carolina, was unani
mously passed at a meeting of the Con
federate veteran camp, of New York:
.Kesolveu, ibi ",d
, f Kow York condemns
veteran uuiF - ---
a ..rr, thnnrrnrta oi bon-
in unraeuburcu .
ator Butler, of Korth Carolina, who is
. , . . l t n n ti tin HP n
not a Confederate tbioio", -
, i tha Cnnth hv seekine
the mannoou - -
to obtain pensions for ex-Oon federate
soldiers irom iu " .
., . rr hv Southern
tnat any biujuui -
members of confess wil be abhorren
n thin oamn and meet with unqualified
condemnation."
May Croe t ln
t, n iw fil. Salmon
Vancouver, u. - -- . .
canners are alarmed at the Dominion
government regulations. They say if
B. . j..mont remains oo-
tne nsneneii ui'p" ..
durateand refuse to agree to the can
ners' suggested amendments all the
canneries on Fraset river nn l close
down, or rather go over to the Ameri
can side. This mean. tb. 1 1. BntUh
Columbia industry, u "-" -?'"
18 000.000 Is annually spent, will M
bodily transferred to the United Elates.
"MNrs NO NICARAGUA CANAL.
BUMl" L"nncAh- ra,p,Kn Acalnst
tlie Ainerlvun Scheme.
PnMrfiTOrk' ii"' 2 A di6Patch
Pans Savh: The Herald's European
edition prints the following:
Russia is evidently beginning a
fampa.gn against the Nicaragua canal.
The Novoe Vremya publishes an article
not only warmly advocating the Pana
ma scheme, but filled with bitter dis
like of the United States.
The writer says the predominance of
the United States would have been de
sirable for Russia a few years ago, but
ail this has ohanged since the last
war. He goes on to say that, having
despoiled poor Spain, the United States
has become a colonial party and an
Asiatic power.
"Forgetting the Monroe dootrlne of
America for Americans, which implies
the other dootrine that American do
minion must be confined to America,
the Yankees," he says, "aie now enter
ing into open competition with us in
China and Corea. They have no
scruples over an alliance with their
traditional enemy, England, and with
Japan for this purpose.
"For this reason Russian financiers
and diplomats ought to give their sup
port to the French undertaking when
it comes to seriously discarding the
neutralization of the Panama canal and
placing it under the general control or
guarantee of the European powers."
The writer declares the Panama route
would be more beneficial to Russia
than the Nicaragua route.
"This laitfi canal," he adds, "even
supposing its completion possible,
would be a purely American undertak
ing, whereas the Panama canal remains
in the hands of our allies, the Frenoh,
or it may become an international en
terprise with the addition of a strong
American element to its shareholders."
The Novoe Vremya says:
"Russia must therefore, be on ber
guard against the United States, es
pecially in view of the enormous
wealth of its Paoific shores and strat
egical position occupied by Americans
in the Sandwich, the Philippines, the
Samoan and the Mariana islands."
WILL NOT RETURN.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Items of General Intereat Gleaned
From the Thriving; Paoiflo
State t.
General IWerrltt's Official Connection
With the Philippine lias Ceased. ,
Chicago, Jan. 2. Major-General
Wesley A. Merritt and bride are in
Chicago. They will spend the holi
days here and then go to New York,
where the general will assume his po
sition as commander of the department
of the East.
The general says that his offioial
connection with the Philippines has
oeased. He thinks this government
should ignore Agonoillo, the Filipino
representative. Accoiding to the gen
eral's belief Agoncillo is trying to hold
up the United States.
General Merritt smiled when the
question of "embalmed" beef was
brought up.
"What fresh beef waB furnished us
at Manila came from Australia." Gen
eral Merritt says, "but most of the
meat furnished the army was canned,
and a good share of it was taken with
us. We did not experience the least
trouble with it. Myself and my staff
lived on canned meat part of the time,
and we were in the best of health."
MRS. BOTKIN GUILTY.
Convicted of Murder in First Degree
Life Imprisonment the Penalty.
San Francisco, Jan. 2. Rather to
the general surprise of those who have
followed the Botkin trial, and to the
entire dismay of the defendant and her
attorneys, Mrs. Cordelia Botkin was
tonight found guilty of murder In the
first dfipree for causing, the death of
MrB. John P. Dunning, by sending a
box of poisoned candy to tier in uover,
Del. The condemned murdoress will
be spared an ignominious death on the
hnwever. the iurv that found
her guilty imposing also the penalty
of life imprisonment, ine veraict was
nnonpntfid. An acauittal was coifl-
dently awaited by the defense, while
the prosecution feared a Disagreement
Dig Gold Strike.
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 2. Considerable
excitement was caused in mining and
omoUinu nirolos here today by the ar
rival of authentic information of one of
the biggost gold strikes yet made in
Northern Mexico. E. U. Boauchamp,
who arrivod today from Bacereac, bo-
noro, by way of Cases Granites, vninua
hua, reports the discovery of an im
,. ftaanrA vein of free milling gold
on milps smith of Bacereac. The
ore is reported to contain 18 ounces of
gold to the ton, ana tne vein ubb Deen
fnr several miles. American
in Casus Grandes and sur
JIIUOV.-. - -
rounding districts are arriving on the
scene in large numbers.
TTintaat Train in the World.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 1. As a result
of a meeting of division superintend
ents of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad. Just beia nere to re-
nna timA.tnhleR, it is announced
MllUiJ&v " , ,
that the new fast mail, which is to
be started next Sunday between JNew
York and San Francisco, will be the
fastest regular train in the woria.
thnre is no other train
AMU ,B w ,
which goes bo great a distance in as
o imo nvnrv dav in the year.
BllUlt " " , -
ru ai rorlnfitlon in time between
1UO uv... -
New York and San Francisco over the
present schedule 18 a mm over in
hours.
Wheat' Grade.
Regarding the grading of Washing
ton wheat by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce at 69 pounds per bushel, a
dealer in Walla Walla says in the
Union of that town: "Oregon ought
to have a state board to grade wheat,
instead of throwing the responsibility
onto the Portland Chamber of Com
merce. It now costs 75 oents for an
Eastern Washington wheat raiser to
have a car of wheat inspected at Ta
coma. In Portland it costs nothing
a slight premium for having wheat
shipped to Portland. As a matter of
fact, the law of Washington in regard
to the inspection of wheat is unconsti
tutional. I could take $1,600 or $ 2,000
and knock the law out. That is the
opinion of some of the best legal talent
of Tacoma. I have to pay a tax on
warehouses, and a second one for in
spection. That maoks it a double tax,
and unjust. Just because wheat
weighs 58 pounds to the bushel don't
cause it to bring the highest price. We
have to pay more for the heavier
wheat, that, for instance, wbioh goes
60 pounds to the buBhel, olassed as
choice milling. Even after wheat has
been inspeoted at Tacoma and found
to go 58 pounds to the bushel, heavier
wheat has to be mixed with it in order
that it may puss as No. 1 in foreign
markets. That makes more trouble
for the wholseale wheatbuyer."
The Shingle Market.
In commenting on tha present con
dition of the shingle market, the Ta
coma Lumberman says the good effects
ot the closing-down proposition are al
ready being felt. The prices are firmer
and there are praotioally no shingles
on the market. Eastern buyers are in
the field trying to contract for round
lots. They are using argument to
prove to the mill man that he should
contract now, because shingles may
be weak in the spring.'! If he really
thought so he would not. try to buy
now. The mill man is getting a little
wiser each year. He knows more
about the shingle business than he did
a few years ago. He knows that the
big Eastern buy or, as a rule, lays for
him and ambushes him when he can
The line vard man of the East who is
not in any eenes a Jobber buys out of
season, always, when the market is off.
If the mill men will remain closed
down until February 1, start off with
moderate prices and raise them as the
trade demands, the year 1800 will be
the best one the shingle men have ever
seen.
No Corner In Salmon.
When the salmon pack on the Fraser
river was definitely announced this
year, a report was circulated to the
effect that an attempt would be made
by oertaln well-known paokers and cap
ltalists on the Pacific coast to corner '
the market. "No such attempt has
ever been made to my knowledge,"
says a packer In the Vancouver (B. C.)
Province. The Fraser pack this sea
son amounted to only 107,000 oases
but still I think it would be almost im
possible to corner the market. Taking
into consideration the whole pack oi
the Paoific coast, it would require sboul
1250,000 to control the market.
As a result of the small pack on the
Fraser this year prices are slightly
higher. We do not look for much oi
an advance, however.
Prepared to Carry on Work.
Otto Hansen, having leased the lrt
Erb eash and door factory, of Salem
and equipped it with new machinery
is now prepared to carry on work in
that line in keeping with the growing
demands. Mr. Hansen has already in
place a new turning machine and a new
mortice machine, both of the latest pat
terns, and has now on the road from
the manufacturers two other new ma
chines a Universal woodworker for
jointing and facing and a door and
blind clamping machine with sash at
taohment. John 8. Pennebaker will
be Mr. Hansen's foreman and business
manager, and they have alrady every
assurance of prosperous patronage.
Stlinson Mill Kot Sold.
There is no truth in the report that
the old Port Madison mill, wliioh ha
been shut down for several years, had
been purchased by the Stlmson Mill
Company, of Ballard, and that the com
pany would run the old mill on a seal
far exceeding the palmiest days of tl
old Madison Mill Company. A fin
denial is given these rumors by C. D,
Rtimson, of the Stimson Mill Company
who says that there is not the slightest
foundation for such a rumor.
After Fortlnnd'e Business.
Adviocs from Butte, Mont., are to
thp ffff.c.t that the Great Northern
Railway Company contemplates the
construction of a cut-off from that city
west to Lewiston, Idaho, to. connect
with the extension of the O. R. & N.
Co., and thus secure advantageous and
direct means ot snaring Portland'
traffic.
Benorted Removal.
The sash and door factory at Rainier
will probably be removed from that
plaoe, and in anticipation of this ao
inn the citizens of the two Washing'
ton towns, Kelso and Castle Rock, are
making efforts to secure the plant.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 59c: Valley.
file; Blueetem, 6Bo per bushel.
D lour Beat grades, 3.20; graham.
f 3. 65; superfine, 2.15 per barreL
Oats Choice white, 4041c; choice
gray, 39 40c per busheL
Barley Feed barley, f3224; brew
ing, $24 per ton.
Millsturls Bran. $16 per ton: mid
dlings, $31; aborts, $16; chop, $15.50
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover. $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 65 60ci
seconds, 5058o; dairy, 4550o store,
8035o.
Cheese Oregon full cream. llffllSoi
Young America, 16c; new oheese.
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed. $3.5o3
per dozen; hens, $8,50 4. 00; springs,
$1.253; geese, $0.OO7.0O for old,
$4. 60 5 for young; ducks, $4.00
5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live. HO
2c per pound.
Potatoes 60T0o per sack; sweets.
Sc per pound.
vegetables Beeta, 90cc turnips, 75o
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $1 1.25 per 1 Off pounds: cauli
flower, T6o per dozen; parsnips, 76o
per sack; beans, 8c per pound; celery,
70 76c per dozen; cucumbers, 60c pot
box; peas, 88c per pound.
Onions Oregon, 76o$l per sack.
Hops 1518c; 1897 crop, 46o.
Wool Valley, 1018o per pounds
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
JiOc per pounti.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewea, 4o; dressed mutton, 7jC
spring lambs, T)c per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5. 00 5. 60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, topBteers, 8.60$3.75
cows, $3.508.00 dressed beef,
66)c per pound.
Veal Large, 66Mc; small, 78o
per pound.
Seattle Market.
Onions, 6590o per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, $1012.
Beets, per Back, 76o.
Turnips, per sack, 60 60c
Carrots, per saok, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Cauliflower, 5070o per doa.
Celery, 85 40a.
Cabbage, native and California
$1.00 1.60 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 85 50c per box.
Pears, 76c$l.50 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter Creamery, 27c per pounds
dairy and ranch, 820o per pound.
Eggs, 85o,
Cheese Native, 12 120.
Poultry Old hens, IBa per pound;
spring chickens, 12c; turkeys, 16a.
Freeh meats Choice dressed beeJ
ttoors, prime, 07c; oows, prime.
8o; mutton, lyic, pork, 6 7c; veal,
68a
Wheat Feod wheat, $22.
Oats Choice, per ton, $34. .
Hay Paget Sound mixed, $9.50
10', cboioe Eastern Washington tim
othy, $12.
Corn 'Whole. $33.50; tracked, $24
feed meal, $28.50.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$24 25; whole, $32.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50;
straight, $3.26; California brands,
$8.26; bvekwheat flour, $8.76; graham,
per hsrrel, $3.60; wfceto wheat flour,
$3.75; rye flour, $4.
Mll'.stuCs Bran, per ton, $14;
shorts, per ton, $10.
P. Chopped feed, $10 21 pel
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil oaks
meal, per ton, $35.
San Francisco-Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1012o pet
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val
ley, 15 17c; Northern, 9 lie
Mlllatuffs Middlings, fl831.00;
bran, $16.60 16.60 per ton.
Onions 8ilverakin,6076cper sav-i.
Butter Fancy creamery, 80o;
do seconds, 8024c fancy dairy, 2ioj
do seconds, 17 21e per pound.
Eggs Store, l822o; fancy ranch,
8587Ko.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $3
3.60; Mexican limes, $6 6.60; Cali
fornia leooons, $2.00. 800; do choice,
$8. 60 4.50; per box.
A Orarr Bath far a Boa.
During the exoitement of the recent
South African elections, aayi the West
minster Oaeette, two Dutchmen at a
boarding house dinner table were eulo
gizing the superior virtues of theii race
as opposed to the English. Presently
Queen Victoria was mentioned, when
one exclaimed, "Damn Victoria."
With that the Englishman who sat
next to the offending Dutchman threw
the whole contents of his plate on his
head meat, potatoes, cabbage and
grary. Every other boarder threw at
him the artiole nearest at hand half
a loaf of bread, a hot poUto or a jog of
water until the poor Ttotiaa cried for
mercy, which was granted him after
withdrawing his words and making s
suitable apology.
The nag far Fnr.
Fur is used on all sorts and condi
tions of gowns, and is applied in any
way that may suit the wearer. Row
after row made as narrow as possible)
Is applied on the graded flounce of tho
new cloth gowns, a short nap for being
tha easiest to apply a ad the boat in
effect Buttons of fur are extensively
used on a gown e( this kind, while ro
vers snd collar, with cuffs to match
trim the waiat.