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HEPPNER GAZETTE. HEPPNER, OREGON.
GEORGE'S LETTED.
Discusses tlie Expense
of Fortifications.
GETTING ON VR FOOTING.
Destructive Science Han Already Ad
vanced Beyond the Plans, and Ren
dered Them Obsolete.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 21) Listen
ing only to some of the speeches in Con
gress in behalf of th8 naval appropri
ation bill, the shipping subsidy bill
creating a naval reserve, the bill trans
ferring the revenue from the treasury to
the naval department, the sea coast
fortification bill, the Henderson militia
bill, and the project to transfer the man
agement of the Indians from the inte
rior to the war department listening
only to some of the speeches in behalf
of all those things one might think war
imminent and that the immediate build
ing up of the naval and military estab
lishments was necessar; for the public
safety.
In repudiation of this rang out the
words of Mr. Holman of Indiana during
the debute in the House on the naval
appropriations bill. "The enormous in
crease in the navy which is manifestly
in contemplation," hecried, "and which
is steadily going on, is only a feature of
the remorseless growth of 'extravaganco
in our government. Sir, there never
w as a day when the peace and safety of
this government were so absolutely as
sured as they are at the very time when
we are appropriating vast millions for
this costly glitter of a splendid navy.
The idea of feeling alarm when we stand
not simply in the front rank of nations,
but the first of the nations I The mere
declaration of an embargo upon our part
against any naval and commercial power
would produce a revolution among its
people. Providence has made us secure
against external force. We have not
been in peril during the last 40 years by
the unfriendliness of any nation. We
are now beyond the point of danger,
recognized by the nations as the first,
and all this by gift of Providence, intel
ligence and courage of our people, and
tho conquests and triumphs of liberty
and peace."
EXPENSE OF THE NEW NAVV.
The naval appropriations bill as it
passed the House carried the expendi
ture' in round numbers of $31,000,01)0,
nearly $7,000,000 more than the last pre
vious annual appropriation. This extra
expense is occasioned by work on ships
previously contracted for. The bill also
authorized the building of another pro
tected cruiser to be of "about 7300 tons
displacement at a cost, exclusive of arm
ament, not to exceed $2,750,000, and to
have a maximum speed of not less than
21 knots." Moreover, the act of March
2, 1HU0, authorizing the construction of
an armored steel cruising monitor of
not less than 3000 tons displacement,
was repealed. The fight arose mainly
from these two provisions, ground being
taken in the first instance against any
further increase in the navy, and in the
second place against the condemnation
of monitors and the substitution of
larger cruisers and sea-going battle ships
that "can sail around the world" and
"show the Hag in foreign ports" and all
thflt sort of thing. This opposition led
to some revelations.
Mr. Snyers, of TexnB, member of the
appropriations committee and a fore
most member of the naval committee in
the lust congress, alter a careful and de
tailed examination of the best informa
tion be lias been able to obtain, an
nounced that the hull and machinery of
the 40 vessels, built or authorized, to
construct the "new navy," and the
ordnance for 38 of them, would cost not
less than $04,810,330. But this did not
include armor, so that in his opinion
these vessels, if all completed, would
entail an expenditure of not less than
$75,000,000. Then, too, as he pointed
out, the operation of such ships will be
verv heavy, as more men, more stores
and" more fuel will be required, all of
which will grftitly add to the annual ex
pense, and, for that matter, provision is
made Rfi the appropriation bill for a
"naval militia of various Btates under
such regulations as the secretary of the
navy may prescribe." More than this,
such ships must undergo extensive and
frequent repairs, so that the expense is
enormously augmented. Twenty-one
years is the average life ol Bhips like
these, but this does not mean that they
will remain effective that long. How
long they will be etfective no one can
say.
During the years of 1858, 1859 and
1800, when our population was but 30,
000,000, the naval appropriations aver
aged nearly $13,500,000. The war came,
and in a few short months, with the in
troduction of first the Merrimae and
then of the Monitor, the whole system
of naval warfare was revolutionized, and
the ships on which millions and mil
lions had been spent were worthless.
In tho short period since then we have
seen the single turreted monitor, modeled
on Ericsson's plan, superseded by the
heavier, double turreted ones, and these
"improved" and "improved," only to
give way in their turn to enormous sea
going iine-of-battle ships armed with
terrific giuiB and belted with huge plates
of steel armor. What soon may we not
expect, so rapid is the march of inven
tion, making these new ships of ours
obsolete? No less an authority than Ad
miral Porter declares that they are now
useless because of their lack of sail
power, since any injury to the machin
ery would completely disable them.
FORTIFICATIONS NOT LASTING.
And what is said of rapid changes in
the navy applies also to fortifications.
With the opening of each of our wars we
have been constrained to arm anew.
This was notable so at the opening of
the civil war. Though thirty millions
were spent on fortifications just before
that event, not only had those fortifica
tions to be greatly strengthened or re
built, but heavier guns had to be sup
plied. Said Secretary Stanton in
December, 1862: "In consequence of
the introduction into naval warfare of
iron-clad vessels, comparatively safe
from the effects of such batteries as had
hitherto been sufficient to guard effect
ually against the passage of hostile ves
sels it became necessary to provide
heavier and more powerfal ordnance.
The whole system of such armament
was rarel!y revised and amended by a
board of the" most experienced and com
petent officers, and measures have
been taken to carry their recommen
dations into effect." "Such waB the im
provement in guns, howe'ver, that only
three or four years after that it was
deemed necessary to strengthen the sea
coast works, in" 1873 it was estimated
that the number of guns of all kinds re
quired to arm our forts, as far as yet de-
terminea, amounts to i,ioi.
Though
experiments as to new and more power
j ful guns wero made, there was no effort
I to re-arm, save that later on some ten
i inch smooth bore Hodman guns, w hich
but a few years before had been the most
powenui guns maae. were converteo, uy
the Pnlliser process of lining w ith a steel
lube, iuto eight-inch rilles. Supposing
the fortifications had been fully armed
with the improved guns of that day,
what would such guna now be worth?
And yet, in the face of such facts, Sec
retary Proctor says that a '"modern land
battery, when once constructed and
armed, needs few repairs and few re
newals !"
PRESENT PLAN OF FORTIFICATIONS.
It may be worth while examining
what the present plan of seaeoast fortifi
cation is. The fortification bill which
has passed the House of Representatives
carries only a little over four mil
lion dollars of expenditure for heavy
ordnance, the enlargement of the gun
factory at Watervloet, N. Y., etc, but
the Hoard of Fortifications and Board of
Engi-eerB, in expectation that it soon
will be needed, have drawn up a plan of
fortification, the main feature of which
are: 1st. Armaments of the heaviest
rifled guns, which, while widely dis
persed, can concentrate their
re on the
enemy's vessels; 2nd. Submarine mines
planted in the channels and roadways,
"for the purpose of holding the vesselB
of the enemy under the fire of our guns
and preventing their running the bat
teries and reaching the harbors and
cities;" 3rd. The protection of those
mined areas from countermining, and
removal by batteries of rapid-tiring guns
of small caliber and wide range. The
gun defense provides for live classes of
works mounting the heaviest rifled ord
nance: 1st, mortar batteries, with or
without scarp walls and Hank defences;
2nd, barbette batteries armed with guns
mounted on disappearing cartridges;
3d, barbette batteries armed with guns
mounted on vertical lift carriages; 4lh,
caseniated batteries; Oth, iron or steel
turrets.
WHAT it will ciwt.
There is no estimate of what all 'ttiis
would cost, though partial estimates are
given. It is proposed to expend on bat
teries, caseniateB and turrets alone, and
exclusive of armament ami gun plat
forms, carriages and plants for the man
ipulation of the armament, at lioston,
$7,057,882; at New York, $10,200,400;
at Hampton Roads, $3,300,802; at San
Francisco (not complete), $3,135,000;
at Washington, D. C, $520,000. Twenty
seven ports are said to "urgently re
quire" such fortifications or other de
fenses. The cost of gunsand mortars is esti
mated to be as follow s :
8TEEI. Ol'NS.
Cultljer. Wd,;lit.
10 Inches 3D tons
U Inches IW tons
H inches.. S- limy
Iti Inches 1-1' t"hS
20 inches Mi tons
Muin Alts.
Caliber. Weight
Cast iron 12 inches 11. -fi tens
Steel 12 inches 13.uu tuna
Est. Cost
I :ti,ooo
(iO.OIK)
1IHI.000
lso.ooo
800,000
Est. Co. t
-.0.)0
15,000
The cost of disappearing, barbette and
casemate gun carriages is from $27,000,
for a 10-inch gun, to $40,000 for al4-inch
gun. The 10 and 20-inch guns would he
mounted in turrets. The estiinated'cost
of a turret for two 10-inch guns is $700,-
000.
Even the coat of firing theso guna is
immense, as the following official figures
will show :
KTHEL (H NS.
h'stilimied cost
oi pi-ujectile,
steel.
.... 27 SO
TiOO 00
7110 00
1.1H5 (III
2,:tl5 00
Wcljrht of
powder
charge"
.$ri9 12
118 SO
189 00
280 00
6-18 00
Cultljer.
10 inches.
12 "
MOI'.TAKS.
Kstimutert cost
ol' proiectilc,
sleet
(2S0 00
Weight of
powder
charge.
27 00
Culiber,
12 inehe
But there is still another cost in firing
these immense guns, which is based on
the injury they sustain from "crystaliza
tinn" of the metal at each discharge.
Tho average Hie of 10-inch rifles iB 250
round; ol 12-inch ritles, 2oO rounds; ol
14 and 10-inch rifles, 200 rounds, and it
is calculated that a 20-inch ritle would
last but 150 rounds. After such dis-
harges these guns are absolutely unfit
for service and have to be "relined."
The lease of life of the English Arm
strong gun is even shorter. The 45 ton,
12-inch eun will lire 150 rounds ; me o
ton, 13i-inch gun will fire 127 rounds,
and the 110 ton, lG-inch gun will fire
but 95 ordinary rounds.
WHAT HAVE YOU TO SHOW?
Add to all this the cost of submarine
mines, batteries of rapid firing guns and
the augmented garrisons that must come
in consequence, and no one dare esti
mate how enormous the expenditure will
be. And for all these millions spent,
what in a short while would there be
to show ? According to the best calcu
lations it would take from 12 to 15 years
to make simply the guns necessary to
"arm the coasts." Yet 12 years hence
what will these guns be worth? Im
provement and invention have in much
shorter time made utterly worthless
what had been deemed invincible arms.
Even now it is announced that Krupp,
the German gun maker, is experiment
ing with ore taken from the Canadian
Sudbury nickel and copper mines, ex
pecting to obtain a gun metal, which
for strength and durability will
also ' as far Burpasa the metal
now used as steel surpasses
pig iron. And it is a matter
of public know ledge that Dr. Justin of
New York has invented a shell from
which he can fire dynamite from an or
dinary, old style gun. Furthermore,
new processes have made aluminum
cheaper than copper. Who can predict
what momentous changes these things
will work? As to this irresistable ten
dency of conditions to change, General
Benet hiuiBelf, chief of the bureau of or
dinance, gave testimony in his most re
cent report in these clear terms :
The casualties natural to a period of
human life extending more than forty
years have changed the entire personnel
of the department since my graduation,
and the sreat lights of the past have in
the course of nature given way to their
more youthful successors. Smoothbores
have yielded to rifles, and 500 yards
ramre and uncertain accuracy to the un
erring bull's eye far beyond the unaided
reach of human vision ; and the brittle-
ness of caat-iron spheres have been
superseded by the marvelous perforating
ot steel armor Dy eiongateu projectiles.
Gunpowder, with Hodman's marked nn
nrovement in size and burning and con
seauent reduced pressures, seems to be
yielding to a smokeless compound not
yet penectiy ueveiopeo, anu to me de
structive power of the titanic explosives
of the day. Great are the inventions for
the destruction oi human life and public
and private property, which, supple
mented by the new chemical and me
chanical processes, governed and guided
bv electricity as the motor, mokes this
era in the military history of the world
a marvel.
THE SIJIS-KIJISON TORPEIJO.
But without looking to the future for
revolutionizing inventions it is more
than doubtful that all this battle-ship
building and sea coast arming is already
rendered useless. There has now been
perfected the Sims-Edison controlable
lOrpeuo mai IB mure lerriuic man ncavj
ordnance. Againsi u guns uu aouui
are of no avail, and with the utmost pre
cision, it can strike a blow that will
send the strongest iron clad to the bot
tom. It is propelled, directed and ex
ploded by electricity from the shore, has
a range of four miles, carries a charge of
500 pounds of Emmens's nigh explosive,
iB invulnerable to fire, runs at the rate
of 25 miles an hour, cuts through or au
tomatically dives under obstructions and
strikes a blow below water line and
armor that will tear a ship's side out.
This torpedo, which has sus
tained the most crucial tests
of the great torpedo expert. General
Abbot, at the U. S. School of Applica
tion, Willet's Point, N. Y., can be
made very cheaply, and the wholeeoast
lined at an infiuitesmal fraction of the
millions to be expended on enormous
battle-ships and sea coast fortifications.
If extraordinary circumstances at any
time made it necessary to adopt further
measures for defence, there would be
time. Common sense and experience
confirm what Ex-Secretary Chandler
once said: "With our isolated position
and traditional peace policy, war is a re
mote contingency. Any difference that
would involve us in a conflict with one
of the ereat powers should be thocrowth
u" '."" i'i 6'
uat preparation. - ,
. THE NATIONAL GUAM).
But we have not yet considered all
this business of getting on a war footing.
Mr. Henderson of Iowa has intro
duced a bill into the House, which
while ostensibly repealing obso
lete provisions in the present
militia law which comes down from
1702, really makes the militia a reserve
of the regular army. It provideB that
the militia of the state shall be divided
into two classes, to be known as the
National Guard and the Reserved Mili
tia, respectively, prescribes conditions
as to time and manner of enlistment and
provides for regular reports to the secre
tary of war. "The National Guard shall
be trained in accordance with the same
system of drill and tactics that may
from time to time be Drescribed for
k'heflrniv and "evprv iiHici.r mid tan-
listed man ot tlio National Gunrd
called into the service of tne
United States shall be held to lie in such
service, and any officer or enlisted man
who shall refuse or fail to obey such call
shall be subject to trial by court-martial."
"Each State or Territory furnished
with stores and supplies under the pro
visions of this act shall require every
organization in its National Guard, not
excused by the governor of such State or
Territory, to go into camp of instruction
or to be quartered at a United States fort
for instruction in heavy artillery, as
hereinafter provided, at least five con
secutive dayB in each year, and to assem
ble for drill and instruction not less than
12 times in each year, and shall also re
quire an annual inspection of each or- J
ganization in its National Gunrd to be
made by an officer or officers thoroof."
The secretary of war is authorized to de
tail an officer of the army to make in
spection of the National Guard, and the
appropriation for furnishing the States
with arms and equipments for the mil
itia is increased lroui $400,000, which it
has hitherto been, to $1,000,000.
DIMINISH THE ARMY.
Instead of increasing the army we
should diminish it, if for no other reason
than that the institution begets in offi
cers that insufferable arrogance which
leads to all manner of outrage and dis
order and to war itself, and which was
fittingly described by Joseph La Fleehe,
chief of the Omaha nation, when he said
the soldiers acted "just as if they were
the only human beingB." Old John U.
Rives, partner with Francis P. Blair in
the publication of the daily and of the
Congressional Globe here, used to Eay
that it would be cheapest to board all
the Indians at first class hotels than to
keep an army to keep them in order.
The extraordinary number of desertions
of seamen from the navy has its parallel
in the army, and, in truth, the amount
of running away from the latter has at
last become so acandalous that extreme
preventative measures have been adopt
ed and a general order (No. 145) has
been issued, increasing from $30 to $00
the reward for the return of deserters.
It is not the officer who runs away. It
is always the common soldier and the
common sailor.
Writing from Philadelphia in 1799
to Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts,
Thomas Jefferson used theBe imperish
able words: "lam not for transferring
all the powers ol tne states to tne gener
al government, and all those of that gov
ernment to tne executive Drancn. i am
for a government rigorously frugal and
simple, applying all the possible savings
of the public revenue to the discharge of
the national debt; and not for a multi
plication of officers and salaries merely
to make partisans, and lor increasing, bv
every device, the public debt, on the
Frinciple ot its being a public blessing,
am for relying for international de
fense on our militia solely, till actual
invasion ; and for such a naval force
only as may protect our coasts and harb
ors from such depredations as we have
experienced; and not from a standing
army in time of peace, which may over
awe the public sentiment; nor" for a
navy which, by its own expense and the
eternal wars in which it will implicate
us, will grind us with public burdens and
sinu us under tnem. i am lor iree com
merce with all nations; political con
nections with none; and little or no
diplomatic establishment."
It there ever was a time of peace when
we should have been armed, it was at
the time when Jefferson wrote when
we were a weakly little nation, making
Dut a moutntui tne more" as lie de
scribed it, to either England or to France
in her interminable warring. If, then.
when this was but a puny nation Jeffer
son had such a horror of the "ruinous
folly of a navy," what terrible words of
condemnation would he visit upon those
who are today trying to surround the
greatest and strongest nation on the face
of the earth with fleets of iron clads and
steel forts and rifled cannon, and at
tempting to build up within its borders
a large, permanent military establish
ment! Henby Geohoe, Jh.
A PASTORAL CALL
Leads to Unpleasant Charges Being
Made Against a Minister.
Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 6 Great ex
citement prevails here in the Wiley
Methodist Episcopal church over the
formal filing of charges of grOBS immor
ality against their pastor, Rev. Henry
W. Simmons, by J. W. Haines, on com
plaint of his wife, who said that during
a pastoral call Simmons attempted
improper liberties with her. Presiding
Elder K. W. Hammond will begin an
investigation Tuesday.
The trustees have tried to have Sim
mons fired, but he boldly holds his
ground. At one meeting Simmons was
present and occupied the pulpit. One
of the trustees, filled with indignation
that the pastor should sit in the pulpit
w bile under a cloud, pulled him down
from the rostrum. He arose and at
tempted to explain his position, address
ing his remarks to Mrs. John Wilbur,
and calling her sister. She arose and
indignantly exclaimed: "Don't you
call me sister." Simmons denies the
charges.
Hon ornwera of Kent have organized a
banfc wxtn capital stock 01 $10,000.
THE WIZARD'S WAl.
Jay Gould Accomplish
ing His Purpose
A TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE
Consolidating With the Northern Paci
fic a Line of Greater Mileage
Than Any Other System.
Philadelphia, . Feb. () When Jnv
Gould returns from his southern tour of
railroad inspection with John C. Mann
and other officials of the Richmond ter
minal and Louisville & Southern com
panies, plans for a big railroad deal
will be completed and the wand of the
"Little Wizard" will bo made more
effective.
Three years aga it was shown that
Gould was endeavoring to obtain control
of the Atchison, Richmond Terminal,
Baltimore & Ohio and Reading, to
gether with the New Jersey Central and
possibly the Lackawanna. Since then
he has accomplished part of his purpose
and the Atchison and Richmond Ter
minal are in his possession. With these
lines, linked with the Missouri and
Northern Pacific, one of which he own,
and having a big pull with the others
Gould will have practically a transcon
tinental line with greater mileage than
that of any system.
but there are certain connecting mat
ters to be worked up. This is the object
of Gould's present trip. The eastern
terminus of the Richmond Terminal is
t entirely favorable aa a point of ex
port, and that road practically pays
tribute to the Pennsylvania in the shape
of reshipments. The Baltimore & Ohio
is a factor in the situation, and it is re
ported that Gould has dickered with its
management so successfully, and with
the Reading & New Jersey Central, that
now he is assured of a traffic agreement
that will cut out the Pennsylvania on
northbound freight.
Another blow at the same interests
will be, if effectual, a deal between
Gould and the Louisville & Nashville, by
which the latter's freight is to be di
verted from the Pennsylvania road.
ALASKAN GOVERNMENT.
Bill Reported to the House Willi Im
portant Changes.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 5 The
House committee on Territories today
favorably reported a substitute for Rep
resentative Carter's bill providing for a
Territorial ' form of government for
Alaska. The.kchanges are important.
No delegate in Congress is provided (or,
but the governor is authorized to estab
lish precincts wherever required, each
precinct to have one justice of the pence
and one constable, who are to serve two
years under theprivileges and emolu
ments of the Oregon law. Ihe inhab
itants will be allowed to take timber
from the public lands for industrial and
domestic puroSCfuii the payment of a
reasonable pfnCCVfor etumpago! In this
connection the secretary or the interior
will make rules to prevent permanent
injury to the interests of Alaska, and
to prevent the removal of timber out
side of Alaska.
In its report the committee savs the
substitute is safe and convenient, and
intended to protect the people from local
disorders. There are now only four jus
tices of the peace and constables to con
duct the affairs of 400 towns and villages,
and in an area of 680,000 square miles,
containing a population of 35,000 people,
(500 ot whom are white, in the summer
the population is increased by 2500 tour
ists. The committee then say that the ter
ritory's exports amount to $10,000,000
annually, and that it has added $2,000,
000 to the gold supply of the world ; that
its salmon fisheries bring $4,000,000 a
year, while more than that amount is
permanently invested in the business.
and that the cod fisheries, yet in their
infancy, are worth $500,000.
The census bureau will soon issue a
bulletin upon the subject of the popula
tion of Southern Alaska. The total pop
ulation is given as 10,929, as far as ascer
tained. Full returns will, however,
probably increase the number for the
whole torritory to aDout 28,000. ihe
total number of males who would be en
titled to vote, should Alaska be granted
a representative government, is 909, of
whom Oil are among the transients.
LEGISLATURE.
What was Done at the State Capital
Today.
Olvmpia, Feb. 0 The House met this
morning at 10 o'clock with alarger num
ber of men promptly on hand than
might have been expected, in view of
the ball of last night.
The committee on railroads reported
back Fellow's bill with a recommenda
tion that it pass, with a few unimportant
amendments.
Anderson, of Mason, and Tyler, of
Pierce, will make a minority report.
Both are railroad men. the former being
sole owner of a small line in his section.
Anderson made a vigorous speech against
the majority report.
Miller, of Whatcom, gave vent to
some anti-corporation remarks, which
brought forth applause.
Several others made some talk pro and
con, and further consideration of the bill
was finally postponed until next Thurs
day, The nine jury bill was next taken up,
and after discussion that lasted until the
hour of adjournment, this matter was
also postponed until Tuesday.
FARMERS GETTING BACK.
They Advocate a Sort of Back-Handed
protection.
Washington, I). C, Feb. 0 The coun
cil of the Farmers' Alliance and Indus
trial Union had under discussion this
afternoon a resolution looking to the
betterment of the agricultural and com
mercial industries of the country, and
after quite a lively exchange of views
the following resolution was adopted :
Whereas, Of the three great indus
tries of the United States, agricultural,
commercial and manufacturing, the first
two are in tho most depressed state,
with a view to the betterment of their
condition, be it
Resolved, That the legislative com
mittee of the National Farmers' Alli
ance and Industrial Union be jeqneBted
to prepare a bill for presentation to the
present or following congress, contain
ing a provision that all vessels built,
owned and manned by citizens of the
United States that carry full outgoing
cargoes, two-thirds of which, at least,
consist of home agricultural products,
shall be allowed to enter and discharge
their returning cargoes, provided said
cargoes shall consist of manufactured
products, at any port of the United
States, free of all custom duties. We
are persuaded that such a measure,
properly carried out in detail, will not
only build up the shipping interests of ;
I1UL
tne country, nut will result in creating 1
a foreign market for the surplus agri"
cultural products ot the United States.
A resolution was adopted urging con
gress to enact a law in accordance with
the Ocla memorial in opposition to the
Louisiana State Lottery.
The report of the committee on plans
was submitted. In addition to the var
ious Alliance organizations already in
existence, it recommends among other
things the formation of congressional
district alliances in each state and terri
tory, each district to have a lecturer.
A resolution was passed instructing
the president of the council to appoint a
national legislative sub-committee of
three memliers to formulate bills to be
presented in congress in accordance
with the demands of the Oola meeting.
These demands include the sub-treasurv
land loan, t he free coinage and the anti
lottery bills.
ANTI-TRUST BILL.
A Stringent Measure Passe the In
diana Senate.
Indianapolis, Feb. 0 The senate to
day passed the most sweeping measure
that waa ever aimed against trusts in
this state.
The bill provides that all trusts, pool
contracts, combinations, arrangements
or corporations, which attempt to do
crease the output, or control prices, or
limit production, shall be considered
conspiracies to defraud the people, and
any person being a member of such or
ganization shall be subject to a fine of
Irom $1000 to $5000 and imprisonment
in the state prison Irom two to five
years.
The provision is made to apply to anv
stockholder or agent, or person inter-
ted in any way in the management or
tin- profits of a pool, contract, combina
tion, agreement or corporation.
In cases where the .onipany is orga
nized under the Indiana hue a the
charter is to be forfeited in addition to
the punishment Drescribed in the net..,!
section of the bill.
In another section it is provided that
any person who is injured by the oper
ations of the trust or pool may sue and
recover damages in double the sum of
injury winch his business has siillered.
SALMRON DEFEATED.
Growing Republican Discontent Mani
fested at Barcelona.
Baucklona, Feb. 6 Senor Salmron,
the Republican candidate for election to
the Chamber of Deputies, has been de
feated by the Conservative candidate,
according to the returns as announced.
Senor Puig, the Conservativ3 candidate,
received 6874 votes, and Salmron 5285
votes. The Republicans are intensely
exasperated at the result of the election
and assert there has been official tam
pering with the ballots. They also in
sist that Salmron is duly elected. The
popular discontent, which has been
smouldering for a long time, has been
fanned bv the Conservatives' victory,
and is now being made generally evi
dent. An explosion of two petards ill a
prominent thoroughfare last evening
tended to increase the anxiety and the
government is making elaborate prepar
ations to crush a possibleiuprising. it is
understood that in the event of an at
tempt at a revolutionary movement the
ministry are determined to put it down
at whatever cost.
ACCUSERS ASTONISHED.
Church Members Fail to Discipline One
Of Their Number.
Boston, Feb, 0 The good brethren
and sisters of the South Congregational
church of West Roxbury, were called
together Wednesday evening by their
standing committee to consider a caae of
discipline which assumed astounding
proportions. Harry W. French, a well
known traveler and lecturer, was accused
and the accuser was S. D. Smith, presi
dent of the Smith Organ and Piano com
pany. The standing committee had in
vestigated the charges and found a ver
dict of guilty and the meeting was called
for the purpose of suspending French.
Ihe latter put in an appearance, to
the great astonishment of all, and made
an eloquent avowal of his love for
Smith's daughter Fanny, and of his suit
for her hand, stating that he had sent
the young lady to Europe, adding cer
tain details which are here omitted.
French then asked that his name be
stricken from the roll of members.
The meeting was so surprised by the
avowal that it was dissolved without
taking any action. Miss Smith's hand
has been promised to an Englishman
whom she dislikes.
Conlllctlng Reports of a Collision.
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. (i News of
serious wreck on the Cotton Belt Rail
road, six miles south of Clarendon, Ark.,
has just reached here. The north bound
passenger train which left Pine bluff at
2 :20 n. m. vesterdav was wrecked. One
report says that nine people were killed
Another says only three, and still
another, from a railroad man, that only
a fireman was killed and several others
Injured. There is no telegraph station
near the place, i ull particulars are ex
pected shortly.
Pullman Car Works Burned.
St. Louis, Mo., Fob. (1 Fire has des
troyed the Pullman Car shops and other
property to the amount of $250,000. The
fire started at 1 :15 o'clock in the Pull
man shops, end spread so rapidly that it
was necessary to send in a general alarm
and put the entire department at work.
At 1 o'clock this morning the fire was
still burning fiercely but was under con
trol. The shops are entirely destroyed,
with their contents, as were also 11 cars
in various staires of completion, and
about $50,000 worth of tools and machin
ery. The Pullman row of small dwell
ings occupied by employees, was also
destroyed. There were several narrow
escapes but no loss of lives.
A Returned Thief Arrested.
Nkw York, F'eb. 0 Charles Knothc,
a young clerk in the employ of Horace
Ghardy & Co., jewellers, at No. 30
Maiden Lane, who disappeared suddenly
with $50)0 worth of diamond, was traced
to Sun Francisco, where all track of him
was lost. Knothe returned to this city
today and wus arrested on landing from
a Jersey City ferry bout. In this pock
ets were found pawn tickets for $2500
worth of jewelry, which he had stolen
from the lirm anu wnicii will ne recov
ered. Ho was locked up at police head
quarters. Columbus Shooting Festival.
Purlin, Feb. (i Genoa proposes to
hold a grand shooting festival in honor
of the Columbus Centenary. France,
Spain and Switzerland will attend.
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.
flow Han
Franciscan!
Like Algers
Proposition.
San Francisco, Feb. 7 The Examiner
says : The announcement in a telegram
from Chicago that General Alger, Gen-
i , ... . .
eral arKaon anu oulera nau organized
" .v lu "o"i rugei oounu
country at the expense of San Francisco's
commerce by establishing a line of
steamers from the Sound to China, is
received with a good deal of incredulity
by local financiers and railroad people.
When it comes to diverting the com
merce of the Orient from this port, Gen
eral Alger and his syndicate will run
plump up against the Southern Pacific
and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e
railroad, and on the northern side they
will meet a decided obstacle in the Can
adian Pacific.
The Canadian Pacific, as is well
known, already has a line of steamers
from Vancouver to China. Three new
vessels have just been built on the Clyde
with special adaptations to speed, to
knock out competition in the China
trade.
The Canadian Pacific does not want a
rival, and the lines doing freight busi
ness out of San Francisco does not want
tho business to go north or anywhere
else.
General Alger has extensive interests
in the Northwest timber interests
mostly and the scheme w hich he pro
poses is not altogether impracticable,
but he will find himself in a hard row
of stumps, in the opinion of the local
railroad men, when he throws his ener
gies against a trinity of railways united
to defeat hiin.
The whole affair is probably a part of
the timber and land scheme which was
published in the Examiner last week.
Two of the men mentioned in this ar
ticle as having negotiated with the
Southern 1'acilic for the purchase of
$500,000 worth of timber land are from
General Alger's part of the country and
have been interested with him in big
timber deals, and this story coming from
Chicago is a mistaken interpretation of
what the Examiner has already pub
lished. The scheme is not to develop
the northwest by the establishment of a
steamship line to China, but by devel
oping the timber country and working
up the lumber trade with the countries
lieyond the Pacific. Very little of that
business is done through San Francisco
no to
SALMON MARKET.
A San Franlij4co papt.r Comments on
T"e Combines.
San Francisco, Feb. A ioctti com.
morcial paper reviews the salmon mar
ket as follows. Considerable buBjnc99
has been reported this year, but noting
of special interest lias transpired since
last week. Some inquiry is reported for
Columbia river for future delivery. The
combination made by eight canning
companies drawing fish from Karluk, in
reference to catching fish next season is
likely to prove advantageous to the par
ties interested as it will considerably re
duce the expenses of conducting busi
ness. Under this arrangement one gang
of fishermen will be allowed to each
cannery and the catch distributed pro
rata on the basis of the pack of 1800.
Expenses are to be divided. ReflideB
this advantage arrangement will all'ord
better protection to salmon, as it is in
tended to let the fish run up stream on
stated days eack week, instead of killing
them indiscriminately without regard to
their future propagation. It is under
stood that a similar combination has
been made by canners operating at Chil
cat, and that others are under negotia
tion by those at Bristol Bay, Chinig
Bay and Cook's Inlet.
Our correspondent sends the follow
ing: Liverpool, Jan. 17th, 1801 There has
lieen a good deal of activity during the
last few days experienced by distribu
tors, as retailers have commenced to re
plenish their stocks, and were it not for
thd very severe weuther we should have
had an advance in values, but holders
are adverse to advancing values at pres
ent, as ttiey do not wish to induce tur-
ther shipments Irom your markets. But
the situation is strong and a general
firmness of tone prevails throughout the
market.
DKMl'SEY ON THE COAST.
B Tells a Little About His Plans to
Reporter.
San Francisco, Feb. 8 Jack Hemp-
sey, wife and child arrived from the
east this morning. With tho utmost
difficulty Jack was induced to speak to
reporters. As soon as he reached the
city ho went to his hotel and tried to
evade interviews.
When finally cornered he spoke very
little, contenting himself with saying of
his eastern trip thut he was outclassed
in the light with l-'itzsimmoiiH. He
looks vory much crestfallen. He leaves
for tho north this evening where he will
attend strictly to business. Ileexpects
to return in time to train Mitchell for
the hitler's fight with Litlllauche, the
"Marino" and may challenge the winuor.
After Mo tullne's Scalp.
Nnw York, Feb. 7 Jack Smith, of
Harlem, a hard hitting but unscienced
pugilist, believes he cm whip Joe Mc
Aulill'e in 10 rounds. He issued a chal
lenge at the "Police Gazette" olfico to
day in which he stated that he is eager
for a try at the "Mission Hoy" and will
box him five or ten rounds in Brooklyn
or iloboken for gate receipts. Billy
Oliver is anxious to hot considerable
money that Smith can defeat McAuliffe.
A MEXICAN VICE-PRKSIDKNT.
Talk of Selecting a Man to Hull Tilings
Win-n Diaz Gets Tired.
Citv okMkxico, Feb. 7 During tho
past month the leaders of the Lilieral
party have been considering the advisa
bility of changing the law of succession
to the presidency. The law provides
that in case of vacancy in the presidency
the President of tho Senate during ses
sions, and the President of the Perma
nent Congress committee during a re
cess, shall succeed. This has given rise
to numerous idle rumors concerning the
intention or President Diaz to retire or
at least go to Europo for a year or two.
It is rumored also that Ex-l'rcsident
Gonzales will bo chosen Vice-President
to take charge during the absence of
Diaz.
The best information obtainable is to
the ell'ect that a vice president is decided
upon, but thut his name is not agreed
ii lion. The names nf both Gonzales and
of Secretary of the Treasury Dublau are
mentioned. Intimate friends of Diaz
declare that he will not go to Europe or
elsewhere during his incumbency, no
matter who may be chosen vice presi
dent. They furthermore assert that
Diaz will serve another term should he
be chosen without much opposition
Buying Armor I'lates.
Washington, Feb. 7 Tho navy de
partment is about to enter into u con
tract with Carnegie, Phipps & Co. of
Pittsburg, for 0000 tons of armor plate of
various thicknesses for armored vessels
now in course of construction. The de
tails of contract have not yet been ar
ranged, but it is understood that the
prices are to be about the same as those
in the contract made with Bethlehem
Iron Works in 1887 by Secretary Whit
ney, and that the total amount will be
about $350,000. The contract with Car
negie, Phipps & Co., was made necessary
by unforeseen delays encountered by the
Bethlehem Co. in putting in their plant
which has prevented them from making
any plates for delivery.
A GOOD MOVE.
Abolition of a Feutlal System of
Justice.
Lonoon, Feb. 7 Charles Seale Hayne,
Liberal M. P. for Aahburton, has pre
pared a bill providing that Justices of
the Peace shall hereafter be elected
instead of appointed by the government.
The tenth of March is set down for the
second reading of the bill, which will be
opposed by the government but receive
general supiort of the Liberals. The
bill embodies an entire revolution in the
minor administration of justice in En
gland. Justices of the Peace now are
nearly all well-to-do Tory sutures who
have their own way in dealing with the
poor people brought before them and
who not infrequently come into court
booted and spurred and whip in hand.
Their decisions are almost always ad
verse to the Liberal cause, and for this
reason Mr. Ferness, the mem ber elected
from Hartlepool, has refused to submit
to the magistrates certain charges of
intimidation in the recent election be
cause he fears they would not do justice.
It is desired to sweep away this oli
garchic system of justice and have all
the minor magistrates elected by the
people. Sir William Harcourt has pro
nounced in favor of the reform and will
support it.
HEART DISEASE DID IT.
Intended to Go Around the World, But
Is Prevented.
London, Fjb. 7 The steamer Em
press of India left Liverpool today for a
circuit of the globe as far as Vancouver,
via Asia. The passengers were from all
parts of the world, but included a large
number of Canadians interested in the
new steamship line to connect with the
Canadian Pacific. Among the intend
ing passengers was Mr. Ilouliston, a
lawyer, of Three Rivers, Quebec. He
came to Great Britain for the express
purpose of taking the trip on the Em
press of India. He went to meet a
friend in Edinburgh, and while in an
office there suddenly died of heart dis
ease. After Eight Uuurs In Germany.
lei,, 8 A manifesto has been
issued by the democrats which
Asserts that the pi'inuri ruadon8 fur
postponement of the la'ior "emonstra
tion until the first Sunday in Ainy, are
the long period during the present
ter in which workmen have been with
out employment and the gravity of the
economic crisis, which has thrown
thousands of wage earners out of em
ployment and subjected them to the ar
bitrary actions of their employers. The
manifesto says the present crisis consti
tutes a reason for an imposing demon
stration, mass meetings and workmen's
excursions in advocacy of a law which
will provide lor a working day ot eight
hours.
Large Soda Works Burned.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 8 Church &
Co.'s. soda works, which covers 43 lots .
in Greenpoint, was burnod early this
morning. The loss is about $200,000
and the insurance $30,000. There was
about 300 men employed in the works
and the night force of 120 were at work
when the fire broke out. Twelve boilers
in the works were to be inspected today.
A watchman said he visited the place
w hen the fire first made its appearance,
10 minutes before, and saw no indica
tion of it. Horses and trucks were
saved by workmen, and bookkeepers suc
ceeded in saving the books. There was
a large quantity of barrels and boxes in
the packing department which burned
rapidly when the flames reached them.
In the Legislature.
. Olympia, Wash,, Feb. 7 The House
convened this morning at 10. Smith of
Okanogan, presented a petition from
citizens of that county praying that in
view of the alarm felt concerning the
hostility of Indians they should be au
thorized to form and equip a cavalry
company.
A petition was presented signed by
2000 persons praying for the creation of
the county of Sherman out of the south
ern part of Spokane and the northern
part of Whitman counties.
Considerable discussion was indulged
in when the Sachs investigating com
mittee asked leave to go to Port Town-
send. Sharpstein of Walla Wulla, sec
onded by Tiffany of Whatcom, led the
opposition to move, but the House sus
tained the committee's proposals.
Chilian Legislators Hiding.
Gai.vbston, Feb. 7 The latost pas
sengers from Valparaiso state thut those
members of the Senate and Chamber of
Deputies who are not imprisoned are in
hiding. Valparaiso has been blockaded
since January 16th by the Blanco, iln
calaza and Obigino, which are about 5
miles from shore. Revolutionists have
taken three steamers belonging to a
Chilian company, also a new cruiser.
Caprlvl Batted.
Berlin, F'eb. 8 In the reicliBtag
today Chancellor Von Caprivl warmly
repudiates the Liberal charges that the
government has neglected to protect
German interests abroad, and that it
has been especially remiss in defending
those interests against English aggres
sion. Stole a Gunboat.
Paris, Feb. 7 After long and patient
waiting the police have succeeded in ar
resting at Mayence the once noted Til-
gen who, in 1873, headed a band of raid
ers who stole a captured F'rench gun
boat lying at Coblontz and sold the voa
sei to Holland.
A Long Tramp on Stilts.
London, Feb. 0 The latest eccentric
character to bid for the curious gaze of
Western Europe is a Frenchman namod
Dornan, who hails from Landes in Gas
cony. Dornan has laid a wager that ho
will walk on stilts from the Russian
frontier to Paris in 30 days. The result
of the feat will be awaited with much
interest. Dornan is an expert on stilts
and a good many other wagers haveleen
laid on his attempt.
Mrs. Diets's Father Missing.
San Francisco, Feb. 8 Alarm is felt
by the friends of the Dieti family over
the non-arrival of Mrs. Dietz's father.
When she was killed by her husband
her father telegraphed lie would start
from Chicago at once to remove the
body and the little child to his home in
the east. He is now three days over
Iita. The bodv of Mrs. Dietz was taken
from Fort Alcatraz to the undertakers
and embalmed.
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