SOON LET CONTRACT I'lnns lor The Dallcs-Cclllo Cann Arc Almost Complete. WILL BEGIN WORK AT UPPER END t Enough Money Now on Hand to Build Upper Lock and Entrance to llio Canal. WanttliiKtoii, April III. Within two weeks, It Is expected, .Major l-ungfltt will I mi Instructed to udvcrtlsu (or bids (or Hie construction of thu llrst lock ol 'I I m Pullcs-Culllo canal, thus launching a project that has Ix'i'ii miilcr consld oration In (inn shnpu or iiiiotlnir (or n generation. Thu chief of engineers him received Major Ijingfltt's plan (or lie ginning construction, hut, owing to tho (act that mivornl details urn not unite cli'iir, thu papers uru to liu ni' turned lor explanation. When they get hack to Washington It la tliotiht llin plan will liti approved iiikI mithor ily grunted to Invito proposals. .Major l.iuiKlllt'h plum, which have been curcliilly worked out In grinl ! tall anil with npimrenl lure, contcm phitn beginning construction on tho upper end of the cuiial ami working downstream. Thin la ilonu to enahlu contractors to make lift) of thu canal us It In completed, section by section. .Major Ijuiglltl Inn prepared pinna for approaches to thu canal at it n upper eiiil, (or thu guard gntm for thu llrnt liH'k near Cclllo, ami for a rowddernblo tdretih of canal. It la iinOMlhlo to tell how lunch work cum Iki iIoiiii with thu money appropriated In the rivers .mid harbors law, but it is nutlclplnted there aru fumls enouith to complete thu Cclllo lock nml riiual eutrunco, anil to do considerable blasting ami nlrnlnlit canal work, hear thu Drat lock it will Im nmnHiry to build an Immense cm liiiukiiieut as thu north wall of thu cu rial. This part of thu canal, ami in fact nil other parts not rut through solid rock, will Iki llncil with cement All embankments will Imi solid of con structlon ami will Iw faced with im incnse rocks to prevent washing In 'ca nons of tt f K 1 1 water. ONLY ONE FARE. rirduccd Rata to Portland Fair from All Eastern Points. ChlcaKo, April 13, Thu action ol tho Trunk Line association meeting held nt New York yesterday was supplement d In this city today by thu Central Piwenger association meeting, which ilcelded to concur with tho former bbso elation In granting a one-way ratu plus 41 from nil lKiluts east to. Chicago for lliofii desiring to attend tho (.owls and Clark fair at I'orthind. Thu Trunk I.iuo association at its meeting yesterday receded from Its for mer demand for it rato of KO pur cent of thu round-trip fare, and agreed tomaku ii one-way ratu plus si from all points In ita territory on thu Atlantic seiv board wtnt to Pittsburg mid lluffiilo. fids was to bo done, provided tho Con tral Passenger association would tako thu wiine rato from tho two latter cities through to Chicago, where tho rates could bu joined with thu samu roncos tdons mucin by thu transcontinental Hues, giving a one-way round-trip rato I rum thu Atlantic to tho l'aclllc. Tho iictlon of the Central Passenger nssocl ntlon rut I lied this ngrccmcnt tiHlay, which makes tho ouu-way rntu from voust to coast certain. This action Assures n Inrgo.nttoud unco at thu Uitvis mid Clark oxposltlon from nil of tho territory lying cast of Chicago, extending to thu Atlnutiu const, between tho Cnmidinii boundary mid tho Ohio river. Tho Central Pus wenger association territory take' In nil the cttlea of tlio east, mid tho rato of iuu faro will Induce thousands of well-to-do persons to mnko Portland the ob jective Hiint In their siiininur and fall vacations. Illinois Will Show Lincoln's Home. Hprlnglleld, III., April 13. Tho commission which Is to hnvu charge of thu state exhibit nt thu I.uwis mid Clark uxjosltloii nt Portland, Or., this HUlnmer, elected Cyrus Thompson chairman and ltcubuii II. Tiffany, of I'rccport, as secretary. Tho commis tdon will hold n mooting nt Springfield noxt TiieBdny. Unless objections nro raised tho commission will mnko tho Htuto building n copy of tho Lincoln home. It was practically decided to exhibit unavailable) Lincoln mementos n thu building during tho fair. Peasants Seizing tho Land, St. Petersburg, April 13. Tho-peni-itnls nt Orguleff, near Oilessu, recently Holr.ed tho bind of soino of thu big es tates mid proceeded to divide It, Troops have beon dispatched to tho scene. Near llyulostok tho peasants demanded that tho landlords censo to usu iiKricultural machinery, and ns their nttltiulu became threatening, Cos uacks were required to dlsporso them. An ndditlonnl forro of Cossacks has been dispatched to keep order, British Steamer Captured. Toklo, April 1.1, Tho llrltlsli stenm or Henry llolckow wus Bulzod by tho Japanese guardahlps off thu island of Hokkaido, April 7. Tho character of lior cargo has not beon divulged nml lior destination Is not stated in tho olllcinl announcement. It la presumed, however, that tho vosscl was bound for Vladivostok, HE 18 DEFIANT. Cnitro Insults United Slates Minister Dowon, Washington, April 12. Throughout llio diplomatic corps keen Interest ux Ists regarding tho sensational answer which Priiddmit Castro Is said to have Hindu to Minister lloweu's latest re ipiest (or arbitration o( thu pemllng itlestlolis laitween thu United Ntntcs anil Venezuela. Although thu Vene zuelan legation olllclnls say thu text ol thu dispatch was not lurluileil In th mall reaching tho legation today, which loll Caracns nllur luu answer was do llvcrcd to .Mr. Ilowvii, It has becomo noised among the diplomats that tho answer was undiplomatic and almost threatening in wording. Tho knowledge possessed by certain diplomats on thu subject hero Indicates clearly that thu character, If not thu exact text, ol thu answer has lieon known (or somu tlmu to tho diplomatic corps In Caracas, nml there is reason to believe that suvernl foreign govern merits have already licon id vised of Ita text. While diplomats who have Inquired at thu Htnlo department have been In formed that practically no action will I mi taken regarding Venezuela until President Koomivclt returns from his Western trip, they nlso luivo received tho Information that, If thu uxnet text of Castro's answer comprises an Insult to thu American uiluister, It will nut him iiuuotlceil. WILL DOUDLE FIELD FORCES Japan it Heady to Meet Flunk's .Re Inforced Arm. Toklo, Apr) 12. Japan is meeting thu Itussliiii plan of reorganization mid relulorcvuieiit of Its armies in Man chiirla with an extensive expedition from its own military organization Thu details mid figures nro carefully concealed of what seems to bo n plan to double thu present army units, but Is reliably estimated that by autumn next thu total military organization will exceed 1,000,000 men actually em ployed In tho field. Thu fighting force Is roughly intimated at 700,000 men, with Increases largely In thu Infantry and nrtlllery, although an enlargement In tho cavalry brunch Is nlso contem plated. As ii result of tho manufacture at the arsenals In Japan, together with cap lures and purchases of guns, It Is pre dicted that this year will see n Japan' eso artillery supcr'or to that of tho Kusalans, in quality ns well as numerl rally, mid It is conlldently believed that tho Kusalans will lie Incapable ol overcoming these numerical advantage vwiciover railway Improvement aro tHHislblo they will bo carried out, when Japan will lie sucllllently strong to take and hold Harbin, and simultaneously continue operations against thu J tun slan forces to tho eastward of that city ALL DEEF TRUST SECRETS OUT Seized Trunks Reveal Inner Workings of Packers' Combine. Chicago, April 12. An investigation by tho redural grand Jury which is In quiring into tho working methods of the alleged ix-ef trust, of n much deeper nature nml n wider scope, it is nsserted, Is to result from tho uxnminationof tho contents of the eight trunks tnken yes terday from thu safety vauslts In tho Klrst National hank building. When these trunks were owned, it Is mild, tho entire secret transactions of thu Aetna Trading company, n coriKiratlon through which thu secret business of tlio big packers was transacted, was re vcalcd to the Jurors, nml ns n conse- mioiico many new witnesses will bo BIllllKM'll.ied. rho trunks mid contents have been impounded by nn order by Judge Fun born, so that no ouu by legal process ran obtain possession ol them. Among tho names of now witnesses subpoenaed Unlay is said to bo that of (1. II. Oodfroy, alleged secretary and treasurer of tho Aetna Trailing com pany, nnd It. II. Cowan, another oil!- cinl of tho company. Tho Initials "It. II. C. appear on each of thu eight trunks tnken from tho vaults, mid It is believed they belong to Cowan. Frauds In Trinity Timber. Pan Francisco. April 12. William II. Huron, Indicted (or subornntion of perjury in tho Trinity county land frauds, was on trial before Judgo Do Haven In tho United States district court today. Iloien's co-defendants, Hurry V. Miller and Frank K. Kin- art, will bo tried in Portland, lloren Is accused of having purBtindcd John M. Layton to falsely swear out nu applica tion for a parrel of land under tho homestead net. It is claimed that tho lofeudants wore representatives of tho Tncoiun IaihI & Lumber company. Says f urmera Formed Trust, Topekn, Knu April 12. Attorney enural Coleman has rendered mi opin- on to tho effect that tho farmers of tho statu aro organized In violation of the nntl-trust law. Tho question was raised by tho Kansas Oralndealersossoclatlon, nnd thu attorney general will bo nBked to bring proceedings against tho farm ers, 10, J. Hmlloy, secretary of thu grain dealers, has been sentenced to servo 1)0 duys In th county Jail for vio lation ol llio nntl-trust law. Total Deaths by Earthquake. Lahoro (l'unlaub), India, April 12, Commissioner Jullundur reports that ns iv result of his Investigations ho esti mates the fatalities resulting from tho recent earthquake In tho Knngrn dis trict at 10,000, nnd In tho Palmnnur district nt 3,000. Tho total number of porsona killed nt Uhnrmsnla was 424, besides tho Gurkhas, who woro crushed to death by the falling of tho stone barracks. FOUND IN TRUNKS Federal Grand Jury Has Secrets of lice! Trust. BOOKS GARFIELD DID NOT FIND Chicago Inquisitors Dlvo Into Eight Trunks Containing Story of Packers' Dealings. Chicago, April 11. Tho contents of eight myostorlous trunks, unearthed by government secret service men in thu vaults of tho Nutionul Hufo Deposit company, occupied the attention titdny of tho l'cdcral grand Jury which Is In vestlgatlng thu affairs of tho beef trust. A subpoena duces tecum for Daniel Peckhuiii, secretary of thu safe deposit company, was Issued by Judge Ijindl to force thu company to produce tho trunks in thu jury room. Tho trunks were taken to thu ofllco of District At torney Morrislou, where, It Is said, they weru opened and their contents examined. What tho trunks contained and what connection they have 'with thu ruso is not known, ns the government olllclals refuse to discuss the matter, declining to either deny or confirm thu explana tion current that thu trunks might be long to tho jiackers. District Attorney Morrlslon Institut ed tho action by which tho ti links were seized after a witness, whoso identity is carefully guarded, had startled the grand Jurors with revelations as to thu former business methods of the pack ers, lie is said to havo tcsiiiieu mat n double system of bookkeeping had been employed by certain packing firms, ono set of Uioks showing tho secret relations of the alleged combine and being ac cessible only to trusted eiqployes, and the other set showing figures to which the packers Invited the attention of tho government exports who Investigated for Commissioner Garfield. While .Mr. Peckham declined to dis close thu Identity of tho person or per sons who stored tho trunks with his company, no admitted that tins was done on March 23, three days niter tho grand Jury began Its investigations. riuspicions have been entertained for a long time by the Federal olllclals con nected with the investigation that the readiness with which tiie packing firms welcomed an examination of their books by tho government experts was not altogether genuine. The work of tho secret scrvlco operators produced results, it Is said, which tended to strengthen these suspicons, and when a witness who testified mora than a week ago let drop tho hint that Commission er (Jarfleld's experts had not seen nil tho books of the packers, he was called upon to explain. NO EIGHT-HOUR LAW ON CANAL European Nations Will Appoint En' glneers to Advise Commission. Washington, April 11. Chief En gineer Wallace, of the Isthmian canal commission, had an interview with eecreUiry Tuft today, in which the con ditions on thu canal were discussed. Afterwanls Mr. Wallace met those members of tho commission who are in the city. As to tho right of the com mission to employ labor for mora than eight hours per day, there is n belief that the eight-hour law does not apply to the canal zone. Chief Engineer Wallace says that It would very seriously impede work to invo tho eight-hour law In effect dur ing tho construction of tho canal. It would be Impossible to make uniform lours for nil labor, because some labor must bu employed 12 hours, while 10 ion rs is the rule for most of the work- inginen. Tho session of tho canal commission today was devoted to an explanation of existing conditions on the isthmus, en gineering nnd otherwise, by Chief En gineer Wallace, who attended the meet ing ns n commissioner for tho first time. Chairman Shouts is expected to bo present nt tho meeting tomorrow. American Squadron is Out. Manila, April 11. Tho American vice consul nt Singapore reports that a Russian tleet consisting of six battle- ships, six cruisers, six converted cruls- rs, eight torpedo bout destroyers, ono hospital ship, ono repair ship nnd 111 colliers, have passed Singapore, headed this way Mho American cruiser Kal- vlgh, tho torpedo bout destroyers Harry and Chauiieoy nnd tho supply ship (ieneral Alvarndn, have been dispatch ed to patrol tho west const of Palawan island to vnforco neutrality. Three other destroyers nro preparing to sail. Can't Convict for Deporting Miners.' Cripple Creek, Col., April 11 Dis trict Attorney Clarence Hamlin today iiolled tho cases of tho people against Nelson Franklin and 40 othor promin ent citizens of Cripple Creek district who weru charged with thu deportation of certain persons August 20 last nipt prior to that time, and with looting union stores. Mr. Hamlin said tho cases had already caused nn expense of nearly $5,000 mid In his opinion tboro wus small chance, of convicting. Brands Officers as Cowards. Ounslm Pass, April 11 General I.lnluvltch has pilloried a number of olllcers who displayed cowardice during the battle of Mukden, publicly disgrac ing them by posting their names nt nil tho division hendquartors, while somo of them were Ignoinlnlously drummed out ol camp. NO HOPE OF TARIFF REVISION. Hantbrough 8ays Next 8enlon Will Da Devoted to Rate Quaitlon. Washington, April 11. Senator Ifanshroiigh, of North Dakota, a strong advocate of a readjustment of the tariff, neiioves mat l lie cliancu of tariff revis ion has passed and that nothing will bo done In the linint-date future looking to tho readjustment of the Dlnglcy rates to meet changing conditions. While Mr. Hanshrough is a strong protection 1st, ho believes the existing tariff should ho readjusted, but ho has come to thu conclusion that the stand-patters havo convinced tho president that no revision Is necessary. He thinks the postponement of the extra session until October 16 put an end to all chance of tariff revision. It is his opinion, and tho view is shared by many other men In Washington, that a session called to meet October 10 for the purtiose of passing a railroad rato bill will not find opportunity to consider another such weighty topic ai tho tariff. He declares that congress will consume the time from October 15 to Deceinlier 1 In organizing commit tees and getting ready for actual work. Ho furthermore believes that the two or three weeks preceding the holiday recess will lj wasted on some pretext or other, and that congress will not get down to business before tho second week in January. In his opinion it will bo easy enough to drag out the dis cussion of the railroad rate bill through the entire long session, leaving no time for a consideration of a tariff bill. This lielug the situation, as he seel it, Mr. Hanshrough has abandoned all hope of having the tariff revised. PUT NO TRUST IN MINES Fortification Experts Favor Subma rines for Coast Defense. Newport, It. I., April 11. The third committee of the fortification board, of which Admiral Charles J. Thomas, U. 8. N., is chairman, is devoting special attention to the dangers incident to the use of submarine mines, and it Is learned that emphasis will lie placed on the advantage of substituting submar ine boats for mines for harbor defense. Discussing this subject, a member of the committee said today: Mines cannot be relied on in times of Mar. Trials given submarines in Narragansett bay resulted unsuccess fully, due chiefly to the strong currents which sweep trhough the harbor and entrances to the bay and make these defenss extremely dangerous. This Is one of the important subjects that the fortification board has already taken up and will thoroughly examine during the Inspection of fortifications and the land and floating defenses. "The established fact that a number of the Itusslan warships were blown up by their own submarine mines, and the present practice in England of dis carding submarine mine defenses to a great extent in harbors where there are wide channels to defend and where the tides aro strong, and placing there sub marine boats, has added to the senti ment in favor of replacing mines with boats." JAPANESE EQUALLY CONFIDENT Believe Russian Fleet Has Secret Base in Pacific Ocean. Toklo, April 11. Vice Admiral Ro jestvensky's second Paclcfl squadron has not been reported since it passed Singapore. Its whereabouts and tho plans of Kojestvensky aro subjects of tho keenekt speculation. It la quite generally assumed that Kojestvensky doe? not desire an imme diate buttlu nnd that he will attempt to reach Vladivostok, where there are docks and shops, or seize a ba6e. Tho latter course is deemed unsatisfactory. on account of poor facilities and the danger of political complications. Many believe that the Kusalun naval commander has a second rendezvous in the Pacific ocean, and that he will speedily quit tho China sea nnd go eastwnrd of the Philippines. If Vladi vostok is his objective, the Pacific Is considered to bo tnoro favorable for tho accomplishment of his purpose, al though it largely depends on Kojest vensky himself. Tho Japuneso newspapers and public express relief and pleasure over tho ap proach of the Kusslan squadron, and confidence that Togo will win. Cavalrymen in the Guardhouse, llurllngton, Vt., April 11. Twenty flvo members of Troop II, Fifteenth cavalry, commanded by First Lieuten ant George T. How-man, are in the guardhouse at Fort Ethan Allen tonight as the results of disturbances ollowing payday, while as many more are being sought by a detail of soldiers. The SO troopers left tho post Immediately after pnyiluy on Thursday, nnd mnuy dis turbances In this city mid Winooski followed. The men claim a grievance agautst Lieutenant Bowman, as a reason for their recent absence. New Mexican Steamer Lines. Mexico City, April 11. Considerable progress has been made toward the in auguration of a steamship lino between Mexciau gulf ports arid Canada and It Is probable thnt stennws of tho new line will begin their trips next month. Tho question has arisen as to whether steamers shall call at Cuban ports, as first Intended nnd afterward changed. The government objects to making stops at Cuban ports, but It is hoped to se cure Ita consent to this. Designs for Mexico's New Coins. Mexico City, April U. President Diaz has Issued n decree regulating the designs for tho new coins of the re public. Provision Is mado for the now gold coins of $10 and f 5 each, and for new sliver dollars dlllering but slightly from the present coins. HERE SHE Cincinnati Post FIJI TItEE AS BELFKY. UNIQUE 8PIRE OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, TACOMA. Lltll HonKof Worahlp Ilullt Around the Hundred-foot Trtink ofthBeven-Centorj-OM Monarch of tbo Forent-r Core red with KnslUh ly. The oldest belfry In the United HUtes, and one of the oddest church towers In the world. Is the spire of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. Id the outsklrfa of Tacoma. This church supplies also what Is perhaps the first case on record In which a congregation selected a belfry and built the rest of the church around It. Although the spire Is made entire ly of wood. It Is now 700 years old, and will probably be standing when many comparatively new Iron and steel bel fries have been razed. Forty years ago the pioneers of Ta coma organized a church society. They selected a site for their place of wor ship In a forest of Douglas flr trees that skirted the shore of Puget Sound and stretched Inward for many miles. Out of these Immense, shaggy-barked trees thnt towered upward for 200 feet without n branch below the upper half, they chose one eight feet In diameter to serve ns the steeple. When the brunch-benrlng portion of the tree had been cut nwny to prevent tho fulling of limbs hi rase of n storm, there was left a bare trunk nearly 100 foot high. Ileslde It there was built a plain little structure. The bell was fastened to the tree, and tho little church, with Its enduring steeple, was complete. In later years the women or the con gregation planted English Ivy nt the base of the tree, which In time not only shrouded the steeple In u thick green cloak, but crept through the church windows, until Anally the Inner walls and celling were covered. When tho roof had becomo moss grown, St. Peter's formed n picture of sylvan beauty more appreciated by artists who riime to know It than by the little con gregation (tself. The ivy covering of the steeple was so thick that for years the tones of the bell scarcely penetrated through the leafy blanket. Recently the hindering foliage has been cut away, nnd the belfry has again becomo both useful and ornamental. ALLOW NO WASTE. Becret of UuntneBsBucceittt la FlmUni.ii Use for lverjrtlilnic. "Ono of tho great secrets of business success lies in avoiding waste," re marked a successful business man the other day. "Iu this single fart lies tho principal reason for the great success of thu Armours, the Swifts, tho Stand ard Oil Company, the American Sugar Kenning Company and practically ev ery other largo and successful ludus try. Take tho packing Industry as an example. Nothing Is allowed to go to waste. The buttons that you wear on your coat aro mado out of the blood of tlio cattle, nogs anu sueep. iiisieiiu or allowing this blood to go to waste It Is gathered up, congealed and manufac TUG OU1EST llEr.ritV IN AMERICA COMES. tured Into buttons. The hoofs of tbo cattle are manufactured Into combs and brushes. Glue, vaseline and doz ens of other by-products are manufac tured out of thu entrails and other por tions of the animals that at one time were allowed to go to waste. At tho present time these by-products furnish one of the principal sources of revenue to the beef packing companion. "Take as another illustration tin Standard Oil Company: When this company was first organized the vol ume of waste In the business of refin ing oil was enormous. Crude oil was taken and refined and the refined oil was practically the only product Ev erything else was allowed to go to waste. The Standard Oil Company, however, began taking this waste and manufacturing It Into by-products. It will doubtless bo a surprise to many to learn that the company to-day has no less than thirty-two by-products. The revenue derived from the sale of these Is enormous. Yet previous to tho organization of the Standard Oil Com pany practlcaly all of these by-products went to waste. "The railroad Industry furnishes an other Illustration: The effort to econ mlze In small Items of expenditure and save waste Is the main object In most of the enormous investments that tho railroads have made during the last few years. The number of train miles run In 1000 was 830,000,082. It Is celar that a saving on each of these train miles, although amounting In It self to but a fraction of a cent will aggregate an enormous sum when ap plied to the total number of train miles. For Instance, suppose that the railroads of the country are able through Improved operation to save the small sum of only 2 cents per train mile. This would be equivalent on the 85a.000.OS2 train miles run In 1000 to a total saving of over J17.000.000. This Is equivalent to nn annual dividend of 4 per cent on $02r,000.000. It Is easy to understand how the right man, who cau bring about such a small saving in tho cost of a train mile, can demand n salary of more than $100,000 a year." New York Commercial. EDITOR, SOLDIER. STATESMAN. The Lute General Joseph ltoawelt Haw lex nn Able Benator. Tho death of Joseph Koswell Ilnw- ley, of Connecticut removed one of the able men of the United States Sen ate. He was born nt Stewnrtsvllle, ltlchuiond County, N. C October 21, ISi'i). nnd gradu ated at Hamilton College In 1847. In lS-"0 he was ad mitted to tlio bur ut Hartford, Oonn., and that place had since been hi home. He prac J, B. UAWLEY. ticed law six nnd one-half years, an I In 1857 became editor of the Hartford Press, which ten years later was con solidated with tho Courant and he be came editor, lu 1S(11 he enlisted In the United States army as u captain, and nt the close of tho war he was n brigadier general and brevet major general. In ISOif he wns elected Gov ernor of Connecticut, nnd In 1872 was sent to Congress. From the House of Iteprc-sentntlves he went to the Senato la 1881, heiug continuously re-elected until this winter, when UM'ienlth re moved him from the list of nrnlkiblo candidates. Ho was nt the head of tho Centen nial Exposition lu 1870, was a trustee of Hamilton College, nnd had -received various marks of distinction. A long-headed farmer tied an empty Jioer bottlo to a fenco iost along thu railroad trncK. isvery time u tram pares thnt way tho fireman tires a lump of coal nt the bottle, and all win ter long, while the rest of tho world has been wrostltng with tho eojl famine, this farmer has had plenty of fuel, and to spare. Is llfo worth living? It depends al together on the stomach. 1