It's a Cold Day When We Get Left.
VOL. IX.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18,- 1898.
NO. 43.
WILL ACT AS ONE.
TVfO FINE CRUISERS.
BOWERY MISSION FIRE.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.-
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
In Interesting Collection of Item From
. the Mew and the Old World In a
. Condensed and Comprehensive Form
Thirty-sis oarlonds of ammunition
have been sent to Tampa, Fla. ; '-
Caa A finlilVivArla ha Kaon on.
' pointed commissioner for the district of
; Alaska. ., i . ,
Not slnoe the civil war, it is said,
has such acrivity been seen at. Sandy
' hook. ; . - . ... - . i,. .. ..
:The first step looking to consolida
tion oi .- tne American and raciuo ex
press Companies has been taken. - J.
A, Brewster, of Kew York, late head
clerk in the accounting department of
the American company, has taken
charge of the auditing department of
ine x-aciDo. . - . , x.-. . -4'
A patient at' the Oregon Sstate In
sane asylum, C. B. Clialfield, pushed
ir'attendant, Arthur Moore, through a
window and jumped out himself. The
fall was from the third story, and the
attendant and patient are now in the
asvlum hospital, under treatment- for
fraotured bones and bruised flesh.
: !-f'Two estimates of appropriations to
meet theoost of the recent addition of
two regiments of artillery to the army
' have ben sent to congress , by Secre
tary Alger. One was of a supplemental
estimate of $40,131 for the pay of the
army for the fiscal year, and the other
of a deficiency of $154,150 in. the cur
rent year appropriations to defray the
expenditures for the remainder of this
year." ' " ' ' -..;-.-- c .
PThe; Washington state superintend
ent has refused to issue .certificates to
; applicants in the recent examination
on account of violation of the rules
which presoribe that no communication
shall be allowed during the time the
candidate is writing upon the ques
tional This is the third time the su
perintendent has enforoed the law re-
lilting to certification--.. One - of the
rases is hfild In' the courts nf Plprca
county still undecided, " upon . the de
cision of which rests the, superintend
ent'svrights in the premises. -'-J . .
jBenjamin Cluff, jr., presldont of the
Brigham Young aoademy at Provo,
Utah has returned from a visit to the
Hawaiian islands, where lie went at
the solicitation of United States Sena
tor Frank J, Cannon, to determine the
status of the . annexation - sentiment
among the Hawaiian islands., .He said:
"As a result of my investigation I
- wchild say that probably one-half of the
intelligent natives of the islands are
pronounced ' advocates of . annexation"
Of the remaining one-half I would say
that. the great majority are primarily
in favpr of the restoration of the mon
archy, and secondly . they would much
prefer annexation to the United States
to'(a continuation of the present govern
wjnt-" v; . ;V '" v
.Dispatches from " Western Ontario'
" tel of the overflow of the Grand and;
' Thames rives, causing serious damage,
along their valleys. Sections of Lon-;
dan, Brantford and Qalt . are - sub
merged to a depth of from five to seven
feet. Iii London 1,600 "people 'are
homeless. Bridges and buildings were
swept away by the rushing torrent. In
Brautford the firemen and citizens
fought the raging water an entire day;
but were finally beaten out, and West
Brantford is a regular lake. ; At Gait a
heavy loss is sustained by the - business
portion. .The ice jam; in the Grand
river gave way and the flood following
Jt tore away bridges, trees and wrecked
a number of factories and private resl-
. dences,;) i.''rl I " ':''r' 'IT C "?
Charles Cutten,' night agent of the
j T" n . . l f tn .
O., disappeared with a $10,000 pack
age. The United States Bupfeme court has
affirmed the decision of Judge Bellin
ge'r,"bf the cirouit court, upholding the
Mortgage ' tax law ' of Oregon, passed
October 28. 1893.; " ;
The Pacific r cable bill hire been
agreed to in the house committee on
interstate and foreign . commeroe. It
provides for the construction of a cable
from San Francisco to the Hawaiian
islands. ,; i..;..
Advices from the Orient, brought by
, the '. steamship Empress - of - India,
whioh has arrived in Vancouver, B. 0.,
tell of the almost complete destruction
of Manila, Philippine islands, by fire.
Five million dollars' worth of property
was destroyed.'.
There has been a heavy fall in stocks
of all kinds in London in consequence
of rumors from '. China, West Africa,
Spain and Amerioa, with rumbling
thunder all around the sky. There are
signs of alarm in every seotion of the
stock list, American- securities showing
the greatest weakness. . Nothing short
of a mlraole can preserve the peace of
the world, it is believed among British
statesmen and politicians, wires the
New York World's London correspond
ent. Not since the Napoteonio wars
has danger threatened from so many
quarters. -- . .
England and Japan Combine to Resist
Russia's Kncroachments in China.
. New York, March 16. A dispatch
to the Herald from Toklo says: The
Herald correspondent learns on un
questionable authority that Japan is a
party to the negotiations now going on
between England and Ruttsia at St
Petersburg, and that while no alliance
exists between England and Japan,
they have a definite understanding and
are acting in harmony. A high diplo
matic official said: ; :
"You may say positively that Japan
will-back up England against Russia,
and if England maintains a firm atti
tudo, all immediate danger of war is
passed, unless Russia is' resolved to
fight at once. In view of England's
great, superiority at sea and .her pos
session of all the available coal in the
Eastern ports, Russia will probably
take a conciliatory tone for the pres
ent." - . :;,-"
The - Herald correppondent visited
Marquis Ito today, - and asked him
whether - the Jajanese government
would, sell the cruisers Chitose and
Sakagi to Amerioa. The marquis hesi
tated a moment, and replied: T. ,- -.':
"I will make inquiries of my naval
colleagues, but I think I may say that
Japan prefers to get possession of all
the ships building for her as soon as
possible. o Orders have already- been
made to bring the ships to Japan, and
the builders have been requested . to
hasten their completion." ; -
After a pause the marquis continued
slowly and impressively: ." - v ' --
"The news of the last few days in
dicates a critioal state of affairs else
where than on. the Western continent,
and we consider it only prudent to con
tinue our provisions for the national
defense. I hope the people of the
United States will not take offense at
Japan's unwillingness to part with
these cruisers. I have always appreci
ated their kindly feelings for Japan.
The United States is a nation above all
others where public, "sentiment abso
lutely controls the national policy, and
for that reason I wish to have the peo
ple there understand that Japan re-,
tains the ships, not from a lack of
willingness to oblige the United States,
but because she needs them herself.'.'
"In case of war between the United
States and Spain, your excellency," the
correspondent asked, ."will ; Japan al
low the warships of both belligerents
to take coal at Japanese ports, or refuse
it to both?"
"That opens a long vista of possibil
ities," he replied. r.:"Soine authorities
contend that coal and even ' provisions
should be contraband of war, as both
are necessary to maintain hostilities at
sea. ' Whenever war is declared be
tween two or more powers, Japan, if
neutral, will bear in mind in deciding
the coal question the manner in which
her decision will affect all the belliger
ents and her own interests."
The Herald correspondent learns that
Japan has received a oable from Eng
land .or all' -the warships building for
her in English private yards, consist
ing of three 16,000-ton battle ships and
three first-class - armored oruisers - of
about 10,000 tons each. The offer has
been refused." v .' "- 7 .
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NEW' REVENUE CUTTERS ;
' . - -.-..- - -: ' 1 - .- -
The Senate Passes a Bill for the Con.
struotton of Bight.
Washington, March 16. During the
session of. three hours today the senate
passed a considerable number of bills
from the general calendar," among them
being one authorizing the seoretary. of
the treasury to have constructed eight
vessels for the revenue cutter service,
as follows: .i One to take the place of
the Seward, cost not to exceed $160,
000; one to take the place of the Mc
Lane, cost not to exceed $160,000; one
to take the plaoe of the Boutwell, cost
not to exceed $160,000; one for servioe
on and in the vioinity of the Columbia
river bar, Paoifio coast, cost not to ex
ceed $250,000: one for harbor service
at Philadelphia, to replaoe the steamer
Washington, cost not to exceed $45,-
000; one for harbor service at Boston,
to replace the steamer Hamlin, cost not
to exceed $45,000; one for harbor ser
vice at New York, to replaoe the Chan
dler, cost hot to exceed $45,000. :
The ! national -quarantine bill was
made the regular order, and will be
taken up probably on Friday. , ,
The proceeding in the house today
were utterly devoid of public interest.
The time was : devoted - to District -of
Columbia business. , This waB conclud
ed at 4:15 P. M. The senate' bill was
passed to ohange the name of the port
of colleotion at Suspension . Bridge, to
Niagara Falls. The senate bill was
passed whioh granted a right-of-way
through the Indian territory to the
Dennison, . Bonham & New Orleans
railroad, also a senate bill granting; a
right-of-way .through - the Winnebago
Indian reservation to the Northwestern
road; ' also to authorize the Monroe
company to construot a bridge across
the Hed river at Grand Ecore.
MRS. THURSTON DEAD.
The Senator's Wife Expired
on the
' Anita In Cuba.
Havana,;. March 16. Consul-Gen
eral Lee: received he' following 1 tele
gram this afternoon from Mr. Barker,
United States consul at - Sagua la
Grande: . ' ; .- ' -" '
'The wife of Senator Thurston died
on the Anita today. Shall give every
attention and wire vou from Boca,"
Everything . u Points - to . an
: External Explosion.
THE VIEWS OF AN EXPERT
Captain Perttl's Arguments Refuted
Spanish Divers' Method of . Work
The Court of Inquiry. "
Havana, March 15. It is impossible
to send direct from Havana, anything
in refutation of Captain Peral's state
ment of yesterday regarding the views
of ' the Spanish board of inquiry on
the Maine - disaster. - However, an
American expert says in effeot, and
his words are worthy of. weight, as he
knows absolutely of what he is talking:
"1 am a graduate of the torpedo-
whool and have studied the effects of
torepdos and mines from observation
and experiments. A torpedo exploded
at a depth of six "feet would throw a
column of water 100 feet Into the air;
at 12 feet,' 10 feet in the air, and at 80
feet, would hardly raise a small wave.
A detonator of gun ootton in the open
air makes a mark of i,ts own size in
steel, or blows stone - into fragments.
In the water, a torpedo itself would not
be felt at any distance. It requires
tne resistance of a solid body, and
would be dissipated in water or mud.
This disposes of the wave theory and
the affecting of shore or boats in the
harbor.'? i;
As to the hole in the Maine, the ex
pert in question makes the most im
portant statement that the Maine drew
28 to 80 feet at the time of the explo
sion, and had about' 10 feet of ' water
below her .bottom.- On the port side,
where the United States divers are
now at woik, there is at present 27
feet of water. May this not be the
hole, which Captain Peral says could
not be found? f- If It was, the hole was
more than seven feet deep when the
explosion took plaoe, and had greatly
filled since. ,
As to the finding of dead fish,' the
court of inquiry has not seen a solitary
fish since work began on the wreck.
The bodies reoovered from the Maine
have not been touched by fishes. 8ome
of the fishermen in Havana testified
that there were no fish inside the har
bor, the waters being too foul for them.
Further, as to the alleged discoveries
of Spanish divers." reported to" Captain
Peral, five American divers have been
working on the port side of the wreck
on an average of seven hours per day
each for nearly three weeks, in a space
50 feet long and 20 feet wide. The
Spanish divers have never been inside
the wreck at all, neither have they
ever been on the port side, devoting
the short hours whioh they spent un
der water to the starboard and forward
parts and outside the hull. . - ?
Eeoently, to their own surprise, they
brought up two cans of ammuntion for
the six-inch guns, not exploded. They
dropped them back when the light of
the surface showed that they were un
exploded and what their nature was.
The Spanish divers often go down
only long enough to wet their suits,
and then come up and hide behind a
blanket on the barge, where they sleep
or rest for a couple of hours, and then
go ashore and report that they cannot
see anything In the mud and water.
They oould not have found the ram of
the Maine, since they have not been
down in the locality of that part of the
werok. They have not located the tur
ret with the 10-inch guns, though the
spot has been pointed out by Captain
Sharp, of the' wreckers. All of these
facts are known by the United States
court of inquiry, having been elicited
by the testimony of persons who know.
The expert Interviewed by the corre
spondent expresses the belief that the
Maine was blown up by what is known
as a Newport torpedo, a stationary
torpedo, or something of the same na
ture. This engine of : destruction is
the . joint production of the labors of
Commander Converse, commander of
the Montgomery; Lieutenant-Com
mander McLean, now in command of
the ' torpedo station at Newport, and
Lieutenant Holman, ordnance officer
of the Maine at the time of the ex
plosion. The Newport torpedo oan be
planted from a small boat, and the ex
pert believes that this one was explod
ed by being struck on '. the port of the
Maine - forward of amidships as she
swung at her moorings. He thinks
this more likely than that wires were
laid . from shore, as the wires, if laid
for any length, -would sink deep in the
harbor mud. . - -.
It would be singular if it should
prove that the Maine was blown up
by a torpedo in the invention of which
one of her principal officers, Lieutenant
Holman, bore a notable part. , . . i.
All the foregoing statements came
from the authority on which the court
depended for much of its evidence, and
is given to the correspondent without
reservation, except as to the name and
rank of the giver. . , The expert further
believes that the destroying mine was
made ' up of four torpedoes, ; of 86
pounds each, of wet and -dry gun cot
ton, or 144 pounds in all.
In the judgment of the correspond
ent, the United States court of inquiry
is fully aware of the views which the
Spanish Court of inquiry will promul
The Government Seonres a Fair of Bra-
. - cllian Vessels. 1
.Washington, March 16. A week's
negotiations closed today by the tri
umphant purchase by the navy depart
ment in London of the two fine cruiserB
Amazonas and Admiral Abrenall, built
and building at Elsewick for the Bra-
zilian government. Possibly the offi
cials took more pleasure in closing the
business in this matter because of the
knowledge . that Spanish agents had
been striving to secure these very shipi
and tn at to Spain, it is said, they would
be of: much greater value in case of
trouble than to the United States. V
The next question is how to get the
ships home, and. that has not yet been
settled, according to the secretary of
the navy. The United States flag will
be hoisted over the new ships within a
week, probably; and just as soon as the
crew can be put aboard the Amazonas,
she will start for the United States.
The other vessel ' will follow at . the
earliest possible mo&ent. The terms
of the sale are secret. . ,-:" .' i
The availability of the two Brazilian
ships was first brought to the attention
of the navy department by Mr. Lane,
agent of the Nordenfeldt Company, who
was authorized to dispose of these ships
building at Elsewick, and two others
in course of construction" in France.
Mr. Lane said today that the two ships
purchased would be a most desirable
acquisition to the American navy, as
they were the latest and best produots
of the famous Armstrong yards. One
of the ships is complete in every re
spect, has her coal supply and ammuni
tion on board, and steam can be raised
at any time. There will be no trouble
in bringing this ship across, as an ade
quate force from the local yards can
be secured for the service. ; It is said
the coal and ammunition on board
passed with the sale to the United
States. The ammunition is not of the
Kind in use by the American navy,- so
that the supply of ammunition is a
neoessary adjuriot of the new ships. . ;'
' The other ship has been" launched,
but it will take some time to make her
ready for sea. Mr. Lane believes, bow
ever, that there will be no difficulty in
bringing her over immediately if it is
desired to make the move without de
lay, as the hull of the ship is so well
along that she could be towed, and her
own sail power' utilized for' the trip.
Senator Proctor visited the White
House an'd up-town departments today,
and his calls exoited a great deal of in
terest. - He spent half an hour with
Seoretary Alger, explaining, it is be
lieved, the military situation in Cuba,
and afterwards held a conference with
Judge Day, assistant secretary of state.
Then he went to the White House, and
was closeted with the president for two
hours. When he emerged from the
room he courteously declined to speak
regarding the nature of the informa
tion he has communicated to the presi
dent." ; . "'7 -',' " " ; ',''
' The two Brazilian ships will be ex
tremely valuable additions to the Uni
ted States navy in either war or peaoe,
in the opinion of Seoretary Long, who
acknowledges they . have been bought
by the United States. They are steel
sheathed and coppered, with twin
screws. The Amazonas 1b rated at
1,400 tons displacement, with an indi
cated horsepower, under - natural
draught, of 7,000, which is calculated
to develop 20 knots ipeed. -
Thus, while the ship is about the
size of the : Charleston, she is much
faster. Her armament is also much
more formidable, not so muoh in cali
ber, for the main battery is made up of
six-inch guns, but the guns are what is
known as 50-caliber length, giving them
an unusual range and power. In addi
tion to this they have 10 6-pounder
quick-firing guns,, four 1-pounders, four
Maxim machine" guns, and two boat or
field guns. - The torpedo' tubes are
three in number. '
The Coal capacity is 850 tons, giving
her an effective steaming radius of
8,000 knots, a most valuable feature,
inasmuch as it would enable the ship
to cross and recross the Atlantic with
out coaling. Such a vessel as a com
meroe destroyer would be vastly .more
effective than what appears to be more
powerful oraft, because of their ability
to get - along on ; long- cruises 'without
touching at neutral ports to coal, and
thus exposing themselves to capture.
The bureau of ordnance of the war
department opened - bids today for a
large supply of armor-piercing projec
tiles, and for 13,000,000 rifle ball car
tiidges. . The bidding brought together
a number of representatives of large
steel and ammunition companies, some
of whom took occasion to : giva assur
ances that in the present, emergenoy,
government would be given the prefer
ence oyer commercial orders. ''
The .bidders for steel projectiles,
varying in size from the 8-inch : steel
capped shot to the 1,000-pound shot,
were the Midvale . Steel . Company, the
Batha-IUingsworth Co., the Carpenter
Stoel Company and the Furth Sterling
Company. The bids varied only slight
ly on the various olasess of heavy shot,
running from $116 each for the 8-inch
to $185 each from the 1,000-pocnders.
The bids for rifle cartridges were in
two parts, 10,000,000 being standard
metallic ball oartldges, with brown
powder, and 2,000,000 new cartridges, .
with smokeless powder." There were
three bidders, viz: " The Union Metal
lic Cartridge Company, the - United
States Cartridge Company, and the
Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
Arraigned by the Kansas Pop
ulist Administration.
MAXIMUM FREIGHT RATE LAW
Governor - Leedjr Declares the Iteeent
Nebraska Case Decision Was Palpa
bly Wrong An Address Issued.
Topeka, Kan. , March 14. The Popu
list administration of the state of Kan
sas gave out a startling publio address
today, one bristling with severe criti
cism of the recent - decision of the
United States supreme court in the Ne
braska maximum freight case. The ad
dress is significant in that Governor
Leedy has already taken' steps prelim
inary to calling the state legislature in
special session, with the especial pur
pose of enacting a maximum freight
rate law. While the address is given
out over the signature of Governor
Leedy, it had first been approved by
Chief . Justice Hosier, of the state su
preme court and other prominent Pop
ulists. ' In giving the address to the
reporters. Governor Leedy said: ,. .,
. "How long do you suppose a man can
write treason like this without getting
into jail? You may put my signature
to it and make it a signed statement, so
that if anybody goes to jail it will be
me." :; v -. .
The governor begins his address with
the statement that for a year the press
dispatches have said that the opinion
in the Nebraska case would be adverse
to the state. Then he saysi "
"The opinion has been handed down,
and the Associated Press dispatches say
that it is a olean victory for the rail
roads. On the' contrary, . it is an un
clean victory in every respect of the
case, showing that no matter how care
fully the robes of justice are ; folded
about . the personnel of the supreme
oourt, the robes can no longer oonceal
the cloven hoof of offiolal malfeasance
and usurpation. As this decision was
due a year ago, and as there, was no
known reason for the delay, and as the
decision as rendered confirms the state
ments made in the Associated - Press
dispatches from time to time, strong
color is ' given to the suspicion that
the press dispatohes emanated - from
some person in touch ; with the court,
and were for the purpose of feeling the
pulse of the publio and preparing it
for the decision whioh goes ranch fur
ther in the direction of usurping power
than any that has been made." ,
" The governor- declares that the con
stitution of Nebraska gives the legis
lature power to; establish - maximum
charges for transportation,' and de
clared that the' supreme court has tried
Via abrogate it . He challenges Justice
Harlan's declaration that a corporation
is a person under the 14th amendment
to the federal constitution, and says: '
"I deny it, and so will everybody
but a corporation lawyer or a subserv
ient judioial tool of oorporate inter
eats.",..:;. '; 7."
Governor Leedy then quotes the 14th
amendment, and says: ,. - ;
"How, in the name of God, can this
apply to corporations? Corporations
are not born; they are created made
by law. " They cannot - be naturalized;
they can take no oath of '. allegianoe;
only human beings can do that."
After more in the same strain, the
governor, still referring to the 14th
amendment, says: r.-- - --..
"Who are the persons who shall not,
according to the provisions, be deprived
of life, liberty or property, nor be de
nied equal legal protection? Every
body outside the asylum and off the
judicial bench knows them to be and
to only be natural persons. They are
those.;" who, beside - the capacity to
hold property and enjoy legal protec
tion, also have life and can enjoy lib
erty, and that means human beings."
Continuing, the governor quotes
'Hare on American Constitutional
Law," and a decision by Justice
Woods, of the United States cirouit
court, afterward supreme court justice,
to prove that the 14th amendment does
not refer to corporations, and declares
that the Woods decision had been : fol
lowed in California, Rhode Island . and
other states from 1870 to 1882, "when
Justioe Field and another federal "jus
tice of the peaoe named Sawyer decided
the other way, and since then, when
ever a corporation starts out to oommit
highway robbery, pick a man's pocket,
or loot a publio treasury, it liguises it
self as a person' and goes out on its
mission of plunder. Nobody . but a
slave or a knave will yield assent to the
hideous distortion of meaning which
Judge Harlan gives to the word 'per
son,' as used in the 14th amendment,
and npon which he bottoms his - infa
mous decision, and which shows to
what depths of iniquity the supreme
court of the United States has de
scended." '7 - ..
"I desire," the governor . said, "to
quote some of the decisions of the su-:
preme court of the United States before
it went into partnership with Morgan,
Vanderbilt, Gould & Co., in opposi
tion to the opinion' they t hold in the
Nebraska ' case. " (Long decisions by
Marshall in 1860 are quoted). . 7 .
In conclusion, Governor Leedy states
that his maximum rate bill will be
presented to the Kansas legislature. i
Eleven Men Were Burned to Death In
... the Flames.
New York, March 15. Eleven men
Wt their lives in the fire which swept
the Bowery mission lodging-house this
morning and left it a blackened shell.
Their bodies are so charred that most
ti them may never be recognized. The
lead are supposed to be:
Ellas Cuddy, 29 years old, address
not known.
John Moran, Stapleton, S. I.
McDermott, 29 years old, address not
known. . '
James O'Rourke. f
James Soden.'of Spottswood, N, J.
" Six bodies unidentified.
' No. 105 Bowery is one of the best
known lodging-houses on that thorough
fare. It is called the Bowery mission
lodging-house, and is conducted by the
Christian Herald. . In one part of the
building there is a cheap restaurant.
The second floor is used exclusively for
mission purposes, gospel meetings be
ing held there daily." ; The two upper
Boors were fitted up as-cheap lodgings,
with accommodations for 150 males,
who paid 10 to 25 cents each, accord
ing to the location of the room.. :
' Last night almost every bed was was
occupied. At 1:80 o'clock this morn
ing, one of the lodgers discovered flames
soming from a washroom on the third
floor, but before he had time to alarm
the house, the fire was noticed by per
sons on the street. By this time the
Barnes had eaten their way to the top
Df the building, and were bursting
through the roof when the alarm was
given and the inmates aroused. . Wild
scenes of exoltement ensued. Many of
the lodgers became panic-stricken.
They rushed into the halls and fell
over eaoh other in their efforts to reaob
the streets. Those on the lower floors
got to the streets safely by the stair
ways, while those on the upper floors
groped their way through the blinding
smoke to the fire escape in front of the
building. ' A majority of them -saved
only portions of their -clothing, while
several of them were naked.. Those
who made their way to the streets by
the fire escapes were superfioially
burned by the excessive - heat of the
iron ladders, which in many places had
become redhot from the flames within.
The firemen saved many lives. . - :
DOLE HOME AGA N.
He Believes That Annexation Will ITltl
( , uiately Succeed. . 3 ..
; San Francisoo,- March 15. The
steamer China which left Hong Kong
February 12 and Honolulu February
, arrived today, bringing these Ha
waiian advices: 7'
President Dole returned to Honolulu
the morning of the 4th. After a cabi
net meeting held immediately upon his
arrival he was Interviewed by a press
representative. He spoke very frankly
on matters pertaining to his mibsion to
Washington. ' " .
"Yes, I shall be very glad indeed to
tell the people anything I may know
relative to annexation," said the presi
dent. "The Maine disaster absorbed
the attention of the statesmen in Wash
ington previous to my departure for Ha
waii. . When that has quieted down
interest in Hawaiian annexation will
be paramount in congress. When I
was in Washington I met many friends
of Hawaii. They feel confident that
annexation will come. : While there
was a doubt whether the treaty would
seoure the required politioal votes in
the senate, still it, was the concensus
of opinion that a joint resolution would
carry in both houses. I place much
reliance in what was said to me by sen
ators and representatives who are fight
ing for Hawaii, for I know them to be
working faithfully and earnestly."
"What is Speaker Beed's attitude?"
"When I was in the American capi-
bttl a, leaiiiuu tiinii xiu lias ui wnyo uppuaau
annexation, although he has made no
demonstration against the treaty. - My
impression of President McKinley?
Well, I will reply that it Is extremely
favorable. I found him to be an unas
suming, frank and sterling man. He
seems to have set his heart and soul on
the annexation treaty. 7
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Our reception was extremely cor
dial and hospitable. All along the
line to and from Washington throngs
of people came to see me. We shook
hands, and in many instances I was
obliged to speak : briefly . from the car
platform. " It was from these people'
that I gathered the impression that the
addition of Hawaii was - the popular
sentiment throughout the land."(
GAVE . UP THE ATTEMPT.
Klondlkers Could Not Get In by the .
Btlckeen Route.
Port Town send, ; Maroh 15. The
steamer Cottage City, which arrived
from Alaska tonight, brought a num
ber of passengers from Fort . Wrangel,
who have given up the attempt to get
into the Yukon country by way of the
Stiokeen route. ' Among them was A.
L. Brown, of Massachusetts, who suo
oeeded in getting about 40 miles above
Wrangel with his outfit before the
depth . of the snow stopped further
progress. Mr. Brown says about 1,000
men :with their outfits are snowed in
between Wrangel and Glenora.
Philadelphia, March 15. Over $&, '
000 was realized for the fund of the
wounded survivors and the families of
those killed on the battle-sihp ' Maine
by a monster theatrioal matinee givec
at the academy oj muaio.