The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1899. -~ WRIGHT'S LAST FRIENDS HAVE DESERTED HIM Kelly Rainey and Take Action. WOULD NOT STAY BOUGHT | otmus fiae, ' »*% GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB HOLDS A DENUNCIATORY ..EETING. No Objection to the Sale, but Some | Protection Is Due the Pur- chaser—He Cut the Prices. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan —T more trouble for How This gentleman will d for a long time as the tion that he woul There duly persuad condition o rtin K y. One of the rule 1 fully. f it ha club and denc A des for Gran “I do not question,” Ain lause an voice. s not the proper ide s when there is no more in an in ving where you are. sentiment, breathing patrio Scored From an OAKLAND, Jan. 22—A remark: F s Elder Brother,” by Rev. 2. Church. was listened to by an un a decidedly interesting word pictw at Sacramento. Dr. Dille said in pa “The prodieal did not steal a lo come home hungry, nor would he h; have been arrested on the way. B every poor man's table by makin estee ““We have an edifying spectacle een ref bodiment of all that is corrupt i d to boast that he paid $19.00 1an has maintained a reign o By his impudent claim that, throu, party and the control of its patron s his chattel; a claim w v the Republican machi to do his bidding. I had the sagacity, 17 not the decenc Buckle tl. Higginses, were accust for high offices. But the ‘boss syst. institutions—is producing its legiti Crokers and Burnses are demandin share of the spoils, “Who is responsible for the ‘bos pernicious activity in the Senatori fornia and which give the bosses a fluence; the office-seekers, who sel fluence, and we, the people, who fil sell out to the bosses for a conside: “The chaplain of a historic Le was asked how he could have faith this n constitue pray for the country.’ “There are many good and tru Its personnel, I believe, is the high who votes for any man, whatever hi corruption and bribery will be pol Scathing Rebuke of Pu STOCKTON, Jan. 22.—Rev. Dr. M. E U. S. Grant at Sacramento. litical matters from the pulpit, an not ote ni sermon entirely to proval of the large and representa The theme of his discourse wa. what might be attained if an hon sued in any avocation of life. Dr. “On the other hand, the lack of God’s laws might fully explain ma ery and sorrow to mankind. The d. disasters that stir our deepest sym saddest recital in the columns of th telling of the dishonoring of an ho: land and the whole world—a pam inordinate de-ire tu occupy a pedes! force an entrance into the Senate o Dr. Evans further said that al disgraces. NMW0000+0000400000*000000000‘50 O4+04+04+04+34040+040404040+0+ 04040+ 0404040+0404040+0 40+ 040+ OHO+D4040404D40+0404 040 %0 from the manager was | s on one particular | at_his di the proposition Lo t! made by Governor Gage. was called for.the| An explanation is given by one promi- Sam Raine sided and | nent leader and a man who from the n my > purity ; that he had d received the d Rainey, “that | > was rather low, but a bargain 1 car- | id the chairman, | er the con- | people are making lots of promises and my voice is|are still giving out the impression that ranks” any Colonel Burns has the State patronage 2 of purity and | flop- | for His Raid Upon the Senatorship. railroad, or a United States Senatorship by bribery is held in honor and for the embezzlement of $31,000 of public funds (a sum which has never turned to the State treasury), the patron saint of gamblers; the ‘Oh, I don’t,” sald the worthy chaplain. Church, made timely reference this evening to the procedure of Dr. Evans seldom makes reference to po- servative ministers in the city, standing well yith all classes. to the unworthy son of his honored father seemed to meet with the ap- the world delights to honor—by an unworthy son. This is because of an qualified himself, depe. led upon a father's fame and a wife's wealth to things did not cease our country would be disgraced. It -~~~ high time not only for California but the entire country to repent of these public § + (] + [} > 4 O o o § + and expressing a regard for the sanctity of the sack, was applauded so vocifer- ously as to arouse the police, a difficult thing to do. Colonel Cochrane is still to be heard from, but unless he shall sustain the feel- ing which permeates the club he will be deprived of his title and thrown out. ‘Wright has violated the ethics of the club, and,everybody knows it so well there is no use trying to gloss over the facts. A state of affairs sufficlently mal- odorous to give Kelly qualms and to chase Rainey into convulsions must be very bad. Wright had been repudiated by decent Fc‘ny\lr‘ and_seems to constitute a class all by himself. A proposition was made to contribyte the money to help Wright out of ‘his quandary, but it was voted down. “If T could get that much for a vote,” said an obscure member, “I would feel myself flattered, so 1 would.” his seemed to be the general idea. Then the meeting adjourned. It was a | moment of sadness. Kelly | stood together at the bar. said the man on the Trying to Pave Scheme to and Rainey “Steam,” said Kelly. “Steam.” said Rainey. | And they drank in silence. A sorrow | rested upon them. The iron had entered their souls. Wright has no friends left. Some object to the bargain. others think the bargain all right, but the Good Gov- ernment Club doesn’t like tne moral in- | solvency show in bargaining one way and | voting another. PATRONAGE WITHHELD TO AID BURNS’ CAUSE| CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Jan. The singular fact has been commented upon by supporters of all the Senatorial candidates outside the e | camp of Colonel D. M. Burns, that Gov- ernor Henry T. Gage has not, compara- tively speaking, made any appointments at all so far. He has not, up to date, gone 1 beyond the confines of his own law’office in the ¢ graphs: islands are governed. | | | fication of the treaty. lin treaty. t Los Angeles law office the Governor has placed in a remunerative position. What | the politiclans, outside of those support- ing Colonel Burns, want to know is why there are no other appointments being | stump rendered great service to the Re- publican party in the recent campaign in California. He said this evening: vernor Gage Is making no appoint- ments, for the reason that if he were to go ahead and do so at this juncture he would take all the wind out of the sails of the Burns campaign. The claim ismade | by the Burns men that the | islands in this way: station, to the American Government | | to go n)r\]; d and make appol every ol e Vi ocut off one po- N . | Siton which Col. Burns' supporters can| to the attention of this.Government. { hold out as an indu ent to secure for their chief another vote for Senator. I| his decision. and promising them over again. | “My judgment is that the Governor, in | deference to Colonel Burns' wishes, is | making no appointments now, and I be- | lieve that when he does make them they | will be made without regard to the prom- points, something as to his rather than increased. standing and abilit; 1t is unquestiona character, true that the Burns | at his disposal. Governor Gage, has how- | ever, never so stated and he has not given | | any public promise that he will fulfill the | | DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN CORDIAL RELATIONS LONDON, Jan. 23.—The Berlin corre- | spondent of the Times says: There are good reasons for believing that the Ger- | man Government regards the main- | tenance of cordial relations with Great | Britain and the United States as far more Iimportant than even German | comme: :ial interests in Samoa. The tone of the leading iournals, therefore, is, on the whole, free from bitterness or exaggeration. In a word, there are many indications | that Germany will not frustrate a re- | vision of the treaty of Berlin by ex-| archipelago. | sm ' promises of Burns and his friends. "O’O'O’M‘O?OMOOMOO#O—&O&Q*MW BURNS DENOUNCED BY REV. DR. DILLE e + Oakland Pulpit | | | travagant demands such as, for in-| | stance, the cession of the islands to | Germany. The Kolnische Zeitung ridicules the report that Dr. von Holleben, German Embassador at Washington, has com- plained of Berry’s remarks in the House cf Representatives, and says that the United States Embassador in Berlin, Mr. White, might as well have complained of Herr Ahlwardt's anti- American ravings in the Reichstag. s ol INTERESTS IN BOTH OCEANS PROTECTED ably interesting sermon on “‘The E. R. Dille, to-night at the First M. usually large throng, and developed re of the present condition of affairs rt: af of bread or he would not have ave come home at all. He would ut the man who steals a loaf from g a corner in wheat; or who steals a the group, to be placed under British sovereignty. to believe that such division would be satisfactory to Great Britain, if it NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—A Washington special to the Herald says: As a re- | sult of the assignment of the battle- ships Towa and Oregon to the Pacific | and Asiatic stations, respectively, and | | the decision to dispatch the cruiser | | Newark to the Pacific coast, the com- | | missioned naval force of the United States is about equally divided between | the two oceans. At the present time there are sta- tioned in Atlantic waters two battle- ships, two armored cruisers, one sec- ond-class battleship, six protected and | unprotected cruisers and twelve gun- boats. The combined commands of | Rear Admirals Dewey and Commodore Kautz consists of two battleships, two coast defense monitors, six cruisers, in- cluding the Newark, and sixteen gun- boats, which number all of the vessels captured from Spain at Manila, three of which are now undergoing repairs at | Hongkong. There are also a number of auxiliary cruisers, colliers and sup- ply ships. The assignment of the New- ark to the Pacific is due to the neces- sity of having a cruiser on the Pacific coast to replace the Philadelphia, which will leave by Wednesday next for Sa- moa, orders having been given to push work on the Newark so that she may be ready to sall early in February. The auxiliary cruiser Badger, which has| been assigned to the Pacific station, will leave Norfolk for Mare Island dur- ing the present week. The division of the force is due to the desire of the administration to protect its interests in both oceans, though there is no rea- | son to belleve that any further trouble | will occur. Just now—the man who was indicted n political life; the man whose agent 0 for the United States Senatorship— f terror in California for a fortnight. gh his ownership of the dominant age, as Its recognized boss, the Sen- hich seems justified by the support ne and by the men who betray their n past years the party bosses have ¥, to keep in the b~ kground; the omed to put reputable men forward em’—the most fearful menace to our mate frult, and the Quays and g no longer the jackall’s but the lion’s s system?’ The corporations, whose al campaign is an outrage upon Cali- corruption fund in return for in- 1 their mean little souls for said in- 1 our legislative halls with men who ration. gislature of a thousand scandals to pray for the goats of-his flock. ‘I look over the crowd and then e men in the California Legislature. est for years, but any member of it is name, whose record is stained with itically past praying for.” U. S. Grant From the Ipit. ‘W. C. Evans, pastor of the Central —_—— BRITISH CRUISER DISPATCHED TO SAMOA WELLINGTON, N. Z., Jan. 22.—The British third-class cruiser Royalist has been dispatched to Samoa, following the Tauranga, which left on Friday. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAMOAN TROUBLE Warships of three powers are being hurried to Samoa. England and Ger- many have each a gunboat there al- ready. Three cruisers from England's Australian squadron are on the way, Germany is rounding up her fleet in the Pacific and the battleship Oregon will probably have another chance to show her quality in a dash to Apia. She is now about at Honolulu and the chances are that the Iroquois, which sails to-day for Hawali, will carry her instructions to proceed to Samoa. The cruiser Philadelphia is not in good condition to make the journey, as she d is regarded as one of the most con- He did this matter, but his caustic reference tive congregation present. 8 upon the enthusiasm of love, and orable course be conscientiously pur- Evans said in part: enthusiastic devotion to integrity and ny of those things which cause mis- aily press quite frequently tells of pathies and saddenour hearts, but the e daily press of recent date is that nored name, famous a'™ i our own e which ull Americans as well as all tal of fame for which he had not f our land.” 1 good men would a~ree that if such O40+40404040404040 404040+ 0+ O+O404040404040 40+ 0+ 0+ 04+ 0+O0404040404040 404 040+ T+ O+0+D4040404040 404040+ 0+ 040+ O +O+D4D4D4D40404040 was only sent to South America be- GERMANY SEEKS MODIFICATION OF BERLIN TREATY the Way for a Divide the Samoan Group. Special Dispatch to The Call. EW YORK, Jan. 22.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent tele- As a result of the existing critical situation in Samoa I have authority for the statement that action will shortly be taken looking to a modification of the Berlin No negotiations to this end are yet in pro- gress, but it is known that the German Government has been considering the propriety of bringing the matter to the attention of the British and American governments, and such action would have been taken last summer had not the war with Spain precluded the consideration of other matters. Now that the war is ended and a condition of affairs exists in Sumoa dan- gerous to the peace of the three powers signatory to the Berlin treaty it is understood that the German Embassador will place before the State De- partment the views of his Government respecting the necessity for a modi- treaty, under which the Appreciating that some such move would result from the late election of a successor to Malietoa Secretary Hay has been in consultation with Special Reciprocity Commissioner Kasson, one of the signatories to the Ber- This Government is opposed to any essential modification in the treaty, but before acting on German suggestions it is understood that Secre- tary Hay and Sir Julian Pauncefote will discuss the matter, and it would not be surprising if there has not already been some talk in regard to it. It has been Germany's contenticn since the treaty was signed that it by no means meets the needs of the situation and there are some who believe the present trouble was precipitated in order to demonstrate the correctness of this contention, as well as to show the necessity of modifying the treaty. In any event it may be stated authoritatively that Germany would like to see a final disposition of the Samoan question Island of Upola, on which Apia is situated, to belong to Germany; Tutuila, where the United States hold Pago Pago as a coaling ; and Savali, the northermost island of by a division of the There is little reason By such division Germany When all the facts concerning the election are at hand it is considered > . | olonel has Wright had gone back | gy . colonel = L A X e patronage of the State administration s Sy righte indignation | gt his disposal, and that it will be d| would be satisfactory to the United States. T e 'h ERgrane ob- | out as the colonel recommends. Thi would get the only plum in the pudding. D8 Bule, UHLE HORICD be true or it mav not. But If Ga highlv probable that Germany will bring the case of Chief Justice Chambers There is little danger of a removal of Chambers however, as it is proposed by the State Department to uphold | understand that Burns' touts have al- S alled the « While A A 2 e el No further doubt is entertained in administration circles that Germany his notes a1 ‘Tacts | Governny Gase meoUt il the positions| s endeavoring to cultivate friendly relations with this Government. Not only out. The purport of them is | now taking t.e back track| IS this shown by her expressed desire to meet the views of the United States respecting the Samoan question, but by the change in her attitude respecting American acquisition of the Philippines, and finally by a reduc- tion of the many Inspections instituted to exclude only cloud at present on the horizon is due to the efforts being made by the agrarian party to incre.se the imvort duties on all foreign meats. American meats. The I under- the consumers. who discussion, and the |ises Burns' supporters have given out. stand there is correspondence in progress between the two Governments on was that even if the | Gage is a very unru! 2 this point, though the State Department looks upon the proposed action as § more than Wright | He has his own S ar concerning the internal affairs of the German kingdom. The proposition of Jf prepared a men and things, and he is not g the agrarian party is being vigorously contested by o gintro- | make appolntments on the sole Tecom-| claim that the price of meat Is too high; that the German supply is unequal lonel Cochiramne, Thie wns | knawing someihing 3 tag Wil SISt on | {5 meet the demand, and that duties on foreign meats should be decreased Should the Government press the bill providing for the increase of customs in the Reichstag then there is every reason to be- lieve this Government will submit & statement complaining of such action. There no question that Germany would prefer that the United States did not assume sovereignty over the Philippines, but such action having been determined upon she has recognized the rights of this Government in the cause there was no other warship to do the work. Before she can go on another criuse she will probably have to go on the drydock at Mare Island. The trouble in Samoa is quite old. It has been brewing, with fiery ebulli- tions from time to time, ever since 1879, In that year Sir Arthur Gordon, Brit- ish High Commissioner, established Maljetoa King of the Islands of Samoa. He was at once recognized as such by the American and British Consuls. (ielxi'mnny pursued a procrastinating policy. ‘Whether the Germans wanted Malie- toa or not at that time was never demonstrated, but they went to work in an underhand manner and in 1884 the unfortunate King had become the complete slave of the German mer- chants. The latter were backed up by their Government and Malietoa had to do whatever théy wished. He ap- pealed to the German Emperor in vain and then besought Great Britain to an- nex the islands. This brought about his downfall. The Germans encour- aged Tamasese, a high chief, to rebel and finally Malietoa was compelled to | flee from his capital. Eventually he was persuaded to re- turn and give himself up. He was put aboard a German man of war and de- ported to New Guinea. Then Tam- asese was proclaimed King by the Ger- mans. It was at this time that Mataafa first came into prominence. He was one of the principal high chiefs and dearly beloved by his people. He endeared himself to them still more by taking up their cause and fighting the forces of Tamasese and Germany. It was during this war that a hurri- can swept over the harbor of Apia. Seven men of war were at anchor in the bay when the blast struck them. The United States was represented by the Vandalia, Trenton and Nipsic. All were under the command of Rear Ad- miral Kimberly. The German fleet was composed of the Adler, Eber and Olga. - England's armored representa- tive was the Callope. Within one day | the winds destroyed the Adler and Olga and piled in a mass of junk on the beach the entire fleet of the United States. The loss of life was appalling, it being estimated that two hundred men perished in the gale, and all on ac- count of this squabble for the Kingship of an island. Mataafa’s war agalnst the Germans and Tamasese was a nagging and har- assing one. He fought from hills, from ambush, from ravines and when the Germans withdrew at last and Tamasese could no longer successfully battle for the crown, Mataafa was chosen King by the people. Even Maljetoa, who had been brought back from banishment, bowed to the wish of the people and promised to be a faith- ful subject. The calamity in the harbor of Apia and the German reverses resulted in the calling of the meeting of the three powers—the United States, Great Brit- ain and Germany—in Berlin. A treaty giving the people of Samoa the right to choose their own form of government and elect their own ruler, as soon as peace and good order were established, was signed and forwarded to the islands. | Meanwhile the Consuls were instruct- ed to recognize Malietoa as King. When this startling news was received Ma- taafa graciously resigned, being content to await the result of the election, which he and his ‘followers had every reason to believe would result in his favor. On the arrival of the Chief Jus- tice and the president of the council appointed by the powers, the natives were informed that Malietoa Laupepa was to remain King. This made the natives mad and they took every means of showing their disgust and openly insulted Malietoa in the presence of the Chief Justice. Many thousands of the natives as- sembled at Malie (four and a half miles from Apia) and there Mataafa joined them. Since June, 1890, they have re- mained there waiting for the election that, when it did come, resulted ‘in the crowning of Malietoa Tanu. Mataafa did not care about the Kingship and owing to his great influence with his followers he was able to keep the peace until this second slight was put upon him by the powers. 3 Here is an extract from a letter writ- ten by H. J. Moors of Samoa to Secre- Q0000000000000000 SPANISH SEAMEN TAUGHT A LESSON o0 Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1§99, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA. Jan. 22.—Captain Eaton of the Resolute captured a twenty-foot Spanish flag in the harbor to-day and incidentally taught thirty Spaniards a lesson in manners. At 10 o'clock this morning a Spanish schooner of about seventy tons sailed along- side the Resolute, where it hove to, and with a chee of defiance from the thirty men aboard an immense §fpanish flag was run up to the masthead with the Cuban flag beneath. Captain Eatbn was forced to recognize the insult, and ordered Cadet Tarrant and Marine Officer Thorp with a file of marines into a steam launch. which speedily overtook the Spnniard, captur- ing the schooner. The captain refused to obey the order to lower the flag, whereupon the marines went aboard and took forcible possession of the Span- ish flag. leaving the Cuban fly- ing. The occupants of the schooner were compelled to give three cheers for the Cuban and American flags, and then allowed to go. The captured flag will be held as a -rize. CCOCO0O00CCOO0RO000000C00000000C000000D00 000000000020 000000C tary of State Foster in the last days of the Harrison administration that is as applicable now as then: “The people of Samoa read, in the Berlin general act, that they have an autonomous government and the right to choose their own ruler. The country will never be quiet until they have made their choice. The tranquillity of the island and the happiness of its peo- ple lie in an election and not in an armed following of Malietoa, who at one time bowed the knee, his knee, to Mataafa and publicly recognized his right to the crown. The natives are willing to abide by the result of this ballot, whether it be Mataafa or Malie- toa, but before paying another cent to the present government this question must be settled or the majority of the natives will retire to the bush and fight if necessary. “The Samoans cannot be disarmed by force or Mataafa deported without a great loss of life, for they will fight to the end. They have far more am- munition than is suspected and in the bush they could not be followed by white troops. After three or four years of good government they could easily be disarmed by their own authorities. “I do not think that Mataafa has any intention of making trouble or that he personally cares to be King. I fear, however, that he will, even with his influence, not always be able to keep his men peaceful. The movement to make him King of Samoa is a popular one and I should be very sorry to see the Government of the United States take any part in enforcing an independ- ent people to submit to a ruler whom they do not respect.” And now history is repeating itself. In 1890 it was a struggle between Malie- toa Laupepa, Mataafa and Tamasese, the former securing the Kingship by the will of the powers, although Ma- taafa was the popular choice. In 1899 Malietoa Laupepa is dead and the struggle is between his son, Malietoa Tanu, Mataafa and Tamasese. Again is Mataafa the choice of the natives by an overwhelming majority, but again the powers step in and Malietoa Tanu is proclaimed King. And again the warships of the three powers are hurrying to the scene to back up their choice. JOSEPH HANNA. REVENUE CUTTER ALMA DRIVEN ON PADRE ISLAND Those Aboard Escaped to Land and ‘Will Be All Rescued in Due Time. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Jan. 22.— The United States revenue cutter Alma was driven on Padre Island, about fif- teen miles south of here, Wednesday, during a storm, and all on board es- caped to land. There were several rev- enue officers aboard. The party divid- ed and each party wandered 6ver the island looking for a sail. James A. Mc- Enery, special treasury agent of the District of Texas, and Redford Sharp, Assistant United States District Attor- ney of San Antonio, sighted a craft and signaled it, and were taken off the island and brought to the shipyard at Corpus Pass. To-day another vessel was sent to Padre Island to look for the rest of the Alma’s passengers, who are Captain Laroche and John Laroche of Point Isabel, Henry Terrell of San Antonfo and Walter Hudnell of Sabine Pass, special treasury inspector. They had sufficient food to last them a week, and it is thought they will be located before actual suffering commences. Estagnisioniadio SMALLPOX PATIENT SUCCUMBS TO DEATH Passes Away in the Los Angeles Pesthouse After a Short Illness. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22—William Hoegesmann, 14 years old, who was stricken with smallpox on Tuesday and removed to the pesthouse, died this morn- ing and was quietly buried this afternoon. Health Officer Powers has several addi- tional suspected cases under surveillance. To-morrow has been set by the Health Board and School Board as the day upon which all children will be excluded from the public school unless they have been vaccinated or have proper certificates. Citizens who object to what they desig- nate unnecessary usurpation of power will bring legal Kroceedlngs against the boards to test the State statutes bear- ing upon the subject. - E BELGIANS DEFEATED BY CONGO NATIVES Sustain Heavy Losses in Battles With the Revoiutionary Bands. BRUSSELS, Jan. 22.—There ‘has been fresh fighting In the Congo state between the Belgian troops and the rebels, the former having sustained heavy losses, in- cluding some white officers. La Patriote says: ‘“The real truth as to the situation in the Congo state is be- ing hidden. The whole country Is in a fer- ment and the rebellion is not being put down. The government troops appear to fear the rebels and the prestige of the whites has been much impaired.” POPE LEO SAID TO BE DANGEROUSLY ILL French Bishop Said to Have Received a Telegram to This Effect From Rome. LONDON, Jan. '23.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Dally Chronicle says that a French Bl!ho? has received a telegram from Rome saying that the Pope is dan- gerously ill. A dispatch to the Associated Press from Rome on Saturday said the.PoFe had com- pletely recovered his health after a slight attack of influenza and had received in COOCO0OO000000000000000000000000000000000 audience a deputation of Canons of St. ! Jean de Latron that day. AMENDED CUSTOMS TARIFF ARRANGED FOR PORTO RICO Fifteen Per Cent @d Valorem to Be the Average Rate on all Imports. Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—By author- | ity of an executive order 1ssued by the | President January 20, 1899, the Secre- | tary of War has promulgated an| amended customs tariff, which was pre- | pared under the direction of the Sec: retary of the Treasury by Special Com: missioner Robert P. Porter, Assistant| Secretary Howell and Dr. H. K. Car-i roll, and which s to take effect at all | ports =0d places in the island of Porto | Rico and all islands in the West Indies west of the seventy-fourth degree west longitude on and after February 1, 1899, The port of San Juan is designated as the chief customs port and Ponce| and Mayaguez as sub-ports, and the| officer of the army assigned to each Ofi these sub-ports as collector will have | general jurisdiction of the collection of customs at such ports respectively. Any | questions arising at any sub-ports will | be referred to the collector at San Juan for his decision, from which there is no | appeal, except in such cases as the col- lector may refer for decision to the Secretary of War. Trade between ports of the United States and all ports or places in Porto Rico, and trade between ports or places in Porto Rico, shall be carried on in registered vessels of the United States and in no others. Any merchandise transported in violation of this regula- tion shall be subject to forfeiture. Fo: every package transported and landed in violation of this regulation the trans porting vessel shall be subject to a‘l penalty of $200. This regulation shall not be con- strued to forbid the sailing of other than the registered vegsels of the United States with cargoes and pas- sengers between the United States and ports or places in Porto Rico. or be-| tween ports or places in Porto Rico. provided that none are landed. but are destined for some foreign ports or place. This regulation shall not be | construed to authorize any lower cus- toms chareed or tariff charges on the | cargoes of American vessels entering | from the United States than are paid on the cargoes of foreign vessels enter- ing from foreign ports. The following are transportational articles which are admitted free of| duty on compliance with certain speci- | fied condition: Manures, natural; trees, plants and i atural or fresh state; national product: eturning from foreign exhibi. tions; carriages, trained animals, porta- ble theaters, panoramas, wax figures and other similar objects for the purpose of entertainment, exported temporarily; re- ceptacles exported from Porto Rico with fruits, sugar, molasses, honey and brandy and reimported empty, including recep- tacles of galvanized iron intended for the exportation of alcohol; specimens and col- lections of mineralogy, botany and zool- ogy; furniture of persons coming to set- tle in the island; samples of felt, wall- paper and tissues; samples of trimmings in small pieces, of no commercial value or possible application; archaological and numismatical objects for public museums, academies, etc.; works of fine art ac- quired by the Government, academies or other official corporations, and intended for museums, galleries or art schools; gold in bars, powder or coined; also na- tional silver or bronze coins; wearing ap- parel, toilet objects and articles for per- sonal use, bed and table linen, books, portable tools and instruments, theatrical costumes, jewels and table services, im- ported by travelers in their luggage; stone, unwrought, for paving purposes; lows, hoes, hatchets, machetes, cane nives, etc., for agricultural purposes, and other agricultural implements not machinery; quinine, sulphate and bisul- hate of, and all alloids, salt or chinchona ark; books, maps and scientific instru- ments for the use of schools; mineral, carbonated or seltzer waters, natural or artificial; root beer, ginger ale and other similar non-alcoholic beverages, not oth- erwise provided for; fresh fish; second- hand clothing donated for charitable pur- poses to needy persons, and not for sale; tar and mineral pitch, asphalts, bitumen and_schists; crude natural petroleum and crude oils derived from schists. Importations from the United States of articles not on free list are dutiable thereon. In the course of his report, upon which the Porto Rican tariff is largely based, Special Commissioner Porter shows that the value of the importa- | tions into Porto Rico during the vear | 1897 amounted to 17,358,063 pesos. upon which was collected, in dyties, $2.481,962. He says: The tariff in force in Porto Rico until the United States took possession of the | island last summer was purely a revenue | measure, the total amount of duty col- lected averaging about 14 per cent on the value of merchandise imported. These values, both as to importations and duties collected are given in silver and therefore under existing conditions—two silver Por- to Rican pesos for one United States dol- lar—must be divided in_order to express the amounts in United States money. I the same amount of reyenue is required in Porto Rican pesos and the exports are likely to keep up to the 1897 standard, the fiscal problem confronting the Treasury Department is briefly this: Probable total value of dutiable imports, 17,538,063 pesos, or $8.769,031; total revenue to be collected, 2,488,962 pesos, or $1,240,981. Discarding the money question, which, after all, in this case is a purely Porto Rican matter, the simple problem Is an importation of about $9,000,000 TUnited States money and a needed revenue of $1,- 250,000 United States money. The aim in framing the Cuban tariff was to secure a revenue representing about 25 per cent ad valorem of the imports. The aim has been in the Porto Rican tariff to secure a revenue representing about 15 per cent ad valorem on all imnorts. K The value of the importations of mer- chandise into Cuba the last normal year of nearly 25 per cent ad valorem. On the other hand the total value of imported merchandise for Porto Rico in 1897, wiuch so far as that island is concerned was a normal year, wa 3 pesos and the duties collected 2,4 pesos or an aver- age of about 14 per cent. The basis in the case of Cuba was ically gold & t makes no dif- ff of one country to the other. Speaking roundl; the Cuban tariff yielded about 25 per ¢ pr Porto Rico silver, but tr ference in the relation of the tar and the Porto Rican say about 15 per cent. It would be manifestiy unjust to Porto Rico to adopt and put in force the amended Cuban tariff, because it is be- ieved the Cuban revenue will amount to while st about 25 per cent of the imports 5 per cent ad valorem tariff, hat the imports keep up to tho will yield sufficient revenue for the gov- ernmental needs of Porto Rico. essities and wants are radically different. not been devastated by require a large United St 1 keep order. There are no armed insu gents demanding millions for payment of military services to be char; up to the customs receipts. For these and other reasons the amended tariff for Porto Rico has been framed on a revenue- vielding basis of 15 per cent instead of 25 per cent, as in the e of the amended tariff of Cuba. By this it must not be in- ferred that all the schedules will be uni- formly 15 per cent. The schedules relat- ing to wool and manufactures of; silk and manufactures of and musical instru- ments have been increased to 2 per cent ad valorem. The rates of the liquor schedule will exceed 25 per cent and is practically the same as in the Cuban schedule. An endeavor © been made to keep cotton and manufactures of below 15 per cent, only the finer grades at the higher rate, and all the coarser goods of general consumption have been placed at 10 per cent ad valorem. The machinery 0 be used in extending transporta and advancing the industries of th has ben put at 15 per cent or its equi lent. About 18 per cent ad valorem he heretofore been collected on the imports of the metal schedule and it is probable that the proposed rates will keep within this proportion. Here and there a few changes have been made, as will be 'seen by reference to the several schedules which follow, but the changes have all been dic- tated by the desire to make the revenue tariff less burdensome on articles of food than on articles which are consumed by those better able to pa: The general re- sult will be a tariff not dissimilar to that of Jamaica, which averages about 121 per cent duty, but which now undergoing revision by a committee, and which tariff your comissioner was informed when in {ingston_ will average, after the revision completed, about 16 2-3 per cent As has been said, the revenue producing schedule on the Porto Rico tariff, as in the Cuban tariff, is that relating to prov sions. The Spanish policy seems to hav been seven per cent for manufactures of cotton, 12 per cent for manufactures df silk, 10 per cent for manufactures of wool, 9 per cent for machinery, 2 per cent for special imports, but 20 per cent on ali mentary substances. There would seem to be two reasons for this, the first being that the people in a climate like Porto Rico can do without almost anything but food; the second, that as most of the food roducts were imported into Porto Rico rom the United States, Spain herself took little interest in the rates of du I of the total amountof duties nearly $950,000 were paid by the United States IRrgel% on food products. In mak- ing up the Porto Rico tariff, Spain ar- ranged the schedules so adroitly in favor of her own interests that between the goods placed at a high rate of duty com- fng from countries other than Spain, and the commodities S\lm‘cd at a low rate of duty, on the free list, when imported into Porto Rico from Spain, she escaped al- most altogether the payment of duty. Spain, according to Dr. Carroll, furnished over 40 per cent in value of the imports, and pah? less than 4 per cent of the cus- toms collected; the United States fur- nighed 21 per cent of the value of the im- ports and paid 38 per cent of the customs collected. As Spanish imports now pay duties at the same rates as those from other countries an Increase of revenue may fairly be expected in the schedules which Spain reserved for herself. If the amount of this increase could be estimated it would be possible to consid- erably reduce the rates of duty on food stuffs, but to do so without knowing ex- actly the amount of revenue it may be possible to obtain from the other sched=- ules would be a dangerous experiment. AIMED AT TEE SMELTERS. Shanahan of Shasta Projects a Legis- lative Enactment. REDDING, Jan. 22.—It is asserted here that Code Commissioner Shanahan will endeavor to have passed by the Legisla- ture a bill aimed at the operations of the Mountain Copper Company at Keswick. A great volume of smoke and fumes is thrown off by the smelters and roasters of this concern, and it is affirmed that the smoke and poisonous gases are in- juring many_orchards for miles down the Sacramento River. Shanahan is the owner of a large prune orchard near Anderson, twelve miles south of Redding. He as- serts that his trees have been damaged and his crop considerably reduced. If such a measure is introduced in the Legislature it will be fought by practi- cally the entire business interests of the county. Copper smelting has raised Shasta_ County to the first rank among the mineral producing counties of the State, and a blow at the great industry will be considered as an attack on the most yital interests of the commonwealth. 2 —_———— Not Subject to Legacy Tax. WASHInwauN, Jan. 22.—The Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue has decided that legacies paid out o. the proceeds of real estate directed to be sold for the ~ur- pose are not subject to the tax upon lega- cies arising from personal property. In case the debts and claims against the es- tate exceed the appraised or clear value of the personal property, he says, th:re can be no legacy tax. Sick Soldiers From Porto Rico. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 22—The army transport Port Victor arrived at Fort Monroe this evening from Porto Rico R was 801443334, and the total revenue Collacted thereon $i4.587.925, or an average with 138 sick soldiers aboard. The men remained aboard to-night. ADVERTISEMENTS. D O & b b o o o e e e o R S S ple remedy, all, sent seal charge. DR. M. A. McL Office hours, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.; Sundays, to 1. Branches at Los 3% Second street; Portland, street; Denver, Colo., Dallas, Tex.. North Main street. 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