Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-31

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but for hours it was IN gloom,
aud all Of the heavy hatches were
down 50 the rain might not iniure
the work already done. The vessel
is nearly finished. All the joiner
work Is done. The cabin furnish.
ings have been ready for some time
They have been put IN place aud
found perfectly satisfactory, and are
now stored in the shops for safe
keeping. The placing Of the armor
on the vessel would do considerable
damage To the cabin work, which
will not be put back until the plat
ing IL in position. To fix it again
in place, however, will not take
much tim While there are only a
few men working on the vessel
itself, about 100 workmen are busy
upon parts of it IN the machine
shops, upon fittings and other de
tails of the vessel. They are at
present working to get the vessel in
readiness for her dock trials, which
will take place before the ocean
trials, If the government sees fit,
under the present circumstances, to
ask for the latter. The electric
light plant is one of the most inn
portant elements in preparation for
the dock trials. In a few days It
will be finished. Steam has already
been up, and il is expected that In
about two weeks the dock trials will
be held. Those at the works appar-
entity have reason to believe that
not q hammer has yet been struck
upon the turret armor of the Monte
rey In the works of Carnegie d
Phipps. If any orders to push
matters and to work the men night
and day have been received, they
have gone there, and not here. The
turret armor Is necessity. Infor-
nation has also been received of the
progress made at the Bethlehem
works. The latter manufactory has
a contract to make the barbette
armor. This plating covers the
machinery, which is in the station
ary apartment and moves the guns
in the turret above. The gun car
rIages are also protected in the bar
bette. At the Union iron works it
Is understood the armOr for the aft
barbette IS almost complete at the
Bethlehem works, and that it will
be shipped probably on February
1st next. When the forward bar.
bette will be completed is a matter
for conjecture. The forgings have
been done and are partly tubed, but
they have yet to be machined.
KANSAS SENATOR.
! TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 81 The
struggle for the appointment to the
vacancy in the Uaited States senate
made vacant by the death of Sena
tor Plumb has developed into dis
graceful scandals. The farmers
alliance, through the chairman o
the executive committee, sent {
written demand TO the governor this
morning that he call an extra ses
sion of the Legislature to choose suc
cessor to Senator Plumb. The pres
ent legislature is controlled by the
farmers alliance, and that Governor
Humphreys, republican, shall call
an extra session is out of the ques
ton entirely. 1t is said that the
great strength of Major Hudson,
known as the fighting editor of the
Topeka Capitol, is just becoming
evident. Delegations from all over
the state are arriving to take up his
fight. Notable among the delega-
tious is one from Leavenworth COM
posed of negroes headed by Hon. b.
X. Bruce, and one from Lawrence
headed by John Brown.
THE WOOL MARKET.
Boston, Dec. 3l.-The American
Wool and Cotton Reporter, in its
annual review of the wool market.
shows the stock wool unsold in the
principal markets of the United
States, is as follows: Total, 79,3l4.-
233 pounds. The prices of domest c
wool during the year, on an average
has declined about two cents per
pound, and Australian and other
foreign woods one cent. During the
greater part of the year, an unusn-
ally large amount of foreign wool,
notably Australia, has been sold In
the American markets, which will
displace an equal amount of dOmes-
tic fleeces, which was for a long
period conspicuously inactive, and
accumulatlng In quantity.
BARREL WORKS BURN.
BAYoNNE, N. j., Dec, 3l.-The
great barrel works of the Standard
Oil Co., at Constable Rock, burned
down, and the loss is estimated at
over one million dollars. The fire
started last night in the heading
room Of the barrel works. The cleo
trlc plant aud an immense amount
of lumber around It, were destroyed.
Next TO tine barrel factoly, were the
Chemical works, which We're saved
after hard work, The machinery In
the burned building was valued at
over two hundred thousand dollars
The oiiicersof the company estimate
the entire lOss at between million