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Oregon City Courier. A, W. OBKMKT. PuulUher. OTEGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF HIE DAI' aa Intereatlnff t'ollrellon of Item from lb Two Heiiilnplieree Presented til a Conileatert Furm. Dr. Langloy Hull, 83 years of ago, a pioneer of Oregon, died at Oukland. The office of tlio Pittsburg Post was lmost totally destroyed by lire. The torn 1b $00,000, well insured. Ilarry Banquist was knocked ovor koard by the boom of his fishing-boat and drowned in the Columbia near As toria. J. Dannch, a traveling man, was held p and robbed of $70 by three masked men while driving through a grove near fioseburg. Gapt. Chas. Swnrmon, of the pilot Kliooner Jessie, was drowned in As toria harbor while attempting to board 1tii vessel from a small rowbout Cuban sympathizers held an open-air nceting in Tuconia and denounced Pre ttier Canovas. Tho Spanish flag was trailed in the mud and then burned. A resolution was adopted praying that Weyler might be subjected to the same torture by his victims. The arrangements for the inaugnra 4ion of President MuKinley are rapidly -tearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy and at tractiveness the ceremonies, tho decora tions and tho festivities incident to inauguration week will bo more lavish -than those of former years. A prominicnt church member of Pon aioton, Or., lias headed a subscription list with $5 for the relief of Jim Hems worth, tho Rossland minor who saved the lives of his two companions by thrusting his arm into tho cogs of n rapidly turning windlass and in that way prevented a heavy bucket of ore from falling on tho heads of his com panions in the shaft below. Charles Frohman and his manager, C. B. Dillingham, of the Garden thea ter, gave a special performance of "Heartsease" (by courtesy of Henry Miller and his coin puny), to the clergy men of New York. The theater was dosed to all except the clergy, and no cats worn sold. Tho box ofBco men and ushers were dressed in long black -oats and black ties, and the playhouse and its strange audience had every ap pearance of a church. There wero 1,003 ministers and their friends pres ent, including a number of ministers from Now Jersey. The only denomina tion that sunt regrets was tho Metho dists. Tho Prince of Wales has bestowed "rpon Dr. Nunsen, tho Arctic explorer, -the special medal of tho Royal Geo graphical Socioty. San Francisco capitalists are said to be engineering a plan to get a lottery 'bill through the Nevada legislature, having been encouraged tomako the at tempt by tho case with which the prize fighting bill was passed. The house committee on Pacific rail roads has decided to report favorably the bill drafted by Representative Har rison, which provides for tho creation of a commission to settle the indebted ness of the Pacific roads to tho govern ment It is said that Speaker Reed will forestall legislation, other than tariff, -at tho extra session of congress by ap pointing only two committees, those on ways and means and on mileage, and reserving theappointnientof othor com inittccB until tho regular session. Whilo the action is unprecedented, members say it would be legal. Georgo Davies, a prominent com mission merchant of Cleveland, O., was hot and killed by his wife at their reaidence in that city. Tho tragedy was tho result of a long series of quar rels. Mrs. Davies when tukon into custody wept bitterly, and said her hus band hud treated her unkindly and called her bitter names. During the voyago from Hampton Roads of Admiral Bunco's blockade squadron, which reached Charleston, thrco men were lost overboard from the battleship Maine, ono man was crushed to death on the cruiser Marblehoad, an other wus fatally injured and six others wore so badly hurt that several may lone limbs. Tho officers say tho voyage was mode in tho worst gale ever experi enced by tho fleet. A press representative who visited tho poor houses of tho famine district of India suys the inmates were found to bo in a deplorablo condition. Tho buildings were overcrowded and med ical attendance was lacking. A man uUidu of one of them was dead and another was dying. A girl of 6 years of ago weighed only ten ruinds, and several adults were under fifty pounds in weight. The skin in all cases was drawn over the faces, show ing tho out linos of the skulls and the limbs and joints had tho appearance of those of rticultated skeletons. It is estimated Uiat the present famine is the greatest of tho century, and will greatly surpass that of 187(, both in area and severity. The famine belt is 1,300 miles long by 400 miles wide. Michael Munckuesy, the celebrated artist, is hojieleiisly insane. A Vienna correspondent says that for months, while at Codeslmrg, suffering from apinal paralysis, Munkacsy was brood ing and melancholy. Suddenly, in an xorM of madness, he attacked and nearly strangled the attendants and one of the doctors. Accordingly he was aent to the insane asylum. The doctors rrport the paralysis is increasing with Alarming rapidity, and that the pros pect of hi recovery are very re-mot. POWERS CRY HALT! Farther Hoillle Action by Oreeoe to lie Prevauted. Borlln, Fob. 17. A seml-offloial statement of the Cretan question has been published hero us follows: "In reply to the representations of the ministers of all tho great powers at Athens to the Greek government yentor. day, pointing out tho danger to Euro pean peace from the attitudo taken by Greece contrary to international law, M. Skouscs, minister of foreign affairs, declared Greece would occupy Crete. "In view of this fact tho imperial government no longer considers it con sonant with its dignity to take further diplomatic steps at Athens. After an exchange of views with tho cabinots of othor great powers tho commmunder of the German warship Kuisorin Augusta, which will arrive at Canoa within the next fow days, has received instruc tions in conjunction with the com manders of the naval forces of other great powers assembled in Cretan wa ters to prevent any hostile act upon the part of Greece, and also to co operate with them in every possible way with a view to restoring order and averting bloodshed." CLOSING RUSH BEGUN. Lower Home of Congreta to Begin Night SeMlou. Washington, Feb. 17. The general rush of business which marks the cl fl ing days of congress was forcibly brought home to the members of the house today by the adoption of a special order for night sessions tonight and to morrow, for consideration of private pension bills. By the terms of the or der theso sessions -will tormina to at 11:30 P. M. On motion of Ilitt, tho house con curred in the senate amendments to tho diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. This was suspension day and the speaker recognized Reeves, Republican, of Illinois, to move tho passage under suspension of tho rules a substitute for the senate bill appropriating $250,000 for closing tho crevasses in tho Mis sissippi levee at Puss L'otitro, La. The substituto appropriated tho same sum to be deducted from the sum duo under the Ends contract in caso the courts should decide ho was liable for repairs under his contract with thogovornment. ' Tho bill was passed. Clavton-llnlwer Trea'y Dieued. Washington, Feb. 17. A bill was passed providing penalties for starting fires which may bo communicated to inflammable growth on public lands. Davis of Minnesota presented a resolu tion requesting the submission of all correspondence with tho German om pire rolativo to American insurance companies. Tho resolution was agreed to without comment. Morgan's resolution for tho abroga tion of the Clnyton-Bulwor treaty then came up and precipitated a parliament ary fight. Upon motion of Hoar tho senate went into executive session. As the doors were closed Morgan took the floor on the Cluyton-Buhvor abrogation resolution, lie was ap parently very angry and his remarks were along the line tho opon session in dicated. Conference 1(111 Taken Up, Washington, Feb. 17. The houso committee on coinage today took up again tho bill for an international monetary conference. Representative Hartman, tho Montana member of tho committco, urged that action be taken as soon as possible in view of the ap proaching death of tho 54th congress. Ilurned a Gambling Houne. Chicago, Feb. 17. Citizans of Elm- hurst, a small town twenty-five miles west of hero, burned to the ground the large shed recently erected thero by Barney Zachuriuh, the Chicago gam bler, in which poolselling, faro and roulette had been conducted for several days. Almost every day 400 or 500 gamblers from Chicago visited the re sort. A few days ago the residents raided the poll room, but could find no evidence of gambling. Six men, how ever, supposed to be connected with the movement, wero arrested. During the night two watchmen wero employed to watcli tho place. Early yesterday morning a mob of indignant citizens at tacked tho building, und after driving away tho watchmen, set fire to the building. The gamblers say they will re-open as soon as another can be built. Held lip a Saloon. Chicago, Feb. 17.-Four robbers armed with revolvers entered J. Myer's saloon at Fourteenth street and New berry avenue and hold up the place. The barroom was crowded with cus tomers at tho time, and the robbers or dered every ono to keep in tho rear of tho saloon and hold up their hands. No ono attempted to disobey, and while throo of the men kept them covered with pistols the fourth went through the pockets of each man, securing sev eral watches and some money. He then took $15 from the cash register. The men were driven into a small room in the rear, and after fastening the door, the robbers ran into the street and escaped beforo the imprisoned vic tims could release themselves. A clever Parisian has invented a ma chine that can split a human hair lengthwise into thirty-six strips. Brained HI Father With an Am. Pineville, Ky., Feb. 17. Gilbert Brock was killed yesterday by his son Willis in Leslie county. The father objected to Willis' proposed marriage. Tho son finally brained his father with an ax, and then told his mother about the deed. New York. Feb. 17. William P. St. John, ex-president of the Mercantile National bank, and treasurer of the Democratic committee, died suddenly at bis home in this city last night WARNED BTSOTEREIGN Says Private Dalz ell's Rc marks Will Lead to War. SECRET REVOLUTIONARY BANDS Arc llelng Organised In Every Tart of tba Country to lie tort to (Tlutli n. Chicago, Feb. 10. A Times special from Denver says: J. It. Sovereign, grand master work man of the Knights of Labor, has writ ten a sensational letter to tho Indus trial Advocate, with Private Dulzell's exhortation for war witli a foreign na tion as his text. Ho declares that se cret revolutionary societies, known as the Iron Brotherhood and the Indus trial Army are being organized in every part of the country, with their mem bers leagued together to resort to war nsamcunsof obtaining "remedies for the populace" which they cannot se cure by tho ballot. Ho deprecates Private Dulzell's talk as being in a line which might tend dangerously to fan this sentiment into open flame. Ho asserts that should a revolution come, he will not be among the cowards nor on the side of the plutocratic classes. His letter is duted at Sulphur Springs, Ark., February 5, and is in part as fol lows: "Private Dalzell, in a recent article in tho Washington Post, writes a long talc of woo. Ho mentions our 2,000, 000 enforced idlers, our many tramps, the overcrowding of our penal institu tions, the increase of landlords and tenants, the hopeless increase of debt, and a long list of other lamcntablo con ditions. Concluding, he says: 'Civil ization, as Napoleon said of armies, travels on its stomach, and it is very hungry, for the most.' But where can it bo filled? Hence all this unrest, all this wild war talk and discussion of silver and gold and tariff by people who have neither silver nor gold, nor anything to pay customs. Relief shall not come in that way. It never did. It will come in the old way in war, ond not otherwise; either insurrection ary, which God forbid, or foreign, which heaven hasten, if it shall quiet theso people and give them rest, if only tho honored rest of tho patriotic gruvo, lighting for humanity." Replying directly to sentences quot ed, Mr. Sovereign says that what tho people of tho United States need is an agitation at homo that will force them to test against their own social and economic disorders, but that it should come through insurrection, with all its revolting horrors, is a proposition re pulsive to all the higher impulses of humanity. Continuing, lie says: "Insurrections, like great conflagra tions, Btart from a spark, and aro quenched with a deluge. One reason in favor of insurrection to idle, starv ing and doht-burdoned peoplo is moro potent in exciting wur than a thousand reasons against insurrection are in pre serving peace. For that reason, Dal zell at this time is a dangerous writer." Mr. Sovereign then devotes consid erable space to a history of two secret revolutionary orders known as the Iron Brotherhood and tho Industrial Army, now being formed in this country, and for fear Mr. Dalzell may not know what theso societies are doing, he quotes several sentences from tho pre lude of a secret circular now being dis tributed by one of tho secret societies, viz.: "Comrades: There comes a time in the affairs of men and nations whon desperation compels the human mind to pause and bring to its aid that cle ment of . reason discarded. We have reached such a crisis in tho destinies of this American republic. Ono hundred years of national existence has demon strated that the fabric policy of our government contains within its warp and woof the elements of its own de struction, with the fact that the ballot has proven a most lamentable fuiluro as a safeguard of free institutions. In the closing of the nineteenth century we see a class despotism establishing itself upon the ruins of the republic. An oligarchy is now in power, und al ready the hideous phantom of imperi alism overshadows us, us embodied in the plutocratic claims of the federal court and acts of unbridled military despotism, characteristic of the federal government of today. "What is to bo done? We have ap pealed in vain to the ballot. Every trial of strength in the political arena has resulted in victory for the unscru pulous money power. History proevs that you cannot be freed through the ballot" Continuing Mr. Sovereign cars: "Scarcely a day passes that I do not receive one or more appeals to join one ! or the other of the revolutionary orders being formed in this country, and j offers of money and arms are frequent j ly received if I will give my efforts to , the cause of revolution. Thus far I ! have persistently decline.! to give aid or encouragement to such a movement. But if, through the writings of such men as Dalzell, revolution conies, in spite of all efforts to prevent it, I will not be found among tho cowards nor on the side of the plutocratic masses." In conclusion. Sovereign fires a part ing shot at Dalzell, by warning him to desist from recommending war as a re lief to tho people. One won!, he says, in favor of war with a foreign country, would multiply tenfold a desire for revolution at home. New York, Feb. 16. After f n o days' play, the great international team ' chess match between the United King ! doiu of Great Britain and the United j States, en. led in a win lot Great Brit ain, abort 1v before 6 P. M. I KILLED WITH AN AX. A German Farmer Murdered by III I'artner. Seattle, Feb. 10. In tho outskirts of Eliot, a sparsely settled community sixteen miles from Seattle, Edward Folzko, a German (armor, was killed with an ax Friday evening, about 7 o'clock, and the perpetrator of the crime attempted to cover up his work by dragging his victim's body into tho house, to which ho applied tho torch. The cabin wus entirely destroyed, and the dead man's fate is told by a largo pool of blood outxido tho door and an ux which shows blond stains and black hair on it. Tho sheriff and coroner investigated the case this afternoon, with the result that Andrew 8. Kraus, Folzke's partner, is locked up in tho county jail, charged with murder and arson. No one saw the crime commit ted, bnt circumstuntiul evidence is strong against Kraus. The two men had lived together for eight years, and whon sober were close friends, but when drunk they frequently quarreled. Kraus denies all knowledgo of the crime, claiming he slept in a cabin some distance from the scene of the murder. Blood spots were found on his overalls. Wewapaper Office Fire. Pittsburg, Feb. 10. The office of the Post, on Fifth avenno, was almost totally destroyed by fire this morning, causing & loss to tho paper of about $00,000, well insured. The loss on tho building is not yet known. The only other tenant in the building was Gleuson, the ruilroad ticket broker, whose loss is small. The Commercial Gazette, next door to the Post, was in imminent danger, but good" work by the fire department saved that plant, the only damage being caused by water. The Commercial Gazetto's presses and engines nre, for the time being, disabled. The paper's edition tomor row morning will be printed at tho Press office. Both the Post and Com mercial Gazette wero promptly tender ed the use and services of machines, presses and offices of the othor news-1 papers in tho city. Tho Post will be issued from the office of tho Leader until a new plant can be established. Preparation for the Inauguration. Washington, Feb. 10. Tho arrange ments for the inauguration of President McKinley two weeks from next Thurs day are rapidly nearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy ond attractiveness, the cere monies, the decorations, and the festiv ities incident to inauguration week will be more lavish than those of former years. In the decorations of the ball room, finer results are expected than ever before. All spectacular effects will be avoided, and a moro artistio and harmonious arrangemont of flowers, lights and bunting will be secured. About $13,000 will be spent by the inaugural committee in do.-orating the main ballroom and the private rooms set apart for the use of tho presidential and vice-presidential parties. A liMOe With Ueuth. Chicago, Feb. 10. Six men hod a race with death on the lake last night and won by a hair's breadth. They were the crew of the big Bupply tug A. C. Vanraalte. This tug carries sup plies to tho crib off Sixty-eighth street, and while returning to her dock she sprang a leak while bucking a tremen dous ice floe. Then for three hours the six men bat tled with the ice and faced death while they were tryig- to keep their boat afloat long enough to reach her dock. The tug managed to get into Calumet river, but the tire was dead. The men were up to their knees in water. In answer to signals of distress the fire boat Chicago responded und took the crew ashore. Drunk and ttrekleas. Portland, Or., Feb. 10. Frank Nagle, a shoemaker, was run over and instantly killed near Weidlor's mill last night by the Northern Pacific in coming passenger train, No. 1, which arrived ut the Union depot at 7:30 The man was in an intoxicated condi tion, and was evidently attempting to cross the track in front of the rapidly approaching train, in which reckless effort he sacrificed his life. The pilot of the engine strnck Nagle in the head and back, carrying him a distance of seventy-five feet under the pony truck of the engine, and leaving the fright fully mangled rejnains lying beside tho track, near the foot of Savier street. Italian Claim Filed. New York, Feb. 15. The corre spondent of the Herald in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the Italian min ister has presented new and heavy claims for outrages upon Italian sub jects. The wrongs for which redress is demanded are alleged to have been committed by Brazilians in the state of Matto Gressoa during the revolution which occurred in the administration of President Peixoto. Burled In Bnowillde. Brigham, Utah, Feb. 16. A snow slide rushed down on the Cottonwood canyon last night and struck the cabin occupied by John Anderson, Andrew Anderson and Andrew Miller, burying the men under tons of snow. After six hours' work, Andrew Miller and John Anderson were taken out badly bruised, but not dangerously hurt. The dead body of Andrew Anderson was re covered an hour later. Pittsburg, Feb. 16. Mars, Pa., a town of 800 inhabitants, on the Pitts- ,burg & Western railroad, twenty-three miles north of this city, was badly acorched this morning. The fire start ed at the passenger station. It de stroyed the National Oil Wells Supply Company's large buildings and a half a dozen smaller ones. The loss is esti mated at $100,000, about one-third of which U insured. It is believed the station was set on fire after it bad been looted b thieves. i A MINER'S HEROISM Sacrificed Himself to Save His Two Companions. ONE OP NATURE'S NOBLEMEN Prevented an Ore Itucket From Fall lu Upon Them by Throwing Him eir Upon a Whirring Wiudlaaa. Spokane, Feb. 15. A rare act of heroism, such as deserves to bo recorded jn history ami song, was performed at (Rossland, B. C, today, which saved the jlives of two miners and proved plain Jim Hemsworth to be one of nuture's noblemen. Jem Smith and Frank Conson woro working at the bottom of a narrow shelf of the Young America mino, at a depth of nearly 150 feet, engaged in loading ore into an iron-bound bucket, while Jim Hcmsworth's duty consisted in hauling the bucket to the surface by means of a windlass. Tho heavy bucket filled with ore, had almost reached the top of the shelf when the iron crank of the windlass snapped in two like a bit of pine, hurling Hemsworth to tho ground. Springing to his feet half dazed by the blow, Hemsworth saw the windlass whirring around at a frightful rate of speed as the loaded buckot shot down the shaft upon the men below. Ho had not a second to lose. There was just one chance to save them, and he took that ohanco. Jumping forward, ho threw his body upon the cogs of tho whirring windlass, thrusting his arms and shoudler between tho swiftly re volving wheels. Their iron jaws crunched and tore the flesh, crushed nerves, bone and sinews, tore ghastly wounds from finger-tip to shoulder, but the windlass stood still. With an awful jerk the bucket stopped just above the heads of the two men fur ! down the shaft. Pale as death, with the blood flowing in streams and suffering intense agony, Hemsworth never uttered a cry nor even a sound, as the jaws of tho wheels pinioned him fast as in a vice. Super intendent Shields, who witnessed tho accident from a short distance away, rushed to Hcmsworth's aid and blocked the machinery. As Hemsworth staggered back and was about to fall, Shields caught hiin in his arms, at the same time exclaim ing: "My God,. Jim! This is awful!" "Oh, what's tho difference?" replied the plucky fellow, "bo long as I saved the boys?" His wounds were dressed and the in jured man made as oomfortable as could be under the circumstances. Tho attending physicians are at this timo unable to stato how serious Hems worth's injuries are likely to result, but unless he is hurt internally they hope to save his life. His arm, how ever, in all likelihood will have to bo amputated at the shoulder. ANNEXATION OF HAWAII. Thurston on a Mlielonary Tlalt to Till Country. San Francisco, Feb. 15. Lorin A. Thurston, ex-minister of Hawaii to the United States, arrived from the islands today. Thurston, as president of the Annexation Club of Honolulu, expects to accomplish considerable missionary work in aid of the annexation move ment before his return home. His mis sion is not an official one, he says, and he has not been sent here either by the government or by the Annexation Club. He says, however, that if the opportu nity presents itself, he proposes to exert his best efforts to aid the annexation movement. He says: "The all absorbing theme of discus sion in the islands just now in annexa tion. As the day for the inauguration of McKinley approaches, interest in the annexation question is becoming in tensified and widespread. The Annex ation Club has been reorganized, and now has a membership of 6,000. Of this number, a third or a fourth are natives. The natives are joining the movement with the idea that the an nexation of the islands to the United States is their only salvation from the Japanese, who are elbowing them in various fields of labor. "The census of the islands has just been completed. The census shows a population of 31,000 natives 8,000 half castes and mixed races, 24,000 Japa nese, 21,000 Chinese, and 25,000 whites, including Americans and Eu ropeans. The official returns have oc casioned some surprise. It was gener ally presumed that the Japanese population was greatly in excess of the figures given." Hundred of Mohammedans Killed. London, Feb. 15. A kie dispatch to the Times from Canea says the entire Mohammedan population of Malevsi, Temenos, Pirgiotiga and Monofasti en tered Heraklion, attacking and assault ing the Christians in the streets and pillaging the shops and houses. It is stated the soldiers assisted in this worl' of plundering. The local prefect at Sitia reports 300 Mohammedans killed in that district, and he is afraid the Mohammedans in the town of Aitia will massacre the Christians out of re venge. Garfield, Wash., Feb. 15. At the meeting of Whitman county farmers to protest against the proposed abolition of atate grain weigher and inspector, resolutions were passed and sent to the legislature, stating that such officer is necessary to the farmers of Eastern Washington. Resolutions were also adopted recommending moderate reduc tion in freight and passenger rates, and I fixing the maximum rate on wheat be I tween any two points of the state at $3.50 a ton. THE DYNAMITE GUN. It Hal Enabled HI vera to Ilold Plnar del Kio. Cincinnati, Fob. 10. Tho Com-mor-cial-Tribuno's special from Jackson ville, Flu., Bays: Colonel Frodorioo Perez Carbo, late disp itch ohiof gon erul to Macco, received a letter from General Kuis Rivera from tho Pinar dol Rio section today. It spoko in the highest terms of his men, their enthus iasm in the cause, and denied in strong terms that that province was pacified. "Tho Spanish do not come out of their entrenched camps," wroto the general, "and when wo want to fight them, we have got to go to them. We have full control of all tho open coun try." His army consists of over 5,000 men, all well armed, and tho health of the troops is generally good. Soveral im portant engagements have taken place, and in every one tho Cubans have boon victorious. Whilo tho men regret the death of General Maoeo, they aro full of patriot ism, and the fight is being conducted on tho plans outlined by Maceo. One expedition had landed thero not long ogo with needed mpplies, and the gen eral was in good spirits over the out look for Cuban independence. Kivera spoke of the good work ac complished by the dynamite gun, com manded by young Lun, of Jackson ville, and said that ho wanted anothor. In one of tho last expeditions, an em plo supply of ammunition for. it had come over, and it was being used very often to the damage of the Spanish. Artemisa has been laid in ruins al most by the gun, and other places had felt its power. COLD-BLOODED MURDER. The Spanlih Mode of Wavfara In BI tuntRi Province. Cincinnati, Feb. 18. The Commercial-Tribune's special from Key West says: A letter from Matanzas today tells of the cruel butchery of a camp of pacificos by a band of Spanish guerril las under Major Consartez. The pa cificos wero encamped near a lake ten miles south of Matanzas. They were afraid to come into tho city because small pox und other diseases wero so prevalent. Major Consartez was sent to bring them in. Surrounding the camp, his soldiors burst in upon them with wild yells, shooting os they ad vanced. Fi e fell at the first fire, two being women. Alarmed and Bcarcoly knowing what to do, tho others rushed into the shallow water of the lake, en deavoring to hido under the leaves of the big lilypuds and other large-leaved plants. Tho troops selected their hu man targets arid began shooting them, and only ceased when not a head was visible. Major Consartez's offioial re port says that his detachment had been attacked at tho lake, and that they killed ten insurgents in the fight that followed. Twenty pacificos, moo, women and children, were killed. A Spanlnli Outrage. Washington, Feb. 16. Representa tive Cummings, of New York, has offered a resolution requesting the president to give the house any in formation concerning the incident of the stripping of two lady passengers on board the steamer Olivette in the har bor of Havana bT Spanish soldiers and detectives. The resolution recites that the alleged occurrence was described in a New York paper. The resolution was referred to the committee on for eign affairs, and a report is expeoted next week. Mr. Cummings said as to the resolution: "If an Englishwoman on an English vessel had been stripped by Spanish officials, us it has been alleged that an American woman was stripped, within forty-eight hours Morro castlo would come down, or some apology would bo made for it. I doubt if even Japan would have stood it. Furthermore, if the American government stands it, in my opinion it indicates a total loss of manhood and the keenest sympathy with savage inhumanity." To Protect the Advertiser. . St. Paul, Feb. 16. The American Land and Title Register, in its issue of February 15, will have some novel suggestions for legislators in regard to a state bureau of advertising. The ar ticle is headed "A Needed Reform," and says: "We suggest to tho honorable mem bers of the various state legislatures now in session all over this land the establishment of a bureau of advertis ing on the same general lines as the state bureaus of insurance. Thou sands of dollars are annually stolen from the merchants of every import ant city in this country by itinerant advertising solicitors who are either frauds themselves or paid servants of fraudulent concerns. A simple system of registration would do away with this condition of affairs." Marked copies of the issue of the pa per will be sent to every member of every legislature in session now. Veneiaelana Bee the Treaty. Washington, Feb. 16. Information has been received from Venezuela that the arbitration treaty signed in Wash ington by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Senor Andrade has safely reached Car acas, and will be laid before the Venez uela congress as soon as it convenes. It is said on the best authority that the ratification of the treaty is practically assured. The Ohio River Flood. , Evansville, Ind., Feb. 16. The river is still rising. The guage indicates 85. 1 feet, 4.1 feet above the danger line. A large amount of loose gorge ice, mixed with all kinds of drift from bottom lands above, has been carried down with the current The immense piles of Ice which were left by the gorge still hang on, and are creating the greatest apprehension among river men and merchants of this city over the position in which the u left