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v, WORK ON TARIFF BILL The Senate Has Acted on . Ten Pages of It. ANXIOUS TO GET IT COMPLETED flnu I Conference Iteport on Humlrjr Clvl It 1 1 1 Agreed to Committee Adopt Pooling Hill Amendment. Washington, May 39. The senate made good program on the tariff bill today, disposing of about 10 pages. Several votes were taken, the finance committee being sustained in ouch case by majorities varying from six to nix teen. The drug schedule wax under discussion, and the debute wax largely technioul. Occasionally, however, it branched off to general phases of the tariff, though at no time during thu rlay waa there a speech of more than Ave minutes' duration. Before taking up the tariff bill the final conference report on the sundry sivil bill waa air reed to, including the provision suspending until March 1 next the executive order creating ex tensive forest reservations. Representative"Lewis of Washington ndeavored today to bring before the house the Cuban question as a privi leged question, on the ground that it concerned our foreign relations. Lewis offered a resolution declaring it to be tlio sense of congress that the belliger ency of the Cuban insuregnta should be recognized. Speaker Keed declared it out of order, and, on appeal, the house by a vote of 91 to 57 sustained the ipeaker. The Pooling Hill Amendments. Washington, ' May 29. The senate committee on interstate commerce prac tically agreed today upon the final amendments to the Foraker pooling bill, which there will be an effort to have reported at the next meeting of the committeo, to be held one week f'om today. Votes taken on the amendments to clay leave little doubt that the commit tee's recommendation will be favorable to the measure when reported. The bill lias been perfected, and would have been reported today but for the opposi tion of Senator Chandler, who is antag onistic to the pooling bill. He made a speech before the committee denounc ing the railroad pools as trusts. The amendments agreed upon are nu merous and important. The first of these is one limiting the existence of pooling contracts to four years. An other amendment, relating to orders of disapproval by the commission, will tread as follows: "The effect of any order of disap proval, whether made upon the investi- gation and consideration of such con tract in the first instance, or in any subsequent proceeding after the same has gone into effect, shall be to render the contract to whioh such order re lates unlawful and uonenforceable after the date so fixed, except as to any claims between the parties to such con tract arising prior to that date." There is also an important change in the provisions relating to favoritism in the way" of rates, false billing, classi fication and weights. In the original bill, the offenders in either case were made subject to punishment only by a line of $5,000 and for only one offense. The section is amended so as to pro ' vide a flue of $5,000 for the first offense, and "for either a fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for one year or each subsequent offense." CASE THROWN OUT. iproeeedlnga Against Henry O. Hv. meyer T)lmnled. Washington, May 81. "Certainly f am satisfied with the verdict," said Henry O. Havemeyer, a few. minutes after the jury had returned a verdict of not guilty.- "The verdict," he continued, "ought to be satisfactory to every decent man in this and every other community." Thia was the only expression the president of the American Sugar Refin ing Company would make upon the re sult of his trial. - The conclusion of the trial was ab rupt. ,The defense produced no wit nesses. When the government rested its case yesterday, the defense moved that the court instruct the jury to order an acquittal on six reasons, the prin cipal of which was that the committee did not have jurisdiction, and that the questions asked were not pertinents ' A General Strike. Pittsburg, May 81. The national executive, board of the United Mine worketa, of .America Jiave decided to or der a general, strike throughout Penn sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to secure the 69-cent rate for mining. The order is expected to be in the hands of. the workmen within a very few days. - More than 50,000 miners will be affected by ' the 'order, and a desperate struggle between the men and operators will, result. The order, it is said, has been decided upon be ; cause of the fact that 13 of the large coal companies in the Pittsburg district have secured control of the' lake-front dockage. .. Klselng Pronpeeton are Safe. San Diego,. Cal., May 8,1. A tele gram from Salton states that Ken and Anderson, the missing prospectors who were thought by their partner, Diet rick, to have perished on the desert, are safe at Fish springs, few mile from galton on the desert. ; - The average daily attendance of children in tbe public schools ia high est in Pennsylvania, being 779,000, -bile in New York it is 7S7 000. MADE MONEY IN SUGAR. Senator Tillman WanU the Newspaper I huriH Invtlgtd Washington, May 81. After a long period , of silence, Senator Tillman startled the senate today by a speech no less dramutio in its delivery than sen sational In its allegations. Ho pre ceded 'it by presenting a resolution for the appointment of a special committee of five senators to investigate charge of speculation by senators while the tariff bill was before tho finance com mittee. In advocating the resolution, Tillman threw aside tho usual conven tionalities of thu senate and with plain ness of speech seldom heard about the halls of congress called on his associates to investigate the published charges of senatorial speculation, and if found true, to purge the senate of those who debauched it. Aldrich, in charge of the tariff bill, answered Tillman in a sweeping denial. Tho Tillmnn resolution was referred to the commitee on contingent expenses of the senate. Considerable progress was made on the tariff, 13 pagea being covered. Several votes wore taken during tho day, but tho finance committee had a liberal majority in every instance. The Democratio members of the com mittee made a strong effort to reduce the rates on window glass, but their amendments to this effect were defeat ed. Tillman's resolution quotes the sen ate resolution of May 17, 1894, author izing the original inquiry and then, after reciting the proceedings in the Chapman and Havemeyer trials, pro ceeds: "Whereas, In the last 80 days sun dry newspaper - correspondents have openly charged senators with speculat ing in sugar stocks, while the sugar schedule is under discussion, and have also charged that brokers in New York knew in advance us to what the senate finance committee would report as to the sugar schedule, all of which in volves a question of tho highest privilege, towit: The right of the sen ate to proteot ita members from slander and to proteot the body as a wholo from these open charges of corruption, there fore, be it "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed with power to send for persons and papers, to employ a sten ographer, and to administer oaths to inquire into the truth or falsity of the charges made in May, 1894, and into the charges recently made, and the scope of the investigation shall cover everything eiub-aced in the resolution of May 17, 1894, as well as the meth ods pursued by the American Sugar Re fining Company, better, known as the sugar trust, in controlling legislation in ita favor at tho present time, and es pecially whether it has in any wise contributed to or controlled the elec tion of a senator in this body at any time." The presiding officer (Frye) prompt ly ruled that the resolution should go to the committee on contingent ex penses, but Tillman obtained consent to make a statement. "We have arrived at a time," he be gan, "when the senate can no longer afford to rest under damning accusa tions made against senators. If there are men here debauching the senate, then we should be purged of them. If these reports are slanders, then the press galleries should be purged. We cannot afford to lay back on our dignity any longer and say we will not investi gate." JAPAN'S POLICY. Clalmi There I No Delre to Annex the Hawaiian Inland. New York, May 81. The Worl.l says: Marquis Ito, who has just ar rived in this city en route for London and the queen's jubilee, politely re fused to be interviewed, on the plea that he was too fatigued after his long journey, but Marquis Kido, who speaks English fluently, answered for him some questions concerning the policy of Japan. "The rumors of Japan'a desire to annex Hawaii." he said, "are mere idle gossip. We sent a man-of-war there to protect the interests of our countrymen. That ia all. After our experience in Formosa we do not want to annex Hawaii, nor anything else at present." Marquis Eido said the Japanese have the most amicable feeling toward Americans and hoped pleasant rela tions would always continue. c ''I want to correct one mistake that is quite general. . Marquis Ito is not being sent to England as a special rep resentative at the queen's, jubilee', but as a member' of the suite of Prince Arasugawa, a member of the imperial family, who will fill that position for the government on that occasion, t, We will sail soon and join the prince in Paris." i ROYAL FAMILY IN. DANGER. King ' George I 'Preparing to" Leave ) Athene.' London, May 81. The Post's Con stantinople correspondent says: Today the embassies received word from their respective ministers at Athens that the position of the Greek royal family ia now critical. King George is practi cally barricaded in the palace, and it is reported he is making preparations to leave Athens in order to evade, tbe fury of the populace. Athens, May 81. Elaborate mea sures have been taken to preserve or der. Besides the police sad gend armes, eivil guard has' been selected from the most truster! inhabitants. The minister of the interior is resolved to deal severely with anti-dynastic movements. The fact that. the war ships at Pbarleum are ready to land troops and artillery in the event of dis orders occurring bas deterred the revo lutionists from making a demonstration. SPANISH DEFEATS. Garrla In Amltiial) Too Mui'li for the ' Uiiveriiiiiviit Mnlillrr. New York, May 31. A sptwlal to the World from Havana says: General Garcia ambushed two deluchincntM ol Spaniards near Viiitcpts, Puerto Prin cipe province. After a fight lasting nil of one day he attacked tlx-m at night and got tiiwii separated. For a while they were so confused tln-y fired flt each othor. One detachment finally beoamo panic-stricken and fled. Gar cia fell on the other and defeated it, indicting a loss of 100. He then pur sued tho retreating force, and catching up with them ten miles from the coast, killed or wounded 4 more Spanish. The Nunez brothers recently cap tured a Spanish fort near PalaeioH, Pinar did Rio, and after occupying it three days burned it, taking away u large supply of ammunition and pro visions. There was also a guerilla fight at Minns and St. Felipe, Havana prov inoe, the Cubans under Martinez and Carillo compelling tho government troops to retire in both instances. The Spanish loss is not known, but more than 200 wounded soldiers have been brought into Havana since Friday, the men being brought in at night so as to avoid observation. The Spaniards any that Carillo is wounded, but the ropor, is not believed. Defended a Hospital. New York, May 81. A special to the World from Key West says: A Cuban hospital near Matrua, Havana province, was attacked by Spanish guerillas. The insurgents were in formed of their approach, and, as some of the wounded could not be moved, those able to get ' aliout fortified the building, which is of stone, as well as they could. When the guerillas demanded tne surrender of tho place the inmates re plied with a volley, killing five Span iiinlH. . Tim soldiers then set fire to the wooden portion of the. building, but the stoiio part remained; intact, ana tne beseiged rondo suoh a valiant fight that the enemy filially retreated. Sixteen guerillas raided a camp of pacittcos in Matanzis province and car ried off seven women. One day one ol the women managed to secure some kind of poison, which was put in the food kettles of the band, and every guerilla died in agony. Colonel Koderiguez and 250 Cubans attacked Casiquas, near Jarucoa last Tuesday, drove off the garrison and looted the plaoe. LEFT THE SWITCH OPEN. Brakeuian'i CnrlewmeM Caued a Bad i Wreck In Colorado. ' Denver, May 81. A special to the Times from Glenwood Springs, Colo., says: An extra freight going west on the Denver Hio Grando ran upon Cabeza siding this morning to allow No. 4 passenger, the Atlantic express, to pass. The switch was left open. The first section of the passenger ran into tho open switch, derailing the en gine, mail.and baggage cars and one passenger conch. Engineer John West and Fireman Denny Donahay were instantly killed. The passengers were shaken up. So'me had to be rescued through holes cut in the coach. Some were bruised and cut, but it is thought none were seri ously injured. All the passengers on the wrecked section were brought to Glenwood on the second section. The blame for the accident seems to rest with the brnkoman of the freight, who left the switch open. Engineer West, seeing the open switch, blew his whistle, reversed his engine and stuck to his post. But for his prompt action many more would- have been numbered among the dead. The accident occur red at a dangerous point, on the bank of the Grand river, where a little more momentum would have precipitated the entire train into the water. INFORMER TOLD IT ALL. An Alleged Elaborate Plot to Hob the Portland PostoHlce. Portland, May 81. A remarkable conspiracy, involving a plot to rob the registry department of the United States postofflce. in this city, was re vealed yesterday. If the sensational charges are verified it will prove all the more extraordinary, from the fact that most of the prime movers are well known officials. At noon yesterday Julian E. Epping, superintendent of the registry depart ment of the. Portland postofflce, was placed under arrest, charged with con spiracy, and, later in the day, George T. Watson, a deputy sheriff, attached to Justice McDevitt's court; Charles A. Watson, city jailer at the police station; John Simpson, a blacksmith, and Charles W. Holsapple, of the city detective force, were aiso arrested on similar' oharges. The 1 arrests . have caused a great stir, and opinions' differ as to the guilt or innocence of the ' ao- CU8kL .. . ' ' '". ' The ' federal authorities have been cognizant of the alleged plot .for' the past ten days. One of the conspirators weakened and tol'I Collector of Cus toms Black, who in tarn informed United States Attorney Murphy. , " So dense is the water in the deepest parts of the ocean than an ironclad, if it were to sink, would never reachthe bottom. ' . ' '.. Ona Meltoa KeteaaedV .' ' i ' Little Rock, May .81. The Gazette today printed a lett?r from Fayette ville, Ark., which says that Ona Mel ton, the newspaper correspondent who was captured with the Competitor crew by Spanish officers and held in prison at Havana for a long time, has been released. lis has reached, his borne in Madison county, near -Hunts-ville. Ark., where he was born and raised. He is said to be arranging bis plans to go on s lecturing tour, after amending a short time at his old home. Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cltlee and Towns of the Thriving Sitter States Oregon. A special term of circuit court for Grant county will be held at Canyon City. July 19 next. Fred and Tobey Hanna of Olex, Gil lium county, last week, after plowing was over, killed 1,200 squirrels. Mrs. Mary Patterson, for many years s resident of Umatilla county, died at her home in Pendleton, at the ripe age of 84 years. ' There was an Indian war dance in tho Armory hall in Condon, Gilliam county, last week, by a band of red skins in that town. Coos county has 71 public school houses and 2,098 legal voters for school purposes. Curry county lias 18 school houses and 620 legal voters. Lane county is only a little more than six months behind in her payments of county warrants, and warrants are sel ling at 2 per cent premium. J. W. Blake delivered 7,000 head of sheep at Lone Rock in Gilliam county last week 8,000 wethers to Harry Clay and 4,000 ewes to several other parties. A few days ago a band of 500 head of horses, owned by George Holstein, G. W. Mood and Dan Tartar, was started from the Eagle valley range, in Uma tilla county, over the trail for South Dakota to find a market. The warehouses in The Dalles are filling with wool, but no sales of the 1897 clip have thus far been reported, says the Times-Mountaineer. While there are a number of woolbuyers here, the market is still dull, and will likely show no activity until the bulk of the wool is in. William Sayers, an old man about 60 years of age, was killed laBt week at Lost river gap, Klamath county, by his team running away. There was no eye-witness to the accident, but Sayers was evidently thrown from the wagon, striking upon his head among the rocks and crushing his skull. The residence of Rev. J. H. Grant, in Gray Butte, Crook county, burned last week. The library, valued at $600, burned, as did most of the clothing and furniture. Mr. Grant was not at home, and, in saving the children, Mrs. Grant's hands were severely burned and her hair was singed. Frank Davenport, of Hood River, who has the contract for building tbe big irrigating flume and ditoh on the west side of Hood river valley, and iB one of the principal stockholders, says the ditch will be completed about the mid dle of July. It will cost (26,000 and furnish 2,000 inohes of water. Washington. A. T. Hammond, of Everett, was found dead in his bed, having died dur ing the night of heart disease. Funds have been subscribed in Port Townsend to build a trail along the Little Quilioene river, and into the Olympics. The enrollment at the Castle Rock school bas increased to more than 200, and the directors found it necessary to employ a fourth teacher. George Guthridge has commenoed an action in the superior court against the oity of Walla Walla for damages in the sum of 16,720 on aocount of injuries receivd while acting as engine driver in the fire department. - The Tacoma saloons, which have been allowed to keep open all night, must close their doors from now on between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock A. M. Chief Hoge has issued orders to that effect, and says he intends to enforce them to the letter. Under tbe new law, the inmates of the school for defective youth, at Van couver, will probably not spend their vacations at home thia summer, unless their parents are able to pay their tran sportation, as no provision for such ex pense is made by the new law. ; The sulphur mines now located near jthe Natches trail about 16 miles from Buckley were first discovered by a camper whose fire took hold of the rocks, whioh burned and created such a smell that he had to move two or three miles to get away from the fumes. The .fish, commission steamer Alba tross last, week lowered the deep-sea fish net off. Cape Flattery, and when the net was drawn up with great difficulty an enormous shark was found, weighing 650 pounds, and ' being 10 feet long. It had devoured all the small fish in the net.' The shark was cut up afterwards and thrown overboard., , . t. Stockmen who have been makings round-up of their horses on the range in Asotin, -county complain that, many of their finest and' most valuable geldings are missing and cannot be found, al though every nook and corner of the range 'has been hunted over, says the Sentinel. All he old, mares and 1 and 2-year-olds were found on their usual feeding grounds. Land Commissioner Robert Bridges is in 'Spokane leasing school lands. Section 16 lies close to the business sec tion, of the city, and has over ISO dwellings, stores, etc., built by squat ters. The section is platted into 2,080 lots, and has wide streets, but owing to the title being in tbe state, water,! sewer, and gas -connections have never been extended' through it In most in stances the Iquatters' are leasing the land on which their improvements ex ist, paying Sn 'average yearly rental of 03 for corner lots and f 1 for inside lots. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Tlopklni ft Company's Review ut Trade. It "wjs a quiet week In the wheat market last week. The bulla isontinuo to huve tho benefit of the statistics; the bears of the speculative dullness and of the relative cheapness of all tho other grains. Tho crop news was about equally divided. Complaints enmo from abroad, particularly from France. On the other hand, the ad vices from the Northwest were exceed ingly bearish. The extreme South west had al;o a jreat deal to say of an early harvest. At the opening of tho week there was aconsiOranle sn-pping business, and the seaboaid did- a fair export tiado from Monday up to the Saturday close. Here there was a lessened demand dnrmg the latter halt of the week. Tho out movement, how evor, as tbe result of sales -made the week before was very laige: suincient to lead to the expectation of a reduc tion iu the Chicago s'ock Mondiv of 1,000,000 busbels. Prices continued to show "premiums" instead of "carry ing charges," the fact vnquestionnbly which troubled the bears more than any other. Msy was lo ove July at the close and July 6c over September. That sort ot relationship left no room for any of the usual philsophising about "burdens." It was apparent from the quickness with which shorts took alarm on any news unfavorable to them that they recognized that they were granting all the advantages at the start. There will this week probably be flaring announcements of harvesting in Indian Territory and Texas. It will not be many days before the crowd be gins to anticipate the June 10th govern ment report, whioh will give the first announcement as to spring wheat urea and condition. The former will show a large increase and the latter will be high. Market Quotation!. Portland, Or., June 1, 1897. Flour Portland, Salem, Casoadia and Dayton, $3.75; Benton county and White Lily, $3.75; graham, $3.0; su perfine, $2.60 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla, 7475e; Val- lav 7Ai ner hunhel. Oats Choioe white, 8840o per bushel; choioe gray, 873Uc. Hay Timothy, $13.00 14.00 per ton; clover, $11. 60 12. 60; wheat and oat, $11.00 12.00 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $18.50 per ton; brewing, $18 19. Millstuffs Bran,' $14.50, shorts, 111 6.60: middlings. $23.60. Butter Creamery, boc; dairy, auo 9MUr: atom. 17 W OSOo oer roll. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,25 35c; Gamnt Chllies. 65(3650: Early Rose, 8540o per sack; sweets, $3.75 per cental for Meroed; new potatoes, lo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed. $3.80 2.75; geese, $4.007.00; turkeys, live, 126; duoks, $3.00 6 00 per dozen. Euffs Oretron. 10llo per dozen. Cheese Oregon, lljtfo; Young America, 12)0 per pound. Wool Valley, 12c per pound; East ern Oregon, 6 8o. Hons 7c oer rxmnd. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.60; cows, $3. 60 8. 00; dressed beef, 5 RUft Tier rxrand. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 2c; dressed mutton, 1 6o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00 4.50; light and feeders, $3.508.00; dressed $5. 00 5. 50 per cwt. Veal Large, 84o; small, i4 Co per pound. Seattle, Wash., June 1, 1897. Wheat Chicken feed, $2627 per ton. Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton.' Flour (Jobbing) Patent excollent, $4.75! Novelty A, $4.45; California brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent, $6.40. Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per ton; whole, $19. Corn Whole, $20 per ton; cracked, $21; feed meal, $21. MillBtuffs Bran, $18.00 per ton; shorts, $18. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $13.00; Eastern Washington, $18; California. $15. Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton; middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30. Poultry Chickens, live, per ponnd, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $3.603.60; ducks, $56. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 15c; ranch, 10 12. Cheese Native Washington, 11 llc; Eastern, 12o; California, 9Jc. Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $12.00 14; parsnips, per sack, $1; beets, per sack, $1.25; turnips, per sack,$1.26; rutabagas, per sack, 60o; carrots, per sack, 75c; ' cabbage, per ? 100 lbs, $1.76; onions, per 100 lbs, $1.60. Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $3.60; new potatoes,-1 o per lb. .-Eggs Fresh ranch, 14 15a Freeh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 7c; cows, 6r. mutton, cheep, 7o per pound;, lamb, 6c; pork, 6c per pound; real, small, 6 7c Fresh Fish Halibut, 45o; salmon, 6 8c; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders and soles, 8 4e. Provisions Hams, large, 11); bams, small, llJic; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry salt sides, 7c per pound. Fruits Lemons, California, fancy, $2.60S.50; choice, $2; Cal fornia fancy navals, $3. 60 4. gan Francisco, Jane 1, 1897. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, ' 90c; Early Rose, 60 70c; River Bar banks, 60 76c; sweets, $1.25 per cental. - Onions New, 40 50c. Eggs Ranch, 13 X 14 c per dosen. Butter Fancy creamery, 15o; do seconds,' 1314o; fancy dairy, 133 14c; seconds, lllSo. Cheese Fancy mild, new, 7K8c; fair to good, 7 7K Young America, 78c; Eastern, 1415c THE RIO GRANDE FLOOD. Headgute of the Canal and I.evee Broke, Inundating El rano. El Papo! Tex., May 81. The head- gate of tho large canal running through tho southern part or tho city, ana tne levee separating the cunal from the river, gave wny at 2:30 this afternoon, and the water came through in torrents, inundating the Santa Fo freight yards, and a half mile south flowed in behind the main temporary levee, erected iu the past week to hold back the water, which had settled Itself to a height of from 6 to 10 feet on the southern river front. A general alarm was sent out by the firo department, and all the assist ance possible was given to those- in the midst of the flood. Some 75 residences between the Santa Fe freight yards and the canal on the river front were in undated within half an hour after the break, but nearly everything mov able was carried to high ground. A new levee is now being constructed for a distance of two miles along Fourth street to hold the water back and turn it again into the river. A great many houses are filled w ith refugees, but -there are yet 200 families shelterless. These families are encamped along the edge of the mesa, in the north side oC the city, . At 10 o'clock the flood has broken throimli the second levee on Fourth Itreet, and the waters have advanced to Second street, causing several hundred more poor families to flee from their homes. There will be over 400 home less families on the streets of El 'Paso tonight, and a large number of them are without food, as they are laboring people, who have been Hunting the flood instead of earning broad for the past 15 days. The water is running into the county jail and around the Texas Paciflo depot. The river is re ported falling. ' El Pnao. Mar 81 At 10:30 o'clook the water broke through the reserve levee on Fourth street, and now covers one-half of Via city. The destruction tsi iirnnertr will be- immense. EverT ' i . - available man and vehicle is occupied in moving iamilies and nousonom gooos to high ground. The business portion may be invaded before morning. A SPANISH WARNING. Havana Paper Telle How We Wool lie Wonted In War. Havana, May 81. El Diario de la Marina in a leading editorial says: "We see in the Amerioan newspapers evidence that there are certain social classes in the United States not suffi ciently alive to the importance of the advice, 'Don't monkey with the lion's tail.' Those classes are remarkable for the eagernoss with whioh they evade jurisdiction in affairs, which, like the Cuban war, are exclusively the affairs of Spain. The persistence with which they recognize the belligerenoy of the insurgents is crazy and ridicu lous. Tho important conservative in terests of the United States should not forget that he patience of Spain maj.. soon becomo exhausted. The Spanish government has given abundant proof of ita good will by ignoring the many inconveniences that have been caused by resolutions in congress. Those in terests ought to be thunkful to us for our abnegation. "But in case the sword should be unsheathed, Spain would certainly no be the heaviest loser in the fight. Spain has sent 200,000 troops to Cuba to settle a domestic difficulty. What would she not do in the event of a for eign war, with the nation which for s century has abused our patience by ig noring Spanish honor and chivalry I President MoKinley should consider this carefully, and if he is to deal with us as enemies let him take the advio of an enemy and no longer trifle with us." , BIG BLUBBER SOCIAL. . Whale Killed Off Flattery by NeaftV Bay Indiana. Port Townsend, Wash., May 81. Yesterday, while cruising in the neigh borhood of Cape Flattery, the attention of Captain Clinger, of the tugboat Holy oke, waa attracted to a great coin mot ion to the southward. Steaming to the) scene, the captain and crew of the Holyoke were rewarded with tiie spec tacle of a vicious fight between a canoe fleet of Indians on one side and W large whale on the other. The Indians handled their osnoes well, end from every point of the compass an attach was being made, harpoon after harpoon sinking from sight in the sides of the monster, which lashed the waters high into the air in its vicious attempts U crush the canoes and drown its tor mentors. The Indians were too wary, however, and finally tired the whala out ' Then a well-directed harpoon thrust finished him. - Having dispatched their game, the Indians were in a quandry as to get ting the big fellow ashore, but Captain Clinger was equal to the emergency. A small hawser was passed into a canoe and taken to the dead whale, where it was attached to many harpoon ropes. Numerous canoes then hooked on ts one another behind the whale, and the procession started for Neah bay, where it was met with great rejoicing by the natives who , had remained at home. The whale was beached and the Neah bay tribe of Indians are now enjoying big blubber social." . The dead whale measured 63 feet ia length, being tbe largest ever captured in North Pacific waters. ' Chicago, May SI. George, M. Pull man has received from Archduke Ita ner two magnificent medals and a rich ly wrought diploma, a testimonal ol honor and merit in founding and bni til ing the most perfect town in the worhL This distinction came as the resnlt uf an exhibit in tbe international hygienic and pharmaceutical exooei'- , Prague 21