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The lenses eotd In the cheap roods are of us cqcoI density and have lraprfectly formed sur faces. Continued use of these poorer teases rtll result In a positive iajcry from the coa rtaat strata upon the muscles of accommoda tion to supply the defects lu the glass. fit JWHIsCOIiflff Oculist Opticians Ore-joGian Lniiaing1 IDE8AYELL0WFL4G Turkey Pleads Cholera to Prevent Inq uiries in Armenia. HOW EASILY THE ARMENIAN LIES Any Story, However Preposterous, Is Thongrlit Good Euoneli to Help Along His People's Cause. LONDON, Feb. 2L The special corre spondent who -was sent out from London to Armenia to investigate as to the atrocities said to have been perpetrated on the Armenians, and whose first re port, in a letter sent from Tiflis, Russia, was received here February 2, and cabled to the United States that day, has made a second report. This, like the first, was posted at Tiflis. It is dated January 18. In it the correspondent says: "In the letter I wrote 10 days aso, giv ing the result of some preliminary in quiries that I had made at Constanti nople, Sassoun, Kerasund, Trebizonde and Tiflis, concerning the alleged atrocities and the state of affairs generally In Ar menia, I endeavored to convey some idea of the difficulties that would be encoun tered in prosecuting any sort of an in vestigation or getting at the real facts of the case. That I did not exaggerate these difficulties Is apparent from further information on the point, which I am now in a position to supply. "Take, to begin with, the cholera quar antine which Is being enforced In various portions of the sultan's domain in such a manner as to draw a net around the departments in Armenia in which the atrocities are alleged to have occurred, and to keep away from the scene of the outrages all Independent investigators. It is announced that cholera exists in Van, Bitlis and Moosh, and that strict quarantine regulations must therefore be enforced. Now, it is certainly a peculiar circumstance that cholera should have happened to break out at this season of the year in the region of the Sassoun massacres and nowhere else in Asia Minor. "Who Is to prove or disprove the statement that the disease is raging in these snowclad and practically inaccessi ble mountain fastnesses? Even in Con stantinople and Stamboul little or noth ing is known by the public or by news paper correspondents concerning" the chol era outbreaks officially reported from time to time In these cities. In the Turk ish capital a medical officer reporting a case of cholera receives double pay until a clean bill of health is returned from the affected district, and In a country like Turkey it is not surprising if doctors find symptoms of cholera in everything from croup to typhoid fever. "It is pretty thoroughly understood that Bieai tfijwan d.thatevemftn temattc1foircanttt3i&4r45s . , .SKMgSf lWi$3.hn?S1r !n 5h,?n-?rf-S.rtt-r71.1 n we have been during the past few days, that an epidemis of cholera has suddenly made its apearance in the region of the Sassoun massacre, even a blind man can see that it is meant to delay and obstruct see that it is meant to delay and obstruct the work of the Turkish commission of inquiry. It is believed here that the Turk3, forced to the wall by the protest of the foreign delegates on the commission, threw up the last ob struction and hoisted the yellow flag upon, it. Even a foreign delegation could not ignore a cholera quarantine or find means to evade it. It is argued thac if the Turks have succeeded in repairing the damages to the Sassoun villages there is no reason why the commission should not be allowed to visit the scene of the massacre and flounder about In 10 feet of snow, if it cared for that sort of thing, but the re fusal of the Turks to allow anyone to travel through the Sassoun country and the timely quarantine suggests that the money sent to rebuild the destroyed vil lages has been stolen, or that the snow was so deep before the money arrived that nothing could be done. In that case, the bodies of the butchered Christians are ly ing under the snow. The Turks will take good care that they reach the scene first in the spring, and clear away all traces ofl the massacre before indignant Christian ity Insists on sending an independent in vestigating committee. Even without the cholera quarantine, It would be practically impossible for the commission to make any real headway until spring, owing to the intense cold and the great amount of snow in Armenia. "The tales of oppression, outrage and murder in other parts of Armenia-Turkey continue to come out, and are reported along the southern coast of the Black sea. "If the detailed facts of the Sassoun massacre are ever established, it must be independently of Armenian testimony, or their value may te seriously ques tioned. In the first place, every Armenian with whom it has been my lot to come in contact seems to have a very vague Idea of the value of accuracy and truth. In the second place, in his anxiety to make out a case against the Turks, he is willing to publish as fact any grotesque rumor that he chances to fall over in the street. In the third place, he docs not really know what actually took place in the Sassoun mountains, but hl3 vanity will not permit him to acknowledge it, and so, to be up with the times and help the cause of his people, he embellishes the rumors he hears, and frequently says that he is in secret communication with friends in Moosh and Bitlis, who are har boring Sassoun refugees. In this way, while meaning to do good for the cause of his people, he really does them harm, for he effectually destroys his own value as a witness. An Armenian came to me lately and said: " 'Seventeen hundred Armenians have just now been massacred by Turks.' " 'How do you know?' " 'A refugee has just come in." " 'You wish me to publish that as a fact?' " 'Yes; why not? The people of England and America, wish to know these things. " 'Very well. Bring the refugee to me, that I may write down his story.' "The so-ealled refugee was not a refu gee at ali, but simply a laborer from Ere valn in search of work. His story amount ed to this: In Erevaln he had heard a man say that another in Etchmedzin had said that 1700 people had been killed in the Sassoun massacre. Another Armenian was willing to swear to me on the Bible Eighest of all in Leavening Power. ABSOULTTECf PURS that 5500 people had been killed in the Sas soun district. Some placSeXthe number at 10,000, arguing that onlysa few persons escaped from the mountains. "What is the patient investigator tfo do Tvith such people? M "To such an extent hasjthe Tear of rev olutionary movements taken hold of the officials in Turkey, thatjUnericans and Englishmen find it nextto impossible to travel in any part of Armenia, however remote from the scene oflthe trouble." Rnxsia's Hand lajjTnrliey. LONDON, Feb. 21. TheDalIy News' cor respondent in Marseilles says; "Official circles in St. (Petersburg deny that the czar refused toreceive the Ar menian catholicos. It ls-stated that, ow ing to grave reports from consulates in Erzeroum and Van, Rus3iahas appointed an Imperial commissionegto examine the reports of alleged barbarity in Turkish prisons." "I i OREGON NOTLONE. Idaho and DclawsrcMavc So Far Failed to Elect ejScnator. WASHINGTON, Feb. lfc Interest in the contests over the election of senators in Oregon, Delaware ancRjjIdaho was re vived In the senate todayjljy the circula tion of a telegram received by Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, stating that the leg islature ofthat state would adjourn to morrow night or Saturday, but the ap prehension which this part of the tele gram aroused among republican senators was somewhat allayed byj the assurance which was added that anjelection would occur before adjournment The informa tion which this dispatcllfbrought led to the inquiry as to the outlook for adjourn ment in Idaho, and thejprospect of an election there. Senator Dubojs was able to state that the session would close March 7, but he could furnish no infor mation as to the prospect of an election. There is no limit to the term of the Dela ware legislature. There pias been a re newal of the talk of having the republi can senators combine fiT some recom mendations to legislatureof these states as to the necessity of making a choice be fore adjournment, but the same objec tion has been made at thTs time as was made when the project, was first agitat ed, and it does not appeaSthat anything will be done. j An Election Expectou at Boise. BOISE, Feb. 21. Therewfas one pair to day, and the vote for UniEed States sena tor resulted: -jM Shoup MlClagett 15 Sweet 18 j There is much nervousness tonight. The populists were in caucusjjbut took no ac tion in the senatorial matter. The situa tion appears to be that -Jf Sweet cannot be elected by the populists enough of his men will leave him. to electShoup. It may be stated "with absolute confidence that a senator will be elected The assembly today, with but five dis senting votes, passed a memorial to con gress in favor of the election of senators by a direct vote of the peoples Jtf-lfev erg t i"-' .v ?" ."e':r5D- -vBUT. onebalIot was taken in the United-States senatorial tight today, as follows: Hlggins 3iWolcott 9 Addicks GlBayard 1 Massey 3Tunnel 1 THE KOLBITES. They Afrnin Tallc of Establishing a Deal Government In Alabama. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 21. For some time the Kolbites have been threat ening to establish a dual government in Montgomery after the legislature ad journed, if a contest law were not passeJ allowing Kolb to institute a contest for the office of governor, to which he claims to be elected. A few days ago Kolb's paper at Birmingham contained a sig nificant threat, in which it said: "Kolb will act if the people will stand by him. Will they do it? Let every good citizen who is ready and willing to uphold the law and who recognizes the people's chosen leader send his name to the Tribune and the est will be made." ' Today news reached the city that Kolb was prepared to carry into execution his threat to establish a dual government in Montgomery, the legislature having failed to. pass such a contest law as he demand ed. Governor Oates was called on at noon at the executive and asked concern ing the rumor. He said: "I have not heard of Kolb's proposed dual government, but if he and his friends attempt it I shall act firmly and promptly. If they are seeking trouble they can get it. I shall maintain the majesty and su premacy of the law." IX OTHER LEGISLATURES. Donglans' Memory Highly Honored. RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 21. A great sen sation was created here today by the adoption in the house of a resolution In troduced by a negro, that when the gen eral assembly do adjourn, it adjourn in honor of Frederick R. Douglass. The resolution was passed by a vote of 34 to 20, all the democrats voting against ft. A resolution to adjourn February 22 in honor of Washington's birthday, which Is a legal holiday in the state, was voted down. The same body also refused to adjourn in honor of General Lee, Jan uary 19. Xo 'Woinan Snilrasc in South DaUota PIERRE, S. D.. Feb. 21. Woman suf frage met its Waterloo in the legislature this afternoon. A vote was taken on the bill without debate, and stood 40 ayes and 31 noes, and was declared lost. It was moved to reconsider and lay upon the ta ble, and the vote upoi- that was 3S to 36. This killed the measure. Charges of cor ruption are freely made. Xo Forclprn Flaps on Pnbllc Bnlldings ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 21. The Lawson flag bill, forbidding the display of foreign flags on public buildings, passed the sen ate after some debate by a vote of 20 to 6. It now goes to the governor. Called and Found Wantinpf. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2L William Frazier, a footpad and burglar, escaped today while he was being conveyed in a patrol wagon from the jail to the city hall to be tried for his crime. No one saw Frazier disappear and he was not missed until his case was called in court. Then he could not be found. Founder of the Boston Musentn. BOSTON, Feb. 2L Moses Kimball, the founder of the Boston Museum, died to day. Latest U. S. Gov't Food Repack THECHURCHMDST1TE Acrimonious Discussion on the Indian School Question. THE PACIFIC CABLE IN THE HOUSE The Senate Amendment -to the Legis lative Bill Rejected and the BUI Sent to Conference. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The senate devoted itself to business today, and would have completed the Indian appro priation bill had not an acrimonious dis cussion arose on the Indian school ques tion. It brought out a wide range of de bate on the separation of church and state, in the course of which the expres sions were general that the government should entirely abandon denominational schools. On an aye and no vote an ex ception was made m the case of the In dian school at Hampton, Va., and Lin coln, Philadelphia, on the ground they were not strictly denominational. The sectarian question was still under con sideration when the senate adjourned. When consideration of the bill was re sumed, the amendment concerning the Cherokee Indians was changed so as to make January 1, 1S9S, the time for re moving intruders. The sectarian school question came up when the item of In dian schools was reached. Cockrell ex plained that the appropriation committee had thought to take out of the bill every thing that was Catholic, everything that was Protestant, and thus separate churcli from state and eliminate the denomina tional questions. He added: "Catholic schools have heretofore been emitted from the bill, and the committee omitted the Lincoln school at Philadel phia, and the Hampton school in Virginia, because they were Protestant schools. The bill also provides for the government purchase of Indian schools now owned by the various denominations." Lodge said the secretary of the interior had recommended the gradual adoption of sectarian schools, and they had carried out this policy. Hawley urged that in abandoning sectarian schools there should be no abandonment of Christian teach ings in government schools, and added: "I would rather have a school run by Jesuits than to have on with no God in it at all." While Daniel was urging that no one denomination controlled the board of Hampton school, Call asked: "Are they not all Protestants?" "Yes," said Daniel, "because this is largely a country of Protestants, and there is no reason for disfranchising a committee, said he was a Protestant of tne Protestants, but he would not deny to Catholics what he took for Protestants. Seven Catholic schools were stricken rTDm the house bill, and two Protestant schools letained. "Is there any evidence," asked Quay, "that these schools are Protestant?" "Yes; abundant evidence," responded Cockrell. "They are in charge of Prot estants, just as Catholic schools are in' charge of Catholics." He said that aP the Lincoln school at Philadelphia a Catholic child who sought to go to a Catholic church was told by a teacher that "Episcopalian churches were good enough for public pupils." In view of the excitement throughout the country on this subject, the committee had de cided to make a clean sweep of both Catholic and Protestant schools. Hoar made the point that these two schools were no more sectarian than were the West Point and Annapolis academies. p Pettigrew offered an amendment spe cifically authorizing the Indian officers to use $330,000 of the amounts appropri ated In buying the abandoned schools. Teller said there was no warrant for the statement that the present policy of abandoning .ectarip.n schools would elim inate morality and Christianity from the schools. They might not be taught Cal vinism or other denominational doctrines, but a broad Christianity. He added: "And in my opinion the world would be better if we had less denomination and more broad Christianity in our churches." Gallinger read a prepared speech on the separation of church and state, and then andayeand no vote was taken on abandon ing the Hampton and Lincoln schools, which was regarded as somewhat of a test, and the abandonment failed, aye3 21, noes 32, as follows: Ayes Berry, Blackburn, Brice, Cock rell, Coke, Davis, Hansbrough, Jones of Arkansas, Martin, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morgan, Palmer, Perkins, Power, Roash, Stewart, Teller, Turpie, Vilas, Voorhees and White 2L Noes Bate, Blanchard, Burrows, Call, Chandler, Clark, Daniel, Dixon, Dubois, Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger. Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Hunton, Kyle, Lodge, McLaurin, McMillan, Manderson, Mantle, Mitchell of Oregon, Peffer, Piatt, Proctor, Quay, Rant era, Squire, Walsh, Wilson of Wash ingtonv and Wolcott 32. Lodge offered an amendment for the gradual abandonment of dencminatlonal schools within the next three years. This and other motions pending were not acted upon when the bill was laid aside. Before the Indian appropriation bill was taken up, Turpie offered a resolution from the committee on foreign relations, ex pressing the high appreciation of the sen ate of the honors accorded by the Mexican government on the occasion of the obse quies of the late United States Minister Gray, and directing the secretary of state to forward copies of the resolution to the authorities of Mexico. The resolution was agreed to. A house joint resolution was passed for the suspension of certain features of the law authorizing the transportation of goods through the United States to the free zone of Mexico, so long as the Mexi can free-zone law exists. Allen indulged in a sharp and personal criticism of the financial situation as an incident to Harris resolution for a night session to consider the bill to issue $7,000, 000 sewer bonds for Washington, D. C. He said: "We are becoming bond crazy. The president wants bonds; the secretary of the treasury wants bonds; senators on both sides want bonds." Further on in his speech, Allen referred to the reports that Teller and Vest were populists, and he extended to them a cor dial welcome to the populist ranks. The income-tax question came up next, on Gorman's motion to reconsider the sen ate's approval of the conference report of the bill amending the law. Gorman said a singular clause had crept Into this conference report that had not been con sidered by either house. It changed the law so far as exemptions from furnishing a list of salaries of employes. Vest de fended the conference changes, saying the employes had asked for it- Gorman re ferred to the remarkable attitude of the other branch of congress on the question of corporations, and compared the course of the house on the tariff bill with the course of the house conferees now. Chan dler said this disclosed the serious dan gers of conference committees, adding: "Legislation is enacted which neither branch of congress has considered. This change was 'worked Into" a conference re port in the interest of great corporations. One class of these corporations employes are about the halls of congress today la boring to secure the passage of the pool ing bill. Undoubtedly there Is a class of employes the railroad corporations did not wish to report with the list of salaries for their work about congress." On motion of Vest, the motion of Gor man to reconsider the change was laid on the table, ayes 57, noes 10. The conference report on the pension ap propriation bill was agreed to. It retaina the provision making $6 the minimum for pensions. It also retains the repeal of the present law suspending the pensions of persons living outside the country. At 6 o'clock, after half an hour's party obstruction and roll-calling, the senate took a recess until S o'clock, to consider the issue of Washington, D. C, sewer bonds. The effort of Harris to- secure consider ation of the district sewer bond bill at a night session, in spite of the deter mined opposition of a minority resolved to defeat action, did not promise to be productive of any better results than have always attended such efforts, when at the hour cf reassembling only 20 senators re sponded to the roll call. The sergeant-at-arms was directed to request the at tendance of absentees, but the active ser vices of that officer and of many depu ties were unavailing to get together the number of senators necessary to con stitute a quorom 15. The populist senator from Nebraska (Allen), who had made such a bitter speech against the sewer bond bill in the senate morning session, was in his seat, apparently prepared, with the aid of others who agreed with him, to resist all attempts on the part of Harris to pass the bill; so that even if a quorum were pbtained, a withholding of their votes would defeat the purpose of the night session. At 9 P. M., 36 sena tors had arrived, but several of those had again left the capitol. At 9:10 Har ris rose and asked unanimous consent to make a few remarks, to which no objec tion was made. He said: "I would be glad to say a few words in explanation of the step which I pro pose to take. I asked for this night ses sion to consider a bill, on the passage of which depends largely the sanitary condi tion and health of the people of this city and district. It is a bill than which there can be rtone of greater importance to this locality, and in view of the fact that con gress 13 the legislative department for 300,000 people who have no voice in the government, who rely on the congress of the United States, and on congress only, for such legislation as may be necessary for thtir prosperity, I regret more than I can find words to express that there is so little interest felt that an occasion such as this should meet the experience we are having tonight. But I will not take the responsibility of making those senators who have kindly come here from a &ense of duty, remain longer in the fruitless and honeless task .of trvlnir to lb litlntaquoruH.'JmoJvetoaiithege,naj;e do now adioura." Kyle said: "Before the senate adjourn3 I would like to say one word. I do not wish to place myself in the way of prog ress of this bill; I realize the importance of it fully as much as the senator from Tennessee. I realize that many diseases are prevalent in various parts of the city m consequence of the fact that we do not have a proper sewerage system. The only difference between those in the opposition and the element represented by the sena tor from Tennessee is in regard to paying the bill. The senator wishes to issue the bonds. We do not wish to issue bonds. We are willing to pay the cost out of the treasury. We are willing to issue silver certificates. We are willing to do-almost anything if we can come to an agree ment. And as all legislative measures are compromised in the end, I believe that the friends of the measure should meet us half way, as we are willing to meet them." Teller here interposed and said that there was nobody present to give unani mous consent. He noticed that the offi cial reporter was making a report of the proceedings; but he might as well make a report of a town meeting. Nothing of this could go into the record, except the mere fact of the senate not having a quorum. He objected to any further discussion. The senate was dropping into a method of doing business that would rise to plague it hereafter. Here uandler ob jected amid laughter, to Teller proceed ing any further. The motion to adjourn was put, and the senate adjourned until tomorrow at 11 A. M. In the House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The house de voted most of the day to the consideration of the senate amendment to the consu lar and diplomatic appropriation bill, ap priating J3OO.O0O for the construction of a cable to the Hawaiian islands. Ryan, Bartlett, Sickles, democrats, of New York, spoke in favor of the amendment, which was defeated by a vote of 114 to 132. Six teen democrats voted for the cable. The bill was then sent to further conference. The conference report on the bill to pro vide for the examination and classifica tion of certain lands in the Northern Pa cific grant in Montana and Idaho was agreed, and a short time was passed in the consideration of the general deficiency bill, the last of the appropriation bills to be passed by the house. The remainder of the day, after 3:30, was devoted to eu logies on the life and public services of the late Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan. After the house had agreed to the sen ate amendments to the bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Sioux City, la., consid eration of the senate amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, appropriating $300,000 to aid In construc tion of a submarine cable from the United States to the Hawaiian islands, was re sumed. Hooker opened the debate in op position to the appropriation. He con cluded: "By the terms of this amendment, the government is to own, control and oper ate this Hawaiian cable. Such a propo sition has never been made before. Pri vate enterprise should construct this cable if it so desired." Storer deprecated making this matter a party question, but said he realized it was only in this way the chairman of the com mittee on foreign affairs hoped to defeat this project. Party lines, he added, had been broken in the senate when this amendment was voted into the bill. He called attention to the necessity for the cable, as expressed in two of President Cleveland's messages, and the recom mendations of Mr. Bayard, when he was secretary Gf state. "That was when there was a democrat at the head of that de partment. Things are different now that there is a secretary in the state depart ment who rises above or below party, ac cording as he is viewed. Still, if the administration Is now opposed to this cable, the manly thing for Mr. Cleveland to do will be to send a message to con gress, saying he has changed his mind. A submarine cable is now as much a ne cessity to the navy as the electric signal which connects the pilothouse with the engine-room of a battleship." Draper said he favored this cable as a preliminary step toward the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. Hermann de- (Conciuded on Third Page.) TWICE WITHOUT FRDIT Two Ballots for Senator Again Taken at Salem Yesterday. THE CHANGES OF NO SIGNIFICANCE Indications Were Last Xisht That the Opposition 'otc "Would Today; Go to Fulton of Astoria. Two ballots were again taken at Salonl yesterday. The two showed the same vote. There wore several changes from the last ballot taken Wednesday, but they possessed no significance The opening ballot and those taken this week, ao far as the candidates now before the conven tion are concerned, resulted: 2!!251 3 27123 Dolph .... Williams Hare Raley .... Waldo .... McAlister Absent ... 40141 41133 29te23! loiioio 7 6 0 2 W 0 1 S 4 SALEM, Feb. 21. The Dolph forces are not at all perturbed by the loss of tho votes of Speaker Moores nad Senator Hobson. Mcores will vote for Dolph any time his vote will elect him, and will not be governed in his vote at any rate by the oppositon managers, lie would vote for William3 if the opposition would continue to do so, and if their choice i3 unsatisfac tory to him, he will return to Dolph. The opposition has been making frantic efforts to -wheel its ranks Into line for Lord, but it is thought without much success. The concentration on Williams was orig inally undertaken merely to hold some conservative members, and they are no more favorable to Lord than ever. The indications are that the opposition will go to Fulton tomorrow, but some do not like him any better than Lord. They may have to go back to Williams, and if so, it will demonstrate their incapability ot accomplishing anything. The course of the Statesman in coming out for Lord is not regarded as of any moment. There is probably no paper in the state whose edi torial utterances carry les3 weight. There will be a ballot in join convention Satur day, in case no election is had tomorrow. The Joint Ballot. SALEM, Feb. 21. The numerous rumors of senatorial combinations which have floated in the air for the past 24 hours again filled the house with an anxious crowd today, as the noon hour ap proached. The joint assembly was called to order by President Simon at 12:03. Thevonly pairs announced were Meg Inn andagmTth tofJjfnnSenatdiiMBeckle b'elngjpabBenfi;; without pairing." Necessary fd choice. 44. Senator Hobson voted for John B. Wal do, and Representative Craig, after tha conclusion of the roll-call, changed ta Waldo from Williams. Speaker Moores made a speech in which! he said he had been charged with insin cerity in saying he would vote for Will iams if it would end the deadlock. Ha would so vote, he said, and if his action did not result in ending the deadlock, ha would return to the support of tne cau cus nominee. Raley voted for State Sen ator McAlister. These were the only, changes. Another ballot was at once ordered. IC showed no change whatever. In explaining his vote. Beach made Jt rambling remark in his dry humorous way, telling a funny story, and winding up without any connection with his speech by voting for Dolph as he has all along. The vote in detail on the two bal lots was: For J. N. Dolph Bancroft, Beach, Blun dell, Bridges, Brownell, Calbreath, Calvert, Cardwell, Carter, Cleeton, Conn, Daly, David, Dawson, Denny, Gesner, Gowan, Gowdy, Long, Maxwell, McCraken, Mc Greer, Mintie, Mcorhead, Myers, Patter son (Marion), Paxton, Price, Sehlbredc, Shutrum, Smith (Clackamas), Smith (Jo sephine), Smith (Polk), Stanley, Steiwer, Templeton, Thompson, Woodard, Simon 39. For G. H. Williams Alley, Baker, Bar ker, Boothby, Burke, Cole, Coon, Cooper, Curtis, Davis, Dunn, Gates, Guild, Gur dane, Hillegas, Hofer, Hope, Johnson, Keyt, Lester, Lyle, Moores, McClung, Patterson (Grant), RInearson, Scott, TI gard, Yates 29. For W. D. Hare Buckman, Burleigh, Holt, Huffman, Jeffrey, King. Nealon, Steward, Vanderburg, Young 10. For J. H. Raley Butler, Cogswell, Hus ton, McAlister, Smith (Sherman), Smita (Clatsop) G. For J. B. Waldo Hobson, Craig 2. For D. A. McAlister Raley L From Bootlilys Constituents. HEPPNER, Feb. 21. Three petitions and a number of private dispatches were sen J to Representative Boothby today, In an swer to several letters that he had writ ten to prominent republicans here, asking whether it was their wish that he should vote for Dolph the last day of the ses sion, provided there was no choice before that time. Out of 10 letters received, 9 made answer to vote for Dolph. The three petitions were signed by the most promi nent republicans of the county. Mr. Booth by may rest assured that whenever ho casts his vote for Dolph he will please a very larse majority of the republican party of Morrow county, and that he dis pleases them very much in not doing so. Had Mr. Boothby made this inquiry at the beginning of the session he would have cast his vote for Dolph from the first, If he is as honest In his intentions as the republicans give him credit for. From. Dolph to Lord. SALEM', Feb. 21. The Statesman to morrow will abandon Dolph and come out strongly for Lord as a candidate upon whom all parties can unite. It says he Is for coinage of American sliver Into money, worth its face, whatever that may mean. Held Vp a Freight Train. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Feb. 2h About midnight last night, a freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad was held up near Vigo, 12 miles east of here, by three masked men, armed with shotguns, and the trainmen were relieved of all their valuables. It is the general opinion that the bandits mistook the freight for the "Turkey" train, a fast freight, due about that time, and which: carries an express car. Probably Professor Heath. EMPORIA, Kan., Feb. 2L The chief of police of Syracuse, who telegraphed to the sheriff of Lyon county for an accur ate description of the man Heath, held here for attempted forgery, now states he is probably Professor H. H. Heath, formerly of Cornell university, who is wanted at Syracuse for forging a $430 draft in February, 1892. Lii Huncr Chnnj;'f Pence Mission. TIEN-TSIN, Feb. 2L It is now certain that Li Hung Chang will go to Japan as an enjoy to negotiate for peace.
