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WAtrtKViM. I Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAT, FEBRUARY 1903. VOL. XXXX. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS 6F THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Mos Likely to Prove ' Interesting to Our Many Readers. Fire damaged the plant of the J. I. Case plow companv, at Racine, Wis., to the extent of $100,000. ' The coal famine in Santa Fe, N. M., is increasing. The penitentiary has been without coal for six weeks. The Berwind-White coal company, which, employes 2,000 men at coal mines at VVinbor, Pa., will advance wages 10 per cent on April 1. . Burglars at Atchison, Kan., blew open the safe of the East Atchison pofltoffice with dynamite, the explosion JztA KfM' -i -v; '-l-i'K W CHARLES W. FULTON, SENATOR-ELECT FROM OREGON. setting fire in the building. The Santa Fe railroad officials are said to have offered the conductors and trainmen 15 per cent advance in wages, but they insist on 20 per cent. Owing to the large demand from America, the price of iron in Germany has advanced 50 cents a ton since Feb ruary 1, and the product is sold months ahead. The Democratic Liberal party in Hol land proposes an amendment to the constitution granting suffrage, to all men and women over 21 years of age except lunatics. Capatin Francis A. Cook, the senior captain of the navy, who commanded the Brooklyn in the Spanish war, has been granted six months' leave on ac count of sickness. The strike of shop employes on the Colorado & Southern railroad has ex tended to Denver and Trinidad, and those at Cheyenne have been called out. The men demand recognition of the union. Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, fam ous for the part she took in directing the construction of the Brooklyn bridge after her husband had beenincapacitat ed by caisson fever, is in a critical con dition at her. home in Trenton, N. J. -'Y' Six Mexicans froze to death in Texas. I The house has nearly completed its .work. The beef trust has been organized on a new bafeis. - The ship subsidy bill has been killed by the house committee. The' house manintains that the Cuban treaty mtu-l be passed by that body as well as by ;the senate. ... An earthquake at Guam has raised the level of the island six inches. Vice Governor Luke E. Wright, of the Philippines, is in Waashington. The house committee that investi gated, the subject of coal transportation reports finding nothing wrong. B. H. Wright, ex chief clerk of the board of public works of Honolulu, ha3 - been indicted for embezzlement. Duke Leopold, brother of the crown princess of Saxony, has announced bis . intention of jonining the American navy. The supreme court has awarrded prize money to Dewey for ships sunk in Manila bay, but none to Sampson for those-sunk at Santiago. Germany is preparing for a large ex hibit at the St. Louis fair. Several perEonB have been frozen to death in the West and South. ' - The corner stone of the army college has been laid in Washington. The extreme cold weather continues throughout the East and South. . NEW SUBMARINE WAR BOAT. Has Wheels to Run on Bottom of Sea Can Also Travel on Surface. New York, Feb. 26. The submarine torpedo boat Protector, a new type of vessel, which will shortly be put through a series of trials lor the pur- poee of demonstrating her capabilities to the officers of the United States navy, is being overhauled at City island and put in condition for the coming testa. The Protector was built in Bridgeport, Conn., by her inventor and owner. Captain Simon Lake. The vessel is designed for harbor defense. She is 60 feet long, 11 feet beam, draws 12 feet of water, and weighs about 200 tons. She is built of steel and equipped with two wheels to enable her to travel along the bottom of the aea. Her motive power is electricity when eubmerged and gasol ne when cruising awash. There are twp torpedo tubes. One opening from her bow will permit of a diver leaving the boat to cut cables and mine connections. Her builder believes she can destroy sub marine defenses in any harbor. FULTON THE MAN. Elected United States Senator from Ore gon on Forty-Second Ballot. Salem, Or., Feb. 21. Charles W. Fulton was elected United States senat or last night at 12:12 o'clock. Victory came after scenes of intense excitement and amid the wildest clamor from his friends. It was on the 18th ballot of the evening and the 42d of the session. At 11 o'clock the , opposition made a futile attempt to unite upon the name of H. W. Scott, of Portland. Mr. Scott received the unanimous support of the Multnomah delegation for two .ballots. On the third ballot, or the 18th of the evening, when the minute hand of the clock was pointing to within three min utes of midnight, Mr. Nottingham, of Multnomah, arose as his name was called and made the first break from the Portland members for Mr. Fulton. He was followed by Mr. Banks, and then aftei several other changes bad been -made, by Representatives Fisher and Jones. Mr. Jones' vote, however, was not needed he was the 46th man. To Senator Daly, of Benton county, the fortune of completing the triumph of the candidate from Astoria fell. He was the 45th, and it took 45 tj elect. When Mr. Nottingham abandoned his Multnomah colleagues Mr. Fulton had 35 votes. It had been arranged that the Marion delegation Would vote for Mr. Scott on the next ballot, and if Mr. Nottingham had seen fit to abide by the wishes and plans of his delegation, it is probable that Multnomah county would have been successful in its effort to elect a man from Portland. With his conversion to Mr. Fulton, the tide in the direction of that gentleman set in, and to him, therefore, largely rests the resposibility and the honor of nam ing the new United States senator., - Main Line Via Wallace. Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 26. Northern Pacific men engaged in surveying a site for a tunnel a. mile and a half in length and the ballasting of the roadbed say that the Coeur d'Alene branch will De used as the main line within the next 21 months With the proposed tunnel near Wallace main curves and climbs are avoided, and the distance between Spokane and Missoula lessened 150 miles. That section of the Coeur d'A'enes abounding in snowslides will be avoided by the tunnel route. Work on the tunnel will be commenced in the spring and pushed to rapid completion. Flee to the Mountains. Manila, Feb. 20. General San Mig uel's force of insurgent .ladrones has abandoned Montalbar, 16 miles from here, and probably has fled to the Morong mountains. Reports from Bosoc indicate the presence of ladrones in that vicinity. Reinforcements for the government troops reached Montal bar too late and failed to overtake the retreating ladrones. San Miguel has about 300 men with him. They can not subsist long in the mountains. THE LEGISLATURE WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OF OREGON ARE DOING AT SALEM. Bills of Importance That are Being Intro duced and Acted Upon in Both Houses Measures Signed by the Governor Progress of the Balloting for United States Senator. Friday Final ballot Falton , 46, Geer 3, Wood 17, Scott 21, scattering and ab sent 3. v The senate To appropriate $100,000 for Indian war veterans, passed. To make taxes payable in the fall, passed. To require that the polls at general election be kept open until 7 P. M., passed. The House For bureau of mines, passed. To provide great eeal for the state, passed. To provide for licensing of plumbers, passed. Thursday. The vote Fulton 33, Geer 27, Wood 17, Williams 6, scattering 5, absent 2. The Senate To repeal scalp bounty law, passed. To change name of Re form school to Industrial school, passed. To create a bureau oL labor, passed. The House To change boundaries of Washington and Columbia counties, reconsidered and passed. To fix salary of sfate printer, passed.. To extend terms of assessors to four years, passed. Wednesday. The vote Fulton 32, Geer 27. Wood 16, scattering 10, absent and paired 5. The Senate To put initiative anf referendum into effect, passed. For creation -of a bureau of mines, pissed. To appropriate $10,000 per year for state fair, passed. For the construc tion of a bridge across the Willamette at Portland, passed. . The House A resolution was adapted allowing the widows of the three peni tentiary guard 8 kille1 by iracy f l.uuu each was adopted. To fix boundary of Washington county, failed. To lom pensate Indian war veterans with $100, 000, passed. Both houses adopted a resolution to adjourn Friday night at midnight. Clackamas county school teachers will hold an institute at Oregon City February 28. . . . - ,,. Labor unions of Oregon City blame Senator Brownell for the failure of the eight hour bill to pass. ., The monument t6 the Second Oregon dead has been placed in position at Riverview cemetery, Portland. Work on the Lewis and Clark fair grounds has commenced. Prnfessr.r James M. Martindale. pros- id ant nf t.ha Wanton normal school, died last Sunday after a protracted illness. Another rich strike has been made in the old Virtue mine, near Baker City. a pocket being found which will yield thousands of dollars. The Marion county tax roll for 1902 has been placed in the hands of the sheriff for collection. The roll repre sents a total of $22,604.69. Evervthinz it .was possible to carry away was taken from the legislative balls at Kalem alter tne cioee oi me session by souvenir hunters. tl j i j at i. i-i r.u Trvii lumber company will put in a system of water works at Springfield. They have alreadv secured a franchise for electric lights. Governor Chamberlain has announced that a special election will be held be tween May 1 and June 15 to elect a representative to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas ti. Tongue. PORTLAND MARKETS. WheatV-Walla Walla, 7577c; blue- stem, 88c; valley, 7880c. " Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24. Flour Best grade, $4.304.85 ; grah am) $3.453.85. x Millstnffa Bran. $180119 per ton: middlings, $23 24; shorts, $1920. chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20; gray, $1.12)1.15 per cental. Hav Timothy. $1112; clover, $89; cheat, $910 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6075c per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2 2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c; young, ll12c;hens, 12a'c; turkeys, live, 1516c; dressed, 1820c; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $78.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16K 17Mc; Young America, 17lSc; factory prices, llc less. - Butter Fancy creamery, 3032c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22c; store, 1518c. Eggs 2022 per dozen. Hops Choice, 2527c per pound. Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628e. Beef Gross, cows, 33c per pound; steers, 44c; dressed,, 7c. Veal 7X$Kc. Mutton Gross, 4c per ' pound ; dressed, 7Kc. r Lambs - Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, ic. - Hogs Gross, 6)c per : pound; dressed,77Kc. "" COAL1NQ STATIONS IN CUBA. Agreement Gives Us Control of Caribbean Sea Isle of Pines Given Up. Washington, Feb. 26. President Roosevelt has signed the agreement drawn up, under the terms of the Piatt amendment, providing for the acquisi tion by the United States of a naval station at Guantanamo and a coaling station at Bahia Honda, both in Cuba The document had been previously signed by President Palma, and was brought to Washington by Minister Squiers. It does not epecify the price of the properties to be acquired by the United States, and this detail is left to be settled by the usual legal condem natory proceedings after the navy de partment has decided exactly the amount of land it wishes at each place. With these two places properly forti fied as naval bases, the Gulf of Mexico would not be possible of occupation by a hostile fleet, and the Caribbean sea would be unsafe for an enemy. ' At Guantanamo there will be erected ex tensive coal docks and perhaps a short line of railroad to connect the port with the backbone railroad already finished by private enterprise. Bahia Honda will, for some time,probably be used simply as a place for the storage of coal. When Mr. Squiers returns to Ha vana he will take up for settlement the question of the possession of the Isle of Pines. The indications are now that the United States government will not press strongly in this matter. The reason for the inference is, first, the unavailibility of the island as a naval base, owing to the shallow water sur rounding it, and second, the really strong pentimental . attachment of the Cubans for the plaCe, which would cause a feeling of resentment toward the United States in the event that the isle was taken away. i STOP IMPORTATION OF ARMS. Russia Asks United States and Others to Join in Intervention. Washington, Feb.! 26. Representa tions have been made to the state de partment by the Russian ambassador, Count CaBsini, regarding the increas ing ppriniiBnesH of ihe situation in China, in the hope J that the United States will co-opeiatewith the other powers to stop the illegal importation of arms, which has reached an alarm ing etaee of activity. Similar repre sentations have been made through the Russian representatives to Belgium, Germany and Great t Britain. The Chinese officials claicg. they are power reds to stopJthepract, and the"Ru" sian government, in the interest of peace, has called the attention of the powers to the matter. Secretary Hay and the Russian am bassador have had several conferences, but it has not been decided just what course the United States, under the constitution, can take toward prevent ing the exportation of . arms. It is probable that the only relief lies in special legislation by congress, which is deemed impossible at this session. The Belgians are the -chief offenders in this illegal practice, though it is said many arms are entering China from the United States, Germany and Great Britain. Ambassador Cassini, who has spent many years in China, and is re sponsible in many degrees for the suc cess of the Russian policy there, re gards the Chinese situation aa deserv ing o I the serious and immediate con sideration of the powers. ' " Reports f e ceived at the state department also in dicate that mischief is being wrought by the importation of arms into China. CONSIDERING KNOX'S OFFER. Canal Company's Lawyer Says Corres pondence Is in Progress. ' Washington, Feb. 24. William Nel son Cromwell, representative of the Panama canal company, stated tonight that no reply has been made as yet to the president s acceptance of the canal company's offer to sell its property. "The Panama canal company," he said, "is still considering the proposi tion made to it by the president through the attorney general several days ago, but it is not true that it has already made a definite reply. Of course I have had numerous conferences with the attorney general regarding the mat ter, and the question is in correspond ence between the officials here and the Panama canal company. I cannot say when we shall make an answer to the proposition." Mr. Cromwell said also that no agree ment had been reached between the United States government and the canal company extending ""the lime limit of the option. Toledo Hotel Fire. Toledo, O., Feb. 25. The Hotel De- veaux was almost completely destroyed by fire this evening. Ihe fire was dis covered byone of the guests on the third floor, and had gained quite a little headway. An alarm was turned in at once, but by the time the department had arrived the flames had spread to the second and fourth floors. The guests and help were notified and all left the building in safety, many taking their personal effects with them. The loss will amount to $60,000, with $50, 000 insurance. - ' Will Become Receiving Ship. New York, Feb. 24. The United States transport Hancock arrived in port today from San Francisco by way of Valparaiso, Montevideo and Bahai. The Hancock was formerly .the Guion line steamer Arizona, and in her best days a noted greyhound of the ocearr; She : was recently turned over to the navy department and comes here to be nonvreted into a receiving ship at the Brooklyn navy yard. ' CHANGE IN GRANT TRANSPORT WILL BE MADE INTO A DREDGE AT MARE ISLAND. Government Engineers Would Not Let a Contract for the Work Because of Strike Clause Insisted Upon Might Have Caused Delay Will Be Finished Late in Summer. Washington, Feb. 26. It will be late in the summer before the converted transpcrt Grant will be able to com nence dredging on the bar at the mouth of the Columbia river, for the engineers, after prolonged investiga tion and exhaustive correspondence, have decided to have the vessel over hauled at the Mare island navy yard, instead of by the Risdon iron works, San Francisco. Notwithstanding the fact that the Risdona offered to do the work in a shorter time than the navy yard can promise, the engineers held off, as the Risdon firm insisted on a stipulation in the contract relieving it from liability if the work was not completed in the contract period, because of the strikes that might ante. The engineers want ed to be on the safe side and thought that by having the work done at the government yards there would be no danger of delay from strikes, conse quently the Grant will be at the navy yard for the next six months undergo ing a complete overhauling and re modeling. The pumps, ' now nearing completion in Baltimore, will be in stalled at the navy yard. MORE HOPS PLANTED. Three Pacific Coast States Will Increase 5,000 Acres This Year. Portlaad, Feb. 26. The high prices brought by 1902 hops will doubtless in duce many growers to increaee their hop acreage this year, but it will not effect the 1903 yield, as it requires' two years for vines in this climate to reach the bearing stage. Many new yards were set out last ' spring, which will produce in the coming fall. It is esti mated that 2,000 acres were set out in Oregon in 1902, but the increase in yield, supposing weather conditions are repeated,, will do little more than- off set the deterioration of old yards. Hops quickly drain the soil of its chem ical elements, and, as the Northwest ern growers have been not fertilizing on scientific principles, the yield of. their yards has been gradually decreasing, pome h.opmen, estimating thedeciease at 10 per cent per year. Still there will be some increase over the produc tion of last fall if the weather is satis factory. In California the increase will be larger in proprtion,as the vines bear a fairly good crop the same year they are planted. The following table shows the acreage in the three Pacific states in 1902 and the estimated acre age this year : 1902. 1903. Oresron .". 17.000 19,000 California . 6,500 . 8,500 Washington 5,000 5,700 GROUND FOR PROTEST. Canada Thought Supreme Judges Would Represent United States. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 26. The Alaska boundary commission was discussed at a meeting of the cabinet today. In an interview a cabinet minister said that, while it might not be proper to say that a protest had been made by Canada against the nomination of Sen ator Turner and Senator Lodge to be representatives of the United States on the commission, a remonstrance had been made on the ground that Canada was not being fairly treated in the mat ter. When Canada gave way to arbi tration by a tribunal as now propoesed it was with the understanding that three judges of the United States su preme court would-be appointed to sit on the case with British and Canadian judges of repute on the other side. The United States, he said, had failed to carry out this clause. In stead, the United States government has appointed, particularly in Senators Lodge and Turner, men who cannot be called "impartial jurists of repute," as required by the treaty. On the con trary they are looked upon as men who are strongly antagonitsic to Canada's claims. Until an answer is obtained to this remonstrance Canada will not name her commissioners. ASKS RIGHT OF WAY. Northern Pacific Wants to Pass Through Vancouver Barrack Grounds. Washington, Feb. 26. Representa tive Jones today introduced a bill granting a right of way 100 feet, wide to the Northern Pacific railroad across the Vancouver barracks military reserv ation. This right of way is desired for the line of the Northern Pacific being built up the north bank of the Colum bia from Kalama. The bill provides that the secretary of the interior shall lay out the right of way bo as not to interfere with the barracks or other public works on the reservation, and if it is found that the railroad across the reservation would interfere with the military establish ment there will be no right of way granted. Large Bridge Works Burned. Pittsburg, Feb. 26. The entire works of the Schultze plant of the American bridge company, a part of the United States steel corporation at McKee's Rocks, near here, was totally destroyed by fire early today, entailing a loss of $200,000. The plant was composed of four buildings, the largest known as the fitting and riveting department, be ing 250 feet long. About 200 men are thrown out of employment. The loss is fully covered by insurance. WHY NAVAL WORK IS SLOW. Due to Seven Different Causes We are Not Behind Other Nations. Washington, Feb.' 25. The presi dent haa been in correspondence with Secretary Moody respecting the matter of delay in the construction of naval vessels, and the secretary in turn has called upon the chief constructor for a statement of conditions in various ship building yards where naval work is go ing on. The secretary has submitted a letter in the nature of a report to the president, including with it the chief constructor's report. In substance these letters show that "while through a number of causes the building of warships has been delayed, and the dates of their completion have been and will be considerably beyond Ihe dates originally set, the naval construction in the United States is not materially behind the naval construction of Eng land and Germany in the matter of time." Secretary Moody argues that it would be a mistake to offer a bonus for the completion of vessels ahead of con tract time, and adds that two months ago he directed that no further exten sion of time be permitted, except by his own personal order. The chief constructor's report shows there are seven causes for delay in naval work, namely, inadequate to plans; changes in armor or armament or design ; delays in delivery of armor and ordnance; delays in-government inspection ; delays in structural steel : delays due to inadequate facilities, and delays due to inadequate supply of skilled labor. All of these subjects are treated in detail in the report, and the point is made that after all the appar ent greater speed in English shipyards is due to the fact that the vessels are delivered by the contractors in very in complete condition to the government, which ependa several years in many in stances in equipping the ship for com mission. k GERMANY ASKS FOR CASH. But Bowen Politely Replies that She Must Wait Till It Is Due. Washington, Feb. 25. Having failed in an effort to obtain from Mr. Bowen the immediate payment in cash of 5,500 pounds which it was provided in the provocol of February 13 should be paid to Germany SO days from date, Ger many today requested Mr. Bowen to give a draft for the amount, payable in Caracas on the latter date. This latter request was made on behalf of the Ger man embassy by Heir Baltazzi, former ly charge d'affaires at Caracas, but who has since come to Washington, and has been -assisting the embassy" iff the pend ing negotiations. Mr. Bowen was again forced to de cline this request, which he did polite ly, at the same time reminding Herr Baltazzi that -he was bound by the terms of the protocol, which provided that the 5,500 pounds should be paid at Caracas on the 15th of March to the diplomatic tepresentative of Germany. Just what reason was given by the Ger man representatives for making the re quest is not known. Such a draft, however, it is presumed, would be ne gotiable, and the result would be that the Germans could immediately obtain the money it called for. , The whole matter is presumed to hinge on the question of the return of the ships, national and private, which were taken by the German warships during the blockade, and regarding which there appears to be a hitch. The Italian ambassador made . a call upon Mr. Bowen today and explained that he had been informed by his gov ernment that orders had been issued by the adimralty on February 14 for the suriender of the ships taken by the Italian vessels. Mr. Bowen today prepared and hand ed to the lepresentatives of the block ading powers the drafts of the protocols for the submission of the question of the determination of preferential treat ment to The Hague tribunal. The un- allied powers will be invited to join in thie issue after the protocols- with the allies are signed. EX-SECRETARY OF STATE SHORT. His Accounts Show Discrepancy of $533 Will Make It Oood. Boise,-Idaho, Feb. 25. Chairman Jenkins, of the legislative investigating committee, reports the discovery of a discrepancy of over $533 in the ac counts of ex-Secretary of State Bassett, representing a difference between the fees turned into the tresaury and the amount of filings as revealed by. the work of the committee's clerk. Mr. Bassett has informed Chairman Jenkins that he will deposit the amount with the secretary of state. . He Bays he has no idea how the discrepancy oc curred, adding that the greatest care was taken in the work of recording in struments, etc., and keeping check on the fees. Russia Secretly Prepared. London, Feb. 25. The'correspondent of the Times at Moscow'- telegraphs a confirmation of the reports of extensive military operations in South Russia. He declares that special oaths binding them to secrecy have been administered to all the superior army officers. All absent officers have been recaleld to their regiments, and arrangement! have been completed for 100,000 first class and 160,000 second class reserves to re join the colors on emergency "call. To Refund Island Duties. Washington, Feb. 25. The senate committee on Pacific islands and Porto Rico has favorably reported the house bill to refund the amount of du tier paid on merchandise brought into the United States between April 1, 1899, and May 1, 1900, and also on - merchandise brought into the United States frmo the Philippines between April 1, 1898 and March 1, 1902. BAD WRECK IN OHIO FOUR MAIL CLERKS ARE BURNED TO DEATH IN THE RUINS. Big Four Passenger and Freight Trains Collide and are Demolished Several Trainmen Were Injured Passenger Train Loaded with School Teachers En Route to Cincinnati. , Cleveland, 0 Feb. 25. As the re sult of a head-on collision between a westbound passenger train and an east bound freight train a mile or so east of Berea, O., on the BieFour railroad iQBt night, four mail clerks were burned to aeatn ana several trainmen were or less seriously hurt. more AH the injured are in a hosnital ri i a ti . .. r in uicnuouu, j.b us reponea tna no sengers were hurt. pas- The passenger train was auita hmivi. ly loaded, and many of i,the passengers were school superintendents and teach ers on their way to Cincinnati to attend a meeting of school directors and tewh. era in that city. .-. The unfortunate mail clerkn- caught like rats in a trap within their car, which immediately caught fire, and being locked in, they were unable to re'ease themselves. The Bcene of the wreck is but a few miles west of the city of Cleveland, and relief was started out immediately on hearing of the wreck. The injuries to the train crews consisted moatlv of cnt.a and bruises, and are not considered serious. All but two of the cars of tha passenger train were destroyed by fire, which probably started from the over turning of oil lamps in the express car. AGAIN UP IN ARMS. Ladrones of Luzon Province Capture a Force of Constabulary. .Manila, Feb. 25. A force of ladrones under General San Miguel reappeared in Rizal province yesterday. They avoided an engagement with the main force in the south, but captured three small detachments of constabulary. The enemy surrounded the towns of Cainta and Taytay, 11 miles east of Manila, and captured 40 scouts and 10 men of the constabulary, whom they afterward set free. Today Inspector Mcllwaine, at the head of the constabular , was surprised and captured near Montalban, 16 miles northeast of Manila. The ladrones promised to release them if the con stabulary would surrender their, arms. While ihcy-were -conferring cn this point, Mcllwaine made a dash " for "lib erty, and he and all oi the constabulary effected their escape. . When the. news of the reappearance of General San Miguel's force reached Manila, reinforcements of scouts and constabulary were hurried into the Rizal province. General Allen and Colonel Scott went to Antipolo and as sumed command of the forces there. They met with small detachments of the enemy, and a few skirmishes . took place. They were, however, unable to locate the main body of ladrones. General Allen and Colonel Scott - are continuing the pursuit, and hope to overtake the released prisoners. It is supposed that San Miguel's force consists of 300 men, armed and unifoimed. The scene of ladrone ac tivity extends from Caloocan, four miles north of Manila, eastward to the mountains and skirting the north. NORTHWEST IN CONGRESS. McNeill's Island Prison Receives $75,000 Klamath Indian Bill Reported. Washington, Feb. 25. The senate today passed Senator Gibson's bili pro viding that any or all lands heretofore included within reservations for reser voir purposes may, in the discretion of the secretary of . the interior, be thrown open to entry and settlement when such tracts are not needed Jor reservoir purposes, and cannot again be selected in the future. Favorable report was made today on Senator Foster's amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $75,000 for extending and modernizing the prison at McNeill's island, near Ta coma. The general deficiency bill, reported today, carries $15,000 additional for the courthouse and jail at Juneau, Alaska; $17,486 to pay the Alaska commercial company for cord wood furnished the government in Alaska, and $5,000 for one year's salary for the widow of Representative Tongue. ... . - Representative Moody today favora bly reported his bill providing for open ing to settlement a large part of the Klamath reservation. He will, if time is granted, call up the bill passed by the senate last session, making a direct appropriation to the Indians, and move to substitute nis bill which c lis for the sale of the lands before the Indians are paid. Fighting Plague Hard. Mazatlan, Mex., Feb. 25. There "was only one death from the plague today, and that at the observation station. There are 35 patients at the lazaretto. Two hundred persons are now. isolated. The bull ring is now being used as a prison, as the jail is undergoing disin fection. Governor Canedo is active in all preventive measures, and ehdws great personal courage. He refuses to leave the city and go back to the state capital, until plague is stamped out. Ohio Valley Is a Sea. ? Evansville, Ind"., Feb. 25. Floods from tributary streams have converted the Ohio river into a sea. in some places between here and Padcuah, Ky., the river is 15 miles wide. Thousands of acres of wheat are under water. On the Indiana side, oppoiste Owensboro, Ky., the land is covered for a distance I V i i i . V"' H 'f' I. .T X.1 i V" y- t t r' U 4 ' it r ; , t. 1 i - r.