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THE DALLKS. WASCO COUNTY, OIIKGON, SATURDAY, DlCCUMIJKIi 8. tS'.U.
NUMBER r0.
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What tin' Short Session Will
Accomplish.
tn Al ItLAM) IN CONFEKENCF.
l.mlge "' MaaenclinaeUe Want loplea of
Ilia 1 reioiideiine--The Nrnate
Finance ConiMilttee.
V vkiiim.tiin, Ieo. 4. Uepreseiitutive
Cox, of TeiinesHe, of the bunking ami
currency committee, and Representative
Bland, rliuiruian of the finance, weight
iiml measure committee, held a confer
riicr today and discussed financial meas
ures. Mr. Cox says hi committee will
report uin" measure during the session,
bland voice- 'he sentiment of the f rue
silver men in .o house, Buying they will
invor no tiimitLi.il measure that dues not
include free coinage. In every part of
tin- house today there was a general ex
pression that nothing more than tulk
would come out of ull the financial prop
oHiliutiH at tli 10 oeHHion.
In the Krnatr.
Washington, Iee. 4. When the si
me ronvened at noon today tli scnal
showed a desire 10 enter w ithout delay
upon the real business of the session.
Blunt-hard of 1otiisiunu offered a reso
lution reciting the cireumstunces under
which the sugar bounty was c:ut oir after
the sugar erop for 1HH4 was put In. It
directed the committee on appropriu
tioiiH to include in the urgency deficiency
hill a mim sufficient to pay the bounty
ior the present year. The bill went
over.
Vest of Misson. i, offered un amend
ment to the mien with a view of cutting
nil protracted debutes ill the Henute. It
provide that after a ineuHure bus been
debated 'M duy it will be in order for
any senator to move to fix a duy for a
final vole. This motion is to lie put
without debate or delay, and if carried
the original question in to le voted on at
the time fixed. Vent Raid be would ad-
ilreBS the aenate tomorrow on the need of
thin reformatory rule.
Lodge of MusHuchuset'. offered a reso
lution which wuh adopted without did
sent calling on the Becretary ol the navy
lor the otliciul letter of Admiral Walker
w hile in command of the United Stutes
ntivy vessel at Hawaii. Iodg ruined
another question by a reBolution culling
on the prcHidcnt (or the correspondence
concerning Blueticlds, und for iiiformu
tion concerning the attitude of N icuragtia.
The resolution was. adopted yilliotit
comment,
Quay of I'emiMylvaiiia offered resolu
tioiiH of respect to the memory of Myron
II. Wright, lute member of emigre from
Pennsylvania, and uh a further murk ol
reHpitct to deceased, the aenate at 1 '2 :!0
adjourned.
lit till HoUNC.
Washington, Dec. 4. There were ex
actly (H member on the flour w hen the
bonne met at noon today. The demo
cratic leaden decided just before the
house wus called to order to plunge im
mediately into routine busi ness.
Otithwaite, from the committee on
military uffairs, culled the bill for the
dedication of Chickuinauga und Chatta
nooga national park. The bill appro
priate H'O.tKH).
The dute of the dedication wa fixed at
September 19 and 20, lM"i. The bill
passed. Outhwuite theu culled up the
bill introduced ly Henderson, of Jowa,
for the establishment of a national mili
tary park at the battle field of Sliiloli.
It carries an appropriation of floO.OOO.
llenderHon explained that options on
the land for an average of $12 an acre
had been secured. The bill provide for
a commission of three from the armieof
the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi.
After the adoption of an amendment re
ducing the appropriation to $73,000 the
bill passed. Kichurdtion, of Tennessee,
then presented the conference report on
the pending bill. '
Henate Committee on Finance.
Wahhinoton, ec. 4. The senate
committee on finance wa in session an
lionr today, but did not agree to any
coure of action on any of the more im
portant financial or tariff bill. The
meeting wa devoted in the main to the
exchange of view upon the free raw
material bill and the president' cur
'sncy recommendations. Home of 1'ef
ler' financial bill were taken up and
adverse report unaniinoUHly agreed up
on. It i understood there wa a very
free discussion of the sugar tariff bill.
The democratic members ex presHcd a de
Mire to tuke the bill up. The republican
member intimated a majority of the re
publican member would stand against
any piecemeal aiiiendinents of the tariff.
Reference wan also made to the free
alcohol bill with like result.
A I.uamile fctiiluftlon.
Hi ntington, Ind., I lee. 4. Dyna
luitu for use in the big sewer lieing con
structed here exploded today, resulting
in the instant death of two men, and tl.e
serious injury of several others. Henry
i'.ain ami Fred Stalder bud their fuces
mangled, skulls crushed and their eye
torn out. John Freehiifer, Thomas
Jone anil John F'irstwer were injured.
Jones w ill be crippled ; tho others will
recever. In e hooting the dynamite one
of the cartridge did not go off. While
the men were removing the broken
stone, their picks struck the unexploded
dynamite and caused the explosion.
A family Hulclde.
PliiLADiariitA, Iiec, 4. Captain
Hoggs, c' the steamship Ohio, lroni Liv
erpool, says: "November 22 J, during a
severe gale, Mrs. Hannah Williams,
aged 51, w ho was accompanied by her
husband, John, and a 11-year-old son,
committed suicide by jumping over
Iniurd. They came originally from Scot
land, and lived in Chicago for many
yeuis. On a visit to friends in the oid
country their year's savings were squan
dered, und Mrs. Wiiliuma became de
spondent." A Itlaxe at Omaha.
Omaha, I'ec. 4. At 6 o'clock this
morning fire broke out in the exposition
building, covering three-quarter of a
block on Fourteenth and Capitol avenue,
and totally destroyed it, together with
the First l.uptist church, Fifteenth and
I it ven port streets. The exposition
building was partially occupied by the
Fifteenth street theater. This is the
theater hurried out two years ago.
Hoyt's "l'.unch of Keys" was playing an
engagement. Total loss, f 175,000; in
sured. riuiiE(i Into the Like.
Viin km ai. i., N. Y., Iec. 4. A train
on the 1 elew ure & Hudson railway, from
Montreal for New York, was derailed
near I'oit Henry tunnel yesterday.
The engine remained on the track, but
the tender and the mail and express car
plunged into Lake Cbamplaiu. One
end of tho smoker also went into the
water. L'xpress Messenger Qiiinu of
liallston, N. Y., and Muil Agent Kouse
oi House's I'oiut, N. Y., were drowned.
A number of passengers and Beveral
train bands were injured.
A Ml&ecl I'liuiiulaslun.
London, Hoc. 4. The Times today
says it believes Earl Kimberly, secretary
of state for foreign affairs, made ener
getic rc -cHcntutions to the porte that
the latter' orders to the Turkish com
mission to i.iake aM-archnig inquiry into
the Armenia!! inusacre, was not enough
us the' report C. a purely Turkish com
mission would nut inspire any public
confidence. The Time adds the tiulUu
is reported ready to admit an indepen
dent element to form part of the com
mission. Were Killed.
Ottawa, Dec. 4. A dynamite explo
sion occurred in Hull, Quebec, near Ot
tawa, today Four men and a boy were
killed and several wouuded.
N. Martin, aged 3ti; Henry Laina
riche, T. Sequiu, 5H, and C. 13ur
lieau, 10, were killed. Martin r-d Se
quin were thawing the dynamite. The
woodwork close by caught lire. While
extinguishing the flames the wen for
got the deadly explosive. Soon it was
surrounded by flames, and blew up.
Orcanlr.rd Knnit of liirenclliirie.
Wn.KKsiiAKUE, Pa.. Iec. 4. The big
coal breaker of the LuflinCoal Company,
at Liiflin, a few miles above this city,
was burned early tliiu morning, lioes,
f.Kl.OOO. A few weeks ago a large
breaker over No. 5 mine of the Dcleware
& Hudson, at Plymouth, whs burned.
The coal company believe there is an or
ganized band of incendiaries w hose pur
pose h to destroy all the big breukers in
this region.
To Arm tho NetUern.
Salt Lakk, Dec. . Colonel K. W.
Tutlock.of the militia, left today for San
Juuu county with 100 carbine and 1000
rounds of ammunition, which will be
furnished to the settler w ho are threat
ened bv the Invasion of the Ute IudianB
from Colorado.
Money for 1'enalona.
Wahhinoton, lec. 6. The pension
appropriation bill reported to the bouse
today carries an appropriation of f 1 4 1
631,570, being '200,000 le than the
estimates, and $10,000,000 below the ap
propriation for the current fiscal year.
A Heavy Keilurtton.
Wahhinoton, Dec. C The bouse ap
propriation committee has agreed on the
fortification bill for the next fiscal year.
It carries an appropriation of tl,S7D,057,
being $5,478,(1 10 below the estimate on
which it it is based.
I0NCE MORE SUGAR
(Juay Wants the HillVivntial
Jit'lllOVCll.
SO LIKEWISE DOES GERMANY
Jln anil I hiria are lrlnx to Agree
A Hutlet Mate M ill I rolmMy
lie Mnile.
(ermany anil the hucar Duly.
Washington, Dec. ". The report of
the secretary of state mentioned in the
president's message upon Germany's
protest against the discriminating duty
of one-tenth of a cent per pound on sugar
coming from countries paying an export
bounty thereon, was transmitted to con
gress today. Greshain says the protest
ia based upon the fact that such a meas
ure could not be reconciled with the
most favored nation clause, and adds,
the German ambassador says :
"The granting of an export duty is a
domestic affair of Germany. An intent
not to fulltil its treaty stipulations based
upon the most favored nation clause
cannot therefore beinferred from this by
any other country." He declares that
"the interview which has been mani
fested by the legislative liodies of the
United State w ould render the effects of
the most fuvored nation clause illusory."
Gresbam contends that the payment
by a country of a bounty on the exporta
tion of an article of its produce or uianu
lacture for the purpose of encouraging
domestic industry can no more be con
sidered as discrimination than can the
imoBition of a practically prohibitive
duty on the importation of article of a
foreign country for the same purpose lie
so considered.
Japaueae and I'hlnene hklrmUhlUf.
HiuosHiMA, Dec. 5. A dispatch from
Field Marshal Y'atnagata, dated Antong,
December 3, Bays the Japanese scouting
party sent in the direction of Ling
Shang Kwang engaged the Chinese out
posts on the summit of Motien Ling."
November 15th. One Japanese soldier
wus killed aud three wounded. The
scouting party was reinforced, and oc
cupied a position at Sokako, where it
was attacked bv the enemy in large
force. Over forty Japanese were killed.
A company of infantry sent to recon
noitre Kwan Tien and Salliarbu was at
tacked by a large force of Chinese No
vemler''0tli,at Tascowanand compelled
to retreat, with the loss of several killed.
Field Marshal Yauiagata adds measures
have been taken to clear the country
around Kwan Tien and Saibarhti. De
tachments under General Tachiini and
Colouel Nissynia have reached their des
tinations, after slight resistence. They
attacked the enemy at Saikabon, No
vember L'3d, and compelled the Chinese
troops to retire. Two detachments are
now returning Ut Antong.
Married Her Twelfth lluaband.
F;lkhakt, IuJ., Dec. 5. The story
comes from Marshall county that Mrs.
Blackwood, whose remarkable matrimo
nial career has been given wide publicity,
is about to be married to her twelfth
husband, she having been divorced from
husband No. 11. Mrs. Blackwood was
married w ben 15 years old. Oue hus
band has succeeded another in rapid suc
cession until her matrimonial career is
without parallel in the divorce courts ol
this etute. Six of her husbands were
divorced, one wa killed and four died.
Komance and pathos have a part in the
story of her matrimonial conquests. One
of her husbands was an ex-convict,
whose pardon she secured from the Joliet
prison aud whose death shattered a
happy union. The man who bad worn
the stripe wa her third husband, whom
she chanced to meet on a visit to the
Illinois prison. Mr. Blackwood is onlv
40 yeurs old. She is well educated aud
socially popular.
The Carmen to Blame.
Oakland, Dec. G. The Inquest on the
body of Mis May Coats, who wa killed
in the accident last night when the local
train run into the Han Pablo avenue
cable car, will not be held until tomorrow
morning Bt 10 o'clock. An examination
of the cable ghowa that the accident was
not caused by a broken strand, a re
ported last evening. AM things go to in
dicate that it wa the fault of Carmen
Joseph and Wilson, the motoruiau and
conductor. They apparently attempted
to cross ahead of the train so a not to be
delayed. They have both been arrested,
charged with manslaughter.
Henate mil. Introduced.
Wahhinoton, Dec. 5. In the senate,
among the bill introduced tbi morn
ing were the following: By Hunton, to
remit "time penaltie" on the York-
I town, the Baltimore, the Philadelphia
ami the Newark; referred. By Beny,
to provide a temporary government for
j that portion of Indian territory occupied
by Indians, to Ik- known as the territory
of Imlianola: laid on the table. By
Dolpb, to exempt from payment of du
ties articles of foieigu exhibitors at the
Portland iOr.1 exposition; laid on the
table. A resolution was offered by Mc
pherson, instructing the committee on
education and labor to report as to the
availability ami advisability of estab
lishing a "national unit of value of
labor" wherewith to regulate wages au
tomatically; referred.
In the lloune.
Wash. so ton, Dec. 5. In the house
Blair presented a resolution calling on
the president for all correspondence with
the governments of China and Japan re
lating to the pending war between those
countries; referred.
The bouse agreed to the conference
report on the. printing bill. A resolu
tion was then adopted making the bill
to permit railroad companies to pool
their business a continuing order of
business until disposed of, and the bill
wa laid before the house.
The house passed the bill to prevent
the free use of the timber on public
lands and to revoke permit heretofore
issued to certain states, and the senate
bill making land warrants applicable to
payment for all classes of public lands.
involution Modltled.
Washington, Dec. 5. In the senate
Lodge's resolution requesting the presi
dent to furnish information as to the de
livery to China of two Japanese for exe
cution, was referred to the committee on
foreign relations. The senate then
agreed to Peffer'a resolution asking an
inquiry by the judiciary committee as
to ihe legality of the recent issue of
bonds. The cloture resolution ordered
yestered was modified bo as simply to
instruct the committee on rules to re
port the cloture rule on or before the
15th iiiBtanl. The resolution was placed
on the calendar. The senate subse
quently went into executive session.
Nicaragua Canal Bill.
Washington, Dec. 5. The senate
committee on foreign relation met today
for the purpose of considering the Nica
ragua canal bill; No quorum was pres
ent, but the matter was discussed. A
senate bill will be passed, and then the
differences between the senate aud the
house bill will be settled in conference.
The senate bill appropriates something
like $0,000,000 to reimburse those who
have in rested that amount of money up
to the present time in the undertaking.
Armlatlee Arranged.
Sh anoh ai, Dec. 5. It is rumored hete
that a ten days' armistice has been ar
ranged between China and Japan. It is
eaid the terms of peace, which are still
under consideration, are to include an
indemnity aud the formation of a' buffet
state, consisting of the country now held
by Japan. China now fears the winter
more than Japan, as her supplies of rice
have been kept back too long.
The Hugar Vutlou.
Washington, Dee. 5. Senator Quay
today introduced an amendment to the
sugar bill passed bthe house and re
noited to the senate, providing for strik
ing out of the one-eighth of a cent per
Kund differential on sugar. He said
this amendment would bring the demo
crat face to face with the sugar trust
and put them on record.
Mhut a Man and a Woman.
New Okleans. Dec. 5. Mies Katie
Buckhart was shot in the face and seri
ously, if not mortally, wounded, and
Herman Ileiss, was shot in the neck and
mortally wounded by Arthur Schneider
last night, in the kitchen of Seigler's
saloou and restaurant. There is little
chance for Heiss' recovery. Schneider
is now in custody.
A (Jertnan rJavaut Murdered.
Vktouia, Mexico, Dec. 5. Dr. Carl
F. ltenbangh, German physician and
botanist, arrived here a few months ago
aud started on a trip to Daredo, Tex., to
make researches. Yesterday a skeleton
was found a few miles north of here,
which has been identified by the cloth
ing as that of Dr. Henbaugh. It is the
opinion that the Mexican servant killed
the doctor for robbery.
Another Life laaaraara Hwlndle.
Toi'bka, Kan., Dec. 5. W. N. Nichols
of Valley Fall is authority for the state
ment that John W. Hillmon, supposed
to have been killed in 1878, shortly after
having taken out a very heavy insur
ance oh hi life, I alive in a little town
near Tucson, Ariz. Nichols is on the
way to Tucson to identify Hillmon.
A Iienlal by Herrealiotr.
Bhistoi,, Ice. 0. The report that
Ilereshoff bad received an order for a
cup-defender to be built in the event
of the acceptance of Lord Dunraven'
challenge i denied by HereshofT.
I HATE THE EMPEROR
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'(icniiaii Socialists Refuse to
Cheer for Mini
AN IPROAK IN THE KEICIISTAG
Negotiationa for 1'eate Kald to Be I'ro
greaalug; Very Favorably-- More
f ighting (ioliig on In Morocco.
Bkki.in, Dec. ti. Ttie (iret sitting of
the reichstag in the new building was
held today. The president, after a brief
address in honor of the occasion, called
for cheers for the emperor. All re
sponded except the socialists. The
action of the socialists incensed the other
members, who howled and shouted for
the socialist to get out. The socialists
paid no attention to the cries. Five
minutes elapsed before the tumult was
quelled. The socialist during the dis
order called the other members rowdies.
Herr Yon Levet.ow censured the social
ists for not responding to the call for
cheers for the emperor. Herr Singer, a
socialist leader, replied be would never
join in cheering for a man who told the
soldier that at hi command they must
fire upon their fellow citizens. This de
claration was greeted with cheers by the
socialists, and a greater uproar than
before prevailed.
Herr von Manteutl'el declared the re
volting actions of the social democrats
would result in the house making in
quiry into the charges of le.e majesty
more strict than ever.
Wan IdMiied fo the 1'rotectlon of For
eigners in Keking.
New York, Dec. 6. A letter has just
been received by the missionary society
of the Methodist Episcopal church from
the Kev. Dr. H. II. Lowry, a missionary
of the society in Peking, China, contain
ing the latest mail advice from that
country. In the course of his communi
cation, Dr. Lowry says:
"There has been much anxiety here
and at the ports, over the possibilities of
mobs, etc., and I think an unnecessary
scare. The government will do all in
its power to protect us, a9 w itnesses the
inclosed translation of the edict, pub
lished in the Peking Gazette:
"Imperial edict From the time of
their establishment the churches of all
nationB in Peking have enjoyed peace,
and according to the treaty should be
protected. The present breach of faith
of Kastern dwarfs the Japanese has
no relation to the foreign nations of the
West. And because this year many
men from every province are coining to
Peking, we fear that there are ignorant
ones who will wrongfully distrust, and
that evil disposed vagabonds will take
advantage of these circumstances to pro
voke disturbance. It is well, therefore,
to take prompt measures for forestalling
all stlch. Therefore the mayor of Peking
and the censors of the five cities are
commanded to charge those under their
authority to strictly watch and suppress
(disturbance) and protect ('oreigners.)
If there are those who disobey and
cause disturbance, let them be im
mediately apprehended with severity
and punished with unusual vigor, and
no leniency be used in dealing with
them. This is decreed.
"Kuang-Hsu, i!0th year, ninth month,
14th day (October 12, 1S!)4."
It May ICenult In 1'enre.
Washington, Dec. G. Japanese Min
ister Knrino was among Secretary Gresh
am's callers today. His believed though
the efforts of the American minister
primary arrangements have been affected
the opening of the way to a specific ad
justment ot the terms of peace between
the duly credited representatives of
China und Japan, which will include
fixing the amount of indemnity and
other details that could not be properly
arranged in the preliminary negotiations.
.Mexico Kcutly for War.
Sr. Lous, Mo., Dec. A city of
Mexico special says the Mexican govern
ment is receiving many patriotic proffers
of assistance in putting extra troops in
the field in case of war w itb (iiiatamalu.
In an extraordinary session of the legis
lature of the stte of Qucretaro it whs
voted to devote a military salary during
the war, if war was declared, to war
Highest of all in Leavening Power. latest U.S. Gov't Report
it V
AC5GWTE.V PURE
purposes, General Marqnese, now re
siding in Cuba, of the day of Maximil
ian, has offered bis services to Mexico,
notwithstanding his age and infirmities.
That 1'nclllc 4'uaat Trip.
I Washington, Dec. IS. The. senate
i committee on commerce today hud un
' der consideration the question of a trip
to tho Pacific coast authorized by the
last session of congress for the purpose of
investigating the relative merits of San
Pedro and Santa Monica as u place for
locating a deep water harbor for the ac
commodation of the business of Los An-
geles. It was decided to ask the senate
to authorize the inspection to be made
immediately after adjournment next
March.
The table I'rojeet.
Washington, Dec. 0. Hastings, of
the Hawaiian legation, said yesterday
with regard to F'ngland's project of lay
ing a cable from British Columbia to the
New Zealand colonies, that it would
doubtless touch the Sandwich Islands.
He declared the Hawaiian would much
prefer to be connected by cable with the
United States. No exclusive right to
land a cable on Hawaiian soil would, of
course, be granted.
I'acino Railway Kill.
Washington, Dee. 6. At a meeting of
the house Pacific railway committee
this morning, the chairman wa in
structed to present to the house a reso
lution asking the committee on rules to
report a special order fixing a time for
the consideration of the committee bill
reported nt the last session, which pro
vides for an adjustment of the indebted
ness of the Pacific railways to the gov
ernment. rnlform Katea of Poetage.
Washington, Dec. (i. Provisions for
uniform rates of postage for United
States mails sent to every portion of the
globe, with few exceptions, is made in
the order issued by Postmaster-General
Bissell. The rates are 5 cents for each
half ounce of mail, except for Canada
and Mexico, whose domestic rates of 2
cent9 an ounce are applicable, or to the
postal agency at Shanghai.
Tontage on Foreign Mall.
Washington, Dec 0. Provision for
uniform rate of postage for United
State mails sent to every portion of the
globe, with few exceptions, is made in
the order issued by Postmaster-General
Bissell. The rates are 5 cent for each
half-ounce of mail, except for Canada
and Mexico, w hose domestic rates of 2
cents an ounce are applicable, or to the
postal agency at Shanghai,
A Hmall How at Seoul.
London, Dec. 6. A Tokio dispatch
says: The Corean government has
broken the promises made to t he Japan
ese minister at Seoul regarding internal
reforms, and instead, it has been dis
covered, is secretly conniving to bring
about uprising among the natives. This
discovery has caused a disturbance at
the palace. The minister of the interior
has resigned.
FlKhtllig In Morocco.
Tangiku, Morocco, Dec. 0. The agent
of the American consul-general arrived
at Fez November 28. Gharb province,
the scene of the present fighting, is 50
miles from Fez. Sheerilina officials are
believed to have grossly exceeded their
authority. The sultan has dispatched a
cadi with cavalry to quiet the district.
Will He No llinitliill.
Washington, Dee, ti. The senate in
executive session today referred the new
Japanese commercial treaty to the com
mittee on foreign relations without read
ing. It is understood there will be no
opposition to this treaty by the Pacific
coast senators for race reasons.
Mut llrly on Their Merits.
Washington, F.cc. 0. The republican
congressional committee has notified
would-be contestants for congressional
seats that they must not rely on the
large republican majority in the next
congress, but on the merits of their res
pective claims.
Greeted on Their Hettlrn.
London, Dec. tl. The Prince of Wales,
accompanied by the Duke of York,
reached London on their return from St.
Petersburg this afternoon. They were
given an enthusiastic greeting.
I Milk Weaver) on strike.
Pauis, Dec. li. Nearly all the silk
weavers of Lyons have struck.