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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1896. NO. 12. TELEGRAPHIC RESUME Events of the Day la a Con denied Form. OF INTEREST TO ALL HEADERS Itetns of Importane From Domeetl ad r.nla limi-OnM f th Dl.peteh. Chalet Carleton Coffin, Jamout newspaper correspondent in the war of seoesslon, died in Boston. The rates of exchange in Brasil have fallen lower than wu ever kuown m fore. Grave fear are entertained that a commercial orlsia will result The Fronoh chamber of deputies baa adopted tha project for a new tab marine telegraph line between France, the United States and the Antilles. The masaaore of thirteen Armenian families is reported from the distriot of Mooah. Five Armenians are said to bare been killed at Klrobehlr, in the Angora dlatrlot. Superior Judge Murphy, of Ban Fran- olaoo, has granted another stay of exe cution in the Durrant oase, until March 18. The bill of exceptions 1 not ready for settlement Three hunrded tons of side armor for the battleship Sebastapool were shipped by the Bethlehem, Fa., Iron works to Russia. This is part of the first order for armor the company has reoelved from Russia. A great ice gorge has been formed on the New York Central ft Hudson River tracks between Hudson and Albany. The road is covered with ioe, in some places ton feet high, and the tracks and telegraph poles for a distance of 700 feet are washed ont The steamer Clyde was burned to the water's edge at Point Grey, Just outside the harbor of Vancouver, B. C. Captalu Wood worth and the-ore w had a narrow escape. The steamer was valued st 13,000, and lusured for $1,900 in the Western Isuranoe Com pany. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says: The Novosti, In an editorial, says that Russia will maintain the Independence of Cores and that if Japan continues intriguing Russia may be forced to oo oupy the peninsula. Jspsn must con sider that if she wishes to aoqulre Cores this mesns war with Russia. Secretary Lamont has issued an or der locating the military post at Mag nolia Bluff, near Soattle. While this settles the location, roach remains to be done before the site oan be eatab liahed. Seattle mast give a perfect title to the site, and then an appropria tion from oongroas must be obtained, j Andrew F. Burleigh, the well-known attorney of Seattle, will oontinue to re main receiver of the Northern Paoiflo! Railroad Company in Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. Circuit Judge Gilbert, of Portland, and Die- triot Judge C. H. Hanford so deoided In a dooision handed down In the federal oourtroom at Seattle. With the subsidence of tha waters which overwhelmed a great part of New England, figures of losses sus tained in the section will be consider ably more than 3,000,000. This does not include the wsges of laboring men and women through suspension of manufacturing and other industries. Six lives have been lost. Although the officials at Cramps' shipyards, Philadelphia, say they have rooeivd no special orders to ruab the three warships, the Massachusetts, the Brooklyn and the Iowa, to completion, because of the pending trouble with Spain, there is, nevertheless, an air of aotivity about the yard whioh contrasts strongly with the recent dullness there. A dispatch from Kobe says the king of Corea is still at the Russia legation in Seoul. Internal uprisings con-1 tiuue. It is rumored that Japan la making advances to Russia with a view of arranging dual oontrol In Corea. It is believed the Marquis Yamagata, t while in attendance upon the osar'a coronation, will negotiate a treaty of alliance. j Miss Edith M. Day,1 the young woman who, in the spring of 1894, i made a trip by railroad around the ; United States and through Mexico without tonohing her foot to the ground, died in San Franoisoo. The scheme for her trip was devised by rail road men of Portland to offset the at tention given to Miss Nellie Bly'a trip around the world. I One hundred and fifty flve-tael cans of opuiin were washed ashore at the logging camp of Edward La tour, near Utaalady, Wash. The opinm is valued I at $5,000, and is supposed to have been part of the cargo of a small smuggling sloop whioh left Victoria last week. The sloop, it is supposed, was wrecked dnring the severe gale of last week and the men drowned. ' Expert Cation, who was appointed to examine the oity officials' books of Walla Walla, has submitted his report to the oity council of that city. The report is from' June 1, 1880, and shows a total defioitot $8,471, divided be tween the oity treasurer and two ex marshal. The shortages, so the report states, occurred through negligenoe on the part of the oity olerk, whooolleoted the delinquent taxes for the marshal. A Johannesburg dispatch says when President Kruger visits England it is stated be will stipulate as conditions of granting to Uitlanders the franohise, the abrogation of the convention of 1R84, and the substitution of a treaty of commerce and amity, recognising Great Britain as paramount power in South Afrioa, and the inoluslon of Swasiland in the Transvaal; the guar antee of the independence of the Trans vaal: that a pre-emptive right to Kosl bay and Delagoa bay be aooorded the Transvaal. . The United States supreme court hat deoided the Stanford oase in favor of Mrs. Stanford. The title of the oase is the United States vs. Jane L. Stanford, executrix of Leland Stanford, de ceased. It Involves the Individual liiv btlltvof stockholders in the Central Pa olflo Railroad Company for the debt due the United States on bonds issned in aid of the Central Paoiflo under the California constitution. Shipping otroles of the world are greatly interested in the voysge of the British ship Auspices, bound from Santa Rosalie, Mexloo, to England with a valuable cargo of oo pper ore. More than eight months have elapsed slnoe she left port, and slnoe tben nothing hat been beard of the snip. Tne un derwriters are considering the advis ability of paying the insurance on the oargo and vessel, amounting to $460,- 000. Matt MoGuIre and Jacob Henke, miners, were Instantly killed by an ex plosion of powder in their cabin near Sheridan, Mont A terrible conflagration raged for twenty-four hours at Asperen, South Holland. Several ohurobes, the post- offloe and fifty buildings were de stroyed. - The bioyole squad bss proved satis factory beyond anlolpation, and when spring oomes all New York's asphalt streets will be patrolled by polios inen on wheels. President Cleveland has approved the bill granting the right of way to the Columbia & Red Mountain Railroad Company through the Colville reserva tion, Washington. In London the young radicals have broken out In revolt against the policy of the leaden of their party. The dual leadership between Lord Hoseberry and Sir William Haroourt Is the source of dispute. The French historical society bss plaoed a tablet on the house whioh Benjamin Franklin occupied in 1770, at Paasy, Franoe. Two members of the sootety eulogaied Franklin, referring to his career at a scientist Minister Taylor has refused the resignations of Spaniard! aoting as United Statee consult when they were written In Spanish, on the ground that that language la not the official lan guage of the United States. J Letters written by Mayor Butro, of j San Franoisoo, to congressmen anent the funding bill, have been seised by the postoffloe authorities. Their objec tion it that the envelopes bear the in scription, "Huntington would not steal a redhot stove." ' Undergraduates of Princeton college burned in effigy the king of Spain in a demonstration in which several hun dred took part The flag of Spain wat dragged through the main street, and later was torn to pleoes in the center of the eampus. The oharge d'affaires of the United States embassy in Berlin, J. B. Jack son, has had several meetings recently with the authorities in regard to the insurance matter, and they have prom ised to expedite a re-examination in the oase of the American companies. Senator Mitchell of Oregon has been consulting with the war department concerning an emergency appropriation for the cascade looks, to make the looks secure so they oan be early opened for navigation. He will introdooe a joint resolution for such amount as the war department recommends, so that it may be immediately adopted. Actors Will Long and John West fought a duel after the dose of a per formance at Marion, Ind. Long was fatally wounded. The men are mem bers of the "O'Houligan't Masquerade" company, and after a rough-and-tumble fight in West's dressing room, se cured pistols and met on the stage. In the volley whioh followed Long re oelved two bullets. West was nnhurt Admiral Richard W. Meade, in a lecture on "The Caribbean Sea," laid that In case of trouble between the United States and Great Britain over Venexuela, the first shot fired in anger will sound the death knell of the British empire. Disousstng the Cuban question, he laid that Cuba should bear the same relation to Spain that Canada bears to the British empire. It is possible that the sugar bounty bill will not pass the German reioh stag, for even the agrarians are not unanimously in favor of it The fea ture of the bill to whioh objection is made Is a proposed increase in the con sumption tax of from 18 to 94 marks. It has been stated in the relohstag that sugar bounties would amply oheapen German sugar In America and England at tha expense of Germany. The dead body of an American, found six miles below El Paso, Tex., has been identified as that of Mr. Doyle, of Cripple Creek, Cola He bad a bul let hole through hit head, and his neck wat broken, His murderers had evi dently first lassoed him and dragged him around till bis neck was broken, and then shot him through -the head. Doyle was said to be Interested in rloh mining property at Cripple Creek. , J. R. Baitlett, president of the Nica ragua Canal Construction Company, confirms the report that negotiations are in progress for a fusion of the Panama and Nicaragua companies. The scheme, however, hat not yet sc oured the consideration of their respec tive boards. ' The consolidation of in terest is regarded with great favor in banking circles in Europe, and, it is understood in America as tending to remove the rivalry between interests, and the governments are also believed to be friendly to the proposed combina tion. It is believed that an Anglo-Frenob-Amerioan syndicate for canal building is being formed, bnt the de tails are withheld. NORTHWEST BR EVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GElfEBAL INTEREST Ksws From Our Slater State. Kpltom. Led-Tha L.adinf Topic 1)1-eiiiwd- Waahlngtoa, Waitsburg's oity election will be the first Monday In April. Joseph Wiley, who settled in the Ahtanum valley in 1868, is dead. The baseball ' fever has already reached Waitaburg, and preparations are being made for the sport this sum mer. , . The name of the Sprague National bank, which is soon to be moved to Spokane, will be changed to the Fidel ity National. It is supposed that Fisherman Lar sen drowned at Kamiloble last week. His bat was found on the wharf where his boat was tied. The reoeiver of the Citiaens' Nation al bank, of Spokane, bat annonnoed that depositors will soon be paid a 10 per oent dividend. The fishermen of Paoiflo oounty are making preparations for the coming fishing season. The scent of the boil ing tar is in the air, and freshly tarred webs are on the raoks drying. The New Whatcom grocers who were recently arrested for violating the revenue law in selling leaf tobaooo grown in the neighborhood, have effect ed a settlement of their oases with the federal authorities. The Washington Immigrant, a ohild of the state immigration convention, has appeared. , Its avowed purpose is to help tne state carry out the plans of the immigration movement, and otherwise work for the interests of the people. . C. H. Ross, horticultural commis sioner for the second distriot, Is arrang ing for the appointment of spraying committees in various counties, to act in conjunction with local societies. The duties of the committees are to notify persons to sprsy their trees when necessary, and to report negligenoe in the matter. The Seattle Times is authority for the statement that one-halt of the bop acreage of Yakima will be plowed up this spring. A Puyallup paper con tains a list of several yards, amounting to fifty or sixty acres, near that place that will also be plowed up. Many Boiafort farmers have had enough and are going to quit. Spokane's offered bounty tor squirrel tails is not exaotly munificent Dur-1 ing the month of March, a bounty of 1 oent will be given, and in April and ' May, oent This bounty is for tails ! only, the former system of paying upon the presentation of scalps having proven ' an inoentive to fraud rather than en-1 oouragement to exterminate the destruc tive varmints. ' A son of the late General J. M. Buokley, once manager on theooaat for the Northern Paoiflo road, la on his way to Chile, to assume his duties as auditor of the Chilean railways. He is from Spokane. The salary attached , to the offloe it said to be $86,000 a year, Chilean silver money. The road is about 8,000 miles long, and extends from Iquique to Valparaiso, and the ! larger coast towns. Some" lawyers of Spokane have de vised a scheme by whioh they say that land in the Colville reservation oan be settled without waiting for its purchase from the Indiana. Here is the plan: Under the law, any oitisen oan locate as many plaoes or lode claims of not to exoeed twenty aores as be may choose. Any company of eight oitiaena may make as many locations of 160 aores eaoh aa it may see fit to take. The land will oost $37.60 per acre, how ever. Plowing and seeding are now under full headway in many plaoes through Lincoln oounty, and have been for nearly a week. It is believed that a great deal larger acreage will be sown to crop this year throughout the Big Bend than wai sown last The im provement in wheat prioea hat given the farmers fresh courage, and the fields of summer-fallowed lands that last year lay idle will be turned to ao- oount this season. The assessors of Eastern Washington, who were in session in Walla Walla last week, have adjourned. , The question of estimating the value of merchandise in stores was considered. It was deoided that the mere statement of the proprietor should not be taken as the basis for the assessment, but that the invoice should be used, quali fied by the careful judgment df the as sessor. As to bank stock, it was thought best to follow striotly the law of the state, whioh requires Its assess ment at full value, lest oertifled in debtedness against the tame. , Oregon. ' Malheur hat a school distriot named "Fighting Seven." .",...-, Sheepmen of Grant oounty are tak ing their sheep to the hills. Douglas oounty taxes for 1886 for all purposes amount to $96,886.40. The late rains have brought another batch of salmon in the Calapooia. and local fishermen are happy. Fishermen prediot there will be no high water in the Columbia this year, and anticipate a pjor Ashing season In oonnsequenoe. Owing to the low water, miners are again working the bed of Reuben oreek. Much ooarse gold and tome pretty big nnggeta are found in the oreek. Crook county will probably have about 40,000 mutton sheep to turn off this spring. Sheep are in good oonrti tion and there is a general inquiry for stock sheep. The Sherman oounty oourt held a tpeoial session and provided for a bounty of $1 per scalp on all ooyotes killed In the oounty , from and after February 14, until further notice. The money has been raised for erect' tog a skimming station at Bbedd and work on the tame will begin at an early date. An effort is also being made to establish one at Halsey, in Linn oonnty. : The fire which recently destroyed the Hoxie sawmill, on Williama oreek, in Josephine oounty, recalls the fact that this wat the fourth time this sawmill has been destroyed by Are within the last sixteen years. The Dalles Cbroniole is informed that the Day Bros, claim they have fin isbed the oon tract work at the looks, and are now waiting to learn what ao tion will be taken by congress as re gards the new appropriation. , Captain W. A. Cox will move hit house from West Florence to Acme, three miles, by water. The house is 300 feet from the river and it is pro posed to place it on a scow, after it is moved to the river, and tow it to its destination. Railroad men say that the reoent sand storm along the Columbia east of the mountains was the worst that bat been experienced tinoe 1883. Hand power ia the only method of removing the sand, and this requires a great deal of time, at shoveling sand is slow work. A oougsr and two cubs were killed within seven miles of The Dslles last week by M. Doyle and son, living on Chenoweth oreek. The animals bad killed several oalvea and sheep, and were getting very obnoxious. The old one measured over sis feet in length. The Jewett mine, within three miles of Grant's Pass, under the manage ment of W. P. Belding, is again show ing up well. . Mr. Belding has ex posed some large lodes of ore; to large in fact that the walls bsve not been discovered. It is reported that within few months a twenty-stamp mill will be plaoed on the property, and in) proved concentrators. Not a day passes bnt what some resi dent of Grant o"unty oomplains of the oonditlon of the mountain range, caused by being overrun by outside sheep dnring the summer season, rays the Blue Mountain Eagle. Residents are all of the same opinion, that if the outside sheep are not kept out, it will not be many yean before most of the stockmen will be oompelled to dispose of their bands and retire from the bus iness. , Idaho, A restoration and inorease in pension hss been granted George F. Lyons, of Lewiston. The woolen mills of Desert, Utah, are soon to be moved to Orchard, about thirty miles from Boise. The postoffloe at Leyburn, Shoshone oounty, has been discontinued, and its mall hereafter must be tent to Fraser. A patent haseen granted to James B. Perkins, assignor of one-half to P. Flannery, of Lewiston, on an animal trap. In Fremont and Bingham counties recently a rabbit drive was had and nearly 9,100 rabbi ta were killed in one day. ; In the. Star mall servioe operating from Blaokfoot to Challis, Bryan poet offloe bat been ordered to be tupplied without any change in the distanoe of the route Bryan Is between the Blaok foot and Aroo. The order became operative March 9. Harry B. Hall, ex-treasurer of Sho shone oonnty, has been sentenoed to one year in the penitentiary for em bezzling oounty funds. Hall was treas urer of the oounty and cashier of a bank whioh failed, and in which Van B. De Laahmntt, of Portland, was one of the prinoipal owners. County funds were in the bank. All exoept $1,600 was recovered by the oounty. Hall was tried for embeaslement for falling to produce that turn. : , . Montana. The smelting ooncerns of Colorado find it neoessary to draw on the lead mines from Montana and British Co lumbia for the majority of this class of ore and there a number of shipments reported eaoh week. The hills around the Rabbit distriot are full of prospeotors and a number of very good discoveries have already been made. ' The snow is fast dlsap pear ing. Sevearl new copper discov eries have been made during the past few weeks in the Nei Peroe canyon. A syndicate from Butte has taken up 900,000 minera' inches of water from the Madison rriver three miles east of Red Bluff whioh they propose to utilise in generating eleotrio power for various uses in the different oitiea of Montana, and especially Butte. The papers have all been filed with the proper authority and it ia said that fully $36,000 will be expended this summer in bnilding dams and other neoessary improvements. A number of Eastern gentlemen have been in Butte recently looking over different mining propositions. With a good lively chamber of commerce working for the good of the com munity, this number oould be largely increased, says the Butte Mining World. All that Montana needs is to have her great mineral resources prop erly presented to the invetaing public. No boom business it wanted, but a fair representation of facta. Nothing else ia necessary. If it pays the farmer to'get the best hog to improve his stock, or the dairy man the best oow to inorease the milk and batter supply, why will it not pay him to get the best thoroughbred poul try to increase the receipt! in that line? THE CUBA RESOLUTION Another Chapter Added to the Controversy. FINAL ACTION WA8 NOT TAKEN Tha Speech of tha Da Waa Mada by Hal at Maine, ta Vigorous Oppo Itloa to tha Kaaolntlon. Washington. March 11. Another stirring chapter in the Spanish-Cuban controversy wss added by the senate today. Many senators indicated a de sire to be beard on the subject, and the oonferenoe report accepting the houre Cuban resolution went over until to morrow. In anticipation that a oritioal stage of the question would be reached today the galleries were beseiged by the greatest crowd seen since the session opened. All of the publio and private galleries were filled to overflowing, with long lines of anxious people stand ing in the outer corridors, eager to gain admission. The diplomatic gal lery waa occupied by Ambassador Pa tenotre of Franoe, Ministers Mendonoa of Brazil, Hatch of Hawaii, Baron von Kettler of Germany, Messrs. Ho and Chung of the Chinese legation, and many secretaries, attaches and mem bers of the legation households. The bright oostumes of the ladies of the diplomatic circle, and the rich robes of the Chinese diplomats gave a tinge of oolor to the animated scene. The speech of the day was made by Hale, in vigorous opposition to the res olution, and to the offensive interfer ence of the United States in foreign questions. He declared the spirit of militarism was abroad in the land; that our oourse involved the possibili ties of war, with all ita dreadful oon- sequences. He brought ont the kindly aotion of Spain at the time of the civil war, when the British-built privateers were prevented from remaining for any length of time in Spanish porta, and when American prisoners were abroad they were released by Spanish orders. A dramatic incident occurred when Hale offered to read the statement of Minister De Lome, of Spain, calling in question the aocuraoy of some of the statements made by Sherman, Morgan and Lodge oonoerning Spanish a Wo ol tie. Davis quickly objected to the recep tion of a document from a foreign minister not formally transmitted. Mitchell of Oregon, Morgan and Teller added their protest in the same direo tion. For a time there was some oon. fusion and a prospect of a serious con' flict, but the serenity of the debate was restored by Davis withdrawing hit ob jection. THE DURRANT CASE. Final Action Ha Mot Boon Taken " Agntnat Ml Lamont' Murderer. - San Franoisoo, March 1 1. On April 6 next a year will have passed since the murder of Blanche Lamont, and yet Theodore Durrant, who was con vioted of her murder last November, ia still in the oounty jail waiting the final aotion of the state supreme oourt In the oase. ; Immediately after Dur rani's oonviotion an appeal was taken, but the oase has not been presented to the supreme oourt, owing to requests for additional time made by both sides The last postponement took plaoe a week ago when the pro&oution was granted ; twenty- days in whioh to file a bill of exceptions. At the end of this time it is believed the oase will be presented to the supreme court, but a decision is not expected for several months. Durrant waa sentenoed to be hanged February 31, but the slow man ner in whioh justioe is meted ont to murderers in this state make it proba ble that he will not meet hit death muoh before the oloee of this year. Meanwhile the prisoner spends his time st the oounty jail muoh the same at the other inmates. He has few vis itors and devotes most of his time to reading and writing. He has written a history of his life and lately he is said to have begun the study of law. TENEMENT-HOUSE TOILERS. Strong Protest Mada Against tha Sweat (hop and Its Syatam. Chicago, March 11. The sweatshop, and the system that supports it, were under consideration in the Central Msuio hall last evening. Nine speak ers, representing the pulpit, the bar, the state government and the trade that is most closely identified with the sweatshop, explained its history, its operation, the evils of its existence and ita tenaoity of life, and . suggested methods of reform. A large audience was present A glanoe showed that it was composed of people in all stations of life, from men and wemen with toil hardened hands to praotioal working philanthropists, professional men and women, thinkers, and lastly, men and women from whose hearts all sym pathy is not shut out by garments of silk and sealskin. In the speeohes made were oritloisms, both Implied and expressed, for the - manufacturing wholesaler and the middleman or con tracting "sweater." and unmeasured pity for the toiling viotlm, wearing away body and soul for a pittanoe, and appeal waa made to the heart and brain of the whole people for a publio senti ment powerful enough to lead from bondage the white slaves of the sweat shops as it shattered the fetters of the black slave in the Southern -cotton fields. Finally a resolution wat adopted endorsing a bill intended to give the national government power to wipe out an evil in the preeenoe of whioh state governments have been Impotent. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Coadeneed Beeoril at tha Doing, mt tha Nation' Lawmaker-Senate. Washington, March 6. In the sen ate today Cannon introduced a resolu tion, whioh was agreed to, asking the secretary of the interior for informa tion as to why the Unoompaghre In dian reservation had not been opened to settlement, and when it would be done. Allen called np his resolution declaring that United States bonds and legal-tender notes are redeemable in either gold or silver coin. Teller had expressed a desire to speak upon the subject As be waa absent, the resolu tion wat pasted over. The house bill regulating proof in pension oases was passed. Mitchell of Oregon then pre sented a resolution reciting that Henry Dupont had been lawfully elected sen ator from Delaware, and made t speech in advocacy of Dupont being entitled to the seat Washington, Maroh 7. For a long time today it looked as if the Cuban question would be finally disposed of in the senate by agreeing to the confer' enoe report aooepting the house reeolu tlona. At the conclusion of Mitchell's elaborate argument of the Dupont oase, Shermsn presented the report of the conferees and asked for immediate ac tion. Chandler, who had not been be fore beard on Cuba, declared himself in favor of not only recognising but maintaining the independence of Cuba, even if it resulted in wsr with Spain. On account of the late hour no aotion was taken. Washington, Maroh 0 The senate oommittee on publio lands practically decided today to report back the Art sons school land bill, recently vetoed by the president, with the recommend. a tion that it be pasted over the veto Delegate Murphy of Arisona, ade dressed the oommittee in favor of th' bill. The report would have been or dered today but tor the fact that the oommittee desired to secure oertain in formation from the interior department before finally passing upon the MIL Washington, Maroh 1 1. When the Cuban question was laid aside in the senate today, Tnrpie waa recognised for an argument against the claim of Dupont to a seat in the senate from Delaware. The senator had not con e'.uded when, at 4:86, the senate held a brief executive session, and soon there after adjourned. Frye introduced a bill for the establishment of a depart ment of the government to be known as the department of commerce and man' ufaoturea, the head of which is to be a member of the president's cabinet The senate committee on publio lands deoided not to recommend the passage of the Arisona land bill over the veto of the president, but to recommend a new bill. - . ' Room. Washington, Maroh 6. In the house today a bill paased to authorise the oounty of Navajo, Arisona, to issue bonds for the construction of oonnty buildings. The oonferenoe report of the army appropriation bill was adopt ed. The house then returned consider ation of the legislative appropriation bill, the amendment to abolish mar shals' and distriot attorneys' feet again ooming up. The request of the senate for a oonferenoe on the Cuban resolu tion wat received, but not aoted upon today. Washington, Maroh 7. After Hart man had made a very bitter attack upon the president In the house today, a bill waa pasted, on the motion of Grosvenor, to make the national-military parks national fields for the ma neuvers of the regular army and mili tia of the states, under the regulations prescribed by the secretary of war. The house then resumed the considera tion of the amendment to the legisla tive appropriation bill to abolish the fee system in the oase of United States attorneys and marshals. After the oommittee rote, without completing the consideration of the bill, a bill was passed appropriating $96,000 for the reconstruction of the Rook Island, I1L, bridge, and then, at 6:09 P. M., the house adjourned. ' Washington, March 0. The house today passed the legislative appropria tion bill, which has been under con sideration for a week. Moat of the time, however, waa consumed In the consideration of an amendment to abolish the fee system in the cases of United States attorneys and marshals. This amendment waa perfected anp adopted. The house then entered udon the consideration of the postoffloe ap propriation bill, the largest of the reg ular supply bills, whioh carries $91, 948,767. A bill was passed to abolish the cash payment of pensions, the pur pose of whioh was to protect old vet erans who squandered or were twin died out of pensions on quarterly pay day . ; j Washington, March 11. Distriot of Columbia business oonsnmed the major portion of the day in the house. Among the bills paased waa one to decrease the oost of gas from $1.60 to $1 a thou sand. This was the outoome of a long fight against the gat oompany. The consideration of the postoffloe appro priation bill waa continued, but no im portant amendment! were adopted. The speaker annonnoed : the appoint ment of Hendrioks to the banking and currency oommittee A bill was passed to authorise the secretary of the treas ury to pay S W. Peele, of Arkansas, $50,00 for service to the old settlers against Cherokee Indiana. A bill was also passed to change the times for holding court in the northern district of California. Maw Wanhlp for Germany, Berlin, Maroh 9. The reiohstag to day adopted credits to the amount of 6,978,000 marks for four cruisers and torpedo division boat and for several torpedo boats, after the minister of for eign affairs, Baron von Biebersteln, disclaimed that the government pro posed a big navy programme. THE POLICY OF SPAIN Authentic Statement From Prime Minister Canovas. NO OFFICIAL ACTION YET TAKEN Kor Will Any Ma Until th Gerei-ament I. Officially Informed of tha In tention of Thl Cduntrv. New York, Maroh 9. The World to day printt tn authentio statement of the policy of Bpain as to Cuba and oon gross, from Prime Minister Canovas. It is aocompanied by a personal mes sage to Joseph Pali tier from the presi dent of the oounoil of state at Madrid. The statement ia as follows: , "We have as yet no official notifica tion of the intentions of the American government, and oannot therefore take cognizance of or protest by note sgainst any of the proceedings of the senate and house of representatives of the United State. We have taken no offloial notice whatever of the proceed ings and speeches in Washington dur ing the past week. Nor have we sounded the European powers or courts regarding their support in any form. All we have done is to show the Ameri can government that we have endeav ored to enforce respect for the American legation and consulates, repressing so sternly the disturbances that we have ordered the Madrid, Granada, Barce lona and Valencia universities closed, and we will close all universities, schools and establishments while those student! dare to make demonstration! hostile to the United States. We will send to prison and prompt trial all authors and promoters of such disturb ances. We believe they are prompted by the advanoed republicans. "Nothing will be omitted on our side to show our desire to preserve oordial relations with America. The govern ment of Bpain regrets, and has made all the amends possible, for the mani- testations already made for the indig nation with whioh the speeches at Washington naturally excited among the ever-loyal people of Spain. "The situation now ia one of extreme delicacy. I cannot define how far it ia possible for the government of Spain to permit amicable and careful mediation of a foreign power, however honorable and disinterested it may be, without incurring the grave risk of being ao onsed of submitting to outside interfer ence, pressure and dictation in the midst of a civil war. The United States ia a great power, and, until it recog nises the object and enoouraget the aimt of the insurrectionists in Cuba, it ia friendly to Spain. After the recog nition of the belligerent! in Cuba by tne United States, it would be impos sible for the government of Spain to accept the good offloea of President Cleveland, or to permit any interfer ence whatever. "The only new and seemingly war like preparations yet made by Spain are made simply with a view to equip ping a fleet of warships and trans-At- lantio steamers to chase filibusters and to guard the ooasta of Cuba. That ia the sole object in view." TO ABANDON ABYSSINIA. Saeh I Said to Ba tha Intention of th " Italian, Government. London, Maroh 9. A 'special dis patch from Rome says: Humbert has ordered Signor Fransoi to undertake a special mission to the Abyssinan, Negua Menelek. Signor Frahaoi be lieves it ia best to conclude an honor able peace with the Abyssinisns and abandon the oonntry. Rome, Maroh 9. Popolo Romano this morning refers to the fact that considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the Italian garrison at Adi grat The troops there have only three days'supply of provisions and are tur- . rounded by the Shoan army. Unless promptly relieved Adigrat must fall, and a further massacre of the Italians follow. '' . Dispatches from Massowah to Italian papers show that the Italians fought bravely at Adowa and obeyed orders wherever they were led. But they were badly organised and there was no direct oontrol over the distribution of the forces. General Arimondi and Colonel Gali- ano, with 800 white solldera, are now reported to be prisoners in the ban da of the Shoana. It ia reported that Cassala ia now surrounded by the Dervishes. According to the Italia Militaire the Italian losses were 4,600, of which 8,000 belonged to General Albertone's oolumn. It ia positively ascertained that General Dabormida it dead. The only thing known of Albertone is that he fell wounded in the attaok,'. ., Given Up Their Cause. Managua,' Nioaragua, Maroh 9. Tha latest report are to the effect that the Leon rebels have given up their cause. Rafael A. Guiterrea, president of the republio of Salvador, has tele graphed to President Zelaya, of Nioar agua, informing him the Leon rebels want to make terms of peaoe. Presi dent Zelaya is determined that the only terms of peaoe be will give are that the Leonists shall pay all the expenres of the war, preparations ' for , which have been necessitated by their revolt; shall give up all their arms, and that their leaders shall be tried. On Would Thinh Hint a Spaniard. Kansas City, March 9.J. B. Ar cher, a well-to-do business man, show.' ed his sympathy for Cuba by publicly burning the 8panlsh flag in front of a Spanish theater. ' The act was loudly oheered. Archer has a stock of Span ish flags, and aayt he will burn one eaoh night until it It txhausted.