MM I ff.im ' S TPh TT71 TN Ok Tl 1-1 IMi ' .II I) IK-Mill -n-ll !i . -XL. il J jra tu ihr r n" m , wjn r 1 am , VOL. XV. ST. HELENS, OltEGON, EKIDAY, JAN IT Alt Y 28, 1898. NO. 0. NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. . f BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS Comprxhonalro Review of the Import- , ant Happening of the Cur rent Week, The Belgian government Inn smied Invitations to n sugar forenco. Joel Putnam, a retired shoe ninmi faoturor of Boston, committed suicide by shooting. J The casino at Wilhtrd beach, South Portland, Mo., valued at $3l,0l)J was destroyed by tiro. Tho United States supremo court has decided tlmt, heirs cu limit recover in surnnuo on suicides. Kmporor William celebrated, tho cor onation fut on Knixlii.v witli all' the usual pomp ami ceremony. , A itl'HIUBllIp, Supposed to bo fine of the Allan line, was sighted to tint rant ward of the Hroud Links, heavily Intt ed to starboard. General Sir Arthur Power Palmer, K, V,, will succeed Gnu. HirWillliam ; Lookburt aa commander of the Tirali fliiUl force on tlio northwest frontier of India. ' The executive committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Tmimnon is holding Ita annual session at IVorin, 111. The membership increased 8,000 during tbo lant year. Forty persons were killed and 1,3 in jured by an explosion of gas In one of the milieu of the Donesitroa Company, in Tagenrog district, on the north thore of the sea of Aaov, Russia..' British steamer Newlyn ia rejmrted disabled in latitotdo 01 north, longl tude 28 west, with her shaft and pro peller gone The Gladis towed bur for 83 ho lira, but was obliged to drop her. Three suicides oeotirreM In New York oity Sunday, W, P. Morrison, n stock broker, by hanging;; Borlbu Valonlcr, waitress, by carbolic add, nod 81g. t iiiiiud Polilako, also by mrboijo noid. Dr. I). K. Salmon, chief of the bu reau of animal indtistiy, has found both a preventive and a cure for hog cholera, In the form of anti-toxine loruni. Of. 344 animals treated in affected herda, but 80 died. He ask an appropriation sufficient to carry on the work thoroughly. A Are In tho Boston dry goods store, at Butte Mont... which did $35,000 damage, narrowly missed creating 4aiiio in the Mnguire opera house, ad Joining, In which "Under the Dmne" was being given, Several men .were trampled on in the rush, but no one waa aerloualy hurt. The Peoria, 111., water works wore old under decree of court to bond ''holders for H.600,000. " D-ntriictive bruah fires In the colony of Victoria, AnntVnlia, hnv4 done au enormous amount of damage. In a fight over a game of cards at handy Forks, Ky., eight men, all col ored, were killed, and' four aerloualy wounded, W. J. Trenholin, former comptroller of the currency, has retired from the prealdcnoy of the American Surety Company. Governor Bndd, of California, has ordered an inquiry to be tnmle into the mental condition of Baiter D. Worden, the trainwreeker. ' While at small arms practice at Tampa, Fla., four men on the oruiaer Marbluhead were injured by an explo sion, two seriously. Funds have been secured In Iondon, and three iinmenae sugar beet factories will be erroted at Chicago, Marysville and Ked Bluff, Cal. Mrs. Eliza Kohlor, widow of a well known Ban Francisco liquor dealer, has made an aoaignnmnt, with liabilities of 338,174; and asset, 1323.735. ' Binoe the serious illness of Cornel ins Vyiilorbllt, William K., his brother, ha"Voma the actual dominant fores In the New York Central railroad. The court martial of Captain O.. M. Carter, which has boon in session al Savannah, will sit at Auguata here after for the convenionoo ,of witnesses . A Chicago syndicate with H.OQO, 000 has purchased the 1,200,000-acre Lopes ranch in Northern Mexioo.whlch has on It valuable deposits of asphalt nm, v ', Amor loan schooner Oeorge W. Whit ford has been ordered forfeited by the Colon supreme court tor loading a car' go at Porto Hello in violation of port regulations. Charles Marsh, arrested at Kansas City for swindling J. F. Calhoun, of Spokane, is the well-known confidence man, known by the alias of Boston Charley. ' ; The Oakland, Cal., authorities have suspicions that Joseph IUenido, the trainer, whose mangled body was found alongside the railroad track at Slioll Monnd, was murdorod. , - ' ' Sanford B. Dole,, president of the 1 Hawaiian republic, has arrived at San Franolsco, en route to Washington, whore he will discuss annexa. ion of the islands to the United States. Italian brlgantlno Celontla, while on ft voyage from Venice to Savannah, was loBt.on the south side of Waitings' island. The orew landed safely and' were taken to Now " York ,ou Uo steamer Antilla, from Nassau. The Bakers' union of Chicago, has begun a war against tho American Bis cuit Company, and Incidentally against all employers of nonunion bakers. The offleors of the union say they will carry the war into every state whore the American Biscuit Company docs busi MOB HELD IN CHECK. folic of I'urlt, With the rstat Dif ficulty, trrvt Oritr. Paris, Jan. 85. Todday, Paris bas the appearaoe of being in a state of siege, and 4,000 police and soldiers hold the Place de la Concord,' . ,., In anticipation of the prohibited anti-Dreyfus demonstration today, un der tbedireotion of theorifunissifiK com mittee appointed by the anti-Dreyfus meeting at the Tivoli Vatixliall last Monday night, stringent measures were taken by the authorities to preserve order. The Plaoe de la Concord and thq garden of tho Tuillerioi were held by detachments of cavalry and infan try and large forces of police, Nothing happened until 9 o'clock tills afternoon, the time announced for the meeting to protest aguiiilt the pro- Drefyus agitation in the Hullo des Mi lies section and in the Mont l'arnesse quarter. The approaches to the. hall were occupied by police and mounted republican guards, while the prccau lion was taken of removing all eliaiis from the interior. The police refused ailmlssion to known anarchists, but many who were less prominent evaded police vigilance, gained admittance and created disturbances. M. Tliiebnud was elooted to the uhair, ami the noise' lest disturbers of the proceedings were expelled from tho hajl. M. Thiulmud proposed tlmt a wreath should be laid on the Strasbourg statue, and tho pio poaui was greeted Willi cnei ol "Vis l'armlo" and "Vive la Fianeel" Aa the disturbance continued, M, Tliiebnud got a motion adopted to close the meeting The wreath was then placed in a carriago, but the police re fused to allow the crowd to follow it in body, and divided it into small groas. In the meuntune, the anur ohlst tried In vain to organize a fresh meeting. The wreath was placed on the statue at half past 4 o clock this afternoon, amid perfect order. Later In the evening tbo police die- persed lurge bodies of ntt-.le isli dein tmstrators in the Hue de la Fayette and at the olllce of the Aurore, but nothing serious occurred, and there were few arrests during the day. It Is agreed on alt sides that Satur day's scene in the chamber of deputies was almost without precedent, except the recent disturbances in the A nut nan reichsrath. Curiously enough. Count Badenl, the ex-AuStriao premier, wit oessed it. He must have felt quite nt home. After the chamber was cleared 135 torn-olf neckties were picked up, to gether with many coats that had ha torn by deputies from each other's Shoulders. M. Clovis Hughes, ono of the deputies for the department ol the Seine, had a door slammed on his 11 n gers, which were-so mutilated that he is now in the hands of a surgeon. The scene of fighting around the tri bums was unparalleled. ' A CHICAGO WELCOME. Frcaldant Iml. and I'arlj Arrirs In the th Windy City. Chicago, Jan. 85. President and Mrs. Huuford B. Dido, of Hawaii, ar rived in Chicago at 8:05 o'clock this morning. A distinguished party greeted the president of the island republic on his arrival, Tho government was repre sented by Judge UroBscnp, John O. Black', Unite States attorney; Thomas K. MacMillan, district court clurk, and Hon. Thomas W. Crldler. of the state department at Washington, Chicago was represented by Mayor Harrison, and the army and navy by Major Hie stand and Lieutenant-Commander Phelps, respectively who ., were re splendent In full uniform and several pounds of gold luce, - In addition to these gentlemen, the president was welcomed by (General Brooke and staff, consisting of Captain Kichards and Lieutenants Dunn and McKenna; Hon. M. F. Hatch, minister to the United. States from Hawaii; William Pciin Nixon, ,Dr. Henry C. Lyman and the Chicago Hawaiian con sul, W. F. Job. , H President Dole's party consisted ' ol himself, Mrs. Dole, Secretary laukea and Dr. Day, his physician. Tho fol lowing ladies wore also present: Mes damea Oroescup, Harrison and Brooke. On arrival In Chicago, the reception committee entered President Dole's private oar and welcomed htm to Chi cago. The first to shake bands with him was Judge Oroescup, wiio said; . "President Dole, I am Instructed by the president of the Uusited Slates to welcome you hore. I am pleased to introduce you to Assistant Secretary Crldler, representing the president, mid Mayor Harrison, of Chicago." After the exchange of courtesies and welcome to Chicago on behalf of the city by Mayor Harrison, President Dole cordially responded to the greet ing and seemed greatly pleased with the hearty reception given to him. Mrs. Dole won the hearts of every one present by her unaffected and pleasant mannor, thanked the ladies of the oom mittoe for ooming out so early . in the day to welcome her, and soemed to.ap preclate very highly tho reception she received in Chicago. The party at once proceedod in car riugea to tlie Auditorium annex, where suite 1103 had boon reserved for the guests. They will be driven to Fort Sheridan tomorrow where a purarde will be given in their honor, and other wise entertained before their departure for Washington. Dlatlllary Warahoua Burned. - Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 25.-8hortly after niidhight, one of the largest warehouses of the Old Hurricane Springs distillery waa destroyed by fire. Nearly 1,000 barrios of whisky was burned. The loss is about 175,000. Coming Around thi Horn. , Elo de Janeiro, Jam 85. The steam ship City of Columbia, en route from Now York to Alaska with a pHrty of goldhuiiters, bound for the Klondike, has arrived here without iuoident. FOOD' STORES SEIZED Government Takes Posses. sion of Fort Yukon. MAETIAL LAW 18 PROCLAIMED Mob Thratnd to Raid the Warahoosa Whan C'apluln Ray Aaaartcd His Authority. Seattle, Jan. ' 25, The latest from Alaska is that Captain Ray, United States army, has taken charge of tho stores of the Alaska Commercial Com puny and the North American Trading Sc Transportation Company, and has proclaimed martial law in Fort Yukon, and placed its 900 inhabitants on rations, compelling those who have money to pay for them, and those who have not to work for them. ' This step was rendered necessary by the small stock of supplies on hand, which, it waa feared, would be exhausted before the Yukon river opened next spring. After taking this action, Captain Ray sent a special messenger to Dawson City, witli a letter to the commercial companies notifying them that he had taken posseeHion of their stores. It is slated that the letter also asked the commercial companies to use their in fluence in securing legislation by con' grexa giving to the soldiers in Alaska the same civil functions as enjoyed by the Canadian mounted police. The news of Captain Ray s action reached here this morning on the steamer City of Seattle, which brought 45 persons from Dawson City, and gold dust and drafts estimated at $500,000. Today's .arrivals bring advices up to December 21. They contain no other late news of importance. ' It is almost the universal expression of those arriving today that while there is no immediate need of relief expe. ditloh, it will be very acceptable bite in the spring. All say that an expedi tion cannot be taken in at this season, but that it would be a wise move on the part of the government to have it at the lakes ready to start when the ice runs out. It will then reach Dawson in time to relieve distress that now seems probable to occur before boats can ascend the river. It is stated that Captain Ray will ask the secretary of war for sufficient troops to patrol tho Yukon basin this coming season. It Is also stated tnat Major Kucker, who is at Dyea and Skagway, making preliminary arrange ments for the government relief expe dition, has recommended that troops be stationed at these two places and along the trails to preserve order. . W. AL Bank, of, San Francisco, who arrived here today from Dawson City, which place he left December 1, gives the following particulars of an attempt by a mob at Fort Yukon to seize the warehouses of the Alaska Commercial Company and the North American Trading Se Transportation Company. The particulars were brought to Daw son by Fred tiosob, October 28. Ono hundred and fifty men went to the trading companies and demanded that they be given a year's supplies on o red it. They said that they would pay them with work in the mines in the Klondike next season. The com panies refused, after a consultation with Captain Kay. On the following day the mob gave notioe that unless ita demands were complied with, the ware houses would bo seized. Captain Ray, when informed of this, hoisted the United States flag over both ware houses, and, placing Lieutenant Rich ardson in command of one, took posses sion of the other, and proclaimed mar tial law. Captain Ray awore in a fores of 35 men to aid him in protecting the property. ' A peculiar fatality occurred on the City of Seattle on her upward trip. A light fell from masthead and struck a passenger named Oeorge, of Victoria, orusblng his skull and killing him in stantly. The commission appointed by the miners at a recent meeting in Dawson to go to Ottawa and ask for a modifica tion of the mining laws, was among the City of Seattle's passengers. BANQUET OF FORTY-NINERS. Number of Callforala Plonaera Moat la '.;.'.'-- Chlcafo. '.'"-. Chicago, Jan. 35. The 60th anni versary of the discovery of gold in California was celebrated today by the Western Association of ' California Pioneers, which held its annual meet ing and banquet in the Tremont house. Eight survivors of the old army of argonauts, with members of their families, assembled for the celebration. Secretary Hotchkiss, in bis report, stated the membership of the associa tion was 102, distributed throughout the Northwest. Nine members died since the last annual meeting. The average age of the members is 69 years an ! 8 months. There is a difference of opinion as to the exact date of the discovery. Some of the associations of pioneers observs January 18, otherj January 34. The Chicago society honors the latter day. The programme, was entirely formal. Judge Richard S. Tuthill was the prin cipal speaker, Most of the time was spent In exchanging reminesoences of the far West. " . Rnaala'a Demand on Turkey. Constantinople, Jan. 25. Russia is about to present a note to Turkey,, de manding payment of the whole balance of the indemnity oflhe Russo'-Turkish war, amounting to 38,000,000 with a view of making the sultan more docile in the settlement of the Cretan Question. - Whistling la practically unknown tmong the Icelanders who regard it as irreligious, and a violation of the di tine law GOSPEL IN THE KLONDIKE. Rtruf (tea of Two Mlaalonarlas to Katab- .Hah a Churob. New York, Jan. 24 Two mission' aries were last spring sent to the Klon dike by two New York women under the auspices of the Presbyterian board of home missions. The names of the women are kept a secret by the board, A letter has just been received by Dr, McMillan, corresponding secretary of the board, from these misaionaries, the Key. Hail Young and Dr. W. A. Mo- Ewen. The letter is from Dawson, December 21. It was carried from Dawson City to the nearest outpost of civilization by Jimmy Jackson, an In dian. .. The letter announoes the establish ment of the first church in Klondike, and says there is food enough there to last till spring with economy, but if provision reach the miners by the first of April the danger of absolute want will be entirely past. Mr. Young writes that he and his companions are the only missionaries who reached Dawson City before winter set in. Tliey started at once to provide a place of worship for the miners. On this point Mr. Young writes: ' "I found a newly erected two-story house belonging to a saloon-keeper which he offered to let on these terms: The large room on the first floor, one month for (100 in advance, or the whole house (there are six 8x10 rooms in the upper story) until May 15, seven months, for $850, giving five days to raise the money. Well, I prayed and called on several friends. I got the $100, which secured the room for the next Sunday. I advertised and had a nice meeting; attendance, 60; collec tion, $40. Then I arranged to sublet tbs upper room at $20 per month each. They are little, rough, cold, unfur nished boxes, but were eagerly snapped up the first day. I got the renters to advance all they could and borrowed the rest from the gold commissioner. Mr. Fawcett. At the expiration of five days I paid the other $750 and got the lease of the building." But there were troubles ahead. On the 2 1st of November one of the lodgers came home lined witn wnisay. Al though candels were worth $1.50 eaoh. he lighted one and then kicked it over. The building was burned to the ground. The luck, of the missionaries had aroused the miners, however, and gold was forthcoming in paying quan tities. Mr. Young argued for and won the observance of Sunday in the camp, and the "opera house," which had been used for other purposes on that day, is now the church. Somebody stole two bags of flour from the missionaries, but the thief had been forgiven. ' The missionaries have started a Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor and a branch of the Y. M. O. A. , Loat Hla Ufa la tho Klondike Pendleton, Or-, Jan. 24. The re port that James H. Jackson, brother of C. 8. Jackson, editor of -the East Ore' gonian, lost bis life in the Klondike, is confirmed in a letter from John E. La- throp and Dr. Beetle. Jackson and Beatle were camped at an island at the mouth of the Swalue, 18 miles above Dawson City. Jackson went to Duw son City with two lumbermen, and left there November 9 to return alone. He was not seen afterward. He was searched for for two weeks, without avail. The trail was dangerous, and it is thought Jackson was drowned in attempting to cross a weak place in the ice. : ;-.'". , Rich Find on a Northern Inland. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 24. Accord ing to a letter received by Mrs. Edgar, of Old Tacoma, her son, who started with a party of five a few months ago for the Klondike, but stopped at some small Island, has struck a lich digging (hat he says pays them all $50 a day. Accompanying the letter was a small canvas sack filled with gold dust, val ued at nearly $700. Just where the island is he does not say, but the letter and package were sent from Juneau. Mr. Edgar says he expects, to come down in May or June, and, as he oan work every day, he will have nearly $7,000 worth of gold by that time. Ware Ironed, But Fousht. TcomaraJan.' 24. Seven of the orew of the English ship Marion Frazier, who have been confined in the county jail, on a charge of deserting from the ship, wnere pnt aboard the ship in irons this morning; While the men were being taken aboard, they con trived to put some pieces of iron in their pockets, with which they broke two large plate-glass windows, and, ironed as they were, it waa all that the deputies could do to subdue them. Captain McDonald says that the oourt and other costs will eat up every cent of the men's wages for the entire voy age, as the cost of the detention of the ship will be charged to them. , Brltiah Warahlpa Put to Sea. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 24. H. M. S. Pheasant went to sea today nnder sealed orders. The Leander will leave next Wednesday, Admiral Pallister refuses absolutely to say where they are going. Opinion among naval men is divided between, China and South America. Wherever It is, the admiral must have received reassuring news, as late this afternoon it was decided that the Imperieuse should not go. Ensllah Brlde.ee Waahed Away. English, Ind., Jan. 34. One of the most disastrous floods known tot Eng lish occurred last, night, when, three of the five bridges over Little Blue river were washed away. Fifty per sons on Court-street bridge when the bridge went down, were saved with difficulty by citizens. Vinton line steamer Miramer, from Brazil ports, brought three packages of yellow fever aerum, forwarded by Dr. Saranelli. NO PLOT WAS LAID Demonstrations at Havana Were Spontaneous. VOLUNTEERS ARE VINDICATED Newanapar A ttacka on Loyal Spaniards Caoaad tha Outbreak Troops Arm Still in Havana. Havana, Jan. 24. Since Saturday the rioters have been, quiet, with the exception of a dynamite bomb exploded In the Plaza de Colon, which did no harm. The rumors that the volunteers would revolt against. the government have had no foundation. Neverthe less, on Saturday and Sunday several generals arrived ' here from Matanzas province and from Havana provinoe with additional reinfoorements. About 15,000 men are now located within the city limits and In the outskirts.. Certain persons have circulated rumors that the volunteeers would join in the riots, and ' have still farther in creased popular passion by saying that the government intended to disarm them. It has also been asserted that the volunteers would not have the bal lot, because they are in the pay of the government, which is not a fact, as only buglers and a few others are paid. The rest are merchants and clerks, serving without government pay. Those responsible for circulating these rumors are interested, it is asserted, in breeding trouble between the govern ment and the volunteers, so as to have the latter disarmed, and to be assured of 84,000 men less against the insur gents.'' Now that the disturbances have quieted down, the greatest part of the troops have returned to their respective stations. Among the government's supporters the riots are explained as spontaneous and wholly without previous arrange ment. They are ascribed to the violent attacks upon not only army officers, but also upon prominent loyal Span iards, like the Marquis of Pinar del Rib, and Madame .Eva Canel, the well known newspaper woman. The sol diers on the other hand blame the au thorities for tolerating newspaper at tacks prohibited by law. Though without social standing, the rioten insist upon their patriotism. A DOUBLE MURDER. A Drlnk-Craxd Mechanlo Shoota Bit Wlro and Mother-ln-Law. '""'' , New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24. Ed ward Duff, 40 years old, a mechanic shot and killed his wife and mother-in-law, Mary Mahor, at their home here last night, after trying to induce his wife to live with him again. He had been drinking heavily. When he called his wife left the house to avoid him. He followed and shot her. Then be returned to the house, and, going to the room where his wife's mother was tewing, unconscious of the tragedy, ihot her in the neck and shoulders, killing her almost instantly. John Reilly, who was in an adjoin ing room, met Duff ooming from the iewihg-rooin with a revolver in bis hand. He asked him what he had lone, and received as a reply a shot which grazed his necit: Reilly ran and Duff took to the street " Ho passed over the body of his dead wife as it lay on the walk, tie re loaded his revolver, and, seeing that the crowd was gathering, walked briskly down the street, for a block, carrying the revolver exposed all the time. . The news of the murder spread rapidly, and a few minutes later a pa trol wagon with three officers rnshed up. Duff fought like a tiger, but was disarmed and locked up. OHIO RIVER ON A RAMPAGE. tTanaually Beavy Rain Cauae a Sudden v Flood Louisville, Ky., Jan. 24. Fears are entertained, here of a flood. The Ohio is rising steadily. At 6 this morning the danger line was but three feet off, but by noon this distance has been de creased by nearly 11 inches. Muoh damage was done throughout the state last night by a beavy rain and wind storm. Thomas Cross, a drummer, was drowned While crossing a Bwollen stream near West Baden, Ind. A son of a farmer named Drnry, and a negro farm hand, while riding horses aoross the Cumberland river fora in Jackson county, Tenn., were drowned. The Methodist church near Falmouth, Ky., was unroofed and barns and farmhouses In Girrard, Grayson, Henderson, Union and Hickman counties were damaged. The Licking, Big Sandy, Cumber land, Green and all their tributaries are booming and many are out of their banks. , Moving the Expedition. Seattle, Jan. 24. ' Arrangements have been made to send a detachment of the government Yukon expedition from this oity on the steamer Signal, which sails for bkagway about Febru ary 5. The detachment will consist of two ofhoers, 23 men and 110 pack ani mals. One hundred bob sleds, designed by Jack Dalton, for the use, of the ex pedition, arrived here today from the East. , ' ' ' V t . " Relief for Cubana. 7 Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 24. The National Guard of Missouri will col- leot money to aid in relieving suffering in Cuba. Adjutant-General Bell has appointed a committee and issued an appeal to the people for subscriptions. General Milton Moore, of Kansas City, will receive all subscriptions. Spencer, Ind., Jan. 34. The total Iors by last night's fire is placed at $80,000. The body of L. Dickerson was found in the ruins today. i VOTED FOR M'KENNA. Overwhelming Majority Farorad Bin ' Confirmation. ' Washington, Jan. 24. The senate today, in executive session, confirmed the nomination of Joseph McKenna, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. ' , In the open session an agreement was readied by the senate today that a final vote on the Teller resolution, providing that the bonds of the United States may be paid in silver dollars, and ail pending amendments thereto should be taken next Thursday before adjourn' ment. Vest, in charge of the resold tion, first announced that an agreement had been made for the final vote Wed nesday at 4 P. M., but readily agreed to a postponement of the vote until Thursday, at the suggestion of Turpie. Allison made the significant ' state ment that an amendment to the resolu tion that would cause some debate would be offered lute in the discussion, but gave no intimation of the nature, scope or intent of the amendment During the greater part of the after noon the senate waa in executive ses sion.. There was a parliamentary struggle in the house today over the hill for the relief of the book publishing company of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, which was brought before the house last Friday. By shrewd maneu vering its opponents succeeded in pre venting action today. Previous to the consideration of this bill the house passed the bill to extend the public land laws of the United Stated to the territory of Alaska, and to grant a gen eral right of way through the territory. The urgent deficiency bill waa sent to conference after the silver forces, with some outside aid, had succeeded in con curriug in the senate amendments strik ing from the bill the provisions requir ing the depositors of bullion at govern ment assay offices to pay the cost oi transportation to the mints. PREPARING FOR WAR. Meaning of tho Latcet Yokohama. Newa From London, Jan. 34. The St.-James's Gazette this afternoon, commenting upon the dispatch" from Yokohama, say ing that a fleet of nine Japanese war ships will leave Japan in the course of a week for Chinese waters, says: Japan is preparing for war. That, in a nutshell, is the news from Yoko hama today, and it is really the, first news from Japan since the beginning of the Chinese crisis. "It was obvious that the Japanese government had stopped telegraphic commnnication, which it never does, except when mobilizing the army or navy. That is precisely 'what it has been doing. "It ia understood tbat the destina tion of the fleet ia Wei Hai Wei, and there ia no doubt that the movement means that the status quo in China, so far as Manchuria and Corea are con cerned, shall not be disturbed by Russia or any combination of Russia's allies, in defiance of Great Britain and Japan. SO long as the defenders' policy is equality of opportunity in China, they are in a position to enforce their claims." ' The St James's Gazette also gives prominence to a list of the ships in the Japanese navy, pointing out its im mense fighting strength, and Bays: "It is probable that Japan could fin ish off all the Russian and German warships east of Sues in short order. Great Britain, even inoinding the Powerful, has not a vessel in the North Pacific capable of standing in battle line against these Japanese battle ships. " . A dispatch from Shanghai says: It is stated in official quarters that Ger many will make Kiao Chou an open port without exclusive privileges to Germans... and broadly on the line adopted at Hong Kong, the land being held under erown leases.. ' A Scitentifle Expedition. Princeton, N. J., Ian, 24. Profes sor W. Libby, of Princeton university, proposes to conduct a scientific expe dition to the Hawaiian islands during jthe coming summer. He will take four or five Princeton students witli him, and the party will be gone four or five months. ' Professor Libby went to Ha waii a few years ago, and is thoroughly posted in regard to the country. He thinks there are scientific treasures on the islands, duplicates of which cannot be found anywhere else. His party will thoroughly explore the forests and other places likely to contain speci mens of biological, archaelogical or botanical value." mViVi. ,. The Ohio Flood. Louisville, Ky,, Jan. 24. The river is nearly, two feet above the danger line and ia still rising slowly, but the tide flood is expected by daylight. At Fourth street the waves are washing in to the street. The falls are as smooth as any part of the river. War on m Diploma Factory. Chicago, Jan. 24. Attorney-General Aiken, of this state, bas begun pro ceedings to revoke the charter of the Independent Medical College, of Chi cago. He has filed an information in the ciroit court charging that the col lege is "usurping the powers of a cor poration, and that it has issued medical diplomas without qualification of the applicants. " ., Chicago. Jan. 34, Four" hundred thousand dollars ia to be expended at once by the Illinois Steel Company in the erection of a slab mill in addition to the mammoth plant already main tained by the company. The comple tion of the mill will insure employ ment to at least 1,000 more men than are now on the oompany's pay-rolls. French steamer Louis, from Cardiff for Marseilles .with ooal. foundered off the French . coast, and the crew of 15 men were lost, . . TELLER'S RESOLUTION Senate by a Decisive Vote Decides to Consider It. VEST WILL PRESS TO FINAL VOTE JExoltlng Plapute In the Hoaee Between Speaker Reed and Repre aentatlve Bailey. Washington, Jan. 23. By the de cisive vote of 41 to 25, the senate today decided to proceed at once with the oonsideratidn of the resolution intro duced a few days ago by Teller, provid ing for the payment of bonds of the United States In silver, at the option of the government The resolution provides: "That all the bonds of the United States issued or authorized to be issued nnder the said acts of congress herein before recited, are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the gov ernment of the United States, in silver dollars, of the coinage of the United States, containing 412 grains each of standard silver; and that to restore to its tender in payment of Raid bonds, principal and interest, is not in viola tion of the public faith nor in deroga tion of the rights of the public cred itor." Vest, .the member of the finance committee who bad charge of the reso lution, spoke briefly upon it, but dis claimed any desire at this time to thresh over the old straw of financial discussion. He - believed, however, tbat the time was ripe for a reitera tion,, with emphasis, of the declara tions of the Stanley Matthews' resolu tion, which had been placed on the statute books 30 years ago, particularly, in view of recent statements of the secretary of the .treasury, in which the present president, who bad, as a mem ber of the house, voted for the original resolution, evidently concurred. Vest announced his Intention to secure a final . vote upon the resolution as soon as one could be reached, and accentu ated bis intention by forcing the dis placement of the census bill with the Teller resolution s unfinished business. Speaker Reed, from the rostrum of the house, and Bailey, leader of the Democrats, from his place on the floor, glared at each other at the close of the Cuban debate today, and joined in an issue, of veraoity. This sensational episode completely overshadowed the interest In the Cuban question, which baa continued, interruptedly, in the ho'ise for three days, during the con sideration of the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill. Yesterday, notice was given by Williams that at tha conclusion of the debate today, a motion would be made to recommit the bill with instructions. Today, when the motion was made by Bailey, it was rule-i out of order by the speaker. Bailey thereupon startled the house by affirming that he had a private under standing with the speaker by which a vote should be taken directly on the motion to recommit. This the speaker emphatically denied, and these two leaders of the respective parties in. the house, with white, faces - and voices shaking with emotion, set their state-'' ment'! against each other, while the galleries looked on in breathless amaae meni. and the members were in an up roar. Smith, who said he was present, cor roborated the speaker's side of the con troversy. The result of the speaker s position was. that an appeal was taken fiom his decision, and by a strict party vote, it was laid on the table, 168-114, the Democrats and Populists, as on the two previous days, voting agaifcst the solid Republicans strength, ibe de bate waa not as interesting as on either of the two preceding days. The fea tures were a characteristic speech by Champ Clark, a strong appeal for con servatism by Johnson, a presentation of the results of his observations in Cuba during his recent 1 trip to the island by King, and an hour's speech by Dingleyv in explanation of the causes of the reduction of tho wages in the New England cotton industry. LOCAL STEAMER INSPECTORS. Will Be Required to Faaa a Clvll-Servlee . - Kxamtnatlon, .'.: Washington, Jan. . 23. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has decided to re quire local inspectors of hulls and their assistants and local inspectors of boil-, ers and assistants to pass a civil service examination to test their fitness to hold the positions they now occupy. This order, however, does not apply to those who were admitted to the service through competitive examinations under the civil service commission or through special technical examinations nnder section 4415 of the revised stat utes. The number of inspectors who come within this order is 62. In his letter to the civil-service commission, Mr. Vanderlip eays: ., ' "The department requires, this ac tion by your commission as a precau tion to the interests of commerce and the traveling s public. The labors of persons holding suoh position are very important, as the objeot of their labors is, to prevent, if possible aoai-Jenta which might involve the loss of human life and valuable property. The pub lic bas the right to know that persons who examine boilers and inspect hulla are mentally and physically competent in every way to perform the duties. Reaenteneed to Be Hung. San Andreas, Cal, Jan. 24.-Josoph Hubert, convictod of the mnrdor of his wife, whom he shot and killed .at Poverty Bar, Calavoras county, April 19, 18DS, has been resentenced by Judge Rust, of Amador, to lie handed at Folaom penitentiary on A pt it 19 next. "' -". . ... V