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'M I RHP VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FltlDAY, JANUARY 20, 1899. NO. 5. II li ll Hi xi .XL. .1,1 3 v V , EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKH.S1C TICKS FROM TJFK WIRES An Interaatlng Collection of Item Front the Two llemlapheret Fraaeated In a Condensed Form. Tlx monthly statement of the col lections o Internal revenue showt tint during November, 18U8, the receipts amounted to $28,404,408, against $I8, I)nli,806 (or November, 1807. Tlie preaident hat tent these nomina tion! to the annate! Oharlemanga Tower, ot Pennsylvania, now minister to Austria-Hungary, to he ambassador to Russia; Addison U. Harris, of In dian, milliliter to Au8trla-Uungary. At Itona Kong, the Filipino com inlttuo hat broken oil nil relation! with United Btatet Coniul Wildumn. The committee tin I issued a writ in the to preme court to recover the imn of 147,. 000. which the Filipino claim to hart bean deposited with Wildman ae treasurer of the Filipino independenoa fund In June luat. The gnnlmnt Yorkiown has sailed from Ban Francisco for Manila, Tit Honolulu. She will go nil the way ondar (.ill head of ileum, and should make the run in three week if ihe li not delayed at Honolulu. Hlie I tht nearer of fnlt Instructions to Admiral Doway and General Otia in regard te the situation in the Philippine. The Mew Yoar'a honors inalude Lord Dmiraven being appoluted pi ivy coun selor for Ireland, and Sir Edward Chichester, R. N.r being appointed companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. Uoorge in recognition of hi aoivlcea at oaptain of the British first bIhm cruiser Immortal, which waa sta tioned at Manila during the war. Senator Mason, of Illinoii, ocoopind the attention of the senate for neatly - an hour and half Tnoaday, with speech in support of till resolution de claring that the Cnitod States will never attempt to govern the people oi any country without their content. In many respects the speech waa one of the niMt notable utteraucee from the aenate tliiii far thia session. At Kokoino, Ind., there are IE tramr in the Howard county juil alow ly it Ting to deuth. Two week ago the hoboe refused to work on tht atone pile, and Sheriff Hurnes put them to tail on a diet of bread and water, inoMly water, until they tignl fled a willingness to work. At tht clots of the second week ot the atrika, the jailer rodiioed the bread anpply tc two loaves a day for the entire gang They declare they will atarve to death in thoit cells rather tlmu hammei stone. Thirteen persons wore killed and from 80 to 45 Injured In a railway ool Union near liound Brook, N. J. There was head-end collision between local train and the Black Diamond ex press. President Alonso's advance guard it within six tongues ot La Pea, capital of the republio of Bolivia. It ia likely a decisive battle will be fought soon between the government troops and the rebels who now hold the oapital. It is proposed that a memorial ht erected at Manila to the memory of all Americans who foil in the capture oi died of disease during the campaign. The proposal is that all Aroerloans no resident in the Far East, of whom there is a veiy considerable number, lioul I be invited to coutiibate toward this object. Filipino committees have made t formal protest, and President McKin ley lias been warned from Patis, Madrid and London not to attempt to tftks forcible possession of Ilo llo. The ground is taken that the American claim of sovereignty it premature, and that the United States it not tlx possessor of the Philippines until the peace treaty it latitled. The Filipino spoilt at Hong Kong says a fight with the Americans at Ho Ik) is unavoida ble, but little appaieut uneasiness ii fult at Washington, The Cincinnati Express Gazette hat collected data anent the opeiotlonsoi trainrobbers during the past year. Tht effect of federal jurisdiction upon train roll Mil oi is evidenced In Mexico, Dur ing the past year there witt not evon an attempt at train robbery In the sis ter republio. The orime ia punishable there with Instant death. The record for 1898 is as follows: Number of train hold-ups, 98; number ot stags robberies, 7; number of passengers and train men shot, 4; number of robbers killed, 6; number of robbers shot, 0. Captain It. It. Shaw and the orew of the British bark Glen Huntley, long given up for lost, are alive and well, and on their way to Liverpool. They! abandoned the Glen Huntley in fleros, italo June 4, 1808. For 1S4 days tht 11 sailors lived on Tristan d'Aoiinha isle, more than 1,600 miles south by, west of the Capo of Good Hope. They subsisted on penguin eggs and the flesh j of sea eagles, and shared with 73 white inhabitants the scanty stock of provi sions that the oaptain of a passing Tea-' tel had given them. Rlliifir Mw ftwiiia. A lieutenant and 18 men of tht French warship Sure were killed in tht New Hebrides by natives.' The Merritt Chapman Wrecking company's outfit arrived at Santiago d Cuba to raise the former Spanish oruis er Ruina Mercedes. Arsenlo placed In colTee by some one unknown canned the deaths of Frank Lomack, hit wife and five children at Shelby, Tex. LATER NEWS. The first detsohment ot the Seven teenth ha left Columbus for New York, en route to the Philippines. The entire military department ot Santa Clara, Major-Goneral J. U Bates xxnmanding, is quiet. Twenty-seven thonsand Spaniards still remain in the vicinity of Oiorifuogoa, but one trans port has loaded and 13 others are ex- puoted to arrive at an early dute. It Is Impossible, however, that the evaon ttlon will be oninpleted much before the middle ot February. Great four is felt for the safety ot the naptlis launch Paul Jones, hailing from Louisville, which left the month of the Mississippi river January 8 for Peiituoola, Fla., with a prtrtv of ladies and gentlemen from Chicago and In dianapolit on board. Nothing hat been beard there of the launch, and one of the fattest tugs hat left to make a thor ough search on the Gulf. A train of empty cart on the Oregon Short Line, while leaving Butto, ran Into an open twitch near the city, and crashed into a twitch engine. Both engines and tome of tbe cart were wrecked Tbe crew of the train and that of the switch engine all jumped, Conductor Joseph Giant, of the freight, waa thrown under the wreck and killed. Fireman Dowling was injured, The rest escaped unhurt. A Madrid dispatch aayt the govern ment, on the reassembling of the cor tea, will immediately ask La Reforms for authority to toll the Marianne (Ladronua), Caroline and the Pelca islands, tlnce Spain It powerless to maintain a sufficient foroe to defend them. The government arrived at thil decision in consequence of advioes from General Riot that an army of 4.00C men, a man-of-war and two gnoboati would be necessary for the purpose. Official dispatches from Ilo Ilo, It- land ol Pansy, indicate that the na ti rot are disposed to bo friendly, al though absolutely opposed to the land ing of the United States forces without order from Malulot, the seat of the so called Filipino native government. Home of the ofllciala at Ilo Ilo are not in accord with the revolutionary gov ernment, but are willing to aooept ar American protectorate, and will go tc state the case to Aginaldo if furnished transportation by the Americana The Berlin correspondent of the Lon don Timet quotes from the Cologut Gasette that "rumors as to the annex ation of VauTa, one of the Frlendlj islands, by Germany, are an Invention of those who desire to ttir up ill-feel ing between Germany and the Unitec States. Ho says, however, as tin Cologne Gasette wat among the mosi aotive originally spreading reports ol German's intention to annex the Phil ippines, itt excessive Indignation ir the present instance it somewhat over done. At Furley, Kan., Thomas Greent killed his wife and then shot himself. Jealousy was the oauso. Rev. Dr. William Maxwell Black burn, president ot Huron college at Pierre, 8. D., died at the age of 60 years. Margaret Livingston Chanter and Anna Bouling, heroic women who served without pay at nurses In Porto Itico during the war, have bean recom mended tor that rare honor, tbe thankt ot oongrest. It it reported frcm Peking thai Russia hat demanded a lease ot tht Miao Tao islands at a torpedo atation. These islands lie across tha'entranct of the Gulf ot Pe-Chl-Li, south of Port Arthur. The acquisition ot thetf inlands would still further strengthec Rusaia't hold on the approaches to Peking. " The quartermaster's department It preparing to disinter and bring to thh country the remains of the 1,200 heroet of the Spanish war who were either killed by bullets or died ol fever in Cuba and Porto Rico. Colonel Moore, asaistant quartermaster-general, aayt the expedition ot disinterment is we'l nndor way. Senator Teller, of Colorado, bat In troduced a bill for the amendment o the war-revenue act, to at to provide for a tax upon the actual value or tell ing prices instead of the nominal value of cer tain stocks. The bill ia in tended to relieve the cheaper mining stocks from what it claimed to be an enormous burden upon them. A petition from ex-Queen Liliouka- lan I of Hawaii hat been presented tc the houBe, protesting against the Unit ed States' assertion ot ownership to the orown lands of Hawaii at taking ol property without due process of law, and appealing to the president, oon grest and tlio people for a restoration of these lands. A like petition war presented to the senate. A Havana cable to the Now York World says: "Trie graves ot the Malnt victims in the Havana cemetery are neglected. Two small, sickly shrubs, one weather-beaten pot with dead plant and two blasted stalks of tliret slips are all there ia to show that any thing has b?en done in this beautiful burial place tor bur nation's dead. A month ago, upon the interment of some sailors of the Resolute, their comradot put an 18x24 inch calico American flag on the mound. This little faded flag it the only thing given by either the army or the navy. A Tiolent gale swept over the Eng lish channel and tbe east coast nl Great Britain, doing immonse damage. I An elevator belonging to the George' O. Bagley Company was burned at Minneapolis with 800,000 bushels ol wheat, the lost being over 1300,000. I Prompt ttept are being taken by tht administration to assert the supremacy of the United States in the Fhilippinei ' and Maj. -General Otis has been dosig. Dated as governor-general of the Inlands, WIS A SWIFT DEATH I Ship Andelana Goes Down at Tacoma. FIFTEEN MEN WERE A BOA ED CapSnla and Mats Among Thoa Lost Vauel CapalMd Daring Hvv Oat. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 17. The most appalling marine disaster that baa ever occurred in the history of Tacoma happoncd early this morning. During a terriflo gale which swept over Puget sound, the British ship Andelana, an chored In this port, awaiting oargo, capsized, and Captain G. W. Staling and hit orew of 16 men, who were asleep below decks, wore dragged down to a sailor's death without an instant's warning. The tull list of those lost it at follows: Captain U. W. Staling, of Annapo lis, Nova Scotia: E. H. Crowe, aged 80 years, Londonderry, it. 8., first mate; E. G. Doe. aged 88 years, 145 Essex Talbot Road, Blackpool, England; Nemey Josaaim, Victoria, B. C, stew ard; Joseph M. A. D'Holyere, of Oni end, Belgium, apprentice; Richard Reginald Hanste, ot Ostend, Belgium, apprentice; Charles Smith, of United States, botswaln; James Daly, of New York, boatswan; J. R. Brown, of Bar badoes, oook; H. Hacsson, Sweden, able teaman; Antone Jensen, Den mark, aeaman; John Nielsen, Norway, seaman; E. Ostrom, Finland, teaman; Fred Ilindstrohi, Norway, aeaman; Edward Lets, Rega, Russia, aeaman; August Simonson, Holland, teaman; Pat Wilson, St. Job n't, N. F.. Sea man. J nut what time the disaster which resulted in such appallling lost of life ocourrad it not known, at- every per son on board the vessel went to the bottom of the Bound with It. The ship, which wat of English build, and worth probably 1S0,000, enterod thia port several days ago. She wat to have loaded wheat ander char ter to Eppinger & Co., ot San Fran cisco, for Europe. Yesterday she was taken to tbe Eureka dock and all bal last removed and the bold cleaned, pre paratory to receiving cargo. She was then towed to aJ anchorage several hundred yards northeast of tbe St. Paul A Tacoma Lumber Company's deep-water wharf, at which point dis aster overtook her. She had out, ao- oording to the best information ob tainable, the starboard anchor, weigh ing at least three tons, while to either aide ot the vessel were attaohed the ballast logs a sod to keep a ship upright during the absence of oargo or ballast. The ship was riding the wave serenely when the skippers of other vessels an chored olose by retired the night before. Wheu daylight dawned no tignt of the Andelana were visible Over the spot where the rode serenely at anchor the night before only a danger-signal bnoy lamp waa visible. When the absence of the ship was discovered. Captain Doty and Captain Burtey took the tug Fail fluid and made an investigation, and it wat toon determined beyond possibility ot doubl that tbe ship bad gone to the bottom. One of the ballast logs wat found. To it dangled part of the chain by which it wat originally fastened to the ill-fated ship. In addition, one of the lifeboats, a mattersa with the name of the ship on it. and several oara, were found. Beyond these no other wreck age hat bevn discovered. As all on board perished, only tar- miset at to the cause ot the disaster are prevalent. Judging from indica tions, shipping men say, the ballast log fouud was from the port tide ot the vessel. She ship, according to all ac counts, was headed In a southerly di rection, or toward the head of the bay, at the time tbe gale twept down tbe Sound. The heavy winda oanaed the ship to train on the chains, making the tog on the weather aide taut and giv ing a tendency to lift the log from the water, but the strain wat too great for one o( the chains, ana it snapped. Thit released the towering oraft from the greater restraint on the weather aide, and she lifted with the wind, and, there being little restraint from tbe other end of the log, raised it enough to allow the right or mooring ohain to elip off. Thus freed from ballast and floating like a chip, the ship careened under the pressure ot the heavy gale, and shipped great quantities ot water, lining completely the hold and fore castle, causing her to capsize and sink to the bottom, all in very tew min utes. The tltnation was further aggravated by the fact that the tides were just setting in at the time the ship went down. This in all probability foroed the stern ot the vessel around and ex posed the broadside to the Rale's fury, Laie this afternoon the ill-fated ves sel was located. She lies on the bot tom ot tho Sound, on her broadside, under 88 fathoms of water, close by the ipot where she had been anchored. Lived Over 100 1'fmr. Utioa, N. Y., Jan. H.Mrs. Emily J. Moseley, who would have been 108 years old had she lived until April, died at tbe Home tor the Homeless to night. .- ' Btorm la Switzerland. Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 17. A heavy gale is blowing today, accom panied in different parts of Switzerland by torrential rains and snow. Great damage hat been done. Many ot the mountain passes are blooked, and it ia feared there will be sorious avalanche disasters. Tbe United States gunboat Helena 'onnrted at Port Said today, and, hav ing coaled, proceeded on her way to the Philippines. GO ON THEIR MERITS. Oregon I,gllitttm Will ClonAly Cn elder Appropriation HI1U. Halem, Or., Jan. 14. The first week of the legislative session closes with 91 bills Introduced and read in the son ate, arid 184 in the house. The house passed the bill to add two judges to the supreme court, and there is little doubt that the measure will pass the senate in doe time. Two notable re forms have been provided for to limit the number of committee clerks and to keep appropriaiiont of doubtful merit out of the general appropriation bill. A bill to correct the committee clerk ship abuse further for future legisla tures it before the senate, and it likely to past both houses. The ways ami meant coammittee will report not only a general appropriation bill and a spe cial appropriation bill, but will refuse to yoke with appropriations of on- doubted merit tiiose that are question able, making the latter bills stand in dividuallv on their merits before tbe legislature and the governor. WASHINGTON LAWMAKERS. Mania, Whoa Meat le Contested, Ask to Be Taken Of Committee. Olympla, Jan. 14. Senator Manta today asked to be excused from serving on tbe committee of elections and elec tion contests, inasmuch as his seat wat to be contented, and that, in all proba bility, the matter would be referred to that committee. The chair stated that it wat expected that the contest in Manta' district would be referred to a special commit tee. He did not know but that a spe cial committee would yet be named. Manta was made chairman of the com mittce on senate employes other than regular, and Paul, of that committee, waa made chairman of the election con test committee, Keith was transferred from the committee on fish to the com mittee on printing, exchanging placet with Senator Biggs. Eight hundred and forty-two citiaent of Walla Walla petitioned for an as sembly hall in the Walla Walla state penitential y. The request was made on the ground of public morals, as it waa claimed an assembly hall for the inmates of tbe penitentiary would tend to improve their morals. Far a State Road. Il the house a bill was introduoed by Moote, establishing a state road down tbe Colombia river from Lyle, Klicki tat county, to Washougal, Clark coun ty, and appropriating $36,000 therefor. A concurrent resolution relating to the wealth of Washington coal mines, and requesting the secretary of the navy to use Washington coal in prefer ence to British Columbia coat, and call ing upon said secretary of the navy to notify the legislature if any reason ex ists why thit cannot be done, wot offered by Culvert, and adopted. House bill No. 78, offered by Bel- ford, who moved its advancement to third reading after the title had been read. It is an appropriation bill, car rying $1,600 for the transportation of prisoners, $500 for transposing juve nile offenders, and $300 to pay travel ing expenses ot superior court judges. On final pasiage it received by one neg ative vote and 84 affirmative. . Senate concurrent resolution No. 3, authorising the purchase of a suitable nag for tbe capital, was taken up and passed under suspension of the rulea. The senate ooiicnr rent resolution for the printing and publication ot 8,600 copies ot Governor Roger'a message wat passed. RAILROADS TO POOL ISSUES. fie port That Great Northern and North era Faelflo Have Combined. New York, Jan. 10. The Times says: The announcement of tbe settlement of recent disagreements between the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroads proved to be one ot the moat interesting statements Avail Btreet has lately had tooonsider and enthuse over. In Northern Paciflo common stock there la reason to believe that a pool has been formed, including in its mem bership the strongest flnanoieis of Wall street, among others, frlenda ot J. P. Morgan, Governor Flower and John D Rockefeller. Thia pool, credited with capacity beyond any auoh recent combinations, la believed to have as the basis for its organization knowledge of plans which will practically make the Northern Pa cific and the Baltimore & Ohio one property. Some reports, probably dis torted, have it even that Northern Pa- oifio property would aotually absorb the B. & O. Under any circumstances, it it declared there will be direct man agement and personal super vision ol polioy by James J. Hill. Klondike at Home. Hillsboro, Jan. 18. While: ditching on hia beaverdam at Farmington, five miles southeast of this city, George Robinson struck a gold-bearing quarta ledge which assays $48 to the ton. The ledge is between two and thiee feet in width. The lead runs north and south, pitching east. Near it are two other ledges, tbe rook from which has not yet been assayed. Tbe ledgu was discovered several days ago, but the matter waa kept very quiet until today, and the only trouble to be encountered ia in getting water. No gold had ever before been found at Farmington, but old minon considered the indications there very good. (Itinera! Kagaa Centered. Wnnhinotnn. Jan. Id. -The war in. vestigating commission today passed resolution censuring Eagan for the lanuuaee he used when he appeared to answer charges made against the corn- xiissary branoh ot the army Dy Junes, ind returned to him the carefully pre aarad tvnewrittnn statement which he left with the commission after reading it to that body. It is reported tnat General Egan has concluded te exohida Ihe mattei oomjpluiued SITUATION IS CRITICAL But General Otis IIar Well in Hand. It A REBEL ATTACK IS RIDICULOUS Oeed lleeultfl Expected from the Con ferenoe Between otle' and Agul naldo'e Bepreeentatlvee. Manila, Jan. 16. The situation here fs undoubtedly critical, but Major General Otis has it well in hand, and there il no tuoh certainty of tiouble at many believe. The rebels are concen trated on the outskirts of the town, and their leaders have Issued strict or ders that they shall act only on the de fensive. An accident might precipitate trouble, but tbe idea of a rebel attack upon Manila it ridiculous, as the Americans control the position. Agoinaldo has republished the sec ond manifesto in reply to the proclama tion of General Otis, which was re called on its first appearance, but it has proved ineffectual. On Wednesday, a false alarm, due to trivial incidents occurring simul taneously in opposite parts of the city, led . to general call to the United States forces. In 18 minutes the en tire city waa covered. The prompti tude of the Americans, while it created scare for the moment, effectually re stored confidence throughout Manila, and dispelled the excitement due to a passing fear on the part of tiie citizens that an outbreak was imminent. It ia possible that the Filipinos, after the diplomatic conferences that have been held between the representatives of General Otis and Aguiualdo, have finally come to understand that the cautious and conservative policy of the Americana is not due to fear, and they may accept the inevitable with good grace. It it evident that at present they are unable to appreciate tbe full meaning of the independence demand ed, and when tbey do understand itt extent, tbe American proposition will be acceptable. ' HOUSE PASSES ONE BILL. Senate Dleenaaee the Qneatlon of Open Executive Seaalon. Washington, Jan. 16. Tho house today passed the diplomatic and consu lar appropriation bill without an amendment. During the general de bate two set speeches were made against imperialism by Carmack and Gaines, of Tennessee. Tbe diplomatic and consular bill is the sixth of the regular appropriation bills to pass the house. Seven budgets yet remain to be acted upon. The bill as passed car ries $1,761,533. Washington, Jan. 16. Little busi ness was transacted by the senate in open session today. Sixteen bills on the private pension calendar were passed, and a joint resolution extending the thanks of congress to Miss Clara Barton and other offloials of the Red Cross Sooiety for their beneficent work in Armenia and Cuba was adopted. Cockrell entered a motion to recall the bill which passed yosterday, author izing the president to appoint Brigadier-General T. H. Stanton a major general, and place him on the retired list with that rank. At 6 o'clock the senate adjourned. Debate In Open Seaalone. Washington, Jan. 16. The aupport ert and opponents of the peace treaty in the aenate had their first contest over that document today in executive session. While the debate technically was upon Senator Berry's motion providing for tbe consideration in 0en session, the entire question at issue was gone over to a considerable degree. The dis cussion continued from a few minutea past 1 until 6, when the senate ad journed tot the day without reaching a vote upon the Berry motion. TO ORGANIZE A CABINET. General Brooke Has Decided te nave four Civil Secretaries. Havana, Jan. 16. Gen. Brooke hat carefully considered the formation of cabinet of civil advisers, and has de cided to have four secretaries the first ot state and government; the second of finance, the third oi justice and public instruction; and the fourth of agricul ture, Industry, commerce and public works. Only prominent residents ot the islands will be invited to join ths cabinet The governor-general baa received acceptance from two. whose names are reserved until all four can be an nounced. One of the other two may be a Spaniard, though it is probable that all four will be Cubans. Oregon Soldier TTI11 Come Rome. Washington, Jan. 16. Representa tive Tongue today saw Assistant Secre tary Moiklejohn and asked him if the recent turn of events in the Philip Dines would mean that the Oregon vol unteers would bo retained in those islands longer than was originally in tended. He was informed that the outbreaks would not change the depart ment's plan, and that the Second Ore gon would be sent home as soon as re lieved by regulars.' Chewlng-flum Truat Formed. New York, Jan. 10. A combina tion of cliewing-gum manufacturers of the United States was pracrtioally con summated today, when the last con tracts necessary to amalgamation ware executed in thia city. The oapital in volved amounts to about $16,000,000. The naval board on promotion wi'l recommend that rewards be given to Ensigns H. II. Ward and W. W. Buck, who acted as spies during the war with Spain. , VETO MESSAGES RETURNED. Governor Roger Send the Wanted llMDmeata to iha Senate. Olympia, Wash., Jan. 18. Imme diately after the reading of tbe mintnes in the senate, Lieutenant-Governor Daniels announced the standing oom mitteea. . Plummer called for a committee of five to group the committees and recom mend tbe number ot clerks. Carried. High presented a memorial from Clark county settlers. He asked that tbe memorial be referred to the com mittee on memorials, but that, inas much as a similar document had been introduoed in the house, he did not de sire the state put to the exiense of printing the memorial. On motion of Yeend, W. C. Gray, of Stevens county, who it contesting the seat ot Senator C. A. Mantz, was al lowed the privilege of the floor of the senate. The committee on the compensation ot senate tan ploy es reported as follows: Secretary, $5; assistant secretary, $4.60; sergeant-at-arms, $5; assistant sergeant-at-arms, $4; minute, journal and enrolling, engrossing and assistant engrossing, bill and docket clerks and stenographer, $4 each; judiciary clerk, $4.60; pages, $2; all other employes, including committee clerks, $3.60. Tbe vetoes of Governor Rogers on bills acted upon sinoe the adjournment of the last legislature were presented, together with the names of the ap pointee! of the governor. The confir mation of appointees waa made a spe cial order for January 80, at 11 A. M. On motion of Megler, tbe vetoes were made a special order for Jannary 17. The votes cover, among others, tbe gen eral appropriation bill. The excep tions are: "The appropriation of $.25, 600 for the Cheney normal school, $17,600 for tme maintenance of the Whatcom normal school, and $20,000 for the equipment and improving the grounds of tbe said Whatcom normal School are hereby objected to and dis approved, the reason for tuch disap proval being such appropriations are opposed to a just public policy at the present time. With these exceptions the bill is hereby approved." Senate bill 860 appropriated $1,745 for the relief of George W. Babcock. The governor's objections are: "From information and belief, I consider this claim unjust. The claimant hat hit remedy in the oourts." Senate bill 184, relating to tidelands, the chief executive considers unconsti tutional. : The committee on grouping commit tees was named as follows: Plummer, Wilthire, Paul, Megler and Carper. Clerk'a Salarle Fixed. The first business of the day in the house after invocation by Rev. Henry L. Badger, rector of St. John's, wat upon the special order involving the adoption of the committee report scheduling salaries of employes. Mr. Bellows submitted an amend ment horizontally reducing the schedule 60 cents on each employe, but allowing the proposed $3 extra compensation to the speaker to stand. Roll-call on the proposed amendment on salary of chief clerk showed the relative strength to stand about 47 to 83 in favor of sus taining tbe committee. After one more test ot stiength, the amendment was withdrawn by Mr. Bellows, and the committee report was adopted. The speaker was authorized, on mo tion ot Smith of King, to employ a sec retary at a salary ot $4 per day. Heals presented a petition from en gineers and steam users of Skagit and Snohomish counties for a law compell ing inspection of boilers. A resolution prevailed, offered by Gnnderson, calling upon the state land commissioner's office for informa tion concerning value of the state's granted capitol lands. . The speaker ap pointed Gunderson, Minard and Bed ford as tuch committee. A memorial waa offered by Daniels, praying for the pensioning of Indian war veterans. APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED. Governor Geere Vnlveralty Begenta Batlaraetory. Salem. Jan. 13. Governor deer sent to the senate this morning the ap pointment of Dolph, Bean and Senator William Smith, of Baker, as mem bers of the board of regents of the state university, and Holt as trustee of the Soldiers' Home, tbe same as Governor Lord bad named, and which were with drawn yesterday except Smith in place of Kincald. The nomination of Smith "took the wind out ot tbe sails" of the opposition to the governor, as Selling expressed it, and instead of a fight all were confirmed immediately. Two Additional Jnatleee. Upon the assembling of the house the committee on resolutions reported back a resolution providing for an ex amination ot the books of the state board of school land commissioners, with an amendmont that the commit tee be allowed only one clerk, at a sal ary of $3 per day. The resolution was adopted as ament'ed. After the first leading ot the bill by Beach of Multnomah to regulate building and loan associations, Moody asked the consent of the honse to take up and place on its third reading the bill providing for relief of the supreme court, and an increase of the number of justices of the Bupreme court to five. The bill passe.l by a vote of 87 to 17. Plan to Modernise Rome. Rome. Jan. 18. The Martinis di Medici ' has prepared for the govern ment bis plans of a project to make Roma a seaport. He estimates the cost at $18,000,000. Medici is one of the wealthiest men in Italy, and Is prominent as an engineer. He has al ready executed gigantio wo. ks regulat ing the flow of the river Tiber, at a cost of over $t0.000,000, and con structed a number of railroads and other feats of engineering. GENERAL EAGAN MAD Vehemently Denounces Gen. eral Miles as a Liar. COARSE AND BRUTAL LANGUAGE The Reported Crltlelame of the Com mending General Have Hotly In flamed CoininUsary-Generel. Washington, Jan. 14. Commissary General Charles H. Kagan today reap peared before the war investigation committee to answer the charge of General Nelson A. Miles conoermng the commissary supplies furnished the army during the recent war. . General Kagun's statement furnished the sensa tion of the war commission's history, and was regarded by old army officer at one of the most remarkable attacks ever made in tbe history of tho service. General Eagan't statement to the corn mission wit a bitter personal sttack upon General Miles, so entirely un qualified as to eoope and language that the war commission on hearing its con elusion ordered a brief executive ses sion, after which the doors were opened, the witness was recalled and business resumed in the usual way. The subject in controversy wss Gen eral Miles' already famous "embalmed beef" testimony, and the letters and documents supporting it General Miles bad charged that the canned and refrigerated meats sent to the army in Cuba and Porto Rico were unfit for use, that they were preserved by the use of chemicals, and that they had "been bought and sent to the army under pre tense of an experiment." Tbis reflec tion upon both the ability and honesty of the commissary department had an gered General Eagan and caused him to request to be recalled to reply to General Miles' charges. That hit ststementi concerning the commanding general were not the result of a sudden outburst of passion was clearly shown by the fact that General Eagan read hia remarks from a carefully prepared type written oopy. Not the least remarka ble phase of General Eagan's statement was the language in which it was couched. There was scarcely a phrase that would not bave been characterized as sensational in ordinary official utter ances. General Eagan, after the hear ing was over, refused to say whether be had any further move in prospect in forcing an issue between himself and General Miles. He denied numerous statements of Miles, charged that the latter'a testi mony constituted severe reflections on commanding generals of the expedi tions, and referred to him as "Thia same Commanding-General Nelson A. Miles," and said "whoever called beet furnished 'embalmed beef was a liar." W. B. Milea, in charge of Armour A Co.'e plant, appeared for the packing house. He testified as to the quality oi the canned meats and methods of in spection. Commissary -General Eagan, in the course of his testimony, called Major General Miles, commanding the army, "A liar, who lied in his throat, lied in hia heart, lied in every part of hia body," who perpetrated a gross scandal, and who should be drummed out of the service and imprisoned, and should be avoided by every honest man and barred from every club. Ho charac terized his interviews aa "tilth." ' MAY MAKE MISCHIEF. Filipino Kvlnoe Sign of Heetlllty Agatnat Americans. . Manila, Jan. 14. The situation at Ilo llo ia unchanged. The Filipinos are unceasingly active day and night. Saturday they loaded some lighters with rock and sank them at the en trance of the river, blocking the chan nel for all vessels with the exception of launches. All lights have been ex tinguished. Order, however, is maintained with severity, and offendeta are promptly shot. On Sunday one of the Arizona's boats, manned by soldiers, was carried on by the ebb tide to Quimarea island, and while attempting to land three armed natives assembled on tho beach and compelled the Americans to retire. Tbe Filipinos refuse to have any deal ings with tba Americans, vegetables and fruit are not obtainable, business ia suspended, and the warehouses ara filled with rotting sugar. . At Manila tho situation is critical, but pacification is possible in spite of the unyielding attitude of the Fili pinos. It is reported that the rebel government at Maloloa is willing that the Americans should establish a pro tectorate on the condition that they promise to give ths Filipinos absolute Independence within a stated time. It is bIbo said that tho Filipinos will de mand official recognition. Efforts are being made to bring about another conference with the rebels. The educated Filipinos are anxious to avoid trouble, and it ia hoped that tiia militant Filipinos will recede before wiser oounsols. In ths meantime tbe tension ia extreme on both aides. Dominique Krathofskl was barged at Springfield, Mass., for the murder of his stepdaughter, Victoria Pinkos, 16 yeara of age, on January 17, 181)7. More BatUe-8hlpa (or England. London, Jan. 14. The admiralty I has placed orders for two battle-ships oi me urei-ciHHs oi i-,ui.-u ions eaon, at a cost of 1,000,000, with the Thames Iran Works & Shipbuilding Company, Ltd. Indian A pproprlntlon vtt ltepi-i-d. Washington, Jan. 14. Tho sonata appropriations committee today report ed the Indian appropriation l-ili. It authorized a limited return to tiie con. tract system of Indian schools.