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VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FltlDAY, JANUARY 20, 1899.
NO. 5.
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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.