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iPJ I? cinn X JLiLJUJ JLULLJ.HJJ V VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FIJI DAY, JANUARY 27, 1899. NO. . nn lvll OJL EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. T KKS 13 TICKS FROM THE WIEltS An Interesting Collection of Items From tli Two lleiiil.iTliarea Presented In a Condenaed Form. . The new Panama Canal Company ' was given a hearing More the house committee on commerce. Tli bearing wos In aaoordanoe with a recent deter mination of the committee to lieur nil persons oonoornod in an Isthmian canal. King Humbert, of Italy, has signed a decree amnestying or reducing the punishment nf the rloten who look part in the disturbances taut aprlng, About 700 persons who were sentenced by court-martial mil About 1,000 who wore condemned by civil court) have been liberated. The secretary of the Interior hoi for warded to the sonata the paper bear ing upon the proposition to remove the Northern Cheyenne Indian, from their reservation la Northern Montana to the Crow reservation. The secretary Intel that te Choyennea are averse to the change, and he recommends that they bo allowed to remain where they are, and that legislation be enacted looking to the improvement of their condition. Hnrr Schmidt, a socialist member of the German reiohstag, haa voluntar ily informed the public prosecutor at Madgeburg that he waa toiely rctona- ihl for the publication in the Social ist Vulka Stimme, of the article pur porting to be a converaation between the Prince of Bagdad and hie tutor, on account of which the editor, Ilorr An gust Mueller, waa sentenced met week to 49 montha' imprisonment on the charge of lute niajeste. The whole case mtiat now be reopened. The Madgeburg oonrt interpreted the alia' gory of whioh llorr Schmidt coufotsea ' the authoriahlp at an intuit to the ae& ond aon of Kmiwror William, Prince Fltel. A moat daring attempt waa made by three youthl of Bulge, Idaho, to wreck the Orogon Short Line pay-car a abort distance weat ol Mountain Home. A heavy log chain had been tied around the track, but waa lortunately dis covered and romoved by tome lection men before the pay-car passed the point. A aenrcli waa inatitated in the neigh borhood, which resulted in find ing Ku met Allen, Hugh Breon and John Itiohardaon, boy a of Boise, rang' Ing from 10 to 18 years of age, in hid ing near by. They subsequently con fessed to the Attempt at wrecking the pay-car for the purpOM of getting the money. They are now in jail at Mountain Home. ' Commissary-General Eagan liaa tent to the war Investigating, commission a revised itatement in place of that oilg Inally made in response to Miles' cliargoa. Ho haa omitted the objection, able portions. Austria'! hesitancy in raising tlia rank of her diplomatlo mission to the United States is due entirely to her da aire not to give offense to Spain. In formation to this effect is In the posset lion of the state department Weat Point appointments are to be -made by the present congress. One will bo from the first Oregon. The list will include eight oadeta, all of wborn must entor Weat Point next June, No further vaoanaies will bo filled until 11)00, when 68 cadets will be named. The present olass wilt graduate Fubrn. ary 15. . . Commodore Watson, now In com mand at tiie Mare Island navy-yard, haa applied for the command of the Asiatic station to aucoced Admiral Dewey, when that oflluer shall have ceased duty. Dewey will retiie from active service next December, provid ing the law be not amended In his in tcrcst. , J1 ranch sentiment is once more being worked up against the United State! on account of the. Spauish war. Hot. tile newspaper criticism, which tern poranly was shut down by the victor, let of Manila and (Santiago, it now re. asanrlng itself In ootiacquoiice of the dilliuulties which President MoKin. ley's vacillating policy hat caused In the Philippines. The ttoainahlp City of Macon, from Boston, bronght into Savannah, (3a., Captain Kennedy and the crew, nine men all told, of the schooner Alalia, of Until, Me., abandoned Saturday night, 850 milea southeast of Georgetown light, In a sinking condition. The Aloha loft Fomandiiia a week ago With a cargo of phosphate rock, bound for Now York. At Puna, I!)., the tonne qf the ro dent labor trouble, Ike Ingles shot and, killed Pave J-vans, a fellow-negro miner, at (he Spripgside mine. The trouble arose over dividing their waget, Frank Jones and James Palmer, nori. union white miners, were assaulted to day ani) variously Injured, Their as, sailanta are unknown-, Three com pnniet of militia, which have been do ing guard duty for aavorul month!, have been ordered home. Minor Mows Items, Prosidont 8now, of the Mormon church, toys the law against polygamy Is being ttrlatly obeyed in Utah. The Miller Eloctrio Construction pompany of Pittsburg, Pa., line invent ed a new plan fur utilizing tlio power (if Niagara falls, Six convlctt driven mad by Idleness, were taken from the King's county penitontiary in New York to asylum for the criminal iusnno, LATER NEWS. The Infanta Enlalie, aunt of king of (Spain, it visiting England. the The president hat nominated Ed mn n D. Wiggin, of Washington, I). (J,, to ha register of the land office at Weare, Alaska. The Home correspondent of the hon don Timet, referring to the rumor that Italy It about to teise a port in China says he believes It abeolutoly devoid of foundation. Advicot reaching New Oileans leave no further doubt of the lost of the yacht Paul Jones. Parties ere search ing for the bodies of the unfortunate members of the pleasure party. Henry M, ' Hoyt, Assistant United Btutut attorney-general, hat been or dored by the department of justice to so to Kanllago and advise General Leonaid Wood on legal questions. The strike of tho dock laborer! at Colon, Colombia, i fast assuming serious aspect. A batch of 40 Panama dockmon arrived last night, and ttonet and revolvers weie fired at the train it neared Colon. Sharkey, the pugilist, and bit spar ring partner, liobert Armstrong, were arraingod in the municipal court at Boston and fined $15 each for partici pating in an exhibition which the po lice maintained partook of the nature of a prlxe fight. A dispatch from London tnyts Arch bishop Ireland, aftor ilia visit to Koine, will eome here to consult with tho French bishops on the aubjeot ol Hock rism. The bishop of Orleans has In vited the distinguished Amorlcan eo- eleaiattla to preside over the fetet In honor of Joan D'Aio. A recent dispatch tayai The real truth aa to tha titnation In the Congo Slate It being hidden. Tha whole country it in a ferment, and the rebel lion it not being put down. The gov ernment troops appear to fear the reb els and the prestige of the whites baa been much impaired. Tha greatest gathering in tin history of Alaska Indians la tohedulod for Au gust 10 next at Klawan, on the Chil kat river. At this grand potlatch, the tribal war of the Wrangul and Chilkat Indians, which hat been raging for many yean, will come to an end. It it estimated that over 1,000 Indiana will be present. A race against time from Seattle to Dawson for a purae nf fl,000 began Sunday, when Richard Butler, a wealthy Elondiker, started tor Dawson on tha steamer City of Seattle. Joo Barrett, another wealthy Klondiker, bet Butler 3,000 that he could make tha trip from Seattle to Dawson In 85 dayt or less, and f 1,000 more that he could not make it in lest than SO dayt. Chauncoy M, Do pew waa elected to the United States annate from New York. - Senator Lodge hat been ro-elnoted from Massachusetts, and Senator Davit from Minnesota. Francis M. Cockrell wat elected to the United State! senate by the Mis touil legislature. A Are broke out In the Whoelnr mine at Denver, Col., on tha night of the 18th. All the mlnen escaped. The fire In con lined to one room. A ttute funeral almost majestta in ill im press! veness wat given the late Rep. resentntive Dingloy in the house of rep reaentatlvea. A Madrid dispatch aaya the premier. 8enor Bagaata, In an interview de clared that he only awaited the United States senate'! tatincntioln of the peace treaty to convoke the oortot. The secretary of the interior, in communication with tha house com mittee on Indian affairs, said an in vestigation aliow the report! of a threatened uprising of Indiana of the Northern Cheyenne reservation are pu foundud. Report! from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, tay that the province is being ravaged by bandits, who have broken away from the Insurgent foroes. Thus far no great dnroago hat been done, and the crimes committed are not of a terioua natuie, but the ranks of the outlawa are constantly Increasing, and the raidt are becoming more daring, At the annual meeting of the Bus). noes Men's League at St. Louis, two hundred merchant! and capitalists vera present, A resolution waa adapted heartily endorsing tha aotion of tha delegates from the ttatea and territor ies oom prised in the Louiaiana pur chase in deciding to commemorate the event of the purchase by holding world't fair In St Louis, and pledging full support to the undertaking. The congressional tubcomralsslon on agrioulture and agricultural labor of the industrial commission hat made public ita syllabus of the topical plan of inquiry on the condition of labor and capital employed in these pursuits. The plan it divided into three general heads, via.; Labor employed, capital employed, and remedial legislation; Under the general heaJ pi eaon are questions on which the snbooromlsalon dosiiot information, ney emoraee eg n all. and thoroughly coyer the field, which the tuboprnmiaslqn hat in hand. Witnesiot making responses to the question! asked are required to give facta ratbor than opinions except in audi instanwa where tuggestiont are invilod. The population of India Inoroaaei at the rate of 8,000,000 annually. Profanity ii forbidden by both tho army and the navy regulations of the United States. Charloe Newton, of -Bradford, Pa., Was blowp to piecoa while ahoptlpg an p)l wpll nt Orchard Park;, The extension of Amerioan authority in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto I Rico will lead to the abandonment of . tome military oouts in .bit country. TROUBLE IS IMMINENT "President" Lopez Replies to President McKinley. AMERICANS CLOSELY OH GUARD Lope Says the) Herolntlonary Otiws want Antedates tlia Paris Treaty by Two Var, . Manila, Jan. 84. -President Lopea ol the Vlaayan federation, hat replied to President McKlnlev's piooiamation of tho 9th. lie claims that the revolu tlonary government antedates the Paria treaty by over two years. Ho anys be has never been officially notified of the existence of the treaty, and that there fore he decline! to recognise Amorlcan authority, and refuses to allow Ameri cant to disembark In force, without ex press orders from the government at Muloloa. General Miller, the com mander of the American expedition, replied that the Americana cannot rec ognise President Lopei't authority, be- oause tba Filipino republic it not rec ognized by the powers. He also ex pressed regret at tha determination of the Filipinos to resist just olsitna. Millar1 Troops Landed. New York, Jan, 84. A special to the World from Washington snvs: General Miller't expedition haa landed on Qulmarat island, three miloa from Ho llo, without opposition, General Otit cablet from Manila. Landing wat necessary because of tha crowded con dition of tha troops on the transports. Experience hat proved tha. soldiers lose spirit and fighting qnalitiea when confined long on board ship, to the war department asked General Otia to as certain If it waa possible for General Miller to land hit expedition near Ho Ho. Be cabled that it was, and was tiien instructed to order a landing. It waa deemed inadvisable to advise tills expedition to return to Manila without having landed, because it was feared tha natives of Lacon would think tha Filipino! at llo Ho repulsed the Americana. REVENUE CUTTER ASHORE. The Officers and Chv Had aa Expert- anee an an Island. Corpus Christ!, Tex., Jan. 4. The United States revenue cutter Alma wat driven on Padre island abont 15 miles south of here Wednesday during a storm.and all on board escaped to land. There were several revenue officers aboard. The party divided and each wandered over tlia island looking for a sail. James A. McKnery, special treas ury agent ol the district of Texas, and Bedford Sharp, of San Antonio, assist ant United States dlstrlot attorney, sighted a oraft and signalled it and werejtaken off the island and bronght to the shipyard at Corpus fast, today another vessel waa sent to Padre island to look for the reat of the Alma'a pat lengort. Admiral Carrara's Watch. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 84. Admiral Corvara'a watch, it it claimed, it owned bv Lieutenant Betts, company E, Twenty-third Kansas volunteers, a negro, who it borne from Cuba. It is a One gold watch, the case tet with diamond! and ru bio. Inside "Paschal Cervera" ii engraved. Tha watoli was secured by Betts, according to his ttory, from a Spanish pilotthe man who guided Cervera'a ship out of San tiago harbor July 8. At a reward Cer. vera gave him thia watch. Being In traiteued oiroumatancea and wanting to go home, he told it to Butts for 53. Baoffur Manila BoldlaM. San Francisco. Jan. 84, The trans ports Scandla and Morgan City, whioh are soon toail for Manila, will carry a large supplv of California meat to feed tho soldiers stationed in the Phil ippines, On the Morgan City, 4,000 cases of canned meats , have been plaoed, while 40,000 pounds of frozen lieof will be put on board tha Soandia next Sunday morning. ftynamlta Atlainpt, South Omaha, Jan. J4. About 8 o'clock (hit morning an attempt was made to blow op with dynamite the residence of IT. J3. Towlo, the manager of the Omaha Packing Company. A Bickering light on the porch attracted a passer-by, who stamped the fire ont, Examination developed that it waa a (use conneoted with a package contain ing six aticka of dynamite. Aaothar Hif Tnut, Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 84. Th National Enameling & Stamping Com pany will bo the name of the Granite ware trust, which includea the Kieck heifer Company, of thia city. The company will he organized under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital took of 110,000,000 seven per cent pre ferred stock and $30,000,000 common stock, CammlHlonars Front A fulnalilo. St. Loula, Jan. S4. Lasoda Maitl Burgos and J. Lunaa, commissioned representatives of Aguinaldo, the in surgent louder of the Philippine islands, passed 3Q minutes in St. Louis toil ay, en route to Washington. Their mission is to persnade Uncle 8am to re linquish hit hold on tho Philippine ItlMoV Coppav Boom Opans Mlnas. New York, Jan. 84. A dispatch to tha Herald from Valparaiso, Chile, says: The copper boom It creating great enthusiasm among the miners. Caravans are starting to work now mines, and those that were p)oaed down are now in full activity, Bellnr to Oq to Manila. Washington, Jan. 84, The hospital Lip Relief haa been ordered to Manila. . Tlia vessel la now at Isew Vurk, and I will go via the Suea canal. CANAL BILL PASSES SENATE Thar War Only Six Votas Against It In That Bod. Washington, Jan. 84. The Nicara gua canal measure, known aa the Mor gan bill, hat passed the senate by vote of 48 to 0. An irapoitant amend nient wat Brit adopted which it at to! Iowa: - "That if the president shall be nn able to secure from tha government! of Nicaragua and Costa Rioa such conces sion! aa will enable the United Statet to build and perpetually own and control said canal, tha president it authorized to negotiate for a control of or a right to construct, maintain and perpetually control tome other canal connecting tha Atlantic and Pacifio oceans, and the president it required to nogotiate for the abrogation or modifi cation of any and all treaty obligations, if tuoh exist, at shall in any way in terfera with the construction, owner ship and perpetual control ot any such canal; provided that no payments shall be made undor the provision! of tblt act to or for the benefit of the stockholders of the Maritime Canal Company, or for any of Ita property, unlest the president shall decide to keep tha canal nnder the concessions granted to said company." : GLOOMY OUTLOOK AT DAWSON Hospital rilled to Ovai-flowIng With Indicant Blah. Dawson, via Port Townaend, Jan. 84, -The titnation here it gloomy. The Dumber of sick it increasing, and the lix hospitals are lull. The mounted police have donated for the help of the poor tome 130,000 in cash from their treasury. , This leaves them with but 94,030 oath on hand. Commissioner Ogilvie called a meet ing to decide on waya and meani for relieving the situation, and a memorial asking for aid will be tent to Wash ington. It it ertimated that 89,000 a month will be required to pay for the treatment of indigent patients. The death rata this winter haa been almost ai great ai in the summer. Several itampedea to new fields have recently occurred, bnt in each case Uie goldtaekert were disappointed. Oold atandard BUI, Washington, Jan. 24. The bouse ooinage, welghta and measures commit tee by strictly a party vote ordered a favorable report on the substitute for house bill to fix the standard of value in the United Statea and for other par poses. The bill provides in substance that the standard of value in the United Statea shall be tha gold dollar: that all contract! existing and in fu tore shall be computed in reference to the standard! that there shall be estab lished a treasury department of issue and redemption) that greenbacks shall be retired and that upon their retire ment gold bill! aha 11 be substituted therefor. Arohnlihop Inland Wlna. Washington, Jan. 84. The secretary of the Interior haa affirmed the decision of the commissioner -general of the land office in the famous case of Archbishop Ireland, involving title to 88,178 acres of land in Minnesota. Be holds that nnder the first contract mado with the St. Paul, Minnesota A Manitoba Rail road Company, July 17, 1880, Ireland wat not the purchaser, bnt that nnder the second contract, adopted Maroh 80, 1888, ha waa tha purchaser. Accord ingly the lands covered by the first contract will not go to Ireland, while lie will receive those oovorod by the eeoend oont t. p,portd Mnrda or Spanish OOloara. Labann, Island of Labaun, British Borneo.Jan. 84. She steamer Labaan, which haa returned from the island of Palawan, tn the southwestern portion of the Philippine archipelago, reports that tha Spanish governor of the island and a number of Spanish ofiicors were murdered by the natives while issuing from ohurch. Tha natives then re tired to the lillla. taking the women nd ohildren and some men aa prison er!. Killed In a Mine. Baker City, Or., Jan. 84. S. W. Johnson wat instantly killed by a pre mature blast Of giant powder in the May Queen mine, near the Red Boy mine, today, Johnson wat aged 47 J ears, and lately oaroe from Indiana, lit wife is at tho May Queen mine, and he left two brothers and other rel ative! In Indiana. Memorial Tablet to Bailey, Annapolia, Md Jan. 84. The memorial tablet plaoed in the naval academy chapel in memory of Ensign Worth Bagley, who waa killed on the Wiuilow oft Cardenas in the late war. wat nnveiled today In the pretence of a large number of naval ofilcers and others. ; - Clayton-llalwer Treaty. London, Jan. 84. The Daily New! editorially today says: "The Clayton Bulwer treaty it a singular document, signed by a weak American adminis tration in peculiar circumstances, and for Lord Salisbury to insist upon ita unconditional observance nar would be neither gracious nor wise," A Uonlni From Homo, . Rome, Jon, 94.-The Tribune an- pouncei that te Italian oruisers Elba and Ktna are shortly going to China, bnt that tha rumor ot the Italian gov ernments intention to seise a Chinese port i! premature. , chley Given a Sword. New York, Jan. 85. Rear-Admiral Soblcy.was presented tonight witn a jeweled sword by bit brother members Of the Royal Arcanum at Carnegie Mu llo hall, in (he presence of 4,000 per tons, :j - --. 'Mora Troops to Cuba. Savannah, Ga.,Jan. 84, The United States transport M anitoba sailed today far Havana, She had on board six troops of the Seventh cavalry, which 1 arrived this morning from Macon. THAT BEEF WIS BAD Testimony of Major Daly, the Chief Surgeon. MEAT PRESERVED BY CHEMICALS General Miles Charge f trent-theaed Before tba War Investigation Commlttaa. Washington, Jan. 23. Major W. H. Daly, chief surgeon with General Miles, and whose field service stretched from Tampa to Porto Itioo, whose re port condemning beef furnished the expeditionary forces oreated a sensation some weeks ago, made his long awaited appearance as a witness before the war investigation committee today. Daly's report was the strongest in language of those submitted by Miles in substantiation of bis attack on tha beef aupplies. On being sworn tbe witness identified the report submitted at hi! own. He was willing, he said, to stand by hit report. It waa wholly voluntary, and was not called out by any request or in obedience to any cir cular or letter. At Tampa he had no tioed a quarter of beef hanging free in the sun on shipboard, and he became Interested in the experiment of having fresh slaughtered boef placed nnder such moist climatio conditions to sea bow lone it could stand it. "I observed." he said, "that flies. especially ball flies, did not affect it; did not alight on it, or if they did they sot away from it very quickly." He had cnt off a piece of that beef at Tampa and cooked It, bnt it neither smelled or tasted naturally. He no tice)) indications of chemical presence In the meat that brought back recollec tions of chernioal staff he had used to preserve elk In hunting expedition! in the Rocky mountains some years be fore. All that day and next ha had an unpleasant taste. In that prevlons hunting expedition be had analysed the chemical preserv ative and found it to contain borax and salicylic acids. These were to be used externally on elk, but he had rubbed it Into the raw flesh and also injected it. Questioned aa to these ingredients he said borax was not safe to be used in connection with food, nor for ordl nary medicinal purposes, while sail- crlio acid was most nauseous, loath some and disgusting, and almost al ways destructive of digestion. FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE. Tba German Teraloa ar tha Prevent VirBeultj In Samoa. Hamburg, Jan. 83. According to news received from Samoa, Chief Jus tice Chambers on December 81 an nulled the election of Mataafa.who was returned by a sextuple majority, and declared Malietoa Tanna, ton ol the latter king, Malietoa, who it atill a minor, to be king. The three consuls recognized Mataafa's people at the pro visional government. Malietoa Tanus, Tamasese, another claimant for tbe throne, and Chief Jus tice Chambers, it is added, went on board a British warship, whereupon the provisional government closed the eonrt. A Britiah warship then landed a detachment of blua jackets, and later the eonrt was reopened nnder the pro tests of the provisional government. Mn Official Report at Washington. Washington. Jan. 83. There is still lack of official reports as to the situa tion in Samoa, hut it can be said that the state department Is moving in tha matter with due deliberation, and with full regard for maintenance of tha tri partite agreement for government ot the Islands, The navy department's order to Ad miral Kaota, on board the Philadel phia, at San Diego, went today. They were simply to "make ready." If, as stated in the press dispatches, the Philadelphia ia not in condition to go o Apia, it ia supposed the vessel's hull will ba cleaned by divers. PAUL JONES LOST. Part of Rev Stem Found on Bretoa lalnnd Waa Blown Up. Mobile, Ala.,' Jan. 23. The govern ment steamer Pansy toaohed at Biloxi, Alias., this afternoon, and reports find ing on Breton island a part of the stern of the naphtha launch Paul Jones, also a yawl boat with - bow smashed and other small articles from the launoh. The condition ot tha wreckage tends to show that the naph tha tank blew un and tore the boat to pieces. The Pansy met the Maud with Messrs. Jones and Taggart ou board. Tha latter visited the wreckage and identified it aa part ot the Pan! Jones. No bodies were found. The launoh had the following pleas ure seekers on board) Joseph Brink ham, Louisville; Miss Margerio Wood land, Chicago; Colonel Harry 0. To- curn, St. Louis) Misi Florence Yooum. Bw daughter. Tha crew consisted of three men. whoso names are nuknown. A Curious. Seattle Verdict. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 81. The iurv in the trial of Isadora Schopps, for the mnrder of Gua Hover, has brought In a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity." , b Nothing; to Coos Bay. Washington, Jan. 83. -It it learned that the rivers and harbors committee has left ont the appropriation for Coos bay. An item of 1100,000 wat made by tbe department. The committee says there is not enough commerce at that point to warrant tha expenditure. A Bank Burglarised. -Arthur. III.. Jan. 83. The bank here was entered by burglars . last night, Tha loss is betweeen 4,000 and $3,000, Tho bandits escaped. OREGON LEGISLATURE. Considerable Bnalneea IMa-meed of Dar ing tha Fa.t Weak. . . Salem, Or., Jan. 81. The house disposed of much business during the past week, and many new bills were introduced. Among the proposed measures are bills to change the name of the Ashland college to the Southern Oregon State Normal school, snd place it nnder state control, and appropriate 15,000 for its maintenance; to create a state library commission and a sys tem of traveling libraries, and appro priate $5,000 for maintenance the first year, and f8,000 annually thereafter; to exempt honorably discharged sol diers and sailors from tha operation of tiie peddler's license law, and to ex empt state products from the provisions of the law; to prohibit altogether the sale of cigarettes or oigarette materials on pain ot a fine of 160. A bill incor porating tbe town of Dallas was passed. In tha senate Chairman Fulton, of tbe Judiciary committee, submitted an adverse report on the bill to add two judges to tbe supreme oonrt. Mitchell, of the committee, dissented, but did not submit a minority report, Daly of Lake's bill to extend the time for counties to psy the state tax from April 1 to June 1, was passed nn der suspension of the rules, as waa his bill to require county clerks to certify pension vouchers without charge. there being no objection to either. WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE. Fester Ahead for Senator Other Legla- latlvo ft Olympia, Wash., Jan. 81. Five more fruitless ballots for senator were taken in joint session of tbe legislators today, each resulting as follows: Fos ter 87, Wilson 87, Humes 81, Ankeny 7, Lewis 84. :! Inolnding the one vote detained at home by sickness, Foster practically had 88 votes today, the highest num bet yet attained in the senatorial con test ... In the bouse the oommittea on print ing and supplies -was, on motion of Kingsbury, instrncted to tboionghly investgiate the subject of state printing with a view to cheapening tbe cost of public print.ng, t being desirable to rednee greatly the cost, which is be lieved to be out of all proportions in ita axpanaiveuaoa House bill 33. making it lawful to call to the witness-stand and canse to testify the adverse party to a suit at law witbont making him the witness ot his adversary, was passed by unani mous vote. Bills introduced were: To license the keeping for sale of opium, mor phine, cocaine, etc; prohibiting the taking of food fishes except with a hook and line, on any of the rivers of Puget sound, whereon hatcheries are located, or in Skagit bay; to enable receivers, trustees, guardians, executors, etc., to give regular surety companies as surety on bond; appropriating 5,000 for con ducting tbe agricultural experiment station at Puyallup; providing for lo cal option on the question of hogs as free commoners; imposing a- fine of from 50 to f 250 for spearing and dis posing of bass, piokrel, carp, trout or other fish from any stocked lakes. Killed Thirty Bllla. Olympia, Wash. Jan. 81. The ju diciary committee oi the houBe today completed a remarkable record. Out of 81 bills referred to it for considera tion, it hat killed SO. Anti-Contract Labor Caw. Washington. Jan. 83 The exten sion of the anti-contract labor law to Hawaii ia strongly nregd in a report made today by the house committee on labor. It says thousanda of contraot labobreit, mainly Japanese, have been taken into the islands since the rais ing of the United States flag ovei them. On the day following the receipt of the news of anticipation. 8,867 Japanese laborers were admitted. , . . Opposed to Beating Roberta. St. Louia, Mo.. Jan. 83. Member! of the reorganised Church of Latter Day Sainta in St. Louis oppose tha seating of Congressman-elect fi. H. L. Roberts, of Utah, on the ground that he is a pronounced poly gam is t A vote was taken, resulting in the adop tion of a resolution requesting congress men from this district to nse their ut most efforts to prevent seating the Utah man.- Shalter In, Morrlaan Out. San Francisco, Jan. 83. Today, Ma- jor-General Merriam . issued an order relinquishing the command of the de partment of California. Immediately thereafter, Major-General Shatter is sued an order announcing his accession to the command. General Merriam will go to Denver to assume command ot the department ot the Colorado. . Two Thousand Qnakera. Halifax, Jan. 83. The steamship Lake Huron, with 8,000 of the 5,000 Quakers who are emigrating to the Canadian northwest, arrive! in quaran tine tonight. Tomorrow afternoon the steamer will proceed to St. Johns, N. a., where the passengers will land to take rail to their futuie home. Aeeay Offloe nt Hnaltle. Washington, Jan. 83. Senator Wil son s amendment to the sundry civil bill, appropriating 850,000 ' for the erection of an assay office at Seattle. has been favorably reported. Transporting Spanish Prieoner. Washington, Jan. 83. The war de partment has issued an invitation for bids from responsible shipping con cerns of all nations, for transportation ot Spanish prisoners in tha Philippines Iroin Manila to Spain. Favorable Keport Ordered. Washington, Jan. 80. The senate committee on foreign relations today an used to favorably report upon tiie nomination of Hon. Jos. H. CUioate to be ambassador to Great Britain. TIIE SAMOAN TROUBLE Cruiser Philadelphia Ordered to the Islands. THE GERMAN CONSUL EXPELLED Ba Was Forcibly Ejected From tha Sa prame Conrt Building at Apia. ' Auckland, New Zealand, Jan. 31. Further particulars regarding the dis turbances at Samoa siiow that Ma taafa's followers numbered about 5,000 men and -the adherents of Malietoa Tanns only about 1,000. There was two hour's righting between the rival forces, during whioh several of the warriors were decapitated. The American consul issued a proc lamation claiming the Berlin treaty had the same force aa a law of congress, snd that an Insult to the supreme sourt of Samoa is therefore equivalent to an insult to the government at Washington. Washington, Jan. 81. The navy de partment has issued orders to the aruiser Philadelphia to proceed to Sa moa at once. Tha Philadelphia, with Admiral Kautz on board, arrived at San Diego, Cai.. this morning from Acapnlco. Wellington, New Zealand, Jan. 31. It is reported . that owing to tha tronbls in " Samoa three British war thips will proceed there, and one American warship wail start for the islands from Honolulu. German Conanl Ejected. v London, Jan. 31. A special from Auckland, N. Z., says the British and Amerioan consuls were compelled to force the doors oi tbe supreme court at Apia, in whioh the German consul had established himself, and to push bim into the street. All parties at Apia, the dispatch continues, uuite in condemning tbe German oonsul for the fighting which haa taken plate, but not the rival kings. It is pointed out that in violation of all agreements tba consul accompanied Mataafa's fore wheavth claimant invaded the town and encouraged opposition to Malietoa Tanus. When tha British and American con- aals were informed aa to the situation Orey adjourned the court and locked tba building. Tbe German consul then demanded tbe keys, and they were refused him. He then broke open the doors, removed the locks and replaced them with others. He after wards bronght the Geiman municipal president into the chamber, and tbe latter went upon tbe balcony and shouted to the British and American marines assembled on the square: "I am the supreme conrt, I am tiie chief justice." The crowd leplied with jeers and the British consul demanded tba keys ef the building, which were re fused. A Scotchman named Mackie thereupon climbed on top of tiie build ing and hoisted the Samoa n flag, while the British and American consuls and a number of marines forced the doors and hurried tha Geiman consul into the street. Then tho two consuls formally and legally, aocording to the dispatch, opened conrt and issued a warning; against any further interieienco with ita jurisdiction, threatening to arrest and imprison any one attempting to do so. : Vor XeMtsr Gan. Washington, Jan. 81. Serions con sideration is being given by the ord nance department of the army to a in quest for an allotment of (85,000, to be expended in the constrnction of an 18-inch gun, snbmitted by the promot ers ot the Gathmann system of firing high explosives. If the request is granted the 18-inch gun will be the largest modern weapon ever manufac tured In this country. It will accom modate the hnge Gathmann shell, which will contain about 400 pounds of high explosives. The gun is to ba 400 calibers in length, a single-tuba weapon and jacketed. . Evacuation of Cuba. Washington. Jan. St. Tha Cuban evacuation commission at noon today mado its formal call on Secretary ot State Hay and submitted to him tha original report of its procedure. Sec retary Bay, responding in a brief ad dress, stated that be was surprised nt the rapidity with which tbe work ot the commission was accomplished, that tha work was phenomenally peifect, and reflected great credit on tlia mem bers of the nommisaion for the busi ness-like way and smoothness with, which it was effected. , . Death of a Friend of Lincoln. Chicago, Jan. 31. Paul Selby, one of the last surviving personal friends of Abraham Lincoln, is in duuger ot losing his life through a fire that de stroyed the apartment building in which he resided. Mr. Selny waa sick in bed from a severe attack of grip when the fire drove him ont doors. During the later years of Lincoln's lifo just befois he became president the great Illinoisan bad few friends to whom he gave his confidence and trust in a fuller degree than to Mr. Selby. Fast Time. St. Paul. Jan. 81. The Chiongo, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha haa a train which recently made a most phenomenal run, from Elroy, Wis., to St. Paul, Minn. The train, ooittmaini- of locomotive snd six ooaohes, lan lt)SJ miles in 110 minutes. Troops for M;!iliw. New York, Jan. 81. The Grant, bound for the Philipj i the Fouith infantry and In' the Seventeenth iufutrv, mX II- , sviiii tttiii.na of ..-1 t,. !.?,