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VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FIJI DAY, JANUARY 27, 1899.
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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
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