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ST. HELENS, OKEGGN, FRIDAY, FEBHUAB Y 3, 1899.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKUHK TICKS FBOM THK WIBKS
An Iiiterentllis; Oullsotlan of Item From
III Two lleinlaphero Prneented
In it Condensed Farm. ,
The second anniuil convention of th
National Livestock Association ii In
session at Dou Tor. Nuurly 1,000 dele
gatus are present.
' Governor O. A. Culberson hni boon
elected by acclamation in the Toxai
legislatine to bo United State (enator,
to lacoced Roger Q. Mills.
Amalgamation ol the copper mine
Interests o( the Houghton, Mich., dis
trict and of Montana hni boon delayed
by the aevere 1 Iness ot Levy Mnyer.
Judge E. W. Woodbury, who framed
the first prohibitory liquor law enacted
by the Maine legislature, If dead at
hit home la Bethel, In that atate, aged
81 year.
The fourth annual convention of the
- National Association of Manufacturers
Is In session In Cincinnati. It is
thought full attendance of 1,300
member mill be present.
The Spanish minister of war has d.
oided to abolish military marshals, to
retire half of the unnttauhod general
and to greatly reduce the number of
officer ou the active list iu the Interest
of retrenchment.
A dispatah from Washington snysi
There Is reason to believe that the va
cancy in the Anglo-Americun joint
hit(h commiason oaosed by the death of
Mr. Dlngloy will soon be filled by the
appointment of liepreaeuutlveTawney,
of Minnesota.
The commissioners sent by the Cuban
assembly to Washington to learn what
the Unitod State government will do
about paying the Cuban army, hav
stilled for Havana. General Gomel'
secretary, Captain Kobly.said that the
omnmiasion had. obtained a pait of what
they asked.
No more names will be considered
for appointment to any btanob of the
postal service in Cuba. .The poslofflc
department has been overwhelmed with
applications for these appointments,
and enough eligible mimes are now on
file to fill all possible emergencies for
Ave years to come.
Heavy rains, unusual In this lati
tude at this time of the year, have in
jured the spring crop of sugar onne In
Nicniagua, The ootTe crop in Nioa
ragua, now ll"g gathered, will not ex
cued half of the annual crop. Laborer
are asking high price to gather the
bur-vest, and are Indisposed to work.
Boston capitalists are said to have
made an offer of (3,600,000, Spanish
gold, for the Ban Jose warohousus and
wharves at Havana.
Hundreds of cattlemen are in Den
ver to tako part in the convention of
the National Livestock Association.
The ttcndunoo will he largo.
Geuoral Itnssell Hastings, of Massa
chusetts, has been chosen for appoint
ment as director of the burean of
American ropublics, to succeed the late
Joseph Smith.
Bank notos to the value of 00,000
havo mysteriously disappeared from
Parr's bank, In 'Bartholomew Lane,
London, England. It Is supposed that
they have been stolon.
A dispatch from Omaha sayis ' The
Twenty-Bocond Infantir ha lecelved
order to move at onoe for San Fran
cisco. The regiment ha orders to sull
from San Francisco on the 88th.
A bill lias been introduced in con
gress which provide that "no person
living In or practicing polygamy shall
be eligible to be a. member, of eitbor
house of oongress, nor shull such per
ion be permitted to hold seat therein,"
The secretary of war ha oompletpd
the organisation of colonial commis
sion to undertake the adjustment ot all
mutters of detail respecting the govern
ment of territories aoquired during the
war occupied by the United Stutea
forces.
Kev. Edward Hi. Bndd, - who was
thought to hav boon lost on the Paul
Jones, I alive. The vessel was de
tained In Pas La Outre so long by
foggy weather that Mr. Budd grew iin
pstiunt and left tiia party, returning to
Mew Orleans.
Aa result of the assignment of the
battle-ships Iowa and Oregon to the
Pacific and Asiatio stutlons respective
ly, and the decision to dispatch the
cruiser Newark to tne Paclfio coast, the
commissioned naval force of the United
Btates is about equally divided be
tween the two ooean.
The treasury department has given
instructions to the customs officials at
Sitka and Skngway to stop the trans
portation of liquor under convoy front
Cunadian porta throngh the White Pas
to the Northwest territory. Informa
tion Iihs reached the department that
Instead of being shipped across the bor
der Into the territory this liquor ha
boen returned secretly to the locality'
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trary to law.
' Minor Now Hems,
The Connecticut inniAmfl nnnrl tins
ronderod a decision that the property
of Yale university I exempt from tax
ation. I
A dlspatoh from Rio Janoiro atato '
that the Brnsillun oongress has an-1
proved a treaty ot extradition with the '
United States. -'
Miss Virginia Evans, daughter of
' Flahilng Hob" Kvans. will make
her bow to society during the piesont
Washington official season, I
LATER NEWS.
Theodore Klrchcnor, aged 00, acci
dentally siiot and klllod hi wife at
' Newtonvllie, N. Y.
One billion foet ot Oregon timber,
on Abiqu creek, wa sold to Wiscon
sin mt-tioa a four itnva aan
The thermometer ranged fiom 85 to
40 degrees below euro at different
point In Wisconsin the first ol the
j week.
' Oro assaying from $40,000 to $100,
000 goid per ton I reported to have
been struck In the Isabella mine at
Cripple Creek, Colo.
On the 17th ballot taken in the joint
session of the Montana legislature fiat
nrday, Hon. Wm. A. Clark wa elected
United State senator.
In the lower house of congress a
joint resolution ha been adopted grant
ing to Venoauela the privilege of lend
ing oadet to West Point.
Chargo affecting the integrity of
District Judge Scott, ot Omaha, and
seeking hi Impeachment by the legis
lature have boon presented t that
body.
Ex-Senator Slater, a prominent figure
In Oregon politics for number of
yean, died at hi home in La Grande
on the 88th. II came to Oregon in
1850.
The Montauk Club, of Brooklyn, Urn
dered a banquet on the 88th to Admiral
Hilliam T, Hampson, and principal
among the other guest wa Secretary
of the Navy Jonb D. Long.
A big celebration wa held in Havana
In honor ot the memory of the first Cu
ban president, Jose Marti. Four thou
sand people we present, and there
wa no disorder of any kind.
Th body of Captain Stnrievant,
pilot ol the Paul Jone, ha been found.
From the olothing of th body it i be
lieved he wa off duty and asleep when
th disaster was canoed by the boiler
exploding.
General Eagan, tried by court-mar
tial on charges ol conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman, wa found
guilty and sentenced to dismissal from
the army. The president ha the
power to mitigate oi entirely set aside
the finding.
The district attorney at Philadelphia
ha notified counsel for Senator Quay,
hi ion, Klohard, and ex-8tate Trea
nrer Haywood, that he bad fixed Mon
day, February 90, a the dale for trial
of the three defendants on the charge
of conspiracy in tha misuse of the
money ol the state on doposlt in the
People' bank.
Private advice received at Seattle
date that the government will tend
three detachment of soldier into the
Copper river district of Alaska next
spring to lay out a mail route to the
Yukon rivet and establish port. The
purpose is to establish an all-Amerioan
route to the Yukon. It will extend
from the mouth of Copper river to
Eagle City, 60 mile below Dawson
The New York Evonlng World print
an interview with John Bherman, in
which the latter forcibly expresses him
self against expansion.
According to figure published at
Madrid, 80,000 Spanish soldier per
isbed, chiefly through sickness, during
the last campaign in Cuba.
It la reported In Havana that Gen
eral Itabl, with 1,600 Cuban insur
gents, has taken to the hill in Santa
Clara, In defiance of American author
Hie. A battle ha taken place at Ban An
canna, Eonador, between government
troops and insurgents. Four hundred
men were killed and 800 wounded, and
400 insurgent were taken prisonei.
The premier, Senor Sagasta, has an
nounced that the government had de
cided to convoke the cortes dnrtng the
second half of February, whether the
United States senate rat I lies the peace
treaty or not.
A bicycle saddle combine is to be or
ganized and capitallxed at $1,600,000
preferred and $760,000 oommon stock.
Those already in line are said to pro
duce 00 per cent of all the saddle used
in North America and a fair percentage
of those nsed abroad. .
Considerable alarm i felt In admin
istration circles over the possibility
that Spain and Germany may recognise
the Philippine republic Germany
from interested motive and Spain to
free the 8,000 or 10,000 Spanish troops
held a prisoner by Aguinaldo.
The strike which ha been in prog
ress at Colon, Colombia, for nearly a
fortnight, among the duck laborers, has
extended to Panama, partly owing to
the fact that the Chilian line of steam
ers ha increased the wage of Its em
ployes, thereby accentuating the dead
look. John F. Kennedy, who attained no
toriety In connection with the numer
ous train-robberies and other crime in
the vicinity of Kansas City, has been
held without bail at Mansfield, Mo.,
for a hearing before the grand jury ot
Wright county on charge of train-
robbery.
The Planters' bank, at Kansas City,
with a capital of $26,000, has been
olosed by the state. The propiietor
are under arrest by ordor of Secretary
of State Leseur andAssistant Attorney
General Jeffries. The bank has no vis
ible assets, it i alleged, whatever.
The two richest prim donnas are
Adeline Pattl and Sibyl Sanderson.
Pension have been granted to the
Widow of Capt. Allyn Capron and
Oapt. Allyn K. Capron, father and
son, both of whom fell In the war with
Bpain.
Christ Monberger, who died In Buf
falo, N. Y., of a fraotured skull at the
Fitch hospital, whistlod merry tunes
all through the 100 hours of his mortal
Illness and was unconscious all the
time.
MANY BILLS PASSED.
Oregon's Lawmakers Are Now Oettlnsr
Von to Good IIr4
Work.
' In the Oregon state senate Wednes
day the following bill were passed
To authorize the construction and
maintenance of floodgates on Douglas
and other sloughs, Douglas comity; to
require justices of the peace to submit
complaints to tha district attorney, ex
cept for murder, arson, robbery, grand
larceny, before feoe may be oolleoted;
to ptovlde trust fund in Multnomah
county; to authorize the Eugene di
vinlty school to confer theologioal and
biblical degrees; to amend the sot
passed last full so as to make all quarts
and p'acer claim real estate; to remove
from principal defendants in prosecu
tions for abortion the shield afforded
by section 8011 of the statutes, which
absolve them from testifying on the
grounds that It might incriminate the
witness; to provide for county clerks
to transmit to the secretary of state I
summary instead of a complete trans
cript of assessment rolls; amendments
to Grant Pass charter; to permit suit
for possession of real estate to be main
tained by plaintiff not in actual posses
sion; to provide for election of di'
trlct road supervisor.
Bates' bill for clerks of the justice
courts in Multnomah county, after be.
ing emasculated by striking ont the
salary feature, wa recommitted be
cause found not to be limited to Mult
nomah county. ,.
Adams' bill to tax dog also was re
committed, after considerable discus
sion, for amendment so a to exempt
cities where dogs are already licensed.
In the house the bill providing for a
special election In Mainour county for
relocation of county seat was made a
special order for Wednesday.February 1,
Upon motion of Curtis, each Wednes
day night hereafter will be devoted to
consideration of local measures.
Dr. Joseph I 's insane asylum bill,
f hloh passed the senate yesterday, was
rushed through tbe first and second
readings and referred to the committee
on penal, reformatory and charitable
institutions.
Sher win's hill, to amend tbe oharter
ot Gold' Hill, so aa to enable tbe town
to issue $3,600 water bonds, was passed.
The joint committee on fisheries, to
meet a like committee from the Wash
ington legislature, was exoused till Tues
day next. The bill ot Curtis amend
Ing the fishing laws wa ordered print
ed and referred to this committee with
instructions to bring it to the atten
tion of the Washington committee.
The reapportionment bill wa passed
in the house Thursday by the narrow
margin of one vote.
The bill to create new county out
of portion ot Grant, Crook and Gil
Ham oountle wa defeated.
A bill tor protection of trout, and
one for protection of carwflsh were
killed.
A resolution waa introduced to re
strict the introduction of new bill to
February , but it wa Indefinitely
postponed.
A resolution ohanglng the date of
visiting Corvallia by the joint commit
tee from February 1 to February 4
passed.
In the senate the bill to authorize
school olerks and county judgea to di'
pose of land bid in at sales for dolin
quont taex oame up a a special order
Thursday. An amendment excepting
from redemption by original owners
land contracted to be sold waa o tiered
and the bill was recommitted for the
amendment.
Bill passed were: To amend the
law relating to certain male animals
running at large, applicable to Eastern
Oregon ranges; to cure defects in deeds
heretofore made that are faulty in ex
ecution, witnessing or acknowledgment;
to amend the law relating to tbe mak
ing of deeds by the sheriff.
The reapportionment ' bill which
passed the house Thursday passed the
senate Friday after a debate consuming
nearly the whole morning session. The
final vote was S3 ayes, 4 noes, 4 absent!
The report of the committee appoint
ed at the special session to investigate
the Loewenberg contract at the peni
tentiary was taken from the table, and
amendments proposed to the effect that
the $33,600 settlement be made by
February 10, that not lees than $10,000
be paid In cash and the balance in
note satisfactory to the board, and
then the whole matter was made a
special order for Tuesday at 3:30 P. M.
In the senate the following bills
were Introduced during the past week:
To put in the hand ot the secretary ot
state tbe matter of ordering the print
ing of reports, session laws, circulars,
blanks, etc., the printer to act only
upon the written order of the secretary,
except that the governor may order tha
printing of executive documents; to
protect lite and property from danger
of railroad train by providing numer
ous regulation for warning on train
and railroad and exempting from
claims for damages railroad companies
that comply with the law; to prevent
combination between fire insurance
companies to maintain rates same aa
the Iowa statute; to amend the charter
of Woodburn passed; to appropriate
$35,000 for a flax manufacturing plant
at the penitentiarysame aa waa in
troduced in the house yesterday; to
provide for a uniform public system,
and oomplete codification of sohool
laws; to permit recording in all bat
one county of certified copies of deed
for nronerty situated in two oountie
or more; to authorize county officer to
sold property bid in tor sale for delln
quent taxes. "
Friday in the house the bill to in
crease liquor licenses in the state waa
praotiaally killed by the measure being
reported from committee with the rec
ommendation that it do not pas.
JOSEPHI'S BILL PASSED.
Is to Reform Management of th State
laeann Aeylnm.
Salem, Or., Jan. 30. JosnphI' bill
to reform the system of management of
the state Insane asylum, potting the
institution In the hands of four trustees
appointed by and to act with the gov
ernor, was passed by the senate this
afternoon by vote of 31 to 6, after a
debate ot an hour and a half. By a
still larger vote, Driver's bill authoris
ing conntv courts to employ county
prisoners on public roads was passed.
The defeat of Mulkey'a resolution
to limit the Introduction of bill to
th 26th day of the session and an in
timation that the matter of the Loewen
berg contract at the state penitentiary
would be reopened were Interesting
incidents of the Senate proceedings.
In the house, six bill were passed,
Including one carrying an appropria
tion of $25,000 for building and operat
ing salmon hatoheries, and a bill to
appropriate $36,0000 for buying and
operating the flux mill at the peniton
liary was introduced.
Other bills passed were Stlllman'a
bills legalising marriage contracted
within the six months' - limit, and
amending the code relative to actions
for recovery of personal property o
that the defendant, where property is
claimed by a third party, may surren
der the same into tbe custody of tbe
court; the Boss bill to abolish private
seals, and Morton' bill to dure defects
In deed heretofore made.
Many bill were put throngh formal
readings in both bouse. This has been
by fur the busiest day of tbe session.
and a great amount of work has been
accomplished.
Considerably out of the nsual order
was the proposition of John H. Albert
to exohange an eligible full block of
land adjoining the present blind School
for the state' former site of the blind
school, now occupied by tbe Salem hos
pltnl, so he might present the property
to the hospital, and the state wonld at
the same time get more room for the
aoomroodation of the blind. The peti
tion went to the printer under the
rules. The property is estimated to be
worth $1,760.
SENATE SPECIAL SESSION.
All of Governor Hosiers' Appointments
Confirmed.
Olympla, Jan. 85. All of Governor
Rogers' appointment during the past
two years were confirmed at a special
session of the senate this afternoon.
Tbe voting for United States senator
today was exciting only when Gnnder
son olianged from Humes to Wilson.
Two ballot were taken, althoogh an
effort wa made by fusion member to
adjonrn after the 14th ballot. Ballot
today resulted aa follows: Foster, 35;
Wilson, 38; Humos, 80; Ankeny, 8;
Lewis, 85; Houston, 1.
Bills introduced in the senate were:
Appropriating $580 for the' relief of
Captain James Boss, company A, inde
pendent battalion, Washington voluu
teer infantry; appropriating $500 for
fish ladder at Myers' Fall, Stevens
county; appropriating fund to pay
employes' judgment against the state;
providing that escheats go to the state
school fund instead of the county school
fund; to rebate interest and penalties
on delinquent taxes assessed prior to
1899, if paid before November 8, 1899;
requiring fire escapes on all public
buildings; authorizing county commis
sioners to spend a portion of the road
fund within city limits.
In the Boone.
In the house the bill prohibiting
betting and selling pools on elections
was reported for iudonnite postpone
ment by the committee on elections.
The bill fixing railroad passenger
rates at cents per mile was received
from the railroad committee carrying
a 4-cent amendment, and the whole
matter wa referred to the judiciary
committee.
Bill Introduced were: Amending
the school law so as to enable sohool
boards to expend 35 per cent of the
district income tor public improve
ments; all of the Preston senate bills;
making six years the life of a judgment,
and providing tor aotion for its re
newal after five years; prohibiting
blacklisting; creating a board of five
examiners for locomotive engineers at
a salary of $1,300 per annum; making
it unlawful for any employer to use
any duress to prevent an employe from
joining a labor organization, under
pain of $100 maximum flue and one
month a imprisonment.
Nominations Confirmed. -
Washington, Jan. 8fl. The senate
today oonfirmed the following nomin
ations: T. A. Winter, to be postmas
ter at Colville, WsbIi.; II. A. Olseten.
register of the land office at Hum
boldt, Cat.; F. A. Junes, ot Ottuma,
la., to be commissioner to examine and
classify lands within the land-grant
limits ot the Northern Pacific Company
In the Helena, Mont, land district.
; An Bxpoaltlon Bill Sh.lr.d.
Washington, Jan. 88. The ways
and means committee today indefinite
ly postponed the bill relating to the
greater America exposition at Omaha,
which was designated to show the re
source of Cuba, the Philipdinos, Porto
Rico and the Lad roues. Favorable ac
tion wa taken on the bill permitting
spirits to be shipped in tins, whioli is
designed to secure larger trade in
Japan. ' ' ' " ' ' r
Par men of Bounties.
Washington, Jan. 88. The whole
question of the payment of bounties to
officer and sailor who participated in
engagement which resulted in the de
struction ot the Spanish fleet during
the war baa been referred by the navy
department to the court of claims,
where the claims will be adjusted un
der the Bowman-Tucker act. It is not
yet dotermined when the cases will be
taken up by the court, but is more tha
likelv it Will be within two week. i
A CUBAN CELEBRATION
Crowds Honor the Memory
of the First President
CUBAN POLITICS ABE UNSETTLED
Mm Meeting to Be Held to Proclaim
Principles of ladepend-
Havana, Jan. 81. Four thousand
persons, men in their best clothing and
women gaily dressod, stood amid
pouring rain In Paula square today
listening to six intensely patriotic
eulogies of Jose Marti, the Cuban pa
triot and first president of the Cuban
revolutionary government. A tablet
to bi memory was unveiled at the
house where he wa born In a itreet
near by, and 83 societies, consisting of
8.600 persons, with banners, flags and
five bands, marched through the prin
cipal thoroughfares to the square.
Tbe procession, whose distinguishing
feature was 600 girls wearing white
dresses and red liberty caps, started at
I o clock, reaching the square two
hour later. The itreet were gaily
decorated with Cuban and American
flags, and though the interest ran high,
there was no disorder of any kind.
Marti's widow, mother and son, led
the parade, with the first Cohan flag
used by the patriot, which wa loudly
oheered.
This promises to be a lively week in
Cuban politics. The special commis
sion from the Cuban military assembly
will return to Havana, after its inter
view with the Washington govern
ment, and popular interest is increas
ing in the preparation for the mass
meeting February 0 at the Tacon thea
ter, where a separatist party, proclaim
ing tbe principle of independence, will
be founded, tinder tbe direction of such
men a Senor Giberga, a noted autono
mist; General Leyte Vidal, General
Lacret, Senor Fontsterling and other
opponent of annexation.
Xoro Drerfna A-itntlon.
Parts, Jan. 81. The government's
decision to submit to tbe chamber of
deputies tomorrow a bill providing
that the case of trial revision shall be
brought before the united section of
the court of cassation has reopened the
floodgates of the Dreyfus agitation.
Tbe situation appear more confusing
sud, menacing than ever. For days
the anti-Dreyfusitea bave been clamor
ing to have tbe oase referred to the
untied sections, because they have con
sidered it certain that among more than
SO judges they could rely upon an anti
Dreyfus majority.
A Dlaappearina; letnttd.
San Francisco, Jan. 81. The hew
bus been brought here from Australia
that the British man-of-war Penguin
hus just returned to Sydney, N. S. W..
after taking soundings between the
island Tongi and Auckland, N Z.
The officers found that Falcon island,
which suddenly came np out of the
ocean is 1886, i gradually receding,
When relocated by the Pengnins's
offioere, they discovered that the island
is now three fathoms nndor water.
Sale of Oregon Lumber.
Rhinelander, Wis., Jan. 81. S. A.
D. Pewter, of Portland, Or., the well
known Pacific coast lumberman, has
closed a sale of over 1,000,000,000 feet
of Oregon timber, mostly fir, situated
in 'Marion county, 45 miles south of
Portland, Or., on Abiqna creek, a trib
utary of the Willamette river, to lum
bermen of this oity, who have organized
a stock company, called the Abiqua
Lumber Company, of Wisconsin.
Opposed to Foreign Capital
Santiago do Cuba, Jan. "81. The
Cuban Libre publishes a long article
setting forth its objection to the pro
ject of foreign capitalists for working
"Cuban virgin soil," constructing rail
roads, establishing electric light plants
and carrying on similar enterprises.
'.'We do not want any one to invest
ospltal in Cuba exoept the natives,"
says the paper. "America is proof of
what monopolist can do in ruining a
country.' - ' ; - , :
Tanl Jones Pilot Foaad.
New Orleans, La., Jan. 81. The
body found near Fort St. Philip was to
day identified as that of Captain Star
tevant. the pilot of the launch Paul
Jones. From the position and cloth
ing of the body, it is almost certain
that he was off duty asleep at the time
death oame, and that the boat was
recked by an explosion during the
night.
Cold in Wleeoneln.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 81. Specials
from points In the interior ot Wiscon
sin report very low temperature. At
Appleton the thermometer recorded 85
degreea below aero, the coldest in re
cent year. Black River Fnllg reports
a temperature of 40 degrees, Medford
40. and Whitehall 88 degrees below
sero.
Fourteen Persons Killed. '
Marcia, Spain, Jan. 81. Fourteen
persons were killed today by an explo
sion of gas in the Palis mine near
Mazairon, 30 mile west of Cartagena.
Tbe other miner succeeded in making
tbeii escape.
An Old Hotel Burned.
8an Francisco, Jan. 81. The San
Bruno hotel, an old landmark on the
San Bruno road, southwest of tha oity,
was burned today, and Mathiaa
Eichorn, porter of the hotel, perished
In the flames.
San Francisco, ' Jan, 81. Thomas
Wilford Ballet, aged fonr years, was
burned to death today in the rear of
the Pacific Gas improvement Com
pany's works at Fillmore and Chestnut
streets.
ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL.
Discussion of the Principal Work of the
&nttenal Honee.
Washington, Jan. 81. The house to
day continued tbe consideration of the
army reorganization bill until 3
o'clock, when the member paid their
tribute to th memory of the late Rep
resentative SirapkinsV of Massachu
setts. Little piogres waa made with
the army bill, th only amendment
adopted being that to give veterinar
ians in cavalry reg.ments tbe rank,
jay and allowance of second lieuten
ants. The time before the eulogies be
gan was chiefly devoted to a continua
tion of the debate on the advisability
of retaining tbe Philippine.
Tbe diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill, carrying $1,500,000. was
passed by the senate.
The salaries of secretaries of legation
to the Argentine republic, Venezuela
and Fern were Increased to $1,800,
and ot the consuls at La Guuavia, Ven
ezuela, from $1,800 to $3,000, and at
Pernambuco, Brazil, horn $3,000 to
$3,300. The allowance for clerks of
consulates was inoreased from $1,600
to $8,800. The salaries of three third
secretaries of embassy at London, Paris
and Berlin were fixed at $1,600 each.
The consulate at Naples was placed in
the $3,500 class; the consulate at Col
lingwood, Canada, in the $3,000 class,
and the consulate at Niagara Falls in
the $1,500 olasa.
Mason offered a resolution requesting
the surgeon-general of the army to
tarnish information as to the percent
age of our soldiers in the Philippines
who are sick and have been aiok, and
the number of deaths in eur army by
reason of the sickness caused by the
climate. Mason prefaced the resolu
tion with the statement that reports
had been received tbat "of late years
s high a 60 per cent of tbe soldiers
unaccustomed to the climate (of the
Philippines) have (L'ed by lessen of the
said climate." '
EAGAN GUILTY AS CHARGED.
Tho
Meceeearjr Penal t? ! Dltniiul
' . From the Army.
Washington, Jan. 81. General Ea
gan, commissary-general of subsist
ence, has been found guilty of the
charges of conduct unbecoming an offi
cer and a gentleman, and of conduct to
the prejudice ot good order and disci
pline, and of the specifications thereto,
snd has been sentenced to dismissal
from the United State army; but with
a recommendation from the court for
the exercise of executive clemency.
Under tbe regulations, the court, hav
ing reached the conclusion that the ao
eused was guilty, had no choice in
selecting a penalty, the regulations
prescribing absolutely that one punsieh
ment dismissal for the offense.
Therefore, the only hope for General
Eagan is in the direction of comniunta
tion, mitigation or disapproval by the
president. 1
Payment of the Cuban Army-
Havana, Jan. 81. Senor Fiedrioo
Mora, the civil governor of Havana, in
an interview declared that the question
of the payment of the Cuban army was
of much greater importance than the
Washington government seems to real
ize. He said of the Cubans were to
collect the custom of the islands,
which are their property, their first ac
tion would be to meet Cuba's sacred
obligation to tbe army by payment in
full to tbe soldiers. The customs ad
ministration being in the hands of the
Americans, the Cubans make a simple
business proposition to tha United
States government that it shall ad
vance money to pay the troops, hold
ing the customs as security.
The Cherokee Treaty.
Washington, Jan. 81. The agree
ment concluded at Muskogee, I. T..
January 14, between the Dawes com
mission and the Cherokee nation, pro
viding for the allotment of lands and
general betterment of the condition ot
the red men, has been sent to the sen
ate. Four of the five triles have al
ready agreed to new arrangements and
negotiations are cow pending with the
Creeks.
A Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Chicago, Jan. 81. Four men were
badly burned, one perhaps fatally, by
the explosion of a boiler today in the
basement of the Ciiioago Tribune. The
men who had just completed putting
in new grate in the furnace of the
boiler, were standing directly in front
of the fnrnace when the explosion oc
curred, and were covered first with live
coals, then with scalding water.
A Restraining Order.
Washington, Jan. 81. To prevent
army officers of superior rank from
seising upon the quarters of officers of
the transports upon which they may
be traveling, tbe secretary ot war has
been obliged to make an order prohib
iting them from taking the rooms of
the masters sud quartermaster ot
transports.
Two Console Mominntod.
Washington, Jan. 81. The'- presi
dent presented these nominations to
tbe senate; State, James H. Worman,
of New York, now commercial agent at
Cognac to be consul at Munich, Ba
varia; William T. Foe, ot Ohio, now
consul at Cienfuegos, to be consul st
Bombay, India.
Fflhrnnrv II has hmn mrrAAll nnnn hv
the senate as the date to vote upon the
peace treaty.
Divorced and Bankrupt.
San Francisco, Jan. 81. George F.
White, a cattleman of Mendocino
county, has filed a petition in insolv
ency. His liabilities are placed at
$181,000, including judgment of
$100,000 granted his divorced wife, i
His assets sre placed at $110,000.
Snow in tho South.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 81. Snow fell
generally throughout Central and
Southern Georgia and Alabama Sutur-1
PHILIPPINE CONGRESS
Authorizes Aguinaldo to De
clare War.
NATIVE WOMEN WANT TO FIGm
Aa American Sentry Kill a Captain of
Philippine Artillery
... at Tonto.
Manila, via Hong Kong, Jan. 38.
Republioa, the official organ of the
Filipinos, announces that congress at
Malolos has adopted a Philippines con
stitution, passed a vote of eonlidenuo in
Aguinaldo anil empowered him t.i de
clare war on the United States when
ever he may deem it advisable. At a
mass meeting of the women of Cavit
yesterday, the paper adds, it was en
thusiastically resolved to petition
Aguinaldo for permission to take tho
men's places in defense of Independ
ence snd to bear arms if neceesxary.
An American sentry yesterday killeC
a oaptain of the Filipino artillery at
Tonto outpost. As a result the native
press is intensely excited and denounce .
it aa a "cowardly assassination."
On Saturday,. January 21, five Fili
pinos determined to have revenge for
the captain's death and attempted to
enter the American lines. An Ameri
can sentry killed one of them,' who
was armed with a revolver. After an
exchange of shots, ttie others were ar
rested. The incident' has intensified
excitement here.
Tbe cabinet yesterday insisted on the
liberation of Spanish civil prisoners,
in commemoration of the proclamation
of the Filipinos republic and also do
nated money to the native clergy.
An elaborate program me has been
arranged for formal ratification ef the
constitution today. Nothing was ac
complished at tho conference here yes
terday, and it is rumored the Filipinos
at their next meeting will give tbe
Ameroans eight days in which to accede
to their demands for recognition. The
rumor is discredited.
CYCLONE SWEPT THE SEAS.
Bfanr Persona Drowned and Much Prop
erty Destroyed.
Victoria, B. O., Jan. 38. The
steamer Aorangi, from Anstralaaia,
brings details of the tenible cyclone
which swept tho South seas about the
middle of December, devastating vil
lages, wrecking shipping and causing
many deaths. At Bauiarai, in New
Guinea, on December 11, the gale was
terrifio. Cocoa palms went down by
hundreds and were carried to sea.
Torrents of rain fell. Twelve vessels
were wrecked.
The cutters Mayflower and Nabua
were total wrecks at Basiiiaki, The
ketches Bebem and Baidun were lost
off Goodenongh island, and Mr. Ken
nedy, manager of the New Guinea De
velopment Company, was drowned, to
gether with his ciew, save one boy.
The schooner Ellen Gowan and the
cutter Ivy were lost in the Kosaman
group and Captain Godet and crow
were drowned.
In the Solomons the hurricane did
the most damage, whole villages being
destroyed. Hundreds of cocoa planta
tions were uprooted and yam patches
leveled. Over 600 natives are report
ed to have been killed. J '
Captain Pentecost, of the yacht St.
Aubin, who brought the news ot the
disaster to Sydney, says lie saved a
woman who wag to have been killed as
a sorceress, she being accused of having
caused the hurricane. He bought her,
the purchase price being a pig, and
took her to another island, where she
was released.
Vrslns Releaee or Prisoner.
New York, Jan. 38. Through the
French embassy here Spain has again
urged the United States to procure the
release ot Spanish prisoners held by the
Philippine insurgents. Information
officially received by the Madrid gov
ernment from the Philippines shows
that the lives of Spanish women and
children, as well as men are in danger
and that the prisoners are not receiv
ing proper treatment.
Secretary Hay replied that General
Otia had been instructed to give im
mediate attention to the matter, hut
this government has made no promisos
to obtain the release of tbe prisoners.
It is the growing belief that they will
be able to obtain the release oi the
prisoners only by force.
The Seareh Abandoned.
New Orleans, Jan. 33. Lawrence
Jones, owner of the ill-fated launch
Paul Jones, which was lost near Breton
Island about January 5, with all on
board, and Mayor Taggart, of Indian
apolis, whose daughter was among the
party, have returned to the city from
down the river after, having made a
fruitless search tor some trace of the
victims ot the disaster. They only
found some wreckage, among which is
a part of the stern of the launch.
Strike Rlota In Kneeia.
London, Jan. 38. There have been
serions strike riots in the cotton mill
of the St. Petersburg district. The
police, while attempting to raid the :
workmen's barracks in order to arrest a
ringleader, were attacked by the work
men, one policeman being killed.
Oklahoma IV'anti to He a Rtnte.
Gutherie. O. T., Jan. 38. The ter
ritorial statehood convention has re
solved for a constitutional convention
in June and a state election iu October
on a proposition to go to congress and
demand admission in December.
Aeeldent on the Nw Vork.
New York, Jan. 88. While cleaning,
a boiler in the cruiswr Sow York tO'hiy
six men were injured serifmdy by es
caping steam. One of them will
Three others were scalded slilisiy.