iir trim w IVJLIO JL VOL. XVI. ST. .HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899. NO. 8. U li "U IUJ JL JLJLJLU EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKKSR TICKS FROM THR WIRES LATER NEWS. IHs bellsved that the battle it Ms fill wilt hasten the ratification of the tr-raty with Spain by congresi. Two oap truata are being formal CLASH OF ARMS : ONUMENT TO MAINE HERQE3. Low.r one at Chicago, with $100,000,000 cap QAnAiic - FinrritirUT Ho ltl. and one at Boston with $30,000,- OUi AUU: 1 16UU1,8 W tween Americans; An Intereetlna; Collection of Items from tha Two Hemispheres rre.ented In a Oonden.ed form. low mlneworkera are waking an effort to have sight hour declared a day' work. . Nttiv troop at to be utilized In Cuba and American soldlois gradually withdrawn. A syndloate com noted of American, Canadian, English and French capital lata, I making an effort to atcare con' trol of all th railroads in Cuba now building and in operation, and all to be eonatruoted hereafter. The blabop of Havana ha declared that Preoteatanl services oannot be held over the grave of the Maine vlotimi in Columbus cemetery, aalt it conseurated 000. Han Francisco I to have s woild's. fair In 1901. It la to be known the Paolflo Ocean and. International Expo sition, Turkey la making' military prepara tion in view of a poaaible Mncedonian uprising. Bnlgaria i also hastily or. ganising and arming troop. President MoKinley ha protented to uiiarie A. Buiiott, chief of theoomput- log divlaion of the United State coast and geodetic lurver, tiie prise recently conferred upon bint by the Academy of ranee. Mr. Cordelia Botkln, fouiflj guilty by a Ban Franoiaco court of the murder of Mr. John P. Dunning, ha been sentenced to prison for life, the judge refuting a new trial. The case will be appealed. Tha commission to Investigate th conduct of the war la devoting all of It energie to closing op It report. Tha and Insurgents. ground. American were pitparing to rough draft I praotloall completed, lenged. They repeated the experiment Regulation Adopted by the floa.e rt Concraea. Washington, Feb. 6. In the aenate the prldent pio tempore presented a memorial from the Chamber, of Com merce of New York, urging ratification of tlio peace treaty. Bale, chairman of the naval affair committee, favora bly reported the following joint resolu tion, and it waa adopted: "The secretary of the navy is hereby authorized to have erected in Colon cemetery at Havana, Cuba, a suitable TtTTJ CTI IDTtTA Ive to T i v,nn """ ",uu"lll" memory . tuu riLlfLW LUXi D LrtRVjiC thesalloraand marine who lost their live by the destruction of the Maine, and whose remain are buried In that cemetery, and to suitably Inscribe and enclose auoh monument, arid the sum of 110,000 I appropriated for that pur pose." Harris offered the following resolu tion, which be asked might lie on the table "That the Dnited State hereby dis claims any intention 01 purpose to ex erolse permanent sovereignty, jurisdic tion or control over the Philippine and assert their determination when a stable and independent government shall have been erected therein, en' titled to recognition a inch, to trans fer to such government upon term OREGON'S S0L0NS. Twenty American Roldler Killed, and ITS Wounded-Knauijr'a Loe Runt Into) the ThoaanndaNawa of the Battle Confirmed by General Otis. Manila, Feb 7. The long-expected rupture betweeu the American and th Filipino has oorae at last. The former are now engaged in solving the Philip pine problem with the utmost expedi tion possible. he clash oame at 8:40 yesterday evening, when three daring Filipinos darted past tbe Nebraska regiments at Santa Mesa, but retiied when chal- decorate the grave on the anniversary of the explosion, " " in central cable company aw nonnce that th United States govern mont In th Philippine ha modified th recent prohibition of telegram in cipher or code. Message In secret Ian- and copies are being made of the docu ment, so far a it I ready. It ia aald administration officials are urging th president to endeavor io en list th service of Aguinaldo in tbe settlement of the Philippine qnestion, a lie baa th service of General Go- without drawing the sentries' fite, but at the third time Corporal Gieeley challenged the Filipino and then fired, killing one of them and wounding an other. Almost immediately afterward the Filipino' line from Caloean to Initiative and Keferendura Pasaas the Senate Convict, to II. Worked on Marlor County Roads. Eight bills were passed in tbe Oregon senate last Wednesday and two were recommittted for amendment. Four of the bills passed were to amend tbe charter of Lake view, Can yon City, Seaside and Iiilaboro. Looney's bill to provide for working state convicts on about 125 miles of Marion county roads, between state in stitutions, and appropriating $3,600 for superintendence and buying tools, passed by a vote of 137 to 7. The bill to make a person who vol untarily charges a crime against an other before a justice of peace or grand jury pay the coita in ease the prosecu tion prove malicious or frivolous finally passed, as did a bill to prevent swine running at large in Sherman county, and a bill to reduce the salaries of Washington countyofficer. In tbe House. The reconsideration of te Woodburn charter bill was tbe occasion for an other spirited forensic battle at tbe ses sion of the bouse Wednesday. The bill, however, passed by a vote of 85 which shall be reasonable and Just all to 18; absent,'l0. A motion to reoon- CXPRESS RATES ON FRUIT. guage may now be acceded, .object to ln the P"fl""n of Cuba, government onesorshlp. I Lord Charle Beresford. the distin- Th. a.nat v.mmitu X, ,..! Bubmed British naval officer and states-I alfalrl ha decided upon favorable port on the bill providing for addi tional pay to laborer in nary-yards who worked overtime daring the emer gency of war with 8pain. The amount lequired I about $300,000, and about 0,000 men are involved. General Otia cable th war depart' tnent, giving the number of death in ill ooiumand since January 7. The total Is 19, many of whom died of smallpox. The greater number of death war of Kansas, Colorado, Cali fornia and Pennsylvania private. In th list appear th name of Allen E. Carlyle, private, First Washington, January 1ft, typhoid; Earld A. Jeans, f irst Washington, January 9S, ty. Phold; tstar Hawthorne, private, Beooiid uregon, diphtheria. Cuban General Gomel refuses to disband hi army unless paid nearly $60,000,000. 11 elaima to have 40,000 men under arms, for which h ask pay for three year' service, at the same rate as given American soldiers. For bis own services in tbe past be want $11,000 year, the same as paid an American lieutenant-general. Ha has about 900 brigadier-generals, who de ntand pay at the rate of $8,600 annually lor turee year past, betide numerous other officer, whose pay aggregate fa, 788,000. . in norm urrman Uuaette again denies the minor that Prince Ilohenlohe contemplate resigning lb imperial eiianoelloriiifp. Twenty children are reported to hav been drowned by an ice disaster t th Tillage of Warpuhoen, Boirheim, re cently. Tbe president ha nominated Colonel Asa B. Carey, assistant paymaster gn eral, to tie paymaster-general, with the rank of brigadier-general. A terrible bllzxard was general throughout th Mississippi valley on the 99th and SOtli of January, reaching a lar eoutn a si. Loul. Three representative of 40 German families in the East re looking over the Pacific Noithwest with a view to buying several thousand acres of Ian i foi a colony. Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, who has fettled the estate of her lute, husband, Iceland Stanford, and who would be en titled to $367,708 a fees, refuse to so copt anything for tier aervloe. Companies H, D, K and L, of th Seventeenth United Stale - Infantry, 413 enlisted men and nine officers. hav left Columbus for the Philippine. They go via New York. The American shipping Interest of the Hawaiian iaiand hav largely in creased since their annexation to the United State. There are now load ing for or on the way to the island 60 vessels, of which 85 fly the American flag. . F. W. Peck, United State oommls-loner-general to th Pari exposition, ask congress to Increase th amount ' set aside for the government exhibit to $1,000,000. The first- approprittion wa $65,000. which Mr. Peok says is entirely too, small. The reported rich strike of gold at Cripple Creek lias been confirmed. It is th richest ever discovered In the woild, estimated to run a high a $600,000 to the ton. There is blocked out in one level, at a depth of 850 feel, $5,000,000 worth of ore. ' A. Thompson, agent of the Coast Seamen' Union at Seattle, say: "Un less the Shipowners' Association give up trying to put toab teamen on coast ing vessels, a general strike will be or. dered, and every sailing vessel on the coast tied up ai soon a she get into port. The union men will not accept less than $40 per mouth." Minor New. Item.. Th third regiment, infantry, has left St. Paul for New York en route to the Philippines. A blizzard ha been i aging over Wyoming. A recent dispatch says th deep mow ha a hard ornst, and ther will be much suffering among stock. . - An Iowa vndloate, with $80,000,000 capital, ha asked congress to grant uhaldy ol $16,000 a mile fur a railroad and telegraph Jjnu to the Yukon, via Copper river, man, will arriv in San Francisco on the Japanese ateauier American Maru. due on February 11, and th ohamber oi commerce I arranging for public reception to the Englishman. A battle between American troop nd insurgents began at 8:45 Saturday night at Manila, which last into Sun day, the insurgents being the aggressor. iwenty American were killed and about J75 wounded. Th lot of the Insurgent it ettimated to run into tha thousand. Naval Teasel took part in ins battle by shelling th insurgent position. Th (ituatlon at tbe mining cams of independence, 18 mile from Aspen. Colo., ) critical in tbe extreme. Star vatlon stares the Inhabitant ol th town In Hi face. Provisions and fuel supplies are nearly exhausted. . Wood that had been cut and plied for winter ns lie buried tinder many feet of snow, and cannot be readied. Boads leading to Aspen, the only source of upply for Independence, are impasse ble. Snowslide are so frequent be' tween Aspen and Independence -that' it I almost suioiuat to venture on the route. Fine building covering half a block In th heart of the business portion of Columbus, O., were destroyed by fire, The transports, Ohio and Senator, bearing the Twenty-second infantry to th Philippine hav sailed from San Frtntitco. A freighting patty wa caught In a mow slide in Lincoln gulch, nine mile above Aspen, Colo., and it il be lieved five men were killed. ' The econd battalion of the Seven teenth infantry are en route to Manila via New York. They sailed from that port on the transport Sherman. The largest combination of whisky and distilling interest yet attempted has been concluded in Mew York, un der the title of tbe Kentucky Distillers A Warehouse Company, Negotiations for tha consolidation ol the leading pottery Interest have been concluded in New York by the forma tion of the American pottery compa nies, with a capitalisation of $40,000,' 000. A snow-slide occurred on the Can' dian Paclfio at Rogen Pass, in the Sel kirk range. Th railroad roundhouse and other buildings were demolished. Nine persons are known to hav been killed and two injuied.. Contiaots have been let for th erec tion of large beet-sugar factory at Amera. a small town weal of Omaha, on the Union Paoiflo. The men who are furnishing the money to build th factory are Boaton capitalists. The United States transport Grant, Which left New York January 10, hav ing on board Major-General Lawton, the Fourth infantry and a battalion of th Seventeenth infantry, bound for Manila, ha arrived at Gibraltar. Steamer Rhynland, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia, went ashore four miles north of Penwick'a island life saving station. A heavy inow-itorm wa prevailing at the time. . There were 43 passenger and a orew of 79 on board, all of whom weie rescued. , Ther ha been no further general fighting between th partisan of th rival ohieftain in th Samoan island, since the last advices except that a party of Mataafa's followers wa routed in th bush by Malietoans. It is ex- peoted, however, that fighting will be resumed, as Mataafa Is arresting per sons, who have been already fined and released. The worn ol pillage con tlnues, among the house looted being Villmn, the home of the hue Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist. saw. Knn.ro Annnv AT.Ttn. Santa Mesa commenced a fusilade Which was ineffectual. The Nebraska, Montana and North Dakota outposts replied vigorously, and held their ground until reinforcement arrived. Tbe Filipino in the meantime oon oentrated at three points, Caloean, Ga galangin and Santa Mesa. At about 1 o'clock tha Filipino opened a hot fire from all; three place simultaneously. This wa supplement. ed by the fir of the two teige gun at Balik-Balik and by advancing their skirmishers fiom Paoo and Pandacan The Amerioana responded with a ter rifio fire, but owing to the darknes they were unable to determine its effect The Utah light artillery finally auc- ceeded In silencing tbe native battery, The Third artillery also did good work on the extreme left. The engagement lasted over an hour. The United State cruiser Charleston and tbe gunboat Cpncord, stationed off Malabon, opened fire from their second ary batteries on the Filipinos' position at Caloean and kept it up vigorously, At 8:45 there waa another fusilade along tbe entire line and tbe United States sea-going double-turreted moni tor Monadnock opened fire on the ene my from off Malate. With daylight the Amerioana ad vanced. The California and Washing ton regiments made a splendid charge and drove the Filipino from the works at Paoo and Santa Mesa. Tbe Nebraska regiment also distinguished itself, cap. turing several prisoner and one How itzer, and a very strong position at tbe reservoir, which ia connected with the waterworks. The Kansas and Dakota .regiment oompelled the enemy' right flank to retire to Caloean. There was intermittent firing at va rions points all day long. The American losse are estimated t 90 men killed and 125 wounded. The Igorotes, armed with bow and arrows, made a determined stand in the face of a hot artillery fire, and let many dead on the field. Several attempt were made in this city yesterday evening to assassiuate American officer. rights secured under the . cession by (Spain, and to ther upon leave the gov ernment and control of the islands to their people." In accordance with previous notice. Money began the discussion of expan sion, speaking in opposition to taking tbe Philippine. Money concluded at 1 o'clock, and Daniel then addreseed the aenate on the same subject. Oppoaltlon to Teat Tot. Washington. Feb. 6. The contro versy in tbe senate ovel the vote upon the variona resolutions Interpretative ol the peace treaty took an acute torn late today. The opposition to a vote first came from the friends of the treaty, who held to the theory that it oould be ratified without compromise. Those who apparently were then will ing that a vote should be taken today held an opposite view, and absolutely refuse to agree to a time for taking a vote. The contest occurred in the execu tive session, which did not occur nntil a quarter after 5 o'clock. The next hour and a quater was spent in a vain endeavor on one side to get an agree- me nt to a date for a vote upon the resolutions, and on tbe other in a more successful effort to bring the day's sion to a oiose without allowing any thing to be accomplished in that di rection. . - After a general debate on the subject tbe senate adjourned. aider the vote by which tbe bill waa de feated January 27 passed unanimously. Other bills passed were:' To amend the charter of Arlington; tolncorporate Medford; to fix tbe compensation of the assessor of Jackson county at $1,900 per annum in lien of per diem; to create a separate board of county com-' missioner for Clatsop connty. The following bills were introduced: To amend the charter of Medford; to incorporate Enterprise; to repeal tbe ct providing for the payment of street and sewer assessments in installments. DYEA AND SKAG WAY. ConOrmed by OUt. The following dispatch from Gen. Otis coii tli rua the news of the fighting: "Manila, Feb. 7. To Adjutant-Gen eral, Washington, D. C: Saturday the, insurgents opened attack on our outer lines at 8:45, repeated attack sev eral time during the night. At 4 o'clock this morning entire force waa engaged, and all attacks repulsed; at daybreak advanced against insurgents. and have driven them beyond lines they formerly occupied, capturing sev eral Tillages aud their defense works; Insurgents' loss ln dead and wounded large; our own casualties thus tar esti mated at 176, very few fatal." General Sheridan has oonipleeted ar rangement to tend the third expedi tion of troops to the Philippine. It will consist of 16 oompaniea, taken from the 12tb and 17th infantry regi ments. A dispatch from Cokeville, Wyo., ay a mow tilde a mile long occurred, burying, several men and team. All th men were taken .'out alive with tbe exception of Burt Handy, who wa dead when found. A dispatch to the London Post lays: Many of the insurgents were driven into the Pasig river and drowned. Sev eral hundred were.taken prisoner, ln a subsequent telegram the follow ing statements are made: Last night's and today's engagement have proved a veritable daughter for the Filipinos, their killed being reported as amount ing to thousand. To Cru.h the Revolt. Washington, Feb. 7. Instructions will be sent to Major-General Otis to morrow, directing bim to follow up his victory over the insurgent and to crush the power of Agninnldo in the Philip pines. ' : ' " They May Be Ceded to tha Dominion ol Canada by Treaty. Washington, Feb. 6. If the report of their subcommittee is adopted, as seems possible if not probable, a slice of Alaska territory, embracing the en trance to the Klondike, may be ceded to Great Britain in -treaty to be adopt' ed by tbe Anglo-American commission. The subcommittee's report, it u aid, oome dangerously near to putting buagway ana uyea under British con trol, leaving to the Americans, how ever, the control of tbe headwater of the Lynn canal, by which both ol these supply towns are reached. To Kill All rorelcners. San JTrancisco, Feb. 6. In the sto ries of the murders of missionaries and foreign residents recently in China, de tails of a particularly barbarous affair at Chongan Chiang, involving the life of an Englishman named Fleming, and evangelist fan, have been 'wanting. J. R. Adam, of the Chinese inland mission, visited the scene of tbe mur ders, and tells of a shocking condition of affairs, in the North China Daily News. He ascertained that the people of Chongan had determined to take the life of every foreigner in the place, and when Mr. Fleming set foot in the town he was a doomed man. At least 900 people witnessed the mnider from the opposite side of the river. Evangelist Pan was suddenly and quickly out down. Mr. Fleming dismounted from hi mule to go to bit assistance, but he, too, was attacked and slain after a desperate conflict. A Conrt af Inquiry Probable. Washington, Feb. 6. Indications are that a conrt of inquiry will be or dered to investigate and report upon the truth or falsity of statements al leged to have been made by General Miles, in which the quality of beef furnished the troop during tbe late war was brought in question. Deadly Work or a Train. Pittsburg, Feb. 6. A two-horse wagon on whioh five men and a young woman were riding, waa struck today by a JUaltlmore ft Ohio freight train at Kiverton station, tour men were killed and the other man and the young woman so badly injured that they will probably die. Hepburn'. Canal Bill. Washington, Feb. 6. The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce today directed a favorable report on the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill, with amendments, as a substitute for the Morgan bill, passed by tha son- ate. . ' v Inlttatlva and Kererendom. The resolution for an initiative and refcrndum amendment to the constitu tion passed the senate last Thursday, having previously passed tbe house, tnd is ready for submission to tbe next legislature. ' The American Bar Association's codi fication of laws relating to negotiable paper passed both houses. The Curtis bill limiting the number and salaries of professors in the state nniversity passed tbe house after a (harp discussion. Hill's pilotage bill, which passed the house a week ago, was repotted by the senate committee on commerce and navigation with amendmenta striking out a large part of tbe bill and leaving it without direct bearing on bar pilot age and placing the appointment of pilot commissioners in the hand of the governor. The amendmenta were adopted, and the bill passed, 91 to 5. The only change in the present law is to make river pilotage not compulsory. In tbe senate Thursday a resolution to authorize the exchange of the old blind institute site for a block adjoin ing the present site of the blind insti tute, owned by J. H. Albert, wan the special order, and, after a vote carry ing the resolution was nearly complet ed, it was recommended on a state ment from Selling that he had just heard something about it that needed investigation. The following bills were passed: To constitute the county court a board of equalization for oounty assessment; to extirpate Russian and Chinese thistles; to appropriate $4,000 for th Oregon Historical Society. ' In tha Hauia, The greater portion of tha forenoon session of the house Thursday was given up to hearing reports of standing committees. In addition to tins, two bill were passed and eight new bill Introduced. The bill passed were those by Cur' tis, amending the salmon-fishing laws passed at the special session so an to conform with the regulations agreed upon by the joint fisheiie committee, and by Myers, to apply to the military tund of tbe state all money that may be leceived from the government for transportation and equipment of the Second Oregon volunteers. Other bills passed were: To require that all claims against the state other than salaries aud liabilities established by law, be incorporated into separate appropriation aots; to abolish the ex pensive practice of copying assessment rolls for the state and to provide for transmission to the secretary of "state summaries only; to provide for tbe organization of the state militia; to re store to the military fund of the state $8,897.68 expended in the suppression of riots by the state militia at .Astoria and Roseburg during 1896; authorizing the supreme court to employ clerical aid and appropriating $7,1100 tberelur; to codify tbe law relating to negotia ble instruments; to prohibit false label ing of Oregon products, applying es pecially to salmon and Oregon fruits. Reapportionment Bill" Approved. In the Oregon senate Friday, Sena tors Smith, of Baker, and Dufur pre sented explanations of their position with referenece to the reapportionment act, which was approved by the gover nor while they were speaking. Both opposed the double distiicting feature of the law. j The following bills were passed: To authorize county courts to permit oon' stt notion of logging road along public highways; to prevent the unauthorized use of trademarks. Bllt Introdneed In (ensta at Oljrmpla Callloe; for a Keduetlna. : When tbe McLean 8 -cent per mile railroad and transportation bill came op in the Washington senate Tuesday, it was at once referred to the commit tee on railways and transportation. The usury and interest-rate bill wa referred to the judiciary committee. A disposition not to approve of the house bill fixing the rate on state warrant at 6 per cent manifested itself during tbe discussion. Bills introduced were: Reducing express rate on fruit to 70 per cent of tbe rate now in force, and on all other express matter to 80 per cent of tbe present rates; lor an additional su perior conrt judge in Spokane county; compelling mineowner to keep on band a aupply Of mine timber for the nse of employee; re-establishing munic ipal eourta in Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane. In tha Hoaee. A letter was receited jn the house Tuesday from Speaker Thomas B. Reed, of the national iiouse acknowledging the compliment paid him by the Wash ington bouse of representative in tha adoption of hi rule. Hill, bill 18R, for constitutiona amendment to exempt $300 of person al property from taxation, was indefi nitely postponed but house bill No. 17 for the same purpose, was amended and advanced to it third reading. Bill introduced were: Appropriat ing $593 for the relief of Frank G, Kiesow, to reimburse him for interest on claim arising out of the construc tion of the Cheney normal school build ing; allowing three months from date of publication of administrator's notice to present claims agamsi tbe estate of a deceased person; prescribing a code of mining laws; exempting mutual fire associations from the license require ments of tbe state law; making wagea and salaries of all agenis and employe of counties, municipalities and school district subject to garnishment and attachment for all debts contracted in the state, subject to exemption for heads of families. The bouse bill making jtbe district tbat remain when division occur to establish a new school distriot respon sible for debts for permanent improve ments, was advanced to third 'reading. Bills killed were: Relating to pub lic instruction; for a constitutional amendment to govern alien ownership of leal estate; fixing rates of interest on county, school and municipal war rants; matting county warrants receiv able for county taxes. REAPPORTIONMENT BILL. tha Boaee Reconsideration Palled at Salem. Tie effort to obtain reconsideration of the reapportionment bill in tbe house Tuesday, which gave promise of bitter fight at the close of the session Monday, has failed. After debate of over an hour, the decision of the speaker in holding tbat tbe bill bad passed beyond the jurisdiction of the bouse was sustained by a vote of 83 to 20; absent 7. Stillman's amendmenta to the house rules providing for reference of bills before being read and ordered printed in the interest of economy of time and expense was adopted, and the senate concurrent resolution adopting : the Oregon grape as the state flower was concurred in. Sherwin'a beet-sugar bill, whioh waa defeated by five votes in the house last week, waa this afternoon passed by the narrow margin of one Tote, the affirms live vote being tl, negative 37, and two member being absent. In addition to the sugar-beet bill, the following other bills were passed To prohibit the driving of fish-trap pile to a to interfere with navigation to require the submission of new char ier or oharter amendments to tbe vote of elector before being introduced in tbe legislature; allowing executors or administrator to complete written contracts of decedents. Fifty-nine bills were read tbe second time and rererred, and 10 buia weie read the first time. I FOSTER FOR SENATOR The Choice of Washington Legislature. K0MI5EB OF REPUBLICAN CAUCUS Wilson Withdraw In Bit Favor, and the Anhaay-Hamaa Fercea Bolted tba Canena. Addison G. Foster, of Tacoma, who received 68 Totes In the Republican canons held Tuesday evening, was at 13 o'clock Wednesday elected to repre sent th state of Washington at tbe na tional capital. The nomination of Foster in the cau cus Tuesday night was brought about by tbe Wilson following coming over to Foster late in tbe a iter noon. They signed an agreement to suppoit him in the oauout. To hi intimate friends, Wilson stated that lie had. expected support from .various seotions of the state that did not come to . bim, and tbat although be had promised from day to day tbat be would make a bet ter showing, he bad to admit that be could not bring to bim support that he bad counted upon. It waa then agreed that his men should be released. There upon the Foster managers opened ne gotiations to take Wilson' men into camp, wbiob they did very gracefully. ? ibk.v BOM. AVD1SOB O. rOSTEB. When Speaker Guie, of the house of representatives, called the caucus to order, Senator Witshire, of Seattle, representing the united King oounty and Ankeny forces, stated tbat the ob ject of the caucus call, under which they were operating wa signed ' with tbe understanding tbat the cauoue, as a whole, was to select a man for senator, and tbat it was unfair for any part Qf the member to organize within the oanens and decide upon the man to be selected.' This statement was received ith indulgent smile by tbe Foster men. At tbe conclusion of the Wa sh ire statement, the Ankeny men, with tbe exception of Gose, of Walla Walla. Ankeny's home bolted. ' Wednesday was the anniversary of the election of John L Wilson.; ; Brcord-llrxnktug Voyage. Washington, Feb. 6. The Buffalo arrived at Manila today, having made a record-breaking run from New York to Manila in 64 days. She ha on board about 700 sailor to relieve the men in Dewey's Beet She will be used a a regular transport for men and naval stores, making regular trips be tween Manila and San Francisco. It is calculated that the men of Great Britain spend at least $35,000,000 every year on silk hats. Dlatrlct Attorney BUI Remitted. In the Oregon house Friday the ju diciary committee asked to amend tha bill by substituting 1900 for 1903, claiming the figures wore placed In the bill as the result of a clerical error. The following bill were passed: To define the duties of administration in payment of olalms, and declare the or der of propriety of claims; to give farm aoorers a lien upon farm products for labor perormed; tu protect aulinon In Alesea bay and streams emptying into it. and fixing the does season; In tha genet. Ten bills were introduced in Oregon state senate Tuesday and three passed, one to incorporate Warrenton, and one to fix salaries in Morrow,, Clackamas and Yamhill counties, and the other waa Daly' text-book commission bill, wh ion finally went through bv a vote of 23 to 6, after a discussion of fully an hour. Special order wa the resolution passed by the legislature of 1395, for a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Mrs. Duniway, on invitation of the senate, made a neat address of five minutes, after which the resolu tion was passed, with only President Taylor voting no. Kelly, of the committee on revision of laws, reported adversely on -Dufur' bill to admit widows nd wive of hon orably discharged Union sailors and soldiers to the Soldier' Home, on the ground that to provide accommodation for aucb would require a Urge appro priation of money. Bills introduced weie a follows: To reduce the appropriation for the Sol- die' Home from $19,000 to $10,000 and authorize the governor instead of a board of trustee to appoint all officers of that institution; to authorize an ad ditional judge for the second judioial distriot; to create the office of recorder of Polk county, at a salary of $1,000, and reducing the county clerk's salary from $1,600 to $1,300; making taxes a first lien on real estate; to reduoe the salaries of the Multnomah county olaik, clerk of tbe oiicuit court and re corder, after the expiration of the pres ent term, from $3,600 to $3,600; to abolish the office of recorder of Clatsop county; to protect fish against destruc tion by explosives; to prohlcit tbe lay ing out of county roads of greater grades than 7 per cent; for the better The New Senator. Addison G. Foster was born In Belohertown, Mass., 61 year' ago. Early in life lii parents removed to Illinois, and when a young man, Mr. Foster' father located ia Central Wis consin. There young Foster bad In first experience in lumbering. He as sisted hi father in clearing a farm in the Wisconsin forest, and later moved to Wabasha, Minn. . At that p'ace be waa elected, while a young man, coun ty surveyor, and later conrt y auditor. These were the only public offices he ever accepted. While at Wabash, h ' engaged in the grain, fuel and real es tate business. In 1873 be moved te St. Paul to engage in the lumber and ' fuel business with Colonel C. W. Griggs, now at Tacoma. At St. Paul he formed the acquaintance and friend ship of Senator G. K. Davis, Senator Knute Nelson and other prominent Re publicans of the Middle West. He has always been successful in business and equally successful whenever he engaged in politics. v Mr. Foster moved to Tacoma in 1887, to engage with Colonel Gripes and other in tbe manufacture of lumber. Hi principal company i known at the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Com pany, and operates one of the largest sawmills on Puget sound. He is an extensive owner of coal and coke mines, and of timber-lands in the state of Washington. His company is alBO engaged in the shipping business, send ing cargoes, principally of lumber, U all parts of the world. Foater on National Iaanea- Regarding his position on national issues, Mr. Foster say:. "I favor what is commonly termed the expansion policy. Under a buni-noss-like arrangement I favor the build ing of tbe Nicaragua canal. I am for aound money and a thorough business man's administration of our publio -affairs. I favor an open river policy for the Columbia and as a general proposition favor river and harbor im provements of all kinds. In a word, I desire to see the possibilities of tha Paoiflo coast, particularly of my own state, realized, and I shall do all in my power to advance th material welfare of Washington." .: ; ,- The men who Toted for Foster from (tart to finish are: Baker, Barlow, Bedford, Bellows, Bishop, Brown, Corey, Dickson. Fryo. Hamilton, Hammer, Heiliu, Kings bury, Le Crone. 'Maxwell. McCoy. K. C. Miller, Brown of' Whatcom, Parker, . Sharp, Sheller, Stewart, Warburton. Wiokershamr. Of this number, 13 are member, of the Pierce county delegation, the jock around which the great fight ws nta-'.n. UkIIowb and i!.o hits H'ihis t- enforcement of judgments, aud decrees, J outaida su'-porta vt w. of tin