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VOL. XVI.
ST. .HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899.
NO. 8.
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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withdrawn.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