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OF THE DAY
LATER NEW3.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKIISK TICKS KROMTHR WIBKS
An Interesting Oollsotlon of Kama Fran
tin Two HoHtlaphares Presented
U Condensed Farm.
The battleship Iowa has arrlvod at
Bun Frnnolsoo. It is expected alia will
be teat to ManlU with supplies for
uowey.
Tlia American losses In killed and
wounded In tlia recent battle at Ma
n I In, la officially given at ISO, aud tha
losses oi the insurgents at 4,000,
(Jon. Gomes will arrive In Havana
In a tow days, where ha will mm Sen
ator Proctor, and aid In carrying out
ma promise to disband tha Cuban
truiy.
In tlia New York alterably a resold
tlon urging the Daunting of Congreas-
wan-elect lloberts, because of liia idan
tilioation with polygamy, waa adopted
oy viva voce vote.
Representative Btal lings, of Ala
bama, baa introduced in the houae a
bill to authorise the president to ap
point General Wheeler a oiajoi-geueral
in tne regular ai my.
The government forcea defeated and
captured the Oolorados, who recently
revolted againat Sonor Ooesta, tha
provlalonal president of Uruguay,
.Tranquility la now restored.
Agono.llo, the representative of the
. to-culled Filipino government, and who
llt tlilioountry for Canada, upon heat
lug of the outbreak at Manila ia being
o ooly watohed by aeoiet aervlce de
teotives. Agonoillo waa in Montreal
at laat reports.
Mra. Botkin'a attorneya bare given
notloe or an appeal from tbe convlotlon
and eentenoe of lite imprisonment re
cently passed upon her. Judge Carroll
Cook allowed 10 days' atay of exeon
lion, aim u aaye in watch to prepare
Dill of exceptions.
President McKinley ha .pronounced
lentence on Gen. Eagan, recently tried
by oourt-martial. Tbe aeutonoe waa
dismissal from the army, but the presl
dent commuted thia to anapenaion for
aix years, which oovera the time prior
to fcagun'a retirement in 1905.
The ateamera Joatin and Celtic, now
at Mare lalaml, are being oveihauled.
and In a few daya will be ready to aail
for tbe Philippines. following1 the inn.
ply vessel Centennial, which left on
the etli. The Jnatin will cany coal
lor the fleet and tbe Celtle frozen meat.
Rear Admiral Dewey haa captured
another schooner from Hong Kong load'
ed with arma and ammunition Intended
for the iiiiurgente In the Philippines.
It la reported that the German oonaul
At Hong Kong waa concerned in the
procuring and dlapatob of the arma to
the Islands,
The peace treaty waa ratified by tha
annate by a majority of three votes over
the required three-fourtha. The treaty
waa ratified without amendment.
Isaao Ofner. a gwoetyman, doing
business in Portland, Or., waa held up
ana, robbed In lite store about 8:80 in
the evening by lone highwayman,
John M. comstock, or 43 year
chief of the enatoma division of tha
treasury department, died in Washing,
ton after an illness of several weeks.
A monster petition to President Mo
Kinloy and the members of the joint
high commission ia being algned, ask
iug Ihelr assistance in soouiing the re
peal of the alien exclusion act recently
paused by the government of British
Colnmbla, In which the Atlin mining
district is located.
According to recent dispatch, It
iron and steel sheet manufactories in
Pennsylvania, Ohio,. West Virginia,
Kentucky and Indiana, controlling an
aggregate annual output of 818,000
tons of steol and Iron sheata, tie pre
paring to consolidate. Thia action, it
is added, la made necessary by tbe com
bination of tin-plate plauts, and it ia
believed that the proposed consolida
tion will.eventually be absorbed by tha
tin-plate trust.
Local representatives at Tacoma ad
mit that the atreet railway systems of
that oity are to be consolidated, with
Eastern capitalists In control. A com
pany with 3,000,000 capital has been
organized to operate all street-oars and
furnish power to manufactories, A
water-power plant will be constructed,
Representatives of J. P. Morgan A Co.,
the Northern Pacific railway, Union
Pacific and the O. R. & N., with' local
men, are Interested In the doal,
The two highwaymen who for tha
past two months have been holding up
oltlMtiaj aud itoiea and terrorising all
Portland are safely lodged in jail, One
of thorn, Harry Tracy, was arroeted by
Detective Weiner, after a shooting
aiTray that stopped a passenger train
and roused awhole neighborhood, The
other, Dave Merrill, fell into the
hands of Detectives Coidano and Ford
Sunday, and gave the information
which led to the oaptnre of bis accom
plice, Both are ex-conviots aud des
perate men.
The Spanish government bns deoided
not to sell the Carolina islands.
The secretary of war has given orders
for the muatering out of the Third regl
ment of inimnnes, now stationed at
oantisgo and vicinity.
The fortifications appropriation bill
u win oe recommended by the com
initiee, can lea 14,744,788, as against
muuiuies OI f IX.IOI.IUS.
It Is said the administration will
uphold uiiief Justice Chambers, at
Apia, in his selection of Mnlietoa Tan
us as king of the 8a moan Islands.
2 be secretary of war reports that
sioknoss in some of the American regi
ments in the Philippines is high as 17
per oout, but the average ia about 10
per cent.
Tbe report of the war Investigating
commission is in the bands of the pres
ident, and tbe commission is dissolved.
During the Investigation 600 witnesses
were examined,
Many acoounts of deaths from treat
ing are reported from . tbe Bast. At
Blooralngton. Ind.. J. W. H Inkle, who
Das served several terms as sheriff, was
frozen to death while going to bis
home. Hear Dayton. O.. Martin Duffln
ger suffered like fate while feeding
uis nogs, -
The Filipino Junta at Hons Rons
has issued a statement In which it is
claimed that the Ainerioau soldiers
precipitated the recent battle at Ma
nils, and that the bombardment of the
towns of Malate, Paco. Santa Ana and
Malabdo caused tbe slaughter of 4,000
women ana children.
A contract has been let for two 13.
000-ton steamships for the Paoiflo Mail
steamship Co. They will be the laru
est so far built at an American ship,
yaro, their dimensions being greater
man those oi the Amerioan liners St.
Louis and Bt Paul. They are to ply
osiween Ban j-ianoisco and China.
The snpreine military court, of
Spain, which has had under considers
tlon the loss of the Spanish squadron
at Santiago de Cuba on July 8 last, has
decided to prosecute, in connection
witb the disaster, Admiral Ceiveraand
Commandant Eniillo Diaa de Moren,
ex-oaptain of the destroved cruiser
Cristobal Colon.
Chinese rebels are raiding Christian
churches and driving out missionaries.
At Chang Yang and Lieohnan the Ro
man Cntholio chapels have been burned
and the houses of the native cburoh
members have been destroyed. Several
hundred children under tbe care of the
Roman Catholics, aia said to have
been drowned by the raiders near
Kueifti.
There seems to be an idea in Paris
that Japan will make trouble for the
United Btates by surreptitiously aiding
tne iriiipinos.
Many of the recently disbanded Call
fornia volunteers are enlisting in the
regular army, being desirous of going
to tne rmitpptnee.
The controller of the currency has is
sued a call for reports of tbe condition
of all national banks at tbe close of
business February 4.
It ia reported that the executive com
mittee of the Cuban assembly will! oall
Gome to account for accepting the
proposition rrom this government rela
tive to disbanding the Cuban army.
A freight train on the O. R. & N.
was wrecked near Corbett, Or., by
running Into a landslide. The fire
man and a tramp were Injured.
in Keen cars were piled op in a heap.
Duko d Arcos, formerly Spanish
minister to Mexico is likely to be legis
lated by the Madrid government as its
minister to Washington to exchange
tbe ratifications of the treaty of peace.
Stanley Brewer, single, aged 80, was
thrown under his wagon, loaded with
wood, near Eugene, Or., and killed al
most Instantly. He was found at mid'
night with a wheel on his back between
the ahonlders.
Wolff & Zwicker, the Portland ship
builders, propose to build a floating
dry-dock capable of raising 6,000-ton
veasel, providing the state of Oregon
or the oity of Portland will guarantee
bonds to the amount of 1350,000.
It ia reported from Washington that
the war investigating committee will
severely criticise -General Milea on bis
conduct daring the late war witb Spain
The committee will report that Miles'
statement abont chemically prepared
beef is not sustained by any evidence
before the committee.
Four happy Dawsonites passed
through Kkngway recently with a can
vaa saok of Yukon gold that weighed
100 pounds dead weight, and which
came Irom f renon gulch diggings oc
Eldorado creek. They are all Canadian
citizens and first ceme to Alaska dur
ing the popular Klondike rush of De
cember, 1897.
The steamer Moana Lon, which hat
arrived at Ban Francisco, brings infor
mation from Honolulu that it has been
definitely determined that the wreck
on the Kahala ooast was the four-masted
steamer Nomad, Captain McAllop,
whlah sailed from Shanghai for Puget
sound In ballast 10 months ago. Tbe
vessel was a new one, and belonged to
Hall Bros., of San Francisco. Captain
MoAllep was accompanied on the trip
by his wifo, daughter and turee sons.
All are undoubtedly lost.
SALEM LEGISLATURE, district attorney bill.
Mi Bill to Tin Intents en Loans tram
School fund Recommitted Tbe
tat Fair Appropriation.
In the Oregon senste Wednesday the
rote was reconsidered by which the bill
to leduoe interest on loans fiom the
state school fund was passed Tuesday
in order that the rate might be fixed
absolutely at fl per cent, the bill
passed authorizing 8 per cent if It could
tie obtained. It was deemed an objec
tion to leave the matter open to pos
sible brokerage arrangenjenta, The
bill was recommitted for amendment
Dnfui 's bill to extend the nrivihwM
oi tne Boiueira' Home to the wives and
Widows of old soldiers waa lost, recelv.
nig oniy six votes.
The following bills were nassed: To
reduce tbe salary of tbe Wasco oountv
judge to 8800 and that of the treasurer
to $800; to do away witb the necessity
a -
oi personal aervlce or posting notice in
case of attachment of real property: to
create tne omce oi recorder of convey'
ances for Polk county at salary of
si, two per year; to provide the man
ner of releasing sureties who may be
come dissatisfied with tbeir risk; to
provide that surety companies may sign
nonas; to cure doleots in certain deeds
and judicial sales; to amend the law
in as to retsrict credits to tbe sheriff
in the tax list charged against him.
tat Fair Appropriation Knocked Oat.
The Wednesday forenoon aession of
the house was devoted largely to reporta
oi committees and first reading of bills.
Twenty-seven committees made reports
and 6a bills were reported on.
Tbe principal bnaineBS to occonv the
time of the house in the afternoon was
the consideration of tbe general appro
priation bill. The house went into
committee of the whole and the various
items were taken op one at a time.
The most Important item knocked ont
was the state fair appropriation, by a
vote oi xw to sio.
winer puis passed were! To nro-
hibit the manufacture and sale of adul
terated commercial fertilizer s; to
authorize county oonits to levy spe
cial tax of 10 mills and a road poll tax
of $3 for the road fund; to prohibit tbe
sale oi deer and deer bides from Angnst
1 to .December 1; to give laborers In
mines and supply agents furnishing
supplies a lien on mining property for
claims; to change the time of oourt
terms in the second district: to fix sal
arlea of county judges and to fflace the
ciers of the supreme court upon a sal
ary of 83,000 and give him two depu
ties at $75 and 8 50 per month respec
tively. -
In the Oregon senate Thursday.
Harmon's registration bill waa passed
by unanimous vote. The merits of
the bill were discussed at length on
Mitchell's motion to 'recommit which
finally received only his own vote. In
debate the expressions were generally
unfavorable to the Hill bill, which
passed the house a few days ago by a
ueisi ve vote.
The oure food bill nasaad tha annate
ny a unanimous vote. There waa no
objection to the main feature of the
bill, bnt a slight amendment was
made so as to exempt from making an
nual reports persons selling less than
85 ponnds of butter weekly; specifying
the number and the pay of employes
of the legislature, inolnding committee
olerfcs, was passed Withont discussion,
only six voting against it.
Other bills passed were to incor
porate Eogene, Carleton, Burns, Prine-
ville and Canby, the two last named.
being house bills. v. -
Daly School Law.
Two important measures came before
the Oregon senate Friday, and neither
reached a vote. Amendments to tbe
Daly school law were discussed for half
an bonr, and tbe matter being difficult
to understand, in its present form, the
entire bill was oideted printed again
with amendments.
The bill to encourage the nae of wide-
tire wagons on public roads was passed.
The bill to repeal the section appropri
ating f 5.000 ior the state fair was dis-
onssed half an hour and then made a
special order for Wednesday morning.
The pure linseed-oil bill was lost, 18 to
11; the bill providing for the Torrens
system of registering land titles passed
with only three negative votes; the bill
for an irreducible school fund iq Dong-
las county passed without question;
the bill to reduce the salaries of the
county clerk, olerk of the circuit court
and reooiderln Multnomah county from
3,500 to 83.600 each was passed.
New bills were introduced as fol
lows: To authorise the state school
land board to eon tract loans now out at
8 per oent interest for the future; to
provide for the appointment of three
snpremo court commissioners.
IS Pasted tha Oregon Ifoaea A
Unanimously.
In the Oregon bouse Monday the dis
trict attorney salary bill was passed.
after amendment by tbe Judiciary com
mittee, by almost a nnanimons vote,
Tbe bill as passed fixes salaries as fol
lows: first district, 83,000; second
district, 84,000; third district, 85.500;
fouith district, 87.600; fifth district,
84,000; sixth district. 83.000: seventh
district, 83,000; eighth district, f3,600;
ninth district, 83.000. '
Flagg's bill to require all executions
to be held at the state prison and ooti
ducted by the superintendent of the
penitentiary was the first defeated, re
ceiving only 39 votes, but upon recon
sideration of the vote and a speech by
tne author later in the day it was
passed by a vote of 36.
Blackaby's bill to empower county
courts and elerks of school districts to
sell property and bid in for taxes was
passed by 48 votes.
Other bills passed were: To limit
appeals to the supreme court in money
actions to amounts involving 8300 or
more, and to give street railway com
panies the right of eminent domain; to
amend tbe code relative to new trials
so as to nullify the plea of former jeop
ardyand to require street railway com
paniea to provide cars with vestibules
from Ootobei 1 to April 1; to prohibit
the adulteration of candy; to require
tne Oregon Railroad Sc Navigation
Company to fence ita traoka between
Portland and Huntington; to prohibit
persons from running push cars or
band cars on railroad traoka withont
the consent of the railway officials; to
appropriate 815,000 for bridging the
south fork of tbe JSehalem river. This
bill oame up on a reconsideration of
tbe vote by which it was defeated Feb
ruary S. when it received only 80 rotes.
The motion to reconsider carried by S3
votes ana then the bill was passed by
vote oi oo.
Grace's bill to extend the time in
wbloh a lahorer'a lien may be fKsd
from 80 to 60 daya and contractors'
from 80 to 90 days was defeated, as
was also Btillman't bill to repeal sec
tion 1800 of tbe code, providing for the
observance of Sunday.
At the night session the following
bills were passed: To regulate travel
over county bridges; to repeal the act
of 1891 prohibiting driving or herding
livestock along public highways; to fix
the salaries of county treasurers so
to increase the salary of the Tillamook
county treasurer from f 2fi0 to 8550; to
fix the salary of tbe sberi'tl of Lincoln
county at 81.800 and salary of clerk of
county court at 11,350; to require tbe
signatures of householders to petitions
lor saloon licenses Instead Of the sig
natures of legal votes as under the
present law; to prohibit tbe sale of li
quor in private boxes or booths of res
taurants; to amend tbe liquor laws so
as to require a license foi tbe sale of
any quantity, whether more than a
gallon or less.
Moody's bill to regulate the practice
of horseshoeing in counties of 50,000
population and over and creating a
board of examiners to be appointed by
the governor waa snowed nnder by 80
negative votes as against only 83
affirmative.
DAKOTA ASYLUM FIRE
ATTACK
CALOCAN.
Sixteen Women Patients
Burned to Death.
ONE OF THE COTTAGES GUTTED
Z.lka Institution Was Vaatrovad
last, Caiulns; art Xta af
' SI Faroon.
Yankton, 8. D., Feb. 14. A most
horrifying fire occurred this morning
at 3 o'clock at the state insane asv
lum, when oneoi the cottages was com
pletely gutted and caused tbe loss of
tbe lives of 17 women inmates.
The cottage had stone and granite
wans witb wooden Interiors, and in
tended for laundry purposes. Owing
to the crowded condition of the main
bnilding, 40 of the female patients were
placed here with the lanndry in tiie
basement. The fire originated in tbe
diyrooin of the laundry. Here there
was a coil of steam pipes, and the
theory is that either fine particles slmi
lar to lint settled on the pipes and ia
nuea, or that clothes which were
Ihiokly hung close by dropped on to
tne pipes and were fired.
Tiie fighting or the fire was sreatly
hindered by tbe loss of power. The
only source of water was an artesian
well, 400 feet distant, the pipes for
pumping which ran through tbe ont-
tage. The intense beat soon cause!
tbe pipes to burst, thus leaving the fire
men without power, and dependent en
tirely upon, the direct pressure from tbe
tank. But two streams of water could
be thrown on the bnilding. and these
did bnt little good.
Fifty-two persona were in tbe build
ing, 40 patients and 13 attendants.
The structure waa three stories and an
attio high, and bad two entrances.
There was one stairway from tbe sec
ond and third floors, which led into
the main ball, tbna giving but one
egress for those above the first floor.
Patients and attendants fled witb ter
ror, great confusion resulting, especially
among tbose on the upper floors,
Many heartrending scenes were enacted
as tbe inmates, clad only in their night
clothes and barefooted, rushed down
tbe narrow flight of stairs, and finally
ont into the snow. Tbe temperature
was 29 degrees below sera, and further
(pas of life from freeaing was prevented
sIonffy prompt work of the attend
ants from the main buildings. The at
tendanta escaped, as did the others.
bo were saved, witb none of their
personal effects, many losing all they
possessed. Portions of charred re
mains can be seen in tbe debris at the
bottom of tbe basement. Tbe four
walla of stone still stand, block and
grim, and will make the vroik of re
moval dangerous, as a total collapse is
liable to occur without a moment a
warning.
The institution was deetroyed by fire
in 1883, when six lives were lost. The
pecuniary lose at today's fire is $18,000,
uninsured.
Town Radaead by Combined Assault af
Amorleaa roroaa.
Manila, Feb. 18. -The American
forces at 8:' 0 this afternoon made
combined attack upon Colocan and r
duced it in short order. At a signs!
from the tower of the de la Lome
church (United States signal station).
the double-tnrreted monitor Monad nock
opened fire from the bay with the big
gunsol ner fore turret on the earth
works, with great effect. Soon after
ward the battery bombarded the place
from another position.
The rebels reserved their fire until
the bombardment ceased, when thev
nrea volleys of musketry as the Mon
tana regiment advanced 09 the jungle.
ihe Kansas regiment, on the ex
treme left, with the artillery deploying
to the right, charged across tbe open
and carried the earthwerks, cheering
under a heavy fire. Supported by tbe
artillery at tbe church, tbe troops wi
ther advanced, driving tbe enemy,
fighting every foot, right into tbe town
line, and penetrated to the presidency
and lowered the Filipino flag at 5:80
P.M. - . '
The enemy's sharpshooters in tbe
jungle on tbe right fired at long range
on the Pennsylvania legiment, bnt tbe
rebela were soon silenced by sbarpnel
shells and the Pennsylvania remained
in tbe trenches. As the Ameriosns
advanced they burned the native
houses. The rebels were mowed down
like grass, but tbe American losses
were slight
Frlchtanod Filipino BnTays.
Sen Francisco, Feb. 18. On tbe
steamer from Yokohama today came
"General" E. Riego de Dioe and 8enor
M. Rivera, who are Agnlaaldo'a special
eommissoners to Washington. They
were very much disturbed when told of
the latest developments in the Philip
pines.
England Want Wcrahlpa.
Lima. Peru, via Galveston. Tex.
Feb. 18. Great Britain, it is reported
here today, has offered to purchase the
Chilian and Argentine warships. Benor
Carlos Walker Martinez, minister of
the interior, bos demanded of tbe Bo
livian minister, Dr. Emeterie Cano,
guarantee of the immunity of the lives
and property of the Chilians in Bolivia
during the hostilities between Presi
dent Alonzo of Bolivia and the federal
ista, or insurgents.
MUST HAVE A CABLE;.
REVENUE DEFICIENCY
It
Will Be Larger Than
Former Estimates.
THE CANAL AND SUBSIDY BILLS
Tbay Cannot Ba Passad a This Sassloa
Far Lack of Tim to
' Consider.
BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE.
The Oregon senate Monday passed
unanimously Josephi'a bill to make the
cost of the maintenance of insane per
sons chargeable against their estates in
certain oases, and to provide for the
transportation of insane patients to the
asylum in charge of trained nursei
from tbe asylum.
Other bills passed were as follows:
Charter of Dalles City (Tbe Dalles); to
amend tbe obarter of the town of Du-
fur, to amend the law relating to ten
ancy in common, and abolishing joint
tenaucy; by request, to give preference
to honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors in all publio employment; to
amend the law ao as to make records of
official court reporters piims facie evi
dence, and to authorise tbe settling
and signing of bills of exceptions by
snocessors of the trial Jndge; to require
Multnomah county to take the city oi
Portland's lease of the steel bridge; to
amend the charter of Lebanon. .
INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.
Stany Italian Minora Vlrtlmi of tha
Hilda Eight Bodloa Kaoavarod.
Denver, Feb. 14. Two mighty ava
lanches combining into one swept
down Cherokee gulcb at 8 o'clock this
morning, carrying away dozen or
more mine buildings, oabina and ma
chinery, and causing a great loss of life
and damage to mine property. Bow
many dead bodiea lie in this great mass
of snow and debris will not ba known
before spring. Eight dead bodies are
now at the morgue, two more persons
are known to be lost, and three have
been taken out alive. The rescuing
party has only penetrated about 15 feet
into tbe mane of snow and wreckage
piled up at the foot of the gulch to the
depth of 71 feet.
Favorlni
alliior flaws Itaina.
-the town of Btlloshoro, Ga., was.
nearly wiped out of existence recently
by a tornado. No lives were lost, but
several people were injured,
There is trouble is sight for all the
Chinese in the United States, resulting
from tne totul disappeaiance of Chinese
vho were admitted Jo the country in
ordei to take patt in the trans-MMs-aippl
exposition. Inspector Junius
Btone, of the government seivice. Is In
vestigating tbe situation,
A fatal head-end collision occurred
at Itnlay City, Mloh., on the Chicago
S Grand Trunk railroad. In which four
persona were killed and seven were in
jured.
R. O. Judaon. Industrial agent of
the O. R. A N., returned from Buffalo
Hump, Idaho, confirms: the news oi a
wonderfully rick strike on the Cracker
Jaok claim, owned by Rufus Hawley,
Flint & Co. The assays are the high
est ever seen in that country, running
The vote by which Stanley's bill to
regulate tha praotice of dentistry In
Oregon was defeated Thursday, was re-
ponsideied in the house Friday, and
the bill passed by a vote of 84.
Two other. Important bins were
passed. One is an amendment to the
mining laws to facilitate the building
of ditches and canals, of special inter
est to mining sections, and the other is
a bill to withdraw certain school lands
from pnbllo sale and reduce the inter
est on loans of, school funds in con
formity with recommendations of the
governor in a recent message to both
houses of the legislature. .
In tbe house Thursday the following
bills were passed: Senate bill provid
ing for a separate board of county com
missioners for Claokamas county; to
authorise county courts and school dis
tricts to display flags on courthouses
and schoolhouses, to amcnl the code
relative to the loan of school funds by
reducing the into. t rate to 8 per cent.
and providing for foreclosure proceed
ings whenever interest' becomes in ar
rears six months; to regulate the bring
ing of sheep from one county to knottier
f 3,809.05 In gold and 840.88 in silver. ajud directing inspection;
The Wuhlnartoa X,o(lilatnra
tha Normal Schools.
The 'Washington house appropria
tion committee baa increased the
Cheney normal school appropriation
from 835,000 to (81,000. and lleni
burg from 835,000 to 845,000.
In the house Monday bills introduced
were: For tbe publication of notices
by posting in oounties of from the 10th
to the 39th class; for the relief of Mrs.
1. II. Stab I; relating to the sufficiency
and justification of bail on bonds;
amending the constitution by permit
ting women to vote on a constitutional
amendment, granting suffrage to wo
men; relating to dyke distriots.
During the afternoon session of tbe
house Mr. Englebert ooonpied the
ohalr. Speaker Guie received a tele
phone message announcing that tbe
Pails treaty iiad been ratified by tbe
United States senate. The announce
ment was greeted with hearty applause
by the bouse.
Xalayad by Trains.
Only 81 out of 84 senators were pres
ent when the senate oonvened Monday.
Senator Wooding is sick with grip at
Seattle, and all of the east of-the-
mountain senators wero detained by
trains being late. '
Bills introduced were: Prohibiting
the organisation of corporations until
all bills and claims are paid; amend
ing tbe revenue law by making person
al property taxes delinquent on 80
days' notioe being given; permitting
acceptance of taxes on any part . of a
parcel of land with reference to taxes I
due on other parts of same property;
bouse bill, providing for tbe building of
ferries to be operataed on lakes as well
as streams was re-reforred, because of
objection to tbe condemnation lights
contained in tS old law, j
agonclllo Ordared tha Flabt.
Washington, Feb. 14. The follow
ing cablegram was received at the war
department today from Otis:
"Manila, Feb. 14. Adjutant-Gen
eral, Washington: It is reported the
insurgent representative at Washington
telegniphetd Agninaldo to drive out
the Americans before the arrival of re
inforcements, me dispatcn was re
ceived at Hong Kong and mailed to
Malolos, which deoided on the attack
to be made about the 7th inst. Tlia
eagerness of the insurgent troops to
engage the Americans piecipitated tbe
battle."
Panama Strike Continues.
iwioo. uoiomma, eh. 14. At a
conference held yesterday at Panama,
a representative of the strikers declared
that the men were willing to accept
$3.30 a day in currency, but the rail
way officials deolT&ed to entertain the
proposition. Fifty more laborers from
fortune island arrived today on the
steamer Finance, The general situa
tion, so far as the strike is concerned,
is unaltered. Thia end of the Panama
railroad is completely blockaded.
Gala In Knalnnd. '
London, Feb, 14. A heavy gale
swept the British islands yesterday and
has oontinued today, causing floods at
many points. Rivers have overflowed
then banks, railways have been sob-
merged and there have been numerous
casualties along the ooast.
In reply to the representations of
Ambassador White, Germany has as
sured tbe United States that she will
investigate the conduct of ber agents
in Samoa, and should it be shown that
they have acted in violation of tbe
treaty of Berlin, she will recall them.
The chief officer and boatswain of
the British steamer Martello, from
New York for Hull, England, wore
killed and the quartermantt-r end a
seaman drowned, during a fearful
storm recently.
Frasldaat MoKlnloy'a Hsuaca to Con
srma Urges AoUoa at This H vs. loa.
Washington, Feb. 18. The preel
dent's message on the Pacifio cable,
transmitted to congress today, is as fol
lows:
Al a consequence of tbe ratification
of tbe treaty of Paris by tbe senste of
tbe United States, and ita expected
ratiriction by the Spanish government,
tbe United States will come into pos
session of the Philippine islands, on
the farther shores of the Pacific, the
Hawaiian islands and Guam being
United States territory, and forming
convenient stopping places on the way
across the sea, and the necessity for
speedy cable communication between
tbe United States and all . the Philip
pine islands bos become imperative.
Such communication should bo estab
lished in such a way as to be wholly
nnder tbe control of tbe United States,
Whether in time of peace or war. At
present,- the Philippines can be reached
only by cables which pass through
many foreign countries, and the Ha
waiian island and Guam can only be
oommunioated with by steamers, in
volving delays in each instance of at
least a week. The present conditions
ahould not be allowed to continue for a
moment longer than ia absolutely nec
essary. The time has arrived when a
cable in tbe Pacifio must extend as far
as Manila, touching at the Hawaiian
islands and Gnam on the way.
Under those circumstances, it be
comes a paramount necessity that meas
urea should be taken before the close of
the present congress to provide such
means as may seem suitable for the es
tablishment of a cable system. I reo-
ommend the whole subject to tbe care
ful consideration of congress, and to
such prompt action as may seem advisable.
IN BLEAK SIBERIA.
Bodloa of Aadroo and Fatty Probably
ronndDlaoavarad by Matlvoa.
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Feb. . 13. A
gold mine owner named Konactyrscbin
baa received a letter saying that a tribe
of Turgusos, inhabiting tbe Timir pen
insula, Worth Siberia, recently in-
formed tbe Russian police chief of the
district that on January 7 last, between
Komo and Fit, in the province of Yen
iseisk, they found a cabin constructed
of cloth and cordage, apparently be
longing to a balloon. Close by were
the bodies of three men, the head oi
one badly crashed. Around them were
a number of instruments, tbe uses of
which were not understood by the
Turgusos.
Tbe police chief has started for the
spot to investigate, and it is believed
that the bodies are those of the aero
naut Herr Andree and bis companions.
Missouri Fruit Crop K Iliad.
r-evana, mo., jr'en. is. The peace
and apricot crops of Vernon and Cedar
oounties are reported killed today. Tbe
loss is estimated at more than 8100,
000. Tbe weather is the coldest knows
here in 80 years. .
Trial Bavlaloa Bill Adopted.
Paris, Feb. 18. Tbe trial revision
bill was adopted by a vote of 833 to
333 in the chamber of deputies. Late
this evening there was considerable
ferment in the streets, caused by the
shouting of the rival parties.
Olathe, Kan., Feb. 13. Annt Dicy
Dibbs, aged 80 years, was tonnd frozen
to death in her home at Shawnee, bore
I she had lived alone for years. She had
apparently hurt herself by a fall and
was unable to call for help.
Washington, Feb. 11. Chairman
Cannon, of tbe appropriations com
mittee of the bouse, in the courae of a
general debate on the sundry civil bill
today, sounded note of warning
against extravagant appropriations, and
particularly served notioe tlmt neither
ship-snb8idy bill nor the Nicaragua
canal bill could be passed at this ses
sion. Although he specifically dis
claimed speaking for any one but him
self, tbe statements be made, coming
fiom the chairman of the appropria
tions committee, caused great inter
est. Cannon made a statement of the
expenditures and revenue for the pres
ent fiscal year, increasing Secretary
Gage's estimate of the deficiency in the
revenues from $113,000,000 to $i59,
000,000, exclusive of the $30,000,000
to be paid to Spain nnder the ornwi.
sions of the treaty of Paris.
At the opening of the session of the
house today, a bill to amend the was -revenue
act was passed, providing that
ben a bond or note was secured by
mortgage bat one stamp should be
affixed, of a higher rate due on either
instrument Among other bills passed
was one granting railways tbe right of
way through the Nes Perces reserva
tion, in Idaho; to grant Boulder, Colo.,
1,800 acres of land in the mountains
for a park; to remove the existing dis
ability of Confederates, preventing
them from sitting on federat, petit and
grand juries (thia was the last of tho
political disabilities of ex Confederates
to be removed), and for the - relief of
the beira of the late Edward De Leon,
late consul-general to Egypt.
The bouse then went into committee
of the whole and took np the consider
ation of the sundry civil appropriation
bill. Cannon Rn. Ill), in ebanteot
the measure, made a general analysis
of what it contained. It carries 862,
838.101. but $20,000,000 is for pay
ment to Spain to carry out the provi
sions of the Paris treaty. Exclusive
of that, the bill carries $9,095,758 lest
than the estimates, and $5,939,811
ess than the current law.
Cannon's statement of the condition
of tbe revenues brought on a general
discussion, which lusted until adjourn-,
ment. , - y"
. In tbe Sonata
Washington, Feb. 11. Several bills
of minor importance were passed bv
tbe senate this morning. One of them
was to restore to their origins! status
as to promotion officers of the navy and
marine corps who lost number by rea
son of advancement of otbei officers for
exceptional and meritorious service dor--ing
the war with Spain.
Another bill passed authorized the
purchase or construction of a launch for
tbe customs service at Astoria, Or., to
cost not more than $3,500.
Consideration of tbe executive, legis
lative and judicial bill was then re
sumed. The paragraph relating to tbe
deposit of copyright works in the na
tional library waa stricken out with tbe
intention of revising it in conference.
A brief but lively otvil service de
bate waa precipitated by an inquiry of
Cookrell, concerning the expenditure of
money for the office of supervising
architect. Be maintained that the
work of the supervising architect's
office was done slowly, if not badly.
The construction of public buildings
dragged through year after year, "Were
those buildings being erected by private
individiuals they would be completed
in one season.
Following a general discussion, the
pending bill was laid aside, after 61
pages had been disposed of, and at
8:15, on motion of Hoar, the sonste
went into executive session and sooon
adjourned.
1 Army BUI Mast Pass.
Washington, Feb. 11. The Post
says: 'The army reorganisation bill
must pass or the president will call an
extra session of congress. The opposi
tion to tbe bill in the senate has al-
dy been frequently referred to in
tbe Post, and the prediction made that
some compromise would be agreed upon
whereby legislation of a temporary
character would be placed in the
army appropriation bill. This will
not satisfy the administration. No
make-shift expedient will be accepted.
Tbe president has determined that
tbe passage of tbe army bill shall be
made ao issue, and there is no doubt
in administration circles that be will
be- successful. If, however, an ob
stacle should prevent action, an extra
session will surely be held."
' An. Independent I.tn.
Portland, Or., Feb. 11 Millionaire
William G. Tiffany, of New York, the
largest holder in the proposed Portland
and Seattle road, vehemently denies
that the Union Pacific or any other
road will have any interest in tbe new
line. He states it will be entirely in
dependent. More to the point, work
on the road is to begin at once.
The Amerlean Casnalltles.
Washington, Feb. 11. General Otia
cables the war department that the to
tul casualties resulting from all encase
ments ainoe the ot evening February 4
aggregate 308, as follows: Killed. 8
oilioere, 66 euliatod men; wounded, 8
officers, 169 enlistd men; missing, 3
enlisted men.
Wichita, Kan., Fb. 11. ft k re
ported boie that many cattle c-f Ui
range are suffering from frtram livof)
This usually proves fatal.