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VOL. XVI.
8T. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEIJRUARY 24, 1899.
NO. 10.
EVENTS OF HIE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKR8IC TICKS FROM TUB WIRES
An InUra.tlug Collantioa of lUmi From
th Two Mmtphr rnmM
la Condousod Farm.
Nearly 8,000 8panish prisoner left
Manila for Spain on the 13th and 18th,
One man waa killed nl fiv serious-
1.7 injured In a powder esplocon at
Along rove, Pa.
Four Chines have died from In
Juries sustained In lh Ban Francisco
Chinatown fir Sunday.
Silas Janes and six children were
burned to death on th Itiohardson
ami May plantation, at Corner ttoue,
Ark.
II. At. 8, Leander lia been ordered
lit proceed with alt (peed to Bolivia to
protect the property aud live o( Brit-
lab resident during the levolutlou,
Fire In Clncinnntl destroyed the
cloth Inn houses ot Kahn&Felthmeyer,
H. A. Heiushaimer and Sanford, Htern
A Sarnor. The lone it noarly $500,000,
mere u a rumor in Pari that ne
gotiation! are taking place between the
Panama canal company and the Warn
Ington government, looking to the corn
pletlon of tb canal.
Thirty-five pereua bavediudof small-
pox in the Crook nation within a few
week. The vlotltm were negroei and
Indiana. All of Wen torn Oklahoma
Ime quarantined against the infected
; district.
Tbe recently arrived PiHplnes, Gen,
, Rlegod Dloa aud M. K I vera, are on
their way to Montreal to urge Agon'
elllo, the Philippine government repre
sentative, to go to Waahingtou and aue
for prate.
Tbe buildinga of the Geer Ma-
chinery Company and the . Whittle
Trnnk Company, at Knoxvllla, Tenn.,
with tlieli contents, wet deatroyed by
tire. The loea ia estimated at between
75,000 and (100,000.
In (lie United State aenate Tueaday
the MoEuery revolution, declaring that
the ratification of the peaoa treaty la
not a declaration on the part of the
United Btatea to permanently hold tbe
Philippine talanda, waa pecaed by
voteof SO to 83.
There waa a celebration In Salem on
tbe Uth, the ocoaaion being the Oth
anniversary of tbe extension of tbe
lawa of tbe United Statea over the Ore'
gon country, and tbe 40th anniversary
, ol the admittance of Oregon into th
Union aa a atate.
Gen. Brooke cable from Havana an
nounoing the death oi Captain Oliver
Puny Smith, oommleeary, from acnte
nephritis,
Ben Grave, Alexander Clark and
Will Johnson. Collin county farmer,
were froaen to death Saturday nigbt
near Dallas Tex.
The aenate haa passed a bill creating
the ofhV.e of admiral of the navy,
Knar-Admiral Pewey, it la understood,
will be named for the position.
On Monday an oooan liner In dla
treaa wa lighted off Dread ledge, in
Bwampseott bay, Mas. The life-aav-
lug crew could not reach ber on ao
count of the Ice.
Th outbreak at Manila hae enliven
ed baainea at the United State re
cruiting otlice in Portland. Nineteen
more men mattered out of the Eighth
California were euliated laat week.
: The aenate ha aonSrmed the nomi
nation of C. J. Bell, aaaiatant secre
tary ol the treaanry, and that of Lieutenant-Colonel
F. M. Coxa, to be aa
ilatant paymaater-general of the army.
Otl wire tbe war department a Hit
of death In hi command aince Febru
ary 4, not lnoluding those of men killed
In action. They number nine. Among
the name appear thine of 1'ilvate Dan
iel Kyger and W. Chopwood. Flrat
Washington, and Michael P, Crowley,
Second Oregon.
Speaker Reed wa not at the capitol
Monday, and Sent word lie thought It
advisable to adjourn on account of th
atorm. Lost than a hundred merobeia
were present, and those who braved
the atorm refuaed to adjourn, and went
on with consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill. ' ,
There la reported a serious hitch In
the work of the Anglo-Amerloaii com
mission. The obstacle ia aald to be a
demand made by the Canadian com
mission for the cobs Ion of the town of
Skagway, Alaska. The American cqm
miaaiotiera have definitely of used to
cedid that gateway to th Yukon.
Tetrible bllr.jsimla swept over the
South, East and Middle Weat Bunday
aud Monday. The wind went ao high
on the Atlantio seaboard that ocean
ateamahlpa were atorm-bound in the
harbor. Nine big Atlantio liner du
at New York Saturday had not put In
their appearanoe Monday. Intonae
cold accompanied the atorm and much
suffering la reported. The cold wave
extenda from the Atlantio to Western
Tuxa , ,
Minor H.w Item.
A barge loaded with a large quantity
of cordwood, consigned to a Portland
denier was lost during tha recent
freshet in the east fork of the Lewi
river. ' ': , ".,
A cat load of green onyx marble, th
first shipment of dimension stone from
th quarries of th United State Mar
ble Company, near Valley, in Stevens
county, Wash., was on the track in
Spokane recently for a few houra, eu
route to Chicago,
IT DIED HARD.
Oregon f.lslmnr Adjourn Nine Die
I ,( O'.lo.H Saturday.
Although the hour act for the final
adjournment of tbe Oreuon leuisbitu
waa IS o'clock noon Saturday, the sus-
aion waa prolonged till 7 o'clock.
Aside from the formalities of finish
Ing up neceaaary matteia in hand, th
passage of the pecial appropriation
uiti wa me mature ol tbe day.
Tiie bouse refused to concur In some
of the senate's reductions of items
me diii, ana it was : necemary to p
point oonfeience oommittee before
agreement could be reached. This
prolonged the session till J o'clock I
tbe evening, when tbe session was de
clared ended,
Rioting Is occurring In different
parts of Parla, tlie result of the election
Of LoubcL
j ne ,iomnia river nsii cannery
com bine will close half of tbecannerlc
the coining season. .
M. Loubet was eteoted nreaident
France on the 2 1st The assembly
cast sm votes, ol which Lou out re
celved 483 to 879 cast for M. Meliue,
and 50 scattering. .
A battle has occurred at Talien-Wan
between Russian soldier and Chinese,
In which 800 of the latter were' slain,
The trouble Is said to have oilglnated
over the question or taxes.
Grading has begun on the Rnske
Jliver Valley railroad, between Union
flat and the head of tbe sooth fork
tlie Pertewawa creek. A large force of
men anil teams is working on the big
cut between those two point.
A dispatch from Cape Charles, Va.
say Bo oyster sloop and schooners
have been carried out to sea by drift
ing ice from Magothys bay. It 1 be'
lieved many are manned, and th crews
may suffer from exposure and hunger
Tugs will be sent to overhaul tbe ve
sell. , .' .
It is expected that General Otis will
shortly begin an aggressive campaign
lu th Phihppines.aa the recent battles
nave not sntxlmvl tlie Insurgents, a
wa expected. The rainy season will
soon set in, when military operations
can not be well oariied on, ami a dec)
sire blow must be given be lore that
time.
Th torpedo-boat Fox, built by th
Wolff 6s Zwicker iron works, at Port
land, Or., ia th first torpedo-boat in
th world to come up to the require
ment specified in the contract upon
hor first official trial. For two con see
utive hour In ber first trial she main
tained an average speed of 99 li knots.
her engine turning at a rate of 881.4
revolution per minute, whioh exceed
th requirement by 11.4 turn.
A fir at the Brooklyn navy-yard on
th 15th destroyed $1,000,000 worth of
property.
The graven of the Maine victims at
Havana were decorated with Sowers
on the lStlt, tbe anniversary of the ex
plosion.
A British syndicate has obtained a
concession from China to boild a rail
road front llaukau to Canton, along
the coast.
Col. Miller, who captured Ilo Ilo
without the loss of a man In his com
mand, has been promotod to be briga
dim-general by the president.
Tlie Cunard liner Etruria and the
cruiser Marblehead narrowly averted a
collision doting a blinding sleet and
snow storm about 70 mile off randy
Hook Monday morning.
Representative Stalling, of Al'
baraa, has introduoed In the house a
bill to authorise the president to ap
point General Wheeler a major-general
in the regular aimy.
Terr I Mo ' weather la prevailing on
th coast of Jamaica. The wind are
high and the sea is encroaching on the
laud. : Coaating vessels have been
wrecked, and teveral hundred acre of
bananas iwept away. $ ,.?
Naval ordnance officer In Washing
ton are elated over the remarkable re
sult secured with the new suiokoleas
navy powder for large caliber gnns In a
teat at tho Indian Head proving
grounds on tbe Potomac. "
State Entomologist Scott, of Georgia,
says the peach crop has been utterly
destroyed, and in all probability the
gorwers will be so clisoouraged that
they will abandon the business. Last
year' crop wa valued at 11,000,000.
A battle took place near Ho Ilo on
Sunday, when a battalion of the
Eighteenth Infantry met a large force
of insurgent and put it to flight.
Lieutenant Bowles was shot in the leg,
one private seriously and two slightly
woumiud.
Ex-Consul Duckert, of Beligum, has
been commissioned to make a tour of
China in tbe Interest of Belgian manu
facturers at a salary of $29,000 a year.
Th Idea of the tour emanated from
King Leopold, who will contribute 8,
000 to the salary.
President Zelaya has Issued a decree
declaring the republic of Nicaragua to
be In a state or seige. A oatue is
expected to take place at any time
west of Chile mountain, th dividing
line of the Coidiileras. Tbe president
is sendii.g troops to tha front as rapid
ly as collected.' The United States
gunboat Marietta, wlhcb arrived at
Greytown February 8, has s.tilcd for
Bluefileda, th headquaueie of tbe
revolution beaded by Uemral Reyes.
A deposit of earth stioutian has
been lound on Pat-In-Bay island in
Lake Erie. It is many acres in extent.
Th nitrate of s trout la Is of pur whit
i color.
Th Hamburg-American tin steamer
Adria arrived at New York Bunday
from Hamburg after a most tempestous
passage. During tna niiini oi junuurj
80. Captain Levelzow. while tiying to
go from the bridge to the oabin, was
thrown down Into uiecaum pasaugewaj
and killed,
LEGISLATURE ENDS,
Milan Work Crowri.il In th Cloalnf
Hours of th RoMlan-T Lm
Wurklug Djr.
The Inst worklna dar of the Ore
legislature was full of business, mostly
devoted to the routine of passing bills,
me general appropriation bill . was
passed by both bouses.
In the aenate the bill to provide for
executions ol murderer at th pen
lentiary wa indefinitely postponed,
because it carried objectionable matter
relating to appeals.
Three bills touching military affair
were passed, as follows: To cover Into
the military fund nil money received
from tbe United State on account
transportation, eto.f to restore to the
military fund some f3,600 expended In
suppressing fishermen's riots in 1896
to leorganlze the official staff of the
Oregon National Guard.
Tlie following bills were passed: To
regulate license Mr Insurance com
panles; to protect the fruit and bop
Industry by requiring the destruction
of peats; to enre certain defect in Ju
dicial sales and deeds; to prevent tbe
maintenance of armed bod lea of men
other than the duly constituted author
Ities; to amend the charter of Newberg
to provdie tor criminal prosecutions ou
information; to protect trout and cer
tain other food fishes; to relieve the
state of tbe necessity of advancing th
costs of giving a bond In a proceeding
to which the atate la a party;
amend the law relating to irrigation
rights and ditches; to amend tha law
relative to lien against mine for la
bor or supplies; to amend tbe obaitor
of Arlington; to fix the annual aaiary
ol th supreme eourt clerk at 1 3,000,
with on deputy in Salem at $78 per
month and on at Pendleton at $50,
and providing that the fees be paid
into tlie state treasury; to fix the sal
arie of Columbia county officers; to
regulate the manner of sturgeon fishing
and making a close season on th Co
lumbia liver from March 1 to Novem
ber I; to provide for inspecting sheep
brought in bands into Oregon from an
other stat (same a th Washington
law); to amend tlie law relative to the
duties of publio road viewers; to fix
tbe annuoal salary of the Linn county
assessor at $3,400, lnoluding the pay
of deputies; to regulate the practice of
th vocation of barbers; to provide for
tbe appropriation of water to be used
for mining purpose.
Ia th Hum.
In th house a long discussion ooonr
red on th bill to adopt th Torrens
system of land title. The bill, when
put upon it passage, was defeated.
Bill passed were: To authorise
construction of sk.ds across county
roads for logging pot poses; to provide
for submission to the vote of the peo
ple th proposed constitutional amend
ments; to authorise th sale of agri
cultural school land on th market for
85 years at lea than tbe price fixed by
statute; to provide for payment of
taxes in coin, instead of county war
rants; to provide for the manner of se
curing th release as surety upon
bonds; to reduce fee to be charged by
county olerks in probate oasea; to
make the law prohibiting the frandu
lent use of labels or trademark more
effective; to fix the salaries of county
clerk, sheriff and recorder in wash
ington county; to amend tha code so a
to give parties tbe right to give notice
of appeal without assignment of error;
to authorize the printing of 800 copies
of supreme oouit reports at $9.60 per
copy, to prohibit the running of push
oar upon tailroad tracks; to create
state board of equalisation, consisting
of th governoi, secretary of state and
state tieasurer; to authorise th work'
ng of oounty prisoners on county toads;
to nx th salaries of county treasurer,
after amendment Increasing the aaiary
of the treasurer of Lane county from
$500 to $800, and the salary of the
treasurer of Wallowa oounty from $350
to $350; to amend node relative to at
tachments making tha filing of a writ
with the comity clerk answer tbe pur
pose of posting a notice on property;
to amend the code relative to action for
adverse possession; to fix the com pen
sation of oounty commissioner after
amending the bill by increasing tbe
per diem in Union oounty from $4 to
$5; to reduce the mileage of juror and
witnesses in cities of 50,000 population
or over, from 10 to 6 cents; to give
preference in the employment in pnb-
io servioe to honorably discharged sol
iers and sailors; to appropriate
$3,000, in aid of the Oregon Historical
Society, and to authorise printing at
tbe state's expense to the same amount;
to provide for the payment ol certain
fees to recorders of conveyances; to
constitute six days' publication of a
notice a weeks notloe; amending the
law relative to the appointment of offl
cial stenographers; to abolish the offloe
of recorder of Clateop county, and re
quire that the duties of that offloe be
performed by the county clerk; to leg-
lute the purahase, sale and transfer oi
stocks of goods, by requiring the pur
chaser to exact from the vendor a list
of creditor and the extent of liabil
ities; to piohlbit tha running at large
of stallions. .
- Btat Flr Approprlatlo.
In the Oregon senate Wednesday the
II to repeal the annual appropria
tion of money to the state fair waa de
feated by a vote of 13 to 18.
Th Daly Soliool Bill.
After the most exciting and dramatic
half-day of the session, th Oregon
house shortly before 1 o'clock Wednea-
ay noon passed the Daly text-book bill
by a vote of 83 to 80, only one member
being absent. The Dili, wbiob had
been made a special order of business
for 10 A. M., did not oom to a vote
thout sensational inoidents.
The debate wa participated in by
11 th orators of tha bouae, and the
lobby and gallery were filled with In
terested spectators.
THE NEW LAWS.
Bills Tt
Bt PumwI
awwlea.
Darin th.
Bill passed by both houses previous
to th last day are as follows:
To authorise the town of Antelope to
borrow $5,000 to build water works.
To incorporate the city of Pendleton,
To amend charter of town of Adams,
To regulate pilotage on Columbia
and Willamette rivers.
To create offloe of state biologist,
without salaiy.
To reduo salaries of Douglas oounty
officers. .;. ;
To incorporate Nehalem. '
To provide that summaries only of
oounty assessment lolls be transmitted
to secretary of state. ;
To amend charter of Hillsboro.
,, To amend tbe ohartei of Albany.
, To Incorporate town of Tillamook.
To incorporate the town of Canyon
City.
To constitute beach of Clatsop eoun
ty a publio highway.
To amend the charter of Grants Pass,
. To anthorize Jefferson Institute to
ell out to the school district.
To amend charter of Oregorl City.
To Incorporate Port of Tillamook and
provide for the improvement of Ho-
qniara aiouicb.
To incorporate the town of Lakeview,
To inooporrate Cottage Grove.
To amend charter of town of Tangent.
To provide clerical aid for judgea of
the supreme court
To incorporate Drain.
To incorporate New Astoria, adjoin'
Ing Fort Stevens.
To amend charter of Monmouth.
To incoportate the city of Ontario,
To incorporate tbe town of Bay City,
To incorporate th olty of Heppner.
To incorporate the city Warrenton.
To incorporate the city of Walloa
To amend chaiter of Gold Hill.
To regulate and fix tbe salary of th
assessor of Jackson county.
To incorporate the town of Marsh-
fleld. -.,
To amend ohartei of Wood burn.
To redistrict th state for senator
and representativea.
To create the offloe of tax collector in
Multnomah county. ,
To amend th charter of Coivallia.
To prevent production and sale of an
wholesome foods- and medicine,
(Looney pure food bill.) ,
To Incorporate tbe town of Seaside,
To raise the salary of sheriff of Ma
rion county.
To regulate and to fix salaries of Til
lamook oounty officer.
To fix salaiies of county officer in
Clackamas, Morrow, Wasco and Yarn'
bill counties.
To amend the charter of Eugene.
To amend the charter of Astoria.
To incorporate the town of Can by,
To create a separate commission for
transaction of county buainesa in
Clackamas county.
To amend tbe charter of Arlington
Incorporating Weston.
Incorporating Dufur.
Incorporating Enterprise.
Withdrawing school lands from sale
and placing interest on school fund
loans at 6 per oent.
Incorporating Dallea City.
Incorporating Moro,
Incorporating Brownsville.
Incorporating Lebanon.
Incorporating Barns,
Incorporating Carlton,
To protect salmon in Alaea bay and
tributaries. ..
To create a trust fund in Multnomah
county.
To provide for th election of toad
supervisors. , ,
To create th office of clerk of th
justice court in cities of 60,000 popu
lation or over.
To authorise Multnomah county to
lease tne upper deck of the steel bridge.
To provide for tbe sale of tide lands.
Protecting salmon in the Rogne
river and Curry county. :: i ?
To reorganise the state board of hor
ticulture.
Creating park commission in citie
of 8,000 population or over.
To amend section 6 of the mining
laws..'''-'"
Amending the code relative to sher
iff's deeds.
Requiring county clerks to adminis
ter oath without charge, in pension
matters. - - . v ;.
Appropriating $16,000 a year for fish
hatcheries. .'.'.. 1
To amend the charter of Salem.
To regulate horse shoeing in Portland.
Providing for normal schools at Ash
land and Drain.
To provide for the registration of
voter.
To provide fora taxcolleotoi of Mult
nomah county.
To change the manner of governing
the Soldiers' Home,
To oodify tha law relative to state
school lands. - ,
Partial codification Of tha school
laws.
To encourage th use of wide-tire
wagons.
To amend the act Incorporating th
Port of Portland.
To change the time of holding court
in the second judicial district
To cure certain defects in deeds.
To permit surety companies to qalify
as sureties on bonds.
To ohange the time of holding court
In the ninth judicial district.
To prevent the adulteration of candy.
To provide for boarding the prisoners
of Clatsop, Washington and Clackamas
counties by oon tract.
To 'provide for tha reconveyance of
land to J. E. Sating.
To fix the salaries of tlie sheriff and
clerk In Lincoln oounty.
To create the county of Wheeler.
To regulate the practice of dentistry.
To regulate mutual Insurance com
panies.
To provide for a scalp bounty fund.
To amend the law relating to th
duties of the state land agent. '
To constitute Willamette and Port
land boulevards Multnomnh county
road. 1
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
Now Lies Dead From
Attack of Apoplexy.
an
HE SURVIVED BUT A FEW HOURS
Vmmn f Disturbances la PU
rM Tka to FrTat-
' Dlsordvrs. '
Paris, Fen, 18. President Faure
died from apoplexy tonight.
It haa beea known for some time
that bis health waa weak, bnt th first
intimation that he waa sick wa given
at half past 0 this afternoon, when
message was dispatched to the pre
mier, M. Dupny, annonnoing that Hi
president was ill. M. Dupuy immedi
ately lepaired to tha Klysae. All
medical efforts proved futile aud the
president died on the stroke of 10.
it was not until 13 o'clock that th
new began to become known to the
general public In Paris. From this
time began a continuous arrival of pub
lio men. Strict orders, however, wer
issued, and only members of the cabl
net wei admitted to tbe Elysee.
Tbe report spread rapidly throughout
th city, and large crowd soon assem
bled in the vicinity of tbe palace.
It Is reported that tbe recently
formed league, known a La Patrle
Francaise, will actively push M. d
Beaurepaire's candidature.
Under tbe present exceptionally ex-
eiting conditions, anything may be ex,
peeled to happen. Much depends
upon what General Zurlinden, military
governor of Paris, a th head of th
military element, may decide to do.
At. de Freycinet has ordered the
troops confined to barrack today.
THE TREATY APPROPRIATION
1 Caawd
Lea Dabat
la th Xs
tlonal Boas.
Washington, Feb. 18. In the house
today the senate amendment to the
agrioultural bill were nonoonourred in.
and tbe bill wa sent to conference.
Without further preliminary business.
tbe house went into committee of tbe
whole, and resumed consideration of
tha sundry civil bill.
when the paragraph appropriating
$20,000,000 for the payment to Spain
under the treaty of Paria was resohed.
Wheeler made a point of order against
it. His point of order was that the
paragraph was obnoxious to rule 31,
invoked yesterday against the Nicaragua
canal amendment. If tha treaty of
Paria was completed, if it was vital
ised by tbe ratification of the Spanish
cortea and the exchange of ratifications
had taken place, he confessed that th
treaty would be the law of the land
and tha amendment would be id order,
He cited numerous decisions of the su
preme court in support of his position.
Then followed a long debate on that
portion of tbe bill, and without get
ting beyond that point the bouse ad
journed.
L. Ia th aaat.
Soon aftet the senate convened today
the house joint resolution authorising
the secretary of the navy to pay certain
laborers, workmen and mechanic at
the United Slates navy-yards and naval
stations 50 per cent additional for work
performed in excess of eight hours per
day was called up and adopted
The military academy appropriation
bill was passed without debate, and
consideration of the naval -yerwnnel
bin oegun.
Morgan offered the Nicaragua canal
bill as an amendment to the river and
harbor bill, and had it referred to tha
oommittee on commoroe now consider
ing that measure.
The military affairs oommittee re
ported the army reorganization bill,
which brought out an extended diBous-
sion... -
A bouse bill setting apart a oertain
tract ol land, containing 10 aores, in
Oklahoma to the Stella Friends Acad
emy and Church ' Association was
passed
Consideration was ther begun of the
postoffloe appropriation bill. Praotic
ally the only obstacle encountered by
the bill was the oommittee amendment
providing for special mail facilities on
the trunk lines from New York and
Washington to Atlanta and New Or
leans, and from Kansas City, Mo., to
Newton, Kan.
The amendment which appropriates
$171,338 special mail facilities from
New York and Washington to Atlanta
and New Orleans, was then agreed to,
43 to 10. The amendment appropri
ating $35,000 fur special mail tacilities
between Kansas City, Mo., and New
ton, Kan., was also agreed to. Mantle
of Montana, presented the credential
of Wil'iam A. Clark, and Turley of
Tennessee, presented the credentials of
Hon. William B. Bate, each eleoted as
senator from his state for the term of
aix year from March 4, 1899,
At the conclusion of tlie reading of
th postotnee appropriation bill, it was
allowed to go over.
A bill providing for an additional
circuit judge in the third judicial oir-
coit wa passed.
Washington, Feb. 18. General
Brooke today cabled from Havana, re
porting three deaths among the Ameri
can soldiers in Cuba since February 14.
Th Behl Ktratd.
Manila, Feb. 18. A large body of
the enemy, presumably reconnoitering,
was discovered on the right of Briga
dier-General King's position, near San
Pedro Macati. this morning. The en
tire bigade turned out, and after an ex
change of volleys, the rebels retreated
into the jungle and disappeared.
Washington, Feb. 18. The depart
ment of state has been -officially ad-
ised of the settlement of the great
Itrike at Colon,
CANAL. PROVIDED FOR.
Snt Cemmltta adds It ta th RIt
and Harbor Bill,
Washington, Feb. 30. Tha senate
committee on commerce decided today
to pat tbe Morgan Nicaragua canal hill
on tb river and harbor bill. Tho ao
lion of the committee was preceded by
a brief argument by Senator Morgan
in which he went over the general
grounds favorable to the construction
of the canal.
Aside from tbe Nicaragua canal, the
committee increased cash appropria
tiona to the extent of about $3,000,000
over tbe hour cash appropriations.
wbile the amount of continuing con
tracts is Increased to th extent of
about $10,000,000.
In th senate tbe only business
importance waa the consideration
bills on tbe pension calendar, which
was begun under a special order,
Among the bills passed was oneprovid
ing procedure in oertain pension cases.
It provide that no pension shall
withheld, modified or cancelled except
for frand, or mistake in facts, and
prov'des a scheme of procedure. The
pi ivate pension calendar wa complet
ed, 74 bills being passed.
In th Boas. ' .
Washington, Feb. 30. In the house
today several railroad right-of-way bills
were passed. Among tha bills was one
to authorise the construction of the
Clearwater Valley load through the
Nes Peices reservation.
The census bill was sent to confer
ence. A bill was passed authorising
the president to appoint five addition
al cadets-at-large to the naval academy.
The sundry oivil bill was then passed
The naval appropriation bill was for
mally reported. The house went into
eommitte of the whole and took op tb
bill. No general debate was demanded
on the bill, and its reading for amend
ment under th five minute lule wa
immediately commenced.
TAKES NEWS CALMLY.
X DlMrdor la Pari Followed
Drath af Paara.
Paris, Feb. 30. Everything ia quiet
in Paris tonight. There is no dancer
of a coup d'etat. Tlie favorite candi
date for the presidency is M. Em lie
Loubet, now president of tbe senate.
Still tbe ministers think Faure's death
is a misfortune at tbe present juncture,
and this is the conventional talk.
They bad all looked forward to his re
signing, and tbey spoke today of the
possible effect of bis death on the
courts of Europe.
If M. Loubet be elected, European
sovereigns would soon transfer to him
their friendly regards. He is a good,
unaffected, level-headed man of hon
est, open life, and of far more inter
lectual culture than poor Faure. He
is an advocate and practioed at the
Montilemar bar, in the department of
the Drone. Montilemar is hi native
town.
OVER ENTIRE GROUP.
Th Attiarlcaa Tins; Com tit
Fall-
. Ippino lalaad.
Washington, Feb. 30. The adminis
tration haa determined to extend rap
idly the jurisdiction of the United
States over tbe Philippine group in Its
entirety, acting on th theory that de
lay in this crisis ia dangerous, and
that anarchy and general paralysis of
such interest as tha islands support
would be brought about through failure
to replace promptly Spanisu sover
eignty over the islands witii that of
the Unnited State.
Low Bates for Boamakr.
St. Paul, Feb. 80. The Northern
Pacific and Great Nothern have decided
to sell half-fare homoaeekers' tickets
February 31, March 1 and ?, on simi
lai rates as made by the more southerly
lines to the Pacific coast: Heretofore
the rate have applied only to near-by
states, and it ia now intended that
they shall apply to th entire length
of the roads named.
Gomoi Goo to Cardwaa.
Havana, Feb. 30. A dispatch from
Clenfuegos says that Major-Genera!
John C. Bates, military governor of
the department of Santa Clara, and In
epector-General Breckinridge, yester
day paid a visit to General Gomes,
who was expecting to leave today for
Cardenas.
Kttlmatoa Output at la.OOO.OOO.
Vancouver. B. C, Feb. 80. M.
Marks, an Australian exrert direct
from Dawson, places tbe output of the
Klondike at $19,000,000 this year. His
estimate ia aa follows: Eldorado and
Bonanza creeks, $5,000,000; Big and
Little Bonanza, Gold and French
ureeks, $5,000,000; Hunker and Quarts
oreeks, $5,000,000.
Btoamora to Maalla.
Tacoma, Feb, 80. James Ward, ot
the shipping firm of Saunders S Ward,
haa returned from a visit to England,
and announces the establishment by
himself ajid others of a steamer line
between this port and the Hawaiian
islands. , The British steamer Manan-
ense will be the first vessel out, and
will sail next week. ,
Mrarly Froioa to loth.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 20. A special
to the Post-Intelligencer from Forty-
Mile river, Alaska, aays that William
Alatheson, formerly of Loa Angeles,
Cal., narrowly escaped being frozen to
death recently. It was necessary tf
amputate both bis bands and feet. -
Watorworhs for Iim.
Loa Angeles, Feb. 20. J. A. Acklen
of this city, has been granted tbe privi
lege of maintaining a water works at
Dawson City by the Canadian govern
ment. He will tap the Klondike river
four miles above Dawson.
' Four Manila Transport.
San Francisco, Feb. 30. A fleet of
four vessels will leave San Fiancisoo
for Manila within two weeks. No less
than 8,60ft tons of freight of all de
scriptions will be taken.
AFFAIRS AT MANILA
Oregon Soldiers Sent to the
Fighting Line.
REBELS NOW CONCENTRATING
CraUo Buffalo Bombard th lo.ur
(rat. Driving Thorn Inland Bent
latoas and Increasing.
Manila, Feb. 31. Tbe California
volunteers abandoned Guadaloupe
church at 6 o'clock this morn ing, which
has since been set on fire, and retired
to San Pedro Macati. The rebels still
bold the countiy in the vicinity of
Guadaloupe, Pasig and Patero, despite
the efforts of the gunboats to dislodge
them from the jungles on both sides of
tbe liver."- .... . . '
Tbe heat is intense, end Is increasing
perceptibly daily. Under present con
ditions, it is impossible to provide
shade for the stroops in different parts
of th line, particularly MoArthur's
division. King's brigade is also ex
posed from San Pedro Macati to Culi
coli, where it joins Ovenshine's brig
ade.''', "''?" ; -
In view of tbe fact that the enemy
were concentrating on the American .
right preparations were made last nigbt
to give them a warm receptiou in tha
event of attack.
General Ovenshine's line, consisting
originally of the North Dakota volun
teers, tbe Fourteenth infantry, and two
troops of the Fourth cavalry, stretching
fiom the beach at Camp Dewey to Gen
eral King's right, waa reinforced by two
battalions of Oregon volunteer e.id
three troop of the Fourth cavalry, aa
Infantry. "-'.:--''-.--;'r-1' ':
The Buffalo's searchlight discovering
the rebels unusually active about 10
o'clock in tbe evening, signaled the
flagship for permission to fire upon
them, and, this being granted, bom
barded the enemy' trenches for 20
minutes. The only effect of the fire
was apparently to drive the rebels fur
ther inland.
Beyond a few ineffectual volleys from
the trenches, whioh were returned
with interest, tbe enemy made no dem
onstration, and all 1 quiet along . the
rest of the line. -
Scout claim to have seen General
Pio del Pilar, who commanded tbe reb
els at Paco, with his arm in a sling,
directing the troop. General Monten
egro, tha insurgent commander-in-chief,
ia reported to be personally con
ducting the movements in front of
General King'a line at San Pedro Ma- -
cati. .. .
Oaorrllla Tnetles-
Manila, Feb. 31. Tbe enemy have
apparently realized the hopelessness of
attacking the American position, and
are occupied chiefly by occasional
sharpshooting from tbe jungle, when
ever feasible. Fortunately, theii ig
norance of the use of sights minimises
the effect of their guerilla tactics.
The retiiement ot General King'a
advance) posts upon San Pedro Macati
has evidently been construed by th
rebels aa a sign of weakness, as they
pressed forward along both aides of tho
river, persistently harrassing tbe occu
pants of tbe town.
Last night the rebels poured volley
after volley into San Pedro Macati
from the brnsb on the adjacent ridge;
but fortunately without effc;'.. Gen
eral King' headquarters in the center
of the town was the target for scores of
Remington and Mauser bullets.
Tbe rebls are using smokeless pow
der, and it is extremely difficult to lo
cate individual marksmen.
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
First Bnptar Occurred at Taller-- Won
30U Chlnoa SLIIlod.
Peking, Feb. 31. A serio.-s conflict
haa taken place between the Russians
and Chinese at Talien-Wan, 800 ot tha
latter being killed. "
The trouble is said to have originat
ed in a question of taxes.
Kxpactod by Lard Brsford.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 81. Admiral
Charles Beresford wa seen while pass-
ng through Detroit tonight in refer
ence to the battle reported at Talien-
Wan between Russians and Chinese.
Lord Charles said that such a battle
was only what he had been expecting
for some time. Its effect, be believed,
would be to shake the Chinese govern
ment more than anything that occur
red, and he asserted that trade would
also suffer a a result of it.' :
RIOTING IN PARIS.
Organised Domoastratloa Against th
now Froaldent,
Paris, Feb. 31, Police measure for
the maintenance of order have been
taken on an extensive soale. -
M. Loubet did not quit hi residence
at the Luxembourg until S o'clock this
evening. ,
Toward T o'clock demonstrations oc
curred in front of the office of Zehas-
tian Faure's anarchist paper, the Jour
nal du Peuple, on the Boulevard Mont-
martre, for and against Loubet,
There waa a collision between rival fuo-
tiona and several persons were injured.
Altogether, 100 arrests have been
made in connection with today's dis
turbances. - .
' Spain One Owned It.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 31. The Post-
Intelligencer today publishes the fac
simile of . a, Spanish document which
shows that the Spanish were in actual
military possession of Vancouver Island
between 1790 and January J. 1703. It
Is stated that the document, if it had
been ia. tbe possession of Emperor
William of Germany when he arbi
trated the Canadian boundary between
England and the United btaua, would
ave inoonteatably proven tha r Jit of
the United States to Vancouver iiiiiu-J.