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OREGON . CITY PRE Leading 0fthe Paper., county The News While It Is New$ VOL. III. OREGON CITY, OKEOON, JANUAKY 18, 1899. NO. 22. ;': w s.l EVENTS OF THE BAY Epitome of the Telegraphic .. News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Intcreettiig Collection of Items From Mia Two llemlHphere l'reaented In a Condenaed Form. fief. Dr. William Maxwell Black- burn, presitloitt of Huron col logo Pierro, 8. D., died at tliu age of GS yenin. , Margaret Livingston Clinnler and Anna Bouling, licroio women who served without pay aa nursos in Porlo Rico during the war, liavo boon recom mended (or tliut rare honor, the thaiika of oongress. It la reported frrm Peking that Russia liai demanded a lease of th Miao Tno islands us a torpedo station These islands lie aoross the entrance of the Gulf of Fo-Chi-LI, south of Port Arthur. The acquisition of these islands would still further strengthen Russia's hold on the approaches to Peking., The quartermaster's department is . preparing to disinter and bring to tlii country the romains of tiro 1,800 heroes of tiro 'fipoiilsh war who wore cither killed by bullets or died of fever in Cuba and Porto Rico. Colonel Mooro, assistant quurtermaster general, Bays the expedition of disinterment is we1 undor way. Senator Toller, ol Colorado, liai in troduced a bill for the amendment of the war-revenue act, so as to provide for a tux upon tiro actual value or sell ins prices instead of the nominal value of oertain stocks. Tlio bill is in tended to relieve the choaper mining stocks from what is claimed to bo an '-enoruious burden upon thorn. A petition from ex-Qtieen Lilionka liini of Hawaii has been presented to the house, protesting nguinst the Unit , od BtatoB assertion of ownership to the 1 'crown lands of Hawaii as taking of property without due process of law, and appealing to the president, con gress and tlio people for a restoration ;- of these lands. . A like petition was " presented to the sonuto. A Havana cable to the Now York World Buys: "Tlio graves of the Maine victims in the Havana cemetery are ."' neglocted. Two small, sickly Bhrubs, . one weather-beaten pot with a dead plant and two blasted stalks of three slips are all tiiere is to show that any- thing lias been done in this beautiful burial place for our nation's dead. A month ago, upon the interment of some sailors of the Resolute, their comrades put an 18x24 inch calico American flag on the mound. This little faded flag is the only thing given by either tlio army or the nuvy. The monthly statement of the col lections of internal revenue shows that during November, 18D8, the recoipts amounted to 132,404.405, ngaiiiBt $13, 059,21)0 for Novonibor, 1897. The prosidont lias sent these nomina tioiiS "lb the somite: Cliarlomange Tower, of Pennsylvania, now minister to Austria-Hungary, to be ambassador to Russia; Addison C. Harris, of In diana, minister to Austria-Hungary. At Hong Kong, the Filipino com mittee has broken off all relations with JJnited States Consul A'ildman. The f aoinniittea lias issued a writ in the su j peuie oourt. to recovor the sum of $47, j000,lwhieh the Filipinos claim to have been- deposited . with Wildman as treasurer of the Filipino independence ., tad in June Inst.-: , '"V '-j The' gnliboaf Yorktown has nailed ,vt from. Suri . Francisco for Manila, via , t1 t Honolulu. She will go all the way ; under a fall head of Btoam, and should make the run in three weeks if site is not delayed at Honolulu. She is the bcaror of full instructions to Admiral " Dewey and" Genoral Otis in regard to ,the situation in the Pliilippines. . ' The New Your's honors inoludo Lord Dunraven being appointed pi ivy coun selor - for-' Ireland, and ' Sir Edward Cliiehester, R. N., being appointed . companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. Qeorge in recognition of his services as captain of tlio British first class oroiser Immortal, which was sta tioned at Manila during the wur. , Senator Mason, of Illinois, ocoupied the attention of the senate for nearly an hour and a half Tuesday, witli a ' speech in support of his resolution de i during that the United States will t never attempt to govern the people of , any country" without their consent. In many respects the speech was one ; of the most notable utterances from the senate thus far this session. 't At Kokomo, Ind., there are 18 ; tramps hi the Howard county jail 1:' slowly starving to death. Two weeks ' ago the hobos refoaed to work on tho t stone -pile, and Sheriff Humes put : tlie'm'in iail on a diet of bread and water, mostly water, until they signi fied a willingness to work. At the close of the second week of the strike, V the jailer roduoed tlio bread supply to V; two loaves a day for tiie entire gang. f They deohire they will starve to death in their cells rather than hammer stone. Minor Newt Itema. ,- A lieutenant and 13 men of the French warship Sure were killed in the N'ew Hebrides by natives. H The Merritt & Chapman Wrecking company's outfit arrived at .Santiago de Cuha to raise the former Spanish cruis f er Reina Mercedes. Arsenic placed in coffee by some one , unknown caused the deaths of Frank 'Xomnck, hie wife ami five children at Shelby, Tex. LATER NEWS. A eablo censorship has been slab fished by tlio United States govonimon At Manila. Coniiuissnry-Gonoral Eagan has sont to tho war investigating commission a revised statement in place of that oiig inally mado in resirtinso to Miles' charges. He has omitted tho objection able portions. Austria's hositancy in raising tho rank of her diplomntio mission to the United States is duo entirely to her de sire not to give offense to Spain. In formation to this effect is in the jiobbos- sion of the state department. West Point appointments are to be made by the presont congress. One will be from the first Oregon. The list will include eight cadets, all of whom must enter West Point next June. No further vacancies will be filled until 1000, when 68 cadets will bo named The present oluss will graduate Febru ary 15. Commodore Watson, now in com mand at the Mare island navy-yard, has applied for the command of the Asiatic station to succeed Admiral Dewey, when that officer shall have ceased duty. Dowey will retiie from active sorvice next December, provid ing the law be not amended in his in terest. French sentiment is once moro being worked up against the United States on account of the Spanish war. Iloa tile newspaper criticism, which tern' poranly was shut down by the victor ies of Manila and Santiago, ia now re assuring itself in consequence of the difficulties which President MoKin loy'a vacillating policy has caused in the Pliilippines. Tlio steamship City of Macon, from Boston, brought into Savannah, On., Captain Kennerly and the crow, nine mdn all told, of the schoonor Aloha,, of Bath, Ma, abandoned Saturday night, 250 miles southeast of Oeorgotown light, in a sinking condition. The Aloha left Foruandina a week ago with a cargo of phosphate rock, bound for New York. At Puna, III., the scone of the re cent labor trouble, Ike Ingles shot and killed Duve Evans, a fellow-negro miner, at tho Springside mine. The trouble arose over dividing thoir wages. Frank Jones and James Palmer, non union white miners, wore assaulted to day and seriously injured. Their as sailants are unknown. Three com panies of militia, which have boeu do ing guard duty for several months, have been ordered home. The first detaolimcnt of tho Seven teenth has left Columbus for New York, en route to the Philippines. The entire military department of Santa Clara, Major-Genornl J. C. Bates commanding, is quiet. Twenty-seven thousand Spaniards still remain in tlio vicinity of Cienfuogos, but one trans port has loaded and 12 others aio ox peoted to arrive at an early ditto. It is impossible, howuvor, tiiat tlio evacu ation will be onmp'.utjd much before tho middlo of February. Grout fear is felt for the safety of the naptha launch Paul Jones, hailing from Louisville, which left tlio mouth of the Mississippi river January 3 for Ponsaaola, Fin., with a partv of ladies and goutlomen from Ciiicago nnd In diuuapolis on board. Nothing has been heard there of the launch, and one of the fastest tugs lias loft to mnkoa thor ough search on the Gulf. A train of empty cars on the Oregon Short Line, while leaving Butte, run into an open switch near tlio city, and crashed into a switch engine Both engines and some of the cars wore wrecked The crew of the train and that of the switch engine nil jumped. Conductor Joseph Grant, of the freight, was thrown under the wreck am killed. Fiieman Dowling was injured, The rest escaped unhurt. A Madrid dispatch says the govern ment, on the rcassombling of thooor- tes, will immediately ask La Reforma fur authority to sell tho Mariamio (Ladrunus), Caroline and the Pelca islands, since Spain is powerless to maintain a sufficient force to defend them. The government arrived at this decision in consequence of advices from Geneial Rios that an army of 4,000 men, a man-of-war and two gunboats would be necessary for tiie purpose. Official dispatches from Ilo Ho, is land of Panay, Indicate that tho nii- i res are disposed to be friendly, al though absolutely opposed to the lami ng of the United States forces without order from Malolos, the seat of the so called Filipino native government. Some of the officials at Ilo Ho are not in accord with the revolutionary gov ernment, but are willing to accept an American protectorate, and will go to state the case to Aginaldo if furnished transportation by the Amoricans. The Berlin correspondent of the Lon don Times quotes from the Cologne Gazette that "rumors as to the annex ation of Vauva, one of the Friendly islands, by Germany, are an invention of those who desire to stir no ill-feel ing between Germany and tho United States. He says, however, as the Cologne Gazette was among the most I active originally spreading reports of ' German's intention to annex the Phil ippines, its excessive indignation in ' the present instance is somewhat over done. A violent gale swept over the Eng lish channel and the east coast of Great Britain, doing immense damage. An elevator belonging to the Geoige C. Bugley Company was burned at Minneapolis with 200,000 bushels of wheat, the loss being over $200,000. Prompt itps are being taken bv the administration to assert tho supremacy of the United States in the Philippines and Jlaj. -General Otis has been desig nated as governor-geneial of the islands. THREE YEARS' PAY Amount the Cuban Will Receive. Army GOVERNMENT TO ADVANCE MONEY Forty Million! Iteqiilred Cuiloml Re ceipt! of Cubit Will Ha Fledged for lie Jlepayiueut. New Yprk. Jan. 18. Aocording to Brigadier-General Joso Miguel Gomez, a member of tlio Cuban commission in Washington, the Cuban army is sure to reoeive the three years' pay to which it is entitle.!, $40,000,000 being ad vanced by tho United States, with the custom-houses of Cuba as security for its payment. Brigadicr-Gonornl Gomes, who has just arrived in this city from Washing ton, ia grateful foi tlio way the commis sion has been received. The negotia tions, it ia expeoted, will be completed by the end of this month, when the commission will return to Cuba. Gen eral Gomez said last night: 'Our hopes have all been realized. At first, however, tilings looked dark for us. Poor General Garcia was the most pessimistic mombor of the com mission. Ilo lind little faopo for the success of our plans when he left fur Washington. The rest of the commis sion argued, however, that as tho Americana hud taken chargo of Cuba and thtia prevented us from raising money, we had a right to request a loan with which to pay off our men. Gen eral Garcia askod for only $100 for each man. "The other commissioners protested because of tho email amount. Then came the general's death, and for the time being negotiations wore suspend ed. At our next meeting it was agreed that an official list of the men in the Cuban army would be required before any agreement could be reached. Ac cordingly, I left for Cuba, whence returned on January 6 with the re quirod document. "Thoro aie 47,000 men to be paid in the Cuban army. The amount we hare requested is $40,000,000, to be turned over to as oitlior in one or tluee paymonts. We will givo as security the custom-houses in Cuba. Should the government not rare to lend -ua that Bum, we are willing to take ono- third of it and -later pay the mon the rest. . "As affairs now stand, 1 think we will receive the amount in three pay ments. Tins, however, ia not decided yet. The Into Mr. Diugley was in fa vor of giving us tlio amount in one pay ment. Speaking of the presont condition of affairs in Havana, General Gomez said it wus bud. 'Thoro appeals to bo muoh disagree ment among the American soldiers, io continued, and no ouo seems to know what liia pnwor is. Some one givos an ordor, nnd the next man coun termands it. As a result tho govern ment of Havana is not us smooth us it might bo. "General Brooko, howovor, ia woll liked, nnd tho Cubans aro more than willing to help him. General Lud low's orders preventing tlio Cubans from from taking any part in tho 'evacuation parade,' caused a great deal of ill-feeling. This is now done away with, and there need be no four of clash between the Cubans and the Americans. "The Ainorican soldiers are a fine set of men, and do not give any tfou ble. We are dono with war, anil want peace, but nevertheless we would never tolerate ti e condition of affairs which is reported to exist in Porto Rico. "General Brooke, I am told, is about to name a committee of Cubans, who will act aa his advisors. Mondcz Cap ote, prosidont of the assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur, will be placed at the head of the commission. "Genorul Maximo Gomez will re main in the field until the army ia dis banded. He will then mako his home in. Havana. After the men in th army are paid off, we will try to prove to this country that we are fully ablo to govern Cuba. "The paying off of the army ia the most important move toward establish- ng tranqunility on tho island. II we should not be able to raise the money trouble With the men would follow." Shlpa on the Way. Washngton, Jan. 18. The navy de partment was informed today that the Bennington sailed from Honolulu on the 7 tli inst., for Guam, in accordance with tho orders of the navy department. On the way over she will stop at Wake island and take possession of it for use as a cable station. The Castino sailed yesterday from Sun Juan de Porlo Rico for Gibraltar. She ia going to the Philippines to reinforce Dewey's floet. Ilaldwln Will Iteuulld. San Francisco, Jan. 18. Tho Bulle tin says that Lucky Baldwin haa de cided to erect an eight-story fireproof building on the property ocoupied by the old Baldwin hotel, -Which was burned several months ago. The build ing will cost $3, 000,000, and as soon as the ruins of tlio old building can be cleared away, the work of construction will commence. Many Mjaterioue Death. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 18. There ia intense excitement in Baxter county over a series of Budden and mysterious deaths which have occurred in the vi cinity of Mountain Home, the county Boat, within the last few days. No less than six men, all cf whom were apparently in robust health, have been suddenly stricken and died within a very short time after the attack. In every case there were unmiBtakablo symptoms of poisoning. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Orefon L"f lllure la Far Ahead of the - State 1'rlntor. Salem, Or., Jan. 17. Tlio legisla ture is as yet devoted chiefly to the preliminary work of recoiving new bills and is still so fur ahead of the printer that committees have nothing to do. But one measure has reached tho acute stage, and that is the bill to add two justices to the supreme oourt. Having passed the houso Inst week it is now in the senate, whore it rests awaiting its second reading Tiie bill is warmly supported, and it looked last week na if it were bound to pass; but it loses steadily under discussion, and its chances are now very dubious. Objec tion to it so far as it Is expressed ap- p-mrs to iCBt chiefly or wholly on tlio question of its constitutionality. The general proceedings today were of a porfunctory and .monotonous kind. Introduction and first reading of bills occupied tho whole timo in Iwth houses. This is likely to be the order for the balance of tho week. Tlio usual flood of propositions, wise and otherwise, a pouring in, the greatest number of courso, being destined to die in com mittee. Twonty-two bills were intro ducod in tho senate this afternoon Hull a dozen were read tlio sooond time, and one authorizing the town of Antelope to borrow $5,000 to build water-works was passed. A house joint memorial to oongresss for pen sions for Indian wur veterans, tlio tame as Mexican war veterans, was conouirod in. A house resolution for the investiga tion of tho affairs of tlio school land board waa concurred in The Hotiflo. The house convened at 2:30 this afternoon, pursuant to adjournment. Tho proceedings openod with the sec ond reading and reforonce of bills, but owing to the fact that tho state printer had not caught up with printing, tlio house returned to the first reading and introduction of hills. Eight bills wore lead the second time and refer rod to the proper committees. One was passed and two were withdrawn. The bill that passed waa Whitney's, to amend the oity charter of Albany. WASHINGTON'S SENATE. Troteit Against the Kzoliulnn of Alleni From. Lake Atllu Olympia, Wash., Jan. 17. In the senate on motion of Land, Judge Mc Gilvra, of Seattle, was granted permis sion to address tho senate. Inasmuch as it had been announced that Judge McGilvru had np a senatorial lightning rod, there were sonio quizzionl expres sions on the faces of so vera I senators wiio are prominent in stuto politics. Judge McGilvru, ateppinsg iiiBido the circle, referred, in a forensio style of oratory to the death of Congressman Dinuley, and, at tho conclusion of hie statement, asked for- the consideration of a resolution petitioning the pros! dent to appoint in his stead on the joint American-Canadian high commis sion a resident of the Puciliu North west. Senator Proston suggested that it might bo well to wait until Dingley was buried before proceeding to fill his bIiocb. A discroet smile passed about the circle, whereupon Senator Bcliollclil proposod flint the resolution he mado a siieoial order for tomorrow. ' Senator Hamilton then asked, inns much as tlio resolution hud been pre sorted by a gentleman not a niomber, in what position it cumo before the sonuto. There was a moment's hosita tion, during which the chair thought it possible to receive the communica tion, and finally Senator Preston said lie would stand back of it. That was acoeptublo to Hamilton, and, on motion of Crow, the document was re foned to the committee on memorials. The house resolution protesting against the exclusion of aliens from the Atlm milling district by the Cana dian government waa adopted 27 to 4 Hall, Preston, Roinhait and Wil shire voting no. Senatorial Choice on Ticket. In the house tho veto messages of the governor wore taken up. The veto of the bill providing for the survey and location of a roadway from Montosano, Cliehalis county, to Brooklield, Wahki aknm county, was sustained. The bill oroating a state road along the Columbia liver from Lyle to Wash- ougul.was vetoed, because the proposed road parallels a navigable river, the governor holding this to bo against good public policy in the straitened condition of state finances. Representative Moore, as the author of the bill, stated it to be ins wish that the veto be Biistainod, because there is no time now to enter into the merits of the bill, and his wish was simultane ously respected. Colonel Patterson, of Kitsap, pre sented a petition for a fish hatchery in Kitsap oou n ty. Col woll presented a petition from Cowlitz county fur a law restraining live stock from at large. Judgo McGilvra was aocorded 10 minutes in which to present his Lake Atlin and Dingley resolutions, which were adopted. ' A concurrent resolution by Brown, requesting the respective political par ties of tho stato to place upon theii ickets the choice of the party for Unit ed States senator at elections prior to senatorial elections, that the poopla may express their choice, waa adopted. The Wnn York to .o to Havana. Washington, Jan. 18. The navy de partment has designated the following warships to form tho squadron of evolu tion which is to go south under direct command of Admiral Sampson: limi.klvh.' In. diuna Ttu. fi i rawn. Newark. Ma. chias. Thoy will be accompanied by the fol-lowing-namod colliers anil supply sbipH: Marcellus, Lebanon and Supply. The ships are ordered to he at Havana prior to the first of February next. WAS A SWIFT DEATH Ship Andelana Goes Down at Tacoma. FIFTEEN MEN WERE ABOARD Captain and Mate Among Thnae Loat Veaael Capalced 1) urine Heavr Gale. Taooma, Wash., Jan. 17. The most annallina marine disaster that lias ever ocourred in the historv of Tacoma happened early this morning. During terriflo mile which ewent over Puoet 60Und, the British ship Andelana, an-' chorod in this nort. awaitinn oariro. Unpaid an,j Captain G. W. Stilling and his crew of 18 men. who were asleep bolow decks, were dragged down to a Bailors death without an instunt's warning. . The full list of those lost is as follows: Captain G. W. Staling, of Annapo lis, Nova Scotia; . II. Crowe, aged SO years, Londonderry, N. S. , first mate; E. G. Doe, aged 23 years, 145 Essex Talbot Road, Blackpool, England; Nomey Jossaim, Victoria, B, O., stow- ard; Joseph M. A. D'Holyero, of Ost end, Bolgium, apprentice; Richard Reginald Hanze, of Ostend, Bolgium, apprentice; Churl bo Smith, of United States, bolswain; Jamos Daly, of New York, boatswain J. R. Brown, of Bar badoea, cook; H. llansson, Sweden, able seaman; Antone Jensen, Don mark, seaman; John Nielsen, Noiway, seaman; hi. Ostrom, Finland, seaman; Fred Iliudstrom, Norway, seaman; Edward Letz, Rega, Russia, seaman; August Si moiison, Holland, seaman; Pat Wilson, St. John's, N. F.. Sea man. Just what time the disaster which rosultod in such appallling loss of life ocourrod is not krown, ta e3-y per son on board tho vessel wont to the bottom of tlio Sound with it. The ship, which was of English build, and worth probably $150,000, entered this port several days ago. Sh was to have loaded wheat under ohar ter to Eppinger & Co., of Sun Fran oisco, for Europe. Yesterday she was taken to the Kureka dock and all bal ladt removed and the hold oleaned, pre paratory to receiving cargo. She win then towed to a,i anchorage eeverul hundred yards northeast of the St, Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company deep-water wharf, at which point dis aster overtook her. She had out, ao cording to tho best information ob tainable, the starboard anchor, woigli ing at least threo tons, whilo to either ido of tho vobboI were attuohod the ballast logs used to keep a ship upright during the absonce of cargo or ballast Tho ship was riding the wave serenely when the skippers of other voasola an chorod close by rotired the night before, When daylight dawned no signs of the Andelana were visible Over the spot where alio rodo serenely at anchor the night boforo only a dangor-signal buoy lamp was visible. When the absence of tho ship was uiscovorod, Captain Doty and Captain Burtey took tho tug Fairfield and made an investigation, and it was soon dotorminod beyond possibility of doubtl that tho ship had gone to the bottom. One of the ballast togs waa fonnd. To it dangled part of the chain by which it was originally fastened to the ill-fated ship. In addition, ono of tho lifeboats, a mattorsa with the name of tlio ship on it, and several oara, wero found. Beyond these no other wieok age has bevn discovered. As all on board perished, only sur mises as to the cause of the disaster are prevalent. Judging from indica tions, shipping mon say, the ballast log found was from the port side of tho vessel. She ship, according to all aa- counts, was headed in a southerly di rection, or toward the head of the bay, at the time the galo swept down the Sound. The heavy winds caused the ship to train on tlio chains, making the log on the woather aide taut and giv ing a tendency to lift the log from tho water, but the strain was too grout for one of the chains, ana it snapped. Tina releasod the towering oraft fiom the greater restraint on tho weather side, and she lifted with the wind, and, there being little restraint fiom the other end of the log, raised it enough to allow the right or mooring chain to slip off. Thus freed from ballast and floating like a chip, tho ship oareoned under the pressuie of the heavy gale, and shipped great quantities of water, filling completely the hold and fore castle, causing her to capsize and sink to tho bottom, all in a very few min utes. ' The situation rr.s further aggravated by the fact that the tides were just setting in at the time the fillip wont down. This in all probability forood tho stern of the vessel around and ex posed the broadside to the gale's fury. Late tins afternoon tho ill-fated ves sel was located. Sho lies on the bot tom of tho Hound, on her broadside, under 28 fathoms of water, clone by the ;pot whore she had been anchored. Uvea Over 100 Yearn. Utica, N. Y., Jan. 17. Mis. Emily J. Moseley, who would have been 102 years old had sho lived until April, died at the Home for the Homeless to night. Storm In Switzerland. Borno, Switzerland, Jan. 17. A heavy galo is blowing today, accom panied in different parts of Switzerland by torrential rains and snow. Great damage has been done. Many of the mountain pannes aro blookei and it is feared there will be serious aval.tncho disasters. The United Status gunboat Helena rnmirtnd at Port Said today, and. buv- , ing coaled, proceeded on her way to the Philippiuea. juio GO (?N THEIR MERITS. Oregon I. minimum Will Clonnly Con- lilor A pproprlatlon HIIU. Rulem, Or., Jan. 14. Tho first week of the legislative session closes with 01 bills introduced nnd rend in tlio sen ate, and 184 in tlio house. The house passed the bill to add two judges to the supreme court, and there is little doubt that the measure will pass the eenate in due tiino. Two notable re forms have boon providod for to limit the nupiber of committee clerks and to keep appropriations of doubtful merit out of the general appropriation bill. A bill to correot the committee clerk ship abuse further for future legisla tures is bofoto the senate, and ia likely to pass both houses. The ways and means coammittoe will roport not only a general appropriation bill and a spo ciul appropriation bill, hut will refuse to yoke with appropriations of un doubted merit those that are question able, making tho hitter bills stand in dividually on thoir merits befoio the legislature and the govornor. WASHINGTON LAWMAKERS. Matitc, Ti'hone Seat ! Contented, Aiki to lie Taken Off Committee. Olympin, Jan. 14. Senator Mantz today askod to be excused from serving on the committee of eloctions and elec tion ooutests, inasmuch as his sent was to be contested, and that, in all proha bility, the matter would be roforred to that committee The chair stated that it was expected that the contest in Mantz' district would bo referred to a speoinl commit tee. He did not know but that a fpo cial committee would yot be named. Mantz waa made chairman of the com mittee on senate employes other than regular, and Paul, of that committee, was made chairman of the election con test committee. Keith was transferred from tho committee on fish to the com mittee on printing, exchanging places with Senator Biggs. Light hundred and forty-two citizona of Walla Walla petitioned for an as sembly hall in the Walla Walla state peii'tentiniy. The request waa made on tlio ground of public morula, aa it was olaimod an assembly hull for the inmates of the penitentiary would tend to improve their morals. For State Road. Il the bouse a bill was introduced by Mooio, establishing a atute road down tho Columbia rivor from Lylo, Klicki tat county, to Washougal, Chirk coun ty, and appropriating $23,000 therefor. A concurrent resolution relating to the wealth of Washington coal mines, and requesting tho secretary of the navy to tiso Washington ooal in prefer ence to British Columbia coal, and call ing upon said socretary of tho navy to notify tho legislature if any reason ex lets wny una cannot be done, waa offered by Culvort, and adopted. House bill No. 78, offered by Bel ford, who moved ita adviinconient to third reading after tho title had been road. It ia an appropriation bill, car rying $1,500 fur tlio transportation of prisoners, $500 for transporting juve nile offenders, and $200 to pay travel ing expenses of supoi lor oourt judges, On final pasmigo it received by ono neg ative vote and 04 affirmative. Senate concurrent resolution No. 2 authorizing the purchase of a auitublo flag for the cupitol, waa taken up and passed under suspension of the ruloa. Tho senate ouiicuirent resolution for the printing and publication of 2,500 copies of Governor Roger's uiessago was passed. RAILROADS TO POOL ISSUES Ituport That Oreat Northern nnd North ern raclllo Have Combined. New York, Jim. 10. TlioTimos says Tho announcement of the settlement of recent disagreements between the (treat Northern and tho Northern Pncifia railroads proved to be ono of tho most nterestine statements Wall streot has lately hud tooousider and enthuse over In Northern Pnciflo oommon slock there is reason to beliovo that a pool has been formed, including in its mem bership tiie strongest flmwicioia of Wall Blreot, among others, frioinls of J. P, Morgan, Governor Flowor and John D. Rockefeller. Tliia pool, oreditod with a capacity boyona any siiol, recent combinations, s believed to have as the basis for its organization knowledge of plana which will practically mako the Northern Pa cific and the Baltimore & Ohio one property. Somo reports, probably dis torted, have it even that Northern Pa cific property would actually absorb the B. & O. Under any circumstances, it ia declared there will be direct man agement and personal supervision of polioy by James J. Hill. Klondike at Home. Hillshoro, Jan. 10. While ditching on liia heuvorduin at Farmirigton, five os southeast of this city, George Robinson struck a gold-bearing quartz ledgo which assays $42 to the ton. The odge la between two and tin oo feet in width. The lead runs north nd south, pitching east. Near it are two other ledges, tho rock from which has not yet been assayed. The ledgo waa diseovorod several uys ago, hut the matter was kept vary met until today, and tho only trouble to be encountered ia in getting water. No gold hud over before been found at Furmington, but old miners considered the indications there very good. Oenernl Kag-an Cennured. Washington, Jan. 10. The war in vestigating commission today passed a resulutiop censuring Eagan (or the angnago he used when he appeared to answer charges mado against tho com-mis-iary branch of the army by Miles, ami returned to him the carefully pro pared typewritten statement which he left with the com rn Union after reading it to that body. It is ro ported that Uenoral Egan has concluded to exclude mattei oompiatnea SITUATION IS CRITICAL But General Otis Has Well in Hand. A REBEL ATTACK IS RIDICULOUS Clood Heitilte Expected From the Con ference Between OtU' and Aru.1 naldo'g HepreiieiitutlveH. Manila, Jan. 10. The situation here fa undoubtedly critical, but Mujor General Otis has it woll in hand, and there is no such certainty of tiouhle as many beliovo. Tho rebels ure concen trated on the outskiitsof the town, and their leaders have isstiod strict or ders that they shall act only on the de fensive. An accident might precipitnta trouble, but tho idea of a rebel attack upon Manila is ridiculous, as the Amoricans control the position. Aguinaldo has lopublishcd the seo ond manifesto in reply to the proclama tion of General Otis, which waa re called on ita first appearance, but it has proved ineffectual. On Wednesday, a fulso alurm, due to trivial incidents occurring simul taneously in opposito parts of the oity, led to a general call to the United States forooa. In IS minutes the en tire city was covered. The prompti tude of the Amoricans, while it created a scare for the moment, effectually re stored confidence throughout Manila, and dispelled the excitement due to a passing fear on the part of the citizens that an outbreak was imminent. It ia possiblo that tho Filipinos, after tha diplomatic conferences that have been held botwecn tho representatives of General Otis and Aguinaldo, have finally come to understand that tha cautious and conservative policy of the Americana ia not due to fear, and they may accept the inevitable with good grace. It ia evident that at presont they aro unable to appreoiato the full meaning of the indepondouce demand ed, and when they do understand ita extont, the Anioricun proposition will he acceptable. HOUSE PASSES ONE BILL. Senate Dlientaea the Queallnn of Opea Executive Bennlnlt. Washington, Jan. 16. The house today passed the diplomatic and consu lar appropriation bill without nn amendment. During the general de bute two set spooches wore mado aaainst imperialism by Carmack and Gaines, of TennesHce. Tho diplomutia and consular bill is the sixth of the regular appropriation bills to pass the house. Seven budgets yet remain to be nctod upon. Tho hill as passed car ries $1,751,638. Washington, Jan. 10. Little busi ness was tiansactcd by the senate in open eossion today. Sixteen bills on tho piivato pension calendar wore passed, ami a joint resolution extending the thanks of congress to Miss Clara Barton and other olllcials of the lied Cross Society for their benelicent woik in Armenia and Culm whs adopted. Cockioll entered a motion to recall tlio bill which passed yesterday, author izing the president to appoint Brigadier-General T. II, Stanton a major general, and place him on tlio retired list witli that tank. At 5 o'clock tha (enato adjournod. - Iebate In Opon Seanlom.' Washington, Jan. 16. The support ers and opponents of tho pence treaty in the sonuto had their II rut contest ovor that document today in executive session. Whilo the deliato technically waa upon Senator Berry's motion providing for tho consideration in open session, the entire question at Ihsuo was gone over to a considerable dogreo. Tliodia cussion continued from a few mi mi teg past 1 until 5, when the senate ad journed foi the day without ronohing a voto upon the Berry motion. TO ORGANIZE A CABINET. General 11 rook e llni Decided to Hare, Four Civil Secretarlea. Havana, Jan. 10. Gen. Brooke liai oa'-'i'lly considered tho formation of a cabinet of civil udvisors, and has de cided to havo four secretaries the (list of state and government; the second of finance, the third of justico and public instruction; and tho fourtii of agricul ture, industry, commerce ami public works. Only prominent residents of tho islands will bo invited to join the cabinet Tho governor-genoral has received acceptance from two. whose names ure reserved until all four can be an nounced. Ono of the othei two may be a Spaniard, though it is probable hat all four will be Cubans. Oregon Soldlert Will Come Itome. Washington, Jan. 10. Representa tive Tongue today saw AHBistnnt Secre tary Moiklejohn and asked him if the recon t turn of events in the Philip pines would mean that the Oregon vol unteers would bo retained in those islands longor than was originally in tended. Ho was informed that tho outbreaks would not clinngo the depart ment's plan, and that the Sooond Ore gon would be sent home as soon as re lieved by regulais. ' Chewlng--Guiii Truai Formed. New York, Jan. 16. A combina tion of oliowing-gum manufacturers of tiie United States was prucrtioully con summated today, when the last con tracts necessary to amalgamation were executed in this city. Tlio oapitul in volved amounts to about $15,000,000. The naval hoard on promotion wi'l recommend that rewurds be given to trisigriB H. H. Wurd and W. W. Buck, who acted aa spies during tlio war witli Spain,