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Ann 10 no ORE CITY PR Leading 0fthe Paper., county The News While It Is Newu VOL. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, TERRUARY 22, 1891). NO. 27. n C (rrry GON EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRE i An Interesting Collection of Items Prom the Two Ileuitspheres Presented In Condensed Form. The graves of tho Maine victims at Havana were decorated with flowers on the 16th, the anniversary of the ex plosion. A British syndicate has ohtained concession from China to build a ruil road from IJankau to Canton, along the coast. Col. Miller, who captured Ilo Ho without the loss o( a man in his com round, has been promoted to he briga dier-general by the president. The Cunard linor Etruria and the cruiser Marblchead narrowly averted a collision duiinga blinding sleet and snow storm about 70 miles off Sandy Hook Monday morning. Representative Stallings, of Ala bam a, has introduced In the house a bill to authorize the president to ap point Quneral Wheoler a. major-general in the regular aimy. Toman weather la prevailing on the coast of Jamaica. .The winds are high and the sea ia encroaching on the land.. ConBting vessels have been wrecked, and several hundred acre of bananas swept away. Naval ordnanoe officers In Washing' ton are elated over the remarkable re' suits seouied with the new smokeless navy powder for large caliber guns in a teat at tho Indian Head proving grounds on the Potomac. State Entomologist Scott, of Georgia says the peach crop has been utterly dcatroyed, and in all probability the gorwers will be so discouraged that they will abandon the business. Lnst year's crop was valued at $1,000,000, Ex-Consul Duckert, of Beligum, has been commissioned to make a tour of China in the interests of Belg.anmanu faoturers at a salary of $29,000 a year, The idea of the tour emanated from King Leopold, who will contribute 8, 000 to the salary.. It is expected that General Otis will shortly begin an oppressive oampaign iu the Philippines the reoent battles have not subdued the insmgeuts, as " was expected. The rainy senson will soon set iu, when military operation! can not be well cariied on, and a dooi sive blow must be given before that time. The torpedo-boat Fox, built by the Wolff St Zwicker iron works, at Port land, Or., is the first torpedo-boat in .. the world to come up to the require' merits specified in the contract upon her first official trial. For two consec utive hours in her first trful she main tained an average speed of 2B knots, her engines turning at a rate of 881 revolutions per minute, which exceeds the requirements by 11.4 turns. President Zelava has Issued a decree declaring the republic ol Nicaragua to be in a Btato of seige. A battle is expected to take place at any time west of Chile mountain, the dividing line of the Coidilleras. The president is Bonding troops to the front as rapid ly as collected. The United States gunboat Marietta, wihch arrived at Greytowh February 6, has sailed for Bluefileds, the heudqtiarteis of the revolution headed by General Reyes. One man was kilted and five serious ly in jural in a powder explosion at MoBsgrove, Pa. Four Chinese have died flora in juries sustained in the Sau Frauciaoo Chinatown fire Sunday. Silas Junes and six children were burned to death on the Kioliardson and May plantation, at Cornet stone, Ark. . H M. S. Leander has been ordered to proceed with all spued to Bolivia to piotoot the property and lives of Biit ish residents during the revolution. Fire in Cincinnati destioyed the clothing houses of Kahn & Felthuieyor, II. A. Heinahoimer and Sanford, Stem . Sarnor. The loss is nearly $500,000. There is a rumor in -Paris that ne gotiations are taking place between the Panama canal company and the Wash ington government, looking to the com pletion of the caiial. - Thirty-five persns have died of small pox in the Crook nation within a few weeks. The victims were negroes and Indians. All of Western Oklahoma has quarantined against the infected distriot. The buildings of the Geer : Ma chinery Company and the Whittle Trunk Company, at Knoxville, Tenn., with their oontents, were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at between $75,000 aud $100,000. . In the United Slates sonato Tuesday the MoEirery resolution, declaring that the ratification of the peace treaty is not a declaration on the part of the United States to permanently hold the Philippine islands, was passed by vote of 2B to 22. Minor New Items. A barge loaded with a large quantity of cordwood, consigned to a Portland dealer was lost during the recent freshet in the east fork of the Lewis river. A carload of groen onyx marble, the first shipment of dimension stone from the quarries of the United States Ma ble Company, near Valley, in Stevens county, Wash., -was on the track in Spokane recently for a few hours, en route to Chicago. OF RECENT OCCURRENCE. Chaplain John R. Thompson, of the First Washington infantry at Manila, died Monday. me war department has issued an order mustering out of service all the volunteers now in the United States. Ethan Allen Hitohoock, of Missouri, has taken the prescribed oath and en tered upon his duties as secretary of the interior. The house committee on appropria tions has ordered a favorable report on the bill to pay Spain $20,000,000 for the Philippines. Agouoillo, the Filipino delegate, ar rived in New York Monday from Mon treal. Agoncillo expects to sail for England ic a fow days. The senate committee has reported favorably an amendment to the sundry civil bill pioviding for the laying of a cable fiorn the United Status to Hawaii and the Philippines. ' Many French newspapers are bit terly assailing M. Loubet, tho new president, but the better olass support him, and confidence in the stability of the new government is increasing. Samuel II. Stevenson, D. D., one of the oldest Presbyterian ministers in the United States, is dead in Bloom ington, III., at the age of 86. He was a near relative of former Vice-President Stevenson. A fire in the little city of Port Washington, Wis., destroyed $300,000 worth of property, and rondered 80 families homeless. A chair factory covering1 two blocks was destroyed, throwing 600 men oat of work. The revolution in Nicaragua Is spreading. General Mena, at the head of 700 insurgents, is near the town of Rama. The insurgents are well armed with small guns and aie expeoting Gatling, Krupp and Hotohkiss cannon. Michael Milano, the prosperous pro prietor of a bootblacking etsablisbment in Tacoina, committed suicide by firing two shots from a revolver into his brain. Fifty-two dollars was fonnd on the body; Family trouble was the oause of the aot. A new town has been . laid out in Alaska, 25 miles from Juneau, which it is expected will be the gateway to the Atlin goldfields. It has been named Taku, and is situated on Tuku bay, four . miles from the mouth of the inlet of that name. The Italian bark Barbara Luigi went ashore February 4 on Little Bahama bank and is a total loss. Throe of the crew were drowned and two perished from exposure. The captain and eight of the orew have arrived at Nassau, N. P., and report the loss. Mrs. Howe, ot Gresham, Or., was drowned in the Willamette at Port land Monday. She was passing from one steamer to anothor, as the boats were lying at the dock, whon she full between them. An attempt to rescue her tailed, bhe was on her way to visit a son at Salem. The first session of the eighth conti nental congress of the National Socioly of the Daughters of the American Rev olution began in Washington Monday. Mrs. Daniel Manning, president-gen eral of the sociuty, made hor annual address. Site dwelt especially on the aid given by the society during the re cent war, asserting that the organiza tion had furnished $800,000 In money and supplies. The Columbia river fish cannery combine will close half of the canneries the coming season. Tho Cunard steamer Pavonia, which sailed from Queenstown for Boston, January 26, and which was sighted on February 6, in a disabled condition, has arrived in tow at the Azores. M. Loubet was elected president of Franoe on the 21st. The asBombly cast 812 votes, of which Loubet re ceived 483 to 279 cast for M. Meliue, and 60 scattering. A battle has occurred at Talien-Wan between Russian soldiers and Chinese, in which 800 of the latter were slain. The trouble is said to have originated over the question of taxes. Grading bat begun on the Bnake River Valley railroad, between Union fiat and the head. of the south fork of the Penewawa creek.- A hrgo forco of men and teams .is working on tho big cut between tliOse two points..- A dispatch from Cape Charles, Va, says 50 oyster sloops and scliooners hive been carried out to sea by drift ng ice from Magothys bay. It is be lieved many are manned, and the crews may suffer from exposure and hunger. Tugs will be sent to overhaul the ves sels. Oregon Legislature Adjourns Sine Die. Although the hour set for the final adjournment of the Oregon legislature was 12 o'clock noon Saturday, the ses sion was prolonged till 7 o'clock. Aside from the formalities of finish ing up necessary matters iu hand, the passage of the special appropriation hill was the feature of the day. . , The house rofosed to concur in some of the senate's reductions of items in the bill, and it was necessary to ap point oonfeience committees before agreement could be reached. This prolonged the session till 7 o'clock in the evening, when the session was de- la red ended. A deposit of earth strontian has been found on Put-in-Bay island in Lake Erie. It is many acres in extent. The nitrate of strontia is of pure white color. The Hamburg-American line steamer Adria arrived at New York Sunday from Hamburg after a most tempestous passage. During the night of January 80, Captain Levetzow, while trying to go from, the bridge to the cabin, was thrown down into the cabin passageway nd killed. LEGISLATURE ENDS. Much Work Crowded In tlie Cloeln Hours of the Session The Lass Working Day. The last working day of the Oregon legislature was full of business, mostly devoted to the rojtine of passing hills, The general appropriation bill was passed by both houses. In the senate the hill to provide for executions of murderers at the pen! tentiary was indefinitely postponed because It carried objectionable matter relating to appeals. Three bills touohing military affairs were passed, as follows: To cover into the military fund all moneys received from the United States on account transportation, etc.; to restore to the military fund some $8,000 expended in suppressing fishermen s riots in 1896 to reorganize the official staff of the Oregon National Guard. The following bills wore passed: To regulate license fire insurance com panies; to protect the fruit and hop industry by requiring the destruction of pests; to cure certain defects in ju dicial sales and deeds; to prevent the maintenance of armed bodies of men other than the duly constituted author ities; to amend the charter of Newberg to provdie for criminal prosecutions on information; to proteot trout and cer tain other food fishes; to relieve the state of the necessity of advancing the oasts of giving a bond in pioceeding to which the state is party; amend the law relating to irrigation rights and ditohes; to amend the law relative to liens against minei for la bor or supplies; to amend the ohaiter of Arlington; to fix the annual salary of the supreme oourt clerk at $3,000. with one deputy in Salem at $75 per month and one at Pendleton at $60, and providing that the fees be paid into the state treasury; to fix the sal aries of Columbia county offloorB; to regulate the manner of sturgeon fishing and making a close season on the Co' lurabia river from March 1 to Novem ber 1; to provide for inspecting sheep brought in bands into Oregon from an other state (same as the Washington law); to amend the law relative to the dutiesof public road viewers; to fix the annuual salary of the Linn county assessor at $2,400, Including the pay of deputies; to regulate the practice of the vocation of barbers; to provide for the appropriation of water to be used for mining purposes. In the Honse. In the house a long discussion oocur red on the bill to adopt the Torrens system of land title. The bill, when put npon its passage, was defeated. Bills passed were: To authorize construction of skids across county roads for logging purposes; to provide for submission to the vote of the peo ple the proposed constitutional amend ments; to authorize the sale of agri cultural school lands on the market for 25 years at less than the 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 the release as surety upon bonds; to reduce fees to be charged by county clerks in probate oases; to make the law prohibiting the fraud u lent use of labels or trademarks more effective; to fix the salaries of county clerk, sheriff and recorder in Wash ington county; to amend the code so as to give parties the right to give notice of appeal without assignment of error; to authorize the printing of 800 copies of supreme oourt reports at $2.50 per copy; to prohibit the running of push oars upon railroad tracks; to create state board of equalization, consisting of the governoi, secretary of state and state treasurer; to authorize the work ing of oounty prisoners on county toads; to fix the salaries of county treasurers, after amendment increasing the salary of the treasurer of Lane county from $500 to $800, and the salary of the treasurer of Wallowa oounty from $250 to $360; to amend oode relative to at tachments making the filing of a writ with the oounty olerk answer the pur pose of posting a notice on property; to amend the oode relative to action for adverse possession; to fix the com pen sation of oounty commissioners after amending the bill by inoreaalng the per diem in Union county from $4 to $5; to reduce the mileage ot jurors and witnesses in cities of 60,000 population or over, from 10 to 5 cents; to give preference in the employment in pah lie service to honorably discharged sol diers and Bailors; to appropriate $3,000, in aid of the Oregon Historical Society, and to authoriae printing at the Btate's expense to the tame amount; to provide for the payment of oertain fees to recorders of conveyances; to constitute six days' publication of a notioe a weeks notioe; amending the law relative to the appointment of off oial stenographers; to abolish the office of recorder of Clatsop county, and re quire that the duties of that office be performed by the county clerk; to leg ulate the purohase, sale and transfer of stocks of goods, by requiring the pur chaser to exact from the vendor a list of creditors and the extent of liabil ities; to piohiuit the running at large of stallions. Bute Fair Appropriation. In the Oregon senate Wednesday the bill to repeal the annual appropria tion of money to the state fair was de feated by a vote of 12 to 18. The Daly School Bill. After the most exoiting and drauiatio half-day of the session, the Oregon house shortly before I o'clock Wednes day noon passed the Daly text book bill by a vote of 83 to 28, only one member being absent. The bill, whioh had been made a special order of business for 10 A. M., did not come to vote without sensational incidents. The debate was participated ia by all the oratcrs of the house, and the lobby and gallery were filled with in terested spectators. THE NEW LAWS. Dills That Hare raised During th Session. Bills passed by both houses previous to the last day are as follows: To authorize the town of Antelope to borrow $5,000 to build water works, To Incorporate the city of Pendleton To amend charter ot town or Adams, To regulate pilotage on Columbia and Willamette rivers. To create office of state biologist, without salary. To reduce salaries of Douglas oounty officers. To incorporate Nehalom. To provide that Biimrnarloj only of oounty assessment tolls be transmitted to secretary of state. To amend charter of Hillsboro. To amend the ohartei of Albany. To incorporate town of Tillamook. To incorporate the town of Canyon City. To constitute beach of Clatsop ooun ty a publio highway. To amend the charter of Grants Pass To authorize Jefferson institute to tell out to the school district. To amend chatter of Oregon City. To incorporate Port of Tillamook and provide fur the improvement of Ho quiam slouun. To incorporate the town of Lakeview. To incoporrate Cottage Grove. To amend charter of town of Tangent, To provide clerical aid for judgot of the supreme court. To incorporate Drain. To incorporate New Attoria, adjoin' Ing Fort Stevens. To amend charter of Monmouth. To incoporrate the city of Ontario, To incorporate the town of Bay City. To incorporate the city of Heppner To incorporate the city Warreuton, To incoiporate the city of Wallowa. To amend charter of Gold Hill. To regulate and fix the Balary of the rsfeujoi jl Jackson county. To incorporate the town of Marsh- field.. To amend charter of Woodburn. To redistrict the state for senators and representatives. To create the office of tax collector in Multnomah county. To amend the charter of Corvallis. To prevent production and Bale of un wholesome foods and medioiuos (Looney pure food bill.) To incorporate the town of Seaside, To raise the salary of sheriff of Ma rion county. To regulate and to fix salaries of Til larnook oounty officers. To fix salaries of county officers in Clackamas, Morrow, Wasco and Yam 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 business in Clackamas county. To amend the cbaiter of Arlington Incorporating Weston. Incorporating Dufur. Incorporating Enterprise. Withdrawing Bcbool lands from Bait and placing interest on school fund loans at 6 per cent. Incorporating Dalles City. Incorporating Moro. Incorporating Brownsville. 1 Incorporating Lebanon. Incorporating Burns. Incorporating Carlton. To protect salmon in Alsea bay and tributaries. To create a trust fund in Multnomah county. To provide for the election of load supervisors. To create the office of clerk of the justice couit in cities of 50,000 popu lation or over. To authorize Multnomah county to lease the upper deck of the steel bridge. To provide for the sale of tide lands. Protecting salmon in the Rogue river and Curry county. To reorganize the state board of hor ticulture. Creating park commission in cities of 8,000 population or over. To amend section 5 of the mining laws. Amending the code relative to sher iff's deeds. Requiring county clerks to adminis ter oaths withont charge, in pension matters. Appropriating $16,000 a year for fish hatcheries. 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 voters. To provide for a tax collectoi of Mult nomah county. To change the manner of governing the Soldiers' Home. To codify the laws relative to state school lands. Paitial codification of the tohool laws. To encourage the use of wide-tire wagons. To amend the act incorporating the Port of Portland. To change the time of holding court in the second jitdioia) district To oure oertain 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 contract. To provide for the reconveyance ot land to J. E. Saling. To fix the salaries of the 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 amnnd the law relating to the uties of the state land agent. To constitute Willamette and Port land boulevards Multnomah county roads- I AFFAIRS AT MANILA Oregon Soldiers Sent to the Fighting Line. REBELS NOW CONCENTRATING Cruiser Buffalo llombards the Insur gents, DrlvLtg Them Inland fleet Intense and Increasing. Manila, Feb. 21. The California volunteers abandoned Guadaloupe church at 6 o'clock this morning, which has since been dot on fire, and retired to San Pedro Marati. The rebels still hold the oountiy in the vicinity of Uuaduloupe, Pasig and Patoro, despite the efforts of the gunboats to dislodge them from the jungles on both Bides of the nver. The heat is intense, and Is Increasing perceptibly dally. Under present oon ditions, it is impossible to provide shade for the stioops in different part of the line, particularly McArthur't division. King's brigade ia also ex posed from San Pedro Macatl to Culi- culi, where it joins Ovenshine's brig' ade. In view of the fact that the enemy wcin coucontratiug on the American tight prcpai.-.tions wure made last night to give them a warm reception in the event of attack. General Ovenshine's line, consisting originally of tho North Dakota volun teera, the Fourteenth infantry, and two troops of the Fourth cavalry, stretching from the beach at Cump Dewey to Gen eral King's right, was reinforced by two battalions ot Oregon volunteers a .id three troops of the Fourth cavalry, as Infantry. The Buffalo's searchlight discovering the rebels unusually active about 10 o'olock in the evening, signaled the flagship for permission to fire npon them, and, this being granted, bom barded the enemy's trenches for 20 minutes. The only effeot of the fire was apparently to drive the rebels fur ther inland. Beyond a fow ineffectual volleys from the trenches, which were returned with interest, t lie enemy made no dem onstration, and all ia quiet along the rost of the line. Scouts claim to have aeon .General Pio del Pilar, who commanded the rob' els at Paco, witli his arm in a sling, directing; the troops. General Mon ten egro, the insurgent commander-in- chief, Is reported to be personally con duoting the movements in front of General King's line at San Pedro Ma- cati. Guerrilla Taatlos. Manila, Feb. 21. The enemy have apparently realized the hopelessness of attacking the American position, and are occupied chiefly by occasional sharpshooting flora the jungle, when ever feasible. Fortunately, theii ig norance of the use of sights minimizes the effect of their guerilla tactics. The rotiiement o! General King's advance posts upon San Pedro Macatl has evidently been construed by the robels as a sign of weakness, as they pressed forward along both sides of the river, persistently harrassing the occu pants of the town. Last night the rebels poured volley after volley into San Pedro Macati from the bru:h on the adjacent ridge; but fortunately without effect. Gen eral King's headquarters In the center of the town was the target for scores of Remington and Mauser bullets. The rebls are using smokeloss pow der, and it is extremely difficult to lo cate individual marksmen. RUSSIA AND CHINA. First ttupture Occurred at Tallen-Wan -300 Chinese Killed. Peking, Feb. 21. A serioirs conflict has taken place between the Russians and Chinese at Talion-Wan, 300 of the latter being killod. The trouble is said to have originat ed in a question ol taxes. Espected by Lord Beresrord. Detroit, Mich., Feb. SI. Admiral Charles Beresford was seen while pass- ng through Detroit tonight in refer ence to the battle reported at Talien- Wan botween Russians and Chinese. Lord Charles said that such a battle was only what ho had been, expecting for some time. Its effect, he believed, would be to shake the Chinese govern ment more than anything that occur red, and he assorted that trade would also suffer as a result of t. RIOTING IN PARIS. Organised Demonstrations Against the New President. Paris, Feb. 81. Police measures for the maintenance of order have been taken nn au extensive scale. M. Loubet did not quit his residence at the Luxembourg until 6 o'olock this evening. Toward 7 o'olock demonstrations oc curred in front of the office of Zebas- tian Faure's anarchist paper, tiio Jour nal du Peuple, on the Boulevard Mont martre, for and against Loubet. There was a collision between rival fac tions and several persons were injured. Altogether, 100 arrests have been made in connection with today's dis turbances. Spain Once Owned It Seattle, Wash., Fob. 21. The Post- Intelligencer today publishes the fac simile of a Spanish document which hows that the Spanish were in actual military possession of Vancouver island between 1790 and January 1, 1702. It is stated that the document, if it had been in the possession of Emperor William of Germany when ke arbl- rated the Canadian boundary between England and the United States, would have inoontestably proven the light of the United States to Vancouver island. CANAL PROVIDED FOR. Senate Committee Adds It to the River and Harbor 11111. Washington, Feb. 20. The sonato committee on com me roe decided today to put the Morgan Nicaragua canal hill on the river and harbor bill. Tho no tion of the committee was preceded by a brief argument by Senator Morgan, in whioh he went ovei the general grounds favorable to the construotion of the canal. Aside from the Nicaragua canal, the committee increased cash appropna tions to the extent of about $2,000,000 over the home cash appropriations. while the amount of continuing con tracts is Increased to the extent ol about $10,000,000.. In the senate the only business of Importance was the consideration of bills on the pension calendar, which was begun under a special order, Among the bills passed was one provld' Ing procedure in oertain pension cases, It provides that no pension shall be withheld, modified or cancelled except for fraud, or mistakes in facts, and prov!des a scheme of procedure. The piivate pension oalendar was complet ed, 74 bills being passed. In the Bouse. Washington, Feb. 20. In the house today several railroad right-of-way bills were passed. Among the bills waa one to authorize . the construction ot the Clearwater Valley road through the Nes Peices reservation. The census bill was tent to confer ence. A bill was pajsod authorizing the president to appoint five addition al cadets-at-largn to the naval academy. The snndry olvil bill was then passed. The naval appropriation bill was for mally reported. The house went into coinmitte of the whole and took tip the bill. No general debate was demanded on the bill, and its reading for amend ment under the five minute rule was immediato.'y commenced. TAKES NEWS CALMLY. No Disorders In Paris Followed th. Death of Faure. Paris, Feb. 20. Everything is quiet in Paris tonight. There is no danger of a coup d'etat. The favorite candi date for the presidency ia M. Em lie Loubet, now president of the senate. Still the ministers think Faure's death is a misfortune at the present juncture, And this is the conventional talk. They had all looked forward to hiB re signing, and they spoke today of the possible effect of his 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, nnaffocted, level-headed man of hon est, open life, and of far more intel loctunl culture than poor Fauro. tie Is an advocate and praotioed at the Montileuiar bar, in the dopartmont of the Drone. Montilemar is his native town. OVER ENTIRE GROUP. The American Flag to Cover the Phil lipllie Islands. Washington, Feb. 20. The adminis tration has determined to extend rap' idly the jurisdiction ot the United States over the Philippine group in Its entirety, acting on the theory that do- lay in this crisis is dangerous, and that anarchy and goneral paralysis of such Interests as the islands support would be brought about through failure to replace promptly Spanish sover eighty over the islands with that of the Unnitod States. Low Kates for Homeseekers. St. Paul, Feb. 20. The Northern Paoiflo and Great Nothern have docided to soil half-fare homeseekers' tiokets February 21, March 1 and 7, on aiuii- lai rates as made by the more southerly lines to the Pacific coast. Heretofore the rates have applied only to near-by states, and it is now intended that they shall apply to the entire longtn of the roads named. Ooines Goes to Cardenas. Havana, Feb. 20. A dispatch from Cienfuegos savs that Major-Genoral John O. Bates, military governor of the department of Santa Cr'a, and In spector-General Breckinridge, yester day paid a visit to General Gomez, who was expeoting to leave today for Cardenas. Estimates Output at 19,000,000. Vancouver. B. .0., Feb. 20. M, Marks, an Australian expert direot from Dawson, places the output of the Klondike at $19,000,000 this year. His estimate is as follows: Eldorado and Bor.anza creeks, $5,000,000; Big and Little Bonanza, Gold and French ureeks, $5,000,000; Hunkei and Quarts creeks, $5,000,000. Steamers to Manila. Tacoma, Feb. 20. James Ward, ot the shipping firm of Saunders & Ward, has returned from a visit to England, and announces the establishment by himself and others of a steamer line between this port and the Hawaiian Islands. The British steamer Mimau- ense will be the first vessel out, and will sail next week. Nearly Froten to Death. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 20. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Forty- Mile rivor, Alaska, says that William Matheson, formerly of Los Angeles, Cal., narrowly escaped bolng troien to death recently. It was necessary tf amputate both his hands and feet. Waterworks tor Dawson. Los Angeles, Feb. 20. J. A. Acklon of this city, has been granted the 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 Transports. San Francisco, Feb. 20. A fleot of four vessels will leave San Fiuncisco for Manila within two weeks. No less than 6,600 tons of freight of all de scriptions will be taken. I0T A GENERAL SHOT After Five Mcnths of Patient Waiting. SPANIARDS WANT MORE BLOOD Count D'Almenas Makes an Attack on the Spanish Generals Wbe Surrendered. Madrid, Feb. 22. The cortes reas Jomblod today. The galleries in both chambers were thronged with an ex peotunt crowd. The senato was very full, hardly a single general being ab sent. Senor Montero Kios, president of the senato, In opening the proceed ings, pionounced a eulogy upon M. Faure, and a retolntion of condolence with France was adopted. Senor Sagasta, the premier, then pro posed to refer the bill proivding for the cession ol the Philippines to the Unit ed States to a special committee, but the conservatives protested against this, declaring that the bill ought to be con scientiously dlBoussod, and Senor 8a gasta withdrew his proposal. Count D'Almenas then brought up the question of the conduct of tire gen erals engaged in the war in Cuba, de claring that General Primo Rivera, Goneral Woylor, Goneral Blanco, Ad miral Cervera and General Linares bad -proven failuros. This declaration elicited much ap plause from the publio galleries, in . ooojequence of whioh several of the spectators were expelled from the cham ber. Observing that he would deal with the "shameful capitulation of San tiago," Count D'Almenas asked the IrOBM whother he should proceed, and was answered with cries ot "yes" and '"no" and general uproar ensued. A repotition of the query raising still greater tumult, Senor Sagasta rose and dofendod the government and its peace commission. The premier criuoiaed America's unjustified conduct, and said that'everything might be discussed, ex ceptthe war, because the. oases of the generals were still subjudioiary. County D Almenas resumed his at tack upon the generals and complained that ''five mouths had elapsed, and not single geneial had been shot. FIGHTING WITH FIRE. Filipinos Attempt to Burn Qnarters el the Washington Volunteers. . Mnnfla, Fob. 83. The natives of the village of Paco made a bold at tempt liiBt night to burn tho qnarters of the First Washington volunteers by setting fire to the huts adjoining their quartors in the roar. Fortunately the wind changed, at the moment the fire waa discovered, and, fanned by a stiff breexe, the flames spread In the oppo site direction, destroying fully 20 shacks and houses opposite the ruins ot the church. The Incendiaries escaped. Mysterious signals woro frequently made along the enomy's lines during the night, and this led to the belief that an attack had been arranged, hut nothing happoned. The rebels are leaving the vicinity of San Pedro Macati in small parties, and are repotted to be moving toward Sing alo, Money for Cubans. Washington, Feb. 23. Efforts are uinkiug with evory prospect of success id reconcile the radical element among thi Cubans to the proposition of the government to pay the soldiers of the CuhAU oause $3,000,000. Goneral Guinea arrived today In Ma tanzas, making his way very slowly to ward the capital. What Is proposed is that the United States shall sanction the floating of bonds by the Cuban mu nicipalities or provlnoes to the amount of $7,000,000, which sum Is to be paid over to the Cuban troops, In addition to the $3,000,000 to be paid by the United States. Data, it is said here, will be pro ducod by the Cuban assembly to show that every cent of this turn waa ex pended iu legitimate war expensea.. A Large Deflalt. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 23. -F. C. Cotton, inluistor of finance tor British Columbia, submitted his budget to the legislature this afternoon. The budget shows a deficit of $047,723, and esti mates that le new government has to start with a balance on the wrong side of $(14,000. Estimates show a con siderable cutting in tho salary list. A now loan will be negotiated lor $1, 750, 000. No more large tracts of land will be sold for speculative purposes, but leases grantod Instead. Loss of reve nue by the abolition ot the mortgage tax will be met by n Increase ou the Income tax. Millions tow Spain. Washington, Feb. 23. This was uspension day In the house. The sen ate amendments to a number of pii vate pension bills were adopted. Cannon, chairman ol the appropria tions committee, by tho direotion of his committee, moved the passage un der suspension of the rulos of the bill for payment of $30,000,000 to Spain. After discussing the measure under the 20-mlnute rule, the bill was passed, 219 to 84. Many Prisoners Releaned Havana, Feb. 23. One hundred and sixty prisoners In the Havana jail, whose release was recommended by the board of pardons, were liberated today. The United States government Is tinder obligations to return them home, Many of the prisoners are pan Urdu, and the majority of these, after consideration, decided that they would prefor to be sent to Santiago to work in the mines rather than go to Spain,