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Newspaper Page Textr OREGON CITY The News While It Is Newt Leading 0fthe Paper., county VOL. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, MARCH 1, 1891). NO. 28. PRESS EVENTS OF HIE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROMv THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From f the Two HetnlHilieres Presented " In a Condensed Form. - S The. government has sent 4,000,000 .'loatage Btiim pa to Porto Hioo, (or use in the postal system there. Representatives of the Kickapoo tribe ct Indians are in Mexico trying to get ft concession of land liom the govern ment for a Settlement. The tribe de irea to move to that country. . A Inrge sale of steers took place at Ban Antonio, Tex., on the 82d. The George B. Lovington Co. sold 8,000 3-year-olds and 13,000 yearlings to an other company. . The price paid for the lot was $575,000. The pine timber lands of Southwest Virginia, East Tennossee and North '. western North Carolina have been monopolized by Canadian and New England capitalists. The syndicate represents $5,000,000. - The Nicaraguan government having placed too close a censorship on United States cable messages, and falling to linten to protests from this country, President McKinluy has dispatohed ' the 'cruiser Detroit to Greytowu to de mand ah explanation -! There is great activity in the iron industry, and many orders have been refused. . An order for 12,000 tons of dtoel rails for China will be sent abroad, as Amerionn mills have oon tra'dts for six months aheud. . The west-bound Burlington fast mail recently beat all records between Chi cago and Omaha. The distance is'602 miles, and the aotual running time was eight hours and 41 minutes. The '. train made 100 miles an hour for sev 'i oral spurts. ' An Attempt to burn Manila was made by insurgents. ' Fires were start ed in two portions of the city, whioli raged all night long, sweeping away rows of buildings and ' devastating , aareB of pioperty. After daylight the American troops drove every native out of the diati iota in which (lies occurred. The island of Negros, the fourth in importance in the Philippine group, lias been coivHIt tcined. Tuni '. commiBBioneis from the iHland visited General Otis on the 22d and informed i him that the insurgents had been r driven from the island and the Ameri 1 can ling raisod, and they desired Otis to take possession, which he promised : to do.' i Private Edwin W. Hampton, of Com pany H, Second Oregon regiment, was killed in a skirmish near Manila Tues !. Ha U tint fnrft Oregon soldier to die in battle.. At the Bama time pri vates Joseph H. Cardington, Christian E Horn and H. D. Hazard, of Com pany E, First Washington regiment, were killed and Corporal W. B. Tucker, of Company H. of the same regiment, was seriously wounded. The Bonlon County Prune Company, of Oregon, is having about 200 ooids of fir wood cut for use during the evapo rating season next fall. The Continental Tobaoco Company, at Louisville, Ky., purchased fiao.ouo worth of revenue stamps last monoay. . TJIils is an unprecedented sale of stampB. ;vThe eultun of Oman has revoked the ,t grant of a coaling station totheFrenoh "'iViindei the British admiral's threat of ' .bombardment. The French oonsul has entered a protest. A number of young men in Sacra mento, Cal., are organizing a colony ' ' to'sottle on the island of Guam. They propose to engage in the raising of the ' . staple products of the island. ? ri,i odvanoe euard of the North At- Imii. snnnilrnn. composed of the flag- Bhlp New York and the battle-ship In diana, arrived at the Bermudas Tues- ...da-y. The squadron Will proceed to '' Havana. The Central Union Gas Company has been organized under laws of Virginia, to control the natural gas wells and plants in Ohio, Indiana and Southern ? ! .Illinois. "The capital stock will be $24,000,000. : The TDuke of Organs has Unexpected ly arrived at Brussels. It is reported that he considers the moment oppor tune for a monarchists attempt in France. He will consult with the leaders of bis party. Bawo. head of the great ohina and glassware exporting house of Bawo & Dotter, is dead in uermany. need 65 years, of apoplexy, tus per sonal acquaintance throughout United States was very large. a hnt alirmifih occurred near the Maiiila waterworks on Tuesday, ir I i,inh.- on the American side, two com nnniesof the Washington volunteers ti.o n.innlnal actors. The lnsur- ...... ta wArA driven into the Jungle, leaving 15 dead and two wounded. Two Americans were wounueo. y sion of Springfield rifles in their own hands. J. LATER NEW?. Governor Rogots.of Washington, lias vetoed the oapitol building bill. The gunboat Princeton sailed from Suez Monday for Aden. She is bound (or Manila, where she should arrive in about three weeks. ' The North Dakota senate has passed a bill providing for the appointment of a commission of three physioians in each county for the examination of all applicants for marriage licenses. In the federal oomt in Tacoma Judge Hanford has ordered a deoiee of fore closure on the Shelton & Southwestern railroad. The Bale of available prop erty has been ordered to settle claims whioh, all told, amount to nearly $30, 000. Th extent of the loss by fire in the suburbs of Manila sinoe February 23, has been given. Sixty buildings of stone and 150 substantial wooden structures with iron roofs were de stroyed. In addition, 8,000 Nipa houses of the natives were burned. The Spanish senate has by a vote ol 130 to 7, approved the motion of Mar shal Martinez de Campos, signed by all Spanish generals in the senate, de manding parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the recent war. The government supported the motion. Two commissioners who retuined to Manila from Maloies, the headquarters of Aguinaldo, report that 8,000 of the insurgents at that point are anxious to surrender, and that it is believed Agui naldo is ready to receive peace propo sals. The commissioners wete sent to the insurgent stronghold under a flag of truce. Officials of the Gorman foreign office, have notified the United States em bassy, at Berlin, that the government will henceforth admit American orangeB, lemons and raisins without examination, and also all American fresh and dried fruit will be allowed to pass in bond through Germany without being examined. It is announced that Germany will insist that Matuafa be made king of the Samoan islands. The United States, however, with the approval ol England, Ib determined to support Mulietoa Tan us. Chief Justice Cham bers will likely be recalled from the islands on account of the letter be wrote to liia brother, and the publica tion of which offended Germany. In answer to their demand for in creased pay, the Western CohI & Min ing Company at Little Ruck, Ark., has posted an ultimatum to the employes at all its mines at Denning, Coal Hill and Jenny Lind, Btating that none of tlinir nuniu W1B won Ifl, wi-Hrjmtnd,, miners refuse to yield, ana IV in now settled that the 4,000 men oi more will quit work, closing down the entire dis trict. Rudyard Kipling, the popular author, is said to be dying at his hotel in New York. Texas is passing through an alarming epidemic of meningitis. REBELS DRIVEN BACK Attempt To Complete Des- truction of Manila. INSURGENTS' LINES SHELLED Gen. Otis Order Resident! to Stay In Their Home After Bevea O'Clooh at Night. the social Minor News Items Mrs. Zachariab Chandler, widow of (m. Miihivan statesman, is dead .t her home in Detroit. During Sena m, Chandler's career in Washington Mrs. Chandler was noted as a enteitainer. Advices to the Omaha Bee fiora its in Northern Nebraska indicate that the winter-wheat crop has wn hadlv damaged by tne recem In man loealitiea the orop Thirty deaths from the disease have occuired in Fort Worth in the past weeK. A report from Madrid says that Eli mnonn troons have been landed at Ma nila frnm warships. . The Washington offloials discredit the story. A representative of the Associated Press learns that Pierpont Morgan is to har the entire cost, amounting about $25,000, ol the installation ol electrio lights in St, Paul's cathedral, New York. Colonel Amos C. Babcock, an inti tviaiul nf Abraham Lincoln, and a prominent figure in the abolitionist movement in the early '60s, is dead at Chicago. He was born in New York in 1828, and came to Illinois in 1848. The naval .oommittee of the house has directed a favorable report on the senate bill creating the grade of admi ral and intended for Roar-Admiral Dewev. The committee also deoided fuvnrahlv On the senate bill granting two months' extra pay foi naval service nntaide the United stateB aurmg hid war with Spain. T.iAntnnant Commander C. P. Rees. n s N. . who was the signal officer i,h AHn.iral Dewev's fleet and who stood upon the bridge with the admiral during the battle at wanna, nae in TnnBita. Kan., to visit rela I 1 IUU lu .- . - . tives. The navai omcer """ hr rliA o-nvarnor and both branches of r - . a t i t-wifsivA the legislature.ana Bpone untmj UCw.v both the house and senate. An arjoeal has been received by the chamber of commerce of San Francisco nr. h!ialf of the flood sufferers of the Shan Tung province of Unna. inose signing the appeal are American and English people. Tiiey stare u i Chinese of the district have raised something like $70,000 American money, but this will go out a snur way, as there are over 2.000,000 people starving. Anrninu to. the statement ol ui- i n.nl nf thAfinartermaster depart ment, there remain at Manila 2,000 of the 5,000 SpaniBh troops tnat were turned over to General Otis, as a result of the surrender of that place. Of the 8.600 who have been returned to opain, about half weie taken back by the Spanish government, so only about 1,800 have been repatriaieu ou . the expense of the United States. The remaining 2,000 lie expects iu Manila for Spain within the next two weeks. . THa Rritiah ihio Drumlanyig, from Liverpool for Vancouver, has put into M nntavtitan nartia Pv dismantled in a gale. The republicans in the Spanish chamber have decided to begin at once an energetic campaign against the gov ernment. The bark Coloma. from Chemainus, B C, for China, has arrived at Port Angeles, Wash., leaking badly. Cap tain Jensen repoits 16 feet of water ib the vessel' hold. Manila, Feb. 25. With daylight this morning the enemy commenced worrying tactics at various parts of the American line, apparently for the pur pose of withdrawing attention from affairs in the city. An attempt was made to rush through our extreme left near Calooan, but it was promptly checked by a hot and effective musketry and artillery fire. In the meantime small bodies of rebels, evidently some of those engaged last night in the cowardly work at Tondo, spread out between the city and the outpoBts. Every available man was sent to drive them away, with the result that there was desultory firing all the morning. From 8 until 10:40 A. M., the monitor Mondanock joined the engage ment, burling 10-inch shells over the American lines into bodies of .the en- j einy as indicated by the signal corps. At 11 o clock there were sharp en gagements at the Chinese cemetery and at San Pedro Macati, almost si multaneously, but the artillery fire from both positions drove the enemy baok. From the high towers of the cltr, fires can be seen burning at different poinU outside. Some of these are probably due to the Mondanock's shells. It is currently reported that the na tives have threatened to burn the Eg oolta and the walled city tonight. Scores of rebels bave been arrested in the Tondo district. A band of 60 rebels having two oarloads of arms and accoutrements was captured in a house. Business is temporarily suspended. General Otis today issued a general order directing all the inhabitants of Manila, until, otherwise ordered, to confine themselves to theii homes af ter 7 o'clock in the 'evening, when the Btreets will be cleared by the police. The general also warns incendiaries and says they will be severely dealt with. - Extraordinary precautions hove been taken for the suppression of further tronbls!i. wjjicJi .ki. threatened -to take ' Fire has burned in the Tondo dis trict all day. f The rebels between the oity and the outposts are being smoked out this af ternoon, and driven toward the beach. Sharpshooters at various parts of the line are yery annoying, but otherwise there has been no furthor excitement sinoe the frustration of the morning's Lieutenant Eugene 8. French, com nanv L. First Montana volunteers, and Prlota Omar Felton. South Dakota volunteers, were killed, and two other Dakotans were wounded. BY A DECISIVE MAJORITY. Cnlted State Senate Tnues the Hirer and Harbor Bill. Washington. Fob. 27. After a ies- Ion of nearly eight hours today, the senate, this evening, at 6:80 o'olock, passed the liver and harbor bill by the decisive vote of 50 to B. The measure was under consideration uirougnoui the day, and on several cf the oommit tee amendments a determined fight was made, but in every instance the opposi tion availed nothing. The sharpest contest arose over the Nicaragua canal bill amendment. A point of order was made against It that it was general legislation, but the senate, to which the vice-president submitted the point, overruled it. Among the bills passed by the senate today were the following: Authoriz ing the legislative assembly of (he ter ritory of New Mexico to create an ad- itional indebtedness (or the comple tion and furnishing of the territorial capitol; authorizing a resurey of cer tain lands in Cheyenne county, Ne braska. In the Home. The army appropriation bill today was lost sight of in the general discus sion of the policy of the government relative to the Philippines, and sev- ral notable speeches were made, es pecially that of Settle. Gonoral debate on the bill closed today, and tomorrow the bill will be taken up for amend ment under the five-minute rule. A sensational feature of the day was the speech of Johnson, of Inuiana, who a fortnight ago made several nota ble speeches violently attaoklng the policy of the administration during the consideration of the army reorganiza tion bill, returned to the assault, and delivered against the president and some of his advisers the most scathing philippic beard In the house for months. He sneered at the president and the influences whioh he alleged controlled him, impugned his motives, questioned bis sinoenty and likened im to Dickens' most oontemptiDie oharaoter, charged the secretary of war with incompetency, and predicted that the president would in the end be en gulfed by adverse public sentiment. The discussion of lu measure occu pied nearly the entire day. GOMEZ IN HAVANA. TIIEARMYBILL PASSED FRUIT AND HOP INDUSTRIES. Measure Went Through After a Stubborn Contest. CONTAINS GORMAN AMENDMENT WRECKAGE IN THE OCEAN. a....r.....ri to Be From the Hissing Steamer reuenn. Pn,-t Tnwnflond. Wash.. Feb. 25. ww u tliniioht to be wreckage irom i.a atAamnhiD Pelican, which sailed m. RAaitle Ootober 12, 1897, for Taku, North China, laden WHB rail road lumber and ties, ana oi wnicn nniiiinff has been since heard, nas oeen ArrtAd to the local hvdrographio office hv Pantn n A. V. Brown, oi me Ish bark Collingrove, which arrived at Shanahai. January 8. Captain Brown says in latitutde 29 degrees 86 minutes nmth. lnniz tude 127 degrees u miu utes east, he passed through a large number of railroad sleepers oi uregon Dine, which had the appearanoe of not h-umo hAAn in the water a great length nt lima The outoms house records that all vessels laden with rail- marl lumbar and ties for the Orient for th naat iRmonths have arrived at their destination. Fife Was Mot Acquitted. San Franoisco, Feb. 25. The steamer TiMr of Pekinsr. which arrived today from the Orient brings the following item to the press from Manila, dated January 20:. The findings of the oourt-martial that tried Lieuutenant-Colonel Fife, Firbt Washington regiment, nave ueeu announced. He was convicted of 'neglect of duty and conduct preju dicial to good order and military dis cipline," in ivolation of the 62dartiole nf war. The sentence is one month's suspension from rank, in addition to the confinement inflicted during his five weeks of arrest and loss of one month's nay. $250. The accusation against him was debauohery on the gov ernment transport Valencia in Manila harbor on Thanksgiving evening. . domes Beaches Harlana. Mariana. Province of Havana, Feb. 25. General Maximo Gomea left Guinea at 2:80 this afternoon, and is nn Bt Mariana. This evening he ... t a hanonet tendered by the town the last, except that to be given in Havana, of a long series oi socu enter' tamments. . Arid Lands for Reelamatlon. Washington, Feb. 25. The senate wimmitteeon irrigation today made a favorable report on Senator Stewart's nrnnoMid amendment to the sundry ;il annrnnriation bill, ceding 5,000, nnn acres of land to each of the arid land states for reclamation. Th Dominion Parliament. Ottawa. Ont., Feb. 25. At a cabinet mAAtin held today it was decided to summon parliament for March 19 The Cuban General Received With Mil ter? Honors. Havana. Feb. 27. The festivities today in honor of the fourth anniver sary of the beginning of the Cuban struggle for independence were most spontaneous and wildly enthusiastic. General Gomes arrived on tne eJ(j9 band and three battalions. n "" talions then returned to tlieir camp and did not enter the city. When Gomes passed, tne crowa weui wild with vivas, hats were nung in the air and women anowereu nowem on all sides. The procession stopped freauently, eventually tiling into me main streets of the city, passing Con- tral Park and arriving at :ou o oioc at the palace. There were many noats eiree.,ii.K I. Amla i n between tne uniiuu Cuha. A handsome car .Iuoa nnntainina ladies, and dcoorated ...,B, ... r. i nrA HnaniB l. American vu- ban flags, draped togetner wuu wm ribbons and bearing tne legenu, Unity, Peace and Concord,- was vo- oiferouBly cheered. Still another float represented a Cuban woman nommg m, American flag, with the shattered crown of Spain at her feet. No fewer than 25,000 people were in line, requiring three hours to pass a civen point. The horses oJ tne tuoaii cavalry are sqrawny anu iu-iou, " the cavalrymen are olad in vague Cu ban unifoims. All carried Remington carbines, with nondescript bundles ol clothing and bedding. They marched ! lirias nf twos. Tne mianiry occa sionally kept stop, and as they passed the palace, presented arms. u. them oarried Cuban flags stuok in tbeii ri fles. ASTalrs In Samoa. Vancouver. B. C. Feb. 37. Accord Ing to Samoan advices in Sydney news papers brought Dy tne aiuei A.a an Interview was bad with Ma t.ofa in iilanamD aftef the battle bj a reporter, who learned that Mataafs aa enuallv averse with Malietoa to seeing the islands under German oon- trol. Mataafa in ms atiacn uu toa's forces was anxious not to hurt th bodies or injure the feelings of any ,i.it nAronna. The Interviewer auai that it appeared to him that Mataafa was be na urged on against m v- sonal wishes to fight. Th Hnase Holds Seven-Hour Session eud Passes Two Appropri ation Hills. Washington, March 1. After a con test that will be memorable in the his tory of the senate, tho compromise army reorganization bill was passed this evening at 7:10. When the sen ate convened, at 11 o'clock this morn ing, it seemed more than likely that the bill might be passed during the day. Gorman, of Maryland, insisted that bis amendment providing that the army should not be increased perma nently, or beyond July 1, 1901, be in corporated in the measure. For sev eral hours it appeared probable that his insistence at least would throw the bill over until tomorrow, am! perhaps defeat it. An agreement was reached finally, however, and Gorman'; amend ment, in a slightly modified form, was accepted. The vote vas 65 to 13. Then the senate took np the sundry oivil bill and completed its reading, all the oommittee amendments being agreed to, except those relating to the District of Columbia. The bill was then iuid aside to be. completed tomorrow. In the nouse. The house was in session seven hours today, and sent to the senate two more appropriation bills, the army, which has been under consideration for sev eral days, and the fortifications. The iormer carried about $79,000,- 000, and the latter, approximately, $4,700,000. The final conference re port upon the Indian appropriation bill was also adopted. The only amend ment of importance attached to the army bill was one giving two months' extra pay to eu'.ljted men in the regu lar army who served beyond the limits of the United States during the war with Spain, and one month's extra pay to those who served in the United States. The discussion of the admin istration's policy rotative to the Phil ippines, which has been occupying the attention of the members to the exclu sion of almost everything else during the consideration of appropriation bills for the last two weeks, was continued today, several Speeches being made on $5,000 for the investigation of leprosy in this country under a uoam 10 u oh leoted by the eurgeon-goneral. Corliss (Rop. Mich.) stated that there were about 800 cases in the United States. ANXIOUS TO SURRENDER. Commissioners From Malolos Report Rebels Weary of Warfare. Manila. March 1. Tv.. rMnmisBlon ers who returned irom Malolos under a flag of truce today report that 8,000 ,.hl arn anxious to surrender. They also express the belie! mat Aguinaiuo innlineil to accent paoillo overtures. Himnish Commissioners Roasafo and Rnwnln were permitted to pass our line to confer with Aguinaldo in reference tn Snanish prisoners at Malolos. They -otnrnfld tlirOUUIl 10 linen nun uiiM.i ng near Calooan with dpatcnes ior the Spaniards. They said Aguinaldo a. I I and Sandiok are Potn at muiuiua While the Filipinos are not yet pre nared to surrendoi the Spanish prison ers, they will gladly release two Americans who have been held for six weeks, on payment of $30 value oi wou and clothing furnished thein. Shortly afterward the rebels sent out a flag of truce. Bornelli, uommanuani fiintnrafldode Lacrnse ann several nun dredof the enemy left the Filipinos line crying "No quote mas combate iob Americanos muoiio bono." m mandant said that fully 8,000 of his men bad enough, and were anxious to surrender. Among the enemy in tne jungie many women and ohildien are visible. A woman laid down her rifle, and at tempted to cross with the parloyers, but she was sent oaca. er mo ynr 1a r,rt returned to the Amerioan li,,Aa. the enemv on the right fired a volley, the bullets dropping at theii feet. SCATTERED FIRING. Bill for Their Protection In Oregon Is Mow Law. House bill No. 288, Introduced by Mr. Morton in the Oregon legislature on January 18, and whioh became a aw on February 17, provides lor the protection of the fruit and hop indus tries nf the state, and the destruction the pests affecting the trees and plants. This law has the endorsement of the Fruitgrowers' Convention, State Horticultural Society and state board. Following is the full text of the aot, as it became a law: "An aot to protect the fruit and bop industry of the state of Oregon. Be it enacted by the legislative assembly of the state of Oregon: "Section 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm or cor poration owning or operating any nur sery, Iruit orchard oi any kiiiu, nop yards, flower gardens or ornamental trees to throw cuttings or prunings from any fruit trees, nursery stock, ornamental trees or hop vines into any puhlio toad, highway, lane, field other inclosure, or into any water course of any kind; but shall destroy such cuttings or prunings with Are within 80 days from the time such cuttings or primings are made. "Sec. 2. It shall horeaftor be the duty of any person, firu or corporation owning or operating any such nursjry, fruit oroliard, hop yards, flower garden or ornamental trees, and knowing such to be infected with any kind of insects, pests or disease to immediately spray or destroy the same in such manner as the fruit commissioner of the district may direct. Sec. 8. It, shall be nnlawful for any person, nnn or coproration aoing business in the state of Oregon to sell Paris green, arsenic, London purple, sulphur, or any spray material or com pound for spraying purposes, in quan tities exooeding one pound without pro viding with each package sold a cer tificate, duly signed by the seller there of, guaranteeing the quality and per cent of purity of said materials. Sec. 4. Any person, firm or cor poration selling any of the above ma terials which do not conform with the certificates furnished therewith shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sub jeot to a fine of not less than $25, nor more than $100. "Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any porson, nrm or corporation to im port any infested or diseased fruit of any kind into the state ol Oregon. Seo. 6. Every person who packs or prepares for shipment to any point ithout the state, or who delivers or RJtmn- tt art Jtwrraiw .Anrs"vr ' . i. .l.tnmon( in anv or corportaion ur oniy.... point without the state, any uuii ur fruits, either fredh, oured or dried, that is Infected with insect peats or diseases injurious to trees, shrubs, pianw. fruits or vegetables, is guilty ol a misdemeanor. c. i An person, nrm or oor- .otin'n vinlatinir anv of the provi ' ' : T ,, ., i iitv Biona ol this act siibii ub uoju.u '. nf a mimlnmeancor. and upon oonvio tion theroof, shall be puniBiieu uy n fine ol not Iobs than $35 nor more man inn AVW - . .. . .1.- J...- n n, Sec. 8. It snail oe wo . . .1.. .1 a. . a hnai.i nt iinr- oommiBSionor oi um oiuio .:.,itn,A nf ilia d strict n wnicn a vio lation of this not ocours to presont the evidence of the oase to the district at torney, whose duty It snail ue to pruej cute any persons guilty of a violation of this act. whioh prosecution shall be brought in any of the Justice courts of this state. . "Seo. 9. Inasmuch as the horticul tural Interests of the state demand im mediate attention this act shall be in full force and effect from and aftor its approval by the governor." European Troops Said to Have Landed at Manila. CONSTANT FIGHTING GOING ON Hpanlah Sources of Information Not t lie Relied Upon. Bay Wash ington Offloials. Madrid, Feb. 28. An official dis patch from Manila says: "The situation here is very serious. The foreign warships are disembarking, troops. General Rios will leave Ma nila and go to Zamboanga, island of Mindanao." The government has reoeived a long dispatch from General Rlos at Manila, but refuses to impart its contents. The Imparoial, which asserts thai It is in a pestion to know the truth of the situation at Manila, says: ' ' "There Is constant fighting between the Ameiicans and the Tagalon. .The courage and stubbornness of the latter have caused great anxiety to the Americans, who do not conceal their belief that the war will be a lonff and desperate one. There Ib the greatest alarm among foreigners in Manila, the commanders of the foreign warships having decided to land forces to protect their subjects." Discredited In Washington. Washington, Feb. 28. The govern ment officials here discredit the state ment in the above diepatoh that the foreign warships, are disembarking troops at Manila. Spanish sources ol information, respecting affairs in the Philippine islands, are not to be relied upon, they say, as the press and peo ple of Spain do not hesitate to circu late statements inimloal to the inter ests of this country. Such of the dispatches reaching the war department today irom uenerai Otis that were made public were con fined to routine matters, while Secre tary Long said tonight he had not a word from Admiral Dewey during the entire day. General Otis has repeat edly stated In his dispatches to the authorities here that he has the situa tion well in hand, and there is no rea son to believe he would have trouble iu keeping older at Manila, where the ;ream of his troops are stationed. FOR FISH HATCHERIES. n.wer Wants the Oregon. Washington. Feb. 27. The follow i., i.nIfnh lias been received at the in .. nnnartninnt from Dewev: Manila. Feb. 27. or punwcni re sons the Oregon should be sent here at r . . 1... i!n,l TIlO Once. Hie XOmiUVU ' urn .. Charleston and Petrel are ornising around the Philippine islands. Affairs ere quiet. The navy department expects the Oregon to arrive at Manila March 10. Reinforcements Arrive at Manila. Manila, Feb. 27.-1he transport Rcandia. with the Twentletn mianiry on board, has arrived here from San Francisco, and the troops are mm disembarked. Bad for Tonne; Jesse James. Kansas City, Feb. 27. Jesse James. son of the famous bandit, Is on trial here oharged with complicity in tne train robbery committed near this city. Tn,lav'i evidence goes to prove young James' auilt. Expiess Messenger mils nraoticallv identified James as the ohief of the gang concerned in the hoid-up. . Port Said. Feb. 27. The transport Sherman, from New York for Manila, arrived here today. Tt,i. sinn. Disturbed the Stillness at Manila Sunday Wight. Manila. March 1. Except ior an oc AA.innal vnllev and some individual firina by the rebels from the Jungle nm, Taiwan, alona the river and in iha v!(.lniiv of Ban Pedro Macati, all was quiet along the entire line Snnday The enemy s sliarpsnooiers ai vmiw can continue to annoy tne soldiers n,o ,i,.timA. hut the Ameiicans nu longer pay muoh atetntlon to tnein, re serving their fire until the rebels ap pear in the open in sumcient iurc i juBtifj a volley or an occasional sueii. During the night time mo men am customed to the enemy's salutes, and a majority of them remain undisturbed, secured by the outposts and sentries. In Manila absolute quie ih"'i the streets are inserted and the only sounds to bo heard after 7 o'clock in iha AVAninir are the train p of the pa- i, Mm and sentiics and the occasional canter of the hoofs of an officer's horse. The insurance companies, oner conference, have deoided to accept war risks at an additional premium of 6)i per cent per month. Dennis B. Huiley, congressman from the second New York district, is dead at Hot Springs, Va. The Washington Senate Passes an Ap propriation of 9,OUO. r Wa WaRhincton senate Saturday there were passed five bills appropirat- !., . Intul nf 120.000. eSiaullSIllllK unii hatcheries as follows: At Wi lapa harbor, Wenatohoe, Bkykomish, Nook saok and Snohomish livers. A bill regulating tne practice oi pur macy was passed by a unanimous vote. Other bills passed were: auv.iu... ing the appointment of deputy coal mine inspector; authorizing counties to invest the surplus current expense iui.u (this bill carries an emergency ciau , nna h was lavoraoiy rswuiumuu. It set the legal tato ol Interest at o v Governor Rogers' appointment . n. .1 I.. Mclllhaney. of Everett, a mamlwr nt the state board of health, - was confirmed. hilla introduced Weie: Appro- priating $3,100 for the relief of D. B. Ward, state immigration agent; in re i.: in i.a sAitlninent and reclama tion of 1.000,000 aores of granted arid lands, making an appropriation and declaring an emergency; an act em powering the board of land commission ers to relinquish granted lands back to the United States; tins w wj lands that have been Belected, and, II for any reason the selection failed. Senator Preston explained of thiB bill, stating that an emergency existed in consideration of recent de cisions by the land department at tir.U l..,tixn The sergeant-at-arms was instructed to purchase $2 worth of stamps for each member. Rebels Are Desperate. Manila, Feb. 28. Last night the rebels concentiated In such numbers ABKca ior reiiiiunwmoHie. panics of the Twenty-third regulars were sent to Calocan, and a battalion of the Twentioth regulars to the ceme tery, at about midnight, but tne expect ed attack was not made. The rebels, after making a great noise with bugle oalla and yells of "viva independen oia," and "muoho malo Ameiioanos, and firing volleys, disappeared in the woods. It is believed their leaders are get ting desperate, and are attempting to force the United States troops iO make an attack, In the hope of breaking through the Amerioan lines, but the rebels are evidently unwilling to be paoiflod when failing the Amerioana. ' . l .Hi.iitii. that It IS JUSl pOBSlUlH, Jiuno.o., they may be goaded into such a move before more reiniorcemenis arrive filibustering Expedition. Kansas City, Fob. 28.-The Times prints the details of an allegod filibus tering expedition having for its objeot the overthrow of the government ol Guatemala, in Central America. Ac cording to the story, a regiment of 1 000 men has been formed in KanBas City, St. Louis and Chicago, and a sec ond regiment has beon formed in the East Two companies are to leave Kansas City by rail, it is said, en route to the scene of the proposed invasion, vis St. Louis and Now Orleans. A Guatemalan named Sandoval, the rep ....ntativa of a former governor of Guatemala, is said to be the organize! of the expedition, and it is stated that the invaders are to reoelve tneir pay n grants oi land and other privileges, in theerentoi me suuobbs u . tion. , Revenues of the Islands. Washington, Feb. 28.-Assistant 8eoretary of War Meiklojohn has made a publio Btatemeut showing the .total receipts from customs and taxes re ceived from the several ports in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico and the Philippines, so far as reports have been reoeived by the war department from the respective dates of occupation of said ports by the military forces of the United States to and including Janu ary 81, I860. In Cuba from July 18, 1888, to Janu ary 81, 1899 (six ports not reporting for January), $1,813,872 was received. In the Philippine islands irom Auguoi 1898, to December m, louo, In Forto Kico irom lugnnk to December 16, 1898, $, 18, 819,818. 15. 1808, 048.603. . Reyes Defeated. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 38, President Zelaya'a army has captured Cili mountain and Aguas Calientes, thus virtually terminating the Blue fields revolution. Kit'Bdltlon Treaty With Meiloo. . City of Mexico, Feb. 28.-The extra dition treaty negotiated between Mexl oo and the United States has been signed by Foreign Minister Mariscal and Ambassador Powell Clayton. The convention broadenB the embezzlement clause to covei not merely public roonoys, but alt defalcations or thefts. A copy of the treaty has boon mailed to the state department at Washington i tha hona it mav arrive in time to In trie House. In the house Saturday the senate M l relating to paroling oonvlcts was ad vanced on the calendar. Falknor said that it was stated to the judioiary com miKAA hv the mavor of Tacoma that it.. Mil la for the benefit of Geoige IJoggs, whom the governor refuses to i .,i nftVred an amendment that the effect of the bill should no be BOtej upon by the senate before ad- apply to convicts under sentence. journineut will be very light.