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(XOODS WEÎ AHO I DAYTON The Farmers' bank of Inwood, Ga., saa entered, by burglars, who secured 180,000 and eecaped.*' ' The ravages of grip among the mem OEBGOE bats of the national house and aanate may compel an extra erosion of con* A dteaetroua freight wreck occurred on the Wabaah, at Belleville, Mich. The tees on rolling stock ia estimated at «80,000, with «8,000 lose on a store- Senator Hate has been renominated by the Maine Republicans. Hon. Joseph B, Choate wiil be ou next ambassador to Groat Britain. Dr. If. 8ew»rd Webb, president of the Wagner Palace Oar Company, is mentioned aa eueooeso» to Senator Mor- The first formal state dinner of the season took place at the White House Thursday, when President and Mrs. McKinley entertained the members of the cabinet. A esnoaticu haa been created in Ger many by the publication in a Cologne paper of an alleged cooveraatiou had with the late Prince Rismaiok, in which be predicted the fall of the Aus- An American named Boynton, who is trying to travel around the earth without money, mot with a terrible fall into a cbaam white entering France by night through the Pyrenees. Ho waa serioualy injured. Another disagreeable consequence of the late war baa been presented to the government of claims from the cable companies for damages sustained thfough the suspension of their busi ness by the United States military and naval forces. The sggregate amount of these claims cannot be foretold. 1 Repreeentatlve Tongue, of Oregon, has prepared an amendment to the bill for codification of the laws of Alaska, now ponding in the bouse, providing for the licensing of main buaineas con cerns In the territory, and especially the liquor business. ~ Mr. Tongue says that the Treadwell mines does not pay anything in the way of taxes to the sup port of the territorial institutions, and that from the region surrounding Ju neau about «4,000,009 in gold ia pro- duced annually, and does not contribute a cent to the government. The Havana afternoon papers sent a thrill through the city with a report that a torture and execution chamber had been found at the residence of the Rpanlab military governor, adjoining the palace. The papera declareed that there the Spanish officials qusstioned and murdered political prisoners. Ac cording to their accounts, the floor of the chamber waa covered with dried blood, and its walls were Indented with machete strokes. An excited "crowd soon gathered outside the house which was last occupied by General Parrado. • General Maximo Gomes, from hrs camp, 800 miles westward, near Nar ciso, has issued a proclamation to the Cuban army advising against disband ing until the proceedings at Waahing- ton regarding the pay of the insurgent troops have been completed. By the purchase of a large block of stock of the Cal bar ten railway, in Cuba, L. Ruis A Co., bankers, representing English capitalists, have secured a con trolling interest in that line. The mme men have also been large pur- chaaeMi of the stocks of Saguaand Cien- fdegos companies. 1 The monthly treasury statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business, December 81, the debt, leas cash in the treasury, amounted to «1,189,178,388, an increase during the month of «1,703,799. This increase M due to the delivery of 8 per cent bonds of the new imue, previously paid At Kvanavliie, Ind., Minor Garrett, Edgar Gardner, Elijah Boott, Frank Curl and William Morris, boys ranging in ago from 10 to 18 yean, were given a public whipping in the police court for atealing some old wash boilers. Their parents were given the option by Judge Winfrey of whipping the boys or having them sent to the reform school. Governor Roosevelt, Greater New York's new executive, has estalbished a code of rules to govern hia oonsidera- tion and determination of applications for pardons and commutations of sen tence. He will not exercise executive clemency in behalf of a man who haa been convicted of murdering or abusing hia wife, nor will be pardon any hab itual criminal. Hie mercy will be ehown only to those whose sentence seems to have been eevere or whose commission of a crime waa the result of influence. A moot remarkable wedding haa taken pisce at the village of Trail, O., four brothers being married to four sis ters. The four knots were tied at the home of the brides, who are the daugh ters of a farmer named James Hoch- stetter. Their ages range from 18 to Thirteen persons were kilted and from 80 to 46 injured in a railway col lision near ^Bound Brook, N. J. There was a bead-end collision between a local train and the Black Diamond ex- President Alonso’s advance guard is within six leagues ot La Paa, capital of the republic of Bolivia. It ia likely s deciaive battle will be fought aoon between the government troops and the rebels who now hold the capital. It is proposed that a memorial be erected at Manila to the memory of all Americana who fell in the capture ot died of diaeaae during the campaign. The proposal is that all Americana now reaident in the Far Eaat, of whom there la a vety conaiderable number, ihoull be invited to contiibute toward this object. Filipino committees have made a formal protest, and President McKin ley has been Warned from Paris, Madrid ami London not to attempt to take forcible poeseeaion of Ito Ho. Tbs ground is taken that the American claim of sovereignty !s premature, and that the United States to not ths possessor of the Philippines until the peace treaty is ratified. The Filipino agent at Hong Hong says a fight with the Americans at Ho Iio to unavoida ble, but little apparent uneasineaa ia felt at Washington. The Cincinnati Express Gasette has collected data anent the operations of trainrobbers during the past year. Tbs effect of federal jurisdiction upon train roboeriec is evidenced in Mexico. Dur ing the past year there was not even an attempt at train robbery in the eis- ler republic. The crime to puniababls there with instant death. The record for 1898 is as follows: Number of train hold-ups, 38; number of stage robberies, 7; number of passengers and train men shot, 4; number of robbers killed, 8; number of robbers shot, 8. Captain R. R. Shaw and the crew of the Britiah* bark Glen Huntlev, long giyep up for lost, are alive 'and well, and on their way to Liverpool. They abandoned the Glen Huntley in a fierce gale June 4, 1898. For 184 days the 11 saildh lived on Tristan d'Acunba isle, more than 1,600 milsw eouth by west of the Cape ot Good Hope. They subsisted on penguin eggs and the flesh of sea eagles, and shared with 73 white inhabitants the scanty stock of provi sions that the' captain of a paming ves sel had given them. ~ - At a fire which broke out in the Ho tel Richelieu, at Pittsburg, Pa., three guests lost their lives and five people were badly hurt. . Colonel Potter, special emissary ot General Otto to Iio Ho, reports that the rebels threaten to burn the town if the Americana bombard the place. Governor Leedy, of Kansas, has com muted the sentence of J. R. Colean, who, while cashier of the Bate bank, of , Fort Bcotl, in 1896, stole «63,999 of its funds. Four dead, two injured, one of these perhaps fatally, and the loss of proper ty of the Southern railway to the amount of about «36,999, ia the result of a wreck which occurred at Knox ville, Tenn. - ' A heavy wind storm swept over the remote section of Scott connty. Ark. At Boles, a ecLoolhonse wae blown down and three pupils were killed, an other was fatally wounded, and a doaen or more sustained more or lees injuries. A tremendous landslide occurred near Spence’s Bridge, on the Canadian Pa cific railroad. A mountain which has long been an object of cuiiosity to travelers crashed into the Fraser river, damming it completely, and sending th/Water in torrents over the fertile Nicola valley. The course of the liver waa changed completely. According to late advices from Daw son, the United States government will be called upon to relieve indigent min ers in the Klondike. The Dawson Nugget says there ia a atrong move ment on foot at Dawson to send a rep reeentative to Waabington for the pur- poae of enliating the United States government in the cause of aiding ia remedying the great distress which prevails among the miners of the Yu kon. At the annual convention of the Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of America, held in Chicago, resolutions were adopted, urging congress to pern the Nicaragua canal bill and also that a law should bo passed making eight hours a day’s work on said canal. Res olutions were also passed urging con- couples occupied almost an hour, the acme clergyman performing all. The four brothers and their wives will live within a stone’s throw of each other. commission of three union men to see that the lawa in the intereat of* work ingmen were enforced on all govern ment work. MlH«r Rews Ilmwe. Mrs. John Quark, aged 100 years, died st her home1 irwvr Galena, I1L Sebastian Bach Milla, the well- known compoeer and pianist, died in Wieebaden, Germany, aged 40 years. , The preliminary report of the Nice ragna canal commimlon abows that it will require about «188,000,000 to build the omul. * Encouraging reporta ot the condition of affairs in Manila and Porto Rich raaobed the war department" from the officers commanding the troops in those departments. ; Lieutenant Commander Sumner C. Payne. United States navy, retired, died in Ashville, N. a James McDonald, aged 103, a reei- dent of Chippewa Falla, Wie., died at Bt. Joseph’s hospital, Milwaukee. A Pittsburg company has received a contract from the United States govern ment to re-equip Morro oastle in Hav- A MW counterfoil one-dollar silver Marine foeess during 1898 were ma 11 noio hm own (mwvorrai, n is of the series of IBM, Breen, register. terially greater than during any provi nce season on the lakes, the aggregate being estimated at «8,800,00« Advices show that more business Ie beta« dodo now by the mirobsnts and manufacturar s of the United States than at any psetvoua liase la the hie- Both Branches at Salem Re- Members of Both Branches tain the Organization of ed Into Office. Special Session. BUT LITTLE , BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED B«n 0. Wortley, of Astoria, Elected Th« Selection of Clerk« and Oth« Employes Occupies the Tim« S«rgeant-at-Arm8 of th« Hout« at Olympia—E. H. Gui« —Two Minor R«solu- Chosen Speaker. tions Passed. Balam, Jan. 10.—Both houoos of the legialative aaoembly convened at the appointed time, but beyond organising little wm done. The house spent some time in electing a sergeant aVUrma, and then paaaed a couple of resolutions. The aenate was oalled to order at 10 o’clock byTreaident Taylor. The roll call showed all present but three. The resolution for a joint oommittee to confer with a committee from the Washington legislature relative to de vising a joint regulation for flshing.in the Columbia river, was referred to the oommittee on fishing industries. Kelly’s resolution for 18 committee Clerks for the senate, to bo under the control of the sergeant-at-arms, went to the committee on education. Cameron’s resolution for the secre tary- of etato to provide «4 worth of postage stamps and «1 worth of nene- paper wrappers waa adopted, after Selling had made an unaucoeesfuol at tempt to out the stampe dewn to «3. The rules of the special semion were adopted for the senate, after which an adjournment wae taken. Ths Day In ths Roues. The house was called to order at 19:30,with Speaker Carter in the chair. The roll-call showed a quorum preaent. 60 members answering to tnoir names. On motion of Moody of Multnomah, 'Speaker Carter wae declared speaker for this session, some doubts having been expressed as to the legality of the continuance of the special semion organisation. Beaker Carter expressed his gratiude in a few remarks. The election of Carter waa followed by *' reeolution offered by Curtis of Clatsop, continuing in office the other officers of the bouse, clerks, etc., ex cept the sergeant-at-arms. The resolu tion was adopted by a vole of 49 to 9. The motion of Reeder, of Umatilla, that the house proceed with the elec tion of a sergeant at-aims was amended by Whalley of Multnomah, to enable the Republican members to bold a cau cus. A reoem was therefore taken for half an hour, but a full hour elapsed before the caucus adjourned and an- nounoed its choice. The plum fell to Ben 8. Worsley, of Astoria. A bouse concurrent resolution was then introduced providing for the ap pointment of a oommittee of tltee ot the bouse and two of the senate to ex amine the ^ooks and acoonnta of the state treasurer. Repreeentative Myers introduced a house concurrent reeolution providing for the appointment of a committee of three of the houae and two of the sen ate to meet with a like oommittee to be appointed by the legislative assembly of Washington to investigate the needs of furthsr legislation for the protection of fish in the Columbia river. The afternoon session of the house opened with a resolution by Myers that the clergymen of the city be invited to open the sessions with prayer. Topping of Oooe, offered a concur rent reeolution providing for the ap pointment of a committee of three, one from the house and two from the sen ate, to examine the books of the secre tary of state and report within 16 days Will permission to submit a report of the special committee on clerkship abuses, which upon being read led to the first conflict of the sees ion. The resolution provides for sweeping reductions in the number of clerks, and ia the same one that waa buried by the senate. Sev eral motiona to refer were loet, and the repot t was adopted. ‘ Following are the officers of the house of representatives: Speaker, E V. Cai ter. pt Ashland; chief clerk, A. O. Jennings, of Albany; assistant clerk, A. V. R. Snyder, of McMinn ville; reading clerk, Frank Motter, of Portland: calendar clerk, D. B. Mackie, of Portland; sergeant-at-arms, B. 8. Worsley, of Astoria; doorkeeper, M. P. Isenberg, of The Dalles; - pages, Robert Duncan and Charles Lane, and Frank Swope, of Porltand. Tbeeee are the officers of the senate this afternoon: President, I. G Talyor; chief clerk, S. L. Morehead, of Junction City; assistant clerk, J. Fred Yates, of Oor- vallis; reeding clerk, J. D. Lee, of Portland; calendar clerk, F. C. Mid dleton, of Portland; sergeant-at-arms, Joseph 8. Purdom, of Grant’s Pace; mailing clerk, H. H. Humphrey, of Sa lem; doorkeeper, W. W. Smith, of Clackamas. 8ergeant-at-Arms Purdom, of the senate, this morning presented to President Talyor a fine gavel, made of Josephine county manaanita. The old gavel was never ornamental, and it had become much frayed by long non Bille were introduced in the houseaa follows: Hewson of Gilliam, providing for the ainking of arteaian wella in arid landa. Moody of Multnomah, increasing the number of justices of the supreme court by two, and providing for the appointment of the same until the gen eral election in 1900. McQueen of Lane, fixing the liability if common errriera. Flagg of Marton, amending Hill’s »de to the end that all hangings ehaU take place at the state penitentiary. Freeland ot Morrow, amending Hill’s code in referenoe to the attachment of personal property. The boom oommittee to which sms referred the Curtis clerkship resolu tion, met tonight and agreed to report was crowded, and unusual interest wee manifested in the probable organisa tion under fusion or Republican oon- troi. The lieutenant-governor gave way. without making any remarks, to Secretary of State Will D. Jenkins, who read the official roster of those en titled to seats. Secretary Dudley Eshelman called the roll. All were present. Judge Anders, of the state supreme court, administered the formal oath. New York; Jan. 1«—A Herald die- patoh frana Havana aaya: The body of Colonel Maybry, of the Firat T oma ranted In state in a tant near Ime’s headquarters at Buona fiata owTburo- o’ciook by Chaplaia Watson, G suora Ir Lee, Keifer and Hasbrouck being prao- ent. The body waa brought to Ha vana, being eeoorted te thè Almandares river by bis entire regi moni. It wiil go te Miami en Friday to be forwarded te Texas. Lee’s former forces sro being leeeened day by day. Four companies now doing provost duty in the suburbs hav* been detached from hie command and ordered to report to General Iradlow. When the American occupation took place the members ot a lottery company that waa famous a few years ago in a Soutben city made an attempt to secure a concemion here. Local papers have apparently been subsidised, but Gen eral Brooke declares that so tong as the American occupation teats totter tea wiil be barred. Smallpox has become epidemio at Mariana, and General Lee hae ordered a number of infooted houses burned. ^Franklin -Boott, a private ot the One Hundred and Sixty-flrst Indiana, haa the Smallpox. Two hundred ,and fifty Thurston oonnty, seconded by were adopted temporarily. On motion of Keith of Pierce, fu- sionist. the roll wae called on the elec tion of asecretary, and Dudley Eckel man, of Tacoma, a Democrat, secretary of the laat senate, was unanimously reelected. Other officers selected uunanimously were: Assistant Secre tary Herbert de Wolfe, Republican, of Tacoma; sergeant at-arms, Edwaad Wheeler, Republican, of Seattle; as aiatant sergeant-at-arms, Leo Smith, fuaioniat, of Fremont, King county; minute clerk, M. J. McGinnis, fusion-^ iat, of Snohomish oonnty. On motion of MoReavy, the ___ further election oì officers was postponed, and on motion of Keith, the election of president pro tom was taken up. Keith piaceiTHigh of Clark, in nomina tion, and Preston of King, named Meglsr of Wahkiakum. Ths vote was: Megler (Republican), 14; Higl/(fusion- ist), 17; Miller (Democrat), Walla, 1; one blank (High); one absent (Baum). High waa declared elected. Mugler voted for Miller. Willia Rand and Raleigh George, of Olympia, were elected pages. Keith, Plum and Warburton were appointed a committee to notify th« house and Governor Rogers that the aenale had organised. SANTIAGO'S TRADE. Waabington, Jan. 10. ¿-The trade of Santiago ia already showing a surprie- ing growth under American adminis tration. General Wood haa submitted a report to the war department, in which ho states that the policy of non discrim i native intercourse extended to the vessels of all nations in Santiago province has greatly facilitated the re- establiabment of commercial relatione and baa been one of the chief features in the restoration of comparative pros perity In commerce, industry and agri culture. ' Outward cargoes of sugar and other products are being graudally found for shipping, but exportations from the mines of the province have contributed the bulk of the exports. "The fact,” stye General Wood, “that the minea Were put into opera tion at an early date after the capitula tion of Santiago waa important in that the employment of large numbers of natives during a critical period was stimulated by the facilities for ship ping ores.” j- Tbe division of customs and insular affairs of the war department haa re ceived from the collector of emtoms at Tke Hnw Organ Issa. Olympia, Jan. 10.—C. E. Cline, ex- speaker of the house, called the session U> order at 18:18, and announced Colonel Bliss aaya that the first seri prayer by Rev. A. G. Bawin, paator of ous embarrassment he met with on tak the Olympia Ba pt iat church. ing charge of the custom-house at Ha J. M. Page, assistant clerk of the vana waa caused by jibe fact that the were present. " Acting Speaker Cline appointed • ter and reputation for integrity. Colonel Bliss says that, aa was to be committee of three to escort Chief Jus tice Gordon into the bar of the house. expected, the several places in the cus The latter at once administered the tom house when he assumed charge were chiefly held by Spaniards, the to oath of office. The speaker announced that nomina tal number employed being 889. The tions of oandidates for temporary problem that confronts him, be aaya, apeak’ r were in order, and recognised ia bow to repair a house from founda Jesse Faye, of Whatcom, who an tion to roof without a material disturb nounced it as the wish of the caucus ance of it occupants and without in that the speaker be elected aa a perma- terfering with their daily business. Under this obndilion. he remarks, he He nominated E. cannot of course begin by tearing the Gate in a stirring speech. Judge Calvert seconded the nomina house down. tion, and moved that the secretary cast Pilgrimagb KaSeO la KM the unanimous vote for Mr. Gnie; sec Paris, Jan. 10.—The socialist annual onded also by Jodge McDonald, of the pilgrimage today to the tombiof Blan- oppoaition. It was ordered, and Repre sentative Bellows, of Clark; Pender led to riots between rival partisans of gast, of Douglas, and Mount, of Spo Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intrane- kane, were appointed by the chair to igeant, and M. Juaiee, editor of the escort the new Speaker to the chair. Socialist Petite Republique. Many Mr. Cline referred to the newly elected were injured, and the police made a speaker aa one of the ableet and beet number of arrests. The wreath intend members of the last legislature. ed for the tomb waa trampled upon. Speaker Guie, in assuming the chair. spoke briefly but pointedly events of the peat two years, it the duty of the legislature to dispoee ceived here today from a leading mer promptly of the senatorial election, chant at Ho Iio, to the effect that agri promised fairness and impartiality, cultural operations in the vicinity of then proclaimed hieyeadi new to take Iio Iio have not been interrupted, end the oath, which was administered by that all the insurgents respect, the Eu- ropeana, both at Ho Ho and on the Chief Justice J. Gordon. W. F. Dillon, of Oowlitx, waa unani- island of Negros. moualy elected chief clerk. * The rules of the house of 1897 were Madrid, Jan. 10.—Rica, the Spanish adopted, until the committee on rules commander, telegraphs from Manila can report. that strained relatione between the Otner officers elected were: Post Americans and insurgents prevent stupe master, A. B. Peasley, of Okanogan; being taken in favor of the release of arai* tant, Hall, of Stevens; the Spanish prisoners In the Philippine pages, Fred Mitiner, Esterly Rinehart, islands. He adds that he will act in Morrie Tweed, of Thurston, and Ray that direction as soon as it is possible. Davidson, speaker’s page, of Seattle. A resolution commending President Ban Francisco, Jan. 10.—The report McKinley’s war policy, as well m bio of the immigration commission for peace policy, by Judge Calvert, of December shows that the total immi Whatcom, wae unanimously adopted, i gration into the port of Ban Francisco Messrs. Wickersham, McDonald and waa 480 persona, of whom 98 were fo- Falknor were appointed a committee to notify the governor of the organisation of the house and its readiness to receive any communication he may have to . impart. Vancouver, B. <5., Jan. 8.—With her Netw York, Jan. 11.—The death is rigging and decks covered with ice, the announced in Brooklyn of William steamer New England arrived in port Peake, the famous bellringer, aged 94 early thia morning with a rebord catch at the halibut banka off Queen Char lotte (elands. The steamer had 180,-
