OREGON COURIER A, W. CHKNICY, Publisher. OREGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY EPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WORLD. EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO PRE VENT ITS ABANDONMENT. Am Intonating Collection of Item From the Two Hemispheres Presented In Condensed Form A Largo Amount of Information In a Small Space, SITl FORT WALLA WALLA VweVM SB)M14 VUU aJVM4B Vt AWAAJSV each vessel shall carry each rear. The lumber shipments to foreign countries re slso placed under restriction. Four thousand lii hundred and forty bids for $568,869,856 worth of bonds, is the tremendous total of the subscript tions opened at the treasury depart' ment, in aooordanoe with the terms of the call issued a month ago inviting proposals for $100,000,000 of United States 4 per cent bonds, to run for thirty years, from February 1, 1805. These figures do not include $120,000,000 of "crank bids" rejected as bogus. The immense offerings as tounded the experts. The bids literal ly swamped the department Al- fKnnoh fin anfinn Viaa luuti falrAn vat Colonel W. P. Thompson, president bld of the Be,-.,,.. gvndioilto. In Case It Sbonld Bo Glren l p. Whit man College Wants the Ground! Now Vied a a Reserve lor Memorial 1'nrpoees. Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 13.-The about agitation over the proposed resolution PACIFIC CA8LE PROJECT. of the National Lead Company, died of pneumonia in New York. The city oounoil of Chicago has passed an ordinanoe prohibiting any person from engaging in the traffic of borsemeat It is announced in London that Jus tin MoCarthy will resign the leader ship of the Irish parliamentary party, at the next meeting of that party. The unprecedented rains in the lower Mississippi valley the past ten days have caused all streams to over flow and the lowlands of Tennessee, 110,6877, will probably be aooepted for at least $60,000,000. The syndi cate bid covered the entire amount John Hays Hammond, oharged with the leadership of the late uprising in Johannesburg, has been liberated on bail. A windstorm in New York which blew sixty-two miles an hour, did much damage to property. Three peo ple were killed. The cases of Americans arrested at Johannesburg are now under prelimi nary examination, and a formal trial Arkansas and Mississippi are one vast wU1 take plaoe Aprfl 21 a onuge m me new rdigianu rail' in relation to the abandonment of Fort Walla Walla and the donation to Whitman college of the grounds now used as a militry reserve, which were discussed at the meeting of the Com' meroial Club last Friday, came up for consideration at today's meeting of the club. Resolutions were offered ss sub stitutes for those presented Friday, providing that the olub demands that the senators and representatives of the state of Washington in oongress ute every effort to prevent the abandon ment of Fort Walla Walla, and if abandonment is officially ordered, to introduce a bill providing thst the reservation be donated to Whitman college, to be used as a memorial to the pioneer, Dr. Marcus Whitman; also, that as soon as praotioable, they intro duce a bill giving to Whitman college twenty-six acres of land belonging to the nresent reservation: also, that the roaa over tne requonnocic river, near war department be requested to in Bristol, conn., ooiiapsed, oarrying 0reane the sarrison to a ten-cavalry witn it twenty woritmen; tmrteen trnnn mil After considerable discus mr M w' were drowned. ajnn tha rpsnlntinns were adonted. ine revision oi tne extradition treaty there vtoa onlv two dissenting votes. Between uermany ana tne unitea States is again at a standstill, owing to the demands regarding political and military fugitives. Notwithstanding the success of the new loan, tears are entertained that a considerable share of the gold offered EDISON'S EXPERIMENTS. He Will Xndeavor to Photograph the Human Brain. Italian oruiser the disease, Lombard! has died of The federal council has authorised the president of the Swiss republio to aooept the proposal tendered by the governments of Great Britain and the United Staets that, in the event of a disagreement as to a ohoioe of arbi' trator for the Canadian sealers' claim, the president of Switzerland shall designate the arbitrator. ; Word comes from Brazil that rain MS laiien in suon torrents ior tne last new loan, fears are entertained that a n.o w .T UVK 13 Thnmaa A a ,,,,,, ll I I VMIOi t - lew days mat it nas oausea tne railing considerable share of the gold offered Edison was hard at work all day in his to many nouses m uio oiwee. leuuw in navment will have been withdrawn ii f Oration nrnn&r no fever is increasing and one man on the from the treasury for that purpose. , n. a,nrin.nt of Dhotograohing " I W ve-a"-- - ST " J " KJ The New York Herald's correspond- the human body and brain with the aid ent in Montevideo. Urnsruav. tele- of the newlv discovered A ray. The storthing has been opened. In graphs that the floods in the renublio Knrronnded bv a soore of reporters and the speeoh from the throne, King Oscar caused by the heavy rains of the last other visitors, Mr. Edison sat for hours aid be hoped that tne meeting oi tne few weeks have caused great loss of watching the progress of the work. He committee on the condition of the jife displayed a wonderful amount of pa union of Norway and Sweden would John Lee and James Bostic. rivals tfonne when, after repeated trials, the tend to an agreement lor the happiness for the affections of a vouns woman of desired result was not obtained, of both nations. Adams. Ind.. attemuted to settle the In an experiment today be caused The United States minister to Tur- matter with pistols, and both were the rays to pass through a pieoe of steel key. Mr. Terrell, has demanded an in- badly wounded, while a bystander also one-half inch thiok. He also found demnity of $100,000 for the burning reoeived a stray bullet that the mysterious rays were capable and pillage of the American missions it U rnnnrtnd in Havana that Onn. of penetrating a bit ot cardboard, at Marash and Kharput. He also asked erai Gomez is going to establish a seat piece of celluloid, and a half-inch strip ior tne immediate granting or nrmans 0f government at Siguana, provinoe of of steel comDinea, mjhvjub; mo put TOT reDUliaing tnem. IRuiifo fllaro Ha (s annnnnraM tn Kfl I nnlfOrmlV D1RCK. flH Wit) ItlYB Jiut The oelebrated oase of Dr. Arthur on the move between Batabano, San penetrated the steel, the plate would Duestrow, the St Louis millionaire, Felipe, Salud and Mariet naturally have been biaoK in tne piace who has been on trial during the past Th.i A.wTi. t. where the steel was not interpoBea. month for the cold-blooded murder of Li. . si i t, I His next experiment will be to photo ' VP.UUU) UVUI U11D1UK BUVU At . , , 1 J . hU wife and baby boy, two years old. QOO.OOO aores. part of the Chippewa ?aPh eotionB of. he head, by ?T,g has ended, the jury returning a verdict reservation, in Minnesota, will be Blna11 "lm, wnion is wo pinw i- of guilty in the first degree. opened for settlement May 1. by proo- ol08ed in ceuulo a covers, in lamation to be issued shortly. Governor Bickards, of Montana, de- hnlh electrode will then be direoted so manded of Seoretary Olney that ne L to penetrate the skull and strike the iortnwitn na Montana oi tne uree iat the desired angle. Alter tnis, Indians. The demand was made after another plate, similarly inclosed in the reoeipt of a letter rom Secretary oellnloid covers, will be plaoed in the Olney referring to the Uree controversy. ,nbjoet's mouth, facing the right or The rebellion in Formosa is un- left side of the head, ana tne rays wiu oheoked. One army of rebels has taken be plaoed aoordingly. This, in Mr. up its position at Ton Wei. and an- Edison's opinion, should warrant a other has assembled at Camphor luooessful negative, as tbe rays would Mount The Japanese troops are con- onlv have to pass through one tnicx Developments show that Lee Sellers, lynched in Knoxville, Tenn. , ton years go for the supposed murder and rob bery of $1,100 from Edward Mainess, was innocent Lizzie Hiokman, on her deathbed, confessed that Ike Wright, a notorious oharaoter, was the murderer, fie is now being pursued by the of fleers. ' The congressional delegates from the Pasiflo ooast are making quite a push in the matter of tbe additional revenue ratters for the ooast If Squire's bill should go through, the probabilities are that one will be stationed at Puget sound and the other in the Columbia and adjacent waters. They will no doubt be built on the ooast fldent of defeating the rebels, but can not sttaok them in their mountian re treats. The safecrackers who have been ter rorising the people of Oakland, Ala meda and Berkley for the past three ness of the skull, and then, II the at tempt is satisfactory, he will try to photograph the entire head, the plate resting at the back, and the rays pene trating the face, and also, the subject lving on his side, to have the rays Andrew H. Davidson, of New York, h captured by the po- penetrate from the right or left with who is greatly interested in securing the release of Mrs. Maybriok, oonfined in an English prison on the oharge of murdering her husband, says the next attempt to secure ber release will be made by the Masons and Roman Catho lios, and that the effort will be made m the same lines as those in the past An agent of the Chinese government has oome to the Pacific ooast to plaoe an order for SO, 000, 000 feet of lumber. Most of the timber is intended for the eonstruotion and repair of government buildings. The agent says the indica tions are good for a healthy revival of the lumber trade throughout China and Japan this and next year. It is Oregon V . . . . lice. They are mere boys, aged 16 and the plte on tne opposit siae. 17. They confessed to thirty seven burglaries of residences aud stores. They said they had realized only $100 from the burglaries. In sporting oiroles there has been considerable attention aroused by the announcement that Yale intends to Newt From the Front. Havana, Feb. 13. Last night insur gents entered tbe town oi iaivario, fifteen miles from Havana, and burned tbe railroad depot and captured two policemen. This morning they went send a orew across the Atlantio to oom' pete at the Henly regatta. It is thought it will do muoh to efface the bitterness resulting from the Dunraven inoident and the unfortunate experience of the Cornell crew in England last year. Dr. Zelle, a praotioing physioian of Bradenburg, Uermany, has contrived expeoted that the battleship a photographio instrument which will, will have her offloial trial in minute detals, reproduoe the various some time in the latter part of April oolors of objects, persons and land er early in May, and immediately after scapes brought within a specified range that she will be ready to be oonimis sioned as a first-class battleship of the United States. All that remains to be done is to place the armor plate of the after-turret and mount the two 13-inch breech-loading guns it is to shelter. The Mexican International Exposl iion Company expects this week to con clude arrangements with the govern' ment for a national exhibit, and a na tional oommittee tooo-operate with the exposition managers will be appointed. The land on which the exposition will he held has been formally conveyed to the New York syndicate organized to oarry out the project The New York Herald's correspond ent in Rio de Janerio telegraphs that the British minister has reoeived a dispatch from England ordering him to reoognise the sovereignty of Brazil in the island of Trinidade. It is now probable that Brasil will permit Great Britain to establish a big coaling sta tion on the island for her South At lantio squadron, and that she will grant the right to lay a cable on its abort. The biggest trust ever formed on the Pacific ooast and representing a capital of over $70,000,000. hss been consum mated. It is the Central Lumber Company of California. Its member ship includes every lumber mill, all shipowners, snd the wholesale and re tail dealers of the Western ooast of the United States and British Columbia. All charters of vessels and sales of lumber must be effected through this J eompany, which regulates freight and I fixes the buying and selling prios on of the camera. What is most surpris ing in this experience is that in the photographs the oolors lose none of their original brilliant shades. Mrs. Jennie Baxter was murdered by her husband in East Portland. She returned home in a drunken condition and Baxter, becoming enraged, drew a razor across her throat, nearly sever ing the head from the body. He then attempted suicide in the same manner, but was stopped by an offloer before he had oom pie ted bis work. Their 4 year-old girl was the only witness. The reorganization oommittee of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com pany announces that the plan of organ isation is now operative. Deposits of consolidated mortgage and oollatoral trust bonds will oontinue to be reoeived up to February 39 without penalty. Ater that date a payment of $50 per bond will be required. Deposits of stock will be reoeived uo to the same date, upon payment of $16 per share. William H. English died at his rooms in the Hotel English at Indian apolis, Ind. At one time Mr. English was prominent in politics, and in 1880 was unanimously nominated for vioe- president on the ticket with General Hancock, by the Democratic national convention. He was president of tbe Idians Historical Society, and author of an historical and biographical work on tbe constitution and lawmakers of the state. Owing to his unremitting work on the history of Indiana, which has just been published, his system wss in a greatly enfeebled condition ' when disease fastened itself upon him. in the direction of Cotero. When General Marin arrived at Can- deleria, after the attaok of Maceo upon that town had been repulsed, ha offered his congratulations to the garrison and to the people upon their heroio defense. He offered a title to the town, and deo orated all of its defenders with the red cross or military merit, ana iuubu unionist the earn sou who had most distinguished themselves he deoorated with the cross of San Fernanda It is reuorted that numbers of the garrison, wnion consisted oi vuu unteers, saw 10,000 cavalry passiDg Candeleria from a church tower in the village. A letter signed by Maceo and Miro was then written to the oolonel of the volunteers, Ashmuada and to the priest, demanding the surrender of the village. This was reiuseo. Kepreeeatatlves of the raelflo Cable Company Granted a Hearing. Washington, Feb, 11. The Ha waiian subcommittee of the senate from the oommittee on foreign rela tions today granted hearing to repre sentatives of the Pacifio Ci b e Com pany, which asks a charter aud a sub' sidy from the government for a tole grapbio cable from the Pacifio ooast of tbe United States to Pearl harbor, Hawaii. Brief statements were made by James A. Sobrimser, president of the oom- pany; Edmund L. Baylis, vioe-presi dent; C. C. Neal and Admiral Irwin, all of whom contended for the advan tages to the government of the Paoiflo Cable Company's position. Mr. Sobrimser and Mr. Baylis sub mitted a joint statement agreeing to a modification of their bill so as to pro vide that in consideration of tbe pro posed government subsidy tbe company will carry free perpetually all United States government messages and will not charge more than $1.35 per word to China and Japan, nor more than 75 cents per word on messages between the United States and Hawaii; press rates to be one-fourth of the regular rate. They also agreed to deposit $100,000 with the seoretary of the treasury as a guarantee of good faith. Admiral Irwin dewlt especially upon the strategic advantages of having a Pacific cable, and gave the oommittee much incidental information about Pearl harbor. He referred to his visit to Hawaii in. 1894, and said that he knew from experience he had at that time that tbe Hawaiian government would be willing to concede the sov ereign power of the United States over Pearl harbor. He said also it was of vast importance to have a cable extend ing to China and Japan in oase of war with any European power. DEALING IN CORPSES. the Ghastly Find by tbe Agent of Baltimore A Ohio Koad. Washington, Feb. 11. Owing to a misunderstanding of addresses on a large box left at the Baltimore & Ohio depot in this city to be forwarded by express, the existence of a trade in oorpses for dissecting purposes has been unearthed. Tbe box bore two ad dresses, and the employes of the United States Express Company, were unde cided as to which it should go. After the box had been at the station all day the employes focred its oover and one of them thrust in his hand, hoping the oontents would indicate whether the box should go to Baltimore or Detroit, as per the two addresses. The man caught hold of a human body. The box was then opened and it was found to oontain the bodies of two women. At first it appeared that murder had been committed and that the bodies of the viotims were being shipped out of J town. The bodies -were nude. One ot them was that of an old oolored woman. The other seemed to be the oorpse of a young woman 85 years old, After working all day the detectives came to the oonolusion the bodies had been shipped by grave robbers. It has been learned that a regular system for the shipping of bodies stolen from the cemeteries about Washington exists. The work has been carried on with astonishng boldness, and dozens of bodies have been sent out of town recently. This box was addressed to Angus MoLane, 333 Pelham street Detroit, Mioh. Large boxes sent by the same set of men have been for warded to New Haven and Hartford, Conn., Baltimore and other oities. Some were so heavy as to leave the belief that they contained three bodies. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS ROUTINE WORK OF THE FIFTY FOURTH SESSION. SubiUtne ot the Bills and Resolutions Introdneed In the Senate and House Condensed Keeord of the Doings of the National Lawmakers Senate. DISASTER AT SEA. Ban Franclsro Poker-I'layera Raided. San Francisco, Feb. 13. Ninety-two poker players and dealers were arrested Saturday night They deposited bail and were released, but that did not alter the fact thst the big raid prom ised by Chief Crowley had begun. Tuesday Chief Crowley sent notioes to the captains in charge of the several polioe stations, directing them to notify sll saloonkeepers in tbeir respective districts that the playing of poker must be stopped. The principal offenders were notified, but paid no at tention to the notification. Saturday night, therefore, preparations were made to arrest the conductors of publio games and the players. Train Blown From the Track. Georgetown, Cola, Feb. 11. The regular passenger train which left Den ver this morning was blown from the track a mile from the depot there. Fred Van Sicklen, of Chicago, and his wife, were badly cut about the head. E. A. Ager, of Toledo; F. C Gillard. of Boston, snd J. P. Kessey, of tbe Referee, a bicycle paper, were all mere or less Hurt ine train was blown over at a point within 1.500 feet of where similar accidents have occurred several time. The Florida, From Belfaet, Wrecked and Hereral Lives Lout. Amesbury, Mass., Feb. 11. A schooner supposed to be the Florida, coal-laden for an Eastern port, is half mile off Salisbury beach in a sinking condition. The Plumb-island life-saving orew attempted to reach the vessel with a line for the breeches buoy, but failed. Several men were seen in the rigging when she oame ashore. Muoh wreckage has oome ashore, among whioh was the signature Florida. A heavy wind is blowing. The Florida went to pieces at 10 o'clock tonight, when the masts gave way letting the seven occupants into the sea. Two of the bodies were washed ashore. One is that of a mulatto. The lite-saving orew could do nothing, as no boat could stand the sea. Big bonfires were bnilt on the beach, snd attempts made by fishermen to reach the fated schooner. Bombs with lines attached were thrown by the life saving crew, but were not caught by the men but on the Florida who were in a benumbed oondition. Five of them were on the mizzenmast, one on the mainmast and the other on the bowsprit During tbe evening the hatches and portions of the boat came ashore. The horrifying scene was observed by hunderds of persons from the beach. ' Washington, Feb. 8. Tbe senate to day passed a resolution calling for de tailed statements concerning the bond bills. Another resolution was agreed to, directing the seoretary of state to send to the senate copies of all laws, regulations and decrees of Germany, Frsnoe, Belgium and Denmark, which discriminate against the introduction of American cattle. Quay brought up the resolution to recommit the tariff silver bill. He offered sn amendment modifying bis original resolution, that, instead of instructing the oommittee to report baok separate bills, the measure be referred baok "for further consider ation." Tbe resolution went over. Turpie then addressed the senate in fa vor of the eleotion of United States senators by popular vote. Shortly be fore 3 o'clock tbe house bill prohibit ing prizefights in the territories was brought over from the house, and was at once taken up. Hoar stated briefly the need of speedy action. The prize fighters, he said, had been driven from Texas to Mexico, and now to New Mexioo, where they hoped to fight, be oauee there was no restraining law, The bill was read. No objection was made, and, within three minutes of the time it was presented in the sen ate, it was passed. Washington Feb. 10. Upon the opening of the senate, the acting obaplain, the Rev. Hugh Johnson, in the course of an eloquent prayer, re ferred to the recent popular expression of the finanoial strength and confidence of the nation. Frye, Rep., was unan imonsly chosen president pro tern of the senate, and, in brief remarks, promised to justify the confidence re posed in him by striot impartiality, The Republican senators in oauous to day nominated A. J. Shaw, of Spo kane, Wash., for seoretary of the sen ate; H. L. Grant, of North Carolina, for sergeant-st-arms, and Alonzo Stew art, of Iowa, to sucoeed tbe late Cap tain Bassett as assistant doorkeeper. It was decided to make no change in the office of chaplain. Washington, Feb. 13. Although the senate failed to accomplish much today, tbe session served to make defi nite the programme on a number of important subjects. Morrill, ohairman of the flnanoe oommittee, gave notice that be would call up the tariff bill next Friday. Call secured unanimous oonsent that ' the Cuban question be made the special order following the deficiency appropriation bill. Davis, author of the Davis resolution on the Monroe doctrine, gave notice that next Monday be would call up tbe resolu tion. Thus the three most important pending questions were given a definite time for hearing. Smith in addressing tbe senate on the Monroe doctrine. said: "Tbe ringing message of the president of the United States, prompt ly supported by the unanimous vote of both houses and by the unanimous sen timent of the country, is sufficient no tice to every power in the civilized world that the Monroe doctrine is EFFECT OF THE LOAN. From Gomes' Camp. Key West, Fla., Feb. 11. A three masted schooner, whioh passed here today, signaled tbe pilot boat Non pariel and informed the captain that be was from Cuba, and that he had on board two stowaways. Tbey sn nounoed themselves as Dr. Castillo and servant Dr. Castillo stated he was surgeon-general of the Cuban army, and that be left tbo camp of General Gomez about ten days ago for the United States on a secret mission of importance. Be said Gomes was encamped in the southern part of Cuba with a large army and plenty of provi sions and ammunition. He also said the ultimate suooess of the Cubans wss assured in short time. fixed principle of this government, to be maintained in all eases and at all hazards." At 4 o'clock the death of Representative Crain of Texas was an nounced and the senate adjourned. House. Washington, Feb. 10. Debate on the free-silver substitute for the bond bill proceeded steadily in the house today. Tbe bouse met at 10:80 A. M., with less than thirty members present Newlands awoke the empty echoes of the vast hall with a vigorous argument in favor of the free and independent ooinage of silver. He asserted not a single debtor nation of the world main tained the gold standard except the United States, and we did so as the prioe of the oontinued bond issues. Hartman and Kem followed in favor of concurrence, and Tucker in favor of non-oonourrenoe. Washington, Feb. 13. The desk of Crain, of Texas, who died early this morning, was draped heavily with black when the bouse reconvened at 10:30 today. Tbe debate on tbe bond bill proceeded. Hainer spoke in favor of non-concurrence in the free-coinage substitute, snd McDearmon, Calder head and Skinner for concurrence, Tbe blind chaplain referred to Mr, Crain s death in sympathetic words. Diugley endeavored to reach a new ar rangement about the bond bill debate, He desired to have it taken up next Suaturday, and to proceed under the five minute rule until 4 o'clock, when a vote snouid be taken, mere was no objeciton. Sayert made a formal announcement of the death of his ool league, and offered tbe usual resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted A committee was appointed by the speaker to accompany the body to Tex as, after which, at 13:15, tbe house as a fuither mark of lespect adjourned. Harled Into the Kirer. Plain field, N. J., Feb. 10. While a locomotive was making an ineffectual effort to draw a flatcar carrying a fire engine to Boundbrook, last night it ran upon a man wbom the overflow bad driven to the higher ground, upon which the track is bnilt He was hurled into tbe torrent raging at the side of the track and swept out into the Raritan river General Trade Much Improved by tne Keeent Bond Issue, New York. R. G. Dun & Company's weekly review of trade says: Tbe wonderful success of the popu lar loan alters the face of events. The influence of this event upon all manu facturing and tradiiig industries cannot be lightly estimaetd. It puts the treas ury on a safe basis for a time, wheth er congress does anything useful or not It notifies foreign nations that tbe United States has power as well as purpose. It unlocks millions of gold which have been gathered in preparation, brings directly several millions in gold from Europe and stimulates the anxiety of foreign in vestors to obtain American securities. With such a revolution in business, suddenly effected, the customary rec ords of the past week and month are of less value than usual. But there have been signs of im provement in tbe iron manufacturer although the average of prices is near ly 1 per cent lower this week, for or ders have been booked for nearly 300, 000 tons of rails tbis year, against total deliveries in 1985 cf 1,000,000 tons, and orders for wire nails are stimluated by a decision to advanoe the price again on March 1. Specula tion bas raised copper to 10. cents, with sales of 6,000,000 pounds, and tin to U4 cents, and lead to $3.10, with large exports of Mexioan. Speculation in wheat has again lift ed prices, although Western reciept have been 3,800,907 for the week, against 793,971 last year, and for the year thus far, 15,067,695 .bushels, against 6,089,988 last year. Atlantio exports have been increasing, though not in the same proportion, amounting for tbe week, flour included as wheat, to 1,965,956 bushels, against 1,468, 356 last year. The speoulative market bas been largely influenced ' by rumors of injury to the coming crop, and by foreign advices, and prices advanced 8o for cash and 3 6-8o for May. Failures for the week have been 833, in the United States, against 381 last year, and 63 in Canada against 58 last year. Duel to the Death. Chicago, Feb. 13. Carl Dahlke and Herman Dahlke, brothers, fought a frightful duel to the death with knives ' tonight at the home of their sister, Mrs. William Stuy. There had been a family gathering for the cbristening- of a babe, when the brothers quarreled. They adjourned to the baok yard to fight, and after it was over, Herman was picked up with his bead and face cut into ribbons. Before going into tbe yard they had been drinking and quarreling, but had been separated by their wives, who clung to them. Carl and Herman are middle-aged, each having a large family. The Importation of Kgyptlan'.gugar. Philadelphia, Feb. 13. Twelve thousand, three hundred tons of sugar- are now afloat on the way to this port from Alexandria, Egypt. These cargoes are on board British tramp steamers, and are due about March I. The importation in large quantities of Egyptian sugar is a new thing, made- neoessary through the apprehension that the Cuban crops, by reason of the war, will be very poor. In addition to this large quantitiy, considerable- sugar is being shipped from Hamburg in British steamships and from Hono lulu in Amerioan clippers. NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Ad- The Arabian Blare Raiders. London, Feb. 10. Advices from Blantyre, under date of January 39, say tbe Sikhs, under British offioers have gained two brilliant victories over tbe slave raiders in British Central A fries. The Arabs were totally routed and 14 chiefs captured. The road into the interior is thereby cleared. The Convention in IVaihinaton journed, Washington, Feb. 10. The national farmers' alliance and industrial union, whioh has been in session here for three days, has adjourned. Important ac tion was taken during the closing hours, and among these tbe subtreas ury "plan," to which the alliance has been committed for a number of years, and the demand for an increase of the circulating medium to $50 per capita were eliminated from the plat form. Resolutions were adopted op posing the refunding of the Pacifio rail road debt, and agreeing to meet next year at Dullas, Tex., if that city will make suitable offers. A committee was appointed to appear before the proper congressional committees to- complain of alleged outrages on the Maxwell land grant in New Mexico and in Colorado, the Des Moines river grant in Iowa, and the Sierra forest grant in California. Alliance mem bers who lived on these grants bad complained to the national organiza tion that they were illegally evicted in favor of corporations, and the alliance now proposes to call the attention of oongress to the cases. 8. P. Stnrgls' Memory Honored. Pendleton, Or., Feb. 10. Every business bouse in Pendleton was closed all day today out of respect of Samuel P. Sturgis, late cashier of the First National bank. At 8 o'clock this morning a special train, consisting of five coaohes. Superintendent Bories' private car and a baggage car, left Pendleton for Walla Walla, conveying the remains there for burial in th family vault Two hundred and seventy-five citizens of Pendleton snd 135 of Adams, Athena, Weston and Milton attended the funeral at Walla Walla. The obsequies were in chars of the Masons, the Elks sod members of commercial associations also attend ing in a body. Of the many changes introduced in quick succession in Cores, the recent adoption of the Western method cf hsirdressing has attracted most atten tion. The king recently issued a r,r. lamation urging the sacrifice of tbe queues, and set the example by having his own hair cut, the prince royal fol lwoing suit Many lesser government officers have resigned rather than sac rifice their locks.