OREGON COURIER
A, W. CHENEY, Publisher.
OREGON CITY OREGON
EVENTS OE THE DAY
EPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Am Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented In a
Condensed Form A Large Amount
f Information In Small Space.
A man and a boy 20 years old, were
lynched by a mob in Wichita, Kun.,
lor bank robbery and murder reoeutly
committed in that town.
Gold has been discovered in City
Greek canyon, within the city limits
of Bait Lake City. Assays are reported
running as high as $600 in gold and
$40 in silver per ton.
Five hundred lithographers struck
in New York to enforce the recogni
tion of their organization and the abo
lition of the piecework system. The
action of the New York branch is ex
pected to precipitate strikes forthwith
in all large cities.
Senator Dubois says the silver Re
publicans of the Northwest will per
mit no tariff legislation in this con'
gross or any other that does not recog
nise free silver, and the same issue
will be raised in the St Loius conven
tion. .
Bolla O. Heikes, of Dayton, 0,
champion target shot of the world, has
made another sensational record, in
an exhibition at Indianapolis he broke
100 targets, continuous shooting, in 4
' - minutes and 20 seconds, which makes
a new world's record.
The withdrawal of Commander and
Mrs. Booth from the Salvation Army
has created a commotion in the Phila
delphia branch of the army. The sol
diers are aroused and talk of enlisting
in a big secession from European head
quarters is heard in every Salvation
ball in that city.
In a fit of rage Jaoob Dietzol, of Chi
cago, aged 68, shot his daughter, Mrs.
Henry Obuer, and then himself, inflict
ing fatal wounds. lie was once iu
vrosuerous circumstances, but of late
has been dependent upon his children
for support, and their frequent com
plaints, it is said, were the cause of
the crime.
' It is reported in Constantinople that,
February 14, the first day of the Ram
adan festival, the Turks surrounded
the Armenian quarters in Mursovan and
ordered the Armenians to accept Islam.
Five hundred of them agreed to do so,
bat 150 reoalcitrants were killed. A
fresh series of massacres is reported in
the Sivas and Kharpoot districts.
- . The Paris Politique Coloniale pub
lishes an alleged telegram from the
Frenoh consular agent in Brazil, re--portiug
that oouflicts have taken pluoe
"Ja the disputed territory of Amapa, be
tween French Guiana and Brazil. It
is added that the French troops half
destroyed Amapa after losing 100
killed and wounded, including four
officers.
George Grant, a pioneer resident of
Grass Valley, Cal., 70 years ,of age,
was blown up by giant powder. He
was usiug the powder to blow up some
willows and leauod over to see why it
did not go off, when he got the full
charge in the fuoe. One eye was blown
out aud the other budly injured, his
lip terribly lacerated and his left arm
badly injured. He will probably sur
vive.
Henry Cottroll, of Edinburgh, Ind.,
died after severul weeks illness, of
softening of the brain, due to excessive
cigarette smoking. A post-uiortoui ex
amination waB held, and a peculiar
condition was discovered. The peri
cardial suck wus enlarged until it hold
bout a gallon of water, and the heart
was abnormally contracted. A fatty
growth had also formed, and both the
InnuB and soloon were enlarged and
weakened by the disease.
Havana advices aver that the Cu
bans will retaliate on the Spaniards for
their slaughter of bus pools by using
dynamite. A manifesto signed by tho
Cuban revolutionary purty has been
found scattered through Havana set
ting forth that from five to ten of the
ausuects confined in the Caballus were
being shot nightly, and that the Cu
bans would retaliate by destroying
Spanish residences and places of busi
Mas by dynamite.
The passenger steamer (jueen col
lided with the British ship Strathdon
in San Frauoioso while steaming up
the harbor on her atrrival from Port
land. The vessels were not together
more than two minutes, but in that
time between $20,000 and $30,000
were sacritloed in damages. ine
Strathdon was lying at anchor in the
stream, and her heavy stool bowsprit
wept the upper docks of the steamer be
fore the (jueen could be backed away.
Thetjueeu had on board 140 passen
ger. Ouy two persons were hurt, and
their injuries amounted to mere
cratches.
exempted from the origiusl patents ss
they were already subjeot to claims
under the homestead and pre-emption
laws.
The Bultimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, one of the oldest and most
extensive transportation systems in the
United States, has gone into tho hands
of receivers.
Ballington Booth has announced his
plans for an independent Anierioan
Salvation Army, of whioh be and his
wife will be leaders. He states that
he will not oppose the former organiza
tion.
General Lewis Merrill died in Phila
delphia, aged 65. Ho wus one of the
noted officers of the war, and was re
tired from active sorvioe on a surgeon's
certificate of disability in 1880, after
several years of frontier duty.
Two little girls lost their lives and
two men were injured in a fire which
partly destroyed the big double tene
ment at 158 Prospect street, Brooklyn
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The loss will not reuoh more than
$2,500.
The British and French negotiations
at Paris on the Niger question have
been temporarily suspended. The
Frenoh representatives accused the
British of trying to acquire oontrol of
territory within the French Bphere, and
there the mutter ends for the present
As a train on the Ferris & Cliff
House railway in Sun Francisco was
on its way to the beach, a tunnel near
the ocean terminus caved in. No one
was seriounsly injured in the debris.
Several passengers were bruised, and
the road was impassable for Boine time,
jj The Very Rev. Father Bergmeyerr
father superior of the Franoiscuu mis
sion, in Santa Barbara, Cal., was fa
tally shot by a man who hud been em
ployed at the mission for over a year.
Three shots entered the priest's body,
and one in the head. - His recovery is
impossible.
The British troops which formed part
of the Asbantee expedition returned to
Loudon in a dilapidated, though not
battered oondition. They were enthu
siastically cheered as they marched
through the city from the docks where
they landed to thoir barracks in the
west part of Loudon.
At Borne, Ga., a desperate street
fight occurred between V. T. Sanford
and Policeman Mulky. Mulky is dead
and ex-Sheriff Matthews critically
wounded. Several stray shots took
effect in innocent spectators, one a young
lady. The altercation began beouuse
Mulky clubbed a friend of Sunford.
Governor Clark of Arkansas, having
refused to further interfere in the case
of Prewitt Turner, the negro who was
rospited several week ago, was hanged
at Little Rook. Turner was oonvicted
of killing a young man named Haw
kins, in Crawford county. He claimed
that he did the killing in self-defense.
i
UxNCLE SAM AND SPAIN !KTS" i-'- THE KATE ON WHEAT
"iin wi jivcii's n fcujsco tit nan vm
IT NOW SEEMS THAT A WAR BE-
TWEEN THEM IS INEVITABLE.
The lulled States Senate by Decisive
Vote Recognises the, Belligerency of
the Cubans The News lu Spain-
American Consulate Attacked.
Washington, March 2. By the over
whelimng vote of 64 to 6 the seuato to
day adopted a concurrent resolution
favorable to Cuban belligerency and
independence. The resolutions adopted
are as follows:
"Resolved, By the senate, the house
of representatives concurring, that, iu
the opinion of congress, a condition of
pnblio war exists between the govern
ment of Spain and the government pro
cluimed and for some time maintained
by force of arms by the people of Cuba;
and, that the United States of America
should maintain a striot neutrality be
tweeu the contending powers, accord
ing to each all the rights of belligerents
in the ports and territory of the United
states.
"Resolved, Thut the friendly offices
of the United States should be offered
by the president to t'.e Spanish govern
in out for the recognition of the inde
pendence of Cuba. "
When the result was announced, the
densely packed galleries broke into
loud and continued applause, which
the vice-president, checked, with diffl
oulty.
The main feature of the debate was
the speech of Sherman, chairman of
the, oommittoe on foreign relations.
As a rule , the veteran senator from
Ohio, speaks with conservatism; so it
was the more surprising when he ar
raigued Spain and her governor-gene
rul, Weyler, in the mqst scathing lan
guago.
Sherman read specific instances in
which Weyler was pictured as stripping
young girls held as captives and oom
polling them to dance before the
Spanish soldiers.
ATTACK
oeedingly dramatio, especially when
forebodings of war were ntterod, but
there was no stemming tho strong tide.
The sotting of the scene wus brilliant
The galleries were black with people
attracted by the prospect of the stirring
event In the reserved gallery were
many prominent person ages. Even
the diplomatic gallery, which is usually
empty, was thronged with the ropre
seutatives of foreign oouutrios. On
the floor the attendance was the largest
of the session. A number of senators
came over from the other end of the
Capitol to watch the proceedings. The
enthusiasm of members and spectators
run riot several times, and the onpo
nents of the resolutions out but a sorry
figure when they attempted a oonnter
demonstration. Owing to the brief
time allotted for debute, members were
fortunate in securing two or three min
utes to present their views.
SUBJECT CONSIDERED BY RAIL
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
INDIGNATION IN SPAIN.
ON THE CONSULATE
the
United States District Attorney H.
V. Johnson has filed a suit in the
United States court against the Union
The supreme court of Washington
has decided that a oounty treasurer is
liuble personally or on his bond for
money deposited in a bank which after
wards becomes insolveut, in a case
wherein there is no charge of negll
gence against the officer and iu whioh
(he county failed to supply a safe de
pository.
The Southern Paoiflo Railroad Com.
pany has reopened the rate war be
tweeu Portland and Sun Francisco.
The out is a radical one, putting ei(i
figures back to whore they were during
the early days of December, nuuioly,
$10 for first-class passage, including
berth in the Pullman sleeper, und $5
for second-class in the tourist sleeper,
The conference between President
J. Edward Simmons, of the Panama
Railway Company und C. P. Hunting
ton, president of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, regarding the re
cent friction between tho two com'
panics, is suid to have resulted in the
adjustment of all differences. It is
understood that entirely harmonious
relations have been restored.
For February the receipts from cus
toms shows a fulling off of $3,474,403,
and the internal reveuue receipts a de
crease of $3114,641). As the expeuditures
during the mouth, however, were ex
oeptionully light, a small surplus is
shown, The totul deficit for the pres
ent fiscal year amounted to $18,558,
537, and it is the opinion of treusury
officials that the delioit July 1, next,
will not exceed this amount.
St James' Gazette, in commenting
upon the recent dismissal of Lord Duu
raven from the New York Yuoht Club,
said: "The New York Yacht Club
very properly expelled Lord Dunraveu, j
aud we now only regret that the oredit
of British sportsmanship was ever
identified with a man who can behave
so budly. His oharges were improba
ble, and his refusal to accept the deci
sion of the committee was a sheer
piece of childish obstinacy."
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has been
notified that laud claimed by tho state,
under the swamp land grant of 1868,
which afterwards passed by grant of
the state to the United States Military
Wagon Road Company, in I860, has
been rejected by the commissioner of
the general land office, at Washington.
Attorney-Geueral Idleman has the mat
ter under advisement, and will likely
appeal on behalf of the state to the
secretary of the interior, Hoke Smith.
In Chicago W. H. Pearson, known
Violent Demonstration A gainst
United Stales lu Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain, March 8. The
fever of indignation and hate against
the United States, whioh seems to have
taken possession of the heart of all
Spain over the action of the United
States senate in reoognizing the provi
sional government of Cuba as belliger
ents, and in calling upon President
Cleveland to use his good offices with
Spain to socure the indenpedence of
Cuba, culminated in violent scenes
here today, and an stack upon the
United States consulate.
The trouble did not arise out of the
spontaneous formation of the mob
which did the violence, but was the
outcome of a publio meeting, whioh
had been influenced by fervid speeches.
The public demonstration to protest
against the United States senate's ac
tion was organized by the political
leaders, inoluding Republicans and
men of all shades of politioal sentiment
- It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon
when the meeting had assembled, and
there were 15,000 people present, all
in a state of high patriotio enthusiasm
and ripe for any manifestation of the
emotions which possessed them. They
were addressed by the orators provided
for the occasion, and the purpose of the
meeting explained as one of protest
against the recognition of the Cubun
government as a belligerent power by
the United States senate. The spirit
of tho crowd took flref and they set out
for the United States consulate. The
leaders who had originated the meet
nig seem to have realized the serious
consequences whioh might follow upon
a demonstration that took this direo
tion, and they made every effort to dis
suude the mob from its purpose; but
their utmost efforts were of no avail
and the orowd set off for the United
States consulate.
'Ihe authorities of the city had by
this time taken alarm, and a force
police was sent to the consulate. The
exoited crowd was not intimidated by
this show of force from gathering be
fore the consulate and shouting:
"Long live Spain," and "Down
with the Yankoes."
These verbal missiles did not long
satisfy the aroused passions of the
mob, and in a short time stones begun
flying from the crowd, which broke
number of windows in the United
States consulate. The force of police
wuitort for no further manifestation,
but charged the crowd under the or.
ders of their officers and roughly dis.
persed them, wounding several So
far as learned there wore no fatal re
sults.
Being driven away from the United
States oonsulute, the crowd marched
off to the newspaper offices. There
they listened to more fervid oratory,
and worked themselves up to the high
est pitch or enthusiasm and patriotio
spirit The military club in the oity
was also a csnter of excitement, and
there, also, were glowing speeches
indulged iu in honor of the army,
which were eagerly listened to and
greeted with loud cheers.
Feeling Against This Country lucreaned
by Cable Dispatches.
Mudrid, March 4. Cable dispatches
from the United States are increasing
the feeling of indignation aroused
among the masses when it became
known the United States senate fuvored
the recognition of the Cuban iusur
gents as belligerents. The newspapors
here confirm the report that the Spanish
naval squadron, consisting of four
cruisers and a dispatch boat, is to be
sent to Cuba without delay. In addi
tion, the Spanish naval officers and
murines are to be attached to Spanish
mail boats, which are to be armed und
equipped as auxiliary cruisers.
'The greatest activity ia being dis
played in the government navy yards,
and every precaution possible is being
made by the naval and military forces
for the most serious eventualities.
The Imparoiul today declares that
the utterances of the United Stales sen
ate oousist of an "unqualified and un
reasoning provocation, ' adding:
"If the desire for war were in re
sponse to a fault committed by Spain,
the senators would have accomplished
their duty, but no provocation has been
given to the United States, and the
Americans judge rashly of the results
of a Spanish-American war. The dis.
tasteful language of the senate ought
not to surprise any one. United States
senators are accustomed to exchange
gross insults without crossing swords
or exchanging bulls. These are the
oowurds who are seeking war, and one
awaits death with more coolness with a
good conscience than with pockets filled
with dollars."
In conclusion, the Impartial counsels
the Spaniards to reserve their strength
aud energies for an opportune moment
A demonstration against the United
States was attempted during the day
by some students, but it was quickly
dispelled by the police. In Barcelona
mounted gendarmes have been kept
busy patrolling the city aud dispersing
gatherings of persons plotting to wreak
their wrath upon the representative of
the United States government in that
oity, and renewed attempts were made
during the day to do violence to the
consulate. Crowds were repeatedly
charged by the police and dispersed,
Same Schedule From Uinatllln I'olnW
to 1'ortland as From Walla Walla to
l'ortland This Means Jteductlon
of Thirty-live Cents Per Ton.
Salem, March 4. The board of rail
road commissioners considered the de
oisiou of the interstate commerce com
mission, recently rendered in the oase
of Evans vs. McNeill, receiver of the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany. This is the outcome of a oom
plaint made by the petitioner (Evuns)
that the rate on wheat between Walla
Walla and Portland then obtaining,
$4.70 per ton, wus exoessive, and thut
it should be reduced to 1 cent per milo,
or $2.45 per ton from Walla Walla to
Portland. The present rate is $4.25
per ton. The decision of the interstate
commerce commission is thut a reason
able compensation to the currier for the
service is 19,' cents per 100 pounds,
or 13. B0 .per ton, a reduction oi bo
cents per ton from present rates.
There is only a half a cent difference
between the figures that body has or
dered into effect between Walla Walla
and Portland and the figures the state
board ordered into effect from Umatilla
county points. The work required, the
fuel consumed, and the distance hauled
from points in Umatilla county and
from Walla Walla are practically the
shoio, and there is no reason wny tne
same rates should not prevail. As soon
as the information was received, that
the interstate commerce commission
had oonoluded that the rate from Walla
Walla to Portland should not exceed
19, cents per 100 pounds, the board
called on the general freight agent of
the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany aud informed him that it expected
the same rates to apply to Umatilla
oounty points, on the main line from
Echo and Gibbon and intermediate
points, and on the Spokane branch, or
Wasbiugton division, from Saxe and
Spofford and intermediate points. The
premises were admitted by Mr. Camp
bell, and the same rates will apply.
This means a reduction of 85 cents per
ton; individuality small, bnt on an
average Umatilla crop, it means a sav
ing to the producers of at least $10,000
on shipments over the O. R. & N. Co. 's
lines, and as the Washington & Colum
bia River Railroad Company must
meet the out, it will be as much more
for thut road, or a total of more than
$20,000 per year.
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
Routine Work of the Fifty-Fourth
Ion Senate.
ties"
Washington, 'March 2. Iu the sen
ate today Allen withdrew his resolu
tion for tho appointment of Mr. Lloyd
as a senate ofllciul after a discussion as
to adding a Populist ofllciul to the
rolls. During the debate on the Cuban
resolutions, the floor was yielded for
the adoption of a conference report ou
the pension appropriation bill relating
to the anchorage and movements of
vessels in St Mary's river. Mitchell
of Oregon, chairman of the committee
on privileges aud elections, gave notice
that on Friduy next he would call up
tho Dupout contested election case, in
volving the seat from Delaware.
Washington, March 8. The senate
committee on naval affairs had Assist
ant Patent Examiner Stuufer on the
stand in connection with the inquiry
concerning the armor-plate oontraots
today. Ho produced the records of the
patent office to show the action of that
ofHoe on the Harvey application for
patents. The committee has succeeded
in ascertaining among other things in
its recent inquiries that four-fifths of
the stock of the Harvey company is
owned abroad, and that the company
receives a royalty of two cents a pound
on all the Hurveyized steel usedjn Eu-'
ropean countries. These facts are ac
cepted as an explanation of the low
rates at which foreign oontraots are let.
Washington, Murch 4. The bill
passed by the Ben ate today for iuorease of
the navy attracted considerable atten
tion, in view of the tension over Span
ish-Cuban affairs. The bill as passed
authorizes the addition of 1,000 en
listed men to the navy, the enlisting to
be for not more than two years and the
chartering of transport ships in case of
emergency. The bill passed under the
five-minute rule and by unanimous
vote. Another bill of general interest
passed whiob established a retired list
for the revenue service, similar to the
retirement system of the army and
navy. Most of the day was given to
the seuato calendar and many minor
bills were passed. '
WEYLER'S PROCLAMATION.
Fifteen Days to Surrender or Then to
He Declared Bandits.
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Substituted for Those of the Senate and
l'aed by a Large Majority.
Washington, March 4. Cubs libra
as one of the youngest expert telegraph j bad a field day in the house. Despite
operators in the West, held a long con-1 tbe war talk from Spain, the struggling
versa tion with Manager Stonier, of patriots in Cuba were eulogized and
the Hvde Park mora-ue. in which he I sympathized in two hours' debate, and
l'acitio Kailorart company ana about ; practically made all arrangements for ue rules were then suspended and the
9 ixio holdina- lands under titles ob
tained from that oompany, asking for
the cancellation of patents to about
10,000 aoiea, or the payment to the
United States of $3,000,000. The laud
comprises portions of the business sec
tion of Denver, Greajey, Fort Collius
and Loveland, Colorado. It Is alleged
that the land in question have been
having his body embalmed. He then : resolutions by the house foreign affairs
told him be was going to commit sui- j committee were adopted as substitute
cide. He went to the home of his , or those of the senate by an over-
cousin, and locking all the doors, ad- woeiming majority, 2t3 to 17. An
justed gas tube to a burner, turned ' analysis of the vote shows that 188 Re
on the gas, swallowed five grains of publican, 70 Democrats and 5 Populists
morphine, lay down on his bed and, ! voted for the resolutions, and 9 Repnb
puttiug the other end of the tube in : licans and 8 Democrats against them,
his mouth, quickly ended his life. i The debate which preceded their
It I'revents a Celestial Returning to
tiivo Evidence lu Court.
Washington, March 2. A oase
which presents a somewhat complicated
state of affairs has been referred to the
treasury department for determination
The record shows that several years ago
a Chinaman named Chung Lung Fat
came to this country and opened a
laundry in the oity of Boston. He was
sucooessful und frugal and in time ao
ouraulated approximately $15,000. Joe
Tye, another Chinese and a merchant,
it is alleged, stole $14,500 of his coun
tryman's money and sailed to China.
Fat followed him, but before ho could
be apprehended Tie returned aud was
arrested and jailed. The question
brought to the attention of the treusury
department is whether, being a laborer,
Fat, under the exclusion laws, can re
turn to the country und give testimony
against Tie, without which it is suid
he cannot be convicted of the larceny.
Judge Reeve, the solicitor of the treas
ury, in rendering his decision, states
that uuder the law he must hold that
Fat is debaried from lauding, even tor
so laudable a purpose as giviug evi
dence against a criminal, who, it is al
leged, has robbed hiiu of the results of
many years hard lubor. lye will be
released.
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Unfavorable
Df Changeable
Havana, March 2. Following is the
synopsis of an important and long-anticipated
proclamation of Captain-General
Weyler to the insurgents:
The captain-general proclaims that
he will allow the rebels in the prov
inces of Pinar del Rio and Havana
fifteen days from the date of the proc
lamation to. surrender Those who do
so will not be Bubjeoted to molestation,
bat the small bands of insurgents in
these provinces whioh do not surrender
within the given period will at the ex
piration of that period be treated as
bandits.
A detachment of civil guards, rein
forced by the oivil guards of the prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba and the prov
ince of Puerto Prinoipo, bave orders
to form lists, at their respective towns,
of oil persons who have joined the
rebels, and their property will be con
fiscated. The property of those who
openly aided the rebels in their raids
will also be confiscated. The towns in
the western part of the island are
authorized to organize corps of guerril
las and all office-holders leave of ab
sence will be relieved if after eight
days from the date of the proclama
tion they have not returned to their
posts. ' '
Petroleum and other inflammable ar
ticles, after the date of the proclama
tion, can no lunger be sold in small,
ungarrisoned towns.
Americans to K Well Treated.
Washington, March 2. United
States Consular Agent Munyon, at
Johannesburg, has made a report by
cablo to Secretary Olney that the
Transvaal government shows every dis
position to treat the prisoners lenient
ly, and has cordial aud friendly feel
ings toward the official representatives
cf the United States. Hammond and
the other American prisoners are now
in Johannesburg awaiting legal proceedings.
Influence
Weather,
New York. Bradstreet's trade re
view says: Changeable, and at times
unseasonable, weather has continued
to unfavorably influence the distribu
tion of general merchandise. Jobbers
at large western ceuiers ao not aucici-1 peari B,ran jg aijve and wjn vro.
pate a heavy spring trade, as the out- j dnced at tile rjKht time. He bus three
carrying oyer ; witne-ws who will riivultie the secret
Tearl Bryan Said to Be Alive.
Huntington, W. Vu., March 2.
Attorney Clay, of Wayne county, W.
Va., who has been retained to defend
Scott Jackson, alleged to be implicated
in the Ciucmuati murder mystery,
makes the startling statement that
House.
Washington, March 2. There was
an enthusiastic demonstration in the
houso today, when Secretary Cox, of
the seuuto, shortly before 4 o'clook, ap
peared and announced the passage by
the upper brunch of oongress of the
Cuban resolutions, but the mutter did
not come up in any other form during
tho day. After encountering tho unex
pected opposition of Boutelle yeseter
day, the house leaders concluded to
postpone takiug up the resolutions un
til the legislative bill was disposed of.
The whole day was passed in the con
sideration of the legislative appropria
tion bill, and considerable progress
was made. An agreement wus reached I
whereby the bill to change the com- '
pen sa tion of United States attorneys
and marshals from the fee to the salary
system is to . be offered as an amend
ment to the bill.
Washington, Murch 3. The first
presidential veto of this session of con
gress was overridden by the house to
day by a vote of 200 to 88, 122 more
than the requisite constitutional two
thirds. 11 the Republicans, and
thirty-one Deinoorats voted for the
bill, while the votes to sustain the
president were all cast by Democrats.,
The bill authorizes the governor and
local authorities of Arizona to lease
the school lauds of the territory for
educational purposes. The president's
objection to the bill was that it did not
give the secretary of the interior power
to disapprove the leases, and did not
throw proper safeguards about the tim
ber on the lands.
Washington, March 4. Iu the house,
under suspension of the rules, a bill
was passed to grant the Arkansas &
Northwestern railroad a right of way
through the Indian territory, and a
hill to retire Lieutenant-Commonder
R. M. G. Brown. U. S. N., one of the
officers injured in the Samoan wreck,
08 commander, was defeated, 68 to 85.
The senate joint resolution directing
the. secretary of agriculture to purchase
and distribute the seeds authorized by
the current law, was adopted. After
the Cuban resolutions were adopted the
house went into committee of the
whole, and resumed consideration of .
the legislative appropriation bill. The
bill to abolish the fee system was
offered as an amendment to the bill, bet
without action the committee rose, and
at 4:55 P. M. the house adjourned.
THEIR LAST REPORT.
ok is for retailers
urger stocks man was expecten. me ' and exoose the mvsterv in a few days.
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price movement oi leaning staples is
more favorable. Exports or wheat,
flour included as wheat, from both
coasts of the United States this week
All Danger I'aed.
Boston, March 2.--At the session of
the B ston Scientific Society, John
showed a marked falling-off, not only j Ritchie, jr.. stated that the new comet
from the total a week ago, which was passed its nearest point to the sun Janu-
,184,000 bushels, but as compared , ary 8, two weeks before it was dis-
with corresponding totals for conolud- covered, and that it is now moving
ing weeks in February in four prereed-! away from both the earth and sun and
ing years. One year ago the week's ' rapidly ) s.ug light, and about next
exports amounted to 2.6S9.00O bushels, I week it will be only half as big as it
nd two years go it was 3.972,000; In was lurt week.
893 it was 3,251.000. and in 1892 it
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was 2,908.000. The falling off in the
total number of business failures
throughout the United State a week
ago is continued, the total beirig 271,
compared with 276 last week and 234
in the corresponding week of 1985.
Twenty thousand pounds of hops
were sent from Tacnma to Vancouver,
B. C. t' he shipped to Australia hr a
Canstdirj-..ntralian steamship. This
is the second shipment to Australia
from Tacoma of last year's crop.
Accounting; liendered by the Discharged
Northern l'acitio Receivers.
Milwaukee, Wis., March -2. Henry
C. Payne, Thomas F. . Oakes and
Henry C. Rouse today filed their re
ports in the United States court as re
ceivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company for October, November, De
cember and January and up to Feb
ruary 20. All that the gentlemen have
to do is to file their final accounts and
to settle the matter of salaries in or
der to procure the discharge of their
bondsmen. The report dates from the
time of the appointment of Receivers
Bigelow and McHenry. Messrs.
Payne, Oakes and Rouse remained as
receivers for the property in New York
until their discharge last week, and up
to which date their report is made. As
receivers of the New York property,
however, the gentlemen had very little
to attend to, simply reporting as to the
ticket sales in that district, the receiDta
of traffic charges and the payments of
interest and in the bond transactions. -The
report shows that the receivers
had on hand the afternoon of February
20. $1,339,823, together with the books
of the company. Before the bondsmen
are discharged the matter of the
amount of salaries will have to be
passed upon. The receivers have each
taken $18,000 per annum. It is stated
that the Northern Pacific ComcaDT
will protest against the allowance cf
this amount