OREGON COURIER A, W. VHKNKV, Publlaher. OREGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY CRISIS IN THE SENATORIAL CONTEST AT FRANKFORT. EPITOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS OF THE WORLD. An Interesting Oolleetlon of Item From ' the Two Hemispheres Presented In Oondensed Form A Large Amount ot Information In a Small Bpaea, The Commercial and Saving bank, of San Jose, Cal., baa closed iu doors. Tbe depoeitori, it is laid, will be paid in foil. Fire destroyed a block of " ten bouses in Pittsburg, Pa., rendering ten fam ilies homeless, and canning a loss of 460,000. Tbe defeusos at Esquimau, B. C, are again being strengthened. Seven new heavy breecb-loading guns have just arrived from England. ' ' Four men were killed and one in jured by the blowing np of an engine on tbe Delaware, Susquehanna & Schuylkill railroad at Gum Kun, Pa. Tbe collapse, of tbe rear of a frame factory building in Chicago resulted - in seriously injuring five persons and nearly 100 others bad narrow escapes. There have been floods in tbe Alpine districts of tbe Tyrol and in Bohemia, with avalanches and landslides on tbe railways. It is feared that many lives have been lost. A project is on foot in Vanoouver, B. C, to bold a championship profes sional regatta at the time of the meet , ing of the Northwest Paoitlo Associa tion of Amateur Oarsmen. , In Oakland, Cal., two oihldren, aged 10 and 6, were run down by an eleo trio oar and instantly killed. The children were daughters of Frank E. Booth, a commission merchant doing business in San Franoisoo. President Cleveland held his first tri weekly reoepiton to tbe publio at the White House, after a suspension of nearly two years. About 200 persons took advantage of the opportunity to . shake hands with the president In Ban Francisco 800 painters went on a strike. They ask for an increase of 60 cents a day, making their wages S3 Instead of 12.50. Tbe strike was ordered by tbe Painters' union, and was decided upon some days ago, The president has pardoned Nathan Blum, convicted in Oregon of smug ftling and conspiracy, but whose sen- tenoe was suspended, and F. M. Sauls -bury, oonvioted in Oregon of misusing penalty envelopes, and fined f 300, James Duggan, a well-known oitizen of Denver and five others have left there for tha Alaskan gold fields. The party will number fifty and they will go in a chartered vessel, and carry applies sufficient for a two years' stay. Thousands of dollars have been filched from the Chioago oity treasury through a olever scheme oonoooted by . three tax sharks, in the controller's offloe and in the special assessment bu reau. The steal was accomplished by forging special assessment tax receipts. The disreputable women who infest Morton street and St. Mary's Place, in Ban Franoisoo, are in a state of torror on account of the murder of two of their olass within a month. Both women were strungled to death in their rooms, and in both oases the mnr rierors have escaped. A dispatch from Baroelona says that the merchants of that oity have agreed not to sell American products in event of Cleveland approving the Cuban bel ligerency resolutions. They have also opened a subscription toward a fund, whioh is to be devotod to the purchase of warehips. John L. Sullivan and Parson Davies are preparing to head a movemeut to place pugilism on a paying basis again, Hallivan believes sporting men should organize and refuse to cast their ballots for legislators or congressmen who would not agree to let prizefighters go unmolested. J. lie National Armenian relief oom mittee of New York will send 110,000 to Constantinople. It is stated by the committee that the distribution of money is being now made among the Armenians, and at tbo present time . the greatest obstacle to the work of re, liof is lack of funds rather than oppo ition by the sultan. Delegates from the various commer cial organizations of San Franoisoo held ' a conference as to the best means of protecting San Francisco's trade with Eureka and other North PaoiSo way ports against Portland s competition, A committee was apoiuted to wait upon the O. R. & N. and North Paoiflo steamship oompauies, and ask them to discontinue their service between Port land and Eureka and intermediate points. Recent advices fully confirm tbe re port of the overthrow of tbe pro-Japanese government in Cores and the es tablishment of a distinctly Russian ministry, the members of the late cabi net having, with one exception, been pat to death with horrible barbarity, inclusive of cannibalism. The fortu nate member of the late government to aave his bead was tbe minister of war, who is believed to have come to Ameri ca in exile. Tbe plan for the reorganization of the Oregon Short Line St Utah North ern Railway Company, agreed to by all contending interests, baa been officially issued. It calls for a foreclosure and a new oompany to be known as the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company. It preserves the entire system, and UNDER MARTIAL LAW itait w mj vay v as, y aajn vuu svwsi nwivw is secured by $18,000,000 collateral trust bonds,, the new Short Line Com pany paying the assessment upon tbe Navigation stock.' An attempt was made to wreck the Union Paoiflo, Butte & Salt Lake ex press one mile from Pocatello, Idaho. When within a short distance of tbe last switch, Engineer Andrews saw a man throw tbe switch snd run away. The engineer immediately reversed bis engine. Tbe train left tbe traok, but fortunately the cars remained upright, and no one was injured. There is a deep fill at this point, and, had the train not boen promptly stopped, it would have dashed down the steep grade. No motive is known for the deed. The strike of 12,600 Berlin jointers was ended this week. The workmen bave obtained higher pay and shorter hours. Tbe British colonial office has been asked to sanction a chartered oompany to exploit Asbantee, but it is unlikely it will consent While sitting in his cabin at Eliza bethtown, N. J., Jeff Bailey was blown to atoms by the explosion of 86 pounds of giant powder. To escape arrest for the embezzle ment of government funds, Frank Mapes, postmaster of Kansas City, Kan., committed suicide at his resi dence in that oity. Tbe Anglo-German loan of 100,000, 000 taels has been issued at 04, with interest at 6 per cent Tbe contract stipulates that tbe customs administra tion is to remain nnohanged. Aooording to a report on the organ ized militia of the United States, just prepared by the war department, tbe United States ir case of need, can put 9,407,004 men in tbe field. The senate of Cambridge university, Loudon, by a vote of 186 to 171, has rejocted the proposistion to appoint a committee to consider tbe question of conferring degrees upon women. During February, the exports of gold coin and bullion amounted to $2,188,- 700, snd thu imports to $11,569,089. For tbe eight months, the exports were $68,642,992 in exoess of the imports. Two hundred fishermen, belonging to Reval, near St Petersburg, Russia, with their horses and carts, bave been blown oat to sea on floating ice. They had only one day's provisions with them. A disastrous oollision between a freight train and a snowplow occurred on the Berkshire division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, near Kent furnace, Milford, Conn. Two men were killed and seven or eight others injured. A Moscow correspondent of the Lon don News believes it true that theporte has deoided upon the expulsion of the British and American missionaries in Asia Minor. "Such a measure would be consonant with the wishes of Rus sia." the correspondent adds. At the request of the state depart ment at Washington, the United States embassy at Berlin has formally invited all the German universities to send delegates to the Prinoeton celebration in Ootober next Some of them, in cluding the universities of Goettingen, have aooepted. A terrible tragedy occurred in Seneca Falls, N. Y. It was the murder of a highly respectable young girl, Miss Mary Mansel, by Thomas Pelkinton. Immediately after the murder, and with the same weapon with whioh he committed the murder, he took his own life. Tbe girl received two ballets in the bead, and one entered the brain. One hundred students of Muhlen berg college, Allentown, Pa. , partici pated in an anti-SpaniBh demonstra tion. They paraded tbe oollege corri dors and oampus, singing patriotic Bongs amid obtering, and ended by burning the Spanish flag and hanging General Weyler in effigy. Lord Dunraven presided at a meeting held in London of the Yaobt Raoing Association. Before the meeting was oalled to order the question of tbe ad visability of making a reply to the New York Yacht Club in regard to the expulsion of Dunraven was informally discussed, and it was deoided that it would not be good taste to do so. The matter was dropped. The Pope Manufacturing Company's building, Boston, Mass., was com pletely gutted by fire, necessitating a general alarm. The loss is between $350,000 and $400,000. The block was a five-story structure of brick, profuse ly ornamented with terra cotta trim mings. Seventeen hnnrded bicyoles and parts were destroyed in the flames. Mllltla Ordered Out b'jr tha Governor Bicltement la Kentucky'sCapltal If at Fever Pitch, and tbe Street are Crowded With People. Frankfort, Ky., March 17. The riot bell was rang from tbe fire engine house at 1 1 o'olock tonight, and at tbe same moment Governor i Bradley or dered out the militia. Ten minutes later, the MoCrary Guards, fifty-two strong, Captain Noel Gaines, were in possession of the state house and mar tial law was proclaimed. Until today Governor Bradley had persistently refused to oall out the mil itia, though urged to do so by citizens, irrespective of party. Tbe Blaokburn leaders, he was informed, bad been preparing all day to take forcible pos session of tbe statebouse tomorrow. Threats were made that tbe senate would arrest the governor tomorrow for usurpation of authority in giving the instructions he gave last night to the sheriff of Franklin oounty to olear the corridors and oloak rooms. All trains arriving yesterday brought in reinforcements for tbe men bent on mischief tomorrow. It was only at the last moment when tbe presence of these orowds presaged serious danger, that tbe governor yielded to repeated requests of orderly oitizens of both parties and oalled oat tbe militia. Sergeant-at-Arms Summers has sworn in Jack Chinn, Jim William Eph Lillard and other desperate men as his deputies, It is reported to tbe governor by numerous affidavits that armed men had been collecting in the capital for two or three days, with a view of tak ing charge of tbe joint assembly today, A oompany from Lexington and the Louisville Legion, 800 strong, will ar rive early in the morning. Guards surround the statehonse and permit no one but state officers, senators, repre sentatives and others having a oonsti tutional right to pass. The excitement in tbe oity is great and the streets are fall of people. No little apprebnsion is felt Governor Bradley, in an interview at midnight, said, in explanation of his aotion, that the presiding officers of both houses had called on him for pro teotion, and that he called on the mayor to give it. He learned after' ward that the sheriff and the police had been insufficient, and had done nothing to remove the disturbing element. "Under these circumstances, I felt could not allow such a state of things to continue, and oalled out the state guard." BUTCHERED BY SPANIARDS. SEVEN MILES A MINUTE. Report! of More Horrible Mcre From Cuba. . New York, March 17. Dispa tones from Havana, sent via Key West, de scribe a series of horrible massaores perpetrated by Spanish soldiers. March 10, in Havana precinct, six small Cuban boys were met on the pub lio road by a detachment of Spanish infantry, who shot and killed them. At Palmas de Pedroso the Spaniards shot fifteen nonoombatants, among them being a man named Perdome, Cnban by birth, but a naturalized oiti zen of the United States. Ten days ago a detaohment of Spanish troops en tered tbe town of Artemisia. The women of the town were violated and many young girls were carried off to the Spanish camp, where they were de tained over night Two of the girls oommitted suicide the next day. The old men who protested against the out rages were shot The correspondent in Havana sends details of tbe mas. saore of six persons on the Morales, or Dolores sugar estate, two miles from Bainoa, and the serious wounding of Dr. Jose Manuel Delgardo, an Ameri oan oitizen, by Spanish troops, nnder oommund of General Melquizo. Another Knoeh Arden Sedalia, Mo., Maroh 17. Fifteen years ago a man was run over by a Missouri Paoiflo train a few miles west of this oity. The remains were cut into many pieces and strewn along the traok. They were picked up and brought here. The dead man, having been patched up by the undertaker, was identified as George Hatfield, of this city, and buried as such. Seven years ago Mrs. Hatfield married W. D. Barnhart, who is now a prosperous coal dealer in this oity. Today, George Hatfield arrived here from California, where he has been for the past fifteen years engaged in fruit farming. He bad never written home in all tbe past years, but bad prospered and grown wealthy. When he learned his wife It is now gonerally thought that the had remarried he viewed her from river and harbor bill will carry about across the street, and. seeinir that she $12,000,000 for the whole' country, was happy and comfortably situated, he left his "Annie undisturbed with Philip," and departed in the oompany of his brother. The Hpeed Expected to Be Attained by a Brooklyn Inventor. New York, Maroh 18. A local pa per says: If the vessel whioh has been invented by James Gresham, of Brook lyn, proves able to accomplish what its inventor intends it shall, New Yorkers will be able to have breakfast in this oity and dinner the same day in Lon don. If the ambition of the inventor of tbe boat is gratified tbe famous sub marine oraft told of in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" will be nowhere. The boat invented by Mr. Gresham, when completed, it is claimed, will make tbe voyage over the ocean in a little more than eight hoars, whioh means the rate of something under 600 miles an hour and seven miles a min ute. Mr. Gresham is a cousin of tbe late secretary of state, W. U. Gresham. He is prominent in Brooklyn politics, hav ing been nominated for oongress, but being defeated by ex-Mayor Boody, He is a chemist of note, and is well known in business oiroles, being a man ufaoturer of paints and oils in that city. , As an inventor he has made a repu tation ior nimsen. some years ago be invented a submarine torpedo-boat to be steered by means of eleotrioity running from shore or from a mau-of war. Tbe Russian government placed itself in communication with him and shortly after pubrchased the inventon. Other inventions have been patented by him, all of them more or less import' ant. The latest invention of Mr. Gresham is the one in whioh be has taken tbe most interest. For months be has been at work upon it and today he has the satisfaction of knowing the model is oomplete, and that he is in a fair way to astonish the world. The boat is constructed and designed upon a me- obanioal theory which is as astonishing as it is difficult to explain. The model has been thoroughly tested in ponds and in a specifically constructed tank. The tests, he says. have been all that could be desired, and in a.11 the boat attained a phenomenal rate of speed. Guided by the electric wires, it went from one end of the tank to the other a distance of 648 feet in seven seconds. . When the boat is completed it is safe to say it will be the most wonderful affair of its kind ever put into the wa ter. In talking of his boat recently. Mr. Gresham said if be constructed a vessel 100 feet in length she would be able to carry 100 men. These men, he said, would be carried in an inner shell which would remain absolutely without motion. The cyolinder of the outside would revolve with greater rapidity than the sorew of an ocean steamship and a spiral flange would drive the vessel forward at an enor mous rate of speed. 1 It seems almost inoredible," said the inventor, "but I would not say that the Atlantio could not be crossed in eight hours." The boat will go faster under water, Mr. Gresham said, because the entire flange is then submerged. When the boat is under water persons who are in it will be supplied with breathing ma terial by means of liquefied air carried to them by an arrangement whioh will be inoluded in tbe patent. Mr. Gresham explained that a model when tested made absolutely no commotion in the water and left no wake. He says his application for a patent in the United States has been accepted. IS NEARING THE END AGAIN THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE IS REPORTED SETTLED. speoial A CHOCTAW EXECUTION. though it may fall below that. This is what the chief of engineers of tbe army says is absolutely neoessary to properly carry on the work. Represen tative Hermann says that, whatever tbe amount, Oregon and Washington will get their share and perhaps a larger per cent of the whole amount than ever before. It is reported that tbe sugar refiner ies in the vicinity of New York will probably shut down. John A. Searles, treasurer, said that some of the re fineries might be closed, but that there was no special significance in this. Killed Their Fellow-Soldlere. Havana, March 17. A terrible mis take has resulted in the killing of a number of Spanish soldiers by their fellow-Spaniards. The battalion of San (juintin was approaching tbe town of Cano, seven miles from Havana, to save the buildings of a burning plan tation. The town shortly before that had been attacked by insurgents, snd the garrison, without hailing tbe San (jnintin battalion, and taking them for How a Murderer There Will Pay the Penalty of Hia Crime. Guthrie, O. T., Maroh 18. At the Bogby Creek oourt, in the Choctaw nation, Charles Homes, a full-blood Indian, was convicted of murder and setenced to be shot March 27, between 10 and 12 o'clock. On the 2d day of last November Homes went to the house of bis wife's son-in-law, Wilson Katiatubbi, living in Stringtown, and while he and his wife were in bed asleep crept into the houBe with an ax and chopped his head open. He then forced his wife to go with him, threat' ening death. At the first opportunity she made her escape and told what had happened. Aocording to Choctaw custom, Homes is not in prison, or in oustody of offi cers, lie will be allowed to roam about at bis own will until tbe day of the execution. This is an old law of the Choctaws, and only one case of i violation of it is on record. On execu tion day Homes will be dressed in black robe and stationed in tbe oourt ground. A star two inches across will be placed over his heart as a target and be will stand on his coffin. Twelve Indians stationed thirty paces away will shoot at tbe target, but only two the guns will be loaded. Only oourt attendants are allowed to wit ness the execution. Official! In Washington, However, Deny Thla, but Admit au Amicable Settle ment la Very Probable Tha Preal deut In High Spirit. New York, Maroh 16. A from Washington says: A settlement of the Venezuela ques tion has been reaobed. It will be an nounced at an early date. Of this sat isfactory conclusion of the controversy the president has bad knowledge for two days past Great Britain has acted with the magnanimity which commends her to her severest oritios. She oonoedes so much that there will be little left to arbitrate should arbi tration be necessary. It is not improb able that the entire matter may be set tled outside of the Venezuela commis sion by the president and Lord Salis bury. Under tbe terms so far as outlined, Great Britain agrees to submit all of the questions in dispute to amicable adjustment. That Venezuela would agree to almost anything suggested by the United Sattes baa been known all along. It is surmised that the atittude of some of the influential London pa pers in pointiong out alleged defects in the Briitsh bluebook may have had something to do with the change of at titude by Queen Victoria's ministers. Tbe president was in very high spirits last night over the favorable turn in the controversy between the two nations. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. Washington, Maroh 16. It can be stated positively, notwithstanding pub' lioation to tbe contrary, that no settle' ment has as yet been reached on the Venezuela question, but, aooording to the best authority, matters are proceed ing in such a fashion as to warrant the belief that there will be a satisfactory outoome. At the present time it oannot be told whether the ultimate settlement of this quostion will be effected as a result of direct negotiations between Great Britain and Venezuela, initiated through the medium of some mutually friendly power, or as a conclusion of the work of our own Venezuela bound ary commission. But in one way or another a peaceful settlement is be lieved to be entirely probable in tbe end, though the end still may be far removed. THE LUMBfcR TRUST. a Times were dull and it is said the piroe insurgents, returned to a second attack tnav Ka Milnfttil a it,, i n Tkk Pnlun 1 , .... may be reduoed again. The Cuban controversy in oongress is giivng tbe sugar trust some oonoern, tor if the belligerency of the insurgents is recog nized the trust may be cut off from re ceiving supplies from that source for sn indefinite period, whereas, if the de bate on the resolution is postponed the shipment of sugar from Cuba will con tinue for a while longer. and opened upon them with volleys The San Uuentin battalion, on the other hand, mistook tbe garrison for the insurgents, and charged three times with great determination, taking the town. Before the mistake was dis covered tbe San Uuintin battalion had loat twelve soldiers killed and a cap tain, four lieutenants and twenty seven solidera wounded. I Poison In Their Uollee. Craig, Mo., March 17. Tbe family of W. B. Taylor, a wealthy farmer, was mysteriously poisoned here yester day. Tbe drug is supposed to bave been introduced in tbe coffee, though by whom and for what purpose is a mystery. W. B. Taylor died last light; bis three sons, one of their wives and Taylor Criman, a cousin, are dying. It is rumored that a near relative of the family administered the poison. There is mncn excitement. Price of the Product of the Pacific Ooaat Advanced. San Franoisoo, March 16. Tbe prioe of every foot of lumber whioh is shipped to this port and is manufac tured or handled in any business cen ter of the Pacific coast has been ad vanced. The prices became operative today when the great lumber trust began its existenoe. As already an nounced, suooess has crowned the efforts of the organizers of the Central Lumber Company. Every mill ot slightest importance on the coast is in oluded in the oom bine. The retailers are in a position where resistance is out of the question, even if contemplat ed. The wholesale dealers and mill' men control, the situation, and intend to make the lumber business profitable, It is olaimed many of tbe most power ful leaders in the industry have con ducted business for years without profit. Domestio and foreign competi tioH have reduced prices to that point whore heavy losses could not be avoid ed. Tbe trust will remedy these evils, and allow members of tbe corporation to charge what tbey believe reasonable for the product handled. Tbe organ ization of the trust after so many fail ures and apparently unsurmountable difficulties, has caused marked exoite ment in business circles in this city. It was known that one prominent deal er was blocking the suooess of the plan. He refused to accept the terms whioh others had found agreeable, and de clined to enter the combination exoept npon terms whioh the organizers be lieved were unfair. The name of this dealer was kept a secret until yester day, when it became known that he had at last agreed to sign the required contracts. He is P. B. Cornwall, who controlls tbe Bellingham Land & Im provement Company. NOT A CHRISTIAN LEFT Routine Work of the fifty-Fourth Sec tion Senate. Washington, March 14. Senators Sherman and Hill were the conspicuous figures in the Cuban debate in the sen ate today. Tbe New York senstor forcibly urged the mercenary character of the pending resolutions, while Sher man upheld them with another graphic arraignment of Spain and Weyler. It was tbe fourth day of the dobate on tbe conference report and yet there was no evidence of a near approach to a final vote, although Sherman an nounced that be would press for a vote at the earliest moment. Mitchell in troduced a joint resolution in the sen ate allowing tbe engineers to use $20, 000 of the unexpended balance for the cascade locks, to be used for making a protection wall. He made a brief talk, asking the ooromittee on com merce to report the resolution as speed ily as possible. Washington, March 16. The excite ment of the Cuban debate gave way to Cockrell today, his elaborate speech on the financial question occupying four hours. There was a spirited reference to Cuba early in the day, when it de veloped during an explanation by Lodge that the committee on foreign relations had reoeived from Secretary Olney a statement by Senor de Lome, tbe Spanish minister, giving tbe Span ish view of the case. This brought out animated suggestions from Hoar and Woloott that the senate be put in possession of this important testimony. Cockrell's speech was an elaborate presentation of the finanoial question from tbe silver standpoint, so much so that Hoar stated that it was the ablest silver speech he had ever listened to. Washington, March 18. Tbe senate bad an hour of spirited Cuban debate today, after tbe early part of tbe day had been given to set speeches by Lodge on immigration and Pugh on silver. Tbe Cuban discussion was mainly important in bringing out the full reading of a statement of the Spanish side of tbe oase by Senor Do pny de Lome, the Spanish minister. This bad been referred to some days ago, but oould not be made public. Today, however, Morgan read a letter from Seoretary Olney saying the Span ish minister gave his permission for the publio use of the statement It olaimed to detail the insurgent nieth- oos oi guerma wanare, ine on n ring of oanefields and tbe disorganized oharaoter of the insurgent bands. Those Not Killed Became Muaaulmans to Save Their Live. New York, March 16. The Armen ian Relief Association has received from Constantinople detailed informa tion concerning tbe recent massacre at Birijik. This town had about 800 Cbritsian bouses, or say about 1,000 souls, in the midst of a Mussulman populaiton of about 9,000. January 1 tbe news of the massacre of several thousand Christians at Onrfa by tbe soldiers appointed to guard them in cited tbe troops at Birijik to imitate this crime. Tbe assault on tbe Christ ian houses commenced about 9 o'clock in the morning and oou tinned until nightfall. Ninety-six men are known to bave been killed, or about half the adult Christian men. The others have become Mussulmans to save their lives, so that there is not a single Christian left in Birijik today. The Armenian church bas been made into a mosque, and the Protestant church into a medresse seminary. . The Mother Country Denounced Toronto, March 18. Circulars are being distributed through tbe mails by tbe so-called "Canadian Pacific party," declaring in effect that Great Britain ia robbing tbe Dominion through the medium of the Canadian government Tbe sending out of such matter through the mails is in direct violation of the law, and government detectives have been set to watch affairs. More Klotlng la Spain. Madrid, March 16. At Com una, 200 students belonging to the univer sity joined in a parade yesterday, cheered for Spain and burned the American flag. The police succeeded in preventing the rioters from ap proaching the United States consulate. At Alicante, the mayor and police, while dispersing similar demonstra tion, were pelted with stone. Some policemen sustained injuries. Houae. Washington, March 13. The house today passed the postoffioe appropriation bill, whioh has been under considera tion sinoe last Friday. The feature of the debate today was the attaok on the spy system" in connection with letter carriers. The salaries of speoial in spectors have been paid nnder tbe car rent law, out of a fund at the disposal of the first assistant postmaster-general. This fund was cut off by the present bill, but provisions were made for the employment of thirty additional regu lar inspectors under the fourth assist ant postmaster-general, increasing the appropriation from $176,000 to $212, 000. CJuigg led the fight against this increase and, after a protraoted debate, his amendment to reduoe the appropria tion to $176,000 prevailed, 70 to 67. Washington, March 14. In the house today, during tbe morning hour," on motion of Johnson, a resolution was adopted by which the olaim of Cole man, Republican, of the seoond Louis iana district, to the seat of Buck, was deoided in favor of the latter. Daniels oalled up the contested eleotion oase of Aldrioh-Robbins, from the fourth Ala bama distriot, in which the Repub licans recommended the seating of Aldricb. Three hours and a balf, he said, were to be allowed on each side for argument. Moody deonunced in focrible language what he termed the crimes against honest elections in Ala bama. Seversal others spoke on the subject, but it went over. Washington, Maroh 16. Provisions for putting soveral craft of the navy into oondition for service as soon as possible was made today by the house committee on naval affairs. Commo- dore Hichborne, chief of the bureau of construction and repairs of the navy department, made a request for a "De dal appropriation of $860,000, to be available for use immediately, explain ing tnat several gunboats and other oraft oould be put in shape to go into commission, if needed, for compara tively small expenditures, and the de partment considered it advisable that the work should be done at once. To partly balance the allowances for Com modore Hiobborne's bureau, the gen eral appropriation therefor was cut down from $14,000,000 to $12,500,000, There are twelve boats which the f e partmentwill put into condition for service, snd for which the appropria tion is asked. Some of them are new craft, and others old ones now out of commission. Washington, March 18. This was suspension day in the house, and sev- ereal Dills were passed. The most im portant was the Oklahoma homestead bill, which relieves homesteaders in Oklahoma of the payment of the pur chase price of their homesteads. The house also deoided, at the request of Hitt, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs to consider the resolu tions censuring Ambassador Bayard on Friday. A bill was passed Brsntinir to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company the right of way through the Sao and Fox Indian reser vations. Bills were passed granting to the First National bank of Sprsgue. Wssh., tbe right to chsoge its location to Spokane, Wash., and to increase tbe rank and psy of tbe judge-advocate of the navy when appointed from the navy. Hogs should have a I beds produce sickness. dT bed. Wet