OREGON COURIER A, W. CHENEY, Publlabar. OREGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY I TORE THROUGH IOWA oneri will bare their cases considered and passed upon after five months, and a fourth portion after one year. The honae oommittee on public landi baa ordered a favorable report on the bill for the maintenance of aobooli of minei in palbio land atatea and terri tories, by granting eaoh state from the prooeeda from the Bale of mineral landi $15,000 for the current year and an annnal Inoreaae of $1,000 per year for ten years. White Buffalo, oantain of Indian Telegraphic police on the Cheyenne reservation, has Who, wipad out mt as.i.tence applied ror a pennon, on scoonnt i in- arnaw mnuii juriei sustained while a member of the miuoia aud Michigan. UUU UUIITO1 DHKl J.OH Y, BUU T-V. ? Una Off TH-.-. ii rii i.i T7 i .1 i I ""'""i I . i IV auiuuug rujraiuiau tiuricr anjo wre in- th killnd n acorn if fatall lnHnrH TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES juries. anoh a. would give a white tTJSSJS&lSSt man a penaion. White Buffalo 4b a . . 'L .... .J, v. .ul Halt a Hundred Lives Lost in a Cyclone. STORIES TOLD BY EYEWITNESSES Epitome of the News ot the World. A a latareatlng Collection of Iteroi From Ska Two Hemlspheree I'reaented In a Condenaed Form. Word bai been reoeived of the mur der in Cuba of Walton E. Stalle, an American, for bis money. Archduke Cbarlea LoniB of Austria, eldest brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, died in Vienna, aged 64. Tom Linton, a Welshman, beat the biojole record from the fifth mile up ward, in Paris, oovering thirty miles within one hour. John D. Jones, who stamped to death 1 Tin a fit of anger Mrs. Mendenball, at the Anna. 111., fair last full, was banged at Murphysboro. He professed xepentanoe. The Western Federation of Miners has decided to amalgamate with the American Federation of Labor, and wil elect delegates to the convention of the bitter body. Dr. Thomas Benn was shot by his ' wife in Chioauo. The woman fired five times. Two bullets entered the doc tor's bead and be will probably die. Jealousy was the oause. James Dazzle (oolored), was taken from the jail in St Bernard's parish, Louisiana, and lynched. He was ar rested for attempting to outrage a white woman near the Patterson plan' tation. Harry ! Jones and Frank Jefferess, two oonviotB at Ban (juentin, got into a quarrel during whiob Jefferess stabbed Jones with a knife, indicting a wound from whiob Jones died shortly afterward. General Viouna, the Bpanisb com under, is dead of yellow fever, at Corral Falso, in Matanzas, where he has been sick for several days past. His body will be buried in the oity of Matanaas. Lillian Russell, while riding ber golden wheel near Central Park, New York, collided with an unknown cyol iat, and was thrown to the pavement. Her costly wheel was smashed and her ankle was hurt son of Bitting Bull, and baa always been loyal to the whites as a polioeman and soldier. Upon representation ot Indian Agent Stonob, at Tongue River agency, Mont., transmitted through and in dorsed by the interior department, the war department sent orders to General Brooke, commanding the department of Dakota, to send troops from Fort Custer to the agency to preserve order and stop the killing of cattle by the In dians. Probably two troops of the Tenth oavalry will be sent, but Gen eral Brooke is allowed to use discre tion. New York has the first daily paper devoted to wheeling published in the English language. It is called the Daily American Wheelman, The General Trana-Atlantiqne Com pany Has advanoed freight rates on specie one-eighth per oent on lots of $600,000 or over, either gold or silver. The North German Gazette says: The government is desirous of the total abolition of the sugar import bounties, provided the other states enter an agreement to take similar action. A cloudburst occurred near Perry, O. T., eight to twelve inobea of rain falling. Residences and business build ings on high, level ground were flood ed, while houses along Cow oreek were washed away. Lieutenant Luther B. Baker, who, as an officer in the government deteo tive servioe, had charge of the party which oaptnred J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, died in Lansing, Mich., aged 60 years. John Taggart, of Big Stone Gap, Ky., was killed, and twelve others Mrs. Louise A. Bpeetzen, an attrao tive and entertaining woman, laughed kerselt to death in Oakland, Cal. The ase was a peculiar one, and attracted the attention of a number of Oakland pfayeioians, who attended the lady. The striking firemen of the Armour paoking plant, of Kansas City, who went out May 6 for increased wages and fewer hours, have compromised their affairs and lifted their boycott against the oompany's meats and re imrned to work. A London dispatch says the British foreign office baa decided upon the is sue of a supplementary blue book rela tive to Venezuela, very Bbortly. The forthcoming volume will oontain im portant additional historical evidenoe in support of the British case. f What is claimed to be the largest strike ever made in the Ainsworth, B. C, camp was unoovered on the Termi nus, owued by Spokane parties. At the end of a 200-foot tunnel a 40-foot ledge was struck of high-grade ore, av eraging $147 per ton gold and silver. A Cairo dispatoh says a death from cholera is reported among the Egyptian troops at Tourha. A regular oholera miasma is broodiug over Cairo with the heavy air and the hot winds. The virulence of the disease is almost un paralleled at such an early stage of vis itation. The percentage of deaths is 90. In Nahant, Mass., an incipient blaze from a painter's lamp at the summer cottage ouoe occupied by the poet Long fellow, on Willow road, was the be ginning of a fierce fire, whiob fanned by a strong southwest gale, devoured ire handsome summer residences and contents, entailing a loss of about $100,000. A special from Caracas says: The Veneaeula government has offered to release the schooner New Day, but the owners refuse to aooept under oondi tiona attaohod. The English govern ment will push the olaima of the own era. This makes new complications in the relations between England and Tanesuela. The flood situation in Crookston, Minn., is becoming very serious, the rise in the Red Lake river having been very rapid by reason ot continuous and opious rains. The flood is gaining, and the water is two or three feet deep 'a some of the principal streets, while an some of the residence districts entire floors have been flooded. The Arctic explorer. Lieutenant Peary, is going North again this sum mar, aud a steamer is now being ar tanjrde in St John's, N. F., for that purpose. The object of the expedition as believed to be to secure far the Philadelphia academy of adduce the 40-ton meteorite near Cape York, which Peary discovered last year. A dispatoh baa been reoeived in Lon don from Governor Sir Hercules Rob inson relative to the sentences imposed vpon the reformers at Pretoria, which ays a number of the prisoners will be saleased immediately, and others in three months. A third lot of the pris- daagerously wounded in a gas explo sion in the mines near Big Stone Gap. Part of the mine oaved in. It is be' lieved six of the injured will die. roe boiler in Davidson Bros. ' saw mill, near Marietta, Ind., exploded with terriflo foroe, fatally injuring Eunice Davidson, Thomas Davidson and Frank Battran. Six others were more or leas injured. Near Atlantio, la., the combination train on the Griswold branoh of the Rook Island was ditched by striking a mule. All the oars and engine went into the ditch, but the ooaoh, crowded with passengers, remained on the track. Several were injured, but none seriously, The property at Elizabeth, N. J., of the defunot United States Cordage Company, has been sold by the sheriff oi union oonnty, H. J., to satisfy a mortgage held by the United States Trust Company, of New York. The plant, which was valued at nearly $1,000,000 was sold for $30,000. The London Cbroniole'a Rome oor respondent says: News baa been re oeivd from Valparaiso that on the in' itiative of Chile, it baa been deoided to establish between Brazil, Chile and Argentina another commercial agree' ment applying the principles of the Monroe doctrine to South Amerioa, Henry Walker, residing near Broken Bow, Neb. , murdered his wife, bis ex- ouse being that she had attempted to poison him, and he killed her as a mat ter of self protection. He purohaseu a revolver and deliberately arranged 11 the details. The murderer is a wealthy farmer, prominent and wtll known. . The ooal product of the United States, for the calendar year 1896, as near as can be estimated tonight, the result of the destructive tornado whioh swept portions of Iowa, Illinois and Kansas last night. The property Iobs is heavy, but accurate estimates thus far are impossible. The list of killed stands as follows: Jasper county, Iowa, 10; Polk coun ty, Iowa, 9; Kockford county, Iowa, ; Elgin oonnty, Iowa, 1; North Mc Gregor, Iowa, 12; Durango, Iowa, 6; Fort Scott, Kan., 2. The storm wrought its greatest bavoo in Iowa, where the counties of Polk and Jasper were devastated by two tornadoes, The loss of life was heaviest there. The storm originated near the town of Ankeny, ninety-five miles north of Des Moines.. As near as oan be ascer tained from those who saw the sight, two olouds, one from the northwest and one from the southwest, met and dropped down on the earth and wrought their havoc on all that was loose and fast. The storm moved northeastward. Near the town of Bondurant it killed its first victims, the members of the Bailey family. The storm was seen coming from Bondurant. Many farm ers who bad attended the ohurch serv ices had been unable to get home before the storm, and their lives were thus saved. The traok of the tornado at this point was about a quarter ot a mile wide. It passed onward, going north of the town of Santiago. All along the oourse the fenoes and build' ings, crops and trees were completely destroyed. In places bark was peeled from the trees, houses were lifted up and hnrled down and broken into spun ters; oellars were heaped full of mud, and debris, olten partially covering those who bad taken refuge in them, THE BERMUDA NEARLY CAUGHT Haa Bpanlah Narrow Kicape From tlunboata. New York. May 20. News reached this city today from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, that the Steamship Ber muda, with a large party of filibusters and a cargo of ammunition and provis ions, bad a narrow escape from being oaptnred by tbe Bpanisb Warships on her last cruise to Cuba. This was tbe Bermuda's seoond suooessful trip. , She crossed the St John's river bar April 1.7, in oommand of Captain E. U. Rellly. The Bermuda hove to at a place on the nortnern coast of Cuba, some ten miles east pf Cardenas, and at onoe began to lower her boats. It was said today by one in autboirty that tbe first boat capsized, being over-. loaded, and tnat five men were drowned, among them a brother of Colonel Nicholas de Cardenas, one of tbe insurgent leaders. A BRIDGE CAVE WAY Crowded Street Car Plunges Into Victoria Harbor. OVER SIXTY PERSONS KILLED rba Car Waa Completely Submerged and Jta Osenpanta War Drowned -LJat of tbe Dead. Seattle, Wash., May 28. A Post-In telligenoer special from Victoria says from the brightness and joy of holi day festivities Victoria was today plunged into the darkness and horror of a terrible accident, which sent thrill of nnuterable sadness through The cargo was all landed, when one th.e "di of guests and filled the of the boats got adrift. Some of v J "-"" the party began shouting. Sudden ly tbe flash of an electric light was seen directly over the ship s masthead. The shouts of the men in the boat had been heard by a Spanish warship. There was a flash and a roar, and a solid shot passed about 300 feet astern of the ship. Captain Reilly headed his ship west' ward, and was pulling away from the Spaniards very quiokly. A few min utes after a second shot was fired and went wide. Then it waa discovered that two Spanish gunboats were in pursuit The Bermnda had no trouble in showing the Spaniards her heels. An electric tram car on its way from the oity to the scene of the military parade and sham battle, crashed through the Ellice point bridge, and, without a moment s warn ing, sixty-one souls were plunged into eternity. Knowing that the programme of the day bad been planned with special care, hundreds of visitors poured into the oity from all directions, and swelled tbe crowd already in attendance. Early in the afternoon tbe crowd be gan making its way toward the parade ground. The main route from tbe city is by the eleotrio cars, whioh cross Vic toria arm on a bridge at Ellice point. So anxious were the people to get away that two cars leaving tbe oity Those who had fled to oaves were in variably saved, but so sudden waa the approaoh of tbe storm that many were unable to find that shelter, though the oaves were only a few rods from them, Passing onward the storm struck Va leria. The railroad bridge on the Chi oago Great Western was the first objeot it wrestled with. Tbe bridge was oom pletely demolished, and the raila were twisted and bent out of shape. The town was almost completely ruined, The buildings were demolished when they stood in the full foroe of the storm, and those whioh stood along the edges of the storm were moved and twisted, and in other ways injured. sohoolhouse was taken away bodily, and fragments of it have so far escaped d isoo very, There were some strange pranks played near this town. An old man holding a babe was lifted up and dropped into an adjoining field without the least injury being done to either bim or the child Leaving the wrecked town, tbe storm moved forward, laying the oonntry bare, wreoking houses and killing the inmates. One observer near Valeria, who saw the storm aud observed it carefully, says that the cloud appeared to be a high balloon, dark green in color, witn a light streak in the cen ter. It traveled at a tremendous rate, tearing up the largest trees by the roots or stripping them olean off, driving posts into the earth, twisting buildings in the edge of its track, end first, spat tering the houses close to it with mud and sand, stripping hedges and lioking the grass from tbe fields. From Vale ria the storm moved on, passing near the town of Mingo. Later in the evening, a tornado seems to have struok near Manchester, in shows the output of the Northwest Delaware county, although reports are very meager from there. It is possible that this was the same storm, and that, after traveling 150 miles in the air, it once more dipped down to the earth and laid bare a strip half a mile wide and six or eight miles long. states to be: Oregon, 73,686 short tons product, valued at $247,901; Washing ton, 1,191,410 short tons, with a valua tion ot $2,677,068; Montana, 1,489,193 short tons, valued at $2,816,900, A dispatoh from Basse Terre, Island of Guadloupe.West Indies, says: Jap anese immigrants are again iu rebel lion. The uprising has become so for niidable as to cause planters grave anx iety. The colonial government is adopting drastic measures to suppress the insurrection, notwithstanding the stipulations of the treaty. General Lucius Fairohild, command-er-in-cbief of the Loyal Legion and ex-commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., died at his residonoe in Madison, Wis. General Fairohild had suffered from the effects of the grippe for several weeks, and a month ago the ailment was complicated by kidney trouble. Until five days ago, it was thought he would reoover. The senate oommittee on interstate oommeroe baa authorized the reporting of a bill for tbe uniform clarification of railroad freight rates framed on the linea reoommended by tbe national board of trade. It will require an in terstate oommeroe commission to pre pare and publish a classification whiob shall apply to all sections of the oonntry. a manna aispatcn says: in conse quence of tbe representations made by tbe American government, the Spanish cabinet will try to induce Captain General Weyler to reconsider bia pro bibition of the export of leaf tobaooo to foreign countries. Tbe edict has been weloomed in Spain and Havana, as a clever blow dealt at the people who are considered to be chief abettors of the insurrection. Coloraoo Minora Strike. Denver. May 27. A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Louis ville, Colo., states that the Western Federation of Miners has oalled a strike on the ooal mines operated by the Unit ed Coal Company and the Citizens' Coal Company. The strike was oaused by tbe discharge of eight men at the Simpson mine, and was over an old trouble with the company in refusing to reinstate twenty-two men who were discharged, tbe company declining to adopt the schedule under whioh the men were working. About 600 miners are affected. Seceaalon In Peru. New York, May 27. A Herald diS' patch from Buenos Ayres says: The Herald's correspondent in Manaos, Brazil, sends word that a boat arriving there from Iquitos, Pern brings news that Colonel Seminarios, leader of the movement to make the depaitment of Loreto, Fern, an independent state, has called into the field all persons able to carry arms. Colonel Seminarios bas raised about 8,000 men to resist tbe troops of President Pierola. They have only old-style arms. A small steamer has been armed for service on the Amazon river. Seminarios has issued a proclamation declaring the independ ence of the new state. Gblneae Counter. eltera. San Franoisoo, May 26. At last the were filled, and every available space United States seoret service authorities on the platforms occupied bv those have struck a lead to tbe source whence who afterwards went down into the have come the almost perfect imitation arm. Before leaving, the car men had of half dollars circulated throughout to order off a number of young men tbe coast. and bovs who had climbed upon the it is oeneved tne counterieits, roofs of the oars. . The first of these which absolutely defy detection, except cars got over Point Ellice bridge safelv under a powerful magnifying glass in but when the other was about half way tne nanos oi a clever expert, were made acrotm an ominous sound was heard by Chinese, in their native land, and that told of something giving way, brought to this oonntry last summer by and soon the middle span of the bridge, members or tbe troupe of Chinese about 150 feet in length, swerved auiuin wuu uauie iu an'eriua 10 periurin nortnward toward tne gorge, tne car at the Atlanta exposition. It is esti- sliding in the same direction. The mated that 20,000 of the unauthorized tide was high at the time, and the car CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. coins have been disposed of by the Chinese, and that "Little Pete," tbe Chinese of recent raoetrack job no toriety, was back of tbe sobenie. A Dlaaatroua Cloudburst. Marshall town, la., May 26. A cloudburst today, between Lamoille and State Center, oaused Linn creek, which flows through this city, to rise in one hour from a mere rivulet to a river a half mile wide. The Chicago L j... i.,jj u and roadbed L nft K,,.jn 'tho mrir f seriously damaged, the flood destroying aIldthe nnfortnnate8 who were sub- ya auu uruwuiug uuiiBiaeraDie nve- merged in the oar. situuk. a neavy nan acoomnanien tne ti a . . i j " iud hid unuaiiiuituiii ninu lui uhii was completely submerged when it struck tbe bottom, going down into fully fifteen feet of water. The peo pie who were packed on the platforms were in the most fortunate position, The majority of those who escaped in jury from falling timbers succeeded in saving themselves, as there was snf floient debris floating adout on whioh they could make their way to shore. Soon boats aud carriages came from rain. Tbe railroad yards in this oity are submerged, and dwellings in tbe lowlands flooded to a depth of three feet. Some of the residents were res ouea in Doats, saving narrow escapes. Railroad traffic cannot be resumed for a day or two. Iowa river is also on the biggest rampage for fifteen years. Deadly Gaaollne Stove. Chicago, May 26. By tbe explosion of a gasoline stove on Townsend street today a family of six persons waa al most exterminated. Four are dead and a fifth is so badly burned that death is almost certain. Mrs. Malm, the wife and mother, had arisen to prepare breakast, and her hnsband and children were still asleep In bed. She lighted a gasoline stove, when the reservoir which holds the apply of oil, exploded, throwing the burning fluid about tbe rooms. Before the sleeping members of the family oould be taken out or even warned, they were shut in by the flames and named almost to a orisp. out and assisted materially in the work of rescue. Captain Grant's grounds and house were thrown open to reoieve those apparently drowned. As soon as the bodies were taken from the water, wolunteers, acting under the direotion of the majority of the medical men of tbe oity, who quickly arrived on the scene, began tbe work of resuscitating. In many cases their efforts were orowned with Buccess. Those who showed signs of life were given warm clothing at Captain Grant's or else where and taken to their homes or boarding houses. While many Victor ians were on the fatal oar, thd major ity were visitors, and the work of iden tification is consequently difficult. THE CZAR CORONATED. Dr. Peters, tbe African explorer, is about to undertake a new explora tion of Somaliland under the audioes of a nnmbr of wealthy Americana. Mnholaa II Crowned Kuler or All the Kuatlaa. Tampa, Fla., May 28. A tobacco merchant, who has just returned here from Havana, says of the situation in Cuba: A Woman Miner. It goes against the grain to credit Baker City, Or., May 26. Mrs. W. a11 stories of atrocities which have Ainsworth is tbe only woman in Ore- reached Havana from the interior of gon who can handle a miner's pick in Cuba, yet many of these stories are regulation style. She and her family, substantially true. consisting of her husband and four Every one who has been able to get, children, live in Sparta, Or., at the I out into tbe field of warfare bas edge of town. When through with her brought back confirmation of tbe re household duties, she amuses herself Ports which have crept into tbe oity by doing a little placer mining, undergound. Some of these slaughters Three days ago she ground-sluiced a Daye 1)6611 wholesale. In some in patch of ground six feet square, right stances they have taken the form of t tbe back of her residence, and as a executions without trial of one or two result she added $31 in gold to her pin sympathizers with the rebellion. In money. Tbe clean-up included a gold otners tney nave Deen simple assassina nugget valued at $7.25. Mr. Ains-Uions- worth is the possessor of some valuable "These killings are justified on tbe placer ground in the vicinity of Sparta, ground that apparent nouoombatants and a man of considerable means. A Sklrinlah With Garcia. Havana, May 26. Colonel Motons. near Santa Clara province, came in sight of the insurgent band of Zayas, The insurgents abandoned one pris oner, who declared that the insurgent Brigadier-General Tayo was dead. Colonel Marito met the insurgent lead er, Eduardo Garcia, who, in conjunc tion with other leaders, had a force of 2,000 men at tbe farm of Vinola, iu Matanzas, near the great Southern swamp, ibe battalion of Alfonso Doce opened Are and the insurgents re treated, leaving sixteen killed, two prisoners, their arms and ammunition. Accidental Death of a Child. Dayton, Or., May 27. A frightful aocident occurred near Wheatland, ten miles south of here, in which a 6-year- old girl of D. Magill, a farmer, was killed. It seems tbe grandfather of the little girl was coming out of the house, with the hammers of a gun cocked, to shoot a Chinese pheasant, which was near the house. He stumbled and both barrels of the gun were discharged. the contents entering one of tbe lower limbs of the little girl near the bip. and entirely severed tbe limb from tbe body. Tbe child died Boon after from loss of blood. are not such in fact, but are sympa thizers with and aiders of the rebel lion, or pillagers and destroyers of prop erty. It is easy to justify these acts. No nation has recognized the belliger ency of the Cuban rebels. It is only just to say that it is the volunteers, rather than the regular Spanish soldiers who are guilty ot thes excesses. It is true, also, that tbe shedding of blood of nonoombatants is not confined to the Spanish troops. In Pinar del Rio there is a revel of death in which Maoeo, as well as the Spanish volun teers, is a prime figure. The rebel general dominates in that province, through fear. His orders have gone forth, with the penalty of death at tached, and the violation of those edicts has been followed with summary pun ishments. The insurgents, it is said, hang those whom they condemn, rather than to put them to death with tbe machette. 'This is the character ot the war being waged in Cuba, and it presents the same questions of humanity which led Grant to propose intervention in the revolution of 1868. Condaaaad Kacord of the Dolnga mt the Nation's Lawenakera-aenaM. Washington. May 26. In tbe senate today Butler renewed tbe motion to take np the bill prohibiting tbe issue of interest-bearing bonds. After some sparring Hill interposed tbe objection that this wss too important question to be consdered "without a quorum." This was tbe first evidenoe of a renew al of tbe obstruction. A quorum being found quickly, the motion was adopt ed, the vote being ayes, 84, noes, 20. With the understanding that the But ler bill should not be prejudiced, a bill was passed to quiet titlej to lands to persona who bad purchased in good faith, without notice, and for a valu able consideration, to enable the gov ernment to issue patents on such lands and providing that commutations of homestead entries shall take effeot from the date of settlement, and not from the date of entry. Washington May 27. The general deficiency appropriation bill, the last of tbe supply bills, was before the sen ate throughout the day and passed just oeiore adjournment It temporarily displaced tbe bill to prohibit tbe issue of bonds. As passed, the bill carries about $10,000,000, an increase of $6, 000,000 over tbe bouse bill. Tbe most important amendment agreed to np to 2 o'clock was that of $1,642,979. to the . Southern Paoiflo company for the transportation of mails. At 2 o'clock the bond bill was formally laid before the senate, and Pritchard was recog nized, but after some discussion the bond bill was informally laid aaide and the consideration of tbe deficiency bill oontinued. All the oommittee amendments were agreed to. Washington, May 28. Tariff and finance each oame in for a share of consideration in the senate today. Early in tbe day Sherman succeeded in having the filled oheeae bill taken up, whereupon Dubois offered an amend ment adding 76 cents per barrel to tbe tax on beer. The senator said his amendment was intended to test tbe sincerity of senators who expressed a desire to aid the treasury by raising more revenue. Sherman opposed the amendment as a skillful means to de feat the oheese bill. Hia motion to table the Dubois amendment was de feated, 25 to 80. On the question of adopting tbe amendment the debate became general, Senators Mills and Gray supporting aud Nelson, Aldriob and Vilas opposing it The bill and the pending beer amendment was dis placed at 2 o'clock by the bond bill. whioh was advocated by Pritchard and opposed by Lindsay. Honae. Washington, May 25. The Phillips labor commission bill, which was to have come to a vote in the house today under the speoial order, was completely crowded out by the conference report on the river and harbor, and sundry civil bills. The oonferenoe report on the river and harbor bill, whioh re ported an agreement on all the itema save that relating to tbe Santa Monica and San Pedro harbors, was made tbe basis of a very bitter attack on the bill by Hepburn and Dockery. The latter said he opposed this measure because it contained riotous appropriations not warranted by the condition of the treas ury. He said he realized that his re marks would not be punotuated by ap plause. At tbe mgbt session, Cum- mings made a stirring speech, appeal ing to his Democratic friends not to stand in the way of meritorious pen sion bills. Twelve bills were favor ably acted on. Washington, May 27. Shortly after the opening of the session today, the bouse went into a committee of the whole to oonsider tbe bill to repeal tbe free-alcohol clause of the existing tariff law. Evans, in charge of the bill, opened tbe debate in support of tbe measure, explaining the necessity of tbe legislation. He said the bill would not affeot the claims now pending, amounting to $15,000,000. Evans offered the amendment to the bill whioh had been agreed upon as a com promise by some of the friends and op ponents of tbe measure. It provided for a joint committee of three members from each house of oongress to consider all questions relating to the free use of alcohol in the arts, to report their conclusions to congress in December. At 5 o'clock the committee rose. Strode presented the majority report in tbe oontested election case of Martin vs. Lockhart, from the sixth North Carolina district, and at 5:15 the house adjourned. Washington, May 28. The house to day, by a vote of 165 to 69, passed the bill for the repeal of section 61, of the present tariff law, providing for a re bate on alcohol used in the arts or medicinal compounds. An amendment was attaohed to the bill providing for a joint commission to consist of three members from each house to examine and report on all questions relating to free alcohol at the next session. Tbe opposition to the measure came en tirely from Eastern and New England states. An analysis of the vote shows that 56 Democrats, 104 Republicans and five Populists voted for the bill, and 60 Republicans and nine Demo crats against the bill Tbe senate amendments to the general deficiency bill, excepting the French spoliation claims and claims under the Bowman act, were disagreed to, and the bill was sent to conference. Tarka Attack Defenaeleaa Chrlatla Athens, Msy 28. Advices from tbe island of Crete at a to that tha T.,Viok The Cubans anlrijnra at Rotimn nnn.in-S- L . a.,., ... w. - .h.v nww vvuiuiuuilf at show no signs of yielding. Indeed, they tacks upon tbe Christians, who h.a gam strength daily. They flaunt the barricaded themselves In bouses. Tele Spaniah at their very defenses on the grtpbio communication, excepting met- trocba. Confessedly, General Wevler asm. ftI snni) flVtvn fnvcinn u...!. 1 must bring more men from Spain to been prohibited by tbe Turkish authori enter upon an offensive campaign." ties