Oregon City courier., January 29, 1897, Image 2

Oregon City Coarier.
A, W. CBBNBT, FoblUner.
beqon city oregon
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
Bow the Bonon Men lot I'p Their Or-
IGNORED BY THE SENATE.
Preildeot Simon Declined to lUeognlte
the It lion Haul,
EVENTS OF THE DAI
As Interesting Collection eMUm Front
oh Heulaphere Presented
Conden) Form.
The steamer City of Tojwka arrived
at Port Townsond, from Alaska, upon
schedule time. It is reported that the
weather at Juneau and Sitka in at pres
ent quite as mild as that of Pugut
sound.
Great preparation! are being made
for the spring rush of miners to Al
aska, which it is expected will b
greater this year than ever before.
Few prospeotors are plunning to go to
Cook's inlet this season, the excitement
In that section having about died out.
James McCoy, one of the founders
f the town of Oakesdalo, Wash., died
at his home in that town at the age of
N years. Mr. McCoy came to Oregon
in 1853, and resided in Benton county
till 1887. He then removed to Whit
man oounty, Wash., where he has since
resided.
Port Townsond has had another land
slide. Tons of dirt fell from the hill
an the west side of Taylor street, at
the second flight of terrace steps, carry
ing with it the high oribbing and com
pletely obstructing the passage on that
side of the street.
The ship Two Brothers, whioh has
arrived at Tacoma from Ban Franoisoo,
'to load coal reports that on January 19,
while oft the Oregon eoast, Oscar
Harts, a sailor, fell from the lee main
rigging and was drowned. It was his
-Moond trip on the ship. He was a
German, 80 years old, and had lived in
flan Franoisoo.
A Madrid dispatoh says snow and
rain storms threaten serious floods in
ffetain. Harrowing distress prevails in
Andalusia. At Jaon, the people are
slandering the bread shops, and thou
sands are begging in the streets. Simi
lar scenes, accompanied by fights with
the polioe, have occurred in many
ather towns. The authorities are pow
erless to cope with the destitution.
Joseph Meehan, 16 years old, of San
Franoisoo, met his death in a strange
and shocking manner. He was attempt
tag to close a window in a room oo-
eapiod by himself and parents on the
Hunt floor of a lodging house, when ho
.clipped and plunged headlong through
the oponing to the street below, lie
atrook on his head and his neck was
broken.
A London dispatoh from Odessa, de
scribing the military preparations going
forward there, says that the activity
has only been equaled during the period
whioh immediately preceded the two
last great wars. The Turkish govern
ment is nnable to make its nsnal an
aal purchase of horses in Russia, all
at the stud farms being closed by the
Bassian government. .
. Congressman Sturtevant, of Penn
sylvania, who has recently oalled on
President-eleot MoKinley, quotes him
a saying: "I will call a speoial ses
sion of congress on March IS, and un
less I ohange my mind yon may be in
Washington by that time. I desire to
have my protective system inaugurated
immediately upon my inauguration,
and I want a measure passed that will
immediately stimulate business and
five idle men work." Congressman
Startevant said further that no Penn
sylvania man would bo in the cabinet
Very Rev. Thos. J. Conaty, D. D.,
jhm been installed as rector of the
OaUiolio university of Amorica in
Washington, D. C. It was a notable
trout in the history of the institution,
and drew together a distinguished as
aemblago of churchmen and educators.
Another attempt has been made to
get the stranded Glunmorag off from '
tiie sands of North beach. This trial
jnrovod unsuccessful like the previous
attempts and it is now thought the
Gtenmorag will be abandoned to the
mercies of the waves.
While hunting near Elk Point, 8.
J., W. J. Murphy, aged 17, became
separated from his companions and was
froaon to death. When first missed ho
was supposed to have returned home,
and not until soma time later did
searching parties start after him. His
body was found.
An earthquake ocenrrod on the Mnr.rl
aw Kishnm, in the Persian gulf, attend
d by enormous loss of lifo. Kishnm is
ear the entranco of the Persian gnlf
and is the largest island in that body
c water, being surrounded by many
mailer islands. Its length is Beventy
miles and its average breadth twelve
miles. The population is estimated at
,000, chiefly arabs.
Two people were seriously injured
and a score of others bruised and bat
tered as tho result of a rear-end collision
of two trains in the Oakland yards.
Instead .of holding the Berkley local
train as usual, the signalman allowed it
to proceed on the main track, just as
the sunset limited was approaching.
Before the latter train could be stopped
it crashed into tho rear car of the lo
cal, completely demolishing it.
The senate committee on fisheries
have listened to an argument by Pro
fessor Elliott in advocacy of the bill
providing for a new international agree
ment for the protection of fur-hearing
seals. Professor Elliott exhibited a
large number of charts, showing the
habits of seals. He contended that
.from an economio and humane point of
iew, it would be far better for the
United States to kill all tho remaining
seals outright than' to permit the
laughter to continue under present
ambulations. .
Two o'clock Thursday of lust week
the Benson men succeeded in organis
ing the lower house of tho legislature
with a majority numbering thirty-one,
There was a large crowd of Scctators
present, as it had been announced in
the morning session of tho house that
organization would bo attempted in tho
afternoon. A collision of tho factions
was expected, but nothing of the kind
occurred.
At 3 o'clock, when Tomporary
Speaker Davis mounted tho rostrum
and called the members to order, an
audible rustlo of expectancy passed
around the house. Tho siwuker direct
ed Clerk Moody to call the roll, and the
following answered to their names:
Benson, Bridges, Brown, Chapman,
Conn, Crawford, David, Davis of Uma
tilla, Gratke, Gurdane, Hogue, Hope,
Hudson, Huntington, Jennings, Lake,
Langell, Marsh, Merrill, Misener,
Mitchell, Nosier, Palm, Kiddle, Kigby,
Simth of Marion, Somers, Stanley,
Thomas, Thompson, Vaughan, Yen
ness, Wagner.
The first formal move of the Benson
men was made by Brown. He left bis
desk and came forward to a position
just in Xront ox the speakor's rostrum
Brown addressed Speaker Davis, and,
being recognized, began a speech. Ho
said:
We have sat here for ten days in
our effort to organize this house. But
the rulings of tho temporary speaker
have at all times been adverse to the
possibility of organisation. If he has
been conscientious in his ruling, I re
spect him."
Brown then went on to recite the his
tory of the failure to organize and, con
cluding with the statement that it was
now "our earnest purpose and steadfast
resolution" to proceed with the busi
ness, offered a formal resolution, as fol
lows:
' Resolved, That the present tem
porary speaker, E. J. Davis, be, and he
is hereby removed, and that Dr. J. N.
Smith be, and he is hereby elected
speaker pro tern, in his stead. That
E. R. Lake and F. S. Stanley be and
they hereby are appointed a committee
to escort Dr. J. N. Smith to the speak
ers chair."
The reading of the resolution was
greeted with great cheers by the lobby,
Brown raised his hand in protest, and
appealed to the ' spectators to keep
silent.
'"We have serious business to do,"
he said. "Mr. Speaker," interrupted
Kiddle of Douglas, addressing Davis,
"I desire to enter an emphatic protest
against this proceeding. I am against
this resolution. We have heard some
opinions read on this floor from Sena
tor Hoar of Massachusetts, and from
Senator Thurston of Nebraska. I take
it as a piece of impertinence on the
part of the senator from Nebraska to
offer unsolicited advice as to what we
should do in Oregon, and our answer
should be in the language of the great
and only Pennoyer, 'You ottond to
your business and we'll attend to ours.'
"I will ask the speaker to put the
question," said Brown, "although I
realize it is a delicate matter for him."
"This whole proceeding is out of or
der," replied Davis, coolly, "and I de
cline to put the question."
"I will then put the question," con
tinued Brown. "All who favor the
resolution will say, aye." There was a
loud chorus of ayes. "Those opposed,
no." Several yells of "No" came
from the lobby.
"Carried," cried Brown.
Speaker Davis calmly watched the
progress of events and said nothing.
Smith was marched up beside Davis be
tween Lake and Stanley. When he
was opposite the speaker, Smith, who
is a very small man, extonded his hand
to Davis, who is quite tall, and there
was an awkward handshake. The
crowd breathed a sigh of relief aud
smiled. There was to be no tragedy.
It was just plain comedy. Smith
asked the pleasure of the house, and
Somers promptly got on his feet undi
read a printed resolution removing
Tomporary Chief Clerk Moody and
appointing R. R. Hays, the Benson
caucus nominee. Smith put the mo
tion and it was declared carried, and
Hays took a place besido Clerk Moody.
Chief Justice Moore was waited upon
by a committee, and he swore in the
members. Conn then offered a resolu
tion to proceed to permanent organiza
tion, and it carried. H. L. Benson, of
Josephine, was placed in nomination
for speaker. Tho roll of tho members
sworn in was called by Hays. Benson
got twenty-eight votes, Benson, Gratke
and Misonor voting blank.
A committee was appointed to escort
Benson to tho chair. Chief Justice
Moore swore him in, and he made a
short Bpeech of thanks.
The following officers were then
eloctod:
Assistant chief clork, H. S. Jordan;
reading clerk, Frank Mutter; calendar
clerk, E. W. Bartlett; sergeant-at-arms,
H. W. Murphy; doorkeeper, S. W.
White (colored.)
These were the Benson caucus nomi
nees. They were sworn in by Justice
Moore. Bridges presented a resolution
empowering the sjieaker to appoint
three pages, a mailing clerk and one
upstairs doorkeeper, and it was adopted.
Thomas offered a resolution extend
ing me usual courtesies to newspaper
men, and that, too, was adopted.
There was some discussion as to the
proper way to notify the senate of the
house organization, but it was finally
settled by adoption of a resolution by
Brown, appointing a committee of two
from the senate and three from the
house to notify the governor that the
senate and the house were organized
The lobby of tho senate chamber in
Salom was crowded Monday afternoon
in anticipation of action on tho house
concurrent resolution to notify the gov
ernor of the organization of the legis
lature. The resolution failed to put in
an appearance, but the matter came up
in another form on a resolution by
Senator King, whioh was lost on a tie
vote, and subsequently by a decisive
ruling of President Simon, which was
distinctly against recognition of the
Benson house. Immediately after the
senate was called to order, President
Simon announced that he had in his
possession a communication from the
temporary house. It had been sent in
last Friday, but he had tuken the lib
erty to withhold it, expecting the con
current resloution also to be submitted.
The resolution was not at hand, but he
thought it proper now to Present the
communication. It was in brief the
particulars of the Benson honse organ
ization, and setting forth the unoonsti
tutionality of such action, stating that
at no time was a quorum present. The
communication was signed by R. E.
Moody, temporary chief clerk.
The senate listened to the reading of
the comnmnication, but took no aotion
in the matter, and the regular order of
business was resumed. After several
bills had been introduced, King (Popu
list), of Baker county, asked unanimous
consent to introduce a resolution,
There was no objection, and King sent
the following to the clerk's desk:
Whereas, There appears to be some
question as to whether the house of
representatives, comprising the other
branoh of this legislative assembly, bos
organized and is ready to proceed with
business; that there is one organization
of snoh house claiming to be the tem
porary house, duly organized as such,
and one organization, olaiming to be
permanent and duly organized; that the
senate has not been notified by resolu
tions or otherwise of such permanent
organization; that this branoh of the
legislative assembly cannot perform
legislative duties for whioh its mem
bers were elected without the concur
rence of the house of representatives on
all bills and joint resolutions passing
this body; that this branoh of the
legislative assembly has for two weeks
been organized and ready for the trans
action of buisness, ' and the cause of
such delay on the part of the house of
representatives has not been fully mado
known to this body; therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of
three members of the senate be appoint
ed to examine into the conditions
above Bet forth and ascertain whether
or not either of the two pretended or
ganizations of the house of representa
tives is a legally organized branoh of
this assembly, and, if so, which of the
two is so organized, and report the con
dition thereof to the senate at as nearly
a date as may be deemed practicable by
said committee."
This brought up the matter of the
house recognition in an unexpected
form. A motion was made to lay the
resolution on the table, but it did not
oarry. After some debate a vote was
taken, resulting in a tie, the resolution
failing to be adopted.
Shortly after this episode a messen
ger from the house was announoed. He
laid his message in front of President
Simon, who opened it and read it, and
then said:
'The chair is in receipt of a com
munication puporrting to be a message
from the house stating that the house
has effected permanent organization by
electing Hon. H. L. Benson as speaker,
R. R. Hays as chief clerk and other
officers, and is ready for the transaction
of business. The chair has already
submitted to the senate a message from
the temporary organization of the
house, advising the senate that such
permanent organization was effected in
an irregular and unconstitutional man
ner and without the presence of i
quorum, and that such action was life
gal and void. The chair is of the
opinion that no permanent organization
of the house has been effeoted and that
the pretended permanent organization,
without a quourm mentioned in this
communication, is not valid or bind
ing, and that the senate cannot recog'
nize such an alleged permanent organ
ization of the house. The chair, there
fore, declines to entertain or receive
this communication, and rules that the
same eannot be entered upon the jour
nal. The decision will stand as the
judgment of the senate, unless the sen
ate will overrule the decision of the
chair."
The president's ruling was received
In silence by the senate, which ap
peared to think that it Was entirely cor
rect, and it would be useless to attempt
to set it aside, even if so disposed.
A BOLD CUBAN DASH
Hernandez' Men Captured
the Town of Pelanos.
SPANIARDS WERE SURPRISED
DAY IN THE SENATE.
THE HEROD OF HAVANA.
Bills-
Tho Troop Were Attending Church
Whil the Insurgents War Tall
in; tli Garrlaon.
Cincinnati, Jan. 20. The Commer
cial Tribune special from Key West,
says:
Another defeat for the Spanish is
rejwrted from Pelanos, in the Southern
part of Havana province. The place
has 1,000 inhabitants, is well fortified,
and has a Spanish garrison of 600 men,
with one field piece.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hernandez, in
command of 500 insurgent cavalry,
made a dash at tho town Monday after
noon while the troops were at church
celebrating some local holiday. Before
they could form the insurgents had
possesssion of the blockhouse. Cannon
was trained on the church, and before
the Spanish were hardly aware of what
was the trouble, solid shot came hurtl
ing through the walls, while cries of
"Cuba Libre" filled the air. Out they
rushed, only to fall before a deadly
volley from a strong force posted be
hind some neighboring houses.
Colonel Muncio, the Spanish officer,
bravely rallied his men, but as they
formed for a charge, he fell, with a
dozen bullets through him. The sec
ond in command took hiB place, but
he, too, fell in a few seconds' time, the
sharpshooters of Hernandez dealing
death with a rapidity that rendered the
troops panic-stricken.
They mado one more attempt to
charge the blockhouse, but Hernandea'
cavalry reserve dashed at them, sweep
ing through their ranks and cutting a
bloody pathwith their sharp machetes.
J. he Spanish then retired, it being a
rout, though a portion stubbornly pro
tected their rear, making stands until
forced to retire by Hernandez' fierce
charges. After pursuing them nearly
to Cajalo on the coast, the insurgents
withdrew. They burned the forts at
Palanos. The insurgents secured 1,400
stands of arms, one cannon, $1,000 in
gold and $5,000 paper money, besides
ammunition and many valuable papers
belonging to the Spanish commissary
department.
Havana officials knew of the battle
Tuesday night, but kept it suppressed,
and the palace officials say that the
place has been "evacuated."
Calendar Cleared of Ponalon
Keaolutlon Prntd.
Washington, Jan. 36. The senate
confined itself strictly to business to
day, passing a largo number of bills,
including those for a statue of President
Lincoln at Gettysburg, appropriating
$300,511 to pay one of tho old claims
of the lute John Roach for use of his
shipyards, and reclassifying the railway
postal service. Over 100 pension bills
wore passed during the day, thus clear
ing the calendar. A resolution by
Morgan, was agreed to, requesting tho
president for all correspondence on tho
Nicaragua canal since 1S87, also a reso
lution by Allen requesting the attorney
general for information regarding the
reported Pacific railroad settlement be
tween the executive authorities and the
reorganization committee of the road.
Allen of Nebraska secured the adop.
tlon of the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the attorney-general
be and is hereby directed to inform the
senate whether he entered into an
agreement or stipulation with what is
commonly known as the reorganization
committee of the Union Pacific rail
road, respecting the foreclosure of the
government lien thereon, . and the
amount, if any, of such agreement or
stipulation that said reorganization
committee has bid on the foreclosure of
said liens, and, also, send to the senate
a full text of - such agreement or stipu
lation, together with the names of per
sons comprising the reorganization
committee as well as the authority he
may have for beginning such foreclosure
proceedings or entering into any such
agreement or stipulation."
Senator Torpl So Oharaeterliad Captain
General Weyler.
Washington, Jan. 37. In the senate
today Turpie of Indiana, characterized
Captain-General Weyler as "the Herod
of Havana, the murderer of women and
children," and as an indosoribable
diminutive reptile." These bitter
words were incident to Turpie's speech
of two hours on the Cameron Cuban
resolution. The speech did not develop
the criticism of the secretary of state
whioh had been foreshadowed by Tur
pie's remarks last week, as the senator
confined himself largely to a careful
analysis of the constitutional rights of
congress, his conclusion being that con
gress, as representing the people, had
the primary and paramount authority
to recognize new governments. Tur
pie frequently turned aside from bis
arguments to pay a glowing tribute to
the insurgent government and its lead
ers. General Maoeo was eulogized as
a hero, whose memory would be hon
ored by the people of Cuba libre as the
American people honored the heroes of
Revolutionary days. In connection
with Maoeo's death, the senator re
ferred with bitter denunciation to Gen
eral Weyler.
AN OLD BURIAL GROUND.
Hundred
of Hone Unearthed
We.t I'olnt.
to
Sanator Morgan' View.
The following dispatoh has been re
wived by Bourne from Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama: "Under the consti
tution, as it is executed by the statute
in accord with section 2, the house con
sists of sixty memners, and the senate
consists of thirty members. A quorum
to do business consists of two-thirds of
each house under article 13 of the con
stitution, and this includes the perma
nent organization. A quorum being in
attendance, business can be done;
otherwise no organization can be made,
except to compel the attendance of ab
sent members."
and ready for business.
Senator Harmon's bill to regulate
salmon fishing in Rogue river fixes the
clone season from April 15 to June 1,
and from August 15 to September 15.
Senator Price has presented a meas
ure which provides a new method of
collecting school taxes. It is made the
duty of the school clerk, ten days after
the annual school meeting, the first
Monday in March, to begin making an
assessment of his district, and, imme
diately upon its completion, to collect
the tax. The measure, it will be seen,
tukes from the assessor the power to
make the assessment, and from the
sheriff the duty of collecting the tax.
It practically restores the former law.
New York, Jan. 26. A special
the Press from West Point says:
. Bones by the hundred have been un
earthed right under the officers' club'
rooms. They are all human bones, in
good condition, but nobody knows
when they were placed or how they got
there. It might have been half a cen
tury ago, but the probabilities are, judg
ing from stories told by old residents,
that they are the bones of soldiers
killed in the Revolutionary war. It is
known that spies and tories hanged on
the plains were buried by the patriots
where the mess hull now stands. What
disposition will be made of them has
not yet been announced, but it is likely
they will be buried in the cemetery.
Coroner Miller, of Highland Falls,
got an inkling of the find, but as coro
ners are allowed in West Point only
by permission of the authorities he has
small chance of holding an inquest, and
it is clearly evident that there was no
foul play in connection with the bury
ing of the bones. Colonel Ernest is
now in Washington, and it is probable
the matter will remain as it stands un
til his return. In the meantime the
bones have been placed where no harm
can come to them.
QUICK RETRIBUTION.
Spaniard An Caught In a Trap Laid
by Their Own Countrymen.
Cincinnati, Jan. 26. A special to
the Commercial Tribune from Key
West says:
A horrible story comes from Jumento,
province of Santa Clara, telling of
quick retribution to the Spaniards for
their butchery and barbarous methods
of war. A Spanish force, under Cap
tain Martelli, entered the place, which
had been the camp of the insurgents,
and before going away secretly poi
soned a well and a spring noted for
affording excellent water. That even
ing a Spanish band of guerillas entered
the town, and used the water, from
which over twenty-five men died. The
guerilla captain charged the Cuban resi
dents with the deed, and shot them
dead. He then turned the women over i
to the tender mercies of the men, who
shot young boys who attempted to save
their mothers and sisters. He burned
the village. The next day some of the
Spanish troops told the guerillas the
story of the trap they had set for the
Cubans, and learned that their own
companions in arms had been caught
by their barbarous plots.
In the myxine we have an eye in
which the optic nerve has entirely dis
appeared. .
The Loud Postal Bill.
Washington, Jan. 26. The senate
committee on postofflces and post roads
resumed the hearing on the Loud sec
ond-class mail bill today. Orville J.
Victor, chairman of the New York
committee of publishers, said the bill
was to the interest of the press com
panies and opposed to the interests of
the public, which demands good and
cheap literature. Victor called atten
tion to a large amount of government
matter carried free which would, he
said, go far towards accounting for the
postoffice department deficit, and creat
ed a general laugh at the expense of
the committee by reading a newspaper
extract characterizing most of this mat
ter as congressional buncombe.
John Elderkin, of the New York
Ledger, claimed that under the pro
posed law such papers as the Ledger
would be excluded from the privilege
of being entered as second-class mail
.matter.
S. S. McClure addressed himself es
pecially to Senator Chandler's proposed
amendments, referring to the distribu
tion through news agencies. It would
have the effect, he said, of requiring
the publishers of magazines to organize
their own system of distribution, and
thus both increase the cost as well as
decrease the circulation of their publi
cations. Any addition to the cost
would render it impossible to publish
10-cent magazines. To advance the
price of the magazines to 15 cents
would be to cut the circulation one-half.
Chandler said he did not propose to
press his amendments.
J. S. Ogilvie denied the assertion
maae at a meeting last Saturday that
some of his publications were indecent
He asserted that the government was
under an implied contract with pub
lishers to maintain the present rates.
Yates Hickey, of the American Rail
way Literary Association, favored the
bill.
David Williams, proprietor of the
New York Iron Age, . submitted an
argument in favor of the bill. Senator
Chandler stated the hearings will close
next Saturday.
In lh Boue.
Washington, Jan. 27. After con
suming most of the time today in dis
posing of District of Columbia business,
the house took up the Indian appropria
tion bill, and made fair progress with '
it before the hour for adjournment was
reached. The bill oarries $7,525,791,
or $366,294 more than the current law,,
and $246,265 more than the estimate.
Twenty of the seventy pages of the bill
were disposed of.
The conference report on the immi
gration bill was presented, and Dan
ford, who has charge of it, gave notioe
that he would call the report up at an
early date. A bill was passed calling
on tjhe war department for an estimate
of the cost of a water route from Gal
veston to Houston, Tex.
- Johnson of Indiana, took advantage
of the latitude allowed in debate to
read a speech in favor of an early re
form of our banking and currency laws.
He described the depressed condition
whioh existed during the recent cam
paign, and argued that unless the in
coming Republican administration cor
rected the evils, it would be swept oat.
of power in 1900, and the country
would suffer loss and disaster, whioh
it would take years to eradicate He
insisted that those who believed the
enaotment of a protective tariff would
restore prosperity would be disappoint
ed. Unless there was a thorough and
adequate revision of our banking and
ourrenoy laws, he said, there should be
no lasting prosperity. He agreed with
the president thut the greenbacks
should be retired. He thought that
with the establishment of a broader
banking system the banks should have
the privilege of issuing notes against
their assets.
Curtis of Kansas', offered an amend
ment to the Indian bill to permit mer
chants to go into the Kickapoo reserva
tion in Kansas to oolleot their accounts.
It was explained that this year, for the
ft rst time, merchants had been exoluded
from this reservation. . The amend
ment was adopted.
IN CHETCO MOUNTAINS.
Introduced by Hermann.
Washington, Jan. 26. Representa
tive Hermann has introduced a bill to
amend the Indian depredation claims
law, whereby "inhabitants," and not
only "citizens, " shall be entitled to
sue for payment. The original act em
braced citizens only. Many of the old
settlers losing property had at the time
only declared their intention to become
citizens. The amendment also pro
vides that the Indians committing
depredations may have been merely "in
treaty relations," so as to give the
right to claimants to recover. The ex
isting law gives jurisdiction to the court
as to such claims as were committed by
Indians in "amity," at least the su
preme court construed the law to have
this meaning. The amendment also
simplifies the taking of testimony in
such cases.
Ivory Rtnrn Home.
London, Jan. 26. The Daily Mail
announces that Edward J. Ivory, alios
Bell, acquitted of a charge of complic
ity in a dynamite conspiracy, and John
F. Mclntyre, formerly assistant district
attorney in New York, who came to
London in his defense, sailed for New
York yesterday.
D. Hartman Shot an Killed, Near the
Orogou Border. . ,
Grant's Pass, Jan. 27. Somewhat,
meagre particulars bave reached this
city of a murder committed in the.
Chetoo mountains, about twenty-five-miles
north of Chetoo, Cal'., on the
21st inst.
D. Hartman, an exnert miner from
Groveland, N. Y., and a man named
Jones had some difficulty, growing out.
of a dogfight, when, without any other,
provocation than the mere disagree
ment, Jones seized a Winchester and
shot Hartman, killing him instantly.
Jones then left, and is supposed to be
headed this way, though so far aa
known no effort is being made to oap
tnre him.
The shooting occurred at a mining
camp, and was witnessed by but one
man, who had camped with Jones, and
who, in company with P. Costello, the
postmaster, at Smith River, CaL, took
the body to Chetoo, where it is being
embalmed for shipment East
Jones is described as a man 5 feet S
inches in height, weighing 150 pounds
nearly bald-headed, with a sandy oom
plexion. The name of Jones is be
lieved to be assumed.
Forty-Miner Feaated.
Chicago, Jan. 26. Old men who
crossed , the plains to the Pacfic coast
in the days oi the gold lever of '49
gathered at the Tremont house this
morning to celebrate, with story-telling
and feasting, the discovery of gold in
California. Each member of the asso
ciation was met by President Addison
Ballard, who pinned to his coat a large
yellow badge with a California bear
and "49" conspicuously displayed
herenn The menu was elaborate.
Smallpox on the Victoria.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 26. The
steamer Victoria, of the Northern Pa
cific line, arrived today with a case of
smallpox on board, that developed the
first day out from Yokohama. The
steamer was disinfected and given
clearance for the sound. The steerage
passengers were detained at William
Head quarantine.
Fourteen Hundred Bodies Recovered.
London, Jan. 26. A Times dispatch
from Teheran says that 1,400 bodies
have been recovered from the ruins
which resulted from the recent earth
quake on the island of Kishma, in the
Persian gulf, the inhabitants of which
were estimated to number 6,000, most
ly Arabs.
Dominion Parliament Proroguon.
Ottawa, Jan. 26. Parliament has
Decided Agalnit the Sailor.
Washington, Jan. 27. The United
States supreme court today affirmed the
judgment of the California distriot
court in the case of Robert Robinson
and four other seamen, arrested at San
Francisco for refusing to obey the or
ders of the master of the Aragona, after
having entered into articles to make a
voyage to Valparaiso. The constitu
tionality of the law empowering a jus
tice of the peace to arrest deserting sea
men was involved; also the question as
to whether their arrest violated the
"Involuntary servitude" amendment to
the federal constitution. Both point
were decided against the sailors.
Nelson, B. C, Jan. 26. Dugald
Patterson, of Emmet, Mich., was killed
here yesterday by a falling log. At the
Trail creek smelter, George Braden,
also an American, fell into a pot of
molten slag and was frightfully burned.
formally prorogued
March nex
for the 8th of
Minneapolis, Jan. 27. A. C. Hang
ban, city treasurer, tendered his resig
nation today in consequence of his fail
ure to secure bonds. He has been
treasurer for fonr years, and was re
elected for two years more. He lost
considerable money through bank fail
ures, and his present embarrassment is
the cause of his inability to secure
bondsmen. It is understood his ne
loss will be in the neighborhood of
$200,000, which amount will ultimate
ly fall upon the city at large.