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Oregon Gity Courier. A, yt. OBBMKTi I'ubllsber. WORK OF CONGRESS. OREGON CITY ORKGOK EVENTS OF HIE DAY 4a Interesting Clletla of Xteess From Ui Two Mamlsphere FreteaU n Coud eases) Form. The Homestead steel work started up this week in all departments, giving n ploy men t to 4,000 men. Mrs. Mary Scott, a pioneer of 1864, died at her home in Walla 'Walla, at the ago of 70 yearn. Her husband, John Scott, died only three months ago. The president ban signed, on the roc eminendution of the secretary of the interior, an order, reducing the num ber of pension agendo in the United States from eighteen to nine. It is suid tfii will savo at least $150,000 per an nun. ' Hon. J. F. Boyer died at his resi stance in Walla Walla. Mr. Boyer was one of the best known men of that oity. In business, in church, .in social life and in almost every matter of pub lic interest he was for many years one of the most prominent men of the In land Empire. A fianta Fe train was held up and robbed by two masked men near Nel son, A. T. One of the robbers while attempting to break into the express ear was shot and killed by Messenger lummers. The other escaped, taking with him about half a dozen registered packages, the through mail pouches being unmolested. A grand ball, on a luxurious scale, in honor of President and Mrs. Diaz, was given Saturday night at the palatial residence of Pablo Eacandon, of the opnlent family of that name. It was in point of importance, taste and dis " P'y, what the Bradley-Martin ball will be in New York. News has been received of the whole sale killing of pacificos at Jubaco, Ma tansaa province, last week, by one of Weylor's captains, named Marios. He raided a small village, expecting to find ma insurgent hospital there. Being disappointed he arrested twenty of the men, and, putting them in line, he or dered every odd numbered man shot, promising to spare the others. No sooner had these been dispatched than Jia had the others put to the machete. Kov. Myron Heed, pastor of the Den ver Broadway Temple Association. preached a sonsationul sermon lust Sunday, in which he discouraged th collection of grain and money for the tarring peoplo of India, while there is aotnaoh suffering and need in. our own ounntry. Kov. Reed declared that prudent conditions in India were "brought aliout by British misgovern . tnent and should therefore be relieved by the British people. Two; drunken tramps, named Shep fwrd and Irving, respectively, were .' looked up together at Merced, Oal., and few hours later, when the cell was opened, Shcppard was found lying dead on the floor, with a red mark upon his jtoclc Indicating that he had been strangled. Thirty-five cents in change, which Sheppurd had whon locked up, were found in Irving's possession. The latter was charged with his com pan ion's murder. The Pennsylvania state oapitol has Jiami destroyed by lire. The legislative talk are in mi us and a new structure noHt rise from the ashes of the building that has served as a meeting place of the stato legislature since 1822. The flames within the short space of an hoar, ate up f 1, 500, 000 worth of prop arty. The inefficiency of the Harris burg volunteer Are department is gen. rally blamed. A special cablegram from Frankfort- a-the-Main to the New York Post says that the Berlin committee of holders of Oregon Railway & Navigation Com' pan 5 per cent bonds huve received a point bid of 45 from the Northern Pa eifio and Great Northern railroad oom . panics for all tho stock of the Kail way A Navigation Company represented by tfiem, the purchase price to bo payable July 1 , with 3 per cent interest. The bid is conditional on its acceptance by at least if:!, 000, 000 of stock. It is tin aVrstood the Union Paciflo will also beoomo interested later in tho purchase, George Edward Butler, the most noted criminal of lute years, has just ar rived in San Francisco on the Swan fcilda from Australia, lie wus imme diately arrested by Australian detec tives and will be taken back to answei to his numerous crimes. lie is known to have killed at least twelve men, and it is said his crimes may reach forty. His cold-blooded method was to insert an "ud" in Australian papers for prosjiecting partner. When lie found a man that suited his purpose he would lure him to some desolate spot and there request him to dig. When tho unsuspecting victim would have dug deep enough in the earth, Butler would eome behind him, and either shoot or tab him. He would then rob him, bnry the body in tho newly mude grave, destroy all traces of his orime awl return to tho city for a fresh vic tim. His crimes show that he was ut terly devoid of any sense of humanity. A house was destroyed in China town, Portland, by tire, tho loss being iu the neighborhood of 18,000, with very light insuranco. One half of the famous Nuglee brandy of San Francisco, has been shipped east in route to Kurope. This brandy U longed to the estate of General Kuglet', who made part of it in I860, and was the property of his daughter, Mrs. Rob bins, of San Jose. The shipment con sisted of seven carloads. It is probably Mus most valuable hipnieut of brandy oct made from California. Frooeedlngs of the lunula In Open Session. Washington, Feb. 10. Tho senate wag In exeoutivo session most of the day, considering tho Anglo-American peace treaty, so that little time was given in open session to the transaction of regular leigslutivo work. Early in tho day, tho bill rearrang ing tho judicial districts of Texas was passed over the president's veto by the unusually heavy majority of 75 to 1, the negative vote being that of Cuffury of Louisiana. Speaking of the bill, Mills said tho burden of the president's objection wus that the judge of the court, the clerk and the marshal opposed the change. For years the development of Texas hud demanded tho ohungo, but every time it was attempted there was the opposi tion of coart officials who desired their convenience consulted rather than the convenience of the public. And so, in this case, said the senator, the presi dent had accepted the views of the court officials rather than those of the representatives of the people. Tho effect of the vote is to make the bill a law without further reference to tho president, as it has already passed over the veto in the house. Pettigrew sought to huve the bill rel ative to amending the timber culture laws recalled from the president to cor rect an error. Hill interposed tho legal point that it was beyond the power of congress to take a bill out of the hands of the president to amend it on matters of substance. It might overcome tho veto power by withdrawing a bill from the president when it wus liable to be vetoed. The resolution went over. At 1 o'clock, on motion of Sherman, the senate went into executive session and so remained until adjourning at 5:25. EXPENSE CUT DOWN President Reduces the Num ber oi Pension Agencies. A CuV60f UU IMAGE. FE0M EIGHTEEN TO KINK In the Hons. Washington, Feb. 10. The house devoted the whole day to District of Columbia business, and eight bills of more or less locul importance passed. Tiie certificates of election of the principal electors, forwarded to the house by the secretary of state, were submitted and ordered to lie on the table, in anticipation of the counting of the electoral vote. The report on the immigration hill was prosented, and notioo given that it would be called up tomorrow. Burthold, who fought the first report, has signed the present report, and it will be adopted, it is believed, practically with out opposition. The speaker appointed Qrosvenor and Richardson us tellers on the part of tho house to count the elec toral vote. A resolution was adopted requesting the secretary of the interior to inform the house what action hud been tuken to enforce the terms of the treuty of 1868, with the Navajo Indians, by which these Indians are required to re main within the limits of their reserva tion. At 6:10 P. M. the house adjourned. Th Chans, It I Certain, Can B Mad Without Jneooveuleuolng: th Pensioners. Washington, Feb. 0. The president has signed, on the recommendation of the secretary of the interior, an import ant order, reducing the number of pen sion agenoies in tho United fitutcs from eighteen to nine. Tho object of the or der is to effect a very lurge saving to the government without inconvenienc ing the pensioners. The secretary demonstrates that by this reduction of pension agencies, the cost of disburse ment of pensions can be reduced by ut leust 1150,000 per annum. The change wus made possible by an amendment to the law governing the disbursing of pensions, which amend ment was approved March 86, 1800. It required thut all pensioners should, after that date, be paid by checks re mitted by mail. Reports from the pension agenoies in reply to inquiries as to the operation of the new law were to the effect thut under it pjusioners are paid muoh more promptly; thut the possibility of error ia minimized, and that. upon the whole, it ia much more satisfactory to the pensioners than the former law. The agents also advise that the pensioners receive their pen sions when remitted by mail at Uieir homes, where, boing surrounded by family influences, the pensioner is much more likely to make a business disposition of his pension money. Un der the previous law, many pensioners collected their, quarterly payments in person and under the influence of bad were I associations were often induced to ap ply these payments unwisely and de prive their families of the benefits thereof. This executive order will go into effect September 1, next, its action having been posponed to that date in order that no pensioner should suffer inconvenience in consequence of delay of receiving his pension, and to give ample time for the removal of the rolls and records from tho agenoies discon tinued. The consolidation was made by uniting existing agencies and the en tire jurisdiction thereof in order that no expense should be incurred by the making of new rolls. A Cans of ItiiflWn Insult and Maltreat an Opera C'uuiianjr. Spokane, Feb. 0. Russell Hardiifg, superintendent of tho Great Northern railway, lias received the following telegraphic report from his ugent ut Shelby Junction, Mont., of tho out ruges perpetrated by u gang of drunken cowboys, in winch members of tho Co lumbia opera company suffered severe indignities: "The cowboys begun their disturb' anccs by firing shots around tha Great Northern and Canada train us it dime into the station with tho opera folks, n lulo the theatrical iuoplo were sittu in J he waiting room, one of the cow boys camo in umT began to use profane and insulting language. During tin1 altercution I hud in getting him out, struck him with my fist. I then lockei the door to keep him out. He wen away, and immediutley returned wit) several of his chums, armed with six shooters. He wus shouting thut he would shoot the ugent. He kicked the door open, and soured every one out of the depot by flourishing his revolver, The agent retreated to the warehouse. where he remained a few minutes, The ringleader of the cowboys went out, and followed the theatrical people to the hotel. Ho ussuulted one by striking him on tho head with his gun and struck two or three others with his fist. I am advised, that he threatened to run tne station agent out of blieiby, A warrant is now in the- hands of the sheriff, who will probably make arrests tomorrow. I. M. Kingsbury." For three hours the drunken hood lums kept up their terrorism, insulting women, attacking men, firing revolvers and otherwise acting like demons. FIVE MEN WERE HURT. EDISON'S NEW DISCOVERY. Can With th Nw Inrentlon Surgeon Bee Through th llixly. New York, Feb. 10.-rThomas A. Edison is about to give to the world another discovery as wonderful in its way as the fluroscopo, by means of which he puts the X rays to practical use in revealing the bony structure of the body. It was, said he, the action of the X ray on crystals of plutinocyanide of barium which caused Roetgen to mako the original discovery. Imme diately afterwards I discovered that tungstute of culcium was more power ful, and I constructed a practical instru ment for utilizing the crystals in con nection with the X ray. Tungstute of calcium is not sufficiently sensitive to transform the strange light discovered by Roentgen to a light that would so illuminate the interior of the human body as to render its most delicate tis sues visible, in other words, to make it transparent." Mr. Edison set about to find a crystal which would possess the quality. He has discovered one. Its name lie will not yet reveal, saying ho is still experi menting with it, and desires to exhaust its possibilities before announcing it to the world. By means of newly discovered crys tals Edison will now disclose to the eye of surgeons organs and tissues thut huve hitherto been seen only in the dissect ing room. It is probable that when he perfects his new discovery the slightest derangement of the system will bo re vealod to tho doctor's eight. Th Southbound Oregon Kipress . Into Near Chloo. Kan Stoned by a Mob. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. When ex- priest Joseph flattery concluded his lecture at the Industrial Art hall last evening and appeared at the door to take his carriage to his hotel a mob gathered. Two policemen got in the arriuge with Sluttery and his wife and drove off. The crowd at the hall was held in check by the jmlioe, but parties of men and boys armed with stones mid bricks were lying in wait in the alleys along Broad street. As the carriage passed these points, volleys of stones greeted it Policeman Clemens was cut over his right eye; Policeman Dorris was light ly cut and Mattery had a similar in San Francisco, Feb. 0. A Chronicle special from Chico says: What might have proved a very dis astrous wreck, but wus fortunately un attended by loss of life, occurred at Nord, about eight miles from Chico, early this morning. The northbound Oregon express, being fifteen minutes behind time, the souyibound truin wus ordered to sidetrack at Nord and wait for the northbound to pass. As the train pulled up on the sidetrack, it was found that, as a box car had been left standing, it was necessary for the express to slacken speed and push the box car ahead. Just then the north bound train was seen approaching down the track with no intention of stop ping. It was impossible for the en gineer on the northbound to see the headlight of the southbound, as it was behind the box car. Before all tha cars of No. 16 could get on the side track, the other train struck them. The engine struck the smoker first, plowing its way along to the next car, which was the tourist car, turning it completely over, but leaving the trucks on the track. In this car the passen gers were thrown from their seats to the lower side of the car, which was lying in a deep pool of water alongside of the track. The passengers at first thought they hod been thrown from a treetlo into some river. " In this car were Beven deserters from the regular army, handcuffed together and guarded by six soldiers. Fortun ately, the lamps in the car immediately went out. and only a few coals of Are fell from the stove, and those wore soon extinguished by the water that came rushing in through the broken win dows. The passengers in this car were soon released from their perilous position, and it was found that onlv one was seriously injured, one of the deserters having an arm broken. The damage to the engine of the t rain was slight, a piece of scantling having pierced the front. Slot Machine for Africa. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 9. The ship Senator, now loading lumber and wheat here for South Africa, will carry to Delagoa bay three tons of nickcl-in-the-slot machines, which arrived today from San Francisco. They w ill be dis- ! tributed from Delagoa bay throughout j South Africa. ! Sugar Beet Culture. Medford, Or., Feb. 0. A muss meet ing was held at the opera-house vester duy afternoon, for the purpose of mak ing arrangements for testing sugar-beet raising in this valley. A largo num ber of farmers were present, and abont seventy-five huve consented to put out a quarter of an aore each for the pur pose of ascertaining the amount of beets the soil in this vicinity will pro duce, and also the amount of sugar the beets contain. Merchants of this city have subscribed a sufficient amount to procure the necessary seed for making the test, so that the farmers will only be out the uso of tha land. If the test is favorable, parties in San Francisco stand ready to put :u a factory of stiff! cient capacity to use all the beets pro duced in this valley. Caught In n Avalanche. Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 9 Five men in sleighs and seven horses have been ovewhelmed by an avalanche - . . - . 1 t : ri i . i i . m. i .i i.i t i iKMtr uio iiuxiui-u oi i locia, on me rcau jury. They reached the hotel wfcly, .,.'., . , ,. ; ... . , ,, . , " leading Irom Davostlah to Engadine. but the carriage was bad y wrecked. 8 Redwood City, Cal., Feb. 9. T. A. Siddull, a resident of Millbrae, has been brought in irons to the county jail ! by Constable Booth. He is accused of poisoning his w ife, who was discovered i in an unconscious condition by neigh- ' bora. The atteding physician says her ; condition is due to an overdose of mor- ' phine. Siddall acknowledges admin- : istering the dm?, but says it was at the request of the physicians. The woman ; is not expected to live, and may pass ; way at any moment. New Lumber Combine. Tacoma, Feb. 9. It in announced here today thut the cargo mills of the Northwest, including Washington and British Columbia, are likely to be brought under the control of a new lumber combine which is being formed for the i purpose of controlling and ex tending the foreign lumber trade and the maintenance of uniform price lists and grades. - This organization will be the successor of the Central Lumber Company, which recently went to pieces after endeavoring to exercise a like su pervision over botli foreign and const wise markets. It is understood that the St. Paul & Tuooma Lumber Corn puny, of this city, and the Bellinghum Bay Improvement Company, of New Whatcom, will not join. Young Man ami Woman Killed. Caliente, Cal., Feb. 9. A horrible accident occurred here today, in which John Hardesty, a young man, S3 years of age, who recently camo from New port, N. C, and Miss Cora Akers, of Fresno, were instanlty killed, being run over by a light engine while orossing a trestle. Hardesty and Miss Akers with two others were leisurely crossing the bridge when the engine came around a curve and rushed upon them Miss Akers was thrown under the wheels, her body being cut in two Hardesty, in endeavoring to save tho life of his companion, wus also thrown under the engine, both his legs being out off above the knees. The others succeeded in crossing the trestle safely Dashed Into a funeral. Alameda, Cal., Feb. 9. Shortly af ter 4 o'clock this afternoon, a broad- guage local train dashed around an abrupt curve near Buena Vista avenue into a funeral procession, which was crossing the truck. The engine just missed the hearse and struck the hack immediatley behind it, in which were five of the mourners. The vehicle was completely wrecked, but its occupants fortunately escaped with a few nasty cuts and bruises. Herbert Crowe, the driver of the hack, was thrown between the horses and was seriously kicked by one of them. A Head-End Collision. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 9. A head end collision between freight trains oc curred this morning on the Louisville & Nashville, near Myers' switch twenty miles from , this city, caused by the carelessness of the telegraph ojierator in failing to signal the southbound train. Sink Kirkland, enigneer, aged 23, of Montgomery, anil Brakcman Weller, of Middleboro, Ky., were killed, and the fireman is said to be fatally hurt. After the accident, the operator took to the woods and has not been seen eince. LIMITED HOME RULE Proposed Cuban Reforms Re ceives Royal Sanction. THE QUEEN REGENT SIGNS IT Th Kaforms Consist In th Creation of An Assembly to Be Called th Council of Administration. Madrid, Fob. 8. The queen, regent signed, a plan for reforms in Cuba. The scheme includes numerous and eiaD- ofute decrees and will occupy several pages of the official gazette. The reforms consist chiefly in the creation of an assembly to be caned the council of administration, com posed of thirty-five members, of whom twenty -one are to be elected by the peo ple and six by different corporations. The remainder will be one magistrate, one university professor, one archbishop ,tnd five former senators or deputies. The council of administration is em powered, firstly, to prepare a budget; secondly, to examine into the fitness of officials appointed; third, they make may a tariff, subjeot to the condition that Spanish imports will have the ad vantage over the general tariff. The governor-general will represent the home government, and have the right to nominate officials who shall be Cubans, or Spanish who have resided two years in Cuba. Nevertheless he may freely nominate high function aries, such as magistrates, prefects, etc. Other decrees concern the organiza tion of provisional municipalities which are to be liberally representative. The municipal councils in general will be empowered to elect their president and have exclusive control of the publio education. According to another decree the gov ernment reserves to itself extraordi nary powers in the event of any dis turbance of the publio order, and Cuba will continue to elect senators and dep uties to the cortes as at present. Altogether the reforms are much broader in the direction of decentraliza' tion than those granted to Porto Rico, The powers of the governor-general are much extended, while the council of administration is fairly representative of all parties and interests. The Span' ish government will continue to vote the budgets and treaties for the col omes. Spanish products, according to the reform scheme, will be allowed a rebate of 40 per cent of the Cuban tariff compared with other imports. ON AN EXPLORING TOUR. THE ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS. Occasional instances have been found of perfectly pure native iron in meteorites. Cumberland, Md., Feb. 10. An ex- cursion train on the Cumberland & Pennsylvania railroad, a feeder of the' Baltimore & Ohio, went down a trestle ! at Franklin mine, Mil., at midnighS j There were fifteen passengers on board. I John Howard, fireman, jumped from j the engine as it was toppling over, and I received injuires from which he died, j Engineer Ross was also fatally injured, i The accident was caused by the center j props of the trestle lieing knocked down and carried away by an ice gorge. London, Feb. 9. A dispatch from Tashkent!, Asiatic Russia, says that the governor of the trans-Caspian terri tories reports an outbreak of the plague at Kandehar, Afghanistan. A large body of Russian troops has accordingly been ordered to form a cordon arounjl the Amoo-Daris, or Turkestan region. A dispatch to the Mail from Bombay says that the plague is getting beyond all control Satur lay 114 deaths were reported. Even the Tnltcres of the "towers of silence" are living. xpeditlon to Leare or th Gulf of California. , San Francisco, Feb. 8. The schooner , C. Walburg, whioh, during the re cent Hawaiian revolution, sailed out of this port for the Hawaiian islands with cargo of arms and ammunition for the rebels, has been sold recently, and is fitting out for a more peaceful cruise. When the Smithsonian Institution decided to send an expedition to explore the Gulf of California and its shores, arrangements were commenced to pur chase the vessel for the use of the ex plorers. The schooner is now fitting out for this oruise. Professor An thony, of San Diego, will be in charge, and with him will be Professor Mo Qregor, of Stanford university, a bot anist, and Henry B. Heading, an ornithologist. The expedition will be in the gulf about six months, and in that time the explorers intend to visit Tiburn island, that has frequently been reported to be inhabited by cannibals. WILL NOT REACH A VOTE. Next Arbitration Treaty to Oo Over to Session of Congress. Chicago, Feb. 8. A Times-Herald special from Washington says: The understanding among senators at present is that the general arbitration treaty will come to a vote at this ses sion of congress. No one doubts that it will be debated, but the opposition makes no secret of its intention to con sume so much time in discussion that vote cannot be reached. It will be an easy matter to do this, is the business of the senate is fast reaching that stage in which there will be a great struggle for precedence. Already the friends of the Nicaragua canal bill, the immigration bill, the bankruptcy bill and other measures are fighting for time. In a short time the regular appropriation bills will have to be taken up and they will dis place almost all other business. Under such circumstances it will be compara tively easy to crowd the treaty into the background. The sentiment of the sen ate is generally against an open debate on the treaty. Senator Thurston Hemmed III Speech on th Faollla Kallroaili. Washington, Fob. 0. Thurston, of NebniHka resumed his speech uinm the Pacific railroad debt. Jn the course, ot Thurston's remurks, Morgan of Ala bama nsked whether tho muds were not paying expenses, to which tho Ne braska senator repliod he could not say, not having data beforo him. Thurston suid it wus "nip and tuck" whether the court should authorize pay ment of interest on the first mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific. Ho said tho Union Pacific nover eurned enough to pay all its interest obligations. Following Thurston's speech, tho son- ate, by unanimous consent, went to the culendur and passed the following bills: For tho relief of the Mobile Marine Dock Compuny, for the establishment of a soldiers' home at Hot Springs, Ark.: to id ace Rear-Admiral McCunn on tho retired list; amending tho law in regard to collisions ut seu; a resolu tion of inquiry relating to the capture of tho Competitor by a Spanish war ship; for a public building at Joplin, Mo., and for tho relief of James Tal free and Pay Clerk Bluke, of the navy, on account of a fire at Yokohama. When the joint resolution acknowl- ,.,7 . :...!.......!,...,. n$ rv.i.M reached on'tho culendur, Morgan insist ed that it should be tuken up, notwith standing objections. He subsequently withdrew the request, several senators protesting. Morgan gave notice, how ever, thut when the senate should next come in contact with the resolution, he would insist ujion its consideration. The vice-president announced the ap pointment of Lodge of Massachusetts and Blackburn of Kentucky as a com mittee to make arrangements for the counting of the electoral vote. Th Competitor Paper. Washington, Feb. 0. The resolution passed by the senate today relative to the capure of the Competitor by a Spanish warship wus introduced by Senator Morgan June 3, 1896, and calls upon the president for information re garding the capture. Since that time the president has transmitted to con gress part of the correspondence rela tive to the Competitor and the prison ers. Consular and Dlplomatlo Bill. Washington, Feb. 9. The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill was reported to the senate by the committee on appropriations today. The commit tee restored the American consulates at Horgen, Switzerland, and Alexandres ta, Asiatic Turkey. It also extended the franking privilege to the bureau of American republics. Decided Aaalnst Watson. Washington, Feb. 9. It became known today that the house committee on elections, which hud charge of the election contest brought by Thomas F. Watson, of Georgia, recently Populistic candidate for vice-president, against' Representative Black, decided yester day to confirm Black's title to the seat The verdict, it is understood, is unani mous. A Pension for George Hughes. Washington, Feb. 9. Representative Ellis says the George Hughes pension bill has passed the senate and has been reported from the house committee at $50 per month. He expects to have it reached and passed in time to be signed by the president before congress adjourns. LAST PUBLIC RECEPTION Three Killed In a Collision. Desmet, S. It., Feb. 5. A mixed train standing on a side track at Arling ton last evening was run into by an en gine going west. tJonductor Adding- ton, Brakeman Iloelah, John Loftus and Mr. Harrison were killed. Three passengers, W. Rice, of Helena; W. L. Loftus, of New Haven, la., and S. B. Griffing, of Desmet, were injured. The accident was the result of a dense fog. Sirs. Cleveland's Farewell Drew a, Large ( rowd to the While Bouse. Washington, Feb. 9. Mrs. Cleve land's farewell public reception this afternoon drew a largo crowd, despite unzznng rain, the White House was artistically decorated with red and white roses and smilax, and groups of big palms and garlands of vines boauti- fled the parlors. Throughout the re ception, which was from 8 to 6 o'clock, the Marine band furnished the music. Mrs. Cleveland was gowned in violet and white striped moire silk, the bodice of dep cream lace. " She wore a bunch of violets, but no jewels. Mrs. Stevenson, wife of the vice-president, and the ladies of the cabinet, were the assistants of the mistress of the White House, while sixty-five ladies assisted in the Blue parlor. Mrs. Stevenson, standing next to Mrs. Cleveland, was richly dressed in black corded silk. Drowned Herself and Children. Salt Lake, Feb. 9. A Tribune special from Butte says: At Big Tim ber, in the eastern part of the state, Mrs. John Cort drowned herself and three children in the Yellowstone river this afternoon. The bodies have not been recovered. Black Jack" Captured. Silver City, N. M., Feb. 9. United States Marshal Hall received a tele gram this morning informing him of the capture at El Paso, Tex., by the po lice, of John McDonald, alias. "Black Jack," the notorious leader of the gang of border bandits, who have been com mitting robberies in Southwestern New Mexico and Southern Arizona during the past year. Two members of the gang were recently killed in fights with marshals, and it is believed Mc Donald was seeking new companions on the Texas border. Hamburg Strike a Failure. Hamburg, Feb. 9. At a meeting of the striking dock laborers today, it was Toted to resume work today after the leaders had declared the battle lost and funds exhausted. Tacoma, Feb. 8. A W. Linder- Jstrom, a fanner, living on Anderson's I island, came home late tonight and, in a fit of anger took down a shotgun and blew out the brains of his 5-year-old son. When he saw the terrible deed i he had accomplished, he placed the ,.. , , t- i. i ... Flsnennen Fixeit th Price of Fish. muzzle of the gun to his head and blew a. t-v o out his own brains. The trouble i. ! . Ast,0,'? T" Feb-, the meet said to have started from domestic ln8 of.the fl?"1 " nnion omSht- causes. Coroner Hoska has gone to the ' 7 , Ti. mak' scene, and further particulars are not pnCe,f bsh thM 8eMon obtainable . . r PuuJ