Oregon Gity Goarier.
A. W. CHKNII, Publisher.
OREGON CITY. OREGON
1WS OF THE WEEK
Interesting Collection of Current Eventf
In Condensed Form From
Both Continents
United States Consul Powell, at
Seoul, Corea, has cabled the state de
partment that the emperor died Monday-
The Spanish minister of finance has
abandoned the idea of floating a loan
on the guarantee of the Almaden quick
silver mines.-
The members of the family and the
immediate (riends of Secretary Alger
are seriously disturbed about his ill
ness. His physicians now fear that
he has typhoid fover. General Alger
has been confined to his bed for more
than throe weeks.
The mule spinners of Lowell and
New Bedford, Mass., were given per
mission to strike by the mule spinners'
union, and an assessment of 25 cents
per week was levied on the members
of the union. Delegates representing
every mill center in New England were
present.
A dispatch to the London Mail from
Iloug Kong says it is reported there
that England, Japan and Russia have
arrived at an agreement respecting
Corea. The details of the agreement
are not known to the correspondent,
bat the dispatch says the British fleet
is returning to Hong Kong.
The Creek oouncil, in spite of the
message of Seoretary Bliss, through In
dian Agent Wisdom, warning them not
to do so, has passed an act appropria
ting $20,000 to be used in employing
attorneys to fight the constitutionality
of the act of congress giving the United
States oourts full jurisdiction after
January 1.
Franois D. Newton, a prosperous
farmer of Brookfleld, Mass., his wife
fiarah, and their 10-year-old adopted
daughter, Ethel, were found murdered
in their beds. The crime was discov
ered by noighbors, whose curiosity was
aroused by the bellowing of unfed cat
tle. The three had been killed with
;an ax. A hired man named Paul is
missing.
John Lincoln, of Bolshow, Mo , has
applied to tho Marysville board of ex
amination for a pension. Lincoln and
his sister, Mrs. Washington Hoshor, of
Marysville, were sooond oouBins of
Abraham Lincoln. John Lincoln en
listed early in the 'GO's in the "Fourth
Missouri and served in that regiment
lor three years. He then enlisted in
the 13th Missouri cavalry, and sorved
to the end of the war. Before he was
finally mustered out he fought Indians
on the plains for some time.
Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the Seattle
city jail, committed suicide in his ooll
by hanging himself with a pocket hand
kerchief, which was fastened to a hook
used in suspending u hammock. Lewis,
who was a waiter in a hotel, had a fight
on Now Year's day with Joseph Kurtz,
the head oook, in which ho struck
Kurtz , on tho head with an icepick,
inflicting a wound from the effects of
-'which Kurtz died. Lewis was arrested,
but no formal charge had yet been made
against him, pending the result of
Kurtz' wounds. When tho news of
Kurtz' death was conveyed to Lewis,
he showed great agitation, ami a short
time afterward took his own life.
A line of steamers is to be estab
lished between Valparaiso and San
Francisco.
Five shots fired by an unknown per
aon into a saloon at Pictou, Col., killed
Robert Mandolini, the proprietor, and
Dave EvaiiB, and carried away a portion
of the chin of Dick Owens.
Vladiiuor Bourtzeff, editor of the
Narodnaya Voltz, and Wierzhocki,
printer of that paper, have boon cum
in it ted for trial in London for publish
ing articles Inciting persons to assas
sinate the czar.
The trustees appointed by ,Mra.
rhoubo Hearst to obtain architectural
plans of the buildings and grounds for
the University of California have com
pleted the plan of an international com
petition which is to be issued immedi
ately. Colorado will'iiot join tho combina
tion proposed among certain Western
elates to biennially inspect the books
of large Eastern life insurance com
panies as a condition precedent to per
mitting them to do business in those
states,
Morris Mueller and Victor Goldstein
attempted to drag William Smith, a
passer-by, into a second-hand store in
hi. Louis. Smith drew a pistol and
ilrud several shots. Mueller is in tho
hospital dying, Goldstein has some
bullet holes m his arm, and Smith is in
jail.
The building trades council of San
Francisco has indorsed tho action of
LaUir Commissioner Fitzgerald in urg
ing tho annexation of Hawaii, advocat
ing tho eight-hour labor law and the
anti-immigration law, and striving to
have a clause inserted in tho specifica
tion for the new postotlloo requiring all
tone to be dressed in San Francisco.
E. G. Triplett, president of the
Algorn agricultural ami medical college
for colored people, near Rodney, Miss,,
was shot and fatally wounded by some
unknown assassin,
James W, Miller, of Pittsburg, has
closed a contract to deliver 4,000,000
tons of 04 per cent Messaba iron ore
ou the docks at Cardiff, for the Cardiff
Iron Founders' Company. This is the
largest ore deal ever consummated, the
amount involved being $30,000,000, on
which Miller gets a commission of
1500,000.
MOTHER LODE FONUD.
Reported Discovery of the Source of
Klondike Gold.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12. The steam
er City of Topeka, whioh arrived here
this afternoon from Junau, had among
her passengers nine men who loft Daw
son City December 9. They were:
W. J. Jones, Port Townsend; D. D.
Stewart, Juneau; A. Colder, Nova
Scotia; F. C. Arnold, San Francisco;
W. G. Stenger, Colvilftj, Wash.; Harry
Miller, Colville; J. Cordroy, Denver;
George Anderson, Tacoma, and Robert
Johnson, Taooma. They were 24 days
in coming from Dawson to the coast.
Their journey was unattended by spe
cial incidents. The coldest weather
recorded was 18 below zero. The
party brought out with them about
$50,000 in gold dust and drafts. Dog
teams were used in making the trip.
The party brings no new features in
reforence to the food situation at Daw
son. They all agree that food is scarce,
but that there is no danger of starva
tion. If a large number of persons had
not gone down the river to Fort Yukon
and Circle City to spend tho winter, a
difleront tale would have been told. F.
C. Arnold said:
"There is no danger of starvation.
Of course, there is not food enough,
but'that was always true in the Yukon,
and always will be. There is a big
warehouse full ' of beef at Dawson.
Next winter will be far worse than
this, because there will be many more
people there."
In reference to the proposed govern
ment rolief expedition, all agree that,
while it is not needed to avert actual
want, it wouli be welcomed neverthe
less. W.J. Jones brings news of the dis
covery of what is supposed to be the
mother lode and quartz origin of the
placers of the Klondike district. The
discovery was made at four different
points within 24 hours, one of them at
the Dome, a high mountain to the east
of the source of Eldorado creek, by
Frank Slavin; the second one at claim
.No. 31, Eldorado, by A. H. Jose and
partner; tno third one on Nugget
gulch, at No. 10; and the fourth some
whore in tho 20s on Bonanza creek.
The trend of the vein is northwest by
west, westerly from the Dome. It is
found at about 80 foot below the surface
and under the muck and alluvial de
posit. The ledge is about 18 inches
wide, and maintains a uniform width.
It is generally sprinkled with free gold.
Mr. Jones brings down samples of the
ore, and every one who has seen them
say the rock is precisely the same in
character as is found in the Comet
mine at Berner's bay, Southern Alaska.
Mr. (Jones said that old timers in the
Klondike had made a similar observa
tion. '
In no instance was the quartz discov
ery made by the men who owned the
placer claims, and the locators of the
quartz ledge thus acquire a separate
and distinct title from the looators of
the placer. The discovery of this ledge
on No. 31, Eldorado, was made by a
man who was working the placer for
the owner. A shot was put in and
about 80 pounds of ore blasted out.
The greatest excitement prevails, and
no man will listen to any suggestion to
sell his claim Until further development
has been made.
Tom Nash, an employe in the saloon
where the recent fire occurred, has been
arrested for arson.
Regarding the output of gold in the
spring, Mr. Jones says:
"It will be from $15,000,000 to $25,
000,000. This opinion is conourred in
by tho managers of tho transportation
companies, and Alexander McDonald,
the richest man in the Klondike. Five
millions of dust is now Btored in Daw
son, $3,500,000 of which would have
como out this tall had the boat reached
Dawson."
A N TI-SEALING LAW .
Work! a Hardship on lienlcl t-nt In the
Vicinity of Niagara Fall.
Niagara Falls, Jan. 13. The United
States customs ollloers stationed at both
bridges have been notified to seize any
thing that looks like sealskins. Nearly
all of the Canadians were notified to
leave their sacks, gloves and caps on
the other side if they did not want
them confiscated.
Tho situation at Niagara Falls is
probably different from that at any
other point on the frontier. Both sides
of the river are thickly settled, and tho
Canadian and American populations go
back and forth daily. On tho Cana
dian side, back of the high bluff, a
number of wealthy American families
have country scats, and a great many
of the women in these families, as well
as Canadian women, who wear sealskin
coats, pass over the river to tho Ameri
can side daily, while out lriving and
making calls. Several sealskin hats of
Canadians wero seized belonging to
gentclmen engaged on business to Buf
falo and New York, and many a man
went on to his destination tonight
wearing a little traveling cap, after
having left his name and something by
which he could identify his aonllacated
headgear.
Tho law also affects the Canadian
railroads running from Chicago east
ward. Theo include the Michigan
Central, the Grand Trunk, tho Cana
dian Pacitic, tho Wabash and tho Le
high Valley.
The sealskin garments taken from
their wearers are turned over to the
appraisers at custom-houses, where the
owners, after filing an application, must
wait until notice has been sent to the
secretary of the treasury for a decision
in tho matter.
A Heavy Theft.
Butte, Mont.. Jan. 13. Elling El
lingson is under arrest here, and Phil
Murphy in Helena, on the charge of
stealing a carload of ore from the Gol
den Chief mine, in Jefferson county.
The ore, which was worth $6,000, was
shipped to the Colorado smelter here
for treatment.
FROZEN ;. TO. DEATH
m
Fate of Two Douglas County,
Washington, Ranchers.
WANDERED NEARLY 100 MILES
Traveled In a Circle Had Storm Came
Up Immediately After They
Started on the Trip.
Coulee City, Wash., Jan. 11. Wil
liam Putnam and Parrish Johnson,
who left here December 20 for their
place 80 miles northeast of Waterville,
were found frozen to death about 30
miles from here by a search party.'
They had lost their way and wandered
in a circle for nearly 100 miles. John
son was an old settler.
Spokane, Jan. 11. In July last,
William Putnam, a farmer in the
Pleasant Hill country 12 miles west of
Bridgeport, was committed to the in
sane asylum at Medical Lake, where he
remained until about three weeks ago,
when he was, released and given into
the charge of his father-in-law, Par
rish Johnson, who also resides in the
Pleasant Hill country. When last
seen, three weeks ago, Johnson and
Putnam were 10 miles west of Coulee
City, and were starting for home on
Bnowshoes. They intended to strike
across an unsettled part of the country,
a distanoe of 80 miles, where there are
no houses.
Immediately after they left the house
of Mr. Holt, at St. Andrews, it began
to storm. Mr. Johnson was a man
over 50 years of age. Mr. Putnam was
a robust man formerly, but his indoor
life of late must have wholly unfitted
him for such a journey as he under
took. The men were advised to keep
the stage road and go via Bridgoport,
but on account of the extra distance,
and it is thought, to save expenses,
they risked their lives by taking a most
perilous lourney, and with no suitable
preparation. Saturday the searching
party came upon the body of Johnson.
His feet were in a badger hole, and his
left hand indicated that in desperation
he had cut or gnawed it and sucked his
own blood. Putnam was found seven
miles further on.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES.
Havana Sufferers Receive Aid From t"
United States.
Havana, Jan. 11. About o'olock
this afternoon, while service was in
progress in the cathedral, a man named
Ramon Vivesa entered and fired sev
eral revolver shots. The bullets struck
the image of St. Peter, destroying the
chalice and a hand. The shooting
caused the greatest alarm, and the peo
ple dispersed amid wild confusion.
Vivesa, who was promptly disarmed by
those near, has been sent to a lunatio
asylum.
Today, at the residence of Dr. Villi
osola, of the special committee ap
pointed by Senor Bruzon, governor of
Havana, and Consul General Fitzhugh
Lee, to superintend the work, took
place the first distribution of supplies
received from the United StateB consul
ate for the reconcentrados.
La Discussion lias phrases of profuse
gratitude tp the American charity. It
published a special supplement, the
proceeds of the sale of which will be
turned over to the relief fund. In a
leading editorial, La Discussion asks
the insurgents, in the name of human
ity and for the sake of their mothers,
wives, sisters and children dying of
starvation, to lay down their arms and
to make peace with the government.
Insurgent Leader Nunez and five
other insurgents have surrendered in
the province of Santa Clara.
It is reported that the fierce criti
cisms that have appeared in El Recon
trado on Snor Fernandez do Castro,
are inspired by Senor Bruzon, civil
governor of Havana, and have caused
much comment and created a division
among the autonomists, who are at
tacking each other.
JUDGES FOR ALASKA.
Senate Committee Will Kecouimend
Appointment of Three.
Washington, Jan. 11. Senators
Thurston, Carter and White, constitut
ing the committee on territories, held
a prolonged session today. They prac
tically decided to recommend that the
territory bo given three judges instead
of one, and that the judges be author
ized to appoint United States commis
sioners, this power being now vested
in the president. They discussed tho
advisability of allowing a delegation
in congress, and, while they did not
decide to recommend this conrso, they
considered it with more favor than
heretofore. There is great pressure
for this concession. The principal ob
jection urged against it is the diffi
culty of getting convenient polling
places.
Murder Followed lijf Suicide.
Bedford, la., Jan. 11. James R.
MeCown, a justice of tho peace and
prominent citizen, who, last night shot
and killed his divorced wife trying to
obtain possession of their children, was
found dead today in the yard of Sheriff
Lane. He had evidently shot himself,
for there was a bullet hole in his head.
Tire or a Driver 11 u rut.
New York, Jan. 11. The rim of one
of the six-foot drivers on an engine on
the Baltimore & Ohio buret as the train
was rushing past Netherwood, N. J.,
this morning. Three persons were
slightly injured. Tho train was mak
ing fully 50 miles an hour when the
accident occurred.
Bread riots have occurred in the pro
vince of Girgenti, Sicily. Rioters fired
upon and looted the municipal build
ings. Troops have been called out.
BRAVE WOMAN AND A HATPIN
Combination Which Foiled Two Bandits
In Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 12. Two men who
last night tried to rob Conductor War
ren, of a Blue-Island avenue cable
train, were foiled by-a woman passen
ger named Miss Sadio Williams. Be
sides Miss Williams there were three
other passengers, another woman and
two men and the gripman on the train.
Neither the male passengers nor the
gripman came to the help of the con
ductor, who was having a desperate
fight with the robbers. Just as the
robbers were getting the best of the
fight Miss Willliams concluded to take
a hand. Grabbing her" long hatpin,
that fastened her hat to her hair, she
made a plunge with the pin on the rob
ber nearest her. All her strength was
lent to the thrust, and the man screamed
with pain. He released his hold on the
conductor and turned on Miss Williams.
She struck him again and he quit the
Bght.
Miss Williams went for the next man
and made a thrust for his eyes. The
point of the pin struck his cheek.
"Take her off!" cried the robber. He
turned to look for his companion, who
by that time was on the platform, mak
ing ready to jump. He was asked to
come back, but he did not. Meantime
the young woman was striking for more
vital parts than his face. She reached
with her pin for his stomach. His
thick clothing saved his lito.
The conductor was bleeding and in a
half-dazed condition. When ho came
to his senses there were but two passen
gers ou the car. The others, whose
names could not be learned, had gone.
So had the robbers.
When the excitement was over and
the robbers had disappeared Miss Wil
liams replaced her hat and then asked
the conductor if he was hurt. He was
not. Then she fainted. She was soon
revived, however, and escorted to her
home. '
Miss Williams resides with her
parents, and is employed in one of the
down-town offices. She is small of
frame, but it is said that she has tho
oourage of a soldier.
ANNEXATION QUESTION.
Problem With Which the Senate Has
Begun to Wrestle.
Washington," Jan. 13. Bishop Mor
rill, of Chicago, delivered the invoca
tion at the opening of the senate today.
A bill was reported favorably from tho
Indian committee preventing railroad
companies from charging more than 8
cents a mile for passengers through In
dian territory. A resolution looking
to the filtration of water used in the
City of Washington caused Senator
Hale to say that in no part of the Uni
ted States was there a city whose citi
zens are so imposed upon and abused as
to water supply as the oitizens of Wash
ington. At 12:50 P. M., on motion of Davis
of Minnesota, ohairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, the senate
went into exouutive session to consider
the Hawaiian treaty.
Immediately after the treaty was
called up Pcttigrew offered a motion
for conducting the debate in open sen
ate, which was antagonized by Chair
man Davis, of the foreign relations
committee, and others, the principal
portion of the debate for the first two
hours of the session being upon this
motion.
The senate finally decided not to de
bate the Hawaiian proposition in open
session.
In the House.
The attendance in the house was
light today, but the galleries were well
filled. The civil servico debate was
resumed, and Cooney, Democrat, of
Missouri, took the floor. He opposed
the whole civil service reform idea,
which he denounced as a cheat and a
narrow swindle. A civil pension list
and office-holding class, he argued, were
logical and inevitable if it was to be
maintained.
Dorr, Republican of West Virginia,
followed with a set speech in opposition
to the law.
Cox, Democrat of Tennessee, said ho
was so utterly opposed to civil service
reform that ho would vote to strike out
the appropriation for the commission
and for the repeal of the law.
Little, Democrat, of Arkansas, an
tagonized the principle, theory and
practice of tho law.
llattered by a Hurricane.
Queenstown, Jan. 11. The Norwe
gian bark Hovding, Captain Reynolds,
which arrived here yesterday from Pon
Baoola, was terribly battered by a hur
ricane, December 20. She was sub
merged for a timo and the wheelman
drowned. Afterward, a huge sea
washed over the captain. One of his
legs caught in the spanker sheets, and
he was dragged into the boiling surf.
A few minutes later another wave
washed him ou does. The flesh was
torn off his leg. The cabin was gutted
and the charts and compasses de
stroyed. Several of the crew were in
jured Mrs. Mark's l ight Sentence.
New York, Jan. 12. Mrs. Augusta
Nack, jointly charged with Martin
Thorn, the arch-murderer of William
Guldensuppe, the bathrubber at Wood
side, L. I., in June last year, was to
day sentenced to 15 years in the state
prison at Auburn.
Declared Unconstitutional.
San Francisco, Jan. 13. The law
prohibiting merchants from making
gifts as an inducement to trade, which
was primarily aimed at trading-stamp
enterprises, today received a knock-ou
blow from Judge Campbell, who decided
the law to be unconstitutional, as an
unwarranted invasion of the liberties of
the citizen. This disposition affects a
number of Eastern oompanies, which
have recently commenced operations
here.
WILL DIVIDE CONTRACT
Portland and Seattle Furnish
Yukon Relief Supplies.
NUMEROUS BIDS WERE RECEIVED
Could Not Be Considered Because They
Did Not Conform With Specifica
tions of the Government.
Portland, Or., Jan. 10. The awards
on the bids for supplies to be furnished
for the government relief expedition,
which were received at the office of
Captain Allison, chief commissary offi
cer, Vancouver barracks, at noon yes
terday, were made and given out by
Captain Brainerd today.
Portland and Seattle were the only
oities submitting bids for the supplies,
and the contract will be divided be
tween these points.
The proposals submitted were quite
numerous, and it was no small task to
segregate and classify them in such a
manner that the proper awards might
be made. Captain Brainerd stated
that tho awards in each case had been
made to the lowest bidder when the
proposals conformed with the condi
tions and specifications named in the
advertisement.
In a number of cases, proposals
which would otherwise have reoeived
consideration had to be laid aside for
the reason that they contained condi
tions not in conformity with the adver
tisement. For instance, several bid
ders submitted their bids .on goods to
be delivered at some certain point, as
at Skagway or Dyea, while the adver
tisement gives the government the op
tion as to the point of delivery.
The following orders have been re
ceived from the war department:
"First Lieutenant Guy H. Preston,
Ninth cavalry, having reported at these
headquarters in compliance with tele
graphic instructions f-om the major
general commanding the army, is here
by assigned to duty with, and will as
sume charge of, the pk trains report
ing from the department of the Platte.
The train, men and animals, will be
thoroughly organized and outfitted for
winter service in Alaska, including
harness and appliances necessary to ad
mit using the animals (in tandem) in
hauling sleds, should that method of
transport be found expedient. The
chief quartermaster will meet prompt
ly all requisitions for supplies necessary
to carry out the requirements of this
order. The train will be ready for the
service indicated by the 12th inst.
"First Lieutenant James A. Ryan,
Ninth cavalry, having reported at
these headquarters, in compliance with
par. 2, S. O. 113, series 1807, from
headquarters, department of the Platte,
is assigned to duty with the pack train
organized for service in Alaska, and
will report to First Lieutenant Guy H.
Preston."
Tho Seattle Hardware Company, of
Seattle, was awarded the contract to
furnish sleds and woolen stockings
with which to equip 50 men from com
pany H, Fourteenth infantry, who are
to go in advace of the relief expedition.
G. P. Rummelin & Sons, of Portland,
were awarded the contract for sleeping
bags.
ENVIOUS OF GERMANY.
Russia Wants a I'erinaiient Hold on
Port Arthur.
London, Jan. 10. According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai, Russia
is edeavoring to obtain terms similar to
Germany's for the occupation of Port
Arthur and the Kiao Tung peninsula
from a point considerably north of La
Lion Wan. It is believed that the at
titude of England and Japan will frus
trate her designs.
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
Daily Chroniclo says:
Tho Russian occupation of Port Ar
thur completely blocks the entrance to
Peking, and it is imperative that the
court should be transferred to Nanking
(the southern capital).
It is learned on excellent authority
that in the event of Great Britain's
guaranteeing the new Chinese loan, the
concessions required will be the open
ing of the new treaty ports to all na
tions alike. According to a special
dispatch from Shanghai, the existence
of an Anglo-Japanese alliance is openly
asserted there in well-informed quarters
an alliance to maintain the status
quo in China and Corea and to declare
the independence of Corea under the
joint guaranty of England, Russia and
Japan.
Bishop Hartsel in Africa.
New York, Jan. 10. A correspond
ent of tho Associated Pres9 at Delagoa
bay writes that Bishop Hartzel, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, is beiug
received with great enthusiasm on his
African trip. One donation included
6.000 acres under the British flag in a
mountainous and healthy region. The
bishop is on his way to Beira, 50 miles
further north on the east coast, from
which point he will go inland to locate
his concessions. His plan is to make
this point a base of operations to ex
tend missions northward to the equa
torial regions and northwestward to
Angola, on tho west coast, from which
a chain of Methodist missions is already
being punned. The bishop's wife ac
companies him.
Twisted Fits' Arm.
Oskosh, Wis., Jan. 10 Oshkosh has
a strong man, August Shane, a Danish
fisherman, over six feet tall and weigh
ing 800 pounds, who, while Fitzsim
mons was there, challenged him to an
arm-twisting contest Fitzsimmons ao
cepted. The two men clasped hand?
and braced their elbows' upon the coun
ter. At every trial the pugilist's hand
was forced down to the counter. Fitz
simmons acknowledged his defeat and
accepted it good-naturedly.
FOR AND AGAINST IT.
Another Day of the Civil Servlci
Debate. -
Washington, Jan. 8. The friends :
and enemies of the civil service law ex
changed broadsides in the house today.
The heaviest guns on each side were
brought into action. Grosvenor and
Johnson each made exhaustive speeches,
and kept their respectve sides in a
constant furore. The interest in the
debate was much more evident than,
yesterday. The crowded galleries,
whioh were plainly in sympathy with
the opponents of the law, became so.
noisy in their demonstrations of ap
proval at one juuncture that the ohair
was compelled to call them to order..
Johnson was warmly sustained by the
friends of the law on the floor, but he
got very little applause from the gal-
leries. Lloyd was the only other
jpeaker. He favored the repeal of the
law.
While the senate was in session two
houn today, practically no business
was transacted beyond the passage of
a few bills. " Among the measures
which received favorable consideration
were bills providing for a congress ot
representatives of the Indian tribes of
the United States, to be held at Omaha
during the international exposition this,
year; bills providing for the erection
of publio buildings at Fergus Falls, !
Minn., and Newport News, Va., and a
measure to protect the name and in
signia of the Red Cross Society. At
o'clock the senate adjourned.
A Compromise Bill. .
Washington, Jan. 8. Representa
tive Overstreot, of Indiana, introduced
in the house today a compromise bill
for carrying out. the plan of the mone
tary commission for reform of the cur
rency. The bill was referred to the
committee on banking and currency.
The bill contains 47 sections, and em
bodies in legislative form every feature
of the recommendations made. Tho
portions relating to the maintenance of
the gold standard, the creation of a
bureau of issue and redemption, ar.d.
the gradual retirement of legal tender
notes are embodied in the bill in al
most the same language as in tho In
dianapolis report. In the banking fea
tures are more elaborately and care
fully defined the character of the guar
anty fund for the protection of notes
issued upon assets, and the manner of
redeeming the notes of banks.
Abolishing the Peace Commission.
; Washington, Jan. 8. The honso
committee on Indian affairs today do
cided, by a vote of 8 to 4, to omit from
the Indian appropriation the item for
carrying on the work of the board of
Indian commissioners, mado up of
President Gates, of Amherst college;
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota; and
Walker, of Western New York; Messrs.
Garrett, of Philadelphia; James, of
Brooklyn, and others, who serve with
out compensation beyond expenses. The
board was originally known as the
peace commission, and was instituted
under the Grant regime for tho avowed
purpose of guarding against fraud's ia
Indian oontracts.
CLIPPERTON ISLAND.
A Mexican Version of the Heceut Affair
There.
City of Mexico, Jan. 8. A high
official of the department of foregin re
lations said today regarding the Clip
perton island incident:
"The sending of the gunboat Demo
crata on a visit of inspection to por
tions of the Mexican territory was at
tended with no conflict or difficulty
with the Amerioans found there, and
in no event could that visit give rise to
international questions, inasmuch at
the occupation of tho island, if occupa
tion it can be called, was the act of
private persons, having no official char
acter. Tho American flag was found
flying there, but tho Americans them
selves, on hearing from the lips of Mox
ian offioers that the island was Mexican
tenitory, hauled it down, and allowed
the party of Mexicans to run up the
flag 'of this country without the slight
est opposition."
Appeals From AhiHka Courts.
Washington, Jan. 8. Representative
Tongue, of Oregon, introduced a bill
today providing that all civil and crim
inal cases appealed from the district
court of Alaska to the United States
court of appeals for the ninth judicial
district, and pending an appeal on or
prior to December 30, 1897, are to be
considered as regularly filed on appeal
in the United States supreme court, as
of date of filing in the appellate court,
and court clerks are instructed to trans
mit papers accordingly. This is to
meet a recont decision of the court
that Buch was not the case.
Hellinau's Clulin Paid.
Washington, Jan. 8. Tho senate
passed a bill to pay M. S. Hellman, of
Uniontown, Wash., if 5,000 'for flour
furnished the troops at Camp Watson,
Oregon. Captain Hellman formerly
lived at Canyon City, Or., am) was
once a delegate to the Dcmocratio na
tional convention.
To Amend Copyright Law.
Washington, Jan. 8. Representa
tive Shafroth, of Colorado, introduced
a bill today to amend the copvright
law so as to except photographs in pub
lications from the list of subjects which
can be copyrighted.
Americans Investing In Card I ft",
London,, Jan. 7. It is reported from
Cardiff that an American syndicate
with a capital of 2,000,000 is about to
purchase the Dowlas Bteel works and
collieries there, belonging to the Wil
burn' family.
Servian Army Reorganised.
Belgrade, Jan. 10. A royal decree
has been gazetted reorganizing the Ser
vian army and appointing ex-King
Milan commander-in-chief.