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Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
At a meeting of the various religions
denominations held in London, the
czar's disarmament proposal was in
dorsed. Four persons 'were killed and others
seriously injured in Paris by the col
lapse of a house in course of construc
tion. It is feared that five bodios still
remain buried in the debris.
The British steamer Pawnee has ar
rived in New York from Mediterran
ean ports, and brought 10 ship-wrecked
people, eight men and two women, who
were taken from the disabled schooner
Deer Hill, of St. John's, N. B., in
midocean.
The navy department has made pub
lio a report from Admiral Schley cov
ering that part of the operations and
movements of the flying squadron
from its sailing from Key West for
Cienfuegos up to, but not including the
first bombardment.
As a result of a coasting accident at
Tuitle oreek, eight miles from Pitts
burg, Joseph West, aged 80 years, is
lead and eleven others are injured, two
seriously. The sled ool lapsed at the
1)0 1 torn of a steep hill and hurled the
party with great force in every direc
tion. Thomas Jones, living near Greer,
W. Va., attempted to light a fire with
erude oil. An explosion occurred,
wrecking the room, and the dresses ol
his twin daughters, aged 4 years, ig
nited. Ee was too badly burned to
assit them, and they were so badly
burned that both of them died shortly
afterwards.
Exports to Cuba are already begin
ning to show the effect of returning
peaoe and the roopening of our ports to
commerce. The October figures of the
treasury department bureau of statis
tics show a marked increase in the ex
ports of tbntT1iohed States to Cuba in
i, nearly the suits ol, comparing October,
189?Bockraan vs Country.
i tl) gboro.
, In the matter of aid for X-anarohlstlo
an indigent person, (0 ier ' Jn session
granted from Nov. 1, 1808, la. proved a
In the matter of the Indigent ritained
fund, 175 was ordered transferron(!iu.
(lie general to the indigent soldier! 8fje(j
In the matter of the office of ftn(iB.
surveyor ordered Inasmuch, as
county surveyor, who waB electe""'
June, 18!8, failed to quality within l9
time prescribed, said office la declare!,
vacant ; and Ernest P. Rands is appoint
ed hv the court to fill paid vacancy in
(he office of snrvevor.
In the matter nf the petitum of the
Florence Crittenden Refuge Home for
women, the same was taken under ad
yisermnt. In the matter of application of Wm
Knliiht for pnyment of D Hutchin's
honpe rent, the same was denied.
In the matter of planklni? a pait of the
Ahernthey road near the Kedland post
office, it was ordered that county furnish
plank for 50 yards of said road, provided
the residents of road district No 13 will
grade road and liy plank.
Claim of Gray' Bios., of Salem, for
bridge irons furnished McCoy. The
petition denied and clerk instructed to
notify said claimants that thev must look
to Mr McCoy for their pay, aB this
county did not draw warrants except on
orders irfven hv con r .otor.
In the mutter of poles on Molalla road,
it whs ordered that supervisor of road
district No 18. put 500 polos on the
Alotalla toad at end of plank road.
The matter of the Ihxch of the Clavsoij
estate coming on to be heaid on remon
slrsnce of the directors of school distrl'
No 28 to the action of the enmity cot'
in mskinu an oidcr on the 2nd day 0
July, 181)8, wherein a reduction of Jl
taxes were nude and a certain surwai
cepted in settlement of same ars
attorneys of said estate bavin ,.
notified to appear and show ca
an order should not be madnl10r8 a
the p'-'"-"' VfuoNimi.
w The halibut sohooner Two Brothers,
plying in Alaska waters, has been miss
ing nearly six weeks, and it is feared
that she has been lost with all on board.
One of her boats was recently found in
Si badly battered condition.
Eight additional survivois of the crew
of the lost ship Londonlan were brought
into Baltimore by the North German
Lloyd steamship Maria Rickmers. They
ret Captain F. B. Lee, Third Officer
Joseph Cottier, Boatswain T. Buliom,
Juartei master F. Carlson, Able Sea
men J. Webb and W. Cadnoas, 8oootid
Steward D. Darnell and Socoud Cook
V. Martin.
In the Gorman reichstng, Count von
Kardorff, leader of the free conserva
tives, condemned the sentimental Gor
man sympathy with Bpain, and wel
comed the appearance of the "great
and vigorous American nation" among
the colonising powers. He said he
hoped that, in acoordanoe with Bis
marck's principle, commercial ques
tions would be kept separate from
political relations, for, if this were
done, Germany could be on very good
terms with the United States.
Minor Mews Items.
It is repotted in court circles that
Fnnee George of Greece is engaged to
Princess Victoria of Wales.
Mrs. Abble L. Marble, sister-in-law
of the late James G. Blaine.'waa killed
in a runway at Ban Loaudro, Cal.
Gen. John J. Dupuy, a prominent
ex-Confederate soldier, died in Mem
phis. He was in all the battles of the
army ot the Tennessee, and was
wounded four tliuos.
LATER NEWS.
The Prince of Wales is promoting a
War against tuberculosis in England.
Samuel Gompers was re-elected presi
dent of the American Federation of La
bor, by a practically unanimous vote,
at the closing session of the 18th an
nual convention of the organization
held in Kansas City.
Secretary Long will soon issue ad
vertisements calling for proposals foi
raising the Maine and the Cristobal
Colon, in accordance with the deoision
of the board of construction to which
the matter had been referred.
A financial statement just issued by
the Southern Paoifio Confpauy show
that for the month of October the gross
earnings of the company reached
15,556,725. This is an increase oi
(1,125,791 over the same month of last
year.
Corliss, of Michigan, has introduced
a bill in the house to facilitate the con
struction and maintenance of tele
graph cables in the Paoifio ocean be
tween the United States and Hawaii,
the Philippine jslands, Japan and othor
countries.
London advices Just received bring
promise that the West Indian colonies
will enter upon the new year with
brighter industrial prospects, owing to
the successful launching of the West
Indian Co-Operative Union, organized
on the lines of the California Fruit
Union, and the Irish Agricultural or
ganization, whioh achieved wonderfully
lapid success.
Great Britain has given another
striking example ot friendship for the
United States, and at the same time
has taken action whioh is looked upon
in the light of a recognition of the
sovereignty of the United States over
the Philippines. A filibustering ex
pedition organized to go to the support
of Aguinaldo has been suppressed at
Hong Kong by ordertof the British au
thorities. The first order for an English railroad
to be received at the Soheneotady, N.
Y., locomotive works on lis for ten
mogul freight engines, which will be
built for the Midland railroad. The
machines will be of Amerioan pattern,
with cylinders 18 inoheB in diameter,
with 24-ineh stroke, and fitted with all
modern appliances. The shipment of
87 locomotives has just been completed
for the Nippon railroad, of Japan, and
the woiks are running night and day
with a force of 2,000 men.
Terre Haute, Ind., was visited by a
million dollar fire.
Three lives were lost and several in
jured by a fire and explosion at Fort
Adams, R. 1.
Ambassador Jules Cambon will sail
from Havre for New York on January
1, to resume his duties at Washington.
Senator Hanna has introduced in the
Henate, and Representative Payne in
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A uuuou, uiu iu giuut BUUBiuies iur
,T uerioan shipping.
the nrenidnnt In his annthorn
our readied Macon, Ga., great enthu-
iaem was shown and the Confederate
eterans tendered him a reception.
T The National Casket Company, of
iMttsburg, Pa., has received from the
United States government an order for
000 caskets, the largest single order
p the kind ever given. The coffins
'jl be used for the purpose of bring
1 1 to this country the bodies of all
p J soldiers killed in battle in Cuba, or
io died from disease there. -
CThe agricultural appropriation bill
M'aed by congress contains a retaila
My olause authorizing the secretary of
Jticulture to inspect imported articles
".ngerons to health, and also author
Mng the secretaiyof the treasury to ex
ude suoh articles. The restriction is
.eslgned to apply to a large number of
'articles imported from foreign coun
tries. Bat Portage, Ontario, is in wild excite
ment, over a marvelous Btrike, made in
the Mikado gold mine. The oore fills
a stope 40 feet high and two and a
third feet wide, and the richest ore is
worth, on a conservative estimate fioru
125,000 to 185,000 a ton in free-milling
gold. The ore is being put in barrels
and sacks, and men are guarding It.
The mine is owned in England. At a
low estimate there is now (350,000 in
sight.
A special from Washington, D. C,
says: There are seers who predict that
Unole Sam will become the banker for
the world. Two Old World govern
ments, Russia and Japan, have turned
their faces to the United States in
search of loans. Russia, at least, has
had agents sound Amerioan financiers.
This is the first time foreign nations
have sought to float great national
loans in America, and the wise men
think it is the beginning of the new
era.
At the Mosoro insane asylum, in
Havana, a horrible state of affairs was
discovered. One hundred and twenty
inmates, emaoiated and Bhowing every
sign of starvation, are confined there.
Rix months ago there were over 800 in
this asylum, but death and starvation
have reduced their numbers to about
one-seventh of that figure. The Span
ish government withdrew its graut,
and although money was raised for the
institution, oorrupt offloials mbetsled
most ot it, leaving the patieuts desti
tute. The British government has decided
to complete the Soudan railroad to
Khartoum, the distance yet to be cov
ered being 180 miles.
Forest Salee, a bellboy formerly em
ployed at the Planter b' hotel in St
Louis, is heir to (35,000, left him by
James T. Spaulding, of Chicago.
The movements of rebels from Brasil
have been defeated by troops sent to
the frontier, and there seems to be no
further danger to the peaoe of the conn-try.
KILLED 8Y 1 Illl
Six Persons Buried Under.
Snow on Chilkoot Pass.
FIVE BODIES WERE RECOVERED
Party Was Encamped at Crater Lake
When the Aooldent Occurred Bodies
Were Nut Bruised in the Least.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 23. The steam
er Al-Ki, whioh arrived here today
from Alaska, brings meager particulars
of an avalanche on the Chilkoot pass,
in which at least six people were killed.
Five bodieB have been recovered, as fol
lows: Mrs. Darling, of Lake Lindemann,
and her two sons; Beit Johns, of Ju
neau; Harry Shaw, of Skagway.
The slide ocourred December 9, at
Crater lake, about one mile beyond the
summit on the Lake Lindemann side.
Mrs. Darling's husband was at Lake
Lindemann, and she had arranged to
join him with her two sons, who had
almost reached manhood. Shaw was
a Skagway man who had business at
the lake. Bert Johns, of Juneau, was
but 18 years of age, and the reason for
his taking the dangerous trip does not
appear. He waB a friend of the Dar
ling boys.
The name of the sixth person has not
been ascertained.
Contrary to the advice ot old-timers,
who realized that the trip was a dan
gerous one, in view of recent storms,
the party set out with light outfits. It
was Btorming very hard when they
crossed the summit, but they succeeded
in reaching Crater lake, where the
blizzard forced tbem to camp, although
it was but seven miles to their destina
tion. While enoamped there tons of
ioe and snow, mixed with rocks and
timbers, swept over them, evidently
without warning, and went on down
the valley, leaving them buried under
several feet of hard snow. Their bodies
were found two days later by a search
ing party. j
The bodies were not bruised in the
least.
A peculiar coincidence is that the
news of the Blide was brought by the
Bame steamer that brought word of the
terrible slide last spring, in which
nearly 50 people perished. Another
coincidence is that the two slides oc
curred just about the ""same distance
from the summit, but on opposite sides.
Just before the Al-Ki left Skagway,
G. Bald Mills, of London, England,
and F. T. Smith, of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, arrived from Lake Atlin, with
their feet and hands badly frozen. It
is feared that Mills will lose both feet.
Rid
HT TO EXPAND.
teller's Address on the Lega Points f
the Question. '"' '
Washington, Deo. 22. Senator Teller
occupied the first half of today's ses
sion of the senate with a speech in ad
ocacy o! the theory that there are no
restrictions unon the richtof the United
States to expand its borders so as to
inoiune tar distant territory,- tie went
into the legal points bearing upon the
question and incidentally discussed at
some length the form of government
for the Philippines, saying he would
enoourage self-government among the
islanders, and would give them the
roost liberal government which they
were capable of conducting, but that
he would not take down the American
flag where onoe planted. The re
maindei of the session was given up
to the Nicaragua canal bill. Senator
Caffery was the only speaker on this
Subject, and be opposed the Morgan
bill. ,
The house listened to the first speeoh
on the annexation of the Philippines.
Williams, a Demooiatic member of the
foreign affairB oommittee, in an hour's
speech, stated his opposition to a policy
whioh would bring the islands under
the sphere of the United States' influ
ence. He contended that it would be
hostile to the spirit of our institutions
to assume control over 9,000,000 peo
ple; that annexation would coat us
H40.000.000 a year; that the annexa
tion of the islands met none of the
testa whioh applied to our past acquisi
tions of territory, and would be a mis
take from a sooial, political and ma
terial standpoint. Williams' remarks
received careful attention and several
times drew applause fiotn bis Demo
cratic colleagues.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was passed without material amend
ment. It carried (3,696,323, ot (187,
130 more than the current law.
His; Fire In Montreal.
Montreal, Dec. 23. A fire broke out
at 11:45 last night, completely gutting
the big dry goods warehouse of S.
Greenshield's Sons & Co., one of the
largest dry goods houses in Canada.
Half an hour after the fire started, the
foot fell in, and 10 minutes later one
of the walls tell out into Craig street
and the other into McGill street. The
file wall separating the Greenshitilda
building fiora the dry goods house of
Molntyre Sons & Co, collapsed and the
Jinnies gutted the premises of that firm.
The loss on the Molntyre stock and
buildings will reach (300,000. The
loss on Greenshields will probably ex
ceed (300,000;
Three Hundred Soldiers Killed.
London, Deo. 23. A dispatch from
Shanghai says a powder magazine, sit
uated in the center of the Chinese
camp, in Hankow, exploded, leveling a
square mile of bouses. It is estimated
that 300 soldiers weie killed, including
the general ot the commanding (orces.
Washington, Deo. 23. The com
merce oommittee of the house decided
today to take up the Nicaragua canal
question on the second Tuesday in January.
RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT.
Entire Party Satisfied With the Trip to
the Booth.
Washington, Dec. 22. The presi
dential party, after an absence of seven
days in the South, arrived at the Penn
sylvania station over the Southern rail
way at 11:30 o'clock this morning, ex
actly on schedule time. With the
exception of Mrs. McKinley, who was
slightly indisposed at Atlanta, every
member of the party has been in the
best of health, and all pronounce the
trip most enjoyable and a splendid suc
cess in every way. Everywhere a stop
was made the president was received
with greetings and demonstrations of
an enthusiastic character, and during
the entire week there was not a disturb
ance. The run from Columbia, S. C,
was uneventful, and on its arrival
here the special train of six Pullman
cara, under the personal supervision
of General Agent Brown, was run up
the Sixth street siding, where all
alighted.
The president and Mrs. McKinley
were driven to the White Houae at
onoe, and the members of the cabinet,
Mr. Porter and Mr. Cortelyou, secre
taries to the president, and their ladies
were driven to their homes.
The entire morning aboard the presi
dential train was spent in farewell
visits by the different members of the
party. The president received his
guests in his own car. . He expressed
his entire satisfaction over the trip.
With this sentiment every member of
the cabinet aboard heartily coinoided,
while Generals Wheeler and Shatter
repeated the eulogistic expressions al
ready made in their pnblio speeches.
The general impression prevailed that
the (rip had cemented, to a marvelous
degree, the good-fellowship between
North and South, and had brought into
prominence the excel Ion t condition and
capabilities of the army.
The original object of the visit, to
celebrate the peaoe with Spain, loHt its
significance directly after the presi
dent's memorable utterances regarding
the caie of the Confederate dead.
MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT CUBA.
John Sherman Says Negotiations Were
Onoe Under Way.
. Chioago, Dec. 22. A speoial to tSe
Tribune from Washington says: Ex
Secretary of States John Sherman, in
an interview, tells an interesting cab
inet secret, which in the days before
the war was frequently suspected, but
never established. With considerable
emotion, the ex-secretary said:
"I tried to prevent this foolish war
with Spain. As a matter of fact, nego
tiations were already in progress to pur
chase Cuba from Spain when the war
feeling suddenly rose and swept every
thing before it, And Spain would
have accepted the terms.
"This is a matter of secret history.
And now what have we got to show for
all this expense? Some islands in the
Philippines, for instanoe, which are
worth about (200,000 per annum in
come; inoreased indebtedness of (200,
000,000 and a lot of islands inhabited
mainly by man-eaters. And the most
distressing feature of the affair is that
we are now about to be called upon to
pay (20,000,000 for territory that we
oould have taken without expending a
dollar."
SHAFTER EXPLAINS.
Santiago Commander Before the War
Commission.
Washington, Dec. 23. General
Shatter appeared rather unexpectedly
before the war investigating commis
sion this afternoon, and told bis story
of the Santiago expedition. He was
supported by his aid, Colonel Miley,
who was with him in Cuba, and was
flanked by a large portmanteau of pa
pers, to which hla aid occasionally ap
plied for reference.
General Shaffer's story of the opera
tions around Santiago was tersely told,
but at times was quite vivid in its re
cital and interesting in detail. Briefly
summed up, his estimate of the San
tiago expedition was that it had been a
military success and cheap at the cost
of 500 men lost in the fight. He con
sidered the expedition to have been as
well fitted out as the time allowed
would permit, and said that, in look
ing back, he had no criticism of his
plans to make, and would not change
them if the events had to be gone
through again. He said he had no
complaints of any sort to make, and
would be loath to intrude them at this
time if he had.
JUMPED FROM HIGH WINDOWS.
Deaths Result From a Fire in a New
. York Uesldeuoe.
. New York, Deo. 22. Two women
were killed and another woman, who
afterward died, and a man severely in
jured today during a fire at the resi
dence of C. H. Raymond, at West End
avenue and Seventy-third street.
Mrs. Underwood, a sister of Mrs.
Raymond, leaped fiom a seoond-story
window, her head striking the sidewalk
and death was instantaneous.
William Doerr, in trying to rescue
Mrs. Underwood, sustained a fracture
of the skull, which probably will re
sult in death.
Mrs.3. H. Raymond followed Mrs.
Underwood out of the window, and
was pioked up unoonsoious. She died
tonight.
After the flames were extinguished
the body of Harriet Fee was found on
the third floor of the house. She had
been overcome by smoke.
A superb collection ot pictures and
tapestries owned by Raymond was en
tirely destroyed.
Santiago de Cuba, Deo. S3. A guer
rilla who landed here this morning
from a sohooner from Baracoa to settle
his affairs was . recognized by the
Cubans, set upon and shot. He is cow
in the hospital, and is likely to die. A
Cuban has been ai rested on suspicion
ot being the assailant, and it the crime
is fixed upon him, General Wood in
tends to make an example of him.
Spaniards Charge Filipinos
... With Fiendish Cruelty.
SOME HORRIBLE ATROCITIES
Uncertainty of the Future Seriously Af
fecting Trade Rebels Doing About
as They Please Health of Troops.
Manila, via San Francisco, Dec. 21.
Spanish refugeea from the north say
that after the surrender of the town of
Aparri the insurgents formed a pa
rade, the oentral feature of which was
a Spanish lieutenant, who was oarried
along the streets suspended from a
bamboo pole. On arrival at the plaza
the pele was placed upon two forked
sticks and a squad of rebels proceeded
to terrorize their helpless victim by
shooting as close to his head as possi
ble without wounding him. When the
unfortunate man was nnconsoious with
terror the procession moved on again.
Another story is told of a Spanish
officer being confined in a cell with his
hands tied behind his back and com
pelled. to eat the portions of food allot
ted to him from the floor of the cell.
Still another refngee states that be
cause he threw some papers, which he
did not wish the rebels to have, into a
cesspool, the natives, npon hearing of
it, dropped him into the hole ahd com
pelled him to reoover the papers, after
which he was paraded through the
streets for hours. The Spanish priests
who were captured fared somewhat bet
ter. ,
The natives indignantly deny these
allegations, and their newspapers re
taliate by printing horrible stories of
atrocities practiced by the Spaniards
before the surrender of Manila.
Senor Palermo, president of the Fil
ipino assembly, is said to have cabled
a long message to Madrid a few days
ago to the effect that if Spain wonld
guarantee autonomy and other reform
measures, the whole country would sup
port Spanish rule in preference to any
other form of foreign intervention.
Aguinaldo has seen fit to remove the
embargo upon Americans, and has is
sued an order granting . the right to
travel through the territory , at present
held by the revolutionary government
to all foreigners, exoept Spaniards, so
long as they are unarmed.
The present unpleasant weather is
having its effect npon the health of the
Amerioan troops, hundreds of whom
are suffering from cramps and ohills
occasioned by the dampness of their
quarters and exposure.
An order has been issued compelling
medical practitioners to report all oases
of smallpox under their notioe to the
authorities, in Older that they may be
promptly removed to the pesthouse,
owing to the continuance of deaths
whioh have oocurred in private houses
throughout the oity.
What with the uncertainty as to the
future disposition of the islands, and
the state of affairs existing outside ot
the limits of the city of Manila, whioh
are the bounds of American jurisdic
tion, business in the Philippines is in
almost as bad condition today as it was
Bix months ago. From May 1 until
the surrender of Manila, on August 1
last, the only means of communication
between this city and the other ports
in the Philippines was entirely out off,
sinoe all coasting steamers were under
the Spanish flag, and had to lie up dur
in the blockade.
With the advent' ot the American
army of oompation it was hoped that
trade would be resumed almost imme
diately, but in spite of the (Tt that
arrangements have been made Vfatween
the American and Spanish authorities
toward this end, the fact remains that
the interisland trade, whioh amounted
annually to over (500,000,000, has
dwindled down to less than one-fifth
of its normal volume.
MOVED A BRIDGE.
Remarkable Feat of Railway Engineers
at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 21. A re
markable feat of bridge moving was ac
complished today by the Chioago &
Northwestern Railway Company, nnder
the direction of J. S. Robinson, divi
sion superintendent of the engineers of
that road. The bridge was a single
track draw, weighing 215 tons, and
was removed' a distance of 250 feet to a
new foundation in the quick time of 2
hours and 57 minutes. The structure
was floated on two scows, one on either
side of the center, which were sunk
90.000 gallons of water. With the
scows in proper position, the water
was pumped out and the bridge grad
ually lifted from its fonndation and
towed to its new resting plaoe by two
tugs. The bridge had rendered service
sinoe 1680, and is still in good condi
tion, being removed to make way for a
double-traok structure ot the latest pat
tern. Left Money to Wark.
New York, Dec. 21. A dispatch to
the World from Loudon Bays: Miss
Yates lett (35,000, half her property,
to Lieutenant Wark, who was sentenced
to hang for complicity in an illegal
operation which oaused her death. The
will is to be contested by the next of
kin.
Fatal Pistol Duel.
Munich, Dec. 21. A duel with pis
tols took place here today between Ma
jor Seita and Lieutenant Pfeiffer, grow
ing ont ot the former's misconduct with
the latter's wife. Major Seiti was
killed.
The TJsnal Revolution.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 21. The presi
dent ot Bolivia, Senor Alonzo, at the
head of 200 men, is preparing to march
against the capital, La Pas, which is in
the hands of the revolutionists.
EXPANSION UPHELD.
Senator Piatt Speaks Against the Test
Resolution.
Washington, Deo. 21. The senate
had a busy day, and there were several
important speeches. Piatt of Connecti
cut, spoke against the Vest resolution,
whioh declares that the United States
has no power to acquire territory. He
said that the power of a nation to ao
qu i re territory was as inherent as its
sovereignty. The United States had
the right to govern suoh territory in the
best manner possible until the people ,
of the aoqnired lauds were capable of
self-government.
Prootor of Vermont, and Haiff ol
Maine, explained divergont views npon
the subject of a commission of senators
to visit Cuba. Proctor thought such
committee was neoessary, while Hale
said he thought it would be in extreme
ly bad taste, and useless. ' '..,
The Nioaragua canal bill was up dur
ing the latter part of the day, and Sen
ators Berry, Allen, Hoar, Caffery and
Morgan disoussed the measure.
This was suspension day in the house
and several bills were passed, the most
important of which was the bill appro
priating (350,000 for the Philadelphia
exposition of 1899. The vote was ex
ceedingly dose; it bad but two votes
more than the necessary two-thirds.
Bills weie also passed under suspension
oL,the rules to authorize the distribu
tion of the assots of the Freedmen's
bank; to enlarge the Boope of the fish
commission to include game birds; for
the relief of the Fourth mounted Ar
kansas intantry, and for the relief of
John W. Lewis, of Oiegon.
Bailey of Texas, intioduoed a resolu
tion in open house, directing the ju
dioiary committee to investigate and
report on the question as to whether
members of the house who had accept
ed commissions in the army had for
feited their seats in the house. He
made the resolution the text for some
remarks, taking ocoasion to denounce
anew the statement that in his attitude
on this question he had been made a
catspaw by Republicans in the house.
He denounced the Republican who had
instigated the statement as an infa
mous liar, and challenged him to
father it There was no reply to Mr.
Bailey's statement, and the resolutions
were referred to the oommittee on
rules. '
JAPAN IS SATISFIED.
Policy of Expansion Rsoelves the Mora)
Support of That Nation.
Seattle, Wash., Deo. 21. Command
er I. Mori, who is on his way to Saa
Francisco to take charge of the new
Japanese cruiser Chitose, says the
policy of expansion whioh has been ad
opted by the United States receives the
most cordial moral support of the Jap
anese from sentimental and commercial
reasons.
Commander Mori places Admiral
Dewey in the same class with Admirals
Ito and Nelson. "He is not only a
great naval , officer," said he, "but a
general and a statesman." He did not
know Admiral Dewey personally, but
he saw the result of his work, having
arrived at Manila in command of the
cruiser Noniwa to look out for the Jap
anese interests there.
Commander Mori thinks a considera
ble portion of futnre oontraots for war
ships will be lot to American firms.
One of the principal reasons of this,
aside from the superior workmanship,
will be because the United States is
nearer to the home country, so that the
vessels oan be taken across the Paoific
without the long voyage thiougb the
Suez canal or around the Capo of Good
Hope.
A COLOMBIAN OUTRAGE.
Two Americans Unjustly Kept Under
Surveillance for Two Tears.
Los Angeles. Cal., Deo. 21. Charles
Nelson and H. K. Spring have just
reached this oity from the United
States of Colombia, where for two
years they were held under surveillance
without being granted a trial, on a
charge of having killed Jason Hubbard,
August 37, 1896.
They are both from Colton. and went
to South Amerioa and entered the em
ploy of Hubbard, whose dead body was
found on the date mentioned with a
rifle by its si.'.e. It was thought that
he had accidentally killed himself, bnt
Nelson and Spring were arrested on sus
picion, and imprisoned for 25 days,
when they were released on bail. They
oon'd not leave the country, bnt on
November 4 their bondsmen secured
their release, and they at once started
for home. There was no evidence to
connect them with the death of Hub
bard. Gold In Pike's Peak. '
Colorado Springs, Colo., Deo. 21. A
strike of gold in the Striokler tunnel,
being driven through Pike's Peak to in
crease the water supply of this city,
has oaused the most intense excitement
in Colorado Springs. A splendid vein
bearing large quantities of sylvanite
has been encountered by the contractor,
George W. Jackson, and sarhples from
the find assay up into the thousands.
Today pieces of the ore were roasted,
and globules of gold were apparent in
the rook. w
The find is of importance to this city,
as the riches will revert to the city of
Colorado Springs.
Experts who have examined the prop
erty say that millions of dollars' worth
of gold are contained in the vein en
countered. American Locomotives for England,
London, Dec. 21. The Midland Rail
way Company has ordered 28 engines
in Philadelphia and New York. As a
oonseqnenoe of the engineer's Btrike,
English firms are only able to cope
with arrears of work.
Flag Was Lowered.
Cairo, Dec. 81. Major Marchand
and his party evaonated Fashoda during
the morning of December 11, when
the Fienob flag was lowered and the"
British and Egyptian flags were hoisted.