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'Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening! of the Fast Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
At a fire which broke out in the Ho
tel Richelieu, at Pittsburg, Pa., three
guests lost their lives and five people
were badly hurt.'
Colonel Potter, special emissary oi
General Otis to Ilo Ilo, reports that the
rebels threaten to burn the town if the
Americans bombard the place.
Governor Leedy, of Kansas, has com
muted the sentence of J. K. Colean,
who, while cashier of the Sate bank, of
Fort Scott, in 1895, stole $52,000 of its
funds. '
Four dead, two injured, one of these
perhaps fatally, and the loss of proper
ty of the Southern railway to the
mount of about f 25,000, is the result
of a wreck whioh occurred at Knox
vilie, Tenn. t
A heavy wind storm swept over the
remote section of Scott county. Ark.
At Boles, a schoolhonse was blown
down and three pupils were killed, an
other was fatally wounded, and a dozen
or more sustained more or loss injuries.
A tremendous landslide occurred near
S pence's Bridge, on the Canadian Pa
cific railroad. A mountain whioh has
long been an object of cuiioBity to
travelers crashed into the Fraser river,
damming it completely, and sending
the water in torrents over the fertile
Nicola valley. The course of the liver
was changed completely.
Acoording to late advices from Daw
eon, the United States government will
be called upon to relieve indigent min
ers in the Klondike. The Dawson
Nugget says there is a Btrong move
ment on foot at Dawson to send a rep
resentative to Washington for the pur
pose of enlisting the United States
government in the cause of aiding in
remedying the great distress whioh
prevails among the miners of the Yu
kon. At the annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and
Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of
America, held in Chicago, resolutions
were adopted, urging cougress to puss
the Nicaragua canal bill and also that
a law should be passed making eight
hours a day's work on said canal. Res
olutions were also passed urging con
gress to pass the river and harbor bill
at the present session of congress. Con
gress was also urged to oreate a labor
commission of three union men to see
that the laws in the interest of work
ingmen were enforced on all govern
ment work.
A fast passenger train on the North
ern Pacific near Simula, Neb,, dashed
into a frieght. One fireman was killed
and several people were hurt.
Dr. H. Seward Webb, president of
the Wagner Palace Car Company, is
mentioned as sucoessor to Senator Mor
rill as senator from Vermont.
The first formal state dinner of the
eason took plaoe at the White Hons
Thursday, when President and Mrs.
MoKinley entertained the members of
the cabinet.
A sensation has been created in Ger
many by the publication in a Cologne
paper of an alleged conversation had
with the late Prince Hismaick, in
whioh he predicted the fall of the Aus
trian empire.
An American named Boy n ton, who
is trying to , travel around the earth
without money, mot with a terrible full
into a ohasm while entering France by
night through the Pyrenees. He was
seriously injured.
Another disagreeable consequence of
the late war bus been presented to the
government of claims from the cable
companies for damages sustained
through the suspension of their busi
ness by the United States military and
naval forces. The aggregate amount
of these claims cannot be foretold.
Representative Tongue, of Oregon,
lias prepared an amendment to the hill
for codification of the laws of Alaska,
now pending in the house, providing
for the licensing of main business eon
corns in the territory, and especially
the liquor business. Mr. Tongue says
that the Treadwell mines does not pay
anything in thewavof taxes to the sup
port of the territorial institutions, and
that from the region surrounding Ju
noau about $8,000,000 in gold is pro
dueed annually, and does not contribute
a cent to the government.
The Havana aftornoon papers sent a
thrill through the city with a report
that a torture and execution uhamber
had been found at the residence of the
8 punish miltiary governor, adjoining
the palace. The popeis deolareed that
there the Spanish officials questioned
and murdered political prisoners. Ac
cording to their amounts, the floor of
the chamber was ooverud with dried
blood, and its walls were indented with
maohete strokes. An excited crowd
soon gathered outside the house which
was last occupied by Geneial Pairado.
Minor Nfni Items.
A liontetiaiit and 13 men of tho
French warship Sure were killed in the
New Hebrides by natives.
The Merritt & Chapman Wrecking
company's outfit arrived at Santiago do
Cuba to raise the foimer Spanish cruis
er Keina Mercedes.
Areonio placed in coffee by some one
unknown oauued the deaths of Frank
Lomack, his wife and live children at
thelby, Tex.
LATER NEWS.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue shows that
during November, 1898, the receipts
amounted to $22,404,405, against $13,
959,296 for November, 1897.
. The reports that Drefus left the Isle
du Diablo and been brought to Paris
receive further denial in a statement
that the whole examination of the prif
oner by the court of cassation will be
conducted by cable. This will entail
an enormous expense.
At Hong Kong, the Filipino com
mittee has broken off all relations with
United States Consul Wildinan. The
committee has issued a writ in the su
preme court to recover the sum of $17.
000, which the Filipinos claim to have
been deposited with Wildman as
treasurer of the Filipino Independence
fund in June last.
The gnnboat Yorktown has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila, via
Honolulu. She will go all the way
nnder a full head of steam, and should
make the run in three weeks if she is
not delayed at Honolulu. She iB the
bearer of full instructions to Admiral
Dewey and General Otis in regard to
the situation in the Philippines.
Mataafa has been elected king of Sa
moa, to succeed Malietoa. Official in
formation to this effect has been re
ceived in Washington. The election
was held without trouble, though Ta
masese, who was vice-king in 1881,
bucked by a small following, en
deavored to obtain the offioe. The situ
ation, according to the latest advices,
is quiet.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, occupied
the attention of the senate for nearly
an hour and a half Tuesday, with a
speech in support of his resolution de
claring that the United States will
never attempt to govern the people of
any country without their consent.
In many respects the speech was one
of the most notable utterances from
the senate thus far this session.
At Kokomo, Ind., there are .18
tramps in the Howard county jail
slowly starving to death. Two weeks
ago the hobos refused to work on the
stone pile, and Sheriff Harnes put
them in iail on a diet of bread and
water, mostly water, until they signi
fied a willingness to work. At the
close of the second week of the strike,'
the jailer roduced the bread supply to
two loaves a day for the entire gang.
They declare they will starve to death
in their cells rather than hammer stone.
The Farmers' bank of Inwood, Ga.,
was entered by burglars, wno secured
$20,000 and escaped.
The ravages of grip among the mem
bers of the national house and senate
may compel an ex Ira session of con
gres.
A disastrous freight wreck occurred
on the Wabash, at Belleville, Mich.
The loss on rolling stock is estimated
at $30,000, with $3,000 loss on a store
house. Thirteen' persons were killed and
from 80 to 45 injured in a railway col
lision near Bound Brook, N. J. There
was a head-end collision between a
local train and the Black Diamond ex
press. President Alonzo's advance guard is
within six leagues of La Paz, capital
of the republic of Bolivia. It is likely
a decisive battle will be fought soon
between the government troops and
the rebels who now hold the oapital.
It is proposed that a memorial he
erected at Manila to the memory of all
Americans who fell in the capture or
died of disease during the campaign.
The proposal is that all Americans now
resident in the Far East, of whom
there is a very considerable number,
shoul j be invited to contribute toward
tli is object.
Filipinq committees have made a
formal protest, and President McKin
ley has been warned from Paris, Madrid
ami London not to attempt to take
forcible possession of Ilo Ilo, The
ground is taken that the American
claim of sovereignty is premature,
and that the United States is not the
possessor of the Philippines until the
peace treaty is ratified. The Filipino
agent at Hong Kong Bays a fight with
the Americans at Ilo Ilo is unavoida
ble, but little apparent uneasiness is
felt at Washington,
The Cincinnati Kxpress Guzotte has
collected data anent the operations of
trainrobbors during the past year. The
effect of federal jurisdiction upon train
robberies is evidenced in Mexioo. Dur
ing the past year there was not even
an attempt at train robbery in the sis
ter ropublio. The crime is punishable
there with instant death. The record
for 18118 is as follows: Number of
train hold-ups, 28; number of stage
robberies, 7; number of passengers and
train men shot, 4; number of robbers
killed, 5; number of robbers shot, 6.
Captain K. R. Shaw and the orew of
the British bark Glen Huntley, long
given up for lost, are alive and well,
and on their way to Liverpool. They
abandoned the Glen Huntley in a fierce
gale Juno 4, 1898. For 154 days the
11 sailors lived on Tristan d'Aounha
isle, more than 1,600 miles south by
west of the Capo of Good Hope, They
subsisted on penguin eggs and the flesh
of sea eagles, and shared with 73 white
inhabitants the scanty stock of provi
sions that the captain of a passing ves
sel liad given them.
A violent gale swept over the Eng
lish channel and the east coast of
Great Britain, doing immense damage.
An elevator belonging to the George
C. Bagley Company was burned at
Minneapolis with 200,000 bushels of
wheat, tho loss being over $ 300,000.
Prompt stops are being taken by the
administration to assert tho supremacy
of the United States in the Philippines
and MaJ. -General Otis has been desig
nated as governur-gonotal of the Islands,
i n. lit w
For the Relief of Cuban Poor
Will Be Presented.
THE PLAN OF DR. JOSE A. FRIAR
Provide That Certain Revenues Be
Appropriated to the Payment of Cu.
ban Soldiers After Dlsbaudraent.
New York, Jan. 12. A dispatch to
(he Press from Washington says: Dr.
Jose A. Friar, chairman of the finanoe
committee of the Cuban assembly and
one of the leading lawyers of the
island, has arrived in Washington,
and will present to the department of
state a plan for the settlement of the
financial system of Cuba. This plan
includes a method of appropriating
certain revenues toward the payment of
the Cuban soldiers when they are dis
banded, and other financial measures
for the relief of the poor.
Dr. Friar is a leading candidate for
the appointment of chief justice, al
though it is asserted that his mission
in Washington at this time is not to
further his candidacy for that office,
but is Bolely for the purpose of present
ing his financial plans.
"In addition to the financial scheme
which we have proposed," said Dr.
Friar, "Dr. Caesote, president of the
Cuban assembly, has, with others,
worked out an admirable plan for the
government of the island drawn from
the knowledge of existing laws and
practices of the courts and various looal
officers which will be submitted to the
United States. ,
"Already Geneial Brooke has sur
rounded himself jsvith some of the
ablest Cuban leaders as advisers. They
realize that for the present American
intervention is necessary. The leaders
have been reconciled to it, and the
great mass of the people are steadily
coming to take this view of the matter.
I regard it as necessary, however, that
Cubans should be made the police offi
cers m all the large cities, for tire rea
son that they understand the people,
know who the malefactors are, are
better able to apprehend them and pre
vent trouble than the Americans. The
Spaniards, if retained, are sure to en
courage dissension. It has always
been their policy to accept bribes, and
they will continue to do so as long as
they are maintained in official posi
tions, and trouble is sure to result
from it under an equitable govern
ment. "General Gomez has been grossly
misrepresented in a great many re
spects. I have reason to know that he
is not anti-American, as lias been
charged against him. The statements
that he has opposed American inter
vention, I know to be absolutory and
malioiously false. General Gomez is
a true partiot, and has made as many
sacrifices as any man for the cause of
independence. Patriotic as he is, he
realized that American intervention at
tli is time is necessary, he not only tol
erated it without objection, but is in
favor of it.
"General Gomez is remaining with
his army near Naroiso because he be
lieves it is his duty to do so, and per
mit others to take part in the affairs of
the new government. The army, in
the struggle for office and reconstruc
tion of the government, is apt to be
forgotten, and it needs General Gomez.
There are 45,000 men in the Cuban
army. They are anxious to return to
their deserted homes and build them
up, and General Gomez is desirous to
have them do so, but it is necessary
that thev should receive some oompen
Bation." FIRE ON JAPANESE CRUISER
Several Members of the Crew Burned
to Death anl illmijr Injured.
Seattle, Jan. 12. News by steamer
fiom Japan says: The second-class
Japanese cruiser Kaimon Kan has
reached Amoy a partial wreck, as the
result of a fire that broke out during a
Btonn at sea. Several of the members
of the crew of the cruiser were burned
to death and many others badly in
jured. The Kaimon Kan was a wooden ves
Bel of the old style, and had on board a
number of soldiers besides her regular
crew. When a few days out in the
midst of a gale a fire was discovered in
one of the bunkers to the rear of tho
engines.
The Japanese crew behaved with
great bravery, and streams of water
were soon playing on tho fire. At this
juncture an accident to tho machinery
made it necessary for someone to go
down the alley. It was a case of al
most sure death. Two men volun
teered to go down. Before they got to
the niaohinery in need of repair the
smoke overoame them. No one would
go in after them and the tire soon con
sumed their bodies. The engines were
kept running or the vessel would sure
ly have foundered. The vessel is re
pairing at Ainoy.
Victims Number Mxteen.
New York, Jan. 12. So far as can
be ascertained the total victims of the
Lehigh Valley collision at West Dun
ellan, N. J., yesterday number 16.
Three died during the night. The
bodies of three women are still un
identified. Klgaro ContUeated.
Berlin, Jan. 18. The Paris Figaro
was confiscated by the police through
out Germany yesterday on account of a
caricature which it contained, copied
from Fuck, representing Emperor Wil
liam of Germany in ' the guise of a
"despised animal,"
' Fuck, in its issuo of December 7,
published a double-page cartoon by
Pugh, representing all the crowned
heads, and entitled "Tho Threatened
Revolt in tho Jungle." Emperor Wil
Hum was represented as a boar.
T. T. GEER INAUGURATED.
Inducted Into Office as Governor of Or
egon for Four Years.
Salem, Or., Jan. 11. Theodore
Thurston Geer was inaugurated gov
ernor of the atate of Oregon in repre
sentative hall of the statehouse today,
in the presence of the state legislature
assembled in joint session, and an im
mense crowd of spectators, who packed
the gallery and lobby of the chamber
to suffocation.
Chief Justice Wolveiton, of the su
preme oourt, administered the oath of
office to tho new governor, arid both
ex-Governor Lord and Governor Geer
made speeches.
SQUABBLE OVER CLERKS.
Hard for Senator to Part With Petty
Patronage.
Salem, Or., Jan. 12. The feature of
the senate today, as yesterday, was the
squabble over jthe petty patrongae of
committee clerks. The matter came
up on a resolution by Mulkey of Polk,
admitted by courtesy after a motion to
adjourn had been carried, which al
lowed the committees on engrossed bills
and enrolled bills six clerks each, ways
and means and judiciary three each,
assessment and taxation, printing, mu
nicipal corporations and revision of
laws two each, and, the other 19 com
mittees one each, with the pay of the
chief clerks on the committees employ
ing more than one each fixed at $4 per
day, and all others at $3.
Selling, of the committeo on com
merce and navigation, and Haines, of
the committee on penal institutions,
asked that their clerks be stricken out.
Fulton, of the judiciary, asked a re
duction of from three to two, and
Haseltine, of the municipal corpora
tion, from two to one.
Then came a pressure for more
cleiks. Daly of Benton, wanted two
more allowed for engrossed bills; Pat
terson two more for enrolled bills;
Brownell one more for railroads, and
all but Brownell were successful, on
motion of Kuykendall, amended so as
to require unemployed olerks to report
to the chief ulerk of the senate for as
signment. Fulton amended the pay
feature so as to allow the chief clerks
Dn engrossed bills, enrolled bills, ju
diciary, and ways and means, and. the
stenographers, $5; all others, $3. Af
ter an hour's stiuggle and the defeat
of a motion to postpone, it was adopt
ed in this form, by a vote of 21 to 8,
Howe being absent.
The committee on education report
ed adveisely on two resolutions relat
ing to committee clerkships, referred
yesterday, and was given permission to
introduce a bill covering the matter in
a few days.
NO PLACE FOR PRAYER.
Irreverent Senator Pulls the Rules
When Divine Blessing Is Asked.
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 11. Senator
Keith suggested that the senate ses
sion be opened with prayer. He
thought another day should not pass
without divine blessing being invoked.
Senator Reinhart feebly got to his feet
and protested. He asserted that the
rules contained no provision for prayer.
Lieutenant-Governor The gentle
man will please oome to order.
Reinhart I propose to show that we
have no authority to go into this prayer
business.
Lieutenant-Governor The senator
will come to order and
Keinhart I appeal to the house
Lieutenant-Governor Senator Van
Patton will offer prayer.
Keinhart I will endeavor to be in
order, but I wish to read the rules,
which contain no place for prayer-
Lieu tenant-Governor The
tJunator
A
will come to order. Prayer will now
be offered, and the senate will rise.
Prayer was offered by Van Patton,
Keinhart remaining seated. '
Whelshire presented resolutions of
respect on the death of Pioneer A.
A. Denny, of Seattle.
The first bill introduced came in un
der special permission. Senatoi Plum
mer fathered it and it merely provid
ed for an apppropriation of $60,000 to
pay the usual expenses of the legisla
ture. House Proceeds to Business.
Dr. Thompson, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, led in prayer,
Pratt offered a memorial oi sorrow
on the death of the conspicuous pio
neer, Hon. Arthur A. Denny, of Seattle,
The entire vote of the house was re
coided in favor of the resolution.
Sims offered a resolution authorizing
the chief clerk to order supplies neoes
8nry for h's own use; adopted.
Calvert offered a resolution calling
upon the auditor and attomev-general
to furnish an itemized statement of the
expenditures of the appropriation of
$5,000 made by the last legislature for
assisting the attorney-general to en
force the provisions of the railroad law.
Empress Kugenle's Heir. '
Paris, Jan. 11. Announcement is
made on the authority of a member
of the Bonapartist family that the Em
press Eugenie has decided to make
Prince Victor Napoleon her heir to the
$10,000,000 fund, which the late em
peror arranged with several insurance
companies to pay on the death of the
empress.
Prince Viotor is the younger son of
the late Prince Jerome Bonaparte, and
is favored by many of the Bonapartists
as rightful heir to the throne. It has
always been sup posed that Eugenie
favoied the elder brother. Prince Louis.
The empresss is full of confidence for
a speedy triumph of Bon apart isrn.
Prince Louis has been such a wild rake
that the funds would not be safe in his
hands. With so much money and the
prestige of personal populatriy, Prince
Viotor will undoubtedly be able in the
future to stir up France,
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 12. A freight
train was wrecked at an early hour this
morning east of Council Bluffs, and
three men killed. Further news is
not obtainable yet.
I II I I
Both Branches at Salem Re
tain the Organization of
Special Session,
BUT LITTLE BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED
Ben 0. Worslcy, of Astoria, Elected
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House
Two Minor Resolu
tions Passed,
Salem, Jan. 10. Both houses of the
legislative assembly convened at the
appointed time, but beyond organizing
little was done. The house spent some
time in electing a sergeant at-arms,
and then passed a couple of resolutions.
The senate was called to order at 10
o'clock by President Taylor, The roll
call showed all present but three.
The resolution for a joint committee
to confer with a committee from the
Washington legislature relative to de
vising a joint regulation for fishing in
the Columbia river, was referred to
the committee on fishing industries.
Kelly's resolution for 15 committee
clerkB for the senate, to. be tinder the
control of the sergeant-at-arnis, went
to the committee on education.
Cameron's resolution for the secre
tary of state to provide $4 worth of
postage stamps and $1 worth of news
paper wrappeis was adopted, after
Selling had made an unsuccessful at
tempt to out the stamps down to $2.
The rules of the speoial session were
adopted for the senate, after which an
adjournment was taken.
' The Day in the House,
The house was called to order at
10:20, with Speaker Carter in the ohair.
The roll-call showed a quorum present.
50 members answering to tneir names.
On motion of Moody of Multnomah,
Speaker Carter was deolared speaker
for this session, some doubts having
been expressed as to the legality of
the continuance of the special session
organization. Seaker Carter expressed
his gratiude in a few remarks.
The election of Carter was followed
bv a resolution offered by Curtis of
Clatsop, continuing in office the. other
officers of the house, clerks, etc, ex
cept the sergeant-at-arms. The resolu
tion was adopted by a vote of 49 to 0.
The motion of Reeder, of Umatilla,
that the house proceed with the elec
tion of a sergeant at-aims was amended
bv Whalley of Multnomah, to enable
the Republican members to hold a oau
cus. A recess was therefore taken for
half an hour, but a full hour elapsed
before the caucus adjourned and an
nounced its choice. The plum fell to
Ben S. Worsley, of Astoria.
A house uoncurrent resolution was
then introduced providing for the ap
pointment of a committee of three of
the house and two of the senate to ex
amine the books and accounts of the
state treasurer.
Representative Myers introduced a
house concurrent resolution providing
for the appointment of a committee of
thre of the house and two of the sen
ate to meet with a like committee to be
appointed by the legislative assembly
of Washington to investigate the needs
of further legislation for the protection
of fish in the Columbia river.
The afternoon session of the house
opened with a resolution by Myers that
the clergymen of the oity be invited to
open the sessions with prayer.
Topping of Coos, offered a concur
rent resolution providing for the ap
pointment of a committee of three, one
from the house and two from the sen
ate, to examine the books of the secre
tary of state and report within 15 days.
Williamson of Crook was then given
permission to submit a report of the
special committee on clerkship abuses,
which upon being read led to the first
conflict of the session. The resolution
provides for sweeping reductions in the
number of clerks, and is the same one
that was buried by the senate. Sev
eral motions to refer were lost, and the
repot t was adopted.
Following are the officers of the
house of representatives: Speaker, E.
V. Caiter. of Ashland; chief oierk, A.
C. Jennings, of Albany; assistant
clerk, A. V. R. Snyder, of MeMirnr
ville; reading clerk, Frank Motter, of
Portland; calendar clerk, D. B. Maokie,
of Portland; sergeant-at-arms, B. S.
Worsley, of Astoria; doorkeeper, M.
P. Isenberg, of The Dalles; pages,
Robert Duncan and Charles Lane, and
Frank Swope, of Porltaud.
Theese are the officers of the senate
this afternoon:
President, I. C. Talyor; chief clerk,
S. L. Morehead, of Junction City;
assistant clerk, J. Fred Yates, of Cor
vallis; reading clerk, J. D. Lee, of
Portland; calendar clerk, F. C. Mid
dleton, of Portland; sergeant-at-arms,
Joseph S. Purdom, of Grant's Pass;
mailing clerk, H. H. Humphrey, of Sa
lem; doorkeeper, W. W. Smith, ol
Clackamas.
Sergoant-at-Arms Purdom, of the
senate, this morning presented to
President Talyor a fine gavel, made of
Josephine county manzanita. The
old gavel was never ornamental, and
it had become much frayed by long use.
Bills were introduced in the house as
follows:
Hawson of Gilliam, providing for
the sinking of artesian wells in arid
lands.
Moody of Multnomah, increasing the
number of justices of the supreme
court by two, and providing for the
appointment of the same until the gen
eral election in 1900.
McQueen of Lane, fixing the liability
of common cfriieis.
II ill
Members of Both Branches
at Olympia Are Induct
ed Into Office,
The Selection of Clerks and Other
Employes Occupies the Time
at Olympia E, H. Guie
Chosen Speaker.
Olympia, Jan. 10. Lieutenant-Governor
Thurston Daniels called the sen
ate to order at 12:30 P. M. The lobby
was crowded, and unusual interest was
manifested in the probable organiza
tion under fusion or Republican con
trol. The lieutenant-governor gave
way, without making any remarks, to
Secretary of State Will D. Jenkins,
who read the official roster of those en
titled to seats. Seoretary Dudley
Eshelman called the roll. All were
present. Judge Anders, of the state
supreme court, administered the formal
oath. ,
On motion of Senator Miller, of
Thurston county, seconded by Plummer
of Spokane, and Cole of Pierce, all fu
sionists, the rules of the last senate
were adopted temporarily.
On motion of Keith of Pierce, fu
sionist, the roll was called on the elec
tion of asecretary, and Dudley Eshel
man, of Taooma. a Demoorat, secretary
of the last senate, was unanimously
re-elected. Other officers selected
uunanimously were: Assistant Seore
tary Herbert de Wolfe, Republican, of
Tacoma; sergeant-at-arms, Edward
Wheeler, Republican, of Seattle; as
sistant sergeant-at-arms, Lee Smith,
fnsionist, of Fremont, King
county;
minute clerk, M. J. McGinnis,
fusion-
ist, of Snohomish county.
On motion of MoKeavy, the further
election of officers was postponed, and
on motion of Keith, tire election of
president pro tern was taken up.
Keith placed High of Clark, in nomina
tion, and Preston of King, named
Megler of Wahkiakum. Tho vote was:
Megler (Republican), 14; High (fusion
ist), 17; Miller (Democrat), of Walla
Walla, 1; one blank (High); one absent
(Baum). High was declared eleoted.
Megler voted for Miller. Willis Rand
and Raleigh George, of Olympia, were
Keith, Plum and Warburton were
appointed a oommittee to notify the
house and Governor Rogers that the
senate had organized.
The House Organises.
Olympia, Jan. 10. C. E. Cline, ex
Bpeaker of the house, called the session
to ordor at 12:15, and announoed
ptayer by Rev. A. G. Sawm, pastor of
the Olympia Baptist chuich.
J. M. Page, assistant clerk of the
last house, read the list of members
oertified to the house by the secretary
of state. C. E. Boyce, of King, was
absent, and was reported dangerously
ill at his home. All other members
were present.
Acting Speaker Cline appointed a
committee of three to escort Chief Jus
tioe Gordon into the bar of the house.
The latter at once administered the
oath of office.
The speaker announoed that nomina
tions of candidates for temporary
speaker were in order, and recognized
Jesse Faye, of Whatcom, who an
nounced it as the wish of the caucus
that the speaker be eleoted as a perma
nent officer. He nominated E. H.
Guie in a stirring speech.
Judge Calvert seconded the nomina
tion, and moved that the seoretary cast
the unanimous vote for Mr'. Guie; sec
onded also by Jodge McDonald, of the
opposition. It wns ordered, and Repre
sentative Bellows, of Claik; Pender
gast, of Douglas, and Mount, of Spo
kane, were appointed by the chair to
escort the new speaker to the chair.
Mr. Cline referred to the newly elected
speaker as one of the ablest and best
members of the last legislature.
Speaker Guie, in assuming the chair,
spoke briefly but pointedly upon the
events of the past two years, declared
it tho duty of the legislature to dispose
promptly of the senatorial eleotion,
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1'ivjiuiBcii luuiicca uuo impartiality,
then proclaimed his readi ness to take
the oath, which was administered by
Chief Justice J. Gordon.
W. F. Dillon, of Cowlitz, was unani
mously elected chief clerk.
The rules of the house of 1897 were
adopted, until the oommittee on rules
can report.
Otner officers elected were: Post
master. A. B. Peasley, of Okanogan;
assistant, E. E. Hall, of Stevens;
pages, Fred Mitzner, Esterly Rinehart,
Morris Tweed, of Thurston, and Ray
Davidson, speaker's page, of Seattle.
A lesolution commending President
McKinlev's war policy, as well as his
peace policy, by Judge Calvert, of
Whatcom, was unanimously adopted.
Messrs. Wickersham, MoDonald and
Falknor were appointed a committee to
notity the governor of the oraaniz.itinn
of the house and its readiness to receive
any communication he may have to
impart.
Death of a Famous Bellringer.
Netw York, Jan. 11. H,e ,itatn ig
announced in Brooklyn of William
reake, the famous belliinger, aged 94
years.
Bold Bank Ttobhory.
Ashbnrnhain, Mass., Jan. 11. Dur
ing the night robbers blew open the
safe of the First National bank, secur
ing betweej $1,500 and $2,000, and es
caping. The building was damaged
to th extent of $2,000 by a heavy
cbaige of dynamite.