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OREGON CITY COURIER OREGON CITY HERALD CONSOLIDATED. A. V. CHENEY. Publisher IK0FI1K Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week ' Culled From the Telegraph Columns. The Colombia river fish cannery combine will close half of the canneries the coming season. The Canard steamer Pavonia, which ailed from Queenstown for Boston, 'January 26, and which was sighted on February 6, in a disabled condition, bas arrived in tow at the Azores. M. Lou bet was eleoted president oi France on the 21st. The assembly cast 812 rotes, of which Loubet re ceived 483 to 279 cast for M. Meline, and 60 scattering. A battle has ocourred at Talien-Wan , between Russian soldiers and Chinese, in which 800 of the latter were slain. The trouble is said to have oiiginated over the question of taxes. Grading has begun on the Snake River Valley railroad, between Union flat and the head of the south fork of the Fenewawa creek. A large force of men and teams is working on the big cut between those two points. A dispatch from Cape Charles, Va., says 60 oyster sloops and schooners liave been carried out to sea by drift ing ioe from Magothys bay. It is be lieved many are manned, and the crews may suffer from exposure and hunger. Tugs will be sent to overhaul the ves sels. The graves of the Maine victims at Havana were decorated with flowers on the 16th, the anniversary of the ex plosion. A British syndicate bas obtained concession from China to bnild a rail road from Hankau to Canton, along the coast. Col. Miller, . who captured Ilo Do without the loss of a man in bis com mand, has been promoted to be brigadier-general by the president. The Canard liner Etruria and the cruiser Marblehead narrowly averted a collision during a blinding sleet and now storm abont 70 miles off Sandy Hook Monday morning. Representative S tailings, of Ala bama, has introduced in the house a bill to authorize the president to ap point General Wheeler a major-general in the regular aimy. Terrific weather is crevailino on the coast of Jamaica. The winds are high and the sea is encroaching on the .land. Coasting vessels have been wrecked, and several hundred acres of bananas swept away. Naval ordnanoe offloers in Washing ton are elated over the remarkable re cults secured with the new smokeless navy powder for large caliber guns in a test at tbo Indian Head proving (rounds on the Potomac El-Consul Duckert, of Beligum, has been oom missioned to makes tour of China in the interests of Belgian manu facturers at a salary of f 29,000 a year. The idea of the tour emanated from King Leopold, who will contribute 8, 00 to the salary. It is expeoted that General Otis will chortly begin an aggressive oampalgn iii the Philippines.aa the reoent battles "have not subdued the insurgents, as was expected. The rainy season will oon set in, when military operations can not be well oariied on, and a deci sive blow must be given before tbat time. The torpedo-boat Fox, built by the Wolff & Zwicker iron works, at Port land, Or., is the first torpedo-boat in the world to oome up to the require ments speolfled in the contract upon her first official trial. For two consec utive hours in her first trial she main tained an average speed of 23 knots, her engines turning at a rate of 881.4 revolutions per minute, which exceeds the requirements by 11.4 turns. Prosident Zelaya has issued a decree declaring the republic oi Nicaragua to be in a state of seige. A battle is expected to take place at any time west of Chile mountain, the dividing line of the Coulilleras. The president is sending troops to the front as rapid ly as collected. The United Statos gunboat Marietta, wihch arrived at Oreytown February 6, has sailed for Blueflleds, the headquarters of the revolution headed by General Reyes. Oregon Legislature Adjourns Kins Die. Although the hour set for the final adjournment of the Oregon legislature waB 12 o'clock noon Saturday, the ses sion was prolonged till 7 o'clook. Aside from the formalities of finish ing up necessary matters in Land, the passage of the special appropriation bill was the feature of the day. The house refused to conour in some ot the senate's reductions of items in the bill, and it was neceseary to ap point conference committees before agreement oould be reached. This prolonged the sossion till 7 o'clock in the evening, when the session was de clared ended. Minor Ntiti Items. Mrs. Zaohaiiah Chandler, widow of . the famous Michigan statesman, is dead at her homo in Detroit. During Sena tor Chandlor's career in Washington, Mrs. Chandler was noted as a social entertainer. Advices to the Omaha Bee from Its correspondents in Northern Nebraska indicate that the winter-wheat crop has beeu badly damaged by the recent cold snap. In many localities the orop Dill be very light. OF RECENT OCCURRENCE. The Continental Tobaoco Company, at Louisville, Ky., purchased $138,803 worth of revenue stamps last Monday. This is an unprecedented sale of stamps. The sultan of Oman bas revoked the grant of a coaling station to the French under the British admiral's threat of bombardment. The French consul has entered a protest. A number of young men in Sacra mento, Cal., are organizing a colony to settle on the island of Guam. They propose to engage in the raising of the staple products of the island. The advanoe guard of the North At lantic squadron, composed of the flag ship New York and the battle-ship In diana, arrived at the Bermudas Tues day. The squadron will proceed to Havana. The Central Union Gas Company has been organized under laws of Virginia, to control the natural gas wells and plants in Ohio, Indiana and Southern Illinois. The capital stock will be $24,000,000. The Duke of Orleans has unexpected ly arrived at Brussels. It is reported that be considers the moment oppor tune for a monarchists attempt in France. He will consult with the leaders of bis party. Franois H. Bawo, head of the great china and glassware exporting house of Bawo & Dotter, is dead in Germany, aged 65 years, of apoplexy. His per sonal acquaintance throughout the United States was very large. A hot skirmish occurred near the Manila waterworks on Tuesday, in which, on the American side, two com panies of the Washington volunteers were the principal actors. The insur gents were driven into the jungle. leaving 15 dead and two wounded. Two Americans were wounded by the explo sion of Springfield rifles in their own hands. ChaDlain John R. Thonmson. of the First Washington infantry at Manila, died Monday. The war deoartment has issued an order mustering out of service all the volunteers now in the United States. Ethan Allen Hitohoock, of Missouri, has taken the prescribed oath and en tered upon his duties as secretary of the interior. The house committee on appropria tions has ordered a favorable report on the bill to pay Spain $30,000,000 for the Philippines. Agonoillo, the Filipino delegate, ar rived in New York Monday from Mon treal. Agoncillo expects to sail for England in a few days. The senate committee has reported favorably an amendment to the sundry oivil bill pioviding for the laying of a cable from the United States to Hawaii and the Philippines. , Many French newspapers are bit terly assailing M. Loubet, the new president, but the better class support him, and confidence in the stability of the new government is inoreasing. Samuel II. Stevenson, D. D. , one of the oldest Presbyterian ministers in the United States, is dead in Bloom ington, 111., at the age of 86. He was a near relative of former Vice-President Stevenson, A Are in the little city of Port Washington, Wis., destroyed $300,000 worth of property, and rendered 80 families homeless. A ohair factory oovering two blocks was destroyed, throwing 600 men out of work. The revolution in Nicaragua is snreadintf. General Mena. at the bend of 700 insurgents, is near the town of Kama, The insurgents are well armed With small suns and aia emeriti ni Gatling, Erupp and Hotohkiss cannon. Miohael Milano, the prosperous pro prietor of a bootblacking etsablishment in Taooma, committed suicide by firing two shots from a revolver into his brain. Fifty-two dollars was found on the body. Family trouble was the oanse of the act. A new town has been laid out in Alaska, 25 miles from Juneau, which it is expected will be the gateway to the Atlin goldtlelds. It has been named Taku, and is situated on Takn bay, four miles from the mouth of the inlet of that name. The Italian bark Barbara Luigl went ashore February 4 on Little Bahama bank and is a total loss. Three of the oiew were drowned and two perished from exposure. The captain and eight of the oiew have arrived at Nassau, N. P., sud report the loss. Mrs. Howe, of Gresham, Ot.. was drowned In the Willamette at Port land Monday. She was passing from one steamer to another, as the boats were lying at the dock, when she fell between them. An attempt to rescue her tailed. She was on her way to visit a son at Salem. The first session of the eighth conti nental oongress of tire National Society of the Daughters of tire American Rev olution began in Washington Monday. Mrs. Daniel Manning, president-general of the society, made her annual address. She dwelt especially on the aid given by the society during the re cent war, asserting that the organisa tion had furnished $300,000 in money and supplies. The British ship Drumlanyig, from Liverpool for Vancouver, has put into Montevideo partial' dismantled ins gale. The republicans in the Spanish chamber have docidod to begin at once an energetio campaign against the gov ernment. The bark Coloma, from Chemalnus, . O., for Chlua, bus arrived at Port Angeles, Wash., leaking badly, Cap tain Jensen reports 16 feet of water in the vessel's hold. . LEGISLATURE ENDS. Much Work Crowded In the Closing; Boar of the Session The Last Working- Day. The last working day of the Oregon legislature was full of business, mostly devoted to the routine of passing bills. ine general appropriation, Dili was passed by both houses. In the Benate the bill to provide for executions of murderers at the peni tentiary was indefinitely postponed. because it carried objectionable matter relating to appeals. Three bills touohing military affairs were passed, as follows: To cover into the military fund nil moneys received from the United States on oocount of transportation, etc.; to restore to the military fund some $8,000 expended in suppressing fishermen's riots in 1896; to reorganize the official staff of the Oregon National Guard. The following bills were passed: To regulate license fire insurauco com panies; to protect the fruit and hop Industry fcy requiring the destruction of pests; to cure certain defeats in j dicial sales and deeds; to prevent i maintenance of armed bodies of nit other than the duly constituted author ities; to amend the ohnrter Of Newberg; to provdie lor criminal prosecutions on information; to protect trout and cer tain other food fishes; to relieve tiro state of the necessity of advancing the costs of giving a bond In a proceed inn to wnicn trie sta.te is a party; to amend the law relating to irrigation rights and ditches; to amend the law relative to liens against mines for la bor or supplies; to amend the ohaiter of Arlington; to fix the. annual salary ot tire supreme court clerK at $3,000, with one deputy in Salem at $76 per month and one at Pendleton at f 50. and providing that the fees be paid into the state treasury; to fix the s aries of Columbia county officers; to regulate the manner of sturgeon fishing and making a close season on the Co lumbia river from Maroh 1 to Novem ber 1; to provide lor inspecting sheep brought in bands into Oregon from an other state (same as the Washington law); to amend the law relative to the duties of publio road viewers; to fix the annuual salary of the Linn county assessor at $2,400, inoluding ' the pay of deputies; to regulate the practice of the vocation of barbers; to provide for the appropriation of water to be user for mining purposes. In the Houpe. In the house a long disoussion ooour red on the bill to adopt the Torrens system of land title. The bill, when put upon its passage, was defeated. Bills passed were: To authorize construction of skids across county roads for logging purposes; to provide for submission to the vote of the peo pie the proposed constitutional amend ments; to authorize the sale of fieri cultural school lands on the market for 25 years at less than the price fixed by statute; to provide for payment of taxes in ooin, instead of county war rants; to provide for the manner of se curing the release as Burety upon bonds; to reduce fees to be charged by county clerks in probate oases; to make the law prohibiting the fraudu lent use of labels or trademarks more effective; to fix the salaries of county clerk, sheriff and recorder in Wash ington county; to amend the code so as to give parties the right to give notice of appeal without assignment of error; to authorize the printing of 800 copies of supreme oourt reports at $2.60 per copy; to prohibit the running of push oars upon railroad tracks; to create a state board of equalization, consisting of the governor , secretary of stats and state treasurer; to authorize the work ing ot oounty prisoners on county loads; to fix the salaries of county treasurers, after amendment inoreasing the salary of the treasurer of Lane county from $500 to $800, and the salary of the treasurer of Wallowa oounty from $250 to $350; to amend code relative to at tachments making the filing of a writ with the oounty clerk answer the pur pose of posting a notice on property; to amend the oode relative to action for adverse possession; to fix the compen sation of oounty commissioners after amending the bill by inoreasing the per diem in Union oounty from $4 to $5; to reduce the mileage of jurors and witnesses in cities of 50,000 population or over, from 10 to 5 cents; to give preference in the employment in pub lio service to honorably discharged sol diers and sailors; to appropriate $2,000, in aid of the Oregon Historical Society, and to authorize printing at the Btate's expense to the same amount; to provide for the payment of certain fees to reoorders of conveyances; to constitute six days' publication of a notice a weeks notice; amending the law relative to the appointment of offi cial stenographers; to abolish the office of recorder of Clatsop oounty, and re quire that the duties of that oftioe be performed by the county clerk; to l em ulate the purchase, sale and transfer ot stocks of goods, by requiring the pur chaser to exaot from the vendor a list of creditors and the extent of liabil ities; to piohibit the running at large of stallions. State Fair Appropriation. In the Oregon senate Wednesday the bill to repeal the annual appropria tion of money to the state fair was de feated by a vote of 12 to 16. The Daly School Bill, After the most exoitins and drnmntin half-day of the session, the Oregon house shortly before 1 o'clook Wednes day noon passed the Daly text-book bill by a vote of 83 to 26, only one member being absent. The bill, whioh had been made s Bpecial order ot business for 10 A. M., did not oome to s vote without sensational incidents. The debate was participated in by all the orators of the house, and tbs lobby and gallery wore filled with in terested spectators. THE NEW LAWS. Blllt fhat Have Passed During- thl Session. . Bills passed by both houses proviow to the last day are as follows: To authorize the town of Antelope to borrow $5,000 to build water works. To incorporate the city of Pendleton. To amend charter of town of Adams. To regulate pilotage on Columbia and Willamette rivers. To create offloe of state biologist, without salary. To reduce salaries of Douglas county officers. To incorporate Nehalera. To provide that summaries only of oounty assessment rolls be transmitted to secretary of state. To amend charter of Hillaboro. To amend the ohartei of Albany. To Incorporate town of Tillamook. To incorporate the town of Canyon City. To constitute beach of Clatsop Coun ty a publio highway. To amend the charter of Grants Pass. To authorize Jefferson institute to sell out to the school distrjet. To amend charter of Oregon City. To incorporate Port of Tillamook and provide for the improvement of Ho quiam slouch. To incorporate the town of Lakeview. To incoporrate Cottage Grove. ' To amnd charter of town of Tangent. To provide clerical aid for judges of the supreme court. To incorporate Drain. To incorporate New Astoria, adjoin ing Fort Stevens. To amend charter of Monmouth. To incoporrate the oity of Ontario. To incorporate the town of Bay City. To incorporate the oity of Heppner. To incorporato the city Warrenton. To incorporate the oity of Wallowa. To amend charter of Gold Hill. To regulate and fix the salary of the assessor of Jackson county. To incorporate tho town of Marsh field. To amend charter of Woodbnrn. To redistrict the state for senators and representatives. ' ' To create the office of tax collector in Multnomah county. To amend the charter of Corvallis. . To prevent production and sale of un wholesome foods and . medioinos. (Looney pure food bill.) To incorporate the town of Seaside. To raise the salary of sheriff of Ma rion county. To regulate and to fix salaries of Til lamook oounty officers. , To fix salaries of county officers iu Clackamas, Morrow, Wasco and Yam hill oounties. To amend the charter of Eugene. To amend the oharter of Astoria. To incorporate the town of Canby. To create a Beparate commission for transaction of county business in Clackamas county. To amend the charter of Arlington. Incorporating Weston. Incorporating Dufur. Incorporating Enterprise. Withdrawing school lands from sale and placing interest on school fund loans at 6 per oent. Incorporating Dares City. Incorporating Moro. Incorporating Brownsvillo. Incorporating Lebanon. Incorporating Burns. Incorporating Carlton. To protect salmon in Alaea bay and tributaries. To create a trust fund in Multnomah county. To provide for the election of load supervisors. To create the office of clerk of the justice court in cities of 60,000 popu lation or over. To authorize Multnomah county to lease the upper deck of the steel bridge. To provide for the sale of tide lands. Protecting salmon in tho Roetje river and Curry county. To reorganize the state board of hor ticulture. Creating park commission in cities of 8.000 population or over. , To amend seotion 6 of the mining: laws. Amending the oode relative to sher iff's deeds. Requiring oounty clerks to adminis ter oaths without charge, in pension matters. Appropriating $15,000 a year for fish hatcheries. To amend the charter of Salem. To regulate horse shoeing in Portland. Providing for normal schools at Ash land and Drain. To provide for the registration of voters. To provide for a tax colleotoi of Mult nomah county. To change tho manner of governing; the Soldiers' Home. To codify the laws relative to state school lands. Partial codification of the sohool laws. To enoourage the use of wide-tire wagons. To amend the act incorporating the Port of Portland. ' To ohange the time of holdina court in the second judicial district. To oure oertain defects in deeds. To permit surety companies to qnlify as sureties on bonds. To ohange the time of holding court in tho ninth judicial district. To prevent the adulteration of candy. To provide for boarding the prisoners of Clatsop, Washington and Clackamas counties by oontract. To provide for the reconveyance of land to J. E. Baling. To fix the salaries of the sheriff and clerk in Lincoln oounty. To create the county of Wheeler. To regulate the practice of dentistry. To regulate mutual insurance com panies. To provido for a scalp bounty fund. To amend the law relating to the duties of tfie state land agent. To constitute Willamette and Port land boulevards Multnomah couutv roads. Spain's Patriots Are Still Thirsting for Gore. EXCITING SCENES IN CORTEZ Five Months Since the War and Not Single General Shot Count D'Al lnenas Makes an Attaek. f Madrid, Feb. 22. The cortes reas sembled today. The galleries in both chambers were thronged with an ex peotant crowd. The senate was very full, hardly a single general being ab sent. Senor Montero Rios, president of the senate, in opening the proceed ings, pronounced a eulogy upon M. Faure, and a resolution ot condolence with France was adopted. Senor Sagasta, the premier, then pro posed to refer the bill proivding for the cession oi the Philippines to the Unit ed States to a special committee, but the conservatives protested against this, declaring that the bill ought to be con scientiously disoussed, and Senor Sj gasta withdrew his proposal. Count D'Almenas then brought up the question of the conduct of the gen erals engaged in the war in Cuba, de claring that General Primo Rivera, General Weyler, General Blanco, Ad miral Cervera and General Linares had proven failures. This declaration elicited much ap plause from the public galleries, in consequence of which several of the spectators were expelled from the cham ber. Observing that ho would deal with the "shameful capitulation of San tiago," Count D'Almenas asked the ioiOBa whether he should proceed, and was answered with cries of "yes" and 'no" and a general uproar ensued. A repetition of the query raising still greater tumult, Senor Sagasta rose and defended the government and its peace oom nn as i on. The premier critioised Amerioa's unjustified conduct, and said that everything might be discussed, ex- ceptthe war, because the oases of the generals were still subjudioiary. County D'Almenas resumed his at tack upon the generals and complained that "five months had elapBed. and not a Bingle geneial had been shot." FIGHTING WITH FIRE. Filipinos Attempt to Burn Quarters ol the Washington Volunteers. Manila, Feb. 22. The natives of the village of Paco made a bold at tempt last night to burn the quarters of the First Washington volunteers by setting fire to the huts adjoining their quarters in the rear. Fortunately the wind changed, at the moment the fire was discovered, and, fanned by a stiff breeze, the flames spread in the oppO' site direotion, destroying fully 20 shacks and houses opposite the ruins of the church. The incendiaries esoaped Mysterious signals were frequently made along the enemy's lines during the night, and this led to the belief that an attack had been arranged, but nothing happened. The rebels are leaving the vicinity of ban fedro Macati in small parties, and are repotted to be moving toward Sing aloa. Money for Cubans. Washington.' Feb. 22. Efforts are making with every prospect ot success lo reconcile the radical element among tkj Cubans to the proposition of the government to pay the soldiers of the Cuban cause $3,000,000. General Gomes arrived today in Ma tanzas. making his way very slowly to ward the oapital. What Is proposed is that the United States shall sanction the floating of bonds by the Cuban mu nicipalities or provinces to the amount of $7,000,000, whioh sum is to be paid over to the Cuban troops, in addition to the $3,000,000 to be paid by the United States. Data, it is said here, will be pro duced by the Cuban assembly to show that every cent ot tbis sum was ex pended in legitimate war expenses. A Large Deficit. Victoria. B. C. Feb. 22 F. n. Cotton, minister of finance for British (Jolumbia, submitted bis budget to the legislature this afternoon. The budget shows a deficit of $647,723, and esti mates tbat lie new government bas to start with a balanoe on the wrong side of $64,000. Estimates Bhow a con siderable cutting in the salary list. A new loan will be negotiated for $1,760, 000. No more large tracts of land will be sold for speculative purposes, but leases granted instead. Loss of reve nue bv the abolition of the mnrtuno tax will be met by an Increase on the income tax. Million for Spain. Washington, Feb. 23. This was suspension day in the bouse. The sen ate amendments to a number of pri vate pension bills were adopted. Cannon, chairman of the appropria tions committee, bv the direction nf his committee, moved the passage un der suspension ot the rules of the bill tor payment of $30,000,000 to Spain. After disoussing the measure under the 20-minute rule, the bill was passed, 219 to 34. Many Prisoners Released. Havana, Feb. 22. One hundred and sixty prisoneia in the Havana jail, whose release was recommended by the board of pardons, were liberated today. The United States government it under obligations to return them home. Many ot the prisoners are Spaniards, and the majority of these, after consideration, decided tbat they would prefor to be sent to Santiago to work in the mines rather than go to Spain. A FILIPINO PLOT. fiebeli Have Been IMantilng a General Uprising Death to Ail Foreigners. . Washington, Feb, 23. The follow ing dispatch was received this afternoon from General Otis: "Manila, Feb. 23. Adjutant-General, Washington. Following issued by an important officer of the insurgent government at Malolos, Feb ruary 15, 1899, for execution during that evening and night in this city: " 'First You will so dispose that at 8 o'olock at night, the individuals of the territorial militia at your order will be found united in all of the street of San Pedro, armed with their balos and revolvers, or guns and ammuni tion, if convenient. " 'Second Philippine families only will be lespected. They should not be molested, but all other individuals, of whatever race they may be, will be exterminated without any compassion, aftei the extermination of the army of occupation. " 'Third The defenders of the Phil ippines in your command will attack the guard at Bilibid and liberate the prisoners and "preBidiarios," and, having accomplished this, they will be armed, saying to them: "Brothers, we must avenge ourselves on the Ameri cans and exterminate them that we may take our revenge for the infamy and treachery' whioh they have com mitted upon us; have no compassion upon them; attack with vigor. All Filipinos en masse will second ou. Long live Filipino independence. " 'Fifth The order whioh will be followed in the attack will be as fol lows: The sharpshooters of Tondo and Santa Ana will begin the attack from without and these shots will be the signal for the militia of Troso, Binon oo, Quiato and Sampaloe to go out into the street and do their duty; those of Paco, Ermita and Malate, Santa Cruz and San Miguel will not Btart out until 12 o'olock, unless they see that their companions need assistance. ' " 'Sixth The militia of Tondo will start oat at 8 o'clock in the morning; if all do then'duty our revenge will be oomplete. Brothers, Europe contem plates, we know how to die as men, shedding our blood in defense of the liberty of our country. Death to the tyrants! War without quarter to the false Americans who have deceived us! Either independence or death 1' " The portion of General Otis' dispatch indicated by dashes the officials were unable to decipher tonight. There is no "fourth" paragraph of the insur gent statement as furnished to the press. , Manila Is Quiet. Manila, Feb. 28. The transport Newport has arrived from Ilo Ilo with dispatches from General Miller to Gen eral Otis. She reports all quiet at Ilo Ilo. The American troops there are occupying the suburbs of Jaro and Molo, business has been resumed gen erally with the outside world, and there has been no fighting since Febru ary 12. All is quiet at Manila. The heat is causing some inoonvenience,but no casualties have been reported. WASHINGTON BOYS IN IT. Hot Skirmish at the Waterworks Near Manila. New York, Feb. 23. A dispatch to the Herald from Manila, says: The enemy were concentrating all day at the waterworks and in front of King's brigade. They became so nagging in front of King's position that the gen eral sent two companies of the First Washington infantry over the Pasig river. They swept the country for two miles and then swung over to the river bank, opposite the insurgent trenches faoing the American position at Ma cati, and opened a flank fire on the in surgents aoross the river. Two guns of the Sixth artillery, under Lieutenant Ecott, pounded the insur gent positions, while the tioops from Macati charged and drove the enemy before them. Fifteen Filipino dead were found and tour wounded. Two American soldiers were wounded by the explosion of Springfield rifles. The declaration of Aguinaldo that he has made a humane war is a 'fabrica tion. In the past few weeks the Red Cross lias been like a red 'flag to the insurgents. Captain Pierce, of McArthnr's staff, testifies that he has been shot at by sharpshooters 60 times In the provi sional hospital. Not an ambulance or litter came which was not a signal for a shower of bullets. The surgeons of the hospital oorps, who were giving aid to the Filipinos as well as to the American wounded, were a target for the sharpshooters. A wounded man who was being carried from the field was killed by insurgents concealed in a tree. The Red Ciosa people are now going armed. Cubans Will Soon Be Paid. Washington, Feb. 23. It is said Gomez is now arranging with General Brook for the distribution of the $3,000,000 which it is expected will be paid to the" Cuban troops within a short time. Colorado Anti-Trust Bill. ' Denver, Colo., Feb. 23. Governor Thomas today sent a special message to the legislature urging legislation to prevent the consummation of the con templated smelter combine or the formation of any trusts in Colorado. The senate passed the anti-trust bill with one dissenting vote. At the Bermudas. Washington, Feb. 23. The ad vanoe guard of the North Atlantic squadron, composed of the flagship New York and the battla-nhin Indiana. arrived at the Bermudas today. The squadron win proceed to Havana. Snow Drove the Deer Out. Two deer were killed at Beaver Hill, in Coos county, Or., recently. The snow drove them out of the woods, and a resident ot town shot them from a window of hi dwelling.