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vol. xxxm iro 11,02. PORTLASTD, OEEGOX TUESDJ PEBBTJAST 12. 1895. PRICE EIVE CENTS ARE YOU AU1IINUIG00DNGUTENSSIIS The triumph of tho nineteenth centary. They never tarnnish or corrodo: are noc affected by heat or eeids, and nerer Impart a burnt tasto to food. A circular with full information sent free on application. WLUMIM ADOPLH A. DEKUM, 111 FIRST, FULLAM'S FULLAM'S FULLAM'S NEW SPRING STYLES 248 WASHINGTON ST. fjabbet Belting, Packing and Hose TCRKH VOOR CHOICE FROja THE FOIiIiOWI?lO BRANDS: STANDARD EXTRA QUALI IT Al SUPERIOR GOLD SEAL I a Good Grade t Is a Eettor Grada 'l' Is a Very Good Grade Is the Best Mads BE SUf?E THE HOSe "YOO PtfRCHKSn HAS OUR JiRJUE Oft amiricTCBEa sr GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, Vice-President and Kaaager. 73 aid 75 first St., Portland, Or. Full Particulars and Price - Lists Fxinalsrieti on Applicntlon irf ESTABLISHED 1B66. Importers, Sliippiii and Commission Merchants. Importers of China, Japan and. Ceylon Tea, China and Japan Rice, Matting, Rugs, Nut Oil, Preserved Ginger, Singapore and Java Coffee, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cassia, Pep per, Tapioca, Sago, Pineapple, etc. Importers of Hops, Flour and Canned Salmon. ECEIlE'S OFFICmil NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that, the only arrangements made by the .Receiver of the Northwest Fire & Ma rine Insurance Co. for the protection of the policy-holders of that company were made -with the Finn s Fund insurance Company IIIMYETOrrt0.rAgen(s, "SlerlocK Bifflg All advertisements of other parties in conflict with this notice are UNWAR RANTED AND MISLEADING. F. H. ALLISON, - RECEIVER N. W. F. & M. INS. GO. ST. HELEN'S HALL A Boarding and Day School for Girls. The Easter torm hccins on 1 ue&day, Feb. 5. rnfr'lili. Art. Music and Languages. College Preparation. Address THE MISSES RODXET. Portland. Or. STEEL RPHL-S ir lots to suit TOR SALE BY Su.tton Sc Becbe 16 FRONT ST., NORTH pflnFFiriE PairiT co. P r MANUFACTURERS OF ft K PAINTS. 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Continued use of these poorer lens: witt result In a peaHtre injury from the con htaat strain upon the muscles of aecoaaod. xioa to supply the defects la the glass. St jVISIiCOLsISI Oculist Opticians Oregoaian Building U GASCOGNE IS SAFE She Cams Into Port With Three Red Lights From Her Mast HER MACHINERY WAS DISABLED Beyond -tlio Delay Her Fassensers Suffered Nothinsr, for They Were "Well Supplied With Everything. QUARANTINE, X. Y., Feb. 12. La Gas cogne is safe. The big: French liner, eight days overdue, dropped anchor at the bar just before midnight, all -well on board, and a sigh of relief goes up from two continents. The delay was due to a broken piston rod and to terrific gales which have swept the North Atlantic for the past week or more, and brought disaster to many a staunch craft. Cap tain Baudeion and the officers and crew of La Gascogne brought the ship and pas sengers through the sales and made port without help. From the time they left Havre, January 2G, until yesterday, they spoke no trans-Atlantic vessel and saw only a four-masted schooner, the one which reported at St. Pierre Miquelon, Nova Scotia, as having seen a large steamer off the banks apparently In dis tress last Saturday. A press tug was the first to reach La Gascogne. The disabled steamer had left Fire island 23 miles astern and was eight miles to the east ward of Sandy Hook lightship. It was 9:45 P. M. when the big liner was limping Into port at half speed, with two big red lights, signals of distress, at the fore mast. The tug lay alongside half an hour and the following story of he trip was obtained: The 'steamer left Havre January 26. The first day out 449 miles were logged, the second day 407 miles. The third day, after traveling 3S0 miles, the piston rod broke and 18 hours were spent in making repairs. When they were completed the ship steamed at nine miles an hour, mak ing in all 66 miles the 29th. The 30th, 31st ult, and February 1, 215, 235 and 2S0 miles a day were made, respectively. February 2 the piston rod broke down again. The break was more serious this time. Sea anchors were put out, and for 41 hours the ship was hove to making repairs. The 4th the first severe weather was ex perienced, and the ship was blown ICO miles out of her course. The 5th the re pairs having been completed, 103 miles were made. The ship was then clear to the northward of the track of trans-Atlantic steamers, and was therefore not seen by, the many steamers which passed over the regular track. February 6, 169 miles were made. The 7th the machinery broke down for the third time. The heavy cyclone struck her that day and the ship lay hove to "with sea anchors out all day. No head way was made, and, owing to the motioa pjne; t snip. repalrswerdifBcul tAaamil Tie..nnaj-. incomer engineer., who had been at his post day and night, completed the repairs and the ship proceeded 131 miles. The 9th, for the fourth time, the machinery broke down, and only 74 miles were made. t The 10th, 15Q miles were made, and yesterday, to the great rejoicing of all on board. Fire island was sighted and the ship crept up to her anchorage off the bar. Not since the Umbria was reported, two years ago, after a perilous voyage across the Atlantic with a broken shaft, has there been such excitement in this city as this evening. V.'hen the news was flashed across the wires th.tt a steamer resembling the long-missing La Gascogne had been sighted off Fire island, the in ference that the French line steamer was safe did not for some time reassure the generally incredulous public. It was too good to be true, and it was only when the bulletin announced that La Gascogne was slow ly making her way to the port of her destination that the long-pent-up feeling of those who had anxiously waited day by day for tidings of the missing craft broke out. In every hotel, in every club, in almost every heme in the city the sole topic of conversation was the arrival of the ship, hope of whose rescue from the terrific storms which have caused such terrible disasters in the mari time world had almost deserted the hearts of the most sanguine. The news spread quickly through the city. Hundreds of persons besieged the pier of the company, as though they ex pected La Gascogne would in an hour or two be moored at her dock. This crowd was reinforced every moment Friends cf the the French passengers made query after query of Mr. West, the superintendent of the line. The only information vouchsafed by him was that the ship was safe. They shook hands with each other and laughed and wept with joy. Over 1000 people decided on staying on tho dock until La Gascogne arrived, and it was only when a con spicuous announcement was pested on the outside of the company's nir that she would not leave quarantine until to- morrow morning that the anxious watch- i ers slowly went to their homes. The re- j jolcing was naturally greatest in the French quarter. The heroism of the cap- ' tain of La Gascogne was lauded, the suf ferings of her passengers, the probabili- tles of numerous accidents, were all enumerated over and over again, but the one great feeling was that of joy at what was considered by all as nothing less than a miracle. At no place in New York was the news of La Gascogne's "arrival hailed with as much joy as at the Hotel Martin, at the corner of University place and Ninth street. For days all the prominent Frenchmen of New York have been gath ering at this poular French resort, for news. The long-distance telephone has been constantly ringing in the cafe. Frenchmen in Philadelphia, Chicago, Bos ton, Pittsburg and elsewhere have been asking for the news. The cafe was crowded late this afternoon when this press bulletin, stating that the vessel was safe, was flashed over the wires. Proprietor Martin rushed in, his face aglow with excitement: "La Gascogne est arrive. "Mon Dieu, elle est arrive, enfin" came in chorus from the assembled party. Such a scene of uncontrolled delight as ensued has seldom been seen in New York. Men who had relatives or near Highest of all in Leavening Power. ABSOiyfEDf PURE frlends aboard almost criedffdr joy. Only Frenchmen could have expressed extreme happiness as they did. jjVith tears in their eyes and faces fftirljjjbeaming: with joy, they hugged each othsjpassionately. Hundreds of telegrs nsjfcave been re ceived at the Hotel 2 artSftonight. the wires fairly humming wltfiJW'eries from distant cities. Fifty o ' riwgecablegrams were sent by the cm atsgggfcthe: Martin to friends In Pans. MSECrozIer. of Philadelphia, whose wgelHJyin board La Gascogne, was quite oyeroggae 'when be heard the news. He swd3Ef "I can scarcely talk qgnso happy. It seems as if I had juti!giissd. through a hideors nightmare. ilytulsh as the day3 and night3 went bfrgfotfotlt word was something terrible, ISfigK1 scarcely believe that it Is tnie.M mr As the hour came- for.thjisrand mas querade ball of the Circl-t-grancaise de Harmonif, scares of the. iiWtmbled party went over to the MadisJl3re Garden to Indulge in the lesti'ytiNo French ball in the history of thtpnfteization ever began under more alT,Ju3 circum stances. Those who dit i-jofectpect to at tend decided when the leWgot La Gas cogne's arrival came ii iJjJKO, knowing that the arrival would Shpthls ball a red-letter event in th elSSjtory of. the French colony of New 35r)t:, . In the offices of the .S?Bch line the scene when the telegt aStwas received announcing the safety , iCrae big liner, was a striking cue. M. JMket, the agent of the line, was bugBpunched and slapped; yes, and aciuaaB&sed by those whose joyful feelings offcanie them. One man, Mr. niche, broke) S2P completely. and sobbed as if his hxtfwpuld break. Mr. Riche has three diMsMenJ on board La Gascogne, two or-themStreiy tender years. He lost a dearly Ibeleved child only a month ago. Many eth?ragheld hand kerchiefs to thpir pvps. iBut- the stern- faced, black-bearded ngenJfiad not a mo-J ment to lose, two tugs cnarierea Deiore hand were promptly orderedttb get ready to force their way thn$agjthe ice and down the bay. The fireffifugl the Louis Paulver, carried Mr. Forgetjand three in fluential members of thEjgnch colony down to Sandy Hook. (F ?he second boat, the K3inpL Millard, ich left New York Sjipf M., was placed at the disposal of tgress by the French line, and carriedjfeown to quar antine about 50 newspapefflaaen to add to the 50 already" there,backlSgup 50 others who were on board tuguising about among the ice floes of thelower bay. The trip down to quarantlijln the moon light, crashing through 'tnljice and buf feting into the Arctic w!ndWwlng, was a delightfully bracing experience in spite of the cold. One and all-gSimed to feel the excitement of the tnoinent, and the joy felt on the receipt of thSews telling of the rescue apparently fjP a terrible calamity, of 450 souls andfLa splendid steamship valued at $1,000,0(0, -and having on board cargo valued atl$j00.000. There fore what mattered it if the$terlor of the pilothouse was like andcejetjest and one's breath froze all over hisjfAce The press tug was recelvedwith a cheer by the anxious passengers.Jt,hey crowded to the rail, yelled andclappUthelr hands with all the enthusi3Bto -the French tssalieofScfxrlfraBfouvaoy? one onboaru and would noisome to the rail to talk. The paasengersAjbre more obliging. Julius Matrigrin, a representa tive of the glove firm of Perrin, Freres tc Co., of Paris and New York, was inter viewed over the side of the ship. He said: "We broke down on the third day out. Wc did not become alarmed as we did not know very much about what was the matter. The captain said it was all right and we had confidence in him. Our first experience with gales was February I. We had a terrible blow then and one of the boats was badly damagsd." "Was anything carried away? " "No. the ship stood It well. We had plenty of provisions and fared fjrst rate. We were blown away off our coarse and spoke no steamer until yesterday, when we saw an American liner bound for Philadelphia," One of the passengers shouted: "Did they feel alarmed ashore? Did they give us up?" When told that it was thought the ship was making for the Azores, he replied: "Wo were going to the north pole in stead." "Did you have enough to eat?' was asked. "Yes," came the answer from La Gas cogne, "we had plenty all the time, and they gave us an especially fine dinner to day." The passengers all united in saying that they were not alarmed and had a good time aboard. The ship was out 16 days in all, and both coal and provisions held out to the end. A crowd of men passengers leaned over the bulwarks, and one of the women wrapped up in sea togs joined them in their eager request for news from shore. So eager were they, indeed, that it was difficult to secure answers to the questions that were hurled at them from the tug. A copy of one of the morning papers was thrown, and, in acknowledgemnet, Julius Matrigrin threw his card weighted to a heavy substance aboard the tug; on the back of it was a copy of the log. They said that, except for the number of times the sun rose and set, they would not have known that anything was wrong. All par ticulars of the accident to the machinery were kept from the passengers, but the daily bulletins of the knots made told the story. Beyond the tediousness of the voyage the passengers positively suffered no in- j convenience. Although the derangement of the machinery occurred the third day. it was not till the ninth-day that the steamer ran into bad weather, and then the slow time which she was making was only that which some of the ocean greyhounds would have made under sim ilar circumstances, for the fastest and staunchest steamers slow down before such a gale, the Tentonic and Umbria being cases in point. In fact, from the time La Gascogne struck the cyclone the passengers were little worse off than if she were in prime running order. The Teutonic was two days off the lightship before she could make Sandy Hook, therefore La Gascogne's whole delay, so far as it would be an occasion of alarm to her passengers, occurred before she en countered bad weather: consequently they were at no time really fearful for thefr safety. She was not coated with ice as were other steamers which have reached port in the last two days, and there were therefore none of the evidences which ordinarily cause anxiety. The Campagnie Generale Trans-Atlan- (Concluded on Second Page.) Latest U. S. Gov't Food Repack waer fTQ THE MARCH 01 PEKING One Who Thinks It Will Certainly Bsby Way of Shan-Hai-Kwan. TALK OF PEACE 18 NOW NONSENSE Japanese "Will Jfot Dlscaas Terms Un til They Are Inside of the City of PeUinff. NEW YORK. Feb. 11. Harold Frederick has cabled from London to the Times the following: "I have from an absolutely informed quarter an interesting view of the state of affairs in the far East. Corea's au tonomy is assured, Manchuria is virtually in Japanese bands, and they are already building additional fortifications at Port Arthur to turn that place into a Japanese Gibraltar. Now that Wei-Hal-Wel is cap tured and the Chinese fleet destroyed, nothing remains except to advance upon Peking. This will certainly be done by way of Shan-Hai-Kwan. It is curious nothing has yet been said about the Chi nese works and forces there, where the next great engagement must be. "All talk of peace now is nonsense. The Japanese will not talk about it until they are in Peking. Otherwise, the vast bulk of the Chinese people would never know that there had been a war and the Japan ese would have, in a few years, to dc their work all over again. Von Hanne ken has been tolling to fortify Shan-Hal-Kwan for months, but there is no doubt that the Japanese will take it." Said to Have Been Ordered Back. LONDON, Feb. 10. The Central News correspondent in Shanghai says that China has ordered the peace envoys which she sent to Japan to come back immedi ately. FOOLING THEIR. COUNTRYMEN. Chinese Officials Deny That the Ting Yuen and Chen Ynen. "Were Sunk. LONDON, Feb. 11. A Shanghai dis patch says the Chinese official account of the fighting at Wel-Hai-Wel denies the report that the warships Ting Yuen and Chen Yuen were sunk, and also asserts that Liu Kung Tao fort has not been taken. The ships, the account says, were merely damaged. The same report says there are no Japanese except a few scouts near Che-Foo. LONDON, Feb. 11. A Yokohama dis patch says that during the fight resulting in the capture of the fort on Liu Kung Tao lrland, in the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei, the magazine of Llstao fort was blown up. LONDON, Feb. 11. The Times' corre spondent in Wei-Hal-Wel telegraphs, un der date of February 2t . !ASseyere ehgagemenbegan at.Jo'clock this morning."" Several"Japanese warships" entered the bay from the eastward and three Chinese torpedo boats attempted to escape by the western entrance. The Jap anese boats sank them. The 13 remaining Chinese warships have taken up a position at the southeast of the island. The main Japanese squadron Is still outside the har bor. Four of the Chinese forts on the south island maintain an incessant fire." A MISSIONARY'S LETTER. Descriptions of the "Warlike 3Iove ments In the Orient. BOSTON, Mass.. Feb. 11. Rev. M. D. Porter, a missionary of the American board in Pang Chuang, in the province of Shan Tung, China, recently journeyed to Tien-Tsin, 150 miles northwest. He has written to the board concerning the signs of -war that he saw. He says: "Wherever we went we saw the signs of war and Its preparations. The forts at Taku bristled with guns, the channel across, the bar was lined with torpedoes and marine mines and the immense trains of cars were to carry soldiers to new fields of destruction. On the river, both in going and coming, we met an unceasing flotilla of soldiers all going they scarcely knew where. "Our friends at Tien-Tsin were a little anxious for us, and the foreigners who have learned to live on the dally rumors and possibilities were surprised that any should think of returning. There, of course, was no reason why we should not return. We had one exciting hour on the return trip. Aside from that all was as quiet and peaceful as any of the many trips we have taken back and forth. We were startled one morning at daylight by being boarded by a boatload of Hunan soldiers. A great flotilla of them were going northward. Their boats were un pleasantly crowded, and they were con fiscating all the boats they could so as to have a little more room for themselves. They were persuaded at last to let us alone, and like pirates, as they were, they made for the next boat they saw, leaving us in peace. The children were much stirred up. We reached home safely the next day. "This tour was the more interesting for being in the midst of these troublous times in the north, as here the edict has gone forth for the enrollment of all the families by tens to make ready for a levy en masse in case occasion should require it. "I can see nothing in the aggression of Japan but the movement of vainglorious enthusiasm to win a position in the eyes of the world. It is a pitiful aim. The only satisfaction to be found in it is the Western nations were wholly exempt from any part or lot in it. They may rejoice in the discomfiture of China, but they will not be branded as sharers In the brutal attempt to force China Into even neces sary reforms. No one conversant with any part of China can shut his eyes to the ever-increasing enmities which surround her system of government, powerful as it has been. They are the same kind now being fought against in New York and other great centers of good and evil." IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Plnnta's Case Continacd. NANAIMO. B. C Feb. 11. J. P. Planta appeared this morning to answer to the charge of embezzlement in the sum of $1200. At the opening of the court. Mar shal Bray announced that he had received a very important telegram, and requested an adjournment until Wednesday next, which was granted. Mr. Planta entirely collapsed on hearing the adjournment was granted, and his sobs were audible all over the courtroom. A Woman to Contest. VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 1L Mrs. Spaf ford was today nominated by the local council of women to contest for the new ?eat In the school board, created by a bill amending the school act now awaiting the governor's signature. She Is Kiehtini? the Combine. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. The laundry com bine, comprising all the biff firms in the business, undertook to freeze out little Miss Mary G. Hennesy, because she would sent agents to Miss Hennesy's customers and in some cases did washing free, to drive her out of the business. Miss Hen nesy retaliated by suins several of the conspirators for $10,000 damages, and a jury has awarded her $6000. The case will be appealed by the combine, but Miss Hennery will fight it to the last. A DUEL TO THE DEATH Two Prominent Sontli Americans Ap peal to the Code. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. The mails from Uie Argentine Republic, which ar rived today, brought news of a terrible tragedy which has caued an unprecedented sensation in that country. Dr. Lucio de Lopez, cne of the leading financiers and most influential men in the republic, who was appointed by the government to in vestigate the affairs of the provincial bank of Busi;o3 Ayres, made a report to the courts, which caused the arrest of Colonel Sarmlento, a son of the late President Sarmiento, whose memory is revered like that of Lincoln in this country. He was once minister to the United States, and is said to have afterwards Americanized the Argentines. Colonel Sarmiento was convicted in the court of the first in stance and appealed to the superior court, where there was a mistrial, two of the judges voting to confirm and two to re verse the lower court. He then published a bitter personal attack upon Dr. Lopez in La Prenza, one of the leading news papers. Acting- under the advice of friends, Lopez sent him a challenge, and Decem ber 27 a duel was fought at the Bel Grano hippodrome, in the suburbs of Buenos Ayres. Lopez was attended by General M. Man silla, of the Argentina army, and Francis Beasley, assistant secretary of state. Sar miento was attended by General Bosch, of the army, and Rear-Admiral Soliar, of the navy. Shots were twice exchanged, at a distance of 12 paces. At the second dis charge Lopez fell, wounded, the ball pass ing through his abdomen. He was taken in an ambulance to his house, where more than 200 of the leading citizens of Buenos Ayres were assembled, anxiously awaiting the result of the duel. The wounded man died the next day, but Colonel Sarmiento had not been arrested when the steamer left Buenos Ayres. Eight years ago a de cree was Issued making dueling a capital offense, but it has been a dead letter for many years, although appeals to the code have been uncommon. The prominence of the persons engaged makes the sensation the greater, and there is as much excite ment in the Argentine Republic today as there was In the United States when Burr shot Alexander Hamilton. The Colombian Revolution. PANAMA, Feb. 1L President Caro has Informed General Dominquez, who is at Manizales. that all the revolutionary forces of Tolima, which were intrenched at Chumbamuy, surrendered yesterday. He adds that the revolutionists at Chi qulnqulra will have to surrender soon, then the revolution Vill end in the depths of Cundinamrca and Boyaca. Considered n. Concession GUATEMALA, Feb. 11. The news from the City of-ifexlCQ that that-country, is willingto 'submit the question of the amount of Indemnity to either a mixed committee or to arbitration, is considered an important concession in favor of Guat emala. THE BARRON WILL CASE Additional Evidence as to the De ceased's Sanity. SAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. 1L In the Bar ron case this afternoon the most import ant witness was Richard Byrne, coach man, who was a very willing witness for the proponents, making out a strong case on direct examination as to Barron's sanity, but under cross-examination oy Delmas he fell flat, as far as the cross examination went, up to the adjourn ment. He denied saying to John Grif fith, of San Francisco, that he would kill George Barron for $25,000, if Mrs. Bar ron would give it. This, the contestants say, will be proved. Charles N. Felton gave Barron the reputation of having a strong and positive mind. Judgment! Agminst the Stockholders. CHICAGO, Feb. 1L Judgments by de fault, aggregating $225,714, were entered today against the stockholders of the de funct Columbia National bank, which has failed to pay the 75 per cent assess ment levied to entitle the receiver of the bank to pay out the money due the de positors. No Hope of Fimliwr the Fair Will. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11 The ex ecutors of Millionaire Fair's will have given up hope of finding the stolen in strument and have asked the court to admit it to probate through a copy. If the contest of the will is begun, the first battle will be over the probate of this copy. Pacific Coast Failures. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Brad street's Mercantile agency reports 22 fail ures in the Pacific coast states and terri tories for the week ending Saturday last, as compared with 22 for the previous week and 29 for the corresponding week of 1S94. o LITTLE LEFT. The His Storm in the East Is Prac tically Over. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. East river is still badly blocked with ice and the run ning of ferry boats is irregular. North river is also filled with ice, but the boats are running fairly well. The weather is decidedly warmer. The thermometer at 11 o'clock had risen to 25 degrees above zero, with the sun shining brightly. A thaw was setting in. Wish It to Moderate Gradually. SEA ISLAND CITY, N. J.. Feb. 11. The oyster-growers throughout South Jersey are worried over the continued cold weather, and say that unless it mod erates gradually, they will lose hundreds of dollars. The bays in which the oyster grounds are situated are frozen solid, and the ice reaching to the bottom has caught thousands of bushels of bivalves. If a sudden warm spell should follow this ex tremely cold weather, the Ice will carry the oysters away and deposit them in the creeks and thoroughfares. Suott in the Sonth. ATLANTA. Ga., Feb. 11. The sunny South woke up this morning to find itself covered with a blanket of snow 3 inches deep on a level. All trains are delayed. Ed Lynn, colored, was frozen to death on his way to Augusta from his home in the country. Chattancoga, Tenn., was vis ited by the worst fall of snow known for many years. It began falling- at 1 A. M and continued for 12 hours incessantly. Street-railway traffic was practically sus pended. There were six inches of snow on the level. Fresno Threatened. With Floods. FRESNO, Cal.. Feb. 1L Fresno is threatened by floods again. Rain has been falling for three days In the mountains, and is still falling. Men are guarding the canals which earrv off the storm's w&ter, and will try to prevent the breaking of A BRIGHTER PROSPECT The Ways and Means Committee and Cleveland's Bond Message. AGREEMENT CONSIDERED POSSIBLE Secretary Carlisle Will Appear Be fore the Committee Today With, Copy of the Salo Contract. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Secretary Car lisle will be asked to appear before tha house ways and means committee tomor row to lay before the members a copy of the contract recently made with the syndi cate for the purchase of the new issue of government bonds. That this invitation should be sent to him was the conclusion reached by the committee, after a session today of one and a half hours. When the committee met, Bynum of Indiana, who offered a resolution at Saturday's meeting favoring the issuance of a 3C-year 3 per cent Told bond, withdrew it without com ment. Thereupon Wilson of West Vir ginia, the chairman of the committee, laid before the members a proposition in writ ing, which, -while lacking the form of a resolution, embodied the essential charac ter of such a measure, looking to the au thorization of the president to negotiate this specific loan at 3 per cent, payable In gold, and prohibiting the secretary of the treasury from using it for current ex penses, and only a reserve for the green backs. The term of years for -which, the bonds might run was not mentioned. This led to a general discussion, some ofl the members holding that the president in his message had said that it must be a 30-year bond. Cockran of New York at once opposed the suggestion of a 30-year bond. He argued that it was unnecessary, but stated at the same time that he was willing to support any proposition looking to the maintenance of the credit of the government. Cockran then offered this resolution, which went over: "Whenever It appears to the secretary of the treasury that an additional supply of gold or silver is necessary to the treas ury to enable It to maintain the parity be tween the various coins or forms of money for the United States as required by law, the said secretary Is hereby authorized to procure such gold or silver as may be nec essary for that purpose by issuing there for obligations of the United States, con ditioned for the return of a like quantity of the same metal as may have thus been obtained, and for the transfer to the hold er of such obligations of an additional amount of said metal not to exceed 3 per cent of the -whole amount thus obtained." Earlier in the meeting Cockran made a speech in favor of his proposition, claiming for It that it did not discriminate, against either metal. Bryan of Nebraska asserted its intent was solely in the ln- icresi. oi jdio. t - - -- It also came out in the discuisioninat on the day the contract was alleged to have been made with the syndicate 4 per cents were selling in New York at 6 per cent more than was offered for the pro posed new 30-year loan. The question was then asked of Wilson how It hap pened that the president could negotiate such a loan with his friends', Stetson & Morgan, representing the Rothschilds of Europe, for a CO-year bond at this differ ence between the price offered and the quotations for 4 per cent bonds in New York that date. Wilson replied that h'e did not know. This led Hopkins of Illi nois, one of the republican members of the committee, to move that Secretary Carlisle be asked to come before the committee this afternoon and lay before it a copy of the contract made with the syndicate. This was adopted and a re cess taken. A telegram was sent to tho secretary advising him of the committee's action and asking him If he would comply with It. After some little delay a 'reply was received stating that the secretary was temporarily absent from the depart ment and might not return until a late hour in the afternoon. The committee then adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, with the understanding that the secretary would be communicated with in the meantime and an endeavor made to secure his presence at that hour. Democratic members of the committee prophesy that the republicans will unite with them upon a plan. This belief is based upon no definite statement from the opposition, but on the general de meanor of the republicans and the sight of Reed in conference with Cockran for an hour. The republican contingent took small part in the proceedings, and in dividually the members are diplomatic in speaking of their intentions. If Reed has arrived at any understanding with the administration, as was freely rumored, he has done it, his colleagues say, upon his personal responsibility. Among the democratic members of the committee who were listed as doubtful, a conciliatory condition made itself mani fest, but it may not result in an agree ment. Republicans say their course can not be decided upon until the democrats present some definite measure to them. The Senate Finance Committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. The republi can members of the senate finance com mittee held a meeting this afternoon, and decided that they had no suggestions to make on the financial question. There will be no meeting of the finance committee tomorrow. Gorman will offer an amend ment to the sundry civil bill, authorizing the issue of 3 per cent treasury certifi cates to meet current deficiencies, and if he does, the republicans will favor it. DEPOSITS ALREADY MADE. No Interest on Bonds in Payment Vn til After the Gold Is Deposited. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Secretary Car lisle has informed the New York syndi cate, with which the 3,500,000 ounces of gold were contracted for, that the interest; on bonds given in payment would not be commenced until after the deposit of tha gold, and in consequence a large amount of gold was today delivered at the assay office. The superintendent of the assay office has been instructed to receive the gold by weight, and to pay In certificates of deposit, which will be received for tha bonds when they are ready for delivery. None of the gold will be counted, but will be weighed in as bullion, and if standard at the rate of $18.60165 per ounce, or as 43 ounces of standard gold Is exactly equal to $800, the weight may be multiplied by feOO and divided by 42. to determine the value in dollars. Under these instructions, abraised coin will be received the same aa new, and If foreign coin is offered, it will be melted and its value determined by as say. The Fish "lnut Have Water. OTTUMWA, la.. Feb. 11. The Dea Moines river has nearly dried up and as a result thousands of fish are finding their way into the pumps at the water station. It has been necessary to stop them about every hour to clean out tho fish. The climax came last night in their hand capping the system so badly that it was 'ound necessary to turn out all tha not join the association. The combine j levees. 1 lights.n the city.