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W TTTT TT JnlILL HE VOL. 2. IIILLSBOIK), OREGON. THURSDAY,-MARGJI 12, 1896. NO. 51. SBR TELEGRAPHIC HESUME Events of the Day in a Con densed Form. OF INTEltKST TO ALL REAUKKS It.iui of Importance From Doineetle ud foreign Sources Cream . .. ... of he DUpatches. Clmles Curleton Coffin, a famous ' newspaper correspondent in the war of " seoesaiou, died in Button. The rates of exohauge in Brazil have fallen lower than was ever known be fore. Grave fears are entertained that a commercial orUis will result The French chamber of deputies has adopted the 'project for a new sub ' marine telegraph line between France, the United, States and the AntiHwi.' The nuisHaore of thirteen Armenian families la ' reported from the district of Moosh. Five Armenians are said to have been killed at Kirobehir, in the . Angora distriot (superior Judge Murphy, of 8an Fran cisoo, has granted another stay of exe cution in the Durrant oase, until March 111. The bill of exoeptlona la not ready for settlement - Three hunrded torn of aide armor for the battleship Sebastapool were shipped by the Bethlehem, Pa., iron works to Kussta. .This is part of the first order for armor the oompany has received from Russia. A great ioe gorge has been formed on the New York Central & Hudson Kiver tracks between Hudson and Albany. The road ia oovered with ioe, in some plaoes ten feet high, and the traoks and telegraph poles for a distance of 700 foot are washed out The steamer Clyde was burned to the water's edge at Point Grey, just outside the harbor of Vancouver, B. C. Captain Woodworth and the orow had a narrow escape. The steamer was valued at (2,000, and insured for f 1,3 00 in the Western IsuraUoe Com pany. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says: The Novosti, in an editorial, aays that Itassia will maintain the independence ot Corea and that if Japan continues intriguing Russia may be forood to oo orpy the peninsula. Japan must con- aider that if she wishes to acquire Corea this means war with RussiA. , Secretary Lainont has issued an or der locating the military post at Mag nolia Bluff, near Seattle. While this '' settles the location, muoh remains to be done b eforo the site can be estab lished. Seattle must give a perfect title to the site, and then an appropria tion from oongress must be obtained. Andrew F. Uurloigh, the well-known Sttorney of Saattle, will oontiuue to re tain receiver of the. Northern Paoiflo ' Railroad Company in Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. Circuit Judge Gilbert, of Portland, and Dig , .triot Judge C- H. Hanford so decided in a decision handed down in the federal courtroom at Seattle. ' With the subsidence of the waters which overwhelmed a great part of New England, figures of losses sus- 1 tained in the section will be oonsider- i ably more than $2,000,000. This does not include the wages of laboring men and women through suspension of manufacturing and other industries. ... Mix lives have been lost.. . Although-the officials at Cramps' shipyards, Philadelphia, say they have rooeived no special orders to rush the three warships, the" Massachusetts, the Brooklyn and the Iowa, to completion, because of the pending trouble with ' Spain; there is, nevertheless, an air of activity about the yard whioh contrasts i strongly with the reoent dullness there. .. A dispatch from Kobe says the king of Corea is still at the RusBia legation v'"in Seoul. Internal uprisings con tinue. It is rumored that Japan la making advanoes to Russia with a view '. of arranging dual oontrol in Corea. - It is believed the Marquis Yamagata, while in. attendance upon the czar's oorouation, will negotiate a treaty of allianoe. . Miss Edith M. Day, the young woman who, in the spring of 1894, made a trip- by railroad . around the United States and through Mexico without touching . her foot to the ground, died in San Franoisoo. The soheme for her trip was devised by rail--Jfjad men of Portland to offset the at "tention given to Miss Nellie Bly's trip around the world.. i , t One hundred and fifty flve-tael cans . of opuim were washed ashore at the logging oamp of Edward Latour, near Utsalady, Wash. The opium is valued at $6,000, and is supposed to have been part of the cargo of a small smuggling sloop whioh left Viotoria last week. The sloop, it is supposed, was wrecked during the severe gale of last week and the men drowned. Expert Cation, who was appointed to examine the city officials' books of Walla Walla, has submitted bis report to the oitv council of that oitv. The leport is from June 1, 1886, and shows a total defloitot $3,471, divided be tween the city treasurer and two ex marshals. The shortages, so the report states, ooourred through negligence on the part of the city clerk, who oolleoted me ueiiuqueiH taxa lor me marsnai. A Johannesburg dlspatoh says when President Kruger visits England it is stated he will stipulate as conditions of granting to Tlltlanders the franchise,- the abrogation of the convention of 1884, and the substitution of a treaty of commerce and amity, recognising Great Britain as paramount power In South Africa, and the inolusion of Swaziland in the Transvaal; the guar- ante of -the independence of the Trans- vaal; that a pre-emptive right to Koai bay and Delagoa bay be aooorded the Transvaal. The United States supreme oourt has decided the Stanford oase in favor of Mrs. Stanford. The title of the case is the United States vs. Jane L. Stanford, exeoutrix of Leland Stanford, de ceased. It involves the individual lia bility of stockholders in the Central Pa oifio Railroad Company for the debt due the United States on bonds issued in aid of the Central Paoiflo under the California constitution. Shipping olroles' of the world are greatly interested in the voyage of the British ship Auspioes, bound from Santa Rosalie, Mexion, to England with a valuable oargo of oopper ore. More than eight months have elapsed sinoe she left fort, and sinoe then nothing has been heard of the ship. The un derwriters are considering the advis ability of paying the insuranoe on the oargo and vessel, amounting to $460, 000. Matt MoGuire and Jacob Henke, miners, were instantly killed by an ex plosion of powder in their cabin near Sheridan, Mont. A terrible conflagration raged for twenty-four hours at Asperen, South Holland. Several churches, the post- oflloe and lifty buildings were de stroyed. ,, The bicyole squad has proved satis factory beyond anicipation, and when spring comes all New York's asphalt streets will be patrolled by policemen on wheels. President Cleveland has approved the bill granting the right of way to. the Columbia & Red Mountain Railroad Company through the Colville reserva tion, Washington. In London the young radicals have- broken out in revolt against the polioy of the leaders of their party. The dual leadership between Lord Rose berry and Sir William Haroourt is the source of dispute. The French historical society has placed a tablet on the house whioh Benjamin Franklin oooupied in 1770, at Pasay, France. Two members of the society eulogzled Franklin, referring to his career as a scientist. I Minister Taylor has refused the resignations of Spaniards acting as United States oonsuls when they were written in Spanish, on the ground that that language is not the official lan guage of the United States. Letters written by Mayor Sutro, of San Francisco, to congressmen anent the funding bill, have been seized by the poatoffloe authorities. Their objec tion is that the envelopes bear the in scription, "Huntington would not steal a redhot stove. " Undergraduates of Princeton college burned in effigy the king of Spain In a demonstration in whioh several hun dred took part The flag of Spain was dragged through the main street, and later was torn to pieces in the center j of the oampus. The oharge d'affaires of the United States embassy in Berlin, J. B. Jaok son, has had several meetings recently with the authorities in regard to the insuranoe matter, and they have prom ised to expedite a re-examinatinn in the case of the American oompanies. Senator Mltohell of Oregon has been consulting with the war department oonoerning an emergenoy appropriation for the cascade looks, to make the looks seoure so they can be early opened lor navigation. He will lntroduoe a joint resolution for such amount as the war department reoommends, so that it may be immediately adopted. Actors Will Long and John West fought a duel after the close of a per formance at Marion, Ind. Long was fatally wounded. The men are mem bers of the "O'Houligan's Masquerade" oompany, and after a rough-and-tumble fight in West's dressing room, se cured pistols and met on the stage. In the volley whioh followed Long re ceived two bullets. West was unhurt Admiral Riohard W. Meade, in a leotnre on "The Caribbean Sea," said that in case of trouble between the United States and Great Britain over Venezuela, the first shot fired in anger will sound the death knell of the British empire. Discussing the Cuban question, he said that Cuba should bear the same relation to Spain that Canada bears to the British empire. It is possible that the sugar bounty bill will not pass the German reioh stag, for even the agrarians are not unanimously in favor of it The fea ture of the bill to whioh objection la made is a proposed increase in the con sumption tax of from 18 to 24 marks. It has been stated in the reiohstag that sugar bounties would amply cheapen German sugar In Amerioa and England at the expense of Germany. The dead body of an American, found six miles below El Paso, Tex., has been identified as that of Mr. Doyle, of Cripple Creek, Colo. He had a bul let hole through his head, and his neck was broken. His murderers had evi dently first lassoed him and dragged him around till his neok was broken, and then shot him through the head. Doyle was said to be interested in rioh mining property at Cripple Creek. J. R. Baitlett, president of the Nica ragua Canal Construction Company, oonfirms the report that negotiations are in progress for a fusion of the Panama and Nicaragua companies. 1 'he soheme. however, has not yet se lured the consideration of their respec tive boards. The consolidation of in terests is regarded with great favor in banking circles in Europe, and, it is understood in Amerioa as tending to . remove the rivalry between interests, , and the governments are also believed w inenaiy w me proposea oommna' ' tion, It Is believed that an Anglo Frenoh-Amerioan ayndioate for canal building is being formed, but the de tails are withheld. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST New From Our Bister States Bpltom- lied The Leading Topics Dli- 0UM4-W.hlDgtOD. Waitsburg's oity election will be the first Monday in April. Joseph Wiley, who settled in the Ahtanum valley in 1868, is dead. The baseball fever has already reached Waltsburg, and preparations are being made for the sport this sum mer. The name of the Sprague National bank, whioh is soon to be moved to Spokane, will be changed to the Fidel ity National. It is supposed that Fisherman Lar sen drowned at Kamilcbie last week. His hat was found on the wharf where hit boat was tied. The receiver of the Citizens' Nation al bank, of Spokane, has announced that depositors will soon be paid a 10 per ent dividend. The fishermen of Paoiflo county are making preparations for the ooming fishing season. The soent of the boil ing tar is in the air, and freshly tarred webs are on the raoks drying. The New Wbatoom grocers who were recently arrested for violating the revenue law in selling leaf tobaooo grown in the neighborhood, have effect ed a settlement of their aases with the federal authorities. The Washington Immigrant, a child of the state immigration convention, has appeared, Its avowed purpose is "to belp the state oarry out the plans of the immigration movement, and otherwise work for the interests of the people. . . ! C. H. Ross, horticultural commis sioner for the second distriot, is arrang ing for the appointment of spraying oommittees in various oounties, to aot in oonjunotion with local societies. The duties of the oommittees are to notify persons to spray their trees when necessary, and to report -negligenoe in the matter. The Seattle Times is authority for the statement that one-half of the hop acreage of Yakima will be plowed tip this spring. A Puyallup paper con tains a list of several yards, amounting to fifty or sixty acres, near that place that will also be plowed up. Many Boisfort farmers have bad enough and are going to quit - Spokane's offered bounty for squirrel tails is not exaotly munificent Dur ing the mouth of Maroh, a bounty of 1 oent will be given, and in April and May, oent. This bounty is for tails only, the former system of paying upon the presentation of scalps having proven an incentive to fraud rather than en couragement to exterminate the destruc tive varmints. A son of the late General J. M. Buckley, once manager on the coast tor the Northern Paoiflo road, is on his way to Chile, to assume his duties as auditor ot the Chilean railways. He is from Spokane. The salary attached to the office is said to be $86,000 a year, Chilean silver money. The road is about 8,000 miles long, and extends from Iquiqne to Valparaiso, and the larger ooast towns. Some lawyers of Spokane have de vised a soheme by whioh they say that land in the Colville reservation can be settled without waiting for its purchase from the Indians. Here is the plan; Under the law, any citizen oan locate as many plaoes or lode claims of not to exoeed twenty aores as he may choose. Any oompany of eight oitizens may make as many locations of 160 aores eaoh as it may see fit to take. The land will cost $27.50 per aore, how ever. . Plowing and seeding are now under full headway in many plaoes through Lincoln county, and have been for nearly a week. It is believed that a great deal larger . acreage will be sown to crop this year throughout the Big Bend than was sown last The im provement in wheat prioea has given the farmers fresh . oourage, and the fields of summer-fallowed, lands that last year lay idle will be turned to ao- oount this season. The assessors of Eastern Washington, who were in session in Walla Walla last week, have adjourned. The question of estimating the value of merchandise in stores was considered. It was deolded that the mere statement of the proprietor should 'not be taken as the basis for the assessment, but that the invoice should be nsed, quali fied by the oareful judgment of the as sessor. As to bank Stock, it was thought best to follow strictly the law of the state, whioh requires its assess ment at full value, less oertifled in debtedness against the same. Oregon. Malheur has a sohool district named "Fighting Seven." l Sheepmen of Grant oounty are tak ing their sheep to the hills. Douglas oounty taxes for 18BS for all purposes amount to $06,935.40. . ' The late rains have brought another batoh of salmon in the Calapooia, and looal fishermen are happy. Fishermen predict there will be no high water in the Columbia this year, and anticipate a pjor fishing season in oonnsequenoe. Owing to the low water, miners are again working the bed of Reuben creek. Muoh ooarse gold and some pretty big nuggets are found in the oreek. rook oounty will probably have about 40,000 mutton sheep to turn off this spring. Sheep are in good oondi tion and there is a general inquiry for stock sheep. The Sherman oounty oourt held a special session and provided for a bounty of $1 per scalp on all ooyotes killed in the oounty from and after February 24, until further notice. The money has been raised for erect ing a skimming station at Shedd and work on the same will begin at an early date. An effort is also being made to establish one at Halsey, in Linn oounty. The fire which reoently destroyed the Hoxie sawmill, on Williams creek, in Josephine oounty, recalls the fact that this was the fourth time this sawmill has been destroyed by fire within the last sixteen years, The Dalles Chronicle is informed that the Day Bros, claim they have fin ished the contract work at the locks, and are now waiting to learn what ac tion will be taken by oongress as re gards the new appropriation. Captain W. A. Cox will move his house from West Florence to Acme, three miles, by water. The house is 200 feet from the river and it is pro posed to plaoe It on a scow, after it is moved to the river, and tow it to its destination. Railroad men say that the reoent sand storm along the Columbia east of the mountains was the worst that has been experienced sinoe 1882. Hand power is the only method of removing toe sand, and this requires a great deal of time, as shoveling sand ia slow work. A oougar and two cubs were killed within seven miles of The Dalles last week by M. Doyle and son, living on Chenoweth creek. The animals had killed several oalves and sheep, and were getting very obnoxious. The old one measured over six feet in length! The Jewett mine, within three miles of Grant's Pass, under the manage ment of W. P. Beldlng, is again show ing up well. Mr. Belding has ex posed some large lodes of ore; so large in fact that the walls have not been discovered. It Is reported that within a few months a twenty-stamp mill will be placed on the property, and im proved concentrators. - Not a day passes but what some resi dent ot Grant cunty complains of the condition of the mountain range, oaused by boing overrun by outside sheep during the summer season, rays the Blue Mountain Eagle. Residents are all of the same opinion, that if the outside sheep are not kept out, it will not be many yeari before most of the stockmen will be compelled to dispose of their bands and retire from the bus iness. . Idaho. A restoration and inorease in pension has been granted George F. Lyons, of LewiBton. The woolen mills ot Desert, Utah, are soon to be moved to Orchard, about thirty miles from Boise. The postoffloe at Ley burn, Shoshone oounty, has been discontinued, and its mail hereafter must be sent to Fraser. A patent has been granted to James B. Perkins, assignor of one-half to P. Flannery, of Lewiston, on an animal trap. In Fremont and Bingham counties reoently a rabbit drive was had . and nearly 2,100 rabbits were killed in one dayV'v.i , j.-.'.'. ; In the Star mail service operating from Blackfoot to Challis, Bryan post office has been ordered ; to be supplied without- any ohange in the distance of the route Bryan ia between the Black- loot and Aroo. The. order became operative Maroh 2. . .- Harry B. Hall, ex-treasurer of Sho shone county, has been sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for em- betzling oounty funds. Hall was treas urer of the oounty and cashier of a bank whioh failed, and in which Van B. De Lashmutt, of Portland, -was one of the prinoipal owners. County funds were in the bank. All except $1,600 was recovered by the oounty. Hall was tried for embezzlement for failing to produoe that sum. -. I Montana. . ,-. The smelting concerns of Colorado find it necessary to draw on the lead mines from Montana and . British Co lumbia' for the majority of this class of ore and there a number of shipments reported eaoh week. The hills around the Rabbit; distriot are full of prospectors and a number of very good discoveries have already been made. The snow is fast disap pearing. Sevearl new oopper discov eries; have been made during the past few weeks in the Nes Perce canyon. ' A syndicate; from Butte has taken up 200,000 miners' inohes of water from the Madison rriver three, miles east of Red Bluff which' they' propose to utilize in generating electrio power for various uses in the different oities of Montana, and especially Butte. The papers nave all been filed with the proper authority and it is said that fully $25,000 will be expended this summer in building dams and other necessary improvements. A number ot Eastern gentlemen have been in Butte reotutly looking over different mining propositions. With a good . lively chamber of commerce working for the good of. the , com munity, this number could be largely increased, says the Butte Mining World. All that Montana needs is to have her great mineral resources prop erly presented to the invetsing public No boom business is wanted, but a fair representation of faots. Nothing else Is necessary. " If it pays the farmer to'get the beBt nog to improve his stock, or the dairy man the best cow to inorease the milk and butter supply, why will it not pay him to get the best thoroughbred poul try to increase the receipts in that line? THE CUBA RESOLUTION Another Chapter Added the Controversy. to FINAL ACTION WAS NOT TAKEN Th. Speech of the 'Day Was Mad by Hale of Main, In Vigorous Oppo sition to tha Keaolutlon. Washington, Maroh 11. Another stirring chapter in the Spanish-Cuban controversy was added by the senate today. Many senators indicated a de sire to be heard on the subject, and the oonferenoe report accepting the house Cuban resolution went over until to morrow. In anticipation that a critical stage of the question would be reached today the galleries were beseiged by the greatest crowd seen since the session opened. All of the publio and private galleries were filled to overflowing, with long lines of anxious people stand ing in the outer corridors, eager to gain admission. The diplomatic gal lery was occupied by Ambassador Pa tenotre of France, Ministers Mendonoa of Brazil, Hatch of Hawaii, Baron von Kettler of Germany, Messrs. Ho and Chung of the Chinese legation, and many secretaries, attaches and mem bers of the legation households. The bright costumes of the ladies of the diplomatic circle, and the rich robes of the Chinese diplomats gave a tinge of color to the animated scene. The speech of the day was made by Hale, in vigorous opposition to the res olution, and to the offensive interfer ence of the United States in foreign questions. He declared the spirit of militarism was abroad in the land: that our course involved the possibili ties of war, with all its dreadful con sequences. He brought out the kindly aotion of Spain at the time ot the oivil war, when the British-built privateers were prevented from remaining for any length of time in Spanish ports, and when Amerioan prisoners were abroad they were released by Spanish orders. A dramatio incident occurred when Hale offered to read the statement of Minister De Lome, of Spain, oalline; in question the accuracy of some of the statements made by Sherman, Morgan and Liodge concerning Spanish atro cities. Davis quickly objected to the recep tion of a document from a foreign minister not formally transmitted. Mitchell ot Oregon, Morjran and Teller added their protest in the same direc tion. For a time there was some con fusion and a prospect of a serious con- niot, but the serenity of the debate was restored by Davis withdrawing his ob jection. .. THE DURRANT CASE. Final Action Has Not' Ban T.k.n Against Miss Lauiont'i Murderer. San Franoisoo, March 11. On April 6 next a year will have passed since the murder of Blanohe Lamont, and yet Theodore Durrant, who was oon- vioted of her murder last November, is still in the county jail waiting the final aotion' of the state supreme . court in the oase. Immediately after Dur rant's oonviction an appeal was taken, but the case has not been presented to the supreme court, owing to requests ior additional time made by both aides. Ihe last postponement took place, a' week ago when the proseoutjon "was granted twenty days in which jto file a bill of exceptions. .. At the' end ot this time it is believed the case will be presented to the supreme oourt, but a decision is not expepted for several months. Durrant was sentenced to. be hanged February 21, but the slow man?., ner in which justioe is meted out. to murderers in this state make it proba. blethathe will not meet hig. death muoh before the close of this year, ' Meanwhile the prisoner soends bis time at the oounty jail muoh the same as the other inmates. - He has few vis? itors and devotes most of his time to reading and writing. He baa written a history of his life and lately he is said to have begun the study ot law. TENEMENT-HOUSE- TOILERS. Strong Protest Mad Against the Swoat- . shop and !U Sjritem. Chicago, Maroh 11. The sweatahoD. auu uiB system inat supports it, were under consideration in the Central M8uio hall last evening. Nine speak ers, representing the pulpit, the bar, tne state government and the trade that is most closely identified with the sweatshop, explained its history, its Operation, the evils of its existence and its tenaoity Of life, and ; suggested methods. of reform.- - A larire audience was present. A glance showed that it was oomposed ot people in all stations of life, from men and Wemen with toil- hardened hands to practical working philanthropists, professional men and women, thinkers, and lastly, men and women from whose hearts all svm pathy is ' not shut out by omenta of silk and sealskin. In the speeches made were oriticiams. both implied and expressed, for the manufacturing wholesaler and the ''middleman or con tracting "sweater," , and unmeasured pity for the toiling victim, wearing away body and soul for a pittanoe, and appeal was made to the heart and brain of the whole people for a publio senti ment powerful enough to lead from bondage the white slaves of the sweat shops as it shattered the fetters of the blaok slave in the 'Southern cotton fields., ' ; Finally a resolution was adopted endorsing a bill intended to eive the national government power to wipe out an evil in the presence of whioh state government have been impotent CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Condoaeod Record of tho Doings of the Ration's Lawmakers-Senato. Washington, Maroh 6. In the sen ate today Cannon introduced a resolu tion, which was agreed to, asking the secretary of the interior for informa tion as to why the Unoompaghre In dian reservation had not been opened to settlement, and when it would be done. : -Allen called up his resolution declaring that United States bonds and legal-tender notes are redeemable in either gold or silver ooin. Teller had expressed a desire to speak upon the subject As be was absent, the resolu tion was passed over. The house bill regulating proof in pension cases was passed. Mitchell of Oregon then pre sented a resolution reciting that Henry Dupont had been lawfully elected sen ator from Delaware, and made a speech in advocacy of Dupont being entitled to the seat Washington, March 7. For a long time today it looked as if the Cuban question would be finally disposed of in the senate by agreeing to the oonfer enoe report acoepting the house resolu tions. At the conclusion of Mitchell's elaborate argument of the Dupont oase, Sherman presented the report of the conferees and asked for immediate ao tion. Chandler, who had not been be fore heard on Cuba, declared himself in favor of not only reoognizing but maintaining the independence of Cuba, even if it resulted in war with Spain. On account of the late hour no aotion was taken. Washington, March 9. The senate committee on publio lands practically decided today to report back the Ari zona sohool land bill, reoently vetoed by the president, with the recommend, ation that it be passed over the veto Delegate Murphy of Arizona, ade dressed the oommittee in favor of th MIL The report would have been or dered today but for the fact that the committee desired to seoure oertain in formation from the interior department before finally passing upon the bill. Washington, Maroh 11. When the Cuban question was laid aside in the senate today, Turpie was recognized for an argument against the claim of Dupont to a seat in the senate from Delaware. The senator had not con cluded when, at 4:85. the senate held a brief executive session, and soon there after adjourned. Frye introduced a bill for the establishment of a depart ment of the government to be known as the department of commerce and man ufactures, the head of which is to be a member of the president's cabinet The senate committee on publio lands decided not to reoommend the passage of the Arizona land bill over the veto of the president, but to reoommend a new bill. Houae. Washington, March 6. In the house today a bill passed to authorize the oounty of Navajo, Arizona, to issue bonds for the construction ot oounty buildings. . The oonferenoe report, ot the army appropriation bill was adopt ed. The house then resumed consider ation of the legislative appropriation bill, the amendment to abolish mar shals' and distriot attorneys' fees again ooming up. The request of the senate for a oonferenoe on the Cuban resolu tion was received, but .nor. acted upon today. . , . - Washington, Maroh 7. After Hart- man had made a very bitter attack upon the president in the house today, a btll was passed,' on the motion of Grosvenor, to make the national mili tary1; parks national fields tor the ma neuvers of the regular army and mili tia Of the states 'under the regulations presort oea oy tne .secretary, ox war. The house then resumed the considera tion of jibe amendment to the legisla-. tive appropriation bill to abolish . the fee system in the case, of United States attorneys a'nd marshals . , After the committee ' rose, . without completing the consideration of the bill, a. bill was passed appropriating $96,000 5 for the -reconstruction of the Rock Island, 111:; bridge, and then, at 6:02 P. M., the house adjourned. , , , Washington . March 9. The house today passed the legislative appropria tion bill, which has been under con sideration " for a week. . Most ot the time,' however,' was. consumed In the consideration of an amendment to abolish .the fee . system in the oases of United States attorneys and marshals. This amendment was perfeoted anp adopted, The house then, entered udon the consideration of the; postoffloe ap propriation bill, the largest of the reg ular supply bills, which carries 191,; 943,767. A bill was passed to abolish the dash payment of pensions, the pur pose of which was to protect old vet erans who squandered or were swin dled out of pensions on quarterly pay days. ;;.',' ,. .;, ',' ; v'M.i Washington, March 11. District of. Columbia business consumed the major portion of the day in the house. Among the bills passed was one to decrease the ost ot gas from $1. 50 to $1 .a ' thou sand., This was the Outcome of a long fight against the gas Oompany. The consideration of ' the postoffice appro priation bill was continued, but no im, portant amendments were adopted. The speaker announoed the appoint ment of Hendricks to the banking and currency oommittee. A bill Was passed to authorize the secretary of the treat ury to pay ft W. ; Peele, ot Arkansas, $50,00 for services to the old settlers against Cherokee Indians. A bill Was also passed to change ..the,, times for holding oourt in the northern distriot of California. 'm -K: New Warships for Germany. Berlin, Maroh 9. The reiohstag to1 day adopted credits to the amount , of 5,275,000 marks for four cruisers and torpedo division boat and for several torpedo boats, after the minister of for eign affairs, Baron von Bieberstein, disclaimed that the government pro posed a big navy programme. '-"- THE POLICY OF SPAIN Authentic Statement From Prime Minister Canovas. NO OFFICIAL ACTION IET TAKEN Nor Will Any Be tntll the Government Ie Ofllclallj Informed of' the In . r tention of Thla-Cotwtrv. New York, March 9. The World to day prints an aothentio statement of the polioy of Spain as to Cuba and oon gress, from Prime Minister Canovas. It is aooompanied by a personal mes sage to Joseph Pulitzer from the presi dent of the council of state at Madrid. The statement is as follows: "We have as yet no official notifica tion ot the intentions of the Amerioan government, and cannot therefore take cognizance of or protest by note against any of the proceedings of the senate and house of representatives of the United State. We have taken no offioial notioe whatever of the proceed ings and speeches in Washington dur ing the past week. Nor have we sounded the European powers or court regarding their support- in any form. All we have done is to show the Ameri can government that we have endeav ored to enforoe respect for the American legation and consulates, repressing so sternly the disturbances that we have ordered the Madrid, Granada, Barce lona and Valenoia universities oloeed, and we will close all universities, schools and establishments while those students dare to make demonstrations hostile to the United States. We will send to prison and prompt trial all authors and promoters of such disturb ances. We believe they are promoted by the advanced republicans. "Nothing will be omitted on our side to show our desire to- preserve cordial relations with America. The govern ment of Spain regrets, and has made all the amends possible, for the mani festations already made for the indig nation with whioh the speeches at Washington naturally exoited among the ever-loyal people of Spain. The situation now is One of extreme delicacy. I cannot define how far it is possible for the government of Spain to permit amicable and careful mediation of a foreign power, however honorable and disinterested it may be, without incurring the grave risk of being ac cused of submitting to outside interfer ence, pressure and diotation in the midst of a civil war. The United States Is a great power, and, until it recog nizes the object and enoourages the aims of the insurrectionists in Cuba, it is friendly to Spam. After the recog nition of the belligerents in Cuba by the United States, it would be impos sible for the government of Spain to accept the good offioes of. President Cleveland, or to permit any interfer ence whatever. - "The only, new and seemingly war like preparations yet made by Spain are made simply with a view to equip ping a fleet of warships and trans-At lantic steamers to phase filibusters and to guard the coasts of Cuba. That is the sole object In view." TO ABANDON ABYSSINIA. Such Ie Eald tq Be the Intention of the Italian Government. London, March 9. A special dis patch from Rome says: ' Humbert has ordered Signor Franaoi to undertake a special, mission to Jhe Abyssinan, Negus Menelek. ' Signor' Franzoi be lieves it is best to ' conclude an honor able peace with the Abyssinians and abandon the country. v. rs . ,-, ; r Rome. March 9. Ponofd Romano Ibis' morning refers to the f aot that considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the Italian garrison at Adi- grat The troops there have only three days'?supply of provisions and are sur rounded by the Shoan army. Unless promptly relieved Adigrat must fall, and a further massacre of the Italians follow-v ' "" ..''''' :- ' Dispatches from Masaowah to Italian papers jhow that the. Italians fought bravely at 'Adowa and obeyed orders wherever "they were Med.'-' But they were badly organized and i there was no direct oontrol oyer he . distribution ui we ioreeg. General Arimondi and Colonel Gall- ano, with 800 white toliden, are now reported to be prisoners in the hands ot the Sboans. It is reported that Cassala Is now surrounded by the Dervishes. - According to the Italia Militaire the Italian.. losses were 4,500, of wbioh 3,000 belonged to' General Albertone'i oolumn.' Tt Us positively ascertained that General.Dabormidaiis.4ead. The only thing known of , Albertone is that he fell wounded in the attaok. . .Glvsu Iff, $htr 5i)uto. Managua, Nicaragua.. .Maroh 9. The latest' reports are to the, effect that the Leon Woels have'-giveif np their cause. , Rafael A. Guiterrez, president of the republio of Salvador,, bas tele graphed to President Zelsy, of Nicar agua, informing him1 the Leon rebels want to make terms of peace. Presi dent Zelaya is determined that the only terms of peace he will give are that the Leonists shall pay alt the expenses of the war, ; preparations for which have been necessitated by .their revolt; shall give-up all their arms,' and that their leaders, shall be tried: One Would Think Him a Spaniard. ' Kansas City," March 9. J. B. Ar cher, a wellrto-.dn busipasa man, show ed his sympathy for Cuba by publioly burning the Spanish flag in front ot a Spanish theater. The aot was loudly cheered.. .Archer has a stock of Span ish flags, and says he will burn out aaeb night until it is exhausted.