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HILLSlJOItO, OREUOX, THURSDAY, JANUAltV 21, 1897.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSK TICKS FROM TUB WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Item! From
III Two Hemispheres Preeeuted
la a Condensed Form.
The First National bunk, (if Nu"f
port, Ky., Iiiih clufctl itsdoois. Ileuvy
itl Vl'Mt llH'lllH ill l'Cl CStlllo irt Hllill tU bu
the causa. ; ' '
An important pooling iirninncnir-nt
has boon brought nl Hint between tin)
Alaska Packers' Association iiml the
Alaska Improvement Company that
will materially afl'eot tho salmon in
duHtry in Northern waters ami the
juice of canned sultnnu in the country
next reiiMiii. It is said that the entire
product of the Homing season will be
pooled mid marketed at uniform rates.
Louis Contenoin, chevalier of the
crown of Italy, former president of the
Italian chamber of cuinincico in New
York, anil forinrcly Italy's consul-general
to the two Sicilies, died lit hiH
home in New York. lie hud been one
of the iiiohI prominent It :tl in ti h in tliia
country uinl was a man of marked abil
ity, to which Italy frequently paid
honorable tribute.
A Washington special says the ad
ministration iH determined that Peru
shall pay the claim for 1(200,000 grow
ink out of the outrage committed in
1HH5 upon V. II. MoCord, u consul of
the United Statec. A cablo dispatch
Iiiih just been sent to Mr. MrKeuzie,
tho United States miniHter Htationed lit
Lima, directing liim to inform the
Peruvian government that tho caso
must be nettled without delay. A com
munication received from the mliilHter
u few days ago stated that Peru deHired
to invcHtigate the case. Heeretury
Olney ut onco ud vised Mr. MoKenzio
that Peru liud hud more than ten yearn
to investigate, and the time wait quite
suffloient.
'Alice M. Hartley, who shot and
killed Senator Foley, in Iteno, Nov.,
"i!gTfr bus been purdoned.
Princess do Chimay, w ho eloped last
Hummer with JauoH Rigo, a Hungarian
gypsy musician, has been engaged to
appear in tableaux vivant nt a winter
garden in Berlin immediately after her
divorce from her husband. She will
be paid 750 a night.
The nomination of David It. Francis
no secretary ol the interior Iiiih been fa
vorably acted upon by, tho committee
on finance and reported to the senate in
executive session. The nomination bun
been held up ever since the session be
gan at the request of Senator Vent.
After a long and animated session in
Olympiu the presidential electors of
Washington agreed upon James E. Fen
? ton, Democrat, of Spokane, as messen
ger to convey tho vote of tho state to
"Washington. Tho choice was a com
promise, as the electors were at first
unable to agree upon any ono of the
four elected, each one striving for the
honor. The sum of $800 is allowed
for expenses. .
Tho trial of Mrs. Walter Carcw
' charged with poisoning her husband
by administering arsenic, and which
hus caused a great sensation among tho
American inhabitants of Yokohama,
has been brought to a dramatic close
by the appearance and confession in
court of Miss Mary Jacob, tho gov
erness of the family, who, it seems,
was tho real murderess and the person
w ho wove the chain of evidence around
the widow.
Attorney-General Harmon was asked
about the probable course tho govern-.
went will pursue with respect to the
Pacific railroads, now tho funding hill
has failed. Beyond tho statement that
some action would probably be taken
within thirty days, he declined to dis
cuss the matter. It is believed, how
ever, the first step will bo against the
Union Pacific, inasmuch as foreclosure
proceedings instituted by tho first lien
holders of that road are now pending in
tho courts.
Tho inauguration of Governor Tan
ner in Springfield, 111., developed a
sensation at the close of tho statehouse
ceremony, when tho retiring governor,
John P. Altgeld, was not permitted to
delivor the farewell address which has
been one of the features of tho pre
vious inaugurations in Illinois. Gov
ernor Altgeld had prepared bis speech
and had brought a copy of it to the
hall, but he was not called upon by the
presiding officer to speak. Much in
dignation was aroused by tho occur
rence. The house committee on public lands
has authorized a favorable report on the
bill providing that settlers on Northern
Pacific railroad lands, whose right
would have been forfeited January 1,
1807, for noncompliance with law,
shall have an additional term of two
vears in which to comply witli the
regulations. The committee also or
dered a favorable report on a bill allow
ing settlers on Indian lands opened to
settlement in the Dakotas to acquire
patent by paying the.' minimum price
provided by law any time aftor tho ex
piration of fourteon months from the
date of entry. . . -The
Minnesota State Savings bank,
of St. Paul, has closed and tiled a deed
of assignment.
National Bank Examiner- Esoutt has
closed the German National bank, of
Louisville. Ky. TMe bank is an old
one, but for sometune has been regard
ed as unsafe.
A bitter iig?it is being waged in
, Cleveland, O., between the Arhuokle
Coffee Company and the sugar truBt
K regarding the price of coffee. Cut af
ter cut is beinp met.
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
The first week of the Oregon legisla
ture closml with but little aeeom
plinhnd. The organization of the sen
ate was effected promptly on the first
day, and Joseph Simon, of Multnomah,
who held the same position two years
ago, was seated as president. The sen
ate was in session four days, during
which timo eighty-five bills were in
troduced, and then the senate ad
journed over until Monday, in order
to give the state printer time to catch
up.
The Unorganized Houu.
The house was unable to perfect or
ganization, a quorum not being found
present at any timo a roll cull was had.
The members are divided into three
factions on the senatorial nominee,
each being a minority. All efforts to
unite and tigree on any member for
speaker have been futile. Much bitter
talk ami discussion has been the rule
ejnee the first day.
Senatorial Cauous.
Near the end of tho week forty-three
Republicans and one Populist held a
caucus at the state capitol and unani
mously nominated John II. Mitchell for
Uuited States senutor.
New Bi ll 1'our In.
Ptittcrson of Marion has introduced
a bill making general provision for the
transportation of all insane persons to
the asylum. II is bill provides that
the county clerk shall notify the super
intendent of the asylum that he has an
insane person to be conveyed to the asy
lum. The superintendent then au
thorizes some employe of the asylum
to repair to the county seat, where tho
insane person will be delivered to him,
and ho will conduct such insane person
to tho asylum. All tho expense is to
be borne by the asylum fund.
- Senator Mackay has introduced a bill
for the appointing of a fiscal agent at
New York city, who is to look after
the state's financial interests.
Two other bills of a general nature
were intnxluced, one by Senator Mc
Clung, which authorizes the mayor of
any city to bid in property sold ut pub
lic sale for taxes.'; Tho other was by
Senator Smith, authorizing counties,
cities and school districts to d impose of
real estate acquired at tax sales.
Senator Michell has called attention
to the subject of navigation on tho Co
lumbia river, by introducing a bill au
thorizing the governor to appiont a
commission to construct and equip a
portage railway from The Dalles to
Cclilo.
The bill of Senator Price of Uma
tilla, for the collection of delinquent
taxes, provides that all property levied
upon shall be advertised and sold in
the same manner as real- estate, thus
saving expense. Senutor Price has
also introduced a bill which enables
a farm luborer to file a lien upon a
growing crop, oven though there bo a
mortgage on thq, crop.
Senator McClung's bill, No; 5, "to
define the terms land and real property,
for tlie purposes of taxation," is vir
tually a re-establishruent of the old
mortgage-tux law. It -provides, how
ever, for the exemption only of record
ed indebtedness, and in that particular
differs from the old law, and from
other proposed statutes. . ,
Tho registration bill introduced in
the senate by senator Harmon is iden
tical with the measure to be intro
duced in the house by Thomas of Mult
nomah.
Senator Taylor's bill amending the
incorporation act of Pendleton changes
the city charter in three particulars.
It provides that (1) the city may be di
vided up into wards; (2) that the pres
ent water-works system may be en
larged into a gravity system; and (8)
that city treasurers ahull hereafter bo
appointed by the city council, and not
elected by the people. There has been
troublo in Pendleton over making the
city funds immediately available when
they are desired for the payment of
warrants. It is thought that, if the
temptation for candidates to place
themselves under personal obligation
to financial institutions has been re
moved, the difficulty about the funds
may be obviated.
Senator Mulkey, of Polk, has intro
duced into the senate a bill covering
the subject of taxation. Tiie bill, .in
effect, is practically a re-enactment of
the mortgage-tax law. It lias three
general objects in view (1) the assess
ment of all proporty, (2) equal and im
partial collection of taxes, (8) economy
in operation. Senator Mulkey says it
will save the state at least $55,000 per
year. The bill provides for the deduc
tion of indebtedness where the corre
sponding credit can be found and as
sessed. It abolishes the state board of
equalization as it is now constituted,
vesting that duty in the governor, sec
retary of state and state treasurer. It
also provides for the collection of taxes
on the original assessor's roll and for
the sending of the summary only of the
roll to the state board of equalization.
It makes the county treasurer the col
lector of taxes up to the point of delin
quency, when they shall be collected by
the sheriff.
Senator Holt's bill, for the tern
porary relief of counties in certain
cases, proivdes that, whenever any
railroad company shall neglect or re
fuse to pay its taxes, or any portion of
them, in any county within the state.
such county shall not' be required to
pay into the state treasury its portion
of taxes on the assessed value of the
railroad's property. The county is
also to be relieved from all interest or
other penalty until one month after the
delinquent tax is collected.
McClung's senate bill renting to the
qualifications of school election voters
requires that the voter shall have paid
an annual tax on $250 worth of prop
erty. The present law is somewhat
lax, and, morn or less confusing. There
in some 'doubt of the constitutionality
of McClung's bill, but the judiciary
committee will puss upon that ques
tion. Senator McClung says the trou
bles at the late school election in Port
land and Eugene led him to prepare a
more desirable law.
Tho inevitable deduction-for-indebt-edness
bill has been presented to the
senate. It comes from Senator Daw
son, of Linn.
The question of supplying each mem
Iter of senate and house with a copy of
Hill's Code of Oregon, evoked some de
bate in the senate. McClung presented
a joint resolution that tho secretary of
state be ordered to purchase ninety
copies of tho code. He afterward ex
plained that a similar resolution had
been adopted by the senate, but, inas
much as it was only a senate resolu
tion, the secretary of state was unwill
ing to comply except on joint request
of both houses. Selling of Multnomah
thought that from an economical stand
point, twenty-five copies would be
sufficient, ten for the senate and fifteen
for the house. Price of Umatilla sug
gested that fifteen copies would be
sufficient for the senate, giving one to
each new member. McClung's resolu
tion was finally adodted.
Another subject of debate was the
resolution requiring the appropriation
bill to be prepared a sufficient time be
fore the close of the session to permit a
careful examination. , One member
wanted the bill prepared within the
first twenty-five days. This was gen
erally regarded as too soon to be prac
ticable, and it was finally settled tliut
the bill should be before the senate
five days before the elose of the session.
Senate Committees.
President Simon has announced the
standing committees of the senate as
follows:
Agriculture and Forestry-
Johnson, I
Hughes, Holt.
Assessment and Taxation Hughes,
Patterson of Marion, Price, Mulkey,
Maekuy.
Claims Selling, Carter, Daly.
Commerce and Navigation Harmon,
Johnson, Dufur.
Counties Mackay, Gesner, Talyor,
Gowan, Driver.
Education McClung, Harmon, Mul
key. Elections and Privileges Mulkey,
Gesner, Smith.
Engrossed Bills Gesiier, Reed,
Mitchell.
Enrolled Bills Calbreath, Patterson
of Washington, and Gowan.
Federal Relations Bates, Taylor,
Dufur.
Fishing Industries Reed, Michell,
Patterson of Marion.
Horticulture Carter, Calbreath,
Holt.
Insurance and Banking Bates, John
sou, Driver.
Irrigation Price, McClung, King.
Judiciary Gowan, Brownell, Mich
ell, Smith, Dufur.
Revision of Laws Patterson of
Washington, McClung, Reed, Hobson,
King. - -
Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry
Calbreath, Driver, Daly.
Military Affairs Price, Ilaseltine,
Gesner.
Penal Institutions Driver, Hobson,
Selling.
Mining Johnson, King, Holt. -Municipal
Corporations Ilaseltine,
Harmon, Calbreath.
Printing Michell, Mackay, Smith.
Public Buildings and Institutions
Hobson, Patterson of Washington,
Wade.
' Public LandB Patterson of Marion,
Mulkey, Dawson, Ilaseltine, Wade,
Railroads Brownell, Gowan, Patter
son of Washington, Mackay, Dawson. ;
Roads and Highways Dawson, Car
ter, Hobson, Brownell, Daly.
Ways and Means Taylor, McClung,
Selling, Hughes, Dawson.
Tariff Makers Kuu oil a Snag.
Washington, Jan. 18. The Republi
can tariff-makers held no meeting to
day, having eneountred several per
plexing points in the chemical schedule
which they began work on last night.
Certain members were assigned to pro
cure information on various points,
and tomorrow the committee will re
sume work on the schedule.
From the experience of the first ses
sion of real work on the bill, it is con
sidered by the members doubtful'!
whetheritwill.be practical for them
to follow the original plan of work,
which was to have the full committee
work together on every schedule of the
bill, instead of dividing the schedules
among the subcommittees.
A Fool and Bli Money.
San Francisco, Jan. 18. Oscar Low,
a Victoria man, was buncoed out of
$180 today by the old dice game trick.
Low lives at the Yosemite house, on
Market Btreet, and started for the Bar
bury Coast for a drink. He got into a
saloon on Sacramento street, and there
began shaking dice with a stranger.
He lost $30, and a newly made friend
told him he could beat the winner out
of all his money if Low could only get
some more cash. The victim went to
his room, and got $100 more. He re
turned to the saloon, and soon lost
that. Thon he complained to the po
lice. ,
Powder. Home Exploilon.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 18. As the re
sult of an explosion in the tankhouse of
the Columbia Powder Company, locat
ed in a hollow a half mile from the
Ohio river, midway between boroughs
Shoustown and Shaopin, Mr. Stickney,
proprietor of the works, and his 'two
daughters were killed, P. McChisky
fatally injured, and Walter Crane seri
ously hurt. By almost superhuman
efforts the flames were controlled be-
fore the glycerine machine Ignited. .
Manifesto Issued or Populists. 1
The Populists have held a caucus and
issued the following manifesto, which
gives their side of the tangle in the
house: '
"To the People's Party of Oregon:
The undersigned, your members-elect
to the legislative assembly, ask your
loyal support and that of all good citi
zens in our contest for such an organ
ization of the house as we believe will
result in economical and remedial legis
lation that will make an honest vote
and a fair count possible in Oregon.
We are contesting for a fair organiza
tion of the house, in order to make pos
sible the passage of the Bingham regis
tration bill, the Holt judges-of-elec-tion
bill, and an amendment to the con
stitution providing for direct law-making
by the people by means of the ini
tiative and referendum in its optional
foim.
"We are assured by eminent lawyers
that the Bingham registration bill is
constitutional, and likely to be effec
tive. The Holt bill allows county cen
tral committees of each of the three
principal political parties to designate
one judge of election in each precinct,
and committees of the two principal
parties to each name one clerk of elec
tion in each precinct. The initiative
and referendum need no explanation to
Oregon Populists. ,These measures we
believe to be all important in obtaining
honest elections and control by the peo
ple of lawmaking in Oregon, and there
by preserving our liberties. The situa
tion is this:
"Last June the Republican party
elected thirty-eight members of the
house of represenatives. Only twenty
eight of this number have agreed to act
together in organizing the house. Part
of the remaining ten Republican mem
bers support Mr. Bourne and part do
not support any candidate. The Popu
list and Democratic members are stay
ing out until such time as a Republican
majority may agree upon a candidate
of its own for speaker, or until a suffi
cient number of them unite with us to
assure Bourne's election, which we be
lieve will enable us to obtain the
measures herein named. As long as
iiepuoucaiiH uro uiub uiviueu, unu u is
possible that we may, by preventing or
ganization, finally elect Mr. Bourne,
and probably obtain the legislation be
fore mentioned, we feel it to be our
duty to the people of Oregon to stay
out wages or no wages. With this
knowledge of the facts, we feel that we
are entitled to your support for our
selves and our allies."
The manifesto is signed by two sen
ators and twelve representatives. It is
said that the remaining Populist sena
tor and, representatives, who were out
of the city wheu the caucus was held,
fully indorsed the manifesto.
A short session of the house was
held Sunday, the temporary speaker
having ruled that it was necessary ac
cording to the constitution.
The house has again failed to organ
ize before Tuesday and this defers the
senatorial election until Tuesday, Feb
ruary 2, and, of course, no ballot can
be taken on that date unless the speak
ership problem is solved before Tues
day of next week.
The senate meets daily, but no busi
ness other than the introduction of bills
is taken up.
Senator Harmon has introduced a
bill designed to restore to sheriffs of
the various counties the duty of convey
ing all committed persons to the state
insane asylum reform school and peni
tentiary. It is merely made the duty
of the committing court to place such
in charge of the sheriff. Nothing is
said as to compensation, but the pre
sumption is that the state is to pay, as
at present.
Senator Brownell has introduced a
bill in the interest of bicyclists. It
directs that all transportation companies
shall be required to check and trans
port bicycles like other baggage. The
bill is general in its provisions and de
scribes at length how railroad and other
transportation companies shall convey
free of all charges to ,g ach passenger,
"with a ticket, not more than 100
pounds of baggage. How it shall be
checked and how reolaimed are describ
ed, the provisions simply enacting into
law the present pratices of railroad
companies.
Senator Smith has introduced a bill
changing the beginning of the close sea
son on the Columbia from August 10
to August 1. This is in accordance
with the recommendation of United
States Fish Commissioner McDonald.
There are provisions for the regulation
of fishtraps, by whioh none shall have
a lead more than 700 feot in length, and
no fish wheel shall have a lead of more
than forty feet in length. Other regu
lative provisions are added.
Senator Mulkey has introduced a bill
intended to prohibit, as far as possible,
corrupt practioes at elections. It lim
its the sums of money that may be
legitimately expended in securing a
j nomination or election to any omco
creaieu oy uie uuuttuutuuu ui bihih or
for representatives in congress. It pro
vides for a public inspection of the ex
pense account of any candidate or
political committee. Other states have
similar mousures on their statute books,
and public sontiment in the state of
Oregon, Senator Mulkey thinks, is ripe
for a similar statute in this state.
A fishtrap bill has been introduced
in the senate by Smith of Clatsop. ( It
is provided by tho bill that it shall be
unlawful to construct, own, maintain
or operate any poundnet, fishtrap, fish
wlioel or other fixod appliance for
catching salmon in any waters of the
state aftor January 1, 1899. Penalties
are provided. The measure is the
same as that introduced in 1895, exoopt
that time, until 1899, is given tore
move the traps. Tw;o years ago the bill
passed tho house, but it was defeated
, i in the senate by a close vote.
PLAGUE. AND FAMINE
The Appalling Calamity
Hanging Over India.
TERRIBLE SCENES IN BOMBAY
United Action by the European Pow
er! to Prevent the Introduction
of the Disease.
Bombay, Jan. 19. Plague and
famine are stalking arm-in-arm through
densely populated pqrtions of the Brit
ish empire; thousands are dead or dy
ing, and the outlook grows blacker and
more terrible every day.
Millions of hapless men, women and
children are Btarving, and the famine
stricken districts, having a populatioi
of nearly 40,000,000 pepole, will hav;
to depend upon the aid of charity for
food enough to keep body and soul to
gether until April or later. Other dis
tricts, with a population numberinj
about 50,000,000, are already feelinc
the pangs of bitter privation from food,
and this must be endured well on into
spring, before permanent relief will be
afforded by nature. Funds for the re
lief of 'sufferers are being raised on all
sides, but a very large amount of money
will be needed to provide food even for
those unfortunate people who live on
almost nothing (in comparison with
Europeans and others.)
The calamity, awful in its its inten
sity, is possibly not much greater thar
the ravages of the dreadful plague here,
threatening to spread through trw
crowded cities to other parts of India,
and, if it reaches the greatly weakened
famine sufferers, the mortality may be
terrible. The natives have been re
duced by lack of food to little less tha:
living skeletons, in tho moat heavily
stricken districts, and as such they
cannot but fall victims by the thou
sands to the plague.
The mortality here has quadrupled,
without counting the deaths which have
occurred among thousands of people
who have fled in terror from Bombay,
in many cases abandoning their all in
their hurried flight from the great peril.
Un -to recently, Bombay, with its
popttfttion of about 850,000, enjoyed
the reputation of being one of the
healthiest cities in India, its "sanitary
works being equal to those of the Eu
ropean capitals. But all this is
changed. More than half of the popu
lation has disappeared, and those who
remain are either helpless and cannot
get away, or are crowdffig out of the
city by rail, water and road, or else
contemplate so doing unless there is a
change for the better shortly. The gov
ernment officials are seriously alarmed,
the native physicians have nearly al
left the city, business is paralyzed, ths
mills are closed or closing, the streets
are partly deserted, and on all sides w
empty houses, boarded up or wide open
The passage of funeral parties through
the streets goes on day and night, burn
ing grounds, or ghats, light the skiej
with their reflections, and line after
line of bodies there or at the parsee
burial spots are awaiting consignment
to the flames or to mother earth.
The number of deaths from the
plague in this city is now estimated,
unofficially, to be 8,000, and there are
about 170 additional victims daily,
with this number increasing as time
wears on. The Europeans, however,
have been singularly free from con
tagion up to the present time, only
three deaths among them being record
ed to date.
At Karachi, Poona and Bandra,
where large numbers of refugees have
sought safety, the plague has broken
out in most threatening form. At
Bandra, for instance, 129 deaths are re
corded out of 180 cases of plague, caus
ing consternation, even among the phy
sicians. In this city there are thou
sands of houses without native serv
ants, nearly all the latter having joined
the fleeing multitudes. Employers are
helpless because of the departure of
clerks and porters, and stores are closed
on account of the utter stagnation in
business. The mortality during the
past week here has been unprecedented, I
while the returns of deaths from re- j
mittent fevers are extraordinarily high
above the plague rate, which is natur
ally interpreted as meaning that num
bers of people who have fallen victim!
of the plague have been officially re
corded as having died of remittent fever.
A VENGEFUL HUNGARIAN.
He Beheaded the Man Who Bad
Out.
wrestled Him.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 18. After be
ing bested by Joseph Kalata in a
wrestling bout, John Cournott, a Hun'
ganan, beheaded Ins
The men were rivals
Buccesstui rival.
for the hand of
Anna Jopkapotah, with whose father
they boarded.
There was a gathering at the house
and Cournott challenged Kalata to a
wrestling mutch. Cournott was de
feated, and in his anger left the room,
returning in a few minutes with a
butcher knife. Rushing at Kalata, he
swung the knife around his head, and
with all the force ho could muster!
brought it down on Kaluta's neck.
The keen blade cut its way through the
muscles, arteries and jugular vein, sev
ering them and stopping only at the
opposite side of the neck. Kalata fell
to the floor without so much as a groan. '
Corpus Christi, Tex., Jan. 19. It is
a well-known fact among certain parties
here that while Dan Stuart was in
Coprus Christi last May, he held sev
eral consultations with
Brownsvillo attorney, the
a leading
result of
which was the lease of an island in the
Rio Grande river from the Mexican gov-
eminent. Several kujning ones here
assert that the jtfo'vJiJilitios are that
tho Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight will be
pulled off on the island, which is about
tn mil from Brownsville. . ,
WOOLGROWERS MEET.
Resolutions Concerning the
Forest
Reserve Failed.
Salem, Or., Jan. 19. At a meeting
of the North Pacific Sheepbreeders'
and Woolgrowers' Association, held at
the state capitol, pursuant to a call
from the president, Hon. John Minto,
the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
"Whereas, The congress of the
United States has authorized the presi
dent to proclaim as forest reserve
4,600,000 acres of the Cascade range of
mountains, extending in an unbroken
body across the state of Oregon, there
by creating a physical division of the
state; and
"Whereas, This immense body of
j land has been placed under the care of
the department of the interior, to be
protected from the injury of its forest
growth by the aid of the United States
district court and by its officers, and
citizens of the United States, residents
of Oregon, have been arrested and put
to cost on the assumption that grazing
stock (sheep especially) within such
reserve is an injury to the forest
growth thereon; and
"Whereas, By an experience extend
ing over fifty years, in some cases,
members of this association know that
despite grazing of sheep or cattle upon
the grasss lands of Oregon, whether on
the mountains or in the valleys, the
reforestation of open land has extended
is extending, over all pasture land,
near enough seedbearing trees for the
seeds to be carried by the wind; and
the truth of this statement is well set
forth in papers now published by the
state board of horticulture, by persona
who have seen these processes going
forward for from forty-four to fifty-two
years' observation; therefore, be it
"Resolved, These prosecutions of
stockowners, whose Btock has in past
years ranged on the mountains of Ore
gon, is totally unjustifiable, on the
ground of injury done by such grazing;
that we, as citizens of the United
States, residing in Oreogn, claim all
the right of the citizens of other states
to the full benefit of the use of the
public domain, and of the general land
laws of the national government, and
believe it-an oppression, unjust as well
as unnecessary, to harrass stockmen by
trials in the United States court for
acts of technical trespass, where benefit
rather than damage has been done;
that we heartily indorse the concurrent
resolution introduced by Senator Mul
key, in the present legislative assembly
of Oregon; that we are unanimously in
favor of the restoration of a reasonable
tariff duty on wool, adequate for the
encouragement of woolgrowing, and
also favor an import duty being placed
on shoddy, sufficiently high to dis
courage the importation of said ar
ticle." Senator Mulkey's resloution, pro
vides for three reserves, instead of one.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Oratorical Tributes to
the Late
Speaker Crisp.
Washington, Jan. 19. Most of this
day in the house was devoted to ora
torical triubtes to the late Speaker
Crisp, of Georgia, who died during the
reoent recess of congress. The speeches
were listened to by nearly all of the
Democrats, and a large contingent of
Republicans, while many Southern
people filled the galleries. All of the
members from Georgia and Several
leaders on both sides of the house de
livered eulogies, which were unusually
impressive, and were listened to with
much more than the usual attention.
The bill authorizing the Columbia &
Red Moutain Railway Company to
build a bridge across the Columbia
river, in Stevens county, Wash., called
up by Doolittle, passed. Delegate Cat
ron attempted to secure the passage of
a bill to give the deserted Fort Marcy
military reservation, at Santa Fe, N.
M., to the American Invalid Aid So
ciety, of Boston, for the establishment
of a sanitarium for pulmonary diseases,
but it failed on Objection.
Flogging on Shipboard.
Cleveland, Jan. 19. Senators Frye
and Hale, who were responsible for the
senate substitute for house bill No.
2668, which restored flogging in the
merchant marine, are being severely
condemned by the 800,000 members of
the AVestern Seamen's Society and va
rious branches. At a meeting of the
local trustees of the society, who are
prominent business men, resolutions
were adopted protesting against the
law.
Hal Discovered No Lymph.
Paris, Jan. 19. In an interview, Dr.
I Roux, who is connected with the de
partment of hygiene, denied a report
that he had made experiments with an
, lvnti-plague lymph. He would know
im, tn ni-nmm tlm Ivmnh. he snid. if
it was needed, but he felt that bubonic
plague would never get a hold in Eu
rope. The Temps complains of the in
activity of the present Indian govern
ment in dealing with the scourge.
Vlotlin of Commodore Wreck.
Salem, Mass., Jan. 19. The remains
of the late William Alexander Higgins,
who met his death with many others
at the foundering of the Cuban filibus
tering steamer Commodore, off the
Florida coast, Suwlay morning, Janu
ary 8, arrived today. The funeral was
held at the undertaking rooms,, and
was attended by a large crowd.
The Death of Maceo.
Jacksonville, Flu., Jan. 19. A let
ter has been received by ono of the
representatives in this city of the Cu-
Vjan junta, confirming the Associated
Press dispatch of Friday giving an ac
count of the death of General Maceo.
The letter is from Lieutenant-Colonel
Hernandez, who was encamped with , a
company of cavalry and : other forces
near where Miiced was ambushed. The
' issurgents are reported to be encamped
' nine miles east of Havana.
OIJEY'S SUCCESSOR
Senator John Sherman Has
Accepted State Portfolio.
RESULT OF HIS TEIP TO CANTON
Omeral Alger Being Contldeiod for
the War Department Horace
Davie Haa 'o Ghaneo.
Canton, O., Jan. 18. "I have ac
cepted the state portfolio," said Sena
tor John Sherman to the Associated
Press representative at the Fort Wayne
depot a few minutes before the senator
left for Washington this afternoon.
The senator had but a few moments be
fore left the presence of the president
elect. Concerning other matters con
nected with the incoming administra
tion, the senator was very reticent.
Asked as to whether Mr. Hanna would
be appointed senator, he replied that
he did not know. Senator Sherman
was in the city a little more than
three hours, and all the while was at
the McKinley home, where he took
lunch with other prominent callers.
Policy Toward Cuba.
Pittsburg, Jan. 18. The Dispatch
says: The Cuban policy of the McKin
ley administration will differ very lit
tle from that which has been laid down
by President Cleveland and his secre
tary of state. This statement is based
on remarks made to a reporter by the
man who will be premier of the next
administration, Senator Sherman, at
the union depot this evening.
The veteran statesman was on his
way to Washington from Canton. Af
ter stating that his position in the next
cabinet had been determined, Senator
Sherman said in answer to a question:
"I think the United States govern
ment should not interfere with the
Cuban war, either to aid in its settle
ment or to do anything which would
make a peaceful government of the
island a charge upon this country. I
think Canovas has outlinea a program
of governmental reforms, which will
be applied both in Spain and Cuba.
These reforms will give the Cubans
practical autonomy, and will, I hope,
settle the question. "
Adrift on an Ice Floe.
Menominee, Mich., Jan. 18. To
night nine men are clinging to a block
of ice a few rods square that is being
driven out of Green bay into Lake
Michigan by a fierce southerly gale.
The wind is blowing thirty miles an
hour, and carries a zero temperature,
and an occasional snow squall. The
men are fishermen, clad only in the
none too heavy clothing worn while
tending their nets, and unless the ice
floe has been blown against Chambers
island or Green island, there is little
probability they will live through the
night. The doomed men are residents
of the little fishing village of Menekau
nee, and their wives and children and
neighbors are spending the night on
the mountains of ice that fringe the
beach weeping.
MUCHLY MARRIED.
An Indian
Dennison, Tex.,
Unitetd States Marshal B.
field, of Durant, I. T. , has arrived here,
having in charge Tom Lowe, 26 years ;
of age, who is wanted in thigf . county
under indictment in tiWi.cases of dis
posing of mortgaged property. 1
Lowe, in the presence of Officer
Birchfield and Policeman James, con
fessed to being the husband of sixteen
wives, all of whom he has married
within the last eight years. The con
fession was made in writing.
He married wife No. 1 at Purcell, I.
T., in 1886; No. 2 in Bromwood", Tex., "
the same year; No. 8 in Benton; No.
4 in Hillsboro; No. 5 in Ennis; No. 6
in Marion county; No. 7 in Galveston; .
No. 8 in Houston; No. 9 in McLennan
county; No. 10 in Dennison; No. 11
in Paris; No. 12 in Delta county; No.
18 in Mills county; No. 14 in Milan
county; No. 15 at Weber Falls, and No." '
16 in Young county. ;
All the wives are alive, and so far as ' ,
he knows, Lowe says they are not re
married. So far as he knows nineteen
children have been born to them with
in the last eight years.
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Sixteen """"m
Killed In the Cxar'a Preserve.
Berlin, Jan. 18. The Lokal An
geiger publishes a dispatch from St.
Petersburg reporting a lamentuble in
cident, which has occurred in the
czar's presence. The czar, it . seems,'-'
beckoned to a gardener, who was work
ing in the park at Tserskoselo. The
guard, seeing the man running toward
the czar, shot him dead, supposing he
was a would-be assassin. The czar
was deeply affected by this occurrence.
Can Plied In a Heap.
Bushnell, 111., Jan. 18. A wreck oc
curred on the Toledo, Peoria Ss West
ern at Sciota, ten miles - west, last '
night. The engine, mail, baggage and'i
two passenger cars were piled in a
heap. The engineer 'was killed, and
the baggageman and five or six passen
gers badly hurt. The wreck was caused
by a broken rail, while the train was
running thirty-five miles an' hour.
Suffocated by Coal Gas.
Chicago, Jan. 18. Tlie bodies of '
Mrs. Esther Poole, 60 years old, and :
her son, Charles, aged 84, who were
suffocated by coal gas, were found in
their house last night. .'- - ,v
Fire In an Orphans' Home. '"''
'Dallas,; Tex., Jan. ' 18. At- a late .1
hour tonight the boysN department of.
Buckner's Orphan Home, five mile
from the city, was destroyed by fire.
Five boys perished in the name, and 1
several others were burned . - ; -i
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