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InilLLSB lULLSliORO, OUIXiOX, THURSDAY, FEIUUIAUV 4, 1HD7. NO. 46. VOL. III. 6R ME EMS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic New of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interacting Cellectloa af Tteme Front the Two Hemtipheree Presented , la OoadaaMd ferae. ' The Oregon Btate somite on Tuesday, by a voto of 16 to 12, refused to pro ceed to the election of a United States senator. The Benson house, with thirty members present, took a ballot, and cast 29 votes for John H. Mitchell nnd 1 for George II. Williams. The one vote came from Huntington, of Wasco. It is understood among Massachusetts Republicans that ex-Congressinan John D. Long has been tendered and has ac cepted the office of secretary of the navy in the incoming administration, The Chinese New Year in San Fran cisco was a gloomy festival. No fire crackers were discharged, the edict of tflo chief of police positively forbidding any noisy demonstrations. A high' binder riot was feared and many sus pioious characters have been arrested by the police. The statement of the public debt just issued shows the debt, less cash in the treasury, on January 31, to have been 11,007,008,817, an increase for the month of (14,078,786. This increase is partially accounted for by a decrease o! nearly 113,000,000 in the each on I , hind. J A Berlin dispatch says the court at Mayenoe has condemned Percy Bar tholow. United States consul at that place, to pay a fine of 200 marks for as saulting and severely injuring an in mate of his house by striking him on v' the head with a revolver. The assault was committed in October last, and in November it was reported that pro ceedings had been abandoned upon his settling with the man privately, but this appeared not to have been the case, Ex-Coneressman James Wilson, of Iowa, has announced his acceptance of the cabinet portfolio recently tendered ' him by President-elect McKinley. Mr, Wilson in an interview said: "It is true I have been invited into President elect McKinley's cabinet. I have ac cepted. That is all there is to say bout the matter." It is generally Known that Mr. W ilson will be secre tary of agrioulture, he having wired to Cenator Allison that that portfolio had been offered and accepted. I Attorney-General Harmon has given . Instructions to the United States attor Wey at Jacksonville to proceed against .the alleged filibuster Three f riends, tinder section 4297, of the revised stat utes, for engaging in an aot of piracy, The action is taken by the attorney V general in view of the recent decision ii Judge Locke, of Jacksonville, which held in effect that the Cuban insur gents were not a people, state, district, or colony within the meaning of sec tion 5283 of the revised statutes, un der which the libel was brought. In other words, that the expedition in which she was engaged was not a po litioal one. Two men loBt their lives in a hotel ' Are in Fort Smith, Ark. August Baltz, driver of a brewery wagon in Seattle, fell from his wagon through a hole in a wharf at the water front and drowned before he could be rescued. Two painters at work on a building 100 feet above the sidewalk in San Francisco, fell to the pavement, one being killed instantly and the other fatally injured. The suspending rope broke. The secretary of war has authorized the removal of a strip of earth fronting Percival's dock, in Olympia, not includ ed in the present contract for harbor improvement, to facilitate the landiilg of vessels on the whole frontage. This will give an available dockage of 1,000 feet, with a depth of water of ten feet at low tide. An unparalleled accident occurred at the Illinois steel plant, at Joliet, whereby Nelson Johnson was decapi tated. He was employed in .the rod mill, and in falling from a high plat form his head came in contact with the edge of a platform, and the connecting rod of the engine cut his head off at the neck. Among the bills recommended for passage in the lower house in Indiana has been one making it unlawful to play football in the state. The bill went to the committee on rights, which decided that it was only fair that the house should have a fair chance at the bill. The bill as it stands does not discriminate in favor of professional football. Delegate Murphy, of Arizona, has introduced a bill in congress to assist the wandering Papago Arizona Indians to establish homes and induce them to cease their depredations upon the cat tle herds of white citizens. Twenty five thousand dollars is appropriated to purchase the Quijatoa well and ma chinery, in Pima county, and the com missioner of Indian affairs is author ized to appoint a farmer to assist and to pump water for their use. The quick response of the citizens of Chicago to Mayor Swift's appeal for as sistance has resulted in the relief of suffering in Chicago with rapidity and to an extent far beyond expectations. Through the systematic canvas of the police and the prompt attention to the Vilas and Daniel Travail! ProgreM oa tba Canal III. . Washington, Feb. 8. The Nicaragua canal bill occupied the senate most of the day, but no progress was made to ward a voto. Morgan, In charge oi tne measure, sought to secure an agreement to vote tomorrow, but the opponents of the measure, led by Vilas and Daniel, resisted any agreement n hue dla- rlaiimng any purpose of obstruction or filibustering againBt the bill, the oppo sition insisted it was ot such grave mo ment as to demand complete discus sion. Vilas was appealed to from many quarters. Hoar added a high tribute to the Wisconsin senator, and it wag hoped Vilas' term, about to close, would not develop any obstruction to defeat not only the canal bill, but also the bankruptcy bill, and many other important questions. Davis, in a sim ilar strain, said the sentiment in the West was most urgent for speedy con sideration of the bankruptcy bill. Daniel reinforced Vilas in saying that no present arrangement for a vote was possible. Many new diplomatic questions connected with the canal had arisen. He had several amendments to propose. The measure was too mo mentous to be hurried to a vote, llie debate became general, the California senators, White and Perkins, urging speedy action, and Caffery and Vilas opposing precipitate action. OBSTRUCTION TACTICS. ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS. In tha Houh. Washington, Feb. 3. This was com mittee suspension day in the house. Immediately after reading the journal the committee was called. The senate bill to provide times and plaoes for holding United States court in Utah was passed. Sherman, Republican, of New York, of the committee on interstate com merce, called np what he called the "anti-soalper" railroad bill. Half a dozen members jumped up. "I suggest that a time be fixed for the considera tion of that bill," said Terry, Demo crat, of Arkansas. "It is a very im portant measure, and should not pop up here like a jack-in-the-box without notice." W. A. Stone, Republican, of Penn sylvania, raised the question of con sideration against the bill. The house, by a vote of 84 to 88, refused to con sider it. Bills were passed to authorize the Co lumbia as Ked Mountain railroad to construct a bridge across the Columbia river; to prevent the carrying of ob scene literature and artioles designed for indecent and immoral use from one state or territory to another state or territory. A CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA. of aa Alleged Startling Dlicoery Oakland Phyelclan. Oakland, Cal., Feb. 8. An interest ing problem is suggested to the medical world by a rceent experience of Dr. F. H. Wolsey. He was called to treat two children sufforing from the fever which follows vaccination, and while they were under his cara both developed diphtheria, from which they recovered quickly. The physician is now almost con vinced that there was a clash between the two ferments in the blood, and that the virus of the vaccine vanquished the toxine of the diphtheria. He watched the cases very closely, and he felt so certain of the correctness of his conclu sion that in the notice of the oases which he sent to the health office he announced that the diphtheria had been lightened by vaccination. The pa tients are now strong and well at a time when sueh sufferers are usually weak from the effects of the disease. In diBOussing the matter Dr. Wolsey said: "The thought suggested by these recent cases of mine is the an tagonism of one disease for another, like erysipelas to cancer, which, is an entirely new idea as applied to diph theria. Whether or not it will prove of any proatical value i a question, upon which I feel rather doubtful, but it is nevertheless of great interest scien tifically and throws new light on suoh subjects. It may incidentally be a point of vantage for experiments in other directions." the Tariff Blll'i Channel la tha Senate Are"(iood Washington, Feb. a. It is now ab solutely certain that a majority oan now be counted on in the senate to pass a tariff hill. It is not certain just where the votes are coming from, but the Republicans say that votes will be secured. It is certain that some of the Democrats may vote for a tariff bill, or, at Wast, refrain from voting when the bill comes up. There seems also a probability that the silver faction will either vote for the bill or allow it to pss without their opposition. Senator McBride has reported favor ably from the committee on publio lands, Senator Mitchell's bill, extend ing the time for payment by settlers on forfeited lands. It is expected that the bill can pass both houses at this session. It will be signed because the interior department haarecommeded it, and has suspended entries on the lands pending the passage. The committee on Indian affairs has reported favorably Representative Her mann's bill to provide for a final set tlement with tho Nehalem band of Tillamook Indians. It appropriates $10,600 as a settlement in full. Senator MoBride's bill for the classi fication of mineral lands in Oregon is now in the house awaiting action by that body. It passed the senate with out any difficulty. There has been some little hitch to see if the omnibus bill for California and Oregon can pass, but as this seems very doubtful, an effort will now be made to pass the Oregou bill as a separate measure, Much depends upon the willingness of the speaker to allow tha bill to be called un in the house. As usual, the speaker is the arbiter of legislation, and very little can go through whioh he does not approve. The bill of Senator McBride appro priating $30,000 for a quarantine sta tion at Astoria went through the sen ate one afternoon without creating even a ripple. There were very few persons present, and no one cared to object to the measure. The next ques tion which arises is whether it can re ceive consideration in the house. This is scarcely probable. Not that there is any prejudice against Astoria in the matter, but tho house is spending just as littlo money as possible these days. The house has passed two of Mr- Herrmann's pension bills, both for sur vivors of the Oregon Indian wars of 1855-56. The beneficiaries are Dan Giles, of Coos county, and James U McKinney, of Douglass county. A CRU'SER DISABLED. FOUGHT WITH BOMBS Cuban Insurgents Dynamit ing Railroad Trains. A BEER MONOPOLY. FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED Deadly Work la Pluar del Bio and Santa Clara III vera Uroseos Into Havana Province. Havana, Feb. 2. Despite rumors lately circulated to tho effect that the insurgents were completely demoral ized, and that the Cubans had broken into scattered bands of fifty or so in the province of Pinar del Rio, nows lias been recoived that the insurgents have blown a passenger train up, causing much damage and considerable loss of life. Although the censor prohibited the publication of the news in Ha vana, it soon leaked out, creating a Bon nation, and the liveliest discussion in places where groups gathered. At 8 o'clock on the morning of January 20 a military train, with engine No. 17, carrying Captain Duphi and a force of engineers, left Artomlsn, and while passing a culvert, at a place called Ocemura, between Candehiria and Mangas stations, a dynamite bomb ex ploded, destroying the engine and the armored tender, as well as the culvert, also wrecking several cars. Engineer Oenaro Roderigucz, an American; Cir aco Carreras, the fireman, and three soldiers were killed. Military Dr. Gunzalos, Aedo, the conductor, the brakeman and twelve private soldiers were wounded. Oaptain Dupla and the sergeant escaped injury. The bod ies of the engineer and fireman were sent to Havana for burial. A repair train has liecn sent from Candelaria to repair injuries to the line. All the wounded wore sent to Candelaria. Raefacl Roderigucz, 60 years of ago, of Oonoro, was at the station awaiting the arrival of tho body of Genaio Rod eriguez. The family of the fireman was also in attendance another Eagllah Syndicate Baring Up Brewerlee. Cincinnati, Feb. 2. The Enquirer lays: Three representatives of agigaii. tic London syndicate are in this city for the purpose of gobbling up all the biggest breweries here, and success has so fur orownod their efforts. They have purchased an option on sixteen, and the deal has progressed so far that the dealers have begun taking stock and summing up all the saloon chattel mortgages they hold, for the purpose of knowing just how thoy stand. The deal will be closed the coining week. Tho amount to he paid for the lot ag gregates $9,000,000. One-hutf will be 1 hi Id in caHh, and the other half in pre ferred stock, with guaranteed interest, so that the present owners will have some voico in the future administra tion of affairs. The syndicate intends consolidating, under the laws of tho state, and making them all one grand corporation. The older breweries were the more eager to make the sale, ow ing to the condition trade has beea in genorally for some time. The deal has been under way with local brokers several mouths. One of these brokers was in London during the summer. It is stated that the syn dicate also has options on the Fay-Bgan woodworking machinery plant of this city, the Hoven, Owen & Rentsohlrr engine works at Hamilton, and other faotorics. ' ' CORN AND CHEMICALS. THE DEFEAT OF DUBOIS. tha Serloae 4 re RevlvalliU Ineahe, Berkley, Cal., Feb. 8. Dr. David Starr Jordan has declared that revivals are a species of insanity or moral drunkenness rather than the result of n change of heart. This startling state ment was made by the president of Stanford university in a lecture doliv' ered at Berkley yesterday, under the auspices of the Unitarian society. His audienoe, which filled Stile'a hall, was composed largely of members of the university faculty and students, but even these exponents of advanced thought were rather startled by the em phatic views expressed by the head of the Palo Alto institution, and a decid ed furore was predicted when the re port of his utterances reaches the ortho dox ministry. Advleed Against Emigrating. London, Feb. 2. The emigration office, acting on information furnished by J. A. Van Sittart, British consul at Chicago, has issued a warning advising Englishmen against emigrating to South Dakota, under conditions involv ing payments to colonizing agents or companies. Voluntary. Liquidation, Oakesdale, Wash., Feb. 8. The First National bank posted the follow ing notice on its doors this morning: ' At the annual meeting of the stock A coldest to tha Brooklyn In tha Delaware River. Philadelphia, Feb. 2. The United States steamship Brooklyn, the latest pride of a peerless navy, calculated to withstand the fiercest onslaughts of shot and shell, today lies almost en tirely helpless because of a narrow ledee of sunken rock in the Delaware river, above Marcus hook, i'a., on which she struck heavily yesterday afternoon. . Her lower double com partments forward were stove in, and it was only by the merest good fortune that the big vessel did not sink. This would undoubtedly have been the re sult had not her inner compartments fully withstood the Bhock. As it was, the was pulled clear of the rocks and is now tied to the big stone icebreakers at Marcus hook, protected from the heavy ice gorges in midriver. The vessel is seriously damaged, and it is impossible to say when she will be able to go into service. At present, she is in no danger of further damage, being protected in the safe anchorage afforded by the Icebreakers. How the aocldent occurred can only be estab lished by a court of inquiry, and this, Captain Cook, of tho Brooklyn, has already asked for. The exact place where the vessel truck was on Schooner ledge rock, between Chester and Marcus hook, and the time about 1:45 o'clock. What makes the accident even more deplorable is the fact that it was the first time the ship had been handled by the present officers and crew since go ing into 'commission in December. Since then she had been lying at League island navy yard, and certain small repairs had delayed her sailing. Burned to a tlrlep. New York, Feb. 2. John Connors, 80 years old, met a shocking death on the steamship Eastern Prince, lying at the East Central Pier at Atlantic dock, Brooklyn. Connors was sent with others to make repairs to the interior of one of the' boilers. Before begin ning operations tne men lowerea into the boiler a charcoal furnace with whioh the iron work was to be. heated. Connors climbed through the manhole, and when at 12 o'clock one of the workmen called to Connors and re cieved no answer a workman was low- ered into the boiler and Connors was fnnnrl Hfort. The noner rmrt of the man's body was burned to a crisp. He had evidently been overcome by the fumes and had fallen on the furnace. It is estimated that the total wealth of our forty-five States is $64,082,109,-960. crowds garnered ana escoriou me dou ies to the final resting place. Other reports from the province of Piiiar del Rio announce that Mariol Roderiguez and 1,500 men succeeded in crossing the trocha and joining tha in surgents in tho province of Pinar del Rio. Genoral Ruis Rivera, it is as serted, also succeeded in passing the trocha, entering Havana province, and it is claimed ho is in charge of insur gent forces in this province. Since the death of Aguirre the insurgents in Ha vana province have been provisionally commanded by Rafuol do Curdinas. It is now expected that an aggressive campaign will bo carried on in the province of Havana by General Rivera. Two nights ago a large fire was ob served to the east of Havana. So bright was the blaze that it attracted general attention. Being lute at night, the horizon seemed one continuous line of fire. Nothing was published about the matter tho next day, but in vestigation disclosed the faot that Ar- anguere had made another daring raid in the vicinity of Havana, burning and looting the town of Barrera, near Quunubacon, Another Train Dynamited, Cincinnati, Feb. 2. The Commer cial Tribune's special from Key West says: On Friday ono of Weyler's sup ply trains was dynamited on the rail road near Cieze, north of Cionfuegos. Two bombs were exploded under the engine and four under the train, being fired by electricity as the train "was crossing a trestle. Tho engine was blown apart, and all the cars were splintered. Thoy rolled over the tres tle into the ditch, the fall completing what the dynamite had left undone. Out of the guard of 100 soldiers on it, forty-five were instantly killed or ter ribly injured. The others bodily surrendered, as a force of 200 Cubans appeared. The train was looted, the insurgents securing a small fieldpiece" that General Weyler had just ordored from Havana. Aftor securing all the provisions and ammunition, the cars were burned. The prisoners were re leased, and the Cuban captain sent Weyler a box of sweetbread with a po lite note. The captain of this Cuban band was an American named Burke, from Indiana. The famished condition of the people in Pinar del Rio, Artemiea and San Cristobal is well known. Hundreds of people have flocked to these cities in obedience to the cruol orders of Colo nels Hernandez, San Martin and Ynclan. Rat Down on Weyler. New York, Feb. 2. A special to the World from Washington says: Ameri can sugar planters in Cuba at last have taken a decided stand." On their de mand, Secretary Olney has cabled to the Madrid government that the grind ing of sugar cane on American planta tions in Cuba must be permitted to proceed immediately, or claims against Spain for heavy damages will be filed at the state department. A reply oame from Madrid that Captain-General Weylof had been instructed to counter mand his order prohibiting sugar-grinding, and that the work might begin forthwith. On the strength of this an agent of the sugar planters left re cently for Cuba to see General Weyler, and to start the grinding. Bald to Have Supplanted Barley and Malt In Beer-Making. St. Louis, Feb. 2. A dispatch from Milwaukee says: The tremendous drop in the barley malt product has stirred up the maltstors, and they evince a disposition to make some interesting I ! - v. v. 1 uA. : ill man utuwuiiun a uniioi ut wvi iw being made with the use of but a half bushel of barley malt, while the Ger man standard for pure beer is three I bushels. The claim is as freely made j that corn and chemicals have practical ly stimilanted barley in the production immense 0f the beverage of the world, Henry Heltfold Elected Senator by Idaho Legislature. Boise, Idaho., Feb. 1. Henry Heit feld, Populist, was today elected Unit ed States senator to suoceed Dubois. The vote stood: Heitfeld, 89; Dubois, 80; T. F. Nelson, 1. Fourteen Democrats joined the Popu lists for Heitfeld, and he also received ti e vi te of the single Republican mem ber. Four Democrats went to Dubois. In the campaign, the Democrats and ro,)iilists entered into fusion under v hich the Populists were to have the congressman and sonator. Tho Demo crats refused to indorse any man named by the Populist caucus for senator. Julge W. H. Claggett was overwhelm ingly the choice of the Populists, but the Democrats would not vote for him In sufficient numbers to elect. Henry Heitfeld is a man of limited education. He was born in St. Louis in January, 1859. His father, Henry Heitfeld, was a Gorman by birth. The future senator of Idaho attended the Common schools of St. Louis until 1870, j when, with his mother, he moved to j Seneca, Kan. He lived there until j 1882, being employed at farm work and : learning the trade of stone mason. In 1882 Mr. Heifteld moved to the North 1 west, locating at Pomoroy, Wash. For a time he worked in the shops of the ', Northern Pacific at Sprague, Wash., re maining there until the fall of 1883, I when he became a resident of Nez Perce county, Idaho. Since that time j he has been engaged as a farmer, fruit ! grower and cattleman. In politics Mr. Heitfeld was a Democrat until he joined the Populist party. He is a number of the Farmers' Alliance, and it was through his connection with that or ganization that he was influenced to ally himself with the Populist party. He was elected to the state senate as a Populist in 1894 and again in 1896. DOORS WERE CLOSED. TURNER WAS ELECTED Chosen to Succeed Squire in United States Senate. ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH BALLOT Ha Received glzty-Klght of Eighty, even Fuslonlets' Votee Nineteen Kefmed to Tote for Him. Olympia, Wash., Feb. 1. Judge George Turner, of Spokane, was at noon Friday elected by the legislature to succeed Watson C. Squire in the United States senate. He was chosen on the twenty-fifth joint ballot of the session, and on the first ballot of the day, as a direct result of the caucus of fusionists which made him its nominee last night, and one of the most inter esting and stubbornly contested of the senatorial battles of this state is brought to an end. The election was of an exceedingly formal nature, although those who re fused to abide by the caucus nomina tion continued their opposition to the last moment, in the hope of causing de lay and of the possibility of the defeat of the choice of the majority. Turner reeived 68 of the 87 votes of fusionists, or 11 more than a majority of the entire legislature. Nineteen fusionists refused to vote for him, all of whom were PopuliBts, except Wil liams, silver Repubhoan. Fourteen When the attention of Mr. Aug. A. Busch, vioe-presidont of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association, was called to the above article, he expressed no 1 surprise in seeing the dispatch from Milwaukee, calling attention to the tremendous drop in the barley malt product, but wondered why more had not been said in public print with ref erence to tho matter. Continuing he said: "We do not now, nor have we ever, used corn in the production of any of our beers, and we have always contended that first-class beer cannot be mado by using corn as a substitue for bailey malt." THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE. Was a Kaniae Aotor Hearue Lectured la City Church. Kansas City, Feb. 2. Before the richest congregation in this part of the country this evening, James A. Hcarne, actor and playwright, deliv ered a lceture on "The Theater as It Is." The lecture was one of a series of popular discussion which have been running at the First Congregational church, of which Dr. Henry Hopkins, LL. D., a relative of the founder of the Johns Hopkins university, is pastor, j The greatest interest had been aroused by the announcement of the lecture, and the audionnoe that greeted Mr. Hearne was probably the largest in number that ever gathered at a church edifice in this city. Mr. Hearne, with his "Shoreacres" company, is making a tour of the West, In the course of his address he said: "Tho province of the theater as an institution is to do good, but greed on one side and vicious tasteB on the other have somewhat corrupted the theater. The theater is a factor of society just us much as is tho church, and, in spite of all the stigma that is attached to it,' nnd all the vice and pernicious power It is charged with, it is still an educa tor, and its influence is for good, and not for evil. The church and the the ater should work together. I claim they have stood too long apart; that for the good of the raoe they should join hands at once and aid each other to free mankind." Tha Open (anion o tha Senate Tory Brief. Washington, Jan. 80. The open ses sion of the senate was comparatively brief today, as more than half the day was spent behind closed doors. During the open session, the bill for an inter national monetary conference was de bated, Chandler speaking in favor of it, and Stewart against. Chandler's speech was carefully prepared, and was in the nature of a statement of the attitude of thejRepublican side of the ohamber'on the bill. Stewart, although criticising the commission aB futile, stated that he would not oppose the measure. It is expected a vote will be reached Mon day although Pettigrew anounced a speech which may lead to further delay. The Nicaragua canal and the bank' ruptcy bills were before the senate for a brief time, but no progress was made on either. Early in the day, a lively debate occurred over Allen's resolution questioning the president's right to fore close against the Pacific railroads. Th resolution went over for a speech by Thurston Monday. Washington, Jan. 80. The house passed the Indan appropriation bill to day, and steered upon consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill, but all interest in these measures was overshadowed by two very remarkable speeches one by Grosvenor, attacking ex-Governor Alt geld, of Illinois, and the other by DeArmond, heaping ridicule upon Secretary Morton, for the recent Issue of a pamphlet, entitled, "The Farmers' Interest in Finance." if on. Qtorgt Turner. voted for G. H. Westcott, ex-mayor of Blaine. Williams voted for Squire, and Reinhart for A. R. Kreitz. The 25 Republican votes were cast as usual for Arthur A. Denny, of Seattle, the result being: Turner 68 I Squire 1 Denny .as Krelta V Westcott -It I Absent 8 Judge Turner received the votes of all the Democrats and all of the silver Republicans, except one, and 40 of the 68 Populists, as follows: Populists, 40; 1 Democrats, 16; silver Repub licans, 12. PRIZEFIGHT BILL SIGNED. LANGLEY'S AIRSHIP. holders of this bank, held January 12, 1897, it was unanimously voted to go eases reported by the officers, it is safe;, into voluntary liquidation. All of the to say that but few persons suffer from 1 depositors are horeby requested to call cold or hunger, . Within forty-eight , and get their mosy. hours not less than 1,200 families were supplied through the police with lood This is the oldest bank in town. Al though it hag had its share of business, snd fuel. Many cases were found of its profits have been smalL Comment on Bradley- Martin Ball. London, Feb. 2. All Sunday papers contain reference to the great ball to be given in New York city by Mr, and Mrs. Bradley Martin. The Referee devotes two columns to the subject, and considers a social function of this character as unwise in view of the fact that it furnishes a text for socialist ag itators. - There is a projeot on foot for sup plying Lyons, France, with electrloity br damming the Rhone at Jpnage. The Sultan's Orders. Jfew York, Feb. 2. A Herald dis patch from Vienna says the Turkish ambassador has notified the Austrian government of the sultan's adhesion to the international plague conference at Venice, also of the Bultan's peremp tory forbiddance of the pilgrimage to Mecca because of the prevalence of the pest. The sultan's notification has made an excellent impression. Chicago has an electric elevated ros. Made Two SuceeM'ul Flights of Over flair Mile. Washington, Feb. 1. The report of Professor Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, just submit ted to the board of regents, contains the following about his flying machine: "The writer lias, during the inter vals of his official duties, continued to experiment in this manner until he has reached a measure of success which seems to juBtify him in making the statement here that mechanical fights have now been attained. " On May 26 last a mechanism built chiefly of steel and driven by a steam engine made two flights of over half a mile. Since that time the result has been nearly doubled. In each case thore was no support from gas. -The machine was 1,000 or more times heav ier than the air in whioh it was made to move. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell witnessed the first of these, and commu nicated the statement of results to the academy of France. ' Tried to Burn a Town. Petaluma, Cal., Feb. 2. Five sheds of A. L. Whitney & Co., containing $30,000 worth of hay burned this mrning. After the fire was all out, the woolen mills wore found ablaze. Yesterday the lumber yards and bridge were fired. Today Loldino iSenenem was arrested for arson, and confessed he had started all the fires, having de termined to burn dov-S the town. The earth is gradually growing oolder, Bun Down by a Train. South Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 80. Five men were killed this afternoon by a freight train near East Norwalk sta tion. It is supposed that while walk ing upon the traok they stepped from in front of the express train direotly in front of the freight. The dead are: James Powers, seotion foreman; John Griffin, John Shea, Spleen, and an un known man. All were instantly killed except Shea, who survived five min utes. The men were engaged under the direction of Foreman Powers in work upon the road bed, and stepped from one track to avoid the approach ing express, to another upon whioh the freight was bearing down. To Determine tha Alaaka Boundary. Washington, Feb. 1. One of the greatest obstacles to the ratification by the senate of the genoral arbitration treaty has been removed in the arrange ment by negotiation of a plan of settle ment of the Alaska boundary question. In a day or two a treaty on the subject will be laid before the senate for action. It provides for the appointment of a commission to viBit the country and fix definitely the 141st meridian, which, under the treaty of cession of Alaska to the United States, forms the boun dary between that territory and Brit ish Northwest territory. ' , March of tha Unemployed. St. Louis, Feb. 1. It is expected that Coxey's call for a parade of the unemployed on Washington's birthday will be answered by the 20,000 idle men in St. Louis and the Federation of Labor claims 15,000 in the unions affili ated with it. Out of the total of 20, 000 men belonging to the unions, it is estimated that 2,000 are unemployed. Besides these, it is estimated, there are over 15,000 unemployed olerks and un skilled laborers, not connected with any organization. Tha Regiment May Ba Lost. Paris, Feb. l.-Reporte are to the effect that a Swiss artillery regiment is now crossing the Coldesmosses, nearly 5,000 feet high, marching from Agile to Thun. The soldiers have not been heard of for five days. Inasmuch as ! heavy snowstorms have prevailed dur- ing the last three days, a disaster is . i leareu. Blnshing is a disease, in the opinion of an English medioal scientist. Governor of Nevada Would Not Oppose Wlnhet of tha People. Carson, Nev., Feb. 1. Assembly bill 8, Intended to permit Corbett and Fitz simmons to fight in this state, is now a law, the governor having signed it. When asekd if he ever had any thought of vetoing it, he replied: "I waited to see what the majority of the people seemed to want, intending to be entirely guided by their wishes. This policy I have pursued to the end, and because the people were in favor of the bill, I signed it. Of the merits in the argument made against the glove contest in the bill, I have nothing to say. A majority of our citizens seemed to wish it, and I have signed it. That is all there is to it." Wheolock is in San Francisco now, but before his departure, he refused to say anything concerning the location of the fight if it came to this state at all. That it will come to Nevada seems almost a snre thing, but Carson and Reno both claim to be the favored spots in which it will actually occur. Intuited by Spaniards. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 1. The three-masted schooner Jennie A. Stubbs, Captain Door, from Lemoine, Me., which put in here last night, after , an unusually rough voyage from Rum key, West Indies, reports maltreatment at the hands of Spanish officers at Porto Rico. The Stubbs left Philadelphia in December for Porto Rico, with a cargo of coal, and Captain Door carried a bundle of American newspapers for his consignee. At Porto Rico she was boarded by Spanish officers, who re lieved Captain Door of his newspapers, and subjected the officers and crew to the closest scrutiny. They were dogged throughout their stay on the island, and at every turn were watched and an noyed by Spanish offloers. Tha War Portfolio. ' Conton, O., Feb. 1. "I have been tendered and have aocepted the war portfolio." Thus spoke General Rus sell A. Alger, of Michigan, to a press ' reporter today. The general had just emerged from the south parlor, which is the conference room while Mrs. Mo Kinloy is out of the city. He and Ma jor McKinley had just completed the interview in which the formal tender and acceptance were passed. Without saying anything more the general re entered the parlor, where he remained until traintime. At 4:15 he returned to Cleveland to renew his conference with the national chairman, and will go thence to his home in Detroit. Ivory Salle for Home. Queenstown, Feb. 1. Edward J. Ivory, of New York, who was acquitted in London of the charge of conspiracy to oause dynamite explosions; John F. Molntyre, Ivory's counsel, and the three' American witnesses in the case, Patrick Wynne, Patrick Rourke, and Thomas Smythe, sailed for New York today on the Majestic. ' Fully one-third of the land in Great Britain is owned by members of the house of lords. actual starvation,