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II I HE lniILLSBR VOL. III. HILLS150KO, OKKUOX, THURSDAY, FEHHUAHY 11, 1897. NO. 47. ' EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic " New of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Aa Interesting Collection of lUmsFrom lb Two Ilamlapheree Presented In a Condensed form. The Homestead steel work started up this week In all dopartmcnta, giving employment to 4,000 uion. Mrs. Mary Scott, a pioneer of 1804, died at her home, in Walla Walla, at th ngo o( 70 yearn. Her h unhand, John Scott, died only three months ago. The president has algiiod, on the rec ommendation of the seoretury of the interior, an order, reducing the num ber of pension agencies in the United States' f roni eighteen to nine. It is said this will nave at leant f 160,000 per an num. Hon. J. P. Boyer died at his real deuce in Walla AValhi. Mr. Boyer was 7fi of the lient known men of that oity. In business, in church, in nodal lifo and in almoHt every matter of pub lic interest he was for many years one ot the most prominent men of the In land Empire. A Santa Fo train was hold up and robbed by two niUHked men near Nel son, A. T. One of tho robbers while uttemptlng to break into the express car was Bitot and killed by Messenger tiuiumori, Tho other escaped, taking with him about half a dozen registered h packages, the through mail pouches being unmolested. A grand hall, on a luxurious scale, in honor-of President and Mrs. Diaz, was given Saturday night at tho palatial residence of Publo Escanrton, of the opulent family of that namo, It was in point of importance, tasto and dis play, what tho Bradley-Martin ball will be in Now York. ' News has been received of the whole sale killing of pacitlcos at Juhaco, Ma tanzas province, last week, by one of Weyler's captains, named Marios. He f raided a small village, expecting to (lnd an insurgent hospital there. Being disappointed he arrested twenty of the men, and, putting them in Hue, ho or dered every odd numbered man shot, promising to spare the others. No sooner. had these been dispatched than lie had tho others put to the machete. Rev. Myron Reed, pastor of tho Den ver Broadway Temple Association, preached a sensational sermon lust Sunday, in which, lie discouraged the collection of grain and money for the starving people of India, while there is so much suffering and need in our own country;''' Rev. Rood declared that present conditions in India were 1 brought abjiut by British misgovcrn Vncrit and should thorofore bo relieved by tho British , people. .. Two drunkerctrampa, named Shep pard' and Irving," respectively, wore looked up togothor at Merced, Cal., and a few hours lator, when the cell was opened, Klieppard was found lying dead on tho floor, with a red mark upon his neck indicating that he -had. been strangled. Thirty-five cents in change, which Sheppard had when locked up, were found in Irving'B possession. The latter was charged with his.com paniou's murder. The Pennsylvania state oapitol has been destroyed by fire. The legislative halls are in ruina and a now struoture must riBe from thoushes of the building that has served us a meeting place of the state .legislature since 1822. The ' flames within the short spaoe of au hour,' ate up $1,500,000 worth of prop erty. The inefficiency of tho Harris burg volunteer fire department is gen erally Married. ' '" ' A 'Special cablegram from Frankfort- 1 on-tlie-Main to the New York Post says that the Berlin committee, of holders ot 'Orogon' Railway. &': Navigation Com pany 5 per cent bonds have received ft point bid of 45" from the Northern Pa cific and. Great .Northern railroad com panies for all the stock of the Railway oV-Navigation Company represented by tlieiti, the" purchase price to be payable July l;with 3 per cent interest.. The "bid it cdnditional 'Ori it acceptance by tleast 8;0OO,0'0O of Btpck'.; jilt is un derstood! thei -Union PacifiOwUt also . become Interested' later in'tlie purchase. , George Edward Butler, the most J noted criminal of late years, lias just ar .Jirived in San-' Francisco on the Swan hilda from Australia. He was imme diately arrested by Australian .detec tives and will be,: taken back to answer 'to .'his numerous crimes. He is known to have killed at least twelve men, and it is' ' said his crimes may reaoh forty. His cold-blooded method was to insert an',Mad"; in Australian papers for a prospecting partner.; W'.en he found a man that suited his purpose he would lure him to some desolate spot and there request him to dig. When the unsuspecting victim would' have dug deep enough in the earth, Butler would come behind him, and either shoot or stab him. . He would then rob him, bury the body in the newly made grave, destroy all traces of his crime and return to the city for a fresh vie tim. V His crimes show that he was ut terly devoid of any senso of humanity. A houso-.vas destroyed in China town, Portland, by fire, the loss being in the neighborhood of $18,000, with very light, insurance. " One half of the famous Naglee brandy of Sari Ffanoisco, has beon shipped east e route to Europe. This brandy be longed to the estate of General Naglee, who made part of " it in 1869, and was the property of his daughter, Mrs. Rob- bins, of San Jose. The shipment con sisted of seven carloads. It is probably the most valuable shipment of brandy ever pad from California. WORK OF CONGRESS. Proceeding of th tenet Id Open lMlon. Washington, Feb. 10. The senate was in executive session most of the day, considering the Anglo-Ainericun peace treaty, so Unit little time was given in open scsnlon to the transaction of regular loigslative work. t ' Early in the day, the bill rearrang ing the judicial districts of Texas was passed over the preNidont'i veto by the unusually heavy majority of 75 to 1, the negative vote being that of Cutlery of Louisiana. Speaking of the bill, Mills said tho burden of tho president's objection was that tho judge of the oonrt, the'clork and tho marshal opposed the change. For years the development of Texas had demanded the change, but every time it was attempted there was the opposi tion of court officials who desired their convenience consulted, rather than the convenience of the public. And so, in this oaso, said the senator, the presi dent had accepted the views of the court offlciuls rather than those of tho representatives of tho people. Tho effect of tho vote is to mako the bill a law without further referonoe to the president, as it has already passed over tho veto in the house. Pettigrow sought to have the bill rel ative to amending the timber culture laws recalled from the president to cor rect an error. Hill interposed the legul point that it was beyond the Kiwer of congress to tako a bill out of the hands of the president to amend it on matters of substance. It might overcome the veto power by withdrawing a bill from tho president when it was liable to be vetoed. The resolution went over. At 1 o'clock, on motion of Sherman, the senate went into executive session and so remained until adjourning at 6:25. In th Home. Washington, Feb. 10. The house devotod' the whole day to Dirtriet of Columbia business, and eight bills of more or less local importance wore passed. The certificates of election of the principal electors, forwarded to the house by the secretary of state, wore submitted and ordered to lie on the table, in anticipation of the counting of the electoral voto. The report on the immigration bill was presented, and notice given that it would he called up tomorrow. Barthold, who fought tho first report, has signod the present report, and it will be adopted, it is believed, practically with out opposition. . The speaker appointed Grosvenor and Richardson as tellers on the part of tho Iiouhc to count the elec toral vote. A resolution was adopted requesting the secretary of tho interior to inform the house what action had been taken to enforce the terms of tho treaty of 1868, with the.Nuvajo Indians, by which these Indians are required to re main within the limits of their reserva tion. At 6:10 P. M. tho house ad journed. ' EDISON'S NEW DISCOVERY. With th New Invention Snrgeons Cnn 8e Through th Body. New York, Feb. lO.-rThomas A. Edison is about to give to tho world another discovery as wonderful in its way as the fluroscoje, by means of whioh he puts the X rays to practical nse in revealing the bony struoture of the body. "It was," said he, "tho action of the X ray on crystals of platinocyanido of barium which oaused Roetgcn to make the original discovery. Imme diately afterwards I discovered that tungstate of calcium was more power ful, and I conBtruotcd a practical instru ment for utilizing the crystals in con nection with the X ray. Tungstate of calcium ia not sufficiently sensitive to transform the strange Jigbt discovered by Roentgen to a light, that would, so illuminate the. interior of the .human body aa to render its most delicale tis sues visible, in ottier words, to make it transparent.''' " r Mr. Edison set aoout (6 find a crystal whioh' would possess the quality. He has' discovered one. Its name he will jot yet neveal, say ing he is still experi menting with it, and desires .ttt. exhaust fls possibilities, before, announcing it to ttie world. '.,,, ....... , :..r. ,., fj- By,m,eana of newly discovered, cy-ys-ials" Edipon wtfl now disclose to "the eye 'of surgeons organs and tissues that hive hitherto been seen only, in' the dissect ing room. It is probable that when he perfects his new discovery the slightest derangement of the system will ' "tie rep. j Tealed to the doctor's sight, -" v ' Stoned bjr Mob. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. jW'hen ex priest Joseph Slattery concluded hia lecture at the Industrial Art hall last evening and appeared at the door to take hia carriage to his hotel., a mot) gathered. Two policemen got in the! carriage with Slattery and his wife and drove off. ' The crowd at the hall was held in check by the police, but parties of men and boys armed with stones and bricks were lying in wait in the alleys along Broad street. Aa the . carriage passed these points, volleys of atones greeted it. Policeman Clemens was cut over his right eye; Policeman Dorris was light ly cut" and; Slattery had a similar in jury. They reached the hotel safely, but the carriage was badly wrecked, .. Cumberland, Md., Feb. 10. An ex cursion train on the Cumberland & Pennsylvania railroad, a feedor of the Baltimore & Ohio, went down a trestle at Franklin mine, Md., at midnight. There were fifteen passengers on board. John Howard, fireman, jumped from the engine sb it was toppling over, and received injnirea from whioh he died. Engineer Ross was also, fatally injured. The accident was caused by the center props of the trestle being knocked down and carried away by an ice gorge. EXPENSE COT DOWN President Reduces the Num ber ot Pension Agencies. FROM EIGHTEEN TO SINE Th Changs, It I Certain. Cnn B Med Without Inconveniencing the Pensioners. Washington, Feb. 9. The president has signed, on the recommendation of the secretary of tho interior, an import ant order, reducing the number of pen sion agencies in the United States from eighteen to nine. The object of the or deris to effect a very large saving to the government without inconvenienc ing the pensioners. The secretary demonstrates that by this reduction of pension agencies, the cost of disburse ment of pensions can be reduced by at least $150,000 per annum. The change was made possible by an amendment to the law governing the disbursing of pensions, which amend ment was approved March 20, 1890. It required that all pensioners should, after that date, be paid by checks re mitted by mail. Reports from the pension agencies in reply to in'juiries as to the operation of the new law were to the effoct that under it pensioners re paid muoh more promptly; that the possibility of error is minimized, and that upon the whole, it is much more satisfactory to the pensioners than the former luw. The agents also advise that the pensioners receive their pen sions when remitted by mail at their homes, where, being surrounded by family influences, the pensioner is much more likely to make a business disposition of his pension money. Un der the previous law, many pensioners oolleoted their quarterly payments in person and under the influence of bad associations were often induced to ap ply these payments unwisely and de prive their families of the benefits thereof. This executive order will go into effect September 1, next, its action having been posponed to that date in order that no pensioner should suffer inconvenience in consequence of delay of receiving his pension, and to give ample time for the removal of the rolls and records from the agencies discon tinued. The consolidation was made by uniting existing agencies and the en tire jurisdiction thereof in order that no expense should be incurred by the making of new rolls. FIVE MEN WERE HURT. Th Southbound Oregon Kxprvss Knn Into Near Chleo. San Francisco, Fob. 9. A Chronicle special from Chico says: . What might have proved a very dis astrous wreck, but was fortunately un attended by loss Of life, occurred at Nord, about eight miles from Chleo, early this . morning. Tho northbound Oregon express, being fifteen minutes behind time, the southbound train was ordered to sidotrack at Nord and wait for the northbound to pass. As the train pulled up on the sidetrack, it was found that, as a box car had been left standing, it was necessary for the express to slacken speed and push the box car ahead. Just then the north bound train was seen approaohing down the track with no intention of stop ping. It was impossible for the en gineer on the northbound to seethe headlight of the southbound, as it was behind, the box 'car. Before all the cars of No. 16 could got on the side track, the other train struck them. The engine struck the smoker: first, plowing its way along to the next car, which was the tourist car, turning it completely over, but leaving the trucks on the track. In this car the passen gers were thrown from their seats to the lower side of the Car, which was lying in a deep pool of water alongside of the track. The passengers at first thought they had :been thrown from a trestle into some river. " In this car wore seven deserters from the regular army, handcuffed together and "guarded by six soldiers. Fortun ately, the lamps In the car immediately went out, and only a few coals of fire fell from the stove, and those were soon extinguished by the water that Came Yushjhig ;;in. . through the broken win dows. ,.. .. j , ;' The passengers in this car were soon released from their perilous position, 'and it"-"Was found that only" one was seriously injured, one of the deserters having an arm broken. The damage to the engine of the train was slight, a piece of scantling having pierced the front. Slot Machine! for Africa. Tacuma, Wash., Feb. 9. The ship Senator, now loading lumber and wheat here for South Africa, will carry to Delagoa bay three tons of nickel-in-the-alot machines, which arrived today from San Franoisoo. They will be dis tributed from Delagoa bay throughout South Africa. Caught In an Avalanche. Berne. Switzerland, Feb. 9. Five men in sleighs and seven horses have been ' ovewhelmed by an avalanche near the hospice of Fluela, on the road leading from Davostlah to Engadine. Redwood City, Cal., Feb. 9. T. A. Siddall, a resident of Millbrae, has been brought in irons to the county jail by Constable Booth. He is acoused of poisoning his wife, who was discovered in an unconscious condition by neigh bors. The atteding physician saya her condition is due to an overdose of mor phine. Siddall acknowledges admin istering the drug, but says it was at the request, of the physcians. The woman is not expected to live, and may pass away at any moment. THE ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS. , Senntor Thunton Reeumed Hie Speech ' on the Pacific Ballroad. i Washington, Fob. 9. Thurston, of Nebraska resumed hia speech upon the Pacific railroad debt. In the course ot I Thurston's remarks, Morgan of Ala- bama asked whether the roads were not paying expenses, to which the Ne braska senator replied he could not say, not having data before him. Thurston said it was "nip and tuck" whether the court should authorize pay ment of interest on the first mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific. He said the Union Pacific never earned enough to pay all its interest obligations. Following Thurston's speech, the sen ate, by unanimous consent, went to the calendar and passed the following bills: For tho relief of the Mobile Marine Dock Company, for the establishment of a soldiers' home at Hot Springs, Ark.; to place Rear-Admiral McCann on tlie retired list; amending the law in regard to collisions at sea; a resolu tion of inquiry relating to the capture of the Competitor by a Spanish war ship; for a public building at Joplin, Mo., and for the relief of James Tal free and Pay Clerk Bluke, of the navy, on account of a fire at Yokohama. When the joint resolution acknowl edging the independence of Cuba was reached on the calendar, Morgan insist ed that it should be taken up, notwith standing objections. He subsequently withdrew the request, several senators protesting. Morgan gave notice, how ever, that when the senate should next come in contaot with tho resolution, he would insist upon its consideration. The vice-president announced the ap pointment of Lodge of Massachusetts and Blackburn of Kentucky as a com mittee to make arrangements for the counting of the electoral vote. The Competitor Papere. Washington, Feb. 9. The resolution passed by the senate today relative to the capure of the Competitor by a Spanish warship was introduced by Senator Morgan June 8, 1896, and calls upon the president for information re garding the capture. Since that time the president has transmitted to con press part of the correspondence rela tive to the Competitor and the prison ers. . " t'onaular and Diplomatic Bill. Washington, Feb. 9. The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill was ' reported to the senate by the committee : on appropriations today. The commit ! tee restored the American consulates at Horgen, Switzerland, and Alexandrct ta, Asiutio Turkey. " Itfclso extended the franking privilege to the bureau of American republics. Decided Agalnet Waton. Washington, Feb. 9. It became known today that the house committee pn elections, which had charge of the electien contest brought by Thomas F. Watson, of Georgia, recently Populistio candidate for vice-president, against Representative Black, decided yester day to confirm Black's title to the seat. The verdict, it is understood, is unani mous. A Pension for George Hughes. Washington, Feb. 9. Representative Ellis says the George Hughes pension bill has passed the senate and has been reported from the house committee at $50 per month. He expects to have it reached and passed in time to be signed by the president before congress ad journs. .., LAST PUBLIC RECEPTION. Mrs. Cleveland's Farewell Drew a Large Crowd to the White Bouse. Washington, Feb. .-Mrs. Cleve land's farewell public reception this afternoon drew a large crowd, despite a drizzling rain. The White House was artistically decorated with red and white roses'and smilax, and gronps of big palms and garlands of vines beauti fied the parlors. Throughout the re ception, hich was from 8 to 5 o'clock, the Marine band furnished the music. Mrs. Cleveland was gowned in violet and white striped moire . silk, the bodice of deep cream lace. She wore a bunch of violets, ,but no jewels. . Mrs, Stevenson, wife of the vice-prisidont, and the ladies of the cabinet,' were the assistants of the mistress of the White House, while sixty-five ladies assisted in the Blue parlor. Mrs. Stevenson, standing next to Mrs. Cleveland, was richly dressed in black corded silk. . Drowned Herself and Children. Salt , Lake, Feb. 9. A . Tribune special from Butte says: At Big Tim ber, in the eastern part of the state, Mrs. John Cort drowned herself and three children in the Yellowstone river this afternoon. The bodies have not been recovered. "Black Jack" Captured. Silver City, N. M., Feb. 9. United States Marshal Hall received a tele gram this morning informing him of the capture at El Paso, Tex., by the po lice, of John McDonald, alias "Blaok Jack," the notorious leader of the gang of border bandits, who have been com mitting robberies in Southwestern New Mexico and Southern Arizona during the past year. Two members of the gang were recently killed in fights with marshals, and it is believed Mc Donald was seeking new companions on the Texas border. Hamburg Strike a Failure. Hamburg, Feb. 9. At a meeting of the striking dock laborers today, it was voted to resume work today after the leaders had declared the battle lost and funds exhausted. Fishermen Fixed the Price of Fish. Astoria, Or., Feb. 9. At the meet ing of the fishermen's union tonight, a majority of 200 present voted to make the price of fish this season i)4 cents I par no"i- PROTECTIVE TARIFF i Four Schedules ot the Bill Have Been Completed. THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISION Practically B-Enaetmnt of th MoKinley Law Chemical, Win and Pottery and Olas Schedules. Washington, Feb. 8. The daily aea siona of the Republicans of the ways and means committee, which have been in progress for somo weeks, have brought the tariff bill, which is to be laid before the next congress, to a stage where the character of the measure can be somewhat gauged and where several of the most important schedules are definitely fixed. In their conferences up to this week, the tariff-makers have dealt largely with the general charac teristics of the schedules which they have had under consideration, and de voted themselves to sifting the great masses of figures, letters and partitions presented to them." Four schedules have been fairly oompleted the chem ical, agricultural, wines and spirits and the earthen and glassware schedules. Today's meeting was the most im portant of the series, for it resulted in the framing of the agricultural schedule, which was made a re-enactment of the McKinley law, with few changes ex cept on unimportant products. The most imporant step in connection with this schedule was the establishment of rates of $5 a head on cattle more than 1 year old, and of 25 per cent ad val orem on 'cattle valued at more than $20 a head. The McKinley rates on other live stock, including the rate of $2 on cat tle of 1 year old or leBs, are restored. The Wilson rates were 20 per cent ad valorem on livestock, and, while the new duty of $5 on cattle does not reach the McKinley figure of $10 on cattle more than 1 year old, it is said that with the ad valorem on the more valu- able grade8r it will prove adequate to j shut out Mexican cattle. It is against ; the Mexican stock that the increase is ; particularly desired, on the representa-j tions of Western cattlemen that, their.; business has been ruined by the jmporV j tationa from Mexico under the Wilsop law, which amounted to more than, i stand ready to put in a factory of sum 200,000 head. - v j cient capacity to use all the beets pro- Much interest centered upon barley, which the eommitteeputs.back to the McKinley duty of 80 cents a bushel, he cause the farmers contended that the Wilson tariff had turned over the mar ket into the hands of the Canadians, while the maltsters, who have been using Canadian barley, have made a bard fight against any increase. The McKinley rates have been re stored on fruits and berries, mainly for the benefit of the fruitgrowers of the Pacific coast. The fruit exchange of the country had prepared a schedule of rates below the McKinley bill and above the Wilson .rates, although they ! after endeavoring to exercise a like su did not succeed in having their schedule j pervision over both foreign and coast adopted, j wise markets. . It is understood that Among the products in the agrioul- j the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Coni tural sohedule which are returned to S pany, of this oity, and the Bellingham the McKinley rates are breadstuff's and I Bay Improvement Company, of New rice, dairy products, potatoes and j Whatcom, will not join. staroh, castor beans and flaxseed, meats and meat products, and poultry, vege- tables and salt. The demand of the farmers for the McKinley rate of $4 a ton on hay in stead of the Wilson " rate of $2, was granted. Chioory is placed at 1 cent a of the growers in the central states, who believe they can capture the home . market with protection. RUM IN THE CAPITOL. Th. Prohibitionists Stirred Up th Ir of Seuator Bin. Washington, Feb. 6. The session pf the senate today was one of unusual ac tivity, with sharp colloquies and vigor-; ous speeches, whioh drew large crowds in the galleries, The ball was .sej -rolling early in the day when Morrill "en-1 deavored to pass the bill prohibiting the use of intoxicating ' drinks in the capitol building. ... This aroused the.pp position of Hill, who denounced the busybodies and mischief-makers' 1 in spiring .this , olais of legislation.' -The senator spoke. for fullest enjoyment of individual" liberty consistent "with the common good. The speeeh was not j enly notable .for the vigor which Hill j threw into it, but also for its effect in j prolonging the debate until 2 o'olock, when the bill was displaced by thei, Nioaragua bill. The., immigration bill; W - wvy, --0-vl. Head-Knd in nhnvna at tha tnononra arlniiTinCT: nroa lAmmitraii tik Ann tornn ra liAiioro. -t . aoH ,.t areola for a modification of the bill. Before this was done, however, a warm per - sonal and political colloquy occurred between Lodge and Chandler, on one hand and Gorman on the other. Vilas added another day to his speech against v,o xm,.,o.,. ,n.i wii .H W nt concluded when the senate adjourned. A Shipyard Burned. Glasgow, Feb. 8. The shipyard of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company, Dover, near here, has been almost com- pletely destroyed by fire. The damage t ia estimated at $250,000. Four thou sand persons are thrown out of em ployment. Porter Accepts It. Washington, Feb. 8. The Conneoti out delegation this morning received a telegram from J. Addison Porter, dated Canton, formally advising them that he had been offered the position pf pri vate secretary by MaK"-"" Jtid had accepted. J? the Official Plr arns. Bombay, Feb. 1 rding to nfflnial mtnrna. thh n'ave been, t no to r date, 5,000 cases of plague, and 8,841 Hantha. - A COWBOr OUTRAGE. A Gang of Ruffian Insult and Maltreat an Opera Company. Spokane, Feb. 9. Russell Harding, superintendent of the Great Northern ' railway, haa received the following ; telegraphio report from hia agent at j Shelby Junction, Mont., of the out rages perpetrated by a gang of drunken cowboys, in which members of the Co lumbia opera company suffered severe indignities: "The cowboys began their disturb ances by firing shots around the Great Northern and Canada train as it came into the station with the opera folks. While the theatrical people were sitting in the waiting room, one of the cow boys came in and began to use profane and insulting language. During the altercation I had in getting him out, I struck him with my fist. I then locked the door to keep him out. He went away, and immediatley returned with several of lift chums, armed with six shooters. He was shouting that he would shoot the agent. He kicked the door open, and scared every one out of the depot by flourishing his revolver. The agent retreated to the warehouse, where he remained a few minutes. The ringleader of the cowboys went out, and followed the theatrical people to the hotel. He assaulted one by striking him on the head with his gun, and struck two or three others with his fist. I am advised that he threatened to run the station agent out of Shelby. A warrant is now in the hands of the sheriff, who will probably make arrests tomorrow. I. M. Kingsbury." For three hours the drunken hood lums kept up their terrorism, insulting women, attacking men, firing revolvers and otherwise acting like demons. Sugar Beet Cnltnre. Medford, Or., Feb. 9. A mass meet ing was held at the opera-house yester day afternoon, for the purpose of mak ing arrangements for testing sugar-beet raising in this valley. A large num ber of farmera were present, and about eventy-five have consented to put out a quarter of an acre each for the pur pose of ascertaining the amount of beets the soil in this vicinity willtro- duce, and also the amount of sugar the beets contain. Merchants of this city have subscribed a sufficient amount to procure the necessary seed for making the test, so that the farmers will only be out the use of the land. If the test Js favorable, parties in San Francisco duced in this valley New Lumber Combine. Tacoma, Feb. 9. It iu announced here today that the cargo mills of the Northwest, including Washington and British Columbia, are likely to be brought under the control of a new lumber combine which is being formed ,for the purpose of controlling and ex tending the foreign lumber trade and the maintenance of uniform price lists and grades. 'Ihis organization wui De i the successor of the Central Lumber ; Company, whioh reoently went to pieces Young Man and Womau Killed. Caliente, Cal., Feb. 9. A horrible accident occurred here today, in which John Hardesty, a. young man, 32 years of agei'Veho recently came7 from New port, NV.C, and Miss Gora Akers, of Fresno, were insta'nlty killed, being run j ver 'by a light imglm Whije crossing a Hardesty'"- arid-Miss Akers ! with two others were; leisurely crossing the bridge when the engine, -came around i' cirve tad rushed 'npidh them. Missv Akers was throvfn under the :.f hl8. her body .being cut in two. j.Hardesty,. in endeavoring to save the life of his compahion, was also thrown under the engine, both his legs being out off - above the knees. The others 'succeeded, in crossing the trestle safely. v. Dashed Into a Funeral. ' "Alameda, Cal., Feb ter 4 o'clock this aftl eiuure local train das abrupt curve near Bu'enTVTila'avenue into a iunerui prooessioii, wiucu was crossing ' the track. The engine just missed the hearse and struck the hack immediatley . behind it, in which were five of the mourners. The vehiole was completely wrecked; but its oooupants fortunately, escaped with a few nasty cuts and bruises. Herbert Crowe, tho driver of the hack, was thrown between the horses and was seriously kicked by one of .them. . id Collision j ,., Feb. 9. A.headrt I MonTgomery, ai., icu. end collision between freight trains; ; m( on ,lne it , ANoahviHe, nearMyers' switch twenty ' mllf? from , caused by tte carelessness of the telegraph operr. J ,th . train. - Sink Kirkland, enigneer, aged ; 28, of Montgomery, and Brakeman iWeller. of Middleboro, Ky., .were ; killed, and the fireman is said to be j fatally hurt. After the accident-, tie operator took to the woods and has not been seen since. . . , Occasional instances, havfiheen found of perfectly; pure, native ironn njfttge-r- London, Feb. 9. A dispatch from Tashkend, Asiatic Russia, says. that. the. governor of the trans-Caspian terri tories reports an outbreak of the plague at Kandehar, Afghanistan, A large body of Russian troops has accordingly been ordered to form a cordon around ' the Amoo-Daris, or Turkestan region. ' A dispatoh' to the Mail from Bombay says that the plague is getting beyond alloontroi. Saturday in aeains were . , ... i .t. reported. , "tower of Civen me vultures ui uiu silonce" are dying.- " LIMITED HOME. ROLE Proposed Cuban Reforms Re ceiyes Royal Sanction. THE QUEEN REGENT SIGNS IT The Reform Consist In th Creation of An Assembly to Be Called th Council of Administration. Madrid, Feb. 8. The queen regent signed a plan for reforms in Cuba. The scheme includes numerous and elab orate decrees and will occupy several pages of the official gazette. The reforms consist chiefly in the creation of an assembly to be called the council of administration, com posed of thirty-five members, of whom twenty-one are to be elected by the peo ple and six by different corporations. The remainder will' be one magistrate, one university professor, one archbishop and five former senators or deputies. The council of administration is em powered, firstly, to prepare a budget; secondly, to examine into the fitness of officials appointed; third, they make may a tariff, subject to the condition that Spanish imports will have the ad vantage over the general tariff. The governor-general will represent the home government, and have the right to nominate officials who shall be Cubans, or Spanish who have resided two years in Cuba. Nevertheless he may freely nominate high function aries, such as magistrates, prefects, etc. Other decrees concern the organiza tion of provisionafrmunicipalities whioh are to be liberally representative. The municipal councils in general will be empowered to elect their president and have exclusive' control of the publio education. According to another decree the gor ernment reserves to itself extraordi nary powers in the event of any dis turbance of the public order,' and Cuba will continue to elect senators and dep uties to the cortes aa at present Altogether the reforms are much broader in the direction of decentralisa tion than those granted to Porto Rioo. The powers of the governor-general are much extended, while the council ot administration is fairly representative of all parties and interests. The Span ish government will continue to vote the budgets and treaties for the colonies.- Spanish products, according te the reform scheme, will be allowed a rebate of 40 per cent of the Cuban tariff compared with other imports. ON AN EXPLORING TOUR. Expedition to Leave or California. the Gulf of San Francisco, Feb. &-The schooner H. C. Walburg, wbioh, during the re cent Hawaiian revolution, sailed out ol this port for the Hawaiian islands' with a cargo of arms and ammunition for the rebels, has been sold recently and is fitting out for a more peaceful, cruise. When the Smithsonian Institution decided to send an exped$tionVtb' explore the .Gulf of California and ' its shores, arrangements were commenced to pur chase the vessel for the use' of the ex plorers. The schooner -is now fitting out for this oruise.;. Professor An thony, of San Diego, will be in charge, and with him will be Professor Mo Gregor, of Stanford university, a bot anist, and Henry B. Heading, an ornithologist. " " The expedition will be in the gulf about six months, and in that time, the explorers intend to visit Tihur'ri island, that has frequently been reported to be inhabited by cannibals,;,:"? jftsctO WILL t NOT. REACH , .-. YOTE . Arbitration Treaty to Go ;Ov'! UrNeirt Session of Congress, ftiv lv. Chicaeo. Feb. 8. A - TimesHeraild smnni n 1 fvnm Wn Q Vl 1 n frikn do Tbeunderst eg. one "doubts that be debated, but the "opposition makes no secret of its intention to con sume so muoh time in discussion that a vote cannot be reached, ,-. : s It will be an easy matter to do this, as the business of the senate-' is ' fast reaching that stage in -ybich there will be a great struggle for ., precedence. Already the friends of' the Nicaragua can'al .,bill, the-. immigration -bill, the bankruptcy, bill . and other measures ' are fighting for time. ,,in a short time ! the- regular appropriation ' bill's " will i liivn tri ha taken .Ho. and thT wilt Hia. pies almost all other business,-, .d suc circumstances it will be compara- such circumstances it will be oomnara- tfVeVy- easy t6' crowd the treaty into the backgrovmd. The sentiment ; df the Sen ate. is, general)?; agalnBa0Pn, debate, en'the treaty! ,' , , ', , , Desmet, ; SS,. : D.tfelkM 5-rSrl train standing on a sid&traok aj Arlirjgf ton last evehing 'Was ritn into by an" en,-. gine going west. Conductor-AcHlngi-ton, Brakeman Hoslah; John Leftusv and; Mr. Harrison were killed. . Three passengers; W.- Rice, : "of Helena; Vf. h, Loftu9, of;New Haven, IaVand'-&' iGriffjng, of: Deamet were , injured.1; TheVacidebt "was the result of a dense foki' '1 !'.'' ; -i: - Tacoma, Felv 8.-A,V W.,.Llridei strom, a farmer, "living, pa Anderson's island, came home late tonight and, in a fit of anger took down a shotgun and blew out the brains of his 6-year-old son. When he saw the terrible deed he had accomplished, he placed the muzzla of, the gun to his head and blew : out his- own brains. s The trouble. Is' said to have started . from . domestic Causes." Coroner Hoska has gone to ther scene, and; further particulars are not obtainable- -.