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i ! Hillsbr6 : VOL. III. IIlLLSliOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, FElJItUAItY 25, 1897. NO. 49. I EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome ol the Telegraphic New of the World. TEB8K TICK!) FKOM THE WIRES Aa hUmllg Collection ef Heme From the t Ilenlipheree Presented la Ooadaoaed Farm. A mail train on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into a box car neat Ebensburg, Fa., anil wan badly wrecked. Five persons wero seriously hurt Charles F. Miller, a Bailor, brutally murdered his wife at Port Blakely, Wash. Much excitement was oocasion ed, and a lynching was prevented with great difficulty. Stephen HinnliofTer, aged 14, the mm of Joseph ItiiiKhoffcr, of Walla Walla, was shut and killed by Charles Woody, who 1h 10 yours old. The boys wero out hunting whim the accident occurred. Peter L. Gurvey, 50 years old, died .at the county hospital iu Chicago, after wiving undergone an operation tor what Uo attending physician pronuncod as lumpy jaw. Only one other case of a human being afflicted with this malady is on record. White settlors at Yorrington, in Ma son valley, Nevada, havo appealed for help, fearing an outbreak of the Piute Indian! in that neighborhood. One of the Indians was killed iu a quarrel and the Indians have begun gathering in numbers. Governor Sadler has Bent Adjutant-General Galusha on a special train to investigate. Tho Chesapeake & Ohio west-bound passengor train encountered a washout opposite Portsmouth, O. The engine, baggage and express oar, mail car and one coach were derailed. A. G. Stout, suiorvi8or of the 0. & 0.,.was killed. The engineer, fireman, mail clerk and express messenger were all injured, but not seriously. While making a desperate effort to avoid arrest for some trivial offense, Nicholas Mentgnn lost his life tinder the wheels of a train in Chicago. Fol lowed by an exoited crowd and a patrol wagon containing officers, Montgen ran to the tracks anil did not see the train approaching. Tho locomotivo knocked him thirty feet and the train punned over him. , Charles Kreincr was drowned in the Willamette river at tho Allonas' wharf in Salem. He was cook on the steamer Kamona that plica between Portland and Independence. An effort was mado to save the man with a small boat, without avail. Tho river was dragged ami dynamite used, but tho body has not been rooovernd. Tho unfortunate man leaves a widow and one child in Portland. Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, lias Jfixed March 20 as the date for the exe Vojtion of Jackson and Walling, the murderers of Pearl Bryan. , The Havana authorities, In view of tho scarcity of beef, have dooided to re quest tho government to allow the free importation of cattle from the United States and Mexico. Frank Castile, a Btockman, stabbed and killed John Reck at Cleveland, Wash., in an altercation at a mas querade ball. Castile surrendered him self to the sheriff and claims the act was one of self-defense. Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the St. Louis millionaire, who on February 13, 180-1, shot and killed his wife and,ohild in a fit of drunken rage, in thot city, was hanged in the courtyard of the county jaii in Union. He broke down at the lust moment and confessed to the crime. Secession has entered the.porceedings of the convention of the League of Amorican Wheelmen, now being held in Albany, N. Y. ' Colorado will take the initiative and will probably be fol lowed by California and sevoral other states. Sunday racing is the bono of contention. Before the legislative investigating committee on trust in Kcw York, John F. Searles admitted that the average margin of profit between raw and re fined sugar during the five years before the trust was formed was .8534 of a cent a pound and during the subsequent five years 1.98. A letter received by an official in Panama from La Paz, Bolivia, states that the Bolivian congress will doclaro war upon Peru. The letter also states that there is great activity in military circles, the army is being placed on a war footing, and reoruitins has besrun flftonghout the republic. A special train form Chicago to Den ver, a distance of 1,026 miles, made the run in 18 hours 52 minutes. The jour ney goes into history as the greatest railroad feat ever accomplished. The train was a special conveying Henry J, Mayham, a mining broker of Chicago, to the death bed of his son. He arrived a f ew hours too late. The battleship Oregon has returned to Ban Francisco after her first long cruise, ' She went as far as Acapulco, Mexico, and has been absent five weeks. During her voyage she practiced with her guns and lias been tested as a fight . ing machine and seagoing craft. The vessel proved satisfactory in every re spect. She will soon proceed to Seattle and enter the drydock. The sale of the Northern Pacific Rail road Company1 property and transfer to the Northern Pacific Railway Com pany, the purchaser, has been fully completed, Judge Jenkins, of Mil waukee, having entered an order in the United Sattos court confirming the ac tion of Master Carey in executing deeds transferring the property and sanction ing the disposition of porceeds as mado by the master. This is the last act in the disposition of the property, but years will elapse before the court is done with litigation. THE JOINT ASSEMBLY. Both a I)r and Nl.ht Ion Bald With tho dual Keiult. The total number present at Mon day's joint convention in Salem was thirty-six twenty-six from the house and ten from the senate. The usual formality of dispensing with the reading of the journal having been adopted, the joint assembly took a recess till 9 o'clock at night. When tho joint assembly met at night, thirty-three were found to be present. The absentee were Senator Hughes and Taylor and Representatives Hudson, Thomas, Vaughan and Wag ner. When his name was called, Sena tor Gowan made a speech 'and reviewed at length the situation from the stand point of a Mitchell supporter. He laid the renponsibilty for the hold-up on the opposition, and said: "We demand only what is right. We will never surrender to what is wrong. ' They charge that Senator Mitchell alone is responsible for this hold-up. We deny it; as a body of men and as individuals, we deny it on document ary evidence. I desire to read a letter which will forever set that statement at rest" Gowan then read the following let ter: "Salom, Or., Feb. 22, 1897. Hon. Samuel Hughes, Chairman of the Re publican Conference, Balom, Or. My Dear Sir: I understand thore is a strong disposition upon the part of a majority of the Republicans to adjourn tho legislature sine die, without fur ther effort to secure the election of a senator. This would leave the state only partly represented in the Bcnate of the United States, the effect of which, in all probability, would be to place the control of the senate in the hands of those opposod to the Republi can party, in which event the defeat of tariff legislation at the coming extra ordinary session of congress would be assured. It seems to me, therefore, there is a paramount duty resting upon you, to make one more determined effort, before final adjournment, to se cure the election of a senator. There are many prominent Republicans locat ed in different sections of the state, eminently qualified for the position- men who would do credit. to the party, the stato and the nation. I will co operate with you and all other Repub licans in the legislature in endeavoring to bring about the election of such a Republican as the Republican confer ence, to whom this letter is addressed, will agree upon. Yours very sincerely, "John H. Mitchell." Gowan then went on to dicsues the letter, ond said: "A caucus of thirty-nine Repub licans is behind John II. Mitchell, and we do not propose to change base at this time." In conclusion ,,he said: "I give it as my opinion that we must adjourn with out securing legislation, and without the election of a United States senator, " Brown stated that the letter which Gowan had read had been presented to the conference Rcpublicans,and that tho conference by a standing vote, had de cided to stay by its candidate, "who ever he is," until they got a chance to vote for him. Senator Reed, of Douglass, made a speech, and introduced a letter, which he said had been presented to the Re publican conference. The paper was substantially an agree ment to be signed by all sides, in which the members were pledged to organize and secure remedial legislation, and to vote for no candidate for United States senator in such manner as to elect him, and to so distribute their votes as to prevent an election. The full text of the letter was withhold from publica tion. After several other speeches of minor importance the convention adjourned without taking a ballot. Tbo Senate. The senate held a brief session Mon day. The following motion was made by Michell of Wasco: "In honor of the occasion, this being the 165th anniversary of the birth of Goorge Washington, who was 'First in peaoe, first in war, and firBt in the hearts of his countrymen,' I move that ;ho senate now adjourn." Reed of Douglas sprang quiokly to his feet, saying: "I have an amendment to offer. I move that the senate now adjourn sine die." "The motion is not susceptible of an amendment of that kind," replied the president. "Besides, it is itself out of order," Michell's motion carried, 15 to 14. The Benson house met, and very soon thereafter adjourned. , , The Davis house met in the morning with eloven membres present It im mediately adjourned. "The Sage of Enei" Dead. Beverly, Mass., Feb. 25. John Ba ker, "the sage of Essex," an abolition ist, and one of the founders of the Re publican party, is dead, aged 85. He suffered a broken hip in a fall three months ago, and paralysis resulted and caused his death, lie was born in Beverly, August 18, 1812, and has al ways lived there. Mulhall, the noted statistician, spent over forty years in accumulating the material for this one volume of statistics. ' . Came for Aottrlty. "What is Bexton hustling around so in the interest of a curfew ordinance for?" , "His boy saw him ooming out of a variety theater the other night and went home and told about it." In dianapolis Journal. Pearl divers remain under water on an average from fifty to eighty seconds. Cases are reported where they havo re mained a long as six minutes undei END OF THE FORTY DAYS. The Senate, lowtnr, Decides Not to Adjourn Sine Die. The senate at Salem failed to adjourn ' Friday, which ended the forty days. By a vote of 16 to 14 adjournment was taken till 2:30 P. M. on Monday. Sen ator Carter cast the deciding vote. There was no debate on the question of adjournment as was expected. Sell ing moved that when the senate ad journ it adjourn to Monday. The yeas and nays were called for, and the vote resulted in a tie, as follows: Yeas Bates, Dawson, Gesner, Hob- son, Holt, King, MacKay, jucuiung, Michell, Mulkey, Patterson of Wash ington, 6elling, Smith, Wade, Mr. President 15. Nays Browneli, Calbreath, Carter, Daly, Driver, Dufur, Gowan, Harmon, Hasletine, Hughs, Johnson, Patterson of Marion, Prioe, Reed, Taylor 15. Cater then changed from nay to yea, making the vote 16 yea, 14 nays. When Smith' name wai called he (aid he would stay till Monday, but did not want it understood that he would itay here indefinitely. After the result was announced Reed aiked the president if the senate wa to meet in the afternoon. He thought ome of the tenators who voted for the resolution misunderstood it import Smith then moved to reconsider the vote. He was seconded by Daly. The president put the motion and it was lost. This settled the question of ad journment. Gowan of the judiciary committee re ported the Gowan salary hill with amendment. The amendment were adopted and the bill ordered engrossed tor a third reading. The following amendment were made in talarics of Multnomah county officials: County judge, $3,000 per year; oierx, oo.ouu; recoraer, iuui ; sheriff, 4,600; treasurer, $3,000. Join Ion Accomplished Nothing. Long befere the time of the conven ing of the joint assembly Friday people begAn to enter the galleries of the house. "When the noon hour arriTed the galleries were crowded in the ex pectation that voting for senator would begin. Their anticipation were not realized, however. The proceeding were but a repetition of previous ones. When Chairman Browneli called the convention to order he said that he wo In receipt of letters from Representa tives Hudson, Mitchell and Vaughan saying they are still too ill to attend. The roll was then called, showing that thirty-six members were present Representative Wagner was in hi scat for the first time for several day. Tho Benon Hondo.. The Benson house met Friday morn ing and Crawford's resolution to de clare vacant the seats of the twenty men unqualified members was called up. Somers argued the question from It legal standpoint and claimed that this act would not be to expel the mem bers, but simply to open the way to fill their seats. Huntington took issue with Somers. He did not think the house had a right to declare the teats vacant It had a ; right to notify the governor simply that , these men had failed to take 'he oath ; of office and let him act accordingly. I There was some further discussion by Nosier. Lake and Crawford, and it was I decided by a vote of 19 ayes, 7 noes to defer the matter. To Build a Portage Railway. The feature of Thursday morning' session of the senate was the adoption f a substitue for the bill introduced by Senator Michell relating to the oou itruction and operation of a portage railway from The Dalles to Celilo. The substitute was reported by Senator Har mon, chairman of the committee on commerce and navigation, which com mittee had made a visit to the scene and personally examined the ground ever which the proposed road is to be built The substitute bill differs from that proposed by Senator Miohell in that provision is made for the procure ment of trackage facilities from the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com pany and the sale of material now owned j py tne state in in. event iw mnp arrangement witn tne u. a. j. uo. i made. It , also reduces the amount of the appropriation from $195,000 to $180,000. Accompanying the bill was tne report oi ivn engineer . u. w ell. He recommends that construction : of the read commence at Big Eddy, which is the head of navigation, Mr, : Lovell's estimates on the cost ef the . road are as follows: Roadbed, $74,025.50; ties, $4,000; rails, $20,000; Joints and spikes, $89,- 000; tracklaying and ballasting, $9,000; delivering material, $2,500; elevator, $5,000; ten per cent for exigencies, $11,800; total, $162,325.50. Representative Hudson, of Washing ton county, who is ill with typhoid fever at Salem hospital, is getting along satisfactorily under the care of Dr. Smith, representative from Marion. It was reported that Hudson was in a very critical oondition, but Dr. 6mith says he fceH no alarm about mm. Kepre- sentative Kruse (Populist), of Clacka mas, was yesterday taken to the hos pital. He is quite sick, and it is thought he has typhoid fever. Repre- A..,t!ra VuunVion nt T.anA vrVin hna been ill with la grippe for a number f davs. is convalescent. The Davis Home. The Davis house met as usual and Bilyeu of Lane created a diversion by oalling attention to the aotion of the . Benson house in seeking to declare Western express ran into a washout their seats vacant. He wanted to know ear Lovolette, wrecking the engine, if this made their railroad passes un- be car wo. coaches. The constitutional. The ohair would not pleopor escaped. Engineer Pennington decide the question. Bilyeu then asked and Fireman Mayfield were both dan the chair to give an opinion on the ously injured, and a brakeman, Benson house. Speaker Davis replied whofle name was not learned, was fa that it stood in the same relation as a injured. Several persons were third ham. slightly injured. SHIPS OPENED FIRE The Foreign Fleet Bombarded the Cretans, AND THUS AIDED THE TURKS Tho Insurgent Wore Attacking . TnrhJoh Oarrlaon Hoar Canoe When tho Ironolade Interfered. Canea, Feb. 23. An engagement ha just occurred just above the village of Miurnies, between insurgents and a Turkish band. At 4:45 P. M. the insurgents from Akrotiri, having attacked the Turkish garrison at Halepa, the joint fleet bom barded the Cretans for twenty-five minutes. The insurgents fled, taking their flag with them. Later reports are to the effect that the English men-of-war opened the bombardment. The others followed. The Eaiserin Augusta fired melinite shells. The commander of the Greek I man-of-war Hydra cleared for action ia i case the necessity should arise. Some shells fell in the town of Canea, rais ( ing clouds of dust It is rumored sev ' oral persons were killed and wounded. : When firing ceased, the Greek flog was still flying over the insurgent camp. London, Feb. 23. A dispatch to the Daily News from Canea, dated Sunday says: Smart firing was heard today in the hills to the eastward. The reply of the Turks was feeble, and it was obvious that they must abandon their position i pres8ed. The gun practice from the redoubt on tne outer lines was ludi crous. The chief Cretan position was hamlet on a ridge of hills 4,000 yard from the flagship. At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon signals were made to H. M. 8. Revenge, to gether with one Italian, one German and Russian ship, to open fire upon the Cretan position where the Greek flag was hoisted some days ago. The British ships fired forty and the foreign ships thirty shells at the village, and ruined the house held by the Cretans. The flag was soon lowered, and the order "cease firing" sounded after ten minutes. Thereupon, the flag was re hoisted. The rocks around were crowded with Cretans. The Turks, encouraged by the fleet, now opened a lively fusilade, while the Cretans had not replied during the whole perform ance. It was a somewhat melancholy ipeotaole. Admirals Warned Vailol, Canea, Crete, Feb. 23. The foreign admirals have warned Colonel Vassos, commander of the Greek forces on the island of Crete, of their intention to ttaok hls tr00Pa Wlth fon5 men-of-war anchored off his camp. Aghoi Theodori, should he attempt to advanoe to the interior of the island. Athens, Feb. 23. It is stated that the warning of the foreign admirals given to Colonel Vassos only referred to a Greek attack on Canea. Colonel Vassos will continue to occupy strategic points in the interior of the island of Crete. Fired Blank Shots. Canea, Feb. 23. British torpedo boats have captured and brought to this port the small Greek steamer Laurium, whioh was carrying victuals and tents for the insurgents. The forts fired two rounds of blank cartridges yesterday at the Greek gun boat Peneus. A Turkish frigate also discharged blank shots at the Greeks. The Greek gunboat Peneus quickly replied to the blank shots fired by the Turkish frigate. The frigate then withdrew from the scene of operations. I The German flag was hoisted on the ! ramparts here on the arrival of the cruiser Kaiserin Augusta. Too Poor to Fight. I London, Feb. 23. A dispatoh to the Daily Mail from Berlin says: The queen of Greeoe recently sent a message to the czar requesting his sup- , t for the national cause of Greece. fn The king also wired the czar, stating I nimself leftd thfl he iWoulJ yieM to European coeroion. Prinoes8 Marie. of Qreeoe- alao tea. graphod her fiancee, Grand . Duke George of Russia, that the action of the powers against Greece was infamous. Another dispatch says: The Nord Deutsche Zeitung assert that the Turkish cabinet last week de ! oidcd to dooUre war again;t Qreece.but tlie sultan vetoed the resolution, on account of the government's financial condition. An Athens dispatch says the Greek ; government has decided to send a part of the fleet on a cruise along the Spor- : adis islands, while another portion of . the fleet will" go to Ambracia to pre vent the Turkish attack on the Greek frontier from Prevesa. Troops from pavts of Greeoe are hurrying to the Turkish frontier. The call for naval volunteers had been more than amply answered. The policy of Greece will be defensive on land, but aggressive by sea. ' . ! Bachelors are now safe at least an- ptlfl eight yeare' seeiu8 that 1900 .ru...i.,. Ban Into a TVathout, Cincinnati, Feb. 23. The Enquir- , Br' epeoial from Ashland, Ky , says: UtNERAL LEE RESIGNS. Not Supported to Mil Satisfaction y tho Stato Department. New York, Feb. 24. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana, via Key West, says:. Consul-General Lee has resigned. His letter tendering his resignation, under certain conditions, goes by the next mail. He determined tome days ago to take such a step if he were not trphold "in his efforts to protect all American oitizens in Cuba. The consul-general asked the state department that he be authorized to oh-. tain the release of citizen of the Uni ted States confined in Cuban prisons, uner the same illegal circumstance as was the ill-fated Ruiz. Such authori zation has not been granted. Spanish warships in Cuban waters have since yesterday been concentrat ing in the harbor of Havana. This is regarded as very significant, in view of the important incidents of the last few davs. Great pressure is being brought to bear here to make' Consul-General Lee deny the Herald's Jacksonville dispatch to the effect that the diplomatic repre sentative of the United States in Ha vana had asked the government to send warships to Cuban waters. As a pre text for such denial, and as a basis upon which it can be founded, it is stated that, according to the dispatch, Consul-General Lee has asked for a warship to take him to the United States. What the consul-general did do, I can reiterate on the highest authority, was to ask for warships to support him in his efforts to protect Americans in peril of their lives and American inter ests, which were in jeopardy. The Herald's Jacksonville dispatch, therefore, was absolutely correct, and upon indisputable authority I can con firm it in every detail. If necessary, further, I am confident that I can se cure and send to the Herald the full official telegram in which Consul General Lee asked for warships. Great anxiety is felt at the palace and in all official circles at the news from Cieiuuegoa, which states that that city is the center of a serious mutiny of the Spanish troops. Large arrears of pay are due the army in Cuba, and the discontent caused by this has cul minated in open disobedience in the Spanish ranks in the Cienfuegos dis trict. The insurgents in the eastern end of the island have captured Bayamo, an important town in Santiago. ' PASSED BY THE HOUSE. The General Deficiency Appropriation Billr ... Washington, Feb. 24. The house today passed the general deficiency bill and began the consideration of the last of the many bills, that providing for the naval establishment.. A long de- i bate occurred over the propriety of the appropriation of $1, 800,000 for the Southern Pacific railroad under the judgment of the court of claims, hut the house, by a vote of 102 to 138, re fused to strike it out. The members who favored the appropriation for the repayment to members of the last con gress of salaries withheld from them on account of absenoe, carried their fight into the house, but they were beaten, 96 to 122. Sixteen of the forty-eight pages of the naval bill were completed. The attempt of Mr. Grosvenor to secure an amendment to retain session em ployes on the roll after March 4 to March 15, when the extra session would begin, drew from him, when pressed as to whether he was author ized to proclaim an "extra session," the good-natured admission that he was authorized to assume that there would be an extra session. In the Senate. Washington, Feb. 24. The senate turned its attention to the Indian ap propriation bill. It involved a contest over sectarian schools. The olause directing temporary contracts with these schools when no government schools were available was agreed to, 51 to 8, A provision was added declaring it to be the settled polioy of the govern ment hereafter to make no appropria tions whatever for the support of sec tarian schools. A further amendment, offered by Gallinger, directing that all appropriations to sectarian sohools end on June 80, 1898, went out on a point of order, whioh the senate sustained, 28 to 22. The Indian bill is still under consideration. Taluable Aid to Mariner. San Franoisco, Feb. 24. An import ant aid to navigation by whioh mariners along the Pacifio ooast may readily de termine the deviation of their com passes, is likely to be afforded by the chamber of commerce, Shipowners' As sociation and the marine underwriters. It is proposed that at suitable points along the coast from San Diego to Puget sound, and especially about the shores of the principal harbors, two prominent points which oan be brought conveniently within range from deep water be taken and the true bearing of the line between them determined and made known, so that a commander may easily compare the bearing of his com pass needle therewith. This has been oarefully done by the government boards of trade and nautical bodies of Europe, but this valuable safeguard is 1 here being seriously considered for the first time. Found Frozen Stiff. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 24. The body of Charles Sherwood was found yester day morning, frozen stiff, near Craig's oamp, on the north fork of the Salmon river, near Waneta, B. C. Sherwood was a locomotive engineer arid at one time was employed on the Central Washington and Spokane & Northern. About a year ago he engaged in mining. He left a brother and sister in Los An geles, Cal. The body will be brought to Spokane for burial. THE BILL' REPORTED. AaaaorUlag tho VnoMont to CaU Monetary Boaloronoo. Waahiagten, Fes. M. The bill re cently paanad by the senate, authoris ing the pveeidemt to appoint commis Uieri to represent the United State in an international monetary confer ence to aecure the fixity ef relative value between gold and silver a money Vy mean of a common ratio, or, in hi discretion, to call such a. conference, waa reported to the house favorably to day by unanimous vote of ten mem bers of the house committee on coinage. The same factions which voted for the bill in the senate voted for the bill in committee. . An amendmenet was offered by Stone, and adopted by the committee. It ia as follows: "The president ia authorized that, if in hi judgment the purpose speci fied in the first section hereof can thus better he attained, to appoint one or more special commissioner or envoy to luch of the nation of Europe a he may designate, to seek by diplomatic negotiation an international agree ment for the purpose specified in the first section hereof; and in case of such appointments, so much of the appro priation here made as shall be neces sary shall be available for the proper expense and j compensation of such commissioner or envoy. "Section 8. That so much of an act approved Maroh 2, 1895, entitled 'An tact making appropriations for the sun dry civil expense of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, jl896, and for othef purposes,' a pro vided for the appointment of delegates ito an international conference, and imake an appropriation for their com pensation and expenses, be, and the same i hereby repealed." The debate was very brief. WILL APPOINT HANNA. Govern or Bunnell Make Statement. Fnbllo Columbus, O., Feb. 23. Governor Bushnell tonight gave out the follow ing statement to the press: "It hag been my intention to make no announcement in relation to the ac tion I would take in the matter of an appointment to fill the prospective va cancy in the Ohio representation in the United State senate until the vacancy actually existed. But, on account of the manifest interest of the people, and their desire to know what will be done, I deem it best now to make the follow ing statement: "When Senator Sherman resigns to enter the cabinet of President McKin ley, I will appoint to succeed him Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, of Cuyahoga county, to serve until his successor is chosen by the seventy-third general assembly of the state. I trust this action will meet the 'approval of the people. "Asa S. Bushnell." anna Notified. Cleveland, Feb. 23. Chairman Hanna was at the Union Club this evening, when he was shown the dis patoh from Celumbns containing Gov ernor Bushnell' annoucement of Mr. Hanna' appointment a senator to succeed Sherman. This was the first intimation Mr. Hanna had of the sub ject Of course he was pleased at the termination of the controversy, hut he showed his pleasure only by a genial smile. Asked if he would discuss the governor's action, the chairman de clined to say anything, remarking that he could not talk about the matter for publication until he received official notice of his appointment from Gover nor Bushnell. Mr. Hanna remained at his club during the evening and re ceived the congratulations of such of his friends as had heard of his ap pointment. ' ' MILITIA ON GUARD. Plot to Blow Vp tho Hew Mexico ltentlary. Pan Santa Fe, N. M., Feb. 23. Gover nor Thornton has placed the local com pany of infantry on guard at the peni tentiary on account of the discovery of a plot to blow up the building by the friends of the four members of the Borrego gang of assassins, who were condemned to be hanged next Tuesday, but who have been granted a respite for thirty day by President Cleveland, in disregard to an appeal from the gov ernor and other authorities to let the law take its oourse. Another ominous feature of the trouble is the appearance of the cabalistic chalk figures "B.-802-40" on the pavements and on the doors of officials, which the knowing ones recognize as similar to the call for meetings of the secret Button gang, which appeared frequently in 1892, just prior to the assassination of ex sheriff Frank Chavez. The Teaohor Smoked. Denver, Feb. 23. Mis. Louisa Pitt Yokum, Dolores county superintendent of schools, has refused a teacher's cer tificate to Professor Victor C. McGirr, prinoipal of the Rico public school, be cause he smokes. Mrs. Yokum takes the ground that a person who smokes is disqualified to teach in the publio schools because teachers in this state are required by law to instruct the children against the use of tobacco. An appeal will probably be taken to the state board of education by Professor McGirr, who is a graduate of the To ' ronto university, and is very popular m ico. Gasoline Bnglno Bxploded. Warsaw, Ind., Feb. 23. The explo sion of a gasoline engine caused the de struction of the county infirmary, looat ed ten miles eaet of here, this morning. Though the building burned to the ground, all of the inmates were res cued. The loss is $40,000. Although the salary of the King of Greece is four times greater than that of the president of the United States, it is said to be smaller than that of any other European monaroh. FORCED THE TROCHA Gomez is Now Between Weyler and Havana. ; A DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED Wejler, Howotot, toad Word That tho Insurgent Loader and His Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22. A spe cial to the Citizen from Key West says: Private information has been received of the whereabouts of General Gomez. He has succeeded in slipping by Gen eral Weyler and ia now between him and Havana. General Gomez gave the command for an advance, with strict orders that any man that struck a match would be court-martialed. He then advanced on the Moron trooha, in the eastern end of the island, with 5,000 cavalry and 10, 000 infantry. He advanced on the fort at midnight, and when he saw he was discovered by tne Spanish, who fired on him, he ordered the cavalry to charge. They swooped down upon the fort and captured it, and the whole army went through the trocha. All of the arms and ammunition of the fort was captured. The army then con tin ued to march, and was encamped at Veguite when the news was sent to the city by a courier. His order in taking the fort was to use the machete only, and the cavalry made a gallant fight Vfjlr la Pursuit of Oomoa. Havana, Feb. 22. If official reports are correct, the insurgent army nnder General Gomez has been divided into small corps and Gomez himself ia In full retreat before the. continued ad vance of Weyler. Dispatches from Ciego de Aviel say the insurgent com- mander-in-chief with 4,000 men re crossed the military line in the prov ince of Puerto Pincipe, extending from Jucaro toMonon, and is going eastward through Puerto Pincipe in the direction of the capital of the privince. General Calixto de Garcia, Gomez' second in command, was reported four day ago in the vicinity of Puerto Prin cipe, retreating towards the same point as Gomez. Weyler arrived yesterday at Sancti Spiritus, the most important town in the eastern part of the province of Santa Clara, near the boundary of Puerto Principe, in the territory where the insurgent headquarters were re cently located. Weyler will push for ward to Moron, Ciego de Aviel and Juraco, thus seemingly sweeping across the island with a large force, and driv ing the enemy before him. He expects to entrap Gomez between two wings of the Spanish column and force a decisive enaggement before the rains put an end to the milita'ry operations. The Cu bans believe, however, that Gomez will, as Lsual, slip through the cordon before being completely developed. DROWNED IN DEEP CREEK. Palmar Wllme, a FrfUen-Year-Old Boy, Accidentally Drowned. Skamokawa, Wash., Feb. 22. News has reaohed Skamokawa of an accident that took place on Deep river, in the lower part of Wahkiakum county, last Saturday evening, by which Palmer Wilme lost his life. It seems that Wilme, who was about 15 years old, and another boy of the same age, Max Long, had gone to the postoffice at Deep river, to get their mail. Having se cured their mail they started for their homes in a small boat, taking with them a man, John Long. The boat waa one of those little skiffs used on the creeks. It was barely safe for one person to travel in, much leu three, and in ohanging seats it was capsized and the occupant thrown out. None of them could swim, bat John Long hung to the capsized boat, while the two boys strug gled to get ahsore, which was onlyJ.O feet away. Their cries for h"-"" George Garey to their," a boat, and he 8ucceef'? .n two Longs. The i f l me went down and his bod' Mot recovered until Sunday, why Us found near the scene f the A. Wilme's sur" i " J drowned neat Astoria aboutarsago. ALL, 4L THE LINE. Waiting for the Opening of tho OolrlUe Reservation. Wilbur, Wash., Feb. 22. This town and others along the south half of the Colville Indian reservation are filled with strangers, awaiting a proolama- -tion opening that section to mineral entries. There are a number of men on the reservation now, and they have located mineral .claims, and in some cases have been proseouting work there on. In a letter to Spokane, one of the miners on the outside say that the gov ernment officials are interested with companies in locating valuable mineral claim. It is said that the Indian po lice stand in with them. One location on the reservation bear a paper whioh has the signature as witness of Sam Vinson, deputy United States marshal at Spokane. New York and Spokane companies have the "oinch," according to the writer, on all of the best olaims, and, where their agent are seeking new discoveries, all other miners are kept off the land. Kyle Wai Xleeted. Pierre, 8. D., Feb. 22 On the sen atorial ballot today, the Republicans in the house voted almost solidly for Kyle, The Republicans of the senate began at once to change to Kyle. Before the result was announced enough changes had been made to give Kyle 65 votes, three more than were neoeasary. With the solid Republican vote and a few Populist who stayed with him, Kyle soured enough rotes to pull him through. I