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NO. 51.
VOL. V.
HILLSUOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAUC1I , 1899.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TH.RSK TICKH FttOM THK WIREH
An Interesting Collection mt Heme From
the Two nlarfherc I'roeeatwt
lu a Cnndeneed Farm.
The transport Senator Its arrived
at Manila with reliihiiuciiiant.
An aittl-American feeling I being
created In m through the action!
of l lie Cuban hhixwii
Tha Bethlehem Iron Co., of Bethle
hem, Pa,, haa shipped three) 10-tneb
Kim to Furl Wilson, nI lit wcelera
city limits of lort Towimiiiil, Wash.
The Allan line ( itcaittera hm mat
the cat ul other trti-Atlantio II tint
ty culling lu rilo talis for flm( cabin
itnd $30 fin second cabin to Liverpool.
Tbe congress ju closed appropriated
total ill oval $1,700,1)00 to be expend
. I In Washington ami Oregon, under
th 1 1 vol mil harbor, sundry civil aud
Jitd I appropriation liilli.
Admiral Dwwey Iim reined bis flag as
admiral tm Inlaid the Olytnpls at Me
lii l.i. Halutea were given the ting by
the DrllUh mnl (lunuin cruiser la
port, and by the Uultvd State fleet.
Admiral Downy now hold the high
tt runt In the military service ol the
United Male annv or navy, ami rank
with the highest officers In the prlnol
pal foreign navies. Ilia pay le U,SU0
pvt year.,
.The Bombay corrim.lont of the
Morning fuel say: The bubonic
plague li raging herewith unparalleled
everity. According to official returns,
there wet 911 deaths last week, but
theae quitti underrate the mortality.
The Caipentet Bleel Company, of
Reading, Pa., Iim shipped four car
load of projectiles o( various caliber
to the Norfolk navv-yard. They at
Intended for both the army and nary,
and Mime of them will l e uiwd foruoait
service.
Advice from Juneau, Alaska, aay
that a new etilke In the Porcupine die-
trlil 1 1 in canned quite a rueli of in lucre
to the Chtlkat country. The Bud wa
made on Tallkiti creek, which flowa
Into the Chllkat, about 1) mile from
Halite' Mission.
Negotiation have been concluded for
the building by llieCietiipe of two and
perhaps three large ah I pa of the Orl
eutal Occidental Steamship Com
pany, of which company John D,
Hiirm-klea la president. The new vessel
will be about 6,000 tuna each.
The live ot nearly 100 pereona were
jeopardised by a Are wbluh bioke out
In the Lackawanna Valley House mock,
at Bormitun, Pa., and communicated to
tha second, third and fourth floors,
The occupants wi're taken out safely,
but clad only in their night ololhea,
The Eighth United State volunteer
regltiio.it la now being muatered out,
The Covington, Ky., poatofHoe hai
beau rolih,il ol mnmn and money to
the ttinuunet of l'JO.000.
The pope hm nmlergone an opera
tlon for lemoval of a long-ilnnding
ovat which auddeuly becama Infliiuied
Profvatur Wallace?, Day, a diiector
of the llllnola college of . mimic, and
well known among mimical celehrltlea
Kaat mid Weet, ti dead at Juokaun villa.
Fla.
Hy a oollialon between a paaaenger
train and a "helpei" locomotive on the
Hoiitlmru Pnolllo hear Hot Hprlinja
Nevada, (lie two englnoera and llieni
men of the two engine were killed.
It la aaid the United Btatoi hail lent
a dlapiitoh to Madrid proleetlng agiiinat
the lalae alatoiuuiit liolng cabled from
Manila by Uenerul Kioa, who forme ly
coninmnded the Bpaniafi troopa in the
l'htlippinoa..
Rain line fallen In many lectlom of
Culilornla aud the lung. con tinned diy
pull la thought to be over. The pre
tint rain wilt save the wheat crop la
critical dietrlcti ami add to production
where growth ii favorable.
It la reported In Madrid that Spain
author lited Uoneral Rloa to offer th
riillipldno republic (500,000 for the le
ItiiiHo uf the HpniiiRli pikoner, Tlie
offer waa Indignantly declined, and tha
Iiiaurgunt naked 17,000,000.
It la loported on good authority that
the Interest of the Royal Bilking Pow
dcr Com pa n v, the Mew York linking
Powder Company and tlio Cleveland
Hnklng Powder Com puny have been
eold lo William Zelglei for between
111,000,000 and 112,000,000.
Allnlra are still unsatisfactory In
Bniiioa. Tha provisional, government,
it annnnra, la Intarfurlng with the na
tive and British subject, and also
with the servant! of tha Btltisb sub.
jnotn, and ia taxing the Malietoa people
(3, and the Mntiuifa people 1 each.
Lord Horecholl, one of the joint high
commissioners from Great Britain.who
waa sent to take a leading part In tha
nogotlationa between tha United Statea
and Canada, died suddenly lu Washing
ton. He expired in halt an hour after
being talea ill Heart failure wai
the came, i
' Sillier N.wa Hema.
The Bakor Chain Company, at Pitt
burg, Pa., lias advanced the wages ol
all employe from 6 to 10 per cent.
Tlmjinoronso affects 800 men.
Articles of incorporation of the Park
Btcul Company has been filed with the
secretary of state of New Jersey, with
a capital Block of (1,000,000. The
company la authorized to acquire tha
foundry property of the Paik Urolheri
&Co., limited, of Pittsburg, and to
w Miiiituu, ui A induing, mm IV
manufacture any (mm of iron or tocl,
LATER NEWS.
It I said It.idynrd Kipling will be
leveled to the peeiage on January 1,
1B00.
At Tten-Tsln, China, 800 persons
broke through the Ice where three riv
ers meet, and 106 wei drowned.
A eaver snowstorm ha prevailed
generally over the stale east of th
!iMtppl during the past week.
Continuous skirmishing I reported
t
Manila. A fw Americans are
wounded and occasionally one killed.
Another rebellion ha broken out
n China. An auny 10,000 strong Is
committing serious depredation in the
central provinces.
The Argentina training-ship, with
lesldent Harmianto, ha arrived at
Valparaiso, where great lestlvitle
have been prepared in hi honor.
The republican deputies at a meeting
held at Madrid, have decided upon a
vigorous republican propaganda. Pais,
the republican paper, ha bmn aeised,
A message received at Harvard col
lege obaervatmy fiom the European
Association of Aatrommieit announced
th discovery of a faint comet by Dr.
Wollo,
A aevere earthquake shock was ei-
perleneed at Yokohama, the disturb
ance visiting localities of the great
shook of IBVl. with soma loss ol life
and ptoerty.
Governor Kml.h, of Montana, hi
vetoed a bill passed by the late leglala
tura legalising boxing oontesti. Hucll
contest are absolutely forhidlcn by
the law In force,
Ex-Cotmnliuiry General Kiignn, who
has remained in Washington since the
court-martial suspended him from the
service for an attack on Ueneial Mil",
baa left Washington for tha West. He
will go to Honolulu, where hi eon has
large interest in coffee plantation.
A sensation has been caused in
France by a leport that IS dynamite
oarliidgea were found behind the Ton
ion arsenal recently destroyed, ami by
the furlhei rwpoit that some peiaon not
yet identified fired three revolver shots
at an arsenal aeutry, none of
them
however, taking effect.
A suit for 110,000 damage against
Jamea J. Hill, a president of the Great
Northern Railway Company, has been
commenced In the aupeiior court t
Keattle by W. F. llsys.wbo claim that
the slate granted him an exclusive con
tract to fill in tideland at Smith Cove
recently purchased by Presideut Hill
lor docking purpose.
Inspector Uenetat Roloff estimates
thet total ii limber of men in the Cuban
army at 60,000, ol which 86,000 are
officer or official holding commissions
and entitled to oftloift1 pay. The
Cohans themselves express astonish
tr. mil at the proportion, although ad
milling that they would not be
prised If It aa ono to three.
Paymaster General Carey will go to
Cuba with 13,000.000 to pay the du
bonded Cuban soldier.
Josephine Kipling, the 0 year-ol
daughter of Rudyard Kipling, and the
oldest of hi three childien, died in
New York (lorn pneumonia.
A dispatch to the New York Ileral
from La Uuayara, Ynnexoela, an
nouncea that the United Btatea gun
bouts Annapolis and Vicksburg have
tailed from La Guayara for Jamaica.
The Inautgenti made an attempt to
capture the waterworka near Manila,
hut were repulsed by the Oregon and
Nebraska troop. Seventeen rebels
weia killed, and many wounded. Two
Americana were wounded.
The British cruiser Talbot, Com
mander Gamble, haa arrived at New
York, from Bermuda. The Talbot was
ordered there by the British govern
ment to ttansnort the body of Loid
llershell to England. .
It la announced that more than 76
per oent ol the entire stock of the Ore
gon Short Line Railroad Company has
been deposited for exchange under
the offer of the Union Pat i Ho Railway
Company, previously published
By the explosion ol a powder niaga
Ine'near Toulon, France, more than
60 people wore killed. It 1 rumored
that one of the soldiers guarding the
ruasaiine caused the explosion as an
act of revenge. He la one of the vie
tiiu.
General Oil ha perfected a plan
of
campaign which is designed to crush
the offensive power of the insurgents
near Manila. A soon aa hi rein
torcemeuti arrive ha will make a gen
eral assault on the euemy'a jungle
stronghold.
Admiral Von Diadrichs, in command
of Germany's Asiatic fleet, and who
haa given Admiral Dewey much trouble
at Manila, haa been suspended, and
Prince Henry put in command. The
change, it is said, ia to ahow Enipetor
William' friendship lor America,
Prince Henry, who la a brother ol the
emperor, being popular in the Unit
ed State.
From reports which have been com
ing to the headqunrtera of the Na
tional Live Stock Association at Den
ver, for. the pait month tha offloera ol
the association estimate the lossea from
the recent itorma to cattlemen who
have herd on the open range at 6 per
cent of the entire amount. This, in
round numbers, would amount to over
750,000 head. - - .
The royal crown of Perala, which
dates back to remote age, ia in the.
(arm of a pot of flowers, surmounted
by an uncut ruby the bIzo of a lion's
egg. ' , '
Tremont, the thoroughbred stallion,
the property ol General W. II. Jack
son, at Nashville, Tenn., was found in
the stable with hi stifle joint broken.
Nothing aould be done, aud the stal
lion wa killed. He coot General Jack
son 117,000 some years ago at Swi
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Bert "alo.
ASSAULT BY REBELS
Repulsed by Oregon and Ne
braska Troops.
N'KM Y LOST THIRTY KILLED
I'atrol r Otvgoa Bof Ambush'
aad Tw. Wound. d-Tb
Kab.l. n.fMlt.
Manila, March 8. The rebel have
been concentrating in th vicinity of
ia roservoit. Today a patrol of com
pany U, Becond Oregon volunteers, wss
taken in ambush. Two men were
wounded, but the organisation held
their ground under a heavy Ore until
the remainder of the company, assisted
by two companies of tlieFiist Neljrsnk
tifiuiont. flanked tha enemy, killing
80 and wounding aeveral more. Two
battalions ol the Twentieth regular In
(entry have reinforced General Hale'
brigade.
All the native hut have been de
stroyed at Martquina, and the country
there is nrettv well cleared, but the
rebel were returning In small bodii
sundown, Apparently they have
secured a new supply ol atnokeless am
munition recently, as there baa Deen a
noticeable difference during the last
few dav.
Tha Bpanisb commissioner who are
endeavoiing to secure the release of the
Bpauisb prisoner in tha hand of
Aguinaldo have returned to Malolos to
offer $3,000,000 for their release. A
Agninaldo ha been demanding
7,000.000, it is not likely tLeir ml-
siuu will be successful.
THIS IS BETTER.
America Troops W.lroin.d tha
l.lan4 or Wr(ro.
Washington, Match 8. A cablegram
from General Otis at Manila, received
n Washington, indicates the sstisfac
toiy and agieeabie reception accorded
to the American troops which reoeittly
landed at tha island of Negro. They
were cent there by General Miller at
Ho I to, In command of Colonel 8uiitli,
to take foiroat possession for tha
United Stale, which b did without
trouble.
Pieviou to the time the troops land
ed, a commission from tha island vis
iled General Oti and said they were
willing to surrender, and asked that he
take the inhabitant under bit piotec
lion. Tha congratulatory address to
General Miller, embodied in General
Otis' dispatch, i particularly giatify
ing to the officials ol Ibe administra
tlon, as they believe that the feeling
among the inhabitants ol the Island of
Neirros is such that there will be no
trf uble In dealing with them hereafter.
General Otis' dispatch ia a follow:
'Following from Iio Ho, 4th Inst.
" 'Government, congress and inhab
itant of Negro to General Miller, Ho
Ho:
" Wa affectionately salute you and
congratulate ourselves (or the happy
arrival ol Colonel Smith and troops
under hia order, and beg yon to send
this salute and congratulations to Gen
eral Otis, at Manila, as representative
of the government o! the United Stales
In the Philippines, (bigned) Lascon
"OTIS."
Shollod the Battery.
Manila, March 8. At daylight this
morning the enemy were discovered
trying to mount a gun across the river
from Ban Pedro.and the Sixth artillery
promptly shelled the rebel battery.
Temuoratilv stopping work, the enemy
poured a fusillade of musketry across
the river, but a gunboat moved op ann
cleared tha banks of the atream with
rapid-fire gun.
RESULTS OF THE EXPLOSION.
Nearly Fitly Corns Tahon From tha
Hulns at Toulon.
Toulon, March 8. About 60 corpse
have been recovered from the soene ol
the explosion ol a powder magaxine
yesterdav between La Soine and Ton
ion. The remains of several other vio-
tiina are still burled in tha debris.
London, March 8. A special die-
natch from Pari says it ia rumored
that one ol th aoldiers who perished
In the explosion ol a powder magaxine
yesterday morning near Toulon bad for
a long time past been the victim of
systematic persecution upon the part of
corporations, and he nau voweti to oe
avenged. It is added that thin man is
suspected ol having blown up tha mag-
aaiue.
Orders to Leave.
Peking. March 8, The American
marine who have bean guarding the
United Statea legation are under order
to leave. The Russian and French
embassies have also notified the govern
ment ol their intention of soon with
drawing their guard from their respec
tive legations.
No Direct Attack.
Manila, March 8. While the rebel
had concentrated their forces with the
purpose of attacking the water works,
no direct attempt waa made to capture
the American position there. Detach
nients from GenerabAIale'a and Gen
eral Wheaton'a brigades cleared the
country today.
Prince Henry In Command.
Berlin, March 8. A high official of
the German navy department has in
formed the press that the appointment
of Prince Henry of Prussia, brother ol
Emperor William, to the command ol
tho East Asiatlo sqnardon, had been
considered for month paat. and waa
finally decided upon a being the most
1 exnedient. the emperor desiring to
I u l.. tm tliA Amnrlnnn neonla that ha ia
thoroughly friendly to them, knowing
Henry ia popular in the United Statea,
NO RESPECT FOR WHITE FLAG.
Tho rillulBos Show Tholr Troaeheraat
Naluro.
Manila, P. I., March 9. Detach
ments of General Hale's and General
M'heaton't brigade were engaged lor
two hoar this morning dealing the
country in front of their line on both
aide of the river, the enemy concen
trating with the apparent purpose of
cutting off the garitaon at the water
woiks. The rebel bolted at the first
sign of tha advance, but they sepaiated
Into small bodies whenever the ooveit
afforded opportunity, and kept up a
running Are. By a series of rapid
advance, followed by flank movement,
the enemy wa completely routed a far
out aa Ouadaloupe on the right, and
almost to Mariquinl on the left.
The casualties reported are Captain
O'Brien, of company F, First Wyoming
volunteer, and two men slightly
wounded. Tbe rebel loss waa heavy.
This afternoon Geueral Hale's brig
ade continued the work of driving out
the rebel from tha country between
the reservoir and tha water works, a
ftirtance of about three mile. The
country is now clear on the left of the
river, but the enemy ia (till in fiont of
General heaton' line.
Private Lovejoy, company C, Wash
ington volunteers, was killed by a straj
ballet.
Major Belt, Seventh United States
cavalry; Private Young, company M,
Twentieth infantry, and Private Parks,
company I, Fust Wyoming volunteers,
wounded today. , .
This morning tha enemy in front of
General Ovenshine's division displayed
a flag of truce, but returned when Lieu
tenant Koliler, with two men, advanced
to meet it. This afternoon they again
bowed a white flag, and again two
officer and an inspector advanced.
When the American were within 200
yard of the rebels the latter dragged
rifle from behind their back and
opened fir upon them, bnt fortunately
without effect. Hawthorne battery
fired two shells, killing several of the
enemy, .
STORMS AND FLOODS.
Koarltt( March Weathor In tho Ea.Urro
8tala.
Norfolk, Vs., March 9. From Hat-
toias to Norfolk a tori ible storm ia rag
ing, exceeding in intensity that of
February 13. The wind is blowing at
th rate of 40 mi lea an hour, accompan
ied by snow and cold.
A big vessel, whose name cannot be
ascertained has gone ashoie at Golfs
island, near Hatteras. The litesavers
are on the scene, bat tney tear tne
storm wi'l prevent them from render
ing any assistance.
The storm came np unexpectedly,
and fears are expressed that many ves
sel have been caught off tbe Virginia
and North Carolina coasts, aud may be
in danger.
Tbe monitor Amphitnte is anchored
in the Jiarbor, togging at her oables,
and waves washing her low decks, but
it is not thought she will go adrift.
There is a large fleet ol schooners in
Hampton Roads which cannot put to
sea.
ANOTHER CHINESE REBELLION
S.rloni Uprising In C.ntral Provlnees-
Famlna ami Oe.lllutlun.
Victoria, B. C. March 9.-The Em
press of India arrived her from the
Orient this evening, bringing mail ad
vices of the Philippine rebellion vary
ing but little from the cable accounts
received.
From China news la received that a
rebellion ha broken out in the central
provitioca. An army of 10,000 men is
under arms, committing serious at roc i
ties and depredations. The imperial
troops have been called out to quell the
insurrection.
Famine Is reported in Saghalia, ow
ing to the shortage of the potato orop
Great destitution is feared.
Li Hung Chang has been recalled
trom the Yellow river to Peking.
A massacre is reported at Port Roy
aliat, but details are meager.
Twenty-qne pirates are reported on
the West river. Many natives were
killed. No captures have been made
of the pirates.
From Java new cornea that strong
fortifications are being erected.
Ambassador Choate Presented.
London. March 9. United States
Ambasador Joseph H. Choate returned
from Windsor at noon today, after hav
lug been formally presented to Queen
Victoria and having passed the night
at the oastle. While the ambassador
declines to give details ol the ceremony
or discuss his visit to the queen, he told
the pi ess representative he was much
gratified at the cordiality and graoious-
ness of hia reception.
Funeral or Toulon Vlotlina.
Toulon, March 9. The luneral of
the victims of the explos!on Sunday
morning last of a powder magasine,
which waa situated between this plaoe
and Laayne, took place today, and was
attended by enormous crowds of peo
ple, the funeral procession extending
two kilometer. A dozen cars carried
the 61 coffins. The minister ol ma
rine, M. Lockroy, and many govern
ment and local oftioeis followed the re-
mains to the cemetery.
,
A Cement Combine.
Trenton, N. J., March 9. Articles of
incorporation wore filed today foi the
Continental Cement Company, with an
authoilaed capital ol $10,000,000.
The Revolt In Veneauela.
Caracas, Veneauela, March 0. The
government troops have oaptured the
city of Calaboaso, oapital of the new
state of Guarioo, in which the revolu
tion led by General Rnmon Gouoira,
supported by the Creapo party, has
been in progieas for Beveral wooks.
Skagway, March 9. Fire in Dyea
last night destroyed the Palace and
Northern hotels, Chilooot tram stables,
Senate saloon and courthouse. Loss,
$12,000.
WINDING UP BUSINESS
Last Legislative Day of the
Fifty-Fifth Congress.
LIVELY WORK SEAR THE ESD
l.oato Poai.d Army and DoBeloao
VMIa-Klvor and Harbor BUI
ll.po.d of.
Washington, March 6. Excitement,
confusion, heavy strain and hard work
characterized the last legislative day of
the 66th conere, in the senate. At
time the confusion waa so great in this
usually staid and decoroua body a to
render tho transaction ol business al
most impossible. Toward midnight or
der was being evolved from the teem
ing chaos of the early part of the day.
When tbe senate convened at 11
a'clot k it faced tbe task of considering
two of the great appropriation bills.
those for the army and for supplying
the general deficiencies. Tbe former
carried appropriations exceeding $S0,
000,000, and the latter $20,000,000.
With a determination to complete tb
appropriation bills, the senate began
immediately at 11 o'clock in the morn
Ing to consider them matter's, and at 8
clock at night the army bill wa
passed, the deficiency bill having been
Dapsed nearly three bonis before.
Other bill were passed as follows:
To incorporate tbe National Whit
Cross of America; amending tbe in
ternal revenue law relating to distilled
ipirits and for other purposes; pro
viding a site for the Washington public
library bending.
A bill providing for a government
exhibit at, and to encourage the Ohio
errtennial exposition, to be held at
Toledo, and appropriating $300,000,
was passed.
The conference report on the Alaska
jriminal coda mil waa presented and
agreed to.
In tho Hoaao.
At 11 o'clock the house entered npon
the last legislative day of the session.
Tbe final conference report upon the
bill to codify the criminal laws of
Alaska, waa adopted. Slow progress
was made on conference report The
District of Columbia appropriation bill
nd deficiency appropriation bill were
sent back to conference.
The house parsed the army appropri
ation bill with all the senate amend
ments and tbe bill now goes to the
president.
The confatee on the rwer and har
bor bill modified the Nicaragua canal
paragraph appropriating $1,000,000
for an examination of all routes, under
lirection of the president Tbe report
of tbe commission making the exami
nation will be made to congress,' and
no provision is made for beginning
work.
Two items from Oregon which were
in dispute and upon which there waa
a-seeming split have been compro
mised. The Yaquina bay item ha
been modified so aa to have the project
examined by a board of engineers. The
bouse yields on the boat railway provi
sion so far as not to repeal the law for
the project, but strikes out tbe appro
priation made by the senate.
SANTIAGO IN A FERMENT.
Withdrawal or Funda Tata n Stop io
Public Improvement..
Santiago de Cuba, March 8. Be
tween 2,000 and 3,000 men have been
suddenly thrown out of work in the
province ol Santiago, over 700 in the
immediate neighborhood ol this city.
Although Governor-General Brooke baa
wired $30,000 leouired for tbe Febru
ary pay-roll, there ia still a deficit of
nearly $30,000, and the orders from
Havana still hold good limiting the
expenditure during the month of March
for the entire province to $10,000. The
effect of this order on Civil Governor
Castillo, Mayor Bicardi and other Cu
bans prominent in official circles is
simply paralysing.
Groups of men on street corners, in
clubs, cafes, ets., openly abuse the
American administration, saying that
the Spanish was infinitely preferable,
as in the worst times during peace con
siderably more men were engaged on
public works under the old rogime than
are now so employed.
The new regulations have brought to
a standstill all the public improve
ments, including the diedging of the
harbor, roadmaking and sewerage.
Promotion or Ilewey and Oil.
Wasbington, March 6. The presi-
dent has sent to the senate the nomina
tion of Rear-Admiral George Dewey to
be admiral ol the navy under the ac
approved March 3, 1899, and that of
Brigadier-General Elwell S. Otis, U.
A., to be major-general by brevet,
to lank from February 4, 1899, lor
military skill and distinguished serv
ices in the Philippines. The nomina
tions wore confirmed.
Old Wages to Be Keatorod.
Providence, R. L, March 8. The
Lonsdale Company, employing 3,600
hands, gave notice today of an advance
of wages on April 1. The Statea Cot
ton Company, at Pawtucket, employ'
ing 600 hands, and tho Albion and Val
ley Falls mills, at Albany, also prom
ise to restore the wages paid to the
1898 cut-down.
Rain Making at Lot Angeles.
Los Angeles, March 6. Under the
direction of Professor T. S. C. Lowe, a
series of experiments are to be made at
artificial rninmaking. A committee
has been appointed by the chamber ol
commerce here to raise $8,000, the
amount deemed necessary for an ap
paratus and chemicals for bombarding
the skies. Rain is very much needed
here and tbe conditions have been fa
vorable many times of late, but there
has been no rainfall.
FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
.pproprlotlone fr Oregon. Washington
and Idaho.
The following are the Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho item a carried by
th appropriation billa passed by the
66th oongresa:
RIVER AKD HARHOK BILL
Oregon. Tillamook bay, $29,000; month of
Siuslaw, $;i 0.000; entrance of Coo
bay, $150,000; Upper Colombia and
Snake rivers, $7,500; Coos river,
$3,000; eanal at cascades, $75,000; Co
lumbia at Tbree-Mile rapids and boat
railway at the dalles, $50,000; Long
Tom river (trantfer of surplus), $3,000;
lower Willamette below Portland, and
Columbia below Willamette river, $50,
000; Coquille, below Coquille City,
$40,000; Claskanie river, $13,000;
gnaging water of Columbia, $1,000;
upper Coqnille, $9,000; Columbia, be
low Tongue point, $71,000.
W.ahlnf too.
Olympia harbor, $15,000; Everett
harbor, $50,000; Pugot sound, $20,000;
Cowtiu river. $3,000; Lewi river,
$10,000; Cbehali river, $3,000; Pend
d'Oreille river, $10,000; Swinomish
slough, $20,000; Willapa river and har
bor, $3,000; -Oakcogan river, $15,000.
Idaho.
Clearwater, river. $10,000.
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SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Oregon
Custom-honse, Portland, $200,000;
ublic building, Salem, $50,000; tender
for thirteenth lighthouse district, $100,
000; poet lights on Columbia aud Wil
lamette, portion of general fund of en
perintendent life-saving service, Ore
gon, Washington and California, $1.
800; river cutter, North Pacific coast,
$112,600; launch for custom service.
Astoria, $3,500; ' Clackamas fish ata
tion, aalaries,,, $3,420; quarantine sta
tion, Astoria, portion of fund.
Washington.
Public bnilding. Seattle, $150,000
fence marine hospital. Port Townsend,
$15,000; improvement quarantine sta
tion. Pott Townsend, $26,200; estab
litb lighthouse, Burrows island, $t5.
000; lighting Poget sound, portion of
fund; Washington fish station, salaries,
$3,480; quarantine station. Port Town
send, maintenance, portion of fund
improving Gray's harbor, $25,000; col
lectors of customs, Port Townsend
towards enforcing Chinese exclusion
act, $110,000; compensation of 12 com
miesioners to examine and classify
lands in land grant and indemnity
land grant limits of Northern Pacific
Railroad Compnay, in Montana and
ldabo, $10,000; for publication ol
monthly reports of commissioner in
land office Coeur d'Alene district
Idaho," and for expenses of hearings
$3,333; allowing Oiegon, Washington
and Idaho for survey and resmvey of
lands beavilv timbered, mountainous
or covered with dense overgrowth, rates
not exceeding $25 for standaid and
meander lines, $23 for township, and
$30 for section lines.
Alaaka. -
Agents at seal fisheries, $13,950;
food and sustenance, inhabitants of St.
George, $19,500; protection ol salmon
fisheries $7000; expenses of courts $9,
600; education, $30,000; reindeer, $35,
000; register and receiver Peavey land
district, $6,000; general appropriation
covering protection of seals in Behring
aea.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
For transportation of destitue citi
sens from St. Michaels to Seattle, San
Francisco and Port Townsend, $3,500.
Tbe states get their respective shares of
general appropriations in the fortitica
tions and armament bill, the postoffice
nd the agricultural bill.
NATAL BILL.
Repair marina corps' barracks, part
of fund.
Naval station, Fuget sound, $103,
107; repair of marine corps' barracks,
part of fund.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
Oregon.
Klamath ageuoy, $1,200; Sileti
gencv,$l, 200; Umatilla agency,$3, 000
Warm Springs agency, $1,200; support
and civilization of tribes in Middle
Oregon. $6,000; support Klamath res
ervation, $5,000; suppoit Walla Walla
reservation, $5,000; Grande Ronde
and Silets, $12,000; Salem school,
$92,600.
Washington.
Colville agency, $1,500; Neah Bay
agency, $1,200; Tulalip agency, $1,300
Yakima agency, $1,500; removing Spo
kanes from Coeur d'Alene reservation
$6,000; education D'YVailish. $7,000
education Makahs, $3,000; Yaliimas
$3,000; Colville and Puyallup, $14,
000; commissioner to sell lands of Puy
allups, $3,000; annuity to Chief Moses,
$1,000; employes, Colville agency
$1,200; Nes Perce agency, $1,600
Fort Hall Indian fund, $6,000; Nex
Perce teachers, $6,000; Sisseton and
Wahpeton lund, $18,400; instruntin
of Shoshones and Bannocks, at Fort
Hall, $30 000; Shoshones, Bannocks
and Sheepeaters, Letimi agency, $13,
000; civilization of Josephs and Nex
Peroes. $7.500r Nes Peroes in. Idaho
$5,000; Incidental expenses, Idaho,
11.000; Sawmills, Nes Perce reserva
lion, $3,000.
REFUSED BY. CHINA.
Italy's Demand for tho Leaao of San
Mini Bay.
Pekin, March 7. The tsung-li-yamen
has returned to tbe Italian charge
d'affaires, Marquis Salvago Raggo, b
dispatch containing the demand ol the
Italian government for a lease of San
Mnn bay on tbe same conditions aa
those under which Germany holds Kio
Chan bay, accompanlyng it with a let
ter declaring that the Chinese govern
ment is unable to grant the request.
CHANGE FOR BETTER
Manila Takes On Its Former
Air of Business..
RESTORATION OF COSFIDESCE
Ono to tho Arrival of Reinforcement
Rebels Actlvo at Snn Pedro
MneatL
Manila, March 7. The United States
transport Ohio arrived yesterday.
In the last two day there ha been
s very noticeable change in Manila for.
the better, probably due to the arrival,
of reinforcement for the Ameiiean
troop. Numbers of people are teen
on the streets, and tbe amount of .birsi
ness transacted in the. stores has mar-
velonsly increased. Yesterday the
Lnneta was blocked with carriage for
the first time. since, tba.kOuihreak.jiml
the band of the Twentieth regular
played a number of aire, and it waa
hard to believe that s state of war ex
isted. '
Outside the city there waa desultory
firing throughout tbe day, and at vari
ous points the sharpshooters were most
annoying.
At San Pedro Macati the rebels are
very active, erecting entrenchments in
front of the position occupied by the
Washington troops, although two-gun
battery ol the Sixth artillery repeatedly
ihelled them.
The enemy are fully alive to the fact
that Mansers have a much longer range
than the Springfields and are continu
ously taking "pot shot" in compare
tive safety. The American soldiers die
like ; this passive resistance,, and are
eager for the excitement of an . active
:ampaign. -
Despite the heat, the health of the
men in the trenches bss improved re
markably. Tbe transport Ohio arrived today
with reinforcements. One casualty.
Private Overton, company G, Twenty
lecond infantry, died on the 3d init.,
3f spinal meningitis.
EXPLOSION OF A MAGAZINE.
rnible Loss
of Llfo
Hour Teulett,
Franco.
Toulon, March 7. -The naval maga
xine of La Qoobran, between La Seyne
and Toulon, in the department, of Var,
Southern France, exploded at 3:30
o'clock this morning. All of the sol
diers on dnty at the" magaxine were
killed, and a number of inhaibtant of
the district, the buildings ol which
were raxed, also fell victims. Forty
corpses have already been recovered.
The cause of the explosion is not known. -' -
Fifty thousand kilogrammes of black ; '
powder exploded. It looks, aa though
volcanic eruption had occurred, the
country being swept almost bare with
in a radius of two miles, houses de
stroyed, trees overturned and distorted,
fields devastated and covered with
stones.and impalpable black dust. ',
Some of the stones aie enormous. One , -.
weighing 60 kilogrammes tell in the
suburb of Pone de Las. Signs ol the '
explosion are evident in all the sub
urbs of Toulon and in the city itself. -
Even at t. Jean de Var, five Biles dis
taut,windowa were shattered and doors
battered in. It is; impossible, to aeoes-. - j
tain accurately the number killed,, bfl..,,.-
t is believed mat no iewer man iuu -
were injured.'- -- ' ' 1
ARMED
.vWr.r!.
HIGHWAYMEN.'
Held Vp Seyen
Sfisi on a Taooma
Bt-
cycle Path.
Tacoma, Wash.,' March 7. -Two ".
armed highwaymen laid in ambush on" -
a bioycle path two miles from the city
tonight and captured and robbed seven
men between 8 and ft o'clock, secur
ing several watches bnt less.' than $10 '
in cast). , rney lata .wgH across in.,.",
path and stopped the travelers as, they
came to It. The first man was a candy ''
maker, who had a bundle ol aprons, .
which they used to bind their prisoners '
as they came,' one by one." After rob
bing them, they tied their hands and
feet and laid them in , row in -the ' " -,;
brush. , ,m ,'.. . ?S: ',',.
At 11 o'clook the footpad went
away, leaving tne victims bound. ' One
managed to toll over, where another ,-.
could untie him with his teeth, and .
they gave the alarm, but the robbers
had fled. - ' -
A boat ? o'clock,, two men, presum- -
ably the same, held, up T. .0. Abbott; v-.i
prominent attorney, a few blocks
from the same place, but he-broke away "
aud escaped. ', J,--.i?-: . -'' v.
Dreyfua Is ProatmleoV'i''' -V 't: !,vr'
London, March 7. The correspond ioi:
ent of the Daily Telegraph, at Cayenne! iS
capital of French Guiana, says:
' In the course or a recent converse-''
tion, Dreyfus declared that bis return .. ,.
to France wa imminent, but for. the
past month he had reoeived no new.
I understand that be is in a state ol
prostration , that causes considerable v
anxiety." ' '
Esploalon of Benilne,
St. Petersburg1, March 7. Last even. ,
ing a carboy ol benaine exploded in tr '
third-olasa railroad carriage, on the im.v.v
of Dwinsk.'sptji; of .St,. . Petersburg, J(.rf ,;
Tbe carriage was ''brirted, six women
and a man wete-'ktliecT, and Id other's:
were injured..,'- : Mii
: Chlneee Hebel Leader Coeghav-'l C'l-S'l
London, Maroh 7. The Shanghai j 4
correspondent of the Daily Mail , says si)-
that the leader of the rebels 1H the ,
province of an Iloni f Naga,n-oeiv the '1'-'
notorious desperado), hMi beesji Cfty,i,j4
tured, 52 Of his body guard belng ,
killed.
Oan for Fort Wilson.
: Bethlehem, Pa., Msrei The-
Bethlehem Iron Company has-.: strinpew "'''.
three 10-inoh gun to For, Wilson, in .-.,
Wash ington.
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