VOL. XXXIII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897.
NO. 46.
THE : NIW8 OF I WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review ef the Import
ant Happening of the Pant 'Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
The steamer City of Topeka arrived
at Port Townsend, from . Alaska, upon
schedule time. It is reported that the
weather at Juneau and Sitka is at pres
ent 'quite as mild as that of Puget
eouncL-
Great preparations are being made
for the spring rash of miners to A1-.
aska,'1 which it is expected will ha
greater this year than ever before.
Few prospectors are planning to g6 to
Cook's inlet this season, the excitement
in that section having about died out.
James' McCoy, one,- of the . founders
of the town of Oakesdale, Wash., died
at his home in that town at the age of
66 years. Mr. McCoy ' Came to Oregon'
in 1853, and resided in Benton county
till 1887. ' He .. then ..removed to Whit
man county, Wa.shM .where he has since
resided.
Port Townsend has had another land
slide. Tons of dirt fell from the hill
on the west side of Taylor street, at
the second flight of terrace steps, carry
ing with it the high cribbing and com
pletely obstructing the passage on that
side of the street. ;.. .. .
The ship -j Two ". Brothers, which has
arrived at Tacoma from San Francisco,
to load coal reports that on January 19,
while off the Oregon coast, Oscar
Hartz, a sailor, fell from the lee main
rigging and was drowned. It was his
second trip on the ship. He was a
German, 30 years old, and had lived in
San Francisco.
A Madrid dispatch says snow and
rain-storms threaten serious floods in
Spain. . Harrowing distress prevails in
Andalusia. At Jaon, the people are
plundering the bread shops, and thou
sands are begging in the streets. Simi
lar scenes, accompanied, by fights with
the. police,- have occurred - in many
other towns. The authorities are pow
erless t6 cope with the destitution. -
Joseph '.Meehan,-16-years old, of San
Francisco, met his death in a strange
and shocking manner. He was attempt
ing to close a window in a room oc
cupied by himself and parents on the
third floor of a lodging house, when he
slipped and plunged headlong through
the opening to the street below. He
struck on his head and his neck was
broken.
A London dispatch from Odessa, de
scribing the military preparations going
forward there, says that the activity
has only been equaled during the period
which immediately preceded the two
last great wars. The Turkish govern
ment is unable to make its usual an
nual purchase of horses in Russia, all
of the stud farms being closed by the
Russian government. -
Congressman Sturtevant, of Penn
sylvania, who has recently called on
President-elect McKinley, quotes him
as saying: "I will call a special ses
sion of congress on March 15, and un
less I change my mind you may be in
Washington by that time. I desire to
have my protective system inaugurated
immediately upon my inauguration,
and I want a measure passed that will
immediately stimulate business and
give idle men work." Congressman
Sturtevant said further that no Penn
sylvania man would be in the cabinet.
Very Rev. Thos. J. Conaty, D. D.,
has been' installed as rector of the
Catholic university of America in
Washington, D. C. It was a notable
event in the history of the institution,
and drew together a distinguished as
semblage of churchmen and educators.
Another attempt has been made to
get the stranded Glenmorag off from
tho sands of North beach. This trial
proved unsuccessful like the previous
attempts and it is now thought the
Glenmorag will be abandoned to the
mercies of the waves.
: While hunting near Elk Point, S.
D., W. J. Murphy, aged 17, became
f rozen to death. When first missed he
was supposed to have returned home,
and not until some time later did
searching parties start after him. His
body was found.
An earthquake occurred on the islsiri
of Kishma, in the Persian gulf, attend
ed by enormous loss of life. Eishma is
hear the entrance of the Persian gulf
and is the largest island in that body
of water, being surrounded by many
smaller islands. Its length is seventy
miles and its average breadth twelve
. miles. The population is estimated at
6,000, chiefly arabs.
Y.Two people were seriously injured
And a score of others bruised and bat
tered as the result of a rear-end collision
of two trains in the .Oakland yards.
Instead of holding the Berkley local
train as usual, the signalman allowed it
to proceed on the main ..track, just as
the sunset limited .- was approaching.
T3 . tj-ir-a tha Idtta. train f.n 1 A lia armnofl
- it crashed into the rear car of the lo
cal, completely demolishing it.
The senate committee-on fisheries
have"; listened to an argument-by Pro
fessor Elliott in advocacy 'of . te bill
providing Tor a new international agree
ment for the protection of fur-bearing
seals. Professor Elliott exhibited a
large number of charts, showing the
habits of seals. He contended that
from an economic and humane point of
view, it would be far better for the
United States to kill all the remaining
seals outright than to permit the
slaughter to . continue under present
regulations.
Agent W. R. Russell, of the Pacific
Coast Elevator Company, of Moscow,
Idaho, has purchased over 20,000 bush
els of wheat at 70 cents. ,The last large
purchase was 3,000 bushels. Some
wheat' in that section is being held as
high as 75 cents. -
James Stephens, who is said to have
started several incendiary fires in Walla
Walla during the summer of 1896, has
'been convicted of arson in the superior
court for setting fire to the Hamilton-
"Rourke warehouse, January 9, 1896. i
mi j f . r. .. : l .
JLUB UCICUBV urn VCljr tlbLlO CVi'lCilVT w
offer, and the jury, after being out one
hour, returned a verdict of guilty.
THE HEROD OF HAVANA.
Senator Turple Bo Characterized Captain
General Wejrler.
Washington, Jan. 27. In the senate
today Turpie of Indiana, characterized
jCaptain-General Weyler as "the Herod
pf Havana, the murderer of women and
(children," and as an indescribable
diminutive reptile." These bitter
words were incident to Turpie's speech
of two hours on the Cameron Cuban
resolution. The speech did not develop
the criticism of the secretary of state
which had been foreshadowed by Tur
pie's remarks last week, as the senator
confined himself largely to a careful
analysis of the constitutional rights of
congress, his conclusion being that con
gress, as representing the people, had
the primary and paramount authority
to recognize new governments. Tur
pie frequently turned aside from his
arguments to pay a glowing tribute to
the insurgent government and its lead-,
era. General Maceo was eulogized as
a hero, whose memory would be hon
ored by the people of Cuba libre as the
American people honored the heroes of
Revolutionary days. In connection
with Maceo's death, the senator re
ferred with bitter denunciation to Gen
eral Weyler. " ,-
In the Bouse.
Washington, Jan. 27. After con
suming most of the time today in dis
posing of District of Columbia business,
the house took up the Indian appropria
tion bill, and made fair progress with
it before the hour for adjournment was
reached. The bill carries $7,535,791,
or 1366,294 more than the current law,
and $246,265 more than the estimate.
Twenty of the seventy pages of the bill
were disposed of.
. The .conference report on the immi
gration bill was presented,- and Dan
ford, who has charge of it, gave notice
that he would call the report up at an
early date. A bill. was passed calling
on the war department for an estimate
of the cost of a water route from Gal
veston to Houston, Tex.
' Johnson of Indiana, took advantage
of the latitude allowed in debate to
read a speech in favor of an early re
form of our banking and currency laws.
He described the depressed condition
which existed during the recent cam
paign, and argued that unless the in
coming Republican administration cor
rected the evils, it would be swept out
of power in 1900, and the country
would suffer loss and disaster', which
it would take years to eradicate. He
insisted that those who believed the
enactment of a protective tariff would
restore prosperity would be disappoint
ed. Unless there was a thorough and
adequate revision of our banking and
currency laws, he said, there should be
no lasting prosperity. He agreed with
the president that the greenbacks
should be retired. He thought that
with the establishment of a broader
banking system the banks should have
the privilege of issuing notes against
their assets.- .. , . .
Curtis of Kansas, offered an amend
ment to the Indian bill to permit mer
chants to go into the Eickapoo reserva
tion in Kansas to collect their accounts.
It was explained that this year, for the
first time, merchants had been excluded
from - this reservation. The amend
ment was adopted. :
IN CH ETC 0 MOUNTAINS.
D. Hart man Shot and Killed Near the
- Oregon Border.
Grant's Pass, Jan. 27. Somewhat
meagre particulars have reached this
city of a murder committed . in the
Chetco mountains, about twenty-five
miles north of Chetco, Cal., on the
21st inst. -
D. Hart man, an expert; miner from
Groveland, N. Y., and a man named
Jones had some difficulty, , growing out
of a dogfight, when, without any other
provocation than the mere disagree
ment, Jones seized a Winchester and
shot Hartman, killing him instantly.
Jones then left, and is supposed to be
headed this way, though - so far as
known no effort is being made to cap
ture him.
The shooting occurred at' a . mining
camp, and was witnessed by "but one
man, who had camped with Jones, and
who, in company with P. Costello, the
postmaster, at Smith River, Cal., took
the body to Chetco, where it is being
embalmed for shipment East.. - '
Jones is described as a man 5 feet' 8
inches in height, weighing 150 pounds,
nearly bald-headed, with a sandy com
plexion. The name of Jones is be
lieved to be assumed.
Decided Against the Sailors.
Washington, Jan. 27. The United
States supreme court today affirmed the
judgment of the California district
court in the case of Robert Robinson
and four other seamen, arrested at San
Francisco for refusing to obey the'W
ders of the master of the Aragona, after
having entered into articles to make a
voyage to Valparaiso. The constitu
tionality of the law empowering a jus
tice of the peace to arrest deserting sea
men was involved; also the question as
to whether their arrest violated the
"Involuntary servitude", amendment to
the federal constitution. Both points
were decided against the sailors. . ,
Nelson, B. C, Jan. 26. Dugald
Patterson, of Emmet, Mich., was killed
here yesterday by a falling log. At the
Trail creek smelter, George Braden,
also an American, fell into a pot of
molten slag and was frightfully burned.
Minneapolis, Jan. 27. A. C. Haug
han, city treasurer, tendered his ' resig
nation today in consequence of his fail
ure to secure bonds. He has been
treasurer for four years, and was re
elected for two years more. He lost
considerable money through bank fail
ures, and his present embarrassment is
the cause of his inability to secure
bondsmen. It is understood his net
loss will be in the neighborhood ot
$200,000, which amount will ultimate
ly fall upon the city at large.
. Belief From Canada. ,
Ottawa, Jan. 26. At the suggestion
of the governor-general, the Dominion
government has opened a national In
dia relief fund with the deputy min
ister of . finance as treasurer. Lord
Aberdeen heads the list with $1,000..
To Celebrate Cabot's Discovery. :
London, Jan. 26. The Daily News
announces that the Marquis of Duff erin,
the retiring British ambassador to
France,- has accepted the presidency of
a committee to celebrate at Bristol the
400th anniversary of Cabot's discovery
ti America.
OFFIR TO BE
WITHDRAWN
Our Government Must Act
Promptly..
VIEWS OF FRANK P. HASTINGS
Hawaiian Charge d' Affairs Thinks
We Should Not Hesitate to Avail
Ourselves of the Oppoi tnnlt jr.
Washington, Jin. 27. "There is not
.much time for the United States to
avail itself of the proffered concession
of a submarine cable between the coast
of California and Hawaii," said Frank
P. Hastings, charge d'affaires of the
Hawaiian embassy in this city,-"for
tlr.it offer only extends to May 1, 1897.
It is simply a question of expediency,
and as a .monopoly .of the proposed
cable connection for a sopre of years
would be granted it does not seem like
ly this country will let such an oppor
tunity slip. On all sides there, is noth
ing but commendation for the project
and it would be $60,000 well invested
for the United States to meet Hawaii a
little more than half way on this prop
osition. "According to the terms of the pro
posed concession, power is given to take
and hold exclusive possession of the line
of cable between San Francisco and
Honolulu, refusing any and all business
in the way of messages that might be
prejudicial to the interests of this gov
ernment. . With the vast and safe har
bor of Pearl river as a rendezvous for
its warships and the exclusive control
of communication between Hawaii and
the outside world, the United States
would secure a vantage ground that
would give it practical control of the
Pacific ocean. " '
"No suggestion has ever been made
by any private person or. corporation to
lay such a cable with private capital
and without government subsidy. Un
certainty as to its financial success and
the indefiniteness regarding the amount
of commercial business that would
come to it has always stood in the way
of investment by private capitalists.
"There is no reason why the govern
ment should not contract for carrying
its dispatches as well as its mails, and
class an ocean cable company within
the category of the postoffice. In 1857
the United States granted a subsidy of
$70,000 per annum, as well as the use
of two government ships, to assist in
laying a cable from the coast of Ireland
to the coast of Newfoundland. This
action was taken at a time when the
necessity for cable communication was
hardly realized and was in the nature
of an experiment. The whole cable
line was to be outside the domain of the
United States, and practicaly beyond
its control. Its - messages were not to
be transmitted free, nor was it to have
any advantages from the successful lay
ing of the cable through the aid so'
granted. But it was a necessity to
stimulate the investment of private
capital, which has resulted in spanning
the Atlantic with twelve separate
cables between - South - America and
Europe. - :i '.
"In all schemes for a cable crossing
the North Pacific the Hawaiian islands
have been considered a necessary objec
tive or resting point on the long stretch
of water to be traversed, and not until
the granting by the Hawaiian govern
ment of exclusive landing rights to an
American company was the feasibility
of any other route seriously enter
tained. "
FORMED IN OLYMPIA.
The Pacific Northwest Labor Congress
Organized.
Olympia, Wash., Jam 27. Repre
sentatives of different trades unions,
farmers' alliance and Grange, now in
this city, completed the work of or
ganizing tonight an association to be
known as the Pacific' Northwest Labor
Congress, having for its purpose to
promote the welfare, protect the in
terest, extend the organization and de
fend the rights of the laboring and pro
ducing classes. - The following officers
were elected: .,
President, William Blacktnan, of
Seattle; vice-president, Senator Augus
tus High, Vancouver; secretary and
treasurer, W. A. Walker, Spokane; ex
ecutive council, J. L. Holland, Olym
pia; T..R. Lawlor, Spokane; R. H.
Norton, Roalyn; 'Jl. C. Little,,-' Aber
deen; W. P. C. Adams, Seattle.
The organization will meet annually
the third Wednesday iir-January, it
being the intention to meet every two
years in Olympia, and off years in some
other city In the state. " : . ;. - -
Would-Be Burglar Sllo't.. "
Fresno, CaL, Jan. 27. Fred Borman
was shot in the legs last night by Wil
liam Hill, while trying to enter the
latter's house, a mile southeast of town.
The would-be burglar is now lying in
the county jail suffering from two bad
ly shattered shins, with the prospect of
losing the use of his right knee.
' --- Killed by a Falling Tree., ,
' Marquette, - Mich.. -Jan.- 27wr Joe
Martin v Jack Ford and " .Pat- Dohphuef
were returning to their' lumber camp
in a blinding snow storm when a tree
fell on them, -killing the first two out
right. Donohue was horribly mangled. '
" A Tonne; Lewlston Criminal. -
' Lewiston, Idaho, Jan. 26. Edward
Akin, aged 13, was arrested today on
complaint of his mother, a widow, for
threatening an assault to commit mur
der. One of the boy's brothers was
the victim intended. - Young Akin has'
been for years the terror of the family
t an 11A1 fr Vu"i-J. rU-V
The spider's eyes' are. not : in his
head, but in . the upper part of his
thorax. " ;'- ' -':;'.-
A Tonus; Cuban Drowned. -
' Key West, Fla., Jan. 27. A young
Cuban named Perez fell with a balloon
into the sea Sunday afternoon and was
drowned. Perez, was not an aeronaut,
and, after going up 1,000 . feet, became
helpless. -The ropes were tangled, and
the balloon went out about a mile from
shore and felLSd..the water. Boats
from a reveniie ' cutter went" to render
assistance, and the .balloon was recov
ered, but Perez' body .- could not be
found. '
Car axles are made by a recently pat
ented mechanism.
DAY IN THE Sfc NAT&
Calendar Cleared of Pension Bills
. Resolutions Freseated.
Washington, Jan. 26. The senate
confined itself strictly to business to
day, passing a large number of bills,
including those for a statue of President
Lincoln at Gettysburg, appropriating
$300,511 to pay one of .the old claims
of the late John Roach for use of his
shipyards, and reclassifying the railway
postal service. Over 100 pension bills
were passed during the day, thus clear
ing the calendar. A resolution by
I) Morgan, was agreed to, requesting the
president for all-correspondence on the
Nicaragua canal since. 1887, also a reso
lution by Allen requesting the attorney
general for information regarding the
reported Pacific railroad settlement be
tween the executive authorities and the
reorganisation committee of the road.
. Allen of Nebraska secured the adop-
4 tion ofthe following resolution:
Resolved, That the attorney-general
be and is hereby directed to inform the
senate whether he entered into an
agreement or stipulation with what is
commonly known as the reorganization
committee of the Union . Pacific rail
road, respecting the foreclosure of the
government lien thereon, and the
amount, if any, of such agreement or
stipulation that said reorganization
committee has bid on the foreclosure of
said liens, and, also, send to the senate
a full text of such agreement or stipu
lation, together with the names of per
sons comprising the reorganization
committee as well as the. authority he
may have for. beginning such foreclosure
proceedings or enteringr into . any such
agreement or stipulation." - . ;
The Loud Postal Bill.
Washington, Jan. 26. The senate
committee on postoffices and post roads
resumed the hearing on the Loud second-class
mail bill today. Orville J.
Victor, chairman of the New York
committee of publishers, said the bill
was to the interest of the press com
panies and opposed to the interests of
the public, which demands good a'nd
cheap literature. Victor called atten
tion to a large " amount of government
matter carried free which would, he
said, go far towards accounting for the
postoffice department deficit, and creat
ed a general laugh at the expense of
the committee by reading a newspaper
extract characterizing most of this mat
ter as congressional buncombe.
John Elderkin, of. the New York
Ledger, claimed ' that under the pro
posed law Such papers as the Ledger
would be excluded from the privilege
of being entered as second-class mail
matter. - ; - .
S. S. McClure addressed himself es
pecially to Senator Chandler's proposed
amendments, referring to the distribu-.
tion through news agencies. It would
have the- effect, he said, of requiring
the publishers of magazines to organize
their own system of. distribution, and
tiros both increase the cost as well as
decrease the circulation of their publi
cations. : Any addition to the ' cost
would render it impossible to publish
10-cent 'magazines.- To advance the
price of the '-magazines to ." 15 cents
would be to cut the circulation one-half.
Chandler said he did not propose to
press hia amendments.
J. S- Ogilvie denied the assertion
made at a meeting last Saturday that
some of his publications were indecent.
He asserted that the government was
under an implied contract with pub
lishers to maintain, the present rates.
r Yates Hickey, of the American Rail
way Literary Association, favored the
bill. ' ' -
David Williams proprietor of the
New York Iron Age, submitted an
argument in favor of the bill. Senator
Chandler stated the hearings will close
next Saturday. .
Introduced by Hermann.
Washington, Jan. 26. Representa
tive Hermann has introduced a bill to
amend the Indian depredation claims
law, whereby "inhabitants," and not
only "citizens," shall be entitled to
sue for payment. The original act Em
braced citizens only. Many of the old
settlers losing property had at the time
only declared their intention to become
citizens. The amendment also pro
vides that the Indians committing
depredations may have been merely "in
treaty relations,", so as to give the
right to claimants to recover. The ex
isting law gives jurisdiction to the court
as to such claims as were committed by
Indians in ''Mmty," at least the su
preme court - construed the law to have
this meaning. The , amendment .'also
simplifies the taking of testimony;--in
such' cases. " '
. , Ivory Returns Home. -.'..'
London,. Jan. 26. The Daily Mail
announces' that Edward J.. Ivory, 'alias
Bell, acquitted of a charge of complic
ity in a dynamite conspiracy, and John
F. Mclnty re, formerly assistant district
attorney in New Yorkwho came to
London in his defense, sailed for New
York yesterday.
-.Smallpox on the Victoria. '
,' ' Victoria, . B. ... C.,- Jan. 26. The
steamer Victoria of . the Northern Pa
cific line,- arrived -today, .with a i case of
"smallpox on board, that developed "the
Srst day '.out from .Yokohama. The
steamer was disinfected -and given
clearance for the sound, .The' steerage
passengers, were detained at William
Head quarantine: - . ' .;.
Fourteen Hundred Bodies Recovered.
'London, Jan. 26. A Times dispatch
from Teheran says that 1,400 bodies
have been recovered from the ruins
which resulted from : tha 'recent earth
quake on the island of Kishma, in the
: Persian gulf, the inhabitants of which
were estimated to number 5,000, most
ly Arabs. ' "
Dominion Parliament Prorogued.
. Ottawa, . Jan. ' 26.' Parliament has
formally prorogued - for the 8th of
March next.' ' '-' :. ' -:
A Spanish Outrage.
New York, Jan. 26. A World special
from Tampa says: Carlos Antillps, a
well-known literary man, and a Cuban
by birth, died Sunday at Guanabacoa.
The funeral procession Monday' was
stopped by a mob of Spanish soldiers
who broke open the coffin, took out the
corpse and after brutally handling and
beating it with their muskets and
swords threw it into the street and for
bade the mourners to take it up. The
people dispersed in fear of their lives,
but some hours later, finding that the
soldiers had left, they recovered the
body and buried it, - '
IDE PLflSUEJNMARSBILLES
Mysterious Deaths Occur in
the French City.
PEOPLE ARE PANIC-STRICKEN
Ant orltles, However, Deny That It
is the Dread Bubonic Disease
Sanitary Measures Taken in Europe.
'Marseilles, Jan.; 26. The greatest
feeling of alarm prevails here among
the masses of the population on account
of a number of sudden deaths which
have occurred in one street.. Some
days "go a report was circulated here
that a case of bubonic plague had been"
discoveced. . This was promptly denied
and precautions taken to guard against
the introduction of the plague were re
doubled, -and especially in the vicinity
of the old and new ports, where the
maritime population congregates. In
those, neighborhoods, - seamen and
others from all parts of the world are to
be found in great numbers, and in the
vicinity of the old port, especially, the
streets are narrow in the extreme, lined
with old and overpopulated houses, and
in every way unhealthy, the cobble
stone roadway as a rule having gutters
through which vile drainage flows.
Since the alarm, steps have been taken
to clean the streets as much as possible,
and domiciliary visits have been made
by the health - officers in the most dan
gerous quarters. ' -'
Under the circumstances it is not ex
traordinary that, the authorities were
greatly alarmed when the report was
first spread that a case of. bubonic
plague had been discovered, but it was
not until today that the public became
frightened. . It was announced that
nine sudden deaths had occurred in one
street within a few days, and of course
the plague was claimed,' rightly or
wrsngly, in every case. The health
officers declare that all nine cases were
deaths from "infectious pneumonia,",
but ' the public is very far from being
satisfied. -. -
- Dispatches received from Paris show
that ;the government is fully alive. to
the danger of .the situation. Decrees
have -been issued forbidding pilgrims
from leaving Algeria, Tunis and Sene
gambia this year for Mecca, and mer
chandise must, under severe penalty be
imported from India through five desig
nated; ports, of which this is one. At
these ports of entry Indian merchandise
will be allowed to land only after hav
ing been most thoroughly fumigated
and otherwise disinfected. Quantities
of -anti-plague serum are being sent
here and to other ports, and all ships
from ? the East - will be carefully ex
amin' d and quarantined, if necessarv.
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BRYAN AND THE PIRATES.
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Measures Taken to Protect the Forth-;-
e ming Book. . .
Chicago, Jan. 26. A bill was filed
today in the circuit court of Cook coun
ty, by Hon. William J. Bryan and his
publishers, the W.v5 B. ' Conkey Com
pany,, through their attorneys, for the
purpose of enjoining certain publishers
in Chicago and the Northwest from
pirating his forthcoming book, known
as "The First Battle." The bill was
filed with Judge Holton, who granted
an injunction without notice against the
Dominipn Publishing Company, H. L.
Barber, manager; the Hubbard Pub
lishing Company, A. H. Kuhlman &
Co., and others. These parties were
restrained from publishing a revamped
edition of the old Hubbard campaign
under the title of "Bryan, Sewall and
Free Silver." The publishers of the
book are charged in the bill with hav
ing attempted to pirate the 'name
adopted by Bryan for his forthcoming
publication, "The First Battle." These
defendants are also charged with call
ing the book "The Great Battle," an
imitation of the title adopted by Bryan,
and' under which his book is to be
placed on the market.
A Bock on the Track.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 26. The
southbound passenger train of 'the Cincinnati-
Southern railway was wrecked
this morning near Lemo, seven miles
north of Oakdale, Tenn. It was run
ning at a high speed when a rock, which
had fallen from a cliff, was run over.
The engine left the track and crashed
down an embankment. The mail car
was demolished, and the express and
baggage cars badly .damaged Engineer
Fowler and Fireman .Clark, are dnger-ously-hurt.
. Several , pssengers were
slightly injured.
The Sultan Is Dejected. .: i
London, Jan. 26. The Times' cor
respondent at Constantinople says the
sultan is dejected at the prospects of
his Mohammedan subjects backing the
European demands. His grand vizier
and foreign minister are both exhaust
ed with worry from the palace, and the
grand vizier is seeking permission to
resign. -- . ." -
' ' . 1 he Plague Is Spreading.
. London, Jan. 26. A Daily Mail dis
patch' from Bombay says the actual
number of deaths from the plague is
double the estimated . number, and the
malady is spreading slowly but surely.
There, are , daily reports of fresh out
breaks. :
London, Jan. 26:- The blizzard con
tinues to cause sad havoc throughout
Great Britain and Ireland. A number
of wrecks have been reported along the
coasts. Some lives have been lost as a
result of these wrecks, while other per
sons have been frozen to' death or per
ished through exposure in different
parts of the country.". In several in
stances it was necessary to dig mail
wagons out of the drifts. Traffic across
the channel was generally suspended
tonight '-' -- " '- -- V ''. '-z.
An "X" Bay Feat..
New York, Jan. 25. Superintendent
Knoll, at the hospital, has completed
an X-ray photograph clearly outlining
the brachial artery in the right arm of
Thomas Saltmann. This is said to be
the first time such a feat has been ac
complished. A Tangier Police Force. .
Tangier,' Morocco, Jan. 26. David
N. Burke, United "States consul-general,
at the request of the' diplomatic
body here, is compiling a scheme for
th formation of a police in Tangier.
AN EVENTFUL SESSION.
Three Distinct Sensations ,Sprung . In
. the .Senate. ;." .
Washington, Jan. 25. The session
of the senate today developed three dis
tinct sensations. The most important
of these was the presentation by Sher
man of a letter from Minister Roderi
guez, the representative of , the Greater
Republic of Central America (includ
ing Nicaragua), in effect protesting
against the execution of the Nicaragua
canal project by the United States un
der the concessions granted in 1887 to
the Nicaragua Canal Company. As
the bill for this purpose was about to
be voted on by the senate, the present
tation of the letter created consterna
tion among its friends. Morgan, its
chief Supporter, at once declared the
letter was inspired by Great Britain,
who sought to drive the United States
from the isthmus by using the .Central
Americans as a catspaw. He asserted
that Minister Roderiguez had come
here to execute such a plan, and that it
was an open threat against American
control of the canal. The debate was
very earnest, and the letter made a
profound impression on the senators.
Senator Vilas declared it struck the
death-blow to the canal project as pro
posed by the pending bill.
Earlier in the day the senate unex
pectedly found itself discussing the new
Anglo-American treaty. While the
treaty itself has been released, all dis
cussion of it is restricted to executive
session. Notwithstanding this rule,
the expressions were free and full from
Sherman, Gray, Cullom, Lodge, Hoar
and others. The statements of these
senators were . uniformly favorable to
the high principle of the treaty, the
only qualification being that it should
receive mature and dispassionate con
sideration. Shortly after the session began, Tur
pie caused a preliminary flurry by criti
cising the reported agreement between
Olney and Sherman, by which no ac
tion was to be taken as to Cuba, before
March 4. Sherman emphatically de
nied that any such agreement had been
made, and added that he had not had a
word with Olney in that direction.
These three incidents relating to cur
rent foreign questions made the day's
session one of the most eventful in
years. -
. Washington, Jan. 52. This was
private bill day in the house, and most
of the time was consumed with .small
bills. The bill to provide for holding
terms of the United States courts for
the Eastern district of Texas at the town
of Beaumont was passed over the presi
dent's veto by a vote of 144 to 68. In
cidental to the discussion, Cooper of
Texas, declared the president vetoed the
bill through mispprehension, and that
he had vainly tried to get an audience
with Mr. Cleveland to .explain the
measure. Grosvenor spoke sarcastically
of the president's custom of refusing to
see congressmen, unless his private sec
retary approved of their errands.- Some
minor bills were passed. After the
night pension session, the house ad
journed.. - - ; - '
A KITE ASCENSION.
Successful .experiment Made at Gov
ernor's Island. - !.
New York, Jan. 25. Lieutenant
Hugh G. Wise, of the Ninth infantry
on Governor's island, has just made the
first kite ascension ever successfully at
tempted in America. For six months
the lieutenant, entirely on his own re
sponsibility, has been studying and ex
perimenting with kites as a means of
assisting armies in warfare. ' The tan
dem system of specially constructed
kites is intended to supplant the use of
balloons, which cannot live in gdles.
The lieutenant's kites are cellular.
They consist of rectangular frames of
spruce. Cotton string and cotton cloth
in strips are stretched around the ends
of the frames, leaving both ends of the
rectangular framework open, and also
an open strip in the center. Thus four
lifting sufraoes and four guiding sur
faces are presented to the wind.
When the breeze freshened to a five-mile-an-hour,
the lieutenant was hoist
ed fifty-two feet so that he could Bee
over the eaves of the officers' quarters
and down the bay. The force repre
sented by the pulling of the four kites
is estimated at 400 pounds.
"I have studied the system of Pro
fessor Langley, of the Smithsonian in
stitution; Professor Markham- of . the
weather bureau,, and Civil Engineer
Chanute, of Chicago, who are making
special experiments, in aerial naviga
tion with aeroplanes," Said Lieutenant
Wise.
"The . experiment shows that kites
are 'serviceable in a gale which would
tear a. balloon to pieces where it is de
sired to observe the surrounding count
ry and inspect the maneuvers of an
enemy. I attribute my success to a"
close view of the methods of those who
have studied the subject, rather than
to my own effort. "
Denies That Santa Clara Fell.
Madrid, Jan. 19. An emphatic de
nial has been issued from official circles
of the report that Santa Clara, the cap
ital of the Cuban province of that
name, has been captured by the insur
gents. ' It is further stated that the
1 only recent insurgent attack; in the
province has been at Buena Vista,
where, it is said, the insurgents Were
repulsed. " ;
Destroyed by Fire. . -
- Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 25. Short
ly after midnight fire started, in Mingo'
Junction, O. , a few miles . north of
Wheeling," which wiped out nearly the
entire business portion of that . indus
trial town. At 2 o'clock this morning
nine houses had been destroyed, and
the property loss is estimated at $50,-
opo. ;.. .; - r
' No receptacle has ever been made
strong enough to resist the power of
freezing water.
' " Besult of Dissipation. -
St. Louis, Jan. 21. William E.
Jones, formerly manager of Havlin's
theater,, in this city,, committed sui
cide here last night at the Ridgeway
hotel by shooting himself in the head.
Jones was a well-known man-about-town,
and at the time of his death held
a position at Hagan's opera house.
Despondency resulting from dissipation
is assigned as the cause for the suicide.
- Dr. Pouchet says that some forms Of
baoteria will surviva an ordeal of 400
degrees of bee .''V-' ':'
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
How the Benson Men Set Up Their Or
ganisation. In the Mouse.
Two o'clock Thursday of last week
the Benson men succeeded in organiz
ing the lower house of the legislature
with a majority numbering thirty-one.
There was a large crowd of spectators
present, as it had been announced in
the morning session of the house that
organization would be attempted in the
afternoon. A collision of the factions
was expected, but nothing of the kind
occurred.
.At 2 o'clock, when Temporary
Speaker Davit mounted the rostrum
and called the members to order, an
audible rustle of expectancy passed
around the house. The speaker directs
ed Clerk Moody to call the roll, and the
following answered to their names:
' Benson, Bridges, Brown, Chapman,
Conn, Crawford, David Davis of Uma
tilla, Gratke,. Gurdane, Hogue, Hope,
Hudson, Huntington, Jennings, Lake,
Langell, Marsh, Merrill, Misener,
Mitchell, Nosier, Palm, Riddle, Rigby,
Simth of Marion, Somers, Stanley,
Thomas, Thompson, Vaughan, Ven
ness, Wagner.
The first formal move of the Benson
men was made by Brown. He left his
desk and came forward to a position
just in front of the speaker's rostrum.
Brown addressed Speaker Davis, and,
being recognized, began a speech. He
said:
"We have sat here for ten days in
our effort to organize this house. But
the ' rulings of the temporary speaker
have at all times been adverse to the
possibility of organization. If he has
been conscientious in his ruling, I re
spect him."
Brown then went on to recite the his
tory of the failure to organize and, con
cluding with the statement that it was
how "our earnest purpose and steadfast
resolution" to proceed with the busi
ness, offered a formal resolution, as fol
lows: "Resolved, That the present tem
porary speaker, E. J. Davis, be, and he
is hereby removed, and that Dr. J. N.
Smith be, and he is hereby elected
speaker pro tern, in his stead. That
E. R. Lake and F. S. Stanley be and
they hereby are appointed a committee
to escort Dr. J. N. Smith to the speak
er's chair."
The reading of the resolution was
greeted with great cheers by the lobby.
Brown raised his hand in protest, and
appealed to the spectators to keep
silent.
' "We have serious business to do,"
he said. "Mr. Speaker," interrupted
Riddle of Douglas," addressing Davis,
"I desire to enter an emphatic protest
against this proceeding. I am against
this resolution. We have heard some
opinions read on this floor from Sena
tor Hoar of Massachusetts, and from
Senator Thurston of Nebraska. I take
it .as a piece of impertinence on the
part of the senator from Nebraska to
offer unsolicited advice as to what we
should do in Oregon, and our answer
should be in the language of the great
and only Pennoyer, 'You attend to
your business aad we'll attend to ours.'
. "I will ask the speaker to put the
question," said Brown, "although I
realize it is a delicate matter for him."
"This whole proceeding is out of or
der," replied Davis, coolly, "and I de
cline to put the question."
"I will then put the question," con
tinued Brown. "All who favor the
resolution will say, aye." There was a
loud chorus of ayes. "Those opposed,
no." Several yells of "No" came
from the lobby.
"Carried," cried Brown. i
Speaker Davis calmly watched the
progress of events and said nothing.
Smith was marched up beside Davis be
tween Lake and Stanley. When he
was Opposite the speaker, Smith, who
is a very small man, extended his hand
to Davis, who is quite tall, and there
was an awkward handshake. The
crowd breathed a sigh of relief and
smiled. There was to be no tragedy.
It was just plain comedy." Smith
asked the pleasure of the house, and
Somers promptly got on his feet and
read a printed resolution removing
Temporary Chief Clerk Moody and
appointing R. R. Hays, the Benson
caucus nominee. Smith put the mo
tion and it was declared carried, and
Hays took a place beside Clerk Moody.
Chief Justice Moore was waited upon
by a committee, and he swore . in the
members. Conn then offered a resolu
tion to proceed to permanent organiza
tion, and it carried. H. L. Benson, of
Josephine, was placed in nomination
for speaker. The roll of the- members
sworn in was called by Hays. Benson
got twenty-eight votes, Benson, Gratke
and Misener voting blank.
A committee was appointed to escort
Benson to the chair. Chief Justice
Moore . swore him in, and he made a
short speech of thanks.
The following officers were then
elected:
Assistant chief clerk, H. S. Jordan;
reading clerk, Frank Motter; calendar
clerk, E. W. Bartlett; sergeant-at-arms,
H. W. Murphy; doorkeeper, S. W.
White (colored.)
These were the Benson caucus nomi
nees. They were sworn in by Justice
Moore. Bridges presented a resolution
empowering the speaker to appoint
three pages, a mailing clerk and one
upstairs doorkeeper, and it was adopted.
Thomas offered a resolution extend
ing the usual courtesies to newspaper
men, and that, too, was adopted.
There was some discussion as to the
proper way to notify the senate of the
house organization, but it was finally
settled by adoption of a resolution by
Brown, appointing a committee of two
from the senate and three from the
house to notify the governor, that the
senate and the house were organized
and ready for business. t
-' Senator Harmon's bill to regulate
salmon fishing in Roirue river fixes the
' olose season from April 15 to June 1,
and from August 15 to September" 15.
. It makes it unlawful for anyone to
take salmon with a trap or wheel of
any kind.-. It also restrains the use of
seines at any point above the mouth of
the Illinois river. A penalty of not
less than $25 and not. more than $200
fine, or not less than ten days or more
than six months' imprisonment is pro
vided for violation of its provisions.
' Senator Wade has introduced a bill
for the returning to . Union county, of
more than $3,900 that was paid into
the state treasury as taxes. Of this
amount, 1,708 was paid to the state as
iur; Miessment on railroad property,
IGNORED BY THE SENATE.
President Simon Declined to Becognlxe
the Benson Bouse.
The-lobby of the senate chamber in
Salem was crowded Monday afternoon
in anticipation of action on the house
concurrent resolution to notify the gov
ernor of the organization of the legis
lature. The resolution failed to put in
an appearance, but the matter came up
in another form on a resolution by
Senator King, which was lost on a tie
vote, and subsequently by a decisive
ruling of President Simon, which was
distinctly against recognition of the
Benson house. Immediately after the
senate was called to order, President
Simon announced that he had in his
possession a communication from the
temporary house. It had been sent in
last Friday, but he had taken the lib
erty to withhold it, expecting the con
current resloution also to be submitted.
The resolution was not at hand, but he
thought it proper now to present the
communication. It was in brief the
particulars of the Benson house organ
ization, and setting forth the unconsti
tutionality of such action, stating that
at no time was a quorum present. The
communication was signed by R. E.
Moody, temporary- chief clerk.
The senate listened to the reading of
the communication, but took no action
in the matter, and the regular order of
business was resumed. After several
bills had been introduced, King (Popu
list), of Baker county, asked unanimous
consent to introduce a resolution.
There was no objection, and King sent
the following to the clerk's desk:
"Whereas, There appears to be some
question as to whether the house of
representatives, comprising the other
branch of this legislative assembly, has
organized and' is ready to proceed with
business; that there is one organization
of such house claiming to be the tem
porary house, duly organized as such,
and one organization, claiming to be
permanent and duly organized; that the
senate has not been notified by resolu
tions or otherwise of such permanent
organization; that this branch of the
legislative assembly cannot perform
legislative duties for which its mem
bers were elected without the concur
rence of the house of representatives on
all bills and joint resolutions passing
this body; that this branch of the
legislative assembly has for twft weeks
been organized and ready for the trans
action of buisness, and the cause of
such delay on the part of the house of
representatives has not been fully made
known to this body; therefore,
"Resolved, That a committee of
three members of the senate be appoint
ed to examine into the conditions
above set forth and ascertain whether
or not either of the two pretended or
ganizations of the house of representa
tives is a legally organized branch of
this assembly, and, if so, which of the
two is so organized, and report the con
dition thereof to the senate at as nearly
a date as may be deemed practicable by
said committee.'"
This brought up the matter of. the
house recognition in an unexpected
form. A motion was made to lay the
resolution on the table, but it did not
carry. After some debate a vote was
taken, resulting in a tie, the resolution"
failing to be adopted.
Shortly after this episode a messen
ger from the house was announced. He
laid his message in front of President
Simon, who opened it and read it, and
then sai-1: -
"The chair is in receipt of a com
munication puporrting to be a message
from the house stating that the house
has effected permanent organization by
electing Hon. H. L. Benson as speaker,
R. R. Hays as chief clerk "and other
officers, and is ready for the transaction
of business. The chair has already
submitted to the senate a message from
the temporary organization of the
house, advising the senate that such
permanent organization was effeoted in
an irregular and unconstitutional man
ner and without the presence of a
quorum, and that such action was ille
gal and void. The chair is of the
opinion that no permanent organization
of the house has been effected and that
the pretended permanent organization,
without a quourm mentioned in this
communication, is not valid or bind
ing, and that the senate cannot recog
nize such an alleged permanent organ
ization of the house. The chair, there
fore, declines to entertain or receive
this communication, and rules that the
same cannot be entered upon the jour
nal. The decision will stand as the
judgment of the senate, unless the sen
ate will overrule the decision of the
chair." '
The president's ruling was received
in silence by the senate, which ap
peared to think that it was entirely cor
rect, and it would be useless to attempt
to set it aside, even if so disposed.
Senator Morgan's Tlews.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived by Bourne from Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama: "Under the consti
tution, as it is executed by the statute
in accord with section 2, the house con
sists of sixty members, and the senate
consists of thirty members. A quorum
to do business consists of two-thirds of
each house under article 12 of the con
stitution, and this includes the perma
nent organization. A quorum being in
attendance, business can be , done;
otherwise no organization can be made,
except to compel the attendance of ab
sent members."
Senator Price has presented a meas--ure
which provides a new method of
collecting school taxes. It is made the
duty ofthe school clerk, ten days after
the annual school meeting, the first
Monday in March, to begin making an
assessment of his district, and, imme
diately upon its completion, to collect
the tax. The measure, it will be seen,
takes from the assessor the power to
make the assessment, . and from the
sheriff the duty of collecting the tax.
It practically restores the former law-
The bill introduced by Senator Smith
providing for the formation of o-oper-ative
corporations has three important
features: It allows the amount), of
stock held by any one person to be lim
ited; it provides that each stockholder
shall have only one vote, irrespective
ofthe amount of stock- owned; that
stock cannot be sold to any particular
person without consent of a majority of
the directors. - v : . . , ;
A session of the house .was again
held on - Sunday. ; Temporary-Chairman
Davit decided it was necessary.
But seven members answered roll call.