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VOL. XXXV. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1898. NO. 30. F TI i it Happenings Both at Home and Abroad. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Interesting Collection of Items From Many Places Chilled From tbe Press Reports of the Current Week. German exports to America are eaid 'to lie decreasing. In Wisconsin it is estimated that 500,000,000 pine trees have been de stroyed by fires. Spanish forces are preparing to leave Cuba. Marching orders have been giver, at several points. An authentic report received at San Francisco, says the seal herds of the northern waters are being rapidly ex terminated. It is reliably reported that the ulti matum of the powers to Turkey regard ing the island ot Crete, has been pre sented to the sultan. Advices from Van, Turkey, say fight ing occurred at Alashgord between Turks and a number of Armenians from Russia. About 50 Armenians were killed. A Quebec special says that Skagway or Dyea are to be placed under British administration, and that Canada will be allowed access to the Yukon by way of Lynn canal under the treaty now be ing perfected at Quebec It is estimated that the total hop crop of Washington this season will be between 27,700 and 30,000 bales. A considerable portion of the crop has been already contracted for on a basis of 10 and 11 cents per pound. The story of the loss of the fishing schooner Bulla has reached Seattle. The captaip of the vessel was washed overboard and drowned. A member of the crew was also washed overboard, but rescued. The wreck has been beached by the Farallon. Fire, supposed to have originated from forest fires, burned half of Cum berland, Wis., causing a property loss estimated at $225,000. About 23 families are homeless. Five children are reported burned to death. A large saw mill is among the buildings burned, throwing many out of employ ment. Rain saved the entire city from being burned. The steamship Gaelic has arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong and Yokohama via'Honolulu, bringing the congressional commission from the lat ter place. In speaking of the work of the commission Senator Cullom said: "We have done as mnoh as was' possi oieln the trme'at our disposal, and we have covered tho ground thoroughly. When we meet in Washington we will go to work at once on a report." Senor Agoncillo, the Philippine rep resentative who has gone to Washing ton to ask that the insurgents be heard by the peace commissioners at Paris, has made public a translation of the Philippine constitution, which Aguin aldo was to have proclaimed at Malo Los. By this constitution Aguinaldo formally renounces the title of dictator, and assumes that of president of the revolutionary government of the Phil ippines. The aged Queen Louise of Denmark died at Copenhagen. American and Spanish commission ers met and breakfasted together in Paris Thursday. In Colorado, forest and prairie fires have done tremendous damage in Routt countv, along the Roaring Fork river, and down in the San Juan region. In addition to the troops already or-, dered to go to Cuba not later than Oo tober 20, there will follow four more divisions, three of infantry and one ol cavalry. Secretary Alger has returned to Washington, after his inspection of tho army camps. He says the troops did not take care of themselves, which ac counts for their present condition. A man has been arrested at Orsova charged with complicity in a plot to assassinate the king of Ronmania. The police received timely warning and the attempt was 'frustrated. A phial of poison, a dagger and several other weapons were found in the man's pos session. Striking union coalrainers and im ported negroes engaged in a pitched battle in the main street of Pana, 111. Several hundred shots were fired. No one was wounded in the ranks of the union men. The negroes, it is be lieved, had several wounded men, and one died after reaching the stockades. A dispatch to the New York Herald from Panama, Colombia, says: It may be stated with entire confidence that Colombia has not defied Italy by declining to pay the Cerruti claim. The dispute with Italy is regarded as settled so far as the award of President Cleveland in the case is concerned. Sixty pounds sterling has already been paid to Ernesto Cerruti for personal damages, and the payment of the lia bilities of Cerruti & Co. has been guar anteed. Minor News Items. Tho North Atlantic squadron is to be reduced from a force of about 100 ves sels to &2. A boiler burst at a sawmill near Evergreen, Ala., and Bud Archer, the engineer, his wife and child and bis wife's sister were instantly killed. A special train on the Chicago & Northwestern railway established a new record between Chicago and Omaha, making the run of 493 miles in nine hours and 29 minutes. General Toral, who surrendered the Spanish army at Santiago to the Ameri cans, arrived at Vigo, Spain, and was greeted with a stoim of. hisses and abuse. Philip D. Armour, Marshall Field am? Norman B. Ream, of Chicago, are eaid to have obtained control of tbe Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Severe earthquake shocks were felt at Sioux City, la., Bloomfleld, Neb., and at Elk Point and Hurley, S. D. The Peruvian congress by an immense majority has sanctioned the suspension f the wiit of habeas oorpua. LATER NEWS. A London special from Bombay says A ferry-boat capsized while crossing the Andus river, and 100 passengers were drowned. The Hawaiian Star says the new gov ernment of Hawaii is to be territorial in form, with one representative in congress. Dr. David J. Hill, of Rochester, N. Y., has been appointed first assistant secretary of state to succeed John B. Moore, resigned. The Paris Figaro states that Count D'Aubigne, French charge d'affaires at Munich, will leplace M. Cambon as minister at Washington. Cambon will go to Madrid. Thirty thousand poople were present to witness the launching of the battle ship Illinois at Newport News, Va. Many prominent persons were present from the national capital. The American authorities in Manila have invited all the schoolteachers te resume tho instruction of their classes. The schools have been closed since the surrender of Manila to the Americans. Upon separate ballots being taken in the Oregon legislature Tuesday Salem, H. W. Corbett received votes, Judge Bennett, 24. and M George, 10. Forty-six votes are quired on joint ballot to elect. A. P. Swineford, ex-governor in 36 C. re- of Alaska, while in Chicago declared the prospectors who have returned gold less from that region were unsuccessful be cause of lack of foresight in failing to prepare for life in a new country. In consequence of serious disorders due to the presence of the insurgents in the vicinity of Manzanillo, General Lawton has dispatched thither the steamer Reina de Los Angeles with one battalion of four companies from the Third immunes under Colonel Day. Evacuation is well nigh completed and the Stars and Stripes will soon wave over the entire island of Porto Rico. The Spanish and American com missioners have worked in petfeot har mony. The Spanish made no attempt to delay the carrying out of tbe terms of the protocol, but on the contrary were anxious to return to Spain. Isaao Schlesinger, his wife and two children were held prisoners 14 hours at their home in West Taylor street, Chicago, by a crowd of 200 boys. Dur ing most of this time the family were compelled to go without food, as their larder was empty. They were in con stant fear that an attack would be made upon them. In the case brought . by Governor Pingree, of Michigan, to compel the Michigan Central railway to sell mile age tickets at a fiat 2 cents, the Wayne county district court holds that the company, under its special charter, has a right to fix its own tolls, and that this is a vested right whioh the state must pay for if it takes it away. A report from General Otis to the department states that the total num ber of deaths among the troops at the Philippines in three months was 87. The state department has issued a circu'ar instructing the United States consulates to half-mast their flags in memory of the late Ambassador Bayard. A warrant is out for the arrest of United States Senator Quay. Himself and son and other prominent Pennsyl vanians are charged with having used state moneys from the People's bank to speculate in stocks. Thirty miles from Murfreesboro, Tenn., four prominent men were assas sinated by John Hollingsworth and several of his friends, who fired upon them from ambush. Hollingsworth waB later captured and shot by a posse. General Fitzhugh Lee's corps will go to Cuba this month. The general health of his command is excellent. The camp at Jacksonville, Fla., is well watered and in splendid sanitary condi tion. Cuba, the general thinks, will be divided into military departments. The steamer Fastnet has arrived at Vancouver, B. C, from Skagway with half a million in dust, and with news that a million more was on the wharf when the Fastnet left. There will be but one more boat from Dawson, the Colnmbia, which will bring down a large amount of treasure. Captain Dreyfus, whether guilty or innocent, has certainly caused a verita ble cyclone of passion to be let loose, and Paris was in a turmoil all Sunday. Crowds, scuffle, uproar and arests was the programme of the day. About a score of people aie eaid to have been seriously wounded in the various free fights. Secretary Long, upon advices received at the state department, which 'show the existence of threatening conditions in China, has ordered Dewey to send two warships immediately from Manila to a point as near the Chinese capital as possible for a warship to approach. The vessels selected are the Baltimore and Petrel. Bertha Beilstein killed her mother in Pittsburg, Pa., and later put several bullets into her own body, from tbe effects of which she cannot recover. The only explanation the girl has given for her terrible deed were these words: "I was tired of life. It held no pleas ure for me. I wanted to die and did not want mother to live and fret over my death. For that reason I killed her." Rev. E. Fullerton, who has been ap pointed United States consul at Naga saki, Japan, is a Methodist missionary. The American Indies company has been formed in New York with a capi tal Stock of fl8.000.000. Its object is to develop the resources of Cuba and Porto Rico. President McKinley and - as many members of his cabinet as can do so will attend some portion of the peace jubilee which begins at the Omaha ex position October 10. Lieut. John W. Heard, of the Third United States cavalry, is the champion pistol shot of the United States army. Mrs. L. Seeleye, aged 60 years, died in Laport, Tex. Mrs. Seeleye served in the civil war as Frank Thompson, of company F, Second Michigan volun teers, and was granted a pension as a veteran after proving her oase. A cable message from the European Union of Astronomers to Messrs. Chandler and Ritchie, announces the discovery of a minor planet with a re markable orbit, which overlaps, to foma extent, that of the planet Mara, Being Rushed by the Amer icans at Paris. HAVE ALREADY MADE DEMANDS Report of Retention of tlie Philippines Stupefies Madrid Will Resist to the Verge of Hostilities. Paris, Oct. 5. Major-General Mer ritt reached Paris today. The Ameri can peace commission held a session this morning preparatory to a second meeting with the Spanish commission ers this afternoon. Today's session lasted until 4 o'clock, at which hour the commissioners ad journed to meet at 2 o'clock next Fri day afternoon, such interval being de sired and neccessary to allow separate consideration by each commission of matters before the joint commission. The interval will be thus filled with work by each commission, the ultimate results being so facilitated. The sec retary of the Spanish commission will arrive tonight, and the interval will also be employed by the secretaries jointly in maturing plans for the work of procedure. While the American commissioners were at luncheon today, General Merritt called at their hotel, but did not wait to see the commission. He will call again tomorrow to see members of the commission. The Spanish and American commis sioners will be received tomorrow by President Fauro. The hour fixed for the reception of the Americans is 3:4P in the afternoon. General Merritt will accompany the Ameiicans to this func tion, which will be held at the Palace de Elysee. The opinion is now held that the work of the commissioners may be fin inshed within a month from the pres ent time. While it is the general im pression that today's meeting was again devoted to preliminary work, and that the adjournment to Friday was taken only to enable the secretarie to draw up a schedule of work, the representative of the press learns that the session was highly important, and that the Americans have made a de mand of such character that the Span iards find it necessary to ask for an ad journment in order to enable them to consult with the government at Madrid. It is believed that the question con cerns the Philippines, and it is known that the Americans are highly pleased at having so soon reached what they consider a very important phase ot the negotiations, and consider the two ses sions thus far held as very satisfactory to America. The fact that a member of the com mission expiessed the belief that work would be completed within r. month indicates a happy frame of mind. In the Spanish camp great hopes are built on what they believe General Merritt will advise, namely, that the Philippines are incapable of self-government, and that the whole situation does not warrant America in taking the responsibility for the entire Philip pines. The Spanish commissioners are quite ready to give whatever America asks in the way of coaKmg stations, but will resist more, to the verge of a re newal of hostilities. Madrid Worried. Madrid, Oct. 5. The reported inten tion of the United States government to retain the whole of tho Philippines has areated almost a stale of stupefac tion here, and it is senii-officially an nounced that the Spanish government has resolved to vigorously combat any action which, it is claimed, the terms of the peace protocol preclude. Gen eral Kins, governor of the Visayas islands, reports to tho government an other defeat of the insurgents. The Spanish volunteers," he says, also re pulsed an insurgent attack on the town of Basan, and killed 31 of the attack ing force. TO CORNER WAR IMPLEMENTS. Reported Scheme to Form a Combine of Warship and Gun Factories. Cleveland, O., Oct. 5. An evening paper says one of the most gigantic pro jects for A combination of capital is be ing examined in this city. It is noth ing lees than an attempt to unite the warship building interest and armor plate and gun-making interests of the world into one great syndicate. Men of international reputation in the financial and manufacturing world are in the deal. The projectors claim they can raise a capital of 1200,000,000. Among the Clevelanders who are in the deal is said to be Colonel Myron T. Herrick, president of the Society of Savings, and Robert Wallace, president of the Cleveland Ship Building Com pany. Dr. Gatling, the famous in vetor of guns, has been here in confer ence with other men in the deal. Arm strong, the inventor of tbe gun which bears his name, has also been here. Andrew Carnegie is one of the ohief men in the negotiation. Robert Wal lace is now in the West with several foreigners. Before he returns he will stop at San Francisco, and the proprie tors of the Union Iron Works will be approached as to whether they will come into the deal. Killed His Wife and Himself. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 4. This evening Robert Lash, a desperate char acter, went to 324 Court street, where his wife was stopping, and, calling her into the hallway, shot her dead. Lash then killed himself with the same wea pon. The tragedy was the culmination of many quarrels. In the hotels bnilt In China for the use of foreigners the highest stories are the most expensive because the Drecz iest. ' PostofAce Department Killing. Washington, Oct. 4. In a communi cation to the attorney-general, re sponding to an inquiry, Acting Postmaster-General Heath says the post office department holds that a referee in bankruptcy is an officer of the United States government, entitled to use the "penalty envelopes," but is not satisfied that a trustee in bank ruptcy is ao entitled. The referee, be explains, is appointed by the court, and required to take the usual oath, while the trustee represents the credit ors, is appointed by them, and is no required to take the oath. THOUSANDS ARE SICK. Critical Condition of the Army In Porto Rico. Ponce, Porto Rico, Oct. 5. It is the well-grounded and almost unanimous opinion of the medical staff of the American army in Porto Rico that the condition of the volunteer forces here necessitates their immediate removal north. Sickness is increasing, and has been increasing duiing the past three weeks at an alarming rate. Today the sick report shows over 2,700 in "hos pitals or in quarters, out of a total com mand of 10,000 men; that is, over 25 per cent of the troops are on the sick list. This, however, does not mean that there is an effective strength of 7,500 men. The soldiers discharged from the hospitals as fit for duty are in nine cases out of ten incapable of serv ice, and if ordered on duty are almost invariably back in the hospitals within a few days. The medical officers have found that the convalescents do not, and seeming ly cannot, recover their strength in this climate, and for this reason tiiey are being sent north as rapidly as pos sible, several hundred leaving every week. FATAL FOREST FIRES. Several Lives Were Lost in Wisconsin Toods. Cumberland. ' Wis., Oct. 5. The bodies of a man and a boy were found today in the woods between Amena and Poskin Lake, burned beyond recogni tion. Several nersons are still missing. Peter Ecklund, who was eeriouely burned by forest'fires, was brought to this city today in a critical condition, and it is thought he cannot live. A 4-year-old daughter of Rudolph Miller, and the 7-year-old son of Nels Swanson were found in the woods, ljj miles northeast of Almena, so badly burned that they cannot recover. Mrs. Frank Heinrichmeier, at Poskin Lake, died this morning, as a result of fright and exhaution in fighting fires. Relief rooms were opened today, and relief is being extended to starving families. The fire is still roaring on one side of this city, but the gieatest danger is believed to be over. Near the town of Johnston, Polk county, eight miles distant, heavy loss of farm property is reported today, and fires are still raging. AMERICAN PORK. Thousands of Tons Have Entered Ger many Without a Certificate. Berlin, Oct. 5. A most important revelation regarding American pork was made by the German goveinment an nouncement in the semi-official press today, that it has received information showing that American pork had en tered Germany without certificate. The United States embassy confirms the report that the discovery had been made that thousands of tons of Ameri can pork have been imported through a number of custom houses for years rpast without certificates. The embassy has requested the foreign office to in struct the custom house to insist in every case upon a certificate. No American firm is implicated i it these transactions, which explain the alleged discoveries of trichinae in American pork. German dealers in American pork offered in July last a reward of 1,000 marks for a case of human trichinosis due to American pork, and three months have passed without anybody claiming the money. NEARING THE CRISIS. Foreign Ministers at Peking; Hold an Emergency Meeting. London, Oct. 5. A special dispatch from Shanghai says that telegrams from Peking have been detained-two days. The last telegram received, according to this dispatch,, announced - that the foreign ministers had held an emer gency meeting. The German warship at Kiau Chou, it also stated, had start ed hurriedly for Takn the day before. Marquis Ito, who, it is understood, is visiting China, for the purpose of arranging an offensive and defensive alliance betwen China and Japan, has left Tien-Tsin for Shanghai, owing to the impossibility of prosecuting nego tiations during the crisis. The foreign ministers, it is stated, forbade any foreign residents going to Peking. It is expected that Sir Claude MacDonald, the British minister, shall surrender Eang Yu Wei. Yamantsu, leader of the rebellion, in the Sze Chuen province, has issued a proclamation ordering the extermina tion of all foreigners. Mob Menacing Foreigners. London, Oct. 5. The Peking corre spondent of the Daily Chronicle, tele graphing Saturday by way of Shanghai, says: "A mob is menacing foreign ers. The wife of the Italian minister was attacked yesterday, while on her way to church, and several Americans coming from the railroad were wound ed by stones. "The foreign ministers have sent a collective note to the government, ask ing for the suppression of these out rages, and the punishment of tbe cul prits." Wheels Moving Again. Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 5. The Wash ington mills started up in all depart ments this morning, after a partial shutdown of several weeks. About 4,500 hands are now employed. Klondikers on the Discovery. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 4. The steam schooner Discovery arrived at midnight from Alaska with 100 passengers and about $50,000 in gold dust. The trea sure was owned by a few men. A. Helwerth is credited with $15,000 and George MoCord $10,000. Dan McDon ald, a brother of Alex McDonald, the mining king, is said to have brought out $10,000. Croesus, of ancient times, possessed about $20,000,000. May Be Needed. Washington. Oct. 5. To a number of interested callers today,- Piesident McKinley had occasion to reiterate his determination to have no more troops mustered out for the present. In tbe course of interviews,, he stated in sub stance that it was the intention of the administration to send fresh troops to Porto Rico to take the place of the volunteers, who will have to be re turned home, and who will be given furloughs. He stated very firmly that there would be no general discharge until the situation was cleared up. of His Taking Confirmed: Ofl HIS SUICIDE IS ANNOUNCED Which Ts Understood to Mean That He Was Assassinated The Anti-English Feeling Is Spreading. London, Oct. 4. A special dispatch from Shanghai says: The announce ment of the death of the emperor is confirmed. Tho reports as to the means employed in his taking off differ. One story has it that he died of poison, and another that death was caused by strar.gulatiort, while a third states that he was subjected to frightful torture, redhot iron being thrust through his bowels. Another dispatch from Shanghai gays: Telegrams furnished by the tal tai, or local governor, to a Chinese paper allege that the emperor commit ted suicide September 21, after signing a decree which placed the dowager em press at the head of affairs in China. This, it is added, is understood to mean that the emperor has also been an nounced semi-oScially. All the English-speaking secretaries and tho principal members of the Chinese for eign office, it is further announced, have been banished. The British foreign office today re ceived a dispatch from her majesty's minister at Peking saying Mr. Morti mer, a member of the British legation, on roturning home yesterday with a lady, was insulted and attacked by a mob, which stoned him and covered him with mud. Later in the day, the dispatch adds, some American mis sionaries were similarly attacked, as was the Chinese secretary of the United States legation. The hitter's ribs were broken. Sii Claude McDonald, the British minister at Peking, reports that there is a dangerous feeling abroad. Execution of Alleges) Conspirators. Washington, Oct. 4. Minister Con ger has cabled the following to the state department: "Peking. Six alleged conspirators wero executed by order of the empress yesterday. Kang, the leading reformer and adviser of the emperor, escaped in p British vessel. Order and quiet pie vail here. Trouble is feared at interior points." . DISORDERS IN PARIS. Foreigners Are Preparing to Lear the City. Paris, Oct. 4. The Dreyfus demon stration organized by M. Pressence, one of the leaders of the agitation, for this iitrcvfioon, was prevented by tlx etosit.g- of the Salle Wagram. M. Preesence and his friends tried to force an en trance, and an uproar resulted. The police then intervened and arrested M. Pressence, M. Vaughn', editor of the Aurore, and Deputy Mory, anfid shouts md counter-shouts of "Vive revision!" Vive armeel" "Vive Zola!" and "A ..s les julfsl" and the crowd was dis persed. The persons taken into custody were subsequently leleased-. Disorders, most of them In the vicin ity of the offioes of the LibTe Parole, occurred during the evening. Many persons were slightly injured, though sticks were the only weapons used. Several arrests were made. An ugly statement is made by the Petite Republique to the effect that Colonel Picquart, who had previously taken exercise in the courthouse yard of the jail, had not left his cell since Thursday, when he was seized with symptoms of ceiebral congestion, fol lowed by coma. There is no means, however, of verifying the statement. The disorders have created intense alarm among the foreigners at the hotels, and it is probable that an exo dus will occur, the guests fearing grave developments. The working class, so far, has held aloof, but the leaders of the rival par ties are doing tlreir utmost to stir them up. and it is believed that the disorders will be repeated. Le Matin publishes a dispatch from Cayenne stating that the French cruiser Dubordieu is lying off the Salut islands wafting to bring Dreyfus away. A SPANISH THREAT. Troops to Be Sent to the Philippines to Protect the Visayas Islands Madrid, Oct. 4. The cabinet has decided to authorize General Rios to giant reforms in the Visayas islands, on the lines demanded by the inhab itants, and to concentrate his forces at Mindanao, as there are only 450 men garrisoning the Visayas. The Spanish ministers also decided to protest to the government at Wash ington against the refusal of the Amer icans to permit Spanish troops to be sent to the Visayas, while it is claimed the insurgents are constantly receiving arms and cannon with which to attack other islands, "which the Americans permit without even pretending to in tervene." The Spanish cabinet, it is added, will acquaint its Paris commissioners with these contentions, in order that they may be used in tbe peace negotiations. Finally, it is announced that the gov ernment will inform the government at Washington that it has decided to send reinforcements to the Visayas, and has ordered several batteries of artil lery In Andalusia to get ready to start for the Philippine islands within 24 hours. In addition to' this, the cabi net will repeat its protests against the insurgents continuing to hold Spanish prisoners in the Philippine islands. A Russian does not become of age : until he is 26 Seattle Aroused. Seattle, Wash. , Oct. 4. A report is in general circulation here that the Canadian commissioners have demand ed a cession of territory In Alaska, in cluding the towns of Dyea and Skag way, in return for fishing concessions fin the Newfoundland boundary. The report comes from sources that are con sidered trustworthy. A call has been issued for a meeting of tbe leading mer chants tomorrow to investigate the re port. If it is found to have any found ation, a -strong protest will be made against the cession of any Alaskan ter ntory. Rumor TORNADO AND FLOOD. Coasts of Georgia and South Carolina Swept Property Loss Heavy. Savannah, Ga., Oct 4. For 15 hours, from 3 o'clock this morning until 6 o'clock tonight, Savannah has been in the grasp of a West Indian tor nado. During the day the wind blew steadily from 50 to 70 miles an hour. While the city escaped with compar atively little damage, the loss of prop erty among the eea islands ol the Geor gia and South Carolina coasts is be lieved to be heavy. For miles in every direction around Savannah the towns along the rivers are submerged. Only one fatality has so far been reported the drowning of a negro while attempting to reach the land from a small island near Thunder bold but heavy loss of life is feared on the South Carolina sea islands, where such fearful loss of life occurred during the great tidal wave of 1893. The conditions now are similar to those during that storm. Owing to the sub merged country and the isolated loca tion of the islands, no news can be had from them until the water subsides. For eight miles north of Savannah the entire country is a lake, with only the hummocks visible. At noon the water was eight feet above the highest tide. Driven on shore by the northeast storm, it filled up on the islands, swept ovpr banks, and dams, carrying away the remnant of the rice ciop that was left by the August storm, and had not been gathered, and wiping out farm crops. The loss to ricegrowers alone will be from $50,000 to $75,000. Of the entire rice crop along the Savannah river, valued at $250,000, all but about 15 per cent was lost in this and the pre ceding storm. Hie damage to shipping is considera ble. The schooner Govornor Ames, which was on her way to sea with a cargo of 1,500.000 feet of lumber, went adrift in the harbor, but was secured safely. The wharves at the quarantine sta tion, at the entrance to the river here, were partially carried away. The telephone, polioe, light and fire alarm wires are down, and the city is in darkness. On Hutchinson's island, opposite Savannah, and separating the city from the South Carolina shore, many negro families were rescued by boats from i the revenue steamers Tybee and Bout- weil. ANOTHER HORROR SHIP. Surgeon Protests Against Overcrovi-dlns; on The Obdain. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 4. Surgeon Major Seaman, of the transport Obdam, deolares that there will be a repetition of the awful horrors that have charac terized' the voyage home of the other transports if more sick soldiers are sent on board tbe vessel for tiansportation to New York. He says that when the Obdam left Porto Rico many on board were sick, yet the first quartermaster -r0ugej t0 -famish wine for their ae, but supplied them with hardtack and canned' food, saying that be had no authority to furnish wine. Surgeon Seaman said he would hold him re sponsible should any deaths occur, and finally succeeded in obtaining suitable food for those who were ill. He asserts that the ship has every man that she can carry, and that if she reaches New York without any deaths occurring, she will be lucky Hearing that a number of other sick soldiers were to be sent aboard her, the surgeon-major made a protest, and stated that he was informed by General Lawton that his protest showed lack of discipline, and that an officer had been appointed to see how many additional men the Obdam oould carry. Surgeon Seaman savs he will cable to Surgeon General Sternberg a protest, disclaim ing responsibility for whatever may happen. Mayor McCieary, of Santiago, is en deavoring to compel the merchants to sell necessaries of life at reasonable rateb. MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Serious Blow to the Town of Colorado Springs Eight Blocks Burned. Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 4. This city had a visitation of fire this afternoon which threatened for four Injurs to destroy the entire business district. The wind was blowing at the rate of 45 miles an hour from the southwest when the fire started at the Denver & Rio Grande freight depot, at the foot of Cucharis street, at 2:10 P. M. , and the flames spread with great rapidity. A strip four brecks long from north to south, and two blocks wide from east to west, has been burned over, but at this hour the conflagration is believed to be under control. The flames are still leaping high over the burnt district, but the wind has died down, and there is no doubt that the fire engines, which have come from Denver and Pueblo in response to ap peals for aid, will be able to confine tbe flames within the present limits. The Antlers hotel, one of the largest in the West, three lumber yards and two blocks of business houses have been destroyed. In round numbers the loss is estimated at $1,000,000, and insur ance at one-half of that amount. San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct. 3. The meeting of the military commis sion yesterday was private, and no news was given out regarding what transpired. The American troops now occupy fully two-thirds of the island. New Steamship Lino. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 4. The Canadian Pacific railway will estab lish another trans-Pacific line. The steamers Tartar and Athenian, of ovei 4,500 tons, will run between Vancou ver and Vladivostock, the termini of the trans-Canadian and trans-Asian lines, respectively. The Athenian will sail first, loading here and then proceeding to 8eattle and Portland, where graln will probably be placed on board for Russia. Fatal Bicycle Accident. Chicago, Oct. 3. One man was killed, another fataly Injured, and a third seriously hurt in a bicycle acci dent at the Garfield racetrack tonight. The dead man is Harry Cline, 20 years old. .His skull was fractured. Tbe injured are an unidentified man, about 24 years old, taken to the county hos pital in an unconscious condition, and may diet and F. A. Bridges, 24 years , old, whose right shoulder was broken besides being bruised about tbe body. One pint of milk produces, roughly jeakinj DOWN TO BUSINESS. Sixty Bills and 85 Resolutions Intro duced In Senate, and 36 Bills and 35 Resolutions in House. Both houses of the Oregon legisla ture adjourned early JFriday afternoon until Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock; and most of the members left town over Sunday. Everything about the state printer's office is running at high pressure to get the bills already intro duced in shape. In the senate 60 bills have been in troduced, and have gone to the printer. Some 25 resolutions have also been handled tnere. In the house the num ber of bills introduced is 3G, and reso lutions, including joint and concur rent, 35. Proceedings in Detail. The senate opened at 10 A. M. Fri day with prayer by Rev. Hornsohuch. A communication from the secretary of state was received, forwarding the correspondence on the matter .of consti tutional amendments between his office and that of the attorney-geneial, with the adverse opinion of the latter officer. It was referred to the judiciary com mittee. The committee on agriculture waa permitted to leave the senate until Monday in order to visit Corvallis. Resolutions were introduced as fol lows: By Michell, that the sergeant-at-arms furnish the senators with three daily papers, he making the selection. By Reed, for a joint committee to inspect the building and business of the Oregon Soldiers' Home at Roee burg; adopted and ordered printed. Bills were introduced as follows: By Michell, to establish a rule of pleading in case of arson; read first and second time by title and refeired to the committee on judiciary. By Morrow, amending the statute creating the sixth judicial district. By Wade, giving the pieference in employment to old sol diers and veterans. By Reed, amend ing tbe statute to protect salmon and other food fishes of the st"te; read a second time by title and referred to the committee on fisheries. The senate then took a recess until 2 P. M. In the House. In the house the committee on agri culture was excused until Monday, so that the members might visit the agri cultural college at Corvallis and in vestigate the recent fire in accordance with the governor's message. Bills ware introduced as follows: By Topping, changing the location of the county seat of 0os county from Empire City to Coquille City. By Freeland, to regulate the scale of nol ariee for county officers who are now on fees, and also establishing trial fees. By Gray, giving preference to honora bly discharged Union soldiers in work on public works. By Palmer, making the legal rate of interest 6 per cent, ex cept on contracts, where it can be made 8 per cent by stipulation between the persons interested, but regulating the right of private parties to examine the public records and make such notes as are wished. By Thompson, regulating the salaries of Washington county offi cers as follows: County clerk, $1,800; recorder, $1,000; sheriff, $1,800. The house then adjourned until 2 P. M. At the afternoon eession bills were introduced as follows: By Ross, to abolish estates in entire ty. By Hill, prohibiting the sale of railroad tickets by other than regular agents of roads. By Freeland, fixing the terms of court in the sixth judicial district. By Marsh, to establish the boundary lines of Washington county. A number of bills introduced at the commencement of the session came up for a second reading and went to the proper committees. The veto messages of the governor came up in the house today on a special order. One in regard to sheriff's fees, nfn in t Vin noon if arnhA77lainanf V n i ct,i., iu ifj-j j3u J i uiuuuiaiciuviit yj j ui official of Douglas county, was referred to the Douglass county delegation for a report. Ex-Representative U'Ren had intro duced in the house an amendment to the constitution of the state, section 1, article 4, to agree with the populietic platform providing for the initiative and referendum; indefinitely postponed. A report of the committee on resolu tions recommended that the resolution providing for an investigation of the state military board be not adopted, owing to the chaotic state in which the military board is now in owing to the war. The house adjourned until Monday. Freeland of Morrow, introduced a bill to make a change in the salaries of sheriff and county clerk in Morrow county, reducing each from $2,400 tc $2,000 a year. Representative Ross of Multnomah, introduced the briefest bill of this oi any other session, it is believed. It is a bill for an act abolishing tenancy by entireties, and reads as follows: "That tenancy by entireties is here by abolished." This is to do away with the common law rule that personal estates shall go in entirety to the husband or wife in case of the death of the other, instead of descending to heirs. The disposal of real estate is already arranged for by statute, A resolution by Curtis of Clatsop, provided that the speaker, chief clerk, assistant clerk and two members, to be appointed by tbe speaker, constitute a committee to examine, correct and ap prove the journal of the bouse; that said approval be made within 12 days after the adjournment of the session, and that they shall receive for the service the same pay as the chief clerk. It also piovided that tbe journal be not read during the session. The reso lution was referred. Thompson of Washington introduced a bill to make the salaries of the sher iff and clerk of his county each $1,800, with a deputy for each at $600. The recorder is to have $1,000, with one deputy, at $500. The sheriff now re ceives $2,500, with $800 for a deputy; the clerk $2,200, with $800 for a dep uty, and the recorder, $1,500, with $600 for a deputy. According to M. Adhemar Lec'fre, French resident in Kratia, Cambodia, the Pnongs, a wild people of that coun try, have the type of the North Amen FAST WORK DONE. Considerable Routine Business Tran sacted Astoria Charter Amended. Much routine business was transacted in the two hours the legislature was in session Monday afteinoon. The senate received four new bills, one of which was finally passed under suspension of the rules an amendment to the Astoria charter to enlarge tbe powers of the common council. Twenty-eight bills were advanced through the second reading, and half a dozen resolutions were concurred in. The Astoria charter amendment also went through the house, as did a bill to give Tillamook county two terms of court each year instead of one, and a bill to authorize Coos county to sell ' certain property that had been pur chased for a courthouse site, but had been found unsuitable. A dozen new bills were intioduced in the house, eight others passed second reading, and five resolutions were handled. By the agreement of the senate to the resolution authorizing an investigation of the insane asylum and the concur rence of the house in a resolution to in vestigate the Soldiers' Home at Rose burg, the fourth investigation of the session was set on toot, the others being of the penitentiary and of the secretary of state's office, which are already in progress. One of the resolutions introduced by Ross of Multnomah, and passed, is for arranging appropriate exercises for a joint meeting of the two houses Febru ary 14, to celebrate the 40th anniver sary of the admiseion of Oregon as a state and the 50th anniversary of ex tending United States laws over Ore gon, the governor being requested to appoint a committee for a semi-centennial ce'ebration in Portland, June 15. The last member to appear at roll-call this session is Representative Donnelly, of Grant, who had been absent in Ten nessee and only arrived Monday. When the general agents of insur ance companies have an opportunity to read the bill introduced by Fordney of Wallowa, in the house, they will, it Is understood, take immediate steps to defeat it. The bill provides for the retention and investment of the legal reserve on all policies to be written in the future in the state A failure to comply with the provisions of tbe bill will entail a forfeiture of the license ol the offending company. The Senate. Bills were introduced in the senata Monday as follows: By Kelly To repeal the act regulat ing the sale of adulterated food and medicines. By Adams Providing for the taxa tion of dogs and kindred subjects. By Mulkey To incorporate the town of Monmouth. By "Pulton To amend the statutes relating to lb? incorporation of the city 01 Astoria; pasecJ. The Hoc In the house Monday afternoon, bills were introduced as follows: By Flagg To incorporate the city of Salem. It provides for bonding out standing warrant indebtedness and aims to secure better sanitary conditions. By Stanley To reimburse the Omaha fair commissioners in the sum of $18, 000. By Curtis Amending the general laws in relation to the administrative department eo that the term of the gov ernor shall commence the second Mon day in January after his election. By Sherwin Amending the charter of Ashland; passed. By Maxwell -Amending the miscel laneous laws in regard to the time of holding elections in tbe fifth judicial district. By Stillman Compelling persons or corporations operating sleeping cars to keep upper berths closed when not oc cupied, and imposing $500 fine for vio lations. By Hobkirk A bill which is intend ed to remedy certain alleged irregular ities in the manner in which the rec ords of Multnomah county are kept, and throwing the same open to tbe gen eral public. Wade of Union, introduced in the senate a bill for an act giving prefer ence in appointment and employment to honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, in every department of the state, and in counties and cities and on public works. It is provided that age, loss of limb, or other physical impair ment whioh does not in fact incapaci tate, shall not be deemed to disqualify them, provided they possess the busi ness capacity to discharge the duties of the position involved. It is also speci fied that no such soldier or sailor now holding any such position, unless for a definite term, shall be removed, ex cept for cause shown after due hearing. The measure is not made to apply to confidential positions. Failure on the part of appointing officers to observe the letter and spirit of the law is made a misdemeanor. The Baker City charter bill was the first measure to pass both houses. Its chief purpose is to relieve the present city officials of office. They were elect ed more than four years ago, and then the city charter was amended, and by inadvertence it failed to provide for any election. So the mayor and councilmen have bad to continue to hold office, greatly to the envy of politicians else where. The new charter remedies the difficulty. An amendment to tho code, intro duced in the senate by Reed of Dong las, is to make it unlawful to fish for salmon in the waters of the Nehalem, Tillamook, Nestucca, Salmon, Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, Umpqua, Coos bay, Coquille, Sixes, Elk, Chetco, Rogue, Windchuck or anv of their tributaries, or in any other streams or bays of the state except the Columbia river and tributaries, from November 20 to December 20, and from April 15 to June 1, the emergency clause being attached. Baltimore's Chaplain Drowned. San Francisco, Oct. 5. The latest, advices from Japan bring the news of the death of Rev. Thaddeus F. Free man, chaplain ol the United States steamship Baltimore, at Nagasaki. From all accounts Chaplain Freeman committed suicide while in a state of mental depression consequent upon his failing health. He jumped overboard from the Zealandia and was drowned before any assistance could be rendered him. His remains were recovered and be broiipHt t0 Kvleau