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EUGENE CITY GUARD. L L. CAMTUttV, rraarlatar. EUGENE CITY... ....ORKGON EVENTS OF THE DAY frvti llMST ON THE RACK hers entered ilii; buffet of trie Auditor- i innri hotel at 1:30 '.hi moniin. while twelve j-t-nph were :ttinit nt the table. coTiTwi tii cashier, D. Wiii)i, with Bitterly Denounced by John lln-ir caions. seize,! iiu'j wrnrn nu IN TJIK HXLI.NG-BILL DEBATE Am Iutr-tlnf ol Union of Hams from lb To Mil-,liraa Praaautad , la oiiilrl Form. A pasegner train ou th Burlington Jnm a trestle near Omaha, aii'J fiv rx-i.plii were injured, one fatally. William I .1 of Union, Or., has received the M.iul priJi fur raising t he Imgest table Wot for IhtiB. Tim con. tost was open to nil growers in the United State aii'l Canada. The prizn consisted of a f.'iO draft, Thu Isi-t weighed seventeen pound. Home boy while hunting w-ar Pota luina, Cul., shot a pigeon on a tree, uii'l the. bird lripM-. with a broken wing. A message tied to tlio bird' wing proved that it came from Walla Walla, Wah., four day previous. Tin' note wan addressed to a Kan Fran cisco linn. Important Ji;t-rn showing the amiiunt J in tlm Pacific malH sinking fund, on account of subsidies aid tin) Pacilic Mail Steamship Company, havu apparently Is-eii lost. The senate adopted a resolution calling for thorn. Tim acting secretary ha replied that tlicy cannot bo found. Tho Cul uiiiIjiu river Salmon packers held a meeting in Astoria for tlio pur pose of fixing the prim to bo paid for salmon during the coming wjwpii. It wui di-cidisl to offer 4 cent a pound, and a communication to tliut effect waa .nt to tlio Fishermen' Protective Union. Tlio union no t later, but no action win taken in tliu matter of tlio canncra' pmpueitimi. A thousand warring Polo, in Hay City, Mich., Worn determined that Fa tlier ltogackl should not officiate u tlieir priest. Tlicy nttai'ke. tin) pur aoliagu of St Stanislaus' churcli, and stormed it for over uu hour. They ! innlishcd thu edifice and one man wiih hot and several other Wounded with club. Thn priest limilly surrendered, and thn Jsilico (lili-llcd tin) riot A Chicago p;iM T nay that President elii't McKinley will select ColoiielJohll ll.iy, of Washington, a" ambassador to (treat Ulituill. Colonel Hay ha Wen ws-relary of thn legation at Paris, Vienna and Madrid and wan often cliargn l'alT.iiri n ad interim at each of theiMi capital. In laycn' HluiiiiHt ra tion lis wan llrst assistant secretary of Mate. Hay wan (mo of l'lcaident Lin- ' vlon'i ai-crclaric. Kir Charles Tupicr lit a dinner in I.ndon in (iio(ih a caving: "1 feel great admiration for the I'nited States, but do mil desire to 'hisscs their insti tuliniis. I feel that there U greater security under Kritinh iiiotitutionH for life, irop'rty and liberty. CaiiadiatiH aro greatly Mattered at tin) ileire of tin) I'nited titatei to jiohm kh Canada, but i deep In their loyalty mid hi united art) the Canadian that the iiieri tion is ItniMihHilhc. " The KH'tH'li of thn ei premier waa received with great up-plant-!'. In aiiDWer to Hcnator MitcheH'H renn lutiou on the Yiniiiina and other ini proveiueiitil ill Oiegon, thu mitiel.iiy of War haft remrte. that the matter had Imxmi referred to Captain Fir-k, mid that Miinidi'rubliiitirreihindeiiec had ciiMlcd. Captain Kick U endeavoring to uwer tain tin) ln'xt method of proceeding with tlm project. The wmk on the Willamette river han been ordered, and the Yamhill lockn ure in the condition of the Yiniuina projii't. Kvidently there him been delay in the matter, which may bo continued for some time. The Pacilio cable conference will iii. i t w ithin a fortnight in loudon to sign the rcjiort alieady ngres upon. It in M'liii ofllcially stated that the repoit unaiiiiiiMiinly ro'oiuiueiidH that a cable U' built, HK it is practically feaxible iiml commercially and Kiilii'ally uei'cs sary. There in some dilTcicnce of opin ion legarding the relative share of ex pense to be Imrne by tlieat lit it a in and the colonies concerned, but the del egates have agree I llmtlly to recommend that less paid by ( treat Hi itaiu and more by the colonics than oiiginally iNiimidered ms-essary. The sum u-kisl from (in at Hi itaiu is uuderxtiHMl to Is) connidcn-d llniiuciiilly feasible by Svro tary Chamberlain. A band of maVed n'guls.toni went to the litniHt of C. W. Kisldick, a few mile west of Newjmrt, Idaho, and calli-d him to the thsir. They siscd him, dragged him outside, took him a short distance from the house and gave him a terrible N-ating with horvw hips and switches. His inidition is critical. The ullegisl ottcnm of Kisldick was im roper attentions to a man led woman of the neighborhood. It i stated that C. P. Huntington has a corps of engineer in the tield inali nig a preliminary survey for a rail road from I 'on Alvarado, south of Vera Cms, to the srt of Sahua Cm on the i'acitk', and that, if he can sccuro advnntiigcoiis nmtes, he will uk the governmeiit for a concession for the purose of oiei'atiiig the line in con nection with Pacific Mall steamers, do ing sway with the Panama route. The New York Herald's correspond ent in Managua, Nicaragua, sends word that the government Is about to effect a foiv.-d loan of f .MHl.OOO to pay debts contracted by the present admin istration. The authorities in Jamaica have pro hibited the mil. nation of cattle from Colombia. l'.v way of retaliation it is miggcKlcd that the govcrmueni should issue a ihs-nv against the )tuottatioti of laborer from Jamaica, many of whom arc now at work on the Panama can si. A novel atrike i now on in Van couver, H. C., the chain gang having refused to work. The city council r cently dii i l.-l to make the prisoner work' whether wet or tine weather, holiday ami week day alike, this be ing thought to be the only way to rid tlio city of tnunps ami other tough character. New Year' day the pris oner struck and refused to go to work. KinoD then they have been put on a bread ami water diet, and Chief, of IV lioe Htewart bait reported that the men were getting tired of such humble fare and he expected that lht Jiko woulJ ahortly eud. . c r-L had i.is! de..ited in tin box, and bou vi vaiuornict thsn e.viid. The men entered the buffet from toe door iii the am.ex. T'iiey lura fl drfssei', ami created no n:i; iidnii until !hy drtm their revul tr., ',ihir "Valsh ha.j e.:ntej oiit th money Mi i!e-s:ted It in tl;o box hen one of il t robbotr rj!"i: "Cry foi lielp and yoi.',o dead in ir..' ii ciiinpaiiioii sei'ei", '..'i f.x'u ar.d :-.!ii backed out of the !isr W'l'. 'lr,.n ieaKin. They rsti i i ' o Ki'-( KiM.t Park ami tin' olioe t-ould find no t'i"r of theui. Th Itnin-X i.- on ii'. the riort proioiiient hotels in Cl.!i :''., and n located in th. i heart of the ';ity. Wheat rrm and lllfli. San Kraneiwo, Jan. II. Wheat in this market ha Im-coiih; scarce, and is daily ndvaneini.'. Hiij'-r4 Mould will ingly pay l.'iO s-r cental for ernsl No. 1 shippiuir viheat tislay, and it is known hiijoiij.' a few that they l ave aid as hit'li as l.;2 'a for something extra choice uithin the last forty-ei.'ht hours, t J inK to the grow inii scarcity of wheat ill this state, the San Fran cisco market .ossosea a lirmness inde- s-ndeiit of tl tlier leading markets. It is said that there are not more than '.'.'jii, onn tons of wheat remaiiiini: in the enl ire stale to supply the exsirt de mand and home requirement Isfore another crop is harvested. There has lieen a di reas' of 71,715 tons within one year. Down Out to Nra. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. II. As tin United States revenue cutter Boutwoll was approaching the mouth of St. John's river late last evening the look nut discovered a cat-rigeed Unit living a siunal of distress. 4 tin-of the Itoiit- well's boats sent to investigate found a .occasion to score the gentleman i.,l..r i,, ik.. I..H ,.f il,.. ,,n ii.. t alnornia rouudlv for Ins attitude to-I was unconscious and his mouth was on ' Wliri1 l''" " .'ohnson made no at his nuked forearm as though he had tempt to reply to t oo-r. tried to drink his own hlissl. flierh 'liurarlnrlsr(t hj C"npr at tlis .Voit liiigrarcful Attark In Ilia lllhtory at th Hours. Washington. Jan. II. The woond in v'h debate on the l'aei;'o railway re fending bill di-vi los-d by far the most sc. sational incidi-ut of this session of eon.'ie-s. .Tonhn'on of Ci.liforinH, th.J oi ly nieinls-.-of tlo; California leh-g:i-tion who favors I'.if funding bill, ia the course of his r 'lna'k ) took occasion to make i: remai kahle, vilus-rative s-isoual attack on K-litor Hearst, of the San Francis,.,, Kxaminer. Hn ile-wiils-d Mr. Hearst ami Mayor Sulnj as men who went terrorizing tin) Pacific coast inemls'is, and made statements concerning the former which hd Cihiji it, of Wisconsin to charac'crizc it later as the "mo-t ilisgracefnl attack in the legislative annals of the United States." The lin uils-rs, w ho had Is-en listen ing attentively to Johnson's remarks, as he is always one of the most enter taining speakers in the house, were thunderstruck at the lengths to which he went. At the la-t session .Johnson denounced Hearst, but on that is-casion he was called to order by Magilire of California. Today he completed his philippic without interruption. The sici-ch created a profound sensation, w hich was increased by CiKiior's denun ciation of it as a cowardly attempt to blacken the reputation of a man of Hisitive genius." ( issr ulso tisik from ! to- WORSE THAN REPORTED. A Cabaa'i iorf of rn.Uslt' T.r rlbl Atrotlll.. la l.ususbsroa. New York. Jan. II. - Antonio Aguierro, a niemts r of tin-Havana pro duce exchange, arriv-d here on the iteamer Ori-iba, fo,m Havana. lie was a ri-sidentof i'..a'.ah.i,-..a.h-re,ue. cording to rcc-M r. ; rt- f orn H v ina, atriS-itie Were colli In I !' the Spali- ish troops un l.-r Cl'-re ! F-n d. v-il i. S-iior Aguierro wl-n seen last lii'ht said: "The rejsuts wl'i'l' United States of the state of i.ff.i-- tuanabacoa are fir fi"in t-il. whole troth. C-doi.el l'--n I. v. instituted a reign of t-tror at ti; DECLISEDBY ALLISON Proffered a Position la Mc Klnley'i Cabinet : ti - km ,.f t! His name is can press as tl thirsty oflicer of o Inand. He is a f general and ha- ! coinrnan ler of tin.i the bay from Ilavn "Fully .Vi'i fin town and moved n taking charge. J v. their homes an I k in the outskirts world is then made to l ii people were ! -aving tla-ii h !-i t:. ne-t V.Yylc .f ti.- " I Am- 1 I.". II.-a:r.- . ! lloilta'.V :. ,i. j::-t ado.. ; .... I, iv- h-ft the ,, 1 1 iv .r.a since 1. : pie HO- takell f'"!ll ::.d w itli in.e h ' ,f the fOWl. Tl." e that sll'di ill..-- to joill tho rebles, who inn in tl.e ta i.ii borlnssl. I know ot t.1.;. ty-n i in- peir. who have thus ls-m il-.ia- away wuh. "Even l.on. -t hp..i...nd- a-- sl,.s -k- I nt Folideveila's a- :-- 1 1:,.-of tie- li..r,. -t Spaniards warned lie- th .t my n ine was on thn li-t i'h more tl an '.'on nt li st fr. Hike el fo More kept by l'oiid.v. marked by him for r-.ri.-t rebel sympatliizei.. licit. Iv neutral man and ha in; among the Cnhai.s and S;n:i..c-I I loanat'.-.l to obtain n.V p.i"! thu United Slates. low.- my .s.ao. from FolldeVella'scllltel.c- to my Spin- ish fridids, toward wla.m I f.-el tin greatest gratitude. THE FUNDING BILL. He proved to lie Captain Charles lleiiniiii, of Providence, It. I. On No veinls-r 21, uccompaiiii-d by Charles 1 Had. ling, he set out in the yawl Coeh ccn for a cruise along the coast of Flor ida. When they left Charleston on llcccmhcr -II they were blown out to sea. Their provisions and water went soon exhausted. Twsuly Mors A rinsiilniis l.llismtvri. New York. Jan. II. A Herald dis patch from Constantinople says: The last twenty of the '.HH Armenian piisoneis in Constantinople were lils-r-lited yesterday. There me still in prison twenty-live pi isnm-rs condemned to death, one of whom is liishop Arab gari. As to the iiumls-r of Armenian priests in prison condemned to death, only two have up to the present time j been mentioned to the patriarchate as i worthy of pardon. Sixty-live Armeiii- j mis who had sought refuge in Varna' rctuiiicil y.-tenlay evening ami were dclivcicd without difficulty to thu Ar menian part iarchate. A Knrtitur Pmuiil Drsil. llepptier, Or., Jan. 11. M. 1). lsi gan ,u farmer, living almut ten miles f r on heie, was found dead in a gulch near the residence of liols-rt HeStel, yetei.lay forenoon. He was last seen Friday evening, when he left here for home. He was then considerably under the inlliiciice of liquor,, and it is thought that he had u Isittle with him, ami Isi'.ilnc so intoxicated that he fell otf his hoise and died from cXs.siltc. The remains were brought in last night. Is-gali leaves u large family in pisir ciicuiiistanees. The verdict of the colonel's jiny was that logati died fioin intoxication and ex)osiire. Hevsnly-I'll t'stila fur W tisal. (laiticld, Wash.. Jan. II. The last sale of wheat was ctVivtcd Saturday at 7, cents il bushel, the top price reached in the l'alonse country this season. A pool was formed six weeks ago, repre senting ills. ut L'O.miO bushels, that Were to Is- held until wheat leached 7.' cents. This cleans up nearly all of the wheat within twenty miles of tiar lield, ami a famine in scs wheat is ex pected U fore spi ing. This incident completely overshad owed the interest in the debate on the funding hill, and thereafter it pro- i led quietly to the hour when recess was taken. The general debate closed tislay. Harrison gave notice of a substitute he should idler to provide for a com mission to consist of the secretary of the treasury, secretary of the interior and the attorney-general, to negotiate the settlement of the debt. His Silver ran Hill. Washington, Jan. II. The house committee on teiiitoties tm lay agreed to ieMirt the bill which has passed the senate iiuthoi iy.mg the sivtetary of the Intel ior to use his discretion to lease certain islands in Alaska for terms of twenty veais, for the put ivsc of propa gating the silver fu. At present, the A complaint to the commandant only lease can lie for hut one, Year, which is j excited laughter that "such a little MURDER OF PACIFICOS. Kvhlrnrra A ermiiiilHlltii of A wf ill ian Uli llutelierlrs Mt IliiNiialmeoa. New Yoik. Jan. II. A Key West dispatch to the World says: Evidences of awful butcheries) at liilaliaba I accumulate daily. Ad vices from Havana report that a great pit lill.-d with corp-.es and human frag ments was di-covered in il caiiclield, not more than a mile from that place. A careful investigation revealed at h-ast twenty whole lushes and many mine legs and anus, other parts of the disluetnls red Isslles Is-ing missing. Of the Is.. lies remaining entire, four were tho-c of women, three of Young i mis-i s, one of a girl l ot more than ten ! yeais old, four of boys, and the rest of I lliell. I Pel mi-sion to bury the remains was brutally refused, with a threat that if this slaughter was complained of many nunc moiu. i is- a.i.ic.i in wtiat the Span ish officials called the "Cuban diet" pile. I i'he edict refusing permission to re- move furniture and other things unless j asked for twenty four hours previously I is taken advantage of by the Spanish I soldiers to w leek buildings and revile 'and insult, if not kill, persons suspeet i e.l of ( 'ilhan lean nigs. Some families in the sMirer sections of the city, w ho did not knyw of the edict, started to move Sunday night. After they had loaded their furniture on wagons, the police and soldiers filed on them, killing eight persons, includ ing seveial innisctit passers-by. In i the nfllcia! res.it it was stated that the : troops had li en attacked and several i rels ls had Is en killed, j A gills' school near the center of the town was eliteied by hoops one dav j last week, and the principal, an elder ly Cuban-Nun woman, very piotnitient, was compelled to kneel to the officer in command and Kg pai.loii for using ' tianslations of tcxt-lssiks printed in ' the United Slates. The gnl pupils were insulted and rudely treated until . the M'hisd w as bioken up in disorder. THE THIKD OFKEB OF THE KI1 A not sufficient for the purpose proposed. Against a Hsilui-tlnn. Miissillon, O. , Jan. II. A conven tion rcptcseiiting 1,800 independent coal miners of the Massillou district divided tislay that the miners would not accept the ten cents reduction or dered by the operators. The operator arc tirm and a strike is proKible. The Unilisl Mine Worker will probably take similar action tomorrow. A XV luul Hank rallur. Fan Chi'ne, Wis., Jan. II. The Comincivial Kink, of Iain Clauv, capi tal :IO,00, closol tislay. The failure is line to toe s ispcusioii of the Allciua nia bank, of St. Pail. President Allen stales the depositois will Is) paid in full. Si cm. It Jul ruur Mills. Jan. II. The state tax lew for 1VJ7 wasdi-lanl tmlay, ami it is i nulls. It is cutomary to make the iippropii Uiou of the last legislature the basts in estimating the state's ex s uses. Thete was un exception this lime in the matter of appropriations tot the homes, which kivpa the levy down. The noiuul teiiiH'talnre of a human K-ing is sis1! densi-s Fahr. ; that id a tish only 1 1 di guvs. thing" w. is complained of. Havana is much agitated by rumors of victories by I ioinci's trm.ps; ,,( ,,, successful missing ,,f tl. tris'lui into Pitiar del hio, and several louts of Spanish triH.ps. tieneral Weylcr is cxivtatisl on every hand, but, on account of the severe censorship and Weylcr's system of spies, no one dares say a word aloud. Every one thinks his neigldmr u spy, and little can tv learned from anyone. Spies by the hundred attend the open a) r concerts, and the least dissatisfac tion cprvsi-d is used as a pretext and the victim is tin ut into Cabanas or Moro castle, most likely never to Is. sim'ii again by friends or kindicd. Scarcely u night passes but ten In twenty persons disappear, and cvety one knows what that means. Fir In a Mining Toon. Kendrick, Idaho, Jan. n. New reached heie t.slay of a disastrous tire at Pietve City, the historic old placer c.-impnf North Idaho. A number of landma-ks that were built Kick in the 'liOs were d. -'.toyel. The In.ivic-t loss was su'.Tcu-d bv a Chinese merchant, who lest a fi.ooo st.s k of g.ssls. The tiivwi'.l pioe a serious loss to the camp, and lu.r-.y miia'ts, depcnds oti tu.s s;uc tor v.,.ir winter stous. provi- A Hrli,u t UIg. Yrvsluirg, Pnicliii.iualaiid, Jan. II. The using l'f the Halloing Iribe on the Mashomng liver, res. dung in the In ur .Icr f a trader liauitsl Kobiuson, gn,i the tak.ng yio ers of lug wife attJ child, is NuiVi lo be moiv gciioua than the l'akwaiii rising. The native are scouting the cimntry with rrl flags, and grave fears aie fell for lit luletT of sett lets. tn account of an article pr in tel. ntuv tune ago lit the Paris Journal 3t elergycuni in the I'rrencea Urouhi lllxd lUiU ,'11IJ1 iL O Ills tlsatl t'ruihril l a J.lly. iJchhe II P a. k lVikctt. who has a b-nther living m Ias Ari gcles, was k.'.h-l la-.; tl ..t wh, mg on l a tritcks of a tt.it car . I de-.'le f ,m n Pi ,-h !, -, ;,t laud and ,n go.nc ho-.i.e. Tl.e Ivcanic fi.tn e.l frvu tl e. oca. I mail an I iw, ,.,. e rid Vrki'tt Port- trucks and the throw n cd. A l.i.i.i .t In-uN-r o:i the f.at car Cnislnsi I in, c O'lura des e. .. r i to a ). :iv. lis it. i some u J iires. ti. rniany an I Fratn-.- are Uth si.! . mg England for :ivii.g t0 aibitrat in Unj Yxutiut-Ua aiir. Dabala Opsnsd hy lliirfsntsllts Pow ra-Kraliirra of the lr.nrf. Washington, Jan. II. Tin- Pa.-ilie railroads funding bill, which i- con sidered the most important pi ' legislation which will conn- before con gress at this s.-ssion, cane- up today in the house, under a sp.-o.il mder, whi 'h allows two days for g.-neral debate and one day for amendments and debate under the live-minute nil-, wih pro vision for a final vote within four days. Theie wa-agr. it deal of in terest ill the inea-ure, and the tiieinhcis gave all the speakers el..-e at tent ion. A huge niaii of the roads, with their feel ers, was hung on a fume eic-tcd in the area in fmnt of tin- speaker's ros trum, and served to i 1 1 ust .it o many of the points made. Tln ie Here only four s-akers today Poweis of Vermont the chairman of the Pacilic lailmads commission, who opened with an ex haustive two hours' argument in np jsirt of the bill; llubluid of M-oiin. the minority member of th-cnnim it tec, ; who has charge of the opp..it mn, ami (iroW arid Poll, who spoke respectively for and against the inea-uic. i I Tlifl SriiHli-'g Xelloit. i Washington, Jan. II. The Pcpub liean and I Icm.s-rat ic st. e.ing com mittees today decided to inke the Pa cilio railroads fun.hhg bill the order of business in the senate after the li.-c-hoiuestead bill. Tl.e Pcpnhhcan com mittee, with Senator Allison, its chair man, present, was in session for an hour, w lieu Senators I on man and Cis-k-rcll were called in as iopiesciit.it ives of the Democrat ic committee. There was 1 no opposit ion in cither committee to the , ! proposition to give the hill consideia tion, and to place the time for heating at as early a date as practicable. The: iigreeiuct was made only conditional lHHiti the passage of the bill through the house. If it fails there, it will not be considered ill the senate. No at tempt will K- made to provide for the consideration of any other bill. i 1 h Altir t Isliiis. Washington, Jan. 11. The senate, in executive session, has adopted a rcso lution instructing the committee on foreign relations to investigate the pay ment of the Moar claims. Thn ic-o-i lution was introduced by Senator Chandler, and in-tiucts the committee to ascertain, among other things, whether the settl, incut, providing for the payment of $ I ..".oo.ooo on account of the claim, was a fair one. It al-o directs the committee to ascertain whether the payment f the claim in volves any issu.u-.ee from this govern ment as to the attitude this country would maintain in the Cuban insurrec tion. Airship lutriitnl In I'liuhnrg. i ' Pittsburg, Jan. 1 1. Charles 1). De forest, a Pittsburg inventor, who has boon interested in the slot i. s aK.ut the alleged California au-hip. says he has a riving machine that will My." Yester day he cMhiht.-d a model which flew across a field. He Kdievcd the airship should bo built on the principle of a bird's flight, and his model looks l.ke a large hawk or eagle. 11c was careful to arrange it so that the l-.ly of t,,. bird would hold sufficient g., t,, make the machine buoyant enough to eh-v iv and sustain itself in th air. After tilling the in. sel w ith gas he attached a rope to it. As goon as he rcl,-. the liiislel it started skyward until tl.e end of the rope was reached. Ik forest has made a number of public tets ,,f Ins model and all were sinvofu. I Katural .t a Miiirral. New York. Jan. 1 1. Ju g, emtio and Wallace, of the United States circuit coiut of appeal., in a de cision til.-d today, classify natutai gas as a ltiinctal for all the pi. i ,,.. (1f XIK, statiites and customs laws. lrga Waahlngliin's W,l,t,,. New York, Jan. S. Tin annu.il cele bration of the wishing of U,-,g,. Washington was held at sherry's this aftern.ssui by the New Yot k chapter, Daughters of tl.e American K, vein: ion! Irbt uf I If. I'al.l. Portland, Or. , Jan. S. V. S. James, formerly proprietor of the Columbia I'U-ii.e-sevi.ogo ot this city, and an,.'. 1 and well-known resident. w., four. 1 ilea 1 i li s n.iu in the It. A. U. bt; ing yesterday morning. A pi-tol l.iv elo-e to h.s bre.i-t, and his h.-.i-t Was picrs by a bullet. From the cndi tion of ti e fssly, tt was ao;u-,.:.l that James I. ad U-cti ,h a I sever il day. T!. ca.M- Was clearly oi e of suici le. There is a clerk 111 Marne, Fun.-e, who lug m.i le seventeen uusuccvssful attuuipu to v uaiu.l uic,do. II. W.uld Xol 01). IF " ha .! ( Oltlra. .lev.-lat. !. o.. Jan. s. Senator W. I! Ml,-on ha- for the thir l time d ,.p ,... protl.-rof an ohio-U.rn pr.-i-t to accept a po.ition in hi- cahl ,'et. Tin- tl-" I-".!'"" J":1' ,i..,..e:.s-t McK.i.ler rind- hnn-lf in tonight as a re.tilt of hi' visit to Can to,, ,r,-l I.: nfcrence with S-mi'or C'i-oii t'slav. 11. ' mierien . .. . M.Woj.v U-ted from HV30 un til 1::'..'.. when the g.-ntleineti sat ,,,w,i to lunch tog -ther. Senator Alh- .,, ,-xpr I his full.-t sympathy with and g.sdwi.h." for tin-incoming Hdmini-tr iti and .-xjeess.-d ad.-.tre to do all In- could to promote its welfare. He Was deei-iVH in the statement. hoW'- v.T. that he would ret, w ith the new ..-iiiitorial term beginning with tlm administration, give up his place ill the .enate for an a Inuni-trat iv.- office. In explaining his r. gr.-t at let l.-ing able to aecej.t a cabinet s,.tion, Senator Alll-oll gave the president the heartiest ii-s.ur.in f hi-eo-os.ration in the sell- nr.-, where he felt h uld Is- of far ,,. K-n.-iit l.th to Major .McKiiil.y and the lo-pnnlieaii party than by tak ing up tin- intricate and difficult ta-k wii.ch niu-t fall ills. ii the shoulders of a cabinet officer. It is said the la-t thing he. lid K-fore leaving Canton t'la.v was to w ire a re quest to Senator Sherman to come to Ohio for consultation. Mr. Allison rt inained at the McKinley home until train time this evening. He left in a mo-t happy funic of mind, saving, as he sh.s.k hands w ith the major: "tiood-bye. Mr. President; g.-sl-bye, and i..d bless y,, ti, is my player and your-, t'si. I presume." When the in:'.'!) train arrived from Pittsburg tislay. Senator Alli-on and (i.-iieal Felix Angus, proprietor of the Haitiinoro Aiiierieati, slep)M-. off and were greeted by Pi ivate S.vretar.v lioyle, who had come with the McKinley car nage to meet them, (ieneral Angus had met Alli-on by chance in Pitts burg, although he knew Senator Alli son Was to be in Canton tislay. tien eral Angus went to the McKinley home, where he had a conference with th- pre-idetlt-elis-t and Senator Allison, the latter having pnseded him to the hoi f the incoming president, (ten- eial Angus lunched with McKinley and sH-nt the afternoon there, Senator Alli-on leaving for the East to assume his senatorial duties. A statement was made to the Asso ciated Press by a fiieinlof the general that he (Angiisi was here in behalf of no one. A conference with him was desired, it is K-lieVed, ill ress-et to the claims of the S.uth for a cabinet port folio, (ieneral Angus is not and will not lie an aspirant for a place in the cabinet, and has determined to devote nil hi' energies to his pajs-r. He is not intere-ted in the naming of any particular man from the South for the cabinet, but Would like to sec a nHjf man chosen. SIVtN NU8 PERISHEC. t... Ih.lr ! " ' CnTat- Ottawa, Jan. 8.-TI- J Ur,ul...e nu... at Boberval, on I-ak Bt John, about HO mil-, north of Qo.bc. is, destroyed by fir,, which broke out ,t oVI.s-k thi morning. "ster. ar. known to h.v. Pishod In ,he flame., while .bunt fi 7 '-"' ' U.I verv narrow escape. " ia, mo-t of thestudenM of th m vent had gone home for th holiday., ss of life might have been gre it.-r The students wer to have re turned tomorrow. Ordinarily there are about thirtv inmateii in the institution, and uK.ut fifty pupilH. The village ha no water I - Milr of saving the NORTIIWESTBREVlflE Evidence ot Steady Gro ana enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL "TERES, from All th Clllss ami af il. iDri.mt Bisiar atalsi Oracun. work', content anil was Tlio Tigardville flouring nij , Washington county, is ruiiiiir'i time, and ia not able to fill all or,m I'miessor it. u. Miniums, l. uv,g ne co,,,-.,. ::- tuhM b VA y.. .. names im i " , jms aince uicd that their i xtingnnnmcm . s.ssibilitr. Many of the lions' and pupils fl-pt in a dormitory on the fourth floor. There is a iirepr.sif tower near this, but the rapidity it the flann-s spread prevented the nuns from reaching it. They were smoth ered bv the smoke. Several nuns were badly burned Irvir ir to cXlillKui-ll One tirm in Coquille City s!,,,,. during Decemlier last, imu ik,-.!, , ,-gg. The poultry shipmi-nu, were quite large. ti... ...I,.-....... v... t. . I .. i - i : i . .. . ' ut a iieuij TC-ii inn-crossing ((. JUDGE LYNCH'S COURT. A .Nriro Ari uird uf llurutiif a lls.n XX' as l.rui hril. Orangeburg, S. C, Jan. H, Law rence Brown, the negro who is ts--licved to have Is eti contns-te 1 with the burning of liolsnt Wan.imaker's barns and -tables at Stilltnii last week, was lynched last night. His IshIv was toiin.l this morning hanging from the cro-sheani of the danger signal at the cio.-ing of the South Carolina A: (loorgia railroad. It was riddled with shot, and pinned to it was a placard on which was insorilied the following: "Judge l.vnch is in session tonight; verdict, guilty. The prisoner must die. Warning: We will ptotect our homes and property, so help us (iod. No hellih tire lien. I shall live. "CITIZENS." Blown had been in jail charged with the crime of arson, hut was released yestct.l.iy, as Mr. Wan.itn.iker said he did not believe the negro was guilty. There have Wen a numWr of ineeii diaiy tires in the tieighl.rhoo. recciitlv, and the citizens are d.-tet luimsl to stop them. The coroner's impiest deveok-d no material testimony as to the lvneh- An Ei-Co-iKi-st-tnau Xltaaing. Dalton, (Ja.. Jan. 8. There is linl,. doubt that Hon. Charles Dougherty, cx-ivngreMiuan from the second dis trict of Florida, has Wdi slain i Cuba. Hi-ports have Wen jmblishcd from Cuba sls,t the killing of one Charles Dougherty, an American citi zen, who whs identilied by an nuto gniph on a gold watch found on his ls-rson. Mr. IV.ugherty left Flotida last July, since which time no word has Wen had from him. When he left home he had just ,iich a watch, with autograph as idieated. He was an ar dent Cuban sympathizer, oft, ti ,l.vl-,r. in.' his purpose to join the insurgent annv. iu the fire. The convent and the solnsd are nothing nut a ma-s of ruins. Just Imw the fire started is not known certainly, but this Wing the F.-a-t of Epiphany, it is sup po.e.1 that a lighted candle near the cradle of the infant Jesus ignited the tlraH-ries and floral ornamentation. The fact that all parts of the convent were uncompleted caused the Are to spread mine rapidly. The ootiTcnt was u stone building, five stories high, Btnl of I'.'O feet frontage, and was built eight years ago. The L'ruiline nuns of C'iii-Ih-c, by whom it was first con trolled, are the oldest order in Canada, and it was in a cavity made by the bursting of a shell within theircmvetit at Quebec that ieneral Montcalm wa buried after his death upon the Plaint uf AbrahaiUj THE LOUD POSTAL B!LL. A Torps.to H.t l.aimchait Jhuuor,-.-,. V-The third d , .i.t of the torpedo K.ats W,g lnult ft he V u.sl ut,., M thi. VtAwuU rou work, was stHVesfHt!). Uuu,h Her total oo., , u, ., lh "'"I-m.I tons.to tuK-s .., lireeo,.e-,s,l rapni-tire gUs. She l as an e.titu.,t.s .,vl f k .our. .-wiUWabletooarrYb, f-Tv four to,-, , lut mat.sl this will ,,.., h,.r S ((!0 '""""ical I,.anag,..llt. l'aaird tha Huuaa Aftsr Two Iiajs of hpllllrd llstiala. Washington, Jan. The Loud bill to amend the law relating to second class mail matter was passed by the house tislay, after two days' of debate, by a vote of 1U to 105. The opposi tion to the bill made a strong tight against it. The most im ortant provi sion of the hill denies to serial publi cations adiiii-sioii to the mails at one i jt j, giuij,!,. matter to ascertain wt. lent H-r pound rates, llie provision ,mIm.s are upon it win se are not. is as follows: moo uar mieiy. im. ian ,t wheel waa injured and the ,wrj ' gear dcmoliHlicd. ' Work on tho Ban. Inn wn.,l,.n warehouse has been stopM.,i flir preseni owing 10 ciainiH on Uis-.,, between the river chaiinel a,,, place sehvteil for the building. The logging camp of Nixon Eri near Peoria, in Linn county, bur last week and all of the property ic The Nixon Urna. were getting (j'Ut',j for the O. H. & N. w harf in Conn:, me luai i-eai i n r, w nne CT", Wann Springs reaervation with a 1' utt.l f,,o-- ltiir-j,u i . I .1..-. hU'l to get out witii llie mail forfr villc on a pack animal on a r-s-,.,,-, II. Clay, of Alrington, wJ0 7,000 sheep that are being fed jn Jj licHita for the Chicago nia-kpt, that there uro hO.OOO head uf near Ida place that are being fattt-Br for market. Cut worms are doing cotii.lrrv. damage to fall grain in the vicitiitr. Ouk Grove, in Wnsco county. Tlico: spell in November did Koine ilamai--: grain in that part of the county, bi the injury waa not great. The Uamtilla county assessor ha js--completed the military roll, which L been turned over to the county clet The roll contnins about 1.MI0 nani- and ia coiiipiled alphiibctically, tut "That nothing herein contained shall lie so construed ns to admit to the second-class rate publications purport ing to W issued pcriislioally and to mbscriWrs, but which are merely bonks ur reprints of books, hethcr they W- isued complete or in parts; whether they U- bound or uii'smnd; whether they be sold by subscription or other wise, or whether they pnrjiort to be premiums or supplements or parts of regular newspapers or periislicals. " The bill also denies to ncwspape-i the "sample-copy" privilege, and the privilege enjoyed by news dealers of returning unsold publications at the second-class rate. The only other important change in the present law provides that publish er whose publications are admitted as si-coiid-class matter shall lie required, Wfnre dciHisiting such mail matter in the iHistofllce, to separate the same into United States mail sacks or bundles by states, citiis, towns or counties, as tho postmaster-general shall direct. Cutis In Hi. Srnate. Washington, Jan. 8. The speech of Call on Cuba in the somite tislay served ns the medium for making public a letter, giving a graphic description of the Cabanas fortress ut Havana and the surroundings of the American citi zens imprisoned there. The circum stances surrounding the letter attracted marked interest to it, as Call said it came from a public man of high stand- The people of Arlington had an-: tra dish of entertainment served IV. mas night in the way of an 1ml: dunce, given by about thirty of the C lmniba Indians. The Indians lib the hall and charged an U'liniwi Nearly every otic went to see tln-mg hear the niusio tlicy luriuslieil on a occasions. Like ninny other ballr.t I celebrities, they were painted kit loudest colors. The Indians had a big time at T-a Hollow, in Umatilla county, on Oir I mas day. There took part in the I i tivities 100 Umatilla Indians, five ! ' catellos and four Ne2 Pereea, On j the Nez Perce Indians was found w ! a bottle of whisky in his possess I This was promptly taken from half the Indian jsilice, who poured oc u.. contents. Two other Indians p.tMnt whut hilarious and were put in int Washington. The population of Chehalis count. 10.473. mi increase of 1,-luO in t years. The Electric Light & Power C pany is planting maple trees ami o wise improving the Tumwater p:i neur Olympia. Judge Hume, In Seattle, hat fr March 28, 18U7, us the date usttiwl. William Carey, convicted of ninni will be hanged. It is thought that a new use limb- found for the black W-iichsand of tin! ing in the United States, who would harbor, that it will prove valuable! fMi.iin ocenjiv a pnice in tne legisla tive blanch of the government. The letter dealt w ith the immediate pres ent, tm. I described a visit made by the writer and (ieneral Lee to Cabanas fortress only seven days ago. It told of the pitiful condition of the prison i:rs, sonic of them Americans, includ ing' Julio Sanguilly, mid a young man who was the companion of Charles Govin, the American new simper corre sisiiidetit, killed in Cuba. The recital of these prisoners was given in full. During the day the senate passed house bills amending the laws relating to timWr culture and authorizing bre vets to acting or retired officers of tho army or navy. The joint resolution reiiiiesting (he British the iron that is in it In Kittitas county all approved b np to January 1, 18SM1, have lieenp The last payment la-fore tliisclea: tip all warrants issued prior to Ap' 1S95. It fl said that a measure wili presented to the coming state k'f ture to re-cnitct the beet-sugar bee law passed in 181t!l, which lias now : come inoperative by limitation. The Spokane Bcform lounge will tinne in its work of trviniz to I'W salootiu to tliut eitv Similar. Ml'! engaged an uttorney to assist in p euting the cases that arc expei'1'' arise. Mr. Dunham, one of the nklefl LTi iViiriiin,,l a . pardon Mrs. Maybrick was indefinitely i tiers of Gig Harbor, in Pierce cum-. Postponed. The hill ..v... i lied Inst week nt the nuo of 83 J tiers on public lands from paving tha : He was the first man to settle m'" original government price fixed on tho lands was debated. Pettigrew and Car ter spoke in its favor, but a final voto was not reached. S.ard Off bjr Sol,l.rt. Harrodstuirg, Ky., Jan. S. The Lex mgtnn and Ham-l-burg militia com. panics, oiderrdout by Governor Bradley tin l.r secret orders t repulse a ruiuoreil ii'-t-ics of raiders on ,u. retnaming Mcnvr county ,ol!g:l!,s. ,il,-l it!l.. town in the early morning, IV.. tirtsl, hi,,,, g'.v and mil. The raiders were,,,,, doubtishy scare-1 off by ,Ul. uti-l abandoned their plans. Kltssia export, cavi ar annually to fl , vanie of over ll.uoo.liou. Tha Fright Craisd II fr. tlaklati.l, Cal., Jan. 8. -Sheer fright deprived Jennie Jurgensen of her rea son and she was brought here for treat ment. Miss Jurgensen was scared by some friends the other dav in the carry ing out of a jke, and it so affected h'er mind that it gave way ill together yes terday, ami her condition is said to be hopeless. Thr Thaasd lh. l'owrtr. Leadville. t'olo.. Jan. S.-Br a ex. plosion of giant-powder at Tw in Lakes station th,, i afternoon lv,er Fag in and Miihael NKiwewkillisl and Joseph Lj.rkit, fatally injured. Thevweree,,,. ployed in grading on the Colorado Mid- o.i i.iiiroa.i. an.t were th I.w,ler When it exploded. At t i nvent meeting of one of the hirge Kiigltsh insurance iMmpanies it shown that ,1o.ooo had W-en . . ' one to inrliie: hawing tho nza. M.nit.ib. ri.,ur for AB.ir.ll,. unreal. Jan. Tl... r i. . VOisl Mlllllitr I'. branches in "aV1 Mo of the havi Hnrlior iiml lived thnrtt ilnrillB tlle ter years of his life. fli.rtnn 1 (.lilt tl.o V..V .IllllllF' tmni, of Scuttle, married . . .. Ul I he oldest griHim was 00 years i" -r and the oldest bride 54. TheywiT crnttTl rf tlm vn.ir w-ls 30 VYU and the youngest bride 15- There is a movement af.'i't 10 southern part of Stevens county ' vide the countv on a line rum""-,. and west, about half way hciv'0 ' ville and Chewcliih. There :ir' 12,000 iiihabitants in the county- Tl,.,r.. ia 1 ntitV of U1'1 ' -y.v id ,i unpc .ju.....--. -nt thn enoitol in I )lvmllia til1 have to be destroveil. Two . the schiH.ls fouud these of value to il scratch paper. The s.''"1'1 p ' gathered them, but many wr tor...! ..I. i... ..m.,t They uW had this year, if the matter i 11 after by the teachers ami " given that they will not be nsf' ter the streets. Ka uni'i l.oru.a have two w-orking factories in oi' March 1 next. The local isnra- ,d to alien nes in this eitv ,.r,.l , " in the v.. i.. " """'us places - ,...t Hi ll grain mm" s for IKllil TI,nrs.laV. I"" 31. with ton-notch prices mr oa s and barley since the fall 01 ,i . . . Lushl1. Urge orders from A "N notations were 70 ecus .-,1 1 and they have W,n " 'r """r' eS1'10 P"r 100 .Iof , rate of ri nun ' ""ri-'ig ai tne per humlreil for barley. " The train, l.rw,l.vvsaw.vkfor the C,M. -K Jlour trade Wtween Manitoba at, I u ral.. promise, , K,1Ile 4 "e-r im is.rtaiii .i , . " ry lm- -."SWT. u .... V , muted that the airtrreirate of in the county January 1, 1 smallest that has been held in man county in many ''" t amount of marketable gm"1 '"' ,, I- I. . . . RlH'.CV W frei-),. - ""-"in .i... .. iirs frint h Kill) nun ,... n. iif wnc.n l.ssible by low frei. 'I tlC railr.,,,.1 ."suilllljl llUVi uim iiih uvrii.iriiiiii riairii i ai u Hint uuv I hand of producers. 0