EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. L. OAMrBKLL, Proprietor. EUGF.NK CITY OltKdON NEWS OF THE WEEK Intereatlaf Collection of Current Ifnll la Condrsiad Form From Both Continents. Four men with drowned ut the Cliff hoise in San Francisco. A dispatch from Honduras say the ri-v 1 1 11 1 ion there ha ended ami the country in peaceful. Two blacksmith of Brownsville, Or., have invented a new machine fur 1111I verizing elicit. It tuix been tried, and it in said, work to erfoetiiiri. They liiivi' applied for a patent. Of the 1 14 Chinese who curiM on the steamer Virtoria to Taenmu, only fifty will lie admitted. The other sixty-four will lie returned, order from the scorn lary of the treasury to lliat effect hav ing been received. Judge Day, of Ohio, rjuuW fl' n as sistant secretary of ut :tt . Ifockhill, whom he succeeded, will remain niitil Anintant Secretary Day In-come en tirely fainiliur with pending negnlia tions, when it Ih expected In' will be apiiiitcd lo some foreign mission. Hairy Flynn wa drowned in Lake Michigan, near Chicago, und I, MM H'lll Haw linn die HII'I Were llllllil to aid lniii. During th x. i I ! 1 1 ii t which prevailed A 1 Ix-rt Mattari, a poi tator, ilniiHl dead, it in supposed that heart disease wax the cause ut the hhviihI accident. Tin O. It. A N'. will send experts to tin Si-veil Devil milling district to inaRe estimate of tin probable trallh: of thut region. The company in figur ing on dividing the freight business with the Union I'lX'iUi?. Tin nut nu-- tion of a sawmill near Iti'aria in u jiart of the company's plan. T)i cabinet Iiiih decided to send one of the now guulnmts now building on the Pacific const to Sitka, Alaska, about July 1. Omit urtivity in Alas ku, growing out of the gold discover ies, has made tin' president and eabl ni't deem thin step advisable fur safe guarding Ainrrii'an i 1 1 1 r t t h. The recall of thu force from Crete ha been received w ith resignation hy the Athens public. Tin liclyannin r Kan attack thti no vit iniii-n t bitterly for appealing to KuroM, hut most of the paMrri accept thin iim inevitable ami violently attack the Klhnikn llctairi.i, asking it to render an account of itH action. The steamer Hover, flying tho Anieil run flax anil plying between New Or leans and purls of Spanish Honduras, wan lire. I on ly a Nicaragua!! inan-of-war, while four mileit from l'uerto Cortex, anil narrowly escaped Indng hit amidships. It in hum 1 the run n of war thought the Hovel wax aiding the llon tiuruH revolutionist. The Urusncl exposition hai hiun formally oM-iiod. Kii IcihiI uml the diplomatic coij were icncnt. Prince llininarrk wan hinmi'i'd tit FriiHlrichnnihi', Oerinany hy a tmch li(ht liriHtemtioil uivi'ii hy hin tow iimiiicii. The agricultural depariment crop re port put the condition of wheat at Ml. 3 Kitiimt Ml. 4 hint iniuith mid "i on May 1 hut year. The intcrcHt of United Slatcn citi S)na at i'uerlo Cortex, the "cat of the revolution in lionduriiN, will he looked after ly the oruiner Marhlehead. The vi'Mi-l ia now uu her way theie. A M'tHlon ia now hcinn circulated in New Yolk and finned hy hankem and bnaineiui men, urti iiik! l'lCHident Mi Kin ley to do all in hi power to ctlivt a peedy aettleuient of the Cuhau inniir reel ion. Ijwia L. McArthnr, iiiciiiIht of the lit!al firm of llroiunih, McArthnr, Fen ton it HronutiKh, of I'ortland, Or., mid tine of the prominent lawyer of the late, died In Walla Walla, Wa-h., of heart d incline. The anpreine court of the t'nlted Statei luia dH'iiliil the Hcrlmer patent oane in favor ( the Hell Telephone Company. The decinion iniiKiinHt the Kovcrntnent and hunhcen h'iiiiiik nlnco 1 HI) 1 . Aocordini: to the divinou tin) ltcll Company w ill control the patent for ten yeara, Frank Han, his two emu and a brother, Chrla Hurl, pronperoun tier man farmera of licdticld, S. II., wet anphyxiated in a well on their farm. Frank Hail waa overcome hy i win I.) at work in the well. The olhcix dc-n-endcl one at a time in an attempt to rtMcue him, and all mot the name (ato. The Hritinh ahip County of Had d inn ton, which liaa junt auivcd out at Cardiff, Waled, report a ternhle mvi dent which happened lant lleceuihcr, Junt ai the Yeaned w an Rett inn away (mm the Columhia river, after letting the tU(' huwner. Four ncamen wcie aent aloft to unfurl the muin topgallant ami, and one of them named I'M war I Hull nlippdand fell tothed'k, hreak itiU hi nwk and laith of hinlcn, death ueuif inntaiitancoiia. The htxly wat hurlcxl at a thu aauie day, mid the hip proceeded on her way, making giHl run home. F.li Mackay waa run over and killej in the Southern Faoitlc yards ut Salem, Or. The iteauier Nicaragua, which hai Junt arriveil in New York, lnnn the newt of a diitant mm eartlup.iake in the inland of Uuadaloiipe and Moiitncriut, of the Leewarvl Koi1. '''e We.t In die. One liuiidml ple Ut their live, and the pioperty damage in enor inou. Twelve hrick lioune in Ouada lou, and ait in Moiitncrrat were de niolmhed, and nt'ore of other cracked and eaiuel hy the nliock. A dead body i laahe. to the irta davit in the atom of the hiMiner Oeii eral 8i(lin, which ia belli: driven aim lennly alniut in the North I'acillc tn-can, 110 in ilea went of the (jiiceu Char loll ialanda, and dins tly in thentorm track, a ihown in the pilot chart of the hy drographlo offlce for May. The limp form that bang on the davit i the only thinf ahoard indicatiiiK the pant occuncy of liuiuan beiiii. Thi wa tha new tiruunht hy the aeuling . hinin er Willard Ainaworth, that ha arrivrfi in SeattU from a rruiaa to the north, nd it plaoea kryoiid douht the fate of Um Ueueraj.Blyliu auj Uioae aboard. TO SECRETARY BLISS. Mannann I'rgr Mupnloo of ProcMfl liifa tlnl nhrrpownara. Wunhingtoti, May 17. Comminioner flvrruunn, of the general land office, ha luhmitted to the aecretary of in terior, a letter uiging the ruapennion of legal pioceeliiKt growing out of the C'uncude range rcaerve uoU The letter aaya: , "It ha l;en represented to tbii ae purtinent that greut hardhip and loa Iiiin rennltcd to tho nhneajwiier of Ore gon bi-caimn of their exclunion from the Kruzing lund within the boundiiriei of tln Caicade ramie forcit reaerve, ere a ted hy the prfnident'n proidinnation of September 28, thi4 the lari(e arean of gru7.ilig lurid within "aid res ervation have heen lined for year pant an a general grazing ground, and th j HheeHiWnerN are dependent thereon for the ntiptxirt of their Hock during cer tain neaxorm of the year; that the uit j ilintitiied hy the government againnt j certain partien to rent rain tbem from j pasturing their nheep within the renerre i are reprennive and unjimt, and relief ia , anked. "A nin-ciul agent of thi office report j that Judge Hcllingcr, on the ltltli tilt., I in the United Stale circuit court for the dmtrict of Oregon, overruled the leiuurrer to the amended complaint in the cane of the United State v. Tygh Valley Land & Livcntock Oniipany, n-taiiiiiiU liin former deeiHioii therein fTU Fed. Hep., II '.K)), againnt mi implied licenne to line niieh laiidn for panturage piirpuven, and recognizing the right of the cuverriinent to mil) to protect it property from threatened injury. The Hpeciul uyent ntate that the neveral aen hroii'ht againnt variou pernon, to which thin ruling upplie, will proh- ihly he at inntic and ready for trial Home time next month. "In view of the leginlation now pend ing (Senator I'etligrew' amendment to the niindry civil hill) renn'cting forent renerven in general mid their manage ment, and the authority therein to he given the Keeretary of tho interior "to regulate their occupancy and une," mid the prohalde early action of thu depart ment on the nuhject. I think it would he w ine to niiHpend, for the prenent,' i lcg:il proceed i imn grow ing out of nhoep panturitig within the CuHcude forent ri-Hcrve. "I therefore reniM-ctfiilly recomuinnd that the attorney general la- reiiuented lo inntriict the United State attorney for Orcgtui to ntay all proceeding in the ubovc-ineiitioued cane until fur ther older. " A 4hMlljr lleheamal. I'axton, HI., May 17. Frederick William llolmaii, who iH to lai hanged tomorrow for the murder of Mr. Weib koen lledden, on December 2, 1HUU, ln-ll it drenn rehearsal .tlii uiorning, and wan photographed on the gallow iinii which lie into he hanged. He linpen to nell enougli of the picture to pay for nending bin Innly to (irand Haven, Mich, mid have it buried henidu the remain of hi wife. In addition to the murder for which be in to die, Iloliii.in in nupHined to have killed other women. After being photo-, .raplied, llolmun rchcamed a npeech, which he ban prepared for tho gallow. I ulfiitl Nlmitpa liniirarllealile. WiiHhington, May 17. The move ment to necure thcaidoptioii of a till i vernal n.ntage ntamp by the mntal con-k'tei-n ban collapned. There were tint many dilllciilticn, the chief one being that of currency lluctiiationn, in the way of adopting nncli a ntamp, and the general committee, after considering the nuhject brielly, itbandoue it an im practicable, and will make uu adverno icKirt to the congren. HMrrmitrnlo 'anla llryan. Sacramento, Cal., May 17. The lioipioin Club, of thin city, i milking ntrcnuoiin cITortn to induce William .1. Hi vim to Mop over one day iu thin city while en route to Oregon. A committee has been appointed to communicate with the Nebraska orator, requesting that he honor the capital oily with hi pronciiee and uddie it people. I Kill Train Derailed. Kufala, I. T., May 17. A cattle train jumped the truck a mile north of here thin afternoon while running at full xpeed. The engine turned bottom up, and ten cam of cattle were derailed. An unknown negro boy wa killed, and 1'etcr McCarily,' engineer; C. Overd, liicman. mid two other men were badly hurt. Fifty cuttle were killed outright. Neten Killed anil Several Injured. Florence, Ala., May 17. Thin after noon, the tipple, ut the Pinkuey, Tciiii., ore mine, almut twenty-live miles fiom'heie, fell, killing sevcu men mid badly wounding several other. Communication with l'inkncy in cut nil, and full paitieiilan cannot be hud. 1'hynh iann have left here for the ceuc. A ew lan uf Hhurt l.lua llwuda. New York, May 17. The directors n( the Oregon Short Iiine Utah Noithern railroad today authorized the issue of noiicumulative income ttond, seiic 11, to the amount of 000,000, in accordance w ith the plan proponed l y the icoiganixaliou committee. Iinne hjr a t'lrebug. Springfield, O., May 17. The Fund eibuig mills ut New Carlisle were de ntioycd hy lire shortly after midnight. U'sn, .'iO.OOO. Itwaalh work of an incendiary. The ar In the l'hllllnea. Madrid, May 17. An official din patch fiom Manilla, I'hilippiue ialanda, aiinouncen that the Spanish troop ep tuicd Termite, mid that titty seven in .indents wcie kilhsl. The Spaniarl lost twenty the killed aud 'Hi wounded. li-iulallon ut ' Irl timxla. Umdon, May 17. In the common today, the bill to prevent the importa tion of goo.ln manufactured in foreign prison pn"cd the hmiuI r'aduig. r'orajth .tdvauved Washington, May 14. The president tolay noiiiinatei Hrigndier-Ocneriil J.IIIH- Forsyth, in coinmiiiid of the do : parlmeiit of California, to the vacant major generalship canned by Wheaton's j retirement Inst week. Forsyth, it i ; expected, w ill retire within a few day ' alter hin continuation, leaving the way open (or the promotion to a major j generalship of some other brigadier- general . .w l'lc luovt'iuCiit will pixibably end with Oeneral Hrooke fuccetsling l-i-rnianciilly to the plac of niajor-gau-rL 1 iTRIED TO BREAK L A California Editor Anxious to Be Imprisoned. HE WAS DEFUSED ADMISSION Meateneed to Eight Year fur Manslauh. Ur, H leller Hlinaeirto th Wardan of Han (uentlii. f?an Francinco, May 17. W. A. Se- horn, editor of the Willow Journal, Olenn county, made a prenning apja-al tmluy at San (jiientin to U- bn ke. up for eight year for mminluughter. "I have no warrant for your commit meiit," naid Warden Hale, "and iniint refuno your rerpient." "Then I nhall ntay around here until I am locked up," wa the reply. Sehorn waited at the prinon till late in the evening, hoping he would not have, to npend another day outnide tho witlln. At lant, he went to the hotel near the prinon gaten, there to remain until necennary paper for hi incarcera tion are furninhed. "I have liecn found guilty of nimi nlanghter," Sehorn explained, "and a tho eiiprcme court ha affirmed the de cinion of the (ileiui county court, I biiHteued here to nurrender mynelf. My llrnt obligation in to my bondninen, thone ginnl friend of III inn w ho Htinnl by me in mv hour of trial. I want to releiine them no they may not feel oil can y ulamt me. That i the reiinon I den ire to begin to nerve my aentence. It may look ntraiige, my trying to break into jail, hut I realize there are eight long year for me within San tjiieutin'n walla, und I am eager (o begin ut once to nerve my time. It would look morn natural for u man to atave it off un long it Kinnihle, but in my cane I can have no x-aec of mind till the punishment begin." Sehorn wa convicted of nhooting and killing Dr. J. K. l'litnuin, a druggint at Willow, two yearn nince. Sehorn ntill maintainn that he nbot in "elf defenne, or rather, with a ntrong conviction that he wa defending bin own life in "limit ing. Tw ice the jury ilinagreeil. On the third trial, Sehorn wa found guilty of manslaughter and neiitenced to eight yearn' imprinonuient. I-ant Monday the judgment wa ufllrmeil by the su preme court, A BLOODTHIRSTY INDIAN. Killed FiMir While Men and la Looking for Mure lo Mhunt. Kldorado Canyon, New, May 17. An Indian cal lis I Ahvote nbot mid killed two teamnter of the Southwest ern Mining Company, named la-e Franzen mid IlenJonen, on tho ore road In twecii tho niine and the mill thi iifteriUKin, mid then went to the cabin of Chrintopher Neilson, a proHjMH'tor, and killed him hIimi. The teaiiislein left the mines thi afternoon on the down trip, but did not arrive at the , mill on time. Manager Charle (Jriicey, ntipHiniiig they bad broken down, did not BiiHKS't anything out of the way until an Indian came in ulniut 0 1. M., and reported that Ahvote hud taken a gun and might kill the tc.iniHtcrn. Orucey ut once sent a man up on borne hack. Six mile up the canyon, the I latter found the team, while the bodies of the teainntern lay on the ground near their wagon. He returned and warned the N'ople ut the mill. A. II. (Irn.-ey, the foreman, drove fourteen men in a wagon to the scene, and brought the Innlie down to the mill. Fraiir.eii had nevcral bullet holes in hi body, and .louen one. A party went to Neilson' cabin early thin morning and found him dead in bed. A Chinaman, just arrived. rcmrtn that Charley Moiiaghan, who lived alone on the bank of the river, wan also shot dead in bed. It in feared that the Indian ban several more victims who live alonu on the route he probably touk after killing the te.unslci. More t'hlneae fur Nashville :tiitini. Tucotua, Wunh., May 17. Collector Saunders today received direction from the secretary of the treasury to admit the remaining nixty foui of the 114 Chi nese IhiuihI for the Nashville cxponition, who were brought here three weekn ago uu the ntcauier Victoria. The telegram from Washington s.iys that thin action i taken Uhii the urgent reipiest of the Nashville cxositioti ntliciaU. The lirst fifty of the lot were sent Fast last week, including the '.'til iivently admit ted at San Francisco. Thin make HT.'i Chinese already admitted for attendance at the cxHnitiou, in addition to a con siderable nuinla'r brought over by the Canadian I'acillc line. The Chinese have certiticaten entitling them to re main iu the country one year after the exopnitiou clones, but, like the Chinese admitted on similar terms (or the At lunta cxMsition, it is considered doubt ful if they can be collected mid sent back when their certificate expire. F ilalnn at a Klrewurks Kn.-lory. Cincinnati, May 17. There wan an explosion ut the powder mills of the A. U Hue Firewoikn Company, at Head ing, IV, thin afternoon. Samuel Slier boll wan fatally injured. Frank Mooie mid tb-orge Huckciihruck were slightly injured. These thnv were the only one in the building when the explosion occurred. The lo wan only $:l0v. Wanta linntngea for Titrtur. San Francisco, May 17. Thomas Keynoldn brought suit tivlay to nver .'0,000 damages from Cliaric llcrrold, Henry la-ppidd and William Kiordun. The suit giows out of the action of tlio defendants some month ago in hanging Keyuold up in a bam to make him confess lo the burglary of Herrold's blacksmith shop on tin- San Itruno road. Keyuold was convicted hy a jury and is now nerving a term in the elate prison. Ile fi.r the Tariff Kehal. Wiishiiik'ton, May 17. The vnato comuiiltiv on tinainv reaclml an under standing today hy which it wa prac tically ugrcod thai the dejute on the tuntt bill should Kvin Monday, the U4th int. 0 Senator Aldrich will call up the bill Thursday of next week for the purpose ,.( making statement. There will hp no further effort to get the bill up until the following Monday. Thi coliceesion wa made out of defer ence to the WMshes.of the lVimvratic tnember. and leeiis. of the delay in getting comparative uteiueiit ta lb) A PLEA FOR MERCY. Theodora Durrani Make HI Appeal to Oovarnor Build. Sacramento. May 17. -An PK1 for the life of TheoJore Durrant, the con dernned murderer of Blanche Lamont, wa bnJay heard in the court of jat resort. Governor liudd at in filial , Judgment in the case, and Eugene: Deuprev, attorney for Dorrant, argued eloquently for the lif of hi client. i The governor listened to the argument in ileiice, and only once did he hor sny sign of br-ing impre---1. Thut wa when Attorney Deuprey uked him to , oompare certain writing "f Ifev. Dr. Gihaon with the writing " the pack- Sge pent by the murderer to the mother of hi victim. The governor scrutin ized the writing closely, and asked to be given the original" for comparison. : Durrant' attorney had come pre pared to Ppring a sensation in the case by producing a document, purporting to le a contend i S l" W"""1'" convict named John l:oeiiburg, that he wa the murderer of lllanche La mont, and Durrant had nothing to do with the cae. The alliy-d confession was Introduced, hut w. devoid "f '" fluence, owing to the f i t that the gov ernor bad leurned of tlm matter, and hud ascertained jmsitively that John Itoserihurg did not uirive in California , until seven months uf:-r the crime wan committed. The governor said nothing that would give an intimation of what he would do in the case, nor did be show thut he wa particularly impressed hy uny ar- ' gumciit that was advanced. j GUNBOAT NASHVILLE. I ' Averaged Nearly Nrvenleen Klinls on Her Trial Trip. ! Hridgcsirt, Conn., May 17. "The fastest vessel of her clan in the world." ' wan the verdict accorded by the otlicern at the conclusion of the "s-cd trial of the new guubout Nashville tmlay on Long Isl.iud sound. The speed reipiired by tho govern ment wan 1 .'1.07 knot. The average speed made by the vessel wan li!.7tl knots, making an exces of n-ed very near three knot. With u bonus of ' $.'0,000 for each excess knot, thin : means a total of ftiO.OOO for the huild ' er. The time for the thirty mile out ' wa 1 :!).VHil. The elapsed time for the second run was l:4S:ltt. The gunboat Nashville, Wilmington mid Helena were provided for by act of vongress approved March :i, IMC!, and in Janu ary of the year following their building ' wan awarded lo the Newsirt News Shipbuilding Company, of Newport News, Va. So thoroughly have they carried out their contract that, not only have the vessels Won the highest praise for their workmanship, tiui-li and performance, but their excess de velopment of speed ha already netted the contractor the snug bonus of 1161,452. TO REGULATE VIVISECTION. A Hill ltrirled In the s.nsle lir C.alllnger. Washington, May 17. Senator li.il i linger reported in the senate today me bill for the regulation of vivisection in the District of Columbia, unanimously adopted hy the senate committee uf the District of Coliiinlua. providing, tiist, fur the line of anaesthetic in all pain ful cxieriniciits on living invertebrate ' animals, the no -called inoculation ex periments, tests of drugs and medi cine, and cases of iccoveiy from sur gical procedure being t-xpicscdly ex einpted from this requirement; second, for the licensing of all experimenter by the district counui-sioucr, except those who are duly authoi ied otliceis of the government; thud, for the pro hibition of vivisection iu the public schools, and in exhibition for the gen eral public; fointh, for the inspection of nil place of expcnnieiit by inspect orn to 1 appointed l y the president of the United States. Iled Trllla In s,. Ollirra. Oakland, May 17. Samuel W. Km inon. a Siutheru I'.i, itic tl.ignian, sac rificed bin life lod.iy while warning u group of versoiis at the pier of un ap proaching train. The accident occur red at the wagon cio-sing un the mole, just neyond the ea-tein approach to tin big depot. A p.niy of four men walked along the ioelw.iv, not noticing the nppioaeh of a train In his anxiety to save them from accident, Kmmoii did not observe a I. sal tram that was backing down, and stepped aside to avoid another tr.un right in front of the local. The bt.ikein.in on the rear car yelled, but thoi.ir Mtuck the whiie-huin-d flagman with teiritic force, fracturing hi skull. He fell in such a way that the wl Is only caught his right foot, nthciwisc he would have been mangled horribly. Finmons, who is i;s war old, was conveyed to the receiving hospital, but never recovered ihbi '.iii.h,.. Kent lo Jell rur l ilthlurM. San Francisco, M.iv I ;. W. It. Hiadhury, a hn-ul luillioinuie, was to day sentenced to twenty-four hunts' uu pilsoniiieiit in the (Minity j ul for vio lating the civic ordinance prohibiting expectorating on the floor of street cats. This was Hradbury's second offense. He claim the privilege of pitting when and where he pleases a an inalienable American privilege, and &iii .... i . . . i . - win in.ise les i case oi in punishment. FhiUdclphu, May 17. Kx-I.stm.i. ter licner.il John Wiinaniaker, at a ban Hiiet of the Husincs Men' U-aguue, this evening, made a remaikihle ui'inIi on national und ntate politic. After commenting on the failuie f promised ptop,.rity to appear in cense u,uetuv ,.f rrcsident McKinlcy's elec tion. Wiinaniaker said that the low state to which the political religion o( the nation w.ts brought hy unscrupul ous boss,-, mu,t eventual ' rcault in a new party. j rrutr.Ui., a, tn( nglry lull, ! Fails. May 17. The syndical cham ber of textile and daperie has ad drvned a communication to th Uuiie-I Slates js. luting out the dangers wh.ch the Dingley taritT involves to the in dulr and the trade of the whole world. s' r'liirlda Senator. j Tallah.isse. Fla., May 17. Stephen K. Malloty was chvt.vi' Unitv States senator today on the S.Mh ballot. j It i estimated that S. 000.000 ton of 1 pure silver x-e held in oluljli ty all ilii wau-r ut lU earth. O i The Government Waking Up to Their Condition. SENATE COMMITTEE EErOBTS Mr. Aal.. ' " K,,"U ,U "" ,.r,..del Ih. Tru """ Thai I're.all 'he I.U'"'- Washington. May l.;.-T'-'- n.dden an lvnden. outbreak '' ' . i . i the cmito , au i ..tntinieiit K'lay t "I ' , during the early ho.it the drift of ,,,, wa- strongly toward apecdv a i radical a, Hon by both eongr-r. and tbe execul.ve.l ut later there w as some what of a reaction ,.,n it .,... J knnwnthat the president while keen y alive to the situation, and anxious learn everything ,..ibl that could guide his conduct of our uban and Spanish relation-. t-X that further in- , formation wa- n- ary. and for the immediate pr,-e.,t the ...e,t.on wa not oi f recognition of the bediger- : snrv or iudepede, f the I uban m- ; -urgent, but of relief f,.r the A.i.er.e.111 citiz.-nn, destitiit-; and h-lpless In the towns f thel'earlof tlm Antille. The foreign relation committee, it should In-stated, while agreeing Us.n the nece-sitv of relief for the suffering .ni. ric..i,s, is favorable to more radical measure-, and a number of its ineiu her are earnestly de-iron of instant action bv tl lecutiw in aid of the Hisiirgen's, but have not succeeded in , wiling the administration to their view- that present action inappropriate and iinpet.it ive. Tin- ewnt of the day was a report to their colleagues by a sulKMiniilittee which ye-terday examined the state de partment's Cuban repmtn. Thin state ment, though not given lo the public, was ... f ir .lis. Iie-ed ill character an to give i;-e lo a g'ssl deal of excited com meiit anioi g senator and members. The report, based Um facts present ed hv the United states consul in Cuba', it is sl(id, brings out in strong relief the destitution which exists not only among the Cubans, but among Americans and paeiticos now in the inl ands who were driven from their farms and into the towns by Weylei's orders, nil I are thereby prevented from sup (sirting themselves. Forneveial days pa.f, the nuhj.rt matter of thi icport has Is-en under ,sel--ioi iplietly lllllollg II few of the friends of Cuba in congress, and they have o-t no oppiriunity of impressing upon the president their convictions that it is hi- diltv, s the chief execu tive, to delay no longer in taking active leps to terminate the present condi tion ol affairs in Cuba. These lepie setiiatioiis. however, have not liecn nut ticicut to in luce h.i-ty action. The president is moving steadily ami with ull speed that safety and sound judg-I tin lit w.iiraui iu the collection of fact ton. hing the conditions that exist iihiii i the island tislay. To Ibis end, Mr. Cal houn is now in Cuba, officially on an other ini-sion. hut also charged with the oli.ctvatiou of the conditions that prevail. When lie has reported to the i lent and the latter has obtained what he regaids as a sufficient store of inform it ion. based on facts that cannot In-ipiesliotied. he w ill be ready either to take himself, oi to suggest to con giess, such action as these fa,- war rant. Meanwhile, he has under considera tion the best menus of affording relict to Amei icaun siitlering as a result of the condition on lite islands. Today, the president saw, by up t 1 1 ii t ltn-ii t , Kdwin W. Atkins, of Bos ton, who is largely interested in Cuban sugar plantations. Mr. Atkins gave him a faithful pictuie of the ivonoini, conditions that prevailed in Havana and in other parts of the island when he left. roiiilnlllf e'a ltenrl. The senate cmiimittiv on foreign re lations today had the Cuban question under consideration on the basis of the subcommittee appointed yesterday to confer with the president and Secre-, boy Sherman. The icport was pre pared by Davis and Foraker, Republi can iiicmhcts, Morgan, the Democratic, member, declining to participate in it. j The report consisted of a concise statement of th,. contents of official re ports from the American consul in 1 Cuh.i, bunging information lip to with in a week. This icport confirm the newspaper reports a to the situation on the island, and even goes farther in depicting the deplorable situation than do must uf the newspaper stories. K pecial stiess is laid upon the condition of American citizen. It is positively stated that hundreds are in u starving condition and wretchedly clothed. Deaths me daily refuted. Americana me scut te.c. I iii all parts of the inland, and are shown no consideration what ever bis-.iuse of their American citizen ship. The American are generally person who reside on the plantation,' but who have been driven from their homes to the towns, and, being among strangers and without employment, are compell ed to subsist uu aliuust nothing. They arc not allowed to return to their plan tations, even to pick berries or secure the least article of subsistence. They aie theoretically under the care of the Spanish army, but the army is without commissariat. They have no mean of leaving the island. Their condition is pronounced wholly deplorable. The committee was especially impress,-1 with this recital, and the opin ion w a generally expressed that tht situation should he remedied, if isi.ni. hie. It was considered a placing even u worse asturt Uhmi the question of out relations with Cuba than the imprison ment of Ameri -an, of which there vr now comparatively few instances. The report also indicates a gonerallv wretched condition of all the inhabi tant" uf the island, because of scarcity of focsl and money, csj-iallv in tin centers of population, and Uvau-eslso of the pressure of the ,,.o-t malignant disease., such as yellow fever, small jvx an I dysentery. The report indicate that the Span lh army is not so strung now a it was a year ago, largely on account of these ravage, while they indicate no dirain. lit ion of the insurgent force. The re port were from variou eon.uls, lu eluding Lonsul-liHosral U. O FICHTING IN EPIRUS. We.l-K..r.ConMI..- i i , Mav 17. Ex-ei-t for the (i l- ,r.,p, remain in Do.i.oko. tbe llkk,'( c',... "..fine's ""'i-YE U1,h)rin to Lamifl. where it will be " c ler communication with Uenml .,.ki Thi probably explain a, lumber of Kdhcm Panbs . tM.p have been march.ng rm, Tr Ik l. to Vol,.. Without doubt the re fute of the feist of Dairam.s very wel ,..,. to the fatigued men. The fighting in Kpiru lis Wn nn ,(.ci.1Ve. It i believed that N ICopollS j, not yet captured, but only the height commanding the town. The . " . i .i ,.f irivimr Droleo- lireek maoe " ' . lion to the peasants, hut theyev.den ly l ad information as to the reasons for he apparent t.vi.y of the Turk. i n Ffirua. Thin in the seventh time the (ireek have uttempled to advance to janimi and have n.et w ith 'H which the Turk have never followed "'h vid.-iitlv there i wunething wrong with the Turki-h force at that po'".; The n nt reis.rt that a nninlM-r of ofllcei were taken from Jai.ina to Coii siai.linople in chains may -rh:ip ex plain it 1'onsihlv Turkey is holding h.-r forces there through fear of a move ment from liulgaria. The Mliiatlmi t plli-aled. Guidon. May 17. The correspondent of the Times at Athens says: There- siuupti f otTerisive ojnMation in Kpiiu gieatlv complicate the situa tion and t-nd to hamper the negotia tion for -ace. The evident intention uf the ireek cotumaiidoi k is lo capture the Turkish .sitionn there in order to show that they have not been defeated. Iu an inteiview fnlay. -M. Ifalli, the premier, repeated hi statement that hunianilaiiaii motive are reniible for the advance in Kpirus, but he did nut deny the advantage which might he hoped for from the capture of Pre versa and the tn-cilpatioll of the adjoin ing Turkish teiritoiy. "We are still at war," he said, "ami until an armistice in concluded recce retain- her liberty of action. We can nut allnw our activity to he confined to The-saly.wheie the Turk are predomi nant. The siwer have hindered us hum acting in Crete, but (ireece cannot be barred everywhere nor compelled to resttict her operation ton limited area. "We have dune our best to obtain an armistice, and until it is accorded u, we inii-t act where and when we can. If we have not already prosivilteil the war at variou s.ints and among the il.inds of the Fgean, it in only Isvaune we have taken into consideration the sufferings to which the (ireek impiila tion might In- subjected." The government apparently think that a renewal of the war will hasten, instead of ictard, the armistice. Thin calculation may prove to lie correct; but it in more likely that Turkey will seize on it a an excuse for delaying the armistice mid will deal a crushing blow in Thessaly. t llesierale KllKNgeltlent. Arta, May 17. Desperate fighting has Is-en in progress all day near Fil lipinda. Two brigade of Urccks, with many guns, two companies of sap poem and a squadron of cavalry, attacked the Turks, who were almost without artil lery. The (treekn forced the lirst Turki-h line of defense, hut met with a stubborn resistance at the second. In several places the bayonets were no close to the camion that the former could not he ued. The buttle ntill continues us this dispatch i being sent. Secreti-,1 a Nulary Hill. Salt Lake, Mav 17. A special to the Tribune from Helena, Mont., says: Secretary of the Senate John Hloor wa convicted today by jury of having se creted the "nalaijr dijj'' fco prevent its passage the l;r ii'iglut (the session, and the puui-iine?:; vai fined at one year's impi i-nii i-ii, i. W was denied further bail and i tioi Sn jail. The bill in question tirv rpsercd both house the last day, but wan never signed by the speaker of the bouse. It would have cut dowti (the rrjaries of the coun ty officers und thcimm'ber mid salaries of the deputies J'ei cent. HlgM .: a Half t enia for Wool, llcpivr. Or,, U- 17. The largest indivi Irtal elm of Wool in thin county, Isdotigins: u William I'enland, about 4-.'' sack- iir-ie-,Htli:g 150,000 pound, was sold about u mouth ago, the terms of sale being made public tislay. The purchase price was H'.3 cent per pound. Mr. IVnland's clip last season sold fur cents a pynnd. Thi wool w ill be haled and shipped Kant the first of next week. Frank Lee, of San Fran cisco, in the buyer. There in about 1,000,000 pounds of w,miI now in the warehouses here. The qiiulity is e. cellent. Til Meel the Comuimi Hanger. Vienna. May 17. At a convention of Austrian maufaclurer today, it was resolved to call um the government to undertake to conclude international agreements with the European powers Uh a view "of effectuallv meeting the common danger to European cconoinv arising from the prohibitive tariff puj. icy of the I'nited Slates." Kraiih Knilialmliig Flnlil. llnrlington. Iu., May 17.-Willim Wat and I hurles Feioenhiire, brick yard employe, are near death' door from drinking embalming tliii.l. Lat b'ght a farmer named Uracil came to tow n foracm,,. He go, dnmki ,, hi way home he and the coffin and ii J'iK-containing embalming fluid were throw,, fiom the wag,,,,. The brick aid men rescued Hrael, and hi ,,,111.1, ,"" T0""1 which they ,n. ; sisc,l contained whisky. Terrible liallw.y St- Petersbnr,. M.,y K.A ,rrible m ay dnvister befell ,e militarv ran. la-t evenmg between Eliva and oskenhaven. on tl,e Valkie Juriev Hue. mji,,, ,-ars Were stasl,l. TVo em:v,s and nearly m M N,U...,,xty other were seriously Hf.l) hlne.e Loaa. M?-v 1T A prelitninarv of N.l,tHi0,0l0 wa -fired .Hr icday j,, Lcl.U ol" a British . ir-J-saUj, K0R1 IIWEST B&ETEfjg Evidence of Steady Gro and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENEKAL "TERES, Froia All lbs Cltlea aud toM lbs Thriving Sl.i., ,UUj Oreg no. Fourteen wagon ,,. l)( received at MihuIv's i Dalles, lust Week fro,,, ,, i' The Linn County i'ii ii,(-,.ra '. tiou will bold it aii;,i re,," lirownsvillo this year, June J I 11. ' ' Wall Marsh, of Centerville, yttu ton county, wras badly hruim,! tnj' 2 eral of his ribs broken, bv a Dogi, J"' bull. ' Tbe telephone line U-ing bujjt , tween Forest Urove and Hillnrjuu Anton Pfanner will, it u expecM ? in operation in about a week, A delegation of CinatilU hi. have been visiting D.iker City in " of deer bides, from which tlxt-y fact u re moccasins and glovei. Cattle riding will .m comment. Poplar, in Grant county, us g nunitw of steers are contracted for May drj,. cry, besides some stock cattle, Jackson county ban a woman nuii. carrier, Mrs. Vol Stiekel, of LV, Point, who will carry the mail bt that point and Uig Untie thin ummer. Old settlers on the lower Siuilaw, ig Lane county, say that growing en and fruit trees have not ltrnknl b, lino a condition as they are now iukt nine years. A clergyman of Medford Im tnrt liaise eight Chinese jiln-n-mits, oni?ci.t and seven hens, near 1'hiH-nix. Kjorts- men are recpuesteil not to molest thtrt. but to allow thu species to increase. The recent warm weather Inn g-wit reduced the quantity of srmw inij, mountains in Grant county, ninlmicj streams that have heretofore Kvn or fordablo can be crosseil without Jin, Sixteen liundnsl bead of sheep trt sheared ill Lava, Crook county, Us week, and 1,100 bead nmre sill sheared there the latter part of tl month. The flocks are in good cmii. tiun. The bridge across the Walls Walla river on the Upper Walla Wallinni near Brow n s null, in I mat ilia cwir,, has again been repaired hy theonunrt, mid the contractor s.iys it is as n-cj as ever, and will not for some timet materially affected by llixsl. Not long ago a borne hclnngingtei Dalles man was taken to the tiliic- tnn side to pasture, hut he mun pn tired of his surroundings, und rewlrsl to beat bis way back to hi home. Alut making a number of attempts to boH the steamer anJ bi-ing prevented wA time, be plunged into the water, rutt ing the opposite side only a short d tiince Ix-low tho landing, none tht worse from bis rough experience. Washington. Kittitas county warrant are (fllicj at 3 cents. An agent is in Tort TuwnsenJ look ing for a location for a colony of fir era IaUl Ohio. Dftring April the treasurer of Sp kano county receivtiif loo.iiod, sihmi!- bursed $140,720, Under the new school law in Wssb ington elections will occur on tlie ser- ond Saturday in June, ! The contract for building the Fr : dule-Bliiiue road in Whatcom wm? ! bus Ik'cii let, for 12,US4 Government Engineer Clapp fl , that the work done iu improving Gnji harbor has already resulted in M good to the harbor. , Tho rpnidnnts of Clallam ColintTtil petition tho postal department for dailv mail service along the M1 from Port Townsend. 1 A srvcro earthquake slnn'k wm W ' in Waterville one night lt ' ; The vibrations lat.'l 1 j or 20 Moot and woke many people. drnninicr. with fivers nt.i Imnli. nil, I lis Iii-IIiV storif f lt-' other ilruninier, was working li"'1 in North Yakima last week. i Tbn SnriiiurVeok Creamery Comf-wT started lip its creamery in Ellonsbors the first of this month The (vtm. :.. . i n.. r nun imilli'B in prepareu vu iiwieiiv - i milk daily. I A good road club ha been forme.1 I North Vakimaby the wheelmen, considerable money has ls""i ?n for the purpose of putt .l.isNaU-lirt nue in condition for bicyciiun- Company A and battery B, ., have decided to keep up t hei ganiiation, in spite of the """' ' priation made by the last I""1 and will meet necessary cvpeu" Ives. A successful operation of skin f , ing was pi-rtorniea at i"- - - - -rv, hospital in ' Tacomn, me oun-. father of a Birl from PuyuUiipni"1''' , . i the cuticle to replace a ) from his daughter, n.. i . . . iiiin in in op" mere are nve logging r at ion on Ostrander creek. i county, two Having Biaio ' -r ,, The creek was cleared of "lllk last wwk, the first time in ,0,'r- II II The work was done wiui - and steel cable, . bu State Su()eriiitendciit Hrj decided that women a w ell must register lor scikkh e-- exnense of the registr.i i"" home by the school ;,1",n,,'V r0ft,v registration done ry no- e- as in the cao oi men. . Fire broke out at the ;1U ),.. Palmer tunnel in Loom s The office, blacksmith I'"P. buildings were destroyisl. employes losing their l',''1''7('i,,y-t and other valuable. T '" wji 11.500. The tunnel , ml'' injured The S.attle Times nay . ejl prising discovery ba ''7.'" jt r while the sugar beet I'M. ( lt,lts' the rei-ent legislature. l"'",v1' ,),, f bounty should be paid n"-' t;, dncer received not les? j pre t9r bis beets, tbe law- enro"' tides for a bounty on b tl