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tit. . i i ti Eugene City Guard. I. L. OAMriKLL, Fr.arl.tar. EUOENE CITY ORKGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK latamtlaf follaetloa uf I'arrant KvanU la CHdnw4 farm Fmn Both C'oDllnoU. Tlifl Rhode Inland loootnotive works of Providence, lis filed a petition in insolvency. Dordane, nephew of ex-President Duennk, of Salvador, In Insane in a Han Krsncinoo hospital. U. 8. Kellogg, K1 70. " fuund frozen to death near lieim, Ner., in tlin Hilver Hill mountain. Putter Palmer, of Chicago, 1 to build a mansion at Newport which will oost between 12,000,000 ami 3,000, 000. John Mulligan, aged 21, Mulli gan, IS, ami Kllud Maker, 17, were fa tally asphyxiated by fmnrii from char ooal at Mifl'ic, Thursday night. The sugar rsninty conforcneo an nounoel Ui lxtiti February 15 ut liron seln, ha been indefinitely poston-d, Franco having renewed her objections Judge McMahnn, in the high court at Toronto, ha decided tint a union ia not liable on the charge of coiiHpiiucy for expelling a man from the older. Aocordlng to trustworthy intelli gence, say a St. Petersburg dispatch, China ha finally abandoned tb idea of raining a loan in Loiidoii or else wbere. A New York Herald dispatch from Kan Juan del Hur sayn: Conservative refugees who have been threatening an attack on tlie government since tbeir failure lust September rushed through tba village without the slightest warn ing anl iurpriiel the barracks. There km one fatality on nai:h side. Further fighting ii anticipated. A force of ma rine from the U. H. battleship Alert baa been landed to protect American interest. Judge Han ford, of the federal court, sitting in Taooinu, ban rendered a docl- ion In tho rune of the TacoiuM drain Com puny v. the Oregon Ituilroad & Navigation Company and the )rat Northern railway, which in vital im portaiico to wheat grower of the state and shippers. The decision sustains the oormt itnt ionullty of the recently enacted railway transmutation law. fixing a maximum charge for hauli within the Htate. A Peking corrcsnindtint aava poor old China ia alraid to borrow from either Kunnia or Kngland. hhe la en deavoring to secure an eiteiinioii fioin Japan In the payment of the war In demnity. New baa been received of a landslide at (Juennelln Furki, Cariboo. Three miner, William Allen, Joe Itieh and Alex Mclean, wero burlel. The slide waa 1,000 feet w ide, H00 feel long and US feet high. lnnuno jealousy prompted the wile id William V. Place, an hindrance ad juster of HriHiklyn, to kill her 17 year- old atchla'ighter and almost take her own life and that of her husband. The crime wan tleiidinh in iln nature, the weapon being an ai. The ateaiuer Caplluno, which ban ' junt returned from the northern halibut Hulling grounds, report the drowning of two of her fliihermen, named Knhoit loughca, of Ontario, ami Michael Drtacoll. The captain of the Capilauo reportn the roughent weather In bin ex erience. The bonne of reprenentutivca b in re ceived the official reMirt of the death of Colonel Unix, the Spaniard whu waa executed for canylng a message from lllanco imploring the Cubann tu accept autonomy. Arungurcu, the Cu ban general, whu ia snptsmed to havti ordered Itui put to death, in not con nn red in the ouVial report. It In anuouced that Hetty (ireen will build a railroad through Oklahoma. The proposed road will run fioui Med ford on the Itock Inland tu Sherman, Tex., where it will connect with K. Ii. (Ircen'n road. There the line will be connected will) the llutchinnon &- tlklu lioma, and will give the territory an ' other conniption with the dull. The road it In aaid w ill la) built the prevent year. One of the biggest oil k inanofuctiir lug bomiea in Kuropc, w ith mil In at Cientleld, tlormuny, in to remove to thin country, locating at Paterson, N. J., and build what in iutemleil to be the largest nilk mill in the I'nited Statin. The iucorHiration papern tiled in Paternou give the name of the con cern an the Andiger-Meycr Silk Com pany, Kmploymeut will bo given tu 1,'JOO w cavern. The trial of M. Kniilu Zola and M. Perreiux, manager of the Aurore, who are being proncculed by the Fieucli government an the renull of a letter which the novel in t canned to be pub linlitvl in A ii lore in IVwuihcr laxt, atrxingly letlectiug UMn high ofllciaU connected with the I'reylna cae, in creating a great amount of excitement In l'aria. When Zola entered the CouilroMin the Hmt day of the trial crloa ol "npit uhiii him" came lioiu the nHctatora. Tbe fourth ncanion of the I lib parlia ment of Queen Victoria ami tbe 3uth ol tbe United Kingdom, ai opened by the commianion at J o'clock Tuesday after with the euntumnry cciemonicn. Previoua to the reauembliug of the parliament, tbe unual party of beef eater, actHimpaniivl by a iiumlair of offloialn and beaded bv the chief of po lice, maile tbe cuntomary nearcb for Imitatorn of tiny Fawkea, formally an certaiuing that tlie vaults of the bonne of yarliament did not contain anything inimical to the nalety of its member- The latent and richent atrike of all ban been made near tbe fauioun old mining camp ol Canyon City, and in raunlng no little excitement in milling circles in Eaatern Oregon. The ntrike waa made in the (Ireal Northern mine, about two miles southeast ol Canyon City, owned by Samuel tinker. Two lueu took out 11.000 in gold with mor tar and pans In two da. The gold 1 being taken from a cut SO feet long and IK feet deep, in which theie is an exceedingly rich ledge, It to U inches in width, which baa yielded an average of 3to the pound, or f 1 0,000 to tba loo. THE PITTSBURG FIRE. rt,n Hodlan ! Ummm Tahaa from Ilia Itaia.. Pittnbnrg, Feb. 14. Twelve poople dead, 37 minning, 18 injured and a prnrly Ions of fl, 600,000 in tbe awful record of the big fire of lart night Tlin following i revised lint of the dead: Police Lieutenant A. J. Uerry, John Mclfanna, William hVott, Jr., Stanley Ktitx. John Dayer, iJeorge LoveleM, William Smith, AIU?rt A. Wolffe, Tborna Claffey, William 11. Ilahen stein, John Scott, the youngest son ol the preaident of the Chautauqua Iue Coinpanyj William McOoniglo. Juiir.li lbnitb and a uartv of four riiiiinaiiiorin. who were in a saloon on Pennsylvania avenue when the build ing crashed, are m inning, ami are sup posed to be under the debrin. Mrs. Mary McFadden, with her fam ily of eight children, are supi'med to be nndcr the fallen walln. They lived inanoiiauon Muinerry auey, wnicu was crunhed. Nothing ban ben nen of them since the explosion hint night, and it is believed all are dead. The fire broke out in the Union Storage Company's building on I'ika street, near Thirteenth. Tbe building was six stories in height ami occupied almost the entire block. The flrnt floor wan occupied an ofllces of the Union Storage Company and the Chautauqua Lake Ice Company. Tlie second floor front contained the stables of the Chau tauqua company, and in the Twelfth Street end they bad their ice-making machinery and other pnqierty of the Chautauqua company. The rent of the building was occupied by the ntornge company. The entire fire department was called out. While the conflagra tion was at its height, an exphmion of one of the large tanks filled with am monia, lined in the inaiinfacture of ice, occurred, which was followed fly several others and the burncd-out walls came toppling down, and firemen, po licemen arid sticctatnra were buried. As noon an possible, work was com menced to n-cover the dead ami wound ed, the former being nentto the morgue as fast as recovered from the debrin and the wounded sent tisnthe hospital. The scene at tbe morgue was a har rowing one. An nism an tbe burned and mangled bodies wero recovered, they were taken there where they were washed and placed in presentable con dition. Kvery victim wan covered with hhI and dirt, and almost every lxdy was m aided and charred. Ilmien piotruded from the charred ami broken bauds ot some, and gaping wounds were found here and there over the Isslii n. All day firemen, policemen and other city employe have la-en working at the rink of their lives, but up to night fall little progress had been iniido in clearing away the debris. The work will lie continued without cessation un til it 1 known that no bodies remain buried. A FABULOUS DISCOVERY. Klch rinit ltriorl.l on lha Aini-rlian SOI of the Yukon. Vancouver. U. C. Fob. U. It is reported that a great gold discoveiy has lice n madeon the American side in the Yukon country. Frit lti'bnx of Victoria, wrilen to bis brother, Karl llehnnen, an follows: "We have struck it rich on an un known creek across the border never before seen by man. In the crevices of the rocks in one day we picked up ,r0,00J ill coarse gold. Sell your busi ness, or give it away, and come up quick with 10 men." The llehnneiis have huge Interests in Vancouver, and are aaid to I hi reliable. Several Klondikern were interviewed as to the probability of this report being true. The richness of the reputed dis covery seems so fabulous an to create in their minds a doubt as to its tiutbful licsi. ALL QUIET IN DAWSON. . Hnnr tiirta tha Minors Ituajr at Murk. Seattle, Feb, U. W. Kenny, who left Dawson January l'. arrived beie tonight mi to City of Topcka. He reports nverytbing quiet in D.iuxon. All of tbe miner are busy at work. Dr. Hufua Smith, of Dyen, who was also a passenger on Hie City of Topcka, brings with hiiu two petition which are signed by leading ciuenn ol Skag way and Dyea, unking the war dcpait incnt to declare martial law in those placen. Dr. Smith stales that robticr ies and hold-ups are of daily occur rence. In bis opinion, the lawless element outnumber the law-abiding two to one. The olllcers of the City of Topcka re port that a body could be mccii lloating around in the wreck of the slcumcr Corona. It could not bo idcntilicd. Kewaril Is oneril. Colfax, Wash., Feb. 14. The Whit mail county commissioners have ottered a reward of f 500 for the apprehension and conviction of the lynchers of Chad wick Marshall, alias "Ulackcy," who was taken from the Col (ax jail and hanged by a moK l.uetgfirt ('untletrij. Chicago, Feb. 14. Adolph L. l.uet gert wan tonight couvicUv! of the mur der of bin wife and sentenced to life Imprisonment in tbe ciiitcnliary Luetgert received the vcrdio. with a laugh. Vancouver, U. C, Feb. 14. Advices from the Orient report an assault by Japanese aitinaun on Mr. Sands, secre tary of the I' n i tod Stales legation at Sim I. The attack wan unprovoked, and the police did not iuteifeie. Sands, however, held one of bin assailant and rouiclled the police to arrest him. Afterwards a complaint was lodged by the United States consul, and the Jap anese authorities have arrested various persons nupHiscd to have been engaged in tbe affair. Fatal I'anlc al a t'uiiaral. Warsaw, Feb. 14. During ths fun eral service in the synagogue at Idiai uciol in U rod no yesteid.iv, the wom an's gallfly collapsed. In the panic that endued 19 women, the men and children were crushed to death and many ether injured. New York, Feb. 14. A dispatch to the Time from Mexico nays: News baa reached here that Ocnnal I'rospero Morales, foimerly seoietaiy of war under (leueral Harrion, and later bead of the unnuocensful rebellion, ha Iwog Ueclaied picnidcul of UuatuuuU. TOLD TO COME HOME De Lome Recalled by Span ish Cabinet and Queen. HIS SLXTKSSOtt NOT YET CHOSEN Ths i.Mlnlilir Tarklnc HI Trunk tot n Karl leiarlura duills Writing- l.r. Madrid, Feb. 14. At a meeting of the Spanish cabinet, held today, un der the presidency of the qncn-regont, the minister of foreign affairs read a dispatch from Henor Diipuy de Lome, saying that the published letter to Sen'jr Canalejas was written by him, and temfering his resignation. Tbe cabinet decided to accept hi resigna tion, and he was so notified, the lega tion to bo entrusted to tbe first secre tary. Senor Sagasta, the premier, and other memliers of tbe cabinet, state publicly that the Do Lome incident will not affect the relations between Spain and the United States, and that a new envoy competent to conduct tbe commercial negotiations will be se lected. Iteaanls lllmarir a a i'rlvala t'lllim. Washington, Feb. 14. The state de prtment this morning gave out for pub lication tbe substance of the cablegram sent Saturday to our ministerat Madrid in reference to tbe De Iiino letter. Tbe statement was as follows: There bun appeared In the public prints a letter addressed by tbo Span ish minister to Mr. Cauelajan, Thin letter tbe minister aduiitn was written by him. It contains expressions con cerning tbe president of the United Staten of such a character us to termi nate the minister's usefulness us a rep resentative of the government to thin oountry. (lenerul Wisslford, therefore, wan Instructed ut once to say to tbe minister of state that the Immediate recall of Du Lome in exta-cled by tbe president It in stated that up to this time no rcsiKiuno ban been received from the Spanish government. Up to 10 o'clock do Iiine hud not re ceived from the Spanish government an aceptance of bin resignation, but it in believed it w ill sihiii be given, and the minister's nfthiul connection with the government as Spanish icprcac illative to the termination without the neces sity of action by this government by giving the minister hin.paKstsnts. De Lome regards himself now an a private citizen, although technically still the Spanish representative. ! I. nine Anilou to (io. New York, Feb. 1 1. Diplomatic relation between the I'nited States and Spain through Minister de Inoe are at an end, and corresHiudence will be conducted exclusively through Min ister Woodford in Madrid until Spain semis a new minister to Washington, or designates a charge d'affaires, says the Herald's Washington coriesHiml eut. Minister de Lome lias cabled bin res ignation to bin government. Assistant Secretary of State Day admitted that this wan true, by saying that Minister do Lome did not deny the authenticity of the letter to Canelejas, and by stat ing that a cablegram had boon scut to Minister Wood lord in Madrid, the con tents of which would not be made pub lic until it bad reached itn destination. While no official statement will Imi made as to the contents of this cable gram until itn substance bus been com inunicated to the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, it informs Minister Wisslford of the publication of the let ter, says that De 1inio docs not deny its authenticity, and directs him to suggest to the Spanish foreign office that Do Lome cannot lie regarded an persona giata and to suggest that another minister be sent to Washing ton. While naturally regretting the un pleasant incident which has terminated his diplomatic career in Washington, Minister de l.onm will not regret being relieved of the onerous duties which have developed upiui him us the Span ish representative hcroduring the insur rection in Cuba. As soon as be learned that the letter bad been obtained by the junta he realized that Itn publica tion would make his official stay in Washington an Spanish minister impos sible, ami be immediately cabled his government the fact and tendered his resignation. When tbe letter appeared he UKitin cabled to bin government, stating that the letter had been pub lished and reiterating bis wish to be relieved. This is not the tirst time that De liome ban placed his resignation at tbe disiHal of the Sagasta ministry. When Senor Sagasta came into power, the minister Inung of the upswing party in Spain, tendered his resigna tion, and be ban offered bis resignation again in all on live separate occasion since that time. He has been retained by Senor Sagasta, however, on nccouut of hin intimate knowledge of the Cuban question and of the situation in the United States. Holland Kogi for Alaaka. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 14. Thirty ilogn direct from Holland were snipped to Alaaka today on the bark Shirlev. Japan ttfuiil Mora Time. London, Feb. 14. Tbe Peking cor respondent of the Times says: The Japanese minister, Curino, regretfully intimates to the tsung-li-yameu tbe inability of bin government, in regard to the obligations contracted by Japan, to grant an extension ot the time for payment ot the war indemnity. Though no official statement has been issued, tbe negotiations for a loan from Hritish source are regarded as having failed. rita HIIU.I la a Collltloa. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 14. A dis astrous bead-end collision occurred en the Louinville & Nashville railway to day near Kirklaud, killing Will User, engineer; Kit Davis, flreman, and three white tramiis. Harry Davidson, engi neer, and Will flrt'inau, were ser iously injuied. Charles Harrison, brakeman, has both legs cut off, and Hrakeman Hughes waa badly hurt. Both will die. Engineer Davidson tor got to stop at Kirklam! and meet No, 1 1. Tbe cars and engines were demolished. THE STORM HAS BURST. fiuaiatnala la tba Tbr -t tltll War Ovar Harrlu' lalh. Han Francisco. Feb. 14.-A n-cial from Ban Jose de Guatemala of Jebril ary 10 say civil strife and bhsslshcd have followed the killing of liarrmn liefore the body ot the late ruler hud found aopDlture the factions were flying at each other' throats, und a a result, (Jeneral Manequiiia, the chief siip-.rt-er of I'rospero Morales, one of the as pirant to the presidency, i dea I and hi forces are seeking safety in flight. San Jose de Guatemala, Feb. 14. Last night General M.irrequimi at tcmotbd to seize the reins of govern ment in behalf of Morale-, lie ma le an attack in force on the palace nar rackn. The assault wa vigorously re sisted, and in the fighting General Murrequina and five other were killed. Seeing that their eff-rts would not nrove successful, the attacking forces, consisting of 2,000 nu n, beaded by General Majera and Colonel Aravcuo, fled from tbe city. Today General Toledo, who has la-en appointed minister by Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the president pro tempore of tbe republic, starlet the ariuiery in imrnuit of the tleeii g revoiitionists. The sipulac and sol lo r are now do- inaiidiuif that Geneial .Menuiza oe pro claimed president. The tituiitloii is l-couiiiig more com plicated un I the crisis ii acute. Harrlu' 'all !. ut PuMer. New York, Feb. II Details of the assassination of President liurrios, of Guatemala, from the Heiald's corre poiident in Guatemala City state that President liurrios wan shot and killed at 8 o'ebs'k Tuesday evening. The shooting tisik place near the palace, while the president wan walking ac companied by four guards. The assas sin met the party and alepd off the sidewalk, apparently to let the presi dent pass. Then be pulled aside two men nearest President liurrios, thrust a revolver against the president's face and shot him in thu mouth and then in the nt acb. The murderer ran, but wa shot to death by gourds who chuscl him. liairii.s died in a few minutes. President liurrios' assassin was about 2.'i yearn ol age. For years be was an employe of Senor Don Juan Aparicm, a well-known finuncier, who was killed by a government soldiei during tbe revolutionary outbreak last SeptemlM-r, while be was held prisoner. The as sassin's name was Oscar Sollinger. He was u liritisli subject. Senor Aparicio waa wealthy ami popular. Hin death runs d great feeling against President Harrion, and the assassin's act is the result. He arrived in Guatemala three weekn ago, und bud presinniibly been watching for an opisirluuitv to kill liarrios since his arrival. Sollinger was heavy and muscular, and be tired no suddenly that the guards could do nothing. After the assassination thu foreign ministers called at the palace and expressed their regret. Manuel Estrada Cobrera, vice-president, has assumed the duties of presi dent, und will continue us chief execu tive until the next election. It is dinicult to say what turn events ill Guatemala will take now. Tlie niun who was us.-assiiiated bad an iron bund und indomitable spirit, but only by the will of the people lias be n hastened to bis death. His ambition was to retain power. Had be retired ut tlie end of bis legal term much bloodshed would have been averted, und bis refusal to do so caused the revolution of last S-ptciuhcr. lie could have retirul witli a foituue of '.'0,000,01111 and with the giatitildo o thu people, an it is uckuou le.lgcd be advanced the government in every brunch. Them in scramble among all party leaders now for the presidency. Gen eral Prospeio Morales, with bis gnat popularity und piestige, has a good chance, but is doubtful under present ciicumstaiices if be could retain the office unless ut the head of an army. Itotlnll Tillt Iloetl. Portland, Or., Feb. II. I!y virtue of a decision handed duuu by Judge Itellinger in the United State court, ! the allotment of Ian Is on the Klamath Indian reservation will lie at once pin cceded with. The court bol ls that the title of the Indians to the 1:10,000 Bcres involved has never been extin guished, und that consequently the California iV: Oregon Land Company, adverse claimant, bus no claim thereto. ... Indian Airtiiiiitluii lull rut-il. Washington, Feb. 14. Consideration of the Indian appropriation lull was re sumed by the senate today, and, after laing uniendod to some extent, the measure was passed. The most im portant amendment to the lull was that offered by Pettigrew, which, if finally enacted, will restore the free-liomeste.id law, no fur a it relates to Indian Inn. Is ceded to the United State, for which lumln settlers have been obliged to pav the purchase price paid to the Indians. The bill carries appropriations iiggte gating nearly fs, 000,000. laan Want More Vt arhlt. New York, Feb. 11. A sieciul to the Herald from Hueno Ay res says ad vices from Kio Janeiro are to the effect that the Japanese have made an offer to Hraiil to purchase warships now in com se of construction in Ku rope. K lioiilikrri rnmi Auatrnlla. San Francisco, Feb, 14. Among tbo passengers on the steamer Mari posa, which arrived today fr.om Aus tralia ports, were 50 stalwart miners, who are on their way to the Alaskan gold Held. Some of tbein stated that ut least 5,000 people would leave Aus tralia for the gold fields during the next few months. The most easily digested meats are cold mutton, mutton chops, venison, sirloin, loaft Und and chicken. Inrrraao for t'nrtllWatinnt. Washington. Feb. 14. The senate committee on appropriation today completed consideration of the fortitlca tions bill. Tlie cominittcc'recomtuend ed an Increase w hich will double the figures of the bill as passed by the house. The amount carried by the bill as agreed upon is a little over f'J, 000,000. Itallaa t'otar :itilUIa lomie, Feb. 14. King Humbert has consented that tbe Due d'Ahrtitai shall undertake the prop-wed expedition to tbe ikrtb (vie. WORK OF CONGRESS Indian Appropriation Bill in the Senate. HOUSE LOST EM IKE DAYS' WORK ,., .1.... to tl.r Huldler.' rruni ! In.ln fraUii la " '" Washington. Feb. IJ.-Tbe contest Which has been waged h. the -ommittee on invalid per,.on. M 1 4irtce the assembling ol congress on ... Uuestion of barring from the (smsmn 'rolls tbe widows and children of sol I Jier who marry hereafter, came to an ' ,.d today in the defeat of the proj-jM-ition. A motion, with thin end in i view.wan introduced ')' i"t1'' of I York, and it bad the indorsement of Commissioner of Pensions Kvann. The I question bad la-en agitating the Com I mittee at all of its meetings, and to- da., after a verv spirited disciissiou. : Ke'presentativo Norton brought It to a sudden close by demanding a vote on 1 the question of favorably reporting It ' to the house. The vote disclosed live i men rsof thu committee in favor ol it, and seven against it. the division not being on party linen. The vote ' was: . , Ayen liav, Warner, Henry, Smith, liepublican'. und Griggs, Democrat. 1 Noes Sulloway, Kerr. Gibson, Stur j tevant, llepublicuns; Norton, Demo 1 crat. und Hotkin and Castle, Populism. I Tl.i i.raeiieallv end the effort to se cure the enactment of a general meas ure along these line at thin session. Chairman liny, who wa instructed Ht tbe last meeting to upint u sub committee to draft a service pension bill, notified the committee today thut he would appoint tbe subcommittee in a few days. During the entire time of the senate today, the Indian appropriation bill was under consideration. The rending nf the bill ua completed and ull the committee amendment were adopted und subsequently several amendments of a minor character wero attached to the measure. Allen enlivened the proceeding rt few minutes before adjournment by making an attack on Shaker l.ced for preventing the enactment, us tbo Ne braska senator declared, of meritorious legislation sent to the house by the senate. He denounced thti speaker's action in ttii regard us "a disgrace" to congicss und to tl.e American is-ople. When a point of order was made against him for the use of improper language concerning the other brunch of congress, Allen said lie was stating only the truth and that bo wus respon sible here or elsewhere, lit any time for bis statements. It was expected to conclude the con sideration of the H-nding bill tndiiy, but when nil appeal wa taken from the ruling of the vice-president ugainst Allen that itn aiuenilmeiit offered by Thuiston was not in onler, the point of order wa made by Allen that "quorum wa not present. A roll-call disclosed the absence ot a quorum, anil the sen ate adjoin ned. The bouse was in a very bad teuiei today, and the whole scsidoii was con sumed in filibustering against two bill of minor importance, one to issue u duplicate check, und the other to make liin kl.ind, Me., a suhort of entry. Neither gut blither than the engross ment und third reading. Thu trouble aio-o over tlie enforcement of the rult against the discussion of ii revelant sub jects, when Handy attempted to reply on the floor during the consideration ol those bills to a letter recently written by Thomas F. ll.iyard, in denunciation of tbe fiee-silver democracy. Koll-call followed toll-call all day long, und par tisan spirit reached a high pitch. Fi- j inxl I v. when it became evident that nc ' progress could be made with the bills J presented, adjournment was taken until Monday. I Washington, Feb. 12. The senate ! committee on appropriation has re HiHed the Indian appropriation bill. The increase is i;:l.(i00 over the house bill. A proviso i made in regard to the detailing id army officers for agents at such agencies a in the opinion ol the president may require the presence of an officer. The number of Indian inspectors is increased to five, ami each one shall be competent in the location, construction and maintenance of irriga tion works. Tlie Dawes commission is increased to four, and piovision is made for the commission to make up the rolls of the five civilized tribes, and it in declared that when the rolls are made up ami approve I by the secretary of tbo inter ior, they shall be tliiul. The time fixed for oening the Un compahgie bind in Utah is extended six months. The legislation of the house bill re garding the Pottawattamie und the Kickaimon in Kansas is stricken out. Washington, Feb. 12. The Oregon delegation expects to get favorable ac tion from the war department for the Yaquinu bay iinpioveiiient, which means the expenditure of f 1, 000,000 lit that place. Hepiesentative Tongue ha been promised that the contract shall U authorized. Aimnullnt C a.lwt. Shipping l aw. Washington, Feb. 12. -Senator Fryo today seemed the passage bv the senate of a bill amending the navigation laws in important particulars, affecting tbe coasting trade ol this country. Tho bill is of general application, but it is intended especially u, ,,ri.v,.nt . dniti vessels from securing n undue share of tbe carrying business between Alaska and other American ports. It will prevent Canadians gaining part of our coasting trade. To Knlargo III rrk. Washington. Feb. la, - fc.n,tor a.insU.rougb, at the instance of the secretary of ' the interior, toduv intro duced a lull tor the enlargement of Yellowstone National Park, so UMo increase the area from 1,322 sou-ue miles to 6,5.io ,llar, lnilos T, southernmost addition include Jack r,' Woh Superintendent o leg says, in recommendation of the yr resort There li.v. btn 30 fatal termina tious of prue fight, .inc. lg3a TORTURED BY THUGS. v.,.n.r Held Ovsr C'io l uuii.y tllallllf ' ......... o..i., f)r.. Feb. 14. Two 'VT V", d iv extorted 1180 munke.1 iiiiik .i.0 live near here, l'.V lionim Ll z i g fire till he disclosed ( billing lie! After they left, "rant managed to crawl quartet ol a nine - -cabin in n urch of assistance, but tlnal ...... i .t. eicrnc ating puin 'l"::ln Hewanbrought hreby.m-ighUir.whofoindh, y ! g by the roadside, und bitj j' ' 1 w. re d.- sscl. It in hardly likely that he will survive. . Grant in a widower, 75 years old. and !.... .... a furm. his dwelling be- lives ni'.nv - - . j,,,. ul-nit quarter of a mile from the roa-1, und Hidden irom n ..y . i-r hi. hedge. He was litlinK the fire lu-t night, having removed hi nhoe preparatory to going to U-d, ''" f the windows was smusl.ed n with a l.l.i Igeon and he wus suddenly seized from behind by a masked man. while a second confronted him and demanded bis money. An soon an ho found breath to sis ak, he protested that he had none. ' Tbe thug then lifted him bodily and held him over the tire that wan blazing on the broad hearth, till bo screamed for mercy und pr ied to give then) ..II l.i. nintu. r lu Itiid if thrV woulo ro- lease blill. He was taken from tbo ire ul I allowed to take out his purse, tut when his torturein found that it only contained t0. they thrust him back into tbe tire und held him till, in hi ! ug..ny, he told them where I40 more was hidden. They quu Kiy ion.... und made their e.K-tt', leaving him writhing on the cabin !loor. A search is being made for the robbeis, but tliun far without result. CANNERS COMBINE. Orgu..li.tlm uM ulu.nl.lM ItUrr l a. bar Kori.it. Portland, Or., Feb. 14. Formal pa per were signed here yesterday and un organization perfected of what is to be know n a the Columbia KiverCnnnerie Company. The ineortmtors ure J. O. llanthor'n, U. A. Scalsirg and T. B. Mi-Govern. The capital stock is fixed for tho present at t500,000, but it is umb rstoisl that thi may le increased us tbe business of thee puny shall re- quire. It in stated by tbe incorwirator that the company starts off with ull liiiam-ial arrangement mado to enable them to put up an large a pack this sea son as may be deemed advisable. They further st.ito that selling arrangements, have already been consummated with the firm of LYlutielil, MeGovcrn & Co., of New York, which insures a market for ut least 100,000 cases of this tp ting' catch of salmon. Piovision in also made in tbe by-laws of the company for the future admis sion ot other packing concerns on the Columbia river, at such times and on terms agreed to by the original incor porators. The canneries which will be controlled and operuted by the new company this season ure among the largest and best equipped on the river. It is understood tiiat u number of thu small packers have not joined the organization, though a largo majority of tho trade in Columbia river fish will be under its control. SALTER WORDEN'S CASE. Ueneral llrlli-f I That Kr.itvnri) Will tie Commuted. San Francisco, Feb. 14. Governor Un Id has us yet taken no official cogni zance of the confession and pica for mercy made by Salter D. Vorden. Uo foiu it was made he had reprieved the death sentence of the condemned man, stponiiig the date of execution from February 1 1 to Juno 15. As stated ut the time, this was done chiefly for the pmposi of giving several medical ex ports an opiKirtunity of examining into Wonlcu s mental condition, the plea of insanity having been set up by his counsel. His voluntary confession in regarded us a virtual abandonment of tins plea, and it is on hin personal ap peal for clemency that the governor in now expected to net. The prevailing impression is that Worden will not die iui the gallows, but will receive a com mutation ot sentence to life imprison ment. llallU Vt II h AuiHsoua. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 14. A Times Star special from Vuncoburg, Ky.,nays: At Esculapia, this county, this morn ing. Constables Cropper und Tbucker utteinptcd to urrcst an old lady named Crowe, who wa ut her home w ith sev eral grown-up daughters. Ik-fore the offiocis realized it, one of the girls flew ut them like un enraged tigeress, with a big knife, ibingeronsly wounding both officers. By this time, the old lady und another daughter drew revolvers und the officers rcaliicd it wan a light for life. The buttle raged for a few mo ments, and after the smoke ha I cleared, Mis, Crowe was found dead und shot ti pieces, and one daughter was dead. Those who survived me in u dangerous condition. Two Klllvit In a 0Ili.n. Menominee, Mich., Feb. 14. In a collision betweeii two trains oil .the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul last night ut Carney spur, Conductor An dei son, of thin city, and Urukeiuan r.Hde, of Green Buy, were instantly killed. Mllllnn Dollar Klre. New York,- Feb. 14.-Levi p. jjor ton s seven-story office building, with fiontageson Nassau and Ann "streets, known us the Nassau Chambers build wig. wan destroyed by fire last nilit The firemen had a hard battle, and, for three hour there wan every prospect of a great conflagration. Kvery fire com p:mjr in the city from Forty-ninth street to the lVttery wa called out. Tbe World say. ,ht the IW, , fources will reach 1,000,000. Msiniiuilli Koialls. S.m Jose, Cat., Feb. 14. The fossil remain of , mammoth animal have l'en found in the San Felipe valley at l-ejooto adiff. a secLn o ''ck wa, brought to this citv ywterday ud pronounced by a l.ieinber o U,, ;.? 'f the normal school to be the iH-tnned remains of an extinct mammal of enormo,,. Tho , 1 intact, showing n tu several teeth ,d te Jawbone. ' The nntnU-r of sho, d,,7lng , '.Sli'ir1-"''.-Joru TO' PRESERVE Oil Fourteenth Infantry Ordered io Alaska. Font COM PAS (KS A HR T0 CO Will Take l'aa(a un the Flr.ts,, .Twn III Ii... t . .. . e at Mommifs Noll,.,, Portland. Or., Feb. 11. Fnr panics of tbe Fourteenth inf.,!? under Colonel Tboinus M. Ander'7, huvo been ordered to start fur All at the eurlit-st imssible date, and i O il! Ill, I l.,u..1 ' " - -...,, ,,, reaIin . to follow at a moment notice, ?T order was received at Vancouver h, racks yesterday, by General Merita coiiiinunding tho department ol tu Col ii in bin, who intsanlly set about ti preparations for the movement of iu troops. The coiihtantly increasing K-r u. iur.ii.iui at c-itiigwuy a,j has led the war department to inri peace by the presence of a foreo lnf? cicntly largo to hold any tlimarbaac. in check. Whether the Fourth will bo K-rniiinenlly locuted in jym nun nui jui im-u n iu-l III l I1(M, dm i. seeias not unlikely, as only two cob. panics nru left at the post. As sihiii ns the order reached Vanco. vt-r burrncks, General Merriam ij ...j - t i.r i.:. naa .nujor jui oiis, ma ciuui cjuartermaiij. ....... n P,llnn.t I .. tlllliv iw mi ........ ... revmc, II pOGfllbU pusnuge for the troops on tho OnJ. Tho result of their interview tin Agent Poston was not entirely latiif. tory. The latter was not disposed ti disappoint those to whom the tcma. inoiiutions on me Oregon liavj sold, and would muko no defmitf reply without consulting tho officials ol t)4 Pacific Coast Steamship Company. H, proponed, however, to bring tha Au stralia, a 3,200-ton steamship now If. ting (or the Alaska trade in SanFnj. Cisco, to Portland, to curry the cog. miind, a dun which was fuvorahlyn. ccivt-il, and which, Irom pesent indict tions, will probably be adopted. U this case the start will not be made till March. Everything on the Oregon ei. cept ten berths, has been sold, so that she could be of no service to tlie go., eminent for tho movement ut troors. It in well understood that in case ol or. - ..: i... . .. . gen. iice.-ps.i, iiio Bieamer coma Is seized, but such a course is hardly like ly to be taken unless lute reporti fdionl bring new of serious trouble ii Skagway or Dyea. Negotiatiuni tit also in progress for tho transiiorUtioi of part of the troops by way of Pug sound. Colonel Anderson has not yot ben fully apprised of bis duties und author ity, but it ia generally supposed tin be will be placed in command of iJe pnrtment of Alaska, which will be it least temporarily created, und begirei full charge. Ilia lieadiiiiurtt-rs will bt ut Dyea, ami two companies will bt stationed nt Skugwuy. The two com panics which are to follow will bt quartered With tho commander Skugwuy. SALTER WORDEN CONFESSED. Hopes Governor Ituilil Will t'urand. Ills Neiitrlirn. San Francisco, Feb. 1 L Suiter 11 Worden, convicted of wrecking mail train bearing a guard of the United States soldiers, near Sacramento, do ing the gieat strike in 1VJ-1, and is whose behalf the supreme court oft! United States declined to take favor uble action on bis plea for a new trill, bus confessed hia crimo to Governor Uudd with a view to receiving a com mutation of tho di-uth seuti-nco froa tho executive of the mate. Worden's confession covers 8.TW words, un I gives tho full details of tin crime. He says he, with several oth ers, hud been ordered by a coinwitH of strikers to remove the rails from tlx Yolo bridge for tho purpose of wreckin the train carrying the troop9. He giro the names of bis accomplices v& makes known inuny details of the work of the strikers heretofore unknown t tbo ' general public Kx-President Cleveland interested himself in Wor den's behalf, out of sy m pathy forth' mother of tlie condemned inuiii Governor Budd determined to prot the mnttor to the bottom before decM inir the cuse. with the result that Woe den confessed in tho presence of Iln governor, Wurdcn Anil, of the Folio prison, and a stenographer. Wordon throws tbe blame for hatching ot the trainwrecking plot Harry Knox, chairman of the r' ance committee Jt the Snewine"" l,.,l,ri A If TT u-l,r ),a B lVS. I" 1 him nil his instructions, and deco."" him into accompanying the gang 11 wreckers to the Yolo bridtie. l'e charges complicity in tbo plot 9 Mullin und Compton, the other t ineinljcrs ot the committee, who, w1" Knox, mnniiirml tlm strike on the raniento division of the Southern ft ciflo railroad. Worden' story is that K""1 'f structed him, ns a member of tne H. U., to procure n team to co eight men to Duvisvillo, suym? m Tom Kelly, another striker, would company him, "knew all uKiitt ij At the same time Knox gave W'onl an order on a Sacramento liw Btablo for the team. Worden says in the wagon they drove out from f" raniento were Kelly, Dunn, H"1 Appleumn, Barrett nnd WbeeK-r. " then describes how the train wreckeil, and concludes his eonf with an appeal to the governor to him fioin the gallows. Snutiiali tratim an' 1)1.1(1111 1c.1V6 1 ............ . i ....... i: j bv..." ' . tions on time that the time tW , m,.n i ;.,.i:..t., the liotir .1 .... o- i .....:.,,' 1" '""'it VIICVB 111 Ull' IV IIUIVIt . .;. v.vji.ir lure suv o uioi iiin."--- , is. an indeflnite number of rum" after 8. Rhino...!...! H.ll,,r Keirura- K- V...I, vi. 1 1 The ste"' " "ii ira Hllrtriln.liii -l.ili d.rivAl tlSUl.' M-.I;. I...,..lit 16 nun rescueil in runloceun ei sinking craft. Tbev were Captsi" son and 15 of the crew of the or gian bark B. D. Mt-tcalf. from j nab to Hamburg with a cargo ol stores. DiaapiKiinted br his inability solve the problem of uerial navig Max Pauly, a machinist at the l" iron works, Sun Francisco, cou.- suicide.