Eugene City Guard.
I. I.. OAMPBKLL. Proprietor.
KUUKNE CITY OBBOOK.
EVENTS OF THE DAV
An .. .u,.k iir.ti..n afttatM frntrn
the Two Meinlaphrrea I'reaeirted
In Comlpatail Form.
A dispatch ftum Koine au a a innh nf
4,000 people I j it -1 uss.iulteil mi internal
levermc !! try box, hihI tinned the
Biii'lar inf n around Msneini, Kieilv
a protet HKHiiift ex iiiiiiiiuiiii'atiiiii. A
amber of ptwoni m wounded.
John WelliniT, of Lafayette, Niool
lett county, Minn, wan shot in tin- head
aii'l iiip by two tramp. t whom he
had kivimi shelter. They bound Mm.
VVellmer to a kwnn With achithes linn
ami ecapd with Wellrncr' L ain.
Tliu ipivernor' "Jli itt the state-
bonne ia Bprlnfflekl, UL, wax entered
by purlieu unknown' an I M0 stolen
from n drawei. Tim crime ia hhi round
ed ill royteiy, aa all floor f tha bmld
Inn hhi foarded liy watchmen. Tim
theft wan -lia- nverod by oloin-l J. M.
Tinnier and un investigation in pettd
lag,
Oik-of the limit iioIhIiIh Ooltbf f
tlOMM IB the history cil A inor i i n n col-li-k'i-H
wh ill WNHMnontltMl ol the
100th tnr.iveriary of Transylvania ti a -eiaily,
at Islington, Ky. It wan DO
labia mi MOM nl of It many faimnit
alumni, including Jefferson Duvia,
president of tin' "onf- 'li-rutf t,it. . mid
J ml ice Harlan, of tlm supreme rmiit
of lliB United St.it1", score of con-gri-atmeii
ami men prominent in pflblU
life.
KiriK Charlea hat iik i I tlm nnrtai
gerarca at Lialsni. In tlm course of liia
peenh fiom tlm throne, King ('liarlaa
aid tliat during tlm war helwi . n tlm
United Ntatea ami Spain, two friendly
nation!, I'oitugal proclaimed, ami, aa
wai liar (Inly, maintained atrict ami
almoluta neutrality. Ilia majesty aaid
ha greatly ayinpathlxcd with the txir'a
diaariuaiuout propoaala, ami mailo a
reference to tho colon ica whirh aptir
fitly diapoac of Ilia minora of tlm tale
oM' ' .p'. i hay.
In China thn Yellow rlu-r flmsla
liava dealruyed thn crops, ami faimim
haa resulted. Thnuaamla of UtiTM
urn itarvlng. Tlmuaamli of hungry
ami ragged refugeoa are moving down
thtt river in lioiita. only to tlm) Ilia
Walla of tlm eiliea lower dowu clnaed
against the atarving hnidca. Tlm gnv
cintnent appropriated HiMl.flnH lacla for
their relief, hut loaa than ttie flfrtfhaa
been, iliatrihtltril. It fa claimed df
honrat ofllriala have N-kalcd tlm Infl
ame. A relief fond haa hern stinted
at Shanghai, lie v. II. Craig Palter
aoii, of the OblM K iitn iniasioii, appeal
to Ainarican friemla for aid.
Tlm llriliah government favora thn
canal Iwing built iy the I'uiled Miilea
with unaianti'iia of ita nioitialilT in caaa
of wai.
A crlala la imminent at llnrlin. Tha
miipinnr and uhanoallnr cannot HK"',
ami a new mhinct la loobtll for. Tho
principal tnmMe it oyer the Wbjolmll
aipulaiona of Hain't and Anatriana.
Tlm now rear hrinita liclaml tlm
grvatnal eipcnnmnt aime Ciitholio
MaUCipatinn, iiunixly, tlm illiliution
of tlm local uovci union! act, which
rvally, in many of lla featnroa, ia an
axlanaion of tho HMWeJNlUM acta ami
policy.
Tlm war department haa come to tlm
MMlttfion that it will l' neceaaury to
aoeoid (ieneral lliiHiim, militaiy nnver
nor of Coha, the anaiatanee of a Kpeeial
cahiiiKl appioachiiiK In finictiona tho
lata initononiiKt caldtml of Cnhan ad
latMfttlM Ol ihj tit II atfaira of Iho
iahnid.
Tlm aitnalion at Nollo la uraro I'M
tei n linndiail nalivea, fully aimed,
aru at Melo, a aulnnli of lloilo. Seven
tean tliouaaml mora, il ia remrted, am
awaiting onlera to emhark at aeroral
Kiinta on tlm inlaml of Nogroa, 13
lioura' aail from Hullo. All the women
hue witlnliawn, and many fmniliea
havu taken refuge with tho Aineiinana.
Cnleaa rongteaa ahouhl piiaa a law
anlhoiiiing him to remain on the no
li Hal, Itear-Admiral Ucwey will ba
placed on Ml rellri'd hat on liecemher
(), 1NUU. Duly one other rctiieiiient
will occur Ihia yrar, that of GlMBMO'
atari II. Ia HowImM) now coiiimamlanl
of tlm lloaton narr-yarl. Thera ia a
Hung arnllilieiit in naval cilclea in
farm of tlm paaaage of a law whiuli '
will pro in It the relentlun of Admiral
Daway apM tha aolira liat for 10
vaara, aa wua done in Ilia oaao of Imroea
ol tha clrll war.
Tlm Amen, in line aleamahip I'm la,
wlnoh haa arnvrtl in New Yoikfiom
Soutliamplon, altera tonpaMttOW paa
age, i.'porla that Tnea-lay, DaMabW
Mi m latitude Ui JH north, ami longi
Imlu SI ill weal, at t0 in the ineiiiing,
he alghtixl a aleanier Hying aignal of
d lull eta She pioved to la the lliiliah
lank ateamer Vmdohala, t'apl.un
l.Taik, ftom Itoiien, Kranee, Decemlier
16, lor I'hiladalphla, In liallaat. Slia
theued the atgnal lellera, "Mnm uhan
ilon reaaal." The 1'atia reacuisl her
orew, and no livca wert loaU
ii loo awi IttaanV
Sebattiau Hat h Mill-, Ilia well
known taatpaaaf ami pianist, 6UM iu
Wietbilen, Uernmnv, agevl tttl yeara
The preliminary remrt ol the Su a
agiia canal coiiiuntsi.ui shows thai it
will repine aboal 1II,000,OOJ to
build the canal.
Km-ouragiug u-mrta of the condition
cl affaire in Manila ami Porto Kico
reached the war depariin. ul from the
offlceia roiuiuau-liiig the troop in tlnwa
derlmeuU.
Ohiu achool children have given
I6,ttl foi the I mi Fayelle uionuineiK
fund.
The lira! Ameiican flag oxei a I'hil
ippine pilticatioual institution waa
laiaed over the Malale tcb.xdl..
A new ootinterfell one dollar lilvvr
certificate haa heeii dixoorercd It ia
of the tenet of Isutl, llruoe, reglslei,
liobeiis, ireaiurer.
Advice ahow thai more huaineaa ia
being dune now by the meichauU and
nanufactureia of Ilia United Statea
than at any preivoua lime in the bi
lory of the couulry.
LATER NEWS.
Henator llala haa bean renominate
V the Maine Itepuhliiaiia.
Hun. .loaeph H. t.'hoatn will Im our
next amhaaainlor to Ureal Dntaili.
Dr. II. Seward W'ehb, preaidaiH of
the Wagri'T PaltOt 'ar QompBriJi i
mentioned aa amx-vaaor lo Senator Mor-
II ua aenator from Vermont.
Thn fliit form il atnte dinner ol the
eaaon took pluoe at tlm White llonae
Thurarlay, when PrtfilDt and Via.
McKinley entertaini'd Um UHMDWI Ol
Ihv calnnet.
A aenaation haa la-en created in 'ier
many hy the pnhlieation In GblMM
pa pat ol an alh-gerl ooOTafMllOfl nil
with Ilia late I'rince Miamaick, in
which he predicted the fail of the Ana
Iriail empire.
An Aineri-an nar I Koynlon, who
ia trying to travel around the earlh
without money, met with a terrible fall
into a i Imam while enteiing Kram n by
night through th- i'y icneea. He wax
MflOdaly injnreil.
Another lixagreealdn conwxpience of
the late war haa been preterite-! to the
U'lVerriinent of chiiuia from the ml
lompamea for damrigcx
auxtained
through the nx j .. n - o their hiixi-
ueax by the Unileal Statea military ami
naval forces. The aggn-galn amount
of Iheae claim! cannot Ixi hoetohl.
The aecretary of war haa tranamitle-l
to mingtcaa a letter from the ataln
claima committee ria-ommemling legis
lation to plovide lor thn payment of
all meriturioiia olaima for muter lalt or
auppliea fnriiiahed ami aervicea ren-
dwad hy individual dotiai Ida Bpan
iah'Arnericau war, together with a
iliaft ol a hill to accomplitli that pur-
paaa
Itepreaeutative Tongue, of Hiegon,
h i- prepared an amendment to the bill
for BOdiflcatloa Ol lb" law a ol Al.ixka,
now imndirig in the hoii-e, rnviding
(or the licenaing ol main huxineaa con
ceina in the tei ritory, and eapi-cially
the liijuur buaineaa. Mr. Tongue aura
that the Treadwell miliea -hx a not liny
anything in the way of taxea to the lap
port ol the teriitorial iliatit utiona, ami
that f rum the icginn aurroun-llng Ju-
aaaa tbool e, 000,000 in gold pto
dttoad auirually, ami doOf not conlr ihute
a cent to the government.
Tin- Havana afternoon papera acnt a
tlit ill through the city with a report
that a torture and execution chamber
had been found at the rexldeuce of the
Rpaoiall miltiary governor, adjoining
the palace. The papera dec In reed that
there the Hpaniah ollleiala rpiextioned
ami HBrdarad polltlaal priaoueri. Ao
cprding to theii accoifntl, the IIihji id
the ciiamlier wax covered with rlried
IJixxl, and ita walla were ImleiitPrl with
maahete atrokea. An excifxl, crowd
xuo.11 gathered oulai-le the boaM whii h
waa laat BOOOplad hy (leueial l'aira-lo.
-.The hi lil v atatUjlilent of the le-
ceipta and expemlittirea of tha Dnllad
Stalex ahowx that the total receipla for
Hi nla-r W ere f 4 1 .40 1, Ttlll, aa coin
hi re. I with 160,644,191 for December,
IHU7.
Qaaaral .Maximo Qonta, Iron hit
camp, 1100 unlet weatward, near Nar-
i i-o. baa laanad praalaaaatlon lotka
(Milan army advising against iliatiaml
ing until tlm proceediuga at Washing
ton regarding the pay ol tlm Insurgent
lioopa have hOen completed.
Hy the purchaaa ol a large block of
tool of tin- (Jalbarlaa nnlwav, in Cuba,
U Unix & Co., hankerx, repiesenling
Knglish oapltaliala, have aaarad a con
trolling interest in that line. The
lime men have alao Ixeu large pur-
ehaaau of the itookaol Bagna ann Claa
fuegos coiupiiuii-a.
Tha munthly tieasmr atah tit of
the nubile debt aliont that at the close
of huxineaa, liecemher 111, the debt,
leaa caah in the treasury, amounted to
l,in,IT6,l86, an Inoiaaaa timing the
th of lifQtiTMi Tina Inoraaaa
is due to the delivery of II per cent
I I - of the new laaue, previoualy paid
lor.
At Kvanaville, Iml., Minot tlnrrett,
l-Mg.ir tlanluer, l lijnh Scott, Frank
Curl and William Moirix, loya ranging
in age finiii III to vearx, were given
a public w hipping in the peine court
for lealing tome old wash bollON
Their pareula weie given the option hv
Ju-lge Winfn y of whipping the bOVI or
having them sent to the tefoiiu school.
fJoTarnoi Rooaavolti Qfaalof New
York'a new exeuclive, haa catalhiahcd
a i ode of rules to govern hia couaidera
tiou and determination of applicationa
for pardona and commutations of aeu
teuce. He will not eieiclat executive
eleinem v in hel.iilf of a man who haa
MOO OOnVietad of murdering or ahiiaing
his wife, nor will he paidou any hab
itual criminal. His mercy will be
IbOWa only lo thoae WbOM acntence
aeemt to have been text-re or whoae
comtuiaaiou of a crime waa the rcault
of wfluaaooi
A ino-t rental kable wedding ha
taken place a' the village of Trail, II.,
four MOtnOfl being nun i led in four tit
ter. The four knola were lied at the
home ol the hi idea, w ho are the daugh
ter ol a fanner named Jamea Hooh
tatter. Their agea tange fiom 1H to
UN, anl the agea of their tespectivo
baaabadl vaty oulv lightly. Tha
trOOtJM ate four tout ol John Summeit
The OOMMROMJ of inatving the four
couplea vHH-upieil almoat an lioui, the
tame clergyman x-r lurming all. Tha
four hrolhera and their vvtvea will live
within a atoue't throw of each other.
M-s John tjuaik, nk-ed 100 Tear),
died at her home Mai Halena, III.
Lieutenant Commander Sum Ml Q
Pavne. I'nilml Statea navy, retired,
died in Athvllle, N. U,
James MclVmald, agtsl 160, a leai
.lent of Uhlppawa Falla, Wis , died at
St. Joteph'i hofpital, Mtjlwaukeo.
A Pilttbutg coiuvany l-at received a
cxinliact from the I' rule. I Slate govern
ment to re rspnp Morro cattle in Hav
ana. Patrick ifaggerlv, who would have
t-n 10V year old January 17, died
near Malone, N. Y.
Mlat Margaret IVxIge, a pioiiuneul
literary worker, waa found dead in a
lew in a church iu Potion. She had
taken poiaon.
Marine loaiee during I v- were ma
terially grealei than -luring any previ
ous sens.. n mi the lakea, tbe aggregate
being etlimatcl at t'.'.mHI.nno.
While Deputy Sheriff Frank I . Nve
wa furaing an entrame to a reaidemv
la Chicago be waa hol and killed by
Thorn a 0, Croiby, age.1 1 1 year.
AGONCILLO'S NERVE
Hopes to Be Received Offi
cially at Washington.
TO ACT o.M THK DBFEMIYI
i. .,.. i Miller Hat Hean Ordered l
l.aail Ilia Tria at IIm llo
I liar.
YVahington, Jan. . Senor Agon
eillo, who ia in Waihinglnii aa tlm r- p
retelitativa of the PklfipflM govern
ment, haa axke-l to ba recogml hy
the United Statea aa am h, ami to be
acorded the RUM righta aa the other
diplomat!. Hia n-rpieat ia now in tha
hamla ol Kecretaiy Hay.
Today, Horn Hiito Loptii the private
aecrelaiy of Senor Agom illo, viaiterl
the Itata department, and preaented to
the offlciala a letter to Ser retarr Hay.
rerueating, on la-hall o! Senor Agonal
hr. an interview for the parpotc r.f ar-
I rmnriliK to hia cri-ll'lltilllt to
Piaaraont McKinley, ami Impnring
when it would meet the convenience of
the president to meal the 1'hilippine
ruirexenliitl
The letter ol Kenor I-om x furtlur
st.it that he i inalructed by BOOM
Agonvillo, in view of recent development-,
to urge tlm advisability of an
adaratading batwaaa the AnMrieaa
government ami the renretentati ve of
the I'hillppine people to the rela
tions between the ruaratctiva nationa;
uch understanding to be reacheil eitlier
at Wathlngton, through tbe joint rep-
resentativ f th" two governineuta, or
in the i'hilippine iilamla, in like man
lier. The letter conclude with an ex
prettion ol the earnest Impo that the
friendly relation heietufore exitting
la-tween tlm two nation may evei he
maintained.
Accompanying the letter i a memo
randum setting forth tl at.ibliabmenl
of the riiilippino republic, and the
provision for a detailed iylm or guv-
eriinient. From the facta iihmilted,
aya Henor Agom illo, "it will appear
thai the Philippine government ia now,
ami it 1ia laren practically ever ahice
June lH, IMU8, luhatantially in lull
I ...... in ol the territory of the neople
it represent."
WILL FORCE THE ISSUE.
Banatal Nltlef iua O Ml an 10 Whaaa
A(lnit llo llo.
Chicago, Jan. 0. A apecial to the
Timea-Herald Iroin Washington lays:
President McKinley I, as deui-le-l to
force the iasue witli tile Filipinoa. Hia
Incision may result in a battle at llo
llo. It may lead to a hairaaaing war
with the natives ol the Philippines. It
is bopad ami believed that audi calam
ities will bo avcried, hut it letnalna for
the iuaurgenti to determine what the
results will ho
The president haa ordered (leueial
Mlllai t land hia tioopa at llo llo.
The order leave the Ameiican e. mi
ni n vi no alternative. ' He i directed
to bo conciliatory toward the natives,
but at the same time he ia instructed
to use force, if necessary, to effect his
landing ami establish himself in the
dailrad camp. In othai word. Qaaar
al Miller is to act on the defensive, lla
w ill not Die a gun unless atlai ked by
Ibe Filipino.
STEAMERS MAY BE CHUSHED.
ffnhaa Ornfl win in Danger Whaa
lltf- lei. llreakt.
Seattle, Jan. U. Newt from Dawson
statea that a number nl Yukon river
steamers will be loll when the iee
breaks up in spring. Some were caught
ill veiy unprotected plar-x, ami can
scarcely escape being wrecked. Tha
Robot I Kerr, of tlm Moran fleet, ia
Itnok fast on a bar lio miles la-low
Circle City The line tleainei Am. .Id.
of the Alaska Kxploration Company'
fleet, waa caught hy the ice while last
on a bar aoine 110 miles below Foitv
Mile. A crack boo) of lho Ktnpire line, the
Sent tie, ia slu. k IU miles below Circle
City. She la on a har ami ice is Jam
med up all around her. The Tacoma
and John C. Harr are aluo laat in dan-
genms poaiiloaa.
tloinei' Aitililllon.
New Yolk, Jan. U. A dispatch tu
the Heralil from Havana says: A colo
nel in the insurgent army savs tint
Qomaa recently soumle-l the aimv on
hia old ambition of uniting Cuba and
Santo Domingo under one government.
The wily old duel think that the
I'niled State can offer no objection to
this plan, which, if BOOOMplithadi
would create a atate et long enough lu
absorb Havti toon.
With tli lit done, tloutci believes the
foundation wtuld lie laid tot a republic
which would soon take rank in the
Waatara world aecond only to the
Dnltad Statea.
Dlainlltotl OMeOti
Kichmoml, Ya., Jan. tt. News it
received fiom l.cilngtiui tonight that
today the superintendent of the Ytr
gima military institute issued an older
disuniting tlm entire Drat class ol thai
Inititutmu, cotitiatiug of cadets.
Tho young men dismissed repictenl I J
stall., ami their offense waa a breach
of discipline aeaiallltad M New Year't
ve in the face of special warning
niUn.i win Welea Oteiaka
lauulon, Jan. th The Daily Newt
tin Btoralaa in n adllorlal walcoaalnaj
Iha aipaatad appolataiMl ol Jaaaph h.
Choate, of New Yotk, as I'mtetl Statea
mbaaaa.ior to lho .una of St. Jutnei,
ays:
" Kiigliahmen w ill thank President
Mi Kinley lor hit choice. Mr. Choate
will have an eatv and pleasant tatk.
He comet neither to lake pail in a
quarrel nor lo heal one, but to barter a
ccmlial friendahip tuto (till more
friendly cordiality."
Toapln Keeorsl rtioken.
Chicago, Jan. U. The highest acsirw
I tenpln ever Woaidad on the alyla
with th American Itiwling congteaa
Hey hat been made by Unlit I'llrn li,
of the Fellowship Club, in a vMiiletl
with John A. Pender, ul tha Oakland
ITuh. Ullrich core-l exactly 300 pint,
the msiimnm in a ten frame gtue.
The night pre v nuit be made an average
of IDS lu three game during ivnteal
between In club and thpOakland Club
i. . i -i. i . . . i
u mi i imago laague n 'U - II tin ell I.
The latter avvra 1 aald to be tha
world', rasord (oj the bigheal aveiaga
iu throe game.
NO APPROPRIATION.
taUa Cltll aerrira gslnrmrn Vlrlorlou
In III Hnutt.
Waahinglon,' Jn. . The anti-civil
servu.- relorm-ra MOTOd a victory in
the house t.xlay. The executive legia
lative ami judicial appropriation bill
waa taken up lor consideration, and
tben, when ti n appropriation lor lbs
civil er vue conimiaaion wa leacheal,
K ,ii - made a motion lo atrike it out.
Thi notion ha heen ma-le annually
for a doxen yeai or mote, hut invari
ably laih-d. Hut fxlay the opponent
nl the law lai'l great trea on trie fact
that they could not get a decisive vote
uxm tlm prosrsition, and were there
fore compelled to seek it nullification
in thi manner. Kv.-n Iheae apa-ala
tailed to bring out the lull trenglh of
the appaalHOSi though the motion to
Itflfca out curried hy a narrow margin,
IftOfl, Thi wa in coram ittea of
the whole, where no lecord waa made
of the vote. Mixsly gave notice that
he would demand a rr- ord vote in the
house, where the frivmli ol the civil
crviee law ex.-ct to reverau tho deci-
ion.
When the seriate convened t'xlay tbo
rasolallOB otTarad faatoiday hy Hoar,
calling on the presi-h-nt for information
as to the iristrm tiuiit to thn ooinmia
lonota who nagotiatad tlm treaty of
Par in, together with all correipomler.ee
ml I epurts relating lo their work, wa
laid te-fore the senate. Chairman
Davis, une of the commissioners, asked
thai it Ixi referred te tHe foreign rela
liuna run. mittee, but Hoar insisted
that the senate had 'aa much right to
uch iafoimatipn a the tpembera of
tin- fore ,n relation committee, and
that the president Rhouhl determine
whether t ia lenate ahould have it.
The resolution waa aloptel in aecret
eaaun. In aupxut of the resolution
ffered mine time ago by Vest, in oppo
sition to expansion, (Jaffury delivatxii
an extended apeech.
At tin- conclusion of CalTery's arga
uient, Morgan announoud, on behalf
if the Nicaragua canal committee, the
leaopianta in iuolifh-l form ol the
. i
offered hy Ilerry before
lho bolbj-,! to the ponding canal bill
r)in alll.,,111(.lllg v.ere not paued upon
by the senate
MISSIONARY OUTRAGE.
(atliollr P Heart llrulallv Trrnlod In a
Chlnea Villas.
Merlin, .Ian. 9. letter received here
f-oin Kiao lion, the Herman fortified
s 'I lenient in the province of Khang
Tung, China, give details of an outrage
upon lathoi Stenx, the Herman Cath
olio missionary, Nuvemhei U laat. The
mbxaiouary waa about to leave Tie-Tan,
province of Sluing Tung, owing to the
anti-Christian feeling. . Finding him
self confronted by crowd ol Chinese
who were clamoring (or tlm deatructioti
of the Christiana, he ttxik refuge in a
hut, but he was dragged out, hi cloth
ing torn fr hi hack, ami he was
strmk with aticks and pricked with
knives ami lances ami Ilia la-ard torn
out. The Chinese threatened to May
him alive. The following day, hia
paraaeotOII prepared to hung him by
the wilsta. Finally, a mandarin in
terfered in hia la-hall, hut compelled
him In leave the district w ith a prom
ise never to return.
iw - in Ian tiiim-is
WTraaaiaoOi Jan. u. Tha Dnltad
Statea torpedo bout Davi arrived today
from Aatoria, via Tillamook, ami aftei
taking on coal ptOOtadad to Mare isl
and. She proved to he a g-xi I ae.i ho.it,
but ow ing to the haa J weather along
the coast she -lid not ulfenipt a greater
peed than six or eight knot.
Tha I'uvis crossed out ol the Colum
bia about two week- ago, but put into
TilluuuMik to .-scape a storm, remaining
there until Wednesday morning, when
In- again headed MUthi She was in
command of Captain Thomaa F. Neill,
and Aithur Zw II k.-r ami J. K. Weill,
of the llrm which built the vessel, were
in charge of the engine and bollt!
looms.
AiitiiMssaihir lo a a talis
New York, Jan. V. A diapatcli ti
the Herald, from Washington, says:
The ptcsblent has pia. ticiillv selected
William Poller, of Philadelphia, fui
ambassador to liuaaia. Mr. Potter win
formerly minister to Italy, having been
lallonad at Roma during the Haniaoa
adninllUation. Ilia record during
that period ha been caiefully exam
ined by the president ami Secretary
liny, and lailh fee! coufldent that he
will aatiafactorily till the St. Peteil
Imrg poat.
tap I a lee. in lb Ipvausg,
lain. Ion, Jan. 6. A big Ixnler being
teated in llevvilt'a ihipbuildiiig-yaidi
at Harking burst tixlay, and the auper
intendeut, engineer ami eight othei
men were killed. About 40 persons
were injured, some fatally. The whole
hip-building works wete wtpcked. A
woman was found dead IIOO yard from
the scene of the disaster. A number
uf men ami bovs are missing. WUrdoWl
half a mile away were battered.
i if i nprxaooMnat,
Uadrldi Jan. 9. Colonel Julion
Sau Martin, who was in command of
Iha Bpaaiah larrlaoo at Ponce when the
C inted Slate tiooi's under Q antral
Miles landed on the island, ami who
abandoned the place without resistance,
haa been tent I to iruprisonmetit
(or I lie. He will he incarcerated at
t'enta. the Spanish penal colony in
Morocco, oppaalla Ulbraltar.
Motrin! su. crssor.
Mmitpelier. Yl., Jan. 8. Hovernor
Smilh haa ten leie I the place iu the
I lilted Males senate
enate, left vacant by tha
tor Morn 11, to U. F
city. Mr. Fitield htl
death of Seuat
K . ol thit
not vet accepted.
Washington, Jan. I). The bona-'
committee on Indian affairt bslty or
dered a favorable report on the lull
granting te the Kettle Uiver Yalley
road righ of way through the Col
till Indian reservation, Wathlngton.
T.iisioi Mar Hr Oawttana.
lauidon. Jan. V The Hmlin corrt
pomleut ol tha Daily Newt mentioni
a rumor from Si. Peeraburg thtt
Count Leo ToUloi will be banitbed
lor championing I lit) cause of tha dit
enlert who are being pt-rtecute-l into
wholesale imiuigralion from the CM
catlan ilivtrictt, moatly for Cana.lt.
hither one ol Tolatol't tone la going
to inspect land thai haa been 6Maliad
lor the immigrant.
KowU ,r P1"' 1
,n r" '. "d in aooie part,
of Kngland.
BATTLE ON THE NILE
Last
Dervish Chief Routed
by the British.
FIVE HUIOBBD BBBBU VLIMD
PKlren lluinlred Warn
Lett on Hie llrlllsh
Tat Hmoll.
Captured -Mlrle
lnrton, Jan. 7. I'articnlars regard
fnar iha raatnl baltleon the Hlue Nile
have laren received in a dispatch from
Cairo to the K bang-) I'eb griipli fJOOJ'
pany.
Colonel latwia, it npp nr, when he
muted Emir Fedil, the last remaining
Derviah chief, killed 60U of his ful
lowera, ami made many priaoueit. Tin
emir, however, socceoded in escaping.
All 'official diapatch from Colonel
Lewi say that with h Soudanese
regiment he attacked Fedil while ho
waa crossing tho Nile at the cutaract
south ol Bott I rag (lleteresl. The
colonel' force atormcd tho island on
which Fedil took hi position, and
Mime severe fighting followed. Event
ually, Fedil fieri with 300 follower
acrot too rivei. where Ins lurcu was
diaperied by the Maxim guns.
On the Uritish side Major Ferguson.
ix Egyptian officers and IH men were
wounded, and 27 men were killed.
Cairo. Jan. 7. (Joloenl Lewis defeat
ed the Emir Ahmed Fodil on the Hlue
Nile December 126. Hi position waa
taken by storm and 1.S00 deiviihet
weaj captured.
PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS.
Will Itaalal tha Longing of tire Anier
Irana !y furrr or Arms.
Pari", Jan. 7. An official telegram
received by the Philippine junta here
dated Manila, January 4, aajs Agui-nal-lu
ha gone to llo llo at the request
ol the insurgent, there to place himself
at their head with a view tu lighting
the Americana.
The diipatch alio givea fact as to
the antecedenti of mcmberi uf the new
Filipino cabinet. The following have
accepted: President of the cabinet
and minister of foreign affairs, Mahini;
interior, Teodoro Samlico, a civil en
gineer, who waa educated abroad;
war, General Hulouiero Aginnaldo,
cousin uf Agiiinaldo, president ol the
so-called Filipino government; finance,
General Trias, a close ally of Agui
naldo;)public work, Grcgoiio (lonsaga,
a lawyer, foimerly Spanish attorney
general of the Visayas.
Tin- cabinet il described aa homo
genotu, every member being pledged,
according to these advices to resist the
military occupation of the Philippine.
Member- ol the Filipino junta here
explain that Aguiualdo did not run
away, hut "left Manila for the moun
tain legion behind Cavite in ruder to
iiiake leeret arrangements foi his voy
avge tu llo Ho."
The Filipino who lainUbM this in
formation also categorically ami spu
cilically asserts that the latest tele
graphic advice declaio if the Ameri
can insist upon tlm occupation of
the principal citie by tlm American
troop, tho whole Filipino lube will
resist by lorce of am,-.
SANTIAGO IS SATISFIED.
The C'usl a lleeelplt XVIII Not lie Sent
lo Havana.
Santiago do Culm, Jan. 7. A dia
patcli wa received from Havana today
saying that the disjoins receipts may
remain in Santiago. The effects of
this information aru good, mid pat Den
ial If M lar aa tho laborers are con
cerned. Senor liauardi, the mayor, Inn
Assured tho laborers that nil work now
in ptogreaa will go on, and, then bee,
there i not likely to be any llama
diate trouble.
Prominent Cubans emphatically us
erl that if a Cuhau government should
assume to issue audi an order concen
trating the custouil receipt at Havana
civil war would break out Immedi
ately, It is hoped that a civil govern
ment may be established in every prov
ince, distinct from the luleol the gov
er nor-gent-ial, who should ho niciely
tho military chief of the island.
For Meritorious BettlOOi
New York, Jan. 7. A diipatch to
the Herald from Washington aaya:
Hovel nor lloosevelt, of New Y'ork, ia
lo receive the brevet rank ol brigadier
general (or gallant ami meritorious
service during the battle of San Juan.
A board of officer, consisting of Gen
erals Swan and Poynton mid Colonel
Cartel, adjutant-geneial, which hud
been considering the question ol the
nfflcer entitled to bievets (or heroism,
have recommended that Colonel Roooe
velt be breveted. Secretary Alger haa
brought the recommendation to the at
tention of the president, who directed
tne nomination ol Governor Rooaevelt
(or the brevet giade.
Naw Hpanitli CablBst.
Madrid, Jan. 7. General Poliavejn,
ex-gortrmor-general ei Cuba ami ol the
Philippine ialanda, and Senor Silvela,
tha oonioivalive leader, have agreed
upon tho formation ol a new cabinet,
and have been autnuioucd by the queen
rriceoC Tho early advent of the con
erxutuus ha power il regarded a cer
tain. k hi.. i m r.i,,!;,!
New Yoik, Jan. 7. George Tvler,
!4 years o( age. was killed in an im.
,;
. ' '
tu ptiM fight tonight in Jeraey
Djr riiomaa holey, agisl alxuit 33
yeais. The two men had an nnnsatis-
factory ltut a few days ago ml decid
ed to aettle it tonight. In the first
round Foley landed a light swing un
the point of Tyler't jaw. Tyler
dropped, and aflei being Doaated out
waa taken to a lioapital, where he wa
pPOMOMaddaad, Hit aaeh waa broken.
Itfln Wero IHeoeeO
Falruoutb, Jan. 7. Fourteen mem
lari of the crew of theBiitiab steamet
Kotahire, t ardiff for St. N.ixaire, and 1
IS ol the crew ol the Fieu. b steamer
Dngucaolin. Koueii (or Swans.-, land
ad hero today by pilot-ltiat. Thef
steatueti collided near Trever Head
yesterday and aank. Kh-ven of the i
crew of the Flench ve.tael and one of
Hit Kostbire a men were drowned.
Wellington. Jan. T. Congrestman
Lawn, of Waabimiton. iinr..b,.i .
bill in Ibe bouae tctlay lo appropiratf .
IIOO.DOO for attay offlct at Seattla. I
QUICK TIME FROM DAWSON
l-ortlandera llrrak Ovrrlanrl Itrrord
Mew Vorkera Have Hard Lurk.
Seattle, Jan. 7. William Welch,
Frank Hekole and W. Devine, of Port
land, Or., who arrived here today fiom
the Klondike, claim to have broken
the oveiland record from Dawaon to
Skagway. They led Dawson, Decem
ber 13. and arrived at Skagwav, De
cember 2D.
Antone Groheaita and Albert Ber
nanl, two young men from New York,
nn-t with very haul luck on the way
out. They broke through the ice on
Thirty-Mile river and were in the wa
ter some time. Tlmy finally wete rea
died and cared for by tbe jail ice.
Oroheita lost 63.800 in gold, which
waa tied on hi sb-d. He arrived horo
tixlay absolutely penniless. Hi part
ner ia at Tagiah house in the isilice
hospitul, ind will lote both feet a
well a several finger. Grobeaita will
rttagj to have a tor- amputated.
The William sawmill on the Klon
dike liver, near Dawaon, waa totally
lestroyed by (lie December 10. A
number of horse perished. The to
tal loaa ia estimated at $7,000.
Sulphur creek, which waa disap
pointing laat year, it repotted to bo
bowing up well thit winter.
DAY IN CONGRESS
Several II H In or Minor linportanri.
I'assed In the Senate.
Waaliington, Jan. 7. In tho ab
sence of tlm vice-president, on account
of illness. Five (liep. Me.) waa presi
dent pro torn nt the owning of today'a
session of the aenate. Dcrry (Dum.
Ark.) presented a pioteat lrom J. K.
Murray, camp ol United Confederate
veteran! of Arkansas, against thn
adoption ol the proposed amendment ol
Butler (Pop. N. C.) to the pension ap
propriation bill, providing for payment
of pensions to Confederate soldi. -rs.
Hoar (Rep. Mass) gave notice that
next Monday ho would address the aen
ate on tho resolution offered by Vest
(Dem Ma), relating to the acquisition
of foreign tenitoiy by the United
Statea. Caffery (Dem. La.) announced
that ho would addtesa the aenate to
motrow on the aame resolution.
The senate passed a resolution direct
ing the foreign relations committee to
investigate the status ol cluims of
United Statea citizen! against Spain
and passed hills to ratify agreements
with the lower Drule and llosebud
reservation Indians, grunt California
6 per cent of the net pioceeda of cash
sale of public land in the state, classi
fying clerka in first and aecond-claas
poatufficea.
The Nicaragua oannl bill then came
up, and Caffery made a 8peeoh on tho
Clavtou-Uulwei treaty.
In the House.
Washington, Jan. 7. Under a spe
cial order adopted before the holiday
recess, the house proceeded today to
consideration of lulls presented by the
committee on judiciary. Tho bills
wi-ie first considered in committee ol
the whole. Tlm first hill called up
was that to creato an additional cir
cuit judge in the sixth jmlicfal olronlt.
The bill was finally laid aside witli a
fuvorahle recommendation.
Favorable action was ulso hud on a
similar bill providing an additional
judge for the third judicial district.
The bill was called up providing for
the retirement of Judge Cassitie G.
Fostei. United States district ol Kan
sas, ami occasioned some debate.
Foster, Mr. Uroderick explained, liad
served 34 years on the bench and hud
broken down physically, but had not
reached uge (70 years), when lie can (il
legally retired.
Open Door III the PhlllpplOtt.
Washington, Jan. 7. Senator Five,
of tho American peace commission,
laid in the senate committee on com
merce today that it wai the under
standing ol the Ameiican commission
crs that an absolute open-door policy
was to he observed by the government
of the United States witli reference to
trade in the Philippines, and Dial
other countries were to lie given the
tame Mel II tit! as the United Slates in
that trade.
The question came up in connection
with an informal discussion of the
coast trade policy of this country and
its extension to the Philippines. Frve
also said the policy of exlcuding tei
tile fabrics would not, according to his
understanding, he applied aa in this
country.
mj BselMe Amerietmei
Vancouver, P.. C, Jan. 7. Much
talk is heard over the announcement in
the I pooch from the throne at the open
ing of the provincial legislature today,
that a hill will be introduced to ex
clude aliens (rum taking up or work
ing placer mining claima within the
ptovince. The impoitance of tliia ia
in no way to be gainsaid, for it will
shut Americana out of the Atlin coun
try completely, and it will preserve
Atlin's riches for British mbjects
alone. At present Canadians are not
allowed to take up mining claima iu
the United States.
IsMOh l ake Indiana Pardoned.
Washington, Jan. 7. The president
has pardoned the 13 Leech lake Indiana
eninnoed to various terms of imprison
ment, and fined at the late term of the
United 8tatet dtatilet court of Minne
sota for resisting tho United Stales
niatshal in making an arrest.
Maert-t Trwtly Ketprrtliic 'hln.
London, Jan. 7. The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says: Ac
cording to Chinese report, a secret
treaty exists between Great Britain
and the Dai tad States to prevent anv
(uitlier alienation of Chinese territory.
Kin..- in . Srmvel Fit,
Futlerlen, Oil., Jan. 7. Martin and
Uilleiy KichoU, K.yt, aere killed to
day in a gravel-pit by a c ive-in. Thev
were taking out gravel when the alid'e
centred.
, The Tat on Beer.
Wathlngton, Jan. 6. Attomey-Gen-eral
Griggs, in a recent opinion, holds
that the tax to be attened upon
beer in case of attempted evation and
willful failure to affix tbe stamps
hould l-e at 63. nd further that the
additional tax to be assessed upon laser
ttore.1 in warehouses on June 14, 1898,
hould be 61 a barrel, aud not 931,
cents.
Pear Admiral Schley wai presented
with a sword in Philadelphia valued at
4,300 from citiaeni of New Jersey.
PenniylTania and Delaware.
SENT TO THE SENATE
The Peace Treaty Leaves the
President's Hands.
CONTESTS NOT MAIK ITHI.lc
llolh
II Adjourned Knnn Oul
lteaperl to Hie Memory uf
Master Horttiti
Washington, Jan. fi. The first
sion of the senate after the holidays ..
copied only nil minutes, although in
that brief time two open ti-isioin tnd
one executive session weie field. The
galleries Were filled with srectutois he.
fore the senate convened, the genei,,
expectation being that the peace treaty
would be preaented. The tenatorial
menibera of tlio peuce commiaiion ap
peared on the floor and were given a
hearty greeting by their colleagues.
In the absence of the vice-president,
Fry-- of Maine, the president pro tea.,
called the senate to order. Tbe chap
lain in his invocation said:
"We como together under a tenae of
bereavement by the absence of tin
senior senator fiom Vermont, wlmta
wise counsel and loving presence shall
no more enrich the proceedings of the
( bam her. We bless thee, O Lord, In
bi- noble life, for hit example to all
men, and we pray that his spiiit may
ever abide within these walls."
Scarcely had the clerk begun to read
tho journal of the lait session of tht
senate when Davis moved tbut the fur
ther reading bo disHjuaed with. Tire
motion prevailed.
Frye, who was in the chair, immedi
ately recognized Major Pruden, secre
tary to the president, who held a mes
sage from tbo president of tbe United
States. The message contained the
treuty of Paiia. Gn motion of Davit
the lenate then Went into executive
session, in ordei that the treaty might
be referred to the committee on foreign
lelutiona. In a lew minutes the sen
ate reconvened in --pen session, ami
Allison announced the death of Senator
Morrill. Tbo usual reaolutiont weta
adopted, and as a mark of reaped tht
senate adjourned until tomorrow.
The honae apent today contideritig
the bill to define and punish ciime in
Alaska, and provide a code ol criminal
procedure for the territory. Sixty
seven pages were com pleted today, and
the bill was made a continuing order
until disposed of, not, however, to in
terfere with appropriation billt ur
other special orders. The house h.I-
journed out ot respect to tbe memory
of the late Senator Morrill.
SANTIAGO PROTESTS.
Against Rending Cuttomt r..n, , to
Havana Situation la Ollleal.
Santiago, Jan. 0. Meetings were
hehl at all the political clubs lust night,
nnd even the most conservative people,
those favoring the annexation of Cuba
to the United States, wera astounded
ill tin. onlera from lluvuna for t I.., nmm I
trulization of cuatoma money there.
The past 48 hours have completely
altered the situation of affairs here.
Tlio province hud gradually settle
down, and waa contented with the or
der of thine nrcvuilinir. recoirnizirur
the benefits conferred. Nnvx there is
i,t..ti. (,'ii.,... ,i.wl itinru ia ....
L.'t'Mvion in -.i.inL: wi.u tin- Hiiuutiun
in . t . .1 ntnl lli il a nnorlr u'.,ti I I rathft
a - - i . i . nil! io.u n o-(ii nnuill .-mt
l:..l II -.1 A a. I
Ui II i iii" wiin il winnu jilllliti IM"
jirnvinco into lusurroctiinn.
....... ....... altUl.tn 1 t-
Ill v.- il llflU I ' l' . ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' h ' ' ' ' 1
uif piMHit' woikh, Mich actum won i
I'lwitii'i tiitini a iliuil w II ii- (l win lit
ho hard to ijuoll.
l,ii,i,i.v.i ti.- r r i
I riaataW . I :.
tat - r "rr -
i . . t l ti' i ;
1 1 i i a a i i,
C'Tnr fir r'li ur tm a f , i inn lr iu i m.iiioe
iuui iiit i a ur iii tii iiis i mi nam i
il i iirui't i-o c in i
off the nail of the regimentH there.
i'f. v .ti ::t i ti i i t mi i i i ii v it. '
lit J . It
. uuu iu tmningTon, roprVMDlll
I'M i hi ill 1 1 r m itiMi lrit i nt nriN nit'ii
tt 1 1 t i . . .t J
ontfhly appreoiateil by the Cubans.
CHINESE OF HAWAII.
.l..in,. l.pnriiil
taktfaaM .1 1. a . J.oktma
ivanij liwnrjll, Ul Uil' ireUBlir UVyHH
. -
111)1111 Ciiltl 1 1 v t mi tatii . tin (win, itliltl
ii nun tun uroinuion ,,f i .u i nun
n t .it t t w i r r i r t,o,-i t . i iiiinvjo r
liifna ill t ..ma it- I .... 1 I. ft i .u tu -mil
vt.to iiiillinilitint Iirt'M'II I H( I III Vllf
"ij, iuq im inr, ill r. 13 TOW II.
. vuui i, iurniixi
- -- in j n.ia i-iiiiiir'i i "
KIM the question haa heen refer. tnl
viikio -r-
I I 1 4 I, Ol t Willi t . ...II Ul I
" VVV V-1 1 1 1 1 COO TI II I -
taintsl.
InfrrnMl Mrhlne Kiplodr.l
idlil !.l. Ton., T..n A HV I
..nil., U It II. V.
v . 1. i . ... ..( ... i i i u : , r
miiri un i Hit ur rv.it i .u m- 11
five men were terriblv iniured. '
of them fatntllv. The BMObint
cleverly constructed, and enca-e-l
WiHXil in such a manner a to Le aat
by the opening of the box lid.
In the Kram o-t terman wai
third Herman soldier had a map "'
J ,1 U TI
in.
I-, ,. .. i ,,,. ,,! ,i itriintii
Waaklagaoa, Jan. o. The teei
of the navy bai tranimittevl to con
an estimate of fUl.&00 for th
ton, ixey est and Mare itlaml.
secretary of the treasury alio pie-1
an additional ettimate of fSSO.t'v'd
maintenance ol tne l-oreau ol .
.in I emrravimr. and theaeeretarv ol
an estimate of $100,000 tor a riex
pital at Fort Lavenworlh, Kau-
In Ilunitaiy there are Ihotisam
,,,ak.-o nil llulllimiB Ul BUI.'. -
aithout doctor within ten mile