The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899, January 28, 1899, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text7 I Eugene City Guard. I. l. ciarnm i Prlator. KUOINK CITY OIEOON EVENTS OF THE DAT LATER NtWS. elect) to from "New A.. l.,i..r.ill( i i fflMM Preaa I I,.. TOO II r,, I. I. I III - II Ill a I'Milnud rurm. Coramlniary-neneral Kagan hti lent to Hie war investigating commilon I revieed itatement In t ' - ol that Mi inally mxle in reeioiiM to Mile, chargei. He hai omitted the objection alii portion. Auatria'e haaitancy In railing the rank ol tier diplomatic miion to the United Ntatei la due entirely to tier d'i ire not to give offiiie to Hpain. In lot mat ion to Oiii effect tl in the pone lion ol tlie stain department Wuet I'oint apaiinlinerili are to b nale by the present emigre. One will he (rotn the tint Oregon. The Hat will Include eight eadati, all ol hom must enter Went I'oint nut June. No lurlber vacniicie will lie DIM until IUOO, when II cadet will ho The preaeui olii will graduate Febru ary 16. Cmnmialore Wataon, now in com mand at the Mare ialand navy-yard, baa applied loi the onimnaiid of the Ailatlo itation to succeed Admiral Dewey, wlien that officer hall have ocaeed duty. Dewey will retiie from active aervioe unit December, provld lug the law he not amended in hil in tereit. Prcncb sentiment la once morn being worked up against the Unitinl Ntatei on aoooiint ol the Spanieh war. Hoe tile newipaper criticiim, which tern ararily waa abut down by the Tin tor lea of Manila and Hantiagn, ii now re aaiiirliig Itaell in conaeUunue ol the difflcoltiea whirh 1'ieihli-iit M K m ley' vacillating policy hai earned In the i'hilipplnea. The iteaioihlp City ol Macon, from lioatnn, brought into HaramiHli, (la., Captain Kennerly ami the crew, nine men all told, of the . thornier Aloha, of Hath, Me., abandoned Saturday night, 2MJ niilea aoiitheait of Hoorgnlnwn light, In a inking condition. The Aloha h'lt KMriiainlliia a week ago with a cargo of phoephate rock, hound for N.w York. At I'ma. III., the inene of the re cent labor trouble, Ike lugle hot and killed Dave Kvam, a fellow-negro miner, at the Hprlngnhln mine. Tha trouble aroae over dividing their wage, frank Jonea ami Jainci PllHf, mm union while iiilnnri, were aaaaiillcd to day ami leriomly Injured. Tlmir aailanli are unknown. Three emu- panlei ol mi III ia, which hare U lo lug guard duty lor ecveral ninuthl, baia heel, ordered home. The fiiat detachment n( the Seven teenth haa left Col nui tins for Naw York, en route to tbe 1'hillppliiri. The entire military department ol Ha nt a Clara, Majoi-Uenoral J. Q llatea coiiiinandlug, Ii quiet. Twenty seven thouiand Hpaulardi fill remain In the vicinity ol Clenfu igo, but nun tram- Milt hai loadeil ami II nllicri me ei ueoled to arrive at an early date. It la liniaaiallile, however, that the ovacil ation will be completed much before the middle ol February. (treat fear U felt for the lately of the naptba launch I'aul Jonei, balling from lainlivillc, which lelt the moulli of the Mlaainippl river January H for renaaoola, Kla.. with a piirtv of ladle and gentlemen fioiu t'lncngo and In dianapolli on boird. Nuthlng hit lHen heaid there of the launch, and one of tbe laitaat tugi hai lelt to make a thor ough learuli on the (lulL A train of empty can on the Oregon Hhort l.tue, while leaving Unite, ran Into an open twitch near the Oty, and craahed Into a iwltcb engine, llolh engine! and aome ol the can were wrecked The crew of the immi and that of the awltch engine all Juniel. Conductor Joseph Hianl.of the freight, Wai thrown under the wieck and killed. Kiieman Dow ling wo injured. The real eaoaped unhurt. Offlcial dliatchei from llo llo, il land ol I'anay, Indicate that the na llrea ara diipoaed to tie tumidly, al though alamlulcly opposed to the laud lug of the United Statea fume without order from Malolo, the seat ol the ao callanl Filipino native government. Some of the olll.nl at llo llo are not In accord with the lavolutionary gov ernment, but are willing to accept American protectorate, ami will go lo itate the riM lo Aginaldo If furiilihed traiiaporlatioii by tha Americans, ' Tha Iterlln oorreepomleut of llm I n dou Tinea quote fiom the Cologne Uaaelte that "minora to the annex- altou of Vauva, one of the Ft Ily talamla, lo Oeruiaiiv, are an I ivaiillou of thoae who dealre to atir up III (eel Ing between I lei many and the I'm led Htatea. He aaya. however, ai tha Cologne Oaaelte wai ainoug lite moat aotlv orlglnnlly ipi ending ropmt of Herman'! intention to annul the 11) 1 1 -tppinea, ill eiceeaive imllgiiiitinii in tli preaent liialanc il aoiunwhat over-don. Minor v.... limits. Preaident Know, ol the Mormon church, aay the law agalnai mlvgtny la being in icily obeyed in t'tah. Tha Miller Kits It ic Conatnii lion company of I'lttaburg, IV, liaa intent ed a naw plan for utlllaing the (tower of Niagara (alia. Hil convict! tlriven in.nl hy nlleneai, were taken from the King' county liiitantiry In New Yoik to aiyluuia for lb orlmlnal insane. The n lor eenatoi Iroin Connecticut. Urvill II. Plait, I ovei Tl yoara old, and hil oolleague, Joaeph K. Haw ley, ii ovar 71. Tha population of tha earth at tha lima of Kmpemr Auguitui ii eatiuiale4 to he about o4.IMJ0.000. It la now aa llmated to bo about 1,680.000,000. The Bpanlah brig Uabricl, from Car denaa, arrived at Coriinna, having m board tan of the ciaw of the American bark Erie Rood, Cap. J. I Steeloian, fioaa Naw York, wbich ii lost. Tba row war roaoucd near tin lilaad of JJaruiuda. Chauncey M. Depew waa tba United Mate leuate York. Henitor Lodge hai bean re-elected Irom Miaaachiuetti, and Henator Davii from Minnesota. Frincii M. Cockmll waa elected to the United Htatei senate by tha Mil otirl legiilatoie. A (lie broke out in the Wheeler mine at Denver, Col., on the night of tha 1Mb All the miner! MM pad, Tha lire in confined to one room. The lecretary ol the interior, In communication with tha houia com mittee on Indian affalra, aaid an in veatigitinii ahowa the leiaiiti of a thiaatened uprising ol In liana ol the Northern Cheyenne reservation are ru fonmled. All important companiel in the worM which are engiged in the pro doction of borai ami horacic acid havu Joined In a combination. Thii or to tal Ion Initial the owneri of the main deia-rilta of horn, ami eitemli thrnngli the United Hta(ei, Knglaml, France ami Hotith Ameilca. Iiexirta from I'inar M Kin, Cnlti, ay that the province Ii being ravaged hy banditi, who hive broken away from tha iniurgent foroei. Thui far no great damage hua been tlone, and the crime committed are not of a lerioua naluie, hut the ranki of tha outhiwa are cnnitaiitly inoieaaiiig. ami the anil are becoming moia tlaring. At tha annual meeting of the lluai neHi Men'i League at HI Louil, two huntlrejl merchant! ami capltaliil! were preaent. A resolution wai Mloptad io-artily emlorung the action ol the tlelegalei from thn alatea ami territor- ina comprised in the lniiaiatia pur- , Ii n- in I . -. nliiig lo i on, iii. iiionile I he event nl the purehaae by holtling it world! lair in HI. Inna, ami pledging lull upairt to the umlertuking. Tbe congreiilonal iiihcoinmiaiion on agriculture and agricultural labor ol the iinliiitriil couimiaaiori hai made public ill irllabui of the topical plan ol inquiry on the condition of labor and capital employed in lln-ao purauitl. The plin ii divitleil Into three general beatli, via. : I ..' -r eiupbiyotl, capital employod, ami mmndial li-gialation. Under the general Imu I ol each are iiieatloiil on which the aula'oinmiMilon deaiini In ltr lit ill Ion. They einliriiee .',( In all, ami thoroughly cover the II. I I. which the inlicommiiainn hna in band, VVIttHWiea making rnHiiic lo )ba iieationa aaknd urn requited to give laet rather than opinion! eicept in inch lliatauoca where luggeationi are Invited. A ilale (unnriil ItMal Ajawtit in ilt luirerKlveiieaa VM lvwg lite lute Hep reaentnlive Uotglev in llm houan ol rep rcacntalivcri. A Mil It i I dltpatoll nya llm premier, Neiior Sugiiata, in in inteivinw tie cliirnd tlnil lie only awiilted the United Mil tea .eiiHte'a lalillcatloln ol the nace treul) to eonvoke the cortca. The new l'u inn. i i .it. il Corn puny wai given a hearing brlore the kjotaM commilt in i tiiiimerco. The healing waa in acoortliinne Willi a recent dclei mliialinu ol llm commiltee lo heur ull pcraimi eoncerueil In in iithmlau canal. King HtWoMti of Italy, hai lignnd a decree amiieitying or reducing thn piiuiahmeiil of llm rioter! who took pari in lite dlaturhaucei l.i-t apring. AlMiut 700 peraoiia who were aenleiico.1 by court martial and almut 2, nod who wore condemned by civil courK Ituve baM liberatwl. The aeuretary of the interior h.ia lor wiu.le. to the aenite the pnteri l.eur ing uhiii tha proHiiilion to remove the Northern Cheyenne In. liana from their icaeivation In Northern Montana to the Crow rcncrviition. The aecreturv tatca that l''e Cltnyeiiue are averae to the change, ami he iccotnmeml thut they lie allowiol to reumlii where they are, and thut leglalation lie enacted liHtking to the improvement of their condition. II. 'it Schmidt, a iiiciiliil memltr ol the Herman relchalag, haa voluntar ily ilifiiliucd lite public proee, utnr at Mailgeliurg tint he wai aolely NtpOM Ihle fni the pu Id lent ion in the Ho. nil ill Volki Stiininn, ol the arth'ln pur Mrting lo be a converaallou I n't ween the Prince ol llugdml and hi tutor, on account ol which thn editor, Heir An glial Muellci. MM aentenceil l ot vvtek to 4U tuuntha' linpllaoiiincul on the charge ol leae majeate. The whole cuae intial now lm ritoteiii.l. The Minlgelnirg court intci picted the alle gory of which llerr H. hmldt coiifei'rea the authoriahlp ai all n -nit to the eoc ond miii id Kintcroi William, Pitnce Fitcl. A mint dirtng ittaalpl wai mu.le by tluen vniilha of Hoiae. Idaho, to wni k the Oregon Short Line pay cai a abort diitaniHi et nl Mountain Home. A heavy log chain had been lied around the truck, but Wita tortuiialelv tlta oovensl and iciiioveil hy Mune iccllon men lielote the pay-cur panned the tolnt. A icarch wai in-1 it tiled in the neighborhood, w ho h ieaulte.1 in tlmt i UK Kniniel Allen, Hugh BltM and John Itlchaitlaou, lovao( lloian, rang ing (loin III lo H yeara of age, in hill ing near hy. They aoheoqocntly coii fraaed In the attempt at wrecking the pay -car for the pW0aa of getting the moiey They ara now in jail at Mountain Home. Thn imputation ol India in. reanea at the rule nl H.OvHi.OOO annually. Piofainly ia lorhiddeii kfl Uith the army an I the navy ritgulationa ol the United Slatna. Chailnl Newton, ol oralford. Pa., Waa bkm to piece while ahtailliig an Oil well at tn hard Park. The eiteiiaiou ol American authority in the riiilippinea, Cuba and Potto lino will lea l lo the abandonment ol MM mililuiy awti in llm coniitrv. Hervl.va in com tin luoialion ol lha founding of Chriil church, Salem itrcet, I fl yean ago. were held ID the meeting hoiiMt in Hoalnn. There ara now 110,000 head of cat tle Uing fel for market ou the line of the (lull, Colorado A Santa F rail road, and the majority of the caltl are deilined for Cuba. Ilrig Hen. HirrtMm H. Otia, now lervmg In the Philitplnea, anllltad In tha civil war with Preaidanl MoKin lay in tha Twenty-Thlid Ohio. Prlvat M, Km lev mo to b a breval major and l'u rir OH a colonel. THAT BEEF WAS HAD Testimony of Major Daly the Chief Surgeon. mi i PIMBBflO HV CIBnCALI JBJ Mil.. rhsrsa Ntraeglhaaad r.f UM ar Invrailgallun Cammltl. Wiahington, Jan. 23. Major W, II. Daly, chief aurgeon with Oeneral Milea, and whoae fjcldiervice itretchj Irom Tampa to Porlo Kico, who) re-a-rt condemning Ix-ef lurnlahe.) tlie HKdilionary fortee created a aeination nine week! BjM "i i b lit long waile.1 aiqiearance ai a wltneaa belora tbe war inveatigitiou committee tmlay. Daly'i reairt waa the atrongeit in laiiguuge of thoae nbulttad by Mllei in luhatiiiitintiiiri ol hil atlick on the beef luppln-a. On tieing I worn Ilia witneii identitliil llm rejioil uhiniltel U hil own. He wai willing, he "Mi l, 10 Hand by bin report. It waa wholly voluntury, ami wu not called out by my requeit or in obedience to any cir cular or letter. At Tampa he had no li oed a quarter of heel hanging dee in tha iuii ou ililpboanl, ami he became Intercut' I in II iperiinent ol having 11 pah ilaughlereil beef placed Under uuh anoint climatic umdftiOM lo toe bow long it MWM itand It. "I ohiiervod," be MtJd. "that (lie, eatiecially hull file, did not affect it; lid not alight on it, or if they did they got away from it veiy quickly." He had cut oil a piece ol that heaf at Tampa and txaiked It, but it neither luicllod or tailed naturally. He no tn ed Indication! ol chemical preaenca In the meat that brought buck recollec tion ol chemical Muff ha had uaed to preserve elk in hunting cla)ditt0M in the ItiM.ky mnut.Uina aome year! be lorn. All that day ami licit he hail an iinplcaaunt tote. In thut previous hunting cipeditinn be lind analyzed tbe i In inn ul preaerv ativnaml Ion ml it toconlatn lairal ami aalicylic acida. TheM were to he uie.1 alterntilly on elk, but he tin-1 rublMil it Into '.he raw Saab and alno Injected it. CJne flnnied in to theae InRtadlMtfl ha laid lairm vvua not aufe lo be uaeil in connection with food, uoi for ordi nary medicinal pnrpp-e-, while anil- PTlic acid MM moat inmneoiia, loutn MMM ami tlingimting, ami alinoat al wayi deatructlve ol d ignition. FROM A DIFFEREN1 SOURCE. The llftrman Vf.rnl.tn r tha l ....., Ilimrulljr tn Hunoia. Ilamhiirg, .Ian. 23. According to new r ivnd from Samoa, Cbiel Jua- I ii-o I'huinlteri on Heceinber 31 an nulled the election o( Mutitiifu.w ho waa returned hy a aeituple mujority, ami lecbired Malielnn Tiiiiiia, ami ol the hitter king, Malietou, who ia -till a mi nor. to be king. The three comiil mongnlxnd Miitaulu'a ieoplc ua the pro visional govnrniiient. Malietoa Tiiiiua, TiimaieMt, anothar -1 I in tt I) t for the throne, ami Chief Ina Ilea Chamlieri, it Ii added, went on Imaril a llritinh waiahip, whereUKin the proviaionul government chtae.1 the court. A llritinh wurahip llinu IuiiiIinI a iletucliment of blue Jacket!, ami later the PMli waa NOpaoad umlnr the pto leiti of the piOVlaiottal goverumcut. No om. iai Bapatf WMbtagtaaa vTjlblfUlOtl, Jan. 23. There ia atill lack ol oUlcliil rcporla M to thn aitua I ton In BatnOa. but it DM be Hid that the atalti dciurtmcnt ia moving in the mailer with dun deliberation, ami with full regard for maintenance of the tri partite IgrWNMBl for government of the inland. The navy department 'a older to Ad miral Kauti, OK board tha I'hiladel phla, ul Sun Dion went to lav. They were limply to "make ready." If, a atiltml In the i. tut ilinputchca, the rinl.idtilpllia ia not in comiilntn to go to Apia, it m ..uq I tlinvnaicl'a hull will be cleaned bv divera. PAUL JONES LOST. Tarl or Her Nlprii llrvtun lalalot Waa lllnwli I i. Mobile, A Li. , Jan. 23. The govern ment nteuiuei I'anay torn bed ut llilnxl. Mil., Ul in aflniinmii, and ttDOTtl lnd lug on llrclon laliind a purl of tho Man of the nnphlha hum. h Paul June, ulno n vaal Imat with Uiw in inbe.l and other amall nrtn len IfOH the launch. The condilinu ol the wreckage ten, In to nhnw thai tbe naph tha tank blew tin ami tine the Niat to pieoen. The I'anay met the Maud with Mcnnia. Jonea mid Tlggtti mi board The I ill. i vinitcd the WIMaMM tud identille.l it na p.ul of the I'uul Jonea. No bo.li. a Were found. The launch hud the following pleai Ilie leekera on Imaril: Joaeph llrlnk nAWi l.ouinvillii; M j Mureilc Wood' laud, Uhloagoj Colonel llany 0, Yo- CHIO, St Inillln, Minn Floiellie ViH'lllll. Ina tlaugbler. The i lew iMiiTiiatnd ol IhiiHt men. whoae iiainca ant unkiinvvn. A Carl a aratti Ve4 14. Seattle, Waah.. Jan. 21 The jury in the trial of Ividom Scliopa, for the ' murder ol Hu Hover, hua brought in a verdict of "not guilty by rcaaon of IMMlt " Nothing fur 0JJt May. Wunhingtoii, Jan. 23. tl ia learned that the rivcra ml hurtiora (OMallltM haa lelt out the appronrtaliou (or Coo bay. Ail item of f liHt.OOO wai made by the dctai tinent. The rommitlet) o - thertv ii nut enoii.-h ivinnierce at that potll lo vvarraut the eia'iiditure. v llaah lliirglwrliail. Arthur. III., Jan. 13. The bank heie waa entered by burglar lal night. The lorn i bttl i ft, 000 and ItiOltl The band i la escaped. ( .mi. I 1-arlMr Nlarh l Han Fraiicia,-vi, Jan. 23. Central Paclllc railroad ativk, which lea than three tnontha agv wa quoted at IS, ha advanced to 4H. Sin. Stan lord own 33,333 iharc of the a lock, and at II It wa worih 433,32.i At lha preaent rale ah might (ell it for 11. otftf. US 1. and tl ia aaid ihe baa re ceived even a better oiler. ravalaenal- Kom. Jan. 23. --Dr. Lapponl, phy iolan ol the p-qie, aaya lb pontiff, who hai Immo tuffaring frvm a alight attack of inriiienia. ii coovaliaoenl. OREGON LEGISLATURE Caiavabl Bualaaa lllapeaad f Dur B( in, fa. I Wk. Halem. Or.. Jan. 11. The home diied of much bmineaa during the paat week, and many new bill were introduced. Among the piopoaed meaiurea ara billi to change the name 3l tha Alhland college lo tbe Southern Oregon State Normal achool, and place it under Mate control, and appropriate I6,000 for iu maintenance; to create itate library eommiiiion ami a iyi tern of tiaveling librariea, and appr priate $5,000 for maintenance the tint year, and $1,000 annually thereafter; to eiempt honorably diicharged aol diera and ailor from the oieration ol the peddler'i licenie law, and to ei empt ilate pfodfJOtl from the proviiionl of the law; to prohibit altogether the ale of cigarette! or cigarette material! on pain of a fine of 50. A bill incor- I orating the town Of Ualiaiwai paaaeu. In tha innate Chairman Fulton, of the Judiciary committee, lobmlttad an j advene repott on tlie bill to add two Judge to the mpreme court. Mitchell, nl the committee, diiientwl, but did not lubmit a minority report. Daly ol Lake'i hill to eitend the time for oountiei to pay the itate tat from April 1 lo J mm I, wai puied on- i der foipeniion of tlie itilei, ai wu hil I bill to require county clerki to ceitify petition vom I em without charge, there living no objection lo either. WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE. roater A hna. I fur Kanalor -Othar Lagla- . latlv wa. Olympia, Waih., Jan. II. Fivo mote fruitlnia ballot! (or lenator were taken in Joint Million of the legialaturu today, each rcinlting ai iollOWtl Fun ter 27, Wilmii 27, Hume 21, Aukeny 7, Lewi 24. Incloding the one vote detained at hiitiii. bv atekaaaa. Foiter nractically had 2H vntm today, the higheit noiii bei yet attained in llm senatorial con- bMi In the home the committee on print ing ami Hpplitl wai, ou motion of Kingibory, lnitroctel to thoiooghly inveitgiate the lubject of itate printing with a view to cheapening the colt of public printing, it being deairable to reduce greatly the coit, which ii be lieved to be out ol all proportion! in it elieuaiveiiell. limine bill 28. making it lawlul to call to the witnei-itand and name to teatily thn advene parly to a mil at law without milking him the witneaa of hi advnrnary, wai punned by unani mom vote. ltilli IntrodMtd were: To licenaa the ktH-ping for aale of opium . mor phine, soMtigat, etc.; prohibiting the taking of (mnl flihei eicept w ith a hmik mid line, on any ol the liven of Puget sound, wbatWM halcheriea are liaiated, or in Hkagit bay; to enable receiver!, trillion, guurdiaui, exiH'utori, etc., to give regular iinety companieH ai auiety un bond; appropriating $.1,000 for con ducting the agricultural experiment Halloa at Pnyallup; providing lor In 3l option on the queation ol hog ai free commotion; lniHMing a lino nl (rum o to $360 lor apenriiiR and din Hwing of baa, piokrcl, curp. trout or jther llih from nny atin-kinl lake. Killi-ti TklMV Hllla. Olympia, YVuah. Jan. 31. The Ju diciary cnminitl I the limine todav completed a remarkable record. Out at HI bill relerretl to It fur comidura tlOB, It ban killed 30. Anll-l'tintrNi-t liQhal I. aw. Waihington. Jan. 23. -The exten- inn of the anti-contriict labor law to Hawaii ii ilrongly nragd in a NPQft matte tolav by the houan committee ou tabor. It aaya UtOOMIldl of contract lahobroii, mainly .lupaucae, have been taken into the ialautla mine the rail ing ol the United Slulnittag ovei tlieni. On the day following the receipt of the new of MUM potion, 2.H67 Japuncie labomiM were admitted. THE SAMOAN TROUBLE Cruler Philadelphia Ordered to the Islands., THE SHMA1 OOMUL EXPKLLEI) Oripitaad In Niiallng llnharl. St. Loul, Mo., Jan. 33. Memberi ol the reorganised Church of Latter Diy Hainti in St. Liuii npioie the leiting of Congrenauian elect II. II. L. Kutiert, ol Utah, on the ground that he II a pronoun,.,! polygumiit. A vote wai taken, reuniting in the adnp linu of a reaolution rcqucntiiig congreri men Iroiu thi diitrict to uae their ut moit effort! to prevent leuting the Utah man. Mhariar In. Nrrrltln Out. Han Kranciioo, Jan. 33. Today, Ma-Jor-Heueral Mnrriuin iiaued an order relinquiihing the commuiitl ol the de partment of California. Immediately thereafter, Major-Hennral Shatter in land an order announcing hia accennion to the command. Oeneral Mcrriam will go to IV nvcr to asnnme command if ihe dcpaittucnt ol the Colorado Two Wbaaaaa ouk.m. Ilulilax, Jan. 33 The iteamihip Luke Huron, with 3,000 of the 5,000 Quaker! who ire emigrating to the Canadian norlhweat, arrived in quaran tine tmilghL Totunrtow afternoon the ltnamer will proceed to Ht. .lohna, N. H., where the paaengera wilt land tn lake rail In their funic home. too Offlra at laMIn Vfawhlngton, Jan. 23. Senator Wil on' auieiidment to the nundiy oivil bill, appropriating $50,000 for the erection of an aiaay office at Seattle, ban be, i; favorably leportisl. Tranapnrllng apanlnh rrlaonar, WMhlMtttka Jan. 23. Tlie war .le partment liaa taaned an invitation for hi. In fioiu renponsilde Rhipiung 0QQ. cema nf all nationt, for InuMportatloa ol Spanish priaoneii In the Philipptnea (mm Manila to Spain. Favarabl ltart Ordered. TTlMtajt0n. Ian. 10. Tha entc committee on foreign relatione tmlay agreed to (avoiablv rexvrt BJMMI the n niin.iticn of Hon. Joa. H. Choate lo lf ambaaaador to Ureal Britain. vv .. i. i Mia, Abandoned. Newcaitle, Colo., Jan. IL The Colorado Fuel A Iron Company ha de cnled to flood the Wheeler iiitne. which hai been on Are lor aeveral day. Thi n.eani the abandonment ol work in the mine lor three month at leaL The mine em ploy a 100 men, who will Um bo thrown oat ol work. H Wa rarelblr BJarled Frima fjfaf 0a rw Court llulldlag al Aula. niickland, New Zealand, Jan. IL- Further particular regarding the dia turhauce at Hamoa ahow that Ma taafa'i lollowen nuiiibere.1 about 5,000 men ami tbe adherent ol Malietoa Tanui only alarul 1,000. There waa two houi'i lighting between thelival foicei, during whloh aeveral of the wairiori were decapitated. The American ooniiil inued a proc lamation claiming the Herlin treaty had the same lorceal a law ol emigre, and that an Inatilt to the supreme am at nl Samoa ia therefoie equivalent to an irnult to the government at Washington. Waihington, Jan. 21. The navy de pnrtment ha iurd order to tba cruier Philadelphia to pr.x I to Sa moa at onoe. Tbe Philadelphia, with Admiral Kaulx on baud, arrived at Han Diego, Cal., tlila morning Irom Acapulco. Wellington, New Zoaland, Jan. 21. It I reairt(l that owing to tha trituhle ill Samoa thiee Urilili war hipi will proonrd Here, and one American wanhip mil itart (ur lha iilandi from Honolulu. Onrinan Consul KJartrd. Lnndon, Jan. 21. A ieciul (torn Auckland, N. &, iiyi the liriliih and Ameia'an consul! were compelled to force tbe door a ol the lupieme court al Apia, in which the Herman conaul Nal established h. inn, If. ami tn push him into tho itreet. All partiea at Apia, the dispatch continues, unite in condemning the Herman consul for the lighting which hu tuken plate, but not the rival king. It ii pointed out that in violation of nil nitieemeiit the consul accompanied MataiifH'i forco a ben the claimant invaded the town d encouraged opawitiou to Malietoa Vinos. When the British and American con aa'. were informed a to the lituation tboy adjourned the oourt and rOOkod the building. The Herman consul then demanded the key, ami they were refused him. He then broke 0)n the iloori, removed the locki and mplafed them with other. Ho after warili brought the Ueiinan municipal preiident Into tlie ohamber, ami the latter went 0on the balcony and hie. uted to the Brltlah ' American marine! aaiembled on the square: "I am the supreme court, 1 am the chief Juitiea" Tho crowd lapliod with Jeer ami the Uritish oomtil demanded tho keys ol tlie building, which were re timed. A Scotchman named Mackie thereupon climbed on top of the build ing and hoisted the Sumoiin flag, while the Uritiah and American consuls and a i, umber of marines forced the donro ami hurried the tier man consul into the itiuet. Then the two consul formally and legally, according to the dispatch, oienfli court and issued a warning against any further iiiterloieneo with its Jurisdiction, threatening to arieat and imprison any one attempting to llo BO. for a Munstftr 0ok Washington, Jan. 21. Seriou con sideration ia being given by Ihe ord nance department of the army to a l queat for an allotment of $(15,000, to be ex; ended in the construction of an 18-inch gun, aubmitted by the promot ers ol the Hiitlimiinn system of tiring high explosives. II the tcqnent ia granted the lS-inch gun will be the Urgent modern weapon ever manufac tured in thii country. It w ill accom modate tlie huge Halhmann shell, which will contain about 400 pound ol high explosives. The gun i to be i 400 c.ihl era in length, a single-tube weapon and Jacketed. varuatlun at Cuba. Washington, Jan. 31. The Cuban evacuation comiuiasion at mam today made, its (urinal call on Secretary of State Hay and submitted to bin the original reKiit ol its procedure. Sec retary Hay, responding in a brief nd drens., stated that he was surprised at ; the upidity with which the work of Ihe uiuiniiesion wni aOOOCnphlbad, that the work was phenomenally peifcct, and reflected gieat oradil on the mem- ben ol the nomniiasion lor the busi-neaa-like way and siuiHillinciia with j which it was affontod, Death uf a FrUnil ,f I In t Chicago, Jan. 21. Paul Selby, one ol the last surviving tcrsoiial friends of Abraham Lincoln, is in danger ol losing hii life through a fire that de itroycd the apartment building in which he leaidcd. Mr. Selby was sick iu tied Irom a sevme attack of grip ! when tlie tlto drove him out doora. I'uritig the later years ol Lincoln' jfe jut U-foie he U'caine president the great lllitioisnn hud few friends to whom he gave his coutUleiu-e ami trust in a fuller degree than to Mr. Selby. Kn.l 1 h,,r St. Pml. Jan. 21 The Chicigo, St. Paul. Minnetolis A Omaha haa a train which recently icade a meet ph an nan anl run, Irom Klroy, Wia., to St. Put, Ulna. The train, consisting n( kwornotiva and lix coaohei, tan 10U mtlei in 1 10 minutes. COUNCIL OF COLORED MEN. Devoted CaadllUa aad Advaneana.nl r ii.- Wag ru Bee. Kaleigh, N. C, Jan. II. Tba coun cil of tbe colored men ol Alabama, called by Confreaiman Ueorge White ind 20 other leading negroe of the tale, wa held here last night. A memorial to the general aaaembly wa drafted, and an addrea to tha col ,..l I.- of the Hate wai laaoml. In tha flrt they aked tha legislature to continue iti appropriations to the tcboola and chai liable intilulion, and "not to pat any lawi, tbe effect of which would be to blunt our aspira tion!, red uce our manhood and leieen our usefulness a cltitem, but guaiao tee to ui an equal chance with other men to work out our dent my." OREGON SHORT LINE. i i r by tha llond Itolated Law Hull. SVw Yoik. Jan. 21. The fact devel- up,-. I tmlay that the tranifer of the Or egon Shoit Line to the union racinc, whit h the director ol the latter road have been emtsiwered to make, is like ly to be delayed by a anil brought by ('. H. Venner, ol lioiton, aa a Union Pacilic ihareholder, again! the roud. Ml which he il in a small way identi fied. A meeting of the atockholdera ol the Union Pucilic wai held at Halt Laketity, January 10. when authority wai given the Union Pacific hoard to im mune the common Hook $28,000,000 in order to take over the Hhort Line. This muttcojtfR be ooniidcied In the early part oTneit month. To Control Cuban Tubaero. Havana, Jan. 2. Proroaitiona of American cunitalists to control the Cuban tobacco production and manu facture! are taking ilcDniie naie. ii Il not aettlei whethei tbii will be in conjunction with an Kngliih lyndicate or in oppoaition to it. The plan origi nated with amne New York bank, ami include! banki in lioiton, Wash ington and other citiea. Several pro moter! and ijatculatoii have been work ing on the aoheme, but they repreaent ed no oapital. The present lyndicate I- r.mi to be composed entirely of bank. Iiouhlo I ' o r..r Holdler. Halem, Or., Jan. 21. Volonteen now in the United State ervioe, re- gurdlt'Biol atato payment!, will le paid by the United Htatei for their acrvioun, between the time ol enlistment and Ihe time of mustering in. Sucii il the practical effect ol a decision rendered by tho controller ot the eoiiency, which ruveise hi deciaion of lat lull, holding that deduction should be made bv the pay department. Tlie decisions are contained In a teleginm, which wai received by Oovernor Ocer. The Aahaa nt Cnluinbua. Seville, Jan. 21. The Spanish aux iliary cruiser Hiralda arrived hem this morning, having on board the leputed ashes of Columbus. The municipal authorities tiaik eh. trim ul the coffin on board. The Hiralda tired a salute, to who a Hie land butteries replied, and il,,. i recession was then homed ami lha coffin transferred to the cathedral of Seville, which contains the tomb w hem the remains of Coluuibua were firit dcpoaiteil. A Costly llniii, Hoston. Jan. 21. The far-famed Lawson carnution sold (or $30,000. The putchascr i Thomas V. Lawson, a financier well known in this city and New Yoik, and in honor of whose wife the wonderful plant was named. Mr. HalviiLwho bred the flower, announces thut he has acuepted the offer of Mr. Lawsnn an I that in future the flower will blossom solely lor the public gnr lens ol the city of Hoston, thut being uue of the conditions of the sale. Thi Kerley Motor. Philadelphia, Jan. 21. The Prcii publishes an article coveting with il lustrations over a page ol space, giving the detail ot tho investigation made by that paper ol the dismantled work shop ol the late John W. Keeley, which investigation, the Press contends, cleai ly prove the mysterious Keeley motor to have been a delusion and a decep tion, and thut the alleged mysteiioua lorue were the result of trickciy. Meltrldit's Astoria IUII. Washington, Jan. 21. Senator Me Bride today reported the bill which lie hail previ.um'.y introduced, extending the pi ivi lege of immediate transport". tinn lo tlie poi t of Astoria. The bill extends the privilege of the immediate transportation act ol June 10, 1880, to that port, and tlie effect will be to nl low the shipment of goods in bond from Aitoiia instead of going through the poi t uf Port him I. mtnnasata mm Kl pension. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. II. The Hat aenata today concurred ia tbe hoaai reaolution favoring tbe nisredv tatiaVa- (ion by ihe United Stale aenata of lha aeveral of whom grorJ fur Manila. New York, Jan. 21. The transport Hrant. bound for tlie Philippines, with the Kiuiith infantry and battalions of ihe Seventeenth infantry, sailed today. Nominations Confirmed. Washington, Jan. 21. The senate tmlay coiiflimed theae nomination: Joaeph H. Choate, of New York, am bassador to Hreat Britain; C. H. Mrukeiistein, surveyor ot cuiicmi, IVnver; B. F. Booth, poitmaiter at Brigham, Utah. Alio a number of promotion! in Ihe army. rraaa lh Mortk. Yntoiia, B. C. Jan. II. Tha teamei Danube arrived (man tho V . L. ft. . .norm, ons crougai bo parMrnirer. trraty with good coaiignmaota of gold Abanilonff.ll nl Sra. New York, Jan. 21. The Atlantic Uansa.)rt line steamer MenomiutHi, which arrived from London, brought to puit Captain Honey in nu and 22 members of the crew of the Britiah trump steamer Hlendowncr, which wus ab. in, lone, I at sea in a Binking condi tion January 12, while on a vuyage from Philadelphia to Sligo with a cargo at coin. iriapatehe. Hat Na New. Washington, Jan. 21. It was atated at the department of atate Unlay that dispatches had been received Iiom I'm I,.! State Consul ORlairn at Apia, but as lo their nature the officials hud nothing to aay beyond that they went to confirm the news dispatches printed in the morning. A tlrhnonor Wrerkod. San Francisco, Jan. 21. From re pom brought in by the steam collier Wyrfleld. Captain Caitnier, some un known schooner has gone to pieces off Point Rejs, and the probability i that all hands were lost, as the wreck Lata not been repot toil. atawlar) Ma ilaatag. RattdJard, Conn., Jan. 21. The two branches of the assembly met in Joint session and declared Heneral Joeeph K. Haw ley elected United Sstatea senator. Caartmartlal ror tlenernl Kagan. Washington, Jan. 21. The charge and specifications in the court-martial of Comniisaary-Hennral Kagan have been dratted and are now in the hands of the preeldent. The charge are con duct unbecoming an officer and a gen tleman and conduct prejudicial to goo,! order and military discipline. MaHllnao . Haa a noatiag. Waahington, Jan. 21. The Marl time Canal Company, representing the old concession lot building the If ban, ara from Dawaoo ru" canal, had a hearing today before lb oomuieroa oOftUmiitca of tha bouaw. FIGHTING IN SAMOA British Warship Clearg for Action. (j HUMAN CONSUL MAKES TRIM HI.R Itloottr Ballla Islwaa lha '.,... (f ranlnnrn nnu p m . ,,,,, i, I'rounrljr llaatroyod. Han Pranciaon. Jan m ft . t ft griuu Irom Aiiciiami, 20. A cabl. New Zealand, under date of January 17, sayi: Wi.cn the iteamthip Alameda Ml Apia, January 12 a revolution hn broken out on the Hamoan iilandi ami wai being waged with much bloodihetl and gieat deatruction of property. Tin wanhipa Falke and Porpoiae, the latter in command of Captain Kturdee, were tiien at the iilandi and were taking part in iiippreaiing thu tiling. Un December SI Chief Juitice Cham lien tlecideil in favor of Malietoa Tami, claiming Matuafa wai Imrretl by the treaty of Berlin. January 1. Pin thousand of Mataafa'i follower run in rebellion and defeated 3,000 ot Mali, etoa'i (orces, ainbuililng them, killing ID nativea and wounding many. Tho rebuli have burned 400 I and razed town! on Upolu. Bxead fruit tree have been cut down in many place. Foreigner are unin jured, The crew of the Porioie ia guarding the minion, wuioh ii a reluge lot Malietoa. The three conitilihave ligned procl.v malioni recognizing Mataafa'i party i the proviiional government pending initioctiom from the power, with Preiident Kaffell ai eiecutive head. On tno (ith Kaftell pioclaimed the lupremo couti closed and took DOOaaa- ion, declaring hiiuaell chief juitice. He aiked Mutaafa lor &U0 men and wui relnied. The Uritiah and American consuls united in a sluing protest againat tlm action of the president ot the municipal council. On the 7th Captain BtOtdea, of the PortoUe, and two oontnli ,)e clared the action illegal. The Pm poise olearel for action and landed i lorce of mnrinea. This force wa un opposed. It took pofieaiion ol the couit, and Chambers was reinstalled and the British and American fiagi holated over Chaiuben' home and the courthouse. Tho provisional govern ment wrote Sturdee on the 12th tlmt it would seiie Malietoa and take Tam asee off the I'orpoise by loroe if neces sary to deprive them of their title ami desert them. Chambers ii reaiding on the Porpoise. The Pulke ii inactive. The Biltiih and American consult have protested agaiin't any infringement of the Berlin treaty. British lesidents have taken refuge in tlie consulute and American citizeni have taken teliige in thn mission. There ii no Ameiican warship at Samoa. SMALLPOX IN CUBA. It t renin a Panic In an American l linanl. New York, Jan. 20. A diipntch torn Havana lays: An out and out pan. eiiits in thu Une Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana icginient, owing to the ipiead of iinallox. Men ami . sheet" ure uiing every iulluence to bring alajut the regiment'i recall. In the meantime all who can secure sick leave are going home. Jacob Dexter, of Munticello, Ind., has died of Mnall poi, Alotito Urahiim, of M , Ind., inlying of blaok smallpox. There aiu live other cases and several sua pucts, all in the same regiment. iWg Ileal at Havana. Il.iv.ir. i. Jan. 20. Another 13.000. 000 deal is all but completed, by which un American syndicate will acquire th San Jose docks and warehouses. Thii is tlie finest piopeity of its kind in tin) western hemisphere, and in aome way iu the world. i lie Kagan Court-Martial. Wnshington, Jan. 20. The detail for the oourt-martial which ii to try Commigsary-Ueneral Elgin on chua'cs glowing out of hia statement! baton tlie war investigation commission last week, in which he atacked Heneral Miles, was made public at the wur tie fartincnt tonight. The con rt is inatle up of IS army offioers, ol wbich Major Heneral Wesley Merritt ii at the head, and a judge-advocate, and it is to meet in thii city on the 96th init., or H loon il.ere.iit.tr aa practicable. Information to Coma From Paris- London, Jan. 20. The Madrid cor respondent ol the Standaid lays: As loon ai the coites has approved the bill for the cession of the PhUlp pinee, the queen lesent will ratify the peace treitv, and Duke Alniotlnvnr del Bio, the foreign miniater, will p" sent to both houiei a red book, contain ing all the diplomatic correspond'"'1' nf the pait year, and all the data OP cerning the treaty negotiations, lo en able the cortei to diicun the govern- muiil'i conduct. MrCUarj BUI Abandon. Washington. Jan. 80. The horn commiltee on banking and currency definitely decided today to make no further effort at thi aeiiion to '"v: the measure for ennenty and baniinf revision known as the McClcary MIL lii.it, I in i Ipoorho hy 'I'lntne Chicago, Jan. 20. The Tribune The local ocietlee ot the Masfaclm- sett institute of technology ol (Jbieatj Itoaton. New York, Philadelphia un" St. Louis will hold their annual ban; Ollct on thn nibl of Vohriiarv 8. I11'1 ouly one toaitmaater will be reipti""1 to preside over the five different ban quet!. The five different banqueting halla will lie connected by long"" tance teletdionei. so aa !o make it I10 ible (or each aooiety to .ui i " the enjoyment. Amerleaa Bielnded. an - - - , t, . nro- ' iciona, Jan. ito. ine acv - r -hibit alien Irom owning placer ni ne' I ,., , . . . n a . 1 thi id criuin uoiumtiia nr.aiiy mm T.ri ..;.) --a-i. a. MnVlai af rrniOf . i ' ,i i ivijiBiaKsurv wmm and received the formal aaent ol t' II - Intl! nentenanl-governor. The acigoea elect at onoe. a- , ft m tl. rtii.!r"t "'ilium, jan. u. io ' coriegpondent of tha Daily Mail . that an agrarian revolt i in full " inJ to tha Arad di.trict. Pierce conflu hits Ulan nl. !. wKinh 18 reft and 10 aoldiera have been killadi ao tha rebellion i ip reading rapidly.