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" ' -II I - Eugene City Guard. I. I. am run ! PrararUtor. KUGKNK CITY.. ORKUON EVHNTS OF Till-: DAY An MaWOOBtOg I ollrrllori oMlania I it.. Two H -il SfO0aOaaf .1, a I iiN.Ii ii.i .1 fMH Button capitalists are "ni l In have made an offer of 11,100,000, pim-l gol.l, lor tin' San Joita VMtllOUM and wharve at Havana. Hundred of oattl. met, am in Dm voi to take pail in the convention "' the National Livinto.li Association. Tlia attendance will lie large. Oeneral Itussoll I lust ing, of Mania chuaetts, ha been chosen Spfolnt Dirnt director of the bureau ol American republics, to succeed tlio late Joanpli Hmllh. Hank notes tn the value of tt DM have mysteriously disappeared fruit: I'arr't bank, in Bartholomew Lane, London, England. It la opposed that they have been atolen. A diipatch (ruin Omaha i uj The Twenty-second iiifaiitiv hu teieivci! order tn move at OHM lor Hun Fran ciaoo. The regiment haa orders to nail fium Han Fiancisco on the Villi. A bill hai MOO Introdooad in MM gnats which pinvhha that "no porOM living In 01 practicing silygainy shall be aligilile lo he a member of tllbei lionaa of oongross, nor "hall stub pel" ton I permitted tn boM IMl 1 1 train " The aecretary of war has O0m plated the orgsnliation of a rol nl commis- urn tn undertake the adjustment ot all inatteia ol detail roOPOOlipg the govern in ii . f territories it i u t I liming the war occupied hy the United BlatM tor maw Lev. Edward II. Hud. I, who was thought Ui Lava hen loOl on tin' Paul Jones, ia avltra. The hI wan .In taiiini in I'hm a La OdtN so long by foggy wealbtt Dial Mr. Bodd gr00 hi pnlient mm) U'll the inn ty, returning tn Now Orlcjua An a rearlt of the assignment ol the buttle ships Ioarn ami Oregon to tha Pacific ami Asiatic stations mpMtlf ly, ami the decision tn iliHji.itrh ths cruiser Newark to tlie Put'illc mast, the couiiiiiaiiioiied naval force uf the I'nilnd Htatea ia alioilt equally diviileil be tween the two ooeana. The treaauty depaitinent hai given Instructions to the customs nffic i al s at Hitka ami Hkugway to Hop tin' 1 1 n pnrtatinn of liiiior iimler OOllVOy lioul Canadian ) n t through tin- While POM to the Northweat terrilury. Inform tion haa leached the department that finical of being hippo.l MIOM the bur lier into the territory thin llipuo haa liotin leturnoil secretly to the Incality uf Kkagway mi l disposed nt tin in, eon traiy to law. The president haa MMiMtfjd I I mull 1). Wiggin, of Washington, D. I I,, to bo register uf the land office at Wearo, Alaska. The Itiiuie oirr.'ajMiii.l, ii t nl tin. I on dun Times, ivfcrilng to the ruinnr that Italy ia about to else a nuI mi China, aaya he hclievue it ahiulutely devoid of foundation. Advice reaching New Oilcans leave nu filither iluubt uf tin. Iimh uf lliu yacht Paul Junes Putties are soar eh -lug fni the Isidics uf tin' unfuitunale Member uf the pleaaure parly. Henry M. Iloyt, aaaialant United Htatea attorney general, haa been or dered by the department of justice to go to Hantiago ami udvieo Oeneral Leouaid .... I on legal qtHatlOBI. The alt ike. if the .lurk laborer, at Colon, Colombia, la faat ns-nming a aeiloua aapect. A batch of lit Panama duckmen armed laal night, ami riOMI and rev ul v era weie liad at the train aa it uoarcd Culnn. Kharkov, the pugilist, and In- "pur ring paitnei, Hubert Armstrong, nH ariaiuged in the municipal cuurt at Huatun ami lined f I 5 each for partial" paling in an exhiliilinn wblOO the po lio maintained paitwk uf the natuia uf a pitae tight. A diapatch fiom London aaya: Aroli blihop lielaml, alter hia viatt to lintne, will coin., here to cnnaiilt with tha Kienrh blaaOM on the anlij. i't n lie. k eriam. The biahop of OrlaaM haa in vited the dlaUBKulahad Amtrloan ao clealaitlc to preaid over the fctea in honor uf Johu D'Aic. A recent diapatch aaya: The real truth aa In the alluatinn in the (JuDgO Statu ia U'lng hldilen. Tin. ulmlti ouuutry ia in a ferment, ami the leliel linn ia nut la'ing put (HtWBa The guv eminent tioupa ippaat t (ear tl In la ami lb pleat Ige uf the wbltf ha been muih Impair.-. I. The gre:llet gatheling ill th hlltOff uf Alaaka IndiaM ohjdttld fur An gual lu next at Kli.uan, un the I'lnl kat tlvar. At thla grand potlatoll, tha tribal war of the Wnutgal ami Ohllkal Indiana, whi.h haa I wen tnging fur man.' yeara, willcnue to an eml. It la mlimatihl thai over 1,000 Indiana will be praenl. mi Raw llavaa The Cunne. ticnt aiipreuie mull haa iendere.1 a dcclainn that the prupeity of Yale univeiaity la eieinpl Iruui tax atlmi. A diaiatch from Uio Janeiro t itea that the Hraaillan oungreaa haa ap proved a treaty ol extiadiliuM with tha United Ktatoa. Miaa Virginia Kvana. daaglitU uf "Klghiiug llnli" Kvana, will inaku liar bow to eociety duting th pivavut Waahtugtuii official xaaun. At a meeting l citiaena it waa de cide.) lu hold an International agpaal tion lu San PVtMHM in I'.'ul, 0aMlla In June. Mr. McKinley' health haa sr. all v Improved aino he went to Waalnng. ton. In the paat Iwu yara ahe ha gained 10 aiumla in weight. The atate In which the death pa) ally ia forbidden by law are Cohirahi, Khode lilaml, Maine. Mlahlgaa and Wiaounain. In ll'io-le lalaml the only alteinaliv ia impriaunmeut fur lifw. In Kanaaa the aiguatuie of the gover- ' or ia neoaaaary to an exeoutiua. LATER NivVi. February 8 hi ben agreed open by th aanale aa lb dal to vote ti un IM peace treaty. Tbo New Vmk Kvrrnng World piinti an Interview with John hherman, in whiob the latter foreibly eXireaa hiin ell againat expantlon. According to flgurea pubiijbed at Madrid, 60,000 Hpaniah arddlera Mkf iahed, ohiefly through an kneaa, during the laat campaign in Cuba. It ia reported in Havana that 00V ral Uabi, wltb 1,600 Cuban Inaor genta, baa taken to the hula in Hanta Clara, In defiance of American author itlea. A battle haa taken place at Ran An ranna, Kcuador, between goviriuio-nl troopa and iriaurgenta. Knur linn lr. I men were kilhcl and 800 wounde.1, ami 400 lniurgeiita wera lakvn piiaoneia. Th premier, Henor Hagaata, haa an nounced that th" gOVafBiaal had de cided to convoke the coitea during the ecuml half of February, whether the United Htatea aenatu ratifb a ll.i. p. :e treaty M oot. A bicycl aaddln combine la to he or gan i re. I and MpiUliaad at I,MO,000 preferred and TM,000 enrnuiuii atie k. Thoee already in line are aaid to pro duce (10 pel cent of all the aaddlea iiae.l in Noitb Aiiierii'j ami fair percentage uf tlioae Hau l ahruad. Cunaiderahle alarm ia felt in admin istration circlea over the aaalbility thai Hpaln and fjermany may recognile th Fhilippine repuhlic (lerinany from intereated nn.tiv.-a and Hialn to free the H.000 or 10,000 Hpaniah tlouai held a prisoner hy Aguinalihi. The strike w In. I. I. h.-eu lu .mg reas at Culnn, Oilninhla, fur nearly a lofialfht, amnng the duck lalxirera, haa aitanoad to I'anaiua, partly owing to the fact that the Chilian line uf ( mi r ha increased the wages uf its em ployes, thereby a. uentual lug the .lead in, k. John F. Kennedy, who attained nu tnrlely in oniiei-tliiii with Ibf niiiner ous train inlilH'rna ami utl.ei i ilinea in the vli lnlty Of Kanaaa City, haa lu eu held w ill, ...it hail at Manaliel I, Mo , fur a boaliBfl HHM the grand jury uf Wright nullity un a charge uf truin- robbaiy. The I'lanters' hank, at Kanaaa City, with a capital uf Jfi,ooo, ha been oiu-elby the atate. The (irupiintora are B8dal arreat hv unler uf Se reluiy uf slate la'aeiir ami Aaaiatiiut Allnrliey (leneral Jeffries. The hank has un via ihle assets, it is alleged, whatever. The seennd annual cnnvenlion of Ihe Nun, .1, nl Liveat.N'k Aaaoelatioo ia in lOfjIOfl at DaOVaTi Nearly 1,000 dele gates ate present. Ooveinnr (1. A. Ciills'isun has been elei led hy in i lainatiun in the Texas legialatuie tn be Cnite.l States aeualnr, tn am i . e. I Uugel ij. M ilia. Auialganial inn ul the nipper mine inteieats uf the Hniightiin, Mich., dis trict ami of Mi. ni. in. i haa been delayed by the severe i Ineaa uf Levy Majer. Judge K. W. Wuudluiry. who tnWOd the first prohlbilorv liipmr law en n 1, I by the Maim, legialatuie, Is dent at his DOM lu BoUmIi in lh.it atate, aged HI yeara. The fourth minimi cunvcnlinn uf the Natinnal Aaaoelatlon ol Maonfaalnrart la iu aeasiun in Cincinnati. It ll lh. Hindi a full iittemlauce of 1,'JOO aotbari will bf praaaol. The Spanish minister uf war has le elded to ibollah 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H v inaishals, to retire half of the unattached g roll ami tu greatly radOOl the number ul officers H the active list iu the interest of retrenchment. A dispatch from WoihlOgtOO aaya: Tliete ia reason tn heli. ve that kUO hi oanoy in the Auglu-Auierlcan Jnint high OOnBliaaOtl caused by the death of Mr. Hiugley will soon ki lille.l by the appointment of Itepreaeiilalive law nev, uf Minnesota. The cuuiiiiiasinncra sent by the Cohan aaaambly to Waablngtoo to laarn what the Uollod Stales gnvei iiiuent will do about paying the Cuban army, have ailed fur Havana, uauaral QoUOa taoratary, Oaptain Kobly,aald Hint the oommiailoo had obtaload u pait uf what they aake.l. No in. ue names will be considered for aj'i itiin nl to any loaned of the I ..-I .I ac r vice iu Cuba. Till poatoffloa department baa been OTOfWhOlntOd wild aiiplioatinua lor these appnintiuenta, and en. nigh eligible naincK uie 000 00 Hie to till all puaaible emergencies (m live years tn , nine. Heavy rains, iintisual in this lati tude at this time ul the year, have in jured the spring erup ul sugar cine i it Nioatagua. The coffee crop in Ni00 tagua, now being gsthereil, will not ex BOOd hall of the annual cmp. LstborOfl are asking high prices tu gather the haiveat, ami aie indisposed to w.uk. A aumewhat sen mis slate of iffaill prevails un tmaid the I'lnlnd, Iplnu, now in tbo barbor ol Boa Dlago. Biaoa the amval of the vessel, uly ur.pnte 80 lueiulxis ul the crew have deserted, and ul theae IN have been pMOBtOtod, Ihe men say they weie denied shore ; leave al Central Aun rican and Mexican 1 l-ots, hut plOOllOad it when they ahoul I 1 leach an American port, but since ar riving here km fen I. me teen pel untied lo come ashore, The two ri.h, wt prima donnas are Adeline I'm tt i and Sihyl BOOdotOOO. Tensions have been grante.1 lu the Wi.luw of Capt. Ally n Capron and Capl. Allvn K. Capruu, father ami on. Intl. uf whom foil in the war with Spain. CI. 1 1st Monliergcr, wlo died in Huf falo. N. Y., of a fracluiol skull at the Filch hospital, whittled mvrry tunes all thiuugh tile 100 hour uf his mortal III 000 and waa iiiicuuih'ioii all Ihe time. Toledo, O., ha in pnvtwa of con truoliun what will v one of the large! plate glaa laolurlc lu the OBOJh try. A oiob deatruye-l tha internal rev enue entry Isixe and ttOOOjd the gen daime! Nlmeiui, Sicily, at a protest against eioeaaive taxation. Mai y pal una were wounded. In recognition ol th late Senator Morrill't great inteiest in the improve ii.ei.l of the city uf Washington a newt paper of that elty suggest that th uw lapreme court building be made a tuauioi ial of blm. PHILIPPINE CONGRESS A STORY OF HORROR Authorizes Aguinaldo to De dare War. NATIVK IfOMII WANT TO FIGHT Ad Amarlran OaaOff Hills 0000X0 ' rOMIppla Ariiilsry ail i ..,.t., Miinila, via Hong Km g, Jan. 88. Hepublioa, Ihe official organ uf the Filipino, announce that cmgresi at Mslolns haa adoide I Philippine con t it ut inn. piisard a vute of cniilldeno in Aguinaldo and i in;siwere. him to de clara war un Iho Cnited Slate when evei ha may deem it advisable. At a mas meeting of the women of Cavil 7terdy, the papei adds, it waa en thuaiiatically nwolve.1 to petition Aguinaldo for pcrmisaion to take the men's places in defense uf Independ ence and lo laar arms if iicenery. An American sentry yesterday killed a captain of the Filipino artillery at lVxotO OOlpOOL As a ntiill the native press is intensely excited and denounce ll na a "cowardly assassination." On Saturday, January 'Jl, live Fili pino daiOraslOOd 10 have revenge for the captain' death and attempted to enter the American line. An Ameri can sentry killed one of them, who wa armed with u revolver. After an exchange of shots, the other were ur inated. The incident ho intensified excitement here. 'Ihe cabinet yeiter.lay insisted on the liberation of Spanish civil prisoned, in commemoration of the proclamation of the Filipinos republic and also do nated moiiev to the native clergy. An elaborate piogruiiiine ha been arranged for formal ratification ol th OOOOtltOtlOO today. Nothing was ac complished at thu conference here ye tcnley, and it ia rumored the Filipino at their next i .ting will give th A mere ins eight days in which tu accede to their demands fur iccuguition. Th ruinui is disc re. lite. I. CYCLONE SWEPT THE SEAS. Vlaiiv 1'i.raona llrowits.l and Vlii.-li I'rnp erly llrslroysil. Vicloiia, ft :., Jan. 88. Tha steamer Aorangi, from Ausfulasla, bring details of the leriilile i vi Imie which swept Iho South seas BDOO.I th on. idle nt Daoatobar, dovoatotloi vil lages, wrecking ahipuing ood ennsing Waoy deaths. At Samurai, in New tllliliea, on Hei'emls'r II, the gale was terrillo. C' a palms went down by hundreds and were carried tu sea. Tonents uf rain fell. Twelve vcascli were nieck.'d. The cutters Mayfluwer and Nahun were total wrecks at ll.isiliaki. The ketches lleheiii and llaulaii wen. loat off Qoodoi gh island, and Mr. Ken- liody, manager of the New QoloOO Do voloptooot Oonponyi xraa drowoad, to gether with his oiew, save one Isiy. The schooner Kl It'll iow an and the Ctlltel Ivy were lost in the Kosnnan group and fJoplalO Qodot and otew Weie drowned. In the BolOaWNM the hiirric.ine did the Boat damage, whole villages being destroyed. Hundreds of o.icm plauta llOM weie OptOOtOd and y tin pat. he leveled. Ovei fiOn unlives are reNiit e.1 to have been killed. Captain I'entecoat, of the yaelll St. Anion, who brought the news uf the disaster to Sydney, says he saved a wurniin whn was in have been killed a ll aorccicss, she being 1000800 uf having caused the hurricane. He Isinght her, the purchase price being a pig, and took her to another i-laud, w here she w as n leased. I'rall.l Itelraat. ttl I rlaimrra. New York, Jan. '.'N. Through the Flench embassy here Spam has again urged the Culled states to procure the release ol Spanish prisoners held hy the 1'litlippino insurgents. Inhumation officially re. cued by the Madrid gov ernment from the Philippines slums that the lives nl Spanish 000100 and rli i I.I i n, as well aa men are iu danger and that the prisoners are not receiv ing proper treatment. Secielarv ll.iy replied tlint Qoootol Oti had been instructed tu give im mediate attention to the matter, hut this government has made un promises to obtain the release uf the prisuuers. ll Is the glowing belief that lliev will bo able to obtain the release ul th prisuuers only by force. Ti.e Bovb kaawaaoadi New Oilcans, Jan. 88. Lawrence Jones, owner uf the ill fated launch I'mil Junes, which was lost 0001 BrotOO island boot JOOUOry A, with all un board, and Maym Tagfait, ol Indian apolis, vvhuae daughter was aiming tha party, have returned to the oily fiom down the river aftet having made a fruitless search (or some trace ul tha victims uf the disaster. They only futiiid aoiiie wreckage, 00100) which i a part ul the stetu ul the launch. atria Uinta In tlnasla. Lpodoo, Jan. 88. There have Iwn eriuiis strike riots iu the iMttun nulla Ol the St. Petersburg district. Th police, while attempting tn raid the workmen's hairaoks in order to arreat a i Ingles. ler, were attacked by the work men, one policeman being killed. .'kl.l. a W aula I.. Ha a BtOtOi liutlierie, O. T. , Jan. 88. The ter ritorial stateliissl QOaTfoHuO haa ie Milve.l for a aOOOtltOtlOOOl ixuvention in June and a state election in October on a promsitnn lu go tu congress and demand adiniasiun in DoOOOlbOfv AtsiMaot .... in. Rao l..rk New York, Jan. 8S. While cleaning a Unler iu Ihe cruiser New Vmk today ix men were injure I seriously by es. capitig steam. One ul them w ill .11. Three other were scalded slightly. Scitile, Jan. 88. The learner Itoaalie, arriving tonight from Alaska, brings news tha: the llshiug avhoouer St. Liareiuv, ol Seattle, haa Wn wrecked on Turnabout island in Fred erick aaOOst, Alaska. Her crew cured Indian oanooa ami made their way to Juneau. Thev were three , , ks making the voyage, and uffers many banl a I pa, A ditoh from Culima. Mexi.-o, tale that the volcano of that nam ll In full activity. Au uutburtt ol amuk fulloweal by lava, occuired diiectly af ler the eailhquake Fnday. Slavaa BjfO aaily's raw T C i. KM 01 0001 ouiaa- Vanoouvar, B. C, Jan. 80. After escaping death by diowuing. II oj lb arOO uf the hip Manbare wel cap tured and eatn by cannibals of RcJ QoiBObV TIi Manbaie wa bound for Sydny, Australia, wbefl it wa caught in the terrible gala of Decern bat. Near Capo N. lson it begn to link. The crow, 18 all told, left Ihe veael in two loat. I Mini (afkllll lhM-alllM sfi.arated. One boat, ruutaiiiing It men, wa finally thrown aaliore 10 milea fruin the caie. The tailor wei ei.a hy nativea fruin Hi Interior and hurried off to the villaga of tha chief. One man, J tinea Oreene, ecasd. The aailor were atripped and bouutl ami killed, one each day. A wild orgie wat par ticipated in by at lOOOt 100 savage, who boil gatheied for the (east. In aeveial caae th uiloi were tor tured by the old women and children of the trilie. Tho eye of one weie gouged out The doomed men atou-allf watched tha elaborate preparation for their death. A huge put Ml-d with boiling water wa used nr the feast, which on tbe first day waa piulunged away into the night. In mait caaea the men were beheaded, theii held being stuck on ailes and paraded be fore the men who were lo offer the aiuii fate. Oreene wa rescued by a ateamer after tramping without ftsal i day ami a night tu reach the cuoat. The scene uf huiror he hud tTltOOOtod turned hi hair iioy white. Mora Haarhs oil Kl aitsloa. Washington, Jan. 80. At the open ing of the lOOOtO BpOOOal un I Itawlin gave notice of speecbo on th reaolu tion op-.-i: g aiineiatioii, Ssauier Wednesday uml Kawlitia Thuirclay next Mason asked unanimous consent for a vote on hit resolution, dsclariug it to lie the p. ln y of the Ciuled State not to ittaOlpl to govern the people of any other n.it ion, next Friday, at 1 o'clock, and Hoar (or a vote on his res olution deed g the Filipino might tu l free an I mile pendent, but Caller objected to both. Ill lltS II .MISS. Wushiugtun. Jan. 80. When tbe huiiae met this morning there remained hut little iu, .re than an hour of time for general d. hale on Ihe army reor g un. ill. hi hill. Henderson ( Hop. Ia. ) wa the lirsl speaker. He opsio. a standing atiny of 100,000 men, hut was willing tu auppurtil proposition for a (oreti numbering fruin 50,000 to 00,- 000. Court -Martial 0aa WaablOgtOO, Jan. 80 The case of t 'uiiimissary-Oetieial Charles P. Ka gan, charged with conduct tending to the prejudice of g.ssl order and mill tary discipline, is now in the hand of the court martial appointed to try lum Ttslay the taking ul teslimuny waa closed, and argument of 0000001 lilb utitted. The tnal lasted three tluya and consumed less than eight houia' of actual sitting. A session bODlUd closwl tloori of an hour or ao luflti'ed for the court to reach a conclusion and cni- IhhIv its lOpOrt. What the verdict mil he ia altugether a matter uf specula tion, and iiffici.il I v at leust will not be made public by the tiial Isiartl, mill tary regulatiniis repining that Ha find ings shall go through ptOOOribtd ch in nels, and he kept seciot until action he had ami protniilguled by the DIOpOl ie viewing aotJxotittaa, Holao Paalla tt in Praia. New York, Jan. 30. ll wa itattnl last night that the details uf the plan fin the exchange ul DoioD l'a ilio com- noa itook for ,. Bbort Line stuck OOOld be made poblk In an advertise ment. The ilirectnis uf the I'nlnn Pa cilic have settled the terms and tho ullloial annuuiioenieiil is expectel to day. It U generally bolloTod (hat the ar rangement arrived at will be share fur share nu the tT,4O0,OO0 Of Short Line stock, w ith a "oiling" tu the deal, in the shape uf u small assessment un tha Short Line holders. Tins deal should net the DolOO Pacitlo abottl 1 ,000,000. Itairt of Varillel or tlulllla Chicago, Jan. 80. A sfoul to tho l imes Herald frOxO Washiiiglon auya: Dismissal ft 001 the military seivice of the Dottod States without any it i- BaodOtlOO lur oleaiency. is the verdict passed hy the court martial iipin Com miatai f tlencial Kagan fui Ins recent lirolOOt attack upon Major Oeneral Miles. The verdict was rtoobod with in 45 minutes after the trial ended to day. I'trlahsil a t.la. lar. Seattle, Waah.. Jan. 80. New ol I no f reeling to death of tdroe prospec tors on the Valdes glacier, near tha month ol Copper river, Alaska, wa in. mgiit tu this eitv today by ponoogon Ol lb steamer Collage I ily, irOH kag wav and Juneau, Alaska. The n.iines uf those who Hrlslied are: Henry Kohn, New York city; Smith, Chicago; KaMNOO, DobiWiO, Wit. Fight la tha Itrl. harath. Vienna, Jan. 80. lit the Inner hotll of the Aii-ti i to rolohirath today a dieturhanco ansing out of racial differ ence led o ii hood b baod Igbt be tween dopOtiaO. Tha ushers tlually succeeded in -eparating the enmhat auts, but the sitting came lo a oloaa amid a aoeue ul turhulem aiaautar I , i, Iran I I l..ia.lllig. s.m Kmi loo, Jan. 80. Tha ate. unci Centennial, which has been chartered by the l'nlte.1 Stale aa a taaVMOOrii airit.sl tialay finui POfOt ouml, ami will at onot N'gin loading with supplies fur th Ameiican tlOOM in the I'hilippiiies, She will probably sail tn otimpatiy with the Ohio and the senator. The heart heals ten tiukes a minute leaa when one is King dnnn than when one ia in a.i upright pooltloo. Washington, Jan. 80. The filia tion at Manila is regard. si as BtlUooli uf OxaUOOi but the offleial see no tea sun why they cannot command it lor a time al least. Oeneral Oti reported yestertlay, in OMOOOttoO with some iiialteiivvnmvi.Nl with the shipment home uf unii tick Spanith lubltoio. that he could hold out beyond a doubt until hia reinforcement arrive, and added that the new had reached Manila that tbot wa every protpect that Ihe peace treaty would be aooo rsllfl.sl by the I'uitevl State aenata, the effect on the "tiv "lenient had Icon (atiafactory. OREGON LAW-MAKERS Wballaf' OralO Bill ! Attract!! Mora Allrnll'.M fffcOO Aujr Oilier Mcaaura. K.lem Jan. 24. The bill that i ro- ceiving the moil attention in tho house just now I the Whalley bill, provid ing (or the creation of the office ol ai.iie irrain inaneclor. The bill pro- lidMtof n appioprialion oi j.auu for a comniitiion. The comminion ii to comist of three meiiiliers, to ls ap pointed hy the governor. One ol the three in to be tbe grain innoctor. whose annual alry shall he 8,600 in addition to all MpOOOaO. The other iu,, ineinlsTS are to receive f .ill a yeal each and eiienae, aa not much work wil be retpnred ul th Ihe lull alwi provide (or a aecretary at 1,000 a year, a niinila-r of chief deputy iniec tors t tl.hOO year and a number of other d. putie at $15 a month each. In addition tu .-lah labin ' irrain grades and bxapOfltiOg all the grain that leaves or i bfOOfhl into tha state, the Juty tt tbO ohlot toOpOOtOI will also be to inspect sirah-s ul fS each. Liberal fees are allowed (or the inspection ol giuin. A hill Inn been introduced in the bouse for the protection of upland bird). The bill ia an amendment of thu general game law enacted by the legislature ii. lS'.I.V It provide that every person who hall, within the tutu of Oregon, between the first day of January and the first day of Novetu Iter of each year, take, kill, injure or deitrov, or have in sssession, except fur bleeding pursises, ur sell ur offer for sale any pheasant, Mongolian pheasant, ipiail or partridge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: provided, however, that it shall be unluwful, within the state ol Oregon, to kill or loatroy any ring-necked Mongolian pheasant, ur any uf tho various kinds if phaOxPntl IsOpOrtod into thil state by tbe Hon. O. N. D uiny, or any quail, buhwhito r pheusant in that part uf the state uf Olegun lying east if the Cascade mniintaiin. That evory pOMM WbO shall within the statu ol i ire.-. hi, at any time enter upon prem ises tint his own with intent to cutch, reoover, take or kill any hinl or ani mal, oi permit any .log. with which he shall be hunting, to do so for such puiposo without crmission of the WBOI ot irsnn in charge thereof, or hall shoot upon any premises nut his 0W0 (ran toy public highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. That any pOltWl violating any of tha provisions Ol this act, shall be deemed guilty of a roiadonaOOOt, and upon conviction tln ieof shall bo punished by a line of not less than .ri0 nor more than f 100, in. I in delimit of payment of fine im I aiaed shall be imprisoned in thu coun ty jail ut the rate of one day for euch two dollars of the fine imsiso.l. In the (muse this ufternnun. the My ers resolution donating $2,r00 worth of i,....k- to matobon was roaeiodad, ami Indefloitoly poatponod. A roaolotion directing the Hergeiint-at-arins to gather up and restore to the secretary of Iho statu the stationery and supplies ut the close of the session, was, after a spirit ed debate, indefinitely postponed. A bill has I en introduced in the houao touching on railroad taxation, is iM'ing considered hy Portland railroad men. Die bill piovidc foi the licens ing uf railroads, us u substitute for the established system uf taxation, to ap ply generally except on lands not occu pied as a right of way. It is modeled allot the law puivailn.g in Wisconsin. Twei.ty hills were read the second time uml referred to the ptOpOf com mittees, and the following bills were passed: To retpjiio doors of public buildings lu upon outward; to provide for the dltOOlotaOO of municipal cor porations tiM0i tho payment of all out standing Indobtadnoaai amending the code relative to attachments so us tu obviate tho necessity of Misting notices on propel ty attached. A tetition was presented fiom It) Polk county lawyois, piaving for the ictcntion of thu I circuit judge in the third judicial district. A petition Iroin lj1.) citizens of Wash ington county, for a change in the law so as to tOQ, dire householders instead of voters on petitions fur saloon Ii con e was ptiOOUtod, A petition piaving that the state ap point threvi commissioner!) to I my the Mount II I and Harlow wagon mad, the paper hearing the names uf tit resi dents along tl.e mad, was introduced. Haines, uf the special committee ap pointed at the special session to in vestigate tho taOWOOboig contract nt the penitentiary, submitted a lung ie port, snowing that ItiMI was due the slate un tbf OOOtiaOti putt ul which was Ml MOOtOtl, It recommended that 032. SOO he accepted in full pavmonL The resiit wus adopted. Mttlkey, 0t tbo OOnflstttoO to IXOtO Int the affairs uf the MOrOtOty of state, roportod that bo had found everything aoouiale and satisfactory, and the ie port was tiled. A Joint memorial wits passed, urging the attorney-general and the United States supremo court to advance case afftvting the title uf settlors to html in tba forfaited Northern PoolSc, grant in Orvgmt. A formula for the prodooHoO ol oivstal alum mm hrunxo consists of a powdered aluminum, powdered glass in "diamond dust," and sulphate ol sine in certain ipoaJJOd propurliotis. lis l..ra N..I t lark Now. A cleik in an Australian hardware store booth! the Australian pate lights to the pneumatic bicvele tire for IIS, and after teolioing a fortune onhis interest for 1800,000. In a now form of diawbridge, aside tlOOl tho anlog and 0 lost Of mechan ism, the .iofjawtnic uf mtetost is, that gates are prefvidisl that iOM the path way when the draw is open, so it ia bBpoOOtbla to go through. kOBOtOitf or 1 ni,,- Hallaary. It is said that letter dropped in the puttuftlce at Pari are deliveied in Her lin in one hour and a half, and some limes within 85 minute. The dis tune between the cities is TS0 miles, and the letters are sent by moans of pneumatic tobOO, Htalaa Wartilnarv. While the pars and trade Journals are fall of laudations over the accept ability of American machinery abroad three huge direct-couple alternators have been built Igr a Swisa firm for aa American gold mining company. JOSEPHI'8 BILL PASSED. It lo it.-!,, i in Maiiaiaiiiaiit or tha tat laeaae a lavaa. Salem, Or., Jan. 25. Josepbi'l bill to reform the system o( manugemeut of the state insane asylum, putting the institution in tbe hands of four trustees appointed by am! to act with the gov ernor, was passed by the senate this afternoon by a vote of 81 to 8, aflei a debate of an hour and a half. By a atill larger vote, Diiver's bill authoria ing conntv courts to employ county priaOOOri on public load was passed. The defeat of Mulkey's resolution to limit the Introduction of bills to tlie 2fith day of tbe session and an in tnnulmn that the matter of the Loewen l er j contract at the state penitentiary would be teopened were interesting incidents Of the senate proceedings. Iu the house, six bills weie passed, including one cariying an appropria tion of 25,OO0 for building and operat ing salmon hatcheries, and a bill to npiirnpn.it 135,0000 for buying and operating the Mux mill at tho peniten tiary was introduced. Other bills passed were Stillman's bills leguliting marriages contracted within the six months' limit, and amending tho code relative to action for recovery of personal property so that the defendant, where property is claimed by a third party, may surren der the same into the custody of the couit; the Itoss bill to abolish private seals, and Morton's hill to oure defects ill deeds hereto f. .1 e lllade. Many hills were put through foiinal readings in both houses. This bus beeti by fur the busiest day of the session, and u great amount of work bus been aocomplishod. Considerably out of the usual order wus the proposition of John II. Albeit to exchange an eligible full block ol land adjoining the present blind school for the state's former site of the blind school, now occupied by the Salem hos pital, so he might pieseut the property to the hospital, and the state would nt the snme time get more room fur the ac oxidation of the blind. Tbe peti tion went to the printer undci the rules. The property is estimated to bo worth 1,750. SENATE SPECIAL SESSION. MANY BILLS PASSED. Ursfon' Lawuiakart Ara Now latta( Uoaa to i Hard Work. All ol Oorarnor It.ifara' A ppolnliua OXO Confirmed. Olympia, Jan. 25. All of Oovernor lingers' appointments during the past two years were continued at a special session of the senate this afternoon. The vuting (or United Htates senator today was exciting only when dnnder son changed (rum Humes to Wilson. Two ballots were taken, although un eil it wus made by fusion members to adjourn after the 14th ballot. Uiilluts ttslay resulted as fulluws: Foster, 25; Wilson, I8 Humes, 20; Ankuny, 8; Lewis, 25; Houston, 1. Dills introduced in the senate were: Appropriating f.iM0 for thu relief of Captain Jumes Koss, cumpuny A, inde pendent hattaliun, Washington volun teer infontiyi appropriating fsoo for fish ladder at Myers' Fulls, Stevens county; appropriating funds to pay employes' judgment against the state; providing that escheats go to the stute school fund instead of the county school fund; to rebate interest and penalties an delinquent taxes assessed prtur to IHUU, if paid before November 8, 18D0; requiting fire escapes on all public buildings; authorizing county OOmmitV loners to spend a poition of the roud fund within city limits. In the Hnliaa. Ill the humnj the hill prohibiting betting and selling ptMils on elections was roportod fur indefinite postMino niotit by the committee on elections. The bill fixing railroad passenger rate at 3's cents per mile was received from the railroad committee carrying a I -cunt amendment, and the whole matter was referred to the judiciary Domtoittee, Hills in trod need wore: Amending the school law so ns to enable school boards to expend M per cent of the ilistiict income for public i in prove- mi nts; all of tbo Preston sonato hills; making six yours the life of u judgment, I uml providing tor action for its re- j nOWOl after tlvo years; prohibiting I blacklisting, creating a board of live examiners for loconiotivo engineers at I subtly ol 11,200 per annum; making It unlawful for uny employer to use any duress to prevent nn employe from ! joining a labor organization, under pain uf 100 maximum fine and otio month's imprisonment. Nomination Con It r mail . Woiblngton, Jan. 2rt. The senate today continued the following nomin ntious: T. A. Winter, to bo iiostmiis tor ut Colville. Wash.: 11. A. Olselen register ol the land office at Hum boldt, lal.; F.A.Jones, of Ottunui, lu., to he commissioner to examine and classify lauds within the lund-grunt limits of the Northern Pacific Company in the Helena, Mont., land district. An Baxaaallrao mil BklvsJ Washington. Jan. 28. The wars and means committee today indefinite- ly postponed the bill relating to the gieatei America exposition at Omaha, which was designated to show the re sources of Cuba, the Philipdines. Porto Hieo and the Ladrones. Favorable ac tion was taken on the hill nermittimr spirits to bo shipped in tins, which is uesigniM ia secure a lurger trude in J i pan. rayruani or Itnuntlaa. Washington, Jan. 20. The whole question of the payment of bounties to officers and sailors who participated in engagements which resulted in the de stmctiun of the Spanish fleets during the war has boon referred by the navy department to the court ot claims, where tbe claims will be adjusted un' lei the Boomaoafoskoi act. It is not yet determined when the cases will be taken op by the court, but is more than likely it will he within two weeks. Kn.irmom Tranaartlons. Now York, Jan. 26. Yesterday's eiu.romns stock exchange business caused a nreaking of the record today tn ti e Clearing-house. It is eatimate.1 that if all the clearings had been made tbiough the foimer insitution, as was done during the speculative era in the bOa, the total clearings would have reached 1500.000,000. The total clear ings at the banks' clearlng houae today amounted to frUT.ilg.SM. It is a curious fact that the hony. bee was never known in the United btatea till Imported from England I In the Oregon atute senate Wedne. day the following bill weie passed: To' ant bonze the constiuction .n maintenance of floodgates on bougUs und otiiei sloughs, Douglas county; (0 require justice of tbe peaoe tu submit complaints to the district attorney, ex cept for murder, aison, robbery, grand larceny, befoie fee may be Collected; to piovide a trust (und in Multnnuiuh enmity; to authorize the Kugeiie d . vinity school to confer theological and biblical degrees; to amend the act passed last fall so us to make all quant ami p'ueer claims real estate; ton i from piincip.il defendants in proa. . ,. turns fur abortion the shield afforded b) secii.iu 2011 of the slutulos, whi. h absolves them (torn test Hying on the grounds that it might incriminate the witness; to provide for county clerks to transmit to tlie secretary ol state a nummary instead of u complete trans cript of assessment rolls; amendment to Orunls Pass charter; to peimit smt for iMissession of reul estate to bo main tained by pluintiff not in actual k.ss. -lion; to provide for election of a die trict road supervisor. Uatca' bill for clerks of the justici courts in Multnomah county, nfter be. ing emasculated by striking out the sulury feature, was recommitted be cause found not to bo limited to Mult nomah county. Adams' bil'1 to tax dog also was te commuted, nfter considerable discus sion, for amendment so ns to exempt cities where dog are ulreudy licensed. In the house tbo bill providing for u special election in Malheur county fur reluoution of county seat was ma le a special order for Wednesday, Fehrtiuiy U Upon motion of Curtis, euch Wednos day night hereafter will be devoted to consideration of local measoies. Dr. Jnsephi' insane asylum hill, which passed thu scnute yesterday, wus rushed through the first ami secou.t reading" and refened to the committee on penal, reformatoiy ami chuiituhlc institutions. Shoiwin's bill, to amend the chartei of Oohl Hill, so as to enable the town to isstio 12,500 water bond, was passed. The joint committee on fisheries, tc meet a like committee bom tho Wnsh ington legislature, was excused till Tues day next. Tho bill of Curtis amend ing the fishing laws wus ordered print ed and referred to this cnmmitteu with i nst i net ion" to bring it to tlie atten tion of the Washington committee. The leiipiKirtionment hill wus passed in the honso Thursday by tho narrow margin of one vote. The bill to create a new county out of iHirtions of Urant, Crook ami mi lium counties waa defeated. A bill for protection of trout, and one for protection ol carwtish were killed. A resolution wus introduced to re strict the introduction of new bills tc Fein nary 3, but it was i udctiliitely postponed. A resolution changing tho tlute ol visiting Corvullis by the joint commit tee from February 1 to Februury 4 pussed. In the sonato the hill to authorize school clerks and county judges to dis pose of luml bid ill at sales (or delin quent tuexs came up as a siecial unlet Thuisduy. An amendment excepting from redemption by Otiglnol owueie land contracted to be sold was offered and the bill was recommitted for tin amendment. Hills pussctl were: To amend Un law relating to certain initio animals running ut largo, applicable to Kasteru Oregon ranges; to cure defect in deed.' heietofore made that ate faulty in OS' ecution.w itnessing or acknow ledgment t0 amend the law relating to tho mak ing of doetla by tho sheriff. The reapportionment bill whiob passed the house Thursday passed tin sonato Friday after a debute OOMOmlnfl nearly the whole morning session. Tlit timtl vote was 22 uvea, 4 noes, 4 absent. The toport of tho cominitteeippoint ad ut the special session to investigate the Loewenborg contract at the peni tentiary was taken from the table, and amendments proposed to the effect that thu f:i2,500 settlement bo rendu by February 10, that not less than f 10.00C be paid in cash and tho balance in notes satisfactory to tho boaid, and then the wholu matter was made a special order for Tuesday at 2:30 P. M. In tlio senate the following hills wore introduced during the pnst week: To put In the hands of the secretary ol state the mutter of ordering the print ing of reports, session laws, circulars, blanks, etc., the printef to act only nptm the written order of tbo secretary, except that the governor may Order the printing of executive documents; to protect life and property from duiigi't of railroad trains by providing numer ous regulations for warnings on tninl anil railroads and exempting (mm claims for damages inilroad companion that comply with tlio law; to prevent combinations between flic InlOrencS companies to maintain rates some SI the Iowa statute; to amend the chut tor of Woodbiiin pnssed; to appropriate 35,000 for a (lax manufacturing plant ut the M3tiitentiaiy same as was In ttodoood in the house yesterday; 10 provide for a uniform public system, and complete codification of sclusd laws; to permit recording in all but one county of certified copies of deeds for property situate.) in two countn or more; to authorize county officers to old property bid in for sales lur delin quent taxes.' Friday in the house the bill to in crease liquor licensee in tho state un practically killed by the measure being repotted from committee with tho rec ommendation that it do nut pass. Th toMirt was followed up with a rnoti"" to indefinitely postMine. By amen 1 ments lo the pilotage bill, which eel passed Thursday, compulsory pilotagl is allowed liet ween Astoiia and tl" hot, and optional pilotage is estab lished between Astoria and Portland. In tbe house Friday the bill to t" ' mote the oulttire of sugar beets in tb state, by appropriating 00,000 lot period of four year aa bounty "'"' was killed by a vote ol 28 uoee to aves. A bill for the protection of clams waa paaaed.