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Eugene City Guard. I. i.. viirmi i., fitfruiof. EUGENE CITY Oftr'-' IN EVENTS OF Till: DAY Aa Inlratln( MUnMN of Ibaii i tha Two n ..,,-. i, ... l id la ft Cuadana-td i ... m The peace treaty im ratified by tba senate by a majority of thru' voles over the required three-fourths. Tim treaty wu ratified without MsMdWMt Isaao Ofnor. a BIyMli doing bntineaa in 1'ortlaml, Or., waa lu l l Dp and robbed in hia aloie aliout ItM II tlie evening by a lone highwayman. John M. Comstock, (or 40 yeara eliief of the customs division M the treaaury department, did) in Washing Ion after an illness of several weeks. A monster petition to President Mo- Kinley and the mem her a of th Joint j high commission ia being signed, ask ing their aaeiatauce in seeming ttM re mimI of the alien HtlMiOfl N' t NOMtlf passed by the government ol British Columbia, in which the Atlm mining diatrict ia locale!. According to a recent dispatch, 10 Iron ami steel sheet manufactories in Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky ami Indiana, nintrolling ail aggregate UBMl output of 318.000 j tona of ItM I ami iron el i ate pre paring to consolidate, Thia action, it la addel, ia made iieeessiuv hy the com bination ol tin plate plaiita, and it ia believed that the pioposed consnlnla tion will eventually bu ahaorhed by the tin-plate truat. Local representatives at Tacoma ad mit that the atreet railway systems of that elty am to be consolidated, with Kaatein capitaliala in oonlrol. A com pany with . capital haa MM organized to operate all street-oars and furniah iwer to manulactoriea, A water-power plant will he oonatructed. l.epresentallve of J. 1'. Morgan 'o. , the Northern 1'aciflo railway, Union l'ariflc ami the (). it. & N., with local men, are intereated in the dcul. The two highwavmi'ii who lor the pail two month have been holding up citisena and atoie and terrorizing all I'ortland are safely lodged in j it 1 1 . n of them, Harry Tracy, waa arrested by Detective Weinor, after a aiiooting affray that stopped a paaaougnr train and rouied a whole neighliorhiNKl. The other, Dave Merrill, full into the handa of Detectives Ouduuo ami ford Holiday, and gave the information which led to the capture of hia aOOtraV plice, lloth .mi ei-convicta and des peiate men. Two anap truata are being formed nue at Chicago, with $100,000,000 nip ital, and one at lioatou with fl 0,000, 000. Han Francisco ia to have woild'a fair in 1001. It ia to he known aa the PMiAf Ocuau ami International Expo itioli. Turkey ia makiiiR millUry prcp.ira liona in view of a possible Macedonian uprising. Ilalgarla ia alao haalily or ganiaing and arming troopa, I'reahlclit McKinlcy haa preaentcd to Charles A. Hchott, chief of theouiuput Ing divialon ol the United Statea coital ami geodetic anrver, the priae roomily conferred upon him hy the A Mill my of France. Mia. Cor del ia BoiklBi found guilty by a San Franoiaco court of the murder of Mra. John I'. Iluiining, haa been a. ntcm c.l to priaon for life, the juilge refusing a new trial. The caau will ha ppMlMli The Filipino Junta at Hong h. i g haa iaaucd a atatemcnl actting lorlh that the fighting at Manila waa only an oulisisl skliiuish designed to influ ence the Note In the I'nilcd Hiatal inn ate on the Hiace licatv. The rommlaaiiiii to investigate the NMMl of the Ml ia devoting all of ita energiea to cloaiug up 11a report. The rough itiaft ia practically completed, and copiea nre being made of the docu ment, ao far aa It ia ready. It la aanl administration onViala are urging the preaideul to endeavor to M' lil the aei vices of Aguiualdo in the aettlelllent of the Philippine iieatnui, aa he haa the aervloe.s of Oeneral Ho mea in the paailication of Cuba. 1 ... r -1 I'harlea Hetesfoid, the distin guished llritiah naval officer und stales- man, will airive in aii rranciaco -ui the Japaneae ateamer American Maru, due on Feluuiiry II, and the chamlwr of commotio ia airangtng for a public leceptinii to the Kngliahman. 't he aituation at the mining camp of Independence, IS nil lea from Aapen, Colo , la critical in the ettieme star vation alarea the Inhabitant! of the town In the face. 1'ioviaioua and fuel supplies are nearly eihauated. Wood that had la-en cut ami piled f,.r winter uee Ilea hurled under many leel of anew, and cannot be reached. Ivoada leading to Aspen, the only source of supply for Independence, ar iniposaa ble. Hnowalldea are so frequent Ire tweeii Aspen and Independence that it la aluioal auiuioal to vculuie on the rout a. Minor Raws it.,... The town ol Hlileshoro, (ia., wai nearly wiad out f c i is ten, o rcenily by tornado. No livea weie loal, bul aeveral people were injured. There ia tioubla ia sight for all the t'liineaa In the United States, resulting from Ilia total ilissppoaiamo of l In new who ware admltlel to the country In ordei to take pail in the trans M nana aippi eiNMiition. I nape, tot Jauiea) Mono, of the government seiviee, la in vestigating Ilia aituation. The Chinese detective fore la a Mcrel body, and the beat oiganm-d m the world. Tbey hare an eye upon every man, woman or child, foreign aj natlv, in China, aud in addition, watch over eacli other. A very aatifaclnry allowing was uiada In the affaira of tha f'auidc Coaat Im provement Company laat year. This waa formerly known aa the Oregon Im provement Company. Ita net earninga were ll.t00.0O0 in IHVH, and div idend waa paid on the various claasea ot stock, hteainahipe. rallroada and Vther autarpriaea are opeiatej. LATER NEWS. Further fighting ia eipected in Sa moa. Theie aeems to be ao idea in Paria that Japan will make I TOO Ma for UM Uniteil states by aurreptitioualr aiding the Filipinoa. Many of tha recently disbanded Cali fornia volunteers are eulisting in the regular army, being desirous of going lo the Philippinea. The contioller of the currency haa ia-sue-1 a call for reports of the condition of all national banks at the cloae of bukiiiea February 4.. It ia retried that thoeiceutlve com mittee of the Cuban uaatniihly Willi call Oomea to account for accepting the prupoaliton from this government rela tive to disbanding the Cuban army. A ficight train on the 0. B. & N. WM wrecker! near Corbett, (ir by running into a landslide. The fire man and a tramp werra injured. Fifteen cara were piled up in a heap. Duke d'Arcos, formerly Kpanlsli minister to Meiico la likely to belegia lated by the Madrid government aa its minister to Washington to exchange tha ratifications of tha treaty of peace. Htanley Hrewer, single, aged 80, waa thrown under hia wagon, loaded with wood, near Kugene, Or., and killer! al most instantly. He waa found at mid night with a wheel ou hia hack between the ahooldera. Wolff A Zwicker, the Portland ship builder, propose to build a floating dry-dock capable of raising a ft, 000-ton veaael, providing the state of Oregon or the oily ol I'ortland will guarantut honde to the amount of It ia reported from Washington th.it the war investigating committee will eveiely ciiticiae Oeneral Milea on hia conduct during the late war with -pain Tha com un toe will report that Miles' itatemeiil about chemically prepared beef ia not sustained by any evidence before the committee. Four happy Duwaonitea passed through Hkagway recently with a can vaa aack of Yukon gold that weighed 100 iriiiinds deail weight, am! which came Irom French gulch diggings on Khlorado creek. They are all Canadian citiiena ami llrst came to Alaska dur ing the popular Klondike rush of De cember, 1XW7. The steamer Moana la, which has arrived at Han Frauciaco, biinga in fur Illation from Honolulu that it haa been definitely determined that the wreck on the Kahahi coast waa the four-mas-ti-d steamer Nomad, Captain McAllep, which aailed Irom Shangl ai for PttMt d mud in ballast 10 months ago. The veesel was a new one, ami belonged to Hall llroa., of Han Francisco. Captain McAllep was accompanied on the trip by hia wife, daughter ami tinea eons. All are undoubtedly loat. The battleship Iowa has arrived at Han Franoiaco. It ia eipected ahe will ho aeut to Manila with supplies foi Dewey. The American losses in killed and wounded In the recent battle at Ma nila, la officially given at UftO, and the loaaes of the Insurgents at -1,000. Ocu. QoMM will airive in Havana in a few days, where he will meet n ator Proctor, and aid in carrying out hia promise to disband the OlbM army. In the New York assembly a resolu tion urging the unhealing of Cougreaa-man-elect Kola-rta, because of Inn Iden tification with polygamy, was adopted hy u viva voce vote. Itepri'sentatlve Stallings, ol Ala ha i n a, haa introduced in the house a lull to authorise the president to ap point Oeneral Wheeler a Inajoi general in the regular anuy. The government lories defeated an I caplillcd the Colorado, who recently revolted againat Senor Cueates, the provisional president of Uruguay. Tiampiility is now reatoied. Agonc.llo, the representative of the so-called Filipino noveiiiineut, and who left t lo a count! v for Caiimla, upon heal ing of the outbreak at Manila la being o'osvlv watched by societ service do liv uvea. AaMOllM was in Moutic.il at last reorta. Mra. Ilolkiu'a attorneys have given notice ol an appeal from the conviction ami sentence of lift Imprisonment re cently passed upon hoi. Judge Carroll Cook allowed 10 days' stay of elocu tion, and 'JO days in which to prepaio a hill of exceptions. President McKinlcy haa pronounced sentence on lion. Kagan, recently tried lv - - mi martial. I lie sentence was dismissal from the army, hut the pic-i dent commuted thia to suspension foi rti vears, which covers the time pi lor to Lagan's retirement In 1005. The steameis Justin and Celtic, now at Mare island, are laoug oveihuiiled, and in a few days w ill he toady to sail lor I In' Philippinea, billowing the sup ply veaael Centennial, which left on the llth. The Justin will canv coal for the fleet and the Celtic froxon moat. Hear Admiral IVwcy has captured aimilicr schooner liom Hong Kong load ed with anna and ammunition intended for the insurgents in the Philippines. It Is reported that the Oeriuan consul at Hong Kong was concerned In the piociitiug and dispatch of tha anus to the inlands. A fatal head-end collision mvuncd at liulay City, Mich., on the Chicago A Oram! Trunk lailioad, in which foni persons were killed and seven weie in J u red. It 0 Judson, industrial agent of the O. It. A Ni relumed from HufTalo 1 1 u in p. Idaho, ronllrins the new s of a woiideifolly rick strike on the Cracker Jack claim, ow nod by Kufua llawlev, Flint A Co. The assays aie the high est ever seen in that country, running fil.aow.ftft iii gold and fto.as in ailvar. The foi felts of botfl Cornell and Sharkey have been posted lo giiaianlrt' their appeaiauce in the ring at Tallei tails. March 7. An Indian named Hlack Horn haa latin arrestssl at Pendleton, Dr., for the murder of 'i Swab, a Yamhill Indian, on the Umatilla reservation, Jannarv UK. Hlack lloin draggtsl hia dead victim to a railrvuid track, Uau which he placed it, so as to make It ap pes i a tiaio had run over the body. Bul Iheie vrsy a trail of MMd from the scene of tha murder to the track which spoiled the scheme SALEM LEGISLATURE. Ths Hill to ris IMMaat ob l.oaas frasa actaowl furol Ksrurnuilllsa Klats I ui A prutrlatluo. DISTRICT ATTORNEY BILL. In tha Oregon senate Wedneedav the tote waa reconsidered by which the bill to leduce interest on loans fioiu the atata school fund waa passed Tuesday in order that the rate might be fixed absolutely at 1 per cent, the bill aa passed authorixir.g H iei cent if il could Ire obtained. It was deemed an ohjeo- j turn to leave tha mailer open to Ms aihlfl brokerage arrangements. The bill was recommitted for amendment. Dtfot'l hill to extend the privileges of the Holdeira' Home lo the wives and widows of old soldiers waa loat, rtceiv- , Ing only six voles. The following hills were paased: To reduce the salary of the Wasco county judge to Mtn ami that of Ihe treasurer to fl00; to do away wild the necessity of personal service or posting notice in MM of attachment of ri al proerly: to create the office of recorder of convey anree for i'olk county at a aalary of l,00l .er year; to provide the man ner of releasing sureties who may be come dissatisfied with their risk; to provi le thai surety companies may sign bonds; lo cure defects in certain deeds and judicial sales; to amend the law so as to retsiict credits to the sheriff ou the tax list charged againat him. Mta fair A iiniirlallifl Knot hail Out. The Wednesduy forenoon session of the house waa devoted largely to NDsVU of committees and llrst reading ol blila. Twenty-seven committees made reiorla and ft") hills were reported on. The principal business to occupy the time of Ihe house in tha afternoon waa tin- consideration ol the ganeral appro priation bill. The bouse went into committee ol tha whole and the various items were taken up oiie at a time. The most impoitant item knocked out waa the state fair appropiiatiou, by a vote of 2U to 40. Other bills passed were: To pro hibit the mauiifacluie and sale of adul terated commercial fertiliser; to authorize county nouita to levy a spe cial tax ol 10 mills and a roud i oil tax ol fli for the road fund; to prohibit the sale of doer and doer hides from August I to Deoemlrer 1; to give laborers in mines and supply agenta furnishing IH pln-s ii lien on mining property for claims; to change the time ol court terms in the second district; to fix sal arlaa of county judges uud to pluce the chirk ol the supreme court up " a sal try of IV, 000 and give bun two depn to a at 975 ami fftO pei month lespec tividv. s In the Oregon senate Thursday. Iliirmoii'i registration hill was passed hy dnanlsMM vote. The merila ol Ihe bill were discussed at length on Mill hell's motion to recommit which finally received only his own vole. In debate the expressions weie generally unfavorable to the Hill lull, which paaaail the house a few days ago hy a denial Va Vote. The pure food hill passed the senate by a unanimous vot. There was no rejection to the main feature ol the Mill hut a slight amendment was made so as to exempt (mm making an nual reports persona selling leas than 2ft pound of bullet weekly; specifying tha number and the pay of employes of the legialaluio. including committee clerks, was passed without discussion, only six voting against it. Other bills passed worn to Incur i -ecu' Kugene, Carlotou, Hums, Prine ville and Canby, the two laal named being house bills. Daly arhiiul I. aw. Two Important measures ciune MtoN the Oiegon senate Friday, and neither reached a vote. Amendments to the Dalv school law were discussed for hall nn hour, and the Mitel being dithVult to iiudoistauil, in its present form, the entire bill wa oidoied piloted again with ametiilmeiila. The lull tocncoiuage the n o of ide tiro wagon on public road wa passed. 'Hut lull to repeal the section appropri ating l,000 Im the state fall wa dis cussed half an hour and then made a DMltl ordei for Wednesday morning. The pure linsccd-ml hill was lost, IH to II; the hill providing for the Torrous syteni of registeiing land titles passed with only throe negative vole; the bill for nn nrodiiciblo school (uud in Dopga laa county passed without question; the hill to reduce the salaries ol the county clerk, clerk of the circuit comt ami rsjMldai III Multnomah county (mm f:i,50ll to f'J.&OO each was passed. Now hill were introduced as fol low To authorise the state ichool land boa id to contract loans now out at II p.-: cent interest for the lutUtai to provide for the apisuutinciil of thiee supiome coin l commissioners. The vote hy which Stanley's hill to regulate the piactice of dentistry in Oregon was dofe.itod Thiiislsy, waa re ivnsideted in the house Fnday, and the bill passed by a vote of ,14. Two other important bills were passed. One is an amsiidmeiit to the mining laws to lucilitate lha building pf ditches and canals, of iptoUl inlci cat lo mining sivtums, and Ihe other is a bill to withdraw certain school lamia from public sale and reduce the inter est on loans of school funds in con foimity w lib recommendation of the governor in a recent message to both houses of tha legislature In the house Thursday the following bills weie pcl: Senate hill provid ing for a scpaialc lavard of county com missioneis for Clackamas county, to authorise county courts ami school dis tricts to display dags ou court houses ami schoolhouses, to aim n I the code lelatlve to the loan of school funds hy ledacing the interest rate lo il vr cent, and piovnliiig (or hue. - ie KJMOMsV iiiga whenever interest laH-omea in ar rear! six months; to regulate the hi ing. ing of sheep from one county lo another and duet-ting inspection; to protect Mongolian pheasauta, grouse ami quail, to authorise the employment of MM ty prisoners on county roads; to amend the law relative to the aale of piopvrly by executora- and administrators, ami fixing the tuna of . m r of audi sales hy tha court; to piovide the man ner for aecurilioe secuiing release from bonds; to tncorporata Prinevllla. Stanley's dental hill waa defeated, re moving only I? votes, aa waa also the bill of Davis to atuand tha Sunday closing law, ao aa to extend Ha provi sions to barber shops, shooting fal lal lea, brssiir.rf allava and amusvuiru' reeorta. It I S..-I ths OtWffM Hirusa A I " I ' In the Oregon house Monday tha dia trict attorney aalaiy bill waa paased, after amendment by the judiciary com mittee, by almost a unanimooa vote. The bill aa passed fixes salanea aa fol lows: First dietin t, 18,000; second diatrict, 4,000; third district, 5.600; fouith district. 17.600; fifth district, 14.000; aixth diatiicl, IS.omi; seventh district, $3,000; eighth district, fa, 600; ninth district, ." ' Flagg'a hill to require all exeeotiona to be held at the state prison and con ilii, ted by Jibe snperiiiteml.-iit of the penitentiary waa the first defeated, re ceiving ouly Sir votes, hut upon recon sideration of the vote and a asob by the author later in the day it was paased by a vote of 36. Illackaby'a bill to empower coonty courta and clerks of scb.arl districts to sell property and bid m sM taxes wa passed by 48 votes. Other bills paased wore: To limit appeala to the supreme court in BOM" a 'turns to amounts involving tJou or more, arid to give street railway com paniea the right of ralOMl domain; ft amend tha code relative to new trials so aa to nullify the plea of former jeop ardy and to requir- street railway com paniea to provide cars with veatibulea from Ootobei I to April 1; to prohibit, the adulteration of candy; to icqotre the Oregon Itailroad A Navigation Company to fence Ita traoka between Portland ami Huntington; to prohibit ; persons from tunning push cars or, hand cara on tailroad tracka without the consent of the railway officials; to appropriate $15,000 for budging the Muith fork of the Nehalem river. This . Dill came up M a rei oni deration of the vote by which it was defeated Feb ruary , when it received only 80 rotes. The motion to reconsider earned hy 3J votes and then the bill was passed by a vote ol 83. OfMO'l bill to extend the tima in which a laborer's lien may be filed from 80 to 00 daya and contractors' from 80 to M dare was defeated, as waa also Slillman'k bill to repeal sec tion v.ui of the code, projridiug fo the observance of Sunday. At the night aeaaion Ihe following billa Were passed: To regulate tnvel over county bridges; to repeal the act of IttUl prohibiting driving or herding livestock along public highway; to fjl the salaries of county treasurer to aa to Increase the aalary of the Tillamook county treasurer Irom 9'JftO to $580; to fix the aalary of the sheriff of Lincoln county ut $l,HO0 and subtly of clerk of county court at $1,250; to require the signatures of householders to petitions for stloOD licenses instead of tha aig nuturea ol legal votes as under the pre t law; to piollibit the sulu of li quor in private boxes or booths of res taurants; to amend the liquor laws so aa to require a license foi the sale of any quantity, whether more than a gallon or leas. Moody's bill lo reirnhite the urnctico of horseshoeing in counties of 60,000 population and over and creating a board of examinera to be appointed by the governor waa snowed under by 30 negative voles aa against only II affirmative. The Oiegon aeiiatn Monday passed unanimously Josephi's bid to make the coat ol the maintenance of IDMDO per 1 anus chargeable againat their estates in 1 certain cases, mid to provide (or the transput tat ion ol insane patients to the asylum in charge of trained nuroa from the asvlum. Other hills passed were as follows: Charter of Dalle City (The DoIIm) 10 amend the chatter of the town of Do fur, to amend the law relating to ten ancy in coinmoti, and iitsdishlng joint tenancy; hv request, to give pieference to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors in all public employment; to ', amend tho law ho a to make record ol oftleiul court loirter pi mi a facie evi dence, ami to authntio the settling ami signing of hill of inception! by NOi-icssors of the trial judge; to roqiliie Multnomah county to take the city of Portland'a lease ol the steel bridge; to amend the oharlet of Lebanon. INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS. Tits VV as Ii i ii a l .oi Legislature I .o i in Hernial gaheela The Washington house uppiopria tion committee has incie.iHed the Cheney normal MhOOl appropriation from $26,000 lo $81,000, and Kllens burg from 9$e,000 to $45,000, In the house Monday billa introduced weie: lkf tbe publication of notice by poatlM in counties of from the loth to the atHli class; for the relief of Mrs. J. H. Btahll relating to the snlth'toncy aml Juslificalion of bail on bonds; ainemling the constitution by potiuit ting women lo vote on a ..institutional amendment, grunting suffrage, to wo men; relating lo dv ko districts. Durilig the aflei msin session of the BOOM Mr. Knglobeit occupied the ohau. Sa'iiker Uuie reMiTOd a tele phone meeauge aniiouncling that the Paiis 1 1 eat y had been ratllied by the l'nito.1 Statea at tiate. The announce meiit was greeted with hearty applause hy the house. Irtayl hy Trains. Only 31 out of 34 senators were pros out when the senate convened Monday. Senator Wixsling ia sick with grip at Seattle, and all of the east of-lhe-mountain senators were detained by Mains being late. Pills introduced weie: Prohibiting the organisation ol oorirsitions until all hills ami claims are paid; amend ing the revenue law by making ; :- al property taxea delinquent on 30 days' notice being given; permitting aovi'ptanoe of taxes on any vart of a paicel of laud with reference to taxea due on other psita of same property; bouse bill, providing for the building of lo-re to he iqsrrataed on lakes as well aa stream wa re tsforrcd, because of objection to the coiideitination lights roiilauieil in the old law, on the same subject; MM8 bill providing that Ife stale lainl commissioner and the state Ireaaurei shall lapWl to the regents ol the agricultutal odlege on all lands and funds that te)oug to that institu tion, waa passed. President Hrvan, of lha college, who ia now in Olympia, says this data is necessary in order foi Ihe legents to form an idea of what the funds anion n I to. "At pienent," says Preaiilent Hrvan, "the regents are piac lioally hlindfolde.1." A Msw OvasjSMI ..ir.l Cmnpajwy. tVniiivauy O, Oiegon National Ouard waa res-etitiv luustervd iulo aervice al For I land, Or. REVENUE DEFICIENCY ATTACK CALOCAN. It Will Be Larger Than Former Estimates. THK CANAL AND SUBSIDY KILLS Thsy taeiKit Be l'aael l Tills HaaliB tur Usafe of Tim lu t'uualilsr. Washington, Feb. II. Chairman OmmWi of Ihe appropriations com mittee ol the house, in the course of u general debate on the sundry civil bill today, sounded a note of warning agaiiist extravagant appropriations, and particularly served notice that neither ship-subsidy bill nor the Nicaragua canal bill could be passed ut this aea aion. Although he specifically dis claimed shaking for any one hut him ell, the statements ha made, coming fi .un the chaiiman ol the appropria tions committee, caused great inter eat. Cannon made a statement ol the expenditures and revenue for the ptaja rnt fiscal year, increasing Sacrelary Oage'a estimate ol the deficiency in the revenoea Irom $112,000,000 to 2I0, 000,000, exclusive of tha $20,000,000 to be paid to Spain under the peti tions of the treaty of Paris. At the oteiiing of the session of the house today, a hill to amend the war revenue act was passed, providing that when a bond oi nolo waa secured by mortgage hut one stump should lie sfflxed, of a higher rata due on either instrument Among other bills passed waa one gianting railways tho right of way through tho Nez Porces rcservi MOO, is Malm; to grunt Boulder, Colo., 1,800 acrea of land in ti e mountain-! for a park; to remove the existing dis ability of Confederates, preventing them flora lilting on federal, petit ami rami juries (this was the hist of tho political disabilities of ex Confederates to be ioiiinve.li, and for the relief of the heirs ol the lute Edward Du Leon, lute uonsiil-generul to Kgypt. The house then wont into committee f the whole and tiaik up the consider it mn of the sundry civil appropriation bill. Camion (Kep. III.), in charge of the measure, made a general analysis of what it cm, tained. It carries $02, 928,101, hot $20,000,000 is (or pay ment to Spain to cany ont the provi sions of tho Paris treaty. Exclusive of that, the bill carnea $8,01)5,758 leaa than the estimates, and $5,020,1111 less than the current luw. Cannon's statement of the condition of tho leveuues brought on a general discussion, which lasted until adjourn ment. fit lh Senate. Washington, Feb. II. Several bills of minor imHirtunce were passed by the senate this morning. One of them was to restore to their original stuttis as to promotion officers of the navy and in .ii iiio corps who lost numbers hy rea son of advancement of othei officers (or exceptional and meritorious service dur ing the war with Spain. Another bill passed authorized the purchase or construction of a launch for the customs service ut Astoria, Or., to cost not more than $2,500. Consideration of the executive, legis lative uud judicial hill wus then re sumed. The paragraph relating to the dODOiit ol copyright works in the na tional library was ItliOkOBOOl with the intention of revising il ill conference. A brief hut lively civil service do bale was precipitated by an inquiry of Cocktell, concerning the expemlitiiie ol money for tha uffica ol stiierviiiig architect. He maintained that tho work of tho supervising arch i loot's oSm was done slowly, if not badly. The construction of public btiildiuga dragged through yehr alter vein. Were those ion: lings being erected by private Indirldloali they would be eonpletod in one season. Following a general discussion, the pending hill was laid aside, alter 51 pages hud been disposed of, ami ut 6:16, on motion of Hoar, the senate wont into executive seision and sooon adjourned. Army BUI Must I'aas. Washington, Fob. 11. The Potl '.iv "Tho urmy reorganization bill must pass or the piesident will call an extra session of congress. The opposi tion to the hill in the senate basal ready lan'ii frequently referred to in the Post, mi, I the prediction made that some compromise would he agreed ti(m whereby legislation of a temporary character would Iss placed in the atiiiT appropriation bill. This will not satisfy the administration. No iiiake-shill expedient will lie accepted. The president has determined that the passage of the army hill shall be made an issue, and there is no doubt in administration circles that ho will lie successful. If, however, an oh- I stade should luevent action, un extra session will surely be held." An ladeaeaslaal Llae. Portland, Or., Feb. 1 1. Millionaire William O. Tiffany, of New York, tho largest holder in the pnqed Portland ami Seattle load, vehemently denies that the Union Pacific or any other road will have any interest In the new line. He slates ii will lie entirely in dependent. Moie to tbe point, work ou the road is to begin at once. The Aniarlran Casual lllrl. Washington, Feb. II. Oeneral Otia cables the wai department that the to tal casualties resulting from all engage IMBtl since the of evening February 4 aggregate 28, as follows: Killed. 3 officers, 5tl etilisteyl men; wounded. 8 officers. lti enlistd uieu; missing, j enlisted men. Wichita, Kan.. Feb. 11. It is re ported ban that many cattle of the range are suffering from frozen hoofa. This usually proves fatal. Town ltsdiird ly t'oiiiljlned Aasaufl of American I Manila, Feb. 18. The American forces at 8:40 this afternoon made I combined attack uion Colocan and re duced it in shoit order. At a signal from the tower of the de la Lomo church (United Statea aignal station), tho doiible-ttirreted monitor Monadiiook opened lire from the bay with the big gooiof her fore timet on ihe eaith works, with grout effect. Soon after ward the buttery boiiii.ar.led the place Irom another position. The rebela reserved theii fire until the bombardment OMIasI, when they fired volleys of musketry as the Mon tana regiment advanced on the jungle. The Kunaaa regiment, 00 the ex treme left, with the artillery deploying to the right, chaiged across the open ami cariied the earthworks, cheering iiinler a heavy lire. Supported by the artillery at the church, the tioops fur ther advanced, driving the enemy, fighting every foot, right into the town line, ami panMntod to the presidency ami lowered the Filipino Hug at 5:30 P. M. The enatnr'l shatpahootera in tile jungle on the light lired at long range on the Pennsylvania legiment, but tho lebela were soon silenced by ahaipnel sin lis and the Pennsylvania remained in the tn m l ere As the Americans advanced they bur I the native houses. The rebels were mowed down like grass, but the American losses were slight. filgtilBoesI Filipino aveye, San Franciaio, Fob. It. On the steamer from Yokohama today came "Oeneiul" K. Riogoda Dies and Senor M. Ilivera. who are Aguinaldo's special oonunisMnori to Washington. They were very much disturbed when told of the latest developments in the Philip pines. I pel ml Wants Uaralilpa. Lima, Parti, via Oalveston, Tex., Feb. 18. Oreat Britain, it is teported here today, haa offered to purchase the Chilian and Argentine warships. Senor Carlos Walker Martinez, minister ol the interior, haa demanded of tbe lio llvian minister, Dr. Emetcrio Cano, a guuriintee ol the immunity of the livea and propeity of the Chilians in Bolivia during the hostilities between Presi dent Alonzo of Bolivia and the federal ists, or iiisuigeiita. MUST HAVE A CABLE. HIS POWER CRIJSi Agutnaldo Asks Gen. Oti, tor a Conference. REALIZES HIS SBIAT MsKf I'realiletit MrKllilej'a Meaasge to Con great t'rgea Acllult at Till Sesafon. Washington, Feb. 13. Tho presi dent's message un tho Pucillo cable, transmitted to cougiess today, iu ns fol lows: "At a consequent e of the ratification of tho treaty of Paris by the senate of the United Statea, ami its expected nUflOtion by the Span.-!, government, the United States will come into pos session of tho Philippine islands, on the farther shores of tho Pacific, the Hawaiian islands und Oiium being United States territory, und foi in ing convenient stopping places on tho way across the sea, und the necessity fur ipaody cable comtnniiicntiou between i the United States ami all the Philip pine islands bus become imperative. Such coiiiniuniciition should he estab lished in no h a wny us to he wholly , under the control of tho United States, whether in lime of peace or war. At present, the Philippines can he reached only by cables which pans tluough ninny foreign countries, an I tho Ha waiian island ami Guam can only be I communicated w ith hy steamers, in ! voicing delays in each instance of at least a week. The present conditions should nut be allowed to continue lot a moment longer than is ",hsolutoly nec essary. The time has uriived when a cable in the Pacific must extend ns fur as Manila, touching ut the Hawaiian islands und Onatii on the nay. "Umlei those circumstances, it be comes a paramount necessity thut mens- urea should be taken 08 fore the close ol tho proaent congiess to piovide such melius us may seem suitable for the es tablishment of ii cable system. I rec ommend the whole subject to the care ful consideration of congress, and to such prompt notion us may seem ad visable. The aituation In lha t'lillli,lr,s. t( on r Improving Mlano lUm Ha. cent Outbraak. Washington, Feb. 10. There Wm an almost complete leleaau lodu; , ( . . tension under which the rapid dOsM rence of events in the Philippines ,M he'd the officials of the administrate since the fiist startling news from j,. n I la on Saturday night. Tin brought about through the i prj ,, . bulletin fiom Oeneral Otis aa up the latest results of tho lighting he has had with the natives. Tba j. patch follows: "Manila, Feb. 10. Tho situation ii rapidly improving. A recoiuioissanoi wus made yesterday to the south, WT, eral miles to Laguuu do Hay, and to the southeast eight miles, our trotfj driving the snuggling insurgent i (,, them. The troopa in various dirM tions encoutered no decided opposition The native aimy ia ilisintegiatcl. Ml Ihe native aie returning to the vil lages, di-playuig white tluga. "Near Calocun, six milea north of hero, tho enemy made a stand behind intrench monts, ami wero charged lj the Kansas troop led by Colonel Putii. tun. Theie waa a close encounter, re sulting in the rout of the enemy with heavy loss. The loss to tho Kanm ragimtnl was Lieutenant Allonl killed, ami six wounded. "On the 4th Aguiualdo issued a prot tarnation charging the Americans with having taken the initiative and de claied wai. Sunday he issue I an. other, culling on his followers to resin foreign invasion. Ilia iufiiiencs throughout thia section is dtttroytd. He now applies for a cessation of hos tilities and a conference. I huve da dined to answer. "The insurgents' expectation of t rising in the city on the night of the 4th was unreal ixed. The provost mar shal-general, with the admiruhle dis tHisition of hia troopa, defeated ovofj attempt. The city ia quiet. Uusinesa has heeu resumed. The natives ure re spectful and cheerful. The figbiir,g ipi.il it ms of American troopa ateu reve latiou to all tho inhabitants. "OTIS." IN BLEAK SIBERIA. Hurna.l hj Insurgents. Washington. Feb. 11. The navy detriment today roei.,l the hallow ing dispatch from Dewey: .Mantis. Keb. 11. After continued interference and intimidation of ot workmen, 1 ordered the armed insur geunta to leave San Koque hv u this morning. If any ol them latt dla the night A few lemained, and they fired tha village this morning. It ,", now Mvapiad by oar troops; all quirt " San Koqna is a village on tba MM of laut ooanaeting Cavita and tha waiBiauo oi L,uaoo. II. ..in-, of A ml tee ami Party I'rolialily round lllaoovereil b Natives. Kriisiioviirsk, Siboiiu, Keh. 13. A gold mine owner named MonillIMhln ha received n letter savin that u tiilie of Turgusos, Inhnbitini the fimir p. u insula, North Liberia, recently in , lot Bled the lviissian ilice chief of the district that on January 7 last, bet woon Kotno and Pit, in the prOVlnM of Yen iseisk, they found a cabin constructed of cloth and cordage, apparently be longing to a balloon. Closo by were the bodies of throe men, the head of one badly crushed. Around them were a number of instruments, the uses of which were not understood hy the Turgusos, The lice chief has started for the spot to investigate, and it is believed that the iKslies are those of the aero naut Hei r Aiiilroe und his companions. Missouri Krull Crept Killed. Nevada, Mo., Feb. 13. The i-cace Wtd apricot ciops of Vernon ami Cedar counties are repotted killed todav. The loss is estimated at more than 100, 000. The weather is the coldest known here in 30 yoats. Trial Kevl i lull Adopted. Paris, Feb. 13. Tho trial revision bill waa adopted hv a vote ol 33i to 831 in the ehuiuboi of deputies. Late thia evening there was considerable ferment in tho streets, caused hy tiie shouting of the rival parties. Olathe. Kan., Keh. 18. Aunt Dicy Dibbs, aged so vcirs, wsj toand froxen to death in her home at Shawnee, heie she had lived alone for veins, she had apparently hurt herself 'hv a fall and was unable to call for help. Ntatmirnl or Slork l.oaaea. Port Worth, Tex., Feb. 13.-Oeoral Livestock Agent Penuington, of the Ninta Ke system, t.slay gave out a statement of the probable loss to the atoek interests in tho vatioui statea owing to the prevailing blixx.inl. i',,,,. aervative estimates place the losses at 30 per cent in H. P,,l,aii,lle. Wyom ing. Montana and the Dakotua. The .v-ses ,n northwest Texas mav reach ;0 per cent. Can't Oiaaa tha Line. Skngway, via Victoiia, 13. C, Feb. 10. Two United Statea cuatoni-hnu!ie officera, P. M. Hoyt and Hector Mc Lean, while convoying liquors from here to Log Cabin, were arrested at Log Cabin laat Monday, charged with crossing Into British Columbia terri tory win In seiving in an official ca pacity. The two men were held pris oners for 24 bonis, and brought befoia Captaoi Cartwright, acting magistiute, who, after telling them that it was a violation ol the British Columbia luw for American officials to convoy good through to Log Cabin, ami that the boundary line was at the summit, un, not at Log Cabin, released them. An Btiplanalloii lleinatiiled. Havana, Fob. 10. It ia reports! that a se- rel mooting of tho executive committee of the Oil at, assembly bin decided the committee will not wel come Gomez to this city. It will not he piesent when he arrives in Havana, and further, if Oomez does not go lie fore the committee ami explain his lessons for accepting the ptopoaitlottl of Porter, the representative of Presl dent McKinlcy, without consulting the committee, he will he officially noti fied on the pait of the com in it toe to appear before it and explain his conduct. Hurtled to llealh. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 10. Word was toceived today that Petor NttlsM whs hiirned to tleiith in his cabin, five miles northeast of La Center, thisoun tv, lust Batunlay evening. Nelioa wus 78 years old, was a widower, ami had lived alone sevet:.l yeats. lie M .ul to have one daughter, iibnul 14 yeats old, who livea with relatives somewhere in the state of Nebraska. No Indemnity for Aualro-lliinaary. Washington, Feb. 10. The state da 'purttnont, after mature consideration, has declined to lecogniae the claim of the Austro-Hungarian government for indemnity on account ol tboHungirku strikeis killed by Sheriff Martin's 'C ut Hazolton, Pa., September 10, 18t7. May Her,.. It to Assembly. London, Feb. 10. Tho Havana 601 lespon lent of the Times says that io n ml Maximo Oomez ha agreed to tefer to the Cuban assembly, ut MaillM the American offei of 8,000,000 to pay off the Cubitu army ou oonditiOl of diebamlment. A One-round Infant. Mishawaka. Ind., Feb. f. ThM was born to the wife of Noble Austin, in thia city, the smallest infant Ital reiairted in Northern Indiana. Tin child is aliout the aiae of an InMnda cent electric light globe, and weigli one pound. Tho physician, an e'1' practitioner, save it will live. -mi. os ou a Htrlke. It is MpOOtod that the steamer A I vance, which is due to arrive at Colon. Colombia, in a few daya, will bring large number of laborers from Fortune islam! to take the place of Iti ko The outlook at Panama is taooinbsj worse There the atiike is complete, vessels leaving without taking 01 "' loading their cargoes. The atiike has now extended to the sailors and lite men of the Pacific Steam Havig-il Compauy ami the Paoillo Mail steam-era. I The Spanish cortee will be oon j vokad on tha JOth to ratify ,,, treaty. A Thirty Hays' Hun. Messts. Taboi & Oodfroy, ownrl" the Kel Boy mine, 30 miles -' ' Bukei City, Or., brought a fi ago and deposited in the Fir-i N bank of that city fl5,000, the n a 30 daya run with the Bed ft stamp mill. The same mine e'tUl "P l.'t.OOO in yellow metal I m"'1"' ago, and, though but recently a t e producing mines of Baker d itrlt ahould lecord a yield ol a laaal ' 000 for 1899. England conitinoa live times as m tea aa coffee.