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a Eugene City Guard. I. 1. 0MriH.L. rr.rl.t..r A, euoknk crry... OBMOM EVENTS OF THE DAY Au MaMattaf WlimmHUM lneei Ihe Two Metiilauherea I'wmW (Jen. Ilrooke cable from Havana an flouncing the death of Captain Oliver Peny Hmlth, ooininiary, from acute nephriti. Hen (Jravee, Alexander 'lark and Will JohMOII. OolllM county farmers, MM froxen to deallt Saturday night near Dallat Tel. The aenate hat pained a bill IWlHH the office of admiral of the iiavr. Hear Admiral laiwey, it it tindertlood. Will be named ful the petition. On Monday an ocean liner In die-trc-s wat lighted off Dread ledge, III Hwampacott hay, Mas. The life-lav-Ing crew could not reach her on ac count of the ice. The outbreak nt Manila ha enliven ed bunneaa at the L' tilled State le crniting office In I'oitlaiid, .Nineteen more men mustered out of the Eighth California were enlisted laat week. The senate has onnflrmed the nomi nation of ('. J. Hell, asaiataut am-re-tary of the treaaury, and that of Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Cole, to be aa alatant ayuiaater-geiieral of the army. Olla wirna the war department a liat of ileatha in hla command a hu e Fehrti arv 4, nut Including those of iiihii killed in action. They number nine. Among the namca appear tlloae of Private Dan iel Kyger ami W. Chop wood. Klrat Washington, and Michael I'. Crowley, Sr n. I llogllll. Speaker Iteed wan not at the rapitnl Monilay, and aunt word he thounht It a Ivisahle to adjourn on ftOOOOnl of the storm. l.i'M than a hundred memhoia ie preiieiit, and those who lira vm tlie norm refuaed to adjourn, and went on with consideration of the tiiudry civil appropriation bill. There ia reported a aerioua hitch in the work of the Anglo-American com mission. The oUtacle ia laid to lie a demand made by the Canadian com miaaiuii for the cession of the town of hkagway, Alaaka. The American com inissioner have definitely refuaed to ceded that gateway to the Yukon. Terrible hliitarda swept over the South, Kant and Middle Weal Sunday and Monday. The wiuda went to high on the Atlantiu acaboard that ocean ateamahi were atomi-hound in the Italian. Nine big Atlantiu linera due at Now York Saturday hail not put In their appearance Monday. lulenae odd aocompauicd the slortn and much aufiering ia reKirted. The cold wave eitenda from the Atlantic to Wvitern Teiaa The Spaniah goTernnient ha decided riot to cell the Caroline ialanda. The aecietary of war haa given ordera foi the tuuatci ing out ol the Third regi ment of liumuuea, now atutioucd at Santiago and vicinity. The for title alums appropriation bill, a it will he n-cniiiiiiemled hy tin n- nntlie, inn lea i .11 at ugaintt eatimatea of $11,111, IM. It la aald the administration will uphold Chief Justice Chumheia, at Apia, in hia tolcciliui of Malietou Tan ua at king of the IMMMM iahinda. The tecretary of war ISpoHl that aii'kneaa in aome of the American regi lueiita in the I'liilippinca is high as IT lair cent, but the average ia nhoul IU ier cent. The leporl of the war Inveftigatlug noiiiinissliiii ia in the hands of the pres Ideut, and the coiiiiniaslon It diasolved. Hilling the luvcaligiitinn NO witneasca Weie elamilied. Many accounts ol deaths (nun freez ing are reported liom the Kaat. At H loom i ngion , I i I . , J. W. llinklc. who has served several teiius as sherilT, wat froten tu death while going to hla hoiun. Near Ihtyton, ( . , Martin Duftlit gei aultcred a like late while feeding Ilia hoga. The Filipino junta at BOM Kong has laaued a atalemeiil in which It It dunned that the American aoldicre pic. ipilutcd the recent battle at Ma nila, and that the iHiiiiliardiueut ol the towns of Mnlale, I'aco, Santa Ana and Malalain can-.-1 the slaughter ol 4,000 women ami childien. A contract haa la-en let fur two II,- 000 ton steamships for the I'aclllc Mall ateaiuship Co. They will be the hng eat so far built at an American ship yaid, then dlmeiiaiont la-lug greater than those ol the Aiueiicaii Itnert St. laiula and St. I'aul. They are to ply between San Fianciaco and China. Chinese rebela are raiding Chriatian rlmichea and dilving out iiiiasioiun ie. Al Chang Yang and Licchiian the Ho nian Catholic cha pel a have been burned and the houses ol the native church member have been destioycd. Scleral hundred children under the care ol the Kom.ui Catholics, me said to have been drowned by the laideia near Kueifu. atl.o.r Haw lliiiii. A barge loaded with a large quantity 01 coidwood, consigned to a Portland dealer wat lost tinting the recent freshet iu the east folk of the U'Wte river. A carina, I i f green onyi uiHible, the hrst shipment of dimension atone from the quarriea of the Culled Slates Mar ble Comianv. near Valley, Hi Sim hi county, Hash , was on the track in Spokane recently lor a few hours, en route tu Chicago. War upon gypsy fotlone-lellera it being w aged Iit License iftlcer K 'go way, of Cortland. One hat lien cor nered and forced to lake out a f Ml li cense, aud others will he called upon fur (miliar conlributioni. The Oregon Short Line OoMpAav hag let a contract with a aaw mill company al Lai Center, Wash., for 100.000 rail road lira. Nickum A Co , of 1'uiilsn.l, have the ooulract foi shipping ihe Ilea from tbe mill to the Kaat Side, where they will be loaded on car a. The transfer of these lies by aster a ill em tdoy about 40 baiget LATER NEWS. A Are at the Brooklyn navy-yard on (lie 16th destroyed g), 000,000 worth of properly. The graves of Dm Maine victims at Havana were decoiated with flowers on the I .',tii, tbe anniversary of the ex plosion. A British syndicate haa ohtiiinr-d a concession from China to build a rail road from llankait to Canton, along tb coast. Col. Miller, who captured I In I In without the hail of a man in hia com mand, has been promoted o ho briga-diet-general by the president. The Cunard liner Ktruria and the cruiser Murhh-head narrowly Had a rollition doting i blinding sleet ami snow storm nlaiut 70 mi lei off Sandy Hook Monday morning. Kepresentstive Stnl lings, of Ala bama, hat introduced in the house a hill to authorize the president to ap point Oennral Wheeler a major -general in the regular army. Teiriflc weather is prevailing on the coatt of Jamaica. The winds arc high and the tea it encroaching on in land. Collating Teasels havo la-en wrecked, anil several huiidrcd ucret of bananas swept away. Naval ordnance officer in Washing ton sie elated over the remarkable re- ultl Secured with the new smokeless navy aiwder for large caliber guns iu a teat at thn Indian fleud proving grounds on the Potoma . State Kntomologist Scott, d ionrg i a , says the peach crop has la-en utterly destroyed, ami iu all prohahility '.he gorwert will he so discouraged that they will abandon the business. I. list year's i rop wit valued at l, 000, 000. A battle took plut near Ho Ho on Sunday, when a hattitlion of the Eighteenth infantry met a largo form of insurgents and put it to flight. Lieutenant Howies waa shot in the leg, private seriously and two slightly wounded. Ki Consul Duckert, of Heligom, this be. ri com miss loned to make a tour of hint iu the interests of Helg.an uiiihii- fitctuiers at a snhiiy of ".t, a year. The idea of the tour eiuanuted from King leopold, who will conliibiitu tt, 000 to the salary. President Zelaya haa issued a decree declaring the lepuhlic ol Nicaragua to he in Itate of seige. A buttle is expected to lake place at any time west of Chile mountain, the dividing line of the Conlllleraa. The president ia aeudii.g triaips to the front aa rapid ly at collected. Tho Hinted Stales gutilsriit Marietta, wihch arrived at tlreytown February 6, has siiiled for llluenieds, the heudipiarteis of tho revolution headed hy Oeueral Keyot. Nearly 2,000 Spanish prisoner! left Manila fur Spain on the II lb and Hlth. One man was killed mid live serious ly Injured in a powder explosion ut Mossgrove, I'a. Four Chinese have die. I from in juriei tnstained in the Sim Fiuiiciaoo Chinatown tire Sunday. Silaa Junes and ail children weie bunied tu death on the I chnrdson and May plantation, at Cor ui atone, Ark. II. Mi S. Leainler has been ordered to proceed mill all S d to Boll Tig to piotcot the pioperty and lives of lint lilt residents during tho levolnttou. Kiie in Cincinnati doe t toyed ihe clothing houses of Kahn V l''i Ithuo rer, II. A. Ilellisbellller and S.inford, Stem ft Sarner. The loss is nearly $500,000, Then, is n rumor in I'uris that ne gOliltlOM aid taking phi, e between the I'aiiama canal loinpaity and tho H iob ington goei nmeiit, Icaiking tothc ,uiu pletion of the canal. Thirty , live persut have died of small pox in the Cieek nation within a few weeks. The victims weie negroes and Indians All of Western Oklahoma has iUHiaiitincd against the infected distnet. The recently aiiivcl Filipinos, den. Itiego de Diot and M. Kivera, are on their way to Montieal to urge Agon cillo, the Philippine goM ininent repie senUlive. to go to Washington and sue foi peace. The buildings of the draw Ma chinery Oompan and Ihe Whittle Trunk Company, nl Knoxville, Tcnti., With UltJl ivmlenls, weie deslioyed hy tire. The loss Is estimated at between $11,000 and $100,000. In the Culled Slates somite Tuesday the McKueiy temilution, declining il.it Ihe lalilh-atlon of the peace treaty is not a declination on the pail of the Coiled Stales to pel inaiiently hold Ihe Philippine Islands, was pasted by a vote of Ut) to 8. Theie wat a celehiation in Salem on the lllh, the occasion being the anniversary of the extension of tin laws ol the Culled Stales ovci the Ore gon country, anil Ihe 4Hth annivcisaiy of Ihe admittance of Oregon Into the L'ti ion aa a state. A cablegiani comes from New Zea land stating that when the BfUjlMI Philadelphia reaches Apia, King Ma taafa will bo forced to give up hia throne to Mallteoa Tan us. The Brit ish and American consuls will ,1c. l ire the latter the king, and their decl.ua lion will be enforced by llritlsh and Ameilcan marines. A deposit of earth sttontian has been found on I'm In Hay island In Ijlka Krie. It is many acres iu extent. The nitrate of slroulla is of pure white color. The Hamburg American line steamer Adila arrived at New York Sunday from Hamburg after a most tempestoos passage. Iluring the night of January 80. Captain Levelaow, while living lo go from the bridge to Ihe cabin, was thrown down into the cabin passageway and killed. l.alsdt (lauliborger, of Heading, I'a., Wl yeara old, ia culling his third aet of teeth. Tbe first artnal of the new set came two months ago. and tho aeveuth molar hai juil put In ill appe .nance A movement to en-ct a national me morial in honor of Abiaham Lincoln haa been Halted by the l.imolii College Club, of Chicago. Kcaolotioni have bean adopted favoring ihe organisation of a National Lincoln Memorial Asso ciation, and (ommittee which in cludes Senator Mason and Cotuireea- man Lonruer apoliii-'d lo secure lundt for the purpoae. CANAL PROVIDEO FOR. enata Committee adds It lo lbs Klver ad Harbor Hill. Waihington, Feb. 80. The lenata -oniiinttee on cornmero decided tolay in put the Morgan Nicaragua canal bill on tbe river ami harbor hill. The ac tum of Ihe committee was pre, .-d.-d 'y a brief argument by Senator Morgan, in which he went ovet the general grounds favorable to the coiiitrnclion of the canal. Aside from the Nicaragua canal, tht committee increased cash appropria tion! to the extent of about $2, 000,000 over the house cash appropriations, while the amount of continuing con tiacti it increased to the extent ol al. ut $10,000,000. In the senate the only hiilineti ol importance wai the coniideratinn ol hills on the pension calendar, which wus began under a accial order. Among the bills passed was one provid ing procedure in certain petition cases. It provides that no pMMBWI shall I withheld, nKslitied or cancelled except for fun I, or mistakes in facti, and provdes a scheme ol procedure. Tht pi ivate pension calendar wui complet ed, 74 bills being patted. In lira House. Washington, Feb. SO. In the hoost today aeveial lailioad right-of-way billi were passer). Among the hills wat one to authorize the construction of tht Clearwater Valley toad through th Nez Pat OH reservation. The census bill wat Kent to confer ence. A hill was passed authorizing the president to apHiint five addition al cadets at -huge to the naval academy. The sundry civil hill was then passed. The naval appmprialloii hill wui for mally rcrortcl. The home went inU I'ommitte of the whole and took up tlx hill. No general debate was ilumandei! on tho bill, ami its rending for amend incut under the five minute lule war immediate'y oomraeflosd, TAKES NEWS CALMLY. . Klanrrlrra In Parts I ..ll..,., a the Heath ut Kwiire. I'aris, Fob. 20. Kverythlug it quiet in I'aris tonight. There il no danger of coup d'etat. The favorite r ami i date for the presidency it M. Kinih Ijotihet, now pietidetit of the senate Still the minlattlf think Fame's dealt is a misfortune at the present juncture, and thil it the conventional talk. They bad all lookad forward to hit re signing, ami they spoke today of tin is, ssi bin effect ol hit death on tin courts of Kuroiie. if M. Uinbet he elected, Kurnpeaii sovereigns would soon transfer to hill their friendly regardt. He il a good, unaffected, luvel-hoadnd man of hon est, opt n life, ami of far more intel tactual BtlltUia than prerr Fauro. lit is an advocate and practiceal at tht Montilemar bar, in the department ol the Drops, Mont ieiu.tr il hil native town. OVER ENTIRE GROUP. Tllr American Flag to Cover the I'hll Ipplna lalamla. Washington, Feb. 30. Theadiniuia tration bus determined to txtend rap hlly tba jurisdiction of the United States over the Philippine group in it entirety, acting nu the theory that de lay in this eriall is dangerous, am) that inaiehjl and general paralysis ol inch intetests at the islands supuut Would be btOOghl al" ut through (ailurt lo lapltOt promptly Spanish sover eignty over tiie labtndi with ii. .a o, tba Dnnitajd states. I ns llatra lor H ulneaeali ars. Ht. I'aul, Feb. -jo The Northeit PnOlflC ind Ureal Nolhern hflve rhridi'i to sell half fine homotsskera' HokeP Febmary II, Match I innl 7, on sum hn rates as made hy the more soul her ly lines to the I'aclllc const Heretofort the rates have applied only to neiir-h) slates, and il is now intended thill they shall apply to tho entile Icngll of Ihu roads named. Qaasai Ooaa to Cw rtl awws. I In vn tin , Feb. 'id. A dispatch from CteuluagM Myi that Major-Qeneia John C. Hates, militaiy governor 01 tbe dapartraant of Banta Ulaia, and In speclor tiei.eral Hreckiiirnlge, y,-i,i tiny paid a visit to tiencnil (ioiuez who was aXpaCtlnf 10 leave today foi Cardan aa. atlmatet Oalywt at im.ooo.ooii Vancouver, II C., Feb. 10, M. Marks, an Austinlian expeit direct front Hawson, places tho output of the Klondike at $10,000,000 this year. Hit estimate is as follows: Kldorndo and Boianaa ataaka, $8,000, OOOi Big ant Little Bonanaa, tlold and Ficn, I I'iceks, $0,000,000; llankai ami tuaiti ciecks, f.i.tUUi.Otlil. -i. ,- to Vlantla. Taoorna, Feb. ao. Jaoiai Ward, ol the shipping tl t m of Saunders ,V H ard has returned fioin a visit to Knglaml. and annoQuoai the aatatbliahiMBt i llimaalf and otheta ot a steamer lint between this port and the Hawaiian Islands. The Hritish steinner Miin.tii euse will he the Hist vessel out, am will sail next week. Xea-rly rroian to Haa-Mt. Scuttle, Wash., Feb. Utr. A M lo the Poa(lntalli(aaaw fwi Foity Mile river, Ala4.i, say-a Ut WIIUaM Malheson. formerly w-f Lisa AoMtat, t ai. , narrowly aaaaisad v. .-. t-..,, t.,. death recently. It wart mveswsry tu amputate both hit lunula said leet. WaWrwarkt rat Pawaaa, Uvs Angeles, Feb i!0. J. A. Ackleti ot this city, haa been granted the piivi lege of maintaining a water workt al Hanson Citv hv the t'aiiadiin givern ment. He will tap the Klondike rivet four unlet above Hawaon. Pour Manila TraMporla. San Francisco, Felt. M, A fleet of four vessels will leave San Firici.v, lor Manila within two weeks. No less than MOO tout of tteiglit of all de scilpttont will be taken. Arrldrntallt ahol lit NIs llrolhar. Olynipta, Waah., Feb. 0. The 3- year old aon of II. 8, Clyde, of this citv, was accidentally ihot and killed; by an older brother tcnlay while at play. Saaator H'llaua llul or I'ollllrs. Sisikane, Feb. Sa Stnalor and Mrw. Hils.ni, of Wathingtou, reachtsl thia city laat night. Senator Wilaon aaya be hat given up politic for good. The s,iple who dined around Mr. Atlor'i big tie will obawrve that thia MP try can (ariitah Koroa with the table a well aa the thing! to put on it. LEGISLATURE ENDS. llllla That THE NEW LAWS. Durlag ciaa Much Work ..." I " Muura of lha Hasslon Tha Laat orklng Pay. The lilt working rlay of the Oregon legislature wa foil of boiineai, mostly devoted to tba rojlino of pseaing htllt. The general appropriation bili :is par seal by Isith hutiaea. In the tenate the bill to pioride foi execiitiont of mrdaian t tho peni tentiary waa indefinitely loatponed, became it carried objai ItODtblg matter relating to appeal. Three hills touching military affair! were pasted, a follows: To cover into the military fund all money receired from the United State on aOOOODl of transportation, etc.; to restore to the military fund aome $8r laipandad In suppressing fiahermr-n's rmts IB 1806 to leorgauizo the official stall of the Oregon National Guard. Tho following hills -re patietl: To regulate licenae tire into ran aa son paolatl to protect the ft nit and DOp induitry hy requiring the deitiur tion of pestt; to cure ceitam defects iu Ju dicial tale and deeds; to prevent the maintenance of armed loins of men other than the duly eonstitabMl author ities; to amend the charter of Newberg; to provilie for criminal prosecution on information; to protect trout and cer tain other food fishes; to rolieve tho itate of the necessity of advancing the cjati of giving a bond In a DtOOSedlng to which the itate ia a pally; to amend the law relating to irrigation right and ditches, to amend Iho law relative to liens against niinel for la bor or aupplici; tu amend the chatter of Arlington; to tlx the annual aaiary of the supreme court clerk at f3,000, with one deputy in Sulem at 70 per month and one at I'emlleton nt $&0, end providing that the feet he paid iuto the itate treasiity; to tlx the sal ariei of Colombia county officers; to regulate the manner of sturgeon tithing and milking a close season on the Co lumbia liver from March 1 to Novem ber 1; to provide for iniecting sheep brought In hands into Oregon from an other stale tame as the Washington iwi; to amend the law relative to the ones of public road viewer; to lix the nnnuuul salary of the Linn county assessor at $2, tun, including the pay of deputies; to regulate tha practice of the vocation of barber; to provide for the appropriation of water to bo used for mining purpose. In lha lloitae. Ill the house a long dicusion occur led on the hill to adopt Iho Torrens system of land title. Tho lull, when put upon it passage, wai defeated. Hill passed were: To authorize construction of kid across county roads for logging puip.-es; to provide fur iiihuiisiion to the vote of thu peo ple the pioposed constitutional amend ments; to aiithoi ize thu sale of agri cultural school laud on the market for lii yean at less than the ptico fixed hy statute; to provide for payment of taxes in coin, Inatead ol county war rants; to provide for the manner of se eming tho release aa surety Umui bonds; to reduce foe to be charged by oiinty clerks in prohatu caaei; to n.it,' the law prohibiting the fraudu lent use of labels or trademark more effective; to fix the s.ilarie of county clerk, sheriff and lecorder in Wash ington county; to amend the code so a to give parties the right to give notice of appeal without assignment of eiror; In nil Unitize the printing ol S00 copies of supreme couit reports at f'J.50 pel 0ODjr to prohibit the running ut push cars upon tailroitd kracki; to Clfrlto II slate board of aqoalisatlOD, consisting of the governor , secretary of statu and state tiensiirer; to authorize the work ing of county prisoners on county lOadli to tlx the salaries of county treasurers, aftet amendment increasing the salary of the troasuier of Lam' loitnty from $S00tO$800, and the paltry ol the treasuier of Wallowa county from 'ioO to $;i.iti; to amen, i code relative to at tachment making the tiling of a writ with the county clerk iinswei the pur pose of posting a notice on property; to amend the code relative to action for adverse HiaeMion; to lix the compen sation of OOUntV commissioner! after amending the hill hy increasing the per dietu in Union county (rum $4 to $.'; to reduce the mileage of jurors and w itnesses in cities of 60,000 population or over, from 10 to .r cents; to give preference in the employ men t 111 pub lic service to honorably discharged sol dier ami tailors; to appropriate t'J.OOO, in ahl ot the OlOgOO Historical Society, ami to authorize printing at the state's expense to the UnlO amount; to provide for the payment of oattaln fees to recorders of conveyances; to oonitHatt ix days' publication of a nOtlOO a week notice; amending the law relative to the appointment of offi cial stenographers; to abolish the offloi of recorder of Clatsop county, and re qntra that the duties of that office be per kw mad hy the county clerk; to leg itime the purchase, sale and ttatisfer ot st,H-ks of good, by requiring the pur loier to ciact from the vcndoi a list of creditois and the extent of liabil ities; K 1 lolnhit Vka ruarHiatj p Uig af ttoUlHUSs Rate I'aaaad Baaaloa. V rata- . iiji lies' r-l-ss Issn-. tu tlw tVaswN tsta4e Vadptadoy tsw tsll tss Nspeal the aninilal wfcroana twa 4 utoaey t the MaVe fair ws .le-t'.ak-J ky a voti of i to II Tha. ttalr K. hoot Hill. Altei the most exciting and dramatic half-day of the session, the Oregon house shortly liefora I o'eloob Wednes day iKHMi paaaad the Daly text Ismk bill by a Tote ol S.t to S6, only one member being absent. The bill, which had been made a special order of business foi 10 A M . did not coma to a vote without Mnaational Ipotdanta. The debate was paiticipatod in by all the orator of the house, and the lobby and gallery were tilled with in t .nested s'ctators. The call of the home wat had three time before tbe bill came to a vote, and several in cffcciual effort were made to tecure an adjoutntuent. The bill 10 change the management of the Sold ien' Home by doing away with the present board of Irmteva aim putting the institution under the con trol of the governor wai passed 111 the aenate. The bill to codify the lawa relating lo echool land wa paaaed aftei an un uccMful attempt had teen made to amend by keeping the talary of the clerk at $1,000, aa now. inatead ol tl.HOO, aa piovided in tba bill. Billi pattetl by both houae previous to tbe laat day are ai followi: To authorize the town of Antelope to borrow $5,000 to build water worki. To incorporate the city of Pendleton. To amend charter of town of Adams. To regulate pilotage on Columbia and Willamette liveis. To create office of ttate biologic, without talaiy. To redooe talariei of Douglas county officen. To incorporate Nehalem. To provide that lummaiicj cily ol count) aement toll be trantuiittet! to sectetaty of itate. To amend charter of IHllsiioto. To amend li!f chartet of Albany. To incorsuato town of Tillamook. To inoorporatu the tov:n ol Canyon City. To conttitute bench of Clrttop coun ty a public highway. To amend the charter of UrantlPa. To authoiizo Jefferaon inatilute to sell out to thu school district. To amend chatter of Oregon City. To Inmrponfa Fort of TllUmookand provide for the improvement ol Ho (pin am (lough. To loeorporata the town of Lakcview. To Inooporrala Cottage Orovo. To amend charter of town of Tangent. To provide clerical lid ful judge! of the supreme court To incorsirate Drain. To inoorpoiata New Astoriu, adjoin ing Fort Stevens. To amend charter of Monmouth. To ineopoitata the city of Ontario. To inoor porata the town of Uay City. To incoiporate the city of Happntr. To incorporate tho city Warreuton. To incoisirate tlio city of Wallowa. To amend chattel of Hold Hill. To regulate and lix the salary of the ossersoi of Jackson county. To Inoorpoiata tho town ol Mai ah- field. To amend charter of Wrsslbitrn. To ledisttict the state for tenator and reirescnlativea. To create the office of tax collector in Multnomah county. To amend the charter of Cotvallis. Tu prevent production and sale of un wholesome I,.., i- and medicines. (Looney pure food hill.) To inoorporata the town of Seagide. To raise (he -amy ol -1. or iff ol Ma rion county. To regulate and to lix salaiie uf Til lamook county officers. To tix salaiies ol county officers in CluckauiHi, Morrow, Wasco and Yam hill counties. To amend the charter of Eugene. To amend the chatter of Astoria. Tu incorporate the town of Canhy. To create a separate com mission for transaction of county business, iu Clackatnua county. Tu amend the chatter of Arlington. lucoiiorating Westun. I nor 1 mating Duftir. In, ,T orating Enterprise. Withdrawing school lands from sale and placing interest un school fund loans at U per cent. Iucoiporating Dalle City. Incorporating Moro. Incorporating iliownsville. Iucoiporating Lebanon. Incorporating Hums. Incorporating Carlton. To protect salmon in Alsea bay and tributaries. To create a trust fund in Multnomah county. To provide for the election of toad supervisors. To create the office of clerk of the justice court in cities uf .'.0,000 popu latlon 01 over. To aiithoiize Multnomah I'onntv to lease Ihe upper deck of the steel bridge. lo provide for thu sale of tide lands. Protecting salmoii in thu Kogue river and Curry county. To reorganize the state hoard of hor ticulture. Creating park commission in cities of H.000 population or over. To amend suotiou 6 of the mining laws. Amending the code relative to sher iff's deeds. Requiring cuunty clerks to adminis ter oaths without charge, in pension mat ten. Appropriating $15,000 11 year for fish hatcheries. To amend the chatter of Salem. To regulate horse shoeing iu Portland. Providing for normal schools at Ash hind and Drain. To provide for the registration of voters. To provide for a tax collectoi of Mult nomah county. To change tho manner of governing the Soldiers' Home. To codify the laws lelative to stati' school laud. Pattial codification ol the school law s. To anOOUrage the use of wide-tire wagons. To amend the act inOWDOratina th Port ol Portland, To change the time of holding court in the second judicial district. To cure certain defects in deeds. To permit surety companies to qalify tu suieties on Ismds. Tu vhatige the time ol holding court ia tkti math judicial district. 10 sac-vent the adulteration ( candy. T.s pmvidv f,., Vs ar.hr g tl e risoners ol ClaUep, Waakiag4aa aaal a nj ooantlei ky oHtsi't. To provide for tUi ss.-raM land to J. K. Saliva. To fix the salaries e-f t-w NWiff ipajg clerk in Lincoln owunty. To areata the county of erkeHea. To regulate the practice of dentiafriy. To regulate mutual insurance com panies'. To provide for a scalp bounty fund. To amend the law telating to tha dutiei of the state land agent. To constitute Willamette and Port laud lioulevards Multnomah OOUBtf roads. O To provide for the protection of rPraetl and game, and tho appointment of warden. To amend the law so aa ,,, VTmx planking and conlumying aowtjl load. Tu appropriate $0,000 tor the rtiief of Ivy Templeton. To amend the law so a to give the governor executive functions on the Hale board ol horticultuie. Providing tot the extiipatioi, ol thir ties. To ma onnvicti for impiovemenl of certain roadi. To morgaiiiae Ihe Sule Agricultural Society. AFFAIRS AT MANILA. 11-1,. 1. e.lla Thalr Familial lnl tha A mar lean Line. Manila. Feb. 18. Ex-Contul of the Untied btate O. F. Williami i in re ceipt of an application fiom a mem ber of the iniurgent congreas at Ma luloa, requesting a pass through the American line foi a family of 13 r som, who are deiiroui of taking refuge in Manila. Thia is regarded as signifi cant ai allowing ihe most intelligent rebeli realiae their familiel are sufe only within Ameiioan territory. With the exception of a few iboti, fired into a tmall body of rebels, who were attempting to destroy a railroad bridge near Calocan. all has been quiet along the line. Last night the heat affected the men iu the country to a considerable extent, hut otherwise the troops have shown a marked improvement since the be ginning of hostilities. Itrluaa to A mi lata. Portland, Or., Feb. 18. The truiteea of the Portland university met last night for the iursie of taking steps looking to the appointment of a board of trustees for the consolidated uni versity. The tmsteei of tbo Pnget sound univorsities had been invited to meet with the Portland trosteea, but sent a letter instead, declaring that the Puget sound university declined to further aftiiliute with the school heie. This letter will he forwarded to the uni versity senate, from which all Metho dist schools must secure charters, wl en the consolidated university makes ap plieationn for a charter, which it will do soon. Mate Leaving Pawl 1 Victoria, 0. C, Felt. 18. H. A. Conn, the pioneer mail currier of the Yukon, arrived here this evening by the sl.-ainer lees, having made a tecord trip from Dawson, leaving there Janu ary 24. He arrived ut Skagway Feb ruary 0. He reports meeting '23 dog team on the way in with mail. They wtre "6 miles below Foit Selkirk. Ha says 3,000 people will come out within 00 daya. No Aulhorllr Peat the rulliitana. San Francisco, Feb. 18. Attornoy (ienetal Ford haa tiled an opinion with the railway coiumiasioneis, in which he states that they have no authority ovei thu Pullman Palace Cat Com pany. 1-nrd contends that the com pany simply rent aud fuinhvites cars to railway companies, and the board has not the power to regulate the charges of baggage, express or coach companies. Kuppllaa In Yukon Are tthort. Heattle, Wash.. Feb. 18. Advice, from the Lower Yukon river up to No vember 28 have been received here. They indicate a scarcity of supplies at Kampart City and Fort Hamilton, but there ia 110 fear of a serioiiB shortage. The stock of butter and sngai will need careful husbanding. There ate about 200 people at Fort Hamilton, and about 2,000 at Kampart City. Head at Hat II, noli, a Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 18. Sevier Fotcier, 100 years of age, and the pioneer settler of Northern Wis consin, is dead. Mr. Forcier came hero 70 years ugo, was enguged in lumbering for a number ol years in tho Chippewu and Wisconsin rivets, and conducted the first hotel erected in the northern half of the statu. Hu was born in Mou treul in 17011. PRESIDENT OF FRANCE Now Lies Dead From an Attack of Apoplexy. Hot Wave In Calirnrnla. San Francisco, Feb. 18. California has been struck by another hot wave, and tho state is now enjoying regular summer weather. Seventy degrees in the shade in Sail Francisco is unusual winter weather, even for California, and it is grow ing steadily wurmer. The chances are that thu warm spell will be followed by rain, which is greatly needed all over the Btate. Ttia Oil. . Iiiveatlgatlnn. Washington, Feb. 18. All the mem bers of the ooutt ol inquiry convened by order of Ihe president to investigate the charges of Major-Ocneral Miles concerning tho food furnished the army have arrived in Washington. Ueneral Wade said the court prubably would organize today and clear the way foi thu Inquiry to ptoceed tomorrow. Injunction Dlaaolveil. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 18. United Stati District Judge Hanford Unlay dissolved the temporary injunction re cently i..ned by him against the Le Hoi Mining Company, on tho ground that hu hud no jurisdiction. Dacl.h.n In the Ahliott Caa. Olympic, Wash., Feb. 18. Tho su preme ooutt bus aflirmed the judgment of the superior court of Pietce county in the case of T. O. Abbott ?s. the National Hunk of Commerce, of Ta-coma. Saaarala Haaarnalf niaiiiargad. Washington, Feb. 18. The trtr de partment ha honoiublv discharged Major-Oenerals Duller mid Summer and Brigadier-Generala Kline, McKee, Wiley, Lincoln and Comba, all ol the volunteer army, Mnnataro Kloa lleslgna. Madiid, Feb. 18. Senov Moncteio Kios, who was president of the Span ish peace commission, has tesigned the piesidency of the senate, owing to the h'pular outcry against hia defense of thu . , in 111 1-. inn. Feb. U. All the surviving 1 the Spaniel, warships de- Madiid h la M M)auM an tksj tawvtil kikUWaW thsntiaua mi aa Ktaaviks bay k- the Aawwwiu. ntri VWI.LI ao taaartiiWA, AttoineydioneraJ rVa., ai aa trpp. clsco, submitted the railroad Mr at lo tto ne r an opinion, in which he suv that the commission has no inr,,.i," ptjon to adjust rates of the Pullman Car o,UUa,ly. lne lMJ(r1 lUuM to tak ( u.ian umier advisement text monthly meeting. UK SUfcVIVED BUT A FKW IHU Rs Faars f nialnrbanras In t ail, m.,, urea Taken to f ravant Dleurder. Paris, Feb, 18. President Wnu died from aiplcxy touight It haa been known foi some tiir. that his health wus weak, hut the Hrst intimation that he wus sick wus givt-i at half past 0 this afternoon, when message wai dispatched to the pr. mier, M. Dupuy, announcing that th, president was ill. M. Dupuy immedi- atejy lepalted to the blysuu. All medical eflorta proves! lutile and th president died on the stroke of 10. It waa not until 12 o'clock that the news began to become known to th,, general public in Paris. From thit time begun a cnntiiiuoui arrival of put lie men. Strict orders, however, wera issued, and only member of the cabi net weie admitted tO tin- KlyiCO. The report spread rapidly throughout the city, aud large crowda soon asscm bled in the vicinity of tho palace. It ia lopmiod that the recently formed league, known as La Patile Fraucaise, will actively push M. da Deaurepuire's candiduture. L'uJer the piesunt exceptionally ex citing conditions, anything may he ex pected to happen. Much dependi DUOU wliut General Zurlinden. militarv governor of Paris, aa the head of the military element, may decide to do. M. do Freycinet haa ordcied IU troop confined to hatrauki today. THE TREATY APPROPRIATION. It Cauaeil a Lone Debate In Ilia Na tional Houae. Washington, Fob. 18. In tho bong today the senate amendments to the agricultural bill were nonuuncurred iu, and the hill was sent to conference. Without further preliminary butineao, the house went into committee of the whole, and resumed consideration of the sundry civil bill. When the paragraph appropriating $20,000,000 for tho payment to Spuiu under the treaty ot Paris wa reached, Wheeler made a point of order ugaintt it. His point of order wus that the puragraph was obnoxious to rule 21, invoked yesterday against tbe Nicaragua cunul amendment If the treat? of Paris was completod, if it was vital ized by the ratification of the Spanish cries and the exchange of lutiticationi hud taken place, he confessed that the treaty would hu the law of the land ami the amendment would lie 111 ordei. He cited numerous decisions ol the su preme court in -import of his position. Then followed u long debate on that pottlon of the hill, and without get ting beyond that point the housu ad journed. In the Manate. Soon aftet the sennto convened today the housu joint resolution authorizing the secretary of the navy to pay certain laborers, workmeu and mcohuni'is al Ihe United Slates navv-yurds and naval stations 50 ier cent additional for Work performed in excess of eight hours per day was called up and adopted. The military academy appropriation bill was passed without debate, and consideiatiou of the naval personnel bill begun. Morgan offered the Nicaragua canal bill as an amendment to thu river and liarbot bill, and hud it icferred (o the committee on commerce now consider ing that measure. The militaiy affairs committee re ported tho amy leoigauizution bill, which brought tint uu extended discus aion. A house bill setting apart a certain tract of land, containing 10 norej, in Oklahoma to thu Stella Friends Acad emy and Church Associatiun ' passed. Consideration was then begun nt th postoffloe appropriation bill. Practic ally the only obstacle encountered by tho bill was the committee amendment providing for special mini (Militiel on the trunk lines from New York ami Washington to Atlanta and New Of loans, and fiom Kansas City, Mo., to Newton, Kan. Tho amendment which appropriate! 1171,238 special mail facilities fr.nn New Y'ork and Wash ington to Atlanta and New Oilcans, was then iign-ed to. 42 to 10. The amendment eppronrr ating t2.ri.000 for necial mail he 1 lltit-e between Kansas Citv. Mo., and N- ton. Kan., was also airteed to. Mmill of Montana, presented tho oredentWl of Wil'iam A. Clark, and Turley Tennessie, piesentod tho credential01 Hon. William It Hat., each elected at bis il,ilu l,ir iho tettllts six veins fiom Nkun-I. 4 I HAS. At the conclusion of the readlafti the nostoffice kiioroin iation bill, it " . rr r allowed to en over. A bill providing for an a.l.liti-'1' citcuit judge in tho third Judicial' out was passed. Washington, Feb." 18. (i''""'1 Hnsike todav cabled from Havana, f mining three deaths iinimor the Atii"' can soldiers in Cuba since Fel in.ir.v It sly ( until the llanlal br Agnnrlllo. Uindon, Feb. 17. The Filipino agents beta have received a cable from Agonc.llo. tbe agent of Aguiualdo, say. "The statement of General Otis that he ha. a copy of . cablegram from me advi.ing Agu.naldo to Ittaek the American. 1. ,n absolute falsification Idutllengeotiito pnrh No human head waa "iuTnreaaed until ae, deal Ta,,," ander the tireat Alt 1 'x- W tiuJew.r;ofd,ftiL,nU,tf, Tha Rebel! Itel liea'tl'il Manila, Feb. is. A larg" t oare-my, psumi'in-ivlily reooniioitel"! waw ,si.SMawse,-l on the right of I1'1 sua.ix,..ka:i...i. ...a. 1..,, ii, ir Sit " "-raaajs,. 1 r n.st. INdiNi .trkicuti. thia nttrnlng. The J tun kigude turned out, and after m change of volleys, the rebels relic'-" into the ingle and disappeared. leper , s Wglhlngton, Feb. 18. The ment of statu has la-en ollioioi' ?ised of the scttlciuent of the I trike at Colon. ,..t (Wfl. .If A Navr Var.l Klra. New York. Feb. 17. Over AAA ..I . .ir .IS vov ut goveriimeiii ptupsi. v stroyed by a dre which Iterted f in the large machine-shop ' Urooklyn navy-yard known aa " chine-ahop So. 28. and tba ""rk of the navy-yard have received oui aet baclr Matiley Urewer. aingte. g " k thrown under hia wagon, rotw wotxl. near Eugene. Or., and i rooel instantly. He was rPUnJ night with a wheel on u bawl the shoulder.