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Eugene City Guard. I .. CAJtrUjtLL. fr.ll". EUOENECTTY ... ORJOON- EVENTS OF THE DAY LAI ER NEWS. an I . .."" BailMMM aMle r'" ii,. Twa HmUrbiru PraaaalaO in a Coedaaaed i '- The conning of rabbit wm stopped in Chicago by human offlcrt. Id a great battle which lasted all day Sunday the Boer held their own. Mini", at Johsnnetburg have rrs Impregnable that city from an log force. Methodist missionaries wtU active work in the Philippines tm Qen vert the Tagali. Connt Boni de f atelkre SafM going to use hie cane an Ore eVtta the Inns Figaro. T.ie warmly vrim Use wll d m endawureiH fr a Othelhi un ver sify at WahlBgt. The Duke of Turk hi dead at Leadoa. lie died from pneumonia after an ni ne of several days. The sugar war in to I continued mi the aame linea an heretofore, and uj settlement I in light. At Butte, Mont., Domlnick Masss, a painter, mounted a ladder to paint a building, lie grabbed a live wire and fell dead. Colonel (ieorge M. Kandall and Col onel James Hell, have been named by the president for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general. George D. Ilerron, formerly pro feasor of Iowa college, says that tha effect of socialism on religious dogma will be to change the whole attitude of human belief. Haifa million dollar is the esti mated cost of repairing thu Olympia according to the report of the naval construction lioard. The work will be done at the Boston navy-yard, and will occupy about a year. According to the New York Herald's Washington correspondent there ia an excellent prospect that the Nicaragua unit bill will go through this session without waltiiiK for the report of the Walker commission. Mr. Annie F.llsworth Smith is dead at New York. Kh sent the first tele graphic in-tage, "What hath (iod wrought?" from the United Htutes su preme court room, Washington, to Hai ti in or. Two negroes were shot to death and two white men desperately wounded as the result of an attempt to arreat a ne gro murderer at Macon, (la. i. H. Duller, colored, is the man who did most of the shooting, and who was himseif shut to deuth. A long-time resident of Kouth Africa, now in New York, says the Boers ars not brave; that they will fight from cover, but in the open, man to man, the Hoer Is no match fur the Hriton, or other whit antagonist. H predicts the llrltish will win soon. Hepburn believes the house will pass the canal bill. (ieneral Duller cablea that he thinks he is making progress. The news o( the sticco of the Mexl rau troops is confirmed. The second detachment of Isiudou volunteers has left for the caps. Count and Counteas Ctuttellane, nee i, ml. I. have arrived in New York. The United Mineworkers voted down resolution of sviupathv for thu Hours. John Itusktu. the iireat art critic and writer, passed away in hla 81st year at London. (ieneral James F. Wade has taken temporary charge of the department of the lukas. Motormen and conductor of Troy. N. Y., are out for mure wages and ahorter hour. A deadlv uuarrel in the Italian ouar ter of New York resulted in the killing nf three of one laiully. Tim Italdwin I me works, nf i'hlladelphla, has received an order for 80 large locomotives from Irani Dauish fanner have sent the Prln- oes of Wales 11,000 boxes of choice butter for the Hritish soldier in Africa. The reason for the close censorship is now being appreciated in Uiudon, and the peopl m willing to await th result. An Indiana volunteer, writing home, rays that Joe W heeler gave tired sold iers his horse and, takiug their gun, limit lie I wiili tlie Ihivs. Owing to danger threatening the rotuniouvvealth of Kraukfort, Ky., rlergyineu set aside Tuesday as a day ( humlliatmu and prayer. The Ashland woolen mills, one of the !.).., t industrial establiahmeuls lu Or grm, representing au invested capital tf ovar $86,000, aud regularly iuplny jig 10 to 85 hands waa totally de stroyed by lire, whirh Is sopiosed to have originatod in the weaving-room. Tho insurance auiouuied to $13,500. Herlin, (Germany, ts to construct an ondergrouud railway costing $25,000, 000. Twenty-three year ago Senator Tel ler entered the senate. Only three senator who saw huu sworn in aie till his oolleague Allison of Iowa, Gockroll of Missouri, aud Jones of Ne vada. In the uitt'i filing '.'8 years over a hundred seuators have .lie.! Hot Mr. Teller, although nearly three score and ten, is still strong aud vig orous. The San Martin (Max.) cotton fac tory, located near the town of that mime, ha beeu completed and Is now in operation. It employs about 300 operative aud will soon give work to loo more. One of trie largest and wealthiest ranchers of the Southwest is Delegate Pedro Peres, of Uemalillo, N. M., who baa oome to Waahlugtun for hla ttrat term. air. Perea is a man of medium itetute, has vary black eyes, and in many respects looks Ilk a Spaniard . HU family is on of the oldest In Nw Th re tat legislator will mt In special sessiuu Recent Dawson nre destroyed pjvp efty worth $400,000. Hnbonlc plago has broken out at 1V rio, South America. race riot occurred at Coal berg. Ala. On negro was killed. In a i ,111 article in a Paris paper Emll Zola defends bis father's honor. Tha Alaska mall service will b ex tended to Cap York the coming spring. The National orohibltlon convention has keen called to meet at Chicago, Jnue 27. Thi. r-anuUH of I'ueStO Rlc t CB- olutea ah a total ( 47,.W laavkak- i.ss the ialasra . ehtaa said kwuikrtj kw est-' I astro ssmv11 . tuiweulstHre arasaaaoi. )Urlrew Wdewi-. I"-- H ss suM rim aso-Bw MM)elH a Wah.fi..r..a w.r- . w.!4.-4 NbMM whwly by aktt eaai.ra sard "jMir- latstiallsa (Men. Nearly all rite kaetmas kalWisrgw sard ar tm AweJliatM at vku mining towns mi Ward and Lafayotse, C4- tad, weee dsyid by ke. William Kirk. Hret maee of th American ship ClareM.e W. Bwneut, wax murderously assaulted in bin cabin while his vessel was al anchor la Port land, Or., harlior. 'Illinium Lacev. of the house com- mitti'M nn imlilio lends, said that it will lie iini'iiMtnlile to pass general land laws for Alai-ka al Huh session, owing to opposition In the senate. Th North China Daily News pub liana an edict, signed by Kmperor K warns Hn. aouiiiitinir as emperor lu his place Put Sing, the nine-year-old on of Prince Tuano. The new emperor will ascend the throne January 81. Th senate committee will report favorably on Senator Poster' Alaska liuhthouse hill, making sn appropria tion of tMOO.000. to include a light house at Unamak pass, Poster agreeing to a reduction lu tm appropriation from I'iOO.OOO. forum in i .hi ,n, mi I of the (iloinester at the battle of Suutiano, was presented a sword of honor and a silver servica bv a committee retiinseiititlg the citl- ens of the District of Columbia lu th Columbia theater, Washington. l Ieneral Otis reuorts bi the war de partment that Hie Western coast of the inland of l'anav is now oimii for trade, and that the i oast of laiguna de Hay aud neighboring sections of the country will also be oiieneil to iinri.tricie.i trafllo by tho end of the week. A inalorltv of the senators Is against the seatlug of (juay. Auother revolutiouarv plot in Venez uela has beeu niped in the bud. Millions in war munitions were im ported through Delagoa bay by the lloers. A iloer oetrol. mUtuking signals, was liadly cut up by a hot tire from a Hritish kopje. Tho hiwduuartera of Oeuerals Whit and Huuter was smashed by a shot from a Isiug loin. Ikisplte reports to tho contrary, Web ster Davis is to lie retained as assistant secretary of the interior. The steamer TowiiHond, plying be tween Seattle aud Alaskan point) Is a total loss uear llitiue's Mission. Montagu White will bt received as the consular and diplomatic represent ative of the South African republic. Secretary Koot has issued au order appointing a complete new Ixmrd of ordnance, with the eiceptlou of lieu i ml Milea. (ioveruor liage will call an extra ies Ion of the California legislature. A United States senator will probably be elected. Captain I. Pricdman, who died in San Pranoisco recently, left tliroe ipjar- ters of his fortune, amounting to f , 000, to charity. The uew shl now being built for the Oceanic Steamship Company will he without ps)tT1 in the Pacitlo, aud will greatly improve the service. Matt lltlstrom, who killed Luk Mooers. the Clatsop county logger, wa adtuduiHl insane. The evidene showed the lusauitv to lie hereditary The overdue Citv of Seattle, has lsen reported from Juueau, whervi she wua towed bv the Cottage I tty. llie Settle's delay was caused by th breakimi of her propeller. The transport Pennsylvania, which alls (rum San Praucisco, will carry (unds for paying off the Tinted States irctoii now in the Philippines. About $1,So0i000 will be taken The captain aud crew of N of the Hritish steamer Sutton, which went ashore on Penwtck shoals, lu Delaware bay, have arrived in Philadeplhla. It Is believed tho Sutton will prov a total lo. lu the senate Pettigrew offered a resolution calling on the president to send the senate the n-fmrt of (ieneral lUitea n.latiiit! to the treaty with trie sultan of Sulo. Among other things the reaolutiou asks whether the sultau and his officials are under the civil ser vice. Hrtgadioi-Oeueral Creel?, chief of the signal corps, is steadily recovering from the injuries intltcted on him by a druukeu etpreasman. The resemblance Letweeu Kolmrts the ilygamll, and Senator Pritchard of North I'arolina. la remarkable. Ihey might U twill brother, lkitli are of th Mm build, hae the same cast o( feature, wear uinstaches trimmed allk. and their curly hair might be .lu I ili .lie WlgS. Senator Kyle of Sonth IHtkota, th t.illest mail til the senate, is very fond of small boys, au I by some strange I Unity he like the shortest pag m ml body. The prehuman estimate of th pi. duction of gold and silver In the Uuit ed Mates during the calendar year lHWtf, made by Mr. Huberts, the direc tor of th miut, shows a total gold pro duction of last rear of ;u. I ;o l'h pnductiou of (liver during th vear la estimate i at I i.i i-.-e as 1'ioaas daring th yar of $4,040.-Ml. BOERS ARE DISLODGED Warren' Troops Captured Splonkop at Night C'OMM A5DH LADYSMITH K0AD tmall Oarrltoa Flad CasaallUs Cea sldarabll (lansral Woudfata !,..,, i , Wouadad. Indon, Jan. 2'). The war offlci ha just Imaed the following dispatch, from Kaearmau'i camp, dated January 99: "Oeaeaal Warren's tnsi last night a.- .;-- Hplsialiop, iirprislug the naavll gsSTina, Watt Hed. ' It sni-i U"a kreM by s all day, rirauofc wte wse keanily sKSa, k.-d, ea (w'killr ky a vey assnny wg shell Hre. "I sua ot vavawMe asm enHsider akh, ami I kave ks iavfwrm yi-m, with reveet, that Inmeesvl Wawdadw was) daagesaosly wssaaded. "tMHiifal Warrim hi sef wlloa that lo- bus readi red tun cues h po-l Mom unkle. 'fke nseo aa a4en IM." r.,,Hss. nf eh t ire mil. Spearman's, (tamp, Tuesday .Th Hritish Held srtilli rv slid howitrers shelled the enemy jsisted nn the crest of the ridge this morning. The infan try, under excellent covet, kept up an effective rifle fire. The Itoers resigned a kopje, of which the llrltish infantry took possession When retiring, the enemy sheltered themselves behind a stone wall on the loiie of the kopje, which they held for hour. This afternoon they ran acroa the ravine. Hie Hritish artillery poured shrapnel aud Ivddite into them, and the infantry took the stone wall. The Hritish casualty list wa small. t?arrsa Triad la ' I.laa. Imdon. Jan. .'. The Daily Tele graph publishes the following dispute from Spearman farm, dated Tuesday. "Moiidny, Sir( harlea Warren s lone cannonaded and fusilladed the li. ar isisition west of Spioukop, near the Ac tion Homes road. A lyddite battery en rati' I with the other batteries and Maxlmi. Certainly the fire wss heavy, causing the enemy seriou losses. The Hoer, bowever, clung des i fiat.-! to their worki, from which they are only being very slowly driven. Today, the enemy llred their guns oftener, using also the captured 15- pounders with shrapnel. Our casual ties today were less than thoae of yesterday. I'lm flk'hting I an alsmt 6 in the moruing and continued until dark, but there has been nothing like a geueial engagement. The big naval guns as sisted from 1'. tuietcr's drift lu shelling the !' '-r positions." ROBERTS MISSED IT. I.amlls, In lha House, X.-i.reit lha Mur muna ami Muriuuiilsiii. Washingbm, Jan. 2H. The second day's debate lu the house u ; ri th HolM.rts case was less dramatic than that of yeeterday. The gallerli wer almost as crowded, but the ladies were less demonstrative. The president's pastor. Itev. Dr. Ilristol, wai in the executive gallery the greater xirtion of the afternoon, listening to the argu ments. Mr. Huberts was not present during the day. Had he lieeii, he would have heard the most scathing excoriation of the Mormons ever deliv ered upon the tloor of the house. I.ndis (Hep. Ilid ), the young orator who distincuished himself in the last congress in an oratorical duel with Johnson, of his state, won new laurels today. He cliarged that Ctah had been admitted to the Colon as a result of a Mormon conspiracy, and reviewed the history of the asistles of the church, whom he charged with living lu open and llagraut violation of the statute against polygamy, to show that they had basely broken their solemn pledge to the goerumeut. ON THE PENSION ROLLS. t'oiiiinlslmtf-r Ksans atalatitenl al tha NaakaS tit Pensioner. Washington, Jan. Sfl. liespondiug to au iinpiiry (nun Senator Milliliter, Comtuiastonei of Pensions p.vans has s. nt to him a statement giMiig the uiimls.r of pensioners bOfM on the rolls of th olllce on account o( each of the war of the I'mled States, and giving a brief review of the laws under which they wetu granted. The statcineiit as lo th number of pensioner is as fob lows: On account of the revolutionary war, (our widdjws and seven daughter. Wsrof llll, oue survivor, 1,1)98 widows. Indian wars of 1S3S to 1813. 1,05? survivor an.l 3,ssy widows. Mexican war, W.'JOl survivors and 8, 1 7& widow. tiranted since 1881, under general law, 8'JI,.VWt invalid and 11,001 wid ows autl other dcN.ndeuta. I'nder law of 18vtl, invalids 410,0111 widows ad ilepeudents, 180,244. r . i s ' ' - " ii Waltoa llrad. Portland, Me , Jan. ttl. K C n groasniau Charles W Welton, ftr '.'! years a jnstioa of the Maine supreme court, died loulght. While tloiisa llacaplton. Washington. Jan. 8. President and Mr. Mi Kmlev gave a brilltaut iecp tioti at the White House !uight In houor of the judicisry. AKnit 8,500 guest had beeu iuvitevi, iucludiug a large portion of resident swloty aud many out ot-towu visitors. TaSpWal Mf Mains. Ch Town, Jan. It, The American hiwpital ship Msiue. from the (Vest India docks, ludou. arriveit here to day. Slavery la Nulua. Koutlne buslmwa oivupiitl the atten tion of the senate today in a brief ses sion. The roluttu offered yesterday by Pettigrew. of South Dakota, calling upon the president for Information n mrdtU the treaty entered into with the sultau of Sulu. was passed after Pettigrew had made an attack on th admiiiutratiou for entering Into an agreeiueut which, h said, authorised lavary. Au extended ,!! ate wa pre cipitated by a conference report ou tha canaui administrative bill, but tret cen sus cursuillta gained it point and th ur was seut back to coafsrsno. COMMISSION MAY GOVERN. Fhlllpploas. Saw York, Jan. 27. A pcial to tha Herald from Washington says: The proposition made by tha Filipino leader, Snor Mabinl, for a civil commission to treat with the Filipino will not be considered by the administration until Agolnaldo surrenders, and in ornclsl circles the general disposition is to re gard Mablni's request ai anotner play for delay. It is the purpose of President McKln- lay to inaugurate a civil goverment to lupersede military rule in the Philip pines at the earliest possible moment, and he is favorably inclined toward a commission in lieu of a governor-general, and is discussing the question of available men for such a commission. If his present plans are carried out th. Filipinos will have all of the commis sions they want to confer with, for in addition to a com mission fur the gov ernment of the island, it is not un likely that congress will appoint l Joint commission to investigate the is lands next summer and report to the next session as a guide for future legis lation. A great deal of interest was mani fested In congres-ional cir. les ia th communication from M-nor Matiini. There is some diversity of opinion over the proposition and its feasibility. Senator Hoar, leader of the anti-administration forces in this tight, was deep ly interested ia the proposition. "That souuds fair and just," said be, "and I do not see how such a propo sition can well be declined. As I un derstand, all the Filipinos ask is that congress listen to them lefore deciding their fate." Benator Dodge, who represent the administration' views of the Philip pine question, said: "It will be time enough to talk of commissions when these people lay down their anus and stop fighting our soldiers." Senator Heveridge, a most pro nounced annexationist, regard Mabini as the eqnal, a a conservative states man, o( any man in public life in America. Of his proposition, how ever, the senator said: "1 would have to study it more closely before giving an opinion that would be of value, but if I were to an swer off hand, I would say that It seems to me his suggestion has been anticipated by the appointment of the civil commission which visited the Islands and which did everything pos sible to bring about an understanding with the natives." John I'. unit, former minister to Mam, laid: "Whatever comes from Mabinl ii certainly worth considering. I am inclined, however, to think it is too late for anything to be done on the line he Ruggests. The only thing to do is to go in and complete American victory and then gut to work aud help the h'ili pinos develop the largeit amount of elf-government of w hich they are capa ble." PLAGUE SCARE IN HAWAII. Illlo la Open llrl.rlllon Afalnat tha (loverniiieiit. Honolulu, Jan. 10, via Victoria, B. Oti .lu. 27. Up to and including Jan uary 16, there were S4 cusesof bttbonlC plague rerted, 17 of which proved fatal. Since that date live cases have been discovered. The most important and iteming was that of a white woman, the wife of tieorgc lloriuau, an old resident. 'Ibis case was reported the Hth. The woman lingered for two days and then succumbed. This case created greut alarm among the white people here, and a citizens' meeting was called and active steps were taken to district tho city, and now a house-to-house inspection is made twice a day and each occupant must 1st ac counted for. It is believed that this plan will do more to stamp out the trouble than any steps yet taken. The board of health still continues to bum all infected buildings. Alxmt one half of Chinatown has been destroyed by fire, holme thu month is out it is ex pected that this plague spot will be en tirely reduced to uhsjSi The town of II ilo ha come out m open rebellion against the government, and threatens to resist by force any at tempt to curry out the rules made by the authorities here. Hcport from the Hawaiian town indicate a condition Isirdering on panic among tho people, who seem ready to offer mob violence to representatives of the government. TO SEE JUSTICE DONE. ROBERTS SENT HOME House Voted Not to Admit the Utah Polyfamist. A llotlj or Arnirtl ami llelarnilnail Mri Invatla rrankrorl, Ky, Fraukfort, Ky., Jan. 37. A special train liearing more than 1,000 men, carrying Winchester ritlo. arrived in Frankfort this morning, Th meu hail frxun the counties of Hell, Allen, Knox, Harlan, Whitley, Metcalf and F.dmou son. 1 i. mi. I, n is overflowing with visitors, but DOM except th e arriviug today carry arms, viovernor Taylot stated to the press representative that the men were not soldier. The men marched to the statehouse, stackd their gnu and took up posi tions lu grxiups a' .".it the building. Adjutaut-tieneral (.'oilier states he hgd no kuowledge that the men were com ing. Many of the v i.-it. i s are members of the state guard, K.x-Socretary of State Finler ad dressed the v isitors from the step of th state house He said the object of the gathering was to see justice done. A committee was appointed to draft reso lution. Stephen Sharp, of Lexingtou was . lii-cn chairman. In KiU.orar la llaa.l. Loudon, Jan. '.'7. According to pecial dupateh from Shanghai, it is reported that Kniporor Kwang Su has couiintlto.1 suicide. Warrail ttianitons Splonkop. Isuidon, Jan. 27. The war office an nounces that (ieneral Warrvn has ahaudoned S lonkop. I.atl Hantl Sraltara. Washingtcu, Jan. It. OsmattJ Oti' cabled report, received this morning, indicate that (ieneral Schxvan is con ducting the campaigu in the south of I.uaon with the greatest energy. He ha locate. I aontheast of Lagutia de Hay what is protwM? the last considerable force of iusurgents remaining in the old command, and the report ahowt that with a amall loss to himtelf and heavy loss to the enemy he ha man age.! completely to dissipate this force, probably bevoud th poibtlit? of re cont ruction. MAJORITY RESOLUTION CARRIED Cloalng Day of tha Dabate-Voia a tha Two PropnUloo-RaBll IU . ili. o With thaars. Washington, Jsn. 27 Ths case oi Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon representative-elect from Utah, which has occupied su much of the sttentlon of the house since the assembling of congress, was de-bled today by ths adoption of a resolution to exclude him by a vote of 268 to 50. The exact lan guage of the resolution was as follows: "That under the facts and circum stances of the case, Brigham H. Roberts, representative elect from ths stute of Utah, onght not to have or hold a sent in the house ol representa tives, and that the seat to which he wa elected is hereby declared vacant." The amendment to expel Robert, without seating him, offered by Lacey, was ruled out on a point of order, and the house only voted on the resolution of the majority and minority of the committee. The latter to seat and then expel Roberts wa defeuted, 81 to 214. An analysis of this vote shows that 170 Republicans, li Democrat and two Populist voted against it, and 73 Democrats, six Republicans, two I'opnlist and two Silver-Republicans for it. The affirmative vote on the majority resolution to exclude Roberts snd de clare the seat vacant was divided al follows: Republicans, 1BH; Demo crats, 06; Populists, 4. The negativs vote: Democrats, 47; Silver-Republicans, 2 l'opullsts, 1. There were over a score of speakers today, and the closing speeches on each side were particularly able. Lanham, of Texas, closed for the majority, and DeArmond. of Missouri, lor tne minor ity. The announcement of the result of the final vote was received with cheers. Roliert was present throughout th itsr and left the hall after the result of tho last vote had beeu announced. v. I..- Hid an. he iravu out s statement Justifying hi retention of his plural wives, on the ground that his moral obligation was more binding upon his conscience than technical obedience to statutory laws, and saying that there wss little excuse for the extraordinary efforts too crush a system already aban doned and practically dead. Ha said he was a martyr to a "spasm of preju dice." He wonld not, he said, attempt to run for congress again, although he would go back home with a light heart confident of the future. Old Hlavary Qaeetloa. Washington, Jan. 27. Just at the close of today's session of the senate, a speech delivered by Money, of Mis sissippi, on the race question in ths South precipitated a heated colloquy between, him and Chandler, of Sew Hampshire, in which the latter alleged that the Southern seuators, by intem perate statements, were reoniug ths whole Southern question in the senate, after it was supposed to bo dead. The charge which Chandler particularly noticed was made by Morgan, of Ala bama, who is absent at present, but as it had been reiterated substantially, in Chandler's opinion, by other seuators, he declared he did net purpose to per mit it to go unrefuted. The charge wa made that the civil war had been precipitated by deigning politician of the North for the purise of putting the slaves on a political aud social equality with the Southern white. Chandler's refutation of the statement was made with characteristic vehe meuce and aggressiveness, but as no reply was offered, the incident ended there. The urgent deficiency bill, carrying about $0,000,000, passed without di vision, and practically without debate. Itutmwaj Freight. Wilkeslsirre, Pa., Jan. 27. A freight train ou the Ccutrul railroad ol New Jersey, coming down the Wilkea burre mountain, this afternoon, ran away. At the foot of the mountain, near the Ashley siding, the cars left the track and were piled high in a big wreck. There was dynamite in one ol the cars and it exploded with greaf force. The shock was felt for a dis tance of 20 miles. Thu windows is nearly every house in the town of Ash ley were broken. Three men, all oi them brakeinen, were killed, two un known men were fatally injured and several others were badly hurt. Th dead are: Frank McLaughlin, of Matich Chunk, aged 27; Michael Hird, of Ash ley, aged t, and William Buckley, ol this city, aged 2. Iljnamlla Ontraaa al DaftWf. Leadville, Colo., Jan. 37. Anothei dvuamite outrage the fourth sine Sunday wa committed at 4 o'clocl this moruing, when an explosion in th, rear of the Western opera house caused slight damage. When the police ar rived, they found two sticks of giant powder that faile.1 to explode. The city is greatly esoited and a force ol night watchmen will be employed. Trillion tor Mediation. Brussels, Jan. 27 Nearly 100, 0t llgMtatM have been appended to tht address promoted by M. L Juene and other members of the Uuiversal Besot S.viety, asking President McKinley to mediate, which will !e forwarded to Washington in the courae of a fort night. Victoria, B. 0,. Jan. 27. Fire to night destroyed oue block, principally small buildings. The loss will not ex ceed 5.000. rahtnrl lllaruisril Tuarto Illco. Washington, Jan. .5. The cabinet at its regular meeting today again dis cussed at leugth the 1'uerto Riear. situation. The opinion is unanlmoui in the cabinet that free trade with the island, or a nomiual duty, i essential to prvvent widespread business disaster am.'iig all classes of its people. Oanaral Waatlgal ttaad. London, Jan. 27. Advice bars been received frvrn Spearman' cam that Ueneral Woodgat bas cum bet to the wounds he Nceivad in th attack on SpionJtop. QLOOM IN sT.NC.LAND. fmm Thai The War OU- U Wll bolalaa Bad . London, Jsn. 2r.-8)vn days of fighting (have leftftbafnaln Bor posi tion intact an-J General Boiler 70 weaker according to the official casu alty lists, which seemingly do not in cuWe the Spionkop losses, as tboss last forwarded do not mention General Woodgate's wounding. England is possessed by a senss ol failure, though not a word in criticism of her generals and soldier is utwred. Not much effort i made to place a hap py construction upon General Buller s 18 words, telling of the retirement from Spionkop, and there Is an uneasy impression abroad that worse news is yet to come. At one of the military clubs tonight, the statement passed from one person to another that the war office had received sn unpleasant supplementary dispatch from (ieneral Buller, which was being held up for 13 hours. Siiencer Wilkinson, in the Moruing I'ost. writes ai follows of the Spionkop losses: "This is a serious matter, and an at tempt will not here be made to mini mize it, for no greater wrong can be done to our people at home than to mis lead them about the significance of the events of the war. The right way i to tell the truth, as far as we know it." But the facts from the neighliorhood of the Tugela are scantier than ever. The censorship now is simply prohibi tive, and something is wrong with the cables. The break on the east coast lines has been lepuired, but the cable between San Thome and Loanda, on the west coast, is now interrupted. "More troops!" is the only suggestion here as to the way to break the Boer resistance. Mr. Wilkinson regrets that General Buller ha not 20,000 more men, declaring that if they would not make victory certain, his enter prise without them is helples. The Spectator, dealing with the ne cessity of large additional military pre parations, says: "It may be that we have yet another cycle of disasters in front of us." The transnort Assave arrived at Cape Town last Friday, with 2,127 officer and men. The first portion of the Seventh division is afloat. Hence, with the 10. 000 men of this division, and about 0,000 nox? at sea, it lies in the power of Lord Roberts to reinforce (ieneral Buller heavily. This course is advised by several military writers. Although England's nerves are se verely tried, her nerve is absolutely un shaken, and probably nothing that can happen in South Africa will change in the slightest degree her intentions. She will continue to receive bad news. if it comes, with dignity, and will maintain her determination to win at last. Department of Cotuinarce. Washington. Jan. 29. The question of establishing a department of the government to be known as the depart ment of commerce, with a cabinet offi cer at its head, has been discussed at considcrsble length by the senate com mittee on commerce. The discussion was based upon a very complete report on the subject prepared by Senator Nel son. It is proposed to include in the new department a bureau of manufactures, and to transfer from the treasury de partment the life-saving, lighthouse, marine hospital aud steamboat inspec tion service, the bureaus of navigation, Immigration, statistics and coast and geodetic surveys; to transfer from the interior department the commission of railway, the census office and the geo detic survey, and from the state deart meut the bureau of foreign commerce. The department of labor and the fish DOmmiaSlon are also placed under this supervision. Bort'fl Salary. Washington, Jan. 20. The qtieation of salary aud mileage allowed for Mr. Roberts is to e considered by the house committee on account. There is a'1 out $1,000 on mileage, ami a like amount for salary, conditionally tduc Mr. Roberts, but there is some doubt as to whether those sums should be al lowed. The attorney-general, on appli cation, has refused to pass on the sub ject, as it is not in his jurisdiction, au. the coutroller of the treasary has also referred the matter back to the commit tee on accounts. The latter Imdv will now seek to get at the law In the case aud reach a decision. Investigation of Warriner Trouble. Washington, Jan. 29. The house committee ou military affairs soda agreed to proceed with the investiga tion oi ine inano labor troubles Febru ary 14, and it was arranged that the governor and auditotr of the state aud Major-General Merriam should be asked to appear at that time. Sulier, of New York, and Lentz, of Ohio, who have been urging the inquiry, are to furnish the names of additional wit nesses to be examined. Dlamoml Robbery la Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 27. Diamonds valued at $6,000 were stolen from the safe in the office ol Josenh K Daviit. son & Son, manufacturing jewelers. That the thief was in possession of the combination is evidenced by the faot that there was not a mark on the safe. Samuel W. Nealy, while temporarily insane, hanged himseif at The Dalles. He was 78 years old. SeparatlouliU In vv.-.i Australia. Vancouver, B. O., Jan. 89. West Australia has a separstionist movement on the part of the residents of the gold fields, who are virtually unanimous in their desire for severance from the rest of the colony. In spite of the efforts of the West Australian government to throttle the movement, a petition siguru ox 00,000 anuits has been dis patched to London, asking for separa tion of the gold field., with a view to federation. Narrow Kirape Prom Tire. Wardner, Idaho, Jan. 39 Magnu on' restaurant, at (lem, bumed this morning; loss, $600. Mr, Magnnson occupied the second story of the build ing as a residence, and the family had a narrow eecsape from death. Mr Magnnson and her two children were both considerably burned, but not ser iously. The mother, finding her es cape by the stairway cut off, seised the children, threw them from a window to the firemen below, and then jumped out herself. The little bov, t vaars old, was hurt by the fall m0r seriously than by bis bums. A FARMERS' CONGRESS Important Gathering to Held at Salem. Bi REPRESENTING FOUR STATE. rrultgrewar. loeaiaen, IIpgru(n a...i Hurtloullurlsts Will U. Present at Meallna. a.l.m (ir Jan. 29. The faia.. 1 congress to lie held in Salem ftbrun 7 and 8 will probably be the mo in. portant meeting of tne mua ever hsld in this state. The (fathering will lie of more than state Importance, for the aVfliealtnral interests of California, Washing and Idabo will also be represented, it will be more than a meeting of (itrosti, as that term is generally Mdnstood, ia fruitgrowers, stockmen. In-i, ,, ers, horticulturists, in fact, men of (i iccupetlons reiate i w agriculture, aj be present. The congress is iotn(ljd to comprehend all the d.-partm- i.u 0) k. ,ii. .. milled airriculturul iiiduntri.. of the coast, and it is extieeted that permanent organization will be f. fee ted. Tliis movement was started by tb Salem chamber of commerce, working in unison with the state board of api. culture, and one of the chief object to lie attained is the arrangement of date of the state fairs of Oregon, ('alifornu, Washington and Idaho so that thert will be no conflict. By such an ar. r nt horsemen and exhihitnra will be enabled to make the circuit of the cast state each season, and ths various fairs will be Improve I accord ingly. uaenttarv of State Dunbar hu offered the use of either of the legisla tive chambers for the congress, aud It is expected that the meetings will bt held in one of these spacious nam. The date has been arranged so as to bt convenient for those who may com from various parts of the state to at tend tne meeting of the League of Re publican clubs, to be held in Portland February 6. Secretary II. B. Tbielsen, of the Salem chamber of rain uteres, hay nrenumd a iiroo-ram tne for the con gress and all who attend the session will be assured a rare treat. MERCHANTS ARE PLEASED. Change' dalUfaelory Thajr ftee HrneBl 1 it tu nullum Chicago, Jan. 29. George II. Med hurst, a prominent merchant of Doug Kong, while in Chicago today, on bis way to London, said: "The commercial interests of Hong Kong look with favor on the American rule of the Philippines. In the past it has been the misfortune of those is lands to have been most wretchedly governed, and in general the conditions which have obtained there have tended to check progress on the part ol tin people and the development of the un doubtedly great natural resources ol those islands. Under the rule of this country, all those conditions will bt changed, the resources of the islandi will be developed, business will ex pand greutly and the policy of this country will make them inviting fields for commercial venture and enterprise. "The business interests of Hong Kong will unquestionably bo benefited by these changed conditions and in other ways we hail the advent of tht United States into the Orient." l'hlllppln Rolrnllala. San Francisco, Jan. 27. Futher Jo Algue, director of the Manila observa tory, the largest of the kind in the Orient, and his assistant, Father Joas Clos, have arrived here, en route to Washington, with manv folios of valu able scientific data, which they hope to have published by the government. They have come to America upon the urgent invitation of President Schur man, of Cornell university, who wa president of the Philippine commis sion, and also by the request of Governor-General Otis, of the Philippines. Both of them are Spaniards nd Jesuit priests. Father Algue is a ty phoon expert, and his companion is sn authority on earthquakes. They bring with them besides 12 manuscript vol umes on scientific subjects, many valu able maps of the Philippine island. Sll Amarleana !!hnt. Kl Paso, Jan. 29. The mail tonight from Uuaymas, Souora, Mexico, bring the news that a report is current there that six Americans, David Cusick, John Kldredge, George Lunt, Charles Hum, Lou Webster and Henry William, were shot last week near the foot of the Bacatete mountains, east of Guaymsi. by order of General Torres, who is in command of the Mexican troop now operating against the Yaqui Indians in Bacatete range. It is further reported that the mattes was brought to the attention of the American consul at Guaymus, but the latter declined to act. It is said the Mexican troops found the American in friendly intercourse with the Yaqui, whom the t roops have sui ounded in the range. Some of the Americans are known here, and are prospectors. Americans at Guayni warn all Americnas to keep away from Yaqui country. Dynamite Kiploded In a Train. Wilkestiarre,, Pa., Jan. 29. Fivs men were killed and eight badly in jured as a result of a runaway train and the explosion of dynamite that fol lowed, on the Central railroad of N?w Jersey, at Ashley last night. The complete list of the dead is: Frank McLaughlin, brakeman; Michael Bird, brakeman; Peter Frey. engine wiper; Charles Haney; one un known tramp. Hanley went to the en gine house to idle time away instead n going to night school. Parlahrit In a rarturjr Flra. Philadelphia, Jan. 29. The Angora Manufacturing Company's plant was destroyed by Are tonight, and one oj the employe. Lisxie Blackburn. ageJ 17, is missing. Her liody is be i- " to be in the ruins. The loss is about $150,000. partly covered by insurant- Strtaa at the Parts Exposition- Paris, Jan. SB. A great strike ol carpenters employed on the exposition buildings, involving 5,000 men, has been inaugurated. The strikers o mand an increase of wages from H tons to 1 franc per hoar.