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Senators the Friends of the
Oppressed Islanders.
J'UR RESOLUTIONS READ
r Recognizing Insurgent as Bel
ligerents and Calling for Infor-
maMou Allen Would Save Rivera.
S Washington, April 8. The Cuban
Question was revived in the senate to
jday after a long period of comparative
Valm. Four distinct Cuban resolutions
jwere brought forward in rapid succes
sion. The last and most important
tone came from Morgan. It declared
ihat a state of war exists in Cuba, and
Announces the policy of the United
tates to maintain a strict neutrality
3 between both parties to the conflict,
with full recognition of the insurgents
a belligerents. Morgan gave notice
i that he would call the resolution Tip at
'"She next meeting of the senate, with
?lie expectation of securing final action.
Of the other resolutions two were
agreed to. One calls on the president
for letters of General Gomez to himself
and to Cleveland, and for other infor
mation. The other, by Mills, instructs
f lie committee on foreign relations to
eport what obligations the United
t Plates has assumed by compelling Cuba
I to remain subject to Spain.
Both res-
Olutions were passed
without opposi
tion. Still another came from Allen,
4nd proposed a protest against the re-
jorted purpose of the Spanish authori
ses to try General Ruiz Rivera, the
puban officer, by military drumhead
ourt-martial. This led to an animated
lontroversy between Allen and Hoar.
$'he discussion went over to come up
with the resolution for the recognition
of Cuban belligerency at the next meet
ing. 1 The tariff bill, passed by the house,
was received by the senate as soon as
the session opened today. Without
ihotion or comment, the presiding offi
eer, Mr. Hobart, referred the bill to
the committee on finance.
I An interesting incident of the ses-
won was Senator Chandler's refusal to
; agree to a final vote on the treaty to-
oay. He called attention to the press
dispatches in regard to the situation in
.Crete, and said he did not feel disposed
to enter into negotiations with any
pbwer whose guns were trained upon a
community of Christians struggling to
5 throw off the yoke of Moslemism. He
I also spoke of England's conduct toward
f the Boers of the Transvaal as deserving
o condemnation, and a cause for hesi
tation in the negotiations. He said he
would probably in the end vote for the
treaty, but he was not in the mood for
it! today.
Appropriation li 11 In.
Washington, April 8. The senate
Oiniliittee on annronrintinim tmlmr
agreed to report the sundry civil and
Iddian appropriation bills practically
as agreed to before the nd
verbal changes were found advifmble
'4'1 n important chanue wan made in
the proviHion in regard tn thn ntinn i n it
i-ot the Uncompaghre Indian reservation,
ii uian.
This provision was presented as a
seriate amendment at tl.a loaf onor,i....
...... mo, ocnoiuu,
d agreed to by the house. The house
latiuck it out when it. nneouil tin. Lill .1
.... j .... ... . iv. uui nif
the beirinnimr nf tl nu.m.i .,;..
ETBe senate committee ntrnin reenm-
'.mends the ineluutnn nf ti.t
t 1 ......,. i, win jfiuviniuij
nU)t reduces the nnmhnr ,f nli.,. ,.t
ki)nite one person may take from
Efopr, as originally provided, to two.
t (A change was made also in the pro
jviion for the right of inheritance of
Icliildrcn born nf whito f.,ti.,a ...i t..
. ( ' in mi i ii hum
in motliers. so as to nrnviiln tlmt tha
ulier shall belong to her tribe "hv
Mid." TIlP firiirinul l'
by blood or descent." Tim hill
ibably will not be reported until next
. A"e deficiency bill was not
sidered.
opper Amendment Fonrotten.
jVashington, April 8. Through an
freight, during the consideration of
pT umgiey tariff bill, the house neg
lected to adopt the amendments to put
Mner on the free list prepared by the
ways and means committee. Cnnn.
untly there is no nrovision mronr,nr
the bill. Kt !,,,!., .. :.i
tion, copper falls into the basket
f"e at 25 per cent ad valorem.
1 V) thft nriirinal .1 n tt- it. in ,i
ifuuley rate of 1 cent per pound on
ft'i-r was retained. The subject was
rWl)t to the attention of the commit-
Fa isemnd tima j
j mm as iii appeared
l rtDtHr la imnA.nJ ii.. tt . i
-w "'I'ui tuu iuui inn uuiiea
ana some is exported, the com-
'e saw no reason why it should not
"flu. led n thn f.o. l: a .1
ra iding for it In tho mi i..ji.
LI '- IUVHII DUIICUUIO
f ftneken out by the house, but the
---.-.....cut puuing it on tbe free list
I'lLfl nnt 1
J il Th. D
C 1 jshington. .
Ifc ment of the
Debt Statement.
April 6. The monthW
the nnhlin Anht t.nn..
M
- i diiukb tiint
' close of business March 81 the
. lew cash in the treasury, amonnt
' fl,008.8B2.2nn a ..... .t.
1
tl
to Of 8.638.2Si TKia At I-
'inted for br . a: i
?e in the amount of cash on hand.
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A Ceneral Remodeling by the Senate
Committee.
Washington, April 5. The Repub
licans of the senate committee on
finance are continuing their work day
and night on the tariff bill with the in
tention of reporting it to the senate at
the earliest possible day. They are
not prepared to give out any results of
their investigations and state that they
have not reached any conclusions as to
the proposed changes. There is, how
ever, a well-defined impression about
the senate that the bill will be gener
ally remodeled and the rates considera
bly reduced in many schedules..
There is a general belief among West
ern senators that there will be material
changes in rates on wools, especially
those of the third class.
Among other suggestions urged is a
return to the AVilson law of 8 cents a
pound duty on hops, instead of 15
cents, as proposed by the Dingley bill.
It is claimed that the proposed increase
will be an injury rather than a benefit
to the producer, and a hardship to the
consumer.
There is much contention about the
lumber schedule. The American lum
bermen interested in Canadian forests
appear to be especially concerned over
the Dingley rates.
The committee is not receiving any
verbal statements except from senators,
but is giving close attention to type
written presentations of fact and argu
ment. Secretary Gage Will Comply.
Washington, April 5. Secretary
Gage today announced that he had de
cided to comply with the requirements
of section 27, of the pending tariff bill,
providing for the retention of samples
of merchandise, imported under orders
given subsequent to April 1, and which
were not purchased and directed by
the owner to lie shipped for import
into the United States prior to April 1.
This action, however, will be taken un
der section 249 of the revised statutes,
which authorizes the secretary to exer
cise a superintendency of the collection
of customs duties.
Diueuased by Americana In France.
London, April 5. The Times will
publish a dispatch from its PariB corre
spondent, saying:
The Dingley tariff bill has caused
considerable excitement among Ameri
can business houses here. The ques
tions growing out of it have been dis
cussed at a largo meeting of the Ameri
can chamber of commerce, at which
the American embassy was represented
by Henry Wignaud, secretary of Am
bassador Eustis. The vice-president of
the chamber said:
"America sends France 180,000,000
francs' worth of goods duty free, as
against 80,000,000 worth gent by
France, duty free, to America. The
chamber suggests that the United Sataes
should reduce the tariff in some import
ant French exports, the natural result
of which would be that France would
admit many American manufactures at
a reduced tariff. The advantage to
America under existing conditions by
France admitting some articles at the
minimum tariff is over 18,000,000
francs. The chamber hopes that Presi
dent McKinley's request for additional
discretionary power may be granted, so
that reciprocal commercial relations
may be established in order to open new
markets for manufactured American
products:"
SPAIN'S EASTERN WAR.
Madrid Authorities Declare the Philip
pine Revolt Ended.
Washington, April 6. The Spanish
legation has received official dispatches
from Madrid, under date of April 8, an
nouncing the most decisive engage
ments in the Philippine inlands since
the insurrection there began. The losses
were heavy and 1,630 prisoners surren
dered as a result of the shellingof Cavi
levego. The officials of the Spanish
legation are highly gratified at the an
nouncements, and state that the results
practically close the conflict in the
islands, these being the last of a series
of severe engagements.
Band In Their Powder.
London, April 6. The Daily News
will publish a dispatch tomorrow from
its Salonica correspondent who says
he has been informed on reliable au
thority that a large quantity of gun
powder sent to the frontier from Con
stantinople has been found to consist
chiefly of sand. The vali of Manistir
has discovered gross abuses in the sup
ply of provisions and accoutrements to
the army.
Coinage of Silver Dollars.
San Francisco, April 6. An order
has just been received by Superintend
ent Dagget, of the mint, from Director
Preston for the coinage of 800,000 silver
dollars. This, in addition to the regu
lar coinage of gold, will keep the pres
ent force employed for somi time, and
thug render unnecessary a r eduction of
the number of employes which has been
expected to take place.
Turkey Want to Fight, Too.
Constantinople, April 5. The fight
ing between the Christians and the
Mussulmans, which is daily reported
from Crete, is creating a very bad im
pression here, and it is believed that
the Turkish government will soon pro
pose to the powers that Turkey herself
be permitted to take action against the
insurgents.
TARIFF BILL CHANGES.
PARTY LINES DRAWN
Dingley Rill Tanned the limine by a
Majority of Kighty-Tliree.
I Washington, April 2. With tomor
i row the duties imposed by the Dingley
tariff bill will be in force, and the
present law will be a thing of the past,
if the last amendment attached to the
i bill before its passage in the house to
1 day shall be in the bill when it is
1 finally enacted, and provided also, that
it shall bo held to be legal by the courts
1 The Republican victory today was
! romplete. They presented an unbroken
front to the opposition. On the other
hand, five Democrats, one more than
; was anticipated, gave the bill the ap
; proval of their votes. These five Dem
: ocrats are interested particularly in the
! sugar schedule. Three came from
I Louisiana and two from Texas. One
Populist, Howard of Alabama, voted
! for the bill. Twenty-one other niem
1 bers of what is denominated "the uppo
i sition," declined to record themselves
: for or against the measure.
! The vote on the final passage of the
, bill stood: Ayes 205, noes 122; present
i and not voting, 1 a majority of S.
The galleries were today crowded to
suffocation. After the amendment fix
j ing tomorrow as the date on which this
, bill should go into effect had been
! adopted, against the protests of the
Democrats, who contended that it was
retroactive, and therefore unconstitu
! tional, the first three hours wore taken
! op with short speeches, most of which
I were made for the benefit of the gal-
leries, and constituents of the speakers.
The Demoorats had yielded the qnes
j tion of a long debate over the Grosvenor
I amendment, in the hope that enough
j progress might be made with the bill
i to permit the house to reach the sugar
! schedule, but only two more pages
I were read, leaving 140 unconsidered in
! committee of the whole,
i The motion to recommit with in
; structions to amend the bill so as to
! suspend duties on articles controlled
j by the trusts, upon which they based
the principal hone of breakimr throneh
the Republican ranks, failed of its pur
pose. Every Republican voted against
it. There was a great demonstration
on the floor and in the galleries when
the bill was finally declared passed.
Arbitration Treaty In the Senate.
Washington, April 2. The open ses
sion of the senate today lasted less than
half an hour. It was productive of an
other Cuban resolution by Mills of
Texas, calling upon the committee on
foreign affairs for a report on the obli
gations assumed by the United States
in insisting that Cuba should not be
annexed to any European power, and
should remain subject to Spain.
Hale's objection sent the resolution
over. The Morgan resolution calling
on the president for General Gomez'
letters also went over. The rest of the
day was spent in executive session on
the arbitration treaty. At 12:80 o'clock
the senate went into executive session,
and, at 4 o'clock, adjourned.
TERRORS INCREASING.
; Rain and Wind Add to the MianUnlppi
Flood Dangers.
Memphis, Tenn., April 2. A heavy
; rainfall, accompanied by a strong gale
j from the west, is adding to the terror
' of the flood situation. One hundred
I and fifty miles below Memphis, in the
Mississippi delta, there are four breaks,
and each is letting in a stream as large
as the Ohio river at Cincinnati, or the
Hudson at Albany, and this tremen
dous outflow has "caused a full of only
one-tenth of an inch at Vicksburg, im
mediately below the last break. The
t rain and wind will cause more breaks.
The river is now like an inland sea,
; and this afternoon a telegram from a
! point below Rosedale, Miss., announced
that the waves were pounding against
the levee and that at frequent intervals
the water tore itself loose from the main
1 channel and dashed over the embank
ment. This being true there will be,
! in all probability, more crevasses be-
fore morning. All the forces of nature
i are against the people The rainfall
j increases, and the wind intensifies the
i danger. On the Arkansas side the
I levee from Helena to Arkansas City is
! as full of men as the inner wall of a
! beseiged fortification.
There is a break at Westover, which
j occurred at an early hour this morning.
; A thousand men were at work on the
levees when the crash came. For a
moment a thin thread of water began
to trickle from the inner wall of the
embankment. Experienced levee men
saw the danger and cried out a word of
warning, and the laborers rushed back,
but in five minutes a gap fifty feet w ide
and six feet deep was torn in the wall
of earth. The break grew until it is
now several hundred feet wide. This
crevasse is ten miles below Helena, and
the water rushing through it will de
stroy a dozen splendid plantations, and
may back up to Helena.
The Laconia circle country, a few
milea below Westover, is under water.
This circle is surrounded bv a levee.
The levee in the rear wall went to
pieces at a late hour on Monday, and
the water rushed in and spread itself
over and across some of the most fertile
land in Arkansas, out up into planta
tions and giving support to no less than
6,000 people.
Paris, April 8. It is announced here
this afternoon that the powers have de
cided to proceed with a partial block
ade of Greece at an early date.
OREGON IN CONGRESS.
Measure- Introduced and 4'liitmpioued
by Our Slate Delegation.
Washington, April 2. Senator Me
Bride lias introduced a largo number of
bills, several of which were pending in
the last congress. He hopes to get fa
vorable action on some of them, and
expects that those which were favorably
reported in the last congress will receive
early consideration in this congress.
One bill appropriates ifliuO.OOO for the
public building at Portland, and fixes
that sum, with what has heretofore
been appropriated, as the limit of the
rost of the building. This will bring
the total cost of the building to $1,000,
000. The bill provides that when the
building is completed it shall be used
as a custom-house, for appraisers' stores,
courtrooms, signal service offices and
for the United States surveyor-general.
Anoter bill fixes the boundary of the
Warm Springs Indian reservation on
the northern side. It provides ' that
the boundary shall be the same as de
fined in the treaty of 1855, and as found
by Commissioners Fnllerton, Thifnr
and Payne in 1891.
Other bills introduced by the Oregon
senator are as follows:
Admitting veterans of Indian wars
to the soldiers' homes; removing the
charge of desertion from the name of
James K. Parker; to reimburse tho
states of Oregon, California and Ne
vada for money exjiended in the rebel
lion, of which amount Oregon would
receive $305,915; providing for a quar
antine station at Astoria, and appropri
ating $30,000 for the same; to establish
an assay office at Baker City; directing
tho accounting officers of the treasury
to allow Orville T. Porter for all sums
stolen or appropriated by his deputy
while Porter was marshal for Alaska;
to pay William A. Starkweather $2, 170,
the amount paid by him for clerk hire
while he was register of the land office
at Oregon City; to pay Peter Grant
Stewart, of Gervais, $7,500 for land
taken by the government at the mouth
f tho Columbia river in 1852; to pay
II. W. Shipley $2,487 for work done by
him in excess of his contract in con
structing buildings at the Nez Perce
agency, in Idaho; to pay Avery D. Bab
cock and wife $2,000 for the use and
occupation of their land by the govern
ment; to pay D. J. Holmes, of Port
land, $895 for money expended by him
on a claim from which lie was ousted
when it was found the land he occupied
was in the Warm Springs reservation;
to pay John W. Lewis $521 balance
due him as salary as register of the land
office at The Dalles; to pension George
Hughes of Portland, at $50 per month;
to pay John Campbell $1,165 for prop
erty taken during the war.
Senator McBride has introduced a
bill making Colonel George H. Men
dell, late of the corps of engineers, a
brigadier-general on the retired liBt.
He recites in the bill the good work
that Colonel Mendell has performed,
and points out that when General Casey
retired Colonel Mendell was next in
line for promotion, but that another
was made brigadier-general instead.
Another bill by Senator McBride al
lows persons making claims upon pub
lic lands to make proofs before any offi
cer qualified to administer oaths in
homestead oases, whether the lands are
in the county or not. At present the
making of such proofs must be before
an officer in the county where tho land
is situated.
Another bill applicable to all public
land states the law to settle accounts
between the United States and Missis
sippi, which allowed for school pur
poses all lands embraced in reservations
which would have have been numbered
16 and 80.. The states are to be al
lowed $1.26 per acre for the loss of
bucIi lands.
Represenative Ellis has introduced
a bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors in the capitol building.
This bill was passed by the house at
the last session of congress, and was re
ported in the senate. No one, with
very few exceptions, wanted it passed,
but men did not want to go on record
as opposing it. The bill might have
passed the senate if it ever came to a
vote, but Senator Hill, of New York,
would never allow it to reach that
stage. He was always ready to talk it
to death, whenever it appeared. Mr.
Ellis may push it along, and it will no
doubt pass the house if it ever comes to
a vote again.
All members of tbe Oregon delega
tion indorsed Binger Hermann for com
missioner of the general land office.
His successor, Mr. Tongue, and other
members of the delegation called per
sonally upon the president and urged
his appointment. Mr. Ellis went
among the members of the house, and
especially those from the West, and got
their signature to a paper in which
Hermann was indorsed for the place on
the ground that it would be to the in
terest of the West.
From the llonama.
aker City, Or., April 2. Albert
Geiser, superintendent of the Bonanza
mine, brought in about $10,000 in gold
bullion this afternoon. In addition to
this, he has shipped sixty tons of con
centrates, valued at $00 a ton. On ac
count of the many improvements which
were made this month, the mill was
only kept running for fifteen days.
A Russian land owner at Batoum
during the big oil strike there had an
income of about $30,000 a day from
his wells. '
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Onirning, Hopkins & Compnny'a Review
of Trade.
Trading in wheat this week has not
been widespread, but to a great extent
was confined within the ranks of the
professionals,, who are considerably
worked up over the increasing amount
of bad crop news. St. Louis appears to
be the center of the disturbance and
has been persistently loading the wries
with stories of great harm done. Many
traders have been disinclined to give
the reports much attention, and in fact
have only arched their eyebrows when
brought to their notice. Many of thoso
who have been loathe to acknowledge
these stories are now changing front
and think there must be some lire where
there is so much smoke. The country
at large, though, is only buying wheat
sparingly, but St. Louis professionals
appear to be taking hold liberally, and
are pinning their faith in tho reliability
of crop damage in the Southwest. This
is just the time of year for a genuine
crop scare, and, with the weather con
ditions ns they damage tales will
multiply instead of diminish.
Statistics are, of course, just as favor
able for an advance as at any time re
cently; in fact more so. Visible stocks
are decreasing and the world's stocks
are Bteadily diminishing. The world's
shipments are running from 8,000,000
to 8,500,000 bushels below tho weekly
requirements of tho United Kingdom
and the continent, but for all that, for
eigners are not alarmed over the out
look. They are certainly not taking
the , wheat from this country in such
quantities as one would expect under
the circumstances. Cables are merely
fractional in quoting changes on tho
other side. Exports of wheat and flour
from both coasts for the week are 100,
000 bushels more than last week, and
exceed thoso for the same week in 180ft1
by about 5,000 bushels. We have had
war scares of the opera bouffo order,
but war seems to be just as distant as
ever.
There has been a fair amount of trad
ing in the corn market this week and
speculation has been brisker. Wheat
no longer exerts much of an influence
upon values.
Market Quotation!.
Portland, Or., April 3, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4.10; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7677c; Val
ley, 79c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 4244o per
bushel; choice gray, 8(1 ( 38c.
Hay Timothy, $13.0018.50 per
ton; clover, $11.0012.00; wheat and
oat, $9.00(8 11.00 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $17.50 per ton;
brewing, $1819.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts,
$10.50; middlings, $20.
Butter Creamery, 4550c; dairy,
3040c; store, 17i 30o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,6065c;
Garnet Chi lies, 6575o; Early Rose,
8090o per sack; sweets, $3.00 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 6o
per pound.
Onions $2.002. 25 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00(3
8.50; geese, $4.005.00; turkeys, live,
ll12o; ducks, $4.004.50 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 9e'o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, 12c; Young
America, 130 per pound.
Wool Valley, 1 lc per pound; Eastern
Oregon, 79o.
Hops 9 10c per pound. I
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.003.50;
cows, $2.253.00; dressed beef, 46o
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3. 50 8. 75; dressed mut
ton, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00(3)
4.25; light and feeders, $2.503.00;
dressed $4.DOG.OO per cwt.
Seattle, Wash., April 2, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23(8 24 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, $20 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $19 per ton; oracked,
$19(320; feed meal, $1920.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$5.00; Novelty A, $4.00; California
brands, $5.85; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$0.40.
Millstuffs Bran, $14.00 per ton;
Bhorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $10.00;
Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter ,Fancy native creamery,
brick, 20c; select, 24c; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 16(317.
Cheese Native Washington, 120.
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $16.60
18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, 00c; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagas, per sack, 60o; carrota, per
sack, 40 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $2.00.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10 (3: lie; ducks, $06.C0; dressed
turkeys, 15c
Eggs Fresh ranch, HJ12o.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cow's, 6c; mutton, sheep, '
9o per pound; lamb, 6o; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8o.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4)6o;
salmon, 66o; salmon trout, 7 10c;
flounders and soles, 8 4c.
Provisions Hams, large, 11); hams,
mall, llc; breakfast baoon, lOo; dry
alt tides, 6c per pound.