m
IR
action 01 me ou-umea rnu-
ippine Congress.
Confidence - in aguinaldo
n XT . M t . I m .
(b United oiaies wn an neasure
tlve AVoinen Want to Fight.
Manila, via Hons Kong, Jan. 28.
epublioa, the official organ of the
Filipinos, announces uim uungress ai
alolos liaa auopieu a jriuiippnies con
itution, passed a vote of confidence in
uoinalJo and empowered him to de-
jf8 War Oil me uuiicu oiuieo wiiun-
tei lie Day ''eem advisable. At a
ass meeting of the women of Cavite.
esterdny, the paper adds, it waa en
usiaatically resolved to petition
Sjuinaldo for permission to take this
Len's places in defense oi independ-
ice and to bear arms H neceessary.
An American sentry yesterday killed
captain of the Filipino artillery at
Junto outpost. As a result the nativo
esa is intensely excited and denounce
iasa "cowardly assassination."
On Saturday, January 21, five Fili
inos determined to have revenge foi
.9 captain's death and attempted tc
La sentry killed one of them, who
I lis armed with a revolver. After an
i.'hange of shots, the others were nr-
ted. The incident has intensified
icitement here.
The cabinet yesterday insisted on the
eration of Spanish civil prisoners;
commemoration of the proclamation
the Filipinos republic and also do
ited money to tne native clergy.
An elaborate programme has been
anged for formal ratification of the
institution today. Nothing was ac
mpliahed at tho conference hore yes
rday, and it is rumored the Filipinos
their next meeting will give tn.
meroans eight days in which to accedo
their demands for recognition. The
mor is discredited.
T Jl r. . . r-. .
rmmi n tUHGANIZATION BILL
Discussion of the Principal Work of the
Rational House.
Washington, Jan. 31. Tho house to
day continued the consideration of the
army reorganization bill until 2
o'clock, when the members paid their
tributes to the memory of the late Rep
resentative Simpkins, of Massachu
setts. Little piogress was made with
the army bill, the only amendment
adopted being that to give veterinar
ians in cavalry regiments the rank,
pay and allowance of second lieuten
ants. The time before the eulogies be
gan was chiefly devoted to a continua
tion of the debate on the advisability
of retaining the Philippines.
The diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill, carrying $1,500,000, was
passed by the senate.
The salaries of secretaries of legation
to the Argentine republic, Venezuela
and Peiu were increased to $1,800,
and of the consuls at La Guuavra.Ven
ezuela, from $1,800 to $2,000, and at
Pernambuco, Brazil, from $2,000 to
$2,200. The allowance for clerks of
consulates was inoreased from $1,600
to $3,200. The salaries of three third
secretaries of embassy at London, Paris
and Berlin were fixed at $1,600 each.
The consulate at Naples was placed in
the $2,600 class; the consulate at Col
lingwood. Canada, in the $2,000 class,
and the consulate at Niagara Falls in
the $1,500 class.
Mason offered a resolution requesting
e snrsccn -sciiGral of the urwv to
furnish information as to the percent
age of our soldiers in the Philippines
who are sick and have been sick, and
the number of deaths in our army by
reason of the sickness caused by the
climate. Mason prefaced the resolu
tion with the statement that reports
had been received that "of late years
as high as 50 per cent of the soldiers
unaccustomed to the climate (of the
Philippines) have died by reason of the
said climate."
EAGAN GUILTY AS CHARGED.
YCLONE SWEPT THE SEAS.
any Person Drowned and Much Prop
erty Destroyed.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 28. The
amer Aorangi, from Anstralasia,
inga details oi the temblo cyclone
licli swept tho South seas about the
ddle of December, devastating vil
:ea, wrecking shipping and causing
any deaths. At fcamarai, in New
j'mea, on December 11, the gale was
ntfirifio. Cocoa palms went down by
:ndreds and were carried to sea.
Torrents of rain fell. Twelve vessels
re wrecked.
Hie cutters Mayflower and Nabua
re total wrecks at Basiliaki. The
'dies Bobem and Baidan were lost
' Goodenougn island, and Mr. Ken
sly, manager of the New Guinea De
!opnient Company, was drowned, to
:her with his crew, save one boy.
The schooner Ellen Gowan and the
iter Ivy were lost in the Kossman
rap and Captain Godet and crew
ie drowned.
In the Solomons the hurricane did
e most damage, whole villages bejng
troyed. Hundreds of cocoa planta
ns were uprooted and yam patches
reled. Over 500 natives are report-
to have been killed.
Captain Pentecost, of the vacht St.
Mil, who brought the news of the
aster to Sydney, sayB he saved a
man who was to have been 'killed as
wceress, she being accused of having
'sea the hurricane. He bought her,
purchase price being a pig, and
k her to another island, where she
! released.
The
hold-
agree
I. T.
trying Release of Prisoner,
ew York, Jan. 28. Through the
flch embassy here Spain has again
ed the United States to procure the
wse ot Spanish prisoners held by the
'lippine insurgents. Information
ially received by the Madrid gov-
fment from the Philippines shows
't the lives of Spanish women and
'd'en, as well as men are in danger
1 that the prisoners are not receiv-
i proper treatment.
secretary Hay replied that General
' had been instructed to give ini
tiate attention to the matter, but
'government has made no promises
TOiam the release of the prisoners.
' the growing belief that they will
Me to obtain the release of the
doners only by force.
The Search Abandoned.
ew Orleans, Jan. 28. Lawrence
owner of the ill-fated launch
"1 Jones, which was lost near Breton
'id about January 6, with all on
"d, and Mayor Taggart, of Indian-
''B, whose daughter was among the
'Ji have returned to the city from
the river after having made a
'Jless search for some traco of the
''us of the disaster. They only
"d some wreckage, among which is
;ar of the stern of the launch.
Necessary Penalty It Dismissal
From the Army.
Washington, Jan. 31. General Ea-
gan, commissary-general of subsist
ence, lias been found guilty of the
charges of conduct unbecoming an offi
cer and a gentleman, and of conduct to
the prejudice of good order and disci
pline, and of the specifications thereto,
and has been sentenced to dismissal
from the United States army; but with
a recommendation from the court for
the exercise of executive clemency.
Under the regulations, the court, hav
ing reached the conclusion that the ac
cused was guilty, had no choice in
selecting a penalty, the regulations
prescribing absolutely that one punsish
ment dismissal for the offense.
Therefore, the only hope for General
Eagan is in the direction of communta
tion, mitigation oa disapproval by the
president.
Payment of the Cuban Army.
Havana, Jan. 31. Senor Fredrico
Mora, the civil governor of Havana, in
an interview declared that the question
of the payment of the Cuban atrny was
nf much greater importance than the
Washington government seems to real
izn. Ha said of the Cubans were to
collect the custonn of the islands,
which are their property, their first ac
tion would be to meet Cuba's sacred
obligation to the army by payment in
full to the soldiers. The customs ad
ministration Leinir in the hands of the
Americans, the Cubans make a simple
hiisinfiHA monoHition to the United
States vnvnrnment that it shall ad
vanoe money to pay the troop?,
ing the customs as security.
The Cherokee Treaty.
Washington, Jan. 81. The
ment concluded at Muskogee,
Januaty 14, between the Dawes com
mission and the Cheiokee nation, pro-
i,lin fnr the allotment of lands and
irnnPtfl betterment oi tne conaiiiun w
the red men. has been sent to the sen-
nto Pnnr nf the five tribes have al
ready agreed to new arrangements and
negotiations are now pending wuu ku
Creeks.
Strike lllots In Itussla.
''Ondon, Jan. 28. There have been
,:iU8 strike riots in the cotton mills
,!'' St. Petersburg district. The
lce, while attempting to raid the
"tmen'a barracks in order to arrest a
deader, were attacked by the work
one policeman beina ki'Kl
A Fatal Holler Explosion.
Phinnim. Jan. 81. Four men were
Vva.iitr hurnnd. one neiliaps fatally, by
the explosion of a boiler today in the
f the Chicago Tribune. The
men who bad just completed putting
tin furnace of the
boiler, were standing directly in front
tho fnrnnr.n when the explosion oc-
ourred, and were covered nrBt wiiu n
coals, then with scalding water.
A Itestralnlng Order.
Washington, Jan. 8I.-T0 prevent
army officers of superior rank from
seizing upon the quarters of officers of
the transports upon which they may
be traveling, the secretary of war has
been obliged to make an order prohib
iting them from taking the rooms ot
the masters and quartermasters oi
transpoi ts.
Two Consuls Nominated.
Wuhinton. Jan. 81. The presi-
j t 1 iiipon nominations to
lieu yiooomou
th nnt: State. James H. Wornian,
of New York, now commercial agent at
Coenao. to be consul at Munich, M
,,.,! William T. Fee. of Ohio, now
1 .t nionfnonna. to be consul at
Bombay, India.
February 0 has been agreed upon by
the senate as the date to vote upon the
peace treaty.
A STORY OF HORROR.
Eleven of a Ship's Crew Enten by Can
nibals on the Island of Now Guinea.
Vanoouver, B. C, Jan. 80. After
escaping death by drowning, 11 of the
crew of the shin Manbara wem rn.
tured and eaten by cannibals of New
Guinea.
The Manbare was bound for fvdnov.
Australia, when it was cauclit in tho
terrible gale of Decembei. Near Cape
Nelson it began to sink. The crew, 18
all told, left the vessel in two boats,
and Eoon became separated. One boat,
containing 12 men, was finally thrown
ashoro 10 miles from the cape.
ihe sailors were seized bv natives
from the interior and hurried off to
the village of the chief. One man,
James Greene, escaped. The sailors
were stripped and hound and killed.
one each day. A wild oreie was par
ticipated in by at least 100 savages,
who bad gathered for the feast.
In several cases the sailois were tor
tured by the old women and children
of the tribe. The eyes of one were
gouged out. The doomed men stoically
watohed the elaborate preparations for
their death. A huge pot filled with
boiling water was used for the feast,
which on the first day was prolonged
away into the night. In most cases
the men were beheaded, their head
being stuck on poles and paraded be
fore the men who were to suffer the
same fate.
Greene was rescued by a steamer
after tramping without food a dny and
a night to reach the coast. The scenes
of horror he had witnessed turned his
hair snowy white.
More Speeches on Expansion.
Washington, Jan. 30. At the open
ing of the senate Spooner and Rawlins
gave notice of speeches on the resolu
tion opposing annexation. Spooner
Wednesday and Rawlins Thursday
next. Mason asked unanimous consent
for a vote on his resolution, declaring
it to be the policy of the United States
not to attempt to govern the people of
any other nation, next Friday, at 1
o'clock, and Hoar for a vote on his res
olution declaring the Filipinos ought
to be free and independent, but Carter
objected to both.
In the House.
Washington. Jan. 80. When the
house met this morning there remained
but little more than an hour of time
for general debate on the army reor
ganization bill. Henderson (Rep. Ia.)
was the first speaker. He opposed a
standing army of 100,000 men, but
waa willing to support a proposition for
a force numbering from 50,000 to 00,-000.
Court-Martlal Over.
Washington, Jan. 80 The case of
Commissary-General Charles P. Ea
gan, charged witn conduct tending to
the prejudice of good order and mili
tary discipline, is now in the hands of
the court martial appointed to try him.
Today the taking of testimony was
closed, and arguments of counsel sub
mitted. The trial lasted three days
and consumed less than eight bouts' of
actual sitting. A session behind closed
doors of an hour or so sufficed for the
court to reach a conclusion and em
body its report. What the verdict will
be is altogether a matter of specula
tion, and officially at least will not be
made public by the trial board, mili
tary regulations requiring that its find
ings shall go through prescribed chan
nels, and be kept secret until action be
had and promulgated by the proper re
viewing authorities.
Union Pacific Will ProlH.
Now York, Jan. 80. It was stated
last night that the details of the plan
for the exchange of Union Pacific com
mon stock for Oregon Short Line stock
would be made public in an advertise
ment. The directois of the Union Pa
cific hitve settled the terms arid the
official announcement is expected
day.
It is generally believed that the
rangement arrived at will be share
share on the $27,460,000 of Short Line
stock, with a "string" to tho deal, in
the shape of a small assessment on the
Short Line holders. This deal should
net the Union Pacific about $1,000,000.
BUTLER'S AMENDMENT.
NEWS OF NORTHWEST
to-
ar-for
Report of Verdict of Utility.
Chioago, Jan. 80. A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
Dismissal from the military seiviceof
the United States without any recom
mendation for clemency, is the verdict
passed by the court-martial upon Commissary-General
Eagan for his recent
virulent attaok upon Major General
Miles. The verdict was reached with
in 45 minutes after "the trial ended to
day. '
Ba Proposes to Provide for ex-Confederate
Soldiers.
Washington, Jan. 28. As the senate
seemingly was about to conclude con
sideration of the pension appropriation
bill, Butler (Pop. N. C.) offered his
nmendment announced some time ago,
providing for the pensioning of ex-Confederate
soldiers. Upon this lie took
the floor and delivered a speech which,
as he prooeeded, developed into a most
unexpected utterance. While his col
leagues on both sides of the chamber
listened with interest, Butler defended
the position taken by the South dur
ing the great civil conflict of a third of
a century ago. He declared that the
South was right, and that bistoiy
would so record, and that every shot
fired by a Southern soldier was fired
in defense of the rights of his state
constitution, in self-defense, and in
defense of his home and fireside.
The amendment was finally with
drawn. Mallory (Fla.) was then recognized.
He said that in the very face of the
declaration of our disinterestedness in
Cuba we proposed to take Porto Rico
and the Philippines, lie thought we
ought not to be inconsistent. We
could not, therefore, afford to take the
Philippines, although in the case of
Porto Rico the case might fairly be re
garded as different. The Philippines,
lie said, were 7,000 miles away from
our shores, and inhabited by a people
wuu w 111011 we could have nothing in
common a people who wero semi-barbarous,
if not absolutely savage. He
complained that if the treaty of peace
should be ratified, the inhabitants of
the Philippines, from 7,000,000 to 10,
000,000 in number, would have the
right to come to this country and com
pete with our own laborers, and if they
did not actually come here, they would
have the right to send their products
here to compete with those of our own
laborers.
The senate committee on commerce
has agreed to report favorably Hanna's
steamship subsidy bill.
Without preliminary business, the
house todav resumed consideration of
the army bill. The debate drifted into
a discussion of the government's new
island possessions, and lasted until 5
P. M. At the night session the fea
ture was an hour s speech by White
(Rep. X. C.) the only colored mem
ber of the house, against the election
methods in the South. At 11:14 the
house adjourned.
Irving Coming to America Again.
New York, Jan. 28. The Herald
says:
active
with several American managers look
ing to the completion of his plans for
the tour of America, whioh he will
make next season. He has personally
communicated to them the ideas he has
in mind for the trip.
"Sir Heniy Irvine's present inten
tion is to pioduce 'Robespierre,' his
new Sardou play, at the Lyceum in
London at Easter, and his engagement
there will last until well into the sum
mer. At its termination and after a
6hort rest he will sail for America early
in October. His stay in America will
be limited to 20 weeks, and in that
time it is his wish to visit all the prin
cipal cities. He is partioulaily anxious
to dIuv in San Francsico, where his
previous engagement several years ago
was remarkably successful in evory
way. -
Cubans Welcome I.ee.
Havana, Jan. 28. General Lee ie
turned to camp tonight from a trip to
the southeastern part of the province
ending at Guinee, which is the next
largest town after Havana. The jour
nev was made with a team of mules
along the highway and the return by
rail. A battalion of the Fourth Illinois
preceded General Lee, and was en
camped there upon his arrival.
The American troops were welcomed
evervwhere. and their presence was
made the occasion of demonstrations
General Lee received an enthusiastic
welcome at Guines. Insurgent troops
escorted him, and the town was deco
rated with Ameiican and Cuban flags
Chinese In Hawaii.
Honolulu, Jan. 28. Ihe supreme
court this morning rendered an opinion
in the eight Chinese habeas corpus
cases submitted last week. It sustain
jurisdiction, but gives the collector
general of customs authority to enforce
United States laws. Chief Justice
Judd concurs in the first proposition
but dissents from the second one
The Chinese will appeal from the de
oision to the secretary of the tieasury
Items of General Interest Gleaned
From the Thriving Pacific
States.
To Freeze Out Americans.
The government measure recently"
enacted into law, and aimed at the
Americans in the Atlin district, pio
vides for the amendment of the placer
mining act, providing that no one who
is not a British subject shall take out
a free miner's license, and that no
company shall have the ame license
unless incorporated or registered under
the laws of the province. The act ia
not retrospective. Licenses take out
previously may be renewed, but under
a renewed license no one is entitled
to take up new claima. Section 5,
which is the most far-reaching, pro
vides that no free miner after the pas
sage of this act shall hold any claim
under the British Columbia placer
mining act or an interest therein as
trustee or otherwise for any person
who is not a British subject, or for
any corporation not authorized to take
out a free miner's certificate. A
miner's license taken out by any person
not authorized to do so by this section
shall be null and void. This section
shall not affect free miners' licenses
issued before the coming into force of
this section, and such licenses may be
renewed from time to time. The only
necessitites for a person to become
aturalized are that the applicant is a
pei son of good charaoter and has ie
sided in the Dominion for three years.
'Sir Henry Irving is now in
negotiations by. mail and cable
TerUhed on a Glacier.
Seattle, Wash.. Jan.- 80. News of
tne freezing to death of three prospec
tors on the Valdes glacier, near tho
n.nnth of Copper river, Alaska, was
brought to this city today by passenger" j derstandinj
of the steamer Cottage City, from Skag- the custom
. A I. ...I... 'PI.,. ' ll.nn'. 05
way and juneau, anunui uumve
of those who perished are:
Henry Kohn, New York city;
Smith, Chicago; Emerson, Baldwin,
Wis.
Fight In the Itolchsrath.
Vienna, Jan. 80. In the lower house
of the Austrian reichsrath today a
disturbance arising out of racial differ,
ence led to a hand-to-hand fight bo-
succeeded in separating the
ants, but the sitting came to
amid a scene of turbulence.
Customs of Santiago.
Havana, Jan. 28. As a result of a
conference between Governor-General
Leonard Wood, governor of the military
department of Santiago, a mutual uu-
rstanding lias been readied regarding
s receipts at Santiago, ban-
t nco'g 280.000 will not De usea in
other provinces, but will be mortgaged
to defray the cost of works now under
way.
For Upper Yukon.
Within the next two weeks three
river steamers constructed on the plan
of Missouri river craft will be taken
n sections to Lake Bennott, where
they will be put together ready for
servioe when navigation on the Upper
Yukon opens. The machinery and ma
terial for the vessels weighs 340 tons.
The steamers will draw 12 inches light
and 8 feet when loaded. The ca
pacity of each will be 400 passengers
and 200 tons of freight.
Sale of Big Steamships.
Anthony T. Prichard and Charles
Stewart, of Tacoma, have sold to the
North American Mail Steamship Com
pany, a corporation organized under
the laws of the state of Washington:
Steamships Olympia, consideration,
$160,000; Tacoma, $127,500; Victoria,
$240,000. These vessels were formerly
operated by the Northern Paoiflc Steam
ship Company between Taooma and
the Orient, and reoently received
Ameiican registers.
To Close Up Cannery Combine.
It is reported that A. B. Hammond
has left New York for Astoiia. Upon
his arrival he will close up the cannery
combine deal if it is possible. In the
event of the combine being consum
mated, it is said, by one who is fa-
miliar with the plans of the itoombine,
some new and important features will
be introduced, one of which will be
the development of the deep-sea fishing
industry.
To Ituy a Sunken Ship.
A joint stock company is being
formed at Tacoma to buy and raise
the sunken ship Andelana in paso the
insurance company decides not to at
tempt the almost impossible task ot
raising her themselves The ship sank
in the Taooma harbor during a storm
recently.
First of a Mew 1,1 ne.
The steamer Belgian King, the first
of the fleet of fine vessels of the Cali
fornia & Orinetal Steamship Company
plying betweon Hong Kong, Yokohama
and San Diego, Cat., has arrived.
Over 200 oarloads of freight are await
ing shipment on the return trip to the
Orient.
Embeizler Sentenced.
W. H. Donaoa, the 22-year-old post
master at Sweet Home, Or., who em
bezzled $1,257 postal funds, was sen
tenced by United States Judge Bellin
ger, at Portland. He was
fined $1,257 and sentenced to six
months imprisonment in the county
jail.
Paget Bound Exports.
The exports of Puget Sound cus
toms district for the month of Decem
ber, 1898, exoeed imports by $1,684,
464. Imports for the month were
valued at $183,703, while exports
amount to $1,728,257. The duly col
lectod was $10,872.83.
A Large Mortgage. '
The largest mortgage ever recorded
in Wasco county, Or., was that execut
ed reoently by the Columbia Southern
tailroad at The Dalles, in favor of the
New York Security & Trust Company.
The consideration is $2,100,000.
combat'
a close
Another Karthquake.
Kingston. Jamaica, Jan. 28. A
severe earthquake shock was felt
throughout the island 011 fcnturday
morning, and was followed by another
on Tuesday night, the direction being
from west to east. No damage has
been reported. The Northern West
Indies are telegraphically cut off. The
teiison is unknown, but in all proba
bility it is due to an earthquake
Mustering Out Volunteers.
Captain Taylor, mustering officer,
was given official notice to tho officers
and members of the Eighth California
volunteers, that they will be mustered
out of the service ot the United Status
cn Tuesday next
The Badger Gold-Mining Company,
of Susanville, Or., has within the last
six wocks shipped 75 tons of ore to tli
Sftlhy smelting works at Ban Francisco,
the values ranging between $100 and
$300 per ton.
During his incumbenoy of the ex
ecutive of Oregon, Governor Lord
granted 65 pardons, and 03 pardons to
restore oitizonship, and commuted 21
sentouco.