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OREGON TARIFF FOR REVENUE, INCIDENTAL PROTECTION AND SOUND MONEY. VOL. II. CORVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FEIDAY, JAN DARY 27, 1S99. NO. 31. UNION EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in a Condensed Form. Chauncey M. Depew was elected to he United States senate from New York. Senator Lodge has been re-elected from Massachusetts, and Senator Davis from Minnesota. Francis M. Cockrell was elected - to the United States senate by the Mia souri legislature. A fire broke out in the Wheeler mine at Denver, Col., on the night of the 18th. All the miners escaped, The fire in confined to one room. A state faneral almost majestic in it impress veness was given the late Rep resentative Dingley in the house of rep resentatives. A Madrid dispatch says the premier. Senor Sagasta, in an interview de clared that he only awaited the United States senate's ratificatioin of the peac treaty to convoke the cortes. The secretary of the interior, in communication with the house com mittee on Indian affairs, said an in vestigation shows the reports of a threatened uprising of Indians of the Northern Cheyenne reservation are un founded. Reports from Finar del Rio, Cuba, say that the province is being ravaged by bandits, who have broken away from the insurgent forces. Thus far no great damage has been done, and the crimes committed are not of a serious natute, but the ranks of the outlaws are constantly inoieasing, and the raids are beooming more daring. At the annual meeting of the Busi ness Men's League at St. Louis, two hundred merchants and capitalists were present. A resolution was adopted heartily endorsing the aotion of the delegates from the states and territor ies comprised in the Louisiana pur chase in deciding to commemorate the event of the purchase by holding a world's fair in St. Louis, and pledging full support to the undertaking.. . The congressional subcommission on - agriculture and agricultural labor of the industrial commission has made publio its syllabus of the topical plan of inquiry on the condition of labor and capital employed in these pursuits. The plan is divided into three general heads, viz.: Labor employed, capital employed, and remedial legislation. Under the general heal of each are questions on which the subcommission desires information. They embrace SO in all, and thoroughly cover the field, wbich the subcommission has in hand. Witnesses making responses to the questions asked are required to give facts rather than opinions except in snoh instances where suggestions are invited. King Humbert, of Italy, has signed a decree amnestying or reducing the punishment of the rioters who . took part in the disturbances last spring. About 700 persons who were sentenced by court-martial and about 2,000 who were condemned by civil courts have been liberated. The secretary of the interior has for warded to the senate the papers bear ing upon the proposition to remove the -Northern Cheyenne Indians from their reservation in Northern Montana to the Crow reservation. The secretary states that the Cheyennes are averse to the change, and he recommends that they be allowed to remain where they are, and that legislation be enacted looking to the improvenient of their condition. Uerr Schmidt, a socialist member of the German reiclistag, . has voluntar ily informed the public prosecutor at Madgeburg that he was Bolely respons ible for the publication in the Social ist Volks Stimme, of the article pur porting to be a conversation between the Prince of Bagdad and his tutor, on account of which the editor, Herr Au gust Mueller, was sentenced last week to 49 months' imprisonment on the charge of lese majeste. The whole oaBe must now be reopened. The Madgeburg court interpreted the alle gory of which Herr Schmidt confesses the authoriship as an insult to the sec ond son of Emperor William, Prince Fitel. A most daring attempt was made by three youths of Boise, Idaho, to wreck the Oregon Short Line pay-car a short distance west ot Mountain Home. A heavy log chain had been tied around the track, but was lortunately dis covered and removed by some section men before the pay-car passed the point. A search was instituted in the neighborhood, which resulted in find ing Emmet -Allen, Hugh Breen and John Richardson, boys of Boise, rang ing from 16 to 18 years of age, in hid ing near by. They subsequently con fessed to the attempt at wrecking the pay-car for the purpose of getting the moDey. They are now in jail at Mountain Home. Minor Sievra Items. President Snow, of the Mormon church, says the law against polygamy is being Btrictly obeyed in Utah. The Miller Electric Construction company of Pittsburg, Pa., has invent ed a new plan for utilizing the power of Niagara falls. Six convicts driven mad by idleness, were taken from the King's county penitentiary in New York to asylums ior the criminal insane. LATER NEWS. Rmatatw""n, of Illinois, has been Informed that curing 1899 all federal contracts for Indian supplies will be placed in Chicago. Boston capitalists are said - to have made an offer of $3,500,000, Spanish gold, for the San Jose warehouses and wharves at Havana. Hundreds of cattlemen are in Den ver to take part in the convention of the National Livestock Association. The attendance will be large. General Russell Hastings, of Massa chusetts, has been chosen for appoint ment as director of the bureau of Amerioan republics, to succeed the lato Joseph Smith. Bank notes to the value of 60,000 have mysteriously disappeared from Parr's bank, in Bartholomew Lane, London, England. It is supposed that they have been stolen. A dispatch from Omaha says: The Twenty-second infantry has leceived orders to move at once' for San Fran si sco. - The regiment has orders to sail from San Francisco on the 28tb. A bill has been introduced in con gress which provides that "no person living in or practicing polygamy shall be eligible to be a member of either house of congress, nor shall such per son be permitted to hold seat therein." The secretary of war has completed the organization of a colonial commis sion to undertake the adjustment ot all natters of detail respecting the govern ment of territories acquired during the war occupied by the United States forces. Rev. Edward H. Budd, who was thought to have been lost on the Paul Jones, is alive. The vessel was de tained in Pass a La Outre so long by foggy weather that Mr. Budd grew im patient and left the party, retnrning to New Orleans. As a result of the assignment of the battle-ships Iowa and Oregon to the Pacific and Asiatic stations respective ly, and the decision to dispatch the sruiser Newark to tne Pacific coast, the 30m missioned naval forceof the United States is about equally divided be tween the two oceans. The treasury department has given instructions to the customs officials at Sitka and Skagway to stop the trans portation of liquor under convoy from Canadian ports through the White Pass to the Northwest territory. Informa tion has reached the department that instead of being shipped across the bor der into the territory this liquor has been teturned secretly to the locality 3f Skagway and disposed of thcie, con trary to law. The Infanta Enlalie, aunt of the king of Spain, is visiting England. The president has nominated . Ed- mnn U. Wiggin, of Washington. D. C, to be register of the land office at Weare, Alaska. The Rome correspondent of the Lon don Times, referring to the rumor that Italy is about to seize a port in China, says he believes it absolutely devoid of foundation. Advices reaching New Orleans leave no further doubt of the loss of the yacht Paul Jones. Parties are search ing for the bodies of the unfortunate members of the pleasure party. Henry M. Hoyt, assistant United States attorney-general, has been or dered by the department of justice to go to Santiago and advise General Leonard Wood on legal questions. The strike of the dock laborers at Colon, Colombia, is fast assuming a serious aspect. A batch of 46 Panama dockmen arrived last night, and stones and revolvers were fired at the train as it neared Colon. Sharkey, the pugilist, and his spar ring partner, Robert Armstrong, were arrainged in the municipal court at Boston and fined $15 each for partici pating in an exhibition which the po lice maintained partook of the nature of a prize fight. A dispatch from London says: Arch bishop Ireland, after his visit to Rome, wiU come here to consult with the French bishops on the subject of Ileck- erism. The bishop of Orleans baa in vited the distinguished American ec clesiastic to preside over the fetes in honor of Joan D'Arc. A recent dispatch Bays: The real truth as to the situation in the Congo State is being bidden. The whole country is in a ferment, and the rebel lion is not beins put down. The gov ernment troops appear to fear the reb els and the prenilija ft the whites has been much impaired. The gi 1 ?si gathiing in the history of Alaska Indians is scheduled for Au gust 1 next at Klawan, on the Chi I kat river. At this grand potlatch, the tribal war of the Wrangel and Chilkat Indians, which has been raging for many years, will come to an end. It Is estimated that over 3,000 Indians will be present. A race agaiust time from Seattle to Dawson lor a purse of $6,000 began Sunday, when Richard Butler, a wealthy Klondiker, started for Dawson on the steamer City of Seattle. Joe Barrett, another wealthy Klondiker, bet Butler K-i J00 that he could make the trip from Seattle to Dawson in 25 days or less, and $1,000 more that he could not make it in less than 20 days The population of India increases at the rate of 3,000,000 annually. Profanity is forbidden by both the army and the navy regulations of the United States. I Charles Newton, of Bradford, Pa., ' was blown to pieces while shooting an oil well at Orchard Park. The extension of American authority in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico will lead to the abandonment ot t some mi.:L.ry posts in this country. J HAULED DOWN A SPANISH FLAG Captain .Eaton, of the Resolute, sent s an Insult. Be New York, Jan. 25 A dispatch from Havana sayb: Captain Eaton, of the auxiliary cruiser Resolute, captured a 20-foot Spanish flacr in the harbor and j incidentally taught the Spaniards a les , son in manners A Spanish schooner of about 70 tons sailed alongside the Resolute, where it hove to, and with a cheer of defiance from the men aboard, an immense Spanish flag was run up to the mast head, with the Cuban flag beneath it Captain Eaton was forced to recognize the insult, and ordered Naval Cadet N arrant and Marine Officer Thorpe with a file of marines into a steam launch, which speedily overtook the Spaniard. The captain refused to obey jthe order to lower the flag, whereupon the marines went aboard and took forc ible possession of the Spanish flag; leaving the Cuban flag flying at the masthead. The occupants of the schooner were then completed to give three cheers for the Cuban and American flags, after which the vessel was allowed to pro oeed. The captured' flag will be held as a prize. WANTS RECOGNITION. Aguinaldo Is Now Showing- His Band- Bequest to the 1 atlcan. Madrid, Jan. 25. Premier Sagasta declares that Aguinaldo has made the liberation of Spanish prisoners in the Philippines conditional upon Spain rec ognizing the Philippine lepublic, and allying herself thereto. Aguinaldo, it is added, has similarly demanded the Vatican's recognition of the Philippine republic. A dispatch from Manila says. "Time in which insurgents have al lowed Americans to recognize their independence expires tomorrow, and hostilities are expected to open Aguinaldo has requested the Vatican to send a commission to negotiate for the release of the clericals. Must Act Cautiously. London, Jan. 25. The Madrid cor- resdondent of the Standard says: '"Aguinaldo's attitude regarding the prisoners in the Philippines obliges the government to act cautiously in order to avoid a conflict with the United States. While endeavoring not ' to make the condition of the captives worse, the authorities do not like to countenance the private direct efforts of the families who are. disposed to offer ransoms for imprisoned friends." Northern Pacific Beaten. ' Washington, Jan." 25. In the United States supreme court today, Justice McKenna handed down an opinion in the case of the Northern Pacific Rail way Company vs. the Treasurer of Jefferson County, Mont. The case in volves the right of state authorities to tax railroad lauds within the Northern Pacific grant which are unpatented be cause their character with reference to mineral has not yet been determined The railroad company contended that such right had not existed but the de cision of the circuit court was against the company, and the supreme court upheld this opinion. Brewer, Shiias, White and Peckham dissented. Alien Exclusion Law. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 25. At a meet ing tonight in support of the govern ment candidates for parliament, Attorney-General Hun. Joseph Martin said there was a possibility of the Do minion government disallowing the alien exclusion law. He intimated that even in the face of such a disal lowance, the provincial government would persist in their right to make laws for the best interests of the prov ince, regardless of what might be done by the Dominion government in an at tempt to gain concessions in the joint high commission. Belease of Civil Prisoners. Madrid, Jan. 25. A telegram re ceived her6 from Manila savs the in surgent congress at Malolos has author ized the release of all civil prisoners, and will shortly cause to be liberated the military prisoners held by the revolutionsts. The Spanish steamer Salus Tregui, from Havana, has ar rived at Cadiz with repatriated Span ish troops on board. Disturbance in Belgium. Brussels, Jan. 25. According to the Patriote, serious disturbances have arisen between King Leopold and some of the ministers on the question of the introduction of the uni-nominal elec toral system, which the king advocated. It is rumored that the premier, M. De Smet De Naeyer, will resign tomorrow, and that the cabinet will be recon structed. Glassblowers' Strike Threatened. Millville, N. J., Jan. 25. An official of the Green Glassblowers' Association, stated that 8.000 nonunion South Jer sey blowers would strike this week il the firms refused to pay the union wages. Meetings were held in the dif ferent towns today, and the workers have decided to join the union. Hawaiian Navigation Law. Washington, Jan. 25. The senate committee on commerce today author ized Senator Nelsor ii n-aun a favor able report on the &'! extending our navigation laws to -;aii The com mittee amended the b:il so as to make it include not only the laws relating to navigation, but also those concerning commerce and merchant seamen. Esterhazy to Testify. Paris, Jan. 25. The Major Comte Ferdinand Waslin Esterhazy, the re puted author of the Dreyfus bordereau, who arrived here Wednesday evening from Rotterdam to testify before the court of cassation, wrote yesterday to M. de Freycinet, the minister for war, asking to be released from his oath of professional secrecy. M. de Freycinet today acceded to his request, and it is believed that Comte Esterhazy will appear befoie the court of cassation to morrow. He continues to decline to receive visitors. OREGON LAW-MA KEKS Whalley'a Grain Bill Is Attracting' More Attention Than Any Other Measure Salem, Jan. 24. The bill that is re ceiving the most attention in the house just now is the Whalley bill, provid ing for the creatieifSof the office of state grain inspector. The" bill pro vides for an appropriation of $2,500 for a commission. The commission is to consist ox tnree members, to be ap pointed bv the governor. : One of the three is to . be - th-; grain inspector, whose annual salary'shall be $2,500 in addition to all expenses. . The other two members are to receive $50 a year each and expenses, as not much work wil be required of them. ' The bill also provides for a secretary "at $1,000 a year, a number of chief deputy inspec tors at $1,800 a year and a number of other deputies at $85' a . month each. In addition to establishing grain grades and inspecting all the grain that leaves or is brought into ths.. State, the duty of the chief inspector will also be to inspect scales at $5 ekch. - Liberal fees are allowed for the inspection of grain. A bill has been introduced in the house for the protection of upland birds. .The bill is ; an 7 amendment of the general game law's enacted by the legislature in 1895. Jt provides that every person who shall," within the state of Oregon, between the first, day of January and the first day of Novem ber of each year, take, kill, injure or destroy, or have in possession, except for breeding purposesor, sell or. offer for sale any pheasant,'- Mongolian pheasant, quail or partridge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: ' provided, however, that it shal be unlawful, within the state of Oregon, to .'kill or destroy any ring-necked Mongolian pheasant, or any of the various kinds ot pheasants imported ; into this -state by the Hon. O.- N. J Denny, or any auail, bobwhite or - pheasant in that part of the state of , Oregon lying east of the Cascade mountains.!. That every person who shall within, the state oi Oregon, at any time enter, upon , prem ises not his own with'intent to catch, recover, take or kill irty jbird or "ani mal, or permit any dog, with which he shall be hunting, to ,do ' so for- such purpose without permission ; of the owner or person in charge thereof, or shall shoot upon any promises not his. own from any public highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.. ; That - any person violating any of the 'provisions of this aott shall be jaiMA misdemeanor, - and" upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100,' and in default of pavment of fine im posed shall be imprisoned in the coun ty jail at the rate of one day for each two dollars of the fine imposed. In the house this afternoon, the My ers resolution donating $2,500 worth oi books to members was rescinded, and indefinitely postponed. A resolution directing the sergeant-at-arms to gather np and restore to the secretary of the. Btate the stationery and supplies at tliii close of the session, was, after a spirit ed debate, indefinitely postponed. A bill has been introduced in the house touching on railroad taxation, is being considered by Portland railroad men. Ihe bill provides for the licens ing of railroads, as a substitute for the established system of taxation, to ap ply generally except on lands not occu pied as a right of way. It is modeled after the law prevailing in Wisconsin. Twenty bills were read the second time and referred to the proper com mittees, and the following bills were passed: To require doors of public buildings to open outward; to provide for the dissolution of municipal cor porations upon the payment of all out standing indebtedness; amending the code relative to attachments so as to obviate the necessity of posting notices on property attached. A petition was presented from 10 Polk county lawyers, praying for the letention of the second circuit judge in the third judicial district. A petition from 129 citizens of Wash ington county, for a change in the law so as to require householders instead of voters on petitions for saloon li cences was presented. A petitif n praying that the state ap point three commissioners to buy the Mount Hood and Barlow wagon road, the paper bearing the names of 64 resi dents along the road, was introduced. Haines, of the special committee ap pointed at the special session to in vestigate the Lowenberg contract at the penitentiary, submitted a long le port, showing that 37,669 was due the state on the contract, part of which was not secured. It recommended that $32,500 be acceptedlri' full payment The report was adopted. Mulkey, of the committee to exam ine the affairs of the secretary of state, reported that he had found everything accurate and satisfactory, and the re port was filed. A joint memorial was passed, urging the attorney-general and the United States supreme court to advance cases Affecting the title of settlers to land n the forfeited Northern Pacific grant in Oregon. A formula for the production of crystal alumium bronze consists of a powdered aluminum, powdered glass in "diamond dust," and sulphate ol zino in certain-specified proportions. He Does Not Clerk Now. A clerk in an Australian hardwaro store bought the Australian pate-it lghts to the pneumatic bicycle tire for $115, and after realizing a fortune sold his interest for $200,000. In a new form of drawbridge, aside from tho ening and closing mechan ism, the lei feature of interest is, that gates are provided that close the path way when the. draw is open, so it is impossible to go through. OREGON LEGISLATURE. Considerable Business Disposed of Dur ing the Past Week. Salem, Or., Jan. 21. The house disposed of much business during the past week, and . many new bills were introduced. Among the proposed measures are bills to change the name of the Ashland college to the Southern Oregon State Normal school, and place it under state control, and appropriate $15,000 for its maintenance; to create a state library commission and a sys tem of traveling libraries, and appro priate $5,000 for maintenance the first year, and $3,000 annually thereafter to exempt honorably discharged sol diers and sailors from the operation of the peddler's license law, and to ex empt state products from the provisions of the law; to prohibit altogether the sale of cigarettes or cigarette materials on pain of a fine of $50. A bill incor porating the town of Dallas was passed In the senate Chairman Fulton, of the judiciary committee, submitted an adverse report on the bill to add two judges to the supreme court. Mitchell, of the committee, dissented, but did not submit a minority report. Daly of Lake's bill to extend the time for counties to pay the state tax from April 1 to June 1, was passed un der suspension of the rules, as was his bill to require county clerks to ceitify pension vouchers without charge, there being no objection to either. WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE. Foster Ahead for Senator Other Leg-is latlve News. Olympia, Wash., Jan. 21. Five more, fruitless ballots for senator were taken in joint session of trie legislature today, each resulting as follows: Fob ter 27, Wilson 27, Humes 21, Ankeny 7, Lewis 24. Including the one vote detained at home by sickness, Foster practically bad 28 votes today, the highest num bei yet attained in the senatorial con test. In the house the committee on print ing and supplies was, on motion of Kingsbury, instructed to thoioughly investgiate the subject of state printing with a view to cheapening the cost of public printing, it being desirable to reduee greatly the cost, which is be lieved to be out of all proportions in its expensiveness. House bill 23, 'making it lawful-to call to the witness-stand and cause to testify the adverse party to a suit at law without making . him the witness flifrsJers;iry, was passed; byuTraii PTtI mous vote. ; . "Bills introduced were: To license' the keeping for sale of opium, mor phine, cocaine, etc.; prohibiting the taking of food fishes except with a hook and line, on any of the rivers of Puget sound, whereon hatcheries are looated, or in Skagit bay; to enable receivers, trustees, guardians, executors, etc., to give regular surety companies as surety on bond; appropriating $5,000 for con ducting the agricultural experiment station at Pnyallup; providing for lo cal option on the question of hogs as free commoners; imposing a fine of from $50 to $250 for spearing and dis posing of bass, pickrel, carp, trout or other fish from any stocked lakes. Killed Thirty Bills. Olympia, Wash. Jan. 21. The ju diciary committee oi the house today completed a remarkable record. Out of 31 bills referred to it for considera tion, it has killed 30. Anti-Contract Labor Law. Washington, Jan. 23. The exten sion of the anti-contraot labor law to Hawaii is strongly uregd in a report made today by the house committee on labor. It says thousands of contract labobrers, mainly Japanese, have been taken into the islands since the rais ing of the United States flag over them. On the day following the receipt of the news of annexpation. 2,867 Japanese laborers were admitted. Opposed to Seating Roberts. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 23. Members of the reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints in St. Louis oppose the seating of Congressman-elect B. H. L. Roberts, of Utah, on the ground that he is a pronounced polygamist. A vote was taken, resulting in the adop tion of a resolution requesting congress men from this district to use their ut most efforts to prevent seating the Utah man. Shafter In, Merriam Oat. San Francisco, Jan. 23. Today, Ma jor-General Merriam issued an order relinquishing the command of the de partment of California. Immediately thereafter, Major-General Shafter is sued an order announcing his accession to the command. General Merriam will go to ' Denver to assume oommand of the department of the Colorado. Two Thousand Quakers. Halifax, Jan. 23. The steamship Lake Huron, with 2,000 of the 5,000 Quakers who are emigrating to the Canadian northwest, arrived in quaran tine tonight Tomorrow afternoon the steamer will proceed to St. Johns, N. B., where the passengers will land to take rail to their futuie home. Assay Office at Seattle. Washington, Jan. 23. Senator Wil son's amendment to the sundry civil bill, appropriating $50,000 for the ereotion of an assay office at Seattle, has been favorably reported. Transporting Spanish Prisoners. Washington, Jan. 23. The war de partment has issued an invitation for bids from responsible shipping con cerns of all nations, for transportation of Spanish prisoners in the Philippines from Manila to Spain. Favorable Report Ordered. ' Washington, Jan. 20. The senate committee on foreign relations today agreed to favorably report upon the nomination of Hon. Jos. H. Choate to be ambassador to Great Britain. CANAL BILL PASSES SENATE. There Were Only Six Totes Against It in That Body. Washington, Jan. 24. The Nicara gua canal measure, known as the Mor gan bill, has passed the senate by a vote of 48 to 6. An impoitanl amend ment was first adopted which is as follows: "That if the president shall be un able to secure from the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica such conces sions as will enable the United States to build and perpetually own and control said canal, the president is authorized to negotiate for a control of or a right to construct, maintain and perpetually control some other cunal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the president is required to negotiate for the abrogation or modifi cation of any and all treaty obligations, if such exist, as shall in any way in terfere with the construction, owner ship and perpetual control ot any such canal; provided that no payments shall be made under the provisions of this act to or for the benefit of the stockholders of the Maritime Canal Company, or" for any of its property, unless the president shall deoide to keep the canal under the concessions granted to said company." GLOOMY OUTLOOK AT DAWSON Hospitals Filled to Overflowing- With Indigent Sick. Dawson, via Port Townsend, Jan. 24. The situation here is gloomy. The number of sick is increasing, and the six hospitals are full. The mounted police have donated for the help of the poor some $30,000 in cash from their treasury. This leaves them with but $4,030 cash on hand. Commissioner Ogilvie called a meet ing to decide on ways and means for relieving the situation, and a memorial asking for aid will be sent to Wash ington. It is estimated that $9,000 a month will be required to pay for the treatment of indigent patients. The death rate this winter has been almost as great as in the summer. Several stampedes to new fields have recently occurred, but in each case the goldseekers were disappointed. Gold Standard Bill. Washington, Jan. 24. The house ooinage, weights and measures commit tee by strictly a party vote ordered a favorable report on the substitute for bouse bill to fix the standard of value in the United States and for other pur poses. The bill provides in substance that the standard of val.? '&-the nited States shall be the gold dollar; that all contracts existing and in fu ture shall be computed in reference to the standard: that thnre shall h Mt"n:H nsnea a treasury department of issue and redemption; that greenbacks shall be retired and that upon their retire ment gold bills Bhall be substituted therefor. Archbishop Ireland Win. Washington, Jan. 24. The secretary of the interior has affirmed the decision of the commissioner-general of the land office in the famous case of Archbishop Ireland, involving title to 33,178 acres of land in Minnesota. He holds that under the first contract made with the St. Paul, Minnesota & Manitoba Rail road Company, July 17, 1880, Ireland was not the purchaser, but that under the second contract, adopted March 30, 1883, he was the purchaser. Accord ingly the lands covered by the first contraot will not go to Ireland, while he will receive those covered by the second cont ft.'t. Reported Murder of Spanish Officers. Labaun, Island of Labaun, British Borneo, Jan. 24. She steamer Labaun, which has returned from the island of Palawan, in the southwestern portion of the Philippine archipelago, reports that the Spanish governor of the island and a number of Spanish officers were rmirdered by the natives while issuing from church. The natives then re tired to the hills, taking, the women and children and some men as prison ers. Killed in a Mine. , Baker City, Or.. Jan. 24. S. W. Johnson was instantly killed by a pre mature blast of giant powder in the May Queen mine, near the Red Boy mine, today. Johnson was aged 47 years, and lately came from Indiana. His wife is at the May Queen mine, and he left two brothers and other rel atives in Indiana. Memorial Tablet to Bagley. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 24. The memorial tablet placed in tho naval academv chapel in memory of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed on the Winslow off Cardenas in-the late war, was unveiled today in the presence of a large number of naval officers and others. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. London, Jan. 24. Tha Daily News editorially today says: "The Clayton Bulwer treaty is a singular document, signed by a weak American, adminis tration in peculiar circumstances, and for Lord Salisbury to insist upon its unconditional observance now would be neither gracious nor wise." A Denial From Rome. Rome, Jan. 24. The Tribune an nounces that the Italian cruisers Elba and Etna are shortly going to China, but that the rumor of the Italian gov ernment's intention to seize a Chinese port is premature. Schley Given a Sword. New York, Jan. 25. Rear-Admiral Schley was presented tonight witn a jeweled sword by his brother members of the Royal Arcanum at Carnegie Mu sic hall, in the presence of 4,000 per sons. More Troops for Cuba. Savannah Oa .Tan 51 Tlin TTniloil States transport Manitoba Bailed today for Havana. She had on board six troops of the Seventh cavalry, which arrived this morning from Macon. TROUBLE IS IMMINENT "President" Lopez Replies to President McKinley. AMERICANS CLOSELY ON GUARD Lope Says the Revolutionary Govern ment Antedates the Paris Treaty by Two Years. Manila, Jan. 24. President Lopez of the Visayan federation, has replied to President McKinlev's proclamation of the 9th. Ho claims that the revolu tionary government antedates the Paris treaty by over two years. He says he has never been officially notified of the existence of the treaty, and that there fore he declines to recognize American authoiity, and refuses to allow Ameri cans to disembaik in force, without ex press orders from the government nt Malolos. General Miller, the com mander of the American expedition, replied that the Americans cannot rec ognize President Lopez's authority, be cause the Filipino republic is not rec ognized by the powers. , He .also ex pressed regret at the determination of the Filipinos to resist just claims. Miller's Troops Landed. New York, Jan. 24. A special to ' the World from Washington says: General Miller's expedition has landed on Guimaras island, three miles from Ho Ho, without opposition, General Otis cables from Manila. Landing was necessary because of the crowded con dition of the troops on the transports. Experience has proved that soldiers lose spirit and fighting qualities when confined long on board ship, so the war department asked General Otis to as certain if it was possible for General Miller to land his expedition near Ho Ho. He cabled that it was, and was then instructed to order a landing. It was deemed inadvisable to advise this expedition to return to Manila without having landed, because it was feared the natives of Luzon would think the Filipinos at Ilo Ho repulsed the Amerioans. REVENUE CUTTER ASHORE. The Officers and Crew Had an Kxperl enoe on an Island. Corpus Christ!, Tex., Jan. 24. The United States revenue cutter Alma was TTnveB-on i'adre iiliruTaboul rPjnires south of here" Wednesday during a storm, and all on board escaped to land. There were several revenue officers aooara. xne party niviuea anu eacn wandered over the island looking for a sail. James A. McEnery, special treas ury agent of the district of Texas, and Bedford Sharp, of San Antonio, assist ant United States district attorney, sighted a craft and signalled it and werejtaken off the island and brought to the shipyard at Corpus Pass. Today another vessel was sent to Padre island to look for the rest of the Alma's pas sengers. . Admiral Cervera's Watch. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 24. Admiral Cervera's watob, it is claimed, is owned by Lieutenant Betts, company IS, Twenty-third Kansas volunteers, a negro, who is -home from Cuba. It is a fine gold watch, the case set with diamonds and rubies. Inside "Paschal Cervera" is engraved. The watch was secured by Betts, according to his story, from a Spanish pilot the man who guided Cervera's ship out of San tiago harbor July 3. As a rewaid Cer vera gave him this watch. Being in straitened circumstances and wanting to go home, he sold it to Betts for $52.. Beef for Manila Soldiers. San Francisco, Jan. 24. The trans ports Scandia and Morgan City, which are soon to sail for Manila, will carry a large supply of California meat to feed the soldiers stationed in the Phil ippines. On the Morgan City, 4,000 cates of canned meats have been placed, while 40,000 pounds of frozen beef will be put on board the Scandia next Sunday morning. Dynamite Attempt South Omaha, Jan. 24. About o'clock this morning an attempt was made to blow up with dynamite the residence of F. B. Towle, the manager of the Omaha Packing Company. A flickering light on the porch attracted a passer-by, who stamped the fire out. Examination developed that it was a fuse connected with a package contain ing six sticks of dynamite. Another Big Trust, Milwaukee. Wis., Jan. 24. The National Enameling & Stamping Com pany will be the name of the Granite ware trust, which includes the Kieck- heifer Company, of this city. The company will be organized under tne laws of New Jersey, with a capital stock of $10,000,000 seven per cent pre ferred stock and $20,000,000 oommon stock. ' Commissioners From Aguinaldo. St. Louis, Jan. 24. Lasoda Maiti Burgos and J. Lunaa, commissioned representatives of Aguinaldo, the in surgent leader of the Philippine islands, passed 20 minutes in St. Louis today, en route to Washington. " Their mission is to persuade Uncle Sam to re linquish his bold on the Philippine islands. Copper Boom Opens Mines. New York, Jan. 24. A dispatch to the Herald from Valparaiso, Chile,. says: me copper Doom is creating great enthusiasm among the miners.: Caravans are starting to work new mines, and those that were olosed down are now in full activity. Relief to Go to Manila. Washington. Jan. 24. The hospital Bliip Relief has been ordered to Manila. The vessel is now at New York, and will go via the Suez canal. J ----- - J