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Heppner Weekly Gazette Published Ever? Thursday. HEPPNER OREGON, EVENTS OF THE DAY An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in a Condensed Form. The New York Evening World prints An interview with John Sherman, in which the latter forcibly expresses him self against expansion. According to figures published at Madrid, 80,000 Spanish soldiers per ished, chiefly through sickness, during the last campaign in Cuba. It is reported in Havana that Gen eral Kabi, with 1,500 Cuban insur gents, has taken to the hills in Santa Clara, in defiance of American author ities. A battle has taken place at San An canna, Ecuador, between government troops and insurgents. Four hundred men were killed and 800 wounded, and 400 insurgents were taken prisoneis. The premier, Senor Sagasta, has an nounced that the government had de cided to convoke the cortes during the second half of February, whother the United States senate ratifies the peace treaty or not. A bicycle saddle combine is to he or ganized and capitalized at $1,500,000 preferred and $750,000 common stock. Those already in line are said to pro duce 90 per cent of all the saddles used in North America and a fair percentage of those used abroad. Considerable alarm is felt in admin istration circles over the possibility that Spain and Germany may recognize the Philippine republic Germany from interested motives and Spain to free the 8,000 or 10,000 Spanish troops held as prisoners by Aguinaldo. The strike whioh has been in prog ress at Colon, Colombia, for nearly a fortnight, nmorigthe dock laborers, has extended to Panama, partly owing to the fact that the Chilian line of steam ers has increased the wages of its em ployes, thereby accentuating the dead lock. John F. Kennedy, who attnined no toriety in connection with the numer ous train-robberies and other crimes in the vicinity of Kansas City, has been held without bail at Mansfield, Mo, for a hearing before the grand jury of Wright county on a charge of train- robbery. ; The Planters' bank, at Kansas Cy, with a capital of $25,000, has been closed by the state. The proprietors are under arrest by order of Secretary of State Leseur aiidAssiBlaiit Attorney' General Jeffric-s. The bank has no via ible assets, it is alleged, whatever. The second annual convention of tin National Livestock Association is in session at Denver. Nearly 1,000 dele gates are present. - Governor G. A. Culberson has been elected by acclamation in the Texas legislature to be United States senator, to succeed Kogor Oj. Mills. . Amalgamation of tno copper mine interests of the Houghton, Mich., dig' tiict and of Montana has been delaved by the sovero i'lness of Levy Mayer, Judge E. W. Woodbury, who framed the first prohibitory liquor law enacted by the Maine legislature, is dead at his homo in Bethel, in that state, aged 81 years. The fourth annual convention of tho National Association of Manufacturers is in session in Cincinnati. It thought a full attendance of 1,200 members will bo present. The Spanish minister of war has do (tided to aboliHli military marshals, to retire half of the unattached generals and to greatly reduce tho number of officers on the active list in the interest of retrenchment. A dispatch from Washington says: There is reason to believe that the va cancy in the Anglo-American joint high commisson caused by tho death of Mr. Dingley will soon be filled by the appointment of Representative Tawney, of Minnesota. The commissioners sent by the Cuban assembly to Washington to learn what tho United States government will do about paying the Cuban army, have sailed for Havana. General Gomez secretary, Captain Kohly, said that the oommiHHion had obtained a part of what they asked. No more niimos will bo considered for appointment to any bianch of the postal servioo in Cuba. The postufllce department has been overwhelmed with applications for these appointments and enough eligible names are now ou file to fill all possible emergencies for live years to come. Heavy rains, unusual in this lati tudo at this timo of the year, have in jured the spring orop of sugar cane in Nicaiagua. Iho oolloe crop in Niea' ragua, now being gathered, will not ex ceed half of tho annual crop. Laborer are asking high prices to gather th harvest, and are indisposed to work. nllmir New Items. The Connecticut supreme court hat rendered a decision that the property of Yale univeisity is exempt from tax ation. A dispatch from Uio Janeiro states that the Brazilian congress has ap proved a treaty of extradition with the United States. Miss Virginia Evans, daughter of ''Fighting Hob'' Evans, will make lier bow to society during the piuseut Washington official hciisou. At a meeting of citizens it was de cided to hold an international exposi tion In San Francisco in 1901, opening in Juno. Mrs. McKinloy's health has greatly improved siiico bhe went to Washing ton. In the past two years she has gained 20 pounds in weight. The states in which the death pen alty is forbidden by law are Colorado, Rhode Island, Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin. In Hliode Island the only alternative Is imprisonment for life. In Kansas the signature of the gover nor is necessary to an execution, LATER NEWS. The North German Gazette again denies the rumor that Prince Ilohenlohe contemplates resigning the imperial chancellorship. Twenty children are reported to have been drowned by an ice disaster at the village of Warpuhnen, Boirheiiu, re cently. The president has nominated Colonel Asa B. Carey, assistant paymaster-general, to be paymaster-general, with the rank of brigadier-general. A terrible blizzard was general throughout the Mississippi valley on the 29th and 30th of January, reaching as far south as St. Louis. Three representatives of 40 German families in the East are looking over the Paoific Noithwest with a view to buying several thousand acres of lanl for a colony. Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, who has settled the estate of her late husband, Leland Stanford, and who would be en titled to $357,768 as fees, refuses to ac cept anything for her services. Companies H, D, K and L, of the Seventeenth United States infantry, 412 enlisted men and nine officers, have left Columbus for tho Philippines. They go via New York. The American shipping interests of the Hawaiian islands have largely in creased since their annexation to the United States. There are now load- ng for or on tho way to the islands ,50 vessels, of which 85 fly tho American flag. F. W. Peck, United States commis sioner-general to the Paris exposition, asks congress to increase the amount set aside for the government exhibit to $1,000,000. The first appropriation was $05,000, which Mr. Peck says is entirely too small. The reported rich strike of gold at Cripple Creek has been confirmed. It is the richest ever discovered in the world, estimated to run as high as $500,000 to the ton. There is blocked out in one level, at a depth of 850 feet, $5,000,000 worth of ore. A. Thompson, agent of the Coast Seamen's Union at Seattle, says: "Un less the Shipowners' Association gives up trying to put scab seamen on coast ing vessels, a general strike will be or dered, and every sailing vessel on tho coast tied up as soon as she gets into port. The union men will not accept less than $40 per month." Theodore Kirchener, aged 00, acci dentally shot and killed hia wife at Newtonville, N. Y. One billion feet of Oregon timber, on Abiqua oreek, was sold to Wiscon sin parties a few days ago. The thermometer ranged fiom 85 to 40 degrees below zero at different points in Wisconsin the first of tho week. Oro assaying from $10,000 to $100,- 000 gold per ton is reported to have been struck in the Isabella mine at Cripple Creek, Colo. On the 17th ballot taken in the joint session of the Montana legislature Sat urday, Hon. Wm. A. Clark was elected United States senator. In the lowor house of congress a ' joint resolution has been adopted grant ing to Venezuela the privilege of send ing a cadet to West Point. Charges affecting the integrity of District Judge Scott, of Omaha, and socking his impeachment by the legis lature have been presented to that body. Ex-Senator Slater, a prominont figure in Oregon politics for a number of years, died at his home in La Grande on tho 28th. lie came to Oregon in 1850. The Montauk Club, of Brooklyn, ten dered a banquet on the 28th to Admiral 'William T. Sampson, and principal among the other guests was Secretary of the Navy Jonh D. Long. A big celebration was held in Havana in honor of tho memory of the first Cu ban president, Jose Marti. Four thou sand people were present, and there was no disorder of any kind. Tho body of Captain Sturtovant, pilot of the Paul Jones, has been found. From tho clothing of tho body it is be lieved ho was off duty and asleep when the disaster was caused by the boiler exploding. General Eagan, tried by court-martial on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer ami gentleman, was found giJty and sentenced to dismissal from the army. The president has the power to mitigate or entirely Bet aside the findings. Tho district attorney at Philadelphia has notified counsel for Senator Onay, his son, Kiehard, and ex-State Treas urer Haywood, that he had fixed Mon day, February 20, as the date for trial of the three defendants on the charge of conspiracy in the misuse of the money of the state on deposit in tho People's bank. Privato advices received at Seattle state that the government will send three detachments of so'dieis into the Coppei river distiict of Alaska next spring to lay out a mail route to the Yukon river and estuhlisli ports. The purpose is to establish an all-Anierican route to the Yukon. It will extend from the mouth of Copper river to Eagle City, 00 miles below Dawson. The two richest prima donnas are Adeline Patti and Sibyl Sanderson. Pensions have been granted to the widows of Capt. Allyn Capron and (.'apt. Allyn K. Capron, father and son, both of whom fell in the war with Spain. Christ Monberger, wbo died in Buf falo, N. Y., of a fractured skull at the Fitch hospital, whistled merry tunes all through the 100 hours of bis mortal illness and was unconscious all the time. Toledo, O., has in process of eon struction what will be one of the largest plate glass factories in the coun try. A mob destroyed the internal rev enue sentry boxes and stoned the gen- daimes at Nlsceiiii, Sicily, as a protest against excessive taxation. Many per sons were wounded. In recognition of the late Senator Morrill's great interest in the improve' nient of the city ot aslilngton a news paper of that city suggests that the new supreme court building bemad memorial of him. MANY BILLS PASSED. Oregon's Lawmakers Are Now Getting Down to Good Hard Work. In the Oregon state senate Wednes day the following bills were passed: To authorize the construction and maintenance of floodgates on Douglas and other sloughs, Douglas county; to require justices of the peace to submit oomplaints to the district attorney, ex cept for murder, arson, robbery, grand larceny, before fees may be collected; to piovide a trust fund in Multnomah county; to authorize the Eugene di vinity school to confer theological and biblical degrees; to . amend the act passed last fall so as to make all quartz and p'acer claims real estate; to remove from principal defendants in prosecu tions for abortion the shield afforded by section 2011 of the statutes, which absolves them from testifying on the grounds that it might incriminate the witness; to provide for county clerks to transmit to the secretary of state a summary instead of a complete trans cript of assessment rolls; amendments to Grants Pass charter; to permit suit for possession of real estate to be main tained by plaintiff not in actual posses sion; to provide for election of a dis trict road supervisor. Bates' bill for clerks of the justice courts in Multnomah county, after bo inu emasculated by striking out the salary feature, was cause found not to be recommitted ne limited to Mult nomah county. Adams' bill to tax dogs also was re committed, after considerable discus sion, for amendment so ns to exempt cities where dogs are already licensed. In the house the bill .providing for a special election in Malheur county for relocation of county seat was made a special order for Wednesday, February 1, Upon motion of Curtis, each Wednes day night hereafter will be devoted to consideration of local measuies. Dr. Josephi's insane asylum bill, whioh passed the senate yesterday, was rushed through the first and second readings and referred to the committee on penal, reformatory and charitable institutions. Sherwin's bill, to amend the charter of Gold Hill, so as to enable the town to issue $2,500 water bonds, was passed The joint committee on fisheries, to meet a like committee from the Wash ington legislature, was excused till Tues day next. The bill of Curtis amend ing the fishing laws was ordered print ed and referred to this oommittee with instructions to bring it to the atten tion of the Washington committee. The reapportionment bill was passed in the house Thursday by the narrow margin of one vote. The bill to create a new county out of portions of Grant, Crook and Gil liam counties was defeated. A bill for protection of trout, and one for protection of carwfish wero killed. A resolution was introduced to m strict the introduction of new bills to February 8, but it was indefinitely postponed. A resolution changing the date ol visiting Corvallis by the joint commit toe from February 1 to February 4 passed. . In the senate the bill to authorize school clerks and county judges to di; poBe of land bid in at sales for delin quent taexs came up as a special onle Thursday. An amendment excepting from redemption by original uwnerc land contracted to be sold was offered and the bill was recommitted for the amendment. Bills passed were: To amend the law relating to certain male animal running at largo, applicable to Eastern Oregon ranges; to cure defects in doedi heietoforo made that are faulty in ex ecution, witnessing or acknowledgment to amorid the law relating to tho mak ing of deeds by the sheriff. The reapportionment bill which passed the house Thursday passed the Semite Friday after a debate coiisuminp nearly the whole morning session. Th final vote was 22 ayes, 4 noes, 4 absent The report of the committee appoint ed at the special session to investigate tho Loewenborg contract at the puni toutiary was taken from the table, and amendments proposed to the effect that the $82,500 settlement be made by February 10, that not less than $10,000 be naid in cash , and the balance in notes satisfactory to tho boaid, and then the whole matter was made special order for Tuesday at 2:30 P. M In the sonato the following bill wore introduced during the past week To put in the hands of the secretary of Btate the matter of ordering the print ing of reports, session laws, circulars, blanks, cto., the printer to act on! upon the written order of the secretary, except that the govornor may order th printing of executive documents; to protect life and property from dangor of railroad trains by providing mmiur ous regulations for warnings on traini nd railroads and exempting from claims for damages railroad companies' that comply with the law; to proven combinations between fire insurance companies to maintain rates same as the Iowa statute; to amend the charter of Wood bur n passed; to appropriate $35,000 for a tlax manufacturing plan at the penitentiary same as was in troduoed in the house yesterday; provide for a uniform public system and complete codification of solioo laws; to permit recording in all but one county of certified copies of deed for property situated in two counties or more; to authorize county omcers to sold property bid in for sales for delin qiumt taxes. Friday in the houso the bill to in crease liquor licenses in the state wae practically killed by the measure be in reported from committee with the reo ommendation that it do not pass. The report was followed up with a motion to indefinitely postpone. By amoml nients to the pilotage bill, winch was passed Thursday, compulsory pilotage is allowed between Astoria and th bat, and optional pilotage is estab lihhod between Astoria and Poitlaud. In the house Friday the bill to pro mote the oulture of sugar beets in th state, by appropriating $50,000 (or period of four years as bounty money was killed by a vote of 23 noes to 25 ayes. A bill for the protection ot razor clams was passed. BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM. f he Ore eon Grape Chosen as the State Flower. In the Oregon senate Monday after noon triree bills were introduced, 2o bouse bills were read the first time, two house bills read the second time and referred, and two house bills were passed. Haseltine, of the committee on horti culture, reported favorably a bill for park boards in cities of 8,000 or more population. Petitions were filed from 26. mem bers of the Nesmyth Grand Army poBt, The Dalles, favoring admitting wives and widows of soldiers and sailors to the Soldiers' Home; from 18 residents on the Barlow road, favoring the state's acquiring that' thoroughfare; from 47 residents of Clackamas county, for the county court to plank bridges for trac tion engines; from Portland woman a Club, for the adoption of the Oregon grape ns the state flower. Ine last- amed petition was accompanied by a resolution,- whioh was passed, declar ing the berberis aquifolium the official tate flower. The house hill to create theXiffice of state biologist was passed, 17 to 10. The amended charter of the town of Adams was the only other bill passed. Haseltine offered a resolution of thanks to Henry E. Dosoh for his serv ices to the state at the Omaha exposi tion, and it was unanimously adopted. The following new bills were pre sented: To authorize the governor to let convict labor for not less than 85 cents per day per man for a period not exceeding 10 years; to amend the As toria charter so as to permit the water commission, instead of the council, to fill vacancies on its board; to amend the statutes so as to permit only 5 cents per mile for private persons serv ing papers or for jurors and witnesses n Multnomah county. In the House. In the house Monday afternoon, Donnelly's bill fixing the salaries of officers of Tillamook county, were passed. A number of bills were read the second time and referred to com mittees, and half a dozen bills were iu- roduced. Before adjournment, also, the ball was set in motion for tho res urrection of the apportionment bill. Contrary to expectations, Donnelly s bill to create Wheeler county out of portions of Crook, Grant and Gilliam, whioh was defeated in the house Janu' ary 26, had comparatively smooth Bali ng today, passing by a vote of 84 to 3; absent, 11; paired, 2. Myers submitted a report of the oint legislative committee on fisher ies, snowing tnat umiorm legislation had been agreed upon at the conference held in Taooma Sunday, which was adopted. Bills were introduced as follows: To ncoprorate Medford; to amend the charter of Arlington; to prohibit exhi bitions of mesmerism, hypnotism and artificial somnambulism providing penalties ranging from a fine of $50 to $200 therefor; to prohibit laying out county roads on a greater grade than 7 per cent, and to require road and bridge work to be done by written con- raot with the lowest bidder, whenever the cost exceeds $50; to abolish tho oflioe of county recorder of Clatsop county; to prohibit the organization of banks with a smaller capital .than $10,- 000; to protect trout, to change the time of terms of court in the second judicial district. INTEREST AND USURY BILL. Washington Beiiatnrs Debate It, liut Take Mo Action. The interest and usury bill was up for lengthv debate in the senate again Monday morning, but after debate no action was taken and the bill was left suspended in the air, when the senate adjourned to participate in the joint ballot for United States senator. The Mantz-Gray oontest was taken up by special order, at the afternoon session. H. J. Snively, of Yakima, on behalf of Mautz, and W. II. Smiley, of Colvillo, on behalf of Gray, were each given 40 minutes in whioh to address the senate. The majority and minor ity reports of the sonate judiciary com mittee practically held that there had been no election in the Stevens-Spo kane district. The hearing and dis cussion was continued until Tuesday afternoon. One hill was introduced. It provides that in cities of over 6,000 inhabitants justices of the peace shall receive $2,000 and constables $1,200 per year. In the House. In the house the bill fixing maxi mum rates of railroad and steamboat transportation companies at 8 cents per mile passed by a vote of 57 to 13. As amended, it has become a ciiminal statute, its provisions including a pen alty for any violation by railway em ployes. The following bills were introduced: For the relief of L. D. Groydir, of Spokane, and appropriating $294 for enumerating Indians on the Colville reservation in 1891; creating a railroad com mission ami establishing a code of railway legislation; defining mineral lode claims as extending 800 feet on either side of the middle of the vein; providing for the binding, preservation and distribution of public reports bien nially of succeeding sessions ot the leg islature; compelling the use of wide tires on wagons bearing heavy loads, graduating wider under heavier loads; providing for compulsory assignment ot mortgage and regulating such assign ment. The Senatorial Contest. One ballot for senator was taken Monday, at Olympia, with the follow ing result: Foster, 28; Wilson, 27; Humes, 18; Ankony, 10; Lewis. 1; Richardson, 19; Bridges, 1. The fu siouists broke away from Lewis, and 10 votes were cast for W. E. Richard son. The only change in the Repub lican vote was that of Fames, changed from Humes to Wilson. Hllnard Is General. Chicago, Feb. 1. Reports leaching tli is city tell of severe weather condi tions prevailing in the various sec tions in Kansas and adjoining states. A hauvy snow storm is raging at St. Louis. Northern Ohio Is experiencing the severest snow storm of the season. Throughout tho entire blizzard-stricken region much delay to traffic is result ing. Italy exported last year ancient and modern works of art to the value of $600,000, over halt the exporUtior going to Germany. INTEREST Fish Legislation tor Wash ington and Oregon. JOINT MEETING HELD AT TACOMA Measures That Are to Be Recommended to the Two Legislatures for Enactment. An unanimous agreement has been reached by the joint legislative com mittees of Oregon and Washington touohing fishing industries of mutual interest to both states. They formu lated resolutions making such recom mendations as will, it is thought, ob viate differences between the two states arising from conflicting laws. Among the points of agreement reached may be mentioned the follow ing: Changes relative to the close season for salmon-fishing on the Columbia river; the Sunday close law is to be done away with; the Washington law is to be made to conform with the Ore gon law regulating the fall salmon close season; the gill-net license is to be left 'at $2.50, with the addition of an indi vidual license fee of $1 each for all fishermen, as at present provided for in the Oregon law; the set-net license fee is to be raised in both states from $1 to $2.50; concurrent laws relative to sturgeon lines on the Columbia river are to be enacted: the appointment of a joint commission to- establish the proper boundary lines is to be asked. The agreements were reached at Ta coma Saturday. The Oregon commis sion consisted of FiBh Commissioner McGuire, Senators Reed and Daly, and Representatives Myers, Curtis and Far rell. That of Washington comprised Fish Commissioner Little, ' Senators Megler and MoReavy, and Representa tives Colwell, Sims and Daniels. It was concluded to recommend the close-soason proposition should begin at noon, March 1, and close at noon, April 15. It was recommended to make the Washington fall season con current with that of Oregon from August 10 to September 10. No settlement was arrived at on the boundary-line question. Both states will probably appoint two citizens each, who will select an engineer, con sider the matter, and submit drawings and profiles at the net biennial session in each state. American-Canadian Treatr. Washington, Feb. 1. Prospects for I an agreement between the British and I American joint high commission on I questions affecting Canada and the United States have greatly improved within the last week, and it is ex 1 pxected now that a oomplete agreement on all points will be reached early in February. Reciprocity has been the stumbling block in the way of the commission, i The prinoipal point of friotion was in regard to the duty on lumber imposed under the Dingley law. Canadians demanded concessions on this that the American commissioners were not at first willing to make. This .question has not yet been set tled, but it is understood that both sides are more conciliatory, each being anxious that the entire negotiations should not fail on account of one point of agreement. New Railroad to the Yukon. New York, Feb. 1. A dispatch to ( the Heiald from Washington says: Several Iowa men have asked congiess to grant a subsidy of $16,000 a mile for a railway and telraph line to the Klondike. Representative Curtis, of ' Iowa, introduced a bill in the house Saturday to carry out the wishes of the syndicate. These men have organized the Cop per River & Yukon Railroad Company, and they aek congress to grant them rights to incorporate for 50 years, , to give them right of way for a railroad and telegraph line from Valdes inlet. This company is to be capitalized at $30,000,000. It is to have iUi right to bond and mortgage the line at not to exceed $30,000 per mile, but this mort gage is to be subsequent to the claim of the United States for the $16,000 pel mile advanced by the government. Cruelty to Spanish Prisoners. New York, Feb. 1. A diapatch to the Herald from Manila Bays: The Spanish civil prisoners have not yet been released. Tales of suffering, hunger and dishonor come from the provinces. Young Spanish girls are forced to live in open with low born natives. Their parents, being power less, appealed to Aguinaldo. His reply was a letter from a dishonored child exaoted after God knows what Buffer ing saying she is happy and content ed. Ladies have suffered dishonor to save their husbands from cruel treat ment. Five priests have died in one province from hunger and cruelty, al though $60,009 had been sent by the corporation for their maintenance. Ap peal has been made to the American nation, in the name of God, to stop the tragedy. Eagan Conrtmartlal Case. Washington. Feb. 1. The record of the court-martial in the case of Eagan was placed in the hands of Judge Ad vocate General Liebor today for review. Mrs. Stanford Wants No ray. San Francisco, Feb. 1. A review of the work of Mrs, Jane L. Stanford, as executrix of the estate of the late Le land Stanford, shows that she handled property valued at $24,809,245. The foes and percentages to which she was legally entitled amounted to $357,768. but she waived all claims for her serv ices. She paid her attorneys $60,000 for theii services and allowed them $7,000 for expenses. Her action is commended. More Troops for the Philippines. Chicago, Feb. 1. Genoral Sheiidan, commander ot the department of the Lakes, completed arrangements today for the departure of the third expedi tion for the Philippines which will start from New York February 9. The troops will sail on the transport Sheri dan. This expedition will consist of eight companies of the Twelfth infan try at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; tour companies of the Twelfth infantry at Fort Riley, Kan.; and four companies of the Seventeenth infantry at Colum but Bat racks, O. ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL. Discussion of the Principal Work of the National House. Washington, Jan. 81. The house to day continued the consideration of the army reorganization bill until 2 o'olock, 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, Venozuela 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 increased 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 $2,500 class; the consulate at Col lingwood, Canada, in the $2,000 class, and the ounsulate at Niagara I1 alls in the $1,500 class. Mason offered a resolution requesting the surgeon-general of the army 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 reaaon of the said climate." EAGAN GUILTY AS CHARGED. The Necessary Penalty Is Dismissal From the Army. Washington, Jan. 81. -General Ea gan, commissary-general of subsist ence, has 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 executivo clemency. Under the regulations, the court, hav ing reached the conclusion that the ac cused was guilty, had no ohoioe 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 oommunta- tion, mitigation or disapproval by the president. Payment of the Cuban Army. Havana, Jan. 81. Senor Fredrico Mora, the civil governor of Havana, in an interview declared that the question of the payment of the Cuban army was of much greater importance than the Washington government seems to real- ze. He said of the Cubans were to collect the customs of the islands, which are their property, their first ac tion would be to meet Cuba's sawed obligation to the army by payment in full to the soldiers. The customs ad ministration being in the hands of the Americans, the Cubans make a simple business proposition to the United States government that it shall ad vance money to pay the troops, hold ing the customs as security. The Cherokee Treaty. Washington, Jan. 81. The agree ment ooncluded at Muskogee, I. . T., January 14, between the Dawes com mission and the Cherokee nation, pro viding for the allotment of lands and general betterment of the condition of the red men, has been sent to the sen ate. Four of the live tribes have al ready agreed to new arrangements and negotiations are now pending with the Creeks. A Fatal Boiler Kxploslon. Chicago, Jan. 81. Four men were badly burned, one perhaps fatally, by the explosion of a boiler today in the basement of the Chioago Tribune. The men who had just' completed putting in new grates in the furnace of the boiler, were standing directly in front of the furnace when the explosion oc ourred, and were covered first with liva coals, then with scalding water. A Restraining; Order. Washington, Jan. 31. To prevent army omcers ot 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 aud quartermasters of transports. , Two Consuls Nominated. Washington, Jan. 81. The pres dent presented these nominations to the senate: State, James H. Worman, ot New York, now commercial agent at Cognao, to be consul at Munich, Ba varia; William I. fee, of unio, now consul at Cienfuegos, to be consul at Bombay, India. February 6 has been agreed upon by the senate as the date to vote upon the peace treaty. Divorced and Bankrupt. San Francisco, Jan. 81. George F. White, a cattleman ot Mendocino county, has filed a petition in insolv ency. His liabilities are placed at $181,000, including a judgment of $100,000 granted his divorced wife. His assets are placed at $110,000. Snow In the South. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 81. Snow fell generally throughout Central and Southern Georgia and Alabama Satur day. New York", . 81. On the steamer Madina, h'ch vr.iveJ today from the West Indies, were Captain Mills and five members of the crow of thesohoou er Harry and Grace Reynolds, which went adhore at St. Croix while on voyage from South Am boy with a cargo of coal. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 81. The steam er City of Seattle arrived tonight from Skagway, Alaska, after having estab lished a record trip. She was hours from Skagway. The round trip was made in six hours less than teres days. A CUBAN CELEBRATION Crowds Honor the Memory of the First President. CUBAN POLITICS ARE UNSETTLED Mass Meeting- to Be nId to Proclaim Principles of Independ ence. Havana, Jan. 81. Four thousand peisons, men in their best clothing and women gaily dressed, stood amid a pouring rain in Paula square today listening to 6ix intensely patriotic eulogies of Jose Marti, the Cuban pa triot and first president of the Cuban revolutionary government. A tablet to his memory was unveiled at the house whore he was born in a street near by, and 82 sooieties, consisting of 2.500 porsons, with banneis, flags and five bands, marched through the prin cipal thoroughfares to the square. The procession, whose distinguishing feature was 500 girls wearing white dresses and red liberty caps, started at 1 o'clock, - reaching the square two hours later. The streets were gaily decorated with Cuban and American ;s, and though the interest ran high, there was no disorder of any kind. Marti's widow, mother and son, led the parade, with the first Cuban flag used by the patriot, which was loudly oheered. This promises to be a lively week in Cuban politics. The special commis sion from the Cuban military assembly will return to Havana, after its inter views with the Washington govern ment, and popular interest is increas ing in the preparations for the mass meeting February 6 at the Tacon thea ter, where a separatist party, proclaim ing the principle of independence, will be founded, under the direction of such men as Senor Giberga, a noted autono mist; General Leyte Vidal, General Lacret, Senor Fontsterling and other opponents of annexation. More Dreyfus Agitation. Paris, Jan. 31. The government's decision to submit to the chamber of deputies tomorrow a bill providing that the cases of trial revision shall be brought before the united sections of the court of cassation lias reopened the floodgates of the Dreyfus agitation. The situation appears more confusing and menaoing than over. For days the anti-Dreyfusites have been clamor ing to have the case referred, to the untied sections, beoause they have con sidered it certain that among more than 80 judges they could rely upon an anti Dreyfus majority. A Disappearing Island. San Francisco, Jan. 81. The news has been brought here from Australia that the British man-of-war Penguin hes just returned to Sydney, N. S. W.. after taking soundings between the island Tongi and Auckland, N. Z. The officers found that Falcon island, which suddenly came up out of the ocean is 1885, is gradually receding. When relocated by the . Penguins's officers, they disoovered that the island is now three fathoms under water. Sale of Oregon Lumber. Rhinelander, Wis., Jan. 81. S. A. D. Pewter, of Portland, Or., the well known Pacific coast lumberman, has dosed a sale of over 1,000,000,000 feet of Oregon timber, mostly fir, situated in Marion county, 45 miles south ol Portland, Or., on Abiqua creek, a trib utary ot the Willamette rive, to lum bermen of this city, who have organized a stock company, called tho Abiqua Lumber Company, of Wisconsin. Opposed to Foreign Capital. Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 81. The Cuban Libre publishes u long article setting forth its objections to the pro jects of foreign capitalists for working "Cuban virgin soil," constructing rail roads, establishing eleotric light plants and carrying on similar enterprises. "We do not want any one to invest capital in Cuba except the natives," says the paper. "America is proof ol what monopolists can do in ruining a country." Paul Jones' Pilot Found. New Orleans, La., Jan. 81. The body found near Fort St. Philip was to day identified as that of Captain Stur tevant, the pilot of the launch Paul Jones. From the position and cloth ing of the body, it is almost certain that he was off duty asleep at the time death came, and that the. boat was wrecked by an explosion during the night. Cold In Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis,, Jan. 31. Specials from points in the interior of Wiscon sin report very low temperature. At Appleton the thermometer recorded 85 degrees below zero, the coldest in re cent years. Black River Falls reports a temperature of 40 degrees, Medford 40. and Whitehall 83 degrees below zero. Fourteen Persons Killed. Marcia, Spain, Jan. 31. Fourteen persons were killed today by an explo sion of gas in the Palia mine near Mazarron, 20 miles west of Cartagena. The other mineis succeeded in making their escape. Ad Old Hotel Bnrned. San Francisco, Jan. 81. The San Bruno hotel, an old landmark on the San Bruno road, southwest of the city, was burned today, an 1 Mathias Eichorn, porter of the hotel, perished in the flames. San Francisco, Jan. 81. Thomas Wilford Rallet, aged four years, was burned to death today in the rear ol the Pacific Gas improvement Com pany's works at Fillmore and Chestnut streets. Accidentally Killed His Wire. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 81. Theodore Kirchener, aged 60 years, shot and killed his wife, Pauline, aged 45 years, in their home at Newtonville, near this citv, today, by the careless han dling of a gun, which was accidentally discharged. Wealthy Widow Murderett. Pana, 111., Jan. 31. Mrs. Mary Mc Intyre, a wealthy widow, 60 years of age, was found murdered in her home today. The body had been frightfully mutilated with an ax. Mrs. Mclntyre is supposed to have kept considerable money about her.