, , , . ', ....
AAAAAI
1 !00Ay'8WtATHtll. (J
4flr W"lhr, fullawtd by
TkaASTOMAN kit In lirrnt LOCAL
ttrtltl! Bwlirgwt Gf.NtRAl. circuit- I
, m4 lb lif( t TOTAL c Irtnlitlwi f f
aH jrt pbusfees h Aittrla,
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
Y()l. XLV.
ASTOltIA, OREGON, . TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 181K5.
NO. 41.
.-rZr V V Jr "Xy" 'NT fT fSff Njr S-.N
The Bottom Has Dropped Out!
H
The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers.
I. L. OSGOOD,
KIB and 508 COMMERCIAI.
VALENTINES
VALENTINES
All of Very I
Comic. Sentimental. Cupid's
Otherwise. From
Griffin 8i Reed,
Citv Book Store.
THREE LOTS.
In a il.'H:ralle !x'utiun, block x Irom High School.
A BARGAIN.
CHOICK LOTS IN MILLS KIIIST ADDITION.
On the tifw lMp Liu li.mlTrJ -Just the plane for chiuii home,
A Hlock IN ALDER KUOOK.
HTRKKTCAR MSB will U iten.lo.i tliia antnrnor to within 6 mintitee
walk of thia property Wilt .oil nt uVI'Icd
ACREAGE.
In 5 or 10 hoi ir.ru iusi.le the mtjr limit, tiloo .lJiinitK Flvl.
GISOI?GI HILL.--171 ..nmlSt,. Ocddent Work,
HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
COPELAND
Standard
Makes
Lowest
Prices
Ask yotir grocer for
HflHOllD'S
. k nMMd in Cnrc(not salty)
H A MSMatural Flavor.
lia,f'uTender and Juicy.
And you van ly at lnunufHcturore'
cost nt tho Trustoo'3 Salo of Men's
and Boys' Clothing:. Furnishing
Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes,
Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas,
Blankets, Quilts, etc., now on for
tho Vcnefit of crmlitorfi.
Manager.
STRKKT, ASTORIA, OK.
and VALENTINES
- ntest Styles
Darts, Hit 'Em Hard and
1 Cent to $5.
bargain.
Fit
Wear
Finish
Style
& THORSEN
HAMS,
BACON,
LARD, .
CANNED HEATS.
it
IN PACE"
La rye Concourse of I'ci(tc I'ays Its
Last Trllmtc of Kcspccts to
.Magnus C. t'roslty.
LONGEST I I'NKAL I'KOCESSION
rcrbipi la Asturis ' mtory Kceuliis Laid
Away la (ireea.ood Cemetery With tke
Soleaioly Btoutltal Kites ol tut
Order ol Him.
At noon Sunday them gathered a large
contours, of people to pay their respects
tu tho dmtl.
Th remain, of Magnus Charles Cros
by lay In peace In tha family rrnillcno
on llonil airtx't, .ml all within trio room
. hu.hol In tho rcullar qukinma of
drath. Without the world wmt on much
aa uaual, Puon tho hnua began to fill
with rrlatlve. and aympaihlalnK friend.,
all narrowing fir a lovwt one who had
rroM-d tli dark river. TIib hotuo and
ground, could not hold tho popli and
II ry overflowed Into III tr"et, and for
vraj lilw'hn lhi crow da .lord In r
l"ftful .llcnee whll wrri pronounced
III. wrda of comrort to the )l !n by the
mlnl.ter of the chureh. la the room,
of moiirnlna were lh fumlly. cxrrptlna
Mr. rrxi.liy, who wna connneit to hr ted
ky proalratlon. and the Immedlato frlenit.
The ttorol diToratlnn. Wer profii an t
rha.te,.and when the choir .one "Nearer
My Ood to Thee," all reallgod. tint a
champion of rlirlit and purity had been
Irat to Astoria, and that a kind father
and brother would never again lift up hla
vilce In their mldM.
TI1K PK.n.MON.
The r.cv. Mr. Clnnier read a beautiful
.rlcctlon from the scriptures, and aftr
the .liming of "Ahlde with Mi" by the
rrrsbyterlan Church Choir, the Ilev. Mr.
Uddi'll delivered, In a few well chosen
word, the fum ml adilre.ii. He .aid In
part:
IVnth onulit to hrlng u. to a realisa
tion of the Importance of being on the
aide of t!od. Tho deceased wna well
known to ua all. Kor W years he lived
In 1 .,.,(.. ., ... , . ,, . I
;". 1 ... . . . ."' "
liu.ei, ....... IU imvu imeresia. HO i
wua a n.,.i.:y man, a man of honor nnd
wholc-.oulrd Inticilty In all of his dealing-
I'erKlxti-iit In what he believed to
be right he nt all time, sought to estxh
llxh the right among the people. I am
glad this n'tirnuon that the p.-ople can
ok up In mm aa one who alwaya stood
for virtue, hrneaty, and rlghtrau.iu-s.
and am glad to -ny that hla principles
were obtalmd iy mcdltatlona on the
Hook.
It la a solemn fact to any one to know
that the end la approaching, but It I.
bleated to know that the Suvluiir had ro'.b-
d the end or all fear. We can thus ea ch
a ray of hope through the darknesa which
has locked the loved one In the grave.
me nerraveu ranitty cannot .ay thev
never heard tho futher'a voice In prayer,
and he la only gone on a little before, bur
Ime rruy come. Midnight, or tho morn
ing s"n may are any one of ua gathered
In the .nine urma of deuth. Let us pray
list we may rm sine to sing, '( death.
where la thy stftig, O, grave, where la
thy victory?'
TIIR PAGEANT.
Mnaonla Temple Lodge No. 7. had
charge of the ceremonies, and the pall
bearers were brat here II. G. Bmlth, F. W.
Ferguson, Max Young, C, W. Loughcry,
P. K. Ferchen, nnd W. C. Miller; the
honorary pnll bearers were Mayor F. J.
Taylor, and exMayora W. W, Parker,
J. C. Trulllnger, John V. Hume, c. H.
Page, John Hahn, Bamuel Klnioie and Dr.
Alfred Kinney, and from Alert Hook and
Ladder Company, J. M. Feely. A. ltrem
ner, Fred 8ala, Jamea Stokes, M. It.
ltoaorth, and A. V. Krnker. Aa tho cor
tege nietl down tho atreet It wna aug
mented by. the many bystanders until
about two thouwind people, prolmhly the
largest number that ever assembled' nt a
funeral In Astoria, hnd guthered to lend
their eympathy to the family of the do
ceased. First In the linn of ninrch were
the police, firemen and city ottlcern, mar
shaled by cx-Chlef Stuart: next were
Seaside and Aatoiia Lodges, A. O. IT.
V In full force, and then Temple Lodge,
No. 7. A. F. and A. M., Dr. Jay Tultle.
marshal, followed by the mayor nnd
ex-mayors, the hear.e and cltlsena In car
riage, and on foot. The aolemn tolling of
the lire bell, the closed hotel, and places
of bunlne.s, told In unmistakable lan
guage thut more than an ordinary man
had entered upon hla Inst Journey.
At the dock, where tho steamer Dwyer
was waiting to convey the funeral party
to Greenwood, the firemen and Workmen
M ''V'. . '
y"" - "-
t; . ; '
furmed In douhlo llnna, and In.lde their !
Ilni tho Maann. oind rank, while lha :
fiiiierul car and mouruw paaaed tlirouKh.
AT OIIEENWOOD.
Wor.htpful Miuiler lunl)orry conducted
tho ervle nt the grave. I'arhapa no
other hurlul f. rvka la moro bfwutlf il
In lia almple f randeur than that of the
Meaoulo order. It open with a gantra!
re'iitlon aa to tho rendition of all man
kind and Ita InevltaW. ending. Of the
hroitieta gone It can only be aald: "They
one. uvea.
"I.Ike a flaah of lightning acroaa the
durk cloud. o la th race of aian."
"Hut thl. la not hla end, Iteilgion haa
drawn aalds tho curtain and polnta to the
reaurrectlon beyond (ha tomb, where
relgna light perpetual and where we ahall
m to part no more." The brethren then
itepo.Hod In the grave of him who had
rro.x'd ovor the dark waters the lamb
akin apron, emblem of honor, and .prig,
of evergreen, emblem, of eternity. The
laat word, were pronounced, "Earth to
earth, aahea to aahea,.duat to du.t" The
grand honors were given by the lodge,
after the alnglng of tho eubllme ode to
death, and there aoon appeared another
ffowerilecked mound which marked an
other apan of Ufa run out.
tub last rkbtino tlace.
The laat reeling place of M. C. Croaby
I. an Ideal epot, on the brow of a hill
In beautiful Greenwood, ovm looking the
waters of Youna'a Hirer to the went and
aurrounded by handenine grounda filled
with ornamental trees and flower bed a.
Kver Woumlng row, panales and other
peta or tuuure brighten till, city of the
deail, and while It waa only opened In
February, Ikf l, a has by careful manage
ment and the eapendltttrt of much cap
ital, been brought to a remarkable stage
of iierftctlon. Hoon a road will tie open
ed around the head of the bay, when ve-'
hlcka can drive out Jit prearnt the fu
neral rar which meet, the Incoming tXMta
1. drawn right up to the grave, ao solid
I. the earth, kept perfectly dry by a com
plete system of drain tiling. ' The new
greenhcuaes to lie erected n the apiing
will furnl.li an ample eupply of flower
for the un of vlaltora.
I'pon leaving the ground., the first
mayor, V. W. Parker, and the preaent
mayor, K. J. Taylor, remarked that It
waa wonderful to note how many mounJa
had arisen In Greenwood In the abort
time since It waa opened. "We muat all
go the same way."
UNDERGROUND.
Uarper'a Magatlne.
DlMtrlct and metropolitan railways keep
mnatly to the north aide of the Thames.
Hut South London baa Ita electric under
ground, the only one of Ita kind, I be
lieve, In exl.trnce, though there are elec
tric, train, almost everywhere now, ex
cept London, and prnhuhly IJverpiot la
not alone In Ita electrical elevated. I
my.clf have never had ooia.lon to use It,
but curiosity led n.e once to make a jour
ney along Ita entire surface
The trip la made In a quarter of an
hour, and tralna run every three mln
"I".. M-VW - E, ItHIl HIV Ullh
..... h-ii..... ... . .
tralna In all, but aa each makea the round
,r, i K.if . K,,. . mmr nnmhee
; could hardly be managed. The Journey
fr m the unaccustomed haa an element
of novelty. You are carried down to the
i latform and up again to the street level
in an elevator.
. r.. re la no division of clasaes, and the
car. uio built somewhat on the model of
eirtot care: three are attached to each
ermine. I found the light though It
; r. ny have been chance that day atro-
i i ,ii.iily bad. the Jostling dreadful and the
1 stiitloiis clean and dull compared to thoae
' of the ordinary underground. For, ot
. course, there Is no smoke, and the tiled
wulla are Immaculately, clean) aa un and
down lines have each a separate tuba or
tunnel, there la a platform but to one
aide, and It la made aa narrow and con
tracted as may be: while It la the one
place I know where London Is aa allent
a M. Daudet recently found It.
The abaence ot amoke la an advantage
In a way. The atmosphere may savor
of the cellar, but there la no danger of
being .titled and suffocaetd by foul ah-.
London being the moat conservative place
In the world, naturally the electric rail
way haa not yet achieved ao great a pop
ularity aa to warrant the creation of
rivals. The Londoner must have time to
make up hla mind to It; he la atlll In the
stage of uncertainty when he will pay
hla penny or twopence to go below and
Inspect the platform. The wonder really
la thut thla one Hits happened to be built
In the metropolis, which haa been most
huckward In accepting the modern appli
ances of electricity. Do not London
streets, except here and there, still wait
for the electric light?
KLOCK1NU TO COLVILLK.
Spokane, Wn., Feb. IT Three hundred
mining men and prospector, left here
thia morning for the Colvlllo reservation.
In nntlclpafloo of the. president' signing
the bill extending the mineral law to
the north half of the reservation. Newa
waa received tonight thut aeveral hundred
men are In camp at Marcus, but others
have gone In reKardleaa of the warnings
of the Indian police.
HEADS CUT OFF,
r.vtland, Feb. 17. Mayor Frank tr.
night removed Hie lire commissioners oi
this city, for political reasons.
Hest Washing r-owdar en earth. - Large
alae, M cent. Soap Foam,
IS BEHALF OF
THE ARMENIANS
I'ctltloo or the Bishops of the I'ro
testaat Episcopal Church of the
United States.
SETS FORTH THE CONDITION
Aa Atkt. la Ike Kae ot tke Alalghty
tkat tke reraccatloi Be Tit t 11
ted Tke Ctar Asked to
laterpeM.
New York, February L. The bishop
of the Protestant EpbicopoJ church In the
United Hla tea, who recently sent a peti
tion to President Cleveland, a. king that
tha government interfere In saving the
Christian Armenians from continued
maaaacrw at the hand, of the Turks, have
forwarded to tha powers of Europe and
to the archbishop ot Canterbury a me
moral of similar Import, praying that
Immediate measures be adopud to com
pel the Turk to erase from slaughter
and persecution.
On the sdvlc of the slate department,
the several memorial, were forwarded on
Saturday, addrrsstd to the minister of
foreign affairs of France, Germany. Aus
tria and Russia. At the same time In
which the letter waa dispatched to Presi
dent Cleveland, a letter was sent to the
archbl.hop of Canterbury as head of the
English church. Notice of the reception
of the letter to the archbishop of Canter
burr ha already been received.
Thl action thua taken by the bishops
of the EphKttpal church In behalf of Ar
menia is the result of a letter sent to1
each of the biehep. by the Itight Rev.
John Williams. D. D., bishop of Con
necticut and presiding bishop, enclosing I
a circular showing the condition of af
fair In Turkey at the present moment.
In thla circular the bishops say, among1
other thing.: . J
In a territory, some tO,ors) miles In
area, an effort haa been made and la now
being made to extinguish Christianity
among the Armenian race by destroying
church edifices, killing the clergy and
forcing the surviving members of their
flocks. In all places where foreign con
sul, are not present to report the facta, j
to become Mohammedans. It now sema
probable that a large part of thoae who
have been killed In the country districts,
are anartys. who have refused life at the
price of denying our Lord. Large num
bers of widowed Christian soama and
orphaned children have been .wept, with.
out will of their own, Into the families of
the men who have destroyed their
women.
"Thousands of others deprived of suc
cor, deserted by Chrlstlandom and threat
ened by Instant death, have been led to
accept In name the religion which haa
ruloed them, have been circumcised by
force, and now beseech God and human
ity to aave them from the death which
the Mohammedan law holds over such
In case they afterward attempt to obey
the dictate of their conscience, Yet
other multitudes are now being singly
approached and put under pressure of
the most awful threats If they continue
to refuse to deny the Lord Jesu. Christ.
To the archbishop ot Canterbury, head
of the Anglican church, the American
bishops have aent thla appeal:
"We, btahopa of tho Protectant Episco
pal church in the United Statea of Amer
ica, having learned with deep sorrow the
deplorable and continuous persecution of
our fellow-Christiana In Asiatic Turkey,
do hereby appeal to your grace In then-
behalf- la It not possible for us. laying
aside at this crlsl. all question political,
International or commercial, to rise to
the higher plane of earnest, sympathetic
action, that a stop may be put to the
horrible massacre of Armenian Chris.
tlanaT "If one member suffer, all the
members suffer with It." It la evident
from a careful analysis of the causes and
reasons of tins determined assault that
the real object ot It la the destruction of
the church In Armenia by the slaying of
all those who refuse to give allegiance
to Islam,
It la therefore a distinctly religious per
aecutlon, and the number ot martyrs a!
ready sacrificed Is probably larger than
In any persecutions of the early church.
It would seem, considering the ferocity
of the cruel attack upon our brethren in
Armenia, the awful Buffering they are
enduring, the faot that the offer la made
to these Christians that their lives shall
be spared if they renounce their faith.
that. a cruaade supported by Christian.
the world over would be truly warranted.
We, therefore, respectfully and lovingly
plead with your grace that for Christ's
sake, for the sake of His religion, you
Interpose the weight of your office and
Influence to succor and defend thla af
flicted and persecuted branch of the
Christian church. May we not ask that
the great Church ot England, through
her episcopate, shall take decisive action.
that our Buffering fellow-Christiana may
And not only ready sympathy but speedy
delivery from their foes?
In addition to the letter to the arch
bishop of Canterbury, petitions have
been sent to the president of the French
republic, the emperors of Germany and
Austria and to the csar ot Russia. This
la the letter to the csar:
To Mis Imperial Majesty, Nicholas II,
Csar ot all the Russia.:.
."Sire We. Bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church In the United Statea
of America, most respectfully petition
your imperial majesty, aa the head of the
Christian Chuch In Russia, in behalf of
your and our fellow christians, the Ar
menians. They have been subjected to
the most cruel persecution by the Turks,
and, as we are well Informed, under the
express orOoi. of the Turkish government.
because they are Christiana. Tena ot
thousands have been massacred outright,
after having refused to renounce Christ
and accept Islam, and some hundred,
of thousanda are at thla moment in utter
want and destitution, or even fugitives In
the mountralns, perishing by cold and
hunger, tor the same cause.
"We believe the evidence to be conclu
sive that the purpose of the Turkish gov
ernment la to exterminate the Armenians
aa a christian people; at least In those
Interior portlona of Anatolia and Armenia
where there are no foreign consuls. We
Implore you. In Chrlst'a name, to come
to the aid ot our persecuted brethren.
Even under the most bloody persecutors
among; the Roman emperor such an atro
cious and wholesale massacre was never
perpetrated: and no persecution of the
early church reckoned so many martyr
for Chrlst'a sake. Ard shall the christian
world of the nineteenth centmy stand
living Bo Case Soap in your kitchen
or i .! once meant always.
carelessly by and see a Christian commu
nity utterly exterminated my the infldetav
"Our differences of doctrine are as noth
ing In the preaence of a crisis like thl.
All we, who profess and call ourselves
Christians, must come to the rescue of
hundreds of thousands of our fellow
Christiana from death or what is worse
than death above all questions of mere
material or national advantage. It Is not
a question ot policy, but of Christianity,
and even of common humanity. For
Christ's sake, save our brother from
death and rescue a christian comrnpnlty
from extinction. In this moment all else
should count as nothing In comparison
with this. Ood grant that Your Imperial
Majesty, whom may Ood ever guard and
guide, may heed our heartfelt cry, for
Christ's sake. Amen."
With trifling differences, the letter to
the emperor of Germany and the emperor
of Austria and the president of the French
republic are duplicate of that addressed
to the Cxar of Russia.
The letters have been signed by sixty-
two bishop, of the church to this coun
try.
FRIGHTFUL L08S OF LIFE.
Six.
and Probably Twenty. Lost Their
Live In a Troy Fire.
Troy, N. Y., Feb. 17. A fire which
started at f o'clock thl evening In the
ihlrt walat factory of Stettheimer at Co.
destroyed thousand, of dollar worth of
property, and caused the destruction of
at least six live and probably twenty.
It waa Just thirty minute before the
closing hour, and the KO girl, and women
were working rapidly to finish up. In
the cutting room on the fifth floor U glrla
wore closing up and preparing to leave
when the whistle Mew. Lillie Kreiger.
who was working near a machine, called
a small boy to light the gas over her
work. The boy struck a match and
threw th burning stub to the floor. It
struck a pile of oily rims and in an In
stant the girl was enveloped In flames.
With her clothes and hair burning, she
rushed to a window, and at once the room
became a straggling, shrieking mas of
humanity, filling the windows. Ore rs
cape and the only stairway. Jamming
and pushing, and tearing each other's
clothes from their backs. The number
in the extls augmented every minute by
those from the other floors, and the girls
and women fought for their lives to get
away from th- tlaroea. Policeman Far
roll, seeing that in the panic a number
were liable to Jump, let down the awning
over the entrance. Barely was It dowa
ft? T fly.,n'
down from the fifth and sixth stories.
and bouncing from the awning, fell to the
sidewalk.
Lillie Kreiger, over whose machine the
Are started, was one of these. She was
assisted to her feet and taken away.
By this time nearly every window had
female form dangling from It, and when
the nremen came, there waa a bustle to
get tne ladders up.
At the center "w hod rrw on the sixth floor
a woman hanging by her hands was forc
ed out by the flame licking her face.
With a last shriek, she let go and came
tumDiing over and over until she struck
the pavement When picked up It waa
found that ahe was Mrs. Margaret Car
roll. Her spinal column was forced
tnrough into her brain.
Just below her, in another window,
hung Mrs. Foley. No flames were visible.
and the crowd yelled encouragement to
her to hold on. when a high red flame
reacned out ut then and licked her race.
and In an instant her body was rebound
ing from the pavement When picked up
ahe. waa dead.
On the same floor, hanging from an
other window, was another woman, and.
Mivsuon, in ine snaps of a ladder, was
almost within her grasp when her
strength: faded and she went whirling
down to death. She was Mrs. Kan.
Tha firemen and police worked like he
roe, and to their energy waa due the
grat saving of lire.
The flames ate through three floors so
quickly that the Western Union Teie-
grapn company and the Jessun A Onnh
ner Crockery Comoanv and th vn
Zant and Jacob. Collar Manufacturing
Company had no time to save anything.
An Italian named Frank Rossi was pln-
oy ne legs under a heavy beam and
many injured, captain Wlllard. of the
ponce force, say he saw a number of
gins at tne windows who never came out
but fell back Into the flames.
One fireman who wa worklug from the
rear, saw three glrla. with their arms
wound tightly around each other, turn
in their frenxy and Jump back Into the
namos. Dome or the women who escaped
tell of stumbling over bodies, and are
positive that a score of glrla perished.
Until the roll la called In the morning
tho ex.ict number of missing will not
or Known.
The loss by Are is from $330,010 to 4O0.
fOO, with about llOO.OtiO Insurance.
The thermometer Is below aero tonight
WHEELMEN INJURED.
Tire of a Sexttiplet Explodes, Throwing
Seven Wen.
San Diego. Cel., Feb. 17.-At the Coro
nado track today, the tire of a sextunlet
exploded, causing seven wheelmen to re
ceive injuries. The accident occurred
during a trial of the Syracuse racing
team for the world's record in the mile
and halt mile flying start race. Wells,
the San Francisco man, waa paced by
a aextuplet, with 8tone. Terrlll. w.h.
burn, Schmidt. Vaughan and 8wanbi;ugh
up. When near the threc-ouarter m.i.
nnd going at a I.U gait a report was
neani. ami in a second nothing could be
seen of the wheels or riders, all lnvin.
gone down In a terrible Jumble, behind
a low fence. Swanbrough waa the only
one. however, seriously hurt, his left
ankle bone being broken. The other
were bruised about the limbs and bodies,
except Wells, who escaped with scarcely
a bruise.
AND STILL ANOTHER.
Washington. Feb. 17. The cs.ndlri.cv nf
ex-Senator Charles F. Manderson, of Ne
braska, for the Republican presidential
nomination, was announced today by aev
eral of hla friends. General Manderson
this evening. In conversation, said: "For
months past I have received letter from
all sections of the country, urging me to
enter the lists aa a candidate. 1 can
now simply aay that, under thla urgency
and the kindly encourairement that haa
followed it, I can do nothing but stand
and wait."
Highest of all in Leavening Pcnm.La-test U. S. Govt Report
ABSOLUTELY
THE DAY AT
WASHINGTON
Ropubiicans and Democrats Alike
Roast Secretary Morton to a
Dark Browa Color.
AND NO ONE DEFENDS HIM
Vket reirwa Asked if Seite Hctibtr Voald
Sot Dtfcad tke Secretary. He Was
Greeted Vita Ckorif of
-Soei" rroia All Sides.
Washington. Feb. 17. Th agricultural
appropriation bill occupied the attention
of the bouse today. A great deal ot
criticism of Secretary Morton waa In
dulged In on both aides of th political
aisle, but, as on Saturday, not one arose
to bis defense. At last Pearson aaked It
there was not some member. Democratic,
Populist or Republican, who would raise
a voice In hla defense. His question
was greeted with a chorus of "noes" from
all aides of the bouse. The omission In
the bill of the provision for a chlet clerk
for the bureau of animal Industry at a
salary of COW, which was made upon
the secretary's recommendation, led to
an Insinuation that the secretary wanted
to legislate out of office P. L. Lysle. a
free silver Democrat, from Missouri, the
present Incumbent, who waa appointed un
the recommendation of the Missouri sen
ators, and It was intimated that Secre
tary Morton' action was an attempt to
retaliate upon 8enator Vest for the lat
ter' attack on him in the senate two
week ago. The amendment was pending
when the bouse adjourned, making a
mandatory execution of the provision In
the bill for the distribution of seeds. It
Is understood Codsins will tomorrow offer
an amendment, directing the secretary of
the treasury to withhold the payment ot
Secretary Morton' salary until this pro
vision has been executed.
Washington, Feb. 17. In the senate
today Mitchell, of Oregon, chairman of
the committee on privileges and elections.
! "" of the majority nf the
committee favoring the seating of Du-
pont as senator from Delaware. The
report begins with an account of the pro
ceedings of the Delaware legislature in
May last when It is claimed Dupont waa
elected. It shows that In Joint assembly
the legislature of that atate nun-bered
thirty members, sixteen of whom consti
tuted a majority, and that at the time
of tha alleged election. William T. Wat.
son, who had been, elected a member of
the state senate and also speaker of the
senate, waa acting as governor of the
state, leaving, it be waa not entitled to
alt as a senator, twenty-nine lerlslmo-s
to constitute a joint assembly and mak ng
fifteen a majority. It Is also shown that
Dupont received fifteen votea. being a
majority of the whole number entitled
to be cast In such a joint assembly, and
a majority of all legal votes cast therein,
he waa legally elected senator.
Washington, Feb. 17. The speech of Da.
vis. supporting the resolution ot which
ne ts the author, enunciating th miicv
of the United Statea on the Monroe doc
trine, was the event of the day In the
senaie. mere was an added Interest ami
algnlflcance In Davis' utterances, as th .
resolution voiced the sentiments of the
majority of the committee on foreign re
lations, ot which he Is a member. Pub
lic Intent In the subject was evidenced
by the crowded galleries, the attendance
oeing larger than at any time since the
vote on the bond bill. His language was
conservative, and was not the radical ut
terance some bad expected.
Washington. Feb. 17. In the housA tn.
day. on motion of Doolittle, an amend
ment was adopted to the agricultural ap
propriation bill, directing the secretary
of agriculture to distribute fibre flax seed
In. the atate of Washington,
FIGHTING IN FORMOSA.
Insurgents AttacV Towns. Destroy Rail-
rvaua, tut t elegraph wires and Con
duct a Vigorous Campaign.
8t Petersburg. Feb. 17. A sneclal Hla.
patch to the Novoe Vremya from Vlaill
v os lock says that the fighting in Formosa
has been renewed. The insurgents to the
number of ten thousand men have tio,.it.
ed the towns of Tamsul, Jlram Sunko,
tioauxu and Kalpeh.
They are destroying the rallrouda aim
cutting the telegraph, wires.
me Japanese brigade arrived at Kehenv
on February 7. The insurgents are rent
ing uejperateiy. and htve inflicted de
feats on detached 3 lies of Japanese
troopa.
The marine minister. Halan. hn. taken
the place of the KOvcrn ir of Formnsi.
who Is ill.
From Turkestan comos news that the
governor of the disturbed district of Kan
su haa been deposed r.y the emiien.r cf
China and replaced "jy ihe governor of
Tea
Interest ts displayed as to whether
the new governor will da.-j to (to up-
country, where the Dungnnls are klllln.r
all Chinese on sight and are making an
active campaign round the town of t'm
ruetiL WHEN THEY WILL FIGHT.
The Date Definitely Decided at El Paso
by a Committee.
El Paso, Feb. 17. The fight waa on
and off and on again all within the apace
of thirty minutes this afternoon. It
la now definitely et for Friday, and Buck:
Connelly has agreed to post $1,000 addi
tional forfeit for Maher if hla man la
not In the ring to tight on that day.
Julian made every possible concession,
and finally turned the whole matter over
to a committee of five, all of whom were
to be named by Connelly, if this com
mittee decided that he waa not entitled
to the forfeit, he would agree to wart
until Friday and have the tight then.
The committee decided against htm, and
Julian gave In accordingly.