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I MS if I WEEK
Cut r-tniu !. T4rfrmjU Column.
The craTfB i laic Mntae Tiotiae at
JIjvum -were eeowotea' wib flowers
w ii? lath, tbe Bsmtrernftrr ( site ex-
A British Fynelcste has oittaiaofl a
-COaeCKHKHI inj China SBI 8 rail
road frem liiuikuu te CanAoa, ukms
lie ceasi.
CeL MiHw. who capture' lie He
-iriliHt the Joss a taaa la bio
xaad, ias been pHeie e be iriga-daes-general
tiiu preeieeBt.
The Canard How Btraria sad the
oruimT .Marbtehead narrowly averted a
ooHiBtexi Ruling a Miading seet
-enow etena bat 74 sites off Sanly
Boek Meaeay aoeraiag.
.Beffesetatire StaiHagB. of Ala"
baaa. has iiitrtileofd is the ioose a ,
loll le aotierize lie pre4it to ap
point Gttral Wiwior a siBjor-geaeral
in lie regular juibj".
Terrific weather 5s prevailing a
tie oeaBt of Jamaica. Tbe wiadE are
high aad the iea is ocio aching on tbe
la ad. Coasting TeBsete iave "bet
wrecked, and wveral headrwi acres oi
bananas swept away.
Karal ordaanoe officers in Washing
ton tie elated ever tie raasariaUe re
Hktte senatea with tie sew EseokeleGS
navy pawner for large caliber gnus is a
test it lie Isdius Head proving
grounds os tie Peiwffl&c
State EatnkigiEt Scott, ef Georgia,
Ears tie peach crop iaa been utterly
4estryed. nsd ia Jill prebabitily tie
gorwers frill he bo dwcoeraged tiat
they will abasdes lie bBEisess. LueI
year's crop was raised at f 1,M,W.
Ex-CobmI Dwckert, f BeJigBie, has
beea owMBaiDokintid te ake j tnr i
Ciiiaa is tie utiereeie W Belcas ats
faetaiers at a ealarj f JS&0 a rear.
Tia i4ea f t&e tr eaaaated Iron
Kisg Leopeld, trie nill mBtriiate S,
O08 te tie Ealarr.
It is expected tiat Geaeral Otie Trill
Eiertir begin aa agcreBEire caspaicn
in tbe PiiilippiBe,iis tie recent iattleE
hare sot Bubdned tbe Ihbb: gentB, S
was expecSed Tie rainy Beaaen will
BXm Bet in, -wien ajilitarr operation!
can not be well carried tin, and a -deoi-tire
bloir meet be given before tbat
time.
Tbe torpedo-boat For, irailt by tbe
Wol5 i Zwicter iron trorke, at Fort
land, Or., is tbe firtt torpedo-boat ia
tbe -world to come op to tbe require
ment!) specified in tbe contract njion
ha first ofScial trial. Tot two censec
stiTe ionre in her first trial cbe main
tained an average epeed of 25 J tiHirt,
her engines turning at a rate ai SBl.i
reTolationa jier zainnle, wiiob exceeds
tbe reqnireitiefitB by 11.4 tarsi.
President Zelara has issued a decree
declaring the repattik; of Kicaragna to
be in a elate of eeige. A battle it
expected to take pla-e at any time
ureEt of Cbile mountain, the diridisg
line of the Coidilleras. Tbe pretWeut
is sending troops to the front as rapid
ly ss collected. The United State
gunboat Marietta, wibcb arrived at
Greytowu February , has sailed for
Bloefilfcde, tbe beadqnarttiB of the
rewlotioa headd by General lieyee.
One man was killed and five serioee
ly injered in a pander explosion at
MoBBgrove, Pa.
Four Chinese have died Uom in
juries snstained in the au Fraaciboo
Ciiisatovrn fire Sunday.
Silas Jones and Hi children 'vrere
bnrned to death on tbe Ktehardsun
and May plantation, at Co raw t tone.
Ark.
H. M. S. Leasder has been ordered
to proceed with all speed to Bolivia to
ptotoct tbe projjerly and lives ef Btit
ieb residents during tbe revoletion.
Fire In Cincinnati deEtioyed the
clothing booses of Kahn&Feltbajeyer,
II. A. Iieineheitner and San ford, Stern
& Earner. The loss is nearly (00,000.
There is a rumor in Paris tbat ne
gotiations are taking place between the
Panama canal company and the V.'aiL
ington government, looking to tbe com
pletion of tbe canal.
Thirty-five perstis have died of small
pox in tbe Ctoek nation witbin a few
weeks. The victims were negroes and
Indiana. All of Western Oklahoma
has quarantined against tbe infected
district
The buildings of tbe Gieer Ma
chinery Company and tbe Whittle
Trunk Company, at Knoxville, Tenn.,
with their contents, were destroyed by
fire. The loss ia estimated at between
.f75.O00 and $100,000.
In the United States senate Tuesday
tbe McEnery resolution, declaring that
tho ratification of the peace treaty is
not a declaration on tbe part of tbe
United States to permanently hold tba
Philippine Islands, traa passed by
Tote of 20 to 22.
OF RECENT
occurrence. LEGISLATURE ENDS.
ChBplatn ..Tolm It- TbampMHi, t the
Fifrt TfTaehiHgtwi infantry at Maaila,
Tie -war iejiartwfciit has iswsei a
wer amHiwig t J nervk -M
T4iii4trE ihiw Mi tie Unte4 States.
Etio AMb Hitoioeck, i MiswMirl,
ins tnbtw tbe prenorilmd aii ad m
teti npHfl iifi 4s as nocietary w
the Mitttrtw.
Tie bHHe mwHidtitw en iriir4B.
laws i6 led a fwMe retort w
lite iili M par Spaw t.W.W Ir
tie PiiHfaptaeE.
AbW. the FiM delegatK.
rived in Hew Trk J4u4ay irmn Mi
.,! Aiwuilk exitectk Mr nail fr
Eslad is a few dajs.
Tie senate ooinmitte has rrjerte4
lawaily an liweadsseat U tbe tmttitj
cavil bill putrid inc ier tbe laying f a
caMefMK) tlte United Stales to Hawaii
ivsd lie PiiliptAnes.
Maar Fescb newspapers are bit
terly asBsiUng M. Lienbet. tie new
presMBBt. but lie better olass wsppert
htm. asd oeaSdeeee in lb KaWlity f
lie sew gerer&aeitt is inreaH4g.
S&aBel 11- SteranMB, D. D., e !
tie Uest PrfaHbrteriaa ii-irtWB la
the Unites Slates is 4v4 ia BfcMB
iufUHi, UL. at tie Jc f B- He was
a aear relative f iw-saer Vice-Preei-
Wu,.h irtk Crondrd In tl. Ct.lC
Ilvur f ' Krl"-Tti
UwrVliiC l'"'
Tie last wwklK day el the Or
Ji4atte was fall 1 m Y
Hted t lie rJtim. oJ
The tnweral a.ptt"itUJ bill x
jweced by iMh bow-R.
la lie raate tie bill t piorWe Kr
txeK(Nii f rdws at the peai
leatiarv was iaOfloitely iMoi.
tMw it arried JetaW w
relatiag U air i,p- ,
Three bills UHichiag salliurr aQalrs
WWe pawed, as folio: To eorr te
tie asilltarr fwad all anweys recsltM
frt the United EUtes a aoeooat of
IrannwtatHwi. etc; to iwtore to tbo
jailitarr ivad km fS.OW expw "
i r.-t .L..I. in 1R4R:
to leorgaatW) tlte otaciai
ru.u Kntittaiit Guard.
nt... JWii- bills wt-re tfHMl: To
-ntt liimuFe lire iiifotaucc com-
le wrotwt the fruit ami bop
ilBrT br reaairiac tbe destlBCtioB
J in cure oeitaia defwrts fa Jm-
Ai.-ei k.Uib ntui Afttit: to liferent the
m u i ill bmiuw al arMied bodies of WW
mii.m tkun tie dulr oowKimted aathor
iti.c: to aatttxi the charter of Newberg;
to prordie kw criuiiaal pfeatlrts on
! iafoutialiM; to protect t root and cer
mW(J tif: to relieve tbe
I rtate of tie aeeewit.v of alvaaciag the
cxi.e of ciTiac a bond In a proceed iac
ma;
of the
tun Tiit
A fke i tie little city f Port
WafiiartOB. Wis.. eewed rM.W
wirti of property, and readieted
. -i . i : . t . S
Xaaallies jweset!!i. a onair jawarj - ' ,
ubich tie state is
ascend the law relating
LAWS,
lint !' S'oHxf tU
Hill, ,ed hr Wtb 1-H. pertH
to the Uil " 71ilul r !
To aatiorti th Ai4" "
To lr,rt- iZi't?fZ' !
To arnd chart rf I
To relate pilolar. m (Mm
.ml WHUasrtte rirwr.
To wte ow ":r'
wltttoot rUiy. --tr
officers.
To laoorporale .V4.Ua.
To provide that '' J
eottatv asteMrt ioIIi he UHtUe4
to cietary l Hate.
To awead ehartw of llilbwo.
To BMead the ohsrter of Alhaty-
To lBOori-oiate town of TIIUx.
To laoerj-orate the towa 4 QI
C1To eoastltate l" CUif?
ty a irblki highway.
To amend the charter of Oraats Pass,
To aathoriae JefXerta iitte t
sell out to tbe school district.
To ataead charter of Orrffoo City.
To iaoorporate Port of Tillaasookaad
provhle for the ltaprovfast of Ho
?aiata ilooirh.
To iacorrwatethe twaof Laleview.
To laeojwmte Cotta Cro.
To amttd charter of towaof Taagoat.
To provide elerkal aW loi Jlges el
the eapreaie court.
Tn ineortiorate Drain.
To inourfxate New Astoria, adjoia-
I
REATY BEFORE
THE SP!
Spain's P&triots Are
at 1
inirsuntr t r...
a - wuri
EXOITINO SCENES IN
JV -Tt.e
thr
Tb twin.
fto 1 ....
K tb i-
t
;mi t7; to t jBf Fofl SlewiB.
irrigatkm
covering two blocks was destroyed,
threwiag 69 nei at ef wrk.
The ievlntiB la KiearagBa is
spreading. General Meaa, at lie bead
of 76 iBGrgeatfi. is near tie town ef
llama- Tbe inwgeatB are well armed
with email gaas aad ate expeetiag
Gatling, Erspp aad Heteikiss cxasoa.
Mxahael Milan, the prosperous pro-
j relative to lieas againtt anaes for la
bor or Fopplies; to amend tbe ehaiter
of Arlingtoa; te fix tie anaoal salary
oi the eapreaie eoart clerk at (1,000,
with oae depaty ia Saleta at f 75 per
' snenth aad one at Pendleton at 10,
I aad providing that tbe fees be paid
into tie state treamiy; to fix the sal
aries of CoUabia ooanty ofSoerr: to
prietor ef a bootblackiag etGaMiehiBeat regalate tlie taaaaer of ttargeos ashing
is Tfieema. oemsnitted eakide by firing aad asakiag a cke-e seaioa en the Co
two fhots froai a revolver iat his laaibia liver frosa March 1 te KoTem
brais. Fiity-tw dtiars was fecad be? 1; te provide for inspecting sheep
es the boly. Family trouble was the ' breaght ia bands into Oresoa tress an-
saase of tie act. ! ether state (saae as the auimgton
. , , . , , law); to anjeed the law relative to the
A new town has been lasd eat in f road Tiewerf. fir
it is expected will be tie gateway to
tie All is getd&etds. It has beea
named Taka. aad is BSUsated ea Taks
bar. fear mites fresi tie saeath ef the
inlet ef tiat name.
Tae Italian bark Barbara Lnigi weat
asiere Febraary 4 en Little Bahassa
bask and is a total loss. Three ef tie
orew were drewned and twe perished
frcia expOBare. The captain and eight
ef the crew have a wived at Jvatsau, 1.
P . and report the loss.
Mrs. Howe, ol Greebam. Or., was
drowned in the Willamette at Pert
land Monday. She was passing from
one steamer to another, as tbe boats
were lying at tbe dock, when she fell
between them. An attempt to rescue
her tailed. She was on ber way to
visit a son at Ealein.
Tbe first BeBeion ef tbe eighth conti
nental oosgress of tie National Society
ef the Daughters of the American KcV
ol alien began in Washington Monday.
Mrs. Daniel Manning, president-general
ef the society, nuaJe her aaasal
address. She dwelt espdstslly ea 'the
aid given bj the society daring the re
cent war. asserting that the organiza
tion had furnished fcSOO.ODD in money
and supplies.
The Columbia river fish cannery
combine will close half of the canneries
tbe coming season.
The Ceaard steamer Paveaia, which
sailed from Qaeea'tewa for Boston,
Janaary 26. and which was sighted ea
Febraary X, in a disabled ceaditien,
has arrived in tow at the Azores.
M. Liocbet was elected president of
France ea tie 21st. The aEeetabiy
cast B12 votes, of which Leu bet re
ceived 483 to 279 cast for M. Melise,
and 0 scattering.
A battle has ceeerred at Talien-Waa
between Bassiaa soldiers and Chinese,
in which 00 ef tbe latter were slain.
The trouble is said to have originated
over the qaestion of taxes.
Grading has began on tbe Saako
Hirer Valley railroad, between Union,
fiat and tbe head of tbe south fork of
tbe Penewawa creek. A large force ef
men and teams IB working on tho big
cut between those two points.
A dispatch from Cape Charles, Vs.,
ears 60 oyster sloops and ecbooneta
bsve been carried out to eea by drift
ing ice fro ia Msgothys bay. it is be.
lieved many are manned, and tbe crews
may suffer from exposure and hunger.
Tugs will be sent to overhaul tbe vessels.
tie aaaaaal Hilary of the Lisa eeeaty
assessor at (2,400, including the pay
! ef depeties; to regelate the practice of
i the recatien ef barbers; te provide for
tie appropriation ef water te be ased
t for aiaiag parioses.
Ori-con lLellatnre Adjourn Sloe Die.
Although tbe hour Bet for the final
adjournment of the Oregon legislature
was 12 o'clock noon Saturday, tbe ses
sion was prolonged till 7 o'clock.
Aside from tbe formalities of finish
ing up necessary matters in Land, the
passage of tbe special appropriation
bill was tbe feature of tbe day.
The bouse refused to concur in some
of the senate's reductions of items in
the bill, and it was necessary to ap
point conference committees before
agreement could be reached. This
prolonged the session till 1 o'clock in
tbe evening, when the session was de
clared ended.
In tho Home.
Is the hease a long diseasien oocsr
red en the bill to adopt the Torrens
system of land title. The bill, when
pet tspen its passage, was defeated.
Bills passed were: To authorize
cenFttactlen of sk.ds across county
reads for lodging purposes; to provide
' for submission to the vote of the peo
1 pie the proposed constitutional amead
j ments; to authorize the sale ef agri
! mltaral school lands on the market for
25 yeaxs at less than the price fixed by
statute: to provide for payment ol
taxes in coin, instead of county war
rants; to provide for the manner of re
caries the release as saretT epoa
beads; to reduce fees te be charged by
coaaty clerks in probate oases; te
aiake tbe law prohibiting the fraada
lest oee of labels or trademarks store
effective; te fix the salaries of coaaty
clerk, sheriff and recorder is Wash
ington county; to amend the code eo as
to give parties the right to give notice
of appeal without assignment of error;
to authorize the printing of 600 copies
of supreme court reports at (2.&0 per
oopy: to prohibit the running of pesh
cars upon i ail road tracks; to create a
state board of equalization, consisting
of the geversot, secretary of state and
state treasurer; to authorize the work
ing ef ooantr priMMiers en cennty loads;
to fix the salaries of coentr treasurers,
after amendment increasing the salary
ef the treasurer of Lane couDty from
(60 le f and the salary of the
treasurer of Wallowa county from (250
te 50: to amend code relative to at
tachments snaking the filing of a writ
with the ooantr clerk anewei tbo pur
pose of posting a notice on property;
to amend the code relative to action for
adverse possession; te fix the compen
sation ef coustT commissioners after
amending ther bill by increasing the
per diem in Union county from (4 to
fS; to reduce the mileage of jurors and
witnesses in cities of 0,000 population
or over, from 10 to S cents; to give
preference in the employment in pub
lic service to honorably discharged sol
diers and sailors; to appropriate
(2,000, in aid of the Oregon Historical
Society, and to authorize printing at
the state's exnse to the same amount;
to provide for the paymrat of certain
fees to recorders of conveyances; to
constitute six days' publication of a
notice a weeks notice; amending the
law relative to the appointment of offi
cial stenographers; to abolish tbe office
of recorder of Clatsop county, and re
quire that the duties of that office be
performed by the county clerk; to teg
ulate the purchase, sale and transfer of
stocks of goods, by requiring tho pur
chaser to exact from the vendor a list
of creditors and tbe extent of liabil
ities; to prohibit tbe running at large
of stallions.
State Fair Appropriation.
In the Oregon senate Wednesday tbe
bill to repeal the annual appropria
tion of money to tbe state fair was de
feated by a vote of 12 to 16. i
To amend charter ef Monwoath.
To tacepoiiate the eity of OaUrie.
Te incorporate the town of Bay City.
To iaeoiiwate the eity of llepfwer.
To incorporate tbe city Warreatea.
To incorporate the eity et Wall a.
To amend charter ef Goil IlilL
Te restalate and fix the salary of tie
isseseor of Jackson eoaaty.
To incorporate the tews el Marsh
field. To asieBd charter ef WcoJbera.
To ledistikt the state for senators
and representatives.
To create the ofSee ef tax collector Is
MnltBOetah coaaty.
Te araead the charter ol Corral Hi.
To pTeveat predaetiea sad sale ef aa
wbelesotae foods and wrdMaea.
fLeoner pore food bill.)
To incorporate the tews of Seaside.
To raiee the salary ef sheriff ef Ma
rion eoaaty.
To regalate ami to fix salaries ef Til
lamook county officers.
To fix salaries of county officers in
Clarkamat, Morrow, Wasco and Yam
hill counties.
To amend the charter of Eugene.
To amend the charter ot Astoria.
To incorporate the town of Cnnhy.
To create a separate commission for
transaction of county business in
Claekamas countr.
To amend the charter of Arlington.
Incorporating Weston.
Inoororatiag Dufar.
Inoorjiorating Enterprise.
Withdrawing r-tboel lands from sale
asd placing interest aa school fond
loaas at C tr oeaU
laeetperatisg Dalles City.
InesHrpHrxtiag Mere.
IfteerpMalisg Btewasvilte.
Iaeotratisg Lebaaeu.
Incorporating Barns.
lscerperatiag Oarltes.
Te prelect eelmeo in Alsea bay and
tributaries.
To create a trast fend is Multsemab
ceasty.
To provide for lie eleetlen of toad
EUTierviBera.
Te create the office ef clerk ef ths
justice court in cities of 0,000 popu
lation oi ever.
lo autbeiize juaHnemah county to
lease tbe upper deck of the cteel bridge.
To provide for the sale of tide lands.
Protecting salmon in the Itoguo
river and Carry eeasty.
To reorganize the state board of her
ticultsre.
Creating park ootaraiuton in cities
of 8.000 population or over.
To amend section S of the mining
laws.
Amesdisg the code relative to sher
iff's deeds.
Requiring county clerks to adminis
ter oaths without charge, in pension
matters.
Appropriating (15,000 a year for fish
hatcheries.
To amead the charter of Salem.
To regulate horse shoeing in Portland.
Providing for normal schools at Ash
land and Drain.
To provide for tbe registration of
TOtere.
To provide for a tax collectoi of Mult
nomah county.
To change the manner of governing
the Soldiers' Home.
To codify the laws relative to state
school lands.
Partial codification of the school
laws.
To encourago the use of wlde.tlrn
tragons.
To amend tho act incorporating tho
Port of Portland.
To change tho time of holding court
in the second judicial district.
To cure certain defects in deeds.
To permit surety companies to qallfy
as sureties on bonds.
To change the time of holding court
in tbe ninth judicial district.
To prevent the adulteration of candy.
To provide for boarding the prisoners
of Clatsop, Washington and Claokamas
counties by contract.
Madrid, FrV.
teUd ?.
hasabers
PetaBt rwl.
fall, hardly a stick i
test, (foster Mt".
ef tie at, la epti
lags, pieaenwow a
Faerr. atd a molal
with Fraaee was '
t te tHilipf to (!,)'
the eaMrv4tlvt pt.!r.i!- j .,.
gatia wttadn-w pr jjT
Ct IAUa t njtff,
. I . . . . 1 I at.. .
. I ... k. u. , . , '
curiae tiat uwral l:',o,
Oaaeral wetl., Uei-r ra fjutc
woven fatlt.
coa ol wax t ti i
tweetslori woreexpelK-J ' :at
Ur.
a .1 a. a
the "tlsaasefal eapttelat n cl
lki -x-liaiJtM hv tlrfrtll 1 n .-mii
s aasaeted with cries -i "jtt
- no - aao a (roaorai nirar c
repetiliea of the O'M rr r j i tt
dfedfd the goveramerit ar.J Hi;
eorsaiisskMi. The ptrw er cm
a 1 . .M . I ' - l -
a mi ill nam avn nn uni i ju w i, tr;
seoerals re Mill ul j . 1 arr
Coaaty D Almenas tet tzrl it
tack ape tie arai( an ! o rni
Lit m kLa Ofutt 4i I a IT.V 1
a siagle geaoial bad been r!. t '
FIGHTING WITH FIRE
rilltiltina A llamnl lea flora (fUftfttfl
Ilia WaaIiIucS Vlnlu-
i.rtiiai vu q Tiiii ritiiN
ltn t una rxf matin n uU
eM..i l . a ..i..i.t enikaiBM iirttttin
IUIUI'1 IIIKIII - -s .
tho Yltut WeUliinv'ton rantA
Mitt-llil, llU V fVI IMM w-eIJj...-Bj -
.t a i . .. . t lii
.1 I 1 al...
UIUVMJ. HIO lllIC9 Stis is tv
ihnoka and hotieet apiK0ito ihn rui
i i
it YBiuriuim iLinia noi im-i
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the nidit. anil this led to the
nolhinir Imiipcneil.
alon,
Mnr tnt Cubana.
Washington. Feb. 23. Effoiti i
uiu4ii null w.uij inf"--v.
la reooncilo the radioal element s
thj Cubans to tho proposition ul
government to pay the molJler of
Cuban cause (9,000,000.
an a . I 1
uuhciai wimtui invti '
rTJinl the MMtai. What ! proj
the HoaUtiR of IhhhI hj tl i ut an
oi f7.iKm.iWQ. whicli turn IB 10 i c
V A Ia ll.a fvalk a . . a. a 4. III
in i rin a. i aiaas imui v.a hum iiy
United States.
uiimaj 'j wiiimii tH raUUJ --
v. aa i vvn t, ui iuia .ui'l v
Vietnria. U. C, Fe!. 22. F
, . m . ai.
aiHmai ail HIIHIIVo 1 1.1 1 -t'-
urn .. 7a (iiTlj SI IO UUI17 I V -
legislature this afternoon. The bt
sliows a defiritof ((117,723. an 1
start with n Lalance ou the wrong i
of (01,000. Estimates sliow a
eidurablo outting in the salary lift.
now loan win be necot ated lor l i.i
000.
sold for spncnlntive purposfs.
nue by the abolition of tbe ntnrt
.. . ! ill L . Ml IU.IP.M
income tax.
Slllllona for Spain.
ii ntiiiiiiuiiiii. roil, z. iui
alo amendments lo a number ol f"
vato pension bills were adopted.
Oil M mm rlmlininn nl lliH fllinrOP111
lions coinniitlee, by tho direction
Ma AAlll mill aa an a.
.v v. 111 l I'D, Ul i1 ITU ' f
flir aiiananuiiiiti .if lli mlaa nf tllO V'
fnr nivnii.nl nl 0i nnn non In BnaiO'
After discussing tho measure unl
tlio 20-rninuto rule.tlio bill was P""
21U to 84