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COTTAOE GROVE OREGON
THE DEIS OF I II
OnprvheatiT EtIt t th IPrt
C1I4 T-ota OiTlerrm.h C1ibi.
Tbe pnrmmmt has tl .0O.oa
;tge iUpi to Porto Km, for
ib the pwtal fJJtes there.
Representatives of the Kiekifxs trifee
of iadixM are is Uexim trrisg t ret
a awncc niciw of Usd iocs the gTera
steal Ut z fettlemeat. The tribe de
sires to saore to tost com try.
A large sale of Hwi tool: pae at
Saa ANtooio. Tex., oa the Md. The
Geerje B. Loviwgtoa Co. foW S.ftOO 2-jear-otdf
and 12,000 yarlig to an
other mpt. The ptiee paid for
the tot ! f STS.000.
Tbe pise timber mads of Poathwwt
Virginia, East Teaie and North
westers North Carolina bare b-ee
monopolized by CasaJian ami New
England eapiUlis. Tbe syndicate
represents 16.000,000.
Tbe NiearagoaB goTemnsent bavis?
placed too eUs a censorship on United
States table messages, and failing to
listen to protesw from this eoentry.
President lleKinley baa dispatched
the cruiser Detroit to Greytown to de
mand an explanation
There ii great activity in the iron
industry, and many orders haTe been
related. An order for 12,000 tons of
steel rails for China will be sent
abroad, as American mill! have con- ;
tracts for six months ahead.
The west-bound Turlington fast mail
recently beat all records between Chi
cago and Omaha. The distance is SOS
miles, and the actual running time
was eight boors and 44 minutes. The
train made 100 wiles an hour for sev
eral sports.
An attempt to born Manila was
made by insurgent. Fires were start
ed in two portions of the city, which
raged all night long, sweeping away
rows of buildings and devastating
acres of property. After daylight the
American troops drove every native ont
of the districts in which fires occurred.
The island of Negros, tbe fourth in
importance in the Philippine group,
has been completely pacified. Fonr
commissioners from the island visited
General Otis on the 2 2d and informed
him that the iusurgento had been
driven' from the island and tbe Ameri
can flag raised, and they desired Otis
to take possession, which he promised
to do.
Private Edwin W. Hampton, of Com
pany H, Second Oregon regiment, was
killed in a skirmish near Manila Tues
day. He is the first Oregon soldier to
die in battle At the same time pri
vates Joseph H. Cardington, Christian
E. Horn and H. D. Hazard, of Com
pany E, First Washington regiment,
were killed and Corporal W. B. Tocker,
of Company H, of the same regiment,
was seriously wounded.
The Benton County Prone Company,
of Oregon, is having about 200 cords of
fir wood cut for ase during the evapo
rating season next fall.
The Continental Tobacco Company,
at Louisville, Ky.f purchased f 138,303
worth of revenue stamps last Monday.
This is an unprecedented sale of stamps.
The sultan of Oman has revoked the
grant of a coaling station to the French
tinder the British admiral's threat of
bombardment. The French consul has
entered a protest.
A number of young men in Sacra
mento, Cat,, are organizing a colony
to settle on the island of Guam. They
propose to engage in tbe raising of tbe
etaple products of the island.
"The advance guard of the North At
lantic squadron, composed of the flag
ship New York and the battle-ship In
diana, arrived at the Bermudas Tues
day. The squadron will proceed to
Havana.
The Central Union Gas Company has
been organized under laws of Virginia,
to control the natural gas wells and
plants in Ohio, Indiana and Southern
Illinois. The capital stock will be
124,000,000.
Tbe Duke of Orleans has unexpected
ly arrived at Brussels. It Is reported
that he considers the moment oppor
tune for a monarchiatic attempt in
Prance. He will consult with the
leaders of his party.
Franois H. Bawo, head of the great
china and glassware exporting house of
Bawo & Dotter, is dead in Germany,
aged 06 years, of apoplexy. His per
sonal acquaintance throughout the
United States was very largo.
A hot skirmish occurred near the
Jlanila waterworks on Tuesday, in
which, on the American side, two com
panies of the Washington volunteers
weie the principal actors. The insur
gents woro driven into the jungle,
leaving J 6 dead and two wounded. Two
Americans were wounded by tbe explo
sion of Springfield rifles in their own
hands.
Governor Kg,of Wa.iatB.
rettwd th carxlol nniMin !-
Tbf conb-Mt PrieHn fr""
S Monday tor Aden. She it bond
fee Manila, where tfca hoM arrive is
aboot three weki.
Th Nof th Dakota HMle b p-ed
a bill providing icr the appointment of
a cosnmon of three ttic in
each coast r fer tbe examination of all
sppifeants'fnr rri lice.
Ia the federal eoart in Tacotna Jndre
Hinfofd bM ocdered a deetee of fore
ctomre oc tbe Sbtlton & Southwestern
railroad. Tbe iie of available pop-c-rtv
lu feeon ordered to i-ettle claims
vhVefc. all UM, amount to nearly J,
0ft. Ta extent of the low by ire in the
rcbsrbs of Manila tince FebtSflry 22.
bu bee given. Sixty bniWings of
itOM and 10 tobttanttal wooiea
ilractara with iron roofs were de
stroyed. In addition. S.000 Nipa
botf of th satives were bsrned.
Tbe Spanish senate bt by a vote of
1M to 7, approved the motion of Mar
hal Martinet de Campo. signed by
kll Spanish generals in tbe senate, de
manding parliamentary inquiry into
tbe coodoct of the rent war. The
government soptoited tbe motion.
Two oofB JoiMkoer? who retairte! to
Manila froea Malolo. tbe headquarters
of Againaldo, report that 6.000 of the
insurgents at that point are anxious to
foi render, and that it is believed Agtti
aaldo is ready to receive peace propo
sals. The eommiHioaeis were nmt to
tbe insurgent ttroagboid under a flag
of trace.
Officials of the German foreign office,
have notified Uie United States em
bassy, at Berlin, that tbe government
will henceforth admit Amerienn
oranges, lemons ami raisins without
examination, and ahn all American
fresh and dried frnit will be allowed to
pass in bond through Germany without
being examined.
It is announced that Germany will
insist that Mataafa be mnJe king of
tbe Saraoan islands. The Uiiied
States, however, with the approval of
England, is determined to support
Malietoa Tanns. Chief Justice Cham
bers will likely be recalled from the
islands on aceoorit of the letter he
wrote to his brother, and the publica
tion of which offended Germany.
In answer to their demand for in
creased pay, the Western Col & Min
ing Company at Little Kock, Ark., has
posted an ultimatum to the employes
at all ita mines at Denning, Coal Hill
and Jenny Lind. stating that none of
their demands would b granted. The
miners refuse to yield, and it is now
settled that the 4.000 men or more will
quit work, closing duwu the entire dis
trict. Rudyard Kipling, the popular author,
is said to be dying at his hotel in New
York.
Texas is passing through an alarming
epidemic of meningitis. Thirty deaths
from the disease have occurred in Fort
Worth in the past week
A report from Madrid says that Eu
ropean troops have been landed at Ma
nila from warships. The Washington
officials discredit the story.
A representative of the Awociated
Press learns that Pierpont Morgan is to
bear the entire cost, atnoonting to
about 125.000, of tbe installation of
electric HghU io St. Paul's cathedral,
New York.
Colonel Amos C. Babcock, an inti
mate friend of Abraham Lincoln, and
a prominent figure in the abolitionist
movement in tbe early '50s, ia dead at
Chicago. He was born in New York
in 1828, and came to Illinois in 1840.
The naval committee of the bouse
has directed a favorable report on the
senate bill creating the grade of admi
ral and intended for Bear-Admiral
Dewey. The committee also decided
favorably on the senate bill granting
two months' extra pay for naval service
outside the United States during the
war with Spain.
Lieutenant Commander C. P. Rees.
U. S. N., who was the signal officer
with Admiral Dewey's fleet and who
stood upon the bridge with tbe admiral
during the battle at Manila, has ar
rived in Topeka, Kan., to visit rela
tives. The naval officer was received
by the governor and both branches of
the legislature,and spoko briefly before
both tbe house and senate.
An appeal has been received bv the
chamber of commerce of San Francisco
on behalf of the flood sufferers of the
Shan Tung province of China. Those
Bigning the appeal are American and
English people. They state that the
Chinese of the district have raised
something like $70,000 American
money, but this will go but a short
way, as there are over 2,000,000 people
starving.
According to the statement of Col
onel Byrd, of the quartermaster depart
ment, there remain at Manila 2,000 of
the 5,000 Spanish troops that wore
turned over to General Otis, as a result
of tbo surrender of that place. Of the
3,000 who have been roturned to Spain,
about half weie taken back by the
Spanish government, ao only about
1,800 have been repatriated so far at
the expense of the United 8tatos. Tho
remaining 2,000 ho expects to loavo
Manila fot Spain witlijn tho next two
weeks.
Army Reorganization Bill
Has Been Passed.
GORMAN AMENDMENT ADOPTED
It rrl4- Th.l thm Ar-,T "
II. Ierir) r,rw"U7 r"l
tVhinEtVB, March l.After a eon
: iet tnat will be memorable in the his
torv of the lenate. lb compromise
aimy reorganiaUiofl bill wi rw
this evening at 7. 10. When tbe ien
ate convened, at 11 o'clock thin morn
tog, it r-eemed more than likely that
the bill might be d do'lC ha
dy. Gorman, of Maryland. imUted
that his amendment pioviding that the
rmy thooM not be increed perma
nently, or beyond July I. W1. be In
corporated in tbe meaui. For sev
eral hoars it appeared probable tUtt his
insitence at leant would throw the
bill over until tomorrow, ami perhaps
defeat it. An agreement wa reached
finally, however, and Gorman's amend
ment." in a slightly modified form, was
accepted. The vole was 55 to 13.
Then the senate took np the mttdry
civil bill and completed its reading, all
the committee amendments being
agreed to, except tb relating to the
District of Columbia. The bill was
then laid aside to be completed tomorrow.
In the llou.
The house was in eeseion seven hours
today, and sent to the enate two more
appropriation bills, the army, which
has been under consideration for sev
eral days, and the fortification.
The former carried about tiO.000,
000, and the latter, approximately,
f4. "00,000. The final conference re
port upon the Indian appropriation bill
was also adopted. Tbe only amend
ment of importance attached to the
army bill was one giving two months'
extra pay to enlisted men in the regu
lar army who Hirved beyond the limits
of the United States during the war
with Spain, and one month's extra pay
to those who seived in the United
States. The disctiMion of the admin
istration's policy relative to the Phil
ippines, which has been occupying the
attention of the members to the exclu
sion of almost everything elsu during
the consideration of appropriation bills
for the last two weeks, whs contiriuwd
today, several speeches being made on
the subject.
A bill was passed appropriating
$5,000 for the investigation of leproty
in this country under a bonnl tu be se
lected by the surgeon-general. Corliss
(Rep. Mich.) stated that there were
about 300 cases in the United Stales.
ANXIOUS TO SURRENDER.
CammUilonprf From Mntolfia llapart
I(rtif-U Wrurr of tVnrfarx.
Manila, March 1. Twocoininicsion
era who returned from Maliiloa under n
flag of truce today rcpoit Unit 8,000
rebels are anxious to surrender. They
alfco express the belief that Agiiinalilo
is inclined to accept pacific overtures.
Spanish Commissioners RoAsato and
Bogoto were permitted to puss our line
to confer with Aguinaldo in reference
to Spanish prisoners at Maloloa. They
returned through the lines this morn
ing near Calocan with dispatches for
the Spaniards. They said Aguinaldo
and Sandiok are both at .Maloloa
While the Filipino; aro not yet pro
pared to surrender the Spanish priton
era, they will gladly release two
Americans who have been held for six
weeks, on payment of $30 value of food
and clothing furnished them.
Shortly afterward the rebels sent out
a flag of truce. Bornelli, Commandant
Sinforesedode Lacruse and several hun
dred of the enemy left the Filipinos lino
crying "No quere mas com bate los
Americanos mucho bono." The com
mandant said that fully 8,000 of his
men bad enough, uud were anxious to
surrender.
Among tho enemy in the junglo
many women and cbildien are visible.
A woman laid down her riflo, and at
tempted to cross with the parleyeis,
but she was eont back. Attor tho par
ley party returned to the American
lines, the enemy on tho right fired a
volley, the bullets dropping at their
feet.
SCATTERED FIRING.
Tlili Alono Dliturbei! tlis Stlllneff at
MiiiiII Sunday Nlirht.
Manila, March 1. Except lor an oc
caaional volley and eomo individual
firing by tho rebols from tho junglo
near Calocan, along tho river and in
tho vicinity of San Pedro Macati, nil
was quiet along tho outiro lino Snnday
night.
Tho enemy's sharpsliootors at Calo
can continue to annoy tho soldiors in
tho daytimo, but tho Americans no
longer pay mnoli ntotntion to them, re
serving their flro until tho robels ap
pear in tho open in sufficient forco to
justify a volley or an occasional hIioII.
During tho night timo tho men aro ao
customed to tho onomy'e aalutcs, and a
majority of them remain undisluihod,
secured by the outposts and sontrles.
NDUSTRIE8.
. . .. . I lait In Orvculi I
Hill lor THir ri"""
,' it l.aw,
Hon bill No. 1M. lnlio.ll '.r
M Zlo l the Own leUIlre
on January 18. ..J -''Jr-"-.,,;
law on February 17. VtniM l th
protection of the f.it hop ml.
irie. of the state, and the dintriMtlon
of the wtta Meeting the trees and
plant. This law hut the em orwment
of the Fruitgrowers' Cnventloti, State
Horticultuial Society 1 U"t,'
Foltowittu Is the full text ' t "
it became a law:
An aet to protect the fruit and hop
induitiy of the tt of Oregon." "
enacted by the legislative awembly of
the stale of Oiegon:
"Section 1. That It hall hereafter
1 unlawful for any peron, firm or cor
poration owni or operalintf any nur
iry. fruit orchard of any kind, hop
vards. flower gardens or ornamental
tree to thiow cuttings or pruning
from any fiuit treet. nurwry stock,
ornamental tree or Ikip vines Into
nr public road, hiijhway. Une. field
oi other inckxiure, or into any water
course of any kind; but shall destroy
such cuttings or pruning with tire
within 10 days from tbe time such
cuttings oi pruning are made.
"Sec. 2. It r-hall hereafter be the
duty of any person, firm or corporation
owning or operating any such nursery,
fruit orchard, hop yards, Ibwer garden
or ornamental tree, and knowing such
to b infected with any kind of InaeoU,
pests or diea-"e to iniine-lmtely spray
or destroy the same in such manner as
the fruit oommlwioiier of the district
may direct.
"Sec. S. It shall be unlawful for
any perKin. firm or coproralion doing
biuiiieM in the state of Oregon to wll
Paris green, arseiiio, Iomloii purple,
sulphur, or any spray material or com
pound for spraying purixnves. in quan
tities exceeding ono ihiihhI without pro
viding with each jckago mjM a cer
tificate, duly signed by the teller there
of, guaranteeing the quality and per
cunt of purity of said material.
"Sec 4. Any ixron, firm or cor
poration Milling any of the above ma
terials which do not conform with the
certificates furnished therewith shall
be de emed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
ut)n conviction thereof, shall be sub
ject to a fine of not lees than $3&. nor
more than $100.
"Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for
any iergon. firm or onrorution to im
ort any infested or diseased fruit of
any kind into the state of Oregon.
"Sec. 0. Kveiy tiorton who jwck
or preiKtres for shipment to any point
without tho state, or who deliver or
causes to bo delivered to any expres
agent or railtuad ngent. or other per
son, or to tiny trausortatloii company
or corportainn for shipment to any
point without the state, any fruit or
fruits, either fresh, cured or dried, that
is infected with insect pwtts or diieaes
Injurious to tiees, shrubs, plant,
fruits or vegetables, is guilty of a mis
demeanor. "Soc. 7. Any person, firm or cor
poration violating any of tho provi
sions of this act shall be deemed guilty
of u misdemeancnr, and npon convic
tion thereof, shall bo ptinislied by n
fine of not less than $-5 nor uioro than
$100.
"Sec. 8. It shall be tho duty of tho
commissioner of the statu board of hor
ticulture of thu district in which u vio
lation of this net occurs to present the
evhlenco of the cane to tho district at
torney, whore duty it shall he to prosu
cute any persons guilty of n violation
of this act, which prosecution shall bo
brought in any of thu justice courts of
this state.
"Sec. 9. Inasmuch as tho horticul
tural interests of the statu demand im
mediate attention HiIh act shall bu In
full force and effect from and after Its
appiovul by thu governor."
FOR FISH HATCHERIES.
I
The VHliliictMi Hrnnln rnnni nil A p.
proprlntltiii of 83(1, OUO.
In the Washington sunnto Saturday
there were passed flvo liilln appropirat-
ing n total of $20,000, establishing flail
hatcheries as follows: At Willapa
harbor, Wenatohea, Skykomish, Nook
sack and Snohomish livers.
A bill regulating the praotico of phar
macy was passed by a unanimous votol
Other bills pas60d wore: Authoriz
ing tho appointment of deputy qoal
mino inapoctor; authorizing counties to
invest the surplus current exponso fund
(this bill carries an emergency clause);
one bill was favorably recommendod.
It set tho legal rate of interest at 0 por
cent.
Governor Rogers' appointment of
Dr. J. L. Mclllhanoy, of Everott, a
member of tho stato board of heulth,
was confirmed.
Now bills introduced woio: Appro
priating $3,100 for tlio reliofof D. B.
Ward, stato immigration agont; in re
lation to tho sottlemont and reclama
tion of 1,000,000 acres of granted arid
lands, making an appropriation and
declaring an emergency; an act em
powering tho board of land commission
ers to relinquish granted lands book
to tho United States; this to apply to
lands that have boon selected, and, if
for any reason tho eolectiori failed.
Senator Preston oxplainod tho motivo
of this bill, stating that an omorgoncy
oxistoJ in consideration of recont do.
oisions by tho land department at
Washington.
Roport That Ff rolgn tJ
avo Landed at jj&r
THERE IS CONSTANT
SPANISH Ml
IKnVt.r
It 1 lUIUvutt III ni,l(
Will Altampt to Hk ik,
Amvrleau t.tnx.
XI. .1.1.1 Xf-. Hu
..i. .... VI. ..II. 11 1
I'M k VI I ,Vn hihiiiih PATH
"Tim altiiittmt I ... ..
iiih loreign waraiiti r ,j)lt-.
troop, tieneral i:. will u..3
nlla and go to Kan . 'wanti .
Mindanao." M
The government rtrf, oni&
dlspatch from (ieM-r, Uo jJl ""E
but lefune to Impnrt u contf, : IkI
The Imparolal, nut, sA
l In n pr-iiiun n ku w ino tjjjJ
situation at inniu, lavi
"There I eontUM fijhtiM 1,
thu American i) l tt.o Ti.
coursi ami tlublor(,i.ii of ti,
Have MUMHl grrat ::i;t!; (
American, who do t ut cot,cm
Iteliei that the war w ' I 1 1
deserate one. There it t!
alarm among fireir.rr n y1;
oommamler of t r forngn t
having decided to lartJ furcttlo
their subjeoU."
Dlirrixt lll In Uxhlniw
Washington, Feb. 21 Tin r,
raent otueial Here 'inx-roi t )A
tneflt in the alove lui afli i4
foreign warshii are !,kc'
tioopn at Manila. t atuh
Information, reopeciitii; H,n
i'iiillppine UUndii, are not to U
upon, they soy. as tlie irrM u
pie of Sjwln lo not hrttal to
lnte statwmenl initni jiI to tU
ml af this ootintry.
Hoch of the dispatches rtui
war deimrtment today from Oi
Otis that were made t utu;
fined to routine matten. i
tary IHig said tomgM l o lti$
word from Admiral Drwcji'a
entire day. General "ttln
(xllv statel in hit dii itc'.N
authoritit! here that he int tbt
tion well in hand, an I there ti
son to bolieve lie woui J lists u
in keeping order at Manila, Ui
croam of his troop are sUtiocI
Itabal A r rprt.
Manila, Feb. 28. 11 C
rebels concentiated In such I
near tbe Chlnene cemetrtry tt.at
McArthur ontloljwtel an itUd
asked for reinforcements. Ti
pa riles of the Twenty-third
worn sent to Calocan. an! a I
of the Twentieth regular to tU
tory, at abmit midnight, but tiit:
ed attack was not made. TI:t
after making a great nolso wiUi
oalls and yells of "viva Indr
ola." and "muoho malo Ansem
and firing volleys, diapicarc!
wood
It is believed their leaden v
ting desperate, and are alters;
forco the United Slates troop
an attack, in the hoii of
through tho Amurlcnn line. bi
rebels aro ovidently unwillinj
iMolllod when facing the Ann
It is just possible, however
they may 1k gondii into suchi
before more reinforcements arrin
Flllliuitcrliie KipilU'
Kansns Citv. Feb. 28. Tin
prints the details of an alleged I'
terlng oxiK'ditloii having for III
tho overthrow of the govcrnm
Uuateinala, in Central Atneria
ritSTrt.
EES
KuP)
8hn
llfBv
row
4m
I
cording to the story, n rejiixSi
1,000 men has been foi inert in
City, St. Louis and Chicago, anil
ond regiment has beon formedl
Kast. Two companies aro 10
Kansas City by rail, it is said, ei
to tho eceno of tho proposed Id"
via St. Louis and New Orlcis
Quatemalan named Sandoval, tl
resontativo of a former govd
Guatemala, is said to be tho or
of tho expedition, and it is stitj
the invaders are to rcceivo thei?j
grants of land and other privilrfj
tho oront of tbo suocosi of the i'
tion.
llevenuet nf tlia Ilnill.
Washington, Fob. 28. h
Secrolary of War Moiklejohn In'l
a publio statement Bhowing the '
recoipla from customs and U'l
coivod from tho several porti :
islands of Cuba ami Porto Kico
Philippines, so far as reports ltT5
rocoivod by tho war department I
the respectivo dates of occu"i
said ports by tho military foiceJ
United States to ami including
nrv fll 1ROO
In Cuba from July 18, 1808, toJfl
nry ill, 1800 (six ports not rep
for January), $1, 812,873 was rcce'
In tho Philippine islands front A
13, 1808, to Docombor 81, w
810,818. In Porto Itico from
15, 1808, to Docombor 16,
048,002.
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iunnncua. nioaraKua, ,j
Prosldont Zolova's army line cm
Oili mountain and Aguns Ca('
thus virtually tornjiunting tM "
Holds revolution.