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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1901)
! ! I 1 , H BOHEMIA NUGGET. Fabllahad Xvcrr Frldai". COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. fro OF 1 DM OUR LAWMAKERS. An JrJerallnjj Colltrilon of Items Frori Two Hemispheres Presented In Condensed Form. thi Gorerumont at Iba. buildings wens burned Viuegrn was cap- Iusurgont general taro at Cavito Viojo Germany is likely to bo involved in n tariff war with Bussia. Execution of Clilli Slu and Hsn Cheng Yu has been ordered. Tbo war department will dispatch two transports (rom Portland, Or. Colonel Robert Pollock, U. S. A., retired, died at Cornelius, Oregon. Dolnji of Importance l the Stat Capital- Bills Passed. Passed the House. IIoiiso bill 47, fixing tlio compensn. tlou of county commissioners, pnssod the iionso Weducsday. Under tlio bill passod tlio compensation of county commissioners is as follows: "That each of tlio commls.ioners of tlio county court in tlio sov oral counties within this stato shall ro celvo as compensation for each day employed in tlio transaction of county business n por diem of $3, except iu tlio counlios of Luke, Klamath, Jack sou. Yamhill, Gilliam, Coos, Curry and Douglas, where they shall rcoeivo $4 por day, nud in tlio counties of Union, Malheur, Gtant, Umatilla, Marlon ard Morrow, whero they shall recoivo $5 per day for ovory day employed in tho transaction of county business." Tho I bill exempts Multnomah county from its operations. (A $31,000 SnORTAOl! Discovered in (he Books of the Oregon Land Office. IT COVERS THE YEARS 1894 AND 1895 Total Collections In That Period Were $99,. 689.03-Only $68,739.30 Has Been Accounted For as Yet. Kitchener reports summary of large losses iutlictod on iioers up to Feb. 18. Tho draft of tho British decision on the canal question is being drawn up. Tho Nicaragua canal bill is not llkolv to bo reached in the senate tnis week. It is reported from a Deer that General turod. In the Senate. The following bills wo e passed by tho senato Wednesday: House bill 14G, to punish destruction of boundary marks on mining claims: houso bill 111, to reimburse the Second Oregon volunteers to tho amount of $13, DUO; house bill 0, Poorman's new military code; houso bill 24, amending the act for the relief of indigent soldiers; house bill 100, to protect union labels; house bill 63, consolidating tho otliccs of olerk of tho circuit court, clerk of tho county court and recorder of con source , veyancos; lioue bill 18, fixing tho A Washington mother, in a fit ol insanity, drowned her e!x childron in a well. Delaroy has been cap- timo of court in the First judicial dis I trlct; senate bill 180, rotating to tiling reports of state officers; house bill 103, to prevent coercion and intimidation of voters at elections by corporations. etc; houso bill 44, to appropriate Governor Geer, of Oregon, has signed I .n,one3r.'?' ,r.e?n. 1,5storical Jb'ooio.tJ': tho bill prohibiting nickel-ln-the-slot ! h,0D8e biH oP"l dmB i0 mnnhlnna ! plays; senate bill 232, to provide for manner of building branch Hues of rail Tho imperial odiot regarding punish- J roads; house bill 249, to fix tho salar mouta has been delivered to powers. ! ios of county judges; houso bill 311, It meets requirements. News of thp loss of the Pacific Mail steamer Rio do Janeiio caused a pro found sensation in Loudon. Dewets' commando has been routed by 1'Iunier. Forty prisoners and all of his artillery were captured. . Mrs. Louiso Dryfoos, wife of a well-1 known liquor dealer of Seattle, Wash., committed suicido by shooting herself with a 45-caliber revolver. Transport Solace arrived at San Fran cisco from Manila with six officers and .17 privates sick and wounded. She brought 13 military prisoners. John II. Mitchell was elected United States senator from Oregon, Saturday night at 12:20. It was the 25th ballot ot the day and the CSd of the session. may visit Ireland in King Edward the spring. Kitcliener narrowly escaped captnre uy in a Doers. The Yon Waldersce expedition may be abandoned. Admiral Sampson is sick at Boston, bnt not seiionsly. Northwestern Pennsylvania is being wept oy a onzzard Rockefeller has contributed $250,000 to lirown university. General Davis will take up tho dn ties of provost marshal of Manila. Lord Boberts has been offered tho lord wardenship of tho Cinque ports. Tho general agent of the Tabacaleria Company was arrested for aiding the rebels. Belgians are implicated in a plot to 1111 an American officer in the Philip piuoa. Tho Chinese have offered to com- promise, which the foreign envoys have accepted. Knmor says that Minister Wu has approached bankers in an effort to se cure $200,000,000 loan for China An eartbquako 100 miles' north of Vancouver, 13. O.. caused the crest of a mountain to slide off into Lough borough inlet. The famous observatory on the Zo burg, at which tho celebrated astrono' mera Enckola, Sack nnd Linden worked, bas boon burned increasing salary of county judgo of Malheur couuty; house bill 313, to fix salary of county judgo of Bakor county; bonfe bill 402, rotating to levy of tuxes: 2IC, to provide lor clerks of justice I courts in Multnomah county; senate I bill 173; to-authorizo a right of way for the Siuslaw, & Eastern railroad; house bill 110, now game code; houso bill 5, to fix terms of circuit court in the Second district; senate bill 210, to piohibit the sale of liquor within one mile of an operating mine; senate bill 209, to prohibit saloons within 300 feet of public schools; senate bill 197, to prevent the sale of goods in bulk to defraud creditors. In the House. Tho fallowing wero passed bv the bouse Wednesday: Houso bill 20, re pealing act prohibiting driving of stock on publio highways; bouse bill 10, providing for the erection of telephone poles on county roads; houee bill 294, constituting Vancouver avenue a county road; house bill 5, fixing the time of holding courts in the Second judicial district; house bill 202, amending act rogulating the rale ol publio lands; house bill 189. to repeal the law creating a separate hoard ol county commissioners for Multnomah, county. The house concurred in the senate amendments to house bill 110, for the protection of game. Snlom, Fob. 33. Tho discover? of it dofhlcatioti of $30,049.73 is tho sub stance of tho report mado by tho 1olnt committoo appointed to oxamino the books and aocounts of tho stato land department. Tho nllcgod misappro priation occurred in 1894 nud 1805, under tho administration of Goorgo W. Davis, as clork of tho board, it ap pears that tho shortngo was effoctod in various nmotiuts, by taking credit twico for ono payment of mouoy, or by alteriug tho book entries soas to credit tho clerk with nioro mouoy than ho had paid. Iu somo cases it is barolv possiblo that an iuuocout orror was committed, wlillo in others there is a plain alteration of tho books by eras ing one sot of figures nud wrltlug iu othors. The committoo found no orrors iu tho accounts of tho present administra tion, and so reports. The report is as follows: "We, your committee nppointod undor concurrent resolution No. G, beg leave to report as follows: "That wo have chocked up tho school funds up to and including 1804; That for the years 1804 and 1895 wo find that tho clork of tho stato land board has collected money to tho amount of $30,940.73, which said sum bas nover boon turnod over to tho state treasurer. Wn appoud n statement hereto annoxed and marked Exhibit A, showing tho amounts collected and the amounts for which tho said clork lias receipts. Tho balance, -ns shown, was nover turnod over to tho treasurer, but tho books wero balanced by a number of false entries. Tho principal cntrr credited tho school fund with $10,- 449.94 twico, when ho had but ono receipt covorlng tho amouut; another being a raise of $3,000 on a roceipt of tho treasuror, nnd n number of other credits for which ho held no receipts. ' Wo submit herewith a etatomont showing those wo have found to date. There may he others that wo havo not found, owing to limited time at our disposal, having used tho greater part of our timo before wo catno to this. 1 For tho past fivo years wo find all moneys turnod over to tho treasurer as by law requirod. Tho present ofllcars nave been very kind and obliging td'us, showing us overy courtesy possiblo, and furnishing us with all papers and books requested. In regard to invost igatlon of laud matters wo beg leave to say that our work is just fairly com mencod. This is a work ol no small magnitude, nnd reqires n vast amount of careful and painstaking work. It is a work of great importance to the state, however, and ebpuld be attended to." BENT ON LYNCHING. Officers Successfully rolled a Mob or Rail, road Men In Topeka, Topekn, Kan., Fob. 23. Tho vigil ance of the officers was all that saved "flick" Slater from lynching by an Infuriated mob tonight. Ho will yet be lynched if ho can bo found. Slatoi assaulted 17-year-old Lottie Gorhurlok Monday uvoning, and was captured by tho Topokn ollioora tho next day at Carbomlalo. This afternoon it becamu known that ho was hero, and Immedi ately tlu Santa Fe shopmen, of whom the assaulted girl's father, Gourde Gor liork'k is one, decided that ho should ho lynched. Thar at once cent a commit teo to watoh tho jail while they quiet ly arranged tho dotaila of tho expected lynching. lly 0 o'clock thoro was an angry mob of 1,000 around tho jail, demanding that tho prisoner ho delivered to thorn. A brigade of sturdy hollormnkofH, armed with heavy sledge hammers, stood ready to mnko short work of the jail In case- tho demands wero not grautod. Sliorlff Cook told tho crowd that tho prisoner had been removed .mil offorod t) lot n committoo nearer tho jail. Ten men, headed uy (iuorgo Ciorboriok, made a thorough search, hut Slater could nut bo found. They ro tnrnud aud told tho mob, but that did iiotsntlsfy thorn, and twico thoy Btartod ... I. .,!. ... itl .1 Katly in tho afternoon, tho shorlff, in anticipation of trouble, ordered n doputy to got Slator out of town. Ho was onlorod not to leave, him iu Jack sou county nor to take him to Leaven worth. Tho doputy drovo to Hoyt with Slator nnd entered a north bound Hock Island train. It is thought that Slator is now in jail in Atclileon. Tho Santa Fo shopmen aro calmly determined to lynch Slator when ho Ik brought back hero lor trial. Tlioy havo nppointod a largo vigilance committeo to bu con stantly oil tho outlook, aud vow that Slater will novor leave Topokn alivo. The shopmen havo past records iu casos of this kind. Thoy lynched John Oil pbant 12 years ago for n liko offense IHTG1D1 15 tlfCIB Twenty-Fifth Ballot Gave the Scnatorshlp. Him IIG RECEIVED JUST ENOUGH TO ELECT Republican Minority, the Maorlly ol Democrats and lew Corbett Men Were Ills Supporters. the A FURIOUS BLIZZARD. THE SIOUX MAY RISE. Thirteen negro miners wero en torn bad in tbe coal mines of the state insane asylum, two miles from Tsoaloosa, Ala., by a flood of water from an aban doned shaft. A mob took Peter Berryman, a norgo, fiom the Mena. Ark., city jail and hanged him to u treo. lie was accused of assaulting a 13 year old girl, whoso conditio.! is orltical. The jury in tho caso of tbo state of .Minnesota against Frank II. Hamilton, charged with muidoring Leonard I, Day, brought in a verdict of man slaughter in the first degree. John Hudson, tbo husband of the woman shot in tho saloon raid at Mill wood, Kan., says he knows who fired the shot that killed Mrs. Hudson, and will make his name known at tbo prop er timo. The Ballot for Senator. The ballot Wednesday for United States senator was as follows: II. W. Corbett 34; Bingcr Hermann 27; II. D. Inman. 20; George II. Williams, 2; A. G. Bennett, 1. To Prevent Hoboing. A bill to prevent persons beating their way on railroad trains was pasted by tho house Monday.- The bill was introduced by Poorman, at the request of railway employes nnd managers. It is a copy of the law now in force in Alabama, and is designed to put stop to the tramp nuisance. The result of such laws in Alabama was shown by Mr. Poorman to bo far reaching in it effect, putting a stop to car robbing ino diii was passed, tnero being no negative votes. The Taft commission code requires voters in tho Philippines to own real estate worth 00 pesos. A shea Waba, an actress, who attend ed the matinee at the Crescent the- jtter, In New Orleans, was fined $15 for refusing to remove hor hat, in vio lation of tho high hat law. Tho choir of the Messiah Episcopal church Jn New York wont on a striko bocauso tho ruinistor aroused them of iiirtlng. Passed by the Senate. The senate passed the following bills Monday: House bill 11, to authorize clerks of school districts and county judges to bid in property sold for taxes and to direot the manner in which such property may be disposed of; sen ato bill 322, to regulate surety conipan ies; by Senutor Booth, fixing the salar les of tho county treasurers of the state senate bill 227, to anthorize the cap! tol building commissioners to construct a ditch in order to seoure water for tbo state institutions. To Pay Slate Taxes Twice a Year. Senate bill 223 was passed by the senate Monday. It provides that stato taxes shall bo payable by tbo counties in two semi-annual installments. This change in the law is proposed in order to harmonize with the now law which makes taxes payable in the counties semi-annually. The Senatorial Vote. The vote for senator Monday stood: II. W. Corbett, 32; Binger Hermann, 28; R. D. Inman. 20; George II. Wil liams, 1; O. E. 8. Wood, 1; absent, 2. Oregon Notes. The record or and olerk of Washing ton county collected $211.80 in feos last month. The Itoblns saw mill, six miles east oi union nas neon loused by a man from tho East. It is announced from Hanisburg that David Busey has sold his farm on Lake Creek to Mr. Dusbee, from Wash ington. Tho consideration is said to have boon $7,000. Indians Seriously Contemplate Opening Hos. lilites.-Council Meeting Held. Omaha, Feb. 22. Information from direct sources obtained br tho World Herald, indicate that the Sioux Indians are seriously contemplating an upris ing, if demands now being formulated for submission to Washington aro not complied with. Several council meet ings have already been held, particu larly among the Ogallalln SIdux, and preparations are now being made for a great council to soloct delegates to Washington. Owing to a desire to aiold sensationalism, the gatherings of tho small councils have been given littlo notice, but the aspect is now considered grave. Recent orders of the Indian commis sioner are responsible, say tho Indians, for their attitude. Ono chief openly declares Hostilities will begin If relief is not forthcoming. Tbo trouble is over the cutting down of supplies and a claim unpaid for ceding of the Blaok Hills. An Unusual Storm Raging In Northwestern Pennsylvania. Corry, Pa., Fob. 22. In tho history of this region no storm over reached tho fury of today's blizzard. With half a dozen feot of snow on country roads and outlying districts, nud Hatch st eot buried undor 12 feet of snoiv, Corry caught about tho worst part of tbo storm. Tho Western row York and Penn sylvanla railroad accommodation train, duo here this evening, was stall ed in a drift higher than the engluo stack, while rushing down nhago grado south of this city. It was dug out with difllpulty nud ngnlu started on its procnrlous journey toward Buffalo. It probably will not get through tonight This road is operating its traius with three engines, and has thrco plows at woric on 00 miles of track. Tho worst drifts aro at Sumtnerdalo. where tbov reach a height of 20 feet in spots. On tho Philadelphia & Erio, a enow nlow jumped tho track at Jackson's, whilo endeavoring to forco its way through a Dig oriit. Mrnllio was dolavod sever al hours, tor tho first timo in many years tnis road bas been compellod to uso suow plows. Tho Eiro is also compelled to operate hastily impro vised snow plows, somothfug unheard of on the main line west of Salamanca. Tho Lake Shoro & Nickel Plate aro running thoir trains, but many hours behind timo. Denial by tl. G. Otis. Washington, Feb. 22. Statements having been published that General Harrison Gray Otis was seeking the office of pension commissioner, Gen eral Otis tonight authorized a denial of the publications, saying that thoy were without a snadow of foundation. First Mall From Nome. Seattle, Feb. 23. Tho first mail from Nome armed in Seattle at an ernly hour this morning. It consisted of Bix pouches containing about 3,000 letters. The latest left Nome on No- vembor 23. Traveling Salesman Commits Suicide. Will L. Wood, traveling salesman for a Pittsburg, Kan., meat firm, com' mittod suicide in a Parsons, Kan., ho tel. Ho was short in his account. LYNCHING IN ARKANSAS. Negro Fiend Hanged by a Furious Mob Had a Bad Reputation. St. Louis. Feb. 22. A speoial from Mona, Ark., says: A mob of eight aetormmed men took Peter Berryman, a desperato negro, out of tho city jail at 1 o'clock this morning and hanged him to a tree. Tho crime of which Berryman was accusod was an assault on a 12-year-old girl, whose condition is critical. The masked men met Night Ofllcot Jones and compelled him at tbe point of guns to hand over the keys and his revolver. Two of them were left to guard Jonos, while the others went to tbe jail and securod tho negro. About 2 o'clock thev re turned to where tho officer was boinir guaraeu. anu gave mm His keys and gun. men tbo men quietly disap pearea witnout a word. About two months ago this negro at tacked an engineer with an ax. nearlv killing him, and ho has been guilty of numerous otuer ouenses. Prompt ao tion was taken by tho authorities, but no ciew nas been found as to who are tbe members of tbe mob. New Minister From Colombia. Washington, Feb. 22. Dr. Carlos Martinez SUvoIla, the Colombian min ister of foreign affairs, appeared at the stato department today to arrange for tne presentation oi ills credentials minister of Colombia to Washinnton. ino new minister comes hero princi pally to advance thelntorestsof Colom bia in connootion with the Panama canal, as opposed to the Nicaragua route, ana tue lengtn of ills star will depend on tbe outcome of the canal legislation. Snlom, Or., Feb. 21. John II. Mitchell wiisuluetod United State urn ntor nt 1 1!:U0 this morning. It was l ho 2fith ballot ol tho day and tlio (lild of tho legislative Hesnlor. Tho romilt was leached on the inovltablo Inst bill lot, and was attended by scene of su premo uproar and enthusiasm on tbe part of tho Mltuholl JHir.li. Oil the tl tin 1 ballot Mitchell had -IU votes and Corbott 2U. Tbo senator received a minority of tho Democratic votes, and tliCMi, with tbo accessions from the Corbitt forco wero sulllclunt to oloct him. The hands of tho dock hud a heady pointed to midnight and tho chirks wore ungngi'd iu cheeking up thu mil oall. There was great excitement and loud nil In of tho name of Mitchell from tho lobby. The first deserter from tho Corbett ranks wiih Heiiienway, ol Lane. On tho previous roll call Mitchell had had 31 votes and Corbett 3tl. When his name was renchvd Homonwiiy, In tho last roll call, with out explanation, rospomlod, John II. Mitchell. Tho call proceeded to the end, and Mitchell aud Corbett worn then exactly tied, having 36 oton each. Then McQuoeno, of Lane, arose, and with a briof speech ohiingod to Mltolioll, putting him In tho lend. I la was followed by HohortH, of Wasco, who mado a short address, saying ho hud come hero with a clean con science, but he thought it his duty to oloct it konator, aud ho changed to Mit hull. Colvlg followed liiui from tho Hermann rniiks, thou came Senator Ma-sters, of l)jugla, then ThompHin, ot Umatilla, Senators liimiuick, Proeh stol, lluuio anil Hedges. Then their wan n pausj and mighty suHpciire. I'luury liuprofcoi t.iti o Butt got U)miii a chair and tried tit addrons the provi dent. Thu noiflo nnd uproar from the lobby wi ro so grout that ho could not bo heard. Ho iuqurioil if Mitchell nt that timo had n majority of tint Itopuh lican votes. There wero loud cries of "Yos," and noisy countor cries of "No" from tho Corbott rinks. Butt hosl tatod for n momont and thou rospoml ei. - won, it makes no illtlorence. change to John II. Mltcholl." Mit oil now hail 45 lotos, within ono uf tho goal. About tills time tlio Multnomn delegation got around Bopronoutativ Schumann, who had on tho 21st hallo changed from Bounott to Mr. Corbott uud demanded that ho prevent u doad lock. While tho .puh was wrestling witn tbo obstinate German. America (rom .Multnomah, Jluttnon finally jieiucilto tbo iinportiin it es of hi friends nud aroso and changed his vote to .Mitotitill. This was nil that wiu needed, nud tho crowd knew it. I'nn demouium reigned for many soconds nnd the chair mado littlo effort to cheok it. Tho clerks thou complotod mo ron nun pnsod it up to Mr. Fulton who auuouucoii mat Air. Lorhott bnn "recclvod 20 votos, Mr. Mitcholl 411 nnd .Mr. Bomiutt 10." Tho crowd went wildngalti and fratornlzed wildly witn membors. ombraclug thorn, slink ing thorn by thu hands, mid falrl jumplug up and down in thoir jov I no oustomary speech was oxnocled from Mr. Mltcholl, and thoro wero .. i i i . . uuuuriuu iiumaniis tor II I'll to OO'lie forward. Ho had been in tho lnbhv t ... . . mi mo evening wntciling tbe nrosross oi tbo voting and waiting lor his cur tiflcato of election. Ho wiih found with no great difficulty and hurried forward through tho jostling crowd. rrostdont Fulton nppolntcd Brow nell, Boborts and II. A. Smith, of Multnomah, a committee to escort the newly elected United Statos sonator in to tho assombly hall, nud amid wild cheering, waving of hats, umbrella and canes, Mr. Mltcholl rondo hi umiuuruuco. no was mot and con. grutulatod by Mr. Fulton. KOBE HOSPITAL BURNED. Twenty-One Patients Perished In the I'Uinei Eleven lnurcd anil Several Mining Victoria, II. C, Fob. 21. This itoMimir lilruiul Marti, which arrived thlH morning from tlio Orient, brought tlm iitiWM ol thu burning of tlio hospital attached to thu Kobe university. Twenty-tino patients wore burned to death, 11 Injured unit suvuial aro nil-lnir. Tim secret convention believed to have been conoluiled between ItiiMln mid China bids lair to prove a nouieo oi Mirliius trouble In the far Hunt. Tho JiipauM pleas nceiipteil the rnKirl as to the nxUtomo of a sournt Humio.CIiI nni understanding without runurva tlou. Iloth Marquis ltn and Mr. Knto, minister (or fuiol!ii affairs, havo nil mltted that thn pienent situation can not bo paxi'id over, mid lintiuotlonn have accordingly boon sent tho Japa neno ropnmuiitatlvos In Uiiiilminiul Mer lin to uncertain thn oxart views ul tint governments to which they am accred ited. 'I ho minister of foreign nffnlra has dlnpiituhoil nil nlllolal telegram to St. Petersburg, axklng for a dollnlte ru ply rouaidlng tho aliened uxlstumwi of u secret iigreuiuont. IttuMan tioopii are committing tlopru ilntliins along tho northern Iriintliirs of Conn. Thoy oltun cross thu I. union river ami loot vllhigns, carrying off valuables ns well ns grain mid cattle. Their exeum is thoy aro pursuing I'.ox ors Tho Coroau government linn loilgod a vigorous protest with thn Bus shut minister for traunuUsloii to St. Petersburg. Yueng U'uan, n Chinoso reformer, was shut down wlillo teaching an ICng Huh olais In Hong Kmw, n man sneak ing in and firing four shots, all of which took effect. Anothur reformer was shot tho previous day. HOLDINGS OP THE FRIARS. The Next Problem. Pekin, Fob. 24. A ronrosontntlve was unarmed by tho foreign miuisters today that thoy think tho gravity of mo situation is over, but it is expected that difficulties will now nrise among tnomseivos wben some of tho govern monts send their indomnity claims. and particularly is thoro nnoastnoss regardlug the attitude of Gormanv. that her claims must bo paid in cash boiore tbo evacuation takos nlaoo. Tho other ministers resent this, savins it win do impossible lor Uliina to pav, as China has not a large reserve, and tho customs rccolptsgo to par dividend upon foimor loans, and it is not nroh- ablo that she could borrow a sum of great magnitude. Union Employes Barred. A clause in Oswald Ottondorfor's will bars union omployea from a share in $00,000 loft tho forco of the New York Staats-Zoitung. Rumor of a Chinese Loan. Now York, Feb. 22. There has beon somo talk in Wall stroet of an attemnt of the Chinese govorumont to float a loan in this country of $200,000,000. Fatal Fall Down a Shaft. Seattle, Feb. 23. John Callahan, a miner employed at tne Franklin mine, was killed by a fall down a 120-foot flhnfe nn Tnendnv nlftlit ltn nw1 eral 'other workman '.worn l..l,i to meet tho oxpeusos of the Boxer up now shaft, and after a blast had boon T1'118' n(1 , to Pay Indemnities, etc. fired they advanced to tho mouth of .8a,.d "at Minister Wn has ap- the shaft to roDlaco somo bonnl.. nt. proacnou a number or bankers, and has lahan approaced too near and sllnned u88est0(1 tut would bo possiblo for in, failing foet foremost. He lived ,n0 Bov.erl,Iient guarantee tho loan four hours. f aa "creaso oi tne customs above tbe point upon which lingiuud has a lien. Tried to Bribe a Butter Maker. St. Paul, Feb. 24. A sensation croated at today's session of the Nn- tlonal Creamery Butler Makers' Asso. oiation, when W. D. Collyor, of Chi cago, ono of the Judges of tho huttnr exhibit, lodged a formal complaint with tho executive committeo charging n St, Paul butter makor with offering him a $500 bribe. The exooutive com mitteo immodiatoly wont into oxocu tivo session, and began tho examina tion of witnesses. secretary Root's Answer to a Resolution f Inquiry. Washington, Fob. 24. Secretary Itoot has mado answer to thn rewilntlon of tho Heiintu calling on him fur infor mation ns to thn extent of the holding of lauds by religious orders lb thu Phil ippines, nun as to any declaration mado by Is 1 us or obligation assumed ro spectlug tho iliMpoiltlou of these lauds. Thu cecretary, by way of aliswur, ro tor to thn iirenidoiit' Instruction of April 7, 1000, to thu Philippine com mission, dltocttng tho cominlsalon to oiideavor to liivnstlgatu thu land tltl of religious orders and to endeavor to afford juitici) nud to nettle these in iv manner to safeguard property rlghtM mid uqultloM. It is added that no ono In hohalfof tho United Statin govern ment has enturod Into any obligation otbor than that sot mit iu tho peacit treaty in regard to those lauds, nor him any policy boon announced. Thn cone mission has stilted tho mault of Its In quiries undor this Instruction in its re port, especially in tho suli'dlvlsloiis entitled, "the friars.", "publio lands," nnd "land titles nnd registration." Tho commlnnlon has especially invosti gated tho Sail Joso collrgo claim, nud refoirod it to tho supremo court of the Islands. THE CUBAN CONSTITUTION. Signed by All the Dclcjates Except Clintros the Antl.American. Havana, Fob. 34. Tho Cohan con stitution, II rat Hiibmltod by tho central committeo to tho convention at tho publio session of January 27. was sign ed today. Tho president mid vice-president signed flrtt mid thou thu dole-LMto-i. honor Cliueros created n sou- sntinn by refuntng to sign. Sovoral delegates endeavored to dissuade him from his course, but ho was Immov able. As tho delegates retlrod, Seunr Tn mayo romarkod: "Wo nro all Cu bans, Senor." and Senor Cisuuros ro- pllod: "Yos, whon tho timo comos to fight tho Amorlcans, wo will fight them togothor." Honor Capoto, presldont of tho con vention, will dolivor tho document to Gonoral Wood tomorrow. A cunv in English will thou bo sent to Washing ton. Boers Captured Foodstulfs. Johannesburg, Feb. 24, Tho Boora dostroyod a culvert between Natal Spruit and Klip river on tho railroad just south of hero, nt dawn today. Thoy captured a train load of food stuffs, nud after taking all thov could convoiiiontly carry, sot flro to tho rost ot it and disappoarod over tho voldr. Policeman Arrests Ills Son for Theft. A Philadelphia policeman rocontlw arrestod his son on a charge of theft. Movements of Transports. San Francisco, Fob. 24. A carao ol 5,000 tons of gouoral supplioa for tho army in tbe Philippines was token by tno steamer wyoliold which sailed yesterday for Manila diroot. Tho frolght transport Saoma which carried horses from this port for tho Germn.i army iu China and was later purohasod by tho United Stntos government for tho transport sorvioo, loft Nagasaki, February 18 for tliia port. Tho trans port Bufford, with retuiiiluir Volnntnnra on board, loft Nagasaki (or Snn Fran olttoo on Fobruaiy 10. To Pay Washington Surveyor. nnsmngton, i'eu. 24. Tho oommis sionor of tho general land ollloo ha recommended a deficiency approprln tlon of $201 to pay Isaao M. Onlbralth, loto doputy survoyor, for oorialn sur veys mado in tho state of Washington during tho yor 1895. Tho account like ninny othors, has boon held up by irregularities, but if. recognized us en tirely meritorious. If provision fa made for its pnymont.it will ho on one of tho gouoral appropriation bill.