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An JrJerallnjj Colltrilon of Items Frori
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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
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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.
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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.