Bohemia Nugget
Mwsyot IBsV
OOTTAGB GROVE. . . OREGON.
NEWS OF THE WEEK'S
la a Condensed Form for Oar
Easy Readers.
A Returns of tha Lets Important but
Not Lets Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Muniipnl ownership has suffered a
blow in the London eieevtione.
The Interstate Commerce commission
is considering plans to curb llairiman.
San Francisco authorities are pn' par
ing to seize the water plant as city
property.
The house has passed a bill prvilinir
for three-cent fiues in the District of
Columbia.
Jerome is striving to send Thaw to
the insane asylum without the case over
going to the jury.
Charges are made in Salt I-ake that
the police fore, inecluding the chief,
Stood in with gamblers and thieves.
Congress has made big appropriations
for officers, quarters, barracks and sta
bles at the Vancouver and Bohe army
posts.
Butte people are finding how difficult
It is to get along without a paper.
None have been issued in that city
since February 12 and the city is dead.
There Is no hope of saving the steam
t Corona, which lies on the rocks at
Eureka. An effort w ill be made to get
the cargo off before the vessel goes to
pieces.
Harriman says if he were to build
and run railroads on the same princi
ple the Tana ma canal is being dug a re
ceiver wculd soon be in possession of
his property.
The Nebraska legislature lias passed
an anti-pass bill.
The British premier favors action on
disarmament at The Hague.
Reform of land laws will go over to
the next session of congress.
Russian terrorists have planned a
wholesale massacre of officers.
The president may create many for
est reserves before the new law takes
effect.
Forty-two Greek laborers were in
jured in a smashup of a construction
train on the Salt Lake road at Leith,
Nev.
Railroads affected by the 2-cent pas-,
senger rate laws passed in several
states will combine, to carry the fight
into the courts.
Fighting between Nicaragua and
llonduras is now general. The former
seems to have the advantage, though
Salvador is helping Honduras.
Sylvester R. Rush, of Nebraska, ha3
been appointed special assistant to the
attorney general. He is to ha,e charge
of the land fraud inestigations in the
Northwest. He has had much success
in convicting land thieves in Nebraska.
Chinese famine sufferers are dying
by thousands.
Hill has purchased the Astoria fc
Columbia River railroad.
A number of senators and representa
tives will isit Hrwaii this summer.
General Koslevekj was assassinated
after joking about threats made to kill
him.
The National Arbitration an! Peace
congress will meet in New York April
14 to 17.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root have been asked to urge the peo
ple to help the Russian famine suffer
ers. A Baltimore & Ohio express train
was wiecked near Connellsville, Pa.,
and two persons killed and eight in
jured. The Iowa legislature has adopted a
resolution calling on congress to call a
convention to amend the constitution
bo that United States senators may be
elected by direct vote of the people.
The San Francisco water board has
revoked the franchise supplying the
city w ith water on the ground that the
company has been collecting excessive
rates. The property is estimated to be
worth $5,300,000.
The French accuse the church of hav
ing meddled in politics.
The St. Paul railroad has stopped all
improvements till popular wrath cools.
Sixteen children and their teacher
were burned to death in a Montreal
school.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia nar
rowly escaped being blown up by a ter
rorist bomb.
Stoessel is called a coward by Smir
noff, one of the generals at Port Arthur
during the siege.
Fire at Los Angeles destroyed proper
ty valued at $200,000. Firemen rescu
ed 12 people from the flames.
The English parliament will arrange
a loan of $5,000,000 for Kingston, the
money tc be used to rebuild the busi
ness portion of the city.
George Von L. Meyer, former Ameri
can ambassador to Russia, has returned
to tne United States to becc me post
master general in President Roosevelt's
cabinet.
MUST NOT OWN PROPERTY.
California Legislature Passes a Bill
Against Orientals.
Sacramento, Cnl., Mar. 1. The low
er house of the legislature Uxhxy passed
n MVtHM'ing nnti-Jaiwiese and anti-
""hinose measure, Introduced bv Assem-
lynian Prow, of Fresno. The bill is
known as the "nnti-nllcu property
holding bill." It is aimed at (he
Japincsc and Chinese property owners
in this state and Is Intended to prevent
them fiom acquiring and owning prop
erly fur a longer period than live years.
. In urging the jvissage of the bill
Drew stated that since January 1 of
this year one-third of the property
transfers in Fresno had been to Japan
ese. The bill provides that any alien who
dHs not Ixvomo a citizen of the I'nitod
States shall acquire and hold tit le to
land in this state for not more than
live years. If within that time the
alien does not Invome a citizen, the
district attorney shall compel the sale
of his land or houses. Japanese ami
Chinese are not specifically named, but,
as they cannot Untune citizens, the
bill is aimed directly at them and pre
cludes them from owning property for
more than five years. The measure
also provides that no ;ontract, agree
ment or lease of real estate for a long
er period than one year shall U made
to any alien and any lease, agreement
or devise of real estate made to any
alien for a longer period shall le null
anil void.
The impression is given out that if
the bill reaches the govenor he will
sign it.
LABORATORY FOR NORTHWEST.
Agricultural Department Will Estab
lish One Soon.
Washington, March 1. In the near
future the department of Agricultuie
will locate a pure food laboratory in
some Northwestern city and make it
headquarters for the examination of all
food products imported into that section
from abroad. Investigations are now
being made to determine whether it
shall be located at Portland or Seattle.
Senator Bourne is urging the depart
ment to locate the laboratory in Port
land, but before this can be done Port
land must convince the department
that its food imports exceed those of
Seattle, or else offer advantages in the
way of quarters that cannot le obtained
at Seattle. The department desires to
loci te the laboratory in i public build
ing. It is of the greatest importance to
Portlar d to make a creditable show ing,
for if the laboratory is located there
rather than at Seattle, it will have a
tendency to increase importations of
food products at that port, where they
can be properly examined, rather than
at other ports where there would neces
sarily be delay.
Mr. Bourne is looking to the chamber
of commerce to support him in his
efforts.
STICKS TO HERMANN.
Former Private Secretary Says Good
Things for Defendant.
Washington, March 1. The prosecu
tion in the trial of Representative Her
mann consumed today in a futile at
tempt to breakdown the evidence given
yesterday by hlhott P. Hough, former
private secretary to the defendant
which was most favoiable to Hermann
Hough had leen put on the stand by
the prosecution with the expectation
that his testimony would le damagin
to the defendant, and District Attorney
Baker was incensed that he should give
evidence so much in Hermann's favor
as his statements yesterday that Her
mann and John A. Benson, who is un
der indictment for alleged land frauds,
were not good friends; that, if official
letters got into Hermann's private
books it was through his fault; and
that it had beer the custom of all out
going commissioners previous to Her
mann s time to take their private let
terpress copybooks with them.
ChristTian II. Mullerand Alexander
E. Foster, who hail been messengers in
the land office under Hermann and who
destroyed the lettei press copybooks by
his ireciton, testified to the part they
had played. Mr. Muller received an
order from Hermann three weeks be
fore the latter retired to take the letter-
books, about 35 in number, from Her
mann s private room.
Beatty to Continue Duties.
Boise, Idaho, March 1. "In answer
to a telegram received from the attor
ney general asking me to w ithhold my
resignation for a time," said Judge J.
H. Beatty, of the United States District
court, today, "I sent a telegram stat
ing that I would willingly continue the
duties of my office until after the March
term. If by that time my successor
has not been named, I shall probably
urge the people in Washington to push
matters." The telegram to Judge Beat
ty arrived some days after his resigna
tion had started for Washington.
Stands by Wickersham.
Washington, March 1. It was an
nounced today that the president would
not send the nomination of Judge James
Wickersham for the judgeship in t
Third Alaska district to the senate this
session, but will trive him a recess an-
,
pmntment. As soon as circumstances
will permit, a suitable person will be
sent to Alaska for further investigation.
This action was determined on at a con
ference between the president and At
torney Oeneral Bonaparte.
Favors Philippine Bank Bill.
Washington, March 1. The house
committee on insular affairs today de
cided to make a favorable report on the
Philippine agricultural bank bill as
passed by the senate.
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Saturday, March 2
Washington, March 2. The h use
devoted most of Its time today to con
sidering the rcuatc amendments to the
sundry civil and agricultural appr 'pri
atiou bills. The senate ametidm Mils
to the nindrv civil bill directing the
department of Commerce and l.abor to
make an investigation of (lie indmtiial
co ulit ions of female and child lnl or,
relating to a further examination of
black sands, appropriating $12.".tHH
for the trnsportation of silver dollars
were disagreed to and a further confer
ence ordered, the niglit session msuhi
until 1 :25.
Washington, March 2. By a r U call
vote of t'2 to 1 , the senate todav in
structed its conferees uihui the pension
appiopriatiou bill to insist on retaining
the IS pension agencies throughout" the
country. The house abolished all ex
cept the one in Washington.
1 he senate today pissed the deficien
cy appropriation lull i no tun carries
slightly less than $40,740.lH0. It whs
amended by the senate by the inclusion
of sevreal provisions aggregating $SO0,.
000, among which is an item of $15,
0l0 to reimburse Senator Smoot for his
tight to retain his seat.
Friday, March I.
Washington. March 1. It has been
years since the house was the scene of
so general a nail le nenvoen iwo great
parties as took place today over the
ship subsidy bill. The bill was passed.
but not until it bad toen dotetitoil,
and this fact in itself shows how close
the alii gment was.
Immediately after the first lal!ot dis
cuss ions began and on the final vote to
pass the bill as amondmod the work
done bv the Republican leaders during
the heat of the battle was made mani
fest. The bill was passed, 155 to H'..
Washington, Man-h 1 . The dena
tured alcohol bill passed the senate to
day by a vote of 05 to 1. Pet t us of
Alabama cast the negative vote. This
action was taken after the committee
amendment requiring the presence f a
government storekeeper whenever alco
hol is lieing manufactured had been de
feated by a vote of 47 to 10. The bill
as passed contains a senate amendment
permitting rum to lie denatured. Con
sequently the measure must le returned
to the house for action. The bill is
intended to make it possible for a farm
er to establish stills of limited capacity
for the manufacture of alcohol to be de
natured. Thursday, February 28.
Washington, Feb. 2S. The senate
today passed witlfout division the bill
extending government aid to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition to be held in
Seattle in 1900 and debated for several
hours the denatured alcohol bill, reach
ing no conclusion on the latter measure.
The conference report on the army
appropriation bill was presented and
by the senate's receding on the point
in controversy its provision for the
retirement of jay musters' clerks a
complete agreement between the two
houses resulted.
Washington, Feb. 28. Central de
bate on the ship subsidy bill in the
house teminated at 2:15 p. m. today,
whereupon the bill was read under the
five-minute rule for amendments.
From that time until the recess at C,
o'clock amendments were offered and
the discussion proceeded thereon. The
leaders on both sides were drawn into
the debate.
Bv a vote of 112 to 127 the house do-
feated an amendment offered by I.it
tauer excepting the Sierra, the Sonoma
and the Ventura, of the Ocaonic line,
from the operation of the provision em
powering the postmaster general to
make contracts with citizens or itie
United States for carrying the mails on
steamships. This was regarded us a
test vote in relation to the I'acitic
lines.
Wednesday, February 27.
Washington, Feb. 27. After listen
ing to an argument by Patterson oi
Colorado in favor of government owner
ship of railroads, the senate today
agreed to the conference report on the
river and harbor bill. Protests were
made against the reduction from $050,
000 to $250,000 of the amount for Im
provements in the Mississippi river be
tween Cairo and St. Louis by Hopkins,
Cullom, Stone, Allison and Overman.
The smaller amount prevailed.
Washington, Feb. 27. Humphrey of
Agree on Appeal Bill.
Washington, Feb. 27. The coner-
ence report on the bill regulating ap
peals in criminal prosecutions to per
mit appeals by the government, as
adopted by the senate today, allows
writs of error within :50 days on ijehait
of the United States in the District
courts direct to the Supreme court or
tho United States on all criminal de
cisions on demurrers to inaici menus
or arresting of a judgment of convic
tion for insufficiency of the indictment,
where decisions are based on tho in
validity or constuctlon of the statutes.
Major Goethals' Record.
Washington, Feb. 27. Major U. W.
Goethals, named by the president as
chief engineer of the Panama canal,
was graduated from West Point in 1H80
and after two years at the engineirs
school at Willets Point, N. Y., was for
two years on the staff of General No'
son A. Miles as engineer officer of tne
department of the Columbia, and in
numerous other positions. He was a
chief engineer of the army corps during
the war with Spain.
Washington held the center of the stage
for a eonsldeiablU' time today during
tin debate lu the house on the ship sub
sidy bill, lie had a hot exchange of
compliment w ll h Sullivan of Massa
chusetts aUmt tho attitude of the Dem
ocrats on the Japanese controversy.
lie said he would not vote to report
any bill that would not provide that
the llag shall go to the Philippines.
I le charg'il the Democrat ic irty with
trying to keep this country fioiu hold
ing communication with the Philip
pines "in order to bring dl-giuco upon
our administiation of those Islands,
They hope to inveigle us into a war
with Jaun, to make us mo weak that
Japan will attack us, and then they
Itope to ride itb power over their coun
try's disgrace," he said.
Tuesday, February 20.
Wnshingbn, Feb. 20. The senate
today passed the sundry civil appro,
priatioti bill carrying $1 14.57S. Sdl, an
increase of over $10, 000,000 as com
jwtrcdwith the house bill. It also
passed the Aldrich currency bill by a
vote of 43 to 14.
The currency bill authorizes the issu
ance of $10 gold certificates, t the end
that the $ltl greenbacks may be broken
up into $1, $2 and $5 bills, for which
there is a great demand. It also au
thorizes the dctosit of customs receipts
in national bunks, as internal revenue
receipts are now deposited. It raises
from $11,000,000 to SO, 000,000 the na
tional lunik circulation that may U re
t;red in any one month.
Washington, Feb. 2(5. licticrauV
hate on the ship subsidy bill eoutiiiued
throughout the day in the house. The
rule limiting the geneial dclnte to five
hours was by unanimous consent
amended so that geneial delude shall
run through tomorrow, with anight
session from S o'clock until 11 o'clock,
when the delude will terminate. Mr.
(irosvenor was the princijial champion
of the bill
The conference reports on the fortifi
cations and the omnibus revenue cutter
bills weie adopted. The onfercnco
reports on the army and liver and hur
lor appropriation bills were presented.
Monday, February 25.
Washington, Feb. 25 The senate
today passed the agricultural appropri
ation bill, carrying nearly $1H,IKKI,IHI0,
with an amendment providing thai
forest reserves in certain Western
states shall not be created or enlarged
without an act of congress, the post
office appropriation bill, carry ing $210,
000,000; the jicnsion appropriation
bill, carrying $145,000,000, and the
bill authorizing the establishment of
an agricultural bank in the Philippines
Bv a vote of 4.'l to 10 the senate to
night ratified thu Santo Domingo
treaty. This was one more vote in
the affirmative than was required.
Washington, Feb. 25. Ship tulidy
secured a marked imiMtus today in the
house, which, just U'fore adjournment ,
adopted a rule that will probably in
sure the jmssage of the Littauer sulmti
tute for the senate bill and result lx
fore the final adjournment in positive
legislation.
The rule was reported by Dalzell in
the shars? of a resolution providing that
the compromise bill shall be consid
ered, with debate limited to five hours,
and that the final vote shall be taken
not later than next Friday afternoon
at .'5 o'clock. The rule was adopted by
a vote of 158 to 122, 24 Republicans
voting with tho Democrats in opposi
tion to the rule.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was adopted, as was
the conference report on the bill pro
viding for the allotment and distribu
tion of Indian tribal funds.
Retain Foreclosures Ten Years.
Washington, Feb. 20. The Ilgo
argicutlurul Philippine Imrik bill, as
passed by the senate, contains an
amendment suggested by Culberson re
quiring that the bunk may not hold
lands which it has acquired on mort
gage foreclosure longer than ten years.
Telephone for Lifesavir.
Washington, Feb. 27. Senator Ful
ton has secured tho adoption of an
amendment to tho sundry civil bill ap
propriating $5,000 for a telephone line
from the Umpqua lifesaving station to
the mouth of the Siuslaw river, also
$20,000 for rebuilding the lighthouse
at Cape Arago.
Beatty Will Hold Over.
Washington, Feb. 27. Judge Beatty,
of Idaho, lias boon requested to remain
on the bench to hold the March term
of court, which means that his resigna
tion will not bo accepted until after
congress adjourns. It is understood
that this arrangement is made so that
the president, in making the selec
tion of a new judge, may have tho
views not only of Senutor Ileyburn, but
of Senator Borah. No recommendation
can properly be filed until Judge Beat
ty 's resignation has been accepted. Tho
president wants to get the right man.
Smothers Piles' Pet Bill.
Washington, Feb. 20. There Is trou
ble ahead for Reresentative Cushman,
because ho today defeated the pet bill
of Senator Piles, authorizing tho ap
pointment of an appraiser of customs
for Puget sound. The bill passed the
senate and was called up in the house,
when a motion was made to attach an
amendment removing the office of col
lector of customs from Port Townsend
to Seattle. Mr. Cushman objected,
and the bill was put aside.
LET NO CONTRACT.
President Decides to Let Army En
gineers Dig Canal.
Washington, Feb. 27. P.y an order
addressed to Chairman Shouts of Ihe
Isthmian Canal commission today,
President Roosevelt, as far ns lay in
his )ovcr under existing law, trans
ferred to the engineer branch of tho
army the responsibility for the fuither
construction of the Pinmnia canal, lie
also formally recorded the abandon
ment, for the present at least, of the
projet t of having the canal work done
by uuitract on the percentage system.
Another feature was Ihe announce
ment of the resignation of John F.
Stevens ns engineer in chief of canal
construction. Mr. Shouts is in New
York, where ho will tomorrow preside
at a meeting of the directors of the
Panama Kn iln.n l company, of which
he is president, ii i it I will formally re
sign that oll'ne
The president intends thai there
shall Is' an entire reorgani.at ioji of the
commission with three army ollieers of
the engineer corps as its lending mem
beis, who are to have charge of the en
giueeriuu' h'ultires of the canal work.
The chairman and engineer in chief of
the commission will be Major (i. .
(ioethals. 1 1 is a-sociatcs will be Major
Dull, (iaillard and Major William 1..
Siebert, to rank ill t he order named.
These ollieers are nil comparatively
young, ambitious ami energetic.
Senator Joseph S. C. Itlitckhutn, of
Kentucky, who will retire from the
United States senate on March 4, is to
be made a member of the reorganized
commission.
HELPED LAND THIEVES.
Informer About Frauds Betrayed by
Hermann.
Washington, Feb. 27. Interest In
the trial of Representative Hermann
mis revived today by the introduction
in evidence of letters written him In
1!H1 by Benjamin T. May of lit
(iiandc, lull ill j his attention to specific
land fmu. Is in O.-cgon and a later letter
criticizing Hermann for omitting to
make an invest igal ion id tin alleged
frauds, and also for having made know u
to interested mrtics the name of the
Informer.
Alter their identification by May,
the letters were read to the jury. The
first was from May to Hermann and In
formed him that sawmill owners were
securing title to public land in the
Blue mountains by fraud. Their plan
was to get an employe to file on a c r
lain trai t ami, when t he claim was
pioved up, the employe was to deed the
proH'tty over to them and receive $'
for his work, due firm kept a inuu
employed to look out for the best Mill
iter land and to secure it in this man
ner fir his firm, lu the year pteceding
the writing of this letter May charged
that this firm had placed on record
about til) deeds secured in this manlier.
May concluded his letter w 1th the state
ment that he was a jxior laborer ami
had no ax to grind and only desired to
keep out laud grubbers.
HARRIMAN EXPLAINS.
Tells Interstate Commerce Commis
sion a Few things.
New York, Feb. 27. An asset tion by
F.. 11. Harriman that Stiiyvesunt Fish
was dejsised from the presidency of the
I lliuois Cent ral because of misconduct
us to the funds of the company was a
leading feature of today's session of the
Interstate Commerce commission. Mr.
1 la r i i ii hi n was the only witness of Ihe
ilttj, the events brought out by his tes
timony making the hearing a mi mor
able one.
Other features of Mr. llarriinan's
testimony follow:
A continued refusal to answer ques
tions relating to Individual stock trans
action. Kxplanutinns of tho transfer of IIOO,
000 shares of Southern Pacific stock to
William (i. Rockefeller during the at
tempt of James R. Keene to secure con
trol of the roud and of the delayed an
nouncement of the dividends on Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific.
Attempts of the government to show
that the Union Pacific charges unfair
rates, stilles competition in the vast
territory traversed by its lines and its
dividend of 10 per cent and its expend
iture of $240,000,000 on Is'tterments
came from an unfair loll on its patrons.
Miners Vote for Advance.
But to. Mont., Feb. 27. Tho vote of
the Miners' union on the increase of
wage scale resulted 2,340 in fnvoi ami
1,008 against, the new scale of $4 to
take effect May 1. Many miners did
not vote. The mines of Butte w ill con
tinue in operation, notwithstanding tho
demand, but development work in all
of tho Amalgamated properties will
ci-ase. Ollieers of tho union ure em
phatic, however, that there will he no
strike. Companies will dovote all time
and energy to taking out ore und mak
ing copper. ,
Returning to Coal for Fuel.
Piltsburu. Feb. 27. The Southern
Pacific Railroad A Steamship Co. und
the St. Louis Otis company have con
tracted with the Monongahela River
Con 1 A Coke company for $1,000,000
worth of coal. The largest contract
was secured from the Southern TiiciHc
com any, w hich contracts for 250,000
tons to be delivered at Its wharves at
Now Orleans Tho order means a he
inning of tho end of oil as fuel in New
Orleans.
Two-cent Fare Is Law In Indiana.
Indianapolis, Feb. 27. The governor
toilay signed the 2-cent railroad fare
ai t. It has no emergency clause, and
go s Into effect with the publication of
the new laws about May or June.
ALL BUTONE SAVEO
Steamer Corona (iocs on Rocks
0(1 Eureka, California.
VESSEL IS A HOPELESS WRECK
Hinh
Sua
Have
Running and
Hard Task to
Doomed Ship,
Llla-savers
Reach
Mtirckn, March 2. The hleamer
Corona, Captain Boyd, considered the
lust Isiat inthe Pacific Const Steam
ship eolnniny's scivioo between this
city and San Francisco, lien straddling
the north jetty on the Humboldt bar,
a hopeless wreek . The Corona, with
neatly 100 pas-engers ulsiard, sltiick
at III: 10 o'clock yesterday inoi niiik', us
: Captain I 1 was attempting. Intlie
teeth of a st inging w ind and a terrific
bur Hood, to dl h e hel Into poi .
The usual scenes attendant upon u
shipwrtvk followed. 'Ihe jvis-eiigers
rushed into the social ball. Some of
ihe women were hysterical and some of
the men were (mlsnd with fear, bid
reassuring words from lie co w , !
Some of the calmer pu-sei
calm. Thereafter the I
.f- I , n:gid
' I
seniiiled Upon I he till . i ' e
where they remained u '!
work was undertaken iii '.I. ait.
Soon after t lie shin st riM'U . i 1
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ri .i ii
rno hi
eat. :
charge of IJuitrtc rmute r (mini,
lowered awav. It culita lei1 Ut
the crew and three stccra a.- i 'M.
This bout ea'sied at onci ,i. the b II
ing surf and II. Frrickson, a Swrde,
was dr-w ned. iunn and the otheis
Mici 'ceiled ill leaching shore, tln life
saving crew under Captain llrnnig
having come to their assistance.
A sM'otid lxut, in charge of Second
Ollicer H. V. Jocim, was put oft.
Pa lly fluttered and leaking like a sieve,
this Ismt reached the shore. Mran
wlnlc, T. F. Solliern, nL'hl salis.n
watchman, formerly a mat ine in the
United States navy, stripped to the
waist and attempted to ciiriv a lino
ashore. The small line he bad tied
lilsmt his waist parted, however, beforn
he had gone fur. Scthern was picked
up by the life-savers. Seveial attempts
were made to sll'xit II I i lie a I .oil I I with
the I.yle gun, hut each time the line
fell far short .
Finally it was divided by Captain
Ilennig and the life-savers to go out In
the billows, and they made lis fllllnlit ii
vovatfe as ever men undertook, finally
reaching the side of Ihe Corona and
picking up the line.
Within a short time after the Corona
st ruck , new s of t he accident w as com
municated to I 'hi e). u and seveial thous
and people during I ho day went to tho
bench opposite the wreck to watch Ihe
Work of rescue. Several inisilii'essful
attempts were made to work early in
tbeilav, hut it was not until 4:50
o'clock in the afternoon that Captain
Ilennig und his men worked effectively.
SAYS SLNATfc WAS BOUGHT.
Story About Caune of Spanish War
Excites Span.
Madrid, March 2. A sensation has
been caused here by t he political ion of
a story credited to the Diaro do la Ma
rina, of Havana which purports to
show by documentary evidence that tho
I'nibsl Stall's congress was bought in
1HH7 hyToinas Kstrada P.tliiui to insure
war Is'ing declined against Sjaiii. Ac
cording to the Havana newspaper,
bonds to Ihe value of $.'S7,0oo 000, re
deemable when Cuba should become
independent, were issued In Washing
ton to scmiti rs and a contract exists
which contains phraseology like that
of the joint resolution of April, IKHH,
voted by congress. The article suvs
further that Ihe value of the ImiihIs
fell heavily in 1K!0, and therefore a
new contract was made between Palma
and the American senators. Count
Salaar, minister of foreign affairs, has
telegraphed to the Spanish representa
tive at Washington for the fullest in
formation. Japanese Crtlsers for Jamestown.
Yokohama, March 2. The Japanesn
cruisers Tsiikiba ami Chitose left at 11
o'clock this morning for .himcstow n,
Va. Naval Minister Vice Admiral
Saito. Admirals Togo, Itc, Inouye, tho
naval attache nt the American embassy,
Consul (ieneral. Miller and local Jap
anese officials wero present upon tin
occasion. The emperor and crown
prince sent special aides do camp with
a farewell message to Admiral Ijuin on
the flagship Tsukilsi. The pier, which
was decorated, was lined with an in
terested but undemonstrative crowd.
Congressmen to Visit Panama.
Washington, March 2. . parly cor.
sisting of Speaker Cannon, Somite r
Curtis, Representatives Tawnoy, Mir
nesota; Iiudeiislngor, New Jersey;
Sherman, Littauer and Olcott, Niw
York; McKinley, Illinois; Moore,
Pennsylvania, arid L. W. Bushey, sec
retary to Speaker Cannon, will sail
from New York on March 5 for a cruiso
to tho West Indies, South America, tho
Panama canal and Cuba. Tho parly
will bo absent one month.
New Treaty Causes Uproar.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., March 2. .
There is intense excitement in Santo
Domingo regarding the new American
Dominican treaty. Tho ministers de
mand the withdrawal of Senor Velas
quez' portfolio or that the president ac
cept their resignations.