JUNCTION CITY BULLETIN
AH 1SDKPKSOEST I'AIKK.
A. r. TTERWOr.TM. JR-. EHr.
Ml-H ANN IHil.KBT,
AitwUl Editor.
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MR Of I DAT
An Interesting Collection o Item From tin
Two t emishcrts Prtntcd In a
Cnn!tnd Form.
Ex-Kinj Milan it dead.
All the e loons la Topeka have closed.
The pacification of Panay is com
plete. The senate passed tbe naval appro
priation bill.
. Tbe Fbilippine tariff act baa reached
Washington.
Tbeie is no longer any don It of the ;
plagne at Cape Town.
Bids for Manila harbor imDrovemenU
will soon ie advertised I
The disorders in Madrid and other
Spanish cities continue.
The house voted to ask for a
confer- I
ence on tbe war tax bill.
Mrs. Nation says she is going on a
world tour ol "joint" smashing.
An order is being prepared for the
organization of 10 new regiments.
Tbe Mammoth has been added to the
list of Eastern Oregon pi educing mines.
A ballot box was stolen and three
were hurt in an election riot in St.
Louis.
The Chinese plenipotentaries will lie
excluded from meetings of tbe foreign
envoys. j
Tbe new regiment of the Twenty- 1
eighth infantry ia to be organized at '
Vancouver. !
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There is a lack of cordiality between '
army men aud the Philippine com- (
ruisaioners. j
Lloyd Griscom, United States secre- ;
tary of legation and charge, at Con
stantinople, is "coming iiome on leave
of absence'. He baa not resigned, as
bad been reported. i
The Ohio supreme court holds that
the state supervisor of elections (the
secretary of state) is the final judge of
. all controversies arising under tbe
electiun laws oi tho state. ,. ',
Senator Foraker bas reported a bill 1
providing U3AtayaUftncoi may be j
received at par for all government
dues, and that when once so received,
tbey shall not be again put in circula '
tion. '
Tbe followers of General Maximo j
Gomez triumphed in tbe Cnban con- j
stitutional convention. The clause
making him eligible to the presidency
of tbe republic was adopted by a vote
of 15 to 14.
Portugal, it is said, will send troops
to aid tbe British.
A good vein of coal has been located
near Pendleton, Oregon.
Fiencb troops in China disobeyed
Count von Waldersee's orders .j
Three lives were lost and four people
badly injuied in a Boston tire.
Dewet and Steyn have issued a proc
lamation saying tbey will enter Cape
Colony.
La Grande, Oregon, farmers protest
against alleged discrimination of army
horse buyer.
An unknown man at Salem. Oregon,
drove over an embankment and sus
tained serious injuries.
One British general was killed
and another severely injured in an en
gagement at Orange camp.
Colonel Albert D. Shaw, former com
mander-in-chief of G.
denly at bis home
n.y. . i
Professor Von Max Pettinkofer, the
distinguished German chemist, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
a tit of melancholy. j
Three men have been arrested at
Manila, Iowa, for tbe robbery of a !
United States Express Company's safe. !
They secured $40,000 in money and '
other valuables.
Tbe condition of ex-King Milan, of
Servia, has taken a turn for tbe worse.
Both his lings are congested, the heart
Is very weak, and bis malady lias en
tered an extremely critical condition.
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Kitchener reports that eastern move
ment of British troops bas upset plans
of Boers.
Coming marriage of Princess of As-
turias greatly displeases tbe Spanish
students.
Typographical Union No. 13, of Bos
ton, will call a strike in every book
and job office in that city in case the
waster printers refuse to sign the
onion scale at once. Tbey demand
that women typsetters shall be treated
as "journeymen compositors," ami re-
ceive the same wages as men for doing
tbe same work. t
OUR LAWMAKERS.
! Dolngi of Import! at the Sut Capital
Bills Passed.
License Bill Defeated
Senate bill IS, lor the licensing
of,
stationary engineers and p-einen
defeated Monday.
was i
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Woman Suffrage Defeated.
" An effort wa made in the house
Monday to reconsider the vote by which
senate joint resolution 71, for woman
suffrage, was defeated. The vote for
reconsideration was lost, 28 to 21.
Law Without Governor's Signature.
Governor tieer Monday filed the
barber Sunday dosing bill without
bis signature, thus completing tbe
proceedings necessary to make it a law.
As it bears an emergency clause, it
, went into effect Monday and will make
barbering on next Suuday a crime.
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Passed Both Houses.
liiu ivuuniuii uiui uai jiiskhi vuiu
bouses: House bill 3, relative to
Tk - ..11 l . I.,. . .... .. .1 t.-.U
school libraries; bouse bill 91. to pro-'
Mbit barbering on Snaday; boose bill
203, approt riation for legislative ex-,
penses and deficiencies; senate bill U
i providing for sale of school lands; sen-
bill 15, exemption of earnings of
i judgment debtors; senate bill 17. fix- lapse before the matter reaches
j ins kes of witnesses in Douglas, Jack- conclusion, by which time the Hay
j eon and Josephine counties iu criminal Pftuncefola treaty will have elapsed.
actions; senate bill 95, tlxing salary of 00 basis of the senate's amend
judge of Clackamas county. Incorpor- nienta. The British counter proposal
ation bills, Sheridan aud Whitney. i now formulating and it is hoped
j j an entirely new agreement, snttsfao-
j . Signed by the Governor. j torr to both countries, will eventually
The following bills have been signed rwhd- ' '
by tbe governor: House bill 8, amend-; Commented on In Washington.
: iug Albany bridge act; bouse bill 4,1 ,.., r,
appelating $45,000 lor Oregon agri ,h; f, "
cultural college bouse bill 25. appro- -"i, i ', ? dJ',l
-i.,n 47.BOrt to (Won state li- not had any intimation of the
i versitv: house bill 180. for uarment of
scalp bounty warrants; house bill 224,
relative to Portland tax ley; bouse bill
257, relinquishing ground to United
States for postofflce at Salem; seuate
bill 8, relative to licenses on state fair
grounds. (A law without governor's
signature); senate bill 19, to pay ex
penses of Indian war veterans to Wash
ington; senate bill 69, to submit initia
tive and referendum; senate bill 104,
removing incline at Cascade locks;
senate bill 11. to authorise Portland
to levy a special , tax; incorporation
acts for the following places: Pose-
burg, Caliyonville, Silverton,
Flsrin
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Sunrmerville, Baker City, Antelope,
Dallas, Sumpter, Myrtle Point, Med
ford.
The Vote for Senator.
The vote for senator Monday stood:
Corbett 30, George if. Williams 23,
William Smith 25, Binger Hermann,
6, not voting 1, absent or paired 6.
Aid for Orphanages.
Tbe bouse committee on corpora
tions Wednesday rendered a favorable
report on tbe bill by Holcomb provid-
ing state aid for all orphan asylums o
not to
exceed $10 per annum per in-
mate.
Bills Passed.
Tbe house Wednesday passed bills as
follows: By Mulkey, to give old bor
rowers of school funds tbe benefit of
same rate of interest as given to new
borrowers; by Smith, of Yamhill, to
amend tbe charter of Sheridan; by
and jurors in Douglas, Jackson and
Josephine counties; by Porter, to
duce the salary of Clackamas county
a s... ainn 1 l . i 1
juage iromi,auuiou, uegmmug m,
1902
Tbe senate Wednesday passed the
following bills: Senate bill No. 77. re-,
auirinsr that sentence of death be exe-
' cuted at the penitentiary, by tbe super
intendent or a warden; senate bill No.
83, relating to the proof of writings;
senate bill No. 86, to create tbe office
of state bacteriologist, witbont pay;
senate bill No. 85 relating to title of
floating logs; cenae bill No. 103, to
authorize district and county high
A. K., died snd- j BChools; senate bill No. 115, a substi
in Watertown, tut8 for the original, to fix the fees to
I be paid county clerks; senate bill No.
188, to amend the charter of Vernonia,
Columbia county; senate bill No. 192,
to incorpoiate Grass Valley; eenato
bill No. 108, to amend tbe scalp boun
ty law.
Passed by Both Houses.
Bills passed by both houses are as
follows: Senate bill 12, providing for
sale of school lands; senate bill 119,
amending charter of Sheridan; senate
'.""""' ""uavo
bill 17. fixing fees
of witnesses in
Douglas, Jackson and Josephine coun
ties in criminal actions; senate bill 95,
fixing salary of judge, of Clackamas
county.
' Signed by the Governor.
The governor Wednesday signed tbe
following bills: House bill 257. re
linquishing ground to United States for
postoffice at Salem; bonse bill 127,
amending Myrtle Point charter; house
bill . 120, amending Med ford charter;
house bill 8, amending Albany bridge
act; house bill 4, appropriating $45,
000 for Oregon Agricultural' College;
house bill 25, approprating $47,000 to
Oregon State University; senate bill
102, amending Sump tor charter; sen
ate bill 104, removing inoline at Cas
cade locks. '
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England's Action on the Nicara
gua Canal Project
ALMOST EQUALS T0 A FUT REf USAL
A Counter Proposal, Likely to Cause Extended
Negotiations, Will Soon Be Presented
Through Lord Pauncefot.
London, Fed. 11. It baa been
learned that a reply will sbortty be
sent to the Cnit d Stales Nicaragua
canal project. It will not comply
jwith the senate's demands, iicitncr
i will it l in the nature of a Hut re
( fusal, though for purposes of Immediate
j construction it a ill be tatitamouut to
: such a re fusil. It will consist mainly
j in a counter roposal or proposals,
likely to necelct extended oegotia
tions. The nature of the proposal ia
not yet ascertainable. Lord Pnunoa
,ote likely be the medium through
wmcn tne answer will ba sent and by
whom the subsequent negotiations will
n conducted. In British official opln-
,on likely that several mouths
PII the London dispatch
ays will be made in the matter of tbe
Nicaragua canal project. There is a
feeling of regret that the British gov
ernment has felt constrained to adopt
such a course, as the hope was enter
tained that the amendments to the
HayPauncefote treaty might have
j been accepted in tho spirit in which
tbey were made.
j Senator Morgan when informed to
night of the new staud taken by Great
Britain, said he believed that if Great
Britaiu has decided to take the action
j stated, it wonld crests resentment in
! lift Lunura as t . ! I. i . a
mm wjo pwupio sua
d.HtrilNt lf tlH mnvAl ext rl.ar
w - - - v-. Vl pk'vriM"
meut. He hoped it might remit in
some action on the pending bill at this
session. Senator Morgan, however,
was not willing to say what action. II
nr. he proposed to take to briug about
sncn a result.
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augges-ioo mane tonight as a
possible counter proposal by Great
Pritain was that in return for conces
sions made by ber she might desire an
open port on the Alaskan coast as an
entrance into ber gold fields in tbe
Klondike.
MORE MEN FOR KETCHENER
Reinforcements for the South African Army-
Boers Held Up a Natal Train.
London, Feb. 11. Public attention
bas again ben turned toward South
! frica by
the dispatch of reinforce-
menu and the publication of Lord
Roberts' dispatches. Humor bas been
in circulation that Mr. Chamberlain
bad reconsidered his Sooth African
policy, and was contemplating a round
j table conference with John Morley and
yi, William Vernon Harcourt. and
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tbe recflU of Sir Alfred Mimer.
Ihe appearance of the bubonic
plagne at Cape lown seems likely to
and to the difficulties of thi situation
j The authorities there have decided
I upon a wholesale extermination of
; rats. Should the flisease spread, it
i will necessitate changes In tbe mili
tary arrangements.
! Today Sir Alfred Milner makes an
I other earnest appeal to employers to
, allow as many men as possible to en
roll in tbe colonial mounted defense
forces
Tbe Boers held op a Natal mail train
near Vlakfontein. The few soldiers
on board exhausted their cartridges,
; and tne Boers then robbed the passen
gers, afterwards allowing the train to
proceed.
Transports Requlstioned.
ixindon, reb. 11. The government
bas requisitioned three Castle liners to
transport reinforcements to South
Africa. The remount department is
uncommonly itr.tiv it. auant. l,.in-
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largely m -nverai puns oi tne world.
Following yesterday's war office an
nouncement, recruiting today was
brisk. .
Wreck In a Snowshed.
Truckee, Cat., Feb. 11. Spreading
rails in tbe snowsheds Just east of Bine
canyon caused the wreck of a freight
train last night. Several cars were
piled np, part of them being thrown to
the bottom of tbe hill and demolished.
Tbe snowshed was torn np for a dis
tance of 800 feet. No. 4 Atlantic ex
press bad passed the point but a few
minutes before tbe wreck occurred.
Will Try for New Constitutions.
Alabama and Virginia will both try
for new state constitutions during 1001.
AT THE EXPOSITION.
Slates Art Alive to the Impjrtance of Making
Comprthendvs Exhibits.
The diftt-retil states and territories of
the uulon ate alive to the Importance
of the Pan-Ameriuiiu exposition aud all
of them will bo represented there in
belltting manner if present plana car
ry, as is almoat safe to say tbey will.
Iu some tnstiuicns approprlntious have
bc-r-n made for buildings aud exhildU
and there are now in various legiala
tures bills pending for appropriations.
New York state baa appropriated
$300,1 00 aud I erecting a beautiful
periuaneut building.
Illinois baa appropriated $75,000.
Couucallcut has made a preliminary
appropriation to cover the expanse of
nu exhibit aud the state board of agri
culture bus passed a resolution unani
mously asking for an additional appro
priation oi $25,000.
Massachusetts 1m appropriated $15,
000, with the expectation of au addi
tional appropriation.
Wisconsin has appropriated $25,000
and is erecting a building,
Ohio's appropriation is $30,000.
The sute is putting up a handsome
building which Is now ueuring comple
tion. llhode Island has appropriated $15,
000 with the assurauce of more if it
should be necessary to carry out the
state's plans.
, Missouri has guaranteed an appro
priation of $.5,000 to $50,000, and
within the last fortnight the Missouri
commission bas resolved to aak (or
$100,000.
Alabama proposes to appropriate
$25,000. ami a bill providing for such
an appropriation Is now pending in
the state legislature.
Georgia approptiatea ft sum neces
sary to pay the expenses of an exhibit.
est irglnla will have a handsome
building. In advance of the action of
the legislature a guarantee fund has
been subscribed by her citizens to pro
vide for a building and exhibit.
California has completed arrange
ments tor au extemdve exhibit through
the state board of trade and the lxs
Angeles chamber of commerce. The
board bas endored a memorial from
the water and forest association to the
state legislature asking that the state
make an appropriation of $500,000
equal to that given by the federal gov
ernmentto have California proiwrly
represented ftt the exposition.
' Michigan has appropriated $40,000
for a bull. ling and exhibit.
Iowa has appointed a commission of
eight. The agricultural and borticul
tnral boards are arranging for partial
nation in tho exhibits.
Oregon, Mississippi, Louisiana and
other states will be suitably represent
ed, owing to the 'great enterprise of
oltiena, who are volunteering private:
subscriptions with the intention of ap
pealing to the legislature for reim
bursement. The New England statei are com
bining for a New England buildiug
and private subscriptions are being
taken in Maine, Vermont and New
Hampshire in anticipation of legisla
tive action. Plans have been made
for a magnificent building ol colonial
architecture.
Maryland has a state commission
and the Baltimore Manufacturers' As
sociation are co-operating with this
body to raise money for representation.
In a number of states bills asking
for appropriations for exhibits at the
exposition are now pending. They are
as iollows: Washington. $50,000;
Oregon, $35,000; Idaho, $30,000 Mon
tana, $50,000; Indiana, $100,000;
Pennsylvania, $100,000; Kansas, $50,
000. In all the other states, with only one
exception, official recognition has been
given tbe exposition by the selection of
representatives, members of women's
boards of managers or commissioners
and through whose efforts legislative
action is being agitated
LOST A MILLION AND A HALF.
Glass Plant Burned In a Pennsylvania Town
The loss Is Estimated at $1,500,000.
Rochester, Pa., Feb. 1. The town
ot Hochester, on the Ohio river, about
25 miles from Pittsburg, today suffered
the greatest fire iu its history. The
loss is estimated at $1,500,000. The
fire started just after midnight in the
copper department of the National
glass plant, the largest tumbler plant
in the world, located outside Hoches
ter. The night e-nployes turned out
with their own hose and endeavored to
subdue the blaze, but a strong west
wind was blowing and the flames soon
spread to the packing department.
The plant occupied sevoral acres of
ground end employed 1,500 persons.
The fire departments of nearby towns
ware called upon.
Millions for Automobiles.
It is estimated that dnrlng the first
five years of this.centnry the enormous
sum of $100,000,000 will be expended
by pu chasers of auotmobiles. , It re
mains to be seen, if the prophecy
cornea true, what style of 'vehicle will
secure tbe bulk of the business. At
the Pan-Ainerioan exposition all stylet
of automobiles will be exhibited, and
then we may be in beter position to
judge of the respective merits of the
various makes and methods of opera
tion. i
Exiled Ruler of Servia Passed
Away at Vienna.
NEITHER filS VII E NOR SON THERE
He Retained Possesion of (lis faculties Until
Within Quarter of sn Hour of Hli Death
Body to be Interred In Slavonla.
Vleuoa, Feb. IS.-Kx-Klng Milan,
of Servia Is dead, lie passed ft sleep
night and was suable to take suffi
cient nourishment. Tbe remain will
be interred at Kronchol, a sacred
iiionaslio shriue Iu Syruila, Slavonla,
with the honors due a member of the
reigning dynasty.
The illness began with inftueusa.
Milan left his bed too quick lj, aud tbe
result was pneumonia. The doctor
also found laty degeneration of tbe
heart, which was tbe actual cause of
death, as tbe danger immediately at la
ing from tbe luug trouble bad been
overcome, rearlug a latal Issue, the
doctors caused messages to le aent
King Alexander and ex (Juren Natalie,
but although Milan desired to see
them aud himself sut messages re
questing their pretence, neither came.
Natalie's reply, which was to the ef
fect that she would come If her pres
ence was really desired, reached hint
just before death.
Kmperor Frauds Joepb, who sent
an aid-de-camp to the deathbed, has
ordered a military funeral, as Milan
was formerly the colouel of an Austrian
regiment. It was Milan's written
wish that he should be buried a Hvr
mia. lie said be had been greatly
disappointed at the absence of bis son,
whose ingratitude bas provoked much
comment in Vienua. According to
the Neue Freie I'resse, he said to hie '
physician: "1 feel that 1 must die,
but it is very sad to be coin pel ld to
die at 47."
Kx-KIng Milan, who was ,born In
1854, abdicated the throne in lavor of
bis ton, Alexander I, March 6, 1889.
The tdrcumstanree that coin jxi limit be
king to abdicate arose from tbe policy
that be bad pursued at tbe beginning
of bis reign, both in domestic and for
eign affairs. The new Seivlan consti
tution was adopted by the grand kop
slitiua January 2, 1899, bv a majority
of 491 votes against 75. The miuUtry
of Nlkol Cristlcb resigned. The king
was unwilling to appoint a radical
cabinet, and, applied first to, Jovii
Itlstlcb, but could not induce that
statesman to form ft cabinet. Ihe
radicals refused to take Olllce unless
Tuschnovicli. revolutionist, who bad
been condemned to death for participa
tion iu tbe llmok valley tprisln ,
should bo given the portfolio of the in
terior. The king's throne was at stake.
He determined to appoint liberal pre
fects aud sub-prefeuts, and attempted
by pressure on the people to bric in
a liberal majority in tne elections in
tbe autumn. The radicals became en
raged at the determination to exclude
them, from cilice. Cristich was un
willing to play so dangerous a gamo,
and told King Milan that it was im
possible for him to remain m office.
Milan abdicated the throne in the pres
ence of the miulsters and chief digni
taries, and the members of the diplo
matic body assembled In the konah to
celebrate the anniversary of the elec
tion of Servia into a kingdom in 1882.
On being promised a liberal yearly al
lowance, he jrood In 1888 to go into
perpetual cdiu. It was decidod that
tjueen Natalie should likewise live
abroad. Queen Natalie, however,
came back, and was only expelled af
ter desperate resistance on the part of
her adherants in 1891.
The Tax on Banks.
Washington, Feb. 13. Senator Aid
rich today sent the following dispatch:
"Mr. A. B. Hepburn, chairman Ameri
can Association of Bankers, Chase Na
tional Bank, New York City: Am re
ceiving a large number of letters from
banks throughout tho country, sent in
response to request issued by your sec
retary, demanding that the tax ou
bank capital shall be entirely lemnved.
The house retained the entire tax and
tlib seuate ban reduced one-half. No
action is possible in conference except
to agree to either tho bouse or' the sen
ate provision or to adopt some compro
mise between tho two. I hope this
statement will save the members of
yonr association and the member of
the finance committee much unneoia
ary correspondence. "
Pnrchaslnj for Morgan. ,
Ironton, O., Feb. 13. Col. E. J.
Bird, Jr., late superintendent of the
Martin Iron & Stool Company, Is here
representing J. P. Morgan & Co., for
the purchase of the plant of the Hang
ing Bock Iron Company, the Polfonta
Iron Works Company, the Kelly Iron
& Nail Company, tbe Martin Iron &
Steel Company, the Norton Iron Works
Company and the Ashland Steel Com
pnny, AshlanJ, Ky. If the deal is
consummated, other plants will b
rooted here.