The Santiam news., February 17, 1899, Image 2

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NEWS
SALEM LEGISLATURE.
Th« Speniah government baa dsan i«d
Sol to sell tb« Carolina telanda.
The «eerstary of war b«« given or-larv
for tbe aswatering out of th« Third regi
m«ul of I bihuim , now slatiorrod at
Naul!ago and vicinity.
Tb« fortification« appropnat on bill.
•• It will be reaimm«ud*l by the corn
mitt«*, can lea (4. 744.7 UK, .« against
«•tlmatae of •ll.lkl.lvs
it la »aid th« administration will
uphold Cbtef Justice Chambers, al
Apia, in bis «•l«ctlou of Mslisli« Tan-
u« a« king of th« Hawoen island*
The baltlaabip Iowa has arrived al
tian Fraucianx
II is expected she will
I« sent to Manila with supplis« for
Dewey.
Tha American losses la killed sad
wounded In the recent halite at Ma­
nila, Is officially given at 250. and the
loa*<a of the Insurgents st 4.000.
Gon. Gomes will arrive in Havana
In a few days, wh«r« h« will meet N«n-
•tor Proctor, aud aid in carrying out
bls promise to disband lb« Cutiaa
army.
In the New York assembly a reaolu-
lion urging th« unveiling of Congress
man-olect Roberta, be. au«« of hi* iden-
tifloalrou with |«>lyg«my. was adopted
by a vira voc« vote.
Kepreavnlativ« Hlal lings, of
Ala-
liams. has lntrnduo*l in th« bouse a
bill to authorise th« prseideot to ap­
point General Wheeler a major general
In the regular army.
Tii« government lone« defeat*) and
eaplur*) the Colorado«, who rv'-enlly
revolt*! against Minor < uesl«s, th«
provisional
president of
Uruguay.
Tranquility is now reetoiod.
Ag uc.llo, the represon tali re of lb«
» all*I Filipino government, an I who
left thiaoountry lor Canada. u|«iu hear­
ing of th« outbreak at Manila ia toing
ohrarly watched by aectel «rrvico de­
le-live«. Ag-'ticlllo was in Montreal
at last reports.
Mr*. Botkin's attorneys have given
nolle« of an «pi-aal from th« conviction
aud sentence of lit« lmpri«>nment re­
cently |«i!>s*l upon bet. Jo.lg« Carroll
Cook allow*! 10 days' stay of «Men-
lion, and 30 days In which to prepare
s bill of ssceptrona.
President McKinley has pronoun.*)
senten.e on Gen, Fagan, recently tried
by court martial.
Tbe ««iiteno« was
dismissal from the army, but tha | resi­
dent commuted this to sust-ensioo for
vli year«, which carvers tbs time prior
to Kagan's retirement in IVOS.
Th« steamers Justin and Celtic, now
at Mare laland, are lo'ng overhaul*!,
and in a lew day« will tie ready to sail
for the Philippine«, following ths sup­
ply vessel Centennial, which left on
the 6th. The Jinlin will cany coal
lor the fleet aud the C«llle froaen meal.
Rear Admiral Gew.-y has caft-.rev
another echooner from Hung Kung load-
*1 with arms and ammunition intended
I .r. tl -
I,-. :•
S e I ;
II Is reported that th« G.-rmsn ooustil
al Hong K.n.g waa <oi..«ro*! in the
procuring and dispat, h of ths arms to
U>e laland*.
Th« peace treaty waa ratified by the
Maate by a majority of three lulesover
the required three fourth«. Tim treaty
wm ralifl*! w ibotit am«r liweat
lease Ofner, a grncwiytuan, doing
business in Portland, Or., Waa hel l up
au<l robbed in his atoie about ** 30 in
the Waning by a lone highwayman
John
chief of
treasury
ton after
M. Comstock, for 40 rear«
the cuatoma division of lb«
dspartment. died in Washing­
an illness of several weeks.
A monster petition to President Me-
Kinley and the nrstubers of the p.int
high oommlasion ia being signed, ask­
ing their assistance In s* unng th« re-
;*al of Ilia alien esduslon act re-«ntly
passnl by the government of British
Columbia, lu winch th« Allin mining
district Is located.
According to a iecent dispatch, lt>
iron and steel sheet manufactories in
Pennsylvania. Ohio, West
Virginia.
Kentucky and Indiana, coulroliing asi
■ ggrr>at” annual output of 313.<>00
tons of steel and iron sheets, arc pre­
paring to <unadldata. This action, it
is add*!, is mad« oocwaeaiy by the coin-
blnation of tin plate plants, and it ia
bell«v*l that tbe plO|sr«*l cOMOlida-
lion will eventually be absorbed by the
tin-plate trust.
Tbs a*-rotary of war t«[«>rt« that
•Ickoeea in *>m« of the American rogi-
menta in lb« Philippine« is high as I T
tier cent, but th« a ver »go is about 10
per cent.
Tii« i«port of th« war investigating
*imu>ia«lun ia m lbs band« of tlw pre«
i-lent. and tbe oumiuiss.on ia di«*>lvr-l
During tbe lev««t ig«lt<>n 5VU wiU>«e«es
were sxamln*i.
Many account« of death« from freev­
ing ar« report*! from th- East. At
Bloomington, Ind., J W. Hinkle, who
hs« *«rv*l s«*«r«l term» as »heriff. was
frosan to death white going to hia
born«. Near Dayton, ()., Martin Duffin-
ger suffer*! a like fate White fe*JU.g
hl« hog«
Th« Filipino junta al Hong K--ng
ha» i»«u*l • »latsmrnl In winch II is
claim*l that th« American soldier«
precipitated th« rec*nt Latite al M i
nils, and that th« boatbarrlm«nt of th«
tewn« of Malate, F«c<>, han la Ana an I
Malabon ceuae-l th« slaughter ol 4.000
women and children
A contract haa t-eea l«t t o two L3.
00<i ton steamship« for th« I'»- lite Marl
•teaniahip (To. They will be th« l«rg-
set so tar built at an American ship­
yard, their dimensions being greater
than tbcMM of the American liner« hl
Ixiui« and Nt. Paul.
They ar« to p ' t
beleeen Kan Franciaco and China.
of
Tha supreme military
court,
Hpaln, which haa had under cori«i.lera-
Don the Io»« ol th« H|-* vii *E> squadron
at Santiago de Cuba on July 3 last, ba»
d«ci.)*f to proeecnte. io oonnectlon
with tbe diaaster, A lunral Cetveraand
Commandant Emilio Diax de Morco,
rx-oaptain of th« dirstroied cruiser
Cristobal Colon.
Chin«*« rebels «r« rai-liBg Cliri«ti«n
church«« «nd driving out ruiMionariea
Al t'bang Yang and l.:*hu«n th« Ito-
matt Catholic chapel« have liven burned
and ths |.o-i.e« of tl.e native chon h
members have !>e«n -I r - d .- v .- !. >• i.oui
lb« care of the
Roman Cntliolice, are said to have
te- n drowimJ by the IS. 1er« near
Kueifu.
Theis seems to ba an i<ira In Faria
that J«|ian will make trouble for tl.e
t'mt*l '-tate« by «urrsptitioualy aiding
the Filipino*
Many of th« recently dtet>and*l Cali-
forina volunte«-ra are eulisDng III I be
ri-gular army, being desirous of going
to ths Piiillppn.re
The controller of th« currency ha» I a-
sued a oall fur iwpirts of th« condition
of all national Lanka at the cloae of
busliieaa February 4.
It is reported that tireeXceotlre com­
mittee of the Cuban aaeembly wdll call
Gomes tri acrxniul for a.reptlug th«
prupMltlou from this goiernuictit rela­
tive to disbanding the < ul.an
A freight train on the <>.
was wrecked n«ar Corbett,
running into a landslide
man and a tramp
w«re
Fifteen rars were piled up in
N.
by
Duke d'ArcrM, formerly
minister to Mexico ia likely to be legis­
lated by the Madrid government as its
miuialer to Washington to exohangi-
th« rati flea lion» ol th« treaty of |iea< e
Stanley Brewer, single, ag*l 30. was i
thrown under ins wagon, loa-l»l with
wood, near Eugen«, Or., aud klll*l «1- .'
moat Instantly.
He was found at mid- i
night with a wheel on his La. k Iwlnevn
the sliouldrrs.
I
Wolff A Zwicker, the Portland ship­
1 builder», propu«« to build a floating
Iry-dock capable ut raising a 6,<MK)-tori
Vessel, providing th« slate of Oregon
or the city of Portland will guarantee
I «mils to the amount of (‘250,000.
i
It ia rejiort*! from Washington that
ths war Invesligating commute« will
!
»«vetely criticise General Mil«« on his
conduct during the late war w ith N|ialn |
The committee e ill report that Miles'
Ixical representatives at Tacoma ad­ statement about cbemi ally prepared
mit that the street railway systems of ls«f is not sustain*! by any •votene«
that oily are to be eonaolidated, with before th« ovmmitte«.
Eastern capitalists in control. A com­
Four
happy
Dawsonites
pany with 12,000,000 capital lias been
through Nkagway recently wi
cirgania*i to operate all street cars and
vaa sack of Yukon gold that
furuiah power to manu factor tea. A
lot) pound* dead «eight, an
water-power plant will lie *>nstruct*l I
Representative« of J P. Morgan A Ota, I rims from French gulch diggings or
Eldorado creek. They ar« all Canadian
tl.e Northern Pacific railway. Union
ciliavna and first cam« to Alaska dur­
Pacific and tha O. R. A N., with local
ing th» ¡«pular Klondike ruaii of De­
men. are intereat*) in th« deal.
cember, 1HV7.
Th« two higbwavmen who for the
Th« steamer Moana !•■«, which has
past two month« hav« been bolding up
clllaena «lid Moim and terrorising all arrived at Nan Franciaco, brings mfur I
Portland are asfely long*I In jail. Ona mation from Honolulu that it has been •
of them. Harrv Tracy, waa armted by : definitely dstermin*l that the ur*k
Detective Weiner, after ■ «booting j on the Kabala roast waa the four-mast­
affray that «topped a paaaenger train ed steamer Nomad, Captain McAllep,
and roii«*l a whole neighborhood. Th« ■ nbicti sad*l from Nlianglal for Pug. I
other, Dave Merrill, fell Into lb* sound to ballast 10 months ago. Tbe
bands of Detective« Cotdano and Ford vessel Was a new one, and belong*! to
Nonday, and gave
th« information | Hail Brea., of Ban Francl*'o. Captain
McA!!e;-. waa acaci-paaitd ....
trip
w l> ml,
bv his wife, daughter and three suns
pl ICO.
All are undoubtedly lost.
p«rate
Wlaaaar Revs I (•»•«<.
Tha town of Rtileaburo. Ga, waa
nearly wiped out of aliatene« re. ently
by a tornado.
No live« wet« lo«l. but
«•varal people were injur*l.
There is trouble I« sight for all the
Chinea« tn th« United Niste«, resiiltlng
from the total dlaappeaiaur e of Chi uree
who wer« admitted to the country in
order to take part tn th« trans-M isaia-
sippi
•Xpoaition.
Inspector
J since
Ntone, of the government service, is in
veaiigating the situation.
The Chine«« detective forc« la a
seerst body, and thè lieal oiganis*l in
thè World. They har« an are upon
avery man, woman or child, loraign m
native, in China, and in addinovi,
walch over eacli olher.
A very satlfactorv «bowing waa made
In the atfalra of the Pacific Coast Im­
provement Company last year. Thia
war formerly known at th« Oregon Ini-
provainent Company.
Ila net earnings
w»r» •1,100,000 H
blend w«a paid on tl.e various clsas««
of «lock
Hteemrhip«, railrowda and
Fiber Mterprlaaa ar« operated.
ATTORNEY
BILL
l ■Mtas««»ly
In Ih« 1 irogon aenat« W«lne*!ay thè
V.-l. «aa r* >->i«|.|er*l by which tb« bill
lo i*lu<>« luterei <U1 Ioana fiora tl.«
■tate «ebani fu od «a« pamred Tu«*)ay
In ord«r tirai Ih« rat« might b« flt*1
ahailutely at 6 per r»tit. il » bill
p«aa«-t «ulborlairg N per cent if il could
!<• oblain*!.
Il waa deem*i an ob)*»-
tion to lewv» Hi« mailer open to po«-
■ild« brokerage arrangement«.
Tl>«
bill ’« remoimltt*! fot amen !meni.
Dwhll'a bill lo .aten.l Ih« privilegc«
of Ih« Nol-ieir«' Home to H>« wlve« and
wi.lowa of old Mil.lierv waa hot, necauv-
log only aia vote*.
Tir« following bill« wer« fraaamh To
r*loc« ih« ralarv of thè W«*-o*>unty
ju lge tri J'-OrV and that of thè tVwrMinrer
to
>0; to l i away wtlh ih« n- 'e.alty
■ t |*i*mal avrvtc« or po«ttng lu-lbe in
caae of attaclimrnl ol r««l projwriy; to
create tir« offirw of r«eo*!ar of a.ueey-
■nc*i for Polk eouuty «t « «alary of
• 1.0-4) per ycar; lo provi-1« thè n.an­
noi of reteaamg «uretie« who m«y 1«
come diMatiafl*! witb tbeir riak. to
provi le tl>«l «ureiV companirw may «>gn
banda; to Ciro .1« feci a In cvrtaln d«*la
• od Judieial Mie«; to «mrnd tbe l«w
•o aa lo retai ict credit« to tbe «heriff
un the lai lial cbargcl agama! him.
ar.t« gala 4,i>r.,oul»«
4 li.l
Tin W*lne*lay for«nn»n *-aaton of
the i i.e waa I.
t<.! largely to r*|«>rta
of c- rnmittre. and first reading of bill«.
Twenlv-aeven annulito-ea mad« ro;vrta
«ml 63 bills war« ro;.vrt*l on.
Tb.- prtncipal busin*«« to occupy th«
time of th« houae tn th« afternoon waa
the . <m»> ¡.ration of th« general «ppr<-
prialion bill. Th« bouse went into
cun oil tie« of th« whole an! the varioua
lletua were taken up on« at a time.
Th« moat important item knoekal out
was th« stat« fair appropriation, by a
Vote nf IV to 10.
Other bill« pa»««-l wer«: To pro-
liibit the nianufaclure «nd «al« of adnl-
|eral*l
commercial
fSrtlliaera; to
author) ee county remit» to levy a apw-
cial lav of 10 mills arid a mad poll t«i
of |J fur the road fund; to prohibit th«
sale ul dear ami doer bld«* from August
I to Iter'enilwr I. to give laborer« in
tn nr« and «apply agents furnishing
tiippl.ra ■ lien on mining property for
claim*, to change th« time of notirt
term« in the *-<-<iiid district; to fit sal­
aries of county judge« and to place the
clerk of the «iiprema court upon a «al­
ary ol
«nd give him two depu-
tl-s at (76 aud »¡>0 per month re«p*--
lively.
In tha Oregon acuate Thursday,
Harmon*« registration hill waa passed
bv ananimous vote. The merits of
Ihe bill were di*uw*j at length on
Mitciielf« mution to recommit which
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In
deliate the expression« wore generally
gnfavnrabl« to the Hili bill, which
-•ale
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ii«clsi ve Vote.
Tl.« pure fins) bill passed the senatn
I V a unaniinoua vote. There was no
oi j.-. non to the main f- »turn of the
bill, but a «light «memlmi’nl waa
made *i as to exempt from making an­
nual report* peroon* »riling Ire« than
35 pounds of butter weekly; »|iei-ifyIng
the nunilwr and the pay of employe«
of the legislatuie, including committee
clerk«, waa passel without discussion,
only six voting against it.
Other bills paaiu-d were tn Inror-
(■orate Eugen«, t'arlrton, Burns, Prine-
ville ai.d Canby, tho two last named
lieing liou«« bill«.
Irbavl I «w.
Two Important measure» came before
the Oregon »«nate Friday, and neither
roachoil a vote. Amendment» to the
Daly a- bool !gw »ere discussed for halt
an hour, and the matter Iwing difficult
to understand, in its present form, the
entire bill waa ordered ptintod again
with amendment*.
The bill toen.'oiuage the use of wide-
tire wagon» on public roadx waa passed.
The bill to re|wal the section appropri­
ating 45.000 for the stat« lai! was dis-
cusee-1 half an hour and Ilian made a
a|HHial order for Wmin«*lay morning.
Th« pure linaeed-oil bill was lost, 13 to
11; th» bill providing for the Torrens
system of registering land titles ;>aa»*l
with only three negative votes; the bill
for an irreducible school fund in Doug­
las rouuty poel without question;
the bill tn r*luce the aalariea of the
rounty clerk, clerk of the circuit court
and recorder In Multnomah county from
(3,600 to (3,500 each was passed
New bill« were iritroloi-vd as fol­
low»
To aullinriae the stat« school
land board to Oontract loans now out al
6 pei cent Interest for the future; to
provide for th» ap|eiintuient of three
supreme court commraaioners.
The vote by which Hlauley'a bill to
regulate th« practice of dentistry in
Oregon w«a de!eali--l Thnrelay, was re-
cunsidaied in th« house Friday, and
tbs hill passed by a vote of 34.
Two other impirtanl bills were
passed. One is an amendment to the
mining laws to facilitate the building
of ilitchea and canals, of »(iccial inter-
srt to mining sections, and th« other is
a bill to Withdraw ovrtain * hi ail lands
from pebllc sate and r*luc* the inter-
rst on loans of s. tirml funds in con-
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governor in a recent message to bulb
bouaea of th* legislature
In th« house Thnrelay the following
bills war« furs»*!: Senate bill provid­
ing for a separate board of county com­
missioners fur Clackamas ixionty; to
authorise county courts and *hool dis­
tricts to display flags on courtiinirere
R. C. Judson, Industrial agent of and «chonltiousca, to atm n I llie eval«
the O. K A N., return*! from Buffalo relative to the loan of * bool funda by
Hump, Idaho, roofirms the new* of a i«diming the interest rate to 6 per cent,
wondeifully rick strike on tbe Cracker •lid providing lor fureclieure proceed-
Jack claim, owned by Rufo* Hawley, lugs whanaver interval Icumrs in ar­
Flint A Co. The assay« are the high­ rears six months; to regulate the bring­
est ever seen In that conn try. running ing nf sheep from one euunly to another
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.• M Hl goi I and 4 I
■ v- r
■nd directing inapectlon; to protect
The forfeit* of both Corbett and Mongolian pheasant*, grouse and quail;
Sharkey Eave been postal to guai ante« to author.*« th« employment of coun­
ty prironsrs on county road«; to amend
their appearance in the ring at I alMi
the law relative to the eal« of property
»all». March 7.
by executor» and administrator«, and
An Indian named Black Korn has fixing the time of confirmation of such
lieen arrest*! at Pendleton, Or., for sal«« by tha court; to provide the man­
th« murder of Wipe Swab, a Yamhill ner lor securiti«« »«curing rolease from
Indian, on the Vmatilla reservation, bonds; to incorporate Prinavill*.
January 28. Black Horn dragged hia
Htsnlay a dental bill *Mdefeated, re­
deaj victim tn a railroad track, opon ceiving only >7 rote«, as was also the
whioh be placed it. *>as to make It ap­ bill of Davis to amend th* Sunday-
pear a train bad run over the body. cloaing law, an as to extend its provi­
Hut there was a trail nt b he m J from th« sion« to barber shop.», «hooting gal-
•cene of th« mur<ler to the Mack wlnub l«tl«a, hr —tl«« alter* and amuaemen)
resurta.
•pulled tii« *hemc.
A fatal head-end collision onrtttrei!
at Imlay City, Mich., on the Chicago
A Grand Trunk railload, in which four
(ier*ma were killed and seven wera in­
jured.
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DISTRICT
In th« Orogv-n hou»« Monday lb« dl»
trict attorney aalaiy bill waa pa«»« I,
after amandins nt by th» judiciary com-
roitte*. by almost a unanimous vote.
Th« bill as I *a«*l files salaries as fol­
lows:
First distli t. (3 000, aamrod
district. It.000. third district. (5.800;
fourth dialrld, (7.L 0; fifth district,
. (4 OOO, sixth district. (3,000; seventh
district. (3,000; »ighlh dtatricl, (3.500;
ninth district, (3.0UO.
Flagg's bill to r*(»ire all »XM'UDona
to b» held at tire «tat» pri*m and con­
duct*! t v Jib« sui«-!mtei.-lent of tire
penitentiary was tbe first defeat*!, re­
ceiving only 38 vote», but upon racon-
«Maration of th» vote and a apaech by
the author later in tb« day It waa
pass*l by a vol» of 3«
Bla< kaby'a bill to empower ronnty
court* and clerks of *-|>aul district» to
sell property «nd bid In for tax»« was
passed hy 43 vute*
Other bill» passed were: To limit
appeals to lire suprein» cowrt in money
a< Ilona to amounts involving (300 ov
mots, and tn give street railway com­
panies th« right of eminent domain. !•-
am«»'! the cute relative to new trial«
ao aa to nullify tire plea of former Jeop­
ardy and to require str net railway «no-
pains« to provide cars with veslibides
from Ootobet I to Apri! I; to prohibit
the adulteration of candy; to require
th« Oregon Uailrosd A Navigation
Company to ienvw ita tracks b»t Ween
Portland and Huntington; to prohibit
pereona from running push cars or
hand care on railroad tracks without
tha ronaent of the railway officiate; to
appropriate (15,000 tor bridging ths
Koith fork of the Nehalem river. This
bill cam« up on a reconekforaUon of
th« vote hy wtilch It was defeat*! Feb­
ruary l.when it received only 30 sol««.
The motion to reconsider carried by 83
vote* and then th« bill was paaserl by a
vote of 83.
Gra- e'a bill to ext-nd the time in
which a lalwirer*« lien mar be fll*l
from 30 to A0 daya and ronfVactor«'
from 60 to tm dat a was deh*al*l, as
was also dillman’» bill to repeal seo-
Don 1180 of th« ode, providing to’ th»
observance of Nun lay.
At lire night aeeaioa the following
bill* were passed: To regulate travel
over county bridge«; to repeal the act
of 1181 prohlbiDrig dr iving or herding
liveatis-k along public highways; to 111
the salaries of county Demurer* ao aa
to increase the salary of the Tillamook
county treasurer froin (360 to (550; to
fix tin* salary of the sheriff of Unoolo
county at (1,100 and salaiy of clerk of
county court at (1,250; to require th»
signatures of householder* to petition»
for saliain license» instead of tha sig­
natures of legal Vote« aa under the
present law; to prohibit the sale of li­
quor in private boxtvi or booths
ao
tanrarit»; to amend Ihe liquor
aa to require a license fin the
of
any quantity, whether moro
gallon or leas.
Moody's bill to regniate the practice
of horireahoeing in Ouuutiea of 50,000
population and over and creating a
board of esaminerà to be ap|roiiited by
th« governor waa snowed under by HO
negativ« votes as against
only 23
affirmative.
The Oregon senate Monday passed
unanimously Joseph!'« bld to make the
coat of the maintenance of insane por­
toti« cli«rgo«lde against their estates in
certain cases, and to provide for tlie
transportation of insane faitienta to the
asylum in churgo of trained nurses
from the asylum.
Other bills passed were ss follows:
Charter of Italics City (The Dalles); to
amend the charter of tho town of Du­
fur. tn amend the law relating to ten­
ancy in common, and abolishing joint
tenancy; by request, to give preference
to honorably discharged soldiers arid
sailors in all public employment; to
amend the law so as to make records of
official court re|sirtera puma facie evi­
dence. and to authorise the settling
and signing of hills of exception* l-y
s'io<«M*irs of the trial judge; to requite
Multnomah county to take the city of
Portland's lease of the Steel bridge; to
amend th« charter of Lebanon.
An Insane Asylum Cottage
Burned at Yankton.
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WOMEN PATIENTS THE VICTIMS
T». Tkura.e xWr R»gig»Mr»4 li R«l«w
Ser*.
Rat
As«!»«
»•••«
others Fr«
Yankton. N. D., Feb, It —A most
horrifying Are rawurr*! thia tuurnlng
at 1 o'clock al the alate Insane aay-
lutn. wl.en orient I tie dutlagwa wasrvnn
l-lrtely gutl*l and mnsal tl.e loss of
i the live« of I? women inmates.
The outage had stone and granite
walls with wooden Interiors, and in­
tended for laundry purjswes
Owing
to the crowd*] camdilton of th« main
' hut Id ing, 40 of th« female pa Den la acre
! placed here with the laundry in th«
I basement.
Th« fire urlglliate-l in th«
‘ diyrouru of the laundry. Here there
was a .lull of steam pl pee. and th«
theory 1« that either fin« particles simi­
lar to lint setllwl on th« pip«« and ig­
nited. or that clothes
which were
thickly hung clue« by druppod ou to
lite pits'* ami were fired.
Th« righting ol th« lire waa greatly
hindered by the lues of power
Ths
only *>urce of water was an arteaian
well, 400 feet distant, the pi|«e for
pumping which ran through tl.e cot­
tage.
The intense hewt s.am cause I
th« pipes to burst, thus leaving the fire-
| men without power, and dependent en­
tirely upon the direct pressure from the
tank.
But two stream« of water could
. 1» thrown on the building, and these
dl I I it little good.
Fitly-two |«r«ons were in the build­
ing. 40 patients and 13 attendant*.
The structure was three stories and an
attic high, and had two •n trance«
There was one stairway front th« anc­
mid and third floors, which lad Into
the main hall, thru giving but on«
egr«aa for thuee above the first tliair.
Patient* and attendants fieri with ter­
ror, great confusion resulting. cs|*cially
among those
on the upjier floors.
Many heartrending scenes were ma-ted
as tha Inmate«. clad only in their night
clothes and lairefooted, ruali*l down
the narrow flight of stair«, and finally
out into the snow.
Th« temperature
waa 23 degrees below aero, and further
lose of life from frwaing Was prerenle-l
• Iorio by prompt work of th« attend­
ants from the main buildings. The at­
tendant« raspsl, as did the others,
who were saved, with none or their
personal effects, many losing all they
p>M>seas<-«l.
Portion« of chaired re­
mains can ho seen in th« debris at the
bottom of th« basement. The four
wills of atone a.ill stand, bla-k and
grit», ami will make the woik of re-
racial dangerous, as a total collapse is
liable to occur without a moment'«
warning.
The institution was destroyed by fire
in 1112, when nt lives were lost
The
pecuniary h>aa at today's tirg is (11,000.
umneur*!.
BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE
M«ny
Italian M Inara
R11 <1 a Kight
% Irtim« of lite
Marnvorasl.
Dotivar, Fob. 14.—Two mighty ava­
lanche« combining into one
swept
down t'herok*-« gulch al H o'olock this
morning, cairying away a doa«n or
mor« mine buildings, cabins and ma­
chinery, and causing s great lose of 11 In
and damage to mine property. How
many dead bodies lie in this great mass
ul enow and debris will not tie known
bcb.rc spting.
Kight dead bodies are
now at the morgue, two inure |«<rwins
are known to I m lost, arid three have
been taken out alive. The rescuing
|u>rty has only pen«lrat*l almut 15 !»-el
into the masa of snow and wrecksg«
piled up at the fool of the gulch to lb«
depth of 16 fact.
ATTACK
ON
CALOCAN.
T»w» Kegese« »r rswklas» Assasli «T
»«•rlrsa Fee*««.
Manli*. F»h- K—Th«
American
torva* al 3 40 this aftern>-on ma!« a
; mmbin*i attack upon Colocan an i re-
signal
: ducasi It In abort order
At
from th« tower of th« de 1« launa
i bureta (United State« signal «lattoni,
th« ilouhl«-turret«! rm-nitor Mona Ima k
■>p«n*l tiro from th« bay with lire big
guns of her lor« turret on th« earth­
work*, wilh great «fleet. Noon after­
ward tha battery taiumardnl the place
from another poaition.
The retwla re*-rv*l their fire until
th« bornt>ardmerit cea»*l, when thev
firevl volley* of musketry as th« -Mon­
tana regiment advanced on th« jungle.
Th« Kanawa regiment, on Ilia eV
treme left, with th« artillery deploying
tn th« right, chaiged aonras th« o|wn
ami carri*! the earthwork», cheering
under a heavy fit*
Nu¡ ported by th«
artillery at tire church, the trou|-a fur­
ther a-lvani**!. driving the enemy,
fighting every foot, rlglit into th« town
linn, am! ¡»netrated Io the prt-ai-lrncv
and loworesi tire Filipina flag al 5 30
P M.
The enemv's shat pehnoter» in the
jungle on Ihe riglit fired at long range
on th« Pennsylvania leglment, but th«
retrela ware *sm alteri'*I by abaipnel
»bi lls and lire I'ennsylvanla remain*!
in lb« treuctiaa.
Ae the Americans
advanced they burn*!
tha native
houses. The r«t»ela were mowc-l down
Ilk« graaa, but tbe American li«ae«
wer« alight.
Fr1«UI«e*4 FID»lee Bev»««.
Han Franci*«, Feb. 13.—On the
steamer from Yokohama today came
“General“ E. Rtego de Din* ami Ncriov
M Rivera, who are Aguinaldo'» ap«cial
rommimonera to Washington.
They
wer« very much disturb*! when told f
the latest ijaVt-krpmeala lu the Plii!i|»
puma.
B*gl4k*4 W••(• Wsrslkli«.
Lima. Peru, via Galveston. TeX.,
Feb 13.—Great Britain. Il la reported
here today, has offi’red to parcha«« th«
Chilian ami Argentili« warabtee. -señor
Carlo« Walker Martines, minister of
the interior, lia» demand*) nf the Bo­
livian minister, De. Emeterte Cario, a
guaranii-e of tha immunity of the live«
ami proparty of the Chillan» in Bolivia
during th« hiwDlitiea la-tween Prési­
dant Abituo of Bolivia and tbe federal-
■ala, or insurgent*
MUST
HAVE
A
CABLE
B*r*Bl<1««at Mthlnl«)’« Mragagar l«a 4 on
green I tg*B Arllon at I lain ■*•••><••!
Washington, KeK 13.- The pr«ei*
rlrnl't
on tho Parirto cablo.
trsiiFinitied to congiMB b>luy. It a« ful
lows:
'‘At a
e of th»* ratitlrgti.-n
ol (ho treaty <>f I'aria by th«» aeuata *»(
tho United StatoOa au>l Ito eil»*d
rMtiflcihm by the 8|Mtmah government«
tho Utiit«*»! Ntatev will conte luto |siO*
of the Philippin« islands, on
the farther ahores of the Pacific, the
Hawaiian Islands and Gimm being
Umt^l Matra territory, and forming
conveniont stopping placoa on the way
arnioe ti»e tea, and the n«*» oaaily f- r
•
rahU onu in unicat Ion Iketwrati
the United statoe and ail tha I'htlli»*
pine ialandt haa Itmotna imperative,
buoh com os unicat ion ahould lx»
liwiitMi in sin h a way aa to L« wholly
umlrr th«» control of the l’nit4*l Htatae,
whether in tim»’ of peace or war. At
prtMH'nl, the Phlllp|>ii.i-s can I m » r»»at b»*d
only by cables which pa«s thiough
many foreign cmintnee, ar»<l th« Ha*
«Milan island and Guam can only la
oornriinniratrd with hy steam era. in­
volving delays in each instance» of at
least a week. The pr< "••nt *on<iitiona
should not I m * allo«rs| to eontiliua for a
moment longer than is
; Italy nwc-
senary. The time has ariive*l when a
cable in the Paclflo must eilend at far
as Manila, t u< hing at th* llsnaiian
islands and Guam on the «ay.
"Under those circumstances, it be*
cornea a paramount necraeity that meat-
urea should I»» taken t<efore the oloae of
the present rongfeea to provide such
means as may seem suitable for ths ee-
laidishtnent of a cable »vstem.
1 reo*
(Hiiiiiciiil the whole sui j«*< t to the rare
fill consideration of < mgr« •«. and to
•uuh prompt action us may *••• m ad­
visable.
A«HHe!lle llr.tared Ihe Fiali.
Waalilngton, Feb. li.—The follo*-
Ir g calilrgram waa r*eir*l at the war
ilupartment trslay from Olia:
‘‘Manila, Feb. 14.—Adjotant-Gen-
INCREASED
APPROPRI ATIONS.
•tal. Washington: Il le reportad thè
The HaehingtaiM l.•gi•t•tur• KawrlBg iiieurgerit repnaentativ« al Washington
Ihta ^ ufuk I lr !*«»<» Is-
IN BLEAK SIBERIA.
irli-graplield Agumaldo to driv» out
The Washington bouae appropria­ ihe Americana befure thè arrivai of r«-
Il>,dlr- »r *M«tree
r
art. I Parta Frulably
tion committee has
increased
th« ! infoi cementa. Tbe dispati-h was re-
S mu Mil I Irlarevvrvtl b> Watlvsa.
Cheney normal * hoot appropriation | oeivwd at Hong Kong and mailed to
Krasnovarak, Nibsula, Fab 13. — A
from »2.1.uuu to (ai.UUV. and f.ltena- Malolo«, which decnl*l on the altar k
burg from ('26,000 to (l.'i.OOO.
tu lie uiade alami thè 7th inai.
The gold mine owner nsuinl F x - im - i rrwhin
In the houae Monday bills introduced i-agenices of the insorgerli troop« to has received a letter sayin/ lh»t a trlli«
were: For the publication of notice« •ngag« thè Americana precipltated thè ut Turgusoa, inhabiting tbe Tlinir pen­
insula. North Htlieria, recently
in­
by |-iating in countiea of from the lutb j batti*”
form*! the Ruasian |»>lice chief of the
to the 28lh class; for tbe relief of Mr*
rananiE M(rlh» ( irallniiM
district that on January 7 last, l»'i«een
J II. Ntalil; relating to the sufficiency
Colon. Colombia, Fab. 14 —Al a Kotuo and Pit. In lire province of Yen­
and justification of bail on bonds;
Conference held yesterday al Panama, iseisk, they found a cabin constructed
amending the constitution bv permit­
a représentative of lire striker* declarml of cloth and cordage, apirerently be­
ting women to Vote on a constitutional
that the men were willing to accept longing to a balloon. Close by were
amendment, granting suffrage to WO
(3 >0 a day in currency, but the rail­ the budiea of three men. the head of
men; relating to dyke districts.
During the aftermuu session of th« way officials declined to entertain the one badly crushed. Around them were
Fitly more laborers from a number of Inatrnments, the uses of
bouee Mr
Englebert oncupi*!
th« pro|«wition.
chan. Npeaker Guie recelv*! a tele­ * Fortune island ariived to-lay on tbs which were not understood by Ui«
phone message announclmg that ths : »teenier Finance. Tire general situa- Turgnao*
Tha police chief has started fur th«
¡'ar is treaty liad lieen ratlfl*! by the j Lon, ao far as the strike I» concern*!,
United Ntalr* m nate.
Tha announce­ is unaller»!. Tins end of the Panama spot to investigate, ami it la l>ell«v«d
that the bodini are those of the aero-
ment was greeted with hearty applause railroad is completely blockaded.
Haul Herr Andree and lila cronpanlona
by lira boua*
<i4»l« la K*iglmu4-
lislareit tag Treia*
Mlssnerl Fruit <*r««a Klllrd
Isindon. Fall.
14. — A heavy gale
Nevada, Mix, Feb. 13 —Th« i-eaoe
vwepl the British laland* yesterday and
lias oontinu*l today, causing fliasls al and aprtaut crops of Vernon and Cmlar
I many points.
Rivera have overflow*! oounDea are re|sirt*l killed today. The
Ilion banks, railway* have lieen aub- |o«i Is estimated at more Ilian (100,-
nirrg*l and there bare tieen numeruua 000. The weather la the reddest knuwn
here in 30 pent a.
msaallies along the roast.
Only 31 out ut 34 aenalori were pres­
ent when the senate convened Monday.
Senator Wmaling la sick wilh grip at
aod »■■ v* iliv east uf-tne-
mounlain senators were detained by
ttains being late.
Hills introdti<-»d were: Prohibiting
In reply to the rr|re»en tat ions nf
the organiaaDon of corporation« until
all bill» and claims ate paid; «mend- Ambassador White, Germany lias as-
sur*l tbe United States that ah« will
ing tire revenue law by making |«rvoa-
Investigate
the conduct of her agaqte
al property taxes delinquent no SO
day*' notice treing given; fiermitting tn Narnoa, ami should it be shown that
they have act*l in violation of the
acceplanee of taxes on any part of a
parcel of land wrtli reference to taxre treaty of Berlin, she will recall them.
due on other psita nf sain« property;
Tire chief officer and Imatswain of
boure hill, ;ir<»v tiling fur tbe bnildltig of the
ln0 British
ssrriisn steamer
»reamer Martallo,
aaarteuo, from
ferries to be operaterd on lake« a* well | X,w York for Hull, -----------
England
I. were
as streams waa re r*ferr*l, because of killrol ami tha quartermaster ami a
chjectirm to the condemnation lights ms man drown*l, during a
fearful
contain*! in the old law, oa tlia same itorm recently.
subject; house bill providing that the
alate lam! rommiseumer and the state
Deputy Sheriff Davia returner! to
treaauret shall re|«’it to the regents of
Ihtllaaa few day* ago from the Panhat.-
the agricultural college on all lands
He along th« line of the Port Wurth A
and fund* that belong to that institu­
Denver railway,
lie rays the atorrn
tion, waa pans*!. I’reaident Bryan, of
canned diatreaa ami deeolation.
At
the college, who ia now tn Olympia.
Texline, the rwiw is five feel deep on
«ays thia data is neiwsaary In order foi
the level. The mercury waa 15 de­
the regent* to form an idea of what tbe
gree« below at Clarendon.
Th« loea of
funds amonnt to. “At present,” »ays
rattl« along the line of th« railway ia
Pr««Ident Bryan, "tha regent» are prac­
something terrible.
There were re­
tically blindfold«!.”
port« at «tatrrm« of terrible diatreaa
A
Oragiia (inard < «amp««,.
among the inhabitants of st-arsely Set­
Company G, Oregon National Guard tler I diatr icta. ami it 1« regard*! aa a
• aa recently mustered into aervic« al certainty that many (•:*ooa
have
Perltaud, Or.
troaeu to death.
Trial Ksslsl-.a IDII 4d.-plsit
Faria, Feb. 13.—The Inal revision
bill was *lopt*l by a vote of 332 to
333 in tire chaiubei of ifeputica.
lrete
this evening there waa croiai.lerabl«
ferment in the street«, can»*l by the
shouting of the rival parllea.
Both Will Be Sidetracked at
This Session
LACK
OF
TIME
TO
CONSIDER
Washington,
Feb. 11.—Chairman
Cannon, of the appropriations rom
mill«« of th« Louse, in th« course of ■
general debate on the sundry civil lull
today, sound*! a not» of warning
against extravagant appropriât mus and
particularly svtvnl notice that haul i-t
shlp-autwldy bill nor the Nicaragua
canal bill conld t-e | hs »*>.| at Hila sea-
». >n.
Although b» »jw-rif ally In
elaim*l »fieaking for any one but him
•elf, the »tati-manta li» male, coating
j fi oui th« chairmen of th« appropria­
tion* rommlttee, can»*I great Inter
ret. Cannon made a statement ol th»
I sx|-«ndituras and retenu« for the piva-
1 ent fiscal year, increasing N* retar»
I Gag»*« estimata of the -letico i • » in t •
revenue« from (I ll.OtXi.Oi'o to
D.
: OOO.IXX), ascliMIVe of the ( Jn.O'Hl.l- J
to fw i-ald tu Hpain under tb» pr V.
•ions of the treaty of Parra
At the Ofierling of th» session of tha
houae tmlay, a bril Io amend lire war
revenue act was pansed. provi ling I) al
when a bond or note was e-. iirel by
mortgage but one stamp should 1«
affi i*l, of a higher rat« du« on either
Instrument.
Among other bills ¡«eel
was one granting railwavs the right of
way through the Na* 1‘nrcvs reserva­
tion, in l-laho, to grant Boulder. Colo ,
1,600 acres of land in II a mountain«
for a park; tn remove th» »Ilslltig -II*
• bilily of Confederati*«, preveulii g
them from sitting on federal, petit and
grand jurlrw (thia was the last >d the
|milllica| disabilities of ex < .int-derau»»
to Ire ramorad), ami lor th» relief of
the heir* of the late El ward De Leon,
late consul general to Egypt.
Th» house then went inlo commltt««
if the whole and took up th» oonaider-
ation of the sundry civil appropriation
bill. Cannon (R»p. IIL ). in aliar»« nt
Ihe meaaure, made ■ general analysis
of what H contain*!.
Il carries (<>3,-
»31,101, hut (20.000.000 1« for pay­
ment to Npain to carry out lire provi.
■ion« of the Parte treaty.
Exclusive
of that. Hr» bill carrina (1.01)5.751 lt-«a
than th» •»limai««, «nd
(4,E3V,3ll
leas than th« current law.
Cannon** étalement of th« con-litiim
of the revenues brought on a general
dl*uaalon. which last*l until adjourn-
meut.
W I- ‘ r
I
II
Si- v.-r il b: ¡1«
of minor importane« «ero |>a»e*l by
l ■ v >«i.. - -
g
*
7 ■ .
arac to reatnre to thelr originai »t«tu«
•a to promotion office» of thè naty end
■natine corpe who liwt nu-nliera by res­
ina of «ilvaticemenl of oihet officera (or
• scapibinai and m«rItoru.ua rmrvicedur-
ing the war wlth Hpaitr.
Anutiier bill pa»a*l authoris*! the
purché«« or conMrttctiow ol a launoli lor
Ih« coitomi Service at Astori«, Or., to
mai noi more than (2,600.
l'unsi IvraDon of tb» •>* ulivo, legis­
lative and judicial bill waa then re­
tata*!. Th» paragraph ralating tu ih»
d«|sMiit of copyright Works in thè ria-
Donai library waa alrlcken oul wilh III«
intenthin of revising il in ainteren.'«.
A brief bui lively oìvil wirvlce .1«.
baie waa precipitate ! by an inquiry of
Uor-kiell, Ooncernlng ilio cx|«n-lltutn ol
Buniey for ili« uffi • ut auparvising
architect.
Ila tnalntaineil that thè
Work of tbe sup-rvisltig architect'a
office waa dune aluwly, il noi badly.
Tha ooiislriictlim of ptiblio building»
dragged tnr.togli year after yi-ar. Wer«
t hi hi « building» bvlng ere. 1*1 by pi ivate
iridividiuala lliey wuuld le compietesi
In one *-a*in.
Following a generai dtw-uaaion. th«
pending bill waa laid «al le, after 81
pagi'« liad la>en dla|H>a*l of, and at
6:18, on molto« «f Hoar, thè aeriate
went inlo executive setaion and « kh > u
adjournnl.
Armjr Miti Mual l a««
Washington, Fri»
Il — The Poti
laya: ''Dia ariny roorganiaation bill
niu-t pass or Ilio preei.Um -¡il . -il aa
extra »ewrion of enngreo». The opposi-
Don io the bill In th« senat« ha» ai-
ready been frcquenlly ref»rr*l to iti
tbe Post, and III« prelicDou made that
*itne cottipromi»« wuuld l-e agr.-r-l Up.lt
wl.ari-by legialation of a temprrary
eitaragter woul.l
1* pla.-*l in tha
attnv appropnatiun bill.
Thla will
Dot saliafy tha admlnistratlon. No
make-ahlft «xirelienl will l* accrpt*l.
1 In- |.ri-«..|nnl l.ar d.-t. r-,. • . .1 tl.al
tha paaaag» of thè army bill »haliti«
made an laaue, and thero la no doubl
In adminiatrallon circi«« that h« will
I mi aucceaaful.
If. bowever, ari ob­
liaci« ah. uld prevent action, an «lira
waaiou will aurely he held.“
4n Invlmpmmrl ani | I m «.
portlaud. Or.. Feb. 11. — Milllonaire
William G. Tiffany, ut New York, thw
larg-at holdi-r ni the pro|s>e*l Portland
ami Neattle road, veliemenlly dente*
that ih« Union Pacific or any oiher
r.«l Will have srty talcteel in lù» new
line.
Ile »taire il will he entirvly in-
de|*nd«ut
Mora lo the proni, Work
ou tha road i» lo begin al once.
The Aearlr.n ('«•«alltlea.
Washington, Feb. II.— General Otia
cable* the war department that th« to­
tal oasiialtira resulting from all engage-
monte Since the of evening February t
aggregate •«•, as follows:
Klll*i, 3
officer«, M enlisterl men; woundnl, it
officers, lit!» enlisld men. missing, 3
enlisted men.
Olathe, Kan., Feb. 13 —Aunt Dicy
Dibha, aged 10 »ears, waa found froaen
Wichita, Kan., Feb. II. —it ia re-
to death in her bom« at shewn««, bet*
sb« hail lived alone for year* Khe had ported here that many cattle of the
apparently hurt herself by a fall au I range are suffering from (rosati houle.
Thia usually proves fatal.
was unable to call for help.
XlatpmeRt «bf Wtssrli f •*•••«,
Fort Worth, T««.. Feb. 13 —General
I.tvaatork Agent Pennington, of th»
Santa F» System, tolay gave oui a
slatement of the probable lova to tl.e
stock interests in the varions siale»
owing to the provailing bliatard. Con­
servative retimatra pis, ■- tlie I-...... al
80 per cent in the Panhamll«, Wyom
ing. Montana and the Dakota«.
Th«
fa*M In Northwest Texas inay rencb .’>0
per cent.
Hterw»»! hp Inaurganfs
Washington, F«b. II. — Tii« nary
r-~
r1vp«rlm«nl today r«< <-iy«d thw follvw-
ing di«p«tcli from Itewayt
“Manila. Feb. II.—After cnntlnu*!
interfer.nc« and Intimidation of our
workman, I ord«r*l th« armad inaor-
gaunt« to Inav« Kan Roqu« hy t* thia
morning.
Many of them left during
th« night.
A few remained, aad th«-y
Er*! th« village tbla morning.
It i«
now oocnpi*4 by our troop«; all qukt “
•an R.iqu« la a village on tha n*k
Th« Milanista aorte* will I» con
vokwl on th« tOtb to ratify th« peace of l«n! eoanectlng Cavil« and tbw
mainland of Luaon,
treaty.