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Boot River (j lacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOL. IX. IIOOl) RIVER, OREGOX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER h 1897. NO. 29. Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the' World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES n Interesting Collection of Items From the New and the Old World In a I Condensed and Comprehensive Form The Italian cabinet has resigned. General. Pellieux's action is regarded ai a political move, to make possible fof the Marquis di Rudini to' secure a unanimous ministry. The ministers of finance, justice and public works, in the retiring cabinet, will not appear in its successor. E. L".;'Hewes"; the Wichita mountain boomer, who has been at Wichita for three weeks trying to organize a party, has left for Olkahoma City 'without a single follower. At different times he claimed to have from 500, to 1,000 boomers ready to follow his lead into the country. ; .'.-, ''-' ''::.:-:!' Toru Hoshi,, envoy extradqrdinary and minister plenipotentiary from Japan to the United . States, was a passsenger from the Orient on the City of Puking, which 1 as just arrived in San Fran cisco. He will leave for Washington at once carrying with him instructions in reference to the Hawaiian treaty of annexation which will be considered by the United States senate. ' When the German reinforcements, consisting of four companies of ma rines, numbering 23 officers and 1,200 men, and a company of naval artillery, arrive at Kiap. Chau bay;, for, which point, as already cabled, they will s(dn set out, they will . bring the German force there up to 4,566 men, the lar gest body Germany has -ever sent be yond. Eropean waters. It is understood that the reserves had to be drawn upon. Surgeon-General Wyman, of the marine hospital service, has submitted his annual report to Secretary Gage. It shows that'during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1897,, the total number of ;patients treated at hospitals and the dispensaiies connected with the service was 54,477. Although the total num ber of patients treated was 673 in ex cess of those . treated during the, pre-: vious fiscal year, the expenditures were $538,536, which is $21,000 less than the previous year. The annual report of James H. Eckles, controller of the currency, for the year ended October 81, 1897, opens with a brief resume of the history of the legis lation which constitutes the . present National-bank act, and invites the at tention of icongress to amendments to the law recommended in former reports, without specifically repealing them. The controller renews his recommend ation of last year, urging that national bank examiners be paid an annual sal ary instead of fees, as now. Further information from Washing ton respecting the proposed canal and locks for the channel at the dalles is to the effect that it is proposed to push the work with a deal of rapidity. - The contract system and modern methods of excavation and building have', made it clear that years need not be spent upon a work of this character. If the con tract for improving the Columbia by a small channel at the dalles is adopted it will no doubt be stipulated that the work must be done with rapidity. . ', A terrible railroad accident has oc curred in Warsaw. - While a passenger train was stationary at the terminus, a heavy freight train ran into it, owing to the error of a pointsman. Eleven persons were killed and22 others were seriously injured. ' ' The receipts of the customs so far this fiscal year undoubtedly will fall considerably short of estimates made by the managers of the new tariff bill during its pendency in congress. At that time it was estimated that the customs would yield about $180,000, 000 during the first year. The indica tions are now said to be that the re ceipts from this source will- not aggre gate more than $165,000,000. ' A plate of armor, representing a lot of 500 tons for the turrets of the battle ships Kearsarge and Kentucky, was tested at the Indian Head proving grounds Tuesday. For testing pur poses, two eight-inch shells, one a Car penter projectile and the other Wheeler sterling, were, fired at the plate, one at a high and the other at a low Velocity. Neither penetrated nor cracked the plate, but both partially welded themselves into it. ' . .... 1 Word c'omeg of a wreck on the Santa Fee . near Williams, Ariz. (r in which three men lost their liyes and niuoh valuable property Jwa? destroyed. After the first seotion of freight train No. 83 had pulled out of Williams 'the air that controls, the brakes gave , out and the train dashed down the steep grade with rapidly increasing velooity. The hand brakes were unavailing to check the speed, and when a point about 10 miles .west was, .readied the .train left the track; Two engines were coupled to the train, which was a'very heavy one.. Enginee Newton, and Watsons and Fireman Berry were pin ned under their respective engines and , lost their lives, it is said, by being burned to death. , I AGAIN IN SESSION. First Regular Meeting of the Fifty-Fifth Congress. " ", At noon Monday the first regular ses sion of the 55th congress was launched upon the unknown seas of legislation. Simultaneously at both ends of the Cap itol, Speaker Reed in the house and Vice-President Hobart in the senate, dropped their gavels and called to or der the bodies over which they preside. The sun shone brightly from a cloudless sky, making a glorious bright Decem ber day, with a tine of frost in the air, and a breeze just strong enough to keep the stars and stripes snapping from the flagstaffs. At the capitol orowds swarmed into the corridors at an early hour and choked the murine steps as they ascend ed to the galleries from which they were to view the show.. As is usual on such occasions, the reserved galleries were carefully guarded, admission be ing only by card, and the public had great difficulty wedging itself into the limited space set aside for it. ' In the Upper House. The senate chamber at the opening session was a veritable conservatory. The floral display was beautiful.- ' Pre cisely at 12 o'clock the gavel- of ; Vice-' President -Hobart fell, and the senate was called ' to order. An invocation was- delivered by Rev. ' Milburn, the blind ohaplain. Seventy-seven senators responded on roll-call. The venerable Mr. Morrill, of Ver mont, was first recognized by the vice president. . He offered a resolution, which was passed, in the usual form, that the secretary inform the house that the senate was in session and ready to proceed to business. Allison of Iowa presented a resolu tion that a committee of two senators be appointed to join a like committee from the house to inform the president that congress was in session, and pre pared to receive any communication he might desire to make. The resolution was passed, and the vice-president named Allison and Gorman as a senate committee. By resolution of Cullom of Illinois, tile time of the daily, meetings of the senate was fixed at nobn. ' On motion of Hale of Maine, a recess was then taken until. ro.'olockvCX- ,,C !. .".'-,. - At 1:30 the senate reassembled and the committee, headed by Gorman, re ported. The, president's message was presented by Mr. Pruden at 1:80 o'clock, and was laid before ..-the. senate and read. In the Lower 'House. '; The house of representatives present ed an animated appearance long before noon. The surrounding corridors were filled with jostling, moving crowds be fore 11 o'clock. The galleries which overlook the floor were black with peo ple. Floral tributes for members were: numerous, and in some instances im posing. - . , As the hands of . the clock-pointed. to 12 Speaker Reed,, attired . in a . black cutaway coa., and wearing a red tie, : ascended the rostrum. The crack of the gavel subdued the din on the floor and conversation' in the galleries. In the deep silence which followed the calling of the' assemblage to , order, prayerxwas . offered by the eminent divine,' Rev. Chalres A. " Boney,' ' of England, who delivered an invocation solemn and impressive. .'. The speaaer then directed the ..clerk to call the roll. The roll call showed the presenoe of 801 members.. There were 55 vacancies from death or resig nation during the recess, and the cre dentials of the members-elect were read by direction of the speaker, who then Administered the oatlj of office to them, On motion of Dingley a resolution wa adopted for the appointment of' a com mittee of three to join the senate com mittee to wait upon the president and inform him that congress was ready to receive any communication , he desired to make.; The speaker named Dingley, Grosvenorand Bailey for this, honor. On motion of Henderson of Iowa daily sessions to begin at noon each day were ordered. The house then took short recess. '. , :' .'' .:' . When the house ..reassembled the committee appointed to w:ait upon the president reported, haying perfected ita mission. Mr. Pruden, ' who had fol lowed the committee into the hall, im mediately presented the message,which, by direction of the speaker, was read at the clerk's desk. ... ;r ,.' ' ' . Appropriations Recommended, Secretary Gage Monday transmitted to congress'estimates of the appropria tions required for the fisoal year ending June 80, 1,899, as furnished by several executive departments.-' ' The -total amount called for in the estimates is $462,647,885, which is about $32,000, 000 in excess of the appropriations for 1898, including deficiencies and miscel laneous' expenses, and : about $41,000, 000 more than was estimated for 1898.' Under the head. of public works the treasury department, among other items, asks for $100,000 for the. ereotion of a courthouse, penitentiary, etc., at Sitka, Alaska, and $50,000 for continuation of. the work on the - public building at I Portland, Or. ' 1 Hayti Ready to Pay., ; . i iA dispatch to the Frankfurter Zei tung of Berlin from Washington says Hayti is ready to pay Germany the in demnity demanded for the alleged ille gal arrest and imprisonment of Herr Emil Lueders, a German subject. VICTORY fN INSURGENTS Town of Guisa: Is Wiped Off the Cuban Map. . DYNAMITE GUNS WERE USED Every Building in the Town Destroyed Spanish Throughout the Province Are Terror-Stricken; ; Havana, Deo 9. A further report today on the capture of Guisa by Gen eral Garcia confirms yesterday's dis patches, and the report adds that the entire garrison of the town, composed of 800 men, died heroically without surrendering. ' Only four or five of the Spanish survived and were made pris oners. ( - .- - The Spanish official report desoribes the terrifio effects of the pneumatio dynamite guns need by Garcia.. The insurgents fired ' 72 shots on the fort. Each shot wrought terrible havoc. The gun was operated at a short distance, from the front .of the town. Not a single house remains. All are blown, to pieces. ' - Besides the dynamite guns the insur gents used two field pieces. Garcia sent', word to the Spaniards before the bombardment that they would be pardoned if they would sur render. The only answer was "Long live Spain," and a genera! volley from all the forts. The town was completely destroyed in 12 hours. : Besides - 800 regular troops the Spanish had 800 militia and volunteers. The total loss is not exact" ly known, but is large. Col. Tovar, who arrived to the rescue of Guisa, reports that it was terrible to see the dead Spanish half buried under the rubbish of the forts.. General Pando arrived today in Man zanillo, from whence he sent a' long cable to Blanco, reporting continuous fighting- against the insurgents since November 23, especially with Gomez in Santa Clara province. He also gives bis first impressions about the war in Santiago de Cuba,, declaring that the insurgents are' numerous, well 'armed and daring. Pando intends to begin an. actiye campaign against Garcia and Rabi, and ' protect Bayamo and all towns threatened by Garcia in the in terior' of the province. -vHia arrival at Manzanillo has caused a great deal of enthusiasm, among the- Spanish who were panic stricken over' the 'hews of the destruction in Guisa. The Cuban victory at Guisa was the most important of the entire war. Guisa had 8,000 inhabitants. , FORCED TO TAKE WATER. The Diminutive Government of Hayti Grants Germany's Demands, . , Port Au Prince,' Deo. 9. -It r is' un derstood the question of indemnity de manded by Germany has been settled, and all demands of that' country have "been agreed to by the government of Hayti in the face of display of force made by Germany and under threat of bombardment of the defensive works. of the port unless the demands were agreed to within eight hours. The first part of the settlement took place at 6 o'clock last night, when the Haytian Hag formally saluted the Ger man flag. The second part of the set tlement will take place this morning, when Count Schwerin, German minis ter to Hayti, will be formally and sol emnly received by the : Haytian . presi dent. ' The, latter, it is stated, has as sured the -German authorities that summary justice would be promptly meted out to those officials of Hayti who oaused the estrangement between the republio and Germany. Naturally there is a strong feeling of resentment against the government on aoeount of the humiliation -inflicted upon tliS country, bpt'it is not thought anything more serious than a minis terial crisis will result! ' v ' ' PRESIDENT IN, TIME. Mother McKinley Recognizes Her De Toted Son.'' " - ' Canton, Dec. : tf. Once more the children of Nancy Allison McKinley have gathered about her couch, made sacred by . her tenacious - strugggle against death. The "reunion is com plete.. The president arrived before the death angel made his visit. In the little 'upper, room: at they McKinley homestead there was a scene almost too sacred for pen to write. The eyes of all present were filled with tears as they witnessed the remarkable and al most miraculous rally of the presi dent's mother from the unconscious state into which she had fallen early in the morning. '', ;', - , As her son entered the room accom panied by his wife, Miss Helen said: ".Here, mother, are William and Ida.". J:::---"-;' '-';- :.;':.;; ' The president knelt at the bedside, kissed his mother tenderly, and , rever ently, and as he did so she put her arm about his neck and signified that she knew him. It seemed to friends that she had been awaiting the arrival of her son. Soon afterwards she lapsed into an unconscious tate, and the strength that had been husbanded for the last meeting of mother and son teemed to leave her. DOWN TO REAL WORK Senate and and Ho Mone ouse Attend to Actual Bus ey Takes Oath of Office. lness- Washington, Dec. 9.. Anew mem ber, in H. DeSoto Money, of Missis sippi, was introduced in the senate to day, and, after some brief criticism of the form of his credentials, the oath of office was administered to him. During the session, 108 bills, many of which were-private pension meas ures, were introduced, in addition to several joint resolutions and some sen ate resolutions. An interesting contest for precedence in consideration of Lodge's immigra tion bill and the proposed legislation to confer authority upon the president to act for the protection of the govern ment's interest at the sale of the Kan sas Pacific was pending at the close of the session. The probability is that it will be amicably arranged before the senate convenes tomorrow. The session of the house today, though it lasted but two hours, wit nessed a very lively skirmish over the auestion of distributing the president's message to the various committees clothed with jurisdiction over the sub jects dealt with. The v conflict of au thority came between the ways and means committee and the banking and currency committee. The battle raged all along the line. During the day Grosvenor of Ohio fired the first gun against the civil service law, and this also brought the friends and enemies of that measure into aotion. Johnson of Indiana, in a ringing warning, de clared that if a bill to emasculate the civil seivioe law was passed, it would meet the presidential veto. Eventually Dingley, in deference to the opposition of the members of the banking and currency committee.agreed to a modification of the order of dis tribution, so as to send to the ways and means committee all matters relating to the "revenues, the bonded debt of the country and the treaties affecting the revenues." The resolution was then adopted. After the session. Chairman Walker claimed he had won a decisive victory, and that his committee, under the or der, would have jurisdiction of a meas ure, as he explained it, to convert the greenbacks into gold certificates. But members of the ways and means com mittee insisted that the changes of verbiage in the order would not affect their jurisdiction, and that a measure such as the president suggested, if in troduced in the house, would be re ferred by the speaker to their commit tee. - ' - . ' '' MESSAGE SUITS SPANIARDS. McKinley's Cuban Attitude Is Entirely Satisfactory. New York, Dec. : 9. A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: ' , President McKinley's message is re ceived quietly. Satisfaction is felt in official circles over the statement that the recognition of either belligerency or independence is not justifiable under present conditions. The' credit which the president gives for conducting the' war on humane principles and for im proving the conditions of the reconcen tradoes will strengthen Captain-General Blanco in carrying out his policy. The official feeling may be summar ized in the statement that the govern ment does not now fear the -embarras-ment which come from action' by the United States before instructions from Madrid could be carried into effect. The Lint of ultimate intervention causes some uneasiness and discussion has already arisen over what is meant by "reasonabjp time," but palace offi cials do not interpret it as likely to prevent the .application of autonomy within the time needed for carrying out the detail of the system as direoted from Madrid. Autonomists, reformists and conserv atives who support Sagasta and Blanco will make the message, the basis of a movement for the early union of all iParties to uphold the hands of the gov iernment in its colonial policy- Com mercial interests are. pleased with the 'pacific tone of the message, though not taking it as a conclusive settlement. Fired a Bullet Into His Brain. Butte, Mont., Deo. 9.- A special from Helena to the Miner says: Judge Horace R. Buck, associate justice of the supreme court of Montana, shot himself through the right eye about midnight at his home in Lennox, a suburb of Helena. -He spent the evening with a party of friends at a neighbor's house, seeming to be very cheerful upon re turning home. After chatting for a while with his family he went to his room, and soon afterwards the shot that, ended his life was heard. His wife ran upstairs and found him lying on the floor dead. . The judge had been breaking down in health for some time, and it- is sup posed he was seized with a sudden im pulse to end his existence. He was 44 years' of age, a native of Vicksburg, Miss., and a graduate of Yale. He came to Montana in 1879. French Expedition Massacred. ' Brussels, Dec. 9. The Mouvement Geographique today announces that it learns that part of a French expedi tion, under Major Marchand, while on its way to the' Nile, has been massa cred near Dahengaheza. The survivors of the party, it is added, retreated. The Government Proposes to Push the Work. CANAL WILL BE SPEEDILY DUG Eastern Washington and Idaho Are In terested in the Project The Boat Railway Experiment. ' Washington, Dec. 7. Further in formation respecting the proposed canal and locks for the channel at the dalles is to the effect that it is proposed to push the work with a deal of rapidity. The contract system and modern methods of excavation and building have made it clear that years need not be spent upon a work of this character. If the contract for improving the Co lumbia by a small channel at the dalles is adopted it will no doubt be stipulat ed that , the work muRt be done with rapidity. Heretofore Oregon has as sumed control over the proposed im provement at this place. Eastern Washington and Idaho, it is now said, will take a hand in the matter, and will not consider the Columbia river wholly an Oregon stream. Upper Co-, lumbia river interests begin to press upon the Washington and Idaho con gressmen, and make them feel the need of doing something to secure the water outlet to the Pacific ocean without in terruption. A theory which has been supplement ed on to some extenl here in Washing ton is the fact that certain engineers who approved the boat railway scheme wanted an experiment of ' this kind tried for the purpose of influencing other works in the United States, both of a publio and a private nature. , It is also said that engineers are somewhat accommodating, and are not very anxi ous to go contrary to the wishes of con gressmen who push particular schemes. Engineers who have gone contrary to what senators and representatives have wanted, have been subject to severe criticism, and this they do not fancy any more than other people. It must be acknowledged also that while the boat railway scheme has re ceived the indorsement of many emi nent engineers, it has also been some thing of a laughing-stock, and way down deep the leading engineers of the army never believed that congress would authorize it, or that a boat rail way would be built. It is one of the subjects that they always smiled about and would raise their eyebrows with a look of amusement when asked for a serious Opinion upon the project. The greatest drawback to the boat railway, as always stated frankly by some of the engineers, was that it would cost $80, 000 a year to maintain it, and that no one could tell how much would eventu ally be spent for repairs and break downs. The canal project has always been most favorably considered, and it looks as if that was to be the improve ment for that portion of the Columbia river. The secretary of the interior has ap proved patents to the Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad Company, of lands amounting to 3,851 acres in the Rose burg land district. : NEW RAILROAD RECORD. Union Pacific Makes the Fastest Time in the West. ' Omaha, Neb., Deo. 7. Celebrating its new birthday, the new Union Pa cific ha3 taken two more falls out of Father Time and has set a pace for fast running that will likely stand in the West for some time. Three record breaking spurts in one week is its rec ord. The first was done last Tuesday. At that time, a 520-mile run was made at the rate of 62 miles an hour, with a 100-mile dash at the rate of 68.2 miles an hour. , Yesterday, the fast mail was again late in Wyoming, and was danced across the Nebraska plains at a rate that makes Tuesday's run look slow. It covered 42 miles, from Sidney to Julesburg, in 88 minutes; 81 miles, from Julesburg to North Platte, in 71 minutes; 60 miles, North Platte to Lex ington, in 60 minutes; 85 miles, Lex ington to Kearney, in 83 minutes, and a final dash of 42 miles, from Kearney to Grand Island, in 86 minutes, or 70 miles an hour. The 261 miles from Sidney to Grand Island was made in 238 minutes, an average of 65.6 miles nn hour. From Grand Island to Omaha the speed was ordinary, the lost time having been made up. ' ' ; Today the Union Pacific brought a theatrical company on a special train from Julesburg to Council Bluffs, 294 miles, in 286 minutes.. From this must be deducted five minutes for changing engines ' at Grand Island; four minutes by a Missouri Paoific train on the crossing at Petrel, and necessary slowing up through Omaha, and a slow run over the Missouri river bridge. The actual running time of the train was 275 minutes, an average of 63.6 miles an hour. Nickerson, Kan., Dec. 7. While temporarily insane, Mrs. M. E. Ross today saturated her clothing with kero sene and set herself afire. She was burned to a crisp. Her husband and daughter, in trying to extinguish the flames, were perhaps fatf lly burned. DR. WYMAN'S REPORT. Danger of the Importation of Asiatic Cholera. Washington, Dec. 7. Surgeon-General Wyman, of the marine hospital service, has submitted his annual re port to Secretary Gage. It shows that during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1897, the total number of patients treated at hospitals and the dispensaries" connectetd with the service was 54,477. Although the total number of patients treated was 673 in excess of those treat ed during the previous fiscal year, the expenditures were $538,536, which is $21,000 less than the previous year. The number of immigrants inspeoted , by officers of the service at the various , ports aggregated 282,827. The surgeon jgeneral says: "The necessity of legislation to secure proper shelter for deck crews on West fern waters, to which my attention was Called in the last report, was met by the fret of congress requiring every steam boat upon the Mississippi river and its : tributaries to furnish; a place for the crew with protection from the weather. This subject is one that has long en gaged the attention of the marine hos pital surgeons, who have made frequent reports thereon, and this action of con gress will be productive of much relief, : although the act does not take effect until , June 30, 1898. To meet the growing demands for the service, new regulations have been prepared, and will shortly be issued." The surgeon-general invites attention to the excellent work by officers of the " corps during the recent visitation of yel low fever in the South. Officers were assigned to infected districts, and, al though a number of them were not im mune to yellow fever, nevertheless they -responded with alacrity. and performed :: their duties with judgment and effi- ciency. Three officers contracted yellow ever and one lost his life by accident n the line. of duty. TROLLEY CARS COLLIDED. Three Persons Killed and a Score In jured Near Detroit. Detroit, Dec. 7. Two suburban cars, carrying some 20 passengers, and both running at a speed of 25 miles an hour, collided on the Detroit &!Oakland elec-' trio railroad, at 1 o'clook this afternoon. Three men were instantly killed and a score of persons injured, several of them seriously. The dead are: John Savage, superintendent of the road; Charles M. Whitehead, motor man; John Kelly, of Detroit, book agent. ' A dozen others were more or less seriously injured. The exact cause of the accident is not yet known. According to the schedule, a car leaves Detroit and Pontiao every hour, and there are three sidings along the road. Today the cars were behind time. The one bound southward for Detroit had passed an outbound car at a switch two miles from Pontiao, the crew apparently being ignorant of the fact that another outbound car was ap proaching them less than two miles away. - The weather was foggy and the rails slippery from sleet. The collision occurred near a gravel pit half way be tween Pontiac and - Birminghay, at the foot of two steep grades, down which the cars ran at full speed. The cars were driven half through each other, and were crushed to pieces. . Had it not been for the stout con struction of the cars, both of which were new, it is doubtful whether any of the occupants would have escaped alive. As it was, nearly all of the 14 passen gers in the southbound car suffered some injury. Some of the injured were taken to farmers' houses, others were brought to city hospitals. . The Matter Arranged. Washington, Dec. 7. It was official ly announced at the White House today, on the return of the president to Wash ington, that Governor John Grigg, of New Jersey, has been tendered and has aocepted the office of attorney-general of the United States, which will be vacated by the nomination of Attorney General MoKenna to be associate jus tice of the United States supreme court It has not yet been settled when Gov ernor Griggs shall assume his new office, but it is probable that the date will be about the beginning of the new year. - .- Will Give Spain a Trial. New York, Dec. 7. A special to the Herald from Washington says that con gress will concur with the wishes of President McKinley and give a trial to Spain's new scheme of autonomy. The Herald poll of the senate and house hows the following results: Senators against action, 42; senators who favor, but do not expect action, 24; enators for immediate action, 9; sena-' tors noncommittal or not seen, 14; rep resentatives against action, 178; repre sentatives for action, 159; representa tives noncommittal or not seen, 18. Burned to the Water Line. ' Chicago, Dec. 7. The steamer George W. 'Morley, of Cleveland, was burned to the water's edge on the beach at Evanston tonight. 'Her crew of 13 men got ashore without trouble. The Morley was boand from Milwaukee to Chicago without cargo, , and when off Evanston a lamp exploded in the engine room. Before the pumps could be started the fire was beyond control, and the boat was beached, the orew wading ashore. The Morley was a wooden steamer, and was valued at $35,000.