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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.