FROM FRIDA Y'S DAILY GEN. BEEBES STAFF. WITH THE ASSESSOR. DIED ON THE GLACIER THE THEATY SIGNED PBEVENT ITS SPBEAD 0&DI5A5CES RESPECTING CONTAG IOUS DISEASES. 4 Will Be Strictly Eo forced byvMajor Bishop and Committee on Health and Polite. r The exlMtSme, In this city, of several caves of measles nd scarlet fever, in direct violation of the general ordi- sml7L ? m m 10. V w il. V n?nces relative to such contagious ani??1, j". STmIi wta infectious ha-' It Im-j tru,tee7who win conduct the affairs Irativy necess step. e at of the lnstltutlon. f. these two ailments. Mayer C. P. Bishop arid Councilman T. Burrows, chairman -f the commit3 on health ami police, yesterday took the matter in chance and will see that the ordinances iroveni'nx surh mala dies are strictly enforced;" The p; o visions of the ordinance are stringent and if properly employed, there may be no fear- of the mslady becom'ng general In this community. There are' a? great many cases of thi ntasles and also of scarlet fever In the "c!ty. but In -the majotity of cases the disease has appeared! In a mild form, but a single death resulting from either affliction. , By exercising 1 the needful precautions the diseases can be check ed lefore theyj have spread any fa-ther. The genera ordinance of the city pertaining- to eontagofu diseases Is very definite and a fin ol not less thin $100 is provided for the; violation of 'anyjif yp provisions. For the Inform ation of its readers the Statesman this morning prints the full text of the ordinance, which It at fol'ows: -Section r..Th&t it thall be and Is hrebv made the duty of the; owner or occupant of any house, store, butldln-r or tenement in said city of Sa'em. whenever any per? on row has or may h-M-f after hvethe smallpox or any other infectious or eontag'ous disease. to eive notice, to the pnblk- immedl- ately of The existence' of such dlsea-e in such house j building or tenement, by placing in some conspicuous p'ac in the premise's, a ye'low flag In case of smallr-ox. a rH .flag for cnrlet fev . i . - m . I t njiiic lin i 'ii u 'I'll l iivi ra, a Ul io " - - lag for mealfs, rd a greer. fag for S. R. Hammer, now deceased, was ap nny other e-ntanou or Inff. tlous dis- 'ted. administrator, bwt b!s dnn-inA ease; and In case-the owner or oc.u- nessltal-d th- tprolntment of a sec pant of n hoi,eJ store, brllding or oni administrator. The estate nw tenement, sha'l fa'l neg ett or refuse consists of about $7000 worth of pro to p'ace such Mai? ins afTfsald, It 'a lry hert-by mad thejdnty of the marshtl. its foon ss he Is informed t the exist ence of such disease In any h ie. store, bi.l'dlng or t-nentcnt, to cau' st'fh flir to be p'aced es a f. unsaid: rnd such fiacr. whether r H-'cd as a ft. res Id by euh ow-er rT frcnpant, or by tho( citv marha. shall rem In f ere nn'iji svioh person having ruch d'pease rhal hav so fat rofovred thtit o ,1m fr of infertlon iha'l t rtmlr: r nd a- y per son hsBvlna) failed. nirgl-Ktrd -r 'efus-t to place such a flag'rs h?reln 'enuircl. or having taken down or d st-ryei such flag hen o plcpd. before the removal j of all danaer f Infection. , sh-ill. upon conVit tln h- reoT. before , the recorder bW fined in liny sum not exceeding $100." Other sections -f general onllnsnre? pertaining to contagions or infections diseases are ss follows: "SectJnn M. No persn hiving nnv infectious or contagious dlreaso hsll go out In pub'lc. or ra from hruse to house or btnliing Jo- bul ding, or ppnear in ary street. Is ley rr other public plac In said city, until h" cr they shell htive so far f-c-covered from siich disease as to prpciule all dar-ger credible slory, which was Verified by cf Infection: snd If - tbje c'ty ma-sal witnesses to whom he refrred the of -."shall see or be informed of y rersen floer. He was rt-leased from cuttody violating this section. t shall be his last evening. duty to eaue su"h person to be taken forthwith to his or her pit c rf resl I A PROFITABLE MEETINa. The dence, if within the city: and if Mi-h Tounfir People's Alliance of the Che rldence In rot within the oMv. then meketa and Seventeenth street Kvr to such oth-rj lace as -r msyo- man gellcal church, held a very Interesting drect. Any person vlolatlnlr anv f . meeting Wednesday evening. After the provlshwi of this section shall be usual business bal been transact flned by the city recorder ti any sunt ej a program was reiidered consisting not to exceed $100. 'of the following numbers: Scripture "Pectior. ?1.4-No phrslcian or etner reading by W. A. Krtist; instrumental person attending or vis'ting any person solo. Miss Mabel Shupp; talk. Rev. N. or persons whol m'ty be s'ck w'th smal'- Shupp: vocal duett. Misses Msude and pox or ethrJdangerous. infectlou, or' May Savage; select reading, - Miss contagious disease, shall appear en any Grace Smith; voca solo, Mrs. O. C street. alKy otf other publif nlace with- Hirtchins; Bible cbaracter. Berti Ed out first: having changed his or their wards: recitation. Miss Mary HQtch- clothes, and usod reav n-Me pre- 1ns: selection by quartet consisting of cautions to prevent the spread tf any Miss Cleaver and Mliss Shupp and the such dangrrpus. Cfnt .gl'-ns or intec-' Messrs. Edwards. Rev. A. Ernst, of tlor.s dlset-se. Any person vlo a' ing the Portland, presiding elder for the Sa provlsions cf th! section shall, upo1'" district, wIU preach at the church conviction thereof, fined by the re- this evening. Quarterly conference corder in ary sum not exterdin; I10K will be held at 2 .p. m.. Saturday to be "Section S2. The occupant of anv followed by the quarterly meeting hcuse. sor-. .bui! ltng or tenement Irr Sunday. . ! said city, wherever any person mty 1 have been sick of any dangerous. In- A SUMMER'S VACATION. Oswald fetllous ot contagious disease. thalT. West, the trustft-i and Valued cashier on the death or recovery of iaih rr at thejLudd A, Push bank.. hag decide! son from such disease forthwith de- upon a pleasurable summer's vacation stry, by burning or bnryinr the and expects sor. to Inaugurate tZio clothes wjorn , by such pfrs-n during same. He will l.ave aUut the latter suth sickness and shall cl?an-e . and part of th present month for BVag porify the room snd the houre, store, wivy, thetic over the Wliit Pass to tenement or 4 building in whl?h such the Atlin mines.; He may be absent t-rson was confined; .nnd ar.y p?rs-n .but t month, but may conclude to who shall neglect ot reftse . to comply spend the summer .In the British Co wl th the provls'ons of this sectl-n shall inthbia ruining: district. : Mr. Wi-sfs be fined by the city recorder in any position at the'bank win be filled dur urh not to excfed $10C.' MINERS AKD MAZ4M AS. Articles of Incorporation Filed State Department. in The Kassaan Copper Co. yesterday FOUNDrt RENTED. A. E. fld articles of incorporation-in the BrookwalUr McCarl. Chas. Booth omce ofj the secretary of state. The RUer and Arthur Burt yes company will engage in prospecting t dA xortned themselves into a com for and mining gold, silver, copper and Md tthe "Salem Foundry other minerals; acquire, own and use Unt .tn rented for water rights and privileges; construct few months, the company to have dams, flumes, reservoirs and ditches. 0uob -of entering; Into a lease of nd deal in water; erect and rent or property for term of years with operate t hotels,, eating hoe and f purchasing the same at lodging- houses: conduct general mer- eipiraUon of that time. The com chandise stores: erect and operate wm not employ any great torles end mills; Jay off townsites, and f h Those forming the 1 A1".Z lTttl JJntpany are l skilled and experi- ir JlZrl.M ?.r.ZZz::7r IZl 'I $100,000, divided Into shares? of the par value of $f each. ' The headquarters win be 1 located in Portlarfa. C H. Pre sco tt, W. .W. Cotton and ; F. M. Batchelor are the Incorporators of record, s The Mazamas yesterday assumed corporate shape by filing: articles In the state department.- The abject of the organisation is to-explore moun tains, encourage the preservation of forests and -natural scenery, etc The property owned by the corporation Is valued at $100 and Portland win be its headquarters. W. a. . steel, Mark O'Neill. W. B. Knapp, W. I. Harm an and Alex Bernstein. Jr. - The Smith -Cemetery Association, of LewlsvIUe, has also incorporated. This concern win layout a cemetery THE DA EST ESTATE. Supreme Court Confirms the Decree of " the Lowei Court. The; Catherine E. 0'Conne--Dut estate has been in litigation almost constantly since . the death of M.S. Darst. Tlie estate ; involved ' about $2C,0Of and the will was contested by several of the hel s In ".he county i-ou.t,' The case w&s th -n apr ea'ed to tha clr cu.t court and nnal'y wis carried to the supreme court, that apellate body ren dering a decision only reentry. The supreme court dc-rees that he costs of appeal in the circuit and county court ere toi be taxed to the estate and dis mi se be petition of contestants and plaintiffs, the costs and disbursement thereby entailed, amourtln? to $lf. being assessed to the appellants anl their surt-lles, J. R. Ptoit nnd F. jR. Ritte. . 5 , I The supreme court fu-ther decreed 1 the instrument of writing- bearing dat of June 19, 1885, to be the last will and tetisment of the decedent. A. N. Bush was yesterday made sole executor of the Darst estate, th other co-executor. Rev. J. S.- White, having died last July. Th? estate'! v ill row b? administered- upon as, directed in the l" ''will and testament jot the de- ceased. I Jefferson Myers wn.a! yesterday ip pointed administrator of the estate of I A. 1. Risdn. who di d In' November, IKS 5. leavlntr an estate valued at SOTO THE TILL WAS TAPPED. Several dollars TaKen From A. tag- eny's Saloon vyrdn?sday Night. when A. V. McCarty. day bartender jn A. Dageny's Comm-rclal street sa- loon, opened that place of busl'es yi terday morning, ho found upon oren Ing. the till, that during the p eceding night some person had removed ther from. approxlmatt-ly t!5. Mr. rgeny always-leaves in the till $10 in change, and that amount wai missing yesterdv morn'ng, together ,Un ahout $4 In change that had al o been kept in the back part of the tin for some time. C Janes, who ha leeti seen arout the place during thejday on whrch the iheftlwas committed, was suspfcjone'l of the crime and Ch'ef of Police If-W. Gibson was asked to cause Janes- ar rest. This was done ad. durirg th afternoon, tlie supect u.ni put un5er the 'sweitlng" pwess by Chief Gibson who subjected th man to a very searching examnstlon. but he told a Ing his slM?nce fromthe city by J. yf. Bickford. of the First N.itinal bank, nntU It dlscontlnuea bn-liwaa. Mrs. West - will remain In Salem for the present.' but will Join lr husb.nil in Jur.e if ho ronctude to egend h'a va cation throughout the rummer. enced mechanics ana expect w pr- form the work themselves. Far from yielding to the ills of life. letups take fresh courage irom une. VlrgiL 5 THBEE MILITARY COMUISSI03S ISSUED BY THE- 60TER50R. The Clackamas Fis Hatcherj to Be Established on the Forest Re setre Other Botes. (Prom Dally, March 17th.) In the executive office, yesterday, commissions were Issued to the follow ing named gentlemen, who will be on Brigadier General Chas. F. Beebe's staff: . - - Schuyler C Spencer, colonel and Judge-advocate general. Angus B. Glllls, colonel and surgeon generaL . -j .. David M. Dunne, colonel and com missary general. . Tbe ranks of the officers of the militia organization are being grad ually filled up to j appointments in the executive office, but the appointment to the most Important one of these official positions that of the adjutant general as not been announced yet, and the several applicants .. . for the place are anxiously waiting- for the announcement. Among; the gentlemen who are applicants for this place, which carries with It a salary of $1800 per year and the title of brigadier general, are Capt. W. M. Hunt, of this city, and Col. B. B. Tuttle, of Port land, the latter the present incumbent. Gov. T. T. Geer yesterday received a copy of an order, issued by; the war department on March 9th, ordering the discharge of a number of members of the volunteer regiments now in the service. Among the names appear that of Private Lee M. Travis, com pany C, Second Oregon volunteer In fantry. This soldier is now at Eugene, Oregon.' Gov. T. T. Geer is in receipt of a tel egram from Binger Herman, commis sioner of the general land office, noti fying the. governor of his action in recommending to the secretary of the interior, to allow the Clackamas sal mon hatchery to be established on the forest reserve. This was in answer to a request made of the department, by the governor,- In reference to this matter. Governor Geer yesterday appointed four notaries public, to serve for two years, as follows: A. M. Kirchhelmer, of Antelope; Chas. I Diven, of Wald port; Israel Spencer; of Vernonla. and Luther 1 Burtenshaw, of Myrtle Point. - In the state treasury department yesterday the third remittance on ac count of state taxes for 1 1898 was re ceived. Lee Jacobs, treasurer of Jack son county, sending In $3300, as a par tial payment on his county's taxes, the total amount of which is. $25,516.74. Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar and State' Superintendent J. H. Ackerman visited tlie deaf mute school yesterday, the gentlemen -walked into the rity afternoon Roseburg -mall train, for wjhich they waited at the reform school station, failed to stop for them, and Eastern Oregon. He will attend a from that point. Superintendent J. II. ' Ackermarn leaves today for an extended visit in ton.- Weston, Pendleton, The Dalles number of county teachers' Institutes In the various towns tve visits, and will also attend the interstate teachers'-association at Walla Walla, Wash ington, on March 24th and 25th. Next Saturday and Sunday hp. will visit his daughter. Miss Lilian Ackerman, one of the teachers ot the high school of La Grande. He will 'visit La Grande. Baker City, Union, Walla Walli, Mil ton, Weston. Pendleton, The Dalles and Dufur before returning home, H. C. Bickers, the newly appoipted superintendent of the state reform school, was in Salem' yesterday. He did not visit the schoolbut wllj prob ably call there In a day or two and become acquainted with his future surroundings. ' NO SENSATIONALISM. Roosevelt's Instructions' to Warden Sage Regarding an Execution. JLlhanv. N. T March IS. Governor Roosevelt; has sent to WardenSage of Sing Sihg prison, a letter containing directions as to the details, for the ex ecution of Mrs. Place. .to make It as un sensational as possible. He says: "I desire you to have merely one representative of the Associated Press, and one representative of the non-Associated Press papers, but I wish you also to see that no one of those ad mitted la the correspondent of any newspaper. I particularly desire that this solemn and painful act of hideous justice shall not 4e made an excuse for that species of hideous sensation alism, which is more demoralising than anything else, to the public .mind" NEWLY FURNISHED. The friends of the Salem hospital nave made some Very elegant and substantial improve ments at that Institution. The nurses sitting room has been " refurnished throughout. New carpets, rugs, rock ing chairs, couch, pillows, curtains, etc., making It a very handsome and comfortable room. This adds much to the enjoyment of the ladies during their spare moments and gives them comfortable rooms In which to enter tain their friends. "The ladles are Just ly proud of these acquisitions and feel very grateful to the donors. i NEW PACIFIC LINE. . San Franc! see, iMarch 17 Word has been received here from Berlin that Dr. Wlegand. managing director of the North German Lloyd Steamship company, will visit San Francisco. Dr. Wlegand was In this city I last October. He also visited Tacoma and Seattle, and then went to Yokohama, en route home. While here be stated to several prominent dtlxens that bis company was desirous of putting on a line of steamers across the Pacific ocean from Hong Kong to either San Francisco or T scorn, and that he fully intended to do so In the ,-ar avai. A 1899 Work Will Probably Befla Next Week Amended Assess- . meat. La a. (From Daily, .March 17th.) County Assessor J. W. Hobart is preparing to. take the 1899 assessment. The work will probably begin next week In earnest and will be prosecuted until completed. The - deputies - asses sor have not been named but will be announced In a few days and assigned to their fields of labor. During the recent special and reg ular legislative sessions - the assess ment laws - were amended In several respects. In order that; the various deputies UBmeaaor may comply with the provisions of the laws, as amended, in making- this year's assessment. Mr. Hobart has prepared the following statement embodying the Important changes, a copy of which will be fur nished each deputy: Section 2741. Every person, except as provided in the succeeding section, shall be assessed in the ' county in which he resides when the assessment is made, for all taxable personal prop erty owned by him. Including all per sonal .estate In bis possession or under his control as trustee, guardian, exe cutor or administrator; and where there are two or more persons jointly In possession, or having control of said property In trust, j the same may be assessed to either or all such persons fully In possession, or hiving control of said property in trust, but It shajl be assessed in the county where the same shall be if either of the parties reside In such county. Note. Person al property follows the person of the owner and Is taxable at bis place of residence, (Johnson v. City Council. S Or. 13.) and this applies 'to property held by an executor as such though .the property may be at a place other than which he. lives. (Johnson v, Ore gon City 2 Id, 327.X "Section 2742.-AIl goods, wares end merchandise kept for sale In this state, all stock employed In any of the me chanic arts, and all capital and ma chinery employed in any branch of manufacture or other business within the state, owned by a corporation out of the state, or toy any person wheth er residing in or out of the state, shall 'be taxable In the county where the same may ibe. either to the owners thereof or to the person who shall have charge or be' In possession of the same. "Section 2732. The personal property of every householder to the amount of $300. the articles to be selected by such householder, shall be exempt from tax ation. ! "Section 2733. A poll tax of one dol lar shall be assessed upon every male inhabitant of this state between the ages of 21 and BO.years. except all ac tive or exempt firemen who have been members o any company t for a period of one year preceding the assessment of taxes, which tax shall' be collected and used for county purposes. 1 ".Section 84, Military Code All ac tive members of the Oregon national guard .' are herebv declared exempt from all military, poll or road tax." - Assessor Hobart says the average taxpayer does not retain a correct In terpretation of the term -"personal property" and! as a natural conse quence, the aggregate of such values on the assessment rolls is not as largv as it should be. Mr. Hobart cites the taxpayers to the: definition of that property sub-division as found in sec tion 2731. title 1. chapter 17. of Hjll's annotated laws of Oregon, the section referred to reading as follows:- "The terms 'personal . estate' and personal property Shall be construed to Include all houiehold furniture, goods, chattels, oneys. and gold dust, on hand or on deposit, either within or without this state; all boats and vesselswhether at home or abroad, and all capital Invested there in; all debts due or to become due from solvent debtors, whether on ac count, contract, 'note, mortgage or otherwise; all public stocks, and stocks or shares InTtll Incorporated compan ies, and such portion of the capital of incorporated companies liable to taxr ation on their capital, as shall not be Invested In real estate." GAMBLING OF LONG AGO. . A curious amount of ancient and modern information has been brousht togcthet by John Ashton-in his "His tory of Gambling In England." It ap pears in the old days, when the ages were still what we call 'dark that the gambler was under the full protection of the law, if being required that his game should be fair, ano httl more, says the Kansas City Journal Front 137S until the latt century men were arrested, convicted and punished for using- "loaded" dice, matted cards r other form of the similar imrb-ments for converting games of chance into n certainty. In these days even a bet of the most ordinary kind: ncclves n protection from the covtts. and cer tain sorts of wagers., like those on elections, feet lve srveie punishment. But betting was not In violation of tha common law. Lord Kenyon bavin i held in 1790 that such wss the fact. It was a matter of everyday life for a gentleman, or any one who aspired to the title, to play. A story of BeiU Nash, a noted bean and player of his day, tells that he oik e tjinght a not-1 earl, still In the first flush of youth, the good cense cf abstaining from play altogether. . Thy sat down of an eve nlng to a game in' which Nash was immeasurably the nobU man's superi or, and the inevitable happened. The earl lost his temper and bis money which made it the better, for Nash. Finally all that the earl had owned en earth was in the hands of h.'s opponent, lands, tenements, hereditaments; and as the last stake, his horses and car rlsge were gone. , Then, the lesson taught to hs bitterest end. Nash gave back an bis winnings, with the stipula tion that he might have $25,000 when ever he saw fit to ask for it. This the nobleman gladly' acceded to. and It la recorded that Nash made the de mend after his lordship's death, upon his heirs, and was pall the money without a quibble. " PREPARI5G TO MAKE THE ASSESSMENT. 8IX ME5 PERISH Of. COLD 05 COPPER R1TER. The Senrvy Is Earaflnr toe Vlnlnf Camps on that Dreary Shore of Alaska. SEATTLE. March IS. The steamer Excelsior, which arrived tonight from the mouth of the Copper river, Alaska, brings i the news of the free sing to death of six men. on the Valdes glacier, about the 1st of March. They were Adolph Ehrhardt. of New York; Max milllan Miller, of New Tork; Alfred Alleman. of New York; . Dr. Edwin Xrfgan, of Denver; Rudolph Eller kamp. of Louisville. Ky.. and August Schults. of New York. All the bodies, except that of Dr. Logan, were re covered and buried at Vald.es. Ehr hardtj. Miller and Alleman were mem bers of a scientific prospecting com pany, of Now York- . DEATH FROM SCURVY. Seattle, March ' 16. News that the scurvy was raging' among the pros pectors of the Copper river, Alaska, and that six men perished from cold on the Valdes glacier In the first days of March, was brought here tonight on the steamer Excelsior from the mouth of the Copper river. She brought nearly one- hundred passen gers, forty per cent of whom were suffering from scurvy. Following is a list of those who have died from scur vy this winter. - S. Mllligan. of Los Angeles: John Rohr, of Honolulu; Nick j Jrban. of Pittsburg. Pa.; Jack Haden, of San Jose, Cal.: D. G. Cushman and Dan Manard. of Meadville. Mo. ! . t AG U I N A LL0 AT HOME. Impression , Made by the Little .Wanior.Upcn a Visitor. ; A pair of red curtains separates the Inner sanctum of the Ctommandcr-in Chief of the insurgent fAi-crs ftom the council-room. They wc back by the ald-de-can re tieft y held p at! passed Into the. presence of the famous Aguln- al-lo. The Httl watrlor stood at' the side of his big table, ai d if I had te q .tested him to pwe for! a phot eg sph th.- uttltutl f ould not have Wen 1m- proved upon. The spacious room Is adorned with Japanese h.-ncinrs an I vases, and deooriitfd j with ancient arms and emblem on either side and above a irittht nilrjor of Freh h p'ate. Atralnat th wall back of his desk Is the big Spanish flan thu once hunt o'er th oal .ee in the old wa'led city The f ag at cipluted n a sk rrn'sh with the Spanish by the Insurer nt forces. "Thousands hate. h en offe.e 1 as abribe for tint fog"' said Asu n aldo "but I wnuidn't take 2."., 000 posfn Nothing In th chtcftlans drefs " sug gested his rank, but a plance at his rr-rious bronsel ctinl enance stamped him. In my estimation, ss a leaier. His head Is large, but s-ts well upon his rather slight body. Hfs hair Is th tUh hlny black of thf. Taealo. and Is" combed potr padorj enhancing ' hit height somewhat He was neatly drerted In a suit of fine pka cloth of native manufacture, andi as h" s:ool there, straight and dignifietl. tie hand rr-stingj on his dcik. b'spite his under time , and mork-h-rolc sutri'i;rdit.s, h implrensed m as a rr.ah capable of all he had undertaken, and 'h pcses Ion of will and detlrniinAtlon equil to the task set hifo h'm. pnd I made up my mind then ani thte that h was genuine; that- Ms dignity was natural; that h's aim was lofty, an I his character trustful and wmthy of t-!ng trusted. Truei worth shl-es through the eyes, wl 1 shows ;lself In the mouth, ability In the cu-e of ilo nose. There ; is a somrthlng makeup of this l.tt'e Tagalo spires more than rospeot In th that, in- methln? that commands without words, t do not think ' thst I am overestimit!ruj Atv'ng!doh:n I say that he' posse s es the attribute that go )o, make ur greatness as It is understood among men . There is som thing out of the ordinary In j a man. torn in the wiHi of an outlying Island, un'ducated. uri-culture-1, untrave!ed, who pos-sei the power to, Inspire men to heroism and self sacrifice; w ho can muster an army out of men who never fought, but with the knife or the bow snd ar row; who enn hold lr check th- viol-.nt passions for revenge, plunder, nnd de etruction In a race wh -h his "never known anything but cruelty and op pression from the wh'te man. an I which does not forget that the s 11 must tx tilled and the ciOrs harvested and that there is a God In "heavf n who will listen to the petition of a Thgalo cure find will reject the mock priyen of a Fnanciscan I hat iee. Hai per' a Weekly, . ALGER WILL OO. His Contemplated Visit to Cuba Is " Not Abandoned. New York, March IT. A special to the Herald from Washington says that Secretary Alger's "trip to Cuba has not been abandoned, notwithstanding the official statement he made a few weeks ago. that on account of the pressure of public business' he would be compelled to remain in Washington. . It is understood that the secretary has arranged to go to Cuba about the middle of nexj week. He will not be accompanied y any members of the senate and house military committees, but he will be assisted . in his investi gation of conditions of Cuba .and in his Inspection of the troops by Mr. Victor L Mason, his private secretary, and several other gentlemen. : - - NOW IT IS A BLUE CARNATION. George M. Oerahty. meer-of the floral department of Daalels A Fisher at Denver, CoL, snakes the statement that be has under propagaton a blue carnation. Me eays he , has , grown enough of them to satisfy himself that it is a true and sturdy plant, but win not Introduce It until be can show a lower with a history that win convince everyone that he has the. first blue car nation grown. Ellen Terry and Signora Dose are firm friends. , Eleonora QUKEIf REGENT OF SPAIN HAS ENDED THE WAR. No Official News Received from Jfad rid, by the State Department , TV ...kl. ,n - - MADRID. March IT. The nueen re gent' has signed -the treaty of peaces The signed treaty will be forwarded to the French ambassador at Washington for exchange with the one signed by President McKinley. No decree on the subject will be published In the Official Gazette. NO OFFICIAL NEWS, j Washington,' March l?.-70ftlclal news oT action at Madrid was not conveyed fo the state department before th close of the department for the dy. M. Cambon called at the department this afternoon, and stated that he be lieved the tieaty had b en slTtwd. It seems now probable -'that to th am bassador will be confided the honor of closing up the task vhl h ho set alout svcn months ago. that of. bringing the two great nations, then at war, to a state of reace. ' Contrary to the expectation that seen ed to have b-en obtained In some M'tarters. the slmture of the treaty does not involve the Immediate dls-. charge of all volunteer soldiers. It was sttr-d pcsitlveV at the depart -rent thoti legall v. the treaty does rot go In to effect until the ratification has been exchanged, and It will further be ne ceary for the president t prrclalm It tefrrethe peopl of the ITnlted State Includine the soldiers, leforo It can ?e known oflcinlly that the war ts iver. THE GRAND OLD MAN. ...n nr . Ct BANS START AP it MSI D K NT I A L. JUCOM Flt liOMI Z. The Old Veteran 11ns Won a O'orloui Victory Over His rt roles in ; the Island. '' NEW YORK, March 17. A dipatch to the Tribune, from - Havana says: Wednesday night's opu'ar duH nitra tion in honor of General Go mi at Qulnta de los Molina fenis to hive be n turned by the antl-aisembly leaders into romoihlnn of it pr siflent at boom for the "g and t Id man" of C'-bar. pf litics. M-t of I ho sicakrs lnw'slel on proclaiming the det-osed gcnnal-ln-chlef the ide w irantor f Insular In dependence and the inevitable boad of th still unr rmcd Cu-au republic. It reply to th-se hlKhlyfl altering aKsur slices-General Conns cautiously, but -till sujj-gf j!lviy. deolanxl that h could not think of accpting ih r-'esl-dcntlsl title nnlcsn it wete bstowed n hlui by the unanimous vole -f the Cu ha n ie-plr. . " This amwer dlsctosed fen Intention sinsnlarly ( varlan' with -the rio gramj he announced In his tnanfi-sto of Sqnday last In resr"nc' to the as sembly's reoluU-n de(os'rfg hln front office. ' In that manifesto h? ea'd that hs sole desire wn now to retlie to pil vale life and end Ms dysjln p acs in his plantation in Fan Io-nl go. 1TH new, attitude is also In striking con trufrt with Ills ofT.-r of bls-swotd to' commlftee of Pot to lilcans, whlrh ha-i suggested the Initiation of a movement for independence In th'it Island General Gobies' latest change of front l due doubtless to the iverwh"mlnfr character-of the victory he h s won ovei the assembly, and lie elitlon h. feels at the alrost unlyeral -supivirt offerel to him by nit classes f the Cu ban population, ills futuie couse In pr-II tics will be wa(ch"d with Inte-eVt, for if the elections wnlcli are to fur nish a jbasts fr..plltical 'reorganisa tion are held befn-e tht present futoro in his favor subKl ltw. he c n doutt'e have the highest honors the new con stituent asrembly csn beslow on him merely for the asking. ' The Meade, with the t3.000.000 In ca-h on board which lis to he paid to tha Cuban soldiers, entered the harbor, lat night, nnd preparations ire beln-r pushed for the disbursement of the mney tkretigh the agf ncy of Gomes. . The? military assembly h-ld no meet ing todav.. nnd Hs members sre h i lely demoralised and altogether at sett as to their fature piogram. One result of the assMnbly's discomfiture la alrtady. apirenf In the efforts being' made to secure the removal from office of the civil governor of tl-e city. Pen r Mora, and the suteilnt nd'-nt of police, General Mstlo Menocal. both of wliin are acctlMd by the Comes fsc Ion of having sho ti ur-due partisanship In trlng to retr-s the i-opular demon stration of last .Monday. , t At General Rrooke's headiuarters at Vedado. It wss safd toc"ay that Major General Chaffee wss sitfeilg from an attack of matarlsl ftrV-r. the recur rence Of a trouble wh h he con'ractei last summer at Fahtligo The First Texas and r: the Fecond Louisiana ara the nextvciunte r resl ments to be-Vent horn' for mtwtertng out. The latter will sail for Savsnnah on Ba turd 6 y, th'f Ward line t amer Havana being chartered to convey tha regiment to that port. HOME FOR I1URIAL. Body of J.C. Klngsley Has Arrived From Ban Salvador. San Francisco. March 17. The re mains of Jsmes Cook Klngsley, son of the late William C. Klngsley, the fa mous . contractor, whose ymost . con spicuous work was the construction of the Brooklyn'brldge,' have? arrived here from. 8ah Salvador, en route to the Klngsley home in Brooklyn. Toung Klngsley, who was a mining engineer by profession, went to San Salvador some time ago. and was suc cessful In 'developing a promislng mlne. During a recent visit to the city of San Salvador, he committed suicide by shooting himself at his ho tel. He left a will and Instructions that his body should . be sent home. No cause s known for his act. as he was apparently in prosperous circum stances. The shipment of the remains from this city was attended to by a prominent legal firm under instruc tions from Evarts. Beaman ft Choate, of New Tork; representing the Kings ley family. r' :1