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VOL. II. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1 1899. NO. 33.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY BILL.MONUMENT TO MAINE HEROES.LATER NEWS. OEEGON'S S0L0NS. PARIS PEACE TREATYEVENTS OF THE DAY CLASH OF ARMS

Ratified by the Senate by aMajority of Three.

ADOPTED WITHOUT AMENDMENT "

It Passed the Oregon House AlmostUnanimously.

In the Oregon house Monday the district attorney salary bill was passedafter amendment by the judiciary committee, by almost a unanimous vote,The bill as passed fixes salaries as follows: First district, $3,000; seconddistrict, $4,000; third district, $5,500fourth district, $7,600; fifth district$4,000; sixth district, $3,000; seventhdistrict, $3,000; eighth district, $3,500ninth district, $3,000.

Flagg's bill to require all executionsto be held at the state prison andconducted by the superintendent- of thepenitentiary was the first defeated, receiving only 29 votes, but upon reconsideration of the vote and a speech bythe author later in the day it waspassed by a vote of 36.

Blackaby'a bill to empower countycourts and olerks of .school districts tosell propertv and bid in for taxes waspassed by 43 votes.- Other bills passed were: To liraappeals to the supreme court in moneyactions to amounts involving $200 ormore, and to give street railway companies the right of eminent domain; toamend the code relative to new trialsso as to nullify the plea of former' jeopardy and to require street railway companies to provide cars with vestibulesfrom Ootobei 1 to April 1; to prohibitthe adulteration ol candy; to requirethe Oregon Railroad & NavigationCompany to fence its traoks betweenPortland and Huntington; to prohibitpersons from running push cars orhand cars on railroad tracks withoutthe consent of the railway officials; toappropriate $15,000 for bridging thesouth fork of the Nehalem river. Thisbill came up on a reconsideration ofthe vote by which it was defeated February 2,when it received only 80 rotes,The motion to reconsider carried by 82votes and then the bill was passed by avote of 33.

Grace's bill to extend the time inwhioh a laborer's lien may be fi'edfrom 30 to 60 days and contractorsfrom 60 to 90 days was defeated, aawas also Stillman's bill to repeal section 1890 of the code, providing for theobservance of Sunday.

At the night session the followingbills were passed: To regulate travelover county bridges; to repeal the actof 1891 prohibiting driving or herdinglivestock along public highways; to fixthe salaries of county treasurers so asto increase the salary of' the Tillamookcounty trettfe'Sror from $250 te $550; tofix the salary of ihe sheriff of Lincolncounty at $1,800 and salary of clerk ofcounty court at $1,250; to require thesignatures of householders to petitionsfor saloon licenses instead of the signatures of legal votes as under thepresent law; to piohibit the sale of liquor in private boxes or booths of restaurants; to amend the liquor laws soas to require a license foi the sale ofany quantity, whether more than agallon or less.

Moody's bill to regulate the practiceof horseshoeing in counties of 50,000population and over and creatingboard of examiners to be appointed bythe governor was snowed under by 80negative votes aa against only 22affirmative.

The Oregon senate Monday passedunanimously Josephi's bill to make thecost of the maintenance of insane persons chargeable against their estates incertain cases, and to provide for thetransportation of insane patients to theasylum in charge of trained nurseifrom the asylum.

Other bills passed were as follows:Charter of Dalles City (The Dalles); toamend the charter of the town of Dufur, to amend the law relating to tenancy in common, and abolishing jointtenancy; by request, to give. preferenceto honorably discharged soldiers andsailors in all public employment; toamend the law so as to make records ofofficial court reporters piima facie evidence, and to authorize the settlingand signing of bills of exceptions bysnocessors of the trial judge; to requireMultnomah county to take the city ofPortland's lease of the steel bridge; toamend the oharter of Lebanon.

INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.

The Washington Legislature Favoringthe Normal Schools.

The 'Washington- house appropria-tion committee has increased theCheney normal school appropriationfrom $25,000 to $31,000. and Ellens-bur- g

from $25,000 to $45,000.In the house Monday bills introduced

were: For the publication of noticesby posting in counties of from the 10thto the 29th class; for the relief of Mrs.J. H. Stahl; relating to the sufficiencyand justification of bail on bonds;amending the constitution by permit-ting women to vote on a constitutionalamendment, granting suffrage to wo-

men; relating to dyke districts.During the afternoon session of the

house Mr. Englebert occupied"-th- echair. Speaker Guie received a tele-

phone message announcing that theParis treaty had been ratified by theDnited States senate. The announce-ment was greeted with hearty applauseby the house.

Delayed by Trains.Only 21 out of 34 senators were pres-

ent when the senate oonvened Monday.Senator Wooding is sick with grip atSeattle, and all of the east

senators were detained bytrains being late.

Bills introduced were: Prohibitingthe organization of corporations untilall bills and claims are paid; amend-ing the revenue law by making person-al property taxes delinquent on 80

days' notice being given; permittingacceptance of taxes on any part of aparcel of land with reference to taxesdue on other parts of same property;house bill, providing for the building offerries to be ope'rataed on lakes as wellas streams was because ofobjection to the condemnation lightsJ . : 3 .1 .uouuisiuwi iu tiio uiu law.

A fish cannery . combine has beenformed on the Columbia rivei, withcapital of C2, 000, 000.

General Count von Capri vi," formerchancellor ot the German empire, diedat Siren, near Cxossen, Germany.

The peace treaty was ratified by thesenate by a majority of three votes overthe required three-fourth- s. The treatywas ratified without amendment.

Isaac Ofner, a grooeiyman, doingbusiness in Portland, Or., was held upand robbed in his store about 8:30 inthe evening by a lone highwayman.

John M. Com stock, for 40 yearschief of the customs division of thetreasury department, died in Washing'ton after an illness of several weeks.

A monster petition to President Mc

Kinley and the members of the jointhigh commission is being signed, asking their assistance in seeming the re'peal of the alien exclusion act recentlypassed' by the government of BritishColumbia, in which the Atlin miningdistrict is located.

Farmers of Connecticut, New YorkNew Jersey. Ohio, Indiana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, Arkan-sas and California are forming statebranches of the proposed new nationalfarmer's party, and preparing to sendrepresentatives to the national executive committee's meeting, which is tobe called shortly by the projectors ofthe new party.

According to a recent dispatch, 19iron add steel sheet manufactories inPennsylvania. Ohio, West" Virginia,Kentucky and Indiana, controlling anaggregate annual output of 318,000tons ox steel and iron sheets, are preparing to consolidate. This action, itis added, is made necessary by the com-

bination.)! tin-pla- te plants, and it isbelieved that the proposed consolida-tion will eventually be absorbed by thetin-pla- te trust.

Local representatives at Tacoma admit that the street railway systems ofthat city are to be consolidated, withEastern capitalists in control. A company capital has beenorganized to operatcall street-car- s andfurnish power to manufactories. Awater-pow- er plant will be constructed.Representatives of J. P. Morgan & Co.the Northern Pacific railway, DnionPacific and the O. R. & N., with localmen, are interested in the deal.

The 'two highwaymen who for thepast two months have been holding upcitizens and stores and terrorizing allPortland are safely lodged in jail. Oneof them, Harry Traoy, was arrested byDetective Weiner, after a shootingaffray that stopped a passenger trainand roused a whole neighborhood. Theother, Dave Merrill, fell into thebands of Detectives Cordano and FordSnnday, and gave the informationwhich led to the capture of his accomplice. Both are and des-

perate men.

Iiis believed that the battle at Manila will hasten the ratification of thetreaty with Spain by congress. .

Two soap trusts are being formedone at Chicago, with $100,000,000 cap-ital, and one at Boston with $20,000,-00- 0.

San Francisco is to have a world'sfair in 1901. It is to be known as thsPacifio Ocean and International. Expo-sition.

Turkey is making military preparations in view of a possible Macedonianuprising. Bulgaria is also hastily or-

ganizing and arming troops.President McKinley has presented to

Charles A. Schott. chief of the computing division of the United States coastand geodetic survey, the prize recentlyconferred upon him by the Academy ofFrance.'

Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, found guiltyby a San Francisco court of the murderof Mrs. John P. Dunning, has beensentenced to prison for life, the judgerefusing a new trial. The case will beappealed.

The commission to investigate theconduct of the war is devoting all of itsenergies to closing up its report. Therough draft is practically completed,and copies are being made of the docu-

ment, so far as it is ready.It is said administration officials are

urging the president to endeavor to en-

list the services of Aguinaldo in thesettlement of the Philippine question,as he has the services of General Go-

mez in the pacification of Cuba.

Lord Charles Beresford, the distinguished British naval officer and states-man will arrive in San Francisco onthe Japanese steamer American Maru,due on February 11, and the chamberof commerce is arranging for a publicreception to the Englishman.

The situation at the mining camp ofIndependence, 18 miles from Aspen,Colo., is critical in the extreme. Starvation stares the inhabitants of thetown in the face. Provisions and fuelBtipplies are nearly exhausted. Woodthat had been cut and piled for winteruse lies buried under many feet ofsnow, and cannot be reached. Roadsleading to Aspen, the only source ofsupply for Independence, are impassable. Snowslides are so frequent between Aspen and Independence that itis almost suicidal to venture on theroute.

General Sheridan has compleeted arrangements to send the third expedi-tion of troops to the Philippines. Itwill consist of 16 companies, takenfrom the 12th and 17th infantry regi-ments.

A dispatch from Cokeville, Wyo.,says a snowslide a mile long occurred,burying several men and teams. Allthe men were takeu out alive with theexception of Burt Handy,, who wardead when found.

Resolution Adopted by the LowerHouse of Congress.

Washington, Feb. 6. In the senatethe president pro tempore presented amemorial from the Chamber of Com-

merce of New York, urging ratificationof tbo peace treaty. ' Hale, chairmanof the naval affairs committee, favora-

bly reported the following joint resolu-tion, and it was adopted:

"The secretary of the navy is herebyauthorized to have erected in Coloncemetery at Havana, Cuba, a suitablegranite monument to the memory ofthe sailors and marines who ' lost theirlives by the destruction of the Maine,and whose remains are buried in thatcemetery, and to suitably inscribe andenclose such monument, and the sumof $10,000 is appropriated for that purpose."

Harris offered the following resolution, which he asked might lie on thetable:

"That the Dnited States hereby disclaims any intention or purpose to exercise permanent sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over the Philippinesand assert their determination when astable and independent governmentshall have been erected therein, entitled to recognition as such, to transfer to such government upon termswhich shall be reasonable and just allrights secured under the cession bySpam, and to ther upon leave the government and control of the islands totheir people. "

In accordance with previous notice,Money began the discussion of .expansion, speaking in opposition to takingthe Philippines. Money conoluded at2 o'clock, and Daniel then addressedthe senate on the same subject.

Opposition to Test ToteWashington, Feb. 6. The contro-

versy in the senate ovei the vote uponthe various resolutions interpretativeof the peace treaty took an acute turnlate today. The opposition to a votefirst came from the . friends of thetreaty, who held to the theory that itcould be ratified without compromise.Those who apparently were then willing that a vote should be taken todayheld an opposite view, and absolutelyrefuse to agree to a time for taking avote.

The contest occurred in the executive session, which did not occur untia quarter after 5-- o'clock-.- xhe nexthour and a quater was spent in a vainendeavor on one side to get an agree-ment to a date for a vote upon theresolutions, and on the other in a moresuccessful effort to bring the day's session to a oiose without allowing anything to be accomplished in that direction.

After a general debate on the subjectthe senate adjourned.

DYEA AND SKAGWAY.

They May Be Ceded to the Dominion ofCanada by Treaty.

Washington, Feb. 6. If the reportof their subcommittee is adopted, asseems possible if not probable, a sliceof Alaska territory, embracing the entrance to the Klondike, may be cededto Great Britain in treaty to be adopted by the Anglo-Americ- commission.

ine suDoommittee 8 report, it issaid, comes dangerously near to puttingSkagway and Dyea under British control, leaving to the Americans, bowever, the control of the headwaters ofthe Lynn canal, by which both ofthese supply towns are reached.

To Kill All Foreigners.San Francisco, Feb. 6. In the sto

ries of the murders of missionaries andforeign residents recently in China, details of a particularly barbarous affairat Chongan Chiang, involving the lifeof an Englishman named Fleming, andEvangelist Pan, have been wantingJ. R. Adams, of the Chinese inlandmission, visited the scene of the murders, and tells of a shocking conditionof affairs, in the North China DailyNews. He ascertained that the peopleof Chongan had determined to take thelife of every foreigner in the place, andwhen Mr. Fleming set foot in the townhe was a doomed man. At least 200people witnessed the murder from theopposite side of the river. EvangelistPan was suddenly and quickly outdown. Mr. Fleming dismounted fromhis mule to go to his assistance, buthe, too, was attacked and slain after adesperate conflict.

A Court of Inquiry Probable.Washington, Feb. 6. Indications

are that a court of inquiry will be or-dered to investigate and report uponthe truth or falsity of statements al-

leged to have been made by GeneralMiles, in which the quality of beelfurnished the troops during the latewar was brought in question.

Deadly Work of a Train.Pittsburg, Feb. 6. A two-hors- e

wagon on which five men and a youngwoman were riding, was struck todayby a Baltimore & Ohio freight trainafRiverton station. Four men werekilled and the other man and the youngwoman so badly injured that they willprobably die.

Hepburn's Canal Bill.Washington, Feb. 6. The house

committee on interstate and foreigncommerce today directed a favorablereport on the Hepburn Nicaragua canalbill, with amendments, as a substitutefor the Morgan bill, passed by the senate.

Record-Breakin- g Voyage.Washington, Feb. 6. The Buffalo

arrived at Manila today, having maderecord-breakin- g run from New York

to Manila in 64 days. She has onboard about 700 sailors to relieve themen in Dewey's fleet. She will beused as a regular transport for men andnaval stores, making regular trips be-

tween Manila and San Francisco.

It is calculated that the men of GreatBritain spend at least $25,000,000every year on silk hats.

Initiative and Referendum Passes theSenate Convicts to Be Worked

on Marion County Roads.

Eight bills were passed in the Oregonsenate last Wednesday and two wererecommittted for amendment.

Four of the bills passeu were toamend the charter of Lakeview, Canyon City, Seaside and Hilsboro.

Looney's bill to provide for workingstate convicts on about 125 miles ofMarion county roads, between state in-

stitutions, and appropriating $3,500for superintendence and buying tools,passed by a vote of 127 to 7.

The bill to make a person who vol-

untarily charges a crime against another before a justice of peace or grandjury pay the costs in case the prosecu-tion prove malicious or frivolous finallypassed, as did a bill to prevent swinerunning at large in Sherman county,and a bill to reduce the salaries ofWashington county officers. .

In the House.The reconsideration of the Woodburn

charter bill was the occasion for an-

other spirited forensic battle at the ses-

sion of the bouse Wednesday. Thebill, however, passed by a vote of 85to 15; absent, 10. A motion to recon-sider the vote by whioh the bill was de-feated January 27 passed unanimously.

Other bills passed were: To amendthe charter of Arlington; to incorporateMedford; to fix the compensation ofthe assessor of Jackson county at $1,900per annum in lieu of per diem; tocreate a separate board of county com-missioners for Clatsop county.

The following bills were introduced:To amend the charter of Medford; toincorporate Enterprise; to repeal thelet providing for the payment of streetand sewer assessments in installments.

Initiative-an- Referendum.The resolution for an initiative and

referndum amendment to the constitu-tion passed the senate last Thursday,having previously passed the house,nd is ready for submission to the next

legislature.The American Bar Association's codi-

fication of laws relating to negotiablepaper passed both houses. The Curtisbill limiting the'number and salariesof professors in the state universitypassed the house after a sharp discussion.- - .- - .;.Hill's pilotage bill, which passed thehouse a week ago, was reported by thesenate committee on commerce andnavigation with amendments strikingout a large part of the bill and leavingit without direct bearing on bar pilotage and placing the appointment olpilot commissioners in the hands of thegovernor. The amendments wereadopted, and the bill passed, 21 to 5.The only change in the present law isto make river pilotage not compulsory.

In the senate Thursday a resolutionto authorize the exchange of the oldblind institute site for a block adjoin-ing the present site of the blind insti-tute, owned by J. H. Albert, was thespecial order, and, after a vote carry-ing the resolution was nearly complet-ed, it was recommended on a statement from Selling that he had justheard something about it that neededinvestigation. ,

The following bills were, passed:To constitute the county court a boardof equalization for coiyity assessment;to extirpate Russian and Chinesethistles; to appropriate $4,000 for thsOregon Historical Society.

In the House.The greater portion of the forenoon

session of the house Thursday wasgiven up to hearing reports of standingcommittees. In addition to this, twobills were passed and eight new billsintroduced.

The bills passed were those by Curtis, amending the salmon-fishin- g lawspassed at the special session so as toconform with the regulations agreedupon by the joint fisheries committee,and by Myers, to apply to the militaryfund of the state all moneys that maybe teceived from the government fortransportation and equipment of theSecond Oregon volunteers.

Other bills passed were: To requirethat all claims against the state otherthan salaries and liabilities establishedby law, be incorporated into separateappropriation acts; to abolish the ex-

pensive practice of copying assessmentrolls for the state and to provide fortransmission to the secretary of statesummaries only; to provide for the reorganization of the state militia; to restore to the military fund of the state$8,897.68 expended in the suppressionof liots by the state militia at Astoriaand Roseburg during 1896; authorizingthe supreme court to employ clericalaid and appropriating $7,200 therefor;to codify the laws relating to negotia-ble instruments; to prohibit false labeling of Oregon productsapplying especially to salmon and Oregon fruits.

Reapportionment Bill Approved.In the Oregon Benate Friday, Sena

tors Smith, of Baker, and Dufur pre-sented explanations of their positionwith referenece to the reapportionmentact, which was approved by the governor while they were speaking. Bothopposed the double districting featureof the law.

The following bills were passed: Toauthorize county courts to permit oon- -etiuction of logging roads along publichighways; to prevent the unauthorizeduse of trademarks.

District Attorney Bill Remitted.In the Oregon house Friday the ju

diciary committee asked to amend thebill by substituting 1900 for 1902,claiming the 'figures were placed inthe bill as the result of a clerical error.

The following bills were passed: Todefine the duties of administration inpayment of claims, and declare the order of propriety of claims; to give farmlaborers a lien upon farm products forlabor perormed; to protect salmon inAlesea bay and streams emptying intoit. and fixing the olose season:

Serious Fighting Be

tween Americansand Insurgents.

THE FILIPINO LOSS IS LARGE

Twenty American Soldiers Killed, and175 Wounded Enemy's Iioss Runs

- Into the Thousands News of theBattle Confirmed by General Otis.

Manila, Feb 7. The long-expect-

rupture between the Amerioans and theFilipinos has come at last. The formerare now engaged in solving the Philippine problem with the utmost expedition possible.

'. he clash came at 8:40 yesterdayevening, when three daring Jnlipinosdarted past the Nebraska regiments atSanta Mesa, but retired when challenged. They repeated the experimentwithout drawing the sentries' fire, butat the third time Corporal Gieeleychallenged the Filipinos and then fired.killing one of them and wounding another. Almost immediately afterwardthe Filipinos' line from Caloean to

suit, bmtlto asttv AlTtft.

Santa Mesa commenced a fusiladewhich was ineffectual.

The Nebraska, Montana and NorthDakota outposts replied vigorously , andheld their ground until reinforcementsarrived.

The Filipinos in the meantime concentrated at three points, Caloean,

and Santa Mesa.At about 1 o'clock the Filipinos

opened a hot fire from all three placessimultaneously. This was supplemented by the fire of the two seige guns atBalik-Bali- k and by advancing theirskirmishers from Paoo and Pandacan

The Americans responded with a terrific-- fire, but owing to the darknessthey were unable to determine its effect.

The Dtah light artillery finally succeeded in silencing the native battery.The Third artillery also did eood workon the extreme left. The engagementlasted over an hour.

The Dnited States cruiser Charlestonand the gunboat Concord, stationed offMalabon, opened fire from their secondary batteries on the Filipinos positionat Caloean and kept it up vigorously.

At 2:45 there was another fusiladealong the entire line and the DnitedStates sea-goin- g double-turrete- d moni-tor Monadnock opened fire on the ene-

my from off Malate.With daylight the Amerioans ad

vanced. The California and Washington regiments made a splendid chargeand drove the Filipinos from the worksat Paoo and Santa Mesa. The Nebraskaregiment also distinguished itself, cap-

turing several prisoners and one Howitzer, and a very strong position at thereservoir, which is connected with thewaterworks.

The Kansas and Dakota regimentscompelled the enemy's right flank toretire to Caloean.

There was intermittent firing at various points all day long.

The American losses are estimatedat 20 men killed and 125 wounded.

The Igorotes, armed with bows andarrows, made a determined stand inthe face of a hot artillery fire, and letmany dead on the field.

Several attempts were made in thiscity yesterday evening to assassinateAmerican officers.

Confirmed by Otis.The following dispatch from Gen.

Otis confirms the news of the fighting:'Manila, Feb. 7. To Adjutant-Ge- n

eral, Washington, D. C: Saturdaythe insurgents opened attack on ourouter lines at 8:45, repeated attack several times during the night. At 4o'olook this morning entire foroe wasengaged, and all attacks repulsed; atdaybreak advanced against insurgents,and have driven them beyond linesthey formerly occupied, capturing several villages and their defense works;insurgents' loss in dead and woundedlarge; our own casualties thus far esti-mated at 175, very few fatal."

A dispatch to the London Post says:Many of the insurgents were driveninto the Pasig river and drowned. Sev-eral hundred were taken prisoners.

In a subsequent telegram the following statements are made: Last night'sand today's engagements have provedaveritable slaughter for the Filipinos,their killed being reported as amounting to thousands.

To Crush the Kevolt.Washington, Feb. 7. Instructions

will be sent to Major-Gener- al Otis to-

morrow, directing him to follow up hisVictory over the insurgents and to crushthe power of Aguinaldo in the

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Epitome of the TelegraphicNews of the World.

TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

An Interesting Collection of Items Fromthe Two Hemispheres Presented

In a Condensed Form.

Vine buildings covering half a blockin the heart of the businesss portion ofColumbus, O., were destroyed by fire,

The transports, Ohio and Senator,bearing the Twenty-secon- d infantry tothe Philippines have sailed from SanFrancisco.

The second battalion of the Seven-teenth infantry are en route to Manilavia New York. They sailed from thatport on the transport Sherman.

The largest combination of - whiskyand distilling interests yet attemptedbaa been concluded in New York, under the title of the Kentucky Distillers& Warehouse Company.- Negotiations for the consolidation ofthe leading pottery interests bave beenconcluded in New York by the. formation of the Ainer.can pottery companies, with a capitalization of $i0.000,-000- .

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A now slide occurred on the Cana-dia-

Pacifio at Rogeis Pass, in the Selkirk range. The railroad roundhouseand other buildings were demolished.Nine persons are known to have beenkilled and two injured.

Con ti acts have been let for the erec-

.tion of a large beet-sug- ar factorv atAnaers. a small town west of Omaha,on the Dnion Pacifio. The men whoare furnishing the money to build thefactory are Boston capitalists. -

The Dnited States transport Grant,which left New York January 19, hav-

ing on board Major-Gener- al Lawton,the Fourth infantry and a battalion ofthe Seventeenth infantry, bound forManila, has arrived at Gibraltar.

Steamer Rhynland, from Liverpool.for Philadelphia, went ashore ' fourmiles north of Penwiok's , island life- -

saving station. A heavy snow-stor- m

. was prevailing at the time. Therewere 42 passengers and a crew of 79 onboard, all of whom weie rescued.. .....

There lias been no' further generalfighting between the partisans of therival chieftains in the Samoan islands,since tiie last advices except that aparty of Mataafa's followers was routedin the bush by Malietoans. It is expected, however, that fighting will beresumed, as Mataafa is arresting persons who have been alreadv fined andreleased. The work of pillage con'tinues, among the houses looted beingVilima, the home of the late RobertLou in Stevenson, the novelist.

Iowa mineworkers are making aneffort to have eight hours declared aday's work.

.native troops ate to be utilized inCuba and Amerioan soldiers graduallywithdrawn.

A syndicate composed of American,Canadian, English and French. capitalists, is making an effort to secure control of all the railroads in Cuba nowbuilding and in operation, and all tobe' constructed hereafter. --

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The bishop of Havana has declaredthat Preotestant services cannot be heldover the graves of the Maine victims inColumbus cemetery, as it is consecratedground. Americana were preparing todecorate the graves on the anniversaryof the explosion.

The Central ' Cable Company an-nounces that the Dnited States govern-ment in the Philippines has modifiedthe recent prohibition of telegrams incipher or code. Messages in secret lan-

guage may now be accepted, subject togovernment cnesorshi p.

The senate committee on navalaffair! has decided upon favorable re-

port on the bill providing for addi-tional pay to laborers in navy-yard- s

who worked overtime during the emer-gency of war with Spain. The amountrequired is about $300,000, and about

'6,000 men are involved.

General Otis cables the war depart-ment, giving the number of deaths inhis command since January 7. Thetotal is 19, many of whom .died ofsmallpox. The greater number ofdeaths were of Kansas, Colorado, Cali-fornia and Pennsylvania privates. Inthe 1 ist appear the names of Allen KCarlyle, private, First Washington.January 16, typhoid; Earld A. Jeans,First Washington, January 36, ty-phoid; Wistar Hawthorne, private,Second Oregon, diphtheria.

Cuban General Gomez refuses todisband his army unless paid nearly.$60,000,000. He claims to have 40,000men under arms, for which he askspay for three years' service, at the samerate as given American soldiers. Forhis own services in the past he wants$11,000 a year, the same as paid

lieutenant-genera- l. He hasabout 200 brigadier-generals- , who de-

mand pay at the rate of $5,500 annuallyfor three years past, besides numerousother officers, whose pay aggregates$3,783,000.

Minor News Items.The third regiment, infantry, has

left St. Paul for New York en route tothe Philippines. .

A blizzard has been raging overWyoming. A tecent dispatch says thedeep snow has a hard crust, and therewill be much suffering among stock.

An Iowa syndicate, with $30,000,000capital, has asked congress to grant asubsidy of $16,000 a mile for a railroadand telegraph line to the Yukon, viaCopper river.

Effect of the Outbreak In the Philip,pines Made Apparent Before

' Vote Was Taken.

Washington, Feb. 8. Betore thesenate convened today the leaders onboth sides manifested great anxiety, .

and all seemed to be very much indoubt as to the final result, ratificationor rejection seeming to depend uponseveral doubtful votes. It was knownSaturday that the treaty could muster,but 58 votes. Leaders of the opposi-tion to the treaty were standing as firmas ever.

After the senate went into executivesession it was reported that MoLaurinand McEneiy had come over for thetreaty, giving the necessary two-third- s.

. At the conclusion of the discussionon the subject, Davis moved an execu-tive session, and at 2:15 P. M. the sen-at- o

went into executive session for finalconsideration of the peace treaty.

McEneiy offered a resolution declar-ing that by ratification of the treaty itis not intended to make citizens of theinhabitants of the Philippines nor toannex the islands permanently, but tohold them until the islands are pre-pared for

At 8:05 the bells rung for a vote onthe amendment to the treaty. Theamendment was to make the Philippinearticle of the treaty like that relatingto Cuba. The amendment was defeat-ed, and the vote was then taken on thetreaty. The vote in detail follows:

Yeas Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Baker,Burrows, Butler, Carter, Chandler,Clark, Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye,Gallinger, Gear, Gray, Hanna, Hans-boroug- h,

Harris, Hawley, Jones (Nev-ada), Kenny, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge,MoBride, MoEnery, McLaurin, McMil-li- n,

Mantle, Mason, Morgan, Nelson,Penrose, Perkins. Pettus, Piatt (Con-necticut). Piatt (New York), Pritehard,Quay, Ross, Sewell, Sboup, Simon,Spooner, Stewart, Sullivan, Teller,Thurston, Warren, Wellington, Wol-cott5- 7.

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Niiys Bacon. Bate. Berry. Cafferr.CiiHtfcn, Ccckrell, Daniel, ML? f."Hale, Heitielt, iioar, Jones (Arkansas),Mai lory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell,Money, Murphy, Pasco, Pettigrew,Rawlins. Roaoh, Smith, Tillman, Tur--

ley, Turner, Vest 27.Absent, paired, Cannon and Wilson

for, with White againat, and Proctorand Wetmore for, with Turpie against.

THE NATION'S DEAD.

List of the Killed in the Manila En.gagement.

Manila, Feb. 8. The casualties olSaturday night and Sunday were asfollows: Fourteenth infantry. Cor-

porals B. Soden and Henry F. Thomp-son, Privates Jesse A. Hale, MauriceL. Seeman, Louis Y. Dietz, JamesHarveymight, Charles W. Douglas,Frank H. Issinghausen, Charles A,Seitz, Alphonso Bonner and Peter N.Storment, killed.

Sixth artillery Private W. A. Goodman.

First Idaho Major Ed McConville,Corporal Frank B. Calwerel, PrivateJames Fraaer.

First California Privates J. J. De--war, Tom Bryan and Joseph Maher. .

First Washington Corporal GeorgeW. McGowan, Privates Ralph Sim-mond- s,

George B. Reicbart, FrankSmith, Mattias , Cherry, ShermanHarding, Edward H. Perry, Walter N.Hanson and Arnold H. Moyokel.

First South Dakota Privates Hor--ace J. McCraken, killed; Fred E.Green, killed; William Z. Lewis,killed.

First Montana Corporal Hayes,missing, probably killed; Private JohnSorenson, head wounded, probablyfatal.

First Colorado Ed. White, missing.supposed to be drowned; Elmer F.Doran, killed.

Died ol wounds: Lieutenant JamesW. Mitchell, Fourteenth infantry;Private George W. Ball, First Idaho;Colonel William C. Smith, First Ten-

nessee, died of appoplexy at the headof his command on the firing line.

OTIS.

ENEMY'S ENORMOUS LOSS.

Two Thousand Dead and 3,500 Wounded at Manila.

Manila, Feb. 8. Careful estimatesplaces the Filipino losses up to date at2,000 dead; 3,500 wounded and 5,000taken prisoners.

The Vakiraa Volunteers.Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 8. A North

Yakima special to the Ledger says:Three of the Yakima boys are amongthe slain at Manila: Matt Cherry isthe son of a well-know- n farmer of Se-la- h

valley. George Reichart is of aGerman family located on Nob Hill,and the third is not known locally. Heprobably was enlisted in Tacoma.Frank Smith was of company I. ofWalla Walla.

Oregon Troops Engaged.Manila, Feb. 8. The Oregon regi

ment participated in a sharp engagement with the insurgents late yesterdayafternoon, but drove the enemy backwithout losing a man.

Drryfus Coming Back.Paris, Feb. 8. A dispatch to the

Patrie, from Cayenne.capital of FrenchGuiana, says that orders have been re.oeived there for the return of Dreyfuato France, with the statement that a,vessel has been Bent to bring him.