Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-27

0 be appended to any appropriation
~ under consideration in the house.
he significance Of It Ia readily seen.
RESOLUTION or INQUIRY.
WAsHINoToN, Jan. n. The
iouse committee on appropriations
iaa agreed to report "A resolution
alliug for an inquiry by the sppro-
Driaiions committee Of the house as
o whether the requirements OF colt
,ress providing for holding the
,lumbian Exposition at Chicago \
nave been carried out, whether all /
Of whatever character
'or the exposition were judiciously
made, and inquiring into the man
,gement of the affair.
THE BnLLARD CHAMPION.
NEW YoKK, Jan. 27.-It was
hat Jacob Schaefer would
accept the offer of George Slosson
TO play another billiard game under
the conditions that governed the
nstch decided last Friday night.
however, failed TO put in
an appearance, and IN consequence
Slosson was sad. The latter said
that he stands ready to meet the
champion IN an lsO0-polnt balk-Iipe
game, but he will not pay three
nights series, as Schaefer suggests.
He thinks that match Of one
uight fair test, apd does not care
to enter into a competition that
savors Of gate money. In the re-
cent match Schaefer received for
his winnings $1,000, Slos' on thinks
the champion was well paid for bis
nights work, and as "the wizard"
is In Ihe business for money, he fails
To see wly 5chaefer should refuse 10
meet him again.
TALKING TOO MUCH.
SAN FBANCIsCo, Jan. PA New
York special says Ricardo Trumbull,
a member Of the Gillian congress,
when Viewed today referred to
Egan as scoundrel. He said he
would show him as such in D lecture
Thursday. The Mail and Express
prints the following:
"If the Chilian delegate, Trum-
bull, expects an American audience
will allow him to call Minister Egg u
scoundrel and few other choice
names at the Reform club meeting
Thursday evening he ia very much
mistaken. The moment is not
auspicious for Chilian bluster in this
patriotic metropolis, nor for the con-
,inuanee of efforts to purchase arms
in this country for Chill, nor for
shipment OF any such arms already
purchased. Let our government
fearlessly prohibit any export of
arms and ammunition to Chill at
once, and let Trumbull beware what
he says"
SILVER QUESTION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27,-Leach,
director of the mint, was before the
house COMMITTEES on coinage, weights
and measures, and was examined
relative to the silver question. He
waa of the opinion that the supply
and demand for silver alone regu.
lated Its price, and favored an inter
national agreement as the best
solution OF the question.
SENSATIONAL RUMoR.
NEW York, Jan. PA sensa-
tional rumor current on the stock
exchange this afternoon that Egan
was killed. The state department
officials at Washington pronounce
the rumOr absurd,
CAPTURED.
FAIRHAvEN, Wash, Jan. 81
George Placer, the Indian who muir.
dered Moses Yonkins was captured
this morning near Ferndale.
i. h. HILL.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Two thou.
sand Democrats grasped the hand of
New YoTks junior senator last night,
and amid the popping of cham
payne corks, David Bennett Hill
listened smiiingly to the many com
plimentary things said of him. II
was reception rendered him 10y
the Manhattan club, and Democrats
from this and other states congratu.
lated the senator. When Senator
Hill arose, after the dinner was
over, IL was fully two minutes be-
fore he could speak, SO continuous
was the applause. He thanked the
Manhattan club, referred 10 the
Democratic victories In New York
the past four years, and, spe king of
his share, remarked: al simply did
/ what klt 20 be my duty TO my
state aud to my party. This year
we will storm and carry Republican.
ism of the country. We carried the
legislature, we will have n new con-
gresslonal apportionment, to be fol.
lowed by new state apportionment,
ard hope soon 10 sit In the United
States senate with ID. mocratlc
colleague
NOTHING NEW.
WAsmNGroN, Jan. 27.-Th,re is
no new features developed today in
regard to the Gillian affair The
members OF the cabinet preserve a
perfect silence on the subject of
Chili's concessions, aud will not
admit or deny any thing, no move
ments OF the naval force are an,
nounced today. Representative
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