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The record-union., 1897-01-18
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
1t is Still Unable to Effect an Or
ganizatiOn.

SALEM (Or), jan I.-Twenty-three
members Of the lower house of the Ore
gon Legislature held a meeting in the
Capitol to-day for the purpose of at
tempting TO effect organization. They
adjourned without accomplishing any
thing save a compliance with the State
Constitution, which provides that until
the House is organized the members
shall meet from day to day, serving
without pay after stipulated time,
which has already expired.
Those members who favor immediate
organization held caucus tonight and
decided to make no concession to the
flibusters. There is no prospect of
organization tomorrow, consequently
no vote for United States Senator can
be taken before February 1st. Senator
Mitchell is now the only candidate on
the ground
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A GREAT STORM.
1t Has Blockaded a Railroad in the
Northwest.

ST. PAUL (NIinn.). Jan. ia great
storm has been raging in Minnesota
and the Dakotas for the past twenty
eight hours and tonight the tempera-
ture is dropping one degree an hour.
The fall of snow has been very heavy
and the wind has ragged furiously. No
trains north and west of st. Paul are
running on schedule time. Southern
and Eastern trains left here on time
tonight, but with slight prospect Oh
getting through. No trains nave peei
operated on the Great Northern De-
tween Huron, S. D., and Benson, Mimi
for two weeks.
All Northern Minnesota points repor'
the temperature from 10 to 20 below
zero. The thermometer here egistered
10 below at 1:30 tonight, with pros
poets of growing much colder before
morning
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Censorship.

TAMPA (Fla.), Jan. 11.-Passengers
by the Olivette bring news of the war
situation in Cuba. Port au Principe
and Santiago are practically in the
hands of the insurgents, the Spaniards
not daring to leave their foftresses ex-
cept under the protection of a stronger
escort. In fact, the whole eastern por-
ton of the island is now in the hands
of the Cubans.
Weyler permits nothing against his
interest to pass his censorship, but it
now comes out that the 200 wounded
men sent into Havana last week was
the result of an attack made on the
trocha twenty miles from Havana by
a Cuban column.
1t is now ascertained that the Cuban
General Jose Maria. Aguirre died of
pneumonia at El Inglis, in the province
of Havana, on the 18th ult.
The Spaniards are driven from the
country into the cities and are fortify-
ing them. They continue the work day
and night at Havana. On Saturday
morning before the Olivette left the
Spaniards were out practicing with
heavy artillery.
The stories published in this country
that the Cuban leaders are ready to
treat on a basis of autonomy are de-
nounced as ISLANDERS on Cuban man.
hood. They are emphatic in the state
ment that the Cubans will never ac-
cept anything at the hands of Spain
but absolute independence.
Gomez has never authorized anything
to the contrary. 1t is reported that
Fondeviela continues to butcher paci-
ficos ait Guanabucoa-
A large body of insurgents is report
ed near Havana.
1t is also reported that General Ca
lixto Garcia has defeated General Sc
gura. infiicting a loss of 500 in killed
and wounded on the Spaniards.
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Didn't Like the New Way.

/ The bank at Pelham City had been
opened for about six months, when old
! jim Crawford walked in one day and
| made a deposit of $50. He looked
! around in a dissatisfied way and
growled and muttered to himself about
new tangled notions. but finally took
! his passbook and left and it was three
/ months before he was seen again. Then
| one forenoon he entered the town on
/ horseback, whooped, and, fourishing g
a gun in either hand and dismounting
at the bank, he entered with a yell and
/ pointing his weapon at the cashier
shouted:
| Come right down, old man. or off
| goes the top of your head!''
! What do you want, MIR. Crawford ?''
was the polite query.
so you know me, eh?"
"Of course. Want some money!"
That's what l want. and you shell
| out or I'll load you up with lead!"
How much, Mr.. Crawford?"
Thirty dollars
You can have fifty if you want it, as
that is the sum to your credit Just
make check, will you?"
What's a check?'
why, I'll fill in this, and you sign
| it,
| And don't l Shoot?"
Not a shot. Just sign your name
there
Say, l don't understand" exclaimed
| the old man as he backed off I'm
here to hold this bank up for $50"
But you don't have to- Just sign
this check and I'll hand over your mon
oy."
And 1 don't yell nor shoot?"
mo"
And the Sheriff don't come after
me?"
No. Put your name to this
| Il can't do it--cant do it, nohow,"
said the old man, with choke to his
/ voice If that's the new way of doin'
things I'm out of it. l want my mon
ey, but / want it in the old way
WELL have it the old way, them
The old man tramped forward to the
cashiers window, rested the muzzle
of his gun on the ledge and yelled out:
"Come down or you ar a dead mani
"Certainly-here's thirty
"And-and is that all there is to it?''
That's ALL"
Then I'll be hanged if 1 want it,
he said, and he threw the money back
and went outdoors and sat down on
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OUT IN TWO ROUNDS.
Ross Knocks Fitzgerald Out in a Fight
at Fresno.

FRESNO, Jan. 11.-There was an in
teresting prize fight last night at San
ger, fifteen miles east of this city, in
which j. Fitzgerald, a local celebrity
and William Ross. a pugilist from Visa
liza, We're the principals. Fitzgerald re-
ceived a knockout blow in the neck in
the second round. The fight was for a
purse of Sl00
The affair took place in the Depew
Opera-house and was witnessed by a
big crowd,a large delegation of sporting
men from this city being in attendance
Ross and Fitzgerald fought two weeks
ago and Ross was the victor then also
Both fights were vicious, science being
at a discount and hard slugging at a
premium.
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Utah Senatorial Contest.

SALT LAKE, Jan. 1.-THE Utah
Senatorial contest is waxing warm.
The Legislature being SO overwhelm-
ingly Democratic makes it certain that
the Senator to be elected will be Of
that party, but the rivalry among the
three candidates is intense. A careful
estimate leads to the conclusion that
the result of the first joint ballot taken
on Tuesday will be about as follows:
Congressman Rawlins u, Moses
Thatcher 20, Judge Henderson 10, all
Democrats; H. w. Lawrence, Populist,
3; scattering 3. Necessary to a choice
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The record-union., 1897-01-18

The world is full of heroes
Who have never tasted fame,
Because the chances needed
For their valor never came.
The woods are full of songsters
That have never charmed the ear.
Because when they have warbled
There has been no one to hear.
There is exc full many a poet
Who has never tuned Tyre
Whom chance has left with naught to Sc
His gentle soul afire.
Would the silvery-throated diva,
Who sings but to enhance.
Have ever risen from the crowd
But for a lucky chance?
Would assassinated Caesar
Still be known to men to-day
But for the opportunities
That tumbled in his way?
Would Napoleon the mighty
Have been Emperor of France.
Had there not been combinations
Formed to open up the chance?
Oh, don't sneer at a fellow
Who just happens to be down;
A gust of wind might bring him wealth
Or lift him to renown.
Cleveland Leader.
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TIME SHORTENED.
That Between nexico and ST. Louis to
be Twelve Hours Less.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE train time
between the City of Mexico and ST.
Louis is to be shortened nearly twelve
hours. The new schedule whereby this
will be accomplished is now being ar
ranged by the Iron Mountain, the Tex
as and Pacific, the International and
Great Northern and the Mexican Ma
tional roads, and it will possibly go into
effect about February 10Th. Under the
new schedule the time between St.
Louis and San Antonio will be cut down
six hours. The time is thirty-five hours.
The roads will inaugurate this new
schedule to protect themselves against
the new through train service which
will be inaugurated out of San Anto-
MO for St. Louis tonight by the South
ern Pacific, the San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass and st. Louis and San Fran
cisco roads.
The record-union., 1897-01-18
INDICTMENT QUASHED
The Attorney General Saves an AL
legged EmbeZZler From Trial.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), jan II.
The steamship Alki from Alaska this
evening brought news of great excite
ment there as a result of the informa-
ton prosecution of ex-United States
Marshal Orville T. Porter on a charge
of embeZZlement under Grand Jury in
dictment, having been quashed under
direct and specific orders from the At
torney-General at Washington to the
District Attorney of Alaska.
The charge had been hanging over
Porter since shortly after his retirement
at the end of the Harrison administra-
ton, but he had evaded trial by various
The record-union., 1897-01-18
BALD'S BLUFF.
The English BicycIists Have Not
Pluck to Take it Up.

BUFFALO. Jan. 17.-Eddy Bald made
a proposition last night to Ed Plum
mer, the manager of the English con-
tingent, to race either Wilton or Wal
lace a distance of one mile for a stake of
$500 to $1,000. Plummer was taken
aback by Bald's bold defiance and made
no attempt to make a match. Linton
offered to accept the challenge if Bald
would allow him to have his own pace
makers and the race to take place in
England.
Bald agreed to race in England, but
insisted that the same pacemakers
should act for both men, as the foreign
pacemakers are acknowledged to be
better than the Americans. Linton
would not consent to this. and it is not
likely that Americas champion will get
a chance at the crack foreigners in a
match race.
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Well Balanced.

You have a we'll balanced company"
said the kind critic.
Il think so,' responded the mana ger,
with pride.
Very well balanced, indeed. The
heavy villain is so light and the come
dian so heavy that the balance may be
called almost perfect. t.'-Indianapolis
Journal.
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ARRIVED WITH DISPATCHES.
Gomez to open a Vigorous CAM
paign Against Weyler.

KINGSTON, Jan. 17.-Seven Cubans,
including Senior Sauvennell, have ar
rived here, bringing dispatches from
Cuba In accordance with the quaran-
tine regulations they were detained for
observation Rumors continue to reach
here that Maceo, the rebel leader, is
still alive. 1t is said that he was des-
perately wounded in the enga cement
III which he was reported to have been
killed, but that he is now improving.
Little credence is placed in these ru-
mOrS.
Advices have reached here to the
effect that Maximo Gomez, the insur-
gent mmander-in-chief, now has his
forces completely equipped and is pre-
pared to open a vigorous campaign
against Captain General Weyler.
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He Took CarbOlic Acid.

SANTA ROSA, Jan. 11.-John Mize,
well known resident of this city, took
his own life here to-day by swallowing
carbolic acid. He first visited his
mothers grave, where the fatal dose
was taken, and from there walked to
the house of a relative, where he ex-
pired. He was about 80 years of age
and leaves a widow and several small
children
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Wilson's Wife r1et Him.

SEATTLE CWash.), Jan. 17.-Charles
billiard Wilson, who is alleged to have
eloped from Honolulu with Mrs. w. w.
Dimond, returned to Seattle tonight
from San Francisco. Mrs. Wilson not
only received her husband with open
arms, but went out on the road as far
as Kent to join him. Passengers on the
train say the meeting was a very af-
fecting one
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A Downfall.

why hello, Briggins, what are you
doing here? L thought you had job
as press agent for Dollie Footlights.
II am out of that now. You see, L
saw cracking good story in one OF
the papers, and of course L sent it out,
with her as the heroine"
'Well, that was all right"
And then some fool newspaper man
showed that the story was over thirty
years old, and drew deductions as to
her age"
Il see e''-IndianapOIis Journal.
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After Many Years.

Officers Taylor and Naghel last night
arrested Anita Para, the Spanish
woman who has for many years been a
familiar figure in the lower L-street To-
cahty, for renting houses for immoral
purposes.
The woman gave a $50 cash bail and
was released.
The record-union., 1897-01-18
TWO FIRE ALARMS.
They Were Turned In Yesterday, But
Little Harm Was Done.

An alarm of fire was rung out for
supposed fire at Ruhstaller's brewery
about o'clock last night, which turned
out to be a false one.
At 1 o'clock this morning another
alarm was rung from box u at the cor
ner of Third and j streets. James Me-
Grath saw smoke coming out of the
Golden Rule Store and the engines
were promptly on the spot.
The fire was put out in about min
ute after the hose was turned on. The
damage was very slight.
The record-union., 1897-01-18

day has formed into a gale Tonight,
and the wind is blowing off Lake Mich
igan forty miles an hour.
The rain has caused an immense
amount of damage, as 1t has caused
Lake Muskegon to overflow and mas
covered hundreds of acres of rye fields
with water. The ice is breaking UP and
is expected to go out tonight.
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Joseph Dillon Critically iii.

OAKLAND, Jan. 17.-Joseph Dillon,
the best known of the early politicians
of Alameda, is critically i'll at his home
in West Oakland. For twenty years
Joe Dillon assessed this county and
was one Of the most prominent officials.
He is an old man now and has not been
prominent in politics for about eight
wears
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LpOliS Journal.
Why He Quit.

'Well, I see Old Banks has finally
quit smoking. I heard his doctor tell
him over a year ago that unless he
stopped it would kill him, and his wife
has been at him about 1T ever since"
But that wasn't what made him
swear Off His typewriter girl objected
to his breath '-Cleveland Leader.
The record-union., 1897-01-18
Death of a Pioneer.

SAN JOSE, Jan. 17.-Francis O..
Rlabon, a pioneer resident of this
county, died at Laurel, in the Santa
Cruz Mountains, Friday night He
was native of Maine, aged 6S years.
He came around the Horn in 1919. A
widow and two sons survive him.
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pretexts, claiming that he was i'll at his
home in Oregon. The authorities, who
had determined to bring him UP at all
hazards during the present term of
court, were surprised when orders to
stop the proceedings were received. Por-
ter was indicted for failing to discharge
outstanding claims for jury and wit
ness fees and pocketing the money.
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Released a Prisoner.

PORT TOWNSEND (Wash.), Jan. II.
The steamship Alki arrived from Jul
neau, via Sitka, Alaska, tonight. Just
before the steamship sailed from Sitka
three masked men held UP the Govern
ment jailer and released William Birch,
under sentence of three years in San
Quentin, Cal, on a charge of mayhem.
Birch was to have been brought down
on the Alld, but could not be found
Government officials offer $500 for his
canture
The record-union., 1897-01-18
Sound Advice.

Borrowall Happening to come i'm
That's a fine machine of yours, Fergu-
SON. Some day I'll come round and
take it for a little spin. BY the way,
what kind of a bicycle would you ad
wise me to ride?
Ferguson-Td advise you to ride one
of yollr own.-London Fun.
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Partially Posted.

Inquiring Spectator Cat the races
Which horse was it that won?
Speculative Spectator (gloomily)-I
don't know the name of the horse that
won. but / know the names of most of
the horses that didn't win.-New York
Weekly.
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New Orleans residents are losing their
taste for plarines, and an old negro
woman who has been selling them since
the war times and used to dispose of
her big basketful before sundown, now
wanders disconsolately homeward late
with much of her stock still unsold.
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Realism.

Fling-And did the stage have the ap-
pearance of a real garden in the garden
scene?
Storms-Oh, yes; I hadn't been on
three minutes before the place was
filled with egetables.-Y onkers States
man
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Her RuSe.

Dorothy-So you are going to marry
Mr. Dasher against the wishes of your
father?
Guinevere-Nonsense. I only want
pa to take me to Europe this season.
Judge.
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WHY.

''You men must really be careful and
not run over people," said the Presi-
dent of the surface line to his motor
men. They listened in respectful at
tention, and he continued: Every per-
son you kill is ONE less passenger to
ride-Judge
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Adjutant- General Barrett and wife
came up from the Bay last night.
Julius Kahn came UP from San Fran
cisco last night to look in on the Leg
islature.
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Everything is easy after you once
learn to ride a wheel" Yes: you're SO
badly smashed up in the effort that you
can stand anything then.-Philadel-
phia North American.
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DENOUNCED AS ISLANDERS
ON CUBAN MANHOOD.
Statements That the Insurgents Are
Ready
To Treat on Basis of Autonomy In.
dignantly Denied.

The Whole Eastern Portion of the
Island Now i'm the Hands of the
Insurgents, and the Spaniards Are
Fortifying Themselves in the
Towns-TOndeviela Still Butchers
Pacificos -WeyIer Permits Nothing
to His Disadvantage to Pass His
Censorship.
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WANTED-A CHANCE.

a barrel of sugar in front of gro
Gerry and shed tears.-M Quad.
The record-union., 1897-01-18
WIND AND WATER

Take Things Lively i'm the Northern
Part of Michigan.
MUSKEGON (Mich-), Jan. IA
steady downpour of rain which fell all
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

inIthe little swinging strap under their buggy seat.
 Tie infare does not last much longer after supper is over. That being the strong point Of the festival, when jus tice has been done to it the guests be- gin to think Of home and bed. Mime. Sophie Goldang Is one of the last guests to leave. Radiant with good hunor, she fairly outdoes herself in offers of as- sistance and good will to the young couple. Anything that is hers they can have and welcome, till they get thor oughly fixed in the new house that Wesley's father has built for him down the road a quarter of a mile away, and she will send Minnie over tomorrow to keep the bride company. Having just left a. houseful of young sisters, she will be lonely at first Mrs. Golding is sure that there never was such splendid turnout at an infare before. And wasn't the General lovely! She spoke in high terms of Wesley, and she is sure Wes deserved it, because such a well grown, manly, hard-working fel- low not inclined to drink or carouse like some-those Harvey boys, for instance: One of them was in the notion to buck up to her Minnie, but she would see to it that he never got any further than the piazza steps.
 Soon after midnight the fires on the stands are allowed to die down. The infare Is over, but the echoes of it will not die out so easily. How So and So looked and who ate supper with her; the quality and cost of the bridal gown; how Wes behaved toward her; how many turkeys there were, the flavor of the. jelly, and that new receipe for mar ble cake that the bride brought from Barnwell; these and kindred issues will furnish resource for gossip for many and many a week. H
 There will doubtless be other mar rlages during the fall. The fall, when the cotton is being sold, is a famous time for marriages, but all the young mems families are not so we'll to do as Wes- ley's people, and though the spirit may dictate the giving of a big blowout, the state of the family exchequer may pro- scribe it, and the Carsons' infare will be set down in neighborhood annals as something to date from.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

"Volumes have been written by those who believe yellow fever to be contag- ious and those who believe it not to be contagious in defense of the two oppos- ing doctrines. I will state what seem to me good reasons for believing yellow fe
 yer to not be contagious. First-The disease is confined to certain territories. Second-The beginning of an epidemic, as we'll as the progress, indicates that it does not spread from person to person, but many persons are simultaneously att tackled in different parts of the same To- oality. Third-In certain places few cases of this fever occur almost every year. Fourth-iAn epidemic of yellow fe- yer spreads too rapidly to be diffused by contagion. Fhnth-Persons going from a yellow fevsr district to place where yellow fever does not exist, and stricken down with this fever. will not communi- cate the disease to others. Slxth--At- tendarts of patients do not as a rule get the disease; or, at least, the propor- tion Is less than 1t would be if the dis ease were contagious. Seventh-Epidem- ics of yellow fever end too abruptly to suppose that it spreads by contagion.
 ".rhe especial poison may be carried from place to place In clothing, special merchandise, etc. As to the nature and source of the special cause of yellow fe- yer, we have no positive knowledge be- yind the fact that it originates without the body It is rarely developed south of 20 S. latitude or north of 40 N. latitude. Epidemics occur only in contain years. High temperature is necessary for its occurrence Natives of yellow fever To- calities are rarely attacked. The negro race is singularly exempt from this dis ease. Statistics show that the mortality among negroes affected is very insignifi- cant. An epidemic is arrested by one or two hard frosts. No specific remedy has been diseovered. It has been claimed that uuinine will cut the disease short. But experience does not confirm this claim, There seem to be thrse varieties of the disease: Mild, infammaitory and malignant. The mild is not very fatal, while the malignant is very fatal"
 One of the ablest and most widely recognized authorities of the present day is Dr. Alfred Loonlis, professor of the principles and practice of medicine of the Medical university of the city of New York. Ills statements, as gleaned fever are in substance as follows:
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Yellow Fever Medical Authorities Differ as to
 Minor Details. WHAT TFLlNT AND LOOMISSA Does the Medical Profession Know of Any Reliable Preventive
 Remedy7

Tn the midst of such a conflict of opin- ion as to the facts of yellow fever, it is well. especially in these days, to know what the authorities say on this subject. The nature of the yellow fevsr po.son; how it originates, propagates and is con- veyed from person to person, are not only subjects of interest to the non-pro- fessional reader but of vital-importance. It is reckless, if mot criminal, to expose the friends and attendant of the victim of highly contagious disease to the da1l- ger of infection. On the other hand, it is cruel to a patient who needs the care of attendants and friends to subject him to the idgoys of strict quarantine when it Is not necessary to do so.
 One of the best authorities on the sub- ject of yellow fever in his day was Dr. Austin Flint, Sr., physician to the Belle vue Hospital, New York, and professor of the principles and practice of medi- cine in the Bellevue Hospital Medical college. In his work on the subject he says