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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
OFFER TO Be WITHDRAWN
Our Government Must Act
Promptly.
VIEWS OF FRANK p. HASTINGS
Hawaiian Charge d'Afairs Thinks
We Should Not Hesitate to Avail
Ourselves OF the Oppol tunity.

We Should Not Hesitate to Avail
Ourselves OF the Oppol tunity.
Washington, Jan. 27.-''There is not
much time for the United States to
avail itself of the proffered concession
of a submarine cable between the coast
of California and Hawaii" said Frank
P. Hastings, charge d'affaires of the
Hawaiian embassy in this city, "for
that offer only extends to May 1, 1897.
It is simply question of expediency,
and as a monopoly of the proposed
cable connection for score of years
would be granted it does not seem like
ly this country will let such an oppor-
tunity slip. On all sides there is moth
ing but commentator for the project
and it would be $50, 900 we'll invested
for the United States to meet Hawaii a
little more than half way on this prop
osition.
According to the terms of the pro-
posed concession, power is given to take
and hold exclusive possession of the line
of cable between San Francisco and
Honolulu, refusing any and all business
in the way of messages that might be
prejudicial to the interests of this gov
ernment. With the vast and safe har-
Dor of Pearl river as rendezvous for
it's warships and the exclusive control
of communication between Hawaii and
the outside world, the United States
would secure vantage ground that
would give it practical control of the
Pacific ocean.
''No suggestion has ever been made
by any private person or corporation to
lay such cable with private capital
and without government subsidy. Un-
certainty as to its financial success and
of commercial business that would
come to it has always stood in the way
of investment by private capitalists.
"There is no reason why the govern
ment should not contract for carrying
it's dispatches as we'll as its mails, and
class an ocean cable company within
the category of the postoffice. In 1857
the United States granted subsidy of
$40, 900 per annum, as well as the use
of two government ships, to assist in
laying a cable from the coast of Ireland
to the coast of Newfoundland. This
action was taken at a time when the
necessity for cable communication was
hardly realized and was in the nature
of an experiment. The whole cable
line was to be outside the domain of the
United States, and practically beyond
it's control. Its messages were not to
be transmitted free, nor was it to have
any advantages from the successful lay
ing of the cable through the aid so
granted. But it was a necessity to
stimulate the investment of private
capital, which has resulted in spanning
the Atlantic with twelve separate
cables between South America and
Europe.
SIN all schemes for cable crossing
the North Pacific the Hawaiian islands
have been considered necessary objec-
tive or resting point on the long stretch
of water to be traversed, and not until
the granting by the Hawaiian govern
ment of exclusive landing rights to an
American company was the feasibility
of any other route seriously enter
tained. -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
DAY IN THE SENATE.
Calendar Cleared of Pension Bills
Resolutions Presented.

Resolutions Presented.
Washington, Jan. 26.-The senate
confined itself strictly to business to-
day, passing large number of bills,
including those for statue of President
Lincoln at Gettysburg, appropriating
$500, GIL to pay one of the old claims
of the late John Roach for use of his
shipyards, and reclassifying the railway
postal service. Over 100 pension bills
were passed during the day, thus clear
ing the calendar. A resolution by
Morgan, was agreed to, requesting the
president for all correspondence on the
Nicaragua canal since 1887, also reso-
luton by Allen requesting the attorney
general for information regarding the
reported Pacific railroad settlement be-
tween the executive authorities and the
reorganization committee of the road.
Allen Of Nebraska secured the adop-
tien ef@the following resolution:
Resolved, That the attorney-general
be and is hereby directed to inform the
senate whether he entered into an
agreement or stipulation with what is
commonly known as the reorganization
committee of the Union Pacific rail-
road, respecting the foreclosure of the
government lien thereon, and the
amount, if any, of such agreement or
stipulation that said reorganization
committee has bid on the foreclosure of
said liens, and, also, send to the senate
full text of such agreement or stipu-
lation, together with the names of per-
sons comprising the reorganization
committee as well as the authority he
may have for beginning such foreclosure
proceedings or entering into any such
agreement or stipulation"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
FORMED IN OLYMPIA.
The Pacific Northwest Labor Congress
Organized.

The Pacific Northwest Labor Congress
Organized.
Olympia, Wash, Jan. 27.-Repre-
sentatives of different trades unions,
farmers alliance and Grange, now in
this city, completed the work of or
ganizing tonight an association to be
known as the Pacific Northwest Labor
Congress, having for its purpose to
promote the welfare, protect the in
terest, extend the organization and de-
fend the rights of the laboring and pro-
ducing classes. The following officers
were elected:
President, William Blackman, of
Seattle; vice-president, Senator Angus
tus High, Vancouver; secretary and
treasurer, w. A. Walker, Spokane; ex-
ecutive council, J. L. Holland, Olym-
pia; T. R. Lawlor, Spokane; r. II.
Norton, Roslyn; "A. c. Little, Aber-
deem; w. P. G. Adams, Seattle.
The organization will meet annually
the third Wednesday in January, it
being the intention to meet every two
years in Olympia. and off years in some
other city in the state.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
A spapish Outrage.

New York, Jan. ga World special
from Tampa says: Carlos Antilles, a
well-known literary man, and Cuban
by birth, died Sunday at Guanabacoa.
The funeral procession Monday was
stopped by mob of Spanish soldiers
who broke open the coffin, took out the
corpse and after brutally handling and
beating it with their muskets and
swords threw it into the street and for
bade the mourners to take it up. The
people dispersed in fear of their lives,
but some hours later, finding that the
soldiers had left, they recovered the
body and buried it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
A Rock on tho Track.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 26.-The
southbound passenger train of the Gin
cinnati Southern railway was wrecked
this morning near Lemo, seven miles
north of Oakdale, Tenn. 1t was run
ming at high speed when rock, which
had fallen from cliff, was run over.
The engine left the track and crashed
down an embankment. The mail car
was demolished, and the express and
baggage cars badly damaged Engineer
Fowler and Fireman Clark are dnger-
ously hurt. Several passengers were
slightly injured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

London, Jan. 26.-The blizzard con-
tinues to cause sad havoc throughout
Great Britain and Ireland. A number
of wrecks have been reported along the
coasts. Some lives have been lost as
result of these wrecks, while other per-
sons have been frozen to death or per-
ished through exposure in different
parts of the country. In several in
stances it was necessary to dig mail
wagons out of the drifts. Traffic across
the channel was generally suspended
tonight,
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Decided Apain,t the sailors.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The United
States supreme court today affirmed the
judgment of the California district
court in the case of Robert Robinson
and four other seamen, arrested at San
Francisco for refusing to obey the or
ders of the master of the Aragona, after
having entered into articles to make a
voyage to Valparaiso. The constitu-
tionality of the law empowering JUS
tice of the peace to arrest deserting sea-
men was involved; also the question as
to whether their arrest violated the
Involuntary servitude" amendment to
the federal constitution. Both points
were decided against the sailors.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
An "x" Ray Feat.

New York, Jan. 25.-superintendent
Knoll, at the hospital, has completed
an X-ray photograph clearly outlining
the brachial artery in the right arm of
Thomas Saltmann. This is said to be
the first time such a feat has been ac-
complished.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
a young Lewi.ton crfminal.

Lewiston, Idaho, Jan. 26.-Edward
Akin, aged 13, was arrested today on
complaint of his mother, widow, for
threatening an assault to commit MUIR
der. One of the boys brothers was
the victim intended. Young Akin has
been for years the terror of the family
and the neighborhood.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
The sultan /. peieoted.

London, Jan. 26.--The Times cor
respondent at Constantinople says the
sultan is detected at the prospects of
his Mohammedan subjects backing the
European demands. His grand vizier
and foreign minister are both exhaust
ed with worry from the palace, and the
grand vizier is seeking permission to
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

Fourteen Hundred Bodies Recovered.
London, Jan. 26.-A Times dispatch
from Teheran says that l, 400 bodies
have been recovered from the ruins
which resulted from the recent earth
quake on the island of Kishma, in the
Persian gulf, the inhabitants of which
were estimated to number 5000, most
lv Arabs
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
A Young Cuban Drern.d.

: Key West, Fla, Jan. 27.-A young
Cuban named Perez fell with balloon
into the sea Sunday afternoon and was
drowned. Perez was not an aeronaut,
and, after going up 1000 feet, became
helpless. The ropes were tangled, and
the balloon went out about mile from
shore and fell Nao the water. Boats
from a revenue cutter went to render
assistance, and the balloon was recov-
cred, but Perez body could not be
found.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
ResuIt of Dissipatfon.

St. Louis, Jan. 21.-William E..
Jones, formerly manager of Havlin's
theater, in this city,. committed sui
eide here last night at the Ridgeway
hotel by shooting himself in the head.
Jones was a well-known man-about-
town, and at the time of his death held
position at Hagan's opera house.
Dependency resulting from dissipation
is assigned as the cause for the suicide.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Mon1d.Be Burxlsr snot.

Fresno, CAL, Jan. 27.-Fred Borman
was shot in the legs last night by Will
liam Hill, while trying to enter the
latter's house, mile southeast of town.
The would-be burglar is now lying in
the county Jail suffering from two bad
ly shattered shins, with the prospect of
losing the use of his right knee.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

Minneapolis, Jan. 27.-A. G. Hang
han, city treasurer, rendered his resig-
nation today in consequence of his fail
ure to secure bonds. He has been
treasurer for four years, and was re-
elected for two years more. He lost
considerable money through bank fail
ures, and his present embarrassment is
the cause of his inability to secure
bondsmen. 1t is understood his net
loss will be in the neighborhood of
5000, 900, which amount will ultimate
ly fall upon the city at large.
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smalIpox ON tho yictoria.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 26.-The
steamer Victoria, of the Northern Pa
zcifc line, arrived today with case of
smallpox ON board, that developed the
first day out from Yokohama. The
steamer was disinfected and given
clearance for the sound. The steerage
passengers were detained at William
Head quarantine.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Destroyed by Fire.

Wheeling, w. Va, Jan. 25.-Short-
ly after midnight fire started in Mingo,
Junction, O., few miles north of
Wheeling, which wiped out nearly the
entire business portion of that indus
trial town. At 2 O'Clock this morning
nine houses had been destroyed, and
the property loss is estimated at $780,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Denies That Santa Clara Fell.

Madrid, Jan. 19.-An emphatic de-
nial has been issued from official circles
of the report that Santa Clara, the cap
ital of the Cuban province of that
name, has been captured by the insur-
gents. It is further stated that the
only recent insurgent attack in the
province has been at Buena Vista,
where, it is said, the insurgents were
rapplsad
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
AN EveNTfuL SESSION.
Three Distinct Sensations Sprung In
the Senate.

Washington. Jan. 25.-The session
of the senate today developed three dis
tinct sensations The most important
of these was the presentation by Sher-
man of letter from Minister Roderi-
guez, the representative of the Greater
Republic of Central America (includ-
ing Nicaragua), in effect protesting
against the execution of the Nicaragua
canal project by the United States un-
der the concessions granted in 1887 to
the Nicaragua Canal Company. AS
the bill for this purpose was about to
be voted on by the senate, the presen-
tation of the letter created consterna-
tion among its friends. Morgan, it's
chief supporter, at once declared the
letter was inspired by Great Britain,
who sought to drive the United States
from the isthmus by using the Central
+ Americans as catspaw. He asserted
that Minister Rodriguez had come
here to execute such plan, and that it
was an open threat against American
control of the canal. The debate was
very earnest, and the letter made a
profound impression on the senators.
Senator Villas declared it struck the
death blow to the canal project as pro-
posed by the pending bill.
Earlier in the day the senate unex-
pectedly found itself discussing the new
Anglo-American treaty. While the
treaty itself has been released, all dis
cussion of it is restricted to executive
session. Notwithstanding this rule,
ho Nd f,,11
Sherman, Gray, Cullom, Lodge, Hoar
and others The statements of these
senators were uniformly favorable to
the high principle of the treaty, the
only qualification being that it should
receive mature and dispassionate con-
sideration.
Shortly after the session began, Tur-
pie caused a preliminary furry by criti-
cising the reported agreement between
Olney and Sherman, by which no ac-
tion was to be taken as to Cuba before
March 4. Sherman emphatically de-
| MED that any such agreement had been
made, and added that he had not had a
word with Olney in that direction.
These three incidents relating to cur
rent foreign questions made the day.
session one of the most eventful in
years.
Washington, Jan. 52.-This was
private bill day in the house, and most
of the time was consumed with small
bills. The bill to provide for holding
terms of the United States courts for
the Eastern district of Texas at the town
of Beaumont was passed over the presi-
dents veto by vote of IA to 6S. In
cidental to the discussion, Cooper of
Texas, declared the president vetoed the
bill through mispprehension, and that
he had vainly tried to get an audience
with Mr.. Cleveland to explain the
measure. Grosvenor spoke sarcastically
Of the presidents custom of refusing to
see congressman, unless his private Sec
retary approved of their errands. Some
minor bills were passed. After the
night pension session, the house ad-
| journed,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Ivory Returps Home.

. London, Jan. 2e.-The Daily Mail
announces that Edward ]. Ivory, alias
Bell, acquitted of charge of compile
ity in dynamite conspiracy, and John
F. Mcintyre, formerly assistant district
attorney in New York.. who came to
London in his defense, sailed for New
York Yesterday
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
The Plague Il Spreading.

London, Jan. 26.-A Daily Mail dis
patch from Bombay says the actual
number of deaths from the plague is
double the estimated number, and the
malady is spreading slowly but surely.
There. are daily reports of fresh out
breaks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
To Celebrate Cabops Discovery.

London, Jan. 26.-The Daily News
announces that the Marquis of Dufferin,
the retiring British ambassador to
France, has accepted the presidency Of
a committee to celebrate at Bristol the
4O0th anniversary of Cabot's discovery
ef America.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Relief From Canada.

Ottawa, Jan. 26.-At the suggestion
of the governor-general, the Dominion
government has opened national In
dia relief fund with the deputy min
lister of finance as treasurer. Lord
Aberdeen heads the list with 81 900.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

Nelson, B. c., Jan. 26.-Dugald
Patterson, of Emmet, Mich, was killed
here yesterday by failing log. At the
Trail creek smelter, George Braden,
also an American, fell into a pot of
molten Stag and was frightfully burned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Killed by a Falling Tree.

Marquette, Mich, Jan. 27.-J Joe
Martin, Jack Ford and Pat Donohne
were returning to their lumber camp
in a binding snow storm when tree
fell ON them, killing the first two OUT
right. Donohue was horribly mangled.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
a nsier Police Force.

Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 26.-David
N. Burke, United States consul-gen-
eral, at the request of the diplomatic
body here, ID compiling scheme for
the formation Of police in Tangier.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
Senator Morgan's Views.

The following dispatch has been re-
ceived by Bourne from Senator Nor
gan, of Alabama: "Under the consti-
tuition, as it is executed by the statute
| in accord with section 2, the house con-
sists of sixty members, and the senate
consists of thirty members. A quorum
| to do business consists of two-thirds Of
each house under article IL Of the con.
stitution, and this includes the perma-
nent organization. A quorum being in
attendance, business can be done;
otherwise no organization can be made,
except to compel the attendance of ab-
sent members.
Senator Price has presented meas
ure which provides a new method Of
collecting school taxes. 1t is made the
duty of the school clerk, ten days after
the annual school meeting, the first
Monday in March, to begin making an
| assessment of his district, and, imme-
diately upon it's completion, to collect
the tax The measure, it will be seen,
takes from the assessor the power to
make the assessment, and from the
sheriff the duty of collecting the tax.
It practically restores the former law.
The bill introduced by Senator Smith
providing for the formation of cooper
ative corporations has three important
features: It allows the amount ,.of
stock held by any one person to be linn
tied; it provides that each stockholder
shall have only one vote, irrespective
of the amount of stock owned; that
stock cannot be sold to any particular
person without consent of majority Of
the directors.
A session of the honse was again
held on Sunday. Temporary Chair
man Davis decided it was necessary.
But seven member answered roll oall.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

DR.. Pouchet says that some forms Of
bactsria will survive an ordeal Of 400.
degrees Of hsa
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

No receptacle has ever been made
strong enough to resist the power of
freezing water.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

The spiders eyes are not in his
head, but in the upper part Of his
thOrax,
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Dominica Parlisment Proroxued.

Ottawa, Jan. se.-Parliament has
formally prorogued for the 8th of
March next.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29
THE HERoD OF HAVANA.
Senator Turpie So Characterized Captain.
General Weyler.

WaSnlnSLOn, Jan. Sf.-1n CQ6 senate
today Turpie of Indiana, characterized
Captain General Weyler as ''the Herod
of Havana, the murderer of women and
children" and as an indescribable
diminutive reptile" These bitter
words were incident to Turpie's speech
of two hours on the Cameron Cuban
resolution. The speech did not develop
the criticism of the secretary of state
which had been foreshadowed by Tur-
pies remarks last week, as the senator
confined himself largely to careful
analysis of the constitutional rights Of
congress, his conclusion being that con-
gress, as representing the people, had
the primary and paramount authority
to recognize new governments. Tur-
pie frequently turned aside from his
arguments to pay glowing tribute to
the insurgent government and its lead
ers. General Maceo was eulogized as
hero, whose memory would be hon.
ored by the people of Cuba libre as the
American people honored the heroes Of
Revolutionary days. In connection
with Maceo's death, the senator re-
ferred with bitter denunciation to Gen
eral Weyler.
In the House.
Washington, Jan. 27.-After con-
suming most of the time today in dis
posing of District of Columbia business,
the house took up the Indian appropria-
tion bill, and made fair progress with
it before the hour for adjournment was
reached. The bill carries 81, 525, ,791,
or 1856, 294 more than the current law,
and $246,26 more than the estimate.
Twenty of the seventy pages of the bill
were disposed Of
The conference report on the immi.
grafton bill was presented, and Dan
ford, who has charge of it, gave notice
that he would call the report up at an
early date. A bill was passed calling
on the war department for an estimate
of the cost of water route from Gal
weston to Houston, Tex.
johnson of Indiana, took advantage
of the latitude allowed in debate to
read speech in favor of an early re-
form of our banking and currency laws.
He described the depressed condition
which existed during the recent cam
paign, and argued that unless the in
coming Republican administration cor
rected the evils, it would be swept out
of power in 1900, and the country
would suffer loss and disaster, which
it would take years to eradicate. He
insisted that those who believed the
enactment of protective tariff would
restore prosperity would be disappoint-
ed. Unless there was thorough and
adequate revision of our banking and
currency laws, he said, there should be
no lasting prosperity. He agreed with
the president that the greenbacks
should be retired. He thought that
with the establishment of broader
banking system the banks should have
the privilege of issuing notes against
their assets.
Curtis of Kansas, offered an amend
ment to the Indian bill to permit mer-
chants to go into the Kickapoo reserva-
tion in Kansas to collect their accounts.
It was explained that this year, for the
first time, merchants had been excluded
from this reservation. The amend
nopt Uas o1optod
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-29

Car axlss are made by recently pat
ented mechanism.
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Senator Wade has introduced bill
for the returning to Union county of
more than 5000 that was paid into
the state treasury as taxes. OF this
amount, 1,708 was paid to the state as
IN assessment on railroad property.
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A session of the honse was again
held on Sunday. Temporary Chair
man Davis decided it was necessary.
But seven members answered roll oall.