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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1895.
NUMBER 4.
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NEWS OF THE NATION
Senators Seeking Informa
tion on The Tariff.
THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE SPIES
Judiciary Committee Decided to Re
port a Resolution for His Impeach-ment-.Koutlne
Proceedings.
, Washington, Jan. 15. Touching re
ference was made in Chaplain Milburn's
opening praver in the senate today to
the bereavement of Senator Hansbrough,
of North Dakota, in the loss of his wife
Voorhees from the finance committee,
favorably reported a bill for coinage at a
branch mint m Denver.
Mandersou. Fcured the passage of
resolutions calling on the eecretary of
the 'treasury for information on the
tariff. k One of the resolutions asks
for a statement of the qualities of spirits
and high wines taken out of bond dur
ing the 60 days before August 28 last,
when the new tariff law took effect, and
the names of parties or concerns wh"
took the goods from bonds, and all oil
detailed information concerning the
same. Another resolution calls on the
secretary for full information as to the
amount of sugar imported during the 60
davs prior to August 28, the ' names of
importers, amount of imports, country
whence it came, etc.
Debate was then resumed on the
come tax item in the deficiency appro
priation bill, and Call of Florida ad
dressed the senate in favor of the ap
propriation.
and a complete report censuring and
"prosecuting, or exonerating them.
At 3 :15 p. m. the house judiciary com
m it tee decided to report a resolution for
the impeachment of Judge Kicks, of
Cleveland, O. .The. vote waa ,7 for to 6
against. .
On motion of White, dem., of Indiana
a bill was passed for the relief of Dennis
Mclntyre.
McCreary, dem., of Kentucky, called
up the bill authorizing . Lieutenant
Colonel Ferwood and Surgeon George H,
Penrose to accept certain testimonials
from the Argentine Republic, aDd it was
passed; also authorizing Commander
Dennis W. Mullen, of the United States
navy, -to accept a medal from the govern
uient of Chili. '
The president's veto of the bill author
izing the sale or public lands for reser
voirs and gravel pits, and granting rights
for railways and canals thereto, was re
ferred to the committee bur public lands.
Sayers reported the sundry civil ap
propriation bill.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the Indian appropria
tion bill.
Correspondedce About the Spies.
Mall Car Are Being; Run Under Protec
tlon of the Police.
- Brooklyn, Jan. 15. Both sides in the
electric street railway strike show a de
termined front today. On the Court
street line 20 cars are being run at ir
. regular intervals, each guarded by from
two to eight policemen. Strikers
their friends obstructed the tracks by
upsetting barrels of ashes. The rub
bish was cleared away by laborers, and
a mail car was sent out at 7 :42 o'clock
preceded by six mounted policemen
" while eight unmounted policemen rode
in the car. It passed through the dis
trict where the strikers are reported to
be more reckless than elsewhere, but
the manner in which it was guarded
overawed any who might have been in
clined to lawlessness. . The - United
. States mail car on the Flatbush-avenue
line was started out at 9 :25 o'clock, and
the company announced it had deter
mined to run mail cars all day. The
strikers contemplate presenting a peti
tion to Mayor Shieren today asking him
to end the tie-up by virtue of his official
power, and will cite the action taken by
Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, in 1891, when
be said the railroad companies had
violated the 10-hour law and warned
them if the strike then in progress was
not over in 24 boars he would declare
their charters forfeited.' A meeting of
the strike was held early today. They
refused to tell what action had been
taken. .
French Ministerial Crisis.
Farm, Jan. 15. The newspapers,
without exception, are of the opinion
- the solution of the ministerial crisis will
be a long and difficult affair. Monarch'
iei organs aqsert the republic is passing
through a period of difficulty which may
assume grave proportions, and even In-
volve the Elysee. The moderate repub
' lican press pays a unanimous tribute to
the correctness and clearness of the at
titude of ex-Premier Dupuy, who was
- defeated, it is asserted, only because he
was a determined safeguard of constitu
tional principles. Many persons blame
Mr. Bartheau, ex-minister of public
, works, for not having shown the same
. reserve as M. Dupuy. The consensus of
opinion is that the only possible solution
of the difficulty is republican concentra
tion under M. Bourgeoise. ' '
Judiciary Committee . to Recommend
Rick's Impeachment.
Washington, Jan. 15. Chairman
Sayers, of the appropriation committee,
. reported the sundry civil appropriation
bill to the house today.'
. , Grosvenor, rep.', of Ohio, presented a
- reply to the recent memorial to the judiciary-committee
by, Ritchie, of Akron,
O., making tharges against Judge Kicks.
Grosvenor stated Richie's charges inci
dentally, involved ex-Senator H. B.
Payne and Judge Stevenson Burke and
the. reply which was presented through
him gave a full statement of ' pertinent
facts in connection with the Ritchie
charges on behalf of those gentlemei.
Grosvenor asked for a full 'investigation
Washington, Jan. 15. The president
today sent to the senate correspondence
in the case of the two Japanese spies, to
gether with letters from the secretary of
state, in which it is stated, that the
American Consuls had no authority to
pfotect Japanese in China, except as far
as using their good offices when occasion
demanded. It was - clearly stated to
Minister Denby by Minister of foreign
Allan's Maetsu tnat during the - progress
of the war the Chinese subjects in Japan
were to be in , direct jurisdiction of the
Japanese courts and military authorities,
and treaty provisions to the contrary
were necessarily abrogated by the war
situation. This, of course, carried with
it status Japanese subjects in China.
The letter further states there is scarcely
any doubt the supposed students were
spies. . .
Uompers Says the Men Will Win.
New Yobk, Jan. 15. The grievance of
the Brooklyn trolley employes, on strike,
is not such as to bring about a general
sympathetic strike of the New York
lines. Samuel Gompers, ex-president of
American Federation of Labor, said : "I
hope the men will win. This trip sys
tem is abominable and outrageous. The
companies , will find considerable diffi
culty in filling the places of the strikers.
The demands of the men are so reasona
ble that the companlos will find it more
advantageous to concede them than to
break in a large number of new men. I
don't think it will be a long strike, as
the companies will be compelled to see
the false position they are in."
Southern Pacific Lands.
Washington, Jan. 15. Secretary
Smith has directed that action be sus
pended on selections made by the South
ern Pacific railroad of lands within com
mon indemnity limits, for grants for
that road and the Atlantic & Pacific
road, pending the decision on the suit
recently brought to determine the right
Of the Southern Pacific to each lands.
AN AWFUL EXPLOSION
Nearly a Hundred Victims
of the Butte Disaster.
DEAD WERE STREWN EVERYWHERE
Firemen Respond to Their Last Call
Shapeless Trunks Quiver and Die
In the Arms of the Living-.
Judge Ricks Prostrated.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 15. United
States Judge Ricks was prostrated by
the news from Washington last night
that the majority of the senate judiciary
subcommittee favored bis impeachment.
The judge has been under a Tgreat men
tal strain ' since the charges were pre
Cruiser Olympla Nearly Finished.
San Fbancisco, Jan. 15. The great
,500-ton United States cruiser Olympia
will, it is said be turned over to the gov
ernment on February 1. Only a few
finishing touches are necessary, and
when she arrives at the navy-yard she
will be ready for Bervice, after shipping
her stores and ammunition.
Bill Cook on Bis Way to Socorro.
El Passo, Tex. Jan. 15. Bill Cook
passed through here on his way to So
corro, JN. under the charge of United
States Marshal Perry and two deputies
Extradition papers will be issued at
Socorro and the prisoner will then be
transferred to Little Rock,Ark., for trial
Discharged by the Court.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 15. J. W. WiL
son, the conductor of the cable car whose
collision with the Sonthern Pacific train
December 4, caused the ' death of Miss
Mae Coates, was: 'discharged by Judge
Ellsworth yesterday on motion of the
district attorney. .
As the train. drew np at a country sta
tion on the South Eastern railway, a
pleasant-looking gentleman stepped out
on the platform, and, inhaling tho fresh
air, enthusiastically observed to the
guard: "Isn't . this . invigorating?'!
!!No,"sir ; it's 'Caterhara,' " replied the
guard. Wonder. , . . :
Dr. Miles' Nerve Plasters cure RHETTMA-
Butte, Mont., Jan. 17. Fire broke
out in the Butte Hardware Company's
warehouse in the southern part of the city
at 9 :50 o'clock last night. . Ten minutes
later a terrific,' explosion of powder oc
curred, which broke nearly all the plate
glass windows in the city a mile away,
and shook the buildings to their foun
dations. Firemen who were fighting
the flames at the time were nearly all
blown to pieces. Two more explosions
followed at intervals of five minutes,
each killing and wounding numbers of
men. The excitement was intense.
The fire attracted a large crowd. Hun
dreds standing near the scene when the
first- explosion occurred were cut down
by the terrible force of the .explosion.
The debris from the cars standing near
the warehouse and adjoining buildings
were scattered high in the air for a half
mile away, many flaming articles strik
ing people in the crowd and around the
city.
At 9:55 o'clock the fire department
responded to a call from box 72 the call
of death to nearly the entire depart
ment. The firemen heard a rumor that
there was powder in the building, but
this was denied and after a moment's
hesitation they began fighting the fire,
At 10 p. m., when the men had barely
Btarted to work, an explosion shook
Butte to its very foundations. ' The
powder in the warehouse blew up.
spreading death and ruin to all near.
All but three firemen were killed. He
roes among the spectators, as soon as
the stnn of the shock bad passed away
while some ran in terror immediately
began Ipulling the mutilated bodies of
the firemen and injured from proxim
ity with the flames. From all over the
city people began moving' toward the
fire, and the crowd had greatly increased
within five minutes.
The second explosion, almost equal in
volume to the first, heightened the gen
eral terror, and spread death and de
struction at the disastrous scene. In
this exDlosion scores ot citizens were
killed and injured. Parte of bodies
were hurled . hundreds of feet away,
One man near the Northern Pacific
water-tank was struck by the leg and
thigh of a human being, driven by the
force of the dynamite from the fearful
scene. Still, heroes were left to pull
the shrieking wounded and groaning to
a distance, but the people of the town
hesitated. There had been more ru
mors of carloads of powder in the vl
cinity besides that stored in the ware
house. Five minutes later a third ex
plosion did come, but it was mild,
injuring but lew.
.. All occurred in fifteen minutes. The
awfulness of the scene after the explo
sions is beyond description. It pre
sented the appearance of a field of bat
tie. The cries and groans of the injured
and dying made the scene altogether
unearthly- Blood and brains were spat
tered around, with here and there pieces
of flesh. Between the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern depotB, a space of
300 feet, the ground was literally covered
with parts of human bodies and with
the dead and injured. It was a ecene of
utter and absolute destruction.
Houses in the vicinity were thorough
ly wrecked as if by a cyclone.- One res
cuing corps gathered twenty-seven dead
bodies in one pile. The rescuers pulled
some bodies out still quivering. ; Rem
nants of human beings were still groan
ing, while their leg9 and arms had been
torn off. ; Shapeless trunks quivered
and died in the arms of the living.
Every vehicle in the city was brought
into service to carry away the scores of
dead ana the hundreds of in; urea . ilcs
pitals were filled, spare rooms in hotels
taken .and private houses thrown open
where it was necessary. 7 ' ..
Chief Cameron directed the attack on
the building, while some firemen hauled
the lines of hoee along. Others started
to tear off the iron covering the build
ing so they could get at the flames.
Just as they had succeeded in tearing off
those who closely surrounded the death
trap, and destruction on every hand.
Sights in the undertaking establish
ments this morning are awful. All are
crowded with heaps of human flesh.
Here half of a head, and a mutilated
trunk below it; in another place an
armless and legless trunk, with the face
disfigured beyond all recognition.
Scarcely any of the corpses are recogniz
able. There are twelve dead at the
Butte undertaking rooms; ten at the
Montana, and nineteen at the Sherman.
Forty-three wounded are in the hospi
tals, twenty-eight of them in 'a critical
condition. It is- impossible to obtain
anything like a complete list of the dead
yet. The loss of life is varioeBly esti
mated at from fifty to seventy-five, and
the wounded will probably exceed 150,
TO PROVIDE REVENUE
A Solution Presented by Sen-
atof Pugli of Alabama.
AN ISSDE 0F TREASURY NOTES
Authorizes the Publication of Bis Let
ter to That EffectAn Apparent
Bid for the Silver Vote. '
Don't &&
Deceived
By those who offer substitutes
for Cottolene. Its success has
been so phenomenal that nu
merous imitations are now be
ing offered, which are claimed
to be "just as good." All these
Hill Questions the Right of the Senate
to Kef use Consideration..
Washington, Jan. 16. In the senate
the urgent deficiency bill was taken up.
and Hill addressed the senate in regard
to the ruling out of his amendment giv
ing United States courts jurisdiction of
the question of the constitutionality and
validity of the income tax. Hill ques
tioned the right of the senate to refuse
consideration of his amendment. The
point which he made was that the pend
ing bill was not an appropriation bill
within the meaning of the rule. Mor
gan, who made the point ot order against
the Hill amendment, offered to with
draw and let the. senate vote on the
amendment, but Hill refused to allow
this, saying it would deprive him of hia
speech. Morgan then gave notice be
would withdraw the point at the conclu
sion of Hill's speech.
Brlsson's Large Vote.
Washington, Jan, 17. Pugh of Ala- lack the intrinsic rnprif Oof.
bama secured recognition soon after the tolene. and will -nrm
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pointing and disagreeable to
those who use them. These
counterfeits differ widely from
Cottolene, and are mere
senate met today to present what he
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regarded as a solution of the present
lack of government reveuue. The sena
tor varied the usual custom in introduc
ing a bill by reading the full text of his
measure, with great deliberation, and
then commenting on it. The bill pro
vides for the immediate issue of $100,000,-
000 treasury notes to meet the deficien
cies, these notes to be redeemable in shortening Cottolene.
further directed the coinage of the seig
niorage and the deposit of silver bullion
from American mints. Hill asked if the
senator wished immediate consideration
of this bill. ''That question," said Pugh,
is in line with the New York senator's
treatment of all great questions, and I
decline to answer it."
Jfugn proceeded to urge the gravity
of the present situation. It was such
that he was ready to surrender convic
tions he had long held in order to secure
a remedv. "Thus far." said Pnnh. 'thA
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but it is hard to build np. We have
torn down until we have nearly torn
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wuuuciiw, iuxuiu uo BomeiniDg taJttv ,h. .mBnHmAnt fn th
premier, declared in the lobby of the
chamber of deputies late this afternoon
that M. Henri Brisson, president of the
chamber of deputies, could count on 100
votes in the senate and 300 among the
deputies. If this is so, M. Brisson will
be elected president tomorrow. Repnb
lican senators at the meeting voted tor a
candidate for the presidency. The fol
lowing was the result: M. Waldeck
Rousseau, 63; Brisson, 54; Loubet, 18;
Challemel la Couer, 17 ; Dupuy, 4. Sec
ond ballot : M. Waldeck-Rousseau, 84 ;
Brisson, 66. '
Comment on the French Crisis,
London, Jan. 16. The Pall Mall Qa
zette says: "France is now in the
throes of the most menacing crisis since
the downfall of the second empire. The
republic has proved sterile. France
would prefer an effective autocracy, but
where is the pretender. The Napoleons
are invisible, Count de Paris is-dead and
the Due d 'Orleans is deplorably in'
discreet."
"Long- Live the King!"
Paris, Jan. 16. As the deputies were
leaving the chamber today after hearing
the president of the chamber read M.
Casimir-Perier's letter of resignation,' D.
Larochefoucauld, Duke de Boudesvaille,
cried , ' 'Long live the king 1 " A scene of
great excitement followed.
National Assembly,
Paris, Jan. 16. M. Brisson, president
of the chamber of deputies, this after
noon officially; announced be had re
ceived a letter from Challemel-Coner,
president of the senate, convoking the
national assembly for 1 o'clock tomorrow
at Versailles.
when compared to the reliable
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internal order, social peace and France's
honor abroad.
should do
ai once, ue am not oeueve tne sena
tors were a lot of Muscovite drakes, bow
ing and sleeping stupidly. Allen inter
rupted to ask as to the attitude of the
administration on this bill. "Cleveland
nas Eent a message to congress calling at
tention to present conditions," respond-
ed Pugb, with great earnestness. "The
president-and his secretary of the treas
nry nave onerea a scneme lor currency
revision designed to meet the present
evils. If this, is not accepted, let both
houses propose something' else. The
president has discharged his duties, now
let us do the same." The bill was re
ferred to the finance committee.
Sherman submitted another import
ant financial measure. It provides for
the issue and sale of bonds under the
provisions of the resumption act from
time to time -as the deficiencies of the
treasury require, the proceeds to. be
wholly used tor deficiencies, . and the
bonds to run for five years at a rate not
to exceed 3 per cent, interest. The sec
ond section provides that in lien of the
foregoing bonds . the secretary . of the
treasury may isiue coin certificates in
denominations of $5 to f 100, bearing 3
per cent interest, and put the certificates
in circulation through the treasury and
postoffices. The third section deals with
the deposi t of bonds in national banks.
Sherman's bill was referred, withjut
comment, to the finance committee.
Military Measures Passed.
Washington, Jan." 16. Iu the house
the morning bonr was allotted to the
military affairs committee, and a nnmber
of nnimportant measures reported from
that committee were passed.
JTor Dredging; Bverett Barbor. '
Washington,. Jan. 16. A resolution
was passed in the house today, on mo
tion of Doolittle of Washington, author
izing the expenditure of $10,000, appro
priated for the dredging of Everett har
bor, Wash.
Effects on Stocks In England.
London, Jan. 16. Stocks opened weak
on tne news of the resignation of the
president of France.' International
Stocks and English consols and French
rentes have declined.
Revlres the Franking; Privilege.
Washington, Jan. 16. The printing
bill signed by the president revives the
tranking privilege.. - This provision was
never referred to , when the bill waa be
fore congress.
Copyright Amendment.
Washington, Jan. 16. A committee
of newspaper publishers today appeared
before the house committee on patents
to support the bill amending the statute
relating to copyrights. "
part of the covering and had secured an
entrance, the first explosion came. A I a Dispatch From Kustu.
blinding sheet of flame forced ..the roof . Washington, Jan. 16. A dispatch
from its fastenings and shot hundreds of was received by Secretary of State Gresh-
leet into the air, followed by a momen- am this morning from Ambassador Eus-
tary deadly silence. Then came an aw- tis, saying no trouble in France was ap
ful roar, carrying with it annihilation to prehended,
Manifesto by the Pretender.
Versailles, Jan. 17. The Duke of
Orleans, pretender to - the throne of
France, issued a manifesto today ad
dressed to Senator Buffel. It dwells up
on the dangers of the present crisis,
claiming the president's letter of resig
nation is an indictment of the present
constitution.- The republic of France,
the dnke claims, can never be other
than a provisional regime. Continuing,
the manifesto says:
"The hour is near at band when the
country will wish to return to the form
of government which was the glory of
its past, and is the guarantee of its fu
ture. Providence, in making me repre
sent the monarchy, imposes upon me a
heavy heritage, bat the day my country
calls me I shall find attendance, and, in
my devotion, force to fulfill my whole
task.- My life and blood will belong to
France;, to that France which my an
cestors made great and respected. That
will be the work of tomorrow. ' The task
of today will be to overcome immediate
dangers."
The manifesto concludes with an ap
peal to' the friends of monarchy to vote
argent deficiency bill were disagreed to,
and the bill sent to the conference.
Richardson, chairman of the committee
on printing as a matter of privilege, had
read the paragraphs printed in a local
paper relating to . the incorporation in
the printing bill passed at the last ses
sion, of the clause extending the Frank
ing privilege to members of congress
for correspondence with officials and.
private individuals on official or depart-.
ment business. The paragraph indicated)
the clause had been incorporated in the-'
bill surreptiously. Richanfson read
from the Congressional Record Bhowing
the clause .had been debated, and adopt
ed by a vote of 12 to 40. The house then
went Into committee of the whole for
further consideration of the Indian ap
propriation bill.
M. Felix Faore K I acted.
Versailles, Jan, 17. M. Felix Faure
was elected president on the second bal
lot. The following was the result of the
second ballot as far as the leading candi
dates are concerned : Faure, 450, Bris-'
son 361.' There were violent socialistic
protests when the result was announced.
After the second ballot had been ordered,
one' deputy shouted, "Down with the
presidency; let us have dissolution;
sfop voting.'" M. de Jeante, socialist,
when bis name was called, shouted,
'Down with the presidency." The
rumor that Faure was a Protestant was
having a had effect upon his candidacy,
and Lie shouted, "I am a Catholic."
There were many exciting scenes during
the balloting. ' It was reported that if
Brisson was defeated the socialists would
resume their straggle against the gov
ernment. -
Hill on Free Coinage.
New York, Jan. 17. A letter froai
Senator Hill, of New York, will be pub
lished here tomorrow, which will attract
considerable attention as bearing upon
the campaign of 1895. InithedecNreH: .
"Free coinage of silver as well a gold
must be held out as the goal which the
country must ultimately reach." The '
letter was written before the memorable
extra session of 1893, to Clark Howell, ,
editor of the Atlanta constitution, who
gives it to the public-with the consent of
Hill.' . , ;
j ' Cattle Swept Overboard.
Liverpool, Jan; 17. The White Star '
steamer Cufic, from New York,' has ar.
rived here and reports terrible weather '
during the -voyage. Immense waves
swept over the vessel, and 75 head of
cattle were lo9t. , j-
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