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THE DAlXES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 29. 1898.
NUMBER 13.
BIG BLAZE AT SPOKANE
One Building Burned and
Foul Lives Lost.
SIX PEOPLE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR
Tbe Building a Complete Wreck The
Property Lou Estimated at
Folly S40O.00O.
Spokanb, Jan. 25 At least (our lives
are known to have been lost by last
night's fire in the Great Eastern block,
' and it is possible that other dead bodies
will be found when a more thorough
search of the ruins is made. The build
ing, a six story structure, is a total wreck,
, and the financial loss is estimated at up
ward of $400,000.
All of the npper two floors and part of
the third floor were need for lodging
purposes, and at least 150 people were
asleep in the building when the fire
started. While most of . them escaped
with only their night clothes, it is now
known that four lives were lost, andfat
least six other persons are fiissing. The
dead are :
Miss Alice Wilson, aged 18.
Maud Wilson, aged 5.
Mrs. Rose Smith.
Mrs. H. G. Davis, of Nebraska City,
who died at the hospital this . morning
from injuries suffered in leaping to the
pavement.
Miss C. Lewis, W. B. Gordon, Mrs. C.
Peters and three children are missing,
and are supposed to have perished.
Firemen are still playing water on the
. embers of the fire, and it will not be
safe to search the ruins tor the dead un
til tomorrow.
The Great Eastern block wae built in
1890 at a cost of $250,000, and was owned
by Lewis Levinski, of San Francieco,
who carried bnt $50,000 insurance.
On the ground floor of the structure
were the establish inents.of the John W.
Graham Paper Company, stationery and
supplies, and Skerritt & Donnelly, boots
and shots. Both are total losses. 'Gra
ham carried a stock worth $60 ,000 .seven
ty per cent of which was covered by in
surance. The firm of Skerritt & Donnelly had a
Btock of $25,000, of which $20,000 was
covered by insurance.
In the offices above these there were
large losses on law libraries and fixtures,
beside probably a still largest loss of fur
niture and household goods. The fire
was a singularly hot one, and the fire
men were long in getting it under con
trol. Even then the flames rosehundreds
of feet in the air as long as two hours
after it started. All the hose in the de
partment was brought into use, aud the
stores of the city were called upon for
all their supplies.
Because of the net work of live elec
tric wires surrounding the building, it
was with the utmost difficulty that the
ladders of the department were elevated.
While they were going np, the people
were at the windows, flames and smoke
bursting out about them, shrieking,
while crowds of people on the Btreet be
low shrieked in sympathy with them. .
Mrs. Stark Oliver, wife of Dr. Stark
Oliver, who lived on the second floor,
says she heard an explosion shortly be
' fore the flames appeared. The boiler of
the engine may have exploded, and
caused the fire to start. There is another
theory, and that is that the chemicals in
the basement, stored there for the pho
tographic supply of the John W. Gra
ham Paper Co., exploded.
Mail, for the Yalton,
Washington, Jan. 25. Postmaster
General Gary has issued an advertise
ment inviting proposals for carrying the
mails in safe and suitable steamboats
during the season of navigation of 1898
on route No. 78,097, from San Francisco
or Seattle, or any other seaport postoffice
in California, Oregon or Washington in
connection with Unalaska, .Alaska, St.
' Michaels and points alone the Yukon
river to Circle City, Alaska, or to Daw
son City, Canada, if steamers . run to
that point and back. . .
The contractor will not be required to
carry more than 2000 pounds of mail
each way per trip. Proposals will be
received until February 23d. " " .
' The Day In the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 25. In the house
today a bill was passed granting Ameri
can register to the foreign-built steamer
Navajo. The house then went into com
mittee of the whole and resumed con
sideration of the Indian 'appropriation'
bill. . ' ' ' ',
The house consumed considerable of
the afternoon in discussing industrial
conditions, the Republicans affirming
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only remedy of its kind ever pro
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to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
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and the Democrats, denying that pros
perity has returned.
TUMULT IN THE BELGIAN CHAMBER
Figrht Between Socialist '
and Antl-
Socialist..
Brussels, Jan. 25. Depnty Demblon
entered the vestibule of the chamber of
deputies this afternoon accompanied by
a band of socialists. The officer in com
mand of the guard informed him that in
pursuance of the president's order he
could not be' allowed to enter, whereupon
Dembloo raised cries of "Vive 1'Armie,"
"Vive l'Republique." A crowd gath
ered and attempted to rush the soldiers,
with the result that there was a scuffle
of troops withstanding the mob, with
fixed bayonets and a hand-to-hand fight
taking place between socialists and anti
socialists. For aVtime the tumult was
indescribable, and a strong body of po
lice was required tc quiet the disorder.
Within the chamSer- the greatest ex
citement prevailed. tThe tumult became
deafening, and the ministers who at
tempted to reply werAshouted down.
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for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Core. ;
F. J. Ciieney & Co. Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 jjfears, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and . financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm. .'
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, O., Walding, Kinnan &. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Obio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the syBtem. Pricet
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free. '.- 1-5-9
In the House. l,.
m Washington, Jan. 25. The senate, on
motion of Hoar, went into executive
session today as soon - as it convened.
The -doors were opened at 12 :15, and
Quay secured the passage of a bill to in
demnify Pennsylvania for moneys ex
pended in 1864 for . militia called into
military service by the governor. The
indemnity amounted up to $46,000. .
The Greatest Discovery Tet.
W. M. Repine, editor T'skilwa, III.,
"Chief," says : "We won't keep bouse
without Dr. King's New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and . . colds. Ex
perimented with many others, but never
got the true remedy nntil we used Dr.
King's New Discovery. No other rem
edy can take its place in onr home, as
in it we have a certain and sure) cure
for coughs, whooping cough, etc" It Is
idle to experiment with other remedies,
even it they are urged on you as just as
good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They
are not as good, because this remedy has
a record of cures and besides is guaran
teed. Jt never faiis to satisfy. Trial
bottles free at Blakeley & Houghton's
drugstore.- .. sS-
" Griggs was Confirmed.
. Washington, Jan. 23. The Ben ate has
confirmed . the' nomination of J. W.
Griggs, of New Jersey; to be attorney
general. .' '
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
"' That U what it was mad for. .
CANAL WILL BE BUILT
Commission in Nicaragua
Reports Favorably.
WORK IS LIKELY SOON TO BEGIN
farltlme Company Haa Let Contract
iu Anticipation of Favorable Ac
tion by Congress.
New York, Jan. 26. Tba Herald cor
respondent with the Nicaragna canal
commission advices nnder.-date of. Ma
nagua, January 18th, that the commis
sion cabled to Washington two days ago,
follows:
"The canal of Nicaragua may be bnilt
for less than three-quarters the original
estimate. Four and a half or six and a
half years will be required to build it.
Forty-eight hundred laborers are needed
to commence work. TheBe should be
divided into three groups, 2200 between
Bio San Juan and Castillo ; 1800 between
Coriutoand Momotomba and 1800 in
Managua. This number of men should
bs doubled within six months."
This was received by the canal com
mission in reply : -
"A company in Ohio and New York
haB been duly formed to engage men from
Puerto Barrios, Jamaica, Belise and Nic
aragua." " '
The Herald's correspondent adds that
each of the thirteen engineers with the
commission represents a big syndicate,
each one fighting to get the contract, but
the Ohio and New York men have se
cured it. The Chicago contractors and
engineers are satisfied with the facili
ties for work in the Western division.
These are beyond their y expectations.
The party leaves for Ichoa on January
25th.
The Washington correspondent of the
Herald says that the above cablegram is
interpreted there to mean that the Mar
itkne - Canal Company,- anticipating'
favorable report from the Walker com
mission as to the feasibility of the pro
ject, and of the subsequent favorable
action by congress, has men prepared to
begin the work of construction immedi
ately. Under the terms of its concession
from the Nicaragua government, the ca
nal was to have been completed by next
fall, otherwise the concession would be
forfeited unless that company had ex
pended a large sum in the prosecution
of the work. In fact, it is the con
tention of the Nicaragua government
that the concession has already been for
feited, but this contention is not accept
ed by either the company or the govern
ment. The preliminary report which the
commission will make will be submitted
to congress with a view to getting favor
able action without delay upon the bill
giving governmental enpport to the pro
ject. .It has been anticipated that, the
report would be favorable, both as re
gards the feasibility and the cost of the
canal. The estimate made by Civil En
gineer A. C. Menocal for the plan in
1895 for the construction of a canal fol
lowing the Tola basin line pnts the cost
of the work at $66,466,880, and a second
estimate, the canal to follow . the low
level line, fixed the cost of the work at
$68,893,660. :
The Ludlow commission estimate! tbat
a canal built along the low-level line
would cost $133,472,893. If the Walker
commission estimated that the- cost
would be three-fourths of Mr. Monocle's
original estimate, $66,466,880, then it
fixes the figure at $48,855,160.
Experts, especially the friends of tbe
members of the Ludlow commission, say
tbe estimate made by the Walker com
mission is extremely low, heinj some
what less than one-third of the estimate
of the Lndlow commission. -
v No Hope for the Territories.
' Washington, Jan. 26. Statehood leg
islation at this session was killed today
by tbe bouse committee on - territories
rejecting the Arizona, New .Mexico and
Oklahoma bills by a vote of 8 to 3. The
first two measures were bunched and
defeated. Then the Oklahoma bill was
taken np and beaten by the same 'vote.
There was no discussion, as it was un
derstood at theast meeting that a vote
was to be taken today without further
preliminaries. -"
Storm at St. Louis.
St. Louis,' Jan". 56. A terrific thun
der storm Taged for an hour or more in
the vicinity of this city after '3 a.m.
The sky cleared after a time, ' shortly
after daybreak, but the wind continued
to blow. It increased in velocity until
at 10:45. the weather bureau officials re
ported that a velocity, of 64 miles an
honr had been gained.
- Ke ports of acciden ts from various parts
of the city are coming in, and thuB far
there have been three fata'ities. August
Wetmeyer was blown off Shield's build
in and died in tn minutes. A woman
name unknown, is teported lying dead in
some yard near 38-tO Laclede avenue,
and a boy was killed by being blown
from a porch roof in another part of the
city. There is every indication that it
is a straight blow and not a tornado.
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- It certainly looks like it, but thrra is
really no. trick about it. Anybody can
try it who has lame back and weak kid
neys", malaria or nervous troubles. We
mean he can cure himself right away by
taking Electric Bitters. This medicine
tones np the whole system, acts as a
stimulant to tbe Liver and Kidneys, is a
blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures
constipation, headache, fainting spells,
sleeplessness and melancholy. It is
purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and
restores the system to its natural vigor.
Try Electric Bitters and be convinced
tbat they are a miracle worker. Every
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The Senate.
Washington, Jan. 27. After the
transaction of some minor business, the
Teller resolution was laid before the sen
ate, and after considerable discussion it
was agreed that tbe vote should be post
poned nntil tomorrow at 6 o'clock, the
senate to meet at 10 o'clock, and tbe last
four hours of tbe debate to be under the
15-minute rule. "
After this agreement had been reached
Daniel resumed his epeech began last
evening. . He made a legal argument in
favor of the pending resolution, holding
that the law never contemplated giving
the government's creditor tbe option of
the kind of money he was to be paid
The creditor would naturallv pick' the
dollar which waB of the most value to
him, but if he did not know which be
would receive he would do his utmost
to maintain the parity of both dollars.
The House. ,
Washington, Jan. 27. In the house
today the senate bill granting American
Lreg,ister,to.tbe barkenjt.ine5barpshQQ.ter
of San FranciscJ, was passed.
A bill was passed making Santa Fe
the permanent capital of New Mexico.
Hitt, chairman of tbe foreign affairs
committee, reported from his committee
with a recommendation that it lie on tbe
table the Lewts resolution calling' upon
tbe president for authority in the con
stitution under which be negotiated a
treaty that will bind tbe treasury to pay
$4,000,000 to the Hawaiian, bondholders.
The Democrats manifested a desire to
disenss the report, bnt the question was
not debated. -
The house then went into committee
of the whole, and resumed consideration
of the Indian -appropriation bill. Rep
resentative Hartman got the floor, and
for 15 minutes held the attention of the
house in a speech denouncing the Re
publican party for its opposition of tbe
financial question. Hartman said he
knew tbat many Republicans were op
posed to tbe retirement of greenbacks.
"but." said he. "what will they do
about it when tbe banking and currency
committee reports a bill to retire green
backs? If we may judge tbe future by
tbe past, there can be but little doubt of
the result.
This is no longer a house of repre
sentatives." be cried in stentorian tone?,
"it is a home of registers, it is a honee
of registers of the will of those who con
trol it. In this house we should change
the oath, and, instead of taking the oath
to support, protect and defend the con
stitution of the United States and per
form our duties, to the best of. our abili
ties, we should at the opening of each
eeesjon swear to support, protect and de
fend the constitution, provided we can
obtain tbe consent of the leading nations
of the earth." ..-' :
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A Civil Srrvlce Decision.
Nashville, Jan. 26. United States
Judge Lurton has decided the injunction
case of W. C. Morgan vs. D. A. Nuqn,
revenue collector, involving the ques
tion of Nunn's power under the civil
service law, holding that the court had
no jurisdiction and that the chief exec
utive alone has - power to enforce the
civil service laws and rules.' Of the case
on trial Judge Lurton says: ;
' "That the authoritive orders of the
chief executive have been or are about
to be most flagrantly violated by the de
fendant, is not denied." , ;
MISSION OF THE MAINE
Newspapers Insist that it is
of, Peace.
EXCITEMENT OVER ITS ARRIVAL
Radicals, However, Regard the Incident
as the First Step toward Amer
ican Mediation.
Nkw York, Jan. 27. The last ripple
of visible excitement iff the arrival of
the Maine has passed away, says the
Herald's Havana correspondent, and
the ship as she lies at anchor attracts no
more attention than any other vessel in
the harbor. The papers' make the brief
eat possible allusion to her arrival, and
La Union Constitutional, the conserva
tive organ, prints a Washington dispatch
to the effect tbat the visit of tbe Maine
to Havana is merely an act of courtesy
snowing tne inenaiy leeling to Spain,
and to contract the anti-Spanish utter
ances in the press. La Union adds tbat
tbe visit will be returned by Spanish
ships in American ports. -In
spite ot this, there is a strong un
der current of feeling in Havana, as evi
denced by tbe excited talking of angry
groups assembled in tbe cafes. The
general impression among radicals' is
tbat the cause of Spain has been be
trayed by the Blanco government, and
the nation humiliated by what they re'
gard as tbe first etep in the direction of
American intervention. This has in
tensified the hatred of General Blanco
and his associates and of tbe cause of
autonomy, and this hatred may at any
moment find vent in an outbreak of fury,
in wbich case members of the govern
ment will be forced to depend for their
personal safety on tbe Maine; for while
their peril is obvious, tbe troops con
centrated during the riots have been
dispersed and no new precautions have
been taken. . , ... - .. ...
Tbe arrival of the Maine created en'
thusiasm among the Americans, who re
alize that the long period of suspense
has passed, and that their safety is abso-
utely assured. .
. Up to the present time no 6ne knows
'what precipitated the sudden dispatab
of tbe sailing orders to the Maine at Dry
Tortugas on Monday. Captain Sigsbee
bad not the remotest idea why be was
sent, but he was not much surprised
when the Dupont arrived from Key WeBt
with Orders to start without a moment's
delay. Beinz in total ignorance of tbe
situation he had no conception as to
what sortot a reception to expect. He
approached tbe harbor from the west
ward, partly for the purpose of inspect
ing tbe Spanish batteries and watching
for any hostile demonstrations, and
partly for displaying the flag and char
acter of the Maine, so as to give the au
thorities on shore opportunity to make
preparations to avoid a panic which
might have been precipitated by the
Maine's sudden entrance. - The battle
ship was prepared for any emergency.
After picking up a'pilot the Maine went
rapidly up tbe harbor to a berth near
the Spanish flagship.
It will be impossible to give the crew
their liberty while in Havana, and as yet
no shore -leaves have been granted to of
ficers, tbe captain being the only man
that bas gone' ashore. For - this reason
it is believed tbat the navy department
will not keep the Maine here long, but
will replace her by another vessel of the
squadron tbe moment the health of the
crew becomes impaired.
Mr. Elisha Berry, of this place says be
never had anything do him so much
good and give such quick relief from
rheumatism as Chamberlain's . Pain
Balm. He was bothered greatly with
shooting pains from hip to knee until be
used tbis liniment, which affords prompt
relief. . B. F. Baker, druggist, St. Paris,
Ohio. For sale by Blakeley & Hough
ton. '
Named by the President.
Washington, Jan. 26. The President
today Bent tbe following nominations to
the senate :
Richard C. Parsons, jr., of Ohio, to be
second secretary of the embassy at Rome ;
Abram M. Tilman, of Tennessee, to be
attorney-general for the middle oisti ict
of Tennessee : Lieutenant, junior grade,
Dole to be lieutenant; Bev. William
T. Helms, of New Jersey, to be chaplain
in the navy.
McComas wa Elected.
Annapolis, Jan. 25. McComas has
been elected sonator. The tenth' and
last ballot was taken at noon. The vote
was as follows: McComas, 62; Gorman,
47; Shaw, 5." ' '. -'l
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A Savant Who Has Satisfied Himself
That Their Kite Is Deadly.
Prof. John Van Denburg- lately de
livered an interesting lecture at the
Academy of Sciences upon the subject
of the Gila monster. A good-sized audi
ence was -present, says the San Fran
cisco Call.
"It'has become a common supposition
for years," tsaid the lecturer, "that the
bite of a Gila monster was as poison
ous as that of a rattlesnake, but many
of the scientists denied this. Numerous,
eminent scientific men stated that from
actual experience they hadi demon
strated that the bite was harmless. One
of these, Dr. Schufert, had himself been
bitten by one of the reptiles, and, be
sides the pain occasioned by the ordi
nary bite of an amimal. no ill results
followed."
The Jectuier then stated that he had
demonstrated that the saliva of the
Gila monster was poisonous. Its bite
would in almost every case cause deatb,
if the teeth of tne lower j-uy pecet rated
the skin. It was the upper jaw of the
reptile which sank into the flesh of Dr.
Schufert, and as the secretion of the
glands of the upper jaw was harmless
the doctor lived. '
The speaker said that he had injected
the saliva of both the upper and lower
glands into pigeons, and in every case
where that from the lower jaw was in
jected the victim had died in a short
time. He showed why so many ani
mals which ar bitten by -tie-poisonous.
reptile live. The diucts which lead from,
the glands to the mouth open between
the lower lip and the gum. For the
saliva to .enter a. wonnd it must be
forced up from the lip to the teeth, and
thence into the wound. Thus it is hard
for the poisonous fluid to reach the
blood, even if the victim is bitten by
the lower teeth. ' ' ,
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LOOKING DOWN THE FUTURE.-
A Peculiar Inntance. ot Foresight in
France.
One day in October, 1883, Lady A r
living in.. -Rue du Rel-Respiro, Parisy
found that she had been iobbed of a,
sum of 3,500 francs, says the Arena.
She notified the commissary of police,
who instituted a search and questioned
the servants, but discovered nothing.
Lady A- when eniumerating her serv
ants begged the commissary to exclude
from his suspicions her second valet de
chambre, a youth of 10, very gcod-look- J
ing, very respectful and very well quali
fied for 'his duties, who had been nick
named "le Petit" not on account of his
stature, for he was rather' tall, but for
a feeling of delicate, protecting famil
iarity which his good qualities had won
for him.
Meanwhile, among- fhe friends of
Zady A there had been a good deal
of talk about a certain Demoiselle
E , who they said, could see the
most surprising things in .a bowl of
coffee grounds. .M. L. d'Ervieux had the
curiosity to accompany his goveaiSss
to the house of this person and was
quite surprised to hear her describe ex
actly each piece of furniture in Lady
A- 's apartment, pass in review her
seven servants and Eay that, though she
could r.ot name the' thief, he would be
guillotined within two years.
.Some weeks later "le Petit" left the
service of his mistress without giving
any reason and two years later he
mounted the scaffold. The servant so
highly esteemed was none other than
Marchandon, the assassin..
Tom Watson for Governor.
Atlanta, Jaa, 26. Thomas F. Wat
son will be the Popnlist candidate for
governor of Georgia. The state con
vention meets March 6th, ant a major
ity of the delegates already elected are-
said to favor Watson for governor.
Yellow Jack at Edwards.
Washington, Jan. 25. Surgeon-Gen
eral Wymaa haa- received a dispatch
dated tbe 20th int. from. Dr. Stewart at
Memphis, stating tbat the secretiry of
the Mississippi state board of health haa
reported one and probably three cases ot
yellow fever near Edwards, Mies.
"- A Pension Decision. '
Washington, Jan. 25. Assistant Sec
retary Davie, of the interiordepartment,
bas rendered ' a . decision holding tbat
there is a law providing a pension for
widows of soldiers who died of diseases
contracted jn time ot peace prior to
March 4, 1861.
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