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ST. IIELENH, OltEGOK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21), 1897.
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EVENTS OF THE . DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the , World.
TERSE TICKS FBOM TUB WIRES
Aa lutereitlnf Collection of Itcmi Front
'. the Tw Htnlipluni rntntoi :
la Coadeaeed Form.
Agent W. R. Russell, of the Pacific
Coast Elevator Company, f Moscow,
Iilulio, hos purchased over 10,000 bush
els of wheat at 70 cents. The last largs
purchase was 8,000 bushels. Soma
wheat in that section U being held as
high m 75 cents.
Another attempt has been mode to
get the stranded Glcumorug 08 from
the sands of North beaoh. This trial
- proved unsuccessful like the previous
attempts and It is now thought the
Glcumorag will be abandoned to the
mercies of tho waves.
Very Rev. Thos. J. Conaty, D. D.,
has been installed m rector of the
Catholic university of America in
Washington, D. O. It was a notable
vent in the history of the inntltntion,
and drew together a distinguished as
suiublage of churchmen and educutors.
While hunting near Elk Point, 8.
D., W, J. Murphy, aged 17, became
separated from his companions and was
frozen to death, When first missed lie
was supposed to havo returned home,
and not until some time later did
searching parties start after him. His
body was found.,
James Stephens, who is said to have
started several inoendlary fires in Walla
Walla during the summer of 18H6, has
been convicted of arson in the superior
court for setting fire to the Hamilton
Rnurke warehouse, - January 9, J8B0.
The dofenso had very little evidence to
offer, and the jury, after being out one
hoar, returned a verdict of guilty.
In digging a well at Qui loctie, Wash.,
at the base of the Olyinpio range of
mountains, a vein of ooal was discov
ered. It is thought it is a good vein,
and It is located within one mile of the
Port Townsend Southern railway.
Within the past three years over $100,
000 has been spent in prospecting for
coat in this county, and this is the first
ooal yet discovered.
An earthquake occurred on the islamf
of Kishtna, lu the Persian gulf, attend
ed by enormous loss of life. Kisiuna is
near the entrance of the Persian gulf
and is the largest island in that body
of water, being surrounded by many
smaller islands. Its length is seventy
miles and its average breadth twelve
miles. The population is estimated at
6,000, ohiefly aralis.
Two people woro seriously Injured
and a score of others bruised and bat
tered as the result of a rear-end collision
of two trains in the Oakland yards.
Instead of holding the Berkley local
train as usual, the signalman allowed it
to proceed on the main track, just as
the sunset limited was approaching.
Before the latter train could be stopped
it crashed into the rear car of the lo
cal, completely demolishing it. ,
The senate committee on fisheries
havo listened to an argument by Pro
fessor Elliott in advocacy of the bill
providing for a new international agree
ment fpr the protection of fur-bearing
seals. Professor Elliott exhibited a
large number of charts, showing the
habits of seals. He contended that
from an economio and humane point of
view, it would be far better for the
United States to kill all the remaining
seals outright than to permit the
laughter to continue under present
regulations, ,
The First National bank, of New
port, Ky., has olosed its doors. Heavy
. investments in real estate is said to be
the cause.
An important pooling arrangement
has been brought about between the
Alaska Packers' Association and tho
Alaska Improvement Company that
will materially affect the salmon in
dustry in Northern waters and the
price of canned salmon In the country
next season. It is said that the entire
product of the coming season will be
pooled and marketed at uniform rates.
' Louis Oontenein, chevalier of the
crown of Italy, former president of the
Italian chamber of commerce in New
York, and forrarely Italy's consul-general
to the two Sicilies, died at his
home in New York. He had been one
of the most prominent Italians in this
country and was a man of marked abil
ity, to which Italy frequently paid
honorable tribute. ; '. "V
A Washington spooiut says tho ad
ministration is determined that Peru
shall pay the claim for $300,000 grow
ing out of the outrage committed in
1885 upon V. H. MoCord, a consul of
1 the United States. A cable dispatch
has just been sent to Mr. MeKenzie,
the United States minister stationed at
Lima, directing him to inform the
Peruvian government that the case
must be settled without delay, A com
munication received from the minister
a few days ago stated that Peru desired
to investigate the 1 case. . Secretary
Olney at once advised Mr. MoKenzie
that Peru had had more than ten years
to investigate, and the time was quite
sufficient.
The Minnesota State Savings bank,
of St. Paul, has olosed and filed a deed
of assignment.
National Bank Examiner Esoott has
olosed the Gorman National bank, of
Louisville, Ky. The bank is on old
one, but for some time has been regard
ed as unsafe.
A bitter fight is being waged in
Cleveland, O., between the Arbuokle
Coffee Company and the sugar trust
regarding rh,9 price of coffee. Cut af
4CI Cfet'is being met
NICARAGUA CANAL,
Bodorlgues Is Oppoied Only to ' Ml
- Moraaa Dill.
Chicago, Jan, 88. ATlmes-Hearld's
Washington special says: It is appar
ent that the time has come when some
thing must be done by this government
if the Nicaragua canal scheme is to be
saved from fulling into the rut of fail
ure. Senator Sherman, who is to lie
the next secretary of state, said to the
Timoa-Herald 'correspondent tonight
that Mr, Roderlgeus, minister of the
Greater Republic of Central America,
had doubtless convinced the senate that
any further attempts to arrange for the
building of the canal upon the plan
laid down in the bill must be given up.
But the enterprise need not, for this
reason, be abandoned, for the represen
tative of the Greater Republic of Cen
tral America distinctly avows the will
ingness of his government to bike up
the matter on a new basis, to leave the
present company out of consideration,
so far as the future is concerned, and
to treat directly with the United States
for construction of this great waterway.
In the opinion of many senators this
is just what should be done. It is said
Secretary Olney will be glad to take up
the matter of negotiating a treaty with
Nicaragua and Costa Uica for this pur
pose, if he only had more time before
the expiration of the Cleveland admin
lstutioii. It is not Impossible he may do
so as it is. : -
PRESCRIPTION KILLED HER. '
Brooklyn Olrl Took fatal - Doe
for a Cold. ;;
New York, Jan. 26. Miss Lilian
Templeton, of Brooklyn, is dead, as a
result of taking a prescription of a
friend, who meant to cure, not to kill
her. Miss Templeton had been suffer
ing from a cold. A friend gave her a
prescription, which called for equal
parts of spirits of 'camphor, pepjer
mint, laudanum and balsam of fir.
This prescription was filled by the
Bolton Drug Company. She took the
medicine Friday evening. Saturday
morning she was found unconscious.
Physicians were called, but their efforts
were unavailing. Coroner Coombs said
tonight: "Twenty grains of laudanum
is a large, dose, and generally is ap
proached by giving gardually, increas
ing doses from three grains up to
twenty. There must have been forty
to forty-five grains in the dose, and
that is enough to kill anybody. "
A fight With Yaqali.
Chihuahua, Jan. 26. At Rosalee,
west of here, in the heart of the Sierra
Mail re range, a large force of rurale
guards yesterday hod a battle with a
baud of Yaqui Indians, who had started
out on their winter raids of pillage and
murder against the farmers and minora
of that section. The Indians had al
ready murdered the members of two
families and were about to make a raid
and attempt to sack the village of Ro
tates when the force of rurales, or state
troops, arrived at the place in response
to a message, and made the attack on
tho Indians. The fight was a desperate
one, and resulted in twelve Indians
and five soldiers being killed. 4
Tho Frauao-Bnlan Alliance.
Paris, Jan. 26. It is somi-ofrloially
announced here that Baron de Mohren
helm, tho Russian ambassador, has in
formed M. Hanotaux, the minister for
foreign affairs, that the czar has order
ed Count Muravieff, the newly appoint
ed Russian minister of foreign affairs,
to visit Paris so as to be presented to
President Fanre and enter into rela
tions with the French minister before
returning to St. Petersburg. Count
Muravieff will arrive in Paris on Thurs
day, and he will be tendered a banquet
at the palace of the Elyssee.
Rod Sohoolhoue Callapaed.
St. Louis, Jan. 26. A special to the
Republic from Perry, O. T., says: A
school honne built of sod, near here, col
lapsed and twenty-five schoolchildren
were entombed for some time. The
trustees of the school district built a
echoolhouse of turf. They employed
Miss Jennie Jones to teach. The
schoolhouse collapsed and every child
and the teacher were entmboed. Sev
eral children will die from their in
juries, and the young teacher" is in a
critical condition. All had to be dug
Rearming of tho Russian Artillery.
London, Jan. 88. A St. Petersburg
dispatch to the Times, with reference
to the rumor that' Russia will spend
100,000,000 roubles in rearming the
artillery with the French quick-firing
gun, says: The report requires confir
mation, but although the powefrul M.
deWitte, the minister of finance, op
poses the idea, his opposition would be
of little avail against the minister of
war, General Novisky.
"Abba Glraud Bleoted.
Paris, Jan. 20. Abbe Giraud has
been elected deputy for Brest, to re
place the late Monsiguore D'HuUt. It
was a threo-cornered contest, the other
candidates being the Comto de Blois,
pure royalist, and Dr. Roiseli, repub
lican. - ' - ' ' .'"r '
Commander of tha We'eor
London, Jan. 86. The Times an
nounces that Emperor William of Ger
many has appointed Ben Parker, of
Southampton, to command his yacht,
the Meteor.
Train Over a Preelploe.
New York, Jan. 80. A Kingston,
Jamaica, special to the World sayss
Word has been received here of a tor
rMa railroad disaster at Burbadoes. A
train plunged over a precipice, killing
a large number of passengers. No do
tails are given.
;-" r'ops and tha Manitoba Queatl n.
London, Jan. 26. A Rome corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says that
the pope is considering the compromise
clauses of tho Manitoba school question.
DAY IN THE SENATE.
Calendar (leared of Penaloa Bill
I Resolution Presented,
Washington, Jan, 26. The senate
confined itself strictly to business to
day, passing a large number of bills,
; Including those for a statue of President
I Lincoln at Gettysburg, appropriating
300,S1 1 to pay ono 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 tho 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 a reso
lution 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
tion of the following resolution:
"Resolved, That tlie attorney-general
be and is hereby directed to inform the
senate whether he entered into an
f 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 reorganisation
committee has bid on the foreclosure of
said liens, and, also, send to the senate
a 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. "
Tha Load Postal Hill.
Washington, Jan. 26. The senate
committee on postofHces and post roads
resumed the hearing on the Loud second-class
mail bill today. Orville J.
Victor, chairman of the New York
committee of publishers, said the bill
was to the interest of the prese com
panies and opposed to the interests of
the public, which demands good and
cheap literature. Victor called atten
tion to a large amount of government
matter carried free which would, he
said, go far towards accounting for the
postnfflce department deficit, and creat
ed a general laugh at the expense of
the committee by reading a newspaper
extract characterizing most of this mat
ter as congressional buncombe.
John Elderkin, of the Now York
Ledger, claimed that under the pro
posed law such papers as the Ledger
would be excluded from the privilege
of being entered as second-class mail
mutter. ---v; .;
8. S. McCluro addressed himself es
pecially to Senator Chandler's proposed
amendments, referring to tho distribu
tion through news agencies. It would
have the effect, he said, of requiring
the publishers of magazines to organize
their own system of distribution, and
thus both Increase the cost as well as
decrease the circulation of their publi
cations. Any addition "to the cost
would render It impossible to publish
10-cent magazines. To advance the
price of the magazines to 15 cents
would be to cut the circulation one-half.
Chandler said he did not propose to
press his amendments.
J. 8. Ogilvie denied the assertion
made at a meeting last Saturdaythat
some of his publications wore indecent.
He asserted that the government was
under an 'implied contract with pub
lishers to maintain the present rates.
Yates Hlckey, of the American Rail
way Literary Association, favored the
bill.- - :
David Williams, proprietor of the
New York' Iron Age, submitted an
argument in favor of the bill. Senator
Chandler stated the hearings will close
next Saturday.
latrodnead by Hermann.
Washington, Jan. 26. Representa
tive Hermann has introduced a bill to
amend the Indian depredation claims
law, whereby , "inhabitants," and not
only "citizens," shall be entitled to
sue for payment The original act em
braced citizens only. Many of the old
settlers losing property had at the time
only declared their intention to become
citizens, - The amendment also pro
vides that the Indians committing
depredations may have been merely "in
treaty relations," so as to give the
right to claimants to recover. The ex
isting law gives jurisdiction to the court
as to such claims as were committed by
Indians in "amity," at least the su
preme court construed the law to have
this meaning. The amendment also
simplifies the taking of testimony in
such cases.
Ivory Returns Home.
London, Jan. 26. The Daily Mail
announces that Edward J. Ivory, alias
Bell, acquitted of a charge of complic
ity in a dynamite conspiracy, and John
F. Mclntyre, formerly assistant district
attorney in New York, who came to
London in his defense, sailed for New
York yesterday. , ;
Smallpox on tha Victoria.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 28. The
steamer Victoria, of the Northern Pa
oiflo line, arrived today with a 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.
Fourteen Hundred Bodies Recoyered.
London, Jan.'SC. A Times dispatch
from Teheran says that 1,400 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 num1er 6,000, most
ly Arabs. , -'
Dominion Parllitment Prorogued.
Ottawa, Jan. 26. Parliament has
formally prorogued for the- 8th of
March next.
A BOLD CUBAN DASH
Hernandez' ' Men Captured
the Town of Pelanot.
SPANIARDS WEBB SURPRISED
While tha Ioeoraeat Woro Tak
ing tho Oarrleon.
Cincinnati, Jan. 28. The Commer
cial Tribune special from. Key West,
says: ': , ' - . '." .-;
Another defeat for the Spanish is
reported from Pelanos, in the Southern
part of Havana province. The place
has 1,000 inhabitants, is well fortified,
and has a Spanish garrison of 600 men,
with one field piece.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hernandez, in
command of COO insurgent cavalry,
mode a dash at the town Monday after
noon while the troops were at church
celebrating some local holiday. Before
they could form the insurgents had
possession of the blockhouse. Cannon
was trained on the church, and before
the Spanish were hardly aware of what
was the trouble, solid shot came hurtl
ing through the walls, while cries of
"Cuba Libre" filled the air. Out they
rushed, only to fall before a deadly
volley from a strong force posted be
hind some neighboring houses. ' .
Colonel Muncio, the Spanish officer,
bravely rallied his men, but as they
formed for a charge, he fell, with a
dozen bullets through him. ; The sec
ond in command took bis place, but
he, too, fell in a few seconds' time, the
sharpshooters of Hernandez dealing
death with a rapidity that rendered the
troops panic-stricken.
They made one more attempt to
charge the blockhouse, but Hernandez'
cavalry reserve das lied at them, sweep
ing through their ranks and cutting a
bloody pathwith their sharp machetes.
. The Spanish then retired, it being a
rout, though a portion stubbornly pro
tected their rear, making stands until
forced to retire by Hernandez' fierce
charges. After pursuing them nearly
to Cajalo on the coast, the insurgents
withdrew; ' They burned the forts at
Palanos. The insurgents secured 1,400
stands of arms, one cannon. $1,000 in
gold and (5,000 paper money, besides
ammunition and many valuable papers
belonging to the Spanish commissary
department
Havana officials knew of the battle
Tuesday night, but kept it suppressed,
and the palace officials say that the
place has been "evacuated."
AN OLD BURIAL GROUND.
Hvodreda of Hone Unearthed ' at
Woe rolnt. -.-
New York, Jan, 26. A special to
the Press from West Point says:
; Bones by the hundred have been un
earthed right under the officers' club
rooms. They are all human bones, in
good condition, but nobody knows
when they were placed or how they got
there. It might have been half a cen
tury ago, but the probabilities are, judg
ing from stories told by old residents,
that they are the bones of soldiers
killed iu the Revolutionary war. It is
known that spies and tories hanged on
the plains were buried by the patriots
where the mess hall now stands., What
disposition will be made of them has
not yet been announced, but it 'is likely
they will be buried in the cemetery.
Coroner Miller, of Highland Falls,
got an inkling of the find, but as coro
ners are allowed in West Point only
by permission of the authorities he has
small chance of holding an inquest, and
it is clearly evident" that there woe re
foul play in connection with the bury
ing of the bones. Colonel Ernest is
now in Washington, and it is probable
the matter will remain as it stands un
til his return. In- the meantime the
bones have been placed where no harm
can come to them.
QUICK RETR'BUTION.
Spaniard Are Caught In a Trap Laid
by Their Own Countrymen. J
Cincinnati, Jan. 26. A special to
the Commercial Tribune from Key
West says: ,
A horrible story comes from Jumento,
province of Santa Clara, telling of
quick retribution to the ; Spaniards for '
their butchery and barbarous methods
of war. A Spanish force, under Cap- j
tain Martelli, entered the place, which
had been the camp of the insurgents,
and before going away secretly poi-
soned a well and a spring noted for
affording excellent water. That even-'
ing a Spanish band of guerillas entered
the town, and used the water, from
which over twenty-five men died. ; The
guerilla captain charged the Cuban resl-'
dents with the deed, and shot them
dead. He then turned the womeji over
to the tender mercies of the men, who
shot young boys who attempted to save
their mothers and sisters. He burned
the village. The next day some of the
Spanish troops told the guerillas the
story of the trap they had set for the
Cubans, and learned that their own
companions in arms had been caught
by their barbarous plots. , :
In the myxine we have an eye in
which the optic nerve has entirely dis
appeared. Forty-Miner Featted.
Chicago, Jan. 26. Old . men who
crossed the plains to' the Pacfic coast
in the days of the gold' fever of '49
gathered at the Tremont house this
morning to celebrsfte, with story-telling
and feasting, the discovery of gold in
California. Each member of the asso
ciation was met by President Addison
Ballard, who pinned to his coat a large I
yellow badge with a California bear
and "49" conspicuously displayed
!:eron The menu was elaborate. '
AN EVENTFUL SESSION.
Three DUtlnet fteneatlons Sprung In
tho 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 a 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, its
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 a catspaw. . He asserted
that Minister Roderigues had come
here to execute such a 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 Vilas 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,
the expressions were free and full from
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 flurry 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
nied that any snch agreement had been
mode, and added that he hod not had a
word with Olney in that direction.
These three incidents relating to cur
rent foreign questions made the day's
session one of the most eventful in
years. v:i.,.v , -. ' '..
Washington, Jan. 62. This was
private bill day in the honse, 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
dent's veto by a vote of 144 to 68. 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 president's custom of refusing to
see congressmen, unless his private sec
retary approved of their errands. Some
minor bills were passed. After the
night pension session, the honse ad
journed. A KITE ASCENSION. .
uceSHful Experiment Made at Got.
ernore Ialand. -
New York, Jan. 2S. Lieutenant
Hugh G, Wise, of the Ninth infantry
on Governor's iBland, has just made the
first kite ascension ever successfully at
tempted in America. For six months
the lieutenant, entirely on his own re
sponsibility, has been studying and ex
perimenting with kites as a means of
assisting armies in warfare. - The tan
dem system of specially constructed
kites is intended to supplant the use of
balloons, which cannot live in gales. :
The lientenant's kites are cellular.
They consist of rectangular frames of
spruce. Cotton string and cotton cloth
in strips are stretched around the ends
of the frames, leaving both ends of the
rectangular framework open, and also
an open strip in the center. Thus four
lifting sufraces and four guiding sur
faces are. presented to the wind.
When the breeze freshened to a five-mile-an-hour,
the lieutenant was hoist
ed fifty-two feet so that he could Bee
over the eaves of the officers' quarters
and down the bay. The force repre
sented by the polling of the fonr kites
is estimated at 400 pounds.
"I have studied the system of Pro
fessor Langley, of the Smithsonian in
stitution; Professor Markham, of the,
weather bureau, and Civil Engineer
Chanute, of Chicago, who are making
special experiments, in aerial naviga
tion with aeroplanes," said Lieutenant
Wise.- ,:
"The experiment shows that kites
are serviceable'in a gale which would
tear a balloon to pieces where it is de
sired to observe the surrounding count
ry and inspect the maneuvers of an
enemy. I attribute my success to a
close view of the methods of those who
have studied the subject, rather than
to my own effort"
Denies That Santa Clara Fall.
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
repulsed.
Destroyed by Fire. " "
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 25. Short
ly after midnight fire started in Mingo
Junction, O., a few miles north, of
Wheeling, which wiped out nearly the
entire business portion of that indus
trial town. At 8 o'clock this morning
nine houses had been - destroyed, and
the property loss is estimated at $50,
000. -
No receptacle has ever been made
strong enough to resist the power of
freezing water.
TURPIE HAS RUN . DOWN.
End of Bit Three pay Speech Atalnat
the Canal Hill.
Washington, Jan. 28. The senate
was on the verge of a deadlock today,
and for a time there were prospects of
a protracted test of endurance, extend
ing the session late into the night.
Morgan, in charge of the Nicaragua
canal bill, was determined to secure a
time for a final vote. - This was resist
ed, however, by Turpie and . Vilas.
Thereupon, Morgan announced he
would ask the senate to "sit out" the
bill, remaining in continuous session
nntil a vote was forced. This evoked
sharp criticism. Vilas finally made a
dilatory motion, which, on roll-call,
disclosed the absence of a quorum, and
Morgan was obliged to give up his plan
for today, although he expects to exe
cute it, if an agreement for a . vote is
not reached.
Tartie concluded his speech against
the Nicarauga canal bill, the third day
being a continuation of the former bit
ter invective directed against the meas
ure. '-,.:".-,
During the day, Chandler presented
the credentials of John Edward Ad
dicks, claiming the vacant seat as sena
tor from Delaware. . The claim of
Henry A. Dupont for the same seat has
already been presented.
In the course of a discussion over lay
ing electric conduits in the Washington
streets, Hill spoke against trusts and
monopolies in general, as a serious
menace to the public welfare, i
Washington, Jan. 23. After a two
days' debate, in the course of Which
considerable - partisan passion was
aroused and an ineffectual attempt
made to filibuster for the purpose of
gaining time, the uouse today decided
the contested election case of Yost vs.
Tucker, from the tenth Virginia dis
trict, by denying the seat to Mr. Yost
and confirming Mr. Tucker's ' titlei
thereto. The Republilcans were badly
divided, fifty-four of them joining with
the Democrats and supporting -. the
claims of the Democratic oontestee.
When the supporters of Yost's conten
tion found they were defeated by a
narrow margin of eight votes (the vote
being 119 to 127 against him), they in
augurated a filibuster in the hope of
gaining time, and for two hours there
was a succession of roll-calls, but they
were finally overpowered and the reso
lutions confirming Tucker's title to his
seat were adopted. Yoet is a member
elect of the next house, and Tucker,
who is a eon of Randolph Tucker, has
been a member of the last fonr con
gresses. He declined a renomination
because he did not agree with liis party
on the money question.
WANTED HIM TO DIE.
An Unnatural Daughter Allowed Hal
Father to Kill Hlmaetf.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 25. Knowing
that her aged father had taken poison
with suicidal Intent, Nellie Cnrran, 23
years old, went to bed without calling
a physician, and arose this morning at
the usual hour to find the old man
dead. Thomas Curran was 54 years
old, and has for years been employed
by the railorad company. He lived at
1664 Atlantic street, and Nellie Cur
ran, his daughter, kept house for him.
For the pats few months the old gentle
man has been in poor health, and about
three weeks ago took a large quantity
of laudanum to end his troubles. Phy
sicians saved his life on that occasion,
but his desire to end his life never left
him. Last night Cnrran came home at
the regular hour. He secured a bottle
of chloroform dnring the day, and, after
taking it, bade his daughter good-bye
and told her his troubles wonld soon
end. His lifeless body was found this
morning and removed to the morgue.
"This is a peculiar case," said Coro
ner Baldwin. "This old man's daugh
ter told my deputy this morning, when
he visited the house, that she knew her
father had taken poison, but did not
. call a physician because she thonght it
; too late, and then her father wanted to
die, anyhow."
I The young woman will be given a
shanoe to tell her story to a coroner's
jury.
STARVATION IN CHICAGO
Buppllea for the Needy, but Mo Oaa to
1 Dlatrlbute Them.
Chicago, Jan. 25. Men, women and
children are starving in Chicago in
sight of relief, because the county com
missioners, blind and deaf, do not al
low the county agent enough help to
distribute supplies. The county treas
ury is rich in its surplus, and there are
an accumulation 01 appeals from hun
gry families. . Hundreds of these ap
plications are more than two weeks
old. The heads Of the families were
discouraged then, and as a last resort
appealed to the county for aid. They
have seen their wives and children
grow weaker and colder, and no aid has
come, no bread, no ooal. ; These men
ara desperate now.
The county agent is helpless to save
these famine-stricken men, women and
babies. He has relief on hand, but no
way to distribute it, because the com
missioners have tied his hands, and are
deaf to the cries of the hungry. ;
' A warning has been given that the
deserving poor are becoming dangerous
and that hunger is likely to drive them
to deeds in which their cry will be
"bread." Men who gave this warning
know whereof they speak. They see
gaunt hunger at its worst, the glassy
eye of a strong man who hears the cry
of his wife and babies for bread and
warmth and is powerless to give it to
them. The men tell sn appalling story,
but nobody on earth can tell of the
misery as it exists in Chicago today.
The steamer Elsa, which Bailed from
New Orleans in November with a party
bound for Deltero, Colombia, was
wrecked on the Colorado roefB, on the
western extremity of Cuba, January 9.
AU hands were saved.
AGREED TO FORECLOSE
Government Will Settle With
Bankrupt Roads.
THE COMMITTEE'S GUARANTEE
Vanderbilt Syndicate Will Bid
Amount Fqual to Original Bond,
Ieet Payment Already Made.
New York, Jan. 25. The announce,
ment is made by the Union Pacific re
organization committee that it has
come to an agreement with the govern
ment, in accordance with which the
latter has begun proceedings to fore
close its lien upon the Union Pacifio
lines, Inclusive of the Kansas Pacifio
line. The reorganization committee
guarantees a minimum bid of some
thing over $45,000,000 for the govern
ment's claim upon the railroad, and
for the government Union Pacific sink
ing fund, and has deposited $4,600,000
as earnest money. Kuhn, Loeb ft Co.,
bankers, for the reorganization com
mittee, have assured the committee of
funds required to carry its agreement
with the government into effect.
People well informed on the Union
Pacific situation intimate that, in order
to limit the present issue of first mort
gage bonds of $75,000,000, which, it
appears, is the intention, some junior
issues of bonds will have to receive less
than it was at first intended to give
them. It is understood that Kansas
Pacific consols and the sinking fund
bonds will be modified as to terms be
fore the plan becomes operative. ,
The Attorney-General's Statemeat.
Washington, Jan.' 25. Attorney
General Harmon today gave out- the
following statement , of an agreement
with the reorganization committee of
the Union Pacifio railway: ;
" "Upon the defeat of the funding bill
in the house, the president directed
the attorney-general to commence fore
closure proceedings against the Union
Pacific Railway Company, first making
the best arrangements obbtainable for
the protection of the government's in
terest, following the lines indicated in
his last report. The attorney-general
began negotiations with the reorganiza
tion committee. Thursday, an agree
ment was made which will result in
immediate : steps toward foreclosure.
The chief subject of the negotiations '
was the protection of the government
against the ' risk of sacrifice of its
claim by sale at a price which would
leave nothing substantial after paying
the prior liens. This protection is now
assured by a guarantee that the govern
ment shall receive for its lien on the
aided portions of the Union Pacific and
Kansas Pacific lines, - including the
sinking fund, not less than $45,754,
000. The sale will be public, so the
government will receive the benefit of
any higher bids up to the full amount
of its claim, principal and interest.
The sum of $4,500,000 cash was on
Thursday deposited with the United
States Trust Company, of New York,
by General Lewis Fitzgerald, chairman
of the committee, as security, accord
ing to the terms of the agreement. The
committee agreed to. bid par for the
sinking fund, if it is desired to sefl it
at any time before the foreclosure sale.
"Bills in equity have been prepared,
signed by the attorney-general and Hon.
George Hoadley, special counsel, and
forwarded to St., Louis, where they
will be presented to Judge Sanborn,
who has jurisdiction in that district,
and whose consent to their filing U
necessary,, because the ; receivers in
charge of the property are made parties
defendant a ; They are " original bills,
and not cross-billB in the pending suits.
Whether they will . proceed as inde
pendent bills or be ordered to stand as
cross-bills in the pending suits will be
determined by the judge, but in' either
event the result will be practically the
same, via: ; the sale of the property
nnder the government's lien, as well
asunder that of the first mortgage.
The bills will be filed in the districts
of Iowa, Nebraska, Woyming,' Colo
rado and Utah, .v.; ; : ,-v
"Separate bills for the foreclosure of
the lien on the . Kansas Pacific are in
course of preparation. These will be
filed in Missouri and Kansas. '
"The proposed arrangement was sub
mitted to the government directors be
fore it was closed. They all recom
mended its adoption."
- Draft Hul Bo Paid.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 25. United
States Judge Gilbert gave a decision
here today that the Northern Pacifio
Railroad Company must pay a draft for
$4,200, cashed by the late Paul Sohulze,
at the local London & San Francisco
bank, just before his suicide. The
draft was on New York, and payment
was stopped because Sohulze used the
proceeds for personal purposes.. Th
case was tried in Portland. -
Judgment Again tho Ferris Wheel.
Chicago, Jan. ' 26. A judgment for
$84,000 in favor of the World's Colum
bian Exposition Company was entered
today in Judge Burke's court against
th t Ferris Wheel Company. The judg
mtmt is for the World's Fair Com
pany's share of the gate receipts during
the exposition.
Alrehlp at Idt.
Lodi, Cal., Jan. 25. The airship
craze has been revived here by the ap
pearance of an aerial navigator in day
light. Many people in Acampo, three
miles north of here, saw it tha -.other
afternoon sailing over as plain as the .;
sun. It seemed as big as a . small !
house, and looked like it was built of
canvas. - It went - southeast. Some
farmers also saw it the some day near
here. The ship seemed to be under
perfect control.