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nr. a hp Y. 1 X) 1 Hld-H! 1) V f V 41 ST. HELENS, OIIEGOK, F1MDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898. NO. 5. VOL. XV. IS Jmi M i NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS Comprehensive Review of til Import nt Happening of the Cur rant Week. The controller o( the ourrency hm dfoluroil a dividend la favor of the First Nutional bank of Helena, Hunt., of 10 fast cent. The Field Columbian museum at Chicago has put lu a series of oast ol Pueblo Indians, clad in garments pur ohasud from Imliuni. County Judge J. H. Carpenter, of Madison, Wis,, has decided that child cannot bo legally adopted without summit of both parent, if living. Ths Western Union Beef Company hatt oll 8,000 hoa.) of steers o3 lt Texas ranch to Clinton Anderson, ol Wyoming, and will retire from busi ness. Ore assaying G53 In gold and $70 In lilvor to the ton wui discovered two mill from Adam Springs, Lake coun ty, California, end the district is wildly txcited. George Dobbs end Mri. Emelle New, Jointly indicted for the murder of the hitter's husband at Eureka, Kan., have beoii convicted of murder In the second degree. Patrick A. Largey, president of the State Savings bank, and one of the best known citizens of Butte, was ahot and klllm! In the bank building by Thomae J. Kiley. The Steer manalon at Nyatt, one of the beat known residences along the ihore of Narragansctt bay, Rhode Ir.land, wai burned to the ground Sat urday night. An insane man named Ramon Vivesa created a animation In the cathedral at Madrid, by firing several revolver allots. He wai errMited and will be sent to an Inaane aiylata. Civil Engineer A. G. Menreal. U. S. N., will.be brought to court-martial on account of the faulty character of the work of com tr not kin of dry dock No. 8, approved by Mm. The Spanish mlnlater of flnanoe ha abandoned the idea of floating a loan on tho guarantee of the Alinadenqulck ilver mines. The members of the family and the liniuediato friends of Secretary Alger are seriously disturbed about his Ill ness. Ilia physicians now fear that he has typhoid fever. (Janoral Alger has been conn tied to bis bed for more than three week. The mole spinners of Lowell and New Bedford, Mass., were given per mission to strike by the mule spinners' anion, and an assessment of 85 cents per week was levied on the members of the union. Delegates representing every mill center In New England were present. A dispatch to the London Mail front Hong Kong says it is reported there that England, Japan and Russia havs arrived at an agreement respecting Corea. The details of the agreement are not known to the correspondent, but the dispatoh says the British fleet is returning to Hong Kong. The Creek oonncil, in spite of the message of Nonrotary Bliss, through In dian Agent Wisdom, warning thmu not to do so, has pussed an act appropria ting JO, 000 to be used in employing attorneys to fight the constitutionality of the ant of congress giving the United BUt os courts full jurisdiction after January 1. ' Francis D. Newton, a prosperous farmer of Brookfleld, Mass., his wife Kurah, and their 10-year-old adopted daughter, Ethel, were found murdered in their beds. The crime was discov ered by neighbors, whose curiosity was aroused by the bellowing of unfed cat tin. The three had been killed with an ax. A hired man named Paul is missing. John Lincoln, of Bolshow, Mo , has applied to the Maryaville board of ex amination for a pension. Lincoln and his slater, Mrs. Washington Uoshor, of Marysville, were second cousins ol Abruhiun Lincoln. John Lincoln en listed early In the '80's in the Fourth Missouri and served in that regiment for three years. He then enlisted in the 13th Missouri cavalry, and served to the end of the war. Before he was finally mustered out he fought Indians on the plains for some time. Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the Seattle city jail, committed suicide in his cell by huuglng himself with a pocket hand kerchief, which was fastened to a hook used in suspending a hammock. Lewis, w ho was a waiter in a hotel, had a fight on New Year' day with Joseph Kurtz, the head cook, In which he struck Kurta on the head with an icepick, Inflicting a wound from the effects ol which Kurts died. Lewis was arrested, but no formal charge had yet been made against him, pending the result ol Kurta' wounds. When the news ol "f Kurtz' death was conveyed to Lewis, 1 he showed great agitntion, and a short I time afterward took his own life. 1 ' At a session of the Augusta, Ga., I city council, Councilman Qong got into ; a controversy with Jailer Collins, and reached lor a gun. Peacemakers in ' terfered and quiet was restored. l ! The civil service debate which wai Inaugurated in the house a week ag has been ended. It opened with a row, but ended very tamely, There was not even a vote on the appropriation in the executive, legislative and judicial ap propriation bill for the commission, upon which the debate was predicted. ACCIDENT, IT IS SAID DuhtM of Bx-Snator lllaekburn Shot Herself. Washington, Jim. 18.In her apart ments in the Wellington hotel last night Mrs. Lucille Lane, youngest daughter of ex-Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, shot herself. According to the statement given nut by the family, tho shooting was Aooldontul. Both Mrs. Lane's physicians refused to dis miss the subject, even to the extent ol laying whether or not the wound would prove fatal, but from tho best that can be learned she will probably recover, although now suffering severely from the shook. A friend of the family nominated to give out a statement said that about midnight Saturday Mrs. Lane was pre paring to retire. Her husband at the time was In the adjoining room look ing over a paper. Mrs. Lane opened a bureau drawer to got a handkerchief, and picked np a handful of glovei and laces which had been tossed together In the drawer. Under this fluffy mass was a tiny lady's pistol, a gift to Mrs. Lane from her father, and a possession of which she was particularly fond. It or light in a piece of lace as she rained her hand, and, falling of its own weight, struck the hammer on the edge of the open drawor. The pistol exploded, and the ball penetrated her left breast. What became of the ball it is impossi ble to say. According to the statement given out, it struck a rib and ranged around beneath the lft shoulder, mak ing a superficial wound. At the same time it is said Mrs. Lane is suffering so from the shock that the phyticuns have devoted all their energies to allay ing her pain without attempting to definitely ascertain the extent of the injury. The most precise statement that either physician would make to night was that Mrs. Lane would prob ably live until morning. At the request of the family, the block in whicli the hotel is situated hat been roped off. Ex-Senator Black bnrn is deeply affected by the occur rence. He 'does not live with his daughter, and when the affair occur red was summoned from his room on New York avenue, remaning thereaflei at Mrs, Lane's hotel. THE DAY IN THE HOUSE. Debate on Army Hill- l ate Representa tive Milliken Kuloglsed. Washington, Jan. 18. The house devoted two honts to general debate on the army appropriation bill, and the remainder of the day to eulogize the life and public service of the lute Rep resentative Milliken. of Maine, who served for 14 years in the lower branch of congress. On motion of Lanham. a bill was passed authorizing the president to ap point an additional district judge for the northern district of Texas. It was explained that Judge Rector, now judge of the district, was utterly inca pacitated frotn peiforioing the duties of the office. The house then went into committee of tho whole and took up the army ap propriation bill. The bill, the ohair man of the committee explained, cur ried t33.106.Bl0. New provisions in the bill required the payment of troops by the paymaster in person". Paring tho debate, MoHenry took occasion to denounce Gage's funding scheme, and Gerry made some remarks about the protective tariff. At o'clock the debate was suspend ed to give the members un opimrtuuity to pay a tribute to the memory of the lata Roprcionttttive Milliken. Those who spoke were Burleigh, who sue. oeeded Millikeni Dingloy, Boutelle, Dinsmore, Skinner, Mercer, Uilborn and Little. At 8:85 P. M., as a further mark of respect, the house adjourned. Among the bills introduced in the house today were the following: By Lewis, of Washington To estab lish the eight-hour law in all states and territories. By Muguire of California (by re qnost) To prescribe the manner of holding elections for representivos in oongiOHS.. " : ' A FIRE IN BUTTE. Nearly Caused a Panic In the Opera House. Butte, Mont., Jan. 18. Fire, sup posed to be of incendiary origin, broke out in the Boston dry goods store, in the did Follows' building, on Broad way, adjoining the Maguire opera house, about 9 o'clock. Before the fire was extinguished, the block was practically a total loss. It was insured for 135,000, which is believed to be the full value. The dense smoke pene trated the upper part of the building, where Thomas Sleets, a paralytic, and his wife lived. They were rescued with d (Acuity. The smoke also penetrated the opera house, whore "Under the Dome " wa being given. As Manager Ilagan started lor the stage to advice the au dience to withdraw quietly, some one rushed into the gallery, and gave an alarm. There was a rush for the doors, and several women fainted and were slightly injured y being tram pled upon. No one was seriously hurt. The attaches of the theater uoted with great coolness, and this probably prevented a more serious disaster. The play was not ended. ' Lighted tho Spiny. Wheeling, W. Va , Jan. 18. Two thoughtless boys oaused great mischief by applying a match to a spray of coal oil issuing from a small aperture in the Standard Oil Company's pipe line from Sisterville and Manuington to George town. The pressure at the point was strong. Soon, the burning spray melt ed the lead in the joints of the pipo, which was six inches in diameter. Fifty acres of foroat and field wore soon abluito, anil two small bridges and two burns were burned. VERGE OF A REVOLT tntense Excitement Contin ues in Havana. , PEUDENCE MUST BE EXERCISED No Mostll Demonstration Against ths Auirloan Consulate -North At-, lantle Squadron Balls. Havana, Jan. 18. Although out wardly order is restored here, great ex. oltement continues, and unless the newspapers exercise, under the present press censorship, great prudence, a gen eral revolt is probable with much bloodshed, because in such an event the army and volunteers would fratern ize. General Blanco's position is more difficult because his methods of warfare disqualify him to urge energy upon the mob. The rioters intend going in a pacific manner to the palace to request General Blanco to release Honor Jesus Trillo, a prominent attorney, who has been unjustly charged by political In triguers with fomenting mob violence. Up to the time this dispatch is sent no hostile demonstration, against the American consulate has taken tdaoe. General Fitzhugh Lee, the American consul, and other consular oflloers wit nessed the riots from the balcony of the Hotel Ingsleterre. - On the first news of the riots, when a crowd of 6,000 men had massed in Central Park, and began stoning windows and shout ing "Death to Diario," "Viva Wey ler," and "Down with autonomy!" General Parrado, General Solano and General Garrlche rode up and General Solano ordered the cavalry to charge the mob. The cavalry commander re plied: "Whom shall I charge? Loyal Spaniards for ahouting 'Long live Spain' and 'Long live the Spanish generals?' " The commander then dismounted and endeavored to persuade the moh, in which were a number ol officers and several adjutants, to retire. General Garrlche, an intelligent, no ble Cuban, whose loyalty has never been doubted, confronted the leaders of the mob, Major Fuentos and Captain Calvo, ol the artillery. Major Fuentes resented the rebuke, and General Gar richs. Infuriated, snatched several dec orations from the breast of the officer, saying: . "You have dishonored the army." Major Fuentea and Captain Cairo were arrested. General Solano, in an interview, hat denied that he called the rioting offi cers drunkards, but he confirms the re port that he characterized them as "unworthy of the uniform they wore." Some of the papeis having criticised this language, Seneral Solano said: "I used those words, and I am will ing to sustain them at the point of my word. " Wednesday and Thursday nights the theaters and cafes were closed, and the miltary band did not play at Central Park as usual. When the newspapers were being attacked General Blanco called upon several friends to ue their influence to calm the rioters. They re plied that they deplored the outburst, bntdldnot know the leaders. They offered to do everything in their power to calm the outbreak, and pointedly suggested that General Arolaa should trr to calm himself also, as he was "in creasing the disturbance by his intem perate and insulting language." At one point the mob moved toward the private residence of Senor Bruzon, the civil governor of Havana, but wat promptly dispersed by the police. A Determined Suicide. Chicago, Jan. 18. Albert C. Green leaf, a bookeeper, committed aoioide today by jumping from the 18th floor of the Mosonlo temple. He had been oat of employment for some time, and, becoming despondent, deoided to make away with himself. His first attempt was made in the Chamber ol Commeroe building, where he was caught in the act ol jumping over the railing to the rotunda and ejected from the building. He then went to the Masonic temple, ascended to the 10th floor, climbed upon the railing and jumped off into the rotunda. His body struck a mar ble landing on the third floor, shattered a slab two inahes thiok, and landed on the balcony of the second floor. The body was reduced to a mere pulp. Greenleaf'a . fall was witnessed by scores of people in the rotunda. Coal Truet Indloted. Springfield, III.. Jan. 18. The grand jury of the Sangamon circuit court to day indicted 10 of the companies form ing the alleged Springfield ooal trust. They are charged with conspiring to defraud. The companies formed the Springfield Coal Association and ad vanced the price of coal 50 cents per ton, claiming they were compelled to advance the price to consumers because they advanced the wages of their em ployes. The advance in wages to theii employes was 7 cents per ton. ' Kaoope of Lieutenant Turner. Calcutta, Jan. "18. The report of the esoape of Lieutenant Turney, of the British survey party, recently attacked by tribesmen in the proyinoe of Mek rana, Belochistan, is confirmed. . Killed at a Blind Tiger. Barboursville, Ky., Jan. 17. News reached here today of a bloody fight at a "blind tiger," Wednesday night, on Sandy Fork, in whioh Robert Caldwell, Smith Helton, John Williams and Tom Wilson, all colored, were killed. Government Pigeon Loft. -Atlantio City, N, J., Jnrt. 18. The United States government is to have a carrier-pigeon loft in this city, to be used in connection with the naval service.. AGAINST MR. CORBETT. Senate Committee eoide That He Is Not Entitled to Seat. Washington, Jan. IT. The fenate committee on privileges and elections today decided to make an adverse report on II. W. Corbett's claim to a seat in the senate from Oregon. The vote was four to three, on party lines, except that Senator Burrows, Republican, who was absont, was oonnted, upon his author ity, as being in opposition to Corbett. There were two votes, the first being upon the motion to declare Mr. Corbett entitled to his seat, which was support ed by Messrs. Chandler, Hoar and Pritchard, Republicans, and opposed by Messrs. Cuffery and Pettus, Democrats, Allen, Populist, and Burrows, Repub lican, of Michigan. Senator Spooner was paired with Turpie, the former for and the latter against the motion. The motion was then made to declare Mr. Corbett not entitled to bis seat, and was carried by the above vote, reversed. The voting was preceded by quite a general discussion, baaed upon a report prepared by Senator Pettus, on behalf of the opposition. This report took the position that the question involved is practically the same as that involved in the Mantle case, and this case should be allowed to stand as a prece dent. Senator Pettus made an argu ment in favor of establishing a princi ple of action in such cases, and allow ing it to stand, taking the position that there was danger in not taking the same course every time the political complexion of the senate changes. The friends of Mr. Corbett are not sure of a single Democrat, Populist or silverite in favor of seating him, and, with Burrows and one or two other Re publicans opposed to him, they fear an adverse vote in the senate. The oppo sition of the fusion element is drawn together, because of the well-known gold views ol Senator Corbett. The case is made more partisan on that account. Shot at by Her Brother. Chicago, Jan. 17. A special to the Times-Herald from Valley View aayt: General Cassias M. Clay's young wife barely escnpei death at 11:30 this morning at the bands of her brother, Clem Richardson, at whose house she has been boarding ever since she left the general two months ago. He fired two shots at her with a large pistol, at a distanoe of 20 paces, and then fired a shot at Mrs. Bryant, her mother-in-law, who was with her. Dora ran to the home of her sinter, Mrs. Kely, a mile distant, where she is tonight. Clem declares that he will kill Dora if ahe does not leave the Kelly house. Dlacnaeed at Cabinet Meeting. Washington, Jafl. 17. The principal subject under discussion at the cabinet meeting today was the prospects of the Hawaiian annexation treaty. The sit uation in Cuba was briefly dismissed. A cablegram from Consul-Geiieral Lee sent from Havana last night tended to convey assurances of peace and quiet. General Lee's cablegram also stated, it is learned, that, while he did not anticipate another outbreak, yet he would not be surprised at one. The cabinet discussion showed that while the president decided not to send a war ship to Cuba at preeent, he intends to keep one or more vessels within reason able distance of Havana. Damages for Sealers. Washington, Jan. 17. The president today submitted to congress the report of the committee appointed under the terms ol the treaty of 1896 to adjust the olaims of British subjects for losses sustained through the seizure ol sealing vessels in Behring sea. In his letter of transmission, President MoKinley coincides with Secretary Sherman, that our treaty obligationa demand prompt and favorable action by congress. The president recommends an appropriation of the total amount necessary to satisfy the award of the commissioners, which is 1471,151. Two Weeks A drift. Newport News, Va., Jan. 17. After drifting for two weeks, the barge Coal King, Captain Nelson, was towed into port this afternoon by the tug O. W. Morse. The Coal King left Boston December 81, in tow of the tug Lack enbach. January 1, her hawser snapped. Owing to the darkness, the barge's signal of distress was not seen by those on the tug, which, with two other barges In tow, proceeded on ber voyage. The men on board suffered no Inconvenience, being plentifully sup plied with food. Chleago Pension Fraudt. Chicago, Jan. 17. Gross abuses of the pension fund of the Chicago police department were disclosed at today's meeting of the senate committee inves tigating the Chioago civil service com mission and police foroe. A list was shown of over 60 ex-policemen now on the pension rolls of the police depart ment, who, it is maintained, are per fectly able to do duty as officers, but who have been retired, it is alleged, to make room for others who had a polit ical pull. Shot RIs Sweetheart and Himself. Cincinnati, Jan. 17.--Loui8 Alfred, a compositor at the Enquirer office, to day shot his sweetheart, Minnie Pack ton, at her home, inflicting fatal wounds, and then killed himself. Jealousy was the cause. Vdor Lynehlng Investigation Genoa, Nov., Jan. - 17. Progress is slow in the Uber lynching case, and efforts to secure state evidence have proved fulilo. Two persons accused of participating in the lynching, Mason Grummas and , Olie Hogener, were placed on the stand, but firmly protest ed their innocence. Minor evidence was given against a number, and a batch of subpoenas were sent today to Dayton nud to the Diamond Valley mills. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE Henry Savage Laynor Tor tured by Thibet ns. ATTEMPTED TO REACH CAPITAL Be and Native Companions Crippled and Dlsflgnred for Life by Pun ishment Inflicted. London, Jan. 17. The Daily Chron icle, in a description of the exigences in Thibet of Henry Savage Landor, the artist, who narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Thibetans when en deavoring last autumn to reach Lassa, the capital of Thibet, says: "His valuable diary and notes, in cluding interesting photographs, was only interrupted when Mr. Landor himself was under torture. One of these represents tho scene of torture of a native companion, tied naked to a tree and slashed and bruised by a olr cle of hideous beings dancing around, jeering at and taunting their victim. Another photograph, taken after the rescue, shows two unrecognizable men, all the hair burned off their heads, the skin lacerated and seamed with burns, and in place of their eyes two ghaatly slits. "Mr. Lsndor lost one eye. The Thibetans repeatedly held white-hot irons so close to the eyes of their cap tives as without touching them to shrivel and wither them. Mr. Landor was rescued when nearly dead, after be ing three days without food or water, by a party including Mr. Wilson, Mr. Larkin and Kasak Singh Pat. nephew of the rajawar of Aakote, who had heard from the natives that a white man was doomed to be beheaded in the interior of Thibet. Mr. Landor had almost lost hia reason. After three hours' attention he regained sufficient consciousness to say.where be had con cealed his camera. ' They had a photo graph taken of the savages cowering in terror of the avenging whites. "It is not probable that Mr. Landor will ever be well enough to return." FORT SMITH STORM. The List of Dead Numbers Forty-Three Abont Seventy Injured. Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 17. The la test official death list shows a total ol 43 lives lost in the tornado which swept through Fort Smith Tuesday night. Not less than 70 others are injured, a large number of them seriously, and several are expected to die. The work of removing the bodies from the ruined buildings progressed today. Five new names were added to the list of the dead. Two bodies were dug from the ruins of the Smith block, from . which 11 had previously been taken. The full extent of the storm may be comprehended from the fact that 35 miles northeast of the city a quantity of tin roofing from Garrison avenue buildings was found. A woman was taken from the rains of the Burgees ho tel today, and was identified as Mrs. Ida Innis, of Elm Spring, Ark. Her brother is missing, and it is believed his body is still buried in the ruins. Business iu the devastated districts, where the buildings were ouly partially damaged, was resumed today. Ladies ol the city are at work distributing food and clothing to the needy. Tht, relief oommittee.composed of prominent business men, finds difficulty in hous ing the sufferers. One hundred and fifty buildings were demolished, and will have to be rebuilt to accommodate the people. Orton and Wright, two of the dead, were Indian territory farmers, and bad just stepped into the Smith building for shelter. Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Little Rock and other oities wired readiness to lend aid if necessary. The number of dead will not exceed 50. Vanderbllts In Possession. New York, Jan. 17 The control ol the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company having been obtained by the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific, the Vanderbilts are now in vir tual possession of a through transcon tinental line. The New York Central ia the first road in the combination from this point. At Buffalo it con nects With the Lake Shore for Chicago, from whioh point the chain is carried on to Omaha by the Chicago & North western, and from there the Union Pa cific, the Oregon Short Line and the O. R, & N. Co. lets the line to Portland. All these roads are Vanderbilt roads, and the total mileage ia 18,430. Negotiations Successful. San Francisco, Jan. 17. A cable gram from London announces the suc cess ol the mission of Willard E. Greene, who recently left for Europe in the interest of the beet-sugar syndi cate which has been negotiating for lands in the Saoramento valley. Satis factory arrangements have been maae to seoure the. proper persons to culti vate the beets. Contracts have been signed by whioh 150,000 aores of land near Chioo. Marysville and Red Bluff have been secured, and the work of erecting three immense sugar factories will be started at onoo. The syndicate has a capital of 10,000,000. New York, Jan. U.The World says: E. N.Whitton, a banker, re ceived word yesterday that Professor A. J. Keeler, F. C. Kingsiey and Thomas Field, all of this vicinity, had lost their lives In Arizona while in quest of treasure. The supposition ie that the adventurers, who had secured treasure in gold and precious stones, were murdered by a roving band of Na vajo Indians. Mr. . Whitton says he will at once send au agent to Arizona to get all the particulars of tho uititir. A STATE OF WAH EXISTS. Bannls Tayler So Declare la Speaking of Cuba. New York, Jan. 17. The chairman ol the organizing committee of the Cuban-American League makes public a letter from Hannis Taylor, former United States minister to Spain, in which he says: "In every city of the United States a Cuban-American league should be instantly formed whose primary pur pose should lie to arouse public opin ion to demand the instant passage of the senate belligerency resolution now pending in the house ol representatives. When that demand is opposed by the worn-out pretext that the insurgents are not entittled to such action until they have first established a completed facto government, the answer should be promptly made that the law ol na tions requires no such thing, and that the resolution in question need only recognize the act that there is now in Cuba a state of war. "Who can deny the truth of that assertion, when he remembers that Spain has hurled in vain against the insurgent host over 200,000 men 8nd has expended in vain over 1200,000, 000? At the end of three years Span's military power in Cuba is nearly at an end, while the army under Gomez is in actual possession of nearly the entire eastern portion of the island. And yet, in the face of these facts, the house of representatives, muzzled by tbre present administration, refuses to recognize the incontestible fact that a state of war actually exists in Cuba today..,- : ' "That denial Is now prolonging un necessarily the present conflict In the present state of the cause of Spain, there can be no doubt of the moral sup port that the passage ol the belligerency resolution would give to the insur gents." -The Cuban-Amerioan League has sent oat a circular requesting the mayor of every city in the United States and the sheriff or ranking officer in every county to at once appoint a committee is every city and township or county to organize a local branch ol the league. SEA TO BE HARNESSED. Thomas A. Kdlson. Jr.' Plan to Utilise Power of the Wave. New York, Jan. 11. Thomas A. Ed ison, jr. , has invented a machine for utilizing the wave power ol the sea. When in place the machine will be miles oat at sea and will consist of a series of gigantic air pumps The air compressed by these will be used to run dynamos. For 125.000,000 Mr. Edison can con struct a plant, he says, that will fur nish 1,000,000-horse power, enough to supply the entire state of New York. He says that a powerful syndicate has the matter of immediate construction of the plant under consideration.- Hia plans are said to be practically com plete. The Edison wave machine is a series of gigantic air pumps. The piston of the machine stands upright upon a plat form which is pierced by a long piston rod. Upon the lower part of the piston rod is a big flat float, which rests upon the water and is movable by the rise aad fall of the sea. A wave passing under the float would elevate the piston power, fully compressing the sir already contained in the cylinder. This pres sure will be transmitted directly to the storage tank for compressing air. By an arrangement of oscillators sufficient air will be admitted behind the piston to return it quickly to its position upon the water, where it will be ready to re ceive the force of the next wave. MAY BE PUNISHED. Burning of tho Two Seminole Indians Being Investigated- Earlboro, I. T Jan. 17. Excite ment is still intense here over the re cent burning at the stake of two In dians, and the subsequent fear of an Indian uprising. Here public senti ment has favored the lynchers. At Wewoka, the capital of the 6eminole nation, the sympathy is all the other way, for it ia believed the lynobera tor tared and killed at least one innocent man. United States Commissioner Walter Jones ia holding court in Wewoka, snd the deputies of the court are busy issu ing subpoenas and warrants in an en deavor to bring the lynchers to justice. An eye-witness of the hanging and burning of the Indians has volunteered his testimony. As no attempt waa made by the lynchers to hide their identity, it is probable the leaders will be arrested. They can only be tried on the charge of kidnaping and taking the murderers by force to the Seminole nation. The kill ing of the Indians conies under Okla homa jurisdiction. The Indians are sullen. White men state that a general outbreak will not occur, but that there la danger that the Indians will avenge themselves by kill ing, one by one, the leaders of the mob. The Chine Loan. . London, Jan. 17. The Chinese loan negotiations are progressing. Great Britain has informed China that she is willing to find the money required, and the details are being discussed. The amount will probably by 30,000,. 000. Suffocated by Smoke. New York, Jan. 17. In r.flre, whioh occurred at Thomas Roberts' hotel, in West street, and which did tlS.000 damage, Leslie Stanley and bis wife were suffocated by smoke. Baltimore Houses Collapsed. Baltimore, Jan. 17. Two unfinished houses on Twenty-Second street col lapsed this afternoon and eight work men were injured. Two are expected to die. ' - AMERICANS IN CUBA Senate Becoming Alarmed for Their Safety. INFORMATION IS ASKED FOR CaflTery Speak Against tho Immigra tion Bill Hons Considers ; Agricultural Bill. Washington, Jan. 15. Senator Can non of Utah, today presented the fol lowing resolution to the senate, snd it was adopted: "Resolved, That the president is re quested, if in his opinion it is not in compatible with the public interest, to transmit to the senate at his earliest convenience a statement showing what measures are in force by this govern ment in the island of Cuba and in the waters contiguous thereto to protect the lives, liberty and property of American citizens now dwelling in Cnba." Among the other measures reported to the senate today was the pension appropriation bill. H was placed on the calendar. At the close ol the morning business, the immigration bill, the unfinished business, was taken up, and Caffrey of Louisiana was recognized for a speech in opposition to the measure. Caffrey said: "The pending bill ie as mild a form of antagonism to immigration as con ditions will permit. The educational test is of no very stringent charaoter so far as the test is concerned. It in, however, the beginning of a new de parture. From the foundation of the. government we have invited the hardy, adventarous people of the Caucassian family to our hospitable shores. The grand transformation of this continent from the wigwam of the savage and the lair of the wild beast to the myriads of homes of a happy, industri ous people, has been the work of white immigrants; yet we,are about to smite the hand that has upbuilt us; to give a sting to gratitude. "Many whose ancestors are foreign born are now clamoring for restricted immigration. It is just and proper to hold this continent against the Mon golians. The exclusion ol Chinese ia justified by a wise policy and by the principle of retaliation. Their doors have been closed to the world, bat their arrogance and selfishness are not the role for wise nations to play in the world's grand theater. "Not to admit to this country Irish men, Swedes or Italians who cannot read or write is Chinese, not American. No danger to our institutions has ever arisen from admitting immigrant who oannot read and write. This govern ment is the outgrowth of the labor of countless immigrants, who will be dis qualified by the pending bill. He who is vigorous in body, sound in mind, honest and industrious is a good citizen. No immigrant, not a pauper or insane, diseased or criminal should be tamed : away from our shores." I At the conclusion of Senator Caffery s speech the senate at 13:20 P. M.. on motion ol Chairman Davis, of the for eign relations committee, went into ex ecutive session. Senator Frye made a most spirited speech in support of the Hawaiian treaty, urging upon the senate the im portance of accepting the islands while opportunity offered, and denouncing as folly any refusal to embrace the oppor tunity. In tho House. . Washington, Jan. 15. The house today entered upon the consideration of the agricultural bill. The bill car ries $3,833,403. being f 135,500 in ex cess ol the amount for the current year. Wadsworth, Republican, of New York, chairman of the agricultural commit tee, explained that the increases were due to a constantly growing demand for inspections of meat and meat prod acts for export. Under the latitude allowed for de bate, Williams, Demoorat, of Missis sippi, submitted an extended argument in favor of the establishment of the postal savings bank system. Representative Dearmond, Demoorat, mt Missouri, sarcastically commented on Hanna's election and the telegrams of congratulations sent him. Mahoney, Republican, of New York, replied to Dearmond. He recalled what he termed the victory of Deroocratio bosses in the Chicago convention in 1893, when they forced the ronoraina tion of Cleveland over the protests of the state of New York. The result was that he had been repudiated by his party, and had gone out of power no honored and unsung. Cannon, Republican, ol Illinois, also expressed gratification that the majority nd political decency had triumphed in Ohio. Here the incident closed. Explosion en the Marblehead. Washington, Jan. 17. Commander McCall, ol the United States ship Mar blehead, reported to the navy depart ment from Port Tampa that while at small arms target practice yesterday four men from the Marblehead were in jured by an explosion, two very seri ously. The injured were removed to a marine hospital near by. No details aa to the cause ol the explosion are given. New of Audree. Stockholm. Jan. 17. Professor J. r desfcjold, the arctic explorer, boa in formed the Swedish academy of sciences that the foreign office has received in telligence that several persons woruiy of credence saw Professor Andrea's bal loon early in Autist in British Colum bia, seven, miles north of Qacin-Ils! lake in the DiMiict of Cariboo. lhe professor rejjurila the news as built tsl sufficient fauportannei to call lor !w.r wveeUgstion.