THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 19G1.
LACK OF A QUORUM
Senators Have No Likirfg for
Night Sessions.
MORGAN ON SHIP SUBSIDIES
Hale's Argument Apralnst Increasing:
Appropriations The Pension Bill
Passed The House Passed Post
office Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The Senate be
gan the day by passing the bill for the
payment of travel allowance on discharge
from the volunteer army to officers and
enlisted men of the Eleventh Cavalry and
Thirty-sixth and Thlrt -seventh Regi
ments of Infantry, who entered the serv
ice of the United States In the Philip
pines, and also a bill putting In force in
the Indian Territory the laws of Arkan
sas relating to corporations.
The pension appropriation bill was theft
passed, after Galilnger had stated that
1500 names had been placed on the pension
rolls thug far on account of the Spanish
War. at an annual cost of about $270,000.
McLaurln opened the debate on the sub
sidy bill, advoating its passage upon the
theory that it -would, benetit the cotton
growing interest of the Southern States.
He cited the action of the Southern Cot-ton-Splrihers'
Association at Charlotte, N.
C, In urging legislation of the character
proposed In the pending bill. He con
tended also that anything that would
stimulate American shippingwould benefit
not only the cotton interests, but all other
agricultural interests. He said that the
time had come to put aside the animosi
ties aroused by the Civil War and to take
up the Interests that -were characteristic
of the old South.
Mallory said, in reply to MoLaurin, that
his opposition to the bill was based upon
the opinion that It would not do what It
professed to do in aiding American ship
ping. Morgan took the floor to oppose the
pending bill, but first asked Allison for an
estimate of the total appropriations for
the next fiscal year.
Allison said he did not have the exact
figures, but thought a fair estimate would
be $700,000,000.
Hale thought the total would be greater.
"The tide is rising all the time," said he.
"So far we have not been able to make
any reductions, but have found It neces
sary to make constant additions, Increas
ing the aggregate of last year's apppro
priatlons by many millions."
Cockrell thought the tide was rising
rapidly. "We are getting into a very
current of expenditures," he said.
"Yes," said Hale, "the tide is gaining
rapidly and before we know It we will
have billion-dollar sessions, instead of
billion - dollar Congresses, concerning
which we heard so much talk a few years
ago."
Hale went on to say that the military
budget of the United States, including the
expenses of the Army and Navy, and the
payment on account of pensions, would
amount to $400,000,000. nearly twice as
much, he said, as Is paid by any Euro
pean country.
Morgan referred more than twice dur
ing his speech to the absence from the
chamber of Republican speakers, and
when admonished from the chair that of
ficial reporters could not hear him he
ald: "I do not know why. This cham
ber should be as quiet as the tomb and
It Js almost as empty." Morgan criticised
the measure as unconstitutional, and pre
dicted that both the party and the men
who should sustain such a measure would
be condemned by the judgment of poster
ity. He urged that the measure be re
committed to the committee to be recast
in order that its constitutional and other
Imperfections might be corrected. He
said It was now being considered on Its
merits, but as a party measure.
"Not all the Senators on this side of the
chamber," Interposed Spooner (Rep. Wis.)
"regard It as a party measure."
"I am glad to hear it," responded Mor
gan. "This Is a measure brought to the at
tetntlon of the Senate by a committee of
the body," suggested Allison of Iowa.
"It is subject to change and amendment.
I quite agree wlth the Senator from Wis
consin. A measure cannot become a
party measure until we know what It Is.
As it stands before us now, It is merely
the measure of the committee, and is sub
ject to such amendment and such change
as the Senate may determine."
Discussing the ability of American ship
builders to construct excellent ships, Mor
gan expressed the opinion that American
yards now, without any assistance, were
the best in the world.
"Has the Senator any doubt," inquired
Hale, "that the naval vessels constructed
during the past 10 years for the United
States are the best in the world?"
"Not the slightest," responded Morgan.
"Do you not think," continued Hale,
"that If the naval ships built in our yards
were put to the test of actual conflict
they would prove to be the best ever con
structed. "They have proved that," replied Mor
gan. "Yes, so far as they have been tested
In conflict," said Hale, "they have proved
it."
Morgan declared the bill would result
in a commercial conflict between the
United States and Great Britain, in which
the financial batteries of the two coun
tries would be arrayed against each
other. He was inclined to think that
the United States would -be worsted in
such a conflict, becauseof the immensely
superior sea power of Great Britain. Mor
gan thon made an earnest plea for the
adoption of the Clay Nlcaraguan Canal
amendment to the subsidy bill. Morgan
spoke until 5 o'clock, his speech having
lasted five hours.
When the Senate was called to order at
S o'clock, the galleries were filled to over
flow lng by the hundreds who had been at
tracted by the reported pyrotechnic display
at last night's session. Scarcely had the
president's gavel fallen when Jones (Ark.)
suggested the absence of a quorum. Thirty-six
Senators responded to their names
not a quorum. Jones Instantly moved
that the Senate adjorun, but withdrew
the motion when Sewell demanded that
the absentees be called. The presence of
only 41 Senators four less than a quorum
was developod by the call.
Addressing the Senate with some delib
eration. Hale said:
"If there is not interest enough In this
matter to induce the presence of a quorum
after a second call of the Senate, there
is very little sense In keeping others of
us here who do come. I shall not now
move to adjourn, but. In view of the
efforts that have been made to induce the
attendance of a quorum. If these efforts
shall fall. I shall move to adjourn."
The attendance of 46 Senators was se
cured at S-15, and Teller entered an
earnest and emphatic protest against the
holding of night sessions with a view to
advancing the shipping bill. He was
morally certain, he said, that the night
sessions would not expedite the consid
eration of the measure. He had never
.known any. measure to be advanced by
the exercise of pure physical force. The
Senate would not determine any great
question, he said, by the exercise of such
force.
"So far as I am concerned," he said, "1
will not from principle debate In the night
time any measure Involving controverted
questions. It has ever been a tradition
of the Senate that great public questions
should be considered deliberately. This
measure cannot be so .considered by the
Senate at night sessions." '
Jones (Ark.) declared that no fair
minded man on either side of the Senate
believed in the propriety of night ses
sions. They were not In the interest of
public business. In conclusion, Jones
said:
"I don't propose to submit to this sort
of exaction tamely and quietly. So far
.as. I am concerned, I do not propose to
come here at night to debate this bill if
I can help it, and I think I can."
The pending amendment to the bill waa
then read.
Pettigrew expressed a desire to have
such amendments as were to be offered by
the committee acted upon. In order that
the Senate might know what sort of
measure was to be presented finally.
"I am willing," said he, "that the bill
should come to a vote. I think It would
have come to a vote before this Jf differ
ent methods had been pursued by the
advocates of it. In my opinion, one-third
of the Senators of the majority are quiet
ly opposed to the measure as it stands
now," but, of course, all of them will vote
for it If it should come to a vote."
Butler called upon Aldrich to explain
nls amendment. Aldrich said the amend
ment had the effect of reducing the speed
of vessels on which subsidy was to be
awarded from 21 knots to 18, and the pay
ment from 2 3-10 cents per etosb ton to
1 6-10 cents. He also said that the reduc
tion upon the American line ships would
be about $40,600 per annum each.
Allen argued that the agricultural In
terests would derive no benefit from the
enactment of the bill. He contended that
if the effect of the subsidy bill was to
decrease the price of freight, the result
must be to destroy, at least to some ex
tent, the effect of the tariff. He asked
Aldrich If this were true, and Aldrich. re
sponded: "Unquestionably
Depew thought Allen's reasoning was
fallacious. Butler spoke against the bill.
Jones suggested the absence of a quorum.
Fifty-three Senators responded. Turley
spoke against the bill. Tillman denounced
the bill as a steal.
Teller closed the evening's speech-making,
and soon had a hot war of words wtih
Frye. An amendment by Aldrich was
adopted, providing that vessels of 18 knots
and over shall receive a subsidy of 1.6
cents per gross ton. An attempt to act on
another amendment failed for want of a
quorum, so the Senate, at 11:10 o'clock.
adjourned.
POSTOFPICE BILL PASSED.
The House Toole Up the Diplomatic
and Consular Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The postofflce
appropriation bill, which has consumed
almost an entire week In the House, was
passed today. The debate hovered about
three topics, railway mall pay, pneumatic
tube service and special fast mall facili
ties, but It bore no fruit. The amend
ment to reduce the rate of railway mall
pay was ruled out on a point of order,
j. lie amendment to continue the pneu
matic tube service In New York, Boston
and Philadelphia was abandoned for the
purpose of making the fight in the Senate,
and the motion to strike out appropria
tions for special mail facilities was de
feated. 'J.ne chair ruled the Joy amend
ment, to appropriate $265,000 for pneu
matic tube service, out of order on the
ground that the current law contained a
provision against the extension of the
service beyond New York, Philadelphia
and Boston. Scudden withdrew his amend
ment to appropriate $225,000 for the con
tinuation of the service In New York,
Boston and Philadelphia. Mann then in
sisted upon his point of order against
the amendment of H. C. Smith, to reduce
railway mall pay, and the point of order
was sustained.
The first vote was taken upon the mo
tion of Burke to strike out the appropria
tion of $193,000 for special moil facili
ties between New York and New Orleans.
It was defeated, 73 to 123, and then the
motion to strike out the appropriation of
$26,000 for special facilities between Kan
sas -.ty and Newton, Kan., was beaten
without division. The opponents of the
appropriations for special facilities car
ried the fight Into the House, where there
could be a record vote, but were beaten
by a vote of 60 to 2S, and 33 to 79, and
the bill was passed.
The speaker laid before the House the
certified copy of the electoral vote In the
several states, except Colorado and Ten
nessee. The vote will be counted at a
Joint session of the House and Senate
February .13. The speaker appointed
Grosvenor and Richardson to act as
tellers on behalf of the House on that
bccaslon.
The Senate bill to allow travel pay to
certain officers and men who re-enlisted
In the Philippines upon their discharge
from the volunteer service was passed.
The Military Academy bill and the bill
for the adjudication of the Spanish war
claims were sent to conference.
The House took up the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. Hltt, chair
man of the committee on foreign affairs,
explained that the bill carries $1,80S,803
being $SS,S30 less than the estimates and
$37,640 more than the current law.
Without action the House at 5:25 P. M.
adjourned.
HER FATHER WAS A BARON
Mrs. Frederick llnnach Killed Her
self, While Temporarily Insane.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Feb. 7. Mrs.
Frederick Hansen shot and killed herself
last night while temporarily Insane.
Mrs. Hansen was the daughter of Baron
Myer, a wealthy banker of Dresden, Ger
many, and her mother was an English
lady of noble birth. The family estates In
England are said to be among the largest,
Including much property In London. Her
Income is stated to be about $70,000 a year.
She was formerly the wife of Commodore
Count Rltter, an officer In the German
Navy. They were divorced In 1899. About
a year ago she married Frederick Hansch.
She lived In seclusion in her handsome
home In El Monteclto and maintained a
valuable stable.
Suffering: in Para.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7. A dispatch to the
Herald from Rio de Janeiro says:
Great misery prevails at Para on ac
count of a long-continued drought. Rains
have fallen in the last few days, but
have given little relief. Many of the
suffering Inhabitants are emigrating to
other states.
Several suspicious cases of disease have
appeared in this city and the police de
partment believes they are cholerine.
They are being watched carefully, and
strict quarantine measures will be
taken.
The Germans in Petropolis have made a
great demonstration In honor of Count de
Arco-Valley, present German Minister to
Brazil, who has been appointed Minister
to Japan.
A Donble Funeral.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 7.
Robert W. Steele, first territorial Gov
ernor of Colorado, died at his home in this
city this morning of an attack of the
grip. His wife died Tuesday. A double
funeral will be held tomorrow. Husband
and wife will be burled in the same grave.
Mr. Steele was SI years old. Three grown
children, two daughters and a son, sur
vive him.
Tennessee-Virginia Boundary.
BRISTOL, Tenn., Feb. 7. The Legisla
ture of Virginia today accepted from
Tennessee the cession of one-half of Main
street in this city as the boundary line
between the two states. The matter has
been In litigation many years.
The Always Reliable
And never surpassed quality of G. H.
Mumm's Extra Dry accounts for 119.441
cases imported In 1900. beating the next
highest brand by 79,293 cases.
DEAL NOT YET .CLOSED
AGREEMENT ARTICLES IN
JfEGIE SALE SIGNED.
CAR-
Frlclc Not a Factor in the Trans
actionMorgan Syndicate May
Buy Coal Lands.
PITTSBURG. Pa. Feb. 7.--An official
of the National Tube Company has re
ceived a telegram from, President E. C.
Converse, which stated that the papers
for the purchase of the stock of Andrew
Carnegie had been signed, but the deal
was not closed. Another Pittsburg man
prominent In steel and financial circles
received advices from a correspondent in
New York today who stated positively
that the deal wa.8 under way, but had not
been closed and probably would not be
for about a- week. The articles of agree
ment are signed, but nothing further has
been done. This last, .it is said, came
direct from Andrew Carnegie himself
Tuesday night. The sale will be of the
stock which carried the control. The
bonds will be retained by Mr. Carnegie.
Private telegrams came thick and fast
to Pittsburg from Now York today to
officials of the National Tube Company,
but their nature was not divulged with
the single exception of the one above.
At the office of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, there was a general air of uncer
tainty and unrest. This was due to the
conviction that the control of the great
company was to pass from the hands
that made the concern so great, which
change means a complete renovation of
its policy, and might occasion changes In
the office force. It seemed certain today
that nearly all the Carnegie people lacked
information: In fact It was asserted that
the negotiations for Mr. Carnegie's in
terests have been conducted without the
Pittsburg partners knowing any more
than they could glean from the news
papers and rumors. President Schwab
has been the only man in the confidence
of his chief. He has been a prominent
factor in the deal. It was said on good
authority today that he is so closely re
lated to Morgan that he will continue to
be the head of the great company, and
will have greater power after the change
than now.
It is now the sentiment in Pittsburg
that Mr. Frlck is not an active factor
in the change. He Is known, however, to
favor the Morgan control, and will prob
ably at least go on the board of directors.
Mr Frlck -was at his office for a brief
time today, but refused to make a state
ment. None of the officials of the Carne
gie Steel Company would talk.
It was learned today that work on the
plans for the tube mill and the sheet mill,
which has been going on briskly in the
engineering department, has been stopped.
On the second section of the Pittsburg
Stock Exchange today, seven shares of
the stock of the Carnegie Company sold
at par $1000 each. Tuesday three shares
were sold at par. The seller Is not
known, but the 10 shares came probably
from the same source.
It is probable that announcements will
be made in a few days of the sale of Im
portant coal lands In the Pittsburg dis
trict to the Morgan syndicate. Negotia
tions are now being conducted by a Mor
gan representative who is in Pittsburg.
It is the aim of the syndicate to make lt3
Interests independent of the bituminous
coal companies. Despite whatever may
be going on in New York, the Carnegie
Steel Company started work today, at
Duquesne, -on the proposed double merch
ant bar mill, which it planned to erect
a year ago. A force of 100 workmen and
a number of teams were employed in
making the excavations in the property
formerly occupied by the Duquesne Tube
Works, which was purchased some time
ago. The new mill will make all Kinds
of merchant bars, a new line for the Car
negie Steel Company. It will finish the
steel made In t!he new open-hearth plant,
and will give employment to 800 workers.
HITCH IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
Trouble in Satisfying; Some of the
Minor Interests.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. The Evening Post
has the following:
"A participant In the pending negotia
tions for the consolidation of the steel
Interests said today:
" 'No matter what statements purport
ing to be authoritative may have been
published, I assure you that no genuine
statement giving the terms of the ne
gotiations has been given out; and, what
is more, none will be communicated to
the public for several days. It has been
evident that certain negotiations have
been going on, and what has been said
concerning these arrangements Is not all
fiction. The essence of the situation is
this: There are a number of great steel
companies, each successful, each opu
lent, each directed by aggressive business
men, each operative In a field of Its own.
The temptation exists and may appeal to
any one of the companies to enter upon
the province of another. The Intelligence
of the present undertaking lies In the
recognition of the moment as the su
premely opportunte time for such action
as well as forestalling possible conflict
and establishing complete and permanent
harmony. To suppress competition Is no
part of the conception or purpose. The
aim is to so unify Interests that none
of these splendid organizations shall suf
fer any Impairment through possible and
unnecessary clashing.'
"It was reported In Wall street today
that a hitch has been encountered in sat
isfying some of the minor interests of
the Carnegie Steel Company, which
threatened delay in closing the negotia
tions attending the final consummation
of the deal. Some of Mr. Carnegie's as
sociates said that so far as they could
see no provision had been made for them.
This dissatisfaction related, among oth
ers, It was said, to Hency C. Frlck, whose
relations with Mr. Carnegie have been
strained for some time. Mr. Frlck holds
$15,484,000 of stock In the Carnegie com
pany, and, while the agreement of sale
calls for the transfer of 53 per cent of
the whole amount of the company's stock,
the minority element Is powerful enough
to impose formidable opposition to the
carrying out of the scheme. Should this
minority Interest continue Its opposition,
the opinion was expressed in trustworthy
quarters that the 'community of inter
ests' plan might offer the alternative of
bringing the various steel Interests under
one management without further delays.
This could be done without the consent
of the minority stockholders."
Mr. Frlck was asked this afternoon
whether there was a hitch because he was
holding out for the same terms as Car
negie, and he refused to answer the
question.
Comment in England.
LONDON, Feb. 8. All the morning pa
pers comment on the steel trust deal In
tho United States.
"It Is little less than a menace to the
commerce of the civilized world," says the
Dally Chronicle, "and before It all pre
vious trusts fade into insignificance. It
sets the seal of the triumph of the mil
lionaire." Rumored Deal of Packers Denied.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. The rumor afloat
today to the effect that the packing In
terests of Armour, Swift and Nelson
Morris were to be consolidated, with a
capital of $135,000,000, was denied by all
the packers Interested.
Weltey-Wood.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. Dr. Cullen
F. Weltey, of Cleveland, O., and Eleanor
Wood, of San Francisco, daughter of
William S. Wood, a well-known lawyer
of California, were married here today.
m
Green Will Be Taken East.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., Feb. 7.-1Oilef of
Police Sullivan has received a telegram
from District Attorney George Cummings
of Harrison, Mich., stating "that he would
send an officer at once for Henry Green,
who on Christmas night walked into
the Sacramento police station and con
fessed to the murder of Owen Fefey, In
Michigan, 25 years ago. Green retracted
his confession the, next day but has been
held in custody ever since.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
No More Appointments "Will Be Made
Until Last List Is Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 It is said at
the War Department that no more genr
eral officers of the Army will be appointed
until after the Senate has acted upon
the nominations sent In Tuesday. One
reason for this Is that there will be no
vacancy In the list of Major-Generals un
less General Miles is confirmed In tho
higher rank of Lieutenant-General. In
I case a vacancy occurs In that manner, It
Is freely predicted at the War Depart
ment that it will be filled by the appoint
ment of Colonel John C. Bates, Second In
fantry (Major-GeneraT United States Vol
unteers), who was Tuesday nominated aB
Brigadier-General. Such an appointment
would prevent the promotion of either
Brigadier-Generals Wade or Mefrlam to
a MajoF-Generalcy for some time to come.
Under the present plans, Brigadier-General
Schwan will be retired Immediately
after his confirmation and Colonel Dag'
gett, of the Fourteenth Infantry, will be
appointed to the vacancy. Colonel Dag
gett also will be retired immediately In
order to permit the appointment of Col
onel Gllmore, of the Adjutant-General's
Department, and Colonel A. K. Arnold,
First Cavalry, as Brigadier-Generals be
fore their statutory retirement.
THE NEXT LIEUTEN'AJkT-GEXERAL,
Corbln "May Succeed Miles In
August.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Adjutant-General Corbln is in the list of
men who may, command the Army with
the tank of Lleutenant-General. Upon
the retirement of Major-General Brooke,
he wil become the ranking Major-General,
and, while the question of his ap
pointment cannot of course beconsidered
until after the retirement of Lleutenant
General Miles, the impression is gaining
ground in War Department circles that
this event will occur August 8 next, when
General Miles will reach the age of 62.
Friends of General Corbln say he has no
wish to succeed Miles, but rather think
the appointment should go to Major-General
E. S. Otis, as a reward for his serv
ices In the Philippines. But upon the re
tirement of General Otis, March 25. 1902,
General Corbln will be ranked by ony
one officer Major-General Brooke, who
will retire Jury 21, 1902.
General Corbln will not retire until Sep
tember 15, 1906, and should not the PresI
dent appoint him until General Brooke's
retirement he would have more than four
years to serve in command of the Army.
If General Corbln reaches the high honor
his friends bespeak for him, neither Major-General
Young nor Major-General
Chaffee will be able to reach the highest
military grade.
McPherson May Be Saved.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Quartermaster
General Ludlngton said that his latest In
formation In regard to the transport Mc
Pherson off Matanzas is that the sea has
subsided and that there Is a fair prospect
of saving the ship.
WHY WU WAS NOT THERE.
Declined to Attend a Banquet at
Which Otis Was Present.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Major-General E.
S. Otl3 was the guest of honor, at the
annual dinner of the Society of the Army
of Tennessee at -the Waldorf-Astoria to
night. Wu Ting: Fang, the Chinese Min
ister, seat a letter of declination, In which
he said: r
"I think General Otis, while Military
Governor, committed an egregious error
and did great Injustice to the Chinese by
Introducing the Chinese exclusion act into
the Philippines, which has stirred up race
prejudice and done harm to those Islands.
While I believe that General Otis acted
upon the advice of some one, still. If I
were to attend tho dinner given in his
honor, I could not decline the invitation
to say something concerning the General,
and what I have to say might not be
pleasant to the General or his fellow ban
queters to hear.''
Christian Scientists' Appeal.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Five hundred
Christian Scientists made a second ap
peal to the Assembly committee on pub
lic health to report the Bell bill adverse
ly. In the course of the hearing a state
ment was- made by Dr. Van Fleat, of New
York. He said:
"No one believes nowadays that the
Savior really performed the miracles that
the Scriptures ascribe to him. They are
only meant as illustrations of what faith
might accomplish if strong enough. The
Bible accounts of his so-called cures are
merely a series of parables. Christian
Scientists who say tney can cure smallpox
by praying and that this is what Christ
did, are sacrilegious."
Mrs. Laura Lathrop, of New York, who
Is one of ,the best-known Christian Scient
ists, said:
"There ire miracles happening every
day if you will only look about jou. I
know of a case where a man was entirely
bald. By faith and prayer his hair was
restored. Nothing is impossible to Chris
tian Scientists."
"Invincible" Arrested.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7. According to Chief
of Police Volbracht, of Alton, 111., three
men have been arrested in connection
with the plot of "Invincible Thieves," who
threatened the lives of several prominent
farmers in the American Bottoms' If they
did not give up sums of money, as high
as $2500 in certain instances. It is believed
all the gang will soon be In custody. A
quantity of dynamite has also been found,
It Is stated. The first arrest in the case,
according to Chief Volbracht, was made
at Oldenburg. The prisoner was formerly
an official at that place. He is &aid to
have made a confession implicating at
least three other prominent men in that
vicinity and other arrests were made. The
first prisoner, says Chief Volbracht, de
clares that the Intention was not to extort
money, but to drive the threatened men
from the country.
A Clnsh nf. La Gnnyra.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Information
has been received here of a clash between
sailors of the United States Naval Ves
sel Lancaster, now at La Guayra, Vene
zuela, and the populace of that city. Such
details as are available are exceedingly
meager, but from what can be gleaned the
difficulty is without any political signifi
cance and in all probability was the out
come of a brawl among sailors who had
been enjoying themselves jon shore leave.
Chicago Broker Fails.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. G. Edwin Jones,
member of the Chicago Stock Exchange,
announced today his inability to carry on
his trades rpd ordered them closed. B.
F. Stanley, his manager, stated that Mr.
Jones was short In the market from $50,
000 to $100,000, largely in Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe stock. It is believed that Mr.
tfones Is now In New York. He was a
former member of the Board of Trade.
Sale of Horse Meat Prohibited.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. The Board of
Health by a unanimous vote has pro
hibited the future slaughter in this city
of horses and the sale of meat from all
such anlmais slaughtered elsewhere.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. All
IruceUta refund the money if It tails to euro
B W C.roVe's slznatUru is on each box. 25c.
FIVE PASSENGERS KILLED
WRECK OF A FAST MAIL TRAIN ON
THE ERIE ROAD.
Among the Victims Were a Party of.
Soldier on the Way to the Phil
ippinesOther Accidents.
GREENVILLE, Pa., Feb. 7. Train JJo.
5,. the Now .York- Chicago. limited on the
Erie Railroad, was wrecked this morning
within the town limits. Five passenger
were dead when taken from the wreck,
several are missing and there are many
badly Injured. The dead are:
Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart, 'United
States Army, Fort Wood, N. Y.
George W. Patterson, Philadelphia,
private Company I, Tenth. United States
Infantry, carried card of Jron Moulders'
Union.
Peter J. Curry, Coboco, N. Y., private
Tenth Infantry, 21 years old.
Unknown man, aged 25, supposed to be
Clarence Leek, of .Sommervllle, N, J.
Unknown man, only, paper-on person be
ing a postal card that had been sent to
the Adams Express Company, Rushvllle,
Ind., and a ticket from New York to
that point. His face was literally torn
ito shreds.
The seriously Injured are: William D.
Moore, 32 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
compound fracture of left leg and bad
ly cut about the head;.B. A. Marsden,
Philadelphia, terribly crushed about body;
I. L. Smith, Canisteo, badly bruised; Jos
eph Kennedy, Brookfleld, Mass., private
Tenth Infantry, compound fracture left
leg. cut and bruised about the head and
body; W- F. MacGinnity, attorney, Port
land, Ind.. face cut; O. H. Simons, Kent,
O., brakeman, compound fracture left leg,
Tight leg badly bruised: C. J. Henry,
Meadvillc baggageman, left leg broken,
Injured about chast; Milton Stanley, New
ton, N. J., leg fractured, cut about face;
Harry Wellsburg. express messenger,
Dayton, O., crushed.
Hardly a passenger escaped without
Injury. The Ill-fated train was composed
entirely of vestlbuled Pullmans, three
sleepers, a day coach, combination smo
ker and baggage and mall car, and was
drawn by one of the Atlantic type of
engines. It was in the smoking compart
ment that death laid a ruthless hand, for
not one of the 16 occupants escaped death
or injury. A party of soldiers, nine in
number, on their way from Fort Porter,
N. Y., to Fort Crook, Neb , in charge of
Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart, of New
York, occupied a part of the smoker. Of
the number three were killed and two
seriously Injured. They were under orders
for the Philippines and would have sail
ed In a short time.
Milk and Paper Train Wrecked.
EASTON, Pa.. Feb. 7. The Lehigh Val
ley milk and paper train from New York
was wrecked at Greensbrldge, N. J., four
miles below here, early today. The truln
waa running 60 mlle'i an hour, and when
It approached the bridge, a structure 120
feet high, the main rod strap of the lo
comotive "broke, dropping the big steel
rods that connect the driving wheels and
throwing the engine and every one of the
ten cars in the rain off the rails. The
locomotive and several of the cars went
bumping over the ties, threatening every
moment to go over the side of the bridge.
The engine and cars crossed the bridge In
safety and ran 300 yards on the ties be
fore coming to a standstill. All the cars
were more or less damaged. None of the
crew or passengers were Injured.
Wrecked at a Crossing.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. JFeb. 7. The Pennsyl
vania limited express train ran Into the
rear -of the Cleveland express on the
Pennsylvania line at the Allegheny avenue
cioesing this morning, wrecking the en
gine of the limited and the fear sleeper of
the Cleveland express. The passengers on
the limited were shaken up but not In
jured. Only one passenger on the Cleve
land express, Henry Lublang, of New
York, was seriously Injured, but several
sustained slight bruises. Failure to flag
the limited Is said to have been the
cause of the collision.
Povrder Mills Exploded.
PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 7. Part of the
Oriental Powder Mills, at Newham, was
demolished by an explosion early today.
Two employes -were blown to atoms.
GOLCONDA NINE DEAL.
Topic of General Discussion In East
ern Oregon History of Property.
BAKER CITY, Or., Feb. 7. Transfer
of the Golconda mine by J. G. and J. T.
English to. a newly organized company,
of which C. A. Smith, of Ohio, Is presi
dent, is the leading topic in mining cir
cles. The Golconda Is one of the impor
tant producers of this region. Located
on the big ledge which runs through the
Columbia, North Pole and E & E, and
with Its history for phenomenal pockets,
the Golconda Is one of the leading prop
erties of Eastern Oregon. It has been
a constant producer since the English
ownership, until recently closed down
pending the sale. It is one big property
on which It Is understood that develop
ment work has not gone ahead of ore con
sumption by the mill. Being stocked ,for
$1,000,000, and In The market, naturally
the management sought to keep up divi
dends. Those acquainted with the prop
erty state that one result has been ab
sence otjproper development. ,
The price to be paid for the mine ha3
not been given out, and perhaps will not
be after the deal Is consumated. Report
has It that an qptlon has been taken on
It for $500,000, but the real price named
In the present transfer Is believed to be
not over $400,000. Of this amount there
will be about $20,000 paid down. At the
end of one year. If development has
proven satisfactory to the new manage
ment, the remainder of the purchase
price will be paid. One of the conditions
of development Is reported to be sinking
at least 100 teet. There will perhaps be
some Improvements In the hoist and other
parts of the equipment. A 20-stamp mill,
operated by electric power, which is gen
erated in a plant owned by the compa
ny. Is now at the mine, and in good con
dition. The new officers of the company will be
C. A. Smith, president arid general man
ager; Bela Kadish, ot the Baker City
Sampling Works, and now in charge of
the Northport smelter, vice-president; J.
A. Flood, of Chester, West Virginia, sec
retary. The board of directors consists
of C A. Smith, Bela Kadish; J. A. Flood,
J. F. Watson, of Portland; J. T. and
J. G. English, the former owners of the
mine, and C. A. Johns, of this place.
The transfer Is not complete yet, and
there Is a bare possibility that a hitch
will occur. People here regard the deal
as one that will stand, as the new man
agement is taking possession. An in
ventory of the equipment Is being made,
as well as measurements taken, and the
visit of Mr Smith to the mine yesterday
wa6 presumably for the purpose of re
ceiving reports on work In progress. Op
erations are not likely to be commenced
Immediately, as a little time will be re
quired to close up all details incident to
the change.
January 1, 1897, the Golconda, then a
mere prospect with 250 feet of devel
opment work done on It, was purchased
by the Messrs. English. Now it has a
double-compartment shaft and man-way
40 feet deep, besides a large amount of
drifting. Much of the vein between the
present levels has "been stoped out.
Shortly after the Messrs, English took
charge some very rich strikes were made
on the 200-foot level. On this level and
further down, splendid ore has been
found, some of it In the extraordinarily
Tlch pockets assaying several thousand
dollars per ton. The equipment includes
all that Is necessary for the operation
of a large mine. An electric plant gen-
erates power to operate the mill, and as
water is used for the purpose, it Is very
cheap. A steam hoist with a sinking
capacity of 500 feet In a fair hoist house,
is over the shaft. Wood for this Is pro
cured at little cost, from claims owned
by the company near Cable Cove.
There axe 16 claims included in the .prop
erty owned by the Golconda Company,
nine of which are quartz. Through these
quartz claims there are lour distinct
veins, on three of which but little work
has been done. A 300-foot tunnel has been
driven on the Wide "West, which reveals
the extension of the Golconda. This Is
regarded as a very fine property, and no
doubt is entertained that the mine Trill
continue one of the big producers.
The effort to put Golconda stock 'on the
market was never very successful. It Is
understood that only about $20 000 of stock
was sold. During the past year an effort
has been made to recall this by buying
It up and at the present time it is prob
able that only a small portion of the stock
sold In this manner Is outstanding, and
on the most of this the new owners, have
secured an -option. -
Good Shipment of Badger Ore.
Seventy-five thousand pounds of ore
were shipped last week from the Badger
mine, near Susanvllle, to the Selby smel
ter, in San Francisco. This property la
making regular shipments, when the roads
permit, since the California management
has taken hold of It. Mr. Selby, of the
smelter company. Is the principal owner,
and ores turned out are taken direct to
his smelter. .High values are required to
Justify the long haul by wagon from the
Badger to Sumpter, and thence to San
Francisco by rail. The desirability of
the Badger ores for smelting has bean
tested often. The mero fact that Mr.
Selby securad the property after handling
the ores in his reduction works Is suffi
cient evidence that he found In them big
values. The Basche Hardware Company,
of Sumpter, handles the ores for the com
pany. Regular monthly shipments will
be made soon as roads are in condition
for uninterrupted freighting.
IN INTEREST ALASKA SCHOOLS
Senate Passed Shoup Bill to Appro
priate Blgr Share of License Money
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The Senate has
passed the bill Introduced by Senator
Shoup, of Idaho, which amends section
203 of the Alaska code of the last session.
This section provides that 50per cent of
the license money delivered to the Treas
urers of incorporated towns in Alaska
shall be converted into a school fund for
tho benefit of the respective towns. It
has been found, however, that In all cases
this large proportion of the licenses col
lected has not been necessary for schools,
whereas it has been ascertained that the
surplus of such a fund Is necessary for
other muniicpal purposes. In reporting
the bill, the committee, by way of ex
planation, said:
"It has appeared to the committee that,
while the school fund provided for should
be guarded with great care, available
moneys not needed for school purposes
ought to be applied to necessary munici
pal purposes authorized by law. In order
to protect the school fund against pos
sible Impairment, the bill herewith pre
sented provides that application must first
be made to the District Court, which ap
plication would, of course, show that the
amount of money received by the Treas
urer from the Clerk of the District Court
was in excess of the amount required for
school purposes, and such application
would likewise show a necessity for the
application of the surplus to some neces
sary municipal purposes.
"The bill provides that orders may be
made from time to time authorizing the
application of a surplus, or any portion
thereof, to municipal purposes; 6uch or
ders to be duly made and entered, to
gether with a statement of facts upon
which they are based.
"The proposed amendment to the sec
tion merely makes available the funds
raised from the people themselves and col
lected from the inhabitants of an organ
ized town for necessary use within the
town, giving, preference to the school
fund and guaranteeing It agaln3t impair
ment. "The necessity for this legislation has
been brought to the attention of the
committee by a communication presented
by Hon. George Murphy, delegate selected
by the Nome City Chamber of Commerce,
which reads, In part, as follows:
" 'Experience has shown that the restric
tions placed upon the disposition of li
cense funds allotted to the municipalities
are onerous unnecessary and unsatisfac
tory In this, to-wlt, that while the law al
lows a certain percentage of the funds
collected by the United State for license
fees, it restricts municipal organizations
to the use of such funds for school pur
poses exclusively. The license charges
fixed by the Government are so high that
the municipalities cannot, in the nature
of things, add any considerable license
thereto for municipal purposes. Then,
again, there Is very little assessable real
estate In any part of Alaska, and the per
sonal property subject to assessment can
not be made to respond to the necessities
of the local governments without a levy
which would amount each year to almost
confiscation. Where large bodies of men
assemble in towns, It Is absolutely neces
sary to provide sewerage, water, police
and fire protection, and light for their
well-being and accommodation. On the
other hand, the requirements for school
purposes among the white Inhabitants are
very limited. At Nome City, with a pop
ulation of about 4000, there are not to ex
ceed 20 children of school age.
" 'In view of these facts. It Is very ob
vious that the license fees transmitted to
the municipality of Nome for school pur
poses are far beyond the needs of educa
tion. " 'I therefore earnestly urge that the
law be so amended that the trustees of
any organized town or city may be vest
ed with authority to expend the sums
transferred to their credit under the law
! for school and municipal purposes.' "
Mr. Murphy then goes on to suggest
another change In the Alaskan code,
which has not yet been taken up. He
says:
"An addition should be made to exist
ing law absolutely prohibiting the loca
tion of mining claims by any person under
or by virtue of a power of attorney for
any other person. In this connection I
beg leave to call attention to the great
abuse of the mining laws In the vicinity
of Nome City through the unlimited lo
cation -of claims in the names of absent
persons through these powers of attorney.
The growth of the district has been ma
terially retarded and healthy development
rendered absolutely Impossible through
the appropriation of all the mining ground
in the vicinity through the use of powers
of attorney.
"In my opinion, the use of the power of
attorney should not only be prohibited,
but the law should be made mandatory in
the matter of annual assessment, and the
person falling to perform annual assess
ment work during any year should be
prohibited from relocating the same
ground. Under tho existing law, practic
ing usage, the country can be Indefinitely
tied up and development work prevented
by the use of powers of attorney and by
Invoking the practice of continually relo
cating ground Instead of performing an
nual representation work."
Shot His Fiancee.
OAKLAND, Cal.. Feb. 7. In a frenzy
of rage because she had broken the en
gagement, Bert Henderson, an employe
of the telephone company In San Fran
cisco, shot and seriously wounded his
fiancee, Miss Fannie O'Neill, late last
night, then turned the pistol on him
self, fired a bullet Into ills own brain
and died almost Instantly.
To Suppress Mob Law.
TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 7. The lynching
at Leavenworth has had Its effect n
causing the Legislature to take steps
toward stopping mob law. Today, Sen
ator Smith Introduced a bill making it
a. felony to participate in a mob or lo
purchase rope or firearms for the use of
a mob. The bill also provides that an
officer who allows a prisoner to bo
taken from his custody by, a mobj shall
be removed from, office.
FIRE AT SCRANTON.
Propertr "Worth 9400,000 Was
De-
stroyed.
SCRANTON. Pa., Feb. 7. Fire, which
oaused $400,000 damage, broke out this
afternoon in the motor-room In the four
story building at 416 Lackawanna avenue,
occupied as a clothing store by J. S. Mor
gan, and on the upper floors by the Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western car ac
countant's office, Grambej's photograph
parlors and Moses, overall manufacturer.
The building was destroyed. Matthews
Bros.' drug store building caught fire next
and the flames spread rapidly from top
to bottom. A stiff easterly wind fanned
the blaxe right' through the rest of the
blook, destroying Norton's book store, F.
L. Crane's fur store, Marcus Breschel's
fur store. Ruddy & Kane's restaurant
and Davles & Murphy's shoe store.
Serious Fire nt St. Clond.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Feb. 8. A tele
phone messago to the Times from St.
Cloud, Minn., says a big fire is raging in
that city. The fire started in the West
Hotel. It burned Debln Bros.' grocery
store, Myers laundry, the California wine
store and the public library, which was
located In the hotel. Later reports say the
opera-house and livery stable and small
er buildings have been destroyed, and
the flames are still spreading.
An Elsht-Story Building? Burned.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. The eight-story
building at Harrison and Canal streets,
owned by Edwin Foss, of Boston, was
burned tonight. The loss was $75,000.
NARROW ESCAPE FROMINJTJRY
Tree Crashed Through House In
Which "Was Family.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 7. From
reports received here today the heavy
wind which prevailed along the Columbia
River Valley for several days the fore
part of this week, caused considerable
damage to timber and property In the
eastern part of Clark County. In tho
foothills back of Washougal and In the
vicinity of Cape Horn, forest and fruit
trees were uprooted and In several In
stances farm buildings were blown down
or crushed by falling timber. One report
describes a narrow escape by falling tim
ber of the McKenzle family, who live in
the foothills at Sunnyslde. A giant fir
crashed Into their cabin, smashing It to
the ground. The husband escaped from
the building but the wife and two child
ren were imprisoned in the ruins of the
demolished house for several hours. They
were finally liberated by the combined
efforts of Mr. McKenzle and several
neighbors. Their escape from death Is
said to be miraculous, none being serious
ly injured except Mrs. McKenzle, who sus
tained a fractured arm.
The Ashantee War.
LONDON, Feb. 8. James Wllcocks, who
put down the Ashantee rising, says that
the work could not have been done by
white troops, owing to the Impenetrable
forests, the bogs and the flooded rivers.
Over 3400 native soldiers were employed.
850 were killed or wounded, and 55 out of
200 British officers were killed or wounded.
Laborers From. Porto Rico.
PONCE. Porto Rico, Feb. 7. The New
York & Porto Rico steamship Californlan
sailed last night for New Orleans with
800 emigrants, well dressed and cheerful
at the prospect of work. Eight hundred
more emigrants have been recruited and
are awaiting a steamer.
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