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&r THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 18, 1900. SHAMROCK EVtRJfWHERE CEkEBItATIOX OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY IX THE UNITED KINGDOM. Eathnt.la,ini in London-Some Disor der In Dulilln At the Gar rison Town. "CONDON, March 17. Shamrock Day promises to vie with Primrose Day, Judg ing from the enthusiasm -with which for the first time in the history of the nation loyalists all over the United Kingdom are celebrating, and everywhere green is jconsplcuous. From Windsor Castle, where the Queen observed the day by wearing a sprig of shamrock, to the East End of the slums of London, whore the ragged urchin glories in his morsel of green weed, nearly every one sports something in the shape of a green favor. A word from Her Majesty has turned the emblem of semidisloyalty into a badge of honor, and has made the shamrock the most prized of all plants in the British Isles. The ancient ceremony of "trooping col ors at Dublin Castle" was especially pic turesque. It was performed today in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, the Earl of Cadogan, and the Duke of Connaught, commander-in-chief of tho forces In Ireland, together with a brilliant assemblage. All the troops wore the shamrock. Most of tho- government offices hoisted tho Irish flag, and the clubs were simi larly decorated, the officials all wearing the green. In the churches the preachers referred to the occasion, thanking Provi dence that the English had learned to love and respect their Irish fellow-sub-Jeots as they never knew them or re spected them before. The Lord Chief Jus tice, Lord Russell, set the example in the law courts, and all the Judges followed his example, wearing tho shamrock below their rmlne collars. The theaters -were all prepared to mark the day in the same way tonight. On the Stock Exchange the enthusiasm shown in celebrating the day gave the room the appearance of a greenhouse. The shamrock was everywhere, and there was more toasting of healths than work. As a result, prices wero better, though nobody knows why. The scenes at Aldershot were charac teristic of the celebration of St. Patrick's Day, and in all the other garrison towns, the shamrock was donned by all the troops privllcgd to wear it. At reveille the Irish bands made a tour of the bar raoks, playing "Garry Owen," "St. Pat rick's Day In the Morning" and "The Boys of Wexford." In front of the offi cers mess they played tho national an them, and cheered the Queen. It Js understood the Queen having ap proved the proposed formation of a regi ment of Irish Guards, will soon make tho announcement. The usual Lord Mayor's procession took place in Dublin today. Tho Lord Mayor of Belfast and the Mayor of Cork par ticipated, but a number of Nationalist Mayors refused to accept the Lord May or's invitation to take part in the affair. The chief magistrate met with a mixed reception, and there wore disorderly scenes at several points along the route of the parade where the carriage was etoned. St. Patrick's Church, London, was densely packed when Bishop Brlngle. late chaplain of tho British forces in South Africa, officiated at a pontifical high mass in the prosence of Cardinal Vaughan. All the clergy and tho congregation wore tho shamrock, and the scene, as the Cardinal slowly moved up the center aisle blessing the congregation, was very Impressive. Thet internal strife In the Nationalistic ranks engendered by the Dublin Corpo ration's address to the Queen, and the bit terness felt in loyalist circles in Ireland at the outward exhibitions of disrespect of Her Majesty, keep the officials guessing as to what Is likely to opcur at the Irish capital next month. An official in the office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Gerald Balfour, said he was not surprised at tho 'Nationalists' opposition to the ad dress of welcome, which necessarily was hypocrisy, and will go far to stop the flow of American contributions. Speaking of the Queen's visit, the same official said he had little doubt that "wigs would lit ter Dublin green" before the visit was concluded. Celebrated in Montreal. MONTREAL, March 17. St. Patrick's day was never so generally observed In this city as today. The Irish flag floated on the City Hall for the first time In Its history, and hundreds of British flags were hoisted on public, and private build ings. The day almost lost its significance as a purely Irish holiday. In British Colombia. "VICTORIA, B. C, March J7. St. Pat rick's day was celebrated throughout. British Columbia as It never has been be fore. The Irish flag floated above the City Hall and chief public buildings, while the business streets were draped in green and more than 2000 calls for shamrock were made on local florists. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IX XEW YORK. Military and Civic Parade TliroueU Street ot Slnsh. NEW YORK, March 17. The green flag of Ireland divided honors with the Na tional, state and municipal colors on pub lic "buildings In New York today, while many business buildings and private houses also flew the ensign of the harp. Overhead the day was all that could be desired, but underfoot was deep slush, through which the St. Patrick's procession tramped bravely, headed by the Sixty ninth regiment, with the First Regiment of Irish Volunteer Infantry. The parade was under the auspices of tho Ancient Or der of Hibernians, and was participated in by all of the Irish societies. Besides the parade there were several other celebrations In honor of the day, and tonight nearly all of the Irish societies and military organizations gave balls, din ners or other entertainments. "In Chicago. CHICA3X. March 17. The featpre-of tho St. Patrick's day parade In Chicago was the carrying- of a big Transvaal flag at the head of the Ancient Order of Hiber nians. A reactionary "effect of the order of Queen Victoria In regard to the sham rock was seen In the substitution by many Irishmen of a green ribbon for the usual leaf. Some wore a shamrock draped with crepe. CHICAGO HOTEL TRAGEDY. Cigrar Dealer Killed a Yonngr "Woman and Himself. CHICAGO, March 17. Murder and sui cide were committed today in the Vendomo Hotel, 175 South Halsted street. The bodies of a man and a young woman were found by the hotol employes tonight", .that of the woman having three bullet wounds. The man had shot himself In tho"mouth With the revolx-er he used In taking the life of his- companion. The vlctlms.."at a late hour, wore identified as M. Goldflas, propr.etor of a cigar and confectionery tslore oh West Fourteenth street, and Jennie L. Lisstar, 14 years old, ani em ploye of a cigar factory. Although offen der age, she had been Keeping" company With Goldflas for some time. It Is as serted that the man was Infatuated with 2ler, and that he probably killed her In a fit- of jealousy. Goldflas was SO years oldand married. Prevented a Strllce niot. CHICAGO, March 17. The presence of strikers, sympathisers and spectators, Slumbering more than 1000. in the vicinity o"f 'the Western Electric Company's fac tory this afternoon resulted lna riot call being sent -to tho Desplalnes-street police station. A wagon-load of policemen hur ried to the scene and prevented, it isbe lieved, a serious attack on the "non-union rnenemployed by the electric company. The crowd, which completely filled the streets, hooted at the police and declined: to budge until the bluecoats made a vig orous charge. A GEORGIA LYNCHING. Mob Brolcc Into a Jail and Shot Dorrs a. NegTO. ATLANTA, March 17. A special to the Constitution from Marietta, Ga.., say3 that a mo"bTof 123 men battered down the doors' of the Jail at that place at 1 o'clock this morning and went to the cell where John Bailey, a negro, was confined, and fired ab6ut 100 shots at him. Bailey dropped to the floor at the first fire, and only threa. or four balls struck him. He will die. Thursdayaiternoon, a mile from Marietta, Bailey met Miss Amanda Snellgrove, a young white woman, and In an attempt to outrage her beat her very severely. She screamed for help, and the negro fled. He was arrested and taken before tho young woman. She Identified him as her assailant, and he was placed in Jail to ba tried in. a few days. Banker aiafflll Sentenced. CHICAGO. March 17. George L. Ma glll, formerly president of tho Avenue Savings Bank, which collapsed in Au gust, 1696, was today convicted of re ceiving deposits, knowing his institution to be Insolvent, and sentenced to the penitentiary for an indefinite term. He was also fined doublo tho amount ot "the deposit received, tho flno amounting to ?239G. Motion for a new trial was made. "WMtecaps Quieted DoTrn. COLUMBIA, S. C, March 17. Governor McSweeney, who lost night received dis patches from Neeces, Orangeburg Coun ty, stating that the community was ter rorized by whltecaps, has been informed that quiet prevails there today. STILL HOPES TO INTERVENE Ilovr France Viewed President Mc ICInley's Offer of Mediation. PARIS, March 17. "Tho United States has shown selfish Europe an example," said a responsible official to a representa tive of the Associated Press, when asked what was the feeling of the French Gov ernment regarding President McKinley's offer of his good offices to England. "We felt," continued the official, "that our own position with -respect to England, in view of the present state of public feeling there, was too delicate to admit of our acceding to Mr. Kruger's appeal, and as this reluctance appeared to be shared by every other power, the action of the American Government, in taking the ini tiative, came as an agreeable surprise. That it did not succeed does not detract from its merit." The Associated Press representative here called the Interlocutor's attention to the complaints of a portion of the French press that President McKinley refrained from backing up his offer, which was nec essary to its success, some papers having openly stated that this action was a mere electoral maneuver, and not Intended to be successful. "In our view," replied: the official, "theso criticisms are utterly unjustified. Presi dent McKinley did even more than up to tho last moment was expected over hero. Only the members of Chancellories, who realize the delicate nature of such a step, can appreciate America's effort at its proper value. The French Government, while not prepared to take the initiative, would, in connection with Russia, readily have supported America, but the prompt itude of England's refusal cut the ground from under them." The Associated Press" informant added that, although there appeared; to be little likelihood of intervention in the immedi ate future, yet hopes are still entertained that an offer of good offices from the pow ers may eventually prove acceptable. "At any Tate," said he, "it is not un likely that it will be made If foreign In terests are in danger by the threatened destruction of tho Rand mines." This question of destruction of the gold mines, as predicted by Montagu White, is regarded as a serious matter here, and as being not merely possible, but probable. The Associated Press learns that the French Government has received Informa tion to the same effect from another source, and it considers the descendants of the Dutchmen who flooded their own country in order to repel on Invader quite capable of following this historic prece dent In case of foreign-owned gold mines. The French press has taken up the mat ter, and points out the enormous amount of French savings sunk in tho Rand gold fields. It is stated that if the Boers carry out their threat, it will take at least three years to reconstruct tho surface ma chinery and other plants, while Immense destruction could bo wrought by dyna miting the underground workings. France owns a third of the shares in the Transvaal mines, and these alarmist pro dictions have already had their effect on the quotations of the stocks of these mlnos in French holdings are large. Thus, slnoa Tuesday. Robinson has dropped from 210 to 200. The discussion of the question of media tion in the Senate Thursday gave M. Del Casse, Minister of Foreign Affairs, an opportunity to emphasize the fact that tho Franco-Russian alliance Is as close as it ever was. and that unity of action pre vails between the two powers. His allu sion to Russia was prompted by a report that Count Muravleff. the Russian For eign Minister, during his .visit to Paris, suggested intervention; but the French Government held back. M.- Del Casso'a statement shows that no such proposition was ever made. Tho tension of feeling between Franco and England certainly has undergone abatement this week, for which the con ciliatory attitude of the London Times lat largely responsible, and the fact that it was so well received by the French press demonstrates that the Francophobe atti tude of many of the English papers Is to a great extent accountable for' the strained relations of the two peoples. Tho Government's bill proposing am nesty in all criminal prosecutions which have arisen out of the Dreyfus affair meets with vigorous opposition from the Dreyfusards, whoso reputations have been besmirched by the vile accusations of their adversaries, and to whom -amnesty means the deprivation of tho means of redress. Dreyfus himself wrote protesting against the bill, which will. If passed, kill his hopes of rehabilitation. Tho Senate com mittee this week heard M. Reinach, Colo nel Picquart and M. Zola, all of whom warmly condemned the measure. Colonel Picquart declared that on no account did he wish to be Included In the same list with General Mercler, and his accom plices. M. Zola submitted that tho am nesty Is in violation of the Constitution. Tho irrepressible Esterhazy has bobbed up again, and has written to the commit tee of the Senate, announcing that he had made four depositions before the French Consul-General In London. M. Lequex, which -would prevent the Government from stifling the inquiry ho demands. Accord ing to an inspired statement his depo sitions are valueless, as he has only pro duced copies instead of the oritfnals of the documents he professes to possess. B Helena's Pnbllc Building-. WASHINGTON. March 17. Tho Secre tary of the Treasury today rejected all bids for the erection of a public building at Helena, Mont, for the reason that the appropriation was insufficient. The Sec retary Tvill ask Congress for an increase in the appropriation to meet the increaso In cost of material and labor. Siopn the Conjjli and Works OS the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets cure a cold in one day. .No cure no pay. Price 25c. MERCILESS OBITUARIES NO KIND WORDS FOR THE LATE ISAAO GORDON, THE USURER. Yonngr Man Who Accnmalated Flvo Millions by Breaking: Up Homes and Hearts. LONDON, March 17. The will of Isaac Gordon, the notorious money lender, who died recently, cannot be found, and is be ing advertised for. It appears this well known name In English courts, though Gordon himself rarely appeared, was borne by a man of only 35, who is credited- with leaving $5,000,000. On his body GENERAL 40 - - llktulnmi WHO IS LEADING A COLUMN FROM was found $20,000, and In his office 5135,000 in cash. This accumulation was due to the fact that the banks finally would not have anything to do with his accounts. This scathing obituary appears In II. A. P. (Mainly About People); "A tall, well-built, erect, ruthless, dar ing bird of prey, he seemed to spend on his business of extortion all the passion which an ordinary human being would di vide between homo, pleasure and the other Interests of life. Durliig the last month he suffered agony from a disease of the Jaw, and when his vo'ce was reduced to a hideous croak, he kept on working fev erishly at his devil's "Job of breaking up homes and hearts." The eight months which Gordon spent in jail, when starting on his usurious career, ruined his health and embittered his life. Among hla victims he numbered clergymen, widows, orphans and spend thrifts of all classes in England, and he frankly sajd In court rhat neither the tears of the widow nor of the orphan would have the slightest effect on him in pressing a claim. Though nfs interest gen-, erally exceeded the principal, and though, , through agents or directly, he rendered homeless hundreds of people, he never charged interest to hjs co-rellglonlsts, Jews, and once took a fancy to a 6-year-old boy to the extent of sending him can dles regularly. Few dead men have ever received tho merciless obituaries that ap pear everywhere on the death of this mil lionaire. Nosslloff, the well-known Siberian, con tributes to the Novoe Vrcmya, of St. Petersburg, a bitter complaint against the inroads American trade is making into Siberia. "These things," he declares, "are not articles of luxury but Just what are most urgently needed by tho local population. Coming through Vladlvostock, they are put on the market in huge quantities, and are sold in such a manner that we are led to conclude that tho United States' has eat out upon an industrial and com mercial conquest of Siberia. As hitherto Siberia has been lacking In men of capital, in mills and in Iron works, the enterpris ing Americans will have everything ready to their hands In order, at no dlstanct date, to become tho real masters of the situation and purveyors of the goods need ed by Siberia." Incidentally, Nosslloff treats British competition as being of no Importance. Between tho lines of the politely worded editorial comments on President McKin ley's expression of willingness to aid In the restoration of peace between Great Britain and the Boer Republics, can be discerned many evidences of an Inward Irritation, which the less responsible public does'not hesitate outwardly to express, while even members of the Government privately dis play pique that of all the powers, America should have consented to assume what one official designated as the "ungracious role of suggesting some form of interfer ence." to which he added this expression: "Englishmen cannot help contrasting the perfect correctness of the attitudo of open ly unfriendly France with the onTer of tho United States, which, if It had come from a less disinterested source, could only have been regarded as an unfriendly act." There is no doubt that tho overtures of the United States, oven though care fully worded, have sensibly Irritated Great Britain as a whole, while circles especially friendly to the United States express open regret at the opportunity offered to critics to compare the refusal of M. Del Casse, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, to gratify the hostile sentiment In France by making proposals to Lord Salisbury which were sure of re Jectlon. with what they testily call the "Interference" of Washington, and which., though, only tentative and clothed in words of perfect friendliness and courtesy, came at an Inopportune moment, when the Kiinrprai Kplf-RiifflMorr-i. ? Vv.n -d-i. Ish Empire Is the predominating feet- Jlifa Ul lilt UU.J. Everywhere one hears expressions of satisfaction that, while the answer to tho proposal was clothed in words of per fect courtesy, tho language of Lord Salis bury in "brushing aside" President Mc Kinley's proffer was so extremely definite as to kill all possibility of a. repetition of the offers from any source, unlesB those proposing them are desirous of being rec ognized as openly antagonistic to this country. Emphasis is laid on the fact that Great Britain declared at the, outset her unwillingness to consent to any out side interference and, therefore, as ac cording to the well-established principle of international law that tho right of In tervention Is conditional on the willing ness of both parties to the quarrel to ac cept the good offices of a mediating pow er. Such Interference was. In this casv outside the bounds of diplomatic possi bilities, and gave Lord Salisbury full jus tlflcation for his "retort courteous." Of the $2,000,000 which the Gov ernment purposes to spend in de veloping the yoluntefrs, J2F0.C00 will bo spent at tho rate of $10 per man to en courage each regiment to form a company of bicyclists. Lord Lansdowne, tho Sec retary of Wnr aiul f?wA Tr.t. the Parliamentary Secretary for the "War Office, both ride the wheel, and they know from personal experience what can be done with the .machine on the fine English, roads. Of course, they do not expect tha soldiers to use the wheels on the Squth African plains or in the Indian hill coun try, but they aver that in assembling; for home defense and in concentrating at any point on the coast, battalions of bicyclist? could transport themselves and their arms and ammunition and emer gency rations with less fatigue and with as much speed as though on horseback. A volunteer trained to the use ot the bicycle, they claim, would have at hand for Instant use, the means' of reaching, by direct road, a polat of mobilization possibly 20 or 50 miles" distant. With a bicycle It would bo as though a. charger stood Teady saddled at tho volunteer's door. T The new yacht built for the Queen in the Government dock- BRABANT , """ ALIWAL NORTH TO JOIN ROBERTS. yard3 at a cost of about $2,500,000 will probably never bo used by Her Maj esty. Her instability, so palpably demon strated at the tlmo of her undocklng, has caused the Queen to take a strong dislike to the vessel, and the alteratlora necessitated so materially reduced her comfort and convenience that It Is believed they will render the vessel unsuitable for the purpose originally intended- The prob ability Is that tho yacht wfil ultimately be renamed Enchantress, and converted into a dispatch vessel for the use of the Ad miralty. A. qualntF venerable lady, who might, to all appearances, have stepped out -of a Goldsmth comedy or a Gainsborough picture, died this weok in the person of Lady John Scott Spot tlswoode, the composer of "Annie Laurie" find other familiar melodies. She was 91 years of' age, and aunt of the Duke of Buccleuohi and closely related to the late General Wauchope. She had a very strong character and was a great upholder of old manners anda custom. When traveling she jode ln..a- carriage, always had postil ions and encouraged the observance ot old customs, She was a liberal benefactor of the poor and maintained a meal mill as a relic of old times, and she preferred thatch on roofs and peat for Area. She was an indefatigable collector of antiques. Great interest Is being centered in Charles Windham's production of "Cy rano. -de Bergerac," which he gave at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, Monday, at a state performance at which the Viceroy, tha Duke and Duchess of Connaught and all the best known people in Irish society wero present. The general opinion ex pressed was that Mr. Wyndham put his powers to too severe a test, after the efforts of Coquelln, and that his Cyrano did not come up to expectations. The theaters and music halls are reap, ing a golden harvest from Lord Roberts' success, and are enjoying prosperity long unknown to them. At the Gaiety Theatre it Is impossible to get a stall for three weeks, while at Daly's, the Lyric and Her Majesty's all the stalls are bocked far ahead. Signs of cheerfulness are also very evi dent at the Reading restaurants which, a few weeks ago, were almost empty" They aro now filled nightly. SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. Will Be Established at Yale Univer sity. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 17. At a meeting of the Yale Corporation just held here, the gift was announced of $150,000 to Yale to found a School of Forestry, The donors are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pln chot, of New York City and their sons, Glfford Pinchot, Yale 'S3, and Amos R. Plnchot, Yale '93. This school will bo a new departure at Yale. The founding of It has been duo to President Hadley and to Glfford Pln chot, who Is at the head ot the Division of Forestry of the Pepartment of Agricul ture at Washington. Mr. Plnchot was one of the first Americans to take up the scientific study of forestry. The corpora tion confirmed the selection of Henry S. Grayce, Yale '93, as the head of the new school. Mr. Graves is now Glfford Pln chot's first assistant at Washington. He io tho son of Dr. Graves, of Andover Academy. The School of Forestry will for the time being be located in the house of the late President O. C. Marsh. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Plnchot have also given Yale the use of a large tract of land in Pike County, Penn., for practical demonstra tion In forestry during the Summer vaca tion months of Yale. In other words, this land will be used for a Summer school of the Yale School of Forestry. The use of the land Is given to Yale for a period of 21 years. The changes in the. English department of the college, recommended, by the fac ulty, were approved so that all sopho mores are required to take five and Ije al lowed 'to take six of 10 subjects, ap fol lows: Greek, Latin, mathematics (2), history, chemistry, physics, English. French and German. The introduction ot" I the two mathematical courses is to peimlt of the earlier study j of calculus, by students who Intend to stuay appnea sciences, a radical depar ture I3 the abrogation of the requirement or the study of philosophy In the senior year. The appointment was made of the Rev. Charles Culler Torrey, Ph. D., now Tay lor professor of biblical history In An dover Tneologlcal Seminary, to the chair of Semitic languages In the academic faculty. The chair has been vacant since 1891 by the resignation of Professor Har per. 0 General Henry Harndcn Dead. MADISON, Wis., March. 17. General Henry Harnaen, commander of the Wis consin Department, G. A. R., and who commanded the Wisconsin troops that, with a Michigan company, captured Jef ferson Davis, died of pneumonia this ovening. - - KS WEEK IN THE REICHSTAG FnjBUSTERIN'G TACTICS INTRO DUCED FOR, A CHANGE,' The Meat BUI Shelved Debate on the Heinz BUI . Suppress Pub lic Immorality. A BERLIN, March 17. Throughout tho week, the so-called Lex Heinz, which gov ernment measure was originally designed against public immorality in various shapes, but into which the Center and Conservative parties nave,- managed to smugglej.a number of provisions curtall IngnthdllDerty of art, literature and tho stage, occupied the Reichstag. The de bate spread over an enormous field, lay. Ing baro many ulcers never before pub licly discussed. Ono of these was tho strong evidence of the low -state of mor ality on the manorial estates, arid also the misuse of power by employers against female, employes. This evidence was drawn from published reports about the results of an investigation made by a score of rural pexsons." When the opposition toward the most illiberal parts of-tho bill found, that the majority, consisting of Conservatives, Centrists and Nationalists, meant to squelch the speeches and argu mentat!ons"agalnst the above, an obstruc tion policy was adopted under the leader ship of Herren Rlchter and Singer, the Intention apparently being to wear out tho majority, particularly the Center, and render them ready for a compromise. This obstruction policy, which was skill fully carried out during the latter half of tho week, being a novel feature in German Parliamentary life, caused the greatest sensation and the most varied comment, the Tageblatt speaking of it as a "Parliamentary breach of the Con stitution," because of a certain ruling of Count von Ballestrem, the President of the Reichstag, while the National. Zelt ung severely condemns the obstruction, although favoring Its aim. Amid tho Reichstag roar the fact was almost overlooked that the meat bill, Tvhlch during the fortnight before domi nated politics, has again been shelved. Nobody seems able to tell precisely for how long, or why, although different statements in regard to tha measure are current in political circles. The Agrarian leaders believe the government wishes to have the naval bill passed, which would defer action on the meat bill until after the Eastertide.- In the meanwhile, both tho Emperor and Bundesrath are being bombarded with protests and petitions pro and con. International politics have been rather quiet this weelc The South. African War was not followed with the close attention It deserves, because of the exciting state of Interna politics. More attention was paid to the Incessant and now more viru lent campaign being carried out by the Paris press for the purpose, It is alleged, of embroiling Great Britain and Germany. Tho Kreua Zeltung today says it Is good that everybody In Germany Is now en lightened "that in France everybody, offi cial and unofficial, is still dreaming of re. vengo regarding the Relchland, They are alike In their desire for Its recovery." A sensational criminal trial hag just been begun In Elderfleld, arid will last. It is thought, for some weeks. The defend ants aro charged with conspiracy in lib erating hundreds of strong and healthy men from military service by the use of certain drugs, which affected them tem porarily. Cologne physicians and drug gists and army surgeons are "also impli cated. After disposing of the present cases, the officials will begin preparations for trying a second and larger case of a similar character with ramifications in the Rhenish provinces and Westphalia. The district around Frankfort-on-tne-Maln Is now Invaded by a criminal "Jack the Ripper." After several previous cases had been "Brought to light, the 15-year-old son of an architect named Winter, in Pechlau, was horribly mutilated, the bpdy being partially dissected. The indications pointed to the same murderer In all cases, but the Identity of the criminal has not yet been discovered. Andrew D. White, the United State3 Ambassador, and Mrs. White gave a luncheon and musicale today. A number of diplomats were present. COEUR D'ALENE INQUIRY. Spokane Engineer Testified for tho Prosecution. WASHINGTON, March 17. The Coeur d'Alene Investigation was continued to day. The cross-examination of Forney was not resumed, on account of the illness of the witness. Allen F. GUI, of Spokane, mechanical engineer, was placed on the stand by Lentz. He held various public positions In Spokane, and was master mechanic of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company before he became master mechanic of the Tiger & Poorman mill, at Burke, Idaho. In that position, among his duties he was charged with the employment and dis charge of men In the mine. He testified that he was at Burke tho day the Bunker Hill mine was blown up. The town was unusually quiet on April 30. All the men were at work until the 3d or 4th of May, when numbers of men, including himself, were arrested by the military. He testi fied that ho had attempted to continue at work. He had explained to the officers in charge of the troops that the manager of the mine was absent, and that great property Interests depended upon him. Of flcfer Major Morten replied that martial law had been declared, and he would havo to go to Wardner. Gill testified that he heard Morten or der some of his troops to break Into hla (GUI's) house. The soldiers "broke In the door. He noticed another Instance of a similar character. Ho testified to the gen eral rude and harsh treatment suffered by the arrested miners at the hands of the troops. Later In the day he was released, and went back to the mine with eight miners and- worked all night with them, to get tho water, which had accumulated, out of the mine. The only d.sturbance in Burke that day was the disturbance cre ated by the soldiery. There was no neces sity for soldiers, he said, as civil pro cesses could have been served. In his opinion the advent of the. military defeat ed the ends of justice. The guilty persons escaped Into the mountains. Had the mil itary not been there, many of these would have returned and could have been ar rested. Gill testlflod he ha'd been Informed that no releases from the bullpen would be made except on order of Bartlett Sinclair. He had an Interview with Sinclair and had presented affidavits regarding men who had been at work at Burke when tho mine at Wardner was blown up, but Sinclair refused to release them, saying he took no stock in affidavits. Sinclair had Informed him It was the duty of reputable cltzena to bring affidavits ta convict and not acquit. The witness described conversations fn the "bullpen." His testimony was simi lar to that of other witnesses. He testi fied that tho deputies had had some trouble with firemen under his control, and the former had Informed Lieutenant Lyons that the firemen had applied oppro brious epithets to them. Then Lyons com plained of this to him (GUI) and said that If such epithets had been applied to him he (Lyons) would have shot the offender. Lyons threatened to send the firemen to the "bullpen" unless the firemen apolo gized. The dignity of the state officers must be upheld, Lyons said. Later the firemen apologized, and the trouble was amicably settled. Gill safd the men In the Coeur d'Alene district were law-abiding. They were not, as a class. Inferior to those of any other mining community. .There were, some bad men am'ong them, but as a class they were exceptionally good men. These bad men EX-PRIME MINISTER , ' OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Commends Peruna to His Friends as a Positive Catarrh Remedy. Hon. CeJso Caesar Moreno, The Hon. Celso Caesar Moreno, ex Prime Minister of Hawaii, and projector of the Trans-Pacino cable, 1S76, Is a dis tinguished statesman, and the best-known Italian In the country. In a letter from Washington, D. C, to the Peruna Medi cine Co., he gays: "I can commend your great notional catarrh cure, Peruna, to my friends throughout the country as a safe, re liable medicine. I know of no other tonic that will build a person up as well as Peruna. It is a positive cure for the universal disease, catarrh, and those who wilt try this remarkable medicine will find a sure cure. Very respectfully, Celso Caesar Moreno. ' Charles B. Royer, 900 W. Washington street, Morris- town, Pa., writes: "My oldest daugh ter, Mallnda Roy er, Is cured, of deaf ness by Peruna. When she began to tako Peruna we had to go up close' to her and talk very loud to make her hear. "After taking one-half dozen bottles of Peruna y r she can hear you I In any part of the I room. She can Mallnda Ttayer, hear an ordinary conversation." , The sick and delicate need a gen tle tonic and stimulant. It is often a matter of life and death with them. The ideal nutri ment and restorative is Shaw's Pure Malt. Sir WCUAIIIJCL V . . 3ilrW 3 SJ ift PURE MALT Si aM BLUMAUER & HOCH ;v N? BERNHEIM BROS. Owners nnd Controllers. were not permanent residents of the dis trict. So far as tho Tiger and Poorman mines were concerned, the relation be tween the miners apd Culberson, the active manager, were very cordial. With out disposing of the witness, the commit tee adjourned until Monday. 9 WEATHER EAST AND SOUTH Itecprds Broken at Chicago. CHICAGO, March 17. The temperature this morning bpat all records for this late In March since 1SS8. At 2 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 1 de gree below zero. The cold wave, which originated in the Northwest, had Its center 1 In this district. Chicago, Milwaukee and Green Bay were the pnly places where tno temperature reacnea zero, xne frost filled tne Chicago police station with lodg ers and there was a good deal of suffering among the poor families. In the Northwest the temperature is much higher than In this dis trict The thermometer In the Dakotaa showed- between 1C and 18 above and the temperature was rising. The freezing weather reached as far south as Macon. Ga while In Northern Texa?. Oklahoma and Indian Territory heavy snow storms prevailed. ColdcHt In Twenty-Three Years. PITTSBURG. March 17. The mercury dropped to 2 deg. above zero about day- Jignt. Tnls Is tho coldest weather ever experienced In March In this section for 23 years. Seven Belorr at Lima. - LIMA, O., March 17. The tempera ture dropped to 7 below zero this morn ing. Tho gas pressure Is so weak that It Is not sufficient to keep the houses warm. There is suffering. Frosty at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, March 17. The lowest March temperature experienced In 13 years In this city was recorded early He That is Warm Thinks All So Thousands are "edd" in ihai they do not xmdcTsiand the glow of health. This implies disordered kidneys, liver, bowels. Hood or brain, Hood's SarsaparSta. gives aUivho take if the 'warmth of per fect health. Get Hood's because Ex-Prime Minbter of Hawaii. Thousands of people have catarrh who would be surprised to know It, because It has been called some other name than catarrh. The fact la, catarrh Is catarrh, wherever located; and another fact which; Is of equally great Importance, that Pe runa cures catarrh wherever located. Catarrh Is an American disease. Fully one-half of the people are afflicted more or less with It In some form. Previous to the discover" of Peruna catarrh was considered well-nigh Incurable. Since the introduction of Peruna to the medical profession thousands of cases are cured annually. Senor Quesada. Secretary of the Cubans L e g a t Ion I n Washington, In a letter to The Peruna Medi cine Co., written from Washing ton, D. C, says: "Peruna I can recommend as a vory good medi cine. It Is an ex cellent strength ening tonic, and It Is also an ef ficacious cure for -the '-almost uni versal complaint of catarrh." Prominent men and women all over the "United Senor Quesada, Sec retary of the Cuban Legation In Wash ington, D. C States use and praise Peruna for ca tarrhal diseases. Governors, Senators and Congressmen give Peruna their com mendation. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Co lumbus. O., for free catarrh book. ! iff "SSL-i SHAW'Sly PURE w fcJMALT X??2 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributors for Oregon. today. The mercury indicated from 1 to 3 below zero. . Savannah Vegretnliles Injured. SAVANNAH. Ga., March 17. The tem porature went to 30 above last night. Early vegetables were badly Injured. a - "ColleR-e Clnlis JDInlinndedr CHfCAGO, March 17. The Recqrd says: President Harper, of the University of Chicago, Impelled by the frequent reports of poor class-work on the part of tho members of the Glee, Mandolin and Banjo Clubs, yesterday declared the clubs dis banded for the rest of the year. Mr. B. P. McAllister, Harrods burg, Ky says: "I employed nu merous methods of local treatment for a severe case of Catarrh, but the disease grew worse steadily , getting a firmer grip on me all the time. I finally realized that this treatment did not reach the disease, and decided to try Swift's Specific, for ,ec&'a9&'e ino - which promptly got at the seat of the trouble, and cured me perma nently." Catarrh is a blood disease and can not be reached by sprays, inhaling mix tures, etc. S. 8. 8. is the only cure. Send for valuable books mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga. 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