VOL. XXXIII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1896.
NO. 10.
TRANSPORTATION.
East and South
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRESS TRAIN J RUN DAILY.
8:80 P H Leaver Fortliud Arrive 8:10 A H
12:10 a m i lave Albany Arrive J 4:45 a m
10:45 a M I Arrive S. Francisco Leave I 7:00 P i
A&ove trains stop at Eat Portland, Oreeon
City. Woodburn, sulem, Turner, Marion, Jefler
sou, Albany. Albany Junction, TauK nt.Snedds,
Halsey, Ilarrisburg. Junction City, Kueene,
Creswell, Drains, and ail stations from Rjse-
DurR to Asniaua, inclusive.
ROSEBURO MAIL DAILY.
8:30 a If Laave
12.25 P M ieave
S:2o p ii Arrive
Portland Air ve i 4:40 p M
Albiuy Arrive 1 12 5 p h
Kos.burtr Leave I 8:00 a m
Pullman B iffet sleepers and secnud-clats
sleeping vara attacoed to all Ihrougn trains.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY.
4:00 P M L-iave Portland Arrive 1 1 ):15 a h
6:15 P m Arrive Salem Leave I 8:00 A m
WEST SI OK DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corvallis Mail train
dally (except Sunday).
730 A M Leave For. laud Arrive I 6:20 p M
12:15 p M Arrive Corvallis Leave 1 :35 P M
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
of tbe Oregon Central St Eastern Ry.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday).
4:45 p M Leave Portland Arrive 1 8:25 A M
7 :2a P M Arrive McMinnvllle leave 5:60 A m
Through tickets to all points in tbe Eastern
states, Canada and Enrope can be obtained at
lowest rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallis.
R. KOEHLER, Manager.
E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. & P. A., Portland, Or.
E. McNEIL, Receiver.
TO THE
EAST
GIVES THE CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
ROUTES
VIA
VIA
UNION
PACIFIC RY.
DENVER
OMAHA
GREAT
NORTHERN RY.
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
AJTD
ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
FOB
SAN FRANCISCO
For full details, call on or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
Geu'L Pass. Agent,
Portland - - n-r- I
OREGON CENTRAL
AND EASTERN R.R. CO.
Yaquina Bay Route
Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the
Sanpraneiseo & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP "COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
PaiU from Yaquina every 8 days for San Fran
cisco, Cos Bay, Port Orlord, Trinidad and
HumtxjMt Bay. Passenger acc inundations
nnsurpHsse'i. Shortest route between the Wil
lamette valley and California.
fare From Albany or Point West to
San Francisco s
rhin t B Steerage ....t 4
To Coos Bay and Port Orioid Cabin . 6
To Humboldt Bay-Cab n 8
Kouua tiip, good for f 0 d ys, tpt cial.
Kiver Division.
Stmerg ALBANY and WM. M. HOAG, newly
furnished, leave Corvallis dui y, except Satnr
days, rt 7 a. m., arriving at r rtland the same
day at 6 p m. K-turui"g, toats le-ire Po U-ind
same da) s as above at 6 a. m., arriving at Cor
vallis at 9 ?. m.
J. C. Mayo, EDWIN STONE,
8npt Kiver Division. Mausge-.
H. B. Lowman, W. Schmidt,
Depot A-1., CorVHllia. Agt. Kiver Division,
Occidental Ho el.
BENTON COUNTY
ABSTRACT : COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
of Benton County.
Conveyancingand Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
V. E. WATTERS, Prop.
Offlee at Courthonse, Corvallis, Or.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice. . .
Offica over Allen & Woodward's drug store.
Office hours 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 and 7 to
P. M.
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
hours and on Sundays.
G. R. FARR1 M. D.
Office in Farra & Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of court
house. Office hours 8 to 9 A. X., and 1 to 2 and 7 to
p. m. All ca Is attenuej promptly.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
F. H. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Corvallis, Oregon
Does a general practice In all the courts.
Also agent lor an tne nrst-cia&s insurance com'
panies.
NOTARY PCBLIC.
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Office in Zeiroff building, opposite postoffice.
Joseph H. Wilson.
Thomas E. Wilson
WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office over First National Bank, Corvallis, Or
Will practice in all the state and federal courts
Abstracting, collections. Notary public. Con
veyancing. E. HOLGATE.
Notary Public.
H. L. HOLGATE.
Justice of tbe Peace.
HOLGATE & SON
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Corvallis - ; - - - Oregon
W. E. Yates
LAWYER
CORVALLIS OREGON
THE GOLD RESERVE.
Decreasing- at tbe Rata of Almost One
Million Dollars Dally.
Chicago, May 18. A Chronicle
special from Washington says: May
1 the gold reserve in the treasury stood
at 1126,000,000; today it is a trifle
over 1114,000,000. In twelve working
days 111,000,000 in gold has been
taken from the treasury, and there is
not, it is said, the slightest indication
of any abatement in the export of the
yellow metal.
The payments of the recent popular
loan have been made, and the gold re
serve can therefore expect no accretions
other than those which will come to it
in the ordinary way.
While the withdrawals of gold are
not enough to be a positive menace,
they are causing anxiety to the treasury
officials. If there is anything like a
steady increase in the withdrawals, it
is said that Mr. Cleveland will" make
an effort to secure legislation to check
it Congress expects to adjourn some
time between Jane 2 and 10. There
is a long stretch between that date and
the first Monday in "December in which
the president would have to act with
out the aid of congress, should the con
ditions of last fall be duplicated. The
administration has 'been for some time
considering the possibility of just such
a situation developing after adjourn,
ment of congress.
Should circumstances warrant, it is
said the president will send a message
to congress on the eve of adjournment,
insisting that congress furnish some
measure of relief to the treasury before
adjournment.
Debs For President.
Chicago, May 10. E. V. Debs was
named for the presidency of the United
States by the Chicago labor congress
today. The resolution provoked a dis
cussion consuming three hours, and
was adopted by a slight majority. It
was recited in the resolution that, as
the corporations, syndicates and trusts
are seeking to have presidential candi
dates nominated who are in sympathy
with the existing order of industrial
things, labor, organized and unorgan
ized, should be equally solioitious of
a man being nominated who is known
to be friendly to workers and wealth
producers.- The congress expressed the
opinion that Eugene V. Debs is fitted
to become the leader of the industrial
classes.
Started Fifty Fire.
Cambridge. Mass., May 18. W. H,
Daly, aged 20, and Alfred Reed, aged
18 years, both of this city, were arrest
ed tonight and confessed to the Ore
marshal to setting fifty fires during
tbe past six months, entailing a loss
of $2,500,000. There has been a reign
of terror over firebugs' work in Bosotn,
Somerville, Cambirdge and Waltham
for months past, and detailed confeB'
sions of thirty-nine fires are given.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News ot the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
tbe Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form.
Dr. Salmon, the oldest Freemason
in the world, died in London. He was
108 years old.
The last clean-up of the Apollo mine
at Unea, Alaska, was 187,500, the
product of a three months' run.
' According to the monthly crop report
just issued, the average condition of
winter wheat is 82.9 in May, 1895.
Anti-missionary riots have broken
out in Kiang Yin. The Birtish mission
was looted and burned. ' The mission
ary escaped.
The dockers' strike in Rotterdam
has assumed an ugly aspect. The civic
guard, police and marines have been
called out to proteot the workers.
William Deering, the reaper manu
facturer, has made a donation to the
Northwestern university amounting to
1215,000. The gift is in real estate
and bonds.
Miss Mazie Todd, aged 20, daughter
of Dr. Lyman F. Todd, was killed in
Lexington, Ky., by a trolley oar while
she was bicycling. She was a cousin
of Robert Lincoln.
The president has approved the act
making provisions for the deportation
to Canada of the Cree Indians fiom
Montana, and their delivery to the
Canadian authorities.
The Abyssinians in Massowah have
liberated the Italians who were made
prisoners at Agama, and it is said that
Ras Mangasoia will liberate the re
mainder within a week.
Mathias Jensen, of Astoria, has in
vented , maohine for tbe manufacture
of gillnets which, he claims, will knit
500 fathoms of net in ten hours. He
intends to apply for a patent.
Jack B. Alexander, a great nephew
of Jeff Davis, was shot and mortally
wounded at his saloon., in Paris, Ky.,
by John Steers, brakeman. He had re
fused to trust Steers for a drink.
Henry Cuyler Banner, editor of Puck,
died at his residence in Nutley, N. J.,
from tuberoular consumption. . Mrs.
Bunner and three children were at his
bedside when death came.
CaribeehtHi-wlK4Kret
murdered his wife upon the streets of
Marshfield, Or., February 18, has been
sentenced by Judge Fullerton to be
hanged June 26, 1896, at Empire City.
The Spanish caravels which came
over during the world's fair have been
given to the Field museum, in Cbioago,
and will hereafter float in the lagoon
directly in front of the museum build
ing. A cave-in of the Standard mine at
Burke, Idaho, instantly killed a miner
named Schofield AxteL The deceased
was about SO, and single. He had
been in the Coeur d'Alene several
years. .
Tbe senate passed Mitchell's bill
pensioning the veterans of Indian wars.
This bill will pension all who served
in the early Indian wars in Washington
and Oregon, their widows and depend
ent survivors.
The supreme court at Pendleton has
decided that women are not eligible as
candidates for the office of county
school superintendent. There are at
present fifteen women candidates for
this office in the state.
In Tan Baton, Ark., Jailer Stamps
was assaulted by two prisoners, who,
after beating him insensible, took his
keys and liberated five others. Stamps
is probably fatally injured. The pri
soners were not captured.
D. W. Watson, a wood-dealer, was
instantly killed in Seatlte in a runa
way. In falling off his leg was caught
and torn off. His body was dragged
about 100 feet, his leg being left be
hind. He died instantly.
The increase in the price of bolts
and nuts in the iron trade the past
three weeks is the evidence of a report
ed gigantic pool of manufacturer! in
these goods, the organization of which
is now in progress in Boston.
While the 9-year-old daughter of
William Ashby, of Pine valley, was
crossing Pioneer creek on a footbridge
in company with another child, both
were precipitated into the water and
the Ashby child was drowned.
At Eau de Vie, Ma, while sitting
up with her sick child near the open
fireplace, Mrs. John Edwards' clothes
caught fire, and the flames communi
cated to the cradle. The baby was ore-
mated and tbe woman seriously burned.
A convention of the Western Federa
tion of Miners met in Denver, Colo.
Colorado, Idaho and Montana were
largely represented, and delegates were
present from most of the Western
states and from British Columbia.
Over 500 union oarpenters in De
troit, Mioh., struok for eight hours a
day at 25 cents per hour. The bosses
are willing to make the minimum
wages 20 cents per hour and promise
to concede the eight-hour day on Janu
ary 1 next.
Ex-Police Captain Edward B. Car
penter, of New York has been sen
tenced to three months in the peniten
tiary and to pay a fine of 1 1,500. Car
penter pleaded guilty to having receiv
ed bribes of $1,000 from the Liquor
Dealers' Association.
An effort was made to born the large
Bunker Hill concentrator at Wardner,
Idaho. The concentrator was fired and
a portion of the flame blown ap at the
same moment, extinguishing the lights
and stopping all the machinery. The
fire was promptly extinguished by one
of the mill hands. No arrests have
been made. . .. -r ' i " ; k ? : ."..
Hank Bonkolkan, while fishing in
the lake at West Lake Park, near Los
Angeles, brought to the ; surface the
body of a well-dressed young woman,
about 20 years of age. The body had
evidently been in the water only a
short tima The identity of the girl is
not yet discovered. r .
The strike of forty-four firemen of
the Armour paoking plant, in Kansas
City, has assumed international pro
portions, and there is no telling where
or how it will end. The strikers have
already petitioned the national oounoil
of the Federation of Labor to declare
an international boycott against the
Armour products. 'A
All roads, in the Central Passenger
Association will hereafter carry bi
cycles free. ' :
Alfred C. Field, a negro, convicted
of the murder of Mrs. Randolph, was
hanged in Chicago. -
The schooner Mary Ayer was sunk
in collision with the steamer Okano,
in Lake Miohigan, off Grosse point,
and five of her crew were drowned,
two being saved. -
An explosion at Bida, in the Nupe
country, west coast of Africa, on the
Niger, has razed to the ground the
palace of the Emir Meleki, and has
killed 200 people.
The Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern
railroad was sold at auction in Seattle
and was purchased by Judge H. G.
Strove, representing the bondholdesr'
committee, for $1,000,000.
Ties piled on the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St. Paul railroad at Waldo, a
few miles south of Milwaukee, -'Wis.,
deraile 1 a south-bound freight train.
Three men were killed and two injured.
At the Eliot Square building in
Buffalo N. Y., Thomas Purdy and Val
Jenly were working at the bottom of
the elevator shaft when worklngmen
at the top dropped down an iron bolt,
killing both.
In Queretaro, Mexico, a cave-in oc
curred at the opal mines and ten men
were buried with earth and stones.
Word was brought from the scene that
four of the miners were killed and
several others injured. - .
The Gaulois published in Paris, says
that Senor Canovas del Castillo, tbe
Spanish premier, ia about to ask the
intervention of the European powers
with regard to the interference of tbe
United States in Cuban affairs.
At the lEeotrcial ; Exposition in pro
gress in New Xorc; message was
flashed over the wires of the Western
Union' and Pacific: Postal companies,
ibis town, leaving
ana a repiy receiveu ui war muium
The fruitgrowers of Snake river are
considering the formation of a onion,
so that fruit can be handled at smaller
cost than previously. : The plan ia. to
have a Spokane . commission house
handle the fruit direct from tbe river.
Forty men were let out in the Gem
mines, in Wallace, Idaho, and will not
be re-employed until development work
is finished. This is said by some to be
significant on account of theTeoent ex
plosion at the Bunker Hill and Sul
livan mines.
Catherine A. Lacy, 82 years of age,
of Phoenix, Ariz., was burned to
death. She had risen at 4 o'clock, and
in lighting a fire ignited the curtains.
From this her clothing caught, and
before help arrived she was fairly
cooked, dying in a few minutes.
A dispatoh from Yladivostock says:
Quiet has been restored at Seoul,
Corea, and the king will return to his
palace from the - Russian legation,
where he has been since tne disposi
tion and massacre of the late ministry.
The Russian marines are returning to
their vessels.
The' steamer Mexico just arrived in
the Sound, brings the following Alas
ka news: The North American Com
mercial Company'" schooner Seventy-
Six, which left Kodiak December 11
last for Wood island, is lost with all
hands. A heavy gale sprang np just
after she left, and she has not been
heard of since. - -:
Trouble between the Indians on the
Tongue river reservation, in Montana,
and the white settlers in tbe neighbor
hood is probable, and troops have been
asked for to avert a possible' outbreak.
This is the result of depredations com
mitted by the Indians on the cattle
of the whites.
Nearly half the business portion of
the suburban town of Blue Island,
near Chicago, 111 . was . destroyed by
fire. Altogether twenty-six buildings
were consumed, entailing a total loss
of about $160,000. A shifting wind
was blowing almost a hurricane at the
time of the fire, and it spread rapidly.
C. J. Curits, editor of the. Weekly
Herald, of Astoria, Or., and W. H.
Weeks, candidate for recorder on the
Populist ticket, engaged in a fistio en
counter, in which Curtis came out sec
ond best. Weeks was the aggressor,
and the provocation was an article in
the Herald in whioh Weeks was the
victim of an abusive attack.
Secretary of State Price has just re-
ceievd the diploma medal awarded the
state of Washington at tbe world's fair
for grains and Brasses. Themedalisa
bronze piece, on tbe face of which is
the figure of Columbus, inclosed in a
handsome aluminum case. The diplo
ma is awarded for the yield and gene
eral excellence of variety of grains and
grasses exhibited. '
At a meeting of tbe Columbia River
Fishermen's Protective Union held in
Astoria, it was decided unanimously to
rbject the proposition of the Scandina
vian Packing Company to give 4
cents per pound for salmon. The sen
timent of the meeting was strongly
against any compromise, the . men re
maining? just where they stood at the
opening of the season, and were firm in
their demands lor o cents per pounci. , ;
DEATH IN ITS TRACK
Sixty Persons Killed in Sher
. man, Texas, by a Cyclone.
OVER A HUNDRED WERE INJURED
Host or Those Will Also Die -Tbe Tor
nado tame Without Warning
Flowed Throngb the Town.
Sherman, Texas, May 18. Just a few
minutes before 5 o'clock this afternoon,
a cyclone, not exceeding two blocks in
width, but carrying widespread destruc
tion and death in its wake, swept
thorugh the western half of the city,
traveling almost directly north. The
approach of the terrifio whirlwind was
annoonoed by a deep rumbling noise,
not unlike reverberating thunder. ' A
fierce and driving rain accompanied it
It is very conservative to estimate
that the list of fataliites will reach 60,
while the injured will reach 100. At
least fifty houses are wrecked. Most
of them were small cottages, except in
Fairview and Washington avenue,
where the handsome residences of L
F. Ely, Captain J. G. Sailer, Mrs. Pat
Mattingly and James Fallas also suc
cumbed. . The loss will reach at least
$150,000, and but little if any of it
was covered by cyclone insurance.
About the most graphic description
given by any of the injured was that
of W. S. Bostwick, who said:
"I was at John Irvine's house when
I beard the noise of the approaching
storm. Just as I looked out, I saw
Captain Berge's house blown into the
air, and then Mr. Shearer's house.
The air was filled with great treea and
timbers and every conceivable article.
It was a black, serpentine cloud, twist
ing, writhing in the center, bnt at tbe
bottom it seemed to be moving stead
ily.' Then came an awful crash, a
sense of suffocation, and when it was
over the house was gone and myself
and family were scattered about the
yard and under the debris." '
St Louis, May 18. A special to
the Republic from Denison, Texas,
says: Additional particulars of the
cyclone have been received. After
passing over Sherman, it went south
east At Carpenter bluffs, seven miles
east of here, the dwellng of John De
yant was blown down and Devant and
wife, his hired man, named Armour,
and a little child received inquires from
which they may die.
TTmi T.vaa ILfav 1(2 Tnav'd fen.
death and rain in its wake. The path
of the cyolone at this point was a quar
ter of a mile -wide. Ten farmhouses
and as many barns were wrecked.
Eight persons were killed outright and
many injured. Bark was ripped from
trees and much stock was killed.
Dehton, Texas, May 18. A cyclone
struck the town of Gribble Springs,
eighteen miles north of Denton, this
afternoon. Several persons were killed
and .many wounded so badly they can
not live. The property loss is great.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Business Continues Dull and Feature
less in All Parts of the Country.
New York,. May 18. Bradstreet's
weekly review of trade says: General
trade throughout the country remains
quiet, wholesale merchants continue
conservative and . distribution of gen
eral merchandise is almost of a hand-to-mouth
character. South and South
west both remain dull and featureless
and unchanged from last week. At
larger Eastern centers travelers are
preparing to start out, but unfavorable
features in recent weeks with respect
to cotton and woolen and steel and iron
industries show no change. Collec
tions in most directions continue satis
factory. Demand for iron and steel is
disappointing and quotations for Besse
mer pig have been shaded.
Exports of wheat, flour included as
, wheat, from both coasts of the United
States, this week amount to 1,827,000
against 1,188,000 last week; 2.897,000
in the corresponding week one year
ago, 2,420,000 two years ago, and as
compared with 8.887,000 in the like
week in' 1893. The recent average
weekly commercial death rate is con
tinued at a total of 268 business fail
ores throughout the United States this
week, against 265 last week, 210 in
the week a year ago, 186 in the corre
sponding week of 1894 and as compared
with 258 in the like week in May,
1893.
There are - -34 business failures
troughout Canada this -week. - Last
week the total was 38.
Canadian Stock Shippers.
Toronto, May 18. Cattle exporters
here are " making a vigorous fight
against an attempt now being made to
ship Amerioan cattle to European ports
by way of Montreal. It is claimed
this would seriously injure the Cana
dian export trade in France, where
Canadian live cattle are now permitted
to be landed. Some Canadian catlte
have been shut out of England, and
exporters have built np a large trade
with France." This, they say, will be
entirely ruined if Amerioan cattle are
shipped with Canadian stock. The
Cattle Feeders' Association njet in
secret today and decided to send a dep
utation to Ottawa to lay before the
government an emphatio protest against
the admission of Amerioan cattle into
Canadian ports.
Congress of American Republics.
London, May 18. Tbe Times Rio
de Janeiro dispatch says the presi
. dent's message on the opening of con
great supports the idea of a congress of
American repuDiioa.
WILL INJURE TOBACCO TRADE
Effect in This Country, of Weylers
. Latest Order.
New York,. May 20. Importerts of
tobacco from Cuba were inolined to
doubt today the authenticity of the dis
patch from Havana that General Wey
ler has forbidden the exportation of to
bacco from Cuba. ' General Weyler, it
is understood, has taken this step be'
cause of the financial assistance ren
dered to the cause of the revolution in
Cuba by the Cuban and Spanish cigar
makers in this country and presumably
elsewhere out of Cuba. A member of
a wholesale grocery house that imports
more tobacco and cigars from Cuba
than any other firm, speaking of this
latest alleged order by the Spanish
commander-in-chief in Cuba, said to
day: "If the telegraphic dispatches con
cerning this matter are correct, the
whole manufacturing tobacco trade in
this country will be demoralized. The
price of Havana cigars constantly flue
tuates, as far as the dealers are con
cerned, although the consumers perhaps
do not know it. There has been a
gradual increase in the price of tobacco
the last two or three months, but it is
impossible to say how much the price
of domestio cigars is to be inoreased by
our failure to get tobacco from Cuba.
Some Sumatra leaf is used in making
cigars, but it is not so satisfactory of
course, as the Havana. The enforce
ment of General Weyler's decree would
greatly interfere with the factories in
Florida. But it is early yet to proph
esy. I think tbe manufacturers in this
country have Cuban tobacco on hand
sufficient to last a few months. The
importation of leaf tobaooo from Cuba
ran from 10,000,000 pounds in 1886, to
21,000,000 pounds in 1898, falling to
20,000,000 in 1895. The value of the
tobaooo ranged front $4,000,000 in
1886, to $9,000,000 in 1893 and $7.-
000,000 in 1895. The value of manu
factures of tobaooo (oigare) imported
from Cuba in 1886 was $3,100,000, and
tbe importations gradually inoreased
until 1890, when their value was $3,-
900,000. Then the importations or
"values," deoreasd until in 1895, the
total value of the manufactures of to
bacco (cigars imported) was only $2,-
040,000."
BAD - FIRE IN WASHINGTON.
Three Firemen Rilled and a Quarter o
a Million in Property Burned.
Washington, May 20. A conflagra
tion, which resulted in tbe loss of
almost $250,000, in which three fire
men were killed and four seriously in
jured by falling walls, occurred in this
city about 8 o'clock tonight. Twenty-two-
buildings, . with their contents,
were destroyed in 'two - honxr. - The
burned distrct consists almost entirely
of commission and wholesale jobbing
houses, in the square bounded by B
street, Louisiana avenue, Ninth and
Tenth streets. Thomas Griffin, Daniel
Conway and Assistant Foreman Guiles
were the firemen killed.
The fire started in a Postal Tele
graph Company's branch office, located
on B street, and. is supposed to have
been caused by lightning, a severe
thunder storm having just passed over
the city. The buildings were filled
with a mass of inflammable material,
which made it difficult for the firemen
to cope with the progress of the flame?,
which spread with great rapidity. Af
ter two hours hard work the flames
were under control.
A rough estimate places the loss on
the buildings "n Louisiana avenue at
$75,000. The other losses are mostly
on stock. Much of the property is
held by the Van Ness and Semmes
estate, and is believed to be well in
sured. Forty Indiana Reported Killed.
Omaha, May 20. A special to the
Bee from Humboldt, Neb., says: The
train arriving here this evening brings
reports of the frightful results of the
cyclone on the Pawnee reservation, ad
joining this county. They assert that
40 persons were killed by the cyclone
on the reservation. No particulars are
obtainable, as all communication by
wire is cut off. Those killed are sup
posed to be Indians, as there are few
whites on tbe rservation.
County's Exemption.
Olvmnia. Wash. . Mav 20. ODinions
ar - r
were handed down today by the su
preme court in the cases following:
State of Washington ex rel. J. Summer-
field, appellant, vs. H. W. Tyler, au
ditor of Spokane county, respondent.
In this proceeding the relator -sought to
compel the payment of a judgment
against Spokane county. Such a show
in? was made as to entitle the relator
to the relief sought, if judgment -was
sncn that it oouid De entorcea against
the county. The supreme court holds
that municipal corporations, and es
pecially oounties, are not liable, to
sarnishment. unless made so by ex
press statutory provisions. Aotion of
the superior oourt affirmed.
A Hot-Beaded Spanish Senator.
Madrid, May 20 In the senate to
day Senor Giron, liberal, - protested
against the slanders on Spain, which
were uttered in the United States sen
ate. He intended, he said, to denounoe
the intolerable conduct of pirates and
brigands against Spain. The day had
come, he said, when we should have to
consider the wretched acts of intoler
ance of the dollar princes, with the
affairs of Spain. He protested also
against - the Washington slanders
against the queen regent. The Duke
of Tetuan, minister of foreign affairs,
replied to Senor Giron that the govern
ment might join in the latter protest,
but that they could not approve the re
mainder . of Senor Giron's remarks.
President Cleveland and the United
States government had given proof of
their respect for. the principles of inter
national law, he maintained.
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Daily Proceedings in Senate
and House.
IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED
Substance of the Measures Being Con
sidered by tbe Fifty-Fourth
Session Senate.
Washington, May 16. The Dupont
oase, involving the right of Henry A.
Dupont to a seat in the senate from the
state of Delaware, was taken up in the
senate today, with a view to conclud
ing the debate and taking a final vote.
A brief colloquy between Gorman and
Mitchell -developed that a difference of
opinion existed as to the character of
tbe vote to be taken. When Gorman
spoke of the unanimous agreement to
vote, Mitchell admitted the correctness
of the statement, but added significant
ly that the character of the vote would
be determined when the vote was
reached, which was open to the mean
ing that the case would be postponed
until next session. Piatt spoke in sup
port of Mr. Dupont's claim.
Washington, May 18. By a vote of
31 to 30, the senate determined today
that Henry A. Dupont was not entitled
to a seat in tbe senate from Delaware.
This closed a long and animated con
troversy, which bad been one of the
most notable contests of its kind in the
history of the senate. The result was
in doubt up to the last moment, and
this lent added interest to the final
vote. There had been some question
as to the direction of Stewart's vote,
but it was with those of the Democrats
and Populists, and was the decisive
vote in declaring Dupont not entitled
to a seat. Before taking the vote.
Flatt spoke for Dupont, and Vilas
against him. Bacon spoke against the
issue of bonds without authority of con
gress. Resolutions were proposed by
Morgan for an inquiry as to our treaty
rights with Spain, and Gallinger relat
ing to the need of additional enact
ment a
Washington, May 20. The conferee
on the river and harbor bill expect to
have their first report ready tomorrow .
night. Of the senate amendments so
far passed upon, the house has yielded
about one-half. The main question in
dispute is the additional contracts au
thorized by the senate.. The senate
amendments authorizing contracts to
the extent of $1,753,000 for bayou
Plaquemine, La. , and the house provi
sion of $315,000 for the Calcasieu riv
er, Louisiana, together with' the Delay ,
ware river projects, the boat railway
on the Columbia river and tbe Lakes"
Union and Washington canal at Seat
tle, are still in dispute. The fight
over the Santa Monica and San Pedro
deep-water harbor has been resumed in
the conference.
Bouse.
Washington, May 16. The house
committee on coinage, weights and
measures today decided by a unam
ous vote to authorize a favorable re
port on the resolution introduced by
Representative C. W. Stone providing
that the president be authorized and
requested to invite an expression from
other principal commercial nations of
the world as to the desirability and
feasibility of the adoption of interna
tional coins, to be current in all coun
tries adopting them at a uniform value,
and to be specially adopted for invoioe
purposes. If expressions thus obtained
from other nations are such as, in the
judgment of the president, render a
conference desirable, he is authorized
to invite it at a time and place to be
designated by him to consider and re
port a plan for the adoption and use
of such coins, composed of either gold
or silver, or both. The president is
authorized to appoint three representa
tives, subject to confirmation by the
senate.
Washington, May 18. Tbe house to
day occupied itself in passing the pri
vate pension bills, which were favor
ably acted upon during the two special
days given to their consideration. Erd
man and Talbert threw such obstaoles
in the way as they could. Thirty-four
bills were held up because they were
not engrossed, but 100 were passed,
leaving about sixty yet undisposed of.
At the opening of the session Howard
rose to a question of privilege, to de
nounoe tbe fabrications some newspa
pers printed five months ago, that he
had entered the hall of the house in an
intoxicated condition, and had been
carried out by two colored porters.
Washington, May 20. The house
committee on ways and means today
decided to report favorably on the bill
to permit customs officials to deliver
packages not exceeding $5,000 in value
to express companies and other inland
carriers, under bond, after an appraisal
on the wharves. Jewelry and precious
stones are excepted. It also authorizes
Evans to call up in the house, under
a suspension of the rules, a bill to per
mit tbe bottling of spirits under bond
in distilleries. The committee on
banking and currency today decided to
definitely abandon the attempt to report
a general banking bill this session, and
the oommittee adjourned until tbe next
session of congress.
Katnral Gas IMscovered.
Ardmore, L T., May 18. While
workmen were engaged in boring a
well on the farm of J. S. Wheeler,
about twenty-five miles west of here,
a strong current of natural gas was
encountered. When struck, it created
a noise like thunder, and when a
match was applied to tbe mouth of the
well it flamed up. The find will be
developed.
The planet Mars resembles the
earth more closely than any other of
tbe solar system that we know any
thing about.