AH
jn Appalling Calamity at a
Jt 9 Charity Bazaar.
VICTIMS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ila fitiiBffa Wholesale
I Fire
Buffering-Building Wm a Very
Flimsy Affair, Killed With Tapestry.
P.ria Muv 6. Fire broke ont ut 4 P.
H in a crowded olmrituble bazaar in
ho Roe J1'8" 'ouon, ai wuicn me
Ouchess d'Uzes and several well-known
jatroneesea were present.
The building in which the fire broke
nt was a temporary structure of wood.
The flumes were Hint discovered above a
itall occupied by the Duchess d'Uzes.
nhile the place waB densely orowded.
Hie bazaar is an annual function pre
iided over by the leaders of Parisian
.: Thorn wm n wibl rush fur the
lits, and older persons were homo
Jown and trampled upon. The inflam
Mble nature of the building and its
xmtenta caused the flames to spread
with great rapidity, and in a short time
;hre bazaar was a mass of flames. The
Milies of thirty victims of the confla
gration, mostly women, wore recov
ered and laid out on tho sidewalk,
diere the corpses formed a ghastly
The number of injured is greater
;han first estimated. Over 100 persons
lave been conveyed to the Hotel du
Palais, in the Cour do la Haine, but
many critical eases have been trans
ported1 to the Hospital Boangon. The
policeman on duty at tho doors of the
bazaar Bays from 1,500 to 1,800 people
were in the building when the lire
broke out.
The alarm caused a rush for the
doors, which were noon choked with
people, this preventing the escapo of
many who might otherwise have been
aved. lleirt-rending cries arose, soon
followed by shrieks of agony as the
flames swept upon the crowds strug
gling for exit.
Further details just obtained show
that before the firemen could arrive
the roof of the bazaar crashed in, bury
ing numbers of those who had been
unable to make their egress from the
building.
Very soon after the alarm was given,
assistance hurried to tho burning build
ing, and effective help was rapidly
organized by the firemen and police
men. Although a general alarm was
lent out with reasonable promptness,
the whole wooden structure wus blaz
ing before the firemen could approach.
The roof and almost the whole build
ing collapsed, falling upon the unfortu
nate people. Many of them are sup
posed to have previously succumbed to
the stifling smoke.
In spite of the efforts of the firemen,
some time elapsed before the charred
bodies coulil be pulled from tho smoke
and burning mass of debris covering
the spot which but a short time before
had been the scene of so much gaiety.
As the work progressed and the in
quiries became more numerous and
pressing, it was seen that the death rate
would be much higher thun at fir.t es
timated. One hundred corpses have been laid
out in the Palais do l'lndustrie. It is
believed another hundred are beneath
the rums. The building was erected
the flimsiest manner, the nudity of
ie ecanoluing inside being concealed
by tapestry of the most inflammable
description.
The bazaar was in full swing when
"waeniy about 4 o'clock tho cry of
"fe rose in the quarter where the kin-
wenwgrapli was being exhibited.
One of the survivors tellB to the cor
reS''ent of t,IB Pref,s '"a experience
The nlanf. U-n nrmtimn.1 full f.f
P'e, and the heat was stifling. Being
- j unramiortable. my friends and
determined to leave, hut. Brim hIumi" w
thnlin0t muko "mch hef'lwy through
" . """"K toward the door. I stayed
a little behind, as I was offered a nose
JW by a stall holder, when of a sudden
B"out M hre was raised. Instantly
"was commotion.
, "W"e tried to keep cool, but the rush
7 behi"(l forced us forward and we
er separated. Then I tried to work
J way back, but I was carried off my
wt and carried backward and forward
u.e swaying crowd. I lost mv hat.
wen coat was torn off, and then waiBt-
ah tins happened in a few seconds,
immediately the full extent of the
"Slamitv rfu,...i m.
- ..M..I.CU upon us an. ine
ames spread with startling rapidity
3 ,,lt the whoIe building, which
rmbled like a livin .i.
proar of the conflagration could not
'Town the irrnun., .,5 .:..
ild crowd. s
''Gradually I found myself pushed
r- 7 , 111,6 wall of the building,
"feeded ,in. ""-""''ling
thnna v. "i'c,""B mane dv Borne Ol
lat.. r Were near nie- Ten seconds
hardlvr'i ;lhaVe been tt victim, for
beW ----""egicu mrougn me noie
bl ! ,ar'1 8 dreadful crash as the
th. ... . c" ln- 1 cannot describe
""juggle which followed. No word
P'ct the horror of the scene. I
on. T ! f 1 l00k back uPO it, a hido-
m DIKlltmnrB Tl. .u..i- .
over in i wiiuie unng was
rem.;- , , ve minutes, and nothing
ruin. .uD! tl,e cl,arred an blackened
"" 01 the bazaar."
THE ORDER REVOKED.
Senate AoU on Cleveland's Forestry
Proclamation.
Washington, May 8. The senate to
day agreed to an amendment to the
civil-service bill revoking the order of
President Cleveland made on February
22 last, establishing forest reservations
aggregating 17,000,000 acres. The de
bate brought out muoh criticism of Mr.
Cleveland's order, Senators Pettigrew,
Wilson, Turner, Rawlins and White
speaking against it.
Gray of Delaware defended the course
of the president, pointing out that it
was the result of an inquiry authorized
by congress and conducted by the Na
tional Academy of Sciences.
Allison endeavored to have the
amendment restricted so as to leave tho
question of revocation to the president,
but he was defeated on an aye and no
vote, 14 to 82. Gorman made a point
of order against the amendment, but
this being submitted to the senate, was
defeated, 23 to 25. The amendment was
then agreed to without division.
Another amendment agreed to pro
vides tor a continuance of the investi
gation of the condition of the fur seals
lu Behring sea.
The sundry civil bill was passed late
in the day. It carries aggregates of
903,000,000.
During the day Bacon of Georgia in
troduced a joint resolution deprecating
war, and announcing the policy of the
government in favor of arbitration.
The resolution was referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
New War to Get Jobs.
Denver, May 10. A special to the
Republican from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
says: An attempt was made this
morning by unknown persons to wreck
the incoming Cheyenne & Northern
passenger train by misplacing a switch
in the yards at the northern entrance
to the city. Owing to the fact that tho
train was running slowly, no damage
was done derailing the locomotive. The
authorities discovered tonight that the
parties who attempted to wreck the j
train are several Union Pacific brake- j
men, one of whom made a full confes
sion of the affair to City Attorney
Breckons. The switoh was turned with
the expeotation that the Cheyenne &
Northern employes would be blamed
for it and discharged, and extra Union
Pacific men would be given work in
their places. Warrants were issued
tonight for two of the brakemen impli
cated, and they will be arrested tomor
row. Cuban Sympathisers Arrested.
City of Mexico, May 10. A sensa
tional arrest was made today of the en
tire editorial staff of the paper called
1 Contincnte Americano, which is the
organ of the Mexican sympathizers
with the Cuban insurgents, at the in
stigation of the Duke of Arcos, the
Spanish minister, who complains that
the paper has insulted a friendly na
tion. The editors are young Mexican
students, and popular sympathy is
with them. The arrest is causing
much comment, but it could not be
helped, as the Spanish minister pre
sented a format complaint, and under
the law, action had to be taken. The
outcome is watched with great interest.
The insurgents have engaged the best
legal talent to defend the young ed
itors. The Treasurer Drowned Himself.
New Bedford, Mass., May 10. Will
iam D. How land, treasurer of the How
land mills, and the New Bedford Manu
facturing Company, was found this
morning in the dock at the foot of
North street. The corporations with
which Howland is connected are in the
hands of receivers as the result of the
discovery of an unsuspected financial
entanglement recently by stockholders.
Had Trouble With the Machinery.
Vancouver, B. C, May 10. A young
man named Harvey Kinsman commit
ted suicide by shooting this afternoon,
at Ladner's "landing on the Fraser riv-
, twelve miles from New Westmin
s;er. He was 24 years of age, and was
employed at the Wellington farm
oreamery. The only reason for the
deed, as far as known, is that he had
had some trouble with the maohinery
at the creamery.
Oregon to Come Out of Dock.
Seattle, Wash., May 10. The bat
tleship Oregon will come out of the
Port Orchard dock tonight or tomorrow
night. It will probably be two months
before the repairB can be made to the
ship, and the officers determined it
would be better for the Oregon to be in
water in the meantime, owing to the
strain the ship would be subjected to
during so long a stay in the dock.
Takes Otis' Command.
Washington, May 10. Orders have
been issued by the war department, as
signing General Shatter to the com
mand of the department of the Colum
bia, headquarters at Vancouver bar
racks, transferring General Otis to the
command of the department of Colora
do, with headquarters at Denver.
Colonel Merriam, now at Denver, will
assume command upon General Whea
ton's retirement until Otis' arrival.
Colonel Anderson, at Vancouver bar
raoks, will be in command until Shat
ter's arrival.
Northern papers are just awakening
to the fact that Mississippi is fattening
a few cattle for the Chicago markets.
THE VICTORIOUS GREEKS.
Forty Thousand or the Moslems Hurled
Rack at Velestino.
London, May 7. The correspondent
of the Telegraph ut Volo, under date
of Wednesday says:
The biggest battle of the war began
near Velestino this morning. As a re-t-ult
of it, tho Turkish force of 40,000
men has been repulsed. The Turkish
plan was to seize the hills on tho north,
dividing Pharsala from Velestiuo.
At I'haraala Also.
London, May 7. A dispatch to the
News from Velestino, dated Wednes
day, says: The Turks were repulsed
liter ne Hours' ngliting, with a heavy I
loss, Simultaneously Kdhem Pasha's
main force engaged the Greek outposts
at Pharsala, and the lighting lasted
from 2 P. M. until 7:30 P. M., both
armies retaining their original posi
tions. Where It Began.
Athens, May 7. A private dispatch
from the front says that the hattle be
tween the Greeks and Turks VipgHn nt
Aivali, between Velestino aud Phursala.
Great Rejoicing.
London, May 7. The Athens corre
spondent of the Standard, under date
of Wednesday, says:
There is great rejoicing over the re
ceipt of the official telegram from Phar
sala saying that the Turks have been
repulsed and the Greeks hold their
positions after a three hours' battle.
The dispatch 6ays Crown Prince Con
stantino and Prince Nicholas fought
boldly in the front runk, risking their
lives a hundred times, and that they
had an ovation from the whole army
when the fighting was over.
The government has forwarded to
them its warmest congratulations. The
k-imr mill .Mihinnt lmv i.lun a.lrlru.uH a
manifesto to the troops, congratulating !
them upon their courage and patriotic
devotion.
The public is overjoyed, and is al
ready forgetting the earlier blunders of
the campaign.
Both Attacks Itepulsed.
London, May 7. The Athens corre
spondent of the Daily Mail huvb: Ten
thousand Turks attacked the Greek po
sition at Velestino. The lire ceased at
4 o'clock this afternoon, and it is evi
dent that the Greeks have met with
great success. There has been slaughter
at Pharsala, where the battle is pro
ceeding. Crown Prince Constantino
telegraphs as to the engagement at
Velestino:
"With God's help, our side bus con
quered." The Athens correspondent of the
Times says: Simultaneously with the
attack at Velestiuo the Turks attacked
the Greek outposts at Tartar, near Phar
sala. It is said that both attacks have
been repulsed by the Greeks. General
Smolenski says:
"The bridge at VeleBtino is deluged
with blood."
Arbitration Treaty Failed to Pass Senate.
Washington, May 7. The senate to
day, by a vote of 43 to 20, refused to
ratify the general arbitration treaty be- j
tween the United States and Great j
Britain, negotiated by Secretary Olney j
and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The rules
of the senate require a majority of two
thirds for the ratification of treaties.
Hence, three more affirmative votes
would have been required to secure a
favorable result.
The open session of the senate today
was devoted to the sundry oivil appro
priation bill, which was not completed
up to the time of adjournment. Deboe
took the oath of office at the opening of
the session and was cordially greeted
by his Republican associates. A tow
ering boquet of American beauty roses
nnd lilies had been placed on tho desk
to be occupied by Deboe, which adjoinB
that of Hanna, and is in the rear row
of the Republican side.
A Spanish Victory.
Havana, May 7. Captain-General
Weyler arrived yesterday at Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara, coining by train from Isa
bella, where he landed from the cruiser
Pizarro on Monday, going thence by
train to Sagua.
General Suarez Ynclan, being in
formed that war material for the in
surgents hud been landed near the
mouth of the river Mosquito, province
of Pinar del Rio, Bent detachments of
Spanish troops in that direction, with
the result that they captured an insur
gent camp at Tallcro, and another at
Ojo de Agua. The enemy left Ave men
killed, and the government forces cap
tured sixty-three boxes of ammunition,
containing 86,000 cartridges for the
Spanish Mauser rifles and the American
Remington rifles.
Want the I'reslilent.
Chicago, May 7. Three members of
a committee from Utah passed through
Chicago today on their way to Washing
ton, where, with the remaining mem
bers, they will invite President McKin
ley to attend the Utah jubilee July 24.
It will be fifty years ago July 24
next when the little party of pioneers
entered Salt Lake valley, and the peo
ple, not only of Utah, but of adjoining
states and territories, propose to cele
brate fittingly the anniversary of the
event, since the pioneers made possible
the settlement of the Groat American
desert and operated in the Central West
to secure civilization. They are con
fident the president will accept the in
vitation.,'
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. Hopkins A Company's Ueview
or Trade.
With a large each demand for wheat
.it all points, with slocks being reduced
to a lower point than in years by the
end of the crop, and with prospects for
an average crop of winter wheat very
poor, it is enough to warrant the main-tenam-ee
of present values, and also
the prevalence of good prices for wheat
for the coining twelve months. How
high prices will go depends on three
things speculation, crop prospects,
and the war. There will be a short
crop of winter wheat for the third con
secutive year The conditions are also
uncertain for us large an acreage of
spring
as was expected earlier in the
season, owing to the wet weather and
the latenes of the seeding in some sec
tions. High prices, however, will
stimulate farmers in the Northwest to
ifet in as large an acreage as pos
sible. There lias been a good deal
)f seeding, but in the Ked Kiver valley,
where a large part of the crop iH grown,
.here is too much water to admit of
iarly seeding. Kansas gives good
promise, but a change for the worse
May come. The only things that can
injure the crop are hot winds and sand
storms. The outlook in California if
uncertain. HeportB say that hot winds
have deteriorated the crop. Latest re
ports from France and Russia are against
large crop of winter wheat, but in the
other foreign countries there is promise
sf about an average yield. StockH, how
ever, are low, and consumers will go
into the new crop with less then the
usual quantity.
Greece and Turkey are not important
factors as wheat growers, the former
raising 4.800,000 bushels, nnd the lat
ter 24,000,000 bushels. Bulgaria, Ser
via, Koumania, and Montenegro raisj
UUU, UUl) bUSIK'IS. A liberal prOpO!
tion. of their crop is exported to the
continent. If Greece has a navy of
sufficient strength to prevent a free ex
port movement of wheat from thoBe
countries, it might make a great differ
ence in the supplies of the continent.
market Quotations.
Portland, Or., May 7, 1897.
Flour Portland, Salem, Casoadia
and Dayton, 14.00; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.00; graham, $3.40; su
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Wallu, 7374c; Val
ley, 76c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, S840o per
I bushel; choice gray, 87(689c.
i Hay Timothy, $14. 00 15.00 per
ton; clover, $11. 50 (SI 2. 50; wheat and
! oat, $12. 00 (13.00 per tori.
j Barley Feed barley, $16.60 per ton;
' brewing, $18 19.
! Millstuffs Bran, $14.50; shorts,
$10.50; middlings, $2(i.
; Butter Creamery, 35c; dairy, 20
i 22 'gc; store, 17 80o per roll.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks,40(3i00c;
j Garnet Chilies, 5565o; Early Kose,
I 85(a40e per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 3o
per pound.
I Onions $2.502.75 per cental
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50(3!
3.00; geese, $5.007.O0; turkeys, live,
lSc; ducks, $4.005.00 per dozen,
Eggs Oregon, 10c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, ll !c; Young
America, 12!c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6a8o.
Hops 7c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50;
cows, $2.25(83.00; dressed beef, 4
6c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
nnd ewes, $3.503.70; dressed mut
ton, Co per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00(3
4.25; light and feeders, $2.50(5-3.00;
dressed $4.50(8)5.25 per cwt.
Veal Large, 8ia4c; small, 4J
5 per pound.
Seattle, Wash., May 7, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $28 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23(324 per ton.
Barloy Rolled or ground, $20 per
on.
Corn Whole, $21 per ton; cracked,
$21; feed meal, $21.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$4.80; Novelty A, $4.50; California
brands, $4.90; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.40.
MillBtuffa Bran, $14.00 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $18.00 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $30.
Hay Puget sound, per ton, $12.00;
Eastern Washington, $15.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 12o; ducks, $B6.50.
Butter Funcy native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 14 (a 15; Califomiu,
Cheese Native Washington, 12o.
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $13.00
14; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, COc; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagaB, per sack, 60c; carrots, per
sack, 40(2 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$1.50; onions, per 100 lbs, $4.25.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $4.00.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 13!14o.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
(teers, 7c; cows, C'c; mutton, sheep,
8c per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6c per
pound; veal, small, 8c.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4(?5c;
salmon, 6 (a 8c; salmon trout, 7(3 10c;
flounders and soles, 8 (3.4c.
Provisions Hams, large, 11 J; hams,
small, 1 1 ?4 c; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6c per pound.
Fruits Lemons, California, fancy,
$2.608; choice, $; Cal fornia fancy
navals, $303.60.
A Resume of Events in
Northwest.
the
EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH
Mews Gathered In All the Town ol
Our Neighboring 8tateslraproTw
nient Noted In All Industries Oregom.
Stages have begun to run again be
tween Eugene and Foley Springs.
Strawberries along South Myrtle
creek, in Douglas county, are ripening.
The school fund apportioned in Cooi
county during April amounted to
$7,114.
A Pendleton man shipped twelve car
bads of cattlo to Council Bluffs, la., .
last week.
The woolen mill, broom-handle fao
tnry nnd nnwmil in Hmidnn are all run
ning full time.
The Klamath county Sunday school
convention will be heJd this year in
Klamath Falls, Juno 12 and 13.
The street lamps no longer burn in
The Dalles at night. The contract ex
pired nnd the council has had the lamps
taken down.
Business for the month of April at
the Astoria custom-house footed np
$48,000, being the largest month's re
ceipts in the history of the office.
Bob Hinman, who was captured in
Yuma, Ariz., and who is wanted in
Roseburg, was working in a mine in
Arizona under the name of Robert
Hanks.
Stockmen in Harney county have
been busy moving their cattle to the
open ranges, to get them off the flat
lands subject to overflow, and to save
the expense of longer feeding hay.
The telephnno line being built from
Heppner to Long Creek has been com
pleted to Hardmau, and it is expected
that the line will reach Monument in
about a week, and Long Creek by the
20th of May.
There is great activity in the hop
yards in this vicinity, and also further
north, says the Roseburg Plaindealer.
The vines are being oarefully trained,
and the yards cultivated, and the out
look is very favorable.
The Baker City Democrat says that
it is reported on what seems to be relia
ble authority the O. R. & N. will soon
put on a line of steamboats to ply be
tween the Huntington bridge and Bal
lard landing. These boats, it is ex
pected, will transport ores from the
Seven Devils mines to the railroads.
Two men named Casey and Ott had
a thrilling experience in the Umatilla
river near tho Mission one day last
week. Ott attempted to ford the river
with a four horse team, hitched to a
load of hay. He miscalculated the
ford and was carried down stream about
100 yards, when Mr. Casey swam out
and cut the harness and rescued the
horBes; then swum around the rack and
cut Mr. Ott loose. The wagon and
load of hay were lost.
Washington.
The citizens of Snohomish have
secured the Dorrnnce academy build
ing, and fitted it up as a hospital.
The stockmen around Pasco have
been gathering up saddle horses for the
last week, and making preparations for
the spring round-up.
The eighth unnual stato convention
of the Washington State Union of
Cristian Endeavor, will be held in
Tacoma, July 1 to 4 inclusvio.
The school fund apportioned in Walla
Walla during April, amounted to $3,
817, and tho number of days' attend
ance in all of the districts was 367,071.
There are live sawmills in tho neigh
borhood of Napavine, Lewis county,
and all of them are running full time.
Common laborers there are paid $1.30
a day.
A petition has been signed and for
warded to the Chehalis county commis
sioners requesting them to take steps to
repair tho South Bay roadway and
bridge between Ocosta and Laidlnw.
The horticultural commissioner for
Asotin county, Bays that tho fruit crop
in the Asotin creek valley will be some
thing enormous. In fact, this is the
report that comes from every fruit soc
tion in tho county. In some orchards,
it is said the winter apple crop will be
short, but this complaint is not general.
Gardens are thriving nicely.
Luke, who fought under the famous
Nisqually Indian chief, Lcschi, and
who was one of the last of the follow
ers of the old warrior, died on the Nis
qually river last week. He was 80
years old. In his earlier days Luke
was a great fighter, a skillful marks
man and good tillioum generally. The
remains of the old brave were interred
beside Leschi's bones, ou tho Nisqually
prairie.
Spruce logs on Gray's harbor are
scarce, and the demand for them is
greater than tho output. The logs are
worth about $5 per 1,000. The supply
of cedar logs on the harbor is also muoh
less than will be consumed in filling
present orders on hand. The price of
cedar logs is firm at $4.50. The fir
logger has very little to brighten his
outlook. Most of the loggers say they
will cut no more fir than necessary at
$3.60.