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o V.., Y COD EVCIIIirO. . "" 1 ' "" Tonight and Thursday, now; aoatheaat winds,'" VOL. III. NO. 31. MAIOPv r? inn rrmpntc I harotvNprl. cus Offenses Against Williams, and Hunt. HAVE IGNORED THE LAW -VT 11 AND NEGLECTED DUTIES EniotCaywoddrChandTerahd Rinera Attempted to Gajn by Falsa Pratensea Money and . Property from Portland. ' - wsa.. ' ' ' ' -' . ' - -. T '-("-'") ' Oeorc H. Wllliama. Buyer of Port lnd; Charle-H.- Hunt. ehtef of tb por ' Ilea dapartment of'tha city of Portland) Wuilam C EUJott- oltr cnainMrof tha eltr Until January .. M. Rinar ana xv. w. , juneru- coocraotora -on tna . Tanner oraak aawer;-.J. M. Cajrwood, In , apaotor In tha anglnaer offload and Hanry Chandler, aurraror working- on atraeta.an-aawara, wara -4ndtctcd thla - 'tnornlnar br tlu mud lurr tha ielr cult court for Multnomah county. .. I l na raium-ei ino truoM waa made at 11:1S o-ckwk lWa forenoon to FreaW Inf Judva Oaorgo. Banoh warrant- war laaued Immadiataly for all ' bt tha ! mayor and chief of ' Jnllea by .CapMtjr county qient Manon R, Johnaon, at tha 1ptajic at Tha coi)CTr;v"TtT"7r7 ' Mayor WlUIama -waa v charad with . "unlawfully, willfully and i f alonioualy naciaotln and rafualns to perform au tlaa pcrtslnlnr tofcio offloa." Tha apaolf lo allocation 'upon ' which tha Indictment la baaad U that Mayor WiniamaTon Tuly '; It, 104, rafuaed to authortM or dlract Chief of Police Hunt or any other police officer to entar the pramlaaa of the Port-J land cluh. a ambllnc-houae runnlnr In jopen defiance of law. and axreat Peter Grant and Nathan Solomon, proprlatora thereof. , , - The Mayor Zfnored Xaw. The indictment, proceeda.to detail the - facta relailss to the aaaumptlon of the offtceby the mayor and pledgee made at that time that hit would uphold the law a of the city and the state, and that a part 2of the dutlee of auch an officer la to aea ., that the laws are reapected and that of - fenders agalnat them are brought to justice.-' .The indlotment recites that - the -" mayor'a rMuaal to cause he chief of polloe to make tha arreat of Grant and , .ftolomon.waa manifest hindrance and . . destruction of publto justice and bust i naaa" ... ,' - . j.. . ' Witnesses before the grand jury dur- - Ing the lnrestigation of the mayor's case - Included the mayor himself. Chief Hunt. - Gen. O. T. Bee be of the polloe oommle alon. ' Municipal Judge H. W. Hogua, - George H. Howell of the executive board, - . a doaen or more policemen. Councilman : A. T. Plegel, John Batn. D. A. Pattullo, t O. M. P. Jamleaon of the Municipal league, E. O. Magoon-of alot-machlnar ' fame, and Counoilman U Zimmerman. ' Chief Hunt, Inhe indlotment against - him, Is accused of neglect to perform hla duties, as plainly aet forth In the , statutes, "to . the manifest hindrance . and obstruction Of - public juatica and bualneaa." The true. bUl " recites tUa . provtalMS ' of the charter for the en - f orcement of the ordinances and stat u tea, 'and tells the history of the adop- - . . (Continued on Page Two.) PRICE OF M Ejmm L.L RISE 'Xr;. B EC AUSeFBI Xff IRE The burning of the Union Meat com . pany's plant laat night ' will cause a scarcity, of" fresh "meats for perhaps a ' week, as. this company- supplied nine. , tenthi of the. Portland trade.-lt-wlU , cu an advance of prices all through the Hat. During the peat four months "r enough smoked meats were packed to laat; until the end of the exposition. All r " were destroyed. Prloea. will be-raised Dy auwrn ronowrns. - - " ' - Two million pounds of nog products. 46 dreaeed hogs and too 'bead of cattle the whole represent "ng over 1300,000 were destroyed in the Union Meat com pany's dlaaatrous fire, which began be - fore 11 o'clock laat night and after 10 ...hours still demands the services of a large force of firemen and two en ft nee. Three full streams are - being- pumped ' Into 'the brick shell of the wrecked . building, Jn which the fire still smol .. ders. , . c . Loaaas and insurance are aa follows: - ' ; ''- j- ..a .- -Loaa. 'Insurance. Building $140,000 I 7S.000 Content ............ 190.000. : 70.000 ' ToUli ........... .IJ40.000 I14S.OO0 The Union Matt-company's packlnt plant and storerooms occupied one half block facing on CJUean street and bound ed otherwise by - Fourth and Hoyt streets.-' It was a' three-story presaed ' brk-k structure and contained all the machinery -and apparatus neceaaary to -f a modern parking eetabllshmentu..On the top noorthe lard, canning andsau sare departments ware moated.' ; At kbout 11 o'clock last night Night -V ' . -: rala or - WILL! Ki'Is Frank Fritz and His ; Wife, and Dies on , ; ; ? Her Body.- s J FEARFUL CRIME RESULT ' - v OF AN ELOPEMENT Deeserted HusbandUnaucces3- fully Sought Justice From the Grand Jury and Than Took, -Law Into Own Hands. " Failure to secure the-aid for which he pleaded caused Henry K. Loomls to undertake the execution of the law him self, Testerday afternoon he shot and killed ? Addle lomla. rjiU wife;-and Frank Frits, then ended his own life. December " it hewent before ,the county grand jury, now In aeaalon, "and asked ' for .the Indictment of his' wife and-Frits. .The request was refused. The woman and Frits were , out of the city. It was a good riddance, lhe Jury He retained Attorney . L. LrXkngley as special prbaacutor. They went ao the municipal court, for" a- warrant . of ajiaatl mnA ware rafarrait "ttt" tha district attorn aVv off loa. There ho promtaed to return with- ouf ficient evidence to cause the Issuance of a warrant, but did not do . - He did not return.. ' tioomla ahot Frits at Union-avenue and' Davis street at (. o'clock yesterday afternoon., - Then he rushed to his homo. Oregon street.-murdered his wife. and shot himself. He also slashed his own throatjind fell acrosajthe prostrate form of his wife. - r ' Frits was mortally wounded and was removed to St. Vincent's hospital, where he died a few moments after 'hla arrival. The woman-- led -. Instantly, as -did LiOomis. The bodies are at the morgue. - vf STalv Were snmuowo. - -Throe day's i ago - Loomla employed Harry Warae, known as ''Pug-." an ex mesaenger boy, to shadow the . pair. Warne followed them when they made-a trio to Mount Tabor Monday, and other occasions, , and made . oomplete reports of tkelr actions to Lioomis. rtrr-:--'rT.- Testerday the husband decided to put a stop to the anion and at the same time to end bis own troubles.. ' He secured 4 revolver, went to . the home of his mother-in-law. Mrs. A. Ollenbeck, 188 East Pino street,' and asked her for oil with Which to clean . the weapon.. . He announced that he would kill Frits. - He also announced his determination to kill himself. - - i , ..i Little Amy Ollenbeck, a sister of the murdered woman, at once warned Frits that his life was In danger. - He suc ceeded Jn avoiding - IOomia throughtrat the dayv 8hortly before f o'clock yes terday' afternoon Loomis met. Frits , on the sidewalk near the reeldence of A. H. Dlgglea,. Union avenue and Davis stree.- - V ,. ,;. Through the boy Warne, who had watched the couple, Loomla learned that they had been walking together, and waited for Frits Frits, forewarned, -attempted i. paaa without'; noticing the (Continued on Page Two.) Engineer John Sleight discovered flames leaping through the- roof immediately over the lard department, which is over the engine-room. This leads to the belief- that overheated ; lard caused ' the blase, although there was no fire used In the work done on the top floor. The second theory as -to the, Cause suggests an alectrlo wire. ... ( Cfaaeral Alarm Sent Xn.' ' : The engineer quickly sent Is Aif alarm. Later a ganeral alarm waa 'given, and only after five hours of the fiercest kind otf Ire-fight Ing were the flames brought under control. . - ' All the fife apparatus In the city waa In use! except a detachment from head quarters which answered a call ore the south aide at about the moment the big fire waa discovered. Hundreds of volun teers worked like beavere - to prevent what threatened to be a publlo calam ity. But-the peculiar nature of the con tents made the work extremely difficult. At - about the moment the crowd thought the bin aa waa under Control an other great hogshead of lard would Ig nite and flamee would shoot aa high- ae too feet. It. Is almost miraculous that the surrounding bulldliigs were not set ablaas.- Aeroes the street on two sides are the plants of the Willamette Steel Worka, but neither was In any way harmed. Had the fire not been confined by brick walls. It Is the opinion of the firemen that the whole dletrtct would have been reduced to aahea, oo fiercely did it worn. - ' . . " i The illumination from up town pre sented a glorious sight. From any por OF SI 7bS PORTLAND, i OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY I-IIEF OF FOLIC SEWER I . -.. "A J - 7--"!- 1 " T ' LTi ' zlenn i-w II - ill. I J I XZ?ZlSr&& -J7 SWEEPS HEW YORK Finer Frozen Snow Is Driven by a Forty Mile Gale -With r rUr Blinding Effect. TROLLEY SYSTEMS STOP : THROUGHOUT SUBURBS Passengers Obliged la Leave the ; Cars and Tramp Weary Miles r :to Reach Their Homes. . " ' fJooraal Boeeiat HwiImI"- ' New Tork. Jan. 4. New York and ail the New England states were swept iT a nerce storm yeaterday. v Fine frosen snowr driven by a 40-mJIe gale, , made it lmpoaalble to sae'to feet. The trolley system of Brooklyn T waa partly crio- pled. - In Bronx and other suburbs, tha trolleys stopped and hundreds of pas sengers were obliged to leave the stalled cars and tramp weary miles to . find shelter. ' 8corea -did not reach V their homes last night. ' In New Tork hotels were filled to overflowlnir br storm bound suburbanites and commuters. The full force of the storm was fait In Broadway last night The lines of casrlage at the doors of half a dosen theatres were-virtually tied -ui for a long time, through, the-, Inability of horaea to keep their rooting. : More than a scori of truck . and carriage horses were shot after having fallen and broken tneir- legs. - t, . t. - The bllssard contranes - this morning with Unabated fury. It la the. worat storm since tha bllssard of 'tl awept the country. - .',.';-.''. Traffic, la badly tied up, ll trains are late. Surface jars are operated With difficulty. Streets are coated with Ice. The gal is blowing (0 miles an hour. A milk and food famine Is threatened by the failure of the traina to arrive. The ferry boat service la orlppled and the departure of sulps prevented. ,: B,,.;rrv- tion of the city actual flamee could be seen, and from all quarters buslneee mfl"Tuehed" 10 the scene, some of them" half out of their wits, believing their own Interests were jeopardised. Never in Portland's history, perhaps, has such a -great multitude crowded around a night "blase. . . ; ; .- ,. v r . To add to the excitement and-dan-ger of the. occasion,, there was a- line of boxcars on a Southern Pacific track, one of them filled with fuel ol). It stood Immediately adjoining the burn ing building, where the heat was moat Intense,-- and every minute there was danger -of - an--explosion which would have - wrecked blocks of property and killed hundreds.- - 4 ' dfreat Disaster STarrowly Averted. : - A firebrand ot any slse,. falling out ward from -the roof would have been sufficient to have caused such a dis aster. When this became known one of the 'many streams utilised In the pro tection Of the surrounding buildings was diverted long enough to wet .the dan aeroua. car. . The firemen worked like heroes under Chief Campbell, and none was Injured beyond the usual scratches. -The building Is a sorry sight to day Only the walls and atalrcaae re main, and the wall on tha Fourth-street akle bulgea so that It - will doubtleae have to be torn down. - Manager J. F. O'Shea, Who Is also president of the firm, estimates -the f, losses .today aa given. ... , : . '' . . . "Our books are safe,'' said he. "which I. (Continued on Page. Two,) Jt rt FAME Mf-"'''-'; - : r TIIE0D0HIAS World Famous Orchestra" Leader Passes Away IrT Chicago Aged Sixty-Nine. - ; BEST KNOWN LEADER ; - T IN AMERICAN MUSIC Beerj Before Publio for Sixty r! W.earsi-Director-of World's ! Fair Music. " ... (Jaaraal perlal Serrlee.) Chicago, Jan. 4. Theodore Thomas, who has a world-wide fame as aa or chestra leader, died at 1:10 o'clock this morning of pneumonia, at the age of . Thomas contracted a. cold In the sec ond week ' In December, while supervis ing tlie d eta 11a of tha completion of Orchestra- halCHrected by. public sub scription for his use at a .eost of $800. 600. The cold developed into pneumonia, which defied the efforte of a. corps of noted physicians. V ' T'. - "i r Theodore Thomaa waa tha beat known director of . music n AmerlW- For 64 yeare he has been In the limelight of publicity, beginning at tha age of 10, when he made his debut as a violinist in Qermany. He came to America the same year, 184. ' He was educated by hla father and-othar Nw-ToTkTnusl-elans, and played for. some years as at soio violinist, jiner a xwo years tour of the south he returned to New Tork, playing In concerts and opera, first as a vlollnlat and afterwards as- an orches tra conductor. t- '..-,-, t-j,.,1,,--.t-, . .-n-,fr . In connection - with other- musicians. Thomas Inaugurated a eerlesvof orches tral concerts In 1804, Three years later he founded the Thomaa orchestra, and maintained It -until 1S8S. He was elect ed conductor ;o Ute -Brooklyn Philhar monic soeletyMn and of the' New Tori PhnhafmoTsic-BOleTrtsTrrBoidrr ing tnaeo-positions continuously until 1891,- when he removed to Chicago. Since then he has been conductor of the Chi cago orcheetra, director of the Ctaclnnatl college of music and 'musical director of the world's Columbian exposition. - It-was - ao-' an orchestra leader that Thomaa won world-wide fame... Hla most noted effort was his attempt to produce Wagnerian opera ort. the Ideal immense scale Its -composer Intended. To do this ho organised the American Opera com pany in The world's leading sr- ttsts were employed and productlona ware given on an elaborate scale, never before or since attempted in thla country.- While artistically an Immense auo cCas, financially the project waa a fail ure. -. r . . j . HABEAS' CORPUS MAY 1 FREE NAN PATTERSON -.- ': ', S . .'"." Joaraal neelal ervleKj'-, ' New Tork, Jan. 4. NaiTTattereon was taken before Justice Oreenbaum of the supremo court 'today on a writ of hab eaa corpus secured by her counsel yea terday, directing the district attorney to appear and show eauae why ball should not be fixed and' accepted. - After hear ing the argnmenta 'Justice Oreenbaum reserved hla decision until tomorrow, In structing counsel to submit briefs la the meantime. .... 4, 1BC5 FOURTEEN PAGEl m thur Turned Over . : ' ; to Conquerors. - j TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ' ; , PRISONERS ARE TAKEN Thirty.Five Thousand in Jown of Whom TwentyrrtThousand yjHave Scurvy Japs Would -. '' Keep Fortress Forevef.'.v ' ; Joarnsl. Bpeelal Serrlee.) Toklo,"' Jan.4. -Oenerai'Nogl reports that on January I the oommlaaloners ot both Japaneae and Ruaaaian armlaa concluded - their -conference. "On the morning of January 4. at "Tie Tua, the transfer of war .material at Port Ar thur as. property to the- Japanese -government was commenced.' The Japan ese took 35,000 prisoners at Port-Arthur, the totarnumber : of ..inhabitants being 8$, 000,. of whom tO.OOO are sick. - The newipaper Jill, discussing' the capture --of -Port-TArthur.- revlewa - - the price paid In Uvea, and says: .' ' ' 7- "We. ought to keep Port Arthur In our hands aa long -as our empire exists.- Port Arthur is the key to peace in the"Tafeatrand-it is ourrduty to keep the key in our hands." .. TL request of the Russians for rood. medicines and physloians for their" sick and wounded baa been 'granted. ' The Russian prisoners of war will be marched out Thursday. January I. The Japanese yesterday took possession , ot the three main fortresses. -..-... y CAPITULATION JERMS Artlolas of STuraade Brawn Vp Signed by sTogl and BtoissiL -- x - " The oapltalatloa agreement signed by Russian and Japanese eommiasloners and afterwards approved by Oenerals Stoesael and Nogl, conalata of .11 arti cles. The essential points are aa fol lows: . ' 1 -iiT-;.:. The entire fortress with Its surround tng fortifications, its ships afloat and wrecked tn the harbor, all arms and am munition, military buildings in the fortress and forta in the old and new towns, ' together with all government property are surrendered to Japan.- Pri vate rights and claims will bo. respected by Japanese. -.- 1 -c-.. . 1 , The right of free action relative to claims for restitution and indemnity tn the event of It becoming established that any property - was destroyed after the agreement was signed is reserved by the Japanese. " ' Impartial investigation : of reports alleging such violation la prom ised - and the 1 Russians agree to co operate. ' ' t- '-. The plans of the forts, the stock of torpedoes and mines,, the list containing information regarding the placing of "mines on land or sea---The list with the names or alt military navai orncers en gaged In the lata defenaa are to be de livered to . the Japaneae. Soldiers, Bailors and. volunteers, aa well aa of ficials tinder Russian jurisdiction, - will (Continued-on Pags Nine.) ADAMS Wl BUT" (Jearaal Speelal BerrW.) Denver Colo., Jen. 4. Managers for aovernotciect Alva Adams thl morn ing announced that on January 10 Adams will 4ak-the oath of offioo aa governor, and that he would be sworn In by Jus tice" Steele, one of tho Democratic mem bers of the supreme court. - This pro cedue is for the purpose of complying; with the constitution In order that, there may be no question raised tncsse Adams Is eventually eeated.- Artama . will' not -attempt to make appointments or" oc cupy the state houae or in any wsyfpre cipltate a conflict. - 1- " - , '- At noon today 'the auto-legislature was called to order. No action will bo taken today that has direct bearing on the governorship, - the entire time being consumed - In organisation and listening to the annual meaaaga of Gov ernor Peabody. - . The eenate's first action was to unseat Robert M. Born, of Alamoaa, and Daniel Heatey, of Leadvllle, giving their seat to James B. Dlrtc and Jesae McDonald. Republicans..- Four other . Democratic senators will be ousted later on. . There are four contests tn the house that-will also be decided In favor of the Repub lloane.' - r "- ?he makeup of the leglslatureje-lthoot erence to the contests was. Senate Republican a, , 1; Detnoovat. . It. House Republlcana. 47; Democrats, IS. Governor -- Pea body's mesnasr.- con tained many recommendations of a rad ical nature. Among other things he recommended the abolishment of the board of arbitration and the military The Circulation . , : :01 The Journal -i . Yesterday Wu ' L1IMDJURY Four Subsidized Steamers May Sail from Pacific ? Coast Ports, r ASSIGNMENTS HAVE LEFT US FROM ROUTE If GoveWme7ttAIdnsnExtended. "the Portland & Asiatic Steam,: Ship Company May Go Out of Business. Portland oriental commence, which, la Just taking form under the fostering at tention or combined Oregon interests, is threatened In a startling manner by the - V" .-.t.- .. .. . mission. If a seemingly inspired forecast la accurate. It la .rumored that tl.. body will advocate mail subaidiee. Moat of the dlsburacmenta of this class will be on the Atlantic, but four lines afe to be so favored on tho Pacific, with Beattlo and Ban Francisco decided on as terminals.-- Two more have been, left on the unasslgned list, but It la predicted that they wilt " connect nUnlted-Btaten Pa clflo port with South-America, .and may possibly run to Manila,- Portland fs" not mentioned as even possibility, and her connection with the orient by subsidised lines, such as are promised her two rl vala, la emphatically Ignored. In the Pacific states the orlentar com merce . overshadow all othar commer cial considerations. South American connections would be -nothing In -oontf-parison. -A subsidised line to Manila would partly compensate, and were this assured Portland Inatead-of -more direct connection with China and Japan, there would be leaa complaint " ' " : i The - Marine Record. Cleveland, O., which is regarded as an Inspired organ. on. government marine -affairs, predicts that the commercial marine oommlsalon will advocate a tonnage tax on all ship ping entering the United States. - This tax wtll be applied to paying tha sub sidles indicated on malt llnae. 4t Is the Intention,- according to tho Record, to have a large number of subsidised ves sels carrying- -mall from Atlantlo porta. The bounty paid them la expected to de fray a large part, of their -running ex pehsesv The steamers will be operated by private flrma, and the aaalstance given will enable them successfully .to compete with foreign ships. - - . . ' Four such oteamers are to be 'operated from the Pacific coast. The - Record states thai one of them will ply between Seattle and the orient, the second be tween San Francisco and the orient, and the other two will be placed tn service between some other Pacific port as yet unnamed and Chile, and possibly Manila Here is where the discrimination comes In against Portland. Local shippers say that If subsidised steamers operate from Puget sound and San Francisco, It will be Impossible for-the Portland-aY Asiatic Steamahlp company to- compete with them. As a result, they fear that that company will have to go. out of bual neaa. It la presumed that an effort will be made to. have the other-two unas slgned steamer . run from Ban" Fran Cisco. - ; : i-. v i - - ' .v-f. ; . (Continued on Page Two.) lL TAKE OATH N OTfiAS S U M Et poll tax.' New election laws. work for convicts, a big appropriation to Oght the Kanaaa.watersultavUierVIcjul in all state departments. jexetXcm of an executive mansion and the enlargement of state charitable, inatltutiona. -' There ta little doubt but that The Rs" publlcana Intend to throw out enough ballota to declare Peabody elected.- Both parties have been worked up to a high pitch over the gubernatorial.: election dispute and the session begun' today will probably be characterised by as exciting scenea aa that of two yeara ago when It was , found neceaaary to calf upon the state- troope to preaerve order. . Republican leaders have not yet de cided definitely upon a line of procedure to seat Peabody. It may be decided to allow the Investigation of the legialeture to go along lines ordered by the supreme court, i-or the legislature may take the matter In Its own hands by ordering aa Investigation of Its own and then declare that the fraud discovered la of auch a character aa to vitiate the election. A third plan consists In proposals to seat Peabody by the paaaage of a resolution. 'Democratic " arUon muat, - of eo-acsc, depend upon the line followed by the Re publicans. -Adams states that ,h will continue the fight until there Is abso lutely no hope of success. Hla attor neys have petitioned the supreme court to confine the inquiry -which he he re quested to the ha lint boireey only, and not to the', reglatratlon Slips and pool books, as stirh an Inquiry would laat a year and entail enormous eftpenae. . Adam e'eo rtertel the oourt PRICE -.FIVE CENTS. II) BITS IN I CE Only Four of 38 Untirt in Explosion: on f : Tog Defender. AD BODIES ON DECKTrT ; OF SUNKEN CRAFT Shocking Accident in the Frozen Ohio,xNear Huntington, W. ' " Va., Results In Fearful " -Loss of Life. -" ...... ........... .jearaal Rperlal ftertlce-) ' ' "Z1L Huntington, W. Va., Jan. 4. By tha : axploalon of boilers on the towboat De- . fender, bound from Cincinnati-to-Pitta burg with empty coal barges, shortly; before midnight, all but nine of a crew ' of tl men are mlsslngv Several bodies have already been recovered and a num. " bar are mlaalng. Of tha nine men res cued, five are so seriously burned thai " they cannot recover. - - .- , - A partial list of the dead and miss ing follows:. - , .' . , Percy JTpencer, mate. r Horace Wetsel fireman, ' ' Jamea Chaea, (Irajnan. , - " ... , Thomaa Duffyi- tlreman. . . ' Bpott .Hamilton.. fireman. t .,v . - CwVlutm Weber, deckhand, . Oeorge Kldd. deckhand. - - David Adklnsv deckhand. , " , tTh seriodslyi Injured are: Ira Elite, seoond engineer. : John Wllaon. . S , ,. - . Robert Holland. t, - John Francis. " ' .-'' --s ""..' 1 rPat Connelly. .-" . Richard Connelly. - - - - - - The Defender is owned by the Monov gahela River Consolidated Coat Cok company Tif Plttaburg. and" haa expert' eooed. hard weather, tho ' river being; filled with Ice. Aa a result she had all' steam on and waa barely 'able "to cut : through the floea. The exploalowxamorwtthoutwafBthg,"" rending the whole structure of the boat, hurling the crew and wreckage Into tho ice. Most of the crew were tn their bunka at the. time. Capt James Wood- " ward, who waa In the pilot-house, waa hurled into the river and picked up half dead from exposure, but otherwise un injured. :-':, ---, V, . Rescue parties were quickly formed,. All available craft were, hurried; to tho burning steamer. .- '' !.... The steamer Chevalier, tying at tho wharf, waa the first to reach the wrecked Defender. - On Ita - way she picked up half a dosen of those blown Into tho river. One victim waa found half a mile below the scene, clutching a portion of wreckage. 4 ----- - , i At o'clock this morning a jury wa Impaneled to Investigate the dlaaateiv Ae yet nan of the bodies have been removed from the hulk, which rests at the bottom 00 yard from the West Vir ginia shore. -. Three bodies, badly charred, are visi ble en the forward -deck.--Other bodlee ' are known to be about the wreck. It Is believed that many bodies which were -blown Into the river will never be ra . covered, - - - - - - - k 1 ' S'i SEAT that It modify the order compelling him ' to stand the expenae of the Inquiry, ' as it would bankrupt him.- -- . . Election "CbmhIss loner Rfajle of Dea ver this morning gave out a atatameas-, which he has given to the secretary of -states He- declares In It that i he cer tified to the resulta of the election caa- . vaes In Denver because he was ordered to do so by the supreme court. He knew - francs tad been committed, bat asserts . that lite would have - never '. been ordered by the court to certify to tho return if the court had had knowledge of tho frauds. . '.':.-..-, ' . Mass meetings were held laat night In . Denver. LaKayett and Oreely by Demo crats, at which reaolutlona were adopted protesting against the proneedlngs -of -' the etate canvassing board for seating . Republican candidates for ...the senato . over Democratic opponents - who were elected on the face of the returna. The reeoluttone protest also against tha seating of Peabody or any strategy thit tends to such a deplorable end. The election frauds' are denounced and the Republican plan ta characterised aa "a crime befitting the rloalng of the dee- . potto administration." Senators Born and Healey, who wre two years ago gives the eet of f - -publlcana In--k and Mclmnald, - elected by the same vote ae a greeemaa Shafforth. who annonr eodxress that T.OnO t aua'iletil had been ct f. r 1- . The holding u ef f ' ' IndflOnltel.r, t - pen, mean t the e .: r. "