J VOL. VII. THE DALLES, OREGON,- TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1894. NO. THE4TER H0L0CAUST Sixteen Firemen Burned to Death Yes terday Morning. WENT DOWN WITH. THE BUILDING Gladstone Feels Like a Dis-established Church in the Pure Breezes of Heaven. Milwaukee, April 9. The Davidson theater, the finest in Milwaukee and one of the handsomest and costliest build ings in the country, was destroyed by fire, which broke out between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning. Valuable scenery carried by the Lilliputians, worth $25, 000, is a1! gone. The theater roof, on which a score or more firemen - stood, went down and the men were carried with it. Some were rescued from the flames by their comrades, who risked their lives to carry out the forms of the dead and injured. Seven or eight were soon brought out, and those, able to speak said there must be 10 more in the ruins. The burning roof had fallen on them, and they were roasted to d-ath if not killed in plunging from tuo roof. Several men working in the theater were , caught by falling timbers - and other portions of the roof, making the rescue of the imprisoned men impossible. The police repott 16 lives loBt. The property loss is $500,000. Assistant Chifef Devere was on the roof at the time of the crash, but escaped without in jury. John Gee went down with the roof,' and was pinned down with bricks, but slipped out of his clothing and escaped, though badly bruised and burned. Following is a partial list of the men buried under the ruins, all firemen : George Junssen, Assistant Chief August Junssen, Archie Campbell, Thomas Morgan, James Freemen, O'Neil Crow ley. Rescued and taken to the Emer gency hospital: lieutenant Curran, probably fatally injured; Fred Martb, foot crushed ; Fred Schroeder, John Gee, badly burned, back hurt ; Captain Line han, probably fatally. At the morgue : Ollie Keis, fell from a ladder. The guests of the Davidson hotel were panic stricken; none were injured. Loss to the Lilliputian company, $60,000; to the theater, about $400,000. How Gladstone feels. London, April 9. Gladstone writes to a friend : "If any one asks you how I am, tell them I feel like a disestablished church with bracing breezes blowing around me." ' Blnger Hermann Nominated for Congress Salem, April 9. The first congres sional district ' convention was held in this city today. H. B. Miller, of Joseph ine, was chairman and J. W. Hobbs, of Yamhill, secretary. After the usnal preliminary proceedings nominations for member of congress were in order. D. C. K. Buick, of Roseburg, nominated Binger Hermann, with remarks upon his ability and record as such represent ative. The name of Thomas H. Tongue, of Washington, was placed before the convention by J. A. Carson, of Marion, but Mr. Tongue declined in favor of Hermann, and then the latter was nominated by acclamation. After naming a congressional central com mittee the convention adjourned. A big ratification meeting was held in the Armory tonight, Mr. Tongue and other prominent gentlemen speaking. Catting: Down Expenses. V Salem, April 9. The state military board was in quarterly session here to day, routine business being transacted principally. An order was issued that Hereafter no expenditure of money should be made by any officer of the National Guard without first obtaining the sanction of the military board. An endeavor to reduce expenditures to 'a minimum is the object. Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides at Toledo, Washington, says she has never . been able to procure any medicine for rheumatism that relieves the. pain so qnickly and effectually as Chamberlain's Pain Balm and that she has also used it for lame back with great success. For sale by Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.' THE HOUSE INCIDENT. A Store Graphic Description of It than the Telegraphic Report. A' letter from Washington gives thase details of the recent tilt in the house. The day of Crisp's martyrdom in the interest of party exigency was notable for a dramatic tilt between what may be called the positive and negative poles of the house the speaker and the ex speaker. Crisp had requested all mem bers to take their seats during a roll call. "I would like to be ' permitted to see the roll call," said Mr. Reed in a quiet voice. "The gentleman must take his seat under the rule," said the speaker, sharply. The man from Maine bowed and smiled in mock humility as he backed down one of the aisles. "I am going to do it," he said. "The sergeant-at-arms will ask the gentleman to take his seat," said the speaker. The burly form of Reed was ambling down the aisle. He staggered and turned as if he had been shot. His face flushed and he looked scornfully at Crisp.' "That is entirely unnecessary," he said. Mr. Crisp retorted quickly "It is not. In stead of taking your seat" the speaker forgot parliamentary propriety and used the personal pronoun "you respond to the chair every time." "Certainly I do,", said Mr. Reed, heated but- un abashed, "because the chair attacks me." The speaker uttered his ultimatum : The gentleman must take his seat." Mr. Reed hesitated just a moment and then, amid a deathlike silence in the house',' he moved. He walked like a man following a corpse. His. head was bowed and his feet, weighted with unwillingness, dragged heavily. The democrats were smiling to see the bead of their arch-enemy bowed. Finally Mr. Reed reached his chair, swung it nervously once or twice, and then with a face pale with wrath he glanced contemptuously at the demo cratic side and sank into his seat. The democi ats applauded and cheered. Some of the republicans met this demonstra tion with hTsses. The speaker rapped for order, the roll-call was resumed, and the incident was at an end. A NEW WHITE METAL. It Is Much Lighter Than Aluminum and i IB Besides This Transparent. A man who has been chopping wood for a number of years in Pine Nut dis trict lately found a new metal, says a San Francisco dispatch to the Xew York Journal. His stone oven having been burned out he took some clay from a large deposit he knew of near by and, mixing1 it with a little water, made a back, built a fire in his stove and paid no more attention to it until next morning-, when he noticed that his stove-back was gone and ,in the ashes he found a white, clear metal with scarcely any weight to it. It would not break, so he put it on an old anvil outside the cabin and hit it with a heavy hammer. It would draw out, but neither crack nor break. He has since experimented with it in various ways. The clay will melt like lead, but the metal produced will stand a heat like iron or. steel and is very flexible. . He beat out a piece four inches thick, six inches wide and eleven inches long. The block is transparent and weighs only nine ounces. He says there is ho limit to the clay, as he has seen the same kind in several parts of this and other states. He will melt out a block two feet square and have it at the Mid winter fair for people to see. . The sultan of Turkey has the richest collection of gems and regalia in the world. . . Mast of the Hindoo sapphires and other gems are carved into amulets and idols. ' Go to the Columbia Packing Co.'s Central Market for choice sugar cured ham, at 12 cents a pound. Ask your grocer for Columbia Packing Co.'s smoked meats and lard. Insist on their prices and accept no substitute. Boneless hams at 11 cents ; select breakfast bacon at 12 ceuta per lb; cbice kettle leaf lard,5-lb pails, 55 cents ; 10-1 b pails at $1 at the Columbia Pack ing Co.'s Central Market. ' There is no necessity for buying East ern smoked meats' and lard when you can secure a better article of home pro duction for less money. Call at the Central Market and examine the Col umbia Packing Co.'s meats and prices, and be convinced. Jlighest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report. mmg A- -1.5 the hills" and never excell ed. "Tried and proven " is the verdict o f millions. . Simmons Liver Hegu-y-v lator is the f0T"f'Voy Liver vLJOl't'Ot and Kidney medicine to which you can pin your faith for . a cure. A mild laxa tive, . and purely veg etable, act ing directly on the Liver and Kid neys. Try it. Sold by all Druggista in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. The King of Liver Medicines. -' " 1 have used your Simmons Liver Regu- Than Pills lator and can consclenciously say it is the kins of all liver medicines, I consider it a medicine chest in itself. Geo. W. Jack son, Tacoma, Washington. -EVEKY PACKAGE-6 : flu tlie Z Stamp in red on 'wrapper. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. D. C. Herrin and family returned to the city this morning. Mr. J. B. Warner of White Salmon was in the city last night. Mr. D. L. Cates and Mr. A. J. Knightly of the Cascade Locks, are in the city. Mrs. J. "W. French 'departed this morning for a short sojourn in Oakland, California. Dr. D. Siddall left on the afternoon train today for San Francisco and the midwinter fair. ; ' . Mrs. A. M. Williams and Miss Wil liams returned home last evening from a visit among friends in Portland. We acknowledge having the pleasure of calls from Hon. J. H. Cradlebaugh, of the Hood River Glacier, and Mr. S. A. Clarke of Salem today. . Mr. S. A. Clarke of Salem, one of the best known fruit men in Oregon, is in the city and will be in attendance at the Horticultural Society which meets to night and tomorrow. The following gentlemen came up on the Regulator last evening to attend the democratic convention to day : J. A. Knox, M. V. Harrison, John Parker, N . Mercer, H. Prager, Geo. T. Prather, S. F. Blythe, C. A. Bell, J. E. Hanna, J. Winchell, W. Jackson, J. H. Cradle baugh, S. Copple and R. D. Cooper. Dr. J. R. Cardwell, President of the Horticultural Society; Henry E. Doech, Geo. ISargent, Frank Lee, editor of the Northwest Pacific Farmer; Mrs. J. C. Card of Portland, and Hon. Jas. Hen dershott of Union are in the city and will be in attendance at the Horticult ural Society meeting tonight and to- METAPHOR1CALLY SPEAKING. What la Meant by Warm and. Cold Clothing. When we speak of warm or cold clothing wo use as absolute a metaphor as when we talk of the sun going down or the - "rosy fingered dawn." Clothes can communicate neither heat nor cold to the body. Fur is not warm nor linen cool, says the Phila delphia Press, except as they serve as conductors for the heat generated by the body itself. ' Fur and wool are ex cellent non-conductors of heat, that is they do not-allow the heat of the body to escape so easily as some other ma terials, and the reason why fur is one of the poorest conductors of heat is not, as might be supposed, so much be cause of its thickness and weight as because" of the air which is mingled with or confined between its fibers, confined air being one of the most effectual non-conductors of heat known. Newspapers are another of the best non-conductors of heat and a sheet of one folded and .laid be tween the shoulder blades will warm that posterior region as effectually as it warms the hearts of its readers who happen to be of-the same politics. Of course the colder the atmosphere the greater the escape of bodily heat and the greater the necessity of its conser vation, by non-conducting . clothing. And clothing should always be varied to correspond to the variations . of temperature,, a fac.t which is recog nized and met by the- Chinese, who .speak "of the weather as "one jpeket cold, two jockets cold'Vete. ' Of course there can be no rule applicable to all, and the ability to generate and main tain heat must be the criterion. Chil dren and old people have less of this ability than those in "the prime of life,--and consequently need greater protec tion or consei-vntion of what they do generate, and, in the case of children at least, the dictates of fashion should never be allowed to interfere with those of health and comfort. Photos $1 per "dozen at gallery over postoffice. - C." W. GlLHOUSENV Spiring Has Gome in Dae Season AND SO HAS OUR- VARIED and CHOICE SELECTION Sp ring p Dress Goods. INCLUDING Specialty in Challis, . 5 c per Yard. Llama Cloth, Challi, Sateen, Crepon, Irish Lawn, Pongee Silk, &c.,.&c. Specialty in Challis, 5 c per Yard. Largest and Latest Assortment in Dress Trimmings. A. M. WILLIAMS & GO. GAY SOCIETY IN RUSSIA. The Women Inveterate Disseminator of .Political Gossip and State Secrets. Those who are.best qualified by ex perience! to express an . opinion . are unanimous in declaring that there is no gayer or more brilliant society in Europe than that at St Petersburg-. It has a cachet all its own, says the Lady, and if it is less difficult of access to for eigners than London or Paris society it is so simply because hostesses too im plicitly rely, upon their friends of both sexes not to introduce into their salons any but persons of irreproachable char acter. The Itussian lady is so clever that she docs not require any details of a story. She guesses at these, and. if necessary, supplies , them: in other words, invents them. The one word which a guileless official has let drop which she has "surprised on his lips" serves her as "the key to. the mystery; the rest is easy, - Of course, she only communicates these state secrets to her most intimate friends, who themselves are. sworn to secrecy, but she has so many friends of both sexes that in an incredibly short space of time "the im portant morsel of gossip is literally all over St. Petersburg'. To the for eign ambassadors she is more valuable than a legion of spies. Those persons are assiduous visitors to the leading salons, where, as may be supposed, they pick up quite as much as they want to know, and thus are often bet ter informed than the emperor's minis ter of foreign affairs himself. There is a mad race among the fair leaders of the grande monde to attract the largest number .of diplomatists and great personages in their drawing rooms. Thus it happens that the younger women, if not excluded from the salons -which they would so adorn but for this political craze, are not of t en seen in the principal houses, save at balls and similar frivolous gather ings. The St. Petersburg salons are really not a whit better than the men's clubs, presided over by maitresse de maison. The very boudoirs are trans formed into studies, the grandes salles into places "of rendezvous for politi cians, and the bedrooms into ware houses of state secrets. - ' 'Mistaken Consumptives. In the treatment of lung and bronchial diseases. the liver is often implicated to such an extent that a hepathic remedy becomes necessary in effecting a cure of the lungs. In the treatment of each cases I prescribe Simmons Liver Regu lator with entire satisfaction. I. Li. Stenensox, M. D.,Owensboro1Ky.' Stockholders Meeting. 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