The Heppner Gazette
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1901;"
KILLED AND MAIMED
IN A RAILROAD
; WRECK
: 0
Only 15 of 150 Passengers
Escape Death or Injury.
o-
CHICAGO AND ERIE TRAIN DITCHED
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Passengers frere Mostly Emigrants and tbe
Ikmi of tbe Killed and Wounded
Could Not Be Obtained.
Decatur, ill., Feb. 11. Passenger
train No. :, west bound, on the
Chicago and Erio railroad, was
wrecked near Wren, Ohio, early this
morning. The tender left the track,
followed by five coaches, filled with
one hundred and fifty people. All of
the coaches were demolished, one of
them being cut in two. Only fifteen of
the passengers could walk to Wren,
all ot the rest being badly crippled
and some of them killed. Nearly all
of them are emigrants and their names
are unknown. Ten doctors hastened
to the Bcene. The wreck occurred where
thero is a ditch on each side of the
track, filled with water. The ice was
broken by the coaches and many of
the people were badly frozen before
help arrived.
Fireman Finney, of Huntington,
Ind., jumped and was killed; the
sleeping car porter had both legs
crushed. The accident was due to the'
drive wheel on the engine breaking.
WILLIAMS GETS2(f VOTES.
Antl-Corbett Fopcai Will Support Him
for- One Week.
Salem, Feb. 11. The entrance of
Judgo George H.Williams Into J,the
(senatorial arena in the place of Sena
tor McBride has given the contest a
little more interest and increased con
fidence in the election of some one for
senator before the ; legislative term
closes.
The joint ballot ' today resulted as
follows: Corbett, SO; Williams, 26;
Herman, ti; Smith, 25; not voting. 0.
The anti-Curbett men will, it is
asserted, continue voting for Williams
the balance of the present week.
There is now some talk of an etrxa
session being called because of the
large volune of business before the
legislature, which is more or less de
layed by the senatorial deadlocK.
The bills reducing railroad fares in
Oregon to three cents a mile were up
this afternoon and a-largo lobby is
here from Portland with the view of
defeating the measures. The fares over
tbe 0. R. &t, N. being already at the
rate of three cents a mile that com
pany is not interested.
MRS. NATION IS VISITING.
Stot Weets With Enthusiastic Receptions
In Iowa Towns.
Muscatine, Iowa, Feb. 11. Carrie
Station, with hachet rampant, but kept
under control by advice of friends,
left Dea Moines early this morning for
Muscatine, and received an ovation
along the entire line. On arrival here
her reception was the fiercest of the
whole lot. Five thousand women and
t&an crowded the station at noon, .and
it waji with difficulty that the entire
jpolico force of the town cleared a way.
All along' the route crowds grew in
dimensions, and at Iowa City the
record was reached. At West Liberty
Mrs. Nation shouted: "Women, get
to smashing saloons and make reputa
tions." At Wilton college the boys
gave the college yell, and two empty
kegs were seen on a truck marked
, 'Free beer," On Wednesday the
little Nation army leaves for'Cbicago.
WOW LIEUTENANT GENERAL.
Miles' Appointment Confirm by the
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 11. The nomina
tion of General Miles, to be lieutenant
senerai of the army, and of three new
major generals, Young, Chaffee and
MacArthur, were confirmed by tbe
senate this afternoon.
Action, on motion of Hawley, chair
man of the military committee, was
taken, and senate interrupted Carey's
speech on the subsidy bill, to hold a
abort executive session.
Nominations of brigadier generals
Are held up temporarily in the senate
in expectation that the president will
consent to the placing of Leonard
Wood at the foot of tbe list,
THE CRIME OFA FATHER,
Claims That Be Wat Driven to Murdef
by the Amlsh Chureh.
Pekln, Ills., Feb. 11. -Probably one
of the most sensational murder trials
in the history of the state began thia
morning here, when Samuel Moser was
placed on trial for the murder of his
wife and three children some months
ago. Moser alleges he was led to com
mit the awfuj crime by persecutions
of the Amisb church, a sect which de
manded eccletnihiieal allegiance in
preference to human love and family
affection.
THE TRAINING SHIP TOPEKA.
fine Hag Crew of 200 Boys and There
Is No Mews.
Boston, Feb. 11. Anxiety it felt
here at the failure to hear from the
training ship Topeka, which sailed
months ago for a cruiee to foreign wa
ters. She had a crew of two hundred
boys. On January 20 last, her com
mander reported that be was sailing
for the Barbadoes.
THE DAY-HAMILTON CASE.
A Traveling Maa Testifies in the Case
Favorable to Hamilton.
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 11. To
day's opening of the Pay-Hamilton
trial was made more interesting by tbe
presence of a larger crowd in tbe court
room. At least one hundred women
filled tbe front seats.
William C. Bennett, a Chicago
traveling man, testified that he did
not see the fatal encoonter, but saw
Day dying on tbe floor only, A. M.
Barbe, another traveling man, being
with him. While he, Bennett, was
working over Day, Hamilton and Guy
Canfield came back, and Hamilton
aidod in reviving Day. After Day
died Bennett said: "Let us offer
prayer," and Hamilton knelt with
him.
JUDGE NOYES OF ALASKA.
He Is Scored In Decision Supreme Court
ot California.
San Francisco, Feb. 11. The United
States circuit court justices, Gilbert,
Morrow and Ross in bank, at noon
rendered a decision in the contempt
proceedings against Alexander Mc
Kenzie, receiver of certain Npme
mines, holding McKenzie guilty on
two counts and sentencing him to im
prisonment of one year in the county
jail. The decision was read by Ross
and is a moat scathing denunciation of
Judge Noyes, of Alaska, ever adminis
tered to another judge frtim the bench.
Noyes' conduct is declared shameful,
outrageous and without parallel, and
the court expresses itself as surprised
that the Alaskans did not execute sum
mary vengeance upon him. No appeal
is possible. The decision will lead to
the removal of Noyes.
Hob Law In Kentucky.
. Paris, Ken., Feb. 11. George
Carter, a negro, who assaulted MrB.
Lake Board three weeks ago, was taken
from the jail here at 2 o'clock this
morning, by a mob of fifty, and hanged
to the iron arch in front of the court
house. A note left pinned to the swing
ing corpse stated that this was the re
ward the ravishers ot women could
expect.
An Ex-King Very Sick.
Vienna, Feb. 11. Former King
Milan is still alive, though very low.
He expressed a desire to see his wife,
the former Queen Natalie, and bis son
Alexander, both of whom begged to be
excused.
The King Is Dead.
Vienna, Feb. 11. King Milan died
here at 4:20 o'clock this afternoon.
Newspaper Hen Fight. -Paris,
Feb. 11. In a duel between
M. Rucbard, editor of the Petite Re
publique, and Passien,tbe editor of the
Intransigeate, as the result of an at
tack by Ruchard in an article thia
morning, Passion was slightly
wounded.
Boers Wonted British.
Cradec, Cape Colony, Feb. 11, A
detachment of light hprse encountered
the Boers on February 8, near
Klipplaat junction, on tbe midland
railroad line. The British lost two
killed and fifteen wounded and fifteen
were taken prisoners.
Two Tons of Powder Exploded.
Cincinnati, Feb. 11. Two and a
half tons of powder exploded at King's
mills this morning, destroying two
iarge buildings. The windows were
broken in houses five miles away. No
lives were lost.
Milk Separator Bunts. .
Lisbon, Wis., Feb. 11. -By the burst
ing of a milk separator this morning
Edward Wirth and James Pyburn, the
latter the manager of a creamery
here, were killed and, several others
badly injured.
Mrs. M&ybrlck'i Pardon.
London, Feb. 11. The officials of
the American embassy say nothing has
been beard there of the pardon of Mrs.
Maybrick as reported and if it were so
they would certainly be informed.
The Green Eyed Monster.
Winsted, Conn., Feb. 11. In a fit of
jealousy, John Hayes, shot Winnie
Cook, a school teacher, in thia city to
day and put a bullet in his own brain.
' Two More Brigadier Generals.
Washington, Feb. 11. President Mc
Kinley sent tbe nomination of James
H. Wilson, of Delaware, and Fitzhugb
Lee, of Virginia, to be brigadier gen
erals in the regular army.
Thirty-Seventh Coming Home.
Manila, Feb. 11. The transport
Buford sailed today from this port
with the Thirty-seventh regiment for
borne.
, - Mall Steamer Lost.
Marseilles, Feb. 11. It is feared the
African mail steamer, Aliban, has
been lost in tbe Meditteranean.
May Wheat In Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 11. May wheat is 74
to 75 3-8 cents per bushel.
THE CBEW WERE SAVED.
She If the Third Grain Ship Wrecked
Sailing Out or Puget Sound,
Telegraphic advices from Ban Fran
cisco report the arrival there of tbe
crew of the British bark Pyrenees,
which took fire at sea November 10,
wbile en route from Tacoma for Leith.
The vessel - was beached December, 2,
on one of the Gambler group of is
lands. Tbe Pyrenees, which was dis
patched from Tacoma bv Kerr, Gifford
& Co., of Portland, adds another to
the alarmingly long list of disasters
that have overwhelmed tbe grain fleet
from the Pacific Northwest this season.
This is the third grain ship to leave
Puget Sound and meet with disaster,
the others being tbe Bertha, which put
into Valparaiso very badly damaged,
and the Carl, which put back into
Puget Sound and was obliged to dis
charge her cargo and sell nearly ail
of it at loss. From Portland the
Gertrude and the Cromartyshire are
the only two outward-bound vessels
that have been in trouble with the ex
ception of the Eva. which is not one of
the regular grain fleet.
AN OFFICER SHOT A WOMAN.
She Ordered tbe Constable and Two
Men Off of Her Land.
Mrs. Joe Burns, a sister of Frank M.
King, a cattle broker of -Denver, Colo.,
was shot twice in the breast at her
ranch near Yuma Friday nignt by
Constable Alexander, who went to serve
papers in ejectment and was accom.
pained by Frank Miller and James P.
Fayne, who claim the land occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Burns. The men tried
to enter tbe house, but Mrs. Burns
drove them off at the point ot a Win
chester. Returning they saw Mrs.
Burns in the field with her children.
She said Mr. Burns was not at home
and ordered him of! the land. The
officer it is alleged, pulled his gun and
fired, killing the woman instantly.
The men took refnge in the territorial
prison at Yoroa, pursued by the
father of Mrs. Burns. Frank King left
for Yuma tonight' and said that no
matter what tbe action of the court is
tbe three men will die.
La Grande Land Ofllee.
During January among the transac
tions of tbe La Grande land office, was
tbe appropriating of 12,000 acres, In
cluded in 84 homesteads. There are
in Oregon six government land dis
tricts, the offices being at Oregon City,
Roseborg, Lakeview, Burns, The
Dalles and La Grande. Tbe La Grande
district covers the counties ot Union,
Umatilla, Wallowa, most of Baker
county and parts of Grant and Morrow
counties. There are 9,000,000 acres of
(land in tbe La Grande district.
WILLIAMS RECEIVES
M'BRIDE'S YOTE
TODAY.
Tbe ford Was Passed Around
to Vote for Him.
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MILITARY BILL, WITH $45,000, PASSES
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Transfer of McBride's Strength to Williams is
Taken as the Beginning of a Break op
in Attempt to Ro- elect Him.
Salem, Feb. 9. McBride's votes as
well as those which have been given to
Lowell, Moore and Fulton heretofore
were cant for Hon. George II. Wil
liams, for United States senator at the
joint session of the legislature today.
The vote was as follows:
Corbett, 26; Williams, 20 Smith, 1;
Hermann, 4; absent and paited 20.
Military Bill Passed.
The housd-passed the military bill
today, ' carrying , an appropriation of
$45,000. ... -
The bouse adopted the minority re
port, by Butt of committee on rail
roads, favoring three cent fares on all
railroads in Oregon.
Tiie Vote for Williams.
The vote for Williams for United
States senator today waB not the result
of caucus action, but was due to word
being passed around among the mem
bers this' morning to vote for him.
It is taken as the beginning
of a breakup in the attempt to
re-elect George W. McBride.
Williams May Win,
Salem, Feb. 9, The cause of George
H. Williams, for the United States
senate, is a growing one. Ex-Governor
Pennoyer urges the democrats in the
legislature to vote for him. He has
considerable strength in . other direc
tions. , ' " ...
HAZING AT WEST POINT.
The Congressional Committee, Appointed
to Inquire Into it, Reports..
Washington, Feb. 9. A special com
mittoe ot the house, appointed to in
vestigate the hazing at West Point,
reported 'today. The committee dis
covered there were three classes of
hazing perpetuated: Things done pro
fessedly for tho good of the fourth claes
men in eervice ; things done to punish
the fourth class men in violations of
tbe upper class code and things done
apparently without purpose, except to
annoy or amuse.
In regard to the fights arranged by
the "upper class" men to punish the
"plebes," the committee says there
appears to be a fairness in that the
effort, to have the combatants nearly
the same Iweight, heighth and length
of arm. In opinion of the committee
when this system of fighting has been
destroyed, the worse forms of hazing
must die with it. The time has ar
rived ' when . congress, must decide
whether tho fights, substantially
everywhere else treated as high
crimes, shall continue to go on at
West Point.
The committee reprints the pledge
made by the president of four cadet
classes now at the academy to the
effect that hazing hereafter will be dis
continued. MRS. NATION, CRUSADER.
She Arrives at Omaha on Her Way to
Des Moines and Chicago. .
Council Bluffs, la., Feb. 9. Mrs.
Nation arrived here at 6:15 this morn
ing and received a most cordial recep
tion from a number of people who
were at the depot to meet her. She re
mained only long enough to take the
next train for Des Moines, where she
sneaks tonight. She will beat Musca
tine on Monday, at Chicago on Tues
day, and return to Topeka, where she
says she will do more "house clean
ing," on Wednesday.
Mrs. Nation at Des Moines.
Dea Moines, la., Feb, 9. Mrs.
Nation arrived here at J o'clock, tho
depot' being lammed with men and
women, who lined the walks leading
thereto and they shouted and cheered
as she rode in a carriage to her hotel..
Officially, the Christian Temperance
Union and the Y. M. C. A. are ignor
ing the Kansas cyclone and crusader,
bid It With a Hatchet.
Auburn, Ind., Feb. 9. Mrs. Tom
Creal, whose husband is foreman in
the Baltimore & Ohio shops at Garret,
demolished the-handsome new plate
glass front of Peter Behler's saloon with
a hatchet. She had repeatedly warned
Bebler not to sell liquor to her hus
band who was in jail at the time.
THOSE DEMANDS ON CUBA.
General Wood Authorized tn Hake Them
to Constitutional Convention.
Washington, Feb. 9. Secretary Root
admits that General Wood, with the
consent of the war department, has
made three demands on the constitu
tional convention in Cuba. First,
recognition of the right of the United
States to military control of the island
until the native government has been
formed, which is satisfactory to this
government; second, the admission of
tbe right of the United States to inter
vene to prevent the island from passing
into the control of some other foreign
power; third, granting the United
States three coaling stations on the is
land. THE REPLY OF ENGLAND,
It I Kxpeeted to Be Unsatisfactory on
Nlcaraguan Canal Matter.
London, Feb. !). It has been learned
by tbe representative ot the Associated
Press that a reply will shortly be sent
to tbe United States on the Nicaraguan
canal project. It will not comply with
the senate's demands, neither will it
be in tbe nature of a flat refusal
though for the purposes of immediate
construction it will be tantamount to
such a refupal.
It will consist mainly fn a counter
proposal or proposals likely to necessit
tate extended negotiations. The nature
of the proposaljie not yetascertainable.
Lord Pauncefote will likely be tbe
medium through which the answer
will be sent and bv whom subsequent
negotiations will be conducted.
In tbe British official opinion it is
likely that several months will elapse
before the matter reaches a conclusion,
by which time the Hay-Paoncefote
treaty will have elapsed on the basis
of the senate's amendments.
CARNEGIE MORGAN DEAL
It Is Officially Announced That the Com
bination Is a Reality.
New York, Feb. 8. Notwithstand
ing the sign of discontent in Washing
ton, over the proposed billion dollar
steel combination, as voiced by the
resolution introduced by Fitzgerald, of
Massachusetts, it is officially an
nounced that the stupendous deal is
made. Judge Cary, president of the
Federal Steel company, this morning
made a statement saying that Morgan
and others are undoubtedly considering
plans of acquisition of properties of
ksome of the largest iron and steel com
panies of tbe country. It is probable
that there will be such ownership or
control to secure permanent harmony
for this industry. The method of
organization will not in any way
permit any minority interest "to in
terfere. ENGLAND WANTS PEACE.
Will Probably Send a Peace Commis
sion to South Africa.
London, Feb. 9. Rumors are persis
tent that the government has finally
determined to abandon the policy .of
extermination and adopt measures of
conciliation in South Africa. It is still
believed that Sir Evelyn Wood is going
to the Transvaal on a peace commis
sion. Ho may succeed Milnor as gov
ernor there.
Boers Held Up a Train. '
London, Feb. 9. A dispatch froiu
Pretoria says a train bearing a nulnber
of civilian refugees and nurses was
held up by the Boers near Heidleburg,
nine persons being wounded and sev
eral others robbed. .
Boers Looking Over the Country.
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 9. Boer
envoys are visiting northern Arizona
and New Mexico, preparatory to mov
ing a colony of Boers there if suitable
land can be found.
STATESMEN HAVE A TIME.
They Engage In a Rough and Tumble
Fleht In Austrian Capitol.
Vienna, Feb. 9. A debate on an
election riot, at Varosvasirmely, in
the Reischrath today culminated in
sceues of disorder, rarelv witnessed
even in that turbulent body. The op
position hurled inkpots, rulers and
books at the cabinet ministers. Deputy
Enyedi dealt Premier Szell a blow in
the face and Ilerr Luckac, minister of
finance, received a black eye. Tbe
ministers finally fled the chambers and
the deputies continued the fight
among themselves until blood began to
flow. i
Money tor Omaha.
Omaha, Feb 8. General Manager 13.
Dickinson, of the Union Pacific rail
way, verifies the report that the com
pany was about ready to begin the ex
penditure of two million and a half
dollars on immense machine shop
buildings and a new headquarters
building in this city. The company
has always maintained large machine
shops here, but this additional con
struction will double the capacity of
the plant.
Row Among Race Track Owners.
San Francisco, Calif., Ieb, 9. The
San Francisco jockey club, owners of
tho Tanforan, track have declared war
against the California iockev club
owners of the Oakland track, giving
the horsemen option of keeping off tho
latter's track or being barrud from the
Xanioran. Also announce that con
tinuous racing on both tracks is in
violation of agroement.
That Settled it
Cincinnati, Feb. 9. Evidence in the
prize fight caso was concluded this
morning by the admission of Manager
Brady that he was no more of a sport
ing man that Theodore Roosevelt who;
he said, sat beside him at tho cham
pionship" boxing contest in New York
during a recent fight.
Frlok at the Head of Combine.
New York, Feb. 9. It is now be
lieved that Henry C. Frick, who
knocked out the Carnegie law suit not
long ago, will bo the head of tho new
billion dollar- combine in steel.
Frick became famous on account of the
attempt to assassinate him which was
made by Alexander Bergman.
Next Week In Congres.'
Washington, Feb. 9. The ship sub
sidy bill will be kept under considera
tion all of next week in tho senate,
giving way onlv to tho appropriation
bills. On Wednesday the teremoiiy of
counting the electoral vote will occur
in the house which will be attended
by tbe senate in a body.
' Minister Wu Explains.
Washington, Feb. 9. Ministr Wu
this morning sent a communication to
the state department disavowing' any
intention of criticizing the government
of the United States called forth by
his roast of General Otis for exclusion
of the Chinese from the Philippines.
Miners In Secret Convention.
Columbus, O., Feb. 9, Miners in
secret convention here this 'morning
voted to ratify the report of the joint
scale committee, which provides for
an agreement on ' the basis of last
year's scale.
, The Day-Hamilton Case.
Minneapolis, Feb, 9. The jury hav-
fno tipnn pnmnlutprl in fliA famniio naao
of Hamilton-Day, the trial formally
Began nere una morning, rrosecutor
Boardman made the opening address.
Found Dead In Bed.
Washington, Feb. 9. Rear Admiral
Peter Rearick, retired, was found dead
this morning at his home in thia city.
He wasti3 years old.
DANGEROUS BOOK TRUST.
Have Books Printed In Japan Which
It is Soiling in United States.
The most dangerous trust with which
the American people have to contend
and fear, the American Book Co.,
furnishing school books, has been de
tected in a scheme of defrauding
American laborers, that should call
down upon its officers prompt punish
men, and upon thehead of the concern
the just wrath of every one, says the
Walla Walla Statesman. ,
Having the contract to supply, the
schools of California with books, and
finding that by establishing a plant in
Japan, having all the work dono by
Japanese type set, paper made, books
bound itcould reap a .rich harvest, it
proceeded to go to. that country, have
this work done, and tlum with much
audacity printed on the title page,
"copyrighted in the U. 8.,' then
started to ship the books back to this
country to be used by American child
ren. The custom officers at Honolulu
detected the fraud and seized the books.
Whether the company gets that parti
cular consignment or not matters little.
Their manner of dealing has been laid
wide open to the people, and from this
time on thev should be prevented-froro
furnishing any school books of whatever
kind or nature.
Captain Cheever, of the United
States army, is buying horses in the
Grande Ronde valley for the government.
SALOON SMASHER
SHOWS WHITE
FEATHER.
She is Called a Coward by a
Fellow Crusader.
REFUSED TO TAKE PART IN A RAID
Arranged to Begin Destroying Topeka Saloons
. This Morning, But Mrs. Nation's Fluke
Ended tbe Enterprise.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 8. Mrs. Nation
fluked for the first time since she
began her joint-smashing crusading
and blames tho Lord for it. It had
been secretly planned that a band of
twenty women should sallv forth at 3
o'clock this morning from Dr. (Hard
ing's omce and smash every joint in
town. Male guards were to have been
with them to prevent personal iniurv.
Armed with hatchets, the women were
at the rendezvous on time, but, after an
acrimonious discussion, Mrs. Nation
suddenly announced tho raid .was off.
For this 6he was called a coward bv
one of the women.: She replied she
was ready to . go now with, the women
alone, but a lew minutes afterwards
Mrs. Nation left for her home and
lacking a leader the raiders departed
also, weeping. When asked tho reason
this morning for her action, Mrs.
Nation said: "Because I did not feel
it was like the Lord's call."
A moment later she admitted that
Rev. Macfarland, of tho First Metho
dist church, was the most influential
factor in the situation. She said she
would leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon
for Kansas City, with four, helpers.
She will lecture there tonight, ami
may go to Chicago, Des Moiues and
Onitiha before she returns.
A . movement is on foot here to
organize one thousand male smashers
to tlnish tho work began by i Mrs.
Nation. If this report is true there
will be bloodshed when the work com
monces. .
LOWELL'S NAME WITHDRAWN
Senator Proebstel of Umatlba Then Casts
His Vote lor Corbett.
Salem, Feb. 8. The result of the
joint ballot today continues the dead
lock with no promise of an early
change in the situation. The talk
about Mitchell appears to be all smoke
and no fire. From present appearances
the republicans in the legislature will
be unable to elect a senator.
The vote today was bb follows : Cor
bett, 30; McBride, 19; Smith, 2(i:
Hermann, 0; scattering, 4; absent
and not voting, f.
Senator Proebstel withdrew Jndno
Lowell's name and voted for Corbett
.today, which created somo little in
terest. Roberts changed from McBride
to Williams.
Bills Defeated.
The blil for a state dog tax has been
defeated. Also the' woman suffrage
measure and the bill providing for the
establishment of a state industrial
school at Union, in Eastern Oregon.
Lobbyists Are Barred.
Speaker Reeder announced that
hereafter no one would be allowed on
the floor unless the privilege had been
formally extended. This is to shut
out the lobbyists and who are quite
numerous here at this session.
To Amend the Pendleton Charter.
Kirk, of Umatilla, has presented a
bill amending the Pendleton charter so
as to admit of a water commission to
servo without pay in the conduct of
the city water works.
Fulton's Usury BUI,
Fulton's usury bill which jiassed
the senate, prohibits the taking of in
terest, in excess of the legal rate, by
means of dues, premiums, fines or
other subterfuges, and provides a
forfeiture of all interest, and the pay
ment of costs of suit as a penalty for
violation. The present Jaw provides
for a forfeiture of both principal and
interest to the school fund. Tho pro
posed law applies to illegal contracts
heretofore made, authorizes the re
covery of interest unlawfully paid on
an usurious contract, and provides
that it shall not bo necessary to prove
a corrupt intent.
ROW AMONG REPUBLICANS.
They Have a Warm Time Over the
Revenue Reduction Bill.
Washington, Feb. 8. The meeting of
tho commiteo of ways and means to
day broke up in a row on tho question
of the revenue reduction bill, as passed
by the hotmo and amended by the
senate, the latter making it practically
a new bill. It was the desire of a ma
jority of the republicans presont that
the bill should be hung up and a re
buke administered to the senate.
Grosvenor moved that the bill be dis
agreed to. Richardson1, the democratic
leader on the floor, moved nonconcur
rence in the senate amendments and
asking for a conference. The first
voto was a tie, Babcock, Hopkins and
Payne, all republicans, voting present.
A fierce debate ensued, the republi
cans making bitter charges against
each other, Urosvenor being especially
vitriolic. The second vote, Payne voted
with the democrats, as chairman of tho
committee, being evidently unwill
ing to assume responsibility for de
feat uf the legislation, and Richard
son's motion won,
CHARGES AGAINST WILCOX.
If Ha Wrote the Letter! as Charged He
Will Lose Ills Seat.
WflKhiriL'ton. Feb. 8. Tl lunisn
committee on election this morning
1 At- - 1. ! .t II . .1 ,
di.'Kum in') Hearing ui ma cuarges oi
Geo. D. Gear, of Honolulu, against
Robert Wilcox, the Hawaiian (li'Wntn
to congress. Congresaaian Robinson,
democrat, of Indiana appeared for Wil
cox as a friend to read a statement,
which is not to he construed as an
answer to make which ho asked for
reasonable time. "I am sincerely and
thoroughly an American and I believe
In and heartily support their institu
tions, lie declared in ttie statement.
Chairman Taylor said the committee
had decided to drop the chargH pertain
ing tn Wilrnr'a b'rrmrl marriaift. hut
dJuirwI tn it.t nvidpnr'H (if th fuctN fin
to the writing by him of the alleged
treasonable letters. A recess was
taken until 2 o'clock, to secure the
original letter for Wilcox's considera
tion.
At th flftnrnimn hhshUm Tinhirmnn
read a confession by Wilcox, admitting
that in January or March of 1899, he
wrote two letters, marked "exhibit
B"and "C" in the petition; that
they were of a personal and conflden-
tial natures sent to a supposed friend ;
that Jhu letters were written under an
entire misconception of the real at
titude of the government of the United
States toward the people of Hawaii
but all doubts were dispelled when
congress gave Hawaii the splendid svs
tern of organized laws now enjoyed.
Wilcox also admitted the authenticity
of the three letters expressing sym
pathy with the Philippine cause, and
he is not the only congressman having
such sympathies.
KISS CAUSED A STRIKE.
National Stamp Company's Works Idle,
"All on Account of Eliza."
Granite City, 111., Feb. 8.-A big
strike is nn ut tho National Stnmninu
company 'sjworks, and "all on account
Ul JM1ZH. '
Eliza Schrader, a pretty girl of nine
teen, was caught lcissing a young
man. Both were emnlovees and hnth
were discharged. Fifty other girls and
half that number of young men held
an indignation llieefincr nnH rnanlnnrl
that the dismissal of the kissing pair
was an outrage anu mat no employer
could suppress osculation.
It was nointed out flint Alius
Schradur and the voung man . were
keeping company" and were perhaps
limaed to ho married. Tho nrnnriotnr
en
was reouested to reinstate tho nair.
He refused.
All in favor of kissino nromntlw
quit, and thia meant nearly all the
employees. The town is "with the
:ssers.
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Causes Great Loss of Lite in State or
Durango, Mexico.
Denver, Feb. 8. A News special
from Chihauhau. Mexico, savs: Sev
eral hundred tons of dynamite stored
in nn underground chamber of the San
Andreas mine, situated in the Sierra
Madres, in the western part of tho
Rtate of Durango.exploded with terrible
lorce, mowing the whole top of the
mountain off and destroviut! a nortion
of the village of miners here. Eighty
seven men, women and children were
killed and many others badly injured.
None of tho men in the mine were
eericusly hurt. Among those killed
were Herman i.eutiman, the superin
tendent of the mine and his family.
The government has ordered an official
investigation of the accident.
THE STEAM PIPE BURSTED.
Five of the Crew oT a Steamer Scalded
to Death. ,
San Francisco, Feb. 8. The new
steamer Ventura which arrived here
from Philadelphia, brings the news of
the scalding- to death of Hvo of her
crew and the injury of Ave others as a
result of the bursting of one of her
steam pipes on the voyage. The killed
were :
(ieorge W. liobb, junior engineer.
J. William Farren, seaman.
J. F. Desmond, fireman,
Paul Bier, coal passer.
Felix Glass, stowaway.
Tho accident occurred January 2H,
four days after the" Ventura left tho
Strait of Magellan.
THE JEFFRIES-RUHLIN FIGHT.
Manager Madden Gives Some Expert
Testimony,
Cincinnati, Feb. 8. It is not prob-
ablo that the decision in the pri.e
fight case will be delivered before
next week.
Manager Hilly Madden testified in
the case today. He said none of the
Dig pugilists, with whom ho had
sparred, and they were all leading
lights, had ever sustained pormanent
injury. He further said that Jeffries
is a boxing champion, John L. Sulli
van a prize fight champion, and Cor
bett whipped him in a boxing contest.
He asserted that the Jeffries-Ruhlin
mill would come off either in the
Saengerfcst in Cincinnati or else
where. LABOR TROUBLES IN HAWAII.
The Importation of Porto Rican and
Negro Labor Proving Unsatisfactory.
Honolulu, Jan. 31, via San Fran
cisco, Feb. 7. The arrival of negro
l'orto Hican laborers in the islands is
making the Japanese on the planta
tions ugly. On Maui island several
thousands are on a strike, coaxing tho
natives and Chinese to join them.
The Tennrssee negroes on the Wailuku
tiliintilt.inn am nlxn strilrinor nlaiminir
they are being paid for seventeen
Al.-I I. 1 L I - . . . . .
iiiuiiuiu worK HiHieau oi twenty-seven
as promised. They are flocking to
Honolulu seeking employment on the
wharves.
Named as Receivers.
New York, Feb. 8. George and
Helen Gould today were appointed re
ciiivcrH of the trust fund left the
('ountcHH OnHtellane by the will of her
fattier, the late Jay Gould. Thoy are
enjoined from paying the countess more
than tL'OO, (Mil) annual I-, the rest being
held with the view of" it being needed
to pay her husband's debts.
Financiered the Deal.
New York, Feb. 8. The deal by
which the Union Pacific absorbed the
Southern I'acilic involves f lO.000,000,
Kulm, Loob A Co., today announc
ing that they have underwritten the
Issue for that amount of four per
centum, ton year gold bonds.
Grand Secretary Drops Dead.
Tftrrifiiil l''h. 8 f!. M TIall orunil
secretary of the state grand lodge ot
uau I'eiiows, dropped dead tiore last
night of heart disease, while participat
ing in initiatory ceremonies of a local
lodge,
Hotel Burns, Guests Eieape.
St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 8.-The West
hotel of this city, and adjoining prop
erty, was destroved by fire early this
morning. The loss is $100,000. Thero
were thirty guests, all of whom made
their escape.
Newspaper Men Appointed.
Washington, Feb. 8. President Mc
Kinley today decided to nominate
Robert 8. McCurinick, as minister to
Austria to succeed Harris. McCor
mirk is line of the owners of tho
Chicago Tribune.
Carnegie's Oiler to Tacoma. .
Tacoma, Fed. 8. Andrew Carneuie
gives to the city library $ri0,000 for a
new building conditionally upon the
spending t.'KKX) a year for maintenance
of the library,
Bubonle Plague at Cape Town.
Cun Town, Feb. 8. A case of
bubonic plague has been discovered
here.
Denies the Report.
London. Feb. 8. -Adiutant General
Sir Kvolyn Wood denies the report
that he is to succeed Lord Kitchener
in command in South Africa.
G. B. Maxwell, citv passenger aaent
of the Pacific coast company at Heattle,
lias resigned and returned to Portland,
where he goee to accept a position In
the ticket ollice of the O. R. & N. Co.
SENATOR TILLMAN
STIRS UP THE
. SENATE.
He Pleads for Justice for a
Mexican War Veteran.
SEOUL DIFFERENCES III TBE VII
0
South Carolina Senator Hakes a Sensational
Speecb la tbe Senate . f bleb Was
Botb Dramatic and Furious.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Senator Till
man created a scene in the senate to.
dav when he declared : "I swear by
Almighty God I'll never hereafter Her
mit another pension bill to be unani
mously considered by the senate until
an old veteran, for whom I've labored
for years, to secure justice . has. re
ceived attention and 'justice." The
person the senator referred to is a
Mexican veteran, who in 1847 had
both arms shot off while in the service
of the government. "Sectional
difference is the cause!" shouted Till
man. "Is the war over or isn't it? I
want to know!" he concluded. The
bill under consideration was then
passed and the naval appropriation
bill called up. ' C
British Capture Horses and Cattle.
London. Feb. 8. I.nrd TCitnhnnnr
reports the British have captured
thirty-five hundred horses and cattle,
near Petersburg and that General
Dewet is north of Southfield and mov
ing east.
Belgians Give Boers Eneouragement.
Brussels. Feb. 8. The Belgian
parliament passed a measure instruct
ing the government to intervene in the
war in South Africa if an opportunity
presented itself. .
May Wheat in Chioago. 1
Chicago. Feb. 9. Mav wheat ouoted
today at 74li to 74 5-8 cents per
uusiiel.
MRS. CARRII NATION.
The Kansas Situation Hat a Serious at
Well as a Humorous Side.
What does it profit Kansas to have
Mrs. Lease retire from politics and
Mrs. Carrie Nation take tbe warpath?
That is a question of interest to more
people than the' Kansans. Mrs. Lease
was an agitator along lawful lines.
Mrs. Nation is a smasher of saloons
along the lines of violence and law
lessness. There is the change from
fanaticism to hysterics, from demagogy
to anarchy. We could well afford to
welcome Mrs. Lease in any part of the
country. Even those who did not agree
with her were generally willing to
listen to her. With Mrs. Nation it -ii
different. There are few communities
that would be glad to have her for a
week's visit. The popular sentiment
is that if Kansas likes her Kansas
should keep her.
The crusade of Mrs. Nation has been
something extraordinary even in Kan
sas. Having become enraged against
saloons in Wichita she proceeded to
smash them with brickbats, stones,
clubs, axes and any other weapon that
came handy. She was put into jail,
but she made the jail a glorified seat
of martyrdom. No sooner was she free
than she resumed' he? war, carrying
it at last to the capital of tbe state,
where, followed by a crowd ot all sorts
of people, she assailed the governor,
the attorney general, the sheriff ana
nearly every other oilicial she could get
at. In the course of her progress she
has formed a considerable following of
zealous supporters and is now a woman
of no mean power in the land. She
has been offered a gold medal by tbe
Kansas Temperance .Union, and in
lion ton the New England prohibitionist
have been commending her course and
exalting.her to the highest Massa
chusetts honors.
The lituation has its humorous and
its serious side. What can be more
funny at tbe dawn of this twentieth
century than the uprising of respecta
ble men and women in an American
state to go about breaking saloon win
dows and singing;
Alexander's tody is a-burnlng In the tire,
Alexander's body la a-burnlng in the lire,
Alexander' body ti a-burnlng in the tire,
An we go marching on.
Mm, Carrie Nation In destroying rum saloons,
Mrs. Carrie Nation is destroying rum saloon,
Mrs. Carrie Nation U defraying rum saloons,
As we go marching on,
All that la humorous enough for a
comic opera, and in our free and easy
fondness for fun we are apt to treat
the thing as a joke and to urge on the
frolic with the cry, "Go it, Carrie!"
It happens, however, there is a seri
ous side to the affair. Lawlessness
begets lawlessness, and violence is
sooner or later confronted by violence.
The American man, even if he be a
saloon-keeper, will not fight back
against a woman, even if she be a win
dow smasher, but there are women
who are quite willing to take the part
of the saloon-keepers and fight back.
Already Mrs. Nation bas had a touch
of their quality. It was but a short
tune ago ttiat in assailing a saloon
she was herself assailed by a woman
and horsewhipped. Men stood around
and watched the women fight it ont.
That was not funny.
Tho reports of the attrav told us that
during the time it was raging moat
nercoiy tnero arose ironi ttie raob
gathered around the cry, "Kill her!
Kill her!" Of course the cry was one
of excitement merely. It did not
mean anything of murderous vindio
tfvencss. but it nevertheless has an
ominouu sound. Of late years the
American people in many states, and
some of them among tbe best ordered
in the union, have shown a mad
tendency to commit the most outrage
ous offenses under sudden impulses of
violence. It is clear from these experi
ences that one of the dangers against
which we must guttrd most carefully
is that of a hysterical mob. When
in the midst of a street affrav tbe crv
goes up to kill, it is time to call a
halt.
It may be that the laws reerulatlna
the sale of liquor in Kansas are not
rightly enforced. It mav be that sreat
evils result from the negligence of tae
officials. It may be that Mrs. Nation
is working in a good cause and that
her zeal Is one born of a high motive.
Nevertheless, she has reached the
danger point in her crusade, and it is
time to stop. The men and women
who are most earnest in tbe came
of temperance would do well to calm
tho Kansas crusader. Sbe has gone
far enough for notoriety, and too far
for safety. San Francisco Call.