kWV UE1.pj svorfjTT.r
4
HE DAILY ASTORIAN li the
bluest mJ teat piper
on the Columbia River
tmavu
THE ASTORIAN has the larjest
circulation of anv caer
on the Columbia River
KUI.lv ASSOCIATED PHESS RKPORT.
VOL. XLV1I.
AHTOItlA, ORKUON, HATtKDAY MOILNJNG, DECEMBER 18, 1897.
NO. 115.
Ttir tr.i.r.niiwi)
fill MK.t7 M-iiL,,, '
phi
"Superior
Stoves and Ranges
arc w
J. N. LAWS, AT IIAWES OLD STAND
Christmas Goods
lo M IT i:vt:vBoiv
' 1 J
Ollillolil
Novclili's
Lralher (IoihIs
Medallions
( hrlslmas Cards
Jtooklris
tH not miik your aelectlon
GRIFFIN
Christmas
Next
OUll fTOHB 18 riUX OP THK KHT
BEIU'lCfcAnLM AND OMNAMENTAL
CHOCKKnT. LAM 18 AND GLASS
WARE. BVITAHLK FOil PRESENTS.
Tie Tail
Goes With the Hide
P. J. (!oo.lnuin A Co. will, until January 1, 1 Hits,
without rt'M rvc, noil thrir large stock of Hoot mul
Shots Lailics', Missrs', ( 'hihlri-n's and Hoys'
choico footwear ut cost. Wlion wo nay cost, wt
nunn it. live tin u cull ami we will prove to you
that you can tnko hoiiu; more footwear for the
money than you can from any nho store in Ore
gon. Keinemher, the sign of the Big Boot, 68-1
Commercial street.
jyiGoodnianSCo.
Ross. Higgins & Co..
CHOICII....
1'HKSH
AXI) SALT MR ATS
AMI-
BOND STREET
Mams,
Bacon
cuici n
a
BRAND
W. F. SCHEIBE,
A lull line of Pipe, Tobacco,
and Amokert' Article!.
47-4 Coinmercinl'Mt,
Three
Order
99
nest
Honks
In Now ml
I'nlnly liiinlliiKa
('lilldrrn's Hooks
lies
I'raw Hooks
Hooks of a II Kinds
unlll you have ) our lork
& REED
Foard & Stokes
Company
Grocers
Butchers....
UNION MEAT COMPANY
and
AM. KINDS
Or t'ANNKD MKATS
Ouiii-antiH-d
Tho Hoot In tluf Market
Strictly Pure Lard
Cor. fourth and Clisan Street!)
I'nrtlnnil. Oreynti.
Manulaclurcr nnd
Dealer In
FINE CIGARS!
Astnriu's Gnricous
Entertainment Halt
The
Louvre..
Klonra - Klna Mnulo; Onmeii of All Klnda; Two
MiiKiilllooiit IIbpi: KvorytlilUK Klnd-t luaa; ao
and Everybody'! ItlghU Btrlctly Obiiervea.
CHRISTMAS
OUT BY Ji'COY
Out of the Hot rights Seen in New
York in u l.ooj Time.
nil. Hi.ooi) u.owi:i FKin.v
I'laMei t td nt, Uerdun'. D.im j't1 te-
Swilt kntk in Ibc Clctcalb
Rauad.
V-ik 17 !. .I.hi i:.. M. - .I
Coy nn-l m f-i"- Iximc laliin-l AUilril
limlulil. -.iml i.fi-r I.'. ruitd "'n-ilwn
Ullf ll ntwliK''- Till- IVIll A. I Olir
of Hi.- In I il n Oi IIV ffr a 1 kik
linn-, uml who llvt-:' i'hlii:i of ih-
inniily art. Tin y ainrti.l In at .i lively j
pitr.- ami foi iilii- llrt i lulu muml" donors i
" ,,v'" '" "'""""'""'"'"irrKMXNrNT school riM) ron tdi
hint fr.-Hy, and M"oy k-1'. J.i'l.nc ot
l until itoiiK imd'd.
'ri-lim trl'd to fun.- tlii- ntli'.l'i fi
lln iifiih, im M-''oy w.ilitd or nn uprn.
nir
M. Coy o-m. Ihi- i. v. nrti ilh !lirr-h-f
ih on in.- d.iiti.m-'-'l V- an I :ar:-d
lilmal lul.llll. t'll-loll Krt'ilOK tijn lf( on
the aiomitrn and ,P i oy hw jiiit .i l- f' and
rlitht an Ihr hrad. atiKna-h and rl-i. fTr.
Ink- i"ri--loii to Ihi- n."a. Afiir Ih
rally ' r-lii a hUvd:n fr. ly a
riktu J.it) fom McOy on nr h-ad a-nt
"n-.-di.il lo lhi fle-.r, Iml It mm of
a Mp than a km-k don. Cr.-.d.v tick
hl Mm. n k-'I'ik "t". and an hi- r.ii- the
lioinr nind.'.l
In (hi- li-lfih round fr.'1-.l -n adoptt'l
r ii li t e fw i-hjiiu ami land -1 a I. ft
h.Hik mi M.t'oy'n h'-.id. In a cl:n;i h-
r M-at.d ttt Mow. .!-"oy cimiii.t.-I
wiili n hook on ih- Ni-'k of :h.- ia I.
Jum ih.-n Mri'oy rul.ln-1 hl lov.n nn
hla Hunk and ov. r-d h-m wit 1
fr.-i-ilon hlool.
In roiin.1 t)irl.-. n f'rn don foro.il Mr
i'oy to ill.- inpi-B nlihoul dimni'-. Mc-
i- i-an. ha. k vi-ry flint an. I a. nt In
thr.. Ii-ftn on III- fao- an-1 -.hn-.- right
on ilu- i-1.k ihui a r.'turn V hard
i.-ft on Hi,, wind mad.- i'r.-.d.'ii urunl
The . XkiI.iihI. r nixJii-d and JaH-.-d a
IkIU on llio lii-ad. Th." Kid muim n
hrnvy Irft on h.- h.-ad niilrh nil mil
ViIoh'h rritnltltn liaif around.
Itmind l.iurl. .-li "n m ni-:ivl. h i:
McCoy ihn-w him off uml fore, d him to
ihi. roptw
Mot My jiibla-J a boaullful left I
on tin- moil l h and atopped a lisid for nr
Ntoma. h Tin y i-xi haiiKi d tt-fl .tuha on j
fai-o lw. i-, and MoCov landi d n hiMvy ,
laft on rrt-iilon noar. whp-h wni cr-r-j
lon'a In-iid tu. k and ut inul hi .- ii
"lint;.
Iti:nd llf t.-rr,- t'ri "diin'K yc fl1 j
up wtih plnalrr and ho look d .iny-.hln j
mt -handriomi. ttht-ri hi- i-ani.- fnm hi;
ooriuT .Mii'oy pinvoklncly ki-pt Jiillni; i
ha l.l on tho momav-h, .irraann.Hly v. j
ryli hla taoti- with Jiiha In tho faor.
Ill ndvniitaiio of nnoh Aim too im-fit a
handicap for Creodoti. .M.-Coy in a rush ,
tippetctit him wrh a left on the face and
hook.il h rluhl on (ho jaw . tloornia n wheat, ha. Impnrten a mt oi liiiorma
(ee.lon In ihlf own cornrr. Cn- don took ion whlh wheat spunilntors for many
Ihe full time to R.-t up and thin olUu-hod.
Croedon wa very wenk when he went to
h)s corner and wa uni;bl lo respond
wh.-n the ironic runs for the b.-piniiim; of ;
th.. alxteenlh round.
Ohoyln-ski a.en sooIiik lhat hs man
wa hvnten. threw up the spoase
Hl'UNS DHFEATKD.
Porlland. Or., Dec. 17. !ob Hum wna
kt:coki-d otM in the fifth ro-md tonlt?ht at
ttio Olympic eltib by Fred Mailer.
I'I-.phw t.n.) vi:st.
plioenlx, Arix.. Deo. 17. -fit s locally
l.iirned that I'liaum-ey M. D. p. w and a
number of oilier Now Yorker will vtsjt
the Purine coast within a fin-tJilrfht, wth
the Intention of Inspecting tl.e new
Randsburg rallroiid In which Mr. Depew
s llminclally lnlnsto.L In Arlxona it i
undorstood the party will accept the hos
pitality of Tresldoni Murphy of the Santa
I'M, Present! & ipiiocnlx railroad, and wU
spend several day In Phoenix.
Will L! NOT Mt'KDF.U WRYLBil.
-Madrid. Doc. 17.-Tho man who wa
found the olh. r day n n ditch near Par.
gossa, with hands and feet tie! nnd
dressed na a woman, and who travel!
w nh (loimr.il Woyli r, has confessed tliut
he was tlid nunl dress "d n vom in' clotn
iiK by three member, of a secret society
btianse ho had failed lo nssns-Mnate flen-i-ial
Woylor. The latter says ho was
w'arnod of the plot and wa conscious
throiH-Jh the" tourney tihat he was lKng
folloiv-d by an assassin.
ALPHONSE DAI'DET.
Additional Fact in Regnrd to His Sud
den Death n Paris.
New York, Dec. 17.-The Fgar3, accord
ing to a special to tho Herald from Paris,
gives the fallowing additional facts about
the death of Alphonse Baudot, the a-ithor.
Al half pant 1 the whole family mt at
dinner, Mrne. 1ault, the two on, Leon
am l.lrfi, Mile. KlmnF Iliuld'-t anS
Mm. Allard. M-ne. Paudct't moUir. The
gathering w a merry one and there u
plenty of iOi.it and laughter. Suddenly
M Daud't ave a cry and his head fell
tm'k. Hn hiil fallen Into a ynop. It
waa ItKTi a iuW.r paiil 1. Kv-rythn
w;i lonr thai coulj ! Jon A rnMi-ifi-r
waa at once arni for Dta JII n'l'l
l" U Tourrc. Th family' ajmlvly iraa
-Klr'mn. f'W M, riwl' l i(iwi"l no Mfipna
ijf riv-riiif fomii'louBfi"!!. Hi- had
hwi rarrll (O Iwi. pal'- and alnKMt eold.
nn-l ' -HJt In vun thitt hia f iin-l afin
iilM lilm y num.". Afi-r a ffw mlnui'i!
of 'lr.-ilfjl aiiapriiart th1 i'rlfr nMch'?!
tlm Ihpijjii. .iri.l ih him ihr iiirnn- of ft,
CliiMhlM. ,j hy rr.i'T.-4 th- roum Iht
nil i iii.-fn ill - l-K-!nr' . iirnl f-ll on
h kn.. r-innr th-- iriiT for thr
il. ml Kvi-ry r-.imir(-i- t ari-np- win
(iil'.itl liici r- it;x t ion. -:roni r-ioraivM
wi- ii l!Tiiii"li-r'-i1, an-l , v-n an appll'-a.
i-n ut i-lf-iru'lty "-a" !ri'-l. iml II a
loo In)-. AI.hoiiiw lM i'li-1 waa d'ad.
- ,,.,, C'tMIIVAl r
INDIAN TREATY
CITING THE CNILDKCN
I fikon. An attianpt will toe made to .
; htlt thia p tur- throuKhout the owm
I try.
loittd St.tr Co.rta C.ixea Jariidictioi j Wh.-n Carr -w-.u. a prlaoni-r in rhe coun.
j ty il at Kansna City, the aamo p;irtoii
Over Triltt Sale nt liqiot I prauadM -him to recite hla Mary of the
rraaiklttd
IukoK.-. I T.. l.o I? -A treaty bo
tw.i n rhe r titJ Sr.)!t and the Seminole
n.uon ha le.i -om-lul-1 and lKti-d by
l)i !.). and Sin)lti.)le o.mnissloner.
It provide for lh nliotmon'. of the land
of tin- 8"ininui naiton ud a dlvl.n of
! t nur.i-v amiHiji ih
' tribal .tovorran.-n' ir
piiple, after the j
?xtlnKuht-d. Five:
!hun.W-fd tluwwi.i l dollar of tho funds of
jtlie nation t .i.i.t for n perminent
m hool fund fi-r . din- uion of Iho ohlld
! ron of m-milh-ra of Ih - tribe.
I All fund of th- n.'iion aro to 1- ds-
liurwed by a pen-vi appolntisl oy the oc
j rotary of in.- :it-rli- l.bor il pr.vjon
ilu mad- for l.in.W to be usi-d for ihuroh
land -honl purprt') by no:i..-ltix.-n.
i No ci. ll or minor il lo;.n -ire ts be
i valid iinl"a mad ' with the tubal piv
! ornnu-m mi l -i.n tin- oon-nt i'f the
I :i lot tea n1 the -erot iv of th interior.
The rn-d State eouru nf Ktvon nid.
'tlonul Jurl-fdjoilm ovr -.ho ni.nilor .if
the tribe and the 1 nj'.ed Milton . to pro
hiirii ih. .ntrn.li -'I in or handling In any
,,.,,,.,,,,,,. u,u,r In the nation
and I to m:K .in offirt to purchiiso yn..
nnn nori" f land from the Crook nutlon
for the S.-imln )1 . The treaty to be
bjnditit on the 1'nll. l State when r.itl
' lied by eonitroa nnd on tho Seminole na
j Horn, chon ratllb-d by i! Memvnl i-ouncl.
VI I BAT TO GO
May Hrai'li ll.W Soon aa tho Pmind lio-i-iinii
Mon Apparent.
C1iobko, P.v. lT.-iHirso It. French, the
nvovnli.il a-nnn of the I-ter intoresi
month have lx-en anxious to know, lie
also von t uml a prvdclon m the future
of Ma' wheat.
."Our wheat cosis us voi y near . oents,
Mid Mr. French, "and at lhat price we
think we can n(Tor.l to tiiko it n. par
for t, nnd see wnal it toohs line, v.ui
position, us wo have said rluht al.mp. ts
aimply that of merchandisers. As soon
as the -deficiency f .mpply and the urv-eth-y
of the demand become more ap
parent, I will not be a bit surprised to
see May wheal at $1.""
While Mr. From h would Riv no Infor
mation as to the size of the line of w-lniit
whlh he represents, ho said:
"We expect that all the wheat wo have
tuiiiKht w ill t- delivered to us.
A STI1ANC1K WEDDINM.
Kansas Ciy. Doc. 17. Jcs- Wall, a
young man well known n Independence,
killed himself a ye-ar ago btvause he could
not mianry 'Misa Leona Corder, daughter
of Jackson Corder, one of the oldest set
tlors ftf the town. Her parents had al
ways favored .I.H.Webb, a wealthy young
miui ef Lafayette roum. v. They Insisted
upon the nmriago when Mr. Webb asked
for 'her hand, and Anally she consented,
and the weiklin?,' was set for last night.
It was hivo boon nn elaborate uffair.
Miss Corder Im-iiiiii- hysterical and do
clar.il that she could not forgot Wall.
Ten o'clock camo and -the supper was
stvv.-O witilmut the prewmre of the bride
or groom, and It was finally announce!
that 'Miss Corder -could not leave iher room
and tho oereimony 'Woulil be performs!
I there. So. In tho po-wioe of only her par
ents nnd tho most Immediate relatives
of both. Mr. Webb sind 'Mss Conb-e were
! marled in her room.
PEACE RATIFIED.
Ath -ns. D.v. 17. Tho boule (chawber of
depnllos) has formallv ratlfl.-d fhe treaty
of peace signed on December 4, by the
representatives of the sublime porte and
Oreooe.
CARDS AT DUNBAR'S
AT A HANGING
Photographer Takes Pictures of the
Execution of Cirr.
WILL ATT KM IT AN EXHIBIT
A Ho Tnnk Hardcrcr'i Story oa a Paoio-graph-
Detail!) of Ike Horrible
Crint Committed,
LilH-rty. XIo.. P, i:.-Af:r Ohe excu
t(on of Wl!,im Oarr lolay It bf-oam
known that a thrifty photograph or had
hwn admlttxl to the rncloauro with a
rlr.mnticraj inahnt- and that he had
l-n pwnitted to photograph the clonlntc
ii)od.-nia of thl rovolunw tniscdy In all
tta horrlblf dotail. Tho mi'-hlne wa
In opi-ratlon fr-jan rh" momont Carr ap-(n-unil
In tho oncloJiiro until the body
j w.ia out down, and It oluiml ttiat on
tho film KiO f.- lonn. 1Si) pk-turta w.-ro
munler on a phonocrufaY
TPllll.-1n Carr'a crime was one of the
moat brutal and unprovoked In the tiinto
ry of the state. H(a capture .vnd execu
tion followed wth flttinat deopati-h. On
October 13i) last the boly of nolle Carr.
;he J-ye.ir-old cihld by tho munlrrvr's
flrt wfe. waa forund on a nandhar in the
Minoi)r rjver near Kans.u City. The
rrm'- remained a romplote myatMry untjl
Octotwr S, wtien cirrr wan arretted at hi
homr. He at flmt denied hl aruilt. but
when broiurht to Knnsa City to prevent
a lyn-hiiK. broke down nnd confessed.
THK POPIIjISTS RESOLVE.
Washington, p.'c. IT. A caucus of the
ppullat membera of the house wa held
at tho Naiioiml hotel last n-ht. The fol
lowing resolutions) were unanimous:?
adopted, exceptlns that Teferrintr to ivH
service:
That t i the sense of this cmciu thai
we wll nvlst all effaris to so modify the
exstnir cvil service law as to enable any
party that .may be In power to fill the
different positions i) rhe civil serve
with partisans.
That we art) oppo-d 'to and will resist
all efforts to destroy our greenback and
the treasury notes, whether it bo by dl
rtvt kslslation or by the subterfupe of
refusing to reissue the same except in
exohatwre for (told.
That we are opposed, to any scheme of
enlarKinK the jowers of national banks.
That wv oppose the cociferrincr of the
power to issue notes desiuned to have the
same functions as money to any bank,
corporntlon, or indlvidiuil.
Thitt we favor the early cor.siilerat'on
and passage of a Joint resolution recoK
nzim; the nd -pend-nce of the Cuban re
public. That we are in favor of the early pa,
suite of an equal but voluntary bank
ruptcy 1)111.
ST. IOl'IS CHAIN KLEVATOR.
St. Louis. Dec. 17. J. D. Kehlor has
resinned from the presidency of the Con
solidated Elevator Company, nnd Vice
President Henry S. Potter has been elect-
e-l to succeed him. Several chnn-s were
also made n th? board of dlreoiors. All
the ctnangcs r: minde Wednesday, but
kept quiet until tnnlcht. Mr. Keillor's re
signed Ixvause of illJnealth. Tlie East
St. Louis elevator Is now filled and grtln
has bivn pouring Into St. Louis In such
quantities since the cortior began lhat
one after another of tho elevators have
been opened until the company now has
upwards of 3.000.0PA bushels of grain.
FOPNTI GUI LTV.
Kalt Liike, Doc. 17. J amies .. Itaeon was
found guilty In the Unite! States court at
midnight of -making false entrh jn nts
reports to the i-onitroller of the currency.
when president of a bunk in this city.
He was found guilty on two counts differ-
nr only iteohnically. The neiiulty is one
to five yiNirs imprisonnictu. Bacon's pros
ecution grew out of Che failure of tho
lta-nk of Salt 'Lake, a private institution
of which he was president.
KILLED BY A MANIAC.
Oakland, 'Dec. 17. The police are con
vinced thnt Patrick 'Murphy of Tem.-scal.
who was assassinated on Wednesday. was
killed by Frederlek Uhl. a maniac, who
last night attempted to kill Edward Kear
ney nnd OwiRtahln C.ns Koch. The luna
tic Is now nt large ar.d is being searched
for by half a hundred men. He was once
an Inmate of an asylum, but had been
disoihiiared i c-ureVl. Last night he opened
the front door of his father's house and
fired a shot at 'Ed ward Kearne-y. who hap
pened to be walking past the place. Con
stable Koch was called to (he scene and
was -met at the door of fhe house by Uhl.
who fired at hm at such close range that
ha waj) Minded by -th powdor. Koch
tumbled and fell and win ahot al thr
time In rapid )ucceon, none of the
bullets taking effect. The officer went tor
aaalatance and In Che meantime fThl re
loaded h revolver and eBcaped. He waa
aenn near the muniwtd man' home a
hort itme befrre tha murder Wedni-ariay
night
CET8 ANOTHER FIFTT.
New Tork. Dec. 17. A apeelal to the
Hi-rald from Monte Carlo ar:
There gxi authority for the atate-
tnent that funher conceaalon of 50 years
have beet) granted to the Cadino company.
MARK TWAIN PAYING UP.
Nea York, Dec. 17. Th. World ay:
Mark Twain haa recently paid C3.W)
to Dhe creditor of the publishing firm of
W. L. Websfi-r & Co., In which he wa a
partner. He haa now pad Ta per cent Of
the oV-bt which tie conaldered himaelf jn
honor bound to make trood.
DOLE GOVERNMENT
WILL COLLAPSE
AND MOXAKCBT ISDtR BKIT1SB DO-t-
SAT10X IX HAWAII. I
tales tke IsUads Are Anexed by tke
tailed States. Is Xow the
rrnphect Aide.
grocery and -the Grand Fork Mercantile
. I company were burned and all the buId-
! Imrs on both aides of Third street for two
Vew York Dec. 17.-Tbe downfall of,ocl" 'nad uhed lc. Nash Broa.
the Dole gov'ernm?nt and the restoration i 1M-W v W
of the monariy. with Ka.ulanl. nelce of . "no about onef. and th. Grand
former Qi.) L,.iuknlan. re.?n,ng un-! C f f
der BrKtri. domination. . rhe future pre- J " t $175,000. All
dk-ted for Hawaii by the advocate of an- UW,RW J""5 sr.
nexa.ion In the event of the rejection of J1" "y' 1,U-
' . .... probably will not be rebuilt. The burned
the por-lime treaty by the senate, says
. ' . . , district 1 n the business portion of tho
the Washington correspondent of the i I. w .
, . , .. , . cty and the blow to bux nese a most
Herald. Leanlinff nxmb-rj of the set-ate . ' , , t ,
. severe one. Tha burned wholesale bulld-
commlrtee on foreign relations appear to , j .
..... , Imrs are valued at JloO.OnO.
bo unanimous n the opinion that when,
,,. W. W. Fepan. rholesa.l cigars; JOTin
the trety Is cnlled up. .t Is sajd. cv-1
.. , . . . .v.. -' Aus'ln. hair lenewer kUxratory: Itobeirt
dence will be furnish! to prove that '
. . ' Berm.h. ilrucs; and Peerless Machine
tiiere Is some sve-ret work noi goln? on
: comoanv ocounied store. The hofet loa
in Uiia direction. It 1 aller--a that tne
Hawatians now in this city to protest
against the ratification of the treary are
here n the interest of Kiaulanl. and that '
English Influence Is behind the movement, j
Members of the committee declare there j
is stroiiK evidence, more substantial than ,
this, to prove flmt the failure of the I M -
, .in...
ted States to take Hawaii means Euro -
pean domination over the islands. Just
what Khis information Is. memb-rs of the
committee decline to divulge, but the sg-
nificint statomenrt was made that when 1 . '
. . , . . ..,.-' Bovernor to Investigate the Indian trou
the facts wre brought In In executive t "
KLo ii i in X aAVM.nl buI. m a
..-.n f h- n:.te it would brln
the support of the treaty sev.-rt-J senators '
who are n-w on the other side.
It is on account of this -secret informa
tion in possession of tho committee that I
Senator Davis 'will oppose the discussion
il.. iitli. In rtn-n esstlon. tie Will in-'
. ., w .. , , '
sist on Its corvtjileration behind closed!
a i. ihi '
UIKll S itllU We will ."T ..u'".i . ... ...
proposition by all members of the com-
mittec.
ORDERS GIVEN.
War Department Takes Up Kondike Re
lief Expeditidn.
Seattle. Dec. 17. -Captain W. O. Robin
son, quartermaster of the United States
army of this city, today tweived the fol
lowing telegrams from Brigadier-General
Merriam:
"Vancouver Rarrroks. Dec. 17. Captain
W. O. Robinson, Seattle. Wash. Endeav
or to communicate peirsonnlly with per
sons arri'-'ins In Seattle who have come
recently from Dawson and ascertain tlie
conditio!. of the trail. Me supplies ana
the most prae-ticable route arael means 10
get supplies Into Dawson and the upper
Yukon country, and any other informa
tion pertinent. Report this by mail. In
form me by wire if any such persons
come to Portland. Merriam. brK-adltr-general.
eommunding department of the
Columbia."
Vancouver 'Ilarracks. Dec. 17. Captain
W. O. 'Robinson, Seattle, Wash. Please
ascertain and report by wire when the
next steamer leaves Seattle for Juneau
and also whetlher there s a.ny communi
cation by water with the mouth of the
Copper river. Merriaim. brigadier-general."
CHINESE LEAGUE.
W.ishlnirton Dec. 1".-The Chinese
Equal Rights Letigue of America, com
posed of about 9000 Chinese residents of
the United States, has submitted a memo
rial to congress in support of -the bill to
permit naturalization of Americanized
Chine.
F1TZSI.MMONS CHALLENGED.
Milwaukee. Dec. 17. Champion Pugilist
Fitxsimmons has received a challenge to
tishl from Kid McCoy, in case McCoy
defeated Creedort in tomorrow night's bat
tle. Fitxsimmons declares emphatically
that Jie haa retired from the ring and w(II
pay no attention to challenges from any
one in tho future.
AWFUL FIRE IN
GRAND FORKS
Hotel and Business Houses Burned it
Early Horning.
GUESTS PULLED OUT OF BED
Many litre. Voald Have Beci Lot Bit Tor
tie rrorapt Actir f the Tire
Department.
Minneapolis, Mltvn., Dec. 17. A apeclal
to the Journal from Grand Forks, ti. V..
A Are broke out at 4:30 o'clock Gh
moniln at Nash Broa.'a- wholesrale gro.
eery more, and by half an hour later had
gone into the Hotel Barker, whure nearly
a thousand g-uoata were housed. "The
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capea. and a ladder nmnlotr from the
tlxth floor to the first. The fire depart
ment reac-ued a larffe nrunrber, and but
f-r their thnely assistance hundred of
pei-sims -would haye been burnevl. Half
the people In th hotel were also pulled
out of bed and trien shown h only way
of escape, by the Iron ladders.
By 5:30 the hotel and NaSh'a wholesale
; u, , ., , ,.M
everythins. The loss will aarrregate $400.-
000 on stores, furniture, etc.. and $200,000
on the buildings totally destroyed, and
other losses will probably readh $100,000.
rNDrA.V TROUTSL.E3.
1
' The Game Wardens ot Colorado May Be
.
Arrested.
Denver. Dec. 17. N. C. Beaman, one of
toi"1" -
n tha vicinity of Lily park, has returned.
I He was accompanied by Joshua Wal
bridge, of Steamboat Springs, the second
momber of the commission. The com
missioners will make their report to Gov
ernor Adams, and from it the governor
will determine whether 'the Indians or
1
,ne gn-me wanMons were to blame for the
I killing. If the report shows that the In
dians were fired upon without provocation
arests will follow. If Hhe game wardnns
were Justified in shooting, the matter wH
rest where It Is, as far as this state is
oncemed.
THE MARBLEHEAD TO SAIL.
New York, Dec. 17. A special to ttie
Herald from Washington snys:
The Investlgattem of tihe condition ex
isting on Navaasa island, will be begun
by Commander McCall, commanding the
cruiser Marblehead, on Monday of next
week. t berng claimed that laborers are
treated in an Inhinn-jui manner. At tha
same time there no intention on the
part of the authorities to leave American
lmBIVt;rtJ. . Havtl unguarded. Orders
have b(NM1 Ssued t,y Secretary Long di-
rectlng the Detroit to leave Key West on
Monday next for 'Port au Prince to relieve
the Marblehead. The Marblehead will go
on the filibustering patrol until the De
troit arrives, wlhen the Marblehead will
be sent taPort au Prince. It is reported
that the 'Maine will be sent to Florida to
relieve the Detroit. There- is now no
doubt that the baittlejhip will be sent to
Florida waters to quet congress by ha,v
Inr a vessel near Cuba.
Royal
akea the food pare,
wholesome sad delldoau.
Fuvuiui
Absolutely Ptiro
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