Washington County hatchet and Forest Grove times., July 08, 1897, Image 3

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for
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.
M*U°a st l «r
'’ “ " p ‘ » " „,
" t **.«u»od
Grant*
Finance Committee Suffer
Defeat Three Times.
Me 1 son\vas^execnted u "~ U,n,,el w -
baptized
rilTE
bv
*'HUJPal church and
PINE DUTY CUT IN TWO
g r . , k l n e U p o f I’ » r t y L i n o * o n
(ttk 8ld«n o f l h ® U h a m b o r —T h o B i l l
prat'll*'*1
C o m p u te d .
,
,a vory nmoh affected bv the
trtfhiiigt»». JulT » . - T h e finance
;ttee suffered several unexpected
during the progress o f the tar-
toll debate today, being defeated on
"important votes. Cotton bagging
""placed on the free list, 30 to 25,
* those in the enclosed space the
cotton ties also, by a vote of 28 to
The duty on white pine lumber S ' h°fUie yard la «ell filled. The
8 1 feuc® ar0l>ntl the scaffold is so
-reduced from (3 to $1 per 1,000 by
constructed that a good view of the pro-
»ote of 32
31-
The amendment on pine occasioned vl?, 1Mg8| Ca“
had trom the main
ya tl and street. About 500 people wit-
- greatest surprise, and led to general neased the execution.
-king up of party lines on both sides
Rev Dawson went'into the jail at
"be chamber. During the early
H.46 this morning. Melson made a full
-sof the debate, the duty on luni-
confession of |tbe crime. Sheriff Hiatt
"Tncluding pine, was placed at $2,
warrant at 9:40, and at
r a protracted contest. Today, Tel- in n o n
10.0.1 Rev. Dawson prayed his last
* turned to the contest, and moved
prayer .
place white pine lumber on the free
At 10:01 Sheriff Hiatt and his depu­
f The amendment was defeated by
ties, with Melson, ascended the scaf­
ie vote of 32 to 33, four Kepubli-
fold. When asked if he had anything
.„-Baker, Carter, llansbrough and to say, Melson said:
aj—joining with the Democrats,
" I am guilty of killing Perry, and
diets and silver Republicans in
am sorry for it. May God have mercy
^affirmative, while three Democrats on my guilty soul.”
Cgacon, McEnery anti M artin— voted
Melson was perfectly composed and
jib the Republicans in the negative.
calm, lie bid the sheriff good-bye,
Following up this close vote, Mantle
anti at 10:13 the drop was sprung. M*el-
-red to reduce the rate on white pine
son s neck was broken and death was
; $2 to ♦ 1, and it was carried by a
instantaneous. At 10:22 he was pro­
•ioritv of one. Two Republicans—
nounced dead by the physicians and cut
ker and Carter— voted with the
down. He will be buried in the pau­
locrata in the affirmative, and three
per graveyard at the expense of the
¡¡¡ocrats—Bacon, McEnery and Mar-
county. He wrote a long letter to liis
p_»ith the Republicans in the nega- wife yesterday.
jvs.
The bill is now completed, with the
Story of Melfton’fi Crime.
option of the reciprocity section and
Grant’s Pass, July 5.—In March,
se comparatively minor paragraphs. 1896, Charles Perry disappeared from
progress was made today in the Waldo copper mine, near Waldo,
iing up detached paragraphs hereto- Or., where he was employed and was
ipaMetl over. Only three of these known to have had considerable money
a! tar, potash and tea— remain, so with i him at the time. Inquiry by his
it these items, the reciprocity section friends for several months failed to dis­
I the brief internal revenue and ad- close his wherabonts, and fearing that
jnistration provisions are all that re- he hail met with foul play, a search­
•inof the bill to be d isu sed of before ing party was organized on August 25,
: final vote is taken.
and after two days’ travel in the Sis-
kyou mountains, the party found the
T a r iff K i l l In t h e H o u s e .
body of Perry in an old well near a de­
Washington, July 3.— When the tar- serted mining claim. There was a bul­
reaches the house after it has let wound in the right side, and on the
the senate, it is not probable ground near by was shell from a 41-
st there will be an attempt to oppose caliber Colt’s revolver, which the bul­
motion which will be either direct- let taken from the wound fitted. With
by Chairman Dingley, or by the op­ this evidence the party returned to
tion of a special order, to disagree to Crescent City, Cal.
It was learned that while at the cop­
senate amendments and send the
to conference. The Republican per mine Perry had often been told by
isrs will avoid debate. Mr. Bailey, L. W. Melson, his friend, of a fine
leader of the minority, said today mining prospect between there and the
would not oppose a motion to get coast in the Siskiyou mountains, and
blil into conference, provided the that Melson left the copper mine on the
.publicans would agree to a reasona- day of Perry’s disappearance. He re­
time for debate when the bill is re­ turned next day and went to Crescent
tted back to the house. He thought City Cal., saying that Perry had gone
it three or four days for discussion at to Waldo.
Melson began spending money freely,
t time would be sufficient. The
her of conferees to be appointed on though previous to that time he was
If of the house nas not yet been de- known to have been possessed of very
1, nor the political division, but limited means. It was also learned
i conferees, as usual, w ill be the that Melson had sold a revolver which
iking members of the committee from proved to be the one from which the
acb side. It is believed possibly that bullet found in Perry’s liody had been
ire will be seven conferees. The po- tired. In his possession was also found
division may be five and two, or a watch which proved to be Perry’s.
Melson was placed under arrest at
r and three. The Republicans of
house committee, in their ranking 1 Crescent City, but it was ascertained
ler, are Dingley, chairman, Payne, that the murder was committed in Ore­
liell, Hopkins, Grosvenor, Russell, gon, and the prisoner was brought to
Hirer, Steele, Johnson, Evans and J Grant’s Pass, Or., for. trial. He was
, and the Demorats, Bailey, Mc> convicted and sentenced to death May
illin, Wheeler, Robertson and Swan- 14, 1897. The evidence throughout
the trial was conclusive kof Melson’s
I guilt.
Melson was almut 42 years old, and
ar m y o f
delegates .
I came to the Pacifift coast from Ken-
kstwird M o v e m e n t o f t h e C h r i s t i a n j tacky 12 rears ago, locating in Clatsop
eountv, Or. He went to Del Norte
K n d eavorers-
county. Cal., about four years ago.
Denver, July 3.— Since early morn­ where he was married, and where he
ing special trains loaded with delegates leaves a wife and two children.
to the Christian Endeavor convention
Melson’s wife did not visit him dnr-
itove been rolling into the union depot ! ¡ng his incarceration, and expressed no
of this city. The Gulf road began dis­ 1 desire to see him, but wrote to him fre­
patching trains around the famous quently, saving that she was not sur­
looP” in the mountains at 6 A. M., prised at the verdict of the jury. She
Md thousands o f excursionists made expressed very little sympathy for him,
tkis delightful trip. Twenty special i but requester! him, if guilty, to never
htins were sent west over the Denver confess his crime on account of the
A Kio Grande railroad today, and to
S children.
,
toorrow 50 trains w ill be dispatched on
Charles Perry, the victim, was 60
’itotline. The Colorado Midland will vears of age, and came to the Pacific
*i*> handle a large number .of extra coast two years ago from Connecticut,
•bins.
where his wife and seven children now
Abroad men estimate that 10,000 reside. He was considered a sober and
P^ple arrived in Denver from the East industrious m am _________
today, and most of them are en route
to«t to n ig h t.
Indian* Drnnk Painkiller.
Brainerd. Minn., July 5.— Five In-
The Traffic T h r o u g h N e v a d a .
dia„s, including Chief Wffi
Reno, Nev., July 3.— Superintendent dead at Malone’s Point, on Mille La *
.right, of this division, is here mak- Uke 'and several others are expected to
as the result of drinking pa.«kilter,
tof arrangements for Christian En- r
~*Tor traffic, expected next week. hair oil and other preparations contain-
¡yto®n«l Wright said it would take 50 in8 alcohol. Indian payment has been
? „ nn there and the redskins gorged
r**®* of 10 cars each to carry them.
*“*y will run about 46 minutes apart,
« tl-
* « • » **■
*®d to avoid accident, trains will run taught from Malone’s trading p o £
**1® station to station, that is a train The*Indian riders are scouring every
toMisg Reno would not be followed by Part of the
j***her section until the preceding one
**“ Passe,| Verdi. A ll freights will be
” ®*kned. It is expected trains will to blame for the deaths.
passing Reno some time Monday
It has been^computed that between
j‘ ~TDOOn' F ifty big mountain engines
3 6 ,^ .0 0 0 and 37,000,000 babie. arrive
*0 crews will be sent from Sacra-
®®oto Wadsworth Sunday.
each year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ------------
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T l a - p u t« W o r k s C l o s e .
^ J n T v T -A ^ S t w d a r d dis-
^•rvon, Ind., July 3.— A ll the tin-
••Works in the gas belt, particularly
Anderson, Elwood, Atlanta, Gas
and to the snl-
T*od Montpelier, closed thismorn- ish forces in
' ‘® toll the districts governed by the
tan on the gro
wj|| be unable
of the
hi,r E ^
.b -c
*J®®*** M i n i s t e r M a y H a R e c a l l e d .
J***go. July 3.— A Times-Herald
from Washington says that “ r All the human b e in g T ^ t
k jB ospi, the Japanese minister, i» , could find standing room » P « «
“
to be recalled at an early data.
DUU
H Hit HI 1ER
CLOSE CALL
T h ir ty
FOR JACK TARS.
M eu H c iM e d o n B o a r d
M o n it o r P u r it a n .
o f th a
New York, July 6. — Thirty men nar­
rowly escaped death in the boiler-room
of the monitor Puritan. That they
were not scalded to death is due to the
[ presence of mind of one of the crew.
The Puritan is moored at the foot
EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH of the main street of the Brooklyn
| navy-yard, and has been undegoing re­
pairs to her boilers. The repairs had
* • « G a t h e r e d In A l l t h e T o w n * o f been completed anti the men were only
O a r N e ig h b o r in g
S ta te * I m p r o v e -
putting on the finishing touches at the
ment Notad In All Iaduatrtaa—Oregoa. time of the explosion. Orders had been
VT 'I r v i 1 s n new
o m
o 1.
L 2 —
J
— I
7 . , o » o » t o
t a L o 4i . o
m l t v e f Vtn Kill l o a n
given
to start
the fire i i under
the boilers,
Mayville’
church
is said
to L— be
the handsomest one in Gilliam county. and get up steam, so that both engines
Ben Ross, of Gordon Creek, recently and ¿boilers could be given a thorough
turned out 65 railroad ties in 10 hours. test, as the vessel had been ordered to
There is quite a demand for home­ sea for target practice.
Engineers were in the engine-room,
steads in Lane county by intending set­
giving instructions to firemen. There
tlers.
was suddenly a slight hissing sound of
The Siuslaw agricultural society has escaping steam in the room, but the
decided to hold a fair at Lorane hall, men continued to work. Then a sharp
on October 15 and 16.
report and a flood of hot water and
The Western Union has received in ■ team from one of the boilers started
Astoria 125 miles of wire for the new them to their feet. In an instant the
line to be constructed between Astoria j room was filled with steam that was so
and Portland.
dense the men could hardly see.
When the burst of steam came from
A rock-drilling contest for f250 a
side has been arranged to take place at the boiler August Wilson, the boiler­
Sumpter between men of the Bonanza maker, in charge, ordered the men to
get out ot the room. Wilson was the
and Rachael mines.
Joseph, in Wallowa county, has long last to get out, and while he was trying
been without a saloon, but the council to find the entrance to the engine-
at its latest meetng voted in favor of rooms Chief Engineer Cowie, of the
Puirtan, who heard the report of the
granting a license.
explosion, rushed into the room. Cowie
It is said that grouse and sage hens
made several attempts to get to the
will be plentiful in Grant county this
valves, but was held back by Wilson.
year. The season has been favorable
When the steam was nearly exhausted
for their hatching and rearing.
the valves were closed, but not until
The Dalles has the firemen’s tourna­ Cowie had been burned about the head
ment this fall, anti the enterprising and neck. The injured were attended
school board is talking of delaying the by the ship’s surgeon.
opening of school a week on that ac­
Tiie cause of the accident was the
count.
blowing out of the crown sheet in one
The steel cells and all necessary ma­ of the boilers. It was a miracle, the
terial for making the interior of Grant officers say, that none of the men were
county’s jail secure have arrived in- killed or greater damage done to the
Canyon City and are being put to­ vessel. As it is, the monitor will have
gether.
to remain at the yard for some time,
Five United States fish onmmission- so the boilers cau be put in trim.
ers will soon visit Pelican bay and Har­
BAD FOR WORKING C L A S SE S .
ney lake, to make an examination of
those waters and see what the chance
A S e r io u s L a b o r P r o b le m N ow C o n -
is for putting in fish.
fV oiiiS C h i l e .
There were shipped by the O. R. &
New
York,
July 5.— A special to the
N. Company during the past shipping
season 18,300 crates of strawberries— Herald from Valparaiso, Chile, says:
an increase over last year of 3.300 If the government does not soon take
crates. One-third of the shipments steps to better the condition of the
working classes throughout Chile, there
were made to Montaifa markets.
will be a dark, despairing outlook in
An Astoria paper says the fact that store for them. The Heraldo here says
the British ship Duchalburn was una­ the closure of the engineering estab­
ble to secure but about 1,500 cases of lishments will cause others to follow
salmon for England when she expected and leave more than 1,000 working­
to have had 10,0000 cases is good evi­ men’ s families exposed to hunger. It
dence that the price of salmon is on the adds that this may cause the paralyza-
rise.
tionof several nitrate establishments in
In 1891 the state of Oregon brought Tarapaca province, throwing 1,800 men
■uit against Baker county for hack in the streets and causing the stoppage
taxes amounting to about (14,000. A f­ of all building work throughout Chile.
ter fiye years of litigation Referee B.
Workingmen are preparing to hold a
F. Bonham, appointed by the supreme monster meeting next Sunday to pro­
court, has rendered his findings to the test against the delay of congress in
effect that Baker county must pay all discussing the reform customs tariff
but about (3,000, barred by the statute law, which has been submitted to that
of limitations.
body. The workingmen will also pro­
test against the idle political discus­
W a s h in g to n .
The Ferndale cheese factory has be­ sion in congress on the resolution c f
the government railway directors to
gun operations.
order five locomotives from the United
Cosmopolis shipped 49oarsof lumber States after having promised to protect
East within one week.
the national industries.
Mange is prevalent among the range
C o u l d N o t L.ÍTO A p a r t .
horses in Garfield county.
Guaymas, Sonora, July 6.— A sensa­
The Ellensburg cheese factory is
making between 500 and 600 pounds of tional double suicide has oourred here.
Señor Clodomiro Maytorena, a widely
cheese a day.
known and popular young man, had
A circus is gladdening the hearta of
been engaged for some time to Señorita
the small boy* throughout the Big
Ampora Ynigo, the daughter of an
Bend country.
equally aristocratic family. Another
LeRoi Mining Company, of Spokane, suitor found more favor in the eyes of
declared its fifteenth dividend. The her stepmother than did young Mayto­
dividend is (25,000.
rena, and the latter was notified to
Terry Clancey, section foreman near cease paying his visits.
Buckley, was struck hy a freight train
This led to clandestine meetings, and
and probably fatally injured.
when a mutual friend attempted to in­
A number of the offlicals and in­ terfere, a personal encounter resulted.
mates of the state penitentiary are sick For this the young man was about to
with tonsilitis, but the epidemic is not be arrested when he took two pistols,
one in each hand, pressed each to his
feared.
Judge Richardson, of the superior temples and fired two balls, both enter­
court, for Spokane, has decided that a ing the brain. When the shocking
person cannot be incarcerated to b* news was conveyed to the young lady
she took poison, and is reported to
held as a witness in a trial.
have aiuce died.
The receiver of the Central Wash­
ington estimates that that road will
A C o l l e c t i o n o f I v o r ie i i .
haul at least 1,600,000 bushels of
San Francisco, July 5.— John L.
wheat from the Big Bend this fall.
1 Bardwell, of this city, lias presented to
Senator Wilson has telegraphed to i Golden Gate Park museum one of the
friends on Gray’s harbor that the ; largest collection* of delicately carved
amount of the appropriation for the ivories that can be found in the Unit-
Gray’s harbor jetties is (350,000, and ed States. There are 700 pieces in all,
not (300,000, nor (400,000, as baa ranging in value from (25 to (1,000
been published.
each. They represent every conceiv-
State Grain Inspector Wright is con- ! able kind of animal anti vegetable life,
sidering the advisability of making with protecting gods and goddesses.
provisions for inspecting corn importa­
W ill N ot G iv e U p T h c s l y .
tions from Eastern states. During the
London, July 6.— A dispatch to the
last year large shipments of corn have Times
from Constantinople dated
come in, because the low price of that Wednesday says: Tewfik Pasha will
cereal compared with oats, which was announce to the ambassadors of the
not subject to inspection. The inno­ powers tomororw that the cabinet
vation is proposed both for purposes of maintains the indefensible right of
revenue and to ascertain the amount Turkey to retain Thessaly by virtue of
of grain thus consumed.
conquest.
Because of the cloudburst on Mill
T h e E ffo r t F a ile d .
creek, in Walla Walla county, the fish
Washington, July 5.— The Republi­
are dying by hundreds. They come to
can managers of the tariff bill have
the surface of the muddy water, appar­
been making an effort on the floor of
ently suffocating, and in a few minutes
the senate to secure a unanimous agree­
leave the water entirely to die by the
ment to take a vote on the tariff bill
hundreds, on the rocks, too exhausted,
tomorrow. The opposition declines to
evidently, to return to the stream a foot
agree upon any date until the proposed
or two away. The dead fish are thick.
amendments are in. The Democrats
They are fine ones, too, many of them
say they hesitate out of caution to pro­
being 12 and 14 inchee long.
vide against a possible surprise.
B. W. Holloway, a Friday Harbor
W ill N ot H * * ( .
jeweler,*a man of 28, dropped dead in bis
office. The physicians found on exam­
Colfax, Wash,. July 5.— John Leon­
ination. that an artery had been rup­ ard the murderer of Jacob Malquist,
tured. Six weeks ago he took out a j will not lie hanged today, his case hav­
life insurance policy for ( 2,000.
ing been appealed to the United States
Judge Hanford has issued a dercee supreme court.
Leonard was taken
permitting the treasurer of Okanogan Spokane, the officers fearing mob vio­
county to turn taxes into the salary lence.
The fear seems to have been
fund. Previous to this the county offi­ groundless.
cials'had received no pay since last Jsn-
On a globe 30 miles in circumference
nary, the sheriff even being compelled
it wonld tmket he strongest microscope
ta board and care for the prisoners at
to find a mao were be redued propor­
bis own risk.
tionally.
A Resume of Events in the
Northwest.
j
m
DEMOCRATIC DELAY
WEYLER w a n t s
W ill
THEY ARE HOLDING BACK THE
TARIFF BILL.
T h e R e p u b l i c a n * A r e l i n i n g A l l In T h e i r
R o w e r to K e e p t h e B ill M o v in g , b u t
T hey
A re
In
th e
M in o r it y
K e u a te .
E. F. PtktoNs, Special Correspondent.
In
th e
more
m en
D e u iu n d S ix t y T h o u s a n d
t lo n f i ! T r o o p s .
.
Add!»
New York, July 6.— A dispatch 1»
the Jonrual and Advertiser from H*>
van a says:
General Weyler will require at leaat
60,000 more troops to conquer the eaet-
ern provinces and hold them for Spain.
Colonel Garamendi, a member of W a l­
ler's general staff, and private socre
tarv to the commander in ohief, will
go to Matlrid this week, the bearer at
confidential dispatchee to Premier Caa-
ovas and the Spanish war department,
in which the demand is made for CO,-
000 additional recruits.
\11 regular t-cons that can be epnmd
from Pinar del Rio, the western tro-
cha, Havana, Matanzas and Santa
Clara districts, are being concentrated
at Sancti Spiritus, where Weyler has
directed the immediate organisation of
14 columns, at the head of which hm
w ill try to drive Gomez across the new
trocha and invade Puerto Principe
province, where Calixto Garcia’s force#
are said to be massing.
Weyler expects a great pitched bat­
tle when he meets Garcia, the result ef
which may be the turning point in tba
war.
Should Weyler's army meet
with defeat, Spain will then be ready
to listen to President MoKinley's offers
of intervention. If Spain wins, aad
Garcia is routed, Weyler will assume a
magnanimous lole, proclaim general
amnesty, and offer the Cubans complete
autonomy and full personal and polit­
ical guarantees under the Spanish flag.
Should these overtures be refused, it ia
predicted that the war of extermination
will be waged to the bitter end.
El Commercio warns the government
that agents of the American sugar
trust are now in Cuba buying up all
the best plantations, and urges Weyler
to prevent by special decree foreigner#
from buying or holding real estate
here in future.
A syndicate of New York men ia
said to have repersentatives in Pinar
del Rio, purchasing tobaooo estate#
with a view to controlling the leaf mar­
ket.
Acting on the British consul’s ad­
vice, Miss Wilberforoe, the English
Red Cross representative, has aban­
doned her original intention and de­
cided not to attempt to reaoh the Ca­
ban lines. She will confine her work,
to the government hospitals in thn
! cities and towns.
A Manzanillo dispatch reports that
the Cuban chief, Jesus Rabi, is dead.
Washington, D. C.— That the tariff
bill has not passed before the end of
June is the fault of the Demorcats and
of the Democrats , only.
This fact
might just as well be knoa'n now, aud
plainly understood. So I propose to
give you in this letter the words of one
ot the most distinguished and experi­
enced members of that body, whose in­
tegrity of purpose, good judgment and
fairness of expression are well known
the country over.
“ 1 hope the people of the country
understand,” said Senator Cullom, as
he closed a weary day of tariff discus­
sion, in the senate, “ that the silence of
our side of the senate is simply for .the
purpose of ecoonmizing time and get­
ting this bill through as soon as possi­
ble.”
“ Then it is not because of lack of
matter with which to reply to the argu­
ments and charges being made by the
Demncrats against the bill?”
“ Not at all. On the contrary there
is ample material with which to an­
swer their arguments and every charge
made by them. But the pressure on the
part of the people for action on this
bill is bo great that we have deter­
mined to let nothing, so far as we are
concerned, stand in the way of the ear­
liest possible action upon it.”
"T iie pressure from the people for
action on the hill is unusually great, is
it not, senator?”
“ Yes, more so than I have ever seen
on any occasion of this kind. It is not
surprising, of oonrse, that people who
have suffered as ours have, under the
depression and blighting influence of
the present tariff law should be anxious,
very anxious, for its instant repeal and
the substitution of the protective sys­
tem under which the country was so
prosperous for so many years. But it
seems that they do not realize the em­
barrassment under which the Republi­
cans in the senate are laboring. It
seems to me that if they were to stop a
moment and oonsider the fact that we
are in an absolute minority in the sen­
ate, that our hands are tied, and that it
is with the greatest difficulty and
diplomacy that we are able to oommand
or obtain a sufficient number of votes
THE FOREST RESERVE.
for the protective theory, they would
not be impatient, even under the dis­ R u i n a n d R e g u l a t i o n s P r e p a r e d f e y
tressing circumstances with which they
C o m m is s io n e r H e rm a n n .
are surrounded. It has seldom if ever
Washington, July 6.— Muoh atten­
happened within the history of the
tion has been paid recently by the gen­
country that a tariff was enacted when
eral land offioe to the preparation a t
the two branches of oongrees were not
rules and regulations applicable to tba
controlled by one party. Here we are
government of the various forest re­
with the Republican party in te senate
serves, and Commissioner Hermann baas,,
in the minority, trying to pass a pro­
' now formulated theae for the approvM»--
tective tariff b ill.”
o f the secretary of the interior.
*
“ Then it is the Democratic party and
Prospecting, looating and developing
its leaders who are responsible for de­
mineral resources and forest reserven
lay in action upon the tariff bill in the
are permitted. Lands for sohoolboneen
senate?”
#
‘ and churches are provided and watery
"Absolutely. Had not the hands of
for domestic, mining, milling and irri­
the Republicans in the senate been
gation purposes are also allowed. Con­
tied, the bill would have been upon the
struction of wagon roads is anthoriaed
statute books long before now. The
and the right of way acroae reserves for
Republicans have worked in season and
irrigating canals, ditohes, flumes and
•ut of season to hasten action on this
reservoirs is permitted.
bill.
They have laid aside every
Minearl lands of the forest roeervea
other consideration. They are consid­
are subject to location and entry under
ering various items of the bill, schedule
mining laws in the usual manner.
by schedule and paragraph by para­
Makers of mining locations are autbor-
graph. in Conference and caucus, and
' ized to fell and remove from their
before the finance committee, day by
raining claims any timber growing
day outside of the regular hours of
thereon, for actual mining pupwesa
the session and daring the hours of the
upon their particular olaim. Free non
session are depriving themselves of the
of timber is allowed to bona fide set­
opportunity to answer the oritioisms
tlers, miners, residents and prospectora
made npon the bill and upon the party
fdl- minerals, for firewood, fencing^
simply for the purpose of gaining timu
and hastening final aotion. They • r* buildings, eto.
sitting in their seats, quietly, in re­
T h e N ew T rea su rer.
sponse to the demand of the people that
Washington, July 6.— Secretary Osgn
nothing shall interfere with prompt ao­ has appointed a commission to examine
tion by tiie senate and there is no oth­ tha books of the present treasurer, D l
er way by which they can hasten the L. Morgan and to count the money in
final vote. The Democratic members, the vaults. This is an enormous un­
recognizing the fact that the Renpbli- dertaking and will employ about 100
cans in their anxiety to hasten tiie pas­ persons, including expert counters and
sage of the hill are omitting to answer their
assistants, for about
three
the false charges made against the bill months. Most of thia time will be
and the party are proceeding to pile up taken up counting the vast storea at
the groundless attacks and charges, set­ \ silver.
ting up straw men and fighting them
Mr. Morgan’s bondsmen will not be
for the purpose of making cheap polit­ relieved until the oount is oonclndad
ical oapital, and here we must sit and and ail the money in his charge buee
listen to these false charges made, and been fully accounted for.
be unable to respond to them simply
Though Mr. Morgan received
because of our loyalty to those who are his predecessor about (700,000,000,
demanding prompt action and com­ will deliver to Mr. Roberta about (M
plaining because it has not been had 000,000 more than that sum.
before this time. They ought to under­
stand that the Detmocratic leaders and
B a d A c c id e n t nt C h ic a g o .
party are persistently and unnecessarily
Chicago,
July 6.— Five men were in­
and maliciously delaying thia benefi-
oent measure, in order to permit their jured this morning by the explosion at
alliss, the importers, to fill the ooun- the engine of an incoming suburban
try with foreign goods and at the same train on the Chicago A Northern Paci­
time to embarrass and pile up false fic railway, while the train was going
charges against the Republican party.” at full speed between Morgan Park i
“ How soon do you expect to see the One Hundred and Thirteenth
stations.
bill pass the sentae?”
The injured are: John Fogg,
“ I hope soon after the end of the
present month. The leaders on the eer, terribly bruised and scalded;
Democratic side do not make any prom- ably fatally; John Latshaw, fireman,
iifee as to when they will per.r.it it ‘ jo crushed and scalded; will die. Three
pass. They talk about the first week men, names unknown, residing at Blaw
in Jnly, hat they have been making Island, bruised; will recover.
The train was the suburban express,
promises of that sort from the begin­
ning, as everybody knows, ststing that consisting of five coaches filled with
they wonld not delay the bill unnecee- passengers. The explosion was
aerily, aud yet they go on talking and for miles. The engineer and fir
wers thrown 50 feet. The cause at the
talking into the air indetflnitely.”
explosion is unknown.
The Democratic senators who have
been scolding because sugar-trust stocks
i.snderson, Ky., July 5.— When aa
advanced 6 per cent in value while the old trunk was opened in the home of
Republican tariff bill was under consid­ Joseph Melton, in Union county, the
eration evidently suppoeed that the father fount! his two little girls lyiagia
country would torget that sugar-trust it, smothered to death, Laura, 1, and
stocks advanced 56 per cent in value Jennie, 6. While their parents w m
while the Democratic party, under absent the children had been playing
their individual leadership, was consid­ “ hide and seek,” with three other tote.
ering its tariff bill in the senate In W hile esarnhing for a good hiding
18M.
place the tern evidently thought of an
Twenty-seven members of the pree old trunk in the cellar, crawled ink* it
and oloaed the lid. A spring loek made
ent oongrees are of foreign birth.
I it aa air-tight tomb
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