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VOL. VII.
CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OIIEGON, Fill DAY, JANUAIIY 21, 1898.
NO. 45.
Ktrrd al tht Po,tngUx at Condon, Ortgm,
tamtl-elau mail mnltrr
ADVICES FROM SYDNtY.
DEATH IN A TORNADO.
GLOBE
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OFV1UIAI. IHKKCTOKV.
, United Stat
VIne-Prealdeiit....,
Henmiary nl Stale '
H'iwiry of Trmtattry ,
Biwretary ol Interior ,
Hanrewry of War ,
Secretary ol Navy
ruatiiiaainr-dvticritl,,,.,
Atmriitty-timierel , , ,
Beurtitary o( Agriculture.,,,
William MoK Inter
tiarrell A. Holiert
....... JiiIiii Sherman
Lyman J. ;kk
..CiinimIIiu N. llllai
....Muaattll A, Alnr
John 1). I.1111
Jkiii' A, Oary
...Jcntiph Mi'Katma
...JalliiH WUeoU
State of Oregon.
Governor........... . Wm. P. lord
Jkcretery of Stele... .... H. K. Klnrald
Treaatin.r 1'tiil. Metachan
Atorii.jyl(.n.iral , ..t;, M. Iilleman
Hupuol 1'nlillc instruction (i. ,M, Irwin
tanalors - 0,,0;,w.; "''"j1'1
... , II, W, Corhett
Congreaauien lv.--" Kl"
. . I- Ihoa. W. TotiKiio
fflnt"' W. H.Leeds
, . t ...... C. E. Wolverton
Supreme Judgei J f, a. Monro
(-. It. 8. Ut an
Seventh Judicial Illatrlot.
it W. L. Hrednhew
I ritatfuting Attorney A. A. Jeyne
Member ol Mate board W. C. Willi
flllllain Cnnntr.
Joint Senator f,,r Gilliam, Bhennnn and
Waauopouiilioa K. B. Dtiftir
ReprrKititntlve J, K. Pavld
;," .W. , Mariner
i1"'- H, N. Krawr
Bherllf W. L. Wllra.x
Treaaurer h. B. Marker
, Commltwlononi VV 'ffl"
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f r,'H'l Mupvrluutudulil - K. W, DnKKiitt
purveyor - JHily Hrown
BUicli liiiMjftor.., Kobort M. Johiiaon
. K. M. . Time :r.l.
Two paaK'ngop tralna both waya each day.
KANT Bul'MD.
Bpokane Kipr.a lca.- I'oriUnd dally al J:
. in., anil arrlvna at ArlliiKton at 7:1ft p, m.
Kaat mall leavra Portland al p. in,, and er
rlvt at ArliiiKlon at H i a. m.
wnrr aolD.
Kaal mall, via I'endlctun, Walla Walla and
Wellnla, arrlvra at ArllntiUiu at 2:1 a. m.,
anil at Cortland (la m.
1'orllanil Kipn-aa rrlvi at Arlington at :31
a. m., and at I'ortlaml at l :m a. m.
Fan ly Inial lo Kan Krani'Wn have )ifM re
dni'fidllrt raliln, atftiragv, liu-ltidlii
lnal ami Utlli.. TliroiiKb lu lti-ta are aoiil lu
AriiiiKion. r. V. IIIMiLK, Agiint.
JjK, ). 1. 1KMIAN
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and rli)ii ol n. V. NhutL
IW. DAKUMU
Attorney at Law,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Condon, Or,
fnllMllonnd Inniranre. Term reaaonatile.
OHIce In rvar ol poMoitk'e uullillng, Main .treat.
OlMtl.KY A DOIiySH,
, B, A. I. tiiirlvy, W, II, Dobytia.
Attorn 'ji and Oonaielorf at Law
Arlington, Or,
ViB. CnmmLalnm'r and Notary rudlln In
pffli-i, I'rai llid In all ilia atata and (li-ral
emirttul lir.'t'on and Waalilnglud. All kind
OIU.H. land and lifual bu Iom lrannutd,
.r.STAGE LINE...
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II. KKKI) it A. C. UUII.VIK, PKIlfKIKTOUH.
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M vlll(.'i!lmlli') 40 Hi, ii ud trip 7ii
Condon (:til imIUi.j, 3.ik) Hound trip no
l.i.m (. iiiIIb). t Kuim.l trip . t ut
Jlf (IV uille.) I.i'o kound trip ,. 2.S0
tap Ixavirn Arllnuton every mornlnirfRunday
pcit'il) k t a i x o'cliH'k; la due at Condon at I
p. m. and arrltM at FomII at 7 p til,
( onilorlulili' ooautitiautid carv(ul,txiHrlenct
drltcrn.
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I.OTTKHT 1JITFS TO AIX
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Ocean Steamera Leave Portland Every IDayt
SAN Fjuycisco.
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ew3 of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
n Intrrv.tlng Collorllon ofltomi From
in new and the Old World In
t'oiKloiiaed and ('oinprelmiialve Form
The control Ivi of the currency hut
Jiwlarod BtliviilonJ in favor of tlieFirnt
Natlonul bank of JUt'lcna, Mont., of 10
per cent.
The Field Colombian museum at
Chicago Iihii put in a aoriita of cuNta of
Pueblo Indians, clad in garmenU jur
ihniuid from Indiana.
County Joil(o J. II. Cariienter, of
Vlailimin, Win., has decided that a
ihild cannot be loyally ttdopted without
xnmunt of both parent", if living.
The WeHtern Union Beef Company
Jan gold 8,000 head uf ateera oil Its
Texai ranch to Clinton Andnraoii, of
Wyoming, and will retire from ImihI
aon. Uro awtaying (tS3 in (told and $70 in
lilver to the ton waa diHoovered two
mile from Adam" HpringH, Lttke coun
ty, California, and the dixtrict ia wildly
sxcitod.
(JeorKO Dobbg and Mr. Emelio Now,
Jointly indicted for the murder of the
latter, huiiband at Eureka, Kan., have
been convicted of murder in the neoond
degree.
Patrick A. Largey, president of the
State Having bank, and one of the best
known citizen of Butte, waa abot and
killed in the bank building by Thomas
J. Hiley.
The Steer manaion at Nyatt, one of
the bent known reaidenot-a along the
shore of NarnigaiiHett bay, Uhodo
Inland, waa burned to tho ground Hat
orduy night.
An iiiHane man naniixl Uamon Viveiia
orented a aeuaation in the oathtlrul at
Madrid, by firing aeveral reytdver
ihot. Ho was arreHted and will be
tent to an inmtne unylum.
Civil Knginecr A. O. Menreal, U. 8.
N., will be brought to court-martial on
account of the faulty character of the
work of construction of dry dock No. 8,
approved by hint.
The fipanii-h minUtcr of finance lias
abandoned the idea of floating a loan
on the guarantee of the Almaden quick
ail ver tuincH.
Tho mem berg of tho family and the
immediate frienda of Secretary Alger
are aeriouNly diattirbed about his ill
nous. Ilia phyHic.iani now fear tliat
he haa typhoid fever. General Alger
has been con lined to his bed for more
than three weeks.
The nmlo apinnora of Lowell and
New Boilford, Mann., were given per
mitution to Htriko by tho muUt Hpinnera'
onion, and an aHHesHuient of 25 oeuls
per week was levied on tho memlicrg
of the union. , Delegate representing
every mill center in New England were
present.
A dispatch to the London Mail from
Hong Kong Hays it ia reported there
that England, Japan and Hussia have
arrived al an agreement recpecting
Corea. The details of tho agreement
are not known to tho correnpondent,
bat the dispatch says the British fleet
ia returning to Hong Kong.
The Creek council, in gpite of the
message of Secretary Bliss, through In
dian Agont Wisdom, warning them not
to do a, has passed an act appropria
ting 130,000 to be used in employing
attorneya to fight tho constitutionality
of the act of congreaa giving the Uuitei
Slates courts full jurisdiction uftet
January 1.
, Franoia D, Newton, a prosperoua
farmer of Brookfield, Mass., It is wife
Ha rah, and their 10-yenr-old adopted
daughter, Ethel, were found murdered
in their beds. ' Tho crime wag discov
ered by neighbors, whose curiosity wa
aroused by the bellowing of unfed cat
tle. Tho three had been killed with
an ax. A hired man named Paul it
missing.
John Lincoln, of Bolsliow, Mo , hat
applied to the Marywville board of ex
amination for a penaion. Lincoln and
his sister, Mrs. Washington Hoshor, of
Marysville, wore aeoond oousiug ol
Abraham Lincoln. John Lincoln en
listed early in the 'CO'a iivt tho Fourth
Missouri und served in that regiment
for three years. He then enlisted in
the 13th Missouri cavalry, and served
to the end of tho war. Before he wit
finally mustered out he fought Indiana
on the plains for some timo,
Fred Lewis, a prisoner in the Seattle
city jail, committed suicide in his cell
by hanging himself with a pocket hand
kerchief, which was fastened to a hook
used in suspending a hammock. Lewis,
who was a waiter in a hotel, had a il it
on New Year's day with Joseph Khi.i,
the head oook, in which he struck
Kurta on the head with an icepick,
Inflicting a wound from the effects ol
which Kurtz died. , Lewis wan arrested,
but no formal charge had yet boon made
against him, pending the result t
Kurta' wounds. When the news ol
Kurta' death was conveyed to Lewis,
he showed great agitation, and a short
time afterward took his own life.
Recent ITappenlng In Australia and
the Mouth Men laland.
Pan Francisco, Jan. 17. The follow
ing advices arrived today per steam
ship Alamedu from (Sydney, via Hono
lulu:
A very severe shook of earthquake
was experienced over the whole of the
north of the island, and as far south as
Christ church, Ivew Zealand, Decern
ber 8. Its duration was from one to
two minutes, and tho vibrations were
from north to south.
A terrible storm broke over the Fiji
islands November 11 and again Decem
ber 18, the wind attaining a velocity
of 85 miles per hour for some time.
Heveral small vessels wore blown ashore
und wrecked. The Union Company's
steamers had a narrow escape from
fimilar fics, hut put to sea and crnised
about until the storm subsided.
The mountain tribes of Uoodenongh
Island recently attacked Thompson's
Station there, and after looting the
store, murdered four boys and speared
a number of other employes. The mag
istrate and a force of 14 armed police
visited the scene for the purpose of
avenging the murders. .
At the Macquarie islands, December
6, four men were drowned by the acci
dental swamping of their boat.
The bark Loongnna, which arrived
December 14, brought the news of the
drowning of Brother Bernard, a mis
sionary, and 18 natives, neur the Gil
bert islands. The missionary's party,
in three canoes, struck a shoal and all
were lost
As a result of a conference between
the ministers of agriculture of the vari
ous colonies, a trial shipment of apples
and pears will be forwarded to London
in tho near future.
Reports from the country districts of
Victoria show that the cyclonic storm
of November 18 did immense damage,
scores of buildings being blown down,
and many persons being injured.
December 8, Jack Griffiths, of Cobar,
who held the world's record, and Pro-
ft-Hsor Bax, ol New Zealand, engaged
in a club-swinging contest for the
world s championship at Newcastle.
Two-)Miund clubs were used, and, ac
cording to the conditions, the evolu
tions per minute were to be counted.
After both had swung the clubs for 40
hours continuously, the match was de
lured a draw.
Percy Cavil), upon his return to
Sydney with the mile ami five-mild
championships of the world to his
credit, was accorded a reception by the
swimming association. McKun, a New
Zealand amateur, roeontly ran half a
mile in one minute 50 seconds. No
vember 20, II. Craemer established a
new world's record for the mile walk
at Auckland. His time was 6 minutes,
27 3-5 seconds. -
CAUGHT BY A CAVE-IN.
Five Men Kntomliert In a Tannel
Near
Anaeonda.
Anaconda, Mont, Jan. 17. At an
early hour this morning tho discovery
was made that five men were entombed
in a tunnel which the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company is constructing for
water-fluming purposes under a bluff
about half a mile beyond tho city
limits. - A large quantity of powder,
which had been carried into the tunnel
for the use of the night shift, was ex
ploded by some means now unknown,
wrecking the face of the tunnel, which
is alKiut 180 feet long, and resulting in
a slide of earth, which closed the tun
nel completely at a distance of about 40
feet from its entrance. From the mo
ment of the discovery of the accident,
diligent effort has been made to reach
the miners, concerning whose fate the
deepest anxiety has been felt. At 10
o'clock tonight, those engaged in the
rescue work felt sure that tho noisogot
the "miner's signal" reached them
from within tho tunnel.
It waa proposed to drive a three-inch
pipe through the mass of earth that
had filled the tunnel. This plan was
followed and a 20-foot length was suc
cessfully driven. A second section wag
attached, and, to the joy of the anxious
spectators, it penetrated the mass of
earth.
Immediately, at 11 o'clock, commu
nication waa established with the im
prisoned men. Four of them were re
ported alive and well and one dead.
The work of reaching them is going
on vigorously. The men through the
improvised speaking tube, reported
that they suffered neither thirst nor
hunger, but they wanted candies. It
is not learned how the explosion oc
curred. Mew Canadian Mining Lawa.
Washington, Jan. 17. In a few days
the treasury department will make
known the details of tho arrangements
recently concluded with Canadian
Minister of Intorier Sifton respecting
the transportation of goldseekers and
freight to the Klondike. It is learned
that the Canadian government is about
to issue new customs and mining regu
lations for that region.
.. Ordered to Egypt.
London, Jan. 17. The morning pa
pers announce that the first battalion
of grenadiers, now at Gibraltar, has
been ordered to get in readiness for ser
vice in Egypt Tho other line bat
talions are under similar orders.
There is evidence of preparations for
an important oampaign.
Henry S. Laynor's Exper
' ience in Thibet.
WAS DISFIGURED FOR LIFE
Three Pay Without Food or Water
-IIe 'fteeared Valuable fhotographe
of Natlvea Mode of Torture.
London, Jan. 17. The Daily Chron
iole, in a description of the experiences
in Thibet of Henry Savage Landor, the
artist, 'who narrowly escaped death at
the hands of the Thibetans when en
deavoring last autumn to reach Lassa,
the capital of Thibet, says:
"Ilia valuable diary and notes, in
cluding interesting photographs, was
only interrupted when Mr. Landor
himself was under torture. One of
these represents the scene of torture of
a native companion, tied naked to a
tree and slashed and bruised by a cir
cle of hideous beings dancing around,
jeering at and taunting their Victim.
Another photograph, taken after tbe
rescue, shows two unrecognizable men,
all the hair burned off their heads, the
skin lacerated and seamed with burns,
and in place of tbeir eyes two ghastly
slits.
"Mr. Landor lost one eye. The
Thibetans repeatedly held white-hot
irons so close to the eyes of their cap
tive) as without touching them to
shrivel and wither them. Mr. Landor
was rescued when nearly dead, after be
ing three days without foul or water,
by a party including Mr. Wilson, Mr.
Larkin and Kasak Singh Pat. nephew
of the rajawar of Askote, who had
heard from the natives that a white
man was doomed to be beheaded in the
interior of Thibet. Mr. Landor had
almost lost bis reason. After three
hours' attention he regained sufficient
consciousness to say where he bad con
cealed his camera. They had a photo
graph taken of the savages cowering in
terror ol the avenging whites.
"It is not probable that Mr. Landor
will ever be well enough to return.
-FORT SMITH STORM.
The t,lat of Dead Number Forty-Three
About Seventy Injured.
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 17. The la
test official death list shows a total of
43 lives lost in the tornado which swept
through Fort Smith Tuesday night.
Not less than 70 others are injured, a
large number of them seriously, and
several are expected to die.
The work of removing the bodies
from the ruined buildings progressed
today, live new names were added
to tho list of the dead. Two bodies
were dug from tho ruins of the Smith
block, from which 11 hud previously
been taken.
The full extent of ' the storm may be
comprehended from the fact that 85
miles northeast of the city a quantity
of tin roofing from Garrison avenue
buildings was found. A woman was
taken from the ruins of the Burgess ho
tel today, and was identified as Mrs.
Ida Innis, of Elm Spring, Ark. Her
brother is missing, and it is believed
his body is still buried in the ruins.
Business in the devastated districts,
where the buildings were only partially
damaged, was resumed today. Ladies
of tbe city are at work distributing
food and clothing to tbe needy. The
relief com mi ttee.com posed of prominent
business men, finds difficulty in hous
ing the sufferers. One hundred and
fifty buildings were demolished, and
will have to be rebuilt to accommodate
tbe people. Or ton and Wright, two
of the dead, were Indian territory
farmers, and had just stepped into the
Smith building for shelter.
Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Little Hock and other cities wired
readiness to lend aid if necessary. The
number of dead will not exceed 50.
Vanderbllta In roaaeialon.
New York, Jan. 17. The oontrol of
tho Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company having been obtained by the
reorganization committee of the Union
Pacific, the Vanderbilts are now in vir
tual possession of a through transcon
tinental line. The New York Central
is the first road in the combination
from this point. At Buffalo it con
nects with the Lake Shore for Chicago,
from which point the chain is carried
on to Omaha by the Chicago & North
western, and from there the Union Pa
cific, the Oregon Short Line and the O.
K. & N. Co. lets the line to Portland.
All these roads are Vanderbilt roads,
and the total mileage is 13,430.
Negotiations Suoaeaaful.
San Francisco, Jan. 17. A cable
gram from London announces the suc
cess of the mission of Willard E.
Greene, who recently loft for Europe
in the interest of the boot-sugar syndi
cate which has been negotiating for
lands in the Sacramento valley. Satis
factory arrangements have been maae
to secure the proper persons to culti
vate the beets. Contracts have been
signed by which 150,000 acres of land
near Chioo, Marysvillo and Red Bluff
have been secured, and the work ol
erecting three immense sugar factories
will be started at onoe. The syndicate
has a capital of 115,000,000.
Fifty Uvea Loet la atorm at Fort
Smith, Arkanaaa.
Fort 8m ith, Ark., Jan. 14. Nearly
50 human lives and upward of $1,000,
000 worth of property were destroyed
by a terrible tornado which burst upon
this city a few minutes past 11 o'clock
last night The storm struck near the
national cemetery and tore its way
through the entire city, leaving its path
reeking with death and desolation.
Men, women and children sleeping in
tbeir homes were, without a moment's
warning, awakened to meet death in
the fearful storm, while others who es
caped the fury of the wind met a far
worse fate a few minutes later in the
flames which soon engulfed many of the
wrecked buildings. Tbe list of dead,
as far as can be ascertained, is as fol
lows: ;
Silas Mincer, prominent young mer
chant; Harvey Ruttledge, negro; Mary
Timmerman; two unknown men from
Burgess hotel; Jose Griswold, tailor;
John Martin," of Madison county; J. B.
Riley, of Madison county; George Car
ter, fireman at the Grand opera-house;
James Smith, jr.; Mr. Gray, wife and
son; At'as Jones, Frank LeFevre, Etta
Kies; Mrs. Milt Burgess, proprietor of
Burgess hotel; two unknown men, died
at St John's hospital; J. M. Foutz,
farmer; two LeFevre boys, Milt Knap
ton, sr., Mrs. Milt Knapton, Joe Lucas,
negro; Ed Ferriil, a butcher, and his
two little children, Irene and Roy;
Frank Richardson, restaurant-keeper;
John Adams, carpenter; Mrs. Charles
Man ver; . Ritter, gardener; Mrs.
William Lamson, Louis Senecal, Mrs.
Holden, John Badt, farmer; Mrs. Mag
gie Sbeeban'g infant; D. Woehl, butch
er; James Smith, clerk; Mrs. Jones.
The scene after the first crash of the
storm was terrible. Business blocks,
handsome hotels and bumble cottages
weie razed to the ground and scattered
in shapeless masses. Several of the
wrecks caught fire, and the inflamma
ble timbers burned furiously. The city
was crowded with, rural visitors, many
of whom were sleeping at boarding
houses, unregisteied. For this reason
the number of victims who perished
may never be definitely known.
The storm struck the city near the
national cemetery, and swept its way
through the heart of the town. Leav
ing Fort Smith, it bounded by Van Bu
ren, and continued down the river, de
molishing everything in its path. News
from outside points is not yet at hand,
but rumors of much damage as Jar south
as Alma have reached here, it being
reported that a number of persons were
killed near that place.
In Fort Smith the tornado struck
Garrison avenue at the corner uf Ninth
street and made a clean sweep from
there to the Texas corner. Many store
buildings were demolished and the
stocks of goods ruined. Sixteen busi
ness houses on the street were badly
wrecked.
The upper floor of tho block on the
corner of Garrison and Towson avenues
is used as a flat. Tbe ruins caught fire
from the night lamp. Seven bodies
were taken from these ruins, two of
them being so badly burned that they
ald scarcely be identified.
Burgess hotel, a three-story brick, on
Towson avenue, was demolished.
There have been eight bodies already
taken from the ruins. Rescue parties
are still at work at both places, and
expect to find several more bodies.
The federal court is in session, and
that brought a great many farmers here,
who crowded the cheaper boarding
houses and wagon yards.
The National house, a two story
frame, went down in the wreckage with
15 inmates, but all escaped withont
serious injury.
George Carter's house was one of the
first struck, and it was turned com
pletely over, and is now supported on
the roof. A half pane of glass was
driven through Carter's body, almost
severing his head from the trunk.
The beautiful national cemetery is a
wreck. The huge trees are uprooted,
the lodge demolished and the walls torn
down.
Fort Smith's $50,000 high school
building, the finest one of its kind in
the Southwest, was badly wrecked, but
was one of the few buildings on which
there was tornado insurance.
The tornado destroyed two historic
buildings. Judge Parker's residence
is badly wrecked and the old Reotor
mansion, where Allen Pike passed his
days, is a pile of ashes, the ruins hav
ing caught fire from a lamp.
The First Baptist church and the
Central Methodist church were razed
to the ground, are now only a scattered
pile of kindling wood. The church of
the Immaculate Conception and
Brownscombe Memorial ohurch lost
their spires, and sustained other dam
age. Argued for Hawaii.
Washington, Jan. 14. Senator
Chandler, of the committee on naval
affairs, today secured the passage of
the resolution asking the secretary of
the navy to furnish a list of native
members of the navy corps, together
with those at sea, on shore duty and on
waiting orders. At 12:15 the senate
went into executive session. Davis
oontinued and completed his speech on
tbe Hawaiian question, and was fol
lowed by Senator Allen, of Nebraska,
in opposition.
Washington, Jan. 14 The house
today passed the urgenov deficiency
bill, carrying $1,741,843.
s
President Asked to State Pre
cautions Taken.
WOULD PROTECT AMERICANS
Penaion Appropriation Rill Reported
Canary on Immigration BUI Agri
cultural Bill In the Home.
Washington, Jan. 15. Senator Can
non of Utah, today presented the fol
lowing resolution to the senate, and it
was adopted:
"Resolved, That the president is re
quested, if in his opinion it is not in
compatible with the publio interest, to
transmit to the senate at his earliest
convenience a statement showing what
measures are in force by this govern
ment in the island of Cnba and in the
waters contiguous thereto to protect
the live3, liberty and property of
American citizens now dwelling in
Cuba." ,
Among the other measures reported
to the senate today was the pension
appropriation bill. It was placed on
the calendar.
At the close of the morning business,
the immigration bill, the unfinished
business, was taken up, and Caffrey of
Louisiana was recognized for a speech
in opposition to the measure. Caffrey
said: .
"The pending bill is as mild a form
of antagonism to immigration as con
ditions will permit. The educational
test is of no very stringent character
so far as the test is concerned. It is,
however, the beginning of a new de
parture. From the foundation of the
government we have invited the hardy,
adventurous people of the Caucassian
family to our hospitable shores. Tbe
grand transformation of this continent
from the wigwam of tbe savage and
the lair of the wild beast to the
myriads of homes of a happy, industri
ous people, bas been the work of white
immigrants; yet we are about to smite
the hand that bas upbuilt us; to give
a sting to gratitude.
"Many whose ancestors are foreign
born are now clamoring for restricted
immigration. It is just and proper to
hold this continent against the Mon
golians. The exclusion of Chinese is
justified by a wise policy and by the
principle of retaliation. Tbeir doors
have been closed to the world, but
their arrogance and selfishness are not
the role for wise nations to play in the
world's grand theater.
"Not to admit to this country Irish
men, Swedes or Italians who cannot
read or write is Chinese, not American.
No danger to our institutions has evei
arisen from admitting immigrants who
cannot read and write. This govern
ment is the outgrowth of the labor of
countless immigrants, who will be dis
qualified by the pending bill. He who
is vigorous in body, sound in mind,
honest and industrious is a good citizen.
No imruiyf-ant, not a pauper or insane,
diseased or criminal should be turned
away from our shores."
At the conclusion of Senator Caffery '
speech the senate at 12:20 P. M.. ou
motion of Chairman Davis, of the for
eign relations committee, went iuto ex
ecutive session.
Senator Frye made a most spirited
speech in support of the Hawaiian
treaty, urging upon the senate the im
portance of accepting the islands while
opportunity offered, and denouncing as
folly any refusal to embrace the oppor
tunity. In the Haute.
Washington, Jan. 15. The house
today entered upon tiie consideration
of the agricultural bill. The bill car
ries $3,332,403 being $135,500 in ex
cess of the amount for the current year.
Wadsworth, Republican, of New York,
chairman of the agricultural commit
tee, explained that the increases were
due to a constantly growiug demand
for inspections of meat and meat prod
ucts for export.
Under the latitude allowed for de
bate, Williams, Democrat, of Missis
sippi, submitted an extended argument
in favor of the establishment of the
postal savings bank system.
Representative Dearmnnd, Democrat,
of Missouri, sarcastically commented
on Hanna's election and the telegrams
of congratulations sent him.
Mahoney, Republican, of New York,
replied to Dearmond. He recalled what
he termed the victory of Democratic
bosses in the Chicago convention in
1893, when they forced the renomina
tioa of Cleveland over the protests ol
the state of New York. The result
was that he had been repudiated by hit
party, and had gone out of power un
honored and unsung.
. Cannon, Republican, of Illinois, also
expressed gratification that the majority
and political decency had triumphed in
Ohio. Here the incident closed.
Exploalon on the Marbtehead,
Washington, Jan. 17. Commander
McCall, of the United States ship Mar
blehead, reported to the navy depart
ment from Port Tampa that while at
small arms target practice yesterday
four men from the Marblehead were in
jured by an explosion, two very seri
ously. The injured were i-emoved to a
marine hospital near by. No details as
to tbe cause of the explosion are given.