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VOL IX.
IIOOD .RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898.
NO. 35.
Epitome . of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
In Interesting Collection of Items From,
the New and the Old World In
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
The Peoria, 111., water -works were
' sold under decree of court to bond
holders for $1,500,000. V
Destructive brush fires in the oolony
of Victoria, Australia, have done an
enormQUS'amount of damage,
In a fight over a game of cards at
Sandy Forks, Ky., eight men, all col
ored, were killed, and four 1 seriously
wounded.
- . W. J. Trenholm, former comptroller
of phe currency, has retired from the
presidency of the American Surety
Company.
Governor Budd, of California, has
ordered an inquiry to be made into the
mental condition of Salter D. Worden,
the 'trainwrecker.
' While at small arms practice at
Tampa; -Fla., four men on the oruiser
Marblehead were injured by an explo
Bion, two seriously.
Funds have been secured in London,
and three immense sugar beet factories
will be ereoted at Chicago, Marysville
and Red Bluff, Cal.
Mrs. Eliza Kohler, widow of a well
known San Francisco liquor dealer, has
made an assignment, with liabilities
Of $383,174; and assets, $323.7.35.
Since the serious illness of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, William K., his brother,
has become the actual dominant force
in the New York Central railroad.
The court martial of Captain O. M
Carter, whioh has been in session (at
Savannah, will sit (at , Augusta here
after for the. convenience of, witnesses
A Chicago syndicate, wi'rf $1,000,'
000 has purchased the 1,200,000-acre
Lopez ranch in Northern Mexico, which
has on it yaluable deposits of asphalt-
um. ' ' . . ' ' , .',
Amerioan sohooner George W. Whit-
ford has been ordered forfeited by the
Colon supreme oourt for loading a car
go at Porto Bello in violation of port
regulations. '
Charles MarBh, arrested at. Kansas
City for swindling J. F. Calhoun, of
Spokane, is the well-known confidence
man, known by the alias of Boston
Charley. . .
The Oakland, Cul., authorities have
suspicions that Joseph Raeside,' the
trainer, whose mangled body was found
alongside the railroad track at Shell
Mound, was murdered.
The board of experts engaged in con
sidering 1 and adopting standards " to
govern the importation of tea for the
coming year, has decided upon four out
of the eighteen standards. : , ' '
Sanford B. Dole, president of the
Hawaiian republic, has arrived at San
Francisco, eh route : to Washington,
where he will discuss annexation of the
islands to the United States. .
Ships Aryan, for San Francisco, and
Dirigo, for Shanghai, left New York
together, on . Friday. Heavy bets were
put lip by the masters as to.whioh ves
sel would arrive at her destination first.
Mrs. J. M. Farleigh, of Chicago, and
Mrs.;;Mary Miller, of Dexter, Mich.,
have started for Montana to lay claim
to an interest in the $1,000,000 estate
"of a deceased uncle, John D. Allport.
Edwin T. Enrle has brought suit in
the United States circuit court at San
Francisco against the Armour Packing
Company to recover $100,0000 damages
for violation of plaintiff's patent on a
refrigerator.
The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend in favor of the First
National bank of Helena, Mont.,' of 10
per cent. ',
The Western Union Beef Company
has sold 8,000 head of steers off its
Texas ranch to Clinton Anderson, of
, Wyoming, and will retire from busi
ness.1 t ' - ; ; ' , ,'
Ore assaying $852 in gold and $70 in
silver to the ton was discovered two
miles from Adams Springs, Lake coun
ty, California, and the district is wildly
. .excited.' . . , : '
George Dobbs and Mrs. Emelie New,
jointly indicted for the murder of the
latter's husband at Eureka, Kan., have
been convicted of murder in the second
degree. . - " '
Patrick A. Largey, president of the
State Savings baiik, and one of the best
. known citizens of Butte, was shot and
killed in the bank building by Thomas
J. Riley. s : , ' k
The Steer mansion at Nyatt, one' of
the best known residences along the
shore o, Narrniransett bay, Rhode
Island, was burned to the ground Sat-.
.urdaynigUt. ' ' : '.' ,
Art insaneman named Ramon Vivesa
created a sensation in the cathedral at
Madrid, hyV firing several revolver
shots. 1 He Tas arrested and will be
sent to an instne asylum.
Civil Enghuer A. G.Menreal, U. S.
N., will be brought to court-martial on
account of the iaulty character of the
work of construction of dry dock No. 8,
approved by him
CUBA'S TIME NOT YET.
House Refused to Take Up Belligerency
Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 20. Cuba had a
hearing in the house today, and for a
time it looked as though parliament
ary precedents would be set aside and
the senate resolution, recognizing the
insurgents as belligerents, would be at'
taohed as a rider to the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. :'
DeArmond, a Missouri Demoorat,
precipitated the issue by offering the
resolution as an amendment, but a
point of order against it was sustained.
DeArmond appealed. He urged the
Republicans, who had professed friend
ship for the struggling Cubans, to
override the decision of the chair as
the only chance of securing action' on
the proposition.
Bailey, the leader ,of the minority,
and other Democrats joined in the ap
peal. The excitement became intense,
but the appeals of Dingley, the floor
leader of the majority, as well as other
Republican leaders, to their associates
not to join in the programme succeeded
Colson warned his side that, unless
he was soon given an opportunity to
vote his sentiments on the Cuban ques
tion, he would co-operate in any revo
lutionary methoJ to seoure action.
The Republican taction kept to the
front the point that the minority was
seeking to override the rules of the
house, and they got every Republican
in the house, sustaining the chair., by
the, vote of 152-114. A Democrat,
Fleming, voted with them, on. the
ground that he could not violate the
rules. ' . -. '.
During the debate, Bailoy challenged
Hitt to give the house an assurance
that an opportunity would be offered
to vote on the resolution passed by the
senate at the last session, but he re
ceived no reply. :
Before the diplomatic bill came up,
the army bill -was passed.
Today's session of the senate was
brief. Pactically the only business
accomplished, aside from the routine
proceedings, was the passing of the ur
gent deficiency appropriation bill. The
measure, as finally passed by the sen
ate, carries $1,918,810. The Teller
resolution, providing that bonds of the
United States may be paid in standard
silver dollars, was! favorably reported
by a majority of the finance committee,
and notice was given that it will be
called up at an early date. An effort
was made to fix a time for the final
vote oh the pending census bill, but it
was abandoned until tomorrow.
Idemnity for Lynching.
Washington, Jan. . 20. President
McKinley today sent to the senate a
message with a report from the secre
tary of state relating to the lynching in
1895 at Yreka, Cal., of Louis Morena,
a Mexican citizen, and the demand of
the Mexican government lor indem
nity. The president says: s ',
Following the course adopted inv
the case or tne iyncning .pt the three
Italians in Louisiana, in August, 1896,
I have recommended the appropriation
by' congress, out of humane considera
tions and without reference to the
question of liability of the government
in the premises, the sum of $2,000, to
be paid by the secretary of state to the
government of Mexico, to be -distrib
uted among the heirs of Louis Mo
rena. The president also sent to the senate,
in response to a resolution, a report of
the secretary of state and the corre
spondence relating to the arrest in 1897
in Colombia of Harry K. Spring and
Charles W. Nelson.
Greatest on Record.
Washington, Jan. 20. According to
statistics at' the treasury department,
the value of , exports by the United?
States for the calendar year 1897 aggre
gated $1,100,000,000, " an increase of
$98,000,000 over any preceding year.
Another record was smashed with
the trade balance of $356,000,000 in
favor of Uncle Sam, the highest point
ever reached in the history of this
country. ' '
Exports for the fiscal year which
ended June 80, 1897, were $1,032,000,-
000, thus furnishing a third record,
for the top notch prior to these figures
was reached in 1892, when the exports
amounted to . $1,015,000,000. Bread
stuffs furnished the bulk of the expor
tation in every instance.
, Indian Appropriation Bill.
Washington, Jan. 20. The Indian
appropriation bill, as reported to the
house ' today, carries $7,727,204,
against estimates of $7,875,517. Of
the amount recommended, $270,000 is
reimbursable to the government. The
total amount for the support of Indian
schools, from other than the treaty
funds, is $2,574,540. For fulfilling
treaty stipulations $3,250,249 is ap
propriated. Bnough of the Sealing Question.'
London, Jan. 20. Great Britain has
again declined to reopen the sealing
question. It seems that her previous
refusal gave as its reason that while the
negotiations were pending between the
United States and Canada, Great
Britain could not reopen the matter.
To this the United States replied that
no negotiations were pending,, and re
newed the reauest, but the foreign
office sends its regrets that the govern
ment does not see its way clear to re
open the question. -'.'
FATAL AGCIDENT IN TUNNEL
Two Men Crushed Beneath
Rock and Debris.
RECEIVED NO WARNING OF IT
One Victim Is Dead, While the Other
Is Probably Fatally Injured The
Tunnel Impassable. .-,
Williams, Ariz., Jan. 20. An acci
dent occurred at the Fairview tunnel,
nine miles west of here, in which one
man was killed and one fatally injured
A number of others had an almost
miraculous escape. ;
Sparks from the engine of a passen
get train ignited the timbers in the
roof of the tunnel. A gang of men was
quickly dispatched from this city under
Foremen Matthews and Parker. The
men fought the flames all last night.
When the flames were jdl but out,
me men were aiarmea Dy a ioua crasn
In another moment a solid mass of rock
and burning timbers came falling down
Roadmaster Lyons and Foreman Mat
thews were caught under the mass of
rock and timbers. They were soon
taken out, but Lyon died in a few min
utes, and it is not believed Matthews
will live until morning.
No through trains will be able to
pass through the tunnel for several
days, as it is a sheet of fire from end to
end. Passengers are being transferred
around the mountain through the
OVERLAND TRAIN DERAILED.
Disastrous Wreck on the Southern Near
Colfax, California.
Auburn, Cal., Jan. 20. One of the
most disastrous railroad wrecks that
ever happened on this branch of the
Southern Pacino road occurred this af
ternoon about a mile above Colfax, the
accident derailing overland train No. 2,
going west. Trains are drawn over the
mountains by two engines, and it is
supposed that the front engine broke
an axle. The two engines were tele
scoped, and the baggage car thrown off
the track. "
vHackett, one of the oldest engineers
on the road, was killed outright, and
the body of his fireman, Lightner, was
found under the engine, horribly man
gled. Brown", the second engineer, and
his fireman jumped and escaped influry.
J. J. Burke, the express messenger who
had a miraculous escape at the recent
Reno wreck, was again favored, and
escaped with severe, though not serious
injuries. Many of the passengers were
badly shaken up, though none were in
jured. Two wrecking trains, with Su
perintendent Wright, are out from Sac
ramento, and a speoial train was made
up at Colfax.
The accident occurred just below one
of the most dangerous places on this or
any other railroad. At Cape Horn, the
angle is 45 degrees, and there is no ob
struction between it and the abyss
thousands of feet below.
NO SUBSIDY WANTED.
Pacific Cable Company Opens Negotia-
' ' tions for a Contract.
Washington, Jan. 20. James A.
Scrymser, president of th Pacific Cable
Company, appeared before the.. house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today to advocate a contract
with the United States, which, he said,
would not call for a subsidy, whereby
the oorripany would transmit all official
messages for $175,000 per. year for 20
years, from San Francisco to Hawaii,
China and Japan, with a proposition to
extend it to Australia for $75,000 addi
tional per year. He said that during
the Venezuela trouble it had cost the
government $5,000 fori, one diplomiAio
message, and no one knew what the ag
gregate expense was in this connection.
It would take 8,000 miles of cable from
San Francisco to Honolulu. , He was
sharply questioned by the committee as
to the monopolistic features of his
proposition. He said his company was
responsible, and had experience, and
would do what they proposed. .
TROUBLED THE WRQNG ONE.
One Indian Shot and Killed and An
other Wounded.
Walla Walla, Wash Jan. 20 -Word
has just been received from Wallula of
a shooting affray, which occurred near
that plaoe late this afternoon. From
the meager particulars received, it -appears
that, about 5 o'olock this evening
Indian Jim, accompanied by his son
and several other Indians, went to the
farm of William F. De Long, with
whom they had trouble, and ordered
him to vacate the premises. 'They
threatened to burn his house and com
mit other depredations. De Long went
into the house, got a gun, and, in order
to protect himself and property, shot
and killed Indian Jim's son and
wounded another Indian. When the
other Indians saw their companions
were shot, they hurried away. ; The
report of . the shooting soon reached
Wallula, and caused great excitement,
a mob organizing for the purpose of
pursuing the fleeing Indians.
Sheriff Elhng8Worth and ' Deputy
United States Marshal J. B. Wilson
were notified of the shooting at 9:30
o'clock tonight, and will leave early is
the morning for the scene.
BIG STRIKE NOW ON.
Over One Hundred Thousand Cotton
Operatives Affected.
Boston, Jan. 19. The fight between
employer and employe in the New
England cotton mills is on, and what
it will lead up to cannot be foretold.
The great corporations in New Bedford
are silent, and thousands of operatives
are idle, while here and there discon
tent has cropped out all day, the most
serious being at Biddeford, Me., when
8,200 persons refused to work, thus
closing two mills, and at Lewiston,
where one mill was crippled by 800
.weavers staying out. The general wage
reduction is estimated to affect 127,000
persons in about 150 mills.
Tonight finds the textile operatives
everywhere intently interested in the
New Bedford strike, for there the real
strength and endurance will come, and
upon the outcome will depend the ques
tion of an industial battle the entire
length and breadth of the New England
states. The chief point in this will be
discipline. From the point of view of
the millowner the New Bedford situa
tion is now a lock-out. Intervention
by the state board of arbitration this
week is hardly likely to be allowed, and,
no overt act on the part of the strikers
and no attempt to open a mill is expect
ed for a number of days. The New
Bedford strikers will receive strike
money from operatives elsewhere, but
the sum total will be reserved until a
protracted battle brings on want and
hardship, whioh the unions will then
try to relieve.
All the New Bedford mills opened at
the usual time. ' When noon came the
lights went out," speed stopped, over
seers and second hands prepared to
make everything snug, and mill gates
were closed indefinitely. The labor
unions did little work today except to
carry out plans of campaign which will
be developed only as fainthearted
weavers seek to return to work.
Of the other strikers, little has been
developed in them as yet to forecast the
future. All of the employes of the La-
oonia and Pepperell mill works in
Biddeford struck because they were
anxious to, while the weavers alone in
the Androscoggin mill simply took
matters into their own hands, regard?
less of other departments. These two
strikes, with identical- issues, will
serve only as minor fights along the
line, unless the strike fever grows and
they become the nucleus of a general
light in Maine cities.
One other minor fight now is at Bur
lington, Vt., where the Queen City
mills shut down indefinitely because
the operatives refused point-blank to
accept the reduction. The trouble,
however, began a number of days ago,
but reached , the acute stage today.
Taking today's events throughout? it
may be said that things came to pass
just as expected. It is the immediate
future which awakens apprehensions.
WORK BEING PUSHED.
Klondike Relief Expedition Will Not
Be Abandoned-
Wash i ngton , Jan. 1 9. Arrangem en ts
for the departure of the government
expedition for the Klondike are being
pushed. Under date of January 12,
Sifton, minister of the interior for
Canada, . wrote Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn as follows:
"Referring to the conversation which
passed between us on the subject of
furnishing an escort for your relief ex
pedition, I have given instructions that
a sufficient number of men be sent for
ward to Skagway for the purpose, and
I have no doubt they will be waiting
upon the arrival of your people on or
before the 1st of February. " ' !"
Sifton telegraphed the following Sat
urday evening:
"Ottawa, Jan. 15. My reports in
dicate no immediate danger of starva
tion at Dawson, but great necessity for
provisions being distributed between
Fort Selkirk and Skagway at various
posts. I believe ioe has formed all the
way through. Our provisions are be
ing pushed down by horses and dogs.'
I intend to keep supplies moving until
the waterways are open in the spring,
to avoid the possibility of disaster."
Eight Killed Over Cards.
Middleboro, Ky., Jan. 18. A spe
oial from Hynen says there was a fight
on Sandy Fork. Eight men .were re
ported killed, 48 follows: John -Wil
liams, Doc Wilson, Bob Colwell, Tom
Shelton,- Peter Barrough, Mark Paine,
Eli Howard and Abel Coombs, all col
ored. Sim Paine, Harry McComas, Ed
Martin and Lew Gossman are serious
ly wounded. Intense excitement pre-:
vails and further fighting is expeoted.'
The fight occurred over a game of
cards. The extraordinary bloodletting
began Wednesdacr, when a partv of ne
groes, who were playing cards, got into
a dispute concerning the wayhe game
was progressing. Drunkenness added
to the brutality of the' fight. - Four
men were killed, and subsequently the
fighting was renewed by friends on
both sides, until the mortality list is
equal almost to the casualties in a mil
itary engagement. The feeling aroused
gives rise to apprehension , of more
crime.
i ,
Seven Persons Drowned. . '
Colon, Jan: 19. A boating party,
consisting of United States Consul
Ashley, Dr. Haffman, the German
ooBnsul; Master Mechanic Mott and
four others are supposed to be drowned.'
The body of a boatman has already
been recovered. ' ' '
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Will Provide a Loan on Cer
tain Conditions.
CHINA AFRAID TO COMPLY
But Considers Offer an Advantageous
One France and Russia Would Make
a Strong Opposition.
London, Jan. 18. The Peking corre'
spondent of the Times says: Yesterday
Sir Claude McDonald, the British am
bassador to China, in an interview
with the tsung-li-yamen (board of for
eign control) stated that England was
willing to assist Cihna to liquidate th
Japanese indemnity, and would provide
a loan of 12,000,000, at par, to run
50 years, the service to be 4 per cent
net, including sinking fund, the condi
tion to be as follows: . .
First The opening of three treaty
ports, Talien Wan, Siang In and Nan
Ning, thereby increasing the customs
revenues.
Second A declaration that no por
tion of the Yang-tse-Kiang valley
shall be alienated to any other-power,
Third The right to . extend , th
Bnrmah railway through Hunan (the
most southwestern province in China)
In the event of her default. China is
to plaoe certain revenues under the con'
trol of the imperial customs. On this
basis, the negotiations will proceed.
China regards them as advantageous,
but fears the threatened opposition ol
France and Russia, especially to the
opening of Talien Wan and Nan Ning.
The Times, commenting On the re-,
port, suggests that Slang In, Which th
correspondent describes as in Hunan
province, is a telegraphic error, and
means either Siang Yang, in Hu Poi
piovince, or Siang Tang, in Hunan
province. . - " ' m
A BOY MURDERER.
Story of Unparalleled Depravity Comei
From Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Jan. 18. The body ol
5-year-old Percy Lockyar, who Is be
lieved to have been murdered Friday
night by 15-year-old Samuel Hender
son, was today found in the bottom of
"Reddie's" oreek, Sixtieth and Catha
rine streets, and there seems little
doubt in the minds of the police thai
young Henderson is guilty of the crime.
He is locked up in a cell at police
headquarters. "
The body of the child, when found.
was weighted by two heavy stones, one
at the neck and the other around hit
ankles.. His skull was crushed in, and
there was a knife-thrust just above th
heart and some wounds on his breast,
side and forehead, while on one side oi
his face was a long cut extending from
below the eye to the chin.
From what the police have been able
to learn, the crime seems to have been
I one of the most horrible charaoter, and
ii . all its details are true It stamps
young Henderson as a degenerate of tb
worst type. He does not seem to real
ize the enormity of his crime. Aftet
his arrest he admitted a knowledge ol
the knife-trust, but said it was due to
the child accidentally running against
an open knife, Henderson became
alarmed at this, and said he threw the
body into the creek. Today, however.
when shown the mutilated body of the
child, he admitted that he was respon
sible. for those outs as well, but persists
that it was an accident.
. , The police however, believe that h
planned the murder, and that he alsc
purposed ending the life of anothei
small boy, Willie Addison, aged 7
years. Henderson, it is claimed,. ha
been reading trashy-novels, and has
shown a desire to emulate the "heroes"
of these tales. The polioe assert that
Henderson accompanied Lookyar and
Addison to the woods, as he told yes.
terday, but, instead of any accident
happening to either, Henderson tied
both children to a tree. Addison broke
away and ran home. It was then, it
is said, that the Lockyar boy's deatli
was accomplished.
Dr. Morton, the coroner's physician,
who examined the thrust above the
heart," said that it caused the death of
the boy. The police searched for the
body during all of, last night, and it
was not until after daylight that it was
found. Henderson will be given a hear
ing tomorrow.
' A fact that has come out in connec
tion with Henderson's crime is thai
his father, John D. Henderson, was on
tjial in October, 1892, charged with
killing a man named Nason. The kill
ing was the outcome of a quarrel.
Henderson was arrested and pleaded
guilty to manslaughter. He was re
manded for sentence, but some time
later it was shown that the death was
largely accidental, and there was no
murderous intent. He was admitted
to bail and Is now a free man.
Disabled Steamer Driven Seaward.
St. John's, N. , B., Jan. 18. The
disabled steamer supposed to be the
Parkmore, that was lying off this port
last night, has been driven seaward by
the severe storms. Great anxiety it
felt for her safety. A tug went to
search for her this morning, but failed
to find her. Three other tugs are get
ting 'ready to sail at daybreak tomor
row. It is feared the steamer ia help-
LATEST FROM DAWSO..,
Twenty-Two K.ondikers Arrive on the
' Steamer Corona.
Seattle, Jan. 19. Twenty-two per
sons arrived here tonight from Dawson
City on the steamer Corona, bringing
with them a small amount of gold dust,
and drafts on the North American
Trading & Transportation Company and
the Alaska Commercial Company
amounting to between $800,000 and ,
$1,000,000. In the party was one,,''
woman, the only woman to come out
this winter. , The party consisted of
Andrew Oleson, K H. Jenkins, Leon
ard Sedgwick, E. Thomassini, D. Camp
bell, L. V. Grady, W. M. Kaufman,
T. E. .Brenler, , Joe Brand, H. C.
Bolong, Carl Hunt, Colonel Brosius,
J. J. Baker, B. Tragedio, Chris Nueber,
James Wardell, J. O. Berth, James
O'Brien, W. H. Welsh, H. T. Coffin,
11. L. Burt and Miss Lou Keller.
The amount of drafts brought down
represents the proceeds , of sales of
claims to the Cudahy, Healy, Vukon &
Klondike mining companies and private .;
parties. The largest individual amounts
were brought by the following:
D. Campbell, $180,000; E. H. Jen
kins, $125,000; i Leonard Sedgwick,,
$100,000; Andrew Oleson, $120,000;
T. E. Brenier, $46,000; Joe Brand,
$15,000.
In reference to the food situation at '
Dawson, tonight's arrivals corroborate
previous reports that, while food is
scarce, there will be no starvation.
They consider that it will be impossible ,
to get a relief exedition in at this sea
son of the year. "
Relief expeditions can easily reach
the foot of Lake Labarge, but the trou
ble will begin when the Yukon river ia
reached. The Yukon is filled from
shore to shore with great ioe ridges
from 10 to 20 feet high, the ioe being
thrown up in great blocks, and stand
ing at all sorts of angles. Men with
dogs can make their way by hugging
the shore, but no great amount of sup
plies Can be carried with dog teams. A
roadway can be cut through these ice
ridges, but it would require a great
amount of money, and it is doubtful if
the work could be completed before the
ice moved out of the river in the spring.
The proposed use of reindeer in this
country is considered entirely imprac
ticable. .
Heavy snow storms have occurred .
this week on the Chilkoot pass, and
travel baa been practically impossible .
for days at a time. Inspector Stuck
land. of the Northwest mounted polioe
stationed at Tagish, was delayed five .
days near the summit by snow and
Wind. '
A detachment, consisting of 80 men
of the Northwest mounted police, have
atmed at-Skagway. They were to '
have been stationed at different posts
in the interior, but, owing to the short
age of provisions, and the cost of trans
porting supplies," the detachment will
remain at Skagway for the present
HIS SATANIC MAJESTY. j
Indiana Parson's Son Played the Devil
In a Reallstlo Manner.
Chicago, Jan, 19. A special to the
Times-Herald from Bourbon, Ind.,
says: Rev. Jr. AiJtm, pastor ol the
Bethel church,' on Sunday night took
for his theme "His Satanic Majesty."
He is an eloquent man, and he painted
the arch-fiend in 'vivid colors. ,, At the
climax of the description, a being
dressed to represent a devil, with a
large head and switching tail, ambled
up the aisle, blowing smoke from its
nostrils and bellowing:
"I am the devil, and I want all of
you."
The audience became panic-stricken.
Men, women and children were hurled
to the floor and trampled upon in the
made rush for the door. In the confu
sion the stove was upset and the build
ing caught fire. ' Before the horrified
members had regained their senses, the
fire had 'made such headway that all
attempts to save the church were in
vain. ' .... : .
This morning George Aikin, son of
the pastor, confessed that he, in com
pany with other Doys, rigged up a devil
suit, and, knowing the subject .of his
father's sermon, concealed himself
and awaited the arrival of the. audi- '
TO STAND BY THE GUNS.
Two Additional Regiments of Artillery
Asked For,. ,
Washington, Jan. 19. In a com-
municaK'ni to congress today on the
care and preservation of the government
fortifications and their armament, Act
ing Secretary Meiklejohn calls on con
gress for an additional force of two reg
iments of artillery, imperatively re
quired to keep the guns and mortars
-throughout the country in good condi
tion, and to use them effectively when
required. He incloses reports of Gen
eral Miles and others on the subject,
and says the most practicable and eco
nomical plan having if! view the pur
poses for which the fortinoations and
armaments are provided, as to quarter
the artillery force by units of organiza
tion in batteries, behind the guns they
are to use', as far as the existing force .
will go, oaring for the remainder by
suitable detachments from those garri
sons. The present authorized strength
of the artillery foroe of the army is in
adequate to the proper care and preser
vation of thoir armament. -
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