THE RECORD-UNION.

SACRAMENTO. WEDNESDAY MOKXIXGr, MAY 30, 1894.-SIX PAGES. WHOLE ISO. 16,415,VOLUME LXXXYII.-KO.84.

COLORADO MINE TROUBLES.

Both Sides Exerting Every Effortto Increase Their lumbers.

STRIKERS BECOMING BOLDER AND

MORE INSOLENT EACH DAY.

Demeaning Themselves in an Over-

bearing Manner and Exacting Con-

duct on tlio Part of Inhabitants

That is Little Short of Abject Servi-

tude—Belief That the Question Can

be Settled Only by a Terrible Con-

flict.

Snwlal to the Record-Uxio:*.cum.!: Crsrk (CoL). May 29. —There

has been no change in the situation here.Deputies, whose numbers are increased to

000, are still in camp. -The deputies andstrikers are still keeping at a safe dis-tance from each other. Both sides are ex-erting every effort to increase their num-

bers, tho strikers using, in some in-stances, loaded Winchesters as argu-

ments. The strikers become bolder and

more insolent every day. All daythe smaller towns are completely sub-jected, and some demonstration has beeumade at Cripple Creek. There is nothing

manly in tho attitude of the strikers.Vastly outnumbering the male portion ofthe population, and being heavily armed,they have confiscated nearly all the lire-arms owned by individuals. Consciousahke of their own strength and of theweakness of the inhabitants, they con-duct themselves in an overbearing man-

ner, and exact conduct on tho part of theinhabitants that is little short of abjectservitude.

To-day a party entered Mound City audat the point of Winchesters forced two iunion men who believe in the union, but j

who do not believe in carrying arms inviolation of the Jaw, to join them.

Tne impression is here that this ques- jtiou can be settled only by a terrible con- i

liict, and th« people anxiously await theend, whatever it may be. Mauy dire Jrumors are atloat. Out) is that the miners \intend to capture prominent CrippleCreek citizens aud hold them as hostages.

To the credit of the strikers, itcan bo ;said that in some of the camps they haveclosed every saloon and placed guards i

over them.The strikers now expect to be attacked I

from three different parts, and have [massed their forces at Duil Hill. The two jprincipal approaches have been under- jniiued, and a large quantity of dynamite .placed, so that by means of electricity the 'mines can be exploded lrom the fort.

PODB SI RIKKRS KILLED.Cripple Creek [CoL , May 29.—A re-1

port comes from Victor that tuo strikers!attempted to disarm a miner, when ho ishot and kiiied lour of them.

ARBITRATION AT AN END.Desv.br, May 29.—Governor Waite j

has decided to go to Cripple Creek to in- [vostijfttte tho situation. All hope ofarbi- ination is at an end. Sheriff Bowers washereto-day, but he did not see the Gov- jcruor. liv said he would enlorce tue j

it Cripple Creek ana pat tho mine-owners in possession ot their property. |More deputies are being mustered here, \u25a0

and Galling guns have been ordered iromChicago.

Almost at tha last moment GovernorWaite decided not to go to Cripple Creekuntil to-morrow morning. it is be-heved hu is afraid the deputies will kid-uap him.

MORE MIXERS QUIT WORK.Denvkk. May 29.—Immediate trouble

with the miners at Kouse and Waisen-burg has been averted. To-day 200 min-ors at Kouse ijuit work and joined thebody ol striKers aud the party, "JOOstrong, moved out ofthe district.

OFFER ro SETTLE THE STRIKE.Harrisburg, May 29.—A committee

representine the coal miners of the .Mid-land 1 enasylvania bituminous coalfields had a conference with Governori'atlisou at the Executive Mansion,which lasted until midnight. At its!close tho Governor informed the cone- jupoudent of the Associated Press that hebad written to James White, the leaderof the striking miners at lioutsdale, asfollows: "Aver a conference v ith theoperators of Central Pennsylvania theya:e willingand oiler to pay tho highestv> ages in the competitive districts of theUnited Males."

Pittsbtjbo, May 2!».—At a meeting ofcoal operators here to-uight a committeeor ten w;:s appointed to formulate a pianfor the settlement of tho strike. Thecommittee has full power to act for theI'itisburg operators, and can settle for thedistrict at any price they may determine.DESTRUCTION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.

I'Ni'j.NiuWN (Pa.), May :J!>. — Thethreatened raid on the Kyle plant aid nottake place to-day. At the Murphy mineiasi night the (urikers cut loose a numberoi cars and they were badly wrecked. Alarge section <>i track was also torn up.

CITIZENS r.NDKK AKMS.

La s.vli.k .Hi. . May 29.—One hundred\\ inchcsiers and several thousand roundsof ammunition arrived to-day for thec iti/ens' Protective Association. ColonelBennett, 1. N. *>\u0084 received orders to sendtwo companies of milii** to Wenona to-day. A special train was made up, andwhile ihc troops were getting aboard atelegram was received stating that therioters had lied. The police found themissing Pole, iiirkowski, who, it wasteared, had tieen murdered as a spy, con-cealed in a neighbor's house.

RIOTERS FXKEXL

Ottawa i 111. i, May _*».—The six Hunsa;ui Italians on trial for participating inthe riots on Sunday last, at La Salic, werelined sluo each.

PRKPASIKS TO RAIB KIKES.Mv , May 29.—Deputy Sheriff

Turner, stationed at the Kansas and Texasmine. No. *i,has reported that the Rau-uolph delegation of striding miners, nowcamped near No. 1<:, is preparing to in-vade tho company's works and force theminers to abandon work. There are 400men in the Randolph crowd. The Sheriffgathered a posse aud left for the scene.

SITUATION DBSPERATK,

Brazil llnd.), May 29.—The strike sit-uation in this district is becoming des-

te. All night the strikers kepi watchfor trains, but the Yandalia road held thetrains until morning. The strikers madeup a purse 10-day to prosecute the Van-dalia for running loaded trains by cross-ings without stopping. The miners areguarding every railroad in the county.L'hey threaten to slop the water worksand "street-car lines in this city.

MOVINU uN KIKES.Pomkkoy (QbSo), May :_:>.—Senator

Camden's mines at SpiUman, Y\. Va..ei£ht miles bolow here, are being movedon by the Shei ill' and teu deputies with aGatlinggna. These are the only minesin operation In the district. Tue hillsare thronged with people watching themovements of the strikers, wuo say iherewill be no trouble unless it is made bythe authorities.

ACCOMPLISHED THEIII MISSION.Pomeroy K>.), May 20.—The delegation

of miners who went down the river to-day by steamboat, SOO strong, to inducethe miners at Spillman to cease work,came back to-night with flying banners

m

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and the baud playing. They accom- \u25a0

plished their mission without an unkindword on either side. This clears everymine in the Pomeroy bend.

TBOOPB ORDKIU-:i> TO I'AMDKX.Hum-inuton (W. Va.), May 2U.—Com-

i panics I and G, State militia, were or- iI dered by Governor McCorkle this morn-ing to go to the Carndeu mine to protectthe working miners.

BUSINESS UIUCATL.Y AFFKCTED.St. Louis, May 29.—Specials from the

railroad centers of Missouri, Kansas andArkansas, indicate that business there isbecoming affected by the coal miners'strikes and the consequent scarcity ofcoal. At Sedaiia, Mo., the Missouri-Pa-cilic shops shut down at noon yesterdayfor the remainder of the mouth. Thesiiops of the Central Brauch at Atchison,which is controlled by the Missouri-Pacific in that city, have beeu closeddown indefinitely. Several regular freighttrains have also beeu discontinued. AtVan Baren, Ark., the Missouri-Pacificshops are at a standstill and nothing butpassenger and perishable freight is mov-ing owing to the scarcity of coal, causedby a thousand men striking last Sundayai the Coal Hill, Huutington and JennyEind. There are but twenty-live cars ofcoal accessible, and that is to be used forpassenger trains and emergencies only.The shut-down is only until the strikersresume work.

Lincoln (111.), May 29.—The effect ofthe coal strike is being felt .stronger thanever here. The roller miiis have closeddown, aud yesterday the electric street-car iines were obliged to stop running icars.

COLD WAVE IN THE EAST.

Heavy Trosts in Pennsylvania andNew York.

PITTSBtTBG, May 29. —A heavy frost lastnight did damage to crops. The mercury ;fell to 49*

NORWICH (N. V.), May 20.—The heav- j

iest frost for ten years at this time of the jyear occurred last night. Ice an iuch jthick formed.

Saranac Lake, May 29.—There was a 'slight fall of snow throughout Northern.New York this morning.

Chinese lor Mexico.Montgomery (Ala.), May 29.—Ki1l j

Wing of Merida, Mexico, has reachedMobile, Ala., en route to Hongkong,China, where he goes to get 200,000 of hiscountrymen to settle in Mexico. Wingis a wealthy merchant of Merida, and isa highly educated man. Ithas been with iGreat difficulty that he has persuaded theChinese Government to permit him tobring so large a number of his country- Imen over at one time. They are to beemployed on coffee and hemp plantationswhich are to be opened by Wing.

Prospect of a Lynchintr.

Omaha, May 20.—A Lexington, Neb.,special to the Omaha i/eesays: A mobis now organizing here to take from the 'jailBen T. Hilton and William Thompson, jcharged with criminally assaulting a 10---year-old girl, aud lynch them. During jthe evening tho mob banished Rufua :

Gunn and Sam P. Roberts, giving themthree minutes to leave town or be tarredand feathered. There are three murder-ers confined in tho jail.

"Weaver Nominated for Congress.

Atlantic (la.), May 29.—General J. B.Weaver was nominated to-day as the 4Populist candidate for Congress from the ]Seventh District. In 1878, when Weaver iwas first elected to Congress from the (Sixth District, the Seventh District jelected Gillett, a Greeubacker, now ;

Weaver's partner at Dcs Moines.Decoration Day Sports Condemned.Font Wav.nk (111.), May 29. — The I

Grand Army of tho Republic posts ofFort Wayne have caused a sensation byadopting resolutions condemning allkinds of picnics and sports on DecorationDay. iiastMiali and excursions are de-nounced as disrespectful to the memoryof the day.

Icebergs in the Atlantic.

NEW YORK, May 2!'.—Tiio steamer Gre-cian, which readied port to-day from j(Glasgow, sighted eighty-one icebergs on jtho passage.

NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.

Talk of Establishing One BetweenVlndlvostock and San Dloijo.

San Diego, Slay 29.—1n connection Iwith the current stories outlining the Iplans of Russian and American capital- jists to establish a line of steamships to be ;operated on tue Pacific in connectionwith the great Russian railway system tobe completed to Vladivostock, it is nowstoutly asserted here that the principalAmerican port for the steamship com- jpauy wiilbe established at San Diego. Ithas heretofore been claimed that capital-ists largely interested in tho Santa Fe areclosely identified with the Russians intho Si-heme.

(ieneral Thomas S. Sedgvrick, SanDiego's Harbor Engineer, gave furtherinformation of the scheme to-day. Hestates that since August last he has beenfurnishing the interested parties withtechnical and complete information con-cerning San Diego's harbor. He had jbeen requested, however, to keep thematter a secret. Now that he is free totalk, he gave the substance of a letter re- jcently received by him from a friend who |is an engineer connected with the land jdepartment of the Santa Fe. His friend jiutormed him that representative? of tho !S;uit;i Fo Company, the Standard Oil iCompany and the Russian Oil Company

; h:is just held a conference in Chicago with iIvan Garetsky, representing the Amoor ;

; Navigation Company of \ ladivostock, \for the purpose of organizing a steam- Iship line between that Russian port jami San Diejro. It is a well-known jfact that the Standard Oil Company not a |

I great while ago formed a combinationwith the Russian Oil Company for the

j purpose of controlling the world's sup- |I ply of petroleum.

Itis probable that it is the plan of thetwo great companies to have the western !part ofthe United States supplied from 'the Russian plants, an undertaking that j

; would in reality be more economical than Ithe method of transporting oil across ;. the continent from Pennsylvania and

i Ohio. The Amoor Navigation Company,owned by Sibiriakow, who also is the jprincipal owner of the Siberian Trans- !

j continental Railroad, and at present !huudles the greater portion ofthe oil out- i

i put of that country, as well as other I; commerce with Siberian ports, aud the i; determination of the oil combine to es- !tablish a line to America, has evidently

j caused the Santa Fe stockholders to takeadvantage of the situation of affairs and

, endeavor to secure the tremendous traftie i' which would naturally follow the estab- jlishnieut of such a line ot steamships.

Death of a. Prominent Stockton Citizen.Stock ton, May 2!>.— Frederick B.

Thomas, of the planing-mill tirm of

Thomas ct Buell. and for neariy thirty !I years a resident of this city, died to-day jof heart disease, tho result Of a long ill- jness. He was aged 71 years.

Incendiaries at Work.

A dastardly attempt was made to burnthe residence ofMr. Stall, at 1012 P street.at an early hour this morning;. Hags jsaturated with coal-oil had been placed |

! in the basement and set fire to, but were 'discovered in time Ui prevent any serious jdamage. Mrs. Harris, who lives next

door, heard a noise and awakened herhusband, who, on arriving at the scene,

, heard iootateps running away irom thei premises, but could not tell "whetheri there was one or two persons. j

AFFAIRS OF THE NATION.

Hawaiian Annexation Does NotMeet With Favor.

MORE DISCUSSION ON THE LUMBERSCHEDULE.

Senator Gray Submits a Partial Re-

port of tho Somite Committee's In-

vestigation of the Alleged Opera-

tions of the Sugar Trust In Con-

nection With the TariffLegislation

—Newspaper Correspondents to be

Proceeded Against In the Courts.

Srecial to the Record-Union;

"Washington, May 29.—The questionofthe right of newspaper correspondentsto refuse to give Senator Gray's Briberyand Sugar Investigating Committee thesources of their information was broughtbefore the Senate to-day in a report fromthe committee concerning tho refusal of •correspondents Edwards and Shriver toanswer questions.

In the morning hour Kyle, in order toavoid further conflict over the passago ofhis resolution declaring the sense of theSenate against non-interierence with the Iaffairs in the Hawaiian Islands, ngreed to jwaive a vote on hi.s resolution if the vote !could be secured on the Turpie resolution !reported from the Committee on Foreigu !Relations.

Vest offered, as a substitute for Turpie'sresolution, one declaring that, from thefacts and papers before the Senate, it jwould be unwise and inexpedient to con- jsider the project of annexation; that tho jhighest international interests require the jpoopie of the Sandwich Islands to choosd jtheir own form of government and lineof policy: and that foreign interferencewith allairs of these islands would be re-garded as an act unfriendly to the UnitedStates.

A motion by Hoar to lay Vest's amend-ment on the table was defeated —18 ayes,'M noes.

The tariffbill was taken up.Proctor addressed the Seuate in opposi-

tion.Pettigrew (Rep.) of South Dakota fol-

lowed in opposition to the bill, lie de-clared that "the Wilson bill is a swindleupon the people of South i>;ikota in every !respect. Itrobs the fanners, it robs thetin miners and ruins our mica indus-tries."

Gray, at the rlose of the speech by Pet-tigrew, presented the report of tho com- |mitteo delegated to investigate tiie charges j

of impropriety in framing tho sugar Ischedule.

Hillobjected.Gray said it was pri%'ileged, to which

the Senate agreed, and the report wasread.

Tho committee, after reciting the testi-mony of Edwards and Sellriver and thequestions they had refused to answer,says: "These witnesses are in contempt |of the Senate and ought to be deait with i

under the law providing for a line of$lOU jto $1,000, and imprisonment from one 'month to one year."

Senator Gray submitted to the Vice-President a warrant directing tho Dis-trict Attorney to proceed against the wit-nesses.

The discussion was renewed as towhether the report was privileged, Hillclaiming it was not,

The Vice-Piesident ruled it was.Hill appealed and made a vigorous

speech.The Vice-President refused to allow

any resolutions regarding newspaper cor-respondence to be introduced regarding Ithe report of the committee, and held jthat the presentation ot the report was jprivileged; that the statute prescribed theduty of the Chair, and upon the demandfor the regular order, stated that the tariffbill was befotft the Senate.

This means i lat the report willbe cer-tiiied to the i>istriot Attorney for pro-coodings against Edwards and Schriver.

The Senate then resumed considerationof the lumber paragraph of the tariffbill,and Squire (Rep.) of Washington ad-dressed the Senate in opposition to freelumber.

Hale then offered an amendment toplace a uniform duty of $1 on all lumber. !Defeated.

Allen moved to place all lumber,shingles, boards, etc., used in the build-ing of residences, upon the free list.

Without action on Allen's amendment,at (J:2O the Senate went into executive ses-sion, and a lew minutes later adjourneduntil Thursday at 10 o'clock.

SUGAIt TRUST SCANDAL,.

Senator Gray's Ueport of the Investi-gation ot the Senate Committee.

Washington, May 2!'.—Senator Gray,Chairman of the Senate committee to in-vestigate the alleged operations of thesugar trust in connection with the tarifflegislation, to-day submitted a partial re-port of the proceedings of that committeebearing upon the refusal of the news- |paper correspondents, Edwards, Shriver jand Walker, to answer questions pro-pounded by members of the committee, jThe report, after reciting the resolution !by which the committee was authorized jto sit, states that E. J. Edwards, whoso i"Holland letter" was one of the inciting jcauses of this investigation, had refused jto reply to questions of the committee.The Chairman read to Dim that portion of jhis letter in which he stated that Secre- jtary Carlisle bad secretly visited theDemocratic members of the FinanceCommittee, and had demanded that sugarin the bill oe taken care of, as the Demo-cratic party was under obligations to tho jsugar interest.

The recommendation ofthe committeeis as follows: "In the opinion of thecommittee such question put to each ofsaid witnesses was a proper question andpertincut to the question under inquirybefore tho committee, and wan noeessary ;to make the examination ordered by said iresolution of the Senate, and that each ofsaid witnesses is in contempt of the Sen-ate, and ought to be dealt with lor hismisconduct, and that c-ai-h of said wit-nesses by his various refusals to answerthe questions as herein set forth, Jiavoviolated the provisions in tho Act of |Congress for such cases made and pro- •

vided, being Chapter Vli. ol the revisedStatutes oi the United States."

Here the report cites this old law ;

which provides that a witness who re- |lusts to auswer questions put by acompe- jtent committee shall be considered guiltyof a tnisUemeanur. punishable b3' a tine i

i ofnot more than $I,OUO nor ioss than |i<K>, !I and by imprisonment in a County Jail of j| not more than one year nor less than a: month. The law expressly provides that; no witness sliall be excused from testify-j ing on the ground that such testimony jj would disgrace him, and directs that In ;

! such cases the President of the Seuate j\u25a0 and the Speaker ofthe House shall certifyI the facts to the District Attorney of theI District ofColumbia.

The report closes as follows : "Where-; fore, the committee request that the Presi-dent of tho Senate certify as to each wit-ness bis failure to testify and his afore-

| said refusals to answer, and ail the facts ji herein under the seal of the Senate to the !I United States District Attorney of the jDistrict of Columbia, to the end that each jI ofthe witnesses may be proceeded against ]

in the manner and form provided bylaw."

Senator Gray has prepared and submit-ted to the Vice-Presideut a warrant di-recting the District Attorney to proceedagainst the Avituesses, Edwards andSchriver, under the Act of lsSo. Thiswarrant certified the facts set forth in thereport, and is signed by the Vice-Presi-dqnt. Senator Gray had a consultationwith the Vice-Presideut when the writ-ten document was first, presented to him,and explained that it was to be issuedwhen the Senate authorized it.

TIIE INQUIU\ CONTINri:i>.Washington, May 29.— The Senate

Sugar Trust Investigating- Committeecontinued its inquiry to-day, and exam-ined Senators Voorhees, Jones and oth-ers concerning the sugar trust to inllu-ence legislation. They all made a denialand contradicted the story that SecretaryCarlisle had made a secret visit to thecommittee aud demanded that tho sugarinterests bo protected by tho Democraticparty. They agreed that Mr. Carlisle hadneither made such a visit to the commit-tee, and that no such demand had beenmade upon the committee lor the reasonsgiven in Mr. Edward's letter or any otheraccount. They also denied the roportthat a meeting had been Held by the com-mittee on Sunday before tho tariff billwas reported for consideration of mesugar schedule, and said that if the sugarpeople had been together in any adjacentroom while the committee was in sessionat any time, the committee was not cojj-nizunt of the fact.

The committee adjourned over untilThursday. The examination of mem-bers ofthe Finance Committee will be re-sumed at the next meeting.

CRUEL TREATMENT.A "Woman Coiiflnorl in a Scow, With

Scant Clothing and Lltcle to Eat.Nkw York, May 29.—The authorities

! of Jamaica, L. 1., are investigating a casaiofcruelty, of which tho annals of Long

! Island appear to hold no equal. Allthrough tho winter a woman was con-

S fined in a cabin of a disused scow, which! stands in the mud at the edge of JamaicaBay She had little to wear, little to catand no bed clothing. There was no bedjon which the woman could rest. The

! cabin was in almost perpetual darkness,! and the sudden glare of the sun when theunfortunate woman was taken out al-most blinded her. Si'o is bodily and

| mentally affected, and is now in theEmergency Hospital in Jamaica, andher husband is being sought by the au-thorities. The case w«s brought to theattention of the Deputy Sheriff, Sebastianllestach, aud he started at once to inves-tigate.

The story was that the woman was con-fined in a scow in Gooso Creek, near"Tho Stumps," in the bay. The place isoccupied by fishermen of the lower class.In one of the hovels lives Paul Keinn.jHe is a fisherman, 42 years old. His

I home is dark, but still as good as any ofi those in the vicinity. There Kemn livedjwith his six children, all girls. The eld-

I est is 18 years old and unmarried. Kemn! made a living by fishing, and was awayI from home most of the time. Deputy| Hestach went to tho house, broke in the' cabin door, and stepped inside. He dis-jcovered the woman lying on a pile ofdamp rags in the corner. She was almost

jnaked. Tho rags on which she lay were-damp, \u25a0where the water had soakedthrough the bottom ofthe boat. Hestachprocured help and had the woman re-moved. She was hurried to tho hospital,but was too weak to permit a thoroughexamination.

The condition of her body was beyondI description. To all appoarances tho jwoman was black when she entered thehospital, not bavins washed in a long jtime. An application of water showedthat her original color WM white.

A warrant was sworn out for Kemn,but up to late last evening it had not beonserved. The officers charged with arrest-ing him waited until dark. It is thoughthe learned of the rescue of his wife andlied.

KAIL,WAY TELEGRAPHEKS.St. Louis Selected to be the Permanent

Headquarters.

Denver, May 29.—The Railway Tele-graphers' Convention to-day indorsedthe action ofGrand Chief Ramsay in sus-pending the Omaha charter. Ho ex-pressed a willingness to restore thecharter ifthe Omaha division would obeyhis former orders.

It was decided to hold a biennial con-vention, aud St. Louis was selected aspermauent headquarters. The next con-vention will bo held in that city. GrandEditor Thurston was exonerated from allcharges. The offices of Assistant GrandChief and Senior Telegrapher were cre-ated. Itwas decided to organize a ladies'auxiliary. Chief Ramsay's recommend-ation that a federation of all railway or-ganizations be formed was adopted.

The Railroad Telegraphers held theirelection to-day, which resulted in the de-feat of Gran a Chief Telegrapher Bam-say, his successor being Walker V. Pow-ollof Wichita, Kaa. The vote was S!J tou(i.

WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.

Low Temperatures Retard the Growthof Vegetation iti Central States.

Washington, May 29.—The WeatherBureau in its weather crop bulletin forthe week ending Saturday, says of theweather east ofthe Rocky Mouutains: Thenight temperatures have been unusuallylow, and injuriously affected or retardedthe growth of vegetation in the States ofthe central valleys. The rainfall for thelast week was greater than usual in Col-orado, I'tah, Montana, Northern Wash-ington, and from Central Californianorthward to Oregon. Throughout the ;central valleys there has been but littleraiu, and practically none had fallen ivthe States of the Missouri Valley audalong the southwestern border from theGulf to Southern California. Droughtconditions are reported from lowa, Ne-braska and Wyoming, and rain is neodedin Colorado, Arkansas, Oklahoma audMissouri.Opposed to a Postal Xolosxapli System.

Washington, May 2i>. — Postmaster-Goneral Bissell has forwarded to Chair-man Wiae ofthe House Committee on In-terstate and Foreign Commerce, a letterembodying his reasons for opposing theproposed Government ownership of thetelegraph system. He does not think apostal telegraph service would proveprofitable in this country, or that suchservice could bo fully accomplished with-out material additions to '

the presentPostollice organization and increasingexpenditures.

The BUI introduced by Request.Washington, May 29.—Senator Cul-

lom said to-day of tho new interstatecommerce bill introduced by him thatthe bill was sent to him and introducedby request. He had not examined thebill carefully, but thought there mightba some good in it which could bo siltedout by the committee. Tho gentlemanwho sent it to him was an experiencedand careful business man, and had goodideas on the Bubject of the bill.

Confirmed by tho Senate.Washington, May 29.—The Senate in

executive session to-day confirmed thefollowing nominations: Barry Baldwin,to be Marshal of the United States fortheNorthern Division of California. Post-masters—G. M. Paye, at San LuiaObispo; A. G. Fleming, at Lincoln.Send ins of Obscene Matter by Express.

Washington, May 2f>.—Senator Vilasto-day introduced a bill making it un-lawful for any person to send obsceneliterature or of indecent character, or

jany article intended for Immoral use, by1 express.

FLOOD IN PORTLAND.

The Willamette River Rising Halfan Inch an Hour.

WHOLESALE BUSINESS PRACTI-

CALLY ABANDONED.

Tho Pucet Sound Region Almost Cut

Off From Hullroad Communication

With the East— Water Higher Tlian

Ever Known at Spokane—Many

Houses Undermined and Settling.

Spreial to the Recokd-Uniox.

Pobtlakd, May 29.—The WiilarnettoRiver continues to rise at the rate ofone-half inch an hour. First street is nowHooded to the depth of several inchesbetween Washington and Burnsidestreets, and at several low points thewater is encroaching upon Second street.A further rise of six inches will bringthe water up to the record of June, 1576.Merchants are busily engaged in moving

their goods.Reports from the Upper Columbia are

to the effect that the water is still rising.At Uniatiila a rise of three feet since yes-terday is reported.

The wholesale business in this city ispractically abandoned.

Union Pacific trains are indefinitelydelayed. Passengers on the NorthernPacific arrived here at noon by boatsfront Kalaina.

Ample time has been given to protectproperty, and little damage will resultunless the water rises to an unprecedentedbight.

The Union Pacific passenger train duehere yesterday morning ia at Grants.The East-bound passenger which lefthere last night is at Bonneville. There are.-several washouts between Bonneville andCascade Locks. Three miles east of Ar-lington, about 1,000 feet of track is out inone place, and at Castle Rock there is abad washout. The wires are down westof Grande, and no reports as to the con-dition of the track can be obtained. Aboat will be run from Portland to Bonne-ville to-night with passengers and mail.These will be transferred to the Wash-ington side of the river and by the Port-ago River over the Cascades and thenceto the Dalles.

The Northorn Pacific tracks are underwater at both landings of the Tacomaferry, and both passengers and mails arebeing transferred by boat at Kelso on theWashington side and Columbia City onthe Oregon side. McGowan's whoel,costing is a total wreck, and it isin imminent danger ofbeing swept away.It is reliably stated that should the waterriso another two leet it willontail a greatloss.

The river at 7 o'clock to-night stood27.11 feet above low water, and rising atthe rate of one foot in twenty-four hours.

Keports from Eastern Oregon, Wash-ington and Idaho, show that the temper-ature has risen there, and that tho snowis melting with great rapidity. Whenthe water already in the Upper Columbiareaches here it will r.iise tho Willametteto a greater bight that ever before known.The damage In this city has been light sofar, with the exception of the loss causedby suspension of business in manywholesale houses on Front and Firststreets.

TRAINS BLOCKADED.Seattle, May 29.—The Pugot Sound

region is almost cut off from railwaycommunication with the East. TheCanadian Pacific, Northern Pacific,Great Northern and Union Pacific are allblockaded on account of th c Hoods. Onthe first-named road the waters of theFrazer River are higher than have beenknown for twenty years, and a vast ex-pause of territory is under water, muchdamage having been done to farmers andto the property of the railroad. Thobridge across the Columbia River atRevelsoke has beon washed away. TheGreat Northern line will not be in run-ning order for several days, but SkagitRiver is falling rapidly, and tho wash-outs on the coast lines will be repaired iva day or two. No train arrived to-dayfrom the East over the Northern Pacific.

In tho immediate vicinity of the citytho high waters are rapidly receding, audno further damage is anticipated.

MAILS DKLAYJiD ISY FLOODS.

Tacoma, May 29.—The mails for theentire State are greatly delayed by thofloods. To-day's overland train on theNorthern Pacific did not arrivo and is re-ported to havo been abandoned in Idaho,bridges having been washed away wherethe road crosses Clark's Fork. Railroadmen say to-night that the Great Northernand Canadian Pacific are both in a simi-lar condition. The Northern Pacific re-ports all streams falling except the Co-lumbia and officials say trains betweenhere and the East will run regularlywithin a day or two.

HIGHEST WATKI! EVKR KNOWN.SroKANK, May 29.—The river rose

three inches last night and is still rising.The Dennis and Bradley bridgo is givenup. It is expected to go at any moment.Ifit docs, it will take with it the Olive-street and Washington-street bridges.

Many houses are undermined and set-tling.

The water is four and a half feel higherat the new water works site than evorknown. Work is abandoned altogether.The Union Pacific bridge still stands,but it is expected to go.

The Union Pacific and Great Northerntracks are inundated. Traffic is sus-pended.

WORK OF A TRAMP.

Conductor Ilalnes Shot and Killed atSanta Margarita.

Salinas, May 29.—At Santa Margarita,N. B. Haines, conductor of the north-bound freight, wa9 shot this morning bya tramp, who was sleeping in the car.Tho tramp is described as a small manwith a closely cropped head, sandy com-

plexion and light-colored slouch hat. 110was sleeping in a box car, wrapped in atarpauliu. with a stew pan, a bag ofcrackers and cheese, aud a new copy of"Advanced Arithmetic," State series, byhis side. He eacaped and no trace hasbeen found of him.

At 3 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff Mat-tkewsof Salinas arrived hero with twoblood-hounds to try to track the mur-derer.

A tramp was arrested by train handsthis morning at Asuncion. He claims tobe Ed. Holland, a tramp telegraph oper-ator, and while he is now thought to beinnocent, he willbe held until the arri-val of the hounds.

Hayues was very popular and had beenon tho road a &vn£ time, He was un-married and his parents are supposed toreside at Saco, Maine.

BAKKEK'S ARMY.

Intimation of Giving Trouble UnlessSubstantial Aid is Given.

Fresno, May 'J9.—General Barker, inan interview this morning, intimatedthat his army will likely give troubleunless either the city or county givesubstantial aid. When asked what they

wanted he 83id: "Transportation out ofhere." He further said that in case trans-portation was not furnished for the camp

and baggage he was not prepared to statewhether the men would walk or not. Themajority of the army are very footsore,having walked twenty-two miles in aweek. Quartermaster McCormiek statedthat he would leave the army for steadywork at fl per day and board. No officialrecognition of the army has yet been

j taken, and it is not probable there will be.Since their arrival hero Saturday even-ing eight have been discharged fordruuk-onness.

SPEEDY 'CYCLERS.

World's Record for an Eighth of aMile, btandtnu start, Brokou.

Stockton, May 29.—The world's recordfor an eighth of a mile on a bicyde from astanding start was broken oil tho Good-water Grove track by K. L. Long of SanFrancisco, who is one of the Californiamembers oftiie Rambler team. Long hasmade seven attempts to beat this record.Tho tirst six attempts he tied the recordlor the distance, which was lt> ;>-•"> seconds.As the distance must be made from astanding start, tho race consisted princi-pally in getting off. He got off splen-didly and made the distance in lo 2-5 sec-onds.

W. F. Foster of San Francisco was thenstarted to beat tho coast records for dis-tances including six aud ten miles. Hobroke all the coast records for these dis-tances aud also broke the records for fourand live miles made by Terrili on theStockton track last weok. The time forfour miles and on mado by Foster on thiswonderful record-breaking run is as fol-lows; Four miles, 9:50 -1-5; live miles,12:27 2-o; six miles, 15:00 l-f>; seven miles,17:31; eight miles, 20:12; nine miles, 22:44;ten miles. 25:0:>.

These records were held as follows:Terrili —Four miles, 9:52 3-5; live milos,12:29 2-5. I'lbrecht of Los Angeles—Sixmiles, 15:.']4A; seven miles, 1S:1(>; eightmiles, 20:54 A; nine miles, 23:34; ten miles,25:->i.

R. L. Long of San Franciaco made one-third of a mile in 41± seconds, in a stand-ing start. He also made two-thirds of amile in a standing start in 1:28J.

Otto Ziogler of San Jose was sent tomake a record for the three-quarters of amile, in a standing start, and made thedistance in 1:34. There are no other rec-ords for these distances to beat, but theruns made establish records.

UNITED PRESBYTERIANS.

The Next General Assembly to bolloiaat Plttsburg.

Albany(Or.), May 2C—After the open-ing of the morning session of the UnitedPresbyterian Assembly a rule wasadopted limitingall speakers to live min-utes.

The report of the Committee on theBoard of Foreign Missions was taken up.The report condemns the action of theboard in neglect and carelessness in notauditing the accounts of defaulting Treas-urer Joseph D. McKee, but otherwise ap-proves the action of the board.

Several appointments to foreign mis-sions were conrirmed.

A resolution to send two missionarieseach to India and Egypt, and to employschool teachers there, was adopted.

Pittsburg, Pa., was selected as the placefor holding tho next General Assembly,and Cannonsburg, Pa., as the place ofmeeting of the General Committee onHome Missions.

The report ofthe Committee on Educa-tion was read and discussed, particularlyon the recommendation to make a specialappropriation of 820,000 for colleges andseminaries, and the whole matter recom-mitted.

The afternoon session was devoted tohearing the report of the committee onthe report of the Board of Publication.A resolution to appoint a committee toinvestigate the business methods of theboard was voted down alter a warm de-bate.

After a long discussion, the report ofthe Committee on the Board of Publica-tion was adopted as amended.

An invitation of the Albany G. A. R.Post to participate in Memorial Day serv-ices was accepted.

The evening session was devoted to aSabbath School conference.

Ricli Placer Diggings.

Salt Lake, May 29.—A special fromBoise to the Tribune says: There wasgreat excitement in this city to-day overthe discovery of wonderfully rich placerdiggings a short distance south of here.An old Calii'ornian named Williams ar-rived from the diggings to-day and to aconiidential friend he told the story of

i his valuable find. Williams says he tookout $iOO a day with a rocker, and thatthere is plenty ofrich ground there. Aparty ofsix, at the head Of which wasFrank W. Merritt, who, with other l>u-luth parties, have made large invest-ments in the mines here, was organizedand outlittod with pack horses and mulesand left for the fields.

Thought to bo Senegal Wreckage.San FRANCISCO, May 29.—The British,

bark Swanmore, from Newcastle, N. S.W., arrived to-day, and reports that onlast Saturday afternoon, when about 190miles from port she passed wreckagewhich looked like tho quarter deck audrail of a ship, with a piece of canvas Hy-ing. The wreckage might have beenmade for a raft with a sail for a signal.Seafaring men havo no doubt that thiswreckage is all that remains of the DarkSenegal, which sailed from San Diego forTacoma seveut3 r-iive days ago. Twoother vessels were near the wreckagewhen the Swanmore sighted it.

Industrials Sent to Jail.Salt Lake, May 29.—A special from

Helena. Mont., says : Five of the Seattlecontingent of the Coxeyites were up be-fore Judgo Knowles to-day for stealing aUnion Pacific train a few weeks ago at

Heron. There are 125 ofthem to be tried.Judge Knowles sentenced the loader, J.W. Kelly, a brother of the Kelly leadingtho fleet down tho Mississippi, to sixmonths in the jail for contempt. JohnRoss, the engineer, an ox-convict, got six

I months. The other three leaders gotI thirty days each.

Keener's Partner Captured.

San Akdreas, May 29.—Local oliiccisto-day brought from CopperopolisDowdle, tho robbOT who was tno com-panion of Kepner, killed by MessengerHendricks while trying to hold up thostage between Angeft Camp and Milton.He was found in a chicken-house, fullyarmed, but he made no resistance. Hehas been fully identified.

Two Cottages Burned.

Stockton, May 29.—Two cottages, onebelonging to W. R. Stackhouso, the otherto a Mrs. Wi.sehaus, wore burned on tho

I Fair Oaks tract, east of the city, lastnight. The lire originated in tho Stack-

i house cottage and was caused by the ladyj tripping on tho stairway and dropping aj lamp. The loss is $3,000; no insurance.

Wine Cellars sold.. San Francisco, May 29.—The Bournewine cellars near St. Helena have beensold to C. Carpy, a wine dealer of thisc-ity and Napa. This cellar is tiie largestabove-ground winery in the world. Ithas a capacity of almost 4,000,000 gallons.The price paid is said to be considerablyless than the original cost.

Vacavllle Rioters Acquitted.Fait-fikld, May 29.—1n the case of the

People vs. Captain Wood and eightyothers implicated in the riot at Vacavilleand in the neighborhood, the jury, afterbeing out eighteen hours, returned a ver-dict of not guilty. The jury stood forten hours eleven for not guilty to oneagainst.

VILLAGESSWEPT AWAY.

Great Destruction of Property by

Floods in India.

THE LOSS OP LIVE BELIEVE TO BEENORMOUS.

Dupuy Saocoeds In Forrnlu- a. New

Ministry for France—Da Gama

Making an Effort to liaise Funds in

Europe With the Purpose ofReviv-

ing tho Rovolatiou in Brazil—TiieBulgarian Cabinet Resigns.

Special to the Rfxtkid-U-nton-.Calcutta, May 29.—1n addition to tha

loss of 200 livos by the bursting of a damformed by a laud-siide in Charkupria,Kulu, the Jettinga has nverllowed itsbanks in North Cachar aud inundated anarea of hundreds of irales. The resulthas been a tremendous loss of property,and the loss of life is belioved to be enor-mous. Whole villages have been de-stroyed. The flood is pronounced themost severe in many years.

VTXJiA&£S SWEPT AWAY.London, May 29. —A dispatch to the

Time* from Calcutta to-day, describingthe bursting of the dam at Charkupria,says the water swept onward like a forty-

foot wall, sweeping away several villages,among them ono of eighty houses.

CASE OF Ml«. JUYBKICK.

Appeal to tho Press for Assistance inBehalf oftho Prisoner.

London, May 29.—Baroness Rogues,the mother of Mrs. Maybrick, now un-dergoing a sentence ol imprisonment forlife upon conviction of having poisonedher husband, has sent a letter to thenewspapers, accompanied by a pamphlet,whicli is said to give the latest evidencecollected in favor of tho prisoner. ThoBaroness asks for the assistance of thepress in behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. TheBaroness says she understands tho re-fusal of the Home Uinco to reopen, thoMaybrick case is due to the fact that theofficers are in possession of secret ad-verse evidence, but, she adds, she is cer-tain that if she was informed of the na-ture of this evidence she wouid be abloto refute it.

Baroness Rogues says she is confidentthat her daughter could give her muchassistance if she was allowed to conversefreely with the prisoner. 'Ibis privateevidence, however is denied her. Thepamphlet contains an affidavit, datedFebruary 9, 1894, setting forth that theprescription the Baroness found in aBible was one mixed by M. Barount, thechemist of tho Avenue De La Pau, inParis, in lteTS. Tho Baroness explainsthat she now remembers that Mr. May-brick obtained this prescription when hesuffered from a fate eruption.

The affidavit of Valentine CharlesBlako, the youngest son of Sir ValentineBlake, is also eiven, and he declared hogave the deceased in Februarj-. 166V, 150grains of arsenic, as Mr. Maybrick com-plained that he wars unable to obtain asmuch us he wanted as a tonic.

Finally it contains the declaration ofCaptain Fleming of the Ulanda, whoalso testified that he often saw Mr. May-brick take arsenic at his home at Norfolk.

A TERRIBLE WAR MACHINE.

Death-Dealing Invention Said to Be inPossession of the Drelbund.

Paris, May 29.— La Fabric to-day an-nounced that Turpiu, whose name sometime ago came prominently before thapublic in connection with an explosive,and who was subsequently imprisoned,angered at the refusal of France to pur-chase his latest invention, left this coun-try and had sold to the powers compos-ing the Dreibund the right of manu-facture of a terrible war machine. Tholatter is said to comprise an explosivoand a new projectile which, it is ex-plained, will completely transform thoart of warfare and the conditions underwhich it is waged, rendering its possess-ors tho masters of Europe.

The statement that Turpin has left thocountry and sold his invention to thoDreibund has caused somewhat of a sen-sation. M. Lehcrrisso announces his in-tention to interpolate the Government onthe subject.

London, May 29.—A dispatch to theTimes from Paris says: Itis stated herethat M. Turpin sold his invention to Ger-many through the German Embassador.

OUR NATAL DAY.

Brazilians Preparing! to Celebrate theFourth ofJuly.

Rio, May 29.—Active preparations arobeing made fortho occasion of the Fourthof July. The great national fete of theUnited States will be celebrated here In amanner fitted to demonstrate to theUnited States the gratitude of the peopleof Brazil for the support of the Americanrepublic during the recent civil war. Thepublic demonstration will consist in amilitary and naval review, and the lay-ing of the corner-stone of a statue ofPresident James Monroe, author of theMonroe Doctrine. President Cleveland,has been asked to send a United Statessquadron to Kio to take part in the navalreview, and special medals will be pre-sented to President Cleveland and Presi-dent Peixotto in commemoration of thotriumph of tho established Governmentover the revolutionists.

Tho French Ministry.

Paris, May 29.— This evening it is an-nounced that Dupny has named tho men.who will compose tho now Cabinet, andthe following i3regarded as the linal list:Premier and Minister of tho Interior and.Minister of Worship, M. Dupuy: Pu'oliuWorks, M. Barthoui: Education andArts, M. Leyquo; Commerce, M. Lortio3;Husbandry, M. Vigier; Justice, M. Q,ue-riu; Marine, M. Felix Faure; Finance,M. Poincaire. The portfolio of Ministerof War has not yet been bestowed, but itis said it will go to M. Hanloux or to M.Camban.

No Protest From Germany.BKDBSKUS, May 29.—1t is positively de-

nied here iv official circles that there iaany truth in the story published in Ber-lin, saying that Germany lias protestedto the Government of tho independentCongo State against thej recent conven-tion with Great Britain.

Dn. Gama Preparing for Another War.Rio, May 29.—1t is reported here that

Admiral Da Gama will make an endeavorto raise funds in Europe with the purposeofreviving the revolution.

The Bulgarian Cabinot Resigns.

SOFIA, May 2!).—The Bulgarian Cabinethas resigned. Dr. D. Grecoil', Minister ofForeign Affairs, has been charged toform a new Cabinet.

Fatal Railway Collision.Salt Lakk, May 29.—A special from

Evanstou to the Tribune says: Aworktrain on the Union Pacitic between CastleRock and Tho Watch collided to-night,instantly killing Engineer James andwounding several othors.

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