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THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER VOL. XXMiI.. NO. 58. ORANGES. AKOTHER SHIPMENT OF VERY FTNE Nayel Oranges, THE JCTNP TTIA : At:E SELLING ALL OVER TOTTV AT JO C AVD | 9 CENTS PER IK»ZEN. Our Price 15c and 20c Per Dozen. A CHOK'K I .O'l OF nt DUt.u ORANGER AT 10 CEXTS PER BO7rN \ |O(E QUALITI SELLING AROUND TOWN AT X AND 2o CENTS PER i ; doze*- | no* AQ4 AMD *— raw miCTiocm hatp " KLONDIKE! A Commodious and Fast Sailing Steamer Will IfAVE SEATTLE ON OR ABOUT JUNE 10, 1896, • And Every Tea Day* Thereafter, Taking Freight • and Pa»Mgger> Fcr Fort Get There. St. Michaels Island, Alaska, mouth of the Yukon river, A ■akin* river ate..m*rs Weare. Cudahy. Hamilton Healy! 4 Power and Klondike for Circle City. Munook Creek. Fort Cudahy and Kion dike gold mines. Reservations for Passafte or Frefeht OR Steaaers Nay New Be Secured by Making a Deposit. • Placer and quartz mines bought and sold. Investments In mining property 9 aad*, saving expense of sending agents. Our agents and experts are on the / ground, and have been for years. We will issue letters of credit on our company at its posts—Circle City, Alaska, and Fort Cudahy. Dawson City and Klondike gold fields, Northwest ± JWTitory at a charge of 1 per cent. Law sto- ks of supplies of ail kinds will be found at Fort Get There and Hamilton on the L*>wer Yukon. For particulars apply to # North American Transportation 6 Trading Co. • Bio. ttlM First Avenue, Mealtle, Us»b. DIKICirORK. John J. Healy Michael Cudahy Chicago in ® Dawson. Klondike Gold Fields. John Cudahy Chlc-ieo i i ( , Ell F Wear- Ft .Cudahy. N. W. T. Ernest A. Hamll Ch" ,£?' i 1 Charts A. Weare Chicago. 111. Fortius H Weare Chicago,' ill! > later, Hay and live Stock. SEATTLE CLIPPER LINE We have space on the barks MEHCI'R Y and CAMDEN for DYEA and SKAQ CAT Vessels will sail January sth and Tth and February Ist and ith in tow of powerful ocean tugs UESOLUTE and BKA LION. For rates apply to Telephone Pike 74. ; E. K. CAINE, Manager. Jlp\ Aluminum cllr&JaU Goods. 'f&Ar?-***' "** or Northern trnde— Fry Pans. Sauce fc . Fans. Preserve Kettle.*. Pie Tina. Cups. j„-.• V eta The lightest m*t;tl made, therefore the ch<upest to pai k over the tra.ls. Hotel, Restaurant and Jf Steamboat Supplies We are able to furnish in lar«e quantl ~" ties on short notice. M. SELLER CO. (>2l and 629 First Avenue. Risdon Iron Works, mam factlrers of 60LD DREDGING MACHINERY FOR YUKON AND KLONDIKE. Our Mining River Dredge is just the K thing for placer min.ng in Alaska. Ship pi|S J X. p. d k'i -'ked down and. if desired, erected. Wiv / [ \ in runntrnt order Iml — ~ > manufacture all k;n-ls of WT j Stem-wheel Boats, M nlng 1 Milling _ _|St | Machinery, linginef and !■ rs. Evans' P*t ut Hydraulic Kiev »tors at i llydratil '-A \\ ' I Sheet Iron _ Riveted Pipe. Office ftttd Works: Howard and Bcnle St«»., *»nn Frntici*co, Cn!. Moran Bros. Company. NWIPBI ILDtKJi Vukon River Steamers. A'IFRISCH BROS. r ■ - Jtwelcn. aid Hatt hmakcrs, v V ' 1 "W' s,^h w.chc. J2O fi'S! It, MB. ' l);umoflJ», Jewelry, Etc. Mv pi v r r >0 111 FIRST AV. SOLTH. Ih\ 6c CO., T , rr , • " —4 , , , Telephone Main 57* I«n s>««rt«-r» and Jabbfri of * Cigars and Totacco. Smokers' Articles, Etc. WASHINGTON RICE MILL ZIT fourth Ave South. P O Bo* 24. ®'-l 'i . tc. « d- large line n'.l k nds of rtce always ca hand. *® *>. i « frus; l ice . for anstrai food ilßEßi ;u\SE>. Jeweler and Silversmith. i>e»». r ii;antond>. Hatches, Jewelry, Silverware, CU»vkj», Rivh Cut t»l«ss, i.; k . »m. hnatv die Co. Piano*. 706 First A*., Seattle. SEATTLE. WASHINGTON'. TirOBSDAY. JANUARY fi. 159s nuiH i nun Fierce Strife for Totes Still Continues. HANNA WILL NOT RETIRE. Is Determined to Remain Till the Last in tlie Fight. Senator Rarke Drflnllrlr Takes Hlf Stand With the Republican*— Drnurratlr I'roirrntlas Attorney Place* Allfxatlnni of Attrmpted Bribery Before the Grand Jar>- Wlve* of Repabliean and Demo cratic Members Actively Enter the Stranle - The Combine ( nable to Harmonise on a Candidate. COLUMBUS, Jan. s.—Both branches of th« legislature have adjourned until Mon day. Bui both sides of the senatorial contest remain in conference daiiy and nightly at the Nell house and the Great Southern hotel respectively. The sus pend and secret work will continue until next Tuesday, when the two branches of the legislature vote separately for sena tor. The doubtful members made no flops today. They still remain doubtful ar.d they are receiving the united and untiring at tention of the legislative steering com mit lees and outside workers. Next Monday Gov. Bushnell will be In augurated for his second teim, but the exercises w ill not interfere with the sena torial tight. The anti-Harma Republicans expect all of their followers here Monday for a large demonstration. Although many Republican clubs have cancelled their engagements for quarters on Inauguration day. it is believed that the efforts of the anti-Hanna Republicans to have as big a demonstration as usuai will succeed. The iianna men will also take advantage of the excursion rates to have visiting Re publican delegations here on that day to protest against the combine with Demo crats. The expected deadlock will not begin until next Wednesday, when the two houses Itallot jotntly for senator. As the balloting may continue indefinitely. It is expected that the inauguration visitors will remain to add to the chorus of bitter howling and counter-cheering, but some apprehend serious disturbances on Mon> day. Letters and telesrams from protesting Republican clubs and committees and others continue to pour in from the coun ties on the governor and the Republican members who are co-operating with the Democrats. Some of these messages and missives appeal to Senator Foraker is come to the relief of the party by declar ing it to be the duty of all Republicans to stand by the decree of the Toledo state convention in supporting Senator Hanr.a. Milium Will >e»er uhe I p. In reply to the reports ab->ut Secretary Sh-rman. Assistant Secretary I»ay, con gressman Grosvenor and others being made the Republican senatorial nominee. S r>. hit I]anna said today h» would never ret:r • Me says h» was nominated by the Tob.i i state convention for senator, and . innot retire in favor of any one. If de fraud. the responsibility for disr itard in* the decree of the srat* convention w;. i r- -• .;i those who are row co-op>rat ir,g with the Democrats. The senator In sists that he v\ :!1 never withdraw, even if d. feat should become Inevitable, but be stiil that he w .11 win out before an other week r lis .»round. Senator limns. M r Kurtz and 'then lead* r** are now al most worn out. and they evidently have a lon* --trujrule still ah. ad of them. llv feature of the day was the in the h i : i.-'e, as its first measure, and by a unanimous vote, of the b-.1l repe lir.g the iaw for t*ft> year frinehis s to street r.i I wavs This repealing bill was introdu M J t y Reprct, Native Bromley, of Cleveland, j W-o is one of the R- publicans opjv s rg i Ham. ' '*her r.r.K • -dings in the house j «ere merely rots ;ne. but the old lin. s of I If dday were draws whenever the steer* Irs committee so desir-d. In tN senate there were no now develop ments. Sena*or B .rke continuing to .o --; operate with 'he P< m.' rats. 1 A* 11 a. m. both brmehes of the general ; assembly met n cvnf. rence 'o canvass the Ivote of the last -tate election. I*. was a dull pr«v«- dine. P'tei-g the two hours de voted to tie c.m\ >-■<;- g. the seruv.-rs and j representative* put in the time talking of | the senatorial contest. It w, s the eon- I sensus of opinion Banna Was short ; three votes, and that the opposition was I beeomirg nt«>re on'*r.t rated e-n K r'z fcr | the short ttrm and Rushnell f.-.r the long term. The standing committees have n>t en announced in either house and the cots* Mne's using the patronage to i: id its r.vn | In line. IliirUe »lanti« W Ith the Repnlillran* In •' e senate t lay S- nat r Rurke show-..,! » -v.- tendency \) e.t-operate » th i sI. . i:■ . * The Demo r«*« w * • -ort the .•■•vjtf. •< S - I »• - V -k.* «- -*-!>,■' '• v«- v. , ■ -» >'• *• ■ > r.e would < \otf With the Republicans. I-Vf-r tn th« ; d itor Bu;k-. was !r. -cnfer»nce w'th Han . ar.d he spent u;o«; of his t:rr. *th ? 1 an- w- rltere. Wh .e the Ilanna n r. are gttll sh r* - >'* t f ash..- e * havmr •« trou > v " ; s T.f *a -*an com n .ir.i't &• * t.;s r;.i- *■? w«-l, as th p a -he dhweottn* B pu ' mm j wi O £. rr.ard. >.;. \.. ra' tc itad- t-r from «""i!W' ; nnati. »nd the manager f o p John R. McLean, said tonight: "There will be no election f*r a lone series of ballots. The Democrats will scatter their votes." This is takes to mean that the Demo crats will rot be aMs to agree ia their caucus on a candiiste. T"-e anti-Hanna Republicans announce positively that under no circumstances will they vote for a Democrat. They will continue the deadlock lad*f!a!tely rather than elect a Dtmocratie senator. Ex-Senator BrS- B will deKver an address here next Saturday night at the JA kson day barque:. -r.d his presence Is antici pated with sorn* anxiety. Grand Jurj to ißTetllgatr. The Press is out with a sensational ex tra edition ton.eht announcing that the Demo-ratic prosecuting attorney has pre sented the senatorial situation to the jrrand jury. In referring to this, the Press says sworn s - atem«!tts have been submit ted to the grand jury from Representative and iir«. Griffith, of Union county; Repre sentative George Schelimeyer and Chris Montero, of Cincinnati; Hon. X. R. Hy sf!l, of Columbus, and others against cer tain workers for Hanna. This affiir is pronounced a- an attempt at intimidation by the Hanna men. The Hanna men laugh at the attempt to secure indictment against certain work ers, and say that the men who are spend- ing the money are the ones to raise the cry aoeut bribers - . The cry of the opposi tion has been that of "bossism" and boodle contest. At the anti-Hanna quarters they are confidently claiming a new accession to night, but refuse to give the name of the member. Senator Burke and several other members got away from the pressure to night by returning to their homes. U omen Knlist for the Contest. Following close upon the reports about Mrs. Griffith taking a deep interest In the vote of her husband on the senator ship comes a report that Mrs. Snyder is taking an interest in the contest, and is favorable to the opposition. Mr. Snyder attended the Republican house caucus last Saturday night and voted for Box wdl for speaker on Monday, but the op position is constantly after him to vote against Hanna. In connection with the reports about R»preventative Griffith, especially about the preferences of Mrs. Griffith, there are reports of the wives of other Republican members being listed in the contest. There are also reports that the wives of some Democratic members are urging their husbands not to vote for any Re publican senator but to stand out for a Democrat. Mr. Kurtz and his associates are report ed to be unable to control the anti-Hanna Republican members for a Democratic senator, and the McLean managers, it is believed, will have some trouble to get all the Democrats to support a Republican for senator. Gov. Bushnell and members of his staff attended the theater tonight, and an in cident occurred to cause much cheering for Hanna. A special from Marysville, the home of Representative Grilfltk. says: "People here are wHd. and threats of violence are made ag»iust Griffith. Two Kurtz men from Columbus while here narrowly escaped violence at the hands of angry R< publicans." TIED IP IN MARVLASD. OruauizHtioii of th<* Legislature De layed Indefinitely. AV> APGLL.. Md. J-n. s.—The eollt in the ranks of the Republicans which de.vel cj.ed at last night's caucus continued to day. with the result that the house was compel!**! to adjourn until tomorrow with out having organized, and there seems no Immediate prospect of a settlement of the difficulty. The situation is having a serious effect upon the fight for the t'nited States sena tors'n'.p. Senat'»r Wellington, and Gov. I/owndfts h»ive both been declared candi dal-s for that office, while Maj. Alexander Shaw. Gun. Thomas Sherre< k and Con gressman t'v In* > Mudd are making an ac tive canvass in order to see how the land lies. Balloting for a successor to Senator Gor man will be begun next Wednesday. IMH'I(M> THK IT 11 FOIIW. I handler's Paper Criticises Mone tnrj \ttitnde of tinlllnser. CONCORD X. H . Jan. s.—The Monitor. Senator Chandler's piper. in an editorial tonight. says: "Rf< t utteran.es of S. nator Galling*r ' and Representative Sulloway, in which r?i-v dec;-»r> .kjur.sr international b -metaJ ):sm. are unfortunate. We cannot look j i»i:h ipprowij upon attempts to force this !--- *ith r statesmen n other sections or by those of N> w H tmpsftire. We should : n this ft ate •'-mlv ndhere to the i St. !>>uis platform and to Mr. McKinlev's pr* 1 *nt attitude. at d k->-p ;he partv united .t t w in M iron. IM*. Then Senator i i' r manfully eont-nded for bi-metai i.sm and secured for it practically the : unanimous approval of the Republican ■ Mate convention, as litrv-nst the single - is i: itri advocated almost alone by , Col. Holllns." K %>«•%«• ItH'S l\ COX FKMCXCK. ! IVworrat* Force Them to Go on Itrcord on the Liqunr Uucotlon. TOPKKA. Kan.. J n. .'.—The two days' !.<• , ; the bader- of the Populht party in ti.is st.»te N gan' here this after '• •'' The greatest yi« maintained in re«ar! to the proof--d:r*s. The I)-moo rats tonight (prtug a sensa •i-n on the P inuli*ts and wii! force them to go on, rtvnrd on the liquor question. Th D-rr rati - :.-aders have offered to fi r-c i represent a tlon on the state 'irk t !r. the r \t campaign if the Populist* will if-er- a resubmission plaok in their plat f rm. T - Popu!:-t mm-r.i'tee refused tonlsrht mnk- any stat-m.—: r- • r 4 *ng the pr v» p -al of the p.--m.v rats and win decide the m \tt- r tomorrow >••*» \ork l.efflnlatnre Oru unites. \I.RAN\ Jar T 1 e legislature cf N » Y rk w>« ">rsani2ed t / v!ay. The Re puM.cars control both house*. STO( KM EN IN ( \ FENTIOX. j « aule ltat*eri of the Pacific Sortb «>-»t to *1 «-•»t in r>>niilrton l>l>rnary i!V PKXDLKT' »N Or Jan * were ~omp'eted today for • convention f ' e Pa-ifl? Northwest (*a*t?*nsen*s A>«• rati r - which ;« caned *> me- ♦ th;s • y F»''-ruary 15- Four I - v. 1 -r- r - -• r.' •».■ Oreg -n Wash i ct M v.-:,na ird I!ah and it is ex i 1 *h it between 4" 1 V*o -lelegatef | n " f.o p^f-s^nt M-n f prom;", nee *r. .1 fforer.t lines of ••>du»'ry wil: the con v,r • - T■ " r - ? of rar.te the : v « -.f gra«s* c improvement of k, mat; " n>*:" ina. trsnsportaticn, , • — 1 t--• markets tn i n 'o Secure them, i* be am >n« the d'scussed It « exs-' t<»d that several prom'neat -• - f>l vj. .* sr kfr m the M:idie states »... presetC DAVID L. BRAINARD. Capt. David L. Brainard, of the subsistence department of the t'nfted States army, who has been selected for the responsible post of subsistence officer with the Yukon relief expedition, is well equipped for the task. I|is work as second in command of the Greedy Arctic expedition showed him to be a man of great executive ability and unflinching personal bravery. The manner In which he handled the food supply of that expedition and the energy with which ho worked to keep the members of the party supplied from day to day with food sufficient to keep them alive, are among the heroic annals of Arctic exploration. Capt. Brainard rose in the army from a private soldier and has participated in many notable engagements in the Indian wars of the West. lIIIM una Officers and Men Gather at Vancouver. WILL MOVE IN TEN DAYS. Jack Dalton May Freight the Sup plies to Dawbon. Talk of a Contract Between Alaska's Pathfinder and the \%ar Depart ment—Capt. Hutilen Chosen to Head the Transportation Depart ment—(apt. Brainard, Who Will Be Subsistence Officer, Sow at Vancouver— Bids for Famishing Supplies Opened Yesterday—ln quiry for Capt. Kay, Due Uere. The organization of the government re lief expedition is fast approaching the final stages. Capt. David L. Brainard. of the subsistence department. United States army, who will accompany the expedition as subsistence officer, arrived at Vancouver Barracks yesterday from Chicago, where he inspected the stores that are to be taken to Dawson. After consultation with Gen. Merriam at Vancouver, it is ex pected that Capt. Brainard will come to Seattle to consult with Capt. Robinson and others concerned in the expedition. An Associated Tress dispatch received by the Post-Intelligencer last night reads; VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Jan. 5 Capt. D. 1.. Brainard. in charge of the government Klondike relief ex {•edi tion. today opened proposals for furnish ing supplies to be delivered at the head lof Lynn canal. Alaska. February I A large number of proposals were received from Pacific coast points and elsewhere. The award has n"t be<-n made yet. but will be published as soon as determined. Th rt government p«> k train for the •x --p< iition assembled here is now complete with the exception of four additional packers. It consists of 101 mules, nine horses and seventeen pat fc»rst. in charge i of Lieut. C. H. Preston and J A. Ryan, i of the Ninth Cavalry. As soon as the i sijppH. • purchased by Mai. Jacobs a few ! rtays a£o are received. Capt. EMridge. ! I.i. it. «'laik and fifty selected men of ! Company H. Fourteenth Infantry, will i f,,. ready to proceed to The ln- Istructione have b-en issued from the w ir department detailing Capt. Ruhlen. as | sistant quarvrmaster of Fort Riley. Kan., ! to take charge of the transportation ; branch f the expedition, which will be j ready to proceed by the ll*h inst. I Conference* \re of Diiilf Occnrrenee. J<tfk Dalton, so famous In connection with Alaska hl?tor>'. has returned from I a two days' consultation with Prig. Gen. iM rriarr.. of the Department of the Co lumbia. Conferences between Capt. W. jw. Robinson assistant quartermaster, j and Mr. Dalton are jf daily occurrence. Dalton wiO likely lead the expedition, which, it is believed, w ill be on the move within the next two or three we-ka. I Capt. Ray. who was s»r.t with Lieut. Richardson ir.to the Yukon last summer, j is believed to be or h.s way out of the K: -.dike over the ice and snow Capt. Piy }t *j« understood, wss to secure dog teams at Circle City. and. as soon as the i rivers frose. was to start for the coast, tr.ng ir sr a f.. r •*" rt c f c■■r. *. *! s thrv existed both as r gards food and the i need of government troops to maintain order c-n the American side lie is anx ! |r-.-iy awaited, for it is twheved that cn h:« report ?s to the cord::'T of the tr : .: «». , etc.. w.U depend to some extent the move | m n*s of the war departmtnt. It Quietly stated fcy we.l inlormed people yesterday that In nil probability the redoubtable Dalton would be called un by Secretary Alger to lead the expedition into the Klondike. On Christmas day Dalton, at the request of Gen. Merriam and Capt. W. W. Robinson, left this city for Vancouver to consult with the former. Daiton's services, it is understood, are in great demand by the government, and it is stated that if tho contract to freight the supplies into Dawson is not awarded to him it will be because his services ire held at too high a figure. Dalton, if -.ny arrangement between himself and the government is carried out, will, it is un derstood, take the relief supplies to the Klondike at a stipulated rate per pound, acting as freighter. What portion of the complement of men and horses is to be furnished him by the government has not yet been given out. When Dalton went to Vancouver Bar racks at the invitation of Gen. Merriam, to consult with him" regarding the relief expedition, it was stated that Gen. Mer riam was anxious to learn from the vet eran Alaskan what trail was best adapted to the objects of the expedition, and what means of conveyance were best suited to the purposes of the government It was not then stated, nor can it bo positively said now, that the war department asked .Mr. Dalton to take charge of the expedi tion or to assume a contract to land the supplies In Dawson by a certain date. What passed between Gen. Merriam and M«, Dalton Is Known only to themselves and to the authorities at Washington. Considering the fact that Mr. Dalton has been in the business of taking men and supplies over his trail into the gold fields for several years, and has In that time won a reputation any man might envy for sagacity and courage under adverse cir cumstances, it is natural to presume that the officials of the war department wish to have Dalton take the supplies to Dawson. Itslton Dori \t Tnlk. Whether any propos.il was ever made either to Dalton or by him to the govern ment has never been given out by those in a position to know. It will surprise some people, however, if Dalton is not chosen for the responsible task of taking into the grubless camp the supplies of provender which the government has ordered pur chased for the miners. Capt. W. W. Robinson, jr., assistant quartermaster of the department of th'« Columbia, wis asked yesterday whether there was any truth in the rumor cir culated about town that Mr. Dalton and the offi Mais of the ir d* partment had reached an agreement by which he was to have the contra-t for landing the supplies in Dawscn. "If any such thing has tran spired." he said, "1 know nothing of it." "In what shape are the negotiations be tween Mr. Dalton and the department?" was asked. "I am not in a position to discuss that matter," was his reply. "I can make no statement at this time." Dalton was y« «?er<lay if he had entered into a contract with the war de ;»ar:.T:« nt to transport the l.!«d tons of s p plies to Dawson. His reply was in the negative, but furthtr than that hs would nut talk. Mr. Dalton was asked what Oen. Merriam wanted of him when he visited him at Vancouver. "I am not at !:b< rty *o talk about that." he said, and then ex cused himself from discussing the matter at a:!. Where la Capt. Hayf The whereabouts of Capt. Phil Ray. wh-» with Lieut. R: -hardson went to Alaska last summer or. a special mission for the war d- partment, is a matter of es;.e i.»I inquiry Just now. The department at WxshlJisron has received, so fsr as is knewr: r.o off*.:;al commutation of :rn por'ance since he left S - . M'.eha- I for *he upper Yukon country. Th* last hiirfl of Capt. Ray was at K rt Tuk n last Sep t nber. when he signed a to gether aith I.'- a: Ri harden and X! Nt Statf*r: an Char!* a O Yale. concerning the f-.-vd situation In the upper Yukon •*ountry. This statement eonrbided with the re ommendation that the miners who •.id the river oft the *•' mer Ham.l* '• _pas« f h» w nter at Fort Yukon Continued an Page 3. EIOTTT-rAGE EDITION' MUM J I! I'M!. Capt. Wm. Hall Props Six Hundred Feet. NOT A WORD OF WARNING. The Body Is Frijrhtfally Mangled on the Skip Below. After a Tour of litpwittoi, the to> perinirndrnt and Foreman Safely Airrad-At the Top Capt Hall Steps Of oa the Wroag Side, and la I'laaged to Eternity—The Only Witness an Knglaeer, Wko See* the Lanp Snipped Out as tho Doomed Man Falls Inta tho Ahyse —A Ocipalrinc Cry and All la Ovoa 9p«clal Dispatch to the T»rmt Tntolllr»nn«i ROSS LAND, B. C.. Jan. 5. -Capt. WUV lam Hall, superintendent of the Le Ro4 mine, was killed at 5:2 i) o'clock this even ing by falling down the main shaft from the surface to the 600-foot level. The body was terribly injured by the fait, and the remains were hardly recognizable. The captain went under ground about 4 o'clock this afternoon on his usual Inspec tion of the mine. Arriving at the 600-foot level he safely examined the progress be ing made in extending the shaft to the TOO-foot level, and subsequently made a tour through tho west drift at the &X>- foot level. The steel eage Is raised at 5 o'clock, and at that hour Nick Treugor. the foreman, with whom Capt. Hall was making his inspection, suggested to the Uiter that they should go to the top immediately in one of the skips then being rajged, or they would have to climb up. Acting on the suggestion, the two climbed into the west skip, and standirg on the rim of it, they were hauled safely to the top. As the two reached the top Mr. Treagor stepped safely to tho floor at the west side of tho skip and walked over to the shaft house oflice, a few feet from the opening of the shaft, A moment later Capt. Hall stepped off the skip. What happened then will never be exactly known. The only witness was the engineer on duty at the time. Instead of getting out upon the floor of the shaft house, the captain stepped oft the east side of the skip upon a narrow beam about ten Inches wide which separates the two compartments. Evidently he slipped, for a moment later ho fell down the compartment Just oppo site the one In wht< h he had safely ridden up. lie made no sound as he fell, but the engineer saw him clutch desperately at the side of the shaft as he started down. Then the captain's candle went out, and all was over. j As he fell past the 250-foot level An tone Sorenson, timber boss, who was standing there heard a cry. and the rush | as of a man falling down the shaft. but that was the oniy sound that was heard from the captain during his frightful fall, i The skip was standing at the bottom of the shaft, and the mangled body of tha captain fell squarely across it, alighting on | the rim. The station tender, horrified at the awful accident, scarcely recognized the remains, but with tha assistance of , two or three miners he got the body in tha | skip. Coroner Bowes and Dr. Coulthard were summoned, but the captain was lor* past medical aid. Thire seamed to be no doubt as to the causa of the accident, but to satisfy everyone the coroner decided to ! hold an inquest at 3:»5 o'clock tomorrow morning in th*> city offices. It was decided to «hip the remains to Spokane on the noon train tomorrow for burial. Capt. Hall wis a native of Ireland, aged «? years. He leaves a widow and five children. Nrna Conseye-d to the Family. i SPOKANE. Jin. s.—Officers of the { Hoi company bore the sad news to the family this evening. The daughters. Pearl and Rose, aged IT and 19. who were their f ith»r's were pro*?'rated, and medical attendance was necessary. Although born In the north of Ireland, | Capt. Hall wis reared in the Cornwall mining district. He came to America wheri 21 years of age, and for eisrht years 1 operated In the Iron mines of the Lake Superior r« t-ion. Prom the iron mfr.es he went to Salt Lake, arid berame supcrin i of the Antelope and Prine« of | Wales mines. His r.ext move was to Walkerville, Mont., where he »*rv. i as j SJ;l< rlntendent of the famous A':ce mln<>. lie was a candidate for presidential elector or. the Republican ticket In s>\>2. and served several terms as county com missioner and mayor. The I* R >i mine will be shut down until after tie funeral In tokaa of respect to | the dead superintendent. RK tHS NO ILL. W ILL. (,rn. Booth Will Visit the Miration \rtuy Is America. XPW YORK. Jan. A dispatch to the World from London says: Gen Booth. w v o svs for New York n»*t S,t ardsy, g'.v-s trie following statement of the o>- 3»-,-ts of his visit: "I im goinr or. this Journey wlh the fj. P'irp *• of strengthening the hands and cneering the nearts of my own p»- »p!e. What ver Jealousy or selfish aims may he in the heart* of other people, the Solva tion Army on hot a sides of the Atlantis are one fn mutual confidence and affec tion. In the Urdted States one of my > -ns M« separated from me Jjvi is working h « own « ay. Though I think he a w - '.s ;e stiil my son. A« to contro versy o: i -it. 1 wtll 3JV none of it." Ite». *. t". Aduttta llrnil. SU.KSf Or. J*e. S.—Rev. « C. Ad*m* . <*• U" -*n l.'r tarian minister, diid to { night, aged 73 years.