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VOLUME XC.-KO. 111.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
A Frightful Accident Occurs in
A Baltimore Theater,
In Which the Lives of Twenty-Three
People Are Sacrificed,
And a Number of Others Were Seriously if
Nut Fatally lojurei
Panic Caused by Cries ol Fire at tie Beginning
ot tie Perlormaace.
Men, Women and Children, Crazed by
Fear, light and Struyrele In the
Aisles to BeMh the Open Air-The
Weaker Ones (rushed to the Floor
and Trampled to Death-An Inde
scribable Scene of Horror.
lIALTIMORE, Dec. 27.—Twenty
three persons were crushed and train
].ied to death in a panic at the Front-
Btreet Theater to-night. Several others
■were injured, and some of them, it is
believed, will die. The United Oriental
Opera and Dramatic Company of Bos
ton, under the management of A.
F< hong-old and Abraham Tansman, was
billed to present the Jewish opera "Al
exander," and the theater was filled
vith a motley throng. About f»00 per
sons were in the house when the or
phestra began playing the introductory.
A strong odor of gas was noticed in
the second gallery of the theater, and
pome of the attaches of the place were
Bet n hunting for the leak with a lighted j
torch. Suddenly a jet of flame Hashed
out as a torch came in contact with j
the punctured gaspipe.
Cries of fire were heard in the upper
fralleries and in an instant the excite
ment became intense. Some one rushed
to the gas meter and turned off the
supply, plunging the main body of the
house into darkness. The stage jets
alone remained lighted, being fed
through another meter.
Instead of allaying the exritement
caused by the sheet of flame from the
leaking pipe, the turning off of the gas
only served to add to the confusion.
Tne audience made a mad rush for the
: lon ran down to the
shouting, "Sit down; there's
near." but the excited throng paid
but continued
th'-ir wild BCranbie tor the doors.
The k is was quickly turned on at the
; ■ be theater again became
illuminated an Indescribable scene of
horror was pn sented. Men, women and
children, erased by fear, were fighting
and struggling In the aisles and on the j
Stairways in their efforts to reach the ;
•pen air.
The actors on the stage and a few cool
heads in the audience added to the tur
moil by shouting their commands to
"Sit down," atid cursing those who
most vigorous in their efforts to
get out. The struggling mass of hu
manity made little or no headway for
a few minutes. Every aisle was con
; I and every doorway jammed with
ntl Poles and Russian Jews,
[leho mainly composed the gathering.
The strong men in the rear of the
panic stricken mob climbed upon the
shoulders of those in front, crushed the
■r to iho iloor to be trampled
to death by those still further in the
r>ar. For several minutes the wild fight
continued, then a few policemen I
a passage way to the main entrance
and began dragging forth those who ,
jammed in the doors. A rushing
Stream Of humanity flowed out on Front
street until all that were able to move
reached the open air.
A hurried call for policemen had
brought a large squad to the theater
by this time and a tire alarm had also
Bent in, bringing some engine! U>
the scene.
The excitement in the street was
almost as great as in the theater, as rel
atives began searching for those from
. they had become separated dur
the rush. Fathers and mothers
J I about looking for their children
; Led to n oter the t;.
in their search for missing ones. The
< . .;• eat that the i
fearing a riot, ordered the lire engine
1 i irned on, and in that way
I mass was driven back
l . ..••!■ entrao
Meanwhile offi< ers had entered the
theati encountered a sickening
iij every direction were found
1 m Which Hfe had been tiam
] .■•■!. A majority of the
victims were young men, girls and
children. They v. ted to the
front <-f the house and taken to the
city hospitals as Cast as the ambu
lances could make the trips. Great
Crowds followed the patrol wagons and
ambulances and stormed the ent:
to the hospitals and morgue in their
•> to learn if their relate
friends were among the dead.
Twenty-three dead bodies were tinal
1> taken from the theater. Ten persons
were mbi Injured and two of
them may die. Several others were
taken to their homes in carriages, suf
fering from contusions and broken
Tones. The death list will pi
i twenty-five.
At a late hour to-night there had been
THE RECORD-UNION.
but fourteen of the dead identified. They
are:
Miss Jennie Hinkle, 21 years of age,
who was in the orchestra with her
brother-in-law, sister and two children.
They reached the door in their attempt
to escape. Miss Hinkle suddenly re
leased her hold on her brother-in-law's
arm and sank under the feet of the
throng. She was trampled to death.
Louis Cohen, a ten-year-old boy; Jacob
Rosenthal, a tailor, about 25 years old;
Wolff, a tailor; Theresa Goldstein,
7 years old, and her little four-year-old
brother; Louis Amolsky. H2 years old;
Sarah Rosen, 15 years old; Ida Silber
raan, 14 years old; Ida Friedman, 14
years old; Sarah Siegal, 10 years old;
Levenstein, 40 years old; Sals
burg, twelve-year-old boy; Lena Lewis,
22 years old.
BOND BILL.
ecretary Carlisle's Views ou the
Measure Pending in Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Secretary
Carlisle gave to a reporter this evening
his views on the bond measure now
pending in Congress.
"I am satisfied thai there is only one
permanent remedy for our financial em
barrassments, and that is legislation
providing for the retirement of the legal
tender notes. The bill reported by the
Committee on Ways and Means falls
short of the requirements of the situa
tion, and its passage will not benefit
the situation. Our difficulties were pro
duced and have been prolonged and ag
gravated by the fear that, notwith
standing all the efforts of the Admin
istration, we may be ultimately unable
to procure gold for the purpose of re
deeming our notes, and consequently be
forced to a silver basis, and this fear
cannot be wholly removed until some
action is taken by Congress clearly in
dicating a purpose to pay all our obliga
tions in gold when demanded by the
holders.
"About $10,000,000 In interest could
have been saved to the people on the
last issue of bonds if Congress had con
sented to make them expressly payable
in gold, instead of coin. This condition
is not at all improved by the pending
bill, which still requires all bonds to be
payable 'in coin,' as heretofore, and
confers no new authority except the
power to issue and sell 3 per cent.
bonds, also payable in coin, after five
years, with interest payable in coin
semi-annually."
Speaking of the second section of the
bill, which authorizes the issue of cer
tificates to meet deficiencies in the reve
nue. Secretary Carlisle said: "While
there is no necessity at the present time
tor resorting to the exercise of the
power which that section confers, and
may not be in the future, the Secretary
of the Treasury ought always to have
the authority to issue or sell, or use in
the payment of expenses, short-time
certificates or bonds of the character
described in the bill. Such authority
ought to have been conferred upon him
a long time ago, and it ought to be made
permanent, instead of being limited to
$50,000,000, as it Is by this bill. Except
as to this limitation, the second section
of the bill is a good one."
HAYWARD'S CONFESSION.
One Portion Heretofore Suppressed
Comes to Light.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—ln the confession
Of Harry Hayward one portion was
suppressed. Whatever doubt may rest
<-n the remainder of the curious confes
sion, there is none in this portion.
W. E. Hale is a leader at the bar of
Twin Cities. When he was a year ago
retained as counsel for Hayward the
community was loath to believe Hay
ward's guilt, but Hale withdrew from
the case, though still retaining his in
terest in the criminal, who had been a
favorite with his family, and standing
by him publicly. It now transpires,
according to the confession, that this
man, who was asked to be a counselor
for Hayward, had been bereft of a
daughter and a son-in-law by the same
Bin who had secured the death
of Miss Ging.
In his confession Hayward stated
that Miss Helen Hale was the only girl
he had ever loved. When she was about
to become the wife of Dr. Hayworth,
;< prominent physician of Chicago, Hay
ward and his cousin, Ed. Goodsell, the
< onfession declares, hired a detective
to dog the steps: of the groom to see if
something could not be found that
would injure his matrimonial prospects.
Nothing definite was found.
Shortly after came the marriage,
which was a brilliant one. Dr. Hay
worth and his bride came to Chicago.
Later Mrs. Hayworth returned to Min
ni apoos for a visit. While there her
husband had suddenly died.
Hayward. who was in Chicago, no
tified the bride that her husband was
very ill and needed her presence. She
\^ent at once, found her husband dead,
and Harry Hay ward, as a friend of
the family and of herself, took charge
of the arrangements. He dined with
the widow at the Wellington i:
and. according to his confession, poi
soned her. she died very mysteriously
there.
The confession also states that the
death of the husband was mused by
Hay ward, though in what manner the
confession does not tell. Much of the
Story is corroborated by Goodsell, for
whose benefit the confession was made.
THE STORM IN THE EAST.
Gtaeal Damage Done at New York and
Ylrlnlty.
NKW YORK, Dec. L'7.—Reports con
tinue to come In this morning of the
damages which were wrought in this
city by last night's high wind and rain
storm. Many persons had narrow >•<
--from serious injury if not death.
In North Morrisiana four telegraph
fell across th>^ elevated road
. - this morning, jilmost In front of
pproachlng train, which stopped
within ten feet Of the obstruction. The
blowing down of the poles paralysed
the telegraph wires. Piate-gia-ss win
dows were blown in, trees uprooted,
Vrn away and street lamps
wrecked, hut up to Boon no one •
i injured.
The storm wrought much damage in
klyn also.
Escape of a Prisoner.
BANTA ROSA, Dec. 27.—Pad Walsh,
a prisoner, jumped from a train this
afternoon arid escaped from Constable
In calls, who was bringing him here
Healdsburg- He went into the
ad eriwled through the
window, reaching the ground from the
step in safety. No traces have been
found of the missing man yet.
SACRAMENTO. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1595.-EIGIIT PAGES.
STORM IN THE NORTH.
Not Much Prospect of an Abatement for
Several Days.
■
Telegraphic and Railway Service Para
lyzed by Heavy Snows.
Judge Morrow ot the United States
District Court Makes an Important
Ruling Relating to the -Nat urn I i/a
tlon of Chinese—A Marysvllle Clgar
niaker Commits Suicide by Shoot
ing Himself In the Right Temple.
SEATTLE (Wash.) Dec. 27.—There is
not much prospect of any abatement of
the storm which has prevailed with
more or less fury both on land and
water over the northwest for several
days. Continued rains have resulted in
a great slide on the Great Northern road
thirteen miles this side of Everett to
day, the landslide covering the track
about five feet deep for nearly seventy
five yards.
This, together with unusually heavy
snows in the Cascades, has paralyzed
the telegraphic and railroad services,
and delayed the mails on to-day's over
land train.
A strong wind, with occasional hail,
has been sweeping over the sound most
all day, occasioning more or less trouble
b ■ shipping.
Concerning the fate of the M Low era,
Captain Sorrenson of the schooner Com
peer, now in port, does not take a very
hopeful view of the situation. On the
2.'5 d and part of the- l!4th instant he was
sixty miles southwest of Cape Flattery,
and on these days he only sighted one
vessel and one of the China liners out
ward bound. She was struggling with
terrific storms, and the wind blew al
most a hurricane. He states that he
never before experienced 6uch severe
westerly winds as have prevailed
around the cape recently.
A MORE HOPEFUL VIEW.
VICTORIA (B. C. ), Dec. 27.—The
Northern Pacific steamship Victoria
reached port this morning, after a good
trip of thirteen days from Yokohama.
She had strong westerly gales all the
voyage. She saw nothing of the steam
ship Miowera. It is the opinion of ship
ping men here that the Miowera is all
right that she had spent a number of
days towing the Strathnevis. had mails
and passengers to urge her forward on
her voyage, was close to a dangerous
shore in a gai.-. and that when she lost
sight of the Strathnevis and it was
thought that she was foundered, her
Captain considered the best course was
to put to sea and proceed on her voyage.
MUCH MYSTERY
Surrounding the Identity of" n Man Who
Committed Suicide nt Ventura.
VENTURA, Dec. 27.—The mystery
surrounding the suicide of H. L. Jones
at the Anacapa Hotel December 11th
will never be solved if the plans laid by
his friends to conceal his identity are
carried out.
The body was exhumed last night.
This morning an undertaker carrie down
from Santa Barbara to assist the Dep
uty Coroner in preparing the remains
for shipment. Somebody in St. Louis
telegraphed 8400 to cover the expense
of exhumation and forwarded instruc
tions that no information should be
furnished to the newspapers.
To further conceal the identity of the
suicide the body will be shipped in the
name of the railroad agent in St. Louis
with no indication as to who the friends
are who have taken so much interest
in the matter.
The undertaker has been advised that
he will be paid for his trouble on con
dition of maintaining absolute se
crecy. All the Information which he
will furnish is that the man was
walthy and prominent in social cir
cles in St .Louis. For some reason his
friends desire to blind the newspapers
as to the true facts.
NATURALIZATION OP CHINESE.
it Lies in the Control of the Govern
ment, and Not In the states.
FAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—United
States District Judge Morrow to-day
rendered an important decision in the
case of Gee Hoop, a Chinaman who ar
rived in San Francisco from China on
September 16, LBQS. He had papers
which showed that he had once been
naturalized by the courts of New Jer
sey, but he was denied admission on the
ground that the courts had no right to
make a Mongolian a citizen. Hoop's
attorney was asked for a writ of
as corpus, and Commissioner Hea
cock took evidence in the case.
After carefully reviewing the case,
Seacock recommended that Gee Hoop
be remanded, "for the reason that there
was no law conferring the right of
naturalization upon Mongolians or na
tives of China."
In this conclusion Judge Morrow said:
"I heartily agree. The matter of natu
ralization is exclusively within the
control of the Government of the United
States and not of the States.'
SUICIDE AT MARYSVILLE.
A Cigar Manufacturer Ends His
Earthly Existence.
MARYSVILLE, Dec. 27.—George
Boy. of the firm of Hammerly & Boy,
cigannakers, committed suicide at his
lodgings. In the rear of the establish
ment, last night. The body was found
by his partner this morning with a bul
let-hole in the right temple and a re
volver clutched in his right hand.
The deceased had been on a pro
tracted spree, and remorse is the only
cause assigned. He was raised in Leav
enworth, Kas.. and at one time was
employed in San Francisco by Ham
merly. He had been in California since
1881. H< was :\\ years old.
Hnllts HttehCOOk at the Point of Death.
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—Hollis
EUtchooek, aged 75, one of the best
known and wealthiest pioneers of Cali
fornia, is now lying at the point of
death at a private hospital in this city.
He came to California from Eastern
Canada, and began buying and driving
cattle to the various gold camps.
He owns valuable properties in Monte
rey. Fresno. Sonoma and Sacramento
Counties, and is a large stockholder in
the San Francisco and North Pacific
Railroad.
Mayne Too Weak to Testify.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 27.—United
States Commisssioner Van Dyke and
several gentlemen from Los Angeles
and San Diego interested in the alleged
water company bribery cases in San
Diego were at the County Jail this
morning to take the deposition of
Clifton E. Mayne. ' Mayne told sub
stantially the same story that he did
in his affidavit which was published
a few days ago. After a couple of hours
were spent Mayne said he felt as though
another hemorrhage waa coming on and
must lie down. The taking of his depo
sition was postponed until this after
noon, but when the officials called
again Mayne was too weak to go on.
Murderer Montgomery.
ALBANY (Or.), Dec. 27.—Lloyd Mont
gomery, the self-confessed triple mur
derer, now states that his first confes
sion, in which he alleged that Mc-
Kercher killed his parents, and that he
killed McKercher, was correct, and that
he was practically forced to make the
confession before the Grand Jury, on
the strength of which he was con
victed. His present statement is, how
ever, not believed by anyone cognizant
of the facts in the c;
>few Bloycle Record.
CORONADO, Dec. 21.—Three world's
bicycle records were made heVe to-day
by the Syracuse racing team. Hamilton
went a third of a mile, standing start,
paced in thirty-eight and three-eighths
seconds. Taylor and Hewitt, on a tan
dem, paced by Stone Swanbrough,
Washburne and Terrill on a quad, made
two-thirds of a mile, Hying start, in
1:09. A half-mile by the same team
was made in 0:i>0 1-5 seconds.
Canon Mint Case.
CARSON, Dec. 27.—The United States
Court was crowded this morning at the
trial Of Barney Brule, night watchman,
charged with bribing witnesses in the
Heney Mint case to leave the country.
The evidence was produced by the
prosecution, showing bribery, and the
defense produced witnesses to impeach
the testimony. The case will be argued
in the morning.
Judgo Baldwin Improving.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—Judge
F. T. Baldwin, one of the Code Com
missioners, and formerly Superior
Judge of San Joaquin County, who was
stricken with paralysis a few days ago,
is reported by his physicians as stead
ily improving, and as 10 per cent, bet
ter than yesterday. His attendants now
seem confident of his complete recov
ery.
Warship Huston.
VALLEJO, Dec. 27.—The United
States steamship Boston sails hence
to-morrow at 1) o'clock direct for China,
carrying some sixty men in addition to
her crew, for distribution among the
ships now on that station. Most of
these men will go to the Monocacy,
which craft is used as a sort of river
police boat in those waters.
Oransxe Shipments East.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.—The South
ern Pacific forwarded seventeen car
loads of oranges eastward on Thursday
night, and the Santa Fe eleven car
loads. The reports from the East are to
the effect that the fruit is arriving in
good condition and is giving satisfac
tion. Riverside alone has shipped thus
far 2i)i> cars of oranges East this season.
(.ullty of M.i;iKl.<uii!iiei-.
OAKLAND, Dec. 27.—Lewis Muhlner
was found guilty of manslaughter to
day. He was indicted for the killing of
Jennie Lewis, to whom he had been
engaged, but she had broken off the
match. The evidence against him was
very strong.
Counterfeiters Arrested.
PENDLETON (Or.), Dec. 27.— E. B.
Crawford of Athena and Louis Estes of
Pendleton were to-day arrested for
manufacturing and circulating gold
coin. The stuff was a good imitation of
the genuine article.
BIG ROBBERY.
Thieves Secure Seventy-Five Thou
sand Dollars' Worth of Jewels.
NKW YORK Dec. 2*.—lt was learned
shortly after 2 o'clock this (Saturday)
morning that the house of I. Townsend
Burden, at No. 5 East Twenty-seventh
stie. t. was the scene of a diamond and
jewelry robbery at midnight and $75,000
worth of valuables had been carried off.
Up to this hour, -:'.'>u a, m., no details
are obtainable.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden
went to the opera last night with their
daughter, leaving their two sons and
six servants to care for the house. At
10 o'clock those left in the house re
tired. At 10:30 William, the 20-year-old
son, heard someone moving about in
his father's room on the second floor.
He went down stairs and found the
door of the room locked. Thinking his
father had returned from the opera
and had locked himself in the room,
William went up stairs and retired to
bod. At midnight Mr. and Mrs. Burden
and their daughter returned from the
Optra and upon entering their house
discovered that the place had been vis
ited by burglars.
Mrs. Burden at once examined her
jewel cases and found that they had
all been despoiled. The first thing she
missed was a (15,000 diamond neck
lace. Rut everything was gone. Not a
valuable article of jewelry had been
left to her except what she had worn
to the opera. She said that the stolen
jewels were worth $65,000.
Up stairs everything was topsy
turvy, but it did nut appear that any
thing but the jewelry had been stolen.
BATTLE AT ZEITOUN.
Nearly Three Thousand Lives Ix>st in
t he < oniiu-t.
Constantinople, Dec. 27.—it is
officially announced that the most ob
stinate fighting preceded the capture of
Zeitoun by the Turks. Semi-official ad
vices, from Zeitoun say the Armenians
lest 2,r>(Hi killed during the engage
ments, and 250 Turks were killed.
A narrow pass between the hills lead
ing out of Zeitoun is said to be crowded
with Armenians, men, women and chil
dren, and it is feared they will be mas
sacred. The Embassadors of Great
Britain. France, Russia. Germany, Italy
and Austria sent their dragomans to
the palace to-day to make representa
tions with a view to preventing the Ar
menians being massacred. The finan
cial situation continues very bad.
Contraband Opium.
Officers Peonlsh and Rutherford
raided a China-house on Sixth street,
between O and P, at a late hour last
night, and placed under arrest Ching
Ong Hong, who was discovered in the
act of cooking crude opium. About six
gallons of the contraband article was
seized, and the culprit landed in jail,
rot, however, until after ■ severe tussle
with dog and Chinaman, which will ne-
cessitate Officer Pennish seeking a
tailor shop for repairs.
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
Secretary Carlisle Writes a Letter Con
cerning the Treasury's Condition
To Chairman Dingley of the Ways and
Moans Committee.
Agreement .Reached to Vote Upon tho
New Boud Bill at Three O'C lock
To-Day—Concessions Made in Or
der to Ovorecne Protests Against
Huste— A 1 Amendment Adopted by
the Commit jto Prevent Arcunui
latlon in the Treusury of Green
backs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Chairman
Dingley of the Ways and Means Com
mittee has received a letter from Set ro
tary Carlisle, which is private, but fur
nishes some information concerning the
condition of the treasury. Mr. Dingley
says the Secretary offers to furnish the
House all data that may be needed.
The condition of the treasury is repre
sented to be very serious and Mr. Car
lisle urges legislation for gold bonds.
Dingley informed the Secretary that
gold bonds were out of the question
and could not be considered.
Secretary Carlisle did not say to Diner
ley that .'{ per cent, bonds cannot be
lloated, and did not discuss this feature
of the case.
This denial is made because a report
to this effect concerning the Secretary's
letter was in circulation.
President Cleveland and his advisors,
it is learned, are strongly opposed to the
House bill, and this feeling cans. .1 Sec
retary Carlisle to write to Chairman
Dingley.
Aside from the very important objec
tion that the bonds are to be redeemed
in coin instead of gold, as recommended
by the President, it is understood that
'the requirement that the bomls are to
be sold by subscription meet with dis
approval.
The experience of the Government, it
is said, with sales by advertisement
shows the ineffectual character of this
means of protecting the gold reserve.
A conference was held between
Speaker Reed and the House managers
to-day, and the result was an agree
ment for a vote on the bond bill at 3
o'clock to-morrow, instead of 5 o'clock
to-day. In the meantime, it is to be
open to debate.
A further arrangement was made that
tlie Ways and Means Committee, before
reporting the bill, will insert a clause
showing it is not the purpose to retire
greenbacks. It was also arranged that
there would be separate votes —one on
the proposition for a fifty million bond
issue and another on an unlimited
issue.
These concessions were made to over
come the protests against haste, which
led last night to the appointment of a
committee of Republican members to
wait on Speaker Reed.
The rule brought in for the consMr-r
--ation of the bond bill in the House was
adopted to-day—yeas 1!).~>, nays 101.
The Ways and Means Committee has
adopted an amendment to the* bill sug
gested by Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, to
prevent the accumulation in the treas
ury of greenbacks and their practical
retirement without cancellation.
The amendment provides that noth
ing in the Act shall be construed to re
peal or modify the Act of IN7.S for the
reissue of greenbacks when redeemed.
Another amendment was adopted
making bonds issued under the Act pay
able within fifteen years. The second
amendment had been suggested by Mr.
Lacy of lowa. The amendments were
adopted by strict party vote, and the
bill reported to the House as amended.
Tarsney (Dem.) of Missouri offered
an amendment to repeal the Act of I.N7S
for reissuing greenbacks, but failed to
get any support.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Another
large crowd was present when the
House convened to hear the considera
tion of the bond bill.
Daniels (Rep.) of New York made a
unanimous report from the Committee
on Elections declaring Belknap (Rep.)
entitled to the seat for which McGann
(Dem.) holds the certificate from the
Third District of Illinois. The report
was agreed to, and Belknap appeared
and took the oath of cilice.
* Henderson (Rep.) of lowa presented a
resolution from the Committee on Rules
providing for the discussion of the bond
bill until 5 o'clock this afternoon, and
at evening session from 7:.'1" o'clock to
10 o'clock, and at 3 o'clock to-morrow a
vote on its passage .shall be taken.
Crisp led the opposition to this, and
in his remarks urged upon Republican
Representatives opposed to the bill to
make their objections valid by voting
agaLnst a rule which would deprive
them of the right of offering any
amendment to the proposed measure.
Bailey of Texas and McMillin of Ten
nessee also spoke on the same lines as
Cri?p.
The Republicans offered no debate on
the resolution, and a vote by yeas and
nays was ordered at the conclusion of
McMillin's remarks. The result of the
vote was announced as yeas 195, nays
101. So the resolution was agreed to.
Speaker Reed announced that Groff
i R- p.) of Illinois desired to be excused
from service on the Committee on
Mines and Mining, and that in his place
Hatch (Rep.) of Indiana had been ap
pointed.
The bond bill was then read by the
Clerk, and Dingley opened the debate
in advocacy X>f its passage. His open
ing remarks were devoted to an expla
nation of the provisions of the measure.
Tho second section, authorizing the is
sue of $50,000,006 of certificates of in
debtedness, was a-n application of the
exchequer bill system to the operation*
of the Government. These obligations
were to meet temporary deficiencies
only. The proceeds of the bonds, au
thorized in the first section, were to be
applied to the redemption of green
backs and the maintenance of the gold
resen c only. The only new form of ob
ligation authorised by the bill, Dingley
said, was the >*> per cent, five and fifteen
year bonds, a proposition in the interest
Of economy. Without this legislation
the Secretary of the Treasury would of
necessity be compelled to issue either a
ten-year ."> per cent, bond or a thirty
y» ar 4 per cent. bond. As reasonable
business men, acting as they would in
reference to their own affairs, the
speaker could not see how the members
of the House should or could refuse to
' pass the bilL '
Marsh (Rep.) of Illinois asked Dingle?
what would become of the greenbacks
redeemed by the gold secured from the
pn rosed bond sale.
Dingley—Precisely what became of
them during the period from ISS4 to
1893, when there was no run upv>n the
tr- asury, owing to a deficiency of rev
enues. They will be used to take Dp and
pay off the Interest-bearing indebted
ness of the Government.
Marsh—What is there in this bill that
forbids the Treasury Department from
using them just as they haw used them
for the last two and a half years?
Dingley—If the second section of the
bill becomes a law, the treasury can use
only the proceeds of the certificates of
indebtedness bo meet deficiencies in rev
enue. Of course, it is the intention and
expectation that there shall be no de
ficiency, that is not temporary in its
nature.
Speaking of tin- necessity or desira
bility of the certificates >•!" Indebtedness,
Dingley said there was oo Government
on the face of th<- earth except that of
the United states which did not have on
its statute l>x>"ks a provision for the is-
Bue of exchequer bills which th< Be
really were, to meet accidental or tem
porary deficiencies In its revenues. No
more fatal policy, be said, could have
devised than that which had been
followed since 1893, of allowing thi
reserve to fall below the minimum of
one hundred millions.
Quigg (Rep.) of New York asked
Dingley If he thought the passa
the bill would result in maintaining the
gold reserve at any particular point.
Dingley replied that the effect would
be that when there was a run on the
treasury the same policy that was pur
sued up to 1890 would be pursued. The
greenbacks would be withheld tem
porarily in the treasury, and in the
meantime such a condition of the mar
kets could be cultivated as to make the
greenbacks more desirable than gold
and the tlow of the latter into the treas
ury be stimulated by the desire to se
cure the more convenient greenback in
exchange.
In response to a further question from
Marsh regarding the comparative value
of long and short bonds, Dingley ex
pressed the opinion that a '•> per cent.
bond would be taken by the i pie ot
this country with great avidity. In con
clusion, he said the bill had nothing to
do with the silver question. It pre
sented simply the proposition that it
was better and wiser to Issue "« per cent.
bonds than those of a higher rate of in
terest, and it contemplated a return to
the conditions obtaining from 1879 to
1893, during which period the country
enjoyed a high degree of prosperity.
Dingley was followed by Turner
(Dem.) of Georgia in opposition to the
bill. Turner challenged the statement
that the bill would require the treasury
department to open two accounts of
the proceeds of the sales of the obliga
tions provided for. Nothing of the
kind was suggested, he said, and it con
tained nothing to prevent the Treas
urer using the proceeds of these sales
for any lawful purpose to which he
could devote them. The unfortunate
division in both parties respecting the
financial system of the country. Turner
said, had done much to postpone and
prevent a settlement of the qestion on
a sound basis. The benefits of such a
settlement, he declared, would not be
confined to this country, but would ex
tend to all the world. But it could be
settled. \r. his opinion, by the declara
tion of a sound money doctrine as the
policy of the United States.
The discussion was continued byGros
venor (Rep.) of Ohio, who said that his
support of the bill was influenced by
the conditions that had preceded its in
troduction. He said the action of Dem
ocratic officials had brought about the
necessity for its passage. He would
support the bill, even if its effect was to
rescue a Democratic administration
from shame and disgrace, "for under
neath it lies my country, the country
which the Republican party has saved
in war and in peace."
Swanson (Dem.) of Virginia, after
entering his protest against the meth
ods of the majority in the considera
tion of the pending bill, said he calcu
lated, upon the basis of Secretary Car
lisle's figures, that there would be
$160,000,000 of surplus in the treasury
three years hence, and that the pro
ceeds of sales of bonds under the bill
would be so much of an addition there
to. He opposed any such proposition,
and also any proposition to retire the
greenbacks, either directly or indi
rectly.
Lacey (Rep.) of lowa said the bill
should be passed to obviate the possi
bility of another bond sale like that
which scandalized the country a year
ago. The necessity for relieving the
treasury lay in the fact, Lacey urged,
that when it was ill the whole body po
litic suffers. There had been sugges
tions made, Lacey continued, that th&
country wanted a rest. That, however,
was not the fact. What the people
needed was not rest but work, of which
they had been deprived since the Dem
ocratic administration came into
power.
Johnson (Rep.) of California created
the sensation of the afternoon in his
speech, in which he said he would give
the reason why, as a Republican, he
could not vote for this "most iniquitous
measure."
"This bill, in my judgment," he said,
"stamps the seal of approval by the Re
publican party upon the aci of these
officers, and upon the issuance of these
bonds, in the manner I have stated. It
continues in force tlv_> laws which now
authorize the selling of bonds at 4 per
cent, and 5 per cent., and in addition
gives authority to the treasury to issue
the bonds at o per cent. lam opposed
to this bill, because it contradict^ all
the Republican platforms and all the
Republican Conventions and all the Re
publican speeches that I ever heard or
made or wrote upon the question of
finance.
"Yesterday, against my will, against
my protest, I voted for a bill, which, in
my judgment, was unnecessary, which,
in my judgment, was not a Republican
measure, which, in my judgment, did
not meet the case, was not what we
were sent here U> do, because I believe
that the verdict of the Nation in 1894
was that we should have a protective
tariff, not a tariff for revenue only;
that the election of ISO 4 stamped the
seal of approval upon the McKinley
bill—upon Bill McKinley himself.
"I am one of that unforturiate class
called new members. I am simply
kneeling at the feet of the political
Gamaliels who run and control the Re
publican party here. ' (Laughter.) I
am simply swallowing the drippings
from the sanctuary. (Laughter.) I ad
mire the courage of those men, and yes
terday I voted for that bill because
they said it was right. I was in the
condition of the Irishman who had
never seen any peaches before, who was
given some to eat. He ate ravenously,
and then he was asked how they tasted.
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WHOLE KO. 16,011.
POWER-HOUSE BLOWN UP.
Two Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Ex
ploded at Lockport, Illinois.
The Shock Felt for a Distance of
Thirty Miles.
Luckily No On© Was Hurt, Though
Many Buildings at th« Works >Vere
Badly Shattered < hicagoans Fright
ened ai Their Shaking Up, Until
They I earned the » aus< — Au Ember
Falling From a Stove Supposed to
u> til.- < aua« of the Occident.
LOCKPORT (111 v !■ ■ 27.—The pow
der house of Smith & Eastmi
tion of the dra al, containing
about 2,000 pounds of dynamite, blew
up at -1 o'clock this afternoon, N
was injured. The watchman had left
the magazine, and it is supposed that
an ember from the stove fell upon the.
floor. The shock was the severest ever
felt here. Reports state that it w« s felt
at a distance of tinny miles. Many
buildings at the works were badly
shattered.
FELT IN" CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec, 27.—A terrific and
widespread vibration of the earth
frightened the people of Chicago and
residents of the country for fifty miles
around at 4 o'clock this morning. The
origin was at first in doubt, but word
was received later that the shock was
caused ).y the dynamite explosion In
the powder house of Smith & Eastman,
between Lockport and Romeo, thirty
miles south of this city.
Reports indicate that the whole
northeastern part of the State, extend
ing as far west as Hammond, Ind., ex
perienced the shock and attendant
flight.
BANKER KIMBAIL.
Mystery Surrounding His Whereabouts
at Last Cleared Pp.
DEADWOOD (S. D.). Dec. 27.
mystery surrounding the wh<
of Banker Glenn l:. Kimball, who left
his home here September 7th while In a
state of mental abberation. has at last
b< • n cleared up.
< >n October 7th the body of a man was
found lying near the railroad track be
tween Alliance and Reno, Neb., with the
skull broken and a portion <>f 11 i
eaten away by field mice. He had
bees murdered. From the description
given at the time Mrs. Kimbal] thought
it was the body of her husband, and"
the conviction grew upon her until a
few days :i. • >fe a Deadwood un
dertaker with her to Alliance and had
the body exhumed. She returned to
day positive that it was her husband.
She identified the peculiar shape of the
feet and ears, a large scar on the left
knee, a catarrhal affection of the nose,
and an Impression of the mouth taken
by a dentist before he left, as also by
other marks.
Several hundred dollars had been
spent in searching for the body of the
banker, who was last heard of alive at
Tecumseh. Neb., September 24th.
HA.YWARDS BODY CREMATED.
All That Remains of Miss <.iny;-s Mur
derer Now Ashes.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—The remains of
Harry Hayward were cremated shortly
after noon to-day in the crematory at
Graceland Cemetery. Only Dr. Thad
deus Hayward, his brother, Harry
Goodsell, his cousin, and N. F. Warner.
all of Minneapolis, and two attaches of
the crematory company were present..
The rules of the corporation forbid the
admission of more than five persons at
one time.
The remains arrived at the Union
depot at !t:.":»> o'clock, and a large crowd
witnessed the transfer of the casket
from the express to the cemetery su
burban train. There were no rites at
the crematory. The fires had been
lighted at midnight. To-morrow the
ashes will be plae ,1 in an urn and the
brother will take them back to Minne
apolis.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars'
Worth of Property Ruined.
BALTIMORE (Md.), Dec. 27.— The
most exciting tire that has occurred in
this city recently began early this
morning at the corner of Charles and
Baltimore streets, and before the
flames were extinguished $350,000 had
gone up in smoke.
The fire was discovered in the four
story iron building occupied by Oehm
& Co., one of the largest clothing estab
lishments in the city. The district
around Crrarles and Baltimore streets,
the heart of the city, is occupied by
massive wholesale and retail estab
lishments.
The efforts of the firemen were greatly
hampered with the network of wires
around the burning building, and the
flames spread through the different
floors rapidly. Within two hours Oehm's
buildings were gutted by the fire.
SEVERAL PERSONS DROWNED
During the Great storm Which Passed
Over Texas.
DALLAS (Texas), Dec. 27.—A I
to George Cummings, Superintendent
of Hambrick's caittle. and sheep ranch,
in Sterling County, says that five Mexi
can herders and a woman and girl were
drowned in the Concho River on Tues
day night during the great storm that
swept over the Concho Valley and the
greater portion of Western Texas.
Following are the names of the dead:
Mrs. Cadiz, Miss Cadjz, Oranto Cadiz,
Emelio Deltro, Alberto Hardin, Pedro
Vargas and Juan Vargas.
COUNTERFEITERS IN KANSAS.
Several Arrests, and Molds and Spuri
ous Coins Captured.
PITTSBT'RG (Kan.), Dec. 27.—For
some weeks it has been known that a
gang of counterfeiters were working
in this city. Yesterday Detective I. N.
Skinner arrested James Dildy, Al. and
Frank Morris, Dick Craig and Mrs.
Al. Morris and Mrs. Hettie Mitchell.
Molds and spurious coin in various
stages of manufacture were included
in the capture. It is not thought that
the women are connected with the
work, and both were released on their
own recognizance; the others are in
jail. Dildy confessed last night, but
claimed that the others under arrest
were innocent.