El Reno Daily Eagle. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 92, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1895 Page: 2 of 4
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FRANKS REVIVED.
A Prov’sion in the Printing Bill Over-
looked by Everyone.
PAUL JONES LIKELY TO WIN.
The l'.o«ton WMaker Has 114.800 of
HI* #5,000—Tliuraton a Full Fledged
Senator t roni Governor to
Mayor. •
Washington. Jan. 17.—In add* ’onto
many change* made in the print.ng of-
fice and the distribution of documents,
the printing bill signed by the presi-
dent, revives the franking privileges.
The worths are: ‘'The vice president,
member* and ineml>ervelect. delegate*
a 1 delegates-e:ect to congress shall
have the privilege of *fcndinjf free
through the mails anti under their
frank an}’ mail matter to any
government official or to any person,
correspondence not exceeding one
ounce in weight when official or de-
partment business.” The provision
was never referred to when the bill
was bef ore either hou-e, and senators
and members were equally surprise l
when informed of it to-day.
I*A FI. JONKH MK Xf TO WIN.
Vancoi vkr, B. C., Jan. 17.—Among
the passengers by the Empress of
Japan, who arrived here last night
from the Orient, wa* "Paul Jones.”
who started fr»n Boston to travel
around the world on a wager. lie left
without a e nt -r clothes and had to
accomplish the trip in a certain tim"
besides earning -.1.000. lie had *4,800
and had three weeks in which to get
back to Boston, so he is pretty sure to
win the wager.
THURSTON A FULL n.KDGKP SENATOR.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 16.—The two
hou -s of the legislatnre met in joint
convention at noon to-day and de-
clared John M. Thurston elected
United States senator to succeed
Charles F. Manderson. Mr. Thurston
received an ovation and delivered a
lengthy address.
FROM OOVF.R.VOR TO MAYOR.
I’fliLA DELPHI a. Jan. 17.—The demo-
cratic city convention to-day unani-
mously nominated cx-Uov. Pattison as
its candidate for mayor.
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FARM! HS’ N \TIONAl, A LI.I %N€'K.
Tin* L*e«-utlvr Committee Hold*** Meeting
:« II<1 XlloptH Resolution*.
Chicago, Jan. J7,—■'The executive
committed of the Rational Fanners’
alliance held an u!l day s session at the
Sherman house yesterday. El wood
Furnas, of Nevada, la., was chairman
of the meeting, and August Post., of
Moulton, la., was secretary. Resolu-
tions were adopted dechiring that, as
tin* farmers are the most numerous
class in the country and have suffered
from legislation unfriendly to the
agricultural interests, the farmers
should elect their pro rata share of the
legislators of the country. They de-
manded nationali/.ation of the means
of transportation and communication
to the extent that the state and inter-
state commerce laws shall bo made
mutually co-operative and harmonious
for the strict and absolute control of
the same in the* interest of the people;
that the pooling clause of the inter-
state commerce law shall be retained.
The* progressive course of reading for
farmers was recommended; a declara-
tion in favor of f »niale suffrage and a
demon 1 for strict legislation prohibit-
ing a In Iteration of food product,
wound up the resolutions.
K'INHtH ANI» OKF%IIO.>IA.
Item* of lntere*t to tin* People or Thesr
section* from Wiirtliington.
W ashington,Jan. 17. The hill grunt
<ng to the Kansas City, Oklahoma A
Pacific railroad a franchise to build it?
lines through the Indian territory,
which was passed by the house this
afternoon, was also favorably reported
in the senate.
Bills for t he relief of Daniel Woodson
and Eli Moore, of Kansas, were resur
rected to-day for perhaps the twentieth
time and introduced in the senate by
Mr. Martin.
The original hill granting a pension
to Martha Allen and children, widow
and children of Robert A. Allen, of
company I, Second regiment, Kansu?
state volunteers, was to-day indefinite
ly postponed in the senate on a com
mittec recommendation favoring a sub
Ktitute.
A petition from a number of real
dents of Lincoln county. Ok., begging
the house to compel the taking of step?
for the opening of the Kickapoo land'
was presented to the house to-day.
A PONT OH U » ltAIDF.D.
Tin- s»*fr Wiin Itlmvii Open, hut flit* Amount
Secured %% tv* SiiiiiU.
Kiiiksv n.l.r.. Mo.. Jan. 17 News ha?
reached the city of the burglary and
robbery of the post office and several
stores at (Ireencastle, a small town 1C
miles west of here. The post office
safe was blown open, but the amount
of the robbery was not large. The
crooks stole a hand-car and came with-
in a mile or so of this place, when they
dumped it. Maurice Bierce, of Trim
ton, ami (loorge Jones, of Princeton,
were arrested here on suspicion. The
sheriffof Lewlsoounty was telegraphed
to bring his bloodhounds, and respond-
ed on the first train, but no trace could
be had after a mile run owing to melt-
ing snow.
rim«'r« for tin* lows Indiana.
Washington. Jan. 17. Senator Mar
tin to-day gave notice that he would
offer an amendment to the Indian ap-
propriation hill when it should reach
the senate authorizing the secretary of
the interior to huv enough of the lands
of theOtoesand Missouris In Oklahoma
to allot eighty acres to each nicmberof
the Iowa tribe in Kaiisasand Nebraska.
At a young ladies' academy. Teacher
“Who wiw the Teatest coiniiicrorl” Lisette
‘ Don Juan L'illustration
THK KASHA* LEGISLATURE.
The HoaMt oii* for Economjr by C utting
r Off Extra Kinploye* Nome Important
Hill*.
Topeka. Kan.. Jan. 17.—Another
grist of min-»r bills was placed before
the senate this morning ami several
reports of committees on bills hereto-
fore introduced were submitted, among
them the Cubbison anti-lottery bill.
Mr. Brown presented petitions from
twenty-five of the counties in his dis-
trict instructing him how to vote for
United States senator and asked unani-
mous consent to place them on file, but
Mr. Leedy objected. It is understood
that a majority of the petitions were
favorable to J. W. Ady. The senate
then adjourned until to-morrow morn-
ing to allow committees to work.
HOUSE PROCEEDING*.
It was 11 o'clock before the member?
got down to work. Speaker Lobdell
announced that the following would
be the committee on education: Bene-
til, chairman: Caldwell. Brice. Strom
quist, Frazer, Ilarkley. Lupfer.
One of the important bills introduced
in the h< use this forenoon was one by
Mr. Warner amending the prohibitory
law so us to provide that dru rgist?
should n< t be r* f i red to rene w theii
permit* yearly. Mr. Seat ion introduced
a bill providing for the appointment of
a c la.nis-ion t.» mark the places where
Kansas troops fought at Uhickamauga
Mr. Cubbison introduc-?! three bills
one providing that in cities o*
the fir>t class the city council mat
order streets improved by giving notice
to the property owners, who, if the}
object, must present a majority re
monstrance; another amending the ex
emption law so as to compel debtor*
to payout of their wages bills of ne
cessity, such as grocery bills and the
like; and another making it a high
grade misdemeanor to assess railroad
or other property at less than its cash
value.
A resolution off,-red by Mr. Veale to
create the position of messenger of the
house and give the same to Arthur
Gregg, the young man who was in-
jured while discharging a cannon at
the republican ratification sit ! >peka
last November, caused a bri- : discus-
sion. The resolution was adopted.
The discussion of the resolution
brou ■ hr out some thoughtsof economy,
and a resolution by Mr. Hopkins that
the committee on house employes re-
port the names of persons now on the
pay roll was promptly adopted. Mr.
Cornell, of Wabaunsee, followed with
one that the extra employes made
necessary by the inaugural ceremonies
be dischar.* • 1 with five days’pay. A
roll call was demanded and the resolu-
tion was lost by a vote of 102 to 17.
A resolution to get rid of the ex-
tra employes was offered by Mr. Lough
referring the whole matter to the com-
mittee. All the members were enthu-
siastic for economy,but had some other
■way than the one pending, and numer-
ous substitutes were offered. Finally
Mr. Cox called attention to the fact
that the house was wasting more
money discussing the question than the
extra help would amount to, which cut
off debate and Mr. Lough's resolution
was adopted.
FAIR DATES \ It HANDED.
Tin* Lit* tern Ivmism A Western Missouri
lot erstnt e I'ulr Circuit Association llohi
it .M«etlii|(.
Olathe. Kan., Jan. 17. -The Eastern
Kansas \ Western Missouri Interstate
Fair Circuit association held a meeting
in this city yesterday. The most im-
portant business transacted was the
election of officers ami arranging dates
for fairs in the circuit for the coming
fall, besides admitting the following
two new associations into the circuit;
Agricultural and Mechanical Fair asso-
ciation, of Holden, Mo., and Linn Coun-
ty Fair association, at Mound City,
Kan. William JuHcn. of Olathe, was
elected president of the association; 1).
Bales, of Belton. Mo . vice president;
Charles II. Ridgeway, of Ottawa, Kan.,
secretary, and I). M. Ferguson, of
Buola. Kan., treasurer.
Fair dates were arranged as follows:
Johnson County Agricultural associa-
tion, Holden, Mo., August 12 to 17;
Belton association, Belton, Mo., August
to :M; Johnson County association,
Olathe. Kan., August '.'7 to 31: Ander-
son County association. Harnett, Kan.,
September 3 to 7; Coffey County asso-
ciation, Burlington, Ivan , September
10 to It, Franklin County association,
Ottawa, Kan., September 17 to 21;
Miami County association, Buola, Kan.,
September 74 to 28; Linn County asso-
ciation, Mound City, Kan, October 1
to 4.
OKLAHOMA DIVORCES.
The Territorial Supreme < ourt Grout* «
Motion for tin* Hearing of the Irvin
Ca*e.
(fliTiiitiK, Ok., Jan. 17.—In the su-
preme court of the territory yesterday
a motion was granted for the hearing
of the celebrated Irvin divorce ease.
This is the case in which the question
of the right of probate judges to grant
divorces was raised, and the decision
of which invalidated over 1,000divorces
granted by probate judges throughout
the territory, involving hundreds of
people from every state in the union,
many of them being very prominent.
Rich divorcees in the east contributed a
large fund and employed the most
eminent lawyers in the southwest to
secure a rehearing and tight the case,
and if they again lose they will push a
bill through the legislature, now in
session, legalizing the divorces so
granted.__
* t-'mirf ti-Clus* Western I'oitiimitpri.
Washington. Jan. 17. These fourth-
class post office appointments were
made to-day: In Missouri At Gage,
Wright county, Loola McBride; at
Mount Washington. Jackson county.
Florence Campbell; at Inigun, Sullivan
county, Stephen Thrasher. In the In
diau territory At Mnrke, Cherokee
nation, J. Rice.
Ill* Niilury I'sed for Charity.
Nevada. Mo.. Jan 17. Mayor W. J.
Jones, in a card to the Ladle*' Aid so-
ciety of Nevada, calls upon them to as-
sist the destitute of the city. He states
that his salary is $'.‘00 a year, and that
he has given all that and 810 in addi-
tion to the poor. Quite a number of
the families have moved here from the
drouth-stricken localities of Nebraska,
PACIFIC RAILWAYS
Uncle Sam Pays $2,262,000 Worth
of Matured Central Pacific Bonds.
THE REILLY FUNDING BILL
\ Hitter Fight Expected -Currency Legis-
lation -Wichita Indian Kenervatlun
—Leavenworth Military
PrUon.
Washington, Jan. 17.—What with
the appearance of Union Pacific Re-
ceiver E. Ellery Anderson before the
house committee on Pacific railroads
Yesterday, the payment of 82.262,00C
worth of matured Central Pacific bonds
by the government to-day and a discus-
don in the house next week of the
Reilly funding bill, the congressional
Atmosphere promises to become heavily
charged with transcontinental railway
topics. The committee on rules has
decided to allow one, and if possible
two days, next week, to the house com-
mittee on Pacific railroads for the pre-
sentation of the funding bill to the
house. Far western members, and
especially those from California, are
bitterly opposed to any funding of
these debts.
The default on the part of the Cen-
tral Pacific, which occurred to-day,
when Secretary Carlisle paid the matur-
ing bonds, will bring about a legal com-
plexion to the case of that road which
is liable to produce interesting results.
Besides giving the government the
right to foreclose upon the whole prop-
erty at once, a proceeding not likely
because not profitable, it places the at-
torney-general in a position to prose-
cute the claim which he filed last
spring against the Leland Stanford es-
tate for $150,000,000 under the personal
liability feature of the California law.
CURRENCY LEGISLATION.
Washington. Jan. 17.—Currency leg-
islation and proposed bills are still in
j the air. Everybody is talking of the
subject and still nothing is done. The
republi in free coinage men will pay
no lice l to anything that does not con-
cede the free coinage of silver. With
the free coinage of silver conceded,
they will give anything else A corre-
spondent yesterday talked with more
than a dozen senators, democrats 'and
republicans, and of all shades of opin-
ion, on the currency question. It was
the opinion of them all that no le,gi*la-
tion could pass at this session. The
free coinage men feel that they have
the whip hand and that the rules
of the senate enable them to defy a
majority, and they intend to prevent
legislation. In the meantime it is rea-
sonably certain that another effort will
be made to rally the friends of legisla-
tion in the house and put a bill through
that body and then let the responsi-
bility of defeat or delay rest upon the
senate.
WICHITA INDIAN RESERVATION.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The long-
pending question of opening the Wich-
ita Indian reservation in Oklahoma to
settlement has been settled by the
house committee on Indian affairs,
which voted to report the bill recom-
mended by Delegate Flynn. This bill
stipulates that the Choctaw and Chick-
asaw tribes, which claim ownership of
the land, must bring suit before the
court of claims of tin* District of Colum-
bia within sixty days after the bill be-
comes an act to sustain their title,
otherwise the Wichitas will receive the
proceeds of the* sale of the lands, as
they will in case the court decides in
their favor. There are nearly 1,000,000
acres of these lands owned by the In-
dians. The Wichitas will be allowed •
160 acres each, and the remainder of ,
the land will In* opened to settlement
under the homestead laws at 81.25 an
acre.
LEAVENWORTH MILITARY PRISON.
Washington. Jan. 17.—In the sundry 1
civil bill reported yesterday is an item
of 8125.000 to be applied to the main-
tenance of the prison at Fort Leaven-
worth after it is turned over by the
war department to tin* department of
justice. The bill contains a provision
making this transfer of the property
according to the recommendation of
the secretary of war, and also accord-
ing to the suggestions of the attorney- j
general.
SUNDRY CIVIL HILL FOR 1896.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The sundry
civil appropriation bill for the year
1896 was completed by the house ap-
propriation committee yesterday. It
carries $38,540,021, being $7,843,793 less
than the estimates and $4,286,245 more
than the appropriation for the current
year.
HAYED IIV A FIREMAN.
Heroic He*cue of a Woman and Clilld from
a lltirnlng Tenement.
New York. Jan. 17.—Sixteen fam-
ilies made homeless, a loss of about
$8,000 and a gallant rescue of a woman
and her child by a fireman is the his-
tory of a fire which occurred in
Little Italy yesterday morning. The
fire was discovered in a little tailor
shop owned by Manuelo (ialliano, and
the supposition is that a spark from
one of his oil stoves ignited some cloth
rags with which the shop was littered.
So fiercely did the flames work their
way that in less than fifteen minutes
the entire building was a mass of fire
Secretary Morton I’resided.
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 17.—J. Sterling
Morton, secretary of agriculture, pre-
sided at a meeting of the straightout
democratic state central committee
lust night. After discussing features
of the late campaign it was decided
thut the organization of the demo-
eratic-popullsts should be ignored and
the two branches of the democracy
which occurred last fall be maintained.
Horne* Worth Little.
Ottumwa, la.. Jan. 17.—The low
price of horses in this vicinity is dem-
onstrated by the billowing fact: James
Phillips, who lives on u farm a few
miles from this city, has a big pack of
horses and hounds. He has purchased
recently fourteen head of old horses at
50 cents u head and feeds them to his
dogs. Hu still purchases all old uni*
muls.
FRAME’S SENSVTION.
C a«!mlr-I*erler Ke*lgn* the Presidency of
th«- Republic- Without it Moment'll Wit ru-
in x*
Paris, Jan. 17.—A profound sensa-
tion was created in all parts of France
and, in fact, all Europe last night when
President Casimir-Perier sent formal
notes to the presidents of the senate
and chamber of deputies announcing
that he had resigned the position of
chief magistrate. Both officers at
once summoned extraordinary ses-
sions of the senate and cham-
ber to take action. The notes
stated that in the eyes of the presi-
dent Monday’s sitting of the chamber
of deputies, at which the ministry was
overthrown, showed that the presi-
j dent of the republic, though deprived
of the means of answering, was not to
be exempted from partisan attacks,
! while those who had placed him in a
position where he was unable to de-
fend himself did not speak for him a?
they should have done.
Indleted for Hunk Wrecking:.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 17.—Ex-Congress-
man George W. E. Dorsey has been in-
dicted by the federal grand jury for
participating in the bank at Ponca, of
which he was the principal owner.
Though he was supposed to be the chief
one to profit by the losses of depositors,
andit*\vas commented upon that he
was not called to account when his
brother, the cashier, was indicted a
year ago. yet tlie fact that he was a
, non-resident officer of the bank wa
pleaded to excuse him.
Crime of n Maniac.
St. Loris. Jan. 17.—At the little vil*
; luge of Mitchell, Madison county. 111.,
about 12 miles north of this city, a hor-
rible tragedy was enacted by Louis
1 Danker, a hitherto quiet and inof-
j fensive farm hand, who became sud-
' denly crazed as a result of a fight be-
' tween two of his friends. As a result,
j Phillip German, the village black-
; smith, and Andreas Welch were
1 wounded, the former fatally, and
i Louis Baker, the shooter, is dead by
I his own hand.
Reduced Passe nicer Hates.
Jefferson City, Mo., .Ian. 17.—The
j commissioners in reclassifying the
1 roads of the state ordered that the
Missouri, Kansas & Eastern he added
to class A: they also ordered that the
Santa Fe branch from Richmond and
Lexington Junction to St. Joseph, the
Belmont branch of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern, the Springfield
branch of the Gulf system and Colum
bia branch of the Wabash hereafter
charge 3 cents a mile for passenger?
instead of 4 cents, as heretofore.
I utility Itiirued liy u Lump.
Perry, Ok., Jan. 17. Mrs. James C
Sowers, wife of a leading business man
was trimining a lamp last night when
it exploded and the burning oil fell all
over her. Her children and Hugh and
Miss Edith Donnan, near neighbors,
put out the flames, but not until near
ly every vestigeof clothing was burned
from her body. Miss Donnan was bad-
ly burned and Hugh Donnan's hands
were injured.
Truin Wrecker* I)«i No Harm.
Ei.miha. Mo., .Ian. 17. An east-bound
freight on the Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul railway ran into a lot of tics,
fence posts and stones placed upon the
track between Lawson and Excelsior
Springs. It was supposed to be an at-
tempt to wreck the train. Had tiie
train not been ahead of time and run-
ning slow there might have been quite
a wreck.
To Remove the Differential.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The house
ways and means committee yesterday
decided to report to the house Mr. Wil-
son’s bill to remove the one-tenth of 1
cent a pound differential on sugar im-
ported from countries giving an export
bounty, which has elicited protests
from Germany, Austria and other na-
tions, and the repeal of which was?
recommended by tin* president.
TELEOll VI*II It! It R E Y IT I ES.
The gold reserve in the nationnl
treasury has been reduced to $75,000,000.
After balloting nearly two days the
Arkansas house elected Hon. John C.
Colquitt speaker.
The Massachusetts senate re-elected
Senator Hoar by a vote of 34 against
John E. Russell with a vote of 4.
The New Hampshire legislature has
ratified the republican nomination of
William E. Chandler for United States
senator.
In Raleigh, X. C.. Marion Butler was
unanimously nominated by the popu-
list caucus to succeed Gen. Ransom as
United States senator.
The public schools of Shannon coun-
ty, Mo., were compelled to close for
want of funds, owing to the embezzle-
ment by County Treasurer Jadwin.
The grand jury at Denver, Col., in
dieted Senator Hamilton Armstrong.
Kate Dwyer, matron of the city jail,
and Dennis Mullins, president of the
police board, for opening a letter ad-
dressed to Sadie W. Likens.
Miss Viola Camp.a young lady school
teacher of Fort Scott, Kan., received a
judgment in the district court of that
county for damages against J. W. Mar
tin. member of the school board, for
defamation of character.
Fred Noland, a youth of Pleasanton.
Kan., was charged by a coroner's jury
with the deliberate murder of his pluy
mate, Carl Hendricks. The jury recom-
mended that Noland be kept in the re-
form school until he is 21 years old.
Representatives of eighteen watei
and light companies of Kansas and
Missouri met at Nevada, Mo., on tin
15th, and formed an organization for
mutual interest and protection. F. J.
Tygnrd, of Butler, Mo., is president
ami C. F. Strohiu, of Nevada, Mo., see
rotary.
In Harrisburg, Pa.. Daniel Hartman
Hastings, the humble school teacher oi
twenty years ago, was formally in
stalled in the highest offi *e in the sec
on I greatest state in the union. With
tli - induction of Gov. Hustings inti
nth-* all the departments of tho state
government again passed into the con
trol of the republicans after four years
of partial loss of political power.
‘ POWDER’S HAVOC.
Seventy-five People at Butte, Mont ,
Killed by Explosions.
SCORES OF OTHERS INJURKD.
The Entire Fire Department Annihilated—
Scene* In Undertaking Establish-
tuents—The Damages Flared
at * 1,000,000.
Butte, Mont,, Jan. 17.—At0:55o’clock
last night the fire department re-
sponded to a call to fight a fire in the
warehouse of the Butte Hardware Co.
There was a rumor that there was
powder in the building, but this was
denied, and after a moment’s hesita-
tion the men set to work. The hose
wagon crew, Chief Cameron, Assistant
Chief Mount*, Sam Ash. Ed Sloane,
Dave Moses, Dave Magee and Jack
Flannery, were the first at the scene
where the tire started. Magee, the
driver, remained with the wagon about
forty yards away, while Flannery ran
to the hydrant. The hook and ladder
was manned by George Fifer and Pete
Nolan, of the regular paid department,
and William Orr, one of the volunteers.
! Chief Cameron direeted*the attack on
the building, and while some of the
firemen hauled a line of hose along
the others started to tear off the
iron covering of the building so that
they could get at the llaraes. Just as
they had succeeded in tearing off a part
of the covering and secured an en-
trance the first explosion came. A
blinding sheet of fiuine forced the roof
from its fastenings and shot a hundred
feet into the air. followed by a second of
deadly silence, and then came the aw-
ful roar, carrying annihilation to those
who closely surrounded the death trap
and destruction on every hand. All
but Magee and Flannery of the firemen
were instantly killed.
As soon as the stun of the shock had
passed away, spectators who had es-
caped injury began pulling Ihe muti-
lated bodies of the firemen and the in-
jured from the proximity of the flames,
while from all over the city people be-
gan running toward the fire.
About five minutes after the first ex-
plosion a second explosion almost equal
in volume to the first occurred, height-
ening terror all over the city. In this
scores of citizens were killed and in-
jured. Parts of bodies were hurled
long distances. A man near the North-
ern Pacific water tank was almost
struck by the leg and thigh of a human
being, driven bv the force of dynamite.
Five minutes later a third explosion
came, bat it was a mild one, and it is
believed that very few, if any, were
injured in this.
The scene after the explosion pre-
sented more the appearance of a field
of battle than anything else. The
dead were strewn everywhere and
cries and groans of the injured and dy-
ing were heard from all sides.
Between the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern depots, a space of 3 >»
feet, the ground was literally covered
with parts of human bodies and with
the dead and injured. The scene was
one of utter and absolute destruction.
The houses in the vicinity were as ,
thoroughly wrecked as if a cyclone
hud passed through them.
One of the rescuing corps gathered
up twenty-seven dead bodies in one
pile. Eight were in another. Two i
and three in other piles. The rescuers
pulled some of the dead bodies out,
still quivering, while remnants of i
human beings still groaning were found
with legs and arms torn off.
The work of rescue was prosecuted
in earnest. Every vehicle in the city
was brought into service to carry away
the scores of dead and the hundreds of
injured, and soon the hospital* wen-
tilled. 'Hie spare rooms in the hotels
were taken and private houses were i
thrown open.
The scenes in the undertaking estab-
lishments this morning were something
awful. All were crowded with heaps
of human flesh. Scarcely any of tin*
corpses are recognizable and the com-
plete roll of the dead will probably ;
never be known. There are twelve \
dead at the Butte undertaking rooms, [
ten at the Montana and nineteen at the
Sherman. Forty-three wounded are in
the hospitals and twenty-eight of them |
are in a critical condition.
Nearly all of the dead bodies have
been recovered, but the mammoth
heaps of debris, the charred remains
of buildings, warped and shattered tire
engines and mangled bodies of dead
horses are still reminders *of the ter-
rible work of the fateful night.
The destruction of property wa?
great. Where vast sums of money
wore represented in well-filled ware-
houses nothing remains but blackened
ruins, and the streets are covered with
broken glass. The damage to window
glass in the city amounts to several
thousand dollars, and the total loss i-
placed at $1,060,000. The lire i>
supposed to havo been of incendiary
origin, as tiiere was no fire, so far as
known, about the place.
One body taken from the ruins this
morning was identified as that of Chief
Cameron of the fire department. The.
head, arms and legs were burned off.
it was estimated that at least seven-
ty-five persons were already dead,but it
is impossible to get names on account
of the mangled condition of the re
mains, it is likely many will never he
identified. Several were probably on
tirely consumed.
MARKET REPORTS.
K»u*n* City Live Stock.
i Kansas City. Jan. It—Cattle-Receipts,
; ..in calves. 1,081; shipped yesterday. 1.915;
a Ives, 111. The market wa* dull and 10&l5o
uwer almost throughout The following are
•epresentutive sales:
DRESSED BKEF AND EXPORT STEERS.
22 .«,
....1.300 #4.25
45.........
1.210 #4.10
20......
....1.213 4.00
1 21........
1.125 4.10
J)......
... 1.251 4.01
1.220 4.10
20......
...1,100 3.60
! 21«: w: ’:
890 3 30
60......
...1.0K9 3.45
5......
COWS AND HEIFERS.
...1.032 #3.35 1.........
1.020 3.20
I......
... I.OflJ 3.14
15.........
917 3.14
19.::...
... 892 3.10
1 33.........
726 3.05
i......
...1.440 3.20
1.........
802 2.90
2)......
.... 96.' -.‘.hi
15.........
960 2.80
3......
... H.'O 2.75
4.........
900 2.75
8......
... 887 2.70
16.........
993 2.70
5......
... 720 2 70
5.50 2.65
2:.....
... 500 2.65
ii:::::::::
1,086 8.65
1......
... 920 2.65
1 12.........
H-J2 2.65
TEXAS AND
IN 1*1 AN COW
H.
21......
... 733 62.0)
TEXAS AND 1
NDIAN STEERS.
52 meal
..1.020 -’3 171 a
84 ......
1 $3. 25
14 meal
.. 9 >7 3 »J0 1
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS-
28......
...1.045 *3.60
1 5.........
1 16.* <1 10
8......
... 760 3.25
773 3 ,0
11 eg*
... *31 3.00
Receipts. 20.0
| 10.........
s shipped
yesterday,
m The
receipts wen
th<- heaviest f->r a year.
The market wan excut
•dingly slow
in starting,
' .ml 15 to 25c lower than yesterday. The top
1 irice was #4.1 • ami bulk of -ales #&8><£fc4.0.5,
j gainst #4 45 for top and $4.10 <120 for bulk
; esterday. The following are representative
: tale;
1 27..
s:
.305 $1.15
! 92.
.198
$4.1-5 1
56
•277 #1.10
| 61 .
.214
4.10
! 59..
.302
4.10
40
.287
1.05
I HI . .
.241
4.05
108
.259
1*1.
68..
3 16
4.05
I 54. .
.334
4.'W
: 70..
•: >7
6() 1
51
.278
3 95
67.
.. 2 .7
3.94
1 1
•277
3.94
62..
247
3.15
j 60. .
.234
3.95
■ H3.
.265
32)5
88. .
.241
3.95
71
.283
3.95
12
.210
3.90
49
.233
3 9)
! 38..
.201
3.90
B9
J 1
3.90
39 .
.218
3 9)
107..
.210
3.90
85..
.223
3.90
61
212
3 90
47..
.219
3.85
. 86..
.233
3.85
83
. 200
:: • 4
! 76 ..
.384
3.84
17..
. 223
2 6
3.80
81..
.213
3.81
: hi..
. 239
3.80
54..
3.75
, -
198
3.74
53..
.221
3.75
31. .
21!
3.70
29..
. 189
3.70
•27
.211
3.07}$
29.
. 171
3.65
113.
.103
3.65
91.
203
3.65
58. .
.173
3.60
49..
17)
3.60
88
1.42
3.50
51
1 13
3. 0
89
.161
3.40
41. .
. 164
3.40
118.
. 135
3.374$
10 .
.132
3.44
63. .
. 90
3.35
87..
.14)
3.25
20..
. 75
3 0
Sheep -Receipts. 3,057; shipped yesterday,
DO. The market was veVy slow. Some sales
ooked steady and others 10 to 20c lower. Tho
following are representative sales:
M5 lambs..... sr (8.»> 309............ 68 IS. 10
lOmut.......115 3.3 > I 14 lambs..... 80 3.2.
Horses—Receipts. 193: shipped yesterday. 53.
The run of horses is fairly large this week and
with buyers plentiful the market Is quite
brisk, prices stronger and the outlook better
than it has been for some weeks.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. Jan. PL -Hogs Receipts. 53.010;
official yesterday. 31.852: shipments yesterday,
1.658; left over, about 0,500: quality fair: market
rather slow and weak: prices 10 to 15c lower,
sales ranged at 63.80-4 4.20 for light. |3.9on 4.15
’or rough packing. $3.95 i 1.45 for mixed. $-4.2i7fc
1.55 for heavy packing and shipping lots: pigs,
12.00 >t 3.85.
Cattle—Receipts. 19.0 X); official yesterday. 5,-
>21: shipments yesterday, 1,528; market slow:
prices 10 to 15c lower.
Sheep—Receipts. 14.000; official yesterday. 7,-
L'3; shipments yesterday, 285; market steady.
Chicago Drain and Provisions.
Jan. 16.
Wh't—Jan .
M iv
July
Corn -Jan
May
July
Oats Jan
May
Pork -Jan.
May
Lard Jnn.
May
Bibs— Jan.
May
(Open’d High'st I
(’losing
Katina* City iiraln.
Kansas City. Jan. 16 KVheit was in fair
demand to-dav. though it did not sell as high
as yesterday. A sale of 5.001 bushels red wheat
out of store at 53c. Kansas City, was reported.
Receipts of wheat to-day. 7 cars; a year ago.
P8 cars.
Car lots by sample on track. Kansas City, at
the close were quoted nominally as follows: .Vo.
1 hard. 53c: Vo. 3 hard. 52c; Vo. 4 hard. 51c;
rejected. 48^50e: Vo. 2 rel. 53c: Vo. 3 red,
52(/53c: Vo. 4 red, •'() -51c; rejected. 48ii49 -.
Corn was In fair demand, but some sales were
*/4c lower than yesterday.
Receipts of corn to-day, 23 cars: a year ago,
31 cars.
Sales by sample on track. Kansas City: Vo. 2
mixed corn, 9 cars 2 cars 39c: Vo. 3
mixed. 4 cars 39c; No. 4 mixed, nominally 38c:
No. 2 white. 6 ears 49*£e. 5 cars 4>Se; No. 3
white. 5 cars lOo.
Oats sold slowly, but were not quotably
lower.
Receipts of oats to-day. 4 cars; a year ago,
10 car<.
Sales by sample on track at Kansas City:
No. 2 raixe l oats, 2 curs 30c. 6 cars 30V*c 2
cars 31c: No. 3. nominally 29‘/,e; No. 4, nomi-
nally 277/28c: No. 2 white exits, nominally 32
t.’£32!4c: Vo. 3 white, nominally 314/32c.
Hay—Receipts. 24 cars market steady.
Timothy, fanej $10; K) eh :< .8&0.J 9 io \ 1 1,
68.00^8.50: clover mix d - . >» • * •»» low grade,
$6.00^7.50; fancy pralrio #8.5« 900 choice,
#7.50fTL8.09: Vo. 1. #-..5l./„V)0; Vo. 2. #5.50^3.00.
packing hay, #4.00 ' 5.00.
St. I (mii* <ir»ln.
St. Louis. Jan. 16.—Receipts, wheat, 3.716
bu.: lust year, 15,000 bu.; corn. 35.62» bu.; last
year. 120.425 bu.; outs. 11.000 l>u.; last year. 53.-
900 bu.; barley. 17.50> bu.; Hour. 1.210 bbls.
Shipments, wheat. 37.761 bu.; outs. 17.906 bu.;
flour. 0.189 bbls. Wheat—Cash. 52J4c: Febru-
ary. 53c: May. ft59t&55!4c; July, 56c. Corn —
Cash. I2l»e; January. L’ ,c May, 4C*8c; July,
4D*(&D7i,e. Oats -Cash. 3)c; January, 30^c;
May, 304£c.
KaiiMu* City Produce.
Kansas City, Jan. 16. -Eggs-Receipts
light; the market is quiet with tinner feeling;
strictly fresh, 15c.
Poultry Receipts light market for chick-
ens is quiet and steady; hens. 5c mixed springs
5‘-fc; small. 6«f,6lAc: roosters, I24(f^l>c; dressed
chickens, 5^'P4c. Turkeys, scarce, steady; old
gobblers, 4c; young. 44c: mixed. 5c; hens. 54c.
dressed turkeys, dull. 5vnil4c. Ducks, llrm. 5*4
(»>.6c. Geese, plentiful. 5<£5^c. Pigeons, dull,
75c per do/..
Butter—Receipts light;the market is steady;
extra fancy separator. 22r./23e: fancy. 19i.20cj
fair. I He; dairy, fancy, I.V-/;lGc. fair. l3r/.lio;
f iiicv roll. 12 /die: fair roll. I )1/, die, packing,
steady, 7,168c: old. Sjfitlc.
Fruit Apples,receipts light: supplies small;
the market is more active, steady standard
paeke 1 range from #i. O" :l00 per bbl.; others,
#2.2*>'/2.5n fancy stand. *3.25,£3.50; Jennetings*
#1.50//2 25 per bbl. Lemons, weak, $3.0iL/.4.23.
Oranges, plentiful, weak: Mexican, #2.50i/$2.75,
4’alifornias. #2.iD.ft*,75; Florida. |3.oo; frosted.
$1.20/1.75. Cranberries, tlrm (’ape Cod. *10.>0
'4*1 J Jt) per bbl.; Jersey, $10.0 )»/,l0..»i.
Vegetables -Potatoes, receipts light: market
exceedingly dull; ordinary kinds, common. l.v,$
55 per bu.; sweet potatoes, red. l)(F&.*0e per
bu. yellow. 2V,fc31c pur bu.: Utah and Colo-
rado, oholoe, MQ6O0 per bu. Cabbage, plooti*
ful. market Arm. 7.5c per Hi; Michigan, ts.11 *
80.00 per ton. Cauliflower, sm.i.l. r> /,5io per
do/.; large, 75c per doz.
Against llenuhiuUwInn.
Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 17.—A peti-
tion that has been circulated by the
Ministerial union of this city against
resubmission was yesterday sent to the
state legislature at Topeka, to be laid
before that body. The petition is tlie
result of a complete canvass of the
adult inhabitants of the city and conn
ty, and had *2,120 signers. It was 64
feet in length, and has been circulated
hut a short time.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, and Sen
utor George, of Mississippi, had a live-
ly tilt in the senate over the populist
national platform.
Charged With Horse Stealing,
Olathe, Kan., Jan. 17.—Prof. F. II.
Mutchler, of Battle Creek, Mich., was
arrested in western Missouri by Sheriff
Glover yesterday and brought here and
placed in jail. He is charged with
horse stealing in Johnson county, and
is wanted in a number of other places
on the same charge. Mutchler s ar-
rest caused a sensation here, as he has
been ii prominent teacher in the high
school, and made a favorable impres*
sion as a church worker and secret so-
ciety man. Suddenly lit* disappeared,
leaving many to hold the bag for un-
pa5d debts.
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