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i. iv-jt . ; y ■'Mi' j VOL. XXVIII---NO. U1 COLUMBUS, •UKORGIA: WEDNESDAY MOBXINO, JUNE 10, 1SSH. PRICK FIVE CENTS Yesterday's Proceedings of the House and the 8enate. Ili.ruwilBR lh« iUlIrnad torhlUrr Bill I* Ihi Spnstc—The Home C<n»ld«rla« Ihr I.eehUtlre \|ipro|irUtl*n Bill—The Pmldenllal Reception -Other Metiers of Interest. Washington, June 16.—The house went inton committee of the whole, Blount in the chair, on the legislatlue appropriation hill. The pending amendment was that otiered by O’Neill, of Mimouri, restoring the salary of the assistant treasurer at St. l.ouis to fSGOO, the amount appropriated by th< bill being (4000. Randall, of Pennsylvania, opposed the amendment. In the present condition of the revenue and the probable amount of the appropriations, he would resist any increase in the sum carried by the bill. Hiscock, of New York, made a state ment relative to the expenditures of the government and the estimated revenue. The aggregate amount of appropriation, „s the appropriation hills now stand, was -U'20,749,313. The amount carried by sundry civil bills was $21,063,820. The de ficiency bill would exceed $8,.500,000. The fortification bill would amount to $725,000, in addition to the naval bill for pay of new cruisers, would amount to *.),000,000. Miscellaneous appropriations would amount to $2,'XX),00(5, and there would be required to refund duties, under the recent decision of the sumpreme court, $1,000,000, the aggregate being $270,059,199. The esti mated annual appropriations were $11S.UOO,000, making a grand total of $391,- 9tia,i7i. The estimated receipts were only *33",000,000, while the postal revenue would amount to $47,0000,000, making an aggregate of $377,0(50,090, and leaving a de ficit for the next fiscal year of over $14,000,000. 'The next fiscal year was to see a deficit of $14,000,000 on the most conservative esti mate. Avhfcii the chairman of the com mittee on ways and means reported his hill, he said that the expenditures for the fiscal year of 1885 were $305,830,970. These figures he (Hiscock, presented showed that the aggregate amount of appropriations would exceed that sum by $85,000,000. The huuse was on tlie eve of an attempt to reduce the taritl taxes, and he thought this was an oc casion upon which he should call the at tention of the chairman of the committee on ways and means and appropriations to startling figures. Rindall said that the figures were not a surprise to him. They could be in some degree accounted for. In the first place, the increase this year over last year for pensions was $15,750,090. There was no man here who was not willing to give this increase, estimated to be necessary to pay pensions due to soldiers. Another cause of the in crease was the river and harbor bill, which appropriated $15,250,000, making an aggre gate increase of $31,000,000. He admitted that the figures presented by the gentle man from New York might be correct, but they were based upon the condition of np- proprt' H-sr, Hitts at t.his time when smr* of the bills had not passed the house. Some were pending in the senate and s .mn were in conference. He thought the gentle man's figures were too • high. It was his i Randall’s) judgment that the appropria tion would about equal the estimated reve nues. He- objected to the assumption that the river and harbor bill would fie approved at the highest figures. So far its he was able to see, there was a reduction in every one of the anuual appropriation bills reported to this house, whether they come from the appropriation committee or from any committee to which appropria tion duties had been assigned, but he was led to admonish the house and especially the democratic side of the house, that it ought to follow closely tho recommendation of every one of those committees and to keep the appropriation down to the lowest point. The condition was not one of apprehension, but it was one that compelled and demanded the ut most caution on the part ot the democratic side of the house to see that not one un necessary dollar was appropriated in any of the annual appropriation bills. Morrison said that the estimates of reve nue and expenditure pointed by the gen tleman from New York were as incorrect as his purpose in presenting them was un just. He Morrison, had had occasion sometime ago to state that the end of the fiscal year would show an increased reve nue and decreased expenditure, and now within two weeks of the end of the year he stated on what he knew to be facts that he had rather understated than over stated the estimate he had made in his report. Every a, - propriation bill that had gone through the house or been reported to it had a p- propriated less than had been appropri ated for the current year. It \va.‘ a time thal there conte unexpected expenditures out of the decision of the supreme court to the effect that the government must re fund duties assessed on packages and cov ering on imported goods. hid the demo ('.ratio house was not responsible, for tills decision bad come as a result of republi can bungling when they pa, - ed their tariff' bill. There was plenty of money in the treasury to-day to nay $19,00(1,000 for the current year, and in future years if the tariff hill Were passed, with Mr. Hewitt’s amendment attached, tne $10,000,000 would be paid into the treas ury instead of being paid out. Hiscock denied that he had hveii mis take! in his estimate of expenditures and revenues. The total estimated revenue, exclusive of postal revenue, would amount In only $330,000,000; while the expendi tures, exclusive of postal expenditures, amounted to $344,707,000, leaving a deficit of over $14,000,000. He admitted that II:: appropriations for the next tical year were lower than those for the current year, but his estimate# and figures came from the brooks of the treasury. They were based noton appropriations, but <m expendi tures of a democratic administration in its first year of service when it was on its lies*, behavior. Morrison could not promise what the house would do in the next six weeks, but lie assumed that the men at the other end of the avenue would act next year as they had done this, and would go on reducing expenditures. O’Neill's amendinerft was agreed to, as were also several others increasing some salaries and inserting others which bad been omitted from the bill. Laird, of Nebraska, moved to strikeout the clause appropriating $10,000 to pay per diem of the inspector and clerks of the general land office to investigate fraudu lent land entries. On this motion he based an attack upon the commissioner of the general land office and the administ ration generally. Reed, of Maine, also criticized Commis sioner Sparks. Springer, M'eAdoo of New Jersey, Weaver of Iowa, and Bayne of Pennsyl vania, defended tne commissioner. Committee then rose and the h .use ad journed. , the senate Bock remarked that, owing to the submis sion yeoterday of th« Edmunds resolution which would admit of debate on a motion to reconsider, He (Mr. Beck) would await the report of the committee on rule* ta to that resolution befbre calling up the Haw* ley motion to recousider the voto by which the senate passed the hill to prohibit mem bers of congress from becoming attorneys ot railroad companies. On motion of Dolph the Northern Pacific forfeiture bill was token up and George resumed his remarks on the bill. George entered on an elaborate legal ar gument to show that the company wan not entitled to any land* not earned strictly within the terms of the grant. George finally contended that under the granting act the power of congress was ample, and its duty plain to possess of the Northern Pacific railroad company, and either sell or do with it os congress might see fit, to complete the line of the road, for the building ot which land was originally granted. The. amendment of Van Wyek was then brought to a vote. That amendment du- r'ares the forfeited lands coterminous wit h tuv por'lon of the Cascade branch not completed at the date of the passage of the pending bill. The amendment was agreed to. Yens 24; nays IS. Of the affirmative vote nine were republicans: Aldrich, Chaos. Cul- lum, Harrison, Logan, Spooner, Teller, Van Wyek and Wilson, of Iowa. Of the negative votes three were democrats: Brown, Payne and Pugh. Otherwise than as just noted the affirmative votes were democratic and the negative votes were republican. Quite a minuter of pairs were announced. Eustis then formally submitted his amendment already suggested, it being a provision in tlie nature of a substitute for the. forfeiture of all land conterminous with such portions of tire road os were not com pleted on July ith, 1879, excepting the right of way, and excepting also lands in cluded in village, town and city sites. The amendment provides for the confirmation ot the tlie titles of actual settlers. Beck suggested if we were to adopt the policy suggested by Eustis’ amendment, then it should be applied generally, so as to cover all land gruiu roads, and that the subject had tie Her be considered by a com inittee. j Eustis supported his amendment. He j was in favor of dealing with ali alike as far I as the cases were parallel. Wherever a breach of conditions hue not been satisfae l torily explained he would forfeit land. * Vance inquired what hardship or injus tice would be done if congress asserted the 'right of the people in this matter of land I forfeiture. After an investigation (.1 railroad land grants he had come i to the conclusion congress would be justi- | tied in restoring to every lawful method to forfeit unearned lands. Mr. Vance wished j he could prepare for this purpose a bill as effective as a Yankee scare sorow was said I to have been. That scare screw was said ! to have been so effective that it riot only | scared screws out of the corn Hold, hut | compelled tbtm to bring buck the corn I they had stole last year. - Laughter, i He j inquired what was to happen in this ! country when ail the public lands .mould J be in the hands of the railroad companies. " ho would hold them at prioes so high i that people o mid not get them. Teller defended the course of the repub- I lican party as to the purity and patriotism ! of its motives and conduct ik relation to ' public land. He did notlthink it becoming in the senator from North Carolina critf- j eizing those land grants. Those grants were made by men who acted with the i best lights t hey had at the time. The sen ator from North Carolina and his friends | at the time in arms against the government | of the United States. It was not strange that men of those times were not as far-sighted as some senators might | now suppose they might have been. There was one strong purpose operating on con- i gressmen at the time those grants were ( made which was apt to Ire forgotten now, namely : that inducements had then been made to the people of the great west to east in their lot with other people not then friendly to the government. Vanoe remarked that when in answer to an argument against the wasteful and extravagant land policy the senator got up and said that he (Vance) took part in the rebellion, then Mr. Vunco knew that the Lord had delivered that senator into his (Vance’s) hand. [Laughter.] Teller replied that from wiiat. he under stood the senator from North Carolina was rather an unwilling participant in thatre- ' hellion at sometimes; that he was not, per haps. as energetic ns some others, though lie did participate in it. But Teller had not referred to rebellion for the purpose of ! r"flecting on any senators, but to show that at the time referred to men were not. i certain that they could maintain the in tegrity of the empire. Hawley contrasted the condition of the ! western country before tlie Pacific roads were built and at piesent, and said the building of those roads was a piece ol I statesmanship. It might, perhaps, have ! been well to fix a low maximum price at i which lands should lie sold and limit to a number of acres that might be held by one ! person so as to avoid great accumulations in one baud. The railroad had, however, under great difficulties, been such a bless- I ing to the country that the government , ought not to use against them arguments ! of hi.clock. The United States govern ment (lught to be a gentleman among gov- ! ennnonls. I Logan held opinions similar to those of ' Hawley and opposed Eustis’ amendment. 1 Edmunds and Conger also opposed Eus tis’ amendment, which was rejected—yeas j 12, nays 32. I Yeas -Berry, Blackburn, Call, Cockrell, Coke. Eustis, George, Gorman, Harris, ■,Aforris. Van Wyek, Wilson of Maryland— ) 12. j Nays Allison, Heck, Biair, Bowen, I Brown. i-U«ec, Cough, Cullom, Dawes, Dnlpii, Edmunds, Frye. Gibson, Hawley, 1 Hoar, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Logan, McMillan, Ala hi me. Miller, Mitchell of Oregon. Payne, Plumb. Hansom, Lawyer, I ShermM', Spooner, Teller, Walthall,'tWil- i son of l • >wa -32. VanWvck orteled an amendment repeal- | ing the (uausc of the granting act, which j made the right of way exempt from taxa tion in territories. He said that under the i circumstances he thought the road should hear its share of taxation. The amend ment w is agreed to. Yeas 28; noys 20. i The bill brought to vote was passed. * Yeas 42; nays J. Blair, i On motion of Dolph tlie bill repealing i the pre-emption of timber culture and ! desert land acts was then laid before the. I senate and is unfinished business for to- | morrow at 7:19 p. in. The senate then adjourned. Glad*tone to b* Nominated PrmkiMt of the Scottish Liberal Association. The r*lo*lsli> Will Oppose Ills KleeHM-liorA Ocrb/’x laallbxlfl to the LIlierxH—t CnnwIHee ippolatal to Ktamlne the Kreo-h ffvpnlalo* Bill, Ktr, was formerly King Ludwig’s physician, de nies that the king was insane. He main tains that Ludwig was eccentric. The doc tor adds, that though he disagreed with the official report of the examining board of physicians declaring the king insane, still he felt compelled to keep his views to himself, “For,” says he. “if I nad published a statement in opposition to that of tlie court of doctors I should have shared the Date of certain other persons and liven at least consigned to prikiru As to the king’s condition, my opinion is based on my ex perience as his physician since Ids birth. My colleague, Dr. Guitle, agrees with me.” Kmrlsnil. GLADSTONE TO BE NOMINATED. Edinburgh, Jure 15. —Gladstone will, on Friday next, be nominated fbr the presidency of the Scottish liberal associa- by the Brazilian minister. All wore full dress uniforms of their rank. The presi dent extended them a cordial invitation to attend the state reception at tlie while house this evening which they accepted. From the white house the purty paid an informal visit to the navy department. Approprlittlmi Itlllx. Wabhinuton, June 16.—The diplomatic appropriation bill as amended by the sen ate, came up to-day before the house com mittee on foreign affnirs. Such of the amendments as made small Increases in the appropriations were accepted,, but a Itv were non-< ...njorltv were non-concurred in, ns falling MUNICH, June 15.—Dr. Vonschleiss, who under the provisions of the house rule touching new legislation. BETRAYED BY A LOVE LETTER. Impudent Cureer «f xn Kihienteil mot lllirli-Tone, Suenk Thief -from Uandillii.’ In Iffibhery -Oye Twenty-five Vletlinx 1 Ynuiiir I.inly I’leilue lleiM'lf in wed Him. New York, June 14.-A love letter in which the writer, a young woman, the daughter of wealthy and respectable par ents, pledged her hand in marriage to a wild young man of good social connections and renounced forever all her other ad mirers, was unintentionally dropped sev eral davs since by a successful sneak thief while in the act of committing a robbery, for tne post two months the central of A Western Town Swept by the Destroying Element, And Urn, Women anti Children Fire for Tht'lr 1,1 vet Several l.lvca l.ntl and the Entire Town a limit of Kmoldcrlnv Ashes -Itlotons Tondnel of llrunkeu Vavahonds, tion. The unionists will oppose his elec-,j l ' , "‘ detectives have limited in vain for (j 011 1 sonic clew to n sleek young rascal who had LORD DERBY'S MANIFESTO TO THE I.Tft* plundered over twenty-fivehouses in this KKAIS 1 city and Brooklyn, and had stolen several Lord Derby and other prominent liberals f U ,V‘ IHalui <l<’H»rs’ worth of diamonds and have issued a manifesto to the electors of -J •U'V’d' ■' A j! il a ? ’V in' 1 ' Liverpool, In which they say the liberal^' t'Pistle tc-11 into their hands It le-yealed the must choose between Gladstone and alld- I 'uenuty ot the thiet. His capture was glance to principles. . j th £ n > oo.-y imiLtnr. “Hesitation is impossible. We api»eal , Gn briday lost Detective Seigeunt.s Hlml- to those who prefer patriotism to party to : cl ” n and Heard made the. rogue s a 'quaint- support unionist associations, and toJ auc . L ' 111 Seventy-fifth street, between hirst follow' the approvedlliberals like UrigT 1 , Hartiugton, Chamberlain, Lord Seibornc Go when. Callings, Bdhenev, Janies and many others. England is bound to pro tect the loyal Irishmen of whatever creed. It would be repugnant to employ tbc queen’s forces to compel unwilling people to submit to tlie government arising out of the system of cruel outrage and terrorisms. How long safeguards lust? Recouquest .. . has become inevitable. TTomt rule and | , sw \hm or \ ha i,we. land purchase schemes mean disaster to )n Saturday the police centra] office was Ireland and Injustice to England. They I thronged by ladies whose Louses Imd been are pregnant with strife, collision and \ joLl’ed and who had been summoned to damage, involving many millions of hard } ^llil.y tin prisoner. Heyeiileen of them earned money of the tax! payers. .recognized Mr. \\ ilhimis as lie rogue __ ‘ l j vvbi.i. by false representations, had gamed Irvliiml. I access to their residences and had depart- ed currying with him valuable diamonds pkactiotnu .n.gi.'.iu altl; »■ j iVn <j other jew, lrv. When lie realized that Belfast, June la 1 he loyalists , j]j s crimes had been brought home to him they expect to be able in the coming e ec- |ie ( . ( , nfehS ,, c t that they were all true. As tions to cany south Q 31 one, now rtpre | j^ e a j sf> limited that in several instances at’UT plunging the stolen jewelry he had ttaoond avenues, and finding that he had been taken by surprise he. went quiet ly to police headquarters, where he was locked up. There lie gave his name as jSVilliam A. Williams and his residence as at the Grand I’nion hotel. Ho admitted tlint Williams was not his name, and said that he had long since been disowned by his family, but he did not wish to have his wduldTo-eaffed j relatives suffer further pangs by hi.-, mis- >f Ireland'I (i ” t 'rls. ! sonted by Win. O'Brien, a home ruler, and also south Londonderry, now represented \ | by T. M. Healy, a home ruler. It. is stated , 1 that an injunction of the grand master against drilling by Orangemen during the continuance of the trouble in Belfast does not prevent Orangemen drilling at Rich- j hill, in Atriem county, where it is alleged 12.006 loyalists continue bo practice mili- tav' r tactics regularly. UruiMM’. A COMMITTER APPOINTED. ,J 1 Paris, June 15. —Tlie senate bureaux j have elected a committee, to examine and ! report on the expulsion bill. Six of this committee’s members, including Barthelc- ; sold the tickets to the pawnbrokers, it was | deemed necessary for the detectives to j keep the fact of tile arrest as quiet as pos- I ■able, so as to recover the property. TRIED TO UEFOUMv For years he said he endeavored to lead | an honest life, and through the high social i standing of his family he secured an intro- : dnetion to the young lady whose lov- mis- [ sivi? had now betrayed his identity and led j to Ills detection. She was ignorant of his j real churaetev, and it was his ifiti at inn t«» | keep her in the dark a.s to the criminal j episode in his life. He told his story to . Inspector Byrnes yesterday in the follow- i , a . Tr . .» i'll u-i 1 ing words: “I was working for small pay, 1 met and St. Hilaire, oppose the bill, while and s being jnfatmTte.1 with niy i hi t three are known to anpr°ve ,t; never- 8wee1 heart , „- 1LS a i so sei/cl with I theleas it is believed the bill will pass the | the „ all ,|,) ing eraze. 1 wanted to I senate by a narrow majority. make the young woman some presents and ; hoped to make enough at the gamingtable | to purchase what 1 wanted. My game, was j ‘red and black,’ and the establishments that 1 visited were on Sixth avenue, between j Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, i and iii Thirty-second street, near Jerry MeAuley’s Mission house. Instead of win I ning I lost. J bucked the game and it. ‘bucked* me. Then 1 was penniless and j became desperate. By honest ways I knew ! it would take a long time to pay my debts, | and as l was in desperate straits 1 deter mined to steal. As 1 did not associate with professional thieves I liad no reason to fear betrayal, so 1 became a rogue again.” All of the persons victimized described the robber as being low sized, of dark com plexion, with several teeth tilled with gold and fashionably dressed. Mrs. Cameron, from whom the fellow had stolen a dia mond ring worth $350 and several trinkets, said t hat the thief represented himself as a piano tuner, sent by her husband. She , —, , supposed t hat it w’os all right and showed and £250.000, the full amount, was promptlp j the visitor into the parlor. He ran his fin- taken. Twenty-five thousand dollars of gers over the keys of tlie piano and re- SAVANNAH. GA. The SiMithrrn Mutual Loan V>souintion - A Nnv Kail road I'rojort. •Special to Enquirer-Sun. Savannah, June 15.—The Southern Mu tual Loan Association held their seventh annual meeting last night. The treasurer’s report shows tne financial eandition of the association to be excellent. The following officers were elected: President, M. J. Solomon. Treasurer, C. S. Hardee. Secretary; W. D. Hardee. Directors, J. H. Estell, R. B. Reppard, .1. C. Rowland, I^ec Roy Myres, J. W. Fret- well, C H. Dorsett. A RAILROAD ENTERPRISE. The Savannah and Tybee railroad sub scription books were opened here to-iiav, preferred stock will be issued and will be readily taken. The company proposes b complete the road by next April. THE WHITE HOUSE BRIDE greasy and asked that he could >r First Oillriul li«‘< Uvory On*- Profu-c •ptIon Her Miiutittr :it:d Ht’Hlltiful Peru- Washington, June 15. -The white house never presented a more brilliant . V Vi 4 . . y ** i\ ,. woman. A portion ot u re spectacle than to-night on the occasion (if hureI , v that Mr. th'.'first official reception given by Brest- ,, i',„ji i;1 t|,„i given by I dent and Mrs. Cle\ eland. The decorations were on the same grand scale as at tlie president’s wedding, with the exception that there were more tropical plants and ferns and loss flowers. The walls of the east room were hidden by plants. Garlands of sirilax and evergreens were festooned from the chandeliers and the cornices, and the mantles were banked ties, and Uu* w indow recesses Jins. The decorations of tin- v. of i similar description m.i lhrtccplion was at its ch foih Ls of tne ladies, the . ; costumes worn bv some of sts, an*l the bright uniforms is most brilliant, in tc arrive shortly before n th*.* house was crowded marked that they wer for some warm vvati wasli them. DROPPING THAT LE'PTER. Mrs. Cameron said that she stepped out of the room for an instant and soon re turned. In a short time the young man bowed himself out, saying that the piano j was in good order. A few minutes later I she missed her diamond ring and dis- j covered the love letter upon the floor. , The epistle was a crazy sort of effusion that ( had been penned by a love-struck young woman. A portion of it read as follows: is my in tended husband, and that I shall not re- j ceive any attention from any other gentle man ’’ I Thi*»contract was signed in full by the j young woman, who also wrote at the bottom four times, ‘‘I am engfi.grd to Mr. — The deti.-etive soon “located” the I young lady who wrote the letter. Then the 1 rogue wb- has endeavored ro conceal liis ! real name unde: ; jiii.ts of Williams tell i i:t heart. ith ran tilled with pa othe r p*:Hors v. height, tlie rie splendor ol t . the diplomatist of the officers, \ The guests be 9 o’ehx k and s* with ladies and gout :< men awaiting the' coming of the receiving pariy. The sigiud. th it President and Mrs. Cleveland were 1 ready wa.s given promptly c*u time, and j the Marine baud, which was stationed in j tlie main vestibule, struck up the air, j “Hail to the Chief.” Tin* receiving party then descended from the upper portion •»! the house to the blue parlor in the follow ! ing order. 1 Saxonv won, HIkwood 2nd, Blue Peter Jd Preudont and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary | ,.i M,'« F.nHWrfi.. Sc,T,'tow- anrt Mr. I Th “' d for t wo-vear-»l.ls, thrfto yriit*- iii.-'t. night declined to s of tne young man or his iving as m excuse that they are fill very respectable people and ft would do no good to make tin n public and thus drag innocent pi rson* into the ease. The prisoner will he arraigned at the Essex Market court this morning, and the detectives will ask to have him again remanded. ’flu* LUlcet nt Rm). rtllEKUSHEAD Bav, Julie 15. -First race, seven furlongs, Change won, Bramble 2nd, Bessie 3d; time 1:31. Second nice, for threo-yi «ir-olds and up- wards, one mile ami three-sixteenths A strike Broken.' PrM\sHT*RG, June 15.—Tlie strike of coal miner- at New Bcthelehem, Pa., (s broken. Oakridge mines have been running under t lie protection of the sheriff of Armstrong county for several days. Uhls morning the Fairmount mines also resumed, with a heavy guard furnished by the sheriff of Clarion county. These mines are now pay ing lifty-tive cents per ton, ten cents less than the men came out for on the 17th of March. The strikers have used every’ef fort to get the men out at Oakridge, and in doing so a nunP'cr of their leaders were arrested for consjjiracy and bound over to court. and All’s. Endicofl, Secretary and Mrs. | Whitney, Postmaster-General and Mrs. I Vilius, and Colonel and Mrs. Lament. They I ranged themselves in a semi-circle in the j blue parlor with 1 he president first, then | Mr.. Cleveland and Mrs. Endicott, Mrs. : Whitney and Mrs. Vilas in the order I named. Mrs. Cleveland was attired in her wed- j ding dress. Her only ornaments were a diamond necklace, the wedding gift of the i president, and a. magnificent bouquet of | roses worn at her corsage. Her manner j charmed every one. fourths of a mile, Tremont 1st. Brimvood 2nd, Lajuive 3d: time 1:17b Fourth race for throe-year-olds,one mile, Inspector B. won, Quito 2nd. ten lengths in front of Rock and Rye 3d; time 1: hip Fifth race, one and one-half miles, Fal coner won bv eight lengths, Springfield 2nd, War Eagle 3d; time2:4lf. Kins Washington, June 15. Prince Auguste Leopold and officers of the Brazilian frigate Iirasso, who accompanied him to Wash ington, were formally presented to the president by the secretary of state at 11:3d o’clock to-day. They were accompanied Trunps ('rnshiMl i Chicago, June lf> from Memphis. Tei. on the Kansas City i distance west r>f h»*r cars were entirely d tramps who were crushed t(j death, most horrible manrx not be learned. Th< out injury. -A Kitilrotnl Wri’rk. special dispat/jh >ad • trdgnt train wrecked some • bust evening. Fifteen ■nmliahed, and several stealing a ride were iici’ig mutilated in a *r. Thtir n.un.-scould ‘ crew escaoed with- PoRTLAND, Orh., June 15.—The Orego nian’s Victoria, B. C., special says: All day .Sunday there hud been a steady wind from the northwest, and brush-clearing tires on the Cntiadiau Pacific railway lots were fanned to such an extent os to 1111 the terminal town of Van Couver with smoke. Nobody, however, had any idea of danger. Shortly after 1 p. m., several persons began to consider the situation threatening, but the smoke was so dense that they found it impossible to direct their steps to the ex act location of its source. Soon a stable near the Colonial hotel wius seen to be on fire. The alarm was given, but so alarmed were the people that they paid no atten tion for some time. The wind by this time had increased to a gale, and fanned the flames to a mass of raging lire. < )ne of TliK KlftHT BUILDINGS TO GO was McCartney’s drug store, followed by the office of the Van Couver News. The flames shot across Abbott street with astonishing rapidity, and almost before the people could realize it the whole of the western portion of the city was in a blaze. The excitement was now intense. Water street was filled with dense smoke and flying cinders, and the people were hurry ing with what effects they could gather in their haste to a place of safety, the general direction of the flight being east, though many ran to the elevated ground owned by the Canadian Pacific railway company. Others again made for False creek. Those who endeavored to save their goods were so wrapped up in their object as to appear heedless of the danger they ran and it was found especially nec essary to compel many women to relin quish their efforts to save their lives, in some cases there was -only just time to place them on improvised rafts which were pushed out from the shore beyond the reach of TUB FLAMES WHICH LITERALLY FILLED T11 K AI R. In loss time than it takes to describe it the lire had reached Carroll street. Some merchants in this vicinity and in Ferguson block engaged in conveying their goods to a place of safety, but so rapid was the con flagration that before their horses were ready the teamsters themselves were obliged to My for their lives. All hope of saving any considerable amount of property w.us now abandoned, and each contented himself with hastily putting together what he could carry in ms hand without seriously impeding his speed, and hurried from the spot. But even after leaving tlie houses the danger was not over, for every road had become AN AVENUE OF FTT513. Falling timbers and slumps on each side of tin* road glowed with tiro, and proved as serious menace to the fugitives an the burning hoiiL'CS of the doomed city. Dur ing the confusion which prevailed wlu-n the rowdies and roughs saw that everyone was leaving they entered the saloons, which bad been left entirely unprotected and commenced drinking. Many a one was seen staggering along f he streets wii h a keg of beer on his shoulder or carrying as many bottles of liquor as lie could appro priate. Men were seen sitting com pletely hemmed in by fire and apparently oblivious of their surroundings, drinking liquor. They were of course then already partially intoxicated. A large number collected at the Hastings mill company’s wharf, but a large majority collected at False creek bridge. Nothing wa.s to be seen from either of these points but a lurid rolling bank of smoke charging over THE ASHES OF EHE CITY from which the stragglers could be seen occasionally fleeing. The steamer Duns- muer was at the wharf to receive the people, and with several other steamers conveyed a large number over to Woody- ville. The dropping of the flames was as sudden as their rise, and by 6 p. m. some adventurous spirits had already, after their way along the roads of the destroyed city, and before dark the work of Reaching for the bodies of those overtaken by the fiery element had begun. In a short time the incinerated remains of s< vorul persons had been discovered. Up to 10 o’clock Monday morning nine bodies, some of which wore BURNED HE VON D RECOGNITION had been found. There is some uncertain ty about the exact number already found, ns in some c.uses a handful of charred bones were the only indications oi human life being lost. One of the searchers said he thought the number could be truthfully estimated .it twelve. The general senti ment of tiie peoplt appears to be one uf hopefulness: and there is a determination to at once begin the ret onslruetion of the city. Some have already got building ma terial on tlie grounds. Westminster. B. ('., June 15. -Parties arriving from Van ( niver state that at 2:30 yesterday afternoon the wind rose to a gale and caused fires, which were burning on the ( anadmn Pacific reserve, to spread to ward the city. A house on the extreme west end caught firo and the flames spread rapidly to adjacent buildings. At 1 o'clock the last house in the town wa*» in rn-hos. Having’s saw mill and the Royal City planing mill, being situated on points of land outside of the town, were saved. Five persons -ire reported dead, and several others to have b« en seri ously if not fatally injured. The lino of .J. M. flute A. Co. loses *5000 on which t her. is an insurance of £2000. The total loss is estimated at $1,000,000 and insurance at $10,000. One thousand persons are home less. It is impossible to obtain further particulars at present »n account of the wires being down. New Westminster, B. C., June 15.— The city of Van Couver, situated at the Pa cific end of the Canadian Pacific rail way,is in ashes. Nut half a dozen houss remain out of 500, and the worst of all there is a large loss of life. Ten bodies thus far have been recovered and a number of persons missing are supjx>sed to have perished. One siiort hour did the whole work. Tlie property saved Ls insig nificant. A clean sweep defines tin* situation. A thousand men are at work clearing up the debris for the railroad com pany. Twenty contracts for rebuilding nave been let. Many men lost their all, but arc determined to start in again. The property loss falls directly on the pioneer element of the city. Hundreds of people are camped out. There are meagre facili ties for the relief of the sulferers, but the people of tins city are specially open- handed in their efforts to relieve the d s- tress. Prompt aid from the Canadian Pacific railway is expected. Families were compelled to abandon their homes ala moment's warning and Hue for their ]; . es. Business men in search of valuablen were forced to rus'i through the fiance and smoke or perish. The whole populace were panic stricken. A number.-f per.ion» sought refuge in the water. One man was found in -1 well, where he lowered himself b» escape from the llames. Pew of the people have more than tile few clothes they stand in. Of ten bodies re- covered only three have been indetified. Most of the burned frame buildings will be replaced with brick structures. Contracts for u large hotel and other extensive build ings representing half a million dollars were let just before the fire. Talk in* to the Alumni. Salem, Va., June 15.—The annual ad dress before the alumni association of Roanoke college was delivered this morn ing in the town hall by Rev. E. E. Sibole, of Philadelphia. His subject was, “Our Social System, Its Evils and Its Reme dies.” This evening Major Henry Kyd Dough* las, of Maryland, delivered the annual ora tion before the literary society. His sub ject was, “Good Hwords Make Good Plough Shares.” He traced in an eloquent man ner the beneficial results to the country of the late civil war. TALK OVER OLEOMARGARINE. Tin* Boimik Buffer Finds Two Warm Advonitm— Tin* HistImfiislicd Scientific (•ontlniien Consider fin* M>iiiiiflirtnre Mnn* Cleniily Tluin Churn* Washington, June 15.--A large number of persons interested in dairying and oleo margarine were present to-day at a hear ing given by the senate committee oil agri culture and foresty on the house bill taxing oleomargarine. Prof. Morton, president of Stevens’ institute of technology, opposed the bill, lie had taken a natural scientific interest in the new industry; had visited and spent much time in oleomargarine factories and had reached the conclusion that oleomarine was of necessity a pure and wholesome product. If the fats From which oleomargarine oil was produced were tainted in the slightest degree the oil would become exceedingly offensive to the smell and taste, and when made into oleomargarine would be un saleable. The saint condition would arise if carelessness or willful neglect occurred in its manufacture. This condition once existing could not be counteracted, hence oleomargarine must always be good. Oleomargarine oil contained three princi ple elements of butter, but did not contain butterine, which was peculiar to butter and gave it its peculiar flavor. In order to secure tliis flavor in part the milk was mixed with the oleomargarine oil and the product then had a slight Mayor uf butter, and also ot her components of butter. Lard was added to give soft ness and s’.ickuess to the product. The reason for inakieg it as nearly identical as possible to butter was because of the influence previous habits had on the peoples* minds. For this rea son he thought it unwise to require that it colored red or blue. He thought, however, that it should In* sold under its true name. Occasionally a small manufacturer might end* avor to make larger profits by using unw holsoine materials, but the product would be offensive and unsala ble, and the experiment would not he re peated. An ounce of impure fat would taint a whole* ton of pure fat. If was im possible that tlu* germs of disease could • ; xist in tills product. Prof. Chandler, of Columbia college, New York, and president of the New York bourd of health, ssid he had always taken the. ground that this was a new’ process of making an old article of butter. It was pure and wholesome and contained all the component** of butter in the same proportion as in dairy butter, except that tlie proportion of flavoring matter was Jes*'. lie regarded the discov ery of this process as one of the greatest discoveries of the century. The process by which oleomargarine was manufactured was of necessity much more cleanly than that by which butter was manufactured. An attempt to destroy the industry, he thought, was on a pay with an attempt to prevent the introduction of indigo as a dye in England from France and Germany Lb* cause it would stifle* the sale of what every one now’ will admit was an inferior dye. The state of New York, he said, had been used to disgust people wjtli oleomargarine. Person, won was chairman of the New York state senate committee, had purpose ly refrained from calling him as a w itness after talking with him on the* subject. The evidence igivon before that committee was ridiculous and absurd. Stateifionta made ilion that dead dogs and cats were used in the manufacture he characterized ns nonsensical. New York had appropriated foO.C/X) to crush the oleomargarine industry, but the witness wns unable to secure money to have eases of adultci ation of food and medicine prosecuted. We already had sufficient legislation to compel t he sale of oleomar- gerine as such. He thought it hard then to compel the people to color oleomar garine red or blue when they wanted it yellow, because they were used to spread ing .yellow product on their bread. The witness having stated his wife paid 81) cents per pound for butler, was asked why he did not use oleomargarine at 18 cents? lie said his wifi had a fancy for the other article and he was willing to please her fancy and pay the difference. He had, how'ever, used oleomargarine for t wo days on Ii Is table without distinction. Then he substituted Hu best Connecticut butter and bis wile d(a If.red it n ust be ole omargarine. (Laughter. ] HEAT OF^THE"CAMPAIGN. ii % IVo|»h- in Fulton Count) Anxinti* for a Dtirk j llor*«i*. Huvaimah News. Atlanta, June 13. The hot wave of the | campaign which »>ppn sned the capital til). , last Tuesday has, since the election, moved , beyond the limits of Fulton county, not to i return, perhaps, t : il tlie convention assem bles on, July 25. This riodance seems to bo I a real relief to the people of Atlanta. It is a matter of some political signifl- • ounce that half perhaps more than half-— j the democratic strength of Fulton county | absolutely refused to vote for cither of the candidates at the late primary, in spite of band music and easy carriage rides. It cannot be disguised that there is a | strong undercurrent among t he people • ben* who are opposed to both Gen. Gordon j and Mai. Bacon, stronger without doubt j than elsewhere in the state. Many of those who voted here Tuesday 1 know would have preferred to vote for a third i candidate. Of the very large number who } stayed away from the polls because they | could not support either candidate, the I fair presumption is they would have voted , for an acceptable third candidate. In the ease of many of them it Ls true a third candidate would have brought them to the | polls. IT MAY BE SAID j with truth that there is more talk here now j of a new standard hearer than at or before j the late election. Among many who really I desire the election of cither of the can- I didntes there is apprehension that the work of the convention may result in the ; nomination of some one not now in the field. With many others there is a strong ! desire- that there should be- such a result. T>vu .Hi ii Sult-iciitcit. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 15. — Wm. i lost was overcome by lire damp while [•leaning out an old well yesterday. Horace his comrade, ti itd to rescue him, and Thei so overcome. Both perished, * lar ja families.