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WITH COATS OF TAR AND FEATHERS Prank Prink and Ills Colored Para mour Sent Prom Bpragae. Sprague, Wash., Feb. 9.-Several days ago a colored woman of easy virtue came to town. Frank Frink, a loafer who llvea alone In a aback, took her In. About 30 indignant masked cltlaena called at 11 o'clock last night and gave Frink and the woman a dosefhf tar and feathers and ordered them out of town. The womnn ferenee Report. Washington, Fob. 9.—The house today agreed to final conference roport on tho Immigration bill by an overwhelming ma jority. 217 to $3, and passed two moro pen sion bills over the president's veto. Tho modifications of the Immigration bill contained In the conference roport. by which intending Immigrants were re quired tp be able to read and write \tho English or another language.\ on* which permitted the immigrant's wife and minor children to accompany an Immigrant, re- were closed and jntlnued througho Carson. Nev., Feb. 9.—Dan 8tuart did not arrive todaVr but another celebrity did. In the form of Harry Corbett, Jim’s brother, who is here looking toward the final furnishings that shall be made in his brother's training quarters when they are selected. There will not. however, bo any feeling of security on the part of the Carsonltes as to this being selected os the scene of the battle until Dan Stu art arrives on the scene and soys the word. In the meantime everything Is In abeyance. It seems likely that Corbett will train at Shaw's Springs, near Car- son, If the fight comes to this place. Corbett’* Lout Exhibition. Salt Lako, .Feb. 9.—James J. Corbett ap peared at the theater tonight and gave his last exhibition before going* Into training for his fight with Fllxslmmons. He was greeted by a largo and enthusias tic audience, and boxed three rounds with Con McVey, his trainer. After the bout he was called upon for a speech. He sold that he would meet Fitzsimmons on March 17 and would keep of the Insurgents In that i Island, are far from Doing t> facts. As Intimated In tl.es. whon tho Spanish commands to support Frink and herself, limiting point was when Frink a public dance Saturday night \The robber ; Nelson, a s ;he senate went into ox se nd at 5:40 p. m. adjourned. Tho publicity given yes- brought A dispatch the Insurgents in 1lnar better off. more U nd disciplined, that ge of the campaign. P del Ihoroughly commander of tho C difficulty dissuaded Turkish towns on tl beneficiaries im bombarding the rumor Is obtained. Impossible, but it sldered In public, press and baggage cars off, the two n •angers Jumped from the express hld'onSummer*. crawling under the . robbers standlng'on the”steps and b**■ him dead. The cars moved off, Sumn slighting. Two of tho robbers took BREAK IN PRICE OF STEEL RAILS. In tho neighborhood of Catalina and Las Cuevas aro the lneurgtnt leaders Vaerona RIvao .and Luis Peraz. with about 1200 men. well armed and having plenty of ammunition, though poorly clad. In the zone of Jaucla and Mula Is the In- naval ofll- Crulser Starts for Retlaso. Athens. Feb. 9,-The Greek cruiser Hl- aculla has started for Retlmo. where Mussulmans occupied the Christian quar ters and are pillaging stores and houses. Three thousand Turkish troops have been concentrated at 8alonlca in readiness to embark for Crete, but the navigation company refuses to convey them to their destination until the money .for their pas sage Is paid. It is announced here that a decree will bo Issued ordering the entire Greek fleet to be made ready for service deep water har it of California tho southern Chicago. Feb. 9.-Steel rails sre Doing sold at the lowest prlco ever known In America. The steel rail pool has col lapsed. and »18 a ton was asked for rolls In Chicago today, and In Pittsburg was $15.75 per ton. Monday the price In Chicago was 126 and In Pittsburg It was $25. The sensational break of 18 a ton within 24 hours Is the result of a secret meeting of the rail pool held In Pittsburg Monday. All the members were present. No agree ment could bo reached- and President J. W. Oates of the Illinois Bteel company hastily returned to Chicago and called a meeting of the directors of that com pany. As a result of their deliberations he notified H. C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel company that the Illinois Stool company was unable to come to a Bod of Illinois then called up the melon Rachael Patton, tho widow H. Patton of tho Scvehtb 1111- Ich was vetoed by tho president, ed that the bill be passed over Mr. Wood spoke In favor of Senator Morgan declared the condition which called forth the Claylon-Bulwer treaty had long passed away. It was no longer binding on either nation, nor was it of any use or value to this nation, though It might be of Importance to Great Britain In case the Nicaragua ennui is constructed. With tho now treaty now under consld- dlstricts are various groups of Insurgents with a total of over 600 men under Vldot Ducasl. At tho hoighta of Oobcraador and the Sierra Del Rosario tho Insurgents are un der command of Brigadier General Ruis Rivera and Leaders Jose Manuel Barrie and Perrico Delgado. They consist of In fantry and some cavalry, estimated to number about 800 men. At Sorroa Is a force of insurgents under said to be wounded. At Lome heights is Torro Bermudez' bond, and at Bayate and In the district of Punta Brava are In surgents under Garraga end Lucas Mar- .—Anxiety is felt an outbreak of of abrogation of tho Clayton-Bulwor treaty would have to be submitted to ar bitration. Whllo tho old treaty was ob solete and disregarded, yet It was still used as a menace and bugaboo to tho United States whenever the construction of -the Nicaragua canal was advocated. Great Britain, declared Senator Morgan, had violated the treaty and abrogated it by occupying a portion of tho territory of Honduras. Great Britain would use the trtoty.or arbitration to her advantage, and thp Clayton-Bulwor treaty would be used in the same way unless It was declared void. There was no bettor occasion of abro gating tho Clayton-Bulwer treaty than by so providing In this arbitration treaty, said Senator Morgan. Another important amendment was of fered by Senator Bacon. It provides for a modification of article 8 so as to relieve tho southern states from any obligations that might arise under the bonds Issued In tho reconstruction days. The amendment was the result of a which were hidden away In every conceivable place In the cars. TRAILERS HEADED FOR RETREAT. Robbers .Supposed to Be Hiding In the Grand Canyon. Kingman. A. T.. Feb. ».-Indlan trailers nnd deputy sheriffs started before day- til after the annual election of officers, to be held tomorrow. Two hours after the message reached Pittsburg tho prices quoted were being asked In Chicago. The steel rail pool was the longest lived and most successful trade organization over formed in this country. The organ ization Included 'inly the mills making standard sections, and not those rolling street car and lighter rails, and presum ably heavy forfeits were on deposit to prevent violations of the agreement. the matter will have next regular meeting before It Is settled. Carlota and Artemlsa are the Insurgent forces under Lorca. These forces alone, those of known loaders of the Insurgents In the held, are estimated to number about 6000 . and yet the captain general claims that Plnar del Rio Is \pacified.\ In addition to these forces is a strong body of Insurgents which seems to have mysteriously disappeared from tho neigh borhood of Havana- The whereabouts of this force Is oxciting much attention, and la known to be causing tho 8panlsh staff considerable anxiety. Big Surprise for Weyler. The friends of tho insurgents intimate that a big surprise Is being prepared ror Captain General Weyler when be tries to lust night. ON THE IRON AND 8TEEL SCHEDULE of fast work by the riders. Waller of Now Tork and Glmm of Cleveland aro bitter contestants tat first place, and al ready have broken the 14-hour record trade at Madison. Bquare by, Roadlng Turvffle. -axtqi ■akUgr~P7 miles, retired ’or the design, but the drelbund and Rus- ila have agreed to maintain the statu \ 0 A \ '& p £ K '. £ r ;.~ Times from 8t. Petersburg says: 'A panic prevent fraudulc right\ on books a day). The collapse was due. It Is said, rumors of war troubles In Crete and Constantinople and to the spread of t bubonic plague. Petroleum shares ha fallen especially low because of fears th the plague will reach the Caucasus i gions. England on the Alert. London, Feb. 10. — A dispatch to t Standard from Athens says that an En llsh man-of-war has arrived at Sltla- tewn at the eastern extremity of Crete Insurgents de Ivert situated considerable progress. Tin plate was at 1 5-10 cents a pound, which issci promise rate, aa the Wilson duty was cents and the McKinley duty 2 cents. Bteel rails. Iron ore and manufnctu DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT8 IN IDAHO. Taco and Bacanagua. Plnar del Rio. At, the moment of the explosion an explor ing train from Vuelta Abajo was passing ovor tho culvort, and the engine went through. The culvert was totally destroy ed. and one passenger on the train was killed. The engineer, two firemen, a cap tain of artillery volunteers. Zuraz, and live soldiers of the battalion of Asturias woro seriously wounded. Two of them have since died. In addition eight sol diers were slightly wounded. They were sent to Palacios, as wero the feat of the wounded. Tho explosion caused a panic among tho passengers, who were eventu ally transferred to another train. The line was Interrupted on Tuesday. Dloneslo Tsarragorro, the well known Insurgent, surrendered last week at Trin idad. He was Immediately- liberated un der Captain General Weyler1 s decree, but was afterwards arrested at Union with a Owing to -ho campaign of La Lucha. thousands of persons are being vaccinated dally throughout the province. In spite of this. It Is asserted about 6000 coses of smallpox cxLU In Havana, and during tho last four days 30 persona, or 8 per cent of the entire mortality, have died from this disease. During the month of January, at Jeruco alone, out of 362 deaths. 317 were- duo to smalloox. , General Weyler. from Los Cruces, marched to Villa Clara, the capital of the province of Santa Clara, and It was re potted from Villa Clara that he will pusn on to Placotas nnd Remedlos. copl in definite terms the Nicaragua canal and everything, relating to that enterprise. Ho dwelt at length on this phase of the ' — *•' —\ — ‘ *rom a number of reports swing the interest of the listed In tl house and id carried a rifle stole: the vicinity a month ie description of one \I on the subject sho United States in :. __ , ___ _ w..„. nent. which tho senator declared was more vital than any treatv that could bo made with Great Britain. Senator Morgan concluded ln» ap-.eeh gt 5:30 p. m.. but said he would discuss other phases of the treaty before a vote was BROOKLYN PLACED ON A DRYDOCK. Bottom o f the Cruiser la Damaged a instance of 1TB Foot. Philadelphia. Feb. (.-The big armored cruiser Brooklyn was successfully placed on the drydock this morning at League Island navy yard, and for the first time since she ran afoul of the rocks on Schooner ledge, over a week ago. the full extent of her Injuries were made known. I or a distance of nearly 175 feet her bot tom on the port side Is bruised and torn- while on the starboard side her plates are punched In. but not broken. The greatest damage Is on tho port side, where there la one hole large enough for a man to crawl through, and a number of smaller holes caused by the straining of her plates. One of the blades of her port propeller la pay property tax of $10 or more was amended so aa to make women subject from $3 to $2. The clause exempting those paying property tax was next stricken out. and then the bill was In definitely postponed. The house passed a bill which makes all citizens eligible to the legal profes sion. Heretofore people of color have been excluded from the privilege of becoming lawyers. This bill was drafted for the purpose of admitting women, and advan tage was taken of the opportunity to wipe out the color line at the same time. Amendments Prepared. A number, of amendments havo been prepared which will be offared in tho course of the debate. Among them Is one directing that all subjects of arbitration must first be submitted to the president ftnd senate before being sent to tho tri bunal provided for In the treaty. Another excepts from tho treaty the Alaskan boundary dispute, also any controversy a»to the boundary line In the Straits of Fuca. which separate Vancouver Island from Washington state. The friends of the treaty did not enter the debate today. During the day Sena tor Teller said ho wanted It understood that thq silver men were not opposing the where hopes of -his recovery art Fireman Thomas Krause was caul dcr the overturned engine and sea Jured. Negligence of tho switch named Henn. It Is charged, caused. a British Pacific line from Victoria north and across the northern part of the prov ince will be renewed this year. This caused considerable friction among gov- pellcr Is otherwise In good shape. The other repairs will cost considerable mon ey and will take about six or eight weeks of Steady labor. The work of repairing the damaged RIOT AT BELL VERNON COAL MINE. IN THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE. Another Eight-Hour Bill Passed— Woman Suffrage Discussion. Helena- Mont.. Feb. 9.—The lower house of the Montana leigslaturo today passed another eight-hour bill, this being tho one limiting tho hours of laborers In smelters and ore refineries. The bill was charged with criminal neg- ack was cleared aqd trains Fuel Company at Bello Vernon, In Superintendent William Bates wot four times and mortally wounded. Driver Charles Carnahan was shot and is In a precarious condition. doubtful of a probable ce and eventually . these reports hi Insurgent sou re the committee on for whether tho different ver and gold (In case on a silver- basis) she ubject of arbitration i consideration nor did TO GO AROUND THE WORLD President Cleveland to Take a Trip After Harsh «. Toledo. Ohio. Feb. ».-The passenger been denied from rumors published Greece to prevent further aggravation of Turkey. It Is announced today that Turk ish warships and transports left Con stantinople for Crete and that In spite of the advice of his ministers and ambassa dors. the sultan favors the dispatch of ittract any FRANK MAY, FINANCIER, IS DEAD. ere of the 10 -year war being treating for peace are entlr ore crushing establishments, and pa that way without a dissenting voice. The senate took up the bill for an el hour day on all state, county or clt; other public works, and In commlttu the whole defeated a motion to repo favorably by a vote of U to 8. The time of tho house was taken u| day with the discussion of the wo suffrage amendment to the conatltu proposed by the Hill bill. The comm taper Methods, lected with tho con- nd exciting than on Impossible to hold seats while It pro- Dlaro de Lamartr city, is authority for the stats President Cleveland will ta statements to tho contrary. It has been ascertained on excellent authority that tije Insurgents expect, in the long run, to forms\ proposed by the Spanish govern ment. It Is recalled that the Dlaro do Lnmarlna- during tho captain generalship of Colleja, announced that the latter had the Intention of going a great deal fur ther In the dlrectlor -* — «-•— ■- ---- dispatch to the Times from Canes i: 'The Immediate cause of the out- ik was news of troubles at Herakllon. two hours TO SIT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. of giving Cuba home ---- ------------------jy tho Cuban reforms scheme Just proclaimed In Madrid. The Spaniards here. It can not be de nied. are heartily sick of the war. except ing only those who are without money or property and who actually make a better stained did JONES KNEW BUTTER. turn of fault-finding than of criticism of their accuracy. The reports were general ly complimented for their accuracy, and a majority of tho remarks ware devoted to an effort to explain their appearance. Christians in Cane first fighting In tot which commenced and In a few mon stltutlon which authorizes the supreme court to sit in an advisory capacity on claims against the state. The case was brought by Winters. Parsons A Boomer of Montana, state wagon contractors. The court recommended the legislature to make an appropriation of some $7000 to pay the contractors for extra work done In Lemhi and Custer counties. Part who hope to better themael ably should tho insurgents t General Gonzales Munoz point of returning to Spain San Francisco, Feb. 9.—Frank. Butler, alias Richard Ashe, the alleged Australian murderer, has been Identified by Captain Jones of the British ship Fllnshiro as Richard Pascoo. a west of England sailor, who arrived at this port on the British ship Dalbardene Castle In 1890. The recog nition between Jones and Butler was mu tual. Tho white powders found by the ar resting officers under ;tho band of But ler's hat whop tho Swanhllda arrived have been chemically analyzed and found to contain five grains of strychnine each. The prisoner was much agitated when the concealed poison was discovered. He is supposed to have kept It as a last means of escape from the clutches of the law. Tho extradition hearing will bo resumed BAIL A GOOD THING FOR POOR. the friends of tho Insurgents claim, see absolutely no chance of glory in Cuba and considerable danger of disgrace, to soy nothing of dlseaso and wounds. Conse quently, their enemies add. seeing that the insurgents must eventually triumph by tho macboto or otherwise, they are adopting the policy of rats when the lat ter become uware that the ship which harbors them Is upon the point of sink ing. As this dispatch Is sent It has become known that some of the most prominent home rulers here, after consulting togeth er over the reforms projected for Cuba, succeeded In sending a cable messag to Madrid requesting tho government to rad ically amplify the reforms scheme, add ing that under Its present form there Is absolutely no chance of Its meeting tho wishes of the Insurgent leaders and bring ing about peace. terly of the appearance of such reports as derogatory to the dignity of the senate. Ho was followed by Senators Hale and Hoar In the same strain. Senator Galllnger said that if aa full re ports as today's were to bo given out. It would be better to open tho doors and in vito the world to be present. ALLEGED AUSTRALIAN MURDERER. rlth which DEMAND FOR PACIFIC HALIBUT. OUSTED THE BAPTIST MINISTER. on to Supply Trade. Tacoma. Wash.. Feb. 9. - Samuel O Poole, president of the Atlantic Halibut Company, which has 22 vessels engaged In the halibut trade out of Gloucester, .Mass., is here-investigating the coast hal ibut and tho trade of the company operat ing the steamer Edith out of Tacoma. Mr. Poole believes the demand on the Al- S E V E N T H Y E A H . CANT BE KEPT SECRET THE COLUMBIAN. C O L U M B I A F A L L S , M O N T A N A , T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 11 , 1897. HU ■°r‘cal N U M B E R HE DOWNED HIS BANDIT
