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THE CLAIMS OF ;-IoAGo.
Eloquent Appeal. In Behalf Of the
Garden City.

The first gentleman to present the
claims oil Chicago was Mayor Cregier OF
that city. 1--WE are here, he said. "be-
fore you to-day rs citizens of the eoun-
try representing the greatest Western
city, deeply in earnest ON the subject OF
this great exposition which Is designed
to be held in 1902 to commemorate the
discovery of thus hemisphere ny that IN
trepld navigator, Christopher Columbus.
! say that we are deeply interested In 1t,
and deeply in earnest in the behalf that
Il ought to be held in the far West.
[Appiause. represent, in SONS
measure, the people of Chicago, who,
while that Is their desire, are
also united in the desire and determine
ton that, wherever this exposition Is
held, wherever in the wisdom Of this
congress 1t shall bc assigned nothing
shall be wanting on their part to make 1t
eminently successful. and that they will
endeavor to add their mite to make 1t
comport with the dignity of this grand
and progressive nation. lApplause.l
, 1890-01-16
FOURTEEN MEN KILLED,

LOUISVILLE, Jan. The most appall-
ing accident known hero in many years
occurred this evening about o o'clock.
Caisson No. l, ABOUT 100 yards from the
Kentucky shore, used in the construc-
tion of the new bridge between. Louis
Vile and Jetiersonvitle, suddenly gave
way, and the workmcn employed ON 1T
wo rc either drowned or crushed TO death
by the stones and timbers.
The life saving station was immediate
ly notified of the accident, and three
skifIs were manned and pul led to the
scene OF wreck. Word was also sent to
the police station ana a squad was at
once ordered to the ground TO aid in the
work ofrecovery. The site of the bridge
is at tho upper end OF tho city, just be-
low Towhead island,
Within an hour from the disappear
ancc OF the caisson, 800 people were on
he shore and strained their eyes trying
TO see something OF the wreckage,
Dozens OF boats were plying about over
the spot where the caisson stood, ana
ho life lights danced to and fro with
thcm, but there was no trace OF the mas
siye structure OF stone and timber. IL
was soon known that only four OF the
Eighteen men who wcrc at work at tho
time OF the accident had escaped.
, 1890-01-16
WHITES
Colored Children Attend cd
Their Schools.
ARMED BLACKS ATTEMPT FORCE
plspelled by the Authoritiss- Tho
School Board Mako ooncss-
s!ons to the Blacks.

~. LotU, Jan. 10. A special to tho
hepubllc rom Alton, Ill.,, says that
Tue trouble over tie admission OF colored
penple TO the public shoots In the whitu
districts has broken out afrcsh.
ms question has bccr up two or three
Times, and the courts have decided Tint
colored children aro entitled, under tho
Organic law, TO attend tho same schools
a. the whltes. Strong opposition
mas developed. however, and, as
the great mass OF tho colorcd
people In Upper Alton lived IN one dis
tTict, q school building sas SGT apart for
their use, the schod board 70 re-,iis.sicting
The town to meet ,he emergency. This.
however, did not long satisfy tho me-
groes, VINO had been threatening that
they would lorce their way into the
high school building. and. with
mat end In view, recently insti-
tuted mandamus proceedings TO cum-
pei the board 10 rs- district tho town
on more cluablc basis, Pending the de-
cision, n Few negro families moved Into
the high school district, and yesterday
eight or ten colofcd children, accom-
panied by their parents applied for ad-
mission The Superintendent assigned
them to MONS In tho lower grades
Ihey were not. however, assigned places
by the tcichers AT the forunoon fccess
the colorcd children were driven OF tho
grounds 10y tho whites and did not re-
lurn during the day.
At the hour Of tho opening Of the
school to-day, however, they, accompa-
MED by their parents, marched 70 the
high school building and demanded adj
mlttance. A body OF white citizens
assembled and resented tho demand,
and the marshal, on searching several Of
the negroes, found reyolvcrs and other
weapons In their possession. Many OF
the whites were also found armed, but
hoslllities were prevented by tho judi
ci0us action OF authorities.
At meeting this afternoon the school
boari resolved to dismiss tho colored
school and snbstituta mixed school in
rs place. Aotiod was also takcn a. 10
the establishment OF boundary lines
which Will admit some OF the blacks 10
the high school building This Ia q vic
tory for the blacks, aud q good deal OF
bitterness i expressed. Tho whites
threaten 10 desert the schools.
, 1890-01-16
sEArrLE's MISSING AGENT.
a Ny stsry That Dsepens with inves-
tigation.

SEATTLE, Jan. lo,-The mystery ot the
whereabouts of Thomas l.. Skaggs,
Northern Pacific express agent, of this
city, still remains unsolved. MIR. New
comb, the company's agent at Portland,
returned this morning from Vancouver,
Il. C., where he had been industriously
following up clues that led to nothing.
lie is positive that Skaggs Is neither at
Vancouver nor Victoria. He is of the
opinion that skaggs has either been
iOully dealt with or is hiding from peril,
real or Imaginable. The checking of
sskaggs accounts still continues, and Sc
far they are straight.
, 1890-01-16
ON THE COAST.
A Seattle Prisoner Who
Will Not Eat.
HE IS GROWING FAT.
A Convict Who Wanted a
Long Sentence.
MYSTERIES OF PUGET SOUND.
San Diego Cutting Dowr Her
Limits-Sad Fata Of
Mail Carrier.
MYSTERIES OF PUGET SOUNL

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. i0.-W. ii.
White, who Is undergoing sentence OF
fourteen years for forgery, but is now in
the county Jail awaiting proceedings on
a writ of superscdoas, has decided to
staryc himself So far as known, not IA
morsel has passed his lips
since New Years day, and
he says he dcesn't propose to eat
this year; he says he dO,slt know
anything about Tanner or his famous
fast, but IL lac continues on in the way
ho is doing now he will beat that eN-
pcrimontor's record. His face is, ifany-
thing ticshier than when he stopped
taking food, and the doctors say his
system shows no symptoms Of a lack OF
food.
, 1890-01-16
PROHIBITIoS IN IOWA.
Meeting of tho State Convention at
Des Moines.

Drs MorsEs, Iowa, Jan. 9-The pro-
hibi,ion state convention met here to-
day and adopted lengthy set of reso-
lutions. They demand from the logis-
lature which is about to meet the en-
actment of laws which shall compel
the absolute enforcement Of the pro-
hibitory law In every county, city and
town in the state.
Congress In asked TO amend the inter
state commerce law 10 prohibit the i'm
portatlon of liquors into prohibition
regulation and TO amend the internal
revenue law SO as to prohibit the sale OF
revenue stamps to liquor dealers in pro-
hibition states, except to persons author
lied by the laws Of such state TO sell
liquors.
, 1890-01-16

took to hard drink some years ago.
Chronic alcoholism Is the attributed
cause of his death. lie was unmarried,
and had no relatives horo.
4 BURGLAR SENTENCED.
To-day Tom Hawthorne was sentenced
by Judge Stcarns to three years In the
ponitcntiary for burglary. Hawthorne
some time ago was sent TO thc pentten-
tiary ut Walla walla for u term, but
subsequently was deemed insane aud
committed to the asylum at stailacoom.
LAST summer ho made his escape from
that institution aud came to Portland.
Soon alter he was captured here while In
the act Of burglarizing an office. lie
played the "insano dodge from first to
last, but without avail.
THB HOLLADAl EsTATE,
The first annual statement OF the con-
dition OF the estate Of the late Ben Hol-
laday, under tho new administrator,
James Steel, was filed to-day. Tho in
dcbiedness still remaining against 1t will
roach about $4,000, which, according
TO the estimate made, will be covered by
the undisposed property in the custody
of the administrator.
, 1890-01-16
A DISAPPOINTED PRISONER.
lie would Have Preferred n Much
Longer Sentence.

TACOMA, Jan. i0---Charles Smith this
morning started for the penitentiary at
Walla Walla in custody OF two deputy
sheriils. He has a one year sentence to
serve out. Smith was employed last fall
at McAllister's hOtel in Bucoia. He
secured $3.50 from trunk one night and
He'd to California. He gave himself up
there few weeks ago and was
brought back. lie refunded most of
the stolen money, and as result was
given light sentence. Smith remarked
to the officials at the jail that he would
rather have received a five years sen
tcnoe In the penitcntlary, as he thought
the governor would pardon him, while
now he expects to serve out his full year.
, 1890-01-16
TACoMA's MURDER MYSTERY.
The Man Who Confessed Confers with
His Attorney.

TACOMA, Jan, lO,-Frauk l.. Kuhn,
attorney for Henry Miller who is
charged with the murder of an unknown
man at the Union lodging house, had a
long conference with his client at the
county Jail. While it was in progress
Miller told his attorney the substance
OF what he confessed to Sheriff
Price and Deputy Sheriff Hicks last
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Kuhn is max
ing preparations to make a big fight in
Miller's defense. Miller told Detective
Cady and Others at the city Jail on the
night of his arrest that he fired shot
from his revolver which was afterwards
taken from the unk nown mans body.
, 1890-01-16

Washington parks within half a mile
Of each other and connected.
lie spoke OF the great number Of rail.
foads, twouty-inur, Cpnigring IN Chicago
and having thair terminals there, and
snii that 10 other city In the world had
within It's limits such "a complete, we'll
connected and prchCnsiv0 system Of
railroad communication.
STR, Jenfoy spoke ut the ability Of the
Chicago mechanics and artisans 10 man.
age the work, and mentioned the fact
that In $50 buildings had been con-
-trnCtcd In Chicago that occupied u
street frontage OF dny-hvc miles.
lie gave statistics regarding the immc.
dinte business done IN Chicago In iour,
grain, live stock, cte., and declared that
Chicago was the headquarters II tho
greatest steel-rall mills In thg world.
As tO transportation facilities, he said ;
There are ut present NO passenger
trims arriving and departing daily in
Chicago. The twenty-iuur railroads tor
minating there aggregate 0I,tll miles,
and with the tributary lines added, ~,
90 miles and this is an established
tact. There are more mics of road rest
Ing In Chicago AMI the tributaries there
to than Ia any other city In the world.
There are more tons OF freight arriving
In, shipped out and passing through
Chicago by rail and water than Ia any
other city In the worid.n
As to lake commerce, he said that In the
mum her of vessels arriving and clearing
at Chicago it was tho finest port Ia the
United Statcs, and In tonnagc tue SEQ.
lni. last year p, 100 vessels arrived
and cleared, with tonnage Of s,OO,OQO
tons.
AZ to the facilities for handling passen.
gers within Chicago, jeffrey pointed out
tho routes of the various cable and
and horse car limos, and said that in 1850
these lines carried l63.O0D,OOO passengers,
or an average of 1i0,ODO a
day. The steam railroads OF Chicago
could carry more than 6iOOlD every day
of eighteen hours, Tno steamboat lines
could carry I7,OOO per day 10 and from
other ports, and thooScursion boats ply
ing between some of the parks and tho
center of thu city 255, 600 q day.
Mr.. Jeffrey spoke OF the great ngrlcul
tural and other wealth OF the states sur
rounding Chicago. Ile had not found In
Europe any objection on tlIe part OF the
exhibitors to SO to Chicago.
, 1890-01-16
FIRE Ar roRr SPOKANE.
A Lively scene which Resulted In
Little Damage.

FoRT SPOKANE, Wash, Jah. AT
0si5 last evening an alarm of fire was
sounded, and Immediately located in
the commanding officers quarters. In
tive minutes the entire command was in
and around the quarters, working with q
viii, and had the fire under control,
Lieutenant j. J. o Brien and Sergeant
Robertson, with a squad of men, got on
the root by cutting into whore the fire
WAS located, aud with the unlimited
supply OF water furnished by the com
panios in tire buckets, saved the build
ing from destruction. The coolness eN-
hibitcd bV Lieutenant O'Br!en and Ser
geant Robertson had the effect of keep
Ing the entire command at their work
like veteran hrcmen. The form of the
com manding officer hanging on to @ nc
of the tire ladders, directing the men
when and how to pass the water TO the
party on the roof reminds one of Ad'
miral Porter in his passing the forts be
low New Orleans in the old Hartford,
only lac was not lashed in the top, but
his presence had the same effect.
, 1890-01-16
CUTTING powN nER LIMITS.
san Diego VIII Materially Reduce Her
Bounsla ries.

SAN DiEdo, Jan. lo-An effort will be
mado at the next meeting of the council
to cut oil two-thlrds of the territory in
cludcd in the city limits of the city of
san Diego. Within tho boundaries are
now contained seventy-four square
miles of land, making 1t in extent of
territory the third city In the United
States. The board of public works ask
that all territory north of San Diego
river be cut oil, which will leave in tho
city limits about twenty y-four square
miles. The cutting oil of territory is
asked for ON the ground Of the heavy
burden that the city shoulders In naking
roads and other Improvements.
, 1890-01-16
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A Scattle Steamer iu Grea. Peril
Damage From LandsiIdes.

SEATTLE, Jan. 1i.-lho steamer City
Of Quincy had narrow escape from
foundering with all on board little
north OF Salmon bay to-day. She LEFT
her wharf this morning with number
Of passengers and a heavy cargo OF as
sorted merchandise. When she
had proceeded little beyond Salmon
bay heavy sea broke over her
and she labored fcarfully. 1t was found
necessary to tighten her load, and sew.
eral barrels of whisky and packages of
assorted merchandise to the value of
5000 was thrown overheard. She put
in TO Apple Tree cove as means of atety,
and her passengers were landed and re-.
turned to the city tonight ON the Edith.
Property owners In this city have suf.
fered severe damage during the past
week by land slides, occasioncd by the
recent rains and snow thaw that
thoroughly saturated the earth.
The ground surrounding the Rainier
hotel which stands from ter
10 tfteen feet above the street, IL caving
in badly and bulkheads are being put
in to keep the foundation OF the hotel in.
tact. IL will take thousands of dollars
TO do bulkhead enough throughout the
city TO prevent further slides.
, 1890-01-16
PORTLAND NEWS ITEMS.
Death OF an Insbriate-Ths Hoiladay
Estats--Etc.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 10.--Samuel Bern
stein, a porter of Portland, and who for
many years was q prominent member
of the fire department of this city, under
the old volunteer regime, was found
dead to-day In stable. Bernstein
claimed to have been sick, when some
persons in the stable, surprising him TO
be under the influence of liquor, laid
MIN on pile of hay, and spread blankets
over him. Some hours lator Bernstein
was found lifeless. At one time de-
ceased was worth considerable means ;
but, losing 1t an bad speculation. he
, 1890-01-16
nAkn Is ROUND OVER.
Dutch Jake Tells How the Trouble
Originated.

Originated.
Atan early hour Saturday morning
n throng of people surrounded the
doors of Blcksler n Webster's un-
dcrtaklng rooms In hope of getting
a glimpse of the body Of Big Mac.
All forenoon the crowd ontinued
TO knock for admission to the
morgue, only to be told that the
matter was In the hands OF the cor
iloner, and that no one except officers
sof the law and reporters could gain
admittance,
Upon searching the clothing Of
deceased, Captain Martin found S02
in money and gold watch. This,
II il presumed, comprised about all
the means Of which McCrossin was
possessed.
DUTCH JAKE's STATEMENT.
Jacob Goetz, Baer's partner, was
seen Saturday by a. REVIEW re-
4 porter, and asked what, If anything
TO his knowledge, led to the trou-
bile which terminated 50 disastrously
TO "Big Mae
"Tes, | can" was the reply. "The
difficulty was but the conclusion of
"A quarrel had with Big Mac five
, 1890-01-16
FROZEN TO DEATH.
A Mans Body Thrown Up by . Rotary
Snow Plow.

BAN Francisco, Jan. ll.-Yesterday o
big rotary plow was slowly working it's
way through a cut In the Sierras which
had been filled up by drifts of snow
during ths night There was a
cabin occupied by Henry Gilman on
the side Of the track, and the plow
threw the snow over the cabin some
twenty feet. A few minutes after the
plow had passed he looked out Of the
back window and saw a mans head
sticking above the pile of snow Just de
posted by the snow plow. Ho went TO
the mans assistance and spoke TO him,
but there was no reply. Further ex-
animation revealed tho fact that the
head, sawed from the trunk, was
resting on the snow. He lifted
IL up, and il was frozen head, with the
eyes open. staring at him. Then he re-
allied that the plow had east II there.
Digging over the snow he found the mu-
tilaied trunk, legs and arms of the poor
fellow strcwn along for several yards.
The clothes were stripped OIL and torn,
and the body terribly mangled, but
there was no blood, showing that the
man had frozen stiff when reached by
the pillow.
Tho ,heorJ il that some one attempted
, 1890-01-16
HORNE OUT ON SNOW SHOES.
Tho Body ofa Miiitiaman Who Per
Ishea In California.

NEVADA CITY, Cal, Jan. 10.-A detail
of militlamen from Company Q, who
left here on snow shoes Tuesday morn
ing to 20 10 Washington, nineteen miles
distant, after tho body Of Private Nc
Leod, who perishcd while carryingimail
from North Bloomfield, returned to-day
with his remains. The snow IL eight
feet deep along the route. The body
was sewed up In sack and then lashed
on a sledge made OF :wo snow shoes.
, 1890-01-16
PENDLEroN NOTES.
ward Douglas Confident OF Proving
His Innocence.

PrMpLEToS, Or, Jan. l0.-Many
merchants are short of goods owing to
the stoppage of traihc on the railroads,
Ward Douglas OF Walla Walla scandal
fame was in the city to-day. He is con-
hdent of proving his innocence when his
case comes to trial before the superior
court in few weeks in Walla Walla.
A force of five Union Pacific linemen
passed through hore to-day and put wires
on the Mullan branch OF the o. x. Il n.
Jennie. little daughter OF ID. w.
Bailey, had q narrow escape to-day.
While putting wood in u stove flames
burst out and burned oif considerable
Of her hair.
l.. Proctor, an old gentleman, fell m
crossing a railroad track, and broke his
kncecap.
John IIalso, n highly respected plo-
necr died to-day, lie came to oregon
with the vanguard irunticrsmcn, headed
BY Governor Joseph Lane, in lsiD.
, 1890-01-16
WRECK OF A BRITISH SHIP.
n Portion OF the Crew safe-The
Others Missing.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 9.-The steamer
City of Pekin arrived from Hong Kong
and Yokohama this morning. Chinese
advices report the wreck of the British
ship Nye Gyal from Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia, on Pratas shoal November 20.
Captain Butler and eight men arrived at
Hong Kong in IA small boat four days
later. Another boat containing Mate
Briggs and six men II missing The
British gunboat Cockshaier lett Hong
Kong in search OF the boat, but returned
without finding her.
, 1890-01-16
rAxArloN N OREGON.
A Movement Looking Toward More
Eu uIinbIe Assessment.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan 9.-GoyernoI
Peuuoyor has issued circular ad'
dressed to the various county assessors
of oregon respecting the holding of q
convention of the assessors of oregon
for the purpose of securing, IL possible,
n more equitable assessment for prop
crty throughout the state, The governor
suggests that such convention be held
in Portland Tuesday, February IL, and
requests the presence of the various
assessors, 1t is claimed that such con-
ference would undoubtedly result in Sc
curing more uniform and equitable
taxation of property within the state.
, 1890-01-16

lie win Bs Re-Eiscted by Camp 80
Of the Cisn-na-Gael.

CHICAGO, Jan TO- The News says; In
all probability John +. Besgs will be re-
elected senior guardian Of Camp % OF
the Clan-na-Gael tonight. Beegs may
and may not be present, but IL is said
that his reelection Is assured. Inc
yanlp 20 members have held CAUCUS
and decided that Beggs ecquittal Is in
tic line Of q verdict OF moi guilty Tor
camp 30 and that the suspicion that the
murier was hatched in that notorious
camp has been removed. Therefore,
they have decided To elevate Beggs to his
old place
, 1890-01-16

WAMA WNLLA, Jan. ii.-Ncstcrdny
evening Dr. Turner, entering ms Office,
found that some ono had taken shove,
full Of live Goals from the stove and
placed them on Abe floor, whereby. a
Ia rgc hole was burped in the carpet lie
charges that they were placed there
during his temporary hbsennc with the
In tent to purn him out. lie bclioyCs 10
was done at the instirutiOu Of enemies
created by the recent institution Of Grim
in al prppaaliufs
, 1890-01-16
BLANTON CONVICTED.
The Jury at ColfaS Finds Him
Guilty of Murder in the
First Degree.

CoLTAS, Wash, Jan. o. After forty
minutes delibcratiou the jury found
Blanton guilty of murder in the first
degree. Much credit is due to Prusecut-
ing Attorney Blnttor and his assistants.
Scarcely three weeks have elapsed from
the crime till the conviction.
, 1890-01-16

EUGENE, on, Jan. 10 W illiam ps-
borne, well-lnown and highly re-
spected citizen died st his residence In
this city this morning. lie came to
Oregon from Neadyille, Penn, in ls66,
and has resided IN this city since that
time, He was 73 years of age, and
leaves largo circle of friend, and rela-
tives to mourn his death.
, 1890-01-16

GLoBE CITY AriE., Jan. II. - The
heaviest snow storm for many years l.
prevailing in this section OF Arizona, eN-
tending over hundred miles ofterritory.
The upper Gila valley is covered.
The roads are impossible, and
the Gila river II unfoulablc, uecessitat-
ing the stopping OF freight teams be-
tween here and the railroad, and the
closing down OF the smelter Tor want oi
coke,
, 1890-01-16
AN IMPoRrASr MOVEMENT.
A Big Combination Contemplated b
Petroie UNI.

NEw ToRx. Jan. 1.-The Sun says;
A combination is being made betwcsu
some of the principal oil producers of
PennsyIyania and the owners OF foreign
capital for the purpose OF construe'in4
now pipe lines between the Oil nelds anu
thecoasi. The movement Is the mos
important in the oil industry which hss
been attempted since tue Sardaru ~
company secured It's monopoiy .. ns
nine limo transportation. II eonten.~
niate. the purchase outright OF weit9
valued at SD, Coz, 600. the coastruction q
com peting pipe lines, and the eompine-
lion Of many of the principal ptoduossS
who DO not want TO sell their wells
, 1890-01-16

LoSDos, Jan. 1l.-One OF the Nanno'
bilts OF New York has purchased ron
the + arl OF Dudley the famous plc'nie-
THE Grand Canal of Venice, Inc Psi0e
paid was $4,000
, 1890-01-16

A pile Of timber in Hishbes q refer ;
lumbor ward. at Chicago, toppled over
on four workmen THURSDAY afternoon; on
were crushed to desih, and John te,fy
and John Lindqulst each had icy
broken, Thompson, one OF the "en
Killed. was married Just week ago
, 1890-01-16

CoLFAx, Wa,h., jan. 10, The county
mmisslDners awarded to-day the brick
work OF the new courthouse 10 w. White
of Moscow for so 400.