Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-09
coNaREss.

resolutions directing an inquiry ar
to the failure Of the keystone and
Spring Garden banks, Of Philadel-
phia, and the Maverick National
bank Of Boston, was adopted. A
resolution was introduced directing
the committee on judiciary to in
quire into the right Of the secretary
Of the treasury to employ the hun.
dred million dollars gold reserve fol
the current expenditures was re-
ferred.
The president today sent to the
senate the nomination Of VIM. e.
Gnnnell, New York, as third assist
ant secretary Of state.
In the senate adverse reports wer.
made by the finance committee Oh
the following bills: For free coinage
Of gold and silver bullion, (StewarD;
increasing the circulation medium
10y issuing treasury notes based on
gold and silver coin and bullion,
(Pfefer); for retirement Of national
Dank notes, free coinage Of silver,
and promotion Of international free
coinage Of silver, Plumb. Bill
With adverse reports were placed on
lhe calendar. Senate bill appropri-
ating 100000 for a monument aud
statue to General Grant was reported
from the committee.
THE HOTEL HOLOCAUST.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-At 3 o'clock
this morning the whole force Of
men at work on the ruins Of tue
Hotel Royal commenced TO clear
away the debris in the cellar under
which was the dining room and
near the elevator shaft and stair
case. Three hours later the six
teepth body was unearthed. All
three bodies found this morning
were those of women but none Of
them have been Identified.
New YORK, Feb. 9.-At two
o'clock this afternoon there was
found the badly burned, unrccognlz-
able body Of a woman, with shawl
wrapped around her head.
A MEMPHIS FIRE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 9.--At half
past o'clock last night the six
story building occupied by the Bruce
Beln Hat company was discovered
TO be In flames. The fire spread
very rapidly, and in half an hour
the flremen were forced back from
the building, and directed their
efforts TO saving the trunk factory
OF s. Levy next door north. BY
1890 this building and the Langstafi
hardware company's store were
practically In ruins, and Louveman's
hotel, probably the finest south Of
the Ohio river, was In flames. In
about an hour the magnificent five
story hotel building was totally
destroyed. About midnight the
wind changed and begsn TO sweep
the fire eastward. The firemen
were forced back and in a short
time two or three adjoining build.
lngs were destroyed, including
Lemon Il Gales wholesale dry goods
house, Wetter's hardware store,
VIM. Jacks china store and VIM.
Wilson's wholesale drug house,
Again the wind shifted TO the west,
aud the fire started back 10 I'd street.
In u short time Jones, HUM n Co.'S
printing house and the lLilly Carrl-
age compaay's plant were destroyed,
Az this point the firemen got the
flames practically under control.
The block destroyed was In the
heart Of the business district. The
LOSS aggregates Sl,OO0,OOO.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 0.--The
total loss by last nights hre, rs far
us known at present, Is at least
5000, 900, and q number OF smaller
losses yet 10 be reported, viii make
the amount reach million dollars
ON the buildings. Their insurance
Is SsaS.OOO.
LEFT his BLESSING.
CHARIEsTON, w, Va, Feb, D.
J. McGlassan committed suicide at
the Stalberth hotel Sunday night by
swallowing cyanide Of potassium
On table near his bed were u no
volver aud a bottle OF morphine.
lie lett note TO his wife stating
that she had not treated him right
Of late, but nevertheless he asked
God 10 bless her and his sou. He
was at one time u prominent hotel
man Ia Cincinnati. OF late years
he had been unemployed.
THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.
NEW YoRK, Feb. Q.--The chamber
Of commerce has received altogether
tsOil fund being for the famine suf-
fereu Ia Russia. The following has
been received from Smith, the
American minister az Sl. Peters
burg; "Money sent the several
committees under the presidency Of
the Czarwiteh will be properly ap-
Piled"
PARLIAMENT PR0RO0uED.
LONDON, Feb. 9.--Parllament Q. NJ
assembled today. The Queen's
speech, opening the session, Was
read. ID expresses her gratitude Tor
the sympathy of the people la her
late bereavement. Among other
thlnga the measage stated an agr,v'-
ment was concluded with the United
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