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The morning call., 1894-10-31
FIRE IN A TENEMENT.
Seven Persons Smothered to
Death by Smoke.
They Gould Not Escape, and 70
Help Could Be Given From
the Outside.

NEW YORK. Oct. 30-Seven people were
smothered 10 death by the smoke from
tenement-house fire at 216 West Thirty
second street this morning. They were
George Friedman aged years, Levi Fried
man 3. Annie Appleblat o. Lena Mitchell
"a. Margaret Killian 20, Jacob Killian, her
son, 40. and George Levi. Mrs. KiIian's
grandson. 20 years. Lena Friedman, the
mother of the dead children. jumped from
the third-story window. She was fatally
injured.
The house was a fve-story brick tepe-
ment. There were seven families living in
ii. The only means of exit was by a mar
row stairway. The fire was discovered at
o'clock by passers-by. There was no sign
Of life. To enter the house meant DEATH
The only hope for those within was to
rouse them by shouts. In a few minutes
there was not a window in front of the
house that did not contain the wild and
frightened face of man, woman or child
framed in the smoke. which poured forth
in volumes.
BY the fire escapes twenty of the tenants
reached the ground. descending in the
midst Of flames and smoke, before the lad
der-trucks arrived. On,the third story the
tenants were spread over the entire rear
portion. There lived Nathan Friedman
ana bis wife. Lena, and their three young
children and two boarders, Annie Apple
biat and Lena Mitchell. Nathan Fried
man was aroused by the smoke and noise.
CIutching the baby in his arms, he sprang
to the window and descended by the fire
escape. Mrs. Friedman. too. had rushed
to the window, but not where the fire es-
cape was. She leaped from the window
and fell into the rear basement area. The
Friedman children ana the :wo boarders
slept in the inner apartment. The fire
had not reached them, but the smoke
filed the room. George and Levi Fried
man and Lena Mitchell were still in bed
when found, and the peaceful expression
on their faces showed that they had no
knowledge of the death that came to them
so suddenly. Annie Appleblat was lying
dead on the floor. Evidently she had been
aroused and had stopped to don her cloth
ing, and died before she had finished. On
the fourth floor Mrs. Kilian and her son
we're found dead in bed. The grandson
was on the floor, half way to the rear of
the window. The damage TO the house
will not exceed $1,000
The morning call., 1894-10-31
CHEERS ON THE WAY.
Estee Crosses the Mountains
Into Lake County.
Received With Much Enthusiasm
During Meeting in Mann
moth Tent.

LAKEPoRT. Oct. 30.-Morris NJ Estee
arrived here to-day from Ukiah. Republi-
cans of Lake County gave him an enthu-
siastic reception. On the trip across the
mountains from Ukiah Estee was greeted
from farmers aud other wayside points
along the route.
The leading Republicans discovered
early in the afternoon that the Courthouse.
which had been beautifully decorated,
was inadequate to accommodate the crowd
that would turn out TO greet the speakers.
81. a. McCraney soon had the tent of
the Twelfth Agricultural Association at
their disposal, and a crowd of enthusiastic
Republicans quickly had it arranged and
decor ated.
Mr.. Estee spoke TO an audience which
packed the large tent to the doors. His
address was enthusiastically received by
the audience, who cheered the speaker
repeatedly.
Lee Fairehild also addressed the meeting.
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THREE BURGLARS KILLED.
Travelling as Tramps and Were
Caught in a Wreck.

WILLIAMsPoRT. Pa, Oct. 30.-As the
result of a wreck on the Beech Creek
Railroad at an early hour this morning
three persons were Instantly killed and
one fatally injured. The wreck was
caused by brakebeam dropping. Seven
teen cars were piled in mass. The
trainmen at once set to work TO release a
man who had been stealing ride and
who was wedged beneath the debris. Be-
fore they had proceeded far it was discov-
cred that there were others in the wreck,
and before 1t was all removed three bodies
were taken out. The names of the three
victims could not be ascertained, but it is
believed they were burglars, as they had
two complete kits of burglars tools.
Each man carried a revolver. On the
clothes of one of the men was found the
name &c. Carr" This was all that was
found which in any way could tend to es-
tablish their identity. One man was de-
capitated and another had leg severed.
The bodies were taken to Viaduct.
The morning call., 1894-10-31
SOCIETY OF sTRANGLERs.
The Denver Police on the Verge of
Great Discovery

The Denver Police on the Verge of
Great Discovery.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 30.-The autopsy in
the case of Marie Cohtassoii, the French
woman who was fcund apparently stran-
gled 10 death early Sunday morning, leaves
her death still mystery. The Coroner's
jury can only decide whether she was
murdered or not.
1t is said that there is secret society on
Market street composed of Frenchmen
who bring women from France, they
agreeing to pay percen tage to the society.
1t is also said that these men have banded
themselves under the high standing name
of Lies Chevalers d'Amour." The police
believe this organization is responsible for
the death of Lena Taper, who was stran-
ged in nearly the same way as was Marie
Contassoif, in the same vi cinitv a short
time ago. Recently woman came to the
Chief of Police and asked to be protected
against lot of Frenchmen who were try
ing to drive her from the street She
stated that members of the society were
trying to persecute her because she re-
fused to Join their organization.
The morning call., 1894-10-31
One of the Great Men of
Canada.
WAS PREMIER OF QUEBEC.
Rising Through the Rebellion of
RieI.
GRAVE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
Caused Him to Fall When the Entire
Dominion Was Virtually
at His Feet.

cier died at 9:10 this morning.
Honore Mercer was born in 1910 in the
small village of 1berville in Montmagny
County. His father was a poor farmer,
one of the rather despsed class known in
Canada as ''habitants." There were seven
sons. of whom two are now employed in
her Majesty'S customs, while the younger
brother. Joseph a. Mercier, whose name
has been often mentioned in connection
with the political schemes and financial
operations of Honore. lived in New Or
leans for a number of years. where he
married handsome creole.
Young HOnore Mercier. whose father
seems to have been determined to give his
children a good education even ii he could
The morning call., 1894-10-31
JEWISH iMMlGRA ANTS.
Not Helped by Baron Hirsch to Come
fo This Country

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3o.-Superintenden
Stump of the Immigration Bureau has re-
ceiyed a letter from Baron Hirsch of the
Jewish Colonization Association. in which.
in speaking of Jewish immigration to the
United States, he says:
Far from favoring this immigration.
have, as you are aware, for the past few
years endeayored to turn it to the Argen-
tine Republic, where the Colonization As
sociation has already established many
colonies and is still establishing others.
The association does not only do nothing
to favor Israelite immigration to the
United States, but as far as l am aware
there are no other societies desirous of
forcing or inducing them to go to your
country or helping them directly or indi-
rectly to that end.
The morning call., 1894-10-31
REJECT THE BOLTERS.
Appeal to the Straight-Out Demo-
Gratis of Nebraska.

OMAHA. Oct. 30.-Cbairman Smyth of
the Democratic State Committee to-day
issued an address to the party declaring
that the element known as the admins
tration wing. which bolted the State con-
vention. is using every effort to elect the
Republican State ticket. He calls upon all
loyal Democrats to repudiate the boilers.
The boilers declare that they are the
straight Democrats, and that they did not
quit the party convention until it fused
with the Populists.
The morning call., 1894-10-31

the Minister of War. that NJ. Leon MirmaD.
Socialist Denuty representing one OF the
divisions of Reims, must perform military
service. The Socialists violently protested
that the conscription could not be en-
forced In the case of Deputy, but finally
motion to support the Government was
adopted by vote of 3O7 to 215.
The morning call., 1894-10-31
License for the Empire.

LONDON, Oct. 30.-Counsel for the man
ager of The Empire Theater will apply to-
morrow for mandamus compelling the
London County Council to renew its drink
ing auditorium license without condi-
tions. Some startling affidavits are prom
is
The morning call., 1894-10-31
Marshal for Minnesota.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 30.-The President
to-day appointed William McCampbell of
Minnesota United States Marshal for
Minnesota. in place of j. A. Bede. re-
signed.
The morning call., 1894-10-31
Cash in the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3o.-The cash bal
ance in the treasury to-day was $112, 800,
1893; gold reserve. SCI, 452. 1S4.
The morning call., 1894-10-31

General Superintendeuts Bancroft and
Mcdonnell, arrived here to-day and will
go south tomorrow inspecting the prop
erty Of the company.
The morning call., 1894-10-31
Union Pacific Officials.

SALT LAKE, Utah. Oct. 30.-A party of
Union Pacific officials. composed of Pres-
dent Clark. General Manager Dickinson,
The morning call., 1894-10-31
CONSCRlpT DEPUTIES.
NONSOKIPE DEPOIICS.
The French Chamber Thrown Into
Violent Fever.

bate to-day in the Chamber Of Deputies
regarding the decision OF General Mercier,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

The art of turningwood was invented
by the Greeks
The earliest form Of the harrow was
bundle of brush drawn by a bullock
The first record of combmakirg as
separate branch of industry was made
in 9S7.
When the Georgia poet writes Of the
'pale liquid moonshine, lit isn't poetic
Eccnse. Cleveland Plain Dealer
Missouri and Kansas horses ara grad
nally crowding out the small blunuhos
AID ponies from the southwestern plains
The tambourine is q combination Of
the drum and rattle 1t is found repre-
sented on Egyptian monuments 1000
B. G.
The germ of the guitar is found in the
warriors bow, the string of which gave
a sonorous twang as the arrow sped to
the mark.
Things that have become much better
than formerly, though still too bad, are
not to be remedied by refusing to ac-
knowledge any improvement.
There is serious effort on the part of
English clergymen to curtail the ex-
travagant and gorgeous decoration of
churches for fashionable marriages
The people of Great harrington,
Mass, are preparing to fitly celebrate
next August the fiftieth anniversary of
the famous Berkshire jubilee of Aug %
and 23, 1914.
The chief of police of Buenos Ayres
has ordered that dogs supposed to be
mad shall not be killed, but captured
by the police for examination by DR..
Dabel, the bacteriologist.
1t is announced that furnace has
been unearthed somewhere along the
Nile in which the hot blast was used
centuries before the modern Nelson
formulated the same idea.
A gavel made from wood that grew
on the farm where Abraham Lincoln
was born has been presented to the de-
partment of the Potomac, G. A. R., by
the Commercial club of Louisville.
The frequency of the discovery of
bombs in Paris has led to the provision
of a special vehicle for their transpor-
tation from the place where they are
discovered to the government laboratory.
In Baltimore the prisoners in the
Maryland penitentiary are reported to
have subscribed $435 for the benefit of
the unemployed and would have sub
scribed more probably if the warden
would have permitted them.
The Twentieth Century club is new
organization in Boston whose most
unique feature is the admission of wom-
en- to membership on equal terms with
men. Its chief aim is the promotion OF
better social order, and its president
is Edwin D. Meade.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
women and nank Aceounts.

Mr.. Paul, president of the Gansevoort
bank of New York, thinks that ''every
wife i'll the land should have bank. ac-
count ON her wedding day and some
thing, however small, deposited to her
credit by her father or husband. Let
her pay her bills with checks. Let her
make them out for SO. 80 as often as
they are required A little banking is
the very best lesson in practical arith-
metio a young woman can have. IL
teaches her the real meaning OF busl-
ness. When the check is returned, 1t is
a receipt, one of those things to which
few women attach Importance. F" There
are a number of gentle depositors IN the
goose market" bank, and President
Paul has an exaggerated tenderness Tor
them all. "They do business ON busi-
ness principles, " he says, ''and they are
womanly. What more can Isay in their
fayor?''
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
Fork Versus spoon.

The question which is shaking England
to its very foundation at present is wheth-
er the spoon shall be entirely banished
from good society, and, if not. how far
thefork shall be substituted for it, There
are those who hunt their ice with a fork.
which let's the melting margin drop
through the prOngs, and some stick their
small trident into jelly at the risk Of
seeing the whole thing slip off like an
amorpnous, translucent, gold colored
make. The same with such compounds
Rs custard pudding, creme renversee and
the like, where it is a feat of skill to
sewer the separate mOrsels deftly and
Nhere small sea Of unutilized Juice il
left on the plate. The monotonOus use
of the fork an1 craven fear of the vul.
glrity lying in the spoon seem to us
mere table snobbery. It's well known
English axiom that the fork Is to be used
in preference to the spoon when possible
and convenient.
The people who use it always-when
scarcely possible and decidedly incon-
yenient-are people so desperately afraid
of not doing the right thing that they do
the wrong out of very fear Of Mrs. Grun-
dy. 1t is the same with the law of eat
ing all soft'meats with the fork only, alb
juring' the knife. On the one hand, you
will see people courageously hewing with
their knives at sweetbread, supreme de
volatile and the like. On the other, the
snobbish fine work themselves into a fe-
yer with their forks against outlet and
would not for the lives of them use
knife to cut with ease that which by
main force and great discomfort they
tear asunder with fork.-New York
World.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
A sLost" Ring.

A very swell and very pretty girl,
who lives not a mile from the big Fifth
avenue cathedral, has been receiving
countless condolences ON the announced
loss Of her engagement ring a sapphire
between two big diamonds. She has
been partially consoled by the gift from
her fiance of another handsome ring.
Now she is beginning 20 quake and have
all sorts Of qualns, both moral and
mental, berause she is afraid some one
of the six persons who know the truth
about the loss viii tell that il occurred
at the poker table, and that she IN
moment Of frenzy OF enthusiasm pur up
the ring 20 ''call" $50 ''raise" and
lost IL This is an absolutely true story,
as six persons who read it--and perhaps
more BY this time-will acknowledge
Molly KnickerbOcker In New York
Recorder.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
The Mules Knew tho nou...

A remarkable instance u olo stub
hornness with which mules retain
ideas once impressed upon them was
seen one day last week. A dairy
man who for years had driven his
team and served his 300 or more
customers in Cincinnati personally.
died suddenly before he could give
his son list of the customers. The
latter, however, started the wagon
to town at the usual hour the next
day., with instructions to deliver
milk wherever the team stopped.
The animals tr0tted along brisl1ly
till they reached Abigail street, where
they pulled up in front of a grocery.
A maid with a pitcher soon ran out,
and taking the name and order the
driver continued. He simply started
the mules, letting them pick the
route, and when they finally headed
for home he found he had q list OF
over 300 customers. The mules had
not only stopped at all the regular
places, but, as was afterward learned
had regained several former custom
ers who had changed R4iiAA,en re
Gently, but who, pleased with the
queer method of learning the route
again returned to the old milk. Gin
cinnati Times Star.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Com
mon Council of the city of Salem Ore
gon will receive bids until the l7th day
of April 1894 at the hour of 1880 O'Clock
o. M. of said day for the construction of
sewers through the alley In block No.
q and block No. SO in the icity of Sa-
lem according to the plans, profiles and
approximations for the same on file IN
the city engineers Office.
Each bidder must deposit with his
bid a certified check or a certificate
of deposit in the sum Of 5000 AS a
guarantee Of good faith on the part Of
the said bidder aud that he will execute
the contract and give the undertaking
REQUIRED with good faith and sufficient
sureties 10 beappToyed by the mayor In
case the contract Is awarded to the
bidder, which deposit shall be forfeited
10 and shall become the property Of the
city Of Salem in case Of the failure an
the part of the bidder to comply with
any Of the requirements Of the bond
aud contract on file Ia the Office Of the
CITY engineer within five days after
the acceptance by the city Of Salem Of
bis bid.
The city Of Salem feseTves the right
10 reject any aud all bids deemed un-
reason able. Bids which do not com.
ply with the terms Of this notice will
not be received nor will any bids be re-
received after the time specified above,
Dated this 2d Of April 1894.
A. KLEIN,
Gro. B GRAY,
THOs. KAY,
Committee on street and public prop
AZ lot
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
religious perseentlons In China.

The Rev. Francis Bauquis, missioner
at Western Su-Chuen, China, writes
from Paolin the following touching let
ter:
81 have had to leave my mountains
and go a 10 days journey on my mule
to the capital of the northern part of
the.provinee, in order to see the man
darins and seek justice for the murder OF
a Christian. The demon, ever the same,
raises up the same obstacles in our day
as in the first centuries of the church in
Europe. This year, at a recently estab-
lished station, some pagans plotted to-
gether to put the best instructed among
the Christians to death. Several hun
dreds having collected, carrying AN idol,
they made the circuit of the village,
stopping at every house and saying that
the idol, the old grandfather, as they
called it, was hungry.
"Our Christian had been warned Of
the plot to kill him. A few days before
he had gone to some neophytes to bid
them goodby, saying; This time snail
die. Pray for my soul. We shall never
meet agaiDP
"His pagan relatives came to his
house on the day fixed upon, and ON his
refusal to join in their superstitiens they
began to heat him with sticks. One Of
his assailants, a schoolmaster, came to
the front, crying: This dog will die
hard. You are not able for him Letme at
him.
HE took off his clothing, to be more
at his ease, turned over the body, already
covered with bruises, and struck at it
with redoubled force, so that the blood
spurted out as far as the yard, the wretch
crying the while: Do you see what a
fine pig we have killed. What fine thick
blood! This is how we will pierce the
hearts of all the Christiansp
''The martyr survived a few days and
was able TO receive the last sacraments,
resigned TO the win of God and pardon
ing his murderers -"Annals Of the
Propagation of the Faith. "
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
MndemoiseIle,s cold shoes.

A great many girls undoubtedly have
white canvas shoes so soiled and grimy
from the summers campaign that 1t Is
quite impossible to clean them. These
supposedly worthless shoes may be trans
formed into very pretty pair of even
ing shoes by the magic of "a few cents
worth of gold paint. Mix the gold paint
very thin and coat the entire shoe. After
going over the shoes the second time dust
them lightly with the dry gold powder
and lace them with narrow ribbon the
color of the dress with which they are
TO be worn. The effect is very pretty,
and if they are retouched from time to
time they win be found extremely serv-
lceable.-Louisville Courier-JournaL
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
Crests.

If you have a crest-and II you
haven't your jeweler can design one for
you at small expense-do not be salts
fed with engraving it ON your silver,
embroidering it on house and personal
linen and painting it on the panels OF
your carriage, but put it on your front
door also, this way: Your front door Is
either of heavy grained oak, bearing an
iron knocker, the upper half OF glass
overlaid with wrought iron grille, OF
it is all of white enamel, bears brass
knocker and the number Of the house III
inlaid Roman numerals Of brass. The
upper panels of the house re'replaced
by heavy sheet of French plate glass
set in brass rim So far very good.
Now, inside that glass must be covered
by curtain to screen your privacy from
the outer world. Be sure the curtain is
of the finest French muslin, gathered
above and below ON brass rods, and right
in the center of the curtain must appear
in French embroidery your crest, elab-
orately worked, so that whoever rings
your bell may know that you do not lack
one, and that you are not ashamed to
show it to the world. Mag
a1ipa
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
How to Wash Dishes.

First, you have your water boiling hot.
This is essential. Provide yourself with
a common painters brush, with handle
about 10 inches long. If the bristles are
not found convenient, tie piece Of soft
rag at the end of stick of the same
length. Take the plates, and after re-
moving all the scraps pile them on top of
each other in the empty dishpan. Pour
enough hot water on the topmost dish to
fill the dish. Then tipping up one end Of
the dish with your finger wash front
and back with the brush. In France
special brushes trimmed with thin rope
about four inches long, instead of bris-
ties, are used for this purpose.
Remember, it is not the heat of the
plates, but the hot water, that pains the
hands. When this is completed, the
water will be in the next dish, Lift the
clean dish out and place it on its edge
against the wall Put in more hot water
and perform the same operation on all
the other dishes, and when the work is
finished you will find that the heat has
dried the plates and that they do not re-
quire to be wiped. By this method you
need not scald or wet your hands, and
you also avoid the trouble of wiping,
which is half the work.-Comfort.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-06
Oyster Croouettes.

Drain and plump and rufie 20 oysters.
Skim them out and chop fine. To gall
of liquor that exuded from the oysters
add an equal amount of cream, and
when it boils thicken with tablespoon
fuls of flour rubbed into heaping one
of butter and stir constantly until it is
smooth. Add the well beaten yolks of
2 eggs; let boil up once and remove from
the fire. Add teaspOonful Of celery
salt, tablespoonful of chopped parsley,
a bit of cayenne and a palatable season.
ing of white pepper and salt, and return
the oysters. When cold, form into oval
or round croquettes, dip in beaten egg,
then into bread crumbs and fry in smok-
ing hot fat composed of one part butter
to two of lard. Cleveland Leader.