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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-08-03
TELEdRAPHIc.
RAGING WATERS.
Floods ID New Mexico Causing Great
Damage to Property and Loss of Life.

Floods ID New Mexico Causing Great
Damage to Property and Loss OF Life.
SocoRRo, N. NJ, July 31.-A tire.
mendons roaring startled the people
of Socorro yesterday afternoon about
4 o'clock, Soon after huge waves of
water came rushing down an arroyo,
which drains the eastern slope Of the
MagdaleriA, and almost encircled the
town. At first It was hoped the food
would be confined to the lower por.
tions Of the city, but soon the water
came over above the town, and three
feet OF water began rushing through
the principal streets. The shrieks of
women and children mingled with the
dying walls Of those swept into eter-
nifty. The water came in waves, each
succeeding ,one being apparently
higher than the others. Portions of
houses, household furniture. baby
carriages, stoves and farming imple-
ments mingled with huge boulders,
railroad ties and bridgs timbers, all
being borne through the streets by
the madly rushing waters. For two
hours the work Of destruction con-
tinuea, the horror being increased by
vivid lightning, crashing thunder and
a binding rain.
Gradually the waters subsidized suf-
ficiently to allow partial inspection
of the destruction. Only two bodies
were taken from the waters before
dark, a mother and her child. An at
tempt was made to reach the people
living in the river bottom, but dark
ness and the absence of boats pre-
vented. All night homeless people
were brought in and cared for.
Thisifnorning scene of desolation
was. Presented. A majority of the
business houses have met heavy dam
age Or destruction. More than so
houses are known to have been de-
stroyed, while almost every residence
in the city is damaged Since the
water has receded, many adobe houses
have fallen, and many others must be
abandoned.
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TELEGRAPHIc.
BY EASY MARcHEs
The Troops Are Not Being Hurried For


The Troops Are Not Being Hurried For
ward.
MARKET LAKE, Idaho, July 30.-A
courier has arrived here from the sol.
diers' camp at Moody's lake, Idaho,
and says as it is now pretty certain
that there is no fighting going on in
Jackson Hole and very little danger of
any taking place, the troops will not
be pushed by any hard marching, and
it will be Wednesday or Thursday be-
fore their destination is reached.
No auth entic reports OF a warlike
character have been received by the
general from jackson Hole country.
On the contrary, reliable information
has been received that not a single
white person has been molested by the
Indians. The reported shooting and
wounding of Captain Smith, pros
pector, by an ambushed Indian has
not been verified, and it is doubted
whether the shooting was done by In
dians. The uncertainty that exists as
to the number of Indians in the Hole
country renders it impossible to say
whether the troops will be called
upon to fight the Indians or protect
them. Agent Tetor and his Indian
police insist that there are not more
than half dozen Fort Hall Indians
In the jackson Hole country.
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The Search Continted.

CHICAGO, July 30.-Peter Cigrand,
father of Emiline Cigrand, said to have
been murdered by 81. 81. Holmes, ar
rived in Chicago today, with Philo-
mena Cigrand, sister of the missing
girl. With DR.. J. B. Cigrand, a rel
ative, they went to police headquarters
where secret conference with Chief
Badenock and Inspector Fitzpatrick
was had.
The search for the acid vats in the
castle basement continued. The tank
uncovered yesterday was forced open,
but nothing was found but few inches
of petroleum in the bottom. In the
course of further excavation in the
Holmes sixty-third.street building to-
day, the police found parts of two
thigh bones, piece Of skull and four
smaller pieces of bone.
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AFFAIRS IN SALVADOR.
People In Frenzy and the Town Uuds
Martial Law.

People In a Frenzy and the Town Uudef
Martial Law.
SAN SALVADOR, Aug. 1.-The Streets
are filed with q mob yelling "Death to
Gutierrez and Castellanos."
The people are in frenzy because
30 citizens, belonging to leading
families, were arrested today and. IL
is rumored, were shot inside the bar
racks. ~
The troops are ready for action, al.
though the police are trying to clear
the streets. The city has been de-
clared in a state of siege. Business
places are closed. The city authori-
ties have issued proclamation calling
upon the people to return to their
homes, and warning them that the
city Is under martial law. The crowd
seems undecided what to do.
NEW YORK, Aug. LA World dis
patel. from Salvador says:
Troops were called out this after.
noon, the police being no longer able
to control the mob. The military
commander addressed crowd of 800
snrging about the palace. He de-
clared that upon his honor no arrests
had been made at any time for politi-
cal offense, and called on the people
to disperse., Part of the people left,
and others remained until they saw the
military making preparations for charg-
Ing when they scattered. Quiet is now
restored"
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ALLEN TALKS.
He Knew Holmes was Under an Assumed |
Name.

He Knew Holmes was Under an Assumed
Name.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Aug. 1.-The ere
is hardly a doubt but that the man
Pratt, mentioned in Topeka dispatch
as having lived here, and H. II.
Holmes are the same man. Allen,
Mascot" the convict in prison here,
says Holmes went by the name Of
Pratt in Texas. Allen spends most
of his time berating the newspapers.
To an Associated Press reporter he
said.
"a reporter who came to see me
last Friday had me wrongly quoted as
saying that Holmes came nearly
swindling a Jew at Denison. Pratt,
that is the Texas name of Holmes, was
afraid to go into Denison, and left me
10 miles from there. This was early
in May, 1894, and have not seen him
since. This man Cole they speak
about I never heard Of before. The
newspapers are telling q heap of lies.
was hoping this thing would be kept
quiet, and I expected q reward of at
least $4,000 would be offered for in
formation clearing up the mystery
about the Williams girls, and that I
would get it. That was why I wrote
to Texas to find ou6 what there would
be in 1t for me If told what I knew.
I came to Little Rock when I left
Holmes. was in Chicago many days
before that, but never stayed there.
"Today's papers say the Chicago
people have collected evidence show
ing that the Williams girls were both
killed. The detectives think they are
oH II q nf
their way from Chicago to talk to me.
Let them come. They will not get
anything out of me. know Pat
when Pratt (Holmes) and Lyman
(Pietzel) and were there, but would
not take charge of things because of
the shape they were in. Lyman acted
badly there. He drank great deal
and became infatuated with dashing
widow. Pratt had with him then a
woman whom he called Jeanette. I
knew all the time that his name was
Holmes, and knew that he had five or
six living wives. I travelled with him
and we visited Hot Springs together.
"Holr1es had the most winning way
toward women of any man ever saw,
and never mixed up with any that
were not good looking. He was also
mild-mannered, courteous and affable
toward men,"
There is, perhaps, no manner of
swindling that Allen is not familiar
with. Some people believe he is now
engaged in an attempt to get his
liberty by bartering his knowledge of
Holmes criminal career. The knowl- |
edge may have to be taken with a
grain ofsalt.
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AFTER CONVICT ALLEN.
Illinois officials Will Try to Bring. Him
From Arkansas.


CHICAGO, July 31.-When Quinlan
was questioned by Chief Badenoch last
night he let the cat out of the bag by
saying that Mascot was Il. 81.
Holmes confidential man in Fort
Worth. Mascot is the man the police
have been looking for. Just a few
moments before Quinlan had stated
that Allen, the man confined in the
Little Rock (Ark.) penitentiary for
horsestealing, was Holmes conf
Dental man, the questions were piled
faster and faster and Quinlan admitted
that Mascot was the man who had
been close to Holmes in Chicago, and
was his right hand man in Fort Worth.
"He engineered all the big deals for
him." said Quinlan. 81 was not good
enough for the fine work"
From further questioning the police
believe that Hatch, A. E. Bond,
through whom Minnie Williams
property in Fort Worth was conveyed
to Benton T. Lyman, John G. Allen,
A. c. Caldwell and Mascot, who figured
at different times and places in the
Holmes case, are one and the same
man.
Holmes not long ago asserted that
Ouo uldA ddUCh GOOh Gl0 lStZel GILL.
dren to Toronto in company with
be found he could clear up the mystery
of their deaths. Detectives working
on the case in the west have evidence
that Hatch came west after the visit
to Toronto, and was caught stealing
horses in Arkansas. The man con-
fined in the Little Rock jail claims to
be able to give the story of Holmes
deeds from first to last, but insists that
he be pardoned first.
Detective Rea, of Fort Worth, last
night telegraphed that Allen is the
Mascot, and that he has
given some valuable information. By
agreement between States Attorney
Keen, Mayor Swift, Chief Badenoch
and Attorney Capps, who represents
the interests of the missing Minnie
Williams, the latter will leave tonight
for Little Rock with credentials and
authority granting him power to rep
resent the state of Illinois in request
ing absolute and permanent release of
Allen from Jail, such immunity being
granted on condition that he fasten
the crime of the murder on Holmes by |
evidence in this city. |
Within ten days. unless the present |
plans miscarry through some techni-
cality or official disturbance, Allen
will arrive in Chicago in custody of |
Attorney Capps, and the proper officers |
of the law. Mr.. Capps last night said:
"There Is no question in my mind |
that Allen can tell about the murder
Of the Williams girls, Mrs. Connor
and her daughter Pearl by Holmes,
md can direct US to where the bones
If these four at least are buried. As
20 the Cigrande girl and others whose
and death have been
charged to Holmes I cannot now say.
Allen was the confidant and associate
# Holmes for long time, and will
NOW enough of Holmes affairs to
count in his being able to tell the story
# the crimes. We will prove abso-
utely that Holmes murdered the Viii.
Jams girls, and Mrs. Connor and her
laughter. We will bring Allen to
chicago and he will tell of the murders
. they were committed, and tell where
he bodies were disposed after being
-
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ARE MOSTLY OEsPERADOEs.
Chara ter Of the Majority Of jackson
Hole Settlers.

CHICAGO, July 31.-A special to the
Record from its correspondent with
the troops now on the way to the scene
of the Wyoming Indian trouble, saws:
1.-THE Indians are reported camped
on Fall river, and the settlers assert
that just as soon as the troops get near
the settlement they will attack the
Indians and rely upon the troops for
assistance. The settlers have scouts
out in the mountains, One returned
short time ago claimed that there Is
q camp of about 200 Indians in q valley
about 20 miles from Marysvale. 1t is
hard to get reliable information. One
OF the settlers who has Just returned
relates that he saw five Indians, and
another arriving an hour later claims
that all the Indians on the Fort Hall
agency are camped on Fall river.
"Most OF the settlers rely for their
subsistence and revenue In hunting
the big game. They slaughter large
quantity OF game, and hunting parties
they conduct through jackson Hole
slaughter more game in one year than
the Indians do in FIVE, but the settlers
are under cover Of new law which
was passed February %, 1895, which
was to prevent the slaughtering of
game except during September, octo-
ber and November, and then only the
male animals, except such as were act
ually needed for the hunters subsis-
tence.
"The settlers were anxious to keep
the Indians out of the country, as
every animal they killed meant, of |
course, so much revenue less to the |
white men, and they intended to put a |
stop to the Indians visiting the country. |
The settlers last year declared if the |
Indians hunted for big game this |
season they would organize and wipe
them out. The settlers look on the
big game as their private property
and, in fact, during my stay in Jrckson
Hole country was fed on fresh killed
elk meat. It the Indians were voters
Of the state Of Wyoming their right
TO kill game would never be ques-
Toned. There are few good citizens
ranching In Jackson Hole country,
but the majority of the settlers are
men who have left their country for
the ecountry'sgood. The Jackson Hole
country is recognized as place of
'efnge for outlaws of every description
,ent country"
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A Remarkable Cave.

YUMA, Ariz., July 3O.-On White
river, near Camp Apache, has been
found q remarkable cave. For 500 feet
the explorers were obliged to crawl on
hands and knees, using candles and
bulls.eye lanterns for light. They
found between 300 and 400 human
skeletons, including the remains of
persons who had been smothered to
death by smoke long years ago. Some
of them were in crevises Just large
enough to admit human body. The
skeletons are of various sizes, some
being very small. The skulls are of q
brown color with the exception of a
few, which are white. The White
Mountain Apaches are very supersti-
tious about the cave, and say that
within it there Is large lake of water.
The visitors found no water, but in
tend to explore further. There are
but two ways Of entering 1t
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CANNOT BE STOPPED.
No Power to Prevent the Corbett.Fita.
simmons Fight.

No Power to Prevent the corbett.Fita
simmons Fight.
DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 1.-Ex-City
Judge Charels Fecklor, regarded as
one of the clearest legal minds in
Dallas, stated the law governing prize
fighting as follows:
1.-THE last legislature adopted a new
criminal code which made prize-fght
ing a misemeanor, punishable with u
fine Of not less than $500 or more than
$1,000, Q,and an imprisonment of 30 days
This law went into operation July 20.
That legislature also subsequently,
passed civil code and it enacts that
fighting may take place by taking out a
license for $500. This. law goes into
effect September 1, 30 days before the
Corhett-E -Etzsimmon contest. There
Is no doubt the supreme court will
hold it Is to be the law after the Ist
day of September. The civil code was
adopted last and, therefore, will take
over the Others"
This opinion is concurred in by every
lawyer in Dallas, who has read the law,
and there is no power to prevent the
Corbett-F Fftzsimmons fight.
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WHOM Is 1T FOR7 .
The vslidis, Of the Chinese exclusion

The validity Of the Chinese exclusion
act Is to be tried in Detroit. -Four
Cinnamon were arrested there, charged
with attempting to evade the law.
They were sentenced to 10 days each
in the Detroit Jail, and it was ordered
that they be exported at the end OF
that time. Then comes Attorney
Springer of Detroit with writ, com.
pelling the marshal to show cause why
the prisoners should not be released
on the ground that the charges in the
warrant were too vague. The China
men were given their freedom until
September 1st, at which time the mat
ter will come up before Judge 6rpss-
cup Of the United States courts.
When the case comes to trial the law
will be attacked, the attorneys claim
ing it is invalid because it excludes
only laborers and is otherwise full of
weak points. 1t strikes us thai from
the attorneys standpoint it is without
the power Of congress to pass any law
excluding any foreigner from. this
country, unless all are excluded.
That is the logical conclusion to be
deduced from the premises. If the
law is defective because it excludes
only laborers, then the other act that
excludes paupers or contract laborers
is invalid for the reason that it ex-
cludes only those classes. Indeed, the
opinion seems to have become fixed
among the legal fraternity, that the
United States Constitution is docu-
ment, the object of which is to prevent
the people having anything they
should have, and compelling them to
have great many things they should
not have, and do not want. If our
glorious and much vanuted constitu.
tion is so worded-or so construed
that we cannot keep out the hordes of
Coolies from Asia; If it is so framed
that Chinaman can come here and
defy this government of 100000 of
people to put him outside of our terri
tory, then indeed, did our forefathers
frame peculiar document. We have
always supposed that that celebrated in
strument was framed for the guidance,
guardianship ond protection of Ameri-
can citizens. but if the lawyers ideas
of it are correct, it was made not for our
benefit, but for the alien and foreigner.
If their view is correct then the more
speedily we change the constitution or
abandon it the better. If it is so
framed that the people are powerless
to protect themselves under it, we cam
not throw itoverboard too quickly. If,
as we believe, the courts will
sustain the exclusion law, it should be
broadened somewhat, enough at least
to allow the deportation of such at
torneys as would break it down., and
allow this country to be flooded with
the pauper labor of Asia, in order that
said attorneys might make paltry fee.
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A Rich Lode.

VICTOR, Colo, July 30.-w. 8. STRAIT.
ton, the Iilnonaire, has struck what
ts probably the richest tode ever found
In any mining country, If not in the
miners in following lead ran across
vein that wiz run s140, 900 TO the ton.
1t was at point where both veins
came together, and the width warrants
the statement that there is no less
than sevearl millions Of ore In sight.
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The Striking rsi,ors.

NEW YORK, July 3o,-At the head
quarters OF the striking tailors in this
from Newark, reporting that ali opera.
tives there had gone out. It 10 esti-
mated the total number on strike in
Brooklyn and New York is 1850.
Forty contractors are reported to have
accepted the operatives' terms.
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Terribly Beaten.

WATERTowN, O., July 3O.-Mrs Hat
tie Covey, wife of Burt Covey, a resi-
dent Of Jayville, eloped June %, with
John Kierch, superintendent Of the
saw mill, leaving one child. Kierch
left wife and four children. The
elopers went to Michigan, but becom-
ing dissatisfied, Mrs. Covey returned
home. An armed crowd stripped her
of her clothing and bruised her ter
IDLY. She may die. Jayville Is
small backwoods village.
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HEAVY FALL OF RAIN.
over Four Inches at Fort Scott is Seven
Hours.

~'~- - - Ctt SSNst - SSbc4
Hours.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, July 30.-An un.
precedented precipitation of rain In
the southeastern corner of Kansas this
morning has again flooded the streams
and worked destruction to property.
In seven hours, 4.22 inches of water
fell in the city, and this evening the
lower portion of the town is inundated,
Two fatalities have so far resulted
from the sudden rise. The Missouri
Pacific railroad shops are surrounded,
and the train service has been
partially abandoned. Many families
have been driven from their homes
by the trespassing river, which is still
rising, and another storm is threaten.
ing. The Marmeton river, Mill creek
and the Buck run have become one
stream, spreading over sections of land
which have not for years been sub
merged.
Walter Austin and William Gould,
two young boys, were drowned this
evening on-one Of the principal streets,
and o. Austin, father of on. of the
boys was carried 200 yards in the
treacherous current, and finally res.
cued from the top of tree by ahoat.
man.
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Did Bayard Say It?

LONDON, July 3O.-United States
Ambassador Bayard, referring to the
report of the seizure of the island of
Trinidade by Great Britain, and the
agitation In Brazil on the subject, said
to a reporter of the Associated Press
today that the incident was a trifing
one. The island is very small, occu-
pied only by a few goats, and the
British ships merely stopped there to
lay a cable. Great Britain, he con-
tinued, did not claim the island, in
fact, it is not worth claiming. Like
most South American governments,
Bayard says, Brazil was easily excited
over nothing.
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: All Quiet at Marysvale.

WASHINGTON, July 3O.-General
Schofield today received the following
telegram from the headquarters of the
department of the Platt, at Omaha,
dated July 20: ga courier who ar
rived at Market Loke, this morning,
reports that when he left General
Coppinger's troops last night, infor-
nation had just been brought in by a
runner, from Marysvale, that all was
quiet there. The Lemhi agent tele-
graphs that only three of his Indians
were supposed to be in the Jackson
Hole country, and there is no indica-
tion that there will be an uprising
there"
Army officials regard this informa-
ton as favorable to an early and
peaceful termination of the dis
turbance,
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WHY SIGNIFICANT

The Significance OF the movement Of
Turkish troops into Macedonia is in
the relation which the agitation in
that province sustains to the agitation
in Bulgaria and the political policy OF
Greece and Austria, says the Inter
Ocean. Previous to the signing Of the
treaty OF Berlin, in 1878, the situation
in the Balkan Peninsula was like this:
, Roumania was an autonomous pro.
vince, paying tribute to Turkey; Bull
<garia, Eastern Roumelia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina were all directly under
the supervision Of the Turkish govern
ment; Montenegro was tribute-pay-
ing province under the protection Of
Russia. Bulgaria and Bosnia held
about the same relations to the Turk
ish government that Macedonia holds
now.
When Russia declared war in 1877
she did it with the avowed purpose Of
freeing the Bulgarians and establish
ing what was to be called Great Bull
garia. Under the treaty Of San
Stefano Bulgaria was to include all
the territory south Of the Danube, east
Of the Servian boundary, and extend
ing cas- far south in Roumelia and
Macedonla as Salonica. Under the
modification Of the treaty Bulgaria
was limited to the territory between
the Danube and the Balkans, a part Of
the territory assigned to Bulgaria was
annexed to Servia, and all Of that part
of southern Roumelia extending into
or toward Macedonia was restored to
Turkey. Bosnia and Herzegovina
were put under Austrian supervision,
Roumania was made an independent
kingdom, Bulgaria an autonomous,
tribute-paying province under the
protection OF Russia, and eastern
Roumelia an autonomous province
under the protection of Great Britain.
At that time Greece, looking for
ward to the dissolution of the Turkish
empire, had expected to extend her
boundary so as to include Albania and
Russia looking after the
interests of Bulgaria and Roumania,
and Austria, after her own interests,
this, and when Bulgaria was
constituted an autonomous state and
Eastern Roumelia was annexed the
plans Of the Grecian politicians re-
,eived Q severe blow. But the agita.
ion was kept up, and in 1888 there
we're serious disturbances caused by
he jealousy between the Greeks and
he new Balkan nationalities. While
aud Bulgaria were interested
a religious as well as political agita-
ion among their own people in Mace
onia the Greeks were determined that |
be influence of neither should be ex- (,