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THE NASHVILLE FIRE.
1t Was Much rlore Disastrous Thar
at First Thought.

NASHVILLE CTenn.) Jan. 3.-The
destructive fire which visited lhis city
last night at 11:15 was not we'll un-
der control before a. m. The fire
was by far more disastrous in it's re-
suits than indicated by last nights dis
patches.
A series Of unfortunate accidents
handicapped the department in its
work and a very strong wind made
matters much worse.
The falling of a rear wall of the
Burns building caused damage to the
extent of $4,000 by crushing through
adjacent buildings. A feature Of the
fire was the fighting from roofs, as
few alleys traversed the district. When
sufficient pressure of water was finally
secured the department rendered very
effective service, though at first they
seemed almost helpless.
Total estimated damage 100000, of
which slightly more than 80 per cent
is covered by insurance.
Several accidents of trfiing conse-
quence were reported. The origin of
the fire is still a mystery. The princi-
pal losses are now estimated as follows:
Lebeck Brothers stock S150000, insur-
arce 500 600 Alternately, Langham e
Shook loss S23,0 900. insurance $4,000:
Burns & Co loss $4,000. insurance
$50, 900; Lieckhardt & Co. loss SO, 900,
fully covered by insurance; Tracey &
Co. SO, ZOO, insurance $4,000: Brandon
Shoe Company $4,000, insurance $500.
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0LD-FASHIONED BLIZZARD.
1T is RAGING NOW OVER THE
PLAINS OF NEBRASKA.
Drifts Ten Feet Deep and the Weather
Below Zero Will Cause Much
Damage and Suffering.

OMAHA, Jan. 3-Nebraska is Just
now enjoying an old fashioned blizzard
the most serious one of the winter. New
Years day was spring-like and mild,
but Friday night the temperature began
to fall and the mercury has continued its
descent since. Last evening a. snow
storm set in which is general through
out the State and which is still falling
tonight High winds are drifting the
snow and if they continue through the
night may make the situation on the
plains alarming
Omaha seems so far to have escaped
the worst of the storm, but the trains
entering the city during the day were
all somewhat late. The street car lines
are badly crippled and it s'necessitating
the use of extra forces of employees with
snow plows and sweepers to keep the
lines open so that occasional cars may
be run.
AT 10 o'clock tonight the thermome-
ter at the local Weather Bureau regis
istered 3 degrees above zero and the
chances are that the temperature will
fall several points below the zero mark
before daylight. On the level tracks
in the western aud central portions of
the State, where the wind has full sweep.
it is much colder and serious suffering
is sure to result.
While the farmers have everything in
fair shape for severe weather the storm
will beyond doubt find much of the
stock on the ranges and losses will be
heavy.
From every section of the State come
reports of heavy winds drifting the
snow in binding clouds before it so that
1t is dangerous for anyone to venture
out
At Meadow Grove the storm began
about midnight Saturday night and a
blizzard has been raging ever since with
no signs of abatement. Drifts are over
ten feet high and traffic is becoming
blocked. Hardy reports eighteen hours
of continuous snow and wind and seri-
Gus drifting. From that place and Cen
trail City come stories of like nature,
with high drifts and falling tempera-
ture as the night approached, the storm
seeming to increase in violence. with
every prospect of its continuing for
many hours. There is much stock
being cared for on the ranges In Ne
braska and it will be several days be-
fore news is received as to how the herds
and those in charge have been affected.
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QUARTERMASTER DEPARTMENT
General Transfer Ordered by the Sec
retary of War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The Secre-
tary of War yesterday ordered a gen.
eraE transfer of officers of the Quarter
ma@ter's Department of the army, by
which Colonel M. l. Ludington, Quar-
teln0aster- General at Chicago is trans
ferred to New York City Colonel Lud-
ington's friends at army headquarters
have known for some time that he
would receive this promotion. He has
been Chief Quartermaster of the De-
partment of the Missouri since Deem
ber "A, 1894, and now stands at the
head of the list of Quartermasters, next
to the Quarterma ster- General of the
army. The station at New York is
considered the next step in the line of
promotion to the Quartermaster-G Cen
eralship.
Colonel Ludington will be succeeded
in Chicago by Lieutenant Colonel
James c. Lee, who has been in charge
of the General Quartermaster' Depart
ment at San Francisco since March 81,
1893. He was one of the prominent
applicants for the position of Quarter
master General of the army recently
made vacant by the retirement of Gem
eral Batchelder. Colonel Ludington
was also considered for this place by
the Secretary of War.
The other transfers of Quartermas-
ters ordered to remove are Lieutenant
Colonel Kinball from the Department
of California to the Department of
Texas at San Antonio; Lieutenant
Colonel Smith from the Department. of
Texas to ST. Louis, and Colonel James
l.. Moore from New York City to the
Department of California at San Fran
cisco
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RUN ON A BANK.
A Cripple Creek Banker Checks 1t by
Prompt Action.

COLORADO SPRINGS (Col), Jan. 8
The attempt to make a run on the
First National Bank of Cripple Creek
yesterday was checked by prompt
action and i'm novel way A rumor
had been started December :3Oth. or
perhaps some day previous that the
bank could not stand the withdrawal
OF good deal of money, and in conse-
quence the bank would not open on
the day after the first of the year
This report came to the ears of
President Parker of the bank, and on
New Years Day he came to this city
and arranged to get money to take to
Cripple Creek. He had these arrange
lnents with the First National Bank
of this city, and they had their time
locks go arranged that they could be
opened at Z o'clock in the morning.
Cashier Sutton was on hand at that
hour and got the money out for them.
but how much money was taken he re-
fused to state.
Half an hour later special train CON-
sisting of am engine and one coach was
in waiting ait the Tejon-street station
of the Colorado Midland Railroad. and
President Parker and Vice President
Devereaux We're taken on board. They
left here at 7:30 promptly and made
the fastest run ever made over the
ltad, getting into Cripple Creek in two
hours and three minutes The run
from Divide to Cripple Creek over the
Terminal, thirty miles of per cent.
grace. was made in fifty-four minutes,
and the delivery of currency occurred in
the midst of the run.
The First National Bank of Cripple
Creek in it's last statement showed over
81 per cent. of its deposits on hand.
and there was no occasion whatever for
an attempt to make run on the bank.
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AND NOW THE CAR.
The Sultan Notified That He Must
Take the Advice of the Powers.

LONDON, Jan. 3.-The Daily Tele-
graph" will tomorrow publish a dis
pafch from Constantinople saying that
the Car has sent a MESA ge to the
Sultan requesting him to most seriously
consider the remonstrances and advice
of the powers regarding the reforms
necessary for the empire, and adding
that if he does not do SO he will expose
himself to the gravest consequences,
even foreign Intervention.
The Car further says that the Sui
tan's acceptance of this advice is an
indispensable condition to the integrity
of his empire and the maintenance of
peace.
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SENATE FORECAST.
Cuban Resolution and Oklahoma Bill
Will Probably Come In.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-When the
Senate meets Tuesday morning it is
quite likely that the debate on matters
pertaining to our foreign relations and
the position assumed by Secretary Olney
for the Executive will at once begin tn
take shape. Whether Mr.. Cameron will
can UP the Cuban resolution on the
opening day of the session is not known,
for that Senator has not yet returned
to the city and the subject is entirely
in his hands. 1t is hardly thought that
he will seek to force the issue on the
opening day owing to the fact that there
is not likely to be quroum of the Sem
ate present.
During the morning hour. however.
under any guise that may be put for
ward, the subject may be discussed, but
after that the unfinished business
comes up. The Oklahoma homestead
bill, which is championed by Mr.. Petit
grew, is not to have smooth sailing. A
strong minority report is to be present.
ed by Mr.. Platt. and that Senator will
lead the opposition to the measure on
the floor of the house.
Mr. Hale, who is looked upon as the
leader of the anti-Cuban recognition
sentiment in the Senate, said yesterday
that several Senators who had been
heretofore silent on the subject. had
come out against the Cameron resolu-
tions. and there was now no possible
chance for its passage.
On the other hand Messrs. Cameron.
Lodge, Chandler, Morgan and Mills as
sert that the sentiment favoring action
by Congress is becoming more vigor-
Gus, and that the fighting will be forced
from the start Mr.. Hale, who, in the
absence of Mr.. Allison, is acting as
Chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priations, expects 10 have the army bill
reported to the Senate Wednesday. and
this Will be put forward to antagonize
the Cuban proposition.
Two speeches are booked for the COM
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Conner Evans, engineer, married; Harry
Hukop, fireman, married; ]. E. Nc
Queen, brakeman.
The men lived in st. Louis Two other
members of the crew were slightly in
Jured. The recent heavy rains caused a
huge mass of earth to slide down upon
the track and the train crashed into the
obstruction while running at a high rate
or speed. Two wrecking trains were
sent to the scene from Jefferson City
and the tracks were soon cleared.
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No Change Yet.

HARRISBURG Pa.), Jan. 3.-There
has been no change in the Senatorial
situation since last night Several
doubtful members have come out for
Penrose or Wanamaker, but their po-
sitlons were pretty we'll understood and
the effect has not been pronounced for
either side
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He Turned on the Gas.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-John Wendell
Smith, whose correct name is said to
be Delmar Stockton, and is said to
have come from Kentucky, committed
suicide in the Amnesty Hotel, 257 West
Thirty-first street, last night by turn
ing ON the gas in his room. He was
at one time a theatrical agent and
worked for Edward E. Rice's burlesque
company and j. K. Emmetts company.
The record-union., 1897-01-04
Tennessee Legislature Fleets.

NASHVILLE (Tenn.), Jan. 3.-The
'fftieth General Assembly of Tennessee
meets at noon tomorrow. The first
work of the body Will be consideration
of the contest filed by c. N Tillman,
Republican candidate for Governor
The political complexion of the body
is Democrats eighsy-five, Democratic
Populists one, Republicans forty, Re-
Republican-Po three.
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Never Touched Them.

GIBRALTAR, Jan. 3.-The American
steamship Laurada, the reported in
tention of which to call at Valencia
Spain, caused such a comnotion in that
city ON account of her having been EN- :
gagged in filibustering to Cuba, sailed
to-day for the United States without
having touched at a Spanish port.
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DR.. WOrmley Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3-Dr. Theo-
dore G. Wormley, a distinguished
chemist and toxfcologist and professor
of those branches in the medical school
of the University of Pennsylvania, died
at his residence to-day of stomach
trouble after an illness of several
months
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ing week, one by Mr. PETER, probably
Wednesday, on his resolution for the
appointment of a national conference,
and another by Proctor on the joint res
olutions providing for the election of
President and Vice President and SEN
ators by popular vote.
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FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Runs Into Landslide on the Nilsson,
Pacific.

HOLDEN (Mo), Jan. 3.-To-day a
freight train on the Missouri Pacific
Railway ran into landslide near this
place. The locomotive toppled over an
embankment and three of the crew were
almost instantly killed. The dead are:
The record-union., 1897-01-04
Cardinal AcQuayeIIa Dead.

ROME, Jan. 3.-Cardinal Guglielmo
San Felice di Acquavella, Archbishop of
Naples, died to-day. He was liberal
and conciliatory and was very popular.
He was born at Aversa, April IS, 1884,
and was created Cardinal March "a,
1884
The record-union., 1897-01-04
Taylor and Tetuan Confer.

MADRID. Jan. 3.-The Hon Hannis
Taylor. the American Minister, had a
long conference to-day with the Duke
of Tetuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The subject of the conference has not
been divulged.
The record-union., 1897-01-04
Miners Strike.'

MASSILLON (O), Jan. 3.-The en-
ployes of all the mines in this district,
about 1000 men, have struck on ac-
count of reduction in the price of
pick mining from 61 cents to 81 cents
per ton.
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REORGANIZATION OF
GERMAN ARTILLERY.
Military Authorities Deny the Current
Reports
That It is Due to Frances Adoption Of
the Canet Gun.

cred the Most Potent Yet Invented
Difficulties Encountered i'm the
New Russian LOan-The Cars
Present Liberal Policy Makes
rlarked Changes Badeni
Now Favors the Clericals-Very
Slight Chances for the Suppression
of DueIing in Germany.
The record-union., 1897-02-23

ing Political Code relalting to salaries of
officers of the Supreme Court
BY Dibble-3I4. To authorize Boards
Of Health to subpoena and compel at
tendance of witnesses.
BY Dibble-375. Comforting further
powers on Boards of Health.
BY CommGttee on Conporaltions-396.
Providing for sale of street railroad and
other franchises in municipalities, and
for granting of such franchises by the
Legislature.
By Sims-405. Appropriation of &c.
800 for improving Capitol building and
grounds.
By Committee on Revision of Codes
Az and Ala. Amending Code of Civil
Procedure Refused second reading in
Senate
BY Committee on Revision of Codes
f4l5 (to Govennor), 416 approved by
Governor, AT, AIS, 40, 420, 421, 422,
423, 424, 425. 426. AN amending Code
of Civil Procedure.
by COMMITTEE on Fish and Game
4o1. Amending Penal Code relating to
fish. (To Governor.)
By Committee on Fish and Game
4o2. Amending Penal Code relating to
fish.
BY Committed on Mines and Mining
Interests-4o3 and 4J4. Fer the better
protection of stockholders in mining
companies.
BY Committee on Revision cf Codes
400. Relating to cOnveyancets under or
der of court
by Committee ON Revision of Codes
4o6 to 463 inclusive. Amending Code of
Civil Procedure.
By Valentine-476. Amending Munic-
ipal Corporations Act.
BY Ennis-41S. To pay deficiency fer
calling out National Guard in 1894.
BY Shanahian-4S2. Providing for the
appointment of a Board OF Supreme
Court Commissioners. PASSED in Sen
| ate)
BY Shamallan-4S3. To pay claim of
Modoc County.
BY Valentine-495. Relative to grant
| irg of franchises for construction of
| bicycle paths.
BY Valentine-l9 Concerning right
| of eminent domain for bicycles.
by BelShaW-,I36. Authorizing Board
| of Fish Commissioners to SELL Battle
| Creek Hatchery.
| BY Committee on Education-6O7
| Providing for incorporation and disin-
| corporation of High School districts.
BY Committee ON MINES and Mining
| Interests-619 Prescribing manner of
| locating mining claims.
By North of Alamedae-6S1 Concern
ing bridges across navigable streams.
By Guy-IOG. Authorizing Clerk OF
Supreme Court to furnish his office
BY Arnerioh--727. For the formation
of agricultural districts.
| By Committee ON ,Irrbgatfon-130
| Providing for the organization and gov
ernment of irrigation districts
By Belshaw-73S Substitute for 14e)
Amending Political Code relating to
the officers and employees of the Legis-
| fature. (To Governor.)
By Committee on Mines and Mining
| Interests-142. For a Debris Commits
| sioner. Substitute for SO, providing
| for restraining daqns.)
By Soward-769. Relating ITO record
ing of mining Instruments
BY Committee on Corporations-S2
Amending Political Code
By Guy-S4O. Providing $4,000 for
contingent expenses of Assembly. (To
| Governor)
| BY Dlbble-S63 and S64 Appropriat
ing $4,000 and $4,000 for the relief
| and support Of the State Printing Of
| flee. (Still in Senate Committee.)
BY North Of Yolo-S76 To regulate
| the business of commission merchants
in farm, orchard, dairy and vineyard
products.
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LAFAYETTE HALL.
GAMBRINUS' go pR x ) street sRSn4 NIL

NOTICE OF SALE-NOTICE IS
hereby given by the undersigned that ha
will on SATURDAY, the 27th day of Feb
ruary, 1897, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m.
at the front door of the County Court
house, in the city of Sacramento, Cai.
forna, sell at public auction, to the high
est and best bidder. for cash, in United
States gold coin. the following personal
property: Stock of new and secondhand
clothing, etc. Said sale will be made sub
ject to confirma ton by the Superior Court
of Sacramento County, California. Said
stock of goods may be inspected upon APP
plication TO the assignee at 504 j street,
Sacramento City. California.
Dated Sacramento, February 20. 1897.
FRANK +. ATKINSON,
Assignee of Jacob Altmark, an nsolvent
debtor.
w. w. Foster, Attorney for Assignee
fpD1-It
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Vehicles--Baker & Hamilton-Hardware,
Carts, Brggies. Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
KENT BROS, 1917 Third street for car
riages, buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice. Telephones-New. 215; old. 511.
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SHOULD DE ACCURATE.

Tbs Fruitman's Guide, New York,
OF June 9th, devotes large am cunt Ct
space to an article headed In Fertile
Utah, furnished from this city. It
also has excellent illustrations OF Salt.
air, Black Rock, and scsnes In Sal
Lake City. The main portion Of the
article. which has appeared In other
publications, some OF them OF q some.
what local character, 10 q glowing
yet not overdrawn description
OF Utah as place for the in
vesiment OF capital aud q mecca for
Industrious HON, seekers. though the
following remark may appear to some
as containing me vein OF Irony:
Happily, Salt Lake did not suffer from
the great real estate boom OF few years
ago. Our people are conservative aud
did not go wild, and the result is that
while other western cities are bending
under great load of mortgage ipdebt-
edness, we are practically Tree from
such a burden.
Even that might be forgiven in the
enthusiasm OF describing the beauties
and resourceinl advantages OF THE
locality as home, and In the fac,
that by comparison other places are
much more heavily burdened and
have much greater cause to
complain at high taxes than
have the people here. But In the
Introduction to the article, following
an announcement OF the great Pioneer
Jubilee, 10 an assertion which has
been made frequently OF late but
which contains misstatement OF his
| tory which should not bs allowed TO
20 uucorreo,ec:
| Brigham Young, their [the Mormonsl
| great leader, conceived the idea that on
| Inc other side of the Rocky Mountains
the toll, patience and iaith of the Nor
| mon people could accomplish more foI
themselves and humanity than elsewhere
| in the Republic 30 he organized the first
band OF Pioneers and made the journey
| which will ever be memorable in the
history Of the United s ales.
1t does not AID TO tue fame or great.
ness Of President Young to attempt 10
give to hIm The credit that be.
longs to oihers. The maguifi-
cent character OF his life's work
enrolls the name OF Brigham
Young high on the scroll OF the ables'
and best men the world has known,
not only In modern but IN ancient
times. He was the Moses that lei
modern israel across desert to this
goodly land; he organic I'd the Pioneer
band that mado the journey, aud
under the genius OF his leadership a
whole people was transferred to thest
valleys and established therein
in peace and prosperity. Bui
he did not conceive the idea
Of the Mormon Ie'ple coming
to tue other aido OF the Rocky Noun
tains from where they had been the
victims OF mob scrscy. Their destina
ton had been announced years bt
fore, by tbs predecessor OF Pfesiden
YjunE in the Presidency OF tn,
Church OF Jesus Christ of Lstter-ds,
Sain,s, President Joseph Smith.
Upou this particular point the state
ment entered in the Prophet Joseph
n journal under date OF August o, 1872
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IRRIGATION RESERVOIR.

The coast papers state that orders
have been given at Tacoma, Washing
ton, to commence work on one OF the
greatest irrigation projects yet started
on the Pacific coast. 1t Is under n
reorganization OF the Palouse irrlga-
tion company, which built ten miles OF
irrigaling canal in Whitman county,
Washington, four years ago, but left it
uncompleied when the financial de-
preston OF 1898 came on. Now the
reorganization has taken up the work,
being backed by plenty Of capt.
tai. Its officers Include Joshua
Hsrri7, president OF Philadelphia
and Reading railroad, Samuel
shipley, president Of the Provident
Lille and Trust company, and George
Burnham Of the Baldwin locOmot tive
rorka. 1t is Intended to Gomplet
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six cen miles Of oil CHI this year, to eup.
ply irrigsting water TO 5000 acres In
the WAshtucpa valley, and next year
The system is to be completed. The
supply OF water IL 10 BIO taken from
Palouss river, and 1t lie estimated will
be ample for tho irrigation Of 100000
acres OF land. The company makes
available the greatest natural reservoir
in the state OF Wssbipgton--N narrow
valley ,urrounded by high bills where
the raising of natural dam twenty
ieei will give reservoir fourteen mues
long by half u mile wide, with an
average depth OF forty 70 Il OF water.
The progress tbnt is be ng made in
the co s,ruction OF reservoirs and
irrigation works generally In the
Woa. soon should become sale In
sursncs against extreme ipjury by the
drouths that occur periodically; Tor
with the me, ms OF storing water a
prospective dry season can be provided
sgainst to agrrat degree. Bytucb work,
the ability OF the West to sustain popu.
la,ion has been multiplied hunddcr
fold over what 1t was oonsiderei to be
quarter OF century ago, and can be
stiIifurther incfeassi, thus preparing
the West as place OF safety and G IN.
tort for those who do not relish the
toInsdoes, storms and drouths OF the
East, whose compsnionship canno! b.
avoided there hut Is unknown In its
alarming features In the West.
Ia this State there IL not apparent
the advance which ought TO no In
constructing reservoirs and irrigation
works. Yet some important enter
prises have been and are being carried
into operation, and others are In
process OF preparation. The State also
lie proceeding In the direction OF stot-
Ing water Tor irrigating purposes, and
II these private and public operations
be carried out with reaso nable psrsist-
euco and vigor, Utah ought to be
much better of In the next i've yesrs
or water supply. AT the present
time, the dry spell has caused much
io.s In the dry-farming districts,
and unless relief comes soon In the
way OF q general rainsto.m the dam
age to crops will be quite serious.
With the many additional reservoirs
that can be and should be made In
Utah. such a condition could bs IT.
Level to great extent; for while
there are dry.farming districts where
no facilities exist for storing water
Tor irrigation, there lie very larg.
area now devoted to dry farming that
could be irrigated II convenient Reset.
voir sites were utilized, and there
would be general advantage In sea.
sons Of abundant water supply as well
ns In those OF drouih. The matter Of
reservoirs and water storage In Utah
lie deser Wing OF more attention than II
now receives; and the inaugur alton OIL
notable enterprises elsewhere ought
to be an inspiration In that direction
here,