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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
Lightning Struck Power Mill.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 23.-During the
prevalence of a heavy rain and thunder
storm this afternoon, the powder maga-
zine at the Empire, operated by the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre company was
struck by lightning. A terrific explosion
followed The building was shattered
and the force of the explosion was SO great
that it shook the foundation of nearly
every building in Wailkesbarre. There
were about twenty tons of power stored in
the building. No one was in the place at
the time, but John Higgins, who was
driving by just as the explosion occurred
was instantly killed by flying debris.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, July %. The local
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are as follows:
8 a. m.-Barometer. 29.699; therm O.
meter, So; dew point. IS, humidity, 95;
wind, S velocity, 5; weather. cloudy.
8 p. m.-Barometer. $1,000; thermom-
eter. 6S: dew point. 81, humidity, IS;
wind, SW; velocity, 6: weather, cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer, 70 maxi
mum thermometer, 76; minimum ther-
mometer. "a; maximum velocity of
wind, S; total precipitation. .OS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
Wind and Hail in North Conway.

North Conway, N. H., July 23.-One
of the worst wind and hail storms in
years visited this town today, lasting Is
minutes. Trees were uprooted and much
damage was done to buildings and crops.
The large chimney on the Kearsarge
house was blown down and at the East
man house a great many squares of glass
were broken and the chairs were swept
from the piazza. Hailstones as large as
peas fell for several minutes.
Lightning struck the Eastman house
but only slight damage was done.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

displayed an order of the court and id.ov was as
the dismembered body which areve are being ing
preserved in jars. Lawyer Howe, *
amined the finger nails and overlapping l1s
toes and said that it was absurd to declare IRE
that the body was Guldensuppe py
those marks as he himself had the same
kind of marks. Mr.. Howe says I1aC Uiele
walks into court and denies that the body
all cut up and preserved at the morgue
belongs to him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
PANIC IN THEATRE.
Over One Hundred Persons Injurad by
Burning of Paducah Casino.

Paducah, Kentucky, July 23-The
Casino summer theatre was burned to-
night. The fire originated on tho stage.
Six hundred people were panic stricken
and probably over one hundred persons
We're injured by being burned or
trampled. Several of the actors were
painfully burned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
Gun Hoat Crew Mass acred.

Lisbon, July pa letter received her
from Ouilimane, Mozambique, East Afri-
ca. confirms the announcement made in
the Chamber of Deputies today that the
crew of a Portuguese gun boat had been
massacred near Chine on the Zambezie
river. According to this letter the gun
boat was seized by Chief Cambuimba and
his followers, wh) killed all of the crew
and nearly all of the native soldiers who
were on board and captured two cannon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
Fought to a Draw.

San Francisco, July 23.-At the Me.
chanies' Pavilion tonight in the presence
of 5000 Dixon and Hawkins fought twenty
rounds to draw.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

Forecast: Partly cloudy weather and To-
cal thunder storms are probable: south
westerly Winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

The Senator then went into the details
of the bill in particular criticizing the
provisions as to agriculture and labor and
severely commenting on the action of the
conference com mittee in abandoning the
tax on stocks and bonds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

=, The shoe factory of Clapp, Huokins1 1,s q
Temple, Milford, Mass, shut down FRI,
day noon because of the pending treers
labor trouble. Three hundred hands are
idle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
fHE WEATHER..

Washington, Jul y
23.-Forecast for
Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont:
Local thunder
storms, severe on
the coast; southerly
winds shifting to
westerly.
Boston, July 3D.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
Expects to Sec Guldensuppe Alive.

New York, July 23.-Lawyer William
Howe, the attorney for Martin Thorn
called at the morgue this morning and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

Constantinople, July 23.-The ambas-
sadors of the powers and Tewfik Pasha
have agreed upon the frontier. clause in
the peace treaty.
The line drawn by the military at
taches and insisted upon from the first by
the Powers mas been accepted by the Sui
The reports that the Turkish forces
have begun to evacuate Thessaly are CON
Grmed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24
DEADLY NAPTHA VAPOR.
Cause Of Frightful Explosion in
Bridgeport, Conn.
STEAMER NUTMEG STATE SCENE
OF THE DISASTER.

Four Persons Arc Killed and Three Fatal
ly yInjured-Others More or Less Seri-
ously Hurt-Explosion Came When
Men Were at Supper.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

Never before in the history of Portland
has the city been terrorized by a fire bug
SO persistently as it has since December
Is, 1896, when the first incendiary blaze
was discovered. Nearly all of the fires
have been set in Railways, nearly all of
them have been discovered before they
had time to do much damage and the
strangest part of the whole business has
been the .boldness and the bare faced
manner in which these fires have been
started. In almost every instance an
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

Continued on Second Page.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

CAN EXPERIMENT IN RE-
Atty" by a young college
graduate who learned the real
conditions of the laboring classes
by becoming one of them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

"THE TRUE STORY OF
COMMANDANT LIEVRE,"
tale of Algiers with a stirring
battle scene.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

Evidence Supposed to Have Been Fur
nished by Two Private Detectives
What 1t Is Police Refuse to Saw
Waite's Connection With the "Port-
tended Review of the Incendiary Fires
OF Last Winter and This Summer
Which Terrorized Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-24

"ITS WALLS WERE AS OF
JASPER" the latest short story
of child-life by the author of
"The Golden Age"
The advocate., 1897-03-10

ports, etc.
'I do not see that / sm to blame if
the stock yards people and Che cOmmip-
sion merchants favor my bill In prefer
ence to one which will compel them to
leave the State, or discharge half their
employees in both yards and offices.
81 believe In protecting our own en-
terprlSeS and not driving any class
from the StSte. 1 Sm SwsrS that
perhaps the stock yards charges are
high, and with the passage Of my bill
they can be regulated in such a way as
to bring us relief instead OF litigation.
"In my opinion the Jaquins bill is
unconstitutional and will be inoper-
alive. shall fight In the interests of
my people, and in thIs mater time
alone will tell whether / have made a
wise choice.
"I am aware that charges Of cOrrup-
tiOn have been made with reference to
my Oleomargsrine bill, and now some
Senators claim to have been offered
$1,000 If they support my stock yards
bill. ] am SORRY such charges have
been made against the brethren In the
other end of the building, and while /
blame some for the defeat of my oleO-
margarine bill, 1 ann inclined to be-
lieVe they are above reprOsch.
"I believe that open charges of
Doodle should be investigated. 1,
therefore, vote aye on this propOsi-
tion."
The Senate then proceeded with the
consideration of the bill. Senator Far
rely thought that the Doodle charges
were prompted by the Stock Yards
Company to kill che Hanna bill. He
declared that the maximum rates in
the King bill would kill the measure.
eff 1t is unconstitutional to put maxi.
mum rates In q railroad bill, !" he said,
set certainly is unconstitutional TO put
maximum rates In o stock yards BILL"
He was opposed to legislation even
which, If held TO be legal, would drive
the DtOCk yards and commission men
Of Kansas out Of Kansas and into Mis-
souri,.
Senator Jumper replied to Fsrrely
and made fun of the fear expressed by
the latter that the Kansas City Stock
Yards would be driven out Of Kansas.
"This old skeleton has been flaunted
in our faces before" he said. "The
Stock Yards Company can't move its
yards into Missouri. The yards are
now jam up against a solid block Of
buildings worth more than the COM
psny's property. Where, pray, will
the company take It's plantP To che
hillsS"
The vote was then taken on the mo.
tlOn to substitute the Hanna bill for
the Jaquins bill, and It was defeated,
there being Is yeas and % nays. The
vote In full is as follows:
Yeas - Battey, Coleman, Farrely,
Fulton, Hanna, Helm, Hessin, john
son, Lamb, Matthews, Morrow, Shat
FER, Sterne, WallSck and thinner.
Nays - Armstrong, Benson, Brad.
dock, Caldwell, Campbell, Cooke,
Croasan, Field, Forney, Hart, Helmick,
Householder, Jumper, King, Level.
ling, Lupfer, MOsher, ,PrltChsrd, Reser,
RYAN. SheldOn. Stocks and Young,
The advocate., 1897-03-10

offered to change the figures 10 those
giVen In pencil figures. He called aC-
tentioR to the fact chat MOErOw'g
amendment made the changes exactly
the came ss those given in the pencil
figures on his copy of the bill. He did
not care to suggest that Morrow was
not acting In good faith, but TO show
that IL was what Che stock yards peo-
pie wanted. Morrow replied that as
no charge had been made against him,
no justification was necessary, and
concluded by saying that no man had
ever dared offer him money for his
vote. TO which jumper replied that
tho lobbyist referred to had told him
that some Republicans were such fools
that they would vote for the amend.
meRt without being fixed, and suG-
gested that Senator Morrow might be
one Of them. Senator King (POp.)
closed the debate. The Senator has
been quite sick and got out Of bed to
be present during the consideration OF
this bill. He favored IL in an able of.
fort.
The Jaquins bill 90 1t passed the
House, with one amendment, was
placed on third reading. The amend
ment provides that the provisions Of
the law shall be enforced by the AttOE.
ney General instead of by the County
Attorney. The roll was cslIed and %
Senator'S voted yea and 8 voted nay, as
follows:
Yeas = Armstrong, Benson, Brad
dock, Caldwell, Campbell, Cooke, Croa.
san, Field, FOrney, Hanna, Hart, Hell
mick, Householder, Jumper, King.
Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, MOsher,
PritChsrd, Reser, Ryan, Sheldon,
Sterne, Stocks, Titus, WalIack and
Young.
Nays BatEey. Fulton, Hessin, Helm,
Lamb, Morrow, Shsffer and Zimmer.
Those elected by POpulIst votes who
voted against the bill were Helm, Shat
fer and thinner.
In the course Of the debate it was
stated that Senator johnson Rep.)
had, at the time Of the exposure Of
Boyd by Senator Titus, gone to the tel.
ephOne and told someone that Boyd
had been ordered arrested and some
thing was up. An investigation Of
this charge was demanded and the teS-
timOny Of the Sergeant. alarms, SolOn
Gray, showed that this much he'd been
said by Senator johnson over the tele-
phone to someone.
The House amendments TO the anti
trust law were agreed to.
Hanns's stock yards bill was then
taken up and defeated.
The select committee to investigate
the water service at the Olathe Deaf
and Dumb Institute reported chat the
work was not properly done because
the appropriation was insufficient; that
iG &c is found that the present system
cannot be perfected with the available
appropriation, that $4,000 additional
be appropriated for the purpose. The
report was adopted.
The House amendments to the fol-
lowing bills were agreed to: Senate
bills l, 5O4, 2SS, 4 and SOS, all bills Of
minor Importance. The Senate did not
concur In the House amendments to
The advocate., 1897-03-10
DOODLE FOR SENATORS.
TUESDAY.

S2ken up, Inc Dill known 90 Cnt
Hanna bill provides that the Railroad
Commissioners be empowered 10 regu
late rates and charges ct tho yards
The Jaquins bill, which had been
passed by the House, provides that che
charges by stock yards companies fOH
feed shall not be In excess Of profit Of
100 per cent. over the market price, and
II makes q material reduction In the
charges for ysrdsge purposes. The
King bill covered most Of these points,
but went further and regulated che
charges Of commission men and pro.
VIded that they should be licensed by
the State.
Senator Hanna moved chat his bill
be substituted for the JaquinS BILL
which was before the Senate. This
proposition was under discussion, when
Senator Titus rose to question Of per-
sOnal privilege, and replied to an arti-
Gle In Kansas City paper In which it
was alleged chat wholesale corruption
was being INDUCED in in reference to
Che stock yards bill and that most Of
the buying Of votes would be done Ia
the Senate, aS the House members
asked too high q price.
Senator Jumper followed In a speech
opposing the Hanna bill, In which he
Said: "These lobbyists have offered
money to members Of this body. /
don't say that any member has taken
money. I don't believe any member
would take money. But / say that
money has been offered, and can
prove it If necessary. II the Senate
adopts this substitute, 1t will do exactly
what the stock yards lobby wants 1t to
do. don't know who wrote the sub
Stitute, but know Il meets the sp.
provsl OF the Kansas City Stock Yards
Company and the Kansas City live
stock commission merchants"
He was followed by Senator Titus,
who said, referring to the Kansas City
papers story: "NOw, l want 60 soy
right here that this lobby is not guilty
Of discrimination. did not believe
this atOFy at frst, but things have de.
VelOped recently that have caused me
10 change my opinion, Right here on
this floor this morning was offered
$1,000 TO vote for the Hanna bill. /
have the name Of the man who made
the offer and will give it."
IL was Immediately demanded by
several Senators that he give the name
OF the man, which he did. The name
was II. s. Boyd. The Senator read
Il from the lobbyists Card which
he had left on Titus'S desk. On mo.
tiOn of Senator Householder the Ser
Yeant at.arms was directed TO arrest
Boyd OF once. Jumper moved that AL
TUtcher be also arrested, alleging that
he had made q similar proposition 60
him. Immediately the doors were
ordered closed In order that no one
might pass out, but Boyd had already
made his escape. Tutcher had been
Goo late TO get out the main entrance
and had attempted to get through the
cloak room, but was caught by the Ser
geant alarms In the wash room.
Tutcher was locked up In room and
held until Che evening session, when he
MEnn hrnnNhk hafnrn the SAnAhA for trial.
The advocate., 1897-03-10


me he would have TO do IL on cash
basis. Boyd went ont, but before hC
had time TO get back Jumper began
talking about Doodle. am sure that
II Jumper had put off hia Opeech Ten
minutes / would have been able ia
chow the Senate the 81, 900 which Boyd
offered me. / intended to trap the fel-
low, but my plan failed through the
eagerneSS Of my friend Jumper to ex-
pose the rascality Of the stock yards
lobby" The Senator also states that
Boyd told him that six other Senators
had been fixed and that $1,000 had
been paid to one other member.
Senator Jumper said: "Tutcher
worked on me for a week. He losHed
around my committee room q good
deal and engaged me In conversation
at every opportunity. His talk always
led up TO the stock yards question.
Yesterday he evidently thought he had
me Where he wanted me, for he offered
me $1,000 In cash TO vote for the
Hanna bill. 1 told him 1 would see
him later. TutCher did not produce
any money, but 1 have no doubt that
he knew where to get It,"
The Senate then took up o resolution
introduced by Senator Forney, which
Is as follows:
WHEREAS, Certain charges Of bribery and
OF the use Of improper influence having been
made from time TO time, for the purpose Of
influencing the members Of the House Of Rep
resentatives and Senators to vote for or
against certain measures, bills and resolu-
tiOns pending in the Legislature for passage
at the present session; and
WHEREAS, Charges Of this nature have been
made by reputable citizens Of the State Of
Kansas and by Senators on the floor Of the
Senate, and the said charges involve the
moral standing and reputation Of Gil the mem-
b0rs OF the present Legislature; therefore bs IL
ResOlUed, BY the Senate, the House concur
ring therein, That committe Of five, to con.
gisb OF three members Of the House OF Repre-
B0ntatives and two members Of the Senate, be
appointed by the Speaker Of the House and
the President Of che Senate, respectively;
that said committee have power to appoint
sergeAnt.stS arms, clerk and stenographeF, TO
send for persons and papers, and to fully In.
vestig0te Gil charges Of bribery, attempted
bribery, or other improper conduct in connec-
tiOn with the business Of the present LegislS-
tura, OF any OF the members thereof, by any
person, Arm or corporation Whatsoever.
This resolution was adopted by q
vote OF S5 to 3. The three Senators
voting no were HelmiCk, Reser and
Shafer, all POpulists. They took the
position that Investigations were use
less expenditures Of money.
In explanation of his vote, Senator
Hanna (POp.) said:
''L want these charges investigated.
l seem TO be unfortunate with my bills.
My ELECTROMAGNETIC bill was killed
In the House and 1t now ls charged
that Doodle was used In killing IT,"
Senator Helm interrupted with q
question; "In order to set the Sem
atOr from Clay right in regard to the
oleOmargaSlne bill" he said, 'I will
auk him if he was not offered $4,000 to
lot the bin die In the Senator"
Hanna: "T was not offered any
money 10 let the bin die, but 1t was
hintod chat there was plenty Of money
TO be had for the defeat of the meas.
ure."
The advocate., 1897-03-10

In the House, the Railroads commit
tee introduced @ bill to provide for the
election OF Railroad Commissioners.
This bill iB No. 800. It provides that
one Commissioner shall be elected In
1897. another In 1893 and another I'm
1899, One Is to reside Weat of the 9Gth
ueridlAnt another ease of the a6th ana
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02

A Vancouver paper says that
Messrs. Cook & Sons, the we'll
known tourist agents, have en-.
gagged in the aggregate 1000 beds
at the best hotels in Vancouver
for their patrons en- route for the
k'ondike during the month of
February. The figure charged
for bed, meals and accommoda-
ton in each CAGE was 81 per head,
or An aggregate of $4,000. This
will give some idea of the big
rush to the Klondike expected for
early next year.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Mrs. DeminR, an Esteemed Visitor,
breaks an Arm.

Mrs. Deming. an Esteemed Visitor,
breaks an Arm.
Mrs. Deming, wife of T.. O.
Deming, member of the Capt..
tai Mill corporation, San Fran
cisco, has had a sad interruption
to the pleasure of her visit to
Honolulu.
As previously reported, Mrs.
Deming came here as a guest of
the Frawley dramatic company.
Up till now she had greatly en-
joyed her visit Yesterday eve
ming Mrs. Deming attended the
reception to the Frawleys given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Levers
at their residence. While alight-
ing from her carriage, on return
ing to the Hawaiian Hotel, the
esteemed lady missed her footing
and fell, breaking her left arm.
There was loose board, left by
the workmen engaged in the hotel
renovation, which tripped her.
DR.. Herbert was called and
under his treatment Mrs. Deming
is doing as we'll as can be expect
ed, but the enjoyment of her stay
in Honolulu is brought rude.
ly to a termination.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02
Improvement. nj the Hotel,

Carpenters and painters have
several weeks yet on the Hawai-
ian hotel. The house is being
renovated down to the finest de.
tails. In fact, when the changes
are com elete, the hotel premises
will hardly be recognized as the
same property. The improve
ments are being made at a very
great cost, in truth nearly as much
as the purchase price of the prem
ises.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02

Manager AhreDs of the Oahu
plantation is in the city today.
E. II. Turner is preparing a
prospectus on fiber culture in the
Ielands.
A prize shoot between Company
d, b and G is on the tapis for
January II.
You can stand a diamond ring
for her sweetness this Christmas.
Biart's is the place to get it.
@. s. Desky will leave by the
Moana next Thursday for a visit
of month in San Francisco.
j. J. vanderveer's paper, pub
lished on tie Baltimore, is out,
and a creditable production it is.
Alex. Chi holm, of the Manu-
featuring Harness Co., reached
bis twenty. ninth year at the
bench yesterday.
The list OF officers elected at the
adjourned annual meeting of the
Kohala Sugar Company ap-
pears in another column.
j. A. Hassinger will be GO years
old on Saturday. On the came
date Ed. Boyd of the Interior
Office will observe his 2Sth natal
day.
The Minister of Interior adver
tises for tenders for the construc-
ton of an addition to the police
station. Bids will be received up
to noon of December IA.
The Kilohana Art League has
applied for the large hall in the
Waverley block. II the League
get it the new social club may take
the rooms over Tregloan's store.
Mics Edna Kelley will make
her dramatic debut on Saturday
afternoon. She will have a part
in the Matrimonial Maze, a play
written for Harry Corson Clarke.
The committee meetings of the
Free kindergarten will be held
Friday morning at 8 o'clock in
Queen Emma hall. The board of
supervisors will meet half an hour
later.
Three dollars was all the police
court panned out today. There
were only four cases on the calen.
dar. One drunk paid the usual
$3, two other minor offenders
we're reprimsnded and dischs, ged
and the fourth was remanded until
tomorrow.
The Pacific Hard ware Com pany
announces a sale exhibition of
paintings by d. Howard Hitch
cock, water colors by Mrs. Kel
ley aud Miss Parke and hand
painted china by Miss Nolte and
Miss Towne, as we'll as other OBJ
jects of art suitable for presents. |
The best presents are those
that give lasting comfort and
pleasure to the recipient. What
better present then, as the Manu-
featuring Harness 20. ask, than a
tine set of harnessP The firm
can also suit you with beautiful
riding outfit, their saddles being
superior to anything imported.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02
The Kona Coffee Company.

By Monday morning all ar.
rsngements for reforming the
Kona Coffee and Tea Company
will have been made. The new
concern will be corporation
not a partnership as heretofore.
Stock will be issued, though few
men will control it all. Theo. II.
Davies & Go. will be the agents of
the concern.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02

Over our establishment on Hotel
street is the sign leland Views.
For the benefit of those who may
not know, King Bros.have opened
the place as a branch to their
store. Colored and uncolored
photos, oil paintings, water colors,
pastels and menu cards Of Island
scenery are specialties. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02

The Founders Day program at
Kamehameha school will take
place on Monday the Goth of De.
cember, beginning at Up. m. A
mistake in the program sets the
affair for the 10Th, which is Sun.
day. All those intending to visit
the place will take notice of this
announcement.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-12-02

will give away Two Beautiful
Presents, one each to the Boy
and Girl who writes him the
most ORIGINAL LIE TIER.
Mail Box now opeu a.