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TEN PAGES.
TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1898.
The Hale House Fire.

0ISTRESSING as yesterdays dis
1O) aster was and d%eplorable as its
death-roll is and its list of in
jured. there is a measure at least OF
consolation to be drawn from the fact
that the fatalities did not reach an
appalling total. The building was an
immense structure. Regiments of men
were asleep within its walls when the
flames were ready to burst n a
sweeping confiagration; many of these
men were occupants of rooms on upper
floors from which escape. even In
structures quilt with thoughtful regard
for every appliance for flight, would
seem a risk with most of the chances
against II. The gratifying fact is that
there were SO many escapes-some of
them were thrilling.
Two Of the occupants of the fated
Hale house are thus far pm the list of
dead. Others are racked' with the pain
OF terrible wounds-it 10 the cherished
hope of the community that n fatal
ending may. not be the record. but that
their recovery and release from suffer-
ing may be speedy. The best testi-
mony is tina the two men who dashed
TO the pavement from upper-story win
dows might probably have been saved
IL cooler Judgment a guided them.
That is a mournful reflection, at best:
1t does not change the grim result.
The report found circulation yester-
day that the fire was not handled with
the readiness or the good judgment
that Is expected Of the department in
Butte. That manner of criticism is
apt TO be the sequence of destructive
CONGREGATIONS. The Standard will not
lend an ear too willingly to the criti-
cisms. nor will the public. At the same
time. the complaints, IL presented on
good authority. SHOULD be the subject
of searching inquiry. as all matters re-
1ating to the burning and the conse-
auences of IL ought to be.
Peril besets the men who work in the
lessly in their working hours; 1t is a
melancholy reflection that. even in
their beds. there was. in this instance.
no immunity from 1t. The fire was of
the sort to which, in its proportions
and it's fatalities. Butte is unaccus-
toned. In the d~eplorable affair is a
warning to greater w~atchfulness on the
part of those charged with the respon-
sibility for other many-storied build
ings in Butte. in some OF which the
construction is careless and the on
slant risk of a rapidly-spreading con-
Migration greater han IL was in the
Hale house.
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the war began. Victory IL certain for
the Cubans in the near future"
OF h present feeling among Span
iards at Havana. Colonel Chado said
That II was becoming more hostile to-
wards Americans every day.
There is a feeling among them" he
said, that the United States is afraid
TO hight, and they ear do anything they
please. 1 am as firmly convinced as a
man can be that the Maine horror was
due to any submarine mine. This
belief is shared by all ~Cubans-that the
Maine was blown up by a torpedo.
Further. / believe that the torpedo
came from the Spanish warship AL
fonso XIII. AS to our eason for
thinking so:
"First-There is the fact that the
night before the Maine explosion, the
Alfonso. which a been anchored near,
was moved to a safe distance away.
"~Second-The fact that not once since
the day of the explosion has any sea-
man or marine from the Alfonso beer
allowed to &c ashore. The only infer
ence is that the officers are afraid the
sailors might become intoxicated and
talk too much"
Colonel Chado has come to New York
for medical and surgical treatment, his
right arm. side and leg being p~aralyzed
from privation. exposure n a wound.
He Is a native Cuban and one of the
most active of the insurgents. His wife
and three grown children still remain
in Havana.
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evidence during many years. His fol-
lowers thought their time had come
when, after Queen Isabella's flight, Cas-
telar and others made an unsuccessful
attempt to found a republic in Spain.
This Don Carlos, in turn. has yielded
his lain to the throne to Prince
jaime his son, who was born in 1879.
and this is the pretender whose name
has figured in the dispatches of the past
day or two.
The gossip is that this man proposes
TO enter Spain. proclaim himself and
precipitate one of the periodical revo-
buttons to which two or three genera
tons of Spaniards have been accus-
toned. The Carlist plea is that Spain
finds herself Inundated, bankrupt and
broken because of the wrong that was
committed when the original Don Car
los was s~idetracked TO let the throne go
to a girl three years old. Alphonso
VIII. for whom the throne is held in
regency, was born in 1856. He is the
posthumous child of Alphonso VII, who
died young. in 1885. Alphonso VII. was
the son of the exiled Isabella H.; he ac-
cepted the throne in 1874. about six
years after his mother had been driven
out of Spain.
IL is not probable that the Carlist
problem is one that will seriously
trouble Spain in the present
Tha will not be the fault of the Carlist
leaders. but of the unwillingness of
their followers to join in a demonstra-
ton at this time. The distant Philip
pine islands. the home of seven mill
ions of dissatisfied Spanish subjects. are
more likely to be a source of serious
trouble to the government at Madrid
than are the plotting Carlist ~pretenders.
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There's "a Difference.

~ PEAKING Of the Carlists. the
~ Standards remark of this morn
~ ing is that they are likely to be
less troublesome 20 Spain than the rest
less subjects on the Philippine islands.
Chronic rebellion has been the condition
IN these Islands. but the warfare is not
a parallel with that which has been
progressing in Cuba during three years.
on the contrary. the Philippine revolu-
t~ionists. whose determination II is TO
drive the Spaniards out, have fought
several open battles and they conduct
campaigns that are not characterized
by the guerilla methods that control
in Cuba.
In the same way. the causes of dis
not like those that have made endless
trouble in Cuba, although at the bot
tom OF the strife in both instances is
SPANS inability to manage colonial
possessions under an enlightened policy.
In Cuba dissatisfaction is due chiefly to
the economic policy of the home gov
eminent. which has used the island as
a means OF promoting the trade of
Spain, n also as "A means of provid-
ing official positions to those Spaniards
who either could not find places at
home. or whose character has been
such that 1t was thought better TO nave
them out OF Spain han in II.
In the Philippines. either the eco
nomic conditions have not been so oner-
Gus a. in Cuba, or the people, in conse-
quence OF their geographical position
and the absence Of highly civilized
countries near them. have not felt them
as severely. What the inhabitants OF
the Philippine stands have chiefly COM
planned Of has been the exacting char
acter Of the colonial government. which.
in It's religious phsses-that Is. in the
autoeratic control which certain religl-
Gus orders exercises much the same
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OF What Good IL It?

7 r there is merit in the plan proposed
by Congressman Wheeler. yester-
day. the public will not easily per-
Wheeler wants a committee of fourteen
named Ito consider the question Of our
relations with Spain growing out of the
Cuban question" seven of the members
to be named by the president of the sem
ate n seven by the speaker of the
house. This committee is to receive all
official correspondence relating To
find out what 1t can. have clerks and
stenographers. and report when 1t gets
ready. What are the committees of
senate and house on foreign relations
fort
What useful purpose would be served
by setting up another body through
which information easily within reach
of every congressman must filter? II
the present house committee is not sat
isfactory Speaker Reed would appoint
another just like IT. or one more in
stantly responsive to his will. and he
would so fix things that, in the way
of a report to the house. he would de-
lain the special committee as easily as
he has thus far restrained the regular
committee on foreign affairs. 1t is not
easy to see what good would come Of
making more cumbersome than ever
the paraphernalia of legislation.
o the report of the court of in
quiry will reach the pr~esident-the i'm
preston is hat he will receive it by
mex Thursday. The information from
Washington is that this report will be
sent to congress with as little delay
as possible. Let congress face the re-
sponsibility that will then present it.
self. If the house of representatives
has members who need more light re-
speeding the prevailing conditions in
Cuba or respecting the other items re-
cited in Mr.. Wheeler's resolution. these
are members who couldn't get no.
torious truths into their heads during
a whole congressional session.
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Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Nelson, b. c., March 21.-Special as
size opened here to-day. Justice Irv-
ing presiding. His lordship in opening
court congratulated the grand jury on
h light criminal docket. The only
eriou case was one of murder against
Doyle, alias Sullivan. He then detailed
the circumstances OF the murder, which
took place at Kuskonook on the night
of Feb. 8. The grand jury, retiring at
1880, returned a true bill. The court
re-assembled in the afternoon. When
brought i'm the prisoner was very pale
and realized his position. The court
appointed j.. A. Altman to defend
Doyle. After consulting for a few min
utes, counsel asked for an adjournment
until tomorrow, which was granted.
w. A. Mcdonald, queens counsel, n
A. Nj. Johnston, appear for the crown.
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SLOAN'S GREAT WORK.
On Five Mounts Jockey Tod Lands First
in Every One.

Tn tive Shouuts oocAey :"
In Every One.
Special Dispatch to the Standard
San Francisco. March 2l.-Tod sloan
and the favorites had a great day at IN
gleside to-day. First choices won hve OF
the races and Tod landed first on all OF
them. Three of his mounts were owned
by Ed Corrigan. Sloan did not ride IN the
first race. which was won by Matte III.
Masoero. the ~favorite. had speed. but got
a bad ride and was fourth. Briar Sweet
was the hot selection of the talent In the
second and Sloan landed the fhly first at
the wire, with Bellicoso two lengths
away.
The third. the Occidental stakes, for =
year-olds. was easy for Corrigan's Frank
Ireland. the 6 to ) favorite. He beat out
Buenaventura with Toluco third. Ven-
tura led half the journey and then Ireland
came on and won in a gallop. Corrigan
and Sloan took the fourth with Queen
Nubia, who started for the first time.
Sloan took her to the head at the start
and won by two lengths from Stentor.
The fifth was merely AN exercise canter
for Joe Ullman, the 3 to 8 favorite. He
led all the way and won by four lengths,
with Fashion Plate second. DIR. Marks
beat out San Venado in the last. Sloan
made a great finish and nipped the purse
by a nose while San Venado was seven
lengths in front of Don Luis. The SUPER
yisors postponed action on the anti-rac-
ing ordinance to Wednesday.
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He MAY DIE.
superintendent Clark struck With a
Cane by an Inmate.

superintendent Clark struck With n
Cane by an Inmate.
Special Dispatch TO the Standard.
Boise, March 21.-Charles A. Clark.
superintendent of the dab Soldiers
Home. was struck over the head with
a cane by James Harrington, an in
mate, sustaining wounds which may
prove fatal. His skull was fractured.
Clark made a signed statement in an
ticipation of a fatal outcome, I'm which
he said he was making inquiries con-
corning "A veteran who had left the
home without leave while under sem
tence for some minor offense. and
asked Harrington II he knew where the
fellow was. Harrington responded in
an offensive ton and Clark remon-
strated with him. whereupon HarrinG-
ton struck him down with his cane.
raining blows on his head and shout
ders. Harrington was arrested n
placed in the county jail. Harrington
says Clark drew "A revolver on him.
There had been bad blood at the home
for some time. and oil a recent occa-
sion a general revolt was threatened.
Harrington is credited with having
killed a man in Virginia city, New,
during the palmy days of that place.
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Resuits at San Francisco.

San Francisco. March 21.-Weather at
Ingleside fine; track fast. Seven ~furlongs,
selling-Mamie G. won. Tim Murphy Sec
ond. William OBJ. third; time, 1:29h2. Five
furlongs-Briar Sweet won, Bellicoso Sec
ond, O'Connell third; time. 1.0Ola. Four
and "A half furlongs, for 2-year-olds. Occi-
dental stakes, value 81. 0O0-Frank Ireland
won, Buenaventura second, Toluc third
time, :55%. Six furlongs. selling-Queen
Nubia won. Stentor second. Break o'Day
third: time. 1:15h. Mile and an eighth.
selling-Joe Ullman won, Fashion Plate
second. Rey del TERRA third: time. 1:55ai.
Mile-Dr. Marks won. San Venado second,
Don Luis third; time. 1:i22,.
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Public Land Law.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington. March Ex-senator Nc
Bride of oregon this afternoon made a
favorable report from the public lands
committee on the bill by which the
present law authorizing the settler or
owner of lands in public forest reserva-
lions to select lien lands. is extended
and made applicable to any state or
territory to which lands nave been
granted for the use of schools, colleges,
or other purposes wherever these lands
before or after being surveyed are in
cluded in any forest reservation, n
other lands of equal area may be select
ed by the state or territory in lieu of
lands in the forest reservations.
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LIVING ON WORMS.
Dr. had q rnphic Picture Of the Hor'
rors Prevailing In Cuba.

rors Prevailing In Cuba.
New York. March 21.-Dr. Frank
Chado, who for the past two years has
served as surgeon general. with the
rank of colonel. In the Cuban army.
was present when young Gomez com
mitted suicide on seeing his leader
General Maceo. fall. ls In this city.
Colonel Chado came by the steam
ship Concho. taking passage at Ha-
yana. He eludc the vigilance or
Spanish authorities and Travelled under
an assumed name. Colonel Chado, In
an interview. said.
II have heard nothing OF the stories
published In this ountr OF the distress
in Cuba and OF the thousands that nave
died and are dying of starvation. Noth-
ing that has been published. nothing
that could be published. cou tell the
story as u really IA.
Il know OF my own knowledge mai IN
many sections OF Cuba they are dis-
cling up IN. earth for the worms tiat
they may Ind. IL II not every one VINO
In able 20 dis. Most OF the people are
40 weak that they are unable To move.
They are dying by the thousands-not
The men Who were doing or hops 10 30
the nghting th-t must emu
IN triumph. but the pool women anu
children and the rcconcenfraoos. rum
L. sysrywbere visible.
spain has been guilty OF acts that
must make civilization stand api1an.u'
ana tbs fact H. that they are inhnitely
worss On to-day than at any TIM since
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~HE news may blow war or it ma

~HE news may blow war or it may
blow peace, and ii is all the
same as far as President Nc
Kinley's secretary of state is con-
,cerned. John Sherman appears to pre-
serve his patriotic calmness and self
poise' along with the calmest and best
poised of them. II is a remarkable cab
met condition; weeks. Of the most ener-
getic war talk and the most threaten
ing foreign relations this generation of
Americans has known and not even so
much as an intimation In all the news
and all the gossip that a man named
Sherman is at the head of the depart
ment of state. If it all prove to be a
flash in the pan, John will have the sat
isfaction of turning on his excited asso-
ciates with the remark hat he knew all
the while IL was nothing but a lit
tie shower.
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Again the Carlists.

~ PAINS ministries always have the
~ Carlists TO deal with; they ave
" been in evidence for seventy
years. Recently the Standard has
sketched the Carlist movements may
be worth while, however. again to state
briefly what the relation of the disturb
ing element is to Spanish affairs.
Ferdinand VII. king of Spain. mar
ried his fourth wife in 1929; at the same
time he abolished the Sale law in
S~pain-that is the law that forbids the
accession OF a female to the throne.
Next year q daughter was born to Fer
dfnand VII and. under his proclama-
tton. she was heir to the throne. This
daughter was Isabella H.. whose vulgar
reign and gross conduct were the dis
grace of Spain. until she was forced
to quit the country. in 1865. During all
the years Of Isabeila's rule. Don Carlos.
the brother of Ferdinand VII, pro-
seetsd against the abolition OF h salic
NV and asserted that he. and not a
female DESCENDANT Of the king. was
rightfuI heir to the throne.
The wars that followed were not
eyentfui. but they kept Spain constant
~ in commotion. The original Dor
Carlos died in 1855: years before his
death he had renowned his claims ir
favor OF his son, who also was named
Dan Carlos. This pretender in the Sec
oua generation was pretty constantly In
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Fell Down n Precipice.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, March 21.-News is received
here of the death in a horrible manner
of John A. Cory, a Lemhi county min
ing man. He was going over the Red
Pine trail and was skirting a cliff 100
feet high. when he stumbled and fell
head foremost into the yawning chasm.
His body struck several lodges in it's
descent. as shown by pieces of clothing
tina caught on he projecting rocks.
He landed at the bottom a shapeless
mass of lacerated flesh and broken
bones. His body was found the next
morning by n searching party.
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Washington, March 21.-The funeral OF
Blanche X. Bruce, ex-slave, ex-senator
and twice register of the treasury, was
held to-day. The Metropolitan NJ. r.
church was crowded with the represent
tative colored population of the city. The
ushers were from the officers of the
colored High school cadet corps. The pail
bearers were all prominent colored men.
Among the floral tributes was a hand
some wreath from the white house, with
the card of President Mckinley.
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Seized the Pass.

Washington, March 21.-Information has
reached the war department that the
rowdy element of Alaska seized Bennetts
road leading to and over the White pass,
and has placed the country in "A state OF
terror. Instructions were telegraphed to
General Merriam to-day at Vancouver,
Wash, to order the infantry CARR son at
Skaguay to AXE the proper steps for the
protection of persons and property i'm the
disturbed regions. regardless of the ex-
pense attending such movement of the
troops.
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PLAINLY nf AnIunleers.

Chicago, March 21.-The Fort Sheridan
troops are to join the forces stationed at
the New York harbor defenses. At Fort
Sheridan volunteers have been asked for
for the new artillery regiment and 200 men
have volunteered. From among them lO
were selected and they will be sent to
Fort Slocum within a few days. The men
were taken from the different companies
at the post and their places will be filled
with new recruits.
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TusDay's Entries.

The entries for to-day's races at Ingle-
side are:
First race. three and a half f~urlones
for Observation-Disclosures Buck. La Pares-
seuse. los; The Miller, 10; Don't Tell, Ill;
Engea, 112; San Augustine, Reina de
Cuba, Winnifred, 113; Hermanita, Zaco-
tosa. Sombre. Sweet Cakes. us; Rio Chi
co. 116; San Ramon. Sangunado. lis.
Second race. t~hree-quarters of a mile
Lone Princess, Fig Leaf, l01; Newsgath-
erer, Torpedo. Lone Star. 1903; Zamloch.
Mistral H., Yemen, The Plutocrat. Ca
vallo. 106; Cabrillo, 1903; Judge Stouffer,
10; II. q. Ban. lis.
Third race. ~three-quarters of a mile
Torsida. Recreation, 113; Glorian. Fonso-
vannah, Lord Marmion, INDIAN, Her
mosa. ia.
Fourth race, mile-Queen Safe. Naran-
ia, Rafaela. 1903; Atticus, Lucky Star.
George Palmer, 1876: All Smoke, l07; Tu-
lare. los; Outgo. Gallant. Metaire, 1917;
Walter j., Delphaso H., Cladius, liz.
Fifth race. mile-Sadie Schwartz. 50:
Bonito. "a: Ballister. 90: Odds On. Prince
Tyrant, 80; Won't Dance. 107.
Sixth race. seven-eighths of a mile
DEVILS Dream, 80; Miss Linah, 1902: Mac
Farlane. Our Climate. 1O4; Soniero, 105
Coda. Twinkle Twink. JOG: Charles A.
Robaire. Sutton. Meadow Lark. los; Ben
Amelia. Harry ThoburnF Cromwell, Ill.
Clear, track fast. Form of to-day's
races: MS 'Ha
First race-winnifred, .Zacotoso, Engea.
Second race-Lone Princess, Yemen.
Judge Stouffer. H.
Third race-Recreation. Torsida. Lord
Marmion.
Fourth race-Tulare. Queen Safe, Lucky
Star.
Fifth race-Won't Dance. Bonito,
Prince Tyrant.
Sixth ~race-sutton. Robair, Devils
Dream.
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now hat It was three hundred years
ago.
To this extent. indirectly at least. a
religious factor enters into SPANS
troubles in her Philippine possession.
the like of which finds no place at all
In the Cuban strife.
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A startling Admission.

Washington Special to Chicago Record.
President Mckinley made a startling
admission yesterday. When "A caller in
formed him that he iiad some fool
friends" he promptly acknowledged that
such was the case, but did not furnish a
schedule.
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Current Comment.
All Except Mex iniey.

From the Kansas City Star.
Congressman Henderson of Iowa could
never have found a better time than now
to introduce his bill to prevent the use of
the United States flag as a business ad-
vertisement. The people are feeling partic-
ularly touchy about "Old Glory" just
now.
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Only One Sound.

From the Chicago Times-Herald,
In the meantime there is no sound from
the interior of Cuba except the rasping
buzz made by Maxine Gomez saw. The
old man must he putting up a wood pile
worth looking at.
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Equivalent of Freedom.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
General Grosvenor says the CubnnS will
get the equivalent OF freedom The
generals revolutionary forefathsrH had
NJ use for hat deceptive word "equiva-
lent"
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Didn't Joir tn. Republican, ms.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Some of the Eastern brethren are sur
prised to learn that Hannis Taylor is a
silver man. Well. the explanation is that
Hannis Taylor is a democrat. All Cleve-
lands officials didn't join the republi-
cans.
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At New Orleans.

New Orleans. March 21.-Results: Sell
ing, six furlongs-Nannie Davis won,
Tdah second. Blitheful third; time, LIE.
Four furlongs. 2-year-olds-Four Leaf q.
won. Mouseltoff second, Winner third:
time. :49a. Mile and a sixteenth-Robert
Bonner won, Paul Kauvar second, Jim
Hogg third; time, 1:iSA. Handicap. sew
en- characterization won, Pat Morrissey
second. Fervor third; time, 1:27. Seven
furlongs-Lacore won. Hanobelle second.
ovation third; time, 1:29. Mile-Russella
won. Alamo second, Berclair third; time,
LAP.
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Between Hanna and Reed.

From the st. Louis Dispatch.
The president has TO consult Car Reed
before any congressional action can be
taken. Between Hanna and Reed Mr.. Nc
Kinley's administrator is every day
made ridiculous.