SIX LIVES LOST.
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Clicked by Smoke at an Early Morn-
1111:) 'Fire In Jersey City.’
i\ew York. Jan. 3.—'1‘hrough a sexies
of blunde1s six out of a. family of eight
perished in an insignificant fire in the
Hudson City district of Jersey City
yeste1day morning. The first e1ro1'
was when the father, Adolph Reich wre-
fused to believe the fire was dangerous
it is supposed, and told his wife and
daughters to seek safety in the base—
ment, instead of the street, as they
were dressed only in their nightclothes.
They meeka obeyed, it is thought, and,
11-»: :1t to almost certain death. The
ne. ':t and 11'01st blunder was made b1
Je1sey City firemen. They stood out—
side and played a few streams on the
fi1~.:. which was only remarkable be-
cause of smoke. ’
A youth, attired in his underclothes,
begged them to venture only a little
distance inside the doors. He was cer—
tain his parents and brothers and sis- .
ters were within reach.
“.If you want anybody to go-in there,”
said a fireman, armed to fight fire and
smoke, “go in yourself.”
.‘~.t that very moment six persons
being stifled to death within
A father and two
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three feet of safety.
sons lay within reach of the hall door~'
way; a mother and two daughters could
almost breathe outer air close «to the
basement door. But it was a tragedy
of blunders—so they died.
kins Herself a't a. Fashionable Hotel.
New York, Jan. 3.—In the fashiona-
ble Windsor Hotel, at Fifth avenue and
16th street, a Well—dressed, handsome
young woman last night swallowed the
contents of a vial of carbolic acid. She
was in the agony of death when an
ambulance took her away to the
F1011 er Hospital, and five minutes after
her arrival there she gasped out he1
Eife.
At the Hotel Normandle it was said
this morning that the woman who
killed herself in the Windsor Hotel
probably was Miss B. Potter, cashier
in the Normandie restaurant.
dently she had carefully arranged to
conceal her, identity.
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Klondike Gold ship Arrives.
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 3.—The steamer.
Corona arrived last night from Alaska
with forty—five men just out frd’m Daw-
son City. These men placed gold dust
to the amount of $500,000 in charge of
Capt. Caroll. They say there is a short-
age of provisions at Dawson City, but ’
no danger of starvatiOn. They do not
think a relief expedition necessary.
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Sensational Report Concerning; Min.»
Cisneros Proves to Be [nu-111:.
Washington, Jan. 3.———Evangel-;11:1 015..
news, who has been the guest of 22:3.
Macias, one of her warmest filer.
since Miss Cisneros came to this on
try, returned to the convent at G121 :-
town yesterday. '
I-Iem ique Macias said:
is a. favorite at the convent, and see
is happy and contented there. Their.
is not a word of truth in the rep.::.'1:
from New York, and there will be
trouble if it is published;
went to the convent for Miss
The cor ent authorities offci 1.
jection to the young lady becoming my
mother’ 5 guest.”
The leport referred to told about the
romantic escape from the Georgetown
convent of Miss Cisncros, who it was
said was 'held in the institution against
her inclination. _
Henrique Macias, son of a. former
Minister to the United States from
Guatemala, has known Evzimgelina
since she first came to Machinaton,
and before she entered the convent the
two became very good f1iends. Hen-
rique Went to the convent on Thursday
and statedt hat he had 3011113 to escort
Miss Cisnero-s to his mother’s house
for a- brief visit.
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“Miss Cisnfroz-r
My mother
Cisneros.
NEW CURRENCY ‘P‘LA‘N.
The Monetary Connnission Favors
the Gold Standard.
Jan. 3.—The report of.
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:he 112011e1311'y Commission a: pointed by ‘
the und—nwney convention held in
f1‘.di.11o.polis has just been made pub-
lic, and presents what the members of
the commission consider a safe and
complete remedy for the present evils
in currency and banking system.
Dili'
it 1' ill be piescnted at the conference.
to be held in Indianapolis 011 Jan. 25.
"ing- at the p1esent plans the
‘ion had the assistance of sug-
1:1s,eithe1 complete or on special
subj .17., from experts and laymen all
over the country, who were asked to
contribute their ideas and suggestions
in writing.
F'yom the. masg of material the com-
mission, composed of several of the
ablest and most experienced public and
financial men of the country, have
culled what they consider a sterling
plan for the existing faults. Gold is
the keynote of the entire report.
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TRAINS FOR KLONDIKE
Pioneer Trip' 15 Scheduled to End ..
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,to get supplies into the Klan.
. at DaWSon City Feb-1*. '
IT IS, 31111011331131 ALGEB.
Upon lllis Advice the Iiionulike Snow
111111 Ice
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Transit Conlpany \Vas
‘zuiisccl—iiii'St Train VVill
lieve-the Food Shortage.
Seattle, *Was'h... Jan. 3.—The powerful
engines which have been found practi-
cable in transporting over snow and ice
may 1' loads of logs in the pineries of
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Nuthern Michigan and -iVV sconsin 11111 ,
be utilized to haul
freight trains in Alaska.
Snow and Ice Transit Company,
pas seiner and
The Klondike
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.which Joseph Ladue, founder of" Daw-
is president, will’send a steamer
son,
frOm Seattle between Jan. 1 and. 11, with
every thing requisite for ntting up the
“pioneer
Vv’rangel for Dawson before Jan.
The route chosen is up the Stickccn
River to the headof navigation, one
and one-half miles above the mouth of
Telegraph Creek. From there the Tal-
ton Valley trail will be followed for
thii'tyzfive miles, and thence the Cana-
dian Government has constructed a
trail to Lake Teslin, over the
Mountain pass, a distance, of about
eighty miles more. By connecting wa-
te111a1‘s formed by the I—Io‘otalii‘m 11a
and Lewis rive1s, the Yul: on River
will'be reached, and over its frozen sur-
face the train will go.
The pioneer train. which is so lit
to ariive in Dawson about Feb.
will consist of six locomotb'm‘ls
twenty-four cars, divided into six :-
tions. The first and second
will carry 100
for emergency, and full
axes, picks, crowbars and ;'
machinery to meet all requi'vent‘i is
The third and fourth sections 11? ill i‘-:
accommodations for 200 pa .
Who will be received under the cor
tions that they shall work at all ti:
“hen necessaiy for clearing the 1111.}.
etc The fifth and sixth sections will
car 1‘ 200 tons of supplies.
On arrival in the Klondike four of the
engines and trains will be kept tilt-1'3.
to transport passengers and food and
supplies to the intining camps on the
Yukon and in the surrounding country.
The two remaining engines and trains
will return to the coast over the line
opened up, and alonf which regular
stations will have been established. On
returning to Fort Wrangel two addi-
tional t1 ains will be made ready, 113111
stores, supplies and passeng e1s suffi-
cient to load the four trains for anoth-
er trip to the Klondike country.
The principal object of the first main
will be to relieve the food shortage in
the Klondike. The company has the
indorsement of the Government as of—
fering the best known means of send-
ing relief to the Klondike, and on the
first train the Government will send a
quantityof pro-visions. In a letter to
George T. Glover, Superintendent of
the motive power in the company. Sec—
retary of War R. A. Alger said:
“Of course, the Government does not
wish to go into the transportation busi—
ness, but is looking out for the possible
emergency in case it should be neces-
sary to get sup-plies up the Yukon to
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tons of pe-trolou:
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Dawson after navigation closes. I
thoroughly belieVe your locomotive
would accomplish the purpose, and
hope a company may be organized to
undertake to do the work withit. I." e
suppose Capt. Ray is at Dawson by
this time, Sept. 20, and on his return
shall know something of the situation,
when we may want to communicate
with you as to future operations. ”
The company owns the e: clusixc
patents on Glover’s snow and ice lcto—
motive. The locomotive is very :3im'1le
in construction and pr,inciplc cons":—
ing of a b iler,t11in engines, dri1i:..§
wheel
and other necessary '11.1:1111'—,
romances supported in a steel frame.‘
The 11'1'1'111c rests upon runners fore and
aft. and the locomoti1 e 11101181 is 11111 god
to the fro. 11s l:1' steel be.1111s.The-great
i‘1‘uaturo of the machine is 1' hug: tiac-
iion who between the runners. There.
is a drum in the wheel. The latter is
rotated by an enginewith a horse pow-
er ranging from twenty to Slit",
geared from five to nine to one. Al
the heat from the boiler furnace‘aml
from the exhaust steam is utilized in
the drum, into which it is conveyed
through the trunnions. y this means
the wheel is kept hot all the ti .110. The
action of the heat from the toothed
cylinder prevents the snow f1;..11 clog-
ging it, and at the same tii: coni—
messes with the aid of its we1;:(l1t, the
snow underneath into a solid mass cf
snow '~i-ce, thereby giving sufficient ‘1 -
sistance to enable the teeth to pull a
train burdened with a 200~ton 1'.r1.1ght.
The cost of each locomotive
$4,000; the necessary cars attached will
cost about $3,000, and the freigit bill:
for the engine and cars from Seattle,
where 'they will be built, to Fort 1131:11-
gel will be about $1,000, or $8,000 111 -
It will fake two menths to build 111- ~
togethei a train. Glover calculates. 1.
with two locomotives to climbs,
the first t1ip can be made frox. .,
W1angel to Dawson in eight to in
days, carrying eight cars With 11
one hundred tons of freight. Ti. 1.-
will be gradually reduced until tin ,.
will be made in four days. It is :1 ': 1:".
of the general plan to also run tax. :21:
over the Dalton trail. .
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.-l-. mu y Pack 'I‘rnj n a .
Washington, Jana—The \‘Var Den-t :-
ment has placed Lieut. Guy Ill? ~‘
ton, Ninth .Cavalry, in charge (1“
army pack trains that are to 11111"
'1‘111 kl:-
His principal assistant
,James Ryan, Tenth
gions.
Lieut.
who gathered up the pat 1k trains .
Forts Washakie and Robin-scz. lt' ‘
been definitely decided not, to bu
the expedition with wagons.
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Mother Dem], Son in J nil.
Philadelphia, ,Jan. $.-~Mrs. Mary
Lamb, 2214 Cuthbert street, died last
night in the. Medico-Chirurgical Hospi—
tal from a fractured skull, and her son
is under arrest on suspicion of having;
caused her death. Mrs. Lamb was
found lying at the foot of the stairs in
her home. She was unconscious and
her body was covered with bruises. The
police, it is said, learned that the. worm»
an and her son had been quazz'elizzg
New Year’ a evening. ~- '
train” which will leave i-‘ort-
Blue ,
' satisfy a personal curiosity and to an-
us about
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= trolled by more progressive ideas than,
BRYAN RETURNS FROM MEXICO.
Hosfieen Making a Study of Its Eco-.
nomic Conditions. .
Austin Tex., Jan. 3.—~William Jen:
nings Bryan, accompanied by_ Mrs
Bryan and ex- -Gov. Crittenden, of Mis-
souri, were in the city Saturday. en
route home .from Mexico. Mr. Bryan
, has met", in his journey from the Mex-
ican capital, 3. series of ovations not
'surpassed by those accorded him dur-
ing his late, candidacy.
A public reception was tendered the
party Saturday at the home of ex-
Gov. Hogg, and in the ‘evening Mrs.
Bryan assisted Mrs. Gov. Culberson in
the New Year’s reception at the Exec-
utive Mansion.
The silver leader went to Mexico to
make a study of the economic condi-
tions of that country. Regarding his
trip he said: .
“I found Mexico a land of sunshine
and surpassing verdure. Its climate
at this seaflson is incomparable. Mrs.
Bryan and myself are much benefited
by the! trip. '
“The Government of Mexico is con-
we generally suppose in this country.
' Its President is an administrative offi-
of an income tax-
the
cer of rare sagacity and tact, and in-
sures the autonomy of his Government
and anticipates its rebellious elements
by his own remarkable personality.
“My reflections on the economic con-
ditions in Mexico will be given to? the
public at a later date, probably in lec-
tures and essays. I went to Mexico to
alyze for myself the cause of her non—
progressiveness. I have done this to
my satisfaction, and shall be prepared
before long to answer the charges of
the gold men, that our sister republic
is the victim of her system 'of finance.
“In the fulness«of time the people
shall know the truth. I want to say to
them now, however, that no parallel
can be drawn between that country
and ours under similar monetary poli-
cies, and the ills that beset Mexico may
be traceable to other elements in her
internal organism.
“I shall pieach 1111b new vigor the”
silver cause in' the futuie, and shall
live to see the day when the people
will think and act for their better-
ment, independent Of international
agreement.”
FIGHT OVER THE TREATY.
Hawaiian Annexation Has a. Hard
. Road to Travel:
Jan. 3,—As the. time
the consideration of
Washington,
draws near for
"the treaty for the annexation of Ha-
Waii, it is apparent that a number of
side issues will have to ‘be considered
by Congress and the diplomatic rep—
re'sen'tatives. Some of them will amount
to but little, but all‘will tend ‘to de-
lay the final settlement of the ques-
'tion.
The Japanese, the sugar growersand
dethroned royalty will want 'to be
heard. The Japanese have, or contend
'to have, rights in the islands which
must be protected, and already they
are known to be. interfering with a.
view of preventing, if possible, the
adoption of any treaty that will in fu-
ture shut them out of ‘ Tislands.
Queen Lil and Del follOVv‘ ers are still
leading the forlorn hope that she may,
by hook or ClOOk, be 1estored to the
throne, or if that cannot be, they are
willing to have her niece recognized,
and back of these aspirants axe said
to be a. number of sa-caiiled royalty
.sympathizers.
The indications point to a stubborn
contest when the treaty is laid before
the, Senate. If Senator Yhite of Cal—
ifornia can have his way, it will be de-
bated in open seSsion.
GOV. CULBERSCN N THE FIELD.
He Announces Himself ,a Candidate
fertile Senate to Succeed. Mills.
Dallas, Tex, Jan. 3.——Gov. Charles A.
Culberson, in a. 3,000—11‘ord address to
the people of Texas, has formally an-
nounced that he is a candidate for the.
Unite-d States Senate to succeed Roger
Q. Mills:
Gov. Culberson commits himself un-
reservedly to the Chicago platform of-
1896, including free coinage at the p res-
ent 1'2.ti0*"0-f 16 to 1; favors limiting
the powers of the Federal judiciary;
attacks vigorously the pension policy
pursued by the Feder a1 Covernment;
ad1oca'tes the election of the United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people; declares himself a free trader,
so far as the Fede1al Constitution will
possibly admit of such a policy, and
is particularly severe in his denuncia-
tion of speculation in cotton futures,
and promises, if elected, to work for
the enactment of laws to prohibit it.
He favors recognizing the belligerent
rights of Cuba, but is emphatic in his
opposition to the annexation of He.-
waii or any other similarly situated
territory. He also favors anamend-
ment to the Constitution, so that Con—
gress may pass laws for the collection
"‘NEW'STEAMERS FOR ALASKA.
The Canadian Pacific \‘Vill I Put on
Two Vessels to Fort “'rnng‘ell.
London, Jan. 3.——The London mana-
ger of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
confirms the report that the company
has boughit from the Union Steamship
line the steamers ‘Tartar and Atihen—
ian, formerly the favorite liners in the
South African Mail service. It is be-
lieved they have been picked up cheap,
and it is certain that they are well
adapted for their work, which is the
establishment .of regular freight and
passenger communication between
Vancouver and Fort Wrangell, at the
mouth of the Stekeen' River. '
Each will do the trip within three
days.‘ They will start for Vancouver,
via the Cape of Good Hope, in Feb-
ruary,an and in all probability will take
out a fair number of passengers, 'as
company is arraneing to boom
them as the safest and cheapest means
of getting'to the Klondike. '
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Hanna. Four Votes Short.
Columbus, 0., Jan. --The result of
the Republican, caucus held Saturday
night showed that Senator Hanna’s
nominees for legislative offices are
short three votes in the House and one
in the Senate.“.The opinion prevails
that Mr. Hanna will be short four votes
on joint ballot. His friends, however”
claim that he will come out suc cess—
fully. . .
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